Essentially, the story is about a lad called Justin, who as a human, was orphaned by dwarf guardians. Eventually he decides to find his true parents, and doing so finds out that there is more to his past then he knew. Dark Mages hold the fragile balance of power on Arracia by guarding the 4 Time Crystals. The shrine becomes ransacked by one of the evil princes, Atmos. Its then that Justin realises that his mother and father are were heavily part of the Dark Mages, and the plot opens up when Justin and friends have to retrieve the missing Crystals and fuse them together again, before time goes back quickly.