The Dark King and his cronies take over Focus Tower (which
splits the world into four parts, one for each element) and capture the
five Crystals (one for each element, plus Light). The Dark King turns
the upper floors of Focus Tower into Doom Castle. The elements begin to
decay. The Light Element takes on the form of an old man and meets a boy
named Benjamin on the Hill of Destiny. He tells him that he must
restore the Crystals and defeat the monsters to restore peace to the
world.
Benjamin enters Level Forest and helps a man get back to his
home town of Foresta. The man tells him the trees are dying, and gives
him a sample Tree Wither for proof. Unfortunately, Benjamin can't get
past Level Forest without an axe.
He heads to Foresta, where he finds everything withered and
old, even the people. Kaeli, a girl from Foresta, conveniently has an
axe, and when shown the Tree Wither, agrees to help Benjamin.
They reach the end of Level Forest and fight a Minotaur, who
poisons Kaeli before he dies. Kaeli gives Benjamin her axe, and he takes
her back to Foresta to rest up. He begins searching for the Elixir
needed to cure Kaeli.
He comes to the Sand Temple, but the Elixir has already been
taken by a treasure hunter named Tristam. He offers to sell it for an
insane amount of money, which Benjamin doesn't have. Instead, he offers
him a deal: he'll give him the Elixir if Benjamin helps him enter the
Bone Dungeon and retrieve the treasure there.
At the end of the Bone Dungeon, Benjamin finds the Flamerus
Rex; when it is defeated, the Earth Crystal revives. Benjamin finds the
Sand Coin, a key for the Focus Tower. Tristam discovers his treasure,
the Dragon Claw, and gives Benjamin the Elixir.
Benjamin heads back to Foresta and heals Kaeli, then travels to
the Focus Tower. The Sand Coin allows him to enter the water section of
the world.
He meets a girl named Phoebe in the Libra Temple. She tells him
that everything is frozen in Aquaria, and she's looking for a spring
called Wakewater to thaw it. To do so she needs to travel to the Life
Temple, and to do *that* she needs the Libra Crest to transport there.
The Crest has been stolen by a giant squid and taken to the Wintry Cave.
Benjamin and Phoebe retrieve the Crest and travel to the Life
Temple to find that most of the Wakewater has dried up. The Light
Crystal (still disguised) gives them the small amount that's left over.
They try to thaw out Aquaria, but it just isn't enough to work. They
decide that restoring the Water Crystal is the only way out.
They head past the Falls Basin and into the Ice Pyramid, where
they defeat the Ice Golem and revive the Water Crystal. Benjamin finds
the River Coin. Phoebe returns to Aquaria. She tells him of her
grandfather Spencer, living in the river canyon beneath her house.
Benjamin meets him and is given a key to a treasure (a Venus Shield) in
the Focus Tower. He finds it, meets the Light Crystal again (who tells
him to seek out Reuben) and goes ahead to the fire region.
Earthquakes afflict Fireburg and its environs. One has trapped
Reuben's father, Arion, in the nearby mine. They need a Mega Grenade to
dislodge the rock trapping him, but the only man who has it has locked
himself in his hut. They meet up with Tristam in the pub, who gives them
a Multi-Key which allows them to open the door and get the Mega
Grenade.
They dislodge the rock. Arion, though hurt, returns to Fireburg
to recover. He tells them that the Fire Crystal is in the Lava Dome.
Reuben helps Benjamin get through the Volcano and Lava Dome to defeat
the Dualhead Hydra who guards the Fire Crystal. It is revived, and
Benjamin gets the Sun Coin. Reuben stays with him as he travels to the
wind region past the Focus Tower once more.
They pass through a rope bridge, but an attack by a monster
knocks Reuben to a platform far below, stuck. Tristam enters at that
moment and decides to stick around Benjamin some more. Reuben eventually
makes it out of there himself.
They head east to the Alive Forest, where a living tree doesn't
particularly like them. Benjamin realizes that Kaeli from Foresta could
probably help, and he travels back there to find she's in Aquaria now.
In Aquaria, Phoebe tells Benjamin that Spencer wants to talk to
him. He and Tristam head there. Tristam goes off with Spencer to find
treasure, but gives Benjamin his Dragon Claw first. Phoebe comes in to
find Spencer and accidentally destroys part of the cavern wall, sealing
it off. Benjamin goes back upstairs, gets Kaeli, and returns to the
Alive Forest.
The Giant Tree tells Kaelia that if she destroys the monsters
inside it, it'll take her to Windia. She agrees, and she and Benjamin
get rid of the Gidrah leading the monsters inside the tree. True to its
word, it drops them off near Windia.
They meet with Otto, a professor in Windia, who tells them that
the wind has stopped lately. He also says that his daughter Norma went
to Pazuzu's Tower and was trapped there. However, now he can't reach the
tower because the wind-powered Rainbow Bridge leading there is down.
They must restore the wind; he's sure the cause of the wind stopping is
the nearby Mount Gale.
Benjamin and Kaeli defeat the Dullahan at the center of Mount
Gale and restore the wind. Otto rebuilds the Rainbow Bridge. They head
to Pazuzu's Tower, rescue Norma, and continue up to defeat Pazuzu,
restore the Wind Crystal, and find the Sky Coin.
Now they need to head to the Doom Castle, but the only way in
is by sea. First Benjamin goes to Windia and meets up with Reuben, who
takes Kaeli's place in traveling with him. Captain Mac (Kaeli's father)
has a ship nearby, but can only be reached by using the Mobius Crest to
teleport there. But the crest is in Spencer's Cave, which is blocked
off! There's another entrance, but to get there the Rainbow Bridge must
be lengthened. To do so, a Thunder Rock is needed. Reuben's father Arion
has one, so they travel to Fireburg, get it, and bring it back to
Windia.
The bridge is lengthened, and they return to Spencer's Place.
However, Spencer doesn't want to give them the crest. They return to
Windia, and Kaeli gives them Mac's Captain Cap to show Spencer. They do
so, and Spencer shows them the way to the crest. They use it to reach
the ship, which has been overrun by monsters. They destroy them and find
Mac. Kaeli shows up and takes him back to Windia.
Phoebe arrives in Windia and joins Benjamin for the last time
in his trek to Doom Castle. He takes the ship there and confronts four
palette-swapped versions of the four Crystal guardians, then defeats the
Dark King (who's actually a huge spider). The Light Crystal is restored
and reveals itself as the old man who helped Benjamin along his way.
Benjamin goes back to Windia and decides to take Captain Mac's
ship to sail around the world. He says goodbye to everyone, but before
he leaves Tristam shows up and decides to go along with him. Exeunt
Omnes.
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