Story

Within an ancient instance, a evil mage Garm, using a power of the runestones, freed a great evil upon the land. This demon, Skorne, broke unhampered Garm's control, crushing him & imprisoning his soul in the underworld. Skorne and so freed his minions upon a lands, & scattered a runestones through a Eight Realms, so that it might nevermore exist as utilized against him.
There is no a single has dared effort. . .
Til now.
(From either a stake's introductory cinematic)

Hidden Characters

Both of the Viii base character classes (Warrior/Dwarf, Valkyrie/Knight, Archer/Jester, & Wizard/Sorceress), when an additional animal form as a hidden character. Which are actually swell hidden, & play identically to their non-animal counterparts. That you could buy these hidden animal characters in a equivalent realm that the basic character calls it's "home". These characters, & a realm where it may be noticed, come:
Warrior-Minotaur (Mountain Kingdom)
Dwarf-Ogre (Arctic Domain)
Valkyrie-Falconess (Castle Fastness)
Knight-Unicorn (Sky Dominion)
Archer-Tigress (Woods Realm)
Jester-Hyena (Dream Globe)
Wizard-Jackal (Waste Land)
Sorceress-Medusa (Forsaken Province)
Sumner a wizard can too become unlocked as a character, & may be witnessed in the Field of honor realm.

Worlds
A worlds, & contained levels, come when follows:
1:Forsaken Province
--Poisoned Fields
--Ghost Town
--Haunted Cemetary
--Mausoleum
--Lich's Crypt
2:Mountain Kingdom
--Vale of Fire
--Dagger Peak
--Drop of Desolation
--Misused Cave
--Volcanic Cavern
--Dragon's Lair
3:Castle Stronghold
--Castle Courtyard
--Dungeon of Torment
--Castle Barracks
--Castle Armory
--Castle Treasury
--Chimera's Lair
4:Sky Dominion
--Toxic Spire
--Cloud Docks
--Sky Shipyards
--Mothership
--Vat of the Plague Fiend
5:Forest Realm
--Acid Swamps
--Twisted Roots of Evil
--Ancient Tree
--Knotty Branches
--Web of the Spider Queen
6:Ice Domain
--Arctic Docks
--Frozen Camp
--Crystal Mine
--Erupting Fissure
--Abominable snowman's Cavern
7:Desert Land
--City Ruins
--Temple of the Magi
--Orphic Pyramid
--Grave of the Undead
--A Jinni's Sanctum
8:Dream World
--Carnival of the Lost
--Haunting Grounds
--Haunted House
--Your computers Worst Nightmare!
--Maze of Illusion
--Shadow Wraith's Haunt
9:Desecrated Temple
--Desecrated Temple
--Altar of Skorne
10:The Underworld
--Gates of the Underworld
--Skorne's Throne
11:The Battlefields
--Battle Trenches
--Fortified Towers
--Internal Fortress
12:Garm's Citadel --Garm's Throne

Bosses
A bosses come when follows:
1:Lich
2:Dragon
3:Chimera
4:Plague fiend
5:Spider Queen
6:Yeti
7:Genie
8:Shadow Fiend
9:Skorne
10:Underworld Skorne
11:Garm fused by owning Skorne