Twenty-five years prior to the beginning of the game, five separate kingdoms ruled the continent of Zetegenia. A war broke out, and Endora, the ruler of the Northern Highlands, conquered the other four kingdoms with the aid of the Sage Rashidi and his dark magic in but a year. Rashidi also betrayed his former friend King Gran of Zenobia (one of the other four kingdoms) and arranged his death. Endora became Empress of the new Zetegenian Empire, but under Rashidi's influence her rule became harsh and cruel. During her reign, a resistance organization called the Liberation Army forms from the remnants of the Knights of Zenobia, and seeks to free the continent from her rule.