Evil appears to be winning. Ancient leaders of malevolent forces are being freed from eons of captivity. As they are resurrected and reconciled, their power grows. The valiant eight heroes pitted against them come across sentinels: guides put in place long ago by the Alchemist. These sentinels, once aligned with villainy, have one mission: to provide a clue, or a power, or a spell to help in the conquest of tyranny, as a part of their own redemption.