Leo, a Yellow-Haired boy from the village of the young Golden Knights, is a restless and curious child, something unusual among his brutish and warlike people. He wants to understand the meaning of the dark dreams that terrorize him at night and are keeping him away from his friends. Inside him lies a secret that even he doesn't know: he is destined to save the world from a terrible ancient Darkness that is resurfacing from the depths of the past. Along with his companions Nero and Lorna, and his best friend Romeo, the king of the Yellow-Haired Knights, Leo must discover what is happening to him while facing the other peoples of the island: the treacherous Red-Haired Pirates and the terrible Black-Haired Wizards. But during a Pirate attack on his village, Leo meets Zenda, the Red Queen of the Pirates, and will be forced to choose between staying with his friends or embarking on a dangerous adventure beyond the sea and becoming their enemy forever...