Avalon, an island out in the Boundless Sea region. The people that lived there were thought to be "without guidance" by Nimue, so she coaxed a few young adult heroes into pulling the blade Mechcalibur from a stone out in the mysterious woods, allowing Nimue to assert her authority through her summons known as the Machine Knights. 15 years later, a group of heroes are summoned from their distant realms to Avalon by Mericus Lonicus, archmagus servant to Machine King Arthur. He gives them a quest: Defeat the Machine Knights whom hold sway over the realm, then return to the King's castle to face him in a final duel. Upon their victory, Arthur releases the realm from the hold of the Machine Knights (and Nimue by extension). Nimue, irate that her good order on the island had been crumbled, used her Tempest goddess powers to sink the entire island into the sea. Upon noticing the goddesses action, the ancient deity Tokirochi chose to freeze the island and its inhabitants into a Stasis instead of allowing her folly to be washed away. Now the artifact of Nimue's machinations lies far down below, and a massive whirlpool now sits in place of what was once a massive island.