You play as a wizard who is something of a "mysterious wanderer" at first, but the story develops in snippets as you go on. You complete levels working for one of five gods at a time who give you a power and a summonable creature every level. As you go on, some gods will shut their doors to you and you will take a different path to the final level almost every time. Do you work exclusively for the goddess of life? the blustery fire god of progress and industry? As I learned the story, I could come up with different motivations for my characters choices. OH, and the gameplay is really fun. You can even play the same level in different ways. Definitely worth playing if you never had.