Elliot was playing basketball with his friends and showing off his good moves when a crowd of High School students rush into their game, challenge and defeat Elliot at his favorite hobby, then bully and laugh at him, making Elliot feels really embarassed in front of his friends. In the Waking World, a boy called Elliot Edwards and a girl called Claris Sinclair had a rough day. The three main protagonists of the game: NiGHTS, Elliot Edwards and Claris Sinclair. As a punishment, NiGHTS was imprisoned inside an Ideya Palace in Nightopia. But to Wizeman's surprise, while Reala stayed very loyal to him, NiGHTS was very mischievous and disliked being ordered around, leading them to start a rebellion against Wizeman. Wizeman created two Nightmarens to be his most powerful creations called NiGHTS and Reala with the purpose to be his second-in-command over the other Nightmarens. Once Wizeman steals enough Ideyas, he will be able to invade and take over the real world.
Wizeman created them with the purpose to destroy Nightopia and steal a type of dream energy from humans called " Ideya" when they are sleeping. Wizeman the Wicked is the God and creator of Nightmare and all of its habitants, the Nightmarens. When humans go to sleep, they are transported to the Night Dimension, a magical dimension divided into two types of locations, the world of dreams, known as Nightopia and the world of the nightmares, know as Nightmare.