In the tale of Twilightton, David, a poor orphan from a dying village, was constantly teased for his deformed body. He was pale and bony and had no friends. Growing up was not easy for him. However, anyone can rise to the occasion in a land of magic. When his local bully nearly ends his life, David discovers something no one saw coming. He finds that he is a dark mage, one of his land's rarest forms of magic. David seeks to join his kingdom's military, the Royal Magical Guardsman, with his newly found powers to defend his land. However, as David enters this new world of military and duty, he begins to have visions. Fire consumes him while haunted by his trauma-filled past.

Meanwhile, a new threat known as the Prophet of Fire rises to destroy the kingdom of Twilightton. David must rise to challenge or fall into a fiery fury. Join him in the first of many tales in The Dark Mage Chronicles as David learns how the real world shapes.