The world struggles for its very existence. Nightmares infringe on Dreams, creating an imbalance between hope and despair. As a result, people slowly begin to vanish out of existence and memory, becoming Lost Ones. Unbeknownst to the living and existing, there are those who work to restore the balance of the universe. This is a battle that has been going on for millennia and you have just become one of these Champions of Dreams.
However, fate has led you on a slightly different path. While you may help others on the brink of disappearing, your main goal lies elsewhere: find the Guardian of Dreams. Finding the Guardian, weakened and slumbering from the last battle hundreds of years ago, is the key to bringing the number of Nightmares down.
On your travels, you are aided by the Dreamway, a collection of journal entries penned by the first Guardian's Scribe who died, duty unfinished.
Collecting the lost pages will bring you ever closer to the resting place of the Guardian.
Godspeed on your quest and may you cherish what time you, successor to the Guardian's Scribe, and the other Champions of Dreams have left.
M-GAP Development dedicates Before the Night
in loving memory to the beloved Mr. Kully and Yehan. Both have grown near and dear to so many students and staff of STMC, and with their passing they are remembered through the hearts and minds of all those they have met. They have been a source of inspiration for the message of the story of this year's game: live life and love it and others you meet.
There is a special tribute (memorial video) that will be unlocked at the end of the game.