Fortunately, the movie gets much better once its hero
lands in prison, and ideas and rhetoric — most of it supplied by the Autobiography —
fill in some of the
various cavities in the screen left by the period, settings, and characters.
The prince and princess must then
fill the shield, or «Fire Emblem» with the Gleamstones of
various warriors, each pulled from their respective
lands and time periods, to battle the kingdom of Gristonne and their mad king, Oskar, who seeks to revive the terrible Chaos Dragon, Velezark, sealing the world in darkness.