Freddy Freeman suddenly finds himself projected into a strange place called Wovenworld and in the midst of an invasion by a horde bent on destroying the land and everything there. He soon finds he has been brought there for a reason, he is the only one capable of recovering the shards of the Merillon Shield thought to have magic powers enough to destroy the invaders. The story recounts his adventures with his friend Carenza Chillcott and the trials they have to face to recover each of the shards.