Story

Origin
The Maple World was created by two sisters, the Goddess of Light and Goddess of Darkness, and was their greatest creation. However, the Goddess of Light loved the Maple World so much that she refused to let Darkness into the world.

Fearing the imbalance, the Goddess of Darkness lashed out, starting a war against the Goddess of Light. After a long and brutal war, the Goddess of Light defeated her sister with the help of her sages, but not before the Goddess of Darkness released her power, poisoning and corrupting the Maple World with her powers. The Goddess of Light, unwilling to let her creation be destroyed, sacrificed herself in an attempt to save the Maple World. What was left of her power became Empress Ereve, the Great Protector.

Empress Ereve gathered seven heroes to fight the darkness; however, they could not stop the corruption of the Maple World. Ereve and her sages then created the three relics that had power over light, space, and time - the Lapentas. They believed that the Lapentas could cleanse the darkness all at once. When it was time for the purification ritual, the darkness was pooled together in one place as the purification ritual was cast. While the power of all the Lapentas combined managed to save the Maple World, the darkness ended up corrupting the three sages and turned the ritual site into a no man's land, the Land of Darkness.

Two of the heroes Ereve gathered - Cerian and Balon - journeyed into the "Land of Darkness" to free people trapped, complete the purification ritual and seal the "Land of Darkness" away. In doing so, they brought about peace but at the cost of their lives.

Goddess of Darkness
Long ago, the goddess of darkness sought to destroy Maple World. She was defeated by the goddess of light, and her remains were scattered across the world. According to Mason, the Lumiknights believe that the shadow magic that fills the Land of Darkness is fueled by the goddess of darkness herself. Wherever any piece of the goddess is buried, the land becomes corrupted.