Prior to the story, Raffaello was the Guardian of Darkness, the Magic Beast of the Black known as "The Destroyer", a demon who fed on suffering, who almost destroyed all of Lostime. When it was sealed away by the oracles, the three Guardian Beasts created the Bell of Oblivion in order to relieve Lostime of its pain, and then sealed all of Memoria away from the rest of the world. However, before being sealed, the Destroyer left its Crystal of Dark Destruction, renamed Timeless Power, in the outside world in hopes that would allure an ideal pawn to help him break the seal.