Cisco Ramon's memory is foggy, but he recalls a great battle between people whose culture seems to be based on gemstones, and that battle was for the safety of a beautiful princess: Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld. The princess' friend Ingvie urged Amaya to get back into the castle of House Amethyst, rather than risk exposing herself to danger by fighting. The future of Nilaa, their world, rested solely on Amaya's survival. Unfortunately, Lord Flaw had dictated that there would be no survivors that day. Surprisingly, though, Lord Flaw's "children" of House Quartz all shattered suddenly, and neither Amaya nor Ingvie could say who had done it until they found Cisco. Now, Cisco is attempting to remember how he got there. Though his memories are weak, he remembers his brother Armando had return