Players begin in the City of Havenburg on the continent of Empyria. According to the extensive historic preamble, a recent Cataclysm has almost obliterated Havenburg, and the grand city is barely surviving. King Regus desperately needs help to recapture Empyria and the other lands of Panterra. Initially, there are seven player classes to choose from - wizard, ranger, rogue, fighter, cleric, martialist, barbarian. Attributes can also be raised by acquiring stat bottles, but these were relatively rare during the beta.
All characters are human, and each account can have up to three.
Character advancement is level-based. At each level, a character can buy more life points and mana points. Spells are learned automatically when levels are achieved, with each class and path having unique albeit often similar spells. Magic users gain a new spell at every level while melee classes gain them less often. Levels are achieved by killing monsters to acquire experience points.