All begins with a death - your own. As you die at the beginning of the game, your lifeless body is transported to the Well of Souls. However, magic returns to the world of Amalur, and the gnome scientist Fomorous Hugues uses the well to bring you back to life. You are the first and only success of his experiments, in a world where every mortal creature has a fate - a destiny that determines their everyday life - but you have none.