Story
The 22 quests are messages from town NPCs, each given when its condition is met: at a player level, after a stage is cleared or after the final boss is beaten on a difficulty. [hero] marks where the game shows the hero's name.
Story
The opening lines play when a new character starts:
"The Kingdom of Atheron is falling to the Lord of Hell..."
"Born of divine blood, you dont just slay the evil, you seize their minds. Grow mighty and save Atheron..."
The ending plays the first time The Cinder Crown: 7 is cleared, after Lord of the Cinder is beaten:
"The Lord of Hell falls. His fire gutters out in the ash, and the mountain is silent for the first time in an age."
"Atheron wakes to a morning without darkness. Every bell in every town you saved rings your name..."
"But hell has no floor. Something older stirs beneath the ash..."