Over the course of a day, across the world, people's dreams of their beloved games take on reality.  It soon becomes known as The Empowerment.  But the actual powers seem trivial, at first, growth takes time. Frank Santos has one of the stronger Powers - it even re-shaped his home and gave him a little minion elf.  But the game it is based on will eventually require him to take over the world and become Master.  And who knows how many others across the world have that same ultimate goal? Meanwhile, society tries to operate as normal as things very slowly spiral out of control.