Visions of Mana se déroule dans un monde fantastique où les joueurs prennent le contrôle de Val, un jeune homme de Tianeea. Lorsque son amie d'enfance est choisie pour partir en pèlerinage à l'arbre sacré de Mana, qui contrôle le flux de mana à travers le monde, Val est chargé de l'accompagner en tant que protecteur ou garde d'âme.
She gave my mother such a turn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been born on a Friday. The word was appropriate to the moment. My mother was so much worse that Peggotty, coming in with the teaboard and candles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was, - as Miss Betsey might have done sooner if there had been light enough, - conveyed her upstairs to her own room with all speed; and immediately dispatched Ham Peggotty, her nephew, who had been for some days past secreted in the house, unknown to my mother, as a special messenger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor.
