In the Ether Realm, when a yield farmer gets liquidated, the spirit travels to the Gotchiverse and is reborn as an Aavegotchi — a spectral creature that farms, votes, and exists in community with others like itself. The Gotchiverse grew over time as liquidations multiplied, and Aavegotchis built cities and great structures there. Then the Lickquidators found a backdoor. Originally the creators of the Aavegotchis, they became their destroyers — invading the Gotchiverse to harvest Spirit Force. Only nine survived the attack: the most powerful of the Aavegotchis, known as the Aadepts. These nine used the last of what remained to build the Citaadel and the Great Portal inside it, pouring into the Portal every remnant of Spirit Force they could gather from the slain. The fight to reclaim the Gotchiverse begins from that foundation.