All is peaceful upon the lush medieval planet of Sunderworld when a cloister of Shaolin-like monks adopts six enigmatic infants they find abandoned within an exotic metallic saucer. Dubbed "The Earthlings" after a mythological fable of orphaned superheros, these untiring babies possess unheralded strength and speed -- and foster uncanny sensory abilities. Local planetary physics afford these bolstered abilities exclusively to alien earthlings, yet they sometimes prove a hindrance. As four maturing earthlings fulfill a noble quest deep into a Dark Continent of invading gargoyles, three deviant earthlings mysteriously surface, tempting their two remaining counterparts while terrorizing their enchanted world of princesses and shimmering glass castles.