Hey there everyone. I'm new here, just picked up the game after reading about it and fell in love with it.

I'm kind of a super-nerd for lore and the like though, so I had a question.

When your mage summons a creature, is that creature just plucked from the land somewhere else and brought through a portal to the arena? And what is making it listen to you in the first place? I can understand for some of the animals being able to be ordered to do something, but what happens when you summon a soldier? Was he just standing there at guard duty and is suddenly standing before a Hydra with some old crazy guy yelling at him to swing his sword at it?

For any of you who know of Kaijudo (Which is probably very few ), in the show they actually explain all of that. The creatures are from a parallel dimension where they have their own lives and when summoned, a portal opens and they are compelled to answer the summon and go through it. Afterwards they are controlled and ordered through manipulating the creature's own mana. (It's actually an amazing show, by the way. Totally recommend. )

I know most of it can be hand waved away by saying "It's a game.", but I was wondering if there was actually anywhere lore wise where they explained why the creatures listen to the mage's orders, and if they are just plucked away from where they're standing when they're summoned.

Thanks!