The story of Final Fantasy VIII starts off with members of the Balamb Garden known as SeeDs. SeeD is a special task force. The group of SeeD is lead by Squall, the main character. Squall and his teammates have been assigned to assist a small liberation group trying to free the town of Timber from Galbadian control. While on this assignment, it turns out that the country of Galbadia itself has been taken over by an evil sorceress. SeeD's mission then becomes to stop the evil sorceress from taking over the world. At this point the story starts to unfold. Along the way, the members of SeeD experience a dream-like vision about a man named Laguna. This vision is very important in the plotline of FFVIII. The presentation and story telling of FFVIII is done beautifully.