MiM wasn t always the Man in the Moon. He was once a child, fortunate enough to be born during the Golden Age, when all dreams were sweet. Until the day he and his family are attacked by Pitch, King of Nightmares. Bereft of his parents and left stranded on the moon, MiM turns for help to his oldest friend, Nightlight, who would sprinkle him as an infant with Dreamsand and protect him from nightmares. It is Nightlight who encourages MiM to become the guardian of the hopes and dreams of the children of Earth, but he will need help with his task not least from a toymaker, a rabbit, and a fairy.
HL no siempre fue el Hombre de la Luna. Era una vez un nino con la fortuna de haber nacido durante la Epoca de Oro, cuando todos los suenos eran dulces. Hasta el dia en que el y su familia son atacados por Sombra, el Rey de las Pesadillas. Sin sus padres y varado en la luna, HL recurre a su amigo mas fiel, Luz Nocturna, quien lo espolvoreaba de bebe con la arena de los suenos y lo protegia de laspesadillas. Es Luz Nocturna quien anima a HL a convertirse en el guardian de las esperanzas y de los suenos de los ninosen la Tierra, una tarea con lacual necesitara ayuda en particular la ayuda de un fabricante de juguetes, un conejo y un hada.