The Nutcracker begins as a wooden soldier doll, bestowed by a enigmatic figure adorned with an eyepatch, beard, and broad-brimmed hat. Though overlooked due to his missing sword, the doll awakens at midnight to confront the Mouse King’s army. Mid-battle, his arm shatters, but the human protagonist aids him, deploying a cannon and a mystical nut to rout the rodents. His origins unveil a prince from a dream realm, cursed into doll form by the Mouse King. When the protagonist redirects energy from the villain’s blade during their final clash, the Nutcracker sheds his wooden shell, reemerging as Prince Bongo. The restored prince clarifies the Mouse King’s seven heads as manifestations of the tyrant’s ceaseless schemes. Victorious, the prince escorts the protagonist to his kingdom—a domain of infinite imagination where storybook beings revel at a jubilant ball. Over time, this realm evolves into an amusement park, its penthouse becoming their shared home. The arc traces his rebirth from cursed artifact to sovereign, achieved through alliance and the unraveling of fated conflicts.