To thwart this continent-wide threat, a small army of powerful knights who formed bonds with monsters and rode them into battle, known as the Ten Great Dragon Knights by those they served and protected, rose up to the challenge and vanquished the threat, bringing prosperity to Ferzia and displaying the power of the bonds that can form from unity between humans and monsters, an event that has led to the art of Monster Riding being practiced all over the continent and its practitioners held in high regard by the general public for their acts of heroism and valor. One hundred years ago, an event known as the Great Calamity befell the continent of Ferzia, driving monsters berserk and threatening to bring the entire region to ruin and decay.
Unlike the original game, it forgoes the gacha system in favour of new mechanics akin to those seen in Monster Hunter Stories and its sequel, like open-world exploration and new Riders and Monsties being unlocked through story advancement as opposed to DLC (with a few exceptions). Monster Hunter Riders is a game created by Capcom, but retooled and reworked by Nin10DillN64.