In Los Angeles, humans live with orcs and elves in a world where fantasy creatures exist. LAPD police officer Daryl Ward is the first human cop to have the first orc police officer, Nick Jakoby, as a partner. When Ward is shot by an orc and Jakoby does not capture the shooter, Ward questions whether Jakoby lets the fellow orc escape. During a patrol, Ward and Jakoby arrest a man who tells that there is a prophecy and that Ward is blessed. Meanwhile, Internal Affairs presses Ward to find the truth about the escape of the shooter so that they can fire Jakoby. The magic department of the FBI interrogates the man who belongs to the terrorist Shield of Light group, which protects brights so that they can prepare for the return of the Dark Lord, who will destroy the world. Ward and Jakoby are sent to attend to a disturbance, and they stumble upon a Shield of Light safe house, where they find the elf Tikka and a magic wand. Soon they learn that Tikka is being hunted down by the evil and powerful rogue elf Leilah and her terrorist group Inferni, who are the ones trying to resurrect the Dark Lord, and Ward and Jakoby need to protect Tikka and the wand; otherwise the world will be destroyed.