Alan Oppenheimer and William Hootkins both in this game are the voice of Falkor the wise mentor, William played Falkor in this film with Jack Black who latter appeared in Kung Fu Panda which was inspired by T'ai Fu. and made by the same company (DreamWorks).
Valentine's plan is to make the whole world kill each other, which is the same plan that the Nasties did when they have control of the magical necklace.