Part One of The Author's Trilogy
The first issue set in the Ancestral World begins in the Forest of Findor where he meets his second companion, Melek before a horrifying confrontation with Sumar, the mighty Moss Beast. In the Ancestral World, Richard and his companions must travel across the land, defeating the Evil One's minions, avoiding his armies, freeing the captured Guardians, finding the lost Life Force pods, and break the Evil One's influence.
Seven races - Landsmen, Insects, Reptiles, Birds, Fish, Mythical Beasts, and Common Beasts, populate the Ancestral World. A Guardian represents each of these, and these Guardians form a council that rules from the Ancestral City, at the centre of the Ancestral World. Each Guardian has a pod representing his/her life force, and these pods hang from the great Tree of Life. Each pod also represents a quality in an individual - goodness, wisdom, endurance, knowledge, valour, and justice. The person who finds absorbs that quality. Richard's mission is to recover all the pods.
Read more about this topic: The Ancestral Trail, The Ancestral World (1993)
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