Violence erupts when two new races enter the Territories. Dar and Tao get caught up in the struggle as these groups challenge Zad and his Terrons for supremacy.
Tao returns to his homeland of Xinca to find it is now under the rule of the evil Priest, Maloc. Meanwhile a new people, the Nords, guided by the warrior-guide Arina, attack and rout the Terrons.
A lion cub goes in search of the Beastmaster to save his mother from the clutches of the evil despot, Arkon. Dar then goes on to battle the despot to save an entire village from his evil forces.