A few weeks later, a creature bearing a symbol of a skull shows up: a Skull Bearer, one of the Warlock Lord's 'winged black destroyers', has arrived to search for Shea. He tells Shea to flee at the sign of the Skull. As the last descendant of Jerle Shannara, Shea is the only one capable of wielding the Sword of Shannara against the Warlock Lord.Īllanon departs, leaving Shea three Blue Elfstones for protection. Allanon warns the Ohmsford brothers that the Warlock Lord has returned to the Skull Kingdom in the Northland and is coming for Shea. Some time later, the last Druid Allanon arrives in Shady Vale. Becoming inseparable, the brothers run the family inn.

He takes the name Ohmsford and is raised as a brother to the family's son Flick.

From Shady Vale to Paranorįive centuries later, the Ohmsford family of Shady Vale in the Southland takes in the half-Elven child Shea. Peace comes at a high price, interracial tension is renewed and the Druids have vanished. He is not killed, but his army is defeated by the combined armies of the Elves and Dwarves. It succeeds in banishing the Warlock Lord. As it takes the form of a blade, the talisman is named the Sword of Shannara. A lone Druid, Bremen, forges a magical talisman to destroy the Warlock Lord it is given to the Elven King, Jerle Shannara. Chronicled in the prequel novel First King of Shannara, the Second War of the Races begins with the destruction of the Druid Order. Two and a half centuries after the First War of the Races, Brona returns as the Warlock Lord, now with Skull Bearers as his servants. The Druids divide the Four Lands among the races and become reclusive, withdrawing to Paranor because of their shame at the betrayal by one of their own members. He almost succeeds in seizing rule of the Four Lands, but the tide turns, and the war ends with his defeat and disappearance. 250 years later, Brona begins the First War of the Races when he convinces all Men to attack the other races. Brona, a rogue Druid, and his followers leave, taking the Ildatch with them this magical tome controls their minds. They name themselves the First Druid Council.

Also, the Elves begin to emerge after having been in seclusion and hiding for centuries.Ī thousand years before The Sword of Shannara, an Elf named Galaphile gathers all of the people who still had some knowledge of the old world to Paranor to try to bring peace and order to all of the races. During this time, Mankind mutates into several distinct races: Men, Dwarves, Gnomes and Trolls, all named after creatures from 'age-old' myths. Only traces of technological artifacts have been found most advanced technology has been lost, but magic has been rediscovered. These wars rearranged the planet's geography and wiped out most human life on Earth. The Sword of Shannara 's events take place 2000 years after the 'Great Wars': a nuclear holocaust that has wiped out most of the planet.

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