Prelude and Backstory

Many years ago, a race called the Zodak came to the magical world of Eternia and gave the people that resided on that planet vast, powerful technology. When they did this, they also took a group of Eternians and placed them on Eternia's sister world, Etheria. Then, they made sure that the Eternians balance of good and evil was disrupted. Then, the Zodak watched from afar to see which force (good or evil) would be dominant. While they experimented on Eternia, Etheria was left as a control group to compare to.

Hoping to right the balance, the Elders created the three Great Towers. One channeled the power of evil that came from Snake Mountain. A second channeled the power of good that came from Castle Grayskull. The central tower was to combine and balance the power. But the Elders accidentally invoked the evil of King Hiss and his Snake Men. They wanted to claim the Great Towers for themselves, but the keeper of Castle Grayskull, the Sorceress, stopped them. The valiant man named He-Ro worked with the Sorceress in sealing the Snake Men away. The Elders then sunk the Great Towers, knowing that it was a failure.

Still, though, the balance was remained undone. The Elders focused all of their power into Grayskull. And most importantly, into the forging of the Great Swords. These four swords were created by beings called the First Ones. The First Ones are mysterious entities that were able to use both magic and science to create them. The swords were then sealed within Castle Grayskull. For order was on the horizon once again.

The Elders kept the balance for many years. And then, one day, a pupil to the Elders named Hordak became interested in the evil ways of King Hiss. He turned against the Elders and joined with the ancient conqueror known as Horde Prime. Horde Prime gave Hordak an army to destroy Eternia's capital, Eternos. After years of seclusion, the Elders placed the heir to the Eternian throne out of hiding. His name was Miro. He defended Eternos against the first wave of assaults from Hordak.

Horde Prime was unsure of his agent's competence, so he sent forth Morgoth to test the meddle of Eternia. A young woman named Telana took up the mantle of Sorceress and was able to defeat Morgoth. This impressed Horde Prime, so he continued to support Hordak.

As Hordak slowly rebuilt his army at Snake Mountain, Keldor, son of Miro, became interested in evil as well. He snuck into Castle Grayskull and stole the Swords of Darkness and Deception. Man-At-Arms Duncan and Sorceress tried to stop him. But Keldor still escaped with the Sword of Darkness, while the Sword of Deception fell into the chasm around Grayskull. King Miro, then, vanished - leaving Keldor's brother, Randor, in command. This angered Keldor and after a failed coup, he joined with Hordak.

At this time, a ship from the planet Earth crashed onto Eternia. Its passenger was a beautiful woman named Marlena. She fell in love and married Randor. Together, they had a set of twins - Adam and Adora. But Hordak and Keldor attacked and kidnapped Adora. Keldor was left behind as Hordak escaped to Etheria, where he became ruler. Keldor eventually escaped and launched a secondary coup, this time it costing him his face.

Duncan, the Man-At-Arms, claimed to adopt a young baby named Teela. In fact, Teela was the love child of him and Sorceress Telana, but she could not raise her.

In time, Adam grew up. He never knew his sister; she had been wiped from the memories of those that weren't related to her. Soon, though, Adam was forced to take up one of the Great Swords (the Sword of Power) and became He-Man. He-Man and his allies waged war on Keldor (who had renamed himself Skeletor) for years. Skeletor was getting desperate and released the Snake Men from their prison. King Hiss allied himself with Skeletor only to raise the Great Towers once more. Luckily, though, He-Man took command of the Towers and prevented King Hiss from reaching them.

As King Hiss tried to take the Great Towers, Skeletor continued to fix his gaze on Castle Grayskull. Within the halls of the Castle, the Sorceress came to realize that Adora was alive on Etheria. She sent He-Man to deliver the Sword of Protection to Adora, so that she could become She-Ra and overthrow Hordak. Adora, though she was raised by Hordak, came to understand that he must be defeated. So, Adora became She-Ra and fought against Hordak.

Some years later, He-Man was contacted by a race from a distant planet called Primus. Primus was under constant attack from Mutant terrorists and needed his help. He-Man, though it would take him away from his friends and family, decided to aid Primus. This decision was reached when he discovered that Skeletor himself had traveled to Primus as well.

For five years, He-Man battled alongside the likes of Flipshot and Hydron against Brakk and Skeletor. When the battle was over, He-Man set his sights for Eternia.

But when He-Man returned, he was shocked at what happened in his absence. Hordak had gained the Sword of Deception and used its power to encase Etheria in oil that would add all life force to his own. Furthermore, Hordak conquered Eternia and even signed a peace treaty with King Hiss and Snake Mountain. Hordak had also killed Horde Prime himself.

He-Man was immediately reunited with She-Ra. Together, they overthrew Hordak and restored Eternia. Etheria was later returned to normal by the entity Light-Hope. King Randor was returned to power. Adam, though, was faced with his greatest challenge when he was chasing down King Hiss. He discovered that all the battles and all of the sacrifices were nothing more than an experiment conducted by the Zodak to decide which cosmic force to be a part of.

Skeletor returned then and retrieved the Book of Living Spells. With this book, he learned of this truth as well. While the mage Orko sunk the Great Towers, Skeletor sought after Grayskull. The Book of Living Spells would allow him inside and give him to ability to absorb the power the Elders instilled in Eternia to restore the balance. In short, he would become more powerful than he had even ever imagined.

He-Man and his forces battled with Skeletor and were able to stop him by returning Skeletor into the form of Keldor. Keldor, however, used the combined Swords of Darkness and Deception to become far more than alive. In this new, scare-glow form, Skeletor was defeated at last by the combined power of the Swords of Power and Protection.

The Zodak then returned to learn of the results of their experiment. Adam forced them to see the true natures of good and evil by peering into the Great Swords. The Zodak learned the error of their ways and swore to never return to Eternia or Etheria.

A new era of peace began that day. Adam married his best friend Teela and became King of all Eternia. Adora married her old flame Sea Hawk and became Queen of Etheria.

But they all still have to learn that not all magic comes from the Elders. And even though the darkness maybe gone, the light still makes long shadows.