Since that time, the primary concern of each Beast has been to protect his own powerful talisman. The other nine Great Beasts got involved briefly at the end of the war. Two of the Great Beasts sided with him, and four, the Four Fallen, sided with the Greencloaks. Olvan recounts a war centuries earlier in which the four nations of Erdas battled an enemy called the Devourer. The Greencloaks explain why they are eager for the children’s help. Meanwhile, Zerif has his assistant Shane befriend Abeke and help her learn to bond with Uraza (the leopard). He refuses to take their vows until he has spent some time with them and has been able to think it through. He goes with them since they have offered to provide for him, but he remains skeptical of their secrecy. Greencloaks find Rollan and invite him to join them. Rollan immediately distrusts Zerif, but Abeke follows her father’s orders and goes with the man. He vilifies the Greencloaks, accusing their leaders of keeping the nectar from the people in certain regions of Erdas. Abeke and Rollan are approached at their ceremonies by a man named Zerif. They send representatives to Conor’s and Meilin’s nectar ceremonies and immediately invite them to join the order. Olvan, Lenori and Tarik are members of a sacred order of spirit animal keepers called Greencloaks. Meilin gets Jhi, the giant panda, and Rollan receives the falcon Essix. They’re not just any animals: They are the reincarnated spirits of some of the world’s 12 Great Beasts, known as the Four Fallen. At their nectar ceremonies, each summons an animal. Meilin is the wealthy daughter of a high-ranking general, and Rollan is an orphan, recently jailed for theft. People with strong bonds to their spirit animals are able to develop powers and significantly enhance skills they already possess.Įleven-year-olds Conor, Abeke, Meilin and Rollan each live in different corners of Erdas. The people of Erdas believe that when human and animal unite, the greatness of both is multiplied. Each child drinks a sip of a special nectar and hopes to be able to summon his or her own spirit animal. In the world of Erdas, children participate in a sacred coming-of-age ritual at age 11.

Wild born by brandon mull