The Legend of the Chamber of Knowledge

   The young tiger cubs lay down beside the hot embers of the dying fire. "Tell us Grandfather," said the smallest, "of the Chamber of Knowledge. What is it? Why can't we explore it?" The elderly tiger warrior sat back in his chair. "Ah, the Chamber of Knowledge, now that is a very old and legendary tale." The small cubs sat still with fascination. "It all happened long ago. When the land we call Jamaa was a very wild and dangerous place."


    The Great War had come to an end. The 6 surviving Alphas sent an order to move everyone and all valuables into the ancient chambers carved by Zios, the king of old. There the horrified animals hid until the evil phantom armies left to go back to their tower and left Jamaa. After they exited Graham the monkey Alpha made the chambers a gallery of ancient artifacts from Jamaa's past to honor it's greatest warriors.

   Cosmo the koala herbalist brought healing herbs used by Mira, queen during the reign of Zios.

   Peck the rabbit artist brought paintings of the old Jamaa and jars containing past secrets.

   Graham brought carvings of Otto the elephant and Edmund the giraffe, both valiant warriors taken captive in the Great war.

   Liza, the great panda explorer brought rare gems, said to be mined from the very place Zios formed our currency.

   Deeper into the chambers more valuable treasures were were hidden. The gemstone spears given to the 5 wolf kings, Greely being the only survivor.

   The stone statues of the surviving Alphas; Liza, Greely, Sir Gilbert, Graham, Peck, and Cosmo.

   The armor of Captain Melvile, who's ship was disappeared after sinking phantom ship above Kani Cove.

   A gold cast of Zios's mask and weapons he forged on his ancient forgotten table, and his own chest that can only be opened by the lost key.

   A tapestry of the darkness of the phantoms taking over Mira's wonderful land.   

   Even the beautiful diamond Zios gave to Mira before he died.

   And the exhibit of the horrible phantoms with the body of the first phantom king who Zios slaughtered at the peak of the Dark Tower.

   And last, the chamber's most valued possession, Zios's great carpet that lay at the feet of his throne.

   "And when the chamber was finished," said the old tiger, "all of Jamaa held a great feast and the chambers were open to every free animal." "Then why can't we go in?", one of the cubs asked abruptly. "In the chambers lay a trap door," he replied, "and it led to a deep and dark dungeon. There Greely kept the defeated phantoms from the Great War."

   One misty night the surviving phantoms who left Jamaa supposedly forever after the Great War crept into the dungeon and set free the hundreds of imprisoned phantoms. Once again, Jamaa was not safe. The unprepared animals fought desperately for their land, but they were not like their ancestor warriors. Every land in Jamaa was conquered except for the four strongest, Jamaa Township, Serepia Forest, Crystal Sands, and The Lost Temple of Zios.



   "Today the Jamaasian army is slowly taking back the conquered lands, but the chambers have never been entered again." One of the cubs shuddered. "But does that mean the phantoms could come back?" The elderly tiger sighed. "I don't know, I just don't know."