The chapter opens with a flashback to the time when the first generation of the tulip duke built a defensive line around the continent. This line was used to repel the invasion of the continent by the "ambitious invaders" and defeated them. The chapter ends with a description of the grass elves, who live in the forest. The grass elves are a low-level tribe of elves, and they do not care about the "barbarous beasts" grazing on their land.