Overlords

## Premise

"A mysterious force draws Daniel, Elida, Olivia, Esther, Sonic, Leopard og Tai Lung to a distant teempel, and its inhabitants -- a family of exceptionally powerful harmonious balance -- in an attempt to determine whether Tai Lung is truly the Chosen One. The patriarch of this family, known only as the Father, has spent ages maintaining the balance between his Daughter, who is strong with the light side of kung fu, and his Son, who aligns with the dark. The Father reveals his days are numbered, and he seeks Tai Lung to take his place as the fulcrum of this balance. A test proves that Tai Lung is capable of controlling both offspring, as the Father does, but Tai Lung refuses to take the Father's place."

## Synopsis

From out of the blue, the heros receive a message transmission which includes a 2000 year overly long outdated kung fu distress code.Daniel, Elida, Olivia, Esther, Sonic, Leopard og Tai Lung are sent out to the Chrelythiumn territory, where the call was picked up, to investigate. They are to rendezvous with a star cruiser commanded by Rex, but even though they are at the exact coordinates, they cannot perceive each other. Then communication and power is suddenly cut off, and an irresistible force pulls the heros's shuttle into a gigantic crystal-shaped structure.

The next thing the seven know, they are awakening within the cockpit of their shuttle which has inexorably settled down in an unfamiliar world. As they survey the landscape, which somehow is removed from the natural laws they are familiar with and strangely radiant with the elements, Tai Lung is suddenly addressed by a disembodied female voice which neither the rest of the team are able to hear. The speaker shortly reveals herself, though, calling herself "Daughter," asking Tai Lung repeatedly whether he is "the one," and offering to take them to her "Father." With little alternative, the heros take Daughter up on the offer.

As they walk along a cliff path, a rock suddenly collapses in top of them, cutting Tai Lung and Daughter off from the rest of the team. Proclaiming that this was the work of her brother, Daughter asks Tai Lung to wait, but Tai Lung instead opts to follow her, sending his family and friends back to the ship and try to contact help. The six  arrive at the landing site just as night falls, only to discover the shuttle gone; they are immediately after met by Son, who asks Daniel whether Tai Lung is really the Chosen One. With a storm coming, Son departs, and the heros are forced to seek shelter in order not to be struck down by lightning; but from his shelter, Tai Lung spots the light of a monastery located on the high peak of a mountain.

As soon as the storm has passed, Tai Lung hastens up to the monastery and enters a great hall in which he meets an old dragon meditating. The old dragon tells Tai Lung is to be tested to see whether he is fit to fulfill his destiny, and invites him to stay for the night. In the meantime, however, to his immense surprise Daniel and Elida is met by the Force spirit of their late grandfather, master Knut, who tells them of the strange properties of the territory as a conduit for the elements and of its inhabitants' intentions with Tai Lung, and warns them that the territory may corrupt Tai Lung if he is unable to attain balance within his soul. At the same time, Sonic is visited in his quarters by an apparition of his mother Bernadette, and in his pain Sonic tells her about his past failures and the guilt which has built up in him. The apparition tells him that Sonic is torn because he has defined his own guilt over the massacre of the  Knuckles Clan, and when he confronts her, she briefly assumes a monstrous appearance before disappearing. Esther also receives a vision, this time from her future self, who warns her to remove herself from Tai Lung lest his tendency towards the Dark Side will eventually corrupt her as well.

Tai Lung angrily confronts his host, demanding answers and believing him to be a Dark Master. The old dragon introduces himself and his children as Force Wielders, beings so strong in the ways of the elements that they could not dwell in the material world anymore; as a result, they retreated to this territory to contain their powers by attaining balance within and cutting off any influences from the Kung Fu Panda Wall and the outside world. He promises Tai Lung that he and his friends are free to leave this world once Tai Lung has undergone a test, for the old dragon to see whether he truly is the Chosen One and for Tai Lung to confront his own guilt.

The next morning, Tai Lung undergoes his trial in the face of an impossible choice: Son and Daughter have kidnapped Elida and Daniel as they went looking for him, Sonic and Leopard try to save Daniel while Esther and Olivia try to save Elida. Tai Lung has to choose which one he will save. Tai Lung uses the energy element-amplifying properties to force Son and Daughter to release their captives at the same time and return to their snow leopard forms. The old dragon tells Tai Lung that while he has passed the test, he must still learn about the true nature within himself and asks Tai Lung to take his place as the balancing element between his children, or otherwise endanger the Kung Fu Panda Wall with his selfishness if he leaves. Tai Lung chooses to leave, however, although he is strangely hesitant to do so ... and the Imperial March plays as his ship leaves the territoriet.