About now, you’re probably wondering what the purpose of this introduction is. No, I’ve never given an introduction before, but I felt this work needed a little explaining in order for it to make any sense. That Which Springs Eternal takes places 5 years after the end of the last season, or 5 years after the episode "Book of Omens," depending on how you want to look at it. And a lot has happened during those 5 years. Tygra and Pumyra are still on Third Earth and they are heavily involved in working with Mandora and Control, more to relieve boredom than anything else. Lion-O and the other Thundercats are on Thundera where they are organizing the formal government of the Thunderan Republic. They’ve also colonized a small world they call Pride. The mutants, still led by Rataro, are colonizing rapidly and spats between Thunderians and mutants are common. The Lunatacs try to avoid trouble because of their close proximity to Thundera. Thanks to a small civil war and period of social upheaval about 2 years after the episode Book of Omens, they are now led by Glacion, an ice Lunatac.

A number of new characters are also going to be introduced. Some will play major roles; some will appear only briefly. Even though each new character will be thoroughly introduced during the story, I thought it might be nice to have a list of the main contributing characters to start off with. In addition to these new characters, some of my characters from Past Feud (Celotta and Stealon for example) will be incorporated into this work, so if you haven’t read Past Feud, you may want to. And with that, I think I’ve covered everything I need to. Hope you enjoy!

New Thundercats
Mantyro—Noble red tiger illusionist. His weapon is a scimitar with secret compartments in the hilt.
Snoedaro—Noble snow leopard with the ability to control his body temperature. His weapon is an expanding ice lance.
Servalla—Common serval and a fully trained healer. Her weapon is the bow and arrow.
Lepora—Noble leopard with a strength rivaling that of the panther clans. Her weapon is a hook shot.
Cougrois—Noble cougar with strength to match Panthro and agility to equal Pumyra. His weapon is an energy axe.
Leonari—Common lioness with surprising speed and a head for strategy. Her weapons are twin daggers.

New Thunderians and Lotarians (All clan leaders come from noble tribes.)
Sybar—Leader of the red tiger clans and official spokesman of the combined red and white tiger clans. He is a talented illusionist and highly ambitious.
Serbino—Leader of the white tiger clans. He is highly suspicious of Sybar’s motives and actions.
Panya—Leader of the panther clans. More than once, she has expressed skepticism regarding Lion-O’s young leadership skills.
Tahee—Leader of the cheetah clans. He is a skilled politician and a crafty diplomat, but very loyal once his respect has been earned.
Rociyro—Stealon’s second-in-command. He is head of the ocelot intelligence operations.
Ocelt—Ocelot engineer and spy. His fierce hatred of tigers is well known among the ocelots.
Telstar—Ocelot pilot and spy. He is Ocelt’s brother and is considered the best stealth pilot of the ocelot clans.

New Lunatacs
Glacion—Young ice Lunatac, distantly related to Chilla. Leader of the Lunatac Imperial and president of the Lunar Tri-Council.
Starn—Older gravity Lunatac, also a member of the Lunar Tri-Council.
Hypnon—Young hypnotist Lunatac and the third member of the Lunar Tri-Council

New Mutants
Cobri—Crafty snake reptilian and Rataro’s second-in-command with ambitions of his own.
Alphon—Alpha male and leader of the wolf mutants, a loosely knit pack of mercenaries and pirates.
Lucaina—Low-ranking she-wolf warrior and pirate.