After fleeing Hordak's temple, Skeletor meets up with Rqazz. They gather the remnants of the Horde army and retreat back to the forbidden lands. Most of the horde troopers don't make it to safety, as they are pursued by Snake Men and Eternian soldiers. Eternos and the other free nations have been severely weakened, and Skeletor now has a new weapon with the dark half Power Sword, but he has no army to capitalize on the situation. He will have to start over, lay low until forgotten, until he regains enough resources to continue his planned rise to power. Over the years that follow, Skeletor meditates and resumes his studies of black magic. As he did years before, he hides in plain sight among the people of Eternia. With a magic clay, he disguises his face and presents himself as a nobleman named Keldor, so he can visit libraries, temples, any vault of knowledge. More than anything, he seeks to learn the forgotten history of the Power Sword. He eventually learns o...