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Preparing to journey into the past with his daughter, Elizabeth, and teammate Puck, to stop Ranaq the Devourer, one of the Great Beasts, Shaman is soon joined by Snowbird, who upon seeing his daughter kneels before her and awaits her bidding. Realizing that the ancient and terrible prophecy has come true, Shaman has his daughter look inside his medicine pouch – something no one can do and survive, Elizabeth does, however, and after reaching around inside it she draws out a tiara. Placing it upon her brow, she is garbed in a flowing costume, and somewhat bewildered by it all, doesn’t ask too many questions. The four travel to the past, and witness a young Lucas Stang and his friend, Zebediah Chase, force an elderly Indian man to summon Ranaq for them, because they hear he can grant them whatever they want. Despite the old man’s best efforts to change the white mens’ minds, the Great Beast is summoned, and surprised when he cannot defeat the two men, for they wear magical necklaces which protect them from all magicks. Ranaq reveals that because he cannot destroy them, then he has to do their bidding and grants Chase all his wishes – though Chase cannot touch his gifts because the necklace prevents him from doing so. After taking it off though so he could touch this woman he was given, Ranaq literally devours Chase. Snowbird tries to attack, but is taken out of the game easily, so Elizabeth enters the fray, and despite her having very little experience, she holds her own against him. As Stang prepares to run away, he learns that he is the only person who can stop Ranaq and so after protesting some, he uses charms from the necklace as bullets, and shoots Ranaq. The Great Beast was stopped, but Stang was forever cursed. The heroes prepare to return to their own time, and Snowbird calls Elizabeth “Talisman”.