

The Forbidding locked the demons away in an alternate universe from which they could not attack the Elves. When the Demons tried to eradicate the rival Elves altogether, the Elves proved victorious by creating a magical prison called the Forbidding, to which they banished the Demons. For example, the Elves used their magic to care for the earth, while the hateful Demons used theirs to dominate and destroy. Like any power (be it wealth, technology, or physical strength), magic was used by some for good and some for evil. History of the Shannara World Age of Faerie Īt the beginning of time, in what was known as the "Age of Faerie", the Earth was inhabited only by Faerie creatures most or all wielded magic.

3.7 The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara Trilogy.1.4 Birth of the Four Lands and The First Council.
