 However, realizing their song was meant to keep the Great Beast at bay, the Shadow Lord conjured a raft to flee the sinking island.Some time later, the Shadow Lord came upon the Land of Dragons, "Deltora" as it is later called, and made attempts to conquer it.But was repelled by a spell cast by the Torans and unable to bribe an emerald dragon to serve him, the Shadow Lord came to Pirra where he recruited the residential thieves and monstrous beasts of the mountainside into his services.