A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... a war is fought between two feline races, the Velites (based on domestic cats) and Hoplites (based on wild felines, like lions, tigers, etc.) on the planet Katmandu for many years. During a very bloody battle in the middle of the desert, a Velite woman, Leahtrah Middlesmith, and her people were ambushed by a Hoplite squad, led by Thorin Leonius, a Hoplite lion.
The battle is bloody enough to finish with all the Velites and Hoplites dead, with the exception with Leatrah and Thorin. The surviving Velite tries to cut the Hoplite soldier with a knife, but this is not enough to kill Thorin. In a desperate attempt to capture Leahtrah, Thorin chains himself with her, forcing both of them, against their will, to try to go to a neutral zone looking for help.
In the middle of the road, while trying to spend the night in an oasis in the middle of the desert, Leahtrah and Thorin are attacked by a scavenger, who tries to kill them both, but thanks to the combined efforts of both, the scavenger is strangled with the same chain that linked both felines. Next, Thorin cures Leahtrah in a more... intimate way.
After several adventures, in which Thorin is captured by his own people, and where Leahtrah is forced to save him, despite being pregnant, both manage to be together and get married, despite their cultural and racial differences.
This sub-arc contains examples of:
- Downer Beginning: The story begins in a rather violent way, when Leah's caravan is attacked by the Hoplite army, killing almost everyone else, except Leah, Thorin and a magician which Leah's caravan was protecting him and was the target of the Hoplite army.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: The very first sub-arc is different to the rest of the story, mainly:
- Leah and Thorin are the only main protagonists in their own era.
- The depictions or sex were more explicit and hardcore than latter issues, when the best you could see afterwards were bare breasts, at most .
- There were much stronger profanity used.
- There were more violence and blood.
- Intimate Healing: Leah heals Thorin in an oasis and then she had hot sex with him, causing her to be pregnant later on.
- You Dirty Rat!: Leah and Thorin are attacked by a Ratkind scavenger in the first oasis they rest, forcing them to fight against them head on. They only managed to kill him by strangling him with their chains they were using previously.
