The People of the Crater

A million years ago, the ancient ones fled from their nova sun to the earth. They created a scientific utopia in a crater in Antarctica, where through bio-genetic engineering they brought several native animal species to sentience. But some of the ancient ones turned to evil, and after millenia have destroyed most of their remaining descendants. Only a human hero can rescue their princess from the Dark Ones and return peace to the land.

This story was combined with Garan of Yu-Lac in a fixup to create Garan the Eternal.