The Roots of Life is the fourth scenario in The World Tree, the fifth part of Heroes Chronicles. Tarnum wants to use the Pendant of Total Recall to show King Targor the reality of his time as the Barbarian Tyrant, hoping that facing facts will stop the Followers of Vorr. Grumba has found the Pendant, and sent a goblin to Tarnum to tell him where to find it. Almost five hundred troops marched from the surface to join Tarnum, but on the way, they encountered Vorr, and he killed them all. Tarnum knows that he doesn't stand a chance unless he can weaken him.