As a female narrator begins to tell her tale, the action opens in a desert, where a lone rider appears over the crest of a sand dune. He is General Izan, at the head of an army of gorillas, met on the sandy wastes by an opposing chimpanzee army. A bitter battle ensues before the narrative moves forward. In ‘Ape Square’ - the central plaza of Ape City - the ape civil war is about to be brought to an end. Decorated with medals, Minister Elizar Tafara is the overall gorilla leader, while the eye patch-wearing Secretary Nebb Gurio represents the chimps. Three orangutan judges - the eldest of the ape population and the last of their species - preside over the ceremony. Their leader, Dr. Zantheus, proclaims a great day for Apekind as peace has been restored. Just as the treaty is signed however,