The gems that crown the lion-head rungu were dispersed across the continent many millennia ago for fear that the full power of the rungu, called the Rohimba, could get in the wrong hands. The Zarks, who were banished from Earth by the power of the Rohimba during the construction of the pyramids, have returned to confiscate the rungu and its power in an effort to enslave humankind to enrich their home planet.