Chapter 1-7 Summary

The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks is the story of an Elven people that have long been protected from banished Demons by an enchanted tree called the Ellcrys. The Ellcrys is dying and chooses the one who must carry the seed to the Bloodfire that the Ellcrys might be reborn. Demons are already escaping from the Ellcrys boundaries in her weakened state and begin killing all those who would reinstate the Ellcrys. Those chosen must work together and learn to believe in themselves in order to save their lands from the Demon hordes.

Chapter one begins with the Chosen entering the Garden of life. The Chosen are the ones that are picked by the enchanted tree, the Ellcrys, to care for her for one year of their youth. The honor of taking care of the Ellcrys is great since it...