Lion-O undergoes the fourth trial in his Anointment Trials, a series of tests every Lord of the Thundercats has had to pass in order to be worthy of the inherited title. This trial is Tygra's trial of Mind Power and Lion-O's goal is to reach the Desert of Sinking Sands - not a difficult objective in itself. However, Tygra uses his mind power to create illusions which distract Lion-O: a windy blizzard on a clear day; darkest night when it is daytime; and pathways which lead nowhere. Lion-O is forced to decide what is REAL and what is not. The most challenging illusion is Tygra's reaction of the destruction of Lion-O's home planet, ThunDERa. Lion-O relives the fear he experienced when he was a young boy leaving his doomed planet, ThunDERa. Through this illusion, Lion-O confronts and overcomes the greatest fear that has tormented him since he arrived on Third Earth. When Lion-O finally succeeds in overcoming Tygra, and his own fear of being afraid, he discovers that his final trial will match him against Mumm-Ra.

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