Film and Television Production Studios   Home | Shorts | Services | Feature-Films | Clients | Jobs | Company     Terra Cotta | Release in 2009 Story Background This story is set in the early 16th century , Xian, China, The region of Xian has been inhabited as far back as 6000 years. The first emperor of the unified China, Qin Shihuang founded the capital of Xianyang, which is a bit west of Xian. Following the Qin was the Han dynasty that moved the capital further east, to the plain where Xian now is. There are approximately 7000 terracotta warriors in three pits in the tomb of the First Emperor. In those times, when a warlord or master died, his soldier, servants, slaves, and wives would accompany him in the after life. though emperor Qin was powerful in his rule, having just united China, he was careful not to offend his military by asking them to die with him. Obsessed with immortality he called for thousands of artisans to create statues of warriors so that he would have an army to lead in his afterlife. Premise Set in Imperial China, a little girl inadvertently becomes targeted when she stumbles upon the tomb of the First Emperor. She alone knows its location. An evil dragon coaxes a band of foreign mercenaries, ordering that she be captured. She is lured into a trap by her own insecurities, and though she manages to find refuge in the Tomb, her parents are captured in her place. A Terra Cotta Warrior is awakened out of compassion and sympathy, and together they embark on a quest to save them.