throughout these periods in history janaína and her immortal hero go through numerous different incarnations, the warrior becoming a bird when he dies, only to fly to find janaina again in a new time and place.   

director luiz bolognesi researched heavily into brazilian history in order to find the appropriate periods upon which to base the animation.

in the first time period we meet the warrior as a tupinambá indian called abeguar who is fighting in the indian wars against the portuguese colonizers.