In Primal, Takkar rides a mammoth into battle during his assualt against the Izilia's home. This ability to use animals is even more similar, since at one point in the storyline, Kalinag discovers an elephant, which, like the tiger, he will use in battle against the Rakashasa. Similar to this, Takkar can tame animals in order to use in battle, several of which can be Saber Toothed Cats, which are called "tigers" by the Wenja. Further developing the Shangri-La storyline was Kalinag's encounter with the Sky Tiger, who becomes his companion in battle against the Rakshasa. Like the Udam, on the other hand, the Rakshasa are brutal and cruel, are clearly different species than the human players (the Udam are Neanderthals, and the Rakshasa are completely otherworldly), and have a clear Skeleton Motif. Like the Izilia, the Rakshasa have very frail bodies, blue color motifs, are foreigners to the setting (the Izilia are from Mesopotamia, while the Rakshasa likely hail from a different world) are excellent archers, and also have close ties to fire (like the Rakshasa flamer) and explosions (like the exploding hounds the Rakshasa archers summon). In the Shangri-La, Kalinag soon comes across the Rakshasa, who bear striking similarities to the antagonistic tribes in Primal. In Primal, Takkar ends up in Oros to discover his fellow Wenja scattered across the land, their numbers dwindling due to the cannibalistic Udam and the Izilia slavers.
Upon arriving to Shangri-La, Kalinag discovers his fellow Seekers slaughtered by an unknown force, and the land tainted by an evil force. In Primal, Takkar is sent to Oros by his dying mentor, and presumably the leader of the Wenja hunting band.
At the beginning of the Shangri-La story, Kalinag states how his king sent him on a journey to find Shangri-La. The Shangri-La plot is a much more fantasized telling of Takkar's experiences in Oros.