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So convincing has been Degaegis’ smearing of the king, even Caellich’s own daughter, Laethwyn, has turned against him. Meanwhile, Deraegis covets the throne for himself. Caellich, however, is not inherently vicious, but has been manipulated into such a role by his advisor Deraegis. Ray sides with a rebel force seeking to overthrow their cruel king Caellich. What follows is a mostly entertaining blending of fantasy and super heroics. Ray had set out to find star substances fallen from space only to discover instead an alien race living deep in the jungle. The situation appears pretty dire for Ray until suddenly the snake is driven off by a group of yellow-skinned, 6 inch people speaking a foreign tongue. He is not only lost in unfamiliar, deadly terrain, but stuck at a height of 6 inches. In the aftermath of the crash, Ray finds his suit badly damaged, and along with it his ability to restore his normal size. This is more or less set-up for the 1983 limited series Sword of the Atom by Jan Strnad and Gil Kane. There is a struggle and the private plane carrying Ray Palmer crashes deep in the Amazon Rainforest. As his luck would have it, however, he stumbles upon a coca plantation instead. Thus, Ray leaves his home and flies out to Brazil where he hopes to investigate possible white dwarf material, the same substance which is the source of his powers. Then one night, Jean and him have a particularly searing argument (the details of which will be discussed below), resulting in a temporary separation between the spouses. Not helping was the fact that he was spending most of his non-spandex time holed up in his lab performing experiments. His adventures as the super-powered, shrinking hero Atom was taking a toll on his marriage to Jean Loring. In 1983, Ray Palmer’s life went through a bit of an upheaval.