Onde Nascem os Fortes (English title: Land of the Strong) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo, that debuted on 23 April 2018, and ended its run of 53 episodes on 16 July 2018. It is created by George Moura and Sergio Goldenberg. Walter Carvalho, Isabella Teixeira, José Luiz Villamarim, Fabiana Winits and Luisa Lima serve as the main directors. It is the second series announced and displayed as "superseries" — a dramatic plot similar to that of telenovelas, but with a standard and mature format. The format was first employed with the launch of Os Dias Eram Assim.After the disappearance of Nonato (Marco Pigossi), after a fight with the powerful Pedro Gouveia, played by Alexandre Nero. The twin sister of Nonato, Maria, played by Alice Wegmann, begins the search for her brother.