04x04 - Through the Looking Glass

[bunniefuu]

♪ Pa-pum ♪

[grunts]

[panting]

[Callum] Previously on
The Dragon Prince...

"In darkness,
gaze upon a Fallen Star."

[Rayla] Callum,
I know my leaving hurt you.

But would it be okay,
maybe, if I stay?

[Claudia] To open the chrysalis,
we need your staff.

[grunting]

[Ibis] Over my dead body!

- [Ibis grunts]
- [yelps]

[screams]

[panting]

Fulgur...[groans]

- [gasps]
- [thuds]

With my last... [groans] ...breath.

[staff clatters]

[theme music playing]

[music fades]

[suspenseful music playing]

The Staff of Ziard has been stolen.

I'm afraid this can
only mean one thing.

The Fallen Star has returned.

- [growls]
- [Zym whimpers]

- [woman] Oh, no!
- [people murmuring, gasping]

That face, was that...

That was Ibis, the great Sky Mage.

You fought beside him
at the Storm Spire.

How could you not remember?

I do remember,
just wasn't sure of his name.

Well, maybe you might know that
if you'd been here

the past two years.

- Callum.
- What? She would.

I suppose so.

King Ezran, thank you
for this visit to your kingdom.

I'm afraid it's time for me
to return to mine.

Wait, please don't go yet.

If the Fallen Star is a danger
the whole world will face,

this is a chance
to solve our problems together.

Young King,
I appreciate that sentiment.

But Ibis's warning
is too urgent to delay.

I am taking Zym
and we are departing immediately.

I understand.

[gasps] Zym!

Where'd you go?

He was just here!

Oh, he's been so willful lately.

Zym, I know you can hear me.
It's time to go home.

He hasn't gone far.
I'll find him and bring him back.

[dramatic music playing]

[rock crumbling]

- [wings flapping]
- [suspenseful music playing]

[gasps]

Uh, why don't you, um...

Why don't you just hold onto it
for now?

Okay.

We should all get some rest.

At dawn, we cast the spell
to open the chrysalis.

[elf humming]

[sighs]

[humming, sighing]

Soul flame burning in the dark...

[inhales] ...guide her
through the night.

[hums]

- [footsteps thudding]
- [woman] Fire!

- [gasps]
- Fire!

No open flames.
The whole camp will catch fire!

[Zym whimpering]

It's okay.
You have to go home with your mom.

You know I'm always with you.

[Zym whimpering]

I'm sorry you have to go.

I wish there was a way we could
combine our strength and purpose

and face this together.

[Opeli] King Ezran,
maybe there is a way.

Go with her.

[huffs]

But Katolis needs me.

The world needs you right now.

The high council can take care
of the people, I promise you.

You're right.
The kingdom will be in good hands.

[Barius] Ezran, I've been working
on something.

A new kind of jelly tart!

Uh, but instead of jelly,

it has this mushy brown stuff
I invented.

I call them Brown Sludge Tarts!

[sniffing] Are you sure about this?

Brown sludge?

This isn't going to be
like that weird bread you made

that only Bait liked?

[panting, growling]

Oh, you mean Grumpernickel?

[laughs] No. No, no, no.

I promise, the brown sludge
is remarkable!

[adventurous music playing]

Rayla, what are you waiting for?

I didn't know
if you wanted me to come.

We need you to come. Climb on up.

[adventurous music
continues playing]

- [Callum] Wait!
- [Pyrrah grunts]

Uh, one quick stop first.

Ibis said, "The Fallen Star."

I have something
that might be important.

It's a mirror.

Soren, I need your help.

If he's getting his mirror,
I'm gonna get my toothbrush.

Put it out.
You'll set the whole camp on fire.

Who are you?

What place does a human have,
telling me what to do?

I'm the architect who designed
this camp,

and I built half of it
with my own hands.

Open flames are off limits.

My mother passed away today.

This is her spirit flame.

It has to burn through the night

so that at dawn, her spirit
can return to the light of the Sun.

Nothing gets to burn
through the night.

Please!

[stammers] I promise, there won't be
a single spark or ember.

I'll stay awake all night
until the dawn.

[woman] No!

We can't endanger everyone's lives
because of your superstition!

[dramatic music playing]

There it is, the mirror.

I know that mirror too well.

My father was obsessed with it.

"In darkness,
gaze upon a Fallen Star."

I think this mirror
is connected somehow

to the evil returning to the world.

We need to bring it with us
to the Storm Spire.

Callum, I-I know you love magic,
but...

I hope you're careful,
'cause it can change people.

[grunting]

[laughs]

[grunts] Come on, we'll lift it
together on the count of three.

- [yells]
- Ah!

Soren's got a Primal source
of his own.

It's called "muscles."

Flexio!
Right, like how you do? [laughs]

[dramatic music playing]

[footsteps thudding]

[adventurous music playing]

- [Callum] Oh, hold on!
- [grunts]

[Callum] We almost left Bait.

- [Bait grunting, whimpering]
- [huffs]

[grunts]

Aw, Bait, you're the best!

[grunts]

[sighs] Okay. Ready now.

[Pyrrah grunts]

[growls]

So, this Fallen Star person
who's returning,

if they're a fallen star, was there
a time when they were just a star?

His name is Aaravos.

And yes, he was a star.

A Startouch Elf,

one of the Great Ones,
respected and loved by all

until we uncovered
long-hidden treachery.

Hundreds of years ago,

before Avizandum was
King of the Dragons,

the Dragon Queen, Luna Tenebris,
mysteriously d*ed.

Luna lacked a suitable heir,

and the other Archdragons
fought bitterly

over who should ascend in her place.

[thunder rumbling, crashing]

[Zubeia] As the conflict swirled

and escalated towards
inevitable v*olence,

the great leader
of the Sunfire Elves, Queen Aditi,

stepped in to broker peace.

The Archdragons trusted
this wise and kind leader

and agreed to abide
by whatsoever she decided.

But before she could bring peace
to the world,

Queen Aditi went missing.

[expl*si*n]

[Zubeia]
Chaos and confusion erupted,

and w*r threatened to tear
Xadia apart...

[clamoring]

...as now the elves suspect
the dragons had k*lled their queen.

But truth came
from an unexpected source.

A young human girl
uncovered a great secret of history,

a dangerous deceiver was revealed.

It was one of the Great Ones,
the Startouch Elf, Aaravos.

For a thousand years,

Aaravos had been pulling
invisible strings

like a puppet master.

Every great crisis the world faced

seemed the work of some ingenious
and powerful leader...

but in each case, it was secretly
Aaravos whispering in their ear.

[snoring]

[groans, snores]

[Terry crying]

[stammering] I'm sorry. [shuddering]

It's just, I'm... [sniffles]

Yesterday was
one of the hardest days of my life.

[cries]

I k*lled someone! [sobbing]

He was a mage, a Skywing Elf.

A-And he was going to take
Claudia's life, I had no choice!

I love your daughter so much.

Look at her sleeping,
she's just perfect.

[snoring, grunting]

[dramatic music playing]

I have always been ready to do
anything to protect my family,

however dangerous, however vile.

But there is an aching pain
mixed with love

that you feel in these moments.

In the name of love,

you may perform acts
so unforgivable...

you will never forgive yourself.

Please, how do I live with this?

How do I deal with these feelings?

I will tell you how.

Yes! Please, I need to know.

Get a grip.

[groans] You ungrateful elves.

We humans are here
to help you rebuild!

Put the flame out.
Put the flame out!

I can't do it. I told you, I can't!

If you won't put it out...

then I'll do it for you!

[gasps]

- [woman grunts]
- [crowd murmuring, gasping]

[yells, whimpers]

[growls, yells]

- [laughing]
- What was that?

- [dog barking]
- Commander, smoke!

- [woman 1] This is horrible!
- [woman 2] Do it, throw the water!

- [woman 1] Someone stop them!
- [growls]

[sizzling]

[screams, whimpers]

And what's going on here?

[gasps]

[panting]

- [calm music playing]
- [chittering]

If these leaders were ingenious,

why were they listening to someone
so evil whispering in their ear?

Aaravos was able to give them
something they wanted very badly.

Aaravos chose as his instruments

people who had strong minds
and strong hearts...

- [yawns]
- ...but who had an insatiable thirst

and fascination with magic.

Aaravos could offer them access
to the great mysteries

of the universe.

Mages.

Yes, mages were his prey.

So what did you do?
How did you stop him?

[Zubeia] A Startouch Elf
is no ordinary enemy.

Our adversary was literally a being
from the heavens

with vast and mysterious powers.

Even after Avizandum and I
allied ourselves

with the other Archdragons,

we could not risk
a direct confrontation.

We had to b*at Aaravos
at his own game.

We could not let on that we knew
of his crimes and treachery.

[lava bubbling]

[Zubeia] We had to conspire,
and plot, and deceive this deceiver

so that at the exact right moment,
he would lower his guard

- and we could imprison him forever.
- [glass cracking]

[Zubeia]
A magical prison was created,

meant to hold this villain
for eternity.

Part of its power
is that no one knows where it is.

Each of the Archdragons had a clue,
a piece of the puzzle,

but not one of them
had the complete picture.

Avizandum was given
an enchanted looking glass

so he could keep watch on Aaravos

and make sure
he remained trapped and helpless.

[dramatic music playing]

The Storm Spire. We're here.

Hey, there's someone
on the pinnacle.

[gasps]

Oh, no.

[wind howling]

We're too late.

He's gone.

[whimpering]

[continues whimpering]

Ibis was more than a great mage,

he was a great friend.

Losing Ibis is heartbreaking,

but the world will face
cascades of heartbreak and loss

if we don't stop Aaravos.

[Pyrrah roaring]

[grunts]

[Soren] And there we go.

[Zubeia] Somehow, you have
Avizandum's Looking Glass?

I'm pretty sure that means mirror, right?
So, yes. Lord Viren stole it.

I never knew what it was
or whose it was, until now.

The looking glass is enchanted

and linked to an identical mirror
within the magical prison.

When no light reflects off
its surface,

it becomes as clear as a window

and you can see
directly into the prison itself.

It all makes sense.

"In darkness,
gaze upon a Fallen Star."

- [clanging]
- [Terry, Viren groan]

Come on, sleepyheads, it's dawn!

And that means it's spell time!

- [intriguing music playing]
- [Claudia laughs]

The spell needs
the sun's first light

to open the chrysalis.

So get ready.

[Rayla] The sun's coming up.

It won't be dark enough
to see through the mirror.

[Zubeia] A little sunlight
won't be a problem.

Vocare nimbum.

[lightning crashing]

- [Zym whimpering]
- It's working!

Um, I am a storm dragon.

I certainly hope it's working.
[chuckles]

- [ominous music playing]
- [cuddlemonkey chitters]

[Claudia]
Dad, we're running out of time.

The spell needs
the sun's first light.

Not second, third,
or fourth light. First!

[stammering]

I'll just do it.

[clanking]

I didn't even know it could do that.

- [chuckles] Claudia really knows...
- [Claudia] Shh!

You guys, be quiet!
I need to do the spell!

[intense music playing]

[Claudia] Ezoo cimsoc ruoy morf
egreme dlihc silasyrhc.

Ezoo cimsoc ruoy morf
egreme dlihc silasyrhc.

[ominous music playing]

- [gasps, grunts]
- [Ezran gasps]

[wheezing]

Callum.

[Ezran gasps]

[Claudia] Ezoo cimsoc ruoy morf
egreme dlihc silasyrhc.

Ezoo cimsoc ruoy morf
egreme dlihc silasyrhc.

[wheezing, panting]

[in Aaravos' voice]
Zubeia. You haven't aged a bit.

- You look as young and ravishing...
- [growls]

...as the day you betrayed me.

So sorry to hear of your mate's
untimely and tragic passing.

[growls, huffs]

So these are the champions
you've gathered to try and stop me?

They're nothing but
pathetic children.

The whining child king.

In over his head and he knows it.

The Moonshadow assassin who...

Can this be right?

Isn't capable of k*lling.

The failed son, whose father wishes
he had never been born.

Ouch!

- [cuddlemonkey chitters]
- [Bait grunts]

And my favorite, the human mage,

already tainted by darkness

and destined to play
right into my hands.

[Zym whimpers]

Oh, my time has come.

[intense music playing]

My return to this world
is inevitable!

[splashes]

- Callum!
- [Zym whimpers]

Oh, Callum.

[chuckles]

- [blows air]
- [shattering]

[closing theme music playing]