♪ Pa-pum ♪
[grunts]
[panting]
[narrator reading]
We will get what we need to make a primal stone,
and then we will invert the Moon Nexus itself.
[suspenseful music playing]
[gasps]
What…?
What happened?
[suspenseful music continues]
[Ezran] You!
Everything changed the day you came.
You killed my father!
Soren, arrest him!
[tense music playing]
[theme music playing]
[theme music continues]
[tranquil music playing]
[chirping]
[horse neighs]
[Callum] I know you're worried about Runaan,
but Ezran will come around.
He's not himself right now.
Katolis was destroyed.
- We're all shaken up. - Runaan didn't destroy Katolis.
No, but he did kill its King.
So you agree with him? You're on Ezran's side now.
No, that's not what I'm saying. It's just…
It's complicated.
[sighs]
Please just try to be patient…
[Rayla exhales in frustration]
…for a few days, a week.
Give Ezran a minute to process all of this.
The three of us have been through a lot together.
We'll get through this too, right?
[melancholy music playing]
[crows cawing]
[Stella chitters]
[melancholy music continues]
[Corvus] Soren, I agree we could use a Banther Lodge security phrase,
but if you were in trouble, why wouldn't you just yell, "Help me!"
That could be anyone asking for help.
The whole point is that if you hear "rickety snickers,"
you'll know it's me.
And it's serious.
[groans]
Thank you all for coming.
There are quite a few items to discuss.
[Rayla] I have a topic.
When are you letting Runaan go?
The prisoner?
Yes, discussing his punishment is on the agenda.
Hasn't he already been punished enough?
Viren imprisoned him in a cursed coin for years.
It's time to set him free.
He's a murderer.
He's an assassin.
What's the difference?
Assassins are… doing a job.
They aren't evil.
Oh, so he's a good murderer?
Yes! He is good!
[Callum] Rayla, wait!
[Ezran] Callum. High Mage.
We need you in this council meeting.
[suspenseful music playing]
[cawing]
[Aaravos] So this is the Puzzle House?
You said your father's mentor constructed this place?
Oh, Kpp'Ar? Yeah.
He taught my dad everything he knew about dark magic…
before he disappeared.
- Kpp'Ar disappeared? - Mm-hmm.
Mysteriously.
He'd been acting so strange, and he was arguing with my dad a lot.
Then one day, he just vanished.
Hmm.
That does sound mysterious.
This home is quite… eccentric, to say the least.
And a bit spooky. [chuckles]
I like eccentric and spooky.
Oh, you.
[sniffs] Mmm.
[horse neighs in distance]
[Opeli] Katolis has suffered a great tragedy.
But now we must restore our citizens' lives.
We must rebuild.
Well, proper rebuilding will take time and planning,
but the people need to feel like they're building a home.
[all murmuring in agreement]
That's a good point.
- But doesn't a home need to be safe? - Of course it does.
But I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at, King Ezran.
Our ancestors spent generations building Katolis,
and Sol Regem destroyed it in minutes.
I don't want to waste our time if it's all going to get knocked down.
[Zym whimpers]
[Opeli sighs] But Sol Regem is dead. He no longer poses a threat.
What do you think, Callum?
I think, uh…
I think I agree with Barius.
Pretty sure he had a… a good point.
Everyone nodded.
Queen Aanya, what do you think?
What would you do in my position?
King Ezran…
I'm humbled you ask,
but I'm not a member of your esteemed council.
Please, Aanya.
I invited you to join us because I value your opinion.
I trust you.
Our people will always be grateful to Katolis
for their support in our time of need.
We offer that in return, whatever you need.
But in my experience, King Ezran,
I have found that peace requires preparation.
We have to be ready.
We have to be strong enough
so that they won't even think about attacking us.
Before we rebuild, we have to build our defenses.
[tense music playing]
[Claudia] I kept the magical map
to the Garden of Innocents in Kpp'Ar's secret basement.
Ta-da!
[Terry] I guess that's as good a spot as any to hide a secret basement…
at the top of a tower.
Oh, it's not actually up there.
But as Kpp'Ar would say, "To go down, you must go up."
- [stones grinding] - [laughs]
[gasps]
[rumbling]
[melancholy music playing]
[horse neighs]
[Rayla sobbing]
Rayla, I'm so sorry. I should… I should have left the meeting right away.
[sniffles]
No. It's okay.
You did what you had to. I don't blame you.
I have to stop this.
I'm going to get Runaan out.
Oh, no.
Wait, just let me… [sighs]
Ezran will do the right thing.
It might just take a little while for him to get there.
[Rayla] I can't wait.
Ethari has been waiting too long.
My family has been broken too long.
[Callum sighs]
Okay.
- If we have to, we can-- - No.
This is not a "we."
I could never ask you to betray your brother.
You don't have to ask.
I would do anything for you.
Then I'm going to ask you to do one thing.
Forgive me.
[somber music playing]
Well, that was salty.
[chuckles, sniffles]
- The tears. - Yeah.
[sighs]
When will I see you again?
Soon?
[exhales]
Soon, I think.
[somber music continues]
[exhales] Okay.
[suspenseful music playing]
[whimpers]
[door opens, closes]
You're being a… a jerk face!
[growls]
[sighs]
I'm sorry, Ezran.
Katolis was destroyed. And that…
I mean, that is devastating.
But that wasn't Runaan.
He killed our father. Isn't that enough?
[suspenseful music playing]
[footsteps approaching]
[chains clink]
[dumbwaiter rumbling]
[guard] Huh?
Did you order a snack?
[rumbling continues]
[creaks]
[attack chitters]
[guards grunting]
- [groans] - [Stella chittering]
- [grunts] - [both thud]
[happy chitters]
Hello there.
[happy chitters]
[clanks]
[adventurous music playing]
[groans]
It's not the same key, ya little troublemaker.
[guard 2 groans]
[grunts]
- Rayla! - [happy chitters]
[adventurous music playing]
[horse neighs]
[exhales]
[Runaan gasps]
Do you need to stop for a moment?
[horse neighs]
[adventurous music continues]
[chittering]
[Soren] Stop right there, Rayla.
Part of me wishes I hadn't seen you.
But my eyesight is perfect.
Then just look away, Soren.
I can't do that.
I'm sworn to King Ezran.
I have to stop you.
[suspenseful music playing]
I know you have to try.
This all started the day that assassin came to Katolis and killed him.
Our king.
Our father.
I never asked for this.
I wasn't ready to be a king. I'm just a kid.
[sighs]
That day changed me forever.
I know it feels like this all started with Runaan,
but, Ez, this is exactly the cycle of violence
you fought so hard to end.
You forgave Zubeia.
What?
Who do you think sent Runaan to kill Dad?
But somehow you got past that.
[whimpers mournfully]
You forgave her because everything was complicated.
Humans, dragons, elves… we all made mistakes.
But we don't have to keep making them.
[Soren, distantly] Rickety snickers!
[Ezran] Wait, did you hear that?
[Soren and Rayla grunting]
[Soren yelling] Rickety snickers!
[both grunting]
Overextends himself, Rayla.
His front leg.
[grunts]
[both shout]
[Soren grunts]
[exhales]
[stutters]
[grunts]
[Soren chuckles]
[door creaks]
- [suspenseful music playing] - [gasps]
So he put the entrance to his secret basement lair
at the top of this inaccessible tower
and then hid it in a carousel.
But… why?
[Terry giggling]
Kpp'Ar actually had an answer for that exact question.
"Why not?"
[intriguing music playing]
So now what?
Do we take a ride around?
Uh, sort of.
Terry, pull that unicorn horn.
[metal clanking]
[giggling]
- [metal clanking continues] - [creaks]
[screams]
[giggling]
- [shrieks] - [screams]
[laughter]
[grunting]
[sword clanks]
Mm. [grunts]
[groans]
Stop this, Rayla. It's not too late for us to talk this out.
There's nothing left to talk about.
I won't let you have him.
[Corvus grunts]
[suspenseful music playing]
[footsteps approaching]
[Soren] It's over, Rayla.
Please just lay down your weapon.
[suspenseful music continues]
[Zym vocalizes]
Well, King Ezran, how determined are you to stop me?
[tense music playing]
[Zym grunts]
[Callum] Frigus pedes!
[groans]
[Zym whimpers]
[troops grunting]
[sword clanks]
[metal clanking]
[Aaravos screams, grunts]
Oh, no, are you okay?
Okay?
I was confined to a tiny sphere in the mouth of a clam
at the bottom of the sea for three long, lonely centuries.
That… was the most fun I've had in ages!
[Terry] Whoa, what happened? Did someone break in?
No. Kpp'Ar did this himself.
But why would he…?
Before he disappeared, he started… to change.
My dad said he quit doing dark magic and tried to destroy all his tools.
[Aaravos] Hmm.
[Claudia] What is it?
It seems that before his change of heart,
Kpp'Ar was experimenting with one of the darkest of all magics.
What kind of magic?
A way of extending life.
Indefinitely.
A horrible and strange kind of immortality.
The ancient and disturbing practice… of self-eating.
Ugh.
I don't want to think of Kpp'Ar that way.
Then don't.
He quit, right? He stopped.
Maybe he saw there was another way forward.
One with less darkness and sacrifice.
It's never too late to change.
- What are you doing, Callum? - The right thing, I hope.
I'm leaving with you.
We'll do this together.
[Sneezles sneezes]
[Rayla] Hm.
- [soldiers grunt] - [swords clanking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Runaan grunts in pain]
[Aanya] My next shot…
Ow! God, that stings.
[Aanya] …will be more than a warning.
No!
[tense music playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Callum] Run.
I'm sorry, Ezran.
I can't be your High Mage anymore. But I'll always… be your brother.
[whimpers]
[soldiers grunting]
[melancholy music playing]
[whimpers mournfully]
[chitters happily]
[Callum] Keep going!
[gasps, grunts]
Turbine Venti!
This is where I found the map, and where I kept it.
Aha! We found it.
This is the map.
[Terry gasps] Wow.
- It's gorgeous. - Wait.
Are you kidding?
[chuckles] No.
I've never seen a map quite like this before.
[Aaravos] Listen to me, Claudia.
I understand this may be disorienting,
but we need to speak privately.
[Claudia] The map.
It's completely blank now. There's nothing on it.
[Aaravos]The map to the Garden of Innocents
is special, Claudia.
Only the true of heart can see it.
A protection of sorts.
[Claudia] But I could see it before.
[Aaravos] All children have a true heart.
But as we grow up,
we are forced to make choices, sacrifices, compromises.
And they change us forever.
Childhood innocence gives way to something…
complicated.
[Claudia] But somehow Terry can see it?
[Aaravos] Yes.
Rare though it may be, young Terrestrius has what we need.
A true heart.
We must let him guide us to the Garden of Innocents.
[Claudia sighs]
It feels wrong to talk like this when he can't hear.
And it feels wrong not to tell him the truth about the map.
[Aaravos] It is the only way.
It's beautiful. [chuckles]
I can't believe you left it here all this time.
Yeah, Ter-bear.
It's unbelievable.
Maybe since you love it so much, you should carry the map.
[suspenseful music playing]
[closing theme music playing]