This episode follows the events after the first battle in Stone-In-The-Wood a surviving little Arathim searched for a survivor to take over their mind but runs into Aughra and gets enlisted to help her to see what the Skeksis are doing to the Gelflings and how they're draining their essence. I did expect Seladon would of been informed of the battle as she came to see what's left of Stone-In-The-Wood but she didn't expect to see Aughra there did she? Even though Aughra tried to reason with Seladon, Seladon made her way to the castle of the crystal to negotiate peace with the Skeksis. Aughra managed to sneak her eyeball as she took her leave and her little Arathim assistant followed her.
The chamberlain skekSil is up to his old tricks again by enlisting the help of one of skekTek's assistance: the Gruenaks by pulling the old switcheroo with the general skekVar's vial of Gelfling essence with a vial of water in order for the general to weak and vulnerable in exchange for the Gruenaks freedom.
Meanwhile back at the circle of the three suns Rian suggested that he, Hup and Deet go after Brea but skekGra and urGoh advised them not to as skekMal may of set a trap for them using Brea as bait but instead Rian must retrieve the Glaive and then defeated the Skeksis. Now that's easier said than done and how's Rian going to find the Glaive? Unfortunately Hup is too badly hurt to go with Rian and Deet so they left Hup and urArc in the care of skekGra and urGoh. It's going to take them forever to gt to Grot but as saying goes when there's a will there's a way because skekGra and urGoh showed them The Breath of Thra.
As Deet and Rian ascended into The Breath of Thra Deet reassured Rian that his eyes eventually will adjust to the dark, maybe he should eat carrots more then he could see better especially in the dark LOL😆. Deet showed Rian The Breath of Thra before Deet jumped, dragging Rian along with her, holding him tightly around his waist and started flying all the way to Grot. That's the thing with female Gelflings they have wings.
Back at the castle of the crystal under Arathim control three Gelflings were taken to skekTek's lab and then drained of their essence. But as always none of them survived😔.
As soon as Rian and Deet arrived at Grot things are not well there as the Ascendancy has already taken over Grot as just like they did at Stone-In-The-Wood the Arathim began taking over their minds. In desperate measures Deet and Rian set off looking for Deet's family only to find that both of Deet's fathers: Lath'N and Mitjan and her little brother Bobb'N we're being mind controlled by the Arathim. Not Bobb'N too! Much to their surprise they found that the Nurlocks became darkened and Rian almost sacrificed himself to Nurlock in order to keep Deet and Bobb'N safe. Rian managed to escape from being eaten by a Nurlock. OK this is turning into The Exorcist because the Ascendancy nearly took control of Rian and Deet but if it weren't for the mind controlled Bobb'N they would never be saved. They followed him to the Ascendancy and Rian and Deet convince the Ascendancy to join them against the Skeksis while getting them and Deet's family to the surface. In its last act, the Sanctuary Tree gives Deet the power to extract the Darkening from others causing her to see visions of Kira's mother hiding her daughter inside a tree hole duirng the Garthim attack, a Gelfling healing the crystal and Deet becoming darkened. I think in Deet's vision Rian was suppost to heal the crystal instead of Jen healing the crystal but I don't think Rian will survive to that point in time.
As those evil Skeksis drank the essence they praised skekTek for his work but skekVar noticed something was wrong with his essence and skekSil will reward the Gruenaks their freedom when the time is right. Why don't he just get on with that? A podling informed skekZok that Seladon is here to see them and he informed skekSo about it and granted her an audience with them. She tried to negotiate peace and plead for mercy and begged them to release the Stonewood clan so that the clan could continue to serve them but they refused even when Seladon said that the others clans didn't forget their place and they would be spared of their wrath. As Aughra heard and saw what was happening and the general confessed Seladon that they are draining Gelfling in order to drink them. Seladon said that each Gelfling from each of the seven clans will volunteers to serve as the Skeksis sees fit as a small price to pay for peace and also to spare her sisters but again they still refused her offer and right at that moment Seladon realised that all of what the Gelflings and what Aughra has been trying to tell her was true. The Skeksis tore her black dress and dragged Seladon by the hair down to the dungeons.
Not long after, skekMal arrived with Brea but he was mortally wounded. In a panic the Skeksis tried to save to skekMal from death but it's very unlikely that he's going to survive for long and I knew that all along. Time to arrange a funeral here. They also imprisoned Brea and once Brea and Seladon were reunited she still blamed Brea and her friends for everything that's going on with the Gelflings. The little Arathim managed to retrieve Aughra's eyeball and returned it to her.
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