♪ Pa-pum ♪
[grunts]
[pants]
[Aaravos narrates]
[roaring]
[Soren] Katolis is being destroyed!
You can help the people, you can save them.
Hearts of cinder…
cannot…
burn!
Three quasar diamonds…
the only thing that can bring back your family.
Hmm, those two are the real deal, but this one?
[blows]
It's just a pretty purple rock.
[Rayla] Don't you see what this means?
Two diamonds and three trapped souls.
I can only save two of them.
[chanting]
[Terry] The spell… it didn't work.
[opening theme music playing]
[Aaravos] We are all of us…
stardust,
held together by love…
for an instant.
Everything we need to cast the spell is here.
Right. Uh, so I don't understand, why didn't it work?
Because this spell must be cast with love.
Love? I don't know how to do that.
I just cast spells the way I always cast them.
I'm not sure I can…
Love may seem an impossible ingredient but it is one we share in abundance.
I understand how very much your father loved you, Claudia.
Because I too had a daughter.
And I loved her deeply, and infinitely.
I called her my "unicorn,"
because she was born with only one horn.
But her horn was only a small part of what made my daughter special.
She was unique and quirky.
Some saw her as strange or odd,
but all I saw was a beautiful, brilliant girl
full of unexpected surprises.
She didn't care to follow the order set in the stars.
Though she was born an immortal being from the heavens,
she loved this world… and all its flaws.
Her heart was warm and open,
and she befriended mortals, animals, elves…
and humans.
Her name was Leola.
[Callum] Three coins, three souls,
but only two quasar diamonds.
It's just not fair!
How will you be able to choose between Runaan and your parents ?
[sighs]
They're all my parents, Callum.
[Lujanne] Everything is ready.
The portal will open when the moon's reflection fills the lake.
I'm ready.
But how will I know what to do once I'm on the other side?
Those coins will guide you.
Each coin contains a fragment of a soul.
On the other side, the rest of the soul longs to be whole again,
for it cannot pass into death incomplete.
The broken souls of your family will be drawn to the coins.
To you, Rayla.
What's this?
It's a bracelet of moon phoenix feathers. It'll let you come back to me…
[stammers] to us.
You know, to the… to the not dead side.
[sighs] Please don't die.
[tranquil music]
I'll have everything for the spell prepared when you get back.
I'm ready.
[breathes deeply]
[sinister music]
Runaan? What happened to you?
[Rayla grunts]
Please! I don't want to fight you!
This isn't who you are.
You're broken but I can make you whole again!
[both grunting]
[Rayla grunts]
[panting]
[gasps]
[dreamy music]
Mom?
Dad?
In all my many centuries and millennia,
those few years with Leola were the most meaningful.
Pondering the deepest mysteries of the universe could not hold a candle.
[both giggling]
But that happiness was taken from me.
[pensive music]
[chuckles] Leola, you drew Daddy with a mustache.
[human child] Help! Help! Please help!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
What's wrong?
Are you hurt?
Something's happened. Leola she's gone.
-Tell me what did you see? -There was a strange elf.
A star elf.
The elf touched Leola on the shoulder and they disappeared.
Was there anything else? Anything at all?
And there was a dragon, a golden dragon.
He just stood and watched.
-I'm scared. Will Leola be okay? -Yes.
I know where to find her.
[dreamy music]
Mom? Dad?
-Is it really you? -Oh, Rayla.
-Would you like to dance with us? -How long have we been dancing?
It feels like forever.
This place isn't real.
You're trapped here because of these.
You were at the Storm Spire.
A dark mage had come to destroy the egg of the Dragon Prince.
You protected the egg.
But then…
[Lain] I remember.
I remember it all.
[Tiadrin] I told him to take the egg.
What is the meaning of this?
Why have you brought an innocent child before cosmic justice?
[ominous music]
Because she is not innocent.
What?
The child stands accused of breaking the cosmic order.
She has given magic to humans.
No, that cannot be.
If humans stumbled upon a petty trick or two,
they did so without her intervention.
Leola has shown them nothing.
There is proof, a witness.
What?
The Dragon Prince himself.
Anak Arao.
She must pay the price.
She is a child.
If she helped humans, it was out of compassion, out of love.
This was not defiance.
You have seen what we have all seen, Aaravos.
This act, however motivated, is the beginning of the end.
The start of the long slow spiral to chaos.
The cosmic order has been broken, and the price must be paid.
Then let me pay it. Take my life.
Without her…
mine is not worth living.
This compromise may be a kindness.
Perhaps we can show mercy?
Very well.
Aaravos, the council decrees
if you so choose,
-you may die alongside your daughter. -[gasps]
Was it a mistake ?
To give the egg of the dragon prince to that dark mage?
It was all we could do to keep it alive.
That's right.
If Viren had destroyed the egg, it couldn't have been rescued.
It was rescued? By who?
Me.
Two human princes and I found the egg
and took the Dragon Prince home to his mother.
We stopped the dark mage.
All of that was possible because of you.
Oh, Rayla.
Our brave, sweet Rayla.
You grew up so strong. You're a hero.
I know this place.
This is where we said goodbye before you left.
[exhales sharply]
And this is where we'll say goodbye again.
[melancholic music]
[Rayla whimpers]
I wish I could take you back with me.
I wish we could all stay together.
-I wish… -Shh, Rayla.
It's okay.
We know you're going to live an amazing, beautiful life.
And where we're going, we'll have each other.
We love you, Rayla.
We always will.
[dramatic music swells, fades]
[ominous music]
I may die alongside my daughter?
This is your mercy?
Sometimes the line between mercy and cruelty can be thin.
[Aaravos]To go on without her would mean an eternity of pain.
But in that moment, I chose to live
and my life took on new purpose.
You may have final words.
What's going to happen to me?
[sobbing]
I'm scared.
Don't be afraid. I am here with you.
But where will I go? [whimpers]
You're going to a place of peace and ever-flowing love.
Even if you can't feel my loving arms wrapped around you,
you will feel me holding you in my mind and with my heart.
Daddy!
Daddy, I'm so scared!
There's nothing to fear.
Close your eyes.
Listen to my voice.
I am here with you and I love you.
All around you…
is love.
[somber music]
[sobbing]
[explosion]
[Aaravos] I knelt over my daughter's fallen form,
[Aaravos crying]
and the great empty crater left where she fell.
For 100 years, I wept.
[grieving]
My tears filled the crater
and it became the Sea of the Castout.
We are all of us stardust,
held together by love
for an instant.
[whimpering]
Runaan.
Where are you? I know what I have to do.
I know how to bring you back.
You're still in there…
and I'm not letting you go.
You are Runaan of the Silvergrove!
The greatest assassin in all of Xadia!
You raised me.
You taught me to never break my promises.
But you've broken one of yours.
[gasps]
Ethari.
Yes. He's waiting for you.
All you have to do is take my hand.
No, no.
Runaan. Wait!
I can't go back!
I'm a monster!
You aren't a monster.
-You have to remember. -I remember everything.
I remember I fought you.
I tried to kill you!
How could I?
-You're my… -I'm your daughter.
My…
You're my daughter.
I'm your daughter and I need you.
Ethari needs you.
I love you.
That's why you're coming back with me.
[dramatic music]
Come on, Rayla.
-[chitters] -Huh?
Rayla!
Rayla, are you all right? Did you…?
I have him.
I am ready, Aaravos.
I am ready to cast this spell with love.
Wait.
Why?
The story we just heard… maybe it started as a story of love.
But along the way, it got twisted.
Look where we are.
We're surrounded by the bones of the archdragon who betrayed him.
He isn't doing anything for love, he's doing it for revenge.
Aaravos did what was necessary.
However dangerous, however vile.
Like my dad.
[suspense music]
Amor…
Stella…
Vitae.
[suspense music]
[breathes deeply]
You're alive! It's you. It worked.
I'm here.
I'm alive.
Oh, Rayla…
what happened?
So much.
There's so much I have to tell you.
[Rayla] Everything's changed.
I don't even know where to start. I guess, oh…
I have to introduce you to Callum.
Callum.
Callum?
[gasps]
Is that…
Katolis?
[tranquil music]
[sobbing]
[ominous music]
[gasps]
[grandiose music]
[gasps]
[closing theme music playing]