The Shannara Chronicles

Previously on The Shannara Chronicles...

You're not the first girl to fall for Wil Ohmsford.

Let's just say I've been there.

I trained Bandon believing he was the one.

I said another had emerged.

Bring me the Codex or your daughter dies.

Burn the Druid and his daughter at the stake

and scatter their ashes in the wind.

With your mother captured, you're the key to Heaven's Well.

If the Warlock Lord returns, he will be coming for the Well and you.

Why has a mortal boy...

...awoken the Warlock Lord?

I can feel it trying to get inside my head.

That's because it senses the darkness in you.

And I'm on the hunt for magic users.

Take him!

The Four Lands will not be purged of magic.

I'm sorry I couldn't protect you.

It wasn't meant to end this way.

This isn't the end.

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Your mother would have been proud.

I guess I can ask her that myself soon enough.

Burn, you abominations!

Don't breathe.

Are you all right?

Riga has the Codex.

Big book of magic.

If it falls into the hands of the Warlock Lord,

this war will be over before it's begun.

We must get to Greymark.

It's good to have you back again.

You and I have much to discuss.

Yeah, you're damn right about that.

If you knew who I was the entire time, why didn't you say anything?

Would you have stayed if I had?

In my experience,

runaway princesses don't usually like too many questions.

The truth is, your royal blood didn't matter then.

All I cared was that you were happy here.

Unfortunately, that's all changed now.

With the Queen dead, you've inherited more than just a kingdom.

You're the only one that can open Heaven's Well,

which means the Warlock Lord will stop at nothing to get his hands on you.

I didn't ask for any of this.

Real heroes never do.

If I'm such a hero, then why am I here hiding

while everybody else is out risking their lives?

Because you have no other choice.

I am the Queen of Leah.

And I will do whatever it takes to protect my people.

If the Warlock Lord finds you then your people will die,

along with everyone else you love.

I know it's hard,

but do not underestimate our enemy.

As long as this enclave remains a secret,

it's the only place in the Four Lands that is safe for you.

I can feel his eyes sometimes,

the Warlock Lord.

It's like he's searching for me in the dark,

but he just can't see me.

Your mother's necklace.

Its golden Elfstone will protect you from his prying gaze.

Now, you must never remove it under any circumstance.

It's your last line of defense.

You know you haven't said a word in the last three hours.

I wasn't complaining.

You were thinking about her, weren't you?

I've made my peace with Amberle.

Eretria,

if anything happens to me,

will you keep an eye on Mareth?

What are you talking about?

Nothing, it's just with everything we're up against,

you never know who might get hurt.

Don't even say that.

As long as I'm around, I won't let anything happen to you.

Okay?

Aah!

Eretria?

I'm okay.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's not what okay looks like.

What's going on with you?

I think I'm losing my mind.

It's more than that.

Something's been bothering you since we left Arborlon.

I need the truth.

Tell me.

I'm not who you think I am.

I'm not good.

Her darkness grows stronger.

A child of Armageddon,

her mind speaks to me.

Let me show you.

She's with the Shannara.

She is resisting me,

but not for long.

Why are you wasting time with her?

She's nothing but a worthless Rover.

I sense your contempt, boy.

But what is it you desire?

I desire to serve.

Lies!

You will tell me the truth.

What do you desire?

I resurrected he most powerful Druid

so that I could learn from him.

So that I could be as strong as him,

so that no one could ever hurt me again.

So it is power you desire?

Come then,

let me show you the answers you seek.

The Druid's Codex.

Did General Riga have that?

The sum of all magic.

Thank you, master.

I understand now.

What a fool I've been this entire time.

Searching for someone else to lead me,

to show me my destiny.

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You understand now, child?

I am no child.

It was my power that resurrected you,

remember?

And how did you repay me?

By humiliating me,

just like all the others.

By desecrating Catania.

I am my own master now.

Allanon was right about you.

Cogline tried to teach me how to control it,

this thing inside me.

I'm trying,

but ever since the eclipse I can feel the Warlock Lord's magic.

It's...

It's like a chill in my blood,

spreading to my heart.

You are the strongest person I've ever met.

You can beat this.

No, you don't understand.

Sometimes I like the way it feels.

I know that feeling.

It almost destroyed me.

But I refused to let it win.

But what if my darkness is stronger than me?

What if I end up like Bandon?

I cannot sense the Warlock Lord's presence.

He has left this place.

I have failed you.

Over here.

Damn.

I was hoping I'd have a chance to kill Riga myself.

The Codex.

It's gone. We're too late.

Whether the Warlock Lord has it or not,

he still needs Lyria to open Heaven's Well.

Then the Well's safe.

Cogline has the girl hidden.

Then we need to get to her before the Warlock Lord does.

Well, what are we still standing here for?

No, wait. Mareth and I will find Lyria.

You two must get to Leah immediately.

What for?

If we fail,

you'll be the last line of defense for Heaven's Well.

You must protect it from the Warlock Lord.

How?

Leah is still crawling with Crimson soldiers.

Back in the Border Legion,

I used to tell my men that an army is like a serpent.

All you have to do

is cut off its head.

Lyria.

Oh, you made it.

Wil, Lyria.

- Hi. - Hi.

Took you long enough.

The Sword of Shannara.

Please tell me the Ellcrys restored it?

Whoa.

We may just win this war yet.

Oh, well done lad.

Looks as new as the day I forged it.

What, you made this sword?

Allanon didn't tell you?

The Sword of Shannara was my greatest achievement

before I left the order.

Its blade is infused with the sacred knowledge of the Druids.

Perfect congress of magic and science.

Next time I'll try to be a little more careful with it.

- Here. - Thank you.

Did the Ellcrys reveal what you needed to see?

What, you mean you're actually going to stay out of my head for once,

instead of just reading my mind?

As my magic wanes,

certain abilities are no longer within my power.

Well, I guess there's a silver lining to all this.

Yes, the Ellcrys showed me what I have to do.

I'm ready.