Chapter 2: Wanted in Galandäl

"Chapter 2: Wanted in Galandäl" is the second episode of the American computer-animated fantasy television series Tales from Millvale, based on the Nickelodeon Movies feature film Millvale. The episode was written by Doug Langdale and directed by Dave Filoni, and aired on CBS on June 25, 2026. 
This episode stars the voices of David Tennant, Simon Helberg, Elizabeth Debicki, Richard E. Grant, and John Rhys-Davies. The Fellows become wanted men in the City of Galandäl and are assisted by a master thief of his enemies, while Cedryc makes a decision to leave the Fellows. Meanwhile, Lord Shür, an old apprentice of the rulers of Galandäl, returns to reclaim the throne.
== Plot ==
In the City of Galandäl, the Fellows—Xavier the Red, Sir Cedryc and Braden the Archer—raid and battle a gang of thieves and bandits in the streets. After the facing off with them, the rulers of the fair city, Andrea Galandäl and her husband Diran, give them their payment in exchange for their work. Upon arriving to their ship, they see a person who hijacks their ship before they could arrive to it. They pursue the hijacker by stealing someone else ship. Getting close, they hop aboard and have him hostage. Explaining himself, he is Anthon Youthaneal, who wants to escape the city to get back to his family. Suspicious, Braden is not sure to trust him, but Cedryc decides to help him get back home. But before they could get out of the city, two guards spot the four, believing they have caught him, much to Anthon's dismay.
Elsewhere in the city, a man by the name of Shür Imalior plots his very solution to take over the throne after his former acquaintances, the Galandäls, had decided not to have him as king, due to his crazy ambitions. With assistance from his bodyguard, Bowick, he is determined to succeed. At night, the Fellows break Anthon out and prepare to head to the boat. Unfortunately, they get caught by the royal guards, causing the four to run into a forest known as the Outlands. Hearing about the trio's attempt of breaking Anthon out, the queen puts a bounty on the Fellows for whoever can retrieve Anthon and have them execution. On the following day, Braden blames Cedryc for his decision to help him, but Xavier defends him as his intentions to assist him were for reason, in which Braden is flabbergasted that he does not realize the situation they are in, leading to Xavier telling him to calm down and focus on helping Anthon get home. Finding Cedryc at a lake, he has a talk with him that his decision to help Anthon was good. In response, he says it is what a hero does, help the needy causes. He was having thoughts about leaving the Fellows for a while to make a name for himself, much to Xavier's shock, but he accepts his decision.
Meanwhile with Shür, he arrives to the castle to convince the Galandäls to give him the throne. Queen Andrea suddenly reminds him on why he cannot have the throne, where he apparently calls her out as he had to suffer several classes to learn about so he could get his wish. Calming down, he makes a wager with them: He apprehends the Fellows and Anthon in exchange for the throne, in which they reluctantly except, but if one of them escapes, he will not receive the throne. At dusk, the four sneak to the docks. Upon arriving in the village, they find Shür sitting on a boulder, who suddenly calls for the guards. They come and successfully apprehend them, however, Cedryc was able to escape and flee to the docks, leaving his friends behind in disappointment. At dawn, Shür returns to the kingdom to reveal he has captured the Fellows and Anthon. The queen notices that Cedryc is missing, making her dismiss their wager. Shür, angered that he had not noticed there would be four of them he needed to capture, freezes the king and queen in solid ice with Xavier's staff in his possession. Pleased with his "success", he finally takes over the throne, much to the three's shock. Returning back to Millvale, Cedryc heads to King and Queen Oling to alert them about his and his friends' situation.
Meanwhile with the others, they are put in the dungeon to soon be executed. Xavier convinces Bowick to set them free as they make him realize that Shür has taken him for granted. As they escape, they thank him and hope that he will find a true friend. Unfortunately, they get spotted by Shür, but fight him themselves, but is too powerful as he has the staff. Fortunately, Xavier avoids his attacks with his swift moves and retrieves it. Thrown outside, Xavier drops his staff on impact. Before Shür could lay a hand on him, Cedryc is back with the Olings' royal army by his side. The army prepares to apprehend him, but as they approach him, he sends them hurtling into the moat through telekinesis, and prepares to kill the trio by sending a pillar their way, but Anthon intervenes in his attempt to, as he shoves them out of the way, sacrificing himself. The Fellows look on in shock from Anthon's sacrifice, leading them to fight back on Shür, with their useful abilities. Shür fires a beam of heat at the three, but Xavier deflects it with a force field, with the beam is instead aimed at the frozen kind and queen, thawing them out. The king breaks free and takes away Shür's powers, disarming him, leading to the Fellows and guards surrounding him.
Later on, Shür is put away into prison and Bowick is now the king and queen's personal guard. The Fellows and the Galandäls have a ceremonial funeral for Anthon. Suddenly, his wife arrives into the city, looking her him, leading to the Fellows to say that he "died a hero", putting her heartbroken about his death, but she gets comforted by the king and queen fortunately. As the Fellows prepare to head back to Millvale, Cedryc takes a different ship, leading to where he parts ways with him. Xavier and Braden say farewell to him and hope he will return.
== Production ==
=== Development ===
Before "Wanted in Galandäl" was an episode to Tales from Millvale, it was originally the plot for Millvale II when creator Xavier Shaquille had the idea of his franchise having four films. He later reworked the film series into a duology and integrated the original Millvale II plot into the series.
=== Casting ===
When the episode was a plot to Millvale II, Shquille's choices for the cast were Helen Mirren for Queen Galandäl, Michael Caine and Alfred Molina for King Queen Galandäl; Charlie Day as Anton Youthaneal; Simon Pegg (voice of Aldrine) and Will Arnett (voice of King Birimer Oling) for Anthon Youthaneal, Tom Hiddleston for Lord Shür, and veteran voice actor Jim Cummings for Bowick. John Rhys-Davies was chosen prior to the changes while the other cast members were swapped out after the changes.
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