Episode 29

The **twenty ninth episode** of Songs of War is the ninth and penultimate episode of the third season of the series. The episode was not released as an animation, but was canonized by the series' script.

## Lore

### Massacre

Begins with the massacre the last episode ended with. We see Oakendale, Hailstone and Hyperia all getting purged, the Angel of Death killing anyone, who tries to escape. In Hyperia, few civilians almost get killed, but are saved by Yujuki and ushered to the tunnels.

### Ender Trials

In the the End, Abbigail and Luna arrive to the destination the Ender Eye is leading them to. There is a large room with a sword in a pedestal in the middle. Abbigail takes it, it glows purple and the floor around her shifts. The first trial is an illusion of Denny, saying Abbigail that it was not her fault that he got killed. She says it is her fault, but he, says it was their choice to follow her, gives her a rose and Abbigail passes the first trial. In the second trial, Vulcannus with Netherblade approaches and fights Abbigail. She manages to disarm him and almost kills him, but spares him, which makes her pass the trial. In the third trial, Mr Finch appears and asks, why did she left and never returned and she responds that at first, it was just an impulse but eventually learned that many terrible things were to come. That she never returned, because she was given a gift, that belongs to the whole world. With that, the apparition of Mr Finch disappears and she passes that trial as well. In the fourth trial, Allister appears and mocks her on the current situation of the Enderknights. Abbigail gets angry and stabs him, saying that that's where he is wrong. Instead of going to the next trial however, she appears where she started. She places the crown on her head and it doesn't illuminate. Realising she failed the trial, she apologizes to the Endermen, but says that she will keep fighting no matter what. They start teleporting away and she looks around sad. Suddenly, the Enderman without arm we saw in Season 1 teleports behind her and so do the other Endermen.

### Good Old Times

Senn arrives to his former village in Sendaria, the place being still destroyed and empty in the aftermath of the attack on it. He sees Timber, who went here since the attack on Ataraxia. He remembers some flashbacks of good moments he had here with Ria and then rides away with Timber to the south.

### Training with a Legend

At Northwind, Ria reconnects with her Mobilium Song, just as Herobrine appears with wooden versions of both her and his weapon. Training montage begins, Herobrine beating her at first, but she eventually becoming better and better until at the end, she manages to wield the Prime Songs.

### Unsuccessful Overthrow

In the Nether, Pythus is once again, angrily pacing around because of Vulcannus, saying he wants his head. He, ironically, comes to him and they have a dialouge. Eventually, Ingressus and few Voltaris, including Lucidius and Deltheus, come in, saying they want to replace him and we see Voltaris at Hailstone preparing to attack the Nether there. Pythus says, that Vulcannus will never be a king, but he dons the Nethercrown and the Netherblade, both of which activate for him, and encourages the Nether forces there to join his as he introduces himself as the rightful king of the Nether and, by the right of their ancient law, challenges Pythus to a duel. He, however, doesn't care and says, that he expected this and we see some Nether forces at Hailstone preparing to attack as well. As the Deathsinger realises, that it's a trap, Pythus orders the Angel of Death to fly to Hailstone and kill all the Voltaris and the rest of the forces to attack the Voltaris in the Nether and Vulcannus. Vulcannus starts fighting Pythus, Ingressus tries to stop the Angel of Death from entering Hailstone, the Nether forces start fighting each other, as some side with Vulcannus, while some continue to be loyal to Pythus, and the fighting at Hailstone begins as well. The battle, however doesn't go well, as Pythus knocks Vulcannus over, the Angel of Death manages to fly to Hailstone and all Voltaris, including Lucidius, Deltheus and those at Hailstone, and Nether forces loyal to Vulcannus die. We see Almrak overlooking the carnage at Hailstone, but he gets killed as well. Pythus almost kills Vulcannus, but suddenly, a roar is heard and Luna, with Abbigail on top, goes through the portal, attacks the Nether forces and rescues Vulcannus. Bunch of Endermen start teleporting in and fighting the Wither skeletons, though a lot of them die. Luna flies through the portal and we see the Deathsinger escaping as well. Pythus orders to bring the Enderknight prisoners to him as they leave for the End immediately. Abbigail says they have to go to the End and Vulcannus, a bit emotionally for the first time, says, that he expected so much more from his people, but that he should have known better. He asks what value do the crowns hold if they choose their own king and Abbigail reveals she failed the Ender Trials and says, that them not being the leaders they excepted to be doesn't mean they can't fight for what they believe in. Abbigail extends her hand to Vulcannus, who smiles and takes her hand.

### Time to End This

In Tartarus, few people are talking about the upcoming attack on Crown Peak. Val says that a large force is heading to the End, but Hasan says that the force at Crown Peak is still huge, as four Withers have been spotted there. Hubris says that the Deathsinger is their primary target, as eliminating him would surely bring the war to a close, but they don't agree with each other on how the Prime Songs should be used. Ria, Grek, Grim and Yujuki vote for the Prime Songs to be used in an open battle, while Hasan, Borgen, Val and, surprisingly, Hubris vote for the Prime Songs to be used only against the Deathsinger or the Withers. Ria, angry at Hubris, storms out of the conference room, only to find Senn standing in the main hall. He apologizes for not being the person she thought he was, but Ria says, that he has got nothing to apologizes for and that him being a Voltaris doesn't change who he is or how much she cares about him. Ria informs Senn, that they held a voting on how should the Prime Songs be used, but when they come to the conference room, Borgen says there is a compromise on the argument, as a team of Magnorites informed him, that there are several tunnels under Crown Peak, which could be used to sneak Ria in to avoid the front lines. Ria agrees and has a monologue on how the people of Ardonia have shown remarkable courage and resilience, how at Felden, they've seen what that can yield, how Thalleous warned them against this war and how they can end it at Crown Peak. During the monologue, we see the army at Tartarus moving to Crown Peak, the Nether army arriving to the End with Pythus and the Nether army at Crown Peak with the Angel of Death circling above. Meanwhile at Northwind, Ingressus arrives on his horse to Hailstone and sees the slaughtered Voltaris everywhere, as he drops to his knees.

## Appareances

* Yujuki
* Abbigail
* Denny Pinkolson (illusion only)
* Mr. Finch (illusion only)
* Allister (illusion only)
* Senn
* Timber
* Ria Sendaris
* Herobrine
* Pythus
* Vulcannus
* Ingressus Voltaris
* Lucidius Voltaris
* Deltheus Voltaris
* Chronos (mentioned only)
* Angel of Death
* Almrak Voltaris
* Saxon (indirect mention only)
* Trevor (indirect mention only)
* Grek
* Grim
* Hubris Nestoris
* Val Mendoris
* Hasan
* Borgen
* Thalleous Sendaris (mentioned only)

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