Finale Part 3 - Reunited

## **Episode Synopsis**

### **Episode Summary**

Norman and Zippy fly through the air to the airship. Zippy can feel the heat radiating off Norman's skin and sees the people running around near the amphitheatre. Behind them, the giant hands yellow beam tracks them through the sky as the land on the airship. They see Dariun has already arrived and everyone is around them. There are blue flower people tearing away at the airship from the ground. The black skin on Norman's body falls away and his teal tattoos and tanned skin are shown again.

Zippy looks to Norman, asking if it's really him or if he is still dreaming. Norman, still holding Zippy, tells him it's good to be back. Norman puts Zippy down and looks to Dariun, seeing he looks pretty rattled. Dariun asks how Norman came back. Norman tells him they can talk about this later and right now, they need to leave. Norman casts calm emotions on the people clawing at the ship. They all come off it and they seem sleepy. Vines start to grow from their flowers and they continue to claw at the ship.

Norman tells them that didn't work and they've got to go. Zippy asks again if anyone can tell him if he is dreaming or not. Norman goes to get the ship ready to fly and kneels down to Zippy, putting his hand on his shoulder and tells him this is no dream, that he is really back. Zippy hugs Norman, telling him he missed him so much. Norman smiles and hugs him back. Zippy separates, wipes his tears and books it to the helm. Yogurt's in the room and Zippy tells him to help Norman. James warns them that they may want to avoid having the balloons break. Norman tells them he wishes he could help but can't seem to find his black bow. Dariun, who was literally about to give it back to Norman, throws it to him.

They both look over the edge and see people climbing up the side of the hull, towards the balloons. Dariun pulls out the wind fan and Norman sings, giving Dariun a bardic inspiration. Norman fires some arrows and casts vicious mockery. Dariun uses his wind fan, two fall off and land on the ground. Norman shoots arrows, hitting two with the arrows and the vicious mockery, causing them to fall off. Norman and Dariun realize they can work together to clear the rest off. Norman shoots an arrow and Dariun Fay steps and uses his wind fan, causing the arrow to change its trajectory, knocking the rest of the people off the hull.

Zippy sees their cool combo move and wants one himself so he calls out to James and asks him to get Peterson. James stalls and breaks the news to him that Peterson is dead. Zippy is shocked and James apologizes he had to hear it from him. James asks Zippy to start the engines and mourn later. Tears start to well up and angrily walks back to the wheel. Thinking he was only just starting to get to know Peterson. Zippy starts up the airship. The balloons start inflating and he feels the ship go up.

Dariun notices, in the darkness of the night sky, the yellow light beam engulfing the airship from the hand in the ocean. The light is becoming more focused on the airship and they can all sense something bad is coming. Dariun turns to Zippy, saying they have to move quickly. Zippy looks out the window and sees the focused light on the right side of the ship. Zippy cranks it even higher, aiming to get higher in the clouds. Dariun runs to the side and activates the bubble to protect as much of the ship as possible. They keep climbing up, Norman and Dariun both holding. They feel the beam getting hotter and hotter and just before it bursts, Norman casts darkness, creating it 60 feet in front of them to obscure the hand's darkness.

A laser beam shoots out, the darkness created by Norman disperses it, making it less intense. Dariun moves to get into the perfect position to block the beam, protecting the ship. They get through the clouds and Zippy levels the ship. Dariun retracts the bubble cloak and they no longer see the light from the hand. They see the sea of clouds and the bright moon. Zippy walks out onto the deck followed by Dariun to check on everyone. Norman puts his bow back away and notices his right arm is searing with pain from his attack in the mansion, realizing it is extremely hard to move it.

Norman tells them it's so great to see them all. Zippy asks what happened and Norman tells them there is a lot to explain and now may not be the best time. Zippy asks Dariun what happened to Peterson, he feels like this whole thing was his fault seen as he wanted to go to the conference. He thought Dariun went to save Peterson and that's why he left him on the beach. Dariun tells Zippy he needs to apologize. He holds out the mask to Zippy and explains when he went back, he found Peterson in a pool of blood and he was too late to save him. Zippy is distressed, saying Peterson was meant to stay with them.

Dariun tells Zippy he needs to apologize for something else. When they were on the beach and he retreated, he did leave to get Peterson's help but when he found Peterson the way he was, he panicked and was going to leave Zippy behind. It was only because he bumped into Norman that they are all here. Dariun thanks Norman for doing what he could not and Dariun understands if they don't want to be a team anymore. Before everything happened in Manasnow, he thought he was invincible but when he found Peterson, he felt so vulnerable and could not do it.

Zippy walks over to Dariun and punches him as hard as he can in his knee. Zippy tells him they are a team and can't do this alone. They won’t always be able to make the easy decisions but they are stronger together. From now on, they never leave anyone behind. Dariun thanks him and agrees, no one else gets left behind. Norman walks up to Dariun, takes out his black bow and holds it out to him. Saying he has always been a better shot than him and would be better off with this. Dariun tells them that as crazy as everything has been, meeting them has been one of the greatest things to ever happen to him.

Dariun and Zippy fill Norman in on everything that happened up until this point. Dariun explains Lou has the same ability to give the spores to people like Karen can and he somehow manufactured it into the bullet. Lou now has access to all of those peoples magical and life energies. None of them know what the giant hand was and although they may assume it is a beast of creation, they have no real way of knowing for sure. Norman asks about Karen and if he has any power over Dariun still. Dariun is unsure but explains the ring stopped it from temporarily but knows a place that may help but they may not all like it.

Zippy reflects on him working for an evil man who was most likely wanting to take over the world. He explains Lou only really cared about the Beroger spire and didn't even know they had the piano key, which he holds up. Norman stiffens at the sight of the piano key but tries to hide it. Norman forgot about the piano key and he takes it, explaining it's a C note due to the indentation. Norman explains he had an A note and he knows where it is right now. Dariun and Zippy ask what he is talking about as he never mentioned this before. Norman's hand goes obsidian black and explains this version of him had it.

Norman tells him it turns out he was the lord of the Deep. Dariun and Zippy are shocked and Dariun asks if he is really Royce. Norman explains a piece of Royce remains in him. Norman doesn't fully know but explains he was made as a hollow shell for Royce should he ever be dethroned. But, the gods that made the body accidentally made him and he wasn't so hollow at all. Before he knew who he was, there was a battle of wills and fortunately, he retined who he was and Royce is a passenger on the ship. Dariun asks if Norman will burst out and start attacking them and Norman hesitates for a moment before telling them he won't.

Zippy grabs a bucket and asks Norman to tell him how deep the bucket is considering he is the lord of the deep and Norman very confidently tells him it's a standard 32 ounce 2 quart. Zippy is very impressed.

Dariun brings up his curse on his leg and knows Gilbert's grave may have an item that could suppress the flower. Dariun believes he needs to go get it. He also feels that it would be a good place to bury Peterson. Zippy agrees and they start travelling towards to Aurum. They note when they sleep, they all end up in a black space where they stand on the waves and see the giant tree in the distance.

They arrive at Gilbert's mansion go to the tree where Gilbert was buried. They stand around the grave and start to dig until they get the box. Dariun ties a piece of cloth around his face and opens it. They see the decaying body of Gilbert and around his calf is a steel ring. Dariun apologizes to Gilbert and takes the ring off his leg. Dariun notices the inside of the ring is some green metal shining through, just like his ring. Dariun recognizes this as star metal. After cleaning it, he slides it on and the blue flower wilts and goes grey. Zippy brings up again his shock that people don't just eat their dead.

Before they close the grave, Norman brings up they have an opportunity to use speak with dead. They think about what they could ask him and Dariun asks if Gilbert may know who they need to talk to for translation of the journal. Norman kneels down and puts his hand on Gilbert's chest. He enters in a trance and appears in the little fishing boat on the silver sea. Norman tells Gilbert that his children are safe and Gilbert responds saying his children are dead. Norman asks what is their name, Gilbert tells him their name was Neville and when Norman asks what killed him, Gilbert continues and tells him it was a curse, from another world.

Norman asks if Karen is still alive, should they trust him. Gilbert advises they should not trust him as he uses people until he is done with them on his quest to find a friend long lost, or at least that's what he thinks. Norman creates a minor illusion to show the jounal and asks who in Liik's Garden can translate this. Gilbert tells him it is Randy Domino, a dragonborn bard who was on the team who found the first grand treasure in Aurum. The final question, Norman asks if there is anything more they can do for his grandchildren. Gilbert tells him he has no grandchildren and the vision fades away. Norman closes the grave and recaps what he learnt. Norman explains that even though Marley and Paige are not his grandchildren, his dying wish was for him to protect them.

Dariun asks to head into Aurum after they burying Petersson. Norman backs away and Dariun wedges a stick on the ground and props Peterson's mask up. Dariun speaks to Peterson, saying he didn't think Peterson wouldn't be there for long but they went through a lot together. Dariun apologizes that they could not help him get to his goal and restore his tribe. Dariun thanks Peterson. Zippy also speaks, apologizing about getting wrapped up in all his shenanigans. He complements his bravery and hopes to see him in the next life. He says Peterson was the best of them.

They ride to Aurum and arrive at Jezzy's bakery. Some people even recognize them as the heroes of Aurum as they enter and arrive to Lighter Than Air bakery. Zippy rides off ahead to run an errand as Norman and Dariun jump off their horses and see a very familiar wetsuit wearing boy outside. Bradley is shivering outside and spots them. Dariun steps into the shop and Norman decides to run around and do some damage control about the Beroger spire. Before he walks away, two little girls see him and run out, excited to see Norman alive as they hug his legs. He knees down and hugs them both asking how they both are. Marley signs and Paige translates that they are both going very well.

Norman uses disguise self and heads to the bar and starts spreading rumours of Clive who actually stole from the grand treasure. Dariun heads inside the bakery and sees Jezzy. She leads him to the back to see Gallard. Zippy heads to the castle and he walks up the steps. He swings his pack around and gets to the top of the stairs. He looks around and pulls out the queen's sheets. Zippy lays them down flat in front of the door. He looks at them, reminiscing on all the crazy things the sheets have been with him with through. Zippy goes up to the door, knocks three times and runs as fast as he can away. Someone comes out of the doors, sees the filthy sheets and orders someone to get rid of them. Norman goes around and people hear him and are trusting his rumors. They all seem unified in their support of the heroes of Aurum.

Dariun gets to the back room where they prepare the baked goods. Gallard is kneading dough, extremely aggressively. Dariun calls out to him and asks to chat. He doesn't respond and keeps kneading. Dariun asks is he got his message. Gallard stops and lays the dough out. Gallard shakily says to Dariun he should have been there for his brother. Dariun comes up to him and puts his arm around him and they grieve together. Gallard reflects on their last fight, how Caspin had changed but was still his brother. Gallard tells Dariun he and Caspin did so much together, hopping plane to plane to learn about the Eladrin and the history of the elves.

Dariun tells Gallard about how he saw Caspin as the most powerful person he knew and Gallard talks about how even through his stubbornness, he really cared and hoped Dariun experienced that. Dariun says he never appreciated it but looking back, he can see the good he did. Dariun tells Gallard that he was executed as a traitor due to the allegations of him opening the gate to the mechanos the first time. Dariun is still unsure if these rumors are true but will do everything he can to find these answers. Gallard wipes a tear away and tells Dariun that the rumors are true. Caspin opened that portal, he was there and that's why he left.

Dariun's tone changes, saying Caspin caused the death of so many. Gallard tries to explain that Caspin meant well but Dairun can't understand how. Gallard explains that he did it to get to the Tree of Seven, the grand treasure. Gallard speculates it may have been the first one ever found. Dariun asks if the arch fey who can from the tree are just fey who found it. Dracken speaks up, saying they are speaking on something he knows about and confirms the Tree of Seven is a grand treasure. Dracken explains that grand treasures are not just of Ome but can be found on any plane. There could be more people than they realize wielding a grand treasure with Felix being the most obvious but Dracken suspects Lou may also have one.

Dariun thinks about this and how they are entering an arena of grand treasures and wonders how they will hold up without one. Gallard is mainly caught up on Dracken being a fish. Dariun backtracks and asks if Caspin was trying to get to the tree to become an arch fey and used the mechanos to get there. Gallard confirms this, explaining that Caspin needed to travel there without the risk of his helpers trying to take the arch fey ability for themselves. The mechanos are unable to be arch feys and were therefore the perfect candidates. Dariun asks if any fey or fey like being can be an arch fey and Gallard tells him yes. Gallard goes onto explain that there can only be 7 arch fey at a time and Caspin needed the mechanos or another reason which was to kill Ikabad, the arch fey of the harvest.

Gallard explains that Caspin saw the arch fey as broken and wanted to change it. He believed weak people cannot influence the world so he needed to level the playing field among the arch fey. Dariun asks him if Gallard helped him and he explains he advised Caspin not to do it but Dariun believes Gallard was just as guilty for letting Caspin open the portal and become an arch fey. Gallard knows this and does not ask for forgiveness. Dariun asks Gallard to tell him everything that happened. He continues and fills Dariun in on everything and after all this, he says to Dariun that he is going to go back to the fey wild sometime soon and gives Dariun an invitation to go. Dracken immediately gets excited and Dariun starts to leave, saying when the time comes he will come but asks Gallard not to reach out for a while.

Dariun has walked out and tells Dracken he will go to the Fey but he does not know if he can forgive Gallard so easily for being part of the reason thousands died. Dracken says he can wait and will be training Dariun hard soon. Dariun goes up to Jezzy and apologizes for having to leave and gives her a hug. Jezzy says her goodbyes and give Dariun some donuts.

Dariun exists the shop and sees Bradley chasing Paige around as she tries to remind him he can only talk to her on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Norman and Zippy ride up and Paige sees Zippy and they have a very intense conversation. Zippy is done and crates a dream bubble around him and his horse. Zippy is just crying on his horse, asking why she is like this. The team says their goodbyes and ride off, back to the ship.

They begin their planning on their large world map. Dariun fills the others on the grand treasures revelations but withholds the information about his dad. Dariun tells them the only way he feels they can compete is to find their own grand treasure. Norman tells them they will need the other piano key in the Deep but it is in the hands of someone they are not yet ready to face. He also does not know how they are all going to be able to get to the deep together alive. Dariun speaks up, saying he sees their best path forwards would be to go to Liik's garden to find Randy and get the journal translated. They all agree on the plan and Yogurt suggests they start of this new adventure with a team 8.

Yogurt puts his paw in first, followed by Norman, Zippy, Pepper, James, Dracken gestures their fin in, the horses in the background neigh and Dariun puts his hand on top and they all say together *TEAM 8*!

The team get on the ship, getting ready to go. Norman is checking the balloons, Dariun is looking out the front with his telescope and Zippy starts up the engine. The Sparrow lifts up and they point it to the jungle lands of Liik's Garden.

### **Post Credit Scene**

Lou pours himself a drink, saying he has one more problem to add to the pile. He speaks to Angelica, saying being attacked by a demon was one of the last things he expected to have happen today. He asks her to add getting a new suit to the list of things to do. Lou tells Angelica she can bring them in now. She opens the door, bringing in Karen, who is furious. Lou tells him even though Karen has been around since the creation of this world, he doesn’t know everything. Karen asks Lou how he was able to remove his flower, assuming there is no star metal on him and if there was, he would be able to see it's outline on his neck. Karen also asks how Lou put the power in their pills, there was no way he has enough life force to do this.

Lou explains when you work in the business world for long enough, you find loopholes everywhere. Even Karen's impenetrable flowers have them. Karen asks how Lou could do that to Gilbert, saying Gilbert was a mentor to him and treated Lou like his own son. Lou quickly speaks up saying Gilbert was the one to betray him first. He was supposed to help him ensure Ferryn would become queen after killing the king, instead, he joined up with those three and went looking for more grand treasures. Lou tells Karen Gilbert was a fanatic who only wanted to use him and never believed in his vision. Karen tells him Lou's ideals are childish and Gilbert must have seen through this. Karen tells Lou he is a failure and he can't stand others are just better than him. He didn't work hard like Felix, who had to fight to get where he is now. Karen tells Lou he can't achieve anything by legitimate means and that's why he needed Karen's flower. Lou becomes angry and says he will show him what he can do, demonstrating on his wild card of an ally.

Lou goes up to them, trying to recall their name. Peterson speaks up, sounding weak, saying he does not speak to tall ones whose hearts are so small. Lou tells Peterson he doesn't know how he got caught up in all of this but tells him he forgives him. He tells Peterson whatever he is after, Lou can give him more. Lou asks if there is anything he wants and Peterson starts to talk but Karen warns him not to listen to Lou but Lou silences him and allows Peterson to talk. Peterson tells Lou he had a tribe that perished in an unfortunate end at his hand. Because of his foolish actions, he summoned a monster that has been hunting him ever since. Lou offers to help Peterson to kill this monster together.

Peterson tells Lou he is a gonzoink. Lou doesn't understand and thanks him. Peterson explains the gonzoink are what his tribe call the slugs that feed upon fecal matter. Lou's tone changes, saying he is just like the rabbit. Peterson tells Lou he won't make the same mistake as before and jeopardize another tribe. Lou decides he will give Peterson the bullet by force so he can speak to him with some respect and see the error in his ways. Peterson asks for guidance from his ancestors and begins to chant in goblin. He calls out to Metillius, summoning him.

## **Quotations**

* Dariun "*Norman, I'm eternally grateful for you being able to do what I could not.*"

* Zippy "*That's why we are a team! And we can't do things alone… Now that Norman's here, we don’t leave anyone behind. Because we're all weak when we're alone.*"

* Zippy "*Whether dead or alive, Peterson is still with us in spirit.*"

* Dariun "*Norman, you're just putting me more in debt to you.*"
* Norman "*I kinda like it that way.*"

* Dairun "*Honestly, I think meeting you two, as crazy as this has been, has probably been one of best things that’s ever happened to me.*"
* Zippy "*You really mean that?*"
* Dariun "*As crazy as it sounds, I do. I really do.*"
* Zippy "*Yeh same.*"

* Norman "*It turns out I really was, the lord of the deep.*"

* Dracken "*I'm kind of a grand treasure, I'm pretty grand don't you think?*"

* Dracken "*You DO choose the fish life and you love it!*"

* Paige "*I've seen things you woudent even bewieve. I feew wike I could say things that would bwow your mind such as this word … cwabla! Bwow your mind yet?*"

* Dariun "*Boys are yucky I'm on Paige's team.*"

* Dariun "*You in Norman?*"
* Norman "*Yeh, count me in!*"
* Zippy "*Don't die this time.*"

## **Featured Characters**

### **Main Cast**

* Norman D
* Dariun Branch
* Zippy Westborrough
* Peterson\*

### **Returning Characters**

* Yogurt
* James
* Pepper
* Gilbert
* Longface Cloppyhooves
* Tealeaf
* Denmark
* Bradley
* Marley
* Paige
* Jezzy
* Gallard
* Dracken
* Lou Blonger
* Angelica
* Karen

### **New Characters**

* Neville (mentioned - Gilbert's deceased son)
* Randy Domino (mentioned)
* Ikabad, the arch fey of the harvest (mentioned)
* Metillius

## **Locations**

* Bayside
* The Sparrow
* Gilbert's Mansion
* Aurum
* Lighter Than Air Bakery
* Aurum Castle