Breathe

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**Breathe** is the eighteenth episode of *The Dragon Prince*. It is the ninth and final chapter of the second book, "**Sky**".

After using his gift to help Claudia, Ezran makes an important decision about the quest. Callum wakes up with a new understanding of primal magic.

## Plot

As Claudia fears Ezran and the Banther, she apologizes for her hostility towards him. Ezran accepts and lets the Banther roam back to the wild, reassuring it that Claudia will not harm him. The two go for a walk in town and end up sitting at the top of the ruined guard tower. Ezran tells Claudia how he recently found out about the death of his father King Harrow. To avoid upsetting him, Claudia instead tearfully retells the time her mother Lissa decided to separate with Viren by moving back to her home kingdom, Del Bar. This resulted in Soren and Claudia to choose which parent to remain with. Soren chose to remain with Viren, but Claudia is told by her mother to stay with her brother as they need each other before finally leaving. The two share an embrace as they admire to have a sibling to be with. Claudia then realizes Ezran can talk to animals, so she asks a favor for Ezran to help her seek milkfruit that could potentially heal Soren. Thanks to the help of animals, Ezran and Claudia finally find a milkfruit bush where a family of deer emerges to feast on it. Claudia now asks Ezran to return to Callum and apologizes again for her actions. Ezran makes his way back while Claudia remains, with her eyes fixated on the deer.

In the castle of Katolis, Viren threatens to cut off Aaravos. But this does not seem to unnerve him, as Aaravos is willing to offer his service to Viren. Viren expresses his desire to persuade the other rulers of the Human Kingdoms to join Katolis's war against Xadia, so Aaravos suggests that they must somehow get their attention.

Rayla pleads for Callum to finally wake up as his body continues to struggle, unbeknownst that the cube's Sky symbol is faintly flickering. In his dream state of plunging in the ocean, Callum hears the whispers of his mother, Queen Sarai, telling him to breathe before she takes and comforts him to a bedroom. Sarai sees her son struggling to focus his thoughts, so she advises him to take things slowly and breathe so that his mind, body, and spirit can finally unlock the truth. Sarai embraces her son to remind him of her love. In the real world, Rayla hugs Callum's body in an attempt to ease his suffering, but he finally awakens; declaring that he finally understands the Sky arcanum.

Ecstatic that he made a connection with Sky magic, Callum attempts to perform "Aspiro" without the help of a Primal Stone; he manages to draw the rune and unleash a strong breath of wind. Ezran and Corvus arrive in time to see Callum perform the spell. When Corvus brings up his service to the young king, Callum realizes Ezran already knows their father's death. Callum and Ezran embrace each other to mourn their loss.

It is revealed that Claudia was not seeking out milkfruit, but a lone deer instead. Back in the hospital, Claudia enters Soren's room in her dark magic form as she unleashes a spell that spreads all over Soren's body before falling from exhaustion. Her magic heals Soren's body, allowing him to feel and move his body again. Soren checks on her sister breathing heavily on the floor, before lifting her face relieved of her brother's recovery, as the black covering her eyes fades and a streak of her hair turns white.

At sunset, Team Zym is ready to resume their journey to Xadia. But Ezran makes a difficult decision; he plans to return to Katolis and assume the throne as his responsibility now as king, accompanied by Corvus and Bait. Ezran bids farewell to Zym, Rayla and Callum, and this decision deeply saddens the dragonling as he cries out for Ezran to return.

At night, Viren makes his way atop a tower gathering the weapons of the fallen Moonshadow Elf Assassins. With the help of Aaravos, Viren uses dark magic to resurrect four smoke forms of the assassins. He orders them to terrorize Del Bar, Evenere, Neolandia, and Duren in a scheme to have them mobilize against Xadia. Afterward, Viren goes to his chambers but is alerted by Aaravos that the castle guards are coming to apprehend him. Viren blasts open the door and engage the castle guards, assisted by Aaravos's magic. In the ensuing chaos, Pip is accidentally freed from his cage and flies away from the castle. Viren and Aaravos continue to fight until they are outnumbered and surrounded. Opeli enters and demands Viren to surrender or face death by the archers surrounding him. Viren initially refuses but Aaravos orders him to cease before taking his magic away. The guards arrest Viren, leading the latter to feel betrayed by Aaravos. Aaravos refutes as he promises to remain by Viren's side. After being taken away, the guards discover the entrance to the hidden tunnels behind the shepherd painting.

Hours later, Callum and Rayla arrive at the Border, where they have to cross the river of lava. Rayla asks Callum to wait for moonlight to reveal rocks marked with runes that serve as the Moonstone Path. This allows them to safely cross the river, but each rock they step will eventually sink. Rayla realizes the sun is rising, and the runes on the rocks ahead of them are beginning to fade out. They make a run to the other side but stop short as sunlight has covered a portion of the crossing. The rocks sinking behind them slowly begin to catch up, distressing Zym. Meanwhile, Ezran begins to see a vision of Rayla and Callum through Zym's eyes. Realizing they are in trouble, Ezran telepathically communicates with Zym to fly up and block out the sunlight. By demonstrating the action with Corvus, Zym is finally able to fly on his own but struggles to keep up. Callum uses "Aspiro" again, where the strong winds help Zym land on a stone arch on the other side. Zym spreads his wings as his shadow blocks out sunlight, allowing Callum and Rayla to make it to the other side. Corvus also commented that Ezran is a weird king and Ezran acknowledges. Meanwhile, back at the Katolian town, Soren and Claudia exited the healing area. Soren is worried what Viren would say. Claudia replied that they are alive and Claudia shows to Soren the dragon horn that he cut from Pyrrah and said that they will not return empty-handed. Soren said that they failed their missions meaning Viren will be mad and he will never be mad with the dragon horn means its magic. Claudia cheers but Soren falls on the ground giving Claudia a mild shock.

Callum, Rayla, and Zym are thrilled that they have finally reached Xadia. But as the trio is about to resume their quest, they are alarmed to find Sol Regem awakening from his slumber.

## Characters and Cast

* Callum (Jack De Sena)
* Rayla (Paula Burrows)
* Ezran (Sasha Rojen)
* Bait
* Azymondias
* Viren (Jason Simpson)
* Claudia (Racquel Belmonte)
* Soren (Jesse Inocalla)
* Corvus (Omari Newton)
* Opeli (Paula Burrows)
* Marcos (Jesse Inocalla)
* Sarai (Kazumi Evans)
* Aaravos (Erik Todd Dellums)
* Town Doctor (Kazumi Evans)
* Moonshadow Elf Assassins
* Pip
* Sol Regem

## Spells

Sky Spells

* Aspiro

Dark Magic

* Nekorb eht laeh dna wolf, evila dna gnuoy eliga tserof fo doolbefil *(Lifeblood of forest agile young and alive, flow and heal the broken)*
* Snissassa ykoms niaga esir, nellaf fo hsa *(Ash of fallen, rise again smoky assassins)*

## Trivia

* In order to replicate Ezran's motions when climbing onto Corvus's back, the crew had to create a reference video of lifting objects onto their shoulders.
* The scene of crossing into Xadia has a symbolic significance, resembling the events of "Heart of a Titan". While Sarai was killed by Avizandum as his wings blocked the sun, foretelling violence and doom, his son Azymondias saves Sarai's son by blocking the sun with his own wings and restoring the Moonstone Path for Callum and Rayla. What's more, Avizandum kills Sarai as she attempts to flee Xadia, after the theft of the titan's heart. But Zym saves Callum and Rayla as they enter Xadia on exactly the opposite mission — returning another stolen treasure, Zym himself, in an effort to restore peace.

Credits

* Ezran and Corvus riding Banthers foreshadows their journey back to Katolis, which ends in "Sol Regem".

## References

1. ↑ TDP Crew Commentary - Breathe
2. ↑ Book Two, Chapter 6: "Heart of a Titan"
3. ↑ hypable.com Season 2 ending meaning