The End of the Beginning

**The End of the Beginning** is the tenth episode of Season 1 of *Unicorn: Warriors Eternal*, and the tenth episode overall. It premiered on June 30, 2023 and also serves as the season finale.

## Synopsis

Emma tries to find her way back to Unicorn as they struggle to hold out against their foe.

## Plot

Emma is still reeling from being separated from Melinda and being back with her mom and dad, who try to calm her down. She initially tries to leave her parent’s home, but her dad stops her, and drags her upstairs, urging her to forget everything that happened since that terrible robot took her away. Later, Emma wakes up after dreaming that Melinda is in pain. She gets out of her room and manages to escape before her parents notice. Eventually, she makes it to Mystic Row, and comes across Darvish, who tells her he is just a shop owner from Birmingham, and can’t conjure magic.

Eventually, the shop owner tells Emma that nothing on Mystic Row is real, that everyone who works there, including the three-eyed dog, are charlatans. Not long after, Clarice Leydoux and Lao Xi Sheng offer to help her. They explain that they descend from hosts of the warriors that were once assembled by Merlin. They both continue by pointing out that naturally, because of their lineage, they thought they would be chosen. So they had spent a big part of their lives training and preparing to be called upon. Clarice remarks that while they don’t have magic themselves, there are objects that do.

Later, Emma with the help of Clarice and Lao Xi Sheng arrives in the Elvish kingdom. But they are stopped in their tracks by Northern Clan Elves. Emma gets out of the vehicle she is in, and demands to speak with King Edred. Initially, he is reluctant to help, as the Heart of the Forest has just healed; but after Emma vows to tell the others the secret of how it is Aelwulf in Edred’s body, he relents. With one last plea, Emma is helped by the Heart of the Forest, and is transported back into the Cosmic Realm.

The first person she reunites with is Winston who urges her to be quiet as it can see and hear everything. Winston goes on to reveal to Emma that for them, it has been four years since they last saw her. In all this time, they have barely managed to hold on. But not everyone has made it out unscathed as the Rakshasa is gone, believed to be dead. Adult Alfie then remarks how Emma has done the impossible as she has found a way back. The others then explain that the Evil has drained the power from the Cosmic Realm, so Emma is too late. So now all of space and time is under its control. Merlin then mentions how even when the Rakshasa unleashed its full power, it didn’t matter; as the Evil seemingly just obliterated him. Edred dejectedly states that they have lost.

Emma then has the idea that even though it sounds crazy, what if they all become one to fight the Evil. Emma points out that when she and Melinda became one, she found power greater than she had ever possessed. Merlin thinks it is madness, but Emma doesn’t back down, and says that it is the one thing that makes the most sense. Emma continues that the day in the church unleashed a chain of events that have altered the world. So there’s a reason why they are all here at this very moment. Copernicus initially refuses, for he fears it will be too much for her. But eventually Emma convinces him, as it is their duty as members of the Order of Unicorn. Not long after, Emma and Melinda reunite; and after that, Winston, Merlin, Edred and Seng join Melinda and Emma, and become one being with Copernicus' help.

Melinda and the others break inside the Evil’s domain together, and begin destroying it from the inside. With the Evil almost destroyed, Edred urges Melinda to finish it once and for all. Yet Melinda can’t after the voice of her mother yells out to her telling her daughter to help her. Morgan and Melinda reunite after all these years, but Melinda is unable to help her; as her mother is the Evil’s heart. The Evil then disappears, and the united Unicorn members separate with Seng back to his normal child self. Winston asks if it's over, but Melinda tells him that nothing is over and that this is just the beginning. When they return to their world, dragons and dinosaurs run rampant. Merlin then remarks how nothing will be as it was or as it would have been. As a volcano erupts, and a pterodactyl chases after a futuristic airplane, Merlin states that the Evil has changed everything.

Resolute, Melinda says that none of it matters, and they will face anything from any time. That they will not stop until they find her mother.

## Characters

*(listed alphabetically)*

* Victor Alli as Adult Seng
* Rosalind Ayres as Lady Katherine Fairfax
* Ron Bottita as Lord Edward Fairfax/Train Porter/Conductor
* Jeremy Crutchley as Merlin/Doctor
* Grey DeLisle as Clarice Leydoux/Original Melinda
* Jacob Dudman as Original Edred/Klink/Shultz
* Hazel Doupe as Melinda/Emma Fairfax
* Brian George as Darvish
* Peta Johnson as Morgan
* Tom Milligan as Edred/Elf Soldier
* Alain Uy as Lao Xi Sheng
* George Webster as Winston
* Copernicus

## Trivia

* It is revealed that 4 years have passed in the cosmic realm since the previous episode.
* When it aired on Adult Swim, there was an editing error with at least one or two frames shortly after the merge where text flashed up on the screen. The left side said 01:20:38:23 and the right side said 1107010\_354.mov.

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## References

1. ↑ Unicorn: Warriors Eternal episode guide (May 4, 2023).