A Love's Last Light

**A Love's Last Light** is the ninth episode of Season 1 of *Unicorn: Warriors Eternal*, and the ninth episode overall. It premiered on June 23, 2023. It is also the penultimate episode of the season.

## Synopsis

Unicorn's struggle with the Evil Entity takes them to an unexpected place where their foe's power grows exponentially.

## Plot

Sometime earlier in the timeline, Edred and some of the soldiers in his kingdom are chasing after Melinda. As he is running, he tells his trusty sword that a great evil has entered his kingdom. Suddenly, he gasps when he sees a strange creature shrouded in magic. However, they are caught by surprise when, to the side, a creature shrouded in cyan magic with green and yellow highlights tries to attack them. In the nick of time, Melinda saves Edred and the two elf soldiers that were accompanying him.

Meanwhile, electricity crackles as Merlin wields his staff to also attack the aforementioned creature. Melinda and Edred but heads, when the latter of which refuses to not help out. So he uses Twillion to try and land some attacks on the Evil. The creature howls in pain, and not long after Melinda and Merlin attack it, it explodes. Eventually, Merlin explains to Edred, that what he just helped them defeat is an evil entity that devours souls and drains the energy from all it can find. He further states that while they may have destroyed it for now, it will return.

In the present day, Edred wakes up and sees both Copernicus and Seng attacking the possessed Merlin. But it is no use, as he conjures up force fields. Winston, in his werewolf form, tries to help but is quickly pushed to the side. Eventually, Edred has Seng, Copernicus and Winston join him in an all out coordinated attack on Merlin. Their teamwork pays off as Melinda manages to escape the Evil’s clutches. Without missing a beat, she attacks him, but rather than being defeated, the possessed Merlin comes across broken Otto-Mans, which he reanimates and makes them work for him instead. That also proves useless as Melinda uses her magic to take them all out simultaneously.

Eventually, the Evil finds a way to get the upper hand, and leaves Merlin’s body and uses Seng’s connection to the cosmic realm to its advantage. Then, the Order of Unicorn along with Merlin and Winston are forcibly taken to the aforementioned cosmic realm. Winston freaks out as he is unable to initially talk and can only bark. Much to Merlin’s shock, when they get there, Raksasha is fighting the evil alongside an older Alfie atop a lion despite the Hindu spirit being dead back in the real world.

Rakshasa eventually tells Merlin and the others that they are safe for now. Merlin eventually tells his ally that it is good to see him, and the Hindu spirit says the same. Edred and Melinda go on to ask Seng why he is so old, and he explains that they have been waiting twenty years, fighting from the very moment it found entry into the Cosmic Realm through his younger self. The older Seng then states that Rakshasa saved him, and together, they have been trying to stop it ever since with no success. When Winston remarks that when they last saw him he was still a young kid, the older Seng explains that time can have different meanings in the cosmic realm. For some, one minute could be a lifetime.

Unfortunately, the Evil is all around them now and it has been devouring everything in its path. Furthermore, it now controls all the beings, the terrain, and soon, the very notion of time and space. Rakshasa then goes on to say that as a result, all that was, and all that will be, shall never be again. Merlin summarizes it by saying that it will be the complete end of everything.

Later, Edred finds himself alone as Rakshasa and Merlin are busy trying to see into the future and see how it plays out. While Melinda is with Winston, who is still in his werewolf form, he excitedly tells her that his canine teeth are razor sharp. He then jokes that it is a wonder he doesn’t bite his tongue with them all the time. He sees how happy this version of Melinda is, and it reminds him of what he once had with her.

In the past, Melinda comes into Edred’s bedroom, but not long after Twillion tries to attack her, which wakes up the Elf prince. Melinda begrudgingly explains that Merlin sent her in order to recruit him into a team that will swear to protect the world from the clutches of the evil entity they faced before. Edred then suggests that perhaps if there were more of them, their victory against the evil entity would be more assured.

Back in the present, Melinda eventually explains to Winston that she feels like she is neither his Emma nor Edred’s version of Melinda. But rather, she has become someone new. He suggests calling her by a different name, perhaps one that combines both Emma and Melinda. Not long after, the evil entity manages to find them, and Merlin remarks how it had never possessed such power. Everyone launches an all out attack, and Merlin tells the Hindu Spirit that he could not see beyond this moment they find themselves at. To which Rakshasa states that perhaps it is a sign that their destiny is not yet written. Which leads Merlin to exclaim that they shall create a destiny that will echo throughout eternity. Melinda in particular goes all out, but ends up getting trapped in the Evil’s magic. She shrieks in pain, and eventually Melinda and Emma are separated into two different beings. The Evil throws Melinda one way and Emma the other.

Elsewhere, a fire is crackling in the chimney of Emma’s parents. Lady Fairfax urges her husband to go to bed. But he tells his wife that he can’t think of sleep, when they don’t know where their Emma is. Much to their shock, Emma crashes onto their floor. Emma freaks out saying she has to go back because they need her.

## Characters

*(listed alphabetically)*

* Victor Alli as Adult Alfie
* Rosalind Ayres as Lady Katherine Fairfax
* Sunkrish Bala as Raksasha
* Ron Bottita as Lord Edward Fairfax
* Jeremy Crutchley as Merlin
* Grey DeLisle as Original Melinda
* Hazel Doupe as Melinda
* Jacob Dudman as Original Edred
* Demari Hunte as Seng
* Tom Milligan as Edred
* George Webster as Winston
* Copernicus

## Trivia

* Melinda and Emma's bodies finally separate, with Melinda's soul transporting back to Copernicus and Emma returning home (much to her dismay).

## Gallery

### Videos

-adult swim- - Unicorn- Warriors Eternal Season 1 Episode 9 Promo -1-adult swim- - Unicorn- Warriors Eternal Season 1 Episode 9 Promo -2Unicorn- Warriors Eternal - Sneak Peek! A Loves Last Light - Adult Swim UK 🇬🇧Unicorn- Warriors Eternal - Melinda and Edred - Adult Swim UK 🇬🇧
## References

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