![]() ![]() There’s some tension between the two as Claudia continues to double down on using Dark Magic, but it’s nothing that the previous season hasn’t already covered. Claudia and Terry spend most of the season traveling through the same forested area, with the biggest development being the raft that Terry builds so that Claudia will allow herself to rest. The Sunfire Elves are consuming a lot of the show’s runtime, but their story moves too slowly and isn’t compelling enough on its own to justify its existence without any idea of how it will ultimately fit into the narrative.Įven within individual episodes, the show struggles to make everything fit. That’s a problem when we’re two seasons into the "Mystery of Aaravos" storyline. Queen Janai ( Rena Anakwe) is having nightmares about her sister Khessa’s ( Brenda Crichlow) death at the hands of Aaravos, but how they’re connected is still a mystery. For all its faults, at least Season 4 had these groups cross paths on the way to Rex Igneous’ lair, allowing Claudia's burgeoning villainy to rear its head and progress her dynamic with Callum as their magic takes them in opposite directions.Īdditionally, it is very unclear how the Sunfire Elves connect to the Aaravos plotline. And then there are the parallel stories of the two groups hunting for Aaravos’ prison, neither of which cross paths until the very end of the season even though they’re heading to the same place. ![]() But Amaya's absence barely contributes to the Sunfire Elf plot anyway because it focuses primarily on Karim during the middle of the season, who isn’t at the camp either. Callum and Rayla visit the Sunfire Elves early in their story, but the visit adds nothing to the Sunfire Elf storyline other than temporarily removing Amaya ( Sheila Ferguson) from the camp. Most of these stories have nothing to do with one another, and those that do intersect don’t affect each other in any meaningful way. Neither option is great, and the ambiguity of the ending sours one of the stronger arcs of Season 5.īut the biggest problem is how all these stories intersect - or rather, the ways they don’t. Alternatively, it implies that they'll find another way to save Viren next season, which would undermine his journey in this one. Given that Claudia failed to free Aaravos, it’s almost certain that Viren will die early next season, but given that the build-up to his decision forms the bulk of this group's story this season, it’s weird that that’s left to be resolved down the line. We don’t see him die, and we don’t see Claudia or Terry’s reaction. In the Season 5 finale, Viren decides he won’t perform the dark ritual required to make his resurrection permanent, but there’s no time spent on the fallout of this decision. While unconscious, Viren begins to have visions about his past which cause him to question his resolve, fearing that Claudia will follow in his footsteps and die like he did. Throughout this journey, Viren is unconscious after using dark magic in the Season 4 finale. In a similar vein, one of the other major plotlines is Claudia ( Racquel Belmonte), Terry ( Benjamin Callins), and Viren’s ( Jason Simpson) journey to reach Aaravos’ prison. ![]() Ezran convinces Callum and Rayla that they should just keep Aaravos imprisoned instead of killing him, so the information learned about the “Nova Blade” has no impact on this season’s story. The next three episodes instead focus primarily on Callum and Rayla’s quest to figure out how to kill Aaravos, with Ezran only rejoining them at the end of Episode 4, “The Great Bookery.” That’s a third of the season, but there’s no payoff for this side quest. ![]() But Season 5 opens with Ezran beseeching the Archdragon of the Ocean, Domina Profundis ( Jennifer Hale), for help, forgoing the hunt for the Archdragons as a central driver of the main story. Last season used this quest to frame itself around the journey to find the Archdragon of Earth, Rex Igneous ( Ben Cotton). It picks up roughly where Season 4 left off, focusing on Callum ( Jack DeSena), Rayla ( Paula Burrows), and Ezran’s ( Sasha Rojen) efforts to find the prison of the Startouch Elf Aaravos ( Erik Dellums). From the get-go, it’s unclear what exactly the end goal of The Dragon Prince Season 5 is. ![]()
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