Chapter Summaries

Sovell asked Merlin to undo the seal on his Magic Circuits so he could regain his Magecraft, and Merlin agreed. After recovering his strength and steadying his mind, Sovell learned where Lia and the others were and prepared to leave Avalon.

• Sovell told Merlin that his current strength was not enough to face the White Dragon and asked him to undo the seal on his Magecraft.
• Merlin removed the seal, and Sovell opened his Magic Circuits and regained his power.
• Sovell calmed the magical energy in his body and stabilized his mental state.
• Merlin used his Clairvoyance • Present Sight to locate Lia and the others at the estuary of the River Severn.
• Sovell said goodbye to Merlin, asked for another petal, and prepared to leave.

Sovell reunited with Artoria and Kay after returning from Merlin, and the three traveled south toward Cornwall. When they spotted someone drowning offshore, Sovell struggled to use Magecraft, and Kay prepared to dive in and rescue them.

• Merlin repaired the damaged battlefield with petals after Sovell left for the Bristol Channel.
• Sovell found Artoria and Kay's camp, reunited with Artoria, and slept beside her while Barghest guarded them.
• Kay nearly struck Sovell the next morning but was knocked over by Barghest, and the three continued south after Sovell dealt with an invaders' camp.
• After two days of travel, Sovell, Artoria, and Kay reached the Gomeria region and headed toward Cornwall.
• Artoria splashed seawater at Sovell, who cleaned them both with a breeze as they continued along the coast.
• Kay spotted a person drowning offshore, and when Sovell's Magecraft failed, Kay asked him for a Water-Repelling Wind Shield Pearl so he could dive in.

Sovell and Kay rescued Artoria from a sea Kelpie disguised as a drowning person, and Sovell subdued the fairy after driving it off with a Dragon Roar. After explaining what kind of Kelpie it was, Sovell proposed taming it as a mount, leaving Kay and Artoria surprised.

• Kay swam out to rescue a drowning person, but discovered they had transformed into a Kelpie and lost the Wind Pearl when it struck it away.
• Sovell transformed and unleashed a Dragon Roar, then flew out to retrieve Kay and threw him safely to Artoria.
• Sovell used a Water-Repelling Barrier to find the Kelpie underwater and dragged it ashore, where he explained that it was a rare sea Kelpie.
• Kay woke up as Sovell dried him, and the Kelpie's appearance shifted into that of a pale horse.
• Sovell proposed taming the sea Kelpie as a mount, surprising Artoria and prompting Kay to challenge the idea.

Sovell subdued a Kelpie and brought her into his group as they traveled toward Cornwall City. When an unseen attacker struck them with wind-based projectiles accompanied by harp music, Sovell sensed the attack’s direction and speed.

• Sovell saddled the Kelpie and used Dragon Might to control her, then persuaded her to join him.
• Sovell introduced the Kelpie to Artoria, Kay, and Barghest at camp, and learned she had chosen England’s coast because Wales had too much competition.
• The next day, Sovell and Artoria rode the Kelpie while Kay rode Joanie as the group entered the forest toward Cornwall City.
• A harp’s music accompanied an invisible Wind Arrow that missed Sovell, and the group formed a defensive formation.
• Sovell called on the wind to reveal the hidden attacker’s location and detected six fast-moving air currents approaching from the east-southeast.

Sovell, Artoria, and Kay fought off invisible wind arrows before Sovell confronted their attacker, Tristan. After confirming Tristan’s identity and hearing his apology, they accepted his offer of one request as compensation.

• Sovell used the Wind King Scabbard to shield Artoria and Kay from the wind arrows, while the Kelpie disrupted the remaining arrows with a sphere of water.
• Sovell cast an acceleration spell and charged toward the archer, who lowered his bow and surrendered.
• Tristan identified himself as the son of the King of Livalan and nephew of King Mark, and asked whether Sovell and his companions were traveling with Sir Senor.
• Sovell introduced himself as Stam Ambrosius and identified Artoria as Lily Ambrosius and the young man as Kay, then found the Coat of Arms Tristan had described.
• Tristan apologized for testing them and offered to fulfill one request as compensation, and the three accepted.

Sovell, Artoria, and Kay agreed to ask Tristan for a ship to France, and Tristan explained how his magical bow Failnaught created the wind threads Sovell had felt. Tristan then played and sang the tragic ballad “The Lament of the White Doe,” leaving Artoria and the others listening to Margaret’s sorrowful fate.

• Sovell, Artoria, and Kay asked Tristan for a large ship to carry them from Cornwall to France, and he agreed.
• Tristan showed them Failnaught and explained that its six enchanted strings condensed air into threads that released Wind Arrows.
• Sovell used Dragon Eyes to see the surrounding threads as Tristan played and dispelled them, ending the cobweb-like sensation on Sovell’s face.
• Artoria praised Tristan’s harp playing, and he agreed to perform a song for her, Kay, and Sovell.
• Tristan sang “The Lament of the White Doe,” recounting how Margaret was hunted, killed, and served as venison.

Tristan welcomed Sovell, Artoria, and Kay into Cornwall City and invited Sovell and Artoria to serve under King Mark. When Sovell revealed his allegiance to King Arthur, Tristan questioned whether she would rule wisely, then sincerely apologized for his discourtesy, leaving Sovell moved by his concern.

• Tristan led Sovell, Artoria, and Kay through Cornwall City, where the crowd greeted him enthusiastically.
• Sovell used wind to take wine from their luggage and offer Tristan a cup, prompting Artoria to confront Kay for secretly bringing alcohol.
• As they continued toward the royal palace, Tristan praised Sovell and Artoria's abilities and invited them to serve under King Mark.
• Sovell declined and told Tristan he had sworn allegiance to King Arthur, the Red Dragon of Britain.
• Tristan asked what Sovell would do if King Arthur became an unwise ruler, then bowed and apologized for insulting his sovereign.
• Sovell accepted Tristan's apology after recognizing that his concern for Sovell had been sincere.

Tristan brought Sovell and his companions to King Mark, who approved their request for a ship to cross the ocean and arranged their hospitality in Cornwall. Tristan left to organize the ship and Kelpie’s tack while Sovell settled into his luxurious room.

• Sovell told Tristan he would correct the king if necessary, then asked him to arrange custom tack for Kelpie.
• Tristan presented his badge at the palace gates and requested an audience with his uncle, King Mark.
• Tristan introduced Sovell, Lily, and Kay as the Three Knights of Redemption and explained their plan to cross the ocean.
• King Mark approved Tristan’s promise of a ship and entrusted him with arranging the guests’ meals and lodging.
• Tristan led the companions to their rooms, then left to arrange Kelpie’s tack and their ship.

Sovell inspected the ship prepared for his voyage and discovered that its Magecraft Array was based on Merlin’s design. He left the harbor aboard the ship with Artoria and Kay, having concluded that the king’s mage had imitated the array but could not match its precision.

• Sovell woke from a short nap and followed Tristan to see the ship prepared for the voyage.
• Tristan showed Sovell Kelpie’s fitted royal-blue tack, and Sovell rode Kelpie with him to the harbor.
• Sovell boarded the ship and found Artoria and Kay already aboard before inspecting its magical design.
• Sovell discovered Merlin’s signature in the ship’s Magecraft Array and determined that King Mark’s mage had copied an existing design.
• Sovell concluded that the copied array reinforced the ship but lacked the precision needed to match Merlin’s original.

After learning that King Ban and King Bors were at war with King Claudus and losing, Sovell decided to leave Cornwall and pursue an alliance while the need for aid was greatest. He and his companions parted tearfully from Tristan, who played the ballad from their first meeting as their ship departed.

• Sovell and his companions spent half a year in Cornwall, where Tristan hired them to help defend the city and taught Sovell the basics of archery.
• Merlin informed Sovell that King Ban and King Bors had gone to war with King Claudus and were at a disadvantage.
• Sovell, Kay, and Artoria decided to leave Cornwall and present Tristan with a farewell letter.
• Tristan accepted their departure sadly, and Artoria offered him a blessing in Celtic.
• Tristan clung to Sovell and sobbed before the companions boarded their ship.
• After Sovell and his companions boarded, Tristan steadied himself and played "The Lament of the White Doe (Complainte De La Blanche Biche)".

Sovell and his companions traveled to Brittany as envoys of the Red Dragon Royal Court, claiming they had come to honor its old alliance. After the King of Brittany admitted them and accepted their credentials, they waited in a guest room as the king arrived for a private audience.

• Sovell planned to help King Ban and King Bors resist King Claudus, using the old alliance as a diplomatic pretext.
• The King of Brittany heard the envoys’ request for an audience and admitted them after his ministers recalled the alliance with King Uther.
• Sovell, Lily Ambrosius, and Kay Senor introduced themselves and presented badges as credentials for the Red Dragon Royal Court.
• Sovell told the king they had come to honor the alliance and asked to discuss the details after the court session.
• In the guest room, Sovell revealed that the badges were fakes he had made, then destroyed them as the king arrived.

Sovell, Artoria, and Kay accepted the King of Brittany’s gift and traveled to Benwick to aid its rulers against King Claudus’s invasion. At Benwick, Sovell revealed his identity and proposed an alliance with King Ban and King Bors on behalf of Arthur’s Court.

• The King of Brittany thanked the three envoys for their promised aid and gave them a chest of silverware and silk.
• Sovell arranged to leave the chest in the palace and told the King of Brittany that they would head for the front lines in Benwick.
• Sovell, Artoria, and Kay rode to Benwick City and were admitted to the palace by King Ban’s order.
• After dismissing the attendants, Sovell raised a barrier, revealed his true name, and offered King Ban and King Bors an alliance with Arthur’s Court.

Sovell, Artoria, and Kay negotiated an alliance with King Ban and King Bors of Benwick despite Bors's insults and suspicions. After Ban apologized and Sovell set terms, the parties signed a contract formally establishing an alliance between Pendragon and Benwick.

• Sovell proposed an alliance and promised that his companions’ help would erase Benwick’s battlefield disadvantage.
• King Bors questioned their motives and insulted Aurelion, prompting Kay to draw his sword before Artoria pushed it back into its sheath.
• Sovell rebuked Bors, warned that Benwick could not defeat King Claudus without help, and threatened to end the negotiations if Bors spoke recklessly again.
• King Ban apologized for Bors and pressed him to apologize as well.
• Sovell and King Ban negotiated terms covering aid, trade, and future military support, then signed the alliance contract with Artoria.

King Claudus prepared to storm Benwick’s royal capital, confident that his army could overwhelm the defenders. Sovell, Artoria, Kay, King Ban, and King Bors led a thousand-man cavalry charge to seize Claudus, and as the gates opened, Sovell summoned a storm and rallied the force for its assault.

• King Claudus encamped south of Benwick’s royal capital after conquering five cities, and prepared for his third assault.
• Sovell asked Artoria if she was ready for real war, and she answered that a king protected people by killing more people than anyone else.
• Sovell, Artoria, and Kay assessed Claudus’s well-equipped army from the walls, then joined King Ban and King Bors at the gate with a thousand elite troops.
• Sovell announced that their objective was to defeat the enemy and seize Claudus, then led the cavalry out of the city with Artoria, Kay, King Ban, and King Bors.
• As Claudus ordered his army to assault the city, Sovell summoned dark clouds and fierce winds, drew Rhongomyniad, and rallied his force to fight for their home.

Sovell broke through King Claudus's army with wind magic and deadly sword strikes, but the soldiers' cries of “dragon” triggered painful memories and caused his scales to spread across his body. As the terrified troops began to retreat, a royal messenger offered a dukedom to anyone who captured Sovell alive.

• King Claudus's archers and cavalry failed to stop Sovell's force, and Sovell used glowing threads and Wind Arrows to kill the charging riders.
• Sovell smashed through the shield-and-spear formation with Wind King's Hammer and carved a path into the enemy ranks.
• A soldier spotted the dragon scales on Sovell's hand, and the troops' cries of “monster” and “dragon” brought back Sovell's memories of the valley.
• Sovell's scales spread over his body as he roared at the soldiers to flee, frightening both armies and making the enemy ranks retreat.
• A royal messenger announced that anyone who captured Sovell alive would receive a dukedom and Benwick as a fief.

Sovell unleashed his white dragon power and slaughtered enemy soldiers until King Claudus ordered a retreat. As the battle ended, Sovell kissed Artoria while seemingly lost in a strange state, until someone shouted at him.

• Sovell revealed his dragon horns and tail, then charged the enemy with a spear and killed most of their forces.
• Artoria, Knight Kay, Ban, and nearly a thousand cavalrymen joined Sovell on the battlefield.
• King Claudus learned that the three fighters were envoys sent by King Arthur and ordered his army to retreat to Berry.
• After the retreat sounded, Sovell stopped fighting, and Artoria worried about his fading awareness.
• Sovell cupped Artoria's face and kissed her until an angry voice shouted at him.

After the battle, Sovell and Artoria reconciled at Benwick’s celebration, while Sovell’s recollection explained how his Magic Circuits had used Artoria’s saliva to suppress the White Dragon. The next morning, the three Arthurian envoys attended King Ban’s court and met Queen Elaine and her young son Lancelot.

• Artoria comforted the injured Sovell, who stole another kiss and was punished for it.
• At Benwick’s celebration, Sovell apologized to Artoria, and she kissed him before ordering him not to act so suddenly again.
• Sovell’s recollection revealed that his Magic Circuits had taken control during the battle and used Artoria’s saliva to suppress the White Dragon’s power.
• The next morning, Sovell and Artoria brought a hungover Kay to court as honored guests.
• King Ban, Queen Elaine, and their son Lancelot welcomed the three envoys, and Sovell recognized Elaine’s descent from King David.

Sovell trained with Rhongomyniad and discovered that Barghest was growing weak because the European Continent rejected her. Two years later, while Sovell and Artoria trained Lancelot in Benwick, Kay brought them a letter from Tristan.

• King Ban announced his alliance with King Arthur's court, and Sovell's companions' chest arrived in Benwick.
• Sovell developed a sweeping spear style through Merlin's punishing dream combat training.
• Sovell found Barghest listless and concluded that the European Continent's rejection of her kind was making her ill.
• Sovell soothed Barghest to sleep and used half of a flower petal.
• During their two years in Benwick, Sovell and Artoria taught swordsmanship to King Ban's son, Lancelot, while Merlin took Barghest back to Avalon.
• Kay interrupted Artoria and Lancelot's sparring session with a letter from Tristan.

Sovell, Artoria, and Kay read a letter from Tristan describing his fatal duel with Ireland’s foremost knight, Mahans. After Lancelot urged them to help their friend, the chapter left them facing Tristan’s desperate situation.

• Artoria asked Kay for news of Tristan’s challenge against Ireland, and Sovell worried that Mahans’s lance skill gave him an advantage.
• Kay handed Sovell Tristan’s letter, which revealed that Tristan had defeated Mahans in a duel but suffered grievous wounds.
• Tristan wrote that Mahans’s sword had poisoned him and that his uncle had been unable to find a cure.
• Sovell and Artoria grieved over Tristan’s letter, and Lancelot advised them to help their friend.

Sovell decided that he, Artoria, and Kay would leave Benwick and return to Saynor Manor to raise an army and unite Britain. After setting out his campaign strategy, they resigned from King Ban's service and prepared to sail for Lynn.

• Sovell told Artoria and Kay they would return to Saynor Manor to raise an army, arguing that foreign invasions and Sir Tristan's death made swift unification necessary.
• Sovell proposed securing Wales and neighboring English regions, then Scotland, before turning to Lloegyr and Ireland; Artoria and Kay agreed.
• Sovell, Artoria, and Kay decided to resign from King Ban's service and made their preparations to leave Benwick.
• Sovell presented his resignation to King Ban, who accepted their decision and promised them a ship to Lynn.
• King Ban and the three visitors shared a farewell toast to their enduring friendship and the two Royal Courts.