Willow has the group entering a mysterious forest, “Wildwood”, that tears the truth of many characters! “Whispers of Nockmar” had Elora add the essence of nightshade, the last ingredient to the salve that would save Graydon! She walks to the corridor where Kit is resting. Elora tells Kit about the woodcutters who died for her. She has given up and is drawn by a woman crying. It is raining and Jade hears her mother telling her to run, sees her mother’s body, and then goes to attack General Kael in the half-skull mask. Did Kael form or inspire the Bone Reavers? Kael drives her back, his sword point dragged against the ground and walls, into a room where Jade bars the door. Elora sees visions of the beginning of Willow. This is her mother and the vision of Bavmorda passes, before the sword strike, her mother sees Elora as she is now. Then, the vision fades when the sword comes down. Jade draws her sword only to face Kit. The princess says she was about to eaten by the staircase! There is a knock at the door, but it is Boorman. He tells them a secret, “You two totally have the hots for each other.” Contemporary expression, but not intrusive. He bursts in looking for the Lux Arcana, but Jade has his sword to him.
Elora sees Graydon freed and he takes her of course to the high tower. Kit wonders why Boorman would go against them for the Lux Arcana. He directs their attention to the high tower. Graydon casually walks into the chamber with the bowl used for the ceremony. The candles start to burn and Graydon turns Lich-ified. He lifts up a heavy rock saying he has strength and confidence like Airk, but Elora is not interested in those qualities. Willow enters! Graydon tosses the rock which batters Willow down. Then, he uses his power to draw Elora across the floor. Graydon starts the Ritual of the Thirteenth Night taking strands of Elora’s hair. Then, they see the vision of the young Willow defeating Bavmorda. Graydon raises his arms and Elora’s eyes roll to the whites while she is lifted upwards! The door opens and visions of Sorsha and Finrazel appear, Willow says he will again fight evil “with his friends.” Kit, Jade, and Boorman appear and Kit throws him the staff. He uses it to knock down Graydon. I love the flashes of the movie filling in the stories of the show’s characters.
Detail of Willow’s backpack, D23 Expo, author’s photo.
Boorman begins trying to pummel the Lich out of Graydon, kinda funny. A stone shape grabs Willow. Elora sees herself as a baby. Boorman says they have to kill Graydon, but Kit tells him to wait. Kit admits to Elora that she saw the eckleberry bush. Elora goes to Graydon and then draws out the evil from him. Then, she sees the young Graydon with his older brother, Dermot, on a tree. Suddenly, Graydon with possessed eyes, throws down his brother! Elora has seen the truth, but not how Graydon was taken over. His body floats with the evil drawn into the sky like Bavmorda. Now, they see sun inside the chamber., and they walk in the morning. Boorman sees the Lux Arcana in his pouch. Willow explains about the Blood of the Six to Kit; six Fays who had betrayed the Mothers to turn to evil. Kit realizes that Bavmorda had the Blood of Six and now she carries it. Elora looks distrustfully at Graydon. Then, we see the face of The Dag and the bulky Scourge, and The Crone’s voice tells them to find Elora. Airk suddenly wakes up in his cell, the door is open, and he walks out with ashes falling to see the deserted Immemorial City! The first time we have seen him since the first episode, but it may be because Elora has faced The Crone’s power.
We return to the book of Willow which resolves to Boorman’s face in panic. He is running from a misty castle with The Dag behind him. Kit and Jade are chased by The Scourge through some ruins. This is all to an 80’s-style rock song, back to ep. 3? The Dag swoops after Elora in her giant hawk form, but misses. Kit tries to loose an arrow at The Scourge, but he knocks it away. Willow waits as Boorman runs past and unleashes flames from his wand at The Dag. From the immortal words of Admiral Ackbar, “It’s a trap!” Jade and Kit escape The Scourge and everyone gathers at a wall. Their only refuge from The Gales is pointed out by Willow, the Wildwood. Graydon mentions that everything in the forest makes you lose the will to leave. The Scourge leaps down and they start to run into the woods. They wonder at the bright motes that float in the forest air. Jade notes that the Bone Reavers are in the Wildwood. Willow tells Elora that Cherlindrea’s wand came from the Great Tree. She says she has accomplished many magical tasks and asks about divination.
Boorman walks and talks with Graydon about his interest in Elora whom he says only sees him in the Friend Zone. He is telling him about how Graydon can charm Elora, but then sees bone fragments on the forest floor. Boorman announces to everyone he has a plan while the Bone Reavers leap out of hiding around them. They are taken as prisoners to the Bone Reavers camp. Boorman is seen by a Bone Reaver who knows him, he is Lori Toth (Charlie Rawes). One Bone Reaver has the bone mask with dread locks like The Predator. They are greeted by a woman, the leader, Scorpia (Adwoa Aboah), who is unmasked. She had heard Boorman left Tir Asleen with the others. She notes that the Mines of Skellin are impossible to escape. Kit introduces herself. Scorpia orders Boorman to be tied up in her tent, she is defied by Jade, and then sends Willow and Graydon to the Borough. Kit and Elora are moved to the Rattler, but has Jade remain. Scorpia talks to the bound Boorman whom she says was a “lean, hungry kid.” Willow checks the wooden door blocking their rocky walled cell. Graydon asks about Elora. Willow says Elora has to be left for her destiny not in any romantic relationship. He’s forgetting about Airk.
Pre-production artwork of Kit, Dove, and Willow at the Lucasfilm Pavilion, author’s photo.
Then, Willow notices tiny houses which tells Graydon belong to Brownies! In their cell, Kit is worried about Jade, but Elora tries to reassure her. This is the first time Kit has found interest in anyone besides Airk. Elora says that “love is the most powerful force in the universe.” Kit says they’re just friends, but Elora says she feels sorry for Jade because Kit can’t love her back. Elora suddenly pulls out Cherlindrea’s wand. Boorman tells Scorpia he escaped by fighting, but we see him emerge from a sewer opening! Shades of Trainspotting (1996)! Trolls in gasmasks, more anarchronisms, then we get a goofy scene of Boorman washing himself in a waterfall. In a tavern, Boorman says he helped “stranded travelers”, but we see him drinking with women whom he calls Carcosian Death Dealers. The name is identical to vampire warriors in Underworld (2003) and first appeared as the title of a painting by Frank Frazetta. He falls down drunk and then taken away by knights. Scorpia asks about the relic, the Lux Arcana, which he says he didn’t find. She asks about Allagash, Boorman says he was taken by trolls. Then, Scorpia asks about Madmartigan. Willow knocks on the door of one of the Brownie houses.
A woman Brownie, Ganush (Amalia Vitale), comes out annoyed. Then, it is a reunion as we see Rool (Kevin Pollak) who introduces Willow to his daughter. She walks over to a stone bench and falls asleep on it. Willow asks about Franjean and then told he went south because his wife left him for Rool! Ganush says the wife died, but Rool says she is “further south”, funny. Willow needs the Brownie help to escape and he checks his backpack for the wand, but it is now in the hands of Elora Danan. She tries to use the wand, correctly uses the right words and sets off an explosion with the door! This startles Scorpia from kissing Boorman and Willow with Graydon. Elora has her wand, Kit her sword, and they see Jade is bound to a tree. Lori, unmasked, snatches away the wand, and Kit is taken prisoner. Jade has been freeing herself from the rope, takes a dagger, and holds Scorpia prisoner. Scorpia easily takes her down and they get into a fight with the Bone Reavers cheering them on. Scorpia gets the dagger, but then sees a circular, red mark on Jade’s neck. There is a twist on what we think of the Bone Reavers, Jade, and Tir Asleen along with Galladoorn. Relationships change with the help of the Wildwood truth plums.
Four Bracelets out of Five!
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