Chapter 19: Tactical Hidralt
T’ala’s soldiers fight Drel in the capital, and Alicia challenges him in her father’s name. Clevatess, Nelluru and Luna head for the Royal Furnace.
Chapter 20: Serious Battle
Gart carries Rhode to the battle. The furnace is already open: the headless corpse of the late king waits inside. Drel’s backstory with Margo begins.
Chapter 21: Margo and Drel
Twenty-five years earlier, Margo becomes Sword Master and loses his leg to a dragon of the North. Drel finishes it with Margo’s sword and begins hearing a voice. In the present, Drel summons the Dead Dragon and flies to the furnace.
Chapter 22: King vs King
Alicia tells T’ala her son is alive. The late king’s head explains the true names and the furnace that remakes kings from ash, then throws Luna into the fire, but Clevatess has swapped him for a shadow. Rhode arrives and fights beside Alicia.
Chapter 23: The Fake Hero
Drel reveals that the five races are remnants of a vanished true human race. Clevatess finds the Book of Toa, despairs and decides to go home, until Alicia makes him look at Luna’s eyes. Naie returns to help, and Alicia strikes with the Rising Waterfall.
Chapter 24: Return of the King
The King’s Hammer breaks the Black Dragon and Drel dies. Luna walks his first steps to his mother. A messenger of Vordin warns that Toa’s awakening is near. Clevatess asks to become the king’s magic tutor.