Fountainport
The gang makes it to Fountainport, King Glarb's ๐ธ city. While they wait to get an audience with him, Helga explains that she was expelled from her apprenticeship under him because of a very embarrassing spellweaving mistake.
It was Glarb
They tell King Glarb about all the stuff. The attacks, the egg, Cruelclaw, etc. Getting suspicious, Helga ๐ธ figures him out and yanks off the curtain behind his throne, revealing the egg.
"The Calamity Beast egg?" Helga reeled from shock. "You have it?"
"I should hope so," King Glarb replied. "I paid Cruelclaw extremely well to bring it here."
He plans on hatching and raising his own Calamity Beast in the hopes of defending Valley from the existing ones. He orders the mercenaries to get rid of Helga and company. But Helga is tired of thinking herself a failure.
Chaos
A lot of fighting breaks loose in the throne room. That gets put on hold when the storm dragon from the last episode shows up and attacks Fountainport. With Helga's help, Mabel ๐ญ gets high up to attack the dragon when it swoops in.
Coming in with a steel chair!
By god, it's Maha, tackling the dragon from the side and clearing out the storm with a curtain of night! Maha bites off some of the dragon's tail feathers, driving it away. The owl then perches at the edge of the floor, staring at Mabel. She suddenly realizes what Maha is here for and picks up the egg, offering it to the owl. It takes the egg and leaves peacefully.
Aftermath
- King Glarb and Cruelclaw fled, locations unknown. Some of Cruelclaw's lackeys surrendered instead.
- Helga is now officially a hero and decides to stay in Goodhill, the town where Mabel lives. She briefly becomes possessed by a vision:
"The kings in the dark will return. The mage in blue will bring about the end."
- Before Ral ๐ฆฆ leaves, Mabel offers him a gift: a muffin and two decorative buttons, for him and his husband.
Unanswered questions
- Where is Jace?
- What's going to happen with Pondside?
- What about that dragon?
- Maha was looking for its egg. Why are the other Calamity Beasts attacking?
"You'll always be welcome here," Mabel told him, stroking the gray, fuzzy leaves. "Perhaps we'll journey together again."
"Stranger things have happened," Ral replied. "Can't say I've loved having a tail, though."
What?