Season 7, Episode 3, titled “The Glittering Bones,” directed by George Samilski and written by Eugene Ramos, continues the Netflix series The Dragon Prince. This episode follows King Ezran’s efforts to find a long-term solution for Katolis’s defense and Team Aaravos’s quest to acquire the Garden of Innocents’ map to create a moon primal stone.
The central theme of this episode revolves around death. Death is a universal inevitability—the end of all living things. The old must pass for the new to thrive; this is the natural order. However, death can be manipulated in unnatural ways. For Karim, his rebellion ends with Janai choosing to execute him for his dangerous ambition. Aaravos and Claudia seek to control death itself to reunite with their loved ones, and Ezran faces the moral dilemma of creating weapons that cause death to protect his kingdom. The episode explores how manipulating death can lead to more death and suffering.
Janai’s Mercy
The episode begins in the aftermath of Karim’s (Luc Roderique) failed rebellion against Sunfire Queen Janai’s (Rena Anakwe) rule. Janai spares the lives of Karim’s and Miyana’s legions, earning herself and General Amaya the title “The Queens of Mercy.” However, Janai insists that Karim and Miyana must face justice for their crimes. The situation becomes more complex when Janai learns that Miyana is rumored to be carrying Karim’s child—Janai’s future nephew or niece.
Janai confronts Karim about the child, but his refusal to relinquish his pride and princely status enrages her. Faced with no other choice, Janai executes Karim while sparing Miyana. She hopes Miyana will live a humble life to raise her child in peace.
The Moon Primal Stone
Aaravos (Erik Dellums), Claudia (Racquel Belmonte), and Terry (Benjamin Callins) cross a vertical tree bridge to enter the Garden of Innocents. The garden, though colorful and beautiful as Claudia remembers it, feels eerily empty without the unicorns. Aaravos sends Terry back to the mortal plane, while he and Claudia embark on a scavenger hunt for two feathers needed for their ritual. Aaravos reveals the Garden of Innocents is now a graveyard for unicorns.
Aaravos and Claudia use the bones of a unicorn to create a moon primal stone. This shocking revelation implies that primal stones are crafted from unicorn bones. While unicorns once gifted primal stones to humans, it remains unclear whether they used their dead remains or had a unique method unknown to others. Aaravos explains that for the dead to permanently walk in the mortal plane, eternal night must be summoned to unify the living and the dead.
Terry returns with the feathers needed to transform the moon primal stone into a temporary “Quidditch Snitch”—a small, fast-moving object required to complete the final ritual. The primal stone must traverse the entire world like the moon itself before its transformation is finalized by dawn.
The Fire Ruby Mine
To help Ezran heal, Queen Aanya (Zelda Ehasz) takes King Ezran (Sasha Rojen) to Duren. During their journey, Aanya recounts the history of the Mage Wars, a time when dark mages became warlords and devastated the Human Kingdoms. They hunted unicorns to craft primal stones and drained the kingdoms of magic to fuel their wars, leaving the lands magically barren to this day.
Aanya’s history lesson serves to emphasize the lingering scars of the Mage Wars. She reveals that some primal magic locations, like the Garden of Innocents, remain hidden in the Human Kingdoms. One such location in Duren is a mine containing fire rubies, magical gems used to create explosive weaponry—bombs, explosive arrows, and projectiles. Aanya offers to share these fire rubies with Katolis for free, which Ezran gratefully accepts despite Azymondias’s discomfort. While the rubies provide a powerful defensive weapon, their destructive potential raises ethical concerns.
Rating: 9/10