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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\nIn the opening to The Dragon Prince<\/em>, the narrator tells us the land of Xadia is rich in magic. It\u2019s also rich in history, cultures, and the depth of its main characters, as one would wish for in an epic drama. There are so many details that, with the heroes focused on saving their world, questions are raised that are never answered.<\/p>\n Until now. Though the seven-season story arc finished as of December 19th, 2024, the show\u2019s creators, Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond, have availed themselves to fill in the narrative gaps.<\/p>\n For example, what happened between Seasons Three and Four? Two years have passed, after which Claudia has found a way to revive her dad, Lord Viren, and got herself a boyfriend, an Earthblood Elf named Terry. Prince Callum has become High Mage and sports spiky hair; and Moonshadow Elf Rayla returns with a granny bun and a pet cuddlemonkey named Stella. Do we learn what happened? Not really. The narrative drives on with a focus on the mysterious Startouch Elf named Aarvos, who threatens all existence\u2014a far more compelling plot than dwelling on Rayla\u2019s failure to find Lord Viren or learn why she twisted her hair into a granny bun.<\/p>\n \u201cI have three thoughts on that to share,\u201d Aaron Ehasz says. \u201cOne is, great stories don\u2019t show you parking the car. You don\u2019t need to show the 18 frustrating minutes that the character had to park the car before all the important parts of the scene happened.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes that\u2019s the case in a saga, in an adventure. There were two years that were probably Callum having long nights and being down about what happened and maybe trying some spell to find the confined moonshadow presence and failing and then giving up. These things happened. But in terms of the front story pushing forward, in my and Justin\u2019s belief, it didn\u2019t happen so much in those two years until Rayla comes back and then things started to happen at that point. That\u2019s why you don\u2019t need to include those two years. It\u2019s almost an ellipse, dot, dot, dot, and then you continue with the most active part of the story.<\/p>\n \u201cOne thing that really influenced me was Battlestar Galactica<\/em>, the new version. There\u2019s a major time skip. It\u2019s so abrupt and when it hits you it\u2019s like, \u2018Oh my God.\u2019 It really got me and it pushed the story forward hard. And it felt bad in the sense of sometimes in a story you become complacent and you become connected with the characters and the familiarity of the conflicts. And so there was something very brave to me about the way it pushed forward a year and all the conflicts evolved and we were in this new place and the storytelling kept up. That influenced me as a bold move.<\/p>\n \u201cBut then as we were thinking about Dragon Prince<\/em> as a saga, one of our influences was freaking Star Wars<\/em>. It\u2019s not like Empire Strikes Back<\/em> picks up Luke going back and, \u201cWow, this medal is nice. What\u2019s next guys?\u201d Empire<\/em> picks up years later and things have happened and what they\u2019re wearing is different and I love that. You got to the next part of the saga. Everyone had evolved, and you\u2019re able to keep up and put it together. If you care about the things that happen in those gaps, you can read the comic books or play the games or watch animated series. There are other ways to fill that in. That\u2019s why we\u2019re okay with those time jumps from one season to the next,\u201d Ehasz says.<\/p>\n A big fuss was made that humans could only do dark magic, that they could never perform primal magic\u2014until Callum demonstrated otherwise. So during that two-year gap, wouldn\u2019t he spread the word about human potential using elemental \u201clight\u201d magic?<\/p>\n The answer, from Justin Richmond, is this: \u201cHe\u2019s been too busy. He hasn\u2019t had any time to talk to anybody. He is like been on back-to-back adventures.\u201d \u2013 implying activity during the two-year gap. \u201cI think once he gets a chance to settle down, he\u2019ll be able to write it out and talk about it and make it a big deal or talk to humans about it. But right now he is just so concerned with everything going on in his life. He\u2019s like a teenager. It\u2019s like, did [Lionel] Messi [Argentine soccer player] tell people, \u2018Hey, this is how you play soccer better.\u2019 No, he just won a bunch of awards and now that he\u2019s old. Now he\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, this is how you play soccer better.\u2019 That\u2019s what Cal\u2019s gonna do. He\u2019s just too busy being the man.\u201d<\/p>\n Still, other humans could have learned primal magic. Right?<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think so,\u201d Ehasz says. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s certainly possible that somewhere in Del Bar or somewhere there\u2019s \u2026 None of that come to mind.\u201d<\/p>\n Season Seven reveals that Queen Aanya of the kingdom of Duren does command several mages\u2014which she could have sent to battle Callum when he, Rayla and Runaan fled to the Silvergrove across the border. Would they wield dark magic? Or primal magic? Or both?<\/p>\n Ehasz replies, \u201cI think using gems like fire rubies and things is almost like a crossover point. It\u2019s technically dark magic \u2018cause you\u2019re consuming the gems. They\u2019re rare, they\u2019re precious, but I don\u2019t know. Maybe it\u2019s more of a cross.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s an argument that it could be that,\u201d Richmond says. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a weird point because like Runaan does it also. Like he\u2019s able to crush gems.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, I think that\u2019s right,\u201d Ehasz says. \u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily dark magic; it\u2019s an overlap area. You\u2019re consuming a rare thing, but you\u2019re not consuming a creature.\u201d<\/p>\n King Ezran can communicate with animals. Does that mean he is employing the Earth arcanum\u2014that is, primal magic?<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s different,\u201d Richmond says. \u201cI don\u2019t think it is a form of a magic like that. Maybe it\u2019s some kind of innate magic, but no, we always talked about it as being more like a unique mutant ability kind of thing, and less like a piece of magic.\u201d<\/p>\n In Season Five, in \u201cFinnegran\u2019s Wake,\u201d Team Callum is trapped on the pirate ship Sea Legs. Callum uses dark magic to transform his bindings into animated snakes. The episode ends with the snakes hissing and sliding toward the camera, while Freddie Wiedmann\u2019s music underscores they\u2019re up to no good. What happens to them? The show never addresses it.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if we can answer that,\u201d Richmond says. \u201cIt\u2019s left to speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s certainly some funny story about what would [Captain] Villads do when he discovered the snakes later,\u201d Ehasz says.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah,\u201d Richmond says, and laughs. \u201cThat\u2019s right. They\u2019re just stuck in there.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking of the crustacean ship Sea Legs<\/em>, its crew includes the blind Captain Villads, his chatty parrot Berto, the treacherous Skywing Elf Nyx, and the humongous Deadwood aka Elmer\u2014a ready-made crew fit for further adventures on the high seas. Were these episodes meant as a back door pilot for a Dragon Prince<\/em> spinoff?<\/p>\n \u201cI wish,\u201d Richmond says. \u201cI would write Xadia pirate stories all day if I could. I know Devon [Giehl] would, too. So yeah, if we could do a Welcome to Scumport <\/em>spinoff, I\u2019m in.\u201d He laughs.<\/p>\n So, are there other countries or continents, besides Xadia, that they could sail to?<\/p>\n \u201cWe always joke that the other side of the map is the Avatar <\/em>world,\u201d Richmond says. \u201cIf you could sail around the other side of the map, you\u2019d end up meeting Aang and Katara. So no, I don\u2019t know. I mean, we\u2019ve never really talked about it. There\u2019s so much stuff to even explore. We still have tons of stories we want to do in the map. What happens when you go off the edge? I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n As the narrative unfolds, the Archdragons and elves have sealed the malevolent Startouch elf, Aaravos, in a magical prison and went to great lengths to hide its location. Only a very few knew where. A Jailer ensured that execution awaited beings unauthorized to know about it. An elf versed in dentistry chiseled a map on the tooth of Rex Igneous the Earth dragon\u2014but that elf had to be disposed of to keep it secret. The show never revealed his fate.<\/p>\n \u201cHe had to be killed whether he was eaten or whatever.,\u201d Ehasz says. \u201cPart of the Jailer\u2019s plan was that he or she, or they or whoever it was, probably had to suffer a fate after that. Creating the puzzle in a way that it would be unbreakable probably meant that some people who had special knowledge or access [had to be eliminated]. I mean, this is the warning the Jailer gave to Akiyu [aka Tidebound Tina]: \u2018When Archdragons find out, you\u2019re gonna have to die.\u2019 They made a deal so that Akiyu could live\u2014which was that if anyone ever found out, Akiyu would take care of that for her.\u201d<\/p>\n During the escape from Umber Tor\u2014Rex Igneous\u2019s lair\u2014Team Callum is bombarded \u00a0with tumbling rocks from the dragon\u2019s rampage. Rayla and Stella the cuddlemonkey are trapped by a molten pool inside the mountain. The next time we see them, they\u2019re outside, buried under rocks. How did they get outside? The show doesn\u2019t say.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know exactly,\u201d Ehasz says. \u201cThis is one of those details that maybe she was running really fast, maybe Stella helped and they got part of the way there.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s a case where sometimes, viewers have to fill in the gaps with their own imagination. I offer the explanation, that Stella teleported them out of the mountain and Rayla looks up and sees the rocks coming down on them.<\/p>\n \u201cOh yeah, that\u2019s possible. That\u2019s an interesting story,\u201d Ehasz says. \u201cI like your version. That\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Alas, The Dragon Prince: Mystery of Aaravos<\/em> leaves behind more unsolved mysteries. Like, what was the purpose of the Aaravos cube, which is still in Callum\u2019s possession?<\/p>\n Justin Richmond and Aaron Ehasz at \u201cThe Dragon Prince: Secrets in the Stars\u201d panel at New York Comic Con, October 14, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Justin Richmond teases, \u201cWe definitely gave more clues as to where it goes. If you\u2019re paying attention, you can see on the map what the lines are pointing towards and where it\u2019s going. It has a very long arc. It\u2019s a very special object. I would\u2019ve loved to get more into it. We just didn\u2019t have space. But yeah, it\u2019s a big piece of the next series.\u201d<\/p>\n Do the showrunners feel confident that there will be a next series?<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not confident at all,\u201d Richmond says, \u201cbut, if we get to tell it in any way, it\u2019s a huge piece of it, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n If Netflix doesn\u2019t greenlight more episodes, would the story continue in other venues?<\/p>\n \u201cWell, yeah,\u201d Richmond says. \u201cWe can always do it through like an OGN or a novel or whatever, but you know, there\u2019s other ways we can potentially put this stuff out there in the future, not just through Netflix. So hopefully that\u2019s not true. Hopefully, we get it done and get it out there and everybody gets to watch it, just like they do now. But yeah, that\u2019s definitely a huge piece of the coming story.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.animationscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Death-Alive-460.jpg\")
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