This final journey for the Spellsmith and Carver family proved an intensely emotional, but fitting conclusion. Family and protecting it at all costs were core at the first part of the journey and it comes full circle in this final journey. It’s the thread that runs through the tapestry of the Spellsmith and Carver lifeline, one that binds them. We saw its beginnings with Auric’s and Rill’s parents, protecting them in ways they never realized for ages and enduring years apart to keep their children safe. We met Auric, and there was no mistaking the weight he placed on himself of keeping the family whole, using his magic to save those he cares for and making difficult decisions that he can’t help questioning now. Lastly, we’ve journeyed with Rill and Jericho and held our breath with them as they saw their happily ever after almost cut short more than once, but they held on to each other and came through.
However, with a Fey loose that is snatching local children, this battle they all face will stretch the bonds of family like never before. With the death of her husband, Iris must dig her heels in and find a way to protect her children as well as her newborn grandchildren and defeat the Fey. Then despite Auric’s efforts, he looks out to see that all possibilities come out to the same, that no matter what he does, he can’t save his family. Moreover, that sadly there are some decisions you can’t come back from, that they have the capability of breaking you. It’s a sobering moment for Auric as the burden of what must be done falls full on him. For Jericho, his own inner battle resurrects itself and threatens to defeat him, one that leaves him a shadow of the man Rill loves. It’s a horrible thing to watch Jericho believe the things he does about himself, for him to think Rill would actually see him like that after everything they had shared. Even if he can see past the lies and reclaim who he is, will it be enough to save his family, to save his Rill? Then for Rill, she has always fought before and the stakes were high, but she is a wife and mother this time. She has to think beyond her life, what she might have to do to ensure her family is safe from the threat of the Fey. What answers her back is not the happily ever after she wanted.
Family. To save it can be costly. Sometimes it means fighting to preserve it or sacrificially giving everything so others live. It’s a heartbreaking reality, a battlefield this family will have to endure.
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