Breaking the Dams

Six Nights Before I Leave the Elf King Episode 4

Episode 4

Episode 4 recap

At the Holy Spring, Lyra asks why Seraphine gets the healing waters. Caelan announces his upcoming wedding to Seraphine and dismisses Lyra's bleeding injuries as scratches. Seraphine feigns chest pain, so Caelan carries her into the water and bans Lyra. Lyra retreats to her room to clean her cuts with Aster. Caelan enters with healing ointment. While rubbing it onto her arm, he demands that Seraphine ride Aster during the wedding procession.

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Episode 4 Scene by Scene

  1. 00:00: Confrontation at the Holy Spring

    Lyra asks why an uninjured Seraphine receives the Holy Spring. Caelan announces his full moon wedding and plans to sever his bond with Lyra. When Seraphine feigns chest pain, Caelan calls Lyra's wounds scratches and carries Seraphine into the pool.

  2. 02:12: Comfort in the Bedchamber

    Lyra sits by her bed crying while tending her bleeding wounds. Aster licks her hurt arm. Lyra hugs the white deer and tells herself she only has to hold out for five more days before she can return home.

  3. 02:36: Caelan's Demand for Aster

    Caelan walks in and rubs silver ointment onto Lyra's wounded arm. He explains that Seraphine needs a prestigious mount to avoid mockery at their wedding. Then he demands that Lyra give Aster to Seraphine for the procession.

Key Lines from Episode 4

“As long as she doesn't die, she'll be fine. Seraphine saved my life. She is the only one worthy of using the Holy Spring.”

Caelan · Caelan says this at the spring when Lyra asks for healing for her wounds.

“Hold on. Just five more days, and I can finally go home.”

Lyra · Lyra whispers this to herself while hugging Aster and cleaning her bloody arm.

“I intend for her to ride Aster for the wedding procession.”

Caelan · Caelan says this to Lyra after rubbing silver ointment onto her wounded arm.

“You only brought me this medicine so I would lend Aster to her?”

Lyra · Lyra asks this after Caelan demands her companion for Seraphine's wedding mount.

How Episode 4 Ends

Lyra confronts Caelan after realizing his medicine was just an excuse to take Aster away for Seraphine's wedding entrance. The deer is her last comfort in the elven realm. Will Lyra surrender her loyal companion to her rival, or will she defy Caelan's direct order and face his wrath?