Breaking the Dams

Six Nights Before I Leave the Elf King Episode 9

Episode 9

Episode 9 recap

A flashback shows Lyra bandaging Aster's leg in the forest. In the palace, human Aster heals Lyra's shattered leg with magic before collapsing into deer form. Lyra wakes as Caelan, Seraphine, and guards arrive to evict her to a side hall. While guards remove her belongings, Seraphine conjures an icy dagger to murder Aster. Lyra grabs the blade, but Seraphine fakes being attacked, and Caelan violently kicks Lyra across the room.

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Episode 9 Scene by Scene

  1. 00:00: A Memory in the Forest

    A flashback opens in the forest where Lyra tends to a wounded white deer. She carefully bandages its injured front leg. Lyra promises the frightened creature that she will not let it die alone in the woods.

  2. 00:17: Aster Sacrifices His Energy

    In Lyra's palace bedchamber, Aster appears in human form. He channels glowing magic into her badly broken leg. Aster warns her about lasting damage before running out of power entirely and falling unconscious as a deer beside her bed.

  3. 00:36: Eviction from the Chamber

    Lyra wakes up when King Caelan enters her room with Seraphine and palace guards. Caelan coldly declares that the wedding has finished. He demands that Lyra leave her chamber immediately and move into the palace side hall.

  4. 01:47: Seraphine Attacks Aster

    Guards clear Lyra's belongings from the bedchamber. Seraphine summons an icy dagger to murder the sleeping deer. Lyra lunges forward and grabs the blade. Seraphine screams in fake fear, and Caelan kicks Lyra violently onto the floor.

Key Lines from Episode 9

“The damage is too severe. I can only save your leg. You may never walk the same way again.”

Aster · Aster explains the limits of his healing magic to Lyra.

“The wedding is over. Seraphine is the new Queen. This chamber belongs to her now. You are moving to the Palace side hall today.”

Caelan · Caelan enters Lyra's room to banish her to the side hall.

“Then I will make certain you never wake again.”

Seraphine · Seraphine whispers this as she prepares to kill the sleeping deer.

“Sister please don't hurt me.”

Seraphine · Seraphine shouts this in fake terror when Lyra grabs her blade.

How Episode 9 Ends

Caelan kicks the wounded Lyra across the room after believing Seraphine's false cries for help. Lyra lands hard on the floor, screaming in severe pain while trying to protect the helpless deer. Will Lyra and Aster survive Caelan's violent anger, or will Seraphine succeed in killing the moon deer before Lyra can escape?