Episode 19: Son of the Night | A Tears to Tiara Episode Suimmary by reychop [REVISED AND EDITED]

Peace has been regained, but due to the aftermath of the war that has destroyed nearly half of Avalon, the Gaels and their comrades has a lot of work to do, mainly, reshaping the city into its former glory.

It has come to a point that everyone is taking a break and Arthur, the top warrior has taken the time to relax himself. Not sooner than that, his sister joined him and praised him for his work. However, he apologized to her in the sense that he had taken to long to return thus increasing the damage that could have been prevented should he instead took the time to seek help rather than sulk in his own crimes and cried over spilled milk.

But his sister assured him that everything is alright because she has placed her trust on him. In turn, Arthur promised that he would do everything into his power and that he would do better to protect them.

Episode 19: Son of the Night

Riannon came upon a damaged garden, sad at the state that the flowers are in. However, she has no time to lament as she heard familiar voices in that same garde. As he went on to investigate the source, she found out that Limwris and Ermin were planting new flowers. It was actually revealed that the elves loved flowers and the reason of their desire to replace the garden is their strong passion for flowers and its beauty.

During the course of their conversation, Riannon talked about her two most important person- Arawn and most importantly, her oniisan- Arthur. She talked of the past where both of them would stroll in the flower garden, played with the petals and even made wreaths for each other. However, Rainnon was sure that her brother has forgotten all of that and that their bond as "imouto and oniisan" could never return to what it once was.

Limwris assured her otherwise as she presented a box of flowers to Riannon, saying that Arthur himself found them and that he had originally planned to make wreaths out of them and give them to his sister. Overjoyed at this realization, Riannon happily received the box and made plans to make wreaths herself.

While the three girls were happily chatting, Arawn was watching them who was later joined by Arthur, who commented how fun it must have been for the girls.

Arawn only replied that this peace would not last long. As Arthur told him about the Empire, Arawn replied that the Holy Land is not their true enemy at all.

While this was going on, they were informed that their friend "Decimus"- the Late Gaius' loyal subordinate has visited them bearing ill news from the empire.

"The senate was murdered by an unknown assailant. There have been rumors in Londinium of a dark army." These two events that were the turning point and the start of a far greater conflict was confirmed by the blond adjutant's lips. And as the confirmation reached everyone's ears, Arawn told that it could be that the one behind all of these strange happenings is the "White Phantom" the true murderer of Arthur's father. At first, Arthur shook with rage, but he managed to control it now, as he had learned that not everything is all about revenge. Instead, he settled himself to listen to the new information and about this new enemy that has threatened the security of their nation.

It was explained that the Dark Army could have resulted from the discovery of the urn of ressurection or known as "the cauldron of rebirth" the one used by Drwyc to revive the demon king. The said artifact was seemingly returned to the hands of its original owner thus causing their situation now.

To combat this threat, Ogam suggested that they would have to enlist the aid of the Legendary Giant Warriors- those who reside in Mt. Corus, where the power of the ice age was sealed. Ogam planned to use this power to fight the dark army. However, the glyph that protects it is far more powerful than the magic that the y currently possess thus they would have to plan a strategy that would increase the probability of the success of the plan.

Arawn then planned a strategy, one that includes two parts. The first one is to divert the dark army's attention and the second one is to make the necessary preparations for them to harness the power sealed within the mountain.

Thus they have decided to proceed to the mountains and execute their newly-formed strategy.

Meanwhile, the house elves offered Riannon a tea. Riannon liked the tea but was curious as to how the tea was created. Limwris merely told her that it's a secret and she must come back alive to know it. Riannon merely smiled but their conversation was interrupted when Llyr and Rathty entered the kitchen, lured in by the aroma of the apple pie. They proceeded to eat it greedily, providing comedy and a good laugh for the viewers.

Amidst the commotion, Riannon heard a familier melody- Talieshin's harp playing. The said bard was sitting by a window when Riannon came to join him. As she called out to him, the poet joked if she wanted to start a romance with him. However, the girl sent him a serious expression and told him that his melody is sad.

This conversation has sparked a series of long narratives by Talieshin. At first, it was revealed that Talieshin is afraid- afraid of the prophecy that has been given to him. He relates the prophecy to Riannon. It goes like this: "The next elder would break the taboos of the god and there wrath will sent him to eternal darkness where the frightening beasts will make food of him."

He asked Riannon to take a glimpse into his future and asked if he could avoid such fortune. When Riannon told him it is inevitable, he looked a bit down but Riannon managed to cheer him up by saying that no matter how difficult the situation is, nor how hard it is to fight one's fate, one can change his destiny.

This seems to cheer him up so he prepared to take his leave. But just as they were to part, Epona came rushing to Riannon and told her that Limwris needed her. Once Riannon left the scene, Talieshin poked Epona on his cheeks and told him "You're still as smooth and as soft as ever". (And did you see a bit of shonen-ai here? Hehehe) This made me remember Episode 13 where Talieshin hugged the unsuspecting Epona in the end part.

Anyway, moving on to the story, Talieshin told the now blushing Epona how likeable he is. It is not because of any other reason but he is merely attracted to elves. This caused Talieshin to relay a story of his childhood where he set eyes on the most beautiful being he has ever seen on the night when he was on his way home to their village.

The two had a light conversation and when the two parted (with Talieshin once again poking Epona's cheek, the merchant elf sung an unfamiliar song- one that startled Talieshing causing the aspiring poet to whisper to himself. "I thought so, you were the son of the night."

Morning came and the pillars of the Avalon has banded together on their journey to Mt. Corus to begin their actions. As they went to the entrance of the cave, everyone could feel the sorrow within the area, Arthur even described it as "an errie feeling".

As they entered the cave, Talieshin heard a familiar voice and followed it, causing him to separate from the group. His disappearance did not worry the group as Octavia assured them that he'll "pop out later".

Going deep into the cave, Talieshin came into the graveyards of dragons and saw a few eggs. As he sat in contemplation, one of the eggs hatched, jumped onto him and signalled to come after it.

Talieshin followed it and came upon a secret door. As he entered it, he felt a strong feeling, later identifying it as hate. As he fell to the ground, a voice called him. "Strong Traveler", it addressed him and as it appeared, it introduced itself as a recording, one with the name of "Lucifer" and offered the bard to look at his memories.

End of Episode

Notes:

Yes! We got a new ending theme song! But what's impressive is the contents of the episode, not only is it filled with new information and excitement but it has a hint between Epona and Talieshin- new pairing that I will commit myself to, yay!!! The preview itself shows promise that Tears to Tiara wont be ending soon as the group still have a lot of things to do... New battle will be fought and new sacrifices will be made. Let us dive into the past and see who Myrddin really is, what Arawn has done and how the battle of the angels began. Next Episode- Episode 20: Lucifer

Correction [First Revision]:

Epona is actually a woman. An anonymous reader has commented and I must say that he is rather correct (after reading from wikipedia). Since I haven't actually played the game, I have decided to stick with the anime. Though I do not know why Talieshin referred to him, or rather her as "the SON of the night, I am sure that it would be best to stay consistent. From now on, I'll refer to him as "her".

In connection, I would like to retract my statements. There is no shonen-ai references between Talieshin and Epona. However, one must admit that they look good together and Talieshin's obsession, and Epona's shyness is a good point. I'm sure that if a fandom got spread, we would find a way to change Epona's gender. After all, she already looked like a boy and act boyish... Her true gender would then be ignorable. Hahaha. Well, this is the end. Hopefully, no further revisions are made to maintain consistency, accuracy and precision in our articles. See you all in the next episode! ^_^