- [Narrator] Previously on Niko and the Sword of Light.
- Keep focus, Your Majesty.
The fire opal is far too powerful
for an unsupervised novice.
- I wouldn't wanna end up like Nar Est.
- [Sargous] He pays the price in his own eternal prison.
-(Niko gasps)
- You had another one of your visions, didn't you?
Fire flash!
- [Wisp Voiceover] I bring a message Nar Est.
- Who sent you?
- The Darkness.
(dramatic music)
- I am Niko, and this is my sword of light!
I am here to protect my people
and defeat the Darkness forever!
- [Nar Est] Explain yourself, wisp, and be quick about it.
I don't have all day.
- [Rasper] Actually, you do.
- Shush!
- The Darkness sends you this message from the eternal void,
banished there but,
what are you doing?
- It's creepy how its eye follows you around like that.
- Hmm, what does this Darkness want?
And what do I get in return?
- The Darkness can offer many things if you assist him,
Nar Est, starting with your freedom.
- Okay, I'm listening.
- You must retrieve the amulet of power.
Only then can the Darkness return to this world.
(Nar Est and Rasper laugh)
- Why am I laughing?
- Because, you pestilent loon,
the amulet of power is a myth.
It's one of those ancient mysteries
Sagas kept going on about back in the day.
He once had me inspect a trinket
he suspected was the key to its hidden vault. (laughs)
- The Darkness thought you might object.
- What are you-- Stop that.
Oh.
Oh, yes.
Yes, I-- I see it.
- [Wisp] This is the power of the amulet,
beyond anything you've encountered before.
(Nar Est laughs)
(Nar Est screams)
- Incredible.
The things I could do with such power.
Where is the amulet?
- In a fortress long forgotten.
It will appear only when the four stars align.
- You're not giving me much to go on here.
- I can use someone else.
- No, no.
We'll find the amulet.
Just get us out of here.
- First, a warning.
The Darkness knows your mind Nar Est.
He knows your ways.
If you betray him, if you fail,
his punishment will be absolute.
- You should know I don't respond well to threats.
Rasper, get your beak off me!
- [Rasper] Trying, Lord.
(Nar Est screams)
- You couldn't break the sphere before we got bigger?
(wisp laughs)
- It seems the Darkness's mouthpiece has lost its bite.
An improvement if you ask me.
- Eleventy two, eleventy three,
eleventy four, eleventy (sighs) five.
Hear that, Flicker?
(Flicker grunts)
Someone approaches.
Be ready.
(suspenseful music)
-(Niko screams) -(Flicker growls)
-(Mandok screams) - Mandok?
- Sorry, guess I should have knocked first.
- Why are you here?
Have you not heard?
I ruined everything.
- Ah, trying to help, ruin the royal celebration.
Even party crashers need a slice of cake.
Sorry it doesn't look or taste great,
but well, you were there.
- (sighs) I do not feel like celebrating.
- So what if everyone in the kingdom's angry at you.
As master of coin, I can put in
a very influential word or two.
- Thank you, Mandok, but I do not wish
to cause more trouble for Carondolet or Lyra.
- Mm-hmm.
You know what always cheers me up, a good story.
Fire up that projector, big guy.
Did I ever tell you
about my Uncle Mumford's giant silver spoon?
- Twice. - Oh, good.
The third time is where you really get the nuance.
- We can't keep him in that Treehouse forever, Uncle.
Sooner or later, Niko has to come out.
- Later is best, my queen, much, much later.
- Oh, Niko wasn't trying to hurt anyone.
- I know, but his powers are growing faster
than he can control them.
A little distance between Carondolet
and your friend would be best for everyone.
- My friend is the reason Carondolet is still here.
Have we forgotten already?
- No one's forgotten anything.
I promise.
- I saw it in the wisp's vision, Rasper.
The amulet of power is real.
Loathed as I am to say it, Sargous was right all along.
I must have it.
There's a hidden panel somewhere.
Keep looking.
The Councilman and the Mermaiden.
Sargous, you old romantic.
-(footsteps approach) - Ah, someone's coming!
- Make yourself useful.
Bar the door.
(Rasper screams) (suspenseful music)
- Quite odd.
This door should not be locked.
-(Rasper screams) -(glass breaking)
Quickly, guards, someone's in the library!
Be ready, my queen, just in case.
- They're on to us.
I don't wanna go back in the globe.
- Hmm.
The fire opal.
Now this should do nicely.
Hmm.
And this, it doesn't look like much of a key.
- [Guard] Stand back!
- [Lyra] Nar Est!
- Rasper, out of my way!
(guards scream)
(Nar Est laughs)
- So there he was, my heroic uncle,
fleeing for his life from the--
(alarm blares)
I know that awful (mumbles) anywhere.
Something's wrong.
- How did he escape the globe?
- I don't know, but he will come no farther.
- Foolish child.
See how a true master wields power.
- He has the fire opal.
(Lyra gasps)
(Nar Est and wisp laugh)
- A dark wisp.
- Havoc, havoc, havoc!
- You are a disgrace to this kingdom!
- And you have terrible taste in literature.
(creature growls)
(Nar Est speaks in foreign language)
- Hello down there.
Mind if we crash the party?
- (screams) I am Niko, and this mess is not my fault!
Force blast!
(Nar Est speaks in foreign language)
- Ha-ha, only one statue left.
- One statue?
Oh, havoc.
- Yes, go, Niko!
The big one, I meant the big one.
(Niko screams)
(Nar Est laughs)
- Come on, kid, we have to stop you.
I mean stop that.
- I have to stop me? Hmm.
Hey, look, a water slide!
- My champion!
- Farewell, impressive looking statue.
- Maybe they'll put us in different prisons this time.
- No, Rasper, we won't be going back.
- No, Flicker!
He's turning back into Xerxes!
- It's worse than that.
Tiny Flicker turned into Xerxes.
Big Flicker means monster Xerxes!
- Get me off of this thing!
- Flicker!
- Niko!
(Mandok screams)
- What happened?
What could have done this?
No!
(Nar Est laughs)
(Mandok screams)
- Niko, this is no time to be dozing off.
- Farewell, old fool.
Come, Rasper, the amulet of power awaits.
- Nar Est!
- (laughs) You have much to learn.
- Uncle! I don't know what to do.
He's too powerful.
- You can still reach him.
Clear your mind.
(Nar Est laughs)
- No!
- Got it.
Now you will answer to your queen.
Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.
(Xerxes growls)
- Quickly, Your Highness.
Bring our champion back.
- Hang on, Niko.
This is our stop.
(Mandok screams)
Hoo, I can't believe that worked.
Whoa!
- Where am I?
- [Lyra] Niko, Mandok!
- Your Highness. - Are you alright?
- I had a vision, something destroyed everything.
- Ah, did it look like that?
- No, but that is also frightening!
(people scream)
Darkness, be gone!
- Oh, he's too far away.
We need to lure him closer.
- I have a plan.
However, Mandok is not gonna like it.
- I don't like this plan. Why me?
- Because you are the one with the cake I ruined.
- This is true.
Hey, Xerxes!
Snack time.
Glad I saved two pieces.
(Xerxes growls)
Ah!
Now, Niko, now!
I don't think I have enough cake for this thing.
- Let the darkness be gone!
(Xerxes growls)
- [Belatha] How is the patient?
- He won't be flying again any time soon.
That dark wisp really did a number on him.
- But the Darkness was defeated.
How could there still be a wisp remaining?
- Part of it must have escaped.
And now, so has Nar Est.
- With a treasure from my vault, no less.
- Uncle, Nar Est mentioned something
about an amulet of power.
Does that trinket have anything to do with it?
- I always suspected it did, but there's never been
any proof of the amulet's existence.
Not even your father, King Horace, believed it to be real.
- It is real.
I cannot explain why, but I know this to be true.
The amulet is what Nar Est seeks, and he must be stopped or,
or these things I see in my visions, they will come true.
- News of his escape has already reached our allies.
They will aid us in his capture.
- That's not enough.
Nar Est may not have the power he once did,
but he's still crafty and dangerous.
Niko and I must leave at once.
- Yes!
Our new quest begins.
- That is out of the question, Your Majesty.
Your place is here as our queen.
- But--
- With all this sudden destruction,
our citizens are terrified.
Carondolet needs you more now more than ever.
- Perhaps she should go, Belatha, as a show of strength.
- But she's only just been made queen.
We need her here.
-She can't just leave us. - Elders!
Last time I checked, I was the queen around here,
so shouldn't I be the one making decisions?
- Of course, my queen.
What is your wish?
- Belatha is right.
My duty to this kingdom must come first.
- But Lyra, we are a team.
I need you.
- I have to stay.
All my life, I wanted to be queen.
Now I am, and this is what a queen must do.
I'm sorry, Niko.
- Mandok, will you join me?
- Oh, you're really putting me on the spot here.
Carondolet needs its master of coin now more than ever.
Think of all those unchecked purses just lying around.
- Fine!
I will leave Carondolet, and alone,
I shall stop Nar Est from getting this amulet of power.
Goodbye.
(door slams)
(Flicker grunts)
- Oh, don't look at me like that.
Lyra, back me up here.
Lyra?
- Your Highness, a word.
(dramatic music)
(Niko and Mandok scream)
- This place really needs a doorbell.
- Mandok?
Have you decided to join me?
- [Lyra] We all have.
- [Niko] Lyra!
- (Flicker grunts) - Flicker!
- Let the record show I'm doing this under protest.
- What made you change your mind?
- I did.
- [Niko] Sargous?
- Niko, you were right.
If the amulet of power is real,
then it poses a grave threat.
Though the kingdom will miss her,
and so will I, Queen Lyra should be with our champion.
- Right now, everyone's looking for Nar Est.
The best thing we can do is find this amulet
before it's too late.
- I do not envy you this task.
For years, I have sought answers about the amulet.
Every time I get close to a breakthrough,
something muddles my brain,
as if the amulet wants to be forgotten.
But there is one who will know the truth.
You must go to the Forest of Fangs
and locate Windcrag, the lore keeper.
Her memory is untouched by time.
Perhaps Windcrag may help shed light on your journey.
Which reminds me,
for you, my queen.
- (gasps) Really?
- Your mind is clear.
You are ready to begin the next step
in your training without me.
- Thank you.
- Uh, sorry to break up the party, but the Forest of Fangs
is half a world away, and our transport's busted.
(Flicker grunts)
Well, you are. How are we supposed to get there.
(engine whirs)
- [Chompsky] Happy birthday, My Queen.
- It's Chompsky!
- Sorry to miss the party.
Your present had a little engine trouble.
- Thank you, Commodore.
It's amazing!
- Yes. (laughs)
How about a spin around the castle?
- Actually, how about safe passage
to the Forest of Fangs instead?
- I serve at your command.
The aeroglider could use a good shakedown flight.
It will give me a chance to work out all the kinks.
- Kinks?
- Good journey, Your Highness.
We'll expect a daily report.
- I'll try.
Farewell, Uncle.
- [Niko] Here we go, everyone!
Our new quest awaits!
- This sludge will never wash off.
For nearly 800 years, I ruled over these lands.
Now look at me.
I'm all alone, without a friend in the world.
- (scoffs) Really?
- No matter.
It will be daylight soon enough.
Somewhere, the amulet of power awaits us.
And then--
- [Rasper] And then the Darkness shall return!
- [Nar Est] (scoffs) We'll see about that.
(dramatic music)
- Chirp.