What is the Mystery of Aaravos? Will Rayla and Callum get back together? Are Viren and Claudia irredeemably evil now? Will we ever see Rayla’s guardian Runaan again? We have some questions about The Dragon Prince.
After two years, the characters of The Dragon Prince are once again running across the magical realm of Xadia. And once again, they’re split into two factions, albeit with alignment shuffles and new characters brought into the fold. Dark mage Claudia has finally resurrected her father, Viren, who was the main villain in the first three seasons, and in order to make his revival permanent, she needs to free the enigmatic Startouch elf Aaravos. Claudia, Viren, and her new boyfriend Terry have their work cut out for them.
On the other end of the court, young King Ezran, his half-brother Callum, Moonshadow elf assassin Rayla, and Claudia’s brother, the new kingsguard Soren, set out to stop Claudia from freeing Aaravos. In the first season, these two factions sought out the Archdragon of Earth, who held a critical piece of information about Aaravos’ whereabouts. As the season’s subtitle implies, there are a lot of mysteries surrounding this guy.
And we’ve barely scratched their surfaces, even after a confrontation with the great Earth dragon in the finale. Even without all the questions we have about Aaravos, there are still plenty of lingering plot points that we want to see answered in seasons 5 and 6. Let’s dig in, and spin a few theories, too.
[Ed. note: This post contains major spoilers for the fourth season of The Dragon Prince.]
Zubeia, the Archdragon of the Sky, tells the young heroes that, centuries ago, Aaravos was imprisoned for essentially manipulating mages into causing political strife. He was found to be the puppet master behind a number of murders and assassinations. So the crime is clear, but no one knows why he did this. Does he just enjoy chaos? Is there a greater scheme at play here? What we do know is that he is incredibly old and was one of the first beings to live in Xadia. He calls himself the “last of the Great Ones,” though we don’t know anything about what the Great Ones are.
All we know is that Aaravos is locked in a prison in a location unknown to even the dragons and elves who imprisoned him. It is very likely that the characters will spend the next two seasons racing across Xadia trying to find this prison. But who will get there first? Claudia, Viren, and Terry, who want to fully release Aaravos? Or Callum, Rayla, Soren, and Ezran, who want to stop them? Considering Team Claudia has the map to the prison, they’re currently in the lead.
