37. Arcady: The Barrow Hill

Summary

• The chapter starts with Everen's sudden and alarming transformation into a dragon.
• Everen appears terrifying and dangerous, as he slowly starts to draw magic from the narrator and reveals his intentions to open a gateway for dragons to return to the world.
• The narrator discovers that Everen had been planning to kill them from their first meeting and feels a sense of betrayal and fear.
• However, before Everen can fulfill his plans, the narrator stands up to him and commands him to leave. Everen then departs, leaving the narrator alone and angry.
• Amidst the chaos and pain, the narrator realizes their dreams and drawings of dragons might be more than just a fancy.
• As part of their plans for survival, they seek to arrange a buyer for a stolen claw through a friend, Kelwyn.
• Despite feeling apprehensive and exposed without Everen by their side, the narrator goes ahead with the sale.
• The buyer turns out to be Ikari Dwell, who they had impersonated previously, but before the deal is completed, Dwell and their guards are killed, presumably by a third party.
• Everen then returns in his dragon form, sharing his anguish over an imminent catastrophe that could wipe out all dragons. He transforms into a dragon fully and takes off into the sky with the unwilling narrator.