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Willow episode 3 sees Elora Danan embracing her role, and gives us a teasing backstory about her people, the Kymerians. we break down all of the Easter Eggs and references, and explain the zinger of an ending.

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The battle of the Slaughtered Lamb.

Now of course the title has a literal meaning, referring to the fight that ends the episode, which we will talk about a bit later in the video. But slaughtered lamb also has a double meaning, referring to sacrifice. In many cultures, animal sacrifice was used as a way to appease the gods to gain their favor. And slaughtering a young animal like a lamb was especially favorable, because you are also sacrificing the potential of that animal to provide wool, meat, and milk for many years to come.

The slaughtering of lambs has also come to be a metaphor for sacrificing the innocent, which is why Jesus is called the Lamb of God, and why the frickin’ movie is called the silence of the ;lambs [can you hear them, clarice?]

But in the case of willow we see a couple different sacrifices in this episode. Graydn is going to sacrifice an innocent, Eloora Danum, to the eternal one. Willow’s friend Silas sacrifices his life, and Willow sacrifices a portion of his magic to save the day. [clip].

Now like a lot of fantasy stories, this one begins with an epic flashback to a mythical time of lore [clip]. But, this is Willow, so of course there is also a gag [...and about 3 weeks ago]. Love it.

No, the story they flash back to is a massive civil war that probably started all of the evil magic we see in the show and movie. Basically, there’s this incredibly powerful kingdom called Kymeria. Think of Old Valyria in Game of Thrones, or Numenor in Lord of the Rings. Kymera was, I’m guessing, like the roman empire. It was so big that the only thing that could divide it was itself.

The heir to the kingdom was a young man who had always been sickly, named Thul. think Viserys in the house of the dragon, and his younger brother, Tivberius, wanted the throne.

Doug: Like daemon, in the house of the dragon.

Yes, exactly. High five.

So, as the flashback tells us, the queen was a faye–which is another word for fairy. So she was a magical being, who forged this invisible armor for her son, the rightful king.

Now, we don;t know exactly what happened to Nymeria. But we do know that Eloora Danum is the direct descendant of this magical, royal bloodline–it’s why she’s referred to as [the lt blood of Kymeria].

Now I’m betting that more of this backstory is going to be revealed as the show goes on, as Boorman has time to sit and tell Kit the story. Even though he’s about as unreliable as a narrator can get [and about 3 weeks ago].

And I’m thinking that Tyberioius was either influenced by the eternal one–or, more likely, Tiberius asked the evil one for help defeating his brother's magic armor. So it would be the greed and ambition of men that caused the downfall of Rome–I man Kymeria.

Doug: Seems pretty on point. You humans man. Just settle in by the fire and chew on a good stock, and forget about starting wars.

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