When Viren goes to research about Aaravos, if you pause and analysis his bio, it would say, that Elves look down on Humans because they didn't possessed any form of Magic, but Aaravos saw this and try to make them equals to Elves by teaching Humans Dark Magic, but of course you'll all get to realize how that turned out.

That knife wasn't dark magic but was taken from sun elf meaning sun magic. Rayla even said sun elf can make weapons which is allways as hot as when they were made.

The second you mentioned swamp mages made me hope that we’d get mages similar to the swamp benders in ATLA.

think regina draconis was the subject of the message rather than the messaging spell itself, as regina draconis roughly means queen of the dragons in latin

So many people are sleeping on this great series

Of course [spoiler] the fact that Callum managed to connect with the primal source shows that everyone has been wrong this whole time. Humans *can* do Primal magic and that - ironically, perhaps - the Elves prejudice that "oh, *they* can't do magic" rather than - as Lujanne did with Callum - actually trying to explain it is what drove Humans to Dark Magic. Heck, that might have even been someone's plan! *Cough*Aaravos*Cough*Badguy*Cough*

8:00 INCORRECT!!! The heating spell is specifically stated to be Sunfire magic. Everything else to my knowledge is correct and I even learned some new things.

I think this show's definitely turning into a western-fantasy-equivalent of Avatar The Last Airbender. They weren't exactly subtle about Callum probably being the first human to use primal magic on his own, with no assistance through an artifact. And it's no coincidence that he started with Air, just like Aang. Also, I'm starting to wonder if there's a different kind of dragon for each Primal Source.

I don't think Runaan cast a spell with 'Regina Draconis' he was just writing the address on his arrow. ie. Queen Dragon.

Aaravos. Not Aavaros.

The sky arcanum seems to be about freedom more so than breath. The ability to breathe seems to be like the final step in learning. Also, the sun forge blade is sun magic, btw

When Aaravos was first shown, I thought he was female. So when I heard him talk, I was like "WTF!?!"

I think you explained the Sky Arcanum a little too simply. Breathing is a part of it but there's more to it than that, like knowing the whole atmosphere is full of Sky Magic and using things that connect to the wind, like wings and sails, as comparisons.

My guess is the box houses a key to free Aavaros. The only way to open it is to have all elements present at the same time. He doesn't seem like a good guy so he will probably use Viren to hunt it down to free himself, then revenge or world domination. It could be a primal stone of all elements.

I had a theory that humans needed to spiritual connect and have a true understanding of a primal element to use it since they were empty vessels

Making a case for dark magic: As stated in the show, it was believed that humans could not preform magic, because they're not naturally connected to any of the primal sources by birth. Now imagine what it's like to live with that. Elves and Dragons can use magic, and that allows them to create better tools and weapons, preform tasks that no human could, not to mention magic's various combat application. Taking all of that into account, humans are at a severe disadvantage. What human blacksmith can compete with sun Elves forging? None. So in work and trade humans would always be second rate (or eighth if you consider all the Elf clans plus the Dragons). And as if that wasn't enough, magic can also be used in war and combat. Humans had (or have if the confrontation between Amia and the Sun elf warrior is anything to go by) no way to counter that. The thought that your neighbors could probably destroy you without much effort and you couldn't do much about it is terrifying, even if there were no open hostilities between Elves and humans before the time of dark magic. So magic wouldn't only have inspired feelings jealousy and bitterness, but also fear. And if we can take away anything from the last few years of politics is that we humans are very susceptible to fear, and would buy into stupid things at the promise of safety. And so the humans did what we humans always do, they thought their way around the problem, they invented something that would put them on equal footing with the Elves. That something being dark magic. And if you think about it dark magic is no different than using animals skin for clothing, it is what we do when we have no choice. So as long as it's not being over don, and you don't hunt sentient magical creatures, dark magic is really no more evil then eating meat (please no virgin/vegetarian comment). Lastly, I'm willing to bet it was the Elves and Dragons that gave it the name Dark magic.

You forgot the magic of FRIENDSHIP!!!!!

I'm mostly just waiting to figure out what Ocean Elves are called, I've already got all the other ones: Sun - Sun fire Elves Moon - Moon Shadow Elves Stars - Star Touch Elves Earth - Earth Blood Elves Sky - Sky Wing Elves Ocean ???

I'm gonna have to say sky magic seems the coolest to me with power of ice, air, and electrcity all in one it makes for a great set. Electric spells are fast, deadly, and depending on what your enemies are wearing, a great offense against armored foes. Ice has great potential defensively. It can create walls of ice to protect people, but also has the power to freeze adversaries in place. The wind part of sky magic is the most interesting to me for one reason, utility. We have already seen it be utilized outside of combat already (ex. helping Zym fly), but i KNOW that we will see aspero continue to be the swiss army knife spell. Ever wonder why sky was the first magic the creators decided to give Callum? Now you know.

The reason a lot of humans might not think of Dark Magic as evil or bad is because not everything that is "dark" is also "evil". It's more of how you use that power. The reason this Dark Magic seems more obvious to being evil is how to cast it. You need pieces or or entire magical creatures in order to cast one of these spells. SPOILER ALERT!! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!! Callum casted Dark Magic in order to free a Sun Dragon and help rescue Rayla. Claudia used a powerful spell on Soren in order to help him move again. In both of these cases, they did what they thought was best given their current capabilities. It might be okay to use it ONCE when the circumstances are dire, there's no other way, or something to that extent, but even that might be a stretch. I think Harrow (the king) put it best when he said it was a "shortcut". It's like a cheat sheet that you can always use; if you overuse it, you don't actually learn and develop a crutch on it, and in Dark Magic's case, hunt more magical beings in order to use it.

Y’know who ever made dark magic they really messed up with the naming

When the moon lady showed callum the elves dancing to go to another dimension. It was the mirror that Aarovos was trapped, that’s how they got him there in the first place

I like how the dragon prince handles dark magic. The majority of fantasy stories just act like “Aaaah dark magic it’s evil dark magic!” Without bothering to explain why dark magic is bad.

So this basically confirms that Ezran has an affinity to Earth magic.

I just know there's going to be a correlation between the six aspects of self his mother named and the six primal sources. Head - Hand - Heart - Mind - Body - Spirit Sun - Sky - Moon - Stars - Earth - Ocean Six and six!

While this hasn't been explained in show, supplementary material has indicated that humans can preform magic without a primal stone or resorting to dark magic. However that took years or study under a wizard, most likely an elf wizard. I think when they split the continent the elves stopped teaching the humans and the human wizards died out. Then it was forgotten humans could even do primal magic, they were just not born with it. Lujanne might not even be old enough to remember when that still happened and the elves developed certain notions on how humans are.

Aaravos click bait works on me all the time.

I'm sure plenty have already drawn on this comparison but, dark magic could be a form of star magic Aaravos is the one who taught dark magic to humans, he's a star touched elf who are strongly linked to and may be born of stars. When stars die 3 things can happen they can supernova, expand and die slowly or collapse and become black holes, dark magic is a siphoning form of magic that can consume any magical energy similar to how a black hole will consume anything in it's path even stars far larger than it.

I really hope the dragon prince gose on for more that 3 seasons

Not sure if this was already pointed out but y'all forgot that spell Claudia used on Soren to heal him of his paralysis

What if Ezran has the potential for earth magic? If earth magic includes the flora and fauna, then maybe talking to animals is an ability that earth mages are born with

I believe the magic system here counts as a middle ground between a soft and hard magic system. It’s not as complex and rule focused like bending or alchemy. But it’s not as ambiguous as LOTR magic. It seems more in line with the magic in stories like Harry Potter or final fantasy.

I love how they use latin for spells they sound so familiar since I come from a latin country they all make sense and don't sound so random or made up

Dark magic is just a creative solution

This is the best cartoon I've seen since The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra.

You know, it's actually pretty interaesting to think that this world has chosen to entrap their "avatar"... this way even if the reincarnation was taking place, he's still alive so no new "avatar" to mess up order they had chosen to follow.

I find it strange that humans never rebranded dark magic and start calling it life magic or something like that. I also really hope that Aaravos is not evil. I like the parallels with Prometheus and hope they play that up as that would make him more of an tragic hero

Ezran’s ability to talk to animals DEFINITELY taps into Earth Arcanum. Also, I have a headcanon that ‘Dark Magic’ originates with the Zeroth Arcanum - Void. It is the Arcanum of Magic itself, a blank slate to be filled. Every spell has some type of cost, even just in the time needed to learn it...

The Dragon Prince is becoming the A:TLA of its time, and I'm so proud of that

Sun Forge Blade is Sun Magic, not Dark Magic

The elves would need to understand what dark magic truly was I bet Ambrose made the first dark magic and was lock away because he try doing something forbidden with it

Anyone noticed that Viren's staff is kind of the same staff of the guy in the season 1 intro that was performing dark magic?

Like, I haven't actually watched much yet, but I heard that Ezran or whatever the kid's name is can talk/understand animals or something. I'm kind of wondering if he's going to have some connection to earth magic at all? I haven't watched it though so I could be really far off.

aaravos is one hot elf

What if the whole world of the Dragon Prince is an Alien planet still stuck in Medieval.

An unofficial 'rule' of writing is to show the evil character early on, like how in RWBY the narrator from the first episode turned out to be Salem, the boss of the antagonists. Aavaravos is the head antagonist, controlling Lord Viren, who controls his children, and likely next season he will control the kingdom. (As it is heavily foreshadowed.)

Why did you include the sunforge blade with dark magic? Right after it appeared they explained it was made by sunfire elves. It's a permanent enchantment. We also saw a sword with the same enchantment in season two used by a sunfire elf.

I hope I'm not the one who saw a bit of a relation between Primal magic and bending. The more I think on it, the more I start loving it. I love how learning magic involves getting into a certain mindset, I love how this show emphasizes that magic can't solve everything despite what others may think, I just love the child-like feeling I'm getting that I haven't felt since seeing bending for the first time.

I kinda hate how they did a whole thing about Ezran and Callum sticking together and being free and then Ezran just leaves to be king, like WTF!.

Amazing video! I love how much work you guys put into the research.

Thanks for dealing with my twangy pronunciations, y’all 🤣

I think that aaravos might be trapped in the cube and the mirror is a way to see aaravos. Maybe because he studied dark magic he was trapped by the dragon king. By unlocking the cube Callum might free aaravos. The reason that aaravos isn’t trapped in the mirror is because he also has a mirror in his room so it doesn’t really make sense. In the show we still need a main bad guy aaravos might be him because he doesn’t seem to have any side he is kind of two faced and he might have been pulling all the strings in the series.

fun fact: Viren's trademark spell is Aspiro Frigis, because he uses it more than once

What a great way to start the day Loving the hair Ohh can't wait Have a wonderful day

“Regina Draconis” seems to actually refer to the message’s intended destination: the Dragon Queen.

The dagger wasn't dark magic, it's sun forged... it's believed that he got it from his time at the reach

Regina Draconis is latim for "Dragon Queen". Probably that red arrow was enchanted to be sent to whomever the sender especified, in this case, the dragon queen, who had ordered the assassination of king Harrow (the moonshadow elf sent the binding proving that the king was dead)

Just binged season 2. This show is soooooo awesome

2:42 I studied Latin and to me, that sounds like “Regina draconis” which should mean “the dragon queen” since that’s who he’s sending it to

Fun fact: Aavaros is played by the same actor who voiced Koh the face stealer in Seige of the North in ATLA

What if humans are dark magic elves

I think the "Regina Draconis" spell is not the actual spell name, but the person/creature that is supposed to receive the message. Regina Draconis translates to "The Dragon Queen" from latin

I think the messenger hawk is activated merely by shooting the arrow and acts more like a magic tool while the words "Regina Draconis" acts more like a mailing address telling the hawk to deliver to the dragon queen

This was really really cool. Thanks for sharing.

If you don’t know the head writer watches Merlin before. Callum’s character design is confirmed to be inspired by the character Merlin from BBCMerlin, which can also be watched on Netflix. Love Merlin. Callum looks alike Merlin although Merlin looks more masculine because of high cheek bones.

I want Claudia to either re-invent dark magic or connect to a primal source

when sun elves and star elves realize the sun is a star:👁👄👁

Callum is able to do magic bcoz maybe he inherited in the series notin was spoken of callum ‘s father

I loved this short series. I need more from it. When will the new season drop??

"regina draconis" isn't the incantation for a sending spell, that's the name of the message's recipient: it's Draconic (Latin) for "Dragon Queen".

Love your channel, and a great video! Although I would never pass on the chance to use the plural form -i on a -us word: nexus, nexi.

I can't wait for season 3

Wouldn't prince Eren technically have the earth arcanum since he's so good with animals?

I think the cube is how they trapped Aaravos. If it is used by a magic creature or being that uses magic from each of the different sources. If they can infuse each rune maybe it transports that being into the mirror. I say this because they have to somehow get Star magic and that seems very rare. To claim it unlocks a great treasure was a way to get Aaravos to touch it in the first place.

Okey u got me i will watch it

I dont usually play this card, but I'm the Aaravos

Calum could totally pull off a chidori with that 1st half of that lightning spell

Don't know if someone else has commented it, but regina draconis, does not create a hawk for messaging purposes, it actually means "dragon queen", which is probably to whom the message is being send.

Why didn't humans realise it was a bad idea? Some probably did. But when faced with a choice of Dark Magic to move forward, and doing nothing to continue to suffer from famine and vulnerability to beings more powerful than you, and worse, inclined to think of you as lesser than themselves, then it doesn't seem like a terrible thing.

you need access to a Primal Source to cast magic, be that your own atunement, a primal stone or by using dark magic to draw out the primal energy of others. you also need to know the "Spell".

I think avavos is the high elf who gave the first dark magic mage the staff then he got banished to the mirror realm, the moon mages could open portals to another dimension and that’s my opinion on where aravos’s prison is.

I just assumed the box was called a key like a map key it just shows what element someone is conected to and so far that's what it looks like it does. I think it's gonna be a redhering and characters are going to think it's more important then what it is.

Maybey if every key on the cube is activated. Callum wil become the same as Aaravos

Unlocking the box will make you the Avatar! Aaravos opend the cube And Callum will open it later I can feel it

...Regina Draconis isn't the messaging spell. That guy wasn't a mage, and no rune was drawn. It means "queen of the dragons". I'm pretty sure the arrow was just spelled previously such that it would fly to whomever was named when it was fired.

there needs to be ice primal magic, because in most tv show and books they have an ice thing. like in Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland they have icewings along with Nightwing, skywing, rainwings, seawing, sandwings and mudwing,

She literally can't stop calling him Aavaros

I had an idea of when the box is unlocked what could happen Eros could come out of his prison maybe because it is in touch with all primal magic and so is Eros so maybe it would free air votes from his prison

I want to see how each elves looks like and what they are called :3

Pretty sure the "Heating spell" dagger is just a skyfire elf dagger, they Normally get really hot when drawn from the sheath

I needed this

In season 1 episode 1 the narrator/Araavos says that the elves drove the human out of Xadia and it briefly shows an elf like Araavos. Since he is the only star elf we have seen could he have possibly wiped out all the other star elves for unknown reasons and this is why they trapped him?

“I don’t know why they use dark magic!” Cause it is fucking cool and stronger than typical magic.

I think Star magic is at its strongest when there’s a planet alignment. If anyone watched the legend of Korra. Maybe drawing it’s power from the celestial bodies make their powers the strongest.

They could do so much to expand on the world and I also hope averouse is the next dig bad Soooooo Excited 🤣🤣🤣

Mirror elf looks like Callum's mother. Not necessarily the father was magical, but she.

The more I learn about this show the more I can’t help thinking they relied on the philosophies of ATLA a bit. Sky and air are all about freedom. Sun and air have the duality of life and dark. Ocean and water are diverse and create many different types of user. Stars seems to be the rare avatar spirit. Earth might be breaking the mold (😏) a little because they didn’t talk about plants in ATLA. Moon is also a bit more unique and steps away from water, which is why they’ve spent so much time with it over the course of the show.

You're mistaken, Viren is the hero of the series.

Great stuff!

About the key of AARAVOS I believe it can only be opened by a creature with a connection to all six primal sources, and I think it is the key to AARAVOS's prison, the mirror. My theory is that AARAVOS began as an elven mage and started wondering if he could master all the primal sources, he made it his goal and achieved it due to his greed and thirst for power. He then started going bad, threatening other magical creatures and even defying the Dragon King who, in punishment, trapped him for eternity in the mirror which can only be opened with the Key of AARAVOS, aka th cube. I know this theory has a lot of holes, but I don't think I'm too far off. I've also thought that AARAVOS might have been the creator of Dark Magic and taught it to humans, which might explain why the Dragon King trapped him. I don't know, we'll have to see. PS: Can we all agree that the absolute BEST character of the entire series is the one and only Villads?