Hey, Jack, obvious crush on Aven is obvious. Stop being jealous of Bug and John.
And the shadowy places the Winter King took over probably aren’t completely destroyed, which is good.
The people from the Shadowed Lands become Shadow-Born, which are worse than the Wendigo. Apparently they can’t die, as far as anyone knows. And nobody knows how they actually get turned into Shadow-Born once the Winter King takes over. Yet. Although foreshadowing was already a thing.
Oof. A quarter of the places in the Geographica are already taken over by the Winter King. That’s a scary thought.
So, the Indigo Dragon is like a day out from the Cartographer’s island, and the Black Dragon shows up because of course it does.
“What do you see in the telescope?” “Trouble.” “No shit.” “I meant Shadow-Born trouble.”
Jack wants to turn the Indigo Dragon to face the Black Dragon, and he’s getting Bug to help with A Thing. This is going to be nuts, isn’t it?
So, they just blew a hole through the Black Dragons masts, and it’s still going. And the fact that the Black Dragon apparently has an actual dragon like the other Dragonships is Not Good.
And now the Black Dragon is almost on the Indigo Dragon, and John’s run off to the cabin. And everyone’s Jack’s still being super rude about his PTSD.
OK, John’s finally back to fight right as soon as the fight’s basically over and the Indigo Dragon gets taken over.
Oh, fun. The Shadow-Born are… basically stealing the crew’s shadows and turning them into basically zombies.
And now the Winter King is here in person. When it got mentioned that he’s missing his right hand, the first time I read this, I half-jokingly was like “So, like, is he Captain Hook or something?” Oh, how right I’d be in The Search for the Red Dragon.
Also, I keep imagining him as looking like Miles Richardson because Doctor Who expanded canon reasons that I’ll probably explain more in The Indigo King, even though the Winter King is described as Not Really Looking Like Miles Richardson.
Unless…
So now the Winter King is… basically sizing up all the Important Peeps on the Indigo Dragon.
OK, honestly, I didn’t like the Winter King at first, but he kinda grew on me, especially starting in The Dragon’s Apprentice. (I would say the end of The Shadow Dragons, since that book’s like, a huge turning point in the series, but honestly, that book kinda bored me…) Because redemption arcs are fun. Especially because this one was actually done well.
John’s over here like “OK, fine. Have the Imaginarium Geographica. It’s in the cabin, all wrapped up for you.” Everyone’s over here freaking out about him doing that and not paying attention to the suspicious wording about it being suspiciously wrapped up.
And now the Winter King’s like “Oh, one last thing. Magwich sucks as my right hand man, as it were. Jack shows promise. Wanna trade?”
Oh, fun. The Actual Kings and Queens that the Winter King replaced with the Clockwork Parliament are the four Shadow-Born he brought with him.
Jack’s seriously considering the Winter King’s offer to join him, but then he’s like, “nah.”
And now the Winter King’s leaving and ordering the destruction of the Indigo Dragon.
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