Yep. The Winter King still wants the Geographica for the Dragon Summoning instructions.
Oh, fun. The Chamenos Liber area is actually the semi-sunken remnants of a volcano.
So yeah, the Keep of Time is an endless tower that has doorways into various points in history. And time is frozen there until a door’s threshold is crossed.
I’m over here facepalming because Artus left the prehistoric door open, a dinosaur wandered through, and then they accidentally invented the Loch Ness Monster.
Oh no… one of the last doors before the one where they’ll meet the Cartographer smells like cinnamon…
Has it really been a year since I’ve even touched this book on this blog? Wow. Anyway… time to try and actually finish it… I just hope it hasn’t been so long that I’ve forgotten everything I already read.
So, Charles Dickens tried recruiting Magwich to be be a Caretaker, but then Magwich sold everyone out and became the Winter King’s lackey. Got it.
“So, how do we close the Black Cauldron… uh, Pandora’s Box?” “IDK, I don’t think you can…” “OK, cool. We’ll get back to that later. Let’s just focus on going to meet the Cartographer to get rid of the Geographica.”
Oh, fun. Apparently Maggot got Pandora’s Box away from the Morgaine by getting them blackout drunk. And giving Cul a back massage because the alcohol alone wasn’t enough for her.
So, the Winter King’s about to track down the crew to Byblos, so now they’re going to have to leave the Indigo Dragon there for repairs and use Ordo Maas’ Super Secret Emergency White Dragon.
OK, wait, was the White Dragon the Ark or something? Note to self: I need to reread The First Dragon.
So, Ordo Maas’ sons turned back into birds, and they’re gonna be Stuck Like That because they know they’re gonna have to go into battle like that.
OK, so the part of the Archipelago where the Cartographer and the Keep of Time are is the Chamenos Liber. And they don’t know what that’s even about. Yet.
So, apparently the Morgaine threw Artus down a well whenever he bothered them too much. And the Green Knight kept having to play Lassie and get him out.
And they’re still on the “how the hell did Dickens think letting Maggot be a potential Caretaker was a good idea?”
Oh, fun. On top of that, the White Dragon is freaking out because Maggot knocked Artus out and stole the lifeboat. And the Royal Ring. And the Geographica.
But they still have to go to the Keep of Time anyway.
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