History Recap / TheDragonPrinceS5E9InfantisSanguine

* DeadPersonConversation: During Zubeia's opening dream sequence, Avizandum is aiding her from beyond the grave by telling her to keep fighting and find help for her corruption.

* AmbiguousSituation:
** Zubeia is found by a mysterious creature that calls himself the Mushroom Mage, who heals Zubeia's dark magic-infected wound, though it's not clear if he healed her for good or if the cure is just temporary.
** When Zubeia wakes up from a dream of Avizandum telling to keep fighting and find help for her corruption, it's not made clear if it was simply a figment of her subconscious or if it actually was the spirit of her dead mate aiding her from beyond the grave.

** When Zubeia wakes up from a dream of Avizandum telling to keep fighting and find help for her corruption, it's not made clear if it was simply a figment of her subconscious or if it actually was the spirit of her dead mate adding her from beyond the grave.

* AmbiguousSituation: Zubeia is found by a mysterious creature that calls himself the Mushroom Mage, who heals Zubeia's dark magic-infected wound, though it's not clear if he healed her for good or if the cure is just temporary.

* HairTriggerTemper: Claudia has grown so single minded about saving her father that she immediately drops any affability with her former friends, and grabs and threatens Ezran when he accidentally gives a tell he knows where Aaravos is.

* GeniusBonus: The "Mushroom Mage" who comes to Zubeia's rescue makes use of mushrooms to help mend her corrupted wound, and appears to be working great since Fungi grows on rot.

* MelancholyMoon: The last scene shows Viren somberly watching the full moon during his supposedly last night on Earth.

* DreamIntro: The opening scene depicts a feaver dream Zubeia is having of her reuniting with her mate, who urges her to fight on for the sake of their son.

* SadisticChoice: Aaravos reveals that as a requisite for the spell that will properly restore Viren to life, he will need to sacrifice one of his children. Subverted in that Aaravos explains that rather than kill Soren or Claudia, Viren can just kill the Chrysalis Child, since Aaravos used Viren's blood to create it, it counts as Viren's "child" too, so Viren only needs to sacrifice a barely sentient creature born of dark magic that he finds disgusting. DoubleSubverted in that Viren is unable to kill the Child anyway.

* LoopholeAbuse: The Chrysalis Child turns out to be a loophole for Aaravos's resurrection spell. Ordinarily, Viren would have to sacrifice his child (Claudia or Soren) and use their blood/life to extend his own, but because the Chrysalis Child was born of Viren and Aaravos's combined blood, he technically counts as their "child" for the purposes of the spell. It's ultimately subverted, however, because Viren can't bring himself to kill the Chrysalis Child in cold blood.

** What did Aaravos whisper to Kheesa that left her so shaken? Apparently, that he ''ate'' Queen Aditi.

* JustInTime: RuleOfDrama dictates that Claudia, Terry and Viren reach Aaravos's prison on the last day of Viren's month of [[LivingOnBorrowedTime borrowed time]].

* LoopholeAbuse: The Chrysalis Child turns out to be a loophole for Aaravos's resurrection spell. Ordinarily, Viren would have to sacrifice his child (Claudia, in this case) and use their blood/life to extend his own, but because the Chrysalis Child was born of their combined blood, he technically counts as their "child" for the purposes of the spell. It's ultimately subverted, however, because Viren can't bring himself to kill the Chrysalis Child in cold blood.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Downplayed since we don't know enough about Miyana to know if she qualifies as a paragon, but when she defects she is able to get a significant number of Sunfire Elf soldiers to defect with her.
* PlayingTheHeartStrings: Emotional solo strings play during the scene where Claudia [[CryIntoChest cryingly falls into Terry's arms]] after her defeat to the heroes and the ensuing loss of her leg.

* DreamIntro: The opening scene of Zubeia reuniting with her mate turns out to be a fever dream Zubeia was having.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Zig-zagged. Viren renounces dark magic and goes off to accept his end alone under the moonlight, but he can't help but shed tears knowing his demise is nigh.

* HeelRealization: After struggling with the matter since his revival Viren realizes that he has chosen the wrong path with the use of dark magic and thus refuses to kill the Chrysalis Child to prolong his own life.

* HeelRealization: After struggling with the matter since his revival Viren realizes that he has chosen the wrong path with the use of dark magic and he refuses to kill the Chrysalis Child to prolong his own life.

* ChekhovsGun: The amulet Akiyu gave to Callum is a water-breathing amulet. Since Callum is now an ocean mage, however, he's able to reproduce and power the spell by himself, rather than only one person being able to use it.

* AllForNothing: Claudia not only fails to release Aaravos, but Viren having learned what would be required to keep him alive, refuses to go through with the spell, and walks away, rendering the goal Claudia has worked towards for the last two years and thirty days, a pointless endeavor.

* AnArmAndALeg: Claudia loses her left leg in the fight with the heroes.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: All plot threads are still unresolved after this season 5 finale. Viren faces death in a few hours. Claudia has lost to the heroes but is still capable of coming back. Zubeia is still incapacitated by her infection but seems to be recovering. The heroes have found a giant pearl at the bottom of the sea but it's unclear how this will help them to seal Aaravos in his prison. Finally, Janai's kingdom is threatened by Karim and his new-found army.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Zigzagged. Viren renounces dark magic and goes off to accept his end alone under the moonlight, but he can't help but shade tears knowing his demise is nigh.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Zigzagged. Viren renounces dark magic and goes off to accept his end alone under the moonlight, but he can't help but shade tears knowing his imminent demise is nigh.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Zigzagged. Viren renounces dark magic and goes off to accept his end alone under the moonlight, but he still breaks down in tears over as he does.

* DreamIntro: The opening scene of Zubeia reuniting with her husband turns out to be a fever dream Zubeia was having.

* HeelRealization: Viren suddenly realizes that he has chosen the wrong path with the use of dark magic and he refuses to kill the Chrysalis Child to prolong his own life.

* AnArmAndALeg: Claudia has lost her left leg in the fight with the heroes.

* PlayingTheHeartStrings: Emotional solo strings play during the scene where Claudia [[CryIntoChest cryingly falls into Terry's arms]] after her defeat to the heroes and the ensuing loss of her left leg.