by Conan Simmons – October 19, 2020 – 5:50 am
Spear and Fang are trekking along at night when they spot a strange green smoke not far off. Seeking out the source of the green flame they discover a coven of primordial witches performing a ritual of human sacrifice. The head of the coven arrives riding a pterodactyl and the ceremony commences.
The evil pterodactyl spots our two heroes and the witches give chase through the dark woods.
Captured, Spear is prepared for the next sacrificial ceremony. Fang is subjected to mind control and forced to become a witch’s familiar. The witch ultimately finds empathy with both Spear and Fang after visiting their histories and discovering they are very much the same.
The first half of the episode is very good though the dark colors throughout come across a little too dark. The second half over-relies on flashbacks to move the plot along to its conclusion.
The prime witch has moments of good animation during its various metamorphoses and it may be intentional that the character design is very reminiscent of Aku from ‘Samurai Jack’. I suspect this witch will become the series main villain.
The artwork is dominated by lots of dark colors sporadically contrasted with moments of bright pastels.
Overall this is the weakest episode so far of a remarkable series. It is still very entertaining and the emphasize on facial features does a lot to keep viewer engagement. Ultimately it just doesn’t reach the heights this series is capable of.