"Full Circle" is the thirteenth episode of Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders. It is the second part of the season one's finale, continued on from "Revenge of the Dark Stone". "Full Circle" was originally planned to be the entire show's final episode before it renewed for the second season.[1] Its international titles include Catalan "Cercle tancat", German "Freunde in der Not" ("Friends in Distress"), French "Les Nouveaux magiciens" ("The New Wizards"), German "Freunde in der Not" ("Friends in Need"), Italian "Un cerchio pieno di luce" ("A Circle Full of Light"), Portuguese "O círculo completo", Russian "Полный круг", Serbo-Croat "Pun krug", and Spanish "El circulo completo". It is one of the episodes retold in the Panini sticker album.
Full Circle - "Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders" Intro - Season One - S1 Theme Song
The evil witch Lady Kale has used anti-magic and has taken over the Crystal Palace, the Crown Jewels, and Avalon itself. Princess Gwenevere and her friends must find a way to reach their mentor Merlin before Kale can find and destroy him. Now depowered, the Jewel Riders need to restore the magic of their Enchanted Jewels and enter the wild magic in search for Merlin in hope to save Avalon from the rule of Kale.
Synopsis[]
Plot summary[]
After gaining power over the kingdom of Avalon, the self-proclaimed Queen Kale sits on the throne in the Crystal Palace and now works to find a way to control the stolen Crown Jewels so she can rule all the magic and reign unchallenged for all time. However, her attempts to open the Jewel Box go in vain and just summon a hologram of Merlin as the Crown Jewels still are tuned to him. Kale realizes she will never be able to use their magic until the wizard is removed from the setting and she can take his place, and vows to find Merlin within the Wild Magic and finish him off.
Meanwhile, the Jewel Riders hide from Kale in Merlin's house and try to find a way to restore the magic of their Enchanted Jewels. Tamara realizes that she can still hear the baby animals, so there must be some magic left in their jewels. The girls remember that the Friendship Ring is the most magical place in all of Avalon (the fact they just learnt from Morgana), and so they hope they could recharge their jewels there. Archie warns them that they may never be able to talk with their animal friends again after that, but they decide to take their only chance to save Avalon. Tamara proposes they should search for Merlin, and the girls all pledge to bring Merlin back home and (as Fallon adds) to stop Kale once and for all.
At the Friendship Ring, after a lengthy flashback of every tender moment between the girls and their bonded animals as "A Friend in You" plays, the Jewel Riders and their animal friends all get their jewels recharged. Now all they have to do is find Merlin, but he is somewhere inaccessible through Travel Trees. Tamara remembers that she could summon Kit the prism fox. Kit arrives with some friends, the gliders, and they all fly up to Cloud City, where the girls find Merlin still trapped in the magic sphere.
Merlin tells the Jewel Riders he knows Kale is looking for him and so they have little time. The girls have to use the Crystal Palace, which he explains is actually the most powerful Enchanted Jewel in Avalon, to release its magic. But before they get any detailed instructions, a portal opens up and a projection of Kale appears through it. She attacks the girls, but Merlin draws her anti-magic on at himself and uses it to free himself from the bubble.
Merlin fights back, sending a wave of wild magic through the portal and into the Jewel Keep. He draws his key towards him, but Kale grabs the key and holds on as the wizard pulls it with her through the portal and towards him. The key, held in the magic power struggle between the two of them, transforms into Merlin's staff. As their magical duel intensifies, Merlin tells his students he will hold Kale long enough for them to activate the Palace, and the Jewel Riders go through a closing portal back to the dark Avalon.
The Jewel Riders make their way to the Jewel Keep and try to re-tune the Jewel Box setting by forming an Enchanted Circle. But right when the girls complete casting their spell, their circle is broken as the triumphant Kale shows up with Merlin's staff. The evil woman boasts that the Jewel Riders removed Merlin from the setting ("once again you've done my job for me") and that Merlin is now gone forever, and steps into a dark matrix formed by the Crown Jewels. This does not have the effect she expected, however: the Jewels hold her in place as Kale shrinks with the matrix, Merlin's staff jewel breaks in her hand, and she dissolves into fairy dust that is promptly sent away into the Wild Magic. The Jewels then fall back into the Box, and the Palace flares to life with a bright crystalline light as the Keep fountains out good magic into the sky. The dark magic retreats, sunshine returns to Avalon, and everything is returned to normal just as it was before Kale's takeover.
There is a victory celebration in the throne room, where Queen Anya thanks Princess Gwenevere and the other Jewel Riders for saving them from Kale in the name of all of Avalon. Merlin appears to them to announce the end of their Jewel Quest, but the joyful mood is cut short when he reveals that he cannot return to Avalon since his jewel — which was on his staff — was just destroyed. He explains that the Crown Jewels have been tuned to the girls, who will control the magic of Avalon now, says his parting worlds to them, and then vanishes again.
Back in the empty Jewel Keep, the dweasels finally emerge from their hiding place. They ponder what to do now that Kale is gone and decide to take the Dragon Wagon for themselves.
Panini sticker album narration[]
(Translated from French)
The Jewel Riders have finally managed to find the seven Crown Jewels, yet unfortunately Kale was able to seize them. And she even managed to take control of the magic powers of the Jewel Riders' own stones. But it is in vain, as Merlin reminds her that only in his hands the seven jewels might allow to rule Avalon!
To reign supreme over Avalon, Kale has transformed its inhabitants into statues so the Jewel Riders can not hope for their help. But just when Kale was doing hers magic, Tamara's little friends hid in a closet. The magic of their stones is thus intact!
Will it be enough to restore powers to the jewels of Starla (Gwenevere), Tamara, Fallon and their four-legged friends? There is only one place where it could happen: the Circle of Friendship, that is, the place where the friends and their unicorns take possession of their magical power!
Now, to battle Kale, Starla, Tamara and Fallon have to find Merlin, but none of them is able to travel through wild magic without a guide. But, wait, someone can help: Kit, the prism fox! The animal responds immediately to the three girls' call, arriving with a company of funny flying creatures. Kit knows where to find Merlin and the adventure begins.
Kit accompanies her friends into the Wild Magic, then he leaves them. Our friends meet a few merry.... talking clouds. Then comes Merlin, who tells Starla to activate the power of the biggest Enchanted Jewel that is the Crystal Palace, and put end to Kale's magic.
But someone else also decided to explore the Wild Magic to find Merlin. It is Kale, determined to get rid of her enemy and take Avalon as her own forever. Merlin will confront Kale as soon as she arrives.
Pushed by Merlin to waste no time, Starla, Tamara and Fallon return to the Crystal Palace. What a gloomy atmosphere reigns there, with its beautiful gardens overgrown by thorn trees. But they do not wait and enter the castle!
Rufus and Twig guard Merlin's box and the giant diamond that is the heart of the Crystal Palace. Seeing the arrival of the Jewel Riders, they clear off. Now, Starla, Tamara and Fallon concentrate all the powers of their stones. The invincible magic of the Great Enchanted Jewel is activated. But this is when Kale arrives...
Yet nothing can stop the storm of good magic and by that Kale is sent off to the Wild Magic. Then the sun shines again on Avalon and its inhabitants happily return to life!
The Crystal Palace regains all its glory, under the protection of the Jewel Riders, who can always count on the power of good magic and on the wise advice of Merlin. They will be friends forever!
Behind the scenes[]
Original script[]
- Main article: Full Circle (script)
The draft script features cut lines of dialogue between Kale, the dweasels, and Merlin. There is also a cut scene of Kale searching for Merlin from the Jewel Keep by checking various places from Avalon and beyond, including Faeryland and Northwoods.
Voice session[]
Princess Gwenevere (Starla) and the Jewel Riders - Recording Session & Final Film - Full Circle-0
Avalon: Web of Magic connections[]
Avalon: Web of Magic volume Full Circle
- Full Circle is the name of the final book in the series.
- The way the Jewel Riders recharge their jewels is the same way the party heals the Magic Web in Full Circle. In both cases, the heroes get their jewels back.
- The episode features the song titled "A Friend in You". "Friend in Me" is a Be*Tween song that only shows up in the original edition.
- The Jewel Riders realizing that they can still hear their animals with their drained jewels is similar to Kara discovering that she can still talk to Lyra without her Unicorn Jewel.
- Gliders show up in the Avalon series, but are called spinnels. They are distantly related to fairy dragons / dragonflies.
- Kara has a brief adventure in the clouds above the Fairy Realm in All's Fairy in Love and War.
- The cloud people somehow knowing about the Jewel Riders’ adventures is similar to the citizens of the Fairy Realms knowing about the party’s adventures.
Media[]
References[]
External links[]
- Official streaming
- Original script (pdf)
- The Avalon Archive commentary
- Starstone, fan fiction story being an alternative sequel to the first season after "Full Circle"
