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VHS Prince of the Forests

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"Prince of the Forest" is the nineteenth episode of Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders. Its working title has been "Beauty and the Beast". Its international titles include Catalan "El príncep del bosc", French "Le Prince de la forêt", German "Der Prinz der Wälder", Italian "Il principe della foresta", Portuguese "O principe da floresta", Russian "Принц леса", Serbo-Croat "Jan, princ šume", and Spanish "El príncipe de los bosques".

While searching for wondrous faery wraiths in the Forests of Arden, Princess Gwenevere finds romance and magic with a strange yet handsome young man named Ian. But Ian does not reveal to the Princess the wondrous magic jewel he has recently found, and which can transform him from a beast into a boy. Now that he has met Gwen, he is worried that if he gives the jewel away, he may remain a beast forever and lose her love. He must decide what to do because Lady Kale has offered him the chance to become human forever, if he gives the magic jewel to her.

Plot summary[]

19-06

Princess Gwenevere and Sunstar ditch a party and head on an adventure to the Forests of Arden to see the rare Faery Wraiths dance, said to be the most beautiful sight in Avalon. They find not only a faery wraith (Queen Arienda), but also that the forests are full of traps, and Gwen ends up falling in mud hole. Luckily, a handsome and mysterious young man shows up to save her from peril. He says his name is Ian.

19-01

Gwenevere returns to the Crystal Palace and recaps everything that happened. Drake and the other Jewel Riders are very interested in her story.

19-03

The next day, Gwen returns to Forests of Arden, only to find a mighty wolf-man beast being attacked by Civello and his Outlaws. Gwen scares off the outlaws, then frees the wolf-man from a bear trap and he leaves.

19-04

Gwen follows his tracks, and finds Ian dancing with faery wraiths. Ian explains that the faery wraiths do not really dance anymore since the Prince of the Forest lost his lover.

19-09

Meanwhile, it is revealed that Civello was hired by Lady Kale to get the lost Wizard Jewel that she found out the wolf-man wears. The Outlaws are prepared to hunt the beast next time by using a giant bolt thrower. Kale brings the captured Arienda to use her as bait.

19-05

The wolf-man arrives and finds Arienda but then falls into the trap hole. When Kale with the Outlaws check out the trap, they find Ian. It turns out that he is the beast — the Prince of the Forest — and that his jewel helps him switch between human and wolf-man forms. Discovering the truth of their prey, Kale stops the gang from killing Ian and offers to have Morgana turn Ian into a real human if he agrees to willingly hand over his jewel, which is a bluff as Kale plans to make it tuned to her before Morgana can get it. Ian does agree but tells Kale to bring Morgana when they meet again. Meanwhile, Gwenevere dreams about Ian, his jewel, and "healing the circle".

19-02

Fallon and Tamara eventually find and confront Kale at the Outlaws' nest. Kale summons Morgana, who discovers Kale's plan to betray her, and then Ian shows up too. Ian is confused and torn between giving his jewel to the Jewel Riders or to Kale and Morgana, but then Gwen arrives on Sunstar to pleads for him to not the latter.

19-08

A fight over the jewel begins and Kale and Morgana capture Gwen and Sunstar as hostages. But then the princess finally convinces Ian. He turns into furious beast and, with the help of the girls, he attacks the terrified villains who cannot stop him now. The two witches escape by Grimm as Ian trashes the camp and then runs off into the woods to chase after the Outlaws.

19-07

In the end, Ian and Gwen meet again to dance and kiss. The magic of the faery wraiths will allow Ian to become human once a year for Gwen.

Behind the scenes[]

Original script[]

Main article: Prince of the Forest (script)

In the draft script, Ian has been a bear-like hulking creature named Ranger. Other differences include the Outlaws' anti-Ian weapon being originally a giant crossbow with a crystal arrow, and that Gwen would actually declare her love for Ian during the confrontation with Kale and Morgana.

Avalon: Web of Magic connections[]

  • Lorren goes by the alias 'Forest Prince' (and similarly also in connection to the Fairy Ring). He is also one of Kara's many love interests, like Ian for Gwen.
  • Two types of faery wraiths show up in Avalon. One type is humanoid and guards the Gates of Avalon; the other looks like Navi from Ocarina of Time.

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Episodes
List of episodes
Starla SC DVD

Season 1
Jewel Quest, Part I, Jewel Quest, Part II, Travel Trees Can't Dance, Song of the Rainbow, Wizard's Peak, For Whom the Bell Trolls, The Faery Princess, Badlands, Home Sweet Heart Stone, Love Struck, Dreamfields, Revenge of the Dark Stone, Full Circle
Season 2
Morgana, Shadowsong, Fashion Fever, The Wizard of Gardenia, Vale of the Unicorns, Prince of the Forest, The Wishing Jewel, The Jewel of the Sea, Trouble in Elf Town, Mystery Island, The Fortune Jewel, Lady of the Lake (Spirit of Avalon), The Last Dance (The One Jewel)

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