Hey everyone, The first Dragon Prince book is finally out, and it’s called Callum’s
Spellbook!
While the hiatus is still going strong, at least we have things like this to give us
new information while we wait.
I am going to be going everything new we learned in this spellbook and give my analysis on
what we learned.
This of course includes the mysterious Earthblood and Tidebound elves, as well as a new dragon.
I am not going to show all the pages to ensure that you can still have some things to look
forward to when you purchase a copy for yourself.
Because let me just say this book is definitely worth the price!
There’s a lot to talk about, so without further delay, let’s dissect this book!
This is a sketchbook given to Callum by Harrow soon after they first met.
But it has now been repurposed to be a spellbook that also talks about everything that is happening
to Callum on his adventure.
But one thing to note is that this book basically confirms that all the end credits were drawn
by Callum.
I didn’t really want to believe that before now, as some of those drawings are of things
Callum has absolutely no idea about.
But I guess he will learn all about it eventually or he draws based off what others tell him.
Also, we get actual screenshots of things that happened in the show, so I really want
to know how Callum got those.
Perhaps it’s best to not think too deeply about all this.
First, we get a recap of how the story started and the whole deal about the primal sources.
We get shown the map that we see on the Dragon Prince website, but there is nothing really
new on it that I could discern.
We get some nice information about Callum, Ezran, Bait,Rayla, and Zym.
For Ezran, we get a bit more insight on how he communicates with animals.
He has been able to do this for a few years, and he explains this as basically a very deep
form of empathy where he can feel what the animal wants him to know.
He does say that it is hard to explain, which in some ways does mirror an arcanum.
Rayla is naturally connected to the moon primal yet can’t really explain how she can do
what she does.
In that way, I think her and Ezran are very similar.
But it has been said that Ezran’s ability is not the same and is more just an extreme
level of empathy.
I will hold out hope that there is something more going on there with Ezran, especially
seeing how much the earth arcanum has to do with connecting to animals.
But I will get to that later.
Next Callum goes into explaining the human world.
First is of course Katolis, where we learn about Harrow, Barius, Crow Master, Sarai,
Amaya, Gren, Opeli, Corvus, Viren, Claudia, and Soren.
There is a page that shows the entire sign language alphabet, which is simply amazing.
Viren’s page is pretty interesting for a few reasons.
So in his Likes section, we see King Harrow is there, which is of course a no brainer
but right next to that is his children.
Big doubt right there.
I suppose this does make a bit more sense when you see some of the other things Callum
has to say about Lord Viren.
He and his children were like a second family to Callum when he first arrived at the castle.
Not only that, but Callum actually remembers a time when Viren was a kind dad that loves
his kids.
Callum understands that he is a different man now, and even calls him pure evil.
As Callum says, it looks like dark magic has poisoned his soul.
We also get a confirmation that his staff was created by elves.
In the show Ziard mentioned it was a gift from one of the great ones, which was assumed
to be an elf, and the TDP website did say it was elven-made but I appreciate the confirmation
here as well.
Now we just need to learn if that Great One was indeed Aaravos.
I would be very surprised if it was any other elf.
As for his daughter Claudia, Callum says he doesn’t really know who she is anymore,
but has faith that despite her loyalty to her father, she will end up doing the right
thing.
A cute piece of trivia we learn is that when Claudia first learned dark magic, she would
do fun things with it like prank Soren and make extra-fluffy pancakes.
And it seems that hot brown morning potion was invented after a long night of reading.
Seems necessity really is the mother of all invention.
Of course I need to mention Soren’s page because who would I be without talking about
my boy.
Honestly, we don’t really learn anything new but it is stated that he does not understand
Claudia’s obsession with magic and magical creatures.
He prefers a sword fight to solve any problem.
We also see Callum admit that while Soren did bully him, he could also be unexpectedly
nice.
I always knew there was good in Soren because of moments like those.
I’m so proud of Soren!
Then we get to the other Human Kingdoms, and for some of them we learn a few new things!
Callum says he never met Queen Fareeda, and this is due to Evenere being an island kingdom
that is only accessible by boat.
It is apparently a very swampy place.
But Callum has actually met Prince Kasef of Neolandia when he was a lot younger, and he
reminded him of Soren.
Yet even to Callum is was clear that anger and hatred has changed him.
Nothing new about Aanya or Duren, but for Del Bar we learn that Florian acted like everyone’s
uncle and was very strong.
This makes sense as Callum says that Del Bar is a kingdom up in the freezing mountains.
The book then talks and Ellis and Ava, then about the Cursed Caldera.
Apparently Rayla thought that this place was named after Sir Phineas Kirst, which turns
out I was spelling wrong.
He can be seen in history books in the castle, and from SDCC we learned that he was a very
unlucky man that traveled the world with a young elven professor named Delilah Geel.
So I guess it seems that both elves and humans knew about him!
I also want to know what type of elf Delilah was, and I hope we get more information about
both of them soon.
Then there is a page about Lujanne and Phoe-Phoe, which then leads to the Moon Nexus and the
Moonhenge.
It does not seem like there is anything super new, but as a refresher the Moonhenge was
once a place where Moonshadow elves performed rituals.
But when Xadia was divided into two, the Moon Druids destroyed it.
Additionally, a nexus is a place where the magic of a primal energy is at its most pure
and powerful.
The Moon Nexus reflects the moon perfectly so that when the moon is full its light completely
fills the lake.
Legends say that that ancient elves could use the power of the Nexus to open up a portal
to a shimmering world between life and death.
Soon enough we will learn about if this is legend is true in the upcoming graphic novel,
Through the Moon, which will be out in September.
Then Villads and Berto are discussed, and then finally we are onto the really good stuff:
Xadia!
We learn how the Border was created by magic when the continent was divided in two, and
the Breach is a secret passage into Xadia discovered by humans.
But as we saw in season 2, Moonshadow elves are able to cross the lava with the Moonstone
Path.
Now here’s where the book really gets good.
We finally get to see all the types of elves!
Moonshadow and Sunfire are nothing new, as we have seen many examples of each.
But oh my Garlath, look at these Startouch elves!
These two both seem to be female although who really knows after Aaravos.
They look quite a bit different from him, and the one that is colored in has a circle
of lights floating around their neck, as well as a circle behind them.
That halo of sorts definitely gives off angel vibes.
They also have stars in their hair, and their horns look magnificent.
Their clothes do remind me or the ones that we see Aravos wearing.
As for the other one, they have a crown of diamonds and braided hair.
The horns on this one don’t seem as complex, but still seem to curve in the way that Aaravos’s
and this other elf’s do.
We then get a look at a Skywing elf that looks like a mix between Nyx and Rayla.
And now, after many months of waiting, an elf we have never even seen one instance of
before.
An earthblood elf!
And wow, he is looking neat!
This seems like one of the Earthblood elves that would be connected to plants and animals
rather than stones and minerals, unless he is actually gray with moss all over him.
The knees especially make me think they intended for this one to look like a rock, texture-wise.
Could this be Terry?
I don’t know, but I am so excited to find out!
Finally, we get out first look at Tibebound elves!
I am blown away by how beautiful they look.
I love all the little details on this one, such as the necklaces and belt-like thing
that has little loops on it.
Maybe those are useful for attaching weapons to.
It also looks like on the sides of his body are gills.
I wonder if they are able to stay on land for long.
I would guess they can stay up for a little while, considering they do actually have feet.
Sadly no mermaid tail here but I am already in love with their designs.
It’s just so amazing that after so long we finally know what all the types of elves
look like!
Make sure to stick around though because there are some more pages with more instances of
each of these elves, as well as some really other cool stuff.
Now we get more specifics about the locations and other elves we saw in Xadia.
We don’t really learn anything new about the Silvergrove or Ethari, but they both get
dedicated pages.
For Runaan, Callum mentions that he should probably hate him for killing King Harrow,
but knows that might not be the best idea.
He was also like a father to Rayla, teaching her how to fight as soon as she could walk.
Onto the Sunfire elves, we first have Lux Aurea.
This city is made out of gold and stones that glitter in the sunlight.
The book goes more into Sol Regem later, but we learn here that Sunfire elves really worship
him and repeat the shape of his horns in their crowns, weapon designs, and architecture.
The Sunforge is where sunfire elves create powerful weapons, as the name suggests.
It focuses the light and primal magic from the Sun.
Light concentrates within the orb and the disc rotates to aim the beam onto the forge
below.
Onto the Sunfire elves themselves, we of course have Janai first.
As we have seen with Janai, some Sunfire elves have a heat-being mode where their skin glows
with actual molten lava and they become super-strong with the ability to walk through fire.
Amaya also has a note in there mentioning how another aspect of the sun is light.
A rare ability that some sunfire elves have is a light-being mode that lets you heal others.
Then we get a page for the Sunfire Queen, who’s name is not stated here for some reason,
but we know it to be Khessa.
It turns out that she has protected Lux Aurea ever since the death of her grandmother, meaning
that she knew her grandmother well.
I wonder what happened to Khessa and Janai’s mother if Khessa was next in line after Queen
Aditi.
Or it is possible she was just the protector of the land until her mother passed, as it
says ‘protect’ and not ‘rule’.
Also, we learn she carries what is called the Scepter of Radiance.
We do get Kazi’s name, who is also known as the Elven Interpreter.
Nothing huge is learned about them, sadly.
Now onto other Xadian things, we get a page on Nyx.
Can’t say there’s much new on her besides learning about her secret liking of flatu-lillies…
yeah not weird at all.
I also want to mention that the book neglected to have a page about Ibis, which I am a bit
salty about!
He was a pretty important character that showed Callum how a sky mage casts a spell to turn
their arms into wings, after all.
Moving on, the midnight desert is named so because of the black sand that covers it.
And due to its color, the sun is absorbed and the sand becomes super hot during the
day.
During the night Soulfang Serpents come out.
Now it is time to discuss the most mysterious elf there is, Aaravos.
One thing that we didn’t get to see in season 3 but that apparently did happen is that Callum
asked other elves about Aaravos.
However most said they had never heard of the name or refused to talk about him if they
had.
Callum is curious as to how someone that was able to become an archmage could be so hated
and feared by everyone.
It is also confirmed here that Callum was also only able to see information about Aaravos
for a few moments before it disappeared, like with Viren.
This makes sense that elves wouldn’t want anyone to learn about him, if they will not
speak about him to Callum.
Not only do we get to see new types of elves in this book, we get to see new creatures
as well!
I this mentioned before in my review but I love the crazy designs that basically all
of the Xadian creatures have.
And these new ones are definitely no exception.
First, we got this bird creature that actually looks like it could have four legs as well
as wings.
I wish Callum didn’t draw it on the side of the page so I could see it in all its glory!
My best guess since it is a bird and from its color scheme, I could see it being connected
to the sky arcanum.
Then there is this lizard with horns.
Maybe its connected to the Ocean primal, as I could see it being some sort of newt.
And finally, for new creatures on this page is this kinda horse kinda goat looking thing.
I think it could be connected to either the ocean or earth primals.
Seeing what the rest of it looked like would really help, Callum!
As for creatures we have already seen, we didn’t learn much new except for with the
Banther, which Callum makes the observation that they look pretty magical to him and perhaps
roamed both the East and West before it was split into two.
To me it made sense that the East was always the much more magical place, and while the
West did have some magical creatures, they all came from the East originally.
I feel like this note really supports that idea.
The next page talks about the Moonshadow and Sunfire mounts, and it seems we get a look
at another Sunfire hotcat, who honestly looks like it has a bit of peacock in it.
It’s also hard to see this one because it is in the crease of course.
And finally, it’s dragon time!
Callum gives us a lot of good facts about them.
Dragons who have extra-deep connections to the primal sources are called Archdragons.
Other dragon types are smaller but still have a connection to a primal source.
We learn about the Cloud Wyvern, which is a type of sky dragon.
As we could probably guess, dragons are very not plentiful because it is rare for a dragon
egg to be created.
The Dragon Queen only lays an egg once every few centuries!
Makes me wonder if Zym has any siblings.
It was probably obvious, but we learn that Pyrrah is a fire dragon.
After that, we learn about Avizandum, also known as Thunder.
His strengths and special skills list is incredible.
He could see a thousand miles to detect any threats to the border.
He could transform his body into lightning and move extremely quickly.
And humans could instantly be killed with the force of thunder.
All of this makes it extremely clear why all the other dragons and elves accepted him as
king.
But speaking of Kings, we get a beautiful new picture of Sol Regem.
It’s a shame he had to grow old and become so bitter.
Next is the final big dragon we saw in season three, Zubeia!
Callum questions if she is as powerful or even more powerful than Thunder.
This really makes me think about what will happen in season 4, and if another dragon
will try and challenge her for the throne, or if she will just be automatically accepted
as the ruler of the dragons and elves.
The next dragon we see makes me think it could be the former.
Now introducing, Rex Igneous!
Obviously everything about him is new information so this is super exciting.
He is an earth archdragon that lives deep underneath a mountain and only emerges every
100 years or so.
While Rayla has never met him, she does know that he can be appeased if he is given something
he has never tried before.
Odds are our heroes will meet him, and they’ll have to give him something new or get eaten
themselves!
Maybe they’ll happen to have some jelly tarts on them- I’m sure he has never tried
one of those.
And we are finally nearing the end of the book, with a section on magic.
Once again we get the whole spiel about Xadian creatures being born with an arcanum while
humans are not yet Callum doesn’t think that’s quite true.
And then he goes over each of the types of primal magic.
Honestly these pages have so much useful information that I’m pretty much going to read off them
word for word.
[Moon magic page] This
moonshadow elf on the left looks different from the way their type dresses now.
Instead, this is likely an elf from before the continent was split in two.
It also has a very weird color scheme for a Moonshadow elf, but I think it’s just
Callum not coloring in the drawing, as we see with Ibis on the next page.
Speaking of which, this is our only look at Ibis.
Criminal, if you ask me.
[Sky magic] [Sun magic]
On the very bottom, hidden in the corner, we get our first real look at a light-being
mode sunfire elf!
[Earth magic] These elves are crazy looking!
These are nothing like the one we saw earlier in the book, so I am guessing these are the
earthblood elves that have to do with plants and animals.
But wow, these ones take the antler thing to a whole new level and are more like tree
branches, complete with leaves on top.
Perhaps Callum did actually high five an earthblood elf and he just didn’t know it.
[Ocean magic] So it’s interesting that ice magic is a
part of ocean magic when we saw Viren use an ice spell to freeze Thunder.
This lovely lady is also very stunning and also has a sash with rings that could probably
be used to hook weapons onto.
But in general I’m really liking how Tidebound elves have a lot of rings in their design.
But if you ask me, I’m hoping they come in a lot more colors.
Pink especially.
It is confirmed that Ocean elves vary a lot in their design, so these are likely the ones
that live in the ocean.
And finally we have star magic! [star magic]
We got two more looks at some beautiful startouch elves.
Their horns always seem to be so big!
The bigger the horns, the more powerful the elf it seems.
They all seem to be super shiny in a way that we have never seen Aaravos.
Perhaps this is what they look like when using their full powers or when they are in space
amongst the stars.
Once again we have a very angelic looking elf on the left with an almost halo.
Also little bug pal makes an appearance.
Continuing with Primal Magic, we have a page on the Rune cube.
Callum lists out everything he knows about it, including something we have never heard
before.
This is that whenever he rolls the cube on the ground, it always leaves a mark pointing
in the same direction.
Once in Xadia the marks started getting longer but still pointed in the same direction.
As Callum speculates, it does seem like the cube is being pulled somewhere.
After all, it is called the Key of Aaravos, so it’s plausible it is being pulled to
the place where it can unlock something, most likely Aaravos related.
Next is a page on primal stones, and we learn that the magic used to make them has been
forgotten and so they extremely rare, which is why human mages may have turned to dark
magic instead of just using these stones.
I have always been curious as to how Viren came into possession of one.
Then the book goes into rune magic, where to perform a spell you have to connect to
a primal source either naturally or with a primal stone, then focus it by tracing a rune
in the air with your finger, and finally release it with the right draconic word.
Callum recounts his experiences with learning Aspiro and Fulminis.
Of course, this wouldn’t be a proper spell book without mentioning dark magic.
We get a very cute letter from Claudia that she wrote to Callum, where she explains her
rationale for using dark magic.
Honestly, she’s got a point.
But that moral conundrum aside, we learn that there are some spells you can use to permanently
enchant your fingers and hands to do neat tricks.
This explains how she can light her hand up.
Callum also expresses his worry that dark magic could be corrupting her, but that deep
down her heart is good.
Claudia redemption theory is gonna happen, I just know it.
We then have some more notes from Claudia explaining some of the dark magic spells we
saw in the show.
I love how it’s acknowledged that these spells are done by speaking human words backwards,
and we get the actual chant used for the ones listed.
And finally, the book’s final pages are dedicated to Callum recounting his journey
to connecting to the sky arcanum.
Nothing really new here, but it’s always lovely to see Callum talk about everything
it took to get there.
And that pretty much it for the book!
As promised, there were quite a few new things in here, meaning that I really urge you to
buy it to help support the show.
I didn’t even show all the pages, so there’s also that to look forward to!
Now this video has gone on long enough and I really just scratched the surface of what
it revealed to us.
There can probably be much bigger analysis videos on this, but don’t be surprised if
info from this book ends up in later theory videos.
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