During the ceremony, insurgents wearing Tirragen and Eldorne colors storm the palace and Alanna and her friends fight to protect Jonathan. Thom dies, drained of life by Roger's spell, and Alanna's magical cat Faithful is also killed. In a rage, Alanna kills Alex when he tries to detain her from reaching Roger, and she confronts her archenemy, who uses her sword - part Lightning, part the Bazhir shaman's sword - to bring her to him. The spell backfires when she stops resisting and lets go, killing Roger with his own sword and destroying his evil forever.
When the fighting dies down, Alanna sees that Liam is also dead, killed while protecting Jonathan.
When the fighting dies down, Alanna sees that Liam is also dead, killed while protecting Jonathan.