Aaricia and Thorgal have finally been married, and have left their village to travel and see the world. A dwarf named Jadawin invites them to a feast held in their honor in his village in the Land of Aran. Thorgal and Aaricia follow, but the feast doesn't really look feisty, and Thorgal would like to leave immediately. However, Aaricia spots a beautiful necklace, and Jadawin tells them the legend: anyone who can cut the four ropes holding the necklace with only one arrow will be rewarded. Aaricia solves this puzzle and is thus proclaimed "queen" of their community. She is then forcibly taken by the Benevolent Ones into the castle on the lake. Thorgal, which was not allowed to follow, sneaks into the castle to rescue Aaricia but when he finds her, she doesn't recognize him and alerts the guards, forcing him to flee. A big tournament is organized by the Benevolent Ones to find a king to Aaricia. Three events take place to crown a winner: Retrieve one of the three golden swords a the top of a mountain. Get the keys on the Vortex Island where they meet the Guardian of the Keys , and finally bring from the second world, the bottle containing water from the mists of time . Once in the second world , the last remaining participant , Thorgal is sent back 1000 years by the Guardian of the keys. The Benevolent ones, now young, give Thorgal a bottle containing water from the mists of time and ask him to return it to their older version but Thorgal refuses and pours the water out. The young Benevolent Ones age rapidtly and die while Thorgal is returned to the present. There, he seeks Aaricia who is free of the magic and they leave the castle.
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Questions:
The Benevolent, over the centuries, send someone to fetch water in their past (first why do not they will find themselves?). Therefore, when they are young and give water (to 20 years on my diagram), they should have before them 10 persons: 1 person from each end of centuries. While thorgal alone! Worse, they talk about other already came for water. But if others have already come to fetch water, he should no longer having to thorgal, since there is only one bottle!
In this case, is that the Benevolent have many bottles they want. So why go back in time to look for? Have they lost?
