Magyk

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death.

As Jenna, Boy 412, and Nicko paddle away from The Vengeance, DomDaniel raises a powerful storm that chases the children back to Aunt Zelda’s cottage. The White Witch is horrified when she learns that they were on the Necromancer’s ship and that Marcia is being held prisoner there. The storm intensifies, shaking the cottage. Through the windows, they see The Vengeance coming toward them across the flooded marshland with “its sails flying in the howling wind” (469).

Aunt Zelda insists that the children escape through the tunnel while she stays behind to look after the wounded Boggart. Inside the tunnel, Jenna opens a hidden passage by touching a hieroglyph of a dragon. The passage leads to an underground temple and the Dragon Boat of Hotep-Ra, a legendary ship that belonged to the Wizard who constructed the Wizard Tower. The Dragon Boat used to be a real dragon, and she carried Hotep-Ra from the Far Countries to this kingdom centuries ago. The Queen at the time befriended Hotep-Ra and helped him repair his boat after she saved her daughter. Through the centuries, the Queens paid secret visits to the Dragon Boat on MidSummer Day, but this tradition was interrupted when Jenna’s mother was assassinated.