
The King comes upon her while hunting and decides to make her his Queen. Dora awakens as a young, beautiful maiden. A witch rescues her and nurses her from her breast. She survives, entangled in the branches of a tree. He is horrified when he sees her appearance the next morning and has his guards throw her out of the window. Dora agrees to spend the night with him as long as it is in complete darkness. He courts her outside her home, unaware that she is one of two elderly sisters, Imma and Dora. The Flayed Old Lady The lustful King of Strongcliff is intrigued by the sound of a woman's heavenly singing. In the cave, the monster's corpse dissolves into that of the Queen. They are threatened by a monster, which wounds Jonah but hesitates to attack Elias, who kills the monster and returns Jonah to his wife. The necromancer blames the Queen and says the youths are truly inseparable, and that her violent desire can be achieved only through violence. The Queen has her subjects search for Elias to no avail.

Jonah leaves the kingdom, plunging a knife into a tree root and telling Elias that as long as the root spouts clear water, he is alive and well. This so vexes the Queen that she attempts to murder Jonah, though he manages to escape. The boys are identical and inseparable friends. The cook also gives birth to a boy, Jonah. The Queen eats the heart and the next day bears a son, Elias, with hair as white as the dragon. The King slays the sea dragon but dies from his wounds. A necromancer suggests that if the Queen eats a sea dragon's heart cooked by a virgin, she will become with child but this will cost a life.

The Enchanted Doe In the kingdom of Longtrellis, the King and Queen cannot conceive a child.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
