The Shannara Chronicles recap: 'Dweller' 

continues to mix various characters and send them on overlapping quests, so let’s check in on our heroes and villains this week.

Bandon and Tamlin have an evil summit of evil in which Bandon, rocking a fashionably tattered cloak as befits a dark Druid, makes himself invisible and kills the queen’s guards. Then he reminds her of the deal she made with the Warlock Lord: He saved her kingdom during the War of the Races and allowed it to thrive. In return, she owes him a debt. And sure, she might have assumed that she’s off the hook since the Warlock Lord was defeated 30 years ago, but Bandon’s there to assure her that she needs to pay up.

Next, he visits a cold, muddy ruin of a lake, where he wades shirtless and shows off his abs and the rune scars decorating his back, including a spider web. His hostage, Flick, tries to warn him that if he keeps going down this path, the Warlock Lord will turn him into a slave and hurt the good people of the Four Lands.

Bandon then sets out to prove that there are no people worth saving. He and Flick approach a seemingly random farm and ask the man there for food and lodging. The farmer’s happy to help fellow Elves and over dinner explains that he, his wife, and his son moved in a year ago because nobody else wanted the place. It’s cursed, you see. The former owners kept their son locked in the barn because he was always yelling about demons until one night, demons showed up and murdered everyone.

Gasp! It’s Bandon’s old house! Flick, who doesn’t know this backstory, nevertheless picks up on the weird vibe and goes on full alert. Bandon suggests that perhaps the person in the barn was trying to warn his family about the demons, but the farmers says no, some people come into the world damaged, and you have to put them down, just like you should with magic users.  Then the farmer’s child proudly shows off Bandon’s old muzzle.

Bandon’s smile after this display is chilling, and when the farmer says Bandon and Flick can bed down in the barn, Bandon says he prefers his old room. You know, the one with the blue bed and the nice view.

The family realizes who’s sitting at their table as Bandon asks Flick if he still wants to save these “good people.” He pins the parents to the wall and throws their words back at them: He was born damaged, so he can’t show them any mercy now. Then he kills their son with his old muzzle as the parents watch helplessly.

Yet again, Bandon has the germ of a solid argument, and then he takes it about 8 million steps too far. Blind prejudice against all magic users is harmful, but you also can’t go bleeding out children to prove your point. Yo B-dawg, listen up: Murdering magical people=bad. Murdering people who want to murder magic people=also bad. Not murdering=good.

In the Kingdom of Leah, Ander has finally started to ask pointed questions about Catania’s disappearance, and Edain continues to cover it up. Then he’s pulled away in a “getting to know you” session with his future queen with numerous “chaperones” there to make sure Lyria doesn’t run away again.

They take their conversation to the stables, where Lyria can speak freely: She still loves Eretria. Awww! What makes this declaration even sweeter is that Eretria is, in fact, in the stable to overhear it! It’s a stroke of luck that Wil sent her and Jax back to Leah to warn Ander that Tamlin’s people have been supplying weapons to The Crimson. (Also, Wil didn’t want to endanger Eretria by taking her with him to Paranor, which is paternalistic and touching at the same time.)

Anyway, this allows Eretria give Ander the final proof he needs to confirm Edain’s guilt. It’s an especially deep cut, because Edain is like a brother to him. (You know, Ander’s blood brother was pretty terrible, too. Poor guy needs better bros!)

Cut to Edain, who thinks he’s delivering weapons to armored Crimson troops. But it’s Ander under the helmet, and he pummels his former brother for the betrayal. Let it be noted that Edain’s armor is forged with visible abs, which should’ve been clue No. 1 that he was up to no good.

Tamlin arranges a trial in front of her Moon Door — er, ledge overlooking a waterfall. As she deems each of the human Crimson conspirators guilty, she uses her staff to push them to their deaths.

When they reach Edain, she hands Ander the staff. Edain says he tried to make Ander hear the pleas of the Elves, but when he refused, Edain threw in with the Crimson. He says Ander won’t understand supporting a cause greater than himself. “You’ve underestimated me for the last time,” Ander says, pushing Edain into the falls.

In a more private setting, Ander and Tamlin accuse one another of treachery in their kingdoms, and Ander wants her word that she will support him in squashing the Crimson once and for all. She promises, but he clearly doesn’t believe a word of it. In short, this alliance is off to a

One alliance that’s going strong is Lyretria, who’ve moved past their recent difficulties. Eretria encourages Lyria to remember that the queen needs Lyria far more than Lyria needs the queen. “You’ve got this, princess,” she tells her.

Emboldened, Lyria meets with her mother to say that she’ll marry Ander, but she won’t be Tamlin’s pawn once she’s on the throne. Also, she wants the queen to leave Eretria alone. And

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