Fantaghiro is training to participate in a duel to the death with Romualdo, unaware that the King of Tuan is the young man with whom she is in love.The Black Witch, fearing that Fantaghiro and Romualdo will discover their true personalities and that love will join them together forever, makes a plan for them to never meet each other. A spell made by the Black Witch transforms Carrion into a double of Fantaghiro who then lures Romualdo to the Bottomless Swamp. Our heroine will be devoured by the Shadow Soldiers, malefic creatures whose deformed bodies are “made” of black smoke and are invincible when they move through the night shadows.A diviner crow, following the orders of the White Fairy, wins Romualdo’s friendship and warns him of the danger waiting for him when, in the duel, he faces the Scarlet Knight whose identity is unknown. But Romualdo presses on with his plan. His honor forces him to fight.The following day, Fantaghiro–armed as the Scarlet Knight–and Romualdo reach the magic
