

Xanatos then complements him on his ingenuity.

Halfway Plot Switch: The episode starts off with it seeming like Macbeth found a way to magically turn Hudson to stone at night.note Whether someone would be conscious or not afterwards is hard to gauge since only Owen's arm was petrified Exact Words: According to Xanatos, the legend says whoever bathes in the Cauldron of Life will "live as long as the mountain stones." The ending reveals they'll be petrified.Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Assuming the potion works, Xanatos makes it clear he'll share the immortality with Fox.It ultimately was rendered moot by episode's end. Enemy Mine: Goliath was seriously contemplating arranging such a deal with Demona in order to help what they believed to be Hudson stuck in perpetual stone sleep."What you choose to do with your life is your own affair, as long as it's got nothing to do with me." Armor-Piercing Question: Hudson really gets under Xanatos's skin in this episode when points out his Mortality Phobia:.Animation Bump: The third such case of this after "Awakening" and "The Mirror".Xanatos, Owen, and most of the Manhattan Clan make their next appearance in Kingdom. Macbeth (the real one) next appears in Avalon. Owen volunteers to dip his hand into the cauldron for lack of another test subject it turns to stone. Hudson manages to use another shard of stone skin to defeat his Steel Clan guards and escape from Castle Wyvern. Meanwhile, at Castle Wyvern, Hudson is held prisoner by Xanatos, who needs a piece of his stone skin to make a potion of immortality. Over the next few days, Macbeth continues to harass the Manhattan Clan in search of "trophies," until finally a stray blast destroys Hudson's statue, and Goliath kills Macbeth in a fit of rage, revealing that it isn't Macbeth at all but merely a robot in his likeness. The next night, Hudson does not wake up from his stone sleep.

While the Manhattan Clan patrol the city, Macbeth accosts them during the fight, he throws a strange powder at Hudson, but the gargoyles blow up his vehicle, seemingly killing him. Characters: The Manhattan Clan, David Xanatos, Owen, a facsimile of Macbeth.Story Arc: Xanatos' quest for immortality.
