The transfer of guardianship of the Seal of Mhuirlan to Beatrix gives the endangered seal a new protector and establishes a royal succession for that duty. Galahad explains that he has found a way to move the responsibility from Meira to the queen, then entrusts Beatrix with both the guardianship and a protective token Meira chose for her.

Background and Stakes

Galahad’s account of the seals begins at the Fortress of Maith, whose masters watch over Edel’s Seven Seals. The first Curse-Breakers laid them down to protect Edel from Curse-Makers arriving from other shores. The Seal of Mhuirlan lies beneath the sea outside the royal palace; on a clear day, its dark stone circle, about a mile wide, can be seen underwater.

Each seal has a guardian whose life is bound to it. The guardian’s responsibility is to protect the seal and keep it strong, so a change in guardianship is more than a personal handover: it determines who will bear an enduring duty tied to the seal’s survival. Meira had held that responsibility before Galahad worked out a way to transfer it.

The Transfer to Beatrix

As he and Beatrix walk through a long, pearly hallway, Galahad explains that he eventually found a way to transfer the seal’s guardianship from Meira to another person. He stops, takes Beatrix’s hand in both of his, and tells her that she is now the guardian of the Seal of Mhuirlan.

Galahad also makes the succession explicit. The guardianship will pass to Beatrix’s heirs, and then to their heirs, for as long as her house rules the land. The transfer therefore connects the seal’s protection to the continuation of Beatrix’s royal line rather than leaving its future with Meira alone.

The Dragon Scale

Galahad presses a glimmering blue scale into Beatrix’s hand. He explains that he had given it to Meira, who wanted Beatrix to have it. The scale comes from the dragon king of Gormland and carries royal protective magic.

He instructs Beatrix to put the scale on a chain and wear it, then pass it to her firstborn when that child ascends to the throne. Galahad notes that Beatrix’s elvish blood already makes her strong and that the scale will make her stronger still. The object thus accompanies the change in guardianship with protection intended to continue across generations.

Consequences and Significance

Beatrix closes her fingers around the scale and holds it against her heart, but immediately asks what will happen to Meira and how she can speak again. Her question makes clear that transferring the seal’s duty does not, by itself, explain or resolve Meira’s condition. The passage distinguishes the practical solution to the guardian succession from the separate question of Meira’s fate.

The handover also turns a hidden magical responsibility into a declared obligation of the royal house. The seal remains protected through a named guardian and an explicit line of heirs, while Meira’s wish that Beatrix receive the scale links the transfer to a personal act of trust. The event’s resolution is therefore both institutional and intimate: Beatrix inherits the duty, and the token she receives carries Meira’s intention into the future.