# WebtoonLib — The Crow's Prince #85

## Series
- title: The Crow's Prince
- slug: the-crows-prince-19868d

## Chapter
- number: 85
- chapter_key: 85
- release_date: 2025-03-07

### Summary
The political instability following Emperor Camute's controversial decision to imprison Duke Howard and Llywelyn has violently escalated. The current chapter culminates in a shocking cliffhanger where an imposter, appearing as Adriana, has seemingly targeted the curse-afflicted Marquess Namuel. Reader reactions are a mixture of outrage and immediate recognition of the deception, with overwhelming consensus that the culprit is a powerful dark magician antagonist, referred to as an "old man," "Vuphelos," or the previously mentioned Duke Howard. This act of magical impersonation shatters the recent peace, directly attacking the burgeoning romance between Adriana and Namuel and threatening the core alliance of the main couples. The event serves as a major turning point, transforming the simmering political conflict into an overt magical war and creating immense pressure for Rainelle to finally confront the crow instincts and latent powers she has been actively repressing.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Vuphelos uses dark magic to impersonate Adriana and attack Namuel, escalating the conflict to magical war.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The political instability following Emperor Camute's controversial decision to imprison Duke Howard and Llywelyn has violently escalated.

### Spoiler summary
The political instability following Emperor Camute's controversial decision to imprison Duke Howard and Llywelyn has violently escalated. The current chapter culminates in a shocking cliffhanger where an imposter, appearing as Adriana, has seemingly targeted the curse-afflicted Marquess Namuel. Reader reactions are a mixture of outrage and immediate recognition of the deception, with overwhelming consensus that the culprit is a powerful dark magician antagonist, referred to as an "old man," "Vuphelos," or the previously mentioned Duke Howard. This act of magical impersonation shatters the recent peace, directly attacking the burgeoning romance between Adriana and Namuel and threatening the core alliance of the main couples. The event serves as a major turning point, transforming the simmering political conflict into an overt magical war and creating immense pressure for Rainelle to finally confront the crow instincts and latent powers she has been actively repressing.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — The Crow's Prince #85](/series/the-crows-prince-19868d/chapter-85)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-crows-prince-19868d

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