Duke Kiel's plan to drag the woman to the Founding Day ceremony and attack the palace is ruined when the coronation is moved to the same day. While Atlind is promised a kingdom, fire breaks out on the front line and the Central Command troops crush a force of 4,000. Kiel, who rejects His Majesty's call to surrender, kneels and surrenders when his son Atlind is taken hostage. In the finale, His Majesty retreats through a secret passage to a filthy shelter.