The last days of the third age companions

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This enrages the Unicorn, who turns and attacks the Bull, driving him into the sea, which frees the rest of the unicorns trapped there by their fear of the Bull. Prince Lir throws himself between them once again, and the Red Bull kills him without a thought. The Unicorn flees, with the Bull in pursuit, and it is feared that she will be driven into the sea with the rest of her kind, as her heart fails to have the courage to stand against the Bull. When the Red Bull appears, prince Lir stands between the Bull and the Unicorn as a shield, during which Schmendrick manages to change her back into her true form. Despite the fact that Prince Lir clearly desires nothing more in the world than for the Unicorn to give up her quest to stay with him forever, he gently encourages her to finish what she had set out to accomplish from the very beginning. He informs her that, as a hero, he knows the proper order of things such as quests, and believes that they cannot simply go unfinished and abandoned that unicorns cannot go unrescued forever, and that prophecies cannot remain unfulfilled, to rot like unpicked fruit. However, surprisingly enough, Prince Lir disapproves. Worried that she will no longer love the prince once she is changed back into her true form, she begs Schmendrick to leave her be, as she desires to remain human and grow old and die with the prince. This prompts the Unicorn to state that she will 'go no further' in her quest. When Lir learns of her true form, he states that it does not change how he feels for her, and that he loves her regardless. However, as she begins to forget her true self and become more human, Prince Lir's courting gradually wins her over, and the two fall deeply in love with one another. Prince Lir immediately becomes enamored with the 'Lady Amalthea', but the Unicorn shows him no interest in return, and even acts cold and cruel to him, trying to distance herself from him in whatever way she can. While in human form, the Unicorn and her companions take refuge in King Haggard's castle in hopes of finding where the other unicorns may have gone. The most important relationships the Unicorn has in the story are those with Schmendrick, Molly Grue, and Prince Lir, the adopted son of King Haggard. Other positive encounters the Unicorn has throughout the story, albeit briefly, are with a talking butterfly and the animals she frees from Mommy Fortuna's sideshow. When the Red Bull kills Lir, she touches him with her horn and revives him. While going down to the Red Bull's lair, she refuses to be turned back into a unicorn, because she will not love him when she is one.

The third is Prince Lir, the adopted son of prince Haggard, whom she falls in love with while in human form, and forgets her unicorn kind. Seemingly harsh and hardened by the disappointments of her life, Molly becomes tender and gentle when dealing with the Unicorn, and acts as her confidante during times of fear and distress when the Unicorn is in human form.

Molly Grue followed Schmendrick after he escaped Culley's camp, and upon seeing and recognizing the Unicorn, informs them that she will be accompanying them on their quest.

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The second companion the Unicorn gains is the indomitable Molly Grue, the common-law friendВ of outlaw Captain Culley and his band of free men. Schmendrick works to try and protect the Unicorn and her human form throughout their journey, and while their relationship becomes strained towards the end, it is clear he cares deeply for her and for the fate of her quest. While the Unicorn is reluctant at first, having never traveled with a mortal before, she agrees.

After he sets her free she offers him a boon in return, for which he asks, 'Take me with you. Schmendrick the Magician is the first, whom she met while a captive of the witch Mommy Fortuna.

The Unicorn makes several companions upon her journey. She is also the first Unicorn known to feel regret. When she defeats the Red Bull and frees her fellow unicorns, she admits that she is glad that she has had a chance to experience being human, as it allowed her to find love and meaning in her life, something that no other unicorn has or will ever know. She is very much a lost, lonely, frightened soul who seeks to find what matters most to her in the world. This new form terrifies her to the point where she breaks down in tears, claiming that she is more afraid of it than even the Red Bull. She also becomes saddened when she discovers the fate of her kind and is greatly upset by her transformation into a human, claiming that she can feel her fragile human body dying around her. She is free-spirited, open-minded and shows concern and compassion to all around her. The Unicorn has a personality that develops throughout the progression of the story.

The last days of the third age companions