The Alchemist

So, did the children survive the aligator? Well, obviously since there is 21 other episodes. They were rescued by this short frencch fellow Ambrosius, who is an alchemist. He drugs the aligator, puts several guards to sleep with some potion and escapes with Tao and Estaban under a smoke bomb putting the whole pirate camp under fire. The confor arrives picking up Tao, but Estaban, Ambrosius and Mendoza are left behind. After some time and usual buffonery Sancho makes the condor crash in mud, making it impossible to move since it ain't able to absorb the sun. Of course this unite our friends and they head for Ambrosius ship, which obviously is an airship. The pirates follow and it ends on a cliffhanger.

Interesting stuff revealed in this episode is that the golden condor isn't made out of gold, but orichalcum somewhat explaing the otherwise impossible feat of a flying golden statue. Apparently it's a super conductor of sorts that amasses the sunlight and powers the machines within. This was pointed out by Ambrosius who also has a compass pointing out large deposits and a book with ancient writings similair to Mu, but not enough for Tao to translate. Ambrosius himself is hard to pinpoint, he seems kind and nice, but mentioning the mysterious cities makes his eyes gleem with either evil intent or greed. He also are travelling in China to meet some monks to share secrets with. Is he a good character or is he part of a secret brotherhood of alchemist from Atlantis bent on world domination, including members like Zeres? I don't know. The only reason why not would be that he's french like the production company (besides his nice act I mean). Maybe the writers try to create another Mendoza-character that we don't know until the very end that he has a heart of gold. Also a last thing, when the condor landed to pick up Tao, we finally hear some condor sounding synth thene and it was pretty decent, did they change sound suppervisor or something?