 Hercules learns from Katrina, a scribe, that Icarus is dead and his father, Hercules  old friend Daedalus, is being blamed. On the way to Euboa to see Daedalus, Hercules and Katrina see a large flaming crossbow used to destroy a village, and learn it is Daedalus  invention. When evil King Nikolas uses another of Daedalus  inventions to try to destroy Hercules, Daedalus at last realizes that burying his grief in work is hurting other people, but King Nikolas refuses to let Daedalus quit.