The Golden Compass Chapter Summary & Analysis | Part 3, Chapter 23

Part 3, Chapter 23 Summary

The Aurora appears as brilliant as ever. Pan changes into an owl and reconnoiters the area, returning to tell Lyra that Asriel and Roger are just over the next peak. Suddenly, the Aurora goes out like a light bulb. When she summit's the next peak, Lyra sees Roger confined by Lord Asriel, and his daemon firmly clasped in Lord Asriel's snow leopard daemon's jaws. Asriel connects some wire and the Aurora flickers back on. Lyra realizes that Lord Asriel, with the assistance of a witch, who has flown a wire into the sky, is controlling the Aurora. Pantalaimon saves Roger's daemon from the snow leopard, and Lyra pulls Roger away from Lord Asriel. Roger's daemon is again trapped by the leopard, and Roger cannot run away from Lord Asriel, who attaches a wire to Roger's daemon and then to Roger.

There is a flash of light, and another world appears...
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