Musketeers Meet Their Fate
Journey's End
Each of the quartet and the lackeys meet their fate in this book. Some die, some live on. Here is the list of the suited end to our friends.
HEAVY SPOILERS! READ ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE READ THE BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!
- Porthos- Dishonoured and still yet to become a baron, Porthos tries to flee Bell-Aire with Aramis. But once again Aramis' plans go wrong, and an explosion causes a mountain of rocks to fall and kill the gentlist of the Musketeers. He dies without ever giving Aramist the pardon he had pleaded of him. Aramis overcome with grief for the first time in his life sheds tears for the fallen giant. It is a suiting but sad end for the most trusting of the four. One can't help but hear his fear of politics echo from the fortified island.
- Raoul- Raoul's wound to the heart from La Valliere proved fatal. With no other wish but to serve God and his father, Raould decides it is time to die. He promises Athos that when he goes to Africa he will at least give a warning before his death, be means of a special connection true to the dear father and son. He serves in Africa where he is killed by 8 shots. The end is the destruction of youth, so greatly protrayed earlier in the book in this noble spirit.
- Athos- Stricken with grief when his son leaves he side to fight in Africa, Athos finds he has little to hold on to. He doesn't walk, he doesn't eat, and he rarely stirs. In one week he ages thirty years. Perhaps in the best protrayed death in the book, Athos sees an image of his son beckoning him to follow. An old man in bed, Athos stops breathing as he follows this apparation. Father and son are reunited.
- D'Artagnan- After grieving for the death of his friends, D'Artagnan continues as captain of the musketeers, but seems once again forgotten. He no longer shows much interest in politics, but some ambition remains in him. His honour leads him to fight the dutch and as a reward he finaly recieves the marshal baton, just as a bullet strikes him. As he had warned Aramis before leaving, he died on the battle field leaving Aramis the last of the quartet alive.
- Aramis- Aramis eventualy get's past his dishonour and becomes an ambassador for the Spain. He is truly now a good diplomat, but he fears his years are fading. We do not see how he dies, though a book entitled the Son of Porthos protrays it. AS I do not recognize the validity of this book, I skip by it. The greatest development in Aramis' character is that now he shows some emotion, such as crying for Porthos.
