Long had the listener waiting for the continuation of the radio drama series the last heroes, which was advertised as the largest auditory fantasy project. No wonder that already gloomy predictions were heard which represented a continuation of the story of Sir X, Eye and Amon entirely suitable. Following the release of the mammoth sequence The moribund child (6 CDs with more than 6 hours duration) have already passed three and a half years and actually the 2nd act was originally intended to deal with the orphan Adran. Nevertheless resulted in 8 it is now but with Sir X and his friends continue, which enjoyed great popularity from the start. Not least because they move as unequal trio in a world that is very different from the usual fantasy rail JRR Tolkien has created with his Lord of the Rings. No epic battles, no elves, dwarves, orcs and trolls. But a lot of wizards, magic, dragons, and wondrous creatures, like the speaking mountain and the Gargoyle Eye, which is wonderfully cynical talked by Engelbert of Nordhausen. Sometimes drags the little brat but also belonging to the nerves. The story is both exciting and humorous (see: the way out of town Wiki Pedia), but lost at the end in unnecessarily complicated explanations. The eponymous tournament the magician, that's the listener off into the childhood of Sir X then obvious as the highlight of this episode. Not least because with Draco, great played by Wolfgang Bahro, an old acquaintance occurs because the treasure dragons know the loyal listeners of the series already sequence of Figure 2. With Dietmar miracle Eckart Dux, Nicolas King, Kim Hasper, Jürgen Kluckert, Hartmut Neugebauer and Klaus Dieter Klebsch has David the Holy creme de la creme of the radio drama industry gathered around him. Was prepared the whole thing with the sonorous soundtrack musician Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos. With over 90 minutes of runtime provides the listener with a full evening, entertaining fantasy adventure for young and old, although the story is not really suitable because of their complexity for children under 12 years.
