Wizard of Stone Mountain

A lovelorn wizard named Mallek makes a pact with an evil demon called Lokus to win the heart of Teela, but soon finds himself controlled by the demon. Teela tells viewers they may get away with a bad deed for a while, but it will eventually be punished.

**Teela:** "In today's adventure, Mallek thought he could do whatever he wanted. But instead he found that when you do something wrong, you may get away with it for a while, but sooner or later you have to answer for it. Fortunately for him, Mallek had friends who cared about him and came to his rescue. All of us make mistakes, but doing something wrong, when you know it's wrong, really doesn't make sense. Sooner or later it catches up to you. Until next time, bye."

John Erwin as He-Man/Prince Adam, Ram Man and the Spirit of Evil

Alan Oppenheimer as Cringer/Battle Cat, Man-At-Arms and Lokus

Linda Gary as Teela and Karyn

Lou Scheimer (credited as Erik Gunden) as Orko and Mallek

"I am the master of fear and destroyer of hope. The enemy of mankind throughout the universe. Mortal, I am Evil itself."

― Spirit of Evil

1. Behind the scenes: Script was approved on April 11, 1983 and final script revision was finished on April 13, 1983. The first draft of this story was titled "Wizard of Stone" and centered on a wizard named Kaliga who was in love with Queen Marlena rather than Teela. The Spirit of Evil was originally far less comical and triangular looking. Instead, it's design resembled a shadowy horned demon with an iridescent glow.
2. Continuity: The character model for Karyn is a recolored and reused Oona from Masks of Power. Lokus's character model was reused as Slotty in the She-Ra: Princess of Power episode Darksmoke and Fire. A recolored version of Mallek's character model appears as a villager in One for All and yet another version is seen in the She-Ra: Princess of Power episode Duel at Devlan. The flooding of the crops sequence would be seen again in Evilseed and Game Plan
3. More continuity: Teela's shocked expression when a disguised Lokus tells her about Mallek was first used in Diamond Ray of Disappearance as she confronted Trap Jaw. He-Man's dive into the water would be used again in The Remedy. Mallek returns in The Witch and the Warrior.

A Paul Dini script using the sealed-prisoner-asks-for-help premise. The script’s resolution gives the wizard a sympathetic but ambiguous resolution rather than a clean Skeletor-style defeat.

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