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00:00Ketter Dam isn't a city. It's a survival exam with terrible lighting.
00:05Every alley wants your wallet and every business wants your soul.
00:09And right in the center of it all is a boy who treats crime like an Olympic sport.
00:15Kaz Brecker, lieutenant of the dregs and living proof that confidence can be louder than hype.
00:21Before we even meet Kaz, though, we get a taste of the danger heading his way.
00:25In a wealthy merchant district, a guard named Juiced watches a young Grisha healer improve under the effects of Jirda
00:33Parim.
00:34Improve is an understatement. She becomes unstoppable, unpredictable, and terrifying.
00:41And then she dies. The message is clear. This drug is not just a threat.
00:46It's a weapon looking for an owner. Cut to Kaz.
00:49Kaz. He's limping through the barrel, his domain, wearing gloves, a cane, and an expression that says he's already planned
00:57five different ways to ruin your week.
01:00Kaz is the kind of kid who can steal your wallet while complimenting your jacket.
01:04Actually, he could probably steal the jacket too, but he has standards. Mostly.
01:10After pulling off a small-scale scheme involving rival gangs, Kaz gets kidnapped.
01:14Not by someone sloppy, but by Jan Van Eck, one of Ketterdam's most powerful merchants.
01:21Kaz wakes in a wealthy estate surrounded by guards instead of thieves, which is honestly a downgrade for him.
01:27Van Eck makes an offer no criminal mastermind could ignore.
01:31Break into the Ice Court, the most secure fortress in the world, and rescue scientist Bo Yulbayor,
01:38the man behind Jirda Parim, the payout, 30 million crook.
01:42Even Kaz stops breathing for a second, but the money isn't the only hook.
01:47Kaz realizes that this heist would give him access to his personal vendetta.
01:53Pekka Rollins, the man who destroyed his childhood.
01:56Kaz doesn't take jobs.
01:58He takes opportunities to burn the world that wronged him.
02:01So he agrees.
02:03But a job like this can't be done alone.
02:06Kaz needs a crew that's talented, morally flexible, and slightly unhinged.
02:11Anish Gaffa, his wraith.
02:14Silent, precise, and the only one he trusts to watch his back.
02:19Jesper Fahey, sharpshooter, gambler, and human disaster.
02:24Nina Zinnik, Grisha Hartrender with a smile sharp enough to cut rope.
02:28Matthias Helvar, a Fjordan soldier rotting in Hellsgate prison who hates Nina and has every reason to.
02:34Wylan Van Eck, runaway merchling with a talent for blowing things up.
02:39It's the opposite of a dream team.
02:41But together, they're unbeatable.
02:44Their first job, break Matthias out of Hellsgate.
02:47The plan involves Nina staging a dramatic plea for mercy, Matthias being dragged into a gladiator-like arena,
02:55Jesper shooting chains from impossible angles,
02:58and Kaz orchestrating the whole thing like a conductor with zero patience.
03:03It works.
03:04Barely.
03:05But it works.
03:06And now the crew is assembled, broken, brilliant,
03:10and ready to attempt the kind of heist people make cautionary posters about.
03:14Kaz gathers them on the docks as their ship waits to sail.
03:17He gives them the mission, the risk level, and the expected casualties.
03:22Jesper raises his hand.
03:24So, do we get a team motto?
03:27Kaz deadpans.
03:28Try not to die.
03:30It's not inspiring, but honestly, it's accurate.
03:33Their journey to the ice court begins.
03:35The ship to Fjorda should have been a peaceful ride,
03:37if peaceful meant six criminals pretending not to hate each other while trying not to freeze.
03:43By now, Kaz has shared the heist details, but he leaves out something crucial.
03:47Half the crew has personal history with the other half,
03:50and none of it is cute.
03:52Nina and Matthias, for example.
03:54Their chemistry is explosive in the,
03:57this might result in murder kind of way.
04:00Years ago, Matthias arrested Nina.
04:03She retaliated to save his life in a storm,
04:05which accidentally got him thrown into prison.
04:08Naturally, he blames her for everything.
04:11And Nina, she carries guilt that's been crushing her since the day she watched him dragged away.
04:17Their relationship is basically a shipwreck they keep sailing back to.
04:21But the mission forces them together.
04:24When a storm hits, it's Matthias, who keeps the boat steady,
04:28and Nina, who keeps the crew calm,
04:31proving that despite their complicated past,
04:34they still understand each other better than anyone wants to admit.
04:37Meanwhile, Kaz is dealing with an entirely different kind of storm.
04:42Inesh, his wraith, his anchor,
04:44is injured after a close call during a slavership raid they attempt before docking.
04:49She hides the pain, but Kaz sees everything.
04:53And for the first time, that unreadable mask he wears almost cracks.
04:57Because losing Inesh isn't just a risk, it's his nightmare.
05:01Kaz Brekker, the boy who trusts no one,
05:05believes in Inesh enough to lean on her strength.
05:08But he still won't touch her, literally.
05:10His trauma runs too deep, and the gloves he wears are more than fashion.
05:15They're armor.
05:16As the ship pushes north, there's another tension brewing.
05:20Wylan and Jesper.
05:22Wylan, Van Eck's runaway son,
05:25doesn't have the confidence or swagger of the others.
05:27But Jesper seems determined to flirt him into a personality.
05:32Their banter is easy, sharp, and a little too natural.
05:37Jesper teases.
05:38Wylan blushes.
05:40Kaz pretends he doesn't notice because romance is not on the schedule.
05:44But the cracks in their plans start forming early.
05:47First, a group of Fjerdan patrol ships approaches.
05:51They stop the crew, search the ship,
05:53and nearly uncover Nina's Grisha supplies.
05:56It's a breath-stopping moment.
05:59One wrong move, and the entire crew gets executed on the spot.
06:03But Nina manages to charm her way through the inspection
06:07while Kaz quietly prepares for plan B,
06:11which definitely involved violence.
06:14Once they're past the blockade,
06:17Matthias becomes their guide into Fjorda territory.
06:20He knows the terrain, the language,
06:22and, unfortunately, every reason they're going to die.
06:26He hates this mission, but hates the idea of Jerdapurium worse.
06:30The drug turns Grisha into weapons with no off switch.
06:34And if the ice court keeps it, the world burns.
06:37Even Matthias can't argue with that.
06:39By the time they finally reach the icy shoreline,
06:43the crew is exhausted, freezing,
06:45and united under one shared realization.
06:49This heist is going to be much harder than they thought.
06:52Kaz gathers them as the snow whips around their faces.
06:56He lays out the infiltration plan.
06:58Layers of deception, timing, and absolute precision.
07:03Nina will go undercover.
07:05Inesh will climb where no human should climb.
07:08Jesper and Weiland will manufacture chaos.
07:11Matthias must betray his own homeland.
07:14Kaz will walk into the lion's den alone.
07:18Everyone exchanges a look.
07:20It's insane, reckless, impossible.
07:24And exactly why they follow him.
07:26The ice court awaits.
07:27From a distance, the ice court looks like a fairytale fortress,
07:31glittering towers, endless white walls,
07:35and guards positioned like chess pieces.
07:38Up close, it's more like a prison
07:40made by someone with unlimited money and zero chill.
07:45Every stone, every guard rotation,
07:47every inch of frozen ground is designed to catch intruders.
07:52Inside the court, Kaz begins the extraction.
07:55He meets up with Inesh in a dim maintenance corridor
07:58where the lantern light barely reaches the ceiling.
08:01Inesh's face is cold from the climb,
08:03but her voice is steady.
08:05She's already scouted the guards, mapped the patrols,
08:09and counted the blind spots.
08:11Kaz gives her one nod,
08:13the closest thing he has to saying good job out loud.
08:17Then they move.
08:18Their target, Bodryubayur's son, Kuei,
08:22is held deep in the scientific wing.
08:24The guards are tripled,
08:26the doors reinforced,
08:27and the alarms engineered to activate
08:29with a single breath out of place.
08:31Yet, Kaz threads through the danger
08:33like he's navigating a familiar street in Ketterdam.
08:37When they finally reach the cell,
08:39Inesh picks the lock
08:41while Kaz listens for footsteps.
08:43The moment the door opens,
08:45Kaz realizes the situation is worse than expected.
08:49The scientists look half dead,
08:51drained from experimentation,
08:53and the young boy who steps forward isn't just scared,
08:55he's traumatized down to the bone.
08:57A former commander corners him,
08:59Brum, the man who shaped him,
09:02trained him,
09:03twisted his loyalty.
09:04Brum doesn't just recognize him,
09:06he drags him back into the Druskila fold
09:09like he never left.
09:11Matthias is forced into a choice
09:13that fractures him from the inside,
09:15expose Kaz's crew,
09:17or betray the man who raised him.
09:19His pulse shakes,
09:21his lungs burn,
09:22but something inside him shifts.
09:25Brum's words,
09:26once gospel,
09:27sound venomous now.
09:29Matthias chooses Nina.
09:31Matthias chooses himself.
09:33Matthias chooses the truth.
09:36He knocks Brum unconscious,
09:38steals his keys,
09:39and races to free Nina
09:40before the guards can execute her
09:43along with the other Grisha detainees.
09:45When Nina sees him,
09:46her relief is so raw,
09:48it nearly drops her to her knees.
09:50They flee together,
09:52clutching each other
09:53like the ground might give out.
09:55Across the court,
09:56Jesper and Weiland
09:57ignite their distraction,
09:58literally.
09:59A controlled explosion
10:01bursts across the performer tents,
10:03lighting up the snowy night
10:04without harming anyone.
10:06Guards sprint toward the chaos,
10:08giving Kaz and the others
10:09just enough time
10:10to disappear into the court's underbelly.
10:12The crime lord Kaz
10:14has spent years preparing to destroy
10:16stands waiting for him
10:17at the rendezvous point
10:18with soldiers,
10:20guns,
10:20and that smile Kaz knows too well.
10:23It's a smirk that says,
10:25I've already won.
10:27Kaz's heart slams once in his chest.
10:29It's the only moment of shock
10:31he allows himself.
10:33Pekka reveals the twist.
10:34He's been tracking Kaz,
10:36watching him,
10:38waiting for the perfect moment
10:39to take everything.
10:40He demands the scientist boy.
10:43He wants the power of Jerta Perim
10:45for himself.
10:46Ice court,
10:47guards,
10:48consequences,
10:49none of it matters to him.
10:52Kaz realizes two things instantly.
10:54They cannot win with force.
10:56They cannot escape
10:57without losing someone.
10:59Then Kaz spots it,
11:01a small weakness
11:02in Pekka's formation.
11:03Not enough for a clear victory,
11:05but enough for a split second opportunity.
11:09Kaz creates chaos.
11:10Jesper fires from the shadows.
11:13Anesh throws a knife
11:14so fast it whistles.
11:16Nina unleashes her power
11:17like she's been holding it back
11:18for years.
11:19The crew breaks away,
11:20but the escape is brutal.
11:22They're wounded,
11:24frozen,
11:25exhausted,
11:26and scattered across
11:28different parts of the court
11:29with guards swarming everywhere.
11:31Their only exit,
11:33a near impenetrable frozen bridge
11:35with a drop so deadly
11:37it might as well be a cliff
11:39straight into the afterlife.
11:41Kaz looks at his crew,
11:43bloodied,
11:43breathless,
11:44wide-eyed.
11:45His hand trembles once,
11:47then he leads them forward
11:49because no matter what it takes,
11:50no matter who stands in their way,
11:52the dregs don't go down easy.
11:55Alarms rip across the ice court
11:56as the crew tries to escape,
11:58the entire fortress
11:59snapping awake
12:01like a giant beast
12:02smelling intruders.
12:04Guards flood the walkways,
12:06bells scream through the frozen air,
12:08Jesper and Weiland sprint off
12:10with explosives.
12:12Nina and Matthias vanish
12:13into the swirl of snow
12:15wearing stolen Druskella uniforms.
12:17Kaz leads Inesh and Kauai
12:19to a cable lift
12:20that can take them down the cliff.
12:21It looks like salvation,
12:23except the mechanism
12:24is frozen solid.
12:26Kaz slams his cane into it
12:28again and again,
12:29but nothing budges.
12:31Inesh steps forward to help,
12:33and that's when she freezes.
12:35A white-cloaked soldier
12:37emerges behind her,
12:39blade rays.
12:40Kaz reacts instantly,
12:42blocking the strike
12:42with a clang of metal
12:44that echoes across the ravine.
12:46More soldiers appear,
12:48surrounding them on the bridge.
12:49The world narrows to snow,
12:51steel and panic.
12:53Nina and Matthias arrive just in time,
12:55but the sight of dozens of soldiers
12:58leveling rifles at her friends
12:59snaps something inside Nina.
13:01She sees Kaz fighting
13:03with brutal desperation,
13:04Inesh staggering from exhaustion,
13:07Jesper and Weiland
13:08trapped on another tower.
13:11She sees no way out,
13:12not unless she crosses a line
13:14she swore she never would.
13:17Nina reaches into her coat
13:19and takes Jirda Parim.
13:20It hits her like lightning.
13:22The world sharpens,
13:24sounds stretching and intensifying.
13:26Power floods through her veins
13:28so fiercely it hurts.
13:30She raises her hands
13:31and an entire squad of soldiers
13:34drops where they stand.
13:35Not dead,
13:36most of them,
13:37but enough to clear a path.
13:39Kaz stares in awe at her,
13:41but the victory is laced with terror.
13:44Nina is shaking violently,
13:45her pupils blown wide,
13:47her body fighting the drug,
13:49even as it feeds her strength.
13:52Matthias holds her up as she sways,
13:54whispering her name with real fear.
13:57Kaz finally breaks the mechanism free
13:59and the crew piles into the cable lift.
14:01They descend just as bullets
14:04hammer the metal supports above them.
14:06When they reach the ground,
14:08battered but alive,
14:09the shoreline and their ship
14:11are so close they can almost taste freedom.
14:14Instead, they walk straight into a trap.
14:18Dozens of guns rise the moment
14:20they step aboard.
14:21Soldiers line the deck
14:23and Jan Van Eck stands at the center,
14:25wearing a smile that could cut glass.
14:27He never planned to pay them.
14:30He never planned to keep his promise.
14:32Worse, he doesn't need the real Kuwe,
14:35because the boy Kaz has been protecting
14:38isn't Kuwe at all.
14:40It's Wylan,
14:41transformed by a Grisha
14:43to mimic the scientist's son.
14:45Van Eck already has the real one.
14:48The betrayal hits like a blow.
14:51Kaz doesn't speak,
14:52but his eyes darken to something deadly.
14:55Van Eck orders them to surrender the boy
14:56and walk away quietly.
14:59Kaz doesn't flinch.
15:00Smoke erupts from Jesper's hidden bombs,
15:03scattering the deck in confusion.
15:06Kaz grabs Inesh,
15:07only for her to be ripped from his hands.
15:10Through the smoke,
15:11he sees her dragged backward.
15:13Her voice breaks through the chaos
15:15as guards shove her onto Van Eck's tugboat.
15:18Kaz lunges,
15:18grabbing her hand for half a second
15:21before a rifle butt slams into his ribs
15:22and knocks him down.
15:23The smoke clears just enough for him
15:25to see Inesh standing on the deck
15:27of the enemy boat,
15:29ropes around her wrists,
15:30fear in her eyes,
15:31but defiance in her spine.
15:33Van Eck looks back at Kaz one last time
15:36and shouts across the water,
15:37you want her back?
15:38Then come get her.
15:40The boats separate.
15:42Fog rolls in,
15:43muffling the world.
15:44Kaz pushes himself up,
15:46shaky and bleeding,
15:48staring at the empty space
15:49where Inesh stood.
15:50His knuckles whiten around his cane.
15:53Jesper asks quietly,
15:55Kaz, what now?
15:56Kaz lifts his head,
15:58eyes burning with cold fury.
16:00Now, he says,
16:01voice steady,
16:02we get her back
16:03and then we make Ketterdam pay.
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