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Even Gods Bow to Her
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00:00:01Get those banners hoisted. Straighten the garlands.
00:00:04Bring the wine to the guests. Now!
00:00:09Today's a blessed day. The old gods are smiling on us.
00:00:20Whose wretched carriage is this?
00:00:22Have you any idea what day it is?
00:00:24You're blocking Lady Isabella's path on her wedding day.
00:00:28Bring me a listen.
00:00:29You dare speak his name? You're not fit to breathe the same air.
00:00:34I am Morgana. I have come to collect what is mine.
00:00:43I'll fetch him right away!
00:00:48Sixty years. You've had my eyes. Now I want them back.
00:00:53A grand day. My daughter marries a prince.
00:00:57My lord! My lord!
00:01:00Control yourself.
00:01:02A woman at the gates. She says her name is Morgana. She demands to see you. Now.
00:01:12Morgana.
00:01:14Forgive me. I didn't know you were coming. House Alistram is yours. Show us mercy.
00:01:20My lord. You are a duke. You kneel to no one but the king.
00:01:23One more word. And I'll cut it out myself.
00:01:28And I'll cut it out myself.
00:01:28My lady. Please.
00:01:47Mind the steps, my lady.
00:01:53The sky turns.
00:01:56I'm coming.
00:02:04I'm coming.
00:02:06I'm coming.
00:02:10I'm coming.
00:02:15I'm coming.
00:02:19To reclaim them all.
00:02:25I assumed we were hosting royalty for my husband to grovel so.
00:02:32To greet you himself, I simply had to see who...
00:02:44Magana, was it?
00:02:47You are a guest in my halls.
00:02:49Drink.
00:02:54Your wine, my lady.
00:02:57A blind witch.
00:02:59This shall prove too easy.
00:03:09But... I told them to boil it!
00:03:12Doorish vintage.
00:03:13Pity it turned to vinegar, masked with heavy spice.
00:03:19Poured from the rot at the bottom of your cellar.
00:03:23Is this how House Alistair hides its decay?
00:03:26How could she possibly smell that?
00:03:28She knows.
00:03:29How could she know?
00:03:30You insolent wretch!
00:03:33Keep your filthy mouth!
00:03:38By his wits alone did Lord Alistair survive.
00:03:42Isabella, your gown!
00:03:43A tragedy.
00:03:44His bloodline rots with you.
00:03:47How dare you!
00:03:48My husband may tolerate your delusions, but I will not!
00:03:52You just assaulted the future Crown Princess!
00:03:55By royal decree, you will kneel and you will bleed for it!
00:03:58She is a fool.
00:04:00You are worse.
00:04:02Even the gods of the Underworld have yet to see me kneel.
00:04:07Why would you?
00:04:09We shall see.
00:04:12Gods, take her!
00:04:17And break her legs.
00:04:19Do it.
00:04:25Seize her!
00:04:26Now!
00:04:41Stop!
00:04:43Stop this at once!
00:04:45Fools!
00:04:49Morgana!
00:04:50They know nothing!
00:04:52They acted out of turn!
00:04:54Spare them!
00:04:55I beg of you!
00:04:57Alistair!
00:04:58Father!
00:04:59Both of you!
00:05:00You blind, arrogant fools!
00:05:03She chose restraint!
00:05:04Or you would already be ashes upon this floor!
00:05:07On your knees!
00:05:09Beg for your lives!
00:05:12I bow to no one!
00:05:14I am the future Crown Princess!
00:05:16I will wear the crown!
00:05:18I will rule this realm!
00:05:22I am a queen!
00:05:24She is just a-
00:05:29A pity.
00:05:32No crown rests on a dead woman.
00:05:37You will die before the wedding bells ring.
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00:05:43om his
00:05:47tum-
00:05:58like whether lame
00:05:59To lock up his
00:06:00a grave
00:06:00Olduty
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00:06:03Morgana
00:06:03please.
00:06:04How
00:06:05do we stop this?
00:06:06Call off the royal wedding.
00:06:09Break betrothal.
00:06:12Or she dies.
00:06:23The royal escort led by the Obsidian Guard.
00:06:26Commander Cedric himself, the Reaper of the Realm.
00:06:36The prophecy is written.
00:06:42And the King's Edict?
00:06:53Commander Cedric, you heard the prophecy.
00:06:55If Isabella rides to the palace today, it will be her funeral.
00:07:00The crown commands this union, Lord Alistair.
00:07:04My escort is already at your gates.
00:07:07You dare defy the throne over cheap politics?
00:07:11And break the royal contract?
00:07:15Unless you doubt my ability to keep her breathing.
00:07:20No, Commander.
00:07:21Your blade is legendary.
00:07:23Your tactics flawless.
00:07:24The King trusts no other.
00:07:26She is safe with you.
00:07:29But Morgana has seen it.
00:07:31She is our only hope.
00:07:33Alistair.
00:07:34The King's patience is not infinite.
00:07:37Do not humiliate us for a blind witch.
00:07:39The Crown's wrath will burn this castle to the ground.
00:07:42I will not let you ruin us.
00:07:45She is right, Father.
00:07:46I am perfectly safe with the Commander.
00:07:49Have the carriage ready.
00:07:51I will fetch my veil.
00:07:57Isabella!
00:07:59Let her go.
00:08:00The hour is set.
00:08:02My debt shall be claimed when the blood runs dry.
00:08:11Play the prophet.
00:08:13Watch her cross those gates alive.
00:08:18I'll feel the blood.
00:08:22Bring the oracle a horse.
00:08:23That's all.
00:08:39That's all.
00:08:54To be continued...
00:09:11Take them to the Iron Court. I want a name.
00:09:14Yes, Commander!
00:09:22Thank the gods Cedric was here.
00:09:25We're safe. He earned his coin.
00:09:30You fight well, mortal. Pity it changes nothing.
00:09:35I do not guess.
00:09:38The grave is dug.
00:09:41The hour is here. Step forward, future Empress!
00:09:51Isabella, my love, finally.
00:09:58No! God!
00:10:07I'm ready, Father.
00:10:08The crown is mine. Our legacy begins.
00:10:14My daughter. Our ultimate masterpiece.
00:10:21Lock it down! Double guards!
00:10:22Kill anything that moves. Nothing touched that carriage. Are we clear?
00:10:27Crystal clear, Captain. Consider it done.
00:10:28You're wasting men.
00:10:32The prophecy is spoken. The bride won't survive this journey. I am never wrong.
00:10:39Enlighten me then, Oracle.
00:10:41How exactly does she die?
00:10:43Why? Give me real intel.
00:10:46To do that, I might believe you.
00:10:47Seeing the end requires a price.
00:10:50I see the blood.
00:10:54The question is, can you afford it?
00:10:58There it is. The classic shakedown.
00:11:00I could watch the Duke's daughter in her wedding dress.
00:11:05Perfectly protected by your elite guards. Ride straight to her execution.
00:11:10Let me ride with your convoy. Take me. I'll prove you wrong.
00:11:19I see the threads. Every drop of blood before it falls. The end is written. You're just walking
00:11:28the path blind. Cut the riddles, you're in my cell now. If you see everything, then what happens next? Does
00:11:39the blade slip? Does the steel bite? Or maybe I'm just sick of your games and slit your throat right
00:11:44now. Did you see that?
00:11:50A seer is blind to her own end. That is the only law I obey.
00:11:56Then tell me how this ends. But you cannot kill me, Cedric.
00:12:03Let's put that to the test. Steel cannot touch me.
00:12:11By drawing it on me, you owe a deadly debt. Madness. I serve the crown. I don't fear witches.
00:12:20Still believe in hard facts, Commander?
00:12:24Commander!
00:12:25Commander! We have a situation. The prisoners from the ambush, sir. They took poison. Hidden in their teeth.
00:12:32They're all dead. Trails cold.
00:12:34Dead?! You let our only witnesses die in chains?!
00:12:37They were paid to die. They'd never talk. You want the true killer? Stop asking the living. They only lie.
00:12:45I'll make the dead speak.
00:12:58The prophecy. She knew. How? She was right there!
00:13:03The prophecy is fulfilled. Her blood is spilled. You killed my daughter!
00:13:10Your daughter's death was a tragedy.
00:13:12Eleanor, don't provoke her.
00:13:14Look at the carriage! The doors were sealed! Who else could bypass those locks?!
00:13:19Enough! Seal the gates! Nobody leaves this yort yard!
00:13:22You're all suspects! Take them to the iron court!
00:13:31We're alone. Just tell me the damn truth.
00:13:34How did you reach inside a moving, heavily guarded carriage and take her head without a single sound?
00:13:41You mapped out her execution beforehand. Fine.
00:13:46Say you didn't swing the blade yourself. But you orchestrated this.
00:13:53If that comforts you, you may use it.
00:14:01You said you could make the dead speak. Name your price. There's always a price with you.
00:14:07Always.
00:14:08Name it. Whatever closes this investigation.
00:14:11I want your absolute obedience.
00:14:15When I speak, you do not question. When I point, you do not hesitate.
00:14:21My loyalty is to the crown. I don't give blind trust.
00:14:24I have the killer.
00:14:26If you put the murderer in front of me, then you have my trust.
00:14:31Don't make a vow you can't keep, Commander.
00:14:34You have my word. I won't break it.
00:14:41Take this.
00:14:43Sew her head back on.
00:14:45You want me to mutilate a royal corpse?
00:14:47Every second you wait, she fades.
00:14:56It's done. What now?
00:15:00Open the doors.
00:15:02Bring them all. The grieving father. The weeping mother.
00:15:08Bring the prince who lost his bride. We are going to hold a court of our own.
00:15:19Isabella! My baby! Oh God!
00:15:22Hold her back. Don't let her touch the body.
00:15:24Let me go! That's my daughter!
00:15:26Why is she here? Why is that blind woman in the judge's seat?
00:15:31Commander Ashworth, she killed her! She cursed my daughter and you let her sit there!
00:15:37His Royal Highness, Prince Kale! Isabella, let me through! Isabella, no! Look what they did to you, my beautiful girl.
00:15:48The audience is here. Let the performance end.
00:15:53Flesh to thread. Bone to command. Rise.
00:16:04You demanded proof, Commander. Behold the truth. You wove the crimson soul thread yourself.
00:16:14The bond is forged. Ask her. Isabella Alistam is your killer here.
00:16:46The crown is ours, father.
00:16:47Keep that thing away! She's bewitched!
00:16:55The crown is ours, father.
00:17:12Edmund Alliston.
00:17:18Now, confess.
00:17:24Edmund Alliston. Do you confess?
00:17:27I confess to nothing!
00:17:29You sick witch! You killed her! You puppeted her corpse to frame us!
00:17:36He took you in. You repay us with blood!
00:17:39This is madness! A father doesn't slaughter his own blood! Isabella was my pride!
00:17:48Why would I destroy my own future? See the truth!
00:17:52His own blood, that's true.
00:17:55But what if that girl was never your blood at all?
00:18:00Elinor. Why did the Emperor betroth Isabella to Prince Kael?
00:18:05It was destiny!
00:18:07The Emperor declared it. They were born the exact same hour. Blessed by the gods.
00:18:16It's impossible! Edmund, tell me you didn't!
00:18:21I had to secure our bloodline.
00:18:27Give me the child I must see.
00:18:30Tell the truth. Is it a boy?
00:18:33A girl, my lady.
00:18:35A girl? No! You're lying!
00:18:38A daughter. Just as I said.
00:18:40Why me?
00:18:45The consort is waiting. If it's a boy, I'm ruined!
00:18:49Breathe, my lady. Panic is a luxury we can't afford. Duke Alistair has already arranged a solution.
00:18:55Bring the bundle inside. Now.
00:19:01Look closely. Pure Alistair blood. A flawless son. Yours, if you dare.
00:19:09A son! From now on, you are mine. The true heir of this house. My son. My heir.
00:19:39You're telling this court I'm Duke Alistair's son? No. No. No. No.
00:19:46I am the Crown Prince!
00:19:51It can't be. How could my husband do such a thing?
00:19:55This is treason! What could he possibly want to risk all our lives?
00:20:00What did he want? Your son, sitting on the throne. That's what he wanted.
00:20:08You need proof to make such claims. This dark sorcery proves absolutely nothing.
00:20:13Lord Alistair, if I had to guess. The moment the Emperor degreed Isabella's marriage,
00:20:19you realized if she entered the royal court, the Crown would eventually discover her secret.
00:20:23So you hired a pack of mercenaries to stage a bandit raid on the carriage.
00:20:27But Morgana's warning put my guard on alert. You feared with extra men your hired killers
00:20:31wouldn't be able to finish the job, so you killed your own daughter before she left.
00:20:35And as for your loyal servants, they break much faster than paid assassins.
00:20:39Commander! Commander Ashworth! Lord Alistair's personal guard, they've confessed to everything.
00:20:43The signed confessions. They admit the Duke ordered them to silence Isabella before she even left.
00:20:53My entire life of scheming. All crushed by fate's cruel hand. The eye you granted us gave House Alistair absolute
00:21:04power.
00:21:05Unmatched wealth. Unmatched glory. But the Emperor still stood above me. Until that day, when I saw...
00:21:16I saw... I saw... I saw the truth. If my son took the cradle, he'd rule the world.
00:21:29But the vision didn't end there. I saw the flaw that would kill us. The decree. The royal wedding.
00:21:37If Isabella entered that palace, he would see my daughter. He'd see the exact face of the young Empress. He's
00:21:47not blind. He'd know exactly what I did.
00:21:51I had no choice! You must see that! I had to cut the rot out. I had to protect my
00:21:59family! My son will be Emperor! I had to!
00:22:02You! Morgana, I confess it all. Punish me alone. I beg you, look at me! Remember my father's loyalty! Spare
00:22:16my wife!
00:22:17He's lying! We knew nothing! Please! I'm begging you! Take my life, but let them live!
00:22:24Granted. Thank you, Oracle. My life for theirs.
00:22:31Edmund! Edmund! No! Edmund! No, Edmund! Edmund! Please stay! Wake up, please! Don't leave me!
00:22:43No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund!
00:23:02No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund!
00:23:02No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund!
00:23:02No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund!
00:23:07No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No, Edmund! No
00:23:16I gave them my sight to watch the dark instead they watched the throne built a
00:23:24lie thought they could cheat fate thought they owned me they own nothing
00:23:31I'm taking it all back with blood mortal hands cannot hold the weight of a
00:23:38god it crushes them the Alistair debt is settled my sight is mine again now we
00:23:49move to the next house stop you can't just march in there this is treason I
00:23:55must alert the Emperor no need to call the Emperor he's already here
00:24:05God the Emperor
00:24:11your majesty
00:24:15by royal decree Prince Kale and the Empress are hereby spank stripped of titles
00:24:20they shall be cast into the black cells it shall be done
00:24:31lady Morgana lady Morgana it's you careful sire Morgana sire wait lady
00:24:39Morgana oh my lady Morgana forgive me it's my fault I was blind to let them
00:24:48trouble you I wish to name you high protector to guide the realm every mage
00:24:54alive will answer only to your command my rule is simple one shard for one
00:25:02question you want a prophecy give me your family's ancient inheritance the crown
00:25:09shard in exchange right if you wish to reclaim the shard I will gladly return it
00:25:17after all my family owes our throne power is a debt when I give and when I take is my
00:25:25choice alone why the rush yes you are completely right please rest at Ashermyth
00:25:32palace everything will grant her than no no higher than Imperial standards no need I am
00:25:40going to Ashworth keep besides my heart currently belongs to him
00:25:53yes yes of course take my royal carriage please my lady after you your grace that is the sovereign's
00:26:03carriage it breaks royal protocol shut your mouth lady Morgana is the law her word is
00:26:10absolute there is no protocol in this world that outrance her isn't that right my dear lady
00:26:14please mind the step my lady careful now very careful commander Ashworth your grace if she suffers
00:26:24even a scratch I swear to God I will hang every last member of your retted house do I make
00:26:30myself
00:26:30clear crystal clear your grace my dear lady Morgana I have just remembered some urgent matters of state to
00:26:38attend to I must take my leave you serve lady Morgana now farewell have a pleasant journey
00:26:51earlier you said that I had your heart what the hell does that mean 60 years ago my heart was
00:26:59carved from my chest it is not with you it is in your house
00:27:06my house
00:27:11this way lady Morgana thanks to your grace 60 years ago when you bestowed the heart men shard upon us
00:27:17the Ashworth name is now renowned for our healing arts you see these afflicted souls travel from the
00:27:23furthest corners of the kingdom seeking our aid so the legendary Ashworth healing arts actually came from you
00:27:33tell me then just how old are you exactly does it matter to you
00:27:38please my lord save my mother wake up mama somebody help
00:27:43have mercy help my mother I beg of you this is all the coin I have please show some mercy
00:27:51a handful of dirty coppers and you expect the master's healing for that get out of here now
00:27:58stop wasting everyone's time selena
00:28:03cedric you're finally home when I gave your family the shard it was to heal the broken
00:28:09to serve the realm not to exploit the weak you have broken the pact give the fragment back
00:28:16who do you think you are how dare a commoner like you make demands in ashwild keep silence show her
00:28:22respect this is selena frost award taken in by my father selena we heal the sick regardless of coin
00:28:33have you forgotten go to the chapel pray beg her forgiveness you heard him to the chapel now
00:28:42I beg your pardon my lady I had no idea she was extorting them rest assured the ashwilds honor
00:28:50your gift we'd never turn away the poor most days we treat all these commoners without asking for
00:28:56any money I said return the shard or do you mean to defy me no no the relic is rightfully
00:29:06yours
00:29:07I will return it to you immediately it is just the hartman shroud is kept safe by my eldest marin
00:29:13she's been in seclusion at a distant abbey for years once she returns from her retreat I will
00:29:19present it to you myself fine I will wait
00:29:27every time I return she still won't see me 15 years 15 years since I've laid eyes on her
00:29:34does she really despise me that much why do you think she treats you with such coldness
00:29:41because of what I did she hates me when I was a boy I almost died my sister came for
00:29:49me
00:29:50and the iron drove through her right arm in my place she was never the same again
00:29:58she was a master healer those gifted hands she could bring the dying back to life but because
00:30:05of me the scar on harm never faded and she was taken from me forever she became a completely
00:30:10different person after that the hartman's shard was hers by birthright with its power she became the
00:30:16greatest healer in the kingdom and then they sent her far away to a quiet abbey where she could practice
00:30:22in peace but I know the truth that day became a thorn in her heart one that will never be
00:30:30pulled
00:30:30out every time she looks at me she remembers what saving me cost her everything is bound by consequence
00:30:36commander you see only the branches above the soil but you are blind to the roots below
00:30:43what is that supposed to mean you will know soon enough
00:30:50my knees are hurting I'll fetch the salve
00:30:55cedric just got back and he's already screaming at me because of her
00:30:59she's an honored guest even lord ashworth had to apologize to her master cedric serves her
00:31:04people are whispering she might be his future bride his future bride look at her she's a freak
00:31:13with that filthy black rags she doesn't deserve cedric
00:31:21crone what is that honey cakes master cedric's favorite and imperial spiced wine for lady morgana
00:31:30hold imperial spiced wine a gift from the emperor himself it's worth a fortune you really know how to
00:31:39grovel give it here healers always keep the best poisons this widow's kiss is lethal
00:31:50no taste no cure drink up morgana go take it to her
00:31:56i cannot my lady she is master cedric's guest
00:32:03know your place without ashfield charity a useless old crone would be rotting in the gutter
00:32:11pathetic
00:32:16i am disciplining a servant since when does a blind freak interfere with ashfield affairs
00:32:22if your tongue serves only to offend then you should not speak at all
00:32:29morgana
00:32:31you little piece of
00:32:32my lady what is it my lady what's wrong please say something what's doing this
00:32:37guards help us get lord aldrich she's choking she can't breathe
00:32:42lord aldrich please hurry i'm right here just breathe she suddenly lost her voice
00:32:49celine is just a foolish girl she didn't mean to offend you i will make her apologize to you at
00:32:54once
00:32:55what are you waiting for apologize now are you deaf do you want to be mute forever
00:33:05my lady
00:33:07i don't want your apology kneel to the one you truly wronged
00:33:11please no i'm nobody a lady cannot kneel to me i'm just a servant silence just be grateful
00:33:20every brick in this house rests on the hartman shard she built our legacy
00:33:26oracle i beg you she's terrified let it be enough please have mercy
00:33:39your mercy is boundless my lady i will discipline the girl at once come my lady let us go
00:33:50are you hurt i am fine my lord you've grown so thin the northern winds have been cruel to you
00:33:59you must stay longer this time your name day is soon i knitted you a pair of thick winter gloves
00:34:06let me fetch them for you wait right here for me
00:34:10that old woman her devotion to you is genuine it is she has been here since i was a boy
00:34:19always kind to me when i was injured as a boy she sneaked me pouches
00:34:24and every year on my name day when my own sister was lost to me she brought me warm broth
00:34:29and fresh
00:34:30bread with her i almost remember what having a sister felt like if that is true you should show
00:34:37her more grace while you can i have seen the shadow on her she has but a few days left
00:34:44do not wait until tomorrow to realize what you have lost
00:34:51listen to me child never cross paths with morgana again she thinks she owns us patience my sweet girl
00:35:00i'm securing your future play the game let her think she's win soon everything will be yours
00:35:08lady morgana lady ashfield has sent me to return the hartman shard to its rightful owner we have heard
00:35:16when you take back what is yours you offer a reading in return lady ashworth has written her question
00:35:23right here on this parchment take it cedric
00:35:32i will not answer this question because the hartman shard is a fake what
00:35:39a fake someone must have switched it when she wasn't looking i'll get to the bottom of this tonight
00:35:46don't what is mine will always return to my hands lady morgana commander ashford
00:35:57the emperor begs your aid the empress door wager is dying the royal physicians can do nothing for her
00:36:03his majesty demands you come at once please my lady you are her only hope
00:36:12lead the way useless fools what good are you if she dies your majesty lady morgana has arrived
00:36:25morgana thank the gods you have come please you must help her mother is her flame has burned out
00:36:31her time is over prepare the crypt lies that is a lie your majesty
00:36:39i can save the empress morgana if you can't save her stop making pathetic excuses
00:36:48i say you have no real power you're nothing but a fraudulent witch selena this is a royal chamber
00:36:56not your playground your grace i can heal her on my life selena frost you should know
00:37:02cedric knows it well my prophecies are never wrong care to make a wager then on what if i win
00:37:11i want the emperor to decree my marriage to cedric and i want your head severed from your neck your
00:37:18grace madness this is absolute madness gods drag this mad woman away i accept
00:37:30very well give it a try
00:37:33if you truly cure my mother i will grant your every wish
00:37:44so you stole the hartman schnaz
00:37:47cedric
00:37:49i'll be a master healer just like your sister
00:37:52then you'll finally see
00:37:54i'm the only one for you
00:37:56forcing fate only brings ruin if you insist on this path you alone will choke on the ashes
00:38:06save your cheap parlor tricks healing the sick is god's work there's no price for that
00:38:13by the old blood i command the vessel take the living spark feed the dying flame
00:38:22awaken
00:38:26wake up
00:38:30wake
00:38:42what's happening
00:38:43it burns
00:38:44it burns
00:38:46it burns
00:38:47it burns
00:38:48oh god
00:38:52water
00:38:54please
00:39:00mother
00:39:02mother
00:39:02mother
00:39:02wake up
00:39:06my face
00:39:08no
00:39:09how did this happen
00:39:13you stole my magic
00:39:15but you never asked
00:39:16when the spell steals a living spark
00:39:19whose spark does it take
00:39:23move along
00:39:24get out
00:39:25move
00:39:26before i drag you out
00:39:29know who stands before you
00:39:31my lord
00:39:32i did not know
00:39:33marin
00:39:34my lord
00:39:35you're mistaken
00:39:36she's not marin
00:39:37she's just an old crone
00:39:39nothing more
00:39:40my lord
00:39:41get out
00:39:41get out
00:39:42yes my lord
00:39:48my lord
00:39:48i'm nobody
00:39:50i'm nobody
00:39:50i'm nobody
00:39:50just an old crone
00:39:51nobody of importance
00:39:54just a servant
00:39:55this is the inner sanctum
00:39:56only the blood
00:39:57only the bloodline
00:39:57only the hartmann shard bearer
00:39:59can come here
00:40:02let me see you
00:40:12that scar
00:40:15where did this scar come from
00:40:17only marin bore this mark
00:40:20marin
00:40:24why didn't you tell me
00:40:29whose life did you think you were spending
00:40:31the ashworth empire isn't built on medicine
00:40:34it's built on a parasite
00:40:37it trades your years for theirs
00:40:39a simple fever costs you a month
00:40:43a fatal wound
00:40:45strips the youth right off your bones
00:40:48sick empress was already dead
00:40:50her time was up
00:40:52give her every hour you have left
00:40:55it won't buy her a single day
00:40:57then what about marin
00:40:59explain marin
00:41:00she bore the shard for 30 years
00:41:02pulled thousands from the grave
00:41:05then she should be dust
00:41:06she should be a rotting corpse
00:41:09why is she flawless
00:41:11why not her
00:41:12look at me
00:41:13it took everything
00:41:14my my skin my life
00:41:17why just me
00:41:19you said she was perfect
00:41:22cedric
00:41:23you believe she hid from you for 10 years
00:41:25it never crossed your mind
00:41:27that the woman she became
00:41:29was standing right in front of you
00:41:32and you looked right through her
00:41:35stop
00:41:36what does that mean
00:41:37you're a commander
00:41:39open your eyes
00:41:41every year on your birthday
00:41:42that old servant
00:41:43the only one who still cooks for you
00:41:46who is she cedric
00:41:50lord cedric wait
00:41:52you can't go in
00:41:52my lord
00:41:54she said no visitors
00:41:55my lord
00:42:02marin
00:42:03gods
00:42:05it's really you
00:42:09why all these years
00:42:11why didn't you tell me
00:42:13every time i used the shard
00:42:15it stole a year of my life
00:42:17burned away
00:42:19then one morning
00:42:20i looked in the glass
00:42:21white hair
00:42:23hands shaking like a crone
00:42:25marin
00:42:26let me in
00:42:27my lord no
00:42:27get off
00:42:29i want my sister
00:42:31let me go
00:42:32marin
00:42:34i couldn't let you see a monster
00:42:36no
00:42:37stop it
00:42:39don't ever say that
00:42:40look at me
00:42:41you are marin
00:42:43the bravest person i know
00:42:45but i abandoned you
00:42:47you gave me your entire life
00:42:49and i was blind
00:42:51i didn't see my own sister
00:42:53i'm sorry
00:42:54oh my brave little brother
00:42:56it's all right now
00:43:05cedric tomorrow is your name day
00:43:08i haven't made your broth yet
00:43:10marin please
00:43:12just rest
00:43:13you made it for me every year
00:43:15my whole life
00:43:16tomorrow
00:43:17i'll make it for you
00:43:24this is my fault
00:43:25i looked right at her
00:43:26and saw nothing
00:43:27she hid her hands
00:43:29traded her life away
00:43:30and i just stood there
00:43:31he used the heart men's shard
00:43:33to drain her year by year
00:43:34while i watched and called it nothing
00:43:36she made a choice
00:43:38the shard needed a vessel
00:43:40she offered herself
00:43:42she healed them
00:43:43she gave them time
00:43:45she gave you time
00:43:46that was all she ever wanted
00:43:48i looked right past her for years
00:43:52thank you
00:43:53for stripping away every excuse i had
00:43:56i have her back
00:43:57whatever it cost you
00:43:58i swear on my blade
00:43:59i will repay that debt
00:44:00she hasn't eaten in days
00:44:02i made this for her
00:44:03i don't know if she'll want it
00:44:04but i need to give her something
00:44:06i'm gonna take it to her now
00:44:07wait
00:44:09something wrong
00:44:12it's nothing
00:44:13go to her
00:44:14i won't be long
00:44:25Maren
00:44:25Maren
00:44:26Maren wake up
00:44:27no no please
00:44:29Maren
00:44:31the scale always balances
00:44:35Get away from me!
00:44:38Don't touch me!
00:44:40I want my sister!
00:44:42Get away!
00:44:44Where is she?
00:44:49I want my sister!
00:44:52Cedric.
00:44:53I'm here. Look at me.
00:44:56Don't touch me!
00:44:57You old witch!
00:45:02She's dead, isn't she?
00:45:04She left me!
00:45:05Everyone always leaves!
00:45:08But I'm staying.
00:45:10To a legion.
00:45:12I'm not going anywhere.
00:45:14I'm here.
00:45:16Right here.
00:45:17I've got you.
00:45:23Lord Ashworth.
00:45:24She saved my family.
00:45:26She saved so many.
00:45:28We had to come.
00:45:30Everyone knew how much she meant to you, my lord.
00:45:32Her loss leaves a wound in all of us.
00:45:35She gave everything.
00:45:37Healed strangers.
00:45:39Never once asked for anything in return.
00:45:41Even when it broke her.
00:45:44Even when it cost her.
00:45:46Her life.
00:45:48I watched her disappear.
00:45:51Day by day.
00:45:52If the gods would take me instead.
00:45:54I'd go willingly.
00:45:56And yet you stood there.
00:45:58Every scar on her body.
00:46:00Every year taken from her.
00:46:02His hands did that.
00:46:04All of it.
00:46:06Every shriveled vein on Maren's hands.
00:46:09Every year carved from her face.
00:46:11He arranged all of it.
00:46:13Her life meant nothing to him.
00:46:15He only cared about the gold.
00:46:17The price her dying breath could buy.
00:46:20Oracle, please.
00:46:22Everyone here knows the Ashworth name.
00:46:24We heal the sick.
00:46:26We never ask for coin.
00:46:27We serve the people.
00:46:29You cannot just walk in here.
00:46:31And spread lies about my family.
00:46:35If you took no coin.
00:46:36Then tell me what you've been hiding in the dark.
00:46:40Every transaction.
00:46:41Every name.
00:46:43Every debt you buried.
00:46:59These are property deeds. Hundreds of them.
00:47:01The Ashworth fled the Highlords dry.
00:47:04In secret.
00:47:04They traded healing for mansions.
00:47:06For land.
00:47:08We thought you were a saint, Uldric.
00:47:10You're nothing but a leech.
00:47:12A parasite.
00:47:13You stole my sister's life.
00:47:15You drained Maren dry to build your filthy empire.
00:47:18And left her to rot in the dirt.
00:47:20She gave everything.
00:47:22And you ground her bones into your crown.
00:47:24That is not the whole of his sin.
00:47:26When Maren's face withered from what he forced on her.
00:47:29He turned away from her.
00:47:32He took a lover in secret.
00:47:34A secret mistress.
00:47:36A hidden life.
00:47:38There is no one!
00:47:39You are lying!
00:47:40The child you had with her.
00:47:42Has been living under this very roof.
00:47:44You call her your ward.
00:47:45You let her do as she pleases.
00:47:48Do you deny that Selene is your blood?
00:47:52You gave Selene full run of this house.
00:47:55Is she your bastard?
00:47:57Is that why you let her destroy my sister?
00:48:00Oracle.
00:48:02I have always bowed to your vision.
00:48:04You cannot lay this at my feet.
00:48:06I am innocent if there was money.
00:48:09Missing from the patients.
00:48:10Maren did it herself.
00:48:12Plain greed.
00:48:13She used the sick to line her own pockets.
00:48:23Look out!
00:48:24Get back!
00:48:26That's gold.
00:48:27He hid it in the tablet.
00:48:32The heavens don't care for your lies.
00:48:34But I do.
00:48:36You built a dynasty on stolen breath.
00:48:39You are no heir to what I left here.
00:48:42You are a parasite.
00:48:45My sister is dead.
00:48:48She died a ruined servant under your roof.
00:48:52And you dare stand over her coffin and call her a thief!
00:48:56I will cut you apart right here.
00:48:58Cedric, be reasonable.
00:48:59Look at what she had become.
00:49:00Who could look at that face and not be sickened?
00:49:03You are no blood of mine.
00:49:06You are nothing to me.
00:49:07Is this my fault?
00:49:09I would have taken the burden on myself.
00:49:11I swear it!
00:49:12But the healer's grace, it binds only to the women.
00:49:15It rejected me.
00:49:16It was never my choice.
00:49:18We kept her fed.
00:49:19Kept a roof over her head.
00:49:20She owed this family her service.
00:49:22It was her duty to plead for us.
00:49:25A lie.
00:49:26I forged the healer's grace.
00:49:28I wrote its laws.
00:49:30It does not choose by blood or gender.
00:49:33It chooses by the will to sacrifice.
00:49:35It rejected you.
00:49:36Because it looked inside your chest.
00:49:38And found nothing at all.
00:49:40You let a child wither in your place.
00:49:43And called it fate.
00:49:44You said you wished to carry the burden.
00:49:47You wanted the Ember's power for yourself.
00:49:50You wanted it all.
00:49:53Very well.
00:49:57Let us see how much of it you can bear.
00:50:04Very well.
00:50:31No!
00:50:32Get off me!
00:50:33I am the lord of this!
00:50:35No!
00:50:35Get off me!
00:50:37No!
00:50:39No!
00:50:40No!
00:50:41No!
00:50:43No!
00:50:51Every year he stole from Maren.
00:50:54They just ripped it back.
00:51:14Maren!
00:51:15Can you hear me?
00:51:16Look at me!
00:51:19You...
00:51:20You...
00:51:21You came back.
00:51:27Remember your oath.
00:51:42The Hartman Shard.
00:51:44It's time it returned to you.
00:51:45You took another piece of your power straight into yourself.
00:51:49Will you absorb this one too?
00:51:51What is happening?
00:52:04What is happening?
00:52:22Please! Help us! Have mercy!
00:52:28You're breathing. I watched you stop. I thought you were gone.
00:52:32You're shaking. Your birthday is soon. I still owe you bread and broth.
00:52:39I'll make it myself. Just don't close your eyes again. Promise me that.
00:52:45Her face still carries what the years cost her.
00:52:48But the thirty years Aldric took from her have been stripped from his bones.
00:52:52They're hers now. Her hand is healed. The debt is paid.
00:52:57She will never serve in the dark again. She lives. The transaction is complete.
00:53:05Oracle. You didn't owe us this. I will carry this mercy until my last breath.
00:53:16You gave my sister back her life. My life is no longer my own. It belongs to you.
00:53:23Every breath I draw belongs to your cause. I am your shield. Your blade. Point me at your enemies.
00:53:30Wherever you walk, I walk with you. Until my blood runs cold.
00:53:38Talk to me. Did the exorcism drain you? Are you hurt?
00:53:43I am not hurt. When I pulled the Hartman Shard from your sister, I absorbed thirty years of her memories.
00:53:49Every single day she spent trapped in that house.
00:53:52There's an echo now. A pressure in my chest.
00:53:56You have a rule. You reclaim a piece of your power. You owe the bloodline one truth. One ember. One
00:54:02question.
00:54:04Maren gave her whole youth to keep me alive. She never got to ask her question.
00:54:10Maren.
00:54:11So I'll ask it for her. Look into your prophecy, Morgana. Did my sister's sacrifice mean anything? Tell me.
00:54:20Your sister asked what waits for you in the north. I didn't lie to her. So I'll tell you exactly
00:54:25what I saw.
00:54:26There is a line drawn across your fate. A terminal point.
00:54:30If you follow me to Ironwall, if you walk into Ravencrest at my side, you will stand before someone and
00:54:36bleed until there is nothing left.
00:54:39And you will die. That is the end of it.
00:54:42In front of who? Who do I bleed for?
00:54:45Me. Knowing this. Knowing that every step north is a step towards your own grave.
00:54:53And you still want to come with me. Forget it. It doesn't matter.
00:55:00You are ordered to stay behind. I walk into Ironwall alone. I don't need a shield.
00:55:06I swore an oath to you. I stand between you and whatever comes. I'm going.
00:55:16I told you how this ends. Are you not afraid?
00:55:22I lead the Obsidian Guard. I have walked into the dark more times than I can count.
00:55:28Every time, they said I wouldn't walk out.
00:55:32Every time, they said the odds were broken.
00:55:34And I am still standing here.
00:55:37Let them come. I will survive it.
00:55:38And I will walk you out of Ironwall myself.
00:55:44You must think I'm completely useless with a blade.
00:55:47I've been sickly since childhood.
00:55:49My sister-in-law handles the killing.
00:55:50She lets me read instead.
00:55:52I apologize for the gate.
00:55:54It's just...
00:55:55Lately, the moment the sun sets, the dead walk.
00:55:58Vesta fears the undead soldiers breaching the walls, slaughtering our people.
00:56:03Please forgive the locked gates, my lady.
00:56:04These undead outside your walls. What is their origin?
00:56:08We don't know. Not since my grandfather fell.
00:56:11They don't discern friend from foe. They just butcher.
00:56:14For six months, we've been trapped here. Powerless.
00:56:17Thorn was injured?
00:56:19Yes.
00:56:20Ambushed by the dead weeks ago. He hasn't woken since.
00:56:25Take me to him.
00:56:27Of course.
00:56:27Finn!
00:56:34You dare test me, boy?
00:56:37Who authorized you to breach the protocol?
00:56:40Who gave you leave to welcome stray vagras into my fortress?
00:56:44Do Frost Stokes' laws mean nothing to you?
00:56:46Vesper, wait. This is Lady Morgana.
00:56:49Grandfather foresaw this.
00:56:50He said a woman named Morgana would come for the Shard.
00:56:53We must show her absolute respect.
00:56:55The Patriarch is dying. He needs silence, not scavengers chasing fairy tales.
00:57:00Commander Vesper. Even the Emperor bows to Lady Morgana.
00:57:05I suggest you mind your tone before I cut out your tongue.
00:57:09Damn your southern king! Here, we follow north laws.
00:57:14Your laws. Tell me. What does the north demand?
00:57:19You want to see him? Bleed for it.
00:57:22Best me in combat.
00:57:24Win, and you get your audience.
00:57:26And your precious shard.
00:57:28Lose, and you crawl back south.
00:57:31Frostbite does not serve the weak.
00:57:33I'll gladly test your iron, Commander.
00:57:35Good! A real man!
00:57:37Bring me my steel!
00:57:48Hold the gate!
00:57:50I am Cedric Ashworth, Commander of the Obsidian Guards.
00:57:54Hold the gates!
00:57:55Guards!
00:57:55They're here!
00:57:56Fall back!
00:57:57Bar the gates!
00:58:02Go on, mate!
00:58:12Ring of steel!
00:58:13Protect Morgana!
00:58:21Ash to ash.
00:58:24Darkness breaks.
00:58:26Burn.
00:58:45This malice.
00:58:47I know it.
00:58:48She broke them! Who goes there?
00:58:51Morgana.
00:58:52Lady Morgana!
00:58:54Forgive me.
00:58:56My grandfather speaks of you often.
00:58:58And you are?
00:59:00Finn Ravenkest, my lady.
00:59:02Grandson to Patriarch Thorn.
00:59:04Morgana.
00:59:05Smile for me.
00:59:07You look best when you smile.
00:59:09Foolish.
00:59:19Morgana.
00:59:20My sister-in-law is a monster on the battlefield.
00:59:23She holds the true bloodline.
00:59:25No one beats her.
00:59:26Is this it, then?
00:59:28The day you foreseen I would die.
00:59:50He's hurt.
00:59:51He will not die.
00:59:54He will not die.
00:59:56Playing with time!
01:00:13Well fought.
01:00:15Your form is decent.
01:00:17But you fight like you fear death.
01:00:19Always leaving room to retreat.
01:00:21Remember, a real enemy won't give you quarter.
01:00:26The only way to outlive them is to care less about dying.
01:00:30Mother!
01:00:31Mother!
01:00:35There's my little bird.
01:00:37You promised me we'd practice archery today.
01:00:41I know.
01:00:42Go grab your bow.
01:00:43I'm coming.
01:00:43Okay.
01:00:47When you have something you can't leave behind, then teach me to fight.
01:00:52Tomorrow, I will grant you an audience for the Patriarch.
01:00:58You see?
01:00:59I am still breathing.
01:01:00If you had truly defied my vision.
01:01:04Now that will be interesting.
01:01:09Two years ago, at the Bloodwater Siege, Vesta's husband begged the Emperor for reinforcements.
01:01:15But the Royal Court was busy preparing the Emperor's Jubilee.
01:01:19The army never marched.
01:01:20Her husband died in the mud, left her and the child alone.
01:01:24Vesta has every reason to hate the Crown.
01:01:27She struck a deal with the enemy.
01:01:29You are wrong.
01:01:32You said we were seeing the Patriarch.
01:01:34Why bring us to a crypt?
01:01:35Whatever you see in there, hold your nerve.
01:01:39My grandfather rests inside.
01:01:41Please, this way.
01:01:58What?
01:02:02My lady, the North is freezing.
01:02:04I brought you these heavy furs.
01:02:06Your concern is noted, boy.
01:02:08But she has no need for such common scraps.
01:02:11These are royal pelts from...
01:02:16Gods.
01:02:18What in the world is this?
01:02:20It's so soft.
01:02:22It doesn't even feel like wool.
01:02:23It feels like water.
01:02:25These deep red shapes here.
01:02:27What kind of flower is this?
01:02:29A rose.
01:02:30The sovereign of flowers.
01:02:32A rose.
01:02:33It's beautiful.
01:02:35I can't even imagine it.
01:02:36So this is what the South grows.
01:02:39Here in Frostspike, the winter never ends.
01:02:42The ground is iron.
01:02:43Nothing this fragile could ever survive the frost.
01:02:47If it pleases you, boy, help us reclaim the shard from your keep.
01:02:51And this mantle is yours to keep.
01:02:54Truly?
01:02:55You swear on your honor?
01:02:57On my blood.
01:02:59Done.
01:03:00I'll get ready.
01:03:04You barter with the boy, because you are certain that Vesta will not surrender the shard.
01:03:14Is this?
01:03:15It is Thorn.
01:03:17Yes.
01:03:18Since the ambush six months ago, this crust began to form.
01:03:22It started around his wounds.
01:03:24Then it spread, swallowing him whole.
01:03:27How many healers have you called?
01:03:29All of them.
01:03:30None could break it.
01:03:47This isn't a sickness, is it?
01:03:49It is his own madness.
01:03:51His madness?
01:03:52Thorn's natural life ended in the snow, six months ago.
01:04:00But his fury anchored him here.
01:04:03He refuses to pass on.
01:04:05And the shard buried within him gave his wrath a physical form, spawning the dead that batter your gates,
01:04:13while this stone shell devours his remaining soul.
01:04:19What kind of nightmare could be powerful enough to breed an entire army of corpses?
01:04:32What is happening?
01:04:38The dead are marching in daylight.
01:04:42I'll hold the line!
01:04:43Gather the men!
01:04:45My lady, I'm begging you.
01:04:47Save Frostbike!
01:04:48Take the shard back!
01:04:49It's right there in his chest!
01:04:51Please, just take it!
01:04:52I beg you!
01:04:55Yes, but the shard must be freely given.
01:04:59Even I cannot carve it out by force.
01:05:01I will pull Thorn back from the dark.
01:05:04Do not let them interrupt me.
01:05:06This pennant will hold the dead.
01:05:08Plant it beyond the gates.
01:05:09It will buy me time.
01:05:11If the ward fails,
01:05:13if the dead breach the line,
01:05:16or if you are overrun,
01:05:18do not die for me.
01:05:20Leave.
01:05:20My orders stand.
01:05:23You are my charge.
01:05:25I do not break the line.
01:05:41I remember a boy.
01:05:44One who chased my shadow,
01:05:46always begging for stories.
01:05:48Now,
01:05:49reduced to stone.
01:05:55Veil lift.
01:05:56Flesh bind.
01:05:59Awaken.
01:06:02Thorn.
01:06:05Ashworth!
01:06:06Her magic broke!
01:06:07She's bleeding!
01:06:32Finn, what are you doing?
01:06:34I'm done pretending, Commander.
01:06:37Commander.
01:06:37Did you honestly think Vesper was the one who crippled my grandfather?
01:06:39It was me who left the gate wide open.
01:06:43So, you're the rat.
01:06:45They butchered your parents,
01:06:47slaughtered your own brothers,
01:06:48they bled Frostbear dry,
01:06:50and you sold us out to the monsters?
01:06:53Sold us out?
01:06:55Monsters?
01:06:55Better than being the crown's lapdog.
01:06:57Why should we bleed for them?
01:06:59Our ancestors all followed Morgana.
01:07:01We were equals once.
01:07:03But because they got different shards,
01:07:04some get to rule the capital,
01:07:06some get the gold.
01:07:07And what did the rain creeps get?
01:07:08Three generations rotting in this frozen wasteland,
01:07:10bleeding out in the ice.
01:07:12Just another name on a tombstone,
01:07:14waiting to be wiped out.
01:07:16I won't let it end like this.
01:07:19I'm going to tear Frostfire down,
01:07:21break the chains they put on us.
01:07:25I saw Morgana use this.
01:07:27It commands the dead.
01:07:29I hold the power now.
01:07:37Isn't that right?
01:07:38It's right.
01:08:08Yes.
01:08:10I remember the vow.
01:08:13I gave you my word
01:08:15to hold this fortress,
01:08:17to bleed for the innocent.
01:08:21But the dead are here.
01:08:23The wolves are at the gates.
01:08:26I dare not leave.
01:08:28Enough, Thorn.
01:08:30You have bled enough.
01:08:33Your bloodline.
01:08:35Your men.
01:08:46My bloodline.
01:08:47Go.
01:08:47Go.
01:08:51Go.
01:08:52Go.
01:08:52Go.
01:09:11Let the obsession die
01:09:15You must go
01:09:17Whatever my sister commands
01:09:22Thorn will always obey
01:09:25But before I return the Shard
01:09:30Morgana, may I ask you one question?
01:10:03Oh
01:10:03Oh
01:10:03Oh
01:10:16Oh
01:10:20May
01:10:34Sis
01:10:35You came
01:10:38Sister, I...
01:10:39What is happening to me?
01:10:41Where are we?
01:10:43Your mortal life is ended
01:10:45But your obsession anchored you here
01:10:48Your soul was twisted by inner demons and the Shard
01:10:53You are nothing but a lingering phantom now
01:11:08What did you want to ask?
01:11:12All these years
01:11:15Alone in the dark
01:11:20Were you alright Morgana?
01:11:35You won't touch her
01:11:38I was fine
01:11:45That is good
01:12:15I was scareduniversical
01:12:25The witch.
01:12:38So, this is the death you saw for me.
01:12:42You are never wrong.
01:12:45Morgana, it seems I won't be here to help you take back what is yours.
01:13:09Morgana, I make no grand claims, but I swear I will help you take it all back.
01:13:33Monster.
01:13:34Monster, you godless monster!
01:13:50This world is sick.
01:13:57Finn, why would you do this?
01:14:02My brother, he died because the crown, because the crown never sent reinforcements.
01:14:09He bled out in the snow.
01:14:12And ever since then, I haven't seen you smile.
01:14:15Not truly.
01:14:17I was so close.
01:14:20Just a little more than I could have taken you away from this prison.
01:14:28You foolish boy.
01:14:32Frostfire is now prison.
01:14:34Look at the people behind these walls.
01:14:36The thousands we pulled from the slaughter.
01:14:39The soldiers I trained with my own hands.
01:14:41Every block of black stone.
01:14:43Every frozen inch of the north.
01:14:45Holds my blood.
01:14:47Nothing has ever trapped me.
01:14:49This is the line I chose to hold.
01:14:52Frostfire is my home, Finn.
01:14:54And I will defend it until I break.
01:15:00I thought, I thought you hated the crown.
01:15:04I only wanted to break your chains.
01:15:12I do hate the crown.
01:15:14But I love the north.
01:15:15I love our people.
01:15:17I am holding this line for your brother.
01:15:19So the children here.
01:15:21So my own daughter can sleep without fear of the slaughter.
01:15:24So it was just me.
01:15:27I was the only one who couldn't let go.
01:15:32Take me away.
01:15:34I will.
01:15:35I'll take you south.
01:15:37I want to sleep beneath the roses.
01:15:47Sixty years ago.
01:15:48To buy this realm a breath of life.
01:15:52I gave my own flesh and soul to the forge.
01:15:55No attachments.
01:15:57No desires.
01:15:59I told you to run.
01:16:02But of course.
01:16:03Fate demands its due.
01:16:14Would you still draw your blade for me?
01:16:17Knowing it will only lead to your grave.
01:16:19I am going.
01:16:21I've commanded the vanguard for years.
01:16:23I've faced death more times than I can count.
01:16:27But I have never lost.
01:16:29And I will not lose this time either.
01:16:47Why the Frost Spire?
01:16:49Why Thorn Ravencrest?
01:16:50My youngest student.
01:16:52Still breathes.
01:16:53I need to see him.
01:16:56And the Ravencrest piece of the crown.
01:16:58What is it exactly?
01:17:00A drop of my own blood.
01:17:01The Undying Spark.
01:17:03Your blood?
01:17:04No wonder your skin is like ice.
01:17:06Morgana.
01:17:07How did you lose your eyes?
01:17:09Sixty winters ago.
01:17:11The realm was drowning in its own blood.
01:17:14To buy them a dawn.
01:17:16I offered my own flesh and soul.
01:17:19I stripped everything away.
01:17:22Bound it to the obsidian.
01:17:24Twelve fragments.
01:17:25Given to twelve disciples.
01:17:27To save this world.
01:17:30Sixty years have passed.
01:17:31My students took that power.
01:17:34And forged twelve great bloodlines.
01:17:37And now there is peace.
01:17:40Now I take back what is mine.
01:17:44Morgana.
01:17:44What else are you missing?
01:17:46You never change your boots.
01:17:48I've never seen you eat.
01:17:49Or sleep for that matter.
01:17:51Your hair turned white.
01:17:53Silence.
01:18:02Morgana.
01:18:05I will help you get it all back.
01:18:08Every last piece.
01:18:11You have my word.
01:18:13No matter what it takes.
01:18:16No matter the cost.
01:18:23That shard of the crown.
01:18:26Was torn from my own veins.
01:18:29A single drop of my heart's blood.
01:18:34I never thought you would waste such a priceless piece of yourself on me.
01:18:38I never thought I'd even be alive.
01:18:41My lady.
01:18:42You always said your prophecies are absolute.
01:18:44Never wrong.
01:18:45To give me the shard.
01:18:46To force me to live.
01:18:47Isn't this defying the gods themselves?
01:18:50Taking the heart back was a mistake.
01:18:59Morgana.
01:19:24My lady.
01:19:25Forgive me.
01:19:28Assassins!
01:19:43This.
01:19:44Southern blood magic.
01:19:46They say one puppet butchers ten men.
01:19:49And I tore them apart before they could even blink.
01:19:51I feel like I could rip through solid iron.
01:19:54You were bleeding to death.
01:19:56No medicine could save you.
01:19:57So I bound a fraction of my shard to your fading heart.
01:20:01Tethered your life to mine.
01:20:02With my power in your veins, no mortal man can stand against you.
01:20:07You could have run.
01:20:09You chose to stay.
01:20:11You accepted my gift.
01:20:14From now on, you are bound to my will.
01:20:17Are we clear?
01:20:20Are we clear?
01:20:21So I am no better than these husks?
01:20:23I'm just your puppet?
01:20:25Do not compare yourself to such pathetic trash.
01:20:29They are nothing like you.
01:20:33You.
01:20:35You are my masterpiece.
01:20:37You are my mummy.
01:20:38You are my lord for pleasure.
01:20:39Hum.
01:20:49I see her before.
01:20:50Well, be wary. Without the Primordial Crown's shard, the Horde will show no mercy.
01:20:57I know the risks, but I command this gate. Shard or no shard, the Ravencrests will hold this line. To
01:21:06the last breath.
01:21:09The Horde is at our walls. I ride with the Vanguard.
01:21:13Godspeed.
01:21:27Why didn't you tell her about the warding spikes you planted?
01:21:30The wards are nothing, compared to the Primordial blood, still boiling in their veins.
01:21:36They will survive.
01:21:40What's happening? Are you alright?
01:21:42I feel a disturbance. A forbading sensation. I have looked ahead. I wish I had not.
01:21:48The road before us is dark, Cedric.
01:22:07We must push forward.
01:22:09Wherever you go, I will follow.
01:22:12Where to next?
01:22:14South. To the Scarlet Lands. I want to meet the fool who thought they could kill me.
01:22:22My lady, please. Rest inside. I will bring it to you myself. It is exactly where you left it, my
01:22:29lady. Untouched.
01:22:31You give it up so easily.
01:22:33It was never mine to keep.
01:22:34You know what it built. Your entire dynasty. Hundreds' years of power. Titles. The Crown's favor. The gift of seeing
01:22:43into men's hearts.
01:22:45Without it, you are nothing but a blind man stumbling in the dark.
01:22:49The blood covenant my grandfather sworn binds every generation after him.
01:22:53House Alistair owes you everything it has, and everything it is.
01:22:58You have my word. I will honor the pact. Willingly.
01:23:04The old man bred well. An obedient heir.
01:23:13Since when does my father kneel for peasants?
01:23:18The Iris Ember, my lady.
01:23:21A covenant is a trade. I take back what is mine.
01:23:24And I leave you one truth.
01:23:27The old laws demand it.
01:23:30Ask your question.
01:23:32My lady.
01:23:33In a few days, Isabella weds the Crown Prince.
01:23:37I need to...
01:23:38I need to know what waits for her.
01:23:41You want to know if she lives.
01:23:43Without my Ember watching over her.
01:23:46What her crown will cost.
01:23:48Yes.
01:23:49Please, tell me her fate.
01:23:51Bring the girl to me.
01:23:54Mother, the night before my royal wedding,
01:23:57some blind woman in funeral rags walks into our home,
01:24:01and father knelt for her.
01:24:03Tell me the truth.
01:24:05Is she one of his lowborn mistresses?
01:24:08Crawling here to beg for coin?
01:24:10If we allow that woman to stand in our halls
01:24:14without putting her on her knees,
01:24:16she will believe she belongs here.
01:24:19And we cannot have that.
01:24:21Then let's remind her how this house treats beggars.
01:24:27Donate the Threaters.
01:24:27Be 70 years ex.
01:24:28And we'll see you in the middle of the anecdotes.
01:24:29With that, we have got some positives.
01:24:29There she is.
01:24:29And we'll see you in the middle of the Verdeep life.
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