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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.
00:00:27Bring me Alistair.
00:00:30Can I 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.
00:01:17House Alistram is yours. Show us mercy.
00:01:20My lord, you are a duke. You kneel to no one but the king.
00:01:24One more word, and I'll cut it out myself.
00:01:28My lady. Please.
00:01:47Mind the steps, my lady.
00:01:53The sky turns.
00:01:55The sky turns.
00:02:04Sixty years ago, I broke myself into twelve embers.
00:02:10The throne was secured.
00:02:13It is time.
00:02:19To reclaim them all.
00:02:24My lady, please. Rest inside. I will bring it to you myself.
00:02:29It is exactly where you left it, my lady. Untouched.
00:02:33You give it up so easily.
00:02:35It was never mine to keep.
00:02:37You know what it built. Your entire dynasty.
00:02:41Hundreds years of power.
00:02:43Titles. The crown's favour.
00:02:45The gift of seeing into men's hearts.
00:02:48Without it, you are nothing but a blind man stumbling in the dark.
00:02:51The blood covenant my grandfather sworn binds every generation after him.
00:02:56House Alistair owes you everything it has.
00:02:59And everything it is.
00:03:00You have my word.
00:03:02I will honour the pact. Willingly.
00:03:06The old man bred well.
00:03:09An obedient heir.
00:03:16Since when does my father kneel for peasants?
00:03:20The iris ember, my lady.
00:03:23A covenant is a trade. I take back what is mine.
00:03:27And I leave you one truth.
00:03:30The old laws demand it.
00:03:32Ask your question.
00:03:34My lady.
00:03:36In a few days, Isabella weds the crown prince.
00:03:40I need to...
00:03:41I need to know what waits for her.
00:03:44You want to know if she lives.
00:03:46Without my ember watching over her.
00:03:48What her crown will cost.
00:03:50Yes.
00:03:51Please.
00:03:52Tell me her fate.
00:03:54Bring the girl to me.
00:03:57Mother.
00:03:58The night before my royal wedding,
00:04:00some blind woman in funeral rags walks into our home.
00:04:03And father knelt for her.
00:04:06Tell me the truth.
00:04:08Is she one of his lowborn mistresses?
00:04:10Crawling here to beg for coin?
00:04:13If we allow that woman to stand in our halls without putting her on her knees,
00:04:18she will believe she belongs here.
00:04:22And we cannot have that.
00:04:24Then let's remind her how this house treats beggars.
00:04:32I assumed we were hosting royalty for my husband to grovel so.
00:04:38To greet you himself.
00:04:40I simply had to see who...
00:04:51Magana, was it?
00:04:53You are a guest in my halls.
00:04:56Drink.
00:05:01Your wine, my lady.
00:05:03A blind witch.
00:05:05This shall prove too easy.
00:05:16But...
00:05:17I told them to boil it!
00:05:19Doorish vintage.
00:05:20Pity it turned to vinegar.
00:05:23Masked with...
00:05:24Heavy spice.
00:05:26Poured from the rot, at the bottom of your cellar.
00:05:29Is this...
00:05:30How House Alistair hides its decay?
00:05:33How could she possibly smell that?
00:05:35She knows.
00:05:36How could she know?
00:05:37You insolent wretch!
00:05:39Keep your filthy mouth!
00:05:45By his wits alone did Lord Alistair survive.
00:05:48Isabella, your gown!
00:05:50A tragedy.
00:05:51His bloodline rots with you.
00:05:54How dare you!
00:05:55My husband may tolerate your delusions.
00:05:57But I will not!
00:05:59You just assaulted the future crown princess.
00:06:01By royal decree, you will kneel.
00:06:03And you will bleed for it.
00:06:05She is a fool.
00:06:07You are worse.
00:06:08Even the gods of the underworld have yet to see me kneel.
00:06:14Why would you?
00:06:16We shall see.
00:06:18Gods, take her!
00:06:24And break her legs.
00:06:26Do it!
00:06:32Seize her!
00:06:33Now!
00:06:48Stop!
00:06:50Stop this at once!
00:06:52Fools!
00:06:56Morgana.
00:06:57They know nothing.
00:06:59They acted out of turn.
00:07:01Spare them.
00:07:02I beg of you.
00:07:04Alistair!
00:07:05Father!
00:07:06Both of you.
00:07:07You blind, arrogant fools.
00:07:09She chose restraint.
00:07:11Or you would already be ashes upon this floor.
00:07:14On your knees.
00:07:16Beg for your lives.
00:07:18I bow to no one.
00:07:20I am the future crown princess.
00:07:23I will wear the crown.
00:07:25I will rule this realm.
00:07:29I am a queen.
00:07:31She is just a-
00:07:36A pity.
00:07:39No crown rests on a dead woman.
00:07:44You will die before the wedding bells ring.
00:08:02No!
00:08:04You!
00:08:05Get out of my house!
00:08:07Silence your tongue!
00:08:09Morgana, please.
00:08:11Morgana, please.
00:08:11How do we stop this?
00:08:13Call off the royal wedding.
00:08:15Break betrothal.
00:08:19Or...
00:08:20She dies.
00:08:29The royal escort led by the obsidian guard.
00:08:33Commander Cedric himself.
00:08:35The reaper of the realm.
00:08:43The prophecy is written.
00:08:48And the king's edict.
00:08:55And the king's edict.
00:09:00Commander Cedric, you heard the prophecy.
00:09:02If Isabella rides to the palace today, it will be her funeral.
00:09:06The crown commands this union, Lord Alistair.
00:09:10My escort is already at your gates.
00:09:14You dare defy the throne over cheap politrix?
00:09:17And break the royal contract?
00:09:20Unless...
00:09:22You doubt my ability to keep her breathing.
00:09:26No, Commander.
00:09:28Your blade is legendary.
00:09:29Your tactics flawless.
00:09:31The king trusts no other.
00:09:32She is safe with you.
00:09:35But...
00:09:36Morgana has seen it.
00:09:37She is our only hope.
00:09:39Alistair.
00:09:41The king's patience is not infinite.
00:09:43Do not humiliate us for a blind witch.
00:09:46The crown's wrath will burn this castle to the ground.
00:09:49I will not let you ruin us.
00:09:51She is right, father.
00:09:53I am perfectly safe with the commander.
00:09:56Have the carriage ready.
00:09:57I will fetch my veil.
00:10:04Isabella!
00:10:05Let her go.
00:10:07The hour is set.
00:10:08My debt shall be claimed when the blood runs dry.
00:10:22I'm ready, father.
00:10:24The crown is mine.
00:10:26Our legacy begins.
00:10:29My daughter.
00:10:30Our ultimate masterpiece.
00:10:35Lock it down.
00:10:36Double guards.
00:10:37Kill anything that moves.
00:10:38Nothing.
00:10:39Touch that carriage.
00:10:40Are we clear?
00:10:41Crystal clear, Captain.
00:10:42Consider it done.
00:10:44You're wasting men.
00:10:47The prophecy is spoken.
00:10:49The bride won't survive this journey.
00:10:51I am never wrong.
00:10:53Enlighten me then, Oracle.
00:10:55Give me a name.
00:10:56How exactly does she die?
00:10:58Give me real intel.
00:11:01Do that, I might believe you.
00:11:02Seeing the end requires a price.
00:11:05A transaction.
00:11:06I see the blood.
00:11:08The question is...
00:11:10Can you afford it?
00:11:12There it is.
00:11:13The classic shakedown.
00:11:15We always get here.
00:11:16Just a beggar.
00:11:17I could watch the Duke's daughter in her wedding dress.
00:11:20Perfectly protected by your elite guards.
00:11:22Ride straight to her execution.
00:11:25Let me ride with your convoy.
00:11:27Take me.
00:11:29I'll prove you wrong.
00:11:34Play the prophet.
00:11:36Watch her cross those gates alive.
00:11:41I'll feel the blood.
00:11:45Bring the oracle a horse.
00:12:08Take me.
00:12:12I'll be right back.
00:12:13Break the monk down!
00:12:14Come and see.
00:12:15Let's go.
00:12:15Take me.
00:12:15Take me.
00:12:18I'll be right back.
00:12:21Good.
00:12:33Take them to the Iron Court.
00:12:36I want a name.
00:12:37Yes, Commander.
00:12:45Thank the gods Cedric was here.
00:12:48We're safe.
00:12:49He earned his coin.
00:12:53You fight well, mortal.
00:12:56Pity it changes nothing.
00:12:58I do not guess.
00:13:01The grave is dug.
00:13:04The hour is here.
00:13:05Step forward, future Empress.
00:13:14Isabella, my love, finally.
00:13:21No!
00:13:22God!
00:13:31The prophecy.
00:13:33She knew.
00:13:34How?
00:13:35She was right there.
00:13:37The prophecy is fulfilled.
00:13:39Her blood is spilled.
00:13:40You killed my daughter!
00:13:43Your daughter's death was a tragedy.
00:13:45Eleanor, don't provoke her.
00:13:47Look at the carriage!
00:13:48The doors were sealed!
00:13:49Who else could bypass those locks?
00:13:52Enough!
00:13:53Seal the gates!
00:13:54Nobody leaves this yort yard!
00:13:56You're all suspects.
00:13:57Take them to the Iron Court!
00:14:04We're alone.
00:14:05Just tell me the damn truth.
00:14:07How did you reach inside a moving, heavily guarded carriage and take her head without a single
00:14:12sound?
00:14:13You mapped out her execution beforehand.
00:14:17Fine.
00:14:19Say you didn't swing the blade yourself.
00:14:23But you orchestrated this.
00:14:26If that comforts you, you may use it.
00:14:32I see the threads.
00:14:35Every drop of blood before it falls.
00:14:38The end is written.
00:14:40You're just walking the path blind.
00:14:43Cut the riddles.
00:14:44You're in my cell now.
00:14:48If you see everything, then what happens next?
00:14:52Does the blade slip?
00:14:54Does the steel bite?
00:14:55Or maybe I'm just sick of your games and slit your throat right now!
00:14:58Did you see that?!
00:15:03A seer is blind to her own end.
00:15:06That is the only law I obey.
00:15:09Then tell me how this ends.
00:15:12But you cannot kill me, Cedric.
00:15:17Let's put that to the test.
00:15:19Steel cannot touch me.
00:15:24By drawing it on me, you owe a deadly debt.
00:15:27Madness.
00:15:28I serve the crown.
00:15:30I don't fear witches.
00:15:34Still believe in hard facts, Commander?
00:15:37Commander!
00:15:39We have a situation.
00:15:40The prisoners from the ambush, sir.
00:15:43They took poison.
00:15:44Hidden in their teeth.
00:15:45They're all dead.
00:15:46Trails cold.
00:15:47Dead?!
00:15:48You let our only witnesses die in chains?!
00:15:50They were paid to die.
00:15:52They'd never talk.
00:15:54You want the true killer?
00:15:56Stop asking the living.
00:15:57They only lie.
00:15:58I'll make the dead speak.
00:16:07You said you could make the dead speak.
00:16:09You said you could make the dead speak.
00:16:09Name your price.
00:16:11There's always a price with you.
00:16:13Always.
00:16:14Name it.
00:16:15Whatever closes this investigation.
00:16:17I want your absolute obedience.
00:16:21When I speak, you do not question.
00:16:24When I point, you do not hesitate.
00:16:27My loyalty is to the crown.
00:16:29I don't give blind trust.
00:16:31I have the killer.
00:16:33If you put the murderer in front of me, then you have my trust.
00:16:38Don't make a vow you can't keep, Commander.
00:16:40You have my word.
00:16:42I won't break it.
00:16:47Take this.
00:16:49Sew her head back on.
00:16:51You want me to mutilate a royal corpse?
00:16:53Every second you wait, she fades.
00:16:59Her soul is bleeding out.
00:17:03It's done.
00:17:04What now?
00:17:06Open the doors.
00:17:08Bring them all.
00:17:10The grieving father.
00:17:12The weeping mother.
00:17:14Bring the prince who lost his bride.
00:17:16We are going to hold a court of our own.
00:17:25Isabella!
00:17:26My baby!
00:17:27Oh, God!
00:17:28Hold her back.
00:17:29Don't let her touch the body.
00:17:30Let me go!
00:17:31That's my daughter!
00:17:33Why is she here?
00:17:34Why is that blind woman in the judge's seat?
00:17:37Commander Ashworth, she killed me!
00:17:39You killed her!
00:17:40She cursed my daughter and you let her sit there!
00:17:43His Royal Highness, Prince Kale!
00:17:47Isabella!
00:17:47Let me through!
00:17:49Isabella!
00:17:50No!
00:17:50Look what they did to you, my beautiful girl!
00:17:54The audience is here.
00:17:56Let the performance end.
00:17:59Flesh to thread.
00:18:02Flesh to thread.
00:18:03Bone to command.
00:18:04Rise.
00:18:10You demanded proof, Commander.
00:18:13Behold the truth.
00:18:15You wove the crimson soul thread yourself.
00:18:20The bond is forged.
00:18:22Ask her.
00:18:25Isabella Alistam
00:18:26is your killer here.
00:18:52Keep that thing away!
00:18:54She's bewitched!
00:19:01The crown is ours, Father.
00:19:17The crown is ours, Father.
00:19:24Now, confess.
00:19:30Edmund Alistam
00:19:31Do you confess?
00:19:34I confess to nothing!
00:19:36You sick witch!
00:19:37You killed her!
00:19:39You puppeted her corpse to frame us!
00:19:41He took you in!
00:19:44You repay us with blood!
00:19:46This is madness!
00:19:48A father doesn't slaughter his own blood!
00:19:51Isabella was my pride!
00:19:54Why would I destroy my own future?
00:19:57See the truth!
00:19:58His own blood, that's true.
00:20:01But what if that girl
00:20:03was never your blood at all?
00:20:06Eleanor
00:20:07Why did the Emperor
00:20:09betroth Isabella to Prince Kael?
00:20:11It was destiny!
00:20:13The Emperor declared it.
00:20:15They were born the exact same hour.
00:20:18Blessed by the gods.
00:20:21Wait!
00:20:22It's impossible!
00:20:24Edmund, tell me you didn't!
00:20:27I had to secure our bloodline.
00:20:33Give me the child I must see.
00:20:36Tell the truth.
00:20:37Is it a boy?
00:20:39A girl, my lady.
00:20:41A girl?
00:20:42No!
00:20:43You're lying!
00:20:44A daughter.
00:20:45Just as I said.
00:20:46Why me?
00:20:51The consort is waiting.
00:20:52If it's a boy,
00:20:54I'm ruined!
00:20:55Breathe, my lady.
00:20:57Panic is a luxury we can't afford.
00:20:59Duke Alistair has already arranged a solution.
00:21:01Bring the bundle inside.
00:21:03Now.
00:21:07Look closely.
00:21:09Pure Alistair blood.
00:21:11A flawless son.
00:21:12Yours, if you dare.
00:21:16A son!
00:21:17From now on, you are mine.
00:21:20The true heir of this house.
00:21:45You're telling this court I'm Duke Alistair's son?
00:21:49No.
00:21:50No, no, no, no.
00:21:52I am the crown prince!
00:21:57It can't be.
00:21:58How could my husband do such a thing?
00:22:01This is treason!
00:22:03What could he possibly want to risk all our lives?
00:22:06What did he want?
00:22:07Your son.
00:22:08Sitting on the throne.
00:22:10That's what he wanted.
00:22:13You need proof to make such claims.
00:22:16This dark sorcery proves absolutely nothing.
00:22:19Lord Alistair.
00:22:21If I had to guess.
00:22:22The moment the emperor degreed Isabella's marriage, you realized if she entered the royal court,
00:22:27the crown would eventually discover her secret.
00:22:29So you hired a pack of mercenaries to stage a bandit raid on the carriage.
00:22:33But Morgana's warning put my guard on alert.
00:22:35You feared with extra men your hired killers wouldn't be able to finish the job.
00:22:39So you killed your own daughter before she left.
00:22:41And as for your loyal servants, they break much faster than paid assassins.
00:22:45Commander!
00:22:46Commander Ashworth!
00:22:46Lord Alistair's personal guard.
00:22:48They've confessed to everything.
00:22:49The signed confessions.
00:22:51They admit the Duke ordered them to silence Isabella before she even left.
00:22:59My entire life of scheming, all crushed by fate's cruel hand, the eye you granted us gave
00:23:09House Alistair absolute power, unmatched wealth, unmatched glory, but the emperor still stood
00:23:16above me until that day when I saw, I saw.
00:23:28I saw the truth.
00:23:30If my son took the cradle, he'd rule the world.
00:23:35But the vision didn't end there.
00:23:37I saw the flaw that would kill us.
00:23:40The decree.
00:23:41The royal wedding.
00:23:43If Isabella entered that palace, he would see my daughter.
00:23:49He'd see the exact face of the young empress.
00:23:53He's not blind.
00:23:55He'd know exactly what I did.
00:23:57I had no choice.
00:23:59You must see that.
00:24:01I had to cut the rot out.
00:24:03I had to protect my family.
00:24:06My son will be emperor.
00:24:08I had to.
00:24:13Morgana, Morgana, I confess it all.
00:24:15Punish me alone.
00:24:16I beg you, look at me.
00:24:18Remember my father's loyalty.
00:24:21Spare my wife.
00:24:23He's lying.
00:24:24We knew nothing.
00:24:25Please.
00:24:26I'm begging you.
00:24:27Take my life, but let them live.
00:24:30Granted.
00:24:30Thank you, Oracle.
00:24:34My life for theirs.
00:24:37Edmund!
00:24:38No!
00:24:39Edmund!
00:24:40No, Edmund!
00:24:42Edmund!
00:24:43Please stay.
00:24:45Wake up, please.
00:24:48Don't leave me.
00:24:59Please.
00:25:22I gave them my sight to watch the dark instead they watched the throne
00:25:29built a lie thought they could cheat fate thought they owned me they own nothing
00:25:37I'm taking it all back with blood mortal hands cannot hold the weight of a god it crushes them
00:25:47the Alistair debt is settled my sight is mine again now we move to the next house
00:25:56stop you can't just march in there this is treason I must alert the Emperor
00:26:02no need to call the Emperor he's already here
00:26:12God the Emperor
00:26:17your majesty
00:26:21by royal decree Prince Kale and the Empress are hereby spankstripped of titles they shall be cast into the black
00:26:28cells
00:26:29it shall be done
00:26:37lady Morgana lady Morgana it's you careful sire Morgana sire wait lady Morgana
00:26:46oh my lady Morgana forgive me it's my fault I was blind to let them trouble you I wish to
00:26:56name you high protector
00:26:57to guide the realm every mage alive will answer only to your command
00:27:04my rule is simple one shard for one question you want a prophecy give me your family's ancient inheritance the
00:27:14crown shard in exchange
00:27:17right if you wish to reclaim the shard I will gladly return it after all my family owes are thrown
00:27:26to power is a debt
00:27:27when I give and when I take is my choice alone why the rush yes you are completely right please
00:27:37rest at
00:27:38Aschermyth palace everything will grant her than no no higher than imperial standards no need I am going to
00:27:46Ashworth keep besides my heart currently belongs to him
00:27:59yes yes yes of course take my royal carriage
00:28:05please my lady after you
00:28:06your grace that is the sovereign's carriage it breaks royal protocol
00:28:11shut your mouth
00:28:13lady Morgana is the law her word is absolute there is no protocol in this world that outrants her
00:28:18isn't that right my dear lady please
00:28:22mind the step my lady
00:28:24careful now very careful
00:28:27commander Ashworth
00:28:28your grace
00:28:29if she suffers even a scratch I swear to god I will hang every last member of your retted house
00:28:34do I make myself clear
00:28:36crystal clear your grace
00:28:38my dear lady Morgana
00:28:39I have just remembered
00:28:41some urgent matters of state to attend to
00:28:44I must take my leave
00:28:50you serve lady Morgana now
00:28:51farewell have a pleasant journey
00:28:57earlier you said that I had your heart
00:29:00what the hell does that mean
00:29:01sixty years ago
00:29:04my heart was carved from my chest
00:29:07it is not with you
00:29:10it is in your house
00:29:12my house
00:29:16this way lady Morgana thanks to your grace sixty years ago when you bestowed the heart
00:29:22men shard upon us the Ashworth name is now renowned for our healing arts
00:29:25you see these afflicted souls travel from the furthest corners of the kingdom seeking our aid
00:29:32so the legendary Ashworth healing arts
00:29:35actually came from you
00:29:38tell me then
00:29:39just how old are you exactly
00:29:42does it matter to you
00:29:44please my lord
00:29:45save my mother
00:29:46wake up mama
00:29:47somebody help her
00:29:49have mercy
00:29:49please help my mother
00:29:50I beg of you
00:29:52this is all the coin I have
00:29:54please
00:29:56show some mercy
00:29:57a handful of dirty coppers
00:29:59and you expect the master's healing for that
00:30:02get out of here
00:30:03now
00:30:04stop wasting everyone's time
00:30:05selena
00:30:09cedric
00:30:09you're finally home
00:30:11when I gave your family the shard
00:30:13it was to heal the broken
00:30:15to serve the realm
00:30:17not to exploit the weak
00:30:18you have broken the pact
00:30:20give the fragment back
00:30:21who do you think you are
00:30:23how dare a commoner like you
00:30:25make demands in Ashwild keep
00:30:27silence
00:30:27show her respect
00:30:30this is selena frost
00:30:32a ward
00:30:33taken in by my father
00:30:36selena
00:30:36we heal the sick
00:30:38regardless of coin
00:30:39have you forgotten
00:30:40go to the chapel
00:30:41pray
00:30:42beg her forgiveness
00:30:43you heard him
00:30:44to the chapel now
00:30:48I beg your pardon my lady
00:30:50I had no idea she was extorting them
00:30:54rest assured
00:30:55the Ashwilds honor your gift
00:30:56we'd never turn away the poor
00:30:58most days
00:30:59we treat all these commoners
00:31:01without asking for any money
00:31:03I said return the shard
00:31:07or do you mean to defy me
00:31:09no no
00:31:10the relic
00:31:11is rightfully yours
00:31:12I will return it to you
00:31:14immediately
00:31:14it is just
00:31:16the Hartman's shard
00:31:17is kept safe
00:31:18by my eldest Marin
00:31:19she's been in seclusion
00:31:21at a distant abbey
00:31:22for years
00:31:22once she returns from her retreat
00:31:24I will present it to you myself
00:31:25fine
00:31:26I will wait
00:31:32every time I return
00:31:34she still won't see me
00:31:3715 years
00:31:3815 years since I've laid eyes on her
00:31:40does she really despise me that much
00:31:43why do you think she treats you with such coldness
00:31:47because of what I did
00:31:49she hates me
00:31:51when I was a boy
00:31:52I almost died
00:31:54my sister came for me
00:31:56and the iron drove through her right arm in my place
00:31:59she was never the same again
00:32:03she was a master healer
00:32:05those gifted hands
00:32:07she could bring the dying back to life
00:32:09but because of me
00:32:11the scar on her arm never faded
00:32:12and she was taken from me forever
00:32:15she became a completely different person after that
00:32:17the Hartman's shard was hers by birthright
00:32:21with its power
00:32:22she became the greatest healer in the kingdom
00:32:24and then they sent her far away
00:32:25to a quiet abbey
00:32:27where she could practice in peace
00:32:29but I know the truth
00:32:31that day
00:32:32became a thorn in her heart
00:32:34one that will never be pulled out
00:32:36every time she looks at me
00:32:37she remembers what saving me cost her
00:32:40everything is bound by consequence commander
00:32:43you see only the branches above the soil
00:32:45but you are blind to the roots below
00:32:48what is that supposed to mean?
00:32:50you will know soon enough
00:32:56my knees are hurting
00:32:57I'll fetch the salve
00:33:00Cedric just got back
00:33:01and he's already screaming at me
00:33:03because of her!
00:33:05she's an honoured guest
00:33:06even Lord Ashworth had to apologise to her
00:33:08Master Cedric serves her
00:33:10people are whispering
00:33:12she might be his future bride
00:33:14his future bride?
00:33:16look at her
00:33:17she's a freak
00:33:18with that filthy black rags
00:33:21she doesn't deserve Cedric
00:33:26crone
00:33:27what is that?
00:33:29honey cakes
00:33:30Master Cedric's favourite
00:33:32and imperial spiced wine
00:33:34for Lady Morgana
00:33:36halt
00:33:38imperial spiced wine?
00:33:40a gift from the emperor himself
00:33:42it's worth a fortune
00:33:43you really know how to grovel
00:33:46give it here
00:33:50healers always keep the best poisons
00:33:52this widow's kiss is lethal
00:33:56no taste
00:33:57no cure
00:33:58drink up Morgana
00:34:00go
00:34:01take it to her
00:34:02I cannot my lady
00:34:04she is Master Cedric's guest
00:34:08know your place
00:34:10without Ashfield Charity
00:34:12a useless old crone
00:34:14would be rotting in the gutter
00:34:17pathetic
00:34:22I am disciplining a servant
00:34:24since when does a blind freak
00:34:26interfere with Ashfield affairs?
00:34:28if your tongue serves only to offend
00:34:30then you should not speak at all
00:34:35Morgana
00:34:36you little piece of
00:34:38my lady what is it?
00:34:40my lady what's wrong?
00:34:41please say something
00:34:42what's doing this?
00:34:44guards
00:34:44help us
00:34:45get Lord Aldric
00:34:46she's choking
00:34:47she can't breathe
00:34:48Lord Aldric
00:34:49please hurry
00:34:50I'm right here
00:34:51just breathe
00:34:52she suddenly lost her voice
00:34:55Selene is just a foolish girl
00:34:56she didn't mean to offend you
00:34:58I will make her apologise to you at once
00:35:00what are you waiting for?
00:35:02apologise
00:35:02now
00:35:03are you deaf?
00:35:04do you want to be mute forever?
00:35:05do you want to be mute forever?
00:35:10my lady
00:35:13I don't want your apology
00:35:14kneel to the one you truly wronged
00:35:18please no
00:35:19I'm nobody
00:35:20a lady cannot kneel to me
00:35:21I'm just a servant
00:35:23silence
00:35:23just be grateful
00:35:25every brick in this house
00:35:27rests on the Hartman Shard
00:35:29she built our legacy
00:35:32Oracle
00:35:32I beg you
00:35:33she's terrified
00:35:35let it be enough
00:35:37please
00:35:38have mercy
00:35:44your mercy is boundless
00:35:46my lady
00:35:47I will discipline the girl at once
00:35:50come my lady
00:35:51let us go
00:35:56are you hurt?
00:35:57I am fine
00:35:58my lord
00:36:00you've grown so thin
00:36:02the northern winds
00:36:03have been cruel to you
00:36:04you must stay longer
00:36:06this time
00:36:06your name day
00:36:08is soon
00:36:08I knitted you a pair
00:36:09of thick winter gloves
00:36:11let me fetch them for you
00:36:12wait right here for me
00:36:16that old woman
00:36:18her devotion to you
00:36:19is genuine
00:36:20it is
00:36:22she has been here
00:36:23since I was a boy
00:36:24always kind to me
00:36:25when I was injured as a boy
00:36:27she sneaked me pouches
00:36:29and every year on my name day
00:36:31when my own sister was lost to me
00:36:33she brought me warm broth
00:36:35and fresh bread
00:36:37with her
00:36:38I almost remember
00:36:39what having a sister felt like
00:36:41if that is true
00:36:42you should show her more grace
00:36:43while you can
00:36:44I have seen the shadow on her
00:36:46she has but a few days left
00:36:49do not wait until tomorrow
00:36:51to realise what you have lost
00:36:56listen to me child
00:36:58never cross paths with Morgana again
00:37:01she thinks she owns us
00:37:03patience my sweet girl
00:37:05I'm securing your future
00:37:07play the game
00:37:09let her think she's win
00:37:10soon everything will be yours
00:37:14lady Morgana
00:37:15lady Ashfield has sent me
00:37:17to return the Hartman Shard
00:37:19to its rightful owner
00:37:20we have heard
00:37:21when you take back
00:37:23what is yours
00:37:24you offer a reading in return
00:37:26lady Ashworth has written her question
00:37:29right here on this parchment
00:37:30take it Cedric
00:37:37I will not answer this question
00:37:39because the Hartman Shard
00:37:41is a fake
00:37:42what?
00:37:45a fake
00:37:46someone must have switched it
00:37:48when she wasn't looking
00:37:49I'll get to the bottom of this
00:37:51tonight
00:37:51don't
00:37:53what is mine
00:37:54will always return to my hands
00:37:58lady Morgana
00:37:59commander Ashford
00:38:03the emperor begs your aid
00:38:04the empress door wager is dying
00:38:07the royal physicians
00:38:07can do nothing for her
00:38:09his majesty demands
00:38:10you come at once
00:38:11please my lady
00:38:12you are her only hope
00:38:17lead the way
00:38:19useless fools
00:38:21what good are you
00:38:22if she dies
00:38:23your majesty
00:38:25lady Morgana has arrived
00:38:30Morgana thank the gods you have come
00:38:32please you must help her
00:38:34mother is
00:38:34her flame has burned out
00:38:36her time is over
00:38:38prepare the crypt
00:38:40lies
00:38:40that is a lie
00:38:41your majesty
00:38:45I can save the empress
00:38:49Morgana
00:38:49if you can't save her
00:38:51stop making pathetic excuses
00:38:53I say
00:38:55you have no real power
00:38:57you're nothing but a fraudulent witch
00:38:59Selina
00:39:00this is a royal chamber
00:39:01not your playground
00:39:02your grace
00:39:03I can heal her
00:39:04on my life
00:39:05Selina Frost
00:39:07you should know
00:39:08Cedric knows it well
00:39:09my prophecies
00:39:11are never wrong
00:39:12care to make a wager then
00:39:14on what
00:39:15if I win
00:39:16I want the emperor
00:39:17to decree my marriage
00:39:19to Cedric
00:39:19and
00:39:20I want your head
00:39:22severed from your neck
00:39:23your grace
00:39:24madness
00:39:25this is absolute madness
00:39:26gods
00:39:27drag this mad woman away
00:39:29I accept
00:39:35very well
00:39:36give it a try
00:39:39if you truly cure my mother
00:39:41I will grant your every wish
00:39:50so you stole the heartman schnaz
00:39:52Cedric
00:39:53I'll be a master healer
00:39:55just like your sister
00:39:57then you'll finally see
00:39:59I'm the only one for you
00:40:01forcing fate
00:40:03only brings ruin
00:40:04if you insist on this path
00:40:07you alone will choke on the ashes
00:40:11save your cheap parlor tricks
00:40:13healing the sick is god's work
00:40:15there's no price for that
00:40:18by the old blood
00:40:19I command the vessel
00:40:21take the living spark
00:40:23feed the dying flame
00:40:27awaken
00:40:32wake up
00:40:36wake
00:40:36wake
00:40:46what's happening
00:40:48it burns
00:40:50it burns
00:40:51it burns
00:40:52it burns
00:40:53oh god
00:40:57water
00:40:58please
00:41:06mother
00:41:06mother
00:41:07mother
00:41:07wake up
00:41:11my face
00:41:12no
00:41:14how did this happen
00:41:18you stole my magic
00:41:19but you never asked
00:41:21when the spell steals a living spark
00:41:24whose spark
00:41:25does it take
00:41:28whose life did you think you were spending
00:41:30the ashworth empire isn't built on medicine
00:41:33it's built on a parasite
00:41:35it trades your years for theirs
00:41:39a simple fever costs you a month
00:41:42a fatal wound
00:41:44strips the youth right off your bones
00:41:48sick empress was already dead
00:41:50her time was up
00:41:52give her every hour you have left
00:41:54it won't buy her a single day
00:41:57then what about maren
00:41:58explain maren
00:42:00she bore the shard for 30 years
00:42:02pulled thousands from the grave
00:42:04then she should be dust
00:42:06she should be a rotting corpse
00:42:08why is she flawless
00:42:10why not her
00:42:12look at me
00:42:13it took everything
00:42:14my skin
00:42:16my life
00:42:17why just me
00:42:18you said she was perfect
00:42:21cedric
00:42:22you believe she hid from you for 10 years
00:42:25it never crossed your mind
00:42:27that the woman she became
00:42:28was standing right in front of you
00:42:31and you looked right through her
00:42:34stop
00:42:35what does that mean
00:42:37you're a commander
00:42:39open your eyes
00:42:40every year on your birthday
00:42:42that old servant
00:42:43the only one who still cooks for you
00:42:45who is she cedric
00:42:50lord cedric wait
00:42:51you can't go in
00:42:52my lord
00:42:53she said no visitors
00:42:54my lord
00:43:01maren
00:43:03gods
00:43:04it's really you
00:43:09move along
00:43:09get out
00:43:11move
00:43:11before i drag you out
00:43:15know who stands before you
00:43:17my lord
00:43:17i did not know
00:43:19maren
00:43:19my lord
00:43:20you're mistaken
00:43:21she's not maren
00:43:23she's just an old crone
00:43:24nothing more
00:43:25my lord
00:43:26get out
00:43:27yes my lord
00:43:33my lord
00:43:34i'm nobody
00:43:35just an old crone
00:43:37nobody of importance
00:43:39just a servant
00:43:40this is the inner sanctum
00:43:42only the bloodline
00:43:43only the hartman shard bearer
00:43:45can come here
00:43:48let me see you
00:43:57that scar
00:44:00where did this scar come from
00:44:02only maren bore this mark
00:44:06maren
00:44:09why didn't you tell me
00:44:14why
00:44:14all these years
00:44:16why didn't you tell me
00:44:18every time i used the shard
00:44:20it stole a year of my life
00:44:22burned away
00:44:24then one morning
00:44:25i looked in the glass
00:44:27white hair
00:44:28hands shaking like a crone
00:44:30maren
00:44:31let me in
00:44:32my lord no
00:44:32get off
00:44:34i want my sister
00:44:36let me go
00:44:38maren
00:44:38i couldn't let you see a monster
00:44:41no
00:44:42stop it
00:44:43don't ever say that
00:44:45look at me
00:44:46you are maren
00:44:47the bravest person i know
00:44:50but i abandoned you
00:44:52you gave me your entire life
00:44:54and i was blind
00:44:55i didn't see my own sister
00:44:58i'm sorry
00:44:59oh my brave little brother
00:45:01it's all right now
00:45:10cedric
00:45:11tomorrow is your name day
00:45:13i haven't made your broth yet
00:45:15maren please
00:45:16just rest
00:45:18you made it for me every year
00:45:20my whole life
00:45:21tomorrow
00:45:22i'll make it for you
00:45:29this is my fault
00:45:30i looked right at her
00:45:31and saw nothing
00:45:33she hid her hands
00:45:34traded her life away
00:45:35and i just stood there
00:45:36he used the heartmen's shard
00:45:38to drain her
00:45:39year by year
00:45:39while i watched
00:45:40and called it nothing
00:45:41she made a choice
00:45:43the shard needed a vessel
00:45:45she offered herself
00:45:47she healed them
00:45:48she gave them time
00:45:50she gave you time
00:45:51that was all she ever wanted
00:45:53i looked right past her
00:45:55for years
00:45:57thank you
00:45:58for stripping away
00:45:59every excuse i had
00:46:00i have her back
00:46:02whatever it cost you
00:46:03i swear on my blade
00:46:04i will repay that debt
00:46:06she hasn't eaten in days
00:46:07i made this for her
00:46:08i don't know if she'll want it
00:46:09but i need to give her something
00:46:11i'm gonna take it to her now
00:46:12wait
00:46:14something wrong
00:46:17it's nothing
00:46:18go to her
00:46:19i won't be long
00:46:29maren
00:46:30maren wake up
00:46:32no no please
00:46:34maren
00:46:35the scale always balances
00:46:40get away from me
00:46:42don't touch me
00:46:45i want my sister
00:46:53i want my sister
00:46:56cedric
00:46:58i'm here
00:46:59look at me
00:47:01don't touch me
00:47:02you old witch
00:47:07she's dead isn't she
00:47:08she left me
00:47:10everyone always leaves
00:47:13but i'm staying
00:47:15to lead you
00:47:17i'm not going anywhere
00:47:20i'm here
00:47:21right here
00:47:22i've got you
00:47:28lord ashworth
00:47:29she saved my family
00:47:31she saved so many
00:47:32we had to come
00:47:35everyone knew how much
00:47:36she meant to you my lord
00:47:37her loss leaves a wound
00:47:38in all of us
00:47:40she gave everything
00:47:41healed strangers
00:47:43never once asked for anything in return
00:47:46even when it broke her
00:47:49even when it cost her
00:47:50her life
00:47:53i watched her disappear
00:47:55day by day
00:47:57if the gods would take me instead
00:47:59i'd go willingly
00:48:00and yet you stood there
00:48:03every scar on her body
00:48:05every year taken from her
00:48:07his hands did that
00:48:09all of it
00:48:11every shriveled vein
00:48:12on maron's hands
00:48:13every year carved from her face
00:48:16he arranged all of it
00:48:17her life meant nothing to him
00:48:20he only cared about the gold
00:48:22the price her dying breath could buy
00:48:24oracle please
00:48:27everyone here knows the ashworth name
00:48:29we heal the sick
00:48:31we never ask for coin
00:48:32we serve the people
00:48:33you cannot just walk in here
00:48:35and spread lies about my family
00:48:40if you took no coin
00:48:41then tell me what you've been hiding in the dark
00:48:44every transaction
00:48:46every name
00:48:47every debt you buried
00:49:04these are property deeds
00:49:05hundreds of them
00:49:06the ash house fled the high lords dry
00:49:08in secret
00:49:09they traded healing for mansions
00:49:11for land
00:49:12we thought you were a saint oldrick
00:49:15you're nothing but a leech
00:49:17a parasite
00:49:17you stole my sister's life
00:49:20you drained maron dry
00:49:21to build your filthy empire
00:49:23and left her to rot in the dirt
00:49:25she gave everything
00:49:26and you ground her bones
00:49:28into your crown
00:49:29that is not the whole of his sin
00:49:31when maron's face withered
00:49:33from what he forced on her
00:49:34he turned away from her
00:49:36he took a lover in secret
00:49:39a secret mistress
00:49:41a hidden life
00:49:42there is no one
00:49:44you are lying
00:49:45the child you had with her
00:49:47has been living under this very roof
00:49:48you call her your ward
00:49:50you let her do as she pleases
00:49:53do you deny that selene is your blood
00:49:57you gave selene full run of this house
00:50:00is she your bastard
00:50:01is that why you let her destroy my sister
00:50:05oracle
00:50:07i have always bowed to your vision
00:50:09you cannot lay this at my feet
00:50:11i am innocent
00:50:12if there was money
00:50:13missing from the patients
00:50:15maron did it herself
00:50:17plain greed
00:50:18she used the sick to line her own pockets
00:50:28look out
00:50:28get back
00:50:31that's gold
00:50:32he hid it in the tablet
00:50:37the heavens don't care for your lies
00:50:39but i do
00:50:40you built a dynasty on stolen breath
00:50:44you are no heir to what i left here
00:50:46you are a parasite
00:50:50my sister is dead
00:50:53she died a ruined servant under your roof
00:50:56and you dare stand over her coffin and call her a thief
00:51:00i will cut you apart right here
00:51:02cedric
00:51:03be reasonable
00:51:04look at what she had become
00:51:05who could look at that face
00:51:07and not be sickened
00:51:08you are no blood of mine
00:51:10you are nothing to me
00:51:12is this my fault
00:51:14i would have taken the burden on myself
00:51:16i swear it
00:51:17but the healer's grace
00:51:18it binds only to the women
00:51:20it rejected me
00:51:21it was never my choice
00:51:22we kept her fed
00:51:23kept a roof over her head
00:51:25she owed this family her service
00:51:27it was her duty to plead for us
00:51:30a lie
00:51:31i forged the healer's grace
00:51:33i wrote its laws
00:51:34it does not choose by blood or gender
00:51:37it chooses by the will to sacrifice
00:51:40it rejected you
00:51:41because it looked inside your chest
00:51:43and found nothing at all
00:51:45you let a child wither in your place
00:51:47and called it fate
00:51:49you said you wished to carry the burden
00:51:51you wanted the ember's power for yourself
00:51:54you wanted it all
00:51:58very well
00:52:02let us see
00:52:03how much of it you can bear
00:52:09very well
00:52:10very well
00:52:35no
00:52:36get off me
00:52:38i am the lord of this
00:52:42no
00:52:42no
00:52:44no
00:52:45no
00:52:45no
00:52:46no
00:52:47no
00:52:47no
00:52:47no
00:52:56every year
00:52:57he stole from marin
00:52:58they just ripped it back
00:53:19marin
00:53:20can you hear me
00:53:20look at me
00:53:24you
00:53:25you came back
00:53:29you're breathing
00:53:31i watched you stop
00:53:32i thought you were gone
00:53:34you're shaking
00:53:35your birthday is soon
00:53:37i still owe you bread and broth
00:53:40i'll make it myself
00:53:42just don't close your eyes again
00:53:45promise me that
00:53:46her face still carries what the years cost her
00:53:49but the 30 years aldrich took from her have been stripped from his bones
00:53:53they're hers now
00:53:54her hand is healed
00:53:56the debt is paid
00:53:58she will never serve in the dark again
00:54:00she lives
00:54:01the transaction is complete
00:54:07oracle
00:54:08you didn't owe us this
00:54:10i will carry this mercy until my last breath
00:54:18you gave my sister back her life
00:54:20my life is no longer my own
00:54:23it belongs to you
00:54:24every breath i draw belongs to your cause
00:54:26i am your shield
00:54:28your blade
00:54:29point me at your enemies
00:54:30wherever you walk
00:54:32i walk with you
00:54:34until my blood runs cold
00:54:41remember your oath
00:54:56the hartman shard
00:54:57it's time it returned to you
00:54:59you took another piece of your power straight into yourself
00:55:03will you absorb this one too
00:55:36please
00:55:37help us
00:55:38have mercy
00:55:42talk to me
00:55:44did the exorcism drain you
00:55:46are you hurt
00:55:48i am not hurt
00:55:49when i pulled the hartman shard from your sister
00:55:51i absorbed 30 years of her memories
00:55:53every single day she spent trapped in that house
00:55:57there's an echo now
00:55:58a pressure in my chest
00:56:00you have a rule
00:56:01you reclaim a piece of your power
00:56:03you owe the bloodline one truth
00:56:05one ember
00:56:07one question
00:56:09maryn gave her whole youth to keep me alive
00:56:12she never got to ask her question
00:56:15maryn
00:56:16so i'll ask it for her
00:56:17look into your prophecy morgana
00:56:19did my sister's sacrifice mean anything
00:56:21tell me
00:56:24your sister asked what waits for you in the north
00:56:26i didn't lie to her
00:56:28so i'll tell you exactly what i saw
00:56:30there is a line drawn across your fate
00:56:32a terminal point
00:56:35if you follow me to ironwall
00:56:37if you walk into ravencrest at my side
00:56:39you will stand before someone and bleed until there is nothing left
00:56:43and you will die
00:56:44that is the end of it
00:56:46in front of who
00:56:48who do i bleed for
00:56:50me
00:56:51knowing this
00:56:53knowing that every step north is a step towards your own grave
00:56:57and you still want to come with me
00:56:59forget it
00:57:00it doesn't matter
00:57:04you are ordered to stay behind
00:57:06i walk into ironwall alone
00:57:08i don't need a shield
00:57:10i swore an oath to you
00:57:13i stand between you and whatever comes
00:57:16i'm going
00:57:21i told you how this ends
00:57:24are you not afraid
00:57:26i lead the obsidian guard
00:57:28i have walked into the dark more times than i can count
00:57:32every time
00:57:33they said i wouldn't walk out
00:57:36every time they said the odds were broken
00:57:39and i am still standing here
00:57:41let them come
00:57:42i will survive it
00:57:43and i will walk you out of ironwall myself
00:57:55hold the gate
00:57:57i am cedric ashworth
00:57:59commander of the obsidian guards
00:58:00hold the gates
00:58:01guards
00:58:02they're here
00:58:03fall back
00:58:04bar the gates
00:58:09go they
00:58:18ring of steel
00:58:20protect morgana
00:58:28ash to ash
00:58:30darkness breaks
00:58:31gone
00:58:51this malice
00:58:53i know it
00:58:54she broke them
00:58:55who goes there
00:58:56morgana
00:58:58lady morgana
00:59:01forgive me
00:59:02my grandfather speaks of you often
00:59:05and you are
00:59:06finn ravenkest my lady
00:59:08grandson to patriarch thorn
00:59:10algana
00:59:12smile for me
00:59:13you look best when you smile
00:59:16foolish
00:59:25you must think i'm completely useless with a blade
00:59:28i've been sickly since childhood
00:59:30my sister-in-law handles the killing
00:59:32she lets me read instead
00:59:33i apologize for the gate
00:59:35it's just
00:59:36lately
00:59:37the moment the sun sets
00:59:38the dead walk
00:59:39vesta fears the undead soldiers
00:59:41breaching the walls
00:59:42slaughtering our people
00:59:44please forgive the locked gates my lady
00:59:46these undead outside your walls
00:59:48what is their origin
00:59:49we don't know
00:59:50not since my grandfather fell
00:59:52they don't discern friend from foe
00:59:54they just butcher
00:59:55for six months we've been trapped here
00:59:57powerless
00:59:58thorn was injured
01:00:00yes
01:00:01ambushed by the dead weeks ago
01:00:03he hasn't woken since
01:00:06take me to him
01:00:08of course
01:00:10finn
01:00:16you dare test me boy
01:00:18who authorized you to breach the protocol
01:00:20who gave you leave to welcome stray vagras into my fortress
01:00:24do frost stokes laws mean nothing to you
01:00:27vesper wait
01:00:28this is lady morgana
01:00:30grandfather foresaw this
01:00:31he said a woman named morgana would come for the shard
01:00:34we must show her absolute respect
01:00:37the patriarch is dying
01:00:38he needs silence not scavengers chasing fairy tales
01:00:41commander vesper
01:00:43even the emperor bows to lady morgana
01:00:45i suggest you mind your tone
01:00:48before i cut out your tongue
01:00:50damn your southern king
01:00:52here
01:00:53we follow north laws
01:00:55your laws
01:00:57tell me
01:00:58what does the north demand
01:01:00you want to see him
01:01:02bleed for it
01:01:03best me in combat
01:01:05win
01:01:06and you get your audience
01:01:07and your precious shard
01:01:09lose
01:01:09and you crawl back south
01:01:12frostbite does not serve the weak
01:01:14i'll gladly test your eye on commander
01:01:16good
01:01:17a real man
01:01:18bring me my steel
01:01:23morgana
01:01:24my sister-in-law is a monster on the battlefield
01:01:27she holds the true bloodline
01:01:29no one beats her
01:01:30is this it then
01:01:32the day you foreseen i would die
01:01:54he's hurt
01:01:55he will not die
01:02:00playing with time
01:02:18well fought
01:02:19your form is decent
01:02:22but you fight like you fear death
01:02:23always leaving room to retreat
01:02:25remember
01:02:27a real enemy
01:02:28won't give you quarter
01:02:30the only way to outlive them
01:02:31is to care less about dying
01:02:34mother
01:02:36mother
01:02:39there's my little bird
01:02:41you promised me
01:02:43we'd practice archery today
01:02:45i know
01:02:46go grab your bow
01:02:47i'm coming
01:02:47okay
01:02:52when you have something you can't leave behind
01:02:54then teach me to fight
01:02:57tomorrow i will grant you an audience with a patriarch
01:03:02you see
01:03:03i am still breathing
01:03:04if you had truly defied my vision
01:03:09now that
01:03:09would be interesting
01:03:14my lady
01:03:14the north is freezing
01:03:16i brought you these heavy furs
01:03:18your concern is noted boy
01:03:20but she has no need for such common scraps
01:03:23these are royal pelts from
01:03:28gods
01:03:30what in the world is this
01:03:32it's so soft
01:03:33it doesn't even feel like wool
01:03:35it feels like water
01:03:37these deep red shapes here
01:03:39what kind of flower is this
01:03:41a rose
01:03:42the sovereign of flowers
01:03:44a rose
01:03:45it's beautiful
01:03:46i can't even imagine it
01:03:48so this is what the south grows
01:03:51here in frost spike
01:03:52the winter never ends
01:03:54the ground is iron
01:03:55nothing this fragile
01:03:56could ever survive the frost
01:03:59if it pleases you boy
01:04:00help us reclaim the sherd from your keep
01:04:03and this mantle
01:04:04is yours to keep
01:04:06truly
01:04:07you swear on your honor
01:04:09on my blood
01:04:11done
01:04:12i'll get ready
01:04:17you barter with the boy
01:04:18because you are certain
01:04:19that vesta will not surrender the shard
01:04:25two years ago
01:04:26at the blood water siege
01:04:27vesta's husband
01:04:28begged the emperor for reinforcements
01:04:30but the royal court
01:04:32was busy preparing the emperor's jubilee
01:04:34the army never marched
01:04:35her husband died in the mud
01:04:36left her and the child alone
01:04:40vesta has every reason to hate the crown
01:04:42she struck a deal with the enemy
01:04:45you are wrong
01:04:48you said we were seeing the patriarch
01:04:49why bring us to a crypt
01:04:51whatever you see in there
01:04:52hold your nerve
01:04:54my grandfather rest inside
01:04:56please this way
01:04:57what do you see in there
01:05:13what
01:05:18is this
01:05:19it is thorn
01:05:21yes
01:05:21yes
01:05:22since the ambush six months ago
01:05:24this crust began to form
01:05:26it started around his wounds
01:05:28then it spread
01:05:29swallowing him whole
01:05:31how many healers have you called
01:05:33all of them
01:05:34none could break it
01:05:51this isn't a sickness is it
01:05:53it is his own madness
01:05:55his madness
01:05:56his madness
01:05:56thorn's natural life
01:05:59ended in the snow
01:06:00six months ago
01:06:04but his fury
01:06:05anchored him here
01:06:07he refuses to pass on
01:06:09and the shard
01:06:10buried within him
01:06:11gave his wrath
01:06:13a physical form
01:06:14spawning the dead
01:06:15that batter your gates
01:06:16while this stone shell
01:06:19devours his remaining soul
01:06:20the undead
01:06:23they came from my grandfather's own mind
01:06:27what kind of nightmare
01:06:28could be powerful enough
01:06:30to breed an entire army of corpses
01:06:36what is happening
01:06:42the dead are marching in daylight
01:06:46i'll hold the line
01:06:47gather the men
01:06:49my lady i'm begging you
01:06:51save frostbite
01:06:52take the shard back
01:06:53it's right there in his chest
01:06:55please just take it
01:06:56i beg you
01:06:59yes
01:06:59but the shard
01:07:01must be freely given
01:07:02even i cannot carve it out by force
01:07:05i will pull thorn back from the dark
01:07:08do not let them interrupt me
01:07:10this pennant will hold the dead
01:07:12plant it beyond the gates
01:07:13it will buy me time
01:07:15if the ward fails
01:07:17if the dead breach the line
01:07:20or if you are overrun
01:07:22do not die for me
01:07:23leave
01:07:24my orders stand
01:07:27you are my charge
01:07:29i do not break the line
01:07:45i remember a boy
01:07:47one who chased my shadow
01:07:50always begging for stories
01:07:52now
01:07:53reduced to stone
01:07:58veil lift
01:08:00flesh bind
01:08:02awaken
01:08:06thorn
01:08:08ashworth
01:08:10her magic broke
01:08:11she's bleeding
01:08:23shit
01:08:36finn what are you doing
01:08:38i'm done pretending commander
01:08:40did you honestly think
01:08:42vespa was the one
01:08:42who crippled my grandfather
01:08:44it was me
01:08:45who left the gate wide open
01:08:47so
01:08:48you're the rat
01:08:49they butchered your parents
01:08:51slaughtered your own brothers
01:08:52they bled frostbear dry
01:08:54and you sold us out to the monsters
01:08:57sold us out
01:08:59monsters
01:08:59better than being the crown's lapdog
01:09:01why should we bleed for them
01:09:03our ancestors all followed morgana
01:09:05we were equals once
01:09:06but because they got different shards
01:09:08some get to rule the capital
01:09:09some get the gold
01:09:10and what did the rain creeps get
01:09:12three generations rotting in this frozen wasteland
01:09:14bleeding out in the ice
01:09:16just another name on a tombstone
01:09:18waiting to be wiped out
01:09:20i won't let it end like this
01:09:23i'm going to tear frostfire down
01:09:25break the chains they put on us
01:09:29i saw morgana use this
01:09:31it commands the dead
01:09:33i hold the power now
01:09:41isn't that right
01:09:43run
01:09:44run
01:09:45run
01:10:10!
01:10:12Let's go.
01:10:42Four.
01:10:47Three.
01:11:00Sis, you came.
01:11:04Sister, I...
01:11:05What is happening to me?
01:11:07Where are we?
01:11:08Your mortal life is ended.
01:11:11But your obsession anchored you here.
01:11:14Your soul was twisted by inner demons in the shard.
01:11:18You are nothing but a lingering phantom now.
01:11:43Yes.
01:11:45I remember the vow.
01:11:48I gave you my word to hold this fortress, to bleed for the innocent.
01:11:56But the dead are here.
01:11:58The wolves are at the gates.
01:12:01I...
01:12:02I dare not leave.
01:12:04Enough, Thorn.
01:12:05You have bled enough.
01:12:08Your bloodline.
01:12:11Your men.
01:12:13My beloved god...
01:12:14Go on.
01:12:15Come on.
01:12:21Go on.
01:12:23Kill me.
01:12:47Let the obsession die.
01:12:51You must go.
01:12:54Whatever my sister commands, Thorn will always obey.
01:13:01But before I return the Shard, Morgana, may I ask you one question?
01:13:12What did you want to ask?
01:13:16All these years, alone in the dark.
01:13:24Were you alright, Morgana?
01:13:39You won't touch her!
01:13:43I was fine.
01:13:49That is good.
01:14:19I was fine.
01:14:22I was fine.
01:14:49Morgana, it seems I won't be here to help you take back what is yours.
01:15:13Morgana, I make no grand claims.
01:15:16But I swear, I will help you take it all back.
01:15:48I will help you take it all back.
01:15:54Morgana, this world is sick.
01:16:01Finn, why would you do this?
01:16:05My brother, he died because the crown, because the crown never sent reinforcements.
01:16:13He bled out in the snow.
01:16:16And ever since then, I haven't seen you smile, but not truly.
01:16:21I was so close.
01:16:24Just a little more than I could have taken you away from this prison.
01:16:32You foolish boy, Frostfire is now prison.
01:16:38Look at the people behind these walls, the thousands we pulled from the slaughter, the
01:16:43soldiers I trained with my own hands.
01:16:45Every block of black stone, every frozen inch of the north, holds my blood.
01:16:51Nothing has ever trapped me.
01:16:53This is the line I chose to hold.
01:16:56Frostfire is my home, Finn.
01:16:58And I will defend it, until I break.
01:17:03I thought, I thought you hated the crown.
01:17:08I only wanted to break your chains.
01:17:16I do hate the crown, but I love the north.
01:17:19I love our people.
01:17:21I am holding this line for your brother.
01:17:23So the children here, so my own daughter, can sleep without fear of the slaughter.
01:17:28So it was just me.
01:17:31I was the only one who couldn't let go.
01:17:35Take me away.
01:17:38I will.
01:17:39I'll take you south.
01:17:41I want to sleep beneath the roses.
01:17:55Why the Frostfire?
01:17:57Why Thorn Ravencrest?
01:17:59My youngest student.
01:18:01Still breathes.
01:18:02I need to see him.
01:18:04And the Ravencrest piece of the crown, what is it, exactly?
01:18:08A drop of my own blood, the Undying Spark.
01:18:12Your blood?
01:18:13No wonder your skin is like ice.
01:18:15Morgana, how did you lose your eyes?
01:18:18Sixty winters ago, the realm was drowning in its own blood.
01:18:23To buy them a dawn, I offered my own flesh and soul.
01:18:28I stripped everything away, bound it to the obsidian.
01:18:33Twelve fragments, given to twelve disciples, to save this world.
01:18:38Sixty years have passed.
01:18:40My students took that power and forged twelve great bloodlines.
01:18:46And now, there is peace.
01:18:49Now I take back what is mine.
01:18:52Morgana, what else are you missing?
01:18:55You never change your boots.
01:18:56I've never seen you eat, or sleep for that matter.
01:19:00Your hair turned white.
01:19:02Silence.
01:19:02Silence.
01:19:03Hmm.
01:19:12Morgana, I will help you get it all back.
01:19:17Every last piece, you have my word.
01:19:22No matter what it takes, no matter the cost.
01:19:32Sixty years ago, to buy this realm a breath of life, I gave my own flesh and soul to the
01:19:40forge.
01:19:41No attachments, no desires.
01:19:45I told you to run, but of course, fate demands its due.
01:20:00Would you still draw your blade for me, knowing it will only lead to your grave?
01:20:05I am going.
01:20:06I've commanded the vanguard for years.
01:20:09I've faced death more times than I can count.
01:20:12But I have never lost.
01:20:15And I will not lose this time, either.
01:20:18I know it will only be aều and the evidence says,
01:20:48Oh wow!
01:20:50My lady, forgive me.
01:20:54Assassins!
01:21:10This... southern blood magic.
01:21:12They say one puppet butchers ten men,
01:21:15and I tore them apart before they could even blink.
01:21:17I feel like I could rip through solid iron.
01:21:20You were bleeding to death.
01:21:21No medicine could save you.
01:21:23So I bound a fraction of my shard to your fading heart.
01:21:27Tethered your life to mine.
01:21:28With my power in your veins, no mortal man can stand against you.
01:21:32You could have run.
01:21:34You chose to stay.
01:21:37You accepted my gift.
01:21:40From now on, you are bound to my will.
01:21:43Are we clear?
01:21:46So I am no better than these husks?
01:21:48I'm just your puppet?
01:21:50Do not compare yourself to such pathetic trash.
01:21:54They are nothing like you.
01:21:59You...
01:22:00You are my masterpiece.
01:22:04Hmm.
01:22:14That shard of the crown was torn from my own veins.
01:22:20A single drop of my heart's blood.
01:22:25I never thought you would waste such a priceless piece of yourself on me.
01:22:29I never thought I'd even be alive.
01:22:32My lady, you always said your prophecies are absolute.
01:22:35Never wrong.
01:22:36To give me the shard.
01:22:37To force me to live.
01:22:39Isn't this defying the gods themselves?
01:22:41Taking the heart back was a mistake.
01:22:49Morgana.
01:22:52Farewell.
01:22:54Be wary.
01:22:56Without the primordial crown's shard, the horde will show no mercy.
01:23:01I know the risks.
01:23:02But I command this gate.
01:23:04Shard or no shard.
01:23:06The Ravencrest will hold this line.
01:23:08To the last breath.
01:23:13The horde is at our walls.
01:23:15I ride with the vanguard.
01:23:17Godspeed.
01:23:30Why didn't you tell her about the warding spikes you planted?
01:23:34The wards are nothing.
01:23:35Compared to the primordial blood.
01:23:37Still boiling in their veins.
01:23:40They will survive.
01:23:44What's happening?
01:23:45Are you alright?
01:23:45I feel a disturbance.
01:23:47A forbading sensation.
01:23:49I have looked ahead.
01:23:51I wish I had not.
01:23:52The road before us is dark, Cedric.
01:24:10We must push forward.
01:24:12Wherever you go, I will follow.
01:24:15Where to next?
01:24:17South.
01:24:18To the Scarlet Lands.
01:24:20I want to meet the fool who thought they could kill me.
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