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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!
00:00:27Bring me Alison.
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!
00:00:49Sixty 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.
00:01:11Morgana.
00:01:14Forgive me. I didn't know you were coming.
00:01:17House Alistram is yours.
00:01:19Show us mercy.
00:01:20My lord. You are a duke.
00:01:22You kneel to no one but the king.
00:01:24One more word.
00:01:25And I'll cut it out myself.
00:01:28My lady. Please.
00:01:47Mind the steps, my lady.
00:01:54The sky turns.
00:02:04I will stay.
00:02:05Sixty years ago...
00:02:07...I broke myself into twelve embers.
00:02:11The throne was secured.
00:02:13It is time...
00:02:19To reclaim them all.
00:02:26I assumed we were hosting royalty
00:02:29For my husband to grovel so
00:02:31To greet you himself
00:02:33I simply had to see who
00:02:45Magana, was it?
00:02:47You are a guest in my halls
00:02:49Drink
00:02:54Your wine, my lady
00:02:56A blind witch
00:02:58This shall prove to you
00:03:09But I told them to boil it
00:03:12Dorish vintage
00:03:13Pity it turned to vinegar
00:03:15Masked with heavy spice
00:03:19Poured from the rot
00:03:21At the bottom of your cellar
00:03:22Is 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?
00:03:31You insolent wretch
00:03:32Keep 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
00:03:45Rots with you
00:03:47How dare you?
00:03:49My husband may tolerate your delusions
00:03:51But I will not
00:03:52You just assaulted the future crown princess
00:03:54By royal decree
00:03:56You will kneel
00:03:57You will kneel
00:03:57And you will bleed for it
00:03:58She is a fool
00:04:00You are worse
00:04:01Even the gods of the underworld
00:04:04Have yet to see
00:04:05Me
00:04:06Kneel
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
00:04:24Seize her
00:04:26Now
00:04:41Stop
00:04:43Stop
00:04:44Stop 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
00:04:56Alistair
00:04:58Father
00:04:59Both of you
00:05:00You blind arrogant fools
00:05:02She 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
00:05:13I am the future crown princess
00:05:17I will wear the crown
00:05:18I will rule this realm
00:05:22I am a queen
00:05:24She is just a
00:05:25A pity
00:05:32No crown rests on a dead woman
00:05:37You will die before the wedding bells ring
00:05:55No
00:05:57You
00:05:58Get out of my house
00:06:00Silence your tongue
00:06:03Morgana
00:06:04Morgana please
00:06:04How do we stop this
00:06:06Call off the royal wedding
00:06:08Break betrothal
00:06:12Or
00:06:13She dies
00:06:23The royal escort
00:06:24Led by the obsidian guard
00:06:26Commander Cedric himself
00:06:28The reaper of the realm
00:06:36The prophecy is written
00:06:42And the king's edict
00:06:53Commander Cedric
00:06:54You heard the prophecy
00:06:55If Isabella rides to the palace today
00:06:57It will be her funeral
00:07:00The crown commands this union
00:07:03Lord Alistair
00:07:04My escort is already at your gates
00:07:07You dare defy the throne over cheap politrix
00:07:11And break the royal contract
00:07:13Unless
00:07:15You doubt my ability to keep her breathing
00:07:20No commander
00:07:21Your blade is legendary
00:07:22Your tactics flawless
00:07:24The king trusts no other
00:07:25She is safe with you
00:07:28But
00:07:29Morgana has seen it
00:07:30She is our only hope
00:07:33Alistair
00:07:33The king's patience is not infinite
00:07:36Do 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
00:07:50I will fetch my veil
00:07:57Isabella
00:07:59Let her go
00:08:00The hour is set
00:08:01My debt shall be claimed
00:08:03When the blood runs dry
00:08:11Play the prophet
00:08:13Watch her cross those gates
00:08:14It's alive
00:08:18I'll feel the blood
00:08:22Bring the oracle a horse
00:08:26A
00:08:26A
00:08:26A
00:08:26A
00:08:47I don't know.
00:09:10Take them to the Iron Court.
00:09:13I want a name.
00:09:14Yes, Commander!
00:09:22Thank the gods Cedric was here.
00:09:24We're safe.
00:09:26He earned his coin.
00:09:30You fight well, mortal.
00:09:33Pity it changes nothing.
00:09:35I do not guess.
00:09:38The grave is dug.
00:09:41The hour is here!
00:09:42Step forward, future Empress!
00:09:45Empress!
00:09:51Isabella, my love finally.
00:09:58No!
00:09:59God!
00:10:07I'm ready, Father.
00:10:09The crown is mine.
00:10:11Our legacy begins.
00:10:14My daughter.
00:10:16Our ultimate masterpiece.
00:10:20Lock it down!
00:10:21Double guards!
00:10:22Kill anything that moves.
00:10:24Nothing touched that carriage.
00:10:26Are we clear?
00:10:27Crystal clear, Captain.
00:10:28Consider it done.
00:10:29You're wasting men.
00:10:32The prophecy is spoken.
00:10:35The bride won't survive this journey.
00:10:37I am never wrong.
00:10:39Enlighten me then, Oracle.
00:10:41Give me a name.
00:10:42How exactly does she die?
00:10:44Give me real intel.
00:10:46Do that, I might believe you.
00:10:48Seeing the end requires a price.
00:10:50A transaction.
00:10:52I see the blood.
00:10:54The question is, can you afford it?
00:10:58There it is.
00:10:59The classic shakedown we always get here.
00:11:01Just a beggar.
00:11:02I could watch the Duke's daughter in her wedding dress.
00:11:05Perfectly protected by your elite guards.
00:11:08Ride straight to her execution.
00:11:09Let me ride with your convoy.
00:11:12Take me.
00:11:14I'll prove you wrong.
00:11:19I see the threads.
00:11:22Every drop of blood before it falls.
00:11:25The end is written.
00:11:26You're just walking the path blind.
00:11:29Cut the riddles.
00:11:30You're in my cell now.
00:11:34If you see everything, then what happens next?
00:11:38Does the blade slip?
00:11:40Does the steel bite?
00:11:42Or maybe I'm just sick of your games and slit your throat right now.
00:11:45Did you see that?
00:11:50A seer is blind to her own end.
00:11:52That is the only law I obey.
00:11:56Then tell me how this ends.
00:11:58But you cannot kill me, Cedric.
00:12:03Let's put that to the test.
00:12:06Steel cannot touch me.
00:12:11By drawing it on me, you owe a deadly debt.
00:12:14Madness.
00:12:15I serve the crown.
00:12:17I don't fear witches.
00:12:20Still believe in hard facts, Commander?
00:12:24Commander!
00:12:25We have a situation.
00:12:27The prisoners from the ambush, sir.
00:12:29They took poison.
00:12:30Hidden in their teeth.
00:12:32They're all dead.
00:12:33Trails cold.
00:12:34Dead?
00:12:34You let our only witnesses die in chains?
00:12:37They were paid to die.
00:12:39They'd never talk.
00:12:40You want the true killer?
00:12:42Stop asking the living.
00:12:44They only lie.
00:12:45I'll make the dead speak.
00:12:58The prophecy.
00:13:00She knew.
00:13:01How?
00:13:02She was right there.
00:13:03The prophecy is fulfilled.
00:13:06Her blood is spilled.
00:13:08You 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!
00:13:15The doors were sealed!
00:13:16Who else could bypass those locks?
00:13:19Enough!
00:13:20Seal the gates!
00:13:21Nobody leaves this yort yard!
00:13:22You're all suspects!
00:13:24Take them to the iron court!
00:13:31We're alone.
00:13:32Just 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.
00:13:44Fine.
00:13:46Say you didn't swing the blade yourself.
00:13:50But you orchestrated this.
00:13:54If that comforts you, you may use it.
00:14:01You said you could make the dead speak.
00:14:03Name your price.
00:14:05There's always a price with you.
00:14:07Always.
00:14:08Name it.
00:14:09Whatever closes this investigation.
00:14:11I want your absolute obedience.
00:14:15When I speak, you do not question.
00:14:18When I point, you do not hesitate.
00:14:20My loyalty is to the crown.
00:14:23I don't give blind trust.
00:14:25I 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.
00:14:36I 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.
00:14:53Her soul is bleeding out.
00:14:56It's done.
00:14:58It's done.
00:14:59What now?
00:15:00Open the doors.
00:15:02Bring them all.
00:15:03The grieving father.
00:15:05The weeping mother.
00:15:08Bring the prince who lost his bride.
00:15:10We are going to hold a court of our own.
00:15:19Isabella, my baby.
00:15:21Oh, God.
00:15:22Hold her back.
00:15:23Don't let her touch the body.
00:15:24Let me go.
00:15:25That's my daughter.
00:15:27Why is she here?
00:15:28Why is that blind woman in the judge's seat?
00:15:31Commander Ashworth, she killed her.
00:15:34She cursed my daughter and you let her sit there.
00:15:37His Royal Highness, Prince Kale.
00:15:40Isabella, let me through.
00:15:43Isabella, no.
00:15:44Look what they did to you, my beautiful girl.
00:15:48The audience is here.
00:15:50Let the performance end.
00:15:53Flesh to thread.
00:15:56Bone to command.
00:15:58Rise.
00:16:04You demanded proof, Commander.
00:16:07Behold the truth.
00:16:10You wove the crimson soul thread yourself.
00:16:14The bond is forged.
00:16:16Ask her.
00:16:19Isabella Alastom.
00:16:20Is your killer here?
00:16:23Is your killer here?
00:16:46Keep that thing away!
00:16:48She's bewitched!
00:16:55The crown is ours, father.
00:17:06The crown is ours, father.
00:17:11Edmund Alaston.
00:17:18Now, confess.
00:17:24Edmund Alaston.
00:17:26Do you confess?
00:17:27I confess to nothing!
00:17:29You sick witch!
00:17:31You killed her!
00:17:33You puppeted her corpse to frame us!
00:17:36He took you in.
00:17:38You repay us with blood!
00:17:39This is madness!
00:17:42A father doesn't slaughter his own blood!
00:17:45Isabella was my pride!
00:17:48Why would I destroy my own future?
00:17:51See the truth!
00:17:52His own blood.
00:17:53That's true.
00:17:55But what if that girl was never your blood at all?
00:18:00Eleanor.
00:18:01Why did the Emperor betroth Isabella to Prince Kael?
00:18:05It was destiny.
00:18:07The Emperor declared it.
00:18:08They were born the exact same hour.
00:18:12Blessed by the gods.
00:18:15Wait!
00:18:16It's impossible.
00:18:18Edmund, 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.
00:18:31Is it a boy?
00:18:33A girl, my lady.
00:18:35A girl?
00:18:36No!
00:18:37You're lying!
00:18:38A daughter.
00:18:39Just as I said.
00:18:40Why me?
00:18:45The consort is waiting.
00:18:47If it's a boy, I'm ruined!
00:18:50Breathe, my lady.
00:18:51Panic is a luxury we can't afford.
00:18:53Duke Alistair has already arranged a solution.
00:18:55Bring the bundle inside.
00:18:57Now.
00:19:01Look closely.
00:19:03Pure Alistair blood.
00:19:04A flawless son.
00:19:06Yours, if you dare.
00:19:10A son!
00:19:11From now on, you are mine.
00:19:14The true heir of this house.
00:19:17My son.
00:19:19My heir.
00:19:39You're telling this court I'm Duke Alistus' son?
00:19:43No.
00:19:44No.
00:19:45No, no.
00:19:46I am the crown prince!
00:19:51It can't be.
00:19:52How could my husband do such a thing?
00:19:55This is treason.
00:19:57What could he possibly want to risk all our lives?
00:20:00What did he want?
00:20:01Your son sitting on the throne.
00:20:04That's what he wanted.
00:20:07You need proof to make such claims.
00:20:10This dark sorcery proves absolutely nothing.
00:20:13Lord Alistair, if I had to guess, the moment the emperor degreed Isabella's marriage, you
00:20:19realized 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.
00:20:29You feared with extra men your hired killers wouldn't be able to finish the job, so you
00:20:33killed your own daughter before she left.
00:20:35And as for your loyal servants, they break much faster than paid assassins.
00:20:39Commander!
00:20:40Commander Ashworth!
00:20:40Lord Alistair's personal guard, they've confessed to everything.
00:20:43The signed confessions.
00:20:44They 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.
00:21:01The eye you granted us gave House Alistair absolute power, unmatched wealth, unmatched glory.
00:21:08But the emperor still stood above me, until that day, when I saw, I saw.
00:21:22I saw the truth.
00:21:24If my son took the cradle, he'd rule the world.
00:21:29But the vision didn't end there.
00:21:31I saw the flaw that would kill us.
00:21:34The decree.
00:21:35The royal wedding.
00:21:37If Isabella entered that palace, he would see my daughter.
00:21:43He'd see the exact face of the young empress.
00:21:47He's not blind.
00:21:49He'd know exactly what I did.
00:21:51I had no choice!
00:21:53You must see that!
00:21:55I had to cut the rot out.
00:21:57I had to protect my family!
00:22:00My son will be emperor!
00:22:01I had to!
00:22:04I had to!
00:22:07Morgana, I confess it all.
00:22:09Punish me alone.
00:22:10I beg you, look at me!
00:22:12Remember my father's loyalty!
00:22:15Spare my wife!
00:22:17He's lying!
00:22:18We knew nothing!
00:22:19Please!
00:22:20I'm begging you!
00:22:21Take my life, but let them live!
00:22:24Granted.
00:22:25Thank you, Oracle.
00:22:28My life for theirs.
00:22:31Edmund, no!
00:22:33Edmund!
00:22:34No, Edmund!
00:22:36Edmund!
00:22:38Please stay!
00:22:41Wake up, please!
00:22:42Don't leave me!
00:22:43Holy cow!
00:22:45Kreet!
00:22:48We need you!
00:22:52Oh, we need you, Lord!
00:22:55No!
00:22:57No!
00:22:58No!
00:22:59No!
00:23:00No!
00:23:02No!
00:23:02No
00:23:04No!
00:23:05No!
00:23:10No!
00:23:12No!
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 god
00:23:38it crushes them the Alistair debt is settled my sight is mine again now we move to the next house
00:23:50stop you can't just march in there this is treason I must alert the Emperor
00:23:56no 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 they shall be cast into the
00:24:22black cells
00:24:23it shall be done
00:24:31lady Morgana
00:24:33lady Morgana it's you
00:24:35careful sire
00:24:37Morgana
00:24:37sire wait
00:24:39lady Morgana
00:24:41oh my lady Morgana
00:24:43forgive me
00:24:45it's my fault
00:24:46I was blind to let them trouble you
00:24:49I wish to name you High Protector
00:24:51to guide the realm
00:24:53every mage alive
00:24:55will answer only to your command
00:24:58my rule is simple
00:25:00one shard
00:25:01for one question
00:25:03you want a prophecy
00:25:04give me your family's
00:25:06ancient inheritance
00:25:08the crown shard in exchange
00:25:11right
00:25:12if you wish to reclaim the shard
00:25:15I will gladly return it
00:25:17after all my family owes our throne to
00:25:21power is a debt
00:25:22when I give and when I take
00:25:24is my choice alone
00:25:26why the rush
00:25:27yes you are completely right
00:25:30please rest at Ashermyth palace
00:25:33everything will grant her than
00:25:35no no higher than Imperial standards
00:25:37no need
00:25:39I am going to Ashworth keep
00:25:41besides
00:25:43my heart
00:25:45currently belongs to him
00:25:53yes yes of course
00:25:54take my royal carriage
00:25:59please my lady
00:26:00after you
00:26:01your grace that is the sovereign's carriage
00:26:03it breaks royal protocol
00:26:05shut your mouth
00:26:07lady Morgana is the law
00:26:09her word is absolute
00:26:10there is no protocol in this world
00:26:11that out rants her
00:26:12isn't that right my dear lady
00:26:14please
00:26:17mind the step my lady
00:26:18careful now
00:26:19very careful
00:26:21commander Ashworth
00:26:22your grace
00:26:23if she suffers even a scratch
00:26:25I swear to god
00:26:26I will hang every last member
00:26:27of your retted house
00:26:28do I make myself clear
00:26:30crystal clear your grace
00:26:32my dear lady Morgana
00:26:34I have just remembered
00:26:35some urgent matters of state
00:26:37to attend to
00:26:38you
00:26:39I must take my leave
00:26:44you serve lady Morgana now
00:26:46farewell
00:26:46have a pleasant journey
00:26:51earlier you said
00:26:52that I had your heart
00:26:54what the hell does that mean
00:26:56sixty years ago
00:26:58my heart was carved from my chest
00:27:01it is not with you
00:27:04it is in your house
00:27:06my house
00:27:11this way lady Morgana
00:27:12thanks to your grace
00:27:13sixty years ago
00:27:15when you bestowed
00:27:16the heart men shard upon us
00:27:17the Ashworth name
00:27:18is now renowned
00:27:19for our healing arts
00:27:20you see
00:27:21these afflicted souls
00:27:22travel from the furthest corners
00:27:23of the kingdom seeking our aid
00:27:26so
00:27:27the legendary Ashworth healing arts
00:27:30actually came from you
00:27:33tell me then
00:27:34just how old are you exactly
00:27:37does it matter to you
00:27:38please my lord
00:27:40save my mother
00:27:41wake up mama
00:27:42somebody help her
00:27:43have mercy
00:27:44please help my mother
00:27:45I beg of you
00:27:46this is all the coin I have
00:27:48please
00:27:50show some mercy
00:27:51a handful of dirty coppers
00:27:54and you expect the masters healing
00:27:56for that
00:27:56get out of here
00:27:58now
00:27:58stop wasting everyone's time
00:28:00selena
00:28:03Cedric
00:28:04you're finally home
00:28:05when I gave your family the shard
00:28:08it was to heal the broken
00:28:09to serve the realm
00:28:11not to exploit the weak
00:28:13you have broken the pact
00:28:14give the fragment back
00:28:16who do you think you are
00:28:17how dare a commoner like you
00:28:20make demands in Ashwild Key
00:28:21silence
00:28:22show her respect
00:28:24this is selena frost
00:28:26a ward
00:28:27taken in by my father
00:28:30selena
00:28:31we heal the sick
00:28:32regardless of coin
00:28:33have you forgotten
00:28:35go to the chapel
00:28:36pray
00:28:36beg her forgiveness
00:28:38you heard him
00:28:38to the chapel now
00:28:42I beg your pardon my lady
00:28:44I had no idea
00:28:45she was extorting them
00:28:48rest assured
00:28:49the Ashwoods
00:28:50honor your gift
00:28:50we'd never turn away
00:28:52the poor
00:28:52most days
00:28:53we treat all these commoners
00:28:55without asking for any money
00:28:57I said return the shard
00:29:01or do you mean to defy me
00:29:03no no
00:29:04the relic
00:29:05is rightfully yours
00:29:07yours
00:29:07I will return it to you immediately
00:29:09it is just
00:29:10the Hartman Shrad
00:29:12is kept safe
00:29:12by my eldest
00:29:13Marin
00:29:14she's been in seclusion
00:29:15at a distant abbey
00:29:16for years
00:29:16once she returns from her retreat
00:29:18I will present it to you myself
00:29:20fine
00:29:20I will wait
00:29:27every time I return
00:29:29she still won't see me
00:29:32fifteen years
00:29:33fifteen years
00:29:33fifteen years since I've laid eyes on her
00:29:34does she really despise me that much
00:29:37why do you think she treats you with such coldness?
00:29:42because of what I did
00:29:43she hates me
00:29:45when I was a boy
00:29:47I almost died
00:29:48my sister came for me
00:29:50and the iron drove through her right arm in my place
00:29:53she was never the same again
00:29:58she was a master healer
00:30:00those gifted hands
00:30:02she could bring the dying back to life
00:30:04but because of me
00:30:05the scar on her arm never faded
00:30:07and she was taken from me forever
00:30:09she became a completely different person after that
00:30:12the Hartman Shard was hers by birthright
00:30:15with its power
00:30:16she became the greatest healer in the kingdom
00:30:18and then they sent her far away
00:30:20to a quiet abbey
00:30:21where she could practice in peace
00:30:23but I know the truth
00:30:25that day
00:30:27became a thorn in her heart
00:30:28one that will never be pulled out
00:30:30every time she looks at me
00:30:32she remembers what saving me cost her
00:30:34everything is bound by consequence, Commander
00:30:37you see only the branches above the soil
00:30:40but you are blind to the roots below
00:30:43what is that supposed to mean?
00:30:44you will know soon enough
00:30:50my knees are hurting
00:30:52I'll fetch the salve
00:30:55Cedric just got back
00:30:56and he's already screaming at me because of her
00:30:59she's an honoured guest
00:31:00even Lord Ashworth had to apologise to her
00:31:03Master Cedric serves her
00:31:05people are whispering
00:31:07she might be his future bride
00:31:08his future bride?
00:31:11look at her
00:31:12she's a freak
00:31:13with that filthy black rags
00:31:15she doesn't deserve Cedric
00:31:21crone
00:31:22what is that?
00:31:24honey cakes
00:31:25Master Cedric's favourite
00:31:27and imperial spiced wine
00:31:29for Lady Morgana
00:31:30halt
00:31:33imperial spiced wine?
00:31:35a gift from the emperor himself
00:31:36it's worth a fortune
00:31:38you really know how to grovel
00:31:41give it here
00:31:44healers always keep the best poisons
00:31:47this widow's kiss is lethal
00:31:50no taste
00:31:51no cure
00:31:52drink up Morgana
00:31:54go, take it to her
00:31:56I cannot my lady
00:31:58she is Master Cedric's guest
00:32:03know your place
00:32:04without Ashfield Charity
00:32:07a useless old crone
00:32:08would be rotting in the gutter
00:32:11pathetic
00:32:16I am disciplining a servant
00:32:18since when does a blind freak
00:32:20interfere with Ashfield affairs?
00:32:22if your tongue serves only to offend
00:32:25then you should not speak at all
00:32:29Morgana
00:32:31you little piece of
00:32:33my lady, what is it?
00:32:34my lady, what's wrong?
00:32:35please, say something!
00:32:37what's doing this?
00:32:38guards, help us!
00:32:40get Lord Aldric, she's choking
00:32:41she can't breathe
00:32:43Lord Aldric, please hurry
00:32:44I'm right here
00:32:45just breathe
00:32:46she suddenly lost her voice
00:32:49Selene is just a foolish girl
00:32:51she didn't mean to offend you
00:32:53I will make her apologise to you at once
00:32:55what are you waiting for?
00:32:56apologise!
00:32:57now!
00:32:58are you deaf?
00:32:59do you want to be mute forever?
00:33:05my lady
00:33:07I don't want your apology
00:33:10kneel to the one you truly wronged
00:33:12please no, I'm nobody
00:33:14a lady cannot kneel to me
00:33:16I'm just a servant
00:33:17silence!
00:33:18just be grateful
00:33:19every brick in this house
00:33:21rests on the Hartmann Shard
00:33:24she built our legacy
00:33:26Oracle, I beg you
00:33:28she's terrified
00:33:30let it be enough
00:33:32please, have mercy
00:33:39your mercy is boundless, my lady
00:33:41I will discipline the girl at once
00:33:44come, my lady
00:33:45let us go
00:33:50are you hurt?
00:33:52I am fine, my lord
00:33:55you've grown so thin
00:33:57the northern winds have been cruel to you
00:33:59you must stay longer this time
00:34:01your name day is soon
00:34:03I knitted you a pair of thick winter gloves
00:34:05let me fetch them for you
00:34:07wait right here for me
00:34:10that old woman
00:34:12her devotion to you is genuine
00:34:15it is
00:34:16she has been here since I was a boy
00:34:19always kind to me
00:34:20when I was injured as a boy
00:34:21she sneaked me pouches
00:34:24and every year on my name day
00:34:26when my own sister was lost to me
00:34:28she brought me warm broth
00:34:29and fresh bread
00:34:31with her
00:34:33I almost remember what having a sister felt like
00:34:35if that is true
00:34:36you should show her more grace while you can
00:34:38I have seen the shadow on her
00:34:41she has but a few days left
00:34:44do not wait until tomorrow
00:34:46to realize what you have lost
00:34:51listen to me child
00:34:53never cross paths with Morgana again
00:34:56she thinks she owns us
00:34:58patience my sweet girl
00:34:59I'm securing your future
00:35:02play the game
00:35:03let her think she's win
00:35:06soon everything will be yours
00:35:08Lady Morgana
00:35:10Lady Ashfield has sent me
00:35:12to return the Hartman Shard
00:35:13to its rightful owner
00:35:15we have heard
00:35:16when you take back what is yours
00:35:18you offer a reading in return
00:35:21Lady Ashworth has written her question
00:35:23right here on this parchment
00:35:26take it Cedric
00:35:31I will not answer this question
00:35:34because the Hartman Shard is a fake
00:35:38what?
00:35:40a fake
00:35:41someone must have switched it
00:35:42when she wasn't looking
00:35:44I'll get to the bottom of this
00:35:45tonight
00:35:46don't
00:35:48what is mine
00:35:49will always return to my hands
00:35:52Lady Morgana
00:35:53Commander Ashford
00:35:57the Emperor begs your aid
00:35:59the Empress door wager is dying
00:36:01the royal physicians can do nothing for her
00:36:03his majesty demands you come at once
00:36:05please my lady you are her only hope
00:36:12lead the way
00:36:14useless fools
00:36:15what good are you if she dies
00:36:18your majesty
00:36:19Lady Morgana has arrived
00:36:25Morgana thank the gods you have come
00:36:27please you must help her
00:36:28mother is
00:36:29her flame has burned out
00:36:31her time is over
00:36:33prepare the crypt
00:36:34lies
00:36:35that is a lie
00:36:36your majesty
00:36:39I can save the Empress
00:36:43Morgana
00:36:44if you can't save her
00:36:46stop making pathetic excuses
00:36:48I say you have no real power
00:36:51you're nothing but a fraudulent witch
00:36:54Selina
00:36:54this is a royal chamber
00:36:56not your playground
00:36:57your grace
00:36:58I can heal her
00:36:59on my life
00:37:00Selina Frost
00:37:01you should know
00:37:02Cedric knows it well
00:37:04my prophecies
00:37:06are never wrong
00:37:07care to make a wager then
00:37:09on what
00:37:10if I win
00:37:11I want the Emperor
00:37:12to decree my marriage to Cedric
00:37:14and I want your head
00:37:17severed from your neck
00:37:18your grace
00:37:19madness
00:37:19this is absolute madness
00:37:21gods
00:37:22drag this mad woman away
00:37:24I accept
00:37:30very well
00:37:31give it a try
00:37:33if you truly cure my mother
00:37:36I will grant your every wish
00:37:45so you stole the Hartman Shnard
00:37:47Cedric
00:37:48I'll be a master healer
00:37:50just like your sister
00:37:52then you'll finally see
00:37:54I'm the only one for you
00:37:57forcing fate
00:37:57only brings ruin
00:37:59if you insist on this path
00:38:02you alone will choke on the ashes
00:38:06save your cheap parlor tricks
00:38:08healing the sick is gods work
00:38:10there's no price for that
00:38:13by the old blood
00:38:14I command the vessel
00:38:16take the living spark
00:38:17feed the dying flame
00:38:22awaken
00:38:26wake up
00:38:30wake
00:38:31wake
00:38:34wake up
00:38:41what's happening
00:38:44it burns
00:38:45it burns
00:38:46it burns
00:38:47it burns
00:38:47it burns
00:38:48oh god
00:38:52ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
00:38:53water
00:38:54please
00:39:00Mother! Mother! Wake up!
00:39:06My face! No! How did this happen?
00:39:12You stole my magic, but you never asked, when the spell steals a living spark, whose spark does it take?
00:39:23Move along. Get out. Move! Before I drag you out!
00:39:29Know who stands before you.
00:39:31My lord, I did not know...
00:39:33Maren.
00:39:34My lord, you're mistaken. She's not Maren. She's just an old crone. Nothing more. My lord!
00:39:41Get out.
00:39:42Yes, my lord!
00:39:48My lord, I'm nobody. Just an old crone. Nobody of importance. Just a servant.
00:39:55This is the inner sanctum.
00:39:56Only the bloodline, only the Hartman's shard-bearer can come here.
00:40:02Let me see you.
00:40:12That scar. Where did this scar come from? Only Maren bore this mark. Maren?
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. It's built on a parasite.
00:40:36It trades your years for theirs.
00:40:39A simple fever costs you a month.
00:40:42A fatal wound strips the youth right off your bones.
00:40:48Sick Empress was already dead. Her time was up.
00:40:52Give her every hour you have left. It won't buy her a single day.
00:40:57Then what about Maren? Explain Maren!
00:41:01She bore the shard for thirty years. Pulled thousands from the grave.
00:41:05Then she should be dust! She should be a rotting corpse!
00:41:09Why is she flawless? Why not her?
00:41:12Look at me! It took everything! My s-my skin! My life!
00:41:17Why just me?
00:41:19You said she was perfect.
00:41:22Cedric, you believe she hid from you for ten years.
00:41:25It never crossed your mind that the woman she became was standing right in front of you.
00:41:32And you looked right through her.
00:41:34Stop. What does that mean?
00:41:37You're a commander. Open your eyes.
00:41:40Every year on your birthday, that old servant, the only one who still cooks for you...
00:41:45Who is she, Cedric?
00:41:50Lord Cedric, wait!
00:41:52You can't go in!
00:41:53My lord! She said no visitors!
00:41:55My lord!
00:42:02Maren. Gods. It's really you.
00:42:09Why? All these years, why didn't you tell me?
00:42:13Every time I used the shard, it stole a year of my life. Burned away.
00:42:19Then one morning, I looked in the glass. White hair. Hands shaking like a crone.
00:42:25Maren! Let me in!
00:42:27My lord, no!
00:42:28Get off! I want my sister! Let me go! Maren!
00:42:34I couldn't let you see a monster.
00:42:37No. Stop it. Don't ever say that. Look at me. You are Maren. The bravest person I know.
00:42:45But I abandoned you.
00:42:47You gave me your entire life, and I was blind. I didn't see my own sister. I'm sorry.
00:42:54Oh, my brave little brother. It's all right now.
00:43:05Cedric, tomorrow is your name day. I haven't made your broth yet.
00:43:10Maren, please. Just rest. You made it for me every year. My whole life. Tomorrow, I'll make it for you.
00:43:24This is my fault. I looked right at her and saw nothing.
00:43:28She hid her hands, traded her life away, and I just stood there.
00:43:31He used the heartmen's shard to drain her year by year while I watched and called it nothing.
00:43:36She made a choice.
00:43:38The shard needed a vessel.
00:43:40She offered herself. She healed them. She gave them time. She gave you time. That was all she ever wanted.
00:43:48I looked right past her for years.
00:43:52Thank you for stripping away every excuse I had. I have her back. Whatever it cost you, I swear on
00:43:59my blade I will repay that debt.
00:44:01She hasn't eaten in days. I made this for her. I don't know if she'll want it, but I need
00:44:05to give her something.
00:44:06I'm going to take it to her now.
00:44:07Wait.
00:44:09Something wrong?
00:44:12It's nothing. Go to her.
00:44:14I won't be long.
00:44:24Maren! Maren, wake up! No, no, please! Maren!
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, you 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.
00:45:15I'm here.
00:45:16Right here.
00:45:18I've got you.
00:45:23Lord Ashworth.
00:45:24She saved my family.
00:45:26She saved so many.
00:45:27We 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.
00:45:55And 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.
00:46:25We 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,
00:46:37then tell me what you've been hiding in the dark.
00:46:40Every transaction.
00:46:41Every name.
00:46:42Every debt you buried.
00:46:59These are property deeds.
00:47:01Hundreds of them.
00:47:02The Ashhouse 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, Aldrich.
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
00:47:21and 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,
00:47:30he 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
00:48:08missing 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.
00:48:35But 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
00:48:54and 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.
00:49:01Who could look at that face
00:49:02and not be sickened?
00:49:04You are no blood of mine.
00:49:06You are nothing to me.
00:49:08Is 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,
00:49:13it 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.
00:49:21She owed this family her service.
00:49:23It was her duty to plead for us.
00:49:25A lie.
00:49:27I 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
00:49:58how much of it you can bear.
00:50:04Very well.
00:50:07Very well.
00:50:10Very well.
00:50:22Very well.
00:50:23Very well.
00:50:31Very well.
00:50:32Get off me.
00:50:33I am the lord of this.
00:50:37No.
00:50:39No.
00:50:51Every year he stole from Marin.
00:50:54Maren, they just ripped it back.
00:51:14Maren, can you hear me? Look at me!
00:51:20You... you came back.
00:51:27Remember your oath.
00:51:42The Hartman Shard. It's time it returned to you. You took another piece of your power straight into yourself. Will
00:51:49you absorb this one too?
00:51:55The Hartman Shard.
00:51:59The Hartman Shard.
00:52:05The Hartman Shard.
00:52:44The Hartman Shard.
00:53:03The Hartman Shard.
00:53:21The Hartman Shard.
00:53:27The Hartman Shard.
00:53:38The Hartman Shard.
00:53:52The Hartman Shard.
00:53:56The Hartman Shard.
00:54:13The Hartman Shard.
00:54:17The Hartman Shard.
00:54:38The Hartman Shard.
00:54:41In front of who?
00:54:43Who do I bleed for?
00:54:45Me.
00:54:47Knowing this.
00:54:49Knowing that every step north is a step towards your own grave, and you still want to come with me.
00:54:55Forget 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. Every time they said the odds were broken.
00:55:34And I am still standing here. Let them come. I will survive it and I will walk you out of
00:55:40Ironwall myself.
00:55:44You must think I'm completely useless with a blade. I've been sickly since childhood.
00:55:49My sister-in-law handles the killing. She lets me read instead.
00:55:52I apologize for the gate. It's just lately. 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.
00:56:05These undead outside your walls. What is their origin?
00:56:08We don't know. Not since my grandfather fell. They 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.
00:56:28Finn!
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. He said a woman named Morgana would come for the Shard. We must show her absolute respect.
00:56:56The Patriarch is dying. He needs silence, not scavengers chasing fairy tales.
00:57:00Commander Vesper. Even the Emperor bows to Lady Morgana. I suggest you mind your tone before I cut out your
00:57:08tongue.
00:57:09Damn your southern king! Here, we follow north laws.
00:57:13Yes. Your laws. Tell me. What does the north demand?
00:57:19You want to see him? Bleed for it.
00:57:22Best me in combat. Win, and you get your audience.
00:57:26And your precious shard. Lose, 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! Bring me my steel!
00:57:48Hold the gate!
00:57:50I am Cedric Ashworth, Commander of the Obsidian Guards. Hold the gates!
00:57:55God!
00:57:55They're here! Fall back! Bar the gates!
00:58:01Where are they?
00:58:03Do you?
00:58:08Come on!
00:58:12Stand!
00:58:13Ring of Steel! Protect Morgana!
00:58:22Ash to Ash. Darkness breaks.
00:58:26Sand.
00:58:29Ah!
00:58:30Ah!
00:58:31Ah!
00:58:32Ah!
00:58:33Ah!
00:58:45this malice I know it she broke them who goes there Morgana lady Morgana forgive
00:58:55me my grandfather speaks of you often and you are Finn Raven Kest my lady
00:59:01grandson to Patriarch Thorn Morgana my sister-in-law is a monster on the
00:59:22battlefield she holds the true bloodline no one beats her is this it then the day
00:59:28you've foreseen I would die
00:59:50he's hurt he will not die
01:00:13well fought your form is decent but you fight like you fear death always leaving room to retreat
01:00:21remember a real enemy won't give you quarter the only way to outlive them is to care less about dying
01:00:35there's my little bird you promised me we practice archery today I know go grab your bow I'm coming
01:00:43okay when you have something you can't leave behind then teach me to fight tomorrow I will grant you an
01:00:54audience of Patriarch
01:00:58you see I am still breathing if you had truly defied my vision
01:01:09two years ago at the blood water siege Vesta's husband begged the emperor for reinforcements but the royal court was
01:01:17busy preparing the emperor's jubilee the army never marched her husband died in the mud left her and the child
01:01:22alone
01:01:24Vesta has every reason to hate the crown she struck a deal with the enemy you are wrong
01:01:32you said we were seeing the Patriarch why bring us to a crypt whatever you see in there hold your
01:01:38nerve my grandfather rest inside please this way
01:02:01my lady the north is freezing I brought you these heavy furs your concern is noted boy but she has
01:02:09no need for such common scraps these are royal
01:02:12pelts from
01:02:17gods what in the world is this it's so soft it doesn't even feel like wool it feels like water
01:02:25these deep red shapes here what kind of flower is this a rose the sovereign of flowers a rose it's
01:02:34beautiful
01:02:34I can't even imagine it so this is what the south grows here in frost spike the winter never ends
01:02:42the ground is iron nothing this fragile could ever survive the frost
01:02:47if it pleases you boy help us reclaim the shard from your keep and this mantle is yours to keep
01:02:54truly you swear on your honor
01:02:57on my blood
01:02:59done I'll get ready
01:03:05you barter with the boy because you are certain that Vesta will not surrender the shard
01:03:14is this it is thorn yes since the ambush six months ago this crust began to form it started around
01:03:23his wounds then it spread swallowing him whole how many healers have you called all of them none could
01:03:37break it
01:03:47this isn't a sickness is it it is his own madness his madness thorns natural life ended in the snow
01:03:56six months ago
01:04:00but his fury anchored him here he refuses to pass on and the shard buried within him
01:04:07gave his wrath a physical form spawning the dead that batter your gates
01:04:12while this stone shell devours his remaining soul
01:04:16the undead they came from my grandfather's own mind
01:04:23what kind of nightmare could be powerful enough to breed an entire army of corpses
01:04:32what is happening
01:04:37the dead are marching in daylight
01:04:41i'll hold the line gather the men
01:04:45my lady i'm begging you save frostbite take the shard back
01:04:49it's right there in his chest please just take it
01:04:52i beg you
01:04:55yes
01:04:55but the shard must be freely given
01:04:58even 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
01:05:05this pennant will hold the dead plant it beyond the gates it will buy me time
01:05:11if the ward fails if the dead breach the line
01:05:16or if you are overrun
01:05:18do not die for me
01:05:19leave
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
01:05:43one who chased my shadow
01:05:45always begging for stories
01:05:48now
01:05:50reduced to stone
01:05:54veil left
01:05:56flesh bind
01:05:58awaken
01:06:02thorn
01:06:04ashworth
01:06:06her magic broke
01:06:07she's bleeding
01:06:19shit
01:06:32finn what are you doing
01:06:34i'm done pretending commander
01:06:36did you honestly think vespa was the one who crippled my grandfather
01:06:40it was me
01:06:41who left the gate wide open
01:06:43so
01:06:44you're the rat
01:06:45they butchered your parents
01:06:47slaughtered your own brothers
01:06:48they bled frost bear dry
01:06:50and you sold us out to the monsters
01:06:54sold us out
01:06:55monsters
01:06:55better than being the crown's lap dog
01:06:57why should we bleed for them
01:06:59our ancestors all followed morgana
01:07:01we were equals once
01:07:02but because they got different shards
01:07:04some get to rule the capital
01:07:05some get the gold
01:07:06and 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 frost fire 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
01:07:38right
01:07:40I
01:07:58Um
01:07:59I
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
01:08:25I dare not leave
01:08:28enough Thorn
01:08:29you have bled enough
01:08:33your bloodline
01:08:34your men
01:09:11let the obsession die
01:09:15you must go
01:09:17whatever my sister commands
01:09:22Thorn will always obey
01:09:26but before I return the shard
01:09:30Morgana
01:09:31may I ask you one question
01:09:39you
01:09:40you
01:09:40you
01:09:40you
01:09:46you
01:09:47you
01:10:02Oh, my God.
01:10:34Sis, you came.
01:10:38Sister, I...
01:10:39What is happening to me?
01:10:41Where are we?
01:10:43Your mortal life is ended, but 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.
01:11:16Alone in the dark.
01:11:20Were you all right, Morgana?
01:11:36You won't touch her!
01:11:38I was fine.
01:11:45That is good.
01:11:59Um...
01:12:00Good.
01:12:00I don't have...
01:12:24The witch.
01:12:38So, this is the death you saw from me?
01:12:42You are never wrong.
01:12:45Morgana, it seems I won't be here to help you.
01:12:50Take back what is yours.
01:13:10I make no grand claims, but I swear I will help you take it all back.
01:13:33Monster.
01:13:34Monster, you godless monster!
01:13:38Monster.
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.
01:14:10He bled out in the snow.
01:14:12And ever since then, I haven't seen you smile.
01:14:16Not truly.
01:14:18I was so close.
01:14:21Just a little more, and 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, every frozen inch of the north, holds 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, and I will defend it until I break.
01:15:00I thought, I thought you hated the crown.
01:15:05I only wanted to break your chains.
01:15:12I do hate the crown, but I love the north.
01:15:15I love our people.
01:15:17I am holding this line for your brother, so the children here, so my own daughter can sleep without fear
01:15:24of 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, to buy this realm a breath of life, I gave my own flesh and soul to the
01:15:54forge.
01:15:55No attachments.
01:15:57No desires.
01:15:59I told you to run.
01:16:02But of course, fate demands its due.
01:16:14Would you still draw your blade for me, knowing it will only lead to your grave?
01:16:19I am going.
01:16:21I've commanded the vanguard for years.
01:16:24I'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, the Undying Spark.
01:17:03Your blood?
01:17:04No wonder your skin is like ice.
01:17:07Morgana.
01:17:07How did you lose your eyes?
01:17:09Sixty winters ago.
01:17:10The realm was drowning in its own blood.
01:17:13The realm was drowning in its own blood.
01:17:14To buy them a dawn.
01:17:17I offered my own flesh and soul.
01:17:20I 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.
01:17:32My 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, what 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.
01:17:52Your hair turned white.
01:17:53Silence.
01:18:04Morgana, I 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 was 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, you always said your prophecies are absolute.
01:18:44Never wrong.
01:18:45To give me the shard.
01:18:46To force me to live.
01:18:48Isn't this defying the gods themselves?
01:18:50Taking the heart back was a mistake.
01:18:59Morgana.
01:19:24My lady, forgive me.
01:19:28Assassins!
01:19:44This southern 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?
01:20:20So 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.
01:20:49Farewell.
01:20:50Be wary.
01:20:52Without the Primordial Crown's shard, the Horde will show no mercy.
01:20:57I know the risks, but I command this gate.
01:21:01Shard or no shard, the Ravencrasts will hold this line.
01:21:05To the last breath.
01:21:09The Horde is at our walls.
01:21:11I ride with the Vanguard.
01:21:13Godspeed.
01:21:27Why didn't you tell her about the warding spikes you planted?
01:21:31The wards are nothing compared to the Primordial blood still boiling in their veins.
01:21:36They will survive.
01:21:40What's happening?
01:21:41Are you all right?
01:21:42I feel a disturbance.
01:21:44A forbading sensation.
01:21:46I have looked ahead.
01:21:47I wish I had not.
01:21:49The 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.
01:22:15To the Scarlet Lands.
01:22:17I want to meet the fool who thought they could kill me.
01:22:22My lady, please, rest inside.
01:22:24I will bring it to you myself.
01:22:27It is exactly where you left it, my lady.
01:22:30Untouched.
01:22:31You give it up so easily.
01:22:33It was never mine to keep.
01:22:34You know what it built.
01:22:36Your entire dynasty.
01:22:39Hundreds' years of power.
01:22:40Titles.
01:22:41The crown's favor.
01:22:42The gift of seeing into men's hearts.
01:22:44Without it, you are nothing but a blind man stumbling in the dark.
01:22:49The blood covenant my grandfather sworn finds every generation after him.
01:22:54House Alistair owes you everything it has and everything it is.
01:22:58You have my word.
01:22:59I will honor the pact.
01:23:01Willingly.
01:23:04The old man bred well.
01:23:06An 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.
01:23:22I 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...
01:23:39I 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.
01:23:50Tell me her fate.
01:23:52Bring the girl to me.
01:23:54Mother.
01:23:55The night before my royal wedding,
01:23:57some blind woman in funeral rags walks into our home.
01:24:01And father knelt for her.
01:24:04Tell 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
01:24:23how this house treats beggars.
01:24:25The night before my royal wedding,
01:24:27the night before my royal wedding,
01:24:28the night before my royal wedding,
01:24:29the night before my royal wedding,
01:24:29the night before my royal wedding,
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