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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.
00:00:29You dare speak his name? You're not fit to breed 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.
00:01:06She 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.
00:01:53The sky turns.
00:01:55The sky turns.
00:02:04Sixty years ago.
00:02:06I broke myself into twelve embers.
00:02:10The throne was secured.
00:02:12Lord. It is time.
00:02:20To reclaim them all.
00:02:25My lady. Please. Rest inside.
00:02:27I will bring it to you myself.
00:02:29It is exactly where you left it, my lady.
00:02:32Untouched.
00:02:33You give it up so easily.
00:02:35It was never mine to keep.
00:02:37You know what it built.
00:02:39Your entire dynasty.
00:02:41Hundreds years of power.
00:02:43Titles.
00:02:44The 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 and everything it is.
00:03:00You have my word.
00:03:02I will honour the pact.
00:03:04Willingly.
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.
00:03:24A covenant is a trade.
00:03:25I 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.
00:03:35My lady.
00:03:36In a few days, Isabella weds the crown prince.
00:03:40I need to...
00:03:42I need to know what waits for her.
00:03:44You want to know if she lives.
00:03:46Without my ember watching over her.
00:03:49What her crown will cost.
00:03:50Yes. Please, tell 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.
00:04:04And 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, she will believe she
00:04:21belongs here.
00:04:22And we cannot have that.
00:04:24Then let's remind her how this house treats beggars.
00:04:33I assumed we were hosting royalty for my husband to grovel so.
00:04:39To greet you himself, I 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.
00:05:06This shall prove too easy.
00:05:16But...
00:05:17I told them to boil it!
00:05:19Doorish vintage.
00:05:21Pity it turned to vinegar.
00:05:23Masked with...
00:05:24Heavy spice.
00:05:26Poured from the rot, at the bottom of your cellar.
00:05:30Is 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, but I will not!
00:05:59You just assaulted the future Crown Princess!
00:06:01By royal decree, you will kneel and 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!
00:06:45The End
00:06:48Stop!
00:06:49Stop 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!
00:07:19I 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!
00:08:11How do we stop this?
00:08:13Call off the royal wedding.
00:08:15Break betrothal.
00:08:19Or...
00:08:20She dies.
00:08:30The 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.
00:08:49And the king's edict?
00:08:59Commander 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.
00:09:11My escort is already at your gates.
00:09:14You dare defy the throne over cheap parlor tricks?
00:09:17And break the royal contract?
00:09:20Unless...
00:09:20Unless...
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.
00:09:45The crown's wrath will burn this castle to the ground.
00:09:49I will not let you ruin us.
00:09:52She 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.
00:10:04Isabel!
00:10:05Let her go.
00:10:07The hour is set.
00:10:08My debt shall be claimed when the blood runs dry.
00:10:21I am ready, father.
00:10:24The crown is mine.
00:10:26Our legacy begins.
00:10:29My daughter.
00:10:31Our ultimate masterpiece.
00:10:35Lock it down!
00:10:36Double guards!
00:10:37Kill anything that moves.
00:10:39Nothing touched that carriage.
00:10:41Are 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.
00:10:52I 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.
00:11:03Seeing the end requires a price.
00:11:05A transaction.
00:11:07I see the blood.
00:11:08The question is...
00:11:10Can you afford it?
00:11:12There it is.
00:11:13The classic shakedown we 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.
00:12:07I'll see you frown.
00:12:09Run the turtle in her house.
00:12:10Stay away for the death.zent.
00:12:12Where would
00:12:12literally at Iovemon? Try to
00:12:12JesĂșs? Hey.
00:12:16aliely.
00:12:17What wat Esto?
00:12:24The lion is here.
00:12:26Are you lucky so much
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
00:12:54You fight well, mortal
00:12:56Pity it changes nothing
00:12:58I do not guess
00:13:01The grave is dug
00:13:03The hour is here
00:13:05Step forward, future Empress
00:13:14Isabella, my love, finally
00:13:21No! God!
00:13:31The prophecy, she knew
00:13:34How?
00:13:35She was right there
00:13:36The prophecy is fulfilled
00:13:39Her blood is spilled
00:13:41You killed my daughter!
00:13:43Your daughter's death was a tragedy
00:13:45Eleanor, don't provoke her
00:13:46Look 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
00:13:55You'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
00:14:11And take her head without a single sound?
00:14:14You 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
00:14:28You may use it
00:14:33I 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
00:14:49Then 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
00:14:57And 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
00:15:26You 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?
00:15:38Commander!
00:15:39We have a situation
00:15:40The prisoners from the ambush, sir
00:15:42They took poison
00:15:43Hidden 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?
00:15:51They were paid to die
00:15:52They'd never talk
00:15:53You 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
00:16:09Name your price
00:16:11Name your price
00:16:12There's always a price with you
00:16:13Always
00:16:14Name it
00:16:15Whatever closes this investigation
00:16:18I 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
00:16:35Then 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
00:16:48Take 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
00:17:11The 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, my 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
00:17:32Why is she here?
00:17:34Why is that blind woman in the judge's seat?
00:17:37Commander Ashworth
00:17:39She killed her
00:17:40She cursed my daughter
00:17:42And you let her sit there
00:17:43His royal highness
00:17:44Prince Kale
00:17:46Isabella, let me through
00:17:48Isabella, no
00:17:50Look what they did to you
00:17:52My beautiful girl
00:17:54The audience is here
00:17:56Let the performance end
00:17:59Flesh to thread
00:18:01Bone to command
00:18:04Rise
00:18:11You demanded proof, Commander
00:18:13Behold the truth
00:18:15You wove the crimson soul thread yourself
00:18:19The 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
00:19:18Edmund Aliston
00:19:24Now confess
00:19:30Edmund Aliston
00:19:31Do you confess?
00:19:34I confess to nothing
00:19:35You sick witch
00:19:37You killed her
00:19:39You puppeted her corpse to frame us
00:19:42He took you in
00:19:43You repay us with blood
00:19:46This is madness
00:19:48This is madness
00:19:48A father doesn't slaughter his own blood
00:19:52Isabella was my pride
00:19:54Why would I destroy my own future?
00:19:57See the truth
00:19:58His own blood
00:19:59That's true
00:20:02But what if that girl
00:20:03Was never your blood at all?
00:20:06Eleanor
00:20:07Why did the emperor betroth Isabella to prince Kale?
00:20:11It was destiny
00:20:12The emperor declared it
00:20:14They 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, you're lying
00:20:43A daughter
00:20:44Just as I said
00:20:46Why me?
00:20:51The consort is waiting
00:20:53If it's a boy
00:20:54I'm ruined
00:20:55Breathe, my lady
00:20:56Panic 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
00:21:08Pure Alistair blood
00:21:10A flawless son
00:21:12Yours, if you dare
00:21:16A son!
00:21:18From now on you are mine
00:21:19The true heir of this house
00:21:22My son
00:21:24My heir
00:21:45You're telling this court
00:21:47I'm Duke Alistair's son
00:21:49No
00:21:50No
00:21:51No, no
00:21:52I am the crown prince
00:21:57It can't be
00:21:58How could my husband
00:22:00Do such a thing?
00:22:01This is treason
00:22:02What could he possibly want
00:22:04To 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
00:22:14You need proof
00:22:15To make such claims
00:22:16This dark sorcery
00:22:18Proves absolutely nothing
00:22:19Lord Alistair
00:22:20If I had to guess
00:22:22The moment the emperor
00:22:23Degreed Isabella's marriage
00:22:24You realized
00:22:25If she entered the royal court
00:22:27The crown would eventually
00:22:28Discover her secret
00:22:29So you hired
00:22:30A pack of mercenaries
00:22:31To stage a bandit raid
00:22:32On the carriage
00:22:33But Morgana's warning
00:22:34Put my guard on alert
00:22:35You feared with extra men
00:22:37Your hired killers
00:22:37Wouldn't be able to finish the job
00:22:39So you killed your own daughter
00:22:40Before she left
00:22:41And as for your loyal servants
00:22:42They break much faster
00:22:44Than paid assassins
00:22:45Commander
00:22:45Commander 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
00:22:52Ordered them to silence Isabella
00:22:54Before she even left
00:22:59My entire life of scheming
00:23:03All crushed by fate's cruel hand
00:23:07The eye you granted us
00:23:08Gave House Alistair
00:23:10Absolute power
00:23:11Unmatched wealth
00:23:13Unmatched glory
00:23:15But the emperor
00:23:16Still stood above me
00:23:17Until that day
00:23:19When I saw
00:23:22I saw
00:23:24I saw the truth
00:23:30If my son took the cradle
00:23:32He'd rule the world
00:23:35But the vision didn't end there
00:23:37I saw the floor
00:23:39That would kill us
00:23:40The decree
00:23:41The royal wedding
00:23:43If Isabella entered that palace
00:23:45He would see my daughter
00:23:49He'd see the exact face
00:23:51Of the young empress
00:23:52He's not blind
00:23:55He'd know exactly what I did
00:23:57I had no choice
00:23:59You must see that
00:24:00I had to cut the rot out
00:24:03I had to protect my family
00:24:05My son will be emperor
00:24:07I had to
00:24:13Morgana, I confess it all
00:24:15Punish me alone
00:24:16I beg you
00:24:17Look at me
00:24:18Remember my father's loyalty
00:24:21Spare my wife
00:24:22He's lying
00:24:23We knew nothing
00:24:25Please
00:24:25I'm begging you
00:24:27Take my life
00:24:28But let them live
00:24:30Granted
00:24:31Thank you
00:24:32Oracle
00:24:33My life
00:24:35For theirs
00:24:36Edmund
00:24:38No
00:24:38Edmund
00:24:39No
00:24:41Edmund
00:24:42Edmund
00:24:43Please
00:24:45Stay
00:24:45Wake up
00:24:48Please
00:24:48Don't leave me
00:25:22I gave them my sight
00:25:24To watch the dark
00:25:27Instead
00:25:27They watched the throne
00:25:29Built a lie
00:25:31Thought they could cheat fate
00:25:32Thought they owned me
00:25:35They own nothing
00:25:37I'm taking it all back
00:25:39With blood
00:25:42Mortal hands cannot hold the weight of a god
00:25:44It crushes them
00:25:47The Alistair debt is settled
00:25:49My sight is mine again
00:25:53Now
00:25:53We move to the next house
00:25:56Stop
00:25:57You can't just march in there
00:25:59This is treason
00:26:00I must alert the emperor
00:26:02No need to call the emperor
00:26:04He's already here
00:26:11God
00:26:12The emperor
00:26:17Your majesty
00:26:21By royal decree
00:26:23Prince Kale and the empress
00:26:24Are hereby spankstripped of titles
00:26:26They shall be cast
00:26:28Into the black cells
00:26:30It shall be done
00:26:37Lady Morgana
00:26:39Lady Morgana
00:26:40It's you
00:26:41Careful sire
00:26:42Morgana
00:26:43Sire wait
00:26:45Lady Morgana
00:26:46Oh my lady Morgana
00:26:48Forgive me
00:26:50It's my fault
00:26:52I was blind to let them trouble you
00:26:55I wish to name you High Protector
00:26:57To guide the realm
00:26:59Every mage alive
00:27:01Will answer only to your command
00:27:04My rule is simple
00:27:06One shard
00:27:07For one question
00:27:09You want a prophecy?
00:27:10Give me your family's
00:27:12Ancient inheritance
00:27:13The crown shard in exchange
00:27:17Right
00:27:18If you wish to reclaim the shard
00:27:21I will gladly return it
00:27:23After all
00:27:25My family owes are thrown to you
00:27:27Power is a debt
00:27:28When I give
00:27:29And when I take
00:27:30Is my choice alone
00:27:32Why the rush?
00:27:34Yes
00:27:35You are completely right
00:27:36Please
00:27:37Rest at Ashermyth palace
00:27:39Everything will grant her than
00:27:41No no
00:27:41Higher than imperial standards
00:27:43No need
00:27:45I am going to Asherwith keep
00:27:47Besides
00:27:48My heart
00:27:51Currently belongs to him
00:27:59Yes yes of course
00:28:00Take my royal carriage
00:28:04Please my lady
00:28:06After you
00:28:06Your grace
00:28:07That is the sovereign's carriage
00:28:09It breaks royal protocol
00:28:11Shut your mouth
00:28:13Lady Morgana is the law
00:28:15Her word is absolute
00:28:16There is no protocol in this world
00:28:17That outrants her
00:28:18Isn't that right my dear lady?
00:28:21Please
00:28:22Mind the step my lady
00:28:24Careful now
00:28:25Very careful
00:28:27Commander Ashworth
00:28:28Your grace
00:28:29If she suffers even a scratch
00:28:31I swear to god
00:28:32I will hang every last member
00:28:33Of your retted house
00:28:34Do I make myself clear?
00:28:37Crystal clear your grace
00:28:38My dear lady Morgana
00:28:39I have just remembered
00:28:41Some urgent matters of state
00:28:43To attend to
00:28:44I must take my leave
00:28:50You serve lady Morgana now
00:28:51Farewell
00:28:52Have a pleasant journey
00:28:57Earlier you said
00:28:58That I had your heart
00:29:00What the hell does that mean?
00:29:02Sixty years ago
00:29:04My heart was carved
00:29:05From my chest
00:29:07It is not with you
00:29:10It is in your house
00:29:12My house?
00:29:17This way lady Morgana
00:29:18Thanks to your grace
00:29:19Sixty years ago
00:29:20When you bestowed
00:29:21The heartmen shard upon us
00:29:23The Ashworth name
00:29:24Is now renowned
00:29:24For our healing arts
00:29:26You see?
00:29:27These afflicted souls
00:29:28Travel from the furthest
00:29:29Corners of the kingdom
00:29:30Seeking our aid
00:29:32So
00:29:32The legendary Ashworth
00:29:34Healing arts
00:29:36Actually 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
00:29:48Somebody help her
00:29:49Have mercy
00:29:50Please 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
00:30:01For that?
00:30:02Get out of here
00:30:03Now
00:30:04Stop wasting everyone's time
00:30:05Selina!
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 Key
00:30:27Silence!
00:30:28Show her respect!
00:30:30This is Selina Frost
00:30:32A ward
00:30:33Taken in by my father
00:30:36Selina
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
00:30:44You heard him
00:30:44To the chapel now!
00:30:48I beg your pardon my lady
00:30:50I had no idea
00:30:51She was extorting them
00:30:54Rest assured
00:30:55The Ashwilds
00:30:56Honor your gift
00:30:56We'd never turn away
00:30:57The poor
00:30:58Most days
00:30:59We treat all these commoners
00:31:01Without asking for any money
00:31:03I said
00:31:04Return the shard
00:31:07Or do you mean
00:31:08To defy me?
00:31:10No
00:31:10No
00:31:10The relic
00:31:11Is rightfully yours
00:31:13I 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 Maren
00:31:19She's been in seclusion
00:31:21At a distant abbey
00:31:22For years
00:31:22Once she returns
00:31:23From her retreat
00:31:24I will present it
00:31:25To you myself
00:31:26Fine
00:31:26I will wait
00:31:32Every time I return
00:31:34She still won't see me
00:31:37Fifteen years
00:31:38Fifteen years
00:31:39Since I've laid eyes on her
00:31:40Does she really despise me
00:31:42That much
00:31:43Why do you think
00:31:44She treats you
00:31:44With such coldness
00:31:47Because of what I did
00:31:49She hates me
00:31:51When I was a boy
00:31:53I almost died
00:31:54My sister came for me
00:31:56And the iron drove
00:31:57Through her right arm
00:31:58In my place
00:31:59She was never the same again
00:32:04She was a master healer
00:32:05Those gifted hands
00:32:08She could bring
00:32:08The dying back to life
00:32:09But because of me
00:32:11The scar on her arm
00:32:11Never faded
00:32:13And she was taken
00:32:14From me forever
00:32:15She became a completely
00:32:16Different person
00:32:17After that
00:32:17The Hartman's shard
00:32:19Was hers by birthright
00:32:21With its power
00:32:22She became the greatest
00:32:22Healer in the kingdom
00:32:24And then they sent her
00:32:25Far away
00:32:26To a quiet abbey
00:32:27Where she could
00:32:27Practice in peace
00:32:29But I know the truth
00:32:31That day
00:32:32Became a thorn
00:32:33In her heart
00:32:34One that will never
00:32:35Be pulled out
00:32:36Every time she looks
00:32:37At me
00:32:37She remembers
00:32:39What saving me
00:32:39Cost her
00:32:40Everything is bound
00:32:41By consequence
00:32:42Commander
00:32:43You see only the branches
00:32:45Above the soil
00:32:45But you are blind
00:32:47To the roots below
00:32:48What is that supposed to mean?
00:32:50You will know
00:32:51Soon enough
00:32:56My knees are hurting
00:32:57I'll fetch the salve
00:33:00Cedric just got back
00:33:02And he's already
00:33:02Screaming at me
00:33:03Because of her
00:33:05She's an honoured guest
00:33:06Even Lord Ashworth
00:33:07Had to apologise to her
00:33:08Master Cedric
00:33:09Serves her
00:33:10People are whispering
00:33:12She might be
00:33:13His future bride
00:33:14His future bride?
00:33:16Look at her
00:33:17She's a freak
00:33:18With that filthy
00:33:20Black rags
00:33:21She doesn't deserve
00:33:22Cedric
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
00:34:06Know your place
00:34:10Without Ashfield Charity
00:34:12Without Ashfield Charity
00:34:13A 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
00:34:27If 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
00:34:39What is it?
00:34:40My lady
00:34:40What's wrong?
00:34:41Please say something
00:34:42What's doing this?
00:34:44Gods
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?
00:35:10My 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
00:35:22I'm just a servant
00:35:23Silence
00:35:24Just 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
00:35:32Oracle I beg you
00:35:34She's terrified
00:35:36Let it be enough
00:35:37Please
00:35:38Have mercy
00:35:45Your mercy is boundless my 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
00:35:58I am fine my lord
00:36:00You've grown so thin
00:36:02The northern winds have been cruel to you
00:36:04You must stay longer this time
00:36:06Your name day is soon
00:36:08I knitted you a pair of thick winter gloves
00:36:11Let me fetch them for you
00:36:13Wait right here for me
00:36:16That old woman
00:36:18Her devotion to you is genuine
00:36:21It is
00:36:22She has been here since 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 and fresh bread
00:36:37With her
00:36:38I almost remember what having a sister felt like
00:36:41If that is true
00:36:42You should show her more grace while 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 realize what you have lost
00:36:57Listen to me child
00:36:59Never 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 what 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 is a fake
00:37:42What?
00:37:45A fake?
00:37:47Someone must have switched it when she wasn't looking
00:37:49I'll get to the bottom of this
00:37:51Tonight
00:37:51Don't
00:37:52What is mine
00:37:55Will always return to my hands
00:37:58Lady Morgana
00:37:59Commander Ashford
00:38:03The Emperor begs your aid
00:38:05The Empress door wager is dying
00:38:07The Royal Physicians can do nothing for her
00:38:09His Majesty demands you come at once
00:38:11Please my lady
00:38:12You are her only hope
00:38:17Lead the way
00:38:20Useless fools
00:38:21What good are you if 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
00:38:39Prepare 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
00:39:10My 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
00:39:18To decree my marriage to Cedric
00:39:20And
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
00:39:27Gods
00:39:27Drag this mad woman away
00:39:29I accept
00:39:35Very well
00:39:36Give it a try
00:39:38If you truly cure my mother
00:39:41I will grant your every wish
00:39:50So you stole the Hartman Shnard
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
00:40:02Forcing fate
00:40:03Only brings ruin
00:40:05If 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
00:40:31Wake up
00:40:35Wake up
00:40:39Wake
00:40:41Wake up
00:40:41Wake up
00:40:47What's happening?
00:40:49It burns
00:40:50It burns
00:40:51It burns
00:40:52It burns
00:40:53Oh God
00:40:57Water
00:40:58Please
00:41:05Mother
00:41:06Mother
00:41:07Wake up
00:41:08Wake up
00:41:12My face
00:41:12no how did this happen you stole my magic but you never asked when the spell steals a living spark
00:41:24whose spark does it take
00:41:28whose life did you think you were spending the ashworth empire isn't built on medicine
00:41:34it's built on a parasite it trades your years for theirs a simple fever costs you a month
00:41:42a fatal wound strips the youth right off your bones sick empress was already dead her time was up
00:41:52give her every hour you have left it won't buy her a single day then what about mauren explain mauren
00:42:00she bore the shard for 30 years pulled thousands from the grave then she should be dust she should
00:42:07be a rotting corpse why is she flawless why not her look at me it took everything my my skin
00:42:16my life
00:42:17why just me you said she was perfect cedric you believe she hid from you for 10 years
00:42:25it never crossed your mind that the woman she became was standing right in front of you
00:42:31and you looked right through her stop what does that mean you're a commander open your eyes
00:42:40every year on your birthday that old servant the only one who still cooks for you who is she cedric
00:42:50lord cedric wait you can't go in my lord she said no visitors my lord
00:43:02marron god it's really you
00:43:09move along get out move before i drag you out
00:43:15know who stands before you my lord i did not know marron my lord you're mistaken
00:43:21she's not marron she's just an old crone nothing more my lord get out yes my lord
00:43:33my lord i'm nobody just an old crone nobody of importance just a servant this is the inner
00:43:41sanctum only the bloodline only the hartman shard bearer can come here
00:43:48let me see you
00:43:49let me see you
00:43:57that scar
00:44:00where did this scar come from only marron bore this mark
00:44:06marron
00:44:09why didn't you tell me
00:44:14why all these years why didn't you tell me
00:44:18every time i used the shard it stole a year of my life burned away
00:44:24then one morning i looked in the glass white hair hands shaking like a crone
00:44:30marron let me in my lord no
00:44:33get off i want my sister let me go
00:44:38marron
00:44:39i couldn't let you see a monster
00:44:42no stop it don't ever say that look at me you are marron the bravest person i know
00:44:50but i abandoned you
00:44:52gave me your entire life and i was blind i didn't see my own sister i'm sorry
00:44:59oh my brave little brother it's all right now
00:45:10cedric tomorrow is your name day i haven't made your broth yet
00:45:15marron please just rest you made it for me every year my whole life tomorrow i'll make it for you
00:45:29this is my fault i looked right at her and saw nothing
00:45:33she hid her hands traded her life away and i just stood there
00:45:37he used the heartmen shard to drain her year by year while i watched and called it nothing
00:45:41she made a choice the shard needed a vessel she offered herself she healed them she gave them time
00:45:50she gave you time that was all she ever wanted
00:45:54i looked right past her for years thank you for stripping away every excuse i had
00:46:01i have her back whatever it cost you i swear on my blade i will repay that debt
00:46:06she hasn't eaten in days i made this for her i don't know if she'll want it but i need
00:46:10to give
00:46:10her something i'm gonna take it to her now wait something wrong it's nothing go to her i won't be
00:46:20long
00:46:24jesus
00:46:45jesus
00:46:47you
00:46:48Get away!
00:46:49Where is she?
00:46:54I want my sister!
00:46:57Cedric.
00:46:59I'm here. Look at me.
00:47:01Don't touch me, you old witch!
00:47:07She's dead, isn't she?
00:47:09She left me. Everyone always leaves.
00:47:13But I'm staying.
00:47:15To a legion.
00:47:17I'm not going anywhere.
00:47:20I'm here. Right here.
00:47:23I've got you.
00:47:28Lord Ashworth.
00:47:29She saved my family.
00:47:31She saved so many. We had to come.
00:47:35Everyone knew how much she meant to you, my lord.
00:47:37Her loss leaves a wound in all of us.
00:47:40She gave everything.
00:47:42Healed strangers.
00:47:43She's never once asked for anything in return.
00:47:46Even when it broke her.
00:47:49Even when it cost her.
00:47:51Her life.
00:47:53I watched her disappear.
00:47:56Day by day.
00:47:57If the gods would take me instead, I'd go willingly.
00:48:01And 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 on Maren's hands.
00:48:14Every year carved from her face.
00:48:16He arranged all of it.
00:48:18Her life meant nothing to him.
00:48:20He only cared about the gold.
00:48:22The price her dying breath could buy.
00:48:25Oracle, 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.
00:48:34You cannot just walk in here and spread lies about my family.
00:48:40If you took no coin, then tell me what you've been hiding in the dark.
00:48:45Every transaction.
00:48:46Every name.
00:48:47Every debt you buried.
00:49:04These are property deeds.
00:49:06Hundreds of them.
00:49:07The Ash House fled the High Lords dry.
00:49:09In secret.
00:49:09They traded healing for mansions.
00:49:11For land.
00:49:13We thought you were a saint, Aldrich.
00:49:15You're nothing but a leech.
00:49:17A parasite.
00:49:17You stole my sister's life.
00:49:20You drained Maren dry to build your filthy empire and left her to rot in the dirt.
00:49:25She gave everything!
00:49:27And you ground her bones into your crown!
00:49:29That is not the whole of his sin.
00:49:31When Maren's face withered from what he forced on her,
00:49:35he turned away from her.
00:49:37He took a lover in secret.
00:49:39A secret mistress.
00:49:41A hidden life.
00:49:43There is no one!
00:49:44You are lying!
00:49:45The child you had with her has been living under this very roof.
00:49:49You 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?
00:50:02Is 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 missing from the patients,
00:50:15Maren did it herself.
00:50:17Plain greed!
00:50:18She used the sick to line her own pockets!
00:50:28Look out!
00:50:29Get 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.
00:50:41You built a dynasty on stolen breath.
00:50:44You are no heir to what I left here.
00:50:47You are a parasite.
00:50:50My sister is dead.
00:50:53She died a ruined servant under your roof.
00:50:57And you dare stand over her coffin and call her a thief!
00:51:00I will cut you apart right here!
00:51:03Cedric!
00:51:03Be reasonable!
00:51:04Look at what she had become!
00:51:05Who could look at that face and not be sickened?
00:51:09You are no blood of mine.
00:51:11You 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, it binds only to the women!
00:51:20It rejected me!
00:51:21It was never my choice!
00:51:22We kept her fed!
00:51:24Kept a roof over her head!
00:51:25She owed this family her service!
00:51:28It 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.
00:51:35It does not choose by blood or gender.
00:51:38It chooses by the will to sacrifice.
00:51:40It rejected you because it looked inside your chest
00:51:43and found nothing at all.
00:51:45You let a child wither in your place and called it fate.
00:51:49You said you wished to carry the burden.
00:51:52You wanted the Ember's power for yourself.
00:51:55You 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.
00:52:12How much of it came to the sky?
00:52:31I have to kill the window...
00:52:31I had to kill you.
00:52:32That's so much of it!
00:52:32I have to kill you!
00:52:33At least they took those on fire.
00:52:34That's so much of it.
00:52:37You slapped me.
00:52:38You murdered you.
00:52:38I have to kill you.
00:52:40A SRI!
00:52:42Nooo!
00:52:44Nooo!
00:52:56Every year he stole from Maren.
00:52:59They just ripped it back.
00:53:19Maren! Can you hear me? Look at me!
00:53:24You... you came back.
00:53:29You're breathing. I watched you stop. I thought you were gone.
00:53:34You're shaking. Your birthday is soon.
00:53:37I still owe you bread and broth.
00:53:40I'll make it myself.
00:53:43Just 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 thirty years Aldric took from her have been stripped from his bones.
00:53:54They're hers now.
00:53:55Her hand is healed.
00:53:57The debt is paid.
00:53:58She will never serve in the dark again.
00:54:00She lives. The 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.
00:54:21My life is no longer my own.
00:54:23It belongs to you.
00:54:24Every breath I draw belongs to your cause.
00:54:27I am your shield.
00:54:28Your blade. Point me at your enemies.
00:54:30Wherever you walk, I walk with you.
00:54:34Until my blood runs cold.
00:54:41Remember your oath.
00:54:56The Hartman Shard.
00:54:58It's time it returned to you.
00:55:00You took another piece of your power straight into yourself.
00:55:03Will you absorb this one too?
00:55:31Allow me for the fall.
00:55:36Please! Help us! Have mercy!
00:55:43Talk to me. Did the exorcism drain you? Are you hurt?
00:55:48I am not hurt. When I pulled the Hartman Shard from your sister, I absorbed 30 years of her memories.
00:55:54Every single day she spent trapped in that house.
00:55:57There's an echo now. A pressure in my chest.
00:56:00You have a rule. You reclaim a piece of your power, you owe the bloodline one truth. One ember. One
00:56:07question.
00:56:09Maren gave her whole youth to keep me alive. She never got to ask her question.
00:56:15Maren.
00:56:16So I'll ask it for her. Look into your prophecy, Morgana. Did my sister's sacrifice mean anything? Tell me.
00:56:24Your sister asked what waits for you in the north. I didn't lie to her. So I'll tell you exactly
00:56:29what I saw.
00:56:31There is a line drawn across your fate. A terminal point.
00:56:35If you follow me to Ironwall, if you walk into Ravencrest at my side, you will stand before someone and
00:56:41bleed until there is nothing left.
00:56:43And you will die. That is the end of it.
00:56:47In front of who? Who 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.
00:56:58And you still want to come with me.
00:57:00Forget it. It doesn't matter.
00:57:04You are ordered to stay behind.
00:57:07I walk into Ironwall alone. I 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.
00:57:29I have walked into the dark more times than I can count.
00:57:32Every time, they 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, commander of the Obsidian Guards.
00:58:00Hold the gates!
00:58:01Gods!
00:58:02They're here!
00:58:03Fall back!
00:58:04Call the gates!
00:58:08You're primeira!
00:58:18Open the Tamriel's
00:58:21Tower or Nicocanonononononononononononononononononononononalleuuueick!
00:58:29The Ash. Darkness breaks. Gone.
00:58:52This malice. I know it.
00:58:55She broke them! Who goes there?
00:58:57Morgana.
00:58:59Lady Morgana!
00:59:01Forgive me. My grandfather speaks of you often.
00:59:05And you are?
00:59:07Finn Ravenkest, my lady. Grandson to Patriarch Thorn.
00:59:11Morgana.
00:59:12Smile for me. You 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. My sister-in-law handles the killing. She lets me read instead. I apologize for
00:59:35the gate. It's just lately. The moment the sun sets, the dead walk. Vesta fears the undead soldiers, breaching the
00:59:42walls, slaughtering our people. Please forgive the locked gates, my lady.
00:59:46These undead outside your walls. What is their origin?
00:59:50We don't know. Not since my grandfather fell. They don't discern friend from foe. They just butcher. For six months
00:59:56we've been trapped here. Powerless.
00:59:58Thorn was injured?
01:00:00Yes.
01:00:01Ambushed by the dead weeks ago. He hasn't woken since.
01:00:06Take me to him.
01:00:08Of course.
01:00:09Finn!
01:00:16You dare test me, boy? Who authorized you to breach the protocol? Who gave you leave to welcome stray vagras
01:00:24into my fortress? Do Frost Stokes laws mean nothing to you?
01:00:27Vesper, wait. This is Lady Morgana. Grandfather foresaw this. He said a woman named Morgana would come for the Shard.
01:00:35We must show her absolute respect.
01:00:37The Patriarch is dying. He needs silence, not scavengers chasing fairy tales.
01:00:41Commander Vesper. Even the Emperor bows to Lady Morgana. I suggest you mind your tone before I cut out your
01:00:50tongue.
01:00:50Damn your southern king. Here, we follow north laws. Your laws. Tell me. What does the north demand? You want
01:01:01to see him? Bleed for it. Best me in combat. Win, and you get your audience. And your precious shard.
01:01:09Lose, and you crawl back south. Frostbite does not serve the weak.
01:01:14I'll gladly test your iron, Commander.
01:01:17Good. A real man. Bring me my steel.
01:01:23Morgana. My sister-in-law is a monster on the battlefield. She holds the true bloodline. No one beats her.
01:01:31Is this it, then? The day you foreseen I would die?
01:01:53No one beats her.
01:01:54He's hurt!
01:01:55He will not die.
01:02:01Playing with time!
01:02:18Well fought. Your form is decent, but you fight like you fear death, always leaving room to retreat.
01:02:26Remember, a real enemy won't give you quarter. The only way to outlive them is to care less about dying.
01:02:34Mother! Mother!
01:02:40There's my little bird.
01:02:42You promised me. We'd practice archery today.
01:02:45I know. Go grab your bow. I'm coming.
01:02:48Okay.
01:02:52When you have something you can't leave behind, then teach me to fight.
01:02:57Tomorrow, I will grant you an audience with a patriarch.
01:03:02You see? I am still breathing.
01:03:05If you had truly defied my vision.
01:03:09Now that would be interesting.
01:03:14My lady, the north is freezing. I brought you these heavy furs.
01:03:18Your concern is noted, boy. But she has no need for such common scraps.
01:03:23These are royal pelts from...
01:03:28Gods. What in the world is this? It's so soft. It doesn't even feel like wool. It feels like water.
01:03:37These deep red shapes here. What kind of flower is this?
01:03:41A rose. The sovereign of flowers.
01:03:44A rose. It's beautiful. I can't even imagine it. So this is what the south grows.
01:03:51Here in Frostspike, the winter never ends. The ground is iron. Nothing this fragile could ever survive the frost.
01:03:59If it pleases you, boy. Help us reclaim the shard from your keep. And this mantle...
01:04:04is yours to keep. Truly? You swear on your honor?
01:04:09On my blood.
01:04:12Done. I'll get ready.
01:04:17You barter with the boy, because you are certain that Vesta will not surrender the shard.
01:04:25Two years ago, at the Bloodwater siege, Vesta's husband begged the Emperor for reinforcements.
01:04:31But the royal court was busy preparing the Emperor's jubilee. The army never marched.
01:04:35Her husband died in the mud, left her and the child alone.
01:04:40Vesta has every reason to hate the crown. She struck a deal with the enemy.
01:04:45You are wrong.
01:04:48You said we were seeing the Patriarch. Why bring us to a crypt?
01:04:51Whatever you see in there, hold your nerve.
01:04:54My grandfather rests inside. Please, this way.
01:05:13What?
01:05:18Is this...
01:05:20It is Thorn.
01:05:21Yes.
01:05:22Since the ambush six months ago, this crust began to form.
01:05:26It started around his wounds.
01:05:28Then it spread.
01:05:30Swallowing 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?
01:05:54It is his own madness.
01:05:55His madness?
01:05:56Thorn's natural life ended in the snow six months ago, but his fury anchored him here.
01:06:08He refuses to pass on.
01:06:10And the shard buried within him gave his wrath a physical form, spawning the dead that batter your gates,
01:06:17while this stone shell devours his remaining soul.
01:06:21The undead?
01:06:23They came from my grandfather's own mind?
01:06:27What kind of nightmare could be powerful enough to breed an entire army of corpses?
01:06:37What is happening?
01:06:42The dead are marching in daylight.
01:06:46I'll hold the line.
01:06:48Gather the men.
01:06:49My lady, I'm begging you.
01:06:51Save Frostbike.
01:06:52Take the shard back.
01:06:54It's right there in his chest.
01:06:55Please, just take it.
01:06:56I beg you.
01:06:59Yes, but the shard must be freely given.
01:07:03Even 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.
01:07:16If the ward fails, if the dead breach the line,
01:07:20or if you are overrun,
01:07:22do not die for me.
01:07:24Leave.
01:07:25My orders stand.
01:07:27You are my charge.
01:07:29I do not break the line.
01:07:46I remember a boy.
01:07:48One who chased my shadow,
01:07:50always begging for stories.
01:07:53Now,
01:07:54reduced to stone.
01:07:58Veil lift.
01:08:01Flesh bind.
01:08:03Awaken.
01:08:06Thorn.
01:08:09Ashworth!
01:08:10Her magic broke!
01:08:11She's bleeding!
01:08:23She's bleeding!
01:08:36Finn, what are you doing?
01:08:38I'm done pretending, Commander.
01:08:41Did you honestly think Vesper was the one who 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?
01:08:56Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
01:08:58Sold us out?
01:08:59Monsters?
01:09:00Better than being the crown's lapdog.
01:09:02Why should we bleed for them?
01:09:03Our ancestors all followed Morgana.
01:09:05We were equals once,
01:09:07but because they got different shards,
01:09:08some get to rule the capital,
01:09:10some get the gold,
01:09:11and what did the rain creeps get?
01:09:12Three generations rotting in this frozen wasteland,
01:09:15bleeding out in the ice.
01:09:16Just another name on a tombstone,
01:09:19waiting to be wiped out.
01:09:21I won't let it end like this.
01:09:23I'm going to tear Frostfire down,
01:09:26break the chains they put on us.
01:09:29I saw Morgana use this.
01:09:31It commands the dead.
01:09:34I hold the power now.
01:09:41Isn't that right?
01:09:42No.
01:09:44No.
01:09:44Run!
01:09:49I'm not.
01:09:55Run!
01:09:59Run!
01:10:02Run!
01:10:03Run!
01:10:08Run!
01:10:10Run!
01:10:12Let's go.
01:10:43Four.
01:10:47Three.
01:11:00Sis.
01:11:01You 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.
01:11:42Yes.
01:11:45I remember the vow.
01:11:49I gave you my word to hold this fortress, to bleed for the innocent.
01:11:56But the dead are here.
01:11:59The wolves are at the gates.
01:12:02I...
01:12:02I dare not leave.
01:12:04Enough, Thorn.
01:12:05You have bled enough.
01:12:08Your bloodline.
01:12:11Your men.
01:12:16Uh.
01:12:17Ah.
01:12:27You have bled enough.
01:12:30Yeah.
01:12:33Oh, God.
01:12:34Oh.
01:12:34Oh.
01:12:38Oh.
01:12:47Let the Obsession die.
01:12:51You must go.
01:12:53Whatever my sister commands,
01:12:57Thorn will always obey.
01:13:01But before I return the Shard,
01:13:05Morgana, may I ask you one question?
01:13:12What did you want to ask?
01:13:16All these years,
01:13:19alone in the dark.
01:13:24Were you alright, Morgana?
01:13:40You won't touch her.
01:13:44I was fine.
01:13:50That is good.
01:13:55I forgot.
01:14:07I forgot it.
01:14:08I forgot it.
01:14:11I forgot it.
01:14:28The witch.
01:14:41So, this is the death you saw for me? You are never wrong.
01:14:49Morgana, it seems I won't be here to help you take back what is yours.
01:15:13I make no grand claims, but I swear I will help you take it all back.
01:15:36Monster.
01:15:38Monster, you godless monster!
01:15:41Monster.
01:15:50Monster.
01:15:54This world is sick.
01:16:02Finn, why would you do this?
01:16:06My brother, he died because the crown, because the crown never sent reinforcements.
01:16:13He bled out in the snow.
01:16:15And ever since then, I haven't seen you smile.
01:16:20Not 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.
01:16:35Frostfire is now prison.
01:16:38Look at the people behind these walls.
01:16:40The thousands we pulled from the slaughter.
01:16:42The soldiers I trained with my own hands.
01:16:45Every block of black stone.
01:16:47Every frozen inch of the north.
01:16:49Holds 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.
01:17:00Until 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.
01:17:18But 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 hear.
01:17:25So 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.
01:17:36Take me away.
01:17:38I will.
01:17:39I'll take you south.
01:17:41I want to sleep beneath the roses.
01:17:56Why the Frost Spire?
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.
01:18:07What is it, exactly?
01:18:08A drop of my own blood.
01:18:10The Undying Spark.
01:18:12Your blood?
01:18:13No wonder your skin is like ice.
01:18:15Morgana.
01:18:16How did you lose your eyes?
01:18:18Sixty winters ago.
01:18:20The realm was drowning in its own blood.
01:18:23To buy them a dawn.
01:18:25I offered my own flesh and soul.
01:18:28I stripped everything away.
01:18:31Bound it to the obsidian.
01:18:33Twelve fragments.
01:18:34Given to twelve disciples.
01:18:36To save this world.
01:18:39Sixty years have passed.
01:18:40My students took that power.
01:18:42And forged twelve great bloodlines.
01:18:46And now there is peace.
01:18:49Now I take back what is mine.
01:18:52Morgana.
01:18:53What else are you missing?
01:18:55You never change your boots.
01:18:56I've never seen you eat.
01:18:58Or sleep, for that matter.
01:19:00Your hair turned white.
01:19:02Silence.
01:19:11Morgana.
01:19:13I will help you get it all back.
01:19:17Every last piece.
01:19:19You have my word.
01:19:22No matter what it takes.
01:19:24No matter what it takes.
01:19:26No matter the cost.
01:19:32Sixty years ago.
01:19:34To buy this realm a breath of life.
01:19:37I gave my own flesh and soul to the forge.
01:19:41No attachments.
01:19:43No desires.
01:19:45I told you to run.
01:19:47But of course.
01:19:49Fate demands its due.
01:19:51You.
01:20:00Would you still draw your blade for me?
01:20:03Knowing 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.
01:20:13But I have never lost.
01:20:15And I will not lose this time either.
01:20:32I have never lost the debris.
01:20:32To soon
01:20:32I've lost.
01:20:40I'm had to complete this time.
01:20:43I'll even know!
01:20:44I can't take time to the night before the night before it happened.
01:20:45I empeens me.
01:20:50I'm not a ĂsìŹ, ask called te,
01:20:51My lady, forgive me.
01:20:54Assassins!
01:21:10This southern blood magic.
01:21:12They say one puppet butchers ten men, and I tore them apart before they could even blink.
01:21:17I feel like I could rip through solid iron.
01:21:19You were bleeding to death. No 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.
01:21:33You 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? I'm just your puppet?
01:21:50Do not compare yourself to such pathetic trash.
01:21:55They are nothing like you.
01:21:58You.
01:22:00You are my masterpiece.
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, never wrong.
01:22:36To give me the shard. To force me to live.
01:22:39Isn't this defying the gods themselves?
01:22:41Taking the heart back was a mistake.
01:22:50Morgana.
01:22:53Farewell.
01:22:54Be wary.
01:22:56Without the primordial crown's shard, the horde will show no mercy.
01:23:01I know the risks. But I command this gate. Shard or no shard.
01:23:06The Ravencrest will hold this line. To the last breath.
01:23:13The horde is at our walls. I ride with the vanguard.
01:23:17Godspeed.
01:23:29Godspeed.
01:23:30Why didn't you tell her about the warding spikes you planted?
01:23:34The wards are nothing. Compared to the primordial blood. Still boiling in their veins.
01:23:40They will survive.
01:23:44What's happening? Are you alright?
01:23:46I feel a disturbance. A forbading sensation.
01:23:49I have looked ahead. I wish I had not.
01:23:53The 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. To the Scarlet Lands.
01:24:20I want to meet the fool who thought they could kill me.
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