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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 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.
00:01:18Show 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.
00:02:00Six.
00:02:04Sixty years ago, I broke myself into twelve embers.
00:02:11The throne was secured.
00:02:13It is time.
00:02:19To reclaim them all.
00:02:25My lady, please, rest inside. I will bring it to you myself.
00:02:29It is exactly where you left it, my lady. Untouched.
00:02:34You give it up so easily.
00:02:35It was never mine to keep.
00:02:37You know what it built. Your entire dynasty.
00:02:41Hundreds years of power. Titles. The crown's favor.
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.
00:02:52The 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. I will honor the pact. Willingly.
00:03:06The old man bred well. An 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. I take back what is mine.
00:03:27And I leave you one truth.
00:03:30The old laws demand it.
00:03:33Ask 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.
00:03:51Yes.
00:03:51Please, 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
00:04:16without putting her on her knees,
00:04:18she will believe she belongs here.
00:04:22And we cannot have that.
00:04:24Then let's remind her how this house treats beggars.
00:04:32I assumed we were hosting royalty
00:04:36for my husband to grovel so.
00:04:39To greet you himself,
00:04:40I simply had to see who...
00:04:51Magana, was it?
00:04:53You are a guest in my halls.
00:04:56Drink.
00:05:01Your wine, my lady.
00:05:03A blind witch.
00:05:06This shall prove to me.
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
00:05:28at the bottom of your cellar.
00:05:29Is this...
00:05:30how House Alistair hides its decay?
00:05:33How could she possibly smell that?
00:05:35She knows.
00:05:36How could she know?
00:05:37You insolent wretch!
00:05:40Keep your filthy mouth!
00:05:45By his wits alone
00:05:47did Lord Alistair survive.
00:05:48Isabella, your gown!
00:05:50A tragedy.
00:05:51His bloodline rots with you.
00:05:54How dare you!
00:05:55My husband may tolerate your delusions,
00:05:58but I will not!
00:05:59You just assaulted the future crown,
00:06:01Christess!
00:06:02By royal decree,
00:06:03you will kneel
00:06:03and you will bleed for it!
00:06:06She is a fool.
00:06:07You are worse.
00:06:08Even the gods of the underworld
00:06:10have yet to see
00:06:11me kneel.
00:06:14Why would you?
00:06:16We shall see.
00:06:18Guards, take her!
00:06:24And break her legs.
00:06:26Do it.
00:06:32Seize her!
00:06:33Now!
00:06:48Stop!
00:06:50Stop this at once!
00:06:52Fools!
00:06:56Morgana,
00:06:57they know nothing.
00:06:59They acted out of turn.
00:07:01Spare them!
00:07:02I beg of you.
00:07:04Alistair!
00:07:05Father!
00:07:06Both of you,
00:07:07you blind,
00:07:08arrogant fools.
00:07:10She chose restraint
00:07:11or you would already be ashes
00:07:13upon this floor.
00:07:14On your knees,
00:07:16beg for your lives.
00:07:19I bow to no one.
00:07:21I 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.
00:08:04You...
00:08:05You...
00:08:05Get out of my house!
00:08:07Silence your tongue!
00:08:10Morgana, please.
00:08:11How do we stop this call off the royal wedding break betrothed or she dies
00:08:30The royal escort led by the obsidian guard commander Cedric himself the Reaper of the realm
00:08:43The prophecy is written
00:08:48And the king's edict
00:09:00Commander Cedric you heard the prophecy if Isabella rides to the palace today. It will be her funeral
00:09:07The crown commands this union Lord Alistair
00:09:11My escort is already at your gates
00:09:14You dare defy the throne over cheap politics and break the royal contract unless
00:09:22You doubt my ability to keep her breathing
00:09:27No commander your blade is legendary your tactics for the king trusts no other she is safe with you
00:09:36But Morgana has seen it she is our only hope
00:09:40Alistair
00:09:40The king's patience is not infinite do not humiliate us for a blind witch the crown's wrath will burn this
00:09:48castle to the ground
00:09:49I will not let you ruin us. She is right father. I am perfectly safe with the commander
00:09:56Have the carriage ready
00:09:57I will fetch my veil
00:10:04Isabella
00:10:05Let her go
00:10:06Let her go the hour is set my debt shall be claimed when the blood runs dry
00:10:22My debt shall be claimed when the blood runs dry
00:10:29My daughter our ultimate masterpiece
00:10:35Lock it down double guards kill anything that moves nothing touch that carriage
00:10:40Are we clear crystal clear captain consider it done
00:10:44You're wasting men
00:10:47The prophecy is spoken
00:10:50The bride won't survive this journey
00:10:52I am never wrong
00:10:54Enlighten 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?
00:11:13There it is
00:11:14The 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
00:11:23Ride straight to her execution
00:11:25Let me ride with your convoy
00:11:27Take me
00:11:29I'll prove you wrong
00:11:35Play the prophet
00:11:37Watch her cross those gates alive
00:11:41I'll feel the blood
00:11:45Bring the oracle a horse
00:12:04And the legendary
00:12:05If the next candidate had made that decide
00:12:10I knowrooms
00:12:11Whatever
00:12:11Listen
00:12:17One
00:12:19Ring
00:12:21That
00:12:22A舒
00:12:23Oh Weする
00:12:29In
00:12:31Take them to the Iron Court. I want a name.
00:12:35Yes, Commander!
00:12:43Thank the gods Cedric was here.
00:12:46We're safe. He earned his coin.
00:12:51You fight well, mortal. Pity it changes nothing.
00:12:56I do not guess. The grave is dug.
00:13:02The hour is here. Step forward, future Empress.
00:13:12Isabella, my love finally.
00:13:18No! God!
00:13:29The prophecy. She knew.
00:13:32How?
00:13:33She was right there.
00:13:35The prophecy is fulfilled. Her blood is spilled.
00:13:39You killed my daughter!
00:13:41Your daughter's death was a tragedy.
00:13:43Eleanor, don't provoke her.
00:13:45Look at the carriage! The doors were sealed!
00:13:48Who else could bypass those locks?
00:13:50Enough! Seal the gates! Nobody leaves this Yort Yard!
00:13:53You're all suspects! Take them to the Iron Court!
00:14:02We're alone. Just tell me the damn truth.
00:14:05How did you reach inside a moving, heavily guarded carriage and take her head without a single sound?
00:14:12You mapped out her execution beforehand.
00:14:15Fine.
00:14:17Say you didn't swing the blade yourself.
00:14:21But you orchestrated this.
00:14:24If that comforts you, you may use it.
00:14:31I see the threads.
00:14:33Every drop of blood before it falls.
00:14:36The end is written.
00:14:38You're just walking the path blind.
00:14:41Cut the riddles.
00:14:42You're in my cell now.
00:14:46If you see everything, then what happens next?
00:14:50Does the blade slip?
00:14:52Does the steel bite?
00:14:53Or maybe I'm just sick of your games and slit your throat right now!
00:14:56Did you see that?
00:15:01A seer is blind to her own end.
00:15:04That is the only law I obey.
00:15:07Then tell me how this ends.
00:15:10But you cannot kill me, Cedric.
00:15:15Let's put that to the test.
00:15:17Steel cannot touch me.
00:15:22By drawing it on me, you owe a deadly debt.
00:15:26Madness.
00:15:26I serve the crown.
00:15:28I don't fear witches.
00:15:32Still believe in hard facts, Commander?
00:15:35Commander!
00:15:37We have a situation.
00:15:38The prisoners from the ambush, sir.
00:15:40They took poison.
00:15:42Hidden in their teeth.
00:15:43They're all dead.
00:15:44Trails cold.
00:15:45Dead?
00:15:46You let our only witnesses die in chains?
00:15:48They were paid to die.
00:15:50They'd never talk.
00:15:52You want the true killer?
00:15:54Stop asking the living.
00:15:56They only lie.
00:15:57I'll make the dead speak.
00:16:05You said you could make the dead speak.
00:16:07Name your price.
00:16:09There's always a price with you.
00:16:11Always.
00:16:12Name it.
00:16:13Whatever closes this investigation.
00:16:16I want your absolute obedience.
00:16:20When I speak, you do not question.
00:16:23When I point, you do not hesitate.
00:16:25My loyalty is to the crown.
00:16:27I don't give blind trust.
00:16:29I have the killer.
00:16:31If you put the murderer in front of me, then you have my trust.
00:16:36Don't make a vow you can't keep, Commander.
00:16:38You have my word.
00:16:40I won't break it.
00:16:45Take this.
00:16:47Sew her head back on.
00:16:49You want me to mutilate a royal corpse?
00:16:51Every second you wait, she fades.
00:16:57Her soul is bleeding out.
00:17:01It's done.
00:17:03It's done.
00:17:03What now?
00:17:04Open the doors.
00:17:07Bring them all.
00:17:08The grieving father.
00:17:10The weeping mother.
00:17:12Bring the prince who lost his bride.
00:17:15We are going to hold a court of our own.
00:17:23Isabella, my baby.
00:17:25Oh, God.
00:17:27Hold her back.
00:17:27Don't let her touch the body.
00:17:28Let me go.
00:17:29That's my daughter.
00:17:31Why is she here?
00:17:32Why is that blind woman in the judge's seat?
00:17:35Commander Ashworth, she killed her.
00:17:38She cursed my daughter and you let her sit there.
00:17:41His Royal Highness, Prince Kale.
00:17:45Isabella, let me through.
00:17:47Isabella, no.
00:17:49Look what they did to you, my beautiful girl.
00:17:52The audience is here.
00:17:54Let the performance end.
00:18:08You demanded proof, Commander.
00:18:12Behold the truth.
00:18:14You wove the crimson soul thread yourself.
00:18:18The bond is forged.
00:18:21Ask her.
00:18:23Isabella Alistam
00:18:24Is your killer here?
00:18:50Keep that thing away!
00:18:52She's bewitched!
00:18:59The crown is ours, father.
00:19:16Edmund Aliston.
00:19:22Now confess.
00:19:30I confess to nothing!
00:19:34You sick witch!
00:19:36You killed her!
00:19:37You puppeted her corpse to frame us!
00:19:40He took you in.
00:19:42You repay us with blood!
00:19:44This is madness!
00:19:46A father doesn't slaughter his own blood!
00:19:49Isabella was my pride!
00:19:52Why would I destroy my own future?
00:19:55See the truth!
00:19:56His own blood, that's true.
00:20:00But what if that girl was never your blood at all?
00:20:05Eleanor.
00:20:06Why did the Emperor betroth Isabella to Prince Kael?
00:20:09It was destiny!
00:20:11The Emperor declared it.
00:20:13They were born the exact same hour.
00:20:17Blessed by the gods.
00:20:25I had to secure our blood at all.
00:20:31I had to secure our bloodline.
00:20:32Give me the child I must see.
00:20:35Tell the truth.
00:20:36Is it a boy?
00:20:37A girl, my lady.
00:20:39A girl?
00:20:40No!
00:20:41You're lying!
00:20:42A daughter.
00:20:43Just as I said.
00:20:45Why me?
00:20:49The consort is waiting.
00:20:51If it's a boy, I'm ruined!
00:20:54Breathe, my lady.
00:20:55Panic is a luxury we can't afford.
00:20:58Duke Alistair has already arranged a solution.
00:21:00Bring the bundle inside.
00:21:01Now.
00:21:05Look closely.
00:21:07Pure Alistair blood.
00:21:09A flawless son.
00:21:11Yours, if you dare.
00:21:14A son!
00:21:16From now on, you are mine.
00:21:18The true heir of this house.
00:21:21My son.
00:21:23My heir.
00:21:43You're telling this court I'm Duke Alistair?
00:21:46I'm Duke Alistair's son.
00:21:48No.
00:21:49No.
00:21:49No, no.
00:21:50I am the crown prince!
00:21:53I am the crown prince!
00:21:55It can't be.
00:21:57How could my husband do such a thing?
00:21:59This is treason!
00:22:01What could he possibly want to risk all our lives?
00:22:04What did he want?
00:22:05Your son.
00:22:07Sitting on the throne.
00:22:08That's what he wanted.
00:22:12You need proof to make such claims.
00:22:15This dark sorcery proves absolutely nothing.
00:22:18Lord Alistair.
00:22:19If I had to guess.
00:22:20The moment the emperor degreed Isabella's marriage, you realized if she entered the royal court, the crown would eventually discover
00:22:26her secret.
00:22:27So you hired a pack of mercenaries to stage a bandit raid on the carriage.
00:22:31But Morgana's warning put my guard on alert.
00:22:34You feared with extra men your hired killers wouldn't be able to finish the job, so you killed your own
00:22:38daughter before she left.
00:22:39And as for your loyal servants, they break much faster than paid assassins.
00:22:43Commander!
00:22:44Commander Ashworth!
00:22:45Lord Alistair's personal guard, they've confessed to everything.
00:22:48The signed confessions.
00:22:49They admit the duke ordered them to silence Isabella before she even left.
00:22:58My entire life of scheming!
00:23:01All crushed by fate's cruel hand.
00:23:05The eye you granted us gave House Alistair an absolute power.
00:23:10Unmatched wealth.
00:23:12Unmatched glory.
00:23:13But the emperor still stood above me.
00:23:16Until that day, when I saw, I saw.
00:23:27I saw the truth.
00:23:29If my son took the cradle, he'd rule the world.
00:23:34But the vision didn't end there.
00:23:36I saw the flaw that would kill us.
00:23:38The decree.
00:23:40The royal wedding.
00:23:41If Isabella entered that palace, he would see my daughter.
00:23:47He'd see the exact face of the young empress.
00:23:51He's not blind.
00:23:53He'd know exactly what I did.
00:23:56I had no choice.
00:23:58You must see that.
00:23:59I had to cut the rot out.
00:24:02I had to protect my family.
00:24:04My son will be emperor.
00:24:06I had to.
00:24:11Morgana, I confess it all punish me alone.
00:24:15I beg you, look at me.
00:24:17Remember my father's loyalty.
00:24:20Spare my wife.
00:24:21He's lying.
00:24:23We knew nothing.
00:24:24Please.
00:24:24I'm begging you, take my life, but let them live.
00:24:28Granted.
00:24:30Thank you, Oracle.
00:24:32My life for theirs.
00:24:35Edmund, no!
00:24:37Edmund!
00:24:39No, Edmund!
00:24:41Edmund, please stay.
00:24:45Wake up, please don't leave me.
00:24:48Wake up, please don't leave me.
00:25:21I gave them my sight.
00:25:23To watch the dark.
00:25:26Instead, they watched the throne.
00:25:28Built a lie.
00:25:29Thought they could cheat fate.
00:25:31Thought they owned me.
00:25:33They own nothing.
00:25:36I'm taking it all back.
00:25:38With blood.
00:25:40Mortal hands cannot hold the weight of a god.
00:25:43It crushes them.
00:25:46The Alistair debt is settled.
00:25:48My sight is mine again.
00:25:52Now, we move to the next house.
00:25:55Stop!
00:25:56You can't just march in there.
00:25:58This is treason.
00:25:59I must alert the Emperor.
00:26:01No need to call the Emperor.
00:26:03He's already here.
00:26:09God.
00:26:10Not...
00:26:10The Emperor.
00:26:16Your Majesty.
00:26:20By royal decree, Prince Kale and the Empress are hereby spankstripped of titles.
00:26:25They shall be cast into the Black Cells.
00:26:29It shall be done.
00:26:36Lady Morgana!
00:26:37Lady Morgana!
00:26:39Lady Morgana, it's you!
00:26:40Careful, sire!
00:26:41Morgana!
00:26:42Sire, wait!
00:26:44Lady Morgana!
00:26:45Oh, my Lady Morgana!
00:26:48Forgive me.
00:26:49It's my fault.
00:26:51I was blind to let them trouble you.
00:26:54I wish to name you High Protector.
00:26:56To guide the realm.
00:26:58Every mage alive will answer only to your command.
00:27:03My rule is simple.
00:27:05One shard for one question.
00:27:08You want a prophecy?
00:27:09Give me your family's ancient inheritance.
00:27:13The crown shard in exchange.
00:27:16Right.
00:27:17If you wish to reclaim the shard, I will gladly return it.
00:27:23After all, my family owes our throne to you.
00:27:25Power is a debt.
00:27:26When I give and when I take, is my choice alone.
00:27:31Why the rush?
00:27:33Yes, you are completely right.
00:27:35Please, rest at Ashermyth Palace.
00:27:38Everything will grant her than...
00:27:40No, no!
00:27:40Higher than Imperial standards!
00:27:42No need.
00:27:43I am going to Ashworth Keep.
00:27:46Besides, my heart currently belongs to him.
00:27:58Yes, yes, of course.
00:28:00Take my royal carriage.
00:28:03Please, my lady.
00:28:05After you.
00:28:06Your Grace, that is the Sovereign's carriage.
00:28:08It breaks royal protocol.
00:28:10Shut your mouth!
00:28:12Lady Morgana is the law.
00:28:14Her word is absolute.
00:28:15There is no protocol in this world that outrants her.
00:28:17Isn't that right, my dear lady?
00:28:19Please.
00:28:21Mind the step, my lady.
00:28:23Careful now.
00:28:24Very careful.
00:28:26Commander Ashworth.
00:28:27Your Grace.
00:28:28If she suffers even a scratch, I swear to God, I will hang every last member of your
00:28:32wretted house.
00:28:33Do I make myself clear?
00:28:35Crystal clear, Your Grace.
00:28:36My dear lady Morgana, I have just remembered some urgent matters of state to attend to.
00:28:43I must take my leave.
00:28:48You serve lady Morgana now.
00:28:50Farewell.
00:28:51Have a pleasant journey.
00:28:56Earlier you said that I had your heart.
00:28:59What the hell does that mean?
00:29:00Sixty years ago, my heart was carved from my chest.
00:29:05It is not with you.
00:29:09It is in your house.
00:29:11My house?
00:29:15This way, Lady Morgana.
00:29:17Thanks to your grace, sixty years ago, when you bestowed the Heartmen Shard upon us,
00:29:22the Ashworth name is now renowned for our healing arts.
00:29:25You see?
00:29:25These afflicted souls travel from the furthest corners of the kingdom, seeking our aid.
00:29:30So, the legendary Ashworth healing arts actually came from you.
00:29:37Tell me then, just how old are you exactly?
00:29:41Does it matter to you?
00:29:43Please, my lord, save my mother!
00:29:45Wake up, Mama!
00:29:46Somebody help her!
00:29:48Have mercy!
00:29:48Please help my mother!
00:29:50I beg of you!
00:29:51This is all the coin I have.
00:29:53Please, show some mercy.
00:29:56A handful of dirty coppers?
00:29:58And you expect the Master's healing for that?
00:30:01Get out of here, now!
00:30:03Stop wasting everyone's time.
00:30:04Selina!
00:30:08Cedric!
00:30:09You're finally home!
00:30:10When I gave your family the Shard, it was to heal the Broken.
00:30:14To serve the realm, not to exploit the weak.
00:30:18You have broken the pact.
00:30:19Give the Fragment back.
00:30:20Who do you think you are?
00:30:22How dare a commoner like you make demands in Ashwild Keeps!
00:30:26Silence!
00:30:26Show her respect!
00:30:29This is Selina Frost.
00:30:31A ward taken in by my father.
00:30:35Selina.
00:30:36We heal the sick, regardless of coin!
00:30:38Have you forgotten?
00:30:39Go to the chapel!
00:30:40Pray!
00:30:41Beg her forgiveness!
00:30:42You heard him!
00:30:43To the chapel now!
00:30:47I beg your pardon, my lady.
00:30:49I had no idea she was extorting them.
00:30:52Rest assured, the Ashwilds honor your gift.
00:30:55We'd never turn away the poor.
00:30:57Most days, we treat all these commoners without asking for any money.
00:31:02I said, return the Shard.
00:31:06Or do you mean to defy me?
00:31:08No, no!
00:31:09The relic is rightfully yours!
00:31:11I will return it to you immediately.
00:31:14It is just, the Hartman Shard is kept safe by my eldest Marin.
00:31:18She's been in seclusion at a distant abbey for years.
00:31:21Once she returns from her retreat, I will present it to you myself.
00:31:25Fine.
00:31:25I will wait.
00:31:31Every time I return, she still won't see me.
00:31:36Fifteen years.
00:31:37Fifteen years since I've laid eyes on her.
00:31:39Does she really despise me that much?
00:31:42Why do you think she treats you with such coldness?
00:31:46Because of what I did, she hates me.
00:31:50When I was a boy, I almost died.
00:31:53My sister came for me.
00:31:55And the iron drove through her right arm in my place.
00:31:58She was never the same again.
00:32:03She was a master healer.
00:32:05Those gifted hands.
00:32:06She could bring the dying back to life.
00:32:09But because of me, the scar on her arm never faded.
00:32:11And she was taken from me forever.
00:32:13However, she became a completely different person after that.
00:32:17The Hartman Shard was hers by birthright.
00:32:20With its power, she became the greatest healer in the kingdom.
00:32:23And then they sent her far away, to a quiet abbey where she could practice in peace.
00:32:28But I know the truth.
00:32:30That day became a thorn in her heart.
00:32:33One that will never be pulled out.
00:32:35Every time she looks at me, she remembers what saving me cost her.
00:32:39Everything is bound by consequence, Commander.
00:32:41You see only the branches above the soil, but you are blind to the roots below.
00:32:47What is that supposed to mean?
00:32:49You will know soon enough.
00:32:55My knees are hurting.
00:32:56I'll fetch the salve.
00:32:59Cedric just got back, and he's already screaming at me because of her!
00:33:04She's an honoured guest.
00:33:05Even Lord Ashworth had to apologise to her.
00:33:08Master Cedric serves her.
00:33:09People are whispering.
00:33:11She might be his future bride.
00:33:13His future bride?
00:33:15Look at her.
00:33:16She's a freak.
00:33:18With that filthy black rags.
00:33:20She doesn't deserve Cedric.
00:33:25Crone.
00:33:27What is that?
00:33:28Honey cakes.
00:33:30Master Cedric's favourite.
00:33:32And imperial spiced wine for Lady Morgana.
00:33:35Holt!
00:33:37Imperial spiced wine?
00:33:39A gift from the Emperor himself.
00:33:41It's worth a fortune.
00:33:43You really know how to grovel.
00:33:46Give it here.
00:33:49Healers always keep the best poisons.
00:33:52This widow's kiss is lethal.
00:33:55No taste, no cure.
00:33:58Drink up, Morgana.
00:33:59Go, take it to her.
00:34:02I cannot, my lady.
00:34:03She is Master Cedric's guest.
00:34:07Know your place!
00:34:09Without Ashfield Charity, a useless old crone would be rotting in the gutter.
00:34:16Pathetic.
00:34:21I am disciplining a servant, since when does a blind freak interfere with Ashfield affairs?
00:34:27If your tongue serves only to offend, then you should not speak at all.
00:34:34Morgana.
00:34:35You little piece of...
00:34:38My lady, what is it?
00:34:39My lady, what's wrong?
00:34:40Please, say something!
00:34:41What's doing this?
00:34:43Guards!
00:34:43Help us!
00:34:44Get Lord Aldric!
00:34:45She's choking!
00:34:46She can't breathe!
00:34:47Lord Aldric!
00:34:48Please, hurry!
00:34:49I'm right here.
00:34:51Just breathe.
00:34:51She suddenly lost her voice.
00:34:54Selene 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?
00:35:01Apologise!
00:35:02Now!
00:35:02Are you deaf?
00:35:03Do you want to be mute forever?
00:35:09My lady.
00:35:12I don't want your apology.
00:35:14Kneel to the one you truly wronged.
00:35:17Please, no!
00:35:18I'm nobody!
00:35:19A lady cannot kneel to me!
00:35:21I'm just a servant!
00:35:22Silence!
00:35:23Just be grateful!
00:35:25Every brick in this house rests on the Hartman Shard.
00:35:28She built our legacy.
00:35:31Oracle, I beg you.
00:35:33She's terrified.
00:35:35Let it be enough.
00:35:36Please, have mercy.
00:35:44Your mercy is boundless, my lady.
00:35:46I will discipline the girl at once.
00:35:49Come, my lady.
00:35:50Let us go.
00:35:55Are you hurt?
00:35:57I am fine, my lord.
00:35:59You've grown so thin.
00:36:01The 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.
00:36:10Let me fetch them for you.
00:36:12Wait right here for me.
00:36:15That old woman.
00:36:17Her devotion to you is genuine.
00:36:20It is.
00:36:21She has been here since I was a boy.
00:36:24Always kind to me.
00:36:25When I was injured as a boy, she sneaked me pouches.
00:36:28And every year on my name day, when my own sister was lost to me, she brought me warm broth
00:36:34and fresh bread.
00:36:36With her, I almost remember what having a sister felt like.
00:36:40If that is true, you should show her more grace while you can.
00:36:43I have seen the shadow on her.
00:36:46She has but a few days left.
00:36:49Do not wait until tomorrow to realize what you have lost.
00:36:56Listen to me, child.
00:36:58Never cross paths with Morgana again.
00:37:01She thinks she owns us.
00:37:02Patience, my sweet girl.
00:37:04I'm securing your future.
00:37:07Play the game.
00:37:08Let her think she's win.
00:37:10Soon, everything will be yours.
00:37:13Lady Morgana, Lady Ashfield has sent me to return the Hartman Shard to its rightful owner.
00:37:19We have heard, when you take back what is yours, you offer a reading in return.
00:37:26Lady Ashworth has written her question, right here on this parchment.
00:37:30Take it, Cedric.
00:37:37I will not answer this question, because the Hartman Shard is a fake.
00:37:42What?
00:37:44A fake!
00:37:46Someone must have switched it when she wasn't looking.
00:37:48I'll get to the bottom of this.
00:37:50Tonight.
00:37:51Don't.
00:37:53What is mine will always return to my hands.
00:37:57Lady Morgana!
00:37:58Commander Ashford!
00:38:02The Emperor begs your aid!
00:38:04The Empress Doorwager is dying.
00:38:06The Royal Physicians can do nothing for her.
00:38:08His Majesty demands you come at once!
00:38:10Please, my lady, you are her only hope.
00:38:16Lead the way.
00:38:19Useless fools!
00:38:20What good are you if she dies?
00:38:23Your Majesty!
00:38:24Lady Morgana has arrived!
00:38:30Morgana, thank the gods you have come.
00:38:32Please, you must help her.
00:38:33Mother is...
00:38:34Her flame has burned out.
00:38:36Her time is over.
00:38:38Prepare the crypt.
00:38:39Lies!
00:38:40That is a lie!
00:38:41Your Majesty.
00:38:44I can save the Empress.
00:38:48Morgana.
00:38:49If you can't save her, stop making pathetic excuses.
00:38:53I say, you have no real power.
00:38:56You're nothing but a fraudulent witch.
00:38:59Selina!
00:38:59This is a royal chamber, not your playground!
00:39:02Your Grace.
00:39:02I can heal her.
00:39:04On my life.
00:39:05Selina Frost.
00:39:06You should know.
00:39:07Cedric knows it well.
00:39:09My prophecies are never wrong.
00:39:12Care to make a wager, then?
00:39:13On what?
00:39:15If I win, I want the Emperor to decree my marriage to Cedric.
00:39:19And I want your head severed from your neck.
00:39:23Your Grace.
00:39:24Madness.
00:39:24This is absolute madness.
00:39:26Gods!
00:39:27Drag this madwoman away!
00:39:29I accept.
00:39:35Very well.
00:39:36Give it a try.
00:39:38If you truly cure my mother, I will grant your every wish.
00:39:49So you stole the Hartman Shnarth?
00:39:52Cedric.
00:39:53I'll be a master healer, just like your sister.
00:39:57Then you'll finally see I'm the only one for you.
00:40:01Forcing fate only brings ruin.
00:40:04If you insist on this path, you alone will choke on the ashes.
00:40:11Save your cheap parlor tricks.
00:40:13Healing the sick is God's work.
00:40:14There's no price for that.
00:40:17By the old blood, I command the vessel.
00:40:21Take the living spark.
00:40:23Feed the dying flame.
00:40:26Awaken.
00:40:31Wake up!
00:40:35Wake!
00:40:36Wake!
00:40:39Wake!
00:40:46What's happening?
00:40:48It burns!
00:40:50It burns!
00:40:51It burns!
00:40:52It burns!
00:40:53Oh God!
00:40:54Ah!
00:40:55Ah!
00:40:56Ah!
00:40:57Ah!
00:40:57Ah!
00:40:58Ah!
00:40:58Ah!
00:40:59Ah!
00:41:05Mother! Mother! Wake up!
00:41:10My face. No! How did this happen?
00:41:17You stole my magic, but you never asked, when the spell steals a living spark, whose spark does it take?
00:41:28Whose life did you think you were spending? The Ashworth Empire isn't built on medicine. It's built on a parasite.
00:41:35It trades your years for theirs. A simple fever costs you a month. A fatal wound strips the youth right
00:41:45off your bones.
00:41:48Sick Empress was already dead. Her time was up. Give her every hour you have left. It won't buy her
00:41:55a single day.
00:41:56Then what about Maren? Explain Maren!
00:42:00She bore the Shard for thirty years. Pulled thousands from the grave.
00:42:04Then she should be dust! She should be a rotting corpse! Why is she flawless? Why not her?
00:42:11Look at me. It took everything. My skin, my life. Why just me?
00:42:18You said she was perfect. Cedric, you believe she hid from you for ten years. It never crossed your mind
00:42:26that the woman she became was standing right in front of you, and you looked right through her.
00:42:34Stop. What does that mean?
00:42:36You're a commander. Open your eyes. Every year on your birthday, that old servant, the only one who still cooks
00:42:44for you, who is she, Cedric?
00:42:50Lord Cedric, wait!
00:42:51You can't go in!
00:42:52My lord! She said no visitors!
00:42:54My lord!
00:42:57You can't be in!
00:43:01Maren.
00:43:03Gods.
00:43:04It's really you.
00:43:08Move along.
00:43:10Get out.
00:43:11Move!
00:43:11Before I drag you out!
00:43:14Know who stands before you.
00:43:16My lord, I did not know.
00:43:18Maren.
00:43:19My lord, you're mistaken. She's not Maren. She's just an old crone. Nothing more. My lord!
00:43:26Get out.
00:43:27Yes, my lord!
00:43:33My lord, I'm nobody. Just an old crone. Nobody of importance. Just a servant.
00:43:40This is the inner sanctum. Only the bloodline, only the Hartmann Shard-bearer can come here.
00:43:47Let me see you.
00:43:57That scar.
00:44:00Where did this scar come from?
00:44:02Only Maren bore this mark.
00:44:06Maren?
00:44:09Why didn't you tell me?
00:44:13Why?
00:44:14All 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.
00:44:29Maren, let me in!
00:44:32My lord, no!
00:44:33Get off! I want my sister!
00:44:36Let me go! Maren!
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 Maren. The bravest person I know.
00:44:49But I abandoned you.
00:44:52You gave 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.
00:45:15Maren, please. Just rest. You made it for me every year. My whole life. Tomorrow, I'll make it for you.
00:45:28This is my fault. I looked right at her and saw nothing. She hid her hands, traded her life away,
00:45:35and I just stood there.
00:45:36He 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.
00:45:53I looked right past her for years.
00:45:57Thank you. For stripping away every excuse I had.
00:46:00I 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
00:46:09to give her something.
00:46:11I'm gonna take it to her now.
00:46:12Wait.
00:46:14Something wrong?
00:46:17It's nothing. Go to her.
00:46:19I won't be long.
00:46:30Maren! Maren, wake up! No, no, please! Maren!
00:46:36The scale always balances.
00:46:40Get away from me! Don't touch me! I want my sister! Get away! Where is she?
00:46:54I want my sister!
00:46:57Cedric. I'm here. Look at me.
00:47:01Don't touch me! You old witch!
00:47:07She's dead, isn't she? She left me. Everyone always leaves!
00:47:12But I'm staying.
00:47:17I'm not going anywhere. I'm here. Right here. I've got you.
00:47:28Lord Ashworth. She saved my family. She saved so many. We had to come.
00:47:34Everyone knew how much she meant to you, my lord. Her loss leaves a wound in all of us.
00:47:40She gave everything. Healed strangers. Never once asked for anything in return.
00:47:46Even when it broke her. Even when it cost her. Her life. I watched her disappear. Day by day.
00:47:57If the gods would take me instead. I'd go willingly.
00:48:01And yet you stood there. Every scar on her body. Every year taken from her.
00:48:07His hands did that. All of it.
00:48:11Every shriveled vein on Maren's hands. Every year carved from her face.
00:48:16He arranged all of it. Her life meant nothing to him.
00:48:20He only cared about the gold. The price her dying breath could buy.
00:48:24Oracle, please. Everyone here knows the Ashworth name.
00:48:29We heal the sick. We never ask for coin. We serve the people.
00:48:34You cannot just walk in here and spread lies about my family.
00:48:39If you took no coin, then tell me what you've been hiding in the dark.
00:48:44Every transaction. Every name. Every debt you buried.
00:48:50No.
00:49:04These are property deeds. Hundreds of them.
00:49:06The Ash House fled the High Lords dry in secret.
00:49:09They traded healing for mansions, for land.
00:49:13We thought you were a saint, Aldric.
00:49:15You're nothing but a leech, a parasite.
00:49:18You stole my sister's life.
00:49:20You drained Marin dry to build your filthy empire and left her to rot in the dirt.
00:49:25She gave everything and you ground her bones into your crown.
00:49:29That is not the whole of his sin.
00:49:31When Marin'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! You 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.
00:49:52Do 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 if there was money missing from the patients.
00:50:15Marin did it herself.
00:50:17Plain greed.
00:50:18She used the sick to line her own pockets.
00:50:28Look out! Get 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.
00:50:46You 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, be reasonable.
00:51:04Look at what she had become.
00:51:05Who could look at that face and not be sickened?
00:51:08You are no blood of mine.
00:51:10You are nothing to me.
00:51:13Is 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.
00:51:27It was her duty to plead for us!
00:51:30A lie.
00:51:31I forged the healer's grace.
00:51:33I wrote its laws.
00:51:35It does not choose by blood or gender.
00:51:38It chooses by the will to sacrifice.
00:51:39It rejected you because it looked inside your chest and 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.
00:51:51You wanted the ember's power for yourself.
00:51:55You wanted it all.
00:51:58Very well.
00:52:02Let us see how much of what you can bear.
00:52:09Very well.
00:52:36Let us see how much of what you can bear.
00:52:44Let us see how much of what you can bear.
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!
00:53:25You came back. You're breathing. I watched you stop. I thought you were gone.
00:53:34You're shaking. Your birthday is soon. I still owe you bread and broth.
00:53:40I'll make it myself. Just don't close your eyes again. Promise me that.
00:53:46Her face still carries what the years cost her. But the thirty years Aldric took from her have been stripped
00:53:52from his bones.
00:53:54They're hers now. Her hand is healed. The debt is paid. She will never serve in the dark again. She
00:54:01lives. The transaction is complete.
00:54:07Oracle, you didn't owe us this. I will carry this mercy until my last breath.
00:54:18You gave my sister back her life. My life is no longer my own. It belongs to you.
00:54:24Every breath I draw belongs to your cause. I am your shield. Your blade. Point me at your enemies.
00:54:31Wherever you walk, I walk with you. Until my blood runs cold.
00:54:42The heartman shard.
00:54:43The heartman shard. It's time it returned to you. You took another piece of your power straight into yourself.
00:55:03Will you absorb this one too?
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
00:56:30what 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.
00:56:52Knowing this.
00:56:54Knowing that every step north is a step towards your own grave. And you still want to come with me.
00:57:00Forget it. It doesn't matter.
00:57:04You are ordered to stay behind. I walk into Ironwall alone. I don't need a shield.
00:57:11I swore an oath to you. I stand between you and whatever comes. I'm going.
00:57:21I told you how this ends. Are you not afraid?
00:57:27I lead the Obsidian Guard. I have walked into the dark more times than I can count. Every time they
00:57:34said I wouldn't walk out. Every time they said the odds were broken.
00:57:38And I am still standing here. Let them come. I will survive it. And I will walk you out of
00:57:45Ironwall myself.
00:57:55Hold the gate! I am Cedric Ashworth, commander of the Obsidian Guards. Hold the gates!
00:58:02Guards!
00:58:02They're here! Fall back! Bar the gates!
00:58:08Battle of thehoo Eye!
00:58:18Raider of the
00:58:19Ring of Steel! Protect Morgana!
00:58:28Ash to ash, darkness gates, gone.
00:58:52This malice, I know it.
00:58:55She broke them, who goes there?
00:58:58Morgana.
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.
00:59:09Grandson to Patriarch Thorn.
00:59:12Morgana, smile for me.
00:59:14You look best when you smile.
00:59:16Foolish.
00:59:26You must think I'm completely useless with a blade.
00:59:28I've been sickly since childhood.
00:59:30My sister-in-law handles the killing.
00:59:32She lets me read instead.
00:59:34I apologize for the gate.
00:59:36It's just lately.
00:59:37The moment the sun sets, the dead walk.
00:59:40Vesta fears the undead soldiers breaching the walls, slaughtering our people.
00:59:45Please forgive the locked gates, my lady.
00:59:47These undead outside your walls?
00:59:48What is their origin?
00:59:50We don't know.
00:59:50Not since my grandfather fell.
00:59:53They don't discern friend from foe.
00:59:54They just butcher.
00:59:56For six months we've been trapped here.
00:59:58Powerless.
00:59:59Thorn was injured?
01:00:01Yes.
01:00:02Ambushed by the dead weeks ago.
01:00:04He hasn't woken since.
01:00:07Take me to him.
01:00:08Of course.
01:00:09Finn!
01:00:16You dare test me, boy?
01:00:19Who authorized you to breach the protocol?
01:00:21Who gave you leave to welcome stray vagras into my fortress?
01:00:26Do Frost Stokes laws mean nothing to you?
01:00:28Vesper, wait.
01:00:29This is Lady Morgana.
01:00:31Grandfather foresaw this.
01:00:32He said a woman named Morgana would come for the shard.
01:00:35We must show her absolute respect.
01:00:37The patriarch is dying.
01:00:39He needs silence, not scavengers chasing fairy tales.
01:00:42Commander Vesper.
01:00:44Even the Emperor bows to Lady Morgana.
01:00:46I suggest you mind your tone before I cut out your tongue.
01:00:50Damn your southern king!
01:00:53Here, we follow north laws!
01:00:56Your laws.
01:00:57Tell me, what does the north demand?
01:01:01You want to see him?
01:01:02Bleed for it.
01:01:04Best me in combat.
01:01:06Win, and you get your audience.
01:01:08And your precious shard.
01:01:10Lose, and you crawl back south.
01:01:13Frostbite does not serve the weak.
01:01:15I'll gladly test your iron, Commander.
01:01:16Good.
01:01:18A real man.
01:01:19Bring me my steel.
01:01:24Morgana.
01:01:25My sister-in-law is a monster on the battlefield.
01:01:28She holds the true bloodline.
01:01:30No one beats her.
01:01:31Is this it, then?
01:01:33The day you foreseen I would die?
01:01:38Ah!
01:01:39Ah!
01:01:40Ah!
01:01:41Ah!
01:01:42Ah!
01:01:42Ah!
01:01:44Ah!
01:01:45Ah!
01:01:46Ah!
01:01:46Ah!
01:01:54Ah!
01:01:55Ah!
01:01:55Ah!
01:01:55It's hurt.
01:01:56He will not die.
01:01:58Ah!
01:02:01Ah!
01:02:01Playing with time!
01:02:05Ah!
01:02:07Ah!
01:02:08Ah!
01:02:09Ah!
01:02:11Ah!
01:02:12Ah!
01:02:13Ah!
01:02:14Ah!
01:02:14Ah!
01:02:15Ah!
01:02:19Well fought. Your form is decent, but you fight like you fear death, always leaving room to retreat.
01:02:27Remember, a real enemy won't give you quarter. The only way to outlive them is to care less about dying.
01:02:35Mother! Mother!
01:02:40There's my little bird.
01:02:42You promised me we'd practice archery today.
01:02:46I 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.
01:03:03You 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.
01:03:24These are royal pelts from...
01:03:29Gods.
01:03:31What in the world is this?
01:03:33It's so soft. It's so soft. It doesn't even feel like wool. It feels like water.
01:03:38These deep red shapes here. What kind of flower is this?
01:03:42A rose. The sovereign of flowers.
01:03:45A rose. It's beautiful. I can't even imagine it.
01:03:49So this is what the south grows.
01:03:52Here in Frostspike, the winter never ends.
01:03:54The ground is iron. Nothing this fragile could ever survive the frost.
01:04:00If it pleases you, boy. Help us reclaim the shard from your king.
01:04:04And this mantle...
01:04:05Is yours to keep.
01:04:07Truly? You swear on your honor?
01:04:10On 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.
01:04:32But the royal court was busy preparing the Emperor's jubilee.
01:04:35The army never marched. Her husband died in the mud, left her and the child alone.
01:04:38The crown. Vesta has every reason to hate the crown.
01:04:43She struck a deal with the enemy.
01:04:46You are wrong.
01:04:49You said we were seeing the Patriarch. Why bring us to a crypt?
01:04:52Whatever you see in there, hold your nerve.
01:04:55My grandfather rests inside. Please, this way.
01:05:14What?
01:05:19Is this?
01:05:20It is Thorn.
01:05:22Yes.
01:05:23Since the ambush six months ago, this crust began to form.
01:05:27It started around his wounds.
01:05:29Then it spread.
01:05:30Swallowing him whole.
01:05:32How many healers have you called?
01:05:34All of them. None could break it.
01:05:52This isn't a sickness, is it?
01:05:54It is his own madness.
01:05:56His madness?
01:05:57Thorn's natural life ended in the snow, six months ago.
01:06:05But his fury anchored him here.
01:06:09He refuses to pass on.
01:06:10And the shard buried within him gave his wrath a physical form,
01:06:15spawning the dead that batter your gates,
01:06:18while this stone shell devours his remaining soul.
01:06:22The undead?
01:06:24They came from my grandfather's own mind?
01:06:28What kind of nightmare could be powerful enough
01:06:31to breed an entire army of corpses?
01:06:37What is happening?
01:06:43The dead are marching in daylight.
01:06:47I'll hold the line!
01:06:48Gather the men!
01:06:50My lady, I'm begging you!
01:06:52Save Frostbike!
01:06:53Take the shard back!
01:06:54It's right there in his chest!
01:06:56Please, just take it!
01:06:57I beg you!
01:07:00Yes, but the shard must be freely given.
01:07:04Even I cannot carve it out by force.
01:07:06I will pull Thorn back from the dark.
01:07:09Do not let them interrupt me.
01:07:11This pennant will hold the dead.
01:07:13Plant it beyond the gates.
01:07:14It will buy me time.
01:07:16If the ward fails,
01:07:18if the dead breach the line,
01:07:21or if you are overrun,
01:07:23do not die for me.
01:07:25Leave.
01:07:26My orders stand.
01:07:28You are my charge.
01:07:30I do not break the line.
01:07:46I remember a boy.
01:07:49One who chased my shadow,
01:07:51always begging for stories.
01:07:53Now,
01:07:54reduced to stone.
01:08:00Veil lift.
01:08:01Flesh bind.
01:08:04Awaken.
01:08:07Thorn.
01:08:10Ashworth!
01:08:11Her magic broke!
01:08:12She's bleeding!
01:08:13She's bleeding!
01:08:24Shit.
01:08:37Finn, what are you doing?
01:08:39I'm done pretending, Commander.
01:08:42Did you honestly think Vesper was the one who crippled my grandfather?
01:08:45It was me,
01:08:46who left the gate wide open.
01:08:48So,
01:08:49you're the rat.
01:08:50They butchered your parents,
01:08:52slaughtered your own brothers,
01:08:53they bled Frostbear dry,
01:08:55and you sold us out to the monsters?
01:08:57Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
01:08:59Sold us out?
01:09:00Monsters?
01:09:01Better than being the crown's lap dog.
01:09:03Why should we bleed for them?
01:09:04Our ancestors all followed Morgana.
01:09:06We were equals once,
01:09:08but because they got different shards,
01:09:09some get to rule the capital,
01:09:11some get the gold,
01:09:12and what did the rain creeps get?
01:09:13Three generations rotting in this frozen wasteland,
01:09:16bleeding out in the ice.
01:09:17Just another name on a tombstone,
01:09:20waiting to be wiped out.
01:09:21I won't let it end like this.
01:09:24I'm going to tear Frostfire down,
01:09:27break the chains they put on us.
01:09:29I saw Morgana use this.
01:09:31It commands the dead.
01:09:33I hold the power now.
01:09:41Isn't that right?
01:09:44It's right!
01:09:59It's right.
01:10:11I don't know.
01:10:41I don't know.
01:11:00Sis, you came.
01:11:04Sister, I... what is happening to me? Where are we?
01:11:09Your mortal life is ended, but your obsession anchored you here.
01:11:14Your soul was twisted by inner demons and the Shard.
01:11:18You are nothing but a lingering phantom now.
01:11:21You are nothing but a miracle.
01:11:51To 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... I dare not leave.
01:12:04Enough, Thorn.
01:12:06You have bled enough.
01:12:07Your bloodline.
01:12:11Your men.
01:12:14I'll die.
01:12:15I'll die.
01:12:22I'll death in...
01:12:36What if they weren't?
01:12:40What if they want to die?
01:12:40What if they wait?
01:12:40What if they even...
01:12:47let the obsession die
01:12:51you must go
01:12:53whatever my sister commands
01:12:57Thorn will always
01:12:59obey
01:13:01but before I return
01:13:03the shard
01:13:05Morgana
01:13:06may I ask you one question
01:13:12what did you want to ask
01:13:16all these years
01:13:20alone in the dark
01:13:24were you alright Morgana
01:13:40you won't
01:13:41touch her
01:13:42I was fine
01:13:49that is good
01:14:27the witch
01:14:42so this is the death
01:14:44you saw for me
01:14:46you are
01:14:47never wrong
01:14:50Morgana
01:14:50it seems
01:14:51I won't be here
01:14:53to help you
01:14:54take back
01:14:55what is yours
01:15:11again
01:15:13I make no grand claims
01:15:16but I swear
01:15:17I will help you
01:15:19take it all back
01:15:37monster
01:15:38monster
01:15:39you godless monster
01:15:53this world
01:15:55is sick
01:16:03Finn
01:16:04why would you do this
01:16:06my brother
01:16:08he died because the crown
01:16:10because the crown never sent reinforcements
01:16:13he bled out in the snow
01:16:16and ever since then
01:16:17I haven't seen you smile
01:16:19not truly
01:16:21I was so close
01:16:23just a little more
01:16:26and I could have taken you
01:16:28away from this prison
01:16:30you foolish boy
01:16:33frostfire is now prison
01:16:36look at the people behind these walls
01:16:38the thousands we pulled from the slaughter
01:16:40the soldiers I trained with my own hands
01:16:42every block of black stone
01:16:44every frozen inch of the north
01:16:46holds my blood
01:16:49nothing has ever trapped me
01:16:50this is the line I chose to hold
01:16:54frostfire is my home Finn
01:16:56and I will defend it
01:16:57until I break
01:17:01I thought
01:17:02I thought you hated the crown
01:17:06I only wanted to break your chains
01:17:14I do hate the crown
01:17:15but I love the north
01:17:17I love our people
01:17:19I am holding this line for your brother
01:17:21so the children here
01:17:22so my own daughter
01:17:24can sleep without fear of the slaughter
01:17:26so it was just me
01:17:29I was the only one who couldn't let go
01:17:34take me away
01:17:35I will
01:17:37I'll take you south
01:17:38I want to sleep
01:17:40beneath
01:17:42the roses
01:17:53why the frostfire
01:17:55why thorn ravencrest
01:17:57my youngest student
01:17:58still breathes
01:18:00I need to see him
01:18:02and the ravencrest piece of the crown
01:18:05what is it
01:18:05exactly
01:18:06a drop of my own blood
01:18:08the undying spark
01:18:09your blood
01:18:10no wonder your skin is like ice
01:18:13Morgana
01:18:14how did you lose your eyes
01:18:15sixty winters ago
01:18:17the realm was drowning in its own blood
01:18:21to buy them a dawn
01:18:22I offered my own flesh and soul
01:18:26I stripped everything away
01:18:28bound it to the obsidian
01:18:30twelve fragments
01:18:32given to twelve disciples
01:18:34to save this world
01:18:36sixty years have passed
01:18:38my students took that power
01:18:40and forged twelve great bloodlines
01:18:43and now
01:18:45there is peace
01:18:46now I take back what is mine
01:18:50Morgana
01:18:51what else are you missing
01:18:52you never change your boots
01:18:54I've never seen you eat
01:18:55or sleep for that matter
01:18:59silence
01:19:08Morgana
01:19:10I will help you get it all back
01:19:14every last piece
01:19:16you have my word
01:19:19no matter what it takes
01:19:21no matter the cost
01:19:29sixty years ago
01:19:31to buy this realm
01:19:32a breath of life
01:19:34I gave my own flesh and soul
01:19:37to the forge
01:19:38no attachments
01:19:40no desires
01:19:42I told you to run
01:19:44but of course
01:19:46fate demands its due
01:19:55would you still draw your blade for me
01:19:58knowing it will only lead to your grave
01:20:00I am going
01:20:02I've commanded the vanguard for years
01:20:04I've faced death more times than I can count
01:20:08but I have never lost
01:20:10and I will not lose this time either
01:20:41I have never lost
01:20:46my lady
01:20:47forgive me
01:20:49assassins
01:21:05this
01:21:05southern blood magic
01:21:08they say one puppet butchers
01:21:09ten men
01:21:10and I tore them apart
01:21:11before they could even blink
01:21:12I feel like I could rip through solid iron
01:21:15you were bleeding to death
01:21:17no medicine could save you
01:21:18so I bound a fraction of my shard to your fading heart
01:21:22tethered your life to mine
01:21:23with my power in your veins
01:21:25no mortal man can stand against you
01:21:28you could have run
01:21:30you chose to stay
01:21:33you accepted my gift
01:21:35from now on
01:21:36you are bound to my will
01:21:38are we clear?
01:21:42so I am no better than these husks
01:21:44I'm just your puppet
01:21:46do not compare yourself to such pathetic trash
01:21:50they are nothing like you
01:21:54you
01:21:56you are my masterpiece
01:22:10that shard of the crown
01:22:12that shard of the crown
01:22:13was torn from my own veins
01:22:16a single drop of my heart's blood
01:22:21I never thought
01:22:22you would waste such a priceless piece of yourself on me
01:22:25I never thought
01:22:25I'd even be alive
01:22:27my lady
01:22:28you always said your prophecies are absolute
01:22:30never wrong
01:22:31to give me the shard
01:22:33to force me to live
01:22:34isn't this
01:22:35defying the gods themselves?
01:22:36taking the heart back
01:22:38was a mistake
01:22:45Morgana
01:22:48farewell
01:22:49be wary
01:22:51without the primordial crown's shard
01:22:54the horde will show no mercy
01:22:56I know the risks
01:22:58but I command this gate
01:22:59shard or no shard
01:23:01the ravencrasts will hold this line
01:23:04to the last breath
01:23:08the horde is at our walls
01:23:10I ride with the vanguard
01:23:12godspeed
01:23:26why didn't you tell her
01:23:27about the warding spikes you planted?
01:23:29the wards are nothing
01:23:31compared to the primordial blood
01:23:33still boiling in their veins
01:23:35they will survive
01:23:39what's happening?
01:23:41are you alright?
01:23:41I feel a disturbance
01:23:43a forbading sensation
01:23:45I have looked ahead
01:23:46I wish I had not
01:23:48the road before us is dark, Cedric
01:24:06we must push forward
01:24:08wherever you go
01:24:09I will follow
01:24:11where to next?
01:24:13south
01:24:14to the scarlet lands
01:24:16I want to meet the fool
01:24:17who thought they could kill me
01:24:18where to next?
01:24:20where would you tape up?
01:24:21bye
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