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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 breathe the same air!
00:00:34I am Morgana. I have come to collect what is mine.
00:00:43I'll fetch him right away!
00:00:49Sixty years. You've had my eyes. Now I want them back.
00:00:53A grand day. My daughter marries a prince.
00:00:57My lord! My lord!
00:01:00Control yourself.
00:01:02A woman at the gates. She says her name is Morgana. She demands to see you. Now.
00:01:11Morgana.
00:01:14Forgive me. I didn't know you were coming.
00:01:17House Alistram is yours. Show us mercy.
00:01:20My lord, you are a duke. You kneel to no one but the king.
00:01:24One more word, and I'll cut it out myself.
00:01:28My lady. Please.
00:01:31My lady. Please.
00:01:47Mind the steps, my lady.
00:01:53The sky turns.
00:02:04Sixty years ago, I broke myself into twelve embers.
00:02:11The throne was secured. It is time.
00:02:20To 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.
00:02:32Untouched.
00:02:34You give it up so easily.
00:02:36It was never mine to keep.
00:02:37You know what it built. Your 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.
00:02:52The blood covenant my grandfather sworn binds every generation after him.
00:02:56House Alistair owes you everything it has. And everything it is.
00:03:01You have my word. I will honour 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. Ask your question.
00:03:35My lady.
00:03:37In 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. Please.
00:03:52Tell me her fate.
00:03:54Bring the girl to me.
00:03:57Mother.
00:03:58The night before my royal wedding,
00:04:00some blind woman in funeral rags walks into our home.
00:04:04And father knelt for her.
00:04:06Tell me the truth.
00:04:08Is she one of his lowborn mistresses?
00:04:11Crawling here to beg for coin?
00:04:13If we allow that woman to stand in our halls,
00:04:17without putting her on her knees,
00:04:18she will believe she belongs here.
00:04:22And we cannot have that.
00:04:24Then let's remind her how this house treats beggars.
00:04:32I assumed we were hosting royalty for my husband to grovel so.
00:04:39To greet you himself, I simply had to see who...
00:04:42And it's my own lady.
00:04:50Hermes Zahra.
00:04:51Magana, was it?
00:04:53You are a guest in my halls.
00:04:56Drink.
00:05:01Your wine, my lady.
00:05:02A blind witch. This shall prove to you.
00:05:16I told them to boil it!
00:05:19Doorish vintage. Pity it turned to vinegar, masked with heavy spice.
00:05:26Poured from the rot at the bottom of your cellar. Is this how House Alistair hides its decay?
00:05:33How could she possibly smell that? She knows. How could she know?
00:05:37You insolent wretch! Keep your filthy mouth!
00:05:45By his wits alone did Lord Alistair survive.
00:05:48Isabella, your gown!
00:05:50A tragedy. His bloodline rots with you.
00:05:54How dare you! My husband may tolerate your delusions, but I will not!
00:05:59You just assaulted the future Crown Christess by Royal Decree.
00:06:03You will kneel and you will bleed for it!
00:06:05She is a fool. You are worse.
00:06:09Even the gods of the underworld have yet to see me kneel.
00:06:14Why would you?
00:06:16We shall see.
00:06:19Guards, take her!
00:06:24And break her legs.
00:06:26Do it!
00:06:32Seize her!
00:06:33Now!
00:06:33Now!
00:06:48Stop!
00:06:50Stop this at once!
00:06:52Fools!
00:06:56Morgana!
00:06:57They know nothing!
00:06:59They acted out of turn!
00:07:01Spare them!
00:07:02I beg of you!
00:07:04Alistair!
00:07:05Father!
00:07:06Both of you!
00:07:07You blind arrogant fools!
00:07:09She chose restraint!
00:07:11Or you would already be ashes upon this floor!
00:07:14On your knees!
00:07:16Beg for your lives!
00:07:19I 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. You! Get out of my house!
00:08:07Silence your tongue!
00:08:10Morgana, please. How do we stop this?
00:08:13Call off the royal wedding.
00:08:15Break betrothed.
00:08:19Or she dies.
00:08:29The royal escort led by the Obsidian Guard.
00:08:33Commander Cedric himself, the Reaper of the Realm.
00:08:43The prophecy is written.
00:08:48And 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.
00:09:07The crown commands this union, Lord Alistair.
00:09:11My escort is already at your gates.
00:09:14You dare defy the throne over cheap politrix?
00:09:17And break the royal contract?
00:09:22Unless you 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 Morgana has seen it.
00:09:37She is our only hope.
00:09:40Alistair.
00:09:41The King's patience is not infinite.
00:09:43Do not humiliate us for a blind witch.
00:09:46The Crown's wrath will burn this castle to the ground.
00:09:49I will not let you ruin us.
00:09:51She is right, Father.
00:09:53I am perfectly safe with the Commander.
00:09:56Have the carriage ready.
00:09:57I will fetch my veil.
00:10:04Isabella!
00:10:05Let her go.
00:10:07The hour is set.
00:10:09My debt shall be claimed when the blood runs dry.
00:10:20I will fetch my veil.
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 are wasting men.
00:10:47The prophecy has 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?
00:10:59Give 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.
00:11:14The 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.
00:11:36Watch her cross those gates alive.
00:11:41I'll feel the blood.
00:11:45Bring the oracle a horse.
00:12:10I don't know.
00:12:19I don't know.
00:12:47Cedric 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.
00:13:04The hour is here!
00:13:06Step forward, future Empress!
00:13:08Yes!
00:13:14Isabella, my love finally.
00:13:21No!
00:13:22God!
00:13:31The prophecy.
00:13:33She knew.
00:13:34How?
00:13:35She was right there!
00:13:37The prophecy is fulfilled.
00:13:39Her blood is spilled.
00:13:41You killed my daughter!
00:13:43Your daughter's death was a tragedy.
00:13:45Eleanor, don't provoke her.
00:13:47Look at the carriage!
00:13:48The doors were sealed!
00:13:50Who else could bypass those locks?
00:13:52Enough!
00:13:53Seal the gates!
00:13:54Nobody leaves this yort yard!
00:13:56You're all suspects.
00:13:57Take them to the iron court!
00:14:04We're alone.
00:14:05Just tell me the damn truth.
00:14:08How did you reach inside a moving, heavily guarded carriage and take her head without a single
00:14:13sound?
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, you 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, then what happens next?
00:14:52Does the blade slip?
00:14:54Does the steel bite?
00:14:55Or maybe I'm just sick of your games and slit your throat right now!
00:14:58Did you see that?
00:15:03A seer is blind to her own end.
00:15:06That is the only law I obey.
00:15:09Then tell me how this ends.
00:15:12But you cannot kill me, Cedric.
00:15:17Let's put that to the test.
00:15:20Steel cannot touch me.
00:15:25By drawing it on me, you owe a deadly debt.
00:15:28Madness.
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.
00:15:44Hidden in their teeth.
00:15:45They're all dead.
00:15:47Trails cold.
00:15:48Dead?
00:15:48You let our only witnesses die in chains?
00:15:51They were paid to die.
00:15:52They'd never talk.
00:15:54You want the true killer?
00:15:56Stop asking the living.
00:15:58They only lie.
00:15:59I'll make the dead speak.
00:16:07You said you could make the dead speak.
00:16:09Name your price.
00:16:11There's always a price with you.
00:16:13Always.
00:16:14Name it.
00:16:15Whatever closes this investigation.
00:16:18I want your absolute obedience.
00:16:22When I speak, you do not question.
00:16:25When 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,
00:16:36then you have my trust.
00:16:38Don't make a vow you can't keep, Commander.
00:16:41You have my word.
00:16:42I won't break it.
00:16:47Take this.
00:16:50Sew her head back on.
00:16:51You want me to mutilate a royal corpse?
00:16:53Every second you wait, she fades.
00:16:59Her soul is bleeding out.
00:17:03It's done.
00:17:04What now?
00:17:06Open the doors.
00:17:08Bring them all.
00:17:10The grieving father.
00:17:12The weeping mother.
00:17:14Bring the prince who lost his bride.
00:17:16We are going to hold a court of our own.
00:17:25Isabella!
00:17:26My baby!
00:17:27Oh, God!
00:17:29Hold her back.
00:17:29Don't let her touch the body.
00:17:31Let me go!
00:17:31That's my daughter!
00:17:33Why is she here?
00:17:34Why is that blind woman in the judge's seat?
00:17:38Commander Ashworth, she killed her!
00:17:40She cursed my daughter, and you let her sit there!
00:17:43His Royal Highness, Prince Kale!
00:17:47Isabella, let me through!
00:17:49Isabella, no.
00:17:51Look what they did to you, my beautiful girl.
00:17:54The audience is here.
00:17:56Let the performance end.
00:18:00Flesh to thread.
00:18:02Bone to command.
00:18:05Rise.
00:18:06Rise.
00:18:10You demanded proof, Commander.
00:18:14Behold the truth.
00:18:16You wove the crimson soul thread yourself.
00:18:20The bond is forged.
00:18:23Ask her.
00:18:25Isabella Alistam is your killer here.
00:18:53Keep that thing away!
00:18:54She's bewitched!
00:19:01The crown is ours, Father.
00:19:17The crown is ours, Father.
00:19:24Now, confess.
00:19:30Edmund Alistam, do 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.
00:19:44You repay us with blood!
00:19:46This is madness!
00:19:48A father doesn't slaughter his own blood!
00:19:51Isabella was my pride!
00:19:54Why would I destroy my own future?
00:19:57See the truth!
00:19:58His own blood, that's true.
00:20:02But what if that girl was never your blood at all?
00:20:07Eleanor.
00:20:08Why did the Emperor betroth Isabella to Prince Kale?
00:20:11It was destiny.
00:20:13The Emperor declared it.
00:20:14They were born the exact same hour.
00:20:19Blessed by the gods.
00:20:21Wait!
00:20:23It's impossible!
00:20:24Edmund, tell me you didn't!
00:20:27I had to secure our bloodline.
00:20:34Give me the child I must see.
00:20:36Tell the truth.
00:20:38Is it a boy?
00:20:39A girl, my lady.
00:20:41A girl?
00:20:42No!
00:20:43You're lying!
00:20:44A daughter.
00:20:45Just as I said.
00:20:47Why me?
00:20:51The consort is waiting.
00:20:53If it's a boy, I'm ruined!
00:20:56Breathe, my lady.
00:20:57Panic is a luxury we can't afford.
00:20:59Duke Alistair has already arranged a solution.
00:21:01Bring the bundle inside.
00:21:03Now.
00:21:07Look closely.
00:21:09Pure Alistair blood.
00:21:11A flawless son.
00:21:13Yours, if you dare.
00:21:16A son!
00:21:17From now on, you are mine.
00:21:20The true heir of this house.
00:21:23My son.
00:21:25My heir.
00:21:45You're telling this court I'm Duke Alistair's son?
00:21:49No, no, no, no, no.
00:21:52I am the crown prince!
00:21:57It can't be.
00:21:58How could my husband do such a thing?
00:22:01This is treason!
00:22:03What could he possibly want to risk all our lives?
00:22:06What did he want?
00:22:07Your son, sitting on the throne.
00:22:10That's what he wanted.
00:22:14You need proof to make such claims.
00:22:16This dark sorcery proves absolutely nothing.
00:22:19Lord Alistair, if I had to guess.
00:22:22The moment the emperor degreed Isabella's marriage, you realized if she entered the royal court, the crown would eventually discover
00:22:28her secret.
00:22:29So you hired a pack of mercenaries to stage a bandit raid on the carriage.
00:22:33But Morgana's warning put my guard on alert.
00:22:35You feared with extra men your hired killers wouldn't be able to finish the job, so you killed your own
00:22:40daughter before she left.
00:22:41And as for your loyal servants, they break much faster than paid assassins.
00:22:45Commander!
00:22:46Commander Ashworth!
00:22:47Lord Alistair's personal guard, they've confessed to everything.
00:22:49The signed confessions.
00:22:51They admit the Duke ordered them to silence Isabella before she even left.
00:22:59My entire life of scheming, all crushed by fate's cruel hand, the eye you granted us gave House Alistair absolute
00:23:11power, unmatched wealth, unmatched glory.
00:23:15But the emperor still stood above me until that day when I saw, I saw.
00:23:28I saw the truth.
00:23:30If my son took the cradle, he'd rule the world.
00:23:35But the vision didn't end there.
00:23:38I saw the flaw that would kill us.
00:23:40The decree.
00:23:41The royal wedding.
00:23:43If Isabella entered that palace, he would see my daughter.
00:23:49He'd see the exact face of the young empress.
00:23:52He's not blind.
00:23:55He'd know exactly what I did.
00:23:58I had no choice!
00:23:59You must see that!
00:24:01I had to cut the rot out.
00:24:03I had to protect my family!
00:24:06My son will be emperor!
00:24:08I had to!
00:24:13Morgana, I confess it all.
00:24:15Punish me alone.
00:24:17I beg you, look at me!
00:24:18Remember my father's loyalty!
00:24:21Spare my wife!
00:24:23He's lying!
00:24:24We knew nothing!
00:24:25Please!
00:24:26I'm begging you!
00:24:27Take my life, but let them live!
00:24:30Granted.
00:24:31Thank you, Oracle.
00:24:34My life for theirs.
00:24:37Edmund!
00:24:38No!
00:24:39Edmund!
00:24:40No, Edmund!
00:24:43Edmund!
00:24:44Please stay!
00:24:46Wake up, please!
00:24:48Don't leave me!
00:24:59Please!
00:25:22I gave them my sight, to watch the dark.
00:25:27Instead, they watched the throne.
00:25:30Built a lie.
00:25:31Thought they could cheat fate.
00:25:33Thought 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.
00:25:45It crushes them.
00:25:47The Alistair debt is settled.
00:25:50My sight is mine again.
00:25:53Now, we move to the next house.
00:25:57Stop!
00:25:58You can't just march in there.
00:25:59This is treason.
00:26:01I 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.
00:26:27They shall be cast into the Black Cells.
00:26:30It shall be done.
00:26:37Lady Morgana!
00:26:39Lady Morgana, it's you!
00:26:41Careful, sire!
00:26:43Morgana!
00:26:43Sire, wait!
00:26:45Lady Morgana!
00:26:47Oh, my Lady Morgana.
00:26:49Forgive me.
00:26:51It's my fault.
00:26:53I 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.
00:27:05My rule is simple.
00:27:06One shard for one question.
00:27:09You want a prophecy?
00:27:10Give me your family's ancient inheritance.
00:27:14The crown shard in exchange.
00:27:18Right.
00:27:18If you wish to reclaim the shard,
00:27:21I will gladly return it.
00:27:24After all, my family owes are thrown to you.
00:27:27Power is a debt.
00:27:28When I give and when I take
00:27:30when I give and when I take
00:27:30is my choice alone.
00:27:32Why the rush?
00:27:34Yes, you are completely right.
00:27:37Please, rest at Ashermyth Palace.
00:27:39Everything will grant her than...
00:27:41No, no!
00:27:42Higher than Imperial standards!
00:27:43No need.
00:27:45I am going to Asherwith Keep.
00:27:47Besides,
00:27:49my heart
00:27:51currently belongs to him.
00:27:59Yes, yes, of course.
00:28:01Take my royal carriage.
00:28:05Please, my Lady.
00:28:06After you.
00:28:07Your Grace, that 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.
00:28:19Isn't that right, my dear Lady?
00:28:21Please.
00:28:23Mind 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.
00:28:35Do I make myself clear?
00:28:37Crystal clear, Your Grace.
00:28:38My dear Lady Morgana,
00:28:40I have just remembered
00:28:41some urgent matters of state
00:28:43to attend to.
00:28:45I must take my leave.
00:28:50You serve Lady Morgana now.
00:28:52Farewell.
00:28:53Have 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.
00:29:13My house?
00:29:17This way, Lady Morgana.
00:29:18Thanks to Your Grace,
00:29:20sixty years ago,
00:29:21when 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,
00:29:33the legendary Ashworth
00:29:34healing arts
00:29:36actually came from you.
00:29:39Tell me then,
00:29:40just how old are you exactly?
00:29:43Does it matter to you?
00:29:44Please, my lord,
00:29:46save my mother!
00:29:47Wake up, Mama!
00:29:48Somebody help her!
00:29:49Have mercy!
00:29:50Please help my mother!
00:29:51I beg of you!
00:29:52This is all the coin I have.
00:29:54Please,
00:29:56show some mercy.
00:29:58A handful of dirty coppers?
00:30:00And you expect
00:30:01the Master's healing for that?
00:30:03Get out of here now!
00:30:04Stop wasting everyone's time.
00:30:06Selina!
00:30:09Cedric!
00:30:10You're finally home!
00:30:12When I gave your family
00:30:13the Shard,
00:30:14it was to heal the Broken.
00:30:16To serve the Realm,
00:30:17not to exploit the weak.
00:30:19You have broken the Pact.
00:30:20Give the Fragment back.
00:30:22Who 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.
00:30:37We heal the sick,
00:30:38regardless of coin.
00:30:39Have you forgotten?
00:30:40Go to the chapel.
00:30:42Pray.
00:30:43Beg her forgiveness.
00:30:44You heard him!
00:30:44To the chapel now!
00:30:48I beg your pardon,
00:30:49my lady.
00:30:50I had no idea
00:30:51she was extorting them.
00:30:54Rest assured,
00:30:55the Ashwilds honor your gift.
00:30:56We'd never turn away the poor.
00:30:59Most 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 to defy me?
00:31:10No, no!
00:31:10The relic
00:31:11is rightfully yours!
00:31:13I will return it to you
00:31:14immediately.
00:31:15It is just,
00:31:16the Hartman Shard
00:31:18is kept safe
00:31:18by my eldest, Maryn.
00:31:20She's been in seclusion
00:31:21at a distant abbey
00:31:22for years.
00:31:23Once she returns
00:31:23from her retreat,
00:31:24I will present it
00:31:25to you myself.
00:31:26Fine.
00:31:27I will wait.
00:31:32Every time I return,
00:31:35she still won't see me.
00:31:38Fifteen years.
00:31:39Fifteen years
00:31:39since I've laid eyes on her.
00:31:41Does 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.
00:32:06Those gifted hands.
00:32:08She could bring
00:32:08the dying back to life.
00:32:10But 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.
00:32:18The Hartman Shard
00:32:19was hers by birthright.
00:32:21With its power,
00:32:22she became the greatest healer
00:32:23in the kingdom.
00:32:24And then they sent her
00:32:25far away,
00:32:26to a quiet abbey
00:32:27where she could practice
00:32:28in 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 at me,
00:32:38she remembers
00:32:39what saving me cost her.
00:32:40Everything is bound
00:32:41by consequence, Commander.
00:32:43You see only the branches
00:32:45above the soil,
00:32:46but you are blind
00:32:47to the roots below.
00:32:48What is that supposed to mean?
00:32:50You will know soon enough.
00:32:56My knees are hurting.
00:32:58I'll fetch the salve.
00:33:00Cedric just got back,
00:33:02and he's already screaming
00:33:03at me because of her!
00:33:05She's an honoured guest.
00:33:06Even Lord Ashworth
00:33:07had to apologise to her.
00:33:09Master Cedric serves her.
00:33:11People are whispering.
00:33:12She might be his future bride.
00:33:15His future bride?
00:33:16Look at her.
00:33:17She's a freak
00:33:18with that filthy black rags.
00:33:21She doesn't deserve Cedric.
00:33:26Crone,
00:33:28what is that?
00:33:30Honey cakes,
00:33:31Master Cedric's favourite,
00:33:33and imperial spiced wine
00:33:35for Lady Morgana.
00:33:37Halt!
00:33:38Imperial spiced wine?
00:33:40A gift from the Emperor himself.
00:33:42It's worth a fortune.
00:33:44You really know how to grovel.
00:33:47Give it here!
00:33:50Healers always keep
00:33:51the best poisons.
00:33:53This widow's kiss is lethal.
00:33:56No taste,
00:33:57no cure.
00:33:59Drink up, Morgana.
00:34:00Go,
00:34:01take it to her.
00:34:03I cannot, my lady.
00:34:04She is Master Cedric's guest.
00:34:08Know your place!
00:34:10Without Ashfield Charity,
00:34:12a useless old crone
00:34:14would be rotting in the gutter.
00:34:17Pathetic.
00:34:22I am disciplining a servant.
00:34:24Since when does a blind freak
00:34:26interfere with Ashfield affairs?
00:34:28If your tongue serves only to offend,
00:34:31then you should not speak at all.
00:34:35Morgana.
00:34:37You little piece of...
00:34:39My lady, what is it?
00:34:40My lady, what's wrong?
00:34:41Please, say something!
00:34:42What's doing this?
00:34:44Guards!
00:34:44Help us!
00:34:45Get Lord Aldric!
00:34:46She's choking!
00:34:47She can't breathe!
00:34:48Lord Aldric!
00:34:49Please, hurry!
00:34:50I'm right here.
00:34:51Just breathe.
00:34:52She suddenly lost her voice.
00:34:55Selene is just a foolish girl.
00:34:57She didn't mean to offend you.
00:34:59I will make her apologize to you at once.
00:35:01What are you waiting for?
00:35:02Apologize!
00:35:03Now!
00:35:03Are you deaf?
00:35:04Do you want to be mute forever?
00:35:06Ever!
00:35:10My lady.
00:35:13I don't want your apology.
00:35:15Kneel 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!
00:35:26Every brick in this house
00:35:27rests on the Hartman Shard.
00:35:30She built our legacy.
00:35:32Oracle, I beg you.
00:35:34She's terrified.
00:35:36Let it be enough.
00:35:37Please, have 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?
00:35:58I am fine, my lord.
00:36:00You've grown so thin.
00:36:02The northern winds have been cruel to you.
00:36:05You must stay longer this time.
00:36:07Your 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.
00:36:26When 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.
00:36:47She has but a few days left.
00:36:50Do 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.
00:37:02She thinks she owns us.
00:37:03Patience, my sweet girl.
00:37:05I'm securing your future.
00:37:08Play the game.
00:37:09Let her think she's win.
00:37:11Soon, everything will be yours.
00:37:14Lady Morgana,
00:37:15Lady Ashfield has sent me
00:37:17to return the Hartman's Shard
00:37:19to its rightful owner.
00:37:21We have heard
00:37:21when you take back what is yours,
00:37:24you offer a reading in return.
00:37:27Lady Ashworth has written her question
00:37:29right here on this parchment.
00:37:31Take it, Cedric.
00:37:37I will not answer this question
00:37:39because the Hartman's Shard is a fake.
00:37:43What?
00:37:45A fake!
00:37:47Someone must have switched it
00:37:48when she wasn't looking.
00:37:49I'll get to the bottom of this.
00:37:51Tonight.
00:37:52Don't.
00:37:53What 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
00:38:08can do nothing for her.
00:38:09His Majesty demands
00:38:10you come at once.
00:38:11Please, my lady,
00:38:12you are her only hope.
00:38:17Lead the way.
00:38:20Useless fools!
00:38:21What good are you if she dies?
00:38:24Your Majesty,
00:38:25Lady Morgana has arrived.
00:38:31Morgana, thank the gods you have come.
00:38:32Please, you must help her.
00:38:34Mother is...
00:38:35Her flame has burned out.
00:38:37Her time is over.
00:38:39Prepare the crypt.
00:38:40Lies!
00:38:41That 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,
00:38:52stop making pathetic excuses.
00:38:54I 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,
00:39:02not your playground!
00:39:03Your Grace,
00:39:03I can heal her.
00:39:04On my life.
00:39:06Selina Frost.
00:39:07You should know.
00:39:08Cedric knows it well.
00:39:10My prophecies
00:39:11are never wrong.
00:39:13Care to make a wager, then?
00:39:14On what?
00:39:15If I win,
00:39:17I want the Emperor
00:39:18to decree my marriage to Cedric.
00:39:20And I want your head
00:39:22severed from your neck.
00:39:24Your Grace.
00:39:24Madness.
00:39:25This is absolute madness.
00:39:27Gods!
00:39:28Drag this madwoman away!
00:39:30I accept.
00:39:36Very well.
00:39:37Give it a try.
00:39:39If you truly cure my mother,
00:39:41I will grant your every wish.
00:39:50So you stole the Hartman's schnaht?
00:39:53Cedric.
00:39:54I'll be a master healer,
00:39:56just 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.
00:40:12Save your cheap parlor tricks.
00:40:14Healing the sick is God's work.
00:40:15There's no price for that.
00:40:18By the old blood,
00:40:20I command the vessel.
00:40:21Take the living spark.
00:40:24Feed the dying flame.
00:40:27Awaken.
00:40:32Wake up!
00:40:36Wake!
00:40:40Wake up!
00:40:47What's happening?
00:40:49It burns!
00:40:50It burns!
00:40:51It burns!
00:40:52It burns!
00:40:53It burns!
00:40:53That's the key!
00:40:53You're so gorgeous!
00:40:54I'm so glad!
00:40:58Water!
00:40:59Please!
00:41:06Mother!
00:41:07Mother!
00:41:08Wake up!
00:41:11my face no how did this happen
00:41:18you stole my magic but you never asked when the spell steals a living spark
00:41:24whose spark does it take
00:41:29whose 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
00:41:57then what about marin explain marin she bore the shard for 30 years
00:42:02pulled thousands from the grave then she should be dust she should be a rotting corpse
00:42:08why is she flawless why not her look at me it took everything my my skin my life why just
00:42:18me
00:42:18you said she was perfect cedric you believe she hid from you for 10 years it never crossed your mind
00:42:27that the woman she became was standing right in front of you and you looked right through her
00:42:35stop what does that mean you're a commander open your eyes every year on your birthday
00:42:42that 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
00:43:03marin gods 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 marin my lord you're mistaken she's not marin
00:43:23she'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
00:43:40this is the inner sanctum only the bloodline only the hartman shard bearer can come here
00:43:48let me see you
00:43:57that scar
00:44:00where did this scar come from
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
00:44:30marin let me in
00:44:32my lord no
00:44:33get off i want my sister
00:44:36let me go
00:44:38marin
00:44:39i couldn't let you see a monster
00:44:42no stop it
00:44:43don't ever say that
00:44:45look at me
00:44:46you are marin
00:44:47the bravest person i know
00:44:50but i abandoned you
00:44:52you gave me your entire life
00:44:54and i was blind
00:44:55i didn't see my own sister
00:44:58i'm sorry
00:44:59oh my brave little brother
00:45:01it's all right now
00:45:10cedric
00:45:11tomorrow is your name day
00:45:13i haven't made your broth yet
00:45:15marin please
00:45:17just rest
00:45:18you made it for me every year
00:45:20my whole life
00:45:21tomorrow
00:45:23i'll make it for you
00:45:29this is my fault
00:45:30i looked right at her and saw nothing
00:45:33she hid her hands
00:45:34traded her life away
00:45:35and i just stood there
00:45:37he used the heart men's shard to drain her
00:45:39year by year
00:45:40while i watched and called it nothing
00:45:42she made a choice
00:45:43the shard needed a vessel
00:45:45she offered herself
00:45:47she healed them
00:45:48she gave them time
00:45:51she gave you time
00:45:52that was all she ever wanted
00:45:54i looked right past her for years
00:45:57thank you
00:45:58for stripping away every excuse i had
00:46:00i have her back
00:46:02whatever it cost you
00:46:03i swear on my blade
00:46:05i will repay that debt
00:46:06she hasn't eaten in days
00:46:08i made this for her
00:46:09i don't know if she'll want it
00:46:09but i need to give her something
00:46:11i'm gonna take it to her now
00:46:12wait
00:46:14something wrong
00:46:17it's nothing
00:46:18go to her
00:46:19i won't be long
00:46:30marin
00:46:30marin wake up
00:46:32no no please
00:46:34marin
00:46:35the scale always balances
00:46:40get away from me
00:46:43don't touch me
00:46:45i want my sister
00:46:47get away
00:46:49where is she
00:46:54i want my sister
00:46:56cedric
00:46:59i'm here
00:47:00look at me
00:47:01don't touch me
00:47:02you old witch
00:47:07she's dead isn't she
00:47:09she left me
00:47:10everyone
00:47:11always leaves
00:47:12but i'm staying
00:47:14to a legion
00:47:16i'm not going anywhere
00:47:20i'm here
00:47:21right here
00:47:22i've got you
00:47:28lord ashworth
00:47:29she saved my family
00:47:31she saved so many
00:47:33we had to come
00:47:35everyone knew how much
00:47:36she meant to you my lord
00:47:37her loss leaves a wound
00:47:38in all of us
00:47:40she gave everything
00:47:42healed strangers
00:47:44never once asked for
00:47:45anything 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
00:47:59instead
00:47:59i'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
00:48:13marin's hands
00:48:13every 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
00:48:24could buy
00:48:25oracle please
00:48:27everyone here knows
00:48:28the 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
00:48:36and spread lies about my family
00:48:40if you took no coin
00:48:41then tell me what you've been
00:48:43hiding 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
00:49:07fled the high lords dry
00:49:09in secret
00:49:09they traded healing
00:49:10for mansions
00:49:11for land
00:49:12we thought you were a saint
00:49:15aldrich
00:49:15you're nothing but a leech
00:49:17a parasite
00:49:18you stole my sister's life
00:49:20you drained marin dry
00:49:22to build your filthy empire
00:49:23and left her to rot in the dirt
00:49:25she gave everything
00:49:26and you ground her bones
00:49:28into your crown
00:49:29that is not the whole of his sin
00:49:31when marin's face
00:49:33withered 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
00:49:47has 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
00:50:13missing from the patients
00:50:15maran 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 lives
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
00:50:56and you dare stand over her coffin
00:50:59and call her a thief
00:51:01i 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
00:51:07and not be sickened
00:51:08you 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
00:51:18it binds only to the women
00:51:20it rejected me
00:51:21it was never my choice
00:51:22we kept her fed
00:51:24kept 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
00:51:37it chooses by the will to sacrifice
00:51:40it rejected you
00:51:41because it looked inside your chest
00:51:43and found nothing at all
00:51:45you let a child wither in your place
00:51:48and called it fate
00:51:49you said you wished to carry the burden
00:51:51you wanted the ember's power for yourself
00:51:54you wanted it all
00:51:58very well
00:52:02let us see
00:52:03how much of it you can bear
00:52:09very well
00:52:36no
00:52:36get off me
00:52:38i am the lord of this
00:52:56every year he stole from marin
00:52:58they just ripped it back
00:53:19marin
00:53:20can you hear me
00:53:21look at me
00:53:24you
00:53:25you came back
00:53:30you're breathing
00:53:31i watched you stop
00:53:32i thought you were gone
00:53:34you're shaking
00:53:35your birthday is soon
00:53:38i still owe you bread and broth
00:53:41i'll make it myself
00:53:42just don't close your eyes again
00:53:45promise me that
00:53:46her face still carries what the years cost her
00:53:49but the thirty years aldric took from her have been stripped from his bones
00:53:53they're hers now
00:53:55her hand is healed
00:53:56the debt is paid
00:53:58the debt is paid
00:53:59she will never serve in the dark again
00:54:00she lives
00:54:01the transaction is complete
00:54:07oracle
00:54:08you didn't owe us this
00:54:10i will carry this mercy until my last breath
00:54:18you gave my sister back her life
00:54:20my life is no longer my own
00:54:23it belongs to you
00:54:24every breath i draw belongs to your cause
00:54:26i am your shield
00:54:28your blade
00:54:29point me at your enemies
00:54:30wherever you walk
00:54:32i walk with you
00:54:33until my blood runs cold
00:54:41remember your oath
00:54:56the hartman shard
00:54:58it's time it returned to you
00:54:59you took another piece of your power straight into yourself
00:55:03will you absorb this one too
00:55:05and you took another piece of your hand
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's 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. If you follow me to Ironwall, if you walk
00:56:38into Ravencrest at my side, you will stand before someone and bleed 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. Knowing this. Knowing that every step north is a step towards your own grave. And you still want to
00:56:59come with me. Forget it. It doesn't matter.
00:57:04You are ordered to stay behind. I walk into Ironwall alone. I don't need a shield.
00:57:10I 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?
00:57:26I 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. And I am still standing here. Let
00:57:42them come. I will survive it, and I will walk you out of Ironwall myself.
00:57:57I am Cedric Ashworth, commander of the Obsidian Guards. Hold the gates.
00:58:01Gods.
00:58:02They're here. Fall back. Bar the gates.
00:58:09Go on, mate.
00:58:19Ring of Steel.
00:58:20Ring of Steel.
00:58:20Protect Morgana!
00:58:29Ash to Ash.
00:58:30Darkness breaks.
00:58:33Go on.
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?
00:59:06Finn Ravenkest, my lady. Grandson to Patriarch Thorn.
00:59:12Morgana. Smile for me. You look best when you smile.
00:59:16Foolish.
00:59:25You must think I'm completely useless with a blade. I've been sickly since childhood.
00:59:30My sister-in-law handles the killing. She lets me read instead.
00:59:33I apologize for the gate. It's just lately. The moment the sun sets, the dead walk.
00:59:40Vesta fears the undead soldiers breaching the walls, slaughtering our people.
00:59:44Please 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.
00:59:52They don't discern friend from foe. They just butcher.
00:59:55For six months we've been trapped here. Powerless.
00:59:58Thorn was injured?
01:00:00Yes. Ambushed 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?
01:00:18Who authorized you to breach the protocol?
01:00:21Who gave you leave to welcome stray vagras into my fortress?
01:00:25Do Frost Stokes' laws mean nothing to you?
01:00:28Vesper, wait. This is Lady Morgana.
01:00:30Grandfather 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.
01:00:46I suggest you mind your tone before I cut out your tongue.
01:00:51Damn your southern king! Here, we follow north laws.
01:00:55Your laws. Tell me, what does the north demand?
01:01:00You want to see him? Bleed for it.
01:01:04Best me in combat. Win, and you get your audience.
01:01:07And your precious shard. Lose, and you crawl back south.
01:01:12Frostbite 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?
01:01:37Ah!
01:01:38Ah!
01:01:39Ah!
01:01:40Ah!
01:01:42Ah!
01:01:43Ah!
01:01:44Ah!
01:01:46Ah!
01:01:46Ah!
01:01:47Ah!
01:01:47Ah!
01:01:48Ah!
01:01:49Ah!
01:01:49Ah!
01:01:49Ah!
01:01:54He's hurt!
01:01:55He will not die.
01:01:58Ah!
01:02:00Playing with time!
01:02:18Well thought.
01:02:19Your 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.
01:02:30The 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 of the Patriarch.
01:03:03You see, I am still breathing.
01:03:05If you had truly defied my vision, now 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...
01:03:29Gods. What in the world is this?
01:03:32It's so soft. It doesn't even feel like wool. It feels like water.
01:03:41A 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.
01:04:03And this mantle...
01:04:04Is yours to keep.
01:04:06Truly? 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.
01:04:34The army never marched. Her husband died in the mud, left her and the child alone.
01:04:40Vesta has every reason to hate the crown.
01:04:42She struck a deal with the enemy.
01:04:45You are wrong.
01:04:48You said we were seeing the Patriarch. Why bring us to a crypt?
01:04:51Whatever you see in there, hold your nerve.
01:04:55My grandfather rests inside. Please, this way.
01:05:04What?
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.
01:05:35None could break it.
01:05:39None.
01:05:40None.
01:05:40None.
01:05:42None.
01:05:51This isn't a sickness, is it?
01:05:54It is his own madness.
01:05:56His madness.
01:05:57Thorn's natural life
01:05:59ended in the snow
01:06:01six months ago.
01:06:04But 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
01:06:16your gates, while this stone shell devours his remaining soul.
01:06:23What kind of nightmare could be powerful enough to breed an entire army of corpses?
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.
01:06:57I beg you.
01:06:59Yes.
01:07:00But the shard must be freely given.
01:07:03Even I cannot carve it out by force.
01:07:06I 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, or if you are overrun, do 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.
01:07:45I remember a boy.
01:07:48One who chased my shadow, always begging for stories.
01:07:53Now, reduced to stone.
01:07:59Veil lift.
01:08:01Flesh bind.
01:08:03Awaken.
01:08:06Thorn.
01:08:09Ashworth!
01:08:10Her magic broke!
01:08:11She's bleeding!
01:08:24Shit.
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, who left the gate wide open.
01:08:47So, you're the rat.
01:08:49They butchered your parents, slaughtered your own brothers, they bled Frostbear dry, and you sold us out to the monsters?
01:08:58Sold us out? Monsters? Better than being the Crown's lapdog.
01:09:02Why should we bleed for them?
01:09:04Our ancestors all followed Morgana.
01:09:06We were equals once.
01:09:07But because they got different shards, some get to rule the capital, some 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, break 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?
01:09:43Let's try!
01:09:47Let's try!
01:09:49Let's try!
01:10:03Let's try!
01:10:41Let's try!
01:11:01You came!
01:11:04Sister, I...
01:11:05What is happening to me?
01:11:07Where 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.
01:11:45Yes, I remember the vow I gave you my word to hold this fortress, to bleed for the innocent.
01:11:56But the dead are here. The wolves are at the gates. I dare not leave.
01:12:04Enough, Thorn. You have bled enough.
01:12:08Your bloodline. Your men.
01:12:12You have bled enough.
01:12:32Enneed.
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
01:13:06Morgana, 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?
01:13:39You won't touch her
01:13:42I was fine
01:13:49That is good
01:13:54No
01:13:57No
01:14:05No
01:14:06No
01:14:28The witch.
01:14:42So, this is the death you saw for me.
01:14:46You are never wrong.
01:14:49Morgana, it seems I won't be here to help you take back what is yours.
01:15:14I make no grand claims, but I swear I will help you take it all back.
01:15:37Monster. Monster, you godless monster!
01:15:41Monster.
01:15:54This world is sick.
01:16:02Finn, why would you do this?
01:16:05My brother, he died because the crown, because the crown never sent reinforcements.
01:16:13He bled out in the snow.
01:16:16And ever since then, I haven't seen you smile.
01:16:20Not truly.
01:16:21I was so close.
01:16:24Just a little more.
01:16:27And I could have taken you.
01:16:29Away from this prison.
01:16:32You foolish boy.
01:16:36Frostfire 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.
01:16:57And I will defend it until I break.
01:17:03I thought...
01:17:05I 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 here.
01:17:25So my own daughter can sleep without fear of the slaughter.
01:17:29So 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.
01:17:55Why the Frostfire?
01:17:57Why Thorn Ravencrest?
01:17:59My youngest student.
01:18:01Still breathes.
01:18:02I need to see him.
01:18:05And the Ravencrest piece of the crown.
01:18:07What is it, exactly?
01:18:09A 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.
01:18:19The 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.
01:18:32Twelve 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.
01:18:43And forged twelve great bloodlines.
01:18:46And now, there is peace.
01:18:49Now I take back what is mine.
01:18:52Morgana, what else are you missing?
01:18:55You never change your boots.
01:18:56I've never seen you eat.
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.
01:19:25No matter the cost.
01:19:33Sixty years ago, to buy this realm a breath of life.
01:19:38I gave my own flesh and soul to the forge.
01:19:41No attachments.
01:19:43No desires.
01:19:45I told you to run.
01:19:48But of course, fate demands its due.
01:20:00Would you still draw your blade for me, knowing it will only lead to your grave?
01:20:05I am going.
01:20:06I have commanded the vanguard for years.
01:20:09I have 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.
01:20:18I will not lose this time either.
01:20:24See you later.
01:20:35I will go to the rightях of space
01:20:50My 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.
01:21:20You were bleeding to death.
01:21:22No 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.
01:21:35You chose to stay.
01:21:37You accepted my gift.
01:21:40From now on, you are bound to my will.
01:21:43Are we clear?
01:21:46So I am no better than these husks?
01:21:48I'm just your puppet?
01:21:51Do not compare yourself to such pathetic trash.
01:21:55They are nothing like you.
01:21:59You.
01:22:01You are my masterpiece.
01:22:14That shard of the crown
01:22:16Was 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,
01:22:58the horde will show no mercy.
01:23:01I know the risks,
01:23:02but I command this gate.
01:23:04Shard or no shard,
01:23:06the ravencrasts will hold this line.
01:23:09To the last breath.
01:23:13the horde is at our walls i ride with the vanguard godspeed
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 all right i feel a disturbance a forbading sensation
01:23:49i have looked ahead i wish i had not the road before us is dark cedric
01:24:11we must push forward wherever you go i will follow where to next south to the scarlet lands
01:24:20i want to meet the fool who thought they could kill me
01:24:23you
01:24:23you
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