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Seven Years of Ice and Vengeance HD
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00:10Seven years after his death, my husband came back to life at Flame Keep's Spring Feast.
00:38He'd been living easy all these years. He had no notion that his desertion had long since been laid bare,
00:43nor that White Flame Keep had passed to another hand.
00:46The day he faked his death and fled to the neighboring kingdom, he thought it was nothing. He thought Torrin
00:51would answer for him.
00:52But on that same day, the Iron Cavalry of Sarn smashed the gates of White Flame Keep. In a single
00:58night, he was branded a traitor and a deserter. The city was put to the sword. Nearly all were butchered,
01:04including my parents. There was not even enough left of them for a proper burial.
01:08Had Lord Roderick Harwin not descended from the sky on Dragonback, I would not be standing here now. And Torrin,
01:15the old Lord of White Flame Keep, the father Edren kept talking about.
01:18On the day Lord Harwin pulled him from the ruins, he confessed his son's treason and threw himself into the
01:23flames.
01:25As for me, I survived. But I had remarried a long time ago. Darren was still jeering, playing to the
01:32crowd.
01:33By the gods, that's cold. Your lyre was a beauty. Were you not afraid she would run off with another?
01:42Run off? She was eight months pregnant. What man of honor would have her? And she was crazy about me.
01:48She was likely clutching my air to her breast every night, praying for my return.
01:53She would never have left. Given how hard Lyre was obsessed with you, she spent all these years hiding like
01:58a rat and will die alone still whispering your name.
02:02Honestly, she brought it on herself. Shameless, the way she begged for the marriage. No wonder she found herself a
02:07widow so young. I wager she's wasting away in her grief. If she saw you now, she'd probably lose her
02:11mind.
02:13He didn't object to a single word. I only slept with her once. And she got pregnant. What does that
02:19make her, huh? Sounds like a whore to me.
02:21Several men exchanged lead grins. I locked my eyes on Edrin's face, and a coal fire began to burn in
02:26my veins.
02:27Seven years ago, he abandoned us all. Old Torrin was forced to drag his ailing body into a suit of
02:33rusted armor and ride out to meet the war.
02:35Mira and I were left behind in the war camp, huddled together, counting the last of our meager supplies. And
02:41there was nothing we could do.
02:46Torn's forces were broken, again and again. From the rear, we heard the news from the front. Each report worse
02:53than the last. I heard my parents had been slain. I heard my family's rock, gathered over generations, had been
02:59looted. On the distant ridgelines, the warning beacons were lit. One after another. Until he came. Down from the clouds,
03:07through the smoke and ash, on the back of a dragon. Lord Roderick Harland.
03:12The Dragonlord, Master of the Skyrim and Dragons, Keeper of the Iron Flame Throne, Ruler of the Scarlet Sun Kingdom,
03:18Lord of Flame Keep and the Dragon's Pine Sea. He buried the truth of Edrin's treason. In return, I was
03:23wed to him.
03:24The Keeper of the Iron Flame Throne held too much power for anyone to question him. The official story was
03:29that Torn and MiraCastwood had died of a sudden sickness. It was a lie that preserved what little honor their
03:34name had left. Then someone in the crowd spotted me. His face lit up. He slapped Edrin on the arm
03:40and pointed straight in my direction.
03:46Laya? What are you doing here? Damn, Aedlin. You're barely back from the grave and she's already tracked you down.
03:51Someone's desperate.
03:52Have you no shame? This feast is Lady Harwood's. Were you even summoned? Do not disgrace me before the guards
03:57drag you out.
03:58The Dragonlord is insanely protective of his wife. Lady Harwood doesn't like seeing people, so he keeps her completely hidden
04:03away. No one's ever seen her face.
04:05This is the first feast she's ever hosted. We all came tonight hoping for a glimpse of her. So, Laya,
04:10I know you missed Edrin, but try not to ruin the feast for the rest of us.
04:14You just crawled out of your grave, Sir Catelyn. Worry about yourself. White Flame Coal is not as you remember
04:21it.
04:22Back then, Torn sent him to the war hoping he'd earn some glory. I remember my belly was so swollen
04:27it was hard to walk, but I stood with him at the gates, terrified, begging him to stay safe.
04:32The only news we received was that he'd faked his death and fled the battlefield.
04:36I was eight months pregnant, hauling arrows and tending to the wounded in the rear camp.
04:40But the enemy broke into the army and was faster than anyone feared.
04:44Boys, a fat-bellied one. Any of you had the taste?
04:47One of them kicked me hard. I hit the ground. Blood poured down my legs.
04:53You don't have to make up such pathetic lies to lure me back.
04:57If loneliness has made you so desperate, beg me sweetly enough and I may grant you one night in my
05:02bed.
05:03He saw the flicker of pain in my eyes and thought he'd hit the mark. He looked proud of himself.
05:09Why, Laya? Is that you?
05:11You poor thing. Having to look after Whiteflame Ward all these years.
05:17Aedlin, that is cruel. You have spent so long tending to us that poor Laya has been left to grieve
05:22alone.
05:23It was Leora Fane. She hid behind the lie that died of heartbreak and gone away with Edryn.
05:28To live as man and wife in some other place.
05:30And Edryn, who knew the whole thing was a lie, I remember.
05:33He once forced me to stand outside in the freezing cold all night as penance for Leora.
05:38My nails dug into my palms as I stared at the two of them.
05:40After Leora's tragedy, a healer managed to save her.
05:43Turns out, she was already pregnant.
05:45She's been recovering in seclusion all these years. It hasn't been easy for her.
05:48A widow with a child.
05:49I couldn't just abandon them, so I decided to marry her.
05:51Make her my wife. Her son will inherit the title of Whiteflame Keep.
05:53It's the least I can do to honor my brother's memory.
05:55You will return and make the Keep ready.
05:57And if I hear so much as a whisper against her, you will answer for it.
06:00I had never heard such shamelessness uttered aloud.
06:03That boy was obviously his. His and Leora's.
06:06Whom you wed is no concern of mine, Sir Castward.
06:10I was wed again long ago.
06:14Remarried? You think I give a damn?
06:16I didn't come back for a woman like you.
06:17I heard the dragon egg at Whiteflame Keep hatched.
06:19The ice dragon egg my family has guarded for generations.
06:21I, Adian of House Castward, shall mount the ice dragon and rule as king, and that dragon is my blood
06:26right.
06:26Don't you come crying back to me when it happens.
06:28Of course! No wonder you came back now, Adrian. You're about to become a dragon lord!
06:33Even Lord Harwin will have to bow to you then, won't he?
06:35Already picturing himself on the back of a great ice dragon.
06:38And all I could think was, he has no idea that dragon hatched seven years ago.
06:42It hatched on the night Whiteflame Keep was slaughtered.
06:45It hatched while the Sarnriders were searing over me.
06:48After my blood soaked into the dirt, my blood fell upon the ancient shell, already split with cracks.
06:53Then it broke. A little dragon, blue as winter ice.
06:57And you, the nerve you have, saying things like that.
07:01If I remember correctly, you were eight months pregnant.
07:04What man of rank would take a woman swollen with another man's bastard,
07:07or'd you have to go crawling to some lowborn merchant?
07:09Right. You are common trash, after all.
07:11The men are everything left again.
07:14Mother, when is father coming back? These people are so loud.
07:17You want me back that badly? You even brought the child with you?
07:25This child! She should be seven by now, should she not?
07:29Why is she so slight?
07:31Liar, even if you're angry with Adrian, you can't take it out on the child. That's just cruel.
07:36Just then, her son, came charging back.
07:40He saw the unique dragon scale pendant around Alia's neck.
07:43Give me that!
07:45Mom said you and everything this woman has, belongs to me.
07:49Give it back!
07:52It's my birthday present! It's not yours!
07:56It all happened so fast.
07:57I didn't have time to think.
07:59I just shoved the boy back and scooped Alia into my arms.
08:03The boy fell on his back and let out a piercing, theatrical shriek.
08:09You dare lay a hand on a child?
08:12Leora was right.
08:14You're a bitch who belongs in the slums or a brothel!
08:18I've known Edrin since we were children.
08:21When other kids would corner me and bully me, he was the one who fought for me.
08:25He'd get his face bruised and bloodied, but he would always stand stubbornly in front of me.
08:28Back then, I thought he would protect me forever, and that I would love and cherish him forever.
08:34But now, in front of this whole crowd, for another woman, he had just humiliated me without a second thought
08:39for my dignity.
08:41He reeled from the slap, his rage about to explode.
08:44But when he saw my red-rimmed eyes, he faltered for a second.
08:48For the briefest instant, he looked almost ashamed.
08:51Leora seized the moment.
08:52She clutched her son to her chest and let out a choked sob.
08:55It seems Leora doesn't want us to come back.
08:58I always knew Meera preferred her.
09:00But now that I'm a widow, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised I'm not welcome.
09:05Maybe we should just leave.
09:08I left you in charge.
09:10To see to my parents and the running of the keep.
09:13How dare you waste the keep's money on useless things like this!
09:16His eyes fell on the dragon scale pendant around Alia's neck.
09:20Wait!
09:21Where did you get that dragon scale?
09:22Well, that's a scale from my family's ice dragon.
09:25That scale is mine by blood.
09:27Mine!
09:28You have the nerve to scavenge it and wear it?
09:30That belongs to me!
09:32You've been squatting in White Flame Keep all these years.
09:35You probably never even got to touch the egg, did you?
09:38Now the dragon has hatched, and that scale is mine!
09:43You're a commoner's daughter.
09:44By what right do you touch it?
09:46I couldn't even be bothered to answer him.
09:48I turned to a handmaiden who had just rushed over.
09:52Get the healer.
09:54Being ignored sent Edrin over the edge.
09:57He grabbed my arm.
09:59It's a little scratch.
10:00And you're gonna bother Lord Harwin's people over that?
10:07Liar, what the hell is wrong with you?
10:09Have seven years alone surely made you so bitter?
10:11Are you just lonely, is that it?
10:13Blaming me because you've had no one?
10:15Ask pardon as you ought, and I may yet come to your bed tonight.
10:20I have told you I am remarried.
10:22You need to start worrying about yourself.
10:28Fine, be stubborn.
10:29I'll be waiting for the day you come begging me to take you back!
10:33After the healer had cleaned and dressed Alia's cheek, a deep wave of exhaustion washed over me.
10:37I used to wonder, for a long time, if Edrin had a reason.
10:40Some secret hardship that made him abandon his wife, his unborn child, and his home for seven years.
10:46I remember the night before Mira walked into the throne room and took her own life.
10:51I never should have gone to your father's house with Torrid.
10:53I never should have promised you, on that monster's behalf, that he would be good to you.
11:05Mira had always been so full of life, a woman who refused to grow old.
11:09From the day I married Edrin, she treated me like her own daughter.
11:12But in one single night, the weight of it all had broken her.
11:29In the seven years since I married Roderick Harwin, I've rarely left the castle.
11:33This was the day the stranger took Mira.
11:35I hosted this feast to tell the spirit of the old woman who loved me like a daughter that I
11:39was okay.
11:40That I had finally moved on.
11:43I took a breath, composed myself.
11:46And walked back to the great hall.
11:48Edrin and Leora were sitting together, acting for all the world like a happy couple.
11:52I walked right past their table without even a glance.
11:57But as I passed, boot caught my head.
12:02I remember her.
12:03That's Adrian Casper's wife.
12:05The one who's been lonely for seven years.
12:07Is she doing this to get his attention?
12:09How shameless.
12:10Is she crazy?
12:11Making a scene at a feast by Lady Harwin?
12:14Liar!
12:14How could you?
12:17I know you're upset with Adrian, but you can't act like this at Lady Harwin's feast.
12:22Are you trying to make Lord Harwin angry with Adrian on purpose?
12:25Edrin's expression turned lethal.
12:27Lia, so you are here to cause trouble.
12:30Seven years, and you still haven't learned a thing?
12:35As I tried to push myself up.
12:40The fault is mine.
12:42I should have kept this bitch in hand.
12:45She's disturbed all of you.
12:48I'll make her apologize.
12:51I'm saving you, Liar.
12:53If you make Lady Harwin angry, you're dead.
12:56Lord Harwin doesn't have a good temper.
12:58I heard the last person who pissed him off was cut over 300 times before he was allowed to die.
13:04I am Lady Harwin.
13:07Take your foot off me, Adrian Castwood, or this day will be your last.
13:11The hall fell silent for a single.
13:13Then it erupted in a roar of laughter.
13:20Liar, you'd even dare to tell a lie like that?
13:22Take a look at yourself.
13:23And you think a creature such as you could pass herself off as Lady Harwin?
13:28Alia came running back into the hall.
13:30She saw me pinned to the ground and charged at him like a furious little animal.
13:34Mother!
13:38You little brat.
13:39No manners at all.
13:41When I get back, I will have you and your mother thrown out onto the ice field for three days.
13:47My father will not suffer this.
13:49Edrin was losing his patience.
13:51He opened his mouth to say something else.
13:54But just then, a huge commotion started outside.
13:57Then came a roar like a stormwind, so fierce it seemed to shake the very stones.
14:01The Dragon Lord is back.
14:08Everyone stretched their necks.
14:10Does that mean we'll finally get to see Lady Harwin?
14:12The Dragon Lord adores his wife.
14:14If he finds out someone dared to impersonate her, he'll probably torture this woman to death.
14:18As they snickered, a world-shattering dragon's cries split the sky.
14:22A massive shadow swept over the grounds.
14:25A colossal dragon dove from the clouds.
14:33The Dragon Lord, the Keeper of the Iron Flame Throne.
14:37He had returned.
14:39Father, you're finally back.
14:43You little bastard.
14:45Darring to impersonate Lord Harwin's daughter?
14:47You're just as low as your mother.
14:49This is the finest silk imported from myrrh.
14:51You and your mother are not fit to touch clothes so fine.
14:53We can't have them making a scene here.
14:55It'll ruin the mood for Lord Harwin and his lady.
14:57Let's get them out of sight.
14:58I'll deal with them after I've properly met Lady Harwin.
15:00We cannot have such filth before Lady Harwin's eyes.
15:03While Roderick was still on the far side of the hall,
15:05Ezra gagged me and started dragging me away in the opposite direction, Dot.
15:09He was dragging me into the thick bushes at the edge of the peace grounds.
15:13I had no idea where I'd be taking Alia.
15:15I struggled, trying to get up, but he just kicked my back, pinning me down.
15:20I picked this special place for you.
15:21Maybe it'll help you wake up and stop dreaming.
15:23You stay here and wait for Lady Harwin to deal with you properly.
15:30He straightened up, brushing the dust from his clothes.
15:33He was about to leave, but his eyes were drawn to the colossal beast at the edge of the ground's
15:37dot.
15:38He stared at the dragon, and I could see him imagining his own ice dragon there instead,
15:42with everyone in the kingdom bowing and scraping before him, Dot.
15:49A slow, arrogant smile spread across his face, Dot.
16:03By the time he got there, Roderick Harwin was already seated.
16:07The man's gaze swept coolly over the crowd.
16:09Where are my lady and my daughter?
16:11Sweat beaded on the steward's forehead.
16:13Lady Harwin said she did not wish to have her identity known, my lord.
16:16She instructed us not to follow.
16:17I'll send men to find her at once.
16:22Lord Harwin!
16:23It's an honor to finally meet you.
16:25Isn't Lady Harwin with you?
16:27Roderick gave him a cold, indifferent glance.
16:30It's me, my lord.
16:32Adrian Castwood, of White Flame Keep.
16:34I've only just recently returned.
16:35I heard Lady Harwin was hosting a feast, and I came especially to pay her my respects.
16:41You would pay her honor?
16:43You aren't fit to speak her name.
16:49White Flame Keep.
16:50That place has been all but forgotten.
16:52And even if he does hatch some little ice dragon,
16:55it will still be no more than a lizard beside the Dragon Lord's beasts.
16:58He actually thought he could use this to curry favor with the Dragon Lord.
17:01Exactly.
17:02The Dragon Lord has seen every kind of dragon that exists.
17:06This idiot thinks he can show off some unproven ice hatchling?
17:09He's clearly never been anywhere.
17:11Or seen anything.
17:13Besides paying my respects, I also have something to report to Lady Harwin.
17:18Someone here had the audacity to impersonate her.
17:21I've already forced her to her knees to repent, but she refuses to learn her lesson.
17:25I beg you, Lord Harwin, to punish her severely.
17:29It's true.
17:30Not only did that woman impersonate Lady Harwin,
17:32she deliberately caused a scene knocking over food and wine.
17:36She meant to spoil the entire feast.
17:38And her daughter is just as arrogant.
17:39She dared to pull a scale from my family dragon and wear it as a pendant.
17:43That's right.
17:44Does she have any idea where she is impersonating Lady Harwin?
17:48A low-class, vulgar woman like that could never deserve such a position.
17:53She probably thinks holding one shed dragon leer makes her some dragon queen in her own mind.
17:58Don't worry, Lord Harwin.
18:00I've already tied her up and thrown her in the bushes to reflect on what she's done.
18:05She's probably been without a man for so long it's added her brain.
18:09And that's why she was asking for death.
18:21Where is she?
18:24Liar is finished now.
18:26The dragon lord is truly furious.
18:27A man like him would never allow someone to impersonate his wife.
18:31A few years ago, someone secretly mocked Lady Harwin for being a recluse,
18:34saying she must be too ugly to show her face.
18:37He had that man thrown a lion into a volcano.
18:40What a waste, though.
18:42Leah has a face and a body like that.
18:45Too bad to throw in a volcano.
18:47They should just send her to one of the city's brothels.
18:50Your grace, it is all my fault.
18:53Please, punish me.
18:55What Liar did is a crime deserving of a hundred deaths,
18:58but why don't you leave her to me?
18:59I will see her tongue torn out or her legs broken,
19:02so she never runs nor speaks against me again.
19:05Please, Lord Harwin, spare the bitch's life!
19:10The dragon lord let go.
19:12Poor Edrin could even gasp for air.
19:15Where is she?
19:17Take me to her!
19:19Shaking, stumbling,
19:21he led the way to the edge of the pond where he'd thrown me dot.
19:24You bitch!
19:26Why did you have to come here and make Lord Harwin angry?
19:34He knelt down,
19:35untied the ropes,
19:36and lifted me from the water as if I were made of glass.
19:38I was soaked through,
19:40my cheek swollen and bruised.
19:41I managed a weak,
19:43trembling smile dot.
19:46Just then,
19:47Alia,
19:47who must have escaped from wherever they walked her.
19:49Father!
19:50They hit mother!
19:52They almost killed her!
19:53We almost never got to see you again!
19:58Lord Harwin,
19:59it was all Adriel.
20:00He's the one who hurt her.
20:01We didn't do anything.
20:03Please, my lord,
20:03you have to believe us.
20:07I have nothing to do with him,
20:09Lord Harwin.
20:10He must have deceived me.
20:12Lord Harwin,
20:13Lyomola is my wife.
20:15How can she be your wife?
20:16There must be some kind of misunderstanding.
20:19He's right,
20:19Lord Harwin.
20:20That woman is Adrien's wife.
20:22She even had his child.
20:23This woman was already married,
20:24and she dared to hide her identity and tricked you.
20:27It's shameful.
20:31You are the aura thing.
20:33She'd always known she was beautiful.
20:35If such a woman could win his favor,
20:37why should she not do better?
20:40Lord Harwin,
20:42you know my name.
20:46But I was told you died for your late husband.
20:49Lyra has blamed herself for your death all these years.
20:52So as not to make her grief a waste,
20:54then it is past time you return to your grave.
20:57As for these two,
21:00kill them both.
21:01Adrien sees his face with chomp white.
21:03You dare?
21:05I'm the heir of White Flame Halt.
21:07You stole my wife.
21:09My parents will go to the king,
21:11and I have an ice dragon.
21:12You think you'll keep that throne when my dragon is grown?
21:15Are you afraid I'm going to take your title?
21:19Back in our chambers,
21:21the healer gently bandaged my wounds.
21:35They shouldn't get to die that easily.
21:38Not after what they did to you, mother.
21:42If I had known the day you married him,
21:45I should have killed him myself.
21:50A warmth spread through my chest.
21:52When Roderick first made his offer of marriage,
21:54I was more terrified than anything.
21:56I knew that in this world,
21:58no one does a kindness for no reason,
22:00but I had no other choice.
22:01I was ready to accept whatever came next.
22:04I always thought he just wanted my dragon.
22:07The ancient,
22:08precious ice dragon that hatched from its egg
22:10in the ruins of White Flame Keep.
22:11But he never tried to take her from me.
22:14Instead, he was kind.
22:15He treated me with a respect I'd never known,
22:18asking for my opinion on everything.
22:20Until today,
22:21I had almost managed to forget Edrin even existed.
22:25Your grace, I have failed you.
22:27As the guards were escorting Edrin away,
22:29he slammed his own son into the guards to break their grip.
22:32In the ensuing chaos, he managed to slip away.
22:37But rest assured, I have men after him.
22:39He won't get far.
22:40He won't.
22:41He's running back to White Flame Keep.
22:44Edrin was the youngest child.
22:46He been spoiled his whole life by Torrin and Mira.
22:48Whenever he got into trouble,
22:50he always ran home.
22:52He still doesn't know that every person in that keep
22:54who ever loved him is dead.
22:55And he is the one who killed them.
22:58This day belongs to Mira.
23:00Since he's returned,
23:03we'll use Adrian's life as the offering.
23:09After Torrin and Mira died,
23:10Roderick gave the castle to me.
23:12All the old servants were gone,
23:14replaced long ago.
23:15Edrin ran straight to White Flame Keep.
23:18How dare you stop me?
23:23I am the heir of White Flame Keep,
23:26the master of the Ice Dragon,
23:27the future rival to the Dragon Lord's throne.
23:30father,
23:31mother,
23:32Edrin is home.
23:35Was it that bitch,
23:36Leah?
23:37Did she put you up to this?
23:39So clever!
23:41seduces another man,
23:42climbs into the Dragon Lord's bed,
23:44and now she's even turned my own parents against me?
23:47That whore!
23:49The Dragon Lord will see her for what she is soon enough!
23:52My mother would never abandon me!
23:55All I have to do is apologize,
23:57and she'll forgive me!
23:58You'll all be beaten to death for this!
24:02Just then,
24:03the person of the party arrived,
24:05pinning him to the ground.
24:06My lady,
24:07Lady of White Flame Keep,
24:08I stepped out from behind the guards.
24:11Bring him inside.
24:17You're insane!
24:18You actually got them to play along with this ridiculous charade!
24:22You are fit for washing linen and warming a man's bed!
24:25Nothing more!
24:26How long do you think Lord Harman will tolerate a lying bitch like you?
24:29Master of the Ice Dragon?
24:31Just wait,
24:32when the Ice Dragon sees me,
24:34you'll find out who its real master is!
24:36Are you deaf?
24:38I am the true master of the Ice Dragon!
24:41The Lord of White Flame Keep!
24:43I am your master!
24:46No one moved.
24:47No one answered him.
24:49The servants bowed to me once more and dispersed.
24:52Liar!
24:53You bitch!
24:54You'll die for this!
24:56How long do you think you can fool the Dragon Lord?
24:58When he gets tired of you,
25:00you'll be nothing!
25:01Let me go!
25:02A moment ago,
25:03he was desperate to get in.
25:05Now,
25:06a nameless dread seemed to surround him.
25:08Struggling,
25:09cursing.
25:09Do you know who I am?
25:11I am the master of the Ice Dragon!
25:15They threw him down in front of a row of black tombstones.
25:18This is Torrent's grave.
25:20He put on rusted armor and rode to war in his son's place.
25:23When Lord Harwin saved him,
25:24he confessed.
25:25And walked into the fire!
25:27This is Meera's!
25:28She was with me in the rear camp.
25:30We were nearly killed by the enemy before we were saved.
25:32The day after Torrent died,
25:33she walked into the throne room,
25:34confessed her guilt,
25:35and drove a dagger into her own heart.
25:37And this one
25:37is for my unborn child.
25:40She was eight months along.
25:41The day White Flame Keep was sacked,
25:43a Sarn Rider kicked me to the ground.
25:44I felt her plouted of me into the mud.
25:48I just had to lie there and watch
25:49as she became a plot of blood mixed with dirt.
25:53And beyond all that,
25:55do you have any idea that in the chaos,
25:57I never even found my parents' bodies to bury?
26:00I'm sorry.
26:00I'm sorry.
26:01I'm sorry.
26:01I'm sorry.
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