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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...
00:04:42the order to move,
00:04:51Magana, was it?
00:04:54You are a guest in my halls.
00:04:56Drink.
00:05:01Your wine my lady. A blind witch. This shall prove to you.
00:05:16I told them to boil it.
00:05:19Dorish 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?
00:05:38You insolent wretch! Keep your filthy mouth!
00:05:45By his wits alone did Lord Alistair survive. Isabella, 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 princess by royal decree. You will kneel and you will bleed for it.
00:06:05She is a fool. You are worse. Even the gods of the underworld have yet to see me kneel.
00:06:14Why would you?
00:06:16We shall see.
00:06:18Guards! Take her!
00:06:25And break her legs. Do it!
00:06:31Seize her! Now!
00:06:49Stop! Stop this at once! Fools!
00:06:56Morgana, they know nothing! They acted out of turn! Spare them! I beg of you!
00:07:04Alistair! Father!
00:07:06Both of you! You blind arrogant fools! She chose restraint or you would already be ashes upon this floor!
00:07:14On your knees! Beg for your lives!
00:07:19I bow to no one! I am the future crown princess!
00:07:23I will wear the crown! I will rule this realm!
00:07:29I am a queen! She is just a-
00:07:36A pity. No crown rests on a dead woman. You will die before the wedding bells ring.
00:08:02No!
00:08:04You! Get out of my house!
00:08:07Silence your tongue!
00:08:09Morgana, please! How do we stop this?
00:08:13Call off the royal wedding.
00:08:16Break betrothed.
00:08:19Or...
00:08:20She dies.
00:08:30The 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 parlor tricks?
00:09:17And break the royal contract?
00:09:20Unless...
00:09:21Unless...
00:09:22You doubt my ability to keep her breathing.
00:09:26No, Commander. Your blade is legendary.
00:09:29Your tactics flawless. The king trusts no other. She is safe with you.
00:09:35But...
00:09:36Morgana has seen it. She 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.
00:10:22I am ready, father. The crown is mine. Our legacy begins.
00:10:29My daughter. Our ultimate masterpiece.
00:10:35Lock it down. Double guards.
00:10:37Kill anything that moves.
00:10:39Nothing touched that carriage.
00:10:41Are we clear? Crystal clear, Captain. Consider it done.
00:10:44You're wasting men.
00:10:47The prophecy is spoken.
00:10:49The bride won't survive this journey.
00:10:52I am never wrong.
00:10:53Enlighten me then, Oracle.
00:10:55Give me a name. How 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.
00:12:08You move.
00:12:12I'm so hungry.
00:12:15Please.
00:12:15I'll be right back to her.
00:12:17Come here.
00:12:34Take them to the Iron Court.
00:12:36I want a name.
00:12:37Yes, Commander!
00:12:45Thank the gods Cedric was here.
00:12:48We're safe.
00:12:49He earned his coin.
00:12:54You fight well, mortal.
00:12:56Pity it changes nothing.
00:12:58I do not guess.
00:13:01The grave is dug.
00:13:04The hour is here!
00:13:05Step forward, future Empress!
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.
00:14:06We're alone.
00:14:06Just tell me the damn truth.
00:14:08How did you reach inside a moving, heavily guarded carriage and take her head without a single sound?
00:14:13You mapped out her execution beforehand.
00:14:17Fine.
00:14:19Say you didn't swing the blade yourself.
00:14:23But you orchestrated this.
00:14:27If 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.
00:15:29I 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.
00:15:47Trail's 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.
00:16:10Name 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,
00:16:35then you have my trust.
00:16:38Don't make a vow you can't keep, Commander.
00:16:40You have my word.
00:16:42I won't break it.
00:16:48Take this.
00:16:49Sew her head back on.
00:16:51You want me to mutilate a royal corpse?
00:16:53Every second you wait, she fades.
00:16:59Her soul is bleeding out.
00:17:03It's done.
00:17:05What now?
00:17:06Open the doors.
00:17:09Bring them all.
00:17:10The grieving father.
00:17:12The weeping mother.
00:17:14Bring the prince who lost his bride.
00:17:17We are going to hold a court of our own.
00:17:25Isabella, my 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.
00:17:59Flesh to thread.
00:18:02Bone to command.
00:18:05Rise.
00:18:11You demanded proof, Commander.
00:18:13Behold the truth.
00:18:16You wove the crimson soul thread yourself.
00:18:20The bond is forged.
00:18:23Ask her.
00:18:25Isabella Alastom.
00:18:27Is your killer here?
00:18:30Is your killer here?
00:18:53Keep that thing away.
00:18:54She's bewitched.
00:19:01The crown is ours, father.
00:19:13The crown is ours, father.
00:19:18Edmund Alaston.
00:19:24Now, confess.
00:19:30Edmund Alaston.
00:19:32Do you confess?
00:19:34I confess to nothing!
00:19:36You sick witch!
00:19:38You killed her!
00:19:39You puppeted her corpse to frame us!
00:19:42He took you in.
00:19:44You repay us with blood!
00:19:47This is madness!
00:19:48A father doesn't slaughter his own blood!
00:19:52Isabella was my pride!
00:19:54Why would I destroy my own future?
00:19:57See the truth!
00:19:58His own blood.
00:20:00That's true.
00:20:02But what if that girl was never your blood at all?
00:20:07Eleanor.
00:20:07Why did the Emperor betroth Isabella to Prince Kael?
00:20:11It was destiny.
00:20:13The Emperor declared it.
00:20:15They 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,
00:20:54I'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.
00:21:02Bring 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.
00:22:13You need proof to make such claims.
00:22:16This dark sorcery proves absolutely nothing.
00:22:19Lord Alistair.
00:22:21If 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.
00:22:39So you killed your own daughter before she left.
00:22:41And as for your loyal servants, they break much faster than paid assassins.
00:22:45Commander! Commander 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!
00:23:03All crushed by fate's cruel hand.
00:23:07The eye you granted us gave House Alistair absolute power.
00:23:12Unmatched wealth.
00:23:13Unmatched glory.
00:23:15But the emperor still stood above me.
00:23:18Until that day.
00:23:20When I saw.
00:23:22I 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.
00:23:53He's not blind.
00:23:55He'd know exactly what I did.
00:23:57I had no choice.
00:23:59You must see that.
00:24:01I 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, take my life, but let them live.
00:24:30Granted.
00:24:31Thank you, Oracle.
00:24:34My life for theirs.
00:24:37Edmund, no!
00:24:39Edmund!
00:24:40No, Edmund!
00:24:43Edmund, please stay.
00:24:47Wake up, please don't leave me.
00:24:49Wake up, please don't leave me.
00:25:22I gave them my sight, to watch the dark.
00:25:27Instead, they watched the throne, built a lie, thought they could cheat fate, thought they owned me.
00:25:35They own nothing.
00:25:37I'm taking it all back, with blood.
00:25:42Mortal hands cannot hold the weight of a god.
00:25:45It crushes them.
00:25:47The Alistair debt is settled.
00:25:49My sight is mine again.
00:25:53Now, we move to the next house.
00:25:57Stop!
00:25:57You 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, Prince Kale and the Empress are 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!
00:26:40Lady Morgana, it's you!
00:26:41Careful, sire!
00:26:43Morgana!
00:26:44Sire, wait!
00:26:45Lady Morgana!
00:26:47Oh, my Lady Morgana!
00:26:49Forgive me.
00:26:51It's my fault.
00:26:52I was blind to let them trouble you.
00:26:55I wish to name you High Protector.
00:26:58To guide the realm.
00:26:59Every mage alive will 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, I 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, is my choice alone.
00:27:32Why the rush?
00:27:34Ah, yes.
00:27:35You 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 Ashwith Keep.
00:27:47Besides, my heart currently 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 that outrants her.
00:28:18Isn'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, I swear to God, I will hang every last member of your retted house.
00:28:35Do I make myself clear?
00:28:37Crystal clear, Your Grace.
00:28:38My dear lady Morgana, I have just remembered some urgent matters of state to attend to.
00:28:44I 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 that I had your heart.
00:29:00What the hell does that mean?
00:29:02Sixty years ago, my heart was carved from 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, sixty years ago, when you bestowed the Heartmen Shard upon us,
00:29:23the Ashworth name is now renowned for our healing arts.
00:29:26You see?
00:29:27These afflicted souls travel from the furthest corners of the kingdom, seeking our aid.
00:29:32So, the legendary Ashworth healing arts actually came from you.
00:29:39Tell me then, just how old are you exactly?
00:29:43Does it matter to you?
00:29:44Please, my lord, save 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, show some mercy.
00:29:58A handful of dirty coppers?
00:30:00And you expect the 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 the Shard, it was to heal the broken.
00:30:16To serve the realm, not 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 make demands in Ashwild Keeps!
00:30:27Silence!
00:30:28Show her respect!
00:30:30This is Selina Frost.
00:30:32A ward taken in by my father.
00:30:36Selina.
00:30:37We heal the sick, regardless 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, my lady.
00:30:50I had no idea she was extorting them.
00:30:54Rest assured, the Ashwilds honor your gift.
00:30:56We'd never turn away the poor.
00:30:59Most days, we treat all these commoners without asking for any money.
00:31:03I said, return the Shard.
00:31:07Or do you mean to defy me?
00:31:10No, no!
00:31:10The relic is rightfully yours!
00:31:13I will return it to you immediately.
00:31:15It is just...
00:31:16The Hartman Shard is kept safe by my eldest, Maren.
00:31:20She's been in seclusion at a distant abbey for years.
00:31:23Once she returns from her retreat, I will present it to you myself.
00:31:26Fine.
00:31:27I will wait.
00:31:32Every time I return, she still won't see me.
00:31:38Fifteen years.
00:31:39Fifteen years since I've laid eyes on her.
00:31:41Does she really despise me that much?
00:31:43Why do you think she treats you with such coldness?
00:31:47Because of what I did.
00:31:49She hates me.
00:31:51When I was a boy, I almost died.
00:31:54My sister came for me.
00:31:56And the iron drove through her right arm in 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 the dying back to life.
00:32:10But because of me, the scar on her arm never faded.
00:32:13And she was taken from me forever.
00:32:15She became a completely different person after that.
00:32:18The Hartman Shard was hers by birthright.
00:32:21With its power, she became the greatest healer in the kingdom.
00:32:24And then they sent her far away, to a quiet abbey where she could practice in peace.
00:32:29But I know the truth.
00:32:31That day became a thorn in her heart.
00:32:34One that will never be pulled out.
00:32:36Every time she looks at me, she remembers what saving me cost her.
00:32:40Everything is bound by consequence, Commander.
00:32:43You see only the branches above the soil, but you are blind to 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 at me because of her!
00:33:05She's an honored guest.
00:33:06Even Lord Ashworth had to apologize 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.
00:33:19With that filthy black rags.
00:33:21She doesn't deserve Cedric.
00:33:27Crone.
00:33:28What is that?
00:33:29Honey cakes.
00:33:31Master Cedric's favorite.
00:33:33And imperial spiced wine for Lady Morgana.
00:33:37Halt!
00:33:39Imperial 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 the best poisons.
00:33:53This widow's kiss is lethal.
00:33:56No taste, no cure.
00:33:59Drink up, Morgana.
00:34:00Go, take 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, a useless old crone would be rotting in the gutter.
00:34:17Pathetic.
00:34:22I am disciplining a servant.
00:34:24Since when does a blind freak interfere with Ashfield affairs?
00:34:28If your tongue serves only to offend, then 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, help us.
00:34:45Get Lord Aldrich.
00:34:46She's choking.
00:34:47She can't breathe.
00:34:48Lord Aldrich, please, hurry.
00:34:50I'm right here.
00:34:52Just 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?
00:35:10My 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 rests on the Hartman Shard.
00:35:29She 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?
00:35:57I 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 am 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.
00:37:30Take 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.
00:38:33Please, 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.
00:38:47I can save the Empress.
00:38:49Morgana.
00:38:50If 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 are 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.
00:39:25Madness!
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 parlour 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.
00:40:23Feed 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!
00:40:53Oh God!
00:40:58Water!
00:40:59Please!
00:41:06Mother!
00:41:07Mother!
00:41:08Wake up!
00:41:09Wake up!
00:41:10Wake up!
00:41:10Wake up!
00:41:11Wake up!
00:41:13Wake up!
00:41:14Wake up!
00:41:14Wake up!
00:41:14Wake up!
00:41:14Wake up!
00:41:15How did this happen?
00:41:18You stole my magic.
00:41:20But you never asked,
00:41:22when the spell steals a living spark,
00:41:24whose spark
00:41:25does it take?
00:41:29Who's life did you think you were spending?
00:41:31The Ashworth Empire isn't built on medicine.
00:41:34It's built on a parasite.
00:41:36It trades your years for theirs.
00:41:39A simple fever costs you a month.
00:41:42A fatal wound strips the youth right off your bones.
00:41:48Sick Empress was already dead.
00:41:50Her time was up.
00:41:52Give her every hour you have left.
00:41:54It won't buy her a single day.
00:41:57Then what about Maren?
00:41:59Explain Maren!
00:42:00She bore the shard for 30 years, pulled thousands from the grave.
00:42:05Then she should be dust!
00:42:07She should be a rotting corpse!
00:42:08Why is she flawless?
00:42:11Why not her?
00:42:12Look at me!
00:42:13It took everything!
00:42:14My skin!
00:42:16My life!
00:42:17Why just me?
00:42:19You said she was perfect.
00:42:21Cedric,
00:42:22you believe she hid from you for 10 years.
00:42:25It never crossed your mind
00:42:27that the woman she became
00:42:28was standing right in front of you.
00:42:31And you looked right through her.
00:42:34Stop.
00:42:35What does that mean?
00:42:37You're a commander.
00:42:39Open your eyes.
00:42:40Every year on your birthday,
00:42:42that old servant,
00:42:43the only one who still cooks for you,
00:42:45who is she, Cedric?
00:42:50Lord Cedric, wait!
00:42:52You can't go in!
00:42:53My lord!
00:42:54She said no visitors!
00:42:55My lord!
00:43:01My lord!
00:43:02Maren.
00:43:03Gods.
00:43:04It's really you.
00:43:09Move along.
00:43:10Get out.
00:43:11Move!
00:43:12Before I drag you out!
00:43:15Know who stands before you.
00:43:17My lord.
00:43:18I did not know.
00:43:19Maren.
00:43:20My lord, you're mistaken.
00:43:22She's not Maren.
00:43:23She's just an old crone.
00:43:25Nothing more.
00:43:26My lord!
00:43:27Get out.
00:43:28Yes, my lord!
00:43:33My lord, I'm nobody.
00:43:36Just an old crone.
00:43:37Nobody of importance.
00:43:39Just a servant.
00:43:41This is the inner sanctum.
00:43:42Only the bloodline,
00:43:44only the Hartman Shard-bearer
00:43:45can come here.
00:43:48Let me see you.
00:43:57That scar.
00:44:00Where did this scar come from?
00:44:03Only Maren bore this mark.
00:44:06Maren?
00:44:09Why didn't you tell me?
00:44:14Why?
00:44:15All these years,
00:44:16why didn't you tell me?
00:44:19Every time I used the shard,
00:44:21it stole a year of my life.
00:44:23Burned away.
00:44:25Then one morning,
00:44:26I looked in the glass.
00:44:27White hair.
00:44:28Hands shaking like a crone.
00:44:30Maren, let me in!
00:44:32My lord, no!
00:44:34Get off!
00:44:35I want my sister!
00:44:37Let me go!
00:44:38Maren!
00:44:39I couldn't let you see a monster.
00:44:42No.
00:44:43Stop it.
00:44:44Don't ever say that.
00:44:46Look at me.
00:44:46You are Maren.
00:44:48The bravest person I know.
00:44:50But I abandoned you.
00:44:52You gave me your entire life,
00:44:54and I was blind.
00:44:56I 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.
00:45:11Cedric,
00:45:12tomorrow is your name day.
00:45:13I haven't made your broth yet.
00:45:15Maren, please.
00:45:17Just rest.
00:45:18You made it for me every year.
00:45:20My whole life.
00:45:22Tomorrow,
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 Heartmen Shard
00:45:38to drain her year 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.
00:45:50She 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.
00:46:01I have her back.
00:46:02Whatever it cost you,
00:46:04I 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,
00:46:10but I need to give her something.
00:46:11I'm going to take it to her now.
00:46:13Wait.
00:46:14Something wrong?
00:46:17It's nothing.
00:46:18Go to her.
00:46:20I won't be long.
00:46:20It's nothing.
00:46:30Maren!
00:46:31Maren, wake up!
00:46:33No!
00:46:33No, please!
00:46:34Maren!
00:46:36The 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!
00:46:57Cedric.
00:46:58I'm here. Look at me.
00:47:01Don't touch me!
00:47:03You old witch!
00:47:07She's dead, isn't she?
00:47:09She left me. Everyone always leaves.
00:47:13But I'm staying.
00:47:15To a legion.
00:47:17I'm not going anywhere.
00:47:20I'm here.
00:47:21Right here. I'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 she meant to you, my lord.
00:47:37Her loss leaves a wound in all of us.
00:47:40She gave everything.
00:47:42Healed strangers.
00:47:44Never once asked for anything in return.
00:47:46Even when it broke her.
00:47:49Even when it cost her.
00:47:51Her life.
00:47:53I watched her disappear.
00:47:56Day by day.
00:47:57If the gods would take me instead.
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 Maren's hands.
00:48:14Every year carved from her face.
00:48:16He arranged all of it.
00:48:18Her life meant nothing to him.
00:48:20He only cared about the gold.
00:48:22The price her dying breath could buy.
00:48:25Oracle, please.
00:48:27Everyone here knows the Ashworth name.
00:48:30We heal the sick.
00:48:31We never ask for coin.
00:48:33We 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.
00:48:42Then tell me what you've been hiding in the dark.
00:48:45Every transaction.
00:48:46Every name.
00:48:48Every debt you buried.
00:49:04These are property deeds.
00:49:06Hundreds of them.
00:49:07The Ash House fled the High Lords dry.
00:49:09In secret.
00:49:09They traded healing for mansions.
00:49:12For land.
00:49:13We thought you were a saint, Aldric.
00:49:15You're nothing but a leech.
00:49:17A parasite.
00:49:18You stole my sister's life.
00:49:20You drained Maren dry to build your filthy empire.
00:49:23And left her to rot in the dirt.
00:49:25She gave everything.
00:49:27And you ground her bones into your crown.
00:49:30That is not the whole of his sin.
00:49:31When Maren's face withered from what he forced on her.
00:49:35He turned away from her.
00:49:37He took a lover in secret.
00:49:39A secret mistress.
00:49:41A hidden life.
00:49:43There is no one.
00:49:44You are lying!
00:49:46The child you had with her has been living under this very roof.
00:49:49You call her your ward.
00:49:50You let her do as she pleases.
00:49:53Do you deny that Selene is your blood?
00:49:57You gave Selene full run of this house.
00:50:00Is she your bastard?
00:50:02Is that why you let her destroy my sister?
00:50:05Oracle.
00:50:07I have always bowed to your vision.
00:50:09You cannot lay this at my feet.
00:50:11I am innocent if there was money.
00:50:14Missing from the patients.
00:50:15Maren did it herself.
00:50:17Plain greed.
00:50:18She used the sick to line her own pockets.
00:50:28Look out!
00:50:29Get back!
00:50:31That's gold!
00:50:32He hid it in the tablet!
00:50:37The heavens don't care for your lies.
00:50:40But I do.
00:50:41You built a dynasty on stolen breath.
00:50:44You are no heir to what I left here.
00:50:47You are a parasite.
00:50:51My 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!
00:51:01I will cut you apart right here!
00:51:03Cedric!
00:51:03Be reasonable!
00:51:04Look at what she had become!
00:51:06Who could look at that face and not be sickened?
00:51:09You are no blood of mine.
00:51:11You are nothing to me.
00:51:13Is 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.
00:51:23We kept her fed.
00:51:24Kept a roof over her head.
00:51:26She owed this family her service.
00:51:28It was her duty to plead for us!
00:51:30A lie.
00:51:32I forged the healer's grace.
00:51:33I wrote its laws.
00:51:35It does not choose by blood or gender.
00:51:38It chooses by the will to sacrifice.
00:51:40It rejected you because it looked inside your chest 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.
00:51:52You 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 it you can bear.
00:52:09Very well.
00:52:18Very well.
00:52:28Woop.
00:52:31That Frau has fallen away.
00:52:31Thank goodness.
00:52:31You are so couldborn.
00:52:31Good teenage girl Doors and many of us, if you do not.
00:52:32Let usóræ!
00:52:32He was able to believe in evil.
00:52:32Dipli for you.
00:52:34He did the flames and lights that had cut.
00:52:34How to look for you.
00:52:36If you do not scare ourselves if none.
00:52:36Theakiasi, then...
00:52:36No.
00:52:36No! Get off me! I am the lord of this!
00:52:42No! No!
00:52:44No! No!
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... you came back.
00:53:30You'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 30 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.
00:53:58She will never serve in the dark again. She lives. 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.
00:54:25Every breath I draw belongs to your cause. I am your shield. Your blade. Point me at your enemies.
00:54:30Wherever you walk, I walk with you. Until my blood runs cold.
00:54:42Remember your oath.
00:54:56The Hartman 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. There'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.
00:56:39You will stand before someone and bleed until there is nothing left. And you will die. That is the end
00:56:45of it.
00:56:46In front of who? Who do I bleed for?
00:56:50Me.
00:56:52Knowing this. Knowing that every step north is a step towards your own grave. And you still want to come
00:56:59with 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.
00:57:10I 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.
00:57:33Every time they said I wouldn't walk out. Every time they said the odds were broken. And I am still
00:57:40standing here. Let them come. I will survive it. And I will walk you out of Ironwall myself.
00:57:55Hold the gate. I am Cedric Ashworth, commander of the Obsidian Guards. Hold the gates.
00:58:01Gods. They're here. Fall back. Bar the gates.
00:58:05Gods.
00:58:05They're here.
00:58:06All four.
00:58:07Obamom.
00:58:07Obamom.
00:58:08Error.
00:58:10Error.
00:58:13Error.
00:58:15Error.
00:58:17Error.
00:58:20Н� No.
00:58:21Error.
00:58:28Error.
00:58:30Error.
00:58:52this malice i know it she broke them who goes there morgana lady morgana forgive me my grandfather
00:59:03speaks of you often and you are finn ravenkest my lady grandson to patriarch thorne morgana
00:59:12smile for me you look best when you smile foolish
00:59:25you must think i'm completely useless with a blade i've been sickly since childhood my sister-in-law
00:59:31handles the killing she lets me read instead i apologize for the gate it's just lately the moment
00:59:37the sun sets the dead walk vesta fears the undead soldiers breaching the walls slaughtering our
00:59:44people please forgive the locked gates my lady these undead outside your walls what is their
00:59:49origin we don't know not since my grandfather fell they don't discern friend from foe they just butcher
00:59:55for six months we've been trapped here powerless thorne was injured
01:00:01yes ambushed by the dead weeks ago he hasn't woken since take me to him of course
01:00:16you dare test me boy who authorized you to breach the protocol who gave you leave to welcome stray
01:00:23vagras into my fortress do frost stoke's laws mean nothing to you vesper 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 the patriarch is dying he needs silence not scavengers chasing fairy
01:00:41tales commander vesper even the emperor bows to lady morgana i suggest you mind your tone
01:00:49before i cut out your tongue damn your southern king here we follow north laws your laws tell me
01:00:59what does the north demand you want to see him bleed for it best me in combat win and you
01:01:06get your
01:01:07audience and your precious shard lose and you crawl back south frostbite does not serve the weak
01:01:14i'll gladly test your iron commander good a real man bring me my steel
01:01:24morgana my sister-in-law is a monster on the battlefield she holds the true bloodline
01:01:30no one beats her is this it then the day you've foreseen i would die
01:01:54he's hurt he will not die
01:02:00no one beats him
01:02:02parents
01:02:06you
01:02:18well thought
01:02:20your form is decent
01:02:22But 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.
01:03:20But she has no need for such common scraps.
01:03:23These are royal pelts from...
01:03:28Gods.
01:03:30What in the world is this?
01:03:32It's so soft. It doesn't even feel like wool.
01:03:35It feels like water.
01:03:37These deep red shapes here.
01:03:40What kind of flower is this?
01:03:41A rose, the sovereign of flowers.
01:03:44A rose. It's beautiful.
01:03:47I can't even imagine it.
01:03:49So this is what the South grows.
01:03:51Here in Frostspike, the winter never ends.
01:03:54The ground is iron.
01:03:55Nothing 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 is yours to keep.
01:04:06Truly?
01:04:07You 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.
01:04:35Her 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.
01:04:50Why bring us to a crypt?
01:04:51Whatever you see in there, hold your nerve.
01:04:55My grandfather rests inside.
01:04:57Please, this way.
01:05:13What?
01:05:18Is this?
01:05:19It is Thorn.
01:05:21Yes.
01:05:22Since the ambush six months ago, this crust began to form.
01:05:26It started around his wounds.
01:05:28Then it spread.
01:05:30Swallowing him whole.
01:05:31How many healers have you called?
01:05:33All of them.
01:05:34None could break it.
01:05:51This isn't a sickness, is it?
01:05:54This isn't a sickness, is it?
01:05:54It is his own madness.
01:05:55His madness?
01:05:56Thorn's natural life ended in the snow six months ago, but his fury anchored him here.
01:06:07He refuses to pass on, and the shard buried within him gave his wrath a physical form, spawning the dead
01:06:15that batter your 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, save Frostbike! Take the shard back! It's right there in his chest! Please, just take
01:06:56it! I beg you!
01:06:59Yes, but the shard must be freely given. Even I cannot carve it out by force. I will pull Thorn
01:07:07back from the dark. Do not let them interrupt me. This pennant will hold the dead, plant it beyond the
01:07:13gates, it 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.
01:07:28You are my charge. I do not break the line.
01:07:46I remember a boy. One who chased my shadow, always begging for stories. Now, reduced to stone.
01:07:59Veil lift.
01:08:01Veil lift. Flesh bind. Awaken.
01:08:06Thorn.
01:08:09Ashworth! Her magic broke! She's bleeding!
01:08:23Shit.
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?
01:08:56Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:08:58Sold us out? Monsters? Better than being the crown's lapdog. Why should we bleed for them?
01:09:03Our ancestors all followed Morgana. We were equals once. But because they got different shards, some get to rule the
01:09:09capital, some get the gold. And what did the rain creeps get? Three generations rotting in this frozen wasteland. Bleeding
01:09:15out in the ice. Just another name on a tombstone. Waiting to be wiped out. I won't let it end
01:09:22like this. I'm going to tear Frostfire down. Break the chains they put on us.
01:09:29I saw Morgana use this. It commands the dead. I hold the power now.
01:09:41Isn't that right?
01:09:42All right.
01:09:46Everyone.
01:09:46No.
01:09:55Oh, oh.
01:09:58Knock ball voy.
01:10:02Oh, no.
01:10:12Run this way from the box.
01:10:12Let's go.
01:10:43Four.
01:10:47Three.
01:11:00Sis.
01:11:02You came.
01:11:04Sister, I...
01:11:05What is happening to me?
01:11:07Where are we?
01:11:08Your mortal life is ended.
01:11:11But your obsession anchored you here.
01:11:14Your soul was twisted by inner demons and the shard.
01:11:18You are nothing but a lingering phantom now.
01:11:43Yes.
01:11:45I remember the vow.
01:11:49I gave you my word to hold this fortress.
01:11:53To bleed for the innocent.
01:11:56But the dead are here.
01:11:59The wolves are at the gates.
01:12:01I...
01:12:02I dare not leave.
01:12:04Enough, Thorn.
01:12:06You have bled enough.
01:12:08Your bloodline.
01:12:11Your men.
01:12:12Turn.
01:12:27You have been.
01:12:28Don't you think so?
01:12:28No, no, no.
01:12:32Y'all need a blast.
01:12:34No, no, no, no.
01:12:34Watch my mouth.
01:12:34Be-
01:12:39On me.
01:12:40You're leaving.
01:12:41I am for a while ago.
01:12:42And the ghost,
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?
01:13:17All these years
01:13:19Alone in the dark
01:13:24Were you alright, Morgana?
01:13:40You won't touch her
01:13:43I was fine
01:13:49That is good
01:14:19I was fine
01:14:29The witch.
01:14:42So, this is the death you saw from me.
01:14:46You are never wrong.
01:14:48So, Morgana, it seems I won't be here to help you take back what is yours.
01:15:13Morgana, I make no grand claims, but I swear I will help you take it all back.
01:15:37Monster.
01:15:38Monster, you godless monster!
01:15:52This world is sick.
01:16:02Finn, why would you do this?
01:16:06My brother, he died because the crown, because the crown never sent reinforcements.
01:16:13He bled out in the snow.
01:16:16And 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 than I could have taken you away 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, every frozen inch of the north, holds my blood.
01:16:51Nothing has ever trapped me.
01:16:53This is the line I chose to hold.
01:16:56Frostfire is my home, Finn.
01:16:58And I will defend it.
01:17:00Until I break.
01:17:04I 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.
01:17:56Why 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?
01:18:08A drop of my own blood.
01:18:10The Undying Spark.
01:18:12Your blood?
01:18:13No wonder your skin is like ice.
01:18:15Morgana.
01:18:16How did you lose your eyes?
01:18:18Sixty winters ago.
01:18:20The realm was drowning in its own blood.
01:18:23To buy them a dawn.
01:18:25I offered my own flesh and soul.
01:18:28I stripped everything away.
01:18:31Bound it to the obsidian.
01:18:33Twelve fragments.
01:18:34Given to twelve disciples.
01:18:37To save this world.
01:18:39Sixty years have passed.
01:18:41My 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.
01:18:53What else are you missing?
01:18:54You never change your boots.
01:18:56I've never seen you eat.
01:18:58Or sleep, for that matter.
01:19:01Your 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 what it takes.
01:19:26No matter the cost.
01:19:33Sixty years ago.
01:19:34To 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.
01:19:47But of course.
01:19:49Fate demands its due.
01:20:00Would you still draw your blade for me?
01:20:03Knowing it will only lead to your grave.
01:20:05I am going.
01:20:06I've commanded the vanguard for years.
01:20:09I've faced death more times than I can count.
01:20:13But I have never lost.
01:20:15And I will not lose this time either.
01:20:50My lady, forgive me.
01:20:54Assassins!
01:21:10This...
01:21:10Southern blood magic.
01:21:12They say one puppet butchers ten men.
01:21:15And 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.
01:21:24So I bound a fraction of my shard to your fading heart.
01:21:27Tethered your life to mine.
01:21:28With my power in your veins, no mortal man can stand against you.
01:21:33You could have run.
01:21:34You chose to stay.
01:21:37You accepted my gift.
01:21:40From now on, you are bound to my will.
01:21:43Are we clear?
01:21:46So I am no better than these husks?
01:21:48I'm just your puppet?
01:21:51Do not compare yourself to such pathetic trash.
01:21:55They are nothing like you.
01:22:00You...
01:22:01You are my masterpiece.
01:22:05Hmm.
01:22:14That shard of the crown was torn from my own veins.
01:22:20A single drop of my heart's blood.
01:22:25I never thought you would waste such a priceless piece of yourself on me.
01:22:29I never thought I'd even be alive.
01:22:32My lady, you always said your prophecies are absolute.
01:22:35Never wrong.
01:22:36To give me the shard.
01:22:37To 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.
01:22:52Farewell.
01:22:54Be wary.
01:22:56Without the primordial crown's shard, the 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 Ravencrest will hold this line.
01:23:09To the last breath.
01:23:13The horde is at our walls.
01:23:15I ride with the vanguard.
01:23:16Godspeed.
01:23:21Hyah!
01:23:22Hyah!
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?
01:23:45Are you alright?
01:23:46I feel a disturbance.
01:23:47A forbading sensation.
01:23:50I have looked ahead.
01:23:51I wish I had not.
01:23:53The road before us is dark, Cedric.
01:24:11We must push forward.
01:24:12Wherever you go, I will follow.
01:24:15Where to next?
01:24:17South.
01:24:18To the Scarlet Lands.
01:24:20I want to meet the fool who thought they could kill me.
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