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