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The dragon takes. That's its nature, and the show never pretends otherwise. What matters is the exchange: something goes out, something stays. The family survives, the name keeps standing.
So the sacrifice isn't a punishment. It's a payment, and payments have receipts.
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And what it leaves behind matters more: a survivor who no longer needs the household that spent him.
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lore post for Their Brother, the Dragon Sacrifice — the rules here are unusually clean.
The dragon takes. That's its nature, and the show never pretends otherwise. What matters is the exchange: something goes out, something stays. The family survives, the name keeps standing.
So the sacrifice isn't a punishment. It's a payment, and payments have receipts.
That's the detail fantasy usually skips. Everyone at that table knows what was spent. They've decided not to say it, because saying it means owing someone.
And what it leaves behind matters more: a survivor who no longer needs the household that spent him.
✨ What worked for me:
- The magic rules are stated once and never bent.
- No prophecy. No chosen one. Just terms.
✨ Bottom line: fantasy that respects its own accounting.
What would the dragon have taken from you? Genuine question.
— FS, fantasy girlie for life 🐺🧛
#DragonSacrifice, #Dragon, #FantasyShorts, #Worldbuilding, #ReelShort
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00:28I've decided not to tell them.
00:30They'll find out soon enough.
00:32Will you keep this between us?
00:35Yes.
00:36I will keep your secret.
00:37The realm needs a sacrifice, not a family scandal.
00:40A heart can break twice, boy.
00:42Once from cruelties, and once from silence.
00:47Then let mine break quietly.
00:50Emrys was the man who found me as a baby.
00:53Later, he would come to work for my family.
00:55I know I can trust him.
00:58Certainly more than my family.
01:03That scream came from Lady Quinn's rose garden.
01:20Hey, no!
01:22Reach!
01:31our realm is under dragon attack the only way to end it is for one human to willingly
01:38enter the dragon valley as a sacrifice will anyone step forward to save the realm
01:47i volunteer as sacrifice you are young to have such a death wish i'm 18 your majesty
02:01my only wish is that my life means something very well you shall travel to the dragon valley
02:07in three days time with the arrival of the full moon and there you will die before you go i
02:14must
02:14ask you are so young why would you give up your life so freely i'm an orphan found near the
02:20dragon
02:20valley as a child i have no true family to mourn me that is because my family already treats me
02:25like
02:25i'm dead though it was not always the case i was raised a noble of house quinn by lord quinn
02:33and lady
02:33quinn they took me in as a child and brought me up as one of their own
02:45lord quinn taught me to run i'm doing it father look that's it alistair soon you shall be riding a
02:51horse like a knight my mother lady quinn taught me to be gentle remember alistair delicate
03:07my older sister the brave knight kaya taught me to fight better luck next time brother
03:15and my sister elaine blinded by a fever taught me to see more than just what was on the surface
03:35dorian the son of a defeated noble sent to my father as payment i thought i found a brother
03:40that was like me an orphan except he came from noble birth but it was not meant to be
03:57while hunting dorian blamed me for a stab wound he gave him
04:06there is room for only one foundling in this family
04:14my family believed him father banished me from the house ordering me to live in the stables
04:23i've been there ever since despite the pain the quinn's loved me for many years
04:30they saved my life now i can repay them by saving their lives and the realm no one will miss
04:37me
04:39you are very brave to do this alistair i will make sure you have the finest clothes from my palace
04:44and you can travel home in my private carriage majesty i do have one request name it and it is
04:50yours
04:50i wish that my identity stays a secret that no one outside of the people in this room
04:55will know what i have volunteered to do i promise no one will know
05:00let no one here ever speak alistair's name or mention what he promised to do today so long as
05:05alistair is alive this is my command under penalty of death
05:18three days in three days i will be gone
05:38thank you
05:43just as i had hoped the manor was quiet this early
05:46there would be no family around to see me arriving from my secret trip to the capital
05:52though perhaps i've spoken too soon
05:56they seem angry
05:59and where have you been
06:00there are dragons on the loose boy
06:02you should be guarding this manor with your life not disappearing like a common coward
06:06forgive me my lord
06:10a stable rat dressed as a prince
06:12you probably stole these clothes
06:14you're lying
06:15a thief in fancy clothes
06:17are the clothes we give you not enough
06:19did you have to go steal these
06:29yet again you embarrass our family
06:32your stolen clothes don't look so nice now
06:34come on kaya ignore him
06:36you are just a stable boy
06:38the mud is where you belong and where you should stay
06:47in three days i will be gone
07:04tell me when do you plan to tell the quins that you volunteered as the dragon sacrifice
07:08you know but how
07:12people see me as nothing more than a loyal butler
07:15but there is more to me than meets the eye
07:31i've decided not to tell them
07:32they'll find out soon enough
07:35will you keep this between us
07:38yes
07:39i will keep your secret
07:40the realm needs a sacrifice not a family scandal
07:42a heart can break twice boy
07:44once from cruelties
07:46and once from silence
07:50then let mine break quietly
07:54emrys was the man who found me as a baby
07:56later he would come to work for my family
07:59i know i can trust him
08:01certainly more than my family
08:06that scream came from lady quinn's rose garden
08:09mother
08:15my roses
08:17my beautiful innocent roses
08:19they're dead
08:25mother
08:26someone put salt in the soil
08:28nothing can survive in your garden
08:29who could have done this
08:31alistair was angry that you praised my pruning yesterday
08:33that's not true
08:35i've been gone and only just now returned
08:36gone where
08:37to destroy the evidence
08:39we should search his room
08:44there is nothing to find
08:46i swear please believe me
08:48there under his bed
09:01i don't believe my eyes
09:02a sack of salt
09:04half empty
09:13i told you he did it
09:15those roses were the one thing i trusted you with
09:19how could you
09:20how could you
09:22i swear i didn't harm your roses
09:25i haven't even been here long enough to do it
09:27you saw me arrive early this morning
09:29that's true
09:30alistair wasn't here this morning
09:32yes
09:32very convenient that he was absent
09:35almost like he knew he needed an alibi
09:36well
09:37no that isn't what i was doing
09:38then what were you doing
09:40where were you exactly
09:42alistair
09:42i can't say
09:44but it all become clear in three days
09:46it's clear to me now
09:47you intentionally destroyed my wife's prized roses
09:51i i didn't
09:52please mother
09:53do not call me that
09:55you've changed alistair
09:56i don't know this person you've become
09:59i'm not your mother and you're not my son
10:01my heart is breaking
10:02her words hurt worse than any beating ever could
10:09first you crippled dorian on the hunt
10:11and now you murder mother's prized rose garden
10:14i didn't do any of those things
10:17isn't it suspicious that dorian knew exactly where to find the salt
10:21how dare you accuse dorian
10:28please kaya
10:29please believe me
10:34don't hurt him dear sister
10:35we should feel sorry for alistair
10:37it's been hard for him to adjust to having me around as a foster brother
10:40but i understand
10:41doran
10:42you're so kind despite everything alistair has done to you
10:45it's a shining light that even i can see
10:48if only they knew the truth
10:51that it was dorian stabbed himself to turn the quins against me
10:54the quinn family will blame you for this
10:56and love me in return
11:00it doesn't matter
11:02in three days i'll be gone and never return
11:07it took so long to clean the mud off me that i arrived at dinner late
11:10but to my surprise
11:12i found dorian sitting in my usual seat at the family table
11:16excuse me dorian
11:17there must be some mistake
11:19you're in my seat
11:21rather than fight dorian
11:22i figured it best to treat him with kindness
11:25and hope he did the same
11:27but lord quinn had other ideas
11:28the only mistake alistair
11:31is you thinking that there is a seat here for you at this table
11:34after what you did today
11:35you may dine with the servants
11:38until you stop these desperate cries for attention
11:40you will remain as you were when we found you
11:43an outsider
11:48yes my lord
11:49father
11:50you'll regret the way you've treated me when i'm gone
11:53if you only knew that i've already promised to save your life
12:03thank you
12:04now that he's washed the mud off his stolen clothes
12:07i'd like to propose a toast
12:08to alistair
12:09the cleanest stable boy i know
12:13if only they knew what i have promised to do
12:16my sacrifice to the dragon king would earn a real toast
12:19not this nasty joke
12:27my lords
12:27the family sheep
12:28they have escaped from their pins into the night
12:32how could this have happened
12:34alistair is the stable boy
12:36it was his responsibility
12:37he must have let them escape
12:41i couldn't believe it
12:42i cared for those sheep
12:43and would never let them loose
12:45but there's no time to argue
12:46with dragons in the realm
12:48i must hurry to save their lives
13:00come on sheep
13:01come back to your pens
13:06my worst fear
13:07a dragon at my family's home
13:12it will kill me
13:13now i'll never make it to the veil
13:15never save the realm
13:19just make it quick
13:35why haven't you killed me
13:39well well well there you are
13:42dorian
13:43come to rub it in my face
13:44he has no idea the danger he's in
13:49dorian you must leave
13:51i wouldn't miss the sight of you scrambling for the world
13:54you see
13:55i was the one that let the sheep out of their pens
14:01i did it because i knew that you would be blamed
14:04there is only room for one of us in house quinn
14:07and it will be
14:08me
14:11finally dorian admits his plan
14:14he wants to make my family hate me and love him
14:22but dorian has no idea what danger he's gotten us into
14:25i need to act now or we both will die
14:29brother watch out
14:47alistair attacked me
14:49he spooked the sheep and caused a stampede
14:53it's not true
14:54there was a dragon
14:55i was only trying to save dorian
14:57the dragon that almost burnt us both alive has disappeared
15:00and where has this dragon gone
15:02why do you keep lying
15:03father please don't be so hard on alistair
15:06he only lies like this because he is so jealous of me
15:31father
15:32mother father
15:36father
15:38father
15:38father
15:38father
15:39father
15:39father
15:39father
15:39father
15:40father
15:41father
15:41father
15:43father
15:44father
15:57father
15:58father
15:58father
15:59father
15:59The pain of Emerus setting my bones back into place was great, but nothing compared to the pain of how
16:04my family treats me.
16:08You have done so much for the Quints.
16:12You saved your sister Kaya's life.
16:17Don't worry, Kaya, I'm here.
16:21Alistair, go. Save yourself. I'm done for, brother.
16:28The hell you are! You're going to make it. I'll get you to your horse.
16:35Alistair!
16:36And nearly lost yours.
16:40You nursed your blind sister Elaine through fever.
16:44Back! Back!
16:45And protected the animals of the stable with your life.
16:50And still your family leaves you on the ground like trash.
16:53It's true that I love my family even though they treat me so poorly.
16:57But they once loved me too. And I can never forget that.
17:00It doesn't matter. I'll soon be gone from this place forever.
17:05Gone? Gone to where?
17:06My sister's heard my secret plan. I've been caught.
17:10What have you been hiding from us?
17:20Already died?
17:34All right, he's on the кас.
17:39No!
17:46our realm is under dragon attack
17:49the only way to end it is for one human
17:51to willingly enter the dragon valley
17:53as a sacrifice
17:56will anyone step forward
17:58to save the realm
18:02I volunteer as sacrifice
18:11you are young to have such a death wish
18:13I'm 18 your majesty
18:15my only wish is that my life means something
18:18very well
18:20you shall travel to the dragon valley
18:22in three days time with the arrival of the full moon
18:25and there you will die
18:28before you go I must ask
18:29you are so young why would you give up your life so freely
18:32I'm an orphan
18:34found near the dragon valley as a child
18:35I have no true family to mourn me
18:37that is because my family already treats me
18:40like I'm dead
18:40though it was not always the case
18:44I was raised a noble of house Quinn
18:46by Lord Quinn and Lady Quinn
18:51they took me in as a child
18:53and brought me up as one of their own
19:00Lord Quinn taught me to ride
19:02I'm doing it father look
19:04that's it Alistair
19:05soon you shall be riding a horse like a knight
19:08my mother Lady Quinn
19:09taught me to be gentle
19:12remember Alistair
19:13delicate
19:21my older sister
19:23the brave knight Kaia
19:24taught me to fight
19:26better luck next time brother
19:30and my sister Elaine
19:31blinded by a fever
19:32taught me to see more than just what was on the surface
19:45my son of a defeated noble sent to my father as payment
19:53I thought I found a brother that was like me
19:57an orphan
19:57except he came from noble birth
20:01but it was not meant to be
20:12while hunting
20:13Dorian blamed me for a stab wound he gave him
20:20there is room for only one foundling in this family
20:28my family believed him
20:31father banished me from the house
20:33ordering me to live in the stables
20:38I've been there ever since
20:39despite the pain
20:41the Quinns loved me for many years
20:44they saved my life
20:46now I can repay them by saving their lives
20:49and the realm
20:51no one will miss me
20:54you are very brave to do this Alistair
20:56I will make sure you have the finest clothes from my palace
20:59and you can travel home in my private carriage
21:02majesty I do have one request
21:03name it and it is yours
21:05I wish that my identity stays a secret
21:07that no one outside of the people in this room
21:10will know what I have volunteered to do
21:12I promise no one will know
21:14let no one here ever speak Alistair's name
21:17or mention what he promised to do today
21:19so long as Alistair is alive
21:20this is my command
21:22under penalty of death
21:33three days
21:34in three days I will be gone
21:53thank you
21:57just as I had hoped
21:59the manor was quiet this early
22:01there would be no family around
22:03to see me arriving from my secret trip to the captain
22:07though perhaps I've spoken too soon
22:10they seem angry
22:14and where have you been
22:15there are dragons on the loose boy
22:16you should be guarding this manor with your life
22:19not disappearing like a common coward
22:21forgive me my lord
22:24a stable rat dressed as a prince
22:26you probably stole these clothes
22:28you're lying
22:30a thief in fancy clothes
22:32are the clothes we give you not enough?
22:34did you have to go steal these?
22:44yet again you embarrass our family
22:46your stolen clothes don't look so nice now
22:48come on Kaya ignore him
22:50you are just a stable boy
22:52the mud is where you belong
22:53and where you should stay
23:01in three days I will be gone
23:19tell me
23:19when do you plan to tell the quins
23:21that you volunteered as the dragon sacrifice?
23:23you know
23:24but how?
23:27people see me as nothing more than a loyal butler
23:30but there is more to me than meets the eye
23:46I've decided not to tell them
23:47they'll find out soon enough
23:49will you keep this between us?
23:52yes
23:53I will keep your secret
23:55the realm needs a sacrifice
23:56not a family scandal
23:57a heart can break twice boy
23:59once from cruelties
24:00and once from silence
24:04then let mine break quietly
24:08Emrys was the man who found me as a baby
24:11later he would come to work for my family
24:13I know I can trust him
24:16certainly more than my family
24:20that scream came from Lady Quinn's rose garden
24:24mother
24:30my roses
24:31my beautiful innocent roses
24:34they're dead
24:40mother
24:40someone put salt in the soil
24:42nothing can survive in your garden
24:44who could have done this?
24:46Alistair was angry that you praised my pruning yesterday
24:48that's not true
24:49I've been gone and only just now returned
24:51gone where?
24:52to destroy the evidence
24:54we should search his room
24:59there is nothing to find
25:00I swear please believe me
25:03there under his bed
25:16I don't believe my eyes
25:17a sack of salt
25:19half empty
25:27I told you he did it
25:30those roses
25:31those roses were the one thing
25:32I trusted you with
25:33how could you
25:38I swear I didn't harm your roses
25:40I haven't even been here long enough to do it
25:42you saw me arrive early this morning
25:43that's true
25:45Alistair wasn't here this morning
25:46yes
25:47very convenient that he was absent
25:49almost like he knew he needed an alibi
25:51what?
25:52no that isn't what I was doing
25:53then what were you doing?
25:55where were you exactly?
25:56Alistair?
25:57I can't say
25:58but all will become clear in three days
26:01it's clear to me now
26:02you intentionally destroyed my wife's prized roses
26:06I didn't
26:07please mother
26:07do not call me that
26:10you've changed Alistair
26:11I don't know this person you've become
26:13I'm not your mother and you're not my son
26:16my heart is breaking
26:17her words hurt worse than any beating ever could
26:23first you crippled Dorian on the hunt
26:25and now you murder mother's prized rose garden
26:28I didn't do any of those things
26:32isn't it suspicious that Dorian knew exactly where to find the salt
26:36how dare you accuse Dorian
26:43please Kaya
26:45please believe me
26:48don't hurt him dear sister
26:50we should feel sorry for Alistair
26:52it's been hard for him to adjust to having me around as a foster brother
26:55but I understand
26:56Dorian
26:57you're so kind despite everything Alistair has done to you
26:59it's a shining light that even I can see
27:02if only they knew the truth
27:05that it was Dorian stabbed himself to turn the Quinns against me
27:08the Quin family will blame you for this
27:11and love me in return
27:15it doesn't matter
27:17in three days I'll be gone and never return
27:21it took so long to clean the mud off me that I arrived at dinner late
27:25but to my surprise
27:27I found Dorian sitting in my usual seat at the family table
27:31excuse me Dorian
27:32there must be some mistake
27:33you're in my seat
27:36rather than fight Dorian
27:37I figured it best to treat him with kindness
27:39and hope he did the same
27:41but Lord Quinn had other ideas
27:43the only mistake Alistair
27:46is you thinking that there is a seat here for you at this table
27:49after what you did today
27:50you may dine with the servants
27:52until you stop these desperate cries for attention
27:55you will remain as you were when we found you
27:58an outsider
28:03yes my lord
28:04father
28:05you'll regret the way you've treated me when I'm gone
28:08if you only knew that I've already promised to save your life
28:18thank you
28:18now that he's washed the mud off his stolen clothes
28:21I'd like to propose a toast
28:23to Alistair
28:24the cleanest stable boy I know
28:28if only they knew what I have promised to do
28:31my sacrifice to the dragon king would earn a real toast
28:34not this nasty joke
28:41my lords
28:42the family sheep
28:43they have escaped from their pins into the night
28:47how could this have happened
28:49Alistair is the stable boy
28:50it was his responsibility
28:52he must have let them escape
28:55I couldn't believe it
28:57I cared for those sheep
28:58and would never let them loose
28:59but there's no time to argue
29:01with dragons in the realm
29:03I must hurry to save their lives
29:15come on sheep
29:16come back to your pens
29:21my worst fear
29:22a dragon at my family's home
29:27it will kill me
29:28now I'll never make it to the veil
29:30never save the realm
29:34just make it quick
29:50why haven't you killed me
29:54well well well
29:55there you are
29:57Dorian
29:57come to rub it in my face
29:59he has no idea the danger he's in
30:04Dorian you must leave
30:06I wouldn't miss the sight of you scrambling for the world
30:09you see
30:10I was the one that let the sheep out of their pens
30:15I did it because I knew that you would be blamed
30:19there is only room for one of us in house Quinn
30:21and it will be
30:23me
30:25finally
30:26Dorian admits his plan
30:28he wants to make my family hate me
30:30and love him
30:37but Dorian has no idea what danger he's gotten us into
30:40I need to act now or we both will die
30:44brother watch out
31:02Alistair attacked me
31:03he spooked the sheep and caused a stampede
31:07it's not true
31:08there was a dragon
31:10I was only trying to save Dorian
31:12the dragon that almost burnt us both alive has disappeared
31:14and where has this dragon gone
31:17why do you keep lying
31:18father please don't be so hard on Alistair
31:20he only lies like this because he is so jealous of me
31:39your grandpa just had clues
31:41Zahra's
31:44I'll chat it
31:46mother
31:49father
32:04my hidden magic will reset your broken bones
32:07but it will be painful
32:13the pain of Emerus setting my bones back into place was great
32:16but nothing compared to the pain of how my family treats me
32:23you have done so much for the quints
32:27you saved your sister Kaya's life
32:32don't worry Kaya I'm here
32:35Alistair
32:36go
32:37save yourself
32:38I'm done for brother
32:43the hell you are
32:44you're gonna make it
32:45I'll get you to your horse
32:49Alistair
32:50and nearly lost yours
32:55you nursed your blind sister Elaine through fever
32:58back
32:59back
33:00and protected the animals of the stable with your life
33:05and still your family leaves you on the ground like trash
33:08it's true that I love my family even though they treat me so poorly
33:11but they once loved me too
33:12and I can never forget that
33:14it doesn't matter
33:16I'll soon be gone from this place forever
33:19gone?
33:20gone to where?
33:21my sister's heard my secret plan
33:23I've been caught
33:24what have you been hiding from us?
33:36wy'n't
33:37the f serving?
33:39way!
33:51no!
33:52no!
34:01our realm is under dragon attack the only way to end it is for one human to
34:07willingly enter the dragon valley as a sacrifice will anyone step forward to
34:13save the realm I volunteer as sacrifice you are young to have such a death wish
34:28I'm 18 your majesty my only wish is that my life means something very well you
34:35shall travel to the dragon valley in three days time with the arrival of the
34:38full moon and there you will die before you go I must ask you are so young why
34:45would you give up your life so freely I'm an orphan found near the dragon valley as
34:50a child I have no true family to mourn me that is because my family already treats
34:54me like I'm dead though it was not always the case I was raised a noble of house
35:00quinn by lord quinn and lady quinn they took me in as a child and brought me up as one
35:09of their own
35:14lord quinn taught me to run I'm doing it father look that's it Alistair soon you shall be riding
35:20a horse like a knight my mother lady quinn taught me to be gentle remember Alistair delicate
35:36my older sister the brave knight kaya taught me to fight better luck next time brother
35:45and my sister Elaine blinded by a fever taught me to see more than just what was on the surface
36:04Dorian the son of a defeated noble sent to my father as payment I thought I found a brother
36:09that was like me an orphan except he came from noble birth but it was not meant to be
36:27while hunting Dorian blamed me for a stab wound he gave him there is room for only one foundling in
36:38this family my family believed him father banished me from the house ordering me to live in the stables
36:52I've been there ever since despite the pain the quinn's loved me for many years they saved my life
37:01now I can repay them by saving their lives and the realm no one will miss me
37:09you are very brave to do this Alistair I will make sure you have the finest clothes from my palace
37:14and
37:14you can travel home in my private carriage majesty I do have one request name it and it is yours
37:19I wish that my identity stays a secret that no one outside of the people in this room will know
37:25what I
37:25have volunteered to do I promise no one will know let no one here ever speak Alistair's name or mention
37:32what he promised to do today so long as Alistair is alive this is my command under penalty of death
37:47three days in three days I will be gone
38:07thank you
38:12just as I had hoped the manor was quiet this early there would be no family around to see me
38:18arriving from my secret trip to the capital
38:21though perhaps I've spoken too soon they seem angry
38:28and where have you been there are dragons on the loose boy you should be guarding this
38:33manner with your life not disappearing like a common coward forgive me my lord
38:39a stable rat dressed as a prince you probably stole these clothes you're lying
38:45a thief in fancy clothes are the clothes we give you not enough did you have to go steal these
38:58yet again you embarrass our family your stolen clothes don't look so nice now come on kaya ignore him
39:05you are just a stable boy the mud is where you belongs and where you should stay
39:16in three days I will be gone
39:33tell me when do you plan to tell the quins that you volunteered as the dragon sacrifice
39:37you know but how
39:42people see me as nothing more than a loyal butler
39:45but there is more to me than meets the eye
40:00i've decided not to tell them they'll find out soon enough will you keep this between us
40:08yes i will keep your secret the realm needs a sacrifice not a family scandal
40:12a heart can break twice boy once from cruelties and once from silence
40:19then let mine break quietly
40:23emrys was the man who found me as a baby later he would come to work for my family i
40:28know i can trust
40:29him certainly more than my family
40:35that scream came from lady quinn's rose garden mother
40:44my roses my beautiful innocent roses they're dead
40:55mother someone put salt in the soil nothing can survive in your garden
40:59who could have done this alistair was angry that you praised my pruning yesterday that's not true
41:04i've been gone and only just now returned gone where to destroy the evidence we should search his room
41:13there is nothing to find i swear please believe me there under his bed
41:30i don't believe my eyes a sack of salt half empty
41:42i told you he did it those roses were the one thing i trusted you with
41:48how could you
41:52i swear i didn't harm your roses i haven't even been here long enough to do it you saw me
41:57arrive
41:57early this morning that's true alistair wasn't here this morning yes very convenient that he was
42:03absent almost like he knew he needed an alibi what no that isn't what i was doing then what were
42:09you
42:09doing where were you exactly alistair i can't say but all become clear in three days it's clear to me
42:16now you intentionally destroyed my wife's prized roses i i didn't please mother do not call me that
42:24you've changed alistair i don't know this person you've become i'm not your mother and you're not
42:30my son my heart is breaking her words hurt worse than any beating ever could
42:38first you crippled dorian on the hunt and now you murder mother's prized rose garden i didn't do any of
42:45those things isn't it suspicious that dorian knew exactly where to find the salt how dare you accuse dorian
42:58please kaya please believe me
43:03don't hurt him dear sister we should feel sorry for alistair it's been hard for him to adjust to
43:08having me around as a foster brother but i understand doran you're so kind despite everything alistair has
43:13done to you it's a shining light that even i can see if only they knew the truth that it
43:20was dorian
43:21stabbed himself to turn the quinn's against me the quinn family will blame you for this and love me in
43:26return it doesn't matter in three days i'll be gone and never return
43:36it took so long to clean the mud off me that i arrived at dinner late but to my surprise
43:41i found
43:42dorian sitting in my usual seat at the family table excuse me dorian there must be some mistake you're in
43:48my seat rather than fight dorian i figured it best to treat him with kindness and hope he did the
43:55same
43:56but lord quinn had other ideas the only mistake alistair is you thinking that there is a seat here for
44:02you at this table after what you did today you may dine with the servants until you stop these
44:08desperate cries for attention you will remain as you were when we found you an outsider
44:18yes my lord father you'll regret the way you've treated me when i'm gone
44:22if you only knew that i've already promised to save your life
44:32thank you now that he's washed the mud off his stolen clothes i'd like to propose a toast
44:37to alistair the cleanest stable boy i know
44:43if only they knew what i have promised to do
44:46my sacrifice to the dragon king would earn a real toast not this nasty joke
44:56my lords the family sheep they have escaped from their pins into the night
45:02how could this have happened alistair is the stable boy it was his responsibility he must have let them
45:07escape i couldn't believe it i cared for those sheep and would never let them loose
45:14but there's no time to argue with dragons in the realm i must hurry to save their lives
45:29come on sheep come back to your pens
45:35my worst fear a dragon at my family's home
45:42it will kill me now i'll never make it to the veil never save the realm
45:48just make it quick
46:05why haven't you killed me
46:09well well well there you are dorian come to rub it in my face he has no idea the danger
46:15he's in
46:18he's in the middle of the world
46:19dorian you must leave
46:20i wouldn't miss the sight of you scrambling for the world
46:23you see i was the one that let the sheep out of their pens
46:30i did it because i knew that you would be blamed
46:33there is only room for one of us in house quinn and it will be me
46:40finally dorian admits his plan he wants to make my family hate me and love him
46:51but dorian has no idea what danger he's gotten us into
46:55i need to act now or we both will die
46:58brother watch out
47:17allister attacked me he spooked the sheep and caused a stampede
47:22it's not true there was a dragon i was only trying to save dorian
47:26the dragon that almost burnt us both alive has disappeared
47:29and where has this dragon gone why do you keep lying
47:33father please don't be so hard on allister
47:35he only lies like this because he is so jealous of me
47:37he's so jealous of me
47:58I've chatted, Charlie.
48:01Mother.
48:03Father.
48:18My hidden magic will reset your broken bones, but it will be painful.
48:28The pain of Emerus setting my bones back into place was great, but nothing compared to the pain of how
48:33my family treats me.
48:37You have done so much for the Quints.
48:41You saved your sister Kaya's life.
48:46Don't worry, Kaya, I'm here.
48:50Alistair, go. Save yourself. I'm done for, brother.
48:57The hell you are! You're gonna make it. I'll get you to your horse.
49:04Alistair!
49:05And nearly lost yours.
49:09You nursed your blind sister Elaine through fever.
49:13Back! Back!
49:15And protected the animals of the stable with your life.
49:19And still your family leaves you on the ground like trash.
49:23It's true that I love my family even though they treat me so poorly.
49:26But they once loved me too, and I can never forget that.
49:29It doesn't matter. I'll soon be gone from this place forever.
49:34Gone? Gone to where?
49:35My sister's heard my secret plan. I've been caught.
49:39What have you been hiding from us?
49:42Bad man!
49:58Bad man!
50:02Dead man!
50:03Dead man!
50:05Oh, no!
50:06Ali, don't, don't! Freeze!
50:15our realm is under dragon attack the only way to end it is for one human to willingly enter
50:22the dragon valley as a sacrifice will anyone step forward to save the realm
50:31i volunteer as sacrifice
50:40you are young to have such a death wish i'm 18 your majesty my only wish is that my life
50:46means
50:46something very well you shall travel to the dragon valley in three days time with the arrival of the
50:53full moon and there you will die before you go i must ask you are so young why would you
51:00give up
51:00your life so freely i'm an orphan found near the dragon valley as a child i have no true family
51:06to
51:06mourn me that is because my family already treats me like i'm dead though it was not always the case
51:13i was raised a noble of house quinn by lord quinn and lady quinn
51:21they took me in as a child and brought me up as one of their own
51:29lord quinn taught me to run i'm doing it father look that's it alistair soon you shall be riding a
51:35horse
51:35like a knight my mother lady quinn taught me to be gentle remember alistair delicate
51:51my older sister the brave knight kaya taught me to fight better luck next time brother
51:59and my sister elaine blinded by a fever taught me to see more than just what was on the surface
52:18dorian the son of a defeated noble sent to my father as payment
52:23i thought i found a brother that was like me
52:26an orphan except he came from noble birth
52:30but it was not meant to be
52:41while hunting dorian blamed me for a stab wound he gave him
52:45there is room for only one foundling in this family
52:58my family believed him father banished me from the house ordering me to live in the stables
53:07i've been there ever since despite the pain the quinn's loved me for many years
53:14they saved my life now i can repay them by saving their lives and the realm no one will miss
53:21me
53:23you are very brave to do this alistair i will make sure you have the finest clothes from my palace
53:28and you can travel home in my private carriage
53:31majesty i do have one request name it and it is yours
53:34i wish that my identity stays a secret that no one outside of the people in this room
53:39will know what i have volunteered to do
53:41i promise no one will know
53:43let no one here ever speak alistair's name or mention what he promised to do today so long as alistair
53:49is alive
53:49this is my command under penalty of death
54:02three days
54:04in three days i will be gone
54:22thank you
54:27just as i had hoped the manor was quiet this early
54:30there would be no family around to see me arriving from my secret trip to the capital
54:36though perhaps i've spoken too soon
54:39they seem angry
54:43and where have you been
54:44there are dragons on the loose boy
54:46you should be guarding this manor with your life not disappearing like a common coward
54:50forgive me my lord
54:54a stable rat dressed as a prince
54:56you probably stole these clothes
54:58you're lying
54:59a thief in fancy clothes
55:01are the clothes we give you not enough
55:03did you have to go steal these
55:13yet again you embarrass our family
55:16your stolen clothes don't look so nice now
55:17come on kaya ignore him
55:19you are just a stable boy
55:21the mud is where you belong and where you should stay
55:30in three days i will be gone
55:48tell me when do you plan to tell the quins that you volunteered as the dragon sacrifice
55:52you know but how
55:56people see me as nothing more than a loyal butler
55:59but there is more to me than meets the eye
56:15i've decided not to tell them
56:16they'll find out soon enough
56:19will you keep this between us
56:22yes
56:23i will keep your secret
56:24the realm needs a sacrifice not a family scandal
56:27a heart can break twice boy
56:28once from cruelties
56:29and once from silence
56:34then let mine break quietly
56:37emrys was the man who found me as a baby
56:40later he would come to work for my family
56:43i know i can trust him
56:45certainly more than my family
56:50that scream came from lady quinn's rose garden
56:53mother
56:59my roses
57:01my beautiful innocent roses
57:03they're dead
57:09mother
57:10someone put salt in the soil
57:12nothing can survive in your garden
57:13who could have done this
57:15alistair was angry that you praised my pruning yesterday
57:17that's not true
57:19i've been gone and only just now returned
57:20gone where
57:21to destroy the evidence
57:23we should search his room
57:28there is nothing to find
57:30i swear please believe me
57:32there under his bed
57:45i don't believe my eyes
57:46a sack of salt
57:48half empty
57:57i told you he did it
57:58those roses were the one thing i trusted you with
58:03how could you
58:07i swear i didn't harm your roses
58:09i haven't even been here long enough to do it
58:11you saw me arrive early this morning
58:13that's true
58:14alistair wasn't here this morning
58:16yes
58:16very convenient that he was absent
58:18almost like he knew he needed an alibi
58:20what
58:21no that isn't what i was doing
58:22then what were you doing
58:24where were you exactly
58:26alistair
58:26i can't say
58:28but it all become clear in three days
58:30it's clear to me now
58:31you intentionally destroyed my wife's prized roses
58:35i i didn't
58:36please mother
58:37do not call me that
58:39you've changed alistair
58:40i don't know this person you've become
58:42i'm not your mother and you're not my son
58:45my heart is breaking
58:46her words hurt worse than any beating ever could
58:53first you crippled dorian on the hunt
58:55and now you murder mother's prized rose garden
58:58i didn't do any of those things
59:01isn't it suspicious that dorian knew exactly where to find the salt
59:05how dare you accuse dorian
59:12please kaya
59:13please believe me
59:18don't hurt him dear sister
59:20we should feel sorry for alistair
59:21it's been hard for him to adjust to having me around as a foster brother
59:24but i understand
59:25doran
59:26you're so kind despite everything alistair has done to you
59:29it's a shining light that even i can see
59:32if only they knew the truth
59:34that it was dorian stabbed himself to turn the quinn's against me
59:38the quinn family will blame you for this
59:40and love me in return
59:44it doesn't matter
59:46in three days i'll be gone and never return
59:48huh
59:48you
59:49you
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