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friends, Their Brother, the Dragon Sacrifice got me somewhere I didn't expect: the mother.
I've watched a lot of these family dramas, and the mothers are usually either saints or monsters. This one is neither. She's a woman who agreed to something terrible, then spent years making her peace with it in small, ordinary ways.
That's what's uncomfortable. Not the decision — the maintenance. The way a person learns to stop flinching at a name.
And when he comes back, she has to say it out loud again, in front of everyone, and you can see how long it's been since she did.
🧵 Here's how it unfolds:
- The Beginning: a house that agrees to a price.
- The Tension: everyone adapting, nobody admitting.
- The Breaking Point: the one they spent walks back in.
- The Payoff: a mother choosing a son over a story.
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friends, Their Brother, the Dragon Sacrifice got me somewhere I didn't expect: the mother.
I've watched a lot of these family dramas, and the mothers are usually either saints or monsters. This one is neither. She's a woman who agreed to something terrible, then spent years making her peace with it in small, ordinary ways.
That's what's uncomfortable. Not the decision — the maintenance. The way a person learns to stop flinching at a name.
And when he comes back, she has to say it out loud again, in front of everyone, and you can see how long it's been since she did.
🧵 Here's how it unfolds:
- The Beginning: a house that agrees to a price.
- The Tension: everyone adapting, nobody admitting.
- The Breaking Point: the one they spent walks back in.
- The Payoff: a mother choosing a son over a story.
Keep tissues nearby. Seriously.
— Your girl at True Luna, binge-watching since forever 🍿
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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.
01:31Our realm is under dragon attack.
01:35The only way to end it is for one human to willingly enter the Dragon Valley as a sacrifice.
01:42Will anyone step forward to save the realm?
01:47I volunteer as sacrifice.
01:56You are young to have such a death wish.
01:59I'm 18, Your Majesty. My only wish is that my life means something.
02:04Very well. You shall travel to the Dragon Valley in three days' time with the arrival of the full moon.
02:11And there you will die.
02:13Before you go, I must ask, you are so young, why would you give up your life so freely?
02:18I'm an orphan. Found near the Dragon Valley as a child, I have no true family to mourn me.
02:23That is because my family already treats me like I'm dead, though it was not always the case.
02:29I was raised a noble of House Quinn by Lord Quinn and Lady Quinn.
02:37They took me in as a child and brought me up as one of their own.
02:45Lord Quinn taught me to run.
02:48I'm doing it, Father. Look!
02:49That's it, Alistair. Soon you shall be riding a horse like a knight.
02:53My mother, Lady Quinn, taught me to be gentle.
02:57Remember, Alistair. Delicate.
03:07My older sister, the brave knight Kaya, taught me to fight.
03:11Better 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.
03:30I slept up for you.
03:34Dorian, the son of a defeated noble sent to my father as payment.
03:39I thought I found a brother that was like me.
03:42An orphan, except he came from noble birth.
03:46But it was not meant to be.
03:57While hunted, Dorian blamed me for a stab wound he gave himself.
04:06There is room for only one foundling in this family.
04:14My family believed him.
04:17Father banished me from the house, ordering me to live in the stables.
04:23I've been there ever since, despite the pain.
04:26The Quinns loved me for many years.
04:30They saved my life.
04:32Now I can repay them by saving their lives and the realm.
04:36No one will miss me.
04:39You are very brave to do this, Alistair.
04:42I will make sure you have the finest clothes from my palace and you can travel home in my private
04:46carriage.
04:47Majesty, I do have one request.
04:49Name it and it is yours.
04:50I wish that my identity stays a secret.
04:53That no one outside of the people in this room will know what I have volunteered to do.
04:57I 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 Alistair
05:05is alive.
05:06This is my command under penalty of death.
05:18Three days.
05:20In three days I will be gone.
05:21I will be gone.
05:35I will be gone.
05:36I will be gone.
05:36I will be gone.
05:36I will be gone.
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 they seem angry
05:59and where have you been there are dragons on the loose boy you should be guarding this
06:04manner with your life not disappearing like a common coward forgive me my lord
06:10a stable rat dressed as a prince you probably stole these clothes you're lying a thief in
06:16fancy clothes are the clothes we give you not enough did you have to go steal these
06:29yet again you embarrass our family your stolen clothes don't look so nice now come on kaya
06:34ignore him you are just a stable boy the mud is where you belongs 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 people see me as nothing more than a loyal butler but there is more to me
07:16than meets
07:17the eye
07:31i've decided not to tell them they'll find out soon enough
07:35will you keep this between us
07:38yes i will keep your secret the realm needs a sacrifice not a family scandal
07:43a heart can break twice boy once from cruelties and 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 i 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
08:26mother someone put salt in the soil nothing can survive in your garden
08:30who could have done this
08:31alistair was angry that you praised my pruning yesterday
08:33that's not true i've been gone and only just now returned
08:36gone where to destroy the evidence we 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
09:23i 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 alistair wasn't here this morning
09:32yes very convenient that he was absent
09:34almost like he knew he needed an alibi
09:36what no that isn't what i was doing
09:38then what were you doing where were you exactly
09:41alistair
09:42i can't say
09:44but 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 please 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
10:19dorian knew exactly where to find the salt
10:21how dare you accuse dorian
10:29please kaya
10:30please believe me
10:34don't hurt him dear sister
10:36we 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
10:41dorian you'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 quinn's 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 i found dorian sitting in my usual seat at the family table
11:16excuse me dorian there must be some mistake you're in my seat
11:21rather than fight dorian i figured it best to treat him with kindness and 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 after 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 and would never let them loose
12:45but there's no time to argue
12:46with dragons in the realm i 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
13:42come 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
14:10finally
14:12dorian 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
14:48alistair
14:48alistair 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
15:32mother father
15:49my hidden magic will reset your broken bones
15:52but it will be painful
15:59the pain of emeris setting my bones back into place was great
16:02but nothing compared to the pain of how my 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
16:24i'm done for brother
16:28the hell you are
16:29you're gonna make it
16:31i'll get you to your horse
16:35alistair
16:35and nearly lost yours
16:40you nursed your blind sister elaine through fever
16:43back
16:44back
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
16:56but they once loved me too
16:58and i can never forget that
16:59it doesn't matter
17:01i'll soon be gone from this place forever
17:04gone
17:05gone to where
17:06my sister's heard my secret plan
17:09i've been caught
17:10what have you been hiding from us
17:30i've been hiding from us
17:37oh
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
19:49Dorian
19:50the 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
19:58except he came from noble birth
20:01but it was not meant to be
20:12while hunting Dorian 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 despite the pain
20:41the quinn's 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 so long as Alistair is alive
21:20this is my command under 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
22:17you 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
22:29you'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 but 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
24:21that scream came from Lady Quinn's rose garden
24:24mother
24:30my roses
24:32my 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 to 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
25:15I don't believe my eyes
25:18a sack of salt
25:19half empty
25:27I told you he did it
25:30those roses were the one thing
25:32I trusted you with
25:33how could you
25:37I 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
25:54where were you exactly
25:56Alistair
25:57I can't say
25:59but it 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
26:07mother
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
26:14and you're not my son
26:16my heart is breaking
26:17her words hurt worse than any beating ever could
26:24first 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
26:33Dorian 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 after 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
27:57an 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
28:19now 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 and would never let them loose
29:00but there's no time to argue
29:01with dragons in the realm I 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 and 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
31:40your grandpa just had clues
32:03my hidden magic will reset your broken bones but 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 quins
32:27you saved your sister Kaya's life
32:32Alistair
32:32don't worry Kaya I'm here
32:36Alistair go save yourself
32:39I'm done for brother
32:43the hell you are you're gonna make it
32:45I'll get you to your horse
32:50Alistair
32:50and nearly lost yours
32:55you nursed your blind sister Elaine through fever
32:58back back
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 and I can never forget that
33:14it doesn't matter
33:16I'll soon be gone from this place forever
33:18gone?
33:20gone to where?
33:21my sisters heard my secret plan
33:23I've been caught
33:24what have you been hiding from us?
33:34gone to where?
33:40gone to where?
33:42gone to where
33:46gone to where air
33:49gone to where
33:52Re في
34:01our realm is under dragon attack
34:04the only way to end it is for one human
34:06to willingly enter the dragon valley
34:08as a sacrifice
34:11will anyone step forward
34:12to save the realm
34:16I volunteer as sacrifice
34:26you are young to have such a death wish
34:28I'm 18 your majesty
34:30my only wish is that my life means something
34:33very well
34:35you shall travel to the dragon valley
34:36in three days time with the arrival of the full moon
34:40and there you will die
34:42before you go I must ask
34:44you are so young why would you give up your life so freely
34:47I'm an orphan
34:48found near the dragon valley as a child
34:50I have no true family to mourn me
34:52that is because my family already treats me like I'm dead
34:55though it was not always the case
34:58I was raised a noble of house Quinn
35:01by lord Quinn and lady Quinn
35:06they took me in as a child
35:08and brought me up as one of their own
35:14lord Quinn taught me to run
35:17I'm doing it father look
35:18that's it Alistair
35:19soon you shall be riding a horse like a knight
35:22my mother lady Quinn taught me to be gentle
35:27remember Alistair delicate
35:36my older sister the brave knight Kaya taught me to fight
35:40better luck next time brother
35:44and my sister Elaine blinded by a fever
35:47taught 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
36:08I thought I found a brother that was like me
36:11an orphan except he came from noble birth
36:15but it was not meant to be
36:27while hunting Dorian blamed me for a stab wound he gave himself
36:35there is room for only one foundling in this family
36:43my family believed him
36:46father banished me from the house
36:47ordering me to live in the stables
36:52I've been there ever since despite the pain
36:55the quins loved me for many years
36:59they saved my life
37:01now I can repay them by saving their lives
37:04and the realm
37:05no one will miss me
37:09you are very brave to do this Alistair
37:11I will make sure you have the finest clothes from my palace
37:14and you can travel home in my private carriage
37:16majesty I do have one request
37:18name it and it is yours
37:19I wish that my identity stays a secret
37:22that no one outside of the people in this room
37:24will know what I have volunteered to do
37:26I promise no one will know
37:29let no one here ever speak Alistair's name
37:31or mention what he promised to do today
37:33so long as Alistair is alive
37:35this is my command
37:36under penalty of death
37:47three days
37:49in three days I will be gone
38:07thank you
38:12just as I had hoped
38:13the manor was quiet this early
38:16there would be no family around
38:17to see me arriving from my secret trip to the capital
38:22though perhaps I've spoken too soon
38:25they seem angry
38:28and where have you been?
38:29there are dragons on the loose, boy
38:31you should be guarding this manor with your life
38:34not disappearing like a common coward
38:36forgive me, my lord
38:39a stable rat dressed as a prince
38:41you probably stole these clothes
38:43you're lying
38:45a thief in fancy clothes
38:47are the clothes we give you not enough?
38:49did you have to go steal these?
38:58yet again you embarrass our family
39:01your stolen clothes don't look so nice now
39:03come on, Kaya, ignore him
39:05you are just a stable boy
39:07the mud is where you belong
39:08and where you should stay
39:16in three days I will be gone
39:33tell me
39:34when do you plan to tell the quins
39:36that you volunteered as the dragon sacrifice?
39:38you know
39:38but 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
40:02they'll find out soon enough
40:04will you keep this between us?
40:07yes
40:08I will keep your secret
40:09the realm needs a sacrifice
40:11not a family scandal
40:12a heart can break twice, boy
40:14once from cruelties
40:15and once from silence
40:19then let mine break quietly
40:23Emrys was the man who found me as a baby
40:26later he would come to work for my family
40:28I know I can trust him
40:30certainly more than my family
40:35that scream came from Lady Quinn's rose garden
40:39mother
40:44my roses
40:46my beautiful innocent roses
40:49they're dead
40:55mother
40:56someone put salt in the soil
40:57nothing can survive in your garden
40:59who could have done this?
41:00Alistair was angry that you praised my pruning yesterday
41:03that's not true
41:04I've been gone and only just now returned
41:06gone where?
41:07to destroy the evidence
41:08we should search his room
41:13there is nothing to find
41:15I swear, please believe me
41:18there, under his bed
41:30I don't believe my eyes
41:32a sack of salt
41:33half empty
41:42I told you he did it
41:44those roses
41:45those roses were the one thing
41:46I trusted you with
41:48how could you
41:50harm
41:50I swear I didn't harm your roses
41:54I haven't even been here long enough to do it
41:56you saw me arrive early this morning
41:58that's true
42:00Alistair wasn't here this morning
42:01yes
42:01very convenient that he was absent
42:04almost like he knew he needed an alibi
42:06well, no, that isn't what I was doing
42:08then what were you doing?
42:09where were you exactly, Alistair?
42:11I can't say
42:13but it all will become clear in three days
42:15it's clear to me now
42:17you intentionally destroyed my wife's prized roses
42:20I didn't
42:21please, mother
42:22do not call me that
42:24you've changed, Alistair
42:26I don't know this person you've become
42:28I'm not your mother and you're not my son
42:30my heart is breaking
42:32her words hurt worse than any beating ever could
42:38first you crippled Dorian on the hunt
42:40and now you murder mother's prized rose garden
42:43I didn't do any of those things
42:47isn't it suspicious that
42:48Dorian knew exactly where to find the salt
42:50how dare you accuse Dorian
42:58please, Kaya
42:59please believe me
43:03don't hurt him, dear sister
43:05we should feel sorry for Alistair
43:07it's been hard for him to adjust to having me around as a foster brother
43:10but I understand
43:11Dorian, you're so kind despite everything Alistair has done to you
43:14it's a shining light that even I can see
43:17if only they knew the truth
43:20that it was Dorian stabbed himself to turn the Quinns against me
43:23the Quinn family will blame you for this
43:25and love me in return
43:30it doesn't matter
43:31in 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
43:40but to my surprise
43:41I found Dorian sitting in my usual seat at the family table
43:46excuse me Dorian
43:47there must be some mistake
43:48you're in my seat
43:50rather than fight Dorian
43:52I figured it best to treat him with kindness
43:54and hope he did the same
43:56but Lord Quinn had other ideas
43:58the only mistake, Alistair
44:00is you thinking that there is a seat here for you at this table
44:03after what you did today
44:04you may dine with the servants
44:07until you stop these desperate cries for attention
44:10you will remain as you were when we found you
44:12an outsider
44:18yes my lord
44:19father
44:20you'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
44:34now that he's washed the mud off his stolen clothes
44:36I'd like to propose a toast
44:37to Alistair
44:39the 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
44:49not this nasty joke
44:56my lords
44:57the family sheep
44:58they have escaped from their pins into the night
45:02how could this have happened?
45:04Alistair is the stable boy
45:05it was his responsibility
45:06he must have let them escape
45:10I couldn't believe it
45:11I cared for those sheep
45:13and would never let them loose
45:14but there's no time to argue
45:16with dragons in the realm
45:17I must hurry to save their lives
45:29come on sheep
45:30come back to your pens
45:35my worst fear
45:36a dragon at my family's home
45:42it will kill me
45:43now I'll never make it to the veil
45:44never save the realm
45:48just make it quick
46:05why haven't you killed me?
46:09well, well, well
46:10there you are
46:11Dorian
46:12come to rub it in my face
46:13he has no idea the danger he's in
46:18Dorian, you must leave
46:20I wouldn't miss the sight of you scrambling for the world
46:23you see
46:24I 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
46:36and it will be me
46:40finally
46:41Dorian admits his plan
46:43he wants to make my family hate me and love him
46:51but Dorian has no idea what danger he's gotten us into
46:54I need to act now or we both will die
46:58brother, watch out!
47:17Alistair attacked me
47:18he spooked the sheep and caused a stampede
47:22it's not true
47:23there was a dragon
47:24I was only trying to save Dorian
47:26the dragon that almost burnt us both alive has disappeared
47:29and where has this dragon gone?
47:31why do you keep lying?
47:33father, please, don't be so hard on Alistair
47:35he only lies like this because he is so jealous of me
48:01mother, father
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. You saved your sister Kaya's life.
48:46Don't worry, Kaya, I'm here. Alistair, 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!
49:05I nearly lost yours. You 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.
49:33Gone? Gone to where?
49:36My sister's heard my secret plan. I've been caught.
49:39What have you been hiding from us?
49:42Upon me and the father of the present
49:48my father of the present
49:48Scream at his body
49:49There he is!
49:57He hates me and the people
50:05By the way, he needs a grip.
50:06Hey! Go! Go! Go! Go into the streets!
50:15Our realm is under dragon attack
50:18The only way to end it is for one human
50:21To willingly enter the dragon valley
50:23As a sacrifice
50:25Will anyone step forward
50:27To save the realm
50:31I volunteer as sacrifice
50:40You are young to have such a death wish
50:42I'm 18 your majesty
50:45My only wish is that my life means something
50:47Very well
50:49You shall travel to the dragon valley
50:51In three days time with the arrival of the full moon
50:55And there you will die
50:57Before you go I must ask
50:58You are so young
50:59Why would you give up your life so freely
51:01I'm an orphan
51:03Found near the dragon valley as a child
51:05I have no true family to mourn me
51:07That is because my family already treats me like I'm dead
51:10Though it was not always the case
51:13I was raised a noble of House Quinn
51:16By Lord Quinn and Lady Quinn
51:21They took me in as a child
51:22And brought me up as one of their own
51:29Lord Quinn taught me to run
51:32I'm doing it father look
51:33That's it Alistair
51:34Soon you shall be riding a horse like a knight
51:37My mother Lady Quinn
51:38Taught me to be gentle
51:41Remember Alistair
51:43Delicate
51:51My older sister
51:52The brave knight Kaya
51:53Taught me to fight
51:54Better luck next time brother
51:59And my sister Elaine
52:01Blinded by a fever
52:02Taught me to see more than just what was on the surface
52:18Dorian
52:18Dorian
52:19The 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
52:27Except 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 himself
52:50There is room for only one foundling in this family
52:58My family believed him
53:00Father banished me from the house
53:03Ordering me to live in the stables
53:07I've been there ever since
53:08Despite the pain
53:10The quins loved me for many years
53:14They saved my life
53:16Now I can repay them by saving their lives
53:18And the realm
53:20No one will miss me
53:23You are very brave to do this Alistair
53:25I 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
53:32Name it and it is yours
53:34I wish that my identity stays a secret
53:36That 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
53:46Or mention what he promised to do today
53:48So long as Alistair is alive
53:49This is my command
53:51Under penalty of death
54:02Three days
54:04In three days I will be gone
54:22Thank you
54:27Just as I had hoped
54:28The manor was quiet this early
54:30There would be no family around
54:32To 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
54:48Not 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
55:18Ignore him
55:20You are just a stable boy
55:21The mud is where you belong
55:23And where you should stay
55:30In three days I will be gone
55:48Tell me
55:49When do you plan to tell the quins
55:50That you volunteered as the dragon sacrifice?
55:53You know
55:53But 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
56:25Not 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
56:42I 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
57:14Who 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?
57:22To destroy the evidence
57:23We should search his room
57:28There is nothing to find
57:30I swear, please believe me
57:33There!
57:33Under 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?
58:04Oh!
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, Alistair?
58:26I can't say
58:28But it all will become clear in three days
58:30It's clear to me now
58:31You intentionally destroyed my wife's prized roses
58:35I 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
59:03Dorian 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
59:25Dorian, you'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
59:35That it was Dorian stabbed himself to turn the Quins 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
59:48was the amenities of quienes
59:48may seem to treat me Only
59:48was able to talk to you Even
59:48if I was just I
59:50was able to reach To