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00:02:59Welcome, then, Cedric Veil, Knight of Holy Covenant.
00:03:10Welcome home.
00:03:40I have long awaited your arrival, my friend.
00:03:50How may I assist you, my lord?
00:03:51I would have you swear fealty and loyalty to me as you once did.
00:03:55I swear to serve my lord, whatever he wishes of me, and I shall carry it out to the best of my own ability.
00:04:04Rise, my knight, I have asked that this court be emptied before I share with you what it is you must know.
00:04:17My trust in my trust in those around me, it wanes with each passing day.
00:04:23The Harkari, the Harkari has threatened the Harkari has threatened the Harkari have marked their prey.
00:04:33The Harkari? What business does the Harkari?
00:04:40Our skirmishly, our skirmishly, our skirmishly, our skirmishly, our skirmishes with the Ytlak's forces in Salar have gone favorably for a time.
00:04:47But they have decided to strike at my heart.
00:04:50If my army but crosses their new border, my lady's life will be forfeit.
00:04:56Cedric, I require utmost surety.
00:05:04If you're vigilant, I stand.
00:05:08A true knight of covenant you are indeed.
00:05:12I almost wish...
00:05:14My lord.
00:05:17It's true your knight has arrived, yes?
00:05:20Perhaps, my love, you can see for yourself.
00:05:24So, Cedric.
00:05:25Lady Alicia.
00:05:29It's been some time.
00:05:31Eight years.
00:05:33Eight years, indeed.
00:05:35My lord, I think I should go for a walk along the castle grounds now.
00:05:39In but a few moments, my darling.
00:05:42I'll see to it Master Cedric accompanies you.
00:05:46Well then.
00:05:47My lord.
00:05:49Master Cedric.
00:05:55She's grown even more radiant these past eight years, hasn't she?
00:06:03She...
00:06:03Has indeed.
00:06:06Noble Cedric.
00:06:07The lady decor is everything.
00:06:10You must not fail me.
00:06:13Will not.
00:06:13I know you won't.
00:06:16Now leave an old man to himself.
00:06:18I shall want my beloved's new protector to acquaint himself to his home once again.
00:06:23I shall want my beloved's new protector to acquaint himself to his home once again.
00:06:23When did they start
00:06:46letting street rats live here?
00:06:50Cedric Vale?
00:06:52Deacon!
00:06:52Get you!
00:06:56Knight of Covenant!
00:06:57Looks good.
00:06:59Did you just get in?
00:07:00Surprised you didn't hear the Baron's illustrious welcome for me.
00:07:03I wouldn't take that to you personally, Cedric.
00:07:06He's been giving those for everyone.
00:07:08Even street rats.
00:07:11When did you arrive?
00:07:13Just a few days before yourself.
00:07:15Highness said for me to be called from the front lines just a few months past.
00:07:18Well, look at you.
00:07:21Captain of the Guard.
00:07:22Mmm.
00:07:23It's been a week and I've already started to grow bored, Cedric.
00:07:26But hey, beats the lady against the law, though, right?
00:07:29Hmm.
00:07:31Where are you off to now?
00:07:32My quarters.
00:07:34Well, make a round there, then.
00:07:35Please do.
00:07:36All right.
00:07:37I might even have some cheese for you.
00:07:38Mmm.
00:07:39Clever boy.
00:07:40I suppose you've seen her.
00:07:49Uh-huh.
00:07:51Cedric.
00:07:52A lot of things have happened.
00:07:54Perhaps you might...
00:07:55My notes?
00:07:56Please, forgive me.
00:07:58Renee?
00:07:58The lady to go has requested Sir Cedric's presence in the castle courtyard.
00:08:03Go on, Renee.
00:08:17Go on, Renee.
00:08:18That will be all.
00:08:34Alicia, I...
00:08:35Not here, Sir Knight.
00:08:37Come.
00:08:37Truly a kind day, is it not?
00:08:49Alicia, I...
00:08:50I have nothing to say.
00:08:55Eight years and now the word inhabits your mind.
00:08:58No, it's not that.
00:08:59It's just...
00:09:00I know.
00:09:03I forget how secluded you knights are from the rest of the world.
00:09:07Off slaying monsters and demons, no doubt,
00:09:10in their time for the petty squabbles of lesser people.
00:09:13What happened?
00:09:15How came you to be wed to the Baron?
00:09:17I asked myself that same question many a night.
00:09:22After the death of his lady Syphala,
00:09:24I thought his intentions towards me,
00:09:26the lowly court-surf I was,
00:09:30were simply out of a quest for an heir.
00:09:33Given my position and duty,
00:09:34who was I to deny him?
00:09:37Sorry.
00:09:38After the doctors informed him
00:09:40it was his infertility that broke his family line,
00:09:42I thought I would be cast aside.
00:09:45But I wasn't.
00:09:47He married me nonetheless out of love.
00:09:50And these last eight years he has loved me.
00:09:53I wish I had known.
00:09:56He's not the only one who has.
00:10:00I have done my duty to return his love
00:10:02and to keep my honor.
00:10:03There was a place I had been to once before as a child.
00:10:15It was an old courtyard my mother once brought me to,
00:10:19by the edge of the Asturian Sea.
00:10:22Sometimes I would imagine myself
00:10:25sitting by the edge of the white-blue waters,
00:10:27watching the ever-beating waves crash against the shoreline,
00:10:33away from this place,
00:10:36away from everything.
00:10:37And sometimes
00:10:41I would imagine you were there with me,
00:10:44but
00:10:44no matter how hard I tried,
00:10:47I could not see your face.
00:10:49I can see your face now, though.
00:11:02It has whiskers and wrinkles it did not before.
00:11:05I dreamt of you every night
00:11:10and I labored for you every night.
00:11:13Forgive me.
00:11:30It's all right.
00:11:35I'm glad you were back, Sir Cedric.
00:11:43You think I'm doing the right thing, deacon?
00:11:55With Cedric?
00:11:57With everything.
00:11:58I trust him.
00:12:00But in my heart, I feel overwrought.
00:12:04I would not let it bother you so, my lord.
00:12:06I have known him to be a good man.
00:12:09Yes.
00:12:09But good men are still men, are they not?
00:12:14How can I know he will not dishonor me
00:12:17and her?
00:12:22There will always be men, my lord.
00:12:25But there are no men like Cedric Vale.
00:12:31I have a task for you.
00:12:35Send a scout to carry on.
00:12:37I've heard that my nephew, the prince,
00:12:39his camp there.
00:12:42The bloodied prince of Prez.
00:12:44I would like his counsel in these matters of war.
00:12:50That is your wish, my lord.
00:12:52God bless you.
00:16:56Come, my lad.
00:16:57Walk with me.
00:16:58Sit beside me, won't you?
00:17:08Sit beside me, won't you?
00:17:32You know I have lived within these walls for 60 years now.
00:17:36This is my home.
00:17:38Our home.
00:17:40And I dare not dream to let it fall to Toridi invaders.
00:17:44Okay?
00:17:45That will never shine under the sun.
00:17:46Not so long as we are strong in defending it.
00:17:50Do you think I am a fool, Cedric?
00:17:53My lord?
00:17:54Or perhaps I am a fool for not seeing what is before me.
00:18:00I...
00:18:01I...
00:18:02I don't understand.
00:18:04I know how you feel about Alicia.
00:18:07You were friends when you were children.
00:18:10So her safety is that of your concern always.
00:18:17I simply wish to know if I am taking the right course.
00:18:22Staying and putting her life in danger.
00:18:26Perhaps...
00:18:29Perhaps I should have taken her and fled at the first mention of the Hakkari.
00:18:35I had simple thought it was a honorable threat.
00:18:39To keep your forces out of Solara when they have no need to send their assassins.
00:18:44You believe these men have honor.
00:18:47If word is true, they could easily infiltrate any stronghold in Astoria with ease.
00:18:56These walls are strong.
00:18:58What?
00:18:59Can they ward off men with that kind of power?
00:19:03Is that not what I am here for?
00:19:06I pray you never see a moment's action in all the time you spend here.
00:19:15But...
00:19:19I am barren.
00:19:21The people of Prez look to me for strength.
00:19:24And to let the Tareed intimidate us and take our lands.
00:19:29I cannot let it stand.
00:19:33Prepare for war another day, will you?
00:19:35Perhaps a compromise in peace is the best path to take for both nations.
00:19:43I will consider this.
00:19:46But I will not take one counsel alone.
00:19:51I must consult with all of my counselors.
00:19:54Only then...
00:19:57Will I dictate.
00:20:03I shall see you tonight then.
00:20:05We are to dine in my own private quarters.
00:20:08Dictation.
00:20:09Dictation.
00:20:10Dictation.
00:20:12Dictation.
00:20:14I'll take a moment's time to visit.
00:20:29Dictation.
00:20:30Dictation.
00:20:31His majesty left this for me.
00:20:34Not to my knowledge, my lady.
00:20:53Hello, my love.
00:20:54What is it, my lord?
00:20:56You assume I did not come only to bask in your beauty?
00:21:02Tonight we will have dinner with my nephew, Prince Arathas.
00:21:06A lion in man's clothing, that one is.
00:21:09Indeed.
00:21:11Though I thought perhaps you would dress in something for me.
00:21:21It's beautiful.
00:21:23Handmaiden?
00:21:27I'll have it ready for the lady before sundown, my lord.
00:21:31Until then.
00:22:36Oh, I apologize, nephew.
00:22:46My left hand is reserved for the Baroness.
00:22:50By all means, Your Grace.
00:22:52Thank you, my Lord.
00:22:58A moment, nephew.
00:22:59Father, we praise the Annenheim, and we offer thanks for his many blessings upon us.
00:23:10If I may, Prince, how fares the conflict and carry on?
00:23:28We've pushed the Salon to really back to the River Plains.
00:23:32Took quite a few of their number out with us on our last skirmish, too.
00:23:35Since then, we've stopped at the border.
00:23:39Wise.
00:23:40We wouldn't want to break any treaties with the Itlark by pushing further, would we?
00:23:44Indeed, we would not.
00:23:47Forgive me, Your Grace, but I do believe giving them a chance to regroup could be seen as ill oversight.
00:23:52I feel my hands are tied, Arathas, and I would prefer that we do not discuss these matters at my table.
00:24:02Tied as they may be, I cannot imagine you're simply going to let them get away with their crime.
00:24:06The Baron requested us silent on this matter, or did you not hear him?
00:24:11And who are you who would speak to me thus?
00:24:13I would have no harsh endeavors at my table.
00:24:18Arathas, this is Sir Cedric Vale.
00:24:24You're a Knight of Covenant, yes?
00:24:29Indeed, I am.
00:24:31You know, I admire your order.
00:24:35A bit archaic for my taste, but the warriors they produce?
00:24:44I almost wonder if you might humor me.
00:24:48Perhaps we could have a sporting competition of blades.
00:24:51You see, I'm always eager to test my skill against one so aptly trained.
00:24:57I will not shy away from combat, if that is what you want, Your Highness.
00:25:04Mighty men in the need for measuring their little swords.
00:25:07Now, gentlemen, there is a time and a place for such things.
00:25:12But it is not now.
00:25:18Fair enough.
00:25:27I have to admit, he's not as much of an ass as I thought he'd be.
00:25:40But still, I tend to think he'd be Baron someday.
00:25:45I'm almost sad His Highness called off our duel.
00:25:49I would have loved to knock that little weasel's teeth.
00:25:52I'm not so sure you would have had the chance, Cedric.
00:25:55They call him the bloody Prince of Prez for a reason, you know.
00:25:59You're not trusting my sword arm.
00:26:00It's not that I think you're poor, Cedric.
00:26:03It's just, from what I hear, that man's never lost a fight.
00:26:07Ever.
00:26:08You're not doing a very good job of concealing, brother.
00:26:31And I suppose I should chain my very eyes, sir?
00:26:33She's not yours to love that way, unless your name happens to be His Royal Highness Decor.
00:26:38You never understand.
00:26:40What's that, understand, Cedric?
00:26:41She's everything, Deacon.
00:26:43I simply cannot just stop loving her.
00:26:45Yes.
00:26:46But you can pack up and leave for eight years.
00:26:51You said we would wait for each other.
00:26:52She did not have that choice, brother.
00:26:58And if you keep this up, neither will you.
00:27:00You said we would wait for each other.
00:27:30Will there be anything else tonight, Melanie?
00:27:43Thank you, Hene.
00:27:44That will be all.
00:27:45You can have the rest of the night off.
00:27:48A pleasure serving you.
00:27:49A pleasure serving you.
00:28:19Oh!
00:28:26My lord!
00:28:26Hene!
00:28:27Please, I'm just sorry.
00:28:28Forgive me.
00:28:28It's all right.
00:28:29Whatever you're doing outside so late, my lord?
00:28:32It's nothing.
00:28:33I just thought I'd heard something.
00:28:36I'm sure it was just me.
00:28:38I am in a hurry, so if you mind, I think I might just...
00:28:41Wait!
00:28:41There it was again!
00:28:42I'm... I'm sure it was just the guards doing his rounds because of the walls.
00:28:45I'm going to go and see.
00:28:46Wait, wait! The Baron has requested that I take you to him immediately.
00:28:51What?
00:28:52It's why I'm in such a hurry to find you.
00:28:54The Baron requested me.
00:28:55Yes. Now, if you would, please, we could just go down to the Great Hall.
00:28:59Wait! No, not though!
00:29:12Let's go!
00:29:42Who's up there?
00:29:57Cedric.
00:29:58Alicia.
00:29:59Open this door.
00:30:02What is going on?
00:30:04Alicia.
00:30:12Who was he?
00:30:27Not much to say, my lord.
00:30:29Gallius claims he was a merchant from northern Dryn.
00:30:32Came here to sell off his camel.
00:30:34Apart from that, hardly spoke to anyone.
00:30:37One of the Hikari.
00:30:39In my own home.
00:30:40We can't be sure of that just yet, my lord.
00:30:44But it is possible.
00:30:47Perhaps we should move our conversation.
00:30:51To a place with fewer eyes.
00:31:03I only heard now, uncle.
00:31:05I'll take my men.
00:31:06I'll question every soul in the castle.
00:31:08Not so hasty, your highness.
00:31:09If this castle is breeding with traitors, our next move must be one of caution, my lord.
00:31:15My lord, you cannot just sit idly by.
00:31:17You must take action.
00:31:18I must gather my thoughts first, boy.
00:31:21I will not jump rashly into this unknown.
00:31:25I need a moment to think.
00:31:28My lord, if I may ask, why did you summon me right before the attack?
00:31:39What do you mean?
00:31:40I only woke when I heard my wife screams in the tower.
00:31:46Who called upon you, then?
00:31:49Her majesty's handmaid.
00:31:51She was with me right before the attack.
00:31:53Hene.
00:31:54Where?
00:31:56What was she doing?
00:32:00I don't know.
00:32:01But there was something off about her.
00:32:03She seemed frantic, and her demeanor had had this hint of foulness that I'd never experienced from her before.
00:32:12You don't think she had something to do with this?
00:32:15It's worth looking into at least, my lord.
00:32:17Go.
00:32:18Find her, and question the girl.
00:32:21With speed, my lord.
00:32:29How does her heinous fare?
00:32:33She spent the night in my quarters.
00:32:36She is safe.
00:32:38But somehow I feel her soul has been unable to rest since this incident.
00:32:43She's very strong.
00:32:44A threat like that would paralyze even the bravest men with fear.
00:32:50I tried to talk to her, but I can't seem to ease her pain in any way.
00:32:59Perhaps if I might go and speak.
00:33:02As you said, we've been friends since we were children.
00:33:06Maybe my presence, if anything, will help.
00:33:11Go, then.
00:33:14Go, then.
00:33:20Cedric.
00:33:23There is no price in all the world for what you have done for me this day.
00:33:29My lord.
00:33:30The Baron had his mason's built this monument a few years ago.
00:33:57The people say it reaches up to the sky and casts a spell of protection over the castle.
00:34:03I never knew you to be a person who believed in that sort of thing.
00:34:06I suppose we'll have to believe in something eventually.
00:34:15How are you feeling?
00:34:16I've known many moments where my life was just a flicker-wave mending.
00:34:29The fear, then, takes hold.
00:34:38I did not feel fear while it was happening.
00:34:42But once it was over,
00:34:45it's as if I'll never be able to truly rest again.
00:34:48As if his knife is there every time I close my eyes.
00:34:53The face, then, takes hold.
00:35:15well
00:35:21we've searched the entire castle grounds
00:35:24there's no sign of her
00:35:25she must have fled some time in the night
00:35:28but she couldn't have gotten far
00:35:29uncle let me take my riders out
00:35:31we'll find her even if it takes all night
00:35:33I will allow it
00:35:34but so it is now decreed
00:35:37no man or woman
00:35:39of the descent of Tareed
00:35:40may enter the castle grounds
00:35:42or any border of Mike
00:35:45my lord perhaps that's not
00:35:47the best course of action
00:35:48we rely heavily on their trade routes
00:35:50and merchants from Drinth
00:35:51and so it was a merchant that tried to do away with my wife
00:35:54not all men and women of Tareed
00:35:56follow the same lord
00:35:57surely you cannot shut off an entire people
00:35:59I cannot even trust my own servants
00:36:02let alone strangers to my home
00:36:05the Hakari may still be among us
00:36:08your highness
00:36:08I'm not so certain this attack came from the Hakari
00:36:11what do you mean
00:36:13I've had dealings with the ring of shadowed blades
00:36:17I can't yet place it
00:36:20but this assassin was not one of theirs
00:36:23you're an obvious fool if you think otherwise
00:36:25the Hakari threatened her highness
00:36:27and it was the Hakari who attempted to slay her
00:36:29what would make you think otherwise Cedric?
00:36:32I'm not sure
00:36:35he was a spy infiltrating the castle
00:36:38of course he wasn't going to look the parts
00:36:41uncle
00:36:41you cannot let this go unpunished
00:36:44you don't understand
00:36:46you don't merely put sanctions on the borders
00:36:48you muster your men at Carrion
00:36:51let me march your army into the heart of Salah
00:36:53to make them pay for these offenses against you
00:36:55are you mad?
00:36:57to march into the heart of Salah
00:36:58without support from the advocators would be suicide
00:37:00we cannot suspect it
00:37:02now is the time to strike
00:37:04no you must not listen to him
00:37:05no perhaps you should not listen to them
00:37:07my lord think of Lady Alicia
00:37:08the lies that we lose in war
00:37:10you cannot have any war
00:37:12leave me to my own council
00:37:15but my
00:37:16all of you
00:37:17I will find the girl
00:37:29and you will see it my way
00:37:32I had thought to see you
00:37:59in my quarters this evening
00:38:00I figured I would have to come back
00:38:03at some point
00:38:03who is this?
00:38:11this is Jandice
00:38:12she is my new handmaiden
00:38:13leave us
00:38:15come on
00:38:18let it be all for now
00:38:19she is very kind my lord
00:38:25hadn't we thought so
00:38:27of the last one
00:38:28forgive my prudence
00:38:31I only need to look out for you my love
00:38:36no passion left for me then
00:38:42what is that supposed to mean?
00:38:48suppose I had rescued you instead of Cedric
00:38:50would you treat me differently then?
00:38:53he had just saved my life
00:38:55that didn't stop you from throwing yourself at him
00:38:58you
00:38:58harebrained
00:39:00what demon has taken hold of you then?
00:39:03for the spite cannot be coming from my husband
00:39:05I'm sorry
00:39:07forgive me my love
00:39:10I forgot to listen to your father
00:39:12but I know
00:39:13I'm sorry
00:39:14but not because I don't want to talk to him
00:39:16I don't even know
00:39:18what is that supposed to mean
00:39:19but I've seen the one
00:39:19that was a good one
00:39:20I'm sorry
00:39:21and I've seen the other one
00:39:22I've seen the other one
00:39:22and I'm sorry
00:39:23and I don't want to talk to him
00:39:24to my father
00:39:25have to look at him
00:39:25so
00:39:26I'm sorry
00:39:28so
00:39:28I'm sorry
00:39:28so
00:39:29I'm sorry
00:39:29so
00:40:00Little bird, little bird.
00:40:07You've blundered deep, haven't you?
00:40:10I carried out what was awesome of me.
00:40:13The only one who failed at their job was thrown from the balcony and dragged the bloody across the courtyard.
00:40:18So I've heard.
00:40:19The night is not supposed to be on watch at that hour.
00:40:23There's nothing I could have done.
00:40:25Of course.
00:40:27No.
00:40:27I will never be able to be seen from hands at the side of Salah without someone recognizing me.
00:40:33I deserve the payment.
00:40:34We agree.
00:40:34Yes, but payment is due to the person who finished the job.
00:40:40I'm quite certain the Baroness is still alive.
00:40:45Wait.
00:40:46Wait.
00:40:46I have something.
00:40:49Information you want to know.
00:40:51Oh?
00:40:57The supposed Knight of Covenant.
00:41:00He and Lady Alicia.
00:41:02They're closer than you think.
00:41:03A scandalous affair.
00:41:09No one else knows.
00:41:12They've been very careful.
00:41:15Intriguing.
00:41:17You know, Hanay.
00:41:18I was planning on killing you when I found you out here in these woods.
00:41:23But this news you have brought me will bring such wonderful things into motion.
00:41:28I'm almost filled with mercy.
00:41:36And you're sure no one else knows.
00:41:39That's it so.
00:41:40Good.
00:41:43Let's keep it that way.
00:41:44Yes.
00:41:48Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
00:42:04I feel my hands are tied, Arathas.
00:42:12Tied as they may be.
00:42:13I cannot imagine you're simply going to let them get away with their crimes.
00:42:17Surely you cannot shut off an entire people.
00:42:20Let me march your army into the heart of Salaar to make them pay for these offenses against you.
00:42:23No, you must not listen to him.
00:42:25No, perhaps you should not listen to them.
00:42:26My lord, think of Lady Alicia.
00:42:29You think I'm doing the right thing, Deacon?
00:42:32Uncentric.
00:42:33Or perhaps I am a fool for not seeing what is before me.
00:42:37You must not fail me.
00:42:39Will not.
00:42:41But good men are still men, are they not?
00:42:44How can I know he will not dishonor me?
00:42:49And her?
00:42:53I cannot even trust my own servants, let alone strangers to my home.
00:42:58If this castle is breeding with traitors, our next move must be one of caution, my lord.
00:43:04My lord Baron.
00:43:06What is it?
00:43:07It's Prince Arathas.
00:43:09He's requested to speak with you.
00:43:11Leave me alone, please.
00:43:13He said it's urgent, my lord.
00:43:15He's found the lady's handmaiden.
00:43:16Arathas.
00:43:29Is that?
00:43:31I told you I'd find her.
00:43:34Get it out of my sight.
00:43:35To Reedy Delric.
00:43:52She was paid off.
00:43:53By the Akari, no doubt.
00:43:55I must speak with Sir Cedric.
00:43:59How does Her Highness fare?
00:44:03We haven't spoken in the last few days, but...
00:44:09She...
00:44:11This time has been hard on her.
00:44:14She fares better with her old friend than I, though.
00:44:15What do you mean by that?
00:44:19Do you think he would dishonor me?
00:44:22I trust Cedric with my own kingdom.
00:44:25Yes, but...
00:44:26Do you trust your wife?
00:44:29How dare you speak of her that way!
00:44:32Uncle...
00:44:35Perhaps there's something you ought to know.
00:44:45What is the meaning of this?
00:45:10Deacon.
00:45:11You just couldn't keep to yourself, could you?
00:45:13Deacon.
00:45:14Guards!
00:45:14Arrest the Knights of Covenant for treason against the Majesty, the Baron de Corp, and the Kingdom of Prez.
00:45:21For what crimes?
00:45:22Deacon!
00:45:24Deacon!
00:45:26Deacon, what's going on?
00:45:28Deacon!
00:45:29Wait!
00:45:30Deacon, please, you can't do this.
00:45:32He's done nothing wrong.
00:45:33I have my orders, Your Highness.
00:45:36And you are to come with me.
00:45:44Thank you, Captain.
00:45:57Thank you, Captain.
00:45:59Your Highness.
00:45:59My Lord, that...
00:46:09The token is not what you think it to be.
00:46:15I knew it was no coincidence.
00:46:18How could I have been so blind?
00:46:20Please, my Lord, let me explain.
00:46:25How long?
00:46:26My Lord, I...
00:46:27How long?
00:46:29Always.
00:46:41Since...
00:46:41The moment we played together as children, until the moment he rode back to this castle, hence I...
00:46:46I have loved him.
00:46:49I have always loved him, and...
00:46:55He has always loved me.
00:47:01But...
00:47:02Did not I...
00:47:05Did not I love you...
00:47:09Every day...
00:47:11And every night...
00:47:14Did I not raise you up from...
00:47:18The servant that you were?
00:47:23Did I not make you a queen?
00:47:28Is that not love enough?
00:47:31It could never be so simple as that.
00:47:35This is how you repay that love.
00:47:39By bringing dishonor to my house.
00:47:41Cedric has not dishonored you nor I.
00:47:45You are letting deceit cloud your judgment.
00:47:48I will hear no more of this.
00:47:55Go then.
00:47:58Are you not going to strike me?
00:48:03I would never strike you.
00:48:05But I will not hesitate to teach you...
00:48:12And all of my subjects...
00:48:13The wages of disloyalty.
00:48:16I will not country.
00:48:19I am sorry.
00:48:27You are...
00:48:28Senior commander.
00:48:30No one leaves this room.
00:48:32Huh...
00:48:33Huh...
00:48:33Huh...
00:48:36Huh...
00:48:38Huh...
00:48:39Huh...
00:48:39Huh...
00:48:39Huh?
00:48:41Huh...
00:48:42Huhu...
00:48:43Huh...
00:48:43Huh?
00:48:43Huh...
00:48:45Huh...
00:48:45Huh...
00:48:46You made me do this.
00:49:05You know me.
00:49:07Bacon, I would never dishonor.
00:49:09Do I?
00:49:11Yes.
00:49:12You know me.
00:49:14I knew my brother.
00:49:16Eight years ago.
00:49:18I'm not so sure I do now.
00:49:23Prince Arathos found Henei.
00:49:26She was paid off.
00:49:28In Turidi gold.
00:49:31I don't believe it, Deacon.
00:49:33This attack did not come from the Ikari.
00:49:36Someone else is behind this.
00:49:39The castle, these halls, it's not safe here.
00:49:43Elysia is not safe here.
00:49:46You have to warn the Baron to take his loved ones and leave.
00:49:50I doubt that would even be possible, even with an army on our door.
00:49:53Deacon, please.
00:49:55There is much more going on than we can possibly know.
00:49:58Report, Captain.
00:50:21We are holding Sir Cedric in the dungeons below as requested, my lord.
00:50:27And is our man on his way?
00:50:29I sent for him.
00:50:31Though I strongly advise against it for many reasons.
00:50:34I am sorry, Deacon, but my mind is made up.
00:50:36Arathos, beginning this moment, you are now my wife's protector, so long as you lay in my house.
00:50:46Of course.
00:50:46My lord, if I may be so bold as to say it, I think it's best that you and the Baroness departed from the castle.
00:50:56If the Ikari have come once, they will no doubtfully come again.
00:51:00And Sir Cedric believed that...
00:51:01Do not speak to me of Cedric.
00:51:05This is my home.
00:51:07And I will not flee like sheep from the lion.
00:51:13Double the guard on the castle walls, on our borders.
00:51:17And keep a full-time watch on my wife.
00:51:20She is not to leave this castle.
00:51:22These halls.
00:51:23Not even her very room, without my say.
00:51:28But your highness, do you not think...
00:51:30Am I not the Baron of this keep?
00:51:53Oh, dear Knight of Covenant.
00:52:17Look at you now.
00:52:19You know, you really are more clever than I thought.
00:52:22Knowing the attack didn't truly come from the Ikari.
00:52:27It was you.
00:52:29It was you!
00:52:32You've seen them before, yes?
00:52:34The Ring of Shadowed Blades.
00:52:38The pilgrimage to Valak.
00:52:40It slew my master.
00:52:43No one truly knows death better.
00:52:46Of course, most men would never dream of death by the Ikari Assassin.
00:52:49No, it's us higher-born they'd like to come after.
00:52:55You know, I once saw one.
00:52:58At the word of his master.
00:53:00Throw himself off the edge of the railing to his own death.
00:53:04Without a hint of restraint.
00:53:07Not even a look of remorse.
00:53:11Before leaping to his end.
00:53:12That's when I found out who exactly I was dealing with.
00:53:21I've done my marshalling of war for a time, Cedric, but...
00:53:26In a life-clad and steel plate, I felt.
00:53:32Dare I say, naked.
00:53:36Vulnerable.
00:53:39So I'm sure your master did as well.
00:53:40After that, I made a pact with the Itlach's ambassadors.
00:53:48If I could kill the Baroness myself and spurn Ducor into such a rage as to march his army into the heart of Salar,
00:53:56I would be eternally spared from a fate ended short by Herkari Steel.
00:54:02The ladies will be seen dead.
00:54:04And eyes in the castle.
00:54:06Ducor would no doubt retaliate into a trap.
00:54:08Yes, indeed.
00:54:11Then, when the Taridi march in, all are slain.
00:54:15I get my share of the land.
00:54:18And no Hikarius has would ever raise his shadow blade to me.
00:54:23You would sell your own people.
00:54:26You would sell your own flesh and blood.
00:54:29Such a fierce warrior.
00:54:31You have no courage.
00:54:33You have no loyalty.
00:54:34No amount of armor on the battlefield or skill in battle will save me from the poison in my cup.
00:54:42Or the dagger in my throat while I sleep.
00:54:45I've been in the bloodiest of battles, Cedric.
00:54:47But tell me this.
00:54:49How could I fight a shadow?
00:54:51How could I slay a whisper?
00:54:57No, dear knight of governance.
00:54:59My loyalty is to my own life.
00:55:04Well, you failed.
00:55:07The lady Elysia still lives.
00:55:10Or have you forgotten?
00:55:11So naive, Cedric.
00:55:16I have eyes everywhere.
00:55:19And gold to spare.
00:55:20You see, all I need is another willing volunteer in a world of cutthroats.
00:55:28It is a shame, though.
00:55:31She really is quite a beauty.
00:55:33Perhaps I should take a second to taste some of her fierce, loving fire before I kill her.
00:55:42You know, I'd wanted to pit my own sword against yours, but...
00:55:50I'll recover.
00:55:52Pity you won't.
00:55:55Why are you telling me all this?
00:55:57You think I won't speak of your treachery?
00:55:59Well, had you not heard.
00:56:02Baron's called in the headsman for tomorrow morning, and...
00:56:05I don't think he'll be here for me.
00:56:12Arathos!
00:56:14Arathos!
00:56:16Arathos!
00:56:16Arathos!
00:56:29Arathos!
00:56:55Arathos!
00:56:56Arathos!
00:56:56Arathos!
00:56:57Arathos!
00:56:57Let me out of here!
00:57:15Please!
00:57:27Let me out of here!
00:57:57Let me out of here!
00:58:07So good.
00:58:17Captain, have the market stalls in the courtyard cleared and the block pulled from the stores.
00:58:24It's not enough to imprison him.
00:58:27Now you plan to execute him in some public mockery.
00:58:30I must deal with traitors as such, Captain.
00:58:34Cedric Vale is no common traitor, my lord.
00:58:37Have you forgotten the years of good between you?
00:58:40The reason you called him here?
00:58:42Right was I not?
00:58:43He failed to keep my trust.
00:58:46And I will not stand for disloyalty.
00:58:49He's your friend, my lord.
00:58:50He is not my friend!
00:58:52A true friend would never dishonor his brother.
00:59:08Continue with the preparations.
00:59:10And then return to your duties guarding my wife.
00:59:14Of course, uncle.
00:59:16Keep watch over the ladies' quarters.
00:59:26No one comes ever.
00:59:27No one comes ever.
00:59:29No one comes ever.
00:59:49Hello?
00:59:50My lord?
00:59:52Refreshments, my lady.
01:00:01Wait, Janice.
01:00:03Can you do something for me?
01:00:05I'm sorry, my lady, but I have orders only.
01:00:08Please, Janice.
01:00:09I need your help.
01:00:13Quit.
01:00:14I need you to go find the captain of the guard, Deacon, and bring him here.
01:00:20I need you to go find the captain of the guard.
01:00:51Janice, Captain Deacon.
01:00:55Well, Janice, word of advice.
01:00:59Leave this godforsaken place while you still can.
01:01:02Captain, the lady Elysian needs you.
01:01:05I'm sure she does.
01:01:08When we have our orders, don't we?
01:01:09Please.
01:01:18Please.
01:01:18She says if you ever cared for Cedric, you'd follow me to her quarters.
01:01:22Stand aside.
01:01:36I'm sorry, Captain, but no one's allowed in or out.
01:01:39Stand aside.
01:01:48My lady?
01:02:03My lady, what are you doing?
01:02:09Was it you?
01:02:11You're going to kill me.
01:02:12Who told him?
01:02:14No one else knew of our love.
01:02:15I just want to know who spoke of it.
01:02:17With all I've done these past few nights to forsake my friends, my death may as well come sooner than late.
01:02:22This I swear to you, my lady.
01:02:27I never told a soul.
01:02:29I have done nothing but keep my honor for eight long years.
01:02:45I could have stolen the way in the night to lay with him.
01:02:48I'm a baroness.
01:02:50You don't think I couldn't, have I not wanted to?
01:02:52You mean you never did?
01:02:53No!
01:02:54No, I wanted to, but I respected my husband and my lord.
01:03:00He loved me.
01:03:01How could I turn a blind eye to the kindness he has given me so freely?
01:03:07So I kept my honor.
01:03:10But to what end?
01:03:12To be scolded and punished for a crime I had not the heart to commit?
01:03:18All this time, I have restrained myself for the sake of Cedric, for the sake of my lord.
01:03:32But tell me, Teagan, when then shall there be a time when I act upon the sake of me?
01:03:40I'm sorry.
01:03:42If I had not, I would have...
01:03:44I still love him.
01:03:46I'll always love him.
01:03:51And that's why I cannot leave him to die like this.
01:03:57He's the closest thing to a brother I have, you know.
01:04:02Then help me save him.
01:04:11Follow me, my lady.
01:04:16Alicia.
01:04:27Alicia.
01:04:28Alicia.
01:04:28Alicia.
01:04:28Now I need you to make sure
01:04:48everything has accounted for.
01:04:55What's got you, uncle?
01:04:56I quake.
01:04:59I do not think
01:05:02I can do this, Arathos.
01:05:05I should talk to Cedric.
01:05:07Don't let the traitorous knight
01:05:08cloud your judgment, uncle.
01:05:13If there's one thing I've learned
01:05:14in my many years of war,
01:05:16it's that your enemies are never far from your friends.
01:05:19But Alicia,
01:05:21I was too hard on her.
01:05:23Andenheim, judge me.
01:05:27Where are you going?
01:05:29To beg forgiveness of my beloved.
01:05:33Even yet I may not deserve it.
01:05:35You've done me a great service, Jandice.
01:06:01We must fly.
01:06:02I'll try to buy you some time.
01:06:04I won't forget your bravery.
01:06:07Hurry!
01:06:14Deacon?
01:06:16Alicia!
01:06:16Stand back.
01:06:18Stand back.
01:06:18What's going on?
01:06:19We're leaving.
01:06:26All of us.
01:06:28You don't understand.
01:06:29It's Arathos.
01:06:30He's behind everything.
01:06:32The threats, the attacks.
01:06:33We have to warn the Baron.
01:06:34Go to hell with the Baron, Cedric.
01:06:36We're getting you out of here
01:06:37and we're flying away as fast as we can.
01:06:39But now we know the truth.
01:06:40We can convince him
01:06:41and we won't have to run.
01:06:42He won't listen to the truth, Cedric.
01:06:43He won't.
01:06:44He won't.
01:06:44You mean to leave him?
01:06:50I mean to save you.
01:06:53And we haven't much time.
01:06:54What's your life here?
01:07:00You're Baroness.
01:07:01You have duties.
01:07:02We followed our duties to the end, Cedric.
01:07:05Look where that's gotten us.
01:07:12We can't let Arthas see us.
01:07:14I know a way.
01:07:15Follow me.
01:07:16Where is she?
01:07:31Uncle, I...
01:07:32Where is my wife?
01:07:39Get over there.
01:07:41Check every room.
01:07:42Every town.
01:07:44Look under every stone.
01:07:46Find them.
01:07:57Don't let them escape.
01:08:12Come on.
01:08:14This way.
01:08:15Right?
01:08:16Come on.
01:08:42Check over there.
01:08:44Check the forest.
01:08:46Attempts up.
01:08:49After the lab.
01:08:55I'm not successful.
01:08:58I'm not successful.
01:09:03I'veائ
01:09:08I've out.
01:09:10I've got this.
01:09:11I'm sorry.
01:09:11I've got this.
01:09:12I've got this.
01:09:12I've got my belt.
01:09:13Take it to the water, right?
01:09:21Exactly.
01:09:22I wager only a few leagues out by now.
01:09:31Well, well, well.
01:09:33Knight of Covenant.
01:09:35You really are more capable than I thought.
01:09:38However, your demeanor paints you dumber than I think you are.
01:09:43Smart men tend to lower their guard when they know they are beat.
01:09:46You think me beaten, Prince?
01:09:49You think me unable to fight?
01:09:51No, but I don't think you'll risk endangering your friend and your lover.
01:10:04However, we're sure we can come to some sort of agreement.
01:10:07We don't treat with traitors, Prince.
01:10:09We silent peasants, Captain!
01:10:11The noblemen are talking!
01:10:13Oh, my dear Alicia.
01:10:17Everything always ends up coming back to you, doesn't it?
01:10:21You know, before today, I'd never seen my uncle in such a fright.
01:10:26To think that he meant to beg for your forgiveness for that chaos you spurned him into.
01:10:33Even thought to forgive the traitorous knight.
01:10:34Truly, the power women have over some men will always amaze me.
01:10:41Don't lay a finger on her.
01:10:45I'll deal with you in a moment.
01:10:47First, the men will have their talk.
01:10:51You won't.
01:10:51I want to fight you.
01:10:55Fairly.
01:10:57And on even terms to see which of us is truly the greater warrior.
01:11:01And you.
01:11:03You'll want to protect your mistress.
01:11:06I'm sure we can both get to what we want.
01:11:08We both work together.
01:11:09Of course, I could just have my men slay your friends now, then.
01:11:22Wonderful.
01:11:24Let's get him out of here!
01:11:25You can't fight him, Cedric.
01:11:46She's right, brother.
01:11:47I doubt this fight is hardly fair.
01:11:50Then I shall fight him to the best of my ability to that end.
01:11:53Cedric.
01:11:53Cedric, you've done enough on my behalf.
01:11:57You've done everything for me.
01:11:58Please, don't do this.
01:12:03And just let them take you.
01:12:07You know I cannot do that.
01:12:11Shh.
01:12:23You know I cannot do that.
01:12:25You know I cannot do that.
01:12:26You know I cannot do that.
01:12:27You know I cannot do that.
01:12:28You know I cannot do that.
01:12:28You know I cannot do that.
01:12:29You know I cannot do that.
01:12:30You know I cannot do that.
01:12:31You know I cannot do that.
01:12:32You know I cannot do that.
01:12:33You know I cannot do that.
01:12:34You know I cannot do that.
01:12:35You know I cannot do that.
01:12:36You know I cannot do that.
01:12:37You know I cannot do that.
01:12:38You know I cannot do that.
01:12:39You know I cannot do that.
01:12:40You know I cannot do that.
01:12:41You know I cannot do that.
01:12:42You know I cannot do that.
01:12:43You know I cannot do that.
01:12:44You know I cannot do that.
01:12:45You know I cannot do that.
01:12:46You know I cannot do that.
01:12:47Let's go.
01:13:17Let's go.
01:13:47Let's go.
01:14:17Let's go.
01:14:47Let's go.
01:15:17Let's go.
01:15:47Let's go.
01:16:17Let's go.
01:16:19Let's go.
01:16:21Let's go.
01:16:23Let's go.
01:16:31Let's go.
01:16:39Let's go.
01:16:47Let's go.
01:16:55Let's go.
01:16:57Remember to keep loving her to the end of your days.
01:17:07Always.
01:17:09Always.
01:17:13Cedric.
01:17:14Cedric.
01:17:15Cedric.
01:17:17Let's go.
01:17:25Let's go.
01:17:27Let's go.
01:17:29Let's go.
01:17:30Let's go.
01:17:39Let's go.
01:17:47Let's go.
01:17:49Let's go.
01:17:51Let's go.
01:17:52Let's go.
01:17:53Let's go.
01:18:01Let's go.
01:18:03Let's go.
01:18:04Let's go.
01:18:13Let's go.
01:18:15Let's go.
01:18:25Let's go.
01:18:26Let's go.
01:18:27Let's go.
01:18:28Let's go.
01:18:29Let's go.
01:18:31Let's go.
01:18:33Let's go.
01:18:35Let's go.
01:18:36Let's go.
01:18:37Let's go.
01:18:38Let's go.
01:18:39Let's go.
01:18:40to be truly ours
01:18:41and ours alone
01:18:43it cannot be now
01:18:46I will wait for you
01:18:52will you wait for me?
01:18:59always
01:19:00my noble Cedric
01:19:05my beautiful Alicia
01:19:10my beautiful Cedric
01:19:40our paths go separate ways
01:19:53like they did all those many years ago
01:19:56our hands will not touch
01:20:00and our eyes will not see
01:20:03but I will wait for you
01:20:05every day
01:20:08and every night
01:20:09and one more
01:20:13when the stone castles of this world fall
01:20:16and our bonds of fellowship slip away
01:20:19look again to that open sea
01:20:28gaze out at that vast realm of silver and glass
01:20:35against the crashing mortars
01:20:38and the boundless infinity at the edge of our world
01:20:41you'll see my love again
01:20:46and there
01:20:48that is where I shall be
01:20:52and this time
01:20:53which is a very easy
01:20:55for me
01:20:58to be
01:20:59all that
01:21:00I'll see you next time
01:21:01Amen
01:21:02Jeans
01:21:05I'll see you next time
01:21:06to the next episode
01:21:08in the next episode
01:21:09I'll see you next time
01:21:09and next time
01:21:10I'll see you next time
01:21:11and next time
01:21:12I'll see you next time
01:21:13and next time
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