The morning God Flame has finally risen to give us a bit of warmth, Princess.
Good morning, Your Majesty.
It is a beautiful day, Maghra.
The entire city will rejoice with you.
It is a shame Father couldn't be here with us to celebrate your wedding day.
Lilac, lavender and honey.
You'll make the most appealing bride.
Leave that.
Princess, you must be completely unadorned for the marriage ceremony.
- No. I will not remove this cuff. - It's the law of the land.
Handmaiden, what is your name?
Harmony, Your Majesty.
Harmony? That is a beautiful name.
Give me your hand, Harmony.
Harmony,
are you in the habit of telling princesses what they may and may not do?
Perhaps you would tell your queen as well?
No, Your Majesty, never.
Then hush and leave her.
The princess is fully slathered. You may go, Harmony.
Yes, Your Majesty.
The Pennsan people, and that means all of them,
even insignificant servants, must believe this is a true union.
Don't worry. I will play my part.
You're not in this alone.
Yes, I am. You are not the one being unfaithful.
This marriage will serve us all.
When your children are found and brought here to you,
it'll be this arrangement that'll keep them safe.
Some people would be insulted by their sister tuning them out.
Sibeth, you can never be silenced.
God knows I've tried.
Here.
Remember when you were little, and I'd wash your hair?
Don't stop.
Please.
Can you please just... just stay back?
I promise you, no one is going to kill me on this path.
Yeah, well, not with me here, they're not.
Haniwa. Haniwa, wait for me.
Listen, there's no harm in having a dedicated warrior by your side.
I know I'm grateful for you and your arrows.
I can hear you thinking.
Yesterday, I was mourning my mother.
Today, she is a living princess,
and I am thinking back on every moment of my childhood,
wondering what was true and what still is.
We will know soon, my love.
Not soon enough.
You know, I'm not a threat to you.
You mistake my contempt for fear.
Tell me, Witchfinder General, how many lives have you taken?
Enough to damn my soul many times over.
And yet, you will kill the queen whom you have served.
There is not enough damnation for you.
No. I suspect not.
- Are you all right? - Yeah, I'm fine.
- We should've stayed another night. - Nah, it's nothing.
If your head fell off, you would pick it up and carry it to Pennsa.
No, I would make you carry it.
Ouch.
These brave soldiers died
trying to stop the murderer, Baba Voss, from escaping Trivantes.
They died heroes, and they will be avenged.
A valiant soldier of the republic remembered forever.
A sacred son of Trivantes, now one with us.
Rendayo. My son.
Madame Orrie.
Rendayo was a patriot and a hero.
I immensely admired him as if he were my own son.
Those responsible for his death will suffer. You have my word.
You have news for me?
Yes, General Voss. A Witchfinder looking for asylum.
A Witchfinder.
If true, this will be the first time
one of Tamacti Jun's soldiers has broken ranks.
What is he trading?
He insists he will speak only to you.
And he will likely regret that.
Bring him to me.
Come on.
I am Commander General Edo Voss, and I understand you wish to speak to me.
Yes, sir.
You are the first of the queen's Witchfinders that I've met
that wasn't already impaled on the end of my sword.
I have information you will want, sir.
And why would I trust a soldier who betrays his own kingdom?
My kingdom is no longer the kingdom I swore to defend.
And how's that?
I am sworn to protect the Payan kingdom
from the evils of witchcraft and therefore...
I am familiar with Witchfinders, boy.
Including those who might have sight or seek to facilitate its return.
And now, your queen decrees that the sighted
are, in fact, not witches.
Yes, sir.
In fact, she also claims to be carrying a sighted child in her own womb.
Yes, sir.
Boy, did you really desert your own army and face certain death
to come here and tell me something my spies reported days ago?
- Hobble him and sell him to the Slavers. - No, no.
- Come on. - Sir.
- Commander Voss, there are others. - Stop!
Others?
Hers won't be the first sighted child within the Payan royal family.
There are two, already grown.
And these children already grown…
is one of them a girl called Haniwa?
Yes.
So, this is Pennsa?
Yes.
Is it always this quiet?
No. Never.
Something's wrong.
There's soldiers ahead.
Stay here and say nothing.
- Should we be worried? - Not we, you.
- This is gonna be tricky. - Why? Isn't my mother here?
- She's here. - So, what's the problem?
The thing of it is,
she's apparently getting married today.
Baba, my love…
forgive me.
Mom?
Mom!
Kofun?
Mom. Mom! Mom!
You're alive.
My baby.
I've searched for you every day since we were separated.
I never stopped.
Mom, they said that you're getting married today.
That can't be true, can it?
I will explain everything.
Where's your father? And Haniwa?
He went into Trivantes to get her back.
Trivantes?
Princess Maghra, it's time.
Wait. Why... Why Trivantes?
- What happened with Jerlamarel? - How can you be getting married today?
Lord Harlan is waiting, and the queen is growing impatient.
- I'm coming. - Who is Lord Harlan?
I will explain everything later. I have to go, Kofun.
- I just need you to trust me. - Mama? Mama, you can't do this.
I... I can't stop this.
Your father would understand.
No, I don't think he would understand why his dead wife is marrying someone else.
- Kofun... - Stop saying my name
and do something to fix this!
I don't know what is happening, Mama, but you can't go through with it.
Be quiet!
I am still the mother you knew, and you are still my son.
But things have changed.
Now, I'm doing this for you and for all of us.
So you stay here. You stay here in my room,
and you speak to no one,
and then we will talk when all of this is over. I promise.
- I promise. - Don't do this.
- I have to.
I have so many questions.
All right, that's enough.
- I just need a moment. - Paris?
Woman.
I feel the fever through your clothing.
- It's not gonna kill me. - You need a healer.
We'll find one in Pennsa.
Baba. You'll be dead by the time we get there.
We are in the Lakelands now, not far from the Valier.
They will offer us shelter and a healer.
Papa?
Please.
Okay, my love.
I cannot accompany you to Valier territory.
Well, that is where we are going.
Understand, the hidden tribes were not hidden to me.
The Valier suffered greatly at my hands.
You stay quiet and camp nearby. We'll find you on the way out.
Or not.
Our God, beyond your flame above…
let your will be done on this special day
in this holiest of unions.
Give guidance, clear paths,
condemn those who trespass against us to writhe within your fire and smoke.
For Thine is the darkness, the power and the glory.
Forever and ever.
Princess Maghra and Lord Harlan…
you enter this union adorned in scented splendor.
You've pledged your commitment to each other
with the joining of bodies and souls before God.
So, by the divine ordination bestowed upon me, you may seal your union.
Thank you, you too.
Princess Maghra.
- Any wife of Harlan's is a sister of mine. - Maghra, you remember my brother.
- Thank you. - Kerrigan. I changed your diapers.
Well. Lucky for all of us, I have people for that now.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I'm sorry. Sorry.
All right. Go, go. Get off. Go.
- Are we close? - Yes.
Because I don't think the big one can make it much further,
and I don't think we'll be able to carry him.
Who's there?
Make yourself known.
Who enters Valier territory without announcing themselves?
Brother! We bring no threat. I am Paris.
We are the last of the Alkenny.
No. I am last of the Alkenny.
- Chet-chet. - Chet-chet-chet.
Bow!
Lion.
Bow Lion.
Oh, Paris.
Kofun?
Is it you?
It's okay. You're safe.
I'm your Aunt Sibeth.
I was overjoyed when I heard you were finally here.
We've been waiting such a long time for you.
Will you embrace me?
You're taller than your parents.
Would you like something? Anything to drink? I'll send for it.
No. Thank you.
How tragic we're only meeting now for the first time.
You hunted us my whole life.
If only Maghra had announced herself long ago,
I would've protected her, protected you.
She knew that.
We were hunting Jerlamarel and his children.
I didn't know they were Maghra's.
I'd been led to believe Jerlamarel had killed my sister.
I believed him to be the devil.
You know that's not true. Why'd my mother stay hidden?
Whatever mistakes she made,
I'm sure she made them to keep you and your sister safe,
which is what I'm trying to do right now.
Well, even with your decree,
people in Paya still believe a witch is to be burned.
I've been known to change a few minds.
It might take a bit of time,
but the Payans will learn, as I have,
to embrace those with sight as blessed.
How difficult for you,
journeying to this place, arriving on your mother's wedding day.
The world must seem upside down.
But know this,
no one shall stand against you, not while you're in my kingdom.
Do you believe me?
I don't know.
I want to.
Fair enough.
Many good things start with… desire.
I've arranged a room for you. We'll talk again soon?
Queen Kane's war council is mobilizing her armies.
And we've learned from the Payan defector
that not only has Princess Maghra returned,
but she comes with two grown children, Haniwa and Kofun.
Both sighted.
The Payan fanatics will burn them at the stake.
They will do as their queen commands.
With two sighted children in the royal family now of age,
they are an even greater threat.
We don't know their intentions.
We know they took the trouble
to break their Witchfinder General out of captivity.
That is intention enough. We must strike now.
It would be suicide for the Payans to attack us.
The queen may be crazy, but she's not a fool.
Still, these are troubling developments.
I can muster our forces in a matter of d...
No, steady, Edo.
The Ganites are still raining shit on us out west.
And you yourself stood here and heard the council's attitude
about an eastern campaign.
- You will never sell it. - No. You will do that.
You overestimate my influence.
I am but one third of the Triangle.
But still,
I will convince the council to request a diplomatic summit with the Payans.
- Trivantians do not sue for peace! - We do what we need to do.
And you will do as ordered. Do you understand?
Yes, sir.
If for nothing else, it will give us time to bring a battalion or two east,
if it comes to that.
Understood.
I will let you know what the council decides.
Breathe slow and deep, Baba, and drink this.
It will give you strength.
When did you become a healer?
I'm not yet, but I've been learning from the healers here.
Those roots should absorb the infections so that the fever can pass.
You've lost so much, all because of us.
Still, you take us in.
We are one tribe, remember?
Yeah, I remember.
Kofun?
No. Not Kofun.
What are you doing in here?
Maghra, it's our wedding night. Where else am I gonna be?
This is not a marriage. This is an alliance.
Right, but... but it can be both.
Put on your pants, Harlan. I need your help.
- Now. - Fine.
They made me sneak you some pheasant and ale.
Don't worry. I didn't poison it, if that's what you're thinking.
I had no such thought.
And I had no such poison.
Our Alkenny brothers and sisters,
last time you came to us, we turned you away.
You healed our Bow Lion. It is more than we could've hoped for.
It is you who bring us a message of hope upon your return.
We feared that you would lead Witchfinders to us,
because when they had come prior, they said the sighted hid amongst the Alkenny.
They slaughtered men, women, children.
Their blades didn't discriminate,
all because the Witchfinders believed we had knowledge of witches.
Those of us who lived were spared only to spread the fear.
But we will rebuild. We're already making babies.
We will make ourselves whole to honor the memory of the many that were lost.
Stop!
And now word comes that the queen will no longer send her Witchfinders,
as she no longer searches for witches.
The queen may yet change her mind,
but tonight, we celebrate your escape from Trivantes and savor our freedom…
[signaling] Tamacti Jun is here.
…however short-lived, from the queen and her Witchfinders.
These are uncertain times,
but we face them with hope
for a future more peaceful than our past.
Have you lost your mind?
The Valier deserve retribution. I owe 'em that much.
No, you owe me, Witchfinder.
You think I don't wanna rip your throat out every time I hear your voice?
You slaughtered my people too.
But you do not get to die.
Your punishment is you will live with what you have done.
Death must be earned too, Witchfinder, every bit as much as life.
That's his favorite spot.
And… his favorite chair.
Kerrigan. Come on.
Wake the fuck up. Come on.
Princess.
I can still smell the blossoms on you.
You two should be home, rolling around in sticky sheets.
I need your help.
- Brother, not up to the task? - We need you to cross the border.
What's the cargo?
Her daughter, Haniwa.
She's being held by the Trivantian army.
Yeah.
Yeah, fuck off.
Please.
Princess, generally in my trade,
the object is to avoid the military, not go searching for them.
Kerrigan.
If she really is in a military brig, I won't be able to get her out.
Come on. Prison guards can be bought, same as anybody else.
Maybe.
But it would take a lot of copper.
For you or for them?
- I am offended, Princess. - No, he's not.
No, I suppose I'm not. Still, it would take some doing.
When you find her, how will you get her safely out of Trivantes?
Getting out of the city's the easy part.
I have been smuggling Ganite thornflower from Trivantes to Pennsa for years.
I know every hole and tunnel into and out of that place.
So you'll do it?
Consider it… a wedding gift.
I'll leave when the God Flame warms.
You'll leave now.
Come on. Up you get.
No. Now is not the time.
Paris? How could you bring him here?
How could you even share the air that he breathes?
We need him. He has a new purpose.
No. He dies by my hand tonight.
He killed my mother.
Yes. Time will come he pays for that.
I can't believe this is you.
You're a traitor.
He is our only hope of getting to Maghra.
The Witchfinders massacred the Valier.
They will have something to say about this.
Please. You cannot tell them. You cannot.
- I trusted you. I trusted you. - Bow Lion. Bow Lion.
You know me.
You know my heart.
Girl.
Be gone before God Flame rises.
I won't keep your secret any longer than that.
Kofun?
Thank God Flame.
- I told you to stay in my room. - I know.
I'm here.
I'm sorry.
I know this must all feel very strange and upsetting to you,
and I promise you I will explain everything,
but you cannot disobey me like that again.
It is not safe here.
- My sister is someone who... - Sibeth.
Don't worry. We've met.
She came to see me after your wedding.
Kofun.
- You cannot trust her. - Why not?
She's not the one who lied to me my entire life.
It is not that simple.
You betrayed your husband tonight.
You betrayed all of us and not for the first time.
You could've identified yourself to the Witchfinders when we were babies.
You could've saved the Alkenny.
We wouldn't have had to spend our entire lives running.
My sister would never have accepted any sighted children that weren't her own.
She would've killed all of us.
I was trying to protect you the best way I knew how.
- By lying to us. - Of course by lying to you.
The truth would've gotten you burned at the stake.
No.
You resented us. You resented our sight. You always have.
That's why you were so angry when you realized we'd learned to read.
Wasn't it?
You wouldn't speak to us. We'd become unrecognizable you said.
Do you recognize yourself, Mama?
Because I don't.
You and Haniwa belong to a world that I couldn't begin to understand.
I was terrified that one day it would take you away from me.
Looks like it did.
What are you doing about Haniwa and Dad?
Lord Harlan has already sent someone to find them.
Right, I'm sure your new husband is very determined to find your old one.
You asked me if I remember how many I had killed.
That's like me asking you how many breaths you took today.
When the queen left me bleeding to death…
I fell into a state.
Not dead… but no longer among the living.
And it was there…
suddenly…
I had vision.
Do you know what I saw?
I saw faces.
I saw the faces…
of every man, woman and child that I had murdered and tortured.
I heard their screams.
I could feel their pain.
But in all of those faces…
I could not find that of my wife nor of my children.
I was not there when Queen Kane drowned them in their beds.
Instead…
I was butchering all those faces.
For years and years, you have fought for darkness.
Now you must fight for light.
You should not have stopped the girl.
All right. No more stopping. We walk until we reach Pennsa.
Do not fear.
You will have plenty of opportunities to die.
We all will.
I always thought that the fact that I could see and you couldn't
was something that separated us.
Thought there was so much space between us.
But every time I feel like I'm beyond help,
in the House of Enlightenment, in Trivantes, somehow you always find me.
You're my baby girl. Kofun is my boy, Maghra my wife.
As long as I'm alive, nothing will separate us. Yes.
I know I don't make it easy.
No, you don't.
From this place, it's two days to Pennsa.
What do you think it will be like, Pennsa?
Crowded.
What do you think she'll be like?
- She'll be like Maghra. - Right.
Do we even know who that is?