Centuries from now,
almost all humans have lost the ability to see.
But after so many years, the power of sight has returned.
The evil of light once almost destroyed the world.
Double blessings. God Flame.
They are a gift from Jerlamarel.
Someday, we will be together.
Find his children and bring them to me.
I am Tamacti Jun. Witchfinder General for Queen Kane.
How dangerous it is to be sighted in this world.
Everyone thinks home is safe… until it isn't.
-We have to leave now. -Get them to the river.
A journey like this one…
Those of us who could survive it,
I fear, would emerge on the other end of it unrecognizable to each other.
My father was a Slaver. So was I.
This whole rotten city wanting me to die.
I won't die for this city.
This city will die for me.
Stop! He can see.
-"The Witchfinders are coming." -Mama!
I saw her die.
I hear the voice of a dead woman.
Then listen closer.
Hail… Princess Maghra…
Where's my family?
I tried to help them. But when I looked, they were gone.
If you try to escape, you will not get far, and the consequences will be…
unpleasant.
I have the destination where the queen is being held.
I am their queen.
That's something we should reconsider.
It's good to be lieutenant to our queen.
Thank you for your service.
In this time of crisis, I will lead my soldiers with my sister at my side.
We're gonna find my family.
And when we do, I will not have them labeled as fugitives.
So, the road ahead leads to a sighted kingdom.
I shall need a sighted king to give me sighted children.
What are you suggesting?
Tell me more about your son.
Haniwa, Kofun. I'm Jerlamarel. Your father.
Are you absolutely certain these are Baba Voss' children we're getting?
You are getting his daughter, Haniwa.
You gave my baby girl to the Trivantians.
The general only wanted her because he thinks she's your daughter.
-What General? -Edo Voss. Your brother.
You did this.
Towers of God bone.
More than I've ever seen in my life.
She's here.
Let's go get your sister.
Is someone there?
You there. Identify yourself.
I said identify yourself now.
I'm nobody.
Give me your knots.
You don't need my knots.
And why is that?
I thought I killed him.
Your sword went straight through.
He would have died from his wounds, but much later.
Come here, boy. Come here.
You can't see a kill.
You must feel it. Put your hands on mine.
Now close your eyes. Close them.
You push in and up. Up.
-Do you feel that? -Yes.
You know, the ripping and the tearing.
You cut up like that, I promise you he'll stay dead.
Straighten your leg.
Are we gonna have another problem?
Lieutenant Wren. I just came by to check up on the prisoner.
-Anything to report? -She's fine.
General, you said it would be a few days. It's been almost a month.
It won't be much longer.
I don't understand why you have to keep her here.
You know I can't make her an official prisoner.
If the Triangle hears you've smuggled a sighted prisoner into the city,
-we'll both be as good as dead. -You'll be fine.
You're following orders, so follow them. Let me worry about the council.
You're the only one I can trust with this, Wren.
You trust me enough to do your bidding,
but not to tell me who she is and why she's here.
I would also like to know who you are and why I'm here.
I am… Commander General Edo Voss.
And you will speak… when spoken to.
As you were, Lieutenant.
You managed not to ruin this one's armor.
Feels like you could squeeze into it.
I just need the chest plate.
Here, hold my sword.
Do you think it'll fit?
It doesn't have to fit. It just has to carry his smell.
Son, give me a sword.
Okay.
You and Paris camp 50 heartbeats into the trees.
-Against the mountain wall-- -What are you talking about?
I'm coming with you.
No. No, no, no, you are not. It's gonna be hard enough getting one of you out.
Then how are you gonna find her? You'll need my eyes.
Your eyes?
Dad, what are you doing?
Baba!
-Hit me back. -What?
I said hit me.
They will hear every move you make just as I do.
A lifetime of sight has left you loud and clumsy.
That's enough.
Kofun. Kofun.
My son.
Listen to me.
Your mother and I…
we raised you to be beautiful, not a warrior.
I don't want you to have to fight the way that I had to.
I never imagined a life for you away from the Alkenny.
And I failed to prepare you.
I will likely not return.
You need to learn how to fight with your eyes closed like a blind man,
as I would've taught you.
Remember, your eyes betray you.
Dad…
Someone has to survive. Okay?
-Paris. -Yes.
Come here.
Listen to me. You wait seven days.
If I do not return, then I am dead, and so is Haniwa.
You get away from here as far as possible.
Paris, say it.
Seven days, we go.
If I do not return, you'll be all he has.
Yes.
I swore I'd never return here.
Come back with Haniwa and swear it again.
I'm sorry, boy.
I love you, my son.
Are you well?
Of course I'm well.
You were out there for some time.
Too many days on the trail eating poorly-cooked game.
I don't have your Alkenny stomach.
How far to Pennsa?
Just a short distance beyond the lake, Your Highness.
Well, then…
Onward.
-Tak! -Tak.
Twenty-sixth border battalion, sir.
When they didn't check in, we came looking.
They most likely came across a band of smugglers.
No. This wasn't smugglers.
Sir?
Take them in.
-Full honors. -Yes, sir.
Welcome home, Baba.
Knots.
Proceed.
Knots.
Captain Koji?
Twenty-six battalion?
Twenty-six isn't due back until tomorrow.
I was ordered in early for a casualty report.
That's unusual, isn't it?
Not when there are casualties.
You can head to the Eastern Gate.
Sir.
You need to eat.
What do you care if I eat?
I don't.
I'm just trying to make you comfortable.
I have been chained to this bed for weeks.
Believe me, Edo could do much worse to you.
Then why hasn't he?
Why is he doing this to me?
I already told you I don't know.
I don't even know why you're here.
The general said his name is Edo Voss.
So?
My father is Baba Voss.
Edo's brother?
You've heard of him?
Only the stories. I-- I was still a kid when he fled.
But Edo's been searching for him for over 25 winters
to avenge his father's death.
-You're saying Baba killed his own father? -Yes.
I don't believe that.
Well, what you believe doesn't actually matter.
Edo is using me to lure Baba here.
Most men choose to avoid my father at any cost.
Well, the general is not like most men.
And he's been waiting a very long time to get his hands on Baba Voss.
You don't know my father.
When he comes for me, you won't know it until we're gone.
Your father might be able to make it into the city…
Next.
…but he'll never get out alive.
Identification knots.
This is Edo's city.
Let's go. Hurry it up. Identification knots.
And he'll be waiting for him.
So Edo is the general, and you work for Edo.
What does that make you?
That makes me someone who feels like she's answered enough of your questions.
Okay. Just one more.
Does he know you can see?
Come get a taste.
Sexual satisfaction for all tastes.
Whatever you feel you want to…
-Pleasure guaranteed. -Look at these beauties here!
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
-Who could hang a name on you? -Thank you.
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Come on, you lazy bastards!
Mind the fires. I don't want that slag settling.
Smithy. This one's no good.
Must have cracked while it was cooling.
'Cause it was moved while cooling.
Melt it down. Take more care, for fuck sake.
Military steel. Black's hilt. Authentic.
You've got the chest plate to match. That's a rare haul.
What is it worth to you?
It's against the law to buy or sell military weapons.
-Guess I'll have to take it back. -Wait, wait, wait.
Ten coppers.
The hilt alone is worth that. Twenty.
For 20 coppers,
you'd have to bring the soldier that you fucking stole it from.
You should have told me that before I killed him.
I know that voice. But it can't be.
It belongs to a man that's dead.
And if he isn't dead,
then I could get 100 coppers for turning him in.
Yes… but first, you'd have to make it out alive.
And I know you can't outrun me.
Fuck you.
Baba Voss.
You gotta be crazy coming back here.
I'm happy to hear your voice.
But I suspect I'll be regretting it soon enough.
Yes, you will.
Come, it's a little cooler in the back.
How did you know?
I've spent my whole life hiding it.
Just like you. I know what it looks like.
Clearly, Jerlamarel is not your father.
No.
My parents are here in Trivantes.
And your mother or father?
They're normal.
So are my brothers.
Jerlamarel was born to blind parents,
but I've never heard of anyone else like that.
Are there others like you here?
None… that I know of.
Well, that must be very lonely.
And being a soldier,
aren't you worried they'll figure it out and burn you as a witch?
Trivantes isn't like Paya. No one here believes in witches.
But they would still execute me.
If they don't believe in witches, then why?
Our government isn't superstitious, but they're practical.
There are laws in the strands going back centuries.
Vision destroyed the world once.
And they will not allow it to happen again.
So if I told the general your secret, it wouldn't go well for you, would it?
It would be the word of a desperate prisoner
against a loyal lieutenant.
Who do you think he would believe?
And be glad that's the case…
because otherwise, I'd have already killed you
and told the general you died trying to escape.
You wouldn't kill me.
You don't know me.
I already know you better than anyone ever has.
Her Royal Highness Queen Kane.
Even in all this noise, I can still hear you pouting.
You gave me your word we would keep searching for my family.
And we shall.
We've been searching for over 30 days.
We can't wander the countryside indefinitely.
We have a kingdom to reclaim.
Once we have, we'll own fresh soldiers
and a base from which to continue the search.
Fruitless though it may be.
We should leave.
Calm yourself, Boots.
You grew up alone and in filth,
and now you're a consort to the Payan Queen.
-Do you not grasp the miracle in that? -I am a witch here.
You serve a sacred and specific purpose. She will keep you safe. Now stop whining.
Beautiful room.
My queen.
We're all so relieved you survived.
When we heard of the destruction of Kanzua, we feared the worst.
Lord Harlan, thank you for this wonderful reception.
Your presence is an honor in any circumstance,
let alone a triumphant return from the dead.
Hello, Lord Harlan.
Hello. Who's this?
Maghra?
Did you not recognize my voice?
It can't be.
It is me, Harlan.
Princess.
Both sisters return to us!
Truly a miraculous day!
It's been so long. I'm surprised you even remember me.
-'Course I remember you. -Good.
'Cause as I recall, you're a big admirer of mine.
My queen.
The knots we received in advance of your party
indicated your intention
to consecrate Pennsa as the new Payan capital.
I assume you have no objection?
On the contrary, I am humbled.
I've known you too long to believe that.
We all mourned the loss of Kanzua, my queen.
Truly an inconceivable tragedy.
Yes.
One we'll have plenty of time to discuss in a more private setting.
Of course.
I can only imagine how terrible your journey's been.
The genocide of your people.
You cast out into the badlands beyond the lower walls.
So I've taken the liberty of securing you a beautiful residence.
It's well-fortified, perfectly located.
-You'll be comfortable-- -Which is the highest house in Pennsa?
Well, that would be this house. My house.
Would it?
Which I would be honored to repurpose as your palace.
I'll have you brought upstairs at once.
I will not forget your kindness, Lord Harlan.
Princess Maghra.
Well, this is something of a clusterfuck, isn't it?
So, you're just gonna let her ride in like this and take your city?
She's the queen.
You have more soldiers than she has Witchfinders.
Yes, but hers are more adept at killing than mine.
Besides, handled properly,
there are advantages to having the queen this close.
Yesterday, the queen was dead. That was close enough for me.
Kerrigan, you're my brother, and I love you,
but you have no imagination.
So all this time,
you've been hiding in the Payan mountains.
-It's hard to imagine you as a Payan. -I'm not.
I lived among the hidden tribes.
So you're not a Trivantian.
You're not a Payan.
Well, at least you're not a fucking Ganite, right?
Yakis…
Right to the fucking point. Same old Baba.
Okay, what is it?
-Edo. -Shit.
He took my daughter.
I need to find out where he's hiding her.
You've been away a long time, Baba.
Edo's come up in the world.
-I know he's the general. -He's the commander general.
-He's commander general? -That's right.
You'll never get anywhere near him.
Not that you'd want to. He'll skin you alive for what you did.
She's my little girl.
Do you understand that?
Look, I've been out for a long time,
but if he took her to draw you in, she won't be in a regular prison.
My guess is that he'll have her at base three.
Tell me about base three.
It's a sealed compound. Secret army doings.
Edo has his own commando regiment there.
And how do I get in there?
No one gets in, not even the government.
Fucking Baba.
You think it was wise to take Lord Harlan's house?
I am the queen. The queen should live in the highest house.
Even a queen needs her allies.
Our situation here is tenuous at best.
Until the destruction of Kanzua has been satisfactorily explained,
we are vulnerable.
-You worry too much. -You don't worry enough.
Your people have already turned on you once.
Lord Harlan controls the army, and we will need his protection,
-especially when we announce the new law-- -Enough.
Harlan was a lowly courtier who managed to become the Lord of Pennsa.
I don't know how he did it. Most likely not by being an idiot.
Show a man like Harlan any weakness, and he will own you.
Remember that.
You need to take greater care in your dealings with Lord Harlan.
We need him and the leadership on our side.
I am their queen.
What other side can they be on?
I'm just saying a beloved monarch can achieve much more than a despised one.
You're talking about your children.
I made you a promise, Maghra. You think I won't keep it?
-I'm suggesting you curry favor… -A queen doesn't curry favor.
…with the leadership while Kanzua remains unexplained.
I don't have to explain anything to anyone.
Your Majesty, Lord Harlan and Captain Gosset.
I'll receive them.
Leave us.
What will you say about Kanzua?
I'll decide what needs to be said and that's what I'll say.
Whatever lie you tell becomes my lie as well.
If the queen says it, it's not a lie.
Lord Harlan. Who have you brought?
My queen. Princess.
Allow me to present Captain Gosset, Pennsa's chief military officer.
It is an honor, my queen.
The attack at Kanzua was an unprecedented abomination.
Yes.
We've been on full military alert since we heard.
I expect a full readiness report on your fortifications here tomorrow.
And you shall have it.
As the only witness, if you could tell us who our enemy is,
-it would surely help us prepare. -I can.
And I will, in due time.
Call up your council.
I'll meet with them at the earliest opportunity.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I have a separate issue that is of the utmost importance.
-Maghra. -Princess?
You hunted them for 17 years. You can search a little longer.
Fair enough.
My family and I were separated.
I will need every soldier you can spare to continue the search for them.
We shall leave no stone unturned.
Thank you.
I will accompany you to give the soldiers the mandate.
The things we do for family.
Yeah…
I trust…
you and your sister find the accommodation to your liking?
Yes.
And now, I take it we're going to have a real conversation.
It stands to reason, following the attack on Kanzua,
we would want to shore up our defenses.
And yet you've just agreed to send valuable soldiers out of the city.
Unless perhaps you have reason not to fear a second attack.
We are well fortified here.
Pennsa has the largest regiment in Paya, does it not?
It's one of the reasons I chose it.
I thought it's 'cause you knew you had a friend in me.
Am I in need of your friendship?
Well, there are whispers, my queen.
Whispers.
Yeah, it's no secret that the nobility of Kanzua
were mobilizing against you.
Be very careful, Harlan.
I always am, my queen.
My devotion to you is unassailable,
but Pennsa's a big city.
Lot of factions, lot of people of influence.
They have their suspicions.
I can only assume
you're working your way towards something resembling a point.
It's the same one I made before.
You've got a friend in me.
I can be a very good one.
I'll keep that in mind. Now if there's nothing else, leave me.
I'm still learning my way around my new palace.
My queen.
Boots.
Yes, Queen?
You can see. Do I look well?
You look beautiful.
Do I look like I want you around?
Leave me!
Kerrigan.
And how was the queen?
Every bit as cunning and dangerous as I remember.
Sounds like my kind of woman.
And the sister?
Haven't figured her out yet,
but there's an intriguing disharmony between the two.
Something's off.
-What is it? -I don't know.
Could be worth discovering.
Either way, I'll no doubt require the leverage we discussed.
You know where he is?
He is being delivered as we speak.
Good.
In the meantime,
it seems the High Lord of Pennsa has been expelled from his own bedroom.
Yep.
Not coincidentally, so has his younger brother.
I had a feeling you'd say that.
God Flame. Protect our Haniwa.
Baba Voss, her father.
Deliver them whole to us.
Deliver them in peace to us.
Give--
Hello?
You're not out here all alone, are you?
I could ask the same thing of you.
But you are not alone, are you?
No, I'm not--
Witchfinders. We have to go now.
Shit.
Don't move.
-Haniwa. -It's time for me to go.
-You'll never make it out of the city. -Then it'll be a short trip.
Now, we're gonna walk over to that leg shackle--
Fuck.
-I don't wanna hurt you. -Then let me go.
I don't want to do that either.
Fuck!
That's enough.
What are Witchfinders doing this far from the capital?
We're searching for two Alkenny siblings,
-Haniwa and Kofun. -We are not them.
Our dogs smell otherwise.
-This is Kofun. -No, I'm not.
Leave him be.
The years in your voice tell me that you are not Haniwa.
-So, where is she? -She is not with us.
Well, one's better than none.
-By order of Princess Maghra… -Maghra?
…you are to return with us to Pennsa immediately.
What are you talking about? She's not-- Princess? She's dead.
I assure you she is both alive and the sister of Queen Kane.
You're lying.
He speaks truth.
-What? -She's alive.
Maghra is alive.
-What? -We need to move. Now.
You're sure?
I felt her life force on him very strongly.
Thank you for confirming that which was never in doubt.
-Now let's go. -Wait, no!
Wait, wait, we can't leave. We're waiting for someone.
Is it Haniwa?
Yes, and my father. They'll be here soon.
-We go now. -No, we can't leave without them.
We can't stay. It's too dangerous.
Now, you can come willingly,
or you can come bound to the back of my horse.
Make your choice.
-Paris… -Maghra is alive.
Kofun, go to your mother.
I will wait here for Baba and Haniwa.
I'm not leaving you here alone.
I will not be alone.
Go to her.
Go now.
Lord Harlan. You may come in.
You knew me from my knock.
Or from your gait coming up the stairs.
Yes, I forgot. You're an Ayura.
And please, within these walls, no boring formalities.
Call me Harlan.
Well, I assume you want to call me Maghra.
It's what I called you when we were children.
-Well, we're not children anymore. -'Course we are.
Just sadder, angrier ones as we age.
I come bearing a gift for the child within.
A sound wand.
I haven't had one of these in years.
I recall you always enjoyed playing with those.
Yeah.
They were the only thing that would quiet the noise in my head.
Thank you, Harlan.
It was the least I could do, Maghra.
After my sister took your home, you mean?
Everything I do is in service of the queen.
As I recall it,
everything you ever did was always in service of yourself.
Well, it seems we both have long memories.
Tell me…
were you in Kanzua when it was attacked?
-No. -No?
So… no witnesses then?
First you drop our titles, and now you're flirting with treason?
Oh, you'd know about that.
You're the one who rose up against your sister
and tried to take the throne for yourself.
But then no one heard from me for 18 years,
so there may be a lesson in that.
Indeed.
Where were you, by the way?
You know, that is a very long story for this very short visit.
Fair enough.
We'll find time for it one of these days.
If you don't mind me saying,
you would have made an excellent queen.
Dear and holy citizens of Pennsa,
may God Flame warm your hearts.
I stand humbly before you today as a soul reborn through hardship.
Through sorrow. Through death.
Grateful, now more than ever, for your faith,
your love…
Maghra?
-…and the purpose you have bestowed me. -I'm here.
What's going on?
-We… -Consecration's scheduled in three days.
-We agreed. -…are…
-I've been making arrangements. -…chosen.
She woke up this morning and decided something else.
She does that.
Our beloved capital city of Kanzua, where my father ruled,
and his father, and his grandfather before him,
is no more.
I bore witness to the cries of my people as they drowned.
Children crying out for their mothers. Men for their wives.
I was prepared to die with them,
but God had another plan for me.
I felt her flame burning inside of me,
warming me as she carried me away from certain death
to reunite me with my sister.
Princess Maghra, lost to us for all these years.
And it is the same god…
The only true god…
who brought us here today
to consecrate the city of Pennsa as the new capital of the Payan kingdom.
My dear Payans,
know now that what you have probably feared is true.
It was the Trivantian army who murdered our people…
and destroyed Kanzua.
Fuck.
And now I will tell you why.
Their spies informed them…
that I carry within me a child.
A child who will change everything.
As he or she will be born with God's gift of vision.
I know it is hard to accept something so contrary
to the doctrines of our forefathers.
But I have heard the voice of God…
and God joined her spirit to mine and brought me back to life
so that I might unite all Payans to defeat our enemy in the west,
once and for all.
Our victory has been foretold, and it will be swift.
As we are chosen to safeguard these blessed children as they come,
and they will come, to usher in a new world.
A world in which those with sight and those without
live together in harmony under my rule.
For we are Payan!
We are Payan
Have you ever been down to the coal hub before?
No.
They don't like visitors.
Stay close to the walls. Keep away from the pits.
-Snell will be waiting for you. -Snell.
Here, give him this. He'll show you the right tunnel.
Now you move through as fast as you can.
If you breathe in that heat, you'll burn to death from the inside.
Thanks, Yakis.
-You're probably going to die. -Nah.
Hello, friend. You have something for me?
Let's go.
This tunnel will put you right under base three, all right?
But a man won't last more than 30 heartbeats in that heat.
So move fast, or you'll be cooked alive.
Good luck.
Sibeth.
-What have you done? -What we discussed.
We never discussed a baby. With Boots?
Don't judge. He was brought to me for a reason.
You can't even know your baby will be sighted.
Not until it's born.
You can't know. I can.
Honestly, Maghra, I thought you'd be happy.
If not for me, for you.
Your children are no longer witches.
Well, that won't matter when we're all slaughtered by the Trivantians.
You're being hysterical.
You agreed we would rule together.
I said I would rule with you by my side,
-and here you are. -It doesn't matter where I stand
if you just continue to act without consulting me.
And if I would have sought your counsel, what would you have said?
I'd have said that waging war with Trivantes is madness.
And that announcing a sighted baby upon arrival
makes you and me vulnerable to a revolution.
I'd have said that with one speech,
you've found two different ways to get us killed.
And I would have given the same speech all the same.
-Sibeth. -Maghra.
There can only ever be one queen, and she is me.
This is where a wise woman would listen and learn,
instead of assuming she knows how to run a kingdom
so that someday she might actually have some counsel worth offering.
I am taking care of you… sister.
As I always did.
Hello, friend.
Sorry, it looks like I sent you up the wrong tunnel.
Smithy, are you sure this is Baba Voss?
I heard him and Yakis talking.
Well then,
we're just gonna wait right here for the general's men
and collect our reward.
Something funny?
Dead men thinking they're getting paid.
What the hell are you talking about?
Smithy.
You could get out now before the soldiers get here.
It's too late.
No one move.
Baba Voss, you are to surrender at on--
Halt.
Fan out!
Surround him!
He's here!
One left turn!
To the left. Move out.
He's moving towards the square!
-Quiet, boy. -Okay.
Cover the streets and alleys!
He's in the alley going towards the river.
Stand upon ye Mother Directed by the God Flame
Protecting all ye children
And all together Ye sisters and ye daughters
Stand upon ye Mother
Directed by the God--
I can hear you.
And I can smell you. So you might as well come out.
Now who wants tea?
Greetings, brother.
Edo.
The mighty Baba Voss.
Slaughterer of Ganites by the dozens. Murderer of his own father.
Chained like a common slave.
All because he could not bring himself to kill a boy.
It's almost disappointing.
Please, brother.
My daughter…
Your daughter?
Your daughter? You mean Jerlamarel's daughter, don't you?
Please. Just let her go.
-"Please"? -She has nothing to do…
-"Please." I just-- -…with the both of us.
So strange hearing compassion in your voice.
I remember a time when I prayed for just a hint of compassion from you.
I'm sorry. I spent my whole life regretting
-what I've done to you. I-- -Shut up!
Don't worry.
We'll have plenty of time to catch up.
Begin.
Edo.
Just let her go.
Edo!