1 00:00:00,083 --> 00:00:03,000 -[thunder rumbles] -[wind whooshing] 2 00:00:03,083 --> 00:00:05,625 -This is madness, Pike. -What? 3 00:00:05,708 --> 00:00:07,041 Saving Grog? 4 00:00:07,125 --> 00:00:10,041 Doing anything to protect the people I love? 5 00:00:10,125 --> 00:00:13,125 You told me you'd do the same. 6 00:00:13,208 --> 00:00:14,708 -[footsteps approaching] -[Percy] Vax! 7 00:00:14,791 --> 00:00:17,125 -[Vex] Brother. -We don't have much time to... 8 00:00:17,208 --> 00:00:18,375 Pike? 9 00:00:18,458 --> 00:00:19,916 You're okay. 10 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,625 And w-wielding multiple Vestiges. Wh-- 11 00:00:24,708 --> 00:00:28,541 You guys don't understand now, but you will. 12 00:00:29,708 --> 00:00:31,666 -Grog! -Don't touch him! 13 00:00:31,750 --> 00:00:33,083 What the fuck? 14 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:34,791 [Pike] The Whispered One will bring him back. 15 00:00:34,875 --> 00:00:38,708 If you want to help Grog, stand down. 16 00:00:38,791 --> 00:00:40,833 You know we can't do that. 17 00:00:40,916 --> 00:00:42,375 "Can't"? 18 00:00:42,458 --> 00:00:44,041 Or "won't"? 19 00:00:44,125 --> 00:00:46,000 Listen to reason. 20 00:00:46,083 --> 00:00:48,250 The Whispered One isn't invincible. 21 00:00:48,333 --> 00:00:50,791 Four of his lieutenants are already dead. 22 00:00:50,875 --> 00:00:53,291 He doesn't need them to ascend. 23 00:00:53,375 --> 00:00:55,250 He just needs my blood. 24 00:00:55,333 --> 00:00:57,416 What? Why? 25 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:01,541 I know you're all shocked that poor little Pike might be important. 26 00:01:01,625 --> 00:01:04,083 -N-No, that's not what I'm-- -Argue later. 27 00:01:04,166 --> 00:01:06,625 We have to get the hell out of here. All of us. 28 00:01:06,708 --> 00:01:10,416 Then we can cure Vax's blight, figure out Grog... 29 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:13,625 Please, Pike. We have to go back. 30 00:01:15,583 --> 00:01:17,000 [Pike] There's no going back. 31 00:01:19,166 --> 00:01:21,666 I already gave him my blood. 32 00:01:21,750 --> 00:01:24,000 -[gasping] -Oh, Pike... 33 00:01:24,083 --> 00:01:26,291 [Delilah] With this celestial blood, 34 00:01:26,375 --> 00:01:28,125 given willingly, 35 00:01:28,208 --> 00:01:30,375 your oath shall be sealed, 36 00:01:30,458 --> 00:01:34,708 and your spirit shall ascend beyond the confines of mortality. 37 00:01:34,791 --> 00:01:35,791 [voice echoes] 38 00:01:37,375 --> 00:01:40,250 [screaming in pain] 39 00:01:44,125 --> 00:01:46,291 [Vax] Then there's no choice. 40 00:01:46,375 --> 00:01:48,291 We have to fight him. 41 00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:51,041 Not happening. 42 00:01:52,125 --> 00:01:53,875 What are you doing? 43 00:01:59,375 --> 00:02:01,791 Saving the world. 44 00:02:03,375 --> 00:02:05,541 [dramatic music playing] 45 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:37,583 ♪ ♪ 46 00:03:05,458 --> 00:03:07,458 ♪ ♪ 47 00:03:22,833 --> 00:03:25,291 [dramatic music playing] 48 00:03:25,375 --> 00:03:27,291 [thunder crashing] 49 00:03:28,958 --> 00:03:30,958 [Gideon screaming in distance] 50 00:03:31,041 --> 00:03:34,416 [Vex] The ritual. We've got to get up there. 51 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:36,333 I'll go. 52 00:03:39,791 --> 00:03:40,875 [screeches] 53 00:03:40,958 --> 00:03:42,708 -[Percy] Keyleth! -[groans in pain] 54 00:03:45,166 --> 00:03:46,666 Damn it. 55 00:03:46,750 --> 00:03:49,083 Restrain Pike, but don't hurt her. 56 00:03:49,166 --> 00:03:50,375 As if you could. 57 00:03:57,333 --> 00:03:58,666 [Vax] Fuck it, I'll get him. 58 00:04:00,250 --> 00:04:02,625 [panting] Vax, you can't. 59 00:04:03,750 --> 00:04:04,875 What are you... 60 00:04:04,958 --> 00:04:06,500 It can't be you. 61 00:04:06,583 --> 00:04:09,750 The Matron said if you face him, you die. 62 00:04:09,833 --> 00:04:11,500 There must be another way. 63 00:04:13,708 --> 00:04:17,000 There is, if you would just listen to me. 64 00:04:17,082 --> 00:04:18,582 What do you owe the Matron? 65 00:04:18,666 --> 00:04:22,916 She sent you here to die so she can keep pulling our strings. 66 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,082 Just like the Everlight did with my ancestor. 67 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:27,291 The gods lie. 68 00:04:27,375 --> 00:04:28,916 Choose your own fate. 69 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,666 That's not how fate works. 70 00:04:32,625 --> 00:04:34,832 No! 71 00:04:34,916 --> 00:04:36,375 It will be. 72 00:04:38,707 --> 00:04:40,291 [screams in pain] 73 00:04:41,250 --> 00:04:42,457 Vax! 74 00:04:43,832 --> 00:04:46,125 [shouting] 75 00:04:46,207 --> 00:04:47,875 Got you! Keyleth! 76 00:04:53,875 --> 00:04:55,457 [Vex] What are you going to do? 77 00:04:55,541 --> 00:04:58,000 -Kill us all? -[shouting] 78 00:04:59,082 --> 00:05:00,500 [Pike] Don't you get it? 79 00:05:00,583 --> 00:05:03,041 Death won't matter anymore. 80 00:05:10,875 --> 00:05:12,250 No. 81 00:05:12,333 --> 00:05:13,916 Grog! 82 00:05:15,875 --> 00:05:18,041 [Delilah] By the covenant sealed in her blood, 83 00:05:18,125 --> 00:05:21,957 your body shall transform into a vessel of divinity. 84 00:05:22,041 --> 00:05:24,332 Take your sacred vow. 85 00:05:24,416 --> 00:05:25,625 [screaming in pain] 86 00:05:29,250 --> 00:05:30,791 [straining] 87 00:05:30,875 --> 00:05:34,125 J-Just as you are my blood, 88 00:05:34,207 --> 00:05:35,582 I am yours. 89 00:05:35,666 --> 00:05:38,791 May it nourish a new path, 90 00:05:38,875 --> 00:05:40,791 free of pain, suffering, 91 00:05:40,875 --> 00:05:43,875 free of the tyranny of the old gods. 92 00:05:43,957 --> 00:05:47,791 A world where our fate is our choice, 93 00:05:47,875 --> 00:05:51,875 for your new god makes it so! 94 00:05:51,957 --> 00:05:53,500 [voice echoes] 95 00:05:58,791 --> 00:06:00,375 [Pike] Buddies. 96 00:06:04,541 --> 00:06:06,375 I'll get you out of there, Grog. 97 00:06:06,458 --> 00:06:08,416 Let me help you. 98 00:06:09,416 --> 00:06:11,625 [straining] 99 00:06:11,708 --> 00:06:13,208 Get away from him! 100 00:06:15,250 --> 00:06:17,375 [exhales sharply] 101 00:06:17,457 --> 00:06:19,082 Leave us alone! 102 00:06:24,207 --> 00:06:26,416 Pike, what are you doing? 103 00:06:28,250 --> 00:06:29,582 Why does it hurt? 104 00:06:29,666 --> 00:06:31,250 Necrotic magic. 105 00:06:31,332 --> 00:06:32,457 Like his. 106 00:06:32,541 --> 00:06:34,666 Damn it, Pike. Let us out! 107 00:06:34,750 --> 00:06:39,791 I had to survive without Vox Machina for a whole damn year, 108 00:06:39,875 --> 00:06:44,875 while you guys went off and became lords and ladies and elemental princesses. 109 00:06:44,957 --> 00:06:49,166 Broke up the team without ever dropping a word to Grog and me! 110 00:06:49,250 --> 00:06:51,041 We didn't know. 111 00:06:51,125 --> 00:06:52,666 Why would you? 112 00:06:52,750 --> 00:06:54,832 You only come to me to fix your problems. 113 00:06:54,916 --> 00:06:57,625 You get hurt, and I heal you. 114 00:06:57,707 --> 00:07:00,541 You make a mess, and I clean it up. 115 00:07:00,625 --> 00:07:02,791 And what thanks do I get? 116 00:07:02,875 --> 00:07:04,750 Deceived by the Everlight, 117 00:07:04,833 --> 00:07:06,666 rejected by Scanlan. 118 00:07:06,750 --> 00:07:08,833 [breath trembling] 119 00:07:08,916 --> 00:07:11,375 I give everything. 120 00:07:11,458 --> 00:07:13,791 I lost Pop-pop. 121 00:07:13,875 --> 00:07:15,750 And Grog. 122 00:07:15,833 --> 00:07:17,916 And myself. 123 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,250 Who protects my heart? 124 00:07:21,332 --> 00:07:23,957 Who heals me? 125 00:07:27,707 --> 00:07:30,082 [crying softly] 126 00:07:30,166 --> 00:07:31,291 -[Grog groans softly] -[gasps] 127 00:07:34,916 --> 00:07:36,666 [groans] 128 00:07:37,875 --> 00:07:39,457 Pikey? 129 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,582 Did we win? 130 00:07:43,666 --> 00:07:45,875 [laughs] Whoa. Hey. 131 00:07:45,957 --> 00:07:48,957 Easy there, big fella. 132 00:07:49,041 --> 00:07:50,375 You're okay. 133 00:07:50,457 --> 00:07:52,250 Yeah. Course I am. 134 00:07:52,332 --> 00:07:54,291 Oh, it'd take more than Delilah Briarwood 135 00:07:54,375 --> 00:07:58,250 and some robe-wearin' idiots to stop ol' Grog. 136 00:07:58,332 --> 00:08:00,333 Is the Orb shut down? 137 00:08:00,416 --> 00:08:03,583 Wait, this ain't Ank'Harel. 138 00:08:03,666 --> 00:08:06,875 Buddies, listen, I-I-- 139 00:08:06,958 --> 00:08:09,208 [Vex] Big guy. Over here. 140 00:08:09,291 --> 00:08:11,916 Oh, shit, the fight's still on. 141 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,583 -I'm comin'! -No. Wait! 142 00:08:16,666 --> 00:08:18,332 Uh... Don't just stand there. 143 00:08:18,416 --> 00:08:20,250 Delilah's got the guys trapped. 144 00:08:20,332 --> 00:08:22,750 It's not Delilah who's trapped us. 145 00:08:25,041 --> 00:08:28,416 Oh, no. Pikey. 146 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:29,916 What did you do? 147 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,916 [somber music playing] 148 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,415 [exhales] You've missed a lot. 149 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:38,165 We can play catchup later. 150 00:08:38,250 --> 00:08:41,250 The Whispered One is up there becoming a god. 151 00:08:41,332 --> 00:08:43,665 Drop the shield, Pike. 152 00:08:43,750 --> 00:08:44,958 I can't. 153 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,333 Are you under some kinda spell or somethin'? 154 00:08:47,415 --> 00:08:48,583 [exhales] 155 00:08:48,665 --> 00:08:51,540 Then drop the shield. 156 00:08:51,625 --> 00:08:53,208 You don't understand. 157 00:08:53,290 --> 00:08:55,583 You were gone. 158 00:08:55,665 --> 00:08:57,458 -Dead. -And guess who killed you. 159 00:08:57,540 --> 00:09:00,041 The Whispered One brought Grog back! 160 00:09:00,125 --> 00:09:01,833 The Whispered One? 161 00:09:01,916 --> 00:09:03,458 He killed innocent folks. 162 00:09:03,541 --> 00:09:05,375 Hurt a lot more. 163 00:09:05,458 --> 00:09:06,958 Why are you defendin' him? 164 00:09:07,041 --> 00:09:09,625 Because he's right. 165 00:09:09,708 --> 00:09:11,333 We don't have a choice. 166 00:09:11,416 --> 00:09:13,125 The gods never gave us a choice. 167 00:09:13,208 --> 00:09:15,791 You always got a choice. 168 00:09:15,875 --> 00:09:18,875 Do the right thing or do the wrong thing. 169 00:09:18,958 --> 00:09:20,666 He's trickin' you. 170 00:09:20,750 --> 00:09:22,833 The gods are tricking us. 171 00:09:22,916 --> 00:09:27,583 The Matron said Vax's fate was to die fighting the Whispered One. 172 00:09:27,666 --> 00:09:31,333 And we came anyway. That's what friends do. 173 00:09:31,416 --> 00:09:33,333 [whooshing, rumbling] 174 00:09:33,415 --> 00:09:35,208 That can't be good. 175 00:09:37,250 --> 00:09:40,040 [Vax] Release us or we'll all die. 176 00:09:40,125 --> 00:09:42,000 No one will. 177 00:09:42,083 --> 00:09:43,875 The whole reason he killed those folks 178 00:09:43,958 --> 00:09:46,583 is because he knew he could bring them back. 179 00:09:46,665 --> 00:09:48,540 Grog. [stammers] 180 00:09:48,625 --> 00:09:50,540 He could bring Wilhand back. 181 00:09:51,540 --> 00:09:55,500 Maybe, but it don't erase the memory of what he done. 182 00:09:55,583 --> 00:09:58,458 It ain't right, Pikey. 183 00:09:58,540 --> 00:10:01,166 Well, so, what, I-I... 184 00:10:01,250 --> 00:10:04,583 I was just supposed to let you die for no reason? 185 00:10:04,666 --> 00:10:06,583 I did die for a reason. 186 00:10:06,666 --> 00:10:08,291 To save you. 187 00:10:08,375 --> 00:10:12,458 Wilhand died to save us, too, with no thought of comin' back. 188 00:10:12,541 --> 00:10:15,708 This Whispered Prick kills to save himself. 189 00:10:15,791 --> 00:10:18,833 You can't trust someone like that. 190 00:10:18,916 --> 00:10:22,208 That is a bad god. 191 00:10:23,208 --> 00:10:24,833 Come on, now. 192 00:10:24,916 --> 00:10:29,791 The ones we lost, we gotta let them go. 193 00:10:33,915 --> 00:10:35,415 [cries softly] 194 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:39,083 Fine. Then I'll beat the shit out of him myself. 195 00:10:39,165 --> 00:10:42,083 What? You-you can't. He-he'll kill you. 196 00:10:42,165 --> 00:10:44,083 Already did. Got better. 197 00:10:44,165 --> 00:10:45,540 Stop. 198 00:10:45,625 --> 00:10:48,708 Wh-What if you stop him and his power dies with him? 199 00:10:48,790 --> 00:10:50,540 I can't lose you again. 200 00:10:50,625 --> 00:10:53,290 You let this happen, you lose me anyway. 201 00:10:53,375 --> 00:10:56,540 -I said stop! [shouts] -[shouting] 202 00:10:59,708 --> 00:11:01,875 [gasping] 203 00:11:01,958 --> 00:11:03,458 ♪ ♪ 204 00:11:03,541 --> 00:11:05,708 [groans softly] 205 00:11:08,875 --> 00:11:10,875 [panting] 206 00:11:10,958 --> 00:11:12,916 Oh, God. 207 00:11:19,666 --> 00:11:21,375 I-I didn't mean to... 208 00:11:21,458 --> 00:11:23,208 Here, l-let me heal you. 209 00:11:23,291 --> 00:11:26,708 No! No. 210 00:11:26,791 --> 00:11:29,375 I don't need healin'. 211 00:11:29,458 --> 00:11:32,250 I need my buddies back. 212 00:11:32,333 --> 00:11:35,165 If she still exists. 213 00:11:40,875 --> 00:11:43,375 There has to be another way. 214 00:11:43,458 --> 00:11:46,875 Run or blow up the tower or-or... 215 00:11:46,958 --> 00:11:48,875 [Vax] Calm now, Kiki. 216 00:11:48,958 --> 00:11:50,583 She said you'd die. 217 00:11:50,665 --> 00:11:52,790 He isn't a god yet. 218 00:11:52,875 --> 00:11:55,500 And the Weave of Fate is still frayed. 219 00:11:55,583 --> 00:11:58,165 Maybe there's a chance we can mend it. 220 00:11:58,250 --> 00:12:01,541 Thread the needle and change all our fates. 221 00:12:04,833 --> 00:12:06,833 [Keyleth] If this is the end, 222 00:12:06,916 --> 00:12:09,333 we face it together. 223 00:12:11,958 --> 00:12:13,458 [somber music playing] 224 00:12:19,125 --> 00:12:23,458 A life don't mean a thing if it's spent causin' hurt. 225 00:12:23,541 --> 00:12:26,125 Wilhand taught me that. 226 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:32,875 [Delilah] In the name of Truth, 227 00:12:32,958 --> 00:12:36,125 with the blood of the divine and the faith of the righteous, 228 00:12:36,208 --> 00:12:38,915 are you willing to die for us? 229 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,165 I am! 230 00:12:42,250 --> 00:12:44,500 Then rise as a new god 231 00:12:44,583 --> 00:12:46,790 and be granted life eterna-- 232 00:12:46,875 --> 00:12:48,000 [screams in pain] 233 00:12:48,083 --> 00:12:49,915 [exciting music playing] 234 00:12:51,915 --> 00:12:53,708 [screeches] 235 00:12:54,708 --> 00:12:56,915 Finish the ritual, Delilah. 236 00:13:01,958 --> 00:13:03,333 Finish it. 237 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:04,666 [Vex] Not without a fight. 238 00:13:11,708 --> 00:13:13,375 I'll destroy you both. 239 00:13:18,875 --> 00:13:20,375 [shouts] 240 00:13:20,458 --> 00:13:22,708 [Gideon] Delilah, come back. 241 00:13:25,708 --> 00:13:27,208 [screeches] 242 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,458 You will never win! 243 00:13:40,833 --> 00:13:42,540 -Neither will you. -[gasping] 244 00:13:46,833 --> 00:13:50,500 Have the decency to stay dead this time. 245 00:13:50,583 --> 00:13:52,458 [Gideon] You dare to interrupt 246 00:13:52,540 --> 00:13:54,208 my ascension? 247 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:58,583 No matter. 248 00:13:58,665 --> 00:14:02,750 I don't need to be a god to damn you all! 249 00:14:02,833 --> 00:14:04,583 [voice echoes] 250 00:14:05,958 --> 00:14:10,041 I have outwitted gods, 251 00:14:10,125 --> 00:14:12,458 confronted champions. 252 00:14:12,541 --> 00:14:14,000 [screams in rage] 253 00:14:16,666 --> 00:14:18,500 [Gideon] I will not have 254 00:14:18,583 --> 00:14:23,416 500 years of careful manipulation ruined. 255 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:24,791 Ain't you heard? 256 00:14:24,875 --> 00:14:26,416 We're Vox Machina. 257 00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:28,125 We fuck shit up! 258 00:14:28,208 --> 00:14:30,458 [Gideon] You certainly do. 259 00:14:37,290 --> 00:14:39,165 No! Mythcarver! 260 00:14:40,250 --> 00:14:41,415 [Gideon cackles] 261 00:14:41,500 --> 00:14:45,083 What will you do without your holy blade? 262 00:14:47,540 --> 00:14:48,915 [grunts fiercely] 263 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,040 [dramatic music playing] 264 00:15:02,791 --> 00:15:05,541 Well met, Champion. 265 00:15:05,625 --> 00:15:09,041 But it's time to end this folly. 266 00:15:09,125 --> 00:15:10,458 [shouts] 267 00:15:14,875 --> 00:15:16,125 Keyleth! 268 00:15:20,041 --> 00:15:21,666 Then let's end it. 269 00:15:22,666 --> 00:15:24,041 [triumphant music playing] 270 00:15:26,041 --> 00:15:27,291 Betrayer. 271 00:15:27,375 --> 00:15:30,000 I offered you the world! 272 00:15:30,083 --> 00:15:31,833 Maybe. 273 00:15:31,916 --> 00:15:33,958 But I choose them. 274 00:15:42,125 --> 00:15:43,125 Give her cover. 275 00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:45,915 Mythcarver's the only thing that'll kill him. 276 00:15:55,665 --> 00:15:57,583 No more lies. 277 00:16:04,166 --> 00:16:05,791 [Pike straining] 278 00:16:05,875 --> 00:16:08,375 I never lied to you, Pike. 279 00:16:08,458 --> 00:16:11,166 -I can bring them all back. -[screams in rage] 280 00:16:12,250 --> 00:16:13,666 Archibald. Kashaw. 281 00:16:13,750 --> 00:16:16,750 Zerxus's husband and child. 282 00:16:16,833 --> 00:16:18,833 Wilhand. 283 00:16:18,916 --> 00:16:20,750 [echoing scream] 284 00:16:20,833 --> 00:16:23,750 Everyone you lost along the way. 285 00:16:26,625 --> 00:16:31,166 Stop usin' words on my buddies! 286 00:16:36,290 --> 00:16:37,540 Grog! 287 00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:40,708 [all screaming] 288 00:16:40,790 --> 00:16:42,458 Ungrateful brute. 289 00:16:42,540 --> 00:16:46,958 A god's gift granted can also be rescinded. 290 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,000 [screams in pain] 291 00:16:50,665 --> 00:16:52,040 [straining] 292 00:16:53,790 --> 00:16:55,708 [straining] 293 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,250 Matron. It's time. 294 00:17:04,333 --> 00:17:05,500 Grog! 295 00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:10,125 Not a god yet, asshole. 296 00:17:10,208 --> 00:17:11,125 Vax, don't! 297 00:17:11,208 --> 00:17:13,165 Wait. Mythcarver. 298 00:17:21,333 --> 00:17:24,290 If you do this, you die. 299 00:17:24,375 --> 00:17:26,790 Then I'll take you with me. 300 00:17:26,875 --> 00:17:31,125 It seems our fates are sealed, Champion. 301 00:17:31,208 --> 00:17:33,291 [cackles] 302 00:17:33,375 --> 00:17:35,958 [groaning in pain] 303 00:17:36,041 --> 00:17:37,500 [screaming in pain] 304 00:17:40,208 --> 00:17:41,916 [screeches] 305 00:17:44,791 --> 00:17:46,500 [groaning in pain] 306 00:17:47,625 --> 00:17:49,833 Fuck fate. 307 00:17:55,666 --> 00:17:57,916 [demonic wailing] 308 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,291 [explosive boom] 309 00:18:12,791 --> 00:18:15,125 [panting] Please. Please, please, please. 310 00:18:16,375 --> 00:18:17,916 [groans softly] 311 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,208 I'm alive? 312 00:18:20,291 --> 00:18:22,041 [laughs] 313 00:18:22,125 --> 00:18:24,416 -You're alive. -[stone thudding] 314 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:25,958 [low rumbling] 315 00:18:29,375 --> 00:18:31,208 My gods. 316 00:18:31,291 --> 00:18:32,791 The Whispered One is gone. 317 00:18:32,875 --> 00:18:35,583 And everything he built is going with him. 318 00:18:35,666 --> 00:18:37,791 Including the Orb back to Whitestone. 319 00:18:37,875 --> 00:18:40,041 Move. Move, move! 320 00:18:41,625 --> 00:18:43,625 [suspenseful music playing] 321 00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:47,916 [screeching] 322 00:18:50,458 --> 00:18:52,541 [Percy] Whitestone portal, dead ahead! 323 00:18:52,625 --> 00:18:54,791 [Vax] Maybe "dead's" not the best choice of words. 324 00:18:54,875 --> 00:18:57,583 It's fading! Go! 325 00:19:01,250 --> 00:19:03,333 Uh, the last time I went through one of these, 326 00:19:03,416 --> 00:19:05,458 it didn't end so great for me. 327 00:19:05,541 --> 00:19:07,541 Then in you go, big guy. 328 00:19:10,125 --> 00:19:11,958 We're not gonna make it! 329 00:19:24,291 --> 00:19:26,125 [all panting] 330 00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:27,708 Got to shut down the Orb before-- 331 00:19:27,791 --> 00:19:29,166 -Darling. -[energy pulsing] 332 00:19:34,625 --> 00:19:36,208 Did we win? 333 00:19:36,291 --> 00:19:37,875 [Pike] Grog. 334 00:19:37,958 --> 00:19:39,250 You're... 335 00:19:39,333 --> 00:19:40,750 I-I'm so sorry. 336 00:19:40,833 --> 00:19:43,583 -I-I just-- -It's okay, Pike. 337 00:19:43,666 --> 00:19:47,208 I know you messed up, but you came back. 338 00:19:47,291 --> 00:19:50,083 And that's all that matters. 339 00:19:50,166 --> 00:19:52,916 [Keyleth] Vax? Vax. 340 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,958 [Vex] The blight. It's-it's everywhere. 341 00:19:56,041 --> 00:19:58,750 But we made it out. You changed your fate. 342 00:19:58,833 --> 00:20:00,000 Now drink. 343 00:20:01,125 --> 00:20:02,875 Drink the elixir. 344 00:20:03,958 --> 00:20:05,708 Please work. 345 00:20:05,791 --> 00:20:07,791 [somber music playing] 346 00:20:11,375 --> 00:20:13,666 [crying softly] 347 00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:14,958 [sobbing] 348 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,625 [groans softly] 349 00:20:33,125 --> 00:20:34,333 [gasps softly] 350 00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:37,291 You did it. 351 00:20:38,666 --> 00:20:40,250 Thank you. 352 00:20:40,333 --> 00:20:42,416 It's over. 353 00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:44,083 It's really over. 354 00:20:44,166 --> 00:20:45,791 [laughter] 355 00:20:45,875 --> 00:20:47,291 Come here, you. 356 00:20:47,375 --> 00:20:49,291 -I'm so glad you're okay. -Never gonna let go of you again. 357 00:20:49,375 --> 00:20:51,375 -[laughter] -[sighing] 358 00:20:53,541 --> 00:20:56,458 -[Whispered One] Wonderful. -[gasps] 359 00:20:56,541 --> 00:20:59,500 Now we can begin. 360 00:20:59,583 --> 00:21:00,791 What the fuck? 361 00:21:05,458 --> 00:21:08,375 I worried I was laying it on 362 00:21:08,458 --> 00:21:11,458 a little thick back there. 363 00:21:11,541 --> 00:21:15,416 But you all played your parts splendidly. 364 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:20,458 And here we are, reunited where we first met. 365 00:21:20,541 --> 00:21:22,458 What beautiful symmetry. 366 00:21:22,541 --> 00:21:28,083 Mm, I did need your blood to bind this godly power. 367 00:21:28,166 --> 00:21:31,416 But I also needed my body to die 368 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:34,750 to transcend beyond my physical form. 369 00:21:34,833 --> 00:21:37,875 There were so many options. 370 00:21:37,958 --> 00:21:41,916 You don't plot for 500 years 371 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,041 without some contingencies. 372 00:21:44,125 --> 00:21:46,125 Hmm, who would it be? 373 00:21:46,208 --> 00:21:47,708 Uh, Delilah the zealot? 374 00:21:47,791 --> 00:21:49,750 Pike, the doubting angel? 375 00:21:49,833 --> 00:21:53,250 The Matron's Champion, fulfilling his so-called fate? 376 00:21:53,333 --> 00:21:56,541 You had Mythcarver. 377 00:21:56,625 --> 00:21:58,583 It could have been any of you. 378 00:21:58,666 --> 00:22:02,416 Which is why I was so disappointed 379 00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:06,250 when you all went your separate ways. 380 00:22:06,333 --> 00:22:09,166 But I wasn't about to let your 381 00:22:09,250 --> 00:22:14,375 "Happily Ever Afters" spoil my prophecy. 382 00:22:14,458 --> 00:22:17,041 It took some doing. 383 00:22:17,125 --> 00:22:20,583 But a few well-placed chapters in some adventure books 384 00:22:20,666 --> 00:22:23,291 were enough to convince a dim-witted pawn 385 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:26,125 to bring you back together and send you 386 00:22:26,208 --> 00:22:29,625 on a collision course with moi. 387 00:22:29,708 --> 00:22:32,250 Though I must say, 388 00:22:32,333 --> 00:22:36,875 I didn't expect the little Ashari to be the one to do the deed. 389 00:22:36,958 --> 00:22:38,875 But it proves my point. 390 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:42,083 You saved your man, 391 00:22:42,166 --> 00:22:44,791 in defiance of his god's destiny. 392 00:22:44,875 --> 00:22:48,541 Love is strong enough to conquer fate. 393 00:22:48,625 --> 00:22:53,125 Like the love my followers have for their god. 394 00:22:53,208 --> 00:22:56,041 [all chanting] We are his blood. 395 00:22:56,125 --> 00:22:58,958 [distant] We are his blood. 396 00:22:59,041 --> 00:23:02,125 We are his blood. 397 00:23:02,208 --> 00:23:06,208 That's where I went wrong all those centuries ago. 398 00:23:06,291 --> 00:23:10,333 I lacked the power of belief. 399 00:23:10,416 --> 00:23:14,666 People who hoped and trusted and believed in me so fiercely 400 00:23:14,750 --> 00:23:17,541 that they would willingly offer themselves up. 401 00:23:17,625 --> 00:23:20,458 [wails in pain] 402 00:23:20,541 --> 00:23:22,458 [ethereal music playing] 403 00:23:22,541 --> 00:23:27,250 [Whispered One] The more believers one has, the stronger 404 00:23:27,333 --> 00:23:28,625 one becomes. 405 00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:30,291 [voice echoes] 406 00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:33,833 But you lot know that. You're heroes. 407 00:23:33,916 --> 00:23:38,750 Vox Machina, the Protectors of the Realm. 408 00:23:38,833 --> 00:23:43,041 And if these people believe in you, imagine how strong I'll become 409 00:23:43,125 --> 00:23:45,625 when you kneel to me. 410 00:23:45,708 --> 00:23:47,041 [groans softly] 411 00:23:47,125 --> 00:23:52,666 A pity the Matron's pet no longer has those divine powers to challenge me. 412 00:23:52,750 --> 00:23:55,166 Thanks for that, by the way. 413 00:23:55,250 --> 00:23:56,833 But this gives me the chance 414 00:23:56,916 --> 00:24:02,083 to offer you something your gods never would: 415 00:24:02,166 --> 00:24:04,541 a choice. 416 00:24:04,625 --> 00:24:07,208 The eyes of Exandria 417 00:24:07,291 --> 00:24:10,000 are upon you. 418 00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:14,916 The faithful shall be forever reborn in my glory. 419 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,500 So, bend the knee. 420 00:24:18,583 --> 00:24:21,833 Swear allegiance to me in front of all the world, 421 00:24:21,916 --> 00:24:24,041 and I promise you 422 00:24:24,125 --> 00:24:26,208 the champion will live. 423 00:24:26,291 --> 00:24:28,041 You will all live, 424 00:24:28,125 --> 00:24:34,000 happily ever after in a glorious new age. 425 00:24:34,083 --> 00:24:37,333 Or option two. 426 00:24:38,333 --> 00:24:39,708 -[gasps] -No. 427 00:24:39,791 --> 00:24:42,458 The world watches. 428 00:24:44,458 --> 00:24:46,458 [growls softly] 429 00:24:46,541 --> 00:24:49,083 -[hissing softly] -The choice 430 00:24:49,166 --> 00:24:51,791 -is yo-- -[Keyleth] I submit! 431 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:57,500 [crying] I submit. Please. 432 00:24:58,541 --> 00:25:00,916 Just let him go. 433 00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:04,291 Please. 434 00:25:04,375 --> 00:25:06,250 [somber music playing] 435 00:25:10,583 --> 00:25:12,208 [Percy] I submit. 436 00:25:13,708 --> 00:25:16,000 [Vex] I submit. 437 00:25:16,083 --> 00:25:18,416 -[panicked chatter] -[Pike] I submit. 438 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:21,500 [Grog] I submit. 439 00:25:21,583 --> 00:25:25,208 Please, let him go. 440 00:25:27,625 --> 00:25:30,625 What say you, Champion? 441 00:25:35,041 --> 00:25:37,041 [crying] 442 00:25:38,875 --> 00:25:40,708 [suspenseful music playing] 443 00:25:40,791 --> 00:25:44,458 Get fucked. 444 00:25:45,833 --> 00:25:47,375 Hmm. A pity. 445 00:25:47,458 --> 00:25:48,875 Stop! 446 00:25:48,958 --> 00:25:50,708 [sharp boom] 447 00:25:50,791 --> 00:25:52,791 [ethereal music playing] 448 00:25:59,333 --> 00:26:02,583 [Keyleth screaming] No! 449 00:26:02,666 --> 00:26:04,333 [voice echoes] 450 00:26:05,333 --> 00:26:08,416 [Whispered One] Congratulations, heroes. 451 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:11,375 You saved the realm. 452 00:26:11,458 --> 00:26:12,916 Forever. 453 00:26:16,916 --> 00:26:18,958 You shall be remembered. 454 00:26:19,041 --> 00:26:20,416 [cackles] 455 00:26:26,958 --> 00:26:28,958 [dramatic music playing] 456 00:26:46,958 --> 00:26:48,958 ♪ ♪ 457 00:27:09,708 --> 00:27:11,708 ♪ ♪ 458 00:27:22,583 --> 00:27:24,500 Chirp.