[dramatic opening theme music playing]
[ominous music playing]
[panting]
Stay back!
It's okay, Miriam.
The guards, the theft...
[stammers] None of it matters.
No one's going to hurt you. You're with me now.
- With your family. - [growls]
[yells]
[groans]
You killed my family, Tevinter snake! [gasps]
[yelps, grunts]
- [gasps] - Come on!
[Lacklon yells]
Focus on Miriam. I'll handle these parasites.
- [all grunting] - [magic crackling]
[grunts in surprise]
[grunts]
- [whirling] - [magic warbling]
No!
- [exciting music playing] - [coughs]
- [grunts] - [clangs]
- [Miriam grunts] - [clanging]
[all grunting]
- [booms] - [both groan]
Go!
- [magic crackling] - [Qwydion yells]
[Rezaren grunting]
Oh, boy.
- [grunts loudly] - [slams]
[all groaning]
Surrender.
I'd prefer not to kill you,
but I will.
- [clanging] - [grunting]
[grunting]
- [slams] - [groans]
Wait.
[Miriam panting]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Miriam grunting]
[dramatic music playing]
[Miriam panting]
Another corpse to puppet, huh?
[pants]
- [gasps] - [clatters]
[mysterious music playing]
Miriam, don't!
[clanks]
[gasps]
Neb, it's me.
It's me.
[sad string music playing]
[sobbing]
What have you done to my brother?
- [grunts] You bastard! - Wait.
[grunts]
[panting]
I didn't want you to find out this way. I'm trying to fix your mistake.
I'm trying to bring him back.
No! [grunts]
[gasps, grunts]
[both yelp]
[suspenseful music playing]
Neb!
[grunts]
[gasps]
[yells]
[grunts, pants]
Protect the Magister!
[clanking]
[whooshes]
Come on, let's go!
- Fire. - [arrows whistling]
[groans]
[thuds]
[grunts]
[crackling]
[groaning]
Let's get to safety first.
[panting] She's right. We have to move.
[music fades]
Fan out, cut off every exit. I want these thieves found now.
[clanks]
I ordered you to stay in The Divine's apartments.
I had everything under control.
Does this look like under control to you?
Thieves are getting away with a dangerous artifact,
and I can't pursue them
because the palace is still under siege by its own asinine security system.
And you, you were supposed to keep him out of danger.
He did, until I ordered him not to.
[guard] Commander?
The Circulum is gone.
[scoffs] We surmised that already.
Also, the dragon's awake, but its chains are holding,
and we recovered a prisoner.
The thieves left one of their own behind.
[sighs]
Get the thief in a cell
and redirect anyone not fighting the dead down to the vault.
- We'll take care of... - I can handle the dragon.
Uh, we've, uh, cornered the corpses in the west wing of the palace.
Then get some damned mages over there.
Leave the dragon to the Magister.
[guard] Yes, ma'am.
[tense music playing]
Who were they, the thieves?
- How should I know? - Don't play stupid.
That elf had your name on her cheek.
Rezaren, people died tonight because you didn't tell me everything.
I was responsible for their security.
Do you understand what that means?
Her name is Miriam.
She's my sister.
[gasps]
My mother owned her.
She was to be my personal... spy, assassin. Whatever was needed.
My left hand, as it were.
But she raised us as siblings. Now Miriam's the only family I have left.
Then why was she trying to kill you?
We didn't part on good terms.
[sighs]
There are rules about runaway slaves.
She didn't run.
It's complicated.
But now... Now I can finally explain things.
No. Blood magic is not the answer.
I'm not slaughtering the innocent. I just need to contact Miriam.
Once I do, she'll come back, return the Circulum, and everyone wins.
But that's not your job. I'm Knight Commander. I will find them.
Even if a few drops of blood can do it faster and with less violence?
[sighs] It always starts with a few drops, Rez,
but it never stays that way.
Oh, please. Now is not the time for great moral stances.
[exhales] I'm trying to help, Tassia.
You were right.
I caused this.
So let me end it.
Please.
She's my sister.
I am the Knight Commander of this palace.
As such, I am going to order the town guard to lock down the city
and once the palace is secure, I'm going to hunt down those criminals.
You are going to contain that dragon, you're gonna stay here and...
If I find any evidence of blood magic, any at all,
I will report you to The Divine.
Understand?
I won't disappoint you.
You already have.
[door creaks, thuds]
[mechanism whirring]
[solemn music playing]
[Miriam panting]
Okay.
How are you holding up?
[gasping for breath]
The arrow's not helping, but I'm fine.
I'll scout ahead. Make sure the way to the safe house is clear.
[Lacklon] Roland. I'm telling you, there's gotta be a traitor.
Look, I saw what I saw, Rolls.
Miriam standing over Fairbanks. Hira's failed rescue.
Oh, and the Magister that says she's his fucking family.
He owned her, for Maker's sake!
Fine, that was a step too far,
but you can't tell me this doesn't feel weird.
Then, what's your theory?
That Miriam lured us into stealing an artifact she didn't know existed
to help a man she spent her life running from
and got herself shot in the back to sell it?
Well, of course it doesn't make sense when you say it like that.
[groans] I don't know what's going on,
but my gut says we're missing something here.
A "get us killed" kind of something.
[exhales]
This might be our last chance to get out before we learn what that is the hard way.
You know, it's funny you keep insisting there's a traitor,
because you're the only one who wants to screw over everyone else.
[Qwydion sucks air over teeth] Ouch.
[Lacklon] Ah! You were supposed to wait.
Yeah, I know,
but your extremely loud betrayal was wasting too much time.
[Miriam groaning]
Whatever you decide, I won't blame you.
All I ask is that you don't leave yet.
The city's on lockdown, and you'll never get past the guards in broad daylight.
[breathes heavily]
They'll kill us all for this, Roland.
Please. You're my best friend. I...
I can't lose you too.
You won't. Qwydion.
Mm.
[grunts softly]
If you don't trust her, Lacklon, I get it.
Trust me instead.
[suspenseful music playing]
- [snarling] - [sinister music playing]
[shrieks]
- [shrieking] - [guards whimpering]
[guards scream]
[magic humming]
- [guards scream] - [shrieks]
- [guards whimpering] - [shrieks]
[magic thrums]
[magic jingling]
- [shrieks] - [magic hums]
Leave us.
Now!
[suspenseful music playing]
[sighs] I guess we've both been through the wars today, brother.
But don't worry. There's just a little bit more.
[clangs]
[magic humming]
[glass rattling]
[blood sloshes]
[grunts softly]
[magic warbling, squelching]
[Miriam] No!
What have you done to my brother? You bastard!
[music peaks, fades]
[groaning in pain]
I know. I know. I just... I gotta take it out first, okay? Guys.
[eerie music playing]
[Miriam groaning]
[muffled scream]
Sorry! I'm so sorry. I'm nearly there, and...
- [squelches] - [Miriam grunts]
Got it.
[groans, sighs]
Okay.
Now the easy part.
[magic hums]
- [crackling] - [Qwydion straining]
[grunts, pants]
Anytime, Qwydion.
Someone's using blood magic to keep her from healing, to keep her under.
- Then counter it! - I'm trying!
[sighs] There's more than one way to close a wound.
Get a cloth.
Nobody's dying today.
At least not until I get some damn answers.
[groaning softly]
[gentle music playing]
[Hira] Just stunning.
And, you know, the sunset's fine too.
[both chuckle]
- [giggles] - [inhales sharply]
[both] Mm.
Hira,
you came back.
What do you mean?
I'd never leave you, Miri.
You're everything to me.
[tense music playing]
- [blade pierces] - [grunts, chokes]
Hira.
Hira!
No one can save you from what you are, Miriam.
In the end, you'll only ever be a tool.
- [snarling, chittering] - No!
[panting]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[man] Sh, sh, sh, sh, sh.
A woman like that doesn't deserve your tears.
- [blades ring] - [grunts, pants]
- Get away from me! - Miriam, wait.
[grunts]
- That won't... Miriam. - [grunting]
- Stop.
You can't harm me here, because we're inside your mind.
Nothing here is real, except for us.
[pants] How?
[Rezaren] Blood magic can make a lot of things possible.
I needed to speak with you, and this was the only way.
[grunts] I have nothing to say to you.
[pants] I need to wake up.
- [eerie whoosh] - [grunts]
[clatters]
- [groaning softly] - We don't have time for this.
You've been hurt, Miriam, but I can save you.
You just need to hear me out first.
[shudders]
[sighs]
You know,
there was a time when you trusted me.
[children laughing]
[gentle music playing]
Weren't we both happier then?
[pants]
You were happy. I was trapped.
We were all trapped.
But at least we were together.
[children laughing]
[Rezaren] We could be like this again, the three of us,
after I restore Neb.
[panting] That really is impossible.
- It's not him in there. It's some demon. - For now.
I needed to keep his body going.
Binding a demon to it was the only option I had.
But I don't want Neb to be like this either.
The Circulum can bring people back from the dead, Miriam,
just as they were in life.
But I can't use it without you.
- You're Neb's twin. - [laughing]
His blood runs through your veins,
and without it, I can't perform the ritual.
[children laughing]
Don't you want things to be like they were?
- [Miriam] You mean like this? - [ominous music playing]
[children laughing]
Oh! [grunts]
[both giggle]
[yelps]
[woman] A slave should never harm her betters!
That isn't fair and you know it.
I was a child. I couldn't even protect myself.
Were you helpless here too?
This is a waste of time. You're dying, Miriam.
You're the one who wanted to rifle through old memories.
Don't you want to see how well you protected us at your Harrowing?
[eerie whooshing]
- [magic thrumming] - [pants]
[gasps, groans]
No!
Fight it, boy! No Ammosine has failed a Harrowing in 300 years!
[magic screeching]
- [magic booms] - [groans]
And none ever will.
[grunting]
- [grunts] - [both groan]
- No! - [both groaning]
A bodyguard must serve their purpose.
Even to the end.
[gasps angrily]
She sacrificed my brother, and you did nothing!
[yells]
- [grunts] - [groans]
[panting]
- [grunting] - [woman groaning weakly]
[panting]
[snarls]
[roars]
- [grunting] - [blade piercing]
[Miriam grunts]
[groans weakly]
[dramatic sting]
[sobbing]
[Rezaren whimpering]
Miriam.
- [both sobbing] - What did you do?
You killed them both.
[panting]
I had to.
I know.
- [gasps] - [gentle music playing]
[crying]
[Rezaren] Run.
Run!
I lied for you, Miriam.
Made it so the Templars would never find you,
because you were right.
I couldn't protect you.
But things have changed.
Ever since you left, I've been rebuilding, trying to make things right again.
I've become the mage Mother never thought I could be.
I have risen through the ranks of the Imperial Chantry. Don't you see?
You don't have to keep running, Miriam.
Not from the past, not from Mother,
not from yourself.
[breathes deeply]
By the grace of the Maker, I will become the next Divine.
And together, the three of us can make Tevinter a better place for everyone.
[music fades]
No.
What?
[suspenseful music playing]
This... This is the role you were born for.
I don't care what others call it, to me, we will always be family.
I'm offering you a life where you matter, a... a home where you'll be safe.
I'm promising to take care of you.
[Miriam] I said no.
Whatever your intentions,
I will never be a slave again.
Have you really ever been anything else?
You've been free for years now and what do you have to show for it?
Nothing! You were a petty thief, bound to a string of petty tyrants
who cared less about you than the most indifferent owner.
[rumbling]
You had no home, no family.
Without direction, you wander the world completely lost.
You have contributed nothing but misery and achieved nothing at all.
- You are less than a slave, Miriam. - [thuds loudly]
[Miriam] I've made mistakes.
[music fades]
But they were mine.
I chose them.
Don't you understand that?
- [gentle music playing] - [breathes deeply]
You let me go once, Rezaren.
I'm asking you to do it again.
[rumbling loudly]
[Rezaren] I'm offering you purpose.
[panting]
A chance to change the world.
[panting, shuddering]
[groans softly]
And all you can think about are your own petty desires.
I'd rather die than be a thing again.
[grunts]
Are you sure about that, Miriam?
[magic humming]
[Miriam panting]
[groaning in pain]
[Qwydion] Oh, shit.
- [groaning] - [magic humming]
[sinister music playing]
You live because I will it.
I don't want to hurt you.
But if you won't listen to reason,
I will speak in a language you can understand.
- Hira is alive, and she's in my custody. - [panting]
You're lying.
I don't have to.
Give me the Circulum and I will give you the woman you so irrationally desire.
- Run, and I will have her killed. - Bastard!
[shuddering]
[sighs] Oh, Miriam.
I did promise to take care of you, didn't I?
[groaning in pain]
[groans loudly]
[groans, pants]
[breathing normally]
Bring me the Circulum
and I will prove how wrong you are about everything.
- [thuds] - [gasps]
[coughs]
[retching]
[Qwydion] Oh, shit.
[coughs]
[sizzling, whooshing]
- It's okay, I've got you, Miriam. - [wheezes]
It's okay. Breathe.
- Breathe with me. - [magic hums]
- [breathing deeply] - [mysterious music playing]
- [magic ringing] - [gentle music playing]
[bird calling]
[birds chirping]
[bell tolling]
[groans softly]
[shuddering]
Miriam.
What happened?
Hira's alive.
[music fades]
And we're going to save her.
[ominous sting]
[dramatic closing theme music playing]