03x04 - The Hanged Man

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Slyrak?

The Eldwurm Slyrak?

I thought our local militia captain

took the cake for crazy.

Have another round.

Maybe then you'll grow some balls,

who gets a big one, hero.

Poor bastard has a death wish,

and so do you.

So, you won't help me?

I am helping you.

I'm saying no.

Have a drink. Have some fun.

- Have a good night.

- Good luck to you.

I'm sure you and Slyrak

will be very happy together.

Slyrak.

Coward.

Ladies have asked me

to do some questionable things.

But this one?

This one is as crazy as she is beautiful.

So, you're saying she's your type?

Not tonight.

Of course I walked away.

Did you see him? He's a disaster.

I made a mistake coming here.

I know where Slyrak sleeps.

I don't need that, man. That Davion.

You're right, Marci.

You're always right.

Praise Mene.

Embrace the night.

Embrace my shadow.

Love her together.

I've missed you.

- What?

- We've all missed you.

Who are you?

Dyfed.

Adara.

Idwal.

- Goddess?

- Goddess?

- Are you all right?

- Goddess?

Dyfed.

Adara.

Idwal.

What is this?

The flower's movements.

Most plants follow the sun.

This one doesn't.

This one follows the moon.

Isn't that wonderful?

Davion?

Davion!

You again?

Gods' mercy, woman. What is it?

I changed my mind.

I need you.

That's flattering,

but, uh, I'm a little busy.

You were never this daft before.

Before?

Just listen.

I know where he is.

I can take you right to him.

You never run from a fight.

You know where Slyrak is?

Fine, let the dragon sleep.

You're the bravest man I've ever known,

no question.

Until tonight.

I never took you for a fool.

You really know where Slyrak is?

That's why I need you.

In case you're wrong.

In case I'm right.

I'm gonna need my pants.

Are you sure you don't want me along

on the rich lady dragon safari?

Return to Dragon Hold.

Tell the Fathers what we found here.

I'll join you by week's end,

Slyrak or no Slyrak.

Two Eldwurms in two days.

Seems crazy and stupid, even for you.

And your new friend is crazier.

Looks like she can afford to be.

Mm-hmm.

Your father said

your presentation to the Althing

was an overreaction.

My father's opinion has evolved.

He agrees, circumstances warrant

an audience with our Lady.

All I ask is your blessing.

I could simply go on my own, but

to disturb her without

an explicit invitation is a grave thing.

I would say things are grave.

I will bring a request to the Althing

for deep consideration.

Thank you.

In three days' time,

when the moon is highest in the sky.

Three days? Your Excellency

Your Excellency.

We need you.

You should still be in worship.

Our Lady dismissed us.

She seemed confused, agitated,

as though she were under att*ck.

As I was saying.

Go.

See to her.

Praise the Moon of Mene.

Adara!

Idwal!

Dyfed!

Adara!

Idwal!

- Dyfed!

- Goddess?

Adara!

Idwal!

Her temple raised from silver light ♪

Coedwig?

Our queen, the goddess of the night ♪

Fascinating.

I must be worthy in her sight ♪

- Praise the Moon of Mene ♪

- Goddess,

I've come for guidance.

I've discovered a source of arcane power

beyond anything

You don't belong here.

You don't anywhere.

I don't know you.

You're not from my enclave.

Your enclave?

You're not my family. Get out.

Huh!

Phantoms. Her illusions. How interesting.

Dyfed!

- Adara. Idwal.

- Goddess?

I'm here to help.

Help me?

I've come to k*ll you, demon.

Let's get on with it.

Goddess, I love you.

If you would take my life, take it.

But I will not fight you.

Filomena?

You You're not

Goddess?

Goddess?

So, I never run

from a fight, huh?

You're not as mysterious

as you think.

Underneath all the ego is

more ego.

No.

Well, yes. But, no, I

I'm used to ladies,

you know, recognizing me,

even when I don't remember

their names, but

Charming.

But I don't forget faces.

And you act like you actually know me.

Like we went through something.

When we were kids, maybe.

Unlikely.

Good point.

Maybe the night I slew

the wyrmling in The Hoven.

I downed so many cups,

I woke up in the middle of the forest

without my pants.

You have quite the tempestuous

relationship with your pants.

Yeah.

My 21st birthday.

After I won the Dragon's Fire

whiskey competition.

It was none of those things.

Nothing you'll ever remember.

Just like the Dragon's Fire

whiskey competition.

We met on the road.

You lost a wagon wheel.

I eased it over the axle,

and then I hitched your

We met in a bar.

I realize that hardly narrows it down.

Just tell me.

I trusted you enough to come with you.

It's really the least you could do

Dream gently, Dragon Knight.

Weeping Rose? Nah, that wasn't it.

Hold!

State your business.

I suppose that depends on why

you and your men are blocking the road.

Your accent, sounds Helio to me.

What of it?

Our Lady's under att*ck.

We're to watch for spies and infiltrators.

- It's to be w*r.

- w*r?

- That's ridiculous.

- Maybe.

We still need to check your packs

and carriages,

or would you prefer an escort

to the Garrison

for a more thorough inspection?

Yeah. That's not happening.

And who might you be?

This is Dragon Knight business.

The lady found an Eldwurm lair.

So, move aside

or explain to your superiors

how you interfered with a Dragon Knight

and your people

lost my Order's protection forever.

Dragon Knight?

Move along then.

Helio Imperium, huh?

Thank you for what you did today.

No need to thank me.

Just tell me you're not a spy

or an infiltrator.

I promise you I'm neither.

But you are from The Helio Imperium.

I get the feeling you're somebody

from The Helio Imperium.

You really are somebody.

And we met in a bar?

I will explain.

Someday.

You know what? Fine.

Right now, I'm just gonna take the win.

Goodnight

Princess.

What kind of princess hangs out in a bar?

"A w*r," that soldier said.

No. No. No, no, no.

That can't be my concern.

If I can reach Slyrak,

if I speak with the Thunder,

they will listen.

They must.

The wars of this new world

will be settled with the old.

And yet

No.

This is my purpose.

I'm sure of it.

Marci!

Hey!

Ugly!

Let's go.

Hell Bear.

You can say that again.

Never seen anything like it.

What I mean, is, it's called a Hell Bear.

Where I come from, they're everywhere.

Get the horses.

Gods damn it. No. Wait!

Get out of here!

Don't stop them. Let them go.

They're terrified.

That thing k*lled almost everyone.

Maybe not everyone.

I don't see anything.

We're coming!

Hold on!

By the Dawn Star.

It's the trees.

That seems bad.

Nice sh*t.

I don't suppose they have this

where you come from.

The acolytes feared you were under att*ck.

Child, you should not have come here.

No one should come here.

I I am not myself.

You are in need, Goddess.

Allow me to serve you.

The phantoms.

Tell me about the children, their song.

I don't know.

I I can't make sense of any of it.

The Air Dragon?

I've never encountered one.

Curious.

Dyfed. Adara. Idwal.

I felt their love for you, yours for them.

They must mean something to you.

I don't know them at all.

I know all of my children,

but I don't know them.

They could simply be the last

three worshippers who prayed to you.

But your mind, it manifested them.

The children and the dragon as more.

Projections, as in a dream.

It's more than a dream.

It's beyond reason.

The horror, the pain.

It's alive.

It's inside me.

Goddess,

I believe the breaking of the moon

and your phantoms are connected.

If we can establish

the true chain of causality

Please.

Go now.

Pray for me, for yourself, for us all.

But, Goddess, I can solve this.

Out!

Cochi.

My jailer returns.

After all these eons.

I thought, perhaps, you had forgotten.

I know how to fix this,

but no one will let me.

I can't let this go. The result could be

Oh.

Tell my father?

No.

Father will be furious with me.

"Filomena, listen. Filomena, obey."

Hm.

You're right. There's no time for this.

I will talk. He will listen. Now.

Show me Father.

And not a whisper to him that I've learned

to use his pools this way.

I reimagined a universe

so you could perform this one task.

Yet, here you are, overpowered, broken.

I never considered

they might end their battle to k*ll me.

It seems I did unite them in the end.

For all your claims, you are still a fool.

We are both fools.

Where is he?

Who is that creature?

Wait.

The moon.

He's inside the moon.

I will channel

what remains of your energies

for a more useful purpose.

And pacify what you could not contain.

Ancients!

You will be at peace.

The self will not be extinguished!

Papa.

What are you?

Explain yourselves!

We are the mind

divided against itself.

I am the unity that binds the Fragments.

And you are a stray thought,

a memory, imagined.

Forgotten soon.

I have you. You're safe.

The moon

His destruction cannot be stopped.

The end is inevitable.

I failed you again.

You've never failed me in your life,

and you never will.

Nor I, you.

You must trust me now, Father.

I will find all of the answers.

Filomena, I beg you.

Oh, sleep.

Okay.

You're gonna tell me

what in the Seven Hells is going on,

or I am gone.

We need to press on.

You know too many things.

Things you have no good reason to know.

Sometimes

it's better not to know.

Not good enough. Try again.

You want answers?

All right, I'll tell you what I know.

I know this came from the wyrmling

that destroyed your village.

I know you were just a boy,

and you ran to fight with your father.

You watched him die.

I know you found your mother

buried in the ashes.

You don't run from a fight,

and it's not because

you're a Dragon Knight.

You don't run because you're Davion.

You're on your own.

Where I knew you,

we knew each other in ways

that we knew each other.

Look, all of this is wrong.

It's coming apart, and we have to fix it.

Slyrak can help us.

Slyrak?

An Eldwurm that exists

only to k*ll and destroy.

He can help?

Dragons are not what you think.

He and I and and you

we have a connection.

Look, it's complicated.

I don't like liars.

And I don't risk my life

for people crazier than I am,

which you definitely f*cking are.

Hm.

No, it's best he left.

It's best I do this alone.

And I do mean alone.

Marci, you can't come with me.

Look, Slyrak may not be as I remember him,

and I cannot put you in harm's way,

not again.

Now, whatever happens,

you must know, I'm sorry.

Kaden.

Who in the Third Hell are you?

A A friend.

Look, I'm sorry, but I cannot allow you

to slay that dragon.

You don't know what this animal

is capable of or how many he's k*lled.

But I know very well what he's capable of.

Far more than you're aware.

Tell me about it when he's dead.

That was a mistake.

There's no time.

I'm not here to argue.

It won't take long.