[opening music playing]
[opening music playing]
[snow blowing]
[panting]
[panting]
[music playing]
[music playing]
[music playing]
[music playing]
Ach! The mountain creaks to its bones.
It is a wild night beyond the gates.
It is a wild night beyond the gates.
Is there any other kind, on Fenris?
No, the world always saves its fury
for nights like these.
Hm.
So serious, Njal!
Maybe just an unlucky storm.
No such thing as luck, Ulrik.
Or so he’ll tell you.
Aye. It is fate that guides the pieces.
No, our hands guide the pieces
on this board, and it is fate
No, our hands guide the pieces
on this board, and it is fate
that guides the aspirants who may yet
bring us reinforcements this night.
[Ulrik] The two are separate.
[Krom] So you always say, when you win.
[Krom] Which you rarely do.
[all laugh]
But perhaps this night, eh, Krom?
That whelp you chose
will not be bringing you
an extra fang to play this game tonight.
Mark my words.
Now,
let us play.
Hmm.
[sniffs]
[beast bellows]
[gasps]
Umm.
Ahh.
Do you think your choice of pup
will fare better than your luck
upon this board, Slayer?
[mug slams]
A hardier aspirant I’ve rarely seen.
That one’s got bite.
[music playing]
[music playing]
[growl]
[panting]
[grunting]
[panting]
[pouring]
Pah! He’s nothing but an enthusiastic pup.
The only safe bet was the runt
if you wanted an extra piece
to save your hide.
if you wanted an extra piece
to save your hide.
That wiry little b*stard
will outlive us all.
[gasping]
[panting]
[dramatic music]
[Njal sighs]
We shall see which returns.
We must trust to fate
that which we cannot see.
We must trust to fate
that which we cannot see.
But enough!
There are still moves
to be played upon this board.
[atmospheric music]
[rodent squeaks]
[footsteps]
[low growl]
[Krom] So tell me, Slayer.
Do the tests still answer?
Are they as hard now as they ever were,
when we were out on the ice?
Aye, the tests still answer.
Do you miss it, Krom?
The fire in your blood
from when you
were still young and foolish?
[growls]
[growls]
The fire is still there.
Ask the dead greenskins on Alaric Prime.
But it burns more slowly, my friend.
[Krom] Perhaps. But it matters little.
I have lived, I have fought.
Death will come for me one day,
and I care not.
It is glorious, my brothers
to die as a son of Russ.
There is no greater prize.
If they do not come back... [sighs]
If they do not come back... [sighs]
Then that is the way of this world,
and always has been.
We are all on our second lives, here.
[branch rattles]
[panting]
[wings flap]
[wind howls]
[beast growls]
[panting]
[beast growls]
[jaws snap]
[music playing]
[music playing]
[groans]
[wind roars]
[dagger sinks]
[screeching]
[dagger withdraws]
[growling]
[gasps]
-Argh!
-[growling]
Ugh!
Argggh!
Argggh!
[dagger sinks]
[screeching]
[groaning]
[gasps]
[groaning]
[dagger clings]
[claw scrapes]
[body lands]
[beast lands]
[howling]
[sighs]
Hell’s teeth! I may be out for now
Hell’s teeth! I may be out for now
but I can still claw back a victory when
my whelp returns with a fresh piece.
[Krom chuckles]
It was a poor move, brother.
Ach. I felt it in my bones
this damned cold, this damned storm.
Not my night.
Then you should not have wagered
on it so heavily.
[lips smack] Ahh.
Why are you always so damned gloomy?
Have another drink, crack a smile.
Have another drink, crack a smile.
He won’t drink too much. He seeks to win.
Pah!
And you’ll do your utmost to stop me.
Aye – even you can’t foresee everything.
None of us here knows
how our chosen ones fair in the wilds.
Now play!
[wind howls]
[snow crunches]
[snow crunches]
[sniffs]
[low growling]
[growling intensifies]
[growling intensifies]
[vicious snarl]
Argh!
[axe clinks]
[beast roars]
[groaning]
[axe clinks]
[beast growls]
[axe clinks]
[claw scrapes]
[groans] [spits]
Argggh!
-[axe whoosh]
-[roar]
Ungh!
[gasps]
[gasps]
[groaning]
[beast and man land]
[underwater bubbles]
[underwater roar]
[underwater roar]
[underwater snarl]
[underwater groaning]
[head slams]
[dying whine]
[underwater grunting]
Ah! Ah!
[underwater grunting]
[underwater bubbles] [groaning]
[underwater bubbles]
[underwater bubbles]
[sighs]
Hm.
So, another piece down.
I didn’t see that move.
Didn’t see it at all.
Not all the pieces are accounted for yet.
Our aspirants might yet
change the outcome in our favour.
Fah. There’s only one winner, now.
[breathing heavily]
[breathing heavily]
[low growl]
[beast roars]
[panting]
[growling]
[panting]
[growling]
[panting]
[growling]
[beast running]
Argh!
-[dagger stabs]
-[beast roars]
[paw swats]
Argh!
[body lands] [rocks fall]
Huh?
[beast roars]
[beast lands]
[punches and breaks off rock]
[rock stabs]
[beast growls]
Arrghh!
[beast growls]
[dagger clinks]
[growling]
[panting]
Aghh!
[dagger stabs]
[beast growls]
[biting hand]
Arrghh!
[hand hammers]
[beast screeches]
[growling]
[groaning]
[growling]
[boulder smashes] [blood splatters]
[panting heavily]
[dagger saws]
[panting]
[low growl]
[beast roars]
[beast roars]
-Arrghh!
-[beast pounces]
Arrghh!
[hand ripping off]
Arrghh!
[blood drips]
[body lands]
[ice cracks]
[icicles falling]
Arrghh!
[beast growls]
[beast growls]
It has not been a lucky night.
[sighs]
Not for any of us, it seems.
But it is not yet over.
[laughs]
Maybe you should learn when to quit,
Rune Priest.
Maybe you should learn when to quit,
Rune Priest.
Do you think your choice of pup
will still bring you an extra piece?
On some nights
none succeed.
Aye, that can be true.
But not this night.
[snow blowing]
[ice smashing]
[fang stabs ice]
[ice breaking]
[water dripping]
[groaning]
[panting]
[thunder clap]
[howling]
[distant howling replies]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[intense music]
[panting]
[falls on knees]
Arrggggghh!
Arrggggghh!
[panting] [heavy footsteps]
[panting]
[door opens]
[Ulrik] Hail! But you come
here late, aspirant.
We might have ended this already.
Do you have it?
[footsteps]
[footsteps]
[fang placed on table]
[laughs]
A fine piece!
Allfather only knows
what you took that from, pup.
Go now. Rest.
Your work this night is done.
Tomorrow,
the Trial of Morkai shall truly begin.
[footsteps]
[footsteps]
[door closes]
[laughs]
And so you have it, Rune Priest!
The game is yours.
Aye. So it is.
[slams fang on table]
[laughs]
[triumphant music]
Rarrghh!
Rarrghh!
[g*nf*re and sounds of battle]
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