See

The Witchfinders served you loyally

and without question for all the years of your reign,

traveling to the farthest reaches of the kingdom to rid the world of evil.

Then you rejected the divine doctrines,

tearing us apart and forcing us into hiding.

Now you say you want us to serve you once more,

as if all of that never happened?

Yes, that's right.

So I ask you now,

why the fuck would we do that?

Why not just execute you as a heretic and be done with it?

Lucien is right.

I have caused you all pain and distress.

And for that, you have my deepest apologies.

My sister, long believed to be dead, was returned to me.

And in my joy,

and in my gratitude to the God Flame, I opened my heart.

And my sister bewitched me.

She and her two witch children.

And I lost my way.

Just like you, I have suffered dearly for it.

I've been in leg irons for the last nine months.

They starved me. They tortured me.

They took my baby from me.

But it wasn't them.

No, they were merely instruments of the God Flame herself.

Testing me.

Putting me through trials to purify my heart once more,

so that I might reclaim my holy kingdom for the righteous.

And why should we believe you now?

Why should you believe me?

Because I am your queen!

I am your queen,

ordained by God.

And no human will change that. Not my sister, not the Trivantians.

And not you, Lucien.

It was I who declared war on the Trivantians,

I who foretold our miraculous victory at Greenhill Gap.

And since then, my execution has been called for by Tamacti Jun,

by my sister and her corrupted council, by the Trivantians.

And yet, somehow, none of them could manage the simple task

of putting a blade to my throat,

nor could their chains hold me.

And the God Flame sent me out to find you.

You are soldiers with no country…

with no rightful claim to the crown.

One of two fates await you.

You'll either be hunted down by my sister's army,

or become slaves to the Trivantians.

Why should you believe me?

Because I'm all you've got! And I love you all!

I am going to take back the throne of my father.

The God Flame has shown me the way.

And I ask you now.

No, I command you,

in her name, to fight by my side!

To reclaim our holy kingdom!

For God and for yourselves.

-My holy warriors! -

-The true defenders of Paya! -

Haniwa.

Did you see him?

-Who? -Harlan.

-He's out there with the rest of them. -As a prisoner?

-I don't know, it didn't seem that way. -Forget Harlan.

When this is over, I will deal with him. Help me lock this door.

- Okay. -

All dead, sir.

All of them?

Who was it? Payan soldiers?

If so, none were killed here.

These are all our soldiers.

That doesn't seem likely.

Check the bombs and the children.

Sir.

Set!

Check the house.

- Sir! -

The door is barricaded.

Barricaded?

So we're not alone.

Keep moving, keep moving.

Wren, I don't need you here. Go find Haniwa.

I promised their brother I'd keep them safe.

We don't have time to argue.

I'm staying.

Fine. You're last. Watch our backs.

Four more dead in the lab.

-And the bombs? -Secure.

Huh.

So it's the children in the building?

The children didn't kill two dozen soldiers. It's something else.

Maybe they have the children with them or…

Captain Armagon.

Tear these grounds apart.

Find those children.

-And Captain, we need them alive. - Yes, sir.

Tormada, we came here for the bombs. Let's take them and go.

As always, thinking too small.

Always in the moment, never ahead.

We've already lost Oloman.

Without the other sighted children, we'll soon be out of bombs.

I didn't spend all that time developing these explosives to lose my bomb builders.

-Charlotte. -I hear them. How close?

Too close.

Over by the tree. Now. Go.

Come on. Get low. Get down.

Close your eyes.

You there.

We don't want to hurt the children.

Then walk away.

Kill her!

- -

- -

- -

Everyone okay? All heads accounted for?

Yes.

Lu?

I'm good.

Okay. We keep moving.

Okay, come on. Always behind me.

- -

I don't know who you are.

And frankly, I don't care.

But if you have my children in there, then a deal can be made.

They're not your children.

Sheva.

Look at you all grown up and leading an insurrection.

-I'm impressed. -Oh, fuck you!

I don't wanna kill you, Sheva.

But I will if I have to.

You and your family.

Now, whoever's in there with you may not know me, but you do.

So you know I'm coming through these doors.

I know you better than you think, Tormada.

I know that voice.

Ranger. My old friend.

How I've missed our sessions together.

Yeah, I know!

That's why I gave you all those scars to remember me by before I left.

Yes.

And I shall remember to keep you alive long enough to regret that.

Big talk for such a little shit weasel!

His time will come. I promise you.

Ranger. Are you still there?

No?

Who then am I negotiating with?

This is Baba Voss.

And I'm not negotiating.

Baba Voss.

Quite the band of outlaws you've assembled, Sheva.

Oh, you've done me a great service. Now I can kill them all at once.

Get these doors open now!

Baba Voss.

A momentary aggravation.

Brought on by your poor impulse control.

I'll admit I misjudged him.

Oh, you admit it. What a relief.

-Can I make a suggestion? -Harlan--

You promised me he wouldn't speak.

Sheva and her family sold Baba Voss's daughter to the Trivantians, okay?

-He has no love for them. -

And judging by the arrows in your soldiers,

I'd say his daughter is here with him.

And if his daughter's here, you can bet your balls his son is too.

Give him time to understand he's trapped.

He'll give you the girl to save his children, I guarantee it.

Lord Harlan.

You might be of some use after all.

Baba Voss!

I understand you have your children with you,

the legendary Haniwa and Kofun of the battle of Greenhill Gap.

I don't have children, so I'm no expert,

but it seems to me you've got a habit of putting them in harm's way.

Would you really let your children die

protecting the family that sold your daughter to Edo?

Return Sheva and her siblings to me,

and I give you my word,

Haniwa and Kofun will live.

But if I have to come in and get them,

then everybody dies.

I'll give you some time to think about it.

I should give myself up.

It was my family that wronged you. Let me go and make this right.

You were forced to work for that man.

I know him. You know him.

Has he done anything to make you think that he would keep his word?

-No. -No.

They're going to get through that door eventually.

Yes, they will.

So let's be ready for them.

Is that a…?

Son… …what is this?

- -Ah, oil?