Devil's Knight (2024) Movie Script
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For a millennium,
mighty kings and wise sorcerers
kept powerful forces at bay
throughout the realms of Veroka.
But when a 200-year war
ignited between nations,
evil creatures began to emerge
and terrorize the countryside unchecked.
By war's end, soldiers who
had put their lives on the line
for statesmen and sovereigns returned home
thinking they'd left
the battlefield behind.
But monsters and beasts
had gained a foothold
and began threatening to break the peace
so many had fought and died for.
What's wrong with
you fellow, can't fight fair?
Yeah.
Somebody clean that up.
All right boys, let's see
what the day's haul was.
I stole this.
Did you have to take the finger too?
No, it was just easier.
Not very subtle. Camus, what about you?
I lifted a coin purse.
Did you have to kill him for it?
More importantly, did
anyone see you kill him?
There was no one else on the beach.
How much coin are we talking?
- Who cares?
- I do.
I also found this.
Where did you find this?
Pip?
What did you say your name was?
Answer the man.
My name is Sigurd.
These are my compatriots. I am Orwell.
Why do you keep looking up to the trees?
Yeah, what's up there?
What do you know of the bone devil?
- That it's a myth.
- Hmm.
The dagger, where did you find it?
- It fell from the sky.
- Bullshit.
The story of that dagger is intertwined
- with that of the monster.
- Oh my.
No one gives a shit about the dagger.
I do.
The dagger is called.
It once belonged to Monsignor Mustela,
the advisor to King Samuel of Remeny,
the most prosperous
kingdom in all of Veroka.
Yes. My father, he
told me about this dagger.
Yeah, is there a point to any of this?
What are you gonna do next,
tell us what the blade is made out of?
I don't have to tell you what happened.
No, please forgive my friends.
The born devil had been
ransacking the countryside
for more than a year
before King Samuel's scouts
had tracked it to a small patch of forest
near the Lupine mountain.
And at the advice of his
top aides, he sent a band
of his most elite soldiers
to dispatch the beast.
Does anyone
know what we're looking for?
- Oh, back in line.
- Be quiet.
Why? It's not
like there's anything out here.
What are you talking about?
There's life all around us.
Who are we looking for out here anyway?
Not a matter of who, but what.
Knock it off.
Laugh if you
want, but in this world
some things can't be explained.
Like how Elijah can spend
an entire night in a brothel
and still leave a virgin?
And like how Greg can even get a holy man
to take a swing at him.
I told you all to be quiet.
What would you have if the king found out
you refused his orders?
We were sent here to kill whatever it is
terrorizing our countrymen,
whether it be bone devil,
lion or rabbit.
Hey what
was that, what was that?
- Did you see anything?
- Pull up, pull up.
What the hell was that?
- I don't see anything.
- I don't see anything.
Keep a sharp eye line,
watch each other's backs.
Oh shit.
Dear God.
Elijah, come back here you coward.
Where are you?
We were ambushed by the monster.
The monster
you were sent to kill?
- Yes.
- And all your units died?
- Except you.
- Yes.
Quite the coincidence
don't you think, Lady Darling?
Indeed, Your Grace.
One wonders how someone
could miraculously survive
such an encounter.
And just how long a trail
urine did this whelp leave?
Now, now. Have you ever
heard of the hook beast?
I do not know, my Lord.
Pity, I see history is not
taught in school anymore.
Not history that matters.
Hmm, the hook beast is a
monstrous one-eyed creature.
Its horn can easily pierce
any metal known to man,
yet even with all that muscle and offense,
the hook beast has evolved
certain defensive measures.
Hidden in its blood as a
poison that will kill quickly.
Its blood will paralyze you,
but not dead in your senses.
You will see everything,
you will hear everything,
you will feel everything,
all while its toxins
course through your petty commoner veins.
What in the king's name is going on here?
Duchess de Baudicourt,
how lovely to see you.
I was not aware of
any meeting being held.
Well, it came together
at the last moment,
and it was rather urgent.
You didn't think to notify
the Council or the king?
He notified us.
I think that may be making her point.
Where are your compatriots, Baudicourt?
I would appreciate if you
address me by my full title.
Duchess de Baudicourt,
where are your compatriots?
Good evening, everyone.
Good evening, Your Majesty.
- Is this the survivor?
- Yes, Your Majesty.
- Has he explained his case?
- Desertion, Your Majesty.
That is too bad, take him to the dungeon.
- As you wish, Your Majesty.
- Get up.
- Monsignor Mustela.
- Sire.
- Duchess de Baudicourt.
- Your Majesty.
I shall see you in my study.
- Yes, sire.
- Right away,
of course, Your Majesty.
There was a time no one
dared encroach on this land.
Now with my Yaeger gone,
we're left without one of our elite units,
and our enemy is bearing down on us.
- Daddy.
- There's my girl.
And how were your lessons today, Catriona?
Awful, Dr. Nicholas told me
I could never learn anything.
He did what?
He said you would never learn anything
if you did not at least try.
- Is this true?
- Maybe.
Come here, sweet girl.
You know, someday you will be
running a kingdom of your own.
- This one?
- It is possible,
but perhaps you marry a prince
of one of the neighboring kingdoms.
Ooh I hate them, they're all so boring.
Well I think so too,
but as the future queen
you can change them,
shape them into who you want,
then you can pull the strings
and run the kingdom
yourself, like your mother did.
Fine Daddy, I'll try harder.
That's my girl.
Now, why don't you run to the kitchen
and see if they have any of
that baneberry pie that we love.
Sabine?
I take it the Yeager failed.
Only one survivor.
- Send better troops.
- Excuse me?
Allow me to take two units.
- Out of the question.
- Why?
I don't have to explain myself to you.
You have said it yourself.
I am better with a sword
than you ever were.
Let me lead them.
I will not send any more of my people
to be slaughtered by this beast.
They will be slaughtered,
whether you send more people or not.
Do not test me.
Pardon me my Lord, but
there may actually be a way
for both of your needs to be met.
How so?
There is an elite
group of monster hunters.
They go by the name the Lost Blades.
They are from all over Veroka,
Yet none of them are from Remeny.
Over the last decade or so,
they have killed over
150 monsters and demons.
They are pricey, but... How pricey?
Well, can you put a price on safety?
That's it, is a good idea, Your Majesty.
I can't recall the last time
you two agreed on anything.
Because if the group is
successful, you will be seen
as a protective leader who
puts his people's safety first,
and it will not be about their money.
And besides, if they fail,
I mean none of your people died,
and you can always send
in more troops afterwards.
Hmm, very well. Send a rider right away.
I wish to speak with
them as soon as possible.
- Of course, Your Majesty.
- Yes, Your Majesty.
And then
the deacon looked at him,
without missing a beat replied,
"To be sure, Your Eminence,
a cart full of fruits and
vegetables gets through.
Why should not you?"
That is quite good.
What's the matter
Culper, don't you get it?
You see the deacon,
Culper... Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I got it, Your Highness.
It was funny the last
five times you told it.
- Tell us a better joke.
- Gladly.
All right, ladies and gentlemen.
He knows there's only two of us, right?
I don't know, but don't spoil it.
- So where are you from?
- Castle Clemens.
Ah, Castle Clemens, Castle
Clemens, a very nice place, I.
Your Majesty.
- Well, there goes my act.
- Goes?
Well, I was getting to the funny part.
I'm sure you were.
- May I speak with my brother?
- Of course, my Lord.
- Alone?
- Absolutely.
Stay close, we don't
want a repeat of last week.
As you wish, my Lord.
How are you?
I was better a few minutes ago.
You've been back at
the castle for nearly a year
and you've barely spoken to me.
There's a reason for that.
William, please talk to
me. We used to be so close.
- Yes, used to be.
- You fled the kingdom.
No, Samuel. I gave my title
to be with the woman I loved.
Mother and Father...
Leave them out of this.
They died long before you decided
to make such a stupid decision.
Stupid decision? What
about Abigail, was this.
Leave her out of this.
She's the mother of my
children, and your queen.
No, she was.
Oh, there's the Samuel I
know, the broiling anger.
- He's putting me to sleep.
- The monster, the monster.
Get to the monster.
Quite the stage you're setting here.
I was just getting to it.
I hate exposition.
I'm surprised you know
the meaning of that word.
And what's that supposed to mean?
I think you know exactly what that means.
If you weren't a kid.
- You would hit a woman?
- Maybe.
Well, I love political drama.
Makes me feel like I'm getting smarter.
All right, can we get back to the story?
- What's this?
- This?
This is the head of the Minotaur.
Guess this means you boys killed it.
Figured we'd spare the
mess, just bring his head.
- How thoughtful of you.
- Payment as promised.
Pleasure doing business with you.
Think this calls for a celebration.
Drinks all around.
Yeah, nobody's getting anything
until you get this head off my bar.
Griff, take the head to the kitchen.
- Right away.
- No, not the kitchen.
Follow me.
Did the interrogation go well?
It went splendid, Your Grace.
Father Abe was very thorough, sir.
Monsignor Mustela.
Ah, Princess Sabine,
how lovely to see you.
- Cut the shit, Monsignor.
- Leave us.
However do you mean?
I mean calling of strangers
to handle our business.
It is my duty and my
honor to protect Remeny
from any and all threats, monster or man.
If you are to rule this land one day,
you must learn patience.
What good is that, when
our people are dying like cattle?
Even the Lord cannot
do everything in one day.
A wise ruler takes the
time, gathers the information,
and then takes that
information and forges it
into a weapon, and then strikes.
I just can't just sit
here and do nothing.
And you will not.
You'll be in counsel with my spies,
and they will gather what
you need to slay the beast.
And when the Lost
Blades fail, and they will,
you will take that
victory of killing the beast,
and it will propel you to the throne.
- And what if they succeed?
- Hmm, you leave that to me.
- Barbarians.
- What was that?
I said, "Beers all round."
All right, who wants to hear
how I slayed the beast of Norwood?
You slayed it?
That is how I remember the story.
Ha ha, I seem to remember Valdryk
getting the killing blow.
Well he wouldn't have been able to,
without me cutting off his horn.
Stop, please.
Cut it out.
Do not worry, the Tucker gang is here.
No need to thank us.
Leave the introduction to me.
Sorry, boss.
No need to thank us.
We will take our usual
stipend of stew, ale, and ladies.
An extra helping of ladies.
Get your hands off me, take a bath first.
My apologies, madam.
- Keep him on a leash.
- I do try.
See the quality of bandits
gone down around here.
Missing the old days?
Nah, just realizing how
rich I'd be if I stuck with it.
You killed the creature
all by yourselves?
Must have been so scary.
Nothing we couldn't handle.
I bet, big strong man like you.
Out of my way, little man.
Yeah, out of the way little man.
What's a pretty lady like you
doing with scum like this?
All yours.
Looks like we're
gonna have fun after all.
- Get 'em!
- My pleasure.
All right, that is enough.
We do not need any more violence at.
Senorita, you come here.
Stay out of it.
But they need our help.
No they don't.
We are looking for the Lost Blades.
That is us.
What is it?
- I don't get it.
- Is that water?
Is that what I think it is?
What am I looking at here?
This is the grave of Hideo's daughter.
How did she die?
Demon wolves.
Your child will make
a fine leader one day.
It's a nasty bump Vlad,
but I think you will live.
Thanks, Doc.
All right Valdryk, let's
have a look at that shoulder.
I am fine.
You can't just magic the wound away.
The kind of magic I
can do is more alchemical.
I can make salves and potions
with the right ingredients.
I do not do spells.
Vlad, I have a question for you.
What?
How is it that someone
as big and massive as you
would allow himself to
be knocked out by a rock?
Imagine a rock the size of my hand.
That is a big rock.
It's just bigger than your little brain.
That's it, I've got you now.
Sigurd, you are taking it easy on him.
Well, I do not want to hurt him.
That is
why you will never learn.
What?
Some lessons are best
taught by patience, kindness.
Some lessons are better
learned on the receiving end
of an angry, muscle-bound idiot.
Come now Father, we know
neither of these men can learn anything.
Nice place.
You think he's
compensating for something?
King Samuel is one
of the greatest warriors.
Veroka has ever known.
Sorry, I was just very,
I thought it was funny.
- Let them through.
- As you wish, sire.
I'll be watching.
Which one of us?
Leave him alone Griff,
he's just doing his job.
Now let us do ours.
On one knee.
It is customary to bend the
knee when addressing the king.
Why? It's not my king.
You will bend at the knee,
or the guards will bend it for you.
It's been a long time
since I've been treated in such a way.
Thank you, it feels good
to be treated like a man.
Please, stand. I see your
courage lives up to the stories.
Please, stand.
I take it you are Mathias Brennus.
It is nice to meet you face to face.
The pleasure is mine, Your Majesty.
You know, we fought
against each other once.
Yes, the battle of Evie falls.
I gave you a wide berth.
I thank you for that.
I don't think I would've
fared well against you.
You killed 100 of my men that day.
As did you.
Do you still see their faces?
- Every one.
- As do I.
Just why I'm glad my
fighting days are behind me.
I don't think I can bear the
weight of any more souls.
- Leave us.
- But sire.
These men are sales souls, Your Majesty.
Hardly the type of men
that Remeny is known for.
Lord Sussex is quite right.
These men are my guests and men of honor.
Baldur, see them out.
As you wish.
- All right, everyone out.
- Quite wise.
Oh, you mean us. Of course.
- My Lords, this way.
- I don't see.
King Samuel has commanded it.
My Lord, perhaps it would be wise
to keep some witnesses.
Witnesses?
Are you afraid these men
are going to murder me?
The thought has crossed
my mind, Your Majesty.
In matters of business,
I can handle myself.
As you wish. After you.
Your Majesty.
I will be fine, Baldur.
Don't think it's wise, sir.
- I'll be fine.
- I'll be right outside.
Very well.
Thank you for getting here so fast.
When one is summoned by a king,
it is best not to keep him waiting, oui?
I suppose not.
Tell me, what have you
heard of this bone devil?
What, you want us to kill the bone devil?
It sticks to the forest.
Historically, yes.
Lately however, it's been
attacking villages in my kingdom.
Small ones on the
outskirts of the Lupine forest,
but they are my people.
I sent the Yaeger to hunt it,
but it wiped them all out.
The trackers?
The best trackers in Veroka.
No better than me.
Why not send another
group of your soldiers?
Remeny has many fine warriors.
True, but it can be difficult
to find your way in the Lupine forest.
So if we succeed, you get the glory.
If we fail, your people do not die, oui?
Looks like we're going
to be killing a bone devil.
You can't catch me.
You'd better watch out, Amelie.
Amelie, oh mon die...
What do you think you are doing?
I was playing with the princesses.
Or trying to, at least.
, I was not talking to you.
What do you think you are doing?
I'm sorry?
- Playing with a sword?
- I was not playing.
You could have hurt
yourself, your sister,
and my child.
- I know what I'm doing.
- Obviously you do not.
I have dedicated myself to
this weapon for over a decade.
You are far too pretty a girl
to be playing with a weapon like this.
- Pretty?
- Well, you are pretty.
I keep telling her that.
- Catriona.
- Sorry.
Girls, go inside. It's
time for your lessons.
- Fine.
- Okay, Mom.
You have no idea how lucky you are.
If it was anyone else in Veroka,
you would be put in prison years ago.
A well-placed barb
is far more dangerous than any sword.
Learn to use your head.
Come on, John.
Oh please John, we all know
you're not man enough to take it.
Save it for the bone devil,
or your forfeit your share.
- He can't do that, can he?
- Don't know.
- All in favor?
- Aye.
What did she say?
I think it must have been the.
Don't interrupt the man.
Princess Sabine was not sure at first,
but she knew someone who could help her.
Hello, old friend.
Oh, we've been through this.
The more you struggle,
the more it will hurt.
You know you are welcome
to help us if you'd like.
Oh I would, but that
thing that scares me.
Yes, the hook beast is
a magnificent specimen.
It's time for your benediction.
God's moves.
Now, now. It's just the weekly harvest.
Princess, the Duchess?
That's not what this is about.
Hmm, syringe.
Would you care to help us with the harvest?
What do you know of the Lost Blades?
Something's off with one of them.
Hmm? Yes, it's a short Halovian.
Renzo, I think his name is.
Memory serves me correctly,
he was raised by wolves that.
No, the young pixie who
never removes their helmet.
Yes, John. Son of their leader Mathias.
If rumors are to be believed,
his prowess were the
sword matches even yours.
When the Lost Blades left, I
saw John remove their helmet.
It was only for one instant.
I'm not sure what I saw,
but something is off with that one.
Interesting. I will have
my spies look into it.
Yes Monsignor, wise as always.
- Culper.
- Yes, Your Grace?
I believe I have a job
for you and your boss.
Only about two more days to travel
before we reach Mount Lupine.
Good, good, good. Can
you find us at a place to camp?
There is a lake about
two miles from here.
It should be a good place.
As long as it isn't too swampy.
- Or full of giant frogs.
- Frogs?
I don't hear a monster.
Maybe it's too far away.
Do not think so.
Most monsters would not
let a scream like this go on.
Somebody, help me! Help me!
Renzo, Holgar, Hideo, John,
go find the source of the scream.
Renzo, this is scouting, not combat.
- That's what he thinks.
- On me.
- Stop struggling.
- Let me go.
- To late for that.
- I have not done anything.
Why do they always say that?
Will you shut up and help?
Shes a strong one.
That is why I suggested a child.
That is disgusting.
We have done far worse before.
- Help me!
- Someone shut her up.
Help me, help, somebody help me.
Let's just get her strapped in.
Enough, everyone take your positions.
On you.
Oh Great One, we
humble ourselves before you.
We are not worthy of your gift.
- What is the situation?
- It's like a cult.
- Could be witch hunters.
- Is there a way around?
What? No, we have to help her.
And if we do that, then
what? Bring her with us?
Why not?
We are about to walk
into the lair of a monster
that has decimated elite units of soldiers.
If we have to watch over on non-combatant.
We all die.
We humble ourselves before you.
We are not worthy of your gifts.
Oh, let me go. Help me.
See, I told you she the one.
Yes, the monsignor was
wise to appoint you as tracker.
You did this to yourself.
Son.
What are you doing?
Complete the ritual.
- Cut her free.
- Thank you, thank you.
I'm Vlad.
Somebody want to tell me
why you disobeyed my orders?
You may have a death wish,
but don't drag the rest of us into it,
especially not my child.
Father, I can take care of myself.
Then start acting like it.
All right,
roll us one, bring it.
- No cheating, no cheating.
- All right, let's go again.
- Roll it, roll it.
- Rolling it, rolling it.
- One.
- No cheating.
- One.
- Definitely.
I'm sorry I disobeyed you, but.
Is that what you think this is about?
Well, it is what I
thought this was about.
Do you have any idea
how reckless that was?
We were saving that poor girl's life.
By risking the lives of
several of your soldiers?
I did not mean... And your own?
Some day you will be in charge.
I mean, maybe not of this unit, but yes,
many of the men already look to you,
but that is why you have to
weigh every one of your choices
before you make your decision.
John, you are gonna have to work
twice as hard to gain their respect.
I still do not see what is
wrong with saving that woman.
It was the right thing to do.
What would have happened
if any of you got hurt or killed?
But no one did.
- I'm hungry.
- That just.
Joseph, Joseph, we made a mistake.
- What are you talking about?
- Listen.
- Hello boys.
- Where's Vlad?
Right here?
We should have left her for dead.
She is mine.
- All of you get some rest.
- We've a big day tomorrow.
- Hmm, Remeny.
- Yeah, looks that way.
Are you sure this is the right place?
I can smell it.
If you can smell it, where is it?
- Everywhere.
- That's helpful.
You think you could
narrow that down for us?
I thought I heard something up there.
- Where?
- There.
What is it?
It's probably just an owl or something.
Holgar!
I will kill that thing
with my bare hands.
Stop it, I said stop it.
We will settle for a sure kill.
Circle up, on me. Swords.
We watch each other's backs.
What's it waiting for?
Waiting for us to make a mistake.
- Don't wait.
- Get back in line.
- Come on.
- Holgar.
Holgar, get back in line.
What are you waiting for?
Holgar, get back in line.
I'm done playing by your rules.
I said, get back.
- Come on.
- Forward.
Go to her, Hideo.
Is that it?
- Shorter than I expected.
- Mm-hmm.
You have no feel for literary pace.
I have read plenty of books.
You can read?
Then what are you doing here?
Careful girl, you're
intimidating the man.
I'm not intimidated by any girl.
Well, you're awful quick
to jump to the defense.
Let the man continue.
Hah, they killed the monster.
- Kind of anticlimactic.
- Yeah.
- All right, so your face.
- You hadn't lost your eye yet.
See I told you there's more.
No you did not.
After an uneventful journey
back to Castle Clemens,
King Samuel was waiting
for us, a feast in our honor.
All of the advisors and
nobility of Remeny were there
to celebrate our achievement.
- Hmm, well done.
- Yes.
- Hard to believe.
- Mm-hmm.
What is?
Well, well that the,
well that the likes of you
could kill such a beast.
We are monster hunters.
We make our living
killing beasts like these.
Please excuse Emissary
Mist and Duke Pantagon.
They're mouths are often
miles ahead of their brains.
Excuse us, gentlemen.
So you and the king were on your own?
Not technically on our own.
We had a small retinue of soldiers with us.
They were all new recruits, you know,
barely old enough to wear the armor.
Why leave the king so ill-protected?
I don't think that I would say
that he was ill-protected.
I would think that you would use
your most trusted soldiers.
We were more than
sufficient for our mission.
We were only after a single witch.
Still, better safe than sorry.
What would possess
you to go after a witch?
Well, because she
was terrifying the villagers,
and stealing their
livestock and their children.
You still haven't answered my question.
Well then, what do you mean?
- There are villagers.
- You can't be serious.
I wanted to thank you for
everything you have done.
You are welcome, my lady.
It was nothing.
Oh please, they have been trying
to kill that beast for generations.
- Generations?
- Hmm.
Every kingdom has tried.
I have no doubt about that.
Well, we are just happy we could help.
I know all of the families
will sleep better tonight.
See, we are family-friendly.
What is it?
She said that they've been
hunting the creature for generations.
Well, as well as the other kingdoms.
But there did not seem to
be many scars on a creature
that has been hunted for that long.
It is probably nothing.
Maybe, maybe not.
So the king was slicing his
way through the battlefield.
Which battle was this?
- The Battle of Fenlow.
- Ah, exciting.
I'm afraid we may have been.
I was for Carolina at the time.
Ah well, we all make mistakes.
- Was he alone?
- I'm sorry?
The king, was he alone?
Of course not, I, I had his back,
and we had an entire battalion with us.
Way you said it, made
it sound like he was alone.
It was a bit confusing.
Perhaps you can word it a different way.
Do you want me to tell the story?
It was a bit misleading.
Even the celsor was confused.
Let the captain tell the tale.
Thank you, Lady Jones. Where was I?
You were on the battlefield.
Watching the king's back.
As he sliced through his enemies.
Yes, yes, so we cut our
way through line after line
of their defenses, and there
was blood, there was guts.
Sorry to interrupt, Captain Baldur.
Excuse me,
Baldur's telling a story.
No it's, it's okay.
The story's starting to be a bit,
what is is, Emissary Mist?
The Duchess de
Baudicourt would like a word.
Is it terribly important?
He was in the middle of
a glorious story of battle.
Well, I'm afraid it is.
Very well, perhaps, perhaps another time.
This way, Captain.
I quite enjoy the captain's stories.
You must be one of the princesses.
Catriona?
No, I am Princess Sabine.
I am sorry, I assumed, because we.
- Enjoy the party.
- Okay.
Wait, what can you tell me about Joan?
- Who?
- John.
Ah, good with a sword,
especially for his age.
And sword is his weapon?
- Sword and buckler.
- Interesting.
- Excuse me, Princess?
- Yes?
Monsignor Mustela would like to see you?
Well, why does he not come see me?
Maybe you should ask
him when you go see him.
- Sabine, Sabine.
- He does not have all day.
Hi, Cat. Are you having fun?
Mm-hmm, have you met
any of the Lost Blades yet?
A couple, but you should not
get too close to them.
Come on, let me introduce you.
Lost Blades, this is my
amazing sister Sabine.
Sabine, this is the Lost Blades.
I've heard you're very
skilled with a sword.
I did not know they allowed
women to do that here.
They do not, but she's a princess.
What are they going to do.
Hmm, must be nice.
If you like being ignored by everyone.
Congratulations on killing the bone devil.
It was John who dealt the killing blow.
Ah yes, John. I heard you
are quite the swordsman.
I can handle myself.
Perhaps we should put that to the test.
What do you have in mind?
- Me.
- You?
- What's the matter, John?
- Afraid of being exposed.
That was a mistake.
I don't think this is a
wise course of action.
No one asked you, Uncle.
Just a friendly duel, to first blood.
No one need die, though I understand
your social better could be intimidating.
Fine.
This is our first duel
in, what would you say?
At least a year.
How did that go?
I've never seen anything quite like it.
Princess Sabine is quite skilled.
I don't know what you're
trying to prove, Sabine.
Oh, Daddy.
Sabine, you are going to be amazing.
Can we do this outside
of the castle walls?
What the duchess and
your father are trying to say,
is fight the good fight, do us proud.
Is this normal
at this type of party?
Not normal enough.
Be careful.
I'm not the one you need to worry about.
You are the one I
will always worry about.
I have prepared a little something,
courtesy of our friend downstairs.
I do not need that.
- Wish me luck.
- You will not need it.
Good luck, Princess.
, Princess.
May the best woman win.
You got this.
- Go Sabine.
- Yeah.
- Let's go, Sabine.
- Get her, John.
There you go.
Yeah.
So John, shall we continue?
Go.
- There you go.
- Whoo.
Good fight, Princess.
Bravo, I was not expecting that.
Wow, I never thought I'd see the day
that Princess Sabine lost a duel.
- I do not lose.
- John.
I did not mean to.
- No.
- I did not mean to.
- No, no, no!
- Sabine, Sabine.
No, no!
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
Throw them all in the dungeon.
Throw them all in the dungeon.
Sire.
Throw them all in the dungeon.
Take them away.
Take them away.
Don't put up a fight.
You think you could take me, huh?
Cooperate, and you
won't have to find out.
Let it be, Renzo.
What, are you kidding?
This way.
You hid this
from us for all these years?
I know, I am sorry, I wish.
- I am not.
- What?
I did exactly what I had to do
in order to stay with my
daughter, and I would do it again.
No one will hire mercenaries
who break the laws
of the lost kingdoms and Veroka.
How can we ever trust you again?
Are you kidding?
How many of you were in jail or lost
when my father found you?
How many of you has he
saved on the battlefield?
I've saved his life too.
Exactly, we have all saved each other.
All right. What is our plan?
Get out of
the way, you know what is right.
We want her, we want her head.
We have the right to be here.
You know what is right, let us through.
Everyone, please calm down.
- We will not calm down.
- Let us in.
May I get through?
No one is getting through.
But I must perform the last rites.
What? No one is dying here tonight.
Why are you protecting them?
I'd move along, if I were you.
We have the right to be here.
Well that may be, but.
Let us see the murderers.
There was no murder here.
Yes there was.
We saw it with our own eyes.
We demand to be let in.
- And then what?
- I don't, I don't know.
- Then what will you do?
- What will any of you do?
Are you gonna get your revenge?
- Exactly.
- Yes, revenge
for Princess Sabine.
Give us that filthy murderess.
If you won't give us
justice, we'll take it ourselves.
Oh, you brave men and
women wanna string up a woman
who just killed the
greatest warrior in Remeny.
Do you think you can take her
from the skilled warriors
she's locked up with, do you?
What happened to all
that courage, where'd it go?
What happened to all that bluster?
- Go ahead.
- Sir?
Give them
space, let them inside, move.
I don't... Zed, really?
Are you denying my order?
- No sir.
- Me either.
Then let them in.
Go ahead, exact your revenge.
Just know that we will
not be there to protect you.
I think you've made
your point, Captain Baldur.
Then why are you still all here?
Come on, let us leave this place.
The king will hear about this.
Oh, he
definitely will hear about this.
- Well, I never.
- Come, Lord Yarro.
We shall rethink our approach.
I can't believe that actually worked.
You three, you get
inside, you guard that cell.
Yes sir.
You think they'll come back?
Oh, possibly.
I'm more worried about
someone trying to get in.
You two, you stand guard here.
Yes sir.
I'm gonna get reinforcements.
It's gonna be a long night.
The Lord put this creature
on Veroka for a reason.
Do you know that reason?
- No, Your Grace.
- Neither do I.
But I do know how to use
it to further His purposes.
Ah Duchess, how good of you to join us.
What is this place.
This is where I conduct my research.
It's your fault.
Will you excuse us, please?
However do you mean?
All of your scheming, it is you
that got the princess
killed, you pulling her strings.
It's your fault, it is your fault.
Choose your next
words very, very carefully.
You don't think I know
you? What do you want?
You cannot be king.
King? The real power
does not lie in the throne.
No! Mama, it's gonna be okay.
The poison will kill you
in a matter of minutes.
Mama, no.
It will be excruciating until then.
Get rid of her too.
It's gonna be okay. Mama no, mom!
- Monsieur.
- What is that thing?
Let's lay out the guards.
But what about these, what about these.
Oh shit.
Help, help, help me, help me.
- I'm sorry.
- Help me.
I'm sorry.
- What are you doing?
- Getting us outta here.
Run, get outta the way, go.
Well, that was peculiar?
- Who was that?
- Was that a guard?
Oh, couldn't be.
The guards here are
the bravest in the world.
Did you hear that?
Help.
What do you think you're.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on.
Where do you think you're going?
Is that a hook beast?
We need to help them.
- Let me go.
- Hold him.
There comes a time in every man's life
that he must put the good
of the many before himself.
- Look at that thing.
- No, no, no, you look at me.
You swore an oath to protect this castle,
and all those who lie within it.
Do your duty or die a traitor.
Do me proud.
We kill that thing, for Remeny.
- For Remeny!
- You're with me.
Come on.
Where's Lord Dale?
I gave him the rest of the night off.
You what? He's your
security detail, you can't do that.
- I did.
- How can you, you are so.
Sir, we have a problem.
Take care of it.
I'm trying to sir, but we have a monster
loose in the castle.
Is the princess safe?
We're searching for her right now.
Unacceptable, come with me.
Sir, should someone protect the prince?
You're a good soldier, I
need you by the king's side, go.
I serve at your pleasure, sir.
Now then, I'm gonna send a
unit of regards to protect you.
Ask you wish.
- You will not, beast.
- You leave him alone.
Stop right there.
Get her outta here.
I laughed when Mustela tortured you.
Renzo, wait for the rest of us.
Where's the guards?
I'm not going to complain.
There should be guards.
That is not good.
Cut the teeth.
- Are you well?
- Yes.
- Protect my daughter.
- With my life.
- Stay back.
- No, I'm not.
- Stay back.
- Daddy, help me.
No, no.
Kill him.
Look at him, just go.
Daddy!
We need to get out of here
before that thing comes back.
Stay back, stay back.
Daddy.
- No, no!
- Wait, stay.
No Daddy, no, no, no.
Hey over here, hey over here.
No, no, no, no, Daddy, Daddy.
It's fine, you're gonna be okay.
Keep going to the woods.
No, Father!
Run, I say run.
No.
This is the place.
You bastard.
Are you okay?
Just get me a damn rag.
Renzo! Renzo, no.
Joan!
Joan dragged the monster
down to the bottom of the lake.
She held it there for as long as she could.
Did it die?
Frank and I stood there
on the side of the lake
all night, nothing ever broke the surface.
That creature is the mother of the one
that we were hired to slay.
Well, how do you know that?
But why even bring that up?
That's the thing about
mothers, is they never give up.
God, sir.
Mother of God, sir.
Come on then, let's see
what you've got.
No, no, no, no.
Run, boy.
Give me a sign
I'm alive and I'm watching you
Watching me
I sit alone, all alone,
and I'm watching you
Watching me
I sit alone, all alone
And I'm watching,
the writing's on the wall
And I'm on my way out, my way out
I sit alone, all alone,
and I'm watching
Trying to take it all
Then I'm on my way out, my way out
Father Abe?
Oh, I need Thea to draw me a bath.
For a millennium,
mighty kings and wise sorcerers
kept powerful forces at bay
throughout the realms of Veroka.
But when a 200-year war
ignited between nations,
evil creatures began to emerge
and terrorize the countryside unchecked.
By war's end, soldiers who
had put their lives on the line
for statesmen and sovereigns returned home
thinking they'd left
the battlefield behind.
But monsters and beasts
had gained a foothold
and began threatening to break the peace
so many had fought and died for.
What's wrong with
you fellow, can't fight fair?
Yeah.
Somebody clean that up.
All right boys, let's see
what the day's haul was.
I stole this.
Did you have to take the finger too?
No, it was just easier.
Not very subtle. Camus, what about you?
I lifted a coin purse.
Did you have to kill him for it?
More importantly, did
anyone see you kill him?
There was no one else on the beach.
How much coin are we talking?
- Who cares?
- I do.
I also found this.
Where did you find this?
Pip?
What did you say your name was?
Answer the man.
My name is Sigurd.
These are my compatriots. I am Orwell.
Why do you keep looking up to the trees?
Yeah, what's up there?
What do you know of the bone devil?
- That it's a myth.
- Hmm.
The dagger, where did you find it?
- It fell from the sky.
- Bullshit.
The story of that dagger is intertwined
- with that of the monster.
- Oh my.
No one gives a shit about the dagger.
I do.
The dagger is called.
It once belonged to Monsignor Mustela,
the advisor to King Samuel of Remeny,
the most prosperous
kingdom in all of Veroka.
Yes. My father, he
told me about this dagger.
Yeah, is there a point to any of this?
What are you gonna do next,
tell us what the blade is made out of?
I don't have to tell you what happened.
No, please forgive my friends.
The born devil had been
ransacking the countryside
for more than a year
before King Samuel's scouts
had tracked it to a small patch of forest
near the Lupine mountain.
And at the advice of his
top aides, he sent a band
of his most elite soldiers
to dispatch the beast.
Does anyone
know what we're looking for?
- Oh, back in line.
- Be quiet.
Why? It's not
like there's anything out here.
What are you talking about?
There's life all around us.
Who are we looking for out here anyway?
Not a matter of who, but what.
Knock it off.
Laugh if you
want, but in this world
some things can't be explained.
Like how Elijah can spend
an entire night in a brothel
and still leave a virgin?
And like how Greg can even get a holy man
to take a swing at him.
I told you all to be quiet.
What would you have if the king found out
you refused his orders?
We were sent here to kill whatever it is
terrorizing our countrymen,
whether it be bone devil,
lion or rabbit.
Hey what
was that, what was that?
- Did you see anything?
- Pull up, pull up.
What the hell was that?
- I don't see anything.
- I don't see anything.
Keep a sharp eye line,
watch each other's backs.
Oh shit.
Dear God.
Elijah, come back here you coward.
Where are you?
We were ambushed by the monster.
The monster
you were sent to kill?
- Yes.
- And all your units died?
- Except you.
- Yes.
Quite the coincidence
don't you think, Lady Darling?
Indeed, Your Grace.
One wonders how someone
could miraculously survive
such an encounter.
And just how long a trail
urine did this whelp leave?
Now, now. Have you ever
heard of the hook beast?
I do not know, my Lord.
Pity, I see history is not
taught in school anymore.
Not history that matters.
Hmm, the hook beast is a
monstrous one-eyed creature.
Its horn can easily pierce
any metal known to man,
yet even with all that muscle and offense,
the hook beast has evolved
certain defensive measures.
Hidden in its blood as a
poison that will kill quickly.
Its blood will paralyze you,
but not dead in your senses.
You will see everything,
you will hear everything,
you will feel everything,
all while its toxins
course through your petty commoner veins.
What in the king's name is going on here?
Duchess de Baudicourt,
how lovely to see you.
I was not aware of
any meeting being held.
Well, it came together
at the last moment,
and it was rather urgent.
You didn't think to notify
the Council or the king?
He notified us.
I think that may be making her point.
Where are your compatriots, Baudicourt?
I would appreciate if you
address me by my full title.
Duchess de Baudicourt,
where are your compatriots?
Good evening, everyone.
Good evening, Your Majesty.
- Is this the survivor?
- Yes, Your Majesty.
- Has he explained his case?
- Desertion, Your Majesty.
That is too bad, take him to the dungeon.
- As you wish, Your Majesty.
- Get up.
- Monsignor Mustela.
- Sire.
- Duchess de Baudicourt.
- Your Majesty.
I shall see you in my study.
- Yes, sire.
- Right away,
of course, Your Majesty.
There was a time no one
dared encroach on this land.
Now with my Yaeger gone,
we're left without one of our elite units,
and our enemy is bearing down on us.
- Daddy.
- There's my girl.
And how were your lessons today, Catriona?
Awful, Dr. Nicholas told me
I could never learn anything.
He did what?
He said you would never learn anything
if you did not at least try.
- Is this true?
- Maybe.
Come here, sweet girl.
You know, someday you will be
running a kingdom of your own.
- This one?
- It is possible,
but perhaps you marry a prince
of one of the neighboring kingdoms.
Ooh I hate them, they're all so boring.
Well I think so too,
but as the future queen
you can change them,
shape them into who you want,
then you can pull the strings
and run the kingdom
yourself, like your mother did.
Fine Daddy, I'll try harder.
That's my girl.
Now, why don't you run to the kitchen
and see if they have any of
that baneberry pie that we love.
Sabine?
I take it the Yeager failed.
Only one survivor.
- Send better troops.
- Excuse me?
Allow me to take two units.
- Out of the question.
- Why?
I don't have to explain myself to you.
You have said it yourself.
I am better with a sword
than you ever were.
Let me lead them.
I will not send any more of my people
to be slaughtered by this beast.
They will be slaughtered,
whether you send more people or not.
Do not test me.
Pardon me my Lord, but
there may actually be a way
for both of your needs to be met.
How so?
There is an elite
group of monster hunters.
They go by the name the Lost Blades.
They are from all over Veroka,
Yet none of them are from Remeny.
Over the last decade or so,
they have killed over
150 monsters and demons.
They are pricey, but... How pricey?
Well, can you put a price on safety?
That's it, is a good idea, Your Majesty.
I can't recall the last time
you two agreed on anything.
Because if the group is
successful, you will be seen
as a protective leader who
puts his people's safety first,
and it will not be about their money.
And besides, if they fail,
I mean none of your people died,
and you can always send
in more troops afterwards.
Hmm, very well. Send a rider right away.
I wish to speak with
them as soon as possible.
- Of course, Your Majesty.
- Yes, Your Majesty.
And then
the deacon looked at him,
without missing a beat replied,
"To be sure, Your Eminence,
a cart full of fruits and
vegetables gets through.
Why should not you?"
That is quite good.
What's the matter
Culper, don't you get it?
You see the deacon,
Culper... Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I got it, Your Highness.
It was funny the last
five times you told it.
- Tell us a better joke.
- Gladly.
All right, ladies and gentlemen.
He knows there's only two of us, right?
I don't know, but don't spoil it.
- So where are you from?
- Castle Clemens.
Ah, Castle Clemens, Castle
Clemens, a very nice place, I.
Your Majesty.
- Well, there goes my act.
- Goes?
Well, I was getting to the funny part.
I'm sure you were.
- May I speak with my brother?
- Of course, my Lord.
- Alone?
- Absolutely.
Stay close, we don't
want a repeat of last week.
As you wish, my Lord.
How are you?
I was better a few minutes ago.
You've been back at
the castle for nearly a year
and you've barely spoken to me.
There's a reason for that.
William, please talk to
me. We used to be so close.
- Yes, used to be.
- You fled the kingdom.
No, Samuel. I gave my title
to be with the woman I loved.
Mother and Father...
Leave them out of this.
They died long before you decided
to make such a stupid decision.
Stupid decision? What
about Abigail, was this.
Leave her out of this.
She's the mother of my
children, and your queen.
No, she was.
Oh, there's the Samuel I
know, the broiling anger.
- He's putting me to sleep.
- The monster, the monster.
Get to the monster.
Quite the stage you're setting here.
I was just getting to it.
I hate exposition.
I'm surprised you know
the meaning of that word.
And what's that supposed to mean?
I think you know exactly what that means.
If you weren't a kid.
- You would hit a woman?
- Maybe.
Well, I love political drama.
Makes me feel like I'm getting smarter.
All right, can we get back to the story?
- What's this?
- This?
This is the head of the Minotaur.
Guess this means you boys killed it.
Figured we'd spare the
mess, just bring his head.
- How thoughtful of you.
- Payment as promised.
Pleasure doing business with you.
Think this calls for a celebration.
Drinks all around.
Yeah, nobody's getting anything
until you get this head off my bar.
Griff, take the head to the kitchen.
- Right away.
- No, not the kitchen.
Follow me.
Did the interrogation go well?
It went splendid, Your Grace.
Father Abe was very thorough, sir.
Monsignor Mustela.
Ah, Princess Sabine,
how lovely to see you.
- Cut the shit, Monsignor.
- Leave us.
However do you mean?
I mean calling of strangers
to handle our business.
It is my duty and my
honor to protect Remeny
from any and all threats, monster or man.
If you are to rule this land one day,
you must learn patience.
What good is that, when
our people are dying like cattle?
Even the Lord cannot
do everything in one day.
A wise ruler takes the
time, gathers the information,
and then takes that
information and forges it
into a weapon, and then strikes.
I just can't just sit
here and do nothing.
And you will not.
You'll be in counsel with my spies,
and they will gather what
you need to slay the beast.
And when the Lost
Blades fail, and they will,
you will take that
victory of killing the beast,
and it will propel you to the throne.
- And what if they succeed?
- Hmm, you leave that to me.
- Barbarians.
- What was that?
I said, "Beers all round."
All right, who wants to hear
how I slayed the beast of Norwood?
You slayed it?
That is how I remember the story.
Ha ha, I seem to remember Valdryk
getting the killing blow.
Well he wouldn't have been able to,
without me cutting off his horn.
Stop, please.
Cut it out.
Do not worry, the Tucker gang is here.
No need to thank us.
Leave the introduction to me.
Sorry, boss.
No need to thank us.
We will take our usual
stipend of stew, ale, and ladies.
An extra helping of ladies.
Get your hands off me, take a bath first.
My apologies, madam.
- Keep him on a leash.
- I do try.
See the quality of bandits
gone down around here.
Missing the old days?
Nah, just realizing how
rich I'd be if I stuck with it.
You killed the creature
all by yourselves?
Must have been so scary.
Nothing we couldn't handle.
I bet, big strong man like you.
Out of my way, little man.
Yeah, out of the way little man.
What's a pretty lady like you
doing with scum like this?
All yours.
Looks like we're
gonna have fun after all.
- Get 'em!
- My pleasure.
All right, that is enough.
We do not need any more violence at.
Senorita, you come here.
Stay out of it.
But they need our help.
No they don't.
We are looking for the Lost Blades.
That is us.
What is it?
- I don't get it.
- Is that water?
Is that what I think it is?
What am I looking at here?
This is the grave of Hideo's daughter.
How did she die?
Demon wolves.
Your child will make
a fine leader one day.
It's a nasty bump Vlad,
but I think you will live.
Thanks, Doc.
All right Valdryk, let's
have a look at that shoulder.
I am fine.
You can't just magic the wound away.
The kind of magic I
can do is more alchemical.
I can make salves and potions
with the right ingredients.
I do not do spells.
Vlad, I have a question for you.
What?
How is it that someone
as big and massive as you
would allow himself to
be knocked out by a rock?
Imagine a rock the size of my hand.
That is a big rock.
It's just bigger than your little brain.
That's it, I've got you now.
Sigurd, you are taking it easy on him.
Well, I do not want to hurt him.
That is
why you will never learn.
What?
Some lessons are best
taught by patience, kindness.
Some lessons are better
learned on the receiving end
of an angry, muscle-bound idiot.
Come now Father, we know
neither of these men can learn anything.
Nice place.
You think he's
compensating for something?
King Samuel is one
of the greatest warriors.
Veroka has ever known.
Sorry, I was just very,
I thought it was funny.
- Let them through.
- As you wish, sire.
I'll be watching.
Which one of us?
Leave him alone Griff,
he's just doing his job.
Now let us do ours.
On one knee.
It is customary to bend the
knee when addressing the king.
Why? It's not my king.
You will bend at the knee,
or the guards will bend it for you.
It's been a long time
since I've been treated in such a way.
Thank you, it feels good
to be treated like a man.
Please, stand. I see your
courage lives up to the stories.
Please, stand.
I take it you are Mathias Brennus.
It is nice to meet you face to face.
The pleasure is mine, Your Majesty.
You know, we fought
against each other once.
Yes, the battle of Evie falls.
I gave you a wide berth.
I thank you for that.
I don't think I would've
fared well against you.
You killed 100 of my men that day.
As did you.
Do you still see their faces?
- Every one.
- As do I.
Just why I'm glad my
fighting days are behind me.
I don't think I can bear the
weight of any more souls.
- Leave us.
- But sire.
These men are sales souls, Your Majesty.
Hardly the type of men
that Remeny is known for.
Lord Sussex is quite right.
These men are my guests and men of honor.
Baldur, see them out.
As you wish.
- All right, everyone out.
- Quite wise.
Oh, you mean us. Of course.
- My Lords, this way.
- I don't see.
King Samuel has commanded it.
My Lord, perhaps it would be wise
to keep some witnesses.
Witnesses?
Are you afraid these men
are going to murder me?
The thought has crossed
my mind, Your Majesty.
In matters of business,
I can handle myself.
As you wish. After you.
Your Majesty.
I will be fine, Baldur.
Don't think it's wise, sir.
- I'll be fine.
- I'll be right outside.
Very well.
Thank you for getting here so fast.
When one is summoned by a king,
it is best not to keep him waiting, oui?
I suppose not.
Tell me, what have you
heard of this bone devil?
What, you want us to kill the bone devil?
It sticks to the forest.
Historically, yes.
Lately however, it's been
attacking villages in my kingdom.
Small ones on the
outskirts of the Lupine forest,
but they are my people.
I sent the Yaeger to hunt it,
but it wiped them all out.
The trackers?
The best trackers in Veroka.
No better than me.
Why not send another
group of your soldiers?
Remeny has many fine warriors.
True, but it can be difficult
to find your way in the Lupine forest.
So if we succeed, you get the glory.
If we fail, your people do not die, oui?
Looks like we're going
to be killing a bone devil.
You can't catch me.
You'd better watch out, Amelie.
Amelie, oh mon die...
What do you think you are doing?
I was playing with the princesses.
Or trying to, at least.
, I was not talking to you.
What do you think you are doing?
I'm sorry?
- Playing with a sword?
- I was not playing.
You could have hurt
yourself, your sister,
and my child.
- I know what I'm doing.
- Obviously you do not.
I have dedicated myself to
this weapon for over a decade.
You are far too pretty a girl
to be playing with a weapon like this.
- Pretty?
- Well, you are pretty.
I keep telling her that.
- Catriona.
- Sorry.
Girls, go inside. It's
time for your lessons.
- Fine.
- Okay, Mom.
You have no idea how lucky you are.
If it was anyone else in Veroka,
you would be put in prison years ago.
A well-placed barb
is far more dangerous than any sword.
Learn to use your head.
Come on, John.
Oh please John, we all know
you're not man enough to take it.
Save it for the bone devil,
or your forfeit your share.
- He can't do that, can he?
- Don't know.
- All in favor?
- Aye.
What did she say?
I think it must have been the.
Don't interrupt the man.
Princess Sabine was not sure at first,
but she knew someone who could help her.
Hello, old friend.
Oh, we've been through this.
The more you struggle,
the more it will hurt.
You know you are welcome
to help us if you'd like.
Oh I would, but that
thing that scares me.
Yes, the hook beast is
a magnificent specimen.
It's time for your benediction.
God's moves.
Now, now. It's just the weekly harvest.
Princess, the Duchess?
That's not what this is about.
Hmm, syringe.
Would you care to help us with the harvest?
What do you know of the Lost Blades?
Something's off with one of them.
Hmm? Yes, it's a short Halovian.
Renzo, I think his name is.
Memory serves me correctly,
he was raised by wolves that.
No, the young pixie who
never removes their helmet.
Yes, John. Son of their leader Mathias.
If rumors are to be believed,
his prowess were the
sword matches even yours.
When the Lost Blades left, I
saw John remove their helmet.
It was only for one instant.
I'm not sure what I saw,
but something is off with that one.
Interesting. I will have
my spies look into it.
Yes Monsignor, wise as always.
- Culper.
- Yes, Your Grace?
I believe I have a job
for you and your boss.
Only about two more days to travel
before we reach Mount Lupine.
Good, good, good. Can
you find us at a place to camp?
There is a lake about
two miles from here.
It should be a good place.
As long as it isn't too swampy.
- Or full of giant frogs.
- Frogs?
I don't hear a monster.
Maybe it's too far away.
Do not think so.
Most monsters would not
let a scream like this go on.
Somebody, help me! Help me!
Renzo, Holgar, Hideo, John,
go find the source of the scream.
Renzo, this is scouting, not combat.
- That's what he thinks.
- On me.
- Stop struggling.
- Let me go.
- To late for that.
- I have not done anything.
Why do they always say that?
Will you shut up and help?
Shes a strong one.
That is why I suggested a child.
That is disgusting.
We have done far worse before.
- Help me!
- Someone shut her up.
Help me, help, somebody help me.
Let's just get her strapped in.
Enough, everyone take your positions.
On you.
Oh Great One, we
humble ourselves before you.
We are not worthy of your gift.
- What is the situation?
- It's like a cult.
- Could be witch hunters.
- Is there a way around?
What? No, we have to help her.
And if we do that, then
what? Bring her with us?
Why not?
We are about to walk
into the lair of a monster
that has decimated elite units of soldiers.
If we have to watch over on non-combatant.
We all die.
We humble ourselves before you.
We are not worthy of your gifts.
Oh, let me go. Help me.
See, I told you she the one.
Yes, the monsignor was
wise to appoint you as tracker.
You did this to yourself.
Son.
What are you doing?
Complete the ritual.
- Cut her free.
- Thank you, thank you.
I'm Vlad.
Somebody want to tell me
why you disobeyed my orders?
You may have a death wish,
but don't drag the rest of us into it,
especially not my child.
Father, I can take care of myself.
Then start acting like it.
All right,
roll us one, bring it.
- No cheating, no cheating.
- All right, let's go again.
- Roll it, roll it.
- Rolling it, rolling it.
- One.
- No cheating.
- One.
- Definitely.
I'm sorry I disobeyed you, but.
Is that what you think this is about?
Well, it is what I
thought this was about.
Do you have any idea
how reckless that was?
We were saving that poor girl's life.
By risking the lives of
several of your soldiers?
I did not mean... And your own?
Some day you will be in charge.
I mean, maybe not of this unit, but yes,
many of the men already look to you,
but that is why you have to
weigh every one of your choices
before you make your decision.
John, you are gonna have to work
twice as hard to gain their respect.
I still do not see what is
wrong with saving that woman.
It was the right thing to do.
What would have happened
if any of you got hurt or killed?
But no one did.
- I'm hungry.
- That just.
Joseph, Joseph, we made a mistake.
- What are you talking about?
- Listen.
- Hello boys.
- Where's Vlad?
Right here?
We should have left her for dead.
She is mine.
- All of you get some rest.
- We've a big day tomorrow.
- Hmm, Remeny.
- Yeah, looks that way.
Are you sure this is the right place?
I can smell it.
If you can smell it, where is it?
- Everywhere.
- That's helpful.
You think you could
narrow that down for us?
I thought I heard something up there.
- Where?
- There.
What is it?
It's probably just an owl or something.
Holgar!
I will kill that thing
with my bare hands.
Stop it, I said stop it.
We will settle for a sure kill.
Circle up, on me. Swords.
We watch each other's backs.
What's it waiting for?
Waiting for us to make a mistake.
- Don't wait.
- Get back in line.
- Come on.
- Holgar.
Holgar, get back in line.
What are you waiting for?
Holgar, get back in line.
I'm done playing by your rules.
I said, get back.
- Come on.
- Forward.
Go to her, Hideo.
Is that it?
- Shorter than I expected.
- Mm-hmm.
You have no feel for literary pace.
I have read plenty of books.
You can read?
Then what are you doing here?
Careful girl, you're
intimidating the man.
I'm not intimidated by any girl.
Well, you're awful quick
to jump to the defense.
Let the man continue.
Hah, they killed the monster.
- Kind of anticlimactic.
- Yeah.
- All right, so your face.
- You hadn't lost your eye yet.
See I told you there's more.
No you did not.
After an uneventful journey
back to Castle Clemens,
King Samuel was waiting
for us, a feast in our honor.
All of the advisors and
nobility of Remeny were there
to celebrate our achievement.
- Hmm, well done.
- Yes.
- Hard to believe.
- Mm-hmm.
What is?
Well, well that the,
well that the likes of you
could kill such a beast.
We are monster hunters.
We make our living
killing beasts like these.
Please excuse Emissary
Mist and Duke Pantagon.
They're mouths are often
miles ahead of their brains.
Excuse us, gentlemen.
So you and the king were on your own?
Not technically on our own.
We had a small retinue of soldiers with us.
They were all new recruits, you know,
barely old enough to wear the armor.
Why leave the king so ill-protected?
I don't think that I would say
that he was ill-protected.
I would think that you would use
your most trusted soldiers.
We were more than
sufficient for our mission.
We were only after a single witch.
Still, better safe than sorry.
What would possess
you to go after a witch?
Well, because she
was terrifying the villagers,
and stealing their
livestock and their children.
You still haven't answered my question.
Well then, what do you mean?
- There are villagers.
- You can't be serious.
I wanted to thank you for
everything you have done.
You are welcome, my lady.
It was nothing.
Oh please, they have been trying
to kill that beast for generations.
- Generations?
- Hmm.
Every kingdom has tried.
I have no doubt about that.
Well, we are just happy we could help.
I know all of the families
will sleep better tonight.
See, we are family-friendly.
What is it?
She said that they've been
hunting the creature for generations.
Well, as well as the other kingdoms.
But there did not seem to
be many scars on a creature
that has been hunted for that long.
It is probably nothing.
Maybe, maybe not.
So the king was slicing his
way through the battlefield.
Which battle was this?
- The Battle of Fenlow.
- Ah, exciting.
I'm afraid we may have been.
I was for Carolina at the time.
Ah well, we all make mistakes.
- Was he alone?
- I'm sorry?
The king, was he alone?
Of course not, I, I had his back,
and we had an entire battalion with us.
Way you said it, made
it sound like he was alone.
It was a bit confusing.
Perhaps you can word it a different way.
Do you want me to tell the story?
It was a bit misleading.
Even the celsor was confused.
Let the captain tell the tale.
Thank you, Lady Jones. Where was I?
You were on the battlefield.
Watching the king's back.
As he sliced through his enemies.
Yes, yes, so we cut our
way through line after line
of their defenses, and there
was blood, there was guts.
Sorry to interrupt, Captain Baldur.
Excuse me,
Baldur's telling a story.
No it's, it's okay.
The story's starting to be a bit,
what is is, Emissary Mist?
The Duchess de
Baudicourt would like a word.
Is it terribly important?
He was in the middle of
a glorious story of battle.
Well, I'm afraid it is.
Very well, perhaps, perhaps another time.
This way, Captain.
I quite enjoy the captain's stories.
You must be one of the princesses.
Catriona?
No, I am Princess Sabine.
I am sorry, I assumed, because we.
- Enjoy the party.
- Okay.
Wait, what can you tell me about Joan?
- Who?
- John.
Ah, good with a sword,
especially for his age.
And sword is his weapon?
- Sword and buckler.
- Interesting.
- Excuse me, Princess?
- Yes?
Monsignor Mustela would like to see you?
Well, why does he not come see me?
Maybe you should ask
him when you go see him.
- Sabine, Sabine.
- He does not have all day.
Hi, Cat. Are you having fun?
Mm-hmm, have you met
any of the Lost Blades yet?
A couple, but you should not
get too close to them.
Come on, let me introduce you.
Lost Blades, this is my
amazing sister Sabine.
Sabine, this is the Lost Blades.
I've heard you're very
skilled with a sword.
I did not know they allowed
women to do that here.
They do not, but she's a princess.
What are they going to do.
Hmm, must be nice.
If you like being ignored by everyone.
Congratulations on killing the bone devil.
It was John who dealt the killing blow.
Ah yes, John. I heard you
are quite the swordsman.
I can handle myself.
Perhaps we should put that to the test.
What do you have in mind?
- Me.
- You?
- What's the matter, John?
- Afraid of being exposed.
That was a mistake.
I don't think this is a
wise course of action.
No one asked you, Uncle.
Just a friendly duel, to first blood.
No one need die, though I understand
your social better could be intimidating.
Fine.
This is our first duel
in, what would you say?
At least a year.
How did that go?
I've never seen anything quite like it.
Princess Sabine is quite skilled.
I don't know what you're
trying to prove, Sabine.
Oh, Daddy.
Sabine, you are going to be amazing.
Can we do this outside
of the castle walls?
What the duchess and
your father are trying to say,
is fight the good fight, do us proud.
Is this normal
at this type of party?
Not normal enough.
Be careful.
I'm not the one you need to worry about.
You are the one I
will always worry about.
I have prepared a little something,
courtesy of our friend downstairs.
I do not need that.
- Wish me luck.
- You will not need it.
Good luck, Princess.
, Princess.
May the best woman win.
You got this.
- Go Sabine.
- Yeah.
- Let's go, Sabine.
- Get her, John.
There you go.
Yeah.
So John, shall we continue?
Go.
- There you go.
- Whoo.
Good fight, Princess.
Bravo, I was not expecting that.
Wow, I never thought I'd see the day
that Princess Sabine lost a duel.
- I do not lose.
- John.
I did not mean to.
- No.
- I did not mean to.
- No, no, no!
- Sabine, Sabine.
No, no!
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
Throw them all in the dungeon.
Throw them all in the dungeon.
Sire.
Throw them all in the dungeon.
Take them away.
Take them away.
Don't put up a fight.
You think you could take me, huh?
Cooperate, and you
won't have to find out.
Let it be, Renzo.
What, are you kidding?
This way.
You hid this
from us for all these years?
I know, I am sorry, I wish.
- I am not.
- What?
I did exactly what I had to do
in order to stay with my
daughter, and I would do it again.
No one will hire mercenaries
who break the laws
of the lost kingdoms and Veroka.
How can we ever trust you again?
Are you kidding?
How many of you were in jail or lost
when my father found you?
How many of you has he
saved on the battlefield?
I've saved his life too.
Exactly, we have all saved each other.
All right. What is our plan?
Get out of
the way, you know what is right.
We want her, we want her head.
We have the right to be here.
You know what is right, let us through.
Everyone, please calm down.
- We will not calm down.
- Let us in.
May I get through?
No one is getting through.
But I must perform the last rites.
What? No one is dying here tonight.
Why are you protecting them?
I'd move along, if I were you.
We have the right to be here.
Well that may be, but.
Let us see the murderers.
There was no murder here.
Yes there was.
We saw it with our own eyes.
We demand to be let in.
- And then what?
- I don't, I don't know.
- Then what will you do?
- What will any of you do?
Are you gonna get your revenge?
- Exactly.
- Yes, revenge
for Princess Sabine.
Give us that filthy murderess.
If you won't give us
justice, we'll take it ourselves.
Oh, you brave men and
women wanna string up a woman
who just killed the
greatest warrior in Remeny.
Do you think you can take her
from the skilled warriors
she's locked up with, do you?
What happened to all
that courage, where'd it go?
What happened to all that bluster?
- Go ahead.
- Sir?
Give them
space, let them inside, move.
I don't... Zed, really?
Are you denying my order?
- No sir.
- Me either.
Then let them in.
Go ahead, exact your revenge.
Just know that we will
not be there to protect you.
I think you've made
your point, Captain Baldur.
Then why are you still all here?
Come on, let us leave this place.
The king will hear about this.
Oh, he
definitely will hear about this.
- Well, I never.
- Come, Lord Yarro.
We shall rethink our approach.
I can't believe that actually worked.
You three, you get
inside, you guard that cell.
Yes sir.
You think they'll come back?
Oh, possibly.
I'm more worried about
someone trying to get in.
You two, you stand guard here.
Yes sir.
I'm gonna get reinforcements.
It's gonna be a long night.
The Lord put this creature
on Veroka for a reason.
Do you know that reason?
- No, Your Grace.
- Neither do I.
But I do know how to use
it to further His purposes.
Ah Duchess, how good of you to join us.
What is this place.
This is where I conduct my research.
It's your fault.
Will you excuse us, please?
However do you mean?
All of your scheming, it is you
that got the princess
killed, you pulling her strings.
It's your fault, it is your fault.
Choose your next
words very, very carefully.
You don't think I know
you? What do you want?
You cannot be king.
King? The real power
does not lie in the throne.
No! Mama, it's gonna be okay.
The poison will kill you
in a matter of minutes.
Mama, no.
It will be excruciating until then.
Get rid of her too.
It's gonna be okay. Mama no, mom!
- Monsieur.
- What is that thing?
Let's lay out the guards.
But what about these, what about these.
Oh shit.
Help, help, help me, help me.
- I'm sorry.
- Help me.
I'm sorry.
- What are you doing?
- Getting us outta here.
Run, get outta the way, go.
Well, that was peculiar?
- Who was that?
- Was that a guard?
Oh, couldn't be.
The guards here are
the bravest in the world.
Did you hear that?
Help.
What do you think you're.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on.
Where do you think you're going?
Is that a hook beast?
We need to help them.
- Let me go.
- Hold him.
There comes a time in every man's life
that he must put the good
of the many before himself.
- Look at that thing.
- No, no, no, you look at me.
You swore an oath to protect this castle,
and all those who lie within it.
Do your duty or die a traitor.
Do me proud.
We kill that thing, for Remeny.
- For Remeny!
- You're with me.
Come on.
Where's Lord Dale?
I gave him the rest of the night off.
You what? He's your
security detail, you can't do that.
- I did.
- How can you, you are so.
Sir, we have a problem.
Take care of it.
I'm trying to sir, but we have a monster
loose in the castle.
Is the princess safe?
We're searching for her right now.
Unacceptable, come with me.
Sir, should someone protect the prince?
You're a good soldier, I
need you by the king's side, go.
I serve at your pleasure, sir.
Now then, I'm gonna send a
unit of regards to protect you.
Ask you wish.
- You will not, beast.
- You leave him alone.
Stop right there.
Get her outta here.
I laughed when Mustela tortured you.
Renzo, wait for the rest of us.
Where's the guards?
I'm not going to complain.
There should be guards.
That is not good.
Cut the teeth.
- Are you well?
- Yes.
- Protect my daughter.
- With my life.
- Stay back.
- No, I'm not.
- Stay back.
- Daddy, help me.
No, no.
Kill him.
Look at him, just go.
Daddy!
We need to get out of here
before that thing comes back.
Stay back, stay back.
Daddy.
- No, no!
- Wait, stay.
No Daddy, no, no, no.
Hey over here, hey over here.
No, no, no, no, Daddy, Daddy.
It's fine, you're gonna be okay.
Keep going to the woods.
No, Father!
Run, I say run.
No.
This is the place.
You bastard.
Are you okay?
Just get me a damn rag.
Renzo! Renzo, no.
Joan!
Joan dragged the monster
down to the bottom of the lake.
She held it there for as long as she could.
Did it die?
Frank and I stood there
on the side of the lake
all night, nothing ever broke the surface.
That creature is the mother of the one
that we were hired to slay.
Well, how do you know that?
But why even bring that up?
That's the thing about
mothers, is they never give up.
God, sir.
Mother of God, sir.
Come on then, let's see
what you've got.
No, no, no, no.
Run, boy.
Give me a sign
I'm alive and I'm watching you
Watching me
I sit alone, all alone,
and I'm watching you
Watching me
I sit alone, all alone
And I'm watching,
the writing's on the wall
And I'm on my way out, my way out
I sit alone, all alone,
and I'm watching
Trying to take it all
Then I'm on my way out, my way out
Father Abe?
Oh, I need Thea to draw me a bath.