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[rain pattering]

[tense music]

[tense dramatic music continues]

[Neave] What's it like, to hear his voice?

[Hendrick] For me it is...

[thunder rumbles]

[groans]

[Hendrick] Pain.

How else could it be to hear the voice of a god-king?

[Hendrick] We all bear burdens.

This is mine.

But why you, Hendrick?

Why must you be the one to face this task?

I do not question.

I do what is required of me.

In Sigmar's name.

And it is a burden I cannot share.

The words of passing, Neave.

He has spoken them into my mind.

And they burn even now.

My lips cannot give shape to them.

Only when the time comes, will they be heard.

So be it.

The others will be here soon.

If you will allow me, I shall speak Sigmar's will.

[Rostus] Who do we hunt?

[Hendrick] A monster.

[Rostus] Aren't they all?

[dramatic action music]

[screams]

[dramatic action music continues]

[man wheezes, coughs]

[coughs]

[groans]

Get up. If you can't move, they don't keep you alive.

[gasps]

What is this?

The herd must be culled of the weak.

Lest they spoil the queen's table.

[scoffs]

Hmm.

It seems you are not weak.

[snickers]

[shouts in pain]

Merely foolish.

[choking]

[sighs]

But our queen cannot keep the entire harvest for herself.

[man screams]

[gasping]

Keep moving and you will live a little longer.

[Rostus] Who was she?

This blood queen.

[Hendrick] She is called Kaelena.

She last drew breath as one of the living in the Age of Chaos,

before the War of Retribution even began.

Someone who has survived that long

is going to be powerful and difficult to kill.

Vampires have a nasty habit of not staying down.

That's why we're not going to kill her.

What?

Kaelena was once an Azyrite magister in service to Sigmar.

She turned her back on him and made a bargain for immortality.

First we have to get to her.

Lorai.

She has a fortress.

Of course.

A fortress in two halves.

The tree that holds the fortress' stones together grows through a realmgate

spanning Ghyran and the Amethyst Realm.

[Shakana] Attack in one realm and she goes through the gate to the other.

[Neave] We need to get in and reach the quarry as swiftly as possible...

Without getting killed again in the process?

...without giving the creature time to muster her forces in defence.

The Soulblight need the blood of the living.

Why not wait until she leaves her fortress to feed?

She has not left the confines of her fastness for many lifetimes.

We will have to enter the fortress.

So we walk in or we break in.

[Hendrick] Either way, we must cross the threshold.

Don't the legends say it's the other way round with vampires?

[chuckles]

But she still feeds, doesn't she?

This Soulblight still drinks blood, yes?

Her thralls and lesser kin bring herds of mortals to fill her dungeons.

Her larder.

Then that's our way in...

with the people she treats as cattle.

[tense music]

Five-score-nine, your eminence.

A wasteage of only a half-dozen.

A bountiful harvest.

[grunts]

[rumbling]

[gasps]

On your feet.

What?

[exclaims]

[groans]

[snarls]

[roars]

I presume there is a reason we have to use the door...

as opposed to riding the lightning into the heart of the enemy.

The fortress is...

warded and shielded against magic intrusion.

Powerfully warded if you are saying that Sigmar's might can't get us inside.

Not his might, no.

But his word...

What are you not telling us, old wolf?

[Hendrick] Kaelena's fortress is a Stormvault.

[eerie rasps]

Made by Sigmar himself in ages long past

to seal away relics and monsters that might threaten the realms.

[eerie rasping]

[Rostus chuckles]

What did this Stormvault contain, besides a realmgate?

Some hold spells that undo life and move the stars.

Weapons that can steal a god's power.

Devices that can rewrite truth.

Whatever this one holds, such power cannot be allowed

to remain in a vampire's hands.

So if we're not going to kill her...

what are we going to do?

To protect their secrets,

every Stormvault contains a penumbral engine.

[Lorai] Such devices are designed to wash away the memories

of those caught in their aura.

They're long dormant,

but can be reactivated with the right key.

So we're going to remove her ability to use the contents of the Stormvault.

We're going to destroy her sense of self.

Her identity.

She'll die in all but body.

Yes.

[tense dramatic music]

[people gasp]

[whimpering]

[heroic music]

[gasping]

[groans] Please, I was just trying to stay alive.

You yet might.

Keys.

[gasps]

[Shakana] We breach the fortress in Shyish.

Cause trouble.

The prey feels threatened

and goes through the gate from one realm to another.

[Neave] Exactly what we want her to do.

[people clamouring]

[man 1] This way, quick.

[man 2] Quick.

Please. Please, don't leave us.

[woman] Over here!

[exclaims]

[suspenseful choral music]

Through.

[snarls]

[suspenseful choral music continues]

[grunting]

Lorai.

It is done.

Run swift.

The sight of the unliving will not remain clouded for long.

[gaoler] This is it,

but only the mistress can open it.

Go.

What?

You brought us to the sanctuary.

Your life is your own.

I betrayed the mistress.

I won't survive.

Leave!

[gasps]

-[Rostus] What? -You just killed him.

I gave him more of a chance than any of the mortals he helped imprison.

It's time.

By the will of Sigmar.

[dramatic music]

Hear his word.

[thunder crackles]

[groans]

[Neave] Hendrick?

Good luck.

[skeletons gasping]

I'll hold them off for as long as I'm able.

[Neave grunts]

[blade clangs]

And this word unlocks the fortress?

[Hendrick] Yes.

What is the problem?

There is always a problem.

Even if you could open a Stormvault...

Sigmar is a cautious god.

[groans]

The wards break.

[Lorai] The vault's guardians awaken.

[gasps]

[snarling]

[Rostus] There!

Oh. How disappointing.

[tense dramatic music]

The vaults.

Stop her, Rostus!

[exclaims]

[snickering]

It worked. She's gone through.

Now we just need to stop her returning.

And get out without dying.

-The Soulblight crossed over? -Yes.

But she opened the damn vaults as she left.

[clatters]

The way is sealed.

But only while I dream its waters into ice.

I cannot hold the way shut for long,

and I am unwilling to die in this endeavour.

We give Hendrick all the time we can.

[loud thud]

[shrieks]

[Rostus] ...and trust that Sigmar is with him.

[tense dramatic music]

[exclaims]

Oh, no you don't.

Back here!

Stand aside.

No.

Come on Hendrick!

[shrieks]

[groans]

[shrieking]

[shrieks]

[exclaims]

Shyish... lor... nia... su...

Hello, old friend.

[chuckles]

Celestial power.

The weight of a half-god's whim.

Life eternal.

Doesn't suit you.

You forced me here.

Cut off the path behind me.

Clever.

I had thought you would come for me sooner.

-[sword clangs] -I can grant you no mercy, Kaelena.

You are a threat.

Because of what we remember.

Memories are a funny thing, are they not?

They can define you, and they can damn you.

And they always come back to haunt you.

You should have come with me.

You should not have chosen... this.

I made the right choice.

You...

You no longer have a choice over who and what you are.

Is she here too?

She doesn't know, does she?

Did you tell them you were here because of the Stormvault?

Of course you did, they could not know the truth.

Only Sigmar's Talon would be trusted

to ensure that I do not live to spoil his great gamble.

You would murder everyone you care about for your god.

[sighs]

I do what is required of me.

I am sorry.

I am not.

[snarls]

[snickers]

[snarls]

The waters...

drain...

The way will not remain shut for long.

[groaning]

[shrieking]

Just as well.

[exclaims]

[grunts]

[breathing heavily]

[Neave] Sorry, Hendrick.

Time's up.

[breathing heavily]

You tire, old man.

[laughs]

Your words are truer than you know.

[grunts]

[exclaims]

[shrieks]

Goodbye, old friend.

[groans]

[ethereal music]

I will remember you.

-[Rostus] Hendrick! -[Hendrick] Out! Now!

[groans]

[Hendrick] Move! Get clear!

It will all come out in the end, Hendrick.

When all is dust...

secrets are undying.

The Penumbral Engine will work?

It will.

Very well. Let's get it done.

[gaoler whimpering]

[gasping]

Mistress!

[groaning]

[chuckles] You survive!

What glorious fortune!

[groans]

Who are you?

[gasping] Your humble servant.

I need no servants.

But I do need to feed...

[dramatic music]

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