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[tense dramatic music]

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[screams]

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[tense dramatic music continues]

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[water rushing]

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[birdsong]

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[insects chittering]

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[Shakana] It is murder.

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[Hendrick sighs] What is the difference
between war and murder?

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[Shakana] Are you being serious?

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[Hendrick] Are they not merely different
paths towards the same end?

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[Shakana] No, they are not.

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[dramatic drum beat]

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[Hendrick] No?

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[Hendrick] Yet they are the bloody means
by which we dispose of our enemies.

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[Shakana] A bitter sentiment...

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[Hendrick] But a truth that hides
behind every pretence of peace.

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[Hendrick]
Murder is just another word for war.

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That�s a twisted philosophy, Hendrick.

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We, the Stormcast, make war to defend.

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To reclaim.

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To protect.

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[sighs]
And how is this mission any different?

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This is wrong.

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The ends and the means and the motive,
all of them must be just.

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If we ally with murderers
and then kill them in the shadows,

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how can we claim to be righteous?

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[sighs]

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We should never have allied
with those monsters in the first place

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but they are our allies.

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We make war, not murder.

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It has been ordained
and that is all that matters.

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[Neave] I don�t like it...

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But we have been commanded, and we
are going to execute that command.

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[exclaims]

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[cup clangs]

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Shakana!

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[Hendrick grunts softly]

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For a moment you weren't with us then.

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Are more memories surfacing?

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Dreams?

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It�s nothing.

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Shakana has a point about the mission.

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[sighs] When do we ever like
what is required of us.

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But I think you were right not
to go against the Lord Commander.

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You heard what he said.

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I heard alright, loud and clear.

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[tense music]

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[Carthalos] They will be killing
some of the local populace,

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setting them against enemy captives,
and some of their own fighters.

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How certain are we, lord?

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They have done it before.

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Their leader put one in ten
of the citizens of Ignis

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into death arenas
as recompense for their liberation.

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Barbarians!

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No, honoured brother Rostus.

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Not barbarians.
Our close and needed allies.

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But not the allies we should have.

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You allow your team to speak
very freely, Blacktalon Prime.

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Yes, my lord, I do.

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Wars against many enemies
hang in the balance.

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We cannot endanger our alliance
with the Khainite Covens,

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even if we find their actions...

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deplorable.

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The Hag Queen, Vindessa,
the so-called Queen of Red Tears,

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is a key figure amongst their webs
of spies and assassins.

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And if we were to move against her,

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things would turn ill on many fronts.

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When you kill her, no one can know.

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-Why now?
-Because she killed one of our own.

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Her Shadowstalkers assassinated an agent

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working to uncover threats
against Hammerhal.

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Vindessa went to great lengths
to conceal the crime and her motives.

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The reason, though,
matters less than the deed.

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Never forgot,
though we fight for many reasons,

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ours is first a war of retribution.

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It shall be done, lord commander.

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[dramatic music]

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[dramatic choral music]

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[Neave] We ride for Herakon,

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an outpost built within
the corpse of a great beast

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where the Daughters of Khaine

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recently repelled an invasion
by Darkoath barbarians.

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Ostensibly, our task is to escort
Ambassador Gearox from Hammerhal.

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To give formal thanks to the Khainites
for liberating the settlement,

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and to accept it back into our dominion...

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[rumbling]

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We are the ambassador's honour guard,

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warriors of Sigmar sent to gild
his excellency's presence

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and ensure his safety.

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He knows nothing of our mission.

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[Rostus chuckles]

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An easy hunt for once.

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[Neave] There is a complication.

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The skies in this region are blighted,
Sigmar�s power eclipsed.

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If we die there, we die truly.

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[tense music]

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Hail!

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Ambassador Gearox of Hammerhal
comes in friendship to Vindessa,

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Daughter of Khaine,
and ally of the hosts of Sigmar.

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[creaking, rumbling]

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[tense music continues]

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[huffs]

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[cawing]

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[squealing]

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The fear, it�s in the air...

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Riders of the storm, you are welcome.

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Indeed we are.
Herakon is a settlement of Sigmar.

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Quite so.

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A liberated settlement,
saved from the deprivations

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of the barbarian horde by our blades.

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And for that, Sigmar is most grateful.

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Ambassador Gearox has journeyed
here from Hammerhal to express our-

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To express our profound gratitude
to the glorious Queen Vindessa,

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triumphant in her victory,

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and to discuss in detail the terms
of her bountiful compensation

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and withdrawal from this outpost.

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You are expected.

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But the lesser born must leave.

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She is not part of our accord.

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This is a settlement constituted
under Sigmar�s will.

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All may enter its gates.

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[snarls]

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We come here in friendship,

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and of course,
I shall address your concern.

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[hisses]

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I shall not remain to swim
these shadow-stained waters...

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Shall we proceed?

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[cawing]

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[tense dramatic music]

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You may approach.

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As though this were her domain
and she its queen.

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Swords make monarchs...

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and she has more than enough.

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You are welcome, ambassador.

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As are your golden-armoured guardians.

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But the Idoneth soul-stealer
was unexpected and unwelcome.

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[Gearox] A misunderstanding!

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I assure you, worthy and honoured queen,
that no insult was intended.

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In deference to our long alliance,
I will accept your assurance.

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And given that the Idoneth has fled,

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we shall speak no more of it.

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Your patience and understanding
is a credit to you, your highness.

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[gasps] And now...

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It is time for my gift to you, ambassador!

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The severed heads of our enemies.

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[tense dramatic music]

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Is this not the greatest gift
an ally might bestow?

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It is a truly... admirable gift.

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Sigmar�s servants thank you,
Queen Vindessa,

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for your courage
in extending your protection...

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As soon as this farce ends, you and Rostus
need to be ready to start our riot.

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We will be ready...

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[Hendrick] Let us pray that Lorai
has found the captives.

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[Witch Aelf snickers]

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[gasps]

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[groans]

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[groans]

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[laughs]

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And they call me a lesser being...

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[boisterous merrymaking]

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[cheering]

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-The captives are in the earth below.
-Go.

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The innards and heart fossilised...
Nothing left but stone.

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[scoffs]
Are you talking about the beast... Or me?

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[laughs]

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[panting]

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[Witch Aelves cheering]

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Be ready to take out
the queen�s entourage.

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-We can�t leave any of them alive.
-As you command.

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[tense music]

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Can I count on you?

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-You need to ask?
-Yes.

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This is wrong. Every part of it.

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We do not serve our own ideals.

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-We are warriors of a higher vision.
-Neave...

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-We have to trust in that vision.
-Neave, we have a problem.

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[Witch Aelf snickers]

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[groans]

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-[groaning]
-[Witch Aelf chuckles]

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To the glory of Khaine!

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[snarls]

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Sleep in death�s waters, cousin,

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and may the depths
crush your tainted soul.

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[dramatic action music]

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[civilians gasping]

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[grunts]

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Rostus!

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[groans]

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Get out! Go!

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Run!

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She knew, Neave! This isn�t a good idea.

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Neave!

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[eerie screeching]

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No!

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Shakana!

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[breathing heavily]

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Finish the hunt!

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Move! Keep going!

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[crying, whimpering]

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All will be well... Sigmar is my King...

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-Ayzr is my light...
-With us, ambassador.

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-We'll get you to safety.
-Safety, safety!

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[gasps]

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[groans]

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I admit that my inclination
is not to let you live.

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[sighs] The song of my blade
asks for your slaughter.

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You have broken the oaths of our alliance.

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[sighs]

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-I know.
-Curious...

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Yet here you are anyway, and with

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murder in your heart.

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You killed one of our agents in Hammerhal.

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You moved against us.

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Oh... you poor, simple child.

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We did not kill your secret-gatherer.

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An unholy shadow is coming for Hammerhal.

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Thysis, a thing born from suffering.

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He will send seeds of plague
into your streets

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and fill them with corpses.

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You understand?

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So now, do I put away my blade

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or open your throat?

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I confess, I am still undecided.

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[dramatic music]

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[panting]

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[gurgles]

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[groans]

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[snickers]

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[grunts]

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[Neave] Why are you so angry?

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[Shakana] I�m not angry.

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I�m not angry.

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I�m afraid.

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If we die there,

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we die truly.

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[Neave] The skies in this region
are blighted, Sigmar�s power eclipsed...

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[tense dramatic music]

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[gasps]

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[Neave] What is the difference
between war and murder?

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I understand now.

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One is a failure of diplomacy.

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The other is a failure of self control.

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Go swiftly, Shakana.

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Return to me soon.

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[thunder rumbles]

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[rain pattering]

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The ambassador is saying,
loudly and repeatedly,

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that the Darkoath prisoners broke out,

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burned the settlement
and killed our allies.

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The few of the Khainites
that survived have not contradicted him.

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Lorai ensured the settlers
remember nothing.

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That the Darkoath broke free
was unfortunate.

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A successful mission,
and without cost to our higher purpose.

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Not without cost, lord...

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-Your marksman.
-Shakana.

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She... She is called Shakana.

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Even with the blighted skies,
she may return.

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She has not yet.

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By Sigmar�s will.

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You did well, Blacktalon.

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[mid-tempo dramatic music]

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