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You see, Pikey?

You and me, we're best buddies.

And we always will be.

Well, Pike.

It's time for your answer.

Thar Amphala,

festering beneath our home this entire time.

Guess I wasn't paranoid.

Okay, game plan.

Find Pike, shut down the Whitestone Orb

and leave the Whispered One and the rest here to rot.

But how do we know where Pike is?

Vax!

- Are you okay? - Vax?

- What's happening? - The blight.

It's spreading!

Brother! Brother! Brother! Brother! Brother!

Wait.

Is that...

Holy shit. Are you all right?

She's there.

Wh-Who? Where?

Her thread of fate.

I see it.

I see all of yours.

Pike? But how?

Everything is different here. Clearer.

This blight is a gift.

But the Matron said you would die if you faced the Whispered One.

We can't trust it.

As long as it helps us find Pike, I say we use it.

Look again. What direction?

Straight ahead.

Wait.

There's something else now. Something dark.

A severed strand, moving quickly.

Behind you!

Vex'ahlia!

Grog, I am so sorry.

I've been a terrible person.

And worse, a terrible friend.

I wanted to help, to heal, but...

all we've done is cause more pain.

So many lives were destroyed in Vox Machina's wake,

and I let it happen.

They're so obsessed with their own shit, they...

...forgot the ones they fight for, like you.

And Scanlan.

And me.

Everyone thinks I'm perfect little Pike,

just always guided by the Everlight.

Except I'm not.

She left me.

And now...

...now's your chance, Everlight.

Do I do the right thing and let my best friend die?

Or trust the Whispered One to heal Grog?

And Pop-pop, and maybe the whole world.

Which is the holy path?

Go on, guide me, please!

Answer me!

That's what I thought.

I can't choose a path if they all lead to the same goddamn place.

Vox Machina is here.

Everything has transpired according to plan.

But what about the healer?

We need her blood for the ritual.

Delilah,

have I seen you through so much

for you only to doubt me in this final hour?

Never. I have unending faith.

We have something stronger than faith.

We have hope.

And for your sacrifices, you will receive what has been promised.

Your beloved Sylas.

But for now, patience.

Besides, our animal friend has things well in hand.

Keep the others at bay, my pets.

Vex!

Damn it!

Pardon me!

No!

We've got her!

Gloomstalkers, to me!

I've got you, love.

Percy.

Wait, where's my brother?

The Whispered One restores all.

Pets, tear this raven apart!

Matron, I could use your help here.

Now that's more like it.

Wait.

That's new.

W-What is happening?

Brother!

Thank the gods.

I thought I lost you.

Careful.

He'll spring back any second now.

Actually, I don't think he will.

I saw something.

Shadowstone implanted in them.

It must be how the Whispered One keeps them alive.

And you saw it?

Through his clothes? Under his skin?

The Matron wasn't killing me with this blight.

She was preparing me for this moment.

And if your daggers can kill them, we can fight our way to Pike.

Still, we'd have get through those beasts first.

I may have a solve for that.

The animal tamer.

My connection to him has been broken.

But that shouldn't be possible.

Unless he's dead.

I thought you could grant us eternal life.

My daughter--

Will be brought back.

As well as any of you who fall.

After my ascension, all is possible.

If you ascend.

We still lack the blood of the divine one.

And now, Vox Machina is here.

Pike is small, weak.

Let's just kill and drain her ourselves.

Narash-thrada!

I love you all,

but we cannot strip Pike of the choice the gods refuse her.

Otherwise, we are no better than they.

My friends are here?

Pike, I... I-I didn't realize--

Where?

Easy boy.

I won't hurt you.

No need to rip my face off.

Are we sure this is a good idea?

Uh... she'll be okay.

Okay, the rules say this only works on living animals,

and you're... not.

But I'm the Voice of the Tempest, right?

I make the rules.

Fuck me, she's gonna die.

Your friends will be on their way now.

Coming to stop me, at the behest of the Matron of Ravens,

using them, as the Everlight uses you.

I should go talk to them.

What more would you say to them?

They don't know what we know.

That the world endures pain and death at the whim of their gods.

How many more will your friends lose

before they realize the truth?

Pike, help me put an end to that pain.

Well, I'll be damned.

Our own undead entourage.

Bloody great work, Keyleth.

All we need to do now is save Pike.

What if... what if we didn't stop there?

W-What do you mean?

I mean, the Matron showed me where to find Pike.

And how to kill our enemy.

Maybe her powers could end this mad crusade,

kill the Whispered One once and for all.

How dare you?

Those daggers don't change what happened to my father.

Or Grog.

How many of us have to get hurt before you realize

that "once and for all" doesn't exist?

Kiki, you're always saying if there is a chance,

we have to try.

For the first time in a year, there's hope for us.

Please don't throw it away.

Just promise me you'll only save Pike.

Then we can shut down the Orb and put all of this behind us.

I promise.

The ceremonial dagger, my lady.

My lord, are you ready?

Of course not.

For centuries, I've fought forces greater than myself.

Sacrificed innocent, helpless souls.

Done so much wrong,

all for the chance to conquer death itself.

How could anyone be ready for such a thing?

Then how are you so certain?

Like you, I have hope.

Let the end begin.

Incoming!

Vax!

Let's go.

You see?

Hope.

Now we're even.

No. No, no, no, no, no!

It can't be.

Huh?

Seems the Matron's champion has fallen.

Our job is done.

Not quite.

♪ Demon's claw ♪

Undying King.

To rise among the gods of Exandria,

you must pledge to those who bestow this power.

Your children of truth.

Are you willing to see for us?

I am.

To fight for us?

I am!

Then we give you our blood, to nourish a new body.

We are his blood! We are his blood!

Uthed dras lo kalu thath.

Dwes kalu, varen Thar Amphala.

Keyleth!

They're everywhere!

Heh, you've lost.

The Whispered One will rise reborn.

And the champion's head will be the perfect ascension gift.

Wait. Something's off.

This isn't the champion.

Where the fuck did he go?

I'm coming, pickle.

What?

Aim for the glow!

It's a... it's a trap!

No!

No!

Stop! No!

This is for my people.

This is for my father.

And this is for me.

My sweet girl.

I'm coming.

Matron, how is he...

You can't help him now.

Oh, thank the gods you're okay.

Now, come on, we have to hurry.

You're here to kill the Whispered One, aren't you?

To fulfill the Matron's command?

We considered it.

But no fight is worth losing another friend.

This was all a distraction to find you,

and get you away from this bloody mess.

Seems about right.

Fuck shit up, beat the bad guy, take a victory lap.

Never mind the victims who get left behind.

What?

It's what Vox Machina does.

Stay alive at any cost.

Remember? But some costs are too great.

Huwesh wuva-des shok lo grath!

Yes!

Yes!

Pike, we have to leave now.

Whatever the Whispered One told you, you can't listen.

We can take Grog's body.

Maybe the Matron will grant me a favor.

I am done begging them!

Letting the Everlight judge my path,

letting the Matron choose who gets a second chance.

Don't you see?

The gods don't give a shit about life.

Then fuck the gods.

What about us?

After the dragons,

you turned your backs on the world.

You forgot about me for a whole goddamn year,

and you'll forget about Grog, too.

That's not true. We're here to save you.

We're your friends.

I am not your friend.

I am his blood.

Chirp.