1 00:01:17,390 --> 00:01:22,550 For too long, Thesian IV has been bereft of the Emperor's light. 2 00:01:22,750 --> 00:01:29,650 Like so much of our benighted Imperium, it glints on, a candle flickering in 3 00:01:29,650 --> 00:01:34,510 darkness. Our mission is of sacred importance. 4 00:01:35,670 --> 00:01:42,450 The enshrinement of our fallen canoness Vexilla. She will be a beacon, a 5 00:01:42,450 --> 00:01:44,570 rising call to the faithful. 6 00:01:46,030 --> 00:01:49,990 She will mark Thesian IV as a shrine woman. 7 00:01:50,270 --> 00:01:54,750 The Emperor's flock will come, and with them, new hope. 8 00:01:55,430 --> 00:02:00,190 The foulness of the orcs shall be driven from this place. 9 00:02:00,830 --> 00:02:03,310 We shall risk everything for this. 10 00:02:05,530 --> 00:02:12,470 We will not fail, for to do less would be to fall short of what our 11 00:02:12,470 --> 00:02:13,470 Emperor demands. 12 00:02:14,110 --> 00:02:17,780 By fire, and faith, we just... 13 00:03:16,990 --> 00:03:20,670 That's it for the... Cut them through! 14 00:03:21,570 --> 00:03:26,110 Thank you for sparing me. So that I might be redeemed and returned to that 15 00:03:26,110 --> 00:03:27,730 place. And that of a sisterhood. 16 00:03:52,970 --> 00:03:53,970 Show yourself. 17 00:04:00,690 --> 00:04:04,310 Sister, I feared I alone had survived. 18 00:04:05,290 --> 00:04:08,750 Had that been so, our cause would surely have been lost. 19 00:04:09,390 --> 00:04:11,650 Then I am grateful to have been wrong. 20 00:04:15,630 --> 00:04:16,709 Keep it safe. 21 00:04:16,910 --> 00:04:18,810 It is worth more than your life. 22 00:04:19,070 --> 00:04:21,410 More than any of our lives. 23 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:22,960 It must be preserved. 24 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:24,180 At all costs. 25 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:25,420 I know, sister. 26 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:27,040 I will see it done. 27 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,080 See that you do. 28 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:35,900 The others. 29 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:40,020 Silence is a virtue, novitiate. 30 00:04:59,270 --> 00:05:05,670 God Emperor, take your just servants to thy side and guide their souls eternal. 31 00:05:06,710 --> 00:05:12,670 By the blessings of Saint Arabella and the order of the sacred rose, 32 00:05:12,910 --> 00:05:18,110 I commit you to the glory of the Golden Throne. 33 00:05:24,670 --> 00:05:27,410 Allow me to recite the prayer of passing. 34 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:29,060 Have we time? 35 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:33,860 The Emperor, in his grace, has spared us. Our task remains urgent. 36 00:05:34,340 --> 00:05:35,680 You dare? 37 00:05:36,660 --> 00:05:41,040 Better you had died than a single wound had marred their holy flesh. 38 00:05:41,820 --> 00:05:46,560 Forgive me. I... I meant only... Your self-interest betrays you. 39 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,460 Temperance, sister. 40 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,700 The novitiate is right. 41 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,400 We shall pay our respects, but swiftly. We cannot afford to linger here. 42 00:06:06,890 --> 00:06:08,910 I am sorry, Palatine Saragoza. 43 00:06:09,290 --> 00:06:12,190 I only desire for us to achieve our mission. 44 00:06:12,970 --> 00:06:16,090 And to redeem yourself for your transgression? 45 00:06:17,130 --> 00:06:18,850 Of course, Palatine. 46 00:06:19,070 --> 00:06:23,510 It... This is my only chance to atone. 47 00:06:25,750 --> 00:06:28,890 Then be sure you don't waste it. 48 00:06:37,610 --> 00:06:38,950 This is our path. 49 00:06:39,530 --> 00:06:43,410 The high ground will give us the best vantage over the orcs. 50 00:06:44,210 --> 00:06:48,410 Forgive me, Palatine, but would this route not be faster? 51 00:06:48,810 --> 00:06:50,790 That's mud ash, novitiate. 52 00:06:51,110 --> 00:06:53,130 If it's deep, there may be no way across. 53 00:06:53,890 --> 00:06:58,090 Either death or we'll sink in our armor and be easy prey for the orcs. 54 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,280 We take the ridge and then make for the canyon road. 55 00:07:17,620 --> 00:07:22,900 The temple we seek is not far from here. It is fortified and well protected. 56 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,600 We need only reach it. 57 00:07:45,910 --> 00:07:48,270 Get all them parts. 58 00:07:48,590 --> 00:07:52,010 We need them. The ship ain't gonna build itself. 59 00:07:53,170 --> 00:08:00,030 If we have begun to, it'll take us back to follow 60 00:08:00,030 --> 00:08:05,790 the green so we can join the fight and swallow the world. 61 00:08:39,710 --> 00:08:44,290 What is that? 62 00:08:44,730 --> 00:08:46,090 Trouble. 63 00:09:13,930 --> 00:09:15,230 The Emperor protects. 64 00:09:23,010 --> 00:09:25,930 Ventia, stay low. Keep behind me. 65 00:10:55,690 --> 00:10:56,690 Keep watch. 66 00:11:01,470 --> 00:11:02,830 Why did you shield her? 67 00:11:03,210 --> 00:11:08,490 Does the Emperor not teach us that we must be shepherd and shield of our 68 00:11:08,490 --> 00:11:09,489 flock? 69 00:11:09,490 --> 00:11:11,450 Even for one so disgraced? 70 00:11:12,070 --> 00:11:17,670 If walking in faith were easy, sister, we would not be so blessed for our 71 00:11:17,670 --> 00:11:18,670 labors. 72 00:11:19,150 --> 00:11:21,110 The Emperor will see us through this. 73 00:11:21,740 --> 00:11:26,260 We must first help ourselves by getting through these damnable Ashwes. 74 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:27,720 Contact! 75 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:34,600 Blood 76 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:46,220 of 77 00:11:46,220 --> 00:11:47,220 the saint? 78 00:11:49,020 --> 00:11:50,900 We have no choice, Lisbeth. 79 00:11:51,530 --> 00:11:53,370 We must attempt the crossing. 80 00:11:54,970 --> 00:11:56,790 Now or never. 81 00:11:57,870 --> 00:11:59,770 Emperor, preserve us. 82 00:12:46,830 --> 00:12:47,830 Too many. 83 00:12:47,910 --> 00:12:49,950 We cannot let her perish, Ludmilla. 84 00:12:50,350 --> 00:12:51,590 I'll get her, Palatine. 85 00:12:52,010 --> 00:12:53,010 Make for the edge. 86 00:13:35,210 --> 00:13:36,970 Shepherd and shield indeed. 87 00:13:40,730 --> 00:13:43,550 Hold your hand. 88 00:13:53,770 --> 00:14:00,370 The saint Arabella, I 89 00:14:00,370 --> 00:14:02,990 beseech you, grant me the strength. 90 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,840 I've been ordered you to see me through this trial. 91 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:07,920 Cast upon me your mantle. 92 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,380 It's guard my flesh, that it might help me carry this burden.