I'm trying to piece back together the pages of an ancient manuscript.
You're the one who would learn how it all began.
We witches, we need to know how to protect ourselves.
Give me the page!
Diana will avenge me!
Knox will be brought to justice.
It is evident that the Congregation no longer has the discipline
to counter their campaign.
The vampires have to take this matter into their own hands.
Let me be free.
I'm here to warn you about Benjamin.
He talks about a witch with the power of life and death.
But you need to know, he talks about you too.
Promise me that you will never go anywhere near him.
I want everyone to be clear on what happens next.
As far as I'm concerned,
everybody stays here until Matthew's returned
and Benjamin's out of the picture.
I'm going to Oxford to retrieve the book.
Maybe the Book of Life can wait?
-It has for four hundred years. -Matthew and I agreed.
It's not up for discussion.
-Where's Matthew? -He's gone to find Benjamin.
-He's gone alone? -Yes. That was his choice.
You should all know I have no intention of pacing the halls until he gets back.
We each have a role to play. Mine is to go to Oxford.
I have the pages and now it's time to get the Book.
-Hamish you can make the arrangements. -Consider it done.
Sarah and Fernando, you'll be coming with me.
And the rest of us?
I need you to stay here to watch Rebecca and Philip.
Knox knows that I am his last chance to get the book
and he will do whatever it takes.
Clear a path and allow her entry.
Congratulations. You are now the library's newest reader.
Now, I should probably make you swear not to bring in fire or flame to the Bod.
You know I can't make any promises.
We'll attract a lot of attention.
Are you ready for this?
Let them come.
I think we've reached an understanding.
I didn't think you'd consider daemons worthy of your time.
In normal circumstances, no, but we need their support,
albeit begrudging, if we are to reform the Congregation.
You seem to be assuming that we are...
The Covenant is broken beyond repair.
Unless we vampires provide leadership, only chaos will follow.
As evidenced by the events at Sept-Tours. A hard line must be drawn.
To that end the daemons have agreed that Agatha must go.
Her vocal support of Diana Bishop makes her a liability.
Membership reform will ensure that the balance of power
will rest with the vampires, as it should.
That is not how The Congregation was designed.
My father...
Philippe created the Congregation to serve the Covenant.
He expected the wisdom of it to be self-evident.
Sadly, that is no longer true.
Your brother's flagrant disregard for our laws has endangered us all.
My plan will ensure our collective survival and protect your father's legacy.
But we must seize the moment and act now.
And I would hope that his only remaining full-blooded son
would back me in that.
You have my support.
I need you to do something for me.
I know what you're going to ask.
Then you should know I'm asking you as Grandmaster.
Hey. The car's here.
I have the pages. Is Fernando ready?
He left already, he said he'll meet us in Oxford?
-That wasn't part of the plan. -Well...
Phoebe, we need to talk about what happens next.
If Diana can't find the Book and if Matthew can't stop Benjamin.
Then things could go very wrong, very quickly.
And we'll need to be ready to leave.
I understand.
I'll go to New Orleans and I'll take the twins with me.
And I'll follow?
Marcus? I'm coming with you.
There are places I can go where they won't think to look.
And I'm gonna need to hide there, until it's safe to be a de Clermont again.
Why are you saying all this?
Because this might not be just for weeks,
this could be decades, this could be centuries, I don't know.
And where does this leave me being sired?
No. Don't, don't do this. We, we decided...
If you don't make the change,
then you still have the choice.
-You can go back to your life... -You are my life, Marcus!
-You say that, but... -No! No, I mean it.
I just have to be sure that you know what's coming.
I do.
Why are you here, Fernando?
Diana's going to Oxford to complete The Book of Life.
She needs you, Menino.
-Not anymore. -Matthew's gone after Benjamin.
Marcus wants you with her.
You were the one who told me I should walk away.
And you know how hard it was for me to do it.
I do.
My days of being at the de Clermonts' beck and call are over.
Then don't do this because you're a de Clermont.
Do it because you're the man I know you to be.
You've been missed.
Glad to hear it, Auntie.
Right, come on, let's finish what we started.
Diana, we'll stay here and keep watch.
Good luck.
How does it feel to be back?
It feels right.
Ashmole 782 please.
Thank you.
I'll let you know when it's arrived.
-It's that simple? -Well, let's hope so.
Sorry, the book you requested isn't here.
It has to be.
It's listed as missing.
I'll check the system for you.
Check the lift.
-I just did. -Please.
All right.
Thank you.
Masking spell.
You've already come so far.
Diana?
It's the story of us.
Here lies, the lineage of an ancient tribe known as the Bright Born.
Their power, boundless as the night.
Their love began with absence and desire,
two hearts becoming one...
When fear overcame them.
We need to get out of here.
-We've got it. -Where is it?
Disguising spell.
Diana?
It's all right here, Gallowglass.
Gallowglass, we've got to move.
It's completely empty. There's not a word. Nothing.
Hey, we've got to go.
It's all in you, isn't it?
We're still a bit too exposed here for my liking.
The sooner we get you to the helipad and back to France, the better.
-Time to go. Vamos. -Okay.
-They're leaving now. -Yeah.
Domenico. Come, join the celebrations.
I'm not sure what there is to celebrate.
-What you set in motion this afternoon... -Glorious, isn't it?
If you enjoy the prospect of internecine war.
What I will enjoy is bringing an end to the de Clermonts
and their cloying sense of superiority.
Philippe has been dead for decades
and yet his disease-riddled family still wears him like a shield
against their hypocrisy.
Baldwin has capitulated. The family's authority is compromised.
So, forgive my jubilant mood,
but it has taken centuries to position my pieces on the board.
-Centuries? -Ever since I met Benjamin Fuchs.
Philippe thought Matthew'd killed him, when he'd actually weaponized him.
Imagine the sheer poetry of Benjamin being the last thing Philippe saw
before he lost his mind.
Never let it be said I didn't capitalize on opportunities
as they presented themselves.
You've played your part well, Domenico.
I couldn't have done it without you.
It still keeps perfect time.
Father.
You're finally here.
Lena turned out to be an excellent messenger.
You didn't concoct this pathetic charade just to get me here.
This is everything to do with your addiction to cruelty and obscenity.
-That you would choose this place. -Poor Philippe.
You know, they could hear his screams in every room of this hospital.
Some of my best work.
If it's any consolation,
I was well rewarded with the information I got from him.
Even though it was worthless?
You got nothing of value from Philippe.
He saw to that.
All this time you've been living a lie,
a narrative that you've invented for yourself, Benjamin.
-And what might that be? -The wronged son!
Abandoned, damaged,
paying back his father's sins in pain.
I see what you did here. I see what you did to those women.
I am exactly what you made me.
It's too late to regret that now.
My only regret, my son,
is that I didn't end you.
No, you didn't have the courage to kill me outright.
Instead, you destroyed me,
one day, one drop of blood at a time.
Made me into a vampire and abandoned me in a city crowded with warmbloods.
Do you remember what it feels like, that new hunger for blood?
How it cuts you in two?
How strong the blood rage is when you're first changed?
Yes.
And did you know you'd pass on your affliction?
I prayed for it. I wanted you to be cursed for your betrayal of my family.
Blood rage isn't a curse, Father.
It's a gift.
The only thing of worth you gave me.
Tell me, I'm intrigued. Why now?
-I had to wait. -For what?
For you to be happy.
What would be the point in ending a miserable life?
Then Diana gave birth.
To know that it was still possible for a witch to bear the children
of a blood-raged vampire
such as myself.
I look forward to my next meeting with Diana very much.
Oh, Father,
in my experience, witches are so fragile.
I do hope Diana is more robust.
I guess you'll never know.
...not worthy of his respect, his love...
You, me, Jack, Diana...
Father!
Stand up and face me.
It's not your fault.
I wasn't a good father
I trust you had a pleasant journey?
What's been going on in here?
Nothing that need concern you.
I can feel it.
You hurt witches in here.
They were barely witches in comparison to you.
Certainly none of them could've brought Matthew de Clermont to his knees.
My only regret is that Diana wasn't here to see it.
In time...
-You should kill Matthew. -We need him.
Diana will come and look for him whether he's dead or alive.
Better he's dead.
I'll do it, if you cannot.
We agreed.
I get Matthew and you get Diana.
I have no interest in my father's witch. She's all yours.
Diana will not come alone. We should be prepared.
He found us.
-I've got this. -No.
This is witch business.
I know you have the Book of Life!
Every witch in Oxford knows that.
Give it to me. Don't think I won't take it.
Oh, Diana, what have you done?
You conceited little fool, it has no place with you!
But it has a place with a murderer?
No. It wasn't murder. It wasn't even self-defense, it was pest control.
Emily died because she simply got in the way,
like all your family...
Always an inconvenience, never a threat.
Not even Stephen and Rebecca.
Come the wind.
At least they had some higher magic, they weren't just kitchen witches.
Give me the fucking book!
Come the wind, capture the dark.
Are you really gonna let her embarrass herself like this?
You don't have the power!
I have a spell. Come the wind!
Capture the dark!
Bring the darkness to an end.
-Scatter him to the corners of the Earth! -No!
For Stephen, for Rebecca!
For Em.
What is it?
Oh, my God, you've got it. You've got the Book of Life.
It's a little more complicated than that.
I don't fully understand it yet.
But I think we have the missing piece of the puzzle.
My father designed this chamber so that no one species could dominate.
Perhaps Gerbert is right.
And reform is long overdue.
You and I have never been close.
I know you don't trust me, I've given you little reason to do so.
But for decades I've sat in that chamber and done, for the most part,
what I believed to be right.
I genuinely believed creatures were well-served by us.
And even by you,
our inflexible, arrogant head.
However, that will not be the same under Gerbert's leadership.
Once he's re-engineered the Congregation, there'll be no one to stop him.
There's nothing I can do about that, Domenico.
My position, the standing of the De Clermonts has been fatally undermined.
-Who do you think is to blame for that? -Matthew.
Because that's what Gerbert wants you to believe.
What does that mean?
Benjamin's re-emergence,
the blood rage killing, they're all his doing.
He's been in league with Benjamin for centuries.
Oh, come on, we both know he's no stranger to hubris.
He has no idea what he has unleashed.
I'm not sure he cares.
It's up to you what you do with that information.
But I've played my part.
What do you want in return?
To my horror, absolutely nothing.
Oh, I know.
I barely recognize myself.
These births, deaths, family trees, but it's more than that.
Our history keeps revealing itself.
It's extraordinary.
It really is extraordinary.
-Diana, this could unlock everything. -Yes, it's saying we're all connected.
I just don't know how.
I should really check on Sarah.
Yeah. Come on, D, you gotta give us a chance to catch up.
-All right? We'll try and reach Matthew. -Thank you.
Sarah.
I thought I'd be glad Knox is dead. It's what I wanted.
It's what he deserved.
I know.
I also know
I never want that kind of power again.
What you did today, it wasn't just for Em,
it was for all of us.
Diana, you need to see this.
Hello, Diana.
I'm afraid Matthew isn't doing very well.
Now, I'm draining him, whilst keeping him alive.
A drug of my own design.
I'm afraid he doesn't have very long left.
I thought you might want to say goodbye.
Time is running out.
When Matthew is found guilty, he'll be executed along with his wife.
There will be a De Clermont left untouched.
-What do you want? -I asked him to come.
We need Baldwin's help to find Matthew.
Benjamin's playing with you. He's practically told you where he is.
I know what I'm walking into.