WEBVTT 00:00:13.643 --> 00:00:18.189 - I'm invoking the ancient right of Royal Trials. 00:00:18.231 --> 00:00:21.109 Whoever wins will rule. 00:00:21.151 --> 00:00:23.361 - My parents chose to become Strigoi. 00:00:23.403 --> 00:00:24.988 They're looking for me. 00:00:27.198 --> 00:00:29.868 - There can never be a question with me or your charge. 00:00:29.909 --> 00:00:31.286 - But you felt it-- 00:00:31.286 --> 00:00:33.371 - Every second of it. But never again. 00:00:33.413 --> 00:00:35.165 - I don't want you to be my guardian. 00:00:35.206 --> 00:00:37.542 - You have no idea what I would give up for you. 00:00:37.584 --> 00:00:38.793 I would die for you! 00:00:38.835 --> 00:00:40.920 - Yeah, I know you would, because you did. 00:00:40.962 --> 00:00:43.882 You died saving me in the accident. 00:00:43.923 --> 00:00:45.425 I brought you back. 00:00:45.467 --> 00:00:47.844 That's why we have this bond between our spirits. 00:00:47.886 --> 00:00:49.304 - I can make you king. 00:00:49.345 --> 00:00:51.181 - The toll it would take would be too great. 00:00:51.222 --> 00:00:52.849 You know that. - I can handle it. 00:00:56.269 --> 00:00:57.395 - Slow down. 00:00:57.437 --> 00:00:58.938 Please! Ahh! 00:01:00.899 --> 00:01:02.692 - Sonya! 00:01:15.705 --> 00:01:17.749 - Did they find her? - No. 00:01:19.459 --> 00:01:21.252 They won't find a Strigoi. 00:01:27.092 --> 00:01:29.010 - Sonya will be fine. 00:01:29.052 --> 00:01:31.054 Obviously, she's upset about Mikhail, 00:01:31.096 --> 00:01:33.139 so she stayed behind. 00:01:33.181 --> 00:01:35.725 - We can protect her. 00:01:35.767 --> 00:01:38.561 No one has to know. 00:02:02.252 --> 00:02:05.130 - As we reach the end of the first trial, 00:02:05.171 --> 00:02:08.758 I remind you all that these ancient trials 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:11.427 were designed to produce an heir to the throne 00:02:11.469 --> 00:02:15.557 robust in body, in wisdom, and in spirit. 00:02:15.598 --> 00:02:17.142 Your candidates, 00:02:17.183 --> 00:02:20.436 Lord Victor Dashkov and Lady Tatiana Vogel, 00:02:20.478 --> 00:02:23.773 have spent a long and grueling day 00:02:23.815 --> 00:02:28.278 in a physical endurance test, braving the four Elements. 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:31.739 Thus, it is the Elements, not I, 00:02:31.781 --> 00:02:34.534 that decide who prevails. 00:02:36.077 --> 00:02:39.789 The winner of the first trial is... 00:02:41.833 --> 00:02:43.793 Lady Vogel. 00:03:08.943 --> 00:03:10.695 - I'll take another. 00:03:10.737 --> 00:03:12.197 - You've had enough. 00:03:26.336 --> 00:03:27.545 - A Strigoi. 00:03:32.592 --> 00:03:33.885 - All right. 00:03:33.927 --> 00:03:35.845 Upsy daisy. - No. 00:03:35.887 --> 00:03:37.805 - Let's get you home. - I'm all right. 00:03:37.847 --> 00:03:39.515 - I'll help you up. 00:04:04.415 --> 00:04:06.084 - You're up late. 00:04:10.505 --> 00:04:12.131 - I like the quiet. 00:04:13.549 --> 00:04:16.803 - It's a shame how few people I see in here, 00:04:16.844 --> 00:04:19.180 off hours or otherwise. 00:04:19.222 --> 00:04:21.391 - It's a shame how few people pray at all. 00:04:21.432 --> 00:04:25.061 - I'm sorry our paths haven't crossed recently. 00:04:25.103 --> 00:04:27.188 I'd hoped we might be friends. 00:04:29.232 --> 00:04:33.403 - There's room for Dhampir friendship in your ideology? 00:04:33.444 --> 00:04:37.073 - My ideology is rooted in faith, 00:04:37.115 --> 00:04:39.617 as is yours. 00:04:39.659 --> 00:04:42.495 I believe that makes us kindred spirits, 00:04:42.537 --> 00:04:44.163 if nothing else. 00:04:46.666 --> 00:04:48.876 I heard you lost a charge before you came 00:04:48.918 --> 00:04:51.337 to this province. 00:04:51.379 --> 00:04:52.672 A friend. 00:04:54.257 --> 00:04:56.384 And for three days after his death, 00:04:56.426 --> 00:04:59.262 you were on your knees before the altar, 00:04:59.304 --> 00:05:02.724 just you anchored in your faith. 00:05:06.185 --> 00:05:07.937 I admire that. 00:05:14.485 --> 00:05:19.449 - Lately, I've been feeling... 00:05:19.490 --> 00:05:21.242 unmoored. 00:05:22.910 --> 00:05:27.206 Have you ever doubted... any of it? 00:05:30.543 --> 00:05:32.712 All of it? 00:05:32.754 --> 00:05:35.089 - Every day. 00:05:35.131 --> 00:05:38.301 But if faith were easy, 00:05:38.343 --> 00:05:41.054 it wouldn't need to be practiced. 00:05:47.685 --> 00:05:49.145 - Now! 00:05:56.778 --> 00:05:58.988 - You know, I thought you'd be rubbish 00:05:59.030 --> 00:06:02.575 when you asked me to train you, but your timing's improving. 00:06:02.617 --> 00:06:04.952 You're getting those off pretty quick. 00:06:04.994 --> 00:06:06.954 I need to be faster. 00:06:06.996 --> 00:06:10.041 So do I, if they catch me helping a Moroi secretly use 00:06:10.083 --> 00:06:12.335 their magic to fight. 00:06:12.377 --> 00:06:18.216 Have you seen Mia around anywhere last few days? 00:06:18.257 --> 00:06:21.177 - She's helping Victor with the trials. 00:06:21.219 --> 00:06:24.389 - Ah, okay. 00:06:24.430 --> 00:06:27.433 Back at her dad's side, palling around with royals. 00:06:29.102 --> 00:06:31.229 Nothing to worry about there. 00:06:36.025 --> 00:06:37.902 I liked new Mia. 00:06:37.944 --> 00:06:41.239 I just hope it wasn't a phase. 00:06:47.578 --> 00:06:49.122 - Hi. 00:06:52.041 --> 00:06:53.501 Can I-- 00:06:55.086 --> 00:06:57.088 Christian, do you have a minute? 00:06:57.130 --> 00:06:58.589 - Yeah. 00:06:58.631 --> 00:07:00.091 Yeah, of course. 00:07:02.927 --> 00:07:05.221 - So I'm just--I'm gonna-- 00:07:10.601 --> 00:07:12.103 - So what are you doing out so-- 00:07:12.145 --> 00:07:13.354 - Will you marry me? 00:07:18.109 --> 00:07:21.195 There's some really * up things happening around here. 00:07:21.237 --> 00:07:23.489 I've already had to make too many sacrifices, 00:07:23.531 --> 00:07:26.784 so if getting married gives me a voice, so be it. 00:07:28.494 --> 00:07:32.081 - So whatever happened to this famous list 00:07:32.123 --> 00:07:34.333 of suitable bachelors? 00:07:35.251 --> 00:07:36.586 - It expanded. 00:07:36.627 --> 00:07:38.421 Turns out you have just enough Dragomir blood 00:07:38.463 --> 00:07:40.506 for me to regain my quorum. 00:07:42.133 --> 00:07:44.343 But it's just a marriage of convenience. 00:07:44.385 --> 00:07:46.804 Nothing more. 00:07:46.846 --> 00:07:48.014 - Sure. 00:07:48.055 --> 00:07:49.515 Sure. 00:07:49.557 --> 00:07:52.185 That's why you're asking me 00:07:52.226 --> 00:07:55.104 and not one of the approved guys, 00:07:55.146 --> 00:07:58.232 for the convenience? 00:07:58.274 --> 00:08:00.443 - I'm so glad you find this funny. 00:08:00.485 --> 00:08:01.903 Kind of do. 00:08:01.944 --> 00:08:03.613 - Stop it. 00:08:05.948 --> 00:08:09.452 So are you in or not? 00:08:11.329 --> 00:08:13.289 - There's... 00:08:13.331 --> 00:08:15.917 something you should know first. 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:48.991 - What you got there? 00:08:49.033 --> 00:08:50.618 - Incentive. 00:08:50.660 --> 00:08:51.953 Cool mystery shit to dangle, 00:08:51.994 --> 00:08:55.373 so you tell me what happened in Lisbon. 00:08:55.414 --> 00:08:57.291 - Lissa and I had a fight. 00:08:57.333 --> 00:08:59.126 It's not a big deal. 00:09:00.628 --> 00:09:02.922 Come on, Rose. 00:09:02.964 --> 00:09:05.591 Everyone is asleep. You can tell me. 00:09:07.301 --> 00:09:09.929 - I'll show you mine if you show me yours. 00:09:09.971 --> 00:09:11.973 - All right. 00:09:12.014 --> 00:09:15.977 This is everything Meredith and I have gathered. 00:09:16.018 --> 00:09:18.354 One, the Strigoi went from being loners 00:09:18.396 --> 00:09:20.606 to organizing, coordinating. 00:09:20.648 --> 00:09:23.150 Two, Christian's parents breached the wards 00:09:23.192 --> 00:09:24.569 at St. Jude's. 00:09:24.610 --> 00:09:27.780 I heard the guardians believe there was an inside man. 00:09:27.822 --> 00:09:29.991 Three, someone has been leaving Christian gifts 00:09:30.032 --> 00:09:31.158 from his parents. 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:32.368 - Okay, but why? 00:09:32.410 --> 00:09:35.454 Some * up show of love for their son? 00:09:35.496 --> 00:09:37.206 - 17 victims. 00:09:37.248 --> 00:09:40.126 That's not a * up show of love. 00:09:40.167 --> 00:09:41.794 That's a slaughter. 00:09:44.630 --> 00:09:48.968 - I met them once on holiday with Lissa's family, 00:09:49.010 --> 00:09:51.470 before everything turned to utter shit. 00:10:02.106 --> 00:10:03.941 Hang on a sec. 00:10:07.862 --> 00:10:11.407 Okay, so we think Strigoi don't have motives 00:10:11.449 --> 00:10:13.993 because they're too feral, right? 00:10:14.035 --> 00:10:15.870 - Yeah. 00:10:15.911 --> 00:10:19.832 - But when we were in Portugal, I swear to the Saints 00:10:19.874 --> 00:10:22.376 that the same Strigoi was following us, 00:10:22.418 --> 00:10:25.212 and Lissa was with me both times. 00:10:25.254 --> 00:10:27.882 She was in Meredith's convoy when it got attacked. 00:10:27.923 --> 00:10:29.634 Maybe they're not coming after Christian at all. 00:10:29.675 --> 00:10:31.636 Maybe they're coming after her. 00:10:31.677 --> 00:10:33.846 - Okay, but what about St. Jude's? 00:10:33.888 --> 00:10:36.807 - That's how she lost her shot at being queen 00:10:36.849 --> 00:10:38.768 and took out the rest of her bloodline. 00:10:38.809 --> 00:10:41.520 - Okay, but what do Strigoi care about who's queen or not? 00:10:41.562 --> 00:10:42.730 - They don't, 00:10:42.772 --> 00:10:44.774 or at least, they didn't used to. 00:10:44.815 --> 00:10:46.859 - So you think that someone inside the royal court 00:10:46.901 --> 00:10:50.446 is conspiring with Strigoi to take Lissa out? 00:10:58.746 --> 00:11:00.831 - I think we should accept that anything is possible. 00:11:28.651 --> 00:11:30.653 - After my parents started reaching out, 00:11:30.695 --> 00:11:33.322 Rose and I thought that it wouldn't be safe 00:11:33.364 --> 00:11:34.657 for you to be with me. 00:11:34.699 --> 00:11:37.618 - I can't believe I didn't know any of this. 00:11:37.660 --> 00:11:39.412 Why wouldn't you tell me? 00:11:39.453 --> 00:11:41.122 Why wouldn't Rose tell me? 00:11:41.163 --> 00:11:43.791 - I asked her to let it be my secret. 00:11:45.835 --> 00:11:49.922 But I don't want to keep anything from you anymore. 00:11:51.340 --> 00:11:52.967 - I get that. 00:11:53.008 --> 00:11:55.344 It's just... 00:11:55.386 --> 00:11:58.180 I don't think Rose has ever kept an actual secret 00:11:58.222 --> 00:11:59.682 from me in her life. 00:11:59.724 --> 00:12:01.350 - Well, I guess she was protecting you. 00:12:01.392 --> 00:12:03.060 - Exactly. 00:12:03.102 --> 00:12:04.729 Like always. 00:12:04.770 --> 00:12:07.106 I'm the royal princess that needs protecting, 00:12:07.148 --> 00:12:10.776 so Rose gives and gives, and I take and take, 00:12:10.818 --> 00:12:13.154 which is why I'm trying to actually do 00:12:13.195 --> 00:12:14.613 something about it. 00:12:14.655 --> 00:12:19.243 So again, are you in or not? 00:12:22.037 --> 00:12:23.539 - I'm in. 00:12:23.581 --> 00:12:25.082 I'm so in. 00:12:30.880 --> 00:12:35.009 - Come, we need to find Christian, so that we can-- 00:12:46.729 --> 00:12:48.147 - Come on. They're already waiting for us. 00:12:48.189 --> 00:12:50.524 - I know. I know. - I know. That's what I said. 00:13:01.535 --> 00:13:05.831 - Round two, Trial by Proxy. 00:13:05.873 --> 00:13:08.959 Our candidates will each select 00:13:09.001 --> 00:13:12.171 a worthy representative in battle. 00:13:12.213 --> 00:13:14.381 It's fight night, people. 00:13:14.423 --> 00:13:15.883 Get ready. 00:13:29.730 --> 00:13:31.690 - Hey, I've been looking for you. 00:13:36.070 --> 00:13:37.822 Are you okay? 00:13:42.785 --> 00:13:45.162 - Rose used to always say, the one good thing 00:13:45.204 --> 00:13:47.414 about being a Dhampir is you don't have 00:13:47.456 --> 00:13:49.250 to get married like Moroi do. 00:13:51.043 --> 00:13:54.672 She'd make fun of my ridiculous 12-year-old fantasies 00:13:54.713 --> 00:13:59.760 of unicorns and 10,000 gold balloons. 00:13:59.802 --> 00:14:01.887 - Wow. - Yeah. 00:14:03.848 --> 00:14:07.726 And though the groom was always a mystery... 00:14:10.229 --> 00:14:13.065 Rose was there... 00:14:16.986 --> 00:14:21.156 Wearing a dress she'd probably hate, 00:14:21.198 --> 00:14:25.327 but pretending she liked it for me. 00:14:27.621 --> 00:14:33.836 Even now, with my parents gone... 00:14:33.878 --> 00:14:36.672 I always knew my best friend would be there. 00:14:41.302 --> 00:14:46.348 This isn't a real marriage, but still... 00:14:49.268 --> 00:14:54.690 Nowhere in all my fantasies did I ever feel this... 00:14:54.732 --> 00:14:56.775 Lonely. 00:15:08.621 --> 00:15:10.122 - I know. 00:15:15.252 --> 00:15:17.004 But you don't have to be. 00:15:18.672 --> 00:15:24.178 Because I will always be here for you. 00:15:25.721 --> 00:15:28.557 However this came about and whatever else 00:15:28.599 --> 00:15:31.226 this marriage will be, 00:15:31.268 --> 00:15:33.854 it will be real to me. 00:15:36.148 --> 00:15:37.942 Okay? 00:15:37.983 --> 00:15:40.319 - Okay. - Okay. 00:15:44.573 --> 00:15:49.912 So what does this say about how we're supposed to do this? 00:15:49.954 --> 00:15:53.999 - So we have to perform three rites, 00:15:54.041 --> 00:15:56.460 a blood-marking ceremony under the eyes of the Monks... 00:15:56.502 --> 00:15:59.338 - Gross, but okay. - An exchanging of gifts... 00:15:59.380 --> 00:16:01.423 - Easy enough. 00:16:01.465 --> 00:16:05.636 - And... 00:16:05.678 --> 00:16:08.847 a ceremonial announcement of our betrothal. 00:16:08.889 --> 00:16:13.519 We have to announce ourselves to the entire court... 00:16:13.560 --> 00:16:14.979 in public. 00:16:18.649 --> 00:16:20.943 - Shit. 00:16:20.985 --> 00:16:22.611 All those people judging us. 00:16:22.653 --> 00:16:24.655 - Can you handle it? 00:16:28.617 --> 00:16:31.870 - For you, anything. 00:17:38.479 --> 00:17:40.064 - No, it can't be about Lissa. 00:17:40.105 --> 00:17:42.191 How would my parents even know about us? 00:17:42.232 --> 00:17:43.442 No one else does. 00:17:43.484 --> 00:17:45.360 - What about Jesse Zeklos? 00:17:45.402 --> 00:17:47.446 He can come and go through the walls as he pleases. 00:17:47.488 --> 00:17:49.907 He easily could have smuggled those gifts in. 00:17:49.948 --> 00:17:51.825 - Convoy in Lisbon. 00:17:51.867 --> 00:17:54.912 Didn't you say he made you all leave early? 00:17:54.953 --> 00:17:57.039 He could have been luring her there. 00:17:57.081 --> 00:17:59.208 - His dad could have put him up to it. 00:18:00.918 --> 00:18:03.045 - Whoever's behind this is trying 00:18:03.087 --> 00:18:04.963 to prevent Lissa's bloodline from having a vote 00:18:05.005 --> 00:18:06.507 on the Council. 00:18:06.548 --> 00:18:08.467 - Okay, so we think one of the Elementalist bloodlines 00:18:08.509 --> 00:18:09.760 is responsible. 00:18:09.802 --> 00:18:11.345 - Yes. 00:18:11.386 --> 00:18:13.931 Not to mention Dane Zeklos was angling for the crown 00:18:13.972 --> 00:18:16.850 before the queen even named Andre as heir. 00:18:20.437 --> 00:18:22.481 What if-- 00:18:22.523 --> 00:18:25.901 what if the car accident that killed Lissa's family... 00:18:25.943 --> 00:18:27.820 wasn't an accident at all? 00:18:47.297 --> 00:18:48.924 - I know you don't want to talk to me, 00:18:48.966 --> 00:18:51.051 but I'm not talking to anyone else, 00:18:51.093 --> 00:18:53.804 because you are still the person that I trust. 00:18:53.846 --> 00:18:56.682 There's more going on around here than you think, 00:18:56.723 --> 00:18:59.101 including possible treason. 00:19:00.352 --> 00:19:02.980 Come on, I know you think we shouldn't 00:19:03.021 --> 00:19:04.231 be talking right now, but-- 00:19:04.273 --> 00:19:06.066 - It's not what I think. 00:19:06.108 --> 00:19:08.735 It's what has to be. 00:19:08.777 --> 00:19:10.821 I've put you at risk. 00:19:10.863 --> 00:19:12.614 I've all but put Lissa at risk. 00:19:12.656 --> 00:19:14.032 - I recall. 00:19:14.074 --> 00:19:17.703 I was there, making my own choices. 00:19:17.744 --> 00:19:19.121 - Were you? 00:19:19.163 --> 00:19:21.832 The only reason you think you have a choice 00:19:21.874 --> 00:19:25.252 is because you were raised by a powerful Moroi family 00:19:25.294 --> 00:19:28.964 who pretended that you being Dhampir didn't matter. 00:19:29.006 --> 00:19:30.299 Maybe if I'd had that, 00:19:30.340 --> 00:19:32.968 I'd believe that I could do anything too, 00:19:33.010 --> 00:19:35.679 but I don't. 00:19:35.721 --> 00:19:39.808 All I have is this life 00:19:39.850 --> 00:19:43.187 and the faith that's helped me endure it. 00:19:44.688 --> 00:19:47.691 I can't lose that, Rose. 00:19:47.733 --> 00:19:50.944 It's not that I don't want to help you. 00:19:50.986 --> 00:19:52.779 It's that I can't. 00:19:54.489 --> 00:19:57.576 - This faith that you're holding on to 00:19:57.618 --> 00:20:01.205 with a death grip is supporting an unfair system 00:20:01.246 --> 00:20:04.416 that is never going to change. 00:20:04.458 --> 00:20:07.586 Maybe you should be the one who does. 00:20:07.628 --> 00:20:09.796 - I'm sorry. 00:20:09.838 --> 00:20:13.300 Am I interrupting something? 00:20:13.342 --> 00:20:16.345 I came to watch you train. 00:20:16.386 --> 00:20:18.639 I want to see what I'm putting all my faith in. 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:21.016 - Faith in what? 00:20:21.058 --> 00:20:22.351 What for? 00:20:22.392 --> 00:20:24.186 - Guardian Belikov has agreed to be my champion 00:20:24.228 --> 00:20:26.939 in the second trial, 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:28.774 the Trial by Proxy. 00:20:34.238 --> 00:20:36.114 Do carry on. 00:21:02.057 --> 00:21:03.850 - Did they find her? - No. 00:21:03.892 --> 00:21:05.185 - Hey, Dad. 00:21:05.227 --> 00:21:08.021 - Oh, you just missed Sonya. 00:21:08.063 --> 00:21:10.023 She called from her hotel. 00:21:10.065 --> 00:21:11.858 - Can you ring her back? 00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:13.819 - She was off to the spa. 00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:16.071 - Victor, who's your champion? 00:21:16.113 --> 00:21:17.656 - Really, Rose? 00:21:17.698 --> 00:21:19.741 - For the second trial, who? 00:21:19.783 --> 00:21:22.703 - James has never lost in hand-to-hand combat. 00:21:22.744 --> 00:21:24.079 - Is that true? 00:21:24.121 --> 00:21:26.331 - I have a record of 50 and 0. 00:21:29.459 --> 00:21:31.586 He won't beat Dimitri, but I can. 00:21:31.628 --> 00:21:33.547 I know how he thinks, how he moves. 00:21:33.588 --> 00:21:35.340 I understand him better than anyone. 00:21:35.382 --> 00:21:39.219 I will win this, so pick me. 00:21:48.729 --> 00:21:53.608 - Lady Eugenie Lee and her husband, 00:21:53.650 --> 00:21:55.360 Lord Vincent Lee. 00:21:55.402 --> 00:21:57.279 Lord Peter Tarus 00:21:57.321 --> 00:21:59.448 and his wife, Lady Chelsea Tarus. 00:21:59.489 --> 00:22:03.785 Lady Marie Carter and her gentleman friend. 00:22:06.788 --> 00:22:11.626 Lady Batista and her wife, 00:22:11.668 --> 00:22:12.794 Lady Andrea Batisa. 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:25.974 - There you have it, a crowd of suspects. 00:22:26.016 --> 00:22:29.519 Dane Zeklos, Marie Carter, Peter Tarus. 00:22:31.229 --> 00:22:33.607 - I wish I could remember the accident. 00:22:33.648 --> 00:22:35.275 Maybe I saw something. 00:22:35.317 --> 00:22:37.903 - Well, you know who you could ask. 00:22:37.944 --> 00:22:39.071 - No. 00:22:45.994 --> 00:22:47.829 - When are you gonna tell me what she did 00:22:47.871 --> 00:22:49.039 that hurt you so much? 00:22:53.335 --> 00:22:55.087 - I have a fight to prepare for. 00:23:15.690 --> 00:23:20.028 - I'm giving you one opportunity to come clean. 00:23:22.906 --> 00:23:25.534 I'm tired, Ozera. 00:23:25.575 --> 00:23:28.203 Whatever this is, no. 00:23:28.245 --> 00:23:30.247 - I know about your * up Strigoi fetish. 00:23:30.288 --> 00:23:32.290 I know you're in contact with my parents, 00:23:32.332 --> 00:23:34.709 and I know you're smuggling packages 00:23:34.751 --> 00:23:36.044 through the wards for them. 00:23:36.086 --> 00:23:38.338 - What the * are you even talking about? 00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:40.715 Actually, no, I don't want to know. 00:23:40.757 --> 00:23:41.925 Move. 00:23:41.967 --> 00:23:44.886 - What did you do to Lissa's family? 00:23:47.055 --> 00:23:49.182 - I didn't do shit. 00:23:49.224 --> 00:23:51.685 You think I'd stick my neck out for anyone? 00:23:51.726 --> 00:23:54.104 Me? 00:23:54.146 --> 00:23:56.314 If anyone is working with your parents, 00:23:56.356 --> 00:23:59.609 maybe look at your own band of freaky little outcasts. 00:24:04.281 --> 00:24:06.783 Because it wasn't * me. 00:24:26.344 --> 00:24:28.722 - Mer, hey. 00:24:28.763 --> 00:24:30.807 I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. 00:24:30.849 --> 00:24:32.350 - I haven't been hard to find. 00:24:32.392 --> 00:24:33.727 - No, I know. I'm sorry. I-- 00:24:33.768 --> 00:24:35.228 - That's okay. You don't have to apologize. 00:24:35.270 --> 00:24:36.229 I get it if. 00:24:36.271 --> 00:24:37.898 If your dad wins, 00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:40.609 you get everything you always wanted. 00:24:42.194 --> 00:24:46.114 - Lord Karim Dawoud. 00:24:46.156 --> 00:24:47.324 Lady Ayeesha Dawoud. 00:24:47.324 --> 00:24:48.450 - Hey, sorry. 00:24:48.492 --> 00:24:50.702 - Oh, I thought you'd changed your mind. 00:24:50.744 --> 00:24:52.621 Here's my gift to you. 00:24:52.662 --> 00:24:54.331 Did you bring yours? 00:24:54.372 --> 00:24:56.208 'Cause once we cross this line and make it public-- 00:24:56.249 --> 00:24:59.419 - I think my parents may have done something that-- 00:24:59.461 --> 00:25:01.880 - What, Christian? Done something that what? 00:25:01.922 --> 00:25:03.507 - May make you hate me. 00:25:03.548 --> 00:25:07.052 - Lady Vasilissa Dragomir and her betrothed, 00:25:07.093 --> 00:25:10.305 Lord Christian Ozera. 00:25:14.392 --> 00:25:16.603 - It's too late to turn back now. 00:25:21.107 --> 00:25:24.444 - Welcome to the Trial by Proxy. 00:25:24.486 --> 00:25:27.697 Our candidates have each selected two warriors 00:25:27.739 --> 00:25:29.783 to do battle on their behalf. 00:25:29.824 --> 00:25:31.243 By grace of the Elements, 00:25:31.284 --> 00:25:33.828 let us hope they have chosen wisely. 00:25:33.870 --> 00:25:38.750 Lady Vogel has selected Guardian Dimitri Belikov. 00:25:47.467 --> 00:25:53.056 And Lord Dashkov has selected Novice Rose Hathaway. 00:26:08.697 --> 00:26:09.948 - What are you doing here? 00:26:12.993 --> 00:26:15.120 - I'm here to beat some sense into you. 00:26:23.545 --> 00:26:26.506 Tatiana Vogel is everything I hate about this place. 00:26:26.548 --> 00:26:29.175 - I do what I'm told. - Right, your * duty. 00:26:40.687 --> 00:26:43.064 Why are you doing this? 00:26:43.106 --> 00:26:45.025 - Apparently, it's the only way you'll listen. 00:26:45.066 --> 00:26:46.693 - Rose-- 00:26:51.114 --> 00:26:52.907 - You want me to stop? 00:26:52.949 --> 00:26:54.326 Win. 00:26:59.456 --> 00:27:01.207 You're taking it easy on me. 00:27:01.249 --> 00:27:02.792 - Or maybe you're just that good. 00:27:02.834 --> 00:27:04.377 - Bullshit! 00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:06.880 What kind of a champion refuses to fight? 00:27:06.921 --> 00:27:09.382 I don't want to hurt you. 00:27:11.176 --> 00:27:12.677 - It's too late. 00:27:23.021 --> 00:27:25.732 Your honor as a champion is on the line here, comrade. 00:27:25.774 --> 00:27:27.233 Come on. 00:27:27.275 --> 00:27:28.693 Our duty won't let us be together? 00:27:28.735 --> 00:27:30.195 Then do your * duty. 00:27:32.906 --> 00:27:34.032 - Yes! 00:28:13.071 --> 00:28:14.114 - Yes. 00:28:15.615 --> 00:28:17.450 - That's what I thought. 00:28:24.958 --> 00:28:27.794 - The winner is Victor Dashkov. 00:28:27.836 --> 00:28:30.296 Thank you, champions. 00:28:30.338 --> 00:28:31.548 - Let's go! - Whoo! 00:28:31.589 --> 00:28:33.133 Come on! 00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:41.182 - Fight back. 00:28:43.768 --> 00:28:45.103 Fight back! 00:28:49.816 --> 00:28:50.817 Fight! 00:28:56.990 --> 00:28:58.241 Fight! 00:29:25.268 --> 00:29:28.021 - Our third trial will be Trial by Reverie. 00:29:28.062 --> 00:29:29.564 - Just up this way. You okay? 00:29:29.606 --> 00:29:30.899 - I'm fine. 00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:34.068 - Because that fight was kind of fraught. 00:29:34.110 --> 00:29:36.070 - It's been a fraught kind of week. 00:29:36.112 --> 00:29:37.864 - Who's this source we're talking to? 00:29:37.906 --> 00:29:39.407 - Someone who might know something about the night 00:29:39.449 --> 00:29:40.909 of the accident. 00:29:40.950 --> 00:29:42.494 - You want to take a trip? 00:29:42.535 --> 00:29:44.704 - No, thank you. 00:29:44.746 --> 00:29:46.498 - What a shit show. 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:48.875 Everyone's here waving their flags, 00:29:48.917 --> 00:29:50.835 buying their drugs, 00:29:50.877 --> 00:29:53.213 no idea that someone inside of these wards 00:29:53.254 --> 00:29:55.089 is in league with the Strigoi. 00:29:55.131 --> 00:29:57.050 Do you ever want to get the * out of here? 00:29:57.091 --> 00:30:01.095 - All the time, but right now... 00:30:01.137 --> 00:30:03.264 we both know what needs to happen. 00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:10.396 - No, no. - Yeah. 00:30:10.438 --> 00:30:11.731 - You can't just spring this on me. 00:30:11.773 --> 00:30:13.316 - Yeah, I can. 00:30:13.358 --> 00:30:14.943 And I am. 00:30:14.984 --> 00:30:17.987 You're a * mess, Rose. 00:30:18.029 --> 00:30:19.781 And what's going on right now is too big 00:30:19.823 --> 00:30:22.200 for you to be off your game. 00:30:22.242 --> 00:30:24.869 Just talk to your best friend. 00:30:24.911 --> 00:30:28.081 Work your shit out, okay? 00:30:31.876 --> 00:30:33.503 Thank you. 00:30:40.385 --> 00:30:41.386 - Hey. 00:30:41.427 --> 00:30:43.221 - Hi. 00:30:43.263 --> 00:30:46.558 - I guess, congratulations on your engagement. 00:30:48.309 --> 00:30:50.645 - Yeah. 00:30:50.687 --> 00:30:53.815 It's complicated. 00:30:53.857 --> 00:30:56.317 Christian told me about your theory. 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:58.319 I was hoping you and I could find some answers 00:30:58.361 --> 00:31:00.321 in our memories of that night. 00:31:01.155 --> 00:31:03.324 - But I don't remember anything from the crash. 00:31:03.366 --> 00:31:07.161 - I know, but I do, and I can show you. 00:31:08.371 --> 00:31:10.540 - How are we supposed to do that? 00:31:19.507 --> 00:31:23.011 - What you're asking for is a memory walk. 00:31:23.052 --> 00:31:25.680 I've seen those get quite messy. 00:31:25.722 --> 00:31:27.557 Plus, they're not cheap. 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:30.143 - We can handle it. 00:31:30.184 --> 00:31:34.522 - Well then, get comfortable. 00:31:44.032 --> 00:31:46.367 - This is the Trial by Reverie. 00:31:46.409 --> 00:31:50.496 Our candidates will be asked a single question 00:31:50.538 --> 00:31:54.208 while a flake of St. Vladimir's dehydrated blood 00:31:54.250 --> 00:31:58.171 infused with Elemental magic is placed on their tongue. 00:31:58.212 --> 00:32:01.174 Then they will be led to a place of reflection, 00:32:01.215 --> 00:32:04.385 where they will experience their reveries. 00:32:04.427 --> 00:32:08.056 The first candidate to emerge with the correct answer 00:32:08.097 --> 00:32:10.558 will be declared the winner. 00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:16.147 Your question-- what must a good ruler possess 00:32:16.189 --> 00:32:19.525 in order to rule their subjects? 00:32:19.567 --> 00:32:22.654 - Talking aloud is critical to a shared memory walk. 00:32:25.573 --> 00:32:27.909 You have to tell each other what you see. 00:32:52.183 --> 00:32:53.518 - I'm in the car. 00:32:55.311 --> 00:32:56.896 I can see your family. 00:32:58.856 --> 00:33:01.025 - And the trees outside. 00:33:01.067 --> 00:33:03.653 I didn't think we were going so fast. 00:33:05.780 --> 00:33:07.115 - I see you. 00:33:07.156 --> 00:33:09.325 - I see you too. 00:33:37.353 --> 00:33:39.939 - Oh, what is this? 00:33:41.190 --> 00:33:42.984 - My memory. 00:34:32.742 --> 00:34:35.912 No. 00:35:57.118 --> 00:35:59.829 - That'll be 85 mirs, please. 00:36:18.806 --> 00:36:22.101 - Daddy, Daddy, Mia was mean to me. 00:36:22.143 --> 00:36:24.478 - I was not mean to Sonya. 00:36:24.520 --> 00:36:26.230 She's just being a baby. 00:36:26.272 --> 00:36:29.567 - Or maybe what you said hurt Sonya's feelings. 00:36:29.609 --> 00:36:30.860 - Because she's a baby. 00:36:30.902 --> 00:36:32.945 - Because she isn't you. 00:36:32.987 --> 00:36:35.156 Sonya isn't like anyone else, Mia. 00:36:35.198 --> 00:36:38.326 So we have to be gentle with her, protect her. 00:36:38.367 --> 00:36:40.369 You don't really want to hurt her, do you? 00:36:40.411 --> 00:36:41.495 - No. 00:36:41.537 --> 00:36:43.748 - Oh, that's my girl. 00:36:43.789 --> 00:36:46.083 Remember, how you treat family says 00:36:46.125 --> 00:36:48.920 everything about who you are. 00:36:48.961 --> 00:36:50.755 - Sorry, Sonya. 00:36:53.549 --> 00:36:55.509 - Come here. 00:37:03.392 --> 00:37:07.021 - Victor, have you the answer to my question, 00:37:07.063 --> 00:37:11.275 what must a good ruler possess to rule their subjects? 00:37:20.493 --> 00:37:23.621 - I've learned something very important, 00:37:23.663 --> 00:37:27.166 that a Moroi of integrity must put his family first, 00:37:27.208 --> 00:37:29.794 above all. 00:37:29.835 --> 00:37:32.713 Love is the gift of the Saints. 00:37:32.755 --> 00:37:35.091 It is pure. It is unwavering. 00:37:35.132 --> 00:37:37.927 It is what will keep this Dominion whole. 00:37:41.722 --> 00:37:46.060 But a ruler is not just any Moroi, 00:37:46.102 --> 00:37:50.606 and love is not enough to protect our citizens. 00:37:50.648 --> 00:37:55.111 Leadership requires sacrifice for the greater good. 00:37:57.321 --> 00:37:59.532 The answer to your question, Your Majesty, 00:37:59.573 --> 00:38:04.370 is that a good ruler must possess nothing at all. 00:38:04.412 --> 00:38:07.456 They must be willing to give everything they have 00:38:07.498 --> 00:38:10.418 in the name of the Dominion. 00:38:34.567 --> 00:38:37.695 - The crown is yours, Victor. 00:38:37.737 --> 00:38:40.072 May your rule be prosperous. 00:39:19.195 --> 00:39:21.697 - I came to apologize. 00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:23.240 I should not have begun that fight 00:39:23.282 --> 00:39:25.076 knowing there was no way I could do 00:39:25.117 --> 00:39:26.660 what I had to do to win. 00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:31.415 I'm going to ask to be reassigned to another province. 00:39:31.457 --> 00:39:34.251 My value here has been... 00:39:34.293 --> 00:39:36.003 compromised. 00:39:38.547 --> 00:39:41.008 - You're in love with that girl, aren't you? 00:39:43.511 --> 00:39:46.055 But you can't be with her without sacrificing the duty 00:39:46.097 --> 00:39:48.808 you pledged to the Saints, 00:39:48.849 --> 00:39:51.811 so you've chosen not to be with her at all. 00:39:54.313 --> 00:39:57.191 Well, according to the Elements then, 00:39:57.233 --> 00:39:59.568 you'd make a terrific king. 00:40:01.070 --> 00:40:04.407 I'm gonna let you into a little secret, Dimitri. 00:40:07.201 --> 00:40:13.833 In the Reverie, I was hoping to see someone I cherish, 00:40:13.874 --> 00:40:15.376 who I lost. 00:40:17.461 --> 00:40:19.171 But I didn't. 00:40:23.551 --> 00:40:26.720 It's hard wanting something you can't have, isn't it? 00:40:36.564 --> 00:40:39.358 - I don't even know why I'm so shocked. 00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:41.360 I shouldn't be. - You should. 00:40:41.402 --> 00:40:42.820 We all should. 00:40:42.862 --> 00:40:44.155 It should never have happened. 00:40:44.196 --> 00:40:46.240 If they were willing to do what they did, 00:40:46.282 --> 00:40:48.701 having a seat on the Council isn't nearly enough. 00:40:48.742 --> 00:40:51.537 I need to fight. We need to fight. 00:40:58.002 --> 00:41:00.629 - When your family died, I kept thinking 00:41:00.671 --> 00:41:02.715 that as long as you and I were together, 00:41:02.756 --> 00:41:04.258 that everything would be okay, 00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:09.221 that somehow we could preserve some little part 00:41:09.263 --> 00:41:12.683 of that life before the crash, 00:41:12.725 --> 00:41:16.896 one where Moroi versus Dhampirs didn't matter, 00:41:16.937 --> 00:41:19.398 and we could keep living that sweet lie, 00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:22.151 untouched by all the bullshit around us. 00:41:24.945 --> 00:41:27.448 But we can't. 00:41:27.490 --> 00:41:29.742 And I don't want to. 00:41:31.785 --> 00:41:34.413 I mean, you were right. 00:41:34.455 --> 00:41:37.750 We both need to find our way... 00:41:37.791 --> 00:41:39.752 without each other. 00:41:41.128 --> 00:41:44.173 - Wait. What does that mean, Rose? 00:41:44.215 --> 00:41:46.258 What does that mean? 00:41:49.929 --> 00:41:52.765 Such wonderful news. 00:41:52.806 --> 00:41:55.851 I heard you finally got the girl. 00:41:57.311 --> 00:41:59.688 Honey, are you okay? 00:42:04.109 --> 00:42:06.445 - Not really, no. 00:42:09.114 --> 00:42:11.200 - If you're having a tiff with Lissa, 00:42:11.242 --> 00:42:12.368 it will pass. 00:42:12.409 --> 00:42:13.827 You'll see. 00:42:13.869 --> 00:42:18.165 - I'm not sure it can, but... 00:42:18.207 --> 00:42:19.250 thank you. 00:42:20.876 --> 00:42:23.337 Anybody else would have thought I was crazy to think 00:42:23.379 --> 00:42:25.881 that Lissa and I would ever-- 00:42:25.923 --> 00:42:28.050 but you, 00:42:28.092 --> 00:42:31.679 you supported my relationship... 00:42:34.848 --> 00:42:36.850 Right from the start. 00:42:43.274 --> 00:42:46.110 It was Diane, not Jesse. 00:42:46.151 --> 00:42:48.279 I mean, she's the only one who knew about you and me. 00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:50.614 She gets escorted outside the wards every day 00:42:50.656 --> 00:42:51.991 along with all the Feeders. 00:42:52.032 --> 00:42:53.742 I mean, she must be in contact with my parents. 00:42:53.784 --> 00:42:55.869 She must have some kind of... 00:42:59.623 --> 00:43:01.375 What is it? 00:43:01.417 --> 00:43:03.043 - You were right. 00:43:04.587 --> 00:43:07.673 Rose and I remembered everything. 00:43:07.715 --> 00:43:09.925 Your parents were there. 00:43:11.218 --> 00:43:13.637 - No. - They murdered my family. 00:43:18.142 --> 00:43:19.518 - *! 00:43:22.479 --> 00:43:24.064 *. 00:43:25.691 --> 00:43:27.818 I'm so sorry. 00:43:29.528 --> 00:43:30.738 I don't even know what to say. 00:43:30.779 --> 00:43:33.032 - You don't have to say anything. 00:43:35.367 --> 00:43:39.580 Your parents are not you. 00:43:39.622 --> 00:43:42.875 Their choices don't define you. 00:43:42.916 --> 00:43:45.169 Their actions don't mark you. 00:43:46.712 --> 00:43:48.714 And I'm sorry for everyone 00:43:48.756 --> 00:43:51.383 who's ever made you feel otherwise. 00:43:58.265 --> 00:44:01.602 You are a good person, Christian. 00:44:03.187 --> 00:44:05.064 One of the best. 00:44:09.526 --> 00:44:11.153 - But... 00:44:13.113 --> 00:44:15.240 - But... 00:44:20.454 --> 00:44:23.582 When I marry you, 00:44:23.624 --> 00:44:28.545 I want music, and laughter, 00:44:28.587 --> 00:44:31.173 and friends... 00:44:33.717 --> 00:44:38.389 And to be able to look forward, not back. 00:44:40.391 --> 00:44:44.978 I want it to feel right in every way possible. 00:44:45.020 --> 00:44:50.442 But right now, all I feel 00:44:50.484 --> 00:44:54.738 is pain and rage. 00:45:02.204 --> 00:45:06.291 - We never stood a chance, did we? 00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:14.925 here. 00:45:16.176 --> 00:45:20.139 In case I'm not around to translate. 00:45:56.925 --> 00:45:58.844 - I have to tell you something. 00:45:58.886 --> 00:46:01.013 All of this... 00:46:01.054 --> 00:46:04.308 everything that's happened... 00:46:04.349 --> 00:46:06.018 it's is too much. 00:46:07.603 --> 00:46:09.146 I have to get out of here. 00:46:09.188 --> 00:46:11.315 - No, Rose. 00:46:11.356 --> 00:46:14.568 - I have to be loyal to myself for a change. 00:46:14.610 --> 00:46:18.030 I need to make my life count. 00:46:18.071 --> 00:46:20.115 Remember when you thought I'd get expelled, 00:46:20.157 --> 00:46:23.243 and you offered to go with me? 00:46:23.285 --> 00:46:25.537 I was just wondering if the offer still stands. 00:46:25.579 --> 00:46:26.830 - What? 00:46:26.872 --> 00:46:28.207 - I mean, I know we were at the bar, 00:46:28.248 --> 00:46:30.834 and we were drinking and everything, but-- 00:46:36.632 --> 00:46:38.383 - We're so proud of you. 00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:46.725 - A ruler must be willing to give up everything he has? 00:46:46.767 --> 00:46:48.060 I was a little nervous. 00:46:48.101 --> 00:46:49.686 - He didn't mean literally. 00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:55.526 I only wish Sonya was here to celebrate with us. 00:46:55.567 --> 00:46:58.070 - We spoke just before the trial. 00:47:00.656 --> 00:47:02.574 She said this was all worth it. 00:47:20.133 --> 00:47:23.178 - It is customary for the runner-up 00:47:23.220 --> 00:47:25.722 to present a gift to the winner, 00:47:25.764 --> 00:47:29.726 and tonight, the Elements have declared 00:47:29.768 --> 00:47:33.272 Lord Victor Dashkov your next king. 00:47:35.607 --> 00:47:38.026 Lady Vogel, 00:47:38.068 --> 00:47:41.154 are you ready to present your gift? 00:47:42.990 --> 00:47:45.492 - Indeed, it is customary that I should 00:47:45.534 --> 00:47:50.998 give a concession speech and congratulate the winner. 00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:55.627 And under normal circumstances, I would be happy to do so, 00:47:55.669 --> 00:47:58.755 but these aren't normal circumstances. 00:47:58.797 --> 00:48:01.091 We have shamed the Elements with the choice 00:48:01.133 --> 00:48:03.760 of Victor Dashkov during these trials. 00:48:03.802 --> 00:48:07.598 They could have never have chosen a man so sick 00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:10.934 in body and in faith 00:48:10.976 --> 00:48:14.438 that he would allow this to happen. 00:48:46.595 --> 00:48:47.888 - Sonya!