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If Hal returns to Hebalon alive,

you'll never see your family again.

I don't take my orders from you.

Perhaps this will remind you

what happens if you disobey Kharo Nezo.

Xath, my boy...

Erito!

Erito!

Erito, where are you?

Sahro?

No!

Sahro?

You were dreaming.

No dream.

A nightmare.

Can Zeriths really jump like that?

Go back to sleep.

It's a long way to the great market.

And we have a hard journey before us.

"Strings in heaven, myself on Earth.

Thus should it be

from the day of our birth."

You shouldn't be in here, Xath.

Neither should you.

And I'm looking for my bird, that's all.

- Xath? Daya?

- Quick. Tangle.

Where are you?

Tangle.

What a tangle you're in.

You have to sort us out, Mom.

ls this getting you all knotted up?

- No it's me. I'm tangled up in your...

- Now then. This string belongs...

Tell him to stop tugging

on my head-string, mother!

Don't move, stay still!

I can't when he's moving around

the whole time.

This one.

No.

Hal, my son,

when you read this letter I shall be dead.

I leave you the throne of Hebalon.

This is your fault too, Xath,

because you're so clumsy.

I miss Daddy.

Sweet, sweet Ola.

You're doing your best to cheer me up?

Eike?

- Jhinna.

- What is it?

I want you to read this.

"When you read this letter,

I shall be dead..."

It's his farewell letter.

What?

Your father wasn't murdered.

He took his own life.

"Bring about peace and justice

between ourselves and the Zeriths."

- We have to get away from here.

- It can only be Nezo.

Are you listening to what I say?

What is it?

Hal and Erito must see this letter.

Meet me by the city gate

just before midnight.

- Make sure no one sees you.

- But Eike, we can't get out.

And Who is going to be at your side

when life comes to the new one?

Then you'll have to help me.

Yes.

Remember!

The city gate, just before midnight.

It'll be fine.

Yes.

As far as I can see you lot

never do anything

but sit here and wash

your husbands' clothes.

Can't they do that themselves?

You know what, Zita, once you feel

your strings twanging with love

you'll want to go through fire and water

for your beloved, you can be sure of that.

And through piles of dirty washing too?

And when there's talk of the sun,

see how her strings quiver.

That's what happened to Zita, too.

What did I tell you? You're in love, Zita.

Erito.

No, I'm not.

What are we doing here?

- Searching for the Zeriths, right?

- Yes, but...

We need to ask the One-Stringed

for counsel.

The One-Stringed?

I thought all that was just old

superstition and mumbo-jumbo.

Maybe. I'll go in alone.

Erito?

Father.

Visit a One-Stringed,

find out all about the future,

don't miss out on the truth.

I am looking for the Zeriths.

I will pay well for reliable information.

Zeriths? Don't know nothing about them.

I have come to ask for your help.

I don't know what to do.

Kill the boy!

Did you here that, everybody?

The rumours are true.

The Kahro is dead!

Down with the Tyrant!

May he fall, never to rise again!

Well now, I hear you're looking

for the Zeriths,

or am I mistaken?

Slay him!

He is bound to his father's destiny.

In thrall to generations of wickedness,

tyranny and lies!

This, I see clearly.

You are becoming entangled in his net,

but he is not worth obeying.

Set yourselves free from your doubts

and fears.

Take him down to the Lake

of the Thousand Dead Warriors

and there let him atone

for the genocide!

Let him be an offering for peace!

Are you one of those

freedom fighters, then?

Maybe. And you?

I think I've seen you somewhere before.

Let us be on our way.

But Erito,

this girl says she knows where to find...

Let's get going. We've to get to the Lake

of the Thousand Dead Warriors.

The Lake of the Thousand Dead Warriors?

Didn't the One-Stringed say that?

We must cross the Nordessa Pass

before daybreak.

Did they say that?

Run over there!

Halt!

Who goes there? Halt!

Eike, where are the children?

Eike?

And where are you going at this late hour,

my pretty?

What have you done with Eike?

Let me go!

What do you think happens,

when you set your self up against me?

It can't be worse

than having to look at you.

You think you can fool me, do you?

Silly girl.

That sort of thing can get you killed.

Let her go!

Don't forget what we agreed, Nezo.

But she can compromise us.

We had a deal, Nezo.

- What's he doing here?

- Saving your life!

Take her away!

Hal shall learn the truth.

Everyone shall learn the truth

about my father's death.

And then we'll see how popular you are

in Hebalon, Uncle Nezo,

you and your crippled friend.

If father had known

what a miserable traitor you are, Nezo,

he would have hanged you

with your own sick strings.

ls that you, Jhinna?

Eike?

Help me...

What's happening?

Listen, they are singing.

It's time.

Now?

Don't be afraid.

I'll take care of everything.

Prepare!

Bless her!

Holy Sideon!

Holy Zion!

Connect this body to All Life!

Fasten her strings good and tight!

They're so thin and fine...

- Can you reach them?

- Yes.

It's coming to life.

Careful of the head-string, Jhinna!

That's the most important one.

The head-string.

Look how beautiful she is.

Thank you, Jhinna.

Take the woman and the child and throw

them in to join the rest of Erito's brood.

I'll be back shortly.

This is The Lake

of the Thousand Dead Warriors.

My father has spoken of it.

He won a great victory over

the Zeriths here, didn't he?

Hal,

where are you?

Help me!

Bring in the slaves!

I am the Kharo's daughter.

I order you to set me free!

The Kharo is dead, Jhinna,

but I am alive.

I am alive.

Do you understand, Jhinna?

I was your father's Commander-in-Chief.

I was good at it.

Your father's favourite.

He had promised me

something very beautiful... you.

When you had grown to womanhood,

you were to be mine.

What are you saying?

I was the most important men in Hebalon.

Have you never heard tell

of the great battle by the Sideon River?

No.

The Three-Day Desert War?

No.

What about the battle by the Lake

of the thousand Dead Warriors.

Does that mean anything to you?

Yes.

That was the battle I lost.

The Zeriths had defeated us

North of the Nordessa Forest.

Your father was filled with rage.

As we were retreating, we came upon

a caravan of Zerith women and children.

Your father could not handle his defeat.

In his rage, he blamed me.

He ordered me to slay women and children,

and when I refused, he attacked me.

He cut all my strings

except my head-string and one arm.

Then he abandoned me by the Lake.

If I got home, I was to allowed to live.

Defeat enraged your father.

Overcome by evil and darkness,

he killed them all.

But they are all women and children.

My father would never ever

do such a thing.

But he did.

I had to get what I could get, afterward.

During the long campaign,

the army had used up

all the decent spare parts from slaves,

and only old, worn-out ones

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