Previously on "The Outpost"...
That's the ancient Blackblood temple. She's in there.
- Run, Janzo! - Munt!
- Aah! What was that? - Are you all right?
- Your weapons are ineffective on me. - We'll see about that.
- Did it work? - I think so.
You cannot kill a god.
- There is a black kinj. - Would it kill Yavalla?
It would kill whomever its bearer touches.
Gallwood Outpost is now the greatest threat to peace in our world.
We must prepare to show them the power of the United!
And thrust!
Good work. You'll spend the rest of the day
training with some of our more experienced soldiers.
Tobin's finest.
Sergeant,
take your men and pair up with the Queen's new recruits.
Run the drills.
Thank you, Sergeant.
I'm in no danger from Commander Spears.
He may approach me.
And do as he ordered.
What was that?
My men don't serve at your pleasure, Commander Spears.
Lord Tobin and I are their commanders.
You serve the Queen, who has given me authority to act in her name.
Which is why I approved your order.
I don't need your approval.
Really?
Apparently you do.
You wished to see me?
Baroness, this Outpost in the last safe haven
against Yavalla's infection.
Our impenetrability may well be essential
in the survival of our kind.
I'm aware.
Then perhaps you might consider supporting our efforts
rather than hindering them.
You were so threatened by me
you went running to tell the Queen.
Trust me, Baroness, I am not the least bit threatened by you.
The Queen put me in command of her army.
She did not put you between me and my men.
Hand over full control of your army or get out.
I won't ask you again.
It's Lord Tobin you need to speak to.
It's his army.
Lord Tobin's not the problem. You are.
I am loyal to my husband, and he is loyal to you.
As far as I've seen, Baroness, you're only loyal to yourself.
You married Tobin not for love, but to gain power.
That's not true.
Then swear your allegiance to me as your Queen.
Stay out of my way.
As long as Lord Tobin serves you, Your Majesty,
I will serve you.
He'll never love you like he loves Rosmund.
Garret.
What do you know about love?
Red kinj! Aah! Aah!
Aah! Stop!
Are you all right?
You try that again, and I will kill you where you stand.
I don't understand how that would have kept anybody away from us.
Not anybody, Talon, any insects.
Insects are repelled by bafler weed and roflo root.
Yeah, well, we have more to worry about than just insects, Janzo.
Insects can carry the infection just as much as any other animal.
Oh, yes, I'm sure Yavalla is especially focused on uniting with bugs.
Are you all right?
You and Zed just tried to burn and decapitate my mother.
- I'm sorry, Wren. - But she didn't die.
My mother really cannot die.
We have to find another way to kill her.
You're all right with that?
I have to be. I'm the one who enabled her.
I unlocked the meld box. I solved the map.
I did everything she needed. This is my fault.
Yeah, but you did all that 'cause you're her daughter.
You had no way of knowing what she was after...
No, I should have known.
I knew something wasn't right.
From the moment she returned with that meld box
that she took from your father, I knew it.
She took the box?
She said my father gave it to her when he was dying.
No. She took that box.
- By force. - Well, how do you know?
Because Yavalla went in with eight men
and only three made it back.
That tells me your father
wasn't giving up without a fight.
Well, is there a chance he's still alive?
I wasn't there, but from what I understand, he's most likely dead.
But there's a possibility?
I'm going to the Plane of Ashes.
- She just said he's probably dead, Talon. - Yeah, probably.
Not definitely.
Talon, I know you really want to meet your father,
- but is now really the right time? - Now is exactly the time.
If he knew where the white kinj is,
he could know where the black one is, too.
And we need that kinj.
Might be our only hope.
Talon, I'm sorry. I truly am.
But he's almost certainly dead.
You don't know that.
I mean, for all we know, he could have the black kinj.
I mean, how else would he single-handedly kill five of Yavalla's men?
Well, he didn't kill them all, Talon.
And he didn't stop Yavalla from taking the box,
which means they probably killed him.
I have to find out.
Then we have to go to the Outpost first.
We don't have time to go back to the Outpost.
Talon, you don't understand.
Even if Saivek survived, you'll never be able to find him.
The lava tubes are an endless maze and you can get lost
in there for weeks if you do now know your way.
- Tell her, Zed. - She's right.
Without a guide or a map, you could spend a lifetime in those tubes.
My mother had a map of the tunnel system where she found your father.
I've seen it. Hopefully it's still at the Outpost.
Go on. You're clean.
- Strom? - Ana?
It's you. You made it.
I did what I had to do to get my man.
Unhand me. She's my wife.
- She's infected. - No! Please don't.
You have to go now. If you come back within 100 paces,
- they'll kill you. - I can't leave you again.
- Please go! - Come with me.
Join the United. You'll see. It's wonderful.
- I can't. - I'll be waiting for you, husband.
- Spears! - Tobin, I've been looking for you.
- It's about Falista. Are you all right? - Yeah, I just heard.
You threw her in jail
because her men respect her more than you, is that right?
- Have you been drinking? - Yes. What of it?
Falista has the red kinj, all right? She's very dangerous.
- She's dangerous? - Yes.
Falista's dangerous? That's funny.
Little, beautiful, tiny Falista is dangerous?
Yes, hard as it might be to believe.
- She's my wife. - All right.
I think I'd know a thing like that wouldn't I, Spears?
Do you want to know what's more believable?
What's that?
You and Rosmund are threatened by Falista.
- All right. - So you put her in jail to control her.
I... whoa.
- Now, I am telling you the truth. - No, you're not.
No, hey!
Now, now, all right. Hey. Hey!
You made me do that.
But there is no reason that this has to get any further... no!
Tobin!
Stop! Stop that.
Ah! Hey!
No, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no!
- What is wrong with you? - Why are you doing this, huh?
- To protect her honor? - Drop it!
- What are you doing? - She forced you to marry her.
- Did that hurt? - Yes!
- Good. - Come on. No! Drop it!
Drop it. Stop! No, don't break the chair!
- You broke the chair. - Tobin, I don't...
want to hurt you.
You're gonna have to pay for that!
Tobin, enough.
Tobin, you need to listen to me.
I know you're angry that I got the job that you wanted.
I get that. I do.
And maybe you think that I'm somehow responsible
- for you losing Rosmund. - Yes.
Yes to which part?
Yes to both.
Well, you need to see past that to our friendship.
You need to look at everything we've been through together.
All right? I would... I would not lie to you.
All right?
Did I hear you right?
That my wife has got a kinj?
Yes.
The red kinj that used to be in One.
- What? - She used it on Rosmund.
- She did what? - And me.
A few more seconds and we both would have been dead.
I wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't see it with my own eyes.
- I'm gonna speak with her. - Just be careful.
That red kinj can kill you.
You fight pretty well for a drunk guy.
- I'll go find that map. - Let me know when you find it.
- Where's Munt? - Sorry, Warlita, I couldn't save him.
- He's dead? - No. He's just infected.
- Shut the gate and be on the lookout. - For what?
The infected. They could come alone or in the hundreds.
Seal this place tight.
Tobin, stay back.
I think I tried to kill the Queen.
You think?
They said that thing that was in Jaaris' head,
the one that used to hurt people...
And now it's in my head.
I don't understand.
But when it happened, I felt something here.
And there was nobody else there,
just me and the two of them suffering horribly.
- So you didn't mean to hurt anyone. - No.
No, I don't think so.
Then your friend Garret said something about
you loving Rosmund, not me.
- He said that? - Then I got so angry.
Maybe I wanted to hurt him or her. I don't...
It's not your fault.
You obviously don't know how to control it.
You're hurt.
I'm fine.
Is it true what he said?
I'm gonna plead your case to Rosmund.
I'm gonna get you out of here.
So, Yavalla can't be killed and there's no cure.
We might as well join her ranks.
There is one other option.
- There's a black kinj. - Ugh, another kinj.
No, kinjes are only ever the problem,
- never the solution. - Not necessarily.
The green kinj brought you and Tobin back from the dead.
Yes, by killing two people.
Don't you see, Talon? There's always a price.
Any price is worth stopping Yavalla.
What does the black kinj do?
It's a death kinj, Kills anyone it touches.
So it's a weapon?
Maybe the only weapon that'll kill Yavalla.
Where is it?
Don't suppose it's hiding under the Outpost somewhere.
There's someone in the Plane of Ashes
who might know where it is.
Who?
- My father. - Oh.
Forgive me, Talon, but...
I thought you told me that your father was dead.
Probably. But there is a chance he's still alive.
Either way, he's our only lead.
In the gods forsaken Plane of Ashes.
Talon, are you sure you're not only going
'cause you want to see your father?
Of course I want to see him.
What wouldn't you do to see your father again?
I understand.
But perhaps it could wait?
I really need you here during this crisis.
He might be the only solution to the crisis.
Look, I know it's a long shot,
but I don't see any other way of stopping Yavalla, do you?
No.
Maybe we should all just escape to the Plane of Ashes.
You wouldn't last five minutes there. It's a deadly place.
Why does it feel like you're always going off to die somewhere?
'Cause I am.
But I haven't died yet, have I?
You sent for me?
So what is the most important thing in life?
Health!
This woman is infected.
Look!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Have no fear, dear people.
I, Higley Muggs,
come bearing a miraculous cure.
Watch.
What happened?
How did I get here?
Open the gate!
Did you see that? There's a cure?
Well, obviously not, Garret. Don't be so stupid.
He's a fraudster. A crook.
Just seven beads a dose.
Ten for two. I'm almost sold out!
Drink it now and you're immune.
Excuse me, everybody. Thank you, thank you.
Thank you. Right. What are you peddling?
Oh, only the cure to the contagion,
the remedy to the malady, immunity from the community.
Unless it contains Ficter's sap, you're selling nothing more
than a counterfeit cure, which is dangerous and irresponsible.
How dare you, sir!
I've cured dozens and prevented thousands from infection.
Give me it. Give me it!
I demand it for testing purposes.
- Ahem. - Seven beads.
- There you are. - Hey there, stranger.
What's this? What are you doing?
Dug out my old sketch book.
- You drew all this? - Mm-hmm.
Wow. That's a talent I didn't know you had.
- You're really good. - Used to be.
I don't draw much anymore.
- Who is this? - That's my mother,
my brother.
And is that your father?
Yes.
You know, even back then I could barely remember his face.
You still think he's alive?
You spoke with Gwynn?
She wants me to talk you out of going to find him.
Yeah, well, I have to go.
Talon, Yavalla's on her way to the Outpost.
- We need you here. - Which is why I have to go.
Yavalla got the meld box
that led to the white kinj from my father.
If he's still alive, he might know where the black one is, too.
Talon, I... your father is...
he's probably dead.
You don't pull your punches, do you?
No, I... I'm being realistic,
and I wish you would be.
Well, I'm going.
Gwynn couldn't talk me out of it and neither can you.
Then I'm coming with you.
No, you're not. Gwynn needs you.
Talon, if you die in the Plane of Ashes...
- Well, I won't. - But if you do, I...
- You'll be with Gwynn. - Stop that.
Now I am not interested in Gwynn that way anymore.
You are the only one. Period.
End of story.
Please come back to me.
- I will. - You better.
But if I don't, then...
Patience, Talon.
If Wren doesn't show up soon, I'm leaving without that map.
It's about time you showed up. Did you find it?
No. Her room was completely cleaned out. There's nothing left.
That settles it then. I'm going without it.
Talon, you won't find him without that map.
- Well, I have to at least try. - Give me some more time, Talon.
I still might find it.
Azadar's the one who cleaned it out.
Well, does he have it then?
No, he died in the fighting pit.
But I'm betting that Vorsevus has Azadar's things
- because they're half brothers. - So, go ask him.
Yes, thank you, Zed. I've been looking for him.
Can't find him. Give me some more time.
- He'll turn up. - Find him fast
or I'm going without the map.
- Now. - Oh.
Ana? Ana?
Strom? Please let me in.
- You have to drink this first. - What is it?
It's a cure. Drink it.
Yes. It worked. Now let me in.
- Are you sure? - Of course.
- It's really you? - Look into my eyes.
She never meant to hurt anyone. She can't even control it.
Another moment and she would have killed the queen,
- and maybe me, too. - But she didn't, Garret.
She stopped before it was too late.
You just said she can't control it. Which is it?
She was able to stop it before it did any lasting damage to either of you.
She'll figure it out. Besides, Rosmund,
she's terrified of that thing inside of her.
Power can be a frightening thing.
But when the trepidation wears off, what will she do with it?
Falista is power hungry.
- Why do you say that? - Well, she married you.
Marrying me didn't give her any more power than she already had.
She married me because she loves me, Rosmund.
- Oh, the truth at last. - I said she loves me.
Not the other way around.
My love is still and will always be for you, Rosmund.
Can we get back to the topic at hand?
Falista has the red kinj.
You and Garret, you're childhood friends.
You will always have that special bond,
regardless of any other relationship, correct?
Yes.
So Falista was my dearest friend growing up.
- And then your lover. - Just like you two.
Rosmund, I know her.
She's a good person. You can trust her.
From what I've seen, I don't think I can.
- I'm sorry, Tobin. - Then trust me.
I can keep a close watch on her.
I can keep her from using the kinj.
- But how? - Just don't let your jealousy
- affect your decision. - How dare you?
My decision about the fate of your wife
is based solely on the safety of my people.
Please leave, Baron.
Tobin asked me to come see if I can help you.
What can you do?
Fill in the blanks.
Help you understand what's going on
inside that little head of yours.
- And you're not afraid of me? - Positively terrified.
But these days that seems to be my constant state of being.
Sit.
Before we get started, I would like to clarify
that I'm doing this at the request of Tobin
and not out of the kindness of my own heart.
That's enough of my niceties. Let's get on with it, shall we?
The thing inside your head, it's called a kinj.
They are living creatures subsisting in cohabitation with a host body.
- A parasite? - Not exactly.
A parasite can be harmful to the host, whereas a kinj,
well, a kinj can offer substantial benefits.
But I don't want it living in me.
I want it out. Can't you cut it out?
As far as my research goes, there are only two ways to separate from a kinj.
One is to... to pass it on to somebody else
and the other is to die.
Now, given that this somehow found it's way into you after Jaaris was killed,
even death might not get rid of it.
But... but I could pass it on to someone.
Yes.
No, no. Absolutely not.
Well, someone else.
Well, I would hope not just anybody, Falista.
The red kinj is extremely dangerous in the wrong hands.
So I'm to live out the rest of my days in isolation in a prison cell?
That's up to the queen.
I never thought you'd come yourself.
What? Should I be afraid of you, Falista?
Well, you've come to judge me for yourself.
Whether you should let me out
or leave me here to die.
It's the hardest part of being queen.
Well, let me make it easy for you.
Don't let me out.
- I'm dangerous. - You're really prepared
to spend the rest of your days in isolation?
No, but it appears I must.
You know, I see what he sees in you.
- I beg your pardon? - I finally see what it is
that Tobin loves about you.
I mean, look at you.
Wise, thoughtful,
and you're always so damn dignified.
Flattering me isn't going to change my decision.
No.
But it helped me make mine.
What are you doing?
Janzo says I can pass the kinj to someone else.
Clearly it should be you.
You want to give your kinj to me?
You would make most use of it.
Surely you would learn to use it wisely.
- No, I'm not sure I should. - From what Janzo's told me,
it would protect you from Yavalla's kinj.
And I know that you would learn to use it for well and for good.
I would, yes.
Then take it. It belongs in you, not in me.
I can't.
If I took that kinj, then I'd be no better than the Three.
I don't want to rule by fear.
Well, then leave me in here.
I can't control it.
I am dangerous.
You know, for what it's worth,
I, too, see what Tobin sees in you.
Tobin sees very little in me, apparently.
On the contrary, he came to me practically begging for your release.
He was acting like... well, he was acting like a man in love with his wife.
I think that probably has more to do with our growing up together.
Guards.
Lower your weapons.
Release the Baroness. She's free to go.
Why?
I believe I misjudged you.
You were willing to give the power to me,
and someone who does that is not likely power hungry herself.
But I can't control it.
- What if I hurt someone? - Go and see Zed and Talon.
They can teach you. Tell them I sent you.
I trust you'll do the right thing.
Vorsevus had it!
- He had it. - That doesn't look like a map.
When the lava flows run dry, they leave a network of passages behind...
Up, down, sideways.
Best way to map them is in three dimensions.
Saivek lived deep inside this web of tunnels here.
- Are you sure? - Uh, yes.
- Then let's go now, Zed. - Oh, no, no, no.
Not so fast. There's a problem.
None of the notes say which tunnel system this is.
Right? So there are hundreds of tunnels,
but unless we know where the right entrance is,
we have no idea where to start.
Corven was still working with Yavalla,
- wasn't he? - Yes. So?
That's his stamp on the bottom there.
I recognize it.
Which means he made this map.
Corven will know which tunnel system this is.
Who's Corven?
My younger brother.
Brother? Never even knew you had one.
You've never mentioned him.
Well, in case you didn't notice, Talon,
I don't do a lot of talking about my private life.
Or is it just because you left him behind in the Plane of Ashes?
I didn't want to leave him.
Yavalla wanted him with her, so...
Oh, so he chose to stay?
He was proud to serve the Priestess.
Mm-hmm. So you think he could lead us to the right tunnels?
Mm, I'm sure he can.
Gods, I can't wait to see him.
- Really? - Well, he is my brother.
- Then I'm coming with you. - What? Why?
Wren, we don't know what's on the other side of the portal.
There could be fire storms, angry Blackfists, fire worms.
Yes, yes. Do you not think I know that, Talon?
Believe me, the Plane of Ashes
is the last place I want to return to.
You are going to need me to help with Corven.
Look, I know Corven had a little thing for you,
but he's my brother, and we're very close.
I'm sure he's gonna help us without you being there.
Mm, maybe not.
Wren, what aren't you telling me?
Long story.
Can you tell it on the way? We need to go now.
Now? Can I have half an hour at least?
Just to let Janzo know that we're going.
Wait a minute. Tell me what's going on with my brother.
I will meet you in half an hour.
- At the Citadel. - Mm-hmm.
What the hell was she talking about?
I have no idea.
Didn't think Wren was going to find that map.
And I never thought I'd get to go back to the Plane of Ashes.
- Talon? - How did you escape?
Don't tell me you killed someone.
Calm down. Rosmund released me.
- She did? Why? - You'll have to ask her that.
- So, what do you want? - Rosmund sent me.
She wants you to teach me how to control this...
- This thing in my head. - Your kinj?
We don't have time for that. We're on our way out.
And even if we did have enough time, we couldn't teach you.
You have to figure it out on your own.
Well, can't you just answer some questions?
Like, for example, does it always hurt people
without me telling it to?
Without me being able to stop it?
Mine's never acted on its own.
Mine has. Once or twice to protect me.
Did the kinj change you when you got them?
No. The power one gives you can surely corrupt you.
Yeah, just look at Zed.
I didn't change at all when I got the kinj.
No. You were an ass already.
She can't get enough of me.
One piece of advice.
Be careful with that red kinj.
Everyone who's had it has been an evil bastard
or has become one.
And try not to lose your temper.
Tobin?
Falista?
You're free?
Wait, did you...
No. Everyone's fine.
Rosmund released me.
Stop.
I'm afraid I'll hurt you.
I'm not.
I have something to say to you.
What's wrong? Are you all right?
I know you argued on my behalf
to the Queen to have me released.
Thank you so much for doing that.
It means so much to me that you defended me.
Of course.
But now I...
Now I realize how...
honorable and wise our queen is.
I was wrong to come between you both.
I mean, if I was a man, I'd be in love with her myself.
- Falista. - So I've made the decision
to hereby release you from our marriage vows.
You're now free to marry Rosmund,
and my army will remain loyal to you as promised.
I don't know what to say.
I'll show him crazy.
Ah! Janzo,
I... I need to speak to you about something.
One moment. Watch this. You might enjoy it.
Ten for two! Come on.
Ahem! Listen up, you gullible peasants!
Now allow me to demonstrate my own magical elixir on all of you.
I will now reveal that one of you is infected. Ooh.
Introducing... my magic finger.
This magic finger will lead us
to the indisputable biggest threat
to the security of this Outpost.
Please observe. Ah!
For gods' sake.
Ah. Nah.
Hmm, ah. Ah!
You're making a fool of yourself, little man.
Am I really?
Ah! Hmm.
- Mwah! - Oh.
Exactly. "Oh."
Fear not, my fellow peasants.
This sleazy monstrosity of a hustler
isn't actually infected.
Hmph. This is a common nightglue beetle.
When smashed alive onto somebody's forehead,
it leaves a glowing phosphorescence
for just long enough
to convince you all to buy...
his wilderberry juice.
Isn't that right?
This wilderberry juice
is no more of a cure
than the common man's water.
This man has jeopardized
the integrity of this Outpost against infection.
And he'll answer to the law for it.
Step aside! Step aside! This man is under arrest.
- Right. Janzo... - Did you see what I did there?
- Yes. - I put that crook in his place
and I was bloody brilliant.
I'm going to the Plane of Ashes with Talon and Zed.
No. No, you're not. We'll let someone else do it.
Uh, believe me, I wish I could.
It has to be me. They won't succeed without my help.
Well, why you? I mean, what do you have to offer?
I mean, you're not exactly a fighter, are you?
They need the help of another Blackblood,
one who is likely only to be willing to help me.
Why only you?
Because he's sort of crazy in love with me.
- An old boyfriend? - More of an old patient.
When I said that he was crazy in love with me,
the operative word there was crazy.
I don't understand.
It's a long story.
All right, uh, I saved his life... never mind details.
He's insane, as in he tries to kill anyone who goes near him except me.
Wren, this man sounds very dangerous.
He's the only one who can locate the lava tubes that Talon needs to find.
And he's most likely only going to do that for me,
assuming that he still likes me,
given that I abandoned him in the Plane of Ashes and all.
This is very, very dangerous. I'd really rather not lose you.
Well, I'll be back before you know it.
Taken literally, "back before you know it,"
that means when you do eventually return,
then I won't know until later on and then...
- Mmm. - Shut up.
Come on.
Wren, do you have to go?
There you are. We almost left without you.
I almost wish you did. Must you take Wren?
- Well, that's up to her. - They need me, Janzo.
Believe me, if they didn't, I would never go back there.
I was thinking, how do we know where we'll come out in the Planes?
Best I can tell, if the portal isn't targeting a summoned name,
it goes to where it last left from.
Wherever Yavalla left from.
Ah, hopefully someone with some common sense.
Maybe the queen can talk you all out of this suicide mission.
Janzo, you know as well as I do
you can't talk Talon out of anything.
Not too late, am I?
I'd give you some advice, but not sure you'd listen.
Probably not.
Come back alive, all right?
I always do.
Come in, my followers.
We shall conquer this Outpost one by one.
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