- Previously on "The Outpost"... - Where are you going?
- I'm going to meet the gods. - Prepare the way.
- Unlock the Skevikor. - Skevikor?
- I know the word, Janzo. - What?
It means "the end of the world".
You're a fugitive, so you need to leave
the Outpost and never return.
- Whoa, easy. - Luna.
Talon and I are tracking Two. What is Vikka doing with Two?
- My body is weak. - I am honored to serve you.
Rise.
What in the gods is that thing?
- I think you just said it. - What? A god?
Two just healed her.
Never heard of a god that needs healing.
So that's why Two came here.
We are being watched.
More that way.
That hole there.
Go! I'm right behind you. I'll make Vikka hold them off.
Zed!
Zed, watch out!
- Take him. - Zed!
Move.
Zed!
Is that thing out there doing that?
It's the lump on her forehead.
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So, Falista is forcing you
to figure this out under the threat of death.
Yes.
And what exactly does she want you to figure out?
Oh, you know, just the simple,
age-old conundrum of how to unlock a Skevikor.
- What's a "Sevikor"? - Skevikor.
It means "the end of the world" in Yindrian.
Well, how do you unlock the end of the world?
Exactly. I can't make heads or tails of it, Garret.
I mean, what the hell is a Skevikor anyway, huh?
How do we unlock it? Is it a door?
Is it another box? Is it just an idea?
I don't know, Janzo, but there's usually an element of truth
in the ancient stories, so, please.
It's apocalyptic mumbo-jumbo is what it is.
We should just make something up.
And hope it matches whatever the voice in Falista's head is saying?
Because something is talking to Falista.
"Skevikor" is not a word that she would just come up with herself.
So, please, eyes on the page, otherwise it will be
both of our necks on the chopping block.
Tobin would never permit Falista to execute you
just because you can't solve a puzzle.
Don't kid yourself, Commander.
Falista seems to be all in for these so-called gods.
Tobin is deeply and madly in love with her.
Just as I am with my dung beetle, and you are with Talon.
Right. I'll talk to Tobin.
He's helped us out a couple of times recently.
I think he's still on our side.
Good luck with that.
In the meantime, Wren and I will dive back into these texts.
Oh, I'm sorry Janzo. I'm supposed to be back up at the barracks
- teaching the children. - Blackblood children?
- How are they? - Wild animals, which is why I must go.
Go, go. I'll just stay here and be frustrated.
Thank you for being so understanding.
- I love you. - Mm-hmm.
As soon as this book got promising,
the moment it got interesting,
nothing but blank pages in the middle.
- What blank pages? - These. Look.
These aren't blank, Janzo.
Garret, are these pages or are they not
as blank as the daily expression on your face?
Thanks for that, and, yes, they're blank.
See? Maybe this pregnancy is affecting your eyesight
because these, my dear, are very much blank pages.
Well, maybe my pregnancy is affecting your brain
because I can see very well,
thank you very much. Give me that here.
- Told you so. - Janzo, there are writings
and drawings on these pages, loads of them.
No, there aren't, Wren.
Garret and I can't both be crazy.
Well, neither am I.
Tell you what, I will write down what I see,
and then you can tell me what you think.
All right.
"These words of wisdom given only to a High Prie..."
These texts must be written by some means that only you can see, Wren.
- But how? - Maybe it's some inherited ability
passed down from High Priestess to High Priestess?
- Well, I don't know. - What's it say?
I mean, it would explain exactly why it's so important
that succession remain in the family bloodline,
because, well, there's something very different
about your family bloodline, isn't there?
Wren, you were quite literally born to be high priestess.
What's it say?
"These words of wisdom given only to the High Priestess
come directly from the god who walked amongst men".
I hear the assassin that tried to kill Falista escaped.
That sort of thing happens a lot around here.
I'll have to talk to the gate marshal.
She's not going to show her face
and make this a problem for me, I hope.
No, I'm sure whoever helped her escape
made it very clear that she doesn't come back.
Good, because Falista grows more troubled by the day.
She's become obsessed with the gods.
It's all she talks about since she's been
seeing the visions and hearing the voices.
You have to keep her under control, Tobin.
If she keeps using her gods to justify wielding
that awful kinj against innocent people,
someone will do something to stop her.
- Are you threatening my wife? - No, I just...
No. I'm trying to impress upon you that you need to stop her.
Spears, above all else, no matter what she does, she's still my wife.
She's still the woman I've loved since I was a child.
- I'm always going to protect her. - It's not her, Tobin.
It's the red kinj, and it is evil.
Now, you want to protect her, the only way to do that
is to get that thing out of her.
And how do you propose I do that?
I can't just take it from her.
No, she has to give it up willingly, so talk to her.
Convince her, because somewhere inside
is the Falista who loves you and would do anything for you.
Talon! Help me.
I can't move my legs.
Okay.
Are you all right?
Not sure yet.
- Anything broken? - Don't think so.
Just need to get some movement back.
I need to find Zed.
We should run away together.
What?
Just me and you.
Let's leave this place and escape out into the wilderness.
We can build a little farmhouse and raise a family.
Why?
And what do you know about farming anyway?
I could be a farmer.
We have everything we ever dreamed of.
- Not everything. - Tobin, you're king.
- What more could you want? - I want you.
I want the Falista I fell in love with.
- She's right here. - No. You've changed.
You're not her anymore.
I don't know if it's the red kinj
or your newfound religious beliefs.
We can't just walk away from our duties.
The gods have chosen us.
Falista, I want you, not all of this.
They can take my kingdom, my power, and my money.
Just let me have you all to myself.
What are you asking?
Give up your kinj. Give it someone else.
You're asking me to just give away my power?
I'll gladly give up mine, too.
Let them be someone else's problems.
I'll trade everything we have
so I can live a peaceful life with you.
No. I can't.
I won't betray the gods, not even for you.
Don't ever ask that of me again.
I don't want to have to lock you away
to protect you from yourself.
All clear?
Come on.
Let's find out where they went.
These are the markings from my visions.
I saw that creature and this exact symbol.
- Zed and Falista saw it, too. - That's nice.
It was also on Falista's shrine
when she was praying to the gods.
Is that creature one of the gods she's been praying to?
I'm not sure I believe in gods, but look at this.
Now there's something I can believe in.
We're supposed to be saving the world.
You're supposed to be saving the world, not me.
I'm going to get rich.
I'm going after Zed. You coming or not?
Not. Zed's probably dead anyway.
Well, they carried him off, which makes me think they need him alive.
- Wishful thinking. - Fine.
You would just slow me down anyway.
It's all just a bunch of mystic gibberish, isn't it?
But these symbols, I've seen them before.
Hm? They are familiar.
I just can't work out where from.
I swear I've seen them somewhere.
I need to sleep.
Yes. Yes, you do. Come on.
That baby needs to grow. Let's give her a rest.
We can pick this up in the morning.
There we go.
All right.
The puzzle room under the Outpost.
- What? - The symbols.
Gods, that's it. They're on all the doors down there.
Wren, you're a genius.
Does this mean that the Skevikor thing is real?
The way most religious nonsense is real.
The word "Skevikor" was probably just a way
to describe something that people who wrote
all of this at the time didn't understand.
Bad news for us is it's probably something underneath the Outpost.
Well, the last thing we found there was Yavalla's kinj,
and that really almost was the end of the world.
This Skevikor thing sounds so much worse.
How can we now even responsibly share this information with Falista?
Because Falista will kill us if we don't?
Maybe we should die, or at least I should.
- Bite your tongue. - Well, I'm the only one who can read these texts,
so maybe I'm the only one who can lead her there.
And need I remind you that it's not just you and I that will die,
but also our unborn child, and we don't even know what's down there.
Well, it can't be good, can it?
Who's to say these gods don't know everything already, huh?
I mean, they could just go down there and unlock
whatever this Skevikor thing is.
We wouldn't be able to stop them because
Falista would've already killed us.
- Yes, you do have a point. - I always do.
The more we know, the better chance we have to stop it.
Janzo, we could be destroying the world.
Hm, or we could be discovering the means to save it.
Do you know how to tie laces, Munt?
Sorry, King Tobin.
- Munt, just lace it. - Yeah. Sorry, King Tobin.
King. That's a joke.
I'm just a husband to Falista, who calls all the shots.
Correct that. Some voice in her head is calling all the shots.
Well, she's the woman in your life now.
When it comes to them, I always follow the advice of my mum.
"Don't argue with me, boy, eh?
I'll knock your block off, won't I?"
Yeah, I got plenty of that advice from Gertrusha.
Yeah, I learned young it's best to always follow mum
even if I thought she was doing a bad thing.
It's the only way I could be sure to be at her side to keep her safe.
As usual, that's...
- that's really good advice, Munt. - It is?
Yeah, I have to go along with Falista so she trusts me.
That's the only way I can stay close to her and protect her.
- I said all that? - Yes, you bloody did, and it was good advice.
Yeah.
Um, Tobin, since I done give you some good advice,
- maybe you could do the same for me? - Sure. What is it?
I know you're a man of the world
and you've done pretty good with the ladies
and you've... you know a lot of women.
Ah, this is about a lady, huh?
- No, no, no. - Is it about a lady, Munt?
Huh?
It's about something. It was, uh...
- Warlita. - How did you know?
It's been pretty obvious, Munt.
- I have? - Yeah.
It's just that, you know, she's so beautiful,
and she's so clever, and I've started to fancy her quite a bit.
The problem is mum said that I'm
as dumb as a bag of rocks and uglier, too.
That's not true. I've seen uglier rocks.
Here's the thing.
- Yeah? - You're a bit of a brute, Munt,
and Warlita, she's a fancy lady, eh?
And she's used to waiting queens.
And although she's not a princess,
she expects to be wooed like one.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Wooed?
Yeah, like lure her into your clutches.
- Ah, like with that boar! - No, no.
- Munt, no. - No. No.
- Nothing like the boar. - No.
- Not like that. - No.
Just a gentle kindness.
Oh, yeah.
Okay, just...
Ah. Take her to dinner.
- Oh. - Fine food, fine wine,
expensive gifts, romance.
- That's the path to her heart. - Romance.
- Yeah. - Thank you, Tobin.
Maybe I should go alone.
Last time we went down there, it wasn't exactly a picnic, was it?
Well, last time every puzzle required both of us to solve it.
All right.
But the first sign of danger, you're out of there.
- Oh, Janzo, watch the... - Aah!
Every bloody time.
A little sympathy would be nice.
So, we are looking for... thank you.
We're looking for an empty hourglass, death,
a broken stone, and the hero Belator, all in that order.
Right. You search for the keys, I'll search for the symbol.
Oh, of course. Of course, yeah.
How did it go with Falista?
She's not going to give up the kinj, Spears, not for anything.
Then it'll destroy her.
Look what it's already done, Tobin.
- She's a tyrant. - She's the queen!
She's being corrupted, violent deed by violent deed.
Soon she'll be no better than the monsters
who wielded that kinj before her.
You cannot stand by and watch her destroy everything that Gwynn built.
You think that's what I'm doing, standing by?
I saved you. I saved your little friend.
I killed Three. I'm doing what I can.
I know you are, Tobin, but it's not enough.
- Falista has to be stopped. - So what are you saying?
You're going to oppose her?
If you won't stop her, I'll have no other choice.
Spears, do not make me your enemy.
Give me more time.
You do whatever it takes.
You take the hourglass and the broken stone.
I will take death and the hero Belator.
We're not going to be cooked in an oven again, are we?
Oh, no, we disabled that particular trap last time we were here.
- So, no. No oven. - Something worse then.
I'm just hoping they don't try to stop us
from getting to the Skevikor thing,
place, whatever it is.
Here's hoping. All right.
Hourglass.
Hourglass done.
Death.
Done.
- Broken stone. - Hm. Anything horrible happening yet?
- Nothing. - Right.
Hero Belator.
Janzo!
Janzo, are you all right?
It's always something, isn't it?
It seems to have broken your nose.
What? First this room wants to burn off my arm,
then it wants to break my pretty little... aah!
There's a handsome nose. All better.
What do you think is down there?
The end of the world?
Huh.
It's exceptional workmanship.
Is it stone or...
I don't know.
- What is this place? - I don't know.
Huh.
There seems to be an even larger chamber beyond these arches.
Wait, wait, wait, Janzo!
We're on the edge of an abyss.
- Huh. - Six... the seven gods.
Again, seven gods.
Huh. This is interesting.
- What is it? - I'm not sure.
It feels like some sort of, um,
mechanical component to this altar.
Mm-hmm, but for what?
I'm guessing you stick in
an appropriately shaped device,
like a key for example,
give it a turn,
and something will happen.
Do we want something to happen?
- Probably not. - "Unlock the Skevikor".
What if Skevikor is a thing and not an event,
like this altar?
And to unlock the Skevikor, you need a key.
- Uh-huh. - Have a look around.
It might be near this altar somewhere.
Is everything ready?
Yes. Everything is perfect.
The sea urchins are stuffed with crab.
The pigeons are stuffed with eggs,
and the olives are stuffed with cheese.
Why is everything stuffed?
- Well, you wanted it fancy. - Oh.
- This food is fit for a king. - Well, if she don't like it,
I'll stuff you with every last bit of it.
Not in the mouth either.
Your lady, she has never tasted such food.
She will be like soft clay in your hand.
- Is that good? - Oh, yes.
I'll make you proud, mum.
Warlita.
- You look... - And that is a very interesting hat.
Oh, yeah. This is, um...
it's the latest fashion, yeah,
so I'm told.
Oh! Sit, please.
Please. Yeah.
Sit. Yeah.
Sorry! Sorry. Sorry.
It's all right.
Sorry.
Sorry. This is, um... this is pine sap ale.
It was mum's favorite.
Some for you and then for me.
Yeah, it's a strong flavor. It'll put hair on your chest.
Not on your chest. More hair on my chest.
Not that you... I've never seen your chest.
I don't know if there's hair. Never looked.
I'm not afraid if there is. Never seen it.
I've... you know.
Very interesting flavor.
The chef has prepared the finest delicacies from the Capital.
- Chef? - Yes. That was for him.
And then he... and then he comes. Yeah.
What do you do with it?
- You eat it. - Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah. - Not like that.
You don't eat it like that.
Oh! Oh!
Your mouth is bleeding.
- I can fix it. - No, I should go.
No, no, no. There's stuffed birds and stuffed fruits.
We have lots of things that are stuffed.
We can stuff more. We can stuff everything.
My dress is going to ruin.
- I'm sorry, Munt. - No, no, no.
No.
You.
Bend over.
Vikka.
Take all the life you can hold.
Tera, my love, you will have all your strength again.
Vikka! No!
Vikka!
At last, I live again.
You have done well, human.
I am honored to serve you.
Long have The Three looked forward to the...
Go home, Janya, and rise again.
Janya's soul is free.
We must go to our sister,
as her soul will awaken her soon.
But first, our brother Golu cries for release.
Only I have the power to set him free.
- Nice timing. - Do you really think I would let you die,
bastard though you are?
Bastard though I am,
the thought did cross my mind.
Faster! They're gaining on us.
My legs aren't working too well right now.
Zed!
Come on. Zed, get up!
They bleed black blood.
Right in the chest and he didn't go down.
I get the feeling they're not so easy to kill.
What made you change your mind?
Good question.
Already starting to regret it.
We need Janya to heal us.
I do not fear these humans.
With our healer, we are indestructible.
Then we will pursue the two who have our kinjes.
I don't know, Janzo, but there's usually an element
of truth in ancient stories, so, please.
I mean, what the hell are we unlocking anyway?
What is the Skevikor?
Hurry up, Munt. What is that you're eating?
Stuffed pigeon. I couldn't let it go to waste.
- It was made for Warlita. - Oh, how did that go?
Um, she, um... she didn't eat this here pigeon.
Oh. Munt, you can't win them all.
Forget about Warlita. You're a beast.
- She's a flower. - Yeah.
It's not meant to be.
I'm a beast.
No sign of a key in here.
Wren, I am hungry and tired. How long have we been here for?
I don't know, Janzo, but we have to figure this out.
Right, well, we're assuming that this is the Skevikor, yes?
- Mm-hmm. - And to unlock the Skevikor, we need a key.
No key, no unlocking the Skevikor. No problem.
If we don't unlock the Skevikor,
I think Falista might just kill us.
We just need to keep Falista in the dark for a few more days,
and then once she's finally had enough and she wants to kill us,
well, that's when we bring her down here,
and we buy ourselves a few more days.
Let's be honest, she's never going to figure out
it's missing a key by herself is she?
Holy are the gods.
Have you ever seen such a place?
Your Majesty, we were just...
Making sure that everything
was safe down here before we told you about it.
I knew I could count on you two little geniuses
even if you are working against me.
You can't stand to see a puzzle unsolved. It's in your nature.
Look! Tobin, it's the symbol we've seen in our visions.
I told you the gods speak to me.
My visions were real.
Hopefully, this is proof enough to you now.
I never doubted you, Falista.
You did, but I'll forgive you.
Just don't ever doubt me again.
Did these gods,
did they ever give you any idea as to what this thing does?
- You don't know? - Not a clue.
Well, I'm sure they'll tell me in their own time.
But until then, you two will work
day and night to find me that key.
I think we lost them.
Who are those creeps?
I'm sorry about Vikka, Zed.
He's been with me since my first hunt.
He didn't deserve to die like that.
Mm. We have to keep moving.
Just give me a minute.
I'm glad you came back.
We'd probably be dead if you hadn't.
Yeah, well, you're the only person I've met since the sanctuary
who treats me like I matter,
so I figured I should save your butt.
And because it's pretty clear
you can't fight your way out of a silk sack.
- Is that right? - Let alone save that loser.
- Are you talking about me? - She sure is.
You're lucky you did save our butts,
otherwise I would be beating yours.
I'd like to see you try.
Those things called each other Vorta and Tera.
Those were the names of the black and white kinjes.
She called you Golu.
Because I have the Golukinj.
We need to get back to Janzo and Wren, tell them what we saw.
Two said they were gods. Maybe she's right.
I doubt gods bleed black blood.
Munt.
Where have you been?
You've been avoiding me.
- Don't look at me. - Gods above, Munt.
What is wrong with you?
I'm a hideous beast.
Who told you that?
The king.
He said I'm a beast,
and you're a perfect flower.
How can a beast ever be with a flower?
I'm not a flower. I'm a woman.
And you're not a beast, Munt.
And next time we have supper, make it simple.
Meat, potatoes, and that ale.
Next time?
And stop listening to the king.
He's an idiot.
And this is as far as you go.
What? Now you want to ditch me?
After I saved your skins?
Guess I was wrong about you thinking I mean something.
You do mean something, which is why I want to keep you safe.
And we don't know what things are like in there
or how tight a grip Falista has on the place.
Fine.
One town is much the same as the other.
This one's played out anyway. Maybe see you around.
Hey, Luna!
For once, just stay out of trouble.
You think she'll really stay away?
For about 5 minutes.
Gods of The Three,
I have done what you've asked,
but I need more instructions.
The kinj-bearers will go to the place
that they call the Capital
and present themselves to the Gods.
What did that mean?
They want us to come to them.
Why?
So they can take our kinjes?
They'd have to kill us first.
I think that's the plan.
I'm so pleased to see you both.
The gods have spoken, and here you appear.
So you saw it, too?
It came in answer to my prayer to the gods.
They are not gods.
How can you deny it even now?
Because I saw it, all right?
They killed Two. They turned her into dust.
She was prideful and evil.
She's been judged and punished.
I'm the chosen vessel of the gods now.
They also tried to kill me.
I think they want to kill all of the kinj-bearers.
- Why would they do that? - I don't know.
But we think these kinjes and these new beings are related.
I mean, their names for a start. Vorta and Tera?
Those were the names of the black and white kinjes that got destroyed.
And when Two died, a green ball of light came out from her ashes.
I'm betting there will be a third one of these things,
gods, whatever you want to call them.
It will emerge with green markings on it
and it will match the Janyakinj.
- There are seven gods. - And seven kinjes.
So kinjes must belong to them.
They are truly a power of the gods!
This must be why they're calling us. We must return them.
- I don't think that's a good idea. - What makes you say that?
Like I said, they're evil, all right?
They want to kill us. They want us all dead.
Just don't go to the Capital and do not answer their call.
At the very least, wait until we know more.
I'll take that under advisement. Thank you.
Falista, for once, just listen.
Tobin!
Please.
- What are you doing? - Going to the Capital.
Bloody hell, Falista.
You heard what Zed and Talon said.
Yes, I did, but I'm not afraid.
The gods have chosen me. They're not going to hurt me.
Talon is no liar.
If she said that they killed Two
and they tried to kill Zed, that's what happened.
Yes, Tobin, but I'm not Two.
I trust the gods. I'm their willing servant.
It's very clear to me the kinjes belong to them,
so we are going to take them back willingly.
This is what you wanted, isn't it? To be rid of the kinjes?
So we're going to go to the Capital,
and on our knees, we will present our kinjes to the gods.
You and I, we'll be free together,
just like you asked.
Promise me.
I promise you. We'll give them up.
But first, there's something else we need to do.
So a key unlocks this altar, and then what?
- The end of the world happens? - One theory.
Then we need to find this key before any other else does and destroy it.
You know, I've been puzzling over this notion
that these so-called gods bleed black blood
and have pointy ears like you.
Not exactly like ours. Theirs are bigger. More points.
What are you getting at, Janzo?
Everything from our world has red blood,
but everything from the Plane of Ashes, black blood.
True, but I don't think us Blackbloods
are actually from the Plane of Ashes.
This world is our home.
Maybe it's a little more complicated than that, Zed.
Impressive, isn't it?
A miracle of the gods right beneath our feet?
- What do you want, Falista? - I want you.
Well, you and Zed.
You're coming with us to the Capital by royal command.
You're making a huge mistake.
Mistake or not, we live to serve the gods.
What are you doing, Tobin?
You're all marching off to your deaths.
Lock up the gate marshal until we get back.
Sorry, Spears. Nothing personal.
Shall we?
I'm not going to the Capital, Falista.
Oh, really? We'll see about that.
Chain them!
Let's go.
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