Previously on "The Outpost"...
These symbols, I've seen them before.
- The puzzle room under the Outpost. - What?
Aah!
What if "Skevikor" is a thing, like this altar?
And to unlock the Skevikor, you need a key.
Rise, Tera.
Janya's soul is free.
The kinj-bearers will go to the place that they call the Capital
and present themselves to the gods.
You're coming with us to the Capital.
- You're making a huge mistake. - Chain them.
Hey!
You really think I didn't warn my guards
about what tricks you have up your sleeve?
Try that again and their orders are to kill.
You're fools. Both of you.
We've been given the gift to go to the Capital,
to unburden ourselves of our kinjes and deliver them to the gods.
This journey is a death sentence.
The gods will reward us for our loyalty.
They'll murder us as soon as they see us.
Tobin, please. Just listen to us. Turn back.
There's still time to stop this madness.
This is the only way we can truly be free.
All of our problems can be traced back to one thing...
these kinjes. All the destruction. All the death.
This will be no different. It will just be our death and destruction.
Once we sacrifice our kinjes willingly, the gods...
- They're not gods. - Whatever they are,
they shouldn't have a reason to harm us.
You're just as delusional as your wife.
We'll be unburdening ourselves of a power that doesn't belong to us.
You'll be handing over our greatest strengths
to monsters who are nothing but evil.
Zed and I have seen it.
How they slaughtered all our Lu-Qiri.
They tried to kill me and they killed Two.
Well, Two deserved it, and if you had just handed over your kinj,
they wouldn't have a reason to kill you.
They won't hurt us.
They've spoken to me. Trust us.
She's the last person I'd trust.
Sister Janya, I see you.
Sister Vorta.
Regain your strength, sister.
Soon we will be reunited.
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- You're late. - I can't watch the children again.
I have too many other responsibilities.
The children are your responsibility.
I'm not their caretaker.
And neither was I, until I had to be.
You need to teach these children the ways of our people.
- It's important. - Well, you teach them.
They know and listen to you.
They don't even understand who I am.
Because you left us in the Plane of Ashes to rot.
You and Yavalla, Zed and Talon,
you orphaned these children by forgetting about us.
I think you underestimate what we've been through here.
- All right? It wasn't easy - It never is.
But now it's your turn to make up for your mistakes.
I protected these children.
I taught them to protect themselves.
But I can't teach them our histories,
our rituals, our purpose.
I'm just now learning about those things myself, Nedra,
and it's no small undertaking.
Like I said, I have another job to attend to.
High Priestess is a job only you can do.
Can you say the same for this other job?
With your own child on the way,
I would have thought this would be important to you.
Of course it is.
Of course it is. I'll do my best.
Good. I'll take you to them.
- Wren, where are you going? - Um...
Wren is fulfilling her duty to the Blackblood community,
- teaching the children. - Right.
Well, Wren and I have work to do.
Work under the threat of death unless you forgot.
Falista's left the Outpost, right?
We have some time. I'll just be a few hours.
She could be back any moment.
Wren, these children are really
distracting you from our important mission.
Children are not a distraction, Janzo.
They are very important to the future of my people, thank you very much.
I didn't mean it like that.
Will our future child just be a distraction?
Wren, did you forget the part where we're under the threat of death
unless we follow Falista's commands?
We will have no future child
unless we determine what the Skevikor is
how to unlock it, and then how to stop it.
I can't be in two places at once, can I?
I'm sorry, Janzo.
Look, we're going to be parents,
so we need to learn how to divide and conquer, right?
You go look into the Skevikor.
I will fulfill my duties as High Priestess,
and then I will come back and help you.
Not as if I need to sleep or eat or anything.
Let him in. He can pass.
Keep moving.
Oi.
Shh.
Talon, you seriously need a new lock.
Ah! Gotcha. Push the lever or leave it alone?
What would Janzo do? No, what would Wren do?
- Whoa. What is this place? - Luna! What are you doing here?
Is this some kind of secret lab for your little experiment?
You shouldn't be here. It could be very dangerous.
You're down here. Can't be all that dangerous. What's that, hmm?
No! This is the end of the world!
- Whoa. - Am I dead?
Did you know all this was down here?
- Nobody did. - You're welcome.
That was very careless what you just did, Luna.
You could've blown yourself up.
Worse, you could have blown me up.
You don't get the riches if you don't take the risk to see them.
Huh?
Who knows what dangerous thing you've exposed us to now.
They're all asleep.
I haven't heard that song since I was a kid.
Haven't sung it since I was a kid.
Thanks for watching them today.
Seems I didn't have much choice, did I?
Still it means a lot to us, to pass down the traditions
of our people to the next generation.
It meant a lot to me, too. More than I expected.
I thought it might.
Which is why I'm a bit surprised at your choice in a partner.
- Partner? - That human man. The brewer.
- That human man is named Janzo. - So he's the father then?
That's none of your business.
I would've thought the High Priestess
of the last remaining Blackbloods
would choose one of her own as a partner
when bringing new life into this world.
I didn't know that our people had been wiped out.
Of course you didn't. Because you weren't there.
I didn't plan for any...
This is really none of your business.
I didn't intend to offend.
My only interest is to protect the future of our people.
Look at the size of that place.
It must've been untouched for centuries.
No!
You listen to me this time. No touching.
If I'd had listened to you, then you wouldn't have found this at all.
No touching!
- What does it all mean? - If only I knew.
Maybe Wren's High Priestess texts
will be able to help interpret the symbols.
I'll have to bring her down here.
Do you recognize something?
No. It's all just creepy.
I wish Talon and Zed were here, too.
They might be able to recognize something.
What do you mean? Where's Talon?
- You don't know? - Know what?
Tobin and Falista took her and Zed.
They drove them off in chains to go and "visit the gods",
whatever that means.
Locked Garret up, too.
And you're down here exploring a stupid cave?
Listen, the more we learn about what's going on down here,
the more we can understand about
what these god creatures are up to.
Besides, Talon can look after herself. She always has done.
- Talon? - What?
The portal. Use it.
By the time I get it open,
we'll be 10 feet away from where I opened it.
Besides, we're chained up.
- It's useless. - Exactly.
Our best bet is to try something when we're stopped.
I'll go crazy before then.
Tell me about your Blackblood friend.
Nedra. What's the story there?
- Why, are you jealous? - Far from it.
- There is a story. - It's not like that.
We were friends as children.
Us and Corven. Always getting into trouble together.
Learned to fight together,
learned to survive together, and then I left.
Not sure she'll ever forgive me for it though.
She will. You're easy to forgive. Sometimes.
Almost sounds like a compliment.
Don't let it go to your head.
Now that there are so few of us left,
don't you feel we owe our people?
- Owe them what? - Our future. Our loyalty.
Don't you feel an obligation to bring more Blackbloods into this world?
I'm with Garret, Zed. It's never going to happen between us.
I'm not talking about us.
But what about somebody else? Another Blackblood.
- Like I said, I'm with Garret. - Maybe you shouldn't be.
Maybe you should watch your mouth
before you say something I won't be able to forgive.
I'm just saying, assuming we ever
manage to find a way out of this mess,
don't you think we have a responsibility to rebuild our population?
Can't you see that Falista and Tobin have
put the entire Outpost at risk?
Dammit, Josa, you know me! Lives are in danger.
Hey! You're not permitted here.
I've been sent here on official business with the prisoner.
Private business.
Wish I could help, but I'm under strict orders.
Very strict.
You have 10 minutes.
Where did you get gems like that?
- Wouldn't you like to know? - All right, come on.
- So impatient. - Look, Talon's in trouble.
I could be too late already.
Why do you think I'm here? Didn't think I cared about you, did you?
- Need your help rescuing Talon. - Will you get a move on?
How about a thank you or,
"Oh, Luna, what would I have done without you?"
- Thank you. - You're very welcome.
How much of a head start does Talon have?
Oh, I thought you didn't care about rescue missions
or saving lives or anything like that.
- I owe her. - Didn't you pay that debt already?
All right, I like her. Is that what you want to hear?
Guardie!
So you have a heart after all.
Greedy bastard.
What happened to you? Are you all right, Wren?
Children. That's what happened to me.
They were so sweet last night and such demons this morning.
Half an hour with them and look at me.
I think you look adorable.
Gosh, I think this child is a huge mistake.
- What? - Well, I just mean, look at us.
How are we going to raise a child?
It won't be as hard for us, Wren,
because we'll only have one child at first.
At first? I'm High Priestess, Janzo.
I shouldn't be having one half-human child, much less another.
Say something.
- I didn't know you felt that way. - I don't.
I don't feel that way, Janzo. I'm so sorry. I don't.
It's just Nedra was saying that the Blackbloods are angry
at our having a child together, and it's really messed with my head.
How am I supposed to be their High Priestess
if the others think that I'm betraying the future of our people?
I think that's a ridiculous thing to think.
I think it's insulting and I think it's ignorant.
- I think it's outdated. - No, it's not so simple.
It's not so simple. You have to see it from their perspective.
Our entire species could go extinct.
Oh.
We have work to do.
We do. But can we talk about this, please?
Can we not? It's fine, I promise.
Janzo, Falista is taking Talon and Zed to those things
calling themselves gods, where they'll most likely be killed
if we don't figure out what's going on.
Right.
Well, then I've got something to show you. Follow me.
Isn't it amazing?
Come here.
What do you make of these etchings?
This one here. Seven creatures in a circle.
Could they be the seven gods of the Blackbloods?
Quite possibly, or the deities of another culture.
And this one here? Talon's portal?
Interesting. I think you might be right.
Huh. This is the Plane of Ashes.
- Are you certain? - Absolutely.
This is one of the tunnel systems
we built around an ancient mountain range.
Called it The Stairs to the Gods.
If these gods came to our world from the Plane of Ashes,
what do you think we'll find down there?
The real question is do we even want to find anything?
Are these doors? There are thousands.
There's no hinges and no handles.
Look at the intricacies in the design, the precision.
Every heptagonal is spaced perfectly apart.
It's a mathematical impossibility to be this way just by chance.
This stone, it seems nearly impenetrable.
Nearly, but not completely. Look.
Huh. Looks like this tree root grew
from within and then penetrated the door.
Nature's power is fascinating.
Looks like it pushed the whole panel out of it.
Think we can open it?
It's opening!
What in the gods is this thing?
I have no idea.
But if every door leads to one of these things...
... there are thousands of them.
Shh.
- How did you get out of prison? - Luna.
- We'd better hurry. We don't have long. - Where is she?
King Tobin!
We're under attack!
- What's going on? Spears! - It's Spears and that girl!
- Where are they? - Spears and the girl who tried to kill you,
they've ambushed us.
Well, don't let them get away. Fix this!
We need to split up the kinjes
so they can't get to both of us at once.
Get Luna out of here. Garret and I will take care of Tobin.
Maybe he won't be able to find us.
Surrender now and no one gets hurt.
It doesn't have to be this way, Tobin. Let's just talk.
I'm done talking!
Talon! Look out!
I don't like Tobin's kinj.
Yes, and he seems to have mastered it.
- I don't want to fight you, Tobin. - Then give up.
Get out of here, Talon.
- You can't let him take you. - I'm not leaving you.
Tobin, kill me now if that's what you want, but I don't think it is.
You don't know what I want, Spears.
All you've done is undermine the queen and me since we took the throne.
- I thought we were friends. - We are. We are.
We are friends. Everything that I have done has been to help you.
Just come with us. Come with us.
- I won't leave Falista. - She's not herself, Tobin.
All right? She's been poisoned by that kinj and those visions.
You really don't think I don't know that?
I want my wife back!
I just want my wife back.
I'm doing this so I can get rid of the kinj.
I'm going to take her to them,
and we're going to get rid of the kinjes together.
That's the only way.
- You're making a mistake. - Then it's my mistake to make.
Take this. Take it!
As assurance that someone I trust
can lead the Outpost until we return.
- Tobin. - Spears, I'm letting you go free.
Now do the same for me.
- What happened? Where are they? - They got away.
That's unacceptable. You must go back and find them.
- It doesn't matter. - It does matter!
We've failed the mission that the gods entrusted to me.
We've let them down.
We'll go deliver our kinjes as planned.
Hey, hey, listen to me. Forget the others.
This is about us, our future, our destiny.
Careful. Careful, we don't want to kill
whatever's living inside this.
You really think whatever's in there is alive?
Well, its shape and protective material
seems to imply that whatever lies within it
is meant to be hibernating without being disturbed.
If it isn't meant to be disturbed,
this can't be good, can it?
The roots that penetrated through the door frame,
they must have breached this shell also.
Ugh. Must be what made this all...
Munt!
- I told you it was dead. - I'm not so sure.
Help me open it, Munt! Pull this!
It appears to be breathing.
Took you long enough.
Says the bastards who took both horses.
We were a bit busy trying not to get killed.
- Tobin? - He let us go.
He went back to Falista. They're going to the gods.
We have to stop them. They're riding straight into a trap.
Well, they don't think so.
If Tobin and Falista turn themselves over,
Talon and I will undoubtedly be next.
The gods aren't going to just stop hunting the kinjes.
Falista and Tobin made their choice, all right?
There's nothing more we can do to stop them.
The best thing that we can do now is get back to the Outpost
where there are better defenses, regroup.
See if Janzo and Wren have learned anything that might help us.
There's something I think I should tell you.
- What? - It could be nothing,
but when I snuck back into the Outpost,
Janzo and I discovered all these
ancient drawings in the chambers under your room.
I saw a drawing there that reminded me
of this thing from the Sanctuary.
I think it might be important.
From the Dragman Sanctuary? Can you describe it to me?
Not really. It's like rays of sunlight coming out.
Well, can you tell me where it is at the Sanctuary?
I don't even know exactly. It just reminded me of something.
I don't like talking about that part of my life.
But you think it could help us?
I think it might be the key Janzo's looking for.
Right, I'll take you to get it.
No, I'll go.
That place doesn't hold fond memories for you.
You should head back to the Outpost.
Fill Janzo and Wren in.
Talon, I feel like all we ever do is say good-bye these days.
Well, if there's even a chance I can find something
to stop those creatures, I need to take it.
But we'll be back as soon as we can.
Don't worry about us.
Maybe it's your breath?
It's like it's suffocating. We need to get it out.
Do we?
That thing looks like that drawing of the gods that Falista is serving.
Maybe it's better just to let nature run its course.
If we murder the first of a new species, I'll never forgive myself.
I'm with Wren. That thing looks scary.
I will not let a living thing die if I think I can save it.
And, if I can save it, maybe we'll have answers, huh?
It's all right. We're trying to save you.
Janzo, what are the odds that this thing
even speaks the same language as us?
Do you have a better idea, Wren?
Is that black blood?
If its anatomy is anything like yours or mine,
the oxygen is being cut off,
which mean that it's causing swelling in the airways,
which means it's blocking it off even further.
Well, what do we do about that?
Coltsfoot, hellebore and hyssop.
When combined with the juices
from the roots of mandragora officinarum...
- Munt. Munt. - Right, right.
Drinking this concoction should allow its airways
to open up in its lungs, if it has any lungs.
It worked! That worked Janzo. You did it.
What are you going to do now? Experiment on it?
Absolutely not. This could be the start of a new species.
It could be someone's child.
It might even have a child of its own.
No, we're going to look after it like one of our own.
Who knows? We might all learn a thing or two from it.
Wren?
I think it's time I make this very clear.
Children, including mine, no matter what color
his or her blood ends up being will be cared for
and raised by our whole community.
That means Blackbloods and humans.
- I never said... - Let me finish.
I intend to treat every child in this Outpost
like the treasure they are.
I advise you do the same.
I never said we shouldn't do that.
But I think it is our responsibility
to continue our own bloodline
by having purebred Blackblood children.
No, Nedra, it is our responsibility
to have children who we love with partners who we love,
not with people who just check off a bloodline requirement.
I love Janzo, and I already love our child.
So, you, get over it. All of you.
I'm sorry.
Where is everyone?
Leave the horses here. We continue on foot.
The gods wait for no one, not even a king or queen.
We have to turn back, Falista, otherwise we end up like them.
Turn back.
Get out of here. Get everyone out of here.
No, we might need them. It's the gods' will.
We must continue on and give them our gifts.
We're unaffected by whatever is devouring life here.
The gods clearly only want those with kinjes in their presence.
Go back outside the city limits.
We'll return once we've completed our mission. Go!
Tobin, don't be afraid.
Doesn't the sight of this... this slaughter
make you question the righteousness of these gods?
Those most faithful to the gods will be rewarded.
We're going to have everything we've ever wanted.
Come to your gods. I will lead you to us.
Follow my voice. We are right beneath you.
- So why are you doing this? - What?
Coming with me. Why didn't you let your boyfriend come?
You seemed upset about going.
I just thought it would be better if it was me.
Why?
Because I know what it's like to be in a place
where you've lost so many people you love.
I wanted to help you through it.
But why do you care?
Because I'm your friend.
Luna, I know how you feel.
You don't trust anyone. I get it.
I was just like you at your age.
But there are people in this world you can trust.
You can trust me, for one.
I've gone this long without trusting anyone,
I'm not about to start now.
There it is. That's it.
I can go in alone if it's too much.
No. I have to go.
I don't even know exactly what it is we're looking for.
All right, but I'm right here by your side.
Let's find another way in.
I know what's in there, Talon.
This is the only passage to that section of the sanctuary.
This is where I hid from the Prime Order.
From Dred.
Where I watched them take my sister away from me.
I had no idea this was beneath the Capital.
We have been waiting for you.
But where are the others?
Our most sincere apologies, my gods.
But the other two kinj-bearers slipped through our fingers.
We are here to return the power of the kinjes to you,
their rightful owners.
So, please, tell us how.
- Come down here. - Kneel before your gods.
Have you unlocked the Skevikor as my sister instructed?
We found the Skevikor under the Outpost,
but I'm afraid there is a missing piece, a key,
and we don't know where it is.
We need the Skevikor key to awaken our kind
and return their souls.
They waited long enough.
It is time for three to become five,
to awaken our brother and sister to rejoin us
so we may rule this world together.
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