[dramatic music playing]
[horse whinnies]
What news?
The Titans are seeking out the witch goddess Hecate.
Cronos is leading the way with all his fury.
But the witch goddess and her cult are not without their own devices.
[explosion]
Give me Hecate and spare yourself.
[shouts]
[air rushes]
[Apollo] And they
never shied away from glory.
[screaming]
[choir vocalizing]
[incanting]
[screeching]
-[electricity crackles] -[screams]
[screeching]
[Cronos] Look upon me and fear,
for I am a dealer of death.
It's only a matter of time before Cronos finds her.
I fear they're looking for Hecate's torch,
so that they can find Zeus.
[dramatic music playing]
[air hissing]
[distant drums beating]
The Maenad encampment.
It's just past those trees.
[drums continue beating]
[chanting] Sha-na! Sha-na! Sha-na…
[chanting continues]
Tonight, we invoke the rite of sparagmos.
[bull bellows]
[roars]
[snorting]
[bellows]
[cheering]
[growls]
[Maenad shouts]
It is their way.
-[Maenad grunts] -[flesh tears]
[Maenad leader] Just as the Titans tried to tear apart our lord Dionysus,
so too do we tear apart this beast.
[all cheering]
[leader] We draw sustenance from it, and from the ash a spirit rises.
For just as Dionysus was reformed, so are we.
The divine spark of his spirit fills us all,
and with it, good fortune rains down.
Heron, look.
What's he doing here?
[grunting]
[grunts, exhales]
[leader] I offer this man and this treasure
as a gesture of my commitment.
I will lead us. Are you with me?
[cheering]
[leader] I hope you understand, my love.
I do, my dear. I do. I'm glad our treasure helped.
I'd do the same, except for the blood part.
It's not too late to change your mind about that though.
[leader] Why would I do that?
Because you don't want me to suffer. Why else?
Not enough?
[drums beating]
Well, then I can give you three very good reasons.
[leader] I'd love to hear them.
[Evios] There's one.
[drums stop]
[Evios] There's two.
-There's three. -Let our friend go!
[slashing]
[grunts]
I thought you were dead.
I've returned.
I thought there was honor amongst thieves.
Or does that not apply to you, Theope?
Wait, you know her?
Do you want to tell him, or should I?
She was our partner.
She brokered the deal for the giant remains,
but we tried to take the treasure without giving it to the demons.
That is how we ended up in the galleys and she in prison.
This is who Hermes was referring to in your village.
It's why Evios left.
He feared she would steal the gold we hid away.
[Theope] When I heard you died,
that a spear was thrust through your heart,
I smiled ear to ear.
No one deserved it more than you.
Thank you, friend.
He's no friend of yours.
Your friends end up like him.
[Theope] He tried to double-cross me.
[Evios] Only because you tried to double-cross me.
[Theope] Shut up!
Consider yourself lucky. You should be standing there next to him.
I don't care what you do to Evios.
I'm not here for him.
[Theope] Then why are you here?
[wind howling]
[drums beating]
[chanting] Sha-na! Sha-na…
[Theope] If I were you, I'd show some respect and answer truthfully.
You stand on sacred ground amidst our ceremony.
[all gasp]
[panting]
[Theope] Don't.
[gasps]
[groans, sighs]
[Theope] That goes for all of you.
[all panting]
[Seraphim groans]
[all gasp]
[groans]
[gasps]
[cackling]
[gasping]
Put out the fire and her powers die! [grunts]
[Seraphim groans]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[grunts]
[grunts, groans]
-This will come in handy. -[Alexia sighs]
[gasps]
You keep company with these barbarians.
Why?
-There's no use resisting, my dear. -[Alexia groans]
[Theope] I'm going to find out everything I want to know.
[grunting]
[Alexia gasps, pants]
[coughs]
You don't love any of these men.
But you do have feelings for this one.
It's a brotherly love. Or is it more?
Hmm. Hard to tell.
[gasps]
Why haven't you shared with her how you feel?
Is it because you fear it can't be, or is it your pride?
-[gasps] -[Theope] It is time.
-[gasps] -[Maenads laugh]
Don't do it. [grunts]
[Theope] Oh, Kofi, how I've missed you.
You were always so noble.
-Here. I know how much this means to you. -[groans]
[Theope] Take it and go. Evios doesn't deserve a friend like you.
[groans]
[Seraphim] I told you, Evios is irrelevant.
But if it's blood you seek, you'll have it.
I know your theurgy and what you work in these rituals.
[Theope] You know nothing, demon.
The stronger the blood, the stronger the theurgy, right?
What would you give for Gorgon's blood?
All I ask for is the counsel of the oracle Orpheus,
whose head you defend.
So it's knowledge you seek. Why?
Speak or it'll be giant's blood we use.
Or maybe the blood of Zeus.
There is much you do not know of our ways.
So answer truthfully or I will know.
[Heron panting]
[Theope] Do you want your father's throne?
Do you wish to usurp our beloved Dionysus?
What is it that you want?
[grunts]
-[crashing] -[Heron gasps]
[Theope] Tell me, blood of Zeus.
-What do you desire above all else? -[screams, grunts]
[grunting, panting]
-[grunts] -[Seraphim shouts]
[Theope] Why have you joined forces with this demon?
[grunting]
[Theope] Tell me! Why do you stand with your enemy?
[snarls]
[grunting]
[Theope] Do you want to rule?
-Do you want our heads? -No!
[Theope] Then what is it that you want?
-[thuds] -[screams]
[Theope] You're driven by prophecy, but not even the very wise can see all ends.
[grunts, sighs]
[groaning]
[all gasp]
-[Theope] Tell me! Or you will all die! -[grunting]
[screaming]
[pulsing]
[groans]
[exhales]
[Alexia panting]
[groaning]
[panting]
[Theope grunting]
[gasps]
No!
[electricity crackles]
-No! Help her! -No!
[Heron] Another step and I thrust this spear through her throat.
All I want is a good death.
I ask for no crown, no accolades. Just an honorable path.
And to find that, I must help my brother.
Yes.
He's my brother.
So please,
grant him his audience with the oracle and free our friend,
or I swear by all the gods on Olympus,
I will end you and your cult.
We're here.
-[insects chirping] -[frog croaking]
[melodic music playing]
What is that?
[music continues]
You can't cross the sea
by merely standing and staring at the water.
Come closer, but leave your stares behind.
That's better.
-[Seraphim] We are here to-- -I know why you're here.
Whether or not I'll help you
depends on whether or not you answer my question correctly.
What's the one thing I fear?
What is this?
[Orpheus] A test.
My counsel is earned.
It takes more than just Gorgon's blood.
I'll give you a hint.
It's why I reside in this place.
You fear if you hear the music of others,
it would influence your own.
Taint it.
It's why you live here in isolation,
away from everyone and everything.
One must sacrifice everything for their gift.
Only then can they capture the divine.
How did you know?
I had a good teacher.
You think you can smuggle the priestess into the Elysian Fields
by bribing Charon with the Necklace of Harmonia.
Charon will most certainly be won over by your gift,
but no mortal can be smuggled.
The Fields must be earned.
Like my counsel.
And there lies your dilemma.
The necklace only gets you to the judges.
Only they can award the Elysian Fields.
If anyone should be awarded the Elysian Fields,
it's the Priestess Gorgo.
You would know better than I, Demon King.
So it could work.
[Orpheus] Perhaps.
What about the Titans? We've heard they've taken control of the Underworld.
They have.
But they are bound by the Law of the Abode,
which precedes even them.
If we can get her to the judges, will she be awarded the Fields?
Answer me!
You're an oracle! Will this work?
I don't respond to demands.
But I'm going to make an exception for you,
because I see that you love this priestess as I loved Eurydice.
And she doesn't deserve the torment she now endures.
She can be saved.
But know this.
No matter what you do with your time here now,
it will not negate the atrocities you've committed.
If you do this,
you'll never see the priestess again.
I know.
Where is the necklace?
[Orpheus] It's in the Tower of the Winds, home to the wind gods.
Adorned around the neck of their mistress Potnia.
But you must be very careful.
She can take possession of anything with a soul.
And her dark powers protect the palace from all those
who try to breach its walls.
And you cannot trust anything you see or hear.
But know this.
When you see yourself, she'll see you.
That is, if you're lucky enough to make it to the palace.
It's surrounded by 50 outposts,
with eyes in all of them, day and night.
And even if you slip by them,
there are hundreds of regiments in the forest.
Has anyone tried to steal the necklace before?
Many have tried.
Some even stronger and more capable than you.
But they all failed,
because they lacked the one thing it takes to succeed.
What's that?
The will to sacrifice all.
[twig breaks]
You've done as you promised, so I will be true to my word.
This is where we part.
Uh, what about my treasure?
What of it? If it wasn't for me, there would be no treasure.
Don't worry, my love.
I'll put it to good use.
[air rushing]
I should have known.
Be grateful you're alive.
Let's go.
[clinking]
[Evios] It belonged to his wife.
He said he lost it,
but I think he left it behind,
because it was too painful to always be reminded of her.
Meathead, are you really gonna do this?
Why?
There have been times along this journey I have lost my way,
but this is a reminder from the gods.
My wife suffered a similar fate,
bound by different kind of bondage.
I swore if I ever came across someone suffering as she did,
I would help them.
You still think she's looking down on you, don't you?
I know she is.
[exhales] I can feel her watching me from the other side.
Normally, I would never, never, never do this, but…
Well, I owe you all.
[screeching]
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