"The fumes of the dead hung in the air like poison." "A plague more cruel and more pitiless then war had descended upon us." "A pestilence that would leave half our kingdom dead." "Where did it come from?" "What carried its germ?" "The priests told us it was God's punishment." "For what sin?" "What commandment must we break that would earn this ?" "we knew the truth." "This was not God's work." "But devilry." "Or witchcraft ." "And our task: to hunt down a demon." "Was God's cure." "Brother Thomas!" "Brother Thomas!" "Who was taken from us?" " Brother Ignatius." "Was it the pestilence?" " We have not been told." "I have no signs ." "Please Brother." "Let me out." "Averill ." "Thanks be to God you're safe." "Where have you been?" " I was confined." "They thought I was sick." "I thought you were dead." "I'm alright." " I prayed for you." "I prayed all the time" "I'm alright." "Shhh." "I've brought food." "One of our brothers...." "He died this morning Averill." "Even the monastery is no longer safe." "You must go now." "You must go back to Dentwich Forest and you must hide there until this has passed." "On Sunday the Prior said the pestilence is God's new purge to wash away our sins." "Is God punishing us?" " No." "You must go now." "You must go back to Dentwich." "You must go." "you'll die." "And you will not?" "Come with me." "I betray God." "You have already betrayed him." "You know the Martyrs cross at Dentwich Forest ?" "I will wait for you there." "Every morning at dawn for one week ." "And then I will be gone." "Father." "I'm confused." "I confess I'm torn ." "Can I serve you outside of these walls ?" "Father." "Show me Your will ." "give me a sign." "envoy to the bishop." "What I say now does not leave these walls." "Word has reached the Bishop of a village that does not suffer as the rest do." "They say it is a sanctuary from the pestilence." "There are many villages that have not been ravaged yet by the pestilence." "It is claimed that the villagers are beyond death's icy grasp." "Then they are gravely mistaken." "These are difficult times ." "Such claims ... however fantastical can find favor with those less educated than you or I." "Preciously why we can not fall foul of rumors and superstition ." "God's grip on his people is lucent." "We must ensure the flock is not tempted to look beyond God and church for answers." "I must see for my self how this village is kept safe." "What part have we in this?" " The village I seek lies in the great marsh ." "to show the way." "No man here fit for such a task." "I have the bishops blessing and may choose who I want." "Out of respect I grant you that choice." "I'llleadyouthere." "he is a mere novice." "This requires a more experienced hand." "Let him speak ." "I was raised close by in Dentwich Forest ." "I know the area better than any man." "He has all the experience I require." "You will lead us." "We leave at dawn." "that man is more dangerous than the pestilence itself." "I prayed for guidance." "God has answered." "the world out there will change you." "Perhaps that is what I want Father." "My lady love and I ..." "We lived in joyous sin." "Now my lady love has got the blood drawn skin our love was unquestioned" "Now my dearest rot away in a wooden box" "We have our guide." "He sends us a boy." "son?" "I can lead you there." "Pray you do." "Split any man from his asshole to his apple." "Where is that What's that for?" "How much does he know?" "Ulric was... uhh frugal shall we say with the truth." "This village we are headed to...." "They have cast God aside." "In his place sits a demon." "There is talk of sacrifices." "Of men eating men." "And of raising the dead." "trial and execution." "what is a necromancer?" "A necromancer is someone who plucks the dead from the cold earth ... and breathes new life in to them." "We have the tools." "We have the will." "We journey in to hell." " But God travels with us." " So you mislead me." "or join us and do God's work ." "Let's get this cleared up!" "Let's get going!" "Swire." "We are not as bad as you think." "We're worse." "But we need you alive ." "You seem well suited to keeping men alive." "I've spent many a long year in the king's army with Wolfstan and Griff ." "but we take what comes our way." " What happened to him?" " Ivo was captured." "Wouldn't talk." "So the bastard French tore out his tongue." "And him?" " Mold is a man to leave alone." "unless there is butchery to be done." "a hangman." "thief and defiler of women." "Apart from that he's a good man." "What about Ulric ?" " I've got a wife and child." "I'm here for the money." "Ulric is here because God told him to come." "Burn." "Have mercy." "Please have mercy." "I did nothing ." "We must help her ." " Do you hear me?" "You deserve to burn." "I haven't done anything." " Burn!" "Burn the witch." " You're in league with the devil." " What is her crime?" "She brought death to our village ." " Death is all around us." "It needs no invitation." "monk ." "Step aside." " I have done nothing." "Please." "Move!" "Stand aside." "What is this woman accused of?" " She poisoned our well in a pact with the devil." "half our village is dead ." " I offered a simple blessing over our water." "Liar!" " I did nothing wrong." "and now they burn ." "To spare what remains of our village." "Move aside." "I will not ask again." "Back." "Help me." "Thank you." "Do not stop again." "brown slug." "witches will burn." "There's a village in the north that burnt 128 in one night." "for eight hours." "By the time that night was through they'd killed every woman in the village." "By the end of that week the men was shagging pigs." "The pestilence isn't trial enough." "Now God has us shagging pigs." "This village we seek..." "you been there?" "but I know where lays." "Hell awaits us or so we're told." "Where does the church believe this pestilence has come from?" "I don't believe God is punishing us like many do." "I say from France." "Where all foul thing emerge." "you might not be to far from the truth." "Three summers past we fought at Ceese in Normandy ." "King Edward's army was dwarfed." "For every 20 of us there were a 100 Frenchmen at least." "And the French?" "Ahh the French..." "They could sense victory." "They could smell it." "our archers used the long bow." "Quicker to load." "Further in flight." "Their arrows were useless." "Couldn't reach us ." "ours was like a dark buzzing cloud." "At the days end the field was littered with their dead and their dying ." "no mater how fierce the battles was to use the misericordia." "it's the mercy giver." "You stab straight throught the armpit directly in to the heart." "It's quick and painless." "But on this day it was an end to chivalry." "King Edward ordered every Frenchman left alive to be killed without mercy." "legs ... hacked away." "God's greatest army descended into savagery." "but how does that concern the pestilence?" "We invited death among us that day." "He hasn't left us since." "That woman you killed." "She was no witch." "monk?" "To serve God." "Killing witches serves God." "The woman was already dead." "the mob would have her caught her again and burned her." "I spared her suffering." "Sometimes that is all you can do." "He says turn back." "Where we are headed men have become savages." "It must've been something pretty special to tempt you away from that nice warm monastery." "Anything you want to tell me ?" " No." "Do ya know what my job is?" "I am a torturer." "A 'truth getter'." "Spend hours on a man." "I can smell a lie." "And I smell you." "I'd pray somewhere else if I were you." "boy?" "Mold." "Back!" "Get back!" "Griff?" "I said get back!" " Leave me alone." "Leave me alone." "Let me look." "Let me look." "I 'm just going to take a look." "just having a look." "Why didn't you tell us?" "I'm sorry." "His journey is finished here." "I prefer mercy" "I need to make confession to the Friar." "we cannot be sure how this thing is spread." " Who the hell asked you!" "I will take your confession." "You shall have absolution." "You keep your mouth shut!" "Ego absolvo a peccatis fobs In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti ." "Our Father who art in Heaven" "Hallowed be thy name fulfill the thy will in Heaven as on earth." "Give us this day our daily bread" "I need a moment with him." "Alright." "I'm glad its you." "my friend." "Bury him ." "The forest of Dentwich ." " How to the marsh?" "or perhaps less." "Be on your guard." "God has slipped over the horizon." "You're on watch tonight Swire." "Giving Griff absolution.... took courage." "Do you really believe this village can raise the dead?" "I would not be here otherwise." "Do you doubt it?" "I believe that hunting necromancers and demons serves men more then it serves God." "You have learned much nestled inside a monastery." "Demons and necromancers are among us." "As you will find out." "Soon enough." "get some sleep." "Averill!" "Averill!" "Averill!" "Averill?" "Averill." "Wake up!" "get up!" "Wolfstan!" "wake up!" "Wake up!" "There are men in the forest." " Calm down." "What did you see?" "They're in the forest." "I do not know how many there are ." "He doesn't know ." "forward." "Now." "Wait... wait." "Get in there!" "Now!" "Where's Ivo?" "You alright?" "We've lost Ivo." "Why did you leave the camp?" "Speak!" "I came here to meet a woman." " And where is she?" "She did not survive the forest." "God has punished me for leaving his monastery ." "God has better things to of!" "Because of you ... one of my men is died." "we move now." "How do we know the man we've come fore is not here?" "These men are nothing more but common thieves." "I'm of no use to you." "You will lead us!" "Or stay here alone... and be damned." "The village lies beyond the marsh." "What's the plan ?" "Identify the heretic ... capture him in the cage." "Put him in the cage." "The cage will never go across that marsh." " Then we leave it behind!" "We drag him here ." "boy." "Come on." "What brings you to our village?" "We seek a refuge." "A place to rest." "Nothing more." "Then you are welcome." "My name is Hob." "I am Ulric." "You were attacked?" "In the forest." "Then you did well to reach us." "That forest can be dangerous." "May I ask what you do ?" " Bringing relief to the suffering." "Relief?" "From what?" "Word of the pestilence has not reached you?" "Word is all that has reached us." "Come." "What the hell is going on?" "We need guile to draw out the necromancer." "No one acts unless I say so." "Tonight we'll feed you and give you a bed." "we'll escort you to a safer part of the forest." "We're not welcome?" "Of course." "But why would you stay?" "Here are some buckets." "You need to wash." "This is no time to be blinded by grief." "If this is in Hell..." "I can't wait for heaven." "Swire." "Believe me." "I'll tend to your wounds." "I'll tend to your wound." "That needs to be dressed." "Come with me." " Maybe you should get it seen to." "Where are you from ?" " From the monastery in Staveley ." "You're in morning." "Is it so obvious?" "Was it a woman?" "It's no sin to love a woman ." " But I've sworn to God." "A man needs more the divine love to sustain him." "And he shouldn't be punished for wanting it." "Do you have a husband?" "My husband is dead ." " I'm sorry." "Take off your clothes." "I need to dress your wound." "The pain's going already." "the pain's gone ." "It's a strong remedy." "how did your husband die?" "Men like you killed him." "Men like me?" "Men of God." "This church has not seen worship for a long while." "The woman you went with..." " She dressed my wounds nothing more." "Nothing here is what it seems ." "Do you want help us keep warm girls?" "Child ." "I found it ." "Where?" " In the marsh." "Every village we rode through had graveyards bursting." "No corpse filled pits." "No burning bodies." "We cannot judge them for having no disease." "A party was sent before use charged with the same task." "none returned." "They were lead by a man like myself." "This symbol is worn only by the Bishop's envoy." "The girl wore its twin." "Please welcome our guests." "What is ours is now yours." "To our guests ." "We also want to give thanks that we've been spared the pestilence... sweeping through the land." "If I may ..." "I would like to express our gratitude for your welcome." "Now let us pray." "Hallowed be thy name" "Your kingdom come" "Thy will be done on earth both in heaven" "Give us this day our daily bread" "And forgive us our debts we also forgive our debtors" "Amen ." "not the entire Lord's Prayer." "Women out number men here." "Maybe thats why a woman speaks for them." "Do not be fooled." "Evil lurks within this place Within these people." "Osmund." "I just need some air." "They found her in the forest." "She spoke of you before she died ." "Lord." "I'm angry." "Why did you take her?" "Why did you take her?" "Why did you betray me?" "Why ?" "Why did you betray me?" "Osmund?" "Osmund." "Osmund?" "What troubles you?" " To think we are to become beasts." "We must become more then beast if we are to triumph here." "just a simple village that has not yet been ravaged." "Grief has softened your heart and dulled your senses." "how would you know?" "You have no heart to soften." "I have known grief." "My wife and child sit at God's side." "Yes... this village is without the pestilence." "But it is also without God." "For this they will suffer." "Are you shy?" "I'm ugly and I am Christian." "And that's not a good combination in here." "Piss off." "When will she be buried?" "Do not worry." "I will take care of everything." "Can I see her again?" "You will." "You are going to tell me these men mean us harm." "Me in particular." "I knew the moment I looked in to Ulric eyes." "What I did not know was who's side you were on." "Come with me." "Come." "What's going on?" "Something you should see." "Now." "What's wrong?" "Off!" "Eat." "Drink." "As a Christian you'll appreciate the concept of betrayal." "Keep your head together." "Keep it together lad." "Keep it together." "Piss off!" "Keep your head now boy." "Look at me!" "boy." "Whore." "Whore." "These Christians arrived in our village claiming to seek refuge." "This was their true purpose." "They came uninvited to our home bringing malice and hatred." "These are God's gifts to us." "These are his words." "his ambassadors." "Thirteen centuries of control and intimidation now gaze back at us through those bars ." "We do not relish suffering." "We do what we must to keep us safe." "The pestilence is a Christian disease." "Send by your God to ravage his own people." "By spilling your Christian blood the pestilence is kept at bay." "you believe this blasphemous filth?" "?" "you bitch ." "Get it over with." "I will offer you all the chance to live." "and you will be free." "Keep him an you will die." "Not one man here will bow down to you." "I will die first." " Who wants to live?" "You?" "I will fight Ulric for the right to die first." "Chose one." "You will renounce." "I look forward to shaggin your mother's ass in hell." "My mother's alive." "And she doesn't relish the company of soldiers." "Come on." "men." "my friend." " Ohh I will." "Come on ." "And now my lady love has got the blackened skin." "we bore a love so brave ...she a... now my lady love rots in an early grave." "my lady love and I ... we lived in joyous..." "Now you will learn about pain." "Ohh I got nothin... nothing you can teach me about pain." "Don't look." "Don't look." "Hey!" "boy." "unholy trinity divine slaughtering down... not ours shall stay afar." "putrid and sick ... into our marsh shall weep." "you bitch." "I'll slice you open!" "Do you hear me?" "I'll fucking slice you open!" "You fuck!" "Choose another." "I will renounce." "No!" "You won't!" "You won't!" "If you try to leave this I kill you with my bare fuckin hands." "I do." "you burn in hell." "I'll come back to free you." " My friend you'll burn in hell ." "They're going to kill you." "they're going to kill you." " Swire!" "No!" " I swear to God they're gonna kill you!" "begone." "I do renounce thee eternally." "God ... begone..." "I do renounce thee eternally." "begone eternally." "Holy Ghost... be gone eternally... be gone eternally." "Christ ... be gone eternally." "The false idols have been cast out." "God is gone." "The Holy Ghost is gone." "Christ is gone." "These men will escort you to the edge of the village." "You are free to go." "Where're we going ?" "Where're we goin?" "Where are we going?" "!" "Osmund." "You will renounce." " Leave the boy." "Leave the boy!" "Leave the boy alone and take a man!" "He's a boy." "He's a boy." "He's a boy!" "This monks... came to restore our faith." "Today he will renounce his own." "Inside that cottage is the woman he loves." "I'm in hell ." "you left hell behind when you crossed our marsh." "with us." "Come live with the woman you love." "We have no fury." "We have no pestilence." "We have no God." "Why are you doing this to me?" "Because I like you." "and you will be together." "Go." "Go!" "Osmund." "Osmund!" "Do not be tempted." "It is not her." "It is not her!" "Osmund." "Osmund!" "Averill." "come here." "Averill." "look at me." "It's alright." "You're with God." "You're with God." "And very soon I'll be with you." "I promise you." "I promise." "Averill ." "et Spiritus Sancti." "Amen..." "Averill is with God." "And so am I." "This shows how cruel they are." "Even the ones they love are slaughtered in God's name." "The boy will not renounce!" "He will not renounce!" "You have no power here!" "Hob!" "Crucify them all." "You can not tear a true man of God away from his faith!" "I do not fear you." "Or your pagan lapdog." "Finished?" "Bring out the horses." "Crucify us and you shall be spared." "That is the creed of your witch." "You came to our lands bringing death." "For once you speak the truth." "We came bringing death." "She can not protect you from God's wraith!" "Repent before it is too late!" "Move it." "Repent!" "You will renounce." "Never." "No!" "Nooo!" "Never." "Renounce!" "Nooo!" "Never." "Nooo!" "Stop." "Let me see the boy." "You did well." "They will all die by the God's hand." "Open my shirt." "Open my shirt." "I am Death." "Vengeance is mine." "God's fury rains down on you!" "God is restored." "Move it!" "Yahhhh!" "Where are you?" "!" "Hell awaits you with open arms." " There is no hell." "Heaven doesn't want you." " There is no heaven." "Why?" "Why follow her?" "!" "Because she was beautiful." "And real." "This ... is real." "There... is... no..." "God." "Where are you?" "Where are you?" "... remember?" "Remember?" "Averill was in purgatory!" "Perhaps in your twisted mind." "maybe Averill was never dead?" "injured but very much alive." "that's not true." "Yes Osmund." "Averill was never dead." "She was alive." "I drugged her." "I drugged her!" "So what ..." "Why... why would you do that?" "Why would you bury her?" "Because people need miracles." "whoever they might be." "The people in this village believed in me." "And so did you." " No!" "Averill was dead!" "You killed her." "Averill was dead!" "Avr....." "She was dead." "Bring her back!" "bring her back!" "No!" "I can't." "Pray to your God." "See what he can do." "Avrill was......." "She was dead." "Averill was dead ." "There's nothing beautiful or uplifting in returning people to God." "There's no place in heaven for those who kill." "The pestilence claimed no higher purpose." "And those who had survived our swords that day soon fell foul of it's scythe." "They were not protected by the witch." "The were simply remote." "And once the pestilence crossed their marsh... it killed them too." "Osmund." "Osmund." "We're here." "Osmund." "That you've returned safe is a miracle." "Who is that?" " It's the necromancer that I'll be delivering to the Bishop." "Here." "That's it." "How many of you are left?" "Enough." "Look after him." "There's no need." "He's back with God." "I never saw him again." "I heard stories." "Dark stories." "Osmund's heart turned cold." "he'd found a hate." "And that in God's name he took up the sword... and vengeance became his creed." "Can I help you?" "Plea..." "Please." "I've done nothing wrong ." "please." "You have the wrong woman." "and I want her alive." "Oh no.." "Ohh please." "Osmund." "She won't confesses." "Are you sure she's a witch?" "Where is she?" "Some say that he found the witch... and that he tortured her." "And burned her." "Others say it was never her..." "It was only her guilt he saw in the eyes of the accused" "I like to think that he found peace ... that he continued seeing beauty in the world ..." "Goodness." "Awesome Subs by WaRe-WoLfX"