Chapter 6: REN THE GIRL WITH THE MASK
THE MARKED TRAIL OF THE AGNI
(suspenseful music)
(horse gallops)
[Ren] This way, Hunter.
What are you doing?
[Ren] Karn's house.
That's where Baynon will be.
(animal howls in the distance)
(fire crackles)
Karn.
Smart.
Give the Kah'Nath nothing.
No traces, no clues,
and no tracks.
We need to do the same.
Maybe they're coming back?
Ren, that smoke is a beacon.
Do you really think they'll come back here?
Cover your tracks with this.
(Ren sighs)
Where would they go?
Far away from here.
[Distant Voice] Hiyah!
Hiyah!
(horses gallop in the distance)
[Distant Voice 2] Over there!
[Ren] Kah'Nath!
[Kah'Nath] Over there, I see the smoke!
[Kah'Nath] Yeah, go, go, go!
(horse whinnies)
Hiyah!
(triumphant music)
(horse gallops)
[Hunter] Come on!
[Kah'Nath 1] Faster! They can't get away!
(Kah'Nath continue to shout out)
[Kah'Nath 1] Shoot her!
(bow creaks)
Down!
(arrow whooshes)
[Hunter] Move!
[Kah'Nath 1] Faster! Come on!
(Kah'Nath continue to shout out)
(arrow whooshes again)
[Hunter] We're sitting ducks.
Hold on.
(reigns creaks)
(bow creaks)
(Ren breathes deeply and slowly)
(eerie wind rumbles)
(horses gallop)
(Kah'Nath continue to shout out)
Here! Hiyah!
(Kah'Nath thuds)
(blade rings)
(blade whooshes and stabs)
Go!
(horses continue to gallop)
(Kah'Nath continue to shout out)
Yah!
(hits smack)
Hiyah!
(hits smack repeatedly)
(Kah'Nath thuds)
Take the reigns!
(bow creaks)
(arrow whooshes)
Faster!
(bow creaks)
(arrow whooshes)
(horse whinnies)
(Ren thuds and groans)
[Hunter] Hiyah!
(horse gallops)
(eerie wind blows)
(heavy wind hits)
(horse whinnies)
(Ren breathes deeply and slowly)
(Kah'Nath thumps)
(horse comes to a stop)
(water splashes)
(insects chirp)
(water trickles)
[Hunter] Come on.
This way we won't leave tracks.
They'll follow the horse instead.
(insects continue to chirp)
They would've killed you.
You did what you had to do.
I don't even know what I did.
What is this thing in me?
That spirit, it wasn't just locked in a reather.
It was sealed in an iron casket
and sunk in the bottom of a saltwater pool.
in a heavily guarded tower.
So you did steal it.
[Hunter] Me and Lyanna had a deal with the Archivist.
Who?
The Archivist. He's an expert on Marked Ones.
Anything to do with the Mahri, Lord Montford, and the War.
He's obsessed.
And a collector of trinkets that he pays pretty handsomely for.
So Lyanna died for money.
You know nothing about us.
(insects chirp)
(water trickles)
I guess you can use this now.
Rest up, we should be safe here.
(insects continue to chirp)
(water continues to trickle)
(bird hoots)
I'm sorry for what I said.
We were meant to meet here.
When it was all over.
Tarik's Mill.
Your friend, Karn, he can take care of himself.
Baynon's safer with him than anyone.
Probably more of a question of whether Karn's safe with him.
(Ren laughs)
True.
Baynon's probably stolen everything Karn owns by now.
(Hunter and Ren laugh)
Lock up your silverware, Mahri Rai!
Did you really not know Karn was Mahri Rai before last night?
No.
He was different. kept to himself.
But he always looked after our family.
He knew Ma before I was even born.
But when she...
Da said Karn's the reason she's gone.
Is he?
(Ren sighs)
I don't know.
I don't remember, I was very young.
Baynon was just a baby.
There's so much I don't know.
What about you?
Where's your home?
[Hunter] I don't really have a home.
Moved around a lot.
It's always safer to stay one step ahead.
Don't you miss your family?
Lyanna found me when there was nowhere else to go.
She was my family.
What is that?
Her clan did this for their dead.
To carry their spirits to the Sea of Souls.
Will you teach me?
(water trickles)
Farewell, Lyanna.
Last of the Agni.
May the Twins guide you home.
[Ren] Da.
May you find peace in the arms of Nardaeth.
And don't worry,
I'll find Baynon.
I'll make things right.
(sorrowful music)
(rocks scratch)
(flame gently roars)
(sorrowful music continues)
(Kah'Nath soldier marches)
[Villager] It's going to be all right.
(villagers continue to murmur)
Commander.
We found the Mahri Rai's hideout.
It was already razed to the ground.
Which way did he go?
We were unable to find any tracks.
And the Marked One?
Archers pursued and engaged.
She used her Underly Magic, Commander.
One dead.
We lost their trail at the river.
[Kah'Nath Master] That requires swift attention.
The physicians in Landanill are excellent.
I can't go home while the
(girl quietly gasps)
Come on.
It's all right.
Send reinforcements to the camp.
Yes, sir.
Shall I let them return home now, sir?
[Commander] No.
Make ready for the Helgoth protocol.
(suspenseful tone)
(
Ren gasps)
(Blaze roars in the distance)
This Archivist,
You say he's an expert on Mahri?
Could he get this thing out of me?
Probably.
Then take me to him.
(bird caws)
(adventurous music)