Maeve Calder and a swordswoman retreat from a mutated mob and barricade the relic shop. Armored guards quickly seal off the lower district street. Julian Everhart arrives at the barricade to investigate. Maeve presents him with an altered bottle of Everhart Relief Tonic found on the infected attackers. In the council war room, Garrick pushes to burn the district. Julian refuses, but Garrick presents an order already stamped with Julian's crest while wall ballistas prepare to fire.
Maeve Calder stands outside her shop alongside the swordswoman as an altered crowd closes in. Dark tendrils shift on the attackers, prompting both women to run inside. They drag heavy furniture against the entrance to keep the mob out.
00:15: Quarantine at the District Gate
Armored city guards block off the lower street with barricades. Julian Everhart arrives at the gate and demands to know who ordered the quarantine. Meanwhile, the swordswoman kneels beside an infected citizen lying on the ground to inspect his condition.
00:29: Evidence of the Contaminated Tonic
Maeve brings out an Everhart Relief Tonic bottle found on the sick attackers to show Julian. A guard officer tries to pick up Maeve's heavy blade and cannot move it. Julian immediately gives orders to lock down the tonic warehouse.
00:44: Confrontation in the Council Room
Inside the council chamber, Garrick insists on burning down the entire quarantined district. Julian refuses to put his signature on the destruction order. Garrick then sets down a sealed book that already displays Julian's personal family crest on the page.
01:06: Flaming Ballistas on the Walls
Crews on the stone battlements prepare fiery ballista bolts aimed directly at the homes below. Inside the room, Garrick mocks Julian. He explains that canceling the dispatched decree will tell everyone Julian cannot control his own seal.
Key Lines from Episode 3
“Every hollowed person carried one of these. This batch is new.”
“Then fire is the only clean answer.”
“I never sealed this.”
“The order has already gone out. Withdraw it now, and everyone will know you can't even control your own seal.”
How Episode 3 Ends
Garrick traps Julian in a political corner while siege crews ready flaming projectiles atop the outer battlements. With the ballistas pointed straight at the quarantined streets, the order to incinerate the district is already active. Can Julian stop the artillery before the ramparts fire, or will Maeve's district burn to ashes under his forged seal?