"PRINCESS OF BALDINA, PLEASE, CALL ME JASON."
I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE WARMTH OF HIS SMILE WHEN WE FIRST MET.
HE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
I WANTED HIM SO BADLY THAT I WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP EVERYTHING JUST TO BE WITH HIM.
AND IN THE END, I DID.
JASON...
WATCH YOUR TONGUE! HOW DARE YOU SPEAK HIS MAJESTY'S NAME!
I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING,
YET YOU CAST ME ASIDE FOR THE SAINT AND MADE HER YOUR EMPRESS.
I STOLE MY KINGDOM'S TREASURE FOR HIM,
GAVE HIM MY YOUTH TO SLAY THE RADIANT DRAGON,
AND EVEN HANDED OVER THE LAST OF MY HOMELAND'S SOLDIERS.
I PLACED THE IMPERIAL CROWN ITSELF IN HIS HANDS,
ONLY FOR HIM TO STAB ME IN THE BACK.
I ALREADY TOLD YOU, IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF THE PROPHECY.
I STILL MADE YOUR SON RIAN THE CROWN PRINCE, DID I NOT?
BUT RIAN DIED...
...SIX MONTHS AFTER BEING SENT ALONE INTO THE IMPERIAL PALACE.
THAT WAS WHEN I REALIZED...
...THAT LEAH AND I WOULD BE NEXT.
WELL, AS YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PROPHECY APPEARED.
ONE THAT FORETOLD YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER WOULD BRING THIS EMPIRE TO RUIN!
MEDEA...
I COULD HAVE BURNED YOU AT THE STAKE, AS THE PROPHECY DEMANDED.
INSTEAD, I GRANTED YOU THE MERCY OF A PEACEFUL DEATH IN MEMORY OF THE TIME WE ONCE SHARED.
AND YET YOU STILL RESENT ME.
OF COURSE, NOTHING IS EVER YOUR FAULT...
JUST HURRY AND KILL ME. I REFUSE TO ENDURE ANOTHER MOMENT OF THIS.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE CHILDREN. TRULY.
BUT AT LEAST YOU'LL BE REUNITED WITH THEM SOON ENOUGH.
"CHILDREN"...?
NO...
NO! L-LEAH... SHE SHOULD BE--
I'M SORRY, MEDEA.
VIRNA?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE...?
SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER WITH LEAH BY NOW...?
I JUST COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO BETRAY HIS MAJESTY.
WHAT...?
HOW COULD I POSSIBLY COMMIT SUCH TREASON?
YOU UNDERSTAND, DON'T YOU?
I'M SURE THE CHILDREN WOULD'VE ALSO UNDERSTOOD WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.
AAAAAH!!!
JASON, YOU FILTHY MONSTER!!
POOR MEDEA...
IT PAINS ME TO SEE YOU LIKE THIS.
HNGH... EVEN BEASTS...!
EVEN BEASTS WOULD NEVER HURT THEIR OWN CHILDREN!!
SILENCE! HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO HIS MAJESTY THAT WAY?!
LEAVE HER BE. I'M NOT SO CRUEL AS TO PUNISH A MERE OUTBURST.
FAREWELL, MEDEA.
YOUR SERVICE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
IT'S COLD, LADY VIRNA. DON'T STAY TOO LONG.
YOU ARE MOST KIND, YOUR MAJESTY.
WHAT IS THIS...?
NO, MOTHER! PLEASE!
PLEASE DON'T SEND ME AWAY!
MOTHER!!
MOTHER!!!
AHAHAHA! YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE SO HIGH AND MIGHTY, BUT LOOK AT YOU NOW!
PFFT...
BALDINA HAS FALLEN,
AND YOUR BROTHER WAS RIPPED APART BY MONSTERS!
ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!
SO THIS... IS HELL.
A BOTTOMLESS HELL..
...BROUGHT ABOUT BY MY OWN FOOLISH CHOICES.
BUT, VIRNA,
WHY ARE YOU SO HAPPY TO SEE ME FALL?
I SUPPOSE I SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARSH ON YOU, THOUGH.
AFTER ALL, WE ONLY MADE IT HERE THANKS TO YOU.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU, WE WOULD HAVE FAILED.
BALDINA'S LOYALISTS WERE FAR TOO STUBBORN, AND YOUR BROTHER WAS NO EASIER.
"WE"...?
SO YOUR FAMILY AND JASON WERE CONSPIRING ALL THIS TIME...?
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO CONVINCED ME TO GIVE JASON THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE...
WAS THAT WHEN IT ALL BEGAN?
YOU POOR THING. YOU STILL HAVE NO IDEA, DO YOU?
YOU'VE BEEN IN MY FAMILY'S GRASP FROM THE VERY BEGINNING!
THANKS TO YOU, MY FATHER WILL BECOME KING OF BALDINA,
AND I'LL BECOME EMPRESS OF THIS EMPIRE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW? YOU WERE NOTHING BUT OUR PAWN.
JASON KNEW EVERYTHING, OF COURSE.
HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH US ALL ALONG.
ALL ALONG...?
DON'T LOOK SO DEVASTATED. YOU SHOULD BE GLAD THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING YOUR DEAR CHILDREN AGAIN SOON.
I WON'T FORGET THIS.
I WON'T FORGET WHAT YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF HOUSE CLAUDIO DID...
WHAT...?
DON'T JUST STAND THERE! POUR IT DOWN HER THROAT ALREADY!
YES, MY LADY!
JASON, VIRNA, AND EVERY LAST MEMBER OF HOUSE CLAUDIO...
HOLD HER DOWN!
MY FOOLISH CHOICES MAY HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT A SIN TOO GREAT FOR EVEN DEATH TO ERASE, BUT MARK MY WORDS,
UGH...!!
HNGH...!!
NO MATTER HOW MANY LIFETIMES PASS, I WILL RETURN.
AND WHEN I DO, I WILL TEAR APART MY FOOLISH PAST AND MAKE EVERY ONE OF YOU BEASTS ANSWER FOR YOUR SINS.
THOSE WHO FOLLOW FATE...
NONE OF YOU WILL ESCAPE ME.
...AND THOSE FAVORED BY THE GODS...
UNTIL THE PATH BEFORE ME RUNS RED WITH YOUR BLOOD,
I... WILL NEVER STOP...
Episode 1
YOUR HIGHNESS?
HOW DO YOU LIKE THE NEW TIARA?
YOUR HIGHNESS...?
The crown i will claim Chapter 1 follows Princess Medea as she confronts Jason before her execution over a prophecy that she and her daughter would bring ruin to the empire. She recalls giving him Baldina's treasure, her youth, soldiers, and the Imperial Crown, only to lose her son Rian in the palace and learn her daughter Leah is in danger after Virna's betrayal. Poisoned by Virna and House Claudio, Medea swears revenge and awakens again in her youth.
