About how she wept and pleaded when I drained her? Anne: I traded his life for yours. Anne: You have no idea what it is like, Cotton, to be filled with ideas, with dreams, with visions of how things should be, and yet be utterly powerless to do anything about them. Boy: You brought me to the countess. But what was Anne Hale doing in there? But, Cotton... But... Cotton: The countess? Countess Marburg: He will not know. It's all right. Keep going. Mary: I saw my son die in the crags... Mary: The world is a much darker place now that your light has grown as dim as the rest of ours. Mercy: To be my mother, to make me one of you, that I might marry Sebastian and become a princess. My fate is to burn for my sins, and I'm ready to start right now... For the pleasure of smelling you burning beside me. Save him! Shaman: John. She is a real Marburg. Surely that was not an evil act. Though she offered a few signposts along the way. Under our dark lord's dominion, Salem will prosper and grow, becoming a mighty nation. We should have been rid of her before he awoke. Wrap her in this warm blanket. You can see by the track of blood. You have no further need of her.
Plan: A: her mission; Q: What does the Countess Marburg believe she has accomplished? A: her plans; Q: What does the Countess Marburg revel in the completion of? A: desires; Q: What does the Dark Lord have to be with Mary instead of the Countess? A: Sebastian; Q: Who grows increasingly weary of the Countess's treatment? A: an unexpected act; Q: What does Sebastian do to show his defiance? A: an all-but-defeated Mary; Q: Who stages a last-ditch effort against the Countess to make them both burn? A: John; Q: Who is visited by the Indian chief and his daughter? A: the spiritual world; Q: Where does the Indian chief and his daughter offer John a place to go? A: Salem; Q: Where does Mercy wander after being left alone? A: their blood; Q: What does Mercy want from children? A: an unrepentant and increasingly powerful Anne; Q: Who faces the personal consequences of her actions in accepting she is Marburg's daughter? A: a dark path; Q: What path does Anne take after accepting she is Marburg's daughter? A: her sights; Q: What does Anne not want Cotton to leave? A: a startling confession; Q: What strengthens Cotton's resolve? A: George Sibley; Q: What was Cotton's fate like? Summary: With her mission seemingly accomplished, the Countess Marburg revels in the apparent completion of her plans, but the Dark Lord she dedicated herself to has desires to be with Mary instead. Sebastian grows increasingly weary of the Countess's treatment, leading to an unexpected act of defiance. Emotionally drained by recent events, an all-but-defeated Mary stages a last-ditch effort against the Countess to make them both burn. Meanwhile, John is visited by the Indian chief and his daughter and they offer a place for him in the spiritual world; Mercy is shattered by unsaid promises that have been broken, leaving her to wander Salem alone as she continues her life of luring children for their blood; an unrepentant and increasingly powerful Anne faces the personal consequences of her actions in accepting she is Marburg's daughter, leading her down to a dark path; and when Cotton learns Anne will not risk him leaving her sights, his reaction is initially mixed, until a startling confession strengthens his resolve. But Anne intends to keep him against his will, with his fate like that of George Sibley.