
Arnaud tries to coerce Hugo into summoning rats to attack Victor-whom he blames for the death of his son-but Amicia intervenes, and Arnaud is arrested. They sail to the island on the ship of Arnaud's smuggler friend Sophia (Anna Demetriou).Īrriving at La Cuna, the group discovers that the residents, led by Count Victor (Alistair Petrie) and Countess Emilie (Ellie Heydon), worship a pagan deity called the Child of Embers. Arnaud offers to arrange transport to the island from Hugo's dreams, La Cuna. Along the way, they are pursued by Provence soldiers, as well as mercenaries led by the disgraced knight Arnaud Malpart (Harry Myers). Unwilling to see Hugo locked up as the Order's test subject, Amicia leaves Béatrice and Lucas behind and takes Hugo to seek an island of which Hugo has recurring dreams, hoping it will lead to a cure for the Macula. Vaudin is killed while the others escape on a boat bound for the Order's headquarters in Marseille.

In a town in Provence, Béatrice and Order representative Vaudin's (Antony Byrne) attempts to treat Hugo only exacerbate his condition, resulting in the town being swarmed by rats and left in ruins. A hostile group of beekeepers attacks the siblings, causing the Prima Macula to reawaken in Hugo. Six months following the events of the first game, siblings Amicia (Charlotte McBurney) and Hugo de Rune (Logan Hannan), along with their mother Béatrice (Lucy Briggs-Owen) and her apprentice Lucas (Kit Connor), seek refuge among an organization of alchemists called the Order.
