Episode 2

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**Newfound Hope** is the second episode of Unbounded. It officially premiered on Christmas Eve.

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## Plot Summary

Astrid is in shock to see her parents attacked by the assassin. She tries to stop her mother’s fatal wound from bleeding but it was too late. The assassin attacks her and she defends herself with a Valonian dagger. The assassin tries to disarm her and Astrid ends up getting her dagger back from her wind divinity. Astrid manages to figure out the assassin has an invisibility divinity but was confused why the Estra Order will send an assassin after her parents, but manages to figure out the assassin was after her but her parents got in the way due to them switching bedrooms. Astrid suddenly realizes that the only person who knows the location of her bedroom is her best friend, Nyssa, and reveals her identity.

It was seen in a flashback when Nyssa told Astrid she had an invisibility divinity and Astrid told her she had a very weak wind divinity. Nyssa is hurt that Astrid lied about her divinity being weak while Astrid tries to confront her about her actions. She admits that she loved Nyssa and she and her family were everything to her. Astrid suggests she should kill her and a flashback shows a man saying Astrid should get used to the scent of death.

She submerges her and Nyssa in a wind tornado. Nyssa says that Commander Izetta forced her to kill Astrid or her family would be in danger, but Astrid’s parents got in the way and she panicked. Astrid cries that they could’ve worked it out, and Nyssa retaliates that they’re unbounded so they can’t have the privilege to live a happy life. Astrid keeps on asking why Nyssa didn’t tell her, Nyssa responds by saying she can’t trust her because Astrid never did the same.

In another flashback, Astrid tells Nyssa she didn’t remember her past before she came to Estra, Nyssa doesn’t believe her and in another scene, she finds Valonian-looking knives in a box poking out of her closet. Astrid gave an uncomfortable expression. In another chat, Astrid suggests they join the Secret Unbounded Association, and Nyssa can be called “The Deception”. Nyssa says Astrid should be called the Scarlet Sorcerer. Astrid seems uneasy and asks why she will be called that, Nyssa says it matches her eye color. Back in the present, Nyssa stabs her, Astrid pulls the knife out and escapes, while a magical sound effect plays in the background as the screen turns black.

The next scene(Episode 1 post-credit) shows Lieutenant Freya praising Commander Izetta for her large-scale assassination plan, which was going well. Commander Izetta thanks Freya, and says that the unbounded should be hunted down and killed. Freya is delighted by this and says that the new trainees will be part of the Estra Order since they've proved their loyalty. Izetta replies, saying that the trainees hate the unbounded, and she has seen it in the way they've fought. Freya says that the hunting regiment is growing stronger under Izetta's command, and Izetta agrees, wondering if her enemies can keep up.

Meanwhile, Corbin is reading a book in his room, when he notices that the Sun Fig plant wasn't facing him the right way and calls it weird. He hears noise downstairs and is shaken to know that somebody moved the plant and wonders if it's a burglar or an assassin, but it couldn't be his mom because she's always in her room all day and now has to get his mom to safety. A fragile object breaks in the background, and Corbin is scared.

He was right about someone moving the plant being an assassin and leading him far into the woods. The assassin is wielding a sword in his hand, as Corbin has a cut on his right arm. He had led the assassin far enough in the woods and needs to use his divinity to detect the assassin's weak point quietly. The assassin catches up, and Corbin finds a stick to dodge a sword attack from the assassin. He succeeds at dodging and now tries to run away, but the assassin tries to attack him again and finds a rock he can throw. Corbin attempts to throw the rock at the assassin but he dodges again with the same stick. Corbin trips and the assassin tries to slash him, but he dodges. As he finds a rock to throw, he finds the assassin's weak point, which is at the side of his head, and falls. Corbin is now severely injured, which causes him to collapse before the assassin gets back up again.

But right before the assassin tries to kill Corbin, Astrid saves him by disarming the assassin's sword and into a tree trunk. The assassin tries to get it, but Astrid uses her divinity to shoot arrows, which the assassin dodges. The assassin then tries to get it one more time but is wounded by Astrid as she floats down and picks up the wounded Corbin.

While she carries Corbin trying to dodge the assassin’s attacks, she gets memories of Nyra’s death. After defeating the assassin Astrid uses her wind divinity to fly out of the forest, which was witnessed by Calix. Calix watches Astrid healing Corbin’s wound using another divinity which confuses Calix because he thought no one can have two divinities but he soon realises.

In his chat with Cassian, an unbounded from Valonis. He mentions a former trained assassin, The Scarlet Deaths disappearance and believes she has escaped Valonis to Estra. Calix doubts him insisting that the Estra border are heavily guarded, Cassian insists that The Scarlet Death’s kill count was over 1000 and it was easy for her to sneak through undetected. Raiden has sent Elvie to find her, even though she was announced dead 4 years ago.

Cassian has a theory about The Scarlet Death’s survival, there was a girl who died 2 years before the former assassin’s disappearance. She was considered weak and crazy because of her unwillingness to kill and be evil. It was later revealed she was half-unbounded, and her identity was exposed to the curse, which resulted in death. He believes The Scarlet Death had a close relationship with the girl, and she inspired her to escape from Valonis.

Calix insists Cassian’s theory is impossible, because The Scarlet Death is Valonian and the curse forced her to be evil whether she likes it or not. She wouldn’t be able to blend in with the happy people of Estra. Cassian explains further than her divinity is to utilise the divinities of anyone dead, so she used a dead person’s divinity to defect the curse to free herself and it also results in her having multiple divinities.

Calix walks in on them, Astrid immediately points her knife at him, Calix takes off his mask and clumsily takes out everything in his coat. Astrid picks up a vile of poisson from the pile Calix dropped, Calix brushed it off and suggested Astrid to move her suspended knife away from him, Astrid yells at him, telling him to shut up. Calix continues saying he needs to talk to her, Astrid still not trusting him says she needs to help other unbounded from the assasonation.

Calix suddenly uses his divinity and suppressed Astrid’s divinity. Calix offers help to Astrid which she refused believing no one can understand her. Calix reveals he knows her last as Scarlet Death and Astrid breaks out. She says there’s nothing to fight for because everyone she loved is dead and she had been discovered by the Estra Order. Calix comfort her saying they can stop the curse and be heroes. Astrid responds the Scarlet Death isn’t made out to be a hero which Calix replies, she’s a human too and she knows there’re people suffering out there.

Astrid recalls her past of her biological mother’s abuse and brainwashing and how her older half sister was the only one who is kind and caring to her.

The next day, Astrid and Corbin are rescued to Calix’s place. Calix makes weird faces at Corbin and his girlfriend Rowena to stop because it will scare Corbin. Rowena admits that Astrid was a nice person and Calix opposes.

### Post-Credit

Nyssa and Ezrin are waiting along the streets of Estra, Nyssa is troubled because Izetta will find out eventually Astrid is still alive.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Astrid Langston
* Fae Langston
* Zayden Langston
* Nyssa Beckett
* Freya Caddel (voice)
* Izetta
* Calix
* Corbin Hilith
* Ezrin
* Cassian(flashback)
* Saela Zeverick(flashback)
* Nyra(flashback)
* Rowena
* Elvie Amore (Cameo)

## Miscellaneous

### Animation Errors

* In the running scene with Ezrin and Corbin, there is a shot of them sideways, and Corbin's injured arm isn't covered.
	+ Whilst calming himself down, the cut on his right arm disappears.
* Corbin doesn't hold an object (a stick) until the scene where he finally throws a rock at Ezrin.
	+ The rock also changes shape, going from a pointed rock to a bumpy, round one.