Jamie informs his godfather Murtagh of Governor Tryon's demands for his capture, highlighting the impossible political divide between them. In a poignant moment of love and duty, Jamie releases Murtagh from his lifelong vow of protection to ensure his safety as the Regulator Rebellion looms.
MURTAGH: I suppose I should take it as a compliment that he wants to display me so prominently at his palace in New Bern.
JAMIE: Ye’ve gotten under his skin a wee bit.
MURTAGH: Ye keep tellin’ me ye ken how this will end, this war ye say is comin’, but ye can tell me nothin’ of the Regulators... of
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