A narrator recounts the bloody history of a mystical artifact known as Eternity's Gate, which is said to pierce time but carries a lethal curse. The scene spans centuries of violence and loss, culminating in the artifact's rediscovery during WWII and a clandestine meeting on the Chesapeake Bay in 1945. The stakes involve the intersection of ancient supernatural power and the desperate ambitions of wartime soldiers and scholars.
CHURCHILL: Ages ago, it first appeared... Eternity’s Gate. No one knows for sure where it came from, but legends say it can pierce time -- peer into the past, glimpse secrets long hidden. Problem is, along with it came a Curse. Something about disturbing the forces of the universe. Not that that eve
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