Three men are dragging a coffin up a cliff. A fourth man is watching them, quietly slitting his palm. Blood drips onto a stone, upon which a strange symbol is inscribed. A woman, hidden behind the crumbling wall of a ruined structure, has seen this and reacts with terror. She is reaching to grasp her child's arm, but the child has fallen into the river. Floating down the river is a dead man, struck by arrows. The archers stand on a distant hill, raising a red flag. A prince in fine attire sees them through his spyglass and motions for his three servants to continue burying him alive. The third servant has wandered away and attempts to kill a dog with a hammer.