Every night, he makes up a sin to stay alive. And somewhere along the way, the inquisitor started waiting for the lie.
Episode 116 min 17 secFreeTonight's SinA playwright who buys one more day from the pyre with every invented sin watches, for the first time, the pen of an unreadable inquisitor stop mid-stroke.
Episode 216 min 11 secFreeA Borrowed GreetingGaspard tests Damian with a polished confession borrowed from seven years ago, one that once passed another inquisitor. Damian hears the borrowed voice inside the flawless story, and his pen, breaking with precedent, halts on the first stroke of Not Credible.
Episode 315 min 53 secFreeThe Theater's SinFacing the first stroke of 'Not Credible,' Gaspard stages a sin inside his own theater instead of borrowing from case records, and Damian never asks 'where.'
Episode 416 min 23 sec20Buddy Through the WallOn the night Gaspard slips a lifeline to Ivo next door, Damian writes his first 'pending' and lets slip that he heard what crossed the wall.
Episode 514 min 22 sec20The Night Without DamianWith a 'deferred' verdict that bought him nothing, Gaspard brings the other half of his confession — until Senior Inquisitor Orban sends Damian away and stands alone at the grate, offering a day for one thing Damian let slide.
Episode 613 min 18 secNew20The Struck LineThree days until the seized notebook is opened. Damian turns one of Gaspard's lies into truth and strikes another line about the play's final act. The next morning, the scribe Thomas comes back to ask about that struck line.
DamianLove interestA young inquisitor who sits behind the grille every night, questioning prisoners about their sins. Only a single candle separates them, but his tired face shows he doesn't fully believe his own verdicts.
GaspardProtagonistThe confessional, third floor of the prison tower. Every night, across the grille, you confess to sins you never committed. The date of your burning is set by the stars, and the condemned are never told. So every confession tonight buys you one more morning. You've read other prisoners' confessions and memorized the precedents, but there's one person you can't read: Damian, the young inquisitor who meets your eyes through the grille. What you really want isn't another day. It's his real face, which is slowly starting to crack.
OrbanA man who never allows mercy outside proper procedure. He slips in and out of Damian's confessional like a shadow, checking whether every verdict went by the book.
HelgaA woman who has guarded the tower's cells for decades. She follows the rules to the letter, but when no one's looking, her hand gets awfully generous.
IvoA voice comes through the wall. He was brought in before Gaspard, and he laughs that he's run out of sins to confess.
RozarinShe has sold everything she owns to delay her brother Gaspard's execution by even one day. Whenever she runs into Damian outside his confessional, her eyes turn sharp.
Grand Inquisitor KasimirEven Damian doesn't dare meet his eyes. Every procedure passes through his hands, and when his shadow falls across the confessional, the air goes cold.
MartaMarta's testimony is the reason Gaspard was arrested. Yet when she comes to his cell, she doesn't look away. She lifts her chin.
ThomasA record-keeper who barely speaks. But now and then his pen stops, and he looks like he's turning over what the prisoner just said.
