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00:12Treasure is my son, Taliesin.
00:15And in his voice will be born a kingdom of summer.
00:19I do not love the Bard. It's only his power I decide.
00:23The Supreme Spirit, the Lord of all worlds.
00:26My Lord reigns over all.
00:27You are young.
00:28To your eyes, perhaps.
00:30My people carry our years more lightly than others.
00:33Ave Maria.
00:35I would be your wife, Taliesin.
00:37Together we could build a world more powerful than Atlantis itself.
00:41Atlantis rests the bottom of the sea, Morgian.
00:46Taliesin.
00:47He has declared his love for me.
00:49What have you found?
00:50A hawk.
00:52Merlin.
00:54I've seen a land shining with goodness.
00:56It's the kingdom of summer.
00:58And I will be his king.
01:01The baby's dead.
01:03Morgian!
01:10God in heaven.
01:16My son has the eyes of a hawk.
01:19Of a merlin.
01:21No!
01:33Please be behavi Adelaind.
01:44Please beание.
02:09They say that Merlin is mad.
02:27They say he was a king in David, but his rule was just and his hand was strong.
02:38They say he was a bard, the son of a princess of lost Atlantis, and a Cymru prophet of great
02:46renown.
02:50They say the future and the past are known to him, that the fire and the wind tell him
03:02their secrets, that the magic of the hillfolk and druids and daughters of Bel come forth
03:09at his easy command.
03:14They say he slew hundreds, hundreds, do you hear?
03:22That the world burned and the ground trembled at his wrath.
03:26Lord Death thanked him for his terrible harvest.
03:31Death, you have taken all of the others.
03:37Why have you not taken me?
03:47Go back the way you came.
03:54Joe.
04:01Before the moon.
04:02Go back the way you came.
04:04I'm sorry.
04:06Did you come out?
04:12I'm sorry.
04:20Go back the way you came.
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06:38How do you know my name?
06:39I know a great many things.
06:41Silence!
06:42It's a trick.
06:44A trick, Ithek?
06:46Is that what you believe?
06:49Duak!
06:52What is it?
06:53He knows us.
06:54He knows nothing you haven't already told him.
06:59And you,
07:00do not test me.
07:03I am a powerful druid.
07:05I would speak lightly of power, friend.
07:08For I know whence your power comes.
07:14Whoever they were, they've moved on.
07:16You know well who they were,
07:18son of Vortigan.
07:19The very Saxon raiders.
07:23You,
07:25and your father,
07:27gave a foothold in our land.
07:31You told him who we are.
07:32Not my prince.
07:34I swear it.
07:35I do not care for their manner, my lord.
07:38Perhaps we should not go with them.
07:40We have nothing to fear from these men, Peleus.
07:43And I am eager to meet the man
07:44who has made himself king over all others.
07:47It's the quickest way I know
07:48to announce to the world that Merlin Emrys
07:51has returned to the land of the living.
08:02My father will like you.
08:30David Emrys
08:36Provisions are being gathered, but we need time to build a war.
08:41We haven't got time.
08:48You said it would be done.
08:50And it will be, Drake King.
08:53Riders, approach!
09:12Open the gate!
09:25My father and my king, I bring you a great gift.
09:31And the answer to your troubles.
09:35No, there must be some mistake.
09:38The man I seek was already old when I was a child.
09:42This cannot be the Merlin.
09:44They say Merlin is of the Fearfolk, my king.
09:47They call him Emrys.
09:50Immortal.
09:53Is that so?
09:54I'm known by many names, Vortigun.
10:01You will call him High King.
10:04Passion.
10:12And do you know why I have sought you?
10:16Work on your stronghold is going badly.
10:19Your druids blame an evil spirit for the failure of your masons to build a decent war.
10:27Go on.
10:29They tell you the blood of a virgin-born man is required to secure your foundations.
10:34Is that not the way of it, Yoram?
10:36No.
10:38Is there any doubt this is the man we require?
10:43He is full of tricks, sire.
10:45Do not let him confuse you.
10:47My enemies ride against me.
10:51I would fortify this position, but each night my walls crumble and fall.
11:04Are you indeed a fatherless child, Merlin Emrys?
11:09Or perhaps just another bastard without a father?
11:14My father was Taliesin ap Elthin ap Gwythno.
11:18Names that were once lauded in this land.
11:22Names of great renown.
11:24In Cymru.
11:25Long, long ago.
11:26Well, sire, Taliesin was no mortal.
11:30He was an otherworldly being.
11:33That would be news to my mother.
11:37There are no evil spirits at work here, Vortigin.
11:41And no man-virgin-born save one only.
11:44Your problem is taking counsel from liars and fools.
11:50What proof do you offer that the wall is not cursed?
11:53You're not cursed.
12:09Underground.
12:12Underground.
12:16You sure?
12:18I grow impatient, Merlin.
12:22Spill your blood to build his wall.
12:24Oh, aye.
12:26Vortigin is a pitiless man.
12:29And desperate.
12:33But nothing will happen to me that is not appointed to happen, Pilius.
12:38You did not bring me back to the world of men to watch me die in this pit.
12:42Enough!
12:43These men mock you, and they waste what little time we have left.
12:48Parton!
12:48Most Ver ausborn men.
12:49We 1941men!
12:57Ah!
13:00Ah!
13:01Uh!
13:02Ah!
13:03Ah!
13:04Ah!
13:04Ah!
13:05Ah!
13:05Ah!
13:06Ah!
13:06Ah!
13:07Ah!
13:08Ah!
13:13Ah!
13:35No evil spirits, no underground dragon, the spring washes the earth away beneath the
13:43weight of your stone wall.
13:49Traitor.
13:55Traitor!
14:08These men whom I entrusted with my life,
14:14they show themselves false before me.
14:19These men were so eager for your blood.
14:26Surely they will not mind my asking for this.
15:00I am an old man and a fool. You have my apology and you will have my reward.
15:09I will accept nothing from your hand, Vortigan.
15:14Am I so distasteful to your eyes?
15:18Whatever you would give to me, you have taken from another.
15:23You have done much evil.
15:26And much evil will be done to you.
15:33Have I not held the land in peace these last years?
15:37Giving the Saxon safe harbor to plunder our land is not holding the peace.
15:43I saw no other way.
15:45You traded strength for peace.
15:48But there will be no peace without strength.
15:52Father, you would free these men after they humiliated you in your own court.
15:57I humiliated myself, as did you.
16:02You just killed your own counselors on the brink of war.
16:05False counselors.
16:08And an unwinnable war.
16:16I had a vision.
16:19A waking dream.
16:21I saw the pit the Merlin dug.
16:28I heard his pick.
16:31As it struck the stone only instead of water.
16:37A great cavern lay beneath.
16:48In the cavern were two great stones, like eggs.
16:52Inside the eggs, two dragons came forth to battle.
16:55One another.
16:57The first was white.
16:59His milk.
17:01And the other...
17:05Red.
17:07Red.
17:09As blood.
17:13When they fought each other, the dragons and their battles were terrible to behold.
17:22Sore lay they wounded one another and when they could fight no more.
17:26They dragged themselves back into their eggs.
17:29And slept.
17:31But only to fight again.
17:34Once they were rested.
17:37What of this dream?
17:40Merlin.
17:45Master.
17:53A dream, Merlin.
17:56What of this dream?
17:57What of this dream?
18:00Do you really want to know?
18:06Flee, Vortigin.
18:08Flee, Vortigin.
18:09If you would live, you must flee.
18:13The dragons you have seen are your enemies.
18:16White for the Saxon horde.
18:20Red for the true sons of Britain whose father you murdered for your crown.
18:26But they war with each other, not with us.
18:29The Saxon may still join us after all we've given them.
18:34Is there no hope for me?
18:38Here is your hope.
18:40And the hope of our people.
18:42From the events of which you have set in motion, a king will arise to hold all Britain in his
18:47hand.
18:49A high king.
18:50It will be the wonder of the world.
18:53A chief dragon.
18:55To utterly devour the white dragon of the pit.
19:04You...
19:07I do not know.
19:09He speaks of destruction.
19:12I will ride this very night to the Saxon shore.
19:15To rally our friends to our cause.
19:17Ride.
19:18Ride then, boy.
19:20Ride.
19:21And do not tarry.
19:22Our doom is upon us.
19:25Ride!
19:26Ride!
19:35If this is to be Vortigin's last stand,
19:41let my son be well away from this place.
19:50Put those arrows on high, they'll be of no use to you down here!
19:54It would be very helpful if you stayed.
19:57My road lies in other way.
20:05Fight!
20:06Fight!
20:08What is this?
20:12If there is to be a battle, I'll fight my king.
20:17Nay.
20:18Nay.
20:20Not for another summer yet.
20:22I'll do my part, my lord.
20:24Like every other man here.
20:31In the archers.
20:33At the top of the tower.
20:34At the very top, you guard their backs.
20:37Yes?
20:41Guard their backs.
20:46Now...
20:47Let me help you with this.
20:49Stop your trembling.
20:50Take heart, you people of the Island of the Mighty.
20:53For the soul of Britain is stirring again.
20:58David?
21:03Merlin.
21:04David.
21:05My lord, you're alive.
21:08To see you after all these years.
21:15But you have not altered a wit.
21:26David, what is this?
21:35Why is this holy man in chains?
21:45A treason?
21:46We hope to appeal to the High King.
21:49In Jesus' name.
21:51To show charity for the women and children displaced by the raiding Saxons.
21:57I will not be lectured to by worshippers of some sand-starved lunatic.
22:02He was not persuaded.
22:09All your many sins, Hortigan.
22:11Keeping this man from his work as chief among them.
22:15That's very doubtful.
22:18Free these men.
22:19If you would save your soul.
22:24Save my soul.
22:30I will not.
22:32Then I will claim the reward that you have offered me.
22:37Free these men.
22:39And our debt is paid.
23:04You are... a... taxing man. Merlin Emerson.
23:09You are... a... taxing man. Merlin Emerson.
23:12And yet...
23:14There are few enough who will speak plainly to me.
23:25Farewell, Vortigan.
23:27We will not meet again.
23:33Goodbye, Merlin.
23:35Come back all the way.
23:49We will not see you again.
23:50Look out.
23:55Come on.
23:59You are upon your feet.
24:01Come on.
24:05We will not see you again.
24:06Who's there?
24:13Show yourself!
24:15I wouldn't expect a warrior to turn his back on an enemy.
24:22And now?
24:24And now, we know you're no warrior.
24:44Do I look too old to mount a horse?
24:51I know.
24:53I know.
24:56But look at you, Merthenbach.
25:00You are the flower of your race.
25:04Praise God for your long life.
25:28That is enough combat for today, Hawke.
25:30Why must you torment me with Latin?
25:33Because the word of the true God is sharper even than the two-edged sword.
25:37Tell that to the Picti.
25:39Tell that to the Irish raider.
25:41I will learn Latin when I'm old, like Hafgan.
25:44How old do you think me, Merthenbach?
25:47You're as old as the oak on Shrine Hill.
25:50Not quite as old as that.
25:52But what is age to you?
25:54Hmm.
25:56You will grow to be as old as any oak in the island of the mighty.
25:59Does that mean I'll be king forever?
26:01Hmm.
26:04It is a great thing to be a king, Hawke.
26:06A very great thing indeed.
26:09But there is authority of a kind even kings must bend to.
26:14Discover this, and whether you wear a tork of gold or a beggar's rags,
26:19you will earn the name Ambrosius.
26:23What does that mean?
26:26Hmm.
26:28Study your Latin.
26:29Latin.
26:35Stay.
26:40Merthen!
26:46We must write.
26:48Fortigan's end is upon him.
26:51Lord, you have a scare, my lord.
26:53Does Pendaren still reign in Maradunum?
26:58King Pendaren joined his fathers many years ago, Hawke.
27:06Your grandparents too, my lord.
27:10King Elphin.
27:12Lady Ronwyn.
27:15Koal.
27:16And Haffgan.
27:19Four.
27:22The hooking up there in your hovel, haunting the rock waste like Wraith.
27:29Did you not know that men mark their years differently?
27:36Does Castanen still rule Kelethon?
27:39His Atlantean blood is strong.
27:42But we would...
27:44We would not be welcome there.
27:47No, my lord.
27:51Go back the way you came.
27:56I'm not sure what that means.
27:59Here's where am I.
28:09Come on!
28:15No!
28:16Go!
28:17Go!
28:22Go!
28:23Go!
28:25Go!
28:27Go!
28:32Go!
28:49Dessert is all ready.
28:53Let them fly.
28:55The battle is before us.
28:57And if one of them is a usurper himself?
29:06It must be me who takes the tower.
29:15For justice.
29:17For Britain.
29:25Archie!
29:35They have come for blood.
29:38Give them blood!
29:42Don't be able to fight a few years!
29:49Come on!
29:53Come on!
29:57Come on!
29:59Come on!
30:01Come on!
30:03Come on!
30:05Come on!
30:06Come on!
30:07Come on!
30:08Come on!
30:13Oh
30:56Oh
31:06Hold the door
31:14No
31:16No
31:20Ack
31:22Ah
31:23Ack
31:27Arrgh
31:28Duck
31:28Duck
31:29Duck
31:58I need help, help, please!
31:59You can't bring it, you can't bring it!
32:17Let the box burn!
32:38Let the box burn!
32:46Let the box burn!
33:00I don't know.
33:29Thus ends the reign of Vortigin, high king of Britain.
33:45Hail, Luther, son of Constance.
33:50Hail, Luther, son of Constance.
34:24Hail, Luther, son of Constance.
34:34Hail, Luther, son of Constance.
34:54Hail Aurelius.
35:26Hail Aurelius.
35:29An ugly gash.
35:31From Britain.
35:34I've never seen my brother bested in battle before.
35:37He fought well.
35:39Are my men?
35:40Alive, sire.
35:42But somewhat worse for wear.
35:45Sire.
35:47Fashionable honorific for a high king, is it not?
35:49You think me high king?
35:51Do not all the kings of Britain sing your praise this day?
35:54I can think of a few singing their own praises.
35:57Some men who marched up with me only hours ago.
36:00What does it matter what a few self-important grumblers think?
36:04Because I need every single one of them to defeat Angus.
36:07Ah, the Saxon king.
36:10Those grumblers are all that stand between my rump on the throne and his.
36:15Yours is the preferred ramp, my king.
36:19My lord brother, you've only just met this man.
36:24I've only just met?
36:28Oh, I think not, Lutal.
36:32I've known Merlin a very long time.
36:35Merlin.
36:37Merlin.
36:38That's impossible.
36:41Merlin was a myth before her father was even born.
36:45And yet?
36:47Well done, Aurelius.
36:49Perhaps you had the makings of a king after all.
37:00Three of the southern kings never returned to camp this morning.
37:03Yet they're happy enough to see you challenge Vortigone.
37:06Why?
37:08Doesn't mean they're happy to see me high king.
37:10Hmm.
37:11It's worse than I thought.
37:13700 men is not a man too many to face Hengist.
37:18Traitor!
37:23How quickly you trade one master for another.
37:29Medlar.
37:31You know this man?
37:33Aurelius, your prisoner is Prince Pashat Ab Vortigone.
37:37Son of your fallen foe.
37:40We thought him a mere scout.
37:42You killed my father, bastard.
37:52Your father killed our father.
37:56The debt is not paid.
37:59And mine.
38:01Who will pay the blood price to passion?
38:04The devil pay you.
38:05Aurelius, brother.
38:08We came here for justice.
38:10Really?
38:12Because they thought we came here for Britain.
38:14And every day this scum draws breath.
38:16He's a threat to your reign.
38:18Your brother is right, sire.
38:20Vortigone's son is not a forgiving man.
38:25And yet I would not stop my reign of murder.
38:28As Vortigone did.
38:32As Vortigone did.
38:49I gift you your life, passions.
38:53Do not give me a cause to take it back.
39:14You've made a grave mistake, brother.
39:18And if so, it is mine to make.
39:45Please help me!
39:48How came you by this blade?
40:08Is he a king?
40:11He's more than a king.
40:17The boy has the eyes of a praying bird.
40:20Stand up straight, lads.
40:22You are being addressed by the Dox Britannarium.
40:25Commander of all the Roman forces in Britain.
40:31I knew your father.
40:35Tell me, boy.
40:36What does the son of Taliesin see with those golden eyes?
40:49I see a sword.
40:53The hilt is silver and bears a purple gem carved like an eagle.
40:57It is an emperor's sword.
41:00Emperor's sword.
41:02That's enough, lad.
41:03What else do you see?
41:05I see a ring of kings standing like stones in a circle.
41:12A woman kneels in their midst.
41:15She holds the sword in her hands.
41:19She is speaking, but no one hears her.
41:22No one listens.
41:24I see the blade.
41:27Rusting.
41:28And forgotten.
41:36Shall we have a song, Afghan?
41:40Indeed we shall.
41:42Hold them back.
41:43Hold them backwards.
41:44No, no, no.
41:45Try and get me another one.
41:47Try and get me another one.
41:48No, no.
41:49Have a trench.
41:51Be safe.
41:52Be safe.
42:26I never saw Maximus or a sword again.
42:32A remarkable story.
42:34Aye.
42:35Sure were true.
42:39I saw it belonged to my father.
42:42How he came by it, Ty.
42:44I cannot say.
42:45I do know this.
42:48The paths that brought us together began long before this day.
42:53I will trust you, Merlin Ambrosius.
42:58I would have you my counsellor.
43:01By the gods.
43:02I need an advisor, Uta.
43:04We're not exactly neck deep in volunteers.
43:17Very well, Aurelius.
43:21Let it be as you say and heed the word of your counsellors.
43:25The southern kings will continue to desert you.
43:30Dismiss them.
43:31The hell we will.
43:33You thought?
43:35Go on.
43:36Let them return to their own land and see for themselves what the Saxon Raiders have wrought.
43:41Their own people will demand to unite under your banner.
43:45I have friends in the west and north.
43:48I believe we can count them among your supporters.
43:51Master Merlin, I...
43:54I will ride to them and ride them to your cause.
43:58And what are we supposed to do while you play king-making, Merlin?
44:02I know a place you'll be safe while we build our forces.
44:08This is where it begins.
44:13First there is a sword.
44:15The sword of Britain.
44:16This is in Britain.
44:17And the sword is Britain.
45:01Oh, oh, tis the answer to many prayers, Matthew, seeing you again.
45:24It's usually you who sets camp while I stare into the fire.
45:29I fear this plan, my lord.
45:33The Cymru king will be threatened by your return, and the north will not help you.
45:37Aurelius has the sword of Magnus Maximus, Aurelius.
45:42The emperor's sword.
45:46If you return north, Custanen will not help you.
45:50This is how the summer kingdom begins.
45:52My lord, Custanen will kill you.
46:00I've seen how you struggle.
46:03I've never known your Arwen to burden you so much.
46:10What man I once was, Peleus?
46:36Afghan's heart.
46:41Your own one was...
46:44I know.
46:53I don't remember how.
46:57Almost 50 years I've carried it.
47:01Still haven't learned a note.
47:06Peleus, I...
47:08I am not worthy of your sacrifice.
47:12God alone is worthy of such devotion.
47:17As one cares for another,
47:20does he not also care for God?
47:26Listen to me carefully now.
47:29You found me,
47:30and brought me back to the world of men,
47:32and I thank you for that.
47:36But...
47:36Let others make their choice.
47:40I have made mine.
47:46Good night, my lord.
47:48Good night.
47:52Good night.
47:57My true friend.
48:14Remember what they did to me, my love.
48:43what I did to the king?
48:46What do you want?
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58:32friends we have left while we try to rally your friends Uther to ensure Merlin is not remiss
58:38pushing your claim in other courts wish your king sword the sword of the High King I do not offer
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58:47to Aurelius Merlin he will take the talk from my father and declare himself High King before he is
58:54through unless we stop him here and now
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