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Previously on "Runes."

My name is Hugo.

My cousin, Cecile took me in after the death

of my parents in a fire on our farm.

Now I live with her and her two daughters.

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(air whooshing) (Hugo hollering)

It's you, yes, the runes chose you.

Tell me then where is he? The boy has escaped.

It would seem his mother and his tutor

arranged his disappearance.

Find William of Normandy. You have my word.

You must find the cave.

(wolves growling)

I've never seen wolves act like this before.

(wolves growling) (couple hollering)

(troll growling) (ground shaking)

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(ominous music) (troll growling)

(dogs yelping)

(ominous music)

(rocks shaking) (foot stomping)

(couple gasping) (ground shaking)

(mysterious music)

My lord, be welcomed in these woods

guarded by your faithful servant.

Sire, I am very pleased to meet you.

Uh, my thanks but what, who are you?

My lord, I am the troll Jotunn,

guardian of the cave of the vial.

You're a real troll!

Whoa, just like in the legends.

But if trolls exist then so must sirens and.

And unicorns.

(ground shaking)

Is there something that my lord would ask of me?

Wow, did you see how big he is?

And his eyes, they look like gemstones.

And his voice, have you ever heard of anything like it?

A troll, Alice! (ground shaking)

Oh wait, wait, Alice, look at that.

(slow mysterious music)

It looks like a cave.

My lord.

You think that this might be the cave of Baligan?

Only one way to find out.

Let's go, come on.

(fire whooshing) (mysterious music)

NOOOOO! (foot stomping)

You may not enter, it is forbidden to you,

only he may pass. Huh, what, that's not fair.

Perhaps it is not but I guard the cave

and there are rules, miss.

If my lord desires entrance with his companions,

he must first name them his allies

so that I may recognize them.

Seriously? (troll growling)

(Hugo chuckling)

(troll sighing)

If my lord wishes for her to accompany him,

he must bestow on her a title and present her

as his companion, then I may let you both enter.

If you will forgive me, my lord doesn't seem

to know very much.

(dramatic ominous music)

Huh? My lord this, my lord that,

who does he think you are?

I saved your life didn't I?

Besides we're cousins.

(whimsical flute music)

Jotunn, this is the brave Alice,

she who fears nothing, my cousin

but more so my good friend.

(Alice gasping)

(whimsical flute music)

(troll growling)

(feet stomping) (ground trembling)

(slow mysterious music)

What the?

Whoa, it's incredible.

Alice, look at that.

(climactic haunting music)

(Alice sighing)

Hugo, what is it?

(bow clinking)

Do you think it's?

It's the cave that Algythe spoke of.

The cave of Baligan.

(slow mysterious music)

Hmm. Hugo, no,

stop what you're doing, you shouldn't touch it!

Don't worry.

(climactic powerful music)

Ah, what did you just do, Hugo?

I don't know.

(climactic powerful music)

And what is that?

I don't have the faintest idea but we should go talk

to Algythe, she'll know.

Come on, let's go.

(ominous mystical music)

My lord, are you leaving already?

Don't worry, Jotunn, we'll be back tomorrow!

(Jotunn growling)

(owl hooting)

Hugo, Alice!

(wolves howling)

Hugo, Alice!

Ah, it's my mother, hurry.

Wait, don't, don't say anything.

Hmm.

Mom! (Cecile gasping)

Alice, you found him.

Oh, I was starting to worry that I'd lost both of you.

I'm sorry, Cecile, I should never have left.

It was foolish. (slow piano music)

I'm just happy you're not hurt, come on, let's go home.

We could all use some rest.

(mysterious instrumental music)

(wolf growling)

(rooster crowing)

[Hilda] - Hmm.

(Hugo and Alice grunting) (feet stomping)

Up already? (energetic music)

Thought I'd have to drag you out of bed

after the night you had.

No, no. At least have something

to eat! No time, we have to go!

I wanna go too! Huh?

But. Take good care of Hilda!

(Hugo and Alice sighing)

(Hilda giggling)

How can we talk to Algythe if Hilda's with us?

(dramatic music)

Turstin, I have an idea, just play along.

(lively instrumental music)

Oh, hello you two. Hello!

Huh? Could you watch Hilda,

I have to teach Hugo how to set traps in the forest.

Right, a special trap my village never had.

(lively folksy music)

Oh, hey, that sounds fun.

Can I? Thanks Turstin!

(pleasant folksy music)

(mockingly) A special trap my village never had.

Oh, why can't I set traps, it's not fair.

Ooh! Let's go, Hilda,

you're going back to the farm little tadpole.

Hey, I'm not a tadpole, you're a big carrot head.

(Hilda chuckling) [Turstin] - What?

(waves crashing) (birds calling)

(kettle water boiling)

Hmm. (Hugo knocking)

Algythe! I'm very busy,

leave me alone, would you?

Oh, okay then, we'd thought you'd wanna see the cave

of Baligan. (Alice chuckling)

(items crashing) (Algythe muttering)

The cave, you found the cave?

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Well, come on, just don't stand around then,

show me where it is.

(dramatic folk music)

(birds calling)

Oh.

Algythe, wait, I should warn you that the cave,

it's guarded by something, something, well, um.

Oh, there's a troll. You're not scared of it?

I've always wanted to meet one.

You might be disappointed, it only answers to Hugo,

it's a little strange.

Any idea why that would be?

Oh, I imagine this troll recognizes Hugo

as his lord because he saw Hugo first.

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That doesn't make any sense, we were together,

why wouldn't the troll think I was his lord?

(Hugo sighing)

Trolls are magnificent creatures

but they're not the sharpest tools in the tool shed.

(dramatic mystical music)

Oh.

(rocks trembling)

(Algythe gasping)

I see that you have returned, my lord.

Hello Jotunn.

(Algythe laughing)

Oh my, he's magnificent.

Oh, oh, look at these stones polished by the centuries,

incredible.

Uh, my lord who is this strange woman

you've brought with you?

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Before you can enter,

I have to name you as one of my allies.

Jotunn, this is Algythe, the enchantress,

the healer of Baligan.

(troll growling)

(feet stomping)

Hmm? (Turstin hollering)

Charge! Huh?

Yeah!

(climactic folksy music)

Turstin? Intruder!

My lord stand back. No!

(rocks rumbling) (Hugo gasping)

(air whooshing)

(Hugo and Turstin thumping)

What, what are you doing here, Turstin?

What am I doing, I'm trying to save your lives

and what is that thing? (troll growling)

(slow folksy music)

A troll, isn't it obvious?

You followed us? Yeah, I mean, no.

I thought you were hiding something from me.

(troll growling) (feet stomping)

(rocks crumbling) And I was right!

My lord, how should I dispose of him?

Now that he's here, I guess he might as well come along.

My lord, I, I cannot let him in

unless you name him ally.

What if I don't wanna go in your dumb cave, huh?

I wanna know what's going on here!

If you're scared, you can stay.

Me scared?

(air whooshing)

We're going in.

(slow folksy music) (crow cackling)

Jotunn, this is Turstin, the uh, this is Turstin,

the blacksmith's apprentice with a headful of hammers.

(Alice sighing) (pleasant folk music)

What? (Hugo gasping)

Should have just stuck with blacksmith's apprentice.

(pleasant folk music)

(rocks rumbling)

(fire sizzling)

(dramatic mysterious music)

(Algythe gasping)

I can sense what happened here like it was yesterday.

(Algythe chuckling)

I've waited so very long for this.

It's the cave of Baligan, (Hugo and Alice gasping)

where Loki is imprisoned. Huh, who's that?

Loki, the god of chaos, imprisoned in this cave

by Rollo the great Viking Chief.

He was the ancestor of our late ruler,

Robert, the Magnificent. (Hugo gasping)

Why's she talking about Robert the less than magnificent?

(Hugo grunting)

(Algythe gasping)

But do you realize, the great Rollo must have stood

just there behind Hugo. (all gasping)

(Algythe gasping)

(ominous mysterious music)

Uh, Algythe, does that mean there's a live dragon in here?

Ah, you gotta be kidding me.

No, only his sleeping spirit is here,

thankfully still imprisoned by a powerful spell.

Ah, certain combinations of runes are still impossible

for me to decipher.

(Hugo sighing)

Unbelievable.

I know it sounds crazy but you saw the troll out front

and he exists doesn't he, so why not a dragon?

Hmm. (Algythe gasping)

Wait, no but.

(Turstin grunting)

What are you working for, Algythe?

Alice, we're leaving, this old witch

is probably just making it all up.

I wanna hear what she has to say!

You don't believe this do you?

You can see that she's a little

(Turstin speaking gibberish).

And you're a real hammerhead, Turstin.

(dramatic folksy music) Oh really?

Why don't we see what the village has to say

about a troll and a cave with a dragon.

(Hugo breathing heavy)

No, you can't tell anyone!

(Turstin grunting)

We're leaving, Alice and you better get out of my way.

(Hugo grunting) (fists punching)

(Hugo grunting)

(dramatic music)

Hey!

(Hugo and Turstin grunting)

Cut it out!

(Hugo grunting)

(dramatic mystical music)

(Algythe gasping)

(Algythe speaking in foreign language) - Mannaz.

(Algythe speaking in foreign language) - Gebō.

(Algythe speaking in foreign language) - Ehwaz?

(ominous music)

Algythe, what's going on?

(dramatic mystical music)

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Oh no!

(arrow shooting)

No, Turstin, look out!

(arrow whooshing)

(Turstin hollering) (arrow exploding)

(dramatic mystical music)

(Turstin breathing heavy) Huh?

(beast laughing)

(beast growling)

What's happening? Is this some sort of dream?

Is that Algythe?

(beast squawking) (hooves clopping)

After her!

(climactic music)

(hooves clopping) (Hugo breathing heavy)

(slow whimsical music) (rocks rumbling)

(feet stomping) Jotunn, stop that boar!

(troll growling) (climactic folksy music)

(troll crashing) (boar snorting)

(lively music)

(group panting) (boar squealing)

(climactic folksy music)

(boar snorting)

We'll have to be very careful.

(boar squealing)

Hey, yoo-hoo, it's okay. (boar snorting)

Algythe! (Turstin hollering)

(climactic music) (boar squealing)

(Turstin thumping)

Not like that!

(boar thumping)

(slow mystical music)

(Hugo gasping) (boar squealing)

(hooves tromping) (boar collapsing)

We've gotta help her!

(group breathing heavy)

(boar snorting)

(slow mystical music)

(horse hooves trotting)

My lord. (boy sighing)

The hunting of wild boars is not meant to be easy,

if your horse had been just a bit faster,

you would most certainly have caught your prey.

Thank you, Ulrich.

(boy gasping)

(boar snorting)

(boar crashing)

Ulrich, look, fortune smiles on us.

Where could she have gone?

(Hugo hollering)

(slow mystical music)

Why are we hiding? Have you forgotten,

we're peasants, we're not allowed to hunt

in the lord's forest.

(horse whinnying)

Look how big it is, Ulrich, Mother will be so proud

and she'll be forced to admit

that I truly am a brave hunter,

well, I mean that we're truly brave hunters.

(horn blowing)

Nah, it'll be our little secret.

(man grunting)

Well, there'll be a feast at the castle tonight.

What do we do? I have no idea.

I can't believe that she was turned into a wild boar.

Whose fault was that, Hammerhead?

Call me that one more time!

That's enough, stop it, both of you,

I'm fed up with you arguing all the time.

Turstin is my friend.

He only learned about the cave this morning,

not to mention the spells and trolls.

So you have to understand that he needs time

to make sense of it.

And you, I get that you don't know Hugo

but he's my cousin.

(pleasant folksy music)

We're going to have to work together to save Algythe,

so please just try to get along, at least for one day.

(Turstin groaning)

We will.

We have to go to the castle.

(slow instrumental music)

And tell them what, hello, we'd like to visit your castle

and especially the place where you keep your animals.

We don't even know how to reverse the spell.

(Hugo gasping)

Jotunn might know how.

Back to the cave.

(people breathing heavy)

(horse trotting)

My lord must have known that the great Rollo

placed powerful spells in the cave.

The magic of the runes is strong,

they cannot be overcome easily.

These runes always come in threes,

that is the source of the spell,

like the one that transformed Algythe.

And how do we reverse the spell?

If you desire for Algythe to return to normal,

she must be brought back here.

Easier said than done.

There's always at least one guard watching

over the animals' cage at the castle.

(Hugo gasping)

Alice, do you remember the potion that Algythe brought

to help Hilda sleep?

(Alice gasping)

(birds calling)

(kettle water boiling)

(slow mysterious music)

(Turstin groaning) This place is creepy.

This must be it, it's the same color.

I hope there's some left.

Come on, come on, let's get out of here.

(Turstin groaning) (door slamming)

(slow mysterious music)

(pig snorting)

This boar looks pretty sick.

Excuse me, sirs, some fresh water,

it's a gift from Dame Neal, a reward for your loyal service.

Ah, very kind of her.

(man slurping)

(man slurping)

(man groaning)

(Alice gasping)

Huh? Hmm?

(man groaning) (man crashing)

(man groaning) (man crashing)

(man snoring)

(slow mysterious music)

Oh, it's a bit more potent than I thought.

Hold on, Algythe, we're here to rescue you,

we'll get you out of there.

Stand back, Alice, locks are my middle name.

Hold on, after you smash the lock, how do we get her back

to the cave?

Well, we won't be able to carry her, that's for sure.

(men snoring) (slow mystical music)

I think I've got an idea.

(dramatic mystical music)

(Alice grunting) (stick cracking)

(slingshot slamming)

All right, go easy, easy, okay,

that's it, you're doing great.

(boar snorting)

Together and we're off.

(slow ominous music)

Wait until you see, Mother, the beast is enormous

and I'm the one who captured it.

Yes, yes, there will be plenty of time to admire it

when it's on my plate.

Sir, this is important, Huh?

the beast has escaped.

(Ulrich clearing throat)

My lady. Ah, Ulrich.

I presume you've received some new information

about William of Normandy.

Uh, no. but I'm afraid, my lady. I have more bad news.

It would seem the boar has escaped.

What but that's impossible, Mother never even saw

how big it was.

Fear not, my lord, I shall call out the guard

and have them hunt it down.

So the boar has escaped has he, my, my,

the guards have better things to do than chase after it.

If you wish to be Duke of Normandy one day

then you must learn to control your emotions.

As for you, Ulrich, William is the only prey

that should interest you.

Yes, my lady.

(slow dramatic music)

(boy grunting)

(Alice breathing heavy) (owl hooting)

All right, I brought her clothing.

That is very good.

You said that we'd cast a spell

but I have no idea how.

As I already told you, the runes always come in threes

and so to cast a spell it is important

that you know their names, their order and their direction.

If a single rune is badly placed

or pointing in the wrong direction,

it can have dire consequences.

I remember this one.

(slow dramatic music)

I remember one too.

What about the third one?

Oh, I know it.

(Turstin grunting)

(boar snorting)

(slow mystical music)

It's not working.

If my lord desires to reverse the spell,

he must invoke the revered names

of Ehwaz, Gebō and Mannaz.

(dramatic mystical music)

Ehwaz.

Gebō.

Mannaz!

(climactic mystical music)

(air whooshing) (mystical music)

It's working.

(bright magical music)

(Alice gasping)

(Algythe gasping)

Oh, oh, it feels good to be back to myself.

You can think Jotunn for that.

Good thing he knows the runes.

You do me much honor, in fact, you all did quite well,

all I did was guide you.

(group laughing)

(pleasant mystical music)

You had something important to tell us, Algythe?

The spell cast by Rollo, the one holding Loki prisoner

for 300 years is almost at an end.

One more moon cycle before he is unleashed!

(group gasping)

We have to stop it.

Yes, Alice but to do it, we will need

the three stones of Rollo, the great Viking Chief, himself

carved upon the stones, a combination of runes

that had the power to imprison Loki.

These three stones are the key to renewing Rollo's spell

and preserving the peace in this land for 300 more years.

Why not draw the runes on the floor?

No one knows how to cast it, not even me.

Rollo did not want it falling into the wrong hands.

The stones were concealed in order to keep them secret.

Our priority then must now be to find the stones.

(Hugo gasping)

And we have to do it?

Well, who else, it was you who discovered the cave, no?

(dramatic music)

It's our duty to protect Normandy.

(dramatic folk music)

(people chattering)

(ominous music)

Tell me, friend, who do you have

to pay to get your cup filled around here?

It's not often we get strangers here in Baligan.

Whoever you are, traveler, I hope you find what you seek.

And you, what do you seek?

The heir to the Duke of Normandy

and if he's still in the area, I'll find him.

(dramatic music)

So, then perhaps we'll meet again.

(climactic music)

(dramatic folk music)