Original subtitles

Previously on "Runes."

(Hugo screaming)

Yes, there is an incredible power within you, Hugo,

but you must first learn to master it.

You have sworn fealty to Dame Neel.

So from now on,

the security of the castle is all you should worry about.

So you're a castle guard now?

If Turstin ever reveals my secret, I'll-

No.

Turstin won't say anything.

Do you know what's wrong with my mother?

It's not like her to shut herself away.

Your mother is tired, nothing more.

Dame Neel.

My boy.

(mother groaning)

Are you all right?

Huh?

We found another of the stones.

Dame Neel's necklace is the stone.

We have to get it back.

(mysterious tribal music)

(bells ringing)

Taxes for your liege!

Taxes for your liege!

Taxes for your liege!

They've already paid, but the next two haven't.

Go.

Barrel of cider from the males.

In the cart.

Who's next?

Joshrin, two sacks and a basket.

Hmm?

Excellent.

You've done very well.

We should be finished tonight.

(birds chirping) (group groaning)

(Cecile sighing)

(Cecile gasping)

We better hurry up.

Dame Neel's men will be here soon.

All this is for Dame Neel?

But what are we going to eat?

She's already rich.

She doesn't need all this.

Listen, kitten, all these lands belong to Dame Neel.

We pay her tax, and in return, she lets us farm on her land.

And she works to protect us.

(Hilda growling)

I know how to fight!

I don't need anybody's protection!

And we don't doubt it.

It's not fair.

Hilda's right.

Huh?

If I'm ever the Duke of Normandy,

I won't leave the people with nothing.

Well, we don't have a choice.

We've got nothing else to pay with,

unless my Lord discovers a rune that can-

No, no.

Count me out.

I'm done with that kind of magic.

(bells ringing) (group gasping)

(uneasy tribal music)

(Dame Neel sighing)

Mother, are you well?

The fevers, the dizziness.

Would you like Habvar to summon Algythe?

No, there's no need.

I feel much better.

(suspenseful tribal music)

(mother groaning)

Mother!

What is it?

Mother?

Habvar!

Guards!

Help!

A sack of grain, two sacks of barley,

and four baskets of vegetables.

(group sighing)

That's a lot less than last year.

I don't believe the size of your farm has changed.

No.

My harvest this year was very bad.

I was hoping that Her Ladyship might understand.

You must pay your taxes in full!

That's the law!

Turstin!

Tell them our fields were devastated!

You and you.

Go and look inside.

We'll find something to pay the balance.

(Cecile sighing)

Hey! Hey!

(Cecile sighing)

(suspenseful music)

Over here!

Got something!

(group gasping)

And what's this then?

Our provisions of wheat for winter.

I kept as little as I could.

We're leaving.

Grab the other one.

Huh?

But you can't take it!

It's all that we have left!

(Hugo sighing)

No, wait!

Please!

Have pity!

I can make up the rest.

I just need a little more time.

That's all.

Let's go.

Get all this on the wagon.

Wait a moment.

Huh?

Leave the two sacks.

You may have your additional time to pay.

My men will be back tonight.

You have until then to find a solution.

Thank you.

Thank you, head guard.

Come on!

(horse neighing) Let's go!

Mother.

What are we gonna do?

Our neighbor, Shasra.

Maybe he could pay us back for the feed we gave him.

It's our only chance.

Let's go, Hilda.

Come with me.

(Hilda groaning)

I hope he can help us.

Not like Turstin.

There's nothing that he could've done,

and anyway, this is Fenrir and Loki's fault.

They're the enemy.

And to defeat them,

we're gonna need the second of Rollo's stones.

Algythe's already in the cave.

Shall we go?

All right.

(birds chirping)

Thank you for what you did for Cecile.

(Hela chuckling)

Come on up here.

I think you and I ought to talk some more.

(Turstin gasping)

I've never had to do anything like that before.

And now you understand why these taxes are necessary.

Our Lady wouldn't be able to maintain her soldiers

and protect everyone.

Protect them.

And as of today, you are one of those soldiers.

You should be very proud.

(ominous tribal music)

Oh, I don't understand.

(Algythe humming)

I was fine when I woke up this morning

and then I began to feel dizzy,

aching muscles and a headache that was just horrible.

And then she fell!

Yes.

And ever since, I've been...

And so?

And so you did well to warn me when you did.

(Neel sighing)

(ominous tribal music)

(Algythe gasping)

(Algythe growling)

What is it?

The necklace.

You take it off to sleep and put it on every morning?

Yes.

But what does that have to do with my illness?

Whoa!

Your necklace is exploding with magnetic energy!

If you allow me.

(Algythe giggling)

It's very negative.

Oh, yes.

This is a source of your recent trouble,

so I shall bring it home to examine it.

No!

This is nothing more than the ravings of an old witch!

Give it to me!

As you wish then, My Lady.

Get her out of my sight!

Please see Algythe out of the castle.

Yes, My Lord.

Oh, I almost forgot.

A pinch of this in boiling water

and make sure she drinks it before bed.

That should help her rest.

(Algythe growling) (door slamming)

Would you mind putting that necklace away for me, my son?

But Mother, why wouldn't you let Algythe take it?

At least so she could check.

It's a lovely stone to be sure,

but it doesn't appear to have much value.

It's what it represents.

It's a prize of war!

We took the necklace by force from the house of Normandy,

just like you will take the duchy.

(Neel sighing)

It's not like Algythe to be late.

There she is now.

The second of Rollo's stones in the palm of my hand!

Oh, I even touched it!

And (blowing a raspberry).

You all right?

Of course I'm all right.

Dame Neel is the one who's poisoning herself.

Huh?

Because of the stone.

By wearing it around her neck,

she's poisoning her body.

Her spirit is being drained.

This is very powerful rune magic,

if she continues to wear it.

But how can we get the stone back if it's that dangerous?

For a normal person, but not for a descendant of Rollo.

You must go and retrieve it tonight.

Tonight?

Dame Neel doesn't wear her necklace when she sleeps.

She keeps it in a box.

And tonight, she'll be sleeping very deeply,

the concoction I gave her

strong enough to knock out a horse!

(Alice giggling) (Hugo sighing)

I promised Cecile I'd never go back to the castle.

We'll have to make sure that she never hears of it.

I have an idea, but we'll have to be convincing.

No, no, and no!

(Lil' Golès yawning)

Only Rollo's heir or a very talented,

excellent magic user can retrieve the stone safely.

(Wace groaning)

And plus, you're so small.

You can sneak in for sure.

I may be small, certainly I'm talented,

but I am not a thief.

I'm a pilfer, but only in service of my stomach.

And I can't eat a necklace.

It's not theft.

We're just taking back something that belonged to my family.

Am I the only one who remembers

that the guards in the castle wanted to turn me into soup?

It's true.

Things did get pretty hot last time.

Thank you!

At least someone remembers.

Look, what if I go with you?

I can protect you.

You're right.

Why should you be the only one taking all the risks?

I'm going, too.

Really?

Then I'll do it.

Partner.

And do you have a plan?

(mysterious music)

Algythe said that every night,

Habvar delivers some tea to Dame Neel.

When he leaves her room, that's your cue.

You enter, find the jewelry box, and steal the-

You recover.

You recover the necklace.

After that, you sneak out of her room,

wait for Hugo's signal, and then beat it out of the castle.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But it doesn't explain how we get

inside the castle, does it?

I don't know yet.

We'll improvise.

(Wace groaning)

What are you doing?

If you don't wanna eat stone soup, help me.

We'll have to improvise what we're having for dinner.

Count us in!

I'll never forget the first meal your mother served us.

(group humming)

(wind howling)

(Wace gulping)

Shasarin wasn't able to help us at all?

No.

We'll have to give them the last of our food.

I don't know what we're gonna eat.

Hey, hey, hey!

Mushrooms, that's what.

We picked plenty.

We'll have ourselves a feast tonight.

Oh, you're a godsend.

Let's get them inside, quick.

I don't want the tax collector getting any ideas.

And that's how we're gonna get you into the castle.

Oh yeah.

(Wace groaning)

(birds chirping)

We weren't able to find another solution.

Here's our last sacks of grain.

(guard growling)

You'll really hurt yourself if you pick them up like that.

Look, don't lift with your back.

Bend your knees and lift from there.

It really works.

Algythe gets taught me that.

(horse neighing)

Good luck.

The soup is on, Alice!

The guards already came by?

You should have called me.

Don't worry, Mother.

Everything was fine.

Hugo isn't with you?

He wanted to show something to Wace and Lil' Golès.

They won't be very long.

You know them.

They wouldn't miss mushroom soup.

(dog barking) (suspenseful music)

(ominous tribal music)

Here's the last of it.

All right.

Get it inside.

(group groaning)

Hey!

Careful!

Shh.

Keep quiet until my signal.

(ominous tribal music)

Vegetables over that way and barrels over here.

Is that more grain? Yes.

Over there.

All right.

(Hugo sighing)

Hurry up, all of you!

We have to be finished before dawn.

(group groaning)

(dog barking)

(Hugo snoring) (metal banging)

(guard snoring)

Your tea, My Lady.

(Hugo whistling)

(Wace gasping)

About time.

Good night, Dame Neel.

All right, then.

Here I go.

(Wace giggling)

(Hugo gasping)

Your radishes are on the table there.

Hey, we're getting a double portion tonight.

I guess we got the

peasants to thank for that, huh?

(guards chuckling)

(suspenseful violin music)

I forgot to bring you your water, My Lady.

(Wace chuckling) (suspenseful music)

My Lord.

(Wace snickering)

If she doesn't get better,

we'll have to bring Algythe back again.

(suspenseful trumpet music)

(glass shattering)

What was that?

I don't know.

Better check it out.

Came from over there.

My Lord!

(guard knocking)

My Lord?

Dame Neel is resting!

What is happening?

We don't know, My Lord.

Who threw that?

Let me guess.

You didn't see anything or hear anything?

Someone must have gotten into the castle

and you're letting them escape!

We'll search the castle and the grounds, My Lord.

We'll find him!

I got it!

(Wace giggling) Great work, Wace.

Now we better get outta here before they find us.

Is anything missing, My Lord?

Of course not!

(Neel gasping)

Alarm!

Sound the alarm!

What's happening?

What is it?

Dame Neel's necklace has been stolen!

Secure the castle!

You, there!

You look over there!

Yes, Captain.

(Neel gasping)

There they are!

After them!

(frantic tribal music)

What are you waiting for?

After them!

(guards yelling)

I'll protect you, Wace.

Some guard.

Shh!

(guards yelling)

(suspenseful tribal music) (Hugo panting)

We're almost there.

Halt!

(Hugo gasping)

Hugo?

Turstin, you have to help us.

I'm a member of the guard now.

Please, Turstin, take this necklace to Alice.

She'll know what to do.

It's Rollo's stone.

Dame Neel stole it from Hugo's family.

(Turstin sighing)

Wace, get outta here.

You too, Turstin.

I'll hold them off.

All alone?

But what if you get captured?

Why are you doing this?

I have to protect Rollo's stone.

Protect.

You got him, Turstin.

Well done.

(Hela chuckling)

Huh?

Give me the necklace, Turstin!

All right, I will, but you don't have to hurt him.

Don't give her the stone!

Give me the necklace, immediately!

(group gasping)

What the?

Last chance!

Hela!

Come on!

Bring me back the stone!

(group panting)

(Hela laughing evilly)

(Turstin yelling)

No!

Turstin!

(Turstin screaming)

(Hela chuckling)

The necklace!

(Hugo panting)

No!

(suspenseful violin music)

(Hela chuckling)

(suspenseful violin music)

(Hela yelling)

(Hugo growling)

He wants the stone.

No!

Don't do it!

(thunder rumbling)

(suspenseful violin music)

Let's get outta here.

(Hela growling)

(descending whistling)

But why?

Because I need that fugitive alive.

Let's get to the cave!

You let him get away!

Traitor!

We have lost another battle, but we will be victorious.

The heir is much stronger than I realized.

He's learned how to harness

the power his ancestor possessed.

(Fenrir growling)

I agree.

It's better that Dame Neel isn't aware

of the true identity of the boy.

I cannot wait to see that child bow before our

father when he returns.

(wolf howling)

Oh, there you are.

You're just in time for breakfast.

We're having mushroom soup.

(group giggling) Bleh!

I'll see if I can make you something else.

I wish there was some way I could help.

Don't worry about it.

We always figure something out.

Well, time to go get a few eggs from the coop.

Wait for me!

(door slamming)

We did it, Alice!

The second of Rollo's stones is now in Algythe's hands!

(Alice giggling) But it wasn't easy.

We weren't the only ones who wanted it.

Hela even tried to stop us.

She's not human.

(Alice gasping) She has magic powers.

Thankfully, Turstin helped me.

Turstin?

Just listen to this.

(horse neighing)

You seem to be doing better, Dame Neel.

And have you located my necklace?

Unfortunately, no.

I had it in my grasp and then Ulrich appeared.

He helped the thief get away.

(group gasping)

I didn't even have time to see his face.

Then remove Ulrich from his post.

He is to be banished immediately!

No, you can't!

Please, Mother, I'm sure there's an explanation.

Hela, do as I tell you.

Yes, Dame Neel.

No.

Ulrich.

(Ulrich groaning)

I'm telling you, he's William of Normandy!

(gate slamming)

And how on earth did you come to be in possession

of such an object?

No.

Don't tell me.

But I can give you a good price.

Here.

That's all he'd give me for it.

I hope that it's enough.

Thanks.

With all this gold, that can help Cecile.

And you?

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna return to the Forge.

I missed the Forge.

Anyway, now I know I'm not meant to be a guard.

But Hela.

Won't you get in trouble?

After today,

I tell anyone what I saw her do

and she'll be arrested for sure.

Good for you, you hammerhead.

(Alice laughing) (Turstin laughing)

Yes, yes.

Oh!

Yes, yes.

(Algythe chuckling)

I finally found it!

Oh, I must warn the children of this.

(rumbling)

(Algythe gasping) (suspenseful tribal music)