Original subtitles

King Uther, there's a visitor. She won't give a name.

Who are you?

You're all still living.

You will respect your mother.

Stepmother.

Why are you here?

I've come home.

And I want to offer you forgiveness.

For what?

For the death of my mother. For you couldn't talk at home.

And for banishing me so I'd be silenced.

I sent you away for an education.

Fifteen years in a nunnery, I learned more than you can imagine.

Father, I'm your only child.

Why wouldn't you help me?

You've lived too long without my guidance.

This isn't your home, and I no longer have a daughter.

Don't turn your back on me, Father!

You're not welcome, Morgan.

Agreed? Leave it.

Thank you.

It's time to get down.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was.

God, yes.

This isn't Latin study.

No, but it is definitely worship.

Arthur!

It can't be.

Hey. You were there. Kay, listen.

She said you two were over. Arthur, I did not.

Thanks a lot.

Stop.

Stop it. Both of you.

I should kill you.

How did you even find it?

I know where you bring your girl.

And now mine, too.

Get ready.

I was sent to find you.

There's a visitor.

That's got to do with me!

Bad, I know. I shouldn't have done it. I wasn't thinking. You were thinking. You

were thinking if I get caught, I'd talk my way out of this. It was a mistake.

You got carried away.

Twice. Shut up.

Please, just shut up. Sometimes these things happen.

It's like, she's Cleopatra, you're Caesar, and I'm Mark Antony. No, you're

really not.

We can't let a woman come between us, can we, brother? Everything comes easy

you.

So you're the boy.

I'm Arthur. Who are you? His name is Merlin, and he's not welcome here.

Then you'll be on his way. No!

Do as you're told, boy!

Someone explain what is happening here.

The king is dead.

Murdered. So?

Arthur died with no legitimate son.

What's that got to do with us?

You are with this son.

No.

My parents are standing here.

Tell him.

Tell him.

Tell him the truth, Arthur.

He can't be. How can he be?

He brought you to us when you were less than a week old.

He swore to look after you.

What?

The king is dead.

Long live the king.

Take your eyes and get out!

the story of his birth.

The details aren't important.

They are to him!

Arthur, I should have told you before. I'm... I'm so sorry, son.

Rest tonight.

Tomorrow, we leave.

Where is she?

Lady Grain remains in mourning in her chamber.

And the men?

Most are gone.

On whose authority?

Merlin's. The night after your father's death, his warriors packed up their

belongings and left.

Then we'll find our own, better and stronger.

We?

You answer to me now.

Banas!

Confiscate all the weapons and someone find the kitchens. I'm bloody starving.

The doors are open to you, my lord.

There's no need for force.

Are you the one who summoned me?

I'm Uther's daughter and sole heir, Morgan Pendragon.

Even as we speak, my men are slaughtering all those still loyal to

Why would you call me here?

To offer an alliance.

Who with? Me.

You? Who better than you, King Loth, my father's strongest opponent?

I am immune to flattery. And yet you came when asked.

You've nothing to offer me.

I hold this castle.

I could split you from your gut to your throat and still take it.

You're cleverer than that.

Am I? Kill me.

And you're just another warlord taking yet another castle.

But if we stand together... I stand alone.

If we fall to union, we'd have the strength to unite the realm as king and

queen.

There is already a queen within these walls.

I could take her and stilt it on Uther's throne. She's to be exiled.

Who makes you so special?

Come near me and I'll kill you.

Don't issue empty threats.

Who are you?

I knew Uther print dragon.

What was at his side when he died?

King's will.

Signed by his own hand.

Bearing his seal, attesting to your birth.

This was your father's.

Take it.

You may be of King's blood, but Uther was a barbarian.

Placing you here made you so much more.

I told Ector how to raise and educate you.

He swore to keep you safe.

They raised you well.

Perhaps too well.

Why?

Why'd you need me?

Everything in time.

I sometimes wondered why they doted more on you.

We always got away with so much.

It's never like that.

It's always been like that.

You've just never seen it.

The use of the world falling at your feet the moment you smile.

But it's all right.

This makes sense of it.

They treated you like you were special.

Because you are.

At last you finally admit it.

It doesn't change anything.

You're still my brother.

You're still infuriating.

I can't just leave. This is my home. This is what I know here.

What you're being offered is better.

Going to battle, leading the land.

That's what every man dreams of. No, it's what you dream of.

The rest of us dream about girls.

You think a leader won't get his choice of girls?

Why shouldn't it be your destiny?

If it was me, I'd go.

in an instant.

So, you're coming.

Not saying I believe you.

It's just I want to see it for myself.

You're ready.

Why didn't you tell me?

I was afraid of losing you.

Because you are my mother.

You'll always be my mother.

I place him in your care.

You keep him safe.

You have my word.

That's what you're born for.

That's what we've guided you for.

You remember what I taught you.

When you make decisions, you use this in conjunction with this. And you never

use that!

I'll try and remember that.

No son ever had a better father.

I want you to know. I know, I know, I know.

I love you.

You've given me everything my entire life.

I feel guilty for asking for anything more, but... I need Kay.

I want him with me.

Yes.

Yes. Whatever this is, I can't do it without you. Oh, well, he thought you'd

ever ask.

Together, you're stronger.

It's time.

Say your name.

Morgan.

Who will I be?

Queen of the earth.

Are you fit to be my king?

You know I am.

What will you give me?

Untie me. Where are you, filthy?

Where are you?

To me.

Where is? I swear.

Of what? Of my oath. Yes.

Lie. Lie? Yes.

And you have to...

Your father died.

And you banished your own mother from her home. Impressive.

Dead mother.

The only one of the blood.

The castle and realm should be mine.

So you summoned me.

Uther's worst enemy.

You proposed malignance.

And then seduced me.

Even as your father's body cools.

Is there no end to your ambition?

Are you complaining?

No.

I'm just curious.

A queen still requires a king. Yes.

Together, we might drown.

Yes.

I'll set her on the way myself.

Suits you up there.

Where will you go?

Your father had plenty of allies who would give me a space.

Was there anything else?

Or did you just come to gloat?

Just give thanks for leaving here alive.

I did nothing to harm you.

Indeed, my lady, you did nothing.

You did nothing when my mother was murdered so that she could take her

And you did nothing when my father banished me.

No queen questions her king.

And I thought my opinion of you couldn't get any lower.

Safe travels.

The land of treacherous.

I'll bring a message from Merlin.

What does he want?

He asks you to attend Uther's son at the ancient castle of Camelot.

Who's her son?

That's what I was told to deliver.

He has a son.

I have the only true claim to the tone.

This is Merlin's game.

We'll play with him.

If you were responsible for my birth, I deserve to know more about who you are.

Stop asking about me and think about who you are.

Are you really a sorcerer?

I can do things others believe impossible.

Is that sorcery?

Well, go on, then.

Show me.

Prove it to me!

You pull me from one coast to the other and you tell me nothing!

You ask me why I need you.

I had a vision of what was to come.

What sort of vision?

The darkness of man.

I won't let it happen again.

Are you saying you had this vision before I was conceived?

The past doesn't matter.

Define yourself in the present, and you might roam in the future.

Dear God.

It's already begun.

What?

Without a king, there will be carnage across the land.

What are you doing?

Whatever these men are, they deserve a Christian burial.

They're long past saving.

Arthur.

Tell him.

We stay here. We're a target for whoever did this.

Stop worrying about the dead. The living need us more.

Merlin's right.

We need to keep moving. We can't help them now.

Let's move.

We rest here.

This village, is that wise?

We'll find out.

Here, spread my plague.

Stay on your horses and ride on through.

We're on our way to the coast.

We were hoping for shelter tonight.

There's no welcome here.

Not even for an old friend.

Merlin, is that you?

That's more like it. It's been too long.

It's people like these that'll be next to the slaughter if you don't fulfill

your destiny.

What would you have done if I hadn't come with you?

A stranger says you're the future king.

Maybe it takes a night, maybe it takes a year.

But in the end, you're too curious not to come. You think you know me that

I watched you since you were a child.

Tell me about my birth.

Your father, Uther, desired a woman named Igraine,

who belonged to a rival warlord, the Duke of Cormor.

Unable to best his forces.

Uther changed tactics and summoned me.

To do what?

To change Uther to resemble Cormor so he could have a grain for just one night.

You want me to believe I'm a product of sorcery and rape?

You were conceived that night.

Merlin, I want the truth. I want some story to make me believe in magic.

I don't care what you believe, but I've sworn off those powers a long time ago.

Why? Because they cost.

Cost how?

Do you want me to finish or not?

So Uther gave me to you.

You?

were my payment.

Why would you take a child as payment?

This realm needs a leader better than any who has come before.

With Uther's bloodline and Hector's guidance, that can be you.

I know you've got questions, but I will be at your side and we will find the

answers together.

We are going to... build a land full of hope and honor where fear is

extinguished to which people will flock from far and wide seeking

out our beacon of light tomorrow we ride to an ancient seat

of power you can be the greatest of men and the greatest of lands

trust me

An outrider for King Lot.

These are Lot's colors.

You're not even in store, then you're starting a war.

Like on horses.

They're only here when they find him.

He won't live to be king.

It's a ruin.

The Romans built it.

We'll create the future here.

This is good position, strong fortifications, and no one will expect

not what I thought you meant. I thought there'd be armies and weapons and

servants. There has to be more than this, right?

I mean, I must have money.

No. Why didn't you say that before we left?

You wouldn't have come.

You didn't say it would be like this. You didn't ask.

We're in a fight for our lives, for the soul of this country.

Now, there are people waiting.

The Great Hall of Camelot.

Mitho is to have sworn their allegiance to you.

Ophir.

Leondi. Wrathir.

Telenor.

Your father was a great leader.

Our loyalty passes to you. We stand at your bidding, ready to defend the

Pendragon line.

I never knew Uther.

But if he inspired such loyalty, I am humbled to stand before you.

And I'll do whatever I can to justify your allegiance.

We are your servant.

These are your allies.

Your enemies are much greater in number.

Something else you forgot to mention earlier.

Kinglod of Lothian and Orkney.

The new Duke of Cornwall.

Kings Nentes, Scotland, and Carados.

I've summoned them here.

You've done what? So they can all recognize you as the true heir of Uther

Pendragon. What if they don't?

They must.

These are your chambers.

I had father's effects.

What was he like,

my father?

Unyielding.

That's it?

The life of a man and you take one word?

That's all you need to know. No, it's not.

I want to know everything.

What he ate, what he drank, how he stood, who he loved, what made him laugh

weep. When you give me one word, anyone else can tell you his character and

contradictions. I gave you the word you most require, the aspect you must take

from him,

an unyielding strength.

Because from now on, everyone will challenge you on everything.

You need to be certain.

What if I'm not?

You have to be.

What if I'm wrong?

You can't be.

Oh, one more thing.

Who thought I had a daughter?

Your half -sister.

He installs a child in a ruin and expects the kingdom to kneel. I think

sorcerer's mind is addled.

No, he's clever.

This was a power once.

I believe they can awaken it.

You all right?

Games of men exhaust me.

We ride in strong.

This pretender wears my father's robes. I shall gout his eyes.

That's good.

No. He's not his son.

I have proof.

My father had no legitimate son.

I would have known.

Honestly, this is as strange to me as it is to you, but when Marlin bought... It

talks, too.

It's pretty.

It talks.

But it is not an heir.

We can work together to honour our father. You didn't know my father.

Look at this.

Not even a convincing pretender.

You're not made of king's boy, but of common clay.

How much did the sorcerer promise you?

He didn't promise me anything.

Why are you doing this to me?

This isn't personal.

This is for the country.

This is my birthright.

Is it?

You should ask his mother, Queen Igraine.

You were childless.

I never spoke of this.

This is the mother -man's bastard.

Not my father's. I would have known.

And yet you didn't.

Is this the boy I took from you when he was born?

Yes.

I believe he is.

This is Uther's son.

My son.

No, it's like it is.

You think this is the end of it?

Merlin told me he changed Dutha's face to resemble your husband, the Duke of

Cornwall.

That's not possible.

No, it's not.

But I believe it happened.

How did you then come to be Uther's wife?

That night that Uther was with me, his forces killed the duke, and the

vanquishing warlord can claim the victim's wife.

I was lucky to live.

But you were pregnant with me.

You gave me up.

Malin tore you from my arms.

Didn't you ever think of me?

You were my first thought each morning.

I studied every boy's face.

Hoping for you.

I would have been such for you.

I'm so sorry.

Arthur.

You all right?

Yes.

What was she like?

How was it?

Fine.

That's it.

Come on, let's explore.

Let's look up here. Come on.

Yeah.

Look at this.

Magnus Quintus built this fort in the sixth year of the reign

of the Emperor Valentino II.

He who has begun has the work half done.

You wouldn't say that if you saw the state of the place now.

I would think of what it must have been like back then. Or what it can be again.

Have you been following us?

Merlin's instructions.

To keep you safe.

Keep me safe and make sure I don't leave.

A bit of both.

What if I make a run for it? Why would you? You've got everything here. There's

so much potential.

You sound like Merlin. I believe in what he's doing.

Why he brought you here.

So you followed him blindly even though you hadn't met me?

No, not blindly.

Some of us have always felt it's not enough just to fight. There has to be a

cause worth fighting.

Merlin's told us what's possible. What can be built here?

With you.

A new breed of king.

So how do I become that overnight?

Trust your instincts.

What if my instincts aren't that of a king?

And what if they are and you just don't know it yet?

Who is she?

Who is she?

Who is she?

What are you doing?

Who is she? I don't know!

Arthur.

You'd better see this.

What do we do now?

Show no fear.

Speak boldly.

Answer them as their king.

Nothing to worry about, right? I mean, you've had visions. I'm going to be

Everything's going to be fine. It's fate. It's guaranteed. No.

No. If you die, the visions will change.

Fate can go begging.

Destiny has to be won.

And salvage your life.

Stay.

And you lose everything.

Speak, you beardless bastard.

You stand in my halls, in my realm, and you will show me respect.

I am the true and legitimate heir to Uther's throne, and you will pledge your

allegiance to me or suffer for it. Understand that, you bearded fool?

as in the woods that day.

The other one saw it all.

Five dawns I'll give you.

Five dawns for him to grieve and then be gone.

And if you don't leave, there will be more slaughter.

Stop him!

Stop him!

Stop him! Stop him! Stop him!

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Violet! What have you done to me?

What have you done to me?