1 00:00:04,779 --> 00:00:08,240 Merlin Emrys has returned to the land of the living. 2 00:00:08,620 --> 00:00:09,820 I had a vision. 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,060 Two dragons came forth to battle one another. 4 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:16,740 The dragons you have seen are your enemies. 5 00:00:17,060 --> 00:00:19,060 White for the Saxon horde. 6 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:23,960 Red for the true sons of Britain whose father you murdered for your crown. 7 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:26,700 Vortigern! 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,820 Thus ends the reign of Vortigern, High King of Britain. 9 00:00:33,310 --> 00:00:35,690 Take heart, you people of the island of the mighty. 10 00:00:36,350 --> 00:00:37,350 Tevin? 11 00:00:39,030 --> 00:00:42,390 Merlin, to see you after all these years. 12 00:00:43,050 --> 00:00:45,070 But you have not altered a whit. 13 00:00:46,670 --> 00:00:49,950 I had this sword crafted for my father by the High King, Zane Smith. 14 00:00:50,710 --> 00:00:53,370 Perhaps it's best to leave it here. 15 00:00:53,790 --> 00:00:56,110 You are the flower of your race. 16 00:00:56,610 --> 00:00:58,570 It is a great thing to be a King, Hawke. 17 00:00:58,970 --> 00:01:02,370 But there is authority of a kind even kings must bend to. 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,000 I've known Merlin a very long time. 19 00:01:04,260 --> 00:01:05,379 I would have you my counselor. 20 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:07,700 Very well, Aurelius. 21 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,500 Perhaps you have the makings of a king after all. 22 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:14,160 David, I've come home. 23 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:18,500 Hello, Mother. 24 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:21,180 Mother. 25 00:01:23,380 --> 00:01:24,440 I've never seen somebody. 26 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,060 There will be no victory without the kings of Britain by our side. 27 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,240 I need every single one of them to defeat Hengist. 28 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:42,880 Fool! 29 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:01,000 Are you so heavy with drink that you fail to recognize the spawn of Orth 30 00:03:09,860 --> 00:03:13,740 Prince Python, forgive Alduin's impertinence. 31 00:03:16,620 --> 00:03:17,840 And he will be punished. 32 00:03:20,660 --> 00:03:21,960 What do you want from your father? 33 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,320 My father is dead. 34 00:03:29,130 --> 00:03:30,130 What do you want? 35 00:03:32,270 --> 00:03:34,290 My father is dead and I am his heir. 36 00:03:35,670 --> 00:03:36,990 High King of the Britons. 37 00:03:41,850 --> 00:03:43,310 And yet you ride here. 38 00:03:44,950 --> 00:03:45,950 Unannounced. 39 00:03:46,750 --> 00:03:47,810 No honor guard. 40 00:03:48,890 --> 00:03:49,910 No war band. 41 00:03:50,810 --> 00:03:54,050 I did not know I needed a war band at my back to meet with an ally. 42 00:03:54,770 --> 00:03:56,730 You do if you're going to watch him shit. 43 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,580 The sons of Constance have murdered my father. 44 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:05,640 And now they claim his crown. 45 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,240 And you want me to help you take it back? 46 00:04:12,740 --> 00:04:15,720 They will not be content until they have all of Britain in their grasp. 47 00:04:17,339 --> 00:04:18,339 All of Britain. 48 00:04:19,339 --> 00:04:24,100 Even now, they turn their eyes east to the Saxon coast. 49 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:38,420 Let us march against these usurpers before they march against you. 50 00:04:42,060 --> 00:04:43,360 Why do I need you? 51 00:04:47,260 --> 00:04:51,460 You swore to uphold my family's claim when my father let you settle these 52 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,120 Vets. 53 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,420 Our pact was sealed in blood. 54 00:05:01,060 --> 00:05:02,420 You will be held to it. 55 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,040 Son of Orthagen is right. 56 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:27,420 A pact sealed in blood is to be honored, none to death. 57 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,080 Thank you. 58 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,200 Hail the Fisher King. 59 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:49,260 And that's when I saw him, sat on a rock by the riverbed, alone, 60 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,680 shining as bright as the dawn. 61 00:08:55,140 --> 00:08:57,600 And we are most grateful to you, Peleus. 62 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:02,060 Even as our hopes waned, you did not give up these many years. 63 00:09:04,900 --> 00:09:05,900 My lady. 64 00:09:08,580 --> 00:09:10,120 And you, my holy friend. 65 00:09:11,310 --> 00:09:15,430 How did you come to be my grandson's company after all this time? 66 00:09:15,950 --> 00:09:17,370 Providence, great king. 67 00:09:18,450 --> 00:09:20,270 The divine hand. 68 00:09:21,410 --> 00:09:25,370 Merthyn found me prisoner of High King Vortigern. 69 00:09:25,890 --> 00:09:26,890 Prisoner? 70 00:09:27,790 --> 00:09:34,610 A king who holds hostage a servant of the Most High gambles with his 71 00:09:34,610 --> 00:09:36,830 life. Gamble, Vortigern lost. 72 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:40,860 King Avalac, I have been remiss. 73 00:09:41,780 --> 00:09:46,980 May I present to you Uther, second son of Constance and his older brother 74 00:09:46,980 --> 00:09:47,980 Aurelius. 75 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:51,180 Son of Constance, I see. 76 00:09:51,940 --> 00:09:52,940 Forgive me. 77 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,140 My brother and I were loath to interrupt your happy reunion. 78 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:58,720 Aurelius has defeated the usurp of Vortigern. 79 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:04,840 He is by right of lineage and victory high king of Enis Pridine. 80 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,180 If I do not fall to the axe of the Saxon first. 81 00:10:07,910 --> 00:10:09,770 All the ambitions of a petty king. 82 00:10:15,110 --> 00:10:16,650 My brother surely meant no disrespect. 83 00:10:17,010 --> 00:10:18,010 King, have a look. 84 00:10:21,810 --> 00:10:23,370 And yet he speaks truly. 85 00:10:25,010 --> 00:10:27,370 This land is in a welter of confusion. 86 00:10:28,290 --> 00:10:30,210 There are more kings than sheep. 87 00:10:30,930 --> 00:10:34,490 More princes than crows on a battlefield. 88 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:41,740 All seeking to snatch what they can, when they can, without a care for who 89 00:10:41,740 --> 00:10:42,740 suffers. 90 00:10:43,420 --> 00:10:49,960 Until this island is ruled by one who wields both justice and mercy, 91 00:10:50,180 --> 00:10:51,560 there will be no peace. 92 00:10:52,420 --> 00:10:57,020 A realist's life is in danger until the kings of Britain recognize his claim. 93 00:10:58,820 --> 00:11:04,780 It is my hope he could find sanctuary here while I ride to rally what friends 94 00:11:04,780 --> 00:11:05,549 have left. 95 00:11:05,550 --> 00:11:11,990 Well, we ride to Raleigh, your friend. Uther. To ensure Merlin is not remiss 96 00:11:11,990 --> 00:11:14,890 pushing new claim in other courts. 97 00:11:16,770 --> 00:11:17,770 Right, Merlin? 98 00:11:18,650 --> 00:11:19,650 Very well, Uther. 99 00:11:20,290 --> 00:11:23,710 If you prefer knights in a saddle to the comfort of Avalach's palace. 100 00:11:24,830 --> 00:11:26,110 You will not be saying then. 101 00:11:28,790 --> 00:11:29,810 I'm sorry, Mother. 102 00:11:30,970 --> 00:11:33,710 My people have seen enough of war and death. 103 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,620 The High King of Britain will be safe within these walls. 104 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,000 To a future of peace. 105 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:34,760 You fuss over me like a child. 106 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:37,720 While other men call me immortal. 107 00:13:00,620 --> 00:13:01,740 Fisher King's sword. 108 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:04,600 Your sword. 109 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,080 I thought it lost. 110 00:13:14,020 --> 00:13:15,400 Yet it has been here. 111 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:17,940 Waiting for you. 112 00:13:19,540 --> 00:13:22,040 The sword of a high king. 113 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:26,200 Aurelius has a sword. 114 00:13:26,860 --> 00:13:28,100 The sword of Britain. 115 00:13:28,460 --> 00:13:30,740 I do not offer it to Aurelius. 116 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,320 I am sorry, Mother, but I cannot accept it. 117 00:14:07,020 --> 00:14:10,780 Whatever the future may hold, I cannot take up that sword again. 118 00:14:24,010 --> 00:14:26,390 Then I will pray you have the strength to keep your vow. 119 00:14:33,910 --> 00:14:36,550 I wish you were not leaving so soon. 120 00:14:38,850 --> 00:14:43,110 Besides, the fish are always on their best behavior when you are here. 121 00:14:46,810 --> 00:14:48,610 What was it like, Merlin? 122 00:14:49,730 --> 00:14:50,750 To be insane. 123 00:14:51,630 --> 00:14:53,330 To be alone with God. 124 00:14:55,630 --> 00:14:57,570 Is that who you think I was alone with? 125 00:14:58,870 --> 00:14:59,870 Who else? 126 00:15:01,650 --> 00:15:06,370 I would dearly love to spend but a moment in my Lord's presence. 127 00:15:06,650 --> 00:15:09,790 You are fortunate among men, Merlin. 128 00:15:13,490 --> 00:15:16,690 Go. I have been greedy with your time. 129 00:15:17,970 --> 00:15:20,210 We will discuss these things again. 130 00:15:21,050 --> 00:15:22,050 When you return. 131 00:15:23,990 --> 00:15:26,010 You fear for your sins, Grandfather. 132 00:15:27,610 --> 00:15:30,570 But surely your sins are no greater than any other man's. 133 00:15:34,010 --> 00:15:37,710 I had forgotten how much you see with those golden eyes, Hawk. 134 00:15:41,510 --> 00:15:45,590 Yet in truth, my sins are too numerous to count. 135 00:15:48,330 --> 00:15:50,070 And I gave life to Morgan. 136 00:16:00,940 --> 00:16:01,940 I've seen her. 137 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:04,860 Morgan. 138 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:07,880 In the fire. 139 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:10,400 In the stars. 140 00:16:14,020 --> 00:16:17,600 I do not know if God was with me in California all these many years, 141 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:18,640 Grandfather. 142 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,240 But I know Morgan was. 143 00:16:24,740 --> 00:16:26,320 Trust in the age of a hawk. 144 00:16:27,860 --> 00:16:29,340 He is the only hope. 145 00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:36,040 For men like us, it's hope we have. 146 00:17:38,580 --> 00:17:42,140 Sir, tell me about this place, Maridunum. 147 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:49,080 Built by the Romans in the half -plentiful valley, not far from the sea. 148 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,860 Your steward had the nasty habit of speaking on your behalf, Merlin. 149 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,880 If you were mine, I would have him flogged for impertinence. 150 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,400 Pellaeus speaks as he serves, of his own free will. 151 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,060 So you would have him believe. 152 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,280 Are you suggesting the Emirates has any spellbound? 153 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:12,840 Your words, boy. 154 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:14,520 Not mine. 155 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:16,740 You surprised me, Uther. 156 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,740 I didn't take you for one who believed in magic. 157 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:26,160 When a man catches the gaze of a beautiful woman, is that not a form of 158 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:34,740 Or when a king, through cunning and deceit, wrests fealty from his people, 159 00:18:34,740 --> 00:18:35,860 that not a sorcery of a kind? 160 00:19:12,270 --> 00:19:13,730 You know what you must do. 161 00:19:13,970 --> 00:19:14,970 Master. 162 00:19:17,450 --> 00:19:18,450 What is it? 163 00:19:41,850 --> 00:19:43,010 We're going to keep it covered. 164 00:19:43,290 --> 00:19:44,290 Yeah. 165 00:20:19,470 --> 00:20:20,570 A delightful place. 166 00:20:34,370 --> 00:20:35,730 Why is your business here? 167 00:20:36,170 --> 00:20:38,210 I've come to seek a home I once knew. 168 00:20:40,370 --> 00:20:41,530 What home is that? 169 00:20:42,870 --> 00:20:44,670 The last time I was here... 170 00:20:47,730 --> 00:20:49,630 Pendar and the Red Sword was king. 171 00:20:51,230 --> 00:20:52,230 Nothing. 172 00:20:55,790 --> 00:20:56,870 Let them in at once. 173 00:20:57,270 --> 00:20:58,350 Lead to their horses. 174 00:21:06,050 --> 00:21:12,690 The same raid 175 00:21:12,690 --> 00:21:14,570 that took Maelus took the town. 176 00:21:15,950 --> 00:21:19,290 Tee fact, my father tried to say what he could, but there wasn't much left. 177 00:21:20,150 --> 00:21:22,670 And that was but the beginning of our troubles. 178 00:21:24,090 --> 00:21:26,170 Same stories told for all these land. 179 00:21:27,610 --> 00:21:29,730 I fear a greater threat is coming. 180 00:21:30,170 --> 00:21:34,970 Yes, it's a different world since... well, since you've been away. 181 00:21:36,990 --> 00:21:39,790 Will you sit at our table, my lord? 182 00:21:41,810 --> 00:21:42,810 Most kind. 183 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,560 Allow me to fill your cup, my lord. 184 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:22,420 Free me, my cup! 185 00:22:23,980 --> 00:22:25,080 This beast! 186 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,940 It led me deep into the hills, but I could not give up the chase. 187 00:22:31,700 --> 00:22:34,700 These days, it's rare when I get occasion to knock an arrow. 188 00:22:36,220 --> 00:22:38,980 A fine prize, Meirig at Taldrig. 189 00:22:40,020 --> 00:22:42,240 Son, meet our guests. 190 00:22:44,140 --> 00:22:47,800 Uther, Peleus, and Merton Emrys. 191 00:22:57,230 --> 00:23:01,330 I must say, the brewer's art has reached new heights since I last held a cup 192 00:23:01,330 --> 00:23:02,330 such as this. 193 00:23:02,750 --> 00:23:04,730 This draught is worthy of any king. 194 00:23:05,030 --> 00:23:07,010 You shall have a better bit to take with you. 195 00:23:07,350 --> 00:23:10,450 Yes, when you have concluded your business here. 196 00:23:14,130 --> 00:23:15,350 What is your business? 197 00:23:16,550 --> 00:23:19,290 Perhaps our business is best discussed in the light of day. 198 00:23:19,530 --> 00:23:26,250 We are here to garner support for my brother, Aurelius, the High King of 199 00:23:26,250 --> 00:23:27,250 Britain. 200 00:23:27,660 --> 00:23:31,120 High King, Vortigern has already claimed that title. 201 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,680 Vortigern no longer has need of it. 202 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:45,880 Well, I congratulate you on your victory. 203 00:23:46,380 --> 00:23:49,880 Over an old man already exhausted and sore with head. 204 00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:53,860 The greater challenge lies ahead. 205 00:23:54,660 --> 00:23:55,660 The Saxons. 206 00:23:56,650 --> 00:24:01,550 And a host of lesser kings who think themselves eminently qualified to bear 207 00:24:01,550 --> 00:24:02,550 ground. 208 00:24:03,610 --> 00:24:07,370 And they will have no choice but to fall in line. 209 00:24:11,810 --> 00:24:12,810 Won't they? 210 00:24:15,910 --> 00:24:17,110 Hear me, Taldric. 211 00:24:18,870 --> 00:24:22,650 Saxon Hengist has assembled the greatest war host ever seen in the Island of the 212 00:24:22,650 --> 00:24:23,649 Mighty. 213 00:24:23,650 --> 00:24:26,980 And before the summer is through, He means to take the throne. 214 00:24:28,580 --> 00:24:29,620 And he will have it. 215 00:24:30,380 --> 00:24:34,500 If we are too busy squabbling amongst ourselves to take up arms against him. 216 00:24:35,980 --> 00:24:37,020 We have arms. 217 00:24:37,580 --> 00:24:38,580 We have horses. 218 00:24:39,180 --> 00:24:40,600 And men who can use them. 219 00:24:40,940 --> 00:24:41,940 May you rake? 220 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,760 Am I not the commander of our army? 221 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,500 Yes, an honor you insist on squandering at every turn. 222 00:24:47,740 --> 00:24:49,560 A choice do I have when you all were tied by... Silence! 223 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,000 The day grows long, and I am not a young man. 224 00:25:03,580 --> 00:25:06,720 If we may presume upon your hospitality a while longer. 225 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,020 Yes, I shall bear some rules for you and your men. 226 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,260 Perhaps the Emirate would prefer to stay in his old quarters. 227 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:16,680 The king's quarters? 228 00:25:19,860 --> 00:25:21,120 Yes, should he wish to. 229 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:23,300 We insist. 230 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:24,360 Thank you, my lady. 231 00:26:19,030 --> 00:26:21,070 Uther. Do you take me for a fool? 232 00:26:23,170 --> 00:26:24,170 I do not. 233 00:26:24,190 --> 00:26:27,230 Then perhaps you should stop treating me as one. 234 00:26:28,270 --> 00:26:30,770 I have promised to raise an army for your brother, Uther. 235 00:26:31,730 --> 00:26:34,110 How I conduct my own affairs is not your concern. 236 00:26:34,430 --> 00:26:39,310 You may have swayed my brother, but your powers of persuasion will not work with 237 00:26:39,310 --> 00:26:41,850 me. Of that I have no doubt. 238 00:27:41,390 --> 00:27:42,590 There you are, my darling. 239 00:27:43,410 --> 00:27:45,570 You must hurry along to your studies with Callius. 240 00:27:46,470 --> 00:27:47,830 I don't want to study. 241 00:27:48,370 --> 00:27:51,570 You must, if you are too advanced in your learning. 242 00:27:52,410 --> 00:27:57,170 Remember, Urien, your mother knows what's best for you. 243 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,020 All because we live on these distant, Godforsaken shores. 244 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,480 The greater part of Britain could burn and we'd be on the wider. 245 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,000 Let it burn? 246 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:25,600 What difference does it make? 247 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:30,020 We are alone and undefended, Father. Should we not seek alliances for the 248 00:28:30,020 --> 00:28:31,020 welfare of our kingdom? 249 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,240 If we were to appeal to Vortigern. 250 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:34,720 Vortigern is dead. 251 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,080 His tower fell to the sons of Constance not two weeks ago. 252 00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:44,460 How do you know this? 253 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,920 No doubt Aurelius will claim the throne for himself. 254 00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:51,780 The soil of these lands is soaked in the blood of would -be kings. 255 00:28:52,620 --> 00:28:55,640 Perhaps we should consider pledging our support to Aurelius. 256 00:29:01,380 --> 00:29:07,220 My dear Lord, have you forgotten the deal we made with the Saxon chief? 257 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:12,840 How could I forget, mother, when I so strongly opposed our alliance with those 258 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:13,840 savages? 259 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,240 It's Angus the Badge. 260 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,820 He fights for the interests of his kind, just as Aurelius does. 261 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:24,520 But we are Britain. 262 00:29:25,140 --> 00:29:26,600 We should support our people. 263 00:29:27,180 --> 00:29:29,360 Are they our people? 264 00:29:30,780 --> 00:29:34,020 Emily, a moment ago you were bemoaning the fact that we were all but forgotten 265 00:29:34,020 --> 00:29:35,020 by them. 266 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:38,780 But what do I know of these things? 267 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:40,420 I'm merely a wife. 268 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:42,480 And a mother. 269 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:50,000 You know, I cannot help but wonder if there is not a greater strategic 270 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,920 for you in the current arrangement. 271 00:29:56,160 --> 00:30:01,020 You could be a most valuable ally to Hengist, to Saxon. 272 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,880 The future is Saxon. 273 00:30:13,260 --> 00:30:14,540 I trust you sat well with her. 274 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,240 Soldier always flees when I open. 275 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:19,660 That sounds inconvenient. 276 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,420 Not as inconvenient as a knife in the back. 277 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,420 Come, we're all friends here. 278 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,600 Not many in any way came in the guise of a friend, Mellon. 279 00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:29,220 Ah, my Lord Merfin. 280 00:30:30,460 --> 00:30:32,460 I wonder if I might have a word with you. 281 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:36,440 In private. 282 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:38,880 Of course. 283 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,600 Do keep Uther out of trouble. 284 00:30:52,270 --> 00:30:54,070 Shall we seek out a morsel to eat? 285 00:31:31,340 --> 00:31:32,760 A cup of your famous meat, friend. 286 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,840 We have no meat here, only wine. 287 00:31:36,260 --> 00:31:38,020 Then a cup of your famous wine. 288 00:31:43,420 --> 00:31:46,200 They water it down the Roman way. 289 00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:51,360 But in good measure, it serves its purpose. 290 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:08,060 Did the war band of Meridonums spend all of today's drinking rather than 291 00:32:08,060 --> 00:32:09,060 training? 292 00:32:10,180 --> 00:32:14,840 But you see, we are training. Right here in the darkness of this home. 293 00:32:15,540 --> 00:32:19,800 With nothing to slake our thirst but this sorry excuse for wine. 294 00:32:22,020 --> 00:32:26,500 To your safe return after such a long absence. 295 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,520 Forgive me if I know not how to receive you. 296 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,960 This is your realm, and rightly so, but I have been king here these many years. 297 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,560 And your father and his father before you? 298 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,280 Yes. And your son is next in line to the throne. 299 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,960 Merrick is more interested in hunting and drinking than in the affairs of our 300 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:54,960 kingdom. 301 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,140 And yet he is your battle chief. 302 00:32:58,860 --> 00:33:03,560 It is a wonder how he has time for leisure, given the frequency of the 303 00:33:07,850 --> 00:33:09,670 Yours is a fruitful land, Taldric. 304 00:33:10,610 --> 00:33:13,650 Yet your fields are stripped, your walls are broken. 305 00:33:14,450 --> 00:33:16,950 Provisions are strained, even at the king's table. 306 00:33:18,050 --> 00:33:20,330 At whose hand do you suffer this injustice? 307 00:33:22,050 --> 00:33:23,450 Not the Thaxan, surely. 308 00:33:24,550 --> 00:33:26,830 For you would not have lived to tell the tale. 309 00:33:31,550 --> 00:33:32,810 Mokar to the Belgae. 310 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:37,000 He's been bleeding the neighboring lands of grain and cattle for the better part 311 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:42,260 of a year. Like a ravenous bear, Tenton, slumbering through the long winter. 312 00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:47,340 Why? He knows war with the Saxon is coming. 313 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:53,600 And he intends to wait it out with ample provisions to spare. 314 00:33:54,260 --> 00:33:56,120 And you allow him to take from you? 315 00:33:56,380 --> 00:33:59,720 His men outnumber us two to one. So you let your people starve? 316 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:04,420 I'm not willing to lead my people to destruction. It is because you're not 317 00:34:04,420 --> 00:34:07,200 willing to lead them that the destruction is at hand. 318 00:34:07,820 --> 00:34:11,320 We cannot fight him. But fight him we would. 319 00:34:12,179 --> 00:34:16,940 We'd rather suffer the sword opposing that snake than let him take what's 320 00:34:16,940 --> 00:34:17,940 rightfully ours. 321 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,420 You've told your father as much? 322 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,659 My father's too proud to heed our counsel. 323 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:27,380 I'm ashamed, Martin. 324 00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:29,679 I admit it. 325 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:33,620 There's no other way. 326 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:42,139 I often question whether I'm worthy to wear the talk. 327 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:45,420 If I am a king, 328 00:34:47,260 --> 00:34:49,639 I'm not a very good one. 329 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:57,020 Your father must have good reason to let this insult go unanswered. 330 00:34:57,900 --> 00:35:01,440 No king would suffer such humiliation like that. 331 00:35:01,770 --> 00:35:04,790 Or whatever his reason, it would not matter for long. 332 00:35:05,010 --> 00:35:09,110 My family has ruled this kingdom for the last three generations. 333 00:35:10,330 --> 00:35:15,830 Now Merlin returns to claim his throne and we can hardly stand in his way. 334 00:35:16,870 --> 00:35:18,270 He is but one man. 335 00:35:22,010 --> 00:35:23,010 What? 336 00:35:25,190 --> 00:35:26,310 Do you not know? 337 00:35:40,940 --> 00:35:43,640 Painted by a fairy woman many years ago. 338 00:35:44,980 --> 00:35:46,400 So the story is told. 339 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:53,420 They say Merlin slew 70 men with his own hands within these very gates. 340 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:58,980 I could say... I could say he slew 500. 341 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:04,360 No man is capable of such a thing. 342 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,080 No mortal man. 343 00:36:06,980 --> 00:36:11,140 They say when the Arwen falls upon him... He is given strength from heaven. 344 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:13,380 The world stops. 345 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,000 None can stand before him. 346 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:23,940 I can assure you, friends, that the only thing that matters in battle is brute 347 00:36:23,940 --> 00:36:24,940 strength. 348 00:36:27,140 --> 00:36:29,080 Magic is for druids and bored women. 349 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:38,320 Perhaps... that he is legend. 350 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:40,080 In these lands. 351 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,380 He is more than a king. 352 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,800 He is nearly an otherworldly being. 353 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:54,540 He will take the talk from my father and declare himself high king before he is 354 00:36:54,540 --> 00:36:55,540 through. 355 00:36:56,120 --> 00:37:02,060 And neither you nor the Saxons nor all the armies of Britain and Amorica can 356 00:37:02,060 --> 00:37:03,060 hinder him. 357 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:05,920 Unless we stop him here. 358 00:37:28,490 --> 00:37:30,250 You must listen to me, Uther. 359 00:37:30,890 --> 00:37:31,930 Out of my way. 360 00:37:32,870 --> 00:37:33,870 Do it. 361 00:37:36,910 --> 00:37:38,350 I bet you want it before. 362 00:37:40,390 --> 00:37:41,450 Don't make me do it again. 363 00:37:41,850 --> 00:37:43,590 You had a little surprise before. 364 00:37:45,110 --> 00:37:46,110 Not this time. 365 00:37:46,350 --> 00:37:47,710 You thought that was my only surprise? 366 00:38:08,330 --> 00:38:09,950 He would attack an unarmed man. 367 00:38:50,050 --> 00:38:54,010 Stop this, Uther! You risk ruining the Emirates' work! 368 00:38:54,410 --> 00:38:56,830 That's exactly what I intend to do! 369 00:39:26,540 --> 00:39:27,760 Stand up, King Tawdry. 370 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,700 You are right that you have failed your people. 371 00:39:39,740 --> 00:39:42,760 You have let fear rule your heart and govern your actions. 372 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:47,300 And I do indeed have every right to reclaim my kingship and take back what 373 00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:48,300 lawfully mine. 374 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,520 But I deem it best to let my claim lapse. 375 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,380 Too many years have passed for me to take back my throne. 376 00:40:01,460 --> 00:40:04,400 Merden will not be king again in Maridunum. 377 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,620 Provided you pledge your support to Rhaelius. 378 00:40:14,620 --> 00:40:15,780 You have my word. 379 00:40:26,220 --> 00:40:27,400 Are you quite well, Uther? 380 00:40:27,860 --> 00:40:29,540 Just short of breath is all. 381 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:39,520 My warband will not fight for Aurelius while Morkhan threatens our homes. 382 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,540 Well, then it's a good thing we have the Battle Chief of Britain to bring the 383 00:40:43,540 --> 00:40:44,540 Belgae to heel. 384 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:49,580 I'm... afraid I must decline. 385 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:52,040 Uther? 386 00:40:52,380 --> 00:40:54,300 I will join your fight against the Morkhans. 387 00:40:57,270 --> 00:40:59,310 However, only as a simple soldier. 388 00:41:00,910 --> 00:41:04,590 A cunning strategy, Uther, if we survive it. 389 00:41:05,530 --> 00:41:08,490 There's nothing like a brisk ride to revive a man. 390 00:41:40,430 --> 00:41:42,230 Please, receive your own with mercy. 391 00:41:45,770 --> 00:41:46,770 Who are they? 392 00:41:49,490 --> 00:41:50,490 Britons. 393 00:41:51,750 --> 00:41:53,810 From the villages along our eastern border. 394 00:41:58,570 --> 00:42:04,150 The Saxon move south and west, killing and plundering. 395 00:42:04,950 --> 00:42:08,890 They rarely leave survivors, but when they do, we do what we can to lend aid. 396 00:42:10,030 --> 00:42:11,030 Care for the dying. 397 00:42:13,490 --> 00:42:14,870 When you could prevent their death. 398 00:42:16,170 --> 00:42:17,410 You did what you could. 399 00:42:18,590 --> 00:42:19,590 No. 400 00:42:20,230 --> 00:42:21,510 No, no, you could have fought. 401 00:42:22,650 --> 00:42:26,030 What strength you think we have is an illusion. 402 00:42:26,570 --> 00:42:29,590 Each year, our numbers decline. 403 00:42:30,890 --> 00:42:33,390 But a child has been born to us since. 404 00:42:37,550 --> 00:42:39,010 Our people are not long. 405 00:42:39,450 --> 00:42:40,450 For this world. 406 00:42:41,490 --> 00:42:43,370 You have weapons like none have seen. 407 00:42:44,590 --> 00:42:46,450 Armour to stop the fiercest Saxon blade. 408 00:42:46,950 --> 00:42:51,250 As king, my duty is to my people. 409 00:42:53,430 --> 00:42:58,710 I cannot fight your war for you, Aurelius. No matter how just the course. 410 00:43:01,490 --> 00:43:02,710 We are two for you. 411 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:15,380 Where are the Saxon now? 412 00:43:27,180 --> 00:43:29,820 Law is in line for the throne, after all. 413 00:43:31,380 --> 00:43:33,160 And a fine king will make my fun. 414 00:43:36,020 --> 00:43:40,900 But who are we if not people of our word? 415 00:43:45,580 --> 00:43:48,840 Say, Hengist makes his men fight to the death for his amusement. 416 00:43:52,140 --> 00:43:54,140 You must not believe everything you hear. 417 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:58,480 Aurelius, on the other hand, is of noble blood. 418 00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:00,220 A diplomat. 419 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:01,940 Lot has a point. 420 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,060 Is Aurelius not more fit to lead? 421 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:11,100 Who knows he'll rule these lands when all is said and done? 422 00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:21,600 But if it is your desire to break faith with the Saxons, then he might oppose 423 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:22,600 you. 424 00:44:23,220 --> 00:44:29,640 But I admit, I do worry how he will receive you if word comes to him of your 425 00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:30,640 dealings with Hengist. 426 00:44:31,380 --> 00:44:32,380 Yes. 427 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,420 Yes, we must not have him taking you for a traitor. 428 00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:37,040 A traitor? 429 00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:38,880 I had not thought of that. 430 00:44:40,260 --> 00:44:45,220 Surely anyone suspected of conspiring with the Saxons would be shown no mercy. 431 00:44:47,180 --> 00:44:48,840 I'm sure you'll make the right decision. 432 00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,080 Pray to your God, Merlin. 433 00:45:08,180 --> 00:45:09,520 There isn't much of a plan. 434 00:45:10,340 --> 00:45:12,920 My God hears the prayers of all who call on his name. 435 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:20,600 Something happen to your eye? 436 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:48,340 You would ride to the village's aid alone. 437 00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:52,120 I'll try. 438 00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:57,140 You are a good man, son of Constance, but foolish. 439 00:45:58,540 --> 00:45:59,540 What would you have me do? 440 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,820 What kind of king would I be if I let my people be slaughtered? 441 00:46:03,140 --> 00:46:05,020 A king who knows his limitations. 442 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,420 There will be other battles, Aurelius. 443 00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:10,800 You are one man. 444 00:46:12,420 --> 00:46:13,700 You don't even know the country. 445 00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:19,820 I'm not above asking you to point me in the right direction. 446 00:46:25,740 --> 00:46:27,160 I have only one thing to offer my people. 447 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:30,960 Everything. 448 00:46:38,940 --> 00:46:41,200 Our soldiers cannot ride with you to Rianfa. 449 00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:48,040 But perhaps they will escort their princess on a ride through our eastern 450 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:51,220 holdings. My lady... But we cannot leave our territory, Aurelius. 451 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,600 If you choose to engage the Saxon... 452 00:46:55,490 --> 00:46:56,490 I do it alone. 453 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:43,000 Stop there! 454 00:47:52,780 --> 00:47:54,560 What is your business here? 455 00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:59,200 You Belgae grow fat from the grain plundered from the fields of Maridona! 456 00:48:01,340 --> 00:48:04,740 And? And we're taking it back! 457 00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:13,580 No one need die today. 458 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,420 Tell your king Merthyr Nemhris demands an audience. 459 00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,180 My king is not so easily summoned. 460 00:48:20,780 --> 00:48:23,060 I do not intend to make it easy. 461 00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:31,120 So I do not return. 462 00:49:33,860 --> 00:49:35,380 Tell my brother I died a noble death. 463 00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:07,640 Thank you, my lady. 464 00:54:08,900 --> 00:54:09,900 Don't thank me yet. 465 00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:15,600 By the time this night is through, we may both be banished from the 466 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:43,900 Whoever you are, you've chosen a rather inopportune time to visit. 467 00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:45,900 I'm enjoying my supper. 468 00:54:49,300 --> 00:54:51,660 You know very well who I am, Malkin. 469 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:54,860 I know who you claim to be. 470 00:54:56,260 --> 00:54:58,180 But why should I take your word for it? 471 00:54:59,300 --> 00:55:04,960 I come with an offer of peace from Uther, battle chief of Britain and 472 00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:06,360 High King Aurelius himself. 473 00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:11,180 There'll be no peace in these lands till we are all dust. 474 00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:14,500 Or until the kings of Britain are united as one. 475 00:55:16,740 --> 00:55:23,560 If you are the son of Taliesin, your wisdom is exaggerated. 476 00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:28,880 You ride with a force half the size of my own against a fortified position. 477 00:55:29,860 --> 00:55:35,420 My men will cut down your army in short order, if they have not already. 478 00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:40,420 You make war against your brother kings while the Saxon threatens the doom of 479 00:55:40,420 --> 00:55:41,420 our people. 480 00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:43,840 Who is my brother? 481 00:55:47,240 --> 00:55:48,800 Who are my people? 482 00:55:50,220 --> 00:55:51,560 I'm king of the Belgae. 483 00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:54,440 No one else is my concern. 484 00:55:55,040 --> 00:55:59,520 And how will you defend the Belgae when the Saxon horde marches across your 485 00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:00,520 fields? 486 00:56:01,100 --> 00:56:04,500 When was the last time you stood with a naked blade in your hand? 487 00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:10,320 under the blast of the Saxon war horn, while a whole host of Saxon berserkers 488 00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:12,320 flew toward you over the battleground. 489 00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:22,620 I will be well supplied after I march across every kingdom deserted by kings 490 00:56:22,620 --> 00:56:28,760 anxious to fight alongside your battle chief Uther and his fool brother 491 00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:31,260 in their fool war. 492 00:56:32,380 --> 00:56:34,580 That... is where you are wrong. 493 00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:38,220 There is to be no war. 494 00:56:41,820 --> 00:56:47,020 Uther himself has determined not to engage the Saxon until you return what 495 00:56:47,020 --> 00:56:49,900 have plundered and pledge fealty to Aurelius. 496 00:56:56,680 --> 00:57:02,500 If Aurelius does not engage the Saxon, he will be high king of nothing. 497 00:57:06,320 --> 00:57:08,580 Already this day, Uther rides against you. 498 00:57:08,980 --> 00:57:10,680 He's the leader of this attack. 499 00:57:11,940 --> 00:57:13,960 There's no battle chief to be feared. 500 00:57:14,300 --> 00:57:15,300 Indeed. 501 00:57:16,620 --> 00:57:19,080 Uther does not command Tardig's warband. 502 00:57:21,160 --> 00:57:24,220 He rides today a simple soldier. 503 00:57:26,820 --> 00:57:28,140 Indistinguishable from any other. 504 00:57:32,500 --> 00:57:33,560 You bluff. 505 00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:37,760 I do hope your men haven't killed him already. 506 00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:43,320 Aurelius slew the High King himself to avenge the death of his father. 507 00:57:44,940 --> 00:57:48,240 One can only imagine what he might do to you. 508 00:57:56,280 --> 00:57:57,280 Stay our archers. 509 00:57:57,980 --> 00:57:59,520 Call our warriors back behind the walls. 510 00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:08,220 Your plundering is at an end, Morkant. 511 00:58:09,460 --> 00:58:13,920 You've abused your power, and now it is time for you to make amends. 512 00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:21,080 If you do not, Aurelius will continue to raise his army, but it will not be the 513 00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:22,160 Saxon he rides against. 514 00:58:39,470 --> 00:58:45,930 My daughter has long had a mind of her own, and I have all but given up 515 00:58:45,930 --> 00:58:48,130 attempting to restrain it. 516 00:58:49,490 --> 00:58:54,510 But you, who mean to make yourself High King, should know better. 517 00:58:55,590 --> 00:59:01,410 If I do not allow my conscience to guide me, I'm unworthy of the crown. 518 00:59:02,170 --> 00:59:04,530 You put my people at risk. 519 00:59:04,890 --> 00:59:06,610 Your people are at risk already, King Everlake. 520 00:59:07,470 --> 00:59:09,790 And we'll be as long as Saxon have a foothold in this land. 521 00:59:10,570 --> 00:59:13,430 Father, the Britons that survived the raid have been brought to the palace. 522 00:59:13,690 --> 00:59:14,690 I'm needed. 523 00:59:24,930 --> 00:59:31,090 You cannot deliver your people from this threat if you throw your own life away, 524 00:59:31,250 --> 00:59:36,070 Aurelius. A king must sometimes make terrible choices. 525 00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:38,840 It was foolish. 526 00:59:39,900 --> 00:59:40,900 Why now? 527 00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:43,400 In truth, I'm not ready for what is ahead. 528 00:59:44,320 --> 00:59:47,460 The battle against Vortigern was... Short. 529 00:59:48,580 --> 00:59:49,580 Decisive. 530 00:59:51,740 --> 00:59:53,380 I have little enough experience with war. 531 00:59:54,020 --> 00:59:55,280 That is abundantly clear. 532 00:59:56,180 --> 01:00:01,280 In truth... It was your daughter who saved my life. 533 01:00:03,460 --> 01:00:04,460 Yes. 534 01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:07,840 She has a way of doing that. 535 01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:23,380 You showed great courage today and a great love for the people you would 536 01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:32,140 And my God tells me there is no greater love than the willingness to die for 537 01:00:32,140 --> 01:00:33,140 others. 538 01:00:43,180 --> 01:00:45,140 You might just become High King after all. 539 01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:56,000 Beer? 540 01:00:58,560 --> 01:01:00,800 A man of his word is King Taldrig. 541 01:01:02,300 --> 01:01:05,360 Two more Western kings have pledged their loyalty to Rhaelis. 542 01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:07,920 The war band's right eastward as we speak. 543 01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:09,840 Rhaelis, the legend grows. 544 01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:11,800 That says your army. 545 01:01:12,620 --> 01:01:14,240 Now you must return to your brother. 546 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:16,880 Pellis and I ride north to Gothay. 547 01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:18,480 You must ride alone. 548 01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:23,160 I have not proven myself to be a pleasant enough travelling companion. 549 01:01:23,620 --> 01:01:28,440 Uther, you have proven yourself a cunning strategist and fiercely loyal to 550 01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:29,440 brother. 551 01:01:29,460 --> 01:01:33,980 But you must take caution, for your loyalty could be your undoing. 552 01:01:36,280 --> 01:01:37,280 More riddles. 553 01:01:37,580 --> 01:01:40,900 Perhaps when we next see each other, we can pick up from where we left off. 554 01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:43,780 I do admit I did underestimate you, Stuart. 555 01:01:45,980 --> 01:01:48,700 I still think you should be a flog for impermanence. 556 01:02:24,140 --> 01:02:25,140 There is no other way. 557 01:03:43,850 --> 01:03:45,810 I will sell for once for the fact we've come. 558 01:03:48,010 --> 01:03:49,010 That ain't what you is. 559 01:03:50,610 --> 01:03:52,030 Ted, hold on. 560 01:03:54,930 --> 01:03:55,930 Wait. 561 01:04:21,070 --> 01:04:22,070 A gift. 562 01:04:23,770 --> 01:04:24,770 Falling gift. 563 01:04:41,130 --> 01:04:42,350 Big time with my mom. 564 01:06:44,370 --> 01:06:47,110 Our enemy grows stronger by the hour. 565 01:06:48,850 --> 01:06:51,890 Every day, more ships cross the sea. 566 01:06:53,160 --> 01:06:55,540 We are outmatched five to one. 567 01:06:57,080 --> 01:06:58,860 There is to be a new High King. 568 01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:01,940 They are the ones who would oppose the Saxons now. 569 01:07:02,660 --> 01:07:05,080 How many men are left for them to call upon? 570 01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:07,400 Those boys are on their own. 571 01:07:07,640 --> 01:07:13,780 I will not send the sons of my lords to die behind two undisciplined and 572 01:07:13,780 --> 01:07:14,780 untrained boys. 573 01:07:15,780 --> 01:07:19,820 I have come to ask the Northern Lords to join with them. 574 01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:22,540 Are you not the mighty Merlin? 575 01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:28,660 Terrible to meet on the field of battle. I've seen what you can do.