1 00:00:21,830 --> 00:00:23,890 They were going to kill Arthur. 2 00:00:28,370 --> 00:00:29,330 Can you imagine? 3 00:00:31,460 --> 00:00:32,660 They would've killed him too, 4 00:00:32,660 --> 00:00:34,070 but I put a stop to it. 5 00:00:35,750 --> 00:00:39,200 The arrogance, the stupidity. 6 00:00:41,270 --> 00:00:43,880 Not that Uther ever was one for a scholar's coat. 7 00:00:45,830 --> 00:00:50,030 I heard about their sordid plan in the way that I have, 8 00:00:51,620 --> 00:00:56,620 whispers in the wind, faces in the embers of the fire, 9 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:00,830 and I made it my affair to save him. 10 00:01:02,180 --> 00:01:04,570 The high king would do his worst, 11 00:01:07,220 --> 00:01:08,960 but I would have my way. 12 00:01:10,540 --> 00:01:12,720 My way, 13 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:14,530 was it? 14 00:01:15,380 --> 00:01:16,910 Was it ever my way? 15 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:20,690 But I'm getting ahead of myself. 16 00:01:20,690 --> 00:01:21,860 I always am. 17 00:01:23,690 --> 00:01:25,580 This is to be Arthur's story, 18 00:01:28,070 --> 00:01:30,350 but there's more to Arthur than his birth. 19 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,240 To understand him, you have to understand the land. 20 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:40,790 This land, this Island of the Mighty. 21 00:01:43,010 --> 00:01:44,700 And you have to understand me, 22 00:01:46,250 --> 00:01:48,290 for I am the man who made him. 23 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,720 Every year of my kingship, it has been my custom 24 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,510 to give the first take of my salmon weir 25 00:03:29,510 --> 00:03:32,960 to one of your number as a sign of my respect. 26 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,310 Respect for what? 27 00:03:36,350 --> 00:03:40,120 Everyone knows that your boy is cursed. 28 00:03:42,980 --> 00:03:47,990 So you say, but the weir is mine, 29 00:03:47,990 --> 00:03:49,880 and the salmon mine to give. 30 00:03:52,550 --> 00:03:54,380 Elphin is my only son. 31 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,150 A man must do for his true sons what he can 32 00:03:59,150 --> 00:04:00,980 to advance their fortunes. 33 00:04:10,730 --> 00:04:15,230 Bring a bounty, boy, and show them the curse is broken. 34 00:04:22,070 --> 00:04:24,230 And what if the nets are empty? 35 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,580 You might have warned me about the snow upriver. 36 00:04:39,690 --> 00:04:42,090 You might have warned me of your foolish plan. 37 00:05:47,090 --> 00:05:49,340 All his ill luck aforetime was nothing. 38 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:53,660 You've let him destroy the virtue of our weir. 39 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:09,660 Elphin, enough! 40 00:06:30,290 --> 00:06:31,970 He, he has something. 41 00:06:39,140 --> 00:06:42,980 It's nothing, a drowned carcass. 42 00:07:38,030 --> 00:07:40,130 Why so eager to share this bad luck? 43 00:08:36,860 --> 00:08:38,840 The scrawny thing's dead. 44 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,930 Who'd be for throwing a babe like that in the river? 45 00:08:41,930 --> 00:08:43,430 The child is bewitched. 46 00:08:43,430 --> 00:08:45,130 Throw him back in and be done with it. 47 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:47,060 Don't touch him. 48 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,070 The babe could be cursed, son. 49 00:08:54,350 --> 00:08:55,400 I'm already cursed. 50 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:40,500 By the goddess. 51 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:48,430 Behold. 52 00:09:50,290 --> 00:09:52,520 Taliesin of the radiant brow. 53 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:09,620 Never in Gwyddno's weir 54 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:12,080 was there such good fortune as today. 55 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,260 Small you are, Taliesin, 56 00:10:19,260 --> 00:10:23,740 and weak, yet there is virtue in your tongue. 57 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,030 A bard, the boy will be. 58 00:10:29,030 --> 00:10:30,830 A maker with words like no other 59 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:32,430 from the beginning of the world, 60 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:39,140 and in his voice will be born a kingdom of summer. 61 00:10:52,970 --> 00:10:57,970 Henceforth, let no one say Elphin Ap Gwyddno is unlucky. 62 00:13:59,270 --> 00:14:03,110 {\an8}Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis, 63 00:14:03,110 --> 00:14:06,360 Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis, 64 00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:14,890 Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis, 65 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,290 Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis, 66 00:14:21,020 --> 00:14:24,940 Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis. 67 00:17:29,780 --> 00:17:33,870 Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis, Charis. 68 00:18:21,190 --> 00:18:24,270 You there, fetch me your lord. 69 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:25,400 And be quick with you. 70 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,230 Oh 71 00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:32,250 Peace, Hafgan, peace. 72 00:18:37,050 --> 00:18:39,110 What have you seen? 73 00:18:39,110 --> 00:18:39,960 They're coming. 74 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,330 Picti? 75 00:18:50,330 --> 00:18:52,460 From today, we will no longer speak 76 00:18:52,460 --> 00:18:56,240 of Irish, Pict, or Saecsen, but of Barbarian. 77 00:18:58,040 --> 00:18:58,870 Unified? 78 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,630 I had hoped for a few more years. 79 00:19:09,770 --> 00:19:13,370 One season more or less, what difference? 80 00:19:14,510 --> 00:19:16,160 Take the day as it comes, o'King. 81 00:19:17,780 --> 00:19:19,310 Do you see victory for us? 82 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:21,490 Better to ask your son. 83 00:19:22,910 --> 00:19:25,640 He sees these things much clearer than I. 84 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,280 I have not seen Taliesin in three days. 85 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:36,890 Where is he when I need him? 86 00:19:36,890 --> 00:19:38,660 He'll be where he's needed most. 87 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,640 Earth Mother, behold your son. 88 00:19:50,750 --> 00:19:54,260 Sky Mother, recognize your devoted servant. 89 00:19:55,940 --> 00:20:00,940 Father of Wisdom, speak to me that I may hear your voice. 90 00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:05,870 Great Goddess, Queen of Life, 91 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:09,980 reveal to me the vision of your sight. 92 00:20:11,450 --> 00:20:14,090 Speak- A beautiful prayer. 93 00:20:16,490 --> 00:20:19,760 The gods of this place must be pleased. 94 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,520 It is unwise to sneak up on a man while he prays. 95 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:26,030 It is unwise to pray while a man sneaks up on you. 96 00:20:28,940 --> 00:20:31,260 You are old to have climbed this hill alone. 97 00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:34,010 You are young to have climbed it at all. 98 00:20:35,180 --> 00:20:37,020 You think me young to seek the gods? 99 00:20:37,020 --> 00:20:42,020 Few enough seek the gods, young or old. 100 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,400 The chair on which you sit 101 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,050 belongs to the head of our order, 102 00:20:48,950 --> 00:20:51,470 the Chief Druid of the Island of the Mighty. 103 00:20:51,470 --> 00:20:54,890 And are you a druid then, Taliesin Ap Elphin? 104 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:58,910 You know me. 105 00:20:58,910 --> 00:21:03,260 All men know of the great Taliesin. 106 00:21:04,310 --> 00:21:07,970 They say you are the most powerful of your people. 107 00:21:10,820 --> 00:21:11,870 I am as you see me. 108 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,560 Who are you? 109 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,180 Curious, isn't it? 110 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,700 Why did your order allow one 111 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:25,560 of their sacred stones to fall? 112 00:21:28,580 --> 00:21:30,680 Must have fallen long ago. 113 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:35,570 I wonder, will you be the man to raise it? 114 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,390 I see why it fell. 115 00:22:27,170 --> 00:22:28,320 Forgive me, stranger. 116 00:22:29,630 --> 00:22:31,470 Do the dead forgive? 117 00:22:35,030 --> 00:22:36,710 It is very old. 118 00:22:36,710 --> 00:22:38,630 What of the markings? 119 00:22:40,450 --> 00:22:43,660 Cernunnos, The Horned Lord! 120 00:22:43,660 --> 00:22:45,780 One of your gods? 121 00:22:45,790 --> 00:22:49,390 No, much older. 122 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:55,920 Ancient one. 123 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:05,780 No, no. 124 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:09,750 No. 125 00:23:41,490 --> 00:23:43,140 Put it back! 126 00:23:43,140 --> 00:23:44,400 Put the stone back! 127 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,110 No doubt I think this Cernunnos 128 00:23:48,110 --> 00:23:51,380 would prefer you lift his stone upright. 129 00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:54,680 He would have me revive the old ways. 130 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,520 And what do you think? 131 00:24:00,150 --> 00:24:02,810 Look upon me then, Shining Brow. 132 00:24:10,910 --> 00:24:14,630 Have you nothing to say to me, Great Bard? 133 00:24:14,630 --> 00:24:18,510 No song to sing or wisdom to declare? 134 00:24:19,370 --> 00:24:21,410 On the day of your liberation, 135 00:24:21,410 --> 00:24:23,270 your tongue will be loosed 136 00:24:23,270 --> 00:24:26,270 and the words I give you will come. 137 00:24:26,270 --> 00:24:28,340 You will be my bard, 138 00:24:28,340 --> 00:24:32,210 proclaiming my reign in the world of men. 139 00:24:32,210 --> 00:24:34,430 Men will hear your voice 140 00:24:34,430 --> 00:24:37,430 and will know who it is that speaks. 141 00:24:38,410 --> 00:24:43,410 Taliesin. Father. 142 00:24:47,060 --> 00:24:51,110 Who am I, father, that the gods should war for my soul? 143 00:24:52,130 --> 00:24:53,510 You are my son, boy, 144 00:24:54,590 --> 00:24:57,950 and the greatest bard in the history of your people. 145 00:24:57,950 --> 00:24:58,780 Nothing more? 146 00:24:59,690 --> 00:25:00,920 Is that not enough? 147 00:25:04,250 --> 00:25:05,080 Come now. 148 00:25:06,290 --> 00:25:08,300 Our enemies gather against us. 149 00:25:09,140 --> 00:25:10,020 I need you. 150 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:03,860 Hail Maximus. 151 00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:06,080 I don't remember a Roman legion 152 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,810 requiring the aid of a Celtic ala to avoid defeat. 153 00:26:10,430 --> 00:26:11,990 You have a short memory. 154 00:26:20,010 --> 00:26:22,430 I see you've met the enemy. 155 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,370 Thank you for coming, Elphin, 156 00:26:25,370 --> 00:26:27,500 but I can't allow you to stay. 157 00:26:30,020 --> 00:26:31,970 The barbarian have overrun Luguvallium. 158 00:26:33,470 --> 00:26:34,540 By the goddess. 159 00:26:34,550 --> 00:26:35,780 The wall is fallen. 160 00:26:37,340 --> 00:26:38,990 Go home, friend. 161 00:26:38,990 --> 00:26:39,890 Defend your own. 162 00:26:43,790 --> 00:26:46,280 Both our people will stand a far better chance 163 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,800 if we stand together. 164 00:26:49,820 --> 00:26:53,870 Besides we have my son to uphold us. 165 00:26:57,910 --> 00:26:59,510 Hail, Taliesin! 166 00:26:59,510 --> 00:27:01,370 I confess I should not like to miss the chance 167 00:27:01,370 --> 00:27:03,920 to fight under your blessing once more. 168 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,110 Then you shall have it. 169 00:27:07,730 --> 00:27:09,030 Will you join me, Teacher? 170 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,160 The Horned God, what did he offer you? 171 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:46,730 Great power for a great price. 172 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:53,750 Let us hope your refusal is not the doom of our people. 173 00:28:01,070 --> 00:28:02,920 My acceptance surely would've been. 174 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,220 There is no other like him in all the empire. 175 00:28:20,220 --> 00:28:24,220 There is none other like him in all the world. 176 00:29:28,970 --> 00:29:30,760 Who could it be? 177 00:29:30,770 --> 00:29:34,250 Saecsen? Irish? 178 00:29:34,250 --> 00:29:36,920 More likely a traveler stopping for rest and shade. 179 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,380 I never thought we would find it occupied. 180 00:29:39,380 --> 00:29:41,840 One horse is hardly an occupation, Collen. 181 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,330 Still, we should wait. 182 00:29:44,330 --> 00:29:45,430 Maybe they'll move on. 183 00:29:48,690 --> 00:29:50,090 What are you doing? 184 00:29:50,090 --> 00:29:52,450 We didn't come all this way to cower before the prize. 185 00:30:16,490 --> 00:30:17,540 Ave Maria. 186 00:30:22,010 --> 00:30:22,850 Goodness. 187 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,660 Holy Mary, Mother of the Christ. 188 00:30:26,660 --> 00:30:27,770 Have mercy on us. 189 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:31,850 What manner of men are you? 190 00:30:31,850 --> 00:30:34,070 Unworthy men, Lady. 191 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:36,670 I see. 192 00:30:38,510 --> 00:30:39,800 Why have you come here? 193 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,780 Seeking this holy place. 194 00:30:41,780 --> 00:30:46,670 And who is this Holy Mary of whom you speak? 195 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,590 Why, the Mother of the Most High, 196 00:30:55,470 --> 00:30:58,310 Jesu the Christ, Savior of Mankind. 197 00:31:00,290 --> 00:31:01,740 You are not the Blessed Lady? 198 00:31:04,010 --> 00:31:06,160 There are those who would call me Savior, 199 00:31:07,130 --> 00:31:09,700 but I've never heard of this goddess Mary. 200 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:11,300 Goddess? 201 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:12,770 Forgive us, Lady. 202 00:31:14,330 --> 00:31:16,670 We worship no God but the True God, 203 00:31:17,510 --> 00:31:20,210 the God who was once worshiped in this very place. 204 00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:25,010 The True God worshiped here? 205 00:31:27,110 --> 00:31:28,970 That seems unlikely. 206 00:31:28,970 --> 00:31:30,830 Again, I beg your forgiveness. 207 00:31:31,670 --> 00:31:33,350 We have traveled all the way from Gaul 208 00:31:33,350 --> 00:31:35,930 to find and restore this place 209 00:31:35,930 --> 00:31:38,000 in order that the truth of our God 210 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,730 might be proclaimed once more hereabouts. 211 00:31:40,730 --> 00:31:42,380 You speak often of truth. 212 00:31:43,670 --> 00:31:46,280 Is this God of yours so interested in truth? 213 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:51,080 In truth, yes, but also in love. 214 00:31:53,420 --> 00:31:54,560 I see. 215 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:55,640 A strange God then, 216 00:31:56,570 --> 00:31:58,280 and often disappointed, I should think. 217 00:31:58,280 --> 00:31:59,360 This is blasphemy. 218 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,740 My companion studied under Brother Martin in Tours. 219 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,690 He is zealous, but perhaps less open-minded 220 00:32:08,690 --> 00:32:10,610 than the situation calls for. 221 00:32:12,950 --> 00:32:13,850 He's honest. 222 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,120 If you wish to restore this place, 223 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,420 you will need the permission of King Avallach. 224 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:21,910 Faery! 225 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,080 You are of the Faer Folk, who dwell in the Glass Isle? 226 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,960 The people here tell many strange tales about you. 227 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,260 Have you heard we change our shapes at will? 228 00:32:36,710 --> 00:32:39,260 Have you heard we never sleep or rest 229 00:32:39,260 --> 00:32:41,420 and we have but to bid and the winds bring us news 230 00:32:41,420 --> 00:32:42,980 from any corner of our realm? 231 00:32:44,490 --> 00:32:47,690 And more. 232 00:32:47,690 --> 00:32:49,250 What do you believe, Priest? 233 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,670 We will believe whatever the Holy God reveals to us. 234 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,900 I trusted a god once, long ago. 235 00:33:05,780 --> 00:33:06,610 What happened? 236 00:33:13,190 --> 00:33:14,020 I killed him. 237 00:33:35,420 --> 00:33:37,210 I've never seen anything like it. 238 00:33:37,220 --> 00:33:41,060 Not in Rome or Athens or Constantinople itself. 239 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,360 Truly, these are the Faery! 240 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,820 Hey, brother, they're mortals like as we. 241 00:33:51,890 --> 00:33:53,030 Mortals, perhaps. 242 00:33:54,930 --> 00:33:56,430 But never like us. 243 00:34:47,810 --> 00:34:49,880 What strange men are you? 244 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:51,200 Priests, my lady. 245 00:34:53,780 --> 00:34:55,130 Are they with the others? 246 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,070 Your father has given audience to a large group 247 00:35:01,070 --> 00:35:02,750 of strangely dressed Britons. 248 00:35:02,750 --> 00:35:04,490 Our father, Morgian. 249 00:35:04,490 --> 00:35:06,580 He asks that you join him on your return. 250 00:35:10,460 --> 00:35:12,140 My presence was not requested. 251 00:35:24,470 --> 00:35:25,760 Do you think these painted men 252 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:27,560 will strike this far south? 253 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:32,950 In time. 254 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,770 Although, in Dyfed, we heard the emperor 255 00:35:36,770 --> 00:35:39,530 was withdrawing two legions from Gaul 256 00:35:39,530 --> 00:35:41,420 and sending troops back to the wall. 257 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:43,940 Here she is. 258 00:35:45,050 --> 00:35:49,160 King Elphin Ap Gwyddno, I present to you my daughter, 259 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:53,540 the Princess Charis, Savior of our People. 260 00:36:05,750 --> 00:36:06,950 Princess Charis. 261 00:36:08,180 --> 00:36:09,590 Your father was just telling us 262 00:36:09,590 --> 00:36:12,050 how you delivered your people from calamity. 263 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:15,200 It is the way of fathers 264 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,800 to exaggerate the accomplishments of their children. 265 00:36:19,790 --> 00:36:20,840 Never say it. 266 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:24,950 Not an Atlantean draws breath who doesn't owe their life 267 00:36:24,950 --> 00:36:26,000 to my daughter. 268 00:36:28,310 --> 00:36:31,400 My people know something of loss as well. 269 00:36:34,490 --> 00:36:36,590 We too are strangers in these lands. 270 00:36:37,550 --> 00:36:41,660 Travelers are always welcome within these walls. 271 00:36:41,660 --> 00:36:43,760 Please stay with us if you can. 272 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:49,370 Allow me to share the bounty of my table this evening. 273 00:36:54,260 --> 00:36:57,560 Your offer is most generous. 274 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:05,200 Please accept this token as a sign of our gratitude. 275 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,050 You honor me, Lord Elphin. 276 00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:03,350 I gather his people have been driven 277 00:38:03,350 --> 00:38:05,750 from their homeland in the North? 278 00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:07,040 Driven? 279 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:12,040 By war, war which will soon visit us in the South. 280 00:38:12,140 --> 00:38:15,800 If it is as bad as they declare. 281 00:38:16,670 --> 00:38:17,920 You don't believe them? 282 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:23,810 Desperate men can never be trusted. 283 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:29,840 Can they be trusted? 284 00:38:31,250 --> 00:38:33,050 Powerful men can never be trusted. 285 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:35,390 What say you, son? 286 00:38:36,710 --> 00:38:37,540 Taliesin. 287 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:40,630 Sorry, Father. 288 00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:43,420 I need you in the present, 289 00:38:44,540 --> 00:38:46,290 not lost in the past. 290 00:38:48,530 --> 00:38:50,510 King Avallach has shown kindness 291 00:38:50,510 --> 00:38:52,060 when kindness was not required. 292 00:38:57,020 --> 00:38:57,850 And yet? 293 00:39:00,020 --> 00:39:02,060 I sense danger in this place. 294 00:39:05,450 --> 00:39:06,500 You must be wary. 295 00:40:58,550 --> 00:41:00,380 Are you unwell, King Avallach? 296 00:41:00,380 --> 00:41:02,660 An old wound, and deep. 297 00:41:03,590 --> 00:41:04,490 Pay me no heed. 298 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:12,770 It is fortunate your people were able 299 00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:14,780 to escape the troubles in the North, King Elphin. 300 00:41:16,730 --> 00:41:19,310 The luck of Elphin Ap Gwyddno is legendary. 301 00:41:21,290 --> 00:41:22,700 Among our people, 302 00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:24,500 when breaking bread with new friends, 303 00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:26,270 it's customary to have a song. 304 00:41:27,710 --> 00:41:30,410 Alas, our best minstrels lie dead 305 00:41:30,410 --> 00:41:32,540 at the bottom of the great sea. 306 00:41:32,540 --> 00:41:33,370 Indeed. 307 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,100 We have all seen our homes lost and kinsmen killed. 308 00:41:38,210 --> 00:41:42,890 And yet, our people escaped not only with our lives, 309 00:41:42,890 --> 00:41:44,540 but with our greatest treasure. 310 00:41:45,710 --> 00:41:48,290 Hafgan speaks truth. 311 00:41:48,290 --> 00:41:50,600 The treasure is my son, Taliesin, 312 00:41:51,740 --> 00:41:54,440 a bard of extraordinary talent. 313 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:57,260 Is this true? 314 00:41:58,740 --> 00:42:00,490 Taliesin, Taliesin. 315 00:42:02,990 --> 00:42:04,130 Is this true? 316 00:42:08,030 --> 00:42:08,960 It is the way of fathers 317 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,530 to exaggerate the accomplishments of their children. 318 00:42:12,770 --> 00:42:14,960 False modesty is unbecoming, Taliesin. 319 00:42:16,220 --> 00:42:18,300 King Avallach has shared his bounty with us. 320 00:42:18,310 --> 00:42:20,060 Let us share ours with him. 321 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:11,180 Hear, then, if you will, the Lament of Pwyll, 322 00:43:12,140 --> 00:43:13,280 Prince of Annwifn. 323 00:43:19,490 --> 00:43:21,170 In the days when the dew of creation 324 00:43:21,170 --> 00:43:23,570 was still fresh upon the earth, 325 00:43:23,570 --> 00:43:26,360 Pwyll was lord over the seven catrefs of Dyfed. 326 00:43:27,710 --> 00:43:31,670 Seven of Gwynedd, and seven of Lloegr as well. 327 00:43:31,670 --> 00:43:34,790 In Caer Narberth, his principal stronghold, 328 00:43:35,690 --> 00:43:38,660 he awakened one morning to look upon the hills, 329 00:43:38,660 --> 00:43:40,160 abounding with game. 330 00:43:41,900 --> 00:43:42,950 A thought came to him 331 00:43:43,830 --> 00:43:45,980 and he assembled his men to go out hunting. 332 00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:51,120 And this is the way of it. 333 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:55,270 Oh, 334 00:45:02,620 --> 00:45:05,370 Oh, 335 00:50:06,310 --> 00:50:07,140 Charis! 336 00:50:41,060 --> 00:50:42,560 Princess Charis? 337 00:50:43,550 --> 00:50:46,730 The Savior of her People is not here, stranger. 338 00:51:00,830 --> 00:51:02,030 The foal is in breech? 339 00:51:03,530 --> 00:51:05,280 I'm not strong enough to turn it. 340 00:51:42,310 --> 00:51:44,230 The fourth emanation. 341 00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:50,390 I know the price of the power you display. 342 00:51:50,390 --> 00:51:52,240 I've never spilled blood for power. 343 00:51:54,220 --> 00:51:55,700 Perhaps that's why I failed. 344 00:51:55,700 --> 00:51:56,530 Failed? 345 00:52:37,230 --> 00:52:38,070 Shh. 346 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:49,400 Shh. 347 00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:04,180 The foal is turned. 348 00:53:06,680 --> 00:53:07,680 All be well. 349 00:53:11,180 --> 00:53:12,180 Thank you. 350 00:53:27,170 --> 00:53:28,820 Forgive me. 351 00:53:28,820 --> 00:53:30,200 I seek the Princess Charis. 352 00:53:33,050 --> 00:53:34,150 Did she come this way? 353 00:53:36,740 --> 00:53:38,920 She took her grey and rode out. 354 00:53:43,010 --> 00:53:45,980 She often bathes below the Tor at night, 355 00:53:48,590 --> 00:53:50,480 when there are fewer prying eyes. 356 00:53:52,370 --> 00:53:53,580 Thank you, 357 00:53:55,060 --> 00:53:55,890 friend. 358 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:11,360 I beg your pardon, princess. I didn't mean to startle you. 359 00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:13,280 Is it customary in the north to spy on a woman 360 00:55:13,280 --> 00:55:14,240 while she bathes? 361 00:55:16,820 --> 00:55:17,690 Never, lady. 362 00:55:17,690 --> 00:55:18,890 Then what do you here? 363 00:55:21,530 --> 00:55:22,630 I needed to see you. 364 00:55:27,250 --> 00:55:30,000 Have you not seen enough of me? 365 00:55:32,150 --> 00:55:34,130 It wasn't my intention to intrude into your thoughts. 366 00:55:34,130 --> 00:55:35,900 You intruded into my soul. 367 00:55:38,540 --> 00:55:40,330 I know what the bull-god offered you. 368 00:55:44,130 --> 00:55:46,630 Cernunnos offered me the same. 369 00:55:48,410 --> 00:55:49,240 And? 370 00:55:51,140 --> 00:55:52,790 I made the same choice you did. 371 00:55:59,030 --> 00:56:00,050 Then damn us both. 372 00:56:03,110 --> 00:56:03,940 Aye. 373 00:56:07,250 --> 00:56:09,680 I do not find myself in need of company. 374 00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:11,480 Less so the company of a savage. 375 00:56:12,980 --> 00:56:15,500 Well, you think of us as savages, aye? 376 00:56:16,940 --> 00:56:21,040 And we think of you as otherworldly. 377 00:56:24,650 --> 00:56:27,830 Perhaps, we're both just people. 378 00:56:31,410 --> 00:56:33,600 I am not just anything, singer. 379 00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:57,230 How dare you enter my chamber without leave! 380 00:56:57,230 --> 00:56:58,700 You have no right! 381 00:56:58,700 --> 00:57:00,710 It shows me more than it ever showed you! 382 00:57:00,710 --> 00:57:03,470 Never from curiosity. 383 00:57:03,470 --> 00:57:05,420 How many times have I told you? 384 00:57:06,330 --> 00:57:09,350 You were ever weak. 385 00:57:09,350 --> 00:57:14,150 And you were ever a fool. Just like your sister. 386 00:57:14,150 --> 00:57:16,460 Oh yes, she had the sight, too. 387 00:57:16,460 --> 00:57:20,180 And what did she do with it? Savior of our People? 388 00:57:20,180 --> 00:57:23,180 A thousand thousand of our kinsmen swallowed by the sea, 389 00:57:23,180 --> 00:57:25,410 and this savage crag is our 390 00:57:25,420 --> 00:57:29,640 salvation? 391 00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:33,920 True power is killing what you love, little girl, 392 00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:35,510 not letting it kill you. 393 00:57:36,890 --> 00:57:41,650 I do not love the bard. It's only his power I desire. 394 00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:47,150 As I desired yours. 395 00:57:50,630 --> 00:57:55,630 And now you have none left to give. 396 00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:21,170 Princess Charis. 397 00:58:24,620 --> 00:58:26,150 Prince Taliesin. 398 00:58:26,150 --> 00:58:28,580 Alas, only Taliesin. 399 00:58:28,580 --> 00:58:31,460 Hereditary titles are not known among the Cymry, 400 00:58:31,460 --> 00:58:32,390 savage as we are. 401 00:58:33,230 --> 00:58:34,610 Never say it! 402 00:58:34,610 --> 00:58:38,120 Your people are as noble as any I have encountered. 403 00:58:39,140 --> 00:58:41,840 King Avallach. Lady of the Lake. 404 00:58:49,430 --> 00:58:51,130 I've never met another like him. 405 00:58:52,730 --> 00:58:54,260 He's proud enough. 406 00:58:54,260 --> 00:58:59,150 When he sings, I forget the pain of our loss. 407 00:58:59,150 --> 00:59:02,150 Even my old wound grieves me less. 408 00:59:02,150 --> 00:59:03,900 His song brings no comfort to me. 409 00:59:05,270 --> 00:59:06,100 Truly? 410 00:59:08,180 --> 00:59:12,420 I plan to gift them the lands north of the Tor 411 00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:15,150 if they will have them. 412 00:59:16,430 --> 00:59:17,880 You would settle them here? 413 00:59:18,830 --> 00:59:22,790 Their need is dire, and it's not a tenth of my holdings. 414 00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:25,070 You object? 415 00:59:28,070 --> 00:59:30,400 Why should I care where the singer lays his head? 416 00:59:52,040 --> 00:59:52,870 Charis! 417 00:59:58,310 --> 00:59:59,140 Wait! 418 01:00:04,070 --> 01:00:05,620 I thought to find you barefoot. 419 01:00:07,730 --> 01:00:10,190 Your boots, you left them at the lake. 420 01:00:11,630 --> 01:00:14,000 A true prince would have returned them. 421 01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:15,500 As I've said, I'm no prince. 422 01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:21,140 But I'll redeem myself, if you will allow me. 423 01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:28,370 They are yours, are they not? 424 01:00:30,900 --> 01:00:31,820 They are. 425 01:00:53,740 --> 01:00:55,910 Neither pain nor pleasure, evermore. 426 01:01:00,080 --> 01:01:03,950 I thought that was all life held for me after our loss. 427 01:01:37,230 --> 01:01:40,130 2,000 of us arrived on these shores after the cataclysm. 428 01:01:41,450 --> 01:01:42,740 Only 1,000 remain. 429 01:01:44,390 --> 01:01:45,390 And yet, you live. 430 01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:47,110 And while there is life in you, 431 01:01:47,110 --> 01:01:48,560 there is hope for your people. 432 01:01:50,030 --> 01:01:50,860 You are young- 433 01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:53,270 To your eyes, perhaps. 434 01:01:54,140 --> 01:01:56,690 My people carry our years more lightly than others. 435 01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:00,210 This place need not be a grave, Charis. 436 01:02:02,660 --> 01:02:04,490 I like to believe something great and tragic 437 01:02:04,490 --> 01:02:05,780 occurred in this place. 438 01:02:07,340 --> 01:02:08,420 Sometime long ago. 439 01:02:10,730 --> 01:02:13,180 Do not tell me otherwise, bard. Even if you know. 440 01:02:16,010 --> 01:02:19,470 All the world is made up of events both great and tragic. 441 01:02:20,840 --> 01:02:23,330 Some are observed and remembered, others- 442 01:02:27,110 --> 01:02:28,110 There was a woman. 443 01:02:31,070 --> 01:02:32,520 She came from across the sea. 444 01:02:35,030 --> 01:02:36,860 Her life was hard, for the land was harsh. 445 01:02:36,860 --> 01:02:39,790 And she could not help remembering all she had left behind. 446 01:02:40,910 --> 01:02:42,560 She longed to return to her home. 447 01:02:47,780 --> 01:02:48,830 What became of her? 448 01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:51,380 She grew lonely. 449 01:02:54,350 --> 01:02:55,180 And died. 450 01:03:05,360 --> 01:03:07,210 Was there no man to love her? 451 01:03:11,390 --> 01:03:13,610 Once there was a man whose song captured her heart 452 01:03:13,610 --> 01:03:16,410 as easily as a fowler catching a bird in a silken snare. 453 01:03:18,980 --> 01:03:22,170 But they were from different worlds, and it could not be. 454 01:03:33,790 --> 01:03:34,950 Why is this? 455 01:03:47,150 --> 01:03:49,580 Neither pain nor pleasure, evermore. 456 01:04:02,380 --> 01:04:04,740 Charis! Charis! 457 01:04:04,740 --> 01:04:05,990 Haw! 458 01:05:43,700 --> 01:05:46,600 Look upon me then Shinning Brow. 459 01:07:59,470 --> 01:08:01,940 All this is an illusion, 460 01:08:01,940 --> 01:08:04,150 an echo of a voice that has died. 461 01:08:08,540 --> 01:08:10,180 And soon that echo will cease. 462 01:08:10,180 --> 01:08:12,710 Death before slavery! 463 01:08:14,870 --> 01:08:16,760 Men are weak, Taliesin, 464 01:08:16,760 --> 01:08:19,370 unwilling to pay the price for better world. 465 01:08:19,370 --> 01:08:22,340 There is a new power at work in the world. I've seen it. 466 01:08:22,340 --> 01:08:25,250 I've seen a land shining with goodness. 467 01:08:25,250 --> 01:08:26,780 It's the kingdom of summer. 468 01:08:26,780 --> 01:08:29,000 Where you came from no man knows. 469 01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:31,970 Where you are going no man can say. 470 01:08:31,970 --> 01:08:33,140 I'll not be separated from you. 471 01:08:33,140 --> 01:08:38,140 I will not give my daughter to a barbarian. 472 01:08:42,320 --> 01:08:43,900 Marry me, Charis.