1 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,208 I'll hold you... 2 00:00:13,054 --> 00:00:15,904 The treasure is my son, Taliesin, 3 00:00:15,905 --> 00:00:19,619 and in his voice a Summer Kingdom will be born. 4 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:20,969 I don't like the bard. 5 00:00:20,970 --> 00:00:22,468 What I desire is only its power. 6 00:00:23,550 --> 00:00:25,829 The Supreme Spirit, the Lord of all worlds, 7 00:00:25,830 --> 00:00:28,079 My Lord reigns over them all. 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:29,374 You are young. 9 00:00:29,375 --> 00:00:30,749 In your eyes, perhaps. 10 00:00:30,750 --> 00:00:33,329 My people carry the years more lightly than others. 11 00:00:33,330 --> 00:00:34,430 Hail, Mary! 12 00:00:35,294 --> 00:00:36,929 I would like to be your wife, Taliesin. 13 00:00:36,930 --> 00:00:38,069 Together we could build the world 14 00:00:38,070 --> 00:00:39,820 more powerful than Atlantis itself. 15 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:42,782 Atlantis rests on the bottom of the sea, 16 00:00:42,783 --> 00:00:44,210 Morgain. 17 00:00:47,130 --> 00:00:49,919 Taliesin, declared his love for me. 18 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:50,999 What did you discover? 19 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:51,832 A hawk! 20 00:00:51,833 --> 00:00:52,743 A merlin. 21 00:00:54,871 --> 00:00:56,999 I saw a land shining with goodness. 22 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,072 It is the Summer Kingdom and I will be its king. 23 00:01:01,410 --> 00:01:02,899 The child is dead. 24 00:01:02,900 --> 00:01:06,046 I am! 25 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:11,643 God in heaven. 26 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:18,829 My son has the eyes of a hawk! 27 00:01:18,830 --> 00:01:20,541 Of a merlin. 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 NO! 29 00:02:10,610 --> 00:02:13,827 They say Merlin is crazy. 30 00:02:27,990 --> 00:02:29,733 They say he was a king in Dyfed, 31 00:02:30,706 --> 00:02:34,353 that his rule was just and his hand was strong. 32 00:02:38,010 --> 00:02:39,753 They say he was a bard, 33 00:02:40,860 --> 00:02:43,893 the son of a princess from lost Atlantis, 34 00:02:45,030 --> 00:02:47,343 and a Cymrian prophet of great fame. 35 00:02:51,210 --> 00:02:55,623 They say that the future and the past are known to him. 36 00:02:59,970 --> 00:03:03,213 Let the fire and the wind tell him their secrets. 37 00:03:05,446 --> 00:03:06,899 That the magic of the Hill People and the Druids 38 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:11,521 and the Daughters of Bel come forward at his simple command. 39 00:03:15,270 --> 00:03:18,573 He is said to have killed hundreds. 40 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:21,213 Hundreds, did you hear? 41 00:03:22,830 --> 00:03:26,579 Let the world burn and the earth tremble under his wrath. 42 00:03:26,580 --> 00:03:30,003 The Lord of Death thanked him for his terrible harvest. 43 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:31,733 Death! 44 00:03:33,570 --> 00:03:35,603 You got everyone else. 45 00:03:38,316 --> 00:03:40,811 Why didn't you take me with you? 46 00:03:48,226 --> 00:03:53,209 Go back where you came from! 47 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,429 WITHOUT FATHER 48 00:06:30,107 --> 00:06:33,149 Don't raise your hand against me again, Daned, 49 00:06:33,150 --> 00:06:34,200 if you wanted to keep it. 50 00:06:38,313 --> 00:06:40,049 How do you know my name? 51 00:06:40,050 --> 00:06:41,549 I know a lot of things. 52 00:06:41,550 --> 00:06:43,713 Silence! It's a trick! 53 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:45,723 A trick, Iddec? 54 00:06:47,135 --> 00:06:47,968 Is this what you believe? 55 00:06:49,460 --> 00:06:51,912 Ditch! 56 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:53,699 What is it? 57 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:55,019 He knows us! 58 00:06:55,020 --> 00:06:58,083 He doesn't know anything that you haven't already told him. 59 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,163 And you! Don't test me! 60 00:07:03,900 --> 00:07:05,819 I am a powerful druid. 61 00:07:05,820 --> 00:07:08,609 I would speak lightly of power, friend, 62 00:07:08,610 --> 00:07:10,533 because I know where your power comes from. 63 00:07:14,580 --> 00:07:16,849 Whoever they were, they're gone. 64 00:07:16,850 --> 00:07:20,264 You know well who they were, son of Vortigern, 65 00:07:20,265 --> 00:07:22,515 precisely the Saecsen raiders... 66 00:07:23,645 --> 00:07:27,752 You and your father 67 00:07:27,753 --> 00:07:29,295 he set foot in our land. 68 00:07:31,775 --> 00:07:33,179 You told him who we are! 69 00:07:33,180 --> 00:07:36,059 No, my prince! I swear! 70 00:07:36,060 --> 00:07:38,339 I don't like their behavior, my Lord. 71 00:07:38,340 --> 00:07:40,049 Maybe we shouldn't go with them. 72 00:07:40,050 --> 00:07:43,304 Oh, we have nothing to fear from these men, Pelleas. 73 00:07:43,305 --> 00:07:44,549 And I can't wait to meet the man 74 00:07:44,550 --> 00:07:47,369 who made himself king over all the others. 75 00:07:47,370 --> 00:07:49,349 It's the fastest way I know to announce to the world 76 00:07:49,350 --> 00:07:53,193 that Merlin Emrys has returned to the world of the living. 77 00:08:02,340 --> 00:08:03,640 My father will like you. 78 00:08:32,580 --> 00:08:33,797 Perfect! That's it. 79 00:08:36,300 --> 00:08:37,439 Supplies are being gathered, 80 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,090 but we need time to build a wall. 81 00:08:41,490 --> 00:08:42,590 We don't have time. 82 00:08:47,410 --> 00:08:48,977 With our backs against the wall, now! 83 00:08:48,978 --> 00:08:50,332 You said it would be done. 84 00:08:50,333 --> 00:08:52,711 And so it will be, Great King. 85 00:08:53,545 --> 00:08:54,490 The knights are approaching! 86 00:09:05,355 --> 00:09:07,537 Help me, my Lord. 87 00:09:12,850 --> 00:09:14,599 Open the gate! 88 00:09:20,722 --> 00:09:22,577 We have to plug it. Right there. 89 00:09:22,578 --> 00:09:24,103 Right there! 90 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:27,873 My father and my king, 91 00:09:28,710 --> 00:09:33,710 I bring you a great gift and the answer to your problems. 92 00:09:35,130 --> 00:09:38,819 No! There must be some mistake. 93 00:09:38,820 --> 00:09:42,989 The man I'm looking for was already old when I was a child. 94 00:09:42,990 --> 00:09:44,977 This can't be Merlin. 95 00:09:44,978 --> 00:09:47,969 They say Merlin is of the fairy folk, my king. 96 00:09:47,970 --> 00:09:50,099 They call him Emrys. 97 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:50,933 Immortal! 98 00:09:53,370 --> 00:09:54,959 Is that so? 99 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,585 They know me by many names, Vortigern. 100 00:10:02,077 --> 00:10:04,559 You will call him "High King!" 101 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:05,393 They will feed! 102 00:10:12,690 --> 00:10:16,259 And do you know why I looked for you? 103 00:10:16,260 --> 00:10:19,349 The work in your stronghold is going badly. 104 00:10:19,350 --> 00:10:23,219 Your druids blame an evil spirit for the failure 105 00:10:23,220 --> 00:10:25,293 of your bricklayers to build a decent wall. 106 00:10:28,050 --> 00:10:29,309 Go ahead. 107 00:10:29,310 --> 00:10:31,859 They tell you that the blood of a virgin born man is required 108 00:10:31,860 --> 00:10:33,543 to protect your foundation. 109 00:10:34,410 --> 00:10:36,935 Isn't that so, Joram? 110 00:10:38,107 --> 00:10:38,939 Ready! 111 00:10:38,940 --> 00:10:41,697 Is there any doubt that this is the man we need? 112 00:10:43,510 --> 00:10:45,809 It's full of tricks, sire. 113 00:10:45,810 --> 00:10:47,160 Don't be confused! 114 00:10:48,060 --> 00:10:52,019 My enemies attack me. 115 00:10:52,020 --> 00:10:55,109 I would like to strengthen this position, 116 00:10:55,110 --> 00:10:59,480 but every night my walls... 117 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:05,309 Crumble and fall. 118 00:11:05,310 --> 00:11:09,179 Are you truly a fatherless child, Merlin Emrys? 119 00:11:09,180 --> 00:11:14,039 Or maybe just another fatherless bastard? 120 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,733 My father was Taliesin ap Elphin ap Gwyddno, 121 00:11:19,230 --> 00:11:21,280 names that were once praised in this land. 122 00:11:22,530 --> 00:11:27,089 Big name names in Cymry a long, long time ago. 123 00:11:27,090 --> 00:11:30,719 But, sire, Taliesin was no mortal. 124 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,929 He was an otherworldly being. 125 00:11:33,930 --> 00:11:36,047 This will be news to my mother. 126 00:11:38,190 --> 00:11:41,276 There are no evil spirits at work here, Vortigern, 127 00:11:41,277 --> 00:11:43,863 and no man was born a virgin, except one. 128 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:50,240 Your problem is taking advice from liars and fools. 129 00:11:50,730 --> 00:11:53,430 What evidence do you provide to prove that the wall is not cursed? 130 00:12:10,067 --> 00:12:10,900 Subway? 131 00:12:11,865 --> 00:12:12,697 Ugh! 132 00:12:12,698 --> 00:12:13,531 Subway. 133 00:12:16,710 --> 00:12:17,543 Are you sure? 134 00:12:18,420 --> 00:12:20,680 I'm getting impatient, Merlin. 135 00:12:22,436 --> 00:12:25,068 He will shed your blood to build his wall. 136 00:12:25,069 --> 00:12:28,537 Oh, yes. Vortigern is a ruthless man. 137 00:12:29,580 --> 00:12:30,413 And desperate. 138 00:12:33,900 --> 00:12:35,009 But nothing will happen to me 139 00:12:35,010 --> 00:12:37,547 this is not destined to happen, Pelleas. 140 00:12:38,927 --> 00:12:40,709 You didn't bring me back to the world of men 141 00:12:40,710 --> 00:12:41,998 to see me die in this pit. 142 00:12:42,832 --> 00:12:45,119 Enough! These men are making fun of you! 143 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,385 And they waste the little time we have left. 144 00:12:48,219 --> 00:12:49,070 They will feed! 145 00:12:51,673 --> 00:12:52,718 Ugh! 146 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:36,693 No evil spirits. 147 00:13:38,610 --> 00:13:39,903 No underground dragons. 148 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,319 Spring washes away the earth 149 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,220 under the weight of your stone wall. 150 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:50,273 Traitor. 151 00:13:55,524 --> 00:13:56,366 Traitor! 152 00:14:01,022 --> 00:14:02,123 Ah! 153 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:13,233 These men, to whom I have entrusted my life, 154 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:16,893 they proved themselves false in front of me. 155 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:24,033 These men were so eager for your blood. 156 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,350 Surely he won't mind if I ask him. 157 00:14:37,293 --> 00:14:39,402 No! No! No! No! 158 00:15:00,597 --> 00:15:04,072 I am an old man, Merlin, 159 00:15:04,073 --> 00:15:04,906 and a fool. 160 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,719 I offer you my apologies and you will have my reward. 161 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,980 I will accept nothing from your hand, Vortigern. 162 00:15:14,430 --> 00:15:18,209 Am I that unpleasant in your eyes? 163 00:15:18,210 --> 00:15:20,009 Whatever you gave me, 164 00:15:20,010 --> 00:15:21,410 you took from another. 165 00:15:23,430 --> 00:15:24,663 You did a lot of harm. 166 00:15:26,670 --> 00:15:29,249 And much harm will be done to you. 167 00:15:29,250 --> 00:15:31,500 He's back home! 168 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:37,409 Have I not kept the earth at peace these last years? 169 00:15:37,410 --> 00:15:39,959 Given Saecsen's safe haven to plunder our land 170 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,493 does not keep the peace. 171 00:15:43,650 --> 00:15:45,449 I didn't see any other way. 172 00:15:45,450 --> 00:15:47,673 You traded strength for peace, 173 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,003 but there will be no peace without strength. 174 00:15:52,710 --> 00:15:55,079 Father, you would free these men 175 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,539 after they humiliated you in your own court? 176 00:15:57,540 --> 00:16:00,393 I humbled myself, like you did. 177 00:16:02,310 --> 00:16:05,639 You just killed your own advisors on the brink of war. 178 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:06,963 False advisors! 179 00:16:09,229 --> 00:16:10,593 It's an unwinnable war. 180 00:16:16,888 --> 00:16:18,188 I had a vision. 181 00:16:19,813 --> 00:16:21,033 A daydream. 182 00:16:22,470 --> 00:16:25,374 I saw the grave Merlin dug. 183 00:16:28,830 --> 00:16:30,350 I heard his choice... 184 00:16:32,449 --> 00:16:35,818 When he hit the stone, only instead of water... 185 00:16:38,059 --> 00:16:40,023 Below was a large cave. 186 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,573 In the cave there were two large egg-like stones. 187 00:16:52,470 --> 00:16:53,759 Inside the eggs, 188 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,539 two dragons came out to fight against each other. 189 00:16:57,540 --> 00:17:00,843 The first was white as milk. 190 00:17:01,740 --> 00:17:03,026 And the other... 191 00:17:06,323 --> 00:17:07,156 Red... 192 00:17:09,747 --> 00:17:10,580 Like blood! 193 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,653 And they fought among themselves, the dragons, 194 00:17:17,550 --> 00:17:20,523 and their battle was terrible to see. 195 00:17:22,980 --> 00:17:24,656 They seriously injured each other, 196 00:17:24,657 --> 00:17:26,909 and when they could fight no more, 197 00:17:26,910 --> 00:17:30,693 they crawled back into their eggs and slept, 198 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,793 but only to fight again once they rested. 199 00:17:38,070 --> 00:17:39,323 What about this dream? 200 00:17:40,969 --> 00:17:41,802 Merlin? 201 00:17:44,051 --> 00:17:44,884 Merlin? 202 00:17:46,131 --> 00:17:47,402 Master? 203 00:17:53,547 --> 00:17:54,993 The dream, Merlin. 204 00:17:56,550 --> 00:17:57,963 What about this dream? 205 00:18:00,540 --> 00:18:02,957 Do you really want to know? 206 00:18:06,813 --> 00:18:08,313 Flee, Vortigern. 207 00:18:09,510 --> 00:18:12,603 If you want to live, you have to escape. 208 00:18:13,710 --> 00:18:16,409 The dragons you saw are your enemies, 209 00:18:16,410 --> 00:18:18,303 white for the Saecsen horde, 210 00:18:19,650 --> 00:18:22,919 red for the True Sons of Britain 211 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,263 whose father you murdered for your crown. 212 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,309 But they are at war with each other, not with us. 213 00:18:29,310 --> 00:18:32,163 Maybe the Saecsens will join us again, after all we've given them. 214 00:18:35,130 --> 00:18:36,543 Is there no hope for me? 215 00:18:38,310 --> 00:18:42,659 This is your hope and the hope of our people. 216 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:44,849 From the events you set in motion, 217 00:18:44,850 --> 00:18:48,063 a king will arise who will hold all Britain in his hand. 218 00:18:49,380 --> 00:18:52,563 A Supreme King who will be the wonder of the world, 219 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:55,769 a dragon chief 220 00:18:55,770 --> 00:18:58,263 to completely devour the white pit dragon. 221 00:19:04,083 --> 00:19:04,916 You? 222 00:19:07,731 --> 00:19:09,449 I do not know. 223 00:19:09,450 --> 00:19:11,193 Talk about destruction! 224 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:15,719 I will ride this very night to the shore of Saecsen 225 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,107 to rally our friends to our cause. 226 00:19:18,108 --> 00:19:19,163 Stroll! 227 00:19:19,164 --> 00:19:20,489 Then go, boy. 228 00:19:20,490 --> 00:19:24,183 Ride and don't delay! Our doom is imminent. 229 00:19:25,342 --> 00:19:27,039 Stroll! 230 00:19:35,790 --> 00:19:39,393 If this were to be Vortigern's last stand, 231 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,433 let my son stay away from this place. 232 00:19:50,250 --> 00:19:51,659 Point those arrows high. 233 00:19:51,660 --> 00:19:53,560 They won't be of any use to you down here! 234 00:19:54,810 --> 00:19:56,760 It would be very helpful if you stayed. 235 00:19:58,020 --> 00:19:59,493 My path is different. 236 00:20:05,341 --> 00:20:06,952 Lad! 237 00:20:06,953 --> 00:20:09,000 What's the problem? 238 00:20:09,001 --> 00:20:10,760 What is this? 239 00:20:10,761 --> 00:20:12,509 Get it out! I'll take it out. 240 00:20:12,510 --> 00:20:15,160 If there is a battle, I will fight for my king. 241 00:20:17,370 --> 00:20:18,839 Now. 242 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,619 No! Not until another summer. 243 00:20:22,620 --> 00:20:25,413 I will do my part, my Lord, like every other man here. 244 00:20:31,950 --> 00:20:35,459 Help the archers at the top of the tower, right at the top, 245 00:20:35,460 --> 00:20:37,079 you protect their backs. 246 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:38,652 YES? 247 00:20:41,910 --> 00:20:42,933 Protect their backs. 248 00:20:46,397 --> 00:20:47,879 Yes, now. 249 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,112 Here, let me help you with this. 250 00:20:49,113 --> 00:20:50,579 Stop shaking! 251 00:20:50,580 --> 00:20:53,849 Courage, people of the Island of the Powerful, 252 00:20:53,850 --> 00:20:56,973 because the soul of Britain is awakening. 253 00:20:59,226 --> 00:21:00,059 David? 254 00:21:03,709 --> 00:21:05,255 Merlin! 255 00:21:05,256 --> 00:21:06,088 David! 256 00:21:06,089 --> 00:21:08,089 My Lord, you are alive! 257 00:21:09,062 --> 00:21:14,062 To see you again after all these years. 258 00:21:16,392 --> 00:21:19,751 But you haven't changed anything. 259 00:21:26,090 --> 00:21:30,246 Dafyd, what is this? 260 00:21:36,157 --> 00:21:38,740 Why is this holy man in chains? 261 00:21:45,450 --> 00:21:46,979 For treason. 262 00:21:46,980 --> 00:21:51,220 We hoped to appeal to the High King in the name of Jesus 263 00:21:52,140 --> 00:21:53,939 to show charity to women 264 00:21:53,940 --> 00:21:57,089 and children displaced by the Saecsen raid. 265 00:21:57,090 --> 00:21:58,889 I won't be lectured 266 00:21:58,890 --> 00:22:01,983 by the worshipers of some sand-hungry madman. 267 00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:04,833 He was not convinced. 268 00:22:09,755 --> 00:22:12,029 Of all your many sins, Vortigern, 269 00:22:12,030 --> 00:22:15,213 among these, the main one is to prevent this man from working. 270 00:22:16,140 --> 00:22:17,290 This is very doubtful. 271 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:21,693 Free these men if you want to save your soul. 272 00:22:24,270 --> 00:22:25,233 Save my soul? 273 00:22:28,410 --> 00:22:29,603 So hold on! 274 00:22:31,063 --> 00:22:32,163 I won't do it! 275 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,920 Then I will claim the reward you have offered me. 276 00:22:37,170 --> 00:22:41,463 Free these men and our debt will be paid. 277 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,350 You are a man who pays taxes... 278 00:23:10,256 --> 00:23:11,089 Merlin Emrys. 279 00:23:12,510 --> 00:23:17,510 Yet very few people talk to me openly. 280 00:23:20,283 --> 00:23:22,671 Hay! Hay! 281 00:23:22,672 --> 00:23:24,255 Passed through that gate. 282 00:23:25,740 --> 00:23:28,039 Goodbye, Vortigern. 283 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:29,283 We won't meet again. 284 00:23:33,330 --> 00:23:36,365 Goodbye, Merlin. 285 00:23:50,106 --> 00:23:51,021 Ugh! 286 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:56,793 Damned! 287 00:24:06,310 --> 00:24:07,143 Who is there? 288 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:14,463 Show yourself! 289 00:24:16,050 --> 00:24:19,000 I wouldn't expect a warrior to turn his back on the enemy. 290 00:24:23,115 --> 00:24:23,948 And now? 291 00:24:25,218 --> 00:24:27,244 And now we know you're no warrior. 292 00:24:44,510 --> 00:24:46,653 Do I look too old to ride a horse? 293 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:53,175 I know. 294 00:24:54,009 --> 00:24:56,519 I know! 295 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,563 But look at you, Myrddin Bach. 296 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,109 You are the flower of your race. 297 00:25:04,110 --> 00:25:07,170 Praise God for your long life. 298 00:25:28,694 --> 00:25:30,719 Enough fighting for today, Hawk. 299 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,629 Why do you have to torment me with Latin? 300 00:25:33,630 --> 00:25:35,819 Because the word of the true God is sharper, 301 00:25:35,820 --> 00:25:37,499 even more than the double-edged sword. 302 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:39,239 Tell it to the Picts! 303 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,639 Tell that to the Irish raider! 304 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,789 I will learn Latin when I am as old as Hafgan. 305 00:25:44,790 --> 00:25:47,566 How old do you think I am, Myrddin Bach? 306 00:25:47,567 --> 00:25:50,279 You're as old as the oak tree on Shrine Hill. 307 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:51,723 Not quite that old. 308 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:54,723 But what is age to you, eh? 309 00:25:56,070 --> 00:25:57,689 You will become as old as an oak tree 310 00:25:57,690 --> 00:25:59,639 on the Island of the Powerful. 311 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,589 Does this mean I will be king forever? 312 00:26:01,590 --> 00:26:02,423 Mmm! 313 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,522 It's a great thing to be a king, Hawk. 314 00:26:06,523 --> 00:26:07,983 A truly great thing. 315 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,993 But there is an authority to which even kings must submit. 316 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,729 Find out this and if you wear a gold necklace 317 00:26:17,730 --> 00:26:19,709 or the rags of a beggar, 318 00:26:19,710 --> 00:26:22,743 you will earn the name Ambrosius. 319 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:24,860 What does it mean? 320 00:26:26,166 --> 00:26:27,899 Hmm. 321 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:31,088 Study Latin. 322 00:26:35,532 --> 00:26:36,365 Stay! 323 00:26:40,770 --> 00:26:41,603 Merlin! 324 00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:48,299 We have to ride. 325 00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:49,700 Vortigern's end is near! 326 00:26:51,420 --> 00:26:53,822 Where would you like us to go, my Lord? 327 00:26:53,823 --> 00:26:56,307 Does Pendaran still reign in Maridunum? 328 00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:04,285 King Pendaran joined his fathers many years ago, Hawk. 329 00:27:07,050 --> 00:27:08,700 Even your grandparents, my lord. 330 00:27:11,063 --> 00:27:12,230 King Elphin... 331 00:27:13,419 --> 00:27:15,710 Lady Rhonwyn, Cuall... 332 00:27:17,378 --> 00:27:18,295 And Hafgan. 333 00:27:20,460 --> 00:27:21,293 Stupid. 334 00:27:23,460 --> 00:27:25,769 Hidden up there in your shack, 335 00:27:25,770 --> 00:27:27,720 haunting the rocky lands like a specter. 336 00:27:29,610 --> 00:27:32,913 Didn't you know that men mark their years differently? 337 00:27:36,450 --> 00:27:38,552 Custennin still rules Celyddon? 338 00:27:38,553 --> 00:27:40,593 His Atlantean blood is strong! 339 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:43,432 But we would like- 340 00:27:43,433 --> 00:27:47,609 We wouldn't be welcome there. 341 00:27:47,610 --> 00:27:48,803 No, my Lord. 342 00:27:51,690 --> 00:27:54,550 Go back the way you came. 343 00:27:56,007 --> 00:27:57,873 I'm not sure what that means. 344 00:27:59,490 --> 00:28:00,323 Me neither. 345 00:28:09,623 --> 00:28:10,456 Cover! 346 00:28:22,722 --> 00:28:24,193 Now! 347 00:28:49,567 --> 00:28:51,093 Already deserters? 348 00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:54,533 Let them fly. 349 00:28:55,860 --> 00:28:57,869 The battle is ahead of us. 350 00:28:57,870 --> 00:29:00,470 What if one of them is the usurper himself? 351 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:08,700 I have to be the one to take the tower. 352 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:16,480 For justice. 353 00:29:17,612 --> 00:29:18,779 For Great Britain. 354 00:29:25,504 --> 00:29:27,894 Archers! 355 00:29:35,799 --> 00:29:38,870 They came for blood! 356 00:29:38,871 --> 00:29:40,950 Give him blood! 357 00:30:12,514 --> 00:30:14,611 Where is the king? 358 00:30:14,612 --> 00:30:16,402 After you! 359 00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:19,454 WELL! 360 00:30:19,455 --> 00:30:21,161 Yessss! 361 00:30:36,852 --> 00:30:38,568 WELL! 362 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:50,997 After you! After you! 363 00:30:57,258 --> 00:30:58,091 After you! 364 00:31:07,114 --> 00:31:08,382 Keep the door open! 365 00:31:58,521 --> 00:32:00,333 I need help! Help me! 366 00:32:00,334 --> 00:32:03,224 The cart! Bring the cart! Bring it! 367 00:32:18,092 --> 00:32:19,509 Let the fox burn! 368 00:32:23,140 --> 00:32:24,845 Ah! 369 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,773 Thus ends Vortigern's reign, 370 00:33:32,910 --> 00:33:34,413 High King of Britain. 371 00:33:45,330 --> 00:33:49,410 Hail Uther, son of Constans! 372 00:34:16,963 --> 00:34:19,639 With me, thank you. 373 00:34:24,877 --> 00:34:29,017 Aurelio! 374 00:34:30,285 --> 00:34:31,118 Aurelio! 375 00:34:32,109 --> 00:34:32,942 Aurelio! 376 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:35,033 Aurelio! 377 00:34:36,225 --> 00:34:37,058 Aurelio! 378 00:34:38,691 --> 00:34:39,524 Aurelio! 379 00:34:40,931 --> 00:34:41,764 Aurelio! 380 00:34:42,956 --> 00:34:43,789 Aurelio! 381 00:34:44,963 --> 00:34:45,796 Aurelio! 382 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:48,313 Aurelio! 383 00:34:50,029 --> 00:34:50,862 Aurelio! 384 00:34:55,616 --> 00:34:57,033 Hello, Aurelio. 385 00:35:29,846 --> 00:35:31,096 A bad cut. 386 00:35:32,278 --> 00:35:33,445 For Great Britain. 387 00:35:34,353 --> 00:35:37,589 I had never seen my brother defeated in battle before. 388 00:35:37,590 --> 00:35:39,119 He fought well. 389 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:40,079 And my men? 390 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:43,983 Alive, sire, if a little battered. 391 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,009 Sire? 392 00:35:47,010 --> 00:35:49,649 A fashionable honorific for a High King, isn't it? 393 00:35:49,650 --> 00:35:51,479 Do you think me a High King? 394 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,599 Do not all the kings of Britain sing your praises today? 395 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,479 I can think of a few who sing their own praises. 396 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,459 Some men who came with me just a few hours ago. 397 00:35:59,460 --> 00:36:00,899 Hmm! 398 00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:01,732 Well, what does it matter? 399 00:36:01,733 --> 00:36:04,529 What do some presumptuous grumblers think? 400 00:36:04,530 --> 00:36:07,846 Because I need each of them to defeat Hengist. 401 00:36:07,847 --> 00:36:09,663 Ah! King Saecsen. 402 00:36:10,590 --> 00:36:12,299 Those grumps are all that stands between us 403 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:13,800 my seat on the throne and his. 404 00:36:15,990 --> 00:36:18,399 Yours is the favorite butt, my King. 405 00:36:19,380 --> 00:36:22,563 My lord, brother, you have just met this man. 406 00:36:24,090 --> 00:36:24,923 Have you just met? 407 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:30,310 Oh, I don't think so, Uther. 408 00:36:32,790 --> 00:36:34,540 I have known Merlino for a very long time. 409 00:36:35,883 --> 00:36:38,909 Merlin? 410 00:36:38,910 --> 00:36:39,933 It's impossible. 411 00:36:41,130 --> 00:36:43,683 Merlin was a myth before our father was even born. 412 00:36:45,660 --> 00:36:46,810 And yet... 413 00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:49,679 Well done, Aurelio. 414 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,130 Maybe you have the makings of a king after all. 415 00:37:00,090 --> 00:37:01,199 Three of the kings of the south 416 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,299 I never returned to camp this morning. 417 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:06,269 Yet they are quite happy to see you challenge Vortigern. 418 00:37:06,270 --> 00:37:07,103 Opportunity! 419 00:37:08,130 --> 00:37:10,229 It doesn't mean they're happy to see me as High King. 420 00:37:10,230 --> 00:37:13,529 Mmm! It's worse than I thought. 421 00:37:13,530 --> 00:37:16,503 700 men are not too many to face Hengist. 422 00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:19,073 Traitor! 423 00:37:23,460 --> 00:37:25,863 How quickly one passes from one master to another. 424 00:37:29,460 --> 00:37:30,293 Intriguing! 425 00:37:31,798 --> 00:37:33,629 Do you know this man? 426 00:37:33,630 --> 00:37:36,480 Aurelius, your prisoner is Prince Pascent ap Vortigern, 427 00:37:37,860 --> 00:37:39,243 son of your fallen enemy. 428 00:37:40,650 --> 00:37:42,029 We considered him a simple explorer. 429 00:37:42,030 --> 00:37:43,863 You killed my father, you bastard. 430 00:37:52,950 --> 00:37:56,996 Your father killed our father. 431 00:37:56,997 --> 00:37:58,203 The debt is now paid. 432 00:37:59,670 --> 00:38:00,503 And mine? 433 00:38:01,620 --> 00:38:03,519 Who will pay the blood money to Pascent? 434 00:38:04,448 --> 00:38:06,047 May the devil pay you! 435 00:38:06,048 --> 00:38:07,465 Uther, brother. 436 00:38:08,460 --> 00:38:10,679 We came here to get justice. 437 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,893 Really? Because I thought we came here for Britain. 438 00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:16,649 And every day this scum takes a breath, 439 00:38:16,650 --> 00:38:18,269 he is a threat to your kingdom. 440 00:38:18,270 --> 00:38:20,549 Your brother is right, sire. 441 00:38:20,550 --> 00:38:22,563 Vortigern's son is not a forgiving man. 442 00:38:26,010 --> 00:38:28,859 Yet I will not begin my reign as an assassin, 443 00:38:28,860 --> 00:38:29,710 as Vortigern did. 444 00:38:49,865 --> 00:38:52,615 I give you your life, Pascent. 445 00:38:53,728 --> 00:38:55,678 Don't give me reason to take it back. 446 00:39:14,790 --> 00:39:17,253 You made a grave mistake, brother. 447 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,951 And if that were the case, I would be the one to make it happen. 448 00:39:46,576 --> 00:39:48,086 It's coming! 449 00:39:48,087 --> 00:39:50,163 How did you get this blade? 450 00:39:54,570 --> 00:39:55,403 Grampa! 451 00:39:56,965 --> 00:39:58,938 Grandpa, he's coming! 452 00:40:09,083 --> 00:40:10,166 Is he a king? 453 00:40:11,670 --> 00:40:13,127 He is more than a king. 454 00:40:17,828 --> 00:40:20,309 The boy has the eyes of a bird of prey. 455 00:40:20,310 --> 00:40:22,079 Stand up straight, boy. 456 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,019 The Dux Britanniarum is speaking to you, 457 00:40:25,020 --> 00:40:27,543 commander of all Roman forces in Britain. 458 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:32,583 I knew your father. 459 00:40:35,490 --> 00:40:37,079 Tell me, boy, 460 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,930 What does Taliesin's son see with those golden eyes? 461 00:40:49,454 --> 00:40:51,352 I see a sword. 462 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:54,179 The hilt is silver 463 00:40:54,180 --> 00:40:56,493 and bears a purple gem carved in the shape of an eagle. 464 00:40:57,420 --> 00:41:00,024 It is an emperor's sword. 465 00:41:00,025 --> 00:41:01,775 An emperor's sword? 466 00:41:02,610 --> 00:41:03,989 Enough, boy! 467 00:41:03,990 --> 00:41:05,140 What else do you see? 468 00:41:06,090 --> 00:41:11,090 I see a group of kings arranged in a circle like stones. 469 00:41:13,170 --> 00:41:14,943 A woman kneels between them. 470 00:41:15,870 --> 00:41:18,033 He holds the sword in his hands. 471 00:41:19,650 --> 00:41:23,163 She speaks but no one hears her, no one listens to her. 472 00:41:25,020 --> 00:41:26,210 I see the blade... 473 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,063 Rusty and forgotten. 474 00:41:36,540 --> 00:41:38,090 Shall we sing a song, Hafgan? 475 00:41:41,220 --> 00:41:43,224 We certainly will. 476 00:41:51,566 --> 00:41:52,399 Be careful! 477 00:42:27,163 --> 00:42:29,613 I never saw Maximus or his sword again. 478 00:42:33,330 --> 00:42:34,797 An extraordinary story. 479 00:42:34,798 --> 00:42:36,543 Yes! If it were true! 480 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:41,780 The sword belonged to my father. 481 00:42:42,630 --> 00:42:45,989 How he did it I don't know. 482 00:42:45,990 --> 00:42:46,823 I know. 483 00:42:49,027 --> 00:42:49,859 The paths that brought us together 484 00:42:49,860 --> 00:42:51,243 it started long before this day. 485 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,510 I will trust you, Merlin Ambrogio. 486 00:42:58,620 --> 00:43:00,728 I would like you to be my advisor. 487 00:43:01,562 --> 00:43:02,394 By the gods! 488 00:43:02,395 --> 00:43:03,745 I need an advisor, Uther! 489 00:43:04,830 --> 00:43:07,586 We're not exactly swamped with volunteers. 490 00:43:17,340 --> 00:43:18,837 Very good, Aurelio. 491 00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:25,559 Let it be as you say, and listen to the word of your counselors. 492 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:28,083 The kings of the South will continue to abandon you. 493 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:31,409 Fire them. 494 00:43:31,410 --> 00:43:32,403 To hell! 495 00:43:33,465 --> 00:43:34,298 Uther. 496 00:43:35,430 --> 00:43:36,359 Go ahead. 497 00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:38,909 Let them return to their land and see with their own eyes 498 00:43:38,910 --> 00:43:40,810 what the Saecsen raiders have accomplished. 499 00:43:41,730 --> 00:43:45,269 Their own people will ask to unite under your flag. 500 00:43:45,270 --> 00:43:47,553 I have friends out west and north. 501 00:43:48,690 --> 00:43:51,689 I believe we can count them among your supporters. 502 00:43:51,690 --> 00:43:52,970 Master Merlin, I... 503 00:43:55,140 --> 00:43:58,539 I will ride towards them and rally them to your cause. 504 00:43:58,540 --> 00:43:59,579 And what should we do? 505 00:43:59,580 --> 00:44:02,609 while you play at being king, Merlin? 506 00:44:02,610 --> 00:44:05,510 I know a place where you will be safe while we build up our forces. 507 00:44:08,610 --> 00:44:10,773 This is where it all begins. 508 00:44:13,250 --> 00:44:14,493 First there is a sword. 509 00:44:15,810 --> 00:44:20,810 The sword of Britain and the sword is Britain. 510 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:09,531 It's the answer to many prayers, Merlin, 511 00:45:09,532 --> 00:45:12,367 see you again. 512 00:45:24,210 --> 00:45:25,930 Usually you're the one who sets up camp 513 00:45:27,300 --> 00:45:28,700 while I stare at the fire. 514 00:45:29,970 --> 00:45:32,403 I fear this plan, my Lord. 515 00:45:33,818 --> 00:45:36,269 The king of the Cimri will be threatened by your return, 516 00:45:36,270 --> 00:45:37,469 and the north will not help you. 517 00:45:37,470 --> 00:45:41,283 Aurelius has the sword of Magnus Maximus, Pelleas. 518 00:45:42,906 --> 00:45:44,573 The Emperor's Sword. 519 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:50,073 If you go back North, Custennin won't help you. 520 00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:52,739 Thus begins the Summer Kingdom. 521 00:45:52,740 --> 00:45:54,490 My lord, Custennin will kill you! 522 00:46:00,243 --> 00:46:01,713 I've seen how you struggle. 523 00:46:03,240 --> 00:46:05,763 I have never felt your awen burden you so much. 524 00:46:11,010 --> 00:46:12,910 I'm not the man I once was, Pelleas. 525 00:46:36,900 --> 00:46:38,133 Hafgan's Harp! 526 00:46:41,580 --> 00:46:43,130 Yours was... 527 00:46:45,060 --> 00:46:45,893 I know. 528 00:46:53,742 --> 00:46:55,492 I don't remember how. 529 00:46:57,960 --> 00:46:59,660 I've carried it with me for almost 50 years. 530 00:47:02,010 --> 00:47:03,460 I haven't learned a note yet. 531 00:47:06,542 --> 00:47:07,792 Pelleas, I... 532 00:47:09,103 --> 00:47:11,163 I am not worthy of your sacrifice. 533 00:47:13,020 --> 00:47:14,973 Only God is worthy of such devotion. 534 00:47:17,970 --> 00:47:22,623 As one cares for another, does one not also care for God? 535 00:47:26,370 --> 00:47:27,820 Now listen to me carefully. 536 00:47:29,790 --> 00:47:32,489 You found me and brought me back to the world of men, 537 00:47:32,490 --> 00:47:33,740 and I thank you for this. 538 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:36,832 But... 539 00:47:36,833 --> 00:47:38,253 Let others make their choice! 540 00:47:41,010 --> 00:47:41,883 I did mine. 541 00:47:46,470 --> 00:47:47,420 Goodnight, my Lord. 542 00:47:52,932 --> 00:47:53,932 Good night! 543 00:47:57,560 --> 00:47:58,817 My true friend. 544 00:48:08,036 --> 00:48:09,619 Merlin. 545 00:48:14,329 --> 00:48:18,338 Remember what they did to you, my brother. 546 00:49:10,957 --> 00:49:11,790 Sssh! 547 00:51:58,922 --> 00:52:00,447 Come! 548 00:52:58,797 --> 00:53:00,347 Behold your true enemy, O King. 549 00:53:01,709 --> 00:53:02,733 The English Hengist. 550 00:53:05,850 --> 00:53:07,700 I've never seen so many. 551 00:53:09,176 --> 00:53:11,843 And this is nothing more than a group of raiders fresh out of the loot. 552 00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:15,930 You won't be able to drive the barbarian away on your own. 553 00:53:17,340 --> 00:53:18,640 Don't you agree, Uther? 554 00:53:20,250 --> 00:53:21,779 I would say we have proven our worth 555 00:53:21,780 --> 00:53:23,916 more than capable on their own. 556 00:53:23,917 --> 00:53:24,750 Uther! 557 00:53:25,944 --> 00:53:30,539 You killed the usurper Vortigern. Not him. 558 00:53:30,540 --> 00:53:32,490 I burned him alive in a tower, Uther. 559 00:53:34,339 --> 00:53:36,089 I never even met his blade with mine. 560 00:53:36,090 --> 00:53:36,922 Right! 561 00:53:36,923 --> 00:53:39,689 Well, the battle is not about honor, but about victory. 562 00:53:39,690 --> 00:53:41,879 There will be no victory 563 00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:43,930 without the kings of Britain at our side! 564 00:53:46,381 --> 00:53:48,631 Without Merlin at our side. 565 00:54:43,891 --> 00:54:44,724 Merlin? 566 00:54:50,376 --> 00:54:51,209 Merlin! 567 00:55:14,515 --> 00:55:17,213 Praise be to the good Lord. 568 00:55:17,214 --> 00:55:20,762 What god could build such a place? 569 00:55:20,763 --> 00:55:24,397 Not a god, a king. 570 00:55:26,344 --> 00:55:30,877 Here is Yns Avallach, the Hall of the Fairy King. 571 00:55:41,610 --> 00:55:43,799 Praise the Lord from the high places, 572 00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:45,299 praise him in the Halls of Light. 573 00:55:45,300 --> 00:55:46,781 Praise him, all you his angels. 574 00:55:46,782 --> 00:55:49,223 Praise him, all you armies of heaven. 575 00:55:49,224 --> 00:55:50,129 Praise him, sun and moon. 576 00:55:50,130 --> 00:55:51,830 Praise Him, all you shining stars. 577 00:55:52,904 --> 00:55:54,749 Praise him, you of the heavenly kingdoms. 578 00:55:54,750 --> 00:55:57,874 Praise him, ye waters that are above the heavens. 579 00:55:57,875 --> 00:55:59,453 May all praise the name of the Lord. 580 00:56:02,046 --> 00:56:03,129 Hail, Mary. 581 00:56:07,237 --> 00:56:09,273 Dafyd! You've come home! 582 00:56:16,140 --> 00:56:16,973 Hi, mom. 583 00:56:19,902 --> 00:56:22,439 Merlin! 584 00:58:17,467 --> 00:58:20,029 Aurelio's life is in danger. 585 00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:25,110 Until the kings of Britain recognize his claim. 586 00:58:26,990 --> 00:58:29,359 Aurelius defeated the usurper Vortigern. 587 00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:31,219 He could find refuge here 588 00:58:31,220 --> 00:58:33,529 while I go to gather the remaining friends. 589 00:58:33,530 --> 00:58:35,688 While we go to gather your friends. 590 00:58:35,689 --> 00:58:36,521 Uther! 591 00:58:36,522 --> 00:58:39,259 To ensure that Merlin is not careless 592 00:58:39,260 --> 00:58:41,010 file your claim in other courts. 593 00:58:42,230 --> 00:58:43,592 Sword of the Fisher King. 594 00:58:43,593 --> 00:58:45,962 The sword of a High King! 595 00:58:45,963 --> 00:58:48,829 I don't offer it to Aurelio. 596 00:58:48,830 --> 00:58:52,519 Merlin, he will take the collar from my father 597 00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:55,073 and declare himself Supreme King before he's finished. 598 00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:59,710 Unless we stop it here and now. 599 00:58:59,711 --> 00:59:00,543 Ah!