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There's been a renewal.

Yet they fail to demolish the sword. But look at me, Merlin. How can I possibly

do what those giants cannot?

You possess what these people can only dream of.

Destiny. You are the true son of King Uther Pendragon.

I don't understand, Merlin.

Why are you so confident in me?

Because, my child, you are the purest of heart.

Humble, noble, and courageous.

You are the chosen one.

Answers.

On second thought, I think I am the chosen one.

The sword Caliburn is

mine!

Merlin of Camelot.

And now, and forever.

Alan is rewriting history, making himself king over Arthur.

With his knowledge of the past and future, he will try to change the course

of events.

Maybe he can save Kim.

Maybe he can make things better.

Not according to the library.

I've been all through the archives. Apparently there's only one timeline

where ultimate good defeats ultimate evil, and we live in it.

If Merlin succeeds, our timeline will dissolve, and all of us along with it.

So, how did we travel back in time? How did he?

We were all in the annex when, secondly, the next boy was here.

The February's talk was used to bring Merlin back.

Wait, so we were caught up in the spell that brought us back to Camelot?

Be glad we did. For now, we have the opportunity to thwart his plan.

He referred to the sword as Caliburn.

Wasn't it Excalibur that Arthur pulled from the stone?

Unfortunately for us, it is not Excalibur. Or we could have had an ally

in this endeavor.

Common with understanding, often retold incorrectly.

Much like the erasure of my knighthood.

Caliburn was a sword in stone. Excalibur was a gift from the lady in the lake.

Although, how was Merlin worthy of pulling the sword from the stone?

He wasn't. He used a summoning spell.

His addiction to magic has already begun to corrupt him. And like most addicts,

he thinks he'll never suffer the consequences of his actions.

So we're out of time.

And Merlin has magic again.

But he is limited in his power. We must stop him now before he grows stronger.

Do not forget, I am of this time.

I remember those who opposed Merlin.

There may be enough to raise an army.

Okay, so we capture Merlin, take him back to the library, and drain him of

his magic.

Easy. You and Charlie, see how many men you can gather. Connolly and I should

reconnaissance here and find weaknesses.

We shall meet back across the Leo Forest before nightfall.

I can hear the gears clicking in your head, Liza. What are you thinking?

I'm thinking that the steam engine gave birth to the Industrial Revolution, and

even though we're a thousand years before it was invented, watching that

armor makes me realize we have all the knowledge we need to create one. Or

something more powerful, perhaps. We could build something that women's

troops don't have.

What do you need to create such a device?

Ah, materials.

I don't know what's possible in this time period.

At Stuttgart, I wrote a paper on postmortem Britannia.

I know it gets shipped in and out. I know the supplier out.

Perfect. Go. See what you can find.

I shall try to retrieve the revelry talk.

What is it?

My God.

The children.

Who are they?

In a short time, they will be known as the Knights of the Round Table.

you best keep practicing those skills.

Should you want to be knights of the realm?

Can't be.

Excuse me.

Might I have a word with you?

If you wish to tell me I shan't battle boys with sword and shield, you're too

late. As I've already bested them all.

Your name is Elaine, is it not?

Do I know you?

You do not.

But I know you.

As well as I know myself.

I don't have time for riddles.

If you'll excuse me, I have chores.

The kitchen chores your father, Bernard, Lord of Astolat, requires of you that

you always avoid.

Or the chores you set yourself to perfect the ways of battle.

To combat.

You know my father.

You do not know who I am.

And I cannot tell you.

But if you look into my eyes, your heart will know that I offer you truth and

knowledge you should hold dear.

And what truth is that?

That intoxicating as it seems, magic is not to be trusted.

No matter who advises you... You're talking about Merlin. He is a

manipulative trickster who will say anything to consolidate power. He is not

to be trusted. Merlin is the only one who believes in me.

Stay away from him.

His counsel is not in your best interest. Good day.

Lovely day for a coronation, was it not?

Aye!

He's pinned the talk with the sword.

Stone, release the sword.

As a librarian, I command you, release the sword.

Please!

It appears you are simply unworthy.

You librarians are so predictable.

I knew you'd come for the talk.

You are a fool, Merlin.

You cannot change the course of time.

I already have, librarian.

By making sure this dim-witted imbecile doesn't become king.

And... Your Grace, shall I have your meal prepared now? Leave us.

You will fail, Merlin.

The corruptive powers of magic are too great even for you.

Had you listened to me, you would be king.

Your weakness awakened my strength.

It has already begun to affect you. Can you not see?

I see a world where magic can be used properly.

Camelot could fulfill its promise.

It was magic that destroyed Camelot.

Not this time.

This time, I alone hold the power of magic and rule over a new

world. We will stop you.

The library will stop you.

It will be fun watching you try.

I've seen every move you've made.

I see.

could have been.

And these loyal souls will be my knights.

Fools like Galahad or weaklings like Lancelot. I leave.

We stand ready to follow and protect you. Yes. Yes, yes.

You are switching timelines.

Do you not know what that means?

It means no Spanish Inquisition, no Black Death, no world wars to torment

our future.

I'm sorry. Sorry, Your Grace. Your Merlin. Your Majesty. King.

Majesty. What now?

Thought I'd sent you away. Your guest has arrived.

My guest?

Elaine of Astolat.

Oh, yes.

Of course.

Send her in.

Sent for me, Your Highness? Oh, rise, my child.

How may I serve you?

I have beckoned you here for a great purpose.

As your new king, I will need a trusted coterie of loyal knights dedicated to

the high ideals of Camelot. A literal inner circle that will sit with me at

the round table and chart a brighter future.

It sounds wonderful.

But I do not understand how that involves me.

I have chosen you to be first knight.

Me? Your Grace, being a knight has been my dream.

Yes, yes, I know.

But I didn't think it was possible.

In my realm, my dear, truly, nothing is impossible.

Don't listen to him, Elaine.

Silence him, Arthur.

Quickly, boy.

Yes,

my dear.

You will lead my royal guard.

Now, we shall need a name.

How about...

The Knights of the Round Table. Oh, shut up, you idiot!

No.

This will be the birth of a new order.

One that will live on for centuries.

This fellowship, hereafter, shall be known as the Serpent

Brotherhood.

Stop! Whoa, whoa there! Stop!

I beseech thee, I, uh, uh, please, I need thy help.

What trouble's he?

Hildebald. Hildebald? Yes, Hildebald. Is that your kin?

No, no, it is my pet.

Your pet? Yes, my pet.

Weasel.

Uh, he was in my basket, and then he escaped and esconded to the shrubs.

That way, sorry.

A weasel? Yes. It must be well gone by now, lass. Do not say that, ma'am.

He is the most dearest creature I know.

I don't know what I would do without him.

I love him more than anything else.

Now, now, don't despair.

I will help you find him.

Oh, wonderful.

That's right.

Oh, no, that's a rock.

Oh. Can you see movement?

Not really, no.

Maybe if you go further.

Further? Yeah. Oh, he'll evolve.

All the way.

Is this enough coal?

Uh, yeah. Should be.

Okay, so my thinking is this coal dust, along with the magnesium chloride that

we extracted from the briny lake, should interact with a few more natural

compounds and... Boom.

Boom. Boom.

You men can set up your camp over there.

That's it?

That's the army?

More may come later, I hope.

What did you say to them?

Merlin has many enemies.

Didn't take much to persuade them to join our cause.

Who did you say that we were? The librarians, of course.

Even works in medieval times?

Did you do it right?

Still no word from Vikram.

I'm not waiting any longer. I'm going after him.

Vikram can take care of himself. He's a grown man.

Have you met Vikram?

Well, grown-ish man.

You were right. Your friend is being held at a chamber deep inside of the

castle. My spy has returned.

I said I'm going.

My lady, it's impossible.

The castle is being heavily defended.

Hey, look.

I've learned anything from you, Charlie, is that we have to work as a team.

All right?

If we're going to save Vikram, we need a plan.

Did you learn what Merlin was planning? No, but when I left, several of Merlin's

men rode off.

I heard one of them shout that they were on some kind of divine quest.

Did you see where they were headed?

Yes, they went up north on the Asgard Road.

Let's go now.

Unhand me. I told you to stay away from Merlin. Merlin made my dream come true.

He knighted me.

Why should I trust you?

Because I am you.

What is this divine quest Merlin sent you on?

Our quest?

To retrieve the Holy Grail.

Listen, we cannot let Merlin find the Grail.

If he drains that vessel of its magic, he'll become too powerful for us to take

back to the library. But in Arthurian legend, Arthur never gets the Holy

Grail. Galahad found it.

And he brought it back to the library. Yes, but Merlin is rewriting history.

He knows where the Holy Grail was found, and he's sent his knights there as we

speak. Except he's getting it wrong.

You said you intercepted Merlin's men on the Asgard path?

That leads to the town of Corbeil.

But the Grail was found at Korbenik, was it not? No, no.

When we went on our expedition into the depths of the library, I went through

the archives of hundreds of artifacts.

I remember reading that the Grail was not found in the town of Korbenik as

commonly believed, but was in fact found in the Korbenik caves.

But that's in the complete opposite direction.

From our position here, we can get to the cave and back before they realize

their mistake.

Then let's go.

Connor, this is amazing.

Thanks, Lisa, but... No, hey.

Connor. You literally told us that your greatest fear is to fall down a rabbit

hole of the library and lose it. But, I mean, look at you.

You're amazing at this.

You were born to be a librarian.

Yes.

It is not too late to undo the damage that you are causing.

Stop this derangement while there is still time.

Deranged? No.

What is deranged is you not accepting the power I offered you. Changing the

past will not relieve the guilt you feel over the fall of Camelot. It's not my

misuse of magic that caused its demise.

Had it all been in my hands, none of this would have happened. You shall see.

Oh, you are deluding yourself.

Oh, you are so negative.

Arthur!

Yes, my liege?

Yes. Send word to my knights. The real location of the Holy Grail is in the

Corbenic Caves.

Corbenic Caves. Holy Grail. Corbenic Cave.

Quickly, lad!

The text in the library said it was found hidden in a stalagmite.

Described it as a chaste vessel.

There must be hundreds of them.

About a needle in a haystack.

Hey, guys.

Come check this out.

This stalagmite looks weird.

Natural ones are formed by calcium carbonate slowly deposited by dripping

water.

It creates layers and tiny impurities that are trapped inside, see? But this

one's surface is smooth. It has no banding. Without impurities, that could

be considered taste.

What is that?

Vinegar? Did you happen to have a vial of vinegar?

Vinegar is very useful. It's always good to have some handy.

See? No fizz.

Rheal calcite would react with acid to create CO2 bubbles.

This one is made of some resin or plaster, maybe a synthetic material.

This is the one.

Now we just have to figure out how to get inside.

Okay. Wait. Oh.

Oh. Well, that is one way to do it.

I can't believe I'm holding the Holy Grail.

It won't be for long.

And it's over.

You know, I can't do that.

Take it from him.

Yeah,

thanks, Connor.

Connor! Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

We can save him.

We can use the Holy Grail to save him. Where is it? Where is it? And we could

use it.

We can save him, right? Charlie, Lysa, we need to get out of here right now.

No.

No.

Charlie, get her out of here now!

No! Leave them.

We have what we need.

It should have been me.

He died saving me.

This isn't your fault.

I was his guardian.

I should have done more.

I just can't believe he's gone.

Enough of this.

We have no time for tears.

Mrs. Asselet, Connor is dead.

If we want to honor him, then let's finish the job.

How can you be so heartless?

Merlin has the grail.

If he completes the ritual to drain it of its magic, his power will increase

tenfold.

We can all tally our losses when and if we prevail.

If we do not, then none of this will matter.

We must smash through the gates if we're to have any chance of capturing Merlin.

Have our troop numbers grown?

Another ten arrived, but that is all we have.

Well, that should be enough.

We will need a full assault on the gates. We must get inside.

Once we're inside the courtyard and on position, I will snap off the valves.

The liquid will drain and combine and will create an explosion that will take

out the guards.

Once we get inside the castle, we just have to stop Merlin draining the grail

of its magic.

And save Vikram.

If we're not too late.

The sun will soon set.

And I can start the ritual of taking the magic from the grail.

I mourn the loss of Connor.

His death weighs on me.

But you should have listened to me, Vikram. His blood is on your hands.

Boy, alert the troops.

Inform our guards to attack the intruders out on the bridge.

Why are they opening the gate?

To trap?

You underestimated the library, Merlin.

Your arrogance will be your downfall.

We're out of time.

Trap or no trap, we have to go.

Attack!

Arrogance is a human trait. You forget I'm only part human.

Merlin.

Merlin, no.

Merlin, you cannot summon that.

I already have.

A dragon will kill indiscriminately.

Your own men will be lost as well.

Let's go right now.

I'm sorry.

I can't do this.

Hold it together, librarian.

I can't.

Joy. It's up to us now.

You have to set off the device so that we can get inside the castle or she will

have sacrificed herself for nothing.

Yeah.

Okay.

You stay here. The blast is going to be intense.

What about you? I'll be fine.

Once I break the seal, I'll have seven seconds.

Right, look at me.

Merlin, I beg you, end it!

Well done.

I'm impressed.

You're coming back to the library with us.

Now. The only person going anywhere is you.

To your final resting place. You forget you cannot harm her.

Elena Bastilat is immortal.

She wasn't always immortal.

Now, my dear, as first knight, will you do anything for your king? Of course,

your majesty.

Then die for him.

be immortal.

Unless you live long enough to become immortal.

You are a monster, Merlin.

What would you have become?

I offered you the world.

All the magic and power.

You would have had it all.

But your mind is too small.

You lack the vision to understand the good you could have done. Good?

Good?

Like the good you're doing now?

How many people have you killed, Merlin?

For what?

You cannot change time.

As someone...

Who tried.

You cannot go back.

And fix the path.

Arthur!

Do I... Take this vile rogue to the tower?

I cannot stand to hear any more of this, Richard.

I'm sorry about your friends.

There must be a terrible loss.

Perhaps.

Perhaps?

It doesn't have to be this way.

I can bring them all back.

What? How?

The Merlin who rules as king.

Is he the same man you have known your whole life?

No.

Just before he grabbed the sword from the stone, he's become a different man.

A horrible man, is he not?

We... I can stop him.

We can end all of this madness.

And I can bring my friends back to life.

How? The Reverie's talk.

That is what changed the Merlin you once knew.

Release me.

I can get the talk and reset everything.

I can use its magic to restart this timeline, save my friends, and free you

from Merlin's tyranny.

Surely, this is not the Camelot you imagined in your heart of hearts.

My God!

We must hurry, while Merlin is preoccupied.

I just need to free the reverie's talk. Then I can undo all of this insanity.

But how will you get the sword from the stone to free it?

Not me, Arthur.

You.

What?

I can't. Yes, you can.

The sword was always meant for you.

You are pure of heart.

You are the one who is worthy.

Trust me.

I released the sword.

And I have the talk.

Now, all I have to do is... Die.

Just like your friends.

What if I were supposed to be like this?

I didn't mean to kill them.

I was supposed to be different this time.

I was supposed to bring glory to Camelot.

I wasn't supposed to be like this.

You were good.

I saw that.

I thought with you, I could rewrite history.

But you warned me.

You told me my obsession with magic had blinded me.

You were right.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

And now, just as before,

you've destroyed everything.

Finally.

It's about time you came to your senses.

How was that?

I have a history with daggers.

What happened?

A little nightmare magic.

Sound familiar?

The same ledger domain you employed against us.

Turnabout is fair play, is it not?

When I knew you tried to steal the talk, I realized what I had to do.

Just as you have manipulated us by entering our dreams and nightmares, we

would do the same to you.

You believed you had taken the talk and absconded with it back to Camelot.

But I had actually activated it and sent you into a deep sleep. No.

I am still the master of Reverie's talk.

So everything that happened after that point... Was a dream.

Or rather, you're a nightmare.

If you weren't in a dream state, you would have known that the reverie's

torque has no magic that would allow time travel.

The torque is an artifact that allows its users to enter the dream state of

another person.

We had to enter yours to bring you around.

Bring me around?

Yeah, we realize that it isn't your fault.

Your need for magic is... it's an addiction.

And an addict can only truly see their own compulsive behavior when they hit

rock bottom.

So we made sure you could see what would happen if you had all the magic you

craved. Of course, even as a dream, had I not retrieved the talk, we all would

have had to suffer the consequences of that reality.

Well, I am sorry.

You risked it all for me.

To save me.

We didn't actually save you.

You're too powerful a wizard.

The only one who can conquer Merlin is Merlin.

Sometimes dreams reveal the truth, reality obscures. A very, very wise man

must have said that.

I don't know what to say.

Say yes.

No.

An invitation.

From the library. Turns out the library is in need of an archivist.

You will need to work deep in the library using your invaluable knowledge

of magic to categorize and preserve the greatest magical artifacts the world has

ever known.

See it as a chance to start over.

Redemption. We're big on second chances here at the library.

Remarkable.

Mrs. Astolatz will escort you to where you will be working.

I'm afraid it's rather a long walk.

Your kindness and generosity overwhelm me. Well, empathy is a librarian's

greatest tool.

You could not change the past, Merlin.

But this is your chance to shape your future.

You have opened my eyes, all of you.

And though I have a long way to go on my journey, I realize now that, despite my

best intentions, magic belongs only in one place.

Here. In the library.

My gratitude to all of you will be my guiding star. Okay, now you're smart

enough. One last thing.

Do you all really trust me with the most powerful magical artifacts in the world?

The library has a way of keeping everyone and everything in line.

Yeah, we're not stupid.

Excalibur. Yes.

My old friend.

I hope to make you proud, too.

If you are ever in need of a knowledgeable, educated, and hopefully,

contrite magician, you all know where to find me.

Shall we?

Good job, librarian.

Yes, librarians.

Good job, indeed.

Agreed. Well done, librarians.

No appreciation for the Guardian?

Seriously?

Thank you, Guardian.

Okay, so who's up for a new adventure?