Original subtitles

BARUCH: There is a great war coming.

All conscious beings are engaged in a battle already.

ASRIEL: And I would risk everything, and every one,

to destroy Metatron. SCREAMING

Asriel, she's our daughter, and she's in danger.

Do you know who they say she is?

All that matters is the child.

My child.

I need to go to the land of the dead and put things right.

I can't betray Roger. PAN: Just go.

MACPHAIL: We will use the lock of your daughter's hair

to locate her and to destroy her.

Roger! We need to get out of here.

This isn't life after death, this is a prison camp.

None of you should be here.

JOPARI: As soon as you release these ghosts,

you must find your daemon, Will.

I guided her to Asriel's republic.

ALARBUS: The mortal Lord Asriel is harnessing technology

to challenge you.

METATRON: It's time to send these mortals a warning.

I stopped the bomb from detonating,

but angelic light struck the intercision chamber

and triggered the release.

Metatron's answer to your war cry.

IOREK: Lyra went to the land of the dead,

but she walked in alive.

The witches' prophecy.

She is Eve, and she will defeat death.

Tell them stories!

ASRIEL: She's extraordinary.

To free a soul from the land of the dead...

Metatron's purgatory is broken.

He will come at you with everything he has.

SQUAWKING

ALARM BLARES

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Come on, let's go.

HURRIED VOICES, SHOUTING

SPARKS CRACKLE

Go! That's right, come on.

SPARKS CRACKLE

ENGINEER: Sir, the capacitors are ready.

Good. Have those transported to the abyss.

ALARM CONTINUES

INDISTINCT INSTRUCTIONS

Look out.

XAPHANIA: The Clouded Mountain draws closer.

The way forward now depends on Lyra.

If Eve survives the Fall once more,

all worlds will be liberated.

But if Metatron can control the children,

or their daemons, the future is his - forever.

I have devoted my entire life to science

and the pursuit of truth.

I have sworn blind that prophecies

are merely stories concocted to control the credulous.

And yet, here I stand,

unable to avoid the prophetic truth in front of me.

The success of our entire rebellion

seemingly hinges upon the survival

of our daughter.

So, change of plan.

We don't have to win this fight.

We just have to keep Metatron's forces away

from the girl and the boy long enough

for them to be reunited with their daemons.

Escape to a safe world and Fall.

I will alert you when the knife-bearer cuts through.

Spirit can sense the blade.

All civilians have taken shelter in the bunker beneath the base.

Our human forces can be stationed around the perimeter.

Kaisa has been searching for the daemons.

When he finds them, I will go to them.

Good. You'll bring them back here?

Here? With the Clouded Mountain above us?

I designed this building to withstand angelic force.

How can you possibly know the nature of Metatron's attack? I...

Oh, I am prepared for him.

SNARLING

RUSTLING

We could go through to that world.

It's sunny. It smells nice.

We can't.

You know, I have an idea.

We need to get to our daemons, right?

So if I cut to the Republic, find them...

..you can go to that nice world and I'll meet you there.

You want to leave me?

Not leave you, just let you go there.

You just said you wanted to do that.

We've come this far, and you still don't understand.

We're in this together.

Quite clear you're unconvinced by the plan.

Here.

I've placed capacitors inside the abyss to harness the Dust flow.

It's a simple switch mechanism,

but when the detonator is released,

the energy coils collide to create an energy surge.

It may be powerful enough

to destabilise the entire Clouded Mountain.

I'm going to go there.

I'm going to make sure that when his house comes down,

Metatron goes into that abyss.

And how exactly do you intend on doing that, Asriel?

Sheer physical force.

They're envious of us up there, Marisa.

The angels.

Our flesh, our blood,

our short, vital lives.

They've none of it.

I have to believe that flesh is stronger than spirit.

I don't think you can be certain of that.

Do you know the only thing I've ever been certain of?

That I was born to change the worlds.

And now it seems that that destiny belongs to someone else.

I've given the girl nothing.

But at the very least, I can buy her time.

You'd do that?

For her?

Not just her.

If I succeed in bringing him to the abyss,

will you detonate the device?

Even if you get him to the abyss,

you do understand - it's not just death down there.

It's eternal oblivion.

Mm-hm.

Ask me whatever you wish.

We're doomed, aren't we?

For all Asriel's planning, we've no idea

what we're about to face.

Come on!

You see so much, and yet you share so little.

CORK POPS DRINK POURS

BOTTLE THUDS ON SHELF

Please.

Tell me how this ends.

You don't need me to.

You've already made up your mind.

Is my mind that easy to read?

Your love for Lyra is your salvation and your downfall.

When you think of her, I can read you

as easily as a reflection in still water.

You have an extraordinary power

to suppress the best of yourself.

When the time comes, use it.

Metatron is a seer.

A mortal who has not confronted their own darkness

is as helpless as a child before him.

Well, then, Asriel is no match for him.

SHE CHUCKLES IRONICALLY

Right, so we are doomed.

ASRIEL OVER TANNOY: Some of us will die today.

The Authority wants you to be afraid of that.

And why not?

We are all of us here mortal.

Whether our lifespans are three or 300 years,

our time down here in the Earth is finite.

And so we cower.

We cower under the tyranny of an authority

who calls himself Creator...

..who tells us that hell awaits

those who disobey him.

And that paradise exists only for those who obey.

This is a lie.

A lie that has prevented us from living our lives to the utmost.

Today is our chance.

It is our chance to tell him

that our lives are beautiful and precious,

and that we should be allowed to experience

all they have to offer without the fear of retribution.

Because if we don't fight until the end,

we will lose everything.

So, yes, today, some of you will die.

But thanks to my daughter...

..thanks to Lyra...

..we need no longer fear that fate.

For from today, death is no longer an ending,

but instead a journey back into life.

So from today, the Authority has no power over us.

Today, life confronts death,

and our light shines through the darkness.

Today, we will tell him

that our children shall experience paradise,

but they will know it down here, in the earth.

Today, we are free!

CHANTING: We are free! We are free!

We are free! We are free!

We are free!

THUNDER BOOMS

The Kingdom of Heaven is nigh.

Let's bring it down, shall we?

INTENTION CRAFT HUMS

I'm glad I said we didn't have to win this fight.

So there are advantages to not being the chosen one.

Sure you're ready?

Yeah.

Can't be worse than the land of the dead, can it?

HE CHUCKLES SOFTLY

Holding position.

SWITCHES CLICK

THUNDER RUMBLES

HE CHUCKLES

They're here.

To the south, where the mountains rise from the plateau.

Attack!

SHOUTING: Now!

Commander, come in.

It's time. Go to the southern perimeter.

Copy that. We're headed for the ridge. Let's go.

GUNFIRE YELLING

How are we going to find Pan in all of this?

At least we're in the same world as them.

Pan and your daemon will be together, looking after each other.

Let's keep moving.

THUNDER BLENDS WITH GUNFIRE

LAMP CREAKS

SHE GASPS

You are needed.

For Lyra?

Metatron is releasing the daemon-eaters.

He is turning all creatures against us.

SCREECHING

SCREECHING APPROACHES

LOW RUMBLING

LOW RUMBLING

REVERBERATING RUMBLING

PANTING

LOW RUMBLING

ROARING

SCREAMING

GUNFIRE SCREAMING

YELLING

Hold your fire! They're everywhere!

SCREAMING

On my command!

Fire now!

Come to me.

SHE ROARS

PANTING

CLICKING

CLICKING AND POPPING

Come on.

KAISA: I've found Pantalaimon.

CLICKING

WHISPERING: Put down the knife!

You're Will. And you're Lyra.

Who are you?

I'm Commander Ogunwe, and I'm here to protect you.

I'll take you to Asriel's camp.

So I can cut us there. No!

Do not use that blade.

He'll do what he wants.

You see those angels up there?

Now that you're in this world,

they can sense when you use the blade.

They'll know you're separated

from your daemons, and they will target them.

CLICKING

You need to keep moving. It's not safe here.

Follow me.

You can trust me.

Quickly.

Pantalaimon.

You've been through so much pain.

But you must be reunited with Lyra.

You're in grave danger.

WHIMPERING

They left us.

I know.

But they've come back for you.

We have to hurry. Will you trust me?

Take your bird forms.

Did my father send you?

DISTANT SCREECHING Shh!

Quiet. SCREECHING APPROACHES

Get back.

Do you trust him?

You shouldn't.

He uses people.

All I know is Asriel's proud of you.

No, he isn't.

I personally heard him champion your name

in front of hundreds of his own troops.

I don't know why he'd do that.

Come on. We need to keep moving.

Stay close.

Duok man ja-ga apsaugoti demonus.

Pasla-pkite juos nuo angelo akia

Duok man ja-ga apsaugoti demonus.

Pasla-pkite juos nuo angelo akia.

Duok man ja-ga apsaugoti demonus!

Pasla-pkite juos nuo angelo akia!

FAINT CLICKING

REVERBERATING CROAKING

They're all around us.

GRUNTING

CLICKING

They're getting close.

Go this way quickly.

Quickly!

Take your positions.

Lights!

WHISPERING: Get down.

CLICKING

CROAKING

SCREECHING HE YELLS

SOLDIER SHOUTS ORDERS

DISTANT SHOUTED ORDERS

SNARLING

Cover the rear!

SQUEALING Run to the tower!

Now! I'll hold them back.

Run!

No! No! ROARING

GUNFIRE AND THUNDER OVERLAP

Restock weapons and ammo now!

METATRON: Brave soldier.

Join me.

Serve me.

There's no heaven for heretics, just darkness.

I am your only hope of salvation.

VOICE INTENSIFIES I am your only hope of salvation.

Who are you? I said, who's there?!

Your maker.

Your destroyer.

Only the righteous will escape damnation.

Heretics must be punished.

Strike down my enemies and you will be forgiven.

Resist me and you'll be damned.

WHISPERS REPEAT AND OVERLAP

..escape damnation.

Heretics must be punished.

WHISPERS ECHO

Your destroyer.

Destroyer.

WHISPERS CONTINUE

I am your only hope of salvation.

Heretics...

THUNDER RUMBLES

Show yourself to me.

You intrigue me.

You are...

..unusual.

You control those Spectres as if they're your playthings.

Join me.

You know what to do.

What the hell is she doing?

Stelmaria?

Stelmaria!

Marisa?

CLICKING

Great Regent,

I wish to be of service to you.

METATRON: You wish to serve no-one but yourself.

You are a cesspit of moral filth.

Do not lie to me.

We only seek what we're denied.

Who were you before you had power?

Did you not crave it, too?

I was...

..a man.

Ruthless...

..but fallible.

Not unlike yourself.

They say spirit envies flesh.

Why would I envy weakness?

Flesh is vulnerable.

Its power is...

..crude.

Flesh has its pleasures.

You do this very well, don't you?

No wonder the mortal men are convinced.

Why did you call to me?

Lie to me again, and I will extinguish your life like a flame.

I was curious.

I wanted to meet you.

I'm here!

The arrogance of man.

Do you think you can fight nature itself?

Why don't you come down here and prove me wrong?

The unequalled Lord Asriel...

..who wages war on the heavens

but dares not confront his own self.

Look at you.

All alone.

What is it that scares you so much?

I see!

It's resentment of your own daughter.

Maybe.

But I'm not afraid of you.

That is a lie.

Face yourself.

You're here because I chose you.

If I wished, you could transcend your human form.

Never again diminish yourself,

or be shamed for your strength.

The multiverse would be yours to command.

What are you offering me?

Immortality.

In the past,

a chosen few have become angels.

It's not happened for millennia.

Not since the Fall of man.

You thought of Eve. Interesting.

You're attempting to conceal something from me.

I see...an attachment.

A weakness.

Regret.

Shame.

Love.

Your daughter, Lyra.

MRS COULTER: Yes.

Yes. I do love Lyra.

I love her...

..and I hate that I do.

Do you have no words of supplication

for your Creator before your death?

You're not the Creator.

You're not even the Authority.

You're just hiding behind him like you're hiding behind me now!

I am in all things.

What I am is far beyond your comprehension.

No, it's not. You're an angel.

And before that, you were a man named Enoch.

Either way, you're just a person.

YELLING

GRUNTING

HE GASPS FOR BREATH

How easily you bleed.

HE COUGHS

You thought you were going to liberate the worlds.

But the sooner you accept your own failure,

the sooner this can all be over.

Your land of the dead is no more. HE CHUCKLES

You put me in the grave and you just set my soul free.

You're going to have to do more than kill me.

Oh, when I do...

..no-one will ever remember you.

I think we're getting closer.

I can feel Pan.

She makes me feel...

..weak.

It's not who I am.

When she looks at me, all I see is disdain.

I become needy and helpless.

I want that feeling gone.

Relinquish it.

How? Let her go.

You are completely alone.

No-one cares for you. Marisa does.

She's...

She's here, isn't she?

Free yourself.

How do I do that? She...

She's part of me.

Marisa!

Marisa!

HE GROANS

I see inside your heart, Marisa,

you are capable of such betrayal.

FAINTLY: Marisa? Marisa?!

Marisa!

Yes.

I am.

I am.

You care for her still.

If only you knew the disdain in which she holds you.

She is giving you up.

No, never.

Never.

I love her.

I can give you Lyra.

She would never betray me.

I can give you Asriel.

He's trying to protect her.

I do not need you to give him to me.

I've already broken him.

SHE LAUGHS SOFTLY

SHE EXHALES

Show me.

ASRIEL COUGHS

Look at him.

WHEEZING AND COUGHING

He knows he's beaten.

His end has come.

Wait.

I want him to see my face.

I want him to see what I've done.

Mar...

Marisa, no...

Stay here and hide. It won't be long now.

I'll send Lyra and Will to you.

WHOOSHING

SOLDIER 1: The Authority has ordered the death of all heretics.

You are full of sin.

WOMAN PLEADS

The Authority will punish you!

You're going to pray!

Heretics!

SOLDIER 2: Down on your knees, all of you!

SOLDIER 1: Pray to the Authority!

What's happening?

Those soldiers are attacking each other.

WHOOSHING

Serafina.

Your daemons are in the tower.

Cut them through to a safe world.

I'll find you wherever you are.

Go!

How does it feel, Lord Asriel?

Disowned by your child,

and now betrayed by the woman you love?

HE GRUNTS

Pan!

Pan, we're coming!

So, you did come.

SNIFFING

Will.

How could you bear it?

Leaving me behind?

Marisa, no...

HE GROANS

HE COUGHS

Ah...

HE PANTS

We should be together.

Please.

I'll cut us a window to somewhere safe.

Look, Asriel.

Look at your fate.

Ah!

HE GROANS AND COUGHS

HE GASPS

HE GRUNTS

The knife-bearer is in this world.

He's with your daughter.

Go, we'll find you!

MACHINERY HUMS

For Lyra.

Cloud's gone.

It's all gone.

The war's over.

Asriel won?

I think so.

INDISTINCT CONGRATULATIONS

FAINT WHIRRING Do you feel that?

FAINT WHIRRING

There's someone in there.

I'll try to cut them free.

Machi! Aria!

ARIA GIGGLES

Can we go now? I want to see Pan.