Original subtitles

Previously on "Runes."

If you truly wish to prove your allegiance, Ulrich,

then bring me William of Normandy.

Loki, I have to get back to the cave.

You won't escape me this time.

You are the heir,

the heir to the Duchy of Normandy

and your ancestors' powers.

You alone can act as Loki's host

without your human body wasting away.

And until he recovers his dragon form, you will!

Sorcery!

What's going on here?

I've no time to waste on you.

Hand over the Hugo this instant!

Hurry! No! The heir got away.

We have to finish the ritual.

(Loki roars)

(Ulrich screams)

(Loki laughs wickedly) Loki, god of chaos.

You are free.

Hmm.

(mythical music)

(music continues)

(footsteps treading)

(Alice panting)

(Lil' Golès grunts)

(group panting)

No one's following us.

We can rest

Rest? Rest!

Loki's free now.

We have to warn our families and get outta here.

No, I know tons of places here in the forest

where we can hide.

Uh-huh-uh.

We should go and stay with the goblins, huh?

If they'll have us, that is.

When Loki unleashes his fury,

no one will be safe anywhere.

Thanks to all of you and Ulrich,

he wasn't able to take possession of me,

which means we might still have a chance to stop him.

But Hugo, what if we fail?

We have to leave.

No, we have to fight.

Hugo's right. It's now or never.

Well, I say we should hide out here in the forest.

Maybe, but the goblins do have way more food to eat.

(spooky horn sounds lowly)

(William gasps)

(dramatic music)

We're the only ones who can stop Loki.

Right, Hugo?

Hugo?

(William gasping)

Hugo, I'm right, yeah?

It's better to hide forest!

I'll scout ahead, return to the goblins

and ask the Grand Goblin for help.

Hugo, Hugo?

What are you looking at? Did Loki find us?

Huh?

Wait, what's that?

(suspenseful music)

Whoa.

(spooky horn sounds lowly)

(light whooshes)

Wha? (gasping)

You, okay?

What happened to you?

You didn't hear that noise?

Uh uh. Mm?

It was, it was a loud horn.

It sounded like it was calling me.

I couldn't ignore it.

A Viking horn?

No, it's nothing.

The most important thing is to tell Algythe

of Loki's escape.

Mm.

Mm Mm

(Turstin grunts)

(group panting)

(horn blows lowly) (William panting)

Hugo!

Yeah. Yeah, I'm coming.

(music crescendos)

(door rapping) Algythe.

Algythe!

(group gasps)

What, what happened in here?

Looks like a herd of wild boars or something got in here.

But there's no sign of a struggle.

Hmm, you're right.

Huh? Are you sure?

We're sure. We're the best trackers in Normandy.

(Wace sniffing)

Oh, don't worry.

Algythe's a seer.

Her whole life is chaos. It's normal.

And she'll be back. We just have to wait.

Loki isn't going to wait.

Mm (horn blows lowly)

Huh?

Can you hear it this time?

Huh? Huh?

It's coming from far away, but it's like it's,

it's calling me to it.

Hugo? Huh?

(companions voices echoing)

Hugo? Can you hear us?

Uh?

Hugo! Hugo! Huh?

Hey, Hugo. Hugo! Hugo!

It's all right. I'm here.

It was just that-

Hugo, Hugo. (voices echoing)

Can you hear us? Hugo!

Hugo, Hugo. Can you hear us?

What's wrong?

It looks like he's in some sort of trance.

Oh, he's sleeping, standing up!

What's happening?

What, what is this?

It's impossible.

(William grunting)

(William sighs)

I'm back.

What do you mean back?

You never left.

It was the sound of the horn again, wasn't it?

Is that it?

You all right?

I must be tired.

Falling asleep standing up. Ha, ha.

And, um.

Huh? - Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Whoa! That's it!

It's coming back!

You're hearing the sound of a horn, right?

A Viking horn that the rest of us can't hear.

Do you know what that means?

Uh, no.

Ugh.

Alice, did your father never tell you

the Viking tales of the horn

and it's irresistible call on the battlefield?

The Valkyries.

The Valkyries.

Even I know what that means.

The Grand Goblin used to talk about it.

The call of the Valkyries.

They wanna take you to Valhalla to join your ancestors.

You've got to ignore them, Hugo.

The call of the Valkyries?

It's the end, Hugo.

Uh-huh.

No, I thought I heard a sound is all.

It's all in my head.

You don't have to worry.

We've gotta find Algythe.

Turstin, go check the village for her.

Lil' Golès, Wace. See if you can track her from here.

Hmm.

Alice, go and ask Cecile if she's seen her.

I'll go to the cave.

Maybe Algythe could sense the ritual like I did.

Huh!

Do you really think I'm gonna let you go

to the cave by yourself?

Not a chance.

Huh?

Heh-heh.

(mysterious music)

Maybe this was a bad idea.

(horn blows louder)

(William gasping)

(William groans)

Hugo.

Ah, the horn. It's louder.

Ignore it. Concentrate on the sound of my voice.

On what's real.

(horn blows)

(William gasping)

What's real.

(light whooshing)

(William groaning)

(Sleipnir whinnies)

(hooves galloping)

Hugo.

Huh.

(horn blows)

Ah, what is this?

(William gasping)

(Alice grunts)

Ah, Sleipnir.

(hooves clomping)

Is, is that you?

(hooves clomping)

(orb squealing gently)

(William groaning)

Huh?

Sleipnir.

(Sleipnir whinnies)

Huh?

(hooves thud)

(ground crackling)

Oh.

(glass shatters) No!

(William grunts)

Hmm.

(Alice gasps and giggles)

Sleipnir, you saved me

(William and Alice laugh)

(William groans)

Holding back the Valkyries

is taking all your energy, Hugo.

We've gotta find Algythe fast

before you run out of the strength to resist them.

(Sleipnir whinnies) (hooves clomp)

(laughing) Thank you.

(William exclaims)

(Alice and William gasp and laugh)

(hooves galloping)

(birds chirping)

Algythe!

Algythe!

Algythe!

Forget it.

We need to know where to find Loki

and figure out what he's planning.

No. First we track down Algythe.

You need her help.

How are you supposed to fight if the Valkyries take you?

I, I, I need, uh,

I mean, we, we all need you here.

Oh, Ulrich was also in the cave.

I hope nothing bad happened to him.

Let's go and find the others.

Right. Okay, let's do that.

(Sleipnir whinnies)

Sleipnir? Is something wrong?

Sleipnir.

(Wace whooshes and gibbers)

Ow!

Wow, look who found you all right away?

I am good.

(Wace exclaims)

Lil' Golès and Turstin found Algythe.

Heeya!

(Sleipnir whinnies)

Whoa, oh.

(dramatic music) (hooves clomping)

(seagulls squawking)

(Lil' Golès grunts)

(hooves galloping)

Algythe's over there.

I knew that I could count on your tracking skills.

Hmm. She's been standing there for a long time.

I really hope she can help you, Hugo.

Of course she can.

No one knows more about spells than Algythe.

And Hugo is obviously cursed.

I'm sure she'll know what to do to free him.

Well, come on. What are you waiting for?

Algythe!

Algythe, Loki has escaped.

And he was trying to possess Hugo.

But we interrupted the ritual

and rescued Hugo, well, almost.

And now he's being hunted by the Valkyries.

We need to help him and fast.

And I think we should run as far away as possible

with all our families.

Mm. Uh, who are you?

Huh?

B-but.

Oh-ho, and what is this little creature here?

Huh? Oh-ho-ho-oh.

But Algythe, it's us.

Ah? We know each other, do we?

Look, Algythe. I'm Turstin.

Turstin.

That's a lovely name.

And me, what is my name?

(sighs) She's completely lost her memory.

Oh, what are we gonna do?

Let's bring her to the hut.

Maybe a familiar environment will help her remember.

(dramatic music)

Does this jog your memory?

Or this? Mm.

Or this? Hmm.

Or this? Hmm.

How 'bout this? Mm mm.

It's not working.

How can we save Hugo if we can't get Algythe's memory back?

Hmm.

You, uh, got any ideas?

Try a scent.

The smell of violets makes me think of my mother.

(horn blows)

The flowers, uh, she wore them all the-

(William gasps)

It's happening again.

Hugo, sit down here.

(William sighs)

If the Valkyries take me,

then I'll never see my mother again.

Here, take my hand.

Now concentrate.

You're sitting in Algythe's hut.

Just stay with us, Hugo, please.

I'm sitting in Algythe's hut with my friends.

We have to defeat Loki and I have to stay here.

I'm sitting in Algythe's hut with my friends.

We have to defeat Loki and I have to stay-

Your friend doesn't look like he's feeling very well.

Come on, Wace.

How 'bout we look around for something that could help us?

A smell, a smell, a smell.

There! The vials.

(Wace sniffing)

Well, they don't smell like violets, but maybe, ah.

Look out that one's dangerous!

(broth bubbles and booms)

Oh!

Algythe. Did you see her?

She was scared because of the potion.

Maybe feeling a strong emotion could help her remember.

Hugo. Hugo.

He's gone again.

(dramatic music)

(William gasping)

Hurry! Do something before we lose Hugo for good.

Uh. Uh.

A strong emotion.

I've got it!

You must remember the day you saved my life.

I was being chased by the villagers

just because I'm a goblin,

and you stopped them from hurting me.

And what is a goblin then, exactly?

Eh?

Oh.

(group sighs)

(horn blows)

It was two winters ago.

It was so cold, the ground froze.

Couldn't even grow vegetables.

One night, I was so hungry.

I tried to steal your soup, but you caught me.

And then you shared your food with me.

Do you remember that?

Mm. A growing boy like you should eat lots of soup.

You don't strike me as very strong.

Yes.

(horn blowing)

(dramatic music)

(breathing echoes)

(horn blows louder)

Uh, what about when my Dad got hurt at the forge?

You gave him a special poultice and bandage.

You came over every day, and a week later he was healed.

Mm, it's important for a village to have a blacksmith.

(light tinkles)

We're losing him.

No, he has to make it.

Yeah, he's gotta.

No, Alice. He's a fighter.

He, he would never give up on us.

So we won't give up on him.

Algythe, please help us.

You have to remember.

You've always been there for us.

Like the day you helped us find Hilda.

She fell down into the ditch.

But then you helped her out.

Ah, and which one of you is Hilda?

Huh?

Huh?

Oh

Aw.

(Alice gasping)

Huh.

Oh, no.

(dramatic music)

It can't be.

Hugo.

(tear drop splashes)

(music intensifies)

(gateway whooshes and slams)

(teardrop sloshes)

Alice.

(horn blows louder) (dramatic music)

Huh?

(swords whooshing)

Alice.

Whoa, oh!

Huh?

(horn blows louder)

Alice, Turstin, Lil' Golès, Wace, Algythe.

Oh!

Alice, Turstin, Lil' Golès, Wace, Algythe.

Uh!

Uh!

Uh!

(horn blows)

Alice, Turstin, Lil' Golès, Wace, Algythe.

Ah!

Ah!

(horn blows menacingly)

(ship rumbles)

(William sighs)

Alice, look at that.

Hugo!

(Alice's voice echoing)

Hugo!

Alice and Turstin, Lil' Golès, Wace, Algythe.

Alice, Turstin, Lil' Golès, Wace, Algythe.

Hugo!

Hugo.

Alice, Turstin, Lil' Golès, Wace, Algythe.

(orb light clanks and whooshes)

Huh?

(William gasps and groans)

(triumphant music)

Uh, ah.

Uh-huh, uh-huh. Alice!

Hugo. (laughing)

You made it back.

(laughing) You gave us a real scare.

Yeah, you really did.

(group laughs) Hurray!

(group laughing)

(horn blowing distantly) Huh?

I still hear the Valkyries.

I can't resist their call for long.

I could only return with your help.

(mystical music)

(Alice gasps and sighs)

Thanks to all of you.

Hugo, Algythe still hasn't got her memory back.

And we've tried everything.

Not everything.

Huh?

Hugo should try casting a spell.

(runes rattle)

Uh?

Well, what?

Algythe was the one who taught him about runes.

(seagulls squawking)

(Algythe groans)

This one.

It's a rune that's linked to memory,

(horn blows) but ah, ah, ah.

(rune clatters)

(Algythe groaning)

(William grunting) (runes clattering)

I don't have the strength.

Maybe this is for the best.

(William grunts)

What if Algythe's wrong?

What if the runic magic doesn't flow in my veins?

She hadn't been with me

when I needed to cast the spell to imprison Loki.

She said that if everyone was counting on me

that I could count on you, my friends.

In that moment I was so scared, I thought of Hilda,

of all of you.

I was so afraid I'd fail.

And when Hella's specters started closing in,

Algythe used all her strength to make a runic shield.

She protected me.

She gave me confidence so I could.

Algythe, if you hadn't been there, I-

(Algythe chuckles)

Oh, that day. You were so brave, so very determined.

It took my breath away.

It gave me hope.

And that hope gave me strength.

You're all astoundingly impressive.

(group cheers and laughs)

Yay, you're memory's back.

Algythe, you're back.

I mean, you remember everything, all of us?

Mm-hmm. Oh, I could never forget you Turstin.

My mind just took a little walk.

Fortunately this scoundrel found it

by speaking from his heart.

Often what we see as a weakness is our greatest strength.

A tear, a laugh, a friend's love is as strong as a blade.

That's nice and all.

But what happened to you, Algythe?

Mm.

I sensed a powerful force beginning to awaken.

(runes whooshing)

Death.

Loki.

(apparitions rumbling)

My runes activated all at once,

and I was overcome by a sense of nothingness.

Hmm.

Algythe, Hugo, he-

Yes, yes, I know, the Valkyries.

You already told me.

Don't you remember?

I do.

Ah, in order to claim Hugo as a host,

Loki had to rid his body of his soul.

But the ritual was only half done.

The link between Hugo and his body is still broken.

Therefore, I must refort it, and quickly.

Now, out all of you. You can't do anything else.

And I need all my powers of concentration.

(Alice sighs)

(Wace exclaims) (door slams)

She can do it, right?

She has to.

We won't let Loki win.

Not after all we've been through.

(paws thumping) (object thuds wetly)

We're almost finished

reassembling your original form, father.

(Loki growls)

Soon we'll be able to commence the ritual.

You've failed!

After three centuries, my body's not complete.

It is not complete!

(Loki groans and grunts)

This body you found me, is pathetic.

Too feeble and weak to express the extent of my strength.

From now on, you will do nothing but obey my direct orders.

Do I make myself clear?

(dramatic music)

(Hella sighs)

(music continues)

(Alice sighs)

Something's the matter. They've been in there too long.

Algythe was wrong. Can't do anything else, my foot.

That's it. I'm going in there.

Thanks, Algythe. Easy.

It's okay. I'm out of danger.

(Alice laughs)

Hugo, don't you ever do that again.

It worked, it worked.

Oh, we did it, ha-ha.

Wow, for a second there I was worried.

Hugo's safe and sound.

Woohoo, yeah. You saved him, woohoo.

You had no right to scare me like that.

(group chuckles)

Here's hoping I don't hear those Valkyries again

for a long time.

(Turstin laughs)

Huh?

Unfortunately, if Loki is free from his stone cell,

the call of the Valkyries will soon be heard

throughout all Normandy.

(dramatic music)