1 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:09,456 Merlin emrys has returned to the land of the living. 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,526 I had a vision. 3 00:00:11,550 --> 00:00:14,676 Two dragons came forth to the battle one another. 4 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:17,376 The dragons you have seen are your enemies. 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,596 White for the saecsen horde, 6 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:21,906 red for the true sons of britain 7 00:00:21,930 --> 00:00:24,940 whose father you murdered for your crown. 8 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:27,100 Vortigern! 9 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:33,366 Thus ends the reign of vortigern, high king of britain. 10 00:00:33,390 --> 00:00:36,766 Take heart, you people of the island of the mighty. 11 00:00:36,790 --> 00:00:37,790 Dafyd? 12 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:40,117 Myrddin. 13 00:00:40,141 --> 00:00:42,360 To see you after all these years. 14 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:46,996 But you have not altered a bit. 15 00:00:47,020 --> 00:00:48,276 I had this sword crafted 16 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:50,856 for my father by the high king's own Smith. 17 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,126 Perhaps it's best to leave it here. 18 00:00:54,150 --> 00:00:56,796 You are the flower of your race. 19 00:00:56,820 --> 00:00:59,316 'Tis a great thing to be a king, hawk 20 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:02,736 but there is authority of a kind even kings must bend to. 21 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,506 I've known Merlin a very long time. 22 00:01:04,530 --> 00:01:06,726 I would have you my counselor. 23 00:01:06,750 --> 00:01:08,646 Very well, aurelius. 24 00:01:08,670 --> 00:01:11,120 Perhaps you have the makings of a king after all. 25 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,410 Dafyd, you've come home. 26 00:01:17,820 --> 00:01:18,820 Hello, mother. 27 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,430 Myrddin. 28 00:01:23,790 --> 00:01:24,936 Never seen so many. 29 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:26,616 There will be no victory 30 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,436 without the kings of britain by our side. 31 00:01:29,460 --> 00:01:31,850 I need every single one of them to defeat hengist. 32 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:44,630 Well done. 33 00:02:54,070 --> 00:02:55,070 Fool. 34 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,476 Are you so heavy with drink that you fail 35 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:01,560 to recognize the spawn of vortigern? 36 00:03:10,550 --> 00:03:14,930 Prince pascent, forgive aldwyn's impertinence. 37 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:18,210 He will be punished. 38 00:03:21,150 --> 00:03:22,500 What word from your father? 39 00:03:23,580 --> 00:03:24,690 My father is dead. 40 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:30,280 What do you want? 41 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,500 My father is dead and I am his heir, 42 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,250 high king of the britons. 43 00:03:42,330 --> 00:03:45,780 And yet you ride here unannounced. 44 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:48,120 No honor guard, 45 00:03:49,260 --> 00:03:50,260 no war band. 46 00:03:51,150 --> 00:03:52,716 I did not know I needed a war band 47 00:03:52,740 --> 00:03:55,146 at my back to meet with an ally. 48 00:03:55,170 --> 00:03:57,420 You do if you're going to watch him shit. 49 00:04:00,570 --> 00:04:02,870 The sons of constans have murdered my father 50 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:05,940 and now they claim his crown. 51 00:04:08,620 --> 00:04:11,240 And you want me to help you take it back? 52 00:04:13,140 --> 00:04:14,166 They will not be content 53 00:04:14,190 --> 00:04:17,856 until they have all of britain in their grasp. 54 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,596 All of britain? 55 00:04:19,620 --> 00:04:24,620 Even now, they turn their eyes east to the saecsen coast. 56 00:04:33,210 --> 00:04:37,026 Let us march against these usurpers 57 00:04:37,050 --> 00:04:38,700 before they march against you. 58 00:04:42,570 --> 00:04:43,680 Why do I need you? 59 00:04:47,730 --> 00:04:49,506 You swore to uphold my family's claim 60 00:04:49,530 --> 00:04:51,750 when my father let you settle these lands. 61 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:55,320 Let? 62 00:04:57,260 --> 00:04:59,840 Our pact was sealed in blood. 63 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:02,650 You will be held to it. 64 00:05:17,870 --> 00:05:21,336 The son of vortigern is right. 65 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,460 A pact sealed in blood is to be honored 66 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 unto death. 67 00:07:58,020 --> 00:07:59,670 Hail the Fisher king. 68 00:08:03,490 --> 00:08:04,490 Merlin. 69 00:08:07,910 --> 00:08:10,670 Merlin! 70 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:44,550 And that's when I saw him 71 00:08:45,990 --> 00:08:49,770 sat on a rock by the riverbed alone, 72 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:52,980 shining as bright as the dawn. 73 00:08:55,590 --> 00:08:58,296 And we are most grateful to you, pelleas. 74 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,576 Even as our hopes waned, 75 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,490 you did not give up these many years. 76 00:09:05,340 --> 00:09:06,680 My lady. 77 00:09:09,060 --> 00:09:10,560 And you, my holy friend. 78 00:09:11,580 --> 00:09:12,816 How did you come to be 79 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,086 in my grandson's company after all this time? 80 00:09:16,110 --> 00:09:17,790 Providence, great king. 81 00:09:19,140 --> 00:09:20,140 The divine hand. 82 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,260 Myrddin found me prisoner of high king vortigern. 83 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:27,160 Prisoner? 84 00:09:29,220 --> 00:09:31,596 A king who holds hostage 85 00:09:31,620 --> 00:09:35,076 a servant of the most high gambles with his life. 86 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:37,260 A gamble vortigern lost. 87 00:09:39,450 --> 00:09:41,310 King avallach, I have been remiss. 88 00:09:42,210 --> 00:09:44,046 May I present to you uther, 89 00:09:44,070 --> 00:09:47,970 second son of constans and his older brother, aurelius. 90 00:09:48,810 --> 00:09:50,886 The sons of constans. 91 00:09:50,910 --> 00:09:52,266 I see. 92 00:09:52,290 --> 00:09:53,976 Forgive me, my brother and I 93 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,676 were loath to interrupt your happy reunion. 94 00:09:56,700 --> 00:09:59,756 Aurelius has defeated the usurper, vortigern. 95 00:09:59,780 --> 00:10:03,366 He is by right of lineage and victory 96 00:10:03,390 --> 00:10:05,876 high king of ynys prydein. 97 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:08,756 If I do not fall to the axe of a saecsen first. 98 00:10:08,780 --> 00:10:10,530 Or the ambitions of a petty king. 99 00:10:15,830 --> 00:10:20,410 My brother surely meant no disrespect, king avallach. 100 00:10:22,290 --> 00:10:23,820 And yet he speaks truly. 101 00:10:25,530 --> 00:10:28,716 This land is in a welter of confusion. 102 00:10:28,740 --> 00:10:31,386 There are more kings than sheep, 103 00:10:31,410 --> 00:10:34,950 more princes than crows on a battlefield, 104 00:10:36,690 --> 00:10:38,976 all seeking to snatch what they can 105 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,806 when they can without a care for who suffers. 106 00:10:43,830 --> 00:10:47,946 Until this island is ruled by one 107 00:10:47,970 --> 00:10:52,746 who wields both justice and mercy, there will be no peace. 108 00:10:52,770 --> 00:10:55,056 Aurelius' life is in danger 109 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,430 until the kings of britain recognize his claim. 110 00:10:59,310 --> 00:11:03,276 It is my hope he could find sanctuary here 111 00:11:03,300 --> 00:11:05,616 while I ride to rally what friends we have left. 112 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,566 While we ride to rally your friends. 113 00:11:08,590 --> 00:11:09,397 Uther. 114 00:11:09,421 --> 00:11:12,550 To ensure Merlin is not remiss 115 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:15,310 pushing your claim in other courts. 116 00:11:17,130 --> 00:11:18,130 Right, Merlin? 117 00:11:18,930 --> 00:11:20,616 Very well, uther. 118 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,116 If you prefer nights in the saddle 119 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:24,150 to the comfort of avallach's palace. 120 00:11:25,230 --> 00:11:26,830 You will not be staying, then? 121 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:31,296 I'm sorry, mother. 122 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,080 My people have seen enough of war and death. 123 00:11:36,570 --> 00:11:40,020 The high king of britain will be safe within these walls. 124 00:11:42,330 --> 00:11:44,880 To a future of peace. 125 00:12:16,290 --> 00:12:19,960 Yes, it is me, darling. 126 00:12:20,910 --> 00:12:24,330 Remember what they did to me by the fire? 127 00:12:33,030 --> 00:12:34,900 You fuss over me like a child 128 00:12:36,510 --> 00:12:38,160 while other men call me immortal. 129 00:13:01,090 --> 00:13:03,090 The Fisher king's sword. 130 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:04,960 Your sword. 131 00:13:10,350 --> 00:13:11,400 I thought it lost. 132 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:18,330 Yet it has been here, waiting for you. 133 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:22,470 The sword of a high king. 134 00:13:24,990 --> 00:13:28,956 Aurelius has a sword, the sword of britain. 135 00:13:28,980 --> 00:13:30,660 I do not offer it to aurelius. 136 00:13:45,930 --> 00:13:48,600 Take me up. 137 00:14:00,370 --> 00:14:01,700 What? 138 00:14:03,450 --> 00:14:06,510 I'm sorry, mother, but I cannot accept it. 139 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,396 Whatever the future may hold, 140 00:14:09,420 --> 00:14:11,120 I cannot take up that sword again. 141 00:14:24,300 --> 00:14:27,200 Then I will pray you have the strength to keep your vow. 142 00:14:34,710 --> 00:14:36,870 I wish you were not leaving so soon. 143 00:14:38,910 --> 00:14:41,256 Besides, the fish are always 144 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:45,390 on their best behavior when you are here. 145 00:14:47,370 --> 00:14:49,250 What was it like, Merlin? 146 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:51,846 To be insane? 147 00:14:51,870 --> 00:14:53,820 To be alone with god. 148 00:14:56,130 --> 00:14:58,180 Is that who you think I was alone with? 149 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:00,520 Who else? 150 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,406 I would dearly love to spend but a moment 151 00:15:05,430 --> 00:15:07,146 in my lord's presence. 152 00:15:07,170 --> 00:15:10,170 You are fortunate among men, Merlin. 153 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:17,010 Go, I have been greedy with your time. 154 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,050 We will discuss these things again when you return. 155 00:15:24,510 --> 00:15:26,360 You fear for your sins, grandfather 156 00:15:28,110 --> 00:15:30,960 but surely your sins are no greater than any other man's. 157 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:36,066 I had forgotten how much you see 158 00:15:36,090 --> 00:15:38,190 with those golden eyes, hawk. 159 00:15:41,970 --> 00:15:45,880 Yet in truth, my sins are too numerous to count 160 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:50,650 and they gave life to morgian. 161 00:16:00,780 --> 00:16:01,920 I've seen her, 162 00:16:04,110 --> 00:16:05,110 morgian, 163 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,840 in the fire and in the stars. 164 00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:16,086 I do not know if god was with me 165 00:16:16,110 --> 00:16:18,450 in celyddon all these many years, grandfather. 166 00:16:20,250 --> 00:16:21,660 But I know morgian was. 167 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,640 Trust in jesu, hawk. 168 00:16:28,290 --> 00:16:30,970 He is the only hope for men like us, 169 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:36,830 if hope we have. 170 00:17:37,770 --> 00:17:40,800 So, tell me about this place, 171 00:17:41,710 --> 00:17:42,710 maridunum. 172 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:48,306 Built by the romans in the heart of a plentiful valley, 173 00:17:48,330 --> 00:17:49,536 not far from the sea. 174 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,456 Your steward has a nasty habit 175 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,230 of speaking on your behalf, Merlin. 176 00:17:54,990 --> 00:17:59,280 If he were mine, I would have him flogged for impertinence. 177 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,630 Pelleas speaks as he serves, of his own free will. 178 00:18:05,190 --> 00:18:06,790 So you would have him believe. 179 00:18:08,250 --> 00:18:10,700 Are you suggesting the emrys has me spellbound? 180 00:18:12,210 --> 00:18:14,430 Your words, boy, not mine. 181 00:18:15,810 --> 00:18:18,066 You surprise me, uther. 182 00:18:18,090 --> 00:18:21,020 I didn't take you for one who believed in magic. 183 00:18:21,930 --> 00:18:25,026 When a man catches the gaze of a beautiful woman, 184 00:18:25,050 --> 00:18:26,610 is that not a form of magic? 185 00:18:28,530 --> 00:18:31,506 Or when a king through cunning and deceit 186 00:18:31,530 --> 00:18:33,180 wrests fealty from his people? 187 00:18:34,710 --> 00:18:36,310 Is that not a sorcery of a kind? 188 00:18:38,390 --> 00:18:41,040 Myrddin, you know what you must do. 189 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:58,680 I see you. 190 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,930 I see you, now come here, come find me. 191 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:10,116 You need to find her, you only need the one. 192 00:19:10,140 --> 00:19:11,810 Why do you hesitate? 193 00:19:12,790 --> 00:19:14,466 You know what you must do. 194 00:19:14,490 --> 00:19:15,490 Master, 195 00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:18,900 what is it? 196 00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:44,680 You wanna go to the pub? Yeah. 197 00:20:19,770 --> 00:20:21,350 Delightful place. 198 00:20:34,430 --> 00:20:36,516 What is your business here? 199 00:20:36,540 --> 00:20:38,490 I've come to seek a home I once knew. 200 00:20:40,890 --> 00:20:41,890 What home is that? 201 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:44,870 The last time I was here, 202 00:20:48,190 --> 00:20:50,040 pendaran the red sword was king. 203 00:20:51,870 --> 00:20:52,870 Myrddin? 204 00:20:56,220 --> 00:20:57,636 Let them in at once. 205 00:20:57,660 --> 00:20:58,860 See to their horses. 206 00:21:12,310 --> 00:21:16,116 The same raid that took maelwys took the town 207 00:21:16,140 --> 00:21:17,916 and teithfallt, my father, tried to save 208 00:21:17,940 --> 00:21:19,940 what he could but there wasn't much left 209 00:21:20,810 --> 00:21:23,110 and that is but the beginning of our troubles. 210 00:21:24,420 --> 00:21:27,170 The same story is told throughout these lands. 211 00:21:28,050 --> 00:21:30,336 I fear a greater threat is coming. 212 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:32,660 Yes, it's a different world since, 213 00:21:33,540 --> 00:21:35,370 well, since you've been away. 214 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,080 Will you sit at our table, my lord? 215 00:21:42,150 --> 00:21:43,150 Most kind. 216 00:21:47,970 --> 00:21:50,496 Why does she offer him the king's seat? 217 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,400 Because Merlin is the rightful king of maridunum. 218 00:21:57,670 --> 00:21:59,880 Allow me to fill your cup, my lord. 219 00:22:21,660 --> 00:22:24,606 Bring me my cup. 220 00:22:24,630 --> 00:22:28,656 This beast led me deep into the hills 221 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,510 but I could not give up the chase. 222 00:22:32,130 --> 00:22:35,080 These days, it's rare when I get occasion to nock an arrow. 223 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,146 A fine prize, meurig ap tewdrig. 224 00:22:40,170 --> 00:22:42,780 Son, meet our guests. 225 00:22:44,340 --> 00:22:48,180 Uther, pelleas and myrddin emrys. 226 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,826 I must say, the brewer's art has reached 227 00:22:59,850 --> 00:23:03,036 new heights since I last held a cup such as this. 228 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:05,166 This draught is worthy of any king. 229 00:23:05,190 --> 00:23:07,656 You shall have a butt of it to take with you. 230 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,140 Yes, when you've concluded your business here. 231 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,776 What is your business? 232 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,156 Perhaps our business is best 233 00:23:18,180 --> 00:23:19,866 discussed in the light of day. 234 00:23:19,890 --> 00:23:23,550 We are here to garner support for my brother, 235 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:26,830 aurelius, the high king of britain. 236 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:29,256 High king? 237 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,350 Vortigern has already claimed that title. 238 00:23:33,270 --> 00:23:36,000 Vortigern no longer has need of it. 239 00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:46,590 Well, I congratulate you on your victory. 240 00:23:46,890 --> 00:23:50,160 Over an old man already exhausted and sore beset. 241 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,240 The greater challenge lies ahead. 242 00:23:55,140 --> 00:23:56,140 The saecsens. 243 00:23:56,970 --> 00:23:59,856 And a host of lesser kings who think themselves 244 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:02,130 eminently qualified to bear the crown. 245 00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:07,680 And they will have no choice but to fall in line. 246 00:24:12,180 --> 00:24:13,180 Won't they? 247 00:24:16,290 --> 00:24:17,580 Hear me, tewdrig. 248 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,366 The saecsen hengist has assembled the greatest war host 249 00:24:21,390 --> 00:24:23,240 ever seen in the island of the mighty 250 00:24:24,180 --> 00:24:25,956 and before the summer is through, 251 00:24:25,980 --> 00:24:27,380 he means to take the throne. 252 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,776 And he will have it if we are too busy 253 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,740 squabbling amongst ourselves to take up arms against him. 254 00:24:36,330 --> 00:24:41,016 We have arms, we have horses and men who can use them. 255 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:42,040 Meurig. 256 00:24:43,290 --> 00:24:45,156 Am I not the commander of our army? 257 00:24:45,180 --> 00:24:47,856 Yes, an honor you insist on squandering at every turn. 258 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,446 What choice do I have when you've all but tied my hands? 259 00:24:49,470 --> 00:24:50,470 Silence! 260 00:24:57,060 --> 00:25:00,310 The day grows long and I am not a young man. 261 00:25:03,990 --> 00:25:06,990 If we may presume upon your hospitality a while longer? 262 00:25:08,670 --> 00:25:11,586 Yes, I shall prepare some rooms for you and your men. 263 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:13,086 Perhaps the emrys would prefer 264 00:25:13,110 --> 00:25:14,700 to stay in his old quarters? 265 00:25:16,020 --> 00:25:18,900 The king's quarters? 266 00:25:20,220 --> 00:25:21,470 Yes, should he wish to. 267 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,750 We insist. Thank you, my lady. 268 00:25:56,910 --> 00:25:59,960 Merlin, win me a kingdom. 269 00:26:15,670 --> 00:26:17,170 Uther. 270 00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:21,450 Do you take me for a fool? 271 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:24,327 I do not. 272 00:26:24,351 --> 00:26:27,570 Then perhaps you should stop treating me as one. 273 00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:32,276 I have promised to raise an army for your brother, uther. 274 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:35,056 How I conduct my own affairs is not your concern. 275 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,936 You may have swayed my brother 276 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,326 but your powers of persuasion will not work with me. 277 00:26:40,350 --> 00:26:42,320 Of that, I have no doubt. 278 00:27:34,260 --> 00:27:35,260 Urien? 279 00:27:41,380 --> 00:27:42,930 There you are, my darling. 280 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,956 You must hurry along to your studies with kelias. 281 00:27:46,980 --> 00:27:48,696 I don't wanna study. 282 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,566 You must if you are to advance in your learning. 283 00:27:52,590 --> 00:27:57,420 Remember urien, your mother knows what's best for you. 284 00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:02,380 Off with you. 285 00:28:12,690 --> 00:28:14,990 No one seeks our counsel, or our aid. 286 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,480 All because we live on these distant, god-forsaken shores. 287 00:28:20,340 --> 00:28:21,187 The greater part of britain 288 00:28:21,211 --> 00:28:23,256 could burn and we'd be none the wiser. 289 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,890 Let it burn, what difference does it make? 290 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:28,686 We are alone and undefended, father. 291 00:28:28,710 --> 00:28:31,416 Should we not seek alliances for the welfare of our kingdom? 292 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:35,110 If we we to appeal to vortigern-vortigern is dead. 293 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,330 His tower fell to the sons of constans not two weeks ago. 294 00:28:43,970 --> 00:28:45,366 How do you know this? 295 00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:48,966 No doubt aurelius will claim the throne for himself. 296 00:28:48,990 --> 00:28:50,076 The soil of these lands 297 00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:52,956 is soaked in the blood of would-be kings. 298 00:28:52,980 --> 00:28:54,156 Perhaps we should consider 299 00:28:54,180 --> 00:28:55,980 pledging our support to aurelius. 300 00:29:01,710 --> 00:29:02,710 My dear lot, 301 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,496 have you forgotten the deal we made with the saecsen chief? 302 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:09,970 How could I forget, mother, 303 00:29:10,890 --> 00:29:13,840 when I so strongly opposed our alliance with those savages? 304 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:16,740 Is hengist a savage? 305 00:29:19,140 --> 00:29:20,077 He fights for the interests 306 00:29:20,101 --> 00:29:22,500 of his kind just as aurelius does. 307 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,516 But we are britons, we should support our people. 308 00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:29,670 Are they our people? 309 00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:33,216 Only a moment ago, you were bemoaning the fact 310 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,190 that we were all but forgotten by them. 311 00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:39,576 But what do I know of these things? 312 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,660 I'm merely a wife and a mother. 313 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:48,966 Still, I cannot help but wonder if there is not a greater 314 00:29:48,990 --> 00:29:53,830 strategic advantage for you in the current arrangement? 315 00:29:56,820 --> 00:30:00,426 You could be a most valuable ally to hengist. 316 00:30:00,450 --> 00:30:02,046 The saecsen? 317 00:30:02,070 --> 00:30:04,750 The future is saecsen. 318 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,360 I trust you slept well, uther? 319 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,816 A soldier always sleeps with one eye open. 320 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:20,886 That sounds inconvenient. 321 00:30:20,910 --> 00:30:22,866 Not as inconvenient as a knife in the back. 322 00:30:22,890 --> 00:30:25,386 Come, we're all friends here. 323 00:30:25,410 --> 00:30:26,217 I've known many an enemy 324 00:30:26,241 --> 00:30:28,236 that came in the guise of a friend, Merlin. 325 00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:29,560 My lord myrddin. 326 00:30:31,110 --> 00:30:33,160 I wonder if I might have a word with you? 327 00:30:35,910 --> 00:30:36,910 In private. 328 00:30:38,580 --> 00:30:39,580 Of course. 329 00:30:41,190 --> 00:30:42,900 Do keep uther out of trouble. 330 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,510 Shall we seek out a morsel to eat? 331 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,936 Yeah, now give me a knife, I'll teach ya. 332 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,300 Watch it. Cheers. 333 00:31:31,750 --> 00:31:34,026 A cup of your famous mead, friend. 334 00:31:34,050 --> 00:31:36,636 We have no mead here, only wine. 335 00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:38,310 Then a cup of your famous wine. 336 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:46,450 They water it down the Roman way 337 00:31:49,530 --> 00:31:52,650 but in good measure, it serves its purpose. 338 00:32:03,990 --> 00:32:05,886 Does the war band of maridunum 339 00:32:05,910 --> 00:32:08,700 spend all its days drinking rather than training? 340 00:32:10,860 --> 00:32:12,486 But you see, we are training, 341 00:32:12,510 --> 00:32:15,130 right here in the darkness of this hovel 342 00:32:16,110 --> 00:32:18,036 with nothing to slake our thirst 343 00:32:18,060 --> 00:32:20,480 but this sorry excuse for wine? 344 00:32:23,250 --> 00:32:26,940 To your safe return, after such a long absence. 345 00:32:34,950 --> 00:32:37,740 Forgive me if I know not how to receive you. 346 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,236 This is your realm and rightly so 347 00:32:40,260 --> 00:32:42,636 but I have been king here these many years. 348 00:32:42,660 --> 00:32:45,216 And your father and his father before you. 349 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,506 Yes. 350 00:32:46,530 --> 00:32:48,780 And your son is next in line to the throne. 351 00:32:51,030 --> 00:32:52,536 Meurig is more interested in hunting 352 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,686 and drinking than in the affairs of our kingdom. 353 00:32:55,710 --> 00:32:57,410 And yet, he is your battle chief. 354 00:32:59,540 --> 00:33:02,076 'Tis a wonder how he has time for leisure, 355 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:04,020 given the frequency of the raids. 356 00:33:08,010 --> 00:33:09,990 Yours is a fruitful land, tewdrig. 357 00:33:11,010 --> 00:33:14,466 Yet your fields are stripped, your walls are broken, 358 00:33:14,490 --> 00:33:17,310 provisions are strained even at the king's table. 359 00:33:18,510 --> 00:33:21,150 At whose hand do you suffer this injustice? 360 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:23,850 Not the saecsen, surely, 361 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,260 for you would not have lived to tell the tale. 362 00:33:31,780 --> 00:33:33,576 Morcant of the belgae? 363 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,466 He's been bleeding the neighboring lands 364 00:33:35,490 --> 00:33:38,046 of grain and cattle for the better part of a year, 365 00:33:38,070 --> 00:33:40,326 like a ravenous bear intent on 366 00:33:40,350 --> 00:33:42,510 slumbering through the long winter. 367 00:33:43,530 --> 00:33:44,936 Why? 368 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,560 He knows war with the saecsen is coming 369 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,846 and he intends to wait it out 370 00:33:51,870 --> 00:33:53,850 with ample provisions to spare. 371 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,496 And you allow him to take from you? 372 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,506 His men outnumber us two to one. 373 00:33:58,530 --> 00:34:00,696 So you let your people starve? 374 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,606 I am not willing to lead my people to destruction. 375 00:34:03,630 --> 00:34:04,716 It is because you're not willing 376 00:34:04,740 --> 00:34:08,256 to lead them that their destruction is at hand. 377 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,296 We cannot fight him. 378 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,606 But fight him we would! 379 00:34:12,630 --> 00:34:15,906 We'd rather suffer the sword opposing that snake 380 00:34:15,930 --> 00:34:18,050 than let him take what's rightfully ours! 381 00:34:20,220 --> 00:34:21,920 You've told your father as much? 382 00:34:23,070 --> 00:34:26,586 My father is too proud to heed our counsel. 383 00:34:26,610 --> 00:34:27,760 I'm ashamed, myrddin. 384 00:34:29,330 --> 00:34:30,330 I admit it. 385 00:34:32,550 --> 00:34:33,930 I saw no other way. 386 00:34:38,860 --> 00:34:42,630 I often question whether I'm worthy to wear the torc. 387 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:45,780 If I am a king, 388 00:34:48,950 --> 00:34:50,150 I'm not a very good one. 389 00:34:53,580 --> 00:34:55,266 Your father must have good reason 390 00:34:55,290 --> 00:34:57,210 to let this insult go unanswered. 391 00:34:58,380 --> 00:35:01,956 No king would suffer such humiliation lightly. 392 00:35:01,980 --> 00:35:05,466 Well, whatever his reason, it will not matter for long. 393 00:35:05,490 --> 00:35:07,746 My family has ruled this kingdom 394 00:35:07,770 --> 00:35:09,870 for the last three generations. 395 00:35:10,740 --> 00:35:13,986 Now Merlin returns to claim his throne 396 00:35:14,010 --> 00:35:16,140 and we can hardly stand in his way. 397 00:35:17,430 --> 00:35:18,430 He is but one man. 398 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:23,720 What? 399 00:35:25,580 --> 00:35:26,580 Do you not know? 400 00:35:41,220 --> 00:35:44,010 Painted by a faery woman many years ago, 401 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:46,740 or so the story is told. 402 00:35:49,260 --> 00:35:51,336 They say Merlin slew 70 men 403 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,880 with his own hands within these very gates. 404 00:35:54,900 --> 00:35:55,900 At goddeu, 405 00:35:57,740 --> 00:35:59,370 at goddeu, he slew 500. 406 00:36:02,730 --> 00:36:05,406 No man is capable of such a thing. 407 00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:06,430 No mortal man. 408 00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:09,606 They say when the awen falls upon him, 409 00:36:09,630 --> 00:36:12,096 he is given strength from heaven. 410 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,766 The world stops. 411 00:36:14,790 --> 00:36:17,070 None can stand before him. 412 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,026 I can assure you, friend, 413 00:36:22,050 --> 00:36:24,850 the only thing that matters in battle is brute strength. 414 00:36:27,420 --> 00:36:29,430 Magic is for druids and bored women. 415 00:36:33,780 --> 00:36:34,780 Perhaps. 416 00:36:36,780 --> 00:36:40,300 But he is legend in these lands 417 00:36:41,290 --> 00:36:42,700 and he is more than a king. 418 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,110 He is nearly an otherworldly being. 419 00:36:49,380 --> 00:36:52,356 He will take the torc from my father 420 00:36:52,380 --> 00:36:55,000 and declare himself high king before he is through 421 00:36:56,700 --> 00:36:59,016 and neither you nor the saecsens 422 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,850 nor all the armies of britain and armorica can hinder him, 423 00:37:04,710 --> 00:37:06,310 unless we stop him here 424 00:37:07,950 --> 00:37:08,950 and now. 425 00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:31,266 You must listen to me, uther. 426 00:37:31,290 --> 00:37:33,930 Out of my way, steward. 427 00:37:37,350 --> 00:37:38,730 I bested you once before. 428 00:37:40,740 --> 00:37:42,186 Don't make me do it again. 429 00:37:42,210 --> 00:37:44,260 You had the element of surprise before. 430 00:37:45,510 --> 00:37:46,596 Not this time. 431 00:37:46,620 --> 00:37:48,760 You thought that was my only surprise? 432 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,430 You would attack an unarmed man? 433 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,206 Stop this, uther. 434 00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:53,880 You risk ruining the emrys' work. 435 00:38:55,010 --> 00:38:56,910 That is exactly what I intend to do. 436 00:39:13,670 --> 00:39:15,170 Uther! 437 00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:28,270 Stand up, king tewdrig. 438 00:39:35,970 --> 00:39:38,320 You are right that you have failed your people. 439 00:39:40,230 --> 00:39:43,716 You have let fear rule your heart and govern your actions 440 00:39:43,740 --> 00:39:45,726 and I do indeed have every right to reclaim 441 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:48,240 my kingship and take back what is lawfully mine. 442 00:39:51,430 --> 00:39:54,190 But I deem it best to let my claim lapse. 443 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,610 Too many years have passed for me to take back my throne. 444 00:40:01,590 --> 00:40:04,650 Myrddin will not be king again in maridunum, 445 00:40:06,450 --> 00:40:08,970 provided you pledge your support to aurelius. 446 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:16,120 You have my word. 447 00:40:26,460 --> 00:40:28,436 Are you quite well, uther? 448 00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:31,490 Just short of breath is all. 449 00:40:36,110 --> 00:40:38,196 My war band will not fight for aurelius 450 00:40:38,220 --> 00:40:40,716 while morcant can threatens our homes. 451 00:40:40,740 --> 00:40:41,617 Well, then it's a good thing we have 452 00:40:41,641 --> 00:40:44,700 the battle chief of britain to bring the belgae to heel. 453 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,280 I'm afraid I must decline. 454 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:52,240 Uther? 455 00:40:53,060 --> 00:40:55,110 I will join your fight against morcant. 456 00:40:56,340 --> 00:40:59,580 However, only as a simple soldier. 457 00:41:01,380 --> 00:41:04,770 A cunning strategy, uther, if we survive it. 458 00:41:05,970 --> 00:41:08,580 There's nothing like a brisk ride to revive a man. 459 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:31,500 Yes, that's good. 460 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,920 Jesu, receive your own with mercy. 461 00:41:46,410 --> 00:41:47,660 Who are they? 462 00:41:49,710 --> 00:41:50,710 Britons 463 00:41:52,260 --> 00:41:54,410 from the villages along our eastern border. 464 00:41:59,130 --> 00:42:04,130 The saecsen move south and west, killing and plundering. 465 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,596 They rarely leave survivors but when they do, 466 00:42:07,620 --> 00:42:09,210 we do what we can to lend aid. 467 00:42:10,530 --> 00:42:13,356 You care for the dying 468 00:42:13,380 --> 00:42:15,210 when you could prevent their death. 469 00:42:16,650 --> 00:42:19,146 You did what you could. 470 00:42:19,170 --> 00:42:20,216 No. 471 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:22,020 No, no, you could have fought. 472 00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:26,946 What strength you think we have is an illusion. 473 00:42:26,970 --> 00:42:30,120 Each year, our numbers decline. 474 00:42:31,410 --> 00:42:33,830 Not a child has been born to us since... 475 00:42:38,220 --> 00:42:40,980 Our people are not long for this world. 476 00:42:42,030 --> 00:42:43,980 You have weapons like none have seen, 477 00:42:44,850 --> 00:42:47,376 armor to stop the fiercest saecsen blade. 478 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:48,660 As king, 479 00:42:49,830 --> 00:42:51,570 my duty is to my people. 480 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,946 I cannot fight your war for you, aurelius, 481 00:42:56,970 --> 00:42:59,070 no matter how just the cause. 482 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:03,040 We are too few. 483 00:43:14,580 --> 00:43:16,060 Where are the saecsen now? 484 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,100 Lot is in line for the throne, after all. 485 00:43:32,060 --> 00:43:33,920 And a fine king you'll make, my son. 486 00:43:36,390 --> 00:43:37,390 But 487 00:43:38,220 --> 00:43:41,130 who are we if not people of our word? 488 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,706 They say hengist makes his men 489 00:43:47,730 --> 00:43:50,250 fight to the death for his amusement. 490 00:43:52,620 --> 00:43:54,846 You must not believe everything you hear. 491 00:43:54,870 --> 00:43:58,740 Aurelius, on the other hand, is of noble blood. 492 00:43:59,610 --> 00:44:01,146 A diplomat. 493 00:44:01,170 --> 00:44:02,976 Lot has a point. 494 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,370 Is aurelius not more fit to lead? 495 00:44:09,030 --> 00:44:10,206 Who knows who'll rule these lands 496 00:44:10,230 --> 00:44:11,530 when all is said and done. 497 00:44:16,410 --> 00:44:19,686 But if it is your desire to break faith with the saecsens, 498 00:44:19,710 --> 00:44:22,960 then who am I to oppose you? 499 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:27,490 But I admit, I do worry how he will receive you 500 00:44:28,410 --> 00:44:31,020 if word comes to him of your dealings with hengist. 501 00:44:31,950 --> 00:44:33,306 Yes. 502 00:44:33,330 --> 00:44:36,516 Yes, we must not have him taking you for a traitor. 503 00:44:36,540 --> 00:44:37,540 A traitor? 504 00:44:38,380 --> 00:44:39,680 I had not thought of that. 505 00:44:40,650 --> 00:44:42,666 Surely anyone suspected of conspiring 506 00:44:42,690 --> 00:44:45,600 with the saecsens would be shown no mercy. 507 00:44:47,460 --> 00:44:49,460 I'm sure you'll make the right decision. 508 00:45:04,980 --> 00:45:06,640 Pray to your god, Merlin. 509 00:45:08,100 --> 00:45:09,810 It isn't much of a plan. 510 00:45:10,710 --> 00:45:13,460 My god hears the prayers of all who call on his name. 511 00:45:19,410 --> 00:45:21,160 Did something happen to your eye? 512 00:45:46,860 --> 00:45:49,060 You would ride to the village's aid alone? 513 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:52,240 I would try. 514 00:45:54,230 --> 00:45:57,190 You are a good man, son of constans, but foolish. 515 00:45:58,830 --> 00:46:00,696 What would you have me do? 516 00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:01,567 What kind of king would I be 517 00:46:01,591 --> 00:46:03,396 if I let my people be slaughtered? 518 00:46:03,420 --> 00:46:05,760 A king who knows his limitations. 519 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:08,860 There will be other battles, aurelius. 520 00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:11,100 You are one man. 521 00:46:12,750 --> 00:46:14,350 You don't even know the country. 522 00:46:18,180 --> 00:46:18,987 I'm not above asking you 523 00:46:19,011 --> 00:46:20,630 to point me in the right direction. 524 00:46:25,950 --> 00:46:27,920 I have only one thing to offer my people, 525 00:46:30,180 --> 00:46:31,180 everything. 526 00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:41,610 Our soldiers cannot ride with you to rianfa 527 00:46:43,770 --> 00:46:46,836 but perhaps they will escort their Princess 528 00:46:46,860 --> 00:46:49,086 on a ride through our easternmost holdings. 529 00:46:49,110 --> 00:46:52,010 My lady-but we cannot leave our territory, aurelius. 530 00:46:52,860 --> 00:46:56,580 If you choose to engage the saecsen, you do it alone. 531 00:47:41,970 --> 00:47:42,970 Stop there. 532 00:47:53,580 --> 00:47:55,146 What is your business here? 533 00:47:55,170 --> 00:47:57,576 You belgae grow fat from the grain 534 00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,730 plundered from the fields of maridunum! 535 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:03,376 And? 536 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,080 And we're taking it back. 537 00:48:12,540 --> 00:48:14,100 No one need die today. 538 00:48:14,940 --> 00:48:18,426 Tell your king myrddin emrys demands an audience. 539 00:48:18,450 --> 00:48:20,520 My king is not so easily summoned. 540 00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,940 I do not intend to make it easy. 541 00:48:29,190 --> 00:48:30,940 Mariduns, dismount! 542 00:49:30,530 --> 00:49:32,280 If I do not return, 543 00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:37,970 tell my brother I died a noble death. 544 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:34,600 Fire! 545 00:51:06,180 --> 00:51:07,510 For maridunum! 546 00:53:33,500 --> 00:53:37,260 Morcant! 547 00:53:46,930 --> 00:53:49,100 What was that? 548 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:08,030 Thank you, my lady. 549 00:54:09,060 --> 00:54:10,140 Don't thank me yet. 550 00:54:11,430 --> 00:54:13,130 By the time this night is through, 551 00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:16,580 we may both be banished from the summer lands. 552 00:54:39,330 --> 00:54:40,590 Whoever you are, 553 00:54:41,460 --> 00:54:44,946 you've chosen a rather inopportune time to visit. 554 00:54:44,970 --> 00:54:46,350 I'm enjoying my supper. 555 00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:52,200 You know very well who I am, morcant. 556 00:54:53,460 --> 00:54:55,060 I know who you claim to be 557 00:54:56,730 --> 00:54:58,680 but why should I take your word for it? 558 00:54:59,760 --> 00:55:03,906 I come with an offer of peace from uther, battle chief 559 00:55:03,930 --> 00:55:06,840 of britain and brother of high king aurelius himself. 560 00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:12,216 There'll be no peace in these lands 'til we are all dust. 561 00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:15,260 Or until the kings of britain are united as one. 562 00:55:19,140 --> 00:55:21,846 If you are the son of taliesin, 563 00:55:21,870 --> 00:55:24,210 your wisdom is exaggerated. 564 00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:27,156 You ride with a force half the size 565 00:55:27,180 --> 00:55:29,370 of my own against a fortified position, 566 00:55:30,270 --> 00:55:33,390 my men will cut down your army in short order, 567 00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:35,910 if they have not already. 568 00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:38,886 You make war against your brother kings 569 00:55:38,910 --> 00:55:41,460 while the saecsen threatens the doom of our people. 570 00:55:42,780 --> 00:55:44,250 Who is my brother? 571 00:55:47,700 --> 00:55:49,140 Who are my people? 572 00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:51,930 I'm king of the belgae. 573 00:55:53,340 --> 00:55:55,446 No one else is my concern. 574 00:55:55,470 --> 00:55:57,666 And how will you defend the belgae 575 00:55:57,690 --> 00:56:00,420 when the saecsen horde marches across your fields? 576 00:56:01,530 --> 00:56:03,996 When was the last time you stood with a naked blade 577 00:56:04,020 --> 00:56:07,240 in your hand under the blast of the saecsen war horn 578 00:56:08,100 --> 00:56:10,416 while a whole host saecsen berserkers 579 00:56:10,440 --> 00:56:12,660 flew toward you over the battleground? 580 00:56:16,980 --> 00:56:21,186 I will be well-supplied after I march across every kingdom 581 00:56:21,210 --> 00:56:24,726 deserted by kings anxious to fight alongside 582 00:56:24,750 --> 00:56:29,750 your battle chief uther and his fool brother 583 00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:31,860 in their fool war. 584 00:56:32,940 --> 00:56:34,770 That is where you are wrong. 585 00:56:37,110 --> 00:56:38,550 There is to be no war. 586 00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:45,726 Uther himself has determined not to engage the saecsen 587 00:56:45,750 --> 00:56:48,276 until you return what you have plundered 588 00:56:48,300 --> 00:56:50,280 and pledged fealty to aurelius. 589 00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,850 If aurelius does not engage the saecsen, 590 00:57:00,750 --> 00:57:02,940 he will be high king of nothing. 591 00:57:06,510 --> 00:57:09,426 Already this day, uther rides against you. 592 00:57:09,450 --> 00:57:11,250 If he's the leader of this attack, 593 00:57:12,420 --> 00:57:14,646 then he's no battle chief to be feared. 594 00:57:14,670 --> 00:57:15,670 Indeed. 595 00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:20,050 Uther does not command tewdrig's war band. 596 00:57:21,780 --> 00:57:24,720 He rides today a simple soldier, 597 00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:28,470 indistinguishable from any other. 598 00:57:33,060 --> 00:57:34,140 You bluff. 599 00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:38,280 I do hope your men haven't killed him already. 600 00:57:40,080 --> 00:57:41,916 Aurelius slew the high king himself 601 00:57:41,940 --> 00:57:43,640 to avenge the death of his father. 602 00:57:45,330 --> 00:57:47,790 One can only imagine what he might do to you. 603 00:57:56,580 --> 00:57:58,266 Stay our archers. 604 00:57:58,290 --> 00:58:00,696 Call our warriors back behind the walls. 605 00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:01,720 Now! 606 00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:08,370 Your plundering is at an end, morcant. 607 00:58:09,750 --> 00:58:11,886 You've abused your power 608 00:58:11,910 --> 00:58:14,220 and now it is time for you to make amends. 609 00:58:15,210 --> 00:58:19,090 If you do not, aurelius will continue to raise his army 610 00:58:20,370 --> 00:58:22,770 but it will not be the saecsen he rides against. 611 00:58:39,570 --> 00:58:43,030 My daughter has long had a mind of her own 612 00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:48,450 and I have all but given up attempting to restrain it. 613 00:58:49,980 --> 00:58:52,446 But you who mean to make yourself 614 00:58:52,470 --> 00:58:54,930 high king should know better. 615 00:58:56,070 --> 00:58:58,370 If I do not allow my conscience to guide me, 616 00:59:00,540 --> 00:59:02,616 I'm unworthy of the crown. 617 00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:05,196 You put my people at risk. 618 00:59:05,220 --> 00:59:07,746 Your people are at risk already, king avallach 619 00:59:07,770 --> 00:59:09,426 and will be as long as the saecsen 620 00:59:09,450 --> 00:59:10,806 have a foothold in this land. 621 00:59:10,830 --> 00:59:12,336 Father, the britons that survived 622 00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:14,016 the raid have been brought to the palace. 623 00:59:14,040 --> 00:59:15,040 I'm needed. 624 00:59:25,650 --> 00:59:28,986 You cannot deliver your people from this threat 625 00:59:29,010 --> 00:59:32,586 if you throw your own life away, aurelius. 626 00:59:32,610 --> 00:59:36,630 A king must sometimes make terrible choices. 627 00:59:37,950 --> 00:59:38,950 It was foolish. 628 00:59:40,290 --> 00:59:41,290 I know. 629 00:59:42,060 --> 00:59:44,646 In truth, I'm not ready for what is ahead. 630 00:59:44,670 --> 00:59:46,320 The battle against vortigern was- 631 00:59:47,220 --> 00:59:48,426 short? 632 00:59:48,450 --> 00:59:49,450 Decisive. 633 00:59:52,140 --> 00:59:54,396 I have little enough experience with war. 634 00:59:54,420 --> 00:59:55,670 That is abundantly clear. 635 00:59:56,520 --> 00:59:57,520 In truth, 636 00:59:59,940 --> 01:00:01,890 it was your daughter who saved my life. 637 01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:04,720 Yes. 638 01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:08,250 She has a way of doing that. 639 01:00:18,330 --> 01:00:19,960 You showed great courage today 640 01:00:21,360 --> 01:00:23,660 and a great love for the people you would rule 641 01:00:26,090 --> 01:00:28,960 and my god tells me there is no greater love 642 01:00:30,750 --> 01:00:32,700 than the willingness to die for others. 643 01:00:41,310 --> 01:00:45,480 Keep that up and you might just become high king after all. 644 01:00:55,380 --> 01:00:56,380 Beer? 645 01:00:59,140 --> 01:01:01,210 A man of his word is king tewdrig. 646 01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:03,936 Two more western kings 647 01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:05,896 have pledged their fealty to aurelius. 648 01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:08,886 Their war bands ride eastward as we speak. 649 01:01:08,910 --> 01:01:10,536 Aurelius' legend grows. 650 01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:12,906 Aye. As does your army. 651 01:01:12,930 --> 01:01:14,730 Now you must return to your brother. 652 01:01:15,600 --> 01:01:17,946 Pelleas and I ride north to goddeu. 653 01:01:17,970 --> 01:01:18,970 You must ride alone. 654 01:01:20,330 --> 01:01:21,396 Have I not proven myself 655 01:01:21,420 --> 01:01:23,856 to be a pleasant enough traveling companion? 656 01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:27,156 Uther, you have proven yourself a cunning strategist 657 01:01:27,180 --> 01:01:28,980 and fiercely loyal to your brother. 658 01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:32,196 But you must take caution, 659 01:01:32,220 --> 01:01:34,170 for your loyalty could be your undoing. 660 01:01:36,630 --> 01:01:37,866 More riddles. 661 01:01:37,890 --> 01:01:39,606 Perhaps when we next see each other, 662 01:01:39,630 --> 01:01:41,706 we can pick up from where we left off. 663 01:01:41,730 --> 01:01:44,250 I do admit I did underestimate you, steward. 664 01:01:46,490 --> 01:01:49,340 But I still think you should be flogged for impertinence. 665 01:02:13,110 --> 01:02:16,476 It is not safe for you in custennin's hall. 666 01:02:16,500 --> 01:02:18,890 There must be another way. 667 01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:25,450 There is no other way. 668 01:03:44,170 --> 01:03:46,520 I will set off at once for the saecsens' camp. 669 01:03:48,280 --> 01:03:49,630 If that is what you wish. 670 01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:52,260 It is, mother. 671 01:03:55,290 --> 01:03:56,290 Wait here. 672 01:04:21,600 --> 01:04:22,600 A gift 673 01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:25,040 for hengist. 674 01:04:41,250 --> 01:04:42,880 Safe travels, my son. 675 01:06:44,230 --> 01:06:46,790 Our enemy grows stronger by the hour. 676 01:06:48,420 --> 01:06:51,210 Every day, more ships cross the sea. 677 01:06:52,530 --> 01:06:54,720 We are outmatched five to one. 678 01:06:56,770 --> 01:06:58,656 There is to be a new high king. 679 01:06:58,680 --> 01:07:01,290 They are the ones who would oppose the saecsens now. 680 01:07:02,220 --> 01:07:04,956 How many men are left for them to call upon? 681 01:07:04,980 --> 01:07:07,056 Those boys are on their own. 682 01:07:07,080 --> 01:07:10,746 I will not send the sons of my lords to die 683 01:07:10,770 --> 01:07:14,220 behind two undisciplined and untrained boys. 684 01:07:16,020 --> 01:07:19,386 I have come to ask the northern lords to join with them. 685 01:07:19,410 --> 01:07:22,086 Are you not the mighty Merlin, 686 01:07:22,110 --> 01:07:25,536 terrible to meet on the field of battle? 687 01:07:25,560 --> 01:07:27,730 I've seen what you can do.