1 00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:11,873 They were going to kill Arthur. 2 00:00:16,350 --> 00:00:17,350 Can you imagine? 3 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,053 They would've killed him too, but I put a stop to it. 4 00:00:23,730 --> 00:00:27,183 The arrogance, the stupidity. 5 00:00:29,250 --> 00:00:31,863 Not that uther ever was one for a scholar's coat. 6 00:00:33,810 --> 00:00:37,933 I heard about their sordid plan in the way that I have, 7 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:44,600 whispers in the wind, faces in the embers of the fire, 8 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,813 and I made it my affair to save him. 9 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:52,467 The high king would do his worst, 10 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:56,943 but I would have my way. 11 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,700 My way, 12 00:01:01,679 --> 00:01:02,679 was it? 13 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:04,893 Was it ever my way? 14 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:08,646 But I'm getting ahead of myself. 15 00:01:08,670 --> 00:01:09,843 I always am. 16 00:01:11,670 --> 00:01:13,563 This is to be Arthur's story, 17 00:01:16,050 --> 00:01:18,333 but there's more to Arthur than his birth. 18 00:01:19,380 --> 00:01:23,223 To understand him, you have to understand the land. 19 00:01:24,420 --> 00:01:28,773 This land, this island of the mighty. 20 00:01:30,990 --> 00:01:32,683 And you have to understand me, 21 00:01:34,230 --> 00:01:36,193 for I am the man who made him. 22 00:03:10,063 --> 00:03:14,676 Every year of my kingship, it has been my custom 23 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:17,466 to give the first take of my salmon Weir 24 00:03:17,490 --> 00:03:20,916 to one of your number as a sign of my respect. 25 00:03:20,940 --> 00:03:22,293 Respect for what? 26 00:03:24,330 --> 00:03:28,023 Everyone knows that your boy is cursed. 27 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:35,946 So you say, but the Weir is mine, 28 00:03:35,970 --> 00:03:37,863 and the salmon mine to give. 29 00:03:40,532 --> 00:03:42,363 Elphin is my only son. 30 00:03:43,740 --> 00:03:47,106 A man must do for his true sons what he can 31 00:03:47,130 --> 00:03:48,963 to advance their fortunes. 32 00:03:58,710 --> 00:04:03,213 Bring a bounty, boy, and show them the curse is broken. 33 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:12,126 And what if the nets are empty? 34 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:26,560 You might have warned me about the snow upriver. 35 00:04:27,672 --> 00:04:30,072 You might have warned me of your foolish plan. 36 00:05:35,067 --> 00:05:37,323 All his ill luck aforetime was nothing. 37 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:41,560 You've let him destroy the virtue of our Weir. 38 00:05:56,220 --> 00:05:57,637 Elphin, enough! 39 00:06:18,270 --> 00:06:19,953 He, he has something. 40 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,963 It's nothing, a drowned carcass. 41 00:07:26,010 --> 00:07:28,113 Why so eager to share this bad luck? 42 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,796 The scrawny thing's dead. 43 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:29,886 Who'd be for throwing a babe like that in the river? 44 00:08:29,910 --> 00:08:31,386 The child is bewitched. 45 00:08:31,410 --> 00:08:33,027 Throw him back in and be done with it. 46 00:08:33,944 --> 00:08:35,043 Don't touch him. 47 00:08:37,860 --> 00:08:40,053 The babe could be cursed, son. 48 00:08:42,330 --> 00:08:43,380 I'm already cursed. 49 00:09:27,062 --> 00:09:28,479 By the goddess. 50 00:09:35,580 --> 00:09:36,580 Behold. 51 00:09:38,276 --> 00:09:40,503 Taliesin of the radiant brow. 52 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,576 Never in gwyddno's Weir 53 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,063 was there such good fortune as today. 54 00:10:04,860 --> 00:10:07,215 Small you are, taliesin, 55 00:10:07,239 --> 00:10:11,720 and weak, yet there is virtue in your tongue. 56 00:10:14,263 --> 00:10:16,986 A bard, the boy will be. 57 00:10:17,010 --> 00:10:18,786 A maker with words like no other 58 00:10:18,810 --> 00:10:20,410 from the beginning of the world, 59 00:10:22,620 --> 00:10:27,123 and in his voice will be born a kingdom of summer. 60 00:10:40,950 --> 00:10:45,950 Henceforth, let no one say elphin ap gwyddno is unlucky. 61 00:13:47,247 --> 00:13:54,339 Charis, charis, charis, charis, charis, 62 00:13:55,683 --> 00:14:02,683 charis, charis, charis, charis, charis, 63 00:14:04,024 --> 00:14:07,274 charis, charis, charis, charis, charis, 64 00:14:09,001 --> 00:14:12,918 charis, charis, charis, charis, charis, charis. 65 00:17:17,766 --> 00:17:21,849 Charis, charis, charis, charis, charis. 66 00:18:09,170 --> 00:18:12,233 You there, fetch me your lord. 67 00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:13,357 And be quick with you. 68 00:18:13,381 --> 00:18:15,214 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 69 00:18:18,395 --> 00:18:20,228 Peace, hagan, peace. 70 00:18:25,027 --> 00:18:27,066 What have you seen? 71 00:18:27,090 --> 00:18:28,090 They're coming. 72 00:18:36,902 --> 00:18:38,286 Picti? 73 00:18:38,310 --> 00:18:40,416 From today, we will no longer speak 74 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:44,223 of Irish, pict, or saecsen, but of barbarian. 75 00:18:46,020 --> 00:18:47,020 Unified? 76 00:18:52,860 --> 00:18:54,610 I had hoped for a few more years. 77 00:18:57,750 --> 00:19:01,353 One season more or less, what difference? 78 00:19:02,490 --> 00:19:04,143 Take the day as it comes, o'king. 79 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,293 Do you see victory for us? 80 00:19:08,220 --> 00:19:09,470 Better to ask your son. 81 00:19:10,890 --> 00:19:13,596 He sees these things much clearer than I. 82 00:19:13,620 --> 00:19:16,263 I have not seen taliesin in three days. 83 00:19:21,877 --> 00:19:24,846 Where is he when I need him? 84 00:19:24,870 --> 00:19:26,643 He'll be where he's needed most. 85 00:19:34,620 --> 00:19:37,623 Earth mother, behold your son. 86 00:19:38,730 --> 00:19:42,243 Sky mother, recognize your devoted servant. 87 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:48,920 Father of wisdom, speak to me that I may hear your voice. 88 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,853 Great goddess, queen of life, 89 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,960 reveal to me the vision of your sight. 90 00:19:59,432 --> 00:20:02,073 Speak-a beautiful prayer. 91 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:07,716 The gods of this place must be pleased. 92 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:10,476 It is unwise to sneak up on a man while he prays. 93 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:14,013 It is unwise to pray while a man sneaks up on you. 94 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,216 You are old to have climbed this hill alone. 95 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,993 You are young to have climbed it at all. 96 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,978 You think me young to seek the gods? 97 00:20:25,002 --> 00:20:30,002 Few enough seek the gods, young or old. 98 00:20:33,060 --> 00:20:34,356 The chair on which you sit 99 00:20:34,380 --> 00:20:36,030 belongs to the head of our order, 100 00:20:36,930 --> 00:20:39,426 the chief druid of the island of the mighty. 101 00:20:39,450 --> 00:20:42,873 And are you a druid then, taliesin ap elphin? 102 00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:46,869 You know me. 103 00:20:46,893 --> 00:20:51,243 All men know of the great taliesin. 104 00:20:52,290 --> 00:20:55,953 They say you are the most powerful of your people. 105 00:20:58,800 --> 00:20:59,853 I am as you see me. 106 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:03,516 Who are you? 107 00:21:03,540 --> 00:21:05,163 Curious, isn't it? 108 00:21:06,540 --> 00:21:09,657 Why did your order allow one 109 00:21:09,681 --> 00:21:13,539 of their sacred stones to fall? 110 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,636 Must have fallen long ago. 111 00:21:18,660 --> 00:21:23,553 I wonder, will you be the man to raise it? 112 00:22:07,704 --> 00:22:09,371 I see why it fell. 113 00:22:15,150 --> 00:22:16,300 Forgive me, stranger. 114 00:22:17,610 --> 00:22:19,450 Do the dead forgive? 115 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:24,666 It is very old. 116 00:22:24,690 --> 00:22:26,607 What of the markings? 117 00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:31,616 Cernunnos, the horned lord! 118 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,743 One of your gods? 119 00:22:33,767 --> 00:22:37,293 No, much older. 120 00:22:42,901 --> 00:22:43,901 Ancient one. 121 00:22:49,058 --> 00:22:53,758 No, no. 122 00:22:56,899 --> 00:22:57,899 No. 123 00:23:29,472 --> 00:23:31,099 Put it back! 124 00:23:31,123 --> 00:23:32,359 Put the stone back! 125 00:23:32,383 --> 00:23:36,066 No doubt I think this cernunnos 126 00:23:36,090 --> 00:23:39,363 would prefer you left his stone upright. 127 00:23:41,370 --> 00:23:42,636 He would have me revive the old ways. 128 00:23:42,660 --> 00:23:46,503 And what do you think? 129 00:23:48,131 --> 00:23:50,790 Look upon me then, shining brow. 130 00:23:58,893 --> 00:24:02,586 Have you nothing to say to me, great bard? 131 00:24:02,610 --> 00:24:06,409 No song to sing or wisdom to declare? 132 00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:09,366 On the day of your liberation, 133 00:24:09,390 --> 00:24:11,226 your tongue will be loosed 134 00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:14,228 and the words I give you will come. 135 00:24:14,252 --> 00:24:16,300 You will be my bard, 136 00:24:16,324 --> 00:24:20,166 proclaiming my reign in the world of men. 137 00:24:20,190 --> 00:24:22,385 Men will hear your voice 138 00:24:22,409 --> 00:24:25,409 and will know who it is that speaks. 139 00:24:26,394 --> 00:24:31,394 Taliesin. Father. 140 00:24:35,043 --> 00:24:39,093 Who am I, father, that the gods should war for my soul? 141 00:24:40,110 --> 00:24:41,493 You are my son, boy, 142 00:24:42,570 --> 00:24:45,906 and the greatest bard in the history of your people. 143 00:24:45,930 --> 00:24:46,930 Nothing more? 144 00:24:47,670 --> 00:24:48,903 Is that not enough? 145 00:24:52,230 --> 00:24:53,230 Come now. 146 00:24:54,270 --> 00:24:56,283 Our enemies gather against us. 147 00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:58,120 I need you. 148 00:25:50,580 --> 00:25:51,843 Hail Maximus. 149 00:25:52,813 --> 00:25:54,036 I don't remember a Roman legion 150 00:25:54,060 --> 00:25:56,793 requiring the aid of a Celtic ala to avoid defeat. 151 00:25:58,410 --> 00:25:59,973 You have a short memory. 152 00:26:07,991 --> 00:26:10,408 I see you've met the enemy. 153 00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:13,326 Thank you for coming, elphin, 154 00:26:13,350 --> 00:26:15,483 but I can't allow you to stay. 155 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,950 The barbarian have overrun luguvallium. 156 00:26:21,452 --> 00:26:22,503 By the goddess. 157 00:26:22,527 --> 00:26:23,763 The wall is fallen. 158 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:26,946 Go home, friend. 159 00:26:26,970 --> 00:26:27,970 Defend your own. 160 00:26:31,770 --> 00:26:34,236 Both our people will stand a far better chance 161 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:36,783 if we stand together. 162 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,853 Besides we have my son to uphold us. 163 00:26:45,889 --> 00:26:47,466 Hail, taliesin! 164 00:26:47,490 --> 00:26:49,326 I confess I should not like to miss the chance 165 00:26:49,350 --> 00:26:51,876 to fight under your blessing once more. 166 00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:53,093 Then you shall have it. 167 00:26:55,715 --> 00:26:57,015 Will you join me, teacher? 168 00:27:21,780 --> 00:27:25,143 The horned god, what did he offer you? 169 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,713 Great power for a great price. 170 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,730 Let us hope your refusal is not the doom of our people. 171 00:27:49,050 --> 00:27:50,900 My acceptance surely would've been. 172 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:08,181 There is no other like him in all the empire. 173 00:28:08,205 --> 00:28:12,205 There is none other like him in all the world. 174 00:29:16,951 --> 00:29:18,723 Who could it be? 175 00:29:18,747 --> 00:29:22,206 Saecsen? Irish? 176 00:29:22,230 --> 00:29:24,876 More likely a traveler stopping for rest and shade. 177 00:29:24,900 --> 00:29:27,336 I never thought we would find it occupied. 178 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,796 One horse is hardly an occupation, collen. 179 00:29:29,820 --> 00:29:32,286 Still, we should wait. 180 00:29:32,310 --> 00:29:33,410 Maybe they'll move on. 181 00:29:36,671 --> 00:29:38,046 What are you doing? 182 00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:40,704 We didn't come all this way to cower before the prize. 183 00:30:04,470 --> 00:30:05,520 Ave Maria. 184 00:30:09,990 --> 00:30:10,990 Goodness. 185 00:30:12,660 --> 00:30:14,616 Holy Mary, mother of the Christ. 186 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:15,753 Have mercy on us. 187 00:30:17,820 --> 00:30:19,806 What manner of men are you? 188 00:30:19,830 --> 00:30:22,053 Unworthy men, lady. 189 00:30:23,820 --> 00:30:24,820 I see. 190 00:30:26,490 --> 00:30:27,756 Why have you come here? 191 00:30:27,780 --> 00:30:29,741 Seeking this holy place. 192 00:30:29,765 --> 00:30:34,653 And who is this holy Mary of whom you speak? 193 00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:42,573 Why, the mother of the most high, 194 00:30:43,451 --> 00:30:46,293 jesu the Christ, savior of mankind. 195 00:30:48,270 --> 00:30:49,720 You are not the blessed lady? 196 00:30:51,995 --> 00:30:54,145 There are those who would call me savior, 197 00:30:55,110 --> 00:30:57,657 but I've never heard of this goddess Mary. 198 00:30:57,681 --> 00:30:59,256 Goddess? 199 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:00,753 Forgive us, lady. 200 00:31:02,310 --> 00:31:04,653 We worship no god but the true god, 201 00:31:05,490 --> 00:31:08,193 the god who was once worshiped in this very place. 202 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,993 The true god worshiped here? 203 00:31:15,090 --> 00:31:16,926 That seems unlikely. 204 00:31:16,950 --> 00:31:18,813 Again, I beg your forgiveness. 205 00:31:19,650 --> 00:31:21,306 We have traveled all the way from Gaul 206 00:31:21,330 --> 00:31:23,886 to find and restore this place 207 00:31:23,910 --> 00:31:25,956 in order that the truth of our god 208 00:31:25,980 --> 00:31:28,686 might be proclaimed once more hereabouts. 209 00:31:28,710 --> 00:31:30,363 You speak often of truth. 210 00:31:31,650 --> 00:31:34,236 Is this god of yours so interested in truth? 211 00:31:34,260 --> 00:31:39,063 In truth, yes, but also in love. 212 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,516 I see. 213 00:31:42,540 --> 00:31:43,623 A strange god then, 214 00:31:44,550 --> 00:31:46,236 and often disappointed, I should think. 215 00:31:46,260 --> 00:31:47,343 This is blasphemy. 216 00:31:48,180 --> 00:31:51,723 My companion studied under brother Martin in tours. 217 00:31:52,980 --> 00:31:56,646 He is zealous, but perhaps less open-minded 218 00:31:56,670 --> 00:31:58,593 than the situation calls for. 219 00:32:00,930 --> 00:32:01,930 He's honest. 220 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:05,076 If you wish to restore this place, 221 00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:07,400 you will need the permission of king avallach. 222 00:32:09,060 --> 00:32:10,060 Faery! 223 00:32:13,260 --> 00:32:16,060 You are of the faer folk, who dwell in the glass isle? 224 00:32:17,820 --> 00:32:20,916 The people here tell many strange tales about you. 225 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:23,240 Have you heard we change our shapes at will? 226 00:32:24,690 --> 00:32:27,216 Have you heard we never sleep or rest 227 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,376 and we have but to bid and the winds bring us news 228 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:30,963 from any corner of our realm? 229 00:32:32,470 --> 00:32:35,646 And more. 230 00:32:35,670 --> 00:32:37,233 What do you believe, priest? 231 00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:42,653 We will believe whatever the holy god reveals to us. 232 00:32:46,980 --> 00:32:50,883 I trusted a god once, long ago. 233 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:54,760 What happened? 234 00:33:01,170 --> 00:33:02,170 I killed him. 235 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,173 I've never seen anything like it. 236 00:33:25,197 --> 00:33:29,043 Not in Rome or Athens or constantinople itself. 237 00:33:30,420 --> 00:33:32,343 Truly, these are the faery! 238 00:33:34,020 --> 00:33:37,803 Hey, brother, they're mortals like as we. 239 00:33:39,870 --> 00:33:41,013 Mortals, perhaps. 240 00:33:42,913 --> 00:33:44,413 But never like us. 241 00:34:35,790 --> 00:34:37,836 What strange men are you? 242 00:34:37,860 --> 00:34:39,183 Priests, my lady. 243 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,110 Are they with the others? 244 00:34:46,380 --> 00:34:49,026 Your father has given audience to a large group 245 00:34:49,050 --> 00:34:50,706 of strangely dressed britons. 246 00:34:50,730 --> 00:34:52,446 Our father, morgian. 247 00:34:52,470 --> 00:34:54,563 He asks that you join him on your return. 248 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,123 My presence was not requested. 249 00:35:12,453 --> 00:35:13,716 Do you think these painted men 250 00:35:13,740 --> 00:35:15,543 will strike this far south? 251 00:35:19,466 --> 00:35:20,913 In time. 252 00:35:20,937 --> 00:35:24,726 Although, in dyfed, we heard the emperor 253 00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:27,486 was withdrawing two legions from Gaul 254 00:35:27,510 --> 00:35:29,403 and sending troops back to the wall. 255 00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:31,923 Here she is. 256 00:35:33,030 --> 00:35:37,116 King elphin ap gwyddno, I present to you my daughter, 257 00:35:37,140 --> 00:35:41,523 the Princess charis, savior of our people. 258 00:35:53,730 --> 00:35:54,933 Princess charis. 259 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:57,546 Your father was just telling us 260 00:35:57,570 --> 00:36:00,033 how you delivered your people from calamity. 261 00:36:02,140 --> 00:36:03,156 It is the way of fathers 262 00:36:03,180 --> 00:36:05,780 to exaggerate the accomplishments of their children. 263 00:36:07,770 --> 00:36:08,796 Never say it. 264 00:36:08,820 --> 00:36:12,906 Not an atlantean draws breath who doesn't owe their life 265 00:36:12,930 --> 00:36:13,983 to my daughter. 266 00:36:16,290 --> 00:36:19,383 My people know something of loss as well. 267 00:36:22,470 --> 00:36:24,573 We too are strangers in these lands. 268 00:36:25,530 --> 00:36:29,616 Travelers are always welcome within these walls. 269 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,743 Please stay with us if you can. 270 00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:37,353 Allow me to share the bounty of my table this evening. 271 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:45,543 Your offer is most generous. 272 00:36:48,180 --> 00:36:53,180 Please accept this token as a sign of our gratitude. 273 00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:07,952 You honor me, lord elphin. 274 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,306 I gather his people have been driven 275 00:37:51,330 --> 00:37:53,706 from their homeland in the north? 276 00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:54,996 Driven? 277 00:37:55,020 --> 00:38:00,096 By war, war which will soon visit us in the south. 278 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,783 If it is as bad as they declare. 279 00:38:04,650 --> 00:38:05,900 You don't believe them? 280 00:38:07,110 --> 00:38:11,793 Desperate men can never be trusted. 281 00:38:16,620 --> 00:38:17,823 Can they be trusted? 282 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:21,030 Powerful men can never be trusted. 283 00:38:22,380 --> 00:38:23,380 What say you, son? 284 00:38:24,690 --> 00:38:25,690 Taliesin. 285 00:38:27,780 --> 00:38:28,780 Sorry, father. 286 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,400 I need you in the present, 287 00:38:32,524 --> 00:38:34,274 not lost in the past. 288 00:38:36,513 --> 00:38:38,466 King avallach has shown kindness 289 00:38:38,490 --> 00:38:40,040 when kindness was not required. 290 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,000 And yet? 291 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,964 I sense danger in this place. 292 00:38:53,430 --> 00:38:54,480 You must be wary. 293 00:40:46,532 --> 00:40:48,336 Are you unwell, king avallach? 294 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,643 An old wound, and deep. 295 00:40:51,570 --> 00:40:52,570 Pay me no heed. 296 00:40:59,543 --> 00:41:00,726 It is fortunate your people were able 297 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:02,739 to escape the troubles in the north, king elphin. 298 00:41:04,708 --> 00:41:07,293 The luck of elphin ap gwyddno is legendary. 299 00:41:09,270 --> 00:41:12,456 Among our people, when breaking bread with new friends, 300 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:14,253 it's customary to have a song. 301 00:41:15,690 --> 00:41:18,366 Alas, our best minstrels lie dead 302 00:41:18,390 --> 00:41:20,496 at the bottom of the great sea. 303 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:21,520 Indeed. 304 00:41:22,260 --> 00:41:25,083 We have all seen our homes lost and kinsmen killed. 305 00:41:26,190 --> 00:41:30,846 And yet, our people escaped not only with our lives, 306 00:41:30,870 --> 00:41:32,436 but with our greatest treasure. 307 00:41:33,691 --> 00:41:36,246 Hafgan speaks truth. 308 00:41:36,270 --> 00:41:38,583 The treasure is my son, taliesin, 309 00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:42,423 a bard of extraordinary talent. 310 00:41:43,980 --> 00:41:45,243 Is this true? 311 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:48,469 Taliesin, taliesin. 312 00:41:50,970 --> 00:41:52,113 Is this true? 313 00:41:56,010 --> 00:41:56,916 It is the way of fathers 314 00:41:56,940 --> 00:41:59,513 to exaggerate the accomplishments of their children. 315 00:42:00,750 --> 00:42:02,943 False modesty is unbecoming, taliesin. 316 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,263 King avallach has shared his bounty with us. 317 00:42:06,287 --> 00:42:08,043 Let us share ours with him. 318 00:42:55,860 --> 00:42:59,163 Hear, then, if you will, the lament of pwyll, 319 00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:01,263 prince of annwifn. 320 00:43:07,470 --> 00:43:09,126 In the days when the dew of creation 321 00:43:09,150 --> 00:43:11,526 was still fresh upon the earth, 322 00:43:11,550 --> 00:43:14,343 pwyll was lord over the seven catrefs of dyfed. 323 00:43:15,690 --> 00:43:19,626 Seven of gwynedd, and seven of lloegr as well. 324 00:43:19,650 --> 00:43:22,773 In caer narberth, his principal stronghold, 325 00:43:23,670 --> 00:43:26,616 he awakened one morning to look upon the hills, 326 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:28,143 abounding with game. 327 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:30,930 A thought came to him 328 00:43:31,807 --> 00:43:33,957 and he assembled his men to go out hunting. 329 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,019 And this is the way of it. 330 00:49:54,292 --> 00:49:55,292 Charis! 331 00:50:29,046 --> 00:50:30,546 Princess charis? 332 00:50:31,530 --> 00:50:34,713 The savior of her people is not here, stranger. 333 00:50:48,810 --> 00:50:50,010 The foal is in breech? 334 00:50:51,510 --> 00:50:53,260 I'm not strong enough to turn it. 335 00:51:30,296 --> 00:51:32,213 The fourth emanation. 336 00:51:35,537 --> 00:51:38,346 I know the price of the power you display. 337 00:51:38,370 --> 00:51:40,220 I've never spilled blood for power. 338 00:51:42,205 --> 00:51:43,654 Perhaps that's why I failed. 339 00:51:43,678 --> 00:51:44,678 Failed? 340 00:52:25,215 --> 00:52:26,215 Shh. 341 00:52:36,546 --> 00:52:37,546 Shh. 342 00:52:50,580 --> 00:52:52,163 The foal is turned. 343 00:52:54,662 --> 00:52:55,662 All be well. 344 00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:00,160 Thank you. 345 00:53:15,152 --> 00:53:16,776 Forgive me. 346 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:18,183 I seek the Princess charis. 347 00:53:21,030 --> 00:53:22,130 Did she come this way? 348 00:53:24,720 --> 00:53:26,823 She took her grey and rode out. 349 00:53:30,990 --> 00:53:33,963 She often bathes below the Tor at night, 350 00:53:36,570 --> 00:53:38,463 when there are fewer prying eyes. 351 00:53:40,350 --> 00:53:41,560 Thank you, 352 00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:44,040 friend. 353 00:54:55,740 --> 00:54:59,316 I beg your pardon, Princess. I didn't mean to startle you. 354 00:54:59,340 --> 00:55:01,236 Is it customary in the north to spy on a woman 355 00:55:01,260 --> 00:55:02,260 while she bathes? 356 00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:05,646 Never, lady. 357 00:55:05,670 --> 00:55:06,870 Then what do you here? 358 00:55:09,510 --> 00:55:10,610 I needed to see you. 359 00:55:15,232 --> 00:55:17,982 Have you not seen enough of me? 360 00:55:20,130 --> 00:55:22,086 It wasn't my intention to intrude into your thoughts. 361 00:55:22,110 --> 00:55:23,883 You intruded into my soul. 362 00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:28,325 I know what the bull-god offered you. 363 00:55:32,116 --> 00:55:34,616 Cernunnos offered me the same. 364 00:55:36,393 --> 00:55:37,393 And? 365 00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:40,770 I made the same choice you did. 366 00:55:47,010 --> 00:55:48,033 Then damn us both. 367 00:55:51,090 --> 00:55:52,090 Aye. 368 00:55:55,230 --> 00:55:57,636 I do not find myself in need of company. 369 00:55:57,660 --> 00:55:59,463 Less so the company of a savage. 370 00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,483 Well, you think of us as savages, aye? 371 00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:08,937 And we think of you as otherworldly. 372 00:56:12,630 --> 00:56:15,813 Perhaps, we're both just people. 373 00:56:19,396 --> 00:56:21,580 I am not just anything, singer. 374 00:56:41,820 --> 00:56:45,186 How dare you enter my chamber without leave! 375 00:56:45,210 --> 00:56:46,656 You have no right! 376 00:56:46,680 --> 00:56:48,668 It shows me more than it ever showed you! 377 00:56:48,692 --> 00:56:51,426 Never from curiosity. 378 00:56:51,450 --> 00:56:53,403 How many times have I told you? 379 00:56:54,316 --> 00:56:57,307 You were ever weak. 380 00:56:57,331 --> 00:57:02,106 And you were ever a fool. Just like your sister. 381 00:57:02,130 --> 00:57:04,416 Yes, she had the sight, too. 382 00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:08,136 And what did she do with it? Savior of our people? 383 00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:11,136 A thousand thousand of our kinsmen swallowed by the sea, 384 00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:17,599 and this savage crag is our salvation? 385 00:57:17,623 --> 00:57:21,876 True power is killing what you love, little girl, 386 00:57:21,900 --> 00:57:23,493 not letting it kill you. 387 00:57:24,870 --> 00:57:29,633 I do not love the bard. It's only his power I desire. 388 00:57:33,540 --> 00:57:35,133 As I desired yours. 389 00:57:38,610 --> 00:57:43,610 And now you have none left to give. 390 00:58:08,220 --> 00:58:09,220 Princess charis. 391 00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:14,106 Prince taliesin. 392 00:58:14,130 --> 00:58:16,536 Alas, only taliesin. 393 00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:19,416 Hereditary titles are not known among the cymry, 394 00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:20,440 savage as we are. 395 00:58:21,210 --> 00:58:22,566 Never say it! 396 00:58:22,590 --> 00:58:26,103 Your people are as noble as any I have encountered. 397 00:58:27,120 --> 00:58:29,820 King avallach. Lady of the lake. 398 00:58:37,410 --> 00:58:39,110 I've never met another like him. 399 00:58:40,710 --> 00:58:42,216 He's proud enough. 400 00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:47,106 When he sings, I forget the pain of our loss. 401 00:58:47,130 --> 00:58:50,106 Even my old wound grieves me less. 402 00:58:50,130 --> 00:58:51,880 His song brings no comfort to me. 403 00:58:53,250 --> 00:58:54,250 Truly? 404 00:58:56,160 --> 00:59:00,400 I plan to gift them the lands north of the Tor 405 00:59:01,980 --> 00:59:03,130 if they will have them. 406 00:59:04,410 --> 00:59:05,860 You would settle them here? 407 00:59:06,810 --> 00:59:10,773 Their need is dire, and it's not a tenth of my holdings. 408 00:59:12,180 --> 00:59:13,180 You object? 409 00:59:16,050 --> 00:59:18,440 Why should I care where the singer lays his head? 410 00:59:40,020 --> 00:59:41,020 Charis! 411 00:59:46,290 --> 00:59:47,290 Wait! 412 00:59:52,050 --> 00:59:53,600 I thought to find you barefoot. 413 00:59:55,710 --> 00:59:58,173 Your boots, you left them at the lake. 414 00:59:59,610 --> 01:00:01,956 A true prince would have returned them. 415 01:00:01,980 --> 01:00:03,480 As I've said, I'm no prince. 416 01:00:04,740 --> 01:00:09,123 But I'll redeem myself, if you will allow me. 417 01:00:14,103 --> 01:00:16,353 They are yours, are they not? 418 01:00:18,885 --> 01:00:19,885 They are. 419 01:00:41,723 --> 01:00:43,893 Neither pain nor pleasure, evermore. 420 01:00:48,064 --> 01:00:51,850 I thought that was all life held for me after our loss. 421 01:01:25,210 --> 01:01:28,110 2,000 of us arrived on these shores after the cataclysm. 422 01:01:29,430 --> 01:01:30,723 Only 1,000 remain. 423 01:01:32,370 --> 01:01:33,370 And yet, you live. 424 01:01:34,260 --> 01:01:35,070 And while there is life in you, 425 01:01:35,094 --> 01:01:36,557 there is hope for your people. 426 01:01:38,010 --> 01:01:39,010 You are young- 427 01:01:39,900 --> 01:01:41,253 to your eyes, perhaps. 428 01:01:42,120 --> 01:01:44,670 My people carry our years more lightly than others. 429 01:01:46,140 --> 01:01:48,190 This place need not be a grave, charis. 430 01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:52,446 I like to believe something great and tragic 431 01:01:52,470 --> 01:01:53,763 occurred in this place. 432 01:01:55,320 --> 01:01:56,403 Sometime long ago. 433 01:01:58,710 --> 01:02:01,160 Do not tell me otherwise, bard. Even if you know. 434 01:02:03,993 --> 01:02:07,447 All the world is made up of events both great and tragic. 435 01:02:08,820 --> 01:02:11,313 Some are observed and remembered, others- 436 01:02:15,090 --> 01:02:16,090 there was a woman. 437 01:02:19,050 --> 01:02:20,500 She came from across the sea. 438 01:02:23,010 --> 01:02:24,816 Her life was hard, for the land was harsh. 439 01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:27,773 And she could not help remembering all she had left behind. 440 01:02:28,890 --> 01:02:30,540 She longed to return to her home. 441 01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:36,810 What became of her? 442 01:02:38,340 --> 01:02:39,363 She grew lonely. 443 01:02:42,330 --> 01:02:43,330 And died. 444 01:02:53,340 --> 01:02:55,187 Was there no man to love her? 445 01:02:59,370 --> 01:03:01,566 Once there was a man whose song captured her heart 446 01:03:01,590 --> 01:03:04,390 as easily as a Fowler catching a bird in a silken snare. 447 01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:10,065 But they were from different worlds, and it could not be. 448 01:03:21,767 --> 01:03:22,934 Why is this? 449 01:03:35,130 --> 01:03:37,557 Neither pain nor pleasure, evermore. 450 01:03:50,357 --> 01:03:52,699 Charis! Charis! 451 01:03:52,723 --> 01:03:53,973 Haw! 452 01:05:31,678 --> 01:05:34,502 Look upon me then shinning brow. 453 01:06:11,450 --> 01:06:13,896 All this is an illusion, 454 01:06:13,920 --> 01:06:16,049 an echo of a voice that has died. 455 01:06:20,520 --> 01:06:22,135 And soon that echo will cease. 456 01:06:22,159 --> 01:06:24,605 Death before slavery! 457 01:06:26,850 --> 01:06:28,716 Men are weak, taliesin, 458 01:06:28,740 --> 01:06:31,326 unwilling to pay the price for better world. 459 01:06:31,350 --> 01:06:34,296 There is a new power at work in the world. I've seen it. 460 01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:37,206 I've seen a lamb shining with goodness. 461 01:06:37,230 --> 01:06:38,736 It's the kingdom of summer. 462 01:06:38,760 --> 01:06:40,956 Where you came from no man knows. 463 01:06:40,980 --> 01:06:43,926 Where you are going no man can say. 464 01:06:43,950 --> 01:06:45,096 I'll not be separated from you. 465 01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:50,120 I will not give my daughter to a barbarian. 466 01:06:54,300 --> 01:06:55,802 Marry me, charis.