1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:05,189 I knew your father. 2 00:00:05,190 --> 00:00:07,818 I am yet convinced that he was not of this world. 3 00:00:09,420 --> 00:00:11,189 You have his presence. 4 00:00:11,190 --> 00:00:13,619 I've seen the land shining with goodness. 5 00:00:13,620 --> 00:00:16,353 It's the Kingdom of Summer, and I will be its king. 6 00:00:17,994 --> 00:00:21,059 Vortigern is gone. Rome is gone. 7 00:00:21,060 --> 00:00:24,149 The Saecsen is here, but who will lead the fight? 8 00:00:24,150 --> 00:00:26,129 My brother is high king. 9 00:00:26,130 --> 00:00:28,589 Your brother commands no army of his own. 10 00:00:28,590 --> 00:00:30,419 Yield your claim. 11 00:00:30,420 --> 00:00:32,935 I will yet forgive if you agree to bend the knee. 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,753 Will you follow me against the Saecsen? 13 00:00:42,180 --> 00:00:45,037 We recognize Aurelius as the lawful high king. 14 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:49,379 Fisher King's sword. 15 00:00:49,380 --> 00:00:53,289 Your sword, the sword of a high king. 16 00:00:54,123 --> 00:00:55,559 What was it like, Merlin, 17 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,442 to be alone with God? 18 00:00:57,443 --> 00:00:59,969 Is that who you think I was alone with? 19 00:00:59,970 --> 00:01:00,877 Who else? 20 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,499 I do not know if God was with me in Caer Efon 21 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:08,569 all these many years, grandfather, but I know Morgian was. 22 00:01:10,740 --> 00:01:11,969 You would've drowned on the shores 23 00:01:11,970 --> 00:01:13,439 of Sores if not for me. 24 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,019 And am I to thank you for this life that I have, 25 00:01:16,020 --> 00:01:18,329 ignored and forgotten? 26 00:01:18,330 --> 00:01:21,659 Arian, you must hurry along to your studies with Caius. 27 00:01:21,660 --> 00:01:24,569 Your mother knows what's best for you. 28 00:01:24,570 --> 00:01:28,589 A gift for Hengist. 29 00:01:28,590 --> 00:01:31,229 Great darkness is falling upon this land. 30 00:01:31,230 --> 00:01:33,503 These brothers are our only hope to stand against it. 31 00:01:33,504 --> 00:01:36,500 The kings of the north shall ride to their aid. 32 00:01:36,501 --> 00:01:38,042 You have my word. 33 00:02:36,420 --> 00:02:38,553 Hail the wild man of the wood. 34 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,513 I bring you greetings from the world of men. 35 00:02:44,580 --> 00:02:47,673 Your work is not finished in the land of the living. 36 00:02:49,980 --> 00:02:51,903 Your salvation is at hand. 37 00:02:53,130 --> 00:02:56,754 But you must go back the way you came. 38 00:02:56,755 --> 00:02:59,423 I won't go back. 39 00:02:59,424 --> 00:03:02,609 I won't go back. I won't go back. 40 00:03:02,610 --> 00:03:05,613 Do you remember the last time you tasted wine, 41 00:03:07,290 --> 00:03:10,263 warm food in your belly, Merlin Ambrosius? 42 00:03:12,060 --> 00:03:14,189 How do you know my name? 43 00:03:14,190 --> 00:03:15,483 Drink. 44 00:03:18,450 --> 00:03:22,683 50 years is a long time to live on locusts and honey. 45 00:03:25,350 --> 00:03:26,550 Has it been that long? 46 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:30,989 I am not going back. 47 00:03:30,990 --> 00:03:33,899 Uh-huh, so you say. 48 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:35,519 I am happy as I am. 49 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,859 No one is happy in hell. 50 00:03:37,860 --> 00:03:38,956 Leave me. 51 00:03:43,260 --> 00:03:45,513 I have not come to take you away. 52 00:03:46,980 --> 00:03:50,369 You have carried your burden long enough. 53 00:03:50,370 --> 00:03:52,927 It is time to lay it down. 54 00:03:57,630 --> 00:03:58,633 Burden it may be, 55 00:04:01,537 --> 00:04:05,910 but it's all I have left. 56 00:04:05,911 --> 00:04:08,254 No, Merlin, not all. 57 00:04:12,237 --> 00:04:15,327 The time has come, my son, 58 00:04:15,328 --> 00:04:16,864 to be reborn. 59 00:04:37,243 --> 00:04:40,743 {\an8} 60 00:04:45,230 --> 00:04:48,730 {\an8} 61 00:04:51,336 --> 00:04:54,086 {\an8} 62 00:05:10,684 --> 00:05:13,351 {\an8} 63 00:05:18,724 --> 00:05:21,953 {\an8} 64 00:05:36,659 --> 00:05:39,742 {\an8} 65 00:06:12,903 --> 00:06:17,154 {\an8} 66 00:06:17,155 --> 00:06:21,822 {\an8} 67 00:07:00,563 --> 00:07:02,973 Madoc's archers arrived last night. 68 00:07:04,590 --> 00:07:08,313 We estimate about 2,000 with another 500 mounted. 69 00:07:12,690 --> 00:07:13,940 How many are there now? 70 00:07:18,911 --> 00:07:19,743 More. 71 00:07:24,450 --> 00:07:28,229 We grow our army by twos and threes, 72 00:07:28,230 --> 00:07:33,059 and every day, a new warship arrives from Saecsenland. 73 00:07:33,060 --> 00:07:34,709 Do we grow? 74 00:07:34,710 --> 00:07:37,799 Some of the Dumnonii slipped away last night. 75 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,823 Leave the quarrels outside this tent. 76 00:07:43,350 --> 00:07:44,183 Ah. 77 00:07:46,260 --> 00:07:47,860 We all know the enemy is strong. 78 00:07:49,380 --> 00:07:51,526 Their ranks are more numerous than our own. 79 00:07:51,527 --> 00:07:53,740 It was our weakness and division 80 00:07:54,900 --> 00:07:57,353 that let the barbarians gain a foothold in this land. 81 00:07:58,320 --> 00:07:59,883 If we are to drive them out, 82 00:08:01,470 --> 00:08:03,299 it must be by our strength and unity. 83 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:05,650 And how are we to drive out 84 00:08:06,527 --> 00:08:09,557 15,000 Saecsen 85 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,460 with only two and a half thousand men? 86 00:08:18,444 --> 00:08:20,594 Hengist's arrogance will be his downfall. 87 00:08:29,782 --> 00:08:31,009 Take those blades over. 88 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:32,829 The boy is a fool. 89 00:08:32,830 --> 00:08:34,949 5,000 could not hold that fort, 90 00:08:34,950 --> 00:08:38,426 not even if they were the finest soldiers in the world. 91 00:08:38,427 --> 00:08:40,079 You must talk to him, 92 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,689 attempt to impart some reason. 93 00:08:42,690 --> 00:08:46,053 Speak if you will. I've had my fill of talk. 94 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,089 What are you saying? 95 00:08:48,090 --> 00:08:51,509 Look around you. If we stay, we're doomed. 96 00:08:51,510 --> 00:08:53,909 And if we retreat the Saecsens will rape 97 00:08:53,910 --> 00:08:55,439 and pillage this land. 98 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,599 Let them rape and pillage. 99 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,399 The walls of my fortress are high, 100 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,901 and I intend to live to see another summer. 101 00:09:11,310 --> 00:09:13,120 I didn't figure you for a coward. 102 00:09:16,530 --> 00:09:17,849 Since when does a king need permission 103 00:09:17,850 --> 00:09:18,989 to ride among his troops? 104 00:09:18,990 --> 00:09:20,819 Don't lie to me, Morcant. 105 00:09:20,820 --> 00:09:22,019 I do not lie. 106 00:09:22,020 --> 00:09:25,169 You would abandon your brothers on the eve of battle. 107 00:09:25,170 --> 00:09:27,393 I would save my people from destruction. 108 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:30,778 So should you. 109 00:09:30,779 --> 00:09:33,269 A Saecsen army could never breach the walls of Tintagel. 110 00:09:33,270 --> 00:09:36,749 Send your men back to their beds, 111 00:09:36,750 --> 00:09:39,149 and I'll say no more of this offense. 112 00:09:39,150 --> 00:09:41,973 No one commands my men but I. 113 00:10:02,742 --> 00:10:04,233 Faer folk. 114 00:10:34,050 --> 00:10:35,163 King Aurelius. 115 00:10:36,030 --> 00:10:38,429 I present to you the Lord of the North. 116 00:10:38,430 --> 00:10:39,633 Greetings, my friends. 117 00:10:40,650 --> 00:10:42,250 You'll find a warm welcome here. 118 00:10:43,290 --> 00:10:45,740 I hear you've brought us some Saecsens to kill. 119 00:10:46,860 --> 00:10:47,960 That's welcome enough. 120 00:10:50,370 --> 00:10:51,243 Steward. 121 00:10:52,106 --> 00:10:53,356 Battle chief. 122 00:11:01,497 --> 00:11:03,383 Are we late to the battle? 123 00:11:05,340 --> 00:11:09,580 The enemy's before us, not behind. 124 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,460 I heard the Faery of the north are great warriors. 125 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:18,990 Did the Saecsens take your arm? 126 00:11:21,353 --> 00:11:24,093 No, it was my daughter's husband. 127 00:11:35,370 --> 00:11:38,253 My Lord, there's someone waiting for you. 128 00:11:43,980 --> 00:11:44,813 Mother. 129 00:11:47,199 --> 00:11:49,199 What are you doing here? 130 00:11:51,093 --> 00:11:52,319 It's not safe. 131 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,469 I've come with some brothers from the shrine of St. Joseph 132 00:11:55,470 --> 00:11:57,119 to ease the pain of the wounded 133 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,110 and the passage of the dying. 134 00:12:09,423 --> 00:12:10,623 What is it, Hawk? 135 00:12:15,030 --> 00:12:17,780 Not long ago, you offered me the Fisher King's sword. 136 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,083 I would gladly take it up now. 137 00:12:24,420 --> 00:12:25,470 I did not bring it. 138 00:12:27,450 --> 00:12:28,859 I have offered that sword to each 139 00:12:28,860 --> 00:12:31,379 of the three great men in my life. 140 00:12:31,380 --> 00:12:32,969 Your grandfather refused it. 141 00:12:32,970 --> 00:12:36,423 Your father refused it, and you refused it. 142 00:12:40,770 --> 00:12:43,470 I have always believed you were meant to be high king. 143 00:12:45,150 --> 00:12:48,654 Your father prophesied it. Hafgan declared it. 144 00:12:52,530 --> 00:12:54,580 Perhaps they saw through me to another. 145 00:12:55,620 --> 00:12:59,339 And perhaps, perhaps you were meant 146 00:12:59,340 --> 00:13:00,933 to wield a different weapon. 147 00:13:34,350 --> 00:13:36,053 King Gorlas's daughter. 148 00:13:40,117 --> 00:13:41,523 Does your brother know? 149 00:13:43,410 --> 00:13:46,263 My brother has more important matters to attend to, 150 00:13:48,900 --> 00:13:49,803 as do we all. 151 00:13:59,310 --> 00:14:01,923 The river is too far and too deep. 152 00:14:02,940 --> 00:14:05,099 It's not too far on horseback, 153 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:08,189 and it's not too deep if it's unguarded. 154 00:14:08,190 --> 00:14:10,503 As soon as we march our armies north, 155 00:14:11,591 --> 00:14:13,529 Hengist will turn to us. 156 00:14:13,530 --> 00:14:17,699 No, he won't because the main body of our war host 157 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:19,200 will already have engaged him. 158 00:14:23,099 --> 00:14:26,349 Here. 159 00:14:28,710 --> 00:14:30,063 Make an easy target. 160 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:33,239 Make him commit his war host. 161 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:34,349 Aye. 162 00:14:34,350 --> 00:14:37,953 And I will lead the mounted troops to the river, 163 00:14:40,170 --> 00:14:43,833 cross, and attack Hengist from behind. 164 00:14:44,790 --> 00:14:45,989 You? 165 00:14:45,990 --> 00:14:46,979 It must be me. 166 00:14:46,980 --> 00:14:50,373 If you can kill the Bretwalda himself, 167 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:52,923 his armies will collapse. 168 00:14:55,170 --> 00:14:57,089 Then you think it's a good plan, King Gorlas? 169 00:14:57,090 --> 00:15:01,337 I think it's a desperate plan and foolish. 170 00:15:06,990 --> 00:15:08,403 But I can see none better. 171 00:15:13,350 --> 00:15:17,759 Then the die is cast. 172 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:22,000 Tomorrow, we make war 173 00:15:22,975 --> 00:15:24,278 for Britain. 174 00:15:24,279 --> 00:15:26,398 For Britain. 175 00:15:34,890 --> 00:15:37,919 And what happens when we cannot hold the river long enough 176 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:39,670 before Aurelius makes his crossing? 177 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:42,580 We won't need that long, 178 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:45,820 just long enough 179 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,163 for Myrddin to remember his calling. 180 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:05,627 You've kept your promise 181 00:16:05,628 --> 00:16:08,553 and brought us the men in the north, 182 00:16:08,554 --> 00:16:10,221 but it isn't enough. 183 00:16:12,394 --> 00:16:14,519 What does Aurelius say? 184 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,713 His new faith has clouded his judgment. 185 00:16:18,180 --> 00:16:19,480 He's waiting on a miracle. 186 00:16:21,660 --> 00:16:23,160 And why do you tell me this? 187 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,870 Because I think you can give him one. 188 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,880 They say that when the battle awen is upon you, 189 00:16:41,070 --> 00:16:42,873 you become an unstoppable force. 190 00:16:43,740 --> 00:16:45,483 Ride with us into battle tomorrow. 191 00:16:48,150 --> 00:16:52,799 We face 15,000 Saecsen. 192 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,523 What do you ask? I know what I ask. 193 00:16:56,900 --> 00:16:59,699 If I lead you into victory, Uther, 194 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:02,223 the men of Britain will proclaim me king. 195 00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:10,193 Yes. 196 00:17:13,140 --> 00:17:15,007 But at least there will be a Britain. 197 00:17:32,356 --> 00:17:39,123 Jesu before me. Jesu behind. 198 00:17:40,225 --> 00:17:43,791 Not by my power, Jesu, but thine. 199 00:17:43,792 --> 00:17:46,125 Jesu before me. Jesu behind. 200 00:17:47,893 --> 00:17:50,226 Jesu before me. Jesu behind. 201 00:17:52,026 --> 00:17:54,359 Jesu before me. Jesu behind. 202 00:17:56,589 --> 00:17:57,670 Not by my power, Jesu, but thine. 203 00:18:00,429 --> 00:18:02,762 Jesu before me. Jesu behind. 204 00:18:03,660 --> 00:18:06,069 The men are ready for battle. 205 00:18:06,070 --> 00:18:10,049 Not by my power, Jesu, but thine. 206 00:18:10,050 --> 00:18:11,660 For the soul of Britain, 207 00:18:13,063 --> 00:18:14,853 the battle has already begun. 208 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,780 Jesu before me. Jesu behind. 209 00:18:25,857 --> 00:18:29,620 Not by my power, Jesu. The power is thine. 210 00:18:29,621 --> 00:18:31,954 Jesu before me. Jesu behind. 211 00:18:42,403 --> 00:18:45,359 A war camp is no place for a lady such as yourself. 212 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:47,999 A lady is never safer than with the battle chief 213 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,450 of Britain watching over her. 214 00:18:53,070 --> 00:18:55,799 Forgive me if I've overstepped. 215 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:56,633 No. 216 00:18:57,690 --> 00:18:59,266 Ygerna. 217 00:19:20,532 --> 00:19:22,865 Oh, Jesu behind. 218 00:19:24,503 --> 00:19:27,659 Jesu before me. Jesu behind. 219 00:19:27,660 --> 00:19:29,823 He seeks our deliverance from God- 220 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:32,849 Jesu behind. 221 00:19:32,850 --> 00:19:34,439 when he could so easily just give it 222 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,193 to us with his own hands. 223 00:19:37,194 --> 00:19:39,520 Not by my power, Jesu, but thine. 224 00:19:40,518 --> 00:19:44,435 {\an8} 225 00:19:46,990 --> 00:19:48,457 {\an8} 226 00:19:48,458 --> 00:19:50,481 Jesu behind. 227 00:19:50,482 --> 00:19:53,099 Jesu before me. Jesu behind. 228 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:55,510 That is why he seeks deliverance from God 229 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,177 and not by his own hands. Jesu behind. 230 00:20:02,873 --> 00:20:04,593 Oh, old one-eye approaches. 231 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:09,626 You are Lady of the Lake? 232 00:20:09,627 --> 00:20:12,003 And you are King Gorlas of Tintagel, yes? 233 00:20:13,740 --> 00:20:15,423 This is my daughter, Ygerna. 234 00:20:17,490 --> 00:20:20,583 I would entrust her into your care tomorrow. 235 00:20:21,690 --> 00:20:24,633 Can you help bind wounds and fetch water for the dying? 236 00:20:26,940 --> 00:20:29,140 I will do whatever I can to aid the fight. 237 00:20:58,668 --> 00:21:02,249 In the days of your father's fathers, 238 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:06,063 before the treachery, before the conspiracy. 239 00:21:07,110 --> 00:21:10,289 when the eagle still flew above the emperor's wall 240 00:21:10,290 --> 00:21:13,263 and the Roman peace still held in these lands, 241 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,530 a babe was fetched from the waters beneath Yr Widdfa, 242 00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:22,383 and that babe a bard, 243 00:21:24,990 --> 00:21:27,903 and that bard a prophet. 244 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:32,463 Hear then, if you will, 245 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,100 the vision of Taliesin Ap Elphin Ap Gwyddno Garanhir, 246 00:21:43,578 --> 00:21:45,745 and this is the way of it. 247 00:22:03,501 --> 00:22:06,949 ♪ Far to the west across the sea ♪ 248 00:22:06,950 --> 00:22:10,390 ♪ An everlasting land ♪ 249 00:22:10,391 --> 00:22:13,706 ♪ A maiden faced the god ♪ 250 00:22:13,707 --> 00:22:17,831 ♪ Of her fathers in the sand ♪ 251 00:22:17,832 --> 00:22:20,695 ♪ She saw her home destroyed ♪ 252 00:22:20,696 --> 00:22:24,948 ♪ Claimed by war and by the sea ♪ 253 00:22:24,949 --> 00:22:28,195 ♪ A wanderer forlorn ♪ 254 00:22:28,196 --> 00:22:32,926 ♪ In a world that knows no peace ♪ 255 00:22:36,086 --> 00:22:39,300 ♪ Far to the north in Gwynedd Land ♪ 256 00:22:39,301 --> 00:22:42,981 ♪ The Cymry's ancient home ♪ 257 00:22:42,982 --> 00:22:46,320 ♪ A poet faced the god ♪ 258 00:22:46,321 --> 00:22:50,532 ♪ Of his fathers in the stones ♪ 259 00:22:50,533 --> 00:22:53,220 ♪ He saw his home destroyed ♪ 260 00:22:53,221 --> 00:22:57,500 ♪ Claimed by war and by the sky ♪ 261 00:22:57,501 --> 00:23:00,619 ♪ A wanderer forlorn ♪ 262 00:23:00,620 --> 00:23:05,048 ♪ Seeking truth among the lies ♪ 263 00:23:05,049 --> 00:23:08,760 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 264 00:23:08,761 --> 00:23:12,331 ♪ Ooh, ah, ah ♪ 265 00:23:12,332 --> 00:23:15,878 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 266 00:23:15,879 --> 00:23:19,557 ♪ Ooh, ah, ah ♪ 267 00:23:19,558 --> 00:23:23,096 ♪ Ooh ♪ 268 00:23:23,097 --> 00:23:26,467 ♪ Children of Ynys Prydain now ♪ 269 00:23:26,468 --> 00:23:30,088 ♪ From every hill and glen ♪ 270 00:23:30,089 --> 00:23:33,646 ♪ Abandoned by our fathers' gods ♪ 271 00:23:33,647 --> 00:23:37,619 ♪ And scorned by mournful men ♪ 272 00:23:37,620 --> 00:23:40,368 ♪ We've seen our homes destroyed ♪ 273 00:23:40,369 --> 00:23:44,527 ♪ Now from hill and glen alight ♪ 274 00:23:44,528 --> 00:23:47,847 ♪ United now, we rise ♪ 275 00:23:47,848 --> 00:23:52,119 ♪ Up like dragons in the night ♪ 276 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,693 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 277 00:23:55,694 --> 00:23:59,326 ♪ Ooh, ah, ah ♪ 278 00:23:59,327 --> 00:24:02,868 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 279 00:24:02,869 --> 00:24:06,466 ♪ Ooh, ah ♪ 280 00:24:06,467 --> 00:24:09,786 ♪ Seize your sword and join the fray ♪ 281 00:24:09,787 --> 00:24:13,436 ♪ Our hallowed ground we'll free ♪ 282 00:24:13,437 --> 00:24:16,793 ♪ Rebuke the Saecsen gods ♪ 283 00:24:16,794 --> 00:24:21,052 ♪ Drive their war host to the sea ♪ 284 00:24:21,053 --> 00:24:24,253 ♪ Never again our homes destroyed ♪ 285 00:24:24,254 --> 00:24:27,701 ♪ Our names will live in song ♪ 286 00:24:27,702 --> 00:24:31,253 ♪ When the hero's cup is raised ♪ 287 00:24:31,254 --> 00:24:35,471 ♪ Let our victory wine be strong ♪ 288 00:24:35,472 --> 00:24:39,052 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 289 00:24:39,053 --> 00:24:42,757 ♪ Ooh, ah, ah ♪ 290 00:24:42,758 --> 00:24:46,217 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 291 00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:49,087 ♪ Ooh, ah ♪ 292 00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:51,779 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 293 00:24:51,780 --> 00:24:54,697 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 294 00:24:56,389 --> 00:25:01,389 ♪ Ah, ooh ♪ 295 00:25:17,730 --> 00:25:20,043 There is a land shining with goodness, 296 00:25:21,060 --> 00:25:25,769 where each man protects his brother's dignity as his own, 297 00:25:25,770 --> 00:25:27,899 where war and want have ceased, 298 00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:32,073 and all races live under the same law of love and honor. 299 00:25:33,570 --> 00:25:36,179 It is a land bright with truth, 300 00:25:36,180 --> 00:25:38,519 where a man's word is his pledge 301 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,263 and falsehood is banished, 302 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,410 where children sleep safely in their mother's arms 303 00:25:45,450 --> 00:25:49,529 and never know fear or pain, 304 00:25:49,530 --> 00:25:52,139 a land where kings extend their hands in justice 305 00:25:52,140 --> 00:25:53,740 rather than reach for the sword, 306 00:25:54,750 --> 00:25:59,399 where mercy, kindness, 307 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:00,310 and compassion 308 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,783 flow like deep water over the land, 309 00:26:06,030 --> 00:26:08,459 and men revere virtue, 310 00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:11,260 revere truth, revere beauty 311 00:26:12,390 --> 00:26:15,393 above comfort, pleasure, 312 00:26:17,130 --> 00:26:18,153 and selfish gain, 313 00:26:21,030 --> 00:26:24,269 a land where peace reigns in the hearts of men. 314 00:26:24,270 --> 00:26:27,479 Faith blazes like a beacon from every hill, 315 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,149 love like a fire from every heart, 316 00:26:30,150 --> 00:26:32,189 where the True God is worshiped 317 00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:34,053 and his ways acclaimed by all. 318 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,570 There is a golden realm of light, my friends, 319 00:26:42,990 --> 00:26:44,940 and it is called the Kingdom of Summer. 320 00:28:06,994 --> 00:28:09,639 Nice work. 321 00:28:11,378 --> 00:28:13,211 Good luck. 322 00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:24,884 Be strong. Be resilient. 323 00:28:34,683 --> 00:28:36,213 This is an honor, Father, 324 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,963 to ride with you into battle. 325 00:28:41,722 --> 00:28:45,449 And we both earn names the bards shall speak of 326 00:28:45,450 --> 00:28:46,533 throughout the ages. 327 00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:01,863 And may God in heaven deliver us. 328 00:29:06,210 --> 00:29:07,560 Sire, allow me. 329 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:16,533 Your song last night, I've never heard anything like it. 330 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,190 Greater rebuke you could not give me. 331 00:29:21,420 --> 00:29:22,370 I mean no rebuke. 332 00:29:23,850 --> 00:29:24,683 On the contrary, 333 00:29:26,820 --> 00:29:29,399 I've never seen the souls of men stirred so. 334 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,150 But that is the rebuke, oh, King. 335 00:29:34,625 --> 00:29:36,958 I have failed you, Aurelius. 336 00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:39,143 Failed? 337 00:29:40,860 --> 00:29:42,959 I sit at the head of an army of your making. 338 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,663 While I've been playing kingmaker and politician, 339 00:29:47,250 --> 00:29:49,529 while I've been wallowing in my misery 340 00:29:49,530 --> 00:29:51,063 for a lifetime or more, 341 00:29:53,850 --> 00:29:56,639 while I was busy being king in Maridunum, 342 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,669 Fhain-brother in the north, 343 00:29:59,670 --> 00:30:01,233 and dreaming away my youth, 344 00:30:03,390 --> 00:30:06,449 I should have been focused on my first calling, 345 00:30:10,170 --> 00:30:11,253 my true calling. 346 00:30:15,930 --> 00:30:17,819 I am Merlin Emrys, 347 00:30:17,820 --> 00:30:21,449 son of Taliesin Ap Elphin Ap Gwyddno, 348 00:30:21,450 --> 00:30:24,273 and I am the last true bard of the Island of the Mighty. 349 00:30:26,310 --> 00:30:29,977 I will uphold you in battle, as the bards of the old did. 350 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:37,570 The fate of Britain ever rests 351 00:30:37,571 --> 00:30:39,171 in the hands of the Great Light. 352 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,753 Then I'll see you in the battle is won. 353 00:31:05,412 --> 00:31:07,829 If your prayer should fail. 354 00:32:16,823 --> 00:32:18,597 Are we not riding with them, Lord? 355 00:32:19,860 --> 00:32:20,693 No. 356 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:23,730 We must fight a different battle. 357 00:32:53,190 --> 00:32:55,173 Men of the Island of the Mighty, 358 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,000 long have your tribes fought alone 359 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:00,833 against the Irish, Pict, 360 00:33:02,551 --> 00:33:04,468 Scoti, and the Saecsen, 361 00:33:05,430 --> 00:33:07,773 at times, against each other, 362 00:33:09,210 --> 00:33:12,573 East and West, North and South, 363 00:33:14,526 --> 00:33:17,275 Cymry and Brigante, 364 00:33:17,276 --> 00:33:19,026 Cornovii and Demetae, 365 00:33:20,327 --> 00:33:21,994 Belgae and Dumnonii. 366 00:33:23,940 --> 00:33:27,209 Since Bran the Blessed, you have only known peace 367 00:33:27,210 --> 00:33:29,009 when it was given to you. 368 00:33:29,010 --> 00:33:30,569 You have only known unity 369 00:33:30,570 --> 00:33:32,883 when it was forced upon you by stronger kings, 370 00:33:33,870 --> 00:33:37,409 but today, you stand together. 371 00:33:37,410 --> 00:33:39,333 You stand as Britons. 372 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:46,413 You stand as one, or you will surely fall. 373 00:34:10,470 --> 00:34:12,963 Behold, the Sword of Magnus Maximus, 374 00:34:14,605 --> 00:34:16,938 emperor of Britain and Rome, 375 00:34:17,776 --> 00:34:21,093 who held this land against the barbarians so long ago. 376 00:34:25,980 --> 00:34:27,430 Now behold your battle chief. 377 00:34:31,818 --> 00:34:35,099 You must hold the line, brother. 378 00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:36,200 You must hold Britain. 379 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,460 The sword is Britain. 380 00:34:53,127 --> 00:34:54,353 For Aurelius. 381 00:34:54,354 --> 00:34:55,486 For Britain. 382 00:36:22,044 --> 00:36:24,895 {\an8} 383 00:36:24,896 --> 00:36:29,479 {\an8} 384 00:36:34,924 --> 00:36:37,446 Hold your formations. 385 00:36:37,447 --> 00:36:39,493 Hold. 386 00:36:45,248 --> 00:36:48,466 Any man who runs, dies. 387 00:36:52,584 --> 00:36:53,667 Hold. Hold. 388 00:36:55,334 --> 00:36:59,805 Hold your formations, men of Britain, please. 389 00:36:59,806 --> 00:37:00,853 Hold. 390 00:37:08,503 --> 00:37:11,060 Hold the line. 391 00:37:11,061 --> 00:37:14,394 Hold. ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 392 00:37:15,642 --> 00:37:18,343 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 393 00:37:18,344 --> 00:37:22,743 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 394 00:37:22,744 --> 00:37:25,417 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 395 00:37:25,418 --> 00:37:29,857 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 396 00:37:29,858 --> 00:37:32,465 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 397 00:37:32,466 --> 00:37:37,036 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 398 00:37:37,037 --> 00:37:39,649 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 399 00:37:39,650 --> 00:37:43,982 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 400 00:37:43,983 --> 00:37:46,773 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 401 00:37:46,774 --> 00:37:51,200 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 402 00:37:51,201 --> 00:37:53,948 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 403 00:37:53,949 --> 00:37:58,348 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 404 00:37:58,349 --> 00:38:01,068 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 405 00:38:01,069 --> 00:38:05,407 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 406 00:38:05,408 --> 00:38:08,146 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 407 00:38:08,147 --> 00:38:12,606 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 408 00:38:12,607 --> 00:38:15,268 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 409 00:38:15,269 --> 00:38:19,686 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 410 00:38:19,687 --> 00:38:22,297 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 411 00:38:22,298 --> 00:38:25,215 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 412 00:38:26,874 --> 00:38:29,456 ♪ Ah, ooh, ah ♪ 413 00:38:29,457 --> 00:38:33,877 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah ♪ 414 00:38:33,878 --> 00:38:35,628 ♪ Ah ♪ 415 00:38:39,395 --> 00:38:41,280 Well done, Uther. 416 00:38:45,434 --> 00:38:50,017 {\an8} 417 00:39:36,607 --> 00:39:38,857 Belgae, ready yourselves. 418 00:39:42,117 --> 00:39:45,738 Now. 419 00:39:45,739 --> 00:39:46,987 Ya, ya. 420 00:39:52,687 --> 00:39:54,394 {\an8} 421 00:40:01,007 --> 00:40:02,385 Where is he going? 422 00:40:02,386 --> 00:40:07,143 Jesu before us. Jesu behind. 423 00:40:07,144 --> 00:40:10,199 {\an8} 424 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,911 {\an8} 425 00:40:11,912 --> 00:40:12,997 {\an8} 426 00:40:19,928 --> 00:40:21,385 Hold. 427 00:40:23,237 --> 00:40:24,070 Hold. 428 00:40:25,935 --> 00:40:26,768 Uther. 429 00:40:28,953 --> 00:40:30,323 Archers. 430 00:40:33,904 --> 00:40:34,737 Do it. 431 00:40:47,697 --> 00:40:48,869 Now. 432 00:41:21,335 --> 00:41:23,403 Hold the line, hold the line. 433 00:41:23,404 --> 00:41:24,580 Don't go back. 434 00:41:24,581 --> 00:41:25,532 Push. 435 00:41:25,533 --> 00:41:28,769 {\an8} 436 00:41:34,943 --> 00:41:37,950 Go. Take them down. 437 00:41:42,887 --> 00:41:44,784 They are breaking through! 438 00:41:56,648 --> 00:41:57,968 Hold the line. 439 00:42:03,076 --> 00:42:05,104 Push them back, push them back. 440 00:42:19,457 --> 00:42:22,540 Well done, battle chief, well done. 441 00:42:58,945 --> 00:43:00,753 I would urge you to be cautious. 442 00:43:42,237 --> 00:43:44,404 Ygerna, Ygerna. 443 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:56,200 Hold the line. 444 00:44:52,170 --> 00:44:53,920 Great light, deliver your people. 445 00:44:55,020 --> 00:44:56,643 Great light, preserve our king. 446 00:44:58,680 --> 00:44:59,513 Great light, 447 00:45:01,996 --> 00:45:04,424 we are lost in unless we find ourselves in you. 448 00:45:05,937 --> 00:45:07,259 Will your great light save you 449 00:45:07,260 --> 00:45:09,660 if you have the power to save yourself, my love? 450 00:45:12,900 --> 00:45:14,913 Jesu before me. Jesu behind. 451 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:18,183 Not by my power, Jesu, but thine. 452 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:22,529 Why does the champion of Summer devote himself 453 00:45:22,530 --> 00:45:25,259 to prayer when the battle is before him? 454 00:45:25,260 --> 00:45:28,210 Why does he let others suffer when his sword arm is strong? 455 00:45:33,030 --> 00:45:35,285 Well, you know suffering, don't you? 456 00:45:38,427 --> 00:45:39,260 Morgian. 457 00:45:42,310 --> 00:45:45,287 At last, my dear nephew. 458 00:45:45,288 --> 00:45:48,979 I'd begun to fear you had lost your wits. 459 00:45:56,194 --> 00:45:57,518 Father. 460 00:46:28,710 --> 00:46:30,310 Why do you not speak, my love? 461 00:46:31,740 --> 00:46:33,779 Does fear bind your tongue? 462 00:46:33,780 --> 00:46:36,180 You are right when you speak of fear, Morgian. 463 00:46:37,650 --> 00:46:39,153 I do fear you full well. 464 00:46:40,230 --> 00:46:42,509 And yet, if not for me, 465 00:46:42,510 --> 00:46:44,310 you would have been killed long ago. 466 00:46:45,150 --> 00:46:46,953 I interceded for you, nephew. 467 00:46:48,180 --> 00:46:50,884 You owe me a debt. You owe me a father. 468 00:46:56,405 --> 00:46:58,743 Taliesin's death is bitter to me. 469 00:46:58,744 --> 00:47:00,077 Hmm. 470 00:47:01,950 --> 00:47:03,700 My arrow was never meant for him. 471 00:47:05,700 --> 00:47:06,809 Those are the first true words 472 00:47:06,810 --> 00:47:07,833 you've ever spoken. 473 00:47:12,150 --> 00:47:14,729 Charis never spared a thought for me, 474 00:47:14,730 --> 00:47:16,053 savior of her people. 475 00:47:18,450 --> 00:47:20,279 I would've given the world than everything in it 476 00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:23,043 to have Taliesin smile at me the way he smiled at her, 477 00:47:24,570 --> 00:47:27,270 to have Avallach smile at me the way he smiled at her, 478 00:47:28,470 --> 00:47:31,170 to have anyone smile at me the way they smiled at her. 479 00:47:33,750 --> 00:47:34,583 But I was young. 480 00:47:35,910 --> 00:47:37,563 Such things mattered to me then. 481 00:47:40,260 --> 00:47:42,509 What matters to you now, Mistress of Lies? 482 00:47:42,510 --> 00:47:47,283 Hmm, you, nephew. 483 00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:51,839 Your unreasoning hatred of the old ways, 484 00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,963 of your own past and power, cannot continue. 485 00:47:56,580 --> 00:47:58,230 It will not be tolerated, Merlin. 486 00:48:00,630 --> 00:48:03,239 But it does not have to be this way. 487 00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:04,829 Britain does not have to perish. 488 00:48:04,830 --> 00:48:07,259 The Saecsens do not have to prevail. 489 00:48:07,260 --> 00:48:08,764 My God will preserve us. 490 00:48:08,765 --> 00:48:10,713 Your God. 491 00:48:13,110 --> 00:48:16,033 Or your Aurelius? 492 00:48:17,502 --> 00:48:21,329 Did you think your juvenile plan would not be known to us? 493 00:48:21,330 --> 00:48:24,617 Did you think we would not be prepared? 494 00:49:38,122 --> 00:49:41,122 Just as your witch mother foresaw. 495 00:49:49,839 --> 00:49:51,389 Loose the arrows. 496 00:49:51,390 --> 00:49:53,099 My men are down there. 497 00:49:53,100 --> 00:49:54,700 The witch foresaw their deaths. 498 00:49:56,340 --> 00:49:58,094 You will be rewarded. 499 00:50:01,117 --> 00:50:04,942 Today, Britain dies. 500 00:50:41,190 --> 00:50:42,440 Great light, uphold us. 501 00:50:44,610 --> 00:50:48,453 The waste of it all, the senselessness. 502 00:50:49,770 --> 00:50:51,209 How many lives must be lost 503 00:50:51,210 --> 00:50:55,079 before you accept the power you were born to wield? 504 00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:56,330 Great light, uphold it. 505 00:50:57,900 --> 00:50:58,893 Great light. 506 00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:01,293 Great darkness. 507 00:51:02,370 --> 00:51:04,203 What separates day from night? 508 00:51:05,070 --> 00:51:09,584 Only a handful of hours, turn of the earth. 509 00:51:10,418 --> 00:51:12,107 We are not so different, you and I. 510 00:51:30,834 --> 00:51:32,886 We're overrun. 511 00:51:32,887 --> 00:51:36,691 Tell them to retreat, or we're lost. 512 00:51:42,362 --> 00:51:44,695 You know what you must do. 513 00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:47,380 Why do you falter? 514 00:51:52,194 --> 00:51:54,027 They need you, Merlin. 515 00:51:55,833 --> 00:51:57,363 They need you now. 516 00:52:00,780 --> 00:52:03,451 Feel the power in your arm. 517 00:52:06,330 --> 00:52:08,790 Feel the strong steel in your hand. 518 00:52:15,469 --> 00:52:17,219 Take me up. 519 00:52:24,555 --> 00:52:28,266 Remember what they did to me, my love. 520 00:53:00,561 --> 00:53:01,915 Meurig! 521 00:53:29,593 --> 00:53:31,093 Charis. 522 00:53:46,650 --> 00:53:48,150 Close the ranks! 523 00:53:55,380 --> 00:53:56,680 They are dying, Myrddin. 524 00:54:00,420 --> 00:54:01,533 Britain is dying. 525 00:54:03,905 --> 00:54:05,671 The vision of your father is dying. 526 00:54:10,050 --> 00:54:11,703 Your battle chief is dying, 527 00:54:14,202 --> 00:54:15,873 and your king is dead. 528 00:54:17,392 --> 00:54:18,588 Great light, forgive me. 529 00:54:18,589 --> 00:54:22,499 You do not need forgiveness, just the will to power, 530 00:54:22,500 --> 00:54:24,149 and when you have vanquished your foes, 531 00:54:24,150 --> 00:54:25,739 we will rule together, 532 00:54:25,740 --> 00:54:28,176 the king and queen of the Kingdom of Summer. 533 00:54:28,177 --> 00:54:29,953 Jesu! 534 00:55:20,913 --> 00:55:22,383 I've already been baptized. 535 00:55:23,670 --> 00:55:24,520 I know, my son. 536 00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:28,043 It's been a long time since you were clean. 537 00:55:36,450 --> 00:55:39,926 Your work is not yet finished, Merlin. 538 00:55:39,927 --> 00:55:42,419 The great darkness we've long feared 539 00:55:42,420 --> 00:55:44,813 has gained a foothold on the Island of the Mighty. 540 00:55:54,660 --> 00:55:56,110 You should have let me die. 541 00:56:01,140 --> 00:56:02,553 You sang your life into me. 542 00:56:05,386 --> 00:56:07,186 Would that you had remained instead. 543 00:56:10,890 --> 00:56:11,723 I had my time. 544 00:56:13,740 --> 00:56:14,853 I completed my work. 545 00:56:18,986 --> 00:56:23,403 You, you were my vision, my son. 546 00:56:26,250 --> 00:56:27,083 I have failed. 547 00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:32,170 Then you must start again. 548 00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:37,893 You must go back the way you came. 549 00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:41,540 What does that mean? 550 00:56:45,990 --> 00:56:47,483 That is for you to discover. 551 00:56:56,070 --> 00:56:58,733 It's a father's right to give his son his first shave. 552 00:57:00,060 --> 00:57:01,199 That right was stolen from me 553 00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:02,463 by the one you fear most. 554 00:57:05,700 --> 00:57:06,533 Morgian. 555 00:57:07,913 --> 00:57:11,753 And yet the Swift Sure Hand has given us this moment 556 00:57:13,110 --> 00:57:14,310 to make right that loss. 557 00:57:42,510 --> 00:57:43,563 Let her go, my son. 558 00:57:46,366 --> 00:57:49,300 Go forth. Meet the day. 559 00:58:02,107 --> 00:58:04,233 It's time for us both to leave this place. 560 00:58:07,290 --> 00:58:10,139 One comes whose prayers have carried you 561 00:58:10,140 --> 00:58:11,240 further than you know. 562 00:58:12,870 --> 00:58:14,933 We'll dress you in clothes appropriate to your rank. 563 00:58:16,140 --> 00:58:18,140 I'd rather stay here with you, Father. 564 00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:23,880 I have ever been with you, Merlin. 565 00:58:26,495 --> 00:58:27,328 Myrddin. 566 00:58:34,324 --> 00:58:35,157 Myrddin. 567 00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:52,470 I am not the king of the Summer Kingdom, Morgian, 568 00:58:54,990 --> 00:58:57,173 and you are only the queen of air and darkness. 569 00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:07,409 You fool, still clinging to the promises of a God 570 00:59:07,410 --> 00:59:08,510 who has abandoned you. 571 00:59:10,050 --> 00:59:14,746 We're not abandoned, not yet. 572 00:59:34,449 --> 00:59:36,520 Hengist is dead. 573 00:59:44,170 --> 00:59:45,170 Orcadians. 574 00:59:57,585 --> 00:59:59,918 For Britain. For Britain. 575 01:00:27,657 --> 01:00:30,453 One battle, one war, 576 01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:33,873 men's heart remain unchanged. 577 01:00:37,290 --> 01:00:38,123 And yet... 578 01:00:44,282 --> 01:00:46,623 When I consider what you must have sacrificed, 579 01:00:49,290 --> 01:00:51,803 only to fail- I sacrificed nothing. 580 01:00:54,204 --> 01:00:55,979 Mm. 581 01:00:55,980 --> 01:00:58,263 My power comes as easily as yours, nephew, 582 01:01:02,490 --> 01:01:03,843 and as your father's. 583 01:01:09,804 --> 01:01:14,804 I will see you again, Myrddin. 584 01:01:17,357 --> 01:01:19,857 I'll see you again, Morgian. 585 01:02:37,850 --> 01:02:39,850 Nice work. 586 01:04:00,150 --> 01:04:01,803 All hail Aurelius, 587 01:04:03,570 --> 01:04:06,100 High King and Pendragon of Britain. 588 01:04:07,197 --> 01:04:09,595 Aurelius! 589 01:04:53,758 --> 01:04:56,841 King Aurelius, Ygerna, my daughter. 590 01:05:09,711 --> 01:05:11,128 Is Ygerna here? 591 01:05:12,602 --> 01:05:13,984 Ygerna. 592 01:05:35,596 --> 01:05:36,429 Uther. 593 01:05:37,451 --> 01:05:38,704 Oh, it's you. 594 01:05:38,705 --> 01:05:40,392 What you said. Uther! 595 01:05:42,792 --> 01:05:43,875 Oh, master. 596 01:05:46,334 --> 01:05:48,903 Great light, we are not equal to this fight. 597 01:05:48,904 --> 01:05:52,499 Myrddin, what is it? What have you seen? 598 01:05:52,500 --> 01:05:54,248 Our doom. 599 01:06:03,079 --> 01:06:04,978 We all have the right. We're kings of Britain. 600 01:06:04,979 --> 01:06:06,954 Oh, shut up. This is executive council. 601 01:06:06,955 --> 01:06:08,612 Don't you shut me up. Oh, come now. 602 01:06:08,613 --> 01:06:09,671 I have every right. 603 01:06:12,213 --> 01:06:13,859 I have the right to say this. 604 01:06:13,860 --> 01:06:15,910 What gives her the right to the Sword of Britain? 605 01:06:17,115 --> 01:06:18,805 What gives you the right? 606 01:06:22,614 --> 01:06:24,715 Quiet, quiet. 607 01:06:32,980 --> 01:06:34,693 This is executive council. 608 01:06:34,694 --> 01:06:36,400 Don't you shut me up. 609 01:06:36,401 --> 01:06:37,794 I have every right. 610 01:06:41,145 --> 01:06:42,985 Quiet, quiet. 611 01:06:42,986 --> 01:06:45,069 You leave with- Quiet.