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[***]

Take them down!

[GASPS]

Hyah!

MEN:
Hyah!

Kahlan!

[GASPS]

[***]

[MAN GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

FANE:
Shoot her!

[GASPS]

[***]

Hold on, Dennee!
Stay with me!

We're almost there!

[***]

[GROANS]

Hyah!

KAHLAN:
Dennee!

[***]

[PANTING]

Dennee.

Dennee.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Take it.

Take the Book.

Find him.

This is more important than me.

You know that.

Please, Kahlan.

[SNIFFS]

May the Spirits protect you,
little sister.

Kahlan.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

Go.

Go.

[SOBS]

[KISS]

[SNIFFS]

[GASPS]

[***]

MEN:
Hyah!

MEN:
Hyah!

[PANTING]

[HORSES WHINNY]

FANE:
You've reached the Boundary,
Confessor.

There is nowhere left to run.

[HORSES WHINNY]

Steady.

MAN:
Steady, boy.

[WHINNIES]
She's got magic!

Ride to the garrison
at Kaldrith.

Send word to Lord Rahl:

The Confessor has broken
through the Boundary.

Yes, sir.

You three
are coming with me.

MAN:
But sir...

[***]

[***]

[***]

[HAMMER THUMPING]

BOY:
Hi, Richard.

Jared.
You're just in time.

For what?

You can be the first to cross.

Or you can go all the way
to the North Bridge,

but this will save you
two hours' walk.

Don't worry. It's safe.

[MOOS]
Oh, it's not me that's scared.

It's-- It's Lanie.

Of course.

[MOOS]
Smart cow.

Never cross a bridge
that hasn't been tested.

Come on, boy.

I don't think Lanie
has anything to worry about.

Thanks, Richard.

Hey,
my best to your father.

Flynn, come.
[DOG BARKS]

Hungry, boy?

Yeah, me too.

Come on.

[DOG BARKS]

[***]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

Oh!

[PANTING]

Stay back.

Shoot her.

[GRUNTS]

Leave her alone.

You're making a mistake, boy.

This girl
is dangerous.

Four men against one woman?

I think she's the one in danger.

You don't understand
what you're talking about.

And this is
not your fight.

So be smart

and go home.

I'm not going anywhere.

[GRUNTS]

FANE:
Easy.

Do not let her grasp you.

[GRUNTING]

[***]

[GRUNTING]

[MEN GRUNTING, SWORDS CLANGING]

Ah!

It's over for you,
Confessor.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[SCREAMING]

[GRUNTING]

[FANE YELLS]

[PANTING]

[GASPS]

[PANTING]

[GRUNTS]

[***]

These men,

why were they trying
to kill you?

Your hand is bleeding.

Let me take you
to my father's.

We can dress the wound.

Did I do something wrong?

No.

I'm just

not used to people touching me.

I'm sorry.

It's all right.

I have to go.

Where?

There's someone
I need to find.

Who?
Maybe I can help you.

Don't worry about me.

I can take care of myself.

Why were
these men chasing you?

You always ask
this many questions?

I just saved your life.

The least you could do
is tell me what happened.

Actually, I saved yours.

When you touched that man,

what did you do to him?

Hey.

You want to know
what I did to that man?

Try and follow me
and you'll find out.

[PANTING]

[***]

Aah!

[***]

[***]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Drop the weapons.

I said drop them.

On whose authority?

The Councilor's Guards,

which would be me,

and them.

[WEAPONS THUD]

Now,
tell me what happened here.

This Councilor you guard,

is he the ruler
of this province?

He is.

Then I will tell my story
to him.

FANE:
My name is Ranssyn Fane,

a commander
of the D'Haran Forces.

D'Hara?

But that's--

I have come
from the Midlands.

What other fairy-tales
do you have to tell us?

Forgive our skepticism,

but no one's crossed
the Boundary

in hundreds of years.

Not since it went up.

It can't be done.

The woman
I'm pursuing found a way.

I followed her.

She killed two of my men.

One woman.

How?

She is a witch.

Come on, Shar.

Come on.

Okay.

There we go.

There.

[GROANS]

[***]

GEORGE:
You're finished, Richard.

I've got you beat
in two moves.

RICHARD: Dad--
Come on,

let's get the bloodbath
over with,

so we can eat.

Dad.

Son.

What is it?

What's happened?

FANE:
Her magic is more powerful

than you could
possibly imagine.

She used it to cross
into your territory.

And she had help.

From someone on this side
of the Boundary.

He was wearing this.

You recognize it.

It belongs to my brother.

RICHARD:
A poison vine
I've never seen before,

that glowing thing
in her hand,

what she did to that man
who attacked her,

it was magic, wasn't it?

Hm.

How is that possible?

There's no magic
this side of the Boundary.

Because, son, she and these men,

they're from the Midlands.

That can't be right.

I was a fool to think
this day would never come.

What day?

Richard,
you know that I love you.

Dad, of course.

[HORSE WHINNIES OUTSIDE]

[MEN SHOUTING OUTSIDE]

[***]

RICHARD:
Dad, that's him.

That's the guy
who fell off the cliff.

You have to leave.
Now.

Out the back
before they get here.

Michael and Chase
are with him.

They can help.
Go.

Where?
Blackthorn Hill. Find Zedd.

That crazy old man?

Zedd will explain everything.

He talks to his chickens. Why?
Tell him I sent you.

He'll know why. Just go.

I'll meet you there
as soon as I can.

Dad...

Richard, you have to go.

Now.

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

I haven't seen him
since breakfast time.

Do you have any idea
where he might have gone?

No.

This morning, he said he was
gonna work on the new bridge.

Are you sure he didn't come home
during the day,

uh, maybe while you were out
gathering firewood?

I haven't left the house.

MICHAEL:
Take Commander Fane
and find him.

If Richard's in trouble,
I want to help.

If we all follow
a different trail--

Better if you stay here.

He could still come back,

and he may be frightened.

Or worse.

What do you mean?

The witch has the power
to put him under her control,

and if she does,

he's gonna need his father here

to try and talk
some sense to him.

You should leave some of your
men, in case it goes badly.

MICHAEL:
Chase, post two men outside.

Take the rest down
to the South Bridge.

[DOOR OPENS]

What is it?

Michael, why are you so quick
to believe

a stranger from the Midlands?

Because Richard does things
without thinking.

He always has,

since he was a little boy.

And you've always protected him.

He's my son.

He's your brother.

Please, Michael,

make sure he doesn't get hurt.

Of course I will.

But it's my responsibility to
protect the people of this town.

Men have been killed,

and Richard was involved.

Stay here. If he comes back,
bring him to me.

We'll find out
what really happened.

[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]

ZEDD:
It's a bad omen, Clara.

[COOS]

A could in the shape of a horn
from the far east.

I'm betting a month of suppers
it'll bring no good

before the sun comes up.

[CLARA CLUCKS]

Oh, no, no, no.

Don't worry, Clara.
Supper will never be you.

KAHLAN:
I need your help, Wizard.

Sorry, uh,
I'm as deaf as a peach

and as naked
as a baby bird.

What did you say?

I asked the Great Wizard
Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander

for his assistance.

No.

I think you have me confused
with somebody else.

There's no confusion.

I had help finding you.

What did I tell you, Clara?

Before the sun comes up.

Well, it was good
while it lasted.

Nice quiet couple of decades.

And now time is up.

Bring me to the Seeker.

[HORSE APPROACHING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

RICHARD:
You.

[***]

[CHANTING IN ANCIENT TONGUE]

[RICHARD BREATHING HEAVILY]

[CHANTING CONTINUES]

[PANTING]

[CHANTING CONTINUES]

[GRUNTS]
[ZEDD YELLS]

[GASPING]

[PANTING]

[RICHARD GROANS]

His fever's broken.

Now take me to the Seeker.

He's here.

Him?

But-- But he's--
What?

Not good enough?

You wanted a Seeker,
there he is.

If he's not up to your standard,
well, that's fine by me.

Find yourself another.

RICHARD:
Seeker?

What are you
talking about?

You never told him?

You were supposed to train him.

Prepare him.

What have you been doing
for the last 20 years?

Letting him catch worms.

Steal apples.
Skin his knees.

Find out what makes his heart
beat faster.

My sister gave her life
to make sure that I got here,

to make sure that I put the Book
in the Seeker's hands,

and he's catching worms?
Never knew a great man

who didn't have
dirt under his nails.

And while he's getting
his nails dirty,

did it ever occur to you to give
him the slightest inkling

that he is the first true Seeker
in the last thousand years?

He has a destiny.

Who are you
to decide a man's destiny?

It's not me.
It's the Prophecy.

Prophecy be damned!

I averted the Prophecy
when I brought him here.

Until you opened up a nice
little door in the Boundary

and said,
"Right this way to the Seeker,

ladies and gentlemen."

So it doesn't matter
that Darken Rahl

is growing more powerful
every day,

that people in the Midlands
are losing their freedom,

dying by the thousands?

RICHARD:
Stop.

What are you talking about?

And what's a Seeker?

A Seeker is a hero

who arises in a time of trouble

and suffering,

and seeks out evil
and fights it wherever he can.

What does that have to do
with me?

If you were so sure
you averted the Prophecy,

that he was gonna live
a nice, peaceful life,

why did you stay near him
all these years?

Tell him the truth.

Tell him who he is.

[SIGHS]

First you need to know
about a man named Darken Rahl,

if he is a man, and not some
twisted wraith of evil

brought forth
from the underworld

to shatter the dreams
of humankind.

Twenty-three years ago, a great
prophet spoke on his deathbed

of the birth of a true Seeker.

A child whose destiny would be
to seek out and kill

the greatest evil of all:

Darken Rahl.

And with his last breath,
the prophet named the town

in which the child
had been born.

[MEN YELLING]

Rahl sent his assassins.

[WOMEN SCREAMING]

[MEN GRUNTING]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

ZEDD:
And in one night,

they murdered every first-born
son in Brennidon...

[SCREAMING]

...save one.

By the grace of the Spirits,
word of the Prophecy

found its way to me,
along with something

Darken Rahl didn't have:
your name.

[GRUNTING]

Your mother gave birth
in the madness of the massacre.

She was young.
She was weak.

Midwife didn't think
she'd last the night.

She was still alive when
I took you from her arms.

[CRYING]

She kissed you, blessed you.

My mother died
when I was 10.

Here. In Hartland.

The woman you knew
as your mother

raised you and loved you
as if you were her own,

but she did not give birth
to you.

I crossed the Boundary

at night, unseen,

with you in my arms.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

For weeks I watched,
listened,

read the clouds,

and came to know
that in all the world

there was no one kinder
than George and Mary Cypher.

I told them your story,
and they took you

into their home,
and into their hearts.

And if I live to be
a thousand years old,

I'll never make
a wiser choice

than picking them for the job.

RICHARD:
So...

[SCOFFS]

...according to this fantasy,

who's my real father?

I don't know.

And if you knew my parents
so well,

why didn't I ever see you
with them?

Why haven't you talked to me?

I kept myself apart,

close enough to keep watch
over you, but far enough away

so that if Darken Rahl
ever found his way to me,

I wouldn't be a blazing arrow
pointing the way to you.

Apparently, that's what
Confessors are for.

Confessors?

An ancient order of women
sworn to find the truth,

no matter how hard
people may try to hide it.

And if a Seeker should arise,

to protect him with her life.

My name is Kahlan.

I'm sorry
for threatening you today.

You did save my life.

I came here to bring you this.

RICHARD:
A book?

Not just any book.

It's
The Book of Counted Shadows.

It was written in a time
before remembering.

For a thousand years,
it's been kept safe

in the Wizard's Keep,
in Aydindril.

But a month ago the armies
of Darken Rahl

broke through our last defenses
in an attempt to steal it.

Why?

Because the Book contains

the secrets of power.

KAHLAN:
And if Darken Rahl gets it,

he will use it to control
every corner of the world,

and we would all
become his slaves.

The Prophecy says
that the Seeker

will use the Book
in his quest to defeat Rahl.

Read it.

Um, maybe this Seeker you're
looking for knows this language,

but I don't.

Try.

[SCOFFS]

[***]

"The truth

"of the words

"of The Book of Counted Shadows

can only be ensured
by a Confessor."

How--?

Because you
are the true Seeker.

[***]

[BLADE HACKING]

FANE:
That's a good blade
you've got there.

I could use
a tool like that.

Where did you get it?

Trader from down south.

Led me to believe
it was one of a kind,

but you know traders.

[CHUCKLES]

FANE:
What is it?

Richard's trail ends here.

How is that possible?

He knows how to mask his trail.

We'll split up.

Cover more ground.
Hyah!

KAHLAN:
Give him the Sword.

Name him.

What sword?

[GASPS]

This is the Sword of Truth.

ZEDD:
In anyone else's hands,
this is just a piece of steel.

But in the Seeker's hands,

bestows the power
to fight evil.

And with it
you will kill Darken Rahl.

I'm not killing anybody.

I don't even know
either of you.

For all I know,
this is some kind of trick.

I'm not a Seeker.

I don't want any book,
or any sword.

Calm down, my boy.

I'm not your boy.

My father is George Cypher,

and if any of this
were true,

he'd have told me.

Now, get out of my way.
Richard, wait.

ZEDD: Let him go.
What?

He needs to find the truth
for himself.

Until then, he cannot be named.

FANE:
Hyah!

[HORSE APPROACHING]

Your First Councilor needs
more men on the North Hill.

He said I was to tell you
to join him there.

[HORSES GALLOPING]

[BAR CLATTERS]

[***]

Tell me where to find your son.

[***]

[INSECTS BUZZING]
[RICHARD GRUNTS]

[WHINNIES]

[INSECTS BUZZING]

Ah.

[***]

[GRUNTING]

[NEIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

[***]

[RICHARD GRUNTS]

[WHISPERING]
Don't make

a sound.

[RICHARD GRUNTS SOFTLY]

[CREATURE SCREECHES]

[CREATURE SCREECHING]

[CREATURE SCREECHES]

[HORSE NEIGHING]

[GRUNTING]

[CREATURE SCREECHES]

Ah. Ugh. No!

[SCREECHES]

[ROARS]

[SCREECHING]

[CREATURE SQUEALING]

Aah!

[GASPS]

[KAHLAN SIGHS]

What was that thing?

A Gar.

It uses the blood flies
to sniff out its prey.

Apparently, D'Haran soldiers
weren't the only thing

that followed you
through the Boundary.

What did you do to it?

Wizard's fire.

Wasn't sure I had it in me
after all these years.

What are you doing?
Going to find my father

before something horrible
happens to him too.

ZEDD: We'll go together.
No.

Stay away from me,
both of you.

KAHLAN:
He's got the Sword
and the Book.

Well, isn't that exactly
what you wanted?

[***]

RICHARD:
Dad.

Hyah!

Dad!

Dad!

I'm gonna get you.
I'll get you.

[GASPS]

[GEORGE GROANING]

Who did this?

The D'Haran,

Ranssyn Fane.

I'll take you to Zedd's.

No.
He has potions.

No.

No. Fane is looking
for you there.

You can't go back to Zedd's.

Zedd told me...

He said you're not my father.

Of course I'm your father.

Then it was a lie.

No.

Every word he told you is true.

But I will always be
your father.

[GROANS]

[***]

Dad?

Dad?

[SOBS]

[SOBBING]

[SNIFFS]

[HORSES APPROACHING]

MICHAEL:
Richard.

We saw the smoke.

What happened?

He's dead.

[SIGHS]

Did the witch
make you do this?

Michael,
you can't possibly believe--

I don't know what to believe!

It was Ranssyn Fane.
MICHAEL: No.

He's with Chase
looking for you.

Well, he came back!

That sword.
Where did you get it?

Richard,
where have you been?

Michael, he murdered our father.

Not our father.

My father.

You knew.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because he made me swear
that I never would.

But now he's dead.

Did he tell you
where I came from?

No.

But I'm beginning to wonder.

And until I find out

you're not going anywhere.

Take him.

Stay back!

Witchcraft.

Fane was right.

[***]

RICHARD:
Hyah!

[***]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

Where are you going
in such a hurry, boy?

I'm going back to
your house to find Fane.

He murdered my father.

[SIGHS]

I am so sorry.

Get out of my way.

I understand your pain.

Richard Cypher, you were meant
for more than revenge.

RICHARD:
You think I care what you say,

old man?
I'm going to kill him!

KAHLAN:
And if you fail,

and he kills you?

You said this Sword would
give me the power to fight evil.

Yes. In the service
of freedom and justice,

not your own rage.

You're not ready
to use the Sword.

I said get out of my way!

Come on!

[GROWLS]

[***]

[BOARD CREAKS]

[BOTTLE CLATTERS]

[***]

[CHICKENS CLUCKING]

[SIGHS]

[***]

FANE:
Tell me where the witch is
or I'll run you through.

I'll never help you.

I don't know what lies

that witch
has put into your head,

but ask yourself:

Are you really prepared to die
for someone you don't even know?

She didn't kill my father.

You did.

[***]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[ROARS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Good!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

Beg for your life,
boy!

Do it!

[GROANS]

Just like your father did.

[RICHARD GROANS]

FANE:
The Book.

You brought me the Book.

[CHUCKLES]

No.

[***]

FANE:
Hyah!

No!

[PANTING]

[***]

[***]

Fane!

I'm gonna kill you!

[PANTING]

You're gonna die!

[PANTING]

KAHLAN:
Richard!

The Book.

Fane has it.

[RICHARD PANTING]

[GROANS]

Then we failed.

No, I failed.

[RICHARD SIGHS]

Not yet.

Fane still has to cross
the Boundary

to get the Book to Rahl.

We can still stop him.

Don't you get it?

I'm not what you
want me to be.

Maybe all those years ago

you saved the wrong child.

[RICHARD PANTING]

[***]

No.

You are the true Seeker.

If anybody failed,
it was me,

telling myself this storm
will never come.

Kahlan was right.

I should have
prepared you.

What happened to your father

is only the beginning
of Rahl's evil.

But you can stop him.

You and only you.

How?

In this life, we cannot go back.
Only forward.

You have a great destiny
ahead of you, Richard Cypher,

if you're willing to accept it.

I've lost everything.

ZEDD:
Not everything.

You have me.

And Kahlan.

And most importantly,
you have yourself.

Everything your father
brought you up to be.

And if you stop Rahl,

then your father
and Kahlan's sister

won't have died for nothing.

[SIGHS]

Teach me.

[HAND PATS SHOULDER]

[ZEDD CHANTING
IN ANCIENT TONGUE]

Richard Cypher,

though your road will be long
and the outcome unknown,

will you undertake
this journey?

I will.

ZEDD:
Will you leave behind
your friends

and all that you have known?

I will.

ZEDD:
Though the forces of evil
have sworn

to bring about your death,

still will you go on?

I will.

Then will you accept
the name of the Seeker?

I will.

Then I,

First Wizard

Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander

so name you.

[***]

[GASPS]

[YELLS]

[PANTING]

Lord Rahl?

What is it?

What's wrong?

The Seeker.

He lives.

[***]

RICHARD:
Here's the river.

Fane went east
towards the Boundary, here.

How will we catch up
without a bridge to cross?

ZEDD:
There used to be
another bridge south of here,

but it washed away.

I rebuilt it.

So we'll cross here,

and we'll double back
and pick up his trail, there.

Fane is on a fast horse.

RICHARD:
He doesn't know
these woods like I do.

And he can't travel fast,
especially at night.

You could know every tree
by name

and he's still have
a long lead.

On his way to a boundary
that he has no way of crossing.

Then he must believe
he can find a way.

Then why are we still
standing here talking?

[HORSE APPROACHING]

Whoa.

Put your sword down, Richard.

I don't want to fight you,
Chase, but I will.

I've known you since you were
crawling on all fours.

Huh?

Whose side do you think I'm on?

I want to help you,

but first,
you need to tell me

what in the name of the Spirits
is going on?

I've been so grateful to you
all these years, Fraden.

I believed you had done
more for me than anyone,

and I rewarded you accordingly.

You've been very generous,
Lord Rahl.

But now I find that you
have failed me.

No, My Lord,
I did exactly as you commanded.

My men and I killed every
first-born son in Brennidon.

Except the one that mattered.

You let him slip
through your fingers.

Is it possible
My Lord is mistaken?

For 23 years
I have slept in peace,

certain that I'd averted
the Prophecy.

But then, tonight,

it came to me
in a terrible dream.

I saw him take the Sword.

There's no mistake.

The Seeker has been named.

Then let me assemble my men.

I'll find him
and complete the task.

And how will you do that?

The Seeker
is a thousand leagues from here,

on the other side
of the Boundary.

Will your weary old bones
carry you that far?

Do you have
a way across?

If this Confessor found a way,
so can we.

I appreciate the sentiment,
old friend,

but it's time
to let younger men

take up the cause.

As My Lord wishes.

Give me your hand.

Thank you for your many years
of service.

[BLOOD SQUIRTS]

[***]

[GASPS]

Bring me my Journey Book.

GENERAL:
Orders from Lord Rahl:

"Assemble our most powerful
sorcerers.

"Deploy them
with artillery batteries

"at intervals along the border.

"They will use their magic
to penetrate the Boundary.

"Once through, our soldiers
are to find the Seeker

and kill him."

CHASE:
So you are supposed to kill
this Darken Rahl.

They say it's my destiny.

KAHLAN:
But to fulfill that destiny,

he needs
The Book of Counted Shadows.

The secrets of power
are written in its pages.

If Darken Rahl learns them, then
we won't be able to defeat him.

That's why we have to find Fane
before he gets the Book to Rahl.

I know. It sounds crazy.

I always knew you were meant for
more than just clearing trails.

You believe us?

You'll help us find Fane?

Well, how can I say no to--

What do you call it?

--the Seeker?

[LAUGHS]
[SIGHS]

An inexperienced,
untrained Seeker.

We need to go now.

You need to rest.
Food. Fresh horses.

It's a day's ride
to the Boundary.

Plenty of time to catch up.
We'll leave again first light.

No, that's three hours away.

Kahlan's right.
We have to go now.

Listen to your friend, Richard.

Your trouble started
when you rushed in

to help Kahlan
without thinking.

Lesson Number One, Seeker:

Sometimes to gain ground
you need to slow down.

That doesn't make sense.

Never expect sense
from a Wizard.

ZEDD:
Especially a hungry one.

I'm not good
on an empty stomach.

Well, you're in luck.

My wife makes the best
spice soup in Hartland.

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

Mm. Mm.

Mm. Delicious.

I'm so glad you like it.

So, what do you think?

It was a little loose
around the shoulders,

but I fixed it.

CHASE:
A needle and thread
big enough,

she could mend the world.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

[WHISPERING]
Mom, are they married?

She wants to know
if you two are married.

Oh, no. We're just, um--

Traveling together.

EMMA:
Children.

[GROUP CHUCKLES]

You have a lovely family.

Thank you so much
for your hospitality.

Would you excuse me?

[DOOR OPENS]

[***]

[SIGHS]

[DOOR OPENS]

Are you all right?

I miss my family.

Ah, with any luck,
you'll see 'em soon.

My parents are both gone.

My sister was the last.

Just me now.

I'm sorry.
I didn't know.

It's not easy
losing the people you love.

[SHAR CHIRPS]

[CHUCKLES]

That's the magic
you used to find Zedd.

And get through the Boundary.

What is it?

Not what.

Who.

Shar is a Night Wisp.

She got me through the Boundary
and led me to Zedd.

Her people live in the forests
of the Midlands.

[SHAR HUMS SOFTLY]

She's talking to you.

What's she saying?

She's thanking you.

For what?

I let Fane
get away with the Book.

But you also accepted
the name Seeker,

and took up the Sword.

[HUMS SOFTLY]

Shar says, for the first time
she can remember,

her people have a reason
to hope.

I'll try
not to let her down.

[EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE]

What was that?

[***]

Ready. Fire!

PATRICK:
There were strange lights
in the sky,

and then the beasts
came through,

and killed them all.

[GROUP CHATTERING]

Please, everyone stay calm.

How can you tell us
to say calm?

What if it's my son next time
and not an animal?

[CROWD SHOUTING]

You have a problem.

And a few dead cattle
are only the beginning.

What do you want?

Those flashes in the sky,

the creatures
eating your livestock,

they all
indicate one thing:

The man I serve,
Lord Darken Rahl,

is trying to bring down
the Boundary.

And how will he do that?

He has legions
at his command,

powerful magic
at his disposal.

The treaty has stood
for hundreds of years.

Why?

Because

he wants this.

MICHAEL:
A book?

FANE:
The witch stole it
from Lord Rahl,

and he will stop at nothing
to get it back.

When he
comes through the Boundary,

he will deal harshly with anyone
who has come between him

and what is rightfully his.

I've done nothing
to offend this man.

Why are you telling me this?

Lord Rahl
is a great leader.

He will richly reward
any ruler wise enough

to ally himself
with the House of Rahl.

What are you asking me to do?

I cannot wait for Lord Rahl
to bring down the Boundary.

I need to get through now.

I have no way
to help you do that.

The people
that are pursuing me

would kill me
to get this book.

Powerful adversaries.

My brother.

He ceased to be your brother

the moment the witch
put him under her spell.

The same witch
who is responsible

for your father's death.

I need an armed escort,

and I need
my pursuers stopped.

The world is changing,
Councilor.

And one way or another,
Lord Rahl will have

the Westlands
under his dominion,

as he has the provinces
of the Midlands

and D'Hara beyond.

What you need to ask yourself

is will you be on the side
of righteousness,

or will you be against it?

[***]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[***]

ZEDD:
None of that, boy.

What?

I see the way
you're lookin' at her.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

ZEDD:
You think because I'm old
I don't remember

what it's like to get
my britches in a bunch

over a beautiful woman?

My britches
are not in a bunch.

ZEDD:
Bunched britches,
lurching loins, hot haunches,

call it what you want.
It can never be.

Not with her.

Why are you telling me this?

ZEDD:
Because you need to
concentrate on finding Fane.

Keep your eyes
on the trail up ahead,

not on her posterior.

Lesson Number Two, Seeker:

Clear your mind
of what was and will be.

See only the task that is.

CHASE:
Let's ride.

[***]

Surrender your weapons
and come with us,

or we kill the witch.

Richard, no.

What are you doing, Michael?

Protecting the people
of this town from magic.

MAN:
Get the witch!

She's not a witch.

Until she came, this was
a peaceful place to live.

[CROWD YELLING]

Now she's turned my brother
against me.

My father
has been murdered.

She's brought death
to our homes!

[CROWD YELLING]

People, please, put down
your weapons and listen!

MAN:
She's a witch!

Patrick, you've known me
my whole life.

I helped your son get your cow
home just yesterday.

That herd is gone,
because of her!

[CROWD YELLING]

Kill her!
Yes!

Kill her!

[CROWD YELLING]

[***]

No!

No!

[GRUNTING]

Back off!

[***]

[ALL GASP]

[***]

CHASE:
Giddap! Hyah!

Hyah!

Hyah!

[***]

CHASE:
Whoa, whoa.

Are you okay?

Has everyone in Hartland
lost their minds?

People are afraid.

They're looking for someone
to blame.

Wizard's First Rule:

People will believe a lie
because they want it to be true,

or because they're afraid
it might be true.

Chase, if my own brother
can turn against me,

and people know
you're with me...

Go home.

Make sure your family is safe.

RICHARD:
Go.

I'll catch up when I can.

RICHARD:
Okay.

CHASE:
Ho! Hyah.

What is it?

It's Shar.

ZEDD:
Destroying that arrow
drained her of her light.

We have to help her.

KAHLAN:
It's too late.

She's dying.

[***]

KAHLAN:
May the Spirits light your way
through the land of the shadow

to the halls of eternal peace.

[***]

She died
saving me from that arrow.

And she was your way home.

I'm so sorry.

She sacrificed herself
to protect the Seeker.

We would both do the same.

[SIGHS]

Shar didn't even know me,

and neither do you.

But we know how important
your mission is.

Then I will try and make sure
Shar didn't die for nothing.

Let's start
with finding Fane.

He knows he can't get through
the Boundary

without magic either,

but he didn't try
to take Shar from us.

What does that tell you, Seeker?

He must have another way
to get across.

Whoa.

Tell me what you're doing
at my house, gentlemen,

and I may let you live.

You're wanted inside.

CHASE:
Emma?

Emma?

Let her go.

Drop your weapons
or I will cut her throat.

Tell me what you want.

That's a D'Haran
battle weapon,

standard issue as of last year,

which means it did not
come to the Westlands

before the Boundary went up.

You know a way through.

I told you,
I bought it from a trader.

I have no idea
where she got it.

You think I'd lie to you
when you've got my daughter?

Let her go, Fane,

and I will tell you
where to find the trader.

And what if you send me

into the clutches
of the witch instead?

Let Laura go

and I will take you there
myself.

I think I'll take Laura here.

CHASE:
No, you don't have to do this.

I said I will tell you
where the trader is.

Yes. And if your information
is correct,

I will send her back to you.

If it is not...

[WHIMPERS]

The woman you are looking for
is called the Bone Lady.

[LAURA WHIMPERS]

[***]

KAHLAN:
Hyah!

Fane's horse?

Deer tracks.

[SIGHS]

The Boundary
goes north and south

as far as anyone
has ever traveled.

Who knows where
he'll try to cross?

[SIGHS]

[EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE]

Just like last night.

What do you think it is?
KAHLAN: It's Darken Rahl,

looking for a way
to get through the Boundary,

maybe even bring it down.

Well, that's good news.

Good news?

An impatient Rahl
is just what we need.

It means Fane hasn't gotten
across with the Book yet.

There's still time
to stop him.

The Boundary's been up
for centuries.

How could Rahl
just bring it down?

I don't know, exactly.

But he has more
than just his own magic.

He has sorcerers and Wizards
that are loyal to him.

Mm.

We're not all
on the side of good.

And more than magic, he has
thousands of soldiers

under his command.

And I'm supposed to kill him?
Alone?

What do we look like, boy,
grilled sardines?

Besides,
you have the Sword.

One sword
against an army?

Not just any sword.

It holds the strength
of all the ancient Seekers

who wielded it before you.

People will rise up
and follow you

when they know the Seeker
has returned.

Lesson Number Three:

Though the Seeker
may battle alone,

he fights with the strength
of many.

CHASE:
Two against one.

The odds
aren't fair.

We're not gonna fight you,
Brandstone.

Taking you to see
the First Councilor.

And so what is he paying you
to betray a fellow Westlander?

We're just
following orders.

Those orders included letting
a killer abduct my daughter?

Those odds
I was talking about,

there weren't fair...to you!

[YELLS]

[GRUNTING]

[YELLING]

[GRUNTING]

[***]

Hyah!

What news from the border?

The assault continues, My Lord.

The Boundary
appears to be weakening.

VESS:
Ready.

Fire!

[NEIGHS]

Richard.

I'm okay.

Whatever Rahl is doing
is working.

The Boundary
is getting weaker.

GHOSTLY VOICES:
Richard...

Did you hear that?
Who's there?

GHOSTLY VOICES:
Richard...

ZEDD:
Don't listen to them, boy.

RICHARD:
Who are they?

ZEDD:
Shadow People.

KAHLAN:
It's the souls of the dead.

It's said they can travel
into the Boundary

from the underworld.

GEORGE:
Richard.

They're talking to me.

GEORGE:
Come back.
Come home to us.

I miss you.
I want to see you again.

MARY:
Richard...

Mom?

MARY:
I'm here, Richard.

They're not real, son.

It's a trick! They'll drag
you into the underworld!

Richard, don't!

[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

RICHARD:
Mom, I'm here.

Stop!

[***]

[SCREAMING]

RICHARD:
Zedd!

Zedd!

[***]

RICHARD:
How is he?

KAHLAN:
His breathing is getting weaker.

We have to take him
to a healer.

We have to find Fane
and get the Book.

Yeah, well,
we're not gonna catch up

dragging Zedd behind us.

Then we won't.

We can't just leave him here.

You heard what he said.

He's willing to die for you.

And how many more people
are gonna die because of me?

I don't know.

Maybe many.

But you'll save many more.

Free them from Rahl.

If I just hadn't listened
to those voices...

When I went
through the Boundary,

I heard my mother
calling to me.

I wanted so badly
to go with her.

But I didn't.

What stopped you?

I knew I had to find you.

Darken Rahl has the power
to speak to the dead.

Maybe he was using the Spirits
to trap us,

to stop us from doing
what we have to.

We can't let him.

You stay with Zedd.

I'll find Fane
and the Book,

and I'll come back for you.

You can't go alone.
It's too dangerous.

My destiny.
My decision.

[HORSE APPROACHING]

RICHARD:
Chase.
What happened?

Fane has my daughter.

He's taken her to the Bone Lady
in South Haven.

We have to go now.

You do with him.
I'll follow with Zedd.

Okay.

[HORSES WHINNY]

FANE:
Where are you hiding
the Night Wisp?

Adie don't have no Night Wisp.

Don't lie to me.

I've seen the scythe
you traded with Brandstone,

the Councilor's Guard.

Adie don't know this man.

Let me introduce you

to his daughter.

Now, I want you to feel

that nice, warm skin.

Well, in a minute,

it's going to be
cold and dead

if you don't give me
what I want!

Please, Miss Adie,

do what he says.

[GRUNTS]

FANE:
A rock?

Not a rock.

It be a Nightstone.

It hold powerful magic.

You take it up the South Trail
to the Boundary,

it gets you through.

Now you leave the girl
with Adie and go.

[FANE SIGHS]

The girl is coming with me.

Yah!

[***]

[HORSES WHINNY]

[GASPS]

[HORSES WHINNY]

[GAR SCREECHING]

[WHIMPERS]

[GASPS]

[INSECTS BUZZING]

Run!

Father!

Laura!

[GAR SCREECHING]

[SCREECHING]

[***]

[SCREAMS]

[WHIMPERING]

[GAR SCREECHING]

[***]

[SCREAMS]

[LAURA SCREAMING]

[LAURA SOBBING]

Are you hurt?

[LAURA SOBBING]

CHASE:
Are you all right?

[PANTING]

If I believed in fairy-tales,

I'd say I just saw my friend,
Richard Cypher, slay a dragon.

Thank you.

[***]

[***]

Laura. Thank the Spirits
you're all right.

Your Seeker here
saved her life.

How is he?

He's the same.

[SIGHS]

ADIE:
His skin be burning hot.

This be Shadow poison at work.

Can you help him?

ADIE:
Adie has her ways.

She will do what she can.

We'll leave him with you,

and we'll come back
after we get the Book.

We should go. From here,
Fane has less than an hour

before he gets back
to the Boundary.

And with Adie's Nightstone he
be able to walk through it.

We should hurry.

No. Chase, you've done enough.

You get Laura home,

and you make sure the rest
of your family is safe.

You need help, Richard.

That's what I have Kahlan for.

And like she said
when we first met,

she can take care of herself.

CHASE:
If you need me, my friend,

you send word, and I'll be there
as fast as a horse can take me.

[SIGHS]

It could be a long ride, Chase.

There's no ride too long.

[SIGHS]

Let's fine Fane.

[***]

VESS:
There!

To the south.

Realign the weapon
and aim for the lights.

MAN:
Yes, sir!

RICHARD:
Fane!

Give me the Book.

[SIGHS]

Kill them.

I said give me the Book.

Haven't you learned
your lesson yet,

boy?

As a matter of fact, I have.

[RICHARD GRUNTING]

[YELLING]

[ALL GRUNTING]

[SCREAMS]

[***]

[YELLING]

[GRUNTS]

[MAN GROANS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[***]

[YELLING]

[MAN YELLING]

[MAN GROANS]

[***]

[FANE SCREAMS]

[FANE SCREAMS]

[***]

[RICHARD SIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

[SIGHS]

KAHLAN:
You did it.

You are the Seeker.

[SIGHS]

[KAHLAN SIGHS]

[EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE]

Jump!

[***]

VESS:
The Boundary is open!

Into the breach!

Find the Seeker! Kill them!

[MEN YELLING]

[***]

[***]

KAHLAN:
What do we do?

We stand and fight.

[***]

The Book of Counted Shadows.

KAHLAN:
We can't let them
get the Book.

Stay back!

Give me the Book

and I'll give you
a merciful death.

ZEDD:
The Book contains
the secrets of power.

KAHLAN:
And if Darken Rahl gets it,
he will use it

to control every corner
of the world.

[***]

No!

Get the Book!

[MEN YELLING]

Take them!

[MEN YELLING]

ZEDD:
Clear your mind
of what was and will be.

See only the task that is.

[***]

ZEDD:
Though the Seeker
may battle alone,

he fights with the strength
of many.

[***]

[MEN YELLING]

[ALL GRUNTING]

[SCREAMS]

[RICHARD YELLING]

[KAHLAN YELLING]

VASS:
Kill them!

[***]

ADIE:
Easy, old man.

Who are you?

Your friends left me
to heal you.

Where are they?

On the Boundary.

I have to go.

[***]

[MEN YELLING]

[ALL GRUNTING]

RICHARD:
Kahlan!

[***]

RICHARD:
No!

RICHARD:
Kahlan!

[ALL GRUNTING]

No!

[ALL GRUNTING]

[MAN GROANS]

[RICHARD GRUNTING,
SWORD CLANGING]

[***]

[GRUNTING]

RICHARD:
Kahlan!

RICHARD:
Kahlan!

[***]

[RICHARD YELLING]

[***]

That's the second time
you saved my life.

[***]

Looks like I missed
the excitement.

Zedd.

You're alive.

Takes more than a little
Shadow poison to kill me, boy.

[CHUCKLES]

He burned the Book.

I had to.

It was the only way
I could see

to keep it
from the D'Harans.

How will he fulfil
the Prophecy now?

Sounds to me
like he's already started.

I don't understand.

Correct me if I'm wrong,
but doesn't the Prophecy say

the Seeker will use the Book
in his quest

to defeat Darken Rahl?

He did use the Book,

just not
in the way we expected.

More importantly,
he kept the Book

from getting into Rahl's hands.

Being the Seeker means
making difficult choices.

And Richard made the first
of many today.

But what about all the secrets
the Book was said to contain?

How will he defeat Rahl
without knowing them?

Well,
it appears the Seeker's quest

isn't going to come
with an instruction manual.

Where to now?

The Boundary is open.

We can go either way.

[SIGHS]

Well, like a wise man
once told me,

"In this life,
you can't go back.

Only forward."

Spoken like the true Seeker.

[SIGHS]

AIDE-DE-CAMP:
My Lord, one of our sorcerers
from the Boundary

has sent news from Kaldrith.

He was the only survivor
of his artillery battery.

The only survivor?

Yes, My Lord.

They succeeded in penetrating
the Boundary,

but the Seeker killed them all.

The Book?

Destroyed, My Lord.

Well then,

it would seem the Seeker and I
are on an even footing.

My Lord,

the Seeker travels only
with a Wizard and a Confessor.

You have tens of thousands
of subjects and soldiers

who will obey
your every command.

Then let it be known throughout
the three territories,

that whoever brings me
the Seeker

will be rewarded
beyond imagining.

[***]

RICHARD:
So where are we going, exactly?

ZEDD:
To find Rahl, of course.

KAHLAN:
Won't be easy.

He moves from palace to palace,
temple to temple.

His spies are everywhere.

And it's said he has magic
to cloak his movements

and disguise his appearances.

So how will we find him?

One step at a time, my boy.
One step at a time.

Because where we don't find
Rahl, we'll find his emissaries,

and innocent people who need
protection from his dark magic.

Mark my words, you'll get plenty
of use out of that Sword.

I'll be ready.

[CHUCKLES]

I have no doubt.

[***]
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