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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:06,000 2 00:00:43,155 --> 00:00:46,704 No one knows the real story of the great King Arthur of Camelot. 3 00:00:47,875 --> 00:00:50,309 Most of what you think you know about Camelot... 4 00:00:50,755 --> 00:00:52,552 ...Guinevere and Lancelot... 5 00:00:52,995 --> 00:00:56,112 ...and the evil sorceress known as Morgaine Le Fey... 6 00:00:56,195 --> 00:00:57,787 ...is nothing but lies. 7 00:01:04,315 --> 00:01:07,193 I should know, for I am Morgaine Le Fey... 8 00:01:07,835 --> 00:01:09,826 ...priestess of the Isle of Avalon... 9 00:01:09,915 --> 00:01:13,191 ...where the ancient religion of the Mother Goddess was born. 10 00:01:24,035 --> 00:01:26,595 It began in the midst of the most violent upheaval... 11 00:01:26,675 --> 00:01:28,347 ...Britain has ever seen. 12 00:01:28,795 --> 00:01:31,707 The Saxon barbarians swept into my country... 13 00:01:31,795 --> 00:01:34,946 ...killing Christians and followers of Avalon's goddess alike. 14 00:02:09,155 --> 00:02:11,794 Unless one great leader could unite Christians... 15 00:02:11,875 --> 00:02:13,866 ...and followers of the old religion... 16 00:02:14,475 --> 00:02:16,511 ...Britain was doomed to barbarism... 17 00:02:16,915 --> 00:02:18,826 ...and Avalon would vanish. 18 00:02:20,955 --> 00:02:22,991 My Christian father, Gorlois... 19 00:02:23,075 --> 00:02:25,828 ...battled tirelessly against the Saxon hordes. 20 00:02:25,915 --> 00:02:28,634 For Christ! For Britain! 21 00:02:33,235 --> 00:02:37,148 Back home in Cornwall, I was only a child at the time... 22 00:02:39,235 --> 00:02:43,023 ...but I knew my mother, Igraine, was still a follower of the old religion... 23 00:02:43,115 --> 00:02:45,310 ...and secretly practiced its ancient magic. 24 00:02:47,235 --> 00:02:49,305 Her sister, my Aunt Morgause... 25 00:02:49,635 --> 00:02:52,627 ...had lived with us for as long as I can remember. 26 00:02:53,035 --> 00:02:55,105 She relished the power of Avalon. 27 00:02:57,315 --> 00:02:58,191 Mother? 28 00:02:59,715 --> 00:03:01,626 Mother, what's the matter? 29 00:03:06,715 --> 00:03:08,785 Let her have her vision, lamb. 30 00:03:09,555 --> 00:03:11,386 I want to know what the Sight brings her. 31 00:03:11,475 --> 00:03:12,385 She's afraid. 32 00:03:12,475 --> 00:03:13,874 Let her have her vision. 33 00:03:13,955 --> 00:03:16,025 Father will be angry if she uses the Sight. 34 00:03:16,115 --> 00:03:18,265 Then he won't hear about it, will he? 35 00:03:19,595 --> 00:03:20,550 What is it? 36 00:03:20,795 --> 00:03:21,944 Igraine... 37 00:03:22,395 --> 00:03:23,714 ...what do you see? 38 00:03:24,795 --> 00:03:26,194 Anything for me? 39 00:03:26,435 --> 00:03:28,903 A lover? A husband? 40 00:03:33,915 --> 00:03:36,031 The Lady of the Lake is coming... 41 00:03:36,315 --> 00:03:38,465 ...and the Merlin of Britain with her. 42 00:03:39,275 --> 00:03:40,503 We must make ready. 43 00:03:41,315 --> 00:03:42,430 What do they want? 44 00:03:43,115 --> 00:03:45,788 You can ask them yourself. They're here. 45 00:03:58,915 --> 00:04:00,826 And so Viviane came to Cornwall. 46 00:04:01,355 --> 00:04:03,391 The eldest of the three sisters... 47 00:04:03,555 --> 00:04:05,785 ...Viviane was the High Priestess of Avalon... 48 00:04:06,235 --> 00:04:09,033 ...and the voice of the Mother Goddess on earth. 49 00:04:09,235 --> 00:04:11,271 She had just one goal... 50 00:04:11,355 --> 00:04:13,391 ...to save Avalon from the Saxons. 51 00:04:14,515 --> 00:04:17,587 Sister, we have to bring this fighting to an end. 52 00:04:17,795 --> 00:04:19,990 The Saxons will destroy this land. 53 00:04:20,115 --> 00:04:21,548 Unless we prevent it. 54 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:22,911 How? 55 00:04:23,195 --> 00:04:26,346 By giving this land a leader to whom both followers of Christ... 56 00:04:26,435 --> 00:04:28,391 ...and the Goddess can give allegiance. 57 00:04:28,555 --> 00:04:31,023 Someone with the blood of Avalon in his veins. 58 00:04:31,515 --> 00:04:33,631 The High King could still father a child. 59 00:04:33,715 --> 00:04:35,706 But he'll be dead within six months. 60 00:04:35,795 --> 00:04:37,513 Viviane has foreseen it. 61 00:04:37,635 --> 00:04:39,466 He'll die without leaving an heir. 62 00:04:40,355 --> 00:04:43,108 You mean my husband will become High King in his place? 63 00:04:43,395 --> 00:04:45,625 That I will bear this leader that you speak of? 64 00:04:46,875 --> 00:04:49,469 You will bear the king, Igraine. Yes. 65 00:04:50,275 --> 00:04:51,947 But not to Gorlois. 66 00:04:53,475 --> 00:04:56,831 You will bear the child to the man who wears this sign. 67 00:05:02,195 --> 00:05:06,029 He is a follower of the Goddess, and he will be king. 68 00:05:06,835 --> 00:05:10,111 I'm married to the Duke of Cornwall. I've borne him a child. 69 00:05:10,435 --> 00:05:12,744 I will not betray him. I gave him my vows. 70 00:05:12,835 --> 00:05:14,905 You gave them first to Avalon. 71 00:05:15,555 --> 00:05:18,149 If you want this child to be born of Avalon... 72 00:05:18,235 --> 00:05:21,147 ...then you can bear this great new king yourself. 73 00:05:21,635 --> 00:05:23,751 There is no need, Viviane. 74 00:05:25,195 --> 00:05:26,833 Let me bear the child. 75 00:05:27,115 --> 00:05:28,753 I have no husband to betray. 76 00:05:28,835 --> 00:05:30,348 Let me bear the king. 77 00:05:30,515 --> 00:05:32,187 Have you no shame, Morgause? 78 00:05:32,515 --> 00:05:33,311 Leave us. 79 00:05:33,915 --> 00:05:36,793 I have as much Avalon in my veins as she does! 80 00:05:37,755 --> 00:05:39,825 Let me make this man fall in love with me. 81 00:05:40,515 --> 00:05:41,914 I know the arts as well. 82 00:05:42,115 --> 00:05:44,868 No man or woman can live another's fate, Morgause. 83 00:05:45,315 --> 00:05:47,545 You have a king in your future, and sons. 84 00:05:47,635 --> 00:05:48,351 Who? 85 00:05:48,435 --> 00:05:49,993 You'll know when you see him. 86 00:05:51,155 --> 00:05:52,474 Be content with that. 87 00:05:53,595 --> 00:05:55,153 You must remember, Duchess... 88 00:05:55,235 --> 00:05:57,544 ...that Viviane is not just your sister. 89 00:05:57,635 --> 00:05:59,671 She is the High Priestess of the faith... 90 00:05:59,755 --> 00:06:02,633 ...to which you have promised your very breath. 91 00:06:02,915 --> 00:06:04,667 The violence can end. 92 00:06:05,235 --> 00:06:06,873 The choice is yours. 93 00:06:07,315 --> 00:06:08,225 But my word-- 94 00:06:08,315 --> 00:06:11,705 Sometimes we have to sacrifice small virtues to achieve great ones. 95 00:06:11,875 --> 00:06:15,072 This year's harvest is tilled with the blood of your own men. 96 00:06:22,395 --> 00:06:23,544 Morgaine! 97 00:06:23,915 --> 00:06:25,064 What happened? 98 00:06:25,155 --> 00:06:26,270 What is it, child? 99 00:06:26,675 --> 00:06:27,903 A dead man. 100 00:06:30,435 --> 00:06:31,629 Tell me, child. 101 00:06:32,035 --> 00:06:34,344 Do you often see things others don't? 102 00:06:34,555 --> 00:06:37,308 Yes. All the time. 103 00:06:41,195 --> 00:06:42,628 She has the Sight already. 104 00:06:46,035 --> 00:06:47,184 Three months later... 105 00:06:47,275 --> 00:06:49,630 ...the High King summoned all the great chiefs... 106 00:06:49,715 --> 00:06:51,865 ...to London to name his successor. 107 00:06:52,275 --> 00:06:55,073 And he invited my mother as an honored guest. 108 00:06:55,275 --> 00:06:58,028 But the Saxons will never forget the blows you dealt them. 109 00:06:58,115 --> 00:07:01,152 You and I, Gorlois. We dealt them together. 110 00:07:01,675 --> 00:07:04,314 But I think I shall be fighting no more Saxons. 111 00:07:04,395 --> 00:07:06,829 Of course you will. It'll be many years... 112 00:07:06,915 --> 00:07:09,031 That is why I have called this council. 113 00:07:09,475 --> 00:07:10,954 It's why you're here. 114 00:07:11,835 --> 00:07:13,473 I must tell you, Igraine... 115 00:07:14,475 --> 00:07:17,512 ...my priests don't like it that your priestess of Avalon... 116 00:07:17,595 --> 00:07:20,473 ...has been placed on an equal footing with them. 117 00:07:21,435 --> 00:07:25,064 But I say that you both serve the Great One above us... 118 00:07:25,355 --> 00:07:27,073 ...by whatever the name. 119 00:07:28,115 --> 00:07:30,026 And women are, after all... 120 00:07:30,275 --> 00:07:32,345 ...the carriers of original sin. 121 00:07:33,995 --> 00:07:36,304 That's not quite how we advance it, sir. 122 00:07:36,995 --> 00:07:38,030 Do you not say... 123 00:07:38,115 --> 00:07:41,664 ...that women are the means by which evil came into the world? 124 00:07:42,035 --> 00:07:45,789 There is, in your Bible, a fantastic tale about an apple and a snake. 125 00:07:46,755 --> 00:07:49,792 The Bible merely recounts the truth, good lady. 126 00:07:50,395 --> 00:07:52,829 The old religion embraces yours, Bishop... 127 00:07:53,275 --> 00:07:55,948 ...but your priests deny the power of Avalon. 128 00:07:56,355 --> 00:07:58,311 Perhaps people no longer believe in it. 129 00:07:59,235 --> 00:08:01,351 Perhaps it's because you tell them not to. 130 00:08:02,275 --> 00:08:05,506 -Igraine! -Your wife speaks her mind, Gorlois. 131 00:08:06,915 --> 00:08:08,507 I honor her for that. 132 00:08:18,595 --> 00:08:21,189 Back, you hounds from hell! Back! 133 00:08:28,035 --> 00:08:29,229 My lord, forgive me. 134 00:08:29,315 --> 00:08:32,273 You are forgiven, but get those dogs out of here! 135 00:08:32,355 --> 00:08:34,630 Can't you go anywhere without them? 136 00:08:46,675 --> 00:08:49,189 Allow me to introduce you, Uther Pendragon... 137 00:08:49,275 --> 00:08:50,503 ...to my wife... 138 00:08:50,715 --> 00:08:52,945 ...the Lady Igraine, Duchess of Cornwall. 139 00:08:53,035 --> 00:08:55,265 And sister to the Lady of Avalon. 140 00:08:56,515 --> 00:08:59,109 It's an honor to meet a daughter of the Holy Isle. 141 00:09:09,155 --> 00:09:10,508 You will bear the child... 142 00:09:11,515 --> 00:09:13,426 ...to the man who wears this sign. 143 00:09:21,115 --> 00:09:22,264 Excuse me, my lord. 144 00:09:44,875 --> 00:09:46,911 Viviane. 145 00:09:47,315 --> 00:09:49,783 Why are you doing this to me? 146 00:09:50,355 --> 00:09:51,913 Now, listen to me. 147 00:09:52,515 --> 00:09:57,066 What I am about to say will be of great importance to you all. 148 00:10:20,555 --> 00:10:22,989 Did I do something to disturb you, lady? 149 00:10:24,315 --> 00:10:25,589 I felt unwell, sir. 150 00:10:27,835 --> 00:10:30,508 You left the moment you saw the dragon on my wrist. 151 00:10:32,395 --> 00:10:33,908 I have no fear of dragons. 152 00:10:34,315 --> 00:10:36,670 I'm a child of the old world myself, sir. 153 00:10:38,675 --> 00:10:41,348 Why do you call me "sir" in such a manner... 154 00:10:44,195 --> 00:10:46,470 ...when you know that we are on familiar terms? 155 00:10:48,035 --> 00:10:49,388 We have not met before. 156 00:10:49,875 --> 00:10:51,274 Not in this life... 157 00:10:52,035 --> 00:10:54,151 ...but like all of us of the old ways... 158 00:10:54,835 --> 00:10:58,225 ...you must believe this is not the only life where we could have met. 159 00:11:01,715 --> 00:11:03,945 There is something between our souls already. 160 00:11:05,475 --> 00:11:07,272 You felt the power of it... 161 00:11:07,355 --> 00:11:09,152 ...and that's why you left the hall. 162 00:11:12,875 --> 00:11:13,944 Am I right, lady? 163 00:11:14,955 --> 00:11:17,423 If I am, could you rightfully resist it? 164 00:11:18,915 --> 00:11:23,147 I am the sworn wife of Gorlois, and so I will remain. 165 00:11:24,355 --> 00:11:25,834 So you know what I felt. 166 00:11:29,315 --> 00:11:30,430 Come away with me. 167 00:11:30,875 --> 00:11:32,945 Please, get back to the council. 168 00:11:33,715 --> 00:11:36,070 There's nothing to do but give in to it. 169 00:11:38,395 --> 00:11:42,593 If you do not come with me, then I will come for you... 170 00:11:43,355 --> 00:11:45,505 ...before the moon is full again. 171 00:11:53,995 --> 00:11:55,223 My lord... 172 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:57,746 ...is the council finished? 173 00:11:57,835 --> 00:11:58,984 It is. 174 00:12:00,315 --> 00:12:02,909 Let's get back to the proceedings then, shall we? 175 00:12:03,875 --> 00:12:06,833 Don't you want to ask the leave of your new High King, lady? 176 00:12:07,795 --> 00:12:09,467 -You? -No. 177 00:12:11,235 --> 00:12:14,113 Ambrosius has named Uther Pendragon his successor. 178 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:24,025 Don't envy me, Gorlois. 179 00:12:25,155 --> 00:12:26,508 The lady belongs to you. 180 00:12:35,235 --> 00:12:37,112 You should take care to avoid gossip. 181 00:12:38,715 --> 00:12:40,990 No chaste woman is safe with Uther Pendragon. 182 00:12:42,315 --> 00:12:45,387 People may gossip if they like. It doesn't concern me. 183 00:12:45,555 --> 00:12:46,874 It concerns me! 184 00:12:47,675 --> 00:12:49,472 Are you questioning my honor? 185 00:12:49,555 --> 00:12:51,466 I'm questioning your judgment. 186 00:12:51,715 --> 00:12:54,388 Well, if your judgment is no better than that... 187 00:12:54,475 --> 00:12:56,830 ...then your word will cease to concern me as well. 188 00:12:56,915 --> 00:12:59,952 How dare you play the shrew with me! I told you to avoid him! 189 00:13:00,035 --> 00:13:01,468 -I'll teach you! -Think... 190 00:13:01,595 --> 00:13:04,063 ...before you strike me, Gorlois... 191 00:13:04,475 --> 00:13:09,105 ...or I will teach you that a daughter of the Holy Isle is the servant of no man. 192 00:13:12,235 --> 00:13:15,386 And so, my father was caught up in Viviane's plots. 193 00:13:33,835 --> 00:13:34,790 Sire! 194 00:13:35,595 --> 00:13:38,029 A messenger for the High King. He waits at the gate. 195 00:13:38,435 --> 00:13:40,187 He will speak with-- 196 00:13:43,555 --> 00:13:44,749 I have come, my lord-- 197 00:13:44,835 --> 00:13:47,224 To ask for my troops to aide the Pendragon. 198 00:13:47,475 --> 00:13:48,988 It is the High King's bidding. 199 00:13:49,315 --> 00:13:51,510 I need my men here in Cornwall. 200 00:13:51,715 --> 00:13:53,626 The Saxons are massing off our coast. 201 00:13:53,955 --> 00:13:56,423 The king believes it's just a feint, Gorlois. 202 00:13:56,515 --> 00:13:59,473 He's ordered all his war dukes to assemble on the south coast. 203 00:13:59,555 --> 00:14:02,228 Uther Pendragon can't know the mind of the Saxons. 204 00:14:03,555 --> 00:14:05,944 -I must keep the safety of my land. -Sir. 205 00:14:06,315 --> 00:14:09,512 This is not a request. It's an order from your king. 206 00:14:09,755 --> 00:14:12,349 He's asked you to bring your army to him straight away. 207 00:14:12,435 --> 00:14:14,505 I am the Duke of Cornwall, Captain. 208 00:14:14,595 --> 00:14:16,074 Uther Pendragon is not. 209 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:18,623 But as his Duke, you've sworn your army to him. 210 00:14:18,955 --> 00:14:21,150 Are you going to betray him at the first test? 211 00:14:21,235 --> 00:14:23,544 Watch what you say, Captain. 212 00:14:23,675 --> 00:14:27,031 When I've seen off this Saxon threat, then I'll consider... 213 00:14:27,395 --> 00:14:30,626 ...whether I'll be able to help the Pendragon in his schemes. 214 00:14:30,715 --> 00:14:32,831 If you refuse the High King now... 215 00:14:33,555 --> 00:14:35,113 ...he will become your enemy. 216 00:14:37,155 --> 00:14:39,953 If Uther Pendragon thinks he can fight the Saxons... 217 00:14:40,715 --> 00:14:42,273 ...and then fight me after... 218 00:14:42,675 --> 00:14:43,790 ...let him try! 219 00:14:47,915 --> 00:14:49,234 I was too young then... 220 00:14:49,475 --> 00:14:53,184 ...to understand why my father hated the High King so much. 221 00:14:53,395 --> 00:14:57,274 But the moment he rode out to hold the Saxons at bay at Cameldun... 222 00:14:57,835 --> 00:15:00,144 ...the magic of Avalon began to work. 223 00:15:03,715 --> 00:15:04,784 Sister? 224 00:15:05,355 --> 00:15:06,788 Sister, hear me. 225 00:15:17,915 --> 00:15:18,904 Viviane! 226 00:15:19,555 --> 00:15:20,351 Igraine... 227 00:15:21,315 --> 00:15:24,352 ...you must listen if you want to see Uther alive again. 228 00:15:24,795 --> 00:15:27,753 I will not see him. I will not betray my husband. 229 00:15:28,035 --> 00:15:30,105 Then the man you love will die tonight. 230 00:15:30,795 --> 00:15:32,706 I do not love Uther! 231 00:15:32,995 --> 00:15:37,147 Sister, listen, because there isn't much time. 232 00:15:38,235 --> 00:15:41,307 Gorlois is planning to surprise Uther while he sleeps. 233 00:15:42,035 --> 00:15:43,673 You must warn him. 234 00:15:44,035 --> 00:15:46,265 Save him, and save Avalon. 235 00:15:48,035 --> 00:15:50,629 But like all of us of the old ways... 236 00:15:50,715 --> 00:15:55,027 ...you must believe that this is not the only life where we could have met. 237 00:16:00,395 --> 00:16:03,068 There's something between our souls already. 238 00:16:13,235 --> 00:16:17,513 Now my mother could see how she could save Uther's life... 239 00:16:17,875 --> 00:16:21,663 ...but she did not see the terrible price we would all have to pay. 240 00:17:19,155 --> 00:17:22,431 There he is, sleeping away his last night on earth. 241 00:17:23,235 --> 00:17:25,624 I want Uther deep in his dreams... 242 00:17:25,715 --> 00:17:28,183 ...when I drive my sword in his chest. 243 00:17:31,115 --> 00:17:32,230 Uther! 244 00:17:36,755 --> 00:17:38,188 What was that? 245 00:17:45,955 --> 00:17:49,072 There's magic at work. I can feel it! 246 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:03,870 Uther? 247 00:18:06,275 --> 00:18:08,584 Gorlois is not at Cameldun. 248 00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:12,185 His men are in the hills above your camp. 249 00:18:14,315 --> 00:18:15,873 Save yourselves. 250 00:18:19,355 --> 00:18:20,504 Save yourselves. 251 00:18:21,755 --> 00:18:22,710 Igraine? 252 00:18:29,635 --> 00:18:31,910 Sir, are you not well? 253 00:18:36,715 --> 00:18:38,592 Let's prepare, Captain... 254 00:18:38,875 --> 00:18:40,866 ...to show how we best welcome a traitor. 255 00:19:17,275 --> 00:19:18,754 Uther! 256 00:20:31,395 --> 00:20:33,431 We can stop this now, Gorlois. 257 00:20:33,635 --> 00:20:34,704 It's up to you! 258 00:20:48,955 --> 00:20:50,274 Mother, where are you? 259 00:20:51,275 --> 00:20:52,105 Mother? 260 00:20:57,155 --> 00:20:58,793 -She'll be all right. -Igraine! 261 00:20:58,915 --> 00:21:00,826 There are herbs that will cure her. 262 00:21:00,915 --> 00:21:02,268 Let's get her into bed. 263 00:21:17,955 --> 00:21:19,183 Open the gate! 264 00:21:19,275 --> 00:21:20,424 The Duchess is ill. 265 00:21:20,515 --> 00:21:22,665 -We have to find the herbs! -Open the gate. 266 00:21:22,755 --> 00:21:24,632 We have orders not to, my lady. 267 00:21:24,715 --> 00:21:25,386 What? 268 00:21:25,475 --> 00:21:28,865 Neither you, nor Lady Igraine can leave the castle in the Duke's absence. 269 00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:30,149 My mother is dying. 270 00:21:30,235 --> 00:21:32,510 I'm sorry. I have my orders. 271 00:21:42,995 --> 00:21:44,951 -Be careful, Morgaine. -All right. 272 00:21:46,595 --> 00:21:48,665 It's over there, by the trees. 273 00:22:08,475 --> 00:22:11,990 See Morgaine there? Fetch her. 274 00:22:21,475 --> 00:22:22,874 Come along, Morgaine. 275 00:22:22,955 --> 00:22:25,594 Would you fly in the face of your father's authority? 276 00:22:26,195 --> 00:22:28,629 The herbs are for my mother. She's dying. 277 00:22:29,075 --> 00:22:30,508 Captain! That's enough. 278 00:22:32,915 --> 00:22:34,394 Now let me pass. 279 00:22:35,155 --> 00:22:37,430 Not you, Merlin, nor any man. 280 00:22:37,795 --> 00:22:39,706 Not even your Lord Gorlois. 281 00:22:45,275 --> 00:22:48,108 Sir, I recognize your armor. 282 00:22:49,195 --> 00:22:52,073 But, sir, I must do as you commanded me. 283 00:22:52,275 --> 00:22:53,947 I must ask to see your face. 284 00:22:56,515 --> 00:22:58,233 Show him your face, Gorlois. 285 00:23:12,635 --> 00:23:13,954 Let my daughter go. 286 00:23:14,635 --> 00:23:15,750 Father! 287 00:23:19,155 --> 00:23:22,545 I was overjoyed that my father had come safely back to us... 288 00:23:23,715 --> 00:23:25,353 ...but then I saw the dragon... 289 00:23:27,075 --> 00:23:28,747 ...and I began to understand. 290 00:23:44,475 --> 00:23:45,874 What are you doing here? 291 00:23:46,115 --> 00:23:47,912 I'm waiting for my father. 292 00:23:48,835 --> 00:23:51,030 He's upstairs, with your mother. 293 00:23:51,235 --> 00:23:52,634 My father is dead. 294 00:23:54,195 --> 00:23:55,913 Well, if your father is dead... 295 00:23:57,035 --> 00:23:58,832 ...then who would that be upstairs? 296 00:23:59,435 --> 00:24:01,073 The man with the dragon. 297 00:24:09,635 --> 00:24:11,353 The man of the prophesy. 298 00:24:16,155 --> 00:24:17,873 You be wary of Viviane, child. 299 00:24:19,195 --> 00:24:21,026 She'll catch you in her web... 300 00:24:21,115 --> 00:24:24,505 ...like a little fly, just as she's tried to do to the rest of us. 301 00:24:25,155 --> 00:24:26,793 She won't have me, though. 302 00:24:27,675 --> 00:24:29,905 I've learned how to keep a step ahead of her. 303 00:24:57,715 --> 00:24:59,034 This is witchcraft. 304 00:25:06,675 --> 00:25:08,233 He challenged the High King. 305 00:25:08,755 --> 00:25:11,064 It was not Uther's wish to kill him. 306 00:25:11,315 --> 00:25:12,509 He had no choice. 307 00:25:23,835 --> 00:25:25,712 What went through my mother's mind... 308 00:25:25,795 --> 00:25:29,674 ...as she saw her husband lying dead at the hand of Uther Pendragon? 309 00:25:36,995 --> 00:25:38,394 None of this mattered... 310 00:25:38,475 --> 00:25:40,352 ...to my Aunt Morgause... 311 00:25:40,515 --> 00:25:42,346 ...because in King Lot of Orkney... 312 00:25:42,675 --> 00:25:45,189 ...she saw at last, her own path to power. 313 00:25:48,675 --> 00:25:51,985 For the first time, I saw Uther Pendragon face to face... 314 00:25:52,275 --> 00:25:54,994 ...and began to understand the power of Avalon. 315 00:25:55,755 --> 00:25:58,508 Britain's greatest Christian warrior was dead. 316 00:25:58,755 --> 00:26:01,713 King Uther alone would turn back the Saxon hordes... 317 00:26:02,035 --> 00:26:05,744 ...and Avalon would be saved by one who believed in the Goddess. 318 00:26:09,355 --> 00:26:11,823 Uther took us to his castle at Camelot... 319 00:26:11,915 --> 00:26:14,270 ...and made my mother his High Queen. 320 00:27:10,235 --> 00:27:13,511 All the unhappiness of the past seemed to be swept away... 321 00:27:13,955 --> 00:27:17,106 ...when I saw my little brother, Arthur, for the first time. 322 00:27:26,435 --> 00:27:27,231 Help me. 323 00:27:31,515 --> 00:27:33,790 Arthur! Morgaine! 324 00:28:13,515 --> 00:28:15,153 What are they doing? 325 00:28:15,635 --> 00:28:18,069 They're praying to the Goddess for a good harvest. 326 00:28:18,195 --> 00:28:21,073 The Goddess? The one Father Cuthbert doesn't like? 327 00:28:28,475 --> 00:28:31,353 And now she'll look after their seeds, and make them grow... 328 00:28:31,435 --> 00:28:32,993 ...all through spring. 329 00:28:33,075 --> 00:28:35,635 So these people don't like Jesus Christ? 330 00:28:36,155 --> 00:28:37,793 Some of them do. 331 00:28:37,875 --> 00:28:39,752 But others still pray to the Goddess. 332 00:28:40,795 --> 00:28:43,309 Can there be a God and a Goddess at the same time? 333 00:28:43,395 --> 00:28:47,866 Of course. It's just like having a father and a mother. 334 00:28:55,555 --> 00:28:58,388 It was a time of happiness for me and my little brother. 335 00:28:59,195 --> 00:29:01,345 And it seemed my new father... 336 00:29:01,675 --> 00:29:04,906 ...King Uther, would keep the Saxons at bay forever. 337 00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:14,954 Then one day I heard a familiar voice down in the royal chamber... 338 00:29:15,315 --> 00:29:18,273 ...and I knew that everything was about to change again. 339 00:29:19,835 --> 00:29:21,632 You shall now teach your son. 340 00:29:21,795 --> 00:29:22,989 But he's still a boy. 341 00:29:23,115 --> 00:29:25,948 Arthur must be fostered to protect his future destiny... 342 00:29:26,115 --> 00:29:28,071 ...and to protect him from his enemies. 343 00:29:28,395 --> 00:29:30,545 It was an agreement you made a long time ago. 344 00:29:33,035 --> 00:29:34,184 And with this... 345 00:29:34,355 --> 00:29:37,427 ...you must give me Morgaine to foster in Avalon. 346 00:29:39,355 --> 00:29:40,265 Never. 347 00:29:40,515 --> 00:29:41,743 She has the Sight. 348 00:29:42,875 --> 00:29:45,787 She was born with it. She can never escape the Unseen. 349 00:29:45,955 --> 00:29:47,832 I'd rather raise her as a Christian woman. 350 00:29:47,915 --> 00:29:48,665 No! 351 00:29:48,795 --> 00:29:52,026 At worst, no harm could come to her behind convent walls. 352 00:29:52,195 --> 00:29:54,072 The girl was born to be a priestess. 353 00:29:54,675 --> 00:29:56,791 She must be properly trained to her gifts. 354 00:29:57,035 --> 00:29:58,354 Enough of this, woman! 355 00:29:59,075 --> 00:30:01,031 You're in my land now, where I'm king. 356 00:30:01,315 --> 00:30:02,464 You are king. 357 00:30:04,275 --> 00:30:05,594 But who put you there? 358 00:30:05,675 --> 00:30:08,109 How long do you think you'll hold on to the throne... 359 00:30:08,195 --> 00:30:10,026 ...if Avalon withdraws its support? 360 00:30:10,115 --> 00:30:13,187 You'd bring ruin to your own sister in order to have your way? 361 00:30:13,395 --> 00:30:16,910 I'd do anything to see that Arthur and Morgaine fulfill their destinies. 362 00:30:17,955 --> 00:30:22,187 You can't take both my children from me at the same time. 363 00:30:22,675 --> 00:30:25,553 Your children will be safe and happy... 364 00:30:26,275 --> 00:30:28,231 ...each growing toward their own fate. 365 00:30:28,515 --> 00:30:30,585 You must learn to be content with that... 366 00:30:31,115 --> 00:30:32,673 ...and with each other. 367 00:30:35,635 --> 00:30:38,468 You will always be in my heart, always. 368 00:30:39,715 --> 00:30:41,273 Goodbye, Mother. 369 00:30:43,195 --> 00:30:44,264 Father. 370 00:31:17,635 --> 00:31:19,626 -What are you doing? -Mother? 371 00:31:20,475 --> 00:31:22,670 -Where are you taking him? -You must understand. 372 00:31:22,755 --> 00:31:26,065 You each have training to undergo. It must happen in different places. 373 00:31:26,155 --> 00:31:28,066 No! You can't take my brother away from me! 374 00:31:28,155 --> 00:31:29,508 Don't leave me, Morgaine! 375 00:31:29,595 --> 00:31:30,710 Arthur! 376 00:31:32,795 --> 00:31:35,832 Don't take him away from me, please! I'll do anything you ask! 377 00:31:35,915 --> 00:31:37,587 I'll be good! I promise! 378 00:31:37,675 --> 00:31:39,233 We all make sacrifices. 379 00:31:39,315 --> 00:31:42,864 What we want and what's right are sometimes different things. 380 00:31:46,515 --> 00:31:49,029 You must give him your strength, child. 381 00:31:55,195 --> 00:31:56,947 We'll be strong, Arthur, won't we? 382 00:32:01,035 --> 00:32:02,753 That game we play: 383 00:32:02,835 --> 00:32:05,793 At night, if you get scared, you can call to me... 384 00:32:07,475 --> 00:32:10,672 ...and if you hold your breath and listen hard enough in the dark... 385 00:32:10,755 --> 00:32:13,030 ...you'll hear me whisper back to you. 386 00:32:22,515 --> 00:32:24,506 I'll never leave your side. 387 00:32:28,355 --> 00:32:30,346 -Goodbye. -'Bye. 388 00:32:35,235 --> 00:32:36,588 Come, Morgaine. 389 00:32:38,955 --> 00:32:40,991 Leaving my parents was hard... 390 00:32:41,235 --> 00:32:44,386 ...but leaving my little brother was almost more than I could bear. 391 00:32:46,155 --> 00:32:50,194 Still, on that day we parted, one north, one south... 392 00:32:50,835 --> 00:32:53,144 ...riding towards our separate fates. 393 00:33:15,595 --> 00:33:17,472 The Goddess is everything in nature... 394 00:33:18,475 --> 00:33:20,864 ...and everything in nature is sacred. 395 00:33:22,355 --> 00:33:25,347 Look. That is her face. 396 00:33:27,875 --> 00:33:28,671 Listen. 397 00:33:31,155 --> 00:33:32,474 That is her voice. 398 00:33:34,435 --> 00:33:36,710 She's in everything that is beautiful. 399 00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:39,710 And everything that is harrowing as well. 400 00:33:41,555 --> 00:33:45,150 The guardians of Avalon appeared silently on the hilltops... 401 00:33:45,235 --> 00:33:48,750 ...as we came nearer the lake that enclosed the mysterious island. 402 00:33:58,035 --> 00:34:01,823 When we reached the edge of the lake and looked out into the mist... 403 00:34:01,915 --> 00:34:06,306 ...I couldn't believe that behind it lay all the wonders that I'd dreamt about. 404 00:34:06,795 --> 00:34:08,023 Where are we? 405 00:34:08,155 --> 00:34:09,952 On the borders of Avalon. 406 00:34:10,595 --> 00:34:12,551 This is Avalon? 407 00:35:01,955 --> 00:35:06,471 As we moved closer to the mists, a chill crept across my heart. 408 00:35:06,915 --> 00:35:09,383 If I passed through that curtain... 409 00:35:09,475 --> 00:35:12,592 ...would I ever be able to return to my little brother Arthur? 410 00:35:19,555 --> 00:35:20,908 Is that Avalon? 411 00:35:20,995 --> 00:35:22,951 It looks like a Christian monastery. 412 00:35:23,035 --> 00:35:24,184 It does. 413 00:35:24,275 --> 00:35:26,914 But Avalon is beneath it, behind it... 414 00:35:27,755 --> 00:35:29,154 ...deeper in the mist. 415 00:35:30,195 --> 00:35:33,153 It was there long before the Christians built their monastery. 416 00:36:19,235 --> 00:36:20,907 How beautiful! 417 00:36:22,475 --> 00:36:23,794 Beautiful, yes. 418 00:36:24,675 --> 00:36:28,634 But unless we succeed in our quest, it's also doomed. 419 00:36:40,515 --> 00:36:45,589 I finally arrived and was about to enter the great sisterhood of the Goddess. 420 00:37:38,475 --> 00:37:39,828 What is your name? 421 00:37:41,915 --> 00:37:42,984 Her name is Raven. 422 00:37:43,395 --> 00:37:45,909 She's taken a vow of silence to the Goddess. 423 00:37:48,075 --> 00:37:50,111 But silence, I think, is not for you. 424 00:37:50,635 --> 00:37:53,308 You have your own challenges to meet. 425 00:37:55,915 --> 00:37:56,631 Come. 426 00:38:02,355 --> 00:38:04,505 The Goddess holds all things in balance: 427 00:38:05,315 --> 00:38:09,786 Good and evil, death and rebirth. 428 00:38:10,395 --> 00:38:13,546 The predator and the prey. 429 00:38:14,435 --> 00:38:17,871 Without her, destruction and chaos will prevail. 430 00:38:20,395 --> 00:38:23,990 And so began my initiation into the secrets of Avalon. 431 00:38:24,435 --> 00:38:28,667 A path that would lead me to become a priestess of the ancient religion. 432 00:38:29,195 --> 00:38:32,392 Gradually, I began to look on the Mother Goddess as my own mother... 433 00:38:33,515 --> 00:38:35,949 ...and as the mother of the earth itself. 434 00:38:51,395 --> 00:38:54,432 But there was more to being a priestess than acquiring knowledge. 435 00:38:55,275 --> 00:38:59,154 There was also the task of acquiring power over every element... 436 00:38:59,675 --> 00:39:01,154 ...one by one. 437 00:39:18,315 --> 00:39:19,589 How did you do that? 438 00:39:21,715 --> 00:39:23,546 Show me, Viviane. I want to learn. 439 00:39:45,435 --> 00:39:46,629 Morgaine! 440 00:40:01,555 --> 00:40:03,864 Morgaine, you have to concentrate. 441 00:40:06,555 --> 00:40:07,954 But I saw my brother. 442 00:40:08,355 --> 00:40:11,267 You must learn to distinguish visions from reality. 443 00:40:12,315 --> 00:40:14,909 This time, keep your mind in one place. 444 00:40:47,395 --> 00:40:48,714 It would take years... 445 00:40:48,835 --> 00:40:52,669 ...until I was deemed ready for the greatest test of all: 446 00:40:52,835 --> 00:40:55,827 To part the mists of Avalon. 447 00:41:33,315 --> 00:41:36,387 And at last, I was fit to be given the sacred mark... 448 00:41:36,635 --> 00:41:39,593 ...that only those dedicated to the Goddess may wear. 449 00:41:55,035 --> 00:41:57,549 Welcome to the service of the Goddess. 450 00:42:02,635 --> 00:42:04,034 She's been taken. 451 00:42:17,955 --> 00:42:19,547 As a priestess of Avalon... 452 00:42:19,635 --> 00:42:22,786 ...I was bidden one day to open the mists for a visitor. 453 00:42:23,155 --> 00:42:27,194 I was certain that my longing for my brother would finally be over. 454 00:42:27,435 --> 00:42:28,390 Arthur? 455 00:42:42,115 --> 00:42:44,913 Not Arthur, lady. But his cousin. 456 00:42:45,195 --> 00:42:47,265 Your cousin, I think, if you're Morgaine. 457 00:42:47,355 --> 00:42:49,789 My cousin? By whom? 458 00:42:50,035 --> 00:42:51,787 Your mentor, the Lady of the Lake. 459 00:42:53,355 --> 00:42:55,346 -Then you must be-- -Lancelot. 460 00:42:57,155 --> 00:43:00,033 You can embrace me if you like. We are family after all. 461 00:43:02,275 --> 00:43:02,991 Come. 462 00:43:03,075 --> 00:43:06,033 Lancelot had not come for the pleasure of seeing his relatives. 463 00:43:06,315 --> 00:43:09,148 He had come to confront his mother, Viviane. 464 00:43:09,395 --> 00:43:11,465 Even you can't want me to stay in Avalon... 465 00:43:11,555 --> 00:43:13,705 ...while the Saxons destroy the real world. 466 00:43:13,795 --> 00:43:15,433 Then Avalon's not real for you? 467 00:43:16,035 --> 00:43:17,309 Not as real as battle. 468 00:43:19,795 --> 00:43:21,865 You always say we mustn't deny our nature. 469 00:43:22,275 --> 00:43:24,664 Well, it's my nature to fight at the front lines. 470 00:43:24,875 --> 00:43:26,945 If you stayed here to gather our wisdom... 471 00:43:27,235 --> 00:43:30,432 ...you could lead the struggle, rather than being caught up in it. 472 00:43:32,235 --> 00:43:34,544 I have come here for your blessing. 473 00:43:34,635 --> 00:43:36,307 I'd be glad to have it. 474 00:43:37,595 --> 00:43:38,994 I'm asking for it, lady... 475 00:43:39,075 --> 00:43:42,272 ...but in truth, I will set my course with or without your blessing. 476 00:43:42,355 --> 00:43:46,189 I've lived in a world where men do not wait on a woman's bidding to come and go. 477 00:43:46,275 --> 00:43:48,027 How dare you speak to me like that? 478 00:43:48,155 --> 00:43:49,224 Mother, please. 479 00:43:49,315 --> 00:43:51,306 Don't think you can soften me on this. 480 00:43:52,035 --> 00:43:54,424 Mother, I don't expect to soften you on anything. 481 00:43:55,235 --> 00:43:57,351 Go up to the stone circle, both of you. 482 00:43:57,835 --> 00:44:01,430 If you must say your farewells to Avalon, I insist you make them from there. 483 00:44:01,755 --> 00:44:02,744 Why, Mother? 484 00:44:03,075 --> 00:44:06,272 You wish me to approve of your decision? Then do as I ask. 485 00:44:49,915 --> 00:44:52,793 I think you spend too much time riding horses. 486 00:44:54,195 --> 00:44:55,344 Well, this is it. 487 00:44:56,315 --> 00:44:58,624 This is what your mother wanted me to show you. 488 00:44:59,075 --> 00:45:00,224 Nonsense. 489 00:45:00,755 --> 00:45:02,393 You must know my mother by now. 490 00:45:04,635 --> 00:45:08,389 She wanted us to feel the power of the Ring together, so I would-- 491 00:45:08,515 --> 00:45:10,426 So you might decide to stay. 492 00:45:11,555 --> 00:45:13,352 She's full of strategy, my mother. 493 00:45:13,795 --> 00:45:15,308 I think you may be right. 494 00:45:16,795 --> 00:45:18,114 I do feel it, though. 495 00:45:20,075 --> 00:45:21,030 The Ring. 496 00:45:23,675 --> 00:45:25,586 I can feel it flowing through me. 497 00:45:28,235 --> 00:45:32,353 I felt it as a child, but now it's different. 498 00:45:34,435 --> 00:45:35,629 Do you feel it? 499 00:45:36,555 --> 00:45:40,434 Of course. I am of the same blood as you. 500 00:45:47,995 --> 00:45:48,666 Look. 501 00:45:52,995 --> 00:45:55,987 The Christians. Can they see us? 502 00:45:56,715 --> 00:45:59,627 No. They're in Glastonbury. We're in Avalon. 503 00:46:00,155 --> 00:46:02,111 They can't even see the stones. 504 00:46:08,795 --> 00:46:11,150 -Are you sure they can't see us? -Yes. 505 00:46:14,275 --> 00:46:15,594 She senses something. 506 00:46:22,635 --> 00:46:25,069 You can part the veil between worlds. Do it! 507 00:46:25,195 --> 00:46:27,584 No, I will not use the arts for play. 508 00:46:27,995 --> 00:46:29,348 This is not play. 509 00:46:30,235 --> 00:46:32,385 Or is it because you can't do it, Cousin? 510 00:46:47,835 --> 00:46:49,314 Where did you come from? 511 00:46:49,635 --> 00:46:50,954 Don't be frightened. 512 00:46:51,275 --> 00:46:52,867 We haven't come from anywhere. 513 00:46:53,315 --> 00:46:55,033 You have. You're in Avalon. 514 00:46:56,595 --> 00:46:58,347 One of the fairy people. 515 00:46:59,715 --> 00:47:01,353 Keep her away from me. 516 00:47:01,955 --> 00:47:03,229 She's not a fairy. 517 00:47:03,795 --> 00:47:05,228 She's as mortal as you are. 518 00:47:08,755 --> 00:47:10,154 I'm Lancelot... 519 00:47:10,395 --> 00:47:12,386 ...and this is my cousin, Morgaine. 520 00:47:14,115 --> 00:47:15,070 Who are you? 521 00:47:16,955 --> 00:47:20,265 Guinevere. Daughter of King Loedekrantz. 522 00:47:23,155 --> 00:47:24,588 I must be dreaming. 523 00:47:24,675 --> 00:47:26,905 This can't be Avalon. Avalon doesn't exist. 524 00:47:27,235 --> 00:47:28,588 It does. 525 00:47:31,395 --> 00:47:33,545 Where does it lead, that path? 526 00:47:34,955 --> 00:47:37,230 Down to the lawns and the groves. 527 00:47:37,835 --> 00:47:40,349 Each place is more beautiful than the last. 528 00:47:44,995 --> 00:47:46,587 May I stay a while? 529 00:47:47,075 --> 00:47:48,747 Will you show them to me? 530 00:47:51,235 --> 00:47:52,350 Of course. 531 00:47:53,235 --> 00:47:55,066 You may stay as long as you like. 532 00:48:03,315 --> 00:48:04,828 Can you hear me? 533 00:48:05,995 --> 00:48:07,223 Where did you go? 534 00:48:09,115 --> 00:48:09,945 Lancelot? 535 00:48:27,875 --> 00:48:29,752 She's trained you well, your mentor. 536 00:48:30,755 --> 00:48:32,347 What do you mean by that? 537 00:48:33,435 --> 00:48:37,474 For a moment there, when I looked at you, it was just like looking at my mother. 538 00:48:42,155 --> 00:48:45,192 I know she's waiting. I shall go and give her my decision now. 539 00:48:45,715 --> 00:48:47,592 And what have you decided, Cousin? 540 00:48:48,355 --> 00:48:50,391 I have the power to lead men in battle. 541 00:48:51,955 --> 00:48:53,468 That's what I intend to do. 542 00:48:54,995 --> 00:48:57,111 As Lancelot announced his decision... 543 00:48:58,035 --> 00:49:01,994 ...deep within me there stirred something I had felt for no man before. 544 00:49:03,435 --> 00:49:06,233 Within days, on the orders of Viviane... 545 00:49:06,555 --> 00:49:09,831 ...I was on my way to take part in the fertility rites known... 546 00:49:09,955 --> 00:49:11,513 ...as the Beltane feast... 547 00:49:12,155 --> 00:49:15,227 ...the ceremony she called "the great marriage." 548 00:49:16,355 --> 00:49:18,915 To whom I would be given, I did not know. 549 00:49:19,195 --> 00:49:22,790 But Viviane assured me that the future of Avalon... 550 00:49:22,915 --> 00:49:26,385 ...depended on my playing the role of the virgin huntress... 551 00:49:27,395 --> 00:49:31,183 ...and that my partner would be the man who killed the king stag. 552 00:53:36,075 --> 00:53:40,512 As I returned to the Holy Isle, a great longing gripped my heart: 553 00:53:41,475 --> 00:53:45,548 I hoped that the man at the Beltane rites had been Lancelot. 554 00:53:46,915 --> 00:53:49,270 But I had never seen his face. 555 00:53:49,355 --> 00:53:52,188 There had been no hint as to who he really was. 556 00:53:58,035 --> 00:54:00,833 Who was she? When can I see her again? 557 00:54:01,115 --> 00:54:03,629 You were only meant to know her for one night, Arthur. 558 00:54:04,115 --> 00:54:05,468 Well, you can conjure. 559 00:54:05,555 --> 00:54:07,785 At least show me her face. I never saw her face. 560 00:54:07,875 --> 00:54:10,753 You will never know the identity of the virgin huntress. 561 00:54:11,315 --> 00:54:14,512 That knowledge is sacred and you must let it be. 562 00:54:16,035 --> 00:54:21,029 Your training is over, and you must return to the new world. 563 00:54:21,115 --> 00:54:22,309 Why now? 564 00:54:23,235 --> 00:54:24,873 Because your father needs you. 565 00:54:30,435 --> 00:54:32,903 As Arthur rode in search of his father that day... 566 00:54:33,795 --> 00:54:36,355 ...Uther Pendragon was facing his greatest test. 567 00:54:36,995 --> 00:54:39,634 The Saxons had descended on Britain again... 568 00:54:40,035 --> 00:54:41,309 ...in force. 569 00:54:49,315 --> 00:54:50,270 Father! 570 00:55:19,075 --> 00:55:20,554 -Father! -Arthur. 571 00:55:23,635 --> 00:55:26,547 You've come home only in time to see me die. 572 00:55:27,075 --> 00:55:28,428 You're not going to die! 573 00:55:28,635 --> 00:55:31,786 My boy, let's forget this world now... 574 00:55:32,515 --> 00:55:34,551 ...and let's talk about the next. 575 00:55:35,795 --> 00:55:38,992 Come closer to me. I'm cold. 576 00:55:41,475 --> 00:55:42,385 Come, my boy. 577 00:55:42,475 --> 00:55:43,703 I'm here. 578 00:55:44,315 --> 00:55:47,034 And so ends the High Kingdom of Britain. 579 00:55:48,395 --> 00:55:51,307 It is a great pity you never had the chance to rule. 580 00:55:52,155 --> 00:55:54,669 I think you would have been a good king. 581 00:55:59,915 --> 00:56:01,143 Father! 582 00:56:27,235 --> 00:56:28,907 -Arthur! -I know. 583 00:56:28,995 --> 00:56:30,348 There isn't any time. 584 00:56:38,355 --> 00:56:40,949 I call on the powers of heaven and earth: 585 00:56:41,315 --> 00:56:42,543 Aid me now! 586 00:56:43,675 --> 00:56:46,951 I call on the God of heaven and the Goddess of the earth! 587 00:56:47,035 --> 00:56:48,150 Help me now! 588 00:56:49,995 --> 00:56:52,111 You called on God and the Goddess. 589 00:56:52,675 --> 00:56:54,427 It is the Goddess who answers. 590 00:56:56,835 --> 00:56:58,268 Listen, Arthur. 591 00:56:58,755 --> 00:57:00,905 You are ready to be High King. 592 00:57:01,275 --> 00:57:05,553 And this will be granted to you, if you have the support of Avalon. 593 00:57:06,515 --> 00:57:08,267 Avalon will lift you up... 594 00:57:08,835 --> 00:57:11,144 ...if you promise to obey the old ways... 595 00:57:11,235 --> 00:57:13,874 ...and keep the Goddess alive in men's hearts. 596 00:57:16,835 --> 00:57:17,665 Swear it! 597 00:57:18,595 --> 00:57:19,550 I swear! 598 00:57:20,355 --> 00:57:22,186 Then look to the altar. 599 00:57:24,195 --> 00:57:25,310 It is Excalibur... 600 00:57:26,635 --> 00:57:28,626 ...the great sword of Avalon. 601 00:57:31,755 --> 00:57:33,950 You are blessed by the Goddess. 602 00:57:34,235 --> 00:57:36,191 You have the strength to draw it. 603 00:57:40,355 --> 00:57:41,834 Take it, Arthur! 604 00:57:46,435 --> 00:57:47,868 Take it and rule. 605 00:57:49,795 --> 00:57:51,228 Take it, Arthur. 606 00:58:00,755 --> 00:58:02,074 Take it and rule. 607 00:58:08,595 --> 00:58:10,586 Arthur? 608 00:58:14,715 --> 00:58:16,034 Call to Excalibur! 609 00:58:21,195 --> 00:58:24,267 To me, men of Britain! To me! 610 00:58:29,515 --> 00:58:31,392 Arthur turned the tide of battle... 611 00:58:31,475 --> 00:58:34,353 ...and the Saxons were thrown back from our shores... 612 00:58:34,955 --> 00:58:36,946 ...for a time at least. 613 00:58:37,275 --> 00:58:40,267 As the day approached for his coronation as High King... 614 00:58:40,595 --> 00:58:43,393 ...all of Britain seemed to be gathering at Camelot... 615 00:58:43,955 --> 00:58:46,594 ...to celebrate the beginning of a new era. 616 00:59:09,195 --> 00:59:12,346 Even King Lot of Orkney had come down from his Scottish Islands... 617 00:59:12,995 --> 00:59:16,351 ...with my Aunt Morgause as his wife and queen. 618 00:59:16,795 --> 00:59:19,434 -My dear child. -You can't call me that anymore. 619 00:59:20,075 --> 00:59:22,066 Morgaine, Morgaine. 620 00:59:22,275 --> 00:59:24,425 -Mother, is this my cousin? -It is. 621 00:59:24,515 --> 00:59:26,904 This is Gawain, our firstborn. 622 00:59:28,635 --> 00:59:30,785 It's an honor to meet a priestess of Avalon. 623 00:59:30,915 --> 00:59:32,667 The pleasure is mine. 624 00:59:33,155 --> 00:59:35,715 I've heard many interesting things about the place. 625 00:59:36,315 --> 00:59:39,387 They say you make yourselves tiny and ride around on sparrows. 626 00:59:40,715 --> 00:59:43,229 I think the fancy is more interesting than the facts. 627 00:59:43,395 --> 00:59:46,068 It is good fortune that you returned, Morgaine. 628 00:59:46,595 --> 00:59:49,234 Your mother will take great comfort from your presence. 629 00:59:49,675 --> 00:59:50,744 Where is she? 630 00:59:56,235 --> 00:59:57,224 Mother? 631 01:00:11,715 --> 01:00:13,068 I lost them all. 632 01:00:14,595 --> 01:00:16,984 All those years when you were a little girl. 633 01:00:18,435 --> 01:00:20,869 I should have been with you, not Viviane. 634 01:00:21,515 --> 01:00:23,710 I should never have allowed it. 635 01:00:25,475 --> 01:00:28,706 Mother, you had no choice. 636 01:00:32,475 --> 01:00:35,592 He used to sit there, where you are now, when he was at home. 637 01:00:37,195 --> 01:00:41,074 You must not let this grief keep you from celebrating Arthur's accession. 638 01:00:43,635 --> 01:00:44,863 Morgaine... 639 01:00:45,435 --> 01:00:48,313 ...when Arthur is crowned, I'm going to go to Glastonbury. 640 01:00:48,395 --> 01:00:50,431 Why don't you come to Avalon with me? 641 01:00:51,875 --> 01:00:53,547 I've given enough to Avalon. 642 01:00:54,275 --> 01:00:56,948 Your mother has many Christian friends. 643 01:00:57,475 --> 01:00:59,033 They will be good to her. 644 01:01:00,475 --> 01:01:02,386 You mean you'll be taking vows? 645 01:01:05,275 --> 01:01:08,904 I've buried two husbands. I won't love again. 646 01:01:09,995 --> 01:01:11,747 And now Uther has gone. 647 01:01:12,155 --> 01:01:15,704 I need forgiveness for what I did to your father... 648 01:01:18,515 --> 01:01:20,631 ...and I'll only find that in Glastonbury. 649 01:01:27,395 --> 01:01:28,350 Remember... 650 01:01:29,515 --> 01:01:31,870 ...the future of Camelot lies within you all. 651 01:01:50,115 --> 01:01:51,070 Watch them. 652 01:01:57,795 --> 01:01:59,274 Come on, watch the eyes. 653 01:02:01,955 --> 01:02:05,106 Kay, keep that shield up. Otherwise, Bedevere will have your neck. 654 01:02:23,115 --> 01:02:24,628 Here, my friend. 655 01:02:51,995 --> 01:02:55,271 And that's what happens when you let the king teach you how to fight. 656 01:02:55,395 --> 01:02:56,384 Almost a king. 657 01:03:04,635 --> 01:03:06,034 Another bride for you. 658 01:03:06,675 --> 01:03:09,587 Come. You must meet her. This one is special. 659 01:03:10,235 --> 01:03:11,987 The Bishop wants me to marry her. 660 01:03:12,955 --> 01:03:15,469 You are ever welcome at Camelot, miss. 661 01:03:15,555 --> 01:03:17,910 It's an honor to attend so brave a warrior. 662 01:03:17,995 --> 01:03:19,428 Then you must meet another. 663 01:03:19,515 --> 01:03:21,471 This is my good friend, Lancelot. 664 01:03:24,195 --> 01:03:27,346 Will you lift your veil? You have an unfair advantage over us. 665 01:03:37,195 --> 01:03:38,310 Lancelot... 666 01:03:39,355 --> 01:03:41,152 ...Guinevere of Loedekrantz. 667 01:03:46,075 --> 01:03:47,269 Say something. 668 01:03:49,755 --> 01:03:51,347 I'm your servant, miss. 669 01:03:54,435 --> 01:03:57,666 He is a man of few words, my lady, but he is our finest soldier. 670 01:04:02,475 --> 01:04:04,545 -Who's that? -Who? 671 01:04:04,635 --> 01:04:06,193 Up there, on the balcony. 672 01:04:08,235 --> 01:04:11,068 Don't you recognize your own sister? That's Morgaine. 673 01:04:11,795 --> 01:04:14,150 Come from Avalon to honor you tomorrow. 674 01:04:17,915 --> 01:04:20,031 Excuse me, my lady, I must greet my sister. 675 01:04:46,115 --> 01:04:47,594 Where's my little brother? 676 01:04:50,595 --> 01:04:53,746 He's here. He's still here. 677 01:04:53,835 --> 01:04:55,268 Should we go and get the horses? 678 01:04:55,355 --> 01:04:58,074 No, a single horse, and ride like we used to. 679 01:05:07,115 --> 01:05:08,707 The good times have returned. 680 01:05:09,435 --> 01:05:11,391 I hear you've met a hundred princesses. 681 01:05:11,755 --> 01:05:13,347 Come, I'll show you something. 682 01:05:13,595 --> 01:05:15,187 You see that girl down there? 683 01:05:18,275 --> 01:05:20,311 You must promise to tell no one. 684 01:05:21,595 --> 01:05:23,074 We're to be married. 685 01:05:23,595 --> 01:05:24,744 Do you love her? 686 01:05:25,995 --> 01:05:27,110 I will, Sister. 687 01:05:27,915 --> 01:05:29,712 There is someone else, isn't there? 688 01:05:30,795 --> 01:05:31,545 No. 689 01:05:31,755 --> 01:05:32,824 There is. 690 01:05:33,355 --> 01:05:35,425 You cannot fool a priestess of Avalon. 691 01:05:38,635 --> 01:05:41,911 There is. There has been someone else. 692 01:05:42,955 --> 01:05:44,593 It was a wonderful night... 693 01:05:44,715 --> 01:05:45,625 But? 694 01:05:46,035 --> 01:05:48,549 -Why do you press me so? -A sister's privilege. 695 01:05:48,715 --> 01:05:50,034 Tell me her name. 696 01:05:51,355 --> 01:05:52,424 I don't know. 697 01:05:53,195 --> 01:05:54,514 You didn't ask? 698 01:05:56,875 --> 01:05:57,990 We didn't speak. 699 01:05:58,475 --> 01:06:00,193 Will you see her again? 700 01:06:01,515 --> 01:06:02,948 I want to, Sister. 701 01:06:03,475 --> 01:06:05,067 But I don't know where she is. 702 01:06:05,315 --> 01:06:07,192 At least tell me what she looks like. 703 01:06:08,155 --> 01:06:09,668 I don't know that either. 704 01:06:10,595 --> 01:06:12,153 How can you not know that? 705 01:06:13,715 --> 01:06:15,433 She was wearing a mask. 706 01:06:17,315 --> 01:06:18,953 It was at the rites of Beltane. 707 01:06:19,795 --> 01:06:23,913 I was consecrated there. We made love. 708 01:06:25,035 --> 01:06:27,344 It was everything I've ever dreamt of. 709 01:06:30,475 --> 01:06:31,874 I tell you, Sister... 710 01:06:32,715 --> 01:06:36,788 ...something about that girl's eyes will be watching me forever. 711 01:06:39,835 --> 01:06:40,870 Arthur! 712 01:06:44,035 --> 01:06:45,832 I must tend my duties. 713 01:06:47,555 --> 01:06:50,115 You will come down and join us, won't you? 714 01:06:50,195 --> 01:06:52,072 You must meet my future bride. 715 01:07:18,755 --> 01:07:21,394 My Aunt Morgause used magic... 716 01:07:21,595 --> 01:07:24,268 ...against a woman she had decided to hate. 717 01:07:24,715 --> 01:07:26,148 By the fire... 718 01:07:27,675 --> 01:07:28,994 ...and the stone... 719 01:07:30,035 --> 01:07:31,388 ...by the water... 720 01:07:33,195 --> 01:07:34,674 ...and the air... 721 01:07:35,755 --> 01:07:37,586 ...I curse you... 722 01:07:42,395 --> 01:07:44,545 ...Guinevere of Loedekrantz. 723 01:07:44,755 --> 01:07:46,950 I curse you forever! 724 01:08:56,675 --> 01:08:59,064 By Excalibur, I swear that I... 725 01:08:59,955 --> 01:09:02,185 ...Arthur Pendragon, King of Britain... 726 01:09:03,035 --> 01:09:06,630 ...will deal fairly with Druid as with Christian alike. 727 01:09:07,835 --> 01:09:10,474 All men shall worship as they choose. 728 01:09:11,675 --> 01:09:13,188 My hand for justice! 729 01:09:15,515 --> 01:09:16,709 One kingdom... 730 01:09:17,435 --> 01:09:20,552 ...the old wisdom, and the new! 731 01:09:20,635 --> 01:09:25,834 One kingdom united here, at Camelot, to stand against the tides of barbarism. 732 01:09:35,635 --> 01:09:37,353 Brothers and sisters! 733 01:09:39,995 --> 01:09:44,113 We have not only one joy to celebrate today, but two. 734 01:09:44,635 --> 01:09:46,273 Today, our king... 735 01:09:46,955 --> 01:09:48,627 ...has pledged fidelity... 736 01:09:48,715 --> 01:09:50,114 ...to Britain... 737 01:09:50,315 --> 01:09:51,748 ...to Avalon... 738 01:09:52,075 --> 01:09:53,474 ...to the Holy Father. 739 01:09:54,115 --> 01:09:56,390 And he has promised to marry... 740 01:09:56,835 --> 01:09:59,907 ...the Christian princess Guinevere of Loedekrantz. 741 01:10:09,675 --> 01:10:11,267 He has the people's passion. 742 01:10:11,955 --> 01:10:13,911 If anyone can save Britain... 743 01:10:14,115 --> 01:10:15,150 ...he can. 744 01:10:16,995 --> 01:10:19,384 He'll have to do it in his own lifetime. 745 01:10:22,315 --> 01:10:23,464 What have you done? 746 01:10:23,915 --> 01:10:26,634 No son of his will follow him to the throne. 747 01:10:27,915 --> 01:10:29,030 Ours will. 748 01:10:29,795 --> 01:10:31,592 Long live King Arthur! 749 01:10:55,035 --> 01:10:56,593 Don't leave me, Morgaine! 750 01:11:18,235 --> 01:11:19,588 What is it, lamb? 751 01:11:20,235 --> 01:11:22,146 Was it the excitement in there? 752 01:11:22,955 --> 01:11:24,593 No, Morgause, it's not that. 753 01:11:25,235 --> 01:11:26,793 What is it then? 754 01:11:27,915 --> 01:11:29,314 I think I'm with child. 755 01:11:49,475 --> 01:11:51,033 After the coronation... 756 01:11:51,115 --> 01:11:53,675 ...Arthur rode off to visit the border country... 757 01:11:54,075 --> 01:11:56,873 ...leaving Guinevere in Lancelot's care. 758 01:11:56,955 --> 01:11:58,991 Arthur has a great mind for leadership. 759 01:11:59,075 --> 01:12:01,305 I would've never let the tribesmen fight alone. 760 01:12:01,835 --> 01:12:03,951 That's because you're a warrior, Lancelot. 761 01:12:04,595 --> 01:12:07,871 You like to throw yourself into the fray, come what may. 762 01:12:08,995 --> 01:12:11,429 You must think me a simple man, indeed. 763 01:12:42,395 --> 01:12:43,384 Lancelot! 764 01:12:46,475 --> 01:12:47,464 Guinevere! 765 01:13:31,915 --> 01:13:35,271 -Are you hurt, my lady? -No. I'm fine. 766 01:13:36,355 --> 01:13:38,073 But you risked your life for me. 767 01:13:38,715 --> 01:13:39,704 It's my duty. 768 01:13:41,515 --> 01:13:43,745 Your devotion moves me. 769 01:13:44,435 --> 01:13:46,744 My devotion has no end, my lady. 770 01:13:51,955 --> 01:13:55,106 I must confess something, to be rid of it. 771 01:13:57,075 --> 01:13:58,952 Then we must say nothing more. 772 01:14:02,955 --> 01:14:04,832 I dreamt of you in Glastonbury. 773 01:14:06,755 --> 01:14:11,112 You opened a curtain into Avalon and lifted me in. 774 01:14:20,795 --> 01:14:24,868 It wasn't a dream. I was there with Morgaine. 775 01:14:24,995 --> 01:14:26,144 She lifted you in. 776 01:14:27,115 --> 01:14:28,867 But I asked her to do it. 777 01:14:32,395 --> 01:14:34,113 So you felt it, too? 778 01:14:37,875 --> 01:14:39,547 But I am sworn to Arthur. 779 01:14:41,235 --> 01:14:42,111 As am I. 780 01:14:43,795 --> 01:14:45,672 So we have nothing to confess. 781 01:14:47,075 --> 01:14:49,509 But I have sinned with you in my thoughts. 782 01:14:51,635 --> 01:14:53,546 Thoughts are not deeds. 783 01:14:54,075 --> 01:14:56,953 The Bishop says, "To think is to do." 784 01:14:58,075 --> 01:15:00,430 My thoughts don't answer to the Bishop. 785 01:15:00,555 --> 01:15:03,433 If they did, I would burn in hell a thousand years... 786 01:15:03,555 --> 01:15:06,069 ...every time I see you walk past. 787 01:15:06,915 --> 01:15:09,190 Hell is very real to me. 788 01:15:10,515 --> 01:15:12,824 We must do nothing about this. 789 01:15:14,155 --> 01:15:16,066 Are you listening to me? 790 01:15:16,755 --> 01:15:17,505 Swear. 791 01:15:17,595 --> 01:15:19,187 -Swear what? -To do nothing. 792 01:15:19,275 --> 01:15:21,231 I don't intend to sin against my king. 793 01:15:21,355 --> 01:15:22,913 Why, then, won't you swear? 794 01:15:38,115 --> 01:15:41,425 There will be nothing between us. 795 01:15:45,595 --> 01:15:47,108 Will there, my love? 796 01:15:55,435 --> 01:15:56,550 I'm afraid. 797 01:15:56,995 --> 01:15:58,110 Of course you are. 798 01:15:59,515 --> 01:16:00,709 But don't worry. 799 01:16:01,835 --> 01:16:04,508 I used it myself, before I was married. 800 01:16:05,515 --> 01:16:07,073 It even has a pleasant taste. 801 01:16:09,035 --> 01:16:10,388 Now, take your medicine. 802 01:16:15,915 --> 01:16:16,984 Drink, Morgaine. 803 01:16:18,675 --> 01:16:19,824 You'll be free. 804 01:16:21,195 --> 01:16:22,150 Drink. 805 01:16:26,395 --> 01:16:27,544 What are you doing? 806 01:16:30,435 --> 01:16:33,905 She's carrying a child she doesn't want. I'm helping her to get rid of it. 807 01:16:33,995 --> 01:16:35,553 Leave us, Morgause. 808 01:16:39,115 --> 01:16:41,709 I'm not an infant, crawling at your skirts, Viviane. 809 01:16:42,035 --> 01:16:44,230 Nor am I one of your adoring priestesses. 810 01:16:44,835 --> 01:16:47,713 I'm a queen in my own right, wife of Lot of Orkney. 811 01:16:47,795 --> 01:16:50,150 You do not order me to go or stay. 812 01:16:50,475 --> 01:16:51,988 I said, "Leave us." 813 01:17:02,795 --> 01:17:05,707 How could you do this to me? To us? 814 01:17:06,995 --> 01:17:08,747 I never intended for you to know. 815 01:17:09,155 --> 01:17:10,474 Well, I do know now. 816 01:17:11,435 --> 01:17:14,074 How could you have arranged for such an abomination? 817 01:17:14,795 --> 01:17:16,706 It is my sacred charge, Morgaine. 818 01:17:17,915 --> 01:17:20,145 You and Arthur are the last remaining links... 819 01:17:20,235 --> 01:17:22,351 ...between this land and the world of mists. 820 01:17:22,995 --> 01:17:25,509 Those links are becoming weaker with every year. 821 01:17:25,675 --> 01:17:28,314 I must do everything in my power to keep them alive. 822 01:17:28,555 --> 01:17:31,672 Even if it means sacrificing everyone you've ever loved? 823 01:17:31,755 --> 01:17:34,144 Even if it means sacrificing my very soul. 824 01:17:35,075 --> 01:17:37,635 That is what being the Lady of the Lake truly demands. 825 01:17:37,715 --> 01:17:39,626 As you, too, will find out. 826 01:17:39,995 --> 01:17:40,871 I? 827 01:17:41,035 --> 01:17:42,263 Why, of course. 828 01:17:43,355 --> 01:17:46,392 What else has all your training, all your suffering, been for... 829 01:17:46,595 --> 01:17:49,029 ...if not to fit you to be the Lady after I'm gone? 830 01:17:50,035 --> 01:17:52,151 You have a greatness of soul, Morgaine. 831 01:17:52,555 --> 01:17:53,829 I can see it. 832 01:17:54,475 --> 01:17:56,193 I've seen it all along. 833 01:17:56,875 --> 01:18:00,026 I am carrying a bastard child fathered by my own brother. 834 01:18:00,115 --> 01:18:01,912 You are carrying Arthur's successor. 835 01:18:02,675 --> 01:18:04,950 Would you have Morgause murder it in the womb... 836 01:18:05,035 --> 01:18:07,868 ...in order to have her son step into Arthur's shoes? 837 01:18:09,355 --> 01:18:10,151 No. 838 01:18:10,395 --> 01:18:12,147 If you bear no child... 839 01:18:12,235 --> 01:18:15,864 ...the offspring of Lot and Morgause will be next in line for the throne. 840 01:18:16,835 --> 01:18:19,588 Why else is she so solicitous of your needs? 841 01:18:20,435 --> 01:18:21,584 I don't believe it. 842 01:18:21,675 --> 01:18:22,664 Then go ahead. 843 01:18:23,075 --> 01:18:25,635 Let her ambitions shape the nation's future. 844 01:18:26,915 --> 01:18:29,907 Morgause thinks of nothing and no one but herself, Morgaine. 845 01:18:32,675 --> 01:18:34,950 Your motives may be nobler than hers... 846 01:18:35,035 --> 01:18:38,630 ...but you still move us around like pieces on a game board. 847 01:18:38,915 --> 01:18:41,110 What has my mother given up for your Avalon? 848 01:18:41,795 --> 01:18:44,468 My father died at Uther's hands because of you. 849 01:18:45,355 --> 01:18:47,346 My poor, innocent brother, Arthur... 850 01:18:47,435 --> 01:18:51,030 ...who was a baby on my lap, and loved me as no other. 851 01:18:52,075 --> 01:18:53,428 And I loved him. 852 01:18:54,315 --> 01:18:55,828 Look what you've done to us. 853 01:18:56,795 --> 01:19:01,505 You've twisted our love and turned it into shame, all for the sake of Avalon! 854 01:19:06,235 --> 01:19:07,190 No! 855 01:19:08,075 --> 01:19:10,066 I will not kill the child within me... 856 01:19:10,155 --> 01:19:12,225 ...but I will not let you take him to Avalon. 857 01:19:12,715 --> 01:19:15,024 I will not let you twist and bend him to your will. 858 01:19:15,115 --> 01:19:18,107 I can train him to be the greatest ruler Britain has ever seen. 859 01:19:18,195 --> 01:19:20,265 He will never set foot in Avalon, Viviane. 860 01:19:20,395 --> 01:19:22,625 He will not be one of your pawns and nor will I. 861 01:19:22,755 --> 01:19:24,905 You have sworn to obey the Goddess through me. 862 01:19:25,075 --> 01:19:26,952 My vows were to her, not to you. 863 01:19:27,195 --> 01:19:28,913 I renounce you. Do you hear me? 864 01:19:28,995 --> 01:19:30,872 I will never set foot in Avalon again. 865 01:19:30,955 --> 01:19:31,944 You will obey! 866 01:19:32,035 --> 01:19:33,024 Never! 867 01:20:00,866 --> 01:20:02,936 Where else was there for me to go... 868 01:20:03,026 --> 01:20:06,302 ...but with Morgause and Lot into the wilds of Orkney? 869 01:20:06,546 --> 01:20:10,903 There, my child could disappear into the teeming brood in Lot's castle. 870 01:20:11,426 --> 01:20:12,984 Eat and enjoy! 871 01:20:13,506 --> 01:20:16,862 No man will ever say I don't keep a great hall... 872 01:20:19,746 --> 01:20:22,021 ...even in the depths of winter. 873 01:20:27,906 --> 01:20:30,545 I saved the best cut for you, Morgaine. 874 01:20:30,986 --> 01:20:33,136 Wasn't it you who told me the best meat... 875 01:20:33,226 --> 01:20:36,059 ...for a breeding woman was the liver of a stag... 876 01:20:36,466 --> 01:20:37,660 ...eaten raw? 877 01:20:48,866 --> 01:20:51,460 The baby's coming. Quick, get her to her chambers. 878 01:20:51,546 --> 01:20:52,865 It's all right. 879 01:21:00,186 --> 01:21:01,505 Wife, wait. 880 01:21:01,986 --> 01:21:04,546 You're quick to bring our son's rival into this world. 881 01:21:05,426 --> 01:21:07,178 If this child dies... 882 01:21:07,266 --> 01:21:10,303 ...and Guinevere fails to produce an heir for Arthur... 883 01:21:10,626 --> 01:21:11,820 ...then our son... 884 01:21:12,386 --> 01:21:13,944 ...will be High King. 885 01:21:14,546 --> 01:21:17,299 You think on that as you bring this infant into the world. 886 01:21:17,826 --> 01:21:19,498 You think well on it. 887 01:21:22,706 --> 01:21:24,344 Morgaine, swallow. 888 01:21:25,026 --> 01:21:25,856 Push. 889 01:21:26,066 --> 01:21:28,261 It's all right, Lady Morgaine. 890 01:21:36,546 --> 01:21:38,457 Push, push! 891 01:21:50,506 --> 01:21:51,541 Morgaine! 892 01:21:55,386 --> 01:21:57,138 Why are you hidden from my sight? 893 01:22:03,906 --> 01:22:05,703 She won't be able to feed him yet. 894 01:22:05,986 --> 01:22:07,214 Poor babe. 895 01:22:07,306 --> 01:22:09,137 But the wet nurse is ready. 896 01:22:12,466 --> 01:22:13,979 Shall I take him, my lady? 897 01:22:14,466 --> 01:22:15,740 The woman's waiting. 898 01:22:15,826 --> 01:22:16,861 Not yet. 899 01:23:38,466 --> 01:23:39,615 Mother. 900 01:23:46,546 --> 01:23:47,456 Yes, child. 901 01:23:48,666 --> 01:23:50,463 Mother, forgive me. 902 01:23:52,666 --> 01:23:53,894 For what? 903 01:23:55,426 --> 01:23:56,654 Arthur... 904 01:23:59,346 --> 01:24:01,064 ...he doesn't know. 905 01:24:02,666 --> 01:24:04,543 Arthur is the father? 906 01:24:05,546 --> 01:24:08,299 Don't tell him. Please. 907 01:24:08,426 --> 01:24:10,223 Please, don't tell him. 908 01:24:40,946 --> 01:24:42,698 Let me hold him. 909 01:24:45,386 --> 01:24:47,183 Let me hold him just once. 910 01:24:56,066 --> 01:24:57,055 Leave us. 911 01:25:02,386 --> 01:25:04,422 What is this, woman? The child is alive. 912 01:25:04,506 --> 01:25:05,985 And will remain so. 913 01:25:06,506 --> 01:25:07,541 Why? 914 01:25:08,226 --> 01:25:09,500 It is Arthur's child. 915 01:25:16,906 --> 01:25:18,021 Son of a king. 916 01:25:19,906 --> 01:25:22,295 -She told you? -In her fever. 917 01:25:22,626 --> 01:25:24,059 She doesn't know I know. 918 01:25:25,346 --> 01:25:26,984 Son of a High King. 919 01:25:27,826 --> 01:25:29,976 No matter how many sons he has... 920 01:25:30,946 --> 01:25:33,380 ...this child will always be his firstborn. 921 01:25:34,826 --> 01:25:37,386 With this secret, we have a weapon in our hands. 922 01:25:39,026 --> 01:25:40,379 Think of it, Husband. 923 01:25:41,826 --> 01:25:46,217 His flesh, his blood, his heir. 924 01:25:47,346 --> 01:25:51,339 But my instruction, my influence. 925 01:25:52,266 --> 01:25:56,054 I'll teach him to have little need of Morgaine and great need of me. 926 01:25:56,706 --> 01:25:58,617 And as the years pass... 927 01:25:58,706 --> 01:26:01,539 ...Britain will become more and more our own. 928 01:26:04,386 --> 01:26:06,297 It's time for his first meal. 929 01:26:08,706 --> 01:26:11,266 A new and dreadful power was unleashed. 930 01:26:11,746 --> 01:26:15,261 And the fate of all Britain was altered forever. 931 01:26:34,266 --> 01:26:37,622 It was as if my life had become lost in the mists. 932 01:26:37,906 --> 01:26:41,262 Everything that I loved and cherished was gone. 933 01:26:41,346 --> 01:26:44,543 I thought there was nothing more that could be taken from me. 934 01:26:44,626 --> 01:26:46,139 How wrong I was. 935 01:26:47,226 --> 01:26:51,060 But at Camelot, it seemed that high summer had come to Britain at last. 936 01:26:51,586 --> 01:26:55,465 Under the rule of a good, brave man, with the Knights of the Round Table... 937 01:26:55,546 --> 01:26:57,696 ...our beleaguered country was at peace. 938 01:26:58,866 --> 01:27:01,619 Arthur was the High King everyone had hoped for... 939 01:27:01,906 --> 01:27:03,783 ...and Guinevere, his queen. 940 01:27:09,426 --> 01:27:11,144 I've missed you, my love. 941 01:27:12,146 --> 01:27:13,659 Are you ill? 942 01:27:14,186 --> 01:27:16,063 My courses have come on me again. 943 01:27:16,666 --> 01:27:18,861 Why do you let them distress you so? 944 01:27:19,586 --> 01:27:21,975 But it means I haven't given you a son. 945 01:27:22,066 --> 01:27:24,261 I haven't given you an heir. 946 01:27:25,866 --> 01:27:29,222 We are young yet. We have years for children. 947 01:27:30,306 --> 01:27:33,981 Now, get dressed. The troops have returned victorious, as I promised... 948 01:27:34,986 --> 01:27:37,580 ...and they expect to see the queen by my side. 949 01:27:50,466 --> 01:27:51,581 Arthur! 950 01:28:01,426 --> 01:28:02,654 What is it, Morgaine? 951 01:28:02,866 --> 01:28:04,185 I'm fine. 952 01:28:05,986 --> 01:28:07,817 Another bad dream? 953 01:28:08,146 --> 01:28:10,660 Mom, why do you have so many bad dreams? 954 01:28:11,586 --> 01:28:14,054 Some people are born that way, my poppet. 955 01:28:15,226 --> 01:28:18,218 It's like, some people have brown hair... 956 01:28:18,306 --> 01:28:20,422 ...and some people have yellow hair. 957 01:28:21,506 --> 01:28:22,905 Some people see things. 958 01:28:24,426 --> 01:28:26,417 Not yet. He's far too young. 959 01:28:30,026 --> 01:28:33,496 Strange, that in the peace of Orkney I should feel distracted so. 960 01:28:35,466 --> 01:28:37,536 Why don't you go back to Camelot? 961 01:28:39,146 --> 01:28:40,340 What about my child? 962 01:28:41,066 --> 01:28:43,534 We'll be fine on our own, won't we, poppet? 963 01:28:44,466 --> 01:28:46,502 You've quite won him away from me. 964 01:28:47,466 --> 01:28:49,218 We're twin souls, he and I. 965 01:28:49,426 --> 01:28:52,418 Now I'll have him all for myself, won't that be nice? 966 01:28:53,866 --> 01:28:55,777 You must promise me one thing: 967 01:28:56,866 --> 01:28:59,255 Never let Viviane get her hands on Mordred. 968 01:28:59,866 --> 01:29:02,585 She wants to foster him. You must never allow it. 969 01:29:02,826 --> 01:29:03,861 I promise. 970 01:29:18,706 --> 01:29:22,381 And so the day came when I returned to Camelot... 971 01:29:22,706 --> 01:29:24,981 ...the beating heart of Britain itself... 972 01:29:25,186 --> 01:29:27,575 ...and the place where I had spent my childhood... 973 01:29:27,666 --> 01:29:29,418 ...with my little brother, Arthur. 974 01:29:50,466 --> 01:29:51,421 Knights. 975 01:29:53,266 --> 01:29:55,336 My sister has returned from Orkney. 976 01:29:57,026 --> 01:29:59,494 -You remember Gawain. -Morgaine. 977 01:30:00,746 --> 01:30:04,261 Percival, Gallahad, Accolon. 978 01:30:06,346 --> 01:30:09,179 I heard you were educated on the Isle of Mists. 979 01:30:09,866 --> 01:30:11,618 I was trained there as a priestess. 980 01:30:11,986 --> 01:30:13,544 I long to go there one day... 981 01:30:13,626 --> 01:30:15,856 ...and know the mysteries of the hidden world. 982 01:30:15,946 --> 01:30:16,901 My lord... 983 01:30:17,026 --> 01:30:19,062 ...aren't you going to present me as well? 984 01:30:19,146 --> 01:30:22,218 -My queen. -We've met briefly, but hardly spoke at all. 985 01:30:22,826 --> 01:30:25,386 It's more fitting that I should bow to you, Morgaine. 986 01:30:25,706 --> 01:30:28,539 You were in the king's affections long before I was. 987 01:30:28,866 --> 01:30:31,061 Come, let us talk as sisters... 988 01:30:31,386 --> 01:30:33,104 ...for sisters is what we are. 989 01:30:44,306 --> 01:30:46,695 I will not pretend I am not afraid of you. 990 01:30:47,946 --> 01:30:50,414 I was raised in great suspicion of the old religion. 991 01:30:51,026 --> 01:30:53,301 But your head tells you we're the same. 992 01:30:54,666 --> 01:30:56,861 Something like that, yes. 993 01:30:57,626 --> 01:30:58,581 And yet-- 994 01:30:58,746 --> 01:31:00,623 We couldn't be more different. 995 01:31:00,906 --> 01:31:01,861 Very good. 996 01:31:02,306 --> 01:31:04,581 They taught you well to read another's thoughts. 997 01:31:04,906 --> 01:31:07,739 I read another's thoughts as well as any woman can. 998 01:31:09,666 --> 01:31:12,260 But the training, Morgaine... 999 01:31:12,906 --> 01:31:15,181 ...it must have been good for something. 1000 01:31:15,746 --> 01:31:19,659 For instance, did Avalon train you in herb lore and spells? 1001 01:31:21,146 --> 01:31:22,181 Of course. 1002 01:31:24,146 --> 01:31:26,023 Tell me what I'm thinking now. 1003 01:31:28,666 --> 01:31:30,179 I couldn't guess. 1004 01:31:31,386 --> 01:31:33,900 Then I will say it aloud, if I must. 1005 01:31:36,346 --> 01:31:37,415 There are herbs... 1006 01:31:37,826 --> 01:31:41,182 ...that can make a woman conceive, are there not? 1007 01:31:42,426 --> 01:31:43,859 Is that what you want? 1008 01:31:45,506 --> 01:31:48,578 Please do not make this any harder than it already is. 1009 01:31:50,826 --> 01:31:52,896 There is a charm that is sometimes used. 1010 01:31:53,986 --> 01:31:56,022 But you, surely, would never touch it. 1011 01:31:58,986 --> 01:32:01,136 Tell me you are not a witch. 1012 01:32:02,346 --> 01:32:04,496 Tell me it is not the devil's own spell... 1013 01:32:04,586 --> 01:32:06,656 ...and that I will not burn for it. 1014 01:32:07,986 --> 01:32:10,546 This time, this one time... 1015 01:32:11,186 --> 01:32:12,744 ...I will believe you. 1016 01:32:17,226 --> 01:32:19,615 You will have it by the night of Beltane. 1017 01:32:27,466 --> 01:32:29,536 There, my friend. Everything's all right. 1018 01:32:29,626 --> 01:32:31,298 You'll gallop like a colt! 1019 01:32:41,386 --> 01:32:43,138 You have a way with horses. 1020 01:32:43,826 --> 01:32:46,260 Better than with people, I sometimes think. 1021 01:32:47,106 --> 01:32:50,064 All people, or just some people? 1022 01:32:51,266 --> 01:32:52,540 I'm speaking of women. 1023 01:32:52,626 --> 01:32:55,220 I would have thought you'd have a bride by now. 1024 01:32:56,546 --> 01:32:59,458 Or does your heart still long for the woman you can't have? 1025 01:33:01,506 --> 01:33:02,825 The rumors are not true. 1026 01:33:02,906 --> 01:33:05,215 You may speak of it to me, Cousin. 1027 01:33:05,546 --> 01:33:08,060 After all, I'm the one that brought it about. 1028 01:33:08,186 --> 01:33:10,381 I lifted her into your world. 1029 01:33:11,426 --> 01:33:14,020 Little did I know all that would come from that moment. 1030 01:33:15,786 --> 01:33:19,142 I love Arthur more than I have ever loved another man. 1031 01:33:19,346 --> 01:33:21,496 But whatever else is in my head, or my heart... 1032 01:33:21,586 --> 01:33:23,542 ...will stay with me until I die. 1033 01:33:24,346 --> 01:33:27,099 And do you know what is in my head and in my heart? 1034 01:33:30,346 --> 01:33:32,416 I feel the loss of you, dear Cousin. 1035 01:33:34,386 --> 01:33:36,138 No one touched me like you did. 1036 01:33:37,386 --> 01:33:40,742 And still, even now, I yearn for you. 1037 01:33:46,506 --> 01:33:48,656 I have fought many battles, Morgaine... 1038 01:33:50,586 --> 01:33:53,703 ...but none like the one I fought since that day in Avalon. 1039 01:34:07,306 --> 01:34:08,739 Come to bed, Arthur. 1040 01:34:54,186 --> 01:34:56,017 The moon waxed and waned... 1041 01:34:56,106 --> 01:34:58,825 ...and the time of the fertility rites of Beltane... 1042 01:34:59,226 --> 01:35:00,944 ...came round again. 1043 01:35:02,586 --> 01:35:04,304 This will make me conceive? 1044 01:35:04,586 --> 01:35:07,942 Don't be surprised if the charm works better than you think it should. 1045 01:35:08,026 --> 01:35:10,221 The ways of the Goddess are her own. 1046 01:35:10,346 --> 01:35:12,223 Seems fitting, doesn't it? 1047 01:35:12,426 --> 01:35:15,259 The night of Beltane, but I don't care. 1048 01:35:15,786 --> 01:35:18,095 Let them practice their pagan magic... 1049 01:35:18,186 --> 01:35:20,575 ...if their goddess will bring me a child... 1050 01:35:48,266 --> 01:35:50,018 Drink, men, drink. 1051 01:35:50,346 --> 01:35:53,702 We'll have our own Beltane celebration within these walls... 1052 01:35:53,826 --> 01:35:54,975 ...where it's safe. 1053 01:37:17,066 --> 01:37:18,579 You would walk without light? 1054 01:37:19,426 --> 01:37:21,417 There is light enough over there. 1055 01:37:22,186 --> 01:37:24,336 It's dangerous to light the fires these days. 1056 01:37:24,426 --> 01:37:25,859 The priests don't like it. 1057 01:37:26,986 --> 01:37:29,261 The priests are becoming more powerful. 1058 01:37:30,786 --> 01:37:33,858 But tonight, just tonight... 1059 01:37:35,026 --> 01:37:36,937 ...we can forget about the priests. 1060 01:37:39,946 --> 01:37:41,584 Shall we walk, my lord? 1061 01:38:07,826 --> 01:38:08,895 My queen. 1062 01:38:10,506 --> 01:38:14,021 Guinevere and Lancelot. 1063 01:38:14,506 --> 01:38:17,066 Two people I love most in the world. 1064 01:38:17,226 --> 01:38:18,978 Do you love me, both of you? 1065 01:38:22,866 --> 01:38:26,176 Sometimes I think Lancelot is the best of us. 1066 01:38:26,626 --> 01:38:27,900 Up you come. 1067 01:38:32,666 --> 01:38:35,419 Come, lie beside me. Both of you. 1068 01:38:36,106 --> 01:38:37,698 I want to talk to you... 1069 01:38:38,226 --> 01:38:40,342 ...and if drink won't help me say this... 1070 01:38:40,426 --> 01:38:42,098 ...it will never be said. 1071 01:38:44,106 --> 01:38:45,539 Guinevere has no child. 1072 01:38:49,466 --> 01:38:51,934 Don't you think I see how you two look at each other? 1073 01:38:52,026 --> 01:38:53,345 -Arthur-- -No. 1074 01:38:54,386 --> 01:38:56,456 I will get to the end of this... 1075 01:38:57,546 --> 01:38:59,616 ...even if I have to command your silence. 1076 01:39:01,546 --> 01:39:04,583 My wife thinks it's her fault we have no child... 1077 01:39:06,706 --> 01:39:08,583 ...but I believe it's me. 1078 01:39:08,906 --> 01:39:11,864 Yes, sometimes the fault lies with the man. 1079 01:39:12,226 --> 01:39:13,625 Even when that man is king. 1080 01:39:13,706 --> 01:39:16,300 Arthur, please do not continue with this. 1081 01:39:16,426 --> 01:39:18,496 My kingdom needs an heir, my sweet. 1082 01:39:19,186 --> 01:39:21,984 Otherwise, everything I'm fighting for is lost. 1083 01:39:28,586 --> 01:39:30,258 A son of yours, Lancelot... 1084 01:39:30,746 --> 01:39:32,816 ...conceived in the king's bed... 1085 01:39:33,146 --> 01:39:34,818 ...would be heir to my throne. 1086 01:39:36,466 --> 01:39:40,584 Better that, than the son of Lot should reign, is it not? 1087 01:39:41,746 --> 01:39:45,216 Sure, Bishop Patricius would say it was a grievous sin... 1088 01:39:46,026 --> 01:39:50,383 ...but I say it's a greater sin to provide no son to inherit my crown... 1089 01:39:51,146 --> 01:39:53,421 ...and let the kingdom slip into such chaos... 1090 01:39:53,506 --> 01:39:56,657 ...as there was before my father came to the throne. 1091 01:39:58,826 --> 01:39:59,941 My friend... 1092 01:40:01,146 --> 01:40:04,582 ...my cousin, will you do this for me? 1093 01:40:15,426 --> 01:40:17,064 It's for my lady to say. 1094 01:40:20,906 --> 01:40:24,137 My lord, no. I have given my vows to you. 1095 01:40:24,226 --> 01:40:25,295 To me, yes. 1096 01:40:26,026 --> 01:40:29,382 To be mine, and to obey me, as your husband and your king. 1097 01:40:29,906 --> 01:40:33,421 For years our forefathers have done these things without shame... 1098 01:40:34,306 --> 01:40:37,742 ...in the faces of the very same gods who look over us tonight. 1099 01:40:44,746 --> 01:40:47,055 We will both be with you, together. 1100 01:40:49,146 --> 01:40:52,900 And if the child we want should come of this... 1101 01:40:52,986 --> 01:40:55,659 ...none of us need ever know for certain. 1102 01:40:57,386 --> 01:40:59,456 And you will be able to swear... 1103 01:41:01,706 --> 01:41:02,855 ...in truth... 1104 01:41:03,946 --> 01:41:06,983 ...that our child was conceived in the king's bed. 1105 01:41:57,546 --> 01:41:59,901 I wish you were the sister of some lesser man. 1106 01:43:39,706 --> 01:43:41,378 Good morning, Cousin. 1107 01:43:43,346 --> 01:43:45,064 You gave her a charm, didn't you? 1108 01:43:46,066 --> 01:43:47,135 Guinevere? 1109 01:43:48,546 --> 01:43:49,899 She told me. 1110 01:43:50,426 --> 01:43:52,417 -It was not meant for you. -Was it not? 1111 01:43:54,146 --> 01:43:56,501 I had no idea it would be you. 1112 01:43:57,706 --> 01:44:00,857 Then the ways of the Goddess are beyond your understanding. 1113 01:44:04,986 --> 01:44:06,624 The king himself... 1114 01:44:07,146 --> 01:44:10,058 ...asked me into his bed with the queen. 1115 01:44:12,546 --> 01:44:14,025 All three of you? 1116 01:44:27,106 --> 01:44:28,425 How can I go back... 1117 01:44:30,306 --> 01:44:32,262 ...to the way things were? 1118 01:44:33,906 --> 01:44:35,817 How can I sit at his table... 1119 01:44:37,626 --> 01:44:40,982 ...how can I kneel before him and call myself his servant? 1120 01:44:43,466 --> 01:44:47,584 You are not to blame for loving Guinevere. 1121 01:44:50,786 --> 01:44:52,185 What can I do? 1122 01:44:53,986 --> 01:44:55,465 Don't worry, Cousin. 1123 01:44:56,186 --> 01:44:57,938 We will put our heads together. 1124 01:45:01,666 --> 01:45:03,622 I just never dared hope... 1125 01:45:04,746 --> 01:45:07,897 ...then the Lady Morgaine told me there was hope. 1126 01:45:08,866 --> 01:45:12,256 And I spoke to him, and he asked me. 1127 01:45:13,546 --> 01:45:15,138 Who asked you? 1128 01:45:15,826 --> 01:45:16,895 Lancelot. 1129 01:45:18,546 --> 01:45:21,583 Your Majesty, I'm the happiest woman in England. 1130 01:45:24,386 --> 01:45:26,456 Lancelot asked you to be his wife? 1131 01:45:27,946 --> 01:45:29,220 And you said yes. 1132 01:45:31,106 --> 01:45:32,425 Of course you did. 1133 01:45:32,946 --> 01:45:34,664 What could be more natural? 1134 01:45:35,306 --> 01:45:36,534 Your Majesty? 1135 01:45:37,906 --> 01:45:39,783 You have a husband, very good. 1136 01:45:39,866 --> 01:45:42,619 But do I have a child to give my king? No. 1137 01:45:43,066 --> 01:45:45,899 That's what you'll whisper to the rest of my women, isn't it? 1138 01:45:46,026 --> 01:45:47,937 "The queen has her courses again." 1139 01:45:48,586 --> 01:45:50,065 Get out of my sight! 1140 01:46:00,066 --> 01:46:02,375 -Two options: we can go to the north-- -Arthur. 1141 01:46:08,906 --> 01:46:10,259 Take over for me. 1142 01:46:15,706 --> 01:46:19,619 So much for the love of your friend. So much for your dear sister's potions. 1143 01:46:19,786 --> 01:46:21,458 Guinevere, calm yourself. 1144 01:46:22,146 --> 01:46:23,545 What is it that brings you? 1145 01:46:23,626 --> 01:46:26,902 My courses have come on me, Arthur. I bear you no child. 1146 01:46:27,626 --> 01:46:28,900 But, my queen-- 1147 01:46:29,266 --> 01:46:31,461 I took poison from a witch... 1148 01:46:31,946 --> 01:46:34,858 ...I slept with you and your friend and gave myself... 1149 01:46:34,946 --> 01:46:38,336 ...to your lust and ungodliness, and all for nothing. 1150 01:46:38,666 --> 01:46:40,497 All for nothing! 1151 01:46:42,186 --> 01:46:45,064 No baby, no baby. 1152 01:46:47,626 --> 01:46:48,979 Where is my baby? 1153 01:46:49,786 --> 01:46:53,142 It's in God's hands now, not ours. 1154 01:46:55,626 --> 01:46:56,775 Don't cry. 1155 01:46:56,866 --> 01:46:59,744 God does not reward sinners. 1156 01:47:02,186 --> 01:47:04,700 We are all sinners, my love. 1157 01:47:04,986 --> 01:47:07,022 He knows that and understands. 1158 01:47:08,306 --> 01:47:12,140 And He knows that you value pagans equally with Christians... 1159 01:47:12,386 --> 01:47:14,900 ...and fight under a banner of the Mother Goddess... 1160 01:47:14,986 --> 01:47:17,375 ...as if she were equal to our Father in heaven. 1161 01:47:17,466 --> 01:47:19,821 Our Father may be in heaven, Guinevere... 1162 01:47:20,386 --> 01:47:22,695 ...but the Goddess is Great Mother to us all. 1163 01:47:22,786 --> 01:47:24,902 She is not Great Mother to me. 1164 01:47:25,026 --> 01:47:26,539 She will not give me a child. 1165 01:47:26,626 --> 01:47:29,618 And while you honor her, God will not give me a child either. 1166 01:47:29,706 --> 01:47:31,424 You say you are a good man... 1167 01:47:31,586 --> 01:47:33,702 ...but you condemn your wife to barrenness... 1168 01:47:33,786 --> 01:47:36,539 ...for the sake of an oath to painted savages. 1169 01:47:39,026 --> 01:47:41,221 I despise you, Arthur Pendragon. 1170 01:47:42,066 --> 01:47:44,216 Neither good Christian, nor good pagan... 1171 01:47:44,666 --> 01:47:46,657 ...nor good husband to me. 1172 01:47:59,866 --> 01:48:03,222 And so, Lancelot was married to the Lady Elaine. 1173 01:48:03,306 --> 01:48:05,376 And if he could not make me happy... 1174 01:48:05,506 --> 01:48:08,543 ...at least he could fill her simple soul with delight... 1175 01:48:08,706 --> 01:48:11,345 ...and heal the wounds that had been inflicted on him... 1176 01:48:11,426 --> 01:48:13,064 ...by the magic of Avalon. 1177 01:48:13,346 --> 01:48:15,143 Has my mother come, old Druid? 1178 01:48:16,026 --> 01:48:18,586 Your mother sends her blessings, my son. 1179 01:48:18,666 --> 01:48:20,702 Perhaps she could not bear to see you... 1180 01:48:20,786 --> 01:48:24,096 ...married under the banners of Christianity all alone. 1181 01:48:25,386 --> 01:48:27,377 We'll visit her on the way to Pellinore. 1182 01:48:27,466 --> 01:48:28,899 Thank you, Morgaine. 1183 01:48:35,706 --> 01:48:36,582 Morgaine... 1184 01:48:37,586 --> 01:48:41,784 ...the Lady of the Lake is heartsick that you have withheld yourself from her. 1185 01:48:42,506 --> 01:48:44,144 I think of her often... 1186 01:48:44,866 --> 01:48:47,016 ...though I'm committed to my course. 1187 01:48:48,706 --> 01:48:50,344 How does Viviane fare? 1188 01:48:50,426 --> 01:48:53,065 She longs to have you at her side. 1189 01:48:54,226 --> 01:48:57,298 She did what she did in the service of the Goddess. 1190 01:48:57,946 --> 01:49:01,655 And although you reject her, you do not reject the old ways, I think. 1191 01:49:02,506 --> 01:49:03,780 For which I honor you. 1192 01:49:05,226 --> 01:49:07,740 This is Accolon of Wales. 1193 01:49:08,346 --> 01:49:12,259 He also is strong in the old religion, as is his father, Uriens. 1194 01:49:13,546 --> 01:49:16,014 We've already had the pleasure to meet, Merlin. 1195 01:49:16,106 --> 01:49:18,176 Will you join me in a dance, lady? 1196 01:49:20,026 --> 01:49:21,778 If you can bring your horsemen... 1197 01:49:21,866 --> 01:49:24,585 ...down from the Welsh hills, we can trap the Jutes... 1198 01:49:24,666 --> 01:49:26,896 ...before they breach the line of the Avon. 1199 01:49:26,986 --> 01:49:28,578 It will be done, Your Majesty. 1200 01:49:29,866 --> 01:49:32,221 Have you thought, sir, of that boon I crave of you? 1201 01:49:32,306 --> 01:49:35,662 King Uriens has long been a widower and wishes to remarry. 1202 01:49:36,106 --> 01:49:38,939 I asked His High Majesty if there was a lady of your court... 1203 01:49:39,026 --> 01:49:41,984 ...who would be willing to become Queen of North Wales. 1204 01:49:46,426 --> 01:49:47,620 Morgaine. 1205 01:49:49,266 --> 01:49:50,494 Morgaine? 1206 01:49:51,066 --> 01:49:52,738 Is she not a little young? 1207 01:49:52,906 --> 01:49:55,978 I think she would be happy with an older man. 1208 01:49:56,146 --> 01:49:58,182 She is no giddy, young thing. 1209 01:50:00,586 --> 01:50:02,781 What do you think, King Uriens? 1210 01:50:03,666 --> 01:50:05,224 The High King's own sister? 1211 01:50:08,906 --> 01:50:10,703 I would be honored if she'd have me. 1212 01:50:12,066 --> 01:50:13,977 We will discuss this later, my friend. 1213 01:50:14,066 --> 01:50:15,977 Thank you, my lord. 1214 01:50:18,946 --> 01:50:20,379 Morgaine, for Uriens? 1215 01:50:21,426 --> 01:50:22,825 He is a good man... 1216 01:50:22,906 --> 01:50:25,704 ...of the old religion and an important ally. 1217 01:50:27,266 --> 01:50:29,222 Should we not at least ask her? 1218 01:50:31,066 --> 01:50:33,022 I think I know what her answer will be. 1219 01:50:38,066 --> 01:50:40,864 Morgaine, we have had an offer of marriage for you. 1220 01:50:41,066 --> 01:50:42,943 Well, it has been broached. 1221 01:50:44,786 --> 01:50:48,256 You are asked to join yourself to the royal house of North Wales. 1222 01:50:49,386 --> 01:50:50,580 It is a wild place. 1223 01:50:50,666 --> 01:50:52,736 And you will be far from Camelot, Sister. 1224 01:50:52,866 --> 01:50:55,983 There is one of the old religion there, who would wish to wed you. 1225 01:51:03,346 --> 01:51:06,019 I cannot pretend I am as surprised as all that, Brother. 1226 01:51:08,266 --> 01:51:11,144 Why, the sly fellow. He did not tell me he had spoken to you. 1227 01:51:13,706 --> 01:51:14,980 What shall I tell him? 1228 01:51:17,666 --> 01:51:20,180 You may tell him I'd be happy to live in North Wales. 1229 01:51:25,706 --> 01:51:27,458 I'm happy for you, Morgaine. 1230 01:51:29,546 --> 01:51:30,740 Very happy. 1231 01:51:42,466 --> 01:51:44,104 Friends... 1232 01:51:44,626 --> 01:51:46,105 ...on this auspicious day... 1233 01:51:46,186 --> 01:51:48,495 ...I have yet another note of happiness to sound. 1234 01:51:49,226 --> 01:51:51,137 My dear sister, Morgaine... 1235 01:51:51,306 --> 01:51:54,981 ...is to be betrothed to King Uriens of North Wales. 1236 01:52:02,786 --> 01:52:04,822 For a moment it did not sink in. 1237 01:52:05,266 --> 01:52:06,824 And then I realized: 1238 01:52:07,106 --> 01:52:10,223 I had been tricked into marrying the father instead of the son... 1239 01:52:10,306 --> 01:52:12,456 ...and there was nothing I could do about it. 1240 01:52:13,266 --> 01:52:15,382 To have rejected Uriens there and then... 1241 01:52:15,466 --> 01:52:18,026 ...would have humiliated him before the whole country... 1242 01:52:18,106 --> 01:52:20,574 ...and cost my brother the loyalty of Wales. 1243 01:52:21,786 --> 01:52:22,821 I was caught... 1244 01:52:23,946 --> 01:52:25,743 ...like a fly in a web. 1245 01:52:44,986 --> 01:52:46,544 How could you let this happen? 1246 01:52:47,946 --> 01:52:49,664 There was little I could do. 1247 01:52:49,826 --> 01:52:52,181 First, they take down the banners of Pendragon. 1248 01:52:52,266 --> 01:52:53,381 Then Morgaine... 1249 01:52:53,466 --> 01:52:57,254 ...the one person who could've kept the spirit of the Goddess alive in Camelot... 1250 01:52:57,346 --> 01:53:00,224 ...is sent to North Wales. And why? 1251 01:53:00,346 --> 01:53:02,143 Because of some Christian ninny. 1252 01:53:03,266 --> 01:53:06,497 I have lost my strength, Viviane. 1253 01:53:09,386 --> 01:53:13,220 I feel the power of the Goddess... 1254 01:53:14,506 --> 01:53:15,985 ...is no longer in me. 1255 01:53:16,066 --> 01:53:17,818 Why, you're just tired, Merlin. 1256 01:53:17,906 --> 01:53:19,783 It's been a long journey from Camelot. 1257 01:53:20,986 --> 01:53:24,740 I am more than just tired. 1258 01:53:28,386 --> 01:53:32,174 Surely, there are enough herbs in Avalon to give you back your strength. 1259 01:53:32,266 --> 01:53:34,382 I shall ask Raven to fetch you some. 1260 01:53:34,506 --> 01:53:37,464 Please, don't leave me. 1261 01:53:38,386 --> 01:53:39,614 Please. 1262 01:53:44,346 --> 01:53:45,699 Poor Merlin. 1263 01:53:47,666 --> 01:53:49,224 I'm getting tired, too. 1264 01:53:50,306 --> 01:53:52,695 I'd hoped Morgaine would put on my robes. 1265 01:53:54,266 --> 01:53:58,703 Perhaps no one will step into your robes, Viviane. 1266 01:54:00,626 --> 01:54:01,695 Perhaps... 1267 01:54:02,346 --> 01:54:04,462 ...Avalon will die with us. 1268 01:54:04,586 --> 01:54:06,497 Well, there's young Mordred yet. 1269 01:54:06,786 --> 01:54:07,901 He's coming of age. 1270 01:54:07,986 --> 01:54:09,385 He is our best hope. 1271 01:54:12,866 --> 01:54:16,256 We had a long fight together... 1272 01:54:17,786 --> 01:54:18,980 ...you and I. 1273 01:54:19,946 --> 01:54:23,336 You have been a worthy partner. 1274 01:54:24,986 --> 01:54:27,978 I've learned everything I know from you, Merlin. 1275 01:54:28,826 --> 01:54:31,021 We shall fight for many years to come. 1276 01:54:31,266 --> 01:54:34,144 No, I won't see any more wars. 1277 01:54:36,466 --> 01:54:38,024 But you will continue. 1278 01:54:40,146 --> 01:54:41,977 You have always... 1279 01:54:42,506 --> 01:54:45,339 ...sacrificed everything for Avalon... 1280 01:54:46,146 --> 01:54:48,102 ...and done so gladly. 1281 01:54:50,546 --> 01:54:54,983 Merlin, do you think I've wasted my life? 1282 01:54:56,626 --> 01:54:57,581 No. 1283 01:54:59,146 --> 01:55:02,661 We gave everything to Avalon... 1284 01:55:03,466 --> 01:55:05,377 ...because we had no choice. 1285 01:55:07,066 --> 01:55:10,058 -But we failed. -No, we didn't fail. 1286 01:55:10,746 --> 01:55:12,418 We did what... 1287 01:55:13,186 --> 01:55:16,223 ...we thought was right every single moment. 1288 01:55:18,066 --> 01:55:20,421 Sometimes we were headstrong... 1289 01:55:22,346 --> 01:55:27,295 ...but we lived our lives with passion and commitment. 1290 01:55:29,066 --> 01:55:31,102 We should be grateful for that. 1291 01:55:35,146 --> 01:55:36,181 Viviane... 1292 01:55:37,946 --> 01:55:41,655 ...find some happiness. 1293 01:55:43,546 --> 01:55:48,939 Just a small moment of happiness... 1294 01:55:50,386 --> 01:55:53,696 ...that belongs only to you. 1295 01:55:57,746 --> 01:55:59,976 I think the Goddess... 1296 01:56:02,386 --> 01:56:06,015 ...lives in our humanity... 1297 01:56:07,066 --> 01:56:10,263 ...and not anywhere else. 1298 01:57:55,826 --> 01:57:57,464 Strange as it may seem... 1299 01:57:57,546 --> 01:58:01,300 ...in marrying King Uriens and moving with him to Wales... 1300 01:58:01,386 --> 01:58:05,425 ...I won myself some of the few years of happiness my life was to bring me. 1301 01:58:06,506 --> 01:58:08,497 When Accolon came to be with us... 1302 01:58:08,586 --> 01:58:11,419 ...it seemed for a while as if we were a family. 1303 01:58:17,786 --> 01:58:21,142 But far to the north, under the tutelage of Morgause... 1304 01:58:21,546 --> 01:58:24,060 ...my son Mordred was growing to manhood. 1305 01:58:24,146 --> 01:58:26,706 A manhood that would destroy us all. 1306 01:58:33,546 --> 01:58:35,184 Stay the horses! 1307 01:58:35,306 --> 01:58:36,785 What is it, my lord? 1308 01:58:43,666 --> 01:58:46,180 Lucius, take these men back to Orkney. 1309 01:58:47,346 --> 01:58:49,906 Take not this road, but the one that follows the river. 1310 01:58:49,986 --> 01:58:52,022 -I will see you this night. -Yes, my lord. 1311 01:58:52,106 --> 01:58:53,175 Follow me. 1312 01:59:13,186 --> 01:59:14,062 Viviane. 1313 01:59:14,146 --> 01:59:16,421 -You know me, then. -Of course. 1314 01:59:17,466 --> 01:59:19,900 I welcome you to Lothian, Lady of the Lake. 1315 01:59:21,386 --> 01:59:23,616 You act as if you've been expecting me. 1316 01:59:24,106 --> 01:59:26,574 I could feel you long before I could see you. 1317 01:59:27,146 --> 01:59:28,818 You have a plan for me, I think. 1318 01:59:28,906 --> 01:59:31,181 I come in the cause of the Goddess, Mordred. 1319 01:59:31,266 --> 01:59:32,745 She needs a champion. 1320 01:59:33,066 --> 01:59:35,626 And the question is, will you be that champion? 1321 01:59:36,106 --> 01:59:38,301 You already have one. His name is Arthur. 1322 01:59:38,746 --> 01:59:40,816 Avalon can no longer rely on Arthur. 1323 01:59:41,546 --> 01:59:44,902 He's dismantled our presence at Camelot, and he has no heir. 1324 01:59:46,666 --> 01:59:48,418 Will you be that heir? 1325 01:59:49,306 --> 01:59:51,615 Why should anyone acknowledge me... 1326 01:59:51,706 --> 01:59:53,424 ...as the High King's heir? 1327 01:59:53,586 --> 01:59:55,463 Because you are his son. 1328 01:59:56,466 --> 01:59:57,740 His son? 1329 02:00:06,626 --> 02:00:08,423 But my mother is his sister. 1330 02:00:09,226 --> 02:00:12,218 The blood of two parents from the same powerful line... 1331 02:00:12,386 --> 02:00:15,537 ...rich in magic, run through you, Mordred. 1332 02:00:15,626 --> 02:00:18,982 You have the power, too, and you know it. 1333 02:00:19,306 --> 02:00:22,662 His son. Arthur's son. 1334 02:00:24,426 --> 02:00:26,178 By his own sister. 1335 02:00:28,786 --> 02:00:31,937 Yes, I have the power. 1336 02:00:32,946 --> 02:00:34,618 I have always known that. 1337 02:00:34,906 --> 02:00:36,703 I can bend men to my will. 1338 02:00:37,426 --> 02:00:40,782 I am placing the future of this land in your hands, Mordred. 1339 02:00:41,946 --> 02:00:45,382 Will you rise to it, or remain here... 1340 02:00:46,346 --> 02:00:48,302 ...powerless in the Scottish wilderness? 1341 02:00:49,346 --> 02:00:50,938 You made me, Aunt... 1342 02:00:51,466 --> 02:00:54,264 ...as surely as if you had fashioned me out of clay. 1343 02:00:54,866 --> 02:00:56,936 What do you think my answer will be? 1344 02:01:07,106 --> 02:01:09,222 Leave me. Leave! 1345 02:01:16,266 --> 02:01:17,904 Why didn't you tell me? 1346 02:01:19,586 --> 02:01:21,417 She's come to you, hasn't she? 1347 02:01:21,666 --> 02:01:23,304 Why didn't you tell me... 1348 02:01:23,506 --> 02:01:24,985 ...who my father is? 1349 02:01:25,546 --> 02:01:27,377 I was waiting until you were ready. 1350 02:01:27,826 --> 02:01:30,260 I'm ready. Viviane believes I am ready. 1351 02:01:30,346 --> 02:01:33,179 Viviane! Don't you see how ruthless she is? 1352 02:01:33,386 --> 02:01:35,695 Breeding you out of her own niece and nephew? 1353 02:01:35,786 --> 02:01:39,222 Looking 20 years ahead to a time when she might have use for you. 1354 02:01:40,826 --> 02:01:42,145 But in return... 1355 02:01:42,586 --> 02:01:45,703 ...she is placing the reins of power in my hands. 1356 02:01:45,786 --> 02:01:47,697 Not she alone, Mordred. 1357 02:01:49,986 --> 02:01:50,816 It was I... 1358 02:01:50,986 --> 02:01:54,581 ...who ensured that Arthur and Guinevere have no son of their own. 1359 02:01:56,306 --> 02:01:58,342 It was I who cursed her womb. 1360 02:02:04,746 --> 02:02:06,862 So you'd like to see me on the High Throne... 1361 02:02:09,266 --> 02:02:11,621 ...with you as High Queen Mother? 1362 02:02:12,906 --> 02:02:13,861 Yes. 1363 02:02:15,306 --> 02:02:17,217 But nothing can be done now. 1364 02:02:17,666 --> 02:02:19,702 Arthur's flame has never burned brighter. 1365 02:02:19,786 --> 02:02:23,495 Anyone who raises a hand against him will be torn to pieces by his companions. 1366 02:02:24,026 --> 02:02:26,176 You think I cannot defeat him directly? 1367 02:02:26,306 --> 02:02:28,661 But if you win power that way, it will not last. 1368 02:02:33,746 --> 02:02:34,815 Listen to wisdom. 1369 02:02:35,266 --> 02:02:38,622 Your enemy is that the king is so loved. 1370 02:02:39,386 --> 02:02:43,345 So, Britain's love of her king must be made somehow less. 1371 02:02:43,626 --> 02:02:44,661 How? 1372 02:02:45,146 --> 02:02:46,659 He must be discredited. 1373 02:02:49,226 --> 02:02:51,137 No man is without flaws. 1374 02:02:52,626 --> 02:02:56,096 With the king, it concerns his queen. 1375 02:02:59,626 --> 02:03:02,982 I do not like to think that this great king... 1376 02:03:04,346 --> 02:03:07,782 ...this great man, my father... 1377 02:03:08,906 --> 02:03:10,225 ...is my enemy. 1378 02:03:11,466 --> 02:03:13,297 And that for the sake of Avalon... 1379 02:03:13,386 --> 02:03:16,059 ...I must bring him down to nothing. 1380 02:03:18,266 --> 02:03:22,145 I would rather love him as all men do. 1381 02:03:24,906 --> 02:03:26,976 I would like to look on my mother... 1382 02:03:28,106 --> 02:03:30,984 ...Lady Morgaine. I would like to look on her... 1383 02:03:31,306 --> 02:03:33,866 ...who bore me as my mother... 1384 02:03:35,986 --> 02:03:39,456 ...not as the priestess, or the Goddess. 1385 02:03:41,746 --> 02:03:44,544 I am so weary of gods and goddesses. 1386 02:03:46,346 --> 02:03:48,098 I am weary of my fate. 1387 02:03:53,546 --> 02:03:55,343 Who was yonder old Roman... 1388 02:03:56,386 --> 02:03:59,059 ...who said, "Call no man happy until he is dead"? 1389 02:04:03,266 --> 02:04:04,494 My task then... 1390 02:04:04,586 --> 02:04:09,376 ...is to bring that greatest of all happinesses to my father. 1391 02:04:19,466 --> 02:04:20,945 You will be drunk, dear one. 1392 02:04:21,066 --> 02:04:22,704 So I will be drunk. 1393 02:04:22,826 --> 02:04:24,020 So let it be. 1394 02:04:27,106 --> 02:04:30,064 I drink to death and dishonor. 1395 02:04:45,226 --> 02:04:47,421 "And the Lord God said unto Abraham: 1396 02:04:47,626 --> 02:04:52,097 "Lo, thou art in thy ninetieth year, yet I will grant thee a son... 1397 02:04:52,946 --> 02:04:55,221 "...and from his loins shall spring a people... 1398 02:04:55,306 --> 02:04:58,343 "...as numerous as the stars in the firmament... 1399 02:04:59,026 --> 02:05:01,381 "...and they shall inherit the earth." 1400 02:05:33,026 --> 02:05:35,699 Forgive me, my lord, I came without announcement. 1401 02:05:37,946 --> 02:05:39,698 Mordred of Lothian. 1402 02:05:39,786 --> 02:05:41,344 I pray only to serve you, sir. 1403 02:05:41,546 --> 02:05:43,423 I've heard of your deeds, lad. 1404 02:05:43,506 --> 02:05:46,498 You've routed Saxon troops who outnumbered you 7-to-1. 1405 02:05:46,586 --> 02:05:49,896 I have been questioning those Saxons who fall into my hands, my lord. 1406 02:05:49,986 --> 02:05:52,659 And I believe they are planning an invasion. 1407 02:05:53,706 --> 02:05:55,697 But they've been peaceful for 10 years. 1408 02:05:55,946 --> 02:05:58,983 They've spent that time building ships. Hundreds of ships... 1409 02:05:59,626 --> 02:06:03,335 ...and if I know the Saxon mind, this time it won't be petty skirmishes. 1410 02:06:03,426 --> 02:06:05,940 They will take this country from shore to shore. 1411 02:06:06,026 --> 02:06:08,494 -How could this be? -It could be true, sir. 1412 02:06:08,586 --> 02:06:10,861 Saxons have never been as quiet as this. 1413 02:06:10,986 --> 02:06:12,624 I beg of you, sir... 1414 02:06:13,226 --> 02:06:15,456 ...grant me the order of knighthood. 1415 02:06:16,226 --> 02:06:18,262 Let me bring my knowledge to your army. 1416 02:06:18,346 --> 02:06:20,462 With my tactics, we will destroy them. 1417 02:06:20,546 --> 02:06:21,865 On my honor. 1418 02:06:29,866 --> 02:06:30,935 My lords... 1419 02:06:31,146 --> 02:06:34,661 ...I heard always that a champion's duty is to meet with all comers. 1420 02:06:36,266 --> 02:06:39,338 Now I have cause to chastise this impudence. 1421 02:07:20,746 --> 02:07:22,702 Where did you learn to fight like this? 1422 02:07:23,066 --> 02:07:25,057 Are you the son of one of my men? 1423 02:07:25,306 --> 02:07:27,058 Not of one of your men, sir. 1424 02:07:28,466 --> 02:07:30,741 My father was gone long before I could know him. 1425 02:07:31,146 --> 02:07:32,738 But if you find me familiar... 1426 02:07:33,186 --> 02:07:35,461 ...perhaps it is my mother you see in my face. 1427 02:07:36,266 --> 02:07:37,460 She is your sister... 1428 02:07:38,386 --> 02:07:39,865 ...the Lady Morgaine. 1429 02:07:40,946 --> 02:07:46,145 Morgaine's son. I don't believe it. 1430 02:07:46,826 --> 02:07:48,737 She would have spoken of him. 1431 02:07:49,426 --> 02:07:51,382 She would have, my good lady... 1432 02:07:51,866 --> 02:07:54,585 ...but that I believe there was some sadness in my making. 1433 02:07:55,266 --> 02:07:56,665 I was raised at Orkney... 1434 02:07:57,146 --> 02:07:58,465 ...by my Aunt Morgause. 1435 02:08:01,066 --> 02:08:04,422 Yet you have that regal air possessed of Morgaine. 1436 02:08:04,906 --> 02:08:08,819 Who but the son of my sister would have marched in here like that? 1437 02:08:09,226 --> 02:08:12,935 I can see by your face beyond doubt, that you are hers. 1438 02:08:14,346 --> 02:08:17,543 Welcome to my court, lad, and to my table. 1439 02:08:25,946 --> 02:08:28,016 Sit with me and tell me everything. 1440 02:08:28,106 --> 02:08:30,779 We shall stay up till morning getting to know each other. 1441 02:08:30,866 --> 02:08:33,505 Men, welcome my nephew. 1442 02:08:34,146 --> 02:08:35,465 He is one of us. 1443 02:08:44,386 --> 02:08:46,342 When King Uriens died... 1444 02:08:46,826 --> 02:08:49,101 ...I could not stop thinking of Avalon. 1445 02:08:52,666 --> 02:08:55,055 I knew that one phase of my life was over... 1446 02:08:55,346 --> 02:08:57,780 ...and a new one was about to begin. 1447 02:08:58,946 --> 02:09:01,301 And much though I still loved Accolon... 1448 02:09:01,426 --> 02:09:04,224 ...I knew, too, he could not be a part of it. 1449 02:09:05,746 --> 02:09:06,735 Morgaine. 1450 02:09:08,226 --> 02:09:10,376 This was your father's favorite view. 1451 02:09:14,226 --> 02:09:15,705 I'll be leaving soon. 1452 02:09:18,626 --> 02:09:19,854 You could stay. 1453 02:09:22,866 --> 02:09:23,935 Thank you. 1454 02:09:27,426 --> 02:09:29,940 But every time I look at you, I'll see him. 1455 02:09:32,466 --> 02:09:33,865 Where will you go? 1456 02:09:38,146 --> 02:09:39,818 I must go back to Avalon. 1457 02:09:49,266 --> 02:09:52,303 But if I thought the Mother Goddess would make it easy for me... 1458 02:09:52,386 --> 02:09:54,456 ...to come to terms with Viviane... 1459 02:09:54,706 --> 02:09:55,934 ...I was wrong. 1460 02:10:39,626 --> 02:10:41,025 The Saxons are upon us. 1461 02:10:45,506 --> 02:10:46,655 Fight! 1462 02:12:39,546 --> 02:12:43,425 My men tell me the invasion will come before the next full moon, my lord. 1463 02:12:44,066 --> 02:12:45,704 We are ready for them. 1464 02:12:46,506 --> 02:12:47,939 Except in one respect. 1465 02:12:48,026 --> 02:12:49,459 And that is? 1466 02:12:49,546 --> 02:12:52,185 If you were to die in battle, sir. 1467 02:12:56,386 --> 02:12:58,024 Well, you would fight on. 1468 02:12:58,186 --> 02:12:59,619 Lancelot would fight on. 1469 02:12:59,706 --> 02:13:02,061 All my brave companions would fight on. 1470 02:13:02,986 --> 02:13:05,580 And which of them would become High King, sire? 1471 02:13:06,626 --> 02:13:08,378 You have no designated successor. 1472 02:13:08,466 --> 02:13:12,095 I cannot designate a successor when my queen might yet bear me an heir. 1473 02:13:15,866 --> 02:13:17,822 It is a hope she clings to. 1474 02:13:18,626 --> 02:13:20,423 I will not rob her of that. 1475 02:13:20,626 --> 02:13:22,662 Whatever the cost to your kingdom? 1476 02:13:23,506 --> 02:13:25,815 If I choose someone not of my own descent... 1477 02:13:26,026 --> 02:13:27,618 ...it will split the companions. 1478 02:13:27,706 --> 02:13:30,539 There will be war between us and the Saxons would prevail. 1479 02:13:31,226 --> 02:13:33,376 Then choose someone of your own descent, sir. 1480 02:13:36,666 --> 02:13:38,179 I am your son. 1481 02:13:43,706 --> 02:13:47,142 I am your son. 1482 02:13:53,026 --> 02:13:55,142 But Morgaine is your mother. 1483 02:13:56,386 --> 02:14:00,379 It was she that you slept with in the great marriage. 1484 02:14:02,186 --> 02:14:04,336 She was the virgin huntress. 1485 02:14:06,826 --> 02:14:08,703 You coupled with her... 1486 02:14:09,426 --> 02:14:11,781 ...and together you conceived a child. 1487 02:14:13,346 --> 02:14:16,019 I am that child, come now to demand... 1488 02:14:16,106 --> 02:14:18,256 ...that which is my due! 1489 02:14:19,426 --> 02:14:23,305 No, it's not true. It's not true. 1490 02:14:24,266 --> 02:14:27,303 You're lying to force Arthur to promote you beyond your merits. 1491 02:14:28,506 --> 02:14:31,145 Arthur, tell him it's not true. 1492 02:14:31,346 --> 02:14:32,620 Tell him you never... 1493 02:14:35,706 --> 02:14:37,025 You never... 1494 02:14:41,226 --> 02:14:42,705 He cannot tell you... 1495 02:14:43,186 --> 02:14:47,384 ...because he knows what I say is true. 1496 02:14:52,866 --> 02:14:56,415 Then all this time when I could not give you a child... 1497 02:15:40,026 --> 02:15:41,539 Mordred is his son. 1498 02:15:44,466 --> 02:15:45,785 For many years... 1499 02:15:46,906 --> 02:15:48,897 ...I gave myself to my husband... 1500 02:15:50,026 --> 02:15:51,823 ...in the name of our Lord. 1501 02:15:52,586 --> 02:15:57,706 For many years, we prayed to fashion life within me. 1502 02:16:01,066 --> 02:16:03,785 But it seems that God has not heard those prayers. 1503 02:16:10,266 --> 02:16:11,745 Perhaps He has heard... 1504 02:16:15,146 --> 02:16:16,579 ...but did not will it. 1505 02:16:17,866 --> 02:16:19,697 But what did He will instead? 1506 02:16:22,226 --> 02:16:23,864 That a bastard child... 1507 02:16:24,786 --> 02:16:27,141 ...sprung from an incestuous bed... 1508 02:16:27,866 --> 02:16:31,222 ...should triumph over our tireless devotion. 1509 02:16:33,186 --> 02:16:36,223 They say His ways are unknowable. 1510 02:16:38,106 --> 02:16:39,141 Of course. 1511 02:16:41,106 --> 02:16:43,859 I am too small to understand the will of God. 1512 02:16:46,026 --> 02:16:47,220 Do you think... 1513 02:16:48,586 --> 02:16:51,737 ...I'm being punished for the night we spent together? 1514 02:16:54,506 --> 02:16:57,657 I don't think it's God who punishes us. 1515 02:16:59,946 --> 02:17:01,698 I think we punish ourselves. 1516 02:17:05,866 --> 02:17:08,096 Would it not be a comfort to believe... 1517 02:17:08,666 --> 02:17:10,145 ...just for a time... 1518 02:17:10,946 --> 02:17:14,985 ...that we create our own heavens and our own hells? 1519 02:17:22,346 --> 02:17:23,904 It would be a comfort. 1520 02:17:27,786 --> 02:17:29,219 It would, Lancelot. 1521 02:17:29,706 --> 02:17:33,142 Maybe God does not grant you all the comforts you ask of Him... 1522 02:17:34,346 --> 02:17:37,019 ...but offers you others which you refuse to see. 1523 02:17:39,626 --> 02:17:43,221 Maybe you should find the comforts He does offer you... 1524 02:17:43,866 --> 02:17:47,302 ...my dear lady, and accept them. 1525 02:18:47,946 --> 02:18:52,098 Wounded and weary, at last I arrived at the borders of Avalon. 1526 02:18:55,626 --> 02:18:57,821 I felt somehow I had never left. 1527 02:19:39,146 --> 02:19:40,864 But then I realized... 1528 02:19:40,946 --> 02:19:43,858 ...the power I once prevailed over had left me... 1529 02:19:43,946 --> 02:19:45,902 ...a long time ago. 1530 02:19:47,066 --> 02:19:49,057 I was stranded on the outside... 1531 02:19:49,546 --> 02:19:51,264 ...like a child locked out. 1532 02:19:52,426 --> 02:19:54,064 Viviane had forsaken me. 1533 02:20:03,106 --> 02:20:06,462 Then I heard a sound I had not heard for years: 1534 02:20:07,186 --> 02:20:08,904 The bell of Glastonbury. 1535 02:20:49,666 --> 02:20:50,815 My daughter! 1536 02:21:08,506 --> 02:21:10,736 Where have you been, my child? 1537 02:21:10,826 --> 02:21:12,703 I've had such sadness. 1538 02:21:25,266 --> 02:21:26,221 Come. 1539 02:22:12,426 --> 02:22:13,939 Lancelot? 1540 02:22:17,786 --> 02:22:19,060 Wrong. 1541 02:22:45,226 --> 02:22:46,420 Run! 1542 02:22:56,266 --> 02:22:57,335 Mordred... 1543 02:22:57,546 --> 02:22:59,298 ...such a trick is worthy of you. 1544 02:22:59,386 --> 02:23:02,935 In the king's name, Lancelot, I accuse you of high treason. 1545 02:23:03,626 --> 02:23:07,778 Gawain, in God's name, how could you lend yourself to this? 1546 02:23:07,946 --> 02:23:09,459 I never believed it of you. 1547 02:23:10,186 --> 02:23:13,542 I were to God I had fallen in battle before ever I saw this day. 1548 02:23:14,506 --> 02:23:15,700 Dress yourself. 1549 02:23:15,786 --> 02:23:18,823 I will not take you so disgraced into Arthur's presence. 1550 02:23:19,266 --> 02:23:21,416 Enough men have witnessed your shame. 1551 02:23:25,546 --> 02:23:28,618 I'm glad for your sake that you would come with us quietly. 1552 02:23:29,386 --> 02:23:30,341 Mother? 1553 02:23:39,546 --> 02:23:40,820 See to the queen. 1554 02:23:41,106 --> 02:23:43,939 She'll be in your hands until Arthur deals with her. 1555 02:23:45,826 --> 02:23:48,056 Come along, my lady. Get into your gown. 1556 02:23:48,146 --> 02:23:51,502 You do not want to go shameless before the king, do you? 1557 02:23:51,786 --> 02:23:53,538 Get me your sword, Lancelot. 1558 02:24:15,706 --> 02:24:16,695 Come. 1559 02:24:19,346 --> 02:24:20,415 Stop! 1560 02:24:20,586 --> 02:24:21,735 Let them go. 1561 02:24:22,186 --> 02:24:24,302 It is for the king to decide their fate now. 1562 02:24:29,506 --> 02:24:31,940 No man in all of Britain will hide them now. 1563 02:24:47,706 --> 02:24:49,185 They have defied you. 1564 02:24:49,466 --> 02:24:51,536 He has slain one of your most loyal men. 1565 02:24:51,626 --> 02:24:54,504 I love them both. I will not hunt after them. 1566 02:24:56,866 --> 02:24:58,015 I beg you, my lord. 1567 02:24:58,146 --> 02:25:00,501 Lancelot has committed treason. 1568 02:25:00,586 --> 02:25:04,659 Treason against the Crown, to which I have sworn allegiance, sworn with my life! 1569 02:25:04,746 --> 02:25:07,021 Lancelot and Guinevere are a part of me. 1570 02:25:07,946 --> 02:25:10,938 Do not ask me to tear into my own flesh. 1571 02:25:11,386 --> 02:25:12,944 If you do nothing, Father... 1572 02:25:13,026 --> 02:25:16,462 ...you will lose the confidence of your army and your men. 1573 02:25:17,066 --> 02:25:19,500 You will cease to be High King in anything but name. 1574 02:25:21,706 --> 02:25:23,662 I have not the heart for it. 1575 02:25:26,226 --> 02:25:28,899 I have no choice but to leave this in your hands. 1576 02:25:45,546 --> 02:25:48,299 I cannot bear to say goodbye to you here, my lady. 1577 02:25:49,906 --> 02:25:54,502 I am no longer any man's wife, or lover. 1578 02:25:59,146 --> 02:26:02,183 From this point on, I give my heart to no one except God. 1579 02:26:05,466 --> 02:26:06,819 I've lost my king. 1580 02:26:07,946 --> 02:26:10,380 I've lost my honor, and now-- 1581 02:26:25,426 --> 02:26:27,462 That day I saw you on the stones. 1582 02:26:29,546 --> 02:26:31,218 That bell was also ringing. 1583 02:26:33,746 --> 02:26:34,940 Remember? 1584 02:26:37,546 --> 02:26:39,138 How could I forget? 1585 02:26:41,826 --> 02:26:43,623 So innocent we were. 1586 02:27:11,706 --> 02:27:12,775 I pray... 1587 02:27:13,666 --> 02:27:15,224 ...there is a heaven... 1588 02:27:16,586 --> 02:27:18,861 ...and that you would be an angel in it... 1589 02:27:18,946 --> 02:27:22,825 ...so when I die, we can be together at last. 1590 02:28:02,266 --> 02:28:03,938 I knew you'd come. 1591 02:28:10,866 --> 02:28:14,654 Mother Superior, I come seeking forgiveness. 1592 02:28:15,506 --> 02:28:18,418 And this is the place where you shall find it. 1593 02:28:22,226 --> 02:28:25,263 Suffering brings women to God. 1594 02:29:04,626 --> 02:29:06,264 When you left Camelot... 1595 02:29:07,386 --> 02:29:09,058 ...Arthur missed you so. 1596 02:29:10,546 --> 02:29:12,935 I have often thought my greatest sin... 1597 02:29:13,106 --> 02:29:16,655 ...was coming between the love that you and Arthur have for each other. 1598 02:29:17,586 --> 02:29:19,144 How is my dear brother? 1599 02:29:20,186 --> 02:29:21,699 He is in great danger. 1600 02:29:22,266 --> 02:29:23,824 He has need of you now. 1601 02:29:24,146 --> 02:29:26,899 Why? What's happened? 1602 02:29:27,586 --> 02:29:30,817 It is your son, Mordred. 1603 02:29:41,866 --> 02:29:43,424 As I raced back to Camelot... 1604 02:29:43,506 --> 02:29:46,020 ...to be with my brother in his hour of need... 1605 02:29:46,146 --> 02:29:48,740 ...I saw people fleeing from the coasts. 1606 02:30:00,746 --> 02:30:03,897 The final assault of the Saxons had at last begun. 1607 02:30:08,546 --> 02:30:11,299 It was at that moment that I finally encountered... 1608 02:30:11,706 --> 02:30:13,697 ...the one person I had given up hope... 1609 02:30:13,786 --> 02:30:15,378 ...of ever seeing again. 1610 02:30:28,906 --> 02:30:30,897 I was behind you much of the way. 1611 02:30:34,026 --> 02:30:36,494 I was proud and unforgiving. 1612 02:30:38,506 --> 02:30:40,576 I may have turned my back on you... 1613 02:30:40,866 --> 02:30:43,426 ...but my heart never turned. 1614 02:30:48,906 --> 02:30:52,421 I destroyed something between us in the name of the Goddess. 1615 02:30:54,466 --> 02:30:57,822 Now I fear I have destroyed something else in her name. 1616 02:30:59,146 --> 02:31:02,980 Will Camelot and Avalon disappear into the mists? 1617 02:31:07,346 --> 02:31:09,860 I see a land that runs red with blood... 1618 02:31:10,426 --> 02:31:11,779 ...where chaos rules. 1619 02:31:15,866 --> 02:31:17,538 It is the end of an age. 1620 02:31:26,026 --> 02:31:30,304 I thought that I knew what to expect when Viviane and I reached Camelot. 1621 02:31:30,946 --> 02:31:33,858 But it was beyond anything either of us had imagined. 1622 02:31:59,146 --> 02:32:01,614 I am Morgaine, sister to the king. 1623 02:32:02,826 --> 02:32:04,464 Where is my brother? 1624 02:32:06,226 --> 02:32:08,137 Where is Arthur Pendragon? 1625 02:32:20,746 --> 02:32:21,701 Mother. 1626 02:32:24,266 --> 02:32:25,381 What a surprise. 1627 02:32:34,986 --> 02:32:38,661 So you came to see Arthur and not me? 1628 02:32:40,746 --> 02:32:42,384 You came to see your brother... 1629 02:32:42,946 --> 02:32:45,301 ...and not the son you bore him. 1630 02:32:57,706 --> 02:32:59,776 Welcome to the new Camelot. 1631 02:33:00,746 --> 02:33:02,464 This is an abomination. 1632 02:33:03,866 --> 02:33:05,458 I thought you would be proud. 1633 02:33:05,706 --> 02:33:07,901 We are keeping the ways of the Goddess alive. 1634 02:33:08,306 --> 02:33:10,422 These are not the ways of the Goddess. 1635 02:33:10,506 --> 02:33:12,576 You think you know her ways better than I? 1636 02:33:13,546 --> 02:33:16,424 You always got it all, while I was left with nothing. 1637 02:33:17,546 --> 02:33:19,582 But someone was watching out for me... 1638 02:33:20,906 --> 02:33:22,942 ...and what god it is I care not. 1639 02:33:25,426 --> 02:33:27,098 The tribesmen only follow you... 1640 02:33:27,186 --> 02:33:30,656 ...because you have the Pendragon banner hanging over their heads. 1641 02:33:37,146 --> 02:33:39,262 I am the Lady of the Lake. 1642 02:33:42,186 --> 02:33:44,700 I am the High Priestess of Avalon... 1643 02:33:48,906 --> 02:33:51,340 ...and I declare she has been deceiving you. 1644 02:33:55,946 --> 02:33:57,299 This is not Avalon. 1645 02:33:59,666 --> 02:34:02,226 This is not the will of the Goddess I serve. 1646 02:34:03,706 --> 02:34:05,185 This is her will... 1647 02:34:07,986 --> 02:34:10,454 ...and it is murder and perversion. 1648 02:34:12,266 --> 02:34:14,336 My sister is an evil sorceress... 1649 02:34:14,826 --> 02:34:17,021 ...intent on destroying all that is Camelot. 1650 02:36:54,986 --> 02:36:57,819 Now, bring me to the king! 1651 02:37:05,546 --> 02:37:06,695 Is it you? 1652 02:37:10,146 --> 02:37:11,784 Is it really you? 1653 02:37:21,226 --> 02:37:22,818 You've come back to me. 1654 02:37:29,306 --> 02:37:33,777 My sister, why did you not tell me about our child? 1655 02:37:35,226 --> 02:37:37,786 Why did you bear the burden all alone? 1656 02:37:38,346 --> 02:37:42,021 The pain of it would have been no less for me had I shared it with you. 1657 02:37:43,906 --> 02:37:45,578 You always looked after me. 1658 02:37:45,786 --> 02:37:49,381 I've done my duty, and now you must do yours. 1659 02:37:50,866 --> 02:37:52,743 What duty remains for me to do? 1660 02:37:52,866 --> 02:37:56,461 You must protect your land against the Saxon invasion... 1661 02:37:56,546 --> 02:37:58,935 ...the likes of which I've never seen before. 1662 02:38:00,306 --> 02:38:02,581 I'm a sinner and I'm weak. 1663 02:38:02,666 --> 02:38:04,304 We have both sinned. 1664 02:38:04,786 --> 02:38:08,461 Are we going to let those sins drag us down, as some priests would have it... 1665 02:38:08,586 --> 02:38:11,623 ...and send us crawling on our knees begging forgiveness... 1666 02:38:11,706 --> 02:38:15,824 ...or are we going to rise above them and do what we were put on this earth to do? 1667 02:38:17,266 --> 02:38:19,177 What were we put on this earth to do? 1668 02:38:19,466 --> 02:38:22,822 You were put on this earth to lead your people, Arthur. 1669 02:38:22,986 --> 02:38:23,941 Stand! 1670 02:38:24,186 --> 02:38:27,656 The Saxon invasion has begun. They have lined our shores. 1671 02:38:27,786 --> 02:38:29,378 They will take down Camelot. 1672 02:38:29,546 --> 02:38:33,300 You must ride out now, even if it's the last battle you ever fight. 1673 02:38:33,386 --> 02:38:36,298 You must bring one last note of glory to Avalon. 1674 02:38:57,746 --> 02:39:00,624 And so Arthur and the remnants of the Round Table... 1675 02:39:01,386 --> 02:39:03,456 ...rode out for their last battle. 1676 02:41:05,866 --> 02:41:07,777 We will fight as we always did. 1677 02:41:09,906 --> 02:41:12,056 As we always did, my friend. 1678 02:41:53,866 --> 02:41:55,458 He's joined the Saxons. 1679 02:41:59,506 --> 02:42:01,064 Our Father in heaven... 1680 02:42:01,946 --> 02:42:04,096 ...and our Mother of the earth... 1681 02:42:04,746 --> 02:42:06,782 ...soon I shall be taken into Your house. 1682 02:42:10,026 --> 02:42:12,301 Let me be fit to wear Your robes. 1683 02:42:12,586 --> 02:42:15,054 Let the sword that I die by cleanse me. 1684 02:42:18,826 --> 02:42:21,943 And if there is honor in the course you have set for me... 1685 02:42:22,626 --> 02:42:24,264 ...let me earn it today. 1686 02:45:32,746 --> 02:45:34,225 Mordred! 1687 02:45:39,826 --> 02:45:40,576 Father. 1688 02:45:53,346 --> 02:45:55,621 The Goddess holds everything in balance. 1689 02:45:55,906 --> 02:45:59,615 Without her, destruction and chaos will prevail. 1690 02:46:01,226 --> 02:46:02,579 Bring me my horse. 1691 02:46:50,866 --> 02:46:52,458 Why have you become my enemy? 1692 02:46:54,506 --> 02:46:57,782 You truly believe that I was ever anything else, my father? 1693 02:48:38,786 --> 02:48:40,014 Mother. 1694 02:49:31,306 --> 02:49:33,183 Lancelot. 1695 02:49:36,146 --> 02:49:37,943 Take me home, Sister. 1696 02:49:40,826 --> 02:49:42,179 Take me to Avalon. 1697 02:49:57,746 --> 02:50:00,180 Though Avalon had already rejected me... 1698 02:50:00,866 --> 02:50:02,663 ...I felt its strange power... 1699 02:50:02,746 --> 02:50:06,295 ...as it drew the dying king and I back towards its sacred shores. 1700 02:50:07,946 --> 02:50:10,540 I began to doubt we would ever reach Avalon. 1701 02:50:10,986 --> 02:50:12,658 Perhaps, for our disobedience... 1702 02:50:12,746 --> 02:50:15,135 ...we would be lost in this limbo of mist forever. 1703 02:50:16,466 --> 02:50:18,616 Or perhaps, with Viviane's death... 1704 02:50:19,346 --> 02:50:21,337 ...it had simply disappeared. 1705 02:51:13,226 --> 02:51:15,456 Are we shut out of Avalon, Sister? 1706 02:51:17,666 --> 02:51:20,260 I fear the Goddess has rejected us, Arthur... 1707 02:51:21,306 --> 02:51:22,944 ...as we rejected her. 1708 02:51:24,666 --> 02:51:26,497 Perhaps she needs an offering. 1709 02:51:41,786 --> 02:51:43,742 Give it back to the Goddess, Morgaine. 1710 02:51:46,186 --> 02:51:47,938 It belongs to her now. 1711 02:52:35,146 --> 02:52:36,625 We are home, Arthur. 1712 02:52:55,026 --> 02:52:56,459 My little brother... 1713 02:52:59,386 --> 02:53:00,455 ...my love. 1714 02:53:03,466 --> 02:53:04,660 We're home. 1715 02:53:35,626 --> 02:53:37,935 Avalon faded from the world of men... 1716 02:53:38,106 --> 02:53:41,462 ...and only Glastonbury marked where its wonders had been. 1717 02:53:44,226 --> 02:53:47,104 The Saxons overran Britain and made it their own... 1718 02:53:47,386 --> 02:53:49,342 ...and the Goddess was forgotten. 1719 02:53:50,186 --> 02:53:52,984 Or so I was convinced for many years. 1720 02:54:09,706 --> 02:54:10,900 Virgin Mary... 1721 02:54:11,146 --> 02:54:13,706 ...Mother of God, pray for me. 1722 02:54:18,906 --> 02:54:22,785 Until at last I realized the Goddess had survived. 1723 02:54:23,626 --> 02:54:25,503 She had not been destroyed... 1724 02:54:25,586 --> 02:54:28,259 ...but had simply adopted another incarnation. 1725 02:54:29,226 --> 02:54:31,137 And perhaps, one day... 1726 02:54:31,386 --> 02:54:34,503 ...future generations will be able to bring her back... 1727 02:54:34,626 --> 02:54:36,184 ...as we knew her... 1728 02:54:36,426 --> 02:54:38,337 ...in the glory of Avalon. 1729 02:55:46,026 --> 02:55:49,018 132480

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