0:00:02 > 0:00:05In a land of myth and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom
0:00:05 > 0:00:11rests on the shoulders of a young man. His name - Merlin.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23It is not worth anyone's life.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Isn't it? It's cost me 20 years of mine.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30It is of no use.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33You will never find the third part of the Triskellion.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38Ah, but you're wrong. I already know where that bit is.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40KNOCK AT DOOR
0:03:48 > 0:03:53Hello, Gaius. Surely you remember me.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Only too well. Why are you here?
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Please. I could do with drying myself by your fire.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15You've a nerve coming back here.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17You left me in a lot of trouble.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Yeah, yeah. Sorry about that. What can I say?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Execution didn't really appeal to me.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Don't pretend you supported Uther.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Tell me why you're here.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Save your eyesight, Gaius. It's the Triskellion of Askhanar.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- You're sure?- I'm certain.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Let me see.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05This is a Druid tongue.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07The bind runes are in threes, that's rare.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I can save you the trouble.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13They guide the bearer to the tomb of Askhanar.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Yes.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21We both know the legend.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25We both know what he hid there.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32A dragon's egg. And you have come to steal it?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I wouldn't say steal.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38You're forgetting one thing - you're missing a part of the Triskellion.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Oh no, I know where that bit is.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Where?
0:05:48 > 0:05:52In the vaults beneath your feet.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53In Camelot?
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Where it has lain safe and secure for the last 400 years.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00And you want me to help you get it?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04We could bring this noble creature back to life.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I want no part of your plan.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13You don't want to release the last living dragon?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- The old ways should die. - That is not what you taught me.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17It's what I feel now.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19I believe in the King that Arthur will become
0:06:19 > 0:06:21and the future he will build.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Think about it ....
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I've given you my answer.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Now I think you should leave Camelot sooner rather than later.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Arthur may not be his father but he is no friend of the old ways.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46You'll find me in the tavern in the lower town. Take your time.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Oh, Gaius, I know I caused you trouble before,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55but I'm a changed man.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Believe me.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Who was that?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Oh, it doesn't matter.- Gaius?
0:07:15 > 0:07:20He was a pupil. His name is Julius Borden.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25Why won't you help him? This is our one chance of saving the dragons,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27of helping Kilgharrah preserve his kind!
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Borden is not a man to be trusted.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32You don't think the Triskellion is real?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34That I have no doubt.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Then what?- His motives, Merlin.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Even as a young man he was prone to dishonesty - who knows what path he is on now.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44You want the egg to remain lost forever!
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I don't want it to get into Borden's hands.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51The tomb of Askhanar has lain untouched for more than 400 years.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54It is my belief it should remain that way.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Now let's get some sleep. We've got a busy day ahead of us tomorrow.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35I never dared dream of such a moment, Merlin.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40Until now I believed the egg would never be found.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45That I would be the last of my kind.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47So the legend is true.
0:08:47 > 0:08:54This is a chance in 100, Merlin.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56You must retrieve the egg.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I know.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Then what is the matter?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Gaius has forbidden it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17Merlin. You are a Dragonlord. It is a gift passed down from your father.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22He gave up everything in his life to save me.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25What do you think he would say?
0:09:26 > 0:09:30The egg harbours the last of my kind.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38I beg you, Merlin, in your father's name,
0:09:38 > 0:09:43promise me that you will do everything in your power
0:09:43 > 0:09:45to rescue it.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50You have my promise.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21What do you want?
0:10:21 > 0:10:22To help you.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Who are you?
0:10:24 > 0:10:29A friend of Gaius. I heard what you told him.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I want to see a dragon's egg. I want to come with you.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Did he send you?- No.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38No? Then get out.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Please. I know everything about dragons. I've read everything...
0:10:41 > 0:10:42I'm not interested. Go away.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46All right, but you won't get into the vaults without me.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48And how's a boy like you going to help me?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Because I'm the personal servant of King Arthur.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25What on earth are you doing?
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Looking for woodworm.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Before breakfast!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39That is when the worms are most active.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Get out.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59These need washing.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01So do these.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Oh, and Merlin, before you go, I need that belt.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18We need to strengthen all our outlying defences,
0:12:18 > 0:12:22as Odin's raids prove but it is the Northern borders that are vulnerable.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24It has always been so. The reason is obvious.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28If you look at the terrain here ...
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Allow me to help you, sire.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33No! No!
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- Merlin!- Your Majesty!
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- Merlin!- Your Majesty...
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- Get off me! - I'm trying to help you, Sire.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47- There we go. Will there be anything else, Sire?- No!
0:12:57 > 0:13:00So, the terrain here...
0:13:12 > 0:13:14I'm beginning to like you, Merlin.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24This is as far as I go.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Now this key opens the last gate but you have to get past the guards.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31That won't be a problem.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Follow me.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Thanks.- Any time.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Tell me, Merlin...
0:16:07 > 0:16:08would you say you are a good liar?
0:16:11 > 0:16:12If I need to be.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21You're going to need to be.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Merlin! What are you doing?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Shh...
0:17:26 > 0:17:27I'm listening for woodworm.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31I'm getting slightly concerned about you.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33CHURCH BELLS RING
0:17:33 > 0:17:37What the hell's that?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41The lock hasn't been damaged which suggests whoever it was had a key.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Strange.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53With all these treasures, this was all they were interested in.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54What was in here?
0:17:54 > 0:17:58I believe, sire, one third of a Triskellion.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00A type of key, that according to legend,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02opens the ancient Tomb of Askhanar.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08I remember my father talk of such a tomb. It contained a dragon's egg?
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- It has been said.- You don't believe it to be true?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Well, it is possible, sire. The wealth and wisdom of Askhanar
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- were without equal. - Is the egg still there?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I can't be certain, but to my knowledge
0:18:20 > 0:18:23no-one has disturbed the tomb for more than 400 years.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26But with this Triskellion, someone could?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Sire, a dragon's egg can live for 1,000 years - even today,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33it could still hatch and another dragon be born into the world.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38- My father's work to rid the world of these monsters would be undone. - That must be our fear.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Then we have no choice - we must hunt down this intruder
0:18:44 > 0:18:45and destroy the egg.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51How could you be so stupid?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- What were you thinking? - I am a Dragonlord.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57It's my sacred duty to protect the last of the dragons.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00The tomb could have remained closed for another 400 years
0:19:00 > 0:19:03and the egg would have been completely safe.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Now Arthur's riding out, intent on destroying it.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- We have to hope that Borden gets there first.- You trust Borden?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14You really think he is going to release that dragon?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I fear to think what he intends for the poor creature.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Why couldn't you leave things alone?!
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Hurry up, Merlin!
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Same hoof tracks.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57We must be closing on him.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Look.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02He's made camp.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12Still warm.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16- He can't have more than a few hours lead on us.- We need to keep moving.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Deer tracks.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Have we lost him?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45It's getting too dark to see.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48We'll find somewhere to hole up for the night.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50But we're so close to him.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Unless you can see in the dark, Merlin, there's not much else to do.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03Whoa, I'm famished. Thank you.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Yeah, I'm hungry as a horse.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- That's a point, Merlin. Have you fed them?- What?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- The horses.- Well...
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- Come on, they must be starving. - But...
0:21:20 > 0:21:21On your toes.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59That was lovely, Merlin. Thanks.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- I loved it.- Me too.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- If you're going to wash those up, wash this too.- Thanks.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Oh, hang on. There's still a bit left.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Mmm...
0:22:22 > 0:22:28- Mmm...- Good was it? - A little salty though.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36Merlin, there's another plate here.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37ALL LAUGH
0:22:55 > 0:22:57FAINT WHISPER: Emrys...
0:23:06 > 0:23:09FAINT WHISPER: Emrys...
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Where are you?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31(Emrys...)
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Do not be afraid. We know your quest.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54How?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56The man you seek also stole from us.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00He passed through these woods not three hours before you.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- Which way did he go?- To the East but you must be wary, Emrys -
0:24:04 > 0:24:08the legends tell a tale that only the Druids know.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10What do they say?
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Askhanar was a wise man -
0:24:13 > 0:24:18he knew one day men would come seeking to disturb his rest.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21The Triskellion is not just a key.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- It is also a trap.- What do you mean? What kind of trap?
0:24:28 > 0:24:35I do not know, but the legends are very clear. You must beware, Emrys.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Emrys!
0:24:44 > 0:24:47There is one other thing the legends say.
0:24:47 > 0:24:53Only when the way ahead seems impossible will you have found it.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- He must've left in the night. - There are no horse tracks.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20He's covered them.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25We had him. We were so close!
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- Where are you going? We don't know which way he went.- He's heading East.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34- How would you know, Merlin? - Because I can sense it.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Sense is not a word I associate with you, Merlin.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Hang on...
0:25:41 > 0:25:43He's right.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46He can't be.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Well done, Merlin.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Have you ever heard of the word "sorry"?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55No - is it another word you've made up?
0:26:06 > 0:26:11It's a dead end. That's it. Let's go back.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15What about the cave?
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- We're wasting our time.- Arthur.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Merlin, this is ridiculous. Where's he heading?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01There's light ahead.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39No wonder no-one's ever found it.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12CROSSBOW FIRES
0:28:12 > 0:28:14ARGH!
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Take cover!
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Are you all right?
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Yeah.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Where's he firing from?
0:28:31 > 0:28:35I'll draw the fire. Get him to safety.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52(Arthur.)
0:29:26 > 0:29:29What happened? Where's he gone?
0:29:34 > 0:29:35Perhaps he ran out of bolts.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Careful!
0:29:50 > 0:29:54Who knows what he's left lying in wait for us.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- We can go round that.- No.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- He knows we're coming. - That's a risk we have to take.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02We'll make camp and continue at dawn.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- Merlin, can you get some more firewood?- But I was just ..
0:30:51 > 0:30:56Mmm... This is good!
0:30:56 > 0:30:57Guys, you've got to try this.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06Mmm!
0:31:15 > 0:31:19All right, don't tell me. It was too salty.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Typical.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Well, if you think I'm doing the washing up...
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Ic pe purhhle pinu licsar.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12Ic pe purhhle pinu licsar...
0:32:56 > 0:32:58No!
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Prosm tohweorf!
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Give it to me.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41It's not yours to take.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50You give it to me and I will grant you a half share, Merlin.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52No, it must go free.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Don't be a fool.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Think of the power it will bring us.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02- The lands we can rule over, the riches.- I'm not interested in that.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07With this dragon at our command, we will live like kings.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11We will have the freedom and power to do as we wish.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Dragons cannot be used like that.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18They must be left unshackled, free to roam the earth.
0:35:18 > 0:35:25This is your chance. Your chance to escape your meaningless life,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28your worthless existence.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30It's not my life that is pitiable, it's yours.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34You've wasted it for nothing.
0:35:42 > 0:35:48I pieced together the Triskellion. I found the path that lead us here.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51The dragon belongs to me.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Now hand it over.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59You are not going to stop me, boy!
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Dragons are magical creatures - they belong to no man, they are for the benefit of all.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09What do you know? You are but a serving boy.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15I am the last Dragonlord and I'm warning you...
0:36:17 > 0:36:19leave this egg alone.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07What the hell happened?
0:37:09 > 0:37:11The tomb was a trap. He set it off.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13He never got out.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15What about the egg?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- It would've perished with him. - Are you sure?
0:37:19 > 0:37:21We need to be certain.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Nothing's going to survive under all that.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Shame about the egg.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Yes.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49You weren't able to save it?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51No.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18All the jewels, all the treasures, Gaius, they don't compare.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41It was nearly lost because of you.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47I'm sorry, Gaius. I was too quick to act.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51You have to think things through. Askhanar did exactly that.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55He had the foresight to conceal this for more than 400 years.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02And now it is down to you, Merlin.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06For you to decide what you intend to do with it.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11I've thought about that.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21I'm going to make sure it goes back to where it belongs.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Is it still alive?
0:39:55 > 0:39:58It can live for more than 1,000 years.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05So you are no longer the last of your kind.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07It would seem not.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10When will it hatch?
0:40:10 > 0:40:15Young dragons were called into the world by the Dragonlords -
0:40:15 > 0:40:19only they had the power to summon them from the egg.
0:40:19 > 0:40:25As the last Dragonlord, this solemn duty falls to you, Merlin.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32How do I summon it?
0:40:32 > 0:40:35You must give the dragon a name.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Aithusa.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05DRAGON GURGLES
0:41:05 > 0:41:11A white dragon is indeed a rare thing -
0:41:11 > 0:41:12and fitting.
0:41:12 > 0:41:18For in the dragon tongue, you named him after the light of the sun.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22No dragon birth is without meaning.
0:41:22 > 0:41:28Sometimes the meaning is hard to see but this time I believe it is clear.
0:41:28 > 0:41:35The white dragon bodes well for Albion, for you and Arthur...
0:41:38 > 0:41:41..and for the land that you will build together.
0:41:53 > 0:41:54You are still untested as a king.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59- I can't just kill a man in cold blood.- You must do what you need to, to assert your authority.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Do you really have the guts to kill me?
0:42:01 > 0:42:05You've always shown mercy in battle. This isn't like you.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07The whole of Camelot will pay for this.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Arthur will not win because I have the power to ensure that he doesn't.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13I made the wrong decision.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Now I've brought this war upon Camelot myself.
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