Arthur's Bane - Part 2 Merlin

'In a land of myth and a time of magic,

'the destiny of a kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young man.'

'His name Merlin.'

The prophets speak of Arthur's Bane.

You would do well to fear it for it stalks him

like a ghost in the night.

-Arthur's Bane is real. Once it is known, his end is nigh.

-Yet you cannot tell me what it is.

The Diamair will tell us. The Diamair is the key to all knowledge.

-Then, where is this key?

-It is here, beneath your feet.

Something out there. Did you see it?

-I'm not sure we should go to Ismere.

-I swear I'm going to rescue my men or die trying.

Merlin!

Not so fast.

-Shouldn't we leave it to Lady Morgana to decide their fate?

-Mordred.

Hello, Arthur.

SHE TAKES SHALLOW BREATHS

CREATURE SCREECHES

SHE GASPS

Aithusa...

Come.

Come here.

Don't worry. We're safe.

No harm can come to us now.

IT GROANS

Our troubles are all in the past,

I promise.

Soon we will have the Diamair.

Soon we will know Arthur's Bane.

Camelot will be ours.

Remind me, Merlin - how did we end up like this?

Oh, yes.

You were thinking about your stomach. I told you it was a trap.

-And I told you to go back to Camelot.

-Merlin...

-Halt!

We can't let them hand us over

to Morgana. We need to get out of here...

-Uhhh!

-You speak when you're spoken to!

Faster!

DOOR UNLOCKS

Here. Drink this.

-No...

-It will make it easier to bear.

-Gaius... You have to help me. speak to the Queen.

-It will do no good.

Then, let me. Please, it's all I ask. Allow me to meet with her.

-I am just a physician...

-But she listens to you, she trusts you.

All I want is to talk with her. If you don't help me, Gaius...

Please, don't let me die. Please...

DOOR OPENS

DOOR SLAMS SHUT

FARAWAY HOWLING, WIND WHISTLES

What are you gawping at?

Is this what you want?

Catch.

HE LAUGHS

Maybe we should feed them.

-What for?

-They'll be skin and bones.

Morgana wants slaves, not hogs for the fire.

-Then, slow the pace.

-The quicker we get there,

the quicker I get my money.

RATTLING

Sceadu hine wreoth!

-Do you want them?

-Why are you doing this?

He once saved my life. I owe him a debt.

Don't be so quick to judge me.

You fear me, Emrys, don't you?

I know the hatred and suspicion with which men treat those with magic.

You and I are not so different.

I too have learned to hide my gifts.

I promise... your secret is safe with me.

What's Morgana looking for in Ismere?

-The Diamair.

-What's that?

-In the language of my people, it means "The Key".

-The key to what?

The key to all knowledge...

There is still no sign of the Diamair. We are running out of time.

-Have faith, Morgana.

-Arthur could be on us in days.

-Or he could be dead.

-No. He escaped. I am sure of it.

-Then, he'll be in Camelot now.

-Then, you must speak to your spy, discover what Arthur will do next.

-M'Lady... Sefa has been arrested.

She is sentenced to die.

That is cruel indeed.

But there is no greater glory

than giving your life for a cause that is right.

She has proved herself to be a worthy daughter.

It will not be forgotten.

I will double the patrols on the border.

We will be ready for when Arthur returns.

There is nothing more you can do for Sefa.

We must make sure her sacrifice was not in vain.

Whoa! Stop!

He needs water.

Get up!

Not so much of the great warrior now, are you?

Here. I'll help him.

M'Lady.

Sefa. You asked to see me.

I'm sorry for what I did.

It was wrong, I know. It was without thinking.

I didn't mean to hurt anyone. I wouldn't. I...

All I wanted was to help my father and now I am condemned to death.

You understand the law, Sefa.

-I cannot change it.

-Please...

I know you have a good heart. A reprieve... I'm begging you.

-Men have died.

-I know.

I'm sorry.

I'm so... I'm so sorry.

I did it for my father. It was the only thing he wanted from me.

I told him I couldn't, but... I don't know, he...

I wanted to make him happy, to please him.

-He used you.

-I know.

M'Lady, I don't want to die.

There is nothing I can do, Sefa. The sentence stands.

M'Lady!

DOOR SLAMS SHUT

Where is it that I need to sign?

Perhaps you should reconsider. The sentence is a harsh one.

-The law is clear.

-Sefa was naive and foolish, but she doesn't deserve to die.

And she won't, Gaius.

I have no intention of executing her.

My aim is to catch her father. He is the threat to Camelot, not the girl.

-I'm hoping her plight will lure him here.

-Why did you not tell me?

Her predicament must remain genuine. Ruadan may have more spies here.

-And if he has any inkling of this, he will not come.

-This is a dangerous game, M'Lady.

-Wars cannot be won without risks.

-The execution is set, what happens if Ruadan doesn't appear?

Sefa is his daughter. I have to believe that he will.

HORSES WHINNY

Who did this?

-Who?!

-We need to rest.

Right,

you can rest for ever!

Ga on wuda!

SHOUTING AND CLASH OF BLADES

You've got to be joking...

Do you have a better solution?

We haven't got all day, Merlin!

AHHHH!

-Make sure they can't get across.

-Merlin!

Feall!

ICE RUMBLES

-Why spare his life?!

-He couldn't come after us.

-He was leading us to our deaths.

-He showed us kindness.

-You should've killed him!

-What is wrong with you?

-You had the chance!

-We escaped, didn't we?

-Next time, we might not be so lucky.

I love your optimism.

We need to keep moving.

HE COUGHS

You have nothing to fear...

Your wounds are not yet healed.

You. You saved me.

-Thank you.

-I know that you are worthy of my help.

-I don't understand.

-You think kindness is the preserve of humans?

-I've never seen a creature like you before.

-No.

-Who are you?

-I...

have been called many things by the Children of Men.

I am the last of my kind.

Once we were revered by all -

but those days are long... gone.

For hundreds of years, we were shunned and hunted

till I found myself... alone.

And now, even this last refuge

is safe... no more.

FOOTSTEPS

You are weak, fair knight.

You must rest

and heal yourself.

BIRD CALLS

APPROACHING VOICES

GLASS SHATTERS

Stop!

Reveal yourself.

COIN TINKLES

AGGHHH!

SWORD CLATTERS

Onluce the!

SHOUTING

Come on!

BELLS RING URGENTLY

-Is it Ruadan?

-Almost certainly.

Onluce the!

There!

Give yourselves up there's no escape.

HE GRUNTS

Father!

Bael onbryne!

BELLS RING

SHOUTING

I need water.

-Father...

-The fight must continue.

-You must cure yourself...

-I do not have such powers.

-Try. Please.

-Cum-eh mech. Href-n-wan!

-CROW CAWS

Attach this to the bird.

You've done very well.

You should be proud.

Sefa.

-You can't leave me.

-You must be strong.

-Father, please.

I will always love you.

HE GROANS QUIETLY

FOOTSTEPS

CROW CAWS

RUADAN: 'I bring bad tidings.'

'Arthur did not return to Camelot. He makes his way to Ismere.'

'But you must not despair, Morgana.'

'Soon you will have the Diamair and Arthur's Bane will be with you.'

'Soon the Pendragons will be no more...'

You know what they say, Merlin - appearances can be deceiving.

Not in this case.

What is it?

I believe it's a prayer.

Can you read it?

Gaius?

-I am no expert in the Druidic runes...

-Please, I know you too well.

It is a call for victory over the enemies of the Old Religion.

-I thought the Druids were a peaceful people.

-For the most part they are.

The Great Purge changed that. Some blame Uther for their suffering.

-But he has long been dead.

-Some believe

that Arthur is no different from his father. Sorcery is still outlawed -

for them, little has changed.

-So Ruadan believed it was his sacred duty to fight my husband?

-More than that. Some believe

that Arthur is destined to die by a Druid's hand.

Perhaps Ruadan thought he was that man.

Well, then, he was mistaken.

I told you - you should've killed him when you had the chance.

We'll never make it in there.

There's always a way, Merlin.

HE COUGHS

-How did you talk me into this?

-It's genius, Merlin...

SPLATTERING

Genius.

You've got a bit of, um,... carrot in your hair.

Least I hope it's carrot.

HE RETCHES

-Ready?

-For what?

Our carriage awaits.

Go on!

The place is crawling with Saxons.

We'd better make sure we blend in.

Arthur!

Let the Lady Morgana see for herself!

RAGNOR LAUGHS

I'll get twice that in the market at Asgorath.

SHOUTING IN DISTANCE

M'Lady. I am grateful for this opportunity -

I have brought you eight of the finest...

Mordred...

-Arthur!

-Didn't think we'd leave you here? Where are the others?

-They're... scattered around.

-Gwaine?

-Saw him a couple of days ago,

but...

See if you can use it to find some more.

Arthur.

Do what you can to free the others, we'll find Gwaine.

HE WHISTLES

In there.

I feared you were dead.

It is dangerous for those of us with magic.

It's not been easy.

For any of us.

Sorcery frightens people.

Even some of those who claim to support it. You see a lot.

I've learnt to.

I've had to. If I was not to be burnt at the stake

or exploited for another man's gain.

Attitudes will change soon. The Old Religion will reign once more,

once Arthur and his kind are cleansed from the earth.

You know we had Arthur in our grasp?

He escaped.

You let him go?

He got away.

How? Who let him go?

It was an accident.

KILL HIM! That's all they had to do!

- I am a High Priestess! - Morgana.

- And yet he continues to defy me! - Calm yourself.

I want his annihilation, Mordred.

I want his head on a spike and I want to see crows feast on his eyes.

BELL RINGS

Arthur...

BELL RINGS IN DISTANCE

You must wake.

What is that?

The warning bell.

Where are they coming from?

Don't worry, no-one's going to harm you.

RAAHHH!

-Trust you not to be doing any work.

-It's about time!

They're friends. Good friends.

What was that?

I'm not exactly sure. But I owe it my life.

SHOUTING IN DISTANCE

AAAHHHH...

Something's wrong. The Saxons - where have they all gone?

First there are too many, now there aren't enough. Are you ever happy?

MYSTERIOUS HOWLING

-What was that?

-What?

WHOOSHING

-Feel the wind.

-ROARING

That wasn't the wind.

SCREECHES

ROARS

-Was that what I think it was?

-Where did Morgana get a dragon from?

-I've no idea.

Get Gwaine back to Percival. I'll lure the dragon the other way.

-Merlin, I knew you were stupid, but not that stupid.

-No, I really am that stupid

-and if you don't believe me, watch...

-Merlin!

I'm going after him.

CREATURE ROARS

SCREECHES

Aithusa.

Nun de ge dei s'eikein kai emois epe'essin hepesthai!

What happened?

Who did this to you?

I won't harm you.

IT MUMBLES

What does that mean?

You can't speak.

< Merlin!

Go!

Ithi!

Merlin!

Merlin?

How good of you to save me the trouble of finding you.

Oh, how remiss of you. Your bravery is matched only by your stupidity.

What on earth did you think you would achieve by coming here?

I'm here to free my men.

Fleoge...

Ahh...

This time it seems there really is no way out.

I'm sorry for what our father did to you.

-Uther was never my father.

-But we are brother and sister.

Funny how you choose to remember that with my dagger at your back.

What happened to you, Morgana?

As a child, you were so kind, so compassionate...

I grew up.

-Huuhh...

-You are right to cower before my hand.

-I am more powerful than you can imagine.

-And yet with all that,

you choose to do nothing but hate.

Uther taught me well. Goodbye, Arthur Pendragon.

Arthur!

Wuhh...

Morgana...

Please...

Don't speak, dear brother.

It's too late.

Brother... Brother...

Hine... BLADE THUDS

SHE GASPS

Mordred?

THUNDER RUMBLES

Arthur...

Ic the thurhaele

thinu licsar.

GENTLE WHOOSHING

Emrys.

Lie still.

Much blood has been shed this day

and all for something

few wise men would ever want.

You mean the Diamair?

Morgana never found it?

And she never will.

Because it is you.

You are the Key to all knowledge?

At times, I feel the weight of my destiny crushing me, but...

that is nothing to what you carry.

It is both a blessing

and...

a curse.

Is there anything you wish to ask me?

No.

I don't think it would be good.

You are wise, Emrys.

Your wisdom will live long in the minds of men.

Wait...

There is one question.

If Mordred is not Arthur's Bane, then, who is?

Himself.

Arise, Sir Mordred,

Knight of Camelot.

APPLAUSE

Here,

let me help you with that.

Thank you.

You know, if Arthur knew you had magic,

things would be... very different.

Tell me something.

Of course.

You saved Arthur's life.

Why?

Because Arthur is right.

The love that binds us is more important than the power we wield.

Morgana had forgotten that.

It's been a big day. You must be tired.

-Too tired for pudding?

-Is there pudding?

Is that my favourite?

So, are you going to tell me what's troubling you?

Mordred.

People change.

Perhaps we should give him the benefit of the doubt.

Remember what the dragon said?

Arthur would meet his end at the hands of a Druid.

You still believe that's him?

I feel that the die is cast -

and that, for good or ill,

Albion's great trial has begun.

It has the power to summon the spirits of the dead.

AHHH!

I know it's you, Father.

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