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'By 300 AD, the Roman Empire extended from Arabia to Britain.'

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'But they wanted more.'

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'More land. More peoples loyal and subservient to Rome.'

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'But no people so important as the powerful Sarmatians to the east.'

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'Thousands died on that field.'

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'And when the smoke cleared on the fourth day,

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'the only Sarmatian soldiers left alive

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'were members of the decimated but legendary cavalry.

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'The Romans, impressed by their bravery and horsemanship,

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'spared their lives.'

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'In exchange, these warriors were incorporated

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'into the Roman military.'

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'Better they had died that day.'

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Father!

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They are here.

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'For part of the bargain they struck indebted not only themselves...'

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-The day has come.

-'..but also their sons, and their sons and so on,

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to serve the Empire as knights.'

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'I was such a son.'

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There is a legend that fallen knights return as great horses.

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He has seen what awaits you, and he will protect you.

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Lancelot! Lancelot!

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Lancelot.

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Don't be afraid. I will return.

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How long shall we be gone?

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15 years. Not including the months it'll take to get to your post.

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Lancelot!

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(ALL CHEER)

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'Our post was Britain,

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'or at least the southern half,

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'for the land was divided by a 73-mile wall

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'built three centuries before us to protect the Empire

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'from the native fighters of the north.'

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'So, as our forefathers had done,

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we made our way and reported to our Roman commander in Britain,

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ancestrally named for the first, Artorius...

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..or Arthur.'

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Ah. As promised. The bishop's carriage.

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Our freedom, Bors.

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Mmm. I can almost taste it.

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And your passage to Rome, Arthur.

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(ALL SHOUT)

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Woads.

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(SHOUTS)

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(SHOUTS / ROARS)

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Bors!

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(RECITES IN LATIN)

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Save your prayers, boy.

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Your god doesn't live here.

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Why did Merlin send you south of the wall?

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(SPEAKS WOAD DIALECT)

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Pick it up.

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Pick it up.

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-Bors.

-What a bloody mess.

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That's not the bishop.

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God help us!

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-What are they?

-Blue demons that eat Christians alive.

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You're not a Christian, are you?

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-Does this really work?

-(WHIMPERS)

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Mmm? (MURMURS MOCKINGLY)

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Nothing.

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Maybe I'm not doing it right.

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(CHUCKLES) Arthur. Arthur Castus.

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Your father's image. I haven't seen you since childhood.

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Bishop Germanius. Welcome to Britain.

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I see your military skills are still of use to you.

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Your device worked.

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Ancient tricks for an ancient dog.

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And these are the brave Sarmatian knights

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we have heard so much of in Rome.

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I thought the Woads controlled the north of Hadrian's Wall.

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They do, but occasionally venture south.

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Rome's anticipated withdrawal from Britain only increased their daring.

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-Woads?

-British rebels who hate Rome.

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Men who want their country back.

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-Who leads them?

-He's called Merlin. A dark magician, some say.

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Tristan, ride ahead and make sure the road is clear.

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Please do not worry, Bishop.

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We will protect you.

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I've no doubt, Commander.

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No doubt.

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Dozens don't worry me nearly so much as thousands.

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Thousands?

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Now that we're free men, I'm gonna drink till I can't piss straight.

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-You do that every night.

-I never could piss straight.

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Too much of myself to handle down there.

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Well, it's a problem.

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No, really, it is. It's a problem.

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-It's like...

-(ALL) A baby's arm holding an apple.

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(ALL CHUCKLE)

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I don't like him. The Roman.

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If he's here to discharge us, why doesn't he just give us our papers?

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Is this your happy face?

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(ALL LAUGH)

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Galahad, the Romans won't scratch their arses without a ceremony.

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-Why not kill him, and then discharge yourself?

-I don't kill for pleasure.

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Unlike some.

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You should try it someday. You might get a taste for it.

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-It's a part of you. It's in your blood.

-No, no, no.

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(LAUGHS) No. As of tomorrow, this was all just a bad memory.

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I've often thought about what going home would mean after all this.

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What will I do? It's different for Galahad.

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I've been in this life longer than the other.

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So much for home. It's not so clear in my memory.

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Speak for yourself. It's cold back there.

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Everyone I know is dead and buried.

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Besides, I have, I think, a dozen children.

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11.

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Listen, when the Romans leave here, we'll have the run of this place.

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I'll be governor in my own village. Dagonet will be my personal guard.

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And royal arse-kisser. Won't you, Dag?

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First thing I'll do when I get home is find a beautiful Sarmatian woman.

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A beautiful Sarmatian woman? Why do you think we left?

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(MOOS)

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What about you, Lancelot? What are your plans for home?

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If Gawain's woman is as beautiful as he says, I expect to spend much time

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-at Gawain's house! His wife will welcome the company.

-What will I do?

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Wonder at your good fortune that all your children look like me.

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Is that before or after I hit you with my axe?

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(CHUCKLES)

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(WHISTLES)

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Where've you been, huh? Where've you been?

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What will you do, Arthur, when you return to your beloved Rome?

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-Give thanks to God that I survived to see it.

-You and your God!

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-You disturb me.

-I want peace. I've had enough.

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-You should visit me.

-Pah!

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It's a magnificent place, Rome. Ordered.

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-Civilised. Advanced.

-The breeding ground of arrogant fools.

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The greatest minds in all lands have come together in one sacred place

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to help make mankind free.

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And the women? (CHUCKLES)

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-Welcome back, Arthur.

-Jols.

-Lancelot.

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-Bishop, please, my quarters have been made available to you.

-Oh, yes.

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I must rest.

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Where have you been? I've been waiting for you!

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Oh, such passion.

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Where's my Gilly? Gilly!

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-Have you been fighting?

-Yes.

-Winning?

-Yes.

-That's my boy.

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-Come on, all my other bastards.

-(CHILDREN CHEER)

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Pelagius.

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Very kind of Arthur to give up his room.

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But of course, it is to be expected.

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(KNOCKS ON DOOR) Sir, I'm here to escort you to the fortress hall.

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When my master meets with your knights, he must be seated last

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and he must be seated at the head of the table.

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Your master can plonk his holy arse wherever he chooses.

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His eminence, Bishop Germanius.

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A round table? What sort of evil is this?

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Arthur says for men to be men they must first all be equal.

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-I understood there'd be more of you.

-There were.

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We have been fighting here for 15 years, Bishop.

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Of course.

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Arthur and his knights

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have served with courage

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to maintain the honour of Rome's Empire on this last outpost

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of our glory. Rome is most indebted.

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To you, noble knights. To your final days as servants to the Empire.

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Day, not days.

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The pope's taken a personal interest in you.

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He enquires after each of you,

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and is curious to know if your knights

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have converted to the word of our saviour, or -

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They retain their forefathers' religion. I've never questioned that.

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Of course. Of course. They are pagans.

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Hmm?

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For our part, the church has deemed such beliefs innocent,

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but you, Arthur, your path to God is through Pelagius?

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-I saw his image in your room.

-He took my father's place for me.

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His teachings on free will and equality have been a great influence.

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I look forward to our reunion in Rome.

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Rome awaits your arrival with great anticipation.

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You are a hero. In Rome, you will live out your days in honour.

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And wealth. Alas...

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Alas, we are all but players in an ever-changing world.

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Barbarians from every corner are almost at Rome's door.

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Because of this, Rome, and the Holy Father,

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have decided to remove ourselves from indefensible outposts,

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such as Britain.

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What will become of Britain is not our concern any more.

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-I suppose the Saxons will claim it soon.

-Saxons?

-Yes.

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In the north, a massive Saxon incursion has begun.

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-The Saxons only claim what they kill.

-And only kill everything.

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So, you just leave the land to the Woads,

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and I risked my life for nothing?

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Gentlemen...

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..your discharge papers

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with safe conduct throughout the Roman Empire.

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But first I must have a word with your commander.

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-In private.

-We have no secrets.

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Come. Let's leave Roman business to Romans.

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Let it go, Bors.

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Rome has issued a final order for you and your men.

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-Final order?

-You are to travel north to rescue the family

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of Marius Honorius,

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and return in particular with Marius's son, Alecto.

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Alecto is the pope's favourite godchild and pupil.

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It is his destiny to become a bishop.

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-Perhaps even pope one day.

-On this day?

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You ask this of my men on this day?

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They have risked their lives for 15 years for a cause not of their own,

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and now, on the day they are to be liberated,

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you send them on a mission more dangerous than any other.

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You tell me, Bishop. How do I go to my men and tell them

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that instead of freedom, I offer death?

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If your men are truly the knights of legend, perhaps some will survive.

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If it is God's will. Your men want to go home,

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and to get home, they need to cross the entire breadth

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of the Roman Empire. Deserters would be hunted down like dogs.

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Will you defy the pope, Arthur? Rome? God himself?

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Everything I've done has been for the church and Rome.

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-Do not mistake a loyal soldier for a fool.

-Would you leave a defenceless

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Roman boy, destined to lead our church, at the hands of the Saxons?

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Fulfil this mission, and your men will receive their discharge.

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Their papers will be waiting here the moment they return.

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You have my word.

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Think very hard upon that vow, Bishop, for I will hold you to it.

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Break it, and no Roman legion...

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..papal army...

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..nor God himself will protect you.

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That is my word.

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Best of three.

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Who wants another drink?

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When are you gonna leave Bors and come home with me?

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My lover is watching you!

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(CRIES)

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You look nothing like him.

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You're all Bors.

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-Tristan.

-How do you do that?

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I aim for the middle.

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(SIGHS) They want more.

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Here. Your mother's here, son.

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Dagonet, where have you been? We've got plans to make.

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Here, please. Sing.

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-No! I'm trying to work.

-Come on. Come sing. Shut up!

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Vanora will sing.

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(ROWDY CHATTER)

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Sing about home.

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-(ALL CHATTER)

-Sing!

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# Land of bear

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# And land of eagle

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# Land that gave us birth and blessing

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# Land that called us ever homewards

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# We will go home across the mountains

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# We will go home, we will go home

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# We will go home across the mountains... #

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(SONG FADES)

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# ..hear our singing Hear our longing

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# We will go home across the mountains

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-# We will go home... #

-(SONG FADES)

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Arthur!

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Arthur!

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Arthur!

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You're not completely Roman yet, right?

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(SHOUTS) Bors!

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Knights...

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..brothers in arms...

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..your courage has been tested beyond all limits,

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-but I must ask you now for one further trial.

-Drink.

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We must leave on a final mission for Rome

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before our freedom can be granted.

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(ALL CHUCKLE)

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Above the wall, far in the north, is a Roman family in need of rescue.

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They are trapped by Saxons.

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Our orders are to secure their safety.

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-Let the Romans take care of their own.

-Above the wall...

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-..is Woad territory.

-Our duty to Rome,

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if it was ever a duty, is done.

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Our pact with Rome is done.

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Every knight here has laid his life on the line for you.

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For you.

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And instead of freedom, you want more blood?

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Our blood?

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You think more of Roman blood than you do of ours?

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Bors, these are our orders. We leave at first light.

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When we return, your freedom will be waiting for you. A freedom we can...

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I'm a free man! I will choose my own fate!

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Yeah, yeah. We are all going to die some day.

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If death by a Saxon hand scares you, stay home.

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If you're so eager to die, die now!

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-I've got something to live for!

-The Romans have broken their word.

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We have the word of Arthur. That is good enough.

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I'll prepare.

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Bors, are you coming?

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Course I'm coming! Can't let you go on your own! You'd all get killed!

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I'm just saying what you're all thinking!

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Vanora will kill me.

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And you, Gawain?

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I'm with you.

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Galahad as well.

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O merciful God, I have such need of your mercy now.

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Not for myself, but for my knights,

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for this is truly their hour of need.

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Deliver them from the trials ahead and I will repay you a thousandfold

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with any sacrifice you ask of me. And if, in your wisdom,

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you should determine that sacrifice must be my life for theirs,

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so that they may once again taste the freedom so long denied to them,

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I will gladly make that covenant. My death will have a purpose.

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-I ask no more than that.

-Why do you always talk to God and not to me?

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Pray, to whomever you pray, that we don't cross the Saxons.

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My faith is what protects me. Why do you challenge this?

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I don't like anything that puts a man on his knees.

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No man fears to kneel before the God he trusts.

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Without faith, what are we?

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-To try and get past the Woads is insanity.

-Them we fought before.

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Not north of the wall!

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How many Saxons, hmm? How many?

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Tell me, do you believe in this mission?

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-These people need our help. It is...

-I don't care about your charge.

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And I don't give a damn about Romans, Britain or this island.

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If you desire to spend eternity here so be it,

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-but suicide cannot be chosen...

-You choose death...

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No! I choose life! And freedom for myself and the men!

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How many times have we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat?

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Outnumbered, outflanked, yet still we triumph. With you at my side,

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we can do so again.

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Lancelot, we are knights.

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What other purpose do we serve if not for such a cause?

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Arthur, you fight for a world that will never exist. Never.

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There will always be a battlefield.

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I will die in battle. Of that I'm certain.

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And hopefully a battle of my choosing.

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But if it be this one,

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grant me a favour.

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Don't bury me in our sad little cemetery. Burn me.

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Burn me and cast my ashes to a strong east wind.

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(WOMAN YELPS)

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(SCREAMS)

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Don't touch their women.

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We don't mix with these people.

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What kind of offspring do you think that would yield?

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Weak people. Half people.

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We'll not have our Saxon blood watered down by mixing it.

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According to our laws, no man may deny me the spoils of our conquest.

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He speaks the truth, Father.

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My lord! O my lord!

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God thanks, my lord! Thank you! (SOBS)

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Thank you.

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(SOBS)

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Kill her.

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(SCREAMS)

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No! No!

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Are you challenging me?

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If you want to challenge me, you have to have a sword in your hand.

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As long as my heart beats, I rule and you hold your tongue...

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..or I'll cut it out.

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We are three days' march from the great wall, if we camp at night.

0:34:040:34:08

We won't camp. The wall, what troops are stationed there?

0:34:080:34:12

Light Roman infantry. And possibly Sarmatian knights.

0:34:120:34:17

Arthur Castus is their leader.

0:34:170:34:19

-Who is this Arthur?

-It is said he has never been defeated in battle.

0:34:190:34:24

It is said he is a great warrior.

0:34:240:34:27

Why should I trust you?

0:34:270:34:30

-You're a traitor to your own people.

-Tell my father of the Roman estate.

0:34:310:34:35

Speak up!

0:34:350:34:38

A very high-ranking family live there.

0:34:380:34:42

They are of great importance to Rome.

0:34:420:34:45

Father, their ransom could pay for the entire campaign.

0:34:450:34:50

I'll attack from the north with the main army.

0:34:590:35:02

You bring your men down here, cut off their retreat to the south.

0:35:020:35:07

Burn every village. Kill everybody.

0:35:070:35:10

Never leave behind you a man, woman or child who can ever carry a sword.

0:35:100:35:14

(SPEAKS WOAD DIALECT)

0:35:310:35:34

(THUNDER BOOMS)

0:35:380:35:40

Woads. They're tracking us.

0:35:520:35:55

-Where?

-Everywhere.

0:35:550:35:58

-Get back!

-Get back!

0:36:390:36:42

This way!

0:36:570:36:59

(EERIE BELLOWING)

0:37:280:37:32

-What are you waiting for?

-(EERIE BELLOWING)

0:37:390:37:43

Innish. Devil ghosts.

0:38:000:38:04

-Why would they not attack?

-Merlin doesn't want us dead.

0:38:040:38:08

(SPEAKS WOAD DIALECT)

0:38:120:38:14

Oh, I can't wait to leave this island.

0:38:350:38:38

If it's not raining, it's snowing. If it's not snowing, it's foggy.

0:38:380:38:42

-And that's the summer.

-The rain is good.

0:38:420:38:45

-Washes all the blood away.

-It doesn't help the smell.

0:38:450:38:49

Bors, do you intend to take Vanora and all your bastards back home?

0:38:500:38:54

Oh, I try to avoid that decision. By getting killed.

0:38:540:38:59

(ALL CHUCKLE)

0:38:590:39:01

Dagonet, she wants to get married and give the children names.

0:39:030:39:07

-Women.

-The children already have names, don't they?

0:39:070:39:11

Just Gilly. It's too much trouble, so we gave the rest of them numbers.

0:39:110:39:16

-That's interesting. I thought you couldn't count.

-(ALL LAUGH)

0:39:160:39:20

You know, I never thought I'd get back home alive.

0:39:200:39:24

Now I've got the chance, I don't want to leave my children.

0:39:240:39:30

-You'd miss them too much?

-I'd take them with me.

0:39:300:39:33

I like the little bastards. They mean something to me.

0:39:330:39:37

Especially number three.

0:39:400:39:43

He's a good fighter.

0:39:430:39:45

-That's because he's mine.

-(SNORTS / LAUGHS)

0:39:450:39:48

I'm going for a piss.

0:39:480:39:51

-Who are you?

-I am Arthur Castus, commander of the Sarmatian knights

0:40:160:40:20

sent by Bishop Germanius of Rome.

0:40:200:40:22

Open the gate.

0:40:220:40:24

It is a wonder you have come.

0:40:310:40:34

Good Jesus. Arthur and his knights.

0:40:340:40:38

You have fought the Woads? Vile creatures.

0:40:400:40:43

Our orders are to evacuate you immediately.

0:40:430:40:46

That is impossible.

0:40:460:40:48

-Which is Alecto?

-I am Alecto.

0:40:480:40:51

Alecto is my son.

0:40:510:40:55

Everything we have is here, in the land given to us by the pope.

0:40:550:40:59

You're about to give it to the Saxons.

0:40:590:41:02

They're invading from the north.

0:41:020:41:05

-Then Rome will send an army.

-They have. Us.

0:41:050:41:08

-We leave as soon as you're packed.

-I refuse to leave.

0:41:080:41:11

Go back to work! All of you!

0:41:160:41:19

All right, all right!

0:41:190:41:21

Go! Get back to work! All of you!

0:41:210:41:25

If I fail to bring you and your son back, my men cannot leave this land,

0:41:290:41:33

so you're coming with me if I have to tie you to my horse and drag you

0:41:330:41:37

all the way to Hadrian's Wall myself, my lord.

0:41:370:41:41

Lady, my knights are hungry.

0:41:410:41:43

Go.

0:41:460:41:48

Come!

0:41:510:41:54

Come. Let us go.

0:41:580:42:01

Sir. You're famous. You're Arthur, aren't you?

0:42:140:42:19

I'm Ganis. I'm a good fighter. I'd serve you proudly.

0:42:190:42:22

Are you from Rome?

0:42:220:42:24

From hell.

0:42:240:42:27

-Who is this man?

-Our village elder.

0:42:290:42:32

What is this punishment for?

0:42:340:42:36

-Answer me!

-He defied our master, Marius.

0:42:360:42:40

Most of the food we grow is sent out to be sold.

0:42:400:42:43

He asked to keep more for ourselves.

0:42:430:42:45

My arse is snapping at the grass I'm so hungry. You're from Rome.

0:42:450:42:49

Is it true Marius is a spokesman for God and that it's a sin to defy him?

0:42:490:42:53

I'll tell you now.

0:42:570:42:59

Marius is not of God.

0:42:590:43:02

And you - all of you - were free from your first breath.

0:43:020:43:07

Help this man. Help him!

0:43:150:43:18

Now hear me.

0:43:190:43:21

A vast and terrible army is coming this way. They will show no mercy,

0:43:210:43:25

spare no-one. Those of you who are able should gather your things

0:43:250:43:29

and move south towards Hadrian's Wall. Those unable will come with us.

0:43:290:43:33

You, serve me now. Get these people ready.

0:43:330:43:36

You heard him! You gotta grab enough food and water for the journey.

0:43:360:43:40

Get a hurry on, else we're all dead!

0:43:400:43:42

-Come on.

-Hurry.

0:43:480:43:51

They have landed to the east.

0:43:520:43:55

They come from the south, trying to cut off our escape.

0:43:550:43:58

-They'll be here before nightfall.

-How many?

-An entire army.

0:43:580:44:02

-And the only way out is to the south?

-East.

0:44:020:44:05

There is a trail heading east across the mountains.

0:44:050:44:09

It means we must cross behind Saxon lines, but it's what we should take.

0:44:090:44:13

Arthur, who are these people?

0:44:150:44:18

They're coming with us.

0:44:180:44:21

Then we'll never make it.

0:44:210:44:24

Come on! Get back to work.

0:44:350:44:37

Move. Move!

0:44:480:44:51

Move!

0:44:530:44:55

-What is this?

-You cannot go in there.

0:44:560:44:59

No-one goes in there. This place is forbidden.

0:44:590:45:02

What are you doing?

0:45:020:45:04

Stop this!

0:45:040:45:07

Arthur, we have no time. Do you not hear the drums?

0:45:110:45:15

Dagonet.

0:45:180:45:20

-Key.

-It is locked. From the inside.

0:45:380:45:42

You. Go. Move!

0:45:580:46:01

Gawain.

0:46:060:46:08

(INCANTATION IN LATIN)

0:46:130:46:16

Who are these defilers of the Lord's temple?

0:46:230:46:27

Out of the way.

0:46:270:46:29

The work of your god?

0:46:460:46:49

Is this how he answers your prayers?

0:46:490:46:52

See if there's any still alive.

0:46:520:46:55

You shouldn't have even set foot in this holy place!

0:47:010:47:05

-There was a man of God.

-Not my god.

0:47:070:47:11

-This one's dead.

-By the smell, they are all dead.

0:47:110:47:15

And you. You even move, you join him.

0:47:150:47:19

Arthur!

0:47:250:47:27

You must not fear me.

0:47:300:47:33

Water! Get me some water!

0:47:540:47:57

(COUGHS / SPLUTTERS)

0:48:180:48:21

His arm is broken.

0:48:260:48:28

And his family?

0:48:280:48:31

She's a Woad.

0:48:320:48:35

I'm a Roman officer.

0:48:360:48:39

You're safe now.

0:48:400:48:42

-You're safe.

-Stop what you are doing!

0:48:420:48:46

-What is this madness?

-They're all pagans here.

0:48:470:48:51

-We, too.

-They refuse to do the task God has set for them. They must die

0:48:510:48:55

-as an example.

-You mean they refuse to be your serfs!

0:48:550:48:59

You are a Roman. You understand. And you are a Christian.

0:48:590:49:04

You! You kept them alive!

0:49:040:49:08

No! No! Stop!

0:49:120:49:14

When we get to the wall, you will be punished for this heresy.

0:49:150:49:20

Perhaps I should kill you now and seal my fate.

0:49:200:49:24

I was willing to die with them.

0:49:240:49:26

To lead them to their rightful place.

0:49:260:49:28

It is God's wish that these sinners be sacrificed.

0:49:280:49:33

-Only then can their souls be saved.

-Then I shall grant his wish.

0:49:330:49:38

-Wall them back up.

-Arthur.

0:49:400:49:43

I said wall them up!

0:49:430:49:45

Don't you see? It is the will of God that these sinners be sacrificed.

0:49:450:49:49

We're moving too slow. The girl is not gonna make it. Nor is the boy.

0:50:300:50:34

-The family we can protect, but all these people...

-We won't leave them.

0:50:340:50:39

If the Saxons find us, we will have to fight.

0:50:390:50:43

Then save your anger for them.

0:50:430:50:46

Is this Rome's quest, or Arthur's?

0:50:460:50:50

-Arthur.

-How is he?

0:51:140:51:17

He burns.

0:51:170:51:19

Brave boy.

0:51:190:51:22

Some of your fingers are out of place. I have to push them back.

0:51:580:52:03

If I don't do this, there's a chance you may never use them again.

0:52:050:52:09

-(BONES CRACK)

-(SCREAMS / YELPS)

0:52:210:52:24

He tortured me.

0:52:410:52:43

With machines.

0:52:450:52:47

He made me tell them things that I didn't know to begin with.

0:52:520:52:58

And then...

0:52:590:53:01

..I heard your voice in the dark.

0:53:050:53:08

I'm Guinevere.

0:53:120:53:15

You're Arthur.

0:53:150:53:18

Of the knights from the great war.

0:53:180:53:21

I am.

0:53:220:53:24

The famous Briton who kills his own people.

0:53:240:53:28

I found tracks coming from the south but none going back.

0:53:520:53:56

Horsemen, travelling light and fast. Could be Roman cavalry.

0:53:560:54:00

Could be knights.

0:54:000:54:03

They know we're after them.

0:54:040:54:07

We've got to head east now, through the mountains.

0:54:070:54:11

(BABBLES)

0:54:110:54:14

He says they walled him up and took the family.

0:54:200:54:23

Someone who goes by the name of Artorius.

0:54:230:54:26

It's him.

0:54:260:54:28

It's Arthur.

0:54:280:54:31

Take your men east. Hunt them down.

0:54:310:54:34

I'll take the main army to the wall. Bring the family there.

0:54:340:54:39

-And the monks?

-Put them back where you found them.

0:54:390:54:42

I am a servant of God! (SOBS) I am a servant of God!

0:54:420:54:48

Burn it all.

0:54:550:54:57

My father told me great tales of you.

0:55:390:55:42

Really? And what did you hear?

0:55:420:55:45

Fairy tales.

0:55:470:55:49

The kind you hear about people so brave, so selfless,

0:55:490:55:53

that they can't be real. Arthur and his knights.

0:55:530:55:58

A leader both Briton and Roman.

0:55:580:56:01

And yet you chose your allegiance to Rome.

0:56:010:56:05

To those who take what does not belong to them.

0:56:060:56:09

-That same Rome that took your men from their homeland.

-Listen, lady,

0:56:090:56:13

do not pretend you know anything about me or my men.

0:56:130:56:17

-How many Britons have you killed?

-As many as tried to kill me.

0:56:170:56:21

-It's a natural state of any man to want to live.

-Animals live.

0:56:210:56:24

It's a natural state of any man to want to live free.

0:56:240:56:28

I belong to this land.

0:56:300:56:32

Where do you belong, Arthur?

0:56:320:56:35

How's your hand?

0:56:400:56:43

I'll live. I promise you.

0:56:450:56:48

Is there nothing about my land that appeals to your heart?

0:56:530:56:57

Your own father married a Briton.

0:56:570:56:59

Even he must have found something to his liking.

0:56:590:57:03

We'll sleep here. Take shelter in those trees.

0:57:170:57:21

-Tristan.

-Do you wanna go out again? Yeah.

0:57:210:57:25

(CHATTER SOFTLY)

0:58:000:58:03

(RUSTLING)

0:58:410:58:43

-You betrayed me.

-He means you no harm.

0:59:290:59:32

Peace between us this night, Arthur Castus.

0:59:320:59:36

So, Rome is leaving. The Saxon is come.

0:59:400:59:44

The world we have known and fought for is ended.

0:59:440:59:48

-Now we must make a new world.

-Your world, Merlin, not mine.

0:59:480:59:52

-I shall be in Rome.

-To find peace, the Saxon will come to Rome.

0:59:520:59:56

-My knights trust me not to betray them to the enemy.

-Rome was my enemy.

0:59:561:00:00

Not Arthur. We have no fight between us now.

1:00:001:00:04

Tell that to the knights you killed before my eyes.

1:00:041:00:07

-We have all lost brothers.

-You know nothing of the loss I speak!

1:00:071:00:11

Shall I help you remember? An attack on the village.

1:00:111:00:15

The screams of an innocent woman.

1:00:151:00:17

Mama!

1:00:221:00:25

Artorius!

1:00:251:00:27

(SCREAMS) Mama!

1:00:311:00:33

Mama!

1:00:331:00:35

'I ran to the burial mound of my father to free her.'

1:00:391:00:42

To kill you.

1:00:481:00:51

Father, please.

1:00:511:00:53

Let loose your sword.

1:00:531:00:56

I feel the heat of that fire on my face even now.

1:01:121:01:15

I did not wish her dead. She was of our blood.

1:01:151:01:19

As are you.

1:01:191:01:22

If you were so determined to leave us to slaughter,

1:01:221:01:25

why did you save so many?

1:01:251:01:28

My men are strong, but they have need of a true leader.

1:01:341:01:38

They believe you can do anything.

1:01:381:01:40

To defeat the Saxon, we need a master of war.

1:01:401:01:44

Why do you think I spared you in the forest?

1:01:441:01:46

That sword you carry is made of iron from this earth,

1:01:491:01:53

forged in the fires of Britain.

1:01:531:01:55

It was love of your mother that freed the sword, not hatred of me.

1:01:551:01:59

Love, Arthur.

1:02:011:02:04

Seize him!

1:02:201:02:22

No!

1:02:251:02:27

I have the boy!

1:02:421:02:45

Kill him!

1:02:481:02:50

-No! Let him go!

-Kill him now.

1:02:501:02:53

Down. Aaagh!

1:03:031:03:05

Your hand seems to be better.

1:03:091:03:11

Artorius!

1:03:161:03:19

Do we have a problem?

1:03:191:03:22

You have a choice. You help, or you die.

1:03:251:03:30

-Put down your weapons. Do it now!

-Yeah!

1:03:331:03:37

A fresh kill. Not a bad start to the day!

1:03:451:03:49

Armour-piercing. They're close. We have no time.

1:03:511:03:55

You ride ahead.

1:03:551:03:58

I'm sorry for your loss.

1:04:071:04:09

My father lost his way.

1:04:091:04:12

He used to say the church is there to help us stay on our path.

1:04:121:04:16

It didn't help those he made suffer.

1:04:161:04:19

The path he chose was beyond the reach of the church, Alecto.

1:04:191:04:23

But not of Rome. What my father believes, so Rome believes.

1:04:231:04:27

-That some men are born to be slaves? No. That isn't true.

-It is so.

1:04:271:04:31

-He told me so.

-Pelagius, a man as close to me as any,

1:04:311:04:34

is there now, teaching that all men are free. Equal.

1:04:341:04:38

And that each of us has the right to choose his own destiny.

1:04:381:04:42

Teach? How? They killed Pelagius.

1:04:421:04:44

A year past. Germanius and the others were damned by his teachings.

1:04:441:04:49

They had him excommunicated and killed.

1:04:491:04:52

The Rome you talk of doesn't exist.

1:04:521:04:56

Except in your dreams.

1:04:561:04:58

-Is there any other way?

-No. We have to cross the ice.

1:05:231:05:27

Get them all out of the carriages. Tell them to spread out.

1:05:271:05:31

(ICE CREAKS)

1:06:001:06:03

(RHYTHMIC DRUM BEAT)

1:06:181:06:21

-Knights.

-I'm tired of running.

1:06:421:06:44

And these Saxons are so close behind my arse is hurting.

1:06:461:06:50

I never liked looking over my shoulder anyway.

1:06:511:06:55

-It'd be a pleasure to end to this.

-And finally see the bastards.

1:06:551:06:59

Here. Now.

1:07:001:07:03

-Jols.

-You two, take the horses.

1:07:071:07:11

Ganis, I need you to lead the people. The main Saxon army is inland,

1:07:171:07:21

so if you track the coastline until south of the wall, you'll be safe.

1:07:211:07:24

-Your seven against 200?

-Eight. You could use another bow.

1:07:241:07:29

-I'd rather stay and fight.

-You'll get your chance soon enough.

1:07:311:07:35

-This man is now your captain. You do as he says. Understood?

-Yes, sir.

1:07:351:07:39

-Go. Go.

-Right. Come on, then. Move on.

1:07:391:07:43

I am able. I can fight.

1:07:431:07:45

No. You must bear witness to all you have seen.

1:07:451:07:48

There's one thing you must do, and that's get back to Rome.

1:07:481:07:52

(RHYTHMIC DRUM BEAT)

1:08:201:08:24

Hold until I give the command.

1:08:301:08:32

You look frightened.

1:08:321:08:35

There's a large number of lonely men out there.

1:08:351:08:39

Don't worry. I won't let them rape you.

1:08:411:08:44

Archer!

1:08:471:08:49

-We're out of range.

-I can see that.

1:09:001:09:03

-They're waiting for an invitation. Bors. Tristan.

-They're out of range.

1:09:031:09:07

Go!

1:09:231:09:25

Aim for the wings of the ranks. Make them cluster.

1:09:461:09:49

-Hold the ranks!

-Hold the ranks! Hold the ranks!

1:10:161:10:19

-Hold the ranks!

-Hold the ranks!

1:10:211:10:24

Hold the ranks! Hold the ranks! I'll kill you myself!

1:10:271:10:31

It's not gonna break. Back. Fall back.

1:10:351:10:38

Prepare for combat.

1:10:381:10:40

-Aaaaaagh!

-Dag!

1:10:471:10:50

-Cover him.

-Archers! Move!

1:10:501:10:53

Move! Move! Kill him!

1:11:011:11:04

The ice is breaking!

1:11:111:11:14

Kill him!

1:11:171:11:19

Dag!

1:11:191:11:21

Back! Back!

1:11:451:11:47

Dag!

1:11:551:11:58

Pull back!

1:12:061:12:08

Kill him!

1:12:171:12:19

Fast!

1:12:281:12:31

Stay with me. Dagonet! Stay with me!

1:12:481:12:53

Christ be praised! Against all the odds Satan could muster.

1:13:321:13:37

Alecto! Let me see you.

1:13:371:13:39

You have triumphed. Young Alecto.

1:13:401:13:43

Let me see you. You are here!

1:13:431:13:46

-Lucan!

-You, boy! Stop!

1:13:461:13:49

(LAUGHS UNEASILY) Great knights.

1:14:161:14:19

You are free now. Give me the papers. Come, come.

1:14:191:14:24

Your papers of safe conduct throughout the Roman Empire.

1:14:241:14:29

Take it. Arthur.

1:14:321:14:35

Bishop Germanius...

1:14:381:14:40

..friend of my father...

1:14:401:14:43

You are free now.

1:14:521:14:54

You can go.

1:14:541:14:57

Bors.

1:15:051:15:07

Bors.

1:15:081:15:10

Dagonet.

1:15:101:15:13

This doesn't make him a free man.

1:15:161:15:18

He's already a free man. He's dead.

1:15:191:15:22

A grave with no sword.

1:15:531:15:56

It was my father's wish

1:15:561:15:59

that if he died on this island...

1:15:591:16:01

..he would be buried with his knights.

1:16:021:16:05

He died in battle?

1:16:051:16:07

It's a family tradition.

1:16:071:16:10

I can see why you believe that you have nothing left here.

1:16:131:16:18

Except...

1:16:181:16:20

..what you and your knights have done.

1:16:201:16:23

-You have your deeds.

-Deeds in themselves are meaningless

1:16:231:16:26

unless they're for a higher purpose.

1:16:261:16:29

We have waged a war to protect a Rome that does not exist. Is that the deed

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-I am to be judged by?

-You stayed and fought when you didn't have to.

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You bloodied evil men when you could have run.

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You did all that for no reason?

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These are your people.

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-(BANG AT DOOR)

-Arthur! Come to the wall now.

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Make way. Make way.

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Knights...

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..my journey with you must end here.

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May God go with you.

1:18:051:18:07

Arthur, this is not Rome's fight.

1:18:161:18:20

It is not your fight.

1:18:201:18:23

All these long years we've been together.

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The trials we've faced. The blood we've shed.

1:18:301:18:33

What was it all for,

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if not for the reward of freedom?

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And now, when we are so close,

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when it's finally within our grasp - look at me! -

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-does it all count for nothing?

-You ask me that?

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You who know me best of all?

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Then do not do this!

1:18:531:18:56

Only certain death awaits you here. I beg you for our friendship's sake!

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Be my friend now and do not dissuade me.

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Seize the freedom you have earned and live it for us. I cannot follow you.

1:19:031:19:07

I now know that all the blood I have shed, all the lives I have taken,

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have led me to this moment.

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(RATTLING)

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What tomorrow brings...

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..we cannot know.

1:20:301:20:32

Artorius!

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(SHOUTS) Bors!

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(SHOUTS)

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The Roman auxiliary has left the wall.

1:24:181:24:21

-And the horsemen?

-Leading a caravan away from the fort.

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They're running south with their tails between their legs.

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So there will be no resistance?

1:24:281:24:31

A few dozen villagers.

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I'm going to slaughter your people.

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I think you should watch.

1:24:391:24:41

The tree might be a good place.

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Up on the hill.

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A single knight.

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Didn't you just say they were gone? What is this?

1:24:581:25:01

-A ghost?

-(CHOKES / SPLUTTERS) One man.

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A tiny fly on the back of your great army.

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Who is he?

1:25:101:25:12

Arthur.

1:25:121:25:14

Arthur.

1:25:161:25:18

Ah.

1:25:191:25:21

Arthur.

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Wherever I go on this wretched island, I hear your name.

1:26:381:26:42

Always half-whispered,

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as if you were a...

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..god.

1:26:471:26:50

All I see is flesh.

1:26:521:26:56

Blood.

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No more god than the creature you're sitting on.

1:26:591:27:03

Speak your terms, Saxon.

1:27:031:27:05

The Romans have left you.

1:27:051:27:08

What are you fighting for?

1:27:081:27:10

I fight for a cause beyond Rome's or your understanding.

1:27:121:27:16

You come to beg a truce.

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You should be on your knees.

1:27:241:27:27

I came to see your face, so that I alone may find you on the battlefield

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and it would be good for you to mark my face, Saxon,

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for the next time you see it, it will be the last thing you see on Earth.

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Ah, finally. A man worth killing.

1:27:511:27:54

Agh!

1:27:561:27:58

Prepare the men for battle.

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-(SHOUTS)

-(ALL CHEER)

1:28:091:28:13

(HORSE WHINNIES)

1:28:311:28:33

Whoa.

1:28:351:28:37

Sssh. Sssh.

1:28:461:28:48

Hey.

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You're free.

1:29:111:29:13

He's got a plan, this Roman.

1:30:371:30:40

Send what's left of your infantry.

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-Do you want to kill my men?

-They're my men!

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-(SHOUTS)

-No. You stay here with me.

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-(SHOUTS)

-(ALL CHEER / SHOUT)

1:31:071:31:10

Knights, the gift of freedom is yours by right.

1:31:151:31:19

(ALL CHANT)

1:31:191:31:22

But the home we seek resides not in some distant land.

1:31:221:31:26

It's in us, and in our actions on this day!

1:31:261:31:31

If this be our destiny, then, so be it.

1:31:341:31:37

And may history remember that as free men,

1:31:371:31:40

we chose to make it so.

1:31:401:31:44

(ALL SHOUT)

1:31:491:31:52

(ALL SHOUT)

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There! On the hill!

1:32:511:32:53

(ALL SHOUT)

1:32:591:33:01

(SHOUTING)

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-(SHOUTS)

-(ALL SHOUT)

1:35:361:35:39

(ALL CHANT)

1:35:571:36:00

Raewald. The left flank.

1:37:011:37:06

You go with him.

1:37:061:37:09

Move on!

1:37:091:37:11

(SHOUTS)

1:37:311:37:34

Shields up!

1:38:391:38:41

(SCREAMS / SHOUTS)

1:38:571:39:00

(SHOUTS)

1:39:301:39:32

Arthur...

1:47:071:47:10

It was my life to be taken!

1:48:211:48:24

Not this!

1:48:241:48:26

Never this!

1:48:261:48:29

My brave knights, I have failed you.

1:48:501:48:54

I neither took you off this island...

1:48:551:48:58

..nor shared your faith.

1:49:001:49:04

'For 200 years, knights had fought and died for a land not our own.

1:49:361:49:40

'But on that day at Baden Hill,

1:49:401:49:44

'all who fought put our lives in service of a greater cause.

1:49:441:49:48

'Freedom.'

1:49:481:49:51

Arthur, Guinevere, our people are one.

1:50:291:50:34

As you are.

1:50:351:50:37

(ALL CHEER)

1:50:441:50:47

Now I'm really gonna have to marry your mother.

1:50:471:50:51

Who said I'd have you?

1:50:511:50:53

-King Arthur.

-(ALL) Hail Arthur!

1:51:121:51:16

Let every man, woman, child bear witness

1:51:231:51:25

that from this day all Britons will be united

1:51:251:51:29

in one common cause.

1:51:291:51:32

(ALL CHEER)

1:51:361:51:38

(ALL CHANT) Arthur! Arthur!

1:51:461:51:48

Artorius!

1:51:481:51:52

'And as for the knights who gave their lives,

1:52:191:52:22

'their deaths were cause for neither mourning nor sadness,

1:52:221:52:26

'for they will live forever,

1:52:261:52:28

'their names and deeds handed from father to son, mother to daughter

1:52:281:52:32

'in the legends of King Arthur and his knights.'

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