1 00:00:43,079 --> 00:00:44,079 Your men, 2 00:00:44,799 --> 00:00:47,719 your ships, and your kingdom... 3 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,159 now belong to Cumber the Ice King. 4 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:56,439 Tell Uther, 5 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,560 tell the King of Lies, 6 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,599 the true blood heir to House Pendragon has come! 7 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:15,120 Listen to me. 8 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,159 It's all that matters now. 9 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,000 Bring this to Merlin. 10 00:02:19,079 --> 00:02:19,960 It's all that matters. 11 00:02:20,039 --> 00:02:21,639 It's in your blood, child. 12 00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:32,599 It's there. 13 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,120 I've, um, been guarding it. 14 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,800 I'm actually rather relieved you finally woke up. 15 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:47,520 They don't like me here. 16 00:02:48,479 --> 00:02:49,879 You know, Man Blood and all. 17 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:50,960 "Man Blood"? 18 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:53,280 Non-Fey. 19 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:56,240 Too human. 20 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,520 And that I... I don't have antlers. 21 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:00,919 Or wings. 22 00:03:04,199 --> 00:03:05,199 You're up. 23 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:07,159 See? 24 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:08,960 What did I tell you? 25 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:11,840 You're not alone. 26 00:03:14,879 --> 00:03:16,039 Welcome to Nemos. 27 00:03:17,879 --> 00:03:18,879 Dizier. 28 00:03:20,079 --> 00:03:21,079 I know. 29 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:22,360 I'm sorry. 30 00:03:22,439 --> 00:03:23,520 I'm responsible. 31 00:03:23,599 --> 00:03:26,000 No. He understood the risks. 32 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,759 Just honor his memory. 33 00:03:39,759 --> 00:03:40,759 Comfortable? 34 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:43,280 We need hunters. 35 00:03:43,639 --> 00:03:45,319 Go make yourself useful, brother. 36 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,599 Bring the sword to Merlin, that's what she said. 37 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,000 Merlin the Magician? Counselor to King Uther Pendragon? 38 00:03:56,079 --> 00:03:58,120 - The same Merlin? - I don't know. 39 00:03:58,199 --> 00:04:00,800 The only Merlin I know is the one in the old legends. 40 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:02,719 Yeah, I'm told he's flesh and blood. 41 00:04:02,919 --> 00:04:06,199 Then it must be the same one. But did your mother tell you why, or... 42 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:07,280 Why him? 43 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,680 She didn't. She never had the chance. 44 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:10,759 Oh... 45 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:12,800 I'm sorry, Nimue. I didn't... 46 00:04:14,319 --> 00:04:18,199 It's true. Merlin's a Druid and ancient, if you believe the legends. 47 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,759 He's no friend to the Fey, though. His loyalty's to the kings of men. 48 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:23,199 Are you sure he's the one? 49 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,600 Mother must have known something about him. 50 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:26,720 Caught one. 51 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,560 We need five more. 52 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:32,840 And what about Arthur? 53 00:04:35,079 --> 00:04:36,600 It's complicated. 54 00:04:37,399 --> 00:04:38,319 He saved my life. 55 00:04:38,399 --> 00:04:40,735 But you wouldn't have been in that situation if not for him. 56 00:04:40,759 --> 00:04:43,519 Yeah, but he didn't know that the sword was... 57 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,399 Look, why am I defending him? 58 00:04:45,759 --> 00:04:46,680 You're his sister. 59 00:04:46,759 --> 00:04:48,600 Exactly. I know him best. 60 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:49,920 And what does that mean? 61 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,000 It means there's very little time for little-girl crushes. 62 00:04:53,759 --> 00:04:54,759 What? 63 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:56,759 That's ridiculous. 64 00:04:56,840 --> 00:04:59,600 You're far too important to tie your heart to one man, 65 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:01,319 to any man. 66 00:05:01,399 --> 00:05:04,639 You're not some Druid maid anymore, Nimue, you're the Wolf-Blood Witch. 67 00:05:04,959 --> 00:05:06,680 You wield the Devil's Tooth. 68 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,639 And unless you start to claim this fate, it'll eat you alive. 69 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,600 And it starts with knowing who your true friends are. 70 00:05:14,319 --> 00:05:16,680 - And how do I know that? - Well, look around you. 71 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,639 When the paladins come for me, no bards will sing my story. 72 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,279 I've thrown my lot in with these poor souls, 73 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,040 and there is no turning back. 74 00:05:26,519 --> 00:05:29,360 Morgana, for that and more, I welcome your friendship. 75 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:32,879 Will you help me, then? 76 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,199 Will you help me find Merlin? 77 00:05:35,439 --> 00:05:36,439 I will. 78 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:37,879 But understand this, Nimue. 79 00:05:38,439 --> 00:05:41,159 You are in a far stronger position than you realize. 80 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,759 Every king from the Northlands to the Southern Deserts will want this sword 81 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:47,519 so they may proclaim themselves the king of all kings. 82 00:05:49,159 --> 00:05:51,639 You're in a position to bargain for your survival, 83 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:53,680 for your people's survival. 84 00:06:13,519 --> 00:06:14,720 - That him? - Yes. 85 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:17,839 Whoa. 86 00:06:19,759 --> 00:06:21,240 Merlin the Magician? 87 00:06:21,959 --> 00:06:23,800 I was. Once. 88 00:06:23,879 --> 00:06:27,199 Well, whoever you are now, you're under arrest. 89 00:06:30,639 --> 00:06:31,839 On what charge? 90 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,120 Treason. 91 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:34,840 To His Majesty the King. 92 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:38,600 Treason? 93 00:06:39,519 --> 00:06:40,759 To the Widow, my girl. 94 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:41,879 Run like the wind. 95 00:06:43,879 --> 00:06:45,079 Surround him! 96 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:17,360 Hold. 97 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:21,639 It's all right. 98 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:32,159 Over here, Father. 99 00:07:33,079 --> 00:07:34,159 Your Holiness. 100 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,959 Rise, Father Carden. 101 00:07:37,879 --> 00:07:39,680 And approach, please. 102 00:07:42,439 --> 00:07:45,000 I find these waters very restorative. 103 00:07:45,079 --> 00:07:47,959 You must be tired after your long journey. 104 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,680 Shall we draw you a bath? 105 00:07:50,519 --> 00:07:53,159 I doubt if I've used all the hot water. 106 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,759 Please don't trouble yourself, Your Holiness. 107 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,680 No rest from the work, 108 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:01,560 the Great Work. 109 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,639 Your efforts have not gone unnoticed, Father Carden, I assure you. 110 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:09,800 How many villages... 111 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,600 cleansed so far, Father? 112 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:13,680 Is there a number? 113 00:08:13,759 --> 00:08:17,160 Some can hardly be called villages, Your Holiness. 114 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,240 Many live in trees like animals. 115 00:08:20,759 --> 00:08:25,319 Others live in tents made of skin beneath the swamp water. 116 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,120 Incredible. 117 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,680 But we are rooting them out. 118 00:08:30,319 --> 00:08:31,480 Praise be to God. 119 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,879 Glory be to God, indeed. 120 00:08:35,639 --> 00:08:38,919 How many Red Paladins do you command? 121 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,399 We're overrun with volunteers, Your Holiness. 122 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,720 In some areas, we've lost count. 123 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,480 However, it would not be boastful 124 00:08:46,919 --> 00:08:49,320 to suggest 5,000. 125 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:52,960 That is impressive. 126 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,200 And losses? 127 00:08:57,559 --> 00:08:59,320 - Some. - Some? 128 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,200 How much is "some"? 129 00:09:02,279 --> 00:09:03,679 We've encountered some... 130 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,919 minor resistance in the hills near Cinder. 131 00:09:08,879 --> 00:09:11,159 Is this what we're calling the "child"? 132 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:12,320 A Resistance? 133 00:09:12,399 --> 00:09:14,559 - All by herself? - She's not all by herself... 134 00:09:14,639 --> 00:09:17,000 Don't contradict me. You said she was burned. 135 00:09:17,399 --> 00:09:19,039 To discourage her followers. 136 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,360 Or to hide your failures from me. 137 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,559 You're turning her into a symbol. 138 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,879 You've already named her the Wolf-Blood Witch. 139 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,200 Perhaps you should pen a ballad to her great deeds. 140 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,120 We're setting a trap, Your Holiness. 141 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,320 And when we find her, 142 00:09:35,399 --> 00:09:40,200 I swear by Almighty God that I will make such an example of her, 143 00:09:40,279 --> 00:09:42,919 as will drive her followers to despair and madness. 144 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,279 I hope so, Father, 145 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,000 or it is you who shall be made the example. 146 00:09:52,799 --> 00:09:55,200 Is there anything else you would like to tell me? 147 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,000 She wields the Devil's Tooth, Your Holiness. 148 00:10:00,919 --> 00:10:03,279 The Church wants that sword. 149 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,360 Of course, Your Holiness. 150 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:07,559 Displease me again, 151 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,360 and my Trinity will assume command of your Red Paladin army. 152 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:15,519 Be advised, Father, 153 00:10:15,919 --> 00:10:18,639 my Trinity have many Godly virtues. 154 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,759 Mercy is not one of them. 155 00:10:25,279 --> 00:10:27,919 I understand, Your Holiness. 156 00:10:34,039 --> 00:10:35,039 Now go. 157 00:10:46,639 --> 00:10:52,320 This is your failure that brings me here to be the subject of such humiliation. 158 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:54,480 Have you no pride? 159 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:56,399 The witch mocks us. 160 00:10:58,240 --> 00:10:59,679 But mark my words, 161 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:02,440 if I burn, 162 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:05,320 I'll not burn alone. 163 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,559 - What do you want, boy? - I'm a girl. 164 00:11:34,919 --> 00:11:36,480 I want to join you... 165 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,120 I want to be a Red Paladin. 166 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,360 We don't take girls. 167 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:41,639 Go home. Piss off. 168 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,200 Speak for yourself. I take girls. 169 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:46,399 I don't have a home. 170 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,440 There was evil there, so I burned it out. 171 00:11:50,759 --> 00:11:52,840 Please. I want to be a Red Paladin. 172 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:54,480 I told you, piss off. 173 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,080 What do I need to do? Tell me. 174 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,039 Bring us the head of the Wolf-Blood Witch. 175 00:12:08,919 --> 00:12:10,279 Here. 176 00:12:11,279 --> 00:12:14,480 - What's this? - Your letter to Merlin. I changed it. 177 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,480 You changed it? Why? 178 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:18,399 It needed more strength. 179 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,679 "To the Great Merlin, greetings from the Wolf-Blood Witch." 180 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:29,600 Is that my proper name now? 181 00:12:30,039 --> 00:12:31,039 Keep going. 182 00:12:33,879 --> 00:12:36,960 "By now, I trust you're aware I possess the sword of the ancients 183 00:12:37,039 --> 00:12:38,440 known as the Devil's Tooth. 184 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,519 I assure you that Father Carden knows this, 185 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,279 for many of his paladin have felt the sting of its bite." 186 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,080 You really intend to send that? 187 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,519 - What's wrong with it? - You don't win allies with threats. 188 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,440 - Nor with stolen swords. - What the hell do you know? 189 00:12:52,759 --> 00:12:54,320 Look, she's no expert. 190 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,440 Truly are brother and sister. 191 00:12:56,519 --> 00:12:58,440 These men have to see you as an equal. 192 00:12:58,519 --> 00:12:59,919 All they respect is power. 193 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:02,080 Keep reading. 194 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,919 "Yet, what I seek most is an end to this violence and peace for my kind. 195 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,120 I propose an alliance, Great Merlin, 196 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,759 and request you use your influence with the king to quell this massacre. 197 00:13:14,519 --> 00:13:17,679 In return, I offer you the Devil's Tooth, the Sword of Power, 198 00:13:17,759 --> 00:13:19,879 and trust you will use it to restore the Fey 199 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,440 to their lands and villages. 200 00:13:21,519 --> 00:13:25,600 Refuse me, and I will water all the fields of your kingdom with paladin blood." 201 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:26,919 I love that last bit. 202 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:28,679 Yeah, I'm not saying that. 203 00:13:28,759 --> 00:13:30,240 That's the best part. 204 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:31,840 Morgana. 205 00:13:47,879 --> 00:13:50,519 Yeah, yeah. Ah, there's no coins. 206 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,200 - Ah! - Told ya! 207 00:13:53,279 --> 00:13:54,960 Throw it to the sea, I says. 208 00:14:03,039 --> 00:14:04,879 Might need to throw this one back. 209 00:14:05,399 --> 00:14:07,279 No... no! 210 00:14:07,759 --> 00:14:08,759 Valuables? 211 00:14:08,799 --> 00:14:09,639 Nothing. 212 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,879 Are you mad sneaking on this ship? Do you know whose ship it is? 213 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:14,519 Nice hair, though. 214 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:16,759 - Fey wear it long like that. - I'm not Fey. 215 00:14:17,159 --> 00:14:18,840 I'm not. 216 00:14:18,919 --> 00:14:20,960 Fey are bad luck. 217 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,039 - Drown her. - No, no, no, please! Please! No! 218 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:33,799 Aren't the Fey healers? 219 00:14:36,159 --> 00:14:37,159 I mean, 220 00:14:37,519 --> 00:14:38,519 if she's Fey, 221 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,600 they know about herbs and that sort of thing. 222 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:42,679 But I'm not... 223 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:45,120 Uh... I mean... 224 00:14:45,799 --> 00:14:46,799 I... 225 00:14:47,039 --> 00:14:48,120 am Fey? 226 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:49,679 Well, which is it? 227 00:14:53,279 --> 00:14:54,639 I am Fey. 228 00:14:57,279 --> 00:14:58,200 And a healer. 229 00:14:58,279 --> 00:15:00,159 A very well respected healer. 230 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:01,919 I was the healer in my village... 231 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,679 and several surrounding villages, actually. 232 00:15:06,919 --> 00:15:09,200 - Never lost a patient. - She lies. 233 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:10,679 With Thrain gone, 234 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:13,320 could we use her? 235 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,879 There are slower deaths than drowning, 236 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:28,840 I promise you. 237 00:15:28,879 --> 00:15:32,159 If the ale turns sour or I find any dead birds on deck, 238 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:33,879 I blame you. Understand? 239 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,320 - Otherwise, you will heal my wounded. - Yes, ma'am. 240 00:15:36,399 --> 00:15:38,480 That's captain, you Fey bitch! 241 00:15:38,559 --> 00:15:39,559 Sorry. 242 00:15:42,159 --> 00:15:43,919 I need my crew strong. 243 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,960 You serve the Red Spear now... 244 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,320 in her war against Cumber the Ice King. 245 00:15:53,399 --> 00:15:56,120 Don't lie to her. She can read your thoughts. 246 00:15:56,399 --> 00:15:57,679 Just give her the letter. 247 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,159 You're scaring me. 248 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,080 Yeva is a real sorceress. 249 00:16:01,159 --> 00:16:03,080 A Moon Wing elder and quite mad. 250 00:16:03,559 --> 00:16:06,159 If she turns on you, it's very dangerous. 251 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:09,440 But she's our best chance at finding Merlin. 252 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,279 Through there. 253 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,399 - You're not coming? - No Man Blood permitted. 254 00:16:38,919 --> 00:16:40,840 Hello? 255 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Hello? 256 00:16:55,639 --> 00:16:57,720 They have many questions about you. 257 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,119 I was told you might be able to help me. 258 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:11,599 You smell wrong. 259 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:13,599 What are you? 260 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:14,680 Sky Folk. 261 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:16,640 You don't smell like Sky Folk. 262 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,759 My mother was high priestess of our clan. My father was our healer. 263 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:23,240 Hmm. 264 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,480 When you think of them, there is pain. 265 00:17:32,559 --> 00:17:34,960 This priestess and this healer. 266 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:38,680 Jonah, she's your daughter. 267 00:17:39,079 --> 00:17:41,759 You know what she is! Tell me the truth, Lenore! 268 00:17:41,839 --> 00:17:44,480 - I don't know what you're talking about. - Papa, don't go. 269 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,680 Is this what your father feared, these scars? 270 00:17:47,759 --> 00:17:50,160 - Just stop it. - He was right to fear you. 271 00:17:50,559 --> 00:17:52,559 He was right to fear your blood. 272 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:55,599 Please. 273 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,599 I just wanna know if you can send this message to Merlin. 274 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,359 Merlin? 275 00:18:02,599 --> 00:18:04,720 I curse that traitor to his kind. 276 00:18:06,279 --> 00:18:08,960 - What do you want with him? - The message is private. 277 00:18:10,039 --> 00:18:12,759 But it is of vital importance to the survival of the Fey. 278 00:18:14,599 --> 00:18:15,799 I don't know where he is. 279 00:18:28,799 --> 00:18:30,680 But Marguerite can find anything. 280 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:33,559 Even traitors. 281 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:41,319 And taken three ports, Hastings, Grimsby, and Dover, 282 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,000 and sank five of our ships! Our ships! 283 00:18:44,079 --> 00:18:46,799 Good Lord, I hope you didn't blubber on like this down at court. 284 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,880 And claims he is the true Pendragon king! 285 00:18:50,519 --> 00:18:51,599 The audacity. 286 00:18:52,039 --> 00:18:54,680 Is this an invasion? Are we at war? 287 00:18:54,759 --> 00:18:58,319 It's the pity of princes that no one ever teaches them how to take a punch. 288 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,559 Because when someone finally does, they screech like pheasants. 289 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,359 Cumber wants the Sword of Power, and unlike some monarchs I could mention, 290 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,440 he appears motivated to actually get it. 291 00:19:08,519 --> 00:19:10,839 Of course we want the bloody sword! 292 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,000 And how is that working out for you? 293 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:17,599 Where is Merlin, anyway? 294 00:19:18,559 --> 00:19:20,200 Chained in his quarters. 295 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,039 - Let him rot. - Well, that certainly won't do. 296 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,759 A Merlin rotting is a Merlin plotting. 297 00:19:27,559 --> 00:19:31,440 What has Merlin to do with Cumber and our burning ports? 298 00:19:31,519 --> 00:19:34,200 Your weakness. That's what they have in common. 299 00:19:34,279 --> 00:19:37,640 And I hasten to add Father Carden and his Red Paladins to the mix, 300 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,640 who apparently can march through your lands 301 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,480 and burn villages with impunity. 302 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,400 Are they all poisoned? 303 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,119 Not all. 304 00:20:01,799 --> 00:20:03,359 What would you have us do? 305 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,000 Be the damn king. 306 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:13,400 Demonstrate to your court, your subjects, and potential usurpers 307 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,880 what happens to layabouts and traitors. 308 00:20:16,319 --> 00:20:17,599 Kill Merlin. 309 00:20:21,279 --> 00:20:22,119 Kill him? 310 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:23,200 Publicly. 311 00:20:23,519 --> 00:20:24,519 Loudly. 312 00:20:24,839 --> 00:20:27,200 So that it rattles in the Ice King's halls. 313 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:29,480 It's dangerous. 314 00:20:29,559 --> 00:20:30,559 Even better. 315 00:20:31,319 --> 00:20:34,079 It will show there's more than silk beneath those breeches. 316 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:35,160 And after? 317 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:36,759 Embrace the Church. 318 00:20:36,839 --> 00:20:39,279 Ally with the Red Paladins against the Ice King 319 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:40,839 and throw him back into the sea. 320 00:20:41,599 --> 00:20:43,720 It will be easy to claim the sword 321 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,039 once there are no kings to resist you. 322 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:51,519 Thank you, Mother. 323 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:55,960 Always a pleasure. 324 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,319 Indeed, Your Majesty. 325 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,559 Come on, it's just a little further. 326 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:09,720 I can't see. 327 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,480 Are we outside? 328 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,559 Arthur, I don't like surprises. 329 00:21:19,079 --> 00:21:20,079 There we are. 330 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:24,160 Oh... 331 00:21:24,759 --> 00:21:28,279 Morgana says it's the best-kept secret in the caves. 332 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:31,119 It's warm. 333 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,559 The snowmelt from the top of the mountain... 334 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,920 heats up as it works through the rocks. 335 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,319 Well? 336 00:21:46,079 --> 00:21:47,359 Oh, my God! 337 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,200 Some warning, please. 338 00:21:49,279 --> 00:21:51,720 What are you waiting for? 339 00:21:51,799 --> 00:21:52,880 Oh, God. 340 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:54,640 Ooh! 341 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,079 Feels good. 342 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:58,359 Come on. 343 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,119 Oh, I'm... I'm fine, thanks. 344 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,200 I have seen a naked woman before. 345 00:22:03,599 --> 00:22:05,599 We're all very impressed. 346 00:22:58,279 --> 00:23:00,200 You don't have to hide them, you know. 347 00:23:01,599 --> 00:23:02,640 Hide what? 348 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:05,720 We all have scars. 349 00:23:08,519 --> 00:23:09,519 Nimue. 350 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:12,079 - No, it's fine. - Nimue! 351 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,599 - It's... it's fine. It's too hot. - Look. 352 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,519 Look. Look! 353 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,039 When I was a boy, I used to bet on rat races. 354 00:23:25,559 --> 00:23:26,559 Ah... 355 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,359 My first race, 356 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:30,240 my rat got scared, 357 00:23:30,599 --> 00:23:33,559 ran up my trouser leg, tried to eat his way out. 358 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,759 Now, the boys had a good laugh. 359 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:40,720 And I ran home crying and, 360 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,799 well, dancing with a rat in my trousers. 361 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:50,720 What about that one? 362 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:53,200 Oh, that. 363 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:56,519 That's from the first man I ever killed. 364 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,319 Yeah, he stuck me pretty good before it was over. 365 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:01,400 Who was he? 366 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,759 He was one of the brutes who killed my father. 367 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,079 Or so I thought. 368 00:24:15,759 --> 00:24:19,200 Turns out, I'd... pegged the wrong gang for it. 369 00:24:20,079 --> 00:24:23,279 And not that he was... some angel. He wasn't that. 370 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,880 But he'd... done me no wrong. 371 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,000 I was just... young 372 00:24:31,559 --> 00:24:32,599 and drunk and... 373 00:24:33,519 --> 00:24:34,519 angry. 374 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,000 You wanted justice for your father. 375 00:24:37,079 --> 00:24:38,400 There is no justice. 376 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:40,720 You know, men... 377 00:24:40,799 --> 00:24:43,519 men aren't built for it. 378 00:24:44,079 --> 00:24:45,319 And truth is, it... 379 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,519 would've broken my father's heart to know what I'd done to him. 380 00:24:59,279 --> 00:25:00,279 Thank you. 381 00:25:01,599 --> 00:25:02,599 For what? 382 00:25:04,599 --> 00:25:05,640 For telling me. 383 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,480 Nimue, I... Nimue, I can't stay. 384 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,079 I have debts to bad men. And not just Bors. 385 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:38,640 There are others. 386 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,440 You don't need my problems too. I'm sorry. 387 00:25:41,519 --> 00:25:44,079 - Why are you doing this? - You deserve someone good. 388 00:25:45,519 --> 00:25:47,119 Have I judged you? 389 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,559 - Did I say something? - No, it's... ah! 390 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:53,720 I'll mess it up. 391 00:25:54,519 --> 00:25:55,519 All right? 392 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,839 I have to go. I don't want to see you hurt. 393 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:02,440 You won't. 394 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:07,440 You'll be gone. 395 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:36,480 What ails you? 396 00:26:38,799 --> 00:26:40,279 Oh, my... 397 00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:45,519 You mind cracking it in so I can get back out there? 398 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,000 What now? 399 00:26:49,759 --> 00:26:52,400 I've just been having dark thoughts of late. 400 00:26:55,319 --> 00:26:56,319 Tell me. 401 00:26:57,839 --> 00:26:59,559 Thrain would've just cut them off! 402 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,720 Well, Thrain's dead! You've got me now! 403 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:06,200 I got one. 404 00:27:13,839 --> 00:27:15,359 How goes it, Minnow? 405 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,200 Did you do this to me on purpose? 406 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:24,720 I saved your life. 407 00:27:25,319 --> 00:27:27,720 Drowning would be a mercy. 408 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,240 Does your stomach ail you? 409 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:37,680 Here. 410 00:27:39,039 --> 00:27:40,039 Give your hand. 411 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,279 Mm! Ow! 412 00:27:49,599 --> 00:27:50,599 Ow! 413 00:27:51,039 --> 00:27:52,119 You have blood on you. 414 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,839 Yeah, I pulled out this arrow, and there was just... 415 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,759 blood everywhere. 416 00:28:03,039 --> 00:28:05,839 Are you gonna keep pinching me or... 417 00:28:08,039 --> 00:28:09,039 Stomach better? 418 00:28:09,799 --> 00:28:10,799 Dunno. 419 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,440 - Maybe. - Never lost a patient. 420 00:28:15,759 --> 00:28:17,680 Look, are you injured? I'm very busy. 421 00:28:17,759 --> 00:28:19,920 I don't get injured on raids. 422 00:28:21,319 --> 00:28:22,720 Sigurd protects me. 423 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,359 But if I can only see you when I'm injured, 424 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,039 perhaps I will leave Sigurd on board. 425 00:28:54,359 --> 00:28:55,359 Leave us. 426 00:28:59,799 --> 00:29:00,799 Your Highness. 427 00:29:01,759 --> 00:29:02,839 I would stand, but... 428 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,359 Why didn't you tell us about the Sword of the First Kings? 429 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,680 - Well, I was... - Wait. We know. 430 00:29:08,759 --> 00:29:13,799 You wanted to acquire it for us first before animating any false hopes. 431 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,680 Well, yes, Your Majesty. 432 00:29:15,759 --> 00:29:17,440 Always the perfect answer. 433 00:29:17,519 --> 00:29:20,720 I confess, the way I left was not ideal, 434 00:29:20,799 --> 00:29:22,119 but you see, the omens... 435 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,160 Yes, the omens. 436 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,400 Blood raining down on Castle Pendragon. 437 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:30,880 - Terrifying. - Yes. 438 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,016 But as I've said before, there are different... 439 00:29:34,039 --> 00:29:37,319 Different possible meanings to signs. Yes, we remember. 440 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,319 We are not as stupid as you think. 441 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,599 - I never suggested that... - We remember all your lessons, Merlin. 442 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,480 For instance, we need not fear omens, 443 00:29:48,039 --> 00:29:49,680 but rather we can seize them, 444 00:29:49,759 --> 00:29:52,559 turn them around, and examine them 445 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,319 until they tell us something new. 446 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,519 And then, through action, 447 00:29:57,359 --> 00:29:59,599 make those signs come true. 448 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,519 And we found this thinking to be... 449 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,240 particularly instructive. 450 00:30:06,559 --> 00:30:07,559 How so? 451 00:30:07,599 --> 00:30:11,119 Because we decided the blood that fell upon the castle was not ours... 452 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:14,400 - but yours. - Uther! 453 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,119 You never believed in us. And now we no longer believe in you. 454 00:30:19,599 --> 00:30:22,079 The Age of Wizards is over, Merlin. 455 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,079 We consider your recent derelictions to be treason. 456 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,400 And for that, there can be only one recourse. 457 00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:34,440 - Execution. - Without a trial? 458 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,400 Without a hearing? 459 00:30:37,079 --> 00:30:38,519 Who's turned you against me? 460 00:30:38,599 --> 00:30:41,400 You've done that yourself with your disdain for us, 461 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:42,599 your drunkenness, 462 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,319 and your disloyalty! 463 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,440 You have every reason to be disappointed in me, Uther. 464 00:30:50,839 --> 00:30:52,839 But if you want the Sword of Power, 465 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,960 killing me is madness. 466 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,480 See, I have it on good authority the sword is coming to me. 467 00:30:59,119 --> 00:31:00,279 Now, give me one week... 468 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:01,359 Oh, no. 469 00:31:02,559 --> 00:31:04,920 You have until the morning to deliver the sword. 470 00:31:06,519 --> 00:31:09,240 And then we give the mob your head. 471 00:31:10,039 --> 00:31:11,759 What can I do from here, Uther? 472 00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:13,799 That's not enough time. 473 00:31:14,359 --> 00:31:15,359 Uther! 474 00:32:09,119 --> 00:32:11,680 Come with us. We'll take you somewhere safe. 475 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,079 Oh, no. Please, I want to be useful. 476 00:32:54,559 --> 00:32:56,240 I'm sorry, I don't, um... 477 00:32:57,119 --> 00:32:58,359 I don't understand. 478 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,200 My name. Cora. 479 00:33:00,279 --> 00:33:01,839 Ah. Nimue. 480 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,359 May I ask you, do you know who's in this painting? 481 00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:11,599 The Green Knight is our leader, our protector. 482 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,000 He find the Fey to save them. 483 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:15,440 The Green Knight. 484 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,559 Come. I show you something. 485 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,440 Tomorrow night, there is Amala. 486 00:33:27,519 --> 00:33:28,519 A "Joining." 487 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:31,480 No, I... I can't. 488 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,640 Not for me. You do too much. 489 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,839 Yes, you will wear. 490 00:33:37,279 --> 00:33:40,880 You will come. You and that handsome human boy. 491 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,799 Your Majesty, without me, you'll never get the Sword of Power. 492 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,400 Our ears tire of your words. 493 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:01,480 Uther! 494 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:03,799 Uther! 495 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:08,480 Uther! 496 00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:14,400 By the power invested in us by Almighty God, 497 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,639 Merlin the Magician, you are hereby sentenced to die 498 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:21,000 for the crime of treason against our person. 499 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,039 A message, my liege. 500 00:34:40,119 --> 00:34:41,480 There is a note, sire. 501 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:55,960 Well? 502 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,199 Borley, what does it say? 503 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,960 It is a letter from the Wolf-Blood Witch offering to bring the Sword of Power, 504 00:35:02,639 --> 00:35:04,239 the Sword of the First Kings... 505 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,119 to Merlin the Magician. 506 00:35:07,199 --> 00:35:09,159 Tell her I'm indisposed. 507 00:35:15,199 --> 00:35:17,000 Get him up. Get him up! 508 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,239 Clean him up, then bring him before us. 509 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,280 You're one of Yeva's, are you? 510 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,719 Tell that old crone this changes nothing between us. 511 00:35:40,679 --> 00:35:42,199 That's the best part. 512 00:35:44,199 --> 00:35:45,199 There you are. 513 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,000 Nimue? 514 00:35:52,079 --> 00:35:53,079 Yes? 515 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:56,480 Oh. 516 00:35:57,039 --> 00:35:58,519 There's a Joining tonight. 517 00:35:59,599 --> 00:36:00,760 Like your weddings. 518 00:36:01,599 --> 00:36:03,679 They, uh... made me this. 519 00:36:05,199 --> 00:36:06,599 Yeah, you look like a dream. 520 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:10,000 You're leaving now? 521 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:13,400 Yes. 522 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:15,880 I, um... 523 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,159 I'll never be what my father hoped. 524 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:25,639 I'll... I'll never be a true knight. 525 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,480 But maybe somewhere I can find my honor. 526 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,320 Maybe somewhere I can find... justice. 527 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,559 Are you searching or just running away? 528 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,199 They can look the same, you know. 529 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:42,280 Honestly, I'm... 530 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:44,960 I don't know anymore. 531 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:48,960 You'll ride through the night? 532 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,360 With everyone looking for me, I thought it best. 533 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:54,400 I'm sorry. 534 00:36:55,039 --> 00:36:56,440 I... I... I wish we could ju... 535 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:01,880 No. Forget it. 536 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:05,840 Come with me to the Joining. 537 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,960 I mean, wouldn't it be lovely just to forget it all for an hour? 538 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,480 No swords or debts or... 539 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:16,440 Merlins or paladins. 540 00:37:16,519 --> 00:37:17,519 We could just... 541 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:19,480 be us. 542 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:22,760 I would like that very much. 543 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:23,840 Would you? 544 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:26,599 Well... 545 00:37:29,639 --> 00:37:31,679 Well, all right, then. 546 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:29,880 Whey! 547 00:39:44,199 --> 00:39:45,199 Nimue... 548 00:39:46,679 --> 00:39:47,679 what if it's you? 549 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:49,599 What if what's me? 550 00:39:49,679 --> 00:39:51,000 What if you're my honor? 551 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,159 What if it's your justice I'm meant to serve? 552 00:39:57,119 --> 00:39:59,400 Your honor was never lost, Arthur. 553 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,079 But if you want to stay, 554 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:07,960 I want you to stay. 555 00:40:13,519 --> 00:40:15,360 The Green Knight! 556 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:16,856 - The Green Knight is here. - The who? 557 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,159 - The Green Knight! - Spread the word, child! 558 00:40:20,639 --> 00:40:22,199 - Come on. - It's the Green Knight! 559 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:24,079 Let's go see this Green Knight, then. 560 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:42,960 Squirrel? 561 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:45,719 - Nimue! - Oh! 562 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,119 I... Thank the gods. I... I looked for you. 563 00:40:52,199 --> 00:40:53,320 I'm sorry, Nimue. 564 00:40:54,199 --> 00:40:55,280 I heard you, but... 565 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,159 You're here. It's okay. 566 00:40:58,880 --> 00:40:59,880 You're here. 567 00:41:00,679 --> 00:41:01,719 You're alive! 568 00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:03,719 Oh! 569 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,000 The Green Knight saved me. 570 00:41:20,519 --> 00:41:21,519 Gawain? 571 00:41:26,119 --> 00:41:27,119 Nimue. 572 00:41:29,639 --> 00:41:31,519 It's me. 573 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,175 - Oh, my goodness. - I can't believe you're alive. 574 00:41:35,199 --> 00:41:37,695 - I can't believe you're alive! - I thought... Tell me everything. 575 00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:39,440 You need to tell the story... 576 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,920 Don't be sad. You'll have friends here. 577 00:41:46,679 --> 00:41:48,039 This Man Blood smell funny. 578 00:41:48,519 --> 00:41:49,599 Don't be mean. 579 00:41:50,519 --> 00:41:51,519 You're safe. 580 00:41:52,199 --> 00:41:53,239 Because, look, 581 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:56,440 the Wolf-Blood Witch is here. 582 00:41:58,079 --> 00:42:00,280 She kills all the Red Paladins. 583 00:42:00,599 --> 00:42:02,800 Desiccated. How are you here? 584 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,016 - I can't believe you're here. - I can't. 585 00:42:07,039 --> 00:42:08,960 - I need to hear. - You look so different. 586 00:42:09,039 --> 00:42:11,199 - It's just so... - Well, it's been years. 587 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:13,239 I... Um... 588 00:42:13,639 --> 00:42:15,920 Oh, Arthur, uh, this is Gawain. 589 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:17,000 He's my, uh... 590 00:42:17,639 --> 00:42:20,079 He's like family, one of my dearest, oldest friends. 591 00:42:20,159 --> 00:42:21,159 How nice. 592 00:42:21,679 --> 00:42:23,360 Gawain, this is Arthur. 593 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,920 We're... friends? 594 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,440 Kind of hard to describe what we are, 595 00:42:28,519 --> 00:42:30,559 but we've been on quite the journey together. 596 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:32,480 Arthur. 597 00:42:35,079 --> 00:42:36,119 Sell-sword? 598 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:37,440 On occasion. 599 00:42:37,639 --> 00:42:38,639 Human. 600 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:40,599 Uh... Aye. 601 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,079 Thank you for taking care of my Nimue. 602 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,920 Take as long as you need to rest up here. What little we have, we will share. 603 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:52,320 Thank you. 604 00:42:55,119 --> 00:42:57,079 We'll be right back. We just need... 605 00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,320 We have so much to catch up on, but we'll... 606 00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:03,519 - I'll be right back, I promise. - Take your time. 607 00:43:14,599 --> 00:43:15,679 What is it? 608 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:23,920 Merlin. 609 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:28,159 - What a surprise. - Your Majesty Queen Regent. 610 00:43:28,599 --> 00:43:33,159 To what do we owe the honor of your visit? And may we offer you a cake? 611 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:36,079 So kind of you. 612 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:38,400 But I ate my fill at the court. 613 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:41,199 Though I hear they are delightful. 614 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:42,280 Wine, then? 615 00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:46,000 You must have earned quite a thirst after such an exciting day. 616 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,559 Exciting day, yes. 617 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,280 For some reason, a day like this reminds me of a story. 618 00:43:58,320 --> 00:43:59,639 Perhaps you've heard it. 619 00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,199 Among the gentry, they call it "The Story of the Midwife." 620 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:04,960 I don't believe I have. 621 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:06,960 Huh! 622 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:12,360 They say it was an unusually cold night for May. 623 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,559 A frost had settled over the crops. 624 00:44:15,039 --> 00:44:18,679 And yet the people stood beneath the stars holding candles 625 00:44:19,119 --> 00:44:22,159 because a king was being born that night. 626 00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:24,239 And this was very important 627 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:26,679 because the king had died only months before, 628 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:28,320 leaving the queen a regent, 629 00:44:28,679 --> 00:44:30,480 not a true blood heir to the throne. 630 00:44:31,119 --> 00:44:35,199 But were she to deliver a son, then he would rule as the true king. 631 00:44:37,119 --> 00:44:38,400 But as the night wore on, 632 00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,239 it became clear that the child hadn't turned 633 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,480 and struggled inside the Queen Regent. 634 00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:48,159 And though she prayed to St. Margaret that her child come free 635 00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:50,920 as easily as Margaret escaped the dragon's stomach... 636 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:53,920 the baby was stillborn. 637 00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:56,880 And a boy. 638 00:45:03,119 --> 00:45:06,239 Knowing the dead child would snuff out her claim to the throne, 639 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:09,840 the Queen Regent huddled with the midwife and devised a plot. 640 00:45:10,679 --> 00:45:11,760 And so... 641 00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:14,400 by the light of the moon... 642 00:45:15,519 --> 00:45:19,599 the midwife snuck away from the castle to a peasant's home that was known to her, 643 00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,159 one that had recently celebrated the birth of a baby boy. 644 00:45:25,679 --> 00:45:30,239 It's said the mother was paid handsomely in gold coins from the royal coffers. 645 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:31,400 And yet... 646 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:33,880 days later, 647 00:45:35,119 --> 00:45:38,480 the same woman was found dead from a curious suffocation. 648 00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:42,639 Poisoned, some surmised. 649 00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:48,000 Indeed, almost anyone who might have known of the foul conspiracy met similar ends. 650 00:45:48,519 --> 00:45:50,880 All except for the midwife, 651 00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:53,920 who, fearing for her life, 652 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:55,960 fled the kingdom, never to return. 653 00:45:57,159 --> 00:45:58,840 One imagines were she ever found, 654 00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,239 she would represent quite a danger to the king. 655 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,360 Which I suspect is why she remained hidden forever, 656 00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,440 given the grim outcomes of the other characters in the story. 657 00:46:08,519 --> 00:46:10,679 Or perhaps the simpler explanation 658 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,639 is that she never made it out of the kingdom at all 659 00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:19,239 and shared the fate of that poor mother who sold her child for a few gold coins. 660 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:21,599 That's always been my suspicion as well. 661 00:46:22,199 --> 00:46:24,559 - There is a third option, of course. - Is there? 662 00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:28,679 That perhaps the midwife is alive and well and under my protection. 663 00:46:34,079 --> 00:46:35,400 Good night, Your Majesty. 664 00:47:09,519 --> 00:47:11,039 Who knows about this? 665 00:47:11,119 --> 00:47:12,119 No one. 666 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:15,719 Arthur knows and Morgana. 667 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:17,400 Any of the Fey Elders? 668 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:18,480 No. 669 00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:21,239 Why? 670 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:28,440 This is the sword of our people, Nimue. 671 00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:32,320 This is our history. 672 00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:35,480 Our hope. 673 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:41,920 And you want to give this to Merlin the Magician, 674 00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:45,039 who turned against his own kind? 675 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,239 He's a conjurer who serves a Man-Blood king. 676 00:47:51,599 --> 00:47:54,840 - It was Lenore's wish. - I loved Lenore like my own mother. 677 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:55,920 But this is wrong. 678 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:56,960 Why him? 679 00:47:58,000 --> 00:47:59,880 - I don't know. - Well, there must be a reason. 680 00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:03,000 Gawain, these were the very last words she spoke to me. 681 00:48:05,119 --> 00:48:07,679 She could have said anything, but she chose this: 682 00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:09,960 "Bring this to Merlin." 683 00:48:11,519 --> 00:48:12,760 A bargaining chip, then. 684 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,000 She hoped that this Merlin might protect you, 685 00:48:16,079 --> 00:48:18,239 but you don't need that because I'll protect you. 686 00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:21,239 There is more to it. I know there is. 687 00:48:24,159 --> 00:48:26,239 And I don't need protecting. 688 00:48:27,159 --> 00:48:28,159 Are you sure? 689 00:48:30,079 --> 00:48:33,320 This is also known as the Sword of the First Kings. 690 00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,559 Uther Pendragon will want this sword. 691 00:48:37,639 --> 00:48:41,039 And if history is any guide, then he will promise the world 692 00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:44,960 and then leave the Fey at the mercy of the Red Paladins. 693 00:48:46,519 --> 00:48:48,519 Well, I wouldn't know, for I am no king. 694 00:48:48,599 --> 00:48:50,000 Then give it to someone else. 695 00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:52,320 Someone here. 696 00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:56,119 I will take it if I must, 697 00:48:57,639 --> 00:48:58,639 but not Merlin. 698 00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:01,920 Mother wouldn't be careless about something like this. 699 00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:05,280 She wouldn't entrust... 700 00:49:10,679 --> 00:49:11,679 She knew him. 701 00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:14,199 How? 702 00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:16,599 I don't know, but it's the only explanation. 703 00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:19,639 Oh, no! 704 00:49:20,679 --> 00:49:21,679 No! 705 00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:28,599 Morgana... 706 00:49:28,679 --> 00:49:30,360 it'll be all right. I promise. 707 00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:31,840 Get away from me! 708 00:49:35,039 --> 00:49:36,280 What's happened? 709 00:49:37,559 --> 00:49:38,559 There was word. 710 00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,480 Yvoire Abbey is burned to the ground. 711 00:49:46,559 --> 00:49:47,719 Celia? 712 00:49:48,599 --> 00:49:50,400 No survivors. 713 00:50:10,079 --> 00:50:12,760 She must have been so afraid. 714 00:50:16,119 --> 00:50:18,079 Celia saw the good in everyone. 715 00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:20,880 Oh... 716 00:50:22,199 --> 00:50:24,480 I have such hate in my heart. 717 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:28,440 Such frightening hate. 718 00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:39,039 I guess we're both orphans now, aren't we? 719 00:50:39,559 --> 00:50:40,719 In a sense. 720 00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:42,239 I suppose we are. 721 00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:43,400 Sisters in blood. 722 00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:52,760 The traitor... 723 00:50:53,519 --> 00:50:54,800 has given his answer. 724 00:51:00,519 --> 00:51:02,159 That lazy dog gives me work. 725 00:51:02,519 --> 00:51:05,440 Next time, Marguerite brings back his balls. 726 00:51:21,079 --> 00:51:22,119 What will happen? 727 00:51:25,559 --> 00:51:28,119 You sit, you breathe, you dream. 728 00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:30,760 The Hidden take you to Merlin. 729 00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:32,960 Not safe, he says, on the road. 730 00:51:33,039 --> 00:51:35,119 This is the way, the Old Druid way. 731 00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:41,119 Memory will come. 732 00:51:42,039 --> 00:51:43,920 Maybe good, maybe bad. 733 00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:45,480 Pay attention. 734 00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:47,519 That is the voice of the Hidden. 735 00:51:48,199 --> 00:51:51,039 And that is the road to the Between... 736 00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:53,800 where Merlin awaits you. 737 00:52:14,119 --> 00:52:17,400 Take this to Merlin. It's all that matters now. 738 00:52:19,559 --> 00:52:20,679 Run! 739 00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:24,719 Papa! Don't go. 740 00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:27,199 You've brought darkness to this family, Nimue. 741 00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:29,519 Jonah, she's your daughter. Do something. 742 00:52:29,599 --> 00:52:30,679 You are cursed. 743 00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:34,039 I'll fix it, Papa. I'll take the medicine. I won't complain. 744 00:52:34,639 --> 00:52:36,199 It's in your blood, child. 745 00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:41,360 Ask your mother the reason... 746 00:52:42,519 --> 00:52:43,719 I will not say it. 747 00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,719 Papa, I'm sorry. Come back! 748 00:52:52,519 --> 00:52:53,920 Please come back! 749 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:17,800 You're him. 750 00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:20,840 You're Merlin. 751 00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:27,639 And you're the Wolf-Blood Witch. 752 00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:31,280 Dreaded wielder of the Devil's Tooth. 753 00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:33,679 - You're making fun of me. - No. 754 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:38,719 But you're playing a dangerous game, young lady. 755 00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:40,480 You think this is a game? 756 00:53:50,599 --> 00:53:52,320 What's your connection to this place? 757 00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:53,800 Why do you ask? 758 00:53:54,559 --> 00:53:56,840 The Between has found a common ground for us. 759 00:53:57,920 --> 00:53:59,760 One we must both share in memory. 760 00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:04,599 Otherwise, we'd be in an ordinary room or field, not here. 761 00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:06,840 I'm Sky Folk. 762 00:54:07,599 --> 00:54:08,639 This is my home. 763 00:54:13,119 --> 00:54:15,199 And this temple is where my mother died. 764 00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:20,639 - You're the daughter of Lenore? - I am. 765 00:54:21,639 --> 00:54:22,960 She gave you the sword. 766 00:54:23,039 --> 00:54:24,039 Yes. 767 00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:28,599 And asked me with her dying breath to bring the sword to you. 768 00:54:30,079 --> 00:54:31,119 You knew her? 769 00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:34,639 I did, yes. 770 00:54:35,639 --> 00:54:38,280 And, uh, her instructions to you were very wise. 771 00:54:38,360 --> 00:54:39,936 - Look at me, Merlin. - No, I'm sorry, I... 772 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:40,960 Look at me. 773 00:54:44,199 --> 00:54:45,280 What do you see? 774 00:54:46,239 --> 00:54:47,360 You have her eyes. 775 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:49,800 Anything else? 776 00:54:51,199 --> 00:54:52,719 What... what name were you given? 777 00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:53,800 Nimue. 778 00:54:54,519 --> 00:54:55,519 Nimue. 779 00:54:57,519 --> 00:54:59,199 That is indeed a beautiful name. 780 00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:02,800 I've been asking myself, "Why you? 781 00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,360 Why did she ask me to bring the sword to you?" 782 00:55:13,039 --> 00:55:14,239 And what's your answer? 783 00:55:16,159 --> 00:55:17,159 Because... 784 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:22,199 you're my father.