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Relic Hunter (PAL with Alliance intro)
Gabriel.
God be with the noble
knight, gabriel.
Let us pray for his
triumph over the dark one.
(nigel:)look at
it, sydney.
A medieval monastery
virtually untouched by time.
Monks collecting beeswax
as they have for centuries.
(syd:)are you
excited, nigel?
(nigel:)ohh, I've imagined
this moment for years
Ever since my father told me the
story of saint gabriel as a boy.
But that sign on the
gate, "no visitors"?
Oh,don't worry, they'll
be glad to see us.
Hello.
Then again, they're not exactly
rolling out the red carpet, are they?
Oh, good day.
My
name's nigel bailey.
This is my colleague,
dr sydney fox.
I'm theodoric, the
abbott of this monastery.
This is a cloistered community.
Visitors are strictly forbidden.
Ah, the signs.
Well, um
You see, we're looking
for brother elgin.
He was supposed to meet us in
town but he never showed up.
We have no brother
elgin.
That's impossible.
I've exchanged correspondence
with him
Regarding saint gabriel's
sword.
That's no more than a fable,
young man, a bedtime story.
Trust me, we have no
sword in the stone here
Or anywhere else
for that matter.
We've come 5000 miles.
Good.
There must be
some mistake.
(nigel:)I mean, how many
cloistered orders can there be
In this part of
hungary?
(nigel:)hello?
Brother theodoric,
please,
There must be some
misunderstanding.
A few months ago, I
wrote depicting a theory
I have on saint
gabriel's swor
A brother elgin responded.
He was intrigued.
He instructed me to meet
him in the town today,
But he never showed.
Look, I
brought his letter with me.
Let me see it.
Your presence is an insult
to the sanctity of this order.
If you truly respect our
privacy, you'll leave.
It's a fraud.
Please, hear me out.
What's that?
It's a 15th century
tableau
Depicting saint gabriel
slaying the demon belisle,
A story my father told
me when I was a boy.
If you look closer,
there's an aura
Surrounding gabriel's
right hand.
Now, in medieval art, auras
depicted a sacred or
Or mystical entity.
Well, this one suggests
that both the sword
And his gauntlet are
part of a magical unit.
Just what are you
implying?
(syd:)that the sword
If it is within your
walls, of course
Can be removed from
the stone that holds it
By a person wearing the
gauntlet.
An interesting theory
But it doesn't change the fact
that the sword never existed.
The legend isn't true.
(syd:)well, we realize that
you're a cloistered community,
But if you would
allow us to speak
With brother elgin
just a moment
(father:)please.
We're
simple people.
We make candles from
beeswax.
There's no brother
elgin,
There's no sword in
a stone.
Now, I must get back
to my work.
Thank you for your
trouble, father.
,
Don't go thanking
him.
What about my
theory?
It's time to go.
I can't believe
it, sydney,
I'm at a complete
and utter loss.
Well, don't be.
Did you notice the
abbot's reaction
When you showed him
the tableau?
He's hiding
something.
And he was lying,
wasn't he?
There is a brother
elgin.
No, I think he's telling
the truth about that.
I thought you said he
wasn't telling the truth.
Now there is no
elgin?
Think about it:
If you're a monk in
a cloistered monastery
And you're trying to
sneak a letter out,
Are you going to put
your real name on it?
I guess not.
I think elgin's a
pseudonym of some sort.
Of course.
What?
Gabriel's squire was
named elgin.
Someone's been doing
his homework.
Yeah, well, so was our mystery letter
- writer.
Oh, one more thing.
Did you notice a
tattoo on his arm?
No.
On his left wrist,
He had a strange and
distinctive tattoo.
I think it means
something.
I'm so sorry.
Are
you all right?
Nigel bailey?
Yes.
Brother elgin?
I couldn't contact
you sooner.
My real name is oswin.
I apologize for the
deception.
What's going on here?
Theodoric says all
contact with the outside
World leads to curiosity
And curiosity leads to passion
and passion leads to sin.
But you responded to
nigel's letter.
I help the abbot
with the mail.
Most inquiries to the
monastery are destroyed by fire.
But after reading
yours
I was right about the
sword, wasn't I?
It's not safe to
speak here.
Go to the
village,
Contact vasy the
merchant,
I'll try and find
you there.
(decorator:)well, I have to
remove all the wood and stuff from
The walls, replace
those curtains.
What I have in
mind is saffron,
Silk taffeta with
a Pistachio trim,
That'll flow into the
new form of the room
And give it a much
airier feel.
Really, the wood
panelling has to go.
Actually, I think sydney's
pretty fond of the wood.
Sydney?
My boss, whose office
you're redoing.
Well, I work for the
university, not any cindy person.
Well, sydney's got some
pretty specific tastes.
Oh, really? What
might they be?
Well, thermal-proof
the windows, insulate,
Make the space more
environmentally responsible
Without losing the
original character.
That's it?
What's wrong with
that?
Listen, I have commissions to justify.
I am not about to be dictated
to by some squeaky sorority girl.
My father has a relationship with
the president of this university.
So do I.
Brother oswin.
But the monks rallied
around their fallen hero
And as belisle prepared
to finish gabriel off,
Their prayers stirred something
deep inside the knight.
And wounded though
he was,
With his last ounce
of strength
He plunged his sword
deep into belisle.
Careful there,
zorro.
Turning the dark beast to
stone and trapping the blade
Where it sits
to this day,
Waiting for some brave
knight to find it.
Let me guess, when your
daddy told you the story,
The knight's name
was sir nigel?
Sir nigel the brave.
Did he act the story
out when he told you?
Well, the first
time he told it,
He tripped over one of my
mother's favourite lamps.
But something in his spirit
captured my imagination,
Drove me to learn
more and more;
One of the reasons I chose
a career in ancient studies.
So finding this relic would
mean a great deal to you.
It'd mean I proved the legend
of saint gabriel to be true.
Here, give me the
cell phone.
I'm going to call claudia,
have her check on something.
Look and see if you can find
the merchant vasy's store.
(nigel:)okay.
You've always been
a daydreamer, oswin,
More fascinated with
the view from your window
Than your devotions
inside these walls.
Now, I'm not sure.
Have I misjudged
you?
I find comfort in
the word of god.
Then quote a passage
for me -- proverbs 17:20.
"he that hath a forward
heart findeth no good.
He that hath a perverse
tongue falleth into mischief.
"
Abbot, I'm sorry,
I don't understand.
Brother asven saw you talking
to the strangers this afternoon.
I was only telling
them to go away
Beware your tongue,
oswin.
Or should I
say "elgin"?
We found this hidden
in your things.
It's a letter from
the englishman.
It mentions the sword.
You were to destroy
all correspondence.
The secret of the sword's
existence is your blood sacred vow.
Nothing to say?
Funny how only now you'd choose
to honour your vow of silence.
Perhaps the bee bag
will loosen your tongue.
No, please.
How did you get a letter
out of the monastery?
You're mistaken.
My mistake will be to let
you live a second longer
If you continue to deny you
have betrayed this order.
It was vasy, vasy
the merchant.
He mailed it for me.
Good.
Bag him.
No, wait I told
you the truth.
You should never have
sent that letter, oswin.
Go to the village.
Deal with vasy.
Claudia, where
have you been?
I've been calling, the machine's
not on.
Are you all right?
I was in that disaster
formerly known as our office,
Going over paint
samples
With this wicked witch of a
decorator the university hired.
Okay, never mind
that for right now.
I need you to check on
something for me.
Go get a pencil
and a paper.
Okay, shoot.
(syd:)draw a 'z'.
Okay.
Now draw a horizontal line
right through the middle of it
And add two little circles
to each end of that line.
Okay, I give.
What is it?
That's what I want
you to find out.
(nigel:)syd! Vasy's
shop's on the next corner.
It's locked.
Huh.
That's strange.
The van's here.
[struggling sounds]
Are you all
right?
Yeah.
(nigel:)what
about him?
Thank you.
Are you mr.
Vasy?
Emile.
I'm sydney fox.
This is nigel
bailey.
Brother oswin told
us to come.
He said he'd try to
meet us here.
I saw you at the monastery this morning.
You talked to oswin?
Theodoric allowed it?
(nigel:)well,
not exactly.
Do you know why he'd
want us to come here?
No.
What have I gotten
myself into?
How well do you
know brother oswin?
I've been delivering
groceries and supplies
To the monastery for
years.
I've known oswin since he was
a young lad in the village.
Then a couple of
weeks ago,
He asked me to post a
letter for him.
I did.
Now theodoric sends
his monks to beat me up.
I don't understand.
[cell phone ringing]
Hello?
(claudia:)nigel, put
sydney on.
I've got some information
for her.
Claudia, for you.
Yeah, what've you got?
It's a religious symbol,
medieval european.
Why don't you
give it to
(claudia:)nathanson?
I'm way ahead of you.
He's going to get back to me
as soon as he gets anything.
But I got to go now.
What's the rush?
Paint samples.
I thought that you hated
the university decorator.
Oh, did I forget to
mention that
They'd hired an outside
contractor?
What's his name?
(claudia:)andreas.
They'll be back.
Theodoric is a
brutal man.
Sounds like he
knows tactics.
The order's recruits
are young boys
From poor families
with few options.
Easy pickings for
men like theodoric.
Was oswin different?
Oswin was an
idealist.
He had hopes of
updating the order,
Committing it to
public service
And bringing it into
the twentieth century.
But Once he was
initiated,
He found that theodoric
had perverted it,
Descended it from
christian practice
And made it into a
cult of the sword.
Was oswin alone in
his hopes for change?
The other monks
live in fear.
Theodoric has the
order under his thumb.
Oswin was about to
tell us something
When they came after
him.
Can I ask you
something?
What was oswin's letter to you about?
(nigel:)I have a theory
about saint gabriel's sword.
I don't understand.
Surely he told you,
It's there in the
monastery.
(nigel:)I knew it.
We
believe gabriel's gauntlet,
His glove, is the key to
withdrawing the sword from the stone.
(syd:)when we showed
this to theodoric
And told him our thoughts
on it, he reacted strongly.
Of course.
He'd want
to keep it for himself.
(nigel:)the question
is where do we start
Looking for it to
find it first?
I trust solitude affords
the opportunity
To think about your
actions.
Tell me, how long have you
been writing these letters?
I only wrote the
one, I swear it.
(father:)the
truth, oswin.
If only you could have read
that young man's letter,
Sense the passion in
his words
He was only seeking the truth,
the truth about gabriel.
I thought if he could only
just see the sword
Just to know that
it exists.
What if he'd stumbled
on the key?
Do you have any idea the kind
of havoc he could unleash?
The dark one's forces
are all around us.
Prepare yourself.
What did he say?
(claudia:)you know, he recognized
your 'z' symbol right off.
It's called a zadovar,
very rare.
It's also some sort
of sun sign thingy.
But get this:
In 1974,
Several zadovars were
uncovered at a dig in hungary
At a place called childric's
hill.
Childric's hill?
Near here, I know
the place.
Oh, and there's something
else, too.
He gave me a doctoral
thesis.
It's got a whole bunch
of sketches
And a plot of the ruins.
Would that help?
Yeah.
Get to a scanner and
e-mail it to nigel's computer.
Good work.
(claudia:)thanks.
By the way, how's
the decorator?
Oh, oh, so good.
We're going to chow
down on some calamari
As soon as andreas
gets here.
I thought you
hated calamari.
Oh, yeah, well I'm
learning to have an open mind.
Ciao.
I'll join you
in a minute.
Belisle, soon it
will be time
And you will be
free, master.
(nigel:)childric's hill.
Legend says that saint gabriel
was buried by his squire elgin,
But the location
was kept secret.
Do you think this
could be the place?
(sydney:)it's a
good possibility.
How long will it
take to get there?
Not long.
But the road
is very bad.
You shouldn't
travel at night.
It's best to wait
until morning.
Is there an
inn nearby?
Just up the
street.
We should get a map.
I can show you the way.
That would be great.
(nigel:)why can't we ever find
one of these in a populated area?
Well, the ruins should
be up here on the left.
(nigel:)the building's
gone.
Yeah, it was in ruins during
gabriel's time as well.
Gabriel was most likely buried below us
In a crypt or a
vault of some kind.
The zadovar symbol may
very well mark where.
Well, the site plan
that claudia sent
Shows the places where
the symbol was found.
Three, according
to that.
One near the ruins
of a watchtower,
(sydney:)the second near
the foundation wall,
And the third dead
centre in a well.
Gabriel could be buried
under any one of those.
Well, that large pile of stones
looks like the watchtower.
I'll check it.
I'll go over to
the well.
I'll check the
foundation wall.
I was just thinking
of poor oswin,
Of what theodoric will
do to him.
(nigel:)I found it.
It's not a well.
It's been filled in.
There's something underneath
the fill, though.
I found one, sydney,
A carved stone marker with a
zadovar symbol on it about yea big,
But no sign of any
crypt or any entrance.
I found the second,
just a stone, nothing else.
Okay, here's the third.
I've got it.
But it's just a marker.
There's no sign of a crypt
entrance anywhere.
Why markers?
Well, according
to the legend,
Elgin brought gabriel
here himself.
Maybe he brought some monks from
the monastery with him.
And laid the symbols to mark
the hero's resting place.
A symbol
Are you thinking what
I'm thinking?
The markers are part
of a larger pattern.
What are we
looking for?
(nigel:)another marker.
(sydney:)there it is.
This is how the
stones fit together.
You take the first
three markers
(sydney:)that the other
archaeologists found
And then you add
the fourth.
But hang on,
there's more.
Looking for a
circle
(sydney:)yes, a
circle,
Just like the circles at
the end of the cross line.
It's almost a
complete symbol.
Which means there
should be another circle
Somewhere over there.
(sydney:)a circle.
Do you notice, nigel, that the
cross line runs east-west?
(sydney:)yesterday claudia said
something that made me think.
She said the zadovar is
a sun symbol.
The path of the sun.
Of course, this
is brilliant.
What?
(nigel:)a not-so-uncommon
way to mark a burial place.
The sun rises in the
east in life.
And sets in the west
(sydney & nigel:)
In death.
Gabriel is buried under
the western circle.
(sydney:)
hello, gabriel.
(nigel:)cozied up
the space.
I don't see any
sign of a burial.
Well, a knight of
gabriel's stature
Would be buried with his
armour and valuable belongings.
They would never leave
them out in the open.
A zadovar.
(nigel:)there's an
inscription.
"apium labor gabrielli
dux est".
"the work of bees is
the way to gabriel.
"
(nigel:)your latin
is excellent.
I was an altar boy
Years ago.
The work of bees.
(sydney:)the work
of bees?
Well, surely it's not
something back at the monastery.
(sydney:)it's made
of wax.
Beeswax from the
monastery.
(nigel:)the work
of bees.
But how does that
lead back to gabriel?
(sydney:)there's a
keyhole behind it.
Then there has
to be a key.
(nigel:)what are
you doing?
(sydney:)I have
a hunch.
(nigel:)yeah, I think
I can see something.
The key.
(sydney:)the way
to gabriel.
Gabriel's gauntlet.
Get over there.
Move it!
What are you
doing?
How convenient for you two
that you're already in a crypt.
[screaming]
(sydney:)nigel.
(nigel:)the symbol.
He was a monk?
Why was he living
outside the order?
(sydney:)I
don't know.
So vasy was working
for theodoric all along.
Playing us so we'd
lead him to the gauntlet.
And those two thugs
who beat vasy up,
That must've been just
a show for our benefit.
Poor oswin, he
trusted the man.
To think we almost got
sealed in here with gabriel.
Minus his gauntlet.
We'd better go
find oswin.
Yeah.
(nigel:)any sign
of oswin?
(sydney:)no.
I hate to think what
they've done with him.
This relic hunt's turned
into something far greater
Than searching for
gabriel's sword.
We've got to get
oswin out of there.
(sydney:)the front
gate's padlocked.
The place must be
on high alert.
There's theodoric's muscle.
Front door's out of
the question.
We'll have to find
another way in.
You're sure about
this?
Yes.
You're sure?
You have a better
idea?
This place goes
on forever.
First we find oswin, then
we look for the sword.
[door opening]
A prisoner's
meal?
(nigel:)oswin.
(oswin:)thank god.
You
shouldn't have come.
You're both in
great danger.
Look at your
face.
The sting's mostly
gone out of it.
Theodoric did this?
Oswin, I'm so
sorry.
My punishment for
assisting you both.
He caught me as I was leaving
for the village and locked me up.
(oswin:)did you
find vasy?
Vasy's dead.
How?
Recovering the gauntlet
from its hiding place.
Good lord.
Was he a monk?
No, no, he wasn't.
(sydney:)he pulled
a gun on us.
Fortunately, gabriel's
armour was ***-trapped.
We found the zadovar
symbol on his arm.
Is there a chance he
was working for theodoric?
I don't know.
And the gauntlet?
I knew.
I knew you
were the one, nigel.
The minute I read
your letter,
I sensed the passion
in your words.
I knew you were the one that
would draw gabriel's sacred sword.
I can think of no other man worthier
of donning gabriel's sacred gauntlet.
(sydney:)I hate
to interrupt,
But we really should
find the other relic.
The stone is hidden away
in a wing of its own.
Come.
It's real.
Just like your
father told you.
I wish he could be
here to see this.
Put it on and see if
your theory's right.
Brother theodoric,
oswin has escaped.
Hurry, nigel, there's
no time.
(nigel:)for over
This sword has been
encased in stone,
Hidden from the
rest of the world.
Now, I hold the
power in my hand.
[church bells ringing]
We've been discovered.
Hurry.
No.
You're more
deserving of this.
You risked your life
to help us.
We couldn't have
done this without you.
And we won't if you
don't get a move on.
Stop!
Oswin, you made a vow to
watch over the captive beast,
To ensure that belisle would
never again walk this earth.
Think what you're doing.
You're going to
unleash the demon.
(sydney & nigel:)
unleash?
Pulling the sword
will release belisle.
For years, I've
waited, prayed,
Toiled within these walls,
dreaming of your return.
The blood of your loyal servants
has been shed so that you may come.
No.
[evil laughter]
(sydney:)we've got
to help him.
We've got to put that demon
back where he came from.
(nigel:)it's hopeless without
the gauntlet and the sword.
Theodoric's next.
[praying quietly in latin]
I'll distract him.
You put our very
existence in jeopardy
With your greed
for the sword.
(nigel:)it wasn't greed,
it was curiosity.
(sydney:)and we
weren't the problem.
Vasy and oswin were hell-bent
on releasing the demon.
Vasy became obsessed
with belisle,
On unleashing him
to the world.
In a strange way he wanted to save
the world from its own excesses.
I found devotions to the
demon in his belongings.
Hoping to stem the
tide of corruption,
I had him expelled but
allowed to keep his ties
To the order.
That
was a tragic mistake.
Theodoric, we understand why you
would want to keep this a secret.
But we question
your methods.
We saw the bee stings
all over oswin's face.
He broke his vows.
We could have all been
destroyed.
Well, perhaps I could have been
more honest with you about the sword.
Well, if we hadn't
have gone through all this,
We may never have
rooted out oswin
And vasy's intentions
to release the demon.
The lord does work
in mysterious ways.
I always believed the
legend to be true,
I just never realized removing
the sword would release the demon.
This needs to be
protected.
Nobody in this order must ever
know where the gauntlet is hidden.
That's why gabriel
in his wisdom
Separated them in the
first place.
What would you like
us to do with it?
Never let me
find it.
We can do that.
Nigel, I think your father would
be very proud of you right now.
Subtitle by: Kiasuseven