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KAY: O Lord, grant eternal rest, and let everlasting
light shine upon your servant here and deliver
her from eternal death in that awful day, when the
heavens and the earth shall be shaken and thou
shalt come to judge the world by fire. Amen.
ARTHUR: Amen.
ARTHUR: Wait.
It's my fault.
KAY: No.
ARTHUR: But it is.
MERLIN: Don't let it rule you.
Lot murdered her so you would buckle.
Take what you're feeling and use it as fuel.
We'll make this right.
But you can't be distracted; there's too much at stake.
We need to return to Camelot now.
ARTHUR: No.
ARTHUR: No!
I want to stay with her-on my own.
I'm giving you an order. Plan my defences.
I'll return before sundown.
Now leave me to make my peace.
MORGAN: How many have you killed with this?
KING LOT: You think I keep count?
KING LOT: You're thinking about the boy again, aren't you?
MORGAN: I thought he understood my warning.
KING LOT: You gave him a chance.
You were fair. Don't brood.
MORGAN: She was his mother.
KING LOT: He has a spare, doesn't he?
MORGAN: Do you remember when your parents died?
KING LOT: Yes. I killed them.
Now are we going to mourn the corpse that gave us
the victory, or celebrate the strength of our unity.
MORGAN: Soon, the boy will be gone, and you and
I will have the throne.
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[seabirds cawing]
MERLIN: We need to move fast.
We now have four dawns before King Lot will attack.
Strengthen every aspect of our defences.
More guards at all exits and entrances.
Challenge anyone you don't recognize.
Trust no one.
ULFIUS: We don't have enough forces.
MERLIN: Leave that to me.
As of now, you have one single priority: protect Arthur.
Protect your future king.
ARTHUR: What're you doing?
GUINEVERE: You were staring at me.
And this is where I go NOT to be stared at!
ARTHUR: I can explain.
GUINEVERE: Go on then.
ARTHUR: I had a dream.
Maybe a vision-of you-walking out of the sea.
GUINEVERE: No!
I know what goes on around these lands now.
And you are not going to lay a finger on me.
ARTHUR: Whatever's going on round here,
I'm not a part of it, I swear.
I came to get away.
And then you ... appeared.
GUINEVERE: Get away from what?
ARTHUR: I buried my mother. On the hill above.
She was murdered yesterday.
You can go see the grave if you don't believe me.
GUINEVERE: How did she die?
ARTHUR: A warrior called Lot killed her.
GUINEVERE: Why did he kill her?
ARTHUR: I killed his son.
GUINEVERE: I see. He'll come for you next.
My family, my uncles, they stood up to him once.
He killed them all. He won't stop.
ARTHUR: So I must be stronger than him.
GUINEVERE: You can't be.
ARTHUR: I have to be.
GUINEVERE: This dream, the one I was in.
How did it end?
ARTHUR: I can't remember.
ECTOR: Arthur!
ARTHUR: It's my father. I thought they'd killed him too.
I have to go. I'm sorry.
I'm Arthur.
GUINEVERE: Good luck, Arthur.
ARTHUR: But I don't know your name.
GUINEVERE: No. You don't.
ARTHUR: Father!
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ARTHUR: I thought you were dead.
ECTOR: They came and they took us both.
I managed to escape. I let your mother down.
MERLIN: No. I misjudged what Lot was capable of.
I bear the responsibility.
ECTOR: Then you help us. Help us avenge her death.
MERLIN: Now we'll fight-not by blood, by guile.
Follow me and she won't have died in vain.
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[birds cawing]
[birds cawing]
[wind picking up]
[wind picking up]
MORGAN: Where are you?
[wind, crackling wood]
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MORGAN: Uther is dead. But there's another.
Uther's boy.
[distant wailing noises]
[crackling wood]
MORGAN: It makes no difference.
He has nothing now. His mother was killed.
His spirit is broken.
[distant wailing noises]
MORGAN: It's nearly the time.
I swear.
MERLIN: You've a big task today.
ARTHUR: You say that every day.
MERLIN: This is your biggest.
ARTHUR: D'you know what he's talking about?
KAY: Nope. He said you'd need me.
But then, you always need me!
ARTHUR: I don't think so.
MERLIN: A king exists primarily as an idea.
We persuade the people to believe in the idea of you,
we can make it a reality.
MERLIN: Leontes will join us.
He has the equipment you'll need.
KAY: What equipment? What're you talking about?
ARTHUR: Yeah, how do I become a new idea?
MERLIN: By doing the impossible.
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MERLIN: The Romans believed that sword
belonged to Mars, their God of war.
ARTHUR: We all know the legend, thank you.
We were told it as children.
I didn't believe it then, either.
KAY: How long has it really been there?
MERLIN: Nobody knows exactly how long.
Today, you'll retrieve it.
KAY: Good luck with that, Brother.
ARTHUR: No way.
LEONTES: Anyone who's tried it has died.
MERLIN: The legend's clear: whoever pulls the
sword from that rock shall be the King to
unite all of Briton.
ARTHUR: It's been there for centuries.
No one's ever done it before; what makes you
think I can do it?
MERLIN: Because no one's ever needed to do it,
as much as you do.
This is your moment. Believe in yourself.
ARTHUR: Maybe with some training-
MERLIN: No! It has to be now.
ARTHUR: If it's so important, why don't you do it?
MERLIN: Stop pulling at me and start pushing yourself!
You've strength and intelligence.
But if you won't try, you're not my king.
And everything will have been for nothing.
KAY: I have an idea.
[music and conversation]
KING LOT: Where were you?
I woke and you weren't beside me.
MORGAN: I like to walk in the mornings.
KING LOT: Move your ***, ya trout.
Walk where?
MORGAN: The woods.
KING LOT: The word has spread.
We've made our mark. They're sending gifts.
MORGAN: Send them back.
It's too early for gifts. Nothing's been won.
KING LOT: Ah come, come, it's never too early for gifts.
They understand who'll be in charge of the realm.
They want to show respect.
MORGAN: We'll deserve it when the boy is gone.
KING LOT: The boy was seen riding out of
Camelot this morning.
They're scurrying away.
MORGAN: And you know that for sure?
KING LOT: I know what fear does to people.
We will drive all those that remain from the
ruins of Camelot.
Then we will celebrate our wedding and make
preparations for our coronation.
Oh, come on, you've got to admit, it's exciting.
MORGAN: I'd be excited if you were planning battles,
instead of ceremonies-my Lord.
My father stayed King because he never became complacent.
I hope I won't have cause to doubt our alliance.
KAY: Ready?
Stronger together.
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ECTOR: I'm looking for my sons, Kay and Arthur.
Have you seen them?
IGRAINE: You're Ector?
ECTOR: And you're his mother.
IGRAINE: I gave birth to him.
But your wife was more his mother.
I'm so sorry for her death.
ECTOR: Thank you.
ECTOR: We always wondered what you looked like.
How much of you was in him.
We used to talk about what might happen if you came
to claim him.
But you never came.
IGRAINE: I couldn't. I was forbidden to search for him.
Or speak of him.
GUARD: A rider approaches...
ECTOR: Of course.
GUARD Open the gates!
IGRAINE: What's going on?
SOLDIER: Someone's trying to pull the sword of Mars.
ECTOR: Arthur.
ARTHUR: [laughing]
It's working! It's working!
Come on, up more!
NAYSAYER: That's cheating.
MERLIN: It's initiative.
ARTHUR: Yes! Come on!
MERLIN: Prepare the beacon.
NAYSAYER: Waste of wood. He'll not get that sword.
MERLIN: *** off.
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ARTHUR: Come on!
[laughing]
We did it!
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LEONTES: I thought you said our priority was to
protect the King.
I've been on those rocks.
You're sending him to his death.
Even if he gets to the sword, it's
impossible-can't be done.
MERLIN: It can. It must. We've nothing.
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NAYSAYER: You're wasting your time, lads.
He'll never make it.
MERLIN: He'll make it.
They've come to watch a legend born.
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KAY: Don't stop Arthur! Don't stop!
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MERLIN: Concentrate, Arthur.
Strength and intelligence-
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MERLIN: Now stop pulling at me and start pushing yourself!
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MERLIN: Yes!
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IGRAINE: Arthur!
MERLIN: Arthur?
IGRAINE: Is he breathing?
MERLIN: You did it, my boy.
He did it!
Send the signal. Light the beacon. Tell everyone.
The new king has come.
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KING LOT: It can't be true.
MORGAN: If he has the sword of the Gods,
people will fight for him.
KING LOT: You think I don't know that?
MORGAN: That's why he rode out this morning.
You underestimated him, you lazy ***!
KING LOT: Don't you talk to me like that!
We have an alliance and my allies don't speak to me
in that way.
KING LOT: Now, if you were a man, I'd kill you.
I'm just going to teach you a lesson instead.
MORGAN: You're right. Show them how you control me.
Here, however you want. Do it.
Assert your supremacy.
They need to see you're strong. Do it!
Come on! I'm ready. Do it!
CROWD: [laughing]
KING LOT: No. I've got a better idea.
MERLIN: You all need to rest.
ECTOR: We're not leaving him.
MERLIN: You're no good to him exhausted.
We'll take turns to sit with him through the night.
If he worsens, whoever's on duty can wake the others.
IGRAINE: Do something! You have powers!
Fix this!
MERLIN: No.
IGRAINE: Then what use are you?
KING LOT: You're a clever ***.
But you can't play me, woman.
MORGAN: Release me!
KING LOT: You brought me into your castle.
You thought you could control me, for your own ends,
but you were wrong.
MORGAN: We should be focusing on Uther's ***!
KING LOT: Ah, shh, shh.
You need to think about the nature of our alliance.
And where the true power lies.
MORGAN: Don't do this.
KING LOT: I'll talk to you in the morning.
Unless the wolves get you first.
IGRAINE: You've had a terrible loss and nothing can...
heal that.
And I could be useful.
I know that we are strangers, but I could help you.
I know how a castle is run, and I know how a king should live.
I can do that for you.
Please, please let me atone for my mistakes.
[wind picks up]
MORGAN: I searched for you.
You didn't come.
WHISPERED VOICE: He is wrong.
MORGAN: Who is?
WHISPERED VOICE: He is wrong. He is wrong.
ECTOR: He's no worse. That's something.
MERLIN: You should rest. I'll watch till dawn.
ECTOR: I won't have any more death in my family, Merlin.
MERLIN: He did this so your wife's death would
serve the cause.
ECTOR: I don't care about your cause!
My son's life far outweighs any plan that
you might have.
ARTHUR: [gasps in pain]
MERLIN: Hello.
You had a fall.
ARTHUR: Did I do it?
MERLIN: Do what?
You did it!
You were extraordinary!
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[laughter]
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KING LOT: Do we understand each other now?
MORGAN: Yes.
KING LOT: Good girl.
MORGAN: [gasps in pain]
KING LOT: The boy has the sword of the gods and the
word is that people rally to him.
I've given him five dawns.
He thought he could outwit me.
My patience is done.
I... no, we...
we attack today.
Come on.
If you're lucky, I'll let you ride on the back of my horse.
MORGAN: [grunts with effort]
ARTHUR: Careful.
MERLIN: Oh no.
ARTHUR: How did I do it, when so many others had failed?
MERLIN: This is what you were born for.
Uther's bloodline, Ector's education.
You used your knowledge.
Only you have that.
ARTHUR: You're right. I did it. Me.
On my own.
Nearly on my own.
Something you said.
About pushing, not pulling.
But how could you know- unless-
you put the sword there.
You created a legend knowing that, one day,
someone would conquer it.
MERLIN: Eyes round.
MERLIN: That sword's been there hundreds of years.
Nobody knows exactly how long.
ARTHUR: Except you.
MERLIN: You've had a bump on the head.
ECTOR: Oh, thank God.
ARTHUR: [groans in pain]
ECTOR: Oh, shut up.
If you want to be a king, you've gotta learn to take
a few knocks.
KAY: Hate it to say it, but you didn't need me.
For once.
ARTHUR: Thank you.
LEONTES: Your servant, my Lord.
MERLIN: Now. They're waiting.
ARTHUR: Who are?
MERLIN: They saw what you did, from afar.
[people murmuring]
[people murmuring]
MERLIN: In the beginning was the word.
And the word spread. And the people came.
Now we'll crown you, in front of them.
ARTHUR: You want to crown me now?
MERLIN: They'll be your forces.
Take your place as King.
ARTHUR: What does she want?
MERLIN: I'll take care of her.
MERLIN: What're you, the decoy?
MORGAN: I came to warn you.
Lot knows about the sword. You don't have another dawn.
He's coming.
MERLIN: Why tell me this?
MERLIN: Morgan!
[burning sound, wailing voices]
MORGAN: Good luck.
MERLIN: Pass the word around.
King Lot is on his way. Everything must be prepared.
Now we know when; we just don't know how.
Nothing must stop this coronation.
ECTOR: Arthur, make me your champion.
Make me your champion, and I will find Lot and avenge
the death of your mother.
For our family and country.
MAN: It's Merlin! With the sword!
CROWD: [cheers and applause]
MERLIN: Today, we pledge our allegiance to the
King of all Britons;
the one who removed the sword of the gods.
CROWD: [cheers and applause]
MERLIN: I present to you, your undoubted King.
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CROWD: [murmurs]
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ARCHBISHOP: Will you solemnly swear to rule the
peoples of this realm according to their laws
and customs and cause law and justice, in mercy, to
be executed in all your judgments?
ARTHUR: I will.
ARCHBISHOP: Will you maintain the laws of God
and the true profession of the Gospel?
ARTHUR: I will.
ARCHBISHOP: With this crown, I anoint you
King of the Britons.
Arise, King Arthur.
CROWD: [cheers and applause]
ARTHUR: When I hear of kings, I think of
warriors, coming to the throne through slaughter.
I am not that person.
But I have known loss at the hands of those men.
I'm something new.
Standing here before you, I realize that.
I know I carry your hope in me.
And I will establish, here at Camelot,
a new way of ruling, for you, the people!
CROWD: [cheers and applause]
ARTHUR: Everything I am, I owe to my family.
Not just my bloodline, but those who raised me.
And a country is nothing if not a family.
So, I call upon my father and my brother to join me here!
ARTHUR: Without my brother's guidance,
I wouldn't be the man I am.
I demand he apply his stewardship to all the realm.
My brother, Kay- Marshal of England!
CROWD: [cheers and applause]
ARTHUR: And every king needs his champions.
And on my coronation, I choose my father, Ector.
There is no greater man.
And also Leontes, to whom I owe my life.
This is not my country. It is ours.
I am Arthur Pendragon and I am proud to be your King.
CROWD: [cheers and applause]
[drumming and conversations]
[drumming and conversations]
ARTHUR: Hello.
GUINEVERE: Hello.
ARTHUR: So, what is your name?
GUINEVERE: It's Guinevere.
ARTHUR: Arthur.
GUINEVERE: Yes. I know.
ARTHUR: Let's find a quieter place to talk.
ARTHUR: I didn't think I'd see you again.
GUINEVERE: From what I hear, you're lucky to be alive.
That was pretty reckless-
and very brave.
ARTHUR: Thank you.
GUINEVERE: I like what you said.
I never expected a King to say those things.
ARTHUR: Is that a good thing?
GUINEVERE: To me it is. What was it like up there?
All those people?
ARTHUR: Like, for only the second time in my life,
I was standing in the right place at the right time.
GUINEVERE: When was the first?
ARTHUR: On a beach with someone I'd just met.
GUINEVERE: [laughs]
ARTHUR: You can see the beach from the ramparts.
Come on, I'll show you.
[drumming and conversations]
[drumming and conversations]
IGRAINE: You took him from me, 20 years ago.
And yet you look no older.
MERLIN: Your memory is playing tricks.
IGRAINE: No. That night is branded on my soul.
You have not aged one day. How is that possible?
MERLIN: It's not.
GUINEVERE: It is beautiful.
ARTHUR: What are you thinking about?
GUINEVERE: The future.
ARTHUR: What about it?
GUINEVERE: Don't you worry that all this
responsibility will change you?
Close you down?
ARTHUR: I didn't until you just said it.
GUINEVERE: Do you think you'd die if you jumped off here?
ARTHUR: No. I'm living proof.
GUINEVERE: It's a lot higher. Are you sure?
ARTHUR: As long as you avoid those rocks.
GUINEVERE: And that stump.
ARTHUR: Of course you wouldn't want to hit that stump.
GUINEVERE: How deep do you think that sea is down there?
ARTHUR: Do you want to find out?
GUINEVERE: [gasps in fright then laughs]
GUINEVERE: If you do, I will.
ARTHUR: Ready? One-
ARTHUR and GUINEVERE: Two, three.
[laughter]
ARTHUR: Are you all right?
I knew you weren't going to do it.
GUINEVERE: I would if you had.
LEONTES: It is madness down there.
ARTHUR: It is madness up here.
Leontes, have you met Guinevere?
LEONTES: No.
ARTHUR: Guinevere, this is the amazing Leontes.
LEONTES: Actually, we've known each other a very long time.
We've been friends since childhood.
This is my betrothed.
GUINEVERE: I am.
LEONTES: [laughter]
ARTHUR: That's wonderful. Congratulations!
LEONTES: Thank you. I was just looking for her.
ARTHUR: You're very lucky. A lucky couple.
This man saved my life.
GUINEVERE: Yes, he does that.
ARTHUR: Well then. I should get back to the madness.
Enjoy.
[drumming and conversations]
[drumming and conversations]
ARTHUR: They're already here!
[♪]
[screams]
MERLIN: Kay! Protect the King!
[♪] [screaming, shouting, struggle]
LEONTES: This way! Go, go, go!
[swords clashing; grunts, screams]
[swords clashing; grunts, screams]
LEONTES: Stand strong men!
[swords clashing; grunts, screams]
ECTOR: Get him out of here!
[swords clashing; grunts]
KING LOT: Out of my way and you live-
ECTOR: You don't know who I am, do you?
KING LOT: I don't care who you are.
ECTOR: I'm the man whose wife you killed.
KING LOT: And?
ECTOR: Tell me her name.
KING LOT: What?
ECTOR: The name of the woman you slaughtered.
KING LOT: The only thing matters is she died.
She spent her last hours on her knees.
[swords clashing; grunts, struggle]
[swords clashing]
KING LOT: Enough!
And now you're going to join her.
[stabbing sound]
[gasping in pain shuddering]
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[gasps in pain]
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KAY: Father!
KAY: Father!
Oh no, no, no no...no... father...
ECTOR: [gurgling]
MERLIN: Drag his body into the courtyard.
Make sure everyone knows King Lot has been vanquished.
ECTOR: My sons. I love you.
[gasps]
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MORGAN: I tried an alliance with a man.
But he was wrong.
Men are not my way to this.
I'll find another way to take it.
ARTHUR: Why do you need to take it at all?
I'm placing your castle under my protection from now on.
In gratitude for your warning.
We don't need to be opposed.
We can work together.
MORGAN: It's either you or me. It can't be both.
ARTHUR: Why not?
MORGAN: For you, this is nothing.
For me, everything.
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MERLIN: What did you see in the night?
I know what it is. Do you? Don't go near it.
Don't have anything to do with it!
MORGAN: Where are you?
[wailing sound]
[wolf growling]
MORGAN: I need more.
[wolf growling]
MORGAN: Tell me what I have to do.
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