[Man Narrating]
Elianna the Powerful...
sorceress, shifter.
Running for her life through a forest she's
never seen until this moment in time.
[Panting]
Assassins...
nameless and without mercy.
Soldiers of fortune,
mercenaries, hit men.
[Panting]
History is rife
: with bastards like these.
[Panting]
[Shouts]
[Gasps]
[Exclaims]
[Shouts]
You've been bested.
[Shouts, Groans]
[Grunting]
Hyah!
[Groans]
[Man Narrating] Elianna the Powerful...
sorceress, shifter.
Running through a forest
in a world she's never seen,
moving against
time itself...
to save my life.
[Siren Wailing]
And who am I?
All right.
My name is Granger.
These nice gentlemen...
they're after my money.
They're not gonna get it.
[Clicks Tongue]
[Student Chuckles]
[Grunting]
[Gasping]
- [Gasping]
- [Shouting]
[Groaning]
There's more where that came from
if you want to keep going.
Jesus, Glenn, chill out!
The guy's trying to help us!
Why'd you go after his nuts like that?
You're right! You're right!
I lost my head a little, Major.
I'm sorry, man.
[Grunts]
Yeah, all's fair
in a real fight.
But I'm retired.
[Students Chuckle]
Help him up.
You all right?
[Murmuring]
Hey, look, sir.
Kick to the balls aside,
we really do appreciate you doing these
off-hours for the boys.
You boys are all improving.
And I'm willing to keep it up
as long as you keep feeding the gi-fund.
[Rattles]
Double for you.
[Mutters]
All right?
Come on. Don't be shy.
That's good. Some of the kids can't
afford their own uniforms.
You know, one day, one of us
is gonna put you down.
Not very likely, Captain.
Yeah, you're probably
right about that.
[Chuckles]
Good night, sir.
Good night, Captain.
[Chattering]
Wanna grab a beer?
[Chattering Continues]
Alright, kids.
Line up.
Come on. On the mat.
[Door Closes]
Good. Take your position.
[Exhales]
Good. All right.
We'll see you next week, okay?
Have a good night now.
Be careful, all right?
Get your shoes.
- [Girl] Bye. Thank you.
- [Chattering]
[Door Opens]
[Chattering Continues]
[Door Closes]
[Groans]
[Sighs]
[Horns Honking]
[Siren Wailing, Echoing]
[Gate Opens, Squeaks]
[Gate Closes]
[Keys Jingling]
- [Keys Jingle]
- [Lock Clicks]
Another year.
[Sighs]
[Groans]
[Sighs]
Another , guys.
And I couldn't tell you
where the time has gone.
Wish I could
trade places with you.
[Exhales]
To the team.
[Exhales]
[Sniffles]
[Glass Rests On Table]
[Drawer Closes]
[Clicks Tongue]
Until next year.
[Water Running]
♪♪ [Humming]
♪♪ [Whistling]
♪♪ [Humming]
♪♪ [Humming Continues]
♪♪ [Whistling]
[Sighs]
[Shouts]
- [Shouts]
- [Grunts]
[Hammer Cocks]
[Two g*nshots]
- [Screams]
- [g*nsh*t]
[Grunts]
[Screams]
- [Kn*fe Stabs]
- [Man Grunts]
Hyah!
[Gasps]
[Elianna Grunting]
- [Grunting]
- [Blows Landing]
[Whistling]
[Whooshes]
[Grunts]
Where the hell are
you people coming from?
The passage is open.
The prophecy-
- We have but seconds.
- [Rumbling]
[Granger]
Whoa!
[Rumbling]
[Sighs]
- [Screams]
- [Kn*fe Stabs]
- [Granger] No!
- [Grunting]
[Grunting]
[Weakly] The prophecy...
It's all that there is.
[Grunts]
[Horse Whinnies]
- You gotta be kidding me.
- [Man Shouting]
[Hoofbeats]
[Shouting Continues]
[Horse Whinnying]
[Grunts]
The king's sorcerer.
We have work to do...
posthaste.
We must not be caught outside
the fortress walls in darkness.
The king requests your presence.
[Man]
Get him up.
[Groans]
[Man]
Open the gate!
[Men Shouting, Indistinct]
- [Man] Close the gate.
- [Man # ] Close the gate!
[People Chattering,
Shouting]
I know you can't be here...
alive.
Quite right.
[Exhale]
I have passed
from this world.
Remember
who you're meant to be.
Remember that you must
return to this place.
It was my prophecy
to die for you.
It is your destiny...
to be here.
[Grunts]
[Chattering]
From what I've heard,
you've had quite an adventure.
[Man]
The king!
You wilI stand when
the king enters.
[Groans]
Well, that's not cool.
Indeed, it is warm.
I mean, it's...
hardly sanitary.
It is blood, not feces.
The blood of a champion.
The blood of the Chosen One!
[Cheering]
For the record,
it was your...
it was your men...
actually your man...
who did this.
My soldiers were to ensure
that you were not taken...
by the Dark One
at the enchanted place.
Dark One?
The fellow who followed you
through from the Time Beyond.
See, one has mere seconds to follow
the enchanted through the blue fire.
Had the Dark One hesitated,
he would have been
cut in half by its energy.
Or left in your world.
Instead, he chose to pass
through with you...
and our beloved Elianna.
God rest her soul.
All leave save the king's guard.
[Murmuring]
So, what do people call you
in your time?
Granger.
Granger?
That is a most unusual name.
Well, you'd be surprised
how many times it'd get me laid.
"Laid"? What... what is "laid"?
[Chuckles]
Oh, you mean to lay
with a woman?
You will curb your common tongue
in the presence of the king.
It is inconsequential,
Allard.
We're all the same man
underneath our cloth.
Right, Granger?
Yeah. And what's your name?
Other than "the king"?
Insolence!
Now you're starting
to seriously piss me off!
Alright, silence!
There is darkness
enough beyond...
without casting
stones from within.
Take your men,
Allard.
I wish to speak with
Granger in confidence.
Aye, my lord.
My noble and trusted guard.
He's a piece of work.
[Chuckles]
I am afraid...
that I might spend the rest of my days
trying to decipher...
your strange manner
of speech, Granger.
And to answer your question,
I was once known as Raven.
Raven?
From the hunter bird, yes.
Now you're, uh, the king?
[Chuckles] Well, that is a story
for many, many glasses of ale.
I see that you still
harbor disbelief...
on how you've come
to be in our time.
Yeah, you could say that.
We live in a time
of powerful sorcery,
when men, or objects,
may be imbued
with wondrous capabilities.
Elianna worked tirelessly to open
the gates between our worlds.
She believed as I do.
She gave her life
to find you...
and bring you to our time.
Our kingdom, our very existence,
is threatened from without.
You have been brought here,
as the prophecy has decreed.
With all respect
to your beliefs and-
and her sacrifice, I...
[Chuckles]
I think you got the wrong guy.
Selflessness is a trait
common amongst the uncommon.
Our journey...
has just begun, Granger.
Escort our guest
to his quarters...
and make sure that the doctor
attends to his wound.
Aye, my lord.
Come.
Why have I been brought here?
[Raven] At sunrise we shall
speak at length.
But rest deep,
Granger, for tomorrow...
our adventure begins.
Rest deep.
[Grunts]
I do not share my king's
devotion to the prophecy,
yet I pledged to honor the crown.
That is why you've not been hung
by the town gallows...
for that reason
and that reason alone.
Well, that's good
to know.
When the time comes-
and the time is nigh-
I shall be the one to draw
my blade across your skin.
Well, when the time comes,
we'll see what we see.
But until then,
be a good royal bitch
and show me my room.
[Sighs]
[Granger Narrating]
I began my day with a protein shake,
and now I'm standing
in a medieval sleeping hut.
Acid trips
don't get this weird.
Or maybe they do.
[Grunts]
I wouldn't know.
No water purification
to speak of.
Geez, there's got to be
everything from E. coli...
to dead sheep
floating around in this stuff.
When in Rome.
[Coughs]
[Sighs]
En garde!
Now it's
you and me, knave.
[Grunts]
Uh...
[Chuckles] Um...
Sorry.
They must have put me
in the wrong hut.
Excellent hardware though.
It is my honor to share your bed.
Well, look, there must have
been some kind of mistake.
I'm, uh, just a visitor here.
From the Time Beyond, yes.
I am honored
to share your bed.
Oh, you know about that?
As it is written,
so shall it pass.
You are the Chosen One.
Look, um...
Will you cover up
for a second?
[Sighs]
I shall mentally
keep the time.
Look, I don't really need you
in my bed tonight.
Um...
But... but it is my honor.
I'm, um- I'm a little tired
to have a woman share my bed.
Wait. Would you
prefer a man?
- I can have the guards summon a man.
- No, no, no, no.
No men. No.
Look, I'm tired
and I need to sleep, okay?
Then I will keep your bed
with you for warmth.
For warmth? Okay.
If that is all
you wish from me.
I suppose tomorrow
is another day.
As it is written.
Hey- Hey, do you happen
to know anything...
about that prophecy
everybody's talking about?
If I had any information
and betrayed its meaning,
I would be put
to death immediately.
Oh. Okay.
Well, I suppose
that it can wait till...
[Clears Throat]
A wound on his head
and his arm.
He will lay with me for warmth,
but not for pleasure.
Nor does he require
the use of a man.
Tired... and straight.
[Chuckles]
Yeah, well, so what are you,
Doc, the, uh-
[Groans] What are you, like
the full-service job, Doc?
Like, medieval
cr*ck and patch, huh?
[Groans]
We both agree this is
a little awkward, right?
A physician for His Majesty's Royal Court
cannot indulge her pride.
Keep him limber.
[Groans]
I just want you
to know that...
as tired as I am,
this is really nice.
But it is my honor.
[No Audible Dialogue]
There is to be a fountain
of blood in your days ahead.
You mustn't sleep any longer.
Αwaken now.
Danger is at hand.
What do you mean?
It is your fear
that weakens you.
Awaken now!
[Grunts]
Abomination!
[Grunts]
[Kn*fe Stabs]
[Whimpering]
[Gasping, Coughing]
My wound is fatal.
Why?
Why'd you do this?
He said the Holy Mother
has thus decreed.
It is not
for my understanding.
They will retrieve
this empty shell alone.
- Who are you?
- Be clear...
I do not ask
your forgiveness.
[Gasps]
A simple wench.
The gods
have been merciful.
The king will need
to speak with you.
[Sighs]
Leave us.
My lord, the Dark Ones
pursue him.
It would be unwise to leave him...
Leave us.
My Lord.
You are alive.
That is fortuitous.
You could have just
sent champagne.
A wench.
Like a thief in the night did she intend
to rob you of your life.
My most gifted soldier
would likely have perished.
Well, I guess Lady Luck's
just on my side.
Blasphemy!
Your life is whole...
because the prophecy
decrees it to be such.
I'm sick of everybody riffing
about that prophecy-
about fate, destiny.
You can take that prophecy
and shove it up your ass!
Never have I been spoken to
in such a manner.
[Chuckles]
I find your insolence
oddly refreshing, Granger.
- Our finest wine!
- [Man] My lord!
We have much
to discuss, Granger.
You're not gonna rethink
the wine and have me...
dragged around by horses,
are you?
[Chuckles]
Were you in contempt,
Granger.
Were you in contempt.
Our finest grape.
Away.
The throne became mine
after a period of w*r.
Even from the Time Beyond...
you must understand
that after chaos comes stability.
And after stability follows chaos.
Yes.
Even as men of God, we are unable
to cease k*lling ourselves.
Our previous king,
a commoner who rose to the throne,
was a great man.
The people sang his praise,
and the kingdom knew
only prosperity in his time.
He was loved by all.
Until?
Until the Dark Ones rose.
The king and his followers
fought valiantly but succumbed.
It was only by divine will
that we managed...
to drive them from
our gates and survive.
Well, not to be overly
critical, but your, uh...
[Chuckles]
fortress is somewhat rustic.
We retreated to this fortress
out of desperation.
The Dark Ones carried
a plague in their blood,
and our walls were breached.
Well, who are
the Dark Ones exactly?
Their origins are unknown.
They live in the mountains
and follow the word of their prophet.
The Holy Mother.
Yes.
They follow her word with a reverence
of that of a god.
Well, who is she, then?
Some say that she is a sorceress
of the black arts.
That her followers spill
their blood on her command.
And others say she demands
of her legions...
to eat one another.
[Chuckles]
Cannibalism?
I do not know this word.
It's to eat human flesh.
Yes.
Yes, to partake in that
would be unholy.
The meat of a human has become
intoxicating for these savages,
and it is now their way.
There's something wrong
about this.
What about me?
Why do I matter to them?
And why have they targeted
your kingdom?
Because, Granger, we are
simply in their midst.
And you matter because
you are the Chosen One.
"Chosen"? What does that mean?
Chosen to do what?
Chosen to k*ll their Holy Mother.
Well, maybe this is just
mental exhaustion talking,
or maybe I'm just sick of people
chasing me down trying to k*ll me,
but...
tell me where to find
this crazy bitch.
Yes.
[People Chattering]
[Chattering Continues]
Chickens, my lord.
[Groans]
Fantastic.
[Rattling]
[Man]
The king!
[Allard]
On your feet.
I know. I know.
[Groans]
You shall feast like a king...
and fight like
the God of w*r himself.
Pray you will remember which cloak
falls first upon your shoulders.
I appreciate this effort,
but I... I don't need all this stuff.
I only need my Kn*fe.
You will lower your blade.
I'm just making-
Lower your blade.
I'm making a point here.
I don't need an arsenal.
I move much quicker
with my Kn*fe.
And if you want me to get into
this Holy Mother's camp,
it sure as hell won't be
with a bag of chickens.
Haven't you people
ever heard of salmonella?
You have no need to carry
additional weapons or food supplies.
Exactly my point.
Allard and his men
shall carry them.
Our doctor shall accompany you
and tend to your wounds.
You shall not be alone
in your quest, dear Granger.
That's what I was afraid of.
Sons of whores.
I'm unarmed. Stand down.
I have no personal quarrel
with you.
Well, I'm glad to hear it.
Would you mind?
May I?
Thank you very much.
[Sighs]
I have acted hastily.
I shall take my leave.
Just for the record, I don't want you
to come tomorrow any more than you do.
It is the king's wish that I secure your
health on this quest, and it shall be done.
Well, lets face it.
It's not like you have a trauma team...
to stand by to stitch
an arm back on.
In the Time Beyond,
you can re-affix a man's arm?
If the conditions are right.
This information pleases me.
You must tell me more tales about
your practices from the Time Beyond.
We'll speak... at night
while we make camp.
So you're coming?
Even though you don't want to.
The king has decreed it,
and it shall be done.
But you're not happy about it.
No!
Not in the slightest am I content
with my lot in this cursed life!
[Gasps]
I will take my leave.
[Groans]
Very smooth, my man.
[Groans]
Look, I'm sorry. I didn't-
If... If we shall
perish anon,
I will not die unfulfilled.
Unfulfilled?
Oh, right.
[Groans]
[Distant Shouting]
[Shouting Continues]
Our coupling
was imprudent.
I was... rash and only desired
to satisfy my urges.
Well, did you?
[Sighs] I pray you will tell
no one of our union.
I will take my leave.
No one.
I'll tell no one. No one will know.
Mom's gonna love you.
He and he alone.
Do not fail me, Thane.
Royal affairs.
You have been summoned.
Of course.
[Groans]
It's been, what, an hour?
I don't suppose you're gonna tell me
why he wants to see me this time.
It is not the king for whom
you have been summoned.
It is the Seer.
Oh, "the Seer".
Aye.
[Chuckles]
Should I ask?
It is the king's wish that you listen to
the Seer's words and form none of your own.
Why?
Best you leave the chicken-fingered wretch
to her games in her tree.
No questions? You will hear her words
and stay your tongue.
And if I don't?
Then I shall take your tongue.
Allard,
do you date a lot?
I mean, do people actually
like hanging out with you?
I mean, female people.
Or are you into that whole, uh...
sword-and-sweaty-sandals thing?
And the Turkish bath?
Huh?
[Chuckles]
Nope.
Hey, come on, man.
That's not a judgment, man.
Whatever floats your boat.
Come on, let's go.
[Sighs]
There is to be a fountain of blood
in your days ahead.
A fountain?
My words unsettle you-
you, who has watched
legions die,
yet who is the warrior who has succumbed
to the deeds of his past.
To the days ahead,
woman.
By Your Majesty's
divine wish.
You must complete
the two remaining trials.
Two of the three. Yes.
The first trial you passed
through from the Time Beyond.
The second trial, you-
you must slay the Dark Mother.
The third trial,
you must find the Catalyst.
The Catalyst alone...
shall release your restraints
and guide you to your destiny.
Pray, do not look to
these men for your salvation,
for they are mere worms
in destiny's eyes,
mere fodder for the winged serpent of fate,
so shiny are they.
Worms to the slaughter, you shall find
your end upon the high rocks.
You are alone, Chosen One.
You are alone, and there is
much fear upon your path.
The light remains...
The light...
remains only for a time,
and then you shall never be free.
You must cast the fear out of
your heart, or you shall fail.
Enough!
It is your fear
that weakens you.
It is your fear the loosens
your hold upon this world.
You must leap into the void
to be truly free.
Enough, witch.
Know your place.
Your fear will carry you
to the pits of hell!
[Chattering]
[Chattering Continues]
The king!
Your king commends
your bravery.
You shall be honored as heroes.
Yeah, well, I hope we don't
get eaten by cannibals.
She's worried too.
You have a strange way
about you, Granger.
My Lord.
May the gods shine upon you
and bring you home victorious.
[Men Chattering]
[Chattering Continues]
- [Man] Over there.
- [Man # ] Right here?
[Man]
By the line.
[Panting, Grunts]
[Screaming]
[Whinnying]
[All Shouting]
[Man Grunts]
[Shouts]
- You okay?
- Yes.
Alright.
Hide behind that tree.
[Sighs]
[Shouting Continues]
[Groans]
Why don't you guys
want to k*ll me?
- [Man] Because you are he.
- So I've been told.
I pass knowing that I was bested
by the Chosen One.
I die a valiant death.
Talk to me.
Tell me what's going on.
Only the Holy Mother-
Only the Holy Mother-
[Grunts]
You maniac!
Desist!
In the King's decree, desist.
This idiot just stabbed the best way
of getting into their camp!
Yeah, I'm talking
to you, moron!
I follow the word of my king.
My king's word is law.
Desist!
We have wounded!
There are wounded!
I've worked with crazy bastards
like this before.
This is not gonna
end well for anybody.
He follows the word of our king.
Leave no Dark One alive.
To get in and out of the Holy Mother's
camp alive, we need information.
Harbor no mistruths, Granger.
We may reach
the Holy Mother's sanctum,
but the path shall be
drenched with our blood.
I'll keep that in mind.
[Cork Pops Open]
If it is to be,
it is to be.
[Chattering]
[Man Coughing, Groaning]
That's an impressive
field dressing.
It's not my first.
Yeah.
In the Time Beyond,
would you have the knowledge
to save this man from his wound?
Probably.
Maybe.
Who's to say?
[Man Groaning]
He will die, that soldier.
[Groaning Continues]
Your words...
"He must be calm".
Yeah, look...
My anger has left me since our fight.
I acted in haste.
Look, I grabbed you first.
I am my king's servant.
Pray, you forgive my actions.
[Pats Back]
No problem.
Listen.
They brought men.
Seventeen under our boots,
one fled.
Now, we're also ,
including you, me and the doc.
Does that seem
strange to you?
That they exactly
matched us in numbers?
They followed us to this point.
Or we have a spy.
Aye.
But why would they not dispatch
a legion to best us?
Why did they only
match us to the man?
I think that Dark Ones
raining down on our heads...
would increase the odds
of all of us getting k*lled,
intentionally or by accident.
Their att*ck, no matter how crude,
was with bloody intent.
For some of us.
Now, one of them had a chance
to k*ll me, but didn't.
He was confused, like he wanted
to s*ab me, but he didn't.
I think the Holy Mother
wants me alive.
For what purpose?
You are her death.
Perhaps there's more to this
than we understand.
Perhaps.
For now, we need to make ourselves
less conspicuous. [Pats Back]
We must dispatch
to higher ground.
It is certain.
I have told no one
of your plans.
I have uttered not a word.
[Grunts]
[Gasps]
[Bird Calling]
[Man]
I'm done with it.
There's some weather moving in.
[Sighs]
Weather is
of no concern.
[Exhales]
[Groans]
A bit tougher going
without the horses.
[Shivers]
[Groans]
You don't like starting
conversations, do you?
It's not my place.
In the Time Beyond,
are the expectations of women alike?
[Chuckles]
[Chuckles]
No. Yes, no-
[Clears Throat]
It's- It's complicated.
Could you telI me about the medicine
from the Time Beyond?
Sure.
[Clears Throat] Well, we have something
called antibiotics.
Anti-
Biotics.
Hmm. "Antibiotics".
Like a potion.
Mm-hmm. Of sorts.
You inject it
or you swallow it,
usually, and...
[Clears Throat]
From what are they made?
I think it's...
I think it's made from moldy cheese.
Cheese?
Yeah. You know?
[Chuckles]
You know that green stuff?
The guy who discovered it,
he realized...
that the moldy cheese
k*lled the bacteria.
Mold.
That's all I remember from Biology.
I had too much fun
in high school.
I guess I was just, uh...
Mold.
I guess to you, uh...
high school was just-
was just a schooI
high on a hill.
Cheese.
Mold.
Yep.
Cheese mold.
Sleep tight, Doc.
[Wind Whistling]
- Weapons!
- [Men Shouting]
- Move!
- Come on, let's go!
- [Shouting Continues]
- [Blows]
- Move!
- [Blows]
Go, go, go!
Go, go, go! Now!
[Man] Ready!
[Blows]
[Shouting]
[Groans]
[Man]
Take cover!
[Groans]
Guess they don't want me alive.
They changed their strategy
after our previous victory.
We have to go over and down.
It's our only chance.
There's too many to fight.
There's no time
for all of us to descend.
They shalI rain fire on us
before we reach the bottom.
[Granger]
That's a chance we have to take.
[Allard] That chance is yours
and yours alone.
You will take the woman
and flee.
We will defend this ridge
with our lives.
No way.
I'm not leaving you here.
If I believe that
you are truly the Chosen One,
then you must not perish!
Go now. Complete the journey,
fulfill the prophecy.
Are you deaf?
I'm not leaving you here.
[Groaning]
I shall never forget you,
Granger from a Time Beyond.
I trust you shall do me
the same honor.
I must follow him.
[Grunts]
[Groaning]
[Exhales]
My loyal soldiers,
it has been an honor
to have led you.
[Shouting]
To the other side,
through a shower of their blood!
[Grunting, Groaning]
[Gasping]
[Groans]
[Panting]
[Chuckles]
Coward.
♪♪ [Horn Sounds]
Elianna.
[Groans]
[Groans, Coughs]
You okay?
I'm thoroughly bruised.
[Groans]
Let's go.
[Grunts]
They have passed
from this world.
Good-bye, soldier.
Come on.
[Granger Narrating] Allard saved
our lives that morning.
Let's face it:
He probably saved the world
as we know it.
Come on. Let's go.
[Rattling]
The poor wretch.
When was this heinous act
committed?
Perhaps two hours ago,
my lord.
The witch was held fast
without guards.
What kind of a man enacts
such brutality on a woman?
What kind of a creature
does this?
[Sighs]
Search the fortress.
Comb the grounds. Bring the perpetrator
to me by nightfall.
Mark me, a dark curtain
has fallen around our kingdom.
Honor thy seer,
and bury her deep.
Yes, my lord.
[Granger Coughs]
Are there parts of your body
to which I must attend?
Sorry?
Injuries.
- I got lucky.
- We got lucky.
Perhaps the gods
have seen fit to grant us...
Why are you covering your face?
It is cracked.
The liquid, it is poison.
The water corrects its form
and renders it harmless.
Poison?
For the Holy Mother.
Or is there something else
I should know?
If we were taken,
I was to drink.
You mean like cyanide?
It kills you instantly?
It instantly kills its bearer...
and eradicates all
who come in contact with him.
You mean like a going-away, "don't get
captured" present from the king?
The king is an alchemist.
He has helped many
with his skills since taking the craft.
You sure it's okay
there in the creek,
or did we just send a "get stuffed" message
to the people downstream?
The water corrects its form.
It is harmless now.
- It is a plague.
- Oh, great.
I was wondering who was carrying
our biological weapons.
Oh!
[Groans]
We must reach the Dark Mother's cabin
by nightfall.
Ow!
You're not going anywhere, Doc.
My flesh is bruised,
but my bones are intact.
You're not going anywhere.
Do not trifle with me.
I will accompany you
to the Mother's camp.
Not on this foot, Doc,
and you know it.
Sons of whores.
I have failed you.
This spot is secluded enough.
Got the woods behind you.
You got a fresh water supply.
You'll be safe here.
- Do you have a w*apon?
- Aye.
Alright, if I'm not back within two days,
go back to the fortress.
And while you're here,
s*ab anyone who isn't me.
Wait!
[Sighs]
If you believe what I do,
it is a protective talisman,
perhaps more.
If you don't believe
what I do,
it is still something beautifuI
at which to look.
Just keep yourself safe.
[Thinking]
Reconnaissance...
terrestrial foreplay
to successful ground warfare.
Get in, get your information...
and get the hell out
with your scalp intact.
Dark Ones.
Stay down.
[Man]
By the gods, I'm no cook.
Leave me alone
and I'll poison myself.
[Groans]
Undercooked.
[Chattering]
My Lord.
- Speak.
- No news from the search.
The villain eludes our men...
for now.
As they are meant to do.
In your time you will learn
that villains often hide...
in plain sight.
Now leave me, soldier.
My thoughts are troubled
and require my utmost attention.
My Lord.
I need to believe that you are
capable, Chosen One
[No Audible Dialogue]
[Τhinking]
She's in there.
No guards, no armaments.
Something isn't right,
but she's in there.
I can feel she's in there.
Do this thing or let it pass.
[Man]
He's here.
[Man # ]
Watch him.
[Murmuring]
[Murmuring Continues]
[Holy Mother]
I have been waiting for you.
[Grunts]
[Groans]
[Groaning]
I have waited a lifetime
to once more set eyes upon you.
Have we met before?
Sorry. I'm not
that good with faces.
Go.
Many nights have I dreamed
of this moment.
You are not a man
who has found peace in his dreams.
[Gasps, Coughs]
My agility is not
what it once had been.
I'm afraid this withered shell
has betrayed my purest intention.
It was my hope to bring you back
to our time myself.
[Thunderclap]
[Hammer Cocks]
[Two g*nshots]
It was you.
The warning came in my dreams.
Visions of the attempt
on your life in the Time Beyond.
I myself ventured
to your world...
to ensure that your life
was not taken...
before you could
come back to us.
[Coughs]
Alas, your w*apon
was formidable.
The King Before
liberated our lands...
from an evil usurper
bent on domination.
We pushed through great darkness
to find peace, however fleeting.
- Raven.
- 'Twas barely a man.
The cursed snake
poxed the king's troops.
He released a plague...
which ran unrestrained
through the kingdom,
k*lling most
with agonizing cruelty.
Its rein slipped
through his fingers...
the moment he gave it life.
The alchemist.
The King Before, his family,
all were lost.
Heroic to the end, were they.
Then Raven
took the throne.
Coup D'etat,
using biological weapons.
The loyal were driven
to the mountains.
We fled with the clothes
on our backs...
and the sickness
in our blood.
How many rotted
before its tide, I cannot say.
We believe Raven
secrets the remedy...
inside the fortress walls.
Then what have I got to do
with all this?
When the castle
looked to fall to Raven,
your father entrusted me
to save your life.
My father?
You are the King Before's
lost son.
You are our king.
We traveled to your time...
to the Time Beyond-
where I hid you in a place
that welcomes lost children.
The orphanage.
And there you remained.
Then why...
Then why send men to k*ll me?
Why- Why did you send your men?
I tasked one man
to bring you back to me.
The others, the Dark Ones who traveled
with him through the gate,
were under his command.
He twisted my words...
for his own cause.
It appears we have a traitor
in our midst.
Thane abandoned our cause...
for his own vengeful bloodlust.
And this is how you seek
to avenge our fallen?
By making peace
with the tyrant that cast us out?
Never!
Mark my words,
old woman.
We shall have our vengeance.
I have seen your passing,
and it is near.
[Chuckles]
You presume to weave the truth,
to shift my resolve.
As it is seen, so it shall pass.
To the gods I swear
your death shall be quick.
[Grunts, Groans]
[Groaning, Gagging]
Raven...
butchered his family
before his very eyes.
We must not cast stones.
- My Lord...
- [Groans] Don't.
Don't, please.
God.
God has left this place.
A fortnight
after the king's sorcerer...
brings you back to our time,
your Time Beyond is no more.
A carrier travels
back to your world...
and releases the plague.
Raven's alchemy.
The lethal snake crawls
across your world without mercy.
A fortnight,
and all are lost
in the Time Beyond.
My Lord.
What say you?
Our spies tell us the Chosen One
has entered the Dark Mother's camp.
And any word of his plight?
He is alive.
She has him and he lives?
Aye. The Dark Mother lives,
as does the Chosen One.
How does this come to pass?
It is the blackest
of sorcery!
He was supposed to slay
the witch in her bed!
Ready my horse,
and alert the royal guard.
My Lord.
We shall flush out this traitorous wretch
from beyond.
[Book Hits Table]
I shall flush you out.
I have moments left
in this life.
Is there a way to get back
to the Time Beyond?
I have medicine
that could save you.
[Exhales]
I am too weak,
and it is fate that I pass over
from my own time.
You keep talking
about destiny, about fate.
I don't believe in it.
I believe we make our own destiny,
follow our own plans.
Aye, I could see it no other way.
Then why do you keep talking
about destiny deciding this or that?
I have dreamt
of the passing of your world,
of the blackened corpses
lining your streets,
but I know not of how the sickness
came to find your time.
And in this uncertainty
lies hope,
in this not knowing hides the dragon
that shall slay the tyrant.
You believe
I can change my future?
I believe you shall change
all our futures.
I never asked you,
why do they cover their faces?
To honor the dead...
who have been taken
from us by the plague.
[Coughing]
- Look, I have to get you back to your hut.
- No.
You're too sick.
No.
Soon I shall pass,
and untiI the moment...
that you return
to the Time Beyond,
you are their king.
Lead them with your heart.
I hope your dreams
bring you peace, Holy Mother.
Safe home.
I am Dunyana, my Lord.
What are you going to do
with her?
We shall prepare her
for the honorable passage.
[Wind Whistling]
Our road becomes more
treacherous with her passing.
[Τhunder Rumbling]
You shall enter the Black Forest
and retrieve the Catalyst.
- Which is what?
I know not of its form.
Then how am I
supposed to find it?
It is said the Chosen One
shall seek the Catalyst.
So it is written, so it shall...
It shall pass.
Yeah, I know.
I understand.
But we just go
with the flow around here...
and hope not
to get screwed, right?
- Screwed?
- Yeah.
You know, compromised,
left vulnerable.
- Your words...
- Yeah, I know.
It is literally black.
Thought that was just some medieval...
gloom and doom.
Pray you heed my words.
No man has entered the Black Forest
and lived to tell the tale.
There are dark forces at work
within its woods.
Some say sorcery, others speak
knowingly of enchanted beasts.
With the Holy Mother's passing,
our connection to the beasts
within is severed.
They roam freely without
her spells of containment.
I cannot speak to your safety.
Wonderfully cryptic.
We shall accompany you
to its edge and no further.
Thus it has been decreed
by the Holy Mother.
[Sighs]
My lord.
Can't tell me anything
about this Catalyst?
I'm going in
with zero intel?
My lord,
I know not of its origins.
It is said the Catalyst shall bring peace
to our world, yet we know not how.
I've heard many stories
how to bring peace to a place in my time,
but your prophecy
is refreshingly vague.
Let's see what we can find
in there.
Giddyap! Come on!
My Lord.
What news have you?
The Holy Mother has passed.
And the Chosen One?
They accompany him
to the Black Forest.
For what purpose?
It...
is the location
of the Catalyst.
So the prophecy rings true.
The gods themselves
conspire to make it so.
I shall rule the kingdom united.
You are excused.
My servant.
[Groaning]
Your loyalty will be remembered.
[Whinnies]
Food-
for the hours within.
Thanks.
So I guess this is it.
Aye. We are at the impasse.
Follow the signs and the Catalyst
shall reveal itself to you.
Our people are watched
from within...
Spies who pledge their
allegiance to the tyrant.
Raven.
Aye, the serpent himself.
Pray you, if you should cross
paths once again,
that you strike at him mercilessly
so that he is screwed.
[Chuckles]
Have I offended you,
my lord?
[Clears Throat]
No.
It's just...
you remind me of her.
You speak of the Holy Mother?
Yes.
I see now...
that you're her daughter.
It was my honor.
And when this is over,
when I've returned
with the Catalyst...
and Raven is screwed,
who takes over the kingdom?
My Lord?
The throne.
Who sits on the throne if I manage
to return to the Time Beyond?
As King without son,
you select your rightful heir, my lord.
It is our custom.
And your people will return
to the fortress?
We shall await the Catalyst to show us
the way through their fortifications.
Then what?
Our people have been
on the outside for far too long.
We shalI secure the antidote
to our sickness.
If we are able to heal our numbers,
to unite our people once again,
it is my dream that a peace
shall become true.
Peace?
Aye. It is all that matters.
You should be a righteous queen.
No, my lord,
I cannot accept this honor.
You can and you will.
I've decreed it.
Hey, listen, guys.
- I've decreed it.
- [Together] My lord.
My Lord, perhaps you'd prefer
a larger blade.
I have a feeling
in the Black Forest,
size does matter.
It is forbidden
to touch a king, but I...
Oh.
Your mother advised me
to rule with my heart,
but I'm not much of a poet,
so I can only offer you
her words.
[Chuckles]
Oh, my God,
I'm starting to talk like you.
Godspeed, my Lord.
[Grunts]
I can't believe
this medieval crap.
[Man Shouts]
[Chattering]
[Whinnies]
[Man]
Pull forward!
[Man # ]
Is he in there?
[Man]
Halt!
Enter these woods
and bring me the Chosen One.
The woods are haunted,
my lord.
Not man nor beast
have escaped its clutches.
[Groaning]
My king.
Would your insolence betray
the peace of our kingdom?
No, my lord.
Then enter these woods...
and show the demons
that you are soldiers of the realm!
Retrieve the Chosen One,
and bring the Catalyst to me!
My Lord!
My best, follow me!
- [Man] Move!
- [Man # ] Yes, my lord!
Forward!
For the king!
For King and country.
Move!
[Chattering]
- Come here, lads!
- All right.
[Granger thinking]
Keep your mind fixed on the goal.
Find the Catalyst
and get your ass out of there...
before something eats you.
[Flies Buzzing]
[Grunts]
Doubt a grizzly could do that.
[Loud Crash]
[Growling]
I suddenly wish
you were a grizzly.
[Roaring]
[Growling]
Easy, boy.
[Panting]
Here!
- Manhatten?
- Run!
[Roars]
[Sniffing]
Nice to see you.
How you been?
Never thought
I'd be chased by a dragon.
You have aligned yourself
with the Dark Mother!
Change of strategy.
I am confused
by your betrayal.
Welll, we're on a bit of a schedule,
so I'll keep it brief.
My king.
Yes.
It seems like he's responsible
for spreading a plague,
orchestrating a coup
against the King Before.
Now I have to find the Catalyst
and save this world and the Time Beyond...
because
I'm the King Before's son.
This cannot be.
- Yeah, what the hell?
- Exactly, am I right?
Son of a bitch. We're still being chased
by a dragon. Let's go.
By the way, the Holy Mother's dead.
What?
[Dragon Growling]
Whatever you think
you're here to do,
we all better
get the hell out of here.
[Man] We are the guardians
of the realm.
We stand aside
not for man,
nor for beast!
Good luck with that,
Custer.
For king! For country!
[Screams]
Aaah!
[Groans]
[Screams]
[Man Shouts]
[Gasps]
No!
[Screaming]
[Shouts, Screams]
[Ragged Breathing]
The end of the devilish woods.
I can't go with you.
I haven't recovered
the Catalyst.
We shalI return anon.
Up there only death awaits.
I have to go.
Do you not value your life?
To ascend is madness!
I'll circle around
and avoid the big nasty.
[Man]
Surround them!
[Granger] We're screwed,
aren't we?
[Man # ]
Watch her.
- [Granger] Yeah...
- [Man] Don't let her run.
We're screwed.
I'll take of you pussies with me,
and you know it.
To resist now
would be pure folly, Granger.
You... you were the one that brought
the plague upon our houses.
You!
Curb your tongue, Doctor.
I am still your king.
You are the true villain
of this tale.
[Groans]
Well, Granger
from the Time Beyond,
before nightfall...
your entrails will be hanging
from the fortress gate.
[Granger Groans]
Bring them both.
[Man]
Yes, sir.
[Man # ]
Pick him up.
Welcome to your final moments
in this world, wretch.
The devil himself
awaits your passing.
Blasphemy,
you cursed witch!
[Groans]
This man is your rightful king-
the King Before's son.
On the life of my mother!
Lies!
You are the black-tongued agent
of the Dark Mother.
Take them
from their steed.
I shall end their life
where they stand!
This one. Come on.
Bring them here.
I shall cut your guts
out myself.
[Manhatten]
No!
[Groaning]
[Men Shouting]
- Stop him!
- Strike him!
[Man] Grab him!
He is your rightful King!
This looks bad.
It was an honor to fight by your side
and mate with you as your woman.
[Dragon Roars]
[Man] Run!
sh*t.
Incoming.
[Man Clamoring]
[Man # ]
Run!
Raven is making way to the portal-
The portaI to your world.
[Shouting]
[Screaming]
[Whinnying]
[Screeching]
[Shouting]
[Man]
The gate! The gate!
Quick! Lock it!
Look out!
[Shouting Continues]
Aaah!
Our sister
has brought down their walls.
The dragon is the Catalyst-
[Laughing]
The Catalyst!
We hold.
[Shouting, Screaming]
[Roaring]
[Screaming]
[Roaring]
Our time.
Our time!
[Shouting]
Surprise att*ck!
[Man]
Look out!
For the Holy Mother.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Grunts]
He secrets two vials
on his person at all times.
Two. Go!
[Whistling]
[Rumbling]
[Panting]
My actions are either that of a fool...
or a conqueror.
[Grunts]
[Groans]
Go!
Only you can save your world!
And I shall save mine.
We may see each other again.
[Whooshing]
[Groans]
[Grunting, Groaning]
[Grunts]
Aaah!
[Groans]
[Shouting]
I could have brought peace
to my time.
Peace!
[Grunts]
[Groans]
I am your king!
[Grunts]
[Shouts]
You were never king.
[Grunts]
[Groaning]
History's full of losers like you.
[Grunts]
[Vial Cracks]
[Grunts]
[Scoffs]
We did it.
Will I ever see you again?
[Chuckles]
What is it you said?
Perhaps in my dreams tonight.
Perhaps another time.
[Sighs]
Perhaps another time.
[Chuckles]
[Whooshes]