( howling in distance )
( bird squawking )
( loud squawking )
( speaking foreign language )
( squawking )
( chanting spell in Latin )
( deep whirring )
( chanting spell )
( sizzling )
( door creaking )
( bird squawking )
( gate creaking )
( flames roaring )
( young male voices speaking )
( man chanting in foreign language )
( chant echoing )
( high-pitched shrieking, whip cracking )
( hoofbeats and bird squawking )
MAN: Oh!
( people screaming, ferocious roaring )
( pounding on door )
( pounding continues )
Get-get back.
Oh...
( muttering )
Is this...
Yes! This is Cragganmore,
and yes, this is the house of Ulrich,
and no, he won't see you.
But...
I know-- you've come a long way.
Your business is urgent.
It doesn't matter.
He sees no one.
Please. Please
yourself.
Go home.
Well, what do we do now, boy?
You who know so much-- answer me that.
Hear me, you who dwell in Cragganmore!
Ulrich, we will stay here until we are heard!
( water dripping )
Magister?
Uh.
What is it?
W-We have visitors.
( water drips )
I know.
I will see them.
You will?
Yes.
There's a great task needing to be done.
I have been witness to something.
Something of consequence to you.
To me?
Yes.
My own death.
( chuckling ): Yeah, yeah, I knew it.
Thieves.
( muttering )
( bird squawks )
( squawking )
Looks forbidding enough, don't you think?
Oh, yes.
Master?
No.
They'd think me infirm.
Bellasarius wore this before he died.
You know, I actually saw him change lead into gold.
I could never do that.
Hmm. Too bad.
You'd have stood to inherit some real wealth.
Magister, please don't talk like that.
You're not going to die.
Oh, but I look forward to it.
All this magic--
what has it accomplished?
Tell me, how are your studies going?
( bird squawking )
Fine.
They're going well.
You still wish to be a sorcerer?
Oh, yes, more than anything.
Hmm. Well, then... ( speaks Latin )
get yourself a handful of that sulphurous ash over there.
( vibrating whir )
( chants spell )
( flames roaring )
Welcome to Cragganmore.
I am Ulrich.
Which of you men calls himself Valerian?
We are here on behalf...
I know why you are here.
You're a delegation...
from Urland, which is beyond Valvasia.
Let's see the artifacts.
Scales.
How did you come by these?
I found them
at the mouth of the lair.
What else?
A claw.
That's no claw, by the Gods.
It's a tooth.
You want me to do battle with that?
Who else can we turn to?
Did you... did you try the Merydid sisters?
What about Rimbog?
I-I heard tell he killed a dragon once.
They're all dead.
You're the only one left.
It is a long way to Urland.
Twice each year, at the spring and autumn equinox,
the king selects a new victim--
virgins.
A lottery.
Barbaric.
And in return, this dragon--
it leaves your villages and crops unburned.
Your king's
made a pact with a monster.
Master, don't you think that...
Silence.
Are you afraid of dragons?
No.
In fact, if it weren't for sorcerers,
there wouldn't be any dragons.
Once the skies were dotted with them.
Magnificent horned backs, leathern wings, soaring,
in their hot breath wind.
Oh, I know this creature of yours--
Vermithrax Pejorative.
Look at these scales, these ridges.
When a dragon gets this old,
it knows nothing but pain, constant pain.
He grows decrepit, crippled...
pitiful...
spiteful.
Will you help us?
There.
Good.
Now, let-let me go.
Hmm.
No.
No, not...
not a bit too heavy.
I'll... conquer the highest mountain.
What say you, Galen?
Speak up, boy.
Hodge?
Uh, if you say so, sir.
When I've gone,
see you keep your nose in your books
and your hands out of my reagents.
How far can you get?
A league
or two?
I'm not worried about the road.
Tyrian.
( bird shrieks )
Good morrow.
( wind whistling )
VALERIAN: What do you want?
( chuckling ): No...
young master Valerian.
The question is, what do you want
so far from home?
We're not afraid of you.
Give us the road.
Why, the road is yours,
all the way to Urland.
It's a long journey, isn't it?
But when you're in search of a sorcerer,
I suppose no distance is too great.
Say nothing.
TYRIAN: And here, we have the mystical
presence himself.
You best keep your distance.
And your manners.
If he's ready to lay a dragon in its grave,
he's nothing to fear from me.
I've no more love for that creature than you lot.
Nor has the king.
But...
before you stir things up,
don't you think it will be a good idea
to find out if you've got the right man for the job?
Aha, so it's a test you're looking for.
We don't do tests.
Oh, I'm sure you don't.
( splash )
They never do tests.
Not many real deeds, either.
Oh, conversation with your grandmother's shade
in a darkened room,
the odd love potion or two,
but comes a doubter, why then, it's the wrong day,
the planets are not in line, the entrails are not favorable.
We don't do tests.
We've got no doubts.
We require no tests.
And you're not going to get one.
Enough. Here.
Put this in the conjuring room.
Go to the iron box.
Bring me the dagger within.
The dagger. Be quick.
You shall have your test.
( door squeaks )
( clattering )
ULRICH: Where are you, boy?
I'm waiting.
It's not this one, is it?
The very one.
Let it fall.
( chanting spell in Latin )
( bird squawks )
( bird squawking )
( screeching )
GALEN: No!
Go on.
Somebody stop him!
Don't worry.
Please!
You can't hurt me.
( horse neighs )
( grunting )
( metal clinking )
Magical powers, indeed.
Look at you now... magical ashes.
( birds squawking )
( rumbling )
( soft buzzing )
( buzzing )
Hodge...
Hodge!
HODGE: The kindest lord a man could ever wish for
and now he's gone.
Ye gods.
You'd think he could boil his own eggs
at the snap of a finger, but no...
had old Hodge to do it.
Up at 5:00 every morning,
clearing out the cages, emptying the slops.
Never once a "thank you" or a pat on the back.
( choked up ): I shall miss it.
I do already.
No, you don't.
All you think about is your tricks
and your knavery.
But you don't pull any wool
over these old eyes.
You'll have to walk a long way
before you fill his shoes.
You mark my words.
What's the matter, Hodge-- pack too heavy?
Huh?
Uh...
No! Don't!
Don't!
( mutters )
I need that.
Give it back to me.
T-This way.
No, no...
I think you're too warm.
Stop it!
Out of respect for the master.
I have as much respect for the master as anyone, old man.
But then again, I'm master now.
I left my farm... and for what?
For a cremation, that's what.
All because someone said "find a magician."
Not a local fellow, an import.
Some hundred leagues from home.
An all-powerful necromancer.
( scoffs )
That's some necromancer.
Hold your tongue, Greil. Eat.
I'll not eat. I'm not hungry.
He's right.
I brought us here for nothing.
( rumbling )
( sizzling )
What is it?
Who's there?
( speaking Latin )
Good morrow.
Peace be with you.
What do you want?
My lord Ulrich is no longer.
All that you asked of him, you may now expect of me.
The dangers he would face, I will now conquer.
The task he would undertake, I will now fulfill.
I'm Galen Brandwardyn...
inheritor of Ulrich's craft and knowledge...
and I am the sorcerer you seek.
( drum beats )
( neighing )
Whoa!
( neighing )
Close enough.
Bring her out.
( gasping )
( horse neighing )
( neighing )
( whimpering cry )
MAN: Now be it known throughout the kingdom
that this maiden, having lawfully been chosen
by a deed of fortune and destiny
shall hereby give up her life
for the greater good of Urland!
( deep rumbling )
By this act shall be satisfied
the powers that dwell underground!
( people yelling )
( horse whinnies )
In gratitude of this sacrifice,
His Majesty declares
the father, a plowman
to be free of obligations
for a period not to exceed
five years!
( neighing )
Duly ordained...
( metal clinking )
( grunting )
( gasps )
( grunting )
( whinnies )
( distant roaring )
( grunting )
( roar )
( panting )
( ferocious growling )
( whinnies )
( panicked grunts )
( growling )
( panting )
( grunting )
( growl )
( roaring )
( panting )
( gasps )
( growling )
( whinnies )
( screams )
( water dripping )
( gasping )
( roaring )
( screaming )
( gasping )
( birds chirping )
What have you got there, Hodge?
None of your business.
A little gold, eh?
What do you say I change it into lead?
Save your jokes for someone else.
For me, I do not care for braggarts or frauds.
I'm no fraud.
Well, then, upstart. Whatever pleases you.
Look, Hodge, nobody forced you
to come along.
I know I came on my own feet. Well, all right.
We each do the Master's bidding in our own way.
VALERIAN: What are you doing?
Don't come in!
How's the water?
It's cold.
I prefer to swim alone, if you don't mind.
Stay away.
Look, Sire, isn't that...?
Yes.
The old retainer from Cragganmore.
What's he doing here?
Filling in for his chief, I reckon.
Are you going to allow that, sir?
Bring me my bow.
No, I'm not going to say anything.
I don't blame you.
I was careless.
A silly woman!
Oh. I-I knew the moment I saw you.
I've known the whole time.
You never knew a thing.
No one's known.
Not since I was born.
The lottery--
daughters are chosen, sons are not.
That's right.
Unless you happen to be the daughter of the king.
What do you mean?
If you're rich enough, your name never goes in.
My father is poor.
So are a lot of fathers.
( wings fluttering loudly )
( hooves pounding )
No!
Hodge!
Hodge.
( moaning softly )
Galen, can you hear me?
I hear you.
Do you know somebody shot me,
but I can still talk.
There's something that needs to be done.
I know.
No, no, not the dragon.
The Master's ashes!
Here!
I'm sorry.
You'll have to peel it loose.
( moans )
Burning water.
What?
Find the lake.
Throw it in.
Hodge, what are you doing with this?
Burning... water.
Hodge, don't die.
Listen to me.
You're not going to die.
( chanting spell )
( sizzling, gasps )
Urland.
Come on.
Don't slow down here.
Is the whole kingdom like this?
No. We're near the lair.
The lair?
Where is it?
Doesn't matter.
Show me.
Where?
We're in no danger,
if we just pass though quickly.
I want to see it.
( rumbling )
Greil!
Taffiet! Taffiet!
Are there other entrances?
No.
One's enough.
Don't be a fool!
You'll provoke it!
How do you know it's in there?
VALERIAN: Go on, then.
Get yourself burned alive.
What a fine trick that will be.
( bones creaking )
( low rumbling )
( loud roar )
Vermithrax.
( echoing ): ...thrax... thrax... thrax...
( rumbling growl )
( coughing )
( water dripping )
( wind whistling )
( chanting spell )
No!
( yelling spell )
( small rocks falling )
That's a wizard.
He's done it!
( people shouting and laughing )
( music playing )
( cheering )
( laughing )
( exclamations of delight )
Put that away.
What if you were seen?
( laughing and talking )
( all grow silent )
Musicians.
( playing medieval dance tune )
( crowd murmuring )
The damnedest thing is she was twice the man
of anyone else in the village, and now she's twice the woman.
Would that I was as clever as her father.
Come now, Greil,
don't begrudge a life spared.
No, I... I begrudge nothing.
But I... I wonder at what we have seen
and how it was done.
You were there. Aye.
But isn't it strange?
At the very moment that the beast was put down,
there should be a holy man in the village.
Now, isn't that strange?
( music playing, laughing )
( dog barking )
Could the Christian God bring down a whole mountain?
Is it possible, Father?
Of course it is, my son-- and why not?
( music stops )
A celebration.
( chuckles ): Well, don't stop on my account.
Musicians...
more music.
A toast...
To the deed of the day!
GREIL: What would
you have of us?
With you?
Not a thing.
It's this one.
The king would meet our new-found benefactor
and offer his gratitude
to the one man who has succeeded
where so many have failed.
What sort of gratitude?
A knife in the belly?
Arrow in the chest?
My young friend,
I would as soon dispatch you as I did the rest,
and for the same reason...
but His Majesty would have a cozy little chat
and commands otherwise.
( chickens squawking ) Hyah!
Behold! Eggs fit for a king!
( clears throat )
Right.
How many of you have ever seen a table fly?
None of you.
None of you have ever seen a table fly.
Stand back.
( chants spell )
( dog barks )
( sighs )
Sorry, sorry.
Sorry.
KING: Now, that'll do. I really can do this.
Don't bother, it's not necessary.
Tell me-- the landslide--
it was accomplished this same way?
Uh, yes.
Did you ever hear of King Gazerick?
Oh, no, of course not-- you weren't even born.
He was my brother...
a great king
and a valiant man-at-arms.
When he ascended the throne, the dragon was unbridled.
No one knew where it might strike next,
so he brought forth his broadsword and his spear,
assembled his best company of fighters,
and went out to do battle.
He was never seen again...
but his attack provoked the most terrible reprisals--
whole villages incinerated,
entire crops burnt...
death, famine.
Horrible.
How did you...
arrogate to yourself the role of savior?
I was invited. Not by me.
I think you're nothing but a boy.
An apprentice.
Have you ever considered
the consequences of failure?
What failure?!
What are you saying-- you want the dragon back?
You came in and toyed with a monster!
Who are you to risk our people?!
Our villages?! But your children were dying!
Only a few-- does that sound cruel?
It is better that they should die that others might live.
I created the lottery.
( all agree ) Me.
And from the moment it began,
the dragon was tame.
A kingdom has prospered. At what price?
You...
You can't make a shameful peace with dragons.
You must kill them as I have done.
Then the beast is dead?
Yes, it's dead.
We shall see.
( rumbling )
( hissing )
( chanting spell )
Open up, I say!
( chanting spell )
( woman speaking Latin )
I've studied Latin.
Greek, too.
( speaking Latin )
You're his daughter.
Please don't think ill of us.
Father is a wise and evenhanded man.
He's...
What happened to you?
Nothing.
Just some of the king's... evenhandedness.
It... it's better for everyone this way.
A king must protect his people.
Naturally.
Just as he protects his daughter.
What do you mean by that?
( sighs )
Are you referring to the lottery?
You know about the lottery.
I have participated in every choosing
since I came of age.
The whole kingdom knows that.
You don't have to pretend.
Not to me-- not down here.
Everyone knows how this.... choosing works.
The families with money, royal connections.
You've participated in a lie, you know it.
I have to go now.
You know I'm right!
( speaking Latin )
( loud rumbling echoes )
( rumbling, crackling )
( low growling )
Possibly.
Remove all but one bar.
We'll try it one at a time.
I, Casiodorus Rex, do hereby... Father!
Did you know
that some families have paid bribes
to stay out of the lottery?
Nonsense.
By the power of this amulet,
justly wielded by my hand
in accordance with the laws of Urland,
now lead, be thou gold.
( sizzling )
( screams )
I'm burnt!
Have you ever kept my name off the lottery list?
Lottery list?
What are you suggesting?
Am I not exposed to the same risk
as every other man's daughter?
There's been a loose tongue here somewhere, Sire.
Who fills your head with such ideas?
Answer my question.
Please... ( sighs )
don't... think of such things,
I beg you.
Answer me.
The answer is no.
I-I mean yes.
Yes. You are a participant in the choosing.
We have seen to that, of course.
How could we not?
Yes.
The answer is yes.
You're lying to me.
Elspeth!
( rumbling, debris falling )
( distant shouting )
( loud rumbling, cracking )
( people shouting )
( chain clattering )
( shouting, screaming )
( rumbling )
( goat bleating )
Stay calm.
( rumbling, debris falling )
( metal squeaking )
( gears rattling )
( metal creaking )
( clanks )
( coughing )
Go on.
( rumbling, debris falling )
( clamoring )
MAN: The whole building's going to fall!
You little meddler.
( unsheathes sword ) Stop him!
( horse neighing )
( neighing )
( rumbling )
( neighs )
Close the gates!
( clamoring )
( horse snorts )
Stop him!
( neighing )
( men shouting )
Hyah!
( grunts )
( guard cries out )
( grunts )
Guards!
He's here!
He's here in the...!
So much for your magic!
So much for your sorcery!
You ass, it's alive!
Hyah!
( neighing )
Listen to me, my brethren.
The moment of our fear is the hour of our triumph.
This is a sign from God.
( rumbling )
( shocked murmuring )
Horns, tail, wings and clawed feet.
( tree creaking ) This is no dragon!
This is Lucifer!
( rumbling )
Dear Father, we beseech thee
show us thy goodness in this evil place.
Show us thy power...
( clamoring )
A devil flung from heaven
will now rise from hell!
( rumbling )
...and the devil...!
Yea, and fear the word of God!
You call yourselves Christians?!
( rumbling )
( screams )
Fear not my brethren.
Greil, no!
There is no dragon!
Run!
( gasps )
( tree creaking )
( crackling )
( people shouting )
( distant roaring echoes )
( thudding )
( crackling )
( loud thudding )
( low rumbling )
( thudding )
( low snarling )
( low growling )
Unclean beast!
Get thee down!
( low snarling )
Be thou consumed by the fires that made thee!
( roaring )
( screaming )
( people shouting )
( roaring )
( screaming, shouting )
( roaring )
( clamoring )
( dragon roaring )
MAN: Don't touch it.
Leave it with the others.
( goat bleating )
( people talking indistinctly )
( hoofbeats approaching )
Where is he?
Not here. Can't help you.
( tapping continues )
As the proud new father of an eligible daughter,
who has somehow been overlooked all these years,
it may interest you to know
the king has called for a new lottery.
But it's months till the solstice.
In view of what's happened,
we all know what is required.
I've never taken part in your cursed lottery.
I'll have nothing to do with it now.
You were very clever.
But she will take part like all the rest.
No exceptions. ( rafters creaking )
VALERIAN: I want to be in it.
Silence, child!
I'm no different from any other girl.
No better.
My name will go in.
GUARD: Nothing.
Aye.
If he was here, he's gone now.
( chickens clucking )
( metal creaking )
( tools clattering )
Blacksmith, have you ever forged a weapon?
BLACKSMITH: This is... ( speaking Latin )
"Dragonslayer."
The best I ever made.
It's beautiful.
But I never had the nerve to use it.
( clanks )
( grunts )
That won't make any difference.
What you want to kill isn't flesh and blood.
It'll bleed, all right.
How do you know?
No one's so much as even scratched it.
GALEN: She's right.
I'll need the amulet.
( quiet general conversation )
( bell tolling )
( drum pounding )
( drum pounding continues )
( bell tolling continues )
( bell and drum stop )
( chains rattling )
( crowd murmuring )
WOMAN: Stir the tiles!
( crowd chanting ): Stir the tiles!
( crowd chanting ): Draw the name!
( chanting continues )
HORSRIK: Now, my countrymen, hear me.
Behold, for I am chosen.
I shall die that many may live.
I shall lay down my life for family and fellows.
I shall go to my grave for the love of our king
and his wise policy, and my name is...
WOMAN: Read the name!
CROWD: Read the name!
( crowd clamoring )
( crowd shouting ): Read the name!
( crowd quiets )
Read the name.
The name is... Princess Elspeth
Ophelus.
( crowd gasping and murmuring )
Clearly outrageous.
That is not the name; it has been misread.
There's no mistake.
The name's been drawn.
Let it stand!
No. The good Horsrik has misspoke himself.
In fairness to this individual,
whose name I can't make out,
we will destroy this tile.
( scattered shouts of "No!" )
What better name than your own kin?
At last we see justice done.
Silence!
We will have a new choosing.
I will draw the name myself.
VALERIAN: Let it stand!
Let it stand!
( crowd shouting ): Let it stand!
The name is as Horsrik read it...
Elspeth.
CASIODORUS REX: This one, this one, another,
another... another...
and another.
What treachery is this?
The lottery is invalid.
Hear me, good people.
It is true that my name appears on all the lots.
This does not invalidate the lottery.
It certifies it.
It redresses an injustice.
I have learnt
that my name has been kept from jeopardy
in all the drawings
in the past.
Therefore, I have substituted
my name for yours,
for the risk that over the years you have taken and I have not.
( crowd murmuring )
( items clattering )
You... Tyrian...
surely you'll do something.
If not for me...
out of loyalty to the kingdom.
But that's just it, Your Majesty.
My first duty is... loyalty to the kingdom.
Don't go to all that trouble.
I'm unarmed!
If you want to fight, at least give me a weapon.
I think not!
Stop!
Don't... harm him.
And you, please...
( chuckling )
I've always had the greatest admiration for the black arts--
you chaps with your... mysterious
spells.
I didn't think it would be necessary.
Vermithrax is an old dragon,
and that, I thought,
was the beauty of my plan...
( rueful chuckle )
...time.
We'd wait it out.
I'd live to see the end of it.
I will
see the end of it.
Sire, I beg you consider what you are doing.
Give him that, he'll destroy
everything you've built.
He shall have it.
It... it's my daughter.
Save her, I beg you.
That princess... what's her name?
She surprised me.
Elspeth.
Her name's Elspeth.
There. Good and hot.
That's not the kind of fire we need.
( reciting spell in Latin )
( humming vibration )
( clinking )
( clanging )
Good. Now turn it over.
( clanging continues )
( stones clattering underfoot )
( snarling )
( metal clinking and fire sizzling )
An edge like no other on this earth.
I'll say good-bye to her for you.
I'm sorry she's not here.
You know how she is.
I understand.
Fare thee well.
( sighs )
( raptor calling )
VALERIAN: It's a shield.
I made it.
It might keep the fire off you; it might not.
You know, you're an idiot.
You're going to die tonight.
You'll be ripped limb from limb.
This is the last time I'll ever speak to you.
Thank you.
Another thing.
I've been up there.
That thing isn't alone.
It's got little ones.
Young, I think.
I don't know how many.
They'll have to be killed, too.
Anything else?
You're in love, aren't you?
Yes.
It's all right.
I understand.
She's very beautiful.
Very brave.
Who is? What do you mean?
Your princess.
But I don't care.
Listen to me, Galen Brandwardyn, sorcerer's apprentice.
You're going to be dead...
the dragon will be worse than ever,
there will be more lotteries...
and I'm not a boy anymore.
And you'll be eligible because...
Because I'm still a virgin.
I am in love...
...but not with the princess.
Your Highness.
MAN: Now be it known throughout the kingdom,
that the Princess Elspeth,
having lawfully been chosen
by a deed of fortune and destiny...
( spectators murmuring )
No more smoke, I beg you.
Begone!
I declare these proceedings...
...duly ordained.
TYRIAN: I knew
I'd find you here.
But I'm not as sentimental as His Majesty.
The kingdom...
every one of us...
needs this sacrifice.
If you intend to interfere...
you'll have to kill me.
I've plenty of reasons to kill you
that have nothing to do with this sacrifice.
Most impressive.
Can you use it?
ELSPETH: No!
Stop!
Tyrian is right!
This is our only hope.
( grunting )
( rumbling )
Tyrian!
( Elspeth yells )
( yells )
This is no warrior.
Run!
Where are you going?!
You failed, my friend.
And I thank the gods for it.
Now prepare yourself.
( Elspeth screaming )
( grunting )
( groaning )
( scream fades )
( gasps )
( groaning )
( groans )
( water trickling )
( clanking )
Elspeth...
( gurgling )
( noisy chewing )
( guttural growling )
( snorting )
( screams )
( snarling )
( panting )
( snarling )
( snorting and snarling )
( grunting )
( snarling )
( grunting )
( panting )
( roaring )
( roaring continues )
( fire roaring )
( gasping )
( rumbling )
( fire roaring )
( snarling growl )
( roars )
( roaring )
( screeches )
( snarling growl )
( growls softly )
( rumbling )
( distant growling )
( sniffing )
( growling whimper )
( low, guttural growl )
( angry screeching )
( low, hissing growl )
( grunting )
( roaring )
( grunting )
( screeching in pain )
( groans )
( hissing )
( roars )
( screeching )
( moaning )
( roars )
( bird squawking )
Still alive.
( sighs )
You know what we have to do.
We have to leave.
You said you loved me.
Is it true?
If it is...
...that's the only good we've done.
Let's not lose that, too.
Galen?
She's right.
What kind of life could you have here?
You know what I think?
Magic, magicians--
it's all fading from the world,
dying out.
That makes me happy.
That means the dragon will be dying, too.
Valerian...
...something from your father.
You want me to wear this.
What harm could it do?
( bird cawing )
( bell ringing )
What is it?
What's the matter?
What is that?
Look.
VALERIAN: At what?
There.
That old trickster.
The burning water...
lake of fire...
He had it planned...
from the beginning!
He knew this was going to happen!
Who did?
What happened?
We've got to go back.
I have to talk to him.
Where are you going?
GREIL: We can slay this dragon with song and prayer.
If we can but join together in faith,
we shall live,
and the beast shall die.
Galen!
Stop!
I won't let you kill yourself!
He couldn't walk.
He knew he couldn't make the journey,
so he had us make it for him.
Don't you see?
All right, I'm coming, too.
No, you're not.
This is for me to do.
I'm not afraid.
After all, I was a man.
Remember?
( reciting spell in Latin )
Stay close.
What's that?
Nothing. Come on.
I want to see.
No, you don't.
All right. Wait here.
Galen?
Galen!
Where are you?
( fire roaring )
( chanting spell in Latin )
You're back.
I thank the powers that made me.
Glad to see you, too.
You didn't bring along anything to eat,
by any chance?
Food?
But come along.
There's much to do.
No, please.
I thought I was a sorcerer.
I'm not.
I thought I had power.
I don't.
You said to be strong.
I wasn't.
But you were, my boy, you were,
and you'll be stronger yet.
Thou art baptized in the name of the Father,
the Son, the Holy Ghost,
and may the Lord lead us from darkness
and-and demons.
Look!
( roaring )
( hissing )
( guttural growl )
( chanting spell in Latin )
( growling )
Galen!
This is Valerian.
I know, I remember.
The girl who came to us
as a boy.
There's something you must do.
Anything.
I want you to destroy the amulet...
and me along with it.
You brought me from the flame.
You must send me back.
You'll know the time.
You must act
while life is still in me.
( rumbling )
( chanting spell in Latin )
( wind howling )
( chanting spell in Latin )
( wind howling )
( chanting spell in Latin )
( lightning crackling )
( thunder rumbling )
There!
( thunder and lightning stop )
( dragon roaring )
( snarling )
Here, Galen, do what he said.
Destroy the amulet.
Smash it.
No!
He said I'd know the time.
( roaring )
( groans )
( chanting spell in Latin )
He told you to do it.
Not yet!
( thunder rumbling )
( roaring )
Galen!
( dragon roaring in pain )
( water boiling )
( sizzling )
( bird squawking )
( people singing hymn )
GREIL: Let us pray.
We thank thee, Lord, for this divine deliverance.
Verily is thy presence amongst us
fully manifest ( hoofbeats approaching )
in this, thy great work.
Arise, children of the Lord.
Forsake forevermore the pagan mysteries,
the high superstitions of the past.
Rejoice in the true power of the Christian...
All hail Casiodorus Rex, dragon slayer!
VALERIAN: You'll miss Ulrich.
GALEN: Yes.
VALERIAN: And the amulet.
GALEN: That, too.
I don't.
I'm glad it's gone.
You may not be a sorcerer, Galen Brandwardyn,
but that doesn't matter.
Not to me.
I know.
I just wish...
What?
We had a horse.
( whinnying )
( snorting )
( laughing )
( whinnying )
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