[Great Dragon]
In a land of myth...
and a time of magic,
the destiny
of a great kingdom...
rests on the shoulders
of a young man.
His name...Merlin.
[Snoring]
[Snoring Continues]
[Clicks]
[Sizzles]
[Rustling]
It is not worth
anyone's life.
Isn't it?
It's cost me
20 years of mine.
It is of no use.
You'll never find
the third part
of the triskelion.
Ah, but you're wrong.
I already know
where that bit is.
[Shouts]
[Thunder Rumbling]
[Thunderclap]
[Knocking]
[Knocking Continues]
Hello, Gaius.
Surely you remember me.
Only too well.
Why are you here?
Please.
I could do with
drying myself by your fire.
You have a nerve
coming back here.
You left me
in a lot of trouble.
Yeah.
Yeah, sorry about that.
What can I say?
Execution didn't
really appeal to me.
Don't pretend
you supported Uther.
Tell me why you're here.
Save your eyesight, Gaius.
It's the triskelion
of Ashkanar.
- You're sure?
- I'm certain.
Let me see.
This is a druid tongue.
The bind runes are in threes.
That's rare.
I can save you
the trouble.
They guide the bearer
to the tomb of Ashkanar.
Yes.
We both know the legend.
We both know
what he hid there.
A dragon's egg.
And you have come
to steal it?
I wouldn't say steal.
You're forgetting one thing.
You're missing a part
of the triskelion.
Oh, no.
I know where that bit is.
Where?
In the vaults
beneath your feet.
[Gaius]
In Camelot?
Where it has lain
safe and secure
for the last 400 years.
And you want me
to help you to get it?
We could bring
this noble creature
back to life.
[Exhales]
I want no part of your plan.
[Man]
You don't want to release
the last living dragon?
[Gaius]
The old ways
should be left to die.
Well, that's not
what you taught me.
It's what I feel now.
I believe in the king
that Arthur will become
and the future he will build.
Think about it.
I've given you my answer.
Now I think
you should leave Camelot...
sooner rather than later.
Arthur may not be his father,
but he is no friend
of the old ways.
You'll find me in the tavern
in the lower town.
Take your time.
Oh.
Gaius, I know
I caused you trouble before,
but I'm a changed man.
Believe me.
[Door Closes]
[Thunder Rumbling]
Who was that?
Oh, it doesn't matter.
Gaius.
He was a pupil.
His name is Julius Borden.
Why won't you help him?
This is our one chance
of saving the dragons,
of helping Kilgharrah
preserve his kind.
Borden is not a man
to be trusted.
You don't think
the triskelion is real?
That I have no doubt.
Then what?
His motives, Merlin.
Even as a young man,
he was prone to dishonesty.
Who knows what path
he is on now.
You want the egg
to remain lost forever.
I don't want it
to get into Borden's hands.
The tomb of Ashkanar
has lain untouched
for more than 400 years.
It is my belief
it should remain that way.
Now let's get some sleep.
We've a busy day
ahead of us tomorrow.
[Bird Squawks]
I never dared dream
of such a moment, Merlin.
Until now, I believed the egg
would never be found,
that I would be
the last of my kind.
So the legend is true.
This is a chance...
in a thousand, Merlin.
You must retrieve the egg.
I know.
Then what is the matter?
[Merlin Murmurs]
Gaius has forbidden it.
Merlin, you are a Dragonlord.
It is a gift passed down
from your father.
He gave up everything
in his life to save me.
What do you think
he would say?
The egg harbors
the last of my kind.
I beg you, Merlin,
in your father's name,
promise me that you will do
everything in your power...
to rescue it.
You have my promise.
[Chickens Clucking]
[Bell Tolling]
[Tolling Continues, Faint]
[Gasps]
No...
What do you want?
To help you.
Who are you?
A friend of Gaius.
I heard what you told him.
I want to see
a dragon's egg.
I want to come with you.
Did he send you?
No.
No?
Then get out.
Please. I know everything
about dragons.
I've read everything.
Not interested. Go away.
All right,
but you won't get into
the vaults without me.
And how's a boy like you
gonna help?
Because I'm the personal
servant of King Arthur.
[Clinking]
What on earth are you doing?
Looking for woodworm.
Before breakfast?
That is when the worms
are most active.
Get out.
These need washing.
So do these.
Oh, and, Merlin,
before you go,
I need that belt.
We need to strengthen
all our outlying defenses, as
Odin's raids only go to prove.
But it is the northern
borders that are
particularly vulnerable.
[Arthur]
It's always been so,
and the reason's obvious.
If you look
at the terrain here...
Allow me
to help you, sire.
No. No!
Merlin.
Your Majesty.
Merlin!
Your Majesty!
- Get off me!
- I'm trying to help you, sire.
There we go.
- Will there be
anything else, sire?
- No!
[Clears Throat]
So the terrain here...
I'm beginning
to like you, Merlin.
This is as far as I go.
Now, this key opens
the last gate,
but you have to get
past the guards.
That won't be a problem.
[Coin Clatters]
[Groans]
[Door Creaks]
[Chuckles]
[Sizzles]
- Shh!
- [Guard]
To the right.
Follow me.
[Guards Chattering]
[Dog Barking In Distance]
Thanks.
Anytime.
Tell me, Merlin,
would you say
you're a good liar?
I don't know.
If I need to be.
You're gonna need to be.
[Dog Barking In Distance]
[Rooster Crows]
[Gasps]
[Groans]
[Gasps]
[Exhales]
Merlin.
- What are you doing?
- Shh.
[Tapping]
I'm listening for woodworm.
I'm getting slightly
concerned about you.
[Bells Pealing]
What the hell is that?
[Pealing Continues]
The lock hasn't been damaged,
which would suggest
whoever it was had a key.
Strange.
With all these treasures, this
is all they were interested in.
What was in here?
I believe, sire,
one third of a triskelion.
A type of key...a key that,
according to legend, opens
the ancient tomb of Ashkanar.
I remember my father
talk of such a tomb.
It contained a dragon's egg.
- It has been said.
- You don't believe it
to be true?
Well, it is possible, sire.
The wealth and wisdom of
Ashkanar are without equal.
Is the egg still there?
I can't be certain.
But to my knowledge,
no one has disturbed the tomb
for more than 400 years.
But with this triskelion,
someone could?
Sire, a dragon's egg can live
for a thousand years.
Even today, it could still
hatch, and another dragon
can be born into this world.
So all my father's work
to rid the world of these
monsters would be undone?
[Agravaine]
That must be our fear.
Then we have no choice.
We must hunt down
this intruder,
destroy the egg.
[Shouting]
How could you
be so stupid?
What were you thinking?
I am a Dragonlord.
It is my sacred duty
to protect the last
of the dragons.
The tomb could
have remained closed
for another 400 years,
and the egg
would have been
completely safe.
Now Arthur's riding out,
intent on destroying it.
- We have to hope that Borden
gets there first.
- Oh!
You trust Borden?
You really think
he's going to release
that dragon?
[Scoffs]
I fear to think
what he intends
for the poor creature.
Why couldn't you
leave things alone?
[Arthur]
Hurry up, Merlin!
Hyah.
[Horse Blusters]
[Arthur]
Same hoof tracks.
Must be closing on him.
[Merlin]
Look.
He made camp.
Hyah.
Still warm.
Can't have more than
a few hours lead on us.
We need to keep moving.
Deer tracks.
Have we lost him?
It's getting
too dark to see.
Have to find somewhere
to hole up for the night.
But we're so close to him.
Unless you can see in the dark,
Merlin, there's not
much else we can do.
Whoa. I'm famished.
Thank you.
[Gwaine Grunts]
I'm hungry as a horse.
That's a point, Merlin.
Have you fed them?
- What?
- The horses.
- Well...
- Come on.
They must be starving.
- But...
- On your toes.
[Horse Nickers]
[Leaves Rustle]
[Horse Nickers]
[Birds Squawking]
Mmm. That was lovely,
Merlin.
Thanks.
Uh, I loved it.
[Leon]
Me too.
If you're gonna wash those,
wash this too.
Thanks.
Hang on.
There's still a bit left.
Oh.
Mmm.
Good, was it?
Mmm. A little bit salty though.
Merlin.
There's another plate here.
[All Laughing]
[Voice, Whispering]
Emrys.
[Exhales]
[Man's Voice, Whispering]
Emrys.
[Gasps]
Emrys.
Where are you?
[Twig Snaps]
Emrys.
Do not be afraid.
We know your quest.
- How?
- The man you seek
also stole from us.
He passed through these woods
not three hours before you.
Which way did he go?
To the east.
But you must be wary, Emrys.
The legends tell a tale
that only the druids know.
- What do they say?
- Ashkanar was a wise man.
He knew one day men would come
seeking to disturb his rest.
The triskelion
is not just a key.
It is also a trap.
What do you mean?
What kind of trap?
I do not know.
But the legends
are very clear.
You must beware, Emrys.
Emrys.
There is one other thing
the legends say.
"Only when the way ahead
seems impossible...
will you have found it."
[Birds Squawking, Chirping]
He must've left in the night.
- No horse tracks.
- He's covered them.
We had him.
We were so close.
Where are you going?
We don't even know
which way he went.
- He's heading east.
- How do you know that?
Because I can sense it.
Sense is not a word
I associate with you, Merlin.
Hang on.
He's right.
He can't be.
Well done, Merlin.
You ever heard
of the word "sorry"?
No. Is that another word
you made up?
[Arthur]
It's a dead end.
That's it.
Let's go back.
What about the cave?
We're wasting our time.
Arthur.
Merlin, this is ridiculous.
Where's he heading?
There's light ahead.
[Waterfall Roaring]
[Gwaine]
No wonder
no one's ever found it.
[Whooshing]
[Screams]
Take cover!
[Whooshes]
- [Groans]
- You all right?
Yeah.
Where's he firing from?
I'll draw fire.
Get him to safety.
[Whooshing]
Arthur.
What happened?
Where's he gone?
[Merlin]
Perhaps he
ran out of bolts.
Careful!
Who knows what he's left
lying in wait for us.
We can go round that.
No.
He knows we're coming.
- That's a risk we have to take.
- We'll make camp,
continue at dawn.
[Chattering]
[Swords Scraping]
Merlin, can you get
some more firewood?
But I was just gonna...
Mmm.
Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.
This is good.
Guys, you gotta try this.
Mmm!
Mmm! Mmm!
All right.
Don't tell me...
it was too salty.
[Snoring]
Typical.
Well, if you think
I'm doing the washing up...
[Arthur Groaning]
[Gasping]
[Speaking Ancient Language]
[Inhales]
[Exhales Deeply]
[Ancient Language]
[Door Rumbling]
No!
[Hissing]
[Coughing]
[Ancient Language]
Give it to me.
It's not yours to take.
You give it to me,
and I will grant you
a half share, Merlin.
No, it must go free.
Don't be a fool.
Think of the power
it will bring us,
the lands we can rule over,
the riches.
I'm not interested in that.
With this dragon
at our command,
we will live like kings.
We will have the freedom
and power to do as we wish!
Dragons cannot be used
like that!
They must be left unshackled,
free to roam the earth.
But this is your chance,
Merlin.
Your chance to escape
your meaningless life,
your worthless existence.
It's not my life
that's pitiable.
It's yours.
You've wasted it...
for nothing.
I pieced together
the triskelion.
I found the path
that led us here.
The dragon belongs to me.
Now hand it over.
- No.
- [Shouts]
You're not gonna
stop me, boy!
Dragons are magical creatures!
They belong to no man!
They are for the benefit of all!
[Gasps]
What do you know?
Huh? You are
but a serving boy.
I am the last Dragonlord,
and I am warning you.
Leave this egg alone.
[Groans]
[Walls Rumbling]
[Loud Rumbling]
What the hell happened?
The tomb was a trap.
He set it off.
- He never got out.
- What about the egg?
It would have
perished with him.
Are you sure?
We need to be certain.
Nothing's going to survive
under all that.
[Chickens Clucking]
Shame about the egg.
Yes.
You weren't able to save it?
No.
[Chuckles]
All the jewels,
all the treasures, Gaius,
they don't compare.
And it was nearly lost
because of you.
I'm sorry, Gaius.
I was too quick to act.
You have
to think things through.
Ashkanar did exactly that.
He had the foresight
to conceal this
for more than 400 years.
And now it's down to you,
Merlin...
for you to decide
what you intend to do with it.
I've thought about that.
I'm going to make sure
it goes back
to where it belongs.
Is it still alive?
It can live for more than
a thousand years.
[Chuckles]
So you are no longer
the last of your kind.
[Chuckles]
It would seem not.
- When will it hatch?
- Young dragons were called into
the world by the Dragonlords.
Only they had the power
to summon them from the egg.
As the last Dragonlord,
this solemn duty
falls to you, Merlin.
How do I summon it?
You must give
the dragon a name.
[Deep Whisper]
Aithusa.
[Dragon Murmurs]
[Murmuring]
[Great Dragon]
A white dragon...
is indeed a rare thing...
and fitting.
For in the dragon tongue,
you named him after
the light of the sun.
No dragon birth
is without meaning.
Sometimes the meaning
is hard to see,
but this time, I believe,
it is clear.
The white dragon
bodes well for Albion,
for you and Arthur...
and for the land
that you will build together.
[Cracking]
[Soft Growl]
Merlin.
[Agravaine] You are still
untested as a king.
I can't just kill a man
in cold blood.
You must do what you need to do
to assert your authority
on this land.
Do you really have
the guts to kill me?
You've always
shown mercy in battle.
This isn't like you.
The whole of Camelot
will pay for this!
[Morgana]
Arthur will not win,
because I have the power
to ensure that he doesn't.
[Arthur] I made the wrong
decision. Now I've brought
this war upon Camelot myself.