His Dark Materials

‫I know you don't want to be here.

‫But without you and Baruch, ‫I might never have found her.

‫So, thank you.

‫Nearly four hundred years with Baruch ‫must have mellowed me.

‫Four hundred years? ‫You know where he is now?

‫Of course.

‫Angels can connect to any mind, ‫but between us, the bond is even stronger.

‫We feel as one, though we are two.

‫He's close to Asriel now.

‫You know what Asriel is going to ask of you?

‫My father told me about the war ‫before he died.

‫He told me I have a duty.

‫There is a warrior in you, Will. ‫You overpowered the King of the Bears.

‫And you'll find a way ‫to protect the one you love.

‫"Lyra."

‫"Lyra."

‫Roger!

‫"You have to help me."

‫I will!

‫I promise I won't let you down.

‫"They're hurting me."

‫Who?

‫Just tell me where you are, and I'll find you.

‫"The Land of the Dead."

‫Roger!

‫Roger!

‫Roger!

‫Roger?

‫I was having that dream again.

‫We need to find him when we get out of here.

‫Where did you go?

‫I...

‫I couldn't follow you there.

‫The Land of the Dead.

‫- Ah, this is a decent set up. ‫- Just the start, Commander. Just a start.

‫It's very impressive, Lord Asriel.

‫But your soldiers, well, now, ‫they all need some structure.

‫That's why you're here. Ruta, welcome back.

‫Commander Ogunwe, Allow me ‫to introduce you to queen Ruta Skadi

‫of the Lake Lubana witch clan ‫and her daemon Sergi.

‫She's a vital member of my Council.

‫- Commander. ‫- Your majesty.

‫Ruta, if you wouldn't mind.

‫You're well known to Ruta, Commander. ‫She chose you.

‫- Chose me? ‫- Mm-hmm.

‫I listen to whispers between worlds. ‫I hear things others do not.

‫We're assembling an army.

‫You and your resistance soldiers ‫are some of the best.

‫Glad you approve. We hope ‫we can live up to our reputation.

‫We all hope that.

‫- How much more will we need? ‫- Of what?

‫This. Soldiers. Witches.

‫It's the Authority's strength ‫that lies in numbers.

‫Sheer wealth of people willing to defend ‫his mysticism and dogma.

‫We just need enough to provoke him.

‫So, all this is just a provocation?

‫Come, you'll see.

‫Find me the latest plans ‫for the Intention Craft.

‫Yes, Sir.

‫How do you know this one won't kill you?

‫It would take more than a little crash ‫to put an end to the pair of us.

‫Commander, you asked how many soldiers ‫we were going to need.

‫The truth is, I don't know.

‫But the key to provoking the Authority ‫lies not in men,

‫it may well lie in Dust.

‫Asriel, you talk in riddles. ‫I deal in strategy.

‫I'm not being clear. We have to force ‫the Authority to show his face.

‫And then, then we're going to need all ‫the fighters we can get our hands on.

‫- I didn't mean to scare you. ‫- What do you want?

‫I don't mean you any harm. ‫I'm looking for someone. A girl.

‫- Her name is Lyra. ‫- Were you followed?

‫- I don't think so. ‫- Temple soldiers are in the woods.

‫I haven't seen anyone.

‫Something happened here a few days ago ‫and now they're everywhere.

‫Come with us.

‫It's moving away.

‫It's the salt. It burns the roots.

‫These to the southern garrison.

‫- And two-fifty to the western... ‫- Lord Asriel.

‫- Roke. No people. ‫- Sir.

‫- What is it? ‫- A message.

‫From our Magisterium spy, Agent Salmakia.

‫She says, they're preparing ‫to undertake a search mission.

‫- For what? ‫- Your daughter, sir.

‫They think she's the most important child ‫that's ever lived.

‫- Salmakia believes she's in danger. ‫- When is Lyra not in danger?

‫- Anything else? ‫- No, there's nothing else.

‫Very good.

‫You dismiss Lyra too easily.

‫You know what the Magisterium ‫believe about her?

‫According to the Authority, ‫Eve was the mother of creation.

‫Lyra is simply the creation of Marisa and I. ‫She is not Eve. She's a little girl.

‫She must have some information they need ‫or some skill we've overlooked.

‫Other than being able to read the alethiometer ‫she has very little I'm afraid.

‫Other than a nose for trouble.

‫What? What would you like me to say?

‫The truth.

‫There are angels above the camp.

‫What are they doing?

‫They're fighting.

‫Clear the camp!

‫Not too close. Not too close.

‫Back away. Back away!

‫His chest is moving.

‫Let's say one of them fights for the Authority ‫and one for us. Which is which?

‫I don't know, maybe neither.

‫Ruta?

‫This one's higher status. ‫Could be an archangel.

‫This one, I don't know.

‫Shall we see if we can move him?

‫- You have him? ‫- Yes, sir.

‫Get back.

‫Are you an agent of the Authority?

‫- Please. ‫- Say again?

‫There is a message I must give to you.

‫We're going to assume that one's ‫with the Authority and this one with us.

‫I'll take him inside. Sergeant?

‫Take him to the intercision field chamber.

‫All right, give me your message.

‫- We found the boy. The bearer. ‫- What boy? What does he bear?

‫Aesahaettr. The God killer.

‫The only weapon that will destroy him.

‫Destroy who?

‫- The Authority. ‫- What?

‫And his Regent. My brother, Enoch.

‫- The Authority has a Regent? ‫- Baruch?

‫How? Who did this?

‫- An angel. ‫- We've already incarcerated him.

‫He's leaving us.

‫Not yet. Tell me where I can find the boy?

‫He's on his way to Lyra.

‫Lyra?

‫Find him.

‫There is an angel waiting.

‫My Balthamos.

‫Find them.

‫Find the knife.

‫Balthamos.

‫Baruch!

‫- I don't understand. It doesn't make sense. ‫- What doesn't make sense?

‫- What did they do to him? ‫- What happened, Balthamos?

‫This is your fault.

‫You forced me to come here. I wanted us ‫to stay together. I wanted to go with him.

‫They've killed him!

‫Messenger returns.

‫He did not resist. Didn't say a word. ‫He just stared at me.

‫Yesterday I believed that angels ‫were merely symbols

‫and witches were villains ‫in children's stories.

‫Yet, here I am.

‫There you are.

‫- Our kind have been to your world before. ‫- Many centuries ago.

‫The Temple would burn women ‫they suspected of witchcraft.

‫I remember it.

‫Witches live for many hundreds of years. ‫Angels for millennia.

‫It gives them a power and perspective ‫far greater than either of our comprehension.

‫I imagine they regard us witches ‫in a similar way as we see humans.

‫- And how is that? ‫- Your lives are short

‫and easily extinguished.

‫So then why do you fight with us?

‫Hope.

‫I believe there is a chance we can win.

‫And so, do you trust Asriel?

‫I'd stake my life on it.

‫You're awake. That's good.

‫This chamber, I created it ‫to experimenting on dust.

‫As such, it's lined with adamantine,

‫properties of which include ‫prevent Dust from escaping.

‫Now, you, as well as my Daemon ‫entirely made of Dust.

‫So, you might find yourself ‫locked in here for eternity.

‫- I am eternal. I have no concept of time. ‫- Good for you.

‫You'll be comfortable then. ‫I'm going to begin now.

‫I'm going to ask you some questions ‫and you will answer.

‫What's the Authority so afraid of ‫that he sent one angel to attack another?

‫You don't want to talk?

‫Perhaps you're afraid of revealing that ‫the Authority

‫no longer rules in the kingdom of heaven,

‫and that he has, for some reason, ‫appointed a regent?

‫It's quite all right, I already know.

‫What's wrong with him that he won't rule? ‫Or is it that he can't? If he...

‫Ah, now that's interesting.

‫Now we're getting somewhere.

‫Do you know what else is interesting?

‫Dust. Fascinating stuff.

‫Spent most of my adult life ‫trying to understand it.

‫And I once killed an innocent young boy ‫in order to harness it.

‫But no one, before this moment

‫has ever tried to weaponize it.

‫Enoch, brother of Baruch. ‫How did he become Regent?

‫Do not dare use that name. He is Metatron.

‫Metatron? Good.

‫Asriel, stop.

‫What does he want?

‫The end of this!

‫Dust is not for you to understand.

‫Conscious beings have become ‫dangerously independent.

‫He will lead a permanent inquisition ‫into every world, on every being.

‫Until they understand complete obedience.

‫And with it, we will bring the end ‫to the freedom of thought and will.

‫And control Dust once and for all.

‫How do I find him?