Merlin and the Book of Beasts

Five. Five.

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This be the Age of the Arcadian.

It is Merlin

here in this enchanted land.

I must admit the tale of the wild man of the wood

living in this region isn't much to go on, Father.

And even harder to believe.

Merlin is dead, just as the legend would have it.

Have faith, Tristan.

I should think the man long dead as well.

And not in such a place as this.

Merlin is not a mortal man, son.

Normal rules of life and death do not apply,

at least not to him.

Trickery, Galahad.

I sometimes forget, good warrior, you were born in a different age.

In my day sorcery and swordplay went hand in hand.

Whoa whoa.

It was a different time

before the walls went up

and this certain darkness came.

You really don't believe in magic, Tristan?

I believe what my eyes can see.

And what I see is a fool's folly.

And we're riding right along with him.

Who would dwell in a place like this?

Someone not eager to get found.

Stay alert, knights.

When we encounter Merlin I guarantee

you will believe in magic.

On the ready.

The forest is changing.

This is unnatural.

This is magic, boy.

Galahad.

I am Sir Galahad,

the last Knight of the Order of the Round Table.

Reveal yourself.

You've been warned.

Swords.

What does the sign say?

"Tread no further under promise of death. "

It's empty.

Like the threat of the sign. We move on then.

Stop. It's a trap!

Who dares enter this secret domain?

Watch these eyes.

Watch these eyes as they watch you.

In my grasp, like the snake in my hand, see?

Don't be shy.

Let's get better acquainted, shall we?

Gotcha!

You evaded my spell

and bested my hollow knight.

I'm must be getting rusty myself.

I am sorry to inform you,

the only reward for such misplaced valor

will be sudden death at my hands, see?

It's what I promised the forest.

Now...

They sent a girl.

Master Merlin.

Get you gone before I forget how indulgent I've become.

I've come with Sir Galahad and our knights

to these enchanted woods seeking your counsel.

What, you and those rogues back there?

Impossible.

We're hoping you might use your magic to guide us

as you once did for King Arthur.

Arthur is gone.

Britain has fallen.

And they send a choirgirl to fetch me.

Tell me,

can you sing a song, choirgirl? Can you?

La la la la la la.

Go on, do a little dance.

Entertain an ancient man in the forest.

I was expecting you to be older.

I didn't expect you at all. That's how old I am.

The less I want, the less I need.

I'm getting younger by the day, I swear.

It's power. It's magic.

I'm aging backwards.

Granting you the virtues of both youth and experience, sir.

Is youth a virtue?

One day I'm gonna become as young and stupid as you are, I should wonder.

I'd like to say I don't have the time, but I do.

So why are you here, "better"?

We have chosen to restore the Knights of the Round Table.

Restore? With what? With you?

With knaves and scraps?

Galahad's a relic, same as me,

as wanted and useful as magic is to man.

What do you think I'm doing living in the forest?

The threat of magic brings us here.

And magic we seek in order to find it.

The land... it finds itself

under the rule by a dark wizard who calls himself the Arcadian.

He has resurrected a twisted Camelot...

a dark and perverse version of the once glorious kingdom

from which he has unleashed a reign of terror across the land.

What does he seek?

We know not.

But he razes every town and hamlet

into ash and smoke in search of it.

Merlin: If what you say is true,

there's little I can do for you now

except rid you from my forest,

which I promise to do to all intruders.

This powder I'm preparing should make it as painless as possible.

Master Merlin, I beg not for my life.

I care only for the towns and citizens

the Arcadian has laid to waste with his army of enchanted beasts.

Beasts, you say?

What sort of beasts?

Creatures of legend and lore,

long since forgotten but now brought back to life.

Somehow he controls them like a weapon.

Someone must make things right

and restore freedom and order to the land.

And that's gonna be you, is it?

You? You and whose army?

I am Avlynn Pendragon,

daughter of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere.

You're a liar!

You carry the mark.

Do with me what you will,

but save the world from the Arcadian's beasts.

This I cannot do.

Am I wrong to believe in the great wizard Merlin

who once used his powers to create a kingdom of harmony?

You are wrong to believe that human nature

allows such powers to endure,

just as I was many moons ago.

And I offer you a second chance.

Help me to avoid the mistakes of my father.

I need your guidance. It is time.

It's too late for second chances.

Be gone, child,

and do not ever return here.

I will inform the knights I found you dead

to spare them the disappointment of knowing your cowardice.

It's her sword and shield.

- She wouldn't just leave us. - Tristan: It was a fierce battle.

- We must find her. Avlynn! - Avlynn.

- Princess Avlynn. - Avlynn.

Look before you leap next time, Lysanor.

Your haste almost cost us all.

Good to see you survive this magical attack.

It was an old trap long since forgotten.

Galahad,

the Merlin you once knew is dead.

His is not the magic that will help us.

In our time, when our need is the most?

I knew this was a fool's folly.

Never chase a magician and their shadow, Lysanor.

They'll always disappoint you.

I thought this was the next road for us

and you.

But with Merlin gone,

what now?

Avlynn: We are the Knights of the Round Table.

We carry on the fight regardless.

We ride to Camelot

to reclaim the Round Table as ours.

Sentries, draw out what I seek.

Avlynn: The dark wizard must have a weakness.

Tristan: The Arcadian has a flaw, but he just hasn't shown it yet.

Galahad: It takes magic to fight magic, Tristan.

Even you should believe that.

Dismount and surround.

What do you want of us?

Do you serve the Arcadian?

Let us pass, sentry,

or else we'll assume you mean us ill will.

We are only more than happy to return the sentiment.

Where are you taking me?

Accursed.

He who is foolish enough to challenge me,

prepare yourself for hell!

Die, you dog, die!

- Merlin. - Merlin.

I am the one you seek.

I knew you wouldn't miss the battle, old friend.

Lysanor: It is you.

You see, Tristan? You must believe now.

Why the change of heart?

There might be some things in this world still worth fighting for.

Then I welcome you to our brotherhood.

I can see the news of your demise was greatly exaggerated.

Time will tell.

I'd like you to meet my son Lysanor.

A champion in waiting.

My father often regales me with details of your adventures,