Quest for the Mighty Sword

"QUEST FOR THE MIGHTY SWORD" CLOSED CAPTIONED

THIS MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF RAPE.

HE ACCEPTS PRINCE ATOR'S SENTENCE.

MY SON.

I SAW MY DEATH LAST NIGHT IN A DREAM.

AN EAGLE FLEW ABOVE MY BED.

YOU WILL LEARN THAT MEN ARE POWERLESS

AGAINST THE WILL OF THE GODS.

THAT IS WHY I WANTED YOU HERE WITH ME TODAY--

ON THE DAY OF JUSTICE.

THE CONDEMNED HAVE APPEALED TO THE JUSTICE OF THE GODS.

PRINCE ATOR HAS ACCEPTED THEIR PLEA.

HE WILL SPARE THEIR LIVES

IF THEY CAN OVERCOME THE DIVINE POWER

OF THE SWORD OF THE SACRED GRAAL

IN COMBAT.

THORN, YOU GAVE ME THIS SWORD TO BRING JUSTICE TO MEN.

GRANT THAT IT WILL ONCE AGAIN GUIDE MY ARM.

OHH! AUGGH!

WHEN THORN WILLS IT,

HE WILL RETURN TO RECLAIM THIS SWORD--

EITHER THIS SWORD OR MY LIFE.

JUSTICE IS NEEDED MORE AMONG MEN

THAN AMONG GODS.

SO REMEMBER, SON,

WHATEVER HAPPENS,

THIS SWORD MUST BELONG TO ATOR.

Thorn: ATOR!

I RECOGNIZE YOU, THORN.

HERE I AM.

I'M READY.

BEFORE MY PEOPLE...

BEFORE MY OWN SON...

I WILL NOT DISHONOR MYSELF BY SURRENDERING MY SWORD!

NO!

DO NOT KILL ATOR, THORN!

HE HAS SHOWN WISDOM IN ALL HIS DOINGS,

AND HE HAS NEVER OFFENDED YOU.

HE HAS ALWAYS RESPECTED YOUR WILL,

AND HE HAS TRIED TO CREATE JUSTICE AMONG THE AKILI.

YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, DEJANIRA!

HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA!

YOU WILL BE IMPRISONED BY FIRE UNTIL A MORTAL ARRIVES

AND HAS THE STRENGTH TO BREAK THROUGH THE FLAMES.

BUT ON THAT DAY,

YOU WILL LOSE THE DIVINE POWER THAT THORN GRANTED YOU,

AS PUNISHMENT FOR HAVING PREFERRED A MORTAL TO HIM.

Nephele: POOR DEJANIRA.

SHE'S STILL SERVING HER SENTENCE,

PAYING THE PRICE

FOR HAVING ALLOWED HERSELF HUMAN FEELINGS.

WHAT MORTAL WOULD HAVE THE STRENGTH

TO OVERCOME THORN'S FIRE?

THE MAN WHO WILL BE RENDERED INVINCIBLE

BY THE DIVINE SWORD OF THE SACRED GRAAL.

THAT SWORD BELONGS TO ME.

MY FATHER LEFT IT TO ME!

NO, ATOR, NOT YET.

GRINDEL HAS HIDDEN THE TWO FRAGMENTS OF THE SWORD.

AND HE WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN

TO BREAK THE PROMISE HE GAVE TO YOUR MOTHER, SUNN.

YOU--

YOU ARE GRINDEL, AREN'T YOU?

SO, YOU KNOW ME.

IN THAT CASE, WHY ARE YOU AFRAID?

AM I SO UGLY?

NO. HA HA HA HA!

ON THE CONTRARY, YOU FIND ME DISGUSTING!

ALL WOMEN FIND THE VERY SIGHT OF US REPUGNANT.

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE NO CHILDREN.

NO, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE CRIED OUT

IF I HAD BEEN A HANDSOME, BLOND PRINCE.

HA HA HA HA!

ESPECIALLY NOW THAT YOU ARE A WIDOW!

I AM SUNN, PRINCESS OF THE AKILI,

WIFE OF ATOR.

NOT ANY LONGER, MY DEAR SUNN.

NOT ANY LONGER.

NOW YOU ARE MERELY A WOMAN.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

I HAVE BROUGHT YOU THE SWORD OF THE SACRED GRAAL.

WHY BRING IT TO ME?

ONLY YOU CAN FORGE IT AND BRING BACK ITS MAGIC POWER.

ITS POWER IS NO USE TO ME.

I HAVE MY OWN POWER.

IT IS FOR MY SON.

YOU MUST RE-FORGE IT AND GIVE IT TO HIM ON HIS 18th BIRTHDAY.

AND WHY MUST I DO THAT?

BECAUSE IT IS DESTINED SO.

ANYWAY, DON'T YOU REGRET NOT HAVING ANY CHILDREN?

RAISE HIM AS YOU WOULD YOUR OWN SON.

HA HA HA HA HA!

HA HA HA HA HA!

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CONCEPTION?

THE ACT OF CONCEPTION HAS NOT BEEN CARRIED OUT.

AT LEAST AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

HA HA HA HA!

BESIDES, I AM ENTITLED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING IN RETURN.

NO, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW,

I NEVER ASK FOR ANYTHING.

I TAKE WHAT I WANT!

CAN I DO ANYTHING ELSE FOR YOU?

YES. YOU CAN HELP ME DIE.

DEATH AND BEAUTY ARE UNSUITABLE COMPANIONS.

BEAUTY SOON FADES IN A WIDOW.

AND THE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THAT A PRINCES'S WIFE

OUTLIVE HER HUSBAND.

THE LAWS OF MEN HOLD NO SWAY IN MY CAVE.

IT IS ALSO THE LAW OF MY HEART.

AS YOU WISH,

BUT AT LEAST ALLOW ME TO MAKE YOUR PARTING FROM THIS WORLD

A SWEET ONE.

HA HA HA HA HA!

HA HA HA HA HA!

CAW! CAW!

CAW! CAW!

HA HA HA HA!

HA HA HA HA!

ARE YOU SURE I PUT IN ALL THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS?

CAW! CAW!

WITH THIS,

DEATH WILL COME TO YOU LIKE A SWEET DREAM.

NOW I WOULD LIKE TO BE ALONE WITH MY SON.

SOON I WILL HAVE LEFT THIS WORLD FOREVER.

SOON I WILL BE JOINING YOUR FATHER.

WE WILL WATCH OVER YOU TOGETHER.

FROM NOW ON, OLD GRINDEL WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.

AND WHEN THE SWORD BECOMES YOURS,

YOU WILL MAKE THE WORLD RING WITH YOUR EXPLOITS.

NOW SLEEP, MY CHILD...

MY SON.

HA HA HA HA!

GRINDEL GAVE HER AN EROTIC POTION

INSTEAD OF POISON.

AND FOR THAT ONE HIDEOUS EMBRACE,

THE GODS CONDEMNED YOUR MOTHER TO ETERNAL MADNESS.

GRINDEL...

I'LL KILL HIM!

REST ASSURED, ATOR,

YOUR REVENGE IS NOT FAR OFF.

SO MY MOTHER IS NOT DEAD.

NO.

SHE WANDERS AIMLESSLY THROUGHOUT ERESSEA,

CONDEMNED TO REPEAT HER SIN ETERNALLY

IN THE MOST VILE AND DEPRAVED PLACES.

WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME ALL THIS?

BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY FATE

TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS.

YOU MUST RETURN TO MIDDLE WORLD.

THE PATH LIES TO THE EAST,

BUT IT HAS BEEN LOST.

YOU MUST FIND A WAY

SO THE AKILI CAN RETURN TO THEIR HOME.

DON'T WORRY, GO ON.

Nephele: I WILL COME BACK.

CAW! CAW!

I KNEW IT!

HIS HEAD IN THE CLOUDS,

ALWAYS WITH HIS HEAD IN THE CLOUDS!

AND THE NETS ARE EMPTY.

NOW WHAT AM I GOING TO BRING THE GIANT ANIMALS

FOR THEIR SUPPER, EH?

YOUR GIANTS WILL EAT WELL TODAY.

GOOD. I'M PLEASED, ATOR.

HERE, TAKE THIS. DRINK IT.

IT WILL GIVE YOU NEW ENERGY.

I'D PREFER WATER FROM THE RIVER.

I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU.

SOON YOU WILL BE EIGHTEEN.

BUT I WANTED TO FULFILL MY PROMISE IN ADVANCE.

HERE IS THE SWORD OF THE SACRED GRAAL.

HA HA HA HA HA!

HA HA HA HA HA!

HA HA HA HA HA!

HA HA HA HA HA!

SO, THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE

IF YOU HAD THE REAL SWORD.

I LEARNED LONG AGO

THAT THE RACE OF MAN WAS NOT TO BE TRUSTED.

SINCE MEN CAME TO THIS WORLD,

THEY HAVE CREATED NOTHING BUT EVIL

AND DESTRUCTION IN OUR LAND!

YOU'RE LIKE ALL MEN, ATOR.

AND WHEN THE MOMENT COMES

FOR ME TO RELINQUISH THE SWORD,

I'LL KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

DEJANIRA!

IT WASN'T JUST A TRICK.

I WANTED YOU TO SEE DEJANIRA IN THE FLESH.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO BEAUTIFUL!

AND SHE REMAINS IMPRISONED BY THORN'S FIRE.

YOU ARE THE ONLY MORTAL

WHO CAN OVERCOME THE DIVINE FLAMES.

WHERE DOES THORN KEEP HER?

WHEN YOU HAVE THE SWORD,

I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE SHE IS.

OHH!

HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA!

OHH!

I'M GOING TO KILL YOU--