Willow - First Season

- (BREATHING HEAVILY) Sorsha.

The Gales.

They are coming.

Willow.

Tomorrow, Prince Graydon marries my daughter, Kit,

unifying Tir Asleen and Galladoorn,

till that day when the true empress Elora Danan returns.

Ah!

- (SPEAKING PNAKOTIC) - (GROWLING)

Airk? Where are you?

They took him.

He's what they came for.

I should go west, search for Airk.

You're going to need a sorcerer.

And I have a feeling, he's expecting you.

You're Willow?

Your brother's alive.

A prisoner of The Withered Crone,

who dwells in the Immemorial City that lies beyond the Shattered Sea.

That's where all the maps end.

And that's where we must go. Into the unknown.

It's so good to see you, Elora.

How are you?

It's so good to see you.

I had a dream, and somehow I knew.

It's what will happen if we don't change things.

That's why I came back.

- 'Cause it's time. - For what?

Our true enemy is still out there,

and the only thing standing in its path is Elora.

It's time to begin her training.

But she's still a child.

A child of immense power.

You've seen it.

But if it isn't encouraged, it'll fade,

like all things do without proper nourishment,

till she's no more capable of magic than anyone else.

Good. Hasn't she done enough already?

Hasn't she earned a life without the burden of that responsibility?

There are other ways to defend ourselves.

There is no barrier strong enough to keep the enemy out forever.

I know. (SIGHS)

I know.

That's why I sent Madmartigan in search.

I found a clue in the ancient scrolls, the whereabouts of the Kymerian Cuirass.

He rode out nine moons ago with a squire.

But we've heard nothing since.

I'm afraid I've sent him to his death.

Death wouldn't keep Mads from coming back to you,

only delay him a bit.

But, Sorsha, there is no weapon that can defeat the Crone.

Only Elora can do that.

Raziel is gone.

Cherlindrea too.

There's no one left who could even...

I'll train her.

I'm High Aldwin now.

I've become what Raziel always said I would, a great sorcerer.

My dear friend.

You are the bravest man I've ever known, and you have the truest heart I ever will.

But you're not a great sorcerer.

And you never will be.

Willow.

- (BREATHING HEAVILY) Come on, Silas.

But how could it be? It's Elora Danan.

Hold on. How can you know that?

You haven't seen her since she was a little girl.

Well, unless...

She could be. She wears the mark.

So you're Elora Danan, huh?

Huh?

I said, you're Elora Danan...

We don't need to get carried away. We don't know anything for sure.

It's not safe here.

Follow me.

This is where we live.

Yes, it's very nice to meet you, too.

No, actually...

Da?

It's okay. It's Elora Danan.

It is Elora Danan!

You are Elora Danan.

Uh... - (GASPS)

- This is my daughter, Mims. - It's really nice to meet you.

- Calm down. No. - I can't believe you're really...

I can't... Wait.

You don't remember me, do you?

Oh, um...

I was the one who found you.

Well, me and my brother, Ranon. (CHUCKLES)

It was the best thing I've ever done.

And you were the most beautiful giant baby.

You still are.

Beautiful.

Not a baby.

You're beautiful.

Thanks.

- You wanna sit down? Sure. All right.

- Sit down will you? Be comfortable. Okay. Thank you.

All right, all right, give her some space. Calm down.

- (EXCITED CHATTER) - Can you dream?

Can I dream? Yeah.

You okay?

You just look a bit, um, deranged.

Look, Airk is out there somewhere across the Shattered Sea.

We don't know what they're doing to him or how much time he has.

I'm just not really in the mood to learn about Nelwyn culture right now.

Attention! Attention!

Come on, guys, bums on seats.

The High Aldwin will now address the village.

My back!

I'm not that heavy.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.

Good brave people, we Nelwyn have seen our share of woe.

We've suffered, sacrificed, grieved, toiled, and endured.

And that's just on the weekend.

- (WOMAN CLEARS THROAT) - (MAN COUGHING)

I like to try and loosen 'em up a bit at the start.

- (SOFTLY) Yeah. - Anyway, tonight, we rejoice.

For that which I'd believed was lost, has been found.

Elora Danan has come home.

- (CROWD CHEERING) - Yeah!

- (CHUCKLES) - Now some of you, if not most of you,

are probably wondering what this all means,

and looking to me, your High Aldwin, for answers, which I will now provide.

Come closer.

- Ready? - I don't know what you're gonna do, but...

I will consult the bones.

- (CROWD EXCLAIMING) Mmm.

- (RATTLING) - Oh!

Ah!

Yeah.

- Oh! - (RATTLING)

- (CROWD GASPING) Hmm.

Hmm.

Mmm-hmm?

Interesting.

Hmm.

There is a balance between all things.

Light and shadow.

Good and evil.

Oh!

Sweet and spicy.

When that balance is upset, the universe corrects.

The Crone's influence grows, forcing us into hiding.

And just when we were starting to lose hope,

the Child of the Prophecy returns to fulfill her destiny,

by uniting the world against the enemy in the great war to come.

When?

My apprentice, Karthy,

who I was really sorta counting on for unconditional support,

wants to know when.

Soon.

Once Elora here completes her training.

Now, who else is famished?

Roughly how long do you think that will take?

Not long, I should think. Uh...

Couple of weeks, or less, maybe, um, depending on how much she already knows.

Or rather, how naturally

- the magic flows out of her... - (CROWD GASPS)

...which, I imagine, will be pretty naturally considering,

uh, she's the One.

Do the finger test.

She ought to be able to pass that.

Finger test! Finger test! Finger test!

All right. All right, all right.

The power to control the world is in which finger?

Um...

Uh...

Yours. Yours.

- (WHISPERING) What? What? - (MOUTHING) Yours. Yours.

It's all right. It doesn't mean anything anyway.

I got it wrong the first time, remember?

And look at me now. Well, I'm, you know... Well, I'm me.