The Shannara Chronicles

Get dressed, Wil.

How do you know my name?

Where's Eretria?

Your Rover girl is long gone.

Rover?

I don't understand.

This is her house.

No, it's not.

It's theirs.

Oh...

I'm an idiot.

You'll get no argument from me.

You were supposed to be in Shady Vale.

Did my uncle send you to bring me home?

Flick had no intention of telling me your whereabouts.

But his thoughts were never hard to read.

What...

Who exactly are you?

I am Allanon.

We must reach Druids' Keep.

Wait, you're a Druid?

Right before my mom passed away,

she told me I needed to find you.

Perhaps you should have listened to her.

You would have saved us both a lot of time.

She gave me these Elfstones...

The...

The Rover stole those too.

This is going to be harder than I thought.

You have put our quest in jeopardy.

What quest?

What quest?

I can't believe this is the Shannara I've been dealt.

That's my horse!

Hey.

Yes! Hey.

The Four Lands is in grave danger.

Only the last son of Shannara can save it.

My name's Wil Ohmsford.

You've got the wrong guy.

You're a Shannara.

Your ancestors were kings and warriors--

heroes who lived and died

defending the Four Lands.

Men like your father.

My father was a deadbeat drunk

who died alone and destitute.

You've been lied to.

Do you believe in magic, boy?

Of course not.

Well, magic flowed through your father.

And it flows through you too.

It's in the Shannara blood.

If I had magic inside me,

why didn't it help me save my mom?

It could have...

if you'd known how to unlock it.

I can show you how.

Come.

Your destiny awaits.

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The next one goes straight through your heart!

Who are you?

I mean no harm!

Please!

I saw your fire and was hoping to warm myself.

You're the second Elf I've run into this week.

Actually, the first was a mongrel.

Cute but not too bright.

Where are you headed all by yourself?

To the Elvin mission in Culhaven.

I'm a teacher.

You pack light.

Unlike you.

My husband found work near Balinor.

I had to pack up my stuff and meet him there.

Thank you.

You have no wedding band.

Not that I'm surprised.

Who would want to marry a Rover?

Well, your jewelry gave you away too, Princess.

I don't know of any teacher

who wears the royal seal of Arborlon

engraved on their cuff.

What was your plan, drug me and then rob me?

I steal to survive.

Don't try and justify your actions.

You and your kind are a blight on the Four Lands.

Ouch.

Does the arrogant attitude

also come on a silver platter?

You wouldn't know the first thing about my life.

Well, you don't have an escort.

My guess, you're running away,

probably from a guy who either broke your heart

or knocked you up.

Whatever your drama,

it doesn't even compare to what you're

gonna have to face out there in the real world.

Thanks for that nugget of Rover wisdom.

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Come back.

Afraid of the dark, Princess?

Now who's the thief?

Believe me, you got the better end of that trade.

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There it is.

Druids' Keep.

Can't believe I rode all night for this.

For hundreds of years, this fortress

was the center of the Four Lands.

The wisest men and women from each race

they were called here

to study and train in the art of magic.

It's just a ruin.

This is sacred ground, Wil.

Don't touch anything.

I don't know what you're hoping to find,

there's not much left.

The Codex of Paranor is here.

What exactly does a Codex look like?

It's a book containing the magical history

of the Four Lands.

If there is a way of saving the Ellcrys,

it will be found within its pages.

Why don't you just call it a book of magic?

Is it a Druid requirement that everything

has to sound so mysterious?

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I spoke to Lorin.

Amberle told him that the Ellcrys

was communicating with her.

Giving her visions of the future.

I'd dismissed it until I found this in her room.

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Demons?

She sketched them before the Druid showed up.

It can't be a coincidence.

Until we are certain, I want all the Chosen

and the entire Elvin Council

taken to the palace for safety.

The Black Watch will guard them night and day.

My mentor told me that he hid the Codex

in this chamber before the Keep fell.

When was that?

300 years ago.

Wait, that would make you...

way too old to be alive.

My Uncle Flick was right, this is crazy.

The Codex is here.

Good luck finding it.

I'm going to Storlock.

You can't walk away from your destiny, Wil.

Watch me.

You were never going to Storlock.

The Elfstones were guiding you to me.

You know it to be true.

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Don't move!

Don't speak.

Let your eyes bear witness!

Whoa!

And now do you believe?

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Magic is real.

Yes.

Will I be able to do that?

One day... maybe.

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Behold, the Codex of Paranor.

Your hand...

Magic always comes with a price, Wil.

Never forget that.

My ancient Druid's a little rusty.

Maybe you can fill me in.

"When the Ellcrys comes to the end of its days,

"a flower will bloom

"that will bear a single seed.

"A member of the Chosen must carry that seed

"to Safehold

"and immerse it in the Bloodfire.

"Only then can the seed be returned

"to the Sanctuary

and the Ellcrys be reborn."

That doesn't sound so bad.

It's not like you need a human sacrifice

or something.

Where's Safehold?

I've traveled all over these Four Lands

and I've never come across such a place.

Perhaps...

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Hey, Allanon! It's me, it's me!

Wil, we must return to Arborlon!

Hurry!

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Amberle. I'm fine.

Listen, the Ellcrys called to me again.