Robin Hood

Aedric...

Wild Aedric, as he was known...

was a Saxon thane...

like a lord or a king to his people.

Aedric didn't believe England had been conquered,

even when a Norman king came and stole the English crown.

He rebelled.

And he retreated into the woods

and became an outlaw.

For many summers,

Aedric defied the king's soldiers,

and he and his men feasted on the king's deer...

What about Godda, Father?

I'm coming to Godda.

One day, when the cold crept in,

and the mists came forth...

Aedric was hunting alone deep in the forest,

and he came upon a dwelling,

and he saw something that no man was meant to see.

- Fairies. - Dancing.

Naked.

And the most beautiful of them all

was Godda.

Bewitched by her beauty,

Aedric stole her away into the forest.

On their wedding night, after Aedric laid with Godda,

she turned him into a magnificent stag

and immediately he darted off

deep into the forest.

Godda's spell

made Aedric eternal...

and he became the protector of the forest,

and to this day he watches over all of us.

Have you ever seen the stag?

I know many who have,

and they all say when you see it,

you know Wild Aedric is gazing back at you.

You still going tomorrow?

I must.

I have to try one more time.

Where's Father?

He's gone to Nottingham, my love.

Why is Huntingdon coming, Father?

I'm not certain,

but he is a Norman lord,

and it is my duty as sheriff to grant him an audience.

I don't like him.

It is wiser, Priscilla, to understand a man

than to dislike him.

Many are driven by greed and violence.

From such men...

comes only evil and ruin.

Sheriff.

Huntingdon.

You have over a thousand acres.

A fine manor.

- What did you expect? - More.

Then perhaps you should consider another crusade.

The last one seemed to benefit you well.

Others got more. You have Nottingham.

Nottingham is not mine.

It is the king's.

I sit in his governance only.

We provide taxes and loyalty.

In return, we enjoy the benefits of the king's generosity.

His lands are ours to prosper.

Where are you going?

To the garderobe, Father.

No, sit. You must learn.

Your Eminence.

We're grateful.

Which one is he?

I'm Hugh of Locksley.

He'll hear your cause but be quick with it.

I've waited months to see him.

Then be grateful he's showing you compassion.

Locksley Manor is my ancestral home.

Its lands were granted to my father's father

- by King Harold himself. - A Saxon king

who lost your lands when he lost England

to my father's uncle, William the Conqueror.

Your lands have not been yours since that day.

Just as your gods have not been yours

since Christ followed the Normans here.

Other Saxon lands have been returned.

I know one who wrote to the Pope.

You're free to write to the Pope.

But I cannot do as you ask.

I am a fair man, Locksley.

Try to be.

I shall grant you the position of a royal forester.

You will have coin and duties to the King.

This is a good life, one most men in my position

would not offer.

He accepts, My Lord.

Gratefully.

I wish to hear it from his tongue.

Come on, Hugh.

Do it for Joan. For Robert.

You have a son.

Then consider his future.

An heir is everything to a man,

as is Priscilla to me.

You may rise.

Hugh of Locksley, do you accept what is offered to you?

I do.

Excellent. The matter is settled.

Are you going to stand there watching the rest of your life?

Are you going to be angry the rest of yours?

Better to take it out on a wooden block, I suppose.

Or a Norman head.

What about me?

What about Robert?

Those were our lands.

That was our house.

- Yes. - And now that bastard Huntingdon

- sleeps in my bed. - And they took them,

but what can you do about that now?

Are you going to spend the rest of your life fighting this?

What is to become of you?

What is to become of Robert?

Keep teaching him like you always do.

Yes, I can teach him to read and write.

He might even have a life at court,

- but he needs a father. - Life in court, Joan?

They'd make us take their religion.

No, I'm never doing that, ever.

You need to release a little quicker. Here.

It's not about your eye or your arms.

You-- when you grow, this'll take care of itself.

It's in here.

This is the secret to the longbow.

It's your chest,

and you listen to the bow.

For it breathes, too.

So do it again.

This time, close your eyes.

Listen as it stretches. It will tell you its reach.

Hear that? A bit further.

Now breathe and release.

You've got talent, my boy.

When the Normans came, why didn't they all

run in the forest like Wild Aedric?

Well, they stayed to protect their king.

But the woods would've protected them.

Why did they stay and die?

Pride, I suppose.

The Normans can put their castles

all over this land. These woods...

these are as old as the Earth.

No man will ever own them.

Here, look at this.

My forefathers made this,

long before the Normans came.

That stone, it's from a sacred place.

The heart of the forest.

It's a great cave that few men have ever seen.

Will you take me there?

Godda will lead you.

One day. When you're ready.

Welcome back, sire.

He's mine! Don't hurt him.

Why would I hurt him?

His name's Henry.

He has a name?

What are you doing here?

That used to be our home.

Our house?

My family lived there before,

until I was five.

But my father made that house.

He didn't make it. He took it.

I don't believe you.

There's a hall with glass windows and wooden panels.

In the corner behind one of the wooden panels,

there's a secret room. It was used as a hiding place

if ever the castle was attacked.

Marian!

Marian!

What were you doing?

- There was a boy, Father. - Boy?

He said he used to live here.

Go in the house.

I know who you are, Locksley!

Rob!

You don't come 'round here!

I'll take your eyes out!

- What were you doing there? - Where was he?

At the house. What were you doing there?

- Nothing! - No, Hugh--

- Tell me why you went there. - To see!

To see what? Huh? To see what?

Huh?

- To see what? - Don't, Hugh!

- Answer me, Rob! - How dare you.

How dare you bring this into my life!

Our son went there, I didn't go there--

Because of you! Because you wouldn't

let it be! I have told you to let it be!

How can I let it be?!