To the Ends of Time

Morlins, Morlin ships!

Ready, fire!

Animals!

Alexander, we won, we won!

What on Earth are you doing up here?

You could've been killed!

No, I wanted to help!

You're too young to help.

Go on, get outta here.

Oh, God, Daniel!

Dad, Dad!

David?

David?

Have you seen my husband?

No, David!

He's dead!

No, no!

This must end!

Your Majesty, we enjoyed a tremendous victory today, I--

Enjoyed, Sauris?

I did not enjoy what I saw today.

I saw heartbreak, I saw death and destruction.

Never again.

I'll not leave my subjects or my children

with a blood-soaked kingdom.

Are you suggesting a treaty with the Morlins, sir?

What use are treaties?

We've been at war with the Morlin kingdom

for more centuries than I can recall.

It's been a never-ending cycle of bloodshed.

And why, to right some half-forgotten ancient wrong!

For greed, power,

nothing justifies the pain I saw today.

You seem to ask the impossible,

we cannot change man's nature!

There is a way,

there must be a way.

I want a world where art and ideas

are held in higher regard than brute force.

Aeschylus, old friend,

you've remained very silent, can you help me?

It seems that you desire not

just the end of this particular struggle with the Morlins,

but a complete eradication of the species of war!

Yes, that is what I want.

Can you give me that?

You ask the impossible.

You're a good man, Aeschylus.

Whatever you have to do, do it.

As you wish.

Look how frail he is, Jarad, how weak!

Our time is drawing near, I feel it!

When my powers are unleashed,

Aralon will crumble like a house of cards!

You babbling goons!

I've never seen such pathetic excuses

for human beings in all my life,

eh, your highness,

and if I were king, you could kiss my royal, your highness!

I-if you'll pardon me for just a moment,

I have someone I need to, uh, ee, uh, strangle.

Mira, help me do the right thing, my love,

but there are no answers in the dark,

and the nights are so cold without you.

That's it, all right.

Now what do you say about my parlor games, old man?

You're doing really well, my pet.

Show me everything.

Look out!

I gotcha!

Look out, here!

Alexander, when will you teach me to fight with a sword?

Soon as you're big enough to carry one!

But I am big enough!

It isn't fair!

Life isn't fair, boy!

I'll tell you what, though.

If you're lucky, I'll let you polish my sword

when I finish hammering this lout!

Why not teach the boy to fight, Alexander?

I will, of course, Don.

He's in such a rush to grow up.

I wouldn't mind having his problems for a day.

Yeah, me, too!

We've got it this time, yeah.

Yeah, it should work.

I don't understand, master.

There's no reason why you would understand, my friend.

Our mission is one that taunts the laws of science.

We're playing with mysterious forces.

I still don't understand.

Nor do I, my friend, nor do I.

Some dinner, sir?

Some dinner, sir?

Yes.

My God, Aeschylus, you look terrible!

I assume you have some urgent news

to summon the court in this manner.

What is this curiosity?

A blessing, a curse, a proposal.

I don't know, a gift perhaps.

Is this some kind of riddle?

Riddle, sire?

Not exactly, this object will be

the single most powerful device ever imagined!

A device that will not only end war,

but make it a virtual impossibility!

It's a clock!

Is this some kind of joke?

My king, what I hold in my hands is time itself,

and I have harnessed its power.

He who masters time

masters the entire universe!

Are you telling me that if we build this device,

we control time?

When activated, you can watch your enemies

age and die before your eyes.

Lifetimes are reduced to weeks, hours become seconds.

The universal force would be yours to command.

The Morlins would be completely at our mercy, my lord.

And we would be prisoners in our own castle.

Is there no other way?

Well, the hope would be that the threat alone

would, uh, deter any aggression.

And I would be in a position to destroy all my enemies.

Is that it?

Indeed, my liege.

No man has the right to play at being God.

Destroy it, Aeschylus.

Oh, my friend, no one in this world can match your power,

and I thank you for the loyal service

you've shown to the throne,

but I cannot accept this gift.

Thank God.

Despite all the capabilities of science and magic,

I never cease to be amazed at the human heart.

I hope you find your answer.

What's wrong, Papa?

To lead, one has to make decisions.

I just hope I made the right one back in the hall.

The clock scared me, Papa.

Me, too, little princess.

You know, even though our lives are short,

what we do with them can last forever.

Your mother is gone, but the love she left behind

lives on in my heart and in yours.

I miss her.

I miss her, too, very much.

Sometimes when I look in your eyes,

I see her looking back at me.

I love you, little princess.

Here, I'm gonna give you this.

This was your mother's ring.

A diamond is a little like true love.

Nothing can break or tarnish its face if it is pure.

Love

is the most powerful force there is.

I know your secret, Aeschylus,

and I will not shrink from them as you have.

The knowledge that you have denied me, I have taken.

Oh, and now is the moment that I've been waiting for!

Let the forces of nature tremble

as I summon the winds and the rains

to paralyze this stagnant, dying kingdom once and for all!

What is this?

Who's there?

You taught me well, master.

No, Karnissa, you can't!

The magic is too much for you!

No, it would appear the magic is too much for you.

My powers have been mocked for too long.

Jarod, dispose of the old fool

and take everything with you.

Aren't you forgetting something?

This is quite a storm, Karnissa.

I didn't think you had it in you.

Why, Sauris?

You always were one step ahead of everyone else.

My talent has always been aligning myself

with those who have the power,

and right now, my dear, you are very powerful.

And what's to stop you from betraying me?

I never mentioned anything

about the queen's untimely demise, did I,

though I would have spoken

had it been in my interest to do so.

I knew the king had rejected your advances.

For me, it has never been a matter

of if you return, just when.

All right, Sauris, you can come with us.

Gentlemen, we have quite a journey ahead of us.

The storm is subsiding.

Fool, I control the storm,

and it still rages on the castle.

No more delays, we must set sail for Gamara.

Magnificent, how shall I assist you?

Now that we are out of the castle, I have no need for you.

What do you mean?

Stop, what are you doing?

I despise liars and flatterers.