"[Man Narrating] Elianna the Powerful... sorceress, shifter." "Running for her life through a forest she's never seen until this moment in time." "[Panting]" "Assassins..." "nameless and without mercy." "Soldiers of fortune, mercenaries, hit men." "[Panting]" "History is rife with bastards like these." "[Panting]" "[Shouts]" "[Gasps]" "[Exclaims]" "[Shouts]" "You've been bested." "[Shouts, Groans]" "[Grunting]" "Hyah!" "[Groans]" "[Man Narrating] Elianna the Powerful..." "sorceress, shifter." "Running through a forest in a world she's never seen, moving against time itself... to save my life." "[Siren Wailing]" "And who am I?" "All right." "My name is Granger." "These nice gentlemen..." "they're after my money." "They're not gonna get it." "[Clicks Tongue]" "[Student Chuckles]" "[Grunting]" "[Gasping]" " [Gasping] - [Shouting]" "[Groaning]" "There's more where that came from if you want to keep going." "Jesus, Glenn, chill out!" "The guy's trying to help us!" "Why'd you go after his nuts like that?" "You're right!" "You're right!" "I lost my head a little, Major." "I'm sorry, man." "[Grunts]" "Yeah, all's fair in a real fight." "But I'm retired." "[Students Chuckle]" "Help him up." "You all right?" "[Murmuring]" "Hey, look, sir." "Kick to the balls aside, we really do appreciate you doing these off-hours for the boys." "You boys are all improving." "And I'm willing to keep it up as long as you keep feeding the gi-fund." "[Rattles]" "Double for you." "[Mutters]" "All right?" "Come on." "Don't be shy." "That's good." "Some of the kids can't afford their own uniforms." "You know, one day, one of us is gonna put you down." "Not very likely, Captain." "Yeah, you're probably right about that." "[Chuckles] Good night, sir." "Good night, Captain." "[Chattering] Wanna grab a beer?" "[Chattering Continues]" "Alright, kids." "Line up." "Come on." "On the mat." "[Door Closes] Good." "Take your position." "[Exhales]" "Good." "All right." "We'll see you next week, okay?" "Have a good night now." "Be careful, all right?" "Get your shoes." " [Girl] Bye." "Thank you." " [Chattering]" "[Door Opens]" "[Chattering Continues]" "[Door Closes]" "[Groans]" "[Sighs]" "[Horns Honking] [Siren Wailing, Echoing]" "[Gate Opens, Squeaks]" "[Gate Closes]" "[Keys Jingling]" " [Keys Jingle] - [Lock Clicks]" "Another year." "[Sighs]" "[Groans]" "[Sighs]" "Another 365, guys." "And I couldn't tell you where the time has gone." "Wish I could trade places with you." "[Exhales]" "To the team." "[Exhales]" "[Sniffles]" "[Glass Rests On Table]" "[Drawer Closes]" "[Clicks Tongue] Until next year." "[Water Running] ♪♪ [Humming]" "♪♪ [Whistling]" "♪♪ [Humming]" "♪♪ [Humming Continues]" "♪♪ [Whistling]" "[Sighs]" "[Shouts]" " [Shouts] - [Grunts]" "[Hammer Cocks]" "[Two Gunshots]" " [Screams] - [Gunshot]" "[Grunts]" "[Screams]" " [Knife Stabs] - [Man Grunts]" "Hyah!" "[Gasps]" "[Elianna Grunting]" " [Grunting] - [Blows Landing]" "[Whistling]" "[Whooshes]" "[Grunts]" "Where the hell are you people coming from?" "The passage is open." "The prophecy" " We have but seconds." " [Rumbling]" "[Granger] Whoa!" "[Rumbling]" "[Sighs]" " [Screams] - [Knife Stabs]" " [Granger] No!" " [Grunting]" "[Grunting]" "[Weakly] The prophecy..." "It's all that there is." "[Grunts]" "[Horse Whinnies]" " You gotta be kidding me." " [Man Shouting]" "[Hoofbeats]" "[Shouting Continues]" "[Horse Whinnying]" "[Grunts]" "The king's sorcerer." "We have work to do..." "posthaste." "We must not be caught outside the fortress walls in darkness." "The king requests your presence." "[Man] Get him up." "[Groans]" "[Man] Open the gate!" "[Men Shouting, Indistinct]" " [Man] Close the gate." " [Man #2] Close the gate!" "[People Chattering, Shouting]" "I know you can't be here... alive." "Quite right." "[Exhale]" "I have passed from this world." "Remember who you're meant to be." "Remember that you must return to this place." "It was my prophecy to die for you." "It is your destiny... to be here." "[Grunts] [Chattering]" "From what I've heard, you've had quite an adventure." "[Man] The king!" "You will stand when the king enters." "[Groans]" "Well, that's not cool." "Indeed, it is warm." "I mean, it's... hardly sanitary." "It is blood, not feces." "The blood of a champion." "The blood of the Chosen One!" "[Cheering]" "For the record, it was your... it was your men..." "actually your man... who did this." "My soldiers were to ensure that you were not taken... by the Dark One at the enchanted place." "Dark One?" "The fellow who followed you through from the Time Beyond." "See, one has mere seconds to follow the enchanted through the blue fire." "Had the Dark One hesitated, he would have been cut in half by its energy." "Or left in your world." "Instead, he chose to pass through with you... and our beloved Elianna." "God rest her soul." "All leave save the king's guard." "[Murmuring]" "So, what do people call you in your time?" "Granger." "Granger?" "That is a most unusual name." "Well, you'd be surprised how many times it'd get me laid." ""Laid"?" "What... what is "laid"?" "[Chuckles]" "Oh, you mean to lay with a woman?" "You will curb your common tongue in the presence of the king." "It is inconsequential, Allard." "We're all the same man underneath our cloth." "Right, Granger?" "Yeah." "And what's your name?" "Other than "the king"?" "Insolence!" "Now you're starting to seriously piss me off!" "Alright, silence!" "There is darkness enough beyond... without casting stones from within." "Take your men, Allard." "I wish to speak with Granger in confidence." "Aye, my lord." "My noble and trusted guard." "He's a piece of work." "[Chuckles] I am afraid... that I might spend the rest of my days trying to decipher... your strange manner of speech, Granger." "And to answer your question, I was once known as Raven." "Raven?" "From the hunter bird, yes." "Now you're, uh, the king?" "[Chuckles] Well, that is a story for many, many glasses of ale." "I see that you still harbor disbelief... on how you've come to be in our time." "Yeah, you could say that." "We live in a time of powerful sorcery, when men, or objects, may be imbued with wondrous capabilities." "Elianna worked tirelessly to open the gates between our worlds." "She believed as I do." "She gave her life to find you... and bring you to our time." "Our kingdom, our very existence, is threatened from without." "You have been brought here, as the prophecy has decreed." "With all respect to your beliefs and- and her sacrifice, I..." "[Chuckles] I think you got the wrong guy." "Selflessness is a trait common amongst the uncommon." "Our journey... has just begun, Granger." "Escort our guest to his quarters... and make sure that the doctor attends to his wound." "Aye, my lord." "Come." "Why have I been brought here?" "[Raven] At sunrise we shall speak at length." "But rest deep, Granger, for tomorrow... our adventure begins." "Rest deep." "[Grunts]" "I do not share my king's devotion to the prophecy, yet I pledged to honor the crown." "That is why you've not been hung by the town gallows... for that reason and that reason alone." "Well, that's good to know." "When the time comes- and the time is nigh" "I shall be the one to draw my blade across your skin." "Well, when the time comes, we'll see what we see." "But until then, be a good royal bitch and show me my room." "[Sighs]" "[Granger Narrating] I began my day with a protein shake, and now I'm standing in a medieval sleeping hut." "Acid trips don't get this weird." "Or maybe they do." "[Grunts]" "I wouldn't know." "No water purification to speak of." "Geez, there's got to be everything from E. coli... to dead sheep floating around in this stuff." "When in Rome." "[Coughs]" "[Sighs]" "En garde!" "Now it's you and me, knave." "[Grunts]" "Uh..." "[Chuckles] Um..." "Sorry." "They must have put me in the wrong hut." "Excellent hardware though." "It is my honor to share your bed." "Well, look, there must have been some kind of mistake." "I'm, uh, just a visitor here." "From the Time Beyond, yes." "I am honored to share your bed." "Oh, you know about that?" "As it is written, so shall it pass." "You are the Chosen One." "Look, um..." "Will you cover up for a second?" "[Sighs]" "I shall mentally keep the time." "Look, I don't really need you in my bed tonight." "Um..." "But... but it is my honor." "I'm, um" " I'm a little tired to have a woman share my bed." "Wait." "Would you prefer a man?" " I can have the guards summon a man." " No, no, no, no." "No men." "No." "Look, I'm tired and I need to sleep, okay?" "Then I will keep your bed with you for warmth." "For warmth?" "Okay." "If that is all you wish from me." "I suppose tomorrow is another day." "As it is written." "Hey" " Hey, do you happen to know anything... about that prophecy everybody's talking about?" "If I had any information and betrayed its meaning," "I would be put to death immediately." "Oh." "Okay." "Well, I suppose that it can wait till..." "[Clears Throat]" "A wound on his head and his arm." "He will lay with me for warmth, but not for pleasure." "Nor does he require the use of a man." "Tired... and straight." "[Chuckles]" "Yeah, well, so what are you, Doc, the, uh" "[Groans] What are you, like the full-service job, Doc?" "Like, medieval crack and patch, huh?" "[Groans]" "We both agree this is a little awkward, right?" "A physician for His Majesty's Royal Court cannot indulge her pride." "Keep him limber." "[Groans]" "I just want you to know that... as tired as I am, this is really nice." "But it is my honor." "[No Audible Dialogue]" "There is to be a fountain of blood in your days ahead." "You mustn't sleep any longer." "Αwaken now." "Danger is at hand." "What do you mean?" "It is your fear that weakens you." "Awaken now!" "[Grunts]" "Abomination!" "[Grunts]" "[Knife Stabs]" "[Whimpering]" "[Gasping, Coughing]" "My wound is fatal." "Why?" "Why'd you do this?" "He said the Holy Mother has thus decreed." "It is not for my understanding." "They will retrieve this empty shell alone." " Who are you?" " Be clear..." "I do not ask your forgiveness." "[Gasps]" "A simple wench." "The gods have been merciful." "The king will need to speak with you." "[Sighs]" "Leave us." "My lord, the Dark Ones pursue him." "It would be unwise to leave him..." "Leave us." "My Lord." "You are alive." "That is fortuitous." "You could have just sent champagne." "A wench." "Like a thief in the night did she intend to rob you of your life." "My most gifted soldier would likely have perished." "Well, I guess Lady Luck's just on my side." "Blasphemy!" "Your life is whole... because the prophecy decrees it to be such." "I'm sick of everybody riffing about that prophecy- about fate, destiny." "You can take that prophecy and shove it up your ass!" "Never have I been spoken to in such a manner." "[Chuckles]" "I find your insolence oddly refreshing, Granger." " Our finest wine!" " [Man] My lord!" "We have much to discuss, Granger." "You're not gonna rethink the wine and have me... dragged around by horses, are you?" "[Chuckles]" "Were you in contempt, Granger." "Were you in contempt." "Our finest grape." "Away." "The throne became mine after a period of war." "Even from the Time Beyond... you must understand that after chaos comes stability." "And after stability follows chaos." "Yes." "Even as men of God, we are unable to cease killing ourselves." "Our previous king, a commoner who rose to the throne, was a great man." "The people sang his praise, and the kingdom knew only prosperity in his time." "He was loved by all." "Until?" "Until the Dark Ones rose." "The king and his followers fought valiantly but succumbed." "It was only by divine will that we managed... to drive them from our gates and survive." "Well, not to be overly critical, but your, uh..." "[Chuckles] fortress is somewhat rustic." "We retreated to this fortress out of desperation." "The Dark Ones carried a plague in their blood, and our walls were breached." "Well, who are the Dark Ones exactly?" "Their origins are unknown." "They live in the mountains and follow the word of their prophet." "The Holy Mother." "Yes." "They follow her word with a reverence of that of a god." "Well, who is she, then?" "Some say that she is a sorceress of the black arts." "That her followers spill their blood on her command." "And others say she demands of her legions... to eat one another." "[Chuckles] Cannibalism?" "I do not know this word." "It's to eat human flesh." "Yes." "Yes, to partake in that would be unholy." "The meat of a human has become intoxicating for these savages, and it is now their way." "There's something wrong about this." "What about me?" "Why do I matter to them?" "And why have they targeted your kingdom?" "Because, Granger, we are simply in their midst." "And you matter because you are the Chosen One." ""Chosen"?" "What does that mean?" "Chosen to do what?" "Chosen to kill their Holy Mother." "Well, maybe this is just mental exhaustion talking, or maybe I'm just sick of people chasing me down trying to kill me, but... tell me where to find this crazy bitch." "Yes." "[People Chattering]" "[Chattering Continues]" "Chickens, my lord." "[Groans]" "Fantastic." "[Rattling]" "[Man] The king!" "[Allard] On your feet." "I know." "I know." "[Groans]" "You shall feast like a king... and fight like the God of War himself." "Pray you will remember which cloak falls first upon your shoulders." "I appreciate this effort, but I..." "I don't need all this stuff." "I only need my knife." "You will lower your blade." "I'm just making- Lower your blade." "I'm making a point here." "I don't need an arsenal." "I move much quicker with my knife." "And if you want me to get into this Holy Mother's camp, it sure as hell won't be with a bag of chickens." "Haven't you people ever heard of salmonella?" "You have no need to carry additional weapons or food supplies." "Exactly my point." "Allard and his men shall carry them." "Our doctor shall accompany you and tend to your wounds." "You shall not be alone in your quest, dear Granger." "That's what I was afraid of." "Sons of whores." "I'm unarmed." "Stand down." "I have no personal quarrel with you." "Well, I'm glad to hear it." "Would you mind?" "May I?" "Thank you very much." "[Sighs]" "I have acted hastily." "I shall take my leave." "Just for the record, I don't want you to come tomorrow any more than you do." "It is the king's wish that I secure your health on this quest, and it shall be done." "Well, lets face it." "It's not like you have a trauma team... to stand by to stitch an arm back on." "In the Time Beyond, you can re-affix a man's arm?" "If the conditions are right." "This information pleases me." "You must tell me more tales about your practices from the Time Beyond." "We'll speak... at night while we make camp." "So you're coming?" "Even though you don't want to." "The king has decreed it, and it shall be done." "But you're not happy about it." "No!" "Not in the slightest am I content with my lot in this cursed life!" "[Gasps] I will take my leave." "[Groans]" "Very smooth, my man." "[Groans]" "Look, I'm sorry." "I didn't" "If..." "If we shall perish anon," "I will not die unfulfilled." "Unfulfilled?" "Oh, right." "[Groans]" "[Distant Shouting]" "[Shouting Continues]" "Our coupling was imprudent." "I was... rash and only desired to satisfy my urges." "Well, did you?" "[Sighs] I pray you will tell no one of our union." "I will take my leave." "No one." "I'll tell no one." "No one will know." "Mom's gonna love you." "He and he alone." "Do not fail me, Thane." "Royal affairs." "You have been summoned." "Of course." "[Groans]" "It's been, what, an hour?" "I don't suppose you're gonna tell me why he wants to see me this time." "It is not the king for whom you have been summoned." "It is the Seer." "Oh, "the Seer"." "Aye." "[Chuckles]" "Should I ask?" "It is the king's wish that you listen to the Seer's words and form none of your own." "Why?" "Best you leave the chicken-fingered wretch to her games in her tree." "No questions?" "You will hear her words and stay your tongue." "And if I don't?" "Then I shall take your tongue." "Allard, do you date a lot?" "I mean, do people actually like hanging out with you?" "I mean, female people." "Or are you into that whole, uh..." "sword-and-sweaty-sandals thing?" "And the Turkish bath?" "Huh?" "[Chuckles] Nope." "Hey, come on, man." "That's not a judgment, man." "Whatever floats your boat." "Come on, let's go." "[Sighs]" "There is to be a fountain of blood in your days ahead." "A fountain?" "My words unsettle you- you, who has watched legions die, yet who is the warrior who has succumbed to the deeds of his past." "To the days ahead, woman." "By Your Majesty's divine wish." "You must complete the two remaining trials." "Two of the three." "Yes." "The first trial you passed through from the Time Beyond." "The second trial, you- you must slay the Dark Mother." "The third trial, you must find the Catalyst." "The Catalyst alone... shall release your restraints and guide you to your destiny." "Pray, do not look to these men for your salvation, for they are mere worms in destiny's eyes, mere fodder for the winged serpent of fate, so shiny are they." "Worms to the slaughter, you shall find your end upon the high rocks." "You are alone, Chosen One." "You are alone, and there is much fear upon your path." "The light remains..." "The light... remains only for a time, and then you shall never be free." "You must cast the fear out of your heart, or you shall fail." "Enough!" "It is your fear that weakens you." "It is your fear the loosens your hold upon this world." "You must leap into the void to be truly free." "Enough, witch." "Know your place." "Your fear will carry you to the pits of hell!" "[Chattering]" "[Chattering Continues]" "The king!" "Your king commends your bravery." "You shall be honored as heroes." "Yeah, well, I hope we don't get eaten by cannibals." "She's worried too." "You have a strange way about you, Granger." "My Lord." "May the gods shine upon you and bring you home victorious." "[Men Chattering]" "[Chattering Continues]" " [Man] Over there." " [Man #2] Right here?" "[Man] By the line." "[Panting, Grunts]" "[Screaming]" "[Whinnying]" "[All Shouting]" "[Man Grunts]" "[Shouts]" " You okay?" " Yes." "Alright." "Hide behind that tree." "[Sighs]" "[Shouting Continues]" "[Groans]" "Why don't you guys want to kill me?" " [Man] Because you are he." " So I've been told." "I pass knowing that I was bested by the Chosen One." "I die a valiant death." "Talk to me." "Tell me what's going on." "Only the Holy Mother" "Only the Holy Mother- [Grunts]" "You maniac!" "Desist!" "In the King's decree, desist." "This idiot just stabbed the best way of getting into their camp!" "Yeah, I'm talking to you, moron!" "I follow the word of my king." "My king's word is law." "Desist!" "We have wounded!" "There are wounded!" "I've worked with crazy bastards like this before." "This is not gonna end well for anybody." "He follows the word of our king." "Leave no Dark One alive." "To get in and out of the Holy Mother's camp alive, we need information." "Harbor no mistruths, Granger." "We may reach the Holy Mother's sanctum, but the path shall be drenched with our blood." "I'll keep that in mind." "[Cork Pops Open]" "If it is to be, it is to be." "[Chattering]" "[Man Coughing, Groaning]" "That's an impressive field dressing." "It's not my first." "Yeah." "In the Time Beyond, would you have the knowledge to save this man from his wound?" "Probably." "Maybe." "Who's to say?" "[Man Groaning]" "He will die, that soldier." "[Groaning Continues]" "Your words..." ""He must be calm"." "Yeah, look..." "My anger has left me since our fight." "I acted in haste." "Look, I grabbed you first." "I am my king's servant." "Pray, you forgive my actions." "[Pats Back] No problem." "Listen." "They brought 18 men." "Seventeen under our boots, one fled." "Now, we're also 18, including you, me and the doc." "Does that seem strange to you?" "That they exactly matched us in numbers?" "They followed us to this point." "Or we have a spy." "Aye." "But why would they not dispatch a legion to best us?" "Why did they only match us to the man?" "I think that 50 Dark Ones raining down on our heads... would increase the odds of all of us getting killed, intentionally or by accident." "Their attack, no matter how crude, was with bloody intent." "For some of us." "Now, one of them had a chance to kill me, but didn't." "He was confused, like he wanted to stab me, but he didn't." "I think the Holy Mother wants me alive." "For what purpose?" "You are her death." "Perhaps there's more to this than we understand." "Perhaps." "For now, we need to make ourselves less conspicuous. [Pats Back]" "We must dispatch to higher ground." "It is certain." "I have told no one of your plans." "I have uttered not a word." "[Grunts]" "[Gasps]" "[Bird Calling]" "[Man] I'm done with it." "There's some weather moving in." "[Sighs]" "Weather is of no concern." "[Exhales]" "[Groans]" "A bit tougher going without the horses." "[Shivers]" "[Groans]" "You don't like starting conversations, do you?" "It's not my place." "In the Time Beyond, are the expectations of women alike?" "[Chuckles] [Chuckles]" "No." "Yes, no- [Clears Throat]" "It's" " It's complicated." "Could you tell me about the medicine from the Time Beyond?" "Sure." "[Clears Throat] Well, we have something called antibiotics." "Anti- Biotics." "Hmm. "Antibiotics"." "Like a potion." "Mm-hmm." "Of sorts." "You inject it or you swallow it, usually, and..." "[Clears Throat]" "From what are they made?" "I think it's..." "I think it's made from moldy cheese." "Cheese?" "Yeah." "You know?" "[Chuckles]" "You know that green stuff?" "The guy who discovered it, he realized... that the moldy cheese killed the bacteria." "Mold." "That's all I remember from Biology." "I had too much fun in high school." "I guess I was just, uh..." "Mold." "I guess to you, uh... high school was just- was just a school high on a hill." "Cheese." "Mold." "Yep." "Cheese mold." "Sleep tight, Doc." "[Wind Whistling]" " Weapons!" " [Men Shouting]" " Move!" " Come on, let's go!" " [Shouting Continues] - [Blows]" " Move!" " [Blows]" "Go, go, go!" "Go, go, go!" "Now!" "[Man] Ready!" "[Blows]" "[Shouting]" "[Groans]" "[Man] Take cover!" "[Groans]" "Guess they don't want me alive." "They changed their strategy after our previous victory." "We have to go over and down." "It's our only chance." "There's too many to fight." "There's no time for all of us to descend." "They shall rain fire on us before we reach the bottom." "[Granger] That's a chance we have to take." "[Allard] That chance is yours and yours alone." "You will take the woman and flee." "We will defend this ridge with our lives." "No way." "I'm not leaving you here." "If I believe that you are truly the Chosen One, then you must not perish!" "Go now." "Complete the journey, fulfill the prophecy." "Are you deaf?" "I'm not leaving you here." "[Groaning]" "I shall never forget you, Granger from a Time Beyond." "I trust you shall do me the same honor." "I must follow him." "[Grunts]" "[Groaning]" "[Exhales]" "My loyal soldiers, it has been an honor to have led you." "[Shouting] To the other side, through a shower of their blood!" "[Grunting, Groaning]" "[Gasping]" "[Groans]" "[Panting]" "[Chuckles]" "Coward." "♪♪ [Horn Sounds]" "Elianna." "[Groans]" "[Groans, Coughs]" "You okay?" "I'm thoroughly bruised." "[Groans]" "Let's go." "[Grunts]" "They have passed from this world." "Good-bye, soldier." "Come on." "[Granger Narrating] Allard saved our lives that morning." "Let's face it:" "He probably saved the world as we know it." "Come on." "Let's go." "[Rattling]" "The poor wretch." "When was this heinous act committed?" "Perhaps two hours ago, my lord." "The witch was held fast without guards." "What kind of a man enacts such brutality on a woman?" "What kind of a creature does this?" "[Sighs] Search the fortress." "Comb the grounds." "Bring the perpetrator to me by nightfall." "Mark me, a dark curtain has fallen around our kingdom." "Honor thy seer, and bury her deep." "Yes, my lord." "[Granger Coughs]" "Are there parts of your body to which I must attend?" "Sorry?" "Injuries." " I got lucky." " We got lucky." "Perhaps the gods have seen fit to grant us..." "Why are you covering your face?" "It is cracked." "The liquid, it is poison." "The water corrects its form and renders it harmless." "Poison?" "For the Holy Mother." "Or is there something else I should know?" "If we were taken, I was to drink." "You mean like cyanide?" "It kills you instantly?" "It instantly kills its bearer... and eradicates all who come in contact with him." "You mean like a going-away, "don't get captured" present from the king?" "The king is an alchemist." "He has helped many with his skills since taking the craft." "You sure it's okay there in the creek, or did we just send a "get stuffed" message to the people downstream?" "The water corrects its form." "It is harmless now." " It is a plague." " Oh, great." "I was wondering who was carrying our biological weapons." "Oh!" "[Groans]" "We must reach the Dark Mother's cabin by nightfall." "Ow!" "You're not going anywhere, Doc." "My flesh is bruised, but my bones are intact." "You're not going anywhere." "Do not trifle with me." "I will accompany you to the Mother's camp." "Not on this foot, Doc, and you know it." "Sons of whores." "I have failed you." "This spot is secluded enough." "Got the woods behind you." "You got a fresh water supply." "You'll be safe here." " Do you have a weapon?" " Aye." "Alright, if I'm not back within two days, go back to the fortress." "And while you're here, stab anyone who isn't me." "Wait!" "[Sighs]" "If you believe what I do, it is a protective talisman, perhaps more." "If you don't believe what I do, it is still something beautiful at which to look." "Just keep yourself safe." "[Thinking] Reconnaissance... terrestrial foreplay to successful ground warfare." "Get in, get your information... and get the hell out with your scalp intact." "Dark Ones." "Stay down." "[Man] By the gods, I'm no cook." "Leave me alone and I'll poison myself." "[Groans]" "Undercooked." "[Chattering]" "My Lord." " Speak." " No news from the search." "The villain eludes our men... for now." "As they are meant to do." "In your time you will learn that villains often hide... in plain sight." "Now leave me, soldier." "My thoughts are troubled and require my utmost attention." "My Lord." "I need to believe that you are capable, Chosen One" "[No Audible Dialogue]" "[Τhinking] She's in there." "No guards, no armaments." "Something isn't right, but she's in there." "I can feel she's in there." "Do this thing or let it pass." "[Man] He's here." "[Man #2] Watch him." "[Murmuring]" "[Murmuring Continues]" "[Holy Mother] I have been waiting for you." "[Grunts] [Groans]" "[Groaning]" "I have waited a lifetime to once more set eyes upon you." "Have we met before?" "Sorry." "I'm not that good with faces." "Go." "Many nights have I dreamed of this moment." "You are not a man who has found peace in his dreams." "[Gasps, Coughs]" "My agility is not what it once had been." "I'm afraid this withered shell has betrayed my purest intention." "It was my hope to bring you back to our time myself." "[Thunderclap]" "[Hammer Cocks]" "[Two Gunshots]" "It was you." "The warning came in my dreams." "Visions of the attempt on your life in the Time Beyond." "I myself ventured to your world... to ensure that your life was not taken... before you could come back to us." "[Coughs]" "Alas, your weapon was formidable." "The King Before liberated our lands... from an evil usurper bent on domination." "We pushed through great darkness to find peace, however fleeting." " Raven." " 'Twas barely a man." "The cursed snake poxed the king's troops." "He released a plague... which ran unrestrained through the kingdom, killing most with agonizing cruelty." "Its rein slipped through his fingers... the moment he gave it life." "The alchemist." "The King Before, his family, all were lost." "Heroic to the end, were they." "Then Raven took the throne." "Coup D'etat, using biological weapons." "The loyal were driven to the mountains." "We fled with the clothes on our backs... and the sickness in our blood." "How many rotted before its tide, I cannot say." "We believe Raven secrets the remedy... inside the fortress walls." "Then what have I got to do with all this?" "When the castle looked to fall to Raven, your father entrusted me to save your life." "My father?" "You are the King Before's lost son." "You are our king." "We traveled to your time... to the Time Beyond- where I hid you in a place that welcomes lost children." "The orphanage." "And there you remained." "Then why..." "Then why send men to kill me?" "Why" " Why did you send your men?" "I tasked one man to bring you back to me." "The others, the Dark Ones who traveled with him through the gate, were under his command." "He twisted my words... for his own cause." "It appears we have a traitor in our midst." "Thane abandoned our cause... for his own vengeful bloodlust." "And this is how you seek to avenge our fallen?" "By making peace with the tyrant that cast us out?" "Never!" "Mark my words, old woman." "We shall have our vengeance." "I have seen your passing, and it is near." "[Chuckles]" "You presume to weave the truth, to shift my resolve." "As it is seen, so it shall pass." "To the gods I swear your death shall be quick." "[Grunts, Groans]" "[Groaning, Gagging]" "Raven... butchered his family before his very eyes." "We must not cast stones." " My Lord..." " [Groans] Don't." "Don't, please." "God." "God has left this place." "A fortnight after the king's sorcerer... brings you back to our time, your Time Beyond is no more." "A carrier travels back to your world... and releases the plague." "Raven's alchemy." "The lethal snake crawls across your world without mercy." "A fortnight, and all are lost in the Time Beyond." "My Lord." "What say you?" "Our spies tell us the Chosen One has entered the Dark Mother's camp." "And any word of his plight?" "He is alive." "She has him and he lives?" "Aye." "The Dark Mother lives, as does the Chosen One." "How does this come to pass?" "It is the blackest of sorcery!" "He was supposed to slay the witch in her bed!" "Ready my horse, and alert the royal guard." "My Lord." "We shall flush out this traitorous wretch from beyond." "[Book Hits Table]" "I shall flush you out." "I have moments left in this life." "Is there a way to get back to the Time Beyond?" "I have medicine that could save you." "[Exhales] I am too weak, and it is fate that I pass over from my own time." "You keep talking about destiny, about fate." "I don't believe in it." "I believe we make our own destiny, follow our own plans." "Aye, I could see it no other way." "Then why do you keep talking about destiny deciding this or that?" "I have dreamt of the passing of your world, of the blackened corpses lining your streets, but I know not of how the sickness came to find your time." "And in this uncertainty lies hope, in this not knowing hides the dragon that shall slay the tyrant." "You believe I can change my future?" "I believe you shall change all our futures." "I never asked you, why do they cover their faces?" "To honor the dead... who have been taken from us by the plague." "[Coughing]" " Look, I have to get you back to your hut." " No." "You're too sick." "No." "Soon I shall pass, and until the moment... that you return to the Time Beyond, you are their king." "Lead them with your heart." "I hope your dreams bring you peace, Holy Mother." "Safe home." "I am Dunyana, my Lord." "What are you going to do with her?" "We shall prepare her for the honorable passage." "[Wind Whistling]" "Our road becomes more treacherous with her passing." "[Τhunder Rumbling]" "You shall enter the Black Forest and retrieve the Catalyst." " Which is what?" "I know not of its form." "Then how am I supposed to find it?" "It is said the Chosen One shall seek the Catalyst." "So it is written, so it shall..." "It shall pass." "Yeah, I know." "I understand." "But we just go with the flow around here... and hope not to get screwed, right?" " Screwed?" " Yeah." "You know, compromised, left vulnerable." " Your words..." " Yeah, I know." "It is literally black." "Thought that was just some medieval..." "gloom and doom." "Pray you heed my words." "No man has entered the Black Forest and lived to tell the tale." "There are dark forces at work within its woods." "Some say sorcery, others speak knowingly of enchanted beasts." "With the Holy Mother's passing, our connection to the beasts within is severed." "They roam freely without her spells of containment." "I cannot speak to your safety." "Wonderfully cryptic." "We shall accompany you to its edge and no further." "Thus it has been decreed by the Holy Mother." "[Sighs] My lord." "Can't tell me anything about this Catalyst?" "I'm going in with zero intel?" "My lord, I know not of its origins." "It is said the Catalyst shall bring peace to our world, yet we know not how." "I've heard many stories how to bring peace to a place in my time, but your prophecy is refreshingly vague." "Let's see what we can find in there." "Giddyap!" "Come on!" "My Lord." "What news have you?" "The Holy Mother has passed." "And the Chosen One?" "They accompany him to the Black Forest." "For what purpose?" "It... is the location of the Catalyst." "So the prophecy rings true." "The gods themselves conspire to make it so." "I shall rule the kingdom united." "You are excused." "My servant." "[Groaning]" "Your loyalty will be remembered." "[Whinnies]" "Food- for the hours within." "Thanks." "So I guess this is it." "Aye." "We are at the impasse." "Follow the signs and the Catalyst shall reveal itself to you." "Our people are watched from within..." "Spies who pledge their allegiance to the tyrant." "Raven." "Aye, the serpent himself." "Pray you, if you should cross paths once again, that you strike at him mercilessly so that he is screwed." "[Chuckles]" "Have I offended you, my lord?" "[Clears Throat] No." "It's just... you remind me of her." "You speak of the Holy Mother?" "Yes." "I see now... that you're her daughter." "It was my honor." "And when this is over, when I've returned with the Catalyst... and Raven is screwed," "who takes over the kingdom?" "My Lord?" "The throne." "Who sits on the throne if I manage to return to the Time Beyond?" "As King without son, you select your rightful heir, my lord." "It is our custom." "And your people will return to the fortress?" "We shall await the Catalyst to show us the way through their fortifications." "Then what?" "Our people have been on the outside for far too long." "We shall secure the antidote to our sickness." "If we are able to heal our numbers, to unite our people once again, it is my dream that a peace shall become true." "Peace?" "Aye." "It is all that matters." "You should be a righteous queen." "No, my lord, I cannot accept this honor." "You can and you will." "I've decreed it." "Hey, listen, guys." " I've decreed it." " [Together] My lord." "My Lord, perhaps you'd prefer a larger blade." "I have a feeling in the Black Forest, size does matter." "It is forbidden to touch a king, but I..." "Oh." "Your mother advised me to rule with my heart, but I'm not much of a poet, so I can only offer you her words." "[Chuckles]" "Oh, my God, I'm starting to talk like you." "Godspeed, my Lord." "[Grunts]" "I can't believe this medieval crap." "[Man Shouts]" "[Chattering]" "[Whinnies]" "[Man] Pull forward!" "[Man #2] Is he in there?" "[Man] Halt!" "Enter these woods and bring me the Chosen One." "The woods are haunted, my lord." "Not man nor beast have escaped its clutches." "[Groaning] My king." "Would your insolence betray the peace of our kingdom?" "No, my lord." "Then enter these woods... and show the demons that you are soldiers of the realm!" "Retrieve the Chosen One, and bring the Catalyst to me!" "My Lord!" "My 10 best, follow me!" " [Man] Move!" " [Man #2] Yes, my lord!" "Forward!" "For the king!" "For King and country." "Move!" "[Chattering]" " Come here, lads!" " All right." "[Granger thinking] Keep your mind fixed on the goal." "Find the Catalyst and get your ass out of there... before something eats you." "[Flies Buzzing]" "[Grunts]" "Doubt a grizzly could do that." "[Loud Crash]" "[Growling]" "I suddenly wish you were a grizzly." "[Roaring]" "[Growling]" "Easy, boy." "[Panting]" "Here!" " Manhatten?" " Run!" "[Roars]" "[Sniffing]" "Nice to see you." "How you been?" "Never thought I'd be chased by a dragon." "You have aligned yourself with the Dark Mother!" "Change of strategy." "I am confused by your betrayal." "Welll, we're on a bit of a schedule, so I'll keep it brief." "My king." "Yes." "It seems like he's responsible for spreading a plague, orchestrating a coup against the King Before." "Now I have to find the Catalyst and save this world and the Time Beyond... because I'm the King Before's son." "This cannot be." " Yeah, what the hell?" " Exactly, am I right?" "Son of a bitch." "We're still being chased by a dragon." "Let's go." "By the way, the Holy Mother's dead." "What?" "[Dragon Growling]" "Whatever you think you're here to do, we all better get the hell out of here." "[Man] We are the guardians of the realm." "We stand aside not for man, nor for beast!" "Good luck with that, Custer." "For king!" "For country!" "[Screams]" "Aaah!" "[Groans]" "[Screams]" "[Man Shouts]" "[Gasps] No!" "[Screaming]" "[Shouts, Screams]" "[Ragged Breathing]" "The end of the devilish woods." "I can't go with you." "I haven't recovered the Catalyst." "We shall return anon." "Up there only death awaits." "I have to go." "Do you not value your life?" "To ascend is madness!" "I'll circle around and avoid the big nasty." "[Man] Surround them!" "[Granger] We're screwed, aren't we?" "[Man #2] Watch her." " [Granger] Yeah..." " [Man] Don't let her run." "We're screwed." "I'll take 4 of you pussies with me, and you know it." "To resist now would be pure folly, Granger." "You... you were the one that brought the plague upon our houses." "You!" "Curb your tongue, Doctor." "I am still your king." "You are the true villain of this tale." "[Groans]" "Well, Granger from the Time Beyond, before nightfall... your entrails will be hanging from the fortress gate." "[Granger Groans]" "Bring them both." "[Man] Yes, sir." "[Man #2] Pick him up." "Welcome to your final moments in this world, wretch." "The devil himself awaits your passing." "Blasphemy, you cursed witch!" "[Groans]" "This man is your rightful king- the King Before's son." "On the life of my mother!" "Lies!" "You are the black-tongued agent of the Dark Mother." "Take them from their steed." "I shall end their life where they stand!" "This one." "Come on." "Bring them here." "I shall cut your guts out myself." "[Manhatten] No!" "[Groaning]" "[Men Shouting]" " Stop him!" " Strike him!" "[Man] Grab him!" "He is your rightful King!" "This looks bad." "It was an honor to fight by your side and mate with you as your woman." "[Dragon Roars]" "[Man] Run!" "Shit." "Incoming." "[Man Clamoring]" "[Man #2] Run!" "Raven is making way to the portal" "The portal to your world." "[Shouting]" "[Screaming]" "[Whinnying]" "[Screeching]" "[Shouting]" "[Man] The gate!" "The gate!" "Quick!" "Lock it!" "Look out!" "[Shouting Continues]" "Aaah!" "Our sister has brought down their walls." "The dragon is the Catalyst" "[Laughing] The Catalyst!" "We hold." "[Shouting, Screaming]" "[Roaring]" "[Screaming]" "[Roaring]" "Our time." "Our time!" "[Shouting]" "Surprise attack!" "[Man] Look out!" "For the Holy Mother." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." "[Grunts]" "He secrets two vials on his person at all times." "Two." "Go!" "[Whistling]" "[Rumbling]" "[Panting]" "My actions are either that of a fool... or a conqueror." "[Grunts]" "[Groans]" "Go!" "Only you can save your world!" "And I shall save mine." "We may see each other again." "[Whooshing]" "[Groans]" "[Grunting, Groaning]" "[Grunts]" "Aaah!" "[Groans]" "[Shouting]" "I could have brought peace to my time." "Peace!" "[Grunts]" "[Groans]" "I am your king!" "[Grunts]" "[Shouts]" "You were never king." "[Grunts]" "[Groaning]" "History's full of losers like you." "[Grunts] [Vial Cracks]" "[Grunts]" "[Scoffs]" "We did it." "Will I ever see you again?" "[Chuckles]" "What is it you said?" "Perhaps in my dreams tonight." "Perhaps another time." "[Sighs] Perhaps another time." "[Chuckles]" "[Whooshes]"