1. Not bad.Copy !req
2. But not good enough to live.Copy !req
3. Mind if I sit down?Copy !req
4. I don't have your energy.Copy !req
5. Fight with your head.Copy !req
6. Not your heart.Copy !req
7. Straight.Copy !req
8. Better, Einon.Copy !req
9. But you're still dead.Copy !req
10. Purpose, not passion.Copy !req
11. No one ever found
victory in the dirt.Copy !req
12. The peasants are revolting.Copy !req
13. They've always been
revolting, Prince.Copy !req
14. But now they're rebelling.Copy !req
15. King Freyne wants his son to
witness his noble victory.Copy !req
16. There's nothing noble about
crushing desperate men.Copy !req
17. They're traitorous scum!Copy !req
18. The king commands!Copy !req
19. Bring him!Copy !req
20. You can come, too, nursemaid.Copy !req
21. Die, you dog!Copy !req
22. - I wish we were down there.
- No, you don't.Copy !req
23. Yes, I do. Just to see
you in action, Bowen.Copy !req
24. Yours would be the finest
blade on the field.Copy !req
25. My blade was not made for
your father's slaughter.Copy !req
26. He is my father, Bowen,
and he is the king.Copy !req
27. Yes.Copy !req
28. But when you are
king, remember todayCopy !req
29. and the difference between
battle and butchery,Copy !req
30. and remember the Old Code.Copy !req
31. Then you'll be a greater
king than your father.Copy !req
32. I promise, Knight,Copy !req
33. I will be greater.Copy !req
34. Freyne!Copy !req
35. Now, Hewe, now!Copy !req
36. He's trapped!Copy !req
37. Einon!Copy !req
38. Einon!Copy !req
39. Einon, no!Copy !req
40. Enough! The battle's out there!Copy !req
41. Father?Copy !req
42. Die! It's mine!Copy !req
43. Einon! Einon!Copy !req
44. I'm here, Einon!Copy !req
45. I'm here, my king.Copy !req
46. Dead, Madame.Copy !req
47. King Freyne, your
husband, slain.Copy !req
48. In here!Copy !req
49. In here, on the bed.Copy !req
50. Einon!Copy !req
51. Get out! Out!Copy !req
52. Out! Brok, out!Copy !req
53. You stay, Bowen.Copy !req
54. Forgive me, Queen Aislinn.Copy !req
55. There's nothing to forgive.Copy !req
56. His father's tyranny
brought him to this end.Copy !req
57. He's beyond all help.Copy !req
58. Not all.Copy !req
59. A knight is sworn to valor.Copy !req
60. Sworn to valor.Copy !req
61. - His heart knows only virtue.
- Virtue.Copy !req
62. His blade defends the helpless.Copy !req
63. His might upholds the weak.Copy !req
64. You must stay awake, my son.Copy !req
65. You must stay awake.
Repeat the Code.Copy !req
66. - The Code.
- His might upholds the weak.Copy !req
67. His word speaks only truth.Copy !req
68. His wrath...Copy !req
69. Undoes the wicked.Copy !req
70. Brok, stay there.Copy !req
71. Lord!Copy !req
72. Great one!Copy !req
73. Your song is sad!Copy !req
74. Are the stars shining tonight?Copy !req
75. No. No bright souls
glitter in this darkness.Copy !req
76. Leave us. Go.Copy !req
77. Aislinn, daughter of the Celts.Copy !req
78. Whose people loved your
kind and called you friend.Copy !req
79. Yeah, the king's son,
cruel and full of trickery.Copy !req
80. Is this why you've come,
dragonslayer's wife?Copy !req
81. Dragonslayer's widow!Copy !req
82. This boy is not his father.Copy !req
83. This knight here is his mentor.
He has taught him the Old Code.Copy !req
84. I need your help.Copy !req
85. The wound is deep.Copy !req
86. You know what you ask.Copy !req
87. I will teach him your ways.Copy !req
88. He will grow in your grace.Copy !req
89. He will grow just
and good. I swear.Copy !req
90. No! The boy must swear.Copy !req
91. Give me your sword, Knight.Copy !req
92. Your sword!Copy !req
93. Do not be afraid.Copy !req
94. He can save you.Copy !req
95. Now listen to me, boy.Copy !req
96. Swear that your father's blood
lust and tyranny died with him.Copy !req
97. Swear that you will live
and rule with mercy.Copy !req
98. Come to me and
learn the Once-ways.Copy !req
99. Now swear!Copy !req
100. I swear.Copy !req
101. Einon!Copy !req
102. Einon!Copy !req
103. He's dead!Copy !req
104. Peace, Knight of the Old Code.Copy !req
105. Witness the wonders
of an ancient glory.Copy !req
106. Half my heart to make you whole.Copy !req
107. Its strength to
purify your weakness.Copy !req
108. Live, and remember your oath.Copy !req
109. I served the father only
for the sake of the son.Copy !req
110. All my hopes rest on him.Copy !req
111. Forgive a doubting fool.Copy !req
112. Call when you need of me.Copy !req
113. Ask what you will of me.Copy !req
114. My sword, my service are yours.Copy !req
115. Only remind him
always of his vow,Copy !req
116. Knight of the Old Code.Copy !req
117. Brok.Copy !req
118. Your Majesty?Copy !req
119. The Romans built
this great fortress.Copy !req
120. I will rebuild it, and
mine will be greater.Copy !req
121. It will take many men, my
Lord, to rebuild this ruin.Copy !req
122. Yes.Copy !req
123. Yes, it will.Copy !req
124. Not so rebellious now.Copy !req
125. You should thank me, boy.Copy !req
126. It was my stroke made you king.Copy !req
127. No, Brok, I want no martyrs.Copy !req
128. Death should be a
release, not a punishment.Copy !req
129. Look good, dog.Copy !req
130. I'm the last thing
you'll ever see.Copy !req
131. Burn the insolence
out of his eyes.Copy !req
132. No! No!Copy !req
133. Not my eyes! No!Copy !req
134. Father!Copy !req
135. Run!Copy !req
136. How dare you defy me!Copy !req
137. Einon, you're unwell.Copy !req
138. You've been bewitched.Copy !req
139. Look at this!Copy !req
140. It's madness!Copy !req
141. Remember the Code!Copy !req
142. The king is above the Code!Copy !req
143. Have you forgotten
everything I taught you?Copy !req
144. No one is above the Code.Copy !req
145. Especially the king.Copy !req
146. Dragon, I loved that
boy and you changed him!Copy !req
147. You tricked me, Dragon!Copy !req
148. No matter where you fly,Copy !req
149. no matter where you
go, I will find you!Copy !req
150. Today I make a new vow!Copy !req
151. I will spend the rest of
my life hunting you down!Copy !req
152. Avalon, oh, Avalon.Copy !req
153. For you I quest each day,Copy !req
154. the resting place of ArthurCopy !req
155. and the Old Code of his wayCopy !req
156. and when I find
those holy stones,Copy !req
157. I'll pray, I'll pray, I'll pray.Copy !req
158. Oh, Avalon, bright Avalon,Copy !req
159. think me not a fool.Copy !req
160. My quest is not for vanity,
my quest is spiritual.Copy !req
161. Spiritual!Copy !req
162. Merlin, spiritual!Copy !req
163. Whoa!Copy !req
164. Merlin!Copy !req
165. Merlin!Copy !req
166. Everyone's a critic!Copy !req
167. - Dragon, dragon.
- Yes, I know. Where?Copy !req
168. There, there.Copy !req
169. Get back here, horse.Copy !req
170. You coward.Copy !req
171. Marvelous!Copy !req
172. Heroics befitting the days of
Arthur and the Round Table!Copy !req
173. Never have I seen such skill!Copy !req
174. Then you must have lived the
sheltered life of a monk.Copy !req
175. Why, yes. A scribe,
scholar, historian and poet.Copy !req
176. Your servant, sir, Brother
Gilbert of Glockenspur.Copy !req
177. My humble life is in debt
to your exalted prowess,Copy !req
178. your dauntless courage, and
your superb, swift sword.Copy !req
179. You have the poet's
gift of exaggeration.Copy !req
180. Sir, you should
read my histories.Copy !req
181. But you belittle your talent.
Modesty as well as valor.Copy !req
182. The Code of ancient
Camelot still lives.Copy !req
183. Hardly worthy of Camelot.Copy !req
184. Still, it's one less dragon.Copy !req
185. Well done, Knight!
Congratulations.Copy !req
186. Our gratitude, mine
and King Einon's.Copy !req
187. You can keep your gratitude.
I'll take the gold.Copy !req
188. - Yours or the king's.
- Gold, Knight?Copy !req
189. We made a bargain, remember? One
dragon put down, one bag of gold.Copy !req
190. Your honor has a
price, Sir Knight?Copy !req
191. It has expenses.Copy !req
192. Honor won't feed my
belly nor shoe my horse.Copy !req
193. The priest is right.Copy !req
194. It is your duty to protect
King Einon's vassalsCopy !req
195. as a knight of the realm.Copy !req
196. Not of this realm.Copy !req
197. I bend no knee to Einon.Copy !req
198. I should have known.Copy !req
199. Foreign riffraff!Copy !req
200. Well, be gone, vagabond,
before I arrest you!Copy !req
201. Back to work, you scum!Copy !req
202. If King Einon's wheat
isn't cut before the rain,Copy !req
203. I'll do a little
cutting of my own!Copy !req
204. Sir Knight! Sir Knight, wait!Copy !req
205. Sir Knight!Copy !req
206. Hear me out! I'm on a pilgrimage.
Might we travel together?Copy !req
207. The road's still free,
unless Einon's taxed it.Copy !req
208. A road tax, King Einon, hmm?Copy !req
209. A road tax.Copy !req
210. They are your roads, after all.Copy !req
211. People really ought to pay for
the privilege of using themCopy !req
212. and those that can't pay
will have to work it off.Copy !req
213. Ingenious, Felton. Only you could keep
such a good brain under such a bad hat.Copy !req
214. That's very good, "bad hat."Copy !req
215. Out of my way, peacock.Copy !req
216. Brok, some are good at hunting men,
some are good at hunting money.Copy !req
217. Both have value for me.Copy !req
218. Kara?Copy !req
219. Kara, I told you...Copy !req
220. - I told you not to come here anymore.
- I'm a disobedient child.Copy !req
221. Go on, take a drink. Go on.Copy !req
222. Magnificent shot, Your Highness!Copy !req
223. - Care to double the wager?
- Yes, happily.Copy !req
224. Shall we say the water bucket?Copy !req
225. Stand still. Stand still.Copy !req
226. Superb!Copy !req
227. Double again?Copy !req
228. Double again. Why not?Copy !req
229. I say.Copy !req
230. A moving target.Copy !req
231. Peasant scum.Copy !req
232. You've got a nerve, interfering
with the king's sport!Copy !req
233. There's no sport in
tormenting a sick, old man.Copy !req
234. I beg Your Majesty, let him go.Copy !req
235. It's been 12 years.Copy !req
236. Your castle is built.Copy !req
237. He can do you no more harm.Copy !req
238. For God's sake, release him.Copy !req
239. Father!Copy !req
240. I've always said death is a
release, not a punishment.Copy !req
241. Go.Copy !req
242. Kara.Copy !req
243. I've decided to compose
The Ballad of Bowen.Copy !req
244. How do you prefer I
should write this?Copy !req
245. Far away!Copy !req
246. Oh, don't concern
yourself with my safety!Copy !req
247. I mean verse, meter.Copy !req
248. Shall I spice it up with
a poetical flourish?Copy !req
249. Or just the cold, hard facts?Copy !req
250. If you do not be quiet,Copy !req
251. you and I shall be the only things
that are cold and hard around here.Copy !req
252. I mean, it's all very well to go
hacking and whacking at dragons.Copy !req
253. But if a dragon
falls in the forestCopy !req
254. and nobody gets to hear about
it, does it make a thud?Copy !req
255. Brother Gilbert.Copy !req
256. What?Copy !req
257. The quill is
mightier than the...Copy !req
258. The quill is
mightier than the...Copy !req
259. That's all that's left of the last
dragonslayer who tangled with me!Copy !req
260. If I were you, I'd
quit while I was ahead.Copy !req
261. Is that the best you can do?Copy !req
262. Catch!Copy !req
263. You know, I've got quite a
collection of victims in here.Copy !req
264. I won't be added to it!Copy !req
265. I've given you my final warning.Copy !req
266. Into the mouth of
death he strode.Copy !req
267. Into the gringy gloom.Copy !req
268. Into the pit of fear unknown,Copy !req
269. perhaps to court his doom.Copy !req
270. That was good.Copy !req
271. What did I say?Copy !req
272. A little damp for
fire, isn't it?Copy !req
273. Why must you knight-errants out
to make a name for yourselvesCopy !req
274. always pick on us dragons?Copy !req
275. I don't need a name and I
have a collection of my own!Copy !req
276. Yeah? You're one who
kills dragons for money.Copy !req
277. It's honest enough work.Copy !req
278. One must earn a living.Copy !req
279. Oh, yes, one must live.Copy !req
280. Well, since you seek a profit,
we might as well begin.Copy !req
281. Oh, don't flatter yourself.Copy !req
282. It's not the profit.Copy !req
283. It's the pleasure.Copy !req
284. Perhaps less pleasurable and
more costly than you think!Copy !req
285. Bowen! Bowen, take care!Copy !req
286. He went that way!Copy !req
287. Take care, Bowen!Copy !req
288. You can't fly forever!Copy !req
289. Neither can you!Copy !req
290. Slow down!Copy !req
291. Come, visit the woods!Copy !req
292. Look out!Copy !req
293. Well done!Copy !req
294. - Pity. That must have hurt.
- Yeah!Copy !req
295. Again? And again?Copy !req
296. How do you like the ride so far?Copy !req
297. We're earning our
money now, aren't we?Copy !req
298. Now, is there somewhere you
would like me to drop you off?Copy !req
299. The sword against the fang and
claw. The flame against the shield.Copy !req
300. Blah, blah, blah,
which one would win?Copy !req
301. Blah, blah, field,
shield, wield.Copy !req
302. Whose flesh from bones
be peeled. Oh, no.Copy !req
303. Whose fate would soon be sealed.Copy !req
304. Whose fate would soon be sealed?Copy !req
305. Whose fate would soon be sealed!Copy !req
306. Oh, you're good.Copy !req
307. Haven't had this sort of
challenge in some time.Copy !req
308. Nor likely to again!Copy !req
309. Drat!Copy !req
310. A little overconfident,
aren't we?Copy !req
311. Hardly. But if you win,
you'll be out of work.Copy !req
312. I will not stop until I've rid the
world of every last one of you.Copy !req
313. I am the last one!Copy !req
314. You're just trying to save
your scaly hide with tricks.Copy !req
315. Haven't you noticed the pickings
are rather slim these days?Copy !req
316. I got me one just the other day.Copy !req
317. So it was you who killed the Scarred
One. She and I were the last.Copy !req
318. Must've been a
proud kill, warrior.Copy !req
319. How much gold did her tattered
carcass put in your purse?Copy !req
320. That's none of your business.Copy !req
321. Couldn't have been very much.Copy !req
322. And you'll kill me for sport?Copy !req
323. And when there are no
more dragons to slay,Copy !req
324. how will you make
a living, Knight?Copy !req
325. Shut up!Copy !req
326. If your teeth come down, my sword
goes up, right into your brain!Copy !req
327. If your sword goes up,
my teeth come down!Copy !req
328. Into the moonlit night
the titans dueled,Copy !req
329. in mortal combat bound.Copy !req
330. Oh, who'd the fatal
false step make?Copy !req
331. Whose blood would
stain the ground?Copy !req
332. Oh, good Lord.Copy !req
333. Sir Eglamore.Copy !req
334. Oh, thank you very much.Copy !req
335. It's been stuck down
there for months.Copy !req
336. Can you get your
buttocks off my tongue?Copy !req
337. Why should you be comfortable?Copy !req
338. My armor is rusting in your drool,
and your breath is absolutely foul.Copy !req
339. Well, what do you expect, with old
knights rotting between my molars?Copy !req
340. Oh, God, my mouth is so dry.Copy !req
341. No, no, no, stop!Copy !req
342. No, stop!Copy !req
343. Sorry about that.Copy !req
344. It seems we're in a bit of a
stalemate, wouldn't you say?Copy !req
345. But I can go three
days without sleep.Copy !req
346. I can go three weeks.Copy !req
347. I'll stab you before I nod off.Copy !req
348. And I'll chomp you.Copy !req
349. Marvelous, we'll
kill each other.Copy !req
350. What do you suggest?Copy !req
351. A truce. Get out of my mouth
and let's talk face-to-face.Copy !req
352. How do I know I can trust you?Copy !req
353. I give you my word.Copy !req
354. The word of a dragon.
It's worthless.Copy !req
355. Stubborn lout!Copy !req
356. I should have known!Copy !req
357. Go on, kill me!Copy !req
358. I don't want to kill
you! I never did!Copy !req
359. And I don't want you to kill me!Copy !req
360. How do we gain?Copy !req
361. If you win, you lose a trade.Copy !req
362. If I win, I wait around
for the next sword slingerCopy !req
363. thirsting to carve a
reputation out of my hide.Copy !req
364. And I'm tired of lurking in
holes and skulking in darkness.Copy !req
365. I'm gonna let you up nowCopy !req
366. and if you insist, we can pursue
this fracas to its final stupidity.Copy !req
367. Or you can listen
to my alternative.Copy !req
368. What's the alternative?Copy !req
369. Father, Father, look!Copy !req
370. Dragon!Copy !req
371. Out of the way! Out of
the way! Out of the way!Copy !req
372. Pesky critters, dragons.Copy !req
373. You!Copy !req
374. Like big rats.Copy !req
375. You never seem to
get rid of them.Copy !req
376. Unless you pay me two
bags of gold in advance.Copy !req
377. Come on, Dragon.Copy !req
378. Come on, Dragon.Copy !req
379. Yes!Copy !req
380. Hello.Copy !req
381. Twenty-eight, twenty-nine...Copy !req
382. Most profitable, dragon. I should
have met you a long time ago.Copy !req
383. There is much gold in the world.Copy !req
384. Perhaps when you've had your fill
of it, you'll no longer need me.Copy !req
385. I am a Knight of the Old
Code. My word is my bond.Copy !req
386. - No compunctions then?
- About what?Copy !req
387. Well, such deception hardly
befits a Knight of the Old Code.Copy !req
388. Fleecing Einon's lackeys.
That's a service to mankind.Copy !req
389. Is it?Copy !req
390. When you squeeze the nobility, it's
the peasants who feel the pinch.Copy !req
391. That's not my concern.Copy !req
392. Why should I stick my neck out for
people afraid to risk their own?Copy !req
393. Don't clutter up a clever
scheme with morality.Copy !req
394. So be it, Knight
of the Old Code.Copy !req
395. If I wanted my conscience pricked,
I would have stayed with the priest!Copy !req
396. And what does a dragon know
of the Old Code, anyway?Copy !req
397. His blade defends the helpless.Copy !req
398. His might upholds the weak.
His word speaks only truth.Copy !req
399. Shut up! I remember.Copy !req
400. That's all it is, a memory.Copy !req
401. Nothing can bring it back.Copy !req
402. You sound like one who tried.Copy !req
403. And failed.Copy !req
404. So I no longer try to change the world,
Dragon, I just try to get by in it.Copy !req
405. Yes, it's better than
death, I suppose.Copy !req
406. Oh, is it? I should think
you'd welcome death.Copy !req
407. You know, the last of your
kind, all your friends dead,Copy !req
408. hunted wherever you go.Copy !req
409. Do you delight in reminding me?Copy !req
410. Yes, Knight, I do
long for death.Copy !req
411. But fear it.Copy !req
412. Why?Copy !req
413. Aside from your
misery, what's to lose?Copy !req
414. My soul.Copy !req
415. Finish him, Brok!Copy !req
416. Well, are you a man?Copy !req
417. Should he continue, Mother?Copy !req
418. Oh, the field belongs to the apparently
inexhaustible Sir Brok, my son.Copy !req
419. The quarry!Copy !req
420. First you beg mercy for your father's
fate, then you try to avenge it.Copy !req
421. Now, you'll share it.Copy !req
422. In your kingdom, Einon, there
are worse fates than death.Copy !req
423. I'll think one up for you.Copy !req
424. Take her away.Copy !req
425. No! No!Copy !req
426. No! No!Copy !req
427. He killed my father!Copy !req
428. He killed my father!Copy !req
429. No!Copy !req
430. He killed my father!Copy !req
431. I remember you now.Copy !req
432. I remember you.Copy !req
433. Your hair, like fire.Copy !req
434. You gave me this scar.Copy !req
435. Didn't you?Copy !req
436. I owe you.Copy !req
437. I can...Copy !req
438. I really can.Copy !req
439. Sorry, Bowen. I hope
you like it well-done.Copy !req
440. You must have
hated us very much.Copy !req
441. I hated one of you.Copy !req
442. These I killed because I wanted to
kill him. But I never found him.Copy !req
443. I never will. If you're
the last, he must be dead.Copy !req
444. Oh, yes.Copy !req
445. Tell me, what was he like,
this dragon that you hated?Copy !req
446. He only had half a heart.Copy !req
447. But even that was enough
to pollute an innocent boy.Copy !req
448. Einon was no innocent!
He polluted the heart!Copy !req
449. How do you know that?Copy !req
450. How do you know that, Dragon?Copy !req
451. All dragons know that story.Copy !req
452. What was to be their
hope became their doom.Copy !req
453. A spoiled, ungrateful child was
given a great gift, and destroyed it!Copy !req
454. No! I knew Einon.Copy !req
455. I was his teacher.Copy !req
456. I taught him the ways
of honor, of right.Copy !req
457. Then he betrayed you just as he betrayed
the dragon whose heart he broke.Copy !req
458. That's a lie, Dragon!Copy !req
459. Stop calling me
"Dragon"! I have a name.Copy !req
460. Well, what is it?Copy !req
461. You couldn't possibly
pronounce it in your tongue.Copy !req
462. Try me.Copy !req
463. It's...Copy !req
464. Next time stab more
flesh, less cloth.Copy !req
465. I'll pierce your heart!Copy !req
466. You already did.Copy !req
467. A very special
heart, like no other.Copy !req
468. A black, withered
thing without pity.Copy !req
469. Then teach me.Copy !req
470. Pity me.Copy !req
471. I'll give you everything.Copy !req
472. Even power.Copy !req
473. You're so beautiful.Copy !req
474. Even power.Copy !req
475. Even a throne.Copy !req
476. Oh, dear.Copy !req
477. Thank you. It's passed now.Copy !req
478. What was it?Copy !req
479. An old complaint that
acts up now and again.Copy !req
480. Forgive me if anything
I said, if I upset you.Copy !req
481. It wasn't you, not you.Copy !req
482. Don't be afraid.Copy !req
483. I won't let you suffer
the same fate as me.Copy !req
484. I've come to help you.Copy !req
485. This will bring you out
well below the castle walls.Copy !req
486. Thank...Copy !req
487. You.Copy !req
488. Have you been watching
over me all night?Copy !req
489. I've been thinking.Copy !req
490. Yes? About what?Copy !req
491. Many things. Mostly
about what to call you.Copy !req
492. I think I've found you a name.Copy !req
493. You say that as though you reached
up and plucked it from the sky.Copy !req
494. I did. Up there.Copy !req
495. Do you see that group of stars?Copy !req
496. I know those stars very well.Copy !req
497. Do you see the shape
that they make?Copy !req
498. Mm-hmm, a dragon.Copy !req
499. Yes.Copy !req
500. They call it "Draco".Copy !req
501. It means "dragon" in
the scholars' speech.Copy !req
502. So instead of calling me
"Dragon" in your tongue,Copy !req
503. you'll call me "Dragon"
in some other tongue.Copy !req
504. You're right. It's silly.Copy !req
505. No. No, I would be honored to
be named after those stars. I...Copy !req
506. I truly would.Copy !req
507. Thank you, Bowen.Copy !req
508. Draco.Copy !req
509. Draco.Copy !req
510. Throw off the yoke of
Einon's oppression!Copy !req
511. We must start to fight back!Copy !req
512. Your father sang that sour tune
once, and we did fight back.Copy !req
513. And once was enough! We'll
not dance to it again!Copy !req
514. No, Hewe, just cringe like
a dog under Einon's boot.Copy !req
515. At least a cringing
dog's a live one!Copy !req
516. Hey! Why waste good
food on bad rhetoric?Copy !req
517. I speak the truth.Copy !req
518. Truth? It's rarely
inspiring, lass.Copy !req
519. And it never wins rebellions,
but it will stretch necks,Copy !req
520. if there is a neck underneath
that little mud pie.Copy !req
521. Ready or not, here I come!Copy !req
522. Dragon!Copy !req
523. It's Draco!Copy !req
524. About time.Copy !req
525. It seems you people are
in need of a dragonslayer.Copy !req
526. Where is the lord
responsible for this village?Copy !req
527. Brok lives in a big house
about six miles away.Copy !req
528. But he'll only blame any damage on us
and pluck our pockets to pay for it.Copy !req
529. I won't pluck them as deeply.
I'll make you a fair offer.Copy !req
530. Take it, or leave him!Copy !req
531. It's enough you people
grovel to Einon.Copy !req
532. Will you be bullied by some broken-down,
blackmailing knight as well?Copy !req
533. That's right, you don't need me.Copy !req
534. Settle it yourself.Copy !req
535. Of course, there are other ways.Copy !req
536. Perhaps you'll part with one
of your precious daughters,Copy !req
537. instead of gold.Copy !req
538. No!Copy !req
539. Dragons are partial to
maiden sacrifices, I hear.Copy !req
540. Don't do this!
Don't do this to me!Copy !req
541. I was born in this village!Copy !req
542. You knew my father!
You knew my mother!Copy !req
543. Who's the girl?Copy !req
544. - A nuisance. Get rid of her.
- Why?Copy !req
545. They're trying to placate
you with a sacrifice.Copy !req
546. Now, whoever gave
them that bright idea?Copy !req
547. - Never mind. Just get rid of her!
- How?Copy !req
548. - Eat her!
- Oh, please.Copy !req
549. Aren't we squeamish? You
ate Sir Eglamore, hypocrite.Copy !req
550. I merely chewed in self-defense,
but I never swallowed.Copy !req
551. Improvise.Copy !req
552. All right, all right.Copy !req
553. - He's coming!
- Quick!Copy !req
554. You have a beautiful voice.Copy !req
555. Oh, thank you. We dragons
love to sing when we're happy.Copy !req
556. Well, you're not
like a dragon at all.Copy !req
557. Well, how many
dragons do you know?Copy !req
558. Well, you're the first.Copy !req
559. You should never listen
to minstrels' fancies.Copy !req
560. A dragon would never hurt a soul,
unless they tried to hurt him first.Copy !req
561. Really? Then why were
you in my village?Copy !req
562. Oh! The village!Copy !req
563. Yes, the village! You
remember the village?Copy !req
564. Leave him alone, you bully!
Run, Draco, fly! I'll hold him!Copy !req
565. - Pick on someone your own size.
- Where have you been?Copy !req
566. I'm truly sorry, Bowen.Copy !req
567. I've been distracted.Copy !req
568. Bowen, meet Kara.Copy !req
569. - You should have eaten her.
- Oh, don't get angry, Bowen.Copy !req
570. Why not? You left me high and
dry. I was worried to death!Copy !req
571. Worried? About me?Copy !req
572. Yes, about you!Copy !req
573. I had the whacker all set up.Copy !req
574. Half the village is
out there with me.Copy !req
575. We're searching the skies for
you, I don't know where you are.Copy !req
576. If you're coming back, when
you're coming back. You just...Copy !req
577. Disappear.Copy !req
578. Be careful! He's coming!Copy !req
579. Well, well, well, it
can't be! But it is!Copy !req
580. My old mentor. Still
giving carving lessons?Copy !req
581. Get off your horse,
I'll give you one.Copy !req
582. Time's not been
kind to you, Bowen.Copy !req
583. You should never
have broke with me.Copy !req
584. It was you who broke with me!Copy !req
585. And yet you return to me
with this girl I lost.Copy !req
586. I think she wants to stay lost.Copy !req
587. Not her decision, I'm afraid!Copy !req
588. I'm ready for my
lesson now, Knight.Copy !req
589. That's one lesson
you never learned!Copy !req
590. Only expose your
back to a corpse!Copy !req
591. You are a corpse!Copy !req
592. You just don't know it!Copy !req
593. Lie down, Bowen!Copy !req
594. You're the sorry scrap of
dead worlds and dead beliefs.Copy !req
595. No!Copy !req
596. - They were your beliefs!
- Never. Never mine.Copy !req
597. You said the words! You
spoke them from your heart!Copy !req
598. I vomited them up because
I couldn't stomach them!Copy !req
599. Because I knew it was
what you wanted to hear!Copy !req
600. Lies! Liar! I taught you!Copy !req
601. You taught me to
fight, that's all!Copy !req
602. I took what I needed from you.Copy !req
603. You taught me to fight!Copy !req
604. You taught me well.Copy !req
605. Who asked you to interfere?Copy !req
606. I had everything under control!Copy !req
607. Here, let me see.Copy !req
608. - It's knitted well.
- You have a healer's touch, Kara.Copy !req
609. In a few days, it'll
be just another scar.Copy !req
610. And what's one more scar?Copy !req
611. To a knight, I mean.
I once knew a knight.Copy !req
612. He stood all alone
against an evil king,Copy !req
613. and even saved a rebel
leader from blinding.Copy !req
614. He must have had many scars.Copy !req
615. - That knight died of his wounds long ago.
- That's too bad.Copy !req
616. His kind is badly
missed in this world.Copy !req
617. That's the way the
wretched world is, girl.Copy !req
618. It doesn't have to be.Copy !req
619. Men like you could lead others.Copy !req
620. You could give people
courage and hope.Copy !req
621. Hope? Even if you
could raise your army,Copy !req
622. do you think they'd stand a
chance against seasoned troops?Copy !req
623. Last time they tried
it was a massacre.Copy !req
624. I remember. I was there.Copy !req
625. So was I.Copy !req
626. That rebel was my father.Copy !req
627. Let others stand with you.Copy !req
628. You'll see this time the
end will be different.Copy !req
629. What are you looking at?Copy !req
630. Myself, once upon a time.Copy !req
631. I'll see you in
the village, Draco.Copy !req
632. That's easy for you to say.Copy !req
633. This time I'll collect the
money, and you can die.Copy !req
634. We can lose no more
pigs to this dragon.Copy !req
635. Wait!Copy !req
636. This man is a fraud!Copy !req
637. It's her!Copy !req
638. This girl is a wandering
idiot. She babbles nonsense.Copy !req
639. I'm telling you, this
knight is no dragonslayer.Copy !req
640. You're mistaken, my child!Copy !req
641. He's the greatest
dragonslayer there is!Copy !req
642. Possibly the greatest
there ever will be!Copy !req
643. Brother Gilbert!Copy !req
644. Bowen! You're alive.Copy !req
645. Praised be the saints. The
saints be blessed. You're alive!Copy !req
646. And whole.Copy !req
647. Brother Gilbert.Copy !req
648. You could not put your
trust in a better man.Copy !req
649. I personally have seen him
slay almost two dragons.Copy !req
650. Oh, Brother Gilbert.Copy !req
651. Almost.Copy !req
652. Well, I didn't actually see
the death blow of the second,Copy !req
653. but as Bowen is here,
he must have won.Copy !req
654. No.Copy !req
655. Don't you see?Copy !req
656. He's in league with the dragon.Copy !req
657. Hold that there.Copy !req
658. And here he comes.Copy !req
659. Sink! Sink!Copy !req
660. I can't. It doesn't
get any deeper.Copy !req
661. Well done, Bowen! You've
done it again! What a brute!Copy !req
662. That's even bigger
than the last one.Copy !req
663. Actually, he's
about the same size.Copy !req
664. Meat.Copy !req
665. Meat!Copy !req
666. Meat!Copy !req
667. Oh, dear.Copy !req
668. Run! He's getting away!Copy !req
669. Uh-oh.Copy !req
670. What's going on?Copy !req
671. Meat!Copy !req
672. Run. That's what's going on!Copy !req
673. Run.Copy !req
674. Run?Copy !req
675. Kara! Kara!Copy !req
676. Peace, brothers, peace!Copy !req
677. - Heathens!
- Brother Gilbert.Copy !req
678. Oh, good Lord,
forgive me, my child.Copy !req
679. - Liar!
- Liar!Copy !req
680. No dragon, no charge.Copy !req
681. - Meat.
- Meat.Copy !req
682. We're going to die! God help us!Copy !req
683. Calm yourself, Brother Gilbert, we're
not going to die, we're just flying.Copy !req
684. If you're going to
get yourself killed,Copy !req
685. you might as well do it in
the fight against Einon.Copy !req
686. I think Kara has a point.Copy !req
687. But I'd rather discuss
it on the ground.Copy !req
688. Draco, what unholy
place is this?Copy !req
689. Unholy?Copy !req
690. This is Avalon, the resting
place of King Arthur himself.Copy !req
691. So it was foretold, and so have
I found you, brave King Arthur.Copy !req
692. And let the song...Copy !req
693. Valor, virtue, truth.Copy !req
694. Oh, yes, truth.Copy !req
695. Amen.Copy !req
696. Ready now, Kara.Copy !req
697. And you, Bowen?Copy !req
698. Bowen?Copy !req
699. This is Avalon, the shadow
realm of the Round Table.Copy !req
700. It's a divine omen.Copy !req
701. Omens won't win
battles. Nor will you.Copy !req
702. And you'll find out when
you try to raise your army.Copy !req
703. You already know the
courage in your village.Copy !req
704. They're very brave at pelting
young girls with vegetables.Copy !req
705. It must start somewhere.
Will you wish us luck, Draco?Copy !req
706. Long ago, when man was young
and the dragon already old,Copy !req
707. the wisest of our
race took pity on man.Copy !req
708. He gathered together all the dragons,
making them vow to watch over man alwaysCopy !req
709. and at the moment of his death, the
night became alive with those starsCopy !req
710. and thus was born
the dragons' heaven.Copy !req
711. But when we die, not all dragons
are admitted to this shining place.Copy !req
712. No, we have to earn
it and if we don't,Copy !req
713. our spirit disappears
as if we never wereCopy !req
714. and that's why I shared my
life force with a dying boy,Copy !req
715. so I would reunite
man and dragonCopy !req
716. and ensure my place among my
ancient brothers of the sky.Copy !req
717. But my sacrifice became my sin.Copy !req
718. It was you.Copy !req
719. Your heart beats
in Einon's breast.Copy !req
720. Yes, my half-heart that
cost me all of my soul.Copy !req
721. Even then I knew his bloodthirsty nature,
but I thought my heart could change him.Copy !req
722. My God, I was so naive.Copy !req
723. No more than I.Copy !req
724. All my life I've dreamed of
serving noble kings, noble ideals.Copy !req
725. Dreams die hard, and you hold them in your
hands long after they've turned to dust.Copy !req
726. I will not be that naive again!Copy !req
727. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
728. Kara, I will go with you.Copy !req
729. So be it.Copy !req
730. Farewell, Bowen.Copy !req
731. Valor!Copy !req
732. Valor!Copy !req
733. Valor!Copy !req
734. A knight is sworn to valor.Copy !req
735. A knight is sworn to valor.Copy !req
736. His heart knows only virtue.Copy !req
737. His blade defends the helpless.Copy !req
738. His might upholds the weak.Copy !req
739. His word speaks only truth.Copy !req
740. His wrath undoes the wicked.Copy !req
741. Now I know you're
completely mad.Copy !req
742. You want us to follow you
and a priest against Einon?Copy !req
743. - Yes.
- To hell, more like.Copy !req
744. But this time we can win.
You don't understand.Copy !req
745. I don't want to understand!
I understand this!Copy !req
746. I understand six years in a quarry!
That's all I need to understand!Copy !req
747. I know. Believe me, I know
what you've been through, Hewe.Copy !req
748. - But this time we've been joined...
- Only a fool would join you!Copy !req
749. - You're not listening to what I'm saying!
- I've had enough of your mischief!Copy !req
750. Save your strength for
the fight against Einon.Copy !req
751. - There isn't any fight against Einon.
- I'm going to start one.Copy !req
752. You and what army, Knight?Copy !req
753. You have never fired a bow in your
life, in anger or in practice?Copy !req
754. No.Copy !req
755. Draw your bow.Copy !req
756. Sight along the arrow.Copy !req
757. Release.Copy !req
758. Beginner's luck. Try again.Copy !req
759. Steady.Copy !req
760. Brother Gilbert,
you're a natural.Copy !req
761. Easy.Copy !req
762. Here, widen your stance.Copy !req
763. Up, down.Copy !req
764. One fluid stroke.Copy !req
765. This could cleave a man's skull.Copy !req
766. Like a pudding.Copy !req
767. Eat.Copy !req
768. I need more men!Copy !req
769. It's just a few peasants waving pitchforks!
I noticed they're all on your land.Copy !req
770. You're not too busy hawking in your old age
to keep control of your minions, are you?Copy !req
771. Choose me?Copy !req
772. I was just saying that any one
of us is worth 100 of them.Copy !req
773. My brave Felton, an
army unto himself.Copy !req
774. Well.Copy !req
775. Fool!Copy !req
776. I know this man who leads them,
and I will not underestimate him!Copy !req
777. Him or the dragon!Copy !req
778. Don't be afraid of
the dragon, my son.Copy !req
779. I'm afraid of nothing! Nothing!Copy !req
780. You understand?Copy !req
781. A mother's gift to her son.Copy !req
782. The finest to be had.Copy !req
783. The finest what?Copy !req
784. Dragonslayers.Copy !req
785. Have you thought
beyond tomorrow?Copy !req
786. It's hard to see that far.Copy !req
787. Look at the camp. What do
you see? What do you hear?Copy !req
788. Hope.Copy !req
789. Exactly.Copy !req
790. Down there you have
life, songs and courage.Copy !req
791. You have everything
you'll ever need.Copy !req
792. And now, so do I.Copy !req
793. He dares defy me at my
own gates. Look at him!Copy !req
794. Well, today his Code
dies once and for all!Copy !req
795. No!Copy !req
796. We're safe here, Your Majesty!Copy !req
797. That rabble couldn't
possibly storm the castle!Copy !req
798. By tonight they'll be
cold and wet and tired.Copy !req
799. They'll probably
just limp off home.Copy !req
800. We're safe here, Einon!
Remember your father!Copy !req
801. Gotcha!Copy !req
802. Bear to the right!Copy !req
803. Let's shear them like
the sheep they are!Copy !req
804. To the forest!Copy !req
805. Form up!Copy !req
806. Form up!Copy !req
807. Halt! Halt!Copy !req
808. Second line!Copy !req
809. Right flank, advance!Copy !req
810. Get in there, second line!Copy !req
811. Charge!Copy !req
812. Scatter or die!Copy !req
813. Go!Copy !req
814. Like a pudding.Copy !req
815. Pride goeth before the fall.Copy !req
816. Help! Help!Copy !req
817. Help! Help!Copy !req
818. Turn the other cheek, brother.Copy !req
819. Retreat! Retreat!Copy !req
820. Retreat!Copy !req
821. Return to the castle! Retreat!Copy !req
822. Brother Gilbert,
it's Einon! Stop him!Copy !req
823. Thou...Copy !req
824. Shalt...Copy !req
825. Not...Copy !req
826. Kill!Copy !req
827. The dragonslayers.Copy !req
828. Open up! It's the king!Copy !req
829. Stop!Copy !req
830. No! I want it alive!Copy !req
831. Alive and safe.Copy !req
832. Safe for all eternity.Copy !req
833. Oh, no.Copy !req
834. I go to save the Dragon!Copy !req
835. Who will go with me?Copy !req
836. Come from the shadows, Aislinn.
Come where I can see you.Copy !req
837. - You know why I've come.
- I know.Copy !req
838. In giving my heart,Copy !req
839. I've taken on every poison
stirring in his evil breast.Copy !req
840. Even the pain of his
death must be mine.Copy !req
841. You cannot blame yourself.Copy !req
842. Death without immortality?Copy !req
843. That was not the only reason.Copy !req
844. I had to wait for
a time when mankindCopy !req
845. would not repeat my mistake
and let tyranny thrive.Copy !req
846. When there would be those
who remembered the Once-ways,Copy !req
847. remembered that even in the
darkness there is still light.Copy !req
848. I cannot see.Copy !req
849. Are the stars shining tonight?Copy !req
850. Brightly, my lord.Copy !req
851. Brightly.Copy !req
852. Then let us end it.Copy !req
853. Forgive me!Copy !req
854. I know why you brought
me the dragonslayers.Copy !req
855. You wanted them to kill him
because you wanted me dead.Copy !req
856. I wanted to correct a
mistake made years agoCopy !req
857. when I saved a creature
not worth saving.Copy !req
858. How un-motherly of you.Copy !req
859. We have to open the gates. The
rest of us are waiting outside.Copy !req
860. Go save your dragon, Bowen.Copy !req
861. Hurry, all of you.Copy !req
862. It's this way.Copy !req
863. Well, well, well, what
a pleasant surprise.Copy !req
864. I expected you, Bowen, but
with my bride-to-be as well?Copy !req
865. And with a priest to wed us.Copy !req
866. To bury you.Copy !req
867. Well, to bury one of us.Copy !req
868. Kara, the door, quickly!Copy !req
869. Hurry up, that way. That way.Copy !req
870. Quickly, this way. This way.Copy !req
871. Come on, hurry up.Copy !req
872. Now, I don't know how
you all got in here,Copy !req
873. but I tell you this, you
are going to get me out.Copy !req
874. Hewe, thank you.Copy !req
875. No!Copy !req
876. Let me cut it down
to size for you.Copy !req
877. A girl.Copy !req
878. A girl.Copy !req
879. Bowen!Copy !req
880. Bowen!Copy !req
881. Look, I'm immortal.Copy !req
882. Yeah!Copy !req
883. Now it's you, Bowen. It's
you that has to do it!Copy !req
884. What are you talking about?Copy !req
885. As the heart binds Einon to me
in life, it binds us in death.Copy !req
886. - That's not true!
- You've seen that it is!Copy !req
887. Through the heart, we share
each other's pains and power.Copy !req
888. But in my half beats
the life source.Copy !req
889. For Einon to die, I must die!Copy !req
890. - Einon is dead.
- He lives!Copy !req
891. It doesn't matter.
Don't you hear it?Copy !req
892. Our rebels have
stormed the castle.Copy !req
893. Alive or dead, Einon's
beaten. We've won!Copy !req
894. You will never win until
Einon's evil is destroyedCopy !req
895. and to do that, you
must destroy me!Copy !req
896. No.Copy !req
897. Once you swore your sword
and service were mine,Copy !req
898. to call when I had need of you,
to ask what I would of you.Copy !req
899. I hold you to your vow, Knight!Copy !req
900. He's coming, coming to stop you!Copy !req
901. Strike before it's too late!Copy !req
902. - You are the last.
- My time is over. Strike!Copy !req
903. - You are my friend.
- Then, as my friend, strike, please!Copy !req
904. - I can't.
- Then I will make you.Copy !req
905. Fight back, dragonslayer!
Defend yourself!Copy !req
906. Pick it up!Copy !req
907. Move, and she dies!Copy !req
908. What now, Draco?Copy !req
909. Without you, what do we do?Copy !req
910. Where do we turn?Copy !req
911. To the stars, Bowen.Copy !req
912. To the stars.Copy !req
913. And in the days following
Draco's sacrifice,Copy !req
914. Bowen and Kara led the people in
a time of justice and brotherhood.Copy !req
915. As I remember it now,
those were golden years,Copy !req
916. warmed by an unworldly lightCopy !req
917. and when things became
the most difficult,Copy !req
918. Draco's star shone more brightlyCopy !req
919. for all of us who
knew where to look.Copy !req