Clash of the Titans Page #23

PERSEUS L

Why does this Djinn priest stay

with us?

(CONTINUED)

73.

CONTINUED:

AMOUN:

Because of you. You're the reason

they saved us.

PERSEUS:

Me? I don't understand.

AMOUN:

Why don't you ask him?

PERSEUS:

I thought they didn't speak.

AMOUN:

They have no mouths. That doesn't

mean they do not speak.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. MOUNTAIN ROAD - SERIES OF SHOTS - DAY

The Expedition climbs through rugged country. At a turn,

Amoun looks up. Dead ahead, wreathed in fog -- sheer

granite pinnacles, one towering above the others.

AMOUN:

The Pillar of Moirai. Lair of the

Norn Sisters.

PERSEUS:

Tell me of them.

AMOUN:

They're witches in the form of

Strix. Not a pleasant sight, a

Strix. They have powerful magic

and dreadful habits. Baby-eaters,

among other things.

(off Perseus' shock)

But they owe me a favor. When the

war broke out, they lent their

power to men against the Gods in

exchange for infant sacrifice.

Tiamat struck them blind for their

treachery. When they came for

help, I fashioned them an

artificial eye, for their Second

Sight.

PERSEUS:

You made only one eye?

(CONTINUED)

74.

CONTINUED:

AMOUN:

(pleased with his

FORESIGHT)

Yes. They have to take turns. If

they all could see at once, they

would be invincible, which one

cannot risk in beings so

grotesque.

EXT. CAMP (SKOLOTHIA) - NIGHT

The Expedition sleeps in a drizzle.

WHISPERS. Shaikh Suleiman moves toward Perseus. The

WHISPERING comes from behind his veil. He pulls a

GLEAMING BRONZE SICKLE from his cloak. The priest, blade

poised, stands over the sleeping Perseus.

OUT OF THE DARKNESS runs Spyros, his harpoon raised for a

strike.

SPYROS:

Stay away from my boy!

Without touching him, the Shaikh throws the fisherman

over his head, where he lands hard with an "UMPH!"

Perseus jolts awake. He reaches for his sword, but has

none. Spyros struggles to his feet to start another

charge.

Suleiman raises his hand and freezes Spyros in his

position. The Shaikh's veil has fallen, revealing his

frightening countenance: scaled skin of charred wood;

eyes like slots in a furnace. Perseus listens to the

WHISPERING.

PERSEUS:

Spyros, he means me no harm.

The Shaikh lowers his hand: Spyros falls into the dirt.

The Shaikh pulls his veil over his face. He kneels

before Perseus, head bowed.

PERSEUS:

I hear you and I understand you.

But I don't know how.

SHAIKH SULEIMAN:

Moi ne epos ae'prositi, mene

daeva.

(CONTINUED)

75.

CONTINUED:

PERSEUS:

You are praying to me? There must

be a mistake.

The Shaikh proffers the gleaming bronze sickle which has

a zig-zag, LIGHTNING BOLT PATTERN engraved on the blade,

honoring Zeus.

PERSEUS:

An offering'? I thank you and

take it humbly, as agift from a

friend, not an offering.

He takes the weapon and bows his head, surprising the

Shaikh.

SHAIKH SULEIMAN:

Tuj patir esti ho theos kosmosr.

PERSEUS:

You honor my father? You honor

Spyros?

SHAIKH SULEIMAN:

Ho Zeus Patir... Zeus...

Perseus reacts, taken aback to hear it from this

mysterious stranger.

EXT. MOIRAI PILLAR - NIGHT

The Expedition ascends the sheer pinnacle via rain-slick

stairs and GROANING ROPE BRIDGES.

EXT. SUMMIT OF MOIRAI PILLAR - SUNRISE

In a morning fog, the Expedition enters a circle of FREE-

STANDING MONOLITHS white with bird crap. All around:

regurgitated food, shredded garments and tiny human baby

bones.

A FLAP of WINGS and suddenly perched atop the stones are

the NORN SISTERS: URD, VERDANDI, and SKULD -- human-

sized owls with the gray faces of old crones (Strix).

Each has one central EYE SOCKET; they share one

ARTIFICIAL ORB. The Strix toss the Eye between them and

pop it in to study the arrivals.

URD:

(low, hoot-owl)

Amoun... So sorry to see you

again.

(CONTINUED)

76.

CONTINUED:

AMOUN:

Likewise, Urd. I seek your

counsel.

VERDANDI:

(SHRIEKING)

You want us to tell you about

Leviathan.

AMOUN:

You know already... of course.

VERDANDI:

We know this -- the Kraken cannot

be defeated.

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