Dark Relic Page #2

THESE PILGRIMS,

WE COULD NOT STAND ASIDE IDLY

AS AN INJUSTICE WAS COMMITTED.

- YOU LIE.

- IT IS TRUE, MY LORD.

THE TURKS:

FOUGHT TO SAVE US.

WE ARE THE ONLY TWO

WHO SURVIVED.

- THE TURK'S NAME

IS HASAN.

MY WIFE, SAFA.

OUR FRIEND, ALEM.

- YOU WILL BE

REWARDED FOR YOUR--

- WE DID NOT DO I FOR A REWARD.

AND AS I SEE IT,

YOU SAVED MY LIFE.

TWICE.

THE FIRST IS MY REWARD.

AND THE SECOND...A DEB OF HONOR THAT I OWE YOU.

WE WILL TRAVEL:

THESE LANDS WITH YOU

UNTIL I CAN:

REPAY SUCH A DEBT.

- YOU CAN'T SERIOUSLY WAN THESE SAVAGES TO TRAVEL WITH US.

- FIND BROTHER GEORGE.

TELL HIM TO TEND TO THE WOUND.

THESE PILGRIMS WILL TRAVEL

WITH US UNTIL THEY FIND SAFETY.

SHH, SHH, SHH, SHH.

[horse nickers]

- PERHAPS YOU ARE A MAN OF PEACE

AS WELL AS A MAN OF WAR.

- AH, SIR ROBERT...

I TAKE IT YOU:

NO LONGER DISAPPROVE

NOW WE HAVE HORSES?

[horse whinnies]

- WOULD YOU LISTEN

TO ME IF I DID?

- [chuckles]

OF COURSE NOT.

- WHAT TREASURE

DO YOU CARRY?

- IT IS A GIF FOR THE HOLY FATHER.

- A TROPHY

FROM THE CRUSADES?

ANIMALS SENSE THINGS

WE CANNOT.

REAL POWER:

FROM PERCEIVED POWER.

REAL VICTORY:

FROM PERCEIVED VICTORY.

I FEAR THIS CRUSADE

WILL NOT BE THE LAST.

- AFTER WHAT I'VE WITNESSED,

I HOPE YOU'RE WRONG.

- I WONDER WHY YOU ARE

SO KEEN TO RETURN HOME.

DID YOU NOT FIND

THE GLORY YOU SOUGHT?

- THERE WAS NO GLORY.

- FIGHTING FOR GOD

IS GLORY ENOUGH.

- I USED TO THINK SO.

- AND NOW?

- MAN BEGETS THE EVILS

OF THIS WORLD.

NOT GOD.

- AND IS YOUR LOSS OF FAITH

THE REASON YOU DRESS

LIKE A FILTHY PIG?

- [chuckles]

I ONCE LED:

100 MEN-AT-ARMS.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE...

IS ALL THAT'S LEFT.

TO WASH MY HANDS

OF THAT BLOOD...

WOULD BE LIKE PONTIUS PILATE

WASHING HIS HANDS.

I'M NOT YET READY

FOR MY ABSOLUTION.

- ALL OF THIS IS

THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE...

[twig cracks]

[sniffs]

YOUR SHIP BEACHED HERE.

FROM HERE, WE SHOULD

GO INTO CONSTANTINOPLE,

AND FROM THERE,

YOU CAN CARRY ON TO ROME.

- THAT IS A LONG WAY AROUND.

WHY NOT GO WEST?

- BECAUSE THAT WAY, YOU WOULD

HAVE TO CROSS THE SEA TWICE.

AND...

AFTER YOUR:

RECENT EXPERIENCE,

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU

WOULD PREFER TO STAY DRY.

- SO WE

FOLLOW YOU BLINDLY?

- YOU CAN TAKE YOUR

OWN BLIND PATH IF YOU PREFER.

- CAREFUL HOW YOU SPEAK TO ME.

- WHY SHOULD SHE

WATCH HER MOUTH:

AROUND SUCH:

AN UNGALLANT KNIGHT?

- A KNIGHT WHO HAS A SERF

LIKE YOU UNDER HIS PROTECTION.

YOU SHOULD BE:

THANKFUL FOR THAT.

- [sighs]

I CAN LOOK AFTER MYSELF.

- YOU HAVE COURAGE.

IT IS A FINE:

QUALITY TO HAVE.

- SOMETHING I INHERITED

FROM MY FATHER.

HE WAS A BLACKSMITH.

HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO SURVIVE

IN AN UNJUST WORLD.

- THE WORLD IS

NOT UNJUST, MY CHILD.

GOD IS EVERYWHERE.

- I DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD.

- THAT IS BLASPHEMY.

- IF THERE IS A GOD,

WHY DID HE:

KILL MY FATHER...

AND HAVE ME INDENTURED

TO A SPOILED LORD

WHO DRAGGED ME:

HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD

ON A PILGRIMAGE:

I HAVE NO BELIEF IN?

WHERE'S THE SENSE

IN THAT?

- THERE ARE PUNISHMENTS

FOR WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID.

- YOUR GOD PUNISHES THOSE

WHO DO NOT BELIEVE?

ALLAH SUBHAN-ALLAH

IS MORE MERCIFUL THAN THAT.

- DON'T GET ME

STARTED ON YOU, HEATHEN!

- THERE ARE NO ARGUMENTS

IN THIS CAMP.

WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE.

I THINK NOW WOULD BE

A GOOD TIME FOR US TO SLEEP.

MY KNIGHTS WILL KEEP WATCH.

[owl hooting]

[horse nickering]

- I'M AFRAID THAT'S

ALL WE COULD SPARE.

BUT IT'S NICE AND WARM.

AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T PU YOU TO SLEEP LIKE THE LAST TIME.

- THANK YOU.

COLD'S BITING WORSE

THAN EVER TONIGHT.

[menacing whispers]

[metal clanging]

[thunder clapping]

- [menacing growls]

- NO SIGN?

- NO.

- THE RELIC WAS SAFE.

- WHY WOULD THIEVES

NOT TAKE IT?

- WE TRACKED

THE KNIGHT'S FOOTSTEPS.

THEY JUST VANISH.

- MUST'VE BEEN AN AMBUSH.

- YOU MISHEARD ME,

I SAID THEY VANISH.

HE DID NO TAKE ANOTHER STEP.

THIS IS NO THE WORK OF...NORMAL MEN.

- THE HASHSHASHIN

WALK THESE LANDS.

THEY ARE MURDERERS

AND THIEVES.

- EVEN THE HASHSHASHIN

LEAVE A TRACE.

- THEN IT IS

THE DEVIL'S WORK.

- THERE IS

NO MORE WE CAN DO.

WE MUST LEAVE THIS PLACE

AND MOVE ON.

- YOU SHOULD PLACE A BRIDLE

OVER THE FRIAR'S MOUTH.

HE'S SCARING THE OTHERS WITH

ALL THIS TALK OF THE DEVIL.

- IS HE SCARING YOU?

- IF GOD DOESN'T EXIST,

THEN NEITHER DOES THE DEVIL.

I'M ONLY AFRAID OF

THE EVIL IN MEN'S HEARTS.

NOT IN THEIR MINDS.

YOU KNOW I DON'T BELIEVE.

AND I DON'T THINK

YOU DO EITHER, MY LORD.

- OH, NOW YOU KNOW

WHAT I THINK?

- IT WAS A COMPLIMENT.

YOU'RE NOT LIKE THE OTHERS.

- CUT THEM DOWN.

CUT THEM DOWN.

- THIS IS EVIL,

I TELL YOU.

- NOW IS NOT THE TIME

FOR SCAREMONGERING!

- THE FOOD ON THE BOAT,

THE STORM, THE BANDITS,

AND NOW THIS--IT'S THE

DEVIL'S WORK, AND YOU KNOW IT.

SATAN IS TRYING:

TO DESTROY THE CROSS!

- KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN.

WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST I DO?

BURY THEM BOTH.

- [speaking Latin]

[evil growl]

- I AGREE

WITH YOUR PRIEST.

THIS PLACE IS...EVIL.

- WE SHOULD LEAVE HERE.

- WAIT, WAIT.

NOBODY LEAVES UNTIL

THE DEAD ARE BURIED.

- [speaking Latin]

- I AM A NATIVE

TO THIS LAND.

NO, NOT JUST A NATIVE.

MORE THAN A NATIVE.

I KNOW THIS LAND

CORNER FROM CORNER.

AND YET,

IN ALL MY LIFE,

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THINGS

LIKE THIS BEFORE.

MAYBE YOUR PRIES IS RIGHT.

MAYBE THERE IS EVIL

IN THIS PLACE.

[crows cawing]

- [groans]

AH!

- BROTHER GEORGE.

[crows cawing]

- WHAT'S HAPPENING?

[crows cawing]

- BLESS US NOW.

[crows cawing]

[horse whinnies]

- [inhales sharply]

- I HAVE MIXED THE HERB

IN THE WATER TO NUMB THE PAIN.

YOUR LEG:

DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

IT WILL NEED BINDING.

- THE CROSS OF CHRIST?

- [sighs]

PART OF IT, YES.

- NOW I UNDERSTAND

WHY BAD LUCK FOLLOWS YOU.

YOURS IS A PRIZE EVIL

FINDS WORTHY OF DESTRUCTION.

- ALL THE MORE REASON

TO GET IT SAFELY TO ROME.

SIR ROBERT, I WANT YOU

TO GUARD THE RELIQUARY.

MAKE SURE:

NO ONE TOUCHES IT.

- [speaking Farsi]

- THANK YOU.

- SOMETHING PUZZLES ME.

YOU'RE CARRYING

A RELIC THAT YOU BELIEVE

TO BE A PIECE:

OF CHRIST'S CROSS.

AND YOU ACCEP THAT TO BE REAL?

AS MUSLIMS?

- THE KORAN SPEAKS

OF JESUS AS A PROPHET.

- YOU BELIEVE IN HIM TOO?

- OF COURSE.

ALTHOUGH:

THERE IS SOME DEBATE

AS TO WHETHER:

HE DIED ON THE CROSS.

- I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY

YOU FIGHT FOR SIMILAR BELIEFS.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

- WE ARE NOT FIGHTING NOW.

- AND YOU?

YOU DON' BELIEVE IN ANYTHING.

SO IS THE CASKET EMPTY?

OR DOES IT JUS CONTAIN A PIECE OF WOOD?

- MAYBE THERE WAS

A MAN CALLED JESUS.

I CAN BELIEVE THAT.

BUT AS THE SON OF GOD?

OR EVEN AS:

THE PROPHET OF GOD?

NO.

IT'S JUST A STORY.

- THEN THA IS YOUR OWN BELIEF.

I WONDER...

WHO IS RIGHT?

[wolf howling distantly]

- [sharp inhale]

MM. EH.

[distant howling]

- EVERYONE,

GRAB A TORCH.

[howling continues]

ROBERT!

- THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER.

[howling, growls]

- ROBERT!

- EH, EH, EH.

- OH!

- HA! HA!

[wolf whimpering]

- HAY-YA!

[growls]

- AH!

[growling]

- [screaming]

[wolf whimpers]

[horses whinny]

[howling distantly]

- ARE THEY GONE?

- I THINK SO.

AND SO ARE THE HORSES.

- ROBERT?

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