Merlin and the Book of Beasts Page #4

Synopsis: Sorcerer Arkadian has taken over Camelot with a zoo of beasts from his magical book. King Arthur's daughter Avlynn asks Merlin to help her take back Camelot. She also has to find the sacred sword Excalibur to assist her as she leads a band of knights to battle Arkadian.
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Director(s): Warren P. Sonoda
Production: Anchor Bay Entertainment
 
IMDB:
3.8
TV-14
Year:
2010
92 min
60 Views


I'll carry him to Avalon if I have to.

Avalon sounds right

just about now.

Knights, the enemy is closing in.

Wait. My father was taken

to Avalon

after he fell at Camlann,

to be healed of his wounds.

- Galahad:
Yes.

- It is said

Avalon's healing waters have a spring

in our land itself.

- The Fountain of Brittany.

- Yes.

No no, that's a fable.

What's the matter, boy?

Don't you believe in a little magic?

Merlin said these tunnels lead

to an escape but also to water.

Water.

Let it be so.

Come on.

You're not divine, old man.

In one thing you are correct...

my reach on the book

exceeds its grasp.

We made it. The water rushes.

This way.

Lysanor:
Why is this river

not on any map?

Galahad:
Enchanted it is,

hidden from the paths of man.

Tristan:
It is beautiful.

Lysanor:
Starting to believe

in magic, Tristan?

I believe what my eyes see.

And I fear we'll see a lot more

before this day is done.

Well, I hope you can conjure up

the fountain soon.

Merlin certainly isn't

getting any lighter,

magic river or no.

The Fountain of Brittany.

Youthful expectations.

Lysanor, let me help.

The silent sentinel.

The fountain god.

Legend says the gods themselves

put these behemoths

beside wonders of the world

to guard until the end of time.

There is something familiar

about this place.

The fountain.

It's dry.

Tristan:
What are we going to do

without the healing waters?

Galahad:
It cannot be helped.

We should perhaps press on.

We still have the book.

Go on without me.

I shall stay as well.

No, Avlynn, Merlin's death

shall not split us apart.

- We can't just leave him.

- He's already gone.

No, he's not.

This place... I've been here before,

as if it were in my blood.

I can hear the fountain.

I've heard it

since we've been here.

There must be a way.

Your family's mark.

Tristan, your knife.

May the blood of a Pendragon

serve us now.

The blood oath.

If you can hear me

from where you are,

we need you, Merlin.

The land needs you.

I need you.

I'm not ready

to do this without you.

Please fight.

Asudem, Avrenim!

Asudem,

Avrenim!

Asudem, Avrenim!

By Isolde's light...

he lives.

Welcome back, old friend.

Nice to see you again.

Nice to be seen.

We thought you were dead.

Well, I was, see?

But now I'm back again.

This is the second time

you've done this to us,

the first being

the Day of Destiny.

You know how that turned out.

I've had visions of myself

being thrice slain...

thrice slain.

I don't want to die a third time.

Twice is enough.

Just don't die on us again then.

Where am I?

The Fountain of Brittany.

Whose idea was that?

Lysanor:
Avlynn's.

That was a good idea.

We've retrieved

the Book of Beasts

and your magic is needed

to dispel it.

My magic, is it?

How quickly the worm turns.

Our quest is now complete.

Where is the book?

Scratch that.

I hate magic.

They're probably not very happy

over their sister's demise.

Knights, we fight blind.

We move as one.

Avlynn:
Thrust. Thrust. Thrust.

My arm.

My arm.

Don't you ever listen?

Close your eyes

when you're fighting a Gorgon.

What exactly is our strategy?

Hold your sword high, boy.

Anytime now.

Nice score, lads.

It would be easier to be dead.

She seemed afraid of me.

Medusa is afraid of no one.

You led well.

I was taught well.

Merlin, you called the Arcadian

Mordred back in the castle.

'Cause it's true, see?

You've heard that name

before, Avlynn?

Avlynn:
No.

Galahad.

All right, well, you'd best

sit down then, Avlynn.

Sit down.

Truth is, the Arcadian's

your brother, Avlynn,

or half-brother at any rate.

I have a brother?

Sired by your father

in a moment of weakness,

such as all mortal men

are prone to moments of weakness.

Well, he was tricked

by the witch Morgan le Fay.

Must be the source

of the Arcadian's power.

I have a brother.

A half-brother on the witch's side.

Merlin:
And he wants you to live.

He sent out all these enchanted beasts

to find you.

To what end?

He wants you to bear him

a child, Avlynn,

a pureblooded Pendragon child.

- What?

- Lysanor:
Never.

That shall never come to pass.

We will raise a new army of knights,

overtake the castle

and destroy this unholy tomb

once and for all.

How can we?

Haven't you been listening?

There's no way to destroy the book.

I've seen that grave look

before, Merlin...

right before our king fell.

Perhaps there is a way.

Lysanor:
How?

To battle a powerful weapon

you need to be equally armed.

Tristan:
Is it possible?

We've all see what the book can do.

Surely there's nothing

in this world to match it.

There is a weapon.

What is it? We must have it.

- Merlin:
Are you ready?

- For anything.

Are you steadfast?

Yes.

Might mean certain death,

Princess...

one of ours

or yours.

The choice is yours.

We can retire now

with the book,

try and hide it

through the ages.

Galahad:
Although fiendish artifacts

such as this

have a way of being found

because they are sought.

Or we can try to rise

against it...

a higher power

to destroy it.

Avlynn:
The legend is true.

Better, girl...

it's a family heirloom.

Galahad:
Excalibur is real.

Merlin was the last to use it.

It was hidden

in the Lake of Destiny,

awaiting its rightful owner.

Tristan:
Excalibur brandished

by a knight princess...

there is no army, human or beast,

that stands a chance.

But the getting of it...

the getting of it may prove

to be a sorrow in itself.

It's your choice.

Hardship, ordeal, death...

our land is at war

and our people are dying.

The choice you give

is no choice at all.

We journey to the Lake of Destiny

where, good or otherwise,

we shall embrace our future.

There's no water.

You have to ask yourself,

has it been dry all the time?

We are close.

The river ends

and the sand and rocks begin.

Where are we going, Merlin?

Why have we traveled far

from any water this land sees?

Tristan:
And yet

we can hear it nearby.

What better place to have

the Lake of Destiny?

Lysanor:
One cannot draw water

from a stone.

Merlin:
Although you cannot

draw water from a stone,

a conjurer can hide what's wet

within sand.

The Lake of Destiny

right where I left it.

What am I to do?

Retrieve Excalibur.

Persevere.

How?

You said you were ready.

You should know.

Follow in the footsteps

of your father, Avlynn.

- I will go with her.

- No, Lysanor.

Whatever's in that lake

is for Avlynn to find out.

I will be all right.

Will she, Merlin?

Questions questions questions.

From what I've seen,

she's more than ready.

Who wants beans?

Excalibur.

Are we to fight?

Clever girl.

Then again, so am I.

You fight well.

I am your every weakness,

Your Highness.

Quite.

I don't mean to pry,

but are we to fight to the death?

Oh, yes, Princess, to our death.

I am fighting myself.

Come here.

I said come here.

I will not fight you.

Fly fly fly!

Fly fly!

Your dreams stir you to awake, Merlin.

What troubles your mind?

Always watching me sleep, Galahad...

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