The Huntsman Winter's War Page #2

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(GRUNTING)

You're mad, man.

Aye, I wanted it an inch

higher but the wind

is tricky out here.

What have we got?

Well, that is exquisite.

Oops.

You have no right.

I have every right.

These are my woods.

These are the queen's woods.

I have a royal permit.

For deer, maybe,

but not fawns.

That one there was just

a few weeks old.

Like the three others

you killed that I found

at your camp.

It's beautiful. Do you mind?

What? No.

Release my horse.

No,no,no.

I'm keeping the horse

as payment.

Payment for what?

For the arrow.

It's not like they

grow on trees.

Well, technically they do,

but not the pointy bit there.

(SCREAMS)

(LAUGHING)

That's all yours.

(GASPING IN PAIN)

You will pay, commoner.

I shall tell the queen

and the queen

will have your head.

Queen Snow White?

Yes.

Snow White.

(LAUGHING) Hyah!

SOLDIER:
Fan out!

Line the flanks!

See you later, love.

(HORSES WHINNYING)

Your Majesty.

Please, my friend.

If this is about the horse,

I can explain.

Horse? What horse?

Never mind.

How'd you find me?

It wasn't easy.

Nion.

You swore.

NION:
Yeah, well,

he threatened to

put me in a big pot.

Nonsense.

We paid him three gold.

ERIC:
Oh, three?

Is that all?

Three each.

Who are you?

Gryff.

At your service.

Bonds, rewards,

debt collection.

I'm his brother.

Half-brother.

BOTH:
Same mum.

Walk with me.

I've come on a matter

of grave importance.

You should find

some gravely important

people, then.

The Mirror is gone.

We believed its dark magic

died with Ravenna.

We were wrong.

There is an evil

within the Mirror

that has only

grown in power.

And Queen Snow White

has vowed to rid

her kingdom of it

before its darkness

cannot be stopped.

(SCREAMING)

Two weeks ago,

the queen ordered

a detachment of soldiers

to take the Mirror

to Sanctuary.

They never returned.

Wait, wait.

I'm not your man.

You're the best tracker

we have in the kingdom.

And as you say,

the Mirror is evil

and it mustn't

fall into the hands

of the wrong person.

And Snow White thinks

I'm the one to find it?

She commands

you to find it.

And to deliver it

to Sanctuary,

where its wickedness

can forever be contained.

Do you acceptor not?

Yes, yes, yes.

He accepts.

Provided there's

a reward.

I don't want no reward.

Eric.

Snow White is unwell.

The Mirror...

She said she couldn't

stop looking at it.

She could hear

its voice calling for her.

That's why

she sent it away.

What was that thing?

Move all your forces

to the northern border.

Why? What do you know?

Freya,

Queen of the North.

That owl was her spy.

Now she knows

about the Mirror.

And if she finds it,

everything we hold dear

will be covered in ice.

Move your men

to the north.

(HORSE NEIGHING)

What are you two

still doing here?

We're your partners.

No, you're not.

I am Snow White's

man as well.

I mean, dwarf.

If she's in trouble,

I wanna help!

My queen,

Vardhelm has fallen.

It was the

last stronghold.

The entire White Lands

are yours.

You've won.

Havel?

The game's not finished.

Is this where

the world ends,

or is there more?

My queen, the South

cannot be conquered.

Snow White's lands

are too vast,

her armies are too...

Did you know

that Eric was alive?

Did you?

H ow?

I swear to you.

I threw his body in...

That's all right.

I prefer it this way.

There's something

that he seeks.

I want it.

My sister's mirror.

It holds great power.

And with it at my command,

I can do great things.

I will free every child.

I will save them all.

As I saved you.

And my army

of Huntsmen will grow

until nothing will

stand in its path.

So, you see,

the game is not finished.

Prepare the Huntsmen.

Oh.

Oh. Huntsman.

Hmm?

What?

How much further?

How much further?

What? To the place

I'm looking for that

I don't know where it is?

It's hard to say.

This one's had a strop on

since we left.

They came through here.

Well, obviously.

This takes us to

the northern road.

Leads direct

to Sanctuary.

Don't need to be

a Huntsman to know that.

Hey, Nion,

who am I?

Ooh.

I'm talking to the dirt.

I hear it speak to me.

He's actually quite

good at this, Gryff.

Get stuffed.

He's a buffoon.

Well...

We ride north.

Actually,

they headed west.

The northern road

cuts through a plain.

Nowhere to take cover.

The western road

runs next to a forest.

That's where they

would've made camp.

That's where

we're going to find them.

Obviously...

(SHUSHING)

The dirt is

talking to me again.

What's it saying?

He's saying

the mouthy

one's an idiot

who wouldn't last

a day on his own,

and should go home.

I agree.

I'm not going home

till I get my reward.

You want gold,

but all you're going to

find out here is death.

(SCOFFS)

A bit dramatic.

Dramatic, yeah,

unless it's true,

and then we should

consider it an accurate

warning, I think.

I know I'm not afraid

of Freya of the Frost.

Oy. Not so loud.

Keep your voice down.

You're even more

stupid than I thought.

(CROWS CAWING)

(URGING)

(HORSE NEIGHING)

Whoa.

Bloody hell.

Who would've attacked them

out here in the open?

Keep your eyes peeled.

They could still be around.

Look for tracks,

blood trails...

Anything.

(MEN SHOUTING)

(HORSE WHINNYING)

(GROANING)

(GRUNTS)

Go on! Get off!

These are

their own arrows,

their own blades.

They killed each other.

But why?

These are all

the queen's men.

The Mirror was here.

(GRUNTS)

Well, this is definitely

not one of theirs.

l grew up

in the mines.

That's worth

half the world.

Whoever it belongs

to has the Mirror.

We need to find it

before Freya does.

What's this?

We have to

get off the road.

See if he knows something.

Bit quiet. You all right?

Fine. You all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

I'm looking

for information.

You'll not get

much for that.

Well, there was a wee

massacre on the road

not far from here.

The queen's soldiers.

You know anything about that?

Yeah, they passed

through here

a few days ago.

They did?

Didn't stop.

Weren't thirsty.

Was anyone

following them or...

I'll have

a pint as well.

(STUTTERING)

I'll take

that as a "no."

Good day.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Bit choosy for

what she's offering.

Perhaps you'd

have better luck

with your own kind.

Have you ever

seen a female dwarf?

No,I can%

say I have.

NION:
Horrifying.

Horrifying's

the best of them.

Repulsive things.

Ugly as the devil's bullocks.

All knuckles and hair.

Foul tempered and stunted.

Unnatural, misshapen,

gold grubbing, foul-mouthed

piles of sideways donkey ass.

So, assuming this is

a commonly held opinion,

how exactly are

new dwarves made?

Uh, generally

by accident.

Too little light.

(WHISTLING)

Too much of this.

Yeah.

(LAUGHING)

Come on. Keep up.

Chilly with

that door open.

ERIC:
Pass me the...

What? Yeah,

some of the...

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

You three look like

you're far from home.

Aye. Just taking shelter,

then moving on.

Are these your children?

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