The Shannara Chronicles (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 10 - Ellcrys - full transcript

Wil and Amberle race to reach the Ellcrys while Allanon and Ander lead the Elvin army in an epic battle against the Dagda Mor and his Demon horde. But the cost of their quest could prove too great.

Previously on The Shannara Chronicles...

EVENTINE:
The Ellcrys will bear a seed

that must be carried
to a place called Safehold.

Arggh!

ANDER: Arion, my father, all gone.

ALLANON:
And now you are king.

BANDON:
It's like he's inside my head.

- Who?
- The Dagda Mor.

BANDON:
Making me do things.

-(GRUNTS)
-(GAGS)

SOLIDER: What are
those creatures doing here?



The Gnomes come in peace,
fight the Demons as our allies.

(CRIES OUT)

AMBERLE: It's the Bloodfire.
I need to get inside.

WIL: Amberle!

ALLANON: The Ellcrys is dying.

As it sheds its leaves,
a Demon army forms,

preparing to unleash its evil
on our world.

(ROARS)

(CALLS OUT
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(DREAMY MUSIC)

(WOMAN'S VOICE ECHOES)
We're out of time, Amberle.

The last leaf has fallen in Arborlon.

I can't believe it's really you.

I've been listening to your voice
since I was just a girl.



You were never just a girl.

Every step you've taken
was meant to bring you here.

The Bloodfire is the earth's life force.

It's where the past,
present and future meet.

It is your destiny.

But I don't understand. Why me?

You were chosen...like I once was.

Fate has tied us to the Ellcrys.

As I end, you will begin.

End?

But I can save you. I have the seed.

You are the seed, Amberle.

SONG: ♪ I feel it
running through my veins

♪ And I need that fire

♪ Just to know that I'm awake. ♪

Eretria?

Don't do this to me.

I can't lose you too. I won't.

No. No.

Amberle.

Help.

(GASPS)

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Hey.

Wil, what happened?

You lost too much blood.

I thought you were... (STAMMERS)

But the Stones brought you back. Yeah.

I guess you're a hero after all.

Where is she?

Uh...

She didn't make it out.

We need to open it back up.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

(ERETRIA MOANS)

WIL: Amberle! (VOICE ECHOES)

WOMAN: I warned you your feelings
for Wil would hold you back.

You must be willing to let him go.

There has to be another way.

This is the only way.

You must choose.

You must choose to sacrifice yourself.

I said no.

I'm sorry. I can't.

I just can't.

Then you have doomed us all.

Amberle!

(AMBERLE GASPS)

(ALL WEEP)

What happened in there?

It's hard to explain.

But you have the seed?

But the last leaf has fallen in Arborlon.

The Dagda Mor is free.

(DEMONS ROAR AND BELLOW)

(DAGDA MOR
SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

The princess has emerged
from the Bloodfire.

She's coming home?

Yes, but the Dagda Mor
is aware of her presence,

so we must prepare.

I'll send word to the scouts,

move the citizens to the tunnels
and mobilise the army.

That would be the wise decision,
Your Highness.

I'm still not used
to people calling me that.

Only a king knows
the weight of a crown.

30 years ago,

I stood under
very similar circumstances

beside your father.

Did you have any words
of inspiration for him?

Don't fail.

Anyone remember
how to get out of this place?

I'm working on it.

When we do,
how do we get back to Arborlon?

Nobody said
it was gonna be easy.

We're gonna make it.

- We just have to...
-(ROARING)

RUN!

(SNARLING AND ROARING)

ANDER: The Demons
outnumber us 1,000 to 1.

We cannot beat them
in the field,

which means restoring the Ellcrys
is our only hope.

Allanon assures rne that Amberle
has the seed and is on her way.

Slanter, your men
will form a perimeter

and push into the woods
beyond the Sanctuary.

(MURMURS)

Commander Tilton and I
will take the Elvin army

and fortify the Sanctuary itself.

We'll be the last line of defence
for whatever breaks through.

(ROARING IN DISTANCE)

(GRUNTS)

Wil, help me!

-(ROARING GETS NEARER)
- We have to go!

WIL: Let's go!

Help me close this thing.

Ugh! It's stuck!

(ROARING)

WIL: Just leave it.
We can outrun them.

What are you doing?!

- AMBERLE: Hey!
- NO!

I bought you some time. Use it!

You can't do this!
We have to go back together.

No, YOU have to go back.

Don't you get it?
We all have a part to play.

I'm doing mine.
Now it's up to you.

Wil...stop.

No! We're not leaving you here.
That's insane.

Wil! It's not up to you.

We'll come back for you. I promise.

(ROARING)

Go!

(ERETRIA GRUNTS IN DISTANCE)

Oh... Wil!

(YELLING IN DISTANCE)

(TROLLS CHATTER)

Wil...

We have to go.

She wants us to go.

Hyah!

For the boy. King Ander's orders.

(GATE CLUNKS)

I never meant to hurt you.

It's OK. It's OK. How can I help?

(WHISPERS)
I need you to get me far away,

somewhere where
I can't hurt anybody.

But I can't.

Catania...

...do you trust me?

Yes.

Then get ready to scream.

(SCREAMS)

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

Give me the keys...

...or I snap her neck.

- Now!
-(CATANIA WHIMPERS)

Drop the sword.

Step back.

Just let us go.

He's not going to hurt you.

-(SCREAMS)
- Don't touch her!

- CATANIA: No!
-(SOLDIER GAGS)

(CRACK!)

No! Bandon, stop!

Stop! No!

(SCREAMS)

(GRUNTS)

He shouldn't have touched you.

SONG: ♪ Run, boy, run

♪ This world
is not meant for you

♪ Run, boy, run
They're trying to catch you

♪ Run, boy, run...
Running is a victory

♪ Run, boy, run
Beauty lies behind the hills

♪ Run, boy, run
The sun will be guiding you

♪ Run, boy, run...
They're dying to stop you

♪ Run, boy, run
This race is a prophecy

♪ Run, boy, run...
Break out from society... ♪

Nothing from the scouts.

We should head down.
The men will want to see you.

We were supposed to get married.
Remember?

Once upon a time.

Well, I never officially agreed to that.

I'm sorry it took the end of the world
for me to realise what a fool I've been.

(HORN BLARES IN DISTANCE)

It's time.

Lead the way, Commander.

I have never been so happy
to see anything in my entire life.

(BELLOWING IN DISTANCE)

(GRUNTING AND SHOUTING)

(GRUNTING AND SHOUTING
CONTINUES)

No...

-(BELLOWS)
-(DEMONS RESPOND)

We can't get through, not on horseback,

not without them seeing us.

No, there has to be a way.

We have to get to the Ellcrys.

Alright. We'll need cover, then.

We need to find somewhere safe
to wait for dark.

I know somewhere. Come on.

(DEMONS GRUNT AND CHATTER)

Thanks.

Wil...

WIL: Won't be long.

AMBERLE: I know. I just...

I wanted to tell you that I'm...

...that I wish things could be different.

You know, I wish we could...

I wish we could've met
before all this.

Hey.

We made it.

We're almost home.

And when we finish this...

...when everyone's safe,

we'll have all the time in the world
to do things differently.

But what if we didn't have time?

Don't talk like that. We're gonna make it.

No, I know.

I'm not afraid anymore.

Eretria was right - this is my part.

I know what I have to do, and...it's OK.

(DREAMY, TENDER INDIE MUSIC)

But I need to tell you something first.

Of course.

I love you, Wil Ohmsford.

And I'm not ready to let you go, not yet.

And I know it's terrible timing
and everything...

SONG: ♪ Ohh-oh-oh
Ohh-oh-oh

♪ Ohh-oh-oh-oh-oh

♪ Lost, lost... I

I love you too.

I always have.

♪ Lost

♪ But not alone anymore

♪ This ancient light

♪ This ancient light

♪ This ancient light

♪ This ancient light... ♪

It's dark.

We should head out.

What's wrong?

Nothing. It's...

Everything's perfect.

I'm ready.

Then let's go save a tree.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(DEMONS BELLOW)

ALLANON:
Our hope lies in a single seed

being carried here
by your princess, Amberle,

and the last son of Shannara.

With it, we can send this Demon horde
back to the Forbidding.

For this to happen,
we must buy them time.

We must hold this line

and defend the Ellcrys at all cost.

I know we can win this war

because I have stood alongside
your King Eventine,

and as fate would have it,

I now stand alongside his son,
King Ander.

(SOLDIERS SHOUT)
Long live King Ander!

Your princess is out there...
right now...

...scared...

...just like you,

giving everything she has to save us all.

We must match her bravery
with our own.

And if we die tonight, let us fall
so the Ellcrys may rise again

so every race in the Four Lands
may have a future to call its own!

(ALL CHEER)

(DEMONS GRUNT AND SHOUT)

(DEMONS CHANT)

(DEMONS CONTINUE CHANTING)

(CHANTING CONTINUES)

ANDER: Steady!

Elves, ready!

ELVES: Hah!

(DEMONS BELLOW)

Arggh!

Forward!

(ALL SHOUT AND YELL)

WIL: ls there a secret way in?
A back door or something?

No, not this far out.

(GRUNTING)

Quick.

(WIL WHISPERS)
It's a patrol.

(SNIFFS)

It smells us.

Arggh!

Die, you bastard.

(DEMONS SHOUT)

(ARROWS WHISTLE)

Allanon. Perfect timing, as usual.

ALLANON: I wish
I could say the same for you,

but the idea was to get here
before the Demons arrived.

See? Told you he'd be happy to see us.

(GNOMES GRUNT)

The Gnomes are with us.

Are you ready to see this through,
Princess?

Stay behind us.
And don't slow down.

(ALL CLAMOUR AND GRUNT)

Secure the door!

(BELLOWS)

(ELVES SCREAM)

Arggh!

(SCREAMS)

Ander! Wait!

(SCREAMING)

(ROARS)

Arion?

-(GROWLS)
- Ugh!

(ROARS)

(ARION GROANS)

Arion.

What are you waiting for?

Release me!

Please.

Please.

Goodbye, brother.

(BOTH EXCLAIM)

Secure the door!

Keep moving!

(CHUCKLES)

Run for the Ellcrys now!

- Protect her!
- Protect the princess!

WIL: I told you
we'd make it.

Arggh!

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(LAUGHS)

(YELLS)

Alright, where's the seed?

I tried to tell you earlier.

Oh, please don't say you dropped it.

I don't think
I could take that right now.

It's me, Wil.

I'm the seed.

What do you mean?

I have to become the Ellcrys.

That's how we save it,

how we save everyone.

I don't understand. You...
you can't just become a tree.

- I mean, what happens to...
- Wil, please.

Please.

I need you to understand.

I won't make it otherwise.

-(ROARING)
- Ugh!

ELF: The door! To the door!

(BOTH GRUNT)

WIL: Amberle! Wait!

Arggh!

(WIL MOANS)

Ugh...

(GROANS)

WOMAN'S VOICE: Amberle...

ELF: What's going on?

WIL: Amberle.

Please talk to me.

WIL: I know you're in there
somewhere.

I can't hear her.

Can't hear anything.

She will speak when she is ready.

Be patient, Wil.

You knew this was gonna happen,
didn't you?

You lied to us.

It would not have helped if you knew.

Really?

You just decided that on your own?

What about Amberle?

Didn't she deserve to know?

Amberle made the decision, not me, Wil.

She understood the price.

So when you told me
that I could protect her,

that was a lie too.

You made me believe
she could be saved.

Instead, I lost another person
that I loved.

Saving the Four Lands
in the process, Wil.

Do not forget that.

I told you that...

...magic comes with a price.

You didn't say it was her life!

- Wil...
- Stop.

Leave me alone.

Your father would have been proud
of your actions today.

As am I.

(RUMBLING)

(GATE CLUNKS)

CATANIA: I had a dream
Bandon was alone,

drowning in a sea of black.

This is my fault.

I failed him.

We both did.

You wanted to see me, Your Grace.

ANDER: Yes.

I wanted to thank you...for everything.

It was my duty.

I sent soldiers to find my brother's body,

but there was no sign of him,
or the Warlock sword.

I saw him in there, Allanon,

even in that...twisted form.

It was Arion. He asked me to kill him.

The Dagda Mor's cruelty had no bounds.

I've been to the Sanctuary to...

...to see Amberle.

I know her sacrifice saved us,

but I just can't believe that she's gone.

She is still with you, My Grace.

She is watching over us all.

(WIND HOWLS)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(HORSE WHINNIES)

For what it's worth, I'm grateful to you

for showing me who I am.

I'm sure we'll meet again one day.

I sense that our journey has just begun.

The Dagda Mor may be gone,

but his presence has stirred other evils.

Then let them come.

But there's something
I've gotta do first.

You're going to Safehold.

You don't know whether the Rover girl
is alive or dead.

The mind-reading thing?
Still really annoying.

I promised Eretria I'd go back.
I'm not gonna lose her too.

WIL: Huh!

(GRAND MUSIC)

(ERETRIA GRUNTS)

It's you!