The Shannara Chronicles (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Safehold - full transcript

Previously on The Shannara Chronicles...

EVENTINE:
The Ellcrys will bear a seed

that must be carried
to a place called Safehold.

ALLANON: In order
to confront its power,

you must learn to control your own.

DAGDA MOR:
The Druid was a fool to send you.

-(CRIES OUT)
- ALLANON: Bandon!

The window from my vision -
this is how we find the Bloodfire.

- ERETRIA: Are you sure?
- Positive.

(STRANGE VOICE) Eretria?
Your body is the vessel.

Your blood is the key.
Don't let them leave without you.



(GROWLS)

Proposition - your help
in exchange for your freedom.

AMBERLE: That mark -
what does it mean?

I don't know. I've always had it.

ANDER: Arion, my father - all gone.

ALLANON: And now you are king.

ALL: All hail the King.

- ERETRIA: Now what?
- Now we find Safehold.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(PORTENTOUS MUSIC BUILDS)

There has to be another way across.

What about that?

WIL: The yellow line.

Do you see another path?
The bridge was it.



WIL: Well, hope you're a swimmer.

We're not going across.

We're going under.

There's a tunnel.

Alright.

It's almost dusk. We go in there now,
we're spending the night.

If there are Trolls down there...

Would you rather sleep
out here in the open?

WIL: That tunnel could be flooded.

(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)

ERETRIA: Safehold.

We made it.

Alright.

Let's go.

(HARSH, FLEETING ECHOES)

She's alive.

Amberle's alive.

So, what did you see?

(BANDON PANTS)

I don't know.

I saw ruins.

Like an ancient city.

Man-made, not Elvin.

I didn't recognise it.

Was there anything else? Think.

I'm trying.

There was water.

- Ocean or river?
- I don't know.

(EXHALES HEAVILY)
I need a break.

No! The Ellcrys is almost bare.

- If the last leaf falls...
- I know what happens!

If you think I am pushing you,

it's because I am trying to prepare you
for what is to come.

You must fortify yourself
against the Dagda Mor.

You're pushing to see if I snap.

It's not fun...

...having your mind read, is it?

Your power may be growing,

but be careful how you use it,

and with whom.

SONG: ♪ I feel it
running through my veins

♪ And I need that fire

♪ Just to know that I'm awake. ♪

(WIL SIGHS)

It all looks the same.

- What do you think?
-l'll head down here.

You guys check that way.

Double back in five minutes?

Yeah. If you run into a Troll,
go for its eyes.

-It's their weak spot.
- Thanks.

- I should go with you.
- AMBERLE: I'll be fine.

Elfstones won't work
against Trolls anyway.

And killing them isn't exactly
your strong suit.

I think I liked it better
when you two weren't friends.

Alright. Five minutes.
Not a second later.

You said you were stepping down.
You made a fool of me.

ANDER: You need to understand,
Councilwoman.

I've seen the evil that's coming.

If we hope to survive,
I need you at my side.

Your influence over the Council
will bring unity when we need it most.

Your king needs you, Kael.

KAEL: You're no king.

You're what's left.

- That went well.
-(DOOR CLOSES)

What did you expect?

I was hoping she'd be reasonable.

She believes her cause to be just.

But, like all leaders,

her judgement is clouded by ambition.

Sounds like I should be worried.

The wiser king always is.

(FAINT GROWLING)

(GROWLING BECOMES LOUDER)

(GROWLING CONTINUES)

Hey. I said some things back at Utopia.

I was upset, and I'm sorry -

about Tye, about...all of it.

Don't be. I was a fool.

No, you weren't.
It's OK to want to belong.

I've spent my whole life
as an outcast.

I know how it feels.

I just wanted to believe
that there was a place for me.

But Tye turned out to be a liar.

And Cephelo... He saved me.

The guy I spent my entire life
running away from.

It doesn't make any sense.

When I was a kid, my dad would
come home from the tavern drunk.

My mom wouldn't let him in.

He'd just sit outside yelling and
banging on the door until he passed out.

I was embarrassed of him.

Then I find out he's this hero,

that he destroyed himself with magic
to save us all.

The point is, people are complicated.

You can't beat yourself up over it.

But at least you know the truth now.

You know where you come from.

- All I have are questions.
-(THUD, FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)

Guys, you've got to see this.

(GROWLING)

(AMBERLE WHISPERS)
They're asleep.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

No way.

Is that...

My tattoo.

What's your tattoo doing on a wall
beneath the ruins of a human city?

That tunnel must lead
to the Bloodfire.

I agree. It can't be a coincidence.

Maybe you guys didn't notice,

but there are three
heavily armed Trolls in that room.

- How do we get past them?
- We've fought worse.

AMBERLE: Wait.

Maybe there's another way.

(ERETRIA GRUNTS SOFTLY)

(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

(TROLLS GRUNT AND SNORE)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(GRUNTS)

(SNORTS)

(ERETRIA GASPS)

(GRUNTS)

(TROLL SNORES)

(TROLL GRUNTS)

(SNORES)

(TENSE MUSIC BUILDS)

If the Gnome's letter's true,
it could turn the tide of war.

- Have you told the Council?
- No-one knows but you two.

Unless I can prove an alliance with
the Gnomes, the Council won't trust me.

We must tread carefully.

There are forces
aligning against the King.

Kael intends to take the throne.

If Kael's on the move,
we need to stop talking

and take her out,
to protect Ander.

Wouldn't do any good.

Kael is a symptom.

The disease
is a lack of confidence.

Until I can prove myself worthy of the
throne, the Council won't let me sit on it.

Are you suggesting
we let a coup happen?

Kael Pindanon would not dare
harm the son of King Eventine.

How do you know that?

Because there is still honour
within these walls.

This letter bears my seal -
I need you to deliver it

to bring back the support I need
to win over the Council.

I'm not leaving you.

This is my best chance
to gain the Council's trust.

They need to see me
as a leader.

Diana, please.

You're the only one I can count on.

Take it to Slanter.

(FOREBODING MUSIC)

ERETRIA: This is it.

(WARRIORS GRUNT AND SHOUT)

They've been at it for hours.

Hope they can still hold their swords
when the real fighting begins.

This is nothing - try spending
the whole day with the Druid.

Keep your shield hand high.

You'll absorb the impact
with your whole body.

ANDER:
Our enemy is aggressive,

utterly lacking in fear.

They will attack with ferocity,
but they will be reckless.

We must be the opposite.

Help rne demonstrate.

BANDON: Um...

I'm not much of a fighter.

We're all fighters in this war.

DAGDA MOR:
Show him your power.

-(CRY ECHOES)
- DAGDA MOR: Do n.

ANDER: Be patient.
Wait for an opening.

DAGDA MOR: You are strong.

(WARRIOR LAUGHS)

DAGDA MOR:
Take your chance. He is weak.

He's weak!

You're stronger than you look.

(WARRIORS CHATTER
INDISTINCTLY)

DAGDA MOR: He's no king.

Kill him now!

Finish him! Slit his throat.

Kill him. Do it!

Kill him!

(CRIES OUT)

- WARRIOR: Protect the King!
- WARRIOR 2: Restrain him!

- Put down the sword.
- DADGA MOR: No!

WARRIOR: Your Highness,
are you alright?

(BANDON GRUNTS)

ANDER: Hold him.

What did you see?

I don't know.

L'm...l'm not sure.

The boy is not himself.

Let me speak with him.

See that you do.

Release him.

(MYSTICAL MUSIC)

AM BERLE:
Looks like someone was just here.

WIL: What is this place?

I feel like I've been here before.

How can that be?

I can't explain it.

(MYSTICAL MUSIC CONTINUES)

WIL: What's Filii Apocalypsi?

No idea.

Eretria, do you recognise
this language?

(AMBERLE'S VOICE
BECOMES DISTANT) Eretria?

Your body is the vessel.
Your blood is the key.

-(GASPS AND WHIMPERS)
- You OK?

(BREATHLESSLY) I think so.

I heard a voice.
It said my blood is the key.

What does that mean?

I don't know.

But I saw a place...

...like a temple.

And that symbol was there.

And a light, bright, like the sun.

Eretria, you saw the Bloodfire.

Sounds exactly like
what I saw in my vision.

(INHALES SHARPLY AND GROANS)

I know how to get to the Bloodfire.

- We're close.
- How do you know that?

And what happened to you
back there?

I don't know how to explain it.

It's like I can feel the map in my blood,
like it's part of me.

That's the reason you were in my vision,
why the Ellcrys wanted you here.

I thought it was to make sure
you didn't get yourself killed,

but...sure, why not?

So is this what it feels like
when you use your Elfstones?

What do you mean?

I feel invincible.

I usually feel like I've been set on fire

or beaten with a shovel, so...no.

This should be it.

Nothing ominous about that.

I feel like a pawn

in a game I don't understand.

Ever since I woke up, it's like I can...

...feel him.

Who?

The Dagda Mor.

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

...making me do things.

Whatever that thing was,

you'll fight it, OK?

And you'll win.

What about what I want?

What do you want?

(GROANS)

What is it? What's wrong?

(GROANS) Nothing.

Nothing. I just...

(MOANS ECHO)

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm just...

I'm just exhausted.

Maybe you should
get some rest.

(UNEASY MUSIC BUILDS)

You're not getting away that easy.

You're not getting away at all.

(GASPS AND CRIES OUT)

Bandon. You're hurting me!

- Bandon, stop.
-(GRUNTS)

(COUGHS)

(GROWLS)

Catania!

(ETHEREAL MUSIC)

(WIND WHISTLES SOFTLY)

AMBERLE: We made it.

WIL: OK.

So where is the Bloodfire?

It's here.

I can feel it.

In my vision, you guys
were standing beneath the window.

Wil on the left.

WIL: And...

Nothing.

I take that back.

WIL: I guess this means
we're in the right place.

ERETRIA: Now what?

I don't know.

But we need to figure it out.

(MYSTERIOUS WHISPERING)

AMBERLE: Do you hear that?

(WHISPERING CONTINUES)

(SCREECHING)

No-one enters.

- No-one leaves.
- ERETRIA: Who are you?

WOMEN:
Guardians of the Bloodfire.

- Who among you...
-..dares to seek...

BOTH: ..the Bloodfire?

- I do.
-(WHISPERING CONTINUES)

Amberle Elessedil of Arbolon.

Hmm. Hess...

..edil.

GUARDIAN 1: The fire has power
beyond your wildest imagination.

Death comes to those
unfit to bathe in its essence.

GUARDIAN 2: What makes you think
you're worthy, hmm?

I was chosen.

WIL: What are they telling you?

GUARDIAN 2:
You look scared, Princess.

Is it because you fear the fire or because
the halfling still smells of her bed?

Can you feel it?

GUARDIAN 1: Yes, a strong magic
for such weak shoulders.

GUARDIAN 2:
You can't protect her, halfling.

You can't protect yourself.

GUARDIAN 2: Your mother - dead.
Your father - dead.

Your heart - undecided.

(VOICES ECHO)

(GROANS) No.

You're trying to confuse us,
turn us against each other.

(MOANS SEDUCTIVELY)

(GUARDIAN LAUGHS)

Half human, half Elf.

Which one will it be?

(WHISPERING CONTINUES)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

What is this?

I didn't call a meeting.

Nothing you need worry about.

I know what you're doing,
and you won't get away with it.

It's already been done.

Without Commander Tilton in court,
the Black Watch have fallen in line.

I have assurances the Council
will ratify my ascension by nightfall.

What you're doing is treason.

Take him.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(HORSE WHINNIES)

(MUSIC QUIETENS)

Hello?

Show yourself.

(GUTTURAL GROWL)

That's far enough, Commander.

How did you know where to find us?

The King sent me.

What does Eventine know of our plans?

Eventine's dead.

Arion too.

King Ander sent me
to deliver this to you.

He's assumed the throne.

Not for long, it seems.

I've convinced the other tribes
to fight the Demons.

I wasn't expecting an Elvin civil war.

No-one was.

Now...

...will you help us?

GUARDIAN 1:
The princess saves the world.

GUARDIAN 2:
The princess gets the boy.

GUARDIAN 1: The princess
gets everything.

GUARDIAN 2:
Happily ever after.

(GUARDIAN 2 WHISPERS)
They don't trust you.

They pity you, like a stray dog.

- All alone.
-(LAUGHTER ECHOES)

Unwanted.

(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

You don't get to have it all.

Eretria, what are you doing?

-(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)
- Put the knife down.

WIL: Don't let them
get to you.

I gave up my freedom.

You?

- You haven't given up anything.
-(WHISPERING CONTINUES)

AMBERLE: All you do is take.

You lie and you steal and you bat
your lashes and you suck the world dry.

Stop it. Don't you see
what's happening?

They're messing
with your minds.

You spoiled bitch!

You'd be dead if it wasn't for me.

And you'd be rotting
in the bowels of a Fury!

WIL: No! No!

(CRIES OUT)

WIL: Eretria, I'm sorry.

(INHALES SHARPLY AND GROANS)

GUARDIAN 2:
Now you know the truth.

It's you or them.

Make your choice.

(WHISPERING CONTINUES)

Eretria.

Your hand.

(ENIGMATIC MUSIC)

What's happening to me?

She is a child...

...of the Armageddon.

My body is the vessel.

My blood is the key.

(CRIES OUT)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

BANDON: Where is Catania?

She is safe.

And that is all you need to know.

You took her away.

(BANDON SIGHS) Why?

If you truly care for her,
you must let her go.

DAGDA MOR: He's lying to you!

(GROANS) You had no right!

Dagda Mor will exploit any weakness.

And your feelings for the girl
have made you vulnerable.

(SOBS)

No!

I can fight him!

DAGDA MOR: Kill him!

He's lying to you.

-(GROANS)
- You must fortify yourself.

-(CRIES OUT)
- Fortify yourself!

(GROWLS)

(TROUBLING MUSIC)

You talk about my gift.

You tell me I'm important.

And then you use me and toss me aside.

You sent me to that thing,

to my imprisonment.

Demons may have killed my family,

but you...

...you've taken everything else.

Everything I have done,

I have done for the safety
of the Four Lands...

...and to protect you.

You're nothing but an outcast
from an order of dead men.

Maybe it's time you joined them!

(GRUNTS)

This is not you, Bandon.

No, Allanon.

This is me,

stronger than anyone
could ever imagine.

Stronger than you, even!

(BOTH GRUNT)

(ROARS)

ALLANON: I am sorry
for everything I have done...

...and all that is yet to come.

(DOOR CLANGS)

Who's there?

(STRANGE WHISPERING
AND SNARLING)

Thank you.

I'm sorry about your kin.

But I believe you are the ruler
the Four Lands needs.

I hope you're right.
How many are with you?

5,000, in the caves beyond the city.

It's quite a sight.

SLANTER:
My men await your orders...

...King.

We move tonight.

Gather your men.

(ERETRIA GROANS)

(GUARDIANS SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)

It's the Bloodfire!

I need to get inside.

We will not let you feel
the power of the Bloodfire!

She's the one!
You're the bearer of the seed!

Run for the flame. I'll cover you.

Now go!

GUARDIAN:
Don't let her get away!

-(GUARDIAN SHRIEKS)
- Hey! Crazy lady!

-(CRIES OUT)
-(GUARDIAN SHRIEKS)

-(SCREAMS)
- WIL: Now go!

- Go!
-(GUARDIAN SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS)

(WIL SHOUTS) Amberle!

KAEL: We must fortify the palace
and prepare for a siege.

- And the Sanctuary?
- The Ellcrys is beyond saving.

ANDER: You're wrong.

The Ellcrys is this city's only chance.

What are those creatures doing here?

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

They pledged an oath to the King.

The true King.

The Gnomes are not our enemy.

The Dagda Mor is.

And he will not cease until every race
of the Four Lands is destroyed.

We don't need to face this alone.

With the Gnomes' help,

we can protect the Sanctuary
until Amberle returns...

Madness!
The princess is likely dead already.

She lives.

And when she returns with the seed,
we shall restore the Forbidding.

That is the only way to win this war.

Forgive us, Your Grace.

BLACK WATCH: Forgive us,
Your Grace.

BLACK WATCH SOLDIER:
All hail King Ander.

BLACK WATCH: All hail
King Ander.

ANDER: If we fall...

...we fall together.

(GROANS)

Amberle?

Amberle!

Eretria. We have to get her out of there.

Eretria?

Come on.

Hey. Come on.

Hey. Wake up.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(DEMONS ROAR AND SHRIEK)

(ROARS)

(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)

(ROARING)