1 00:00:03,558 --> 00:00:06,959 Run! Kahlan, run! 2 00:00:14,639 --> 00:00:17,073 - Did we lose them? - I think so. 3 00:00:21,273 --> 00:00:23,673 Those bees were more relentless than the Dragon Corps. 4 00:00:24,213 --> 00:00:27,206 A lot of work for so little honey. 5 00:00:29,602 --> 00:00:35,019 - Oh, that's not enough for two. You take it. - No, you. 6 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:38,027 - I insist. - But you did all the work. 7 00:00:38,369 --> 00:00:40,409 I'll eat at the next tavern we pass. 8 00:00:40,433 --> 00:00:42,128 It can't be far. 9 00:00:42,669 --> 00:00:45,263 - Which direction are we headed, anyway? - East. 10 00:00:45,963 --> 00:00:47,799 East? Towards the D'Haran border? 11 00:00:48,096 --> 00:00:49,992 To Caddock, to be precise. 12 00:00:50,143 --> 00:00:53,203 Oh, breakfast. I'm starving. 13 00:00:55,049 --> 00:00:58,815 I spoke with a friend in the resistance while I was getting supplies. 14 00:00:58,962 --> 00:01:01,123 It seems King Gregor is facing a new enemy 15 00:01:01,426 --> 00:01:03,519 and has requested the Seeker's help. 16 00:01:04,058 --> 00:01:06,652 - King Gregor? - His kingdom borders D'Hara. 17 00:01:06,927 --> 00:01:10,625 He's a strong ally of the resistance. One of the few leaders brave enough 18 00:01:10,666 --> 00:01:13,692 - to stand against Darken Rahl. - Apparently, he's done better than that. 19 00:01:13,759 --> 00:01:16,785 Our friend says the king has driven back the D'Harans. 20 00:01:17,195 --> 00:01:19,129 They've pulled their troops away from the border. 21 00:01:19,316 --> 00:01:20,693 Well, why does he need our help? 22 00:01:20,709 --> 00:01:23,837 What could be a bigger threat than the D'Harans? 23 00:01:51,642 --> 00:01:54,168 Ah! 24 00:02:13,612 --> 00:02:15,346 Legend of the Seeker S01E19 "Cursed" 25 00:02:20,606 --> 00:02:22,801 The Caddock border shouldn't be much further. 26 00:02:32,419 --> 00:02:33,477 Wait. 27 00:02:39,327 --> 00:02:41,124 Stay where you are. 28 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:49,863 Guards, lower your weapons. 29 00:02:51,239 --> 00:02:54,869 Unless I'm mistaken, this is Richard Cypher, the Seeker. 30 00:02:55,316 --> 00:02:57,181 I'm Marius, brother of King Gregor. 31 00:02:57,214 --> 00:03:00,411 Thank the Spirits you received my message. 32 00:03:01,835 --> 00:03:03,598 We came as quickly as we could. 33 00:03:03,786 --> 00:03:05,686 Wizard Zorander, Confessor, 34 00:03:05,854 --> 00:03:07,755 it's an honor. 35 00:03:08,197 --> 00:03:12,302 - This is Flynne, Captain of the Guard. - Forgive the rude welcome. 36 00:03:12,362 --> 00:03:15,058 All our nerves are a little frayed lately. 37 00:03:15,176 --> 00:03:17,804 Would that have anything to do with why you asked us to come? 38 00:03:18,488 --> 00:03:21,143 It's best if you hear that from the king himself. 39 00:03:21,441 --> 00:03:23,808 Thank you for coming so quickly. 40 00:03:24,114 --> 00:03:27,845 It pains me to delay you on your mission to defeat Darken Rahl. 41 00:03:28,383 --> 00:03:32,285 Helping those who stand against Rahl is part of that mission. 42 00:03:33,628 --> 00:03:36,962 My kingdom is being terrorized by a vicious beast 43 00:03:37,115 --> 00:03:39,208 that's ravaging our countryside, 44 00:03:39,685 --> 00:03:43,280 and I need your help to destroy this monster. 45 00:03:44,389 --> 00:03:45,981 Tell me where to find this beast. 46 00:03:48,617 --> 00:03:50,209 You already have. 47 00:03:51,971 --> 00:03:53,871 It's me. 48 00:03:57,388 --> 00:04:01,347 Five months ago, the D'Harans began amassing troops along this border. 49 00:04:01,547 --> 00:04:05,142 From there, Rahl's soldiers launched raids on our farmland, burnt our crops. 50 00:04:05,251 --> 00:04:08,585 With our food stocks dwindling, Rahl knew we couldn't repel a siege. 51 00:04:08,722 --> 00:04:09,848 An invasion was imminent. 52 00:04:09,990 --> 00:04:15,121 I had no choice but to seek an alliance with our neighbor. 53 00:04:15,217 --> 00:04:17,117 Here, in Agaden Reach. 54 00:04:18,312 --> 00:04:20,780 The domain of that she-devil, Shota. 55 00:04:21,502 --> 00:04:23,868 Forgive me, Your Majesty, but why would you seek an alliance 56 00:04:24,005 --> 00:04:25,495 with someone as dangerous as Shota? 57 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,974 The witch-woman has the ability to see the future. 58 00:04:30,111 --> 00:04:32,807 I was hoping she would help us change it. 59 00:04:32,980 --> 00:04:37,543 I reminded Shota that our kingdom was all that separated 60 00:04:37,634 --> 00:04:40,660 her from Rahl's tightening grip. 61 00:04:41,109 --> 00:04:45,170 That if Caddock were overrun, Agaden Reach would soon follow. 62 00:04:46,028 --> 00:04:47,962 So I struck a bargain with her. 63 00:04:48,492 --> 00:04:51,485 In exchange for my pledge to defend her, 64 00:04:51,525 --> 00:04:54,756 she promised to give me the power to protect my kingdom forever. 65 00:04:55,325 --> 00:04:58,488 And how exactly did she do that? 66 00:05:00,277 --> 00:05:02,211 She cursed me. 67 00:05:02,712 --> 00:05:09,414 Each night, I would be transformed into a Calthrop. 68 00:05:11,889 --> 00:05:13,823 A Calthrop? 69 00:05:14,709 --> 00:05:18,338 An awful beast, it haunts the nightmares of all D'Harans. 70 00:05:20,799 --> 00:05:23,893 The Calthrop is one of the few things D'Haran children are taught to fear. 71 00:05:24,036 --> 00:05:27,028 For centuries, they've frightened each other around campfires 72 00:05:27,172 --> 00:05:30,141 with tales of the creature's bloodlust. 73 00:05:30,275 --> 00:05:33,574 For weeks I ventured close to the D'Haran camps. 74 00:05:34,180 --> 00:05:36,580 At nightfall, I would become the creature. 75 00:05:37,283 --> 00:05:41,743 The few who survived the slaughter fled back to D'Hara, 76 00:05:41,888 --> 00:05:45,847 spreading stories of the brutal Calthrop that stalked the forest around Caddock. 77 00:05:46,559 --> 00:05:50,052 Soon, Rahl's forces were too terrified to cross into our kingdom. 78 00:05:50,197 --> 00:05:52,859 With morale suffering and his troops stretched thin, 79 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,867 Rahl abandoned his attempt to conquer us. 80 00:05:56,003 --> 00:05:59,029 Once the D'Haran troops pulled away from our border, 81 00:05:59,173 --> 00:06:02,074 I went back to Shota and asked her to remove the curse. 82 00:06:02,209 --> 00:06:05,270 I couldn't risk butchering my own people. 83 00:06:06,548 --> 00:06:08,311 But she refused. 84 00:06:08,450 --> 00:06:11,942 And once the Calthrop's hunger couldn't be quenched, 85 00:06:12,087 --> 00:06:15,716 I had my most loyal men, all sworn to secrecy, 86 00:06:16,358 --> 00:06:18,293 chain me in the woods. 87 00:06:18,794 --> 00:06:22,525 But the beast broke through the chains and killed them all. 88 00:06:24,166 --> 00:06:30,036 I spent half my treasury on purchasing this: 89 00:06:30,639 --> 00:06:31,697 A rada'han. 90 00:06:31,841 --> 00:06:34,538 I'd hoped its ability to suppress magic 91 00:06:34,678 --> 00:06:37,112 would be enough to overcome Shota's curse. 92 00:06:38,749 --> 00:06:40,979 I locked the rada'han around my brother's neck, 93 00:06:41,118 --> 00:06:44,315 yet he still transformed and somehow managed to escape from it. 94 00:06:44,454 --> 00:06:47,652 I was too ashamed 95 00:06:47,925 --> 00:06:51,452 to have my people know that their king was the Calthrop. 96 00:06:51,963 --> 00:06:56,059 So now each night, I head to the most remote part of the forest. 97 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,361 A place called Knollwood Grove. 98 00:06:59,003 --> 00:07:03,634 Anyone venturing into the woods after dark rarely makes it out alive. 99 00:07:04,910 --> 00:07:09,176 I have no memory of these attacks, but each morning, 100 00:07:09,314 --> 00:07:13,512 I awake with the taste of blood on my tongue. 101 00:07:15,788 --> 00:07:20,783 Three days ago, I awoke to find the savaged remains of my latest victim. 102 00:07:21,294 --> 00:07:24,525 The face staring back at me was 103 00:07:26,132 --> 00:07:28,726 that of my own wife. 104 00:07:29,569 --> 00:07:34,530 I had murdered my beloved queen. 105 00:07:39,146 --> 00:07:41,341 It's not your fault, brother. 106 00:07:41,482 --> 00:07:43,609 You were only trying to protect your kingdom. 107 00:07:43,751 --> 00:07:47,848 And now the kingdom must be protected from me. 108 00:07:47,989 --> 00:07:49,684 I've tried to end my life. 109 00:07:49,825 --> 00:07:54,387 Poison, hanging, a dagger to my heart. 110 00:07:54,529 --> 00:07:56,656 But you can't be killed. 111 00:07:57,432 --> 00:07:59,900 Because Shota gave you exactly what you asked for: 112 00:08:00,902 --> 00:08:04,339 The power to protect your kingdom forever. 113 00:08:05,141 --> 00:08:08,406 Your Majesty, what makes you think I can help you? 114 00:08:09,045 --> 00:08:12,742 According to legend, the only thing that can kill a Calthrop 115 00:08:13,216 --> 00:08:14,547 is the Sword of Truth. 116 00:08:20,457 --> 00:08:21,719 Can't you lift the curse? 117 00:08:21,859 --> 00:08:24,794 Only the one who made it can break it. 118 00:08:24,928 --> 00:08:28,591 I'll go to Agaden Reach and try to reason with Shota. 119 00:08:29,099 --> 00:08:32,365 Are you sure? Few who have gone there have ever returned. 120 00:08:33,404 --> 00:08:35,201 I know. 121 00:08:35,340 --> 00:08:38,901 - I'm one of those few. - And if you fail? 122 00:08:39,777 --> 00:08:41,335 What then? 123 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,244 I can't bear the thought of killing another innocent person. 124 00:08:45,384 --> 00:08:48,615 While Zedd's gone, I'll watch over you and keep you from harming anyone. 125 00:08:48,754 --> 00:08:52,246 How? The monster can break through our strongest chains. 126 00:08:53,526 --> 00:08:56,359 I may have a few tricks 127 00:08:57,329 --> 00:08:59,763 that your blacksmith doesn't. 128 00:09:01,668 --> 00:09:05,001 When the evening bell chimes, I will come find you, Seeker. 129 00:09:05,138 --> 00:09:07,299 Your Highness, I'm coming with you. 130 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,432 Forgive me, but I have already harmed too many people. 131 00:09:11,344 --> 00:09:14,872 I couldn't bear to add the Mother Confessor to that toll. 132 00:09:15,016 --> 00:09:16,483 Father? 133 00:09:17,718 --> 00:09:20,812 This is Princess Corah, my daughter. 134 00:09:20,955 --> 00:09:23,822 We're honored to have the Seeker here in Caddock. 135 00:09:23,958 --> 00:09:26,825 Our people have lived in fear for so long. 136 00:09:26,817 --> 00:09:29,787 Were very sorry to hear about your mother, princess. 137 00:09:31,767 --> 00:09:32,893 Just promise me, 138 00:09:34,068 --> 00:09:37,231 you'll find the horrible beast that murdered my mother 139 00:09:37,606 --> 00:09:39,471 and you'll kill it. 140 00:09:50,086 --> 00:09:51,986 You're sure these chains will hold? 141 00:09:52,239 --> 00:09:54,901 Zedd's magic has made them unbreakable. 142 00:09:55,076 --> 00:09:57,101 I hope you're right, Seeker. 143 00:09:57,721 --> 00:09:58,813 But swear to me, 144 00:09:59,330 --> 00:10:03,323 if it's a question of my life or yours, you'll kill me. 145 00:10:05,169 --> 00:10:06,659 I swear. 146 00:10:06,986 --> 00:10:08,749 But we'll make sure it doesn't come to that. 147 00:10:10,785 --> 00:10:13,379 Much as I enjoy your company, Seeker, 148 00:10:14,212 --> 00:10:15,941 you can't watch over me every night. 149 00:10:16,114 --> 00:10:19,948 I just have to do it until Zedd can convince Shota to lift the curse. 150 00:10:33,721 --> 00:10:35,552 I've been expecting you, Zeddicus. 151 00:10:37,069 --> 00:10:38,559 Then you know why I've come. 152 00:10:39,983 --> 00:10:44,419 I can't imagine it's to apologize for scorning me all those years ago. 153 00:10:44,452 --> 00:10:47,683 I was once a foolish, young wizard. I... 154 00:10:47,814 --> 00:10:51,045 - I never meant to hurt you. - And yet you left. 155 00:10:51,794 --> 00:10:54,786 Without a word of explanation. 156 00:10:55,589 --> 00:10:57,751 Those words may have been my last. 157 00:11:00,063 --> 00:11:02,759 I showed you our future together. 158 00:11:02,874 --> 00:11:05,536 With our combined powers, we could have moved mountains. 159 00:11:06,210 --> 00:11:09,805 Our children would have ruled for- for a thousand generations. 160 00:11:13,208 --> 00:11:15,039 And now look at you, Zeddicus, 161 00:11:16,596 --> 00:11:19,963 reduced to crawling back, begging me for a favor. 162 00:11:22,667 --> 00:11:25,398 Why should I do anything for you? 163 00:11:25,432 --> 00:11:26,490 Not for me, 164 00:11:26,956 --> 00:11:29,891 for King Gregor, with whom you share a common enemy. 165 00:11:30,660 --> 00:11:34,892 He's beaten back the D'Harans and insured the safety of his lands and yours. 166 00:11:35,192 --> 00:11:38,889 The king killing his own people doesn't benefit you at all. 167 00:11:39,062 --> 00:11:41,587 Release him from the curse. 168 00:11:41,724 --> 00:11:44,990 Put an end to this pointless bloodshed. 169 00:11:58,023 --> 00:12:00,753 Without the Calthrop, this is what will come to pass. 170 00:12:07,599 --> 00:12:10,830 The D'Harans will launch their army. 171 00:12:10,868 --> 00:12:13,200 They will cease the castle. 172 00:12:13,648 --> 00:12:15,639 Caddock will fall. 173 00:12:15,742 --> 00:12:17,835 And my realm will be next. 174 00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:22,014 What I bestowed on King Gregor, 175 00:12:22,048 --> 00:12:24,448 it's not a curse, Zeddicus, 176 00:12:25,417 --> 00:12:27,113 it's a blessing. 177 00:12:30,888 --> 00:12:34,153 - I met your mother once. - You did? 178 00:12:34,393 --> 00:12:38,193 She visited Aydindril when I was a young Confessor. 179 00:12:39,079 --> 00:12:41,571 She was very kind to me. 180 00:12:42,584 --> 00:12:44,575 I can see the resemblance. 181 00:12:46,354 --> 00:12:48,185 I still can't believe she's gone. 182 00:12:50,471 --> 00:12:52,939 I lost my mother when I was very young. 183 00:12:53,795 --> 00:12:56,697 I know how painful it can be. 184 00:12:56,832 --> 00:12:59,995 It would be easier if I knew why she left the castle. 185 00:13:00,736 --> 00:13:02,829 What she was doing out there the night she died. 186 00:13:02,972 --> 00:13:04,303 Princess Corah. 187 00:13:04,807 --> 00:13:07,298 - What is it, Duncan? - Where's Helena? 188 00:13:08,477 --> 00:13:10,946 We took a wagon to fetch her family, as you asked. 189 00:13:11,081 --> 00:13:13,140 But we were passing through Knollwood Grove 190 00:13:13,283 --> 00:13:14,773 our horse was bitten by a snake vine. 191 00:13:15,485 --> 00:13:17,510 I ran back as fast as I could to get another horse. 192 00:13:17,654 --> 00:13:19,121 They're still at Knollwood Grove? 193 00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:22,184 That's one of the beast's hunting grounds. 194 00:13:22,326 --> 00:13:25,160 It's almost sundown. No one's allowed to leave the castle. 195 00:13:25,346 --> 00:13:26,540 But there are children out there. 196 00:13:26,631 --> 00:13:29,065 Just tell me where to find the children, and I'll bring them back. 197 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,862 - I'm going with you. - No, it's too dangerous. 198 00:13:32,003 --> 00:13:34,665 But I'm the one who put them in danger. With the Calthrop loose, 199 00:13:34,806 --> 00:13:37,001 my lady-in-waiting was worried about her family. 200 00:13:37,141 --> 00:13:38,302 I sent her to go get them. 201 00:13:38,444 --> 00:13:40,378 Putting yourself in danger won't help them. 202 00:13:40,512 --> 00:13:44,608 No, it'll help you. We can move faster if I show you the way. 203 00:14:03,336 --> 00:14:04,394 It's started. 204 00:14:08,843 --> 00:14:13,007 Please, Seeker, don't let me hurt anyone else. 205 00:14:47,183 --> 00:14:49,378 Stay back! I don't want to hurt you. 206 00:14:57,327 --> 00:14:59,488 As soon as we get this hitched, we can get out of here. 207 00:15:03,333 --> 00:15:05,233 Mother, I'm scared. 208 00:15:09,140 --> 00:15:10,732 It's all right, little ones. 209 00:15:10,875 --> 00:15:12,172 We'll be on our way soon. 210 00:15:31,797 --> 00:15:32,821 Whoa. 211 00:16:10,539 --> 00:16:12,404 Fight me! 212 00:16:14,943 --> 00:16:16,604 Run! 213 00:16:33,129 --> 00:16:34,562 Hey! 214 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,665 Corah, no. 215 00:16:43,541 --> 00:16:45,566 - Run away! - Richard. 216 00:16:49,113 --> 00:16:50,945 Kahlan! 217 00:16:51,416 --> 00:16:53,748 I'm fine. Take the children. Run! 218 00:16:56,188 --> 00:16:57,348 Hurry, little ones. 219 00:16:58,790 --> 00:17:00,690 Kill it, Seeker! Kill it! 220 00:17:01,626 --> 00:17:03,321 Ah! 221 00:17:05,231 --> 00:17:06,823 Richard! 222 00:17:14,607 --> 00:17:16,097 Ah! 223 00:17:33,260 --> 00:17:34,660 Ah! 224 00:17:44,205 --> 00:17:45,467 Kahlan. 225 00:17:45,940 --> 00:17:47,601 Kahlan, are you all right? 226 00:17:51,947 --> 00:17:54,074 Kahlan, stop. Kahlan, stop. 227 00:17:54,984 --> 00:17:57,452 Kahlan, it's me, Richard. 228 00:17:58,220 --> 00:18:01,485 Kahlan, it's me. It's me, Richard. 229 00:18:02,893 --> 00:18:04,383 Stop. 230 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,028 It's okay. 231 00:18:20,170 --> 00:18:22,434 - God, I'm so sorry. - Are you all right? 232 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,370 I think so. 233 00:18:24,515 --> 00:18:26,483 Now that that beast is dead. 234 00:18:39,231 --> 00:18:40,823 Father? 235 00:18:48,726 --> 00:18:52,355 The Calthrop wasn't the only monster out there last night. 236 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:57,457 The second time I've gone into the Con Dar 237 00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:59,529 and I still don't have control over it. 238 00:19:00,322 --> 00:19:02,917 The first time, I almost destroyed you. 239 00:19:03,717 --> 00:19:06,948 - Last night I almost destroyed Corah. - But you didn't. 240 00:19:08,659 --> 00:19:10,923 Only because you stopped me. 241 00:19:11,557 --> 00:19:15,824 Once it gets a hold of me, it's like I'm some wild animal. 242 00:19:15,951 --> 00:19:17,509 I don't know what I'm doing. 243 00:19:17,664 --> 00:19:20,326 You were trying to protect me from the Calthrop. 244 00:19:21,713 --> 00:19:25,274 If my mother were alive, she could teach me to control it. 245 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,667 But on my own, 246 00:19:29,013 --> 00:19:32,006 it's only a matter of time before I hurt someone. 247 00:19:32,592 --> 00:19:36,028 - Someone I care about. - Richard, Kahlan. 248 00:19:38,786 --> 00:19:41,812 - We killed the Calthrop. - Yes, I heard. 249 00:19:42,018 --> 00:19:43,076 And that's the problem. 250 00:19:43,450 --> 00:19:44,679 Shota showed me a vision 251 00:19:44,894 --> 00:19:48,295 of what would happen to this kingdom without the Calthrop. 252 00:19:48,369 --> 00:19:53,136 I saw a D'Haran invasion, soldiers storming the castle, 253 00:19:53,184 --> 00:19:55,652 and one of their commanders taking the king's throne. 254 00:19:55,856 --> 00:19:57,949 Well, we know Shota's visions can be averted. 255 00:19:58,030 --> 00:20:01,432 Yes, but I'm afraid in order to do that, 256 00:20:01,773 --> 00:20:04,469 we may need Shota to curse someone else. 257 00:20:04,514 --> 00:20:06,505 The D'Harans will prepare their invasion 258 00:20:06,628 --> 00:20:09,529 once they learn the Calthrop has been slain. 259 00:20:09,761 --> 00:20:12,594 As much as the people feared and hated the beast, 260 00:20:12,655 --> 00:20:14,146 it kept them safe from Rahl. 261 00:20:14,925 --> 00:20:17,450 Then we have to make sure the D'Harans don't find out. 262 00:20:18,796 --> 00:20:21,356 If we can keep the legend of the Calthrop alive, 263 00:20:21,498 --> 00:20:23,466 we can keep the D'Harans from invading. 264 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,535 And spare anyone else the burden of carrying Shota's curse. 265 00:20:26,670 --> 00:20:27,728 Maybe. 266 00:20:28,338 --> 00:20:30,534 But how long could we keep up such a ruse? 267 00:20:30,675 --> 00:20:32,768 Long enough for me to defeat Rahl. 268 00:20:45,991 --> 00:20:48,255 Why didn't my father tell me? 269 00:20:49,361 --> 00:20:51,386 He was trying to protect you. 270 00:20:51,530 --> 00:20:55,330 If my father didn't think I was strong enough to hear the truth, 271 00:20:55,467 --> 00:20:57,230 how can I lead this kingdom? 272 00:20:59,206 --> 00:21:02,232 - I know you can. - But maybe I shouldn't. 273 00:21:02,742 --> 00:21:05,870 Maybe I should ask Marius to assume the throne in my place. 274 00:21:07,347 --> 00:21:11,044 If you decide it's too much, no one would fault you. 275 00:21:11,751 --> 00:21:12,810 But if I'm not mistaken, 276 00:21:12,954 --> 00:21:15,923 your mother wasn't much older than you when she took the throne. 277 00:21:16,057 --> 00:21:17,581 But she had my father. 278 00:21:17,725 --> 00:21:20,057 And you have both of them inside you. 279 00:21:21,996 --> 00:21:23,896 I've seen your strength. 280 00:21:24,031 --> 00:21:27,262 You made the decision to ride out to save Helena and her children, 281 00:21:27,402 --> 00:21:30,098 even though you knew the dangers. 282 00:21:30,839 --> 00:21:34,900 I don't think your people could ask for a more courageous leader. 283 00:21:39,781 --> 00:21:43,718 As Queen, I pledge my fealty to this great kingdom, 284 00:21:43,853 --> 00:21:49,314 to defend its people from all enemies, and lead it into peace and prosperity. 285 00:21:49,459 --> 00:21:51,051 Spirits, bless our kingdom. 286 00:21:51,194 --> 00:21:54,561 Spirits, bless our kingdom. 287 00:22:07,011 --> 00:22:09,844 Spirits, bless our Queen. 288 00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:13,314 Spirits, bless our Queen. 289 00:22:19,357 --> 00:22:22,349 The only way the D'Harans will believe the Calthrop is still alive 290 00:22:22,494 --> 00:22:23,984 is if there's been another attack. 291 00:22:24,129 --> 00:22:25,562 My Queen, 292 00:22:25,697 --> 00:22:28,895 Captain Flynne and I will slaughter sheep and leave the carcasses at the border. 293 00:22:29,035 --> 00:22:30,662 We'll spread word along the trade routes. 294 00:22:30,803 --> 00:22:32,998 The D'Harans will believe it's the work of the Calthrop. 295 00:22:33,139 --> 00:22:38,008 I may have something that will help those efforts. 296 00:22:38,144 --> 00:22:40,544 I can place several of these chimes in the forest 297 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,412 that borders D'Hara, and cast a spell on them. 298 00:22:44,551 --> 00:22:48,214 The slightest disturbance in the air, say, from an approaching D'Haran, 299 00:22:48,355 --> 00:22:50,380 and the chimes will ring out. 300 00:22:50,524 --> 00:22:53,015 Only it won't be just any chime they'll hear, 301 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,686 it'll be the awful howls of a Calthrop. 302 00:22:56,164 --> 00:22:59,327 The ear is more easily frightened than the eye. 303 00:23:01,703 --> 00:23:04,228 We'll make preparations at once, Your Majesty. 304 00:23:09,677 --> 00:23:10,838 I want to thank you. 305 00:23:11,042 --> 00:23:13,716 I don't know what I would've done if you hadn't been here. 306 00:23:13,752 --> 00:23:15,508 If there's anything I can do for you... 307 00:23:18,244 --> 00:23:21,611 There is one favor you could grant me, Your Majesty. 308 00:23:43,511 --> 00:23:45,411 Why are you wearing that? 309 00:23:45,813 --> 00:23:48,213 Because I can't trust myself. 310 00:23:50,343 --> 00:23:52,777 I'm used to having control. 311 00:23:53,591 --> 00:23:56,686 Being a Confessor is about certainty, 312 00:23:56,732 --> 00:23:58,757 about knowing the truth. 313 00:23:59,221 --> 00:24:01,951 When I'm in the Con Dar, I don't have any of that. 314 00:24:02,185 --> 00:24:04,847 The rada'han gives a little of it back to me. 315 00:24:05,934 --> 00:24:08,425 But we don't even know if it works. 316 00:24:08,707 --> 00:24:10,835 It didn't stop King Gregor. 317 00:24:12,638 --> 00:24:14,469 It works. 318 00:24:15,815 --> 00:24:18,306 I can feel it suppressing my power already. 319 00:24:21,888 --> 00:24:25,052 Maybe it's something that shouldn't be suppressed. 320 00:24:26,093 --> 00:24:29,585 You said only the most powerful Confessors have it, right? 321 00:24:30,583 --> 00:24:32,141 Yes. 322 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:35,398 Then maybe this is a gift. 323 00:24:36,003 --> 00:24:38,472 One you shouldn't deny. 324 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,508 It's a part of who you are. 325 00:24:47,041 --> 00:24:50,568 When I'm in the Con Dar, I don't know who that is. 326 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,663 More news from our spy in the castle. 327 00:24:55,736 --> 00:24:58,330 Not only is King Gregor dead, but so is the Calthrop. 328 00:25:00,899 --> 00:25:03,026 Then the kingdom of Caddock is ripe for the taking. 329 00:25:03,299 --> 00:25:05,893 But we must act quickly if we want the Seeker as well. 330 00:25:06,083 --> 00:25:09,294 According to our spy, he will not remain at Caddock much longer. 331 00:25:09,329 --> 00:25:11,092 He would leave the kingdom defenseless? 332 00:25:11,224 --> 00:25:15,684 No. The child-queen wants us to believe that the Calthrop still lives. 333 00:25:15,891 --> 00:25:19,657 - They plan to deceive us. - To deceives us? 334 00:25:20,148 --> 00:25:22,913 And how do they intend to do that? 335 00:25:23,365 --> 00:25:28,200 If Kahlan could learn to use the Con Dar, just think of how powerful we could be. 336 00:25:28,482 --> 00:25:33,112 There are some things that even a wizard of the First Order doesn't fully understand. 337 00:25:33,869 --> 00:25:35,530 This is one thing I... 338 00:25:35,809 --> 00:25:37,937 I can't teach Kahlan. 339 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,033 - But Zedd... - Maybe we should respect her decision 340 00:25:41,079 --> 00:25:42,637 to wear the rada'han. 341 00:25:43,232 --> 00:25:45,757 Power is only valuable if it can be harnessed. 342 00:25:46,485 --> 00:25:48,578 If not, then it's no power at all. 343 00:25:52,366 --> 00:25:54,994 That sounded just like a Calthrop. 344 00:25:55,555 --> 00:25:58,115 I haven't cast the spell yet. 345 00:26:03,248 --> 00:26:04,441 Another monster? 346 00:26:04,449 --> 00:26:06,975 Zedd's on his way to Agaden Reach to find out who Shota cursed. 347 00:26:07,031 --> 00:26:08,794 And what do we do when we find this person? 348 00:26:08,964 --> 00:26:11,159 We prevent them from hurting innocent people. 349 00:26:11,489 --> 00:26:13,116 My Queen, shall I inform Prince Marius? 350 00:26:19,726 --> 00:26:22,890 Is there something else bothering you, Your Majesty? 351 00:26:23,238 --> 00:26:26,503 I was going through my mother's things and found her diary. 352 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,886 I know why she was outside the castle the night she died. 353 00:26:30,118 --> 00:26:32,177 She believed my father was unfaithful, 354 00:26:32,444 --> 00:26:34,207 and that at night, he would meet a woman. 355 00:26:34,568 --> 00:26:37,129 - Who? - The diary doesn't say. 356 00:26:37,471 --> 00:26:39,837 Only that the woman lived near Knollwood Grove. 357 00:26:40,323 --> 00:26:41,847 My mother went there to confront them. 358 00:26:43,482 --> 00:26:46,940 But the king couldn't have been unfaithful. By night, he was the Calthrop. 359 00:26:47,197 --> 00:26:49,295 But my mother didn't know that. 360 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,732 My father kept it a secret, even from her. 361 00:26:51,750 --> 00:26:53,411 Why would she think he was unfaithful? 362 00:26:53,993 --> 00:26:56,052 Because someone told her. 363 00:26:56,413 --> 00:27:00,247 The diary doesn't say who, only that it was someone she trusted. 364 00:27:01,633 --> 00:27:04,193 Whoever told her knew where the king would be at night 365 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,579 and sent her to her death. 366 00:27:07,874 --> 00:27:10,000 There's only one person besides your father 367 00:27:10,048 --> 00:27:12,073 who knew the truth about the Calthrop. 368 00:27:13,938 --> 00:27:15,200 Prince Marius. 369 00:27:16,192 --> 00:27:17,716 Think about it. 370 00:27:18,016 --> 00:27:21,578 Marius stood the most to gain, an entire kingdom. 371 00:27:21,619 --> 00:27:25,715 Maybe he orchestrated the queen's death at the hands of the Calthrop. 372 00:27:25,757 --> 00:27:27,483 And he knew the king would be so grief-stricken 373 00:27:27,498 --> 00:27:29,693 over killing his own wife, he would want to die. 374 00:27:29,976 --> 00:27:33,343 So the prince summoned the Seeker to fulfill his wish. 375 00:27:34,867 --> 00:27:36,892 And if it's the kingdom that Marius wants... 376 00:27:36,908 --> 00:27:39,706 Then only one person stands in his way. 377 00:27:40,388 --> 00:27:41,878 Me. 378 00:27:43,672 --> 00:27:45,230 No sign of Prince Marius. 379 00:27:45,347 --> 00:27:48,613 - My men have searched the castle. He's not here. - When's the last time anyone saw him? 380 00:27:48,723 --> 00:27:50,691 When I informed him of the second Calthrop. 381 00:27:50,990 --> 00:27:52,252 Well, he can't have gotten far. 382 00:27:52,538 --> 00:27:55,507 I'll find him. Keep the queen safe. 383 00:27:55,797 --> 00:27:57,258 This way, Your Majesty. 384 00:28:03,947 --> 00:28:08,975 - What's the safest place in the castle? - I'm afraid there's no place safe for you. 385 00:28:12,004 --> 00:28:14,199 - You're part of Marius' plot. - Take them. 386 00:28:15,813 --> 00:28:18,510 She wears a rada'han. Her magic cannot harm you. 387 00:28:26,558 --> 00:28:27,991 Stop them! 388 00:28:41,544 --> 00:28:44,012 Where are you off to in such a hurry? 389 00:28:48,098 --> 00:28:49,690 And where were you last night? 390 00:28:52,793 --> 00:28:54,226 The sun's going down soon, 391 00:28:55,148 --> 00:28:58,049 maybe you came out here to transform into the Calthrop? 392 00:28:59,816 --> 00:29:02,877 - You think I'm the monster? - I know you're a monster. 393 00:29:02,982 --> 00:29:06,724 You arranged the death of the queen and your brother. 394 00:29:06,743 --> 00:29:07,971 Why would I do such a thing? 395 00:29:08,998 --> 00:29:11,558 Maybe because you thought he was too weak to protect the kingdom. 396 00:29:12,239 --> 00:29:13,797 I loved my brother. 397 00:29:14,316 --> 00:29:16,216 But you loved his power more. 398 00:29:16,525 --> 00:29:18,959 And you would do anything to get it and hold onto it. 399 00:29:19,656 --> 00:29:24,093 Even if it meant striking a deal with Shota to make you the Calthrop. 400 00:29:26,058 --> 00:29:27,582 You've gone mad. 401 00:29:30,663 --> 00:29:32,529 We'll find out soon enough. 402 00:29:32,582 --> 00:29:35,813 Who is it, Shota? Who have you cursed now? 403 00:29:37,404 --> 00:29:40,134 You still don't understand, do you, Zeddicus? 404 00:29:40,273 --> 00:29:44,539 - I didn't curse anyone. - Enough games. 405 00:29:45,645 --> 00:29:49,013 I promised King Gregor that his kingdom would be protected forever. 406 00:29:50,718 --> 00:29:52,777 So I cursed the royal scepter. 407 00:29:54,082 --> 00:29:56,846 Whoever inherits the kingdom, 408 00:29:57,574 --> 00:29:58,905 inherits the curse. 409 00:30:06,161 --> 00:30:08,721 It won't take them long to break down this door. 410 00:30:09,004 --> 00:30:11,996 I'll have to Confess one of the guards. 411 00:30:12,357 --> 00:30:15,953 But I'll need your help to take off the rada'han. 412 00:30:16,212 --> 00:30:17,975 Corah. 413 00:30:19,582 --> 00:30:21,174 Corah! 414 00:30:22,352 --> 00:30:24,115 Corah. 415 00:30:53,306 --> 00:30:56,381 Wait! We need to get everyone out of the castle. 416 00:30:56,406 --> 00:30:59,069 Take them to the caves until you get word that it's safe to return. 417 00:30:59,418 --> 00:31:00,783 Right away. 418 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,300 What's happening? 419 00:31:11,972 --> 00:31:13,634 Corah is the Calthrop. 420 00:31:15,514 --> 00:31:17,141 She's loose inside the castle. 421 00:31:17,232 --> 00:31:19,928 We're getting everyone out, but we have to stop the beast without hurting Corah. 422 00:31:20,364 --> 00:31:23,060 Maybe we could use the rada'han to change the queen back. 423 00:31:23,077 --> 00:31:24,305 But it didn't work on the king. 424 00:31:25,284 --> 00:31:29,187 - And why was that? - I have no idea what you're talk... 425 00:31:40,417 --> 00:31:42,852 You were in charge of locking King Gregor into the rada'han. 426 00:31:43,055 --> 00:31:46,149 Yes, but each night I laced his meal with a sleeping potion. 427 00:31:46,510 --> 00:31:48,671 Once he was asleep, I unlocked the rada'han, 428 00:31:48,689 --> 00:31:50,384 unleashing the Calthrop. 429 00:31:50,837 --> 00:31:54,521 So all we have to do is get this thing around the beast's neck. 430 00:31:54,539 --> 00:31:57,634 - I think Marius can help with that. - How may I serve you? 431 00:31:58,594 --> 00:32:00,755 You're going to be the bait. 432 00:32:36,973 --> 00:32:38,372 Ah! 433 00:33:07,338 --> 00:33:08,930 It's all right. 434 00:33:10,365 --> 00:33:13,130 It's all right. It's okay. 435 00:33:13,379 --> 00:33:14,573 I'm here. 436 00:33:17,717 --> 00:33:19,878 I don't understand. If I'm the monster, 437 00:33:19,943 --> 00:33:23,003 then why did Marius sneak out of the castle before sunset? 438 00:33:23,421 --> 00:33:28,121 I was on my way to warn the D'Harans that the Calthrop was still alive. 439 00:33:28,921 --> 00:33:31,549 You murdered my mother and father, 440 00:33:31,732 --> 00:33:33,597 all so you could kneel before Rahl. 441 00:33:33,686 --> 00:33:36,246 In exchange for swearing my allegiance to Darken Rahl, 442 00:33:36,355 --> 00:33:38,346 the D'Harans agreed to leave me on the throne. 443 00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:42,956 But you weren't able to deliver your message to the D'Harans. 444 00:33:43,029 --> 00:33:44,690 So they think the Calthrop is dead? 445 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:49,614 Yes, they're planning to invade Caddock. They'll be here soon. 446 00:33:52,618 --> 00:33:54,245 Let them come. 447 00:33:54,429 --> 00:33:58,332 I'll remove the rada'han and the Calthrop will slaughter every last one. 448 00:33:58,535 --> 00:33:59,968 It's too late. 449 00:35:35,027 --> 00:35:36,722 It's over, Seeker. 450 00:35:37,101 --> 00:35:38,933 There's no escape. 451 00:35:56,225 --> 00:35:57,920 Bring the Seeker to me. 452 00:36:04,374 --> 00:36:09,210 - You won't kill me. Rahl wants me alive. - True. 453 00:36:09,668 --> 00:36:12,000 But he didn't say in how many pieces. 454 00:36:18,409 --> 00:36:21,716 You'll find it difficult to escape 455 00:36:21,726 --> 00:36:23,057 without your hands. 456 00:36:40,369 --> 00:36:42,303 - No! - No! 457 00:36:42,593 --> 00:36:44,618 Fools! See what you've done? 458 00:36:47,473 --> 00:36:49,031 This will come to pass within the hour 459 00:36:49,067 --> 00:36:51,696 and we're too far away to do anything to prevent it. 460 00:36:55,283 --> 00:36:57,808 You were right when you said together we had the power 461 00:36:57,845 --> 00:36:59,608 to move mountains, Shota. 462 00:37:02,224 --> 00:37:06,321 In fact, I think we could move something far greater. 463 00:37:07,787 --> 00:37:10,347 Bring the Seeker to me. 464 00:37:14,903 --> 00:37:20,137 - You won't kill me. Rahl wants me alive. - True. 465 00:37:20,382 --> 00:37:22,976 But he didn't say in how many pieces. 466 00:37:25,103 --> 00:37:27,697 You'll find it difficult to escape 467 00:37:28,432 --> 00:37:30,297 without your hands. 468 00:38:06,941 --> 00:38:08,932 What witchery is this? 469 00:38:25,026 --> 00:38:27,187 Ah! 470 00:39:32,792 --> 00:39:34,851 Don't you see, Zeddicus? 471 00:39:35,001 --> 00:39:38,869 Together we can accomplish anything. Nothing can stop us. 472 00:39:40,909 --> 00:39:44,037 That's precisely the reason why I left you all those years ago. 473 00:39:45,231 --> 00:39:50,295 Ultimate power must not go unchecked. You know this as well as I do, Shota. 474 00:39:50,444 --> 00:39:53,106 We would become monsters. 475 00:39:54,387 --> 00:39:58,881 That's the very reason we must defeat Darken Rahl. 476 00:40:03,018 --> 00:40:04,986 Then there is something else I must show you. 477 00:40:16,325 --> 00:40:19,317 The D'Harans won't stop running until they reach the People's Palace. 478 00:40:19,403 --> 00:40:23,066 And once the stories spread of the Calthrop terrorizing the kingdom, 479 00:40:23,253 --> 00:40:25,153 they'll think twice about invading again. 480 00:40:25,334 --> 00:40:28,497 What happens when my people learn the truth about the Calthrop? 481 00:40:28,697 --> 00:40:31,098 Maybe they don't need to know. 482 00:40:38,341 --> 00:40:41,037 You can wear the rada'han at night to suppress the curse. 483 00:40:41,104 --> 00:40:42,298 But don't you need it? 484 00:40:44,548 --> 00:40:45,914 No. 485 00:40:47,679 --> 00:40:49,704 My power is part of who I am. 486 00:40:50,642 --> 00:40:53,406 I tried to deny it, and it only put people in danger. 487 00:40:55,614 --> 00:40:57,081 I need to embrace it, 488 00:40:58,096 --> 00:41:00,064 learn to control it. 489 00:41:01,105 --> 00:41:03,699 I think I have to do the same. 490 00:41:04,176 --> 00:41:06,474 My father was too ashamed to tell his people 491 00:41:06,540 --> 00:41:08,599 the truth about himself, 492 00:41:08,887 --> 00:41:11,151 and look what it cost him. 493 00:41:11,757 --> 00:41:14,624 If he'd told my mother he was the Calthrop, 494 00:41:14,707 --> 00:41:16,801 she never would have left the castle that night 495 00:41:18,650 --> 00:41:20,379 and they'd both be alive. 496 00:41:22,201 --> 00:41:24,795 Nothing good can come from hiding who I am. 497 00:41:39,919 --> 00:41:40,977 What's wrong? 498 00:41:42,692 --> 00:41:44,684 When the D'Harans had you, 499 00:41:45,868 --> 00:41:48,166 I tried to bring on the Con Dar, 500 00:41:48,297 --> 00:41:49,992 but I couldn't. 501 00:41:50,099 --> 00:41:52,260 Even when I needed it most. 502 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:53,893 You told me it took your whole life 503 00:41:53,893 --> 00:41:56,361 to learn how to use your Confessor powers. 504 00:41:56,700 --> 00:41:57,758 Give it time. 505 00:42:02,118 --> 00:42:03,608 Zedd. 506 00:42:05,371 --> 00:42:06,565 We have to hurry. 507 00:42:07,550 --> 00:42:10,542 - What is it? - Shota showed me a vision. 508 00:42:11,551 --> 00:42:14,521 There is another Book of Counted Shadows. 509 00:42:17,027 --> 00:42:18,551 Long ago, in secret, 510 00:42:18,659 --> 00:42:21,457 an ancient monk transcribed a copy of the book. 511 00:42:21,774 --> 00:42:24,072 If we could get our hands on it, we could defeat Rahl. 512 00:42:24,688 --> 00:42:26,519 Did Shota's vision show you where it is? 513 00:42:27,926 --> 00:42:29,810 But there was more to her vision. 514 00:42:29,821 --> 00:42:32,813 Soon Rahl will also learn of the book's whereabouts. 515 00:42:32,903 --> 00:42:35,497 And when he does, he'll send men to retrieve it. 516 00:42:36,023 --> 00:42:40,983 The only question is, can we get there first?