Excalibur

Ector: [before the battles of unification] All these men are loyal. Morgana: [to Merlin] You fool! You thought you would trap me. You are trapped yourself, by the same sorcery you used to deceive my mother. You're nothing. You're not a god, you're not a man. I shall find a man, and give birth to a god. Kay: [following Percival's success on the Grail Quest] Guards! Knights! Squires! Prepare for battle! Mordred: [to Arthur during their battle] Come, father. Let us embrace at last. Uryens: In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I give you the right to bear arms and the power to mete justice.

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Merlin: Uther... Uther: Merlin? Merlin: Uther. Uther: Merlin! I am the strongest! I am the one! The sword! You promised me the sword! Merlin: And you shall have it; but to heal, not to hack. Tomorrow, a truce; we meet at the river. Uther: Talk! Talk is for lovers, Merlin! I need the sword to be king!

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Uther: Where have you been? Merlin: I have walked my way since the beginning of time. Sometimes I give, sometimes I take - it is mine to know which and when. Uther: You must help me, Merlin! Merlin: Must I? Uther: I am your king! Merlin: So you need me again, now that my truce is wrecked. Years to build and moments to ruin, and all for lust! Uther: For Igrayne! One night with her. You don't understand, you're not a man. Use the magic. Do it! Merlin: [considering] Igrayne... You will swear, by your true Kingship, to grant me what I wish. Then you shall have it. Uther: [kneeling] By Excalibur, I swear it! Merlin: What issues from your lust, shall be mine. Swear it again! Uther: I SWEAR IT!

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Merlin: Shall I tell you what's out there? Arthur: Yes, please. Merlin: The Dragon. A beast of such power that if you were to see it whole and all complete in a single glance, it would burn you to cinders. Arthur: Where is it? Merlin: It is everywhere. It is everything. Its scales glisten in the bark of trees, its roar is heard in the wind, and its forked tongue strikes like, like... [lightning strikes a nearby tree] whoa! — like lightning! — yes, that's it.

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Merlin: You have a kingdom to rule. Arthur: But how? I don't know how. Merlin: You knew how to draw the sword from the stone. Arthur: That was easy. Merlin: Was it? I couldn't have done it.

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Arthur: [holding Sir Uryens at swordpoint, during the siege of Leondegrance's castle] Swear faith to me, and you shall have mercy! I need battle lords such as you. Uryens: [sarcastically] A noble knight, swear faith to a squire? Lot: Never! Never! Arthur: You're right. I'm not yet a knight. You, Uryens, will knight me. Then, as knight to knight, I can offer you mercy. [hands the sword Excalibur to a shocked Uryens, kneeling before him] Merlin: [astonished] What's this? What's this? Lot: Keep it, Uryens! Uryens: [after struggling with his thoughts for several seconds] ...in the name of God, Saint Michael, and Saint George...I give you the right to bear arms, and the power to mete justice. Arthur: That duty, I will solemnly obey...as knight...and king. Merlin: [still astonished] I never saw this! Uryens: Rise, King Arthur. [kneeling, as do all the other knights] I am your humble knight...and I swear allegiance to the courage in your veins. So strong it is, it's source must be Uther Pendr

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