Relic Hunter s02e21 Episode Script

Relic Hunter (PAL) Gabriel.
God be with the noble knight, gabriel.
Let us pray for his triumph over the dark one.
(nigel:)look at it, sydney.
A medieval monastery virtually untouched by time.
Monks collecting beeswax as they have for centuries.
(syd:)are you excited, nigel? (nigel:)ohh, I've imagined this moment for years Ever since my father told me the story of saint gabriel as a boy.
But that sign on the gate, "no visitors"? Oh,don't worry, they'll be glad to see us.
Hello.
Then again, they're not exactly rolling out the red carpet, are they? Oh, good day.
My name's nigel bailey.
This is my colleague, dr sydney fox.
I'm theodoric, the abbott of this monastery.
This is a cloistered community.
Visitors are strictly forbidden.
Ah, the signs.
Well, um You see, we're looking for brother elgin.
He was supposed to meet us in town but he never showed up.
We have no brother elgin.
That's impossible.
I've exchanged correspondence with him Regarding saint gabriel's sword.
That's no more than a fable, young man, a bedtime story.
Trust me, we have no sword in the stone here Or anywhere else for that matter.
We've come 5000 miles.
Good.
There must be some mistake.
(nigel:)I mean, how many cloistered orders can there be In this part of hungary? (nigel:)hello? Brother theodoric, please, There must be some misunderstanding.
A few months ago, I wrote depicting a theory I have on saint gabriel's swor A brother elgin responded.
He was intrigued.
He instructed me to meet him in the town today, But he never showed.
Look, I brought his letter with me.
Let me see it.
Your presence is an insult to the sanctity of this order.
If you truly respect our privacy, you'll leave.
It's a fraud.
Please, hear me out.
What's that? It's a 15th century tableau Depicting saint gabriel slaying the demon belisle, A story my father told me when I was a boy.
If you look closer, there's an aura Surrounding gabriel's right hand.
Now, in medieval art, auras depicted a sacred or Or mystical entity.
Well, this one suggests that both the sword And his gauntlet are part of a magical unit.
Just what are you implying? (syd:)that the sword If it is within your walls, of course Can be removed from the stone that holds it By a person wearing the gauntlet.
An interesting theory But it doesn't change the fact that the sword never existed.
The legend isn't true.
(syd:)well, we realize that you're a cloistered community, But if you would allow us to speak With brother elgin just a moment (father:)please.
We're simple people.
We make candles from beeswax.
There's no brother elgin, There's no sword in a stone.
Now, I must get back to my work.
Thank you for your trouble, father.
, Don't go thanking him.
What about my theory? It's time to go.
I can't believe it, sydney, I'm at a complete and utter loss.
Well, don't be.
Did you notice the abbot's reaction When you showed him the tableau? He's hiding something.
And he was lying, wasn't he? There is a brother elgin.
No, I think he's telling the truth about that.
I thought you said he wasn't telling the truth.
Now there is no elgin? Think about it: If you're a monk in a cloistered monastery And you're trying to sneak a letter out, Are you going to put your real name on it? I guess not.
I think elgin's a pseudonym of some sort.
Of course.
What? Gabriel's squire was named elgin.
Someone's been doing his homework.
Yeah, well, so was our mystery letter - writer.
Oh, one more thing.
Did you notice a tattoo on his arm? No.
On his left wrist, He had a strange and distinctive tattoo.
I think it means something.
I'm so sorry.
Are you all right? Nigel bailey? Yes.
Brother elgin? I couldn't contact you sooner.
My real name is oswin.
I apologize for the deception.
What's going on here? Theodoric says all contact with the outside World leads to curiosity And curiosity leads to passion and passion leads to sin.
But you responded to nigel's letter.
I help the abbot with the mail.
Most inquiries to the monastery are destroyed by fire.
But after reading yours I was right about the sword, wasn't I? It's not safe to speak here.
Go to the village, Contact vasy the merchant, I'll try and find you there.
(decorator:)well, I have to remove all the wood and stuff from The walls, replace those curtains.
What I have in mind is saffron, Silk taffeta with a Pistachio trim, That'll flow into the new form of the room And give it a much airier feel.
Really, the wood panelling has to go.
Actually, I think sydney's pretty fond of the wood.
Sydney? My boss, whose office you're redoing.
Well, I work for the university, not any cindy person.
Well, sydney's got some pretty specific tastes.
Oh, really? What might they be? Well, thermal-proof the windows, insulate, Make the space more environmentally responsible Without losing the original character.
That's it? What's wrong with that? Listen, I have commissions to justify.
I am not about to be dictated to by some squeaky sorority girl.
My father has a relationship with the president of this university.
So do I.
Brother oswin.
But the monks rallied around their fallen hero And as belisle prepared to finish gabriel off, Their prayers stirred something deep inside the knight.
And wounded though he was, With his last ounce of strength He plunged his sword deep into belisle.
Careful there, zorro.
Turning the dark beast to stone and trapping the blade Where it sits to this day, Waiting for some brave knight to find it.
Let me guess, when your daddy told you the story, The knight's name was sir nigel? Sir nigel the brave.
Did he act the story out when he told you? Well, the first time he told it, He tripped over one of my mother's favourite lamps.
But something in his spirit captured my imagination, Drove me to learn more and more; One of the reasons I chose a career in ancient studies.
So finding this relic would mean a great deal to you.
It'd mean I proved the legend of saint gabriel to be true.
Here, give me the cell phone.
I'm going to call claudia, have her check on something.
Look and see if you can find the merchant vasy's store.
(nigel:)okay.
You've always been a daydreamer, oswin, More fascinated with the view from your window Than your devotions inside these walls.
Now, I'm not sure.
Have I misjudged you? I find comfort in the word of god.
Then quote a passage for me -- proverbs 17:20.
"he that hath a forward heart findeth no good.
He that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
" Abbot, I'm sorry, I don't understand.
Brother asven saw you talking to the strangers this afternoon.
I was only telling them to go away Beware your tongue, oswin.
Or should I say "elgin"? We found this hidden in your things.
It's a letter from the englishman.
It mentions the sword.
You were to destroy all correspondence.
The secret of the sword's existence is your blood sacred vow.
Nothing to say? Funny how only now you'd choose to honour your vow of silence.
Perhaps the bee bag will loosen your tongue.
No, please.
How did you get a letter out of the monastery? You're mistaken.
My mistake will be to let you live a second longer If you continue to deny you have betrayed this order.
It was vasy, vasy the merchant.
He mailed it for me.
Good.
Bag him.
No, wait I told you the truth.
You should never have sent that letter, oswin.
Go to the village.
Deal with vasy.
Claudia, where have you been? I've been calling, the machine's not on.
Are you all right? I was in that disaster formerly known as our office, Going over paint samples With this wicked witch of a decorator the university hired.
Okay, never mind that for right now.
I need you to check on something for me.
Go get a pencil and a paper.
Okay, shoot.
(syd:)draw a 'z'.
Okay.
Now draw a horizontal line right through the middle of it And add two little circles to each end of that line.
Okay, I give.
What is it? That's what I want you to find out.
(nigel:)syd! Vasy's shop's on the next corner.
It's locked.
Huh.
That's strange.
The van's here.
[struggling sounds.]
Are you all right? Yeah.
(nigel:)what about him? Thank you.
Are you mr.
Vasy? Emile.
I'm sydney fox.
This is nigel bailey.
Brother oswin told us to come.
He said he'd try to meet us here.
I saw you at the monastery this morning.
You talked to oswin? Theodoric allowed it? (nigel:)well, not exactly.
Do you know why he'd want us to come here? No.
What have I gotten myself into? How well do you know brother oswin? I've been delivering groceries and supplies To the monastery for years.
I've known oswin since he was a young lad in the village.
Then a couple of weeks ago, He asked me to post a letter for him.
I did.
Now theodoric sends his monks to beat me up.
I don't understand.
[cell phone ringing.]
Hello? (claudia:)nigel, put sydney on.
I've got some information for her.
Claudia, for you.
Yeah, what've you got? It's a religious symbol, medieval european.
Why don't you give it to (claudia:)nathanson? I'm way ahead of you.
He's going to get back to me as soon as he gets anything.
But I got to go now.
What's the rush? Paint samples.
I thought that you hated the university decorator.
Oh, did I forget to mention that They'd hired an outside contractor? What's his name? (claudia:)andreas.
They'll be back.
Theodoric is a brutal man.
Sounds like he knows tactics.
The order's recruits are young boys From poor families with few options.
Easy pickings for men like theodoric.
Was oswin different? Oswin was an idealist.
He had hopes of updating the order, Committing it to public service And bringing it into the twentieth century.
But Once he was initiated, He found that theodoric had perverted it, Descended it from christian practice And made it into a cult of the sword.
Was oswin alone in his hopes for change? The other monks live in fear.
Theodoric has the order under his thumb.
Oswin was about to tell us something When they came after him.
Can I ask you something? What was oswin's letter to you about? (nigel:)I have a theory about saint gabriel's sword.
I don't understand.
Surely he told you, It's there in the monastery.
(nigel:)I knew it.
We believe gabriel's gauntlet, His glove, is the key to withdrawing the sword from the stone.
(syd:)when we showed this to theodoric And told him our thoughts on it, he reacted strongly.
Of course.
He'd want to keep it for himself.
(nigel:)the question is where do we start Looking for it to find it first? I trust solitude affords the opportunity To think about your actions.
Tell me, how long have you been writing these letters? I only wrote the one, I swear it.
(father:)the truth, oswin.
If only you could have read that young man's letter, Sense the passion in his words He was only seeking the truth, the truth about gabriel.
I thought if he could only just see the sword Just to know that it exists.
What if he'd stumbled on the key? Do you have any idea the kind of havoc he could unleash? The dark one's forces are all around us.
Prepare yourself.
What did he say? (claudia:)you know, he recognized your 'z' symbol right off.
It's called a zadovar, very rare.
It's also some sort of sun sign thingy.
But get this: In 1974, Several zadovars were uncovered at a dig in hungary At a place called childric's hill.
Childric's hill? Near here, I know the place.
Oh, and there's something else, too.
He gave me a doctoral thesis.
It's got a whole bunch of sketches And a plot of the ruins.
Would that help? Yeah.
Get to a scanner and e-mail it to nigel's computer.
Good work.
(claudia:)thanks.
By the way, how's the decorator? Oh, oh, so good.
We're going to chow down on some calamari As soon as andreas gets here.
I thought you hated calamari.
Oh, yeah, well I'm learning to have an open mind.
Ciao.
I'll join you in a minute.
Belisle, soon it will be time And you will be free, master.
(nigel:)childric's hill.
Legend says that saint gabriel was buried by his squire elgin, But the location was kept secret.
Do you think this could be the place? (sydney:)it's a good possibility.
How long will it take to get there? Not long.
But the road is very bad.
You shouldn't travel at night.
It's best to wait until morning.
Is there an inn nearby? Just up the street.
We should get a map.
I can show you the way.
That would be great.
(nigel:)why can't we ever find one of these in a populated area? Well, the ruins should be up here on the left.
(nigel:)the building's gone.
Yeah, it was in ruins during gabriel's time as well.
Gabriel was most likely buried below us In a crypt or a vault of some kind.
The zadovar symbol may very well mark where.
Well, the site plan that claudia sent Shows the places where the symbol was found.
Three, according to that.
One near the ruins of a watchtower, (sydney:)the second near the foundation wall, And the third dead centre in a well.
Gabriel could be buried under any one of those.
Well, that large pile of stones looks like the watchtower.
I'll check it.
I'll go over to the well.
I'll check the foundation wall.
I was just thinking of poor oswin, Of what theodoric will do to him.
(nigel:)I found it.
It's not a well.
It's been filled in.
There's something underneath the fill, though.
I found one, sydney, A carved stone marker with a zadovar symbol on it about yea big, But no sign of any crypt or any entrance.
I found the second, just a stone, nothing else.
Okay, here's the third.
I've got it.
But it's just a marker.
There's no sign of a crypt entrance anywhere.
Why markers? Well, according to the legend, Elgin brought gabriel here himself.
Maybe he brought some monks from the monastery with him.
And laid the symbols to mark the hero's resting place.
A symbol Are you thinking what I'm thinking? The markers are part of a larger pattern.
What are we looking for? (nigel:)another marker.
(sydney:)there it is.
This is how the stones fit together.
You take the first three markers (sydney:)that the other archaeologists found And then you add the fourth.
But hang on, there's more.
Looking for a circle (sydney:)yes, a circle, Just like the circles at the end of the cross line.
It's almost a complete symbol.
Which means there should be another circle Somewhere over there.
(sydney:)a circle.
Do you notice, nigel, that the cross line runs east-west? (sydney:)yesterday claudia said something that made me think.
She said the zadovar is a sun symbol.
The path of the sun.
Of course, this is brilliant.
What? (nigel:)a not-so-uncommon way to mark a burial place.
The sun rises in the east in life.
And sets in the west (sydney & nigel:) In death.
Gabriel is buried under the western circle.
(sydney:) hello, gabriel.
(nigel:)cozied up the space.
I don't see any sign of a burial.
Well, a knight of gabriel's stature Would be buried with his armour and valuable belongings.
They would never leave them out in the open.
A zadovar.
(nigel:)there's an inscription.
"apium labor gabrielli dux est".
"the work of bees is the way to gabriel.
" (nigel:)your latin is excellent.
I was an altar boy Years ago.
The work of bees.
(sydney:)the work of bees? Well, surely it's not something back at the monastery.
(sydney:)it's made of wax.
Beeswax from the monastery.
(nigel:)the work of bees.
But how does that lead back to gabriel? (sydney:)there's a keyhole behind it.
Then there has to be a key.
(nigel:)what are you doing? (sydney:)I have a hunch.
(nigel:)yeah, I think I can see something.
The key.
(sydney:)the way to gabriel.
Gabriel's gauntlet.
Get over there.
Move it! What are you doing? How convenient for you two that you're already in a crypt.
[screaming.]
(sydney:)nigel.
(nigel:)the symbol.
He was a monk? Why was he living outside the order? (sydney:)I don't know.
So vasy was working for theodoric all along.
Playing us so we'd lead him to the gauntlet.
And those two thugs who beat vasy up, That must've been just a show for our benefit.
Poor oswin, he trusted the man.
To think we almost got sealed in here with gabriel.
Minus his gauntlet.
We'd better go find oswin.
Yeah.
(nigel:)any sign of oswin? (sydney:)no.
I hate to think what they've done with him.
This relic hunt's turned into something far greater Than searching for gabriel's sword.
We've got to get oswin out of there.
(sydney:)the front gate's padlocked.
The place must be on high alert.
There's theodoric's muscle.
Front door's out of the question.
We'll have to find another way in.
You're sure about this? Yes.
You're sure? You have a better idea? This place goes on forever.
First we find oswin, then we look for the sword.
[door opening.]
A prisoner's meal? (nigel:)oswin.
(oswin:)thank god.
You shouldn't have come.
You're both in great danger.
Look at your face.
The sting's mostly gone out of it.
Theodoric did this? Oswin, I'm so sorry.
My punishment for assisting you both.
He caught me as I was leaving for the village and locked me up.
(oswin:)did you find vasy? Vasy's dead.
How? Recovering the gauntlet from its hiding place.
Good lord.
Was he a monk? No, no, he wasn't.
(sydney:)he pulled a gun on us.
Fortunately, gabriel's armour was booby-trapped.
We found the zadovar symbol on his arm.
Is there a chance he was working for theodoric? I don't know.
And the gauntlet? I knew.
I knew you were the one, nigel.
The minute I read your letter, I sensed the passion in your words.
I knew you were the one that would draw gabriel's sacred sword.
I can think of no other man worthier of donning gabriel's sacred gauntlet.
(sydney:)I hate to interrupt, But we really should find the other relic.
The stone is hidden away in a wing of its own.
Come.
It's real.
Just like your father told you.
I wish he could be here to see this.
Put it on and see if your theory's right.
Brother theodoric, oswin has escaped.
Hurry, nigel, there's no time.
(nigel:)for over This sword has been encased in stone, Hidden from the rest of the world.
Now, I hold the power in my hand.
[church bells ringing.]
We've been discovered.
Hurry.
No.
You're more deserving of this.
You risked your life to help us.
We couldn't have done this without you.
And we won't if you don't get a move on.
Stop! Oswin, you made a vow to watch over the captive beast, To ensure that belisle would never again walk this earth.
Think what you're doing.
You're going to unleash the demon.
(sydney & nigel:) unleash? Pulling the sword will release belisle.
For years, I've waited, prayed, Toiled within these walls, dreaming of your return.
The blood of your loyal servants has been shed so that you may come.
No.
[evil laughter.]
(sydney:)we've got to help him.
We've got to put that demon back where he came from.
(nigel:)it's hopeless without the gauntlet and the sword.
Theodoric's next.
[praying quietly in latin.]
I'll distract him.
You put our very existence in jeopardy With your greed for the sword.
(nigel:)it wasn't greed, it was curiosity.
(sydney:)and we weren't the problem.
Vasy and oswin were hell-bent on releasing the demon.
Vasy became obsessed with belisle, On unleashing him to the world.
In a strange way he wanted to save the world from its own excesses.
I found devotions to the demon in his belongings.
Hoping to stem the tide of corruption, I had him expelled but allowed to keep his ties To the order.
That was a tragic mistake.
Theodoric, we understand why you would want to keep this a secret.
But we question your methods.
We saw the bee stings all over oswin's face.
He broke his vows.
We could have all been destroyed.
Well, perhaps I could have been more honest with you about the sword.
Well, if we hadn't have gone through all this, We may never have rooted out oswin And vasy's intentions to release the demon.
The lord does work in mysterious ways.
I always believed the legend to be true, I just never realized removing the sword would release the demon.
This needs to be protected.
Nobody in this order must ever know where the gauntlet is hidden.
That's why gabriel in his wisdom Separated them in the first place.
What would you like us to do with it? Never let me find it.
We can do that.
Nigel, I think your father would be very proud of you right now.
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