The Dragon Prince (2018) s04e01 Episode Script

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Pa-pum ♪
[grunts]
[panting]
[gasps]
[grunts] What
What-What's going on?
[gasps] You're alive!
Somehow I
I survived the fall?
No.
Y-You didn't.
[gasps]
But you're okay now.
- Where is
- Your creepy caterpillar friend?
[chuckles] Two days ago,
it climbed up that wall, and spun itself
into that.
[liquid gurgling]
It's changing.
[suspenseful music playing]
Two days.
I've been dead for two whole days?
It's been two years, dad.
Over two years have passed.
[theme music playing]
[music fades]
[dramatic music playing]
[rain pattering]
[Callum] What secrets are you hiding?
[knocking on door]
High Mage Callum, the King's council
is assembling in the throne room.
Oh, pfft. You don't need to call me that.
I-I know it's my official title,
but all that high mage stuff is so
stuffy. [chuckles]
Just call me my normal name,
Prince Callum.
Or you know [stutters]
just regular Callum.
But you don't actually have
to actually say "regular."
[chuckles]
Okay, I'm sorry, now I don't remember
what you came to tell me.
- King's counci
- Council meeting! Right, on my way.
[horses neighing, whinnying]
Pluviam praesidium.
[horses whinnying]
[dramatic music playing]
Morning, Soren! Corvus!
[laughs] There he is, the step-mage!
Still funny.
Gets a little bit funnier every time.
Ha-ha!
That's how these things work.
Nicknames, ha-ha!
- Hey, what if I called you
- Don't.
[Crow Master humming]
Oh, hey! Uh, s-see you guys
at the meeting in-in two minutes.
O-One minute!
- Crow Master! Excuse me, Crow Master?
- Hmm?
Oh, sorry, were you talking to me?
Because I'm actually not
the Crow Master anymore
since I got promoted.
Uh, so
You are speaking
with the Associate Crow Lord.
Not bad, not bad.
So, listen, anything come for me,
maybe from Xadia?
Ancient tome, dusty and crusty
and full of rare elven runes?
Oh, what is it, like a spell book?
Not quite,
it's called the Tome of Translation!
I need it
to translate some super-weird runes.
Mm, usually as Associate Crow Lord,
I don't get involved with things
on an individual package level.
But for you, I'll keep an eye out!
Thanks.
Oh, and congratulations on the job thing!
Are you sure Prince Callum
doesn't know that
[door opens]
You ever get that feeling where
[Soren] Where you walk into a room
and everyone suddenly shuts up
and you're pretty sure
they were talking about you?
- [Soren laughs]
- Yeah!
[grunts] Nope! [laughs]
You're-You're way off, buddy.
Well, sorry I'm late everyone.
We haven't gotten started yet.
We're still waiting
on your brother, the King.
[halberds thudding]
[dramatic music playing]
[Opeli] Welcome, King Ezran.
It looks like we can start
this council meeting.
Opeli, wait! We're not all here.
[grunts]
Shall we begin, Bait?
[grunts]
[adventurous music playing]
[horse breathing hard]
[horse whinnying]
[horses neighing, whinnying]
"What are we doing here, Janai?
I understand the need for secret missions,
but you shouldn't keep
the secret from me."
I already explained this mission
is need-to-know only.
And it's safer for you not to know yet.
I promise you, Amaya,
you will understand soon.
[horse whinnying]
[horse whinnying]
[horse neighs]
I need you to wait here.
"Something's not right. We're not alone."
Trust me. It's safe.
I need Commander Gren to come with me.
I'll be right back.
[suspenseful music playing]
[horses neighing]
[Opeli] Our first order of business
is welcoming our new council member
to his first day.
Welcome, Barius the Baker.
Barius, have you given any thought
to the official titles I suggested?
Hm, while I did appreciate
the authoritative ring
of "Baker-in-Chief,"
in the end, I would be humbled
to accept the role
as your Minister of Crusts and Jellies.
[applauding]
Our next topic:
the King says
that he has some news to share.
It says here that it is "big news."
I've planned a surprise for everyone.
Katolis is going to have
some special visitors
[Soren mimics drum rolling]
What? It builds anticipation.
[groans]
Now I'm excited!
And I already know what's happening.
The Dragon Queen is coming to Katolis!
And she's bringing Zym!
[all] Huh?
Um, King Ezran,
perhaps we should think this through.
The Dragon Queen in Katolis,
won't people be terrified?
They might be, at first.
But it will change when they meet her.
[grunts]
Zubeia is gentle and kind and funny,
and when people see that, it will start
to change how they see dragons.
And that's sort of the point.
This is a first step
towards building trust and peace
between the human kingdoms and Xadia.
And besides, she only eats
three people a day.
It's a small price to pay
for peace. [chuckles]
[coughing]
Sorry. Not funny. Bad joke.
Well, uh, I suppose
if the kingdom is having a guest,
I ought to welcome her
with a dragon-sized jelly tart!
[Ezran] Not the size of a dragon?
[laughs] Uh, no, no, Your Majesty.
Uh, the size a dragon would eat!
Yes! And for tomorrow's council meeting,
let's all come with ideas
for making this visit amazing.
Meeting adjourned.
[Soren] Hey, after Callum's gone,
should we talk about, uh
uh, that new dance craze!
The-The one that's sweeping the castle?
Ha-ha! Ooh! Ho-ho!
All the kids are doing it. [laughs]
Ooh! Huh.
Whew! [chuckles] I'm a master bluffer.
[Ezran giggles]
[suspenseful music playing]
Seeing you now, I-I almost can't believe
it's been over two years.
[grunts] I have a lot
to catch up on. [gasping]
Careful! You've got to get used
to being alive again.
[panting] Thank you, Claudia.
Two years ago, after the battle ended,
I searched for you.
When I found your body
it was more bent and broken
than this crown.
[crown clattering]
The star caterpillar was with you,
a-and that mysterious, deep voice
spoke to me.
Aaravos.
Yes. Aaravos told me I had to act fast.
I brought you into this cave
where the star caterpillar
spun a strange sparkly cocoon around you
to preserve your body.
Then what?
Then, I had to go on a quest.
A quest into Xadia:
to find every strange and rare thing
I would need to save you,
to bring my father back from the dead.
[inhales] I had to do things
I never imagined I would be able to do.
[sighs]
I'm I'm sorry.
[birds twittering]
- [tense music playing]
- [leaves rustling]
- [leaves rustling]
- [twig cracks]
[horses whinnying]
[horseshoes thudding]
[crackling]
[tense music playing]
- [grunting, groaning]
- [gasps]
[grunts]
[man] No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
[yelling, grunting]
Oh, no!
[Janai] What is going on?
[Gren] "They ambushed me."
No, no. No, no, no. [groans]
You don't understand.
How could this happen?
[man whimpers]
[Soren grunting]
Ugh, yeah, feel the burn!
Ninety-seven [grunts] 98
[grunts] 99, and [yells]
- What's going on, Soren?
- Ah.
The whispers and secrets
and hush-hushy stuff
in the council meeting?
You're gonna tell me.
Oh, uh, it's just, uh
[stutters] Don't worry about it.
It's Crownguard stuff.
You know, you wouldn't
Crownguard?
Soren, if Ezran's in danger,
I need to know.
Is there a plot against the King?
Oh, I mean, maybe? Kind of. Whoa!
And a hundred! [laughs]
Ah, C-Callum, wait!
Amaya, this was no ambush,
these are dancers!
Then why were they wielding fire whips?
Those aren't whips.
They're flame ribbons used in the dance.
Go on, show her.
[crackles]
This is a traditional
Sunfire Elf Ceremony.
What kind of ceremony?
[soft music playing]
How did I do? W-Was my signing okay?
I-It was beautiful!
Slightly off.
You asked her to wrestle with you.
It was amazing.
This human she is marrying, she's a beast.
- [Janai] I heard that
- [gasps]
and you're right.
That's what I love about her.
After finding everything I needed,
I came back here to the cave.
Aaravos gave me final instructions
and then the star caterpillar
went into that chrysalis.
[liquid gurgling]
I had to complete
the resurrection spell alone
and it worked.
- Oh
- You're back!
Huh, I-I'm here.
I'm alive.
- For now.
- What?
Wha-What do you mean, "for now"?
The magic is only temporary.
Ah. I see.
This spell will only bring you back
for 30 days.
But dad, there is a way
to make it permanent.
Aaravos can do it.
H-He told me he can save you!
And when do we expect
our Startouch savior to emerge
from that mystic chrysalis?
N-Never. That's not Aaravos.
Aaravos is trapped
in a magical prison somewhere.
Even he doesn't know where it is.
We need to find him and free him.
In 30 days.
Yes.
[sighs] It's
It's hopeless.
There is one weird hope.
The last thing Aaravos told me
before the caterpillar went in there was
[mimics Aaravos] "The being
that emerges from the chrysalis
will guide you to one who has answers."
Being?
Being.
[liquid gurgling]
[footsteps thudding]
[Soren] W-Wait up!
Step-mage, let-let's talk!
[clears throat]
Whoa, whoa, whoa! What's the rush?
- Soren told me everything.
- Everything?
Everything about the secret plot
that the Crownguard is working to thwart!
R-Right.
Callum, w-we need your help with the
Th-The thwarting! The thwarting.
Uh, maybe we can go
somewhere quiet to talk about this
- Plot. Against the King!
- [groans]
I'll help any way I can.
Let's go to the High Mage's Office,
which is, uh, my office.
If Ezran is in danger,
you need to tell me what's going on, now.
Well, I'm not sure where to start.
I think, uh
Y-You know who knows most of the details?
Corvus!
Uh, I have a quick question first.
I've always wondered, uh
What's under that cover?
Oh, it's, uh It's something Lord
[stutters] The previous High Mage
left behind.
A mirror with ancient runes on it.
I'm convinced
there's a deeper secret here,
if I can just figure out
what it is or what it does.
That does sound very interesting.
Mm-hm, mm-hm, mm-hm. Mm-hm, yeah.
Very interesting, mm-hm.
My Aunt Amaya has managed
to locate a rare book in Xadia,
a Tome of Translation,
and she's sent it,
but I'm still waiting for it.
That book also sounds very interesting.
Oh, uh, super. Super interesting.
It is!
As soon as it gets here,
I'm gonna be able to
Wait, wait. Are you trying to stall me?
You know, I'm very passionate
about this stuff, and nobody [gasps]
[tense music playing]
The King's Tower went dark!
Ezran's in trouble!
- Mana Pluma Volantus!
- [Soren, Corvus gasp]
Uh, did he just
[grunts]
Ezran, I'm coming!
[crackling]
Ez?
Are you in there?
[bell dinging]
[all] Surprise!
[pants] What?
Happy birthday, big brother!
I can't believe this!
[in unison]
Have a mystical, magical birthday ♪
Have a wonderful, whimsical birthday ♪
Have a fun and fantastical birthday ♪
With wishes and kisses
And laughing and love ♪
[footsteps thudding]
Surpri
Oh. I missed it.
[Viren] So to refresh:
we have one month to find a magical prison
that's been hidden for centuries.
And then, we have to figure out
how to break out
the ancient being trapped in that prison,
or else, I will die?
Well, to be clear, it's 30 days.
Just to make sure you don't think
it's a 31-day month, because
[chuckles] we don't get the extra day.
[sighs] It's hard to imagine
things getting any worse.
[groans] I know, right?
Oh, wait!
Uh, one more thing, I almost forgot.
I want you to meet my new boyfriend.
Terry! [giggling]
Yes, um, hello. The name's Terry.
Uh, like she said.
It's short for "Terrestrius." [chuckles]
Very traditional Earthblood elf name.
Bit old-fashioned, you know,
but my friends call me Terry, and you
[inhales] can call me Terry.
May I call you Viren?
Lord
Uh, sir
Claudia's dad?
Very well.
Anywho, your daughter's amazing.
I mean, y-you know that, you're her dad.
And, like, she brought you back
from the dead.
Wow! Right. [chuckles]
Well [clears throat]
Trees to meet you.
[chuckles]
[whispers] I think it went well.
- [clapping]
- [festive music playing]
[people chattering]
[kids laughing]
All the kids are doing it.
[groans] Soren was right.
[Crow Master] Oh, you hadn't heard?
I just got promoted. Associate Crow Lord.
Yeah, finally,
a little respect. [chuckles]
Yo I'll talk to you later!
Hey, Bait, have you seen
the birthday mage?
I haven't seen him in a while.
[grunts]
[somber music playing]
You doing okay?
Yeah.
Why aren't you celebrating?
Barius made you a special birthday treat.
Pineapple Right-side-up Cake!
[sighs]
It's not really my birthday anymore.
Not to me.
It'll never be the same.
Because of Rayla.
To me, this will always just be
the anniversary
[sighs] of the day she left.
You still love her, don't you?
[Callum] I don't even know if she's alive.
She's alive.
And wherever she is
she loves you, too.
[sighs]
[closing theme music playing]