The Wingfeather Saga (2022) s03e05 Episode Script

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[rumbling of ship]
[splashing waves]
[FENNICK]
Orders, sir?
[ERROL]
What?
[FENNICK]
Our defensive measures, sir.
What do we do?
There’s nothing you can do
when facing a sea dragon,
[Podo groaning]
much less a whole
thunder of ‘em!
Sea dragons
are a force of nature,
like a hurricane
or an avalanche.
You pray they let you pass.
[panting and grunting]
Papa?
Mama, is grandpa okay?
LORDS OF THE SEA!!
HEAR ME NOW!!
I AM PODO HELMER!!
SCALERAKER THEY CALL ME!!
YOU KNOW MY NAME
AND YOU’VE JUSTLY CURSED I
THESE MANY YEARS!!
I AM YOUR ENEMY!!
BUT I BEG YOU, LET YOUR WRATH
FALL ON ME AND ME ALONE!!
[angry snarl]
No matter what happens,
stay here and hold on tightly.
[scared groan]
[gasp]
Show yourself Yurgen!
[angry roar]
[groaning]
[YURGEN]
Butcher!
Destroyer of
helpless hatchlings!
I know you, SCALERAKER!!!
Scaleraker?
[NIA]
Scaleraker?
Janner!
What’s going on?
I don’t think it was Gnag
the dragons were
warning us about before!
I think
it was Grandpa!
You understand the sea dragons?
Yes, and all I know
is they hate grandpa.
[groans]
[angry roar]
[groans]
The dragon is going
to kill grandpa!
We have to do something NOW!
Long has my hatred burned
for you, Scaleraker.
Leeli! No!
[YURGEN]
Prepare to die!
[angry roar]
STOP!
[YURGEN]
Small one.
I’ve seen you.
[soft growl]
It was your song
that fell from the cliffs.
[soft growl]
Yurgen, King of sea dragons,
hear me.
I don’t know the history
of wrongs done to you,
but these children,
and all the others
on this vessel had no part.
You cannot destroy this ship!
[angry growl]
[YURGEN] DO NOT TELL ME
[Janner translates simultaneous]
WHAT I CANNOT DESTROY!
I have torn mountains to rubble!
I have smashed ships
to splinters!
Not this ship.
I beg you, be merciful
for the sake of my children!
Mercy?
I will show you what mercies
this butcher visited
upon my children!
HULWEN!
[angry growl]
[family groans]
[YURGEN] Witness the
merciful works of Scaleraker!
Now, my daughter,
return to Scaleraker
what belongs to him.
What have you done?
[sigh]
When I was young and a fool,
I hunted sea dragons.
You hunted them?
[PODO]
Aye, and their kind
don’t easily forget
or forgive.
[CROWSY]
Thar she hoves!
[PODO]
Where away?
Four points on the weather bow.
[dragon wails]
I spot her!
Keep yer eye on her!
Straight into the
shallows with ya!
Bring me another scaly treasure!
[laughing]
[TORK]
Get us close, lads!
Five hours until
the devils are back!
And Tork’s crew is set
to haul in another pup!
[cheers]
Look sharp you lubbers
and lay into that shiny blue
with both hands now!
Rake the scales off that one,
quick as you can!
I want it separated
and stowed in the hold
before they bring
that other one abeam!
[baby dragons
give soft wail]
Steady.
[baby dragons
give soft wails]
Steady.
LET FLY!
[dragon cries out]
[laughing]
[painful howl]
[grunts]
Secure your oars now
that you’re done usin’ ‘em!
Now’s the easy part!
Hold steady and she’ll
swim herself to death!
[painful cry from dragon]
[groans]
[laughter]
We’ll soon be the
richest sailors in Skree, boys!
The first crew to bring in
two sea dragons at once!
[cheers]
Oh, we’ll be raisin’
a few bibes tonight
to the cleverness
of Podo Helmer, won’t we lads?
He’s the first profiteer
crazy enough to stage a raid
while the big ‘uns
is all away at Dragon Day!
[cheers]
Won’t them bulls
an’ mama dragons
be in fer a fat s’prise though,
when they swims home to find
their young all harvested!
[ALL]
Aye!
Let’s just see to it that we're
back on land afore that happens.
If they sense so much
as the wash of our wake
after we've left
[soft cry]
[angry growl]
[soft cry]
[TORK]
Alright, lads.
She’s tired out.
Let’s bring her in.
[sympathetic groans]
Green one’s down!
About half a league out.
Just enough time to reel it in
and head home
with double the bounty!
[cheers]
You!
Get a signal out to Tork
that we’re making ready!
And tell ‘im to hurry!
[soft cry]
[soft cry]
[sad cry]
[soft cry]
[scared gasp]
What is it, lad?
[angry growl]
Oh no!
[sailors groan]
[triumphal groan]
Steady steady
Where’s she gone?
Where’d she go, Cappy?
[angry growl]
[CROWSY] Captain!
Something’s gone wrong!
Tork’s boat and his crew
they’re gone!
What about the sea dragon?
[CROWSY]
No sign!
[sigh]
Somebody jump in a skiff
and double time it out there
to see what happened.
And don’t come back til’
you’ve found that dragon!
[angry groan]
[angry groan]
[sailors cry out]
[PODO] Sea dragon.
[grunting]
[dragon growls]
[sailor groans]
[sailor screams]
OVER HERE,
ya overgrowed crustacean!
I’ve got some
steely treats for ya!
[low growl]
- [dragon growling]
- [Podo grunting]
[Podo grunts]
[Podo grunting]
[dragon growls]
[Podo grunts]
[dragon growls]
[Podo grunts]
[Podo grunts]
[chuckles]
That’ll do then, beastie.
Let’s get you lined up
fer a proper landing.
[dragon growls]
[dragon growls]
[Podo grunts]
[continues grunting]
[grunts]
[dragon growls]
[sailor yells]
[muffled sailor screams]
[Podo grunts]
[sailors screaming]
[low groan from dragon]
[gasp]
[grunting]
[low growl]
[low growl turning loud]
[grunts in pain]
[low growl]
[sigh]
What have I done?
O Maker, what have I done?
[Podo] It’s the sorry end
of my story, Nia.
No way ‘round it.
I’m so sorry.
Just get my grands
below to safety.
Take your long-awaited
vengeance my child.
DESTROY THE ONE
WHO DESTROYED SO MANY!
Grandpa.
Nooooo.
No! Grandpa, no!
DESTROY THEM ALL!
IT IS YOUR RIGHT!
[soft growl]
No.
WHAAAAT?!
I won’t do it.
Let them go.
His scars run deeper than mine.
[Yurgen gives
dissatisfied groan]
Wha
What just happened, Janner?
Uh, that dragon
grandpa hurt her long ago
She was supposed
to take revenge, but
she said No.
Oh, thank the Maker.
[PODO]
She
She’s letting me go?
After what I did to her?
Her heart is too kind,
but do not expect to find
the same mercy in me.
I am not a father who forgets
the evils done his child!
[roars]
[grunts]
[groans]
Mister Reteep!
Over here!
Bring the book!
Yurgen’s Tune!
Hold it open where I can see it!
[grunting]
[whistleharp music]
[panting]
Kal?
- [sea dragon growls]
- [city commotion]
The sea dragon remembers
horrible things he did long ago.
I think he feels ashamed.
How does one so young
now sing our ancient songs?
Because she’s
a Song Maiden of Anniera!
[low growl from Yurgen]
What you say is impossible.
Anniera has fallen,
that dream has ended,
and the world is dark.
He doesn’t believe us.
He says Anniera is gone.
No! It’s true.
These three children,
two children, are the Jewels,
heirs of the Shining Isle.
May I introduce
the Throne Warden
and Songmaiden of Anniera.
Your song, youngling,
has unlocked old visions
I had rather forgotten forever.
For there were ages of this
world when I too was unmerciful.
So you see, not all
the world is darkened yet,
O great terror of the seas.
I ask only that you honor
the ancient alliance
between Dragonkind and Anniera,
and allow the safe passage
of these royal heirs
and this wretched man
for he is now the children’s
only protector.
[low growl]
[YURGEN]
Our anger is deep.
However, for the sake
of the Song Maiden,
the ship may pass.
Should you ever set sail
upon these waters
again, Scaleraker,
your days will come
to a swift, dark end!!!
They’re letting him go!
They’re letting us go!
Grandpa can sail
the Dark Sea one last time.
[parting howls]
I’m so sorry, child.
I’m so sorry for who I was.
For what I did and what I hid.
I never wanted to be someone
you couldn’t love.
[PODO]
I’m so sorry!
I’m so sorry!!
[community chatter]
[ONWAA]
Good people of Kimera.
You have held!
[cheering]
Gnag sent his worst against we,
the last free people in Skree.
And now the Ice Prairies
are dusted with more than snow!
[cheering and applause]
You know I reward those
who serve this city.
Tonight, I single out for honor
one whose cunning
lured the fangs onto
the battlefield of our choosing,
where we decimated their ranks!
[cheering]
Gammon of Skree.
I declare you a laird
and defender of Kimera,
and I offer you
this token of your rank!
Rise and receive it!
[cheering]
[continued cheering]
[Maraly chuckles]
Funny how fast treachery
turns into bravery.
Look.
I am sorry I had to put you
in a dangerous position.
[MARALY]
It wasn’t just me.
It was Janner, and Leeli,
and the others too.
You used us!
I had to weigh the
possible peril to six people
against the survival
of an entire city.
I had no choice.
Oh, you chose alright.
I owe the people of Kimera
my protection.
I didn’t owe that family,
or you, anything.
[MARALY]
Well now you do.
If it weren’t for me,
you’da had an ax in your back.
You at least owe me for that.
I don’t deny you
saved my life in battle today.
But these people
they need legends
to keep their hope alive.
[Maraly chuckles]
Is that why you dress in that
ridiculous cape and mask
and prance ‘round Dugtown
jabbin’ at fangs?
It is, actually.
[MARALY]
Can I do it too?
You want to fight
beside the Florid Sword?
Maybe I’m just asking
that you pay your debts.
You owe me your life.
And that Janner kid
sprung me from the cage
before Claxton sold me
to the Black Carriage,
so I guess I owe him mine.
Way I work it out then,
if you pay back Janner,
you make all our debts square.
And how would I ever do that?
Janner told me about a bunch
of kids held prisoner
in a Fork Factory.
I aim to free ‘em.
But I wouldn’t mind
a little help
from a so-called legend.
Twas silver in shine
so fair and fine ♪
The light o’ the moon
on the waters ♪
[Podo continues
to sing lightly]
[CROWSY JR.]
Flying fang!
Or a giant bird!
The lone fendril, perhaps?
[ERROL]
WEAPONS!
[grunts]
[family commotion]
[ERROL]
It’s some weird fang alright!
Close in, boys!
Courage, lads!
Take it while it’s down!
No!
No, don’t attack!
It’s Artham.
Uncle Peet?
You have wings?
You know this creature?
[NIA] Yes.
[ERROL]
Stand down!
What is that?!
[gasp]
[LEELI]
Kalmar?
[small growl]
FANG!
[small growl]
[ERROL]
Destroy it!
[continued growling]
Mama!
It’s Kalmar!
[small growl]
Son..?
[small growl]
[snarl]