TEXT: SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Emma's house. [SCENE_BREAK] ( Insects chirping ) [SCENE_BREAK] Rumplestiltskin: ( Giggles ) Beautiful, aren't they? Both halves finally reunited. You know what they represent, now, don't you? Emma: Power. Rumplestiltskin: It's much more than power, dearie. It's history. Excalibur's promise was born eons ago. And now it's time for that promise... To be fulfilled. [SCENE_BREAK] SCENE: Desert. 1000 years ago. [SCENE_BREAK] ( Both grunting ) Man: They following?! Merlin: No. They wouldn't trail escaped generals into this, much less foot soldiers. ( Groans ) ( Breathing heavily ) ( The sun glitters off something in the distance. ) Merlin: Look, look! There it is again. Man: It's a mirage, Merlin. There's no water there. Merlin: I would rather find out for sure than lie here and die. Come on. ( They approach a gilded goblet of water on a rock. ) Man: That's a gift from the Gods. Merlin: We are hardly worth notice of the Gods. Man: The Gods could do worse. But if you don't want any... ( The man places his hands around the goblet and starts screaming. He turns to dust. ) Merlin: ( Sighs ) Well, then... To drink or die? With your permission... ( Merlin drinks from the goblet. ) ( Breathing deeply ) Merlin: Thank you. Thank you. ( Merlin drinks from the chalice. Under his hand, the desert turns to greenery. ) Merlin: I have magic. [SCENE_BREAK] ( Birds chirping ) [SCENE_BREAK] SCENE: Camelot. Six weeks ago. Granny's. [SCENE_BREAK] David: So you can really do it... Take the dark one dagger and put it together with Arthur's sword to re
SUMMARY:
In flashbacks, it is revealed that Merlin drank from the Holy Grail about 1,033 years ago, begetting his transformation into a wizard, able to heal the forlorn of his thriving village, he becomes a Christ-like figure. He meets a distraught woman by the name of Nimue, whose village and family were slaughtered by a mongol named Vortigan . Over time the two fall in love, but Merlin's immortality is an obstacle. They set out on a journey to forge the grail into a sword, that will cut away his immortality. Using the Promethean Flame, Merlin conjures Excalibur, but Vortigan attacks them, apparently killing Nimue. However, Nimue had also drunk from the grail. Citing her newfound ability to take vengeance, she kills Vortigan, becoming the first Dark One, and breaks the sword into two pieces. Meanwhile, in Camelot, Merlin and Emma set out on a journey to speak with the first Dark One and claim the Promethean Spark; while Zelena double-crosses the heroes and joins forces with Arthur. Zelena imbues Merlin's name to the broken Excalibur, and Arthur uses it to command the suddenly enslaved Merlin to do his bidding.