Krull

TUROLD:

Barak is still strong in the north,

and Tendo holds the high passes. But

the great desert forts have fallen.

QUEEN:

Freylag's stronghold?

TUROLD:

It has been taken, Freylag and all

his people slaughtered.

QUEEN:

It is only a few weeks and already

half our strong places have fallen.

TUROLD:

The attacks are unceasing: by night,

the Dark Ones; by day, those of our

people who have sold themselves to

them, those traitors who are called

the Slayers.

QUEEN:

It is the way of all invaders. Those

they would conquer they divide,

buying allies with promises of land

and power.

TUROLD:

We will hold. Their power is not

unlimited.

EXT. GLOOMY FOREST ROAD - DAY

Two mounted SLAYERS ride along the road. Their horses and

armor are black, as are their cylindrical, flat-topped

helmets, pierced with a T-slot for vision. Their weapons are

long-swords and maces.

Two more Slayers ride out of the forest and join the black

column. At a road up ahead wait three more, who swing in

behind the column as it passes.

Forest noises die at the Slayers' approach; the only sounds

we hear are the clink of metal and the heavy thud of the

horses' hooves.

INT. TOWER STAIRCASE - DAY

Colwyn mounts a narrow, circular staircase toward a wooden

door.

INT. TOWER ROOM - INTERCUT

LYSSA, the Queen's seventeen-year-old daughter, stares

across the circular room at the wooden door, listening to

Colwyn's approaching footsteps.

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