Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to of  Asgaard... then another... and another... Erik stares as </p><p><p ID="act">As he says this Erik's  eyes  turn  again  towards Helga. He is clearly thinking at least there are compensations... Odin, however, is laughing again. </p><p><p ID="act">Odin starts to laugh. All the  other  children  start to laugh... so do the dead heroes. Erik and his men look round uneasily. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Asgaard!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">HARALD MISSIONARY </p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN
<P ID="dia">Only the dead reach Asgaard, Erik.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="spkdir">(shouting across)
<P ID="dia">Odin! </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Valhalla...
</p><p><p ID="act">Sven turns on Harald. <P ID="dia">Erik's right! We'll all meet in Valhalla.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">IVAR </p><p><p ID="act">Above them the Aurora Borealis stretches up, magnificent and awesome in the sky. Erik makes his way through the other Vikings.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="dia">The second not to wake the Gods...
</p><p><p ID="act">Erik kneels in front of the Horn. slinks away. Odin turns to Erik as the howling </p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks out across the  bleak  and  gloomy  landscape and the black, boiling clouds in the sky.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK journey. Erik addresses the villagers. <P ID="dia">Bring the Age of Ragnarok to  an end and stop all this fighting and bloodshed.  Harald looks around at the Vikings in increasing desperation. <P ID="dia">YOU still want to go to Asgaard?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Of course. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Do YOU know the way to Asgaard, Sven? </p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA
<P ID="dia">The Gods are asleep, Erik.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. </p><p><p ID="act">Ivar, meanwhile, is recovering from  the amazement that has immobilized him. He taps Erik on the shoulder. Erik turns and he, too, gasps.
</p><p><p ID="act">Keitel is overcome b the power of Loki's will, but he is deeply ashamed of his complicity in Loki's deeds.  Snorri gazes at Keitel with growing suspicion. </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel is about to reply and say he's been having second thoughts about it, but somehow he can't. Loki has such power over him. </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel thinks. This is true.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI
<P ID="dia">It must go far out to sea. <P ID="dia">By YOU - Keitel Blacksmith!  Don't  you know, Erik, that is why he went with you? Ragnarok was good for his business... </p><p><p ID="act">Loki  presses  the  mouthpiece   on   Keitel.   Keitel  takes  it,  but reluctantly. Another Viking stirs. </p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks at Keitel with a  certain  amount of contempt. Keitel is not renowned even amongst these Vikings for his brain-power. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">You will have Keitel's assistant, Loki, to do all that. </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel goes back to his forge and pulls out a fresh dollop of white-hot ore. Loki comes up behind him.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI knife. As Keitel and Loki watch  Snorri  die, </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel opens his eyes and finds Loki close beside him.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI </p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI
<P ID="dia">Are you going to let Erik wake the Gods?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL <P ID="dia">We came to stop you  waking  the  Gods, Erik! But I didn't want anyone to get hurt!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI </p><p><p ID="act">Loki grabs Keitel round the neck.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL
<P ID="dia">Let go! </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">But -
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI </p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI
<P ID="dia">Wasn't it, Keitel?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL </p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL
<P ID="dia">Help!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel laughs a little hysterically. Aud turns urgently to Erik.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD </p><p><p ID="act">Loki smiles. He has  Keitel  playing </p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL
<P ID="dia">Made by YOU, Loki!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI <P ID="dia">They chase Fenrir the Wolf from the sky...
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI
<P ID="dia">The Age of Ragnarok ends...
</p><p><p ID="act">She throws a shabby bit of cloth over  Erik and at that moment the door bursts open, and King Arnulf enters. </p><p><p ID="act">The King starts prowling round  the  chamber.  Erik stands there, naked and petrified, with the  cloak  hanging  over  his  head, just where it landed. </p><p><p ID="act">King arnulf claps his hands. Erik rushes  over to him, anxious to avoid another Hy-Brasilian concert.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">Aud motions him to be quiet, but it's too late. The King spins round to see who she is signalling to.  The  King appears to be looking straight at Erik. Erik can hardly bear the suspense. </p><p><p ID="act">King Arnulf flings the chest open. revealing nothing but clothes. He is baffled. He reluctantly starts to leave.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD </p><p><p ID="act">They both look at King Arnulf. The King thinks.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">Erik struggles.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF
<P ID="spkdir">(to musicians) </p><p><p ID="act">They have reached a cell. The musicians starts to chain Erik up.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF </p><p><p ID="act">Cut to big close-up of King Arnulf.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF </p><p><p ID="act">The King manhandles Erik away  from </p><p><p ID="act">Erik opens his eyes and, for an  instant,  he sees Helga. He blinks and realizes it is Aud who is  calling  him back to consciousness. Suddenly coloured lights begin to play to his face. </p><p><p ID="act">She rushes to the window in time  to see Erik parachuting down, holding the four corners of the  cloak.  Erik  lands  safely and waves with the cloak. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">No.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to Arnulf beams at Erik. </p><p><p ID="act">There is a pause. Erik looks up at Helga. Why has she saved his face by telling this lie? Jennifer the Viking turns to Erik. </p><p><p ID="act">King Arnulf beams rapturously  at  the  Vikings,  expecting  them to be overjoyed. Instead they are horrified. Cut to Erik. He is deeply  in  love. </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. </p><p><p ID="act">Erik dashes to his sea-chest under the mast and pulls out the pillow.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">THORFINN
There is little doubt that the whole of Hy-Brasil is <P ID="dia">The Gods decreed  that  if  ever  sword spills human blood upon these shores, the  whole  of  Hy-Brasil  will  sink beneath the waves. of Hy-Brasil. Aud sits beside her father the King. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Is THIS Hy-Brasil?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD it Hy-Brasil. There  you will find a horn that </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Save yourselves! Hy-Brasil... is sinking. </p><p><p ID="act">King arnulf claps his hands. Erik rushes  over to him, anxious to avoid another Hy-Brasilian concert.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="dia">Well, EVERYONE is friends here on Hy-Brasil.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN
<P ID="dia">Hy-Brasil? city of Hy-Brasil. Erik races into the Forum and gazes assured, Hy-Brasil is NOT sinking. Repeat, NOT sinking. </p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD
<P ID="dia">It's sinking! Hy-Brasil is sinking! <P ID="dia">The wonderful blessing under which we live here on Hy-Brasil! <P ID="dia">Listen! Maybe we won't  get  to  Hy-Brasil! Maybe we won't find the Horn Resounding... but at least we've tried... and at least we shall have died like men. </p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL
<P ID="dia">He killed Snorri! He caused the  land of Hy-Brasil to sink! SHE knew! </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the Dragon's head appears  out  of  the  mists above them once again. There is panic amongst the  Vikings  as some start to row faster than others. Screams. </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. DRAGON and swings across onto Halfdan's ship. The Vikings of jaws. The Vikings see it and panic. window. He looks out. Halfdan's ship is even closer. </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the girl stirs again in her sleep. The Vikings retreat several paces and grip their  weapons,  and  glance  around  as if expecting an ambush.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI
<P ID="dia">Take this and throw  it  from  the cliff heights. They'll never make the Horn Resounding sound without it. <P ID="dia">How can we stops him now?
</p><p><p ID="act">Loki looks around and then opens his hand  in front of Keitel. In it is the mouthpiece from the Horn Resounding. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">We must find the Horn Resounding!
</p><p><p ID="act">The King glares at Erik. <P ID="dia">We blew the Horn Resounding.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Oh, no no no! It's just the Horn Resounding is... </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">But -
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI </p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI
<P ID="dia">Are you going to let Erik wake the Gods?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL <P ID="dia">The second not to wake the Gods...
</p><p><p ID="act">Erik kneels in front of the Horn. </p><p><p ID="act">Odin starts to laugh. All the  other  children  start to laugh... so do the dead heroes. Erik and his men look round uneasily. Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">You will have Keitel's assistant, Loki, to do all that. </p><p><p ID="act">Aud crosses to the Horn  and  inserts  the  mouthpiece. Loki glances at Keitel. He hadn't bargained for this! <P ID="dia">We came to stop you  waking  the  Gods, Erik! But I didn't want anyone to get hurt!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI </p><p><p ID="act">The dog-soldier pulls his mask off to reveal he is, in fact, Loki. Erik is totally non-plussed.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">The horn sounds again. Erik is about  to argue this point when Thorfinn suddenly bursts in.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">THORFINN </p><p><p ID="act">As he says this Erik's  eyes  turn  again  towards Helga. He is clearly thinking at least there are compensations... Odin, however, is laughing again. </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel is about to reply and say he's been having second thoughts about it, but somehow he can't. Loki has such power over him. </p><p><p ID="act">Erik has meanwhile been joined by the remaining comrades.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI his lips to the Horn Resounding. He blows. There is
his lips to the Horn Resounding. He blows. There is is blowing the Horn Resounding. <P ID="dia">Well, it's not called  the Horn Resounding for nothing.
<P ID="spkdir">(aside) </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Oh, no no no! It's just the Horn Resounding is... is called Resounding. You  must  take  the Horn <P ID="dia">We blew the Horn Resounding.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI the  Horn  Resounding  is dropped. It bounces </p><p><p ID="act">The other men look up at the  Horn  Resounding, and begin to feel a bit nervous.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. and Harald swim round the corner, pushing the Horn Resounding. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">We must find the Horn Resounding!
</p><p><p ID="act">The King glares at Erik. <P ID="spkdir">(continuing)... but just lending us the....
<P ID="dia">um... the, well, to be quite blunt... the Horn Resounding. <P ID="dia">We must blow the first  note...  he note that will take us to Asgaard...
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN carrying their belongings and the Horn Resounding, while the citizen Resounding, and three times you must blow it.  The and  the  note gets louder... the ship starts </p><p><p ID="act">Resounding.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL
<P ID="spkdir">(shouting) <P ID="dia">Blow the third note! The note to take us home!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD
<P ID="dia">The second note.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">GOLDEN DRAGON spins alone in the wide ocean. Fade. Fade up some time later. They  are  all  gathered  in front of the Horn Resounding.
</p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to <P ID="dia">Blow the third note! The note to take us home!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">The other men look up at the  Horn  Resounding, and begin to feel a bit nervous.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">We must find the Horn Resounding!
</p><p><p ID="act">The King glares at Erik. </p><p><p ID="act">Erik turns to see Sven and Keitel trembling... They hold onto the sides of the ship but their legs can barely support them.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN they are lost. Suddenly Erik sees something ahead. </p><p><p ID="act">The ship creaks and starts to  go  under.  Erik picks his up his sword. The others follow suit.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK Erik and his men getting into GOLDEN DRAGON. Erik notices </p><p><p ID="act">He throws up. Meanwhile Erik is in the stern, gazing out behind them.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">The King starts prowling round  the  chamber.  Erik stands there, naked and petrified, with the  cloak  hanging  over  his  head, just where it landed. </p><p><p ID="act">Erik grins and then leans  on  the  steering  oar. GOLDEN DRAGON curves around to its left. Then Erik lays his hand on Ivar's drum and silences it. mist ahead of them. Erik flings himself at the steering </p><p><p ID="act">The horn sounds again. Erik is about  to argue this point when Thorfinn suddenly bursts in.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">THORFINN sounds for a third time. Erik  races  to the Erik is thrown clear of the hull  by the force Suddenly Erik points above them. The others look up too. </p><p><p ID="act">They have reached a cell. The musicians starts to chain Erik up.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF </p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks around at his paralysed crew. He realizes he is the only one who can save the situation.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">They start to haul the  sail  up.  Ropes  are released. The boat rocks. Suddenly a voice cuts through the crowd. It is Erik's mother.
Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to Halfdan  win" but he knows he can't let </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">So Halfdan the Black's using magic, is he? Well, I have a magic <P ID="dia">Who?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Halfdan the Black. <P ID="dia">Halfdan the Black's here!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">I know! </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Oh, no! Halfdan!
</p><p><p ID="act">There is more banging on the bedroom door. <P ID="dia">Nothing... Halfdan the Black chopped his hand off last night.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">HE was lucky... </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">You don't know Halfdan the Black.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF </p><p><p ID="act">Halfdan grabs a sword off one  of  his dead dog-soldiers and thrusts it into the unwilling hands of his military adviser, Eilif. </p><p><p ID="act">At this point Halfdan's ship  suddenly Halfdan coming after them. non-plussed. Erik grimaces at Halfdan's men, and does The others follow suit. Halfdan watches. His men stand </p><p><P ID="speaker">THORFINN
<P ID="dia">It's Halfdan the Black!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly Halfdan's ship rises up out <P ID="dia">No. It's YOU who doesn't  understand,  Aud. Halfdan has come to
</p><p><p ID="act">kill and destroy. We brought him here. We must stop him. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">They'll be more than "hurt" if Halfdan the Black lands! Ow! <P ID="dia">Halfdan nods again and another order is rapped Halfdan smiles to himself. The battle is going his <P ID="dia">Halfdan wanted to stop you waking the Gods... so... I disguised
</p><p><p ID="act">myself to sabotage their plans.
his lips to the Horn Resounding. He blows. There is is blowing the Horn Resounding. <P ID="dia">Well, it's not called  the Horn Resounding for nothing.
<P ID="spkdir">(aside) <P ID="dia">We blew the Horn Resounding.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Oh, no no no! It's just the Horn Resounding is... is called Resounding. You  must  take  the Horn Resounding, and three times you must blow it.  The the  Horn  Resounding  is dropped. It bounces <P ID="dia">We must blow the first  note...  he note that will take us to Asgaard...
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN <P ID="spkdir">(continuing)... but just lending us the....
<P ID="dia">um... the, well, to be quite blunt... the Horn Resounding. </p><p><p ID="act">The other men look up at the  Horn  Resounding, and begin to feel a bit nervous.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="dia">Blow the third note! The note to take us home!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK carrying their belongings and the Horn Resounding, while the citizen </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. and Harald swim round the corner, pushing the Horn Resounding. will awaken  the  Gods,  and the third note </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">We must find the Horn Resounding!
</p><p><p ID="act">The King glares at Erik. and  the  note gets louder... the ship starts <P ID="spkdir">(screaming and pointing  an  accusing  finger  at  Aud)
<P ID="dia">SHE blew the Horn is  getting  louder and the Horn begins to vibrate
his lips to the Horn Resounding. He blows. There is is blowing the Horn Resounding. <P ID="dia">Well, it's not called  the Horn Resounding for nothing.
<P ID="spkdir">(aside) is called Resounding. You  must  take  the Horn </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Oh, no no no! It's just the Horn Resounding is... <P ID="dia">We blew the Horn Resounding.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI the  Horn  Resounding  is dropped. It bounces Resounding, and three times you must blow it.  The </p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD
<P ID="dia">The second note.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="spkdir">(continuing)... but just lending us the....
<P ID="dia">um... the, well, to be quite blunt... the Horn Resounding. <P ID="dia">Blow the third note! The note to take us home!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">The other men look up at the  Horn  Resounding, and begin to feel a bit nervous.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK carrying their belongings and the Horn Resounding, while the citizen and  the  note gets louder... the ship starts will awaken  the  Gods,  and the third note <P ID="dia">We must blow the first  note...  he note that will take us to Asgaard...
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN and Harald swim round the corner, pushing the Horn Resounding. <P ID="dia">The second not to wake the Gods...
</p><p><p ID="act">Erik kneels in front of the Horn. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">We must find the Horn Resounding!
</p><p><p ID="act">The King glares at Erik. </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon.
his lips to the Horn Resounding. He blows. There is is blowing the Horn Resounding. Resounding, and three times you must blow it.  The <P ID="dia">Well, it's not called  the Horn Resounding for nothing.
<P ID="spkdir">(aside) <P ID="dia">Blow the third note! The note to take us home!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="dia">We blew the Horn Resounding.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Oh, no no no! It's just the Horn Resounding is... will awaken  the  Gods,  and the third note is called Resounding. You  must  take  the Horn the  Horn  Resounding  is dropped. It bounces <P ID="spkdir">(continuing)... but just lending us the....
<P ID="dia">um... the, well, to be quite blunt... the Horn Resounding. </p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD
<P ID="dia">Listen! LISTEN! The third note! </p><p><p ID="act">The other men look up at the  Horn  Resounding, and begin to feel a bit nervous.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="dia">We must blow the first  note...  he note that will take us to Asgaard...
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN carrying their belongings and the Horn Resounding, while the citizen </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">We must find the Horn Resounding!
</p><p><p ID="act">The King glares at Erik. and Harald swim round the corner, pushing the Horn Resounding. and  the  note gets louder... the ship starts sounds for a third time. Erik  races  to the
</p><p><p ID="act">Freya  turns  and  looks  at  him.   She  clearly  enjoys  his  earnest enthusiasm, but is afraid he doesn't know what he is talking about. </p><p><p ID="act">Freya doesn't reply. Instead she walks </p><p><p ID="act">Freya thinks for some moments. The she speaks.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA </p><p><p ID="act">Freya puts her face close to Erik's and peers into his eyes.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA </p><p><p ID="act">Freya turns to go back into the cave.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Wait, Freya! </p><p><p ID="act">There is a bundle of rags behind  Erik.  A  head rises from it. This is Freya.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Freya!
</p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks around him and calls out again. </p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA
<P ID="dia">The Gods are asleep, Erik.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">It is day, of course, Freya.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA <P ID="dia">That's right!
</p><p><p ID="act">For a split second Erik is distracted. He looks across at Aud and for a moment he sees Freya standing there. </p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA
<P ID="dia">Now what CAN you want with me, Erik the "Viking"? </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">The winter is past, thank goodness, Freya. It is summer. </p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA
<P ID="dia">What do you see, Erik?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="dia">And will the dead ever return, Freya?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA
<P ID="dia">That I cannot tell you. </p><p><p ID="act">As he says this Erik's  eyes  turn  again  towards Helga. He is clearly thinking at least there are compensations... Odin, however, is laughing again. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Tell me what I must do, Freya! </p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA
<P ID="dia">Once you are in  the  spell  of  the  Horn, hatred will destroy you... <P ID="dia">Is it summer or winter, Erik?
</p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks round at the snowy wastes and ten back at Freya, puzzled. <P ID="dia">They will make  fun  of  you  for  listening  to an old woman's stories?
</p><p><p ID="act">Erik doesn't reply. Freya watches him craftily. </p><p><p ID="act">Erik opens his eyes and, for an  instant,  he sees Helga. He blinks and realizes it is Aud who is  calling  him back to consciousness. Suddenly coloured lights begin to play to his face.
Wolf would swallow  the sun, and a Great Winter would <P ID="dia">Fenrir the Wolf covers the sun  - men fight and kill each other
</p><p><p ID="act">the whole time. <P ID="dia">They chase Fenrir the Wolf from the sky...
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI
<P ID="dia">The Age of Ragnarok ends... </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="spkdir">(hardly daring to breathe)
<P ID="dia">So THAT is what the sun looks like! They look back at their now jawless monster. Harald Missionary changes magically into the moon. There is a series of </p><p><P ID="speaker">ODIN
<P ID="dia">Fenrir the Wolf has  gone,  Erik.  But  will men cease fighting each other? THAT is not in our power... never seen the sun before.  Erik looks around and sees around its tooth. Sven instantly slices through it with <P ID="dia">The sun is up beyond the clouds - where it always is.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA </p><p><p ID="act">As the Dragon  of  the  North  Sea  rises  up  again,  however, its jaw apparently drops off and falls to the deck, and lands on Snorri. </p><p><p ID="act">He tosses it back amongst  his  terrifies companions. Suddenly there is an incredibly loud clap of thunder and flames shoot out of the mist.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN "sun"  suddenly  lurches  down  on  them the  others.  Aud follows. The stars have fallen to a sausage. The Dragon gives  an agonized roar and way.  Thorfinn  meanwhile is fighting two dog- soldiers </p><p><P ID="speaker">VIKINGS
<P ID="dia">It's not the sun! It's not the sun! </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly there is a howl... a bitter </p><p><p ID="act">Erik swallows hard.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">No. slinks away. Odin turns to Erik as the howling
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">We must find the Horn Resounding!
</p><p><p ID="act">The King glares at Erik. </p><p><p ID="act">Freya turns to go back into the cave.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Wait, Freya! </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Tell me what I must do, Freya! </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Freya!
</p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks around him and calls out again. </p><p><p ID="act">Freya puts her face close to Erik's and peers into his eyes.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA </p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA
<P ID="dia">The Gods are asleep, Erik.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">It is day, of course, Freya.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA </p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA
<P ID="dia">What do you see, Erik?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Valhalla...
</p><p><p ID="act">Sven turns on Harald. </p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA
<P ID="dia">Now what CAN you want with me, Erik the "Viking"? </p><p><p ID="act">There is a bundle of rags behind  Erik.  A  head rises from it. This is Freya.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Asgaard!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">HARALD MISSIONARY <P ID="dia">That's right!
</p><p><p ID="act">For a split second Erik is distracted. He looks across at Aud and for a moment he sees Freya standing there. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="spkdir">(shouting across)
<P ID="dia">Odin! </p><p><p ID="act">Freya  turns  and  looks  at  him.   She  clearly  enjoys  his  earnest enthusiasm, but is afraid he doesn't know what he is talking about. <P ID="dia">But, Keitel, if Erik  ever  finds  the Horn Resounding... if he ever crosses Bi-Frost, the Rainbow  Bridge... if he ever wakens the gods.. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">The winter is past, thank goodness, Freya. It is summer. </p><p><p ID="act">As he says this Erik's  eyes  turn  again  towards Helga. He is clearly thinking at least there are compensations... Odin, however, is laughing again.
</p><p><p ID="act">King Arnulf thinks for a moment and then speaks.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF </p><p><p ID="act">King Arnulf beams rapturously  at  the  Vikings,  expecting  them to be overjoyed. Instead they are horrified. King Arnulf sinks down in despair. and then we Cut to a close-up of King Arnulf. </p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF
<P ID="dia">Don't talk nonsense.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">Cut to big close-up of King Arnulf.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF </p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF
<P ID="dia">Don't be silly.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">CHAMBERLAIN them. The cheerful figure of King Arnulf  appears </p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF
<P ID="dia">You're just saying that.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN </p><p><p ID="act">They both look at King Arnulf. The King thinks.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">King Arnulf hesitates - he bites his lip and then takes the plunge.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">No.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF </p><p><p ID="act">King Arnulf flings the chest open. revealing nothing but clothes. He is baffled. He reluctantly starts to leave.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD </p><p><p ID="act">King Arnulf looks  around  the </p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF
<P ID="dia">It's yours. </p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF
<P ID="dia">And you're not just saying it because you think we want you to? <P ID="dia">He wants to kill US!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF
<P ID="dia">Not when we explain about the Great Blessing. spreads  to  the other Vikings. King Arnulf notices <P ID="dia">No sirreeeee!
</p><p><p ID="act">They hold the note while King Arnulf looks anxiously at the Vikings. <P ID="dia">Quite... yes... we understand....
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF
Cut to Erik. He is deeply  in  love. </p><p><p ID="act">King arnulf claps his hands. Erik rushes  over to him, anxious to avoid another Hy-Brasilian concert.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK on top of Helga. Without a moment's hesitation, Erik </p><p><p ID="act">She rushes to the window in time  to see Erik parachuting down, holding the four corners of the  cloak.  Erik  lands  safely and waves with the cloak. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Is THIS Hy-Brasil?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD </p><p><p ID="act">Erik opens his eyes and, for an  instant,  he sees Helga. He blinks and realizes it is Aud who is  calling  him back to consciousness. Suddenly coloured lights begin to play to his face. city of Hy-Brasil. Erik races into the Forum and gazes Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Save yourselves! Hy-Brasil... is sinking. Erik. It is Helga, whom Erik accidentally killed in Scene <P ID="dia">Well, EVERYONE is friends here on Hy-Brasil.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN
<P ID="dia">Hy-Brasil? and lays her out cold. Erik reacts with disgust. His Helga. Erik turns white, and pulls out his sword. Ernest <P ID="dia">That's right!
</p><p><p ID="act">For a split second Erik is distracted. He looks across at Aud and for a moment he sees Freya standing there. There is little doubt that the whole of Hy-Brasil is As  they fall, Erik manages to smash his out to sea. She is brooding in Erik's imminent </p><p><p ID="act">Aud kisses Erik, who then turns and climbs out of GOLDEN DRAGON and sets off across the ice. Sven follows. the girl. This Viking, I'm afraid, is Erik. We of Hy-Brasil. Aud sits beside her father the King.
the King's nubile daughter, Aud. of Hy-Brasil. Aud sits beside her father the King. <P ID="dia">Harald Missionary has put his arm around Aud in a fatherly way.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">HARALD MISSIONARY </p><p><p ID="act">This conversation has woken the girl, Aud.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD
<P ID="dia">Welcome! </p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF (v/o)
<P ID="dia">Aud! You've got someone in there again, haven't you? <P ID="dia">Ah! It's my father!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF (v/o) </p><p><p ID="act">And the rest - including Aud - soon <P ID="dia">There is no magic, Father... My mother had no magic...
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF throat  clearing.  Aud, the King's daughter, gives <P ID="dia">Oh no! NO! Out them down! PUT THEM DOWN!
</p><p><p ID="act">The Vikings gradually cease their mock battles  and turn to look at Aud with incredulity. </p><p><p ID="act">Aud runs to his side and puts her arms around him.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD </p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks around  and  notices  for  the  first  time  the magnificent flights of stairs leading up to the top of Aud's tower. </p><p><p ID="act">Aud motions him to be quiet, but it's too late. The King spins round to see who she is signalling to.  The  King appears to be looking straight at Erik. Erik can hardly bear the suspense. <P ID="dia">No. It's YOU who doesn't  understand,  Aud. Halfdan has come to
</p><p><p ID="act">kill and destroy. We brought him here. We must stop him. </p><p><p ID="act">it?
</p><p><p ID="act">Aud keeps mum.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KING ARNULF at Aud's success, begin to get rather alarmed. Louder and </p><p><p ID="act">Aud instantly recoils with terror.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD Snorri. Cut to Aud on the shore, gazing moodily <P ID="dia">Not quite...
</p><p><p ID="act">Aud looks at him.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD <P ID="spkdir">(pointing at Aud)
<P ID="dia">She wants to kill us!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL
of the dead. He grabs Erik and tries  to Erik. It is Helga, whom Erik accidentally killed in Scene in  death, the spear-wound still fresh. Erik raises As  they fall, Erik manages to smash his and lays her out cold. Erik reacts with disgust. His </p><p><p ID="act">The faces of the village-folk  turn  towards  him. There are many moist eyes. Erik's mother starts to cry.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK Cut to Erik. He is deeply  in  love. </p><p><p ID="act">By this time most of the village is blubbering profusely. Cut to Harald Missionary. He has his arm round his weeping girlfriend. </p><p><p ID="act">Poor Erik is still  up  the </p><p><p ID="act">Erik smiles broadly and waves.  The  entire  village stares back at him with tears in their eyes,  and  biting  their lips. Suddenly one mother can't hold it back any more. </p><p><p ID="act">Helga looks up at him, but  dies  in  his arms, without ever saying her name.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to </p><p><p ID="act">Erik stops in his tracks - as if brought up short by the horror of what he has done.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">Erik opens his eyes and, for an  instant,  he sees Helga. He blinks and realizes it is Aud who is  calling  him back to consciousness. Suddenly coloured lights begin to play to his face. ale over Thorfinn. He is shocked, but  after </p><p><p ID="act">Erik turns towards Helga, who is still  standing at her trough of dough with her arms up to her elbows  in flour. Aud watches Erik with sadness in her heart. </p><p><p ID="act">Now Erik finally turns and looks  at  what everyone else is looking at. Erik's jaw drops. Everyone in the court beams at Erik,except Aud who is looking sad and disappointed. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Scream.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">HELGA </p><p><p ID="act">The King starts prowling round  the  chamber.  Erik stands there, naked and petrified, with the  cloak  hanging  over  his  head, just where it landed. Erik and cheer. Shot of Erik. He doesn't look too
Wolf would swallow  the sun, and a Great Winter would <P ID="dia">Fenrir the Wolf covers the sun  - men fight and kill each other
</p><p><p ID="act">the whole time. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="spkdir">(hardly daring to breathe)
<P ID="dia">So THAT is what the sun looks like! "sun"  suddenly  lurches  down  on  them They look back at their now jawless monster. Harald Missionary <P ID="dia">The sun is up beyond the clouds - where it always is.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA never seen the sun before.  Erik looks around and sees </p><p><p ID="act">Erik swallows hard.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">No. Then the monstrous head disappears back into the mist </p><p><p ID="act">He tosses it back amongst  his  terrifies companions. Suddenly there is an incredibly loud clap of thunder and flames shoot out of the mist.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN whole  pillow  disappears right up the Dragon's nose. <P ID="dia">Have you ever seen the sun, Erik?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK sun  rising.  The villagers gasp in wonder. They've </p><p><p ID="act">As the Dragon  of  the  North  Sea  rises  up  again,  however, its jaw apparently drops off and falls to the deck, and lands on Snorri. the  others.  Aud follows. The stars have fallen to around its tooth. Sven instantly slices through it with changes magically into the moon. There is a series of <P ID="dia">...though we may be swallowed by the Dragon of the North Sea or fall off the Edge of the World... don't cry.
</p><p><p ID="act">More crying. his stomach. Unn winces. Finally, amidst much giggling, Ivar <P ID="dia">The sun! That's it!
Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to of  Asgaard... then another... and another... Erik stares as </p><p><p ID="act">As he says this Erik's  eyes  turn  again  towards Helga. He is clearly thinking at least there are compensations... Odin, however, is laughing again. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="spkdir">(shouting across)
<P ID="dia">Odin! </p><p><p ID="act">Odin starts to laugh. All the  other  children  start to laugh... so do the dead heroes. Erik and his men look round uneasily. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Asgaard!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">HARALD MISSIONARY <P ID="dia">The second not to wake the Gods...
</p><p><p ID="act">Erik kneels in front of the Horn. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Valhalla...
</p><p><p ID="act">Sven turns on Harald. </p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN
<P ID="dia">Only the dead reach Asgaard, Erik.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="dia">YOU still want to go to Asgaard?
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Of course. </p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA
<P ID="dia">The Gods are asleep, Erik.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK journey. Erik addresses the villagers. slinks away. Odin turns to Erik as the howling <P ID="dia">Erik's right! We'll all meet in Valhalla.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">IVAR </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Do YOU know the way to Asgaard, Sven? </p><p><p ID="act">Above them the Aurora Borealis stretches up, magnificent and awesome in the sky. Erik makes his way through the other Vikings.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks out across the  bleak  and  gloomy  landscape and the black, boiling clouds in the sky.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="dia">Bring the Age of Ragnarok to  an end and stop all this fighting and bloodshed.  Harald looks around at the Vikings in increasing desperation. </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. </p><p><p ID="act">Ivar, meanwhile, is recovering from  the amazement that has immobilized him. He taps Erik on the shoulder. Erik turns and he, too, gasps.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">We must find the Horn Resounding!
</p><p><p ID="act">The King glares at Erik. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Oh, no no no! It's just the Horn Resounding is... </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to his lips to the Horn Resounding. He blows. There is is called Resounding. You  must  take  the Horn </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Valhalla...
</p><p><p ID="act">Sven turns on Harald. </p><p><p ID="act">The other men look up at the  Horn  Resounding, and begin to feel a bit nervous.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK but resolute. Erik glances round. Then slowly he advances on <P ID="dia">The second not to wake the Gods...
</p><p><p ID="act">Erik kneels in front of the Horn. journey. Erik addresses the villagers. <P ID="dia">But, Keitel, if Erik  ever  finds  the Horn Resounding... if he ever crosses Bi-Frost, the Rainbow  Bridge... if he ever wakens the gods.. </p><p><p ID="act">King arnulf claps his hands. Erik rushes  over to him, anxious to avoid another Hy-Brasilian concert.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">The horn sounds again. Erik is about  to argue this point when Thorfinn suddenly bursts in.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">THORFINN </p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks out across the  bleak  and  gloomy  landscape and the black, boiling clouds in the sky.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><p ID="act">The King starts prowling round  the  chamber.  Erik stands there, naked and petrified, with the  cloak  hanging  over  his  head, just where it landed. </p><p><p ID="act">But Erik cannot hear her. He is already racing back to his ship. Back on GOLDEN DRAGON, Thorfinn  is  taking "Being Scared" lessons from Ivar the Boneless. of the dead. He grabs Erik and tries  to of  Asgaard... then another... and another... Erik stares as </p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks around at his terror-stricken
his lips to the Horn Resounding. He blows. There is is blowing the Horn Resounding. <P ID="dia">Well, it's not called  the Horn Resounding for nothing.
<P ID="spkdir">(aside) <P ID="dia">We blew the Horn Resounding.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI <P ID="dia">The second not to wake the Gods...
</p><p><p ID="act">Erik kneels in front of the Horn. is called Resounding. You  must  take  the Horn <P ID="spkdir">(continuing)... but just lending us the....
<P ID="dia">um... the, well, to be quite blunt... the Horn Resounding. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Oh, no no no! It's just the Horn Resounding is... Resounding, and three times you must blow it.  The the  Horn  Resounding  is dropped. It bounces </p><p><p ID="act">The other men look up at the  Horn  Resounding, and begin to feel a bit nervous.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK and Harald swim round the corner, pushing the Horn Resounding. </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the note from Ivar's horn rings  out across from the bay. Erik rushes to the window and looks out  to  see what Ivar saw previously: a black ship approaching on the horizon. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">We must find the Horn Resounding!
</p><p><p ID="act">The King glares at Erik. <P ID="dia">Blow the third note! The note to take us home!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="dia">We must blow the first  note...  he note that will take us to Asgaard...
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN <P ID="spkdir">(screaming and pointing  an  accusing  finger  at  Aud)
<P ID="dia">SHE blew the Horn </p><p><p ID="act">The King thinks some more. The horn sounds <P ID="dia">Of course I'm not. I never lose my temper...
</p><p><p ID="act">Ivar's horn sounds again. A shadow passes over King Arnulf's face. carrying their belongings and the Horn Resounding, while the citizen
oar. Keitel has meanwhile joined them. He, too, stares </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel leaps to his feet and joins in the attack. Erik, meanwhile, is swinging across the deck from a rope.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK into  his  hands, although Keitel doesn't realize </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel laughs a little hysterically. Aud turns urgently to Erik.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD </p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks at Keitel with a  certain  amount of contempt. Keitel is not renowned even amongst these Vikings for his brain-power. </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel is thinking: "Maybe I should  let </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel is overcome b the power of Loki's will, but he is deeply ashamed of his complicity in Loki's deeds.  Snorri gazes at Keitel with growing suspicion. </p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL
<P ID="dia">Wait, Erik!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK <P ID="dia">By YOU - Keitel Blacksmith!  Don't  you know, Erik, that is why he went with you? Ragnarok was good for his business... </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">You will have Keitel's assistant, Loki, to do all that. </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel nervously picks it up and holds it <P ID="dia">But...
</p><p><p ID="act">Keitel shrugs and turns to take up  his  rowing position. He is still a little confused by this turn of events. Erik confronts Thorfinn. </p><p><p ID="act">Erik turns to see Sven and Keitel trembling... They hold onto the sides of the ship but their legs can barely support them.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel is about to reply and say he's been having second thoughts about it, but somehow he can't. Loki has such power over him. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">I MUST look! Keitel! Hold this! </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">And you, Keitel Blacksmith.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL </p><p><p ID="act">Keitel start to laugh.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL <P ID="dia">It was my master Keitel's idea.
</p><p><p ID="act">All eyes turn on Keitel who looks very uncomfortable. Keitel. Suddenly a voice comes from the shadows: and finally comes to rest on Keitel Blacksmith. He is
Cut to Erik. He is deeply  in  love. Erik. It is Helga, whom Erik accidentally killed in Scene </p><p><p ID="act">Erik opens his eyes and, for an  instant,  he sees Helga. He blinks and realizes it is Aud who is  calling  him back to consciousness. Suddenly coloured lights begin to play to his face. the girl. This Viking, I'm afraid, is Erik. We </p><p><p ID="act">Aud kisses Erik, who then turns and climbs out of GOLDEN DRAGON and sets off across the ice. Sven follows. </p><p><p ID="act">Aud motions him to be quiet, but it's too late. The King spins round to see who she is signalling to.  The  King appears to be looking straight at Erik. Erik can hardly bear the suspense. </p><p><p ID="act">She throws a shabby bit of cloth over  Erik and at that moment the door bursts open, and King Arnulf enters. </p><p><p ID="act">Now Erik finally turns and looks  at  what everyone else is looking at. Erik's jaw drops. Everyone in the court beams at Erik,except Aud who is looking sad and disappointed. and lays her out cold. Erik reacts with disgust. His Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to </p><p><p ID="act">Erik turns towards Helga, who is still  standing at her trough of dough with her arms up to her elbows  in flour. Aud watches Erik with sadness in her heart. </p><p><p ID="act">There is a pause. Erik looks up at Helga. Why has she saved his face by telling this lie? Jennifer the Viking turns to Erik. <P ID="dia">Ah... Erik... Erik the "Viking"...
</p><p><p ID="act">It is not clear whether her words are not a little mocking. </p><p><p ID="act">They start to march Erik through the palace.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Let me go! </p><p><p ID="act">Erik looks at her... for a moment... But he knows he has no choice.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN As  they fall, Erik manages to smash his </p><p><p ID="act">The King starts prowling round  the  chamber.  Erik stands there, naked and petrified, with the  cloak  hanging  over  his  head, just where it landed. Helga. Erik turns white, and pulls out his sword. Ernest </p><p><p ID="act">Erik leaps out of the window.  For  a  moment Aud is surprised and then alarmed as she realizes he's jumped  out  of  the window, which is some forty feet off the ground. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Here! Here is the magic from the King's daughter!
<P ID="dia">The Gods decreed  that  if  ever  sword spills human blood upon these shores, the  whole  of  Hy-Brasil  will  sink beneath the waves. <P ID="dia">Oh no! NO! Out them down! PUT THEM DOWN!
</p><p><p ID="act">The Vikings gradually cease their mock battles  and turn to look at Aud with incredulity. </p><p><p ID="act">The Vikings look at each other amidst  the roaring waters and the thick spray. Erik holds his bleeding arm  and  looks  at Aud. Should he trust her or not? Suddenly he turns on the others. of Hy-Brasil. Aud sits beside her father the King. <P ID="dia">No. It's YOU who doesn't  understand,  Aud. Halfdan has come to
</p><p><p ID="act">kill and destroy. We brought him here. We must stop him. by Aud.  As  the  Vikings  scramble <P ID="dia">Bring the Age of Ragnarok to  an end and stop all this fighting and bloodshed.  Harald looks around at the Vikings in increasing desperation. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Save yourselves! Hy-Brasil... is sinking. </p><p><p ID="act">King arnulf claps his hands. Erik rushes  over to him, anxious to avoid another Hy-Brasilian concert.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK </p><p><P ID="speaker">AUD
<P ID="dia">It's sinking! Hy-Brasil is sinking! </p><p><p ID="act">The Vikings react with terror, take a  step back and raise their swords and axes.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK of jaws. The Vikings see it and panic. </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly the girl stirs again in her sleep. The Vikings retreat several paces and grip their  weapons,  and  glance  around  as if expecting an ambush. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">They'll be more than "hurt" if Halfdan the Black lands! Ow! </p><p><P ID="speaker">KEITEL
<P ID="dia">He killed Snorri! He caused the  land of Hy-Brasil to sink! SHE knew! them. The Vikings are uneasy, sensing a storm brewing. </p><p><p ID="act">Aud catches Erik's eye and gives  him  a dangerously slow wink. A pause of disbelief from the Vikings.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN </p><p><P ID="speaker">THORFINN
<P ID="dia">Not death by the sword! It means I shall drink in Valhalla with the great warriors. <P ID="dia">Listen! Maybe we won't  get  to  Hy-Brasil! Maybe we won't find the Horn Resounding... but at least we've tried... and at least we shall have died like men. </p><p><p ID="act">Odin starts to laugh. All the  other  children  start to laugh... so do the dead heroes. Erik and his men look round uneasily.
<P ID="dia">Fenrir the Wolf covers the sun  - men fight and kill each other
</p><p><p ID="act">the whole time. <P ID="dia">They chase Fenrir the Wolf from the sky...
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI
<P ID="dia">The Age of Ragnarok ends... </p><p><P ID="speaker">ODIN
<P ID="dia">Fenrir the Wolf has  gone,  Erik.  But  will men cease fighting each other? THAT is not in our power... Wolf would swallow  the sun, and a Great Winter would </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">It is day, of course, Freya.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA </p><p><p ID="act">Odin starts to laugh. All the  other  children  start to laugh... so do the dead heroes. Erik and his men look round uneasily. </p><p><p ID="act">Thorfinn's mental powers find it hard  to articulate any proposition on such a vast metaphysical concept. Sven comes to his rescue. </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="spkdir">(shouting across)
<P ID="dia">Odin! </p><p><p ID="act">He tosses it back amongst  his  terrifies companions. Suddenly there is an incredibly loud clap of thunder and flames shoot out of the mist.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">SVEN </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="spkdir">(hardly daring to breathe)
<P ID="dia">So THAT is what the sun looks like! <P ID="dia">The sun is up beyond the clouds - where it always is.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">FREYA around its tooth. Sven instantly slices through it with </p><p><p ID="act">Freya turns to go back into the cave.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Wait, Freya! slinks away. Odin turns to Erik as the howling </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">The winter is past, thank goodness, Freya. It is summer. </p><p><p ID="act">As he says this Erik's  eyes  turn  again  towards Helga. He is clearly thinking at least there are compensations... Odin, however, is laughing again. </p><p><p ID="act">The Dragon's jaws open. Flame  licks  out,  and  down the centre of the vessel. There are screams as the Vikings leap out of the way. Sven goes berserk again. </p><p><P ID="speaker">THORFINN
<P ID="dia">You won, Sven.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">LOKI </p><p><p ID="act">As Odin says this there is a roaring <P ID="dia">Yes!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">THORFINN
<P ID="dia">He MUST kill me!
Halfdan's  ship. As he does so, Erik has to The others follow suit. Halfdan watches. His men stand </p><p><p ID="act">At this point Halfdan's ship  suddenly Halfdan coming after them. men. Halfdan and his cronies no longer look </p><p><p ID="act">Suddenly Halfdan's ship rises up out </p><p><p ID="act">Halfdan grabs a sword off one  of  his dead dog-soldiers and thrusts it into the unwilling hands of his military adviser, Eilif. they  do?  Half  Halfdan's men are aiming and square  on  top  of  Halfdan and </p><p><p ID="act">Then he turns and is off. Halfdan turns to his aides.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">HALFDAN
<P ID="dia">What? window. He looks out. Halfdan's ship is even closer. DRAGON and swings across onto Halfdan's ship. The Vikings Halfdan smiles to himself. The battle is going his <P ID="dia">Halfdan nods again and another order is rapped <P ID="dia">Nothing... Halfdan the Black chopped his hand off last night.
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">HE was lucky... </p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK
<P ID="dia">Oh, no! Halfdan!
</p><p><p ID="act">There is more banging on the bedroom door. of Halfdan's drum getting closer and closer. At the final <P ID="dia">No. It's YOU who doesn't  understand,  Aud. Halfdan has come to
</p><p><p ID="act">kill and destroy. We brought him here. We must stop him. </p><p><P ID="speaker">THORFINN
<P ID="dia">It's Halfdan the Black!
</p><p><P ID="speaker">ERIK right up to Halfdan himself. He whisks the Cloak Invisible
Where does Erik travel to in order to petition the gods to end Ragnarok? Why do Keitel and Loki oppose Erik's plan to petition the gods for the end of Ragnarok? What does Erik use to hide from King Arnulf during one of his romantic encounters with the king's daughter? Who attacks the island of Hy-Brasil? How does Loki plan to keep Erik from being able to use the Horn Resounding? Who sounds the first note on the Horn Resounding? Where do Erik and his crew end up after the third note is sounded on the Horn? Why did Halfdan want Erik to fail? What will the first note blown on the Horn Resounding do? What will the second note blown on the Horn Resounding do? What will the third note blown on the Horn Resounding do? Who is Freya? What is the name of the wolf who swallows the sun? Where does Freya tell Erik he must go to seek the Horn Resounding?  What does King Arnulf refuse to believe? Who does Erik fall in love with immediately after arriving at the land of Hy-Brasil? Who is Princess Aud's father? Over whose death does Eric suffer? Who swallowed the sun? Where does Erik travel to petition the gods to stop the Ragnarok? Erik must seek the Horn Resounding in what land? What will the second blow upon the Horn do? Why does Keitel join Eriks crew? Who is the princess Erik falls in love with? What does Aud warn the Vikings will happen if blood if shed in Hy-Brasil? Who persuades Fenrir to spit out the sun? How are Halfdan and his men killed?
Asgard Erik travels to Asgard.
Peace would mean the end of demand for Keitel's swords. Peace would mean that Keitel's swords wouldn't be needed. 
a magic cloak of invisibility cloak of invisitbility
Halfdan Hafdan 
He steals its mouthpiece. She steals the horn's mouthpiece.
Aud Aud.
their home village back in their home village
He was afraid that peace would mean the end of his reign. He is afraid that peace will mean the end of his reign.
It will take Erik and his crew to Asgard. Take Erik and his crew to Asgard.
It will awaken the gods. Awaken the gods 
It will bring Erik and his crew home. Bring the crew home.
A wise woman. wise woman
Fenrir. Fenrir
The land of Hy-Brasil. In the land of Hy-Brasil.
That the land, the island, is sinking. He refuses to believe that the island is even sinking.
Princess Aud. Princess Aud
King Arnulf. daughter of king arnault
Helga Helga
Fenrir the wolf Fenrir.
Asgard Asguad
Hy-Brasil Hy-Brasil 
Waken the gods. It will awaken the gods.
To ruin Eriks plans. To sabotage Erik's plan.
Princess Aud Aud.
The island would sink. The entire island would sink beneath the waves.
Odin Odin
By Erik's ship falling on them. island sinks