Trascrizione in inglese dei dialoghi dell'episodio:

The deliverer

Episodio: n. 4

Terza serie

(si ringrazia Xenamedia e Cristina Creek)

Discord: "Ares, we have to talk about the Cult."
Ares: "Don't worry about it, Discord, things are well in hand ... ah, the impatience of youth, I admire it, I really ... really do ... and I will excuse it for only so long. The Cult is being taken care of. I put one of my best men on it. He controls their temple, and with that, they're hardly a threat."
Discord: "Best ‘man'? You have a mortal handling this?"
Ares: "Not just any mortal, this one is exceptional."
Discord: "Why don't you just destroy the temple yourself and get it over with?"Ares: "Why don't you?"
Ares: "Are you willing to go up against this god? He's not even on Olympus. You are just lucky that I have the resources and the people to do something about it. No, it has to be a mortal."
Discord: "Do you handle everything so casually?"Ares: "If I didn't know better, I would think you were talking about us. Don't mistake confident for casual. I know full well what could happen. Everything we know, everything we've done to make this would our home, could come to an end."

Gabrielle: "But what is a mountain, but just a bunch of boulders, right? And what is a rock, but a large grain of sand? And what is a large grain of sand ... I mean, do you see my theory here?"
Xena: "No."
Gabrielle: "And that doesn't bother you at all, does it?"
Xena: "What possible use is this information to us?"
Gabrielle: "Well, I haven't the slightest idea, but, well, hey, it gave us something to talk about since the last town, right?"
Xena: "A town ... towns which are made up of houses, which after all are just large huts, which are made out of wood, which are made out of trees and ... hang on, trees are bigger than huts ... there goes that theory."
Gabrielle: "You can be so frustrating sometimes."
Xena: "You're a long way from Britannica."
Soldato: "We travel only as far as criminals run. We're taking these men back for trial."
Khrafstar: "Kill us here if you want. My people will never give in to Caesar."
Xena: "Let these men go."Soldato: "Any particular reason why we should?"Xena: "Yeah, a whole list of them ... Reason 1 ... HYAH! ... Reason 2 ... HYAH! ... Reason 3 ... HYAH! ... I don't often get to reason 4, but when I do it gets real ugly."
Xena: "What does Caesar want with you?"
Khrafstar: "He knows I'm recruiting mercenaries to join Boadicea in Britannia."
Xena: "Boadicea is fighting Caesar?"
Gabrielle: "You know her? Of course you know her, you're the ‘who's who' of warriors."
Gabrielle: "What's your name?"
Khrafstar: "Khrafstar, First Priest of the Temple of the One God."
Xena: "I'm going with you to help Boadicea ... and to destroy Caesar."

Khrafstar: "I'm not sure who hates the Romans more, Boadicea or your friend."
Gabrielle: "Xena doesn't hate the Romans, just Caesar. She had a run-in with him a long time ago and he betrayed her."
Khrafstar: "I'm glad she's on our side, whatever the reason."
Khrafstar: "Caesar holds our temple. I'm worried he might destroy it." Gabrielle: "This one god of yours, does he have a name?"Khrafstar: "Yes, but we aren't permitted to speak it."
Khrafstar: "I'd be glad to tell you more."
Gabrielle: "That's okay, the gods I know are trouble enough."

Xena: "Show yourself, I know you're there ... Ares."Ares: [Riferendosi alla spada di Xena che si trova nel suo stomaco.] "You want to move this so we can talk?"Xena: "Oh, I don't know, I kinda like the look of it there."
Ares: "Still miffed about the insanity thing? Oh, get over it, even the Furies have forgotten about it by now. There's no real damage done."
Xena: "You wanted me to kill my mother."
Ares: "No, I wanted you to join me. Why do you always look at the effect and ignore the goal?"
Ares: "Anyway, that's not why I'm here, at least not to moan about the past. I am excited by your future ... your near future!"
Ares: "You're going up against Caesar, huh?"Xena: "I am helping a friend."Ares: "Oh yeah, sure, sure, that must be good for the masses, but we really know, don't we?"
Ares: "You know, Caesar and I talk now and then .. Don't get jealous, I don't always answer him. He's got this temple, I told him he should destroy it, but he hasn't yet. It sure must be important to him."
Xena: "Caesar doesn't care about temples. If he has it, it's just for strategic value."
Ares: "Either way, it'd really humiliate him if you destroyed it ... Go, Xena, lead your army to victory and make me proud."

Khrafstar: "Some people call us a cult, I hate that. I understand, I mean, the idea of one god, it's a little far fetched."
Gabrielle: "It's hard for people to believe in something that they can't see, or touch, or hear."
Khrafstar: "When was the last time you saw love, or friendship? You see its effect, and you'll see the effect of our god when he brings his Kingdom to Earth."

[Il gruppo si imbarca verso la Britannia.]
Gabrielle: "Xena, I was just teaching Khrafstar how to avoid sea-sickness, and he was telling me about his god. It's very interesting."
Xena: "I'm sure it is."
Gabrielle: "Hey, what's up?"
Xena: [Mentre cerca di pulire la sua spada.] "Does anything have to be up?"
Gabrielle: "Xena, I think you mixed feelings about this. You say you want to help a friend, but you don't sound very friendly towards her."
Xena: "Boadicea and I were allies a long time ago in Gaul."
Gabrielle: "Allies?"
Xena: "In a sense. She thought I was a friend, and I just needed an army. So, I let her think whatever she wanted to until I took control of her men."
Gabrielle: "You used her."
Xena: "I ordered her killed."
Xena: "You see, I'm not the only one dealing with betrayal."

Ufficiale romano: "Boadicea, Caesar himself will rest laurels on my head."
Xena: "Hah! If you still have one."
Boadicea: "It's been a while Xena."Xena: "You got my message."Boadicea: "Barely, you need to polish your sword."

(nel frattempo gabrielle viene catturata)

Boadicea: "This is my camp, Xena. I'm in command here, not you. Let's just get that clear right now. This isn't the past."Xena: "Then stop acting as if it is."
Xena: "I'm here to help you."
Boadicea: "No, you're not. You're here because Caesar is here, because your hatred of him won't let you be elsewhere, and that's the only reason we haven't crossed swords. I know I can't defeat him without you."

Xena: "Soldier, what happened to that girl that was brought in earlier?"
Soldato: "There's been nobody brought in."
Xena: "That's impossible. She came in with a young man. He was the leader of that temple."
Meridian: "Khrafstar, are you speaking of him?"
Xena: "Yes, he and a girl, what happened to them?"
Meridian: "I don't know who the girls is, but Khrafstar went to Gaul to find mercenaries. I was hoping he'd be with you."

Xena: "You lied to me. Gabrielle was never brought back here and you know it."Boadicea: "Yes, I was told ... and I knew you wouldn't leave. I had to tell you something."
Boadicea: "[Prende il bastone di Gabrielle.] We found this near the river. Caesar has her. You go up there and they'll die ... if they haven't already."
Xena: "No, Caesar will know that she's my friend. He'll keep her alive until he can figure out how to use her against me."

Soldato romano: "Sit."
Gabrielle: "Sit on this!"
Khrafstar: "No time for an attitude. My god has taught me that direct confrontation is not always the right path."
Gabrielle: "Yeah, well, Xena taught me that if you let someone take advantage of you, they will."
Caesar: "Divide a woman's emotion from her sensibilities and you have her. Divide and conquer." Caesar: "That has no bearing on your Fate. It was decided the moment you entered my world."
Caesar: "And how is Xena?"
Gabrielle: "She's ... fine."
Caesar: "You're a friend of Xena's."Gabrielle: "She hardly knows me. She probably doesn't even know I'm gone. I mean, she hardly knows when I'm around. Come to think of it, she doesn't even know my name."Caesar: "Hmm, well, we'll see. You see, Xena's fatal flaw is her emotion. She feels, she cares, not exactly good attributes for being a true warrior."

Xena: "Caesar wants that one great battle that will make him a part of history ... and we are going to give it to him."
Xena: "The key to destroying Caesar is the belief in his Destiny."
Boadicea: "Sounds like someone I once knew, someone I trusted with my army, and with my life."
Xena: "Why do you trust me now?"
Boadicea: "I don't. I have no choice. You know Caesar and you know how to wage war."

Gabrielle: "Khrafstar, do you have Faith in your god?"Khrafstar: "It's hard to explain. I had a farm once in Gaul. I went to the temple of the gods, made my offerings, I did everything right. Then one day, a warlord came, destroyed my home and almost killed me. As I lay in the brush bleeding, I saw him walk over to the temple and make an offering to Hera and Zeus. The same man who destroyed my world was blessed by the very gods that I thought would protect me."
Khrafstar: "I was found by some travelers from the East. They cared for me, made me well. They told me about their One God."
Gabrielle: "And that's when you started to believe?"
Khrafstar: "I thought they were like sheep to believe, and then I met the warlord again. He was wounded from some battle already and I was filled with so much rage. And, as I was standing over him with a sword at his throat something happened. A Light filled me and I knew He existed."
Gabrielle: "And this god gave you enough strength to kill the warlord?"
Khrafstar: "Just the opposite. I couldn't kill him. Despite all my rage and hatred, I knew it wasn't Right, that even the warlord had a purpose. That's what I mean by Faith. I know, it sounds strange."
Gabrielle: "I think it sounds wonderful."

Soldato romano: "Trouble, Caesar?"
Caesar: "During the night, the barbarians gave up land they fought and died for. Xena's trying to draw me into a trap. If they're foolish enough to give up land, then I'm going to take it."
Soldato romano: "That will spread our forces fairly thin."
Caesar: "You misunderstand. I want her to attack. This draws her into one big battle. I have her. Take my personal banner, I want her to know who ordered their deaths."
Xena: "Gabrielle ..."Gabrielle: "Timing, we've got to work on timing." Caesar: "I want every legion in this country here by tomorrow."
Gabrielle: "Xena, now I know what you're going to say. Look, I'm sorry. It's not like I wanted to be captured by Caesar."Xena: "Did you talk to him?"Gabrielle: "Caesar? Yeah, I did ... um ... well he has this aura about him."Xena: "It's the same thing that draws a moth to a flame with pretty much the same result." Gabrielle: "Well, he said something about dividing ..."Xena: "... dividing a woman's sensibility from her emotion? Yeah. Yeah, I know his philosophy." Xena: "There are seven hills surrounding this valley. To force the battle he'll have to divide his army and fight uphill."Boadicea: "Divide and conquer."Xena: "Right. Only this time we're the conquerors." Boadicea: "What if he doesn't attack?"Xena: "He will ... trust me." Xena: "We're going to take these hills starting with this one."Boadicea: "There's a temple near there. The Romans hold it. If we leave them there, they'll be at our back."Xena: "Then we take the temple." Xena: "It's going well, the last hilltop is being taken as we speak."Boadicea: "Caesar's legions have arrived. They're forming up north of the plain."Xena: "Then this is it ... the final battle." Ares: "The temple. You didn't destroy the temple."Xena: "What is it about that temple that bothers you so much?"Ares: "There is no place for one god in this world. This is the world that we created! Zeus, Athena, Hades, Poseidon. It is our world."Xena: "And before that it was the world of the Titans. Oh, that's right, Zeus overthrew them, didn't he? You're just afraid that history might repeat itself."
Ares: "Whatever you might think about us, Xena, you know us. You might love us, you might hate us, but we are not Evil. This god is."Xena: "Evil to you." Ares: "Trust me Xena."Xena: "Based on what?!"
Gabrielle: "Are you sure my being here is okay?"Khrafstar: "Our god is open to all. Besides, I want you to see this."
Meridian: "From the beginning of time, the One has been waiting to complete the Circle. The world that is His has reached a time of rejoining. The days of Old are gone and the New is before us. Tremble at His arrival. But, first, the door must be opened. The path to his arrival must be sanctified in blood, pure blood ... innocent blood." Meridian: "This world will end today, the hand of Dahak will sweep the earth, bringing with it the winter of a thousand years killing everyone who stands in the way of His world."
Khrafstar: "No, this isn't our god ... Gabrielle!"Meridian: "With this knife we praise Dahak, the Dark One." [Gabrielle impedisce a Meridian di sacrificare Khrafstar e trafigge la donna con il pugnale sacrificale.] Khrafstar: "Thank you, Gabrielle. You're going to help bring Dahak into this world. He needed a sacrifice, and not just one of flesh and blood. He wanted your purity, your innocence of Evil. And you just gave it to him."
Khrafstar: "This world, all who are on it will be no more. The new Kingdom of Dahak will rule, and you, Gabrielle, will bring it to us." Boadicea: "Xena, you're not the person I once knew, I can see that. I can't forgive you, but I can thank you for what you're doing now." Boadicea: "What's that?"Xena: "I don't know, but it's centered over the temple ... That's where Gabrielle is."
Xena: "Gabrielle, what happened?"Gabrielle: "Meridian ..."Xena: "... she's dead. Gabrielle, who did this?"Gabrielle: "I did. I killed her. I killed her, Xena."Xena: "No, Gabrielle, you couldn't ..."Gabrielle: "... no, I did. I just stabbed her."Xena: "Accidentally, you ..."Gabrielle: "... Xena, I stabbed her ... Xena, I murdered her."
Khrafstar: "Thank you, Xena."Xena: "What have you done to her, you bastard?!"Khrafstar: "Done to her? I fulfilled her Destiny. She's for Dahak."Xena: "Who's Dahak?"Khrafstar: "The One God. The Dark Force that will sweep this world ... the old, crippled, blind, maimed ... you're so-called gods ... all will be destroyed. Dahak will bring the cleansing fire of War to the world ... a war begun of Innocence." Xena: "This is not the One God of the Israelites."Khrafstar: "No, that one will be taken care of in due time ... but thank you for Gabrielle."Xena: "I don't know what you're talking about."Khrafstar: "Look inside yourself, you brought her here. And why did you come? To defeat Caesar. Your hatred brought you here. Dahak appreciates rage." Khrafstar: "Stay back, Xena. You routed Caesar, but Dahak will triumph here, as He will triumph everywhere. I know. [Si trasforma.] I am the Deliverer!!!! And now Xena, you have to go. It's Dahak's wish." The Deliverer: "Dahak already has his sacrifice in Gabrielle. But he wants your blood to welcome him into the world."
Xena: "Well, that answers one question, you can get hurt ... you get pretty mad, too. Come and get me then. You half-witted toady to a third rate god, Come and Get Me!" Xena: "What's the matter, a mere mortal giving you a problem? I though your God was all-powerful or something."The Deliverer: "You can't talk about the Great Dahak like that!"Xena: "Great?! Great at what? All I've seen is a lame attempt at a religion and some fancy fireworks. Are you sure he's what you think he is? Maybe he's got you fooled, too."
Gabrielle: "Xena?"Xena: "I'm here, Gabrielle."Gabrielle: "It hurts inside."Xena: "What?" Gabrielle: "Everything's changed ... everything."Xena: "It's going to be okay, I promise."