the last count.
- Well, he's a traveling man, you see.
- He covers a lot of ground.
Merith.
Yeah, she lives in the village
at the edge of the giant trees.
- Can she cook?
- It's not her strongest point.
Just have her bring provisions, eh?
Magnificence there reckons he can cook.
- We'll soon see.
- Oh, yeah?
There you are.
You all look so hungry.
Get out of my way.
Let me get at it.
- Well?
- Well, what?
Who's the girl?
Her village was burned.
She had nowhere to go, so I took her in.
Look at her one more time,
and I'll throw her out.
Merith, oh, my sweet.
She doesn't hold a candle to you.
- She's not even pretty.
- Yeah?
Now, look, petal,
faithful is my middle name.
You must eat something.
I'm not hungry.
Please. For me.
Thank you.
What troubles you?
You have chosen a paltry kingdom
on an insignificant planet.
- And love.
- Love is fleeting.
Power is eternal.
Such is my power.
It can be yours.
I don't want your power.
Do not let my form frighten you.
Lyssa.
I can assume any form I wish.
Any form you wish.
There's no love in that form.
And you think there's love
in your boy king?
I've not held a man in my arms
since my lover left.
This is a lie!
I know how painful it is
to be far from the one you love.
- He will betray you.
- Comfort me for one night.
- He will not.
- I can't betray my bride.
Then he will die.
Let me comfort you.
I can't accept comfort
when she has none.
- You will not, then?
- I cannot.
My master said, '' Make him betray her.
If not, kill him.''
Yes, he is my master.
These talons were
a heartbeat away from your throat.
I could've killed you in an instant.
But in the hour I knew you,
I loved you.
'Tis you who are betrayed.
Power is fleeting.
- Love is life for you, death for me.
- Love is eternal.
Remember me.
- This way!
- What is it?
Consider this power.
If you consent to be my queen...
I will halt the attacks
of the Slayers.
It is in your power
to stop the killing and burning.
Each hour you delay,
more innocent people will be killed.
Think on it.
Hurry, Colwyn.
I seek the Widow!
Enter here and die.
Lyssa!
Who speaks that name?
It is I, Ynyr!
I give you this time.
I was young
when I last heard that name.
I was young
when I last spoke it to you.
And my face...
was as beautiful as my name.
And I loved you, Lyssa,
with all my heart.
But you would not stay with me.
There were responsibilities, duty.
Ambition.
You had a son.
We had a son.
But you said nothing.
Where is he?
I killed him when he was born.
And this is my punishment.
- My son?
- Yes.
Since I could not kill you,
my rage needed a victim.
I know you can never forgive me.
I cannot forgive myself.
I have already forgiven you.
You can never forgive a woman
who has killed your son.
If I had not...
could I see you now
as I saw you then?
And allow me to see
through your eyes.
How could I have left you?
Your vision is your gift to me.
And your vision could be
your gift to me.
- What can I see for you?
- Where does the Black Fortress rise?
Tomorrow...
in the Iron Desert.
But the knowledge is useless to you,
for you cannot leave here.
No man has ever escaped the Web.
There's a young girl
being held in the Fortress.
A young girl with your name.
A young man seeks her.
A young man.
The age I was when you and I met.
When you and I loved.
What you ask is beyond my power.
It can be turned only once.
That is the law of the Web.
Then the second Lyssa
will share your fate.
She will die,
grow old and lonely.
She will die
in a place of darkness.
This whole world
will be a place of darkness.
These are the sands of my life.
Accept them, and the spider
will have no power to harm you.
But your own life
runs out with the sand.
What about your life?
I give it to the girl
who bears my name.
I cannot stop the sand.
You cannot stop time.
Go now.
Save the other Lyssa.
At sunrise!
At sunrise...
the Black Fortress will