Ynyr Quotes in Krull (1983)

Seer: The temple is at the center of the swamp where three trees grow as one.

Prince Colwyn: How can anything grow in that place? It smells of death.

Ynyr: Death and power are close cousins.

Torquil: I don't think I like your relatives, old man.

Ynyr: We all risk our lives on this journey. My risk is no greater than yours.

Ynyr: The beast has many weapons. This was one of them. A changeling.

[Looks at Rell]

Ynyr: How did you know?

Rell the Cyclops: I found the seer's body in the quicksand.

Prince Colwyn: He gave his life for us.

Titch: He was my only family.

Prince Colwyn: We're your family now.

[Ynyr leaves to go see The Widow of the Web]

Ynyr: From here, I go on alone.

Prince Colwyn: I'm going with you.

Ynyr: No. If two approach, she would certainly kill both. Alone, I may have a chance.

Torquil: Each to his fate, Colwyn.

Ynyr: Yes... Yes, each to his fate.

Ynyr: I cannot stop the sand.

Lyssa Widow of the Web: You cannot stop time. Go now. Save the other Lyssa.

Lyssa Widow of the Web: 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.

Ynyr: But what about your life?

Lyssa Widow of the Web: I give it to the girl who bears my name.

[Ynyr has fixed Colwyn's wounds and starts to leave]

Prince Colwyn: Lyssa?

Ynyr: They will hold her in the Black Fortress.

Prince Colwyn: Can you lead me to it?

Ynyr: You must have help.

Prince Colwyn: I'll find men on the way.

Prince Colwyn: Who are you?

Ynyr: I am Ynyr.

Prince Colwyn: The old one?

Ynyr: Well, not as old as all that.

Prince Colwyn: You've come down from the Granite Mountains?

Ynyr: Yes. I'm needed now.

Ynyr: [Seeing the Widow of the Web as the Lyssa he remembers] How could I have left you?

Lyssa Widow of the Web: Your vision is your gift to me.

Ynyr: [Kneeling beside her] And your vision can be your gift to me.

Ynyr: There are kingly virtues other than bravery. Courtesy is one of them.

Ynyr: We three will go on. The rest will remain here.

Ergo: We four will go on. I'm not staying behind with these criminals.

Prince Colwyn: Lyssa!

Ynyr: She's alive.

Prince Colwyn: Where?

Ynyr: Stay still.

Prince Colwyn: Where?

Ynyr: For now, beyond your reach.

Ynyr: I came to find a king, and I find a boy instead.

Ynyr: Well, I too was young once. I too loved as you do. But your love will be luckier than mine. What I told you was that I knew how to find the fortress and that is by seeking the vision of the blind emerald seer.

Prince Colwyn: But his place isn't known either.

Ynyr: It is known to me. It is a day's journey from here. Come.

Prince Colwyn: Now we have no way to find the fortress.

Ynyr: There is one who might help.

Prince Colwyn: Who?

Ynyr: The Widow of the Web.

Torquil: That creature helps no one. For none who go there return.

Ynyr: She has great powers.

Torquil: Yeah, to kill.

Ynyr: She may not kill me. For I know her name.

Torquil: Her name is death.

Ynyr: She had another name once. An ancient and powerful name.

[Torquil has a look of disbelief and this gets Ynyr mad]

Ynyr: We all risk our lives on this journey. My risk is no greater than yours. I must try.

Ynyr: Do not use it until you need it.

Prince Colwyn: How will I know when?

Ynyr: You'll know.

Ynyr: I seek the widow.

Lyssa Widow of the Web: Enter here, and die.

Ynyr: In the fortress you will need more than men and swords. You will need the power of the glave.

Prince Colwyn: The glave is nothing but an ancient symbol. It doesn't really exist.

Ynyr: It exists. Up there in a cave on the highest peak.

Ynyr: Lyssa? Lyssa?

Lyssa Widow of the Web: Who speaks that name?

Ynyr: It is I, Ynyr.

Lyssa Widow of the Web: [Lyssa turns her hourglass upsidedown] I give you this time.

Ergo: You are no great chooser of roads, old man.

Ynyr: This way will save us half a day's travel.

Ynyr: [Last lines. Voiceover, reciting a prophecy] A girl of ancient name shall become queen. And she shall choose a king. Together they will rule the world. And their son will rule the galaxy.