Balian of Ibelin
A queen never walks. And yet you are walking.
Most-quoted character in Kingdom of Heaven (2005): in 32 of its 73 quotes
Most scenes with: Hospitaller (4), Godfrey of Ibelin (3), Sybilla (3)
What man is a man who does not make the world better?
More lines from Balian of Ibelin
8 quotes
Balian of Ibelin
How can you be in hell, when you are in my heart?
Balian of Ibelin
If we do not burn these bodies, we will all be dead of disease in three days. God will understand, my lord. And if he doesn't...then he is not God. And we need not worry.
Balian of Ibelin
They are here.
Balian of Ibelin
Is this why you came to the Holy Land? Come on!
Balian of Ibelin
When this wall comes down, there will be no quarter. If you throw down your arms, your families will die. We can break this army here! So I say let them come! Let them come!
Balian of Ibelin
If this is the Kingdom of Heaven, let God do with it as he will.
Balian of Ibelin
[To Sybilla, after surrendering Jerusalem]
Your brother's kingdom is here - (points to the mind) - and here - (points to the heart) - and that kingdom can never be surrendered.
Scenes with Balian of Ibelin
23 scenes
[To Balian working on sharpening swords in the town blacksmith forge]
The village does not want you. When the old lord is dead, they will drive you out. When the bishop is dead, it is certain.
Balian
And you take my property.
The Church.
Balian
You.
They would have taken you to Jerusalem... away from... all this. I arranged it. I swear to you... you will have no peace so long as you stay here. No man ever needed a new world more. Imagine your sin and pain erased. All. [Balian takes out a sword and starts malleablizing it] If you take the Crusade... you may relieve your wife's position in hell. I put it delicately. She was a suicide. She is in hell. Though what she does there without a head... [Balian notices priest's cross necklace, holds it up and impales him with sword throwing him onto fire, Balian takes the necklace with priest leaping out igniting the forge]
Have you come to kill me? Even these days, it is not easy. Well?
Balian
I have done... murder.
Haven't we all?
God has made us man. We must suffer all. I also have lost. Some say Jerusalem is the very center of the world for asking forgiveness. For myself, I call it here. Now. I knew your namesake. I knew your mother. To be courteous, I should say that it was against her objections. But I was the lord's brother and she had no choice. But I did not force her. I have forgiveness to ask of you. I am Godfrey, the Baron of Ibelin. I have one hundred men at arms in Jerusalem. If you come with me, you will have a living... and... you will have my thanks. There it is.
Balian of Ibelin
Whoever you are, my lord... my place is here.
What made it your place is now dead. You will never see me again. If you want anything of me, take it now.
Balian of Ibelin
I want nothing.
I am sorry for your troubles. God protect you.
Balian of Ibelin
What could a king ask of a man like me?
A new world. A better world than has ever been seen. There, you are not what you are born but what you have it in yourself to be. A kingdom of conscience, of peace instead of war, love instead of hate. That is what lies in the end of a crusade. A kingdom of heaven.
Balian of Ibelin
[Sees Saracens praying on the shores of Messina]
Who are those men?
English Sergeant
Muslims [Looks at Balian] Saracens.
Balian of Ibelin
And they are allowed their prayers?
English Sergeant
If they pay the tax. Subhaana-rabbialadhim. Praise be to God. It is proper to praise Him.
Balian of Ibelin
Sounds like our prayers.
Balian of Ibelin
Why would it be his horse?
Because it is on his land.
Balian of Ibelin
I took this horse from the sea.
[Says to the Cavalier in Arabic]
Wajdi al-hisānu min-bahr ("he found the horse from sea").
[Saracen Cavalier speak to him in Arabic and Imad interpretes for Balian]
He says you are a great liar, and he will fight you because you are a liar.
Balian of Ibelin
I have no desire to fight.
Then you must give him the horse!
Balian of Ibelin
No.
Balian of Ibelin
[Saracen Cavalier starts fighting him, but on horseback]
Fight me fairly!
[Saracen Cavalier says in Arabic why he should]
Why? Why should he? He is a Knight.
Balian of Ibelin
And I am the Baron of Ibelin.
[Says to the Cavalier in Arabic]
Inna-hū hakīmu [pauses] iblin ("he is Baron of Ibelin").
[Saracen Cavalier speaks in Arabic and Imad interpretes for Balian]
He says that the Baron of Ibelin is old. He knew him, in Damascus.
Balian of Ibelin
I am the new one.
What becomes of us?
Balian of Ibelin
The world will decide. The world always decides.
So, how find you Jerusalem?
Balian of Ibelin
God does not speak to me. Not even on the hill where Christ died. I am outside God's grace.
I have not heard that.
Balian of Ibelin
At any rate, it seems I have lost my religion.
I put no stock in religion. By the word religion, I've seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the "Will of God". I've seen too much religion in the eyes of too many murderers. Holiness is in right action and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves. And goodness - what God desires - [pointing at his head then heart] is here and here. And what you decide to do every day, you will be a good man, [smiles] or not.
Balian of Ibelin
No. [Stops] And yes.
[Laughs]
A woman in my place has two faces, one for the world and one which she wears in private. With you I'll be only Sybilla [Hears a noise and turns her head. A servant hides behind a wall] Tiberias thinks me unpredictable. I am unpredictable.
Balian of Ibelin
I know that Ibelin is not on the way to Cana.
What else do you know, my lord?
Balian of Ibelin
I know you are a princess. And I am no lord.
You're a knight.
Balian of Ibelin
Neither earned nor proved.
I am not here with you because I'm bored or wicked. I am here because, because in the East between one person and another... there is only light.
[Then Sybilla blows out the light and...]
Balian of Ibelin
You go to certain death.
All death is certain. I will tell your father what I have seen you become.
My lord, how are we to defend Jerusalem without knights?! We have no knights!
Balian of Ibelin
Truly? [Addresses a servant boy in the crowd] You, what is your condition?
Servant boy
I am servant to the Patriarch.
He's one of my servants.
Balian of Ibelin
Is he? You were born a servant? [The boy nods] Kneel. Every man at arms, or capable of bearing them...Kneel! On your knees! [The crowd of soldiers kneels] Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless. That is your oath. [Balian strikes the servant boy] And that is so you remember it. Rise a knight. Rise a knight!
Who do you think you are? Will you alter the World? Does making a man a knight make him a better fighter?
Balian of Ibelin
pPause, turn slowly to face Bishop] Yes.
Convert to Islam, repent later.
Balian of Ibelin
You have taught me a lot about religion, Your Eminence.
Balian of Ibelin
This army will be destroyed, and the city left defenseless.
When I wish a blacksmith to advise me in war, I will tell him.
Balian of Ibelin
Saladin wants you to come out. He is waiting for you to make that mistake.
Balian of Ibelin
[A single horsemen is seen in the distance standing on top of a hill]
They are here.
Almaric
It is only one man.
Balian of Ibelin
No, they are here.
[The camera pans to reveal the whole of the Saracen army behind the hill]
Balian of Ibelin
[To the people of Jerusalem]
It has fallen to us to defend Jerusalem, and we have made our preparations as well as they can be made. None of us took this city from Muslims. No Muslim of the great army now coming against us was born when this city was lost. We fight over an offence we did not give, against those who were not alive to be offended. What is Jerusalem? Your holy palaces lie over the Jewish temple that the Romans pulled down. The Muslim places of worship lie over yours. Which is more holy?
Balian of Ibelin
[Pause]
The wall? The Mosque? The Sepulchre? Who has claim? No-one has claim.
Balian of Ibelin
[Raises his voice]
All have claim!
Blasphemy!
Almaric
[To the Patriarch]
Be quiet.
Balian of Ibelin
We defend this city, not to protect these stones, but the people living within these walls.
Will you yield the city?
Balian of Ibelin
Before I lose it, I will burn it to the ground. Your holy places - ours. Every last thing in Jerusalem that drives men mad.
I wonder if it would not be better if you did.
I will grant every soul safe passage to Christian lands. Every soul. The women, the children, the old. And all your knights and soldiers. And your Queen. Your King, such as he is, I leave to you, and what God will make of him. No one will be harmed. I swear it to God.
Balian of Ibelin
The Christians butchered every Muslim within the walls when they took this city.
Balian of Ibelin
What is Jerusalem worth?
Richard Coeur de Lion
We come by this road to find Balian, who was the defender of Jerusalem.
Balian of Ibelin
I am the blacksmith.
Richard Coeur de Lion
And I am the King of England.
Balian of Ibelin
pPauses] I am the blacksmith.
Balian
You go with the Army?
My order is with the Army.
Balian
You go to certain death.
All death is certain. I shall tell your father what I have seen you become.
I go to pray.
Balian of Ibelin
For what?
For the strength to endure what is to come.
Balian of Ibelin
And what is to come?.
The reckoning is to come for what was done one hundred years before. The Muslims will never forget. [Pauses and looks back to Balian]. Nor should they.
