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~ Part 1 ~
It was a time when sky and land were still in each other's embrace,
when two suns and two moons graced the sky.
One sun fell and kindled the northern sky as its star,
and one moon followed suit, becoming the seven stars of the Northern Dipper.
The smallest was the people's star,
the biggest, the king's star.
The big star blessed creation with King Jinheung the Great,
who took a small and feeble nation like Shilla,
and made it into the fearsome and powerful heavenly kingdom.
~ King Jinheung ~ (24th Shilla ruler)
Are you knaves from Baekje?
Indeed!
We came to avenge our former king!
Slay him!
Sire!
Sire.
It was a neglect on my part.
Far from it.
My not heeding your advice was almost paid with blood.
You should never ride alone near the border, Sire.
~ Mishil ~ (Holder of the Royal Seal)
May you halt your journey and return to the palace.
No.
But, Sire!
I shall accompany the Royal Successor Baekjeong to Mount Bukhan,
and show him the wondrous might of my Shilla.
~ Secret Stele of Mount Bukhan ~
From here on in, Shilla will be in your hands.
It is only because of you that my fervent dream,
which seemed impossible, can now finally come into fruition.
Sire, your grace is immeasurable.
~ Prince Geumnyun ~ (to be King Jinji)
That is absurd!
Your last injunctions?!
~ Seorabeol (Gyeongju, Shilla capital) ~
May you retract such nefarious utterances!
The mandate of heaven is abandoning my gates.
The heir to my throne...
is the Royal Successor, Baekjeong.
Prince Geumnyun and Beholder of the Seal Mishil...
will be removed from any post of significance,
and follow my lead, devoting their remaining days to serving Buddha.
Are you disheartened?
Are you?!
How could I ever?
If you ever perish, how could this humble consort...
dare to bask in abundance in a layman's dwellings?!
I shall devote myself to Buddhist practice,
praying for your heavenly bliss and divine reincarnation.
His grandson, Baekjeong?!
However,
final injunctions could always be altered.
If you only proclaim me as Queen, that is.
Mishil shall never follow my injunctions.
As long as I am alive, Mishil is a treasure to Shilla.
But once demise shall befall upon me,
Mishil will become a treacherous poison afflicting this country.
You must slay Mishil!
His Majesty penetrated through all our subterfuges.
He is Shilla's greatest ruler.
Were he not blessed by such sagacious discernment,
how could he ever gain such legacy?!
How are you going to proceed?
~ Seolwon Rang ~ (9th Pungwolju)
His Excellency Eulje has still not entered the palace,
while Gukseon Munno is still taking part in the ceremony,
so that can only imply divine providence is on my side.
~ Munno ~ (Gukseon)
Keep and cherish this dagger.
It once rescued me from the jaws of demise.
Why are you giving this to me?
~ Baekjeong ~ (to be King Jinpyeong)
Now...
it is yourself and this country of ours you must protect.
Sire.
I shall never forget...
the benevolence you granted me...
in taking your final breath without my assistance.
Sister.
His Majesty?!
People?!
Take a look, Sire!
These are my people!
Not yours,
but Mishil's, my people!
And...
it now is...
Mishil's time to rule.
Munno.
Unless the seven stars of the Northern Dipper become eight,
no one able to contend with Mishil's might shall bless creation.
Should anyone possess the power to contend with her,
an eighth star will grace the Northern Dipper.
Now...
there is no man under the heavens who will contend with my might.
Are you really...
~ King Jinji ~ (Shilla 25th ruler)
going to abandon me?
Will you condemn this son borne out of our union...
to spend life as a mere royal servant's offspring?!
I even hid the former king's final injunctions,
and brought you before that very throne, Sire!
Your Highness.
Let us never deliberate on those injunctions again.
Forgive me, my child.
You are no longer...
You are no longer of any use to me.
~ Prince Baekjeong ~ (to be King Jinpyeong, Seondeok's father)
Dear.
May you keep this.
This...
~ Maya ~ (Prince Baekjeong's consort)
Was this not the dagger His Deceased Majesty King Jinheung gave you?
This was the dagger which protected him.
And I now wish...
it will protect you and our child.
Yes.
I am sure it will.
As their wonhwa, I am merely conveying to you...
my fellow Hwarang's wishes.
Wishes?!
Sire.
May you step down.
Right before he perished, His Deceased Majesty clamored me...
to announce that the heir of the heavenly kingdom...
shall not be his second son, Geumnyun,
but the son of Crown Prince Dongnyun,
King Jinheung's grandson,
Prince Baekjeong.
We are gathered before our ruler and king!
Sire!
Slay him!
Drop your sword!
Should not Lady Mishil have devoted herself to Buddhist practice,
after His Deceased Majesty's demise?!
But her clamoring to be enthroned as new Queen...
would be nothing but an affront against our traditional mores.
Stop at once!
Sire!
Gukseon!
This...
Did this really bring you back to me?!
Not just me.
It also protected our child.
Your Majesty's child, and the sacred bone lineage!
I hear you had a divine revelation at the Jungak,
on the day King Jinheung the Great perished.
The revelation I experienced,
suggested that unless the seven stars of the Northern Dipper become eight,
no one under the heavens shall ever contend with Milady's might.
But I hear there were two revelations.
What would the next one be?
Two different pulses grace Her Majesty's womb.
She will give birth to twins.
If you say twins...
Recall the prophecy about our royal family the Hyeokgeose...
blessed us with during his geoseogan days?
"Should the king give birth to twins..."
"The lineage of sacred bone males shall forever vanish."
No man can escape from this prophecy, Your Highness.
Is it this?!
Is this... the mandate of heaven?!
On the day the seven stars of the Northern Dipper...
will become eight,
someone able to contend with Mishil's might will grace us?!
The Gaeyang...
It cannot be...
the sacred bone child to be born today?!
This dagger...
shall protect you.
Sire...
You surely are not...
You are not...
No way.
- There is no way! - Nevermore!
Shall I let Mishil separate us.
Sire!
You are the only one who can.
Take the child, and escape from the palace.
I shall now disclose the second revelation I experienced.
"Unless the seven stars of the Northern Dipper become eight,
no one under the heavens shall ever contend with Mishil's might."
The next one...
"On the day the seven stars of the Northern Dipper will become eight,
someone able to contend with Mishil's might...
will grace us."
The twins...
Take the child, and escape far away from this palace.
And protect that child.
You must!
Immediately find that slattern and the other twin.
How long it will take, how many will perish does not concern me!
You must find them and bring them before me,
is that clear?!
Are you really incognizant of whom that child is?
~ Chilsuk ~ (True Bone Hwarang)
~ 15 Years Later ~
And in the end, I lost them.
~ Taklamakan Desert ~ (Xinjiang Uyghur Region, China)
So, did you give up?
No...
I did find their hideout after an odd month,
but I once again was too late,
as they already rode away on a boat headed to Hangzhou.
So that brought you all the way here to the mainland?!
Back then, the sole thought gracing my mind was capturing her.
And then?!
You have spent the last fifteen years looking for the same woman?
No.
I wandered these lands for two years, looking for her,
and as the way home was becoming more and more remote,
I maundered for years engaging in various endeavors.
I should have rather returned to my homeland,
and have perished with honor before Her Highness.
Ahh... right.
This is an international trading area, right?
Yes. Why?
Will you engage in trading here?
No...
I hear that Roman merchants remunerate their guards quite generously.
Really?
Then, you have met with just the right person!
~ Deokman ~ (to be Queen Seondeok)
Hasten down here!
Now!
Mother.
Aigoo...
Be careful.
Are you all right?
I'm just fine.
Here is your room. If you will...
Yes.
Some tea, if I may ask.
Ahh...
Since your daughter is fluent in our language, I thought...
I would like some tea.
Yes.
~ Munno ~
Fifteen years.
That is the time it took me to find you.
No less than fifteen years.
But I can now finally...
return to Gyerim.
This is where it ends.
Let us return to Gyerim.
Deokman! Deokman!!
Run away!
Run away!! Now!
Run away... Run...
Deokman...
Mother!
Mother... Mother.
It's done... Don't move.
I'm going to save you.
I'm going to...
What is this?
What are you doing?
No...
Don't, Mother!
Deokman...
Run away!
Don't!
Don't do it!
Deokman... it's over for me.
You needn't try anymore.
Don't do it! Don't, Mother!
I will get you out!
I told you I would save you!
I will do it!
I said stop!
Survive.
You must survive!
Stop! Don't do that!
Stop there, Mother!
- Deokman, run away! - No... No way!
No... Don't!
Don't!
Mother... Mother!
Mother!!
Mother!
Mother...
No...
Mother! Mother...
~ Back in Shilla ~
~ Lord Yongsu ~ (Princess Cheonmyeong's spouse)
Hurrah for our great nation!
Hurrah!
His Highness Lord Yongsu...
led us in recapturing the fortress,
~ Yongsu is victim of conspiracy by Mishil, and perishes in battle ~
but on our way back...
he was hit by the arrows of a few Baekje remnants...
In his last moments,
he ordered us to convey to you this.
~ Cheonmyeong ~ (Deokman's twin sister)
Your Highness...
Run!
The seven stars...
Gaeyang's keeper?!
Abandon such trifling delusions,
and run far away.
This...
is my last shred of compassion for you.
I shall not run away.
I shall find and meet Munno,
after which we shall engage in parley.
~ Lord Yongchun ~ (Lord Yongsu's brother)
I shall restore his position amongst the Hwarang, and make him one of my people.
I shall go there and meet him firsthand.
But...
as the region borders Baekje's frontiers,
not only do skirmishes frequently happen,
a direful famine has engulfed the area as of late,
causing constant tumult.
Wait!
Wait!!
~ Deokman comes to Shilla to find Munno and discover her identity ~
What is the matter?!
Let's go.
Let us go... together!
- Move there. - Who on earth are you?
Get out!
Let us sail together. Together...
Let us go together.
Stop! It's a trap!
~ Cheonmyeong and Deokman fall prey to Gaya refugees in Nando Village ~
Look!
Slaughter every single one of these vile miscreants!
Slay them all!
~ The two barely escape the assault of Mishil's forces ~
Deokman!
Deokman!!
Don't scream!
Find my bag, quick!
All right.
It's dangerous! Stand back!
You have done enough. Save yourself at least.
Deokman!
Deokman!!
Deokman!
Deokman!!
Mother...
This...
must be the end for me.
You saved me...
time and time again.
But it looks like...
this...
Are you all right?
Can you hear me?
You... You didn't...
You didn't jump off that cliff, did you?!
You saved my life, you did!
You have a spot here, too?!
Uh?!
Ahhh... This?
I have one myself.
Oh!
It looks similar indeed!
That's really remarkable.
My father has a spot like that as well.
Really?
We must have really been destined to meet.
~ After regaining her title thanks to Yushin, Cheonmyeong entrusts Deokman to him ~
~ As a reward for saving her life, she brings Yushin to Seorabeol as a Hwarang ~
I am the Hwarang in charge of the Dragon Flower Guild,
saluting Your Highnesses.
Tie another sandbag on Deokman.
Yes.
~ Deokman ~
I'm not last this time, right?!
Baekje has trampled on our soil,
and now is pointing its treacherous blade at Seorabeol,
forcing grave quandaries upon our nation.
Therefore, the heavenly kingdom hereby orders all Hwarang into battle.
With your strength, valor, and courage,
you shall protect the grandiose achievements of King Jinheung.
~ Kim Yushin ~
Hey.
We will be sent to the battlefield in the morn.
Are you going there to play?
If you're leaving in the morrow, shouldn't you feel disheartened?
And if such were the case, what would ever change?
Would it allow me to avoid incoming arrows?
Or think Baekje soldiers will spare my life because of that?
Aigoo...
Don't you fret.
I survived the arrows of Nando Village,
and even endured everything Yushin Rang put me through.
Was Yushin Rang really that exacting with you?
Whose words have you been heeding?
It's all he does every day...
Wait.
Is it because he likes me?
Why does he always obsess over me alone?
What?
Think about it.
During practice, I'm the only one who has to suffer him,
and he always stopped me from fighting in any contest.
Make some sense, will you?
Yushin Rang, liking a man?!
Uh?!
Think.
It's not like he's a woman.
Why would he like a man like you?
Ahh...
Right?
I'm a man...
~ Shilla Encampment ~
Kim Yushin.
We shall head together to Sokham Fortress.
What?
~ Alcheon ~
But, Yushin Rang's Dragon Flower Guild...
is under my command.
Are you telling me I should remain here,
while Yushin Rang and his guild participate in the offensive?
No.
The Dragon Flower Guild shall remain here,
and Yushin Rang alone shall join me in the Sokham Fortress campaign.
The drums are echoing.
The entire battalion shall withdraw!
Yes!
~ Baekje Encampment ~
What did you say, withdrawal?!
Seolwon's troops are withdrawing?
They're using the Amak Fortress route.
What?
~ Amak Fortress Front Gates ~
Tear down the gates!
Charge!
How did it go?
Around five thousand troops left Sokham Fortress.
Looking at their itinerary, they might be headed for Amak Fortress.
It is done.
Heed my words!
We shall hereby prepare for an assault on Sokham Fortress!
- Is that clear? - Yes!
Charge!
Advance!
~ Sokham Fortress ~
Your Excellency.
An inquiry, if I may.
What is it?
Baekje's force is gathered at Amak Fortress,
but Kim Seohyeon's offensive can only count on three thousand men.
And?!
Your Excellency,
pardon my insolence, but should we not send reinforcements?
Reinforcements?
There are no reinforcements.
~ Baekje Army ~
Without reinforcements,
how can a mere three thousand troops conquer that fortress?
Conquer, you said?
And who ever said we would conquer it?
What?
To deceive our foes, we feigned an attack on two fronts.
Even you were inveigled,
so it is natural the Baekje Army will fall for it as well.
But...
But, this...
This can only mean Kim Seohyeon's army will be annihilated.
Men of arms stake their lives on the battlefield to annihilate their foe.
Don't you know?
Sire!
~ Princess Cheonmyeong ~
What about Kim Seohyeon and all his troops in Amak Fortress?
Your Highness.
Kim Seohyeon and all the Hwarang guilds under his command...
shall forever be lauded for their meritorious service in battle.
Refrain from uttering such words, Your Excellency.
Father.
~ King Jinpyeong ~ (Shilla's 26th ruler)
Should we not immediately convey Kim Seohyeon orders to retreat?
I am sure they already are doing so.
Yushin Rang.
You shall be entrusted with relaying orders to Amak Fortress.
Convey to Kim Seohyeon and his forces the order to withdraw immediately.
The Baekje Army will already be controlling the path to Amak Fortress,
so you must stake your life to cut through their defensive lines.
You must rescue your father and your own guild.
Everyone retreat into the forest and set up camp.
Retreat!
Know why I want Deokman to remain by my side?
For even when he cannot cope with dread,
he never gives up.
And...
he is able to instill that willpower onto others.
Shortcomings are all his figure might suggest,
but on the battlefield, he will be strong.
And should he survive this war,
he will gain even more resolve.
When surrounded...
We are Hwarang of Shilla!
Let us all perish in honor, and meet at the Sacred Hwarang Hall!
I am never going to perish here.
Kim Yushin, you knave.
What shall we do when surrounded?
I don't remember.
I don't!
When surrounded, a circle formation is best.
Do you all plan to perish?
Let us meet in the Hwarang Hall!
Circle!
Circle formation!
Save her.
Survive, and may you and your guild gain resolve.
You and your guild must survive, and give me strength.
Left battalion, attack!
Attack!
Circle!
Deokman! Where are you?
You cannot. Don't!
Deokman!
Deokman...
Deokman!
Deokman!!
Deokman!
Deokman!!
Deokman...
No...
Deokman!
Deokman...
Deokman!
How could you let yourself fall into this state?!
Deokman!
Deokman...
Deokman. Deokman...
Deokman, be strong.
~ Ordered by the king to find the source of Mishil's power, ~
One of them must have surely carried Sadaham's Plum Blossom.
~ Cheonmyeong learns of an important clue, the "Plum Blossom of Sadaham" ~
I am sure that is the case.
But, how are we going to find him amongst all those people?
Will you be able to?
What will you do?
I will give it a try.
It's all we can do for now.
You never know what may be expecting us.
You must always be careful.
More than finding it, what is paramount...
is not causing any further quandary.
Here it is.
May you convey it to them.
Certainly. You needn't worry.
It might bring some benefits to your trading endeavors as well.
I am counting on you.
Yes.
Hey... Hey...
What are we going to steal?
We are not stealing.
We will just look at it.
Just look?!
Why?
I am going inside.
Cover me.
~ Sohwa ~
Sister... This...
That servant...
Is this not the tablet of that servant who ran away?
And who... who is her guard?
His name is Chilsuk.
Chilsuk?!
Inside the box was also this letter.
"Your Highness. Hwarang Chilsuk reports on his mission."
"Although I could not secure their bodies,"
"both the twin and the servant were eliminated."
"The silken cloth was used to cover the twin,"
"while the tablet belonged to the servant,"
"and the book was something that child was reading."
"Too long has passed to implore Your Highness's forgiveness,"
"and as I will be no longer of any use to you,"
"I shall now leave."
"May you..."
"enjoy a long and prosperous life."
Where is he?
Where is Chilsuk?
He said he was leaving for a faraway land.
I cannot allow it.
We must find Chilsuk.
Chilsuk Rang has returned?!
Get moving.
Why were you trailing us?
Are you looking for Sadaham's Plum Blossom as well?
Are you?
Why is my book here?
Did Chilsuk truly return?
You must be thinking this is what you're looking for?!
Did Princess Cheonmyeong order you to find that?
Then, were you the one who sent Chilsuk after us?
Mother...
What can I do now?
How could the book I thought had been destroyed...
Is it really... Chilsuk?!
What is it?
Look where you're going.
My apologies.
~ Chilsuk ~
~ Sohwa ~
You have not eaten a single thing, again?
Wake up... Wake up! Sohwa!
From here on in, come looking for me every night, at the hour of the swine (9~11pm).
Come, and read this book for me.
You are now by Mishil's side,
so you must find out.
Find what Sadaham's Plum Blossom is.
Yes.
I know that this is the only chance we have.
Also, until you have completed your mission,
you must keep this secret even to the rest of the guild.
I will. Don't you worry.
Find him!
Find him.
Are you all right?
It's here.
This way.
Forgive me.
He... cannot see?
Chilsuk...
has returned.
What?
I met Chilsuk, last night.
And... how?
Chilsuk vanished on a mission,
and he was honored with a tablet at the shrine.
He is alive.
The mission Chilsuk undertook on Mishil's behalf...
was that of finding me.
Why?
I must find out why.
That will answer the riddle about my identity.
It's you?
It is His Majesty King Jinheung.
King Jinheung?!
In his youth, King Jingheung captured a tiger...
with that small dagger of his.
That dagger...
And he also said rulers always have to face similar quandaries.
Hence, to fight off those difficulties,
King Jinheung said one must gain people's allegiance.
They who gain people's hearts shall gain the world,
and become the rulers of creation.
If this belonged to King Jinheung,
how could I...
have carried it for so long?
Am I related to the royal family in any way?
Are you aware of a dagger called Soyeopdo?
Soyeopdo?!
What is that?
It must hide a secret about my past.
So it would be wise to find out where, and who has it.
What?
Soyeopdo?!
I've heard it belonged to Your Majesty.
What did you do with it?
I... I gave it to Munno.
The council hall.
To, what, steal memorials?
Not stealing, but leaving one there.
Leaving one there?!
If you follow this hallway... here.
You will find all the memorials there.
Here.
All you need to do is leave this memorial there.
And... what is this?
"I am in possession of His Majesty's dagger."
"I wish to return it,"
"so let us meet at the Songgyeong Forest, at the hour of the ox (1~3am)."
The man who had full knowledge of the matter, Munno.
They all disappeared on the day I was born.
Imsul (602), Shinmyo Jeongchuk (Feb 14)...
Imsul (602), Shinmyo Jeongchuk (Feb 14).
"On this day, the Gaeyang split into two,"
"creating twin stars."
"Two days after the fact, they reunited as one,"
"and it created ferment amongst our people."
"Eochul Ssangsaeng."
"Should the king give birth to twins,"
"Seonggol Namjin."
"The lineage of sacred bone males shall forever vanish."
Should the king give birth to twins,
the sacred bone lineage shall vanish.
The reason I lost all my sons...
was surely...
because of the twins.
The reason another prince perished.
It was... because of you.
You have one here as well?!
Uh?!
Ahh... this spot?
I have one as well.
Oh!
They really look similar.
The mission Chilsuk undertook on Mishil's behalf...
was that of finding me.
Why?
I must find that out.
It might answer the riddle about my past.
Deokman cannot be...
He cannot be...
I was one of the twins?
Because of the curse the twins would bring to the sacred bone lineage,
one child escaped from the palace, along with King Jinheung's dagger.
And the child who carried that dagger...
has returned to the palace.
The child who returned to find out about her identity.
The one who shares the same exact spot with me.
The child who carries King Jinheung's dagger.
It all points to...
Deokman.
However, only one thing does not match.
The twin princess.
Is Deokman not a man?!
Your Highness.
If what you say is right...
Deokman...
Deokman is indeed a woman.
I did everything as you told me.
I shook off everyone, and came here alone.
Where is the keeper of that dagger?
I had to find out.
Who I was.
Who on earth my parents were.
She is your mother.
Mother.
Deokman...
is a woman.
She is a woman.
A woman!
Your daughter!
She is your daughter!
My sister...
The one abandoned right after birth, my sister.
My twin sister!
Deokman!
So your name was Deokman...
I abandoned you without even giving you a name...
My daughter's name was Deokman...
I am not.
It's not me.
I'm not the one!
Get her!
Don't let her go!
I must see her once again...
I must hold her hands!
Should Mishil vanquish you, come to the desert.
What about the Dragon Flower Guild?
Was it just something you used to find your identity?
I...
I, Kim Yushin!
Your leader, I!
I...
Did I mean nothing to you?
Answer me at once!
Now!
That is not so.
To me...
you were most precious compeers,
And Yushin Rang, you...
have always meant a lot to me.
Then, I shall be honest with you.
I do not want to see you become a princess,
and just wish you would remain here as trainee Deokman,
the one suffering constant reproach.
That is the only Deokman I want.
I am asking you.
I shall never be able to help you find the Deokman you wish for.
But, what I can help you with...
is starting anew together.
Is that all it takes?
If it means I will not lose you,
I will make sure we'll make it.
That child...
How could she...
How on earth...
She is alive, the other twin?!
Yes.
In this palace?
Yes.
She might have disguised herself as a Hwarang trainee,
but I am sure it was her.
I am sure...
it is Deokman.
Deokman...
Did you say Deokman?
Trainee Deokman?
This could cause grave quandaries for the royal family,
and Yushin Rang is involved.
So, what are you asking from me?
Safely bring back Yushin Rang,
and slay that Deokman.
Your Excellency.
Why should I do something like that?
I shall convince His Majesty...
to join Yushin Rang and Princess Cheonmyeong in conjugal ties.
Did you all gather?
Yes.
What could our mission be, making you summon us in such secret?
You shall be informed when we arrive,
so follow me.
We will have to fix it, but it looks perfectly fine as a refuge.
Go in, and enjoy some respite.
You couldn't sleep last night, either.
Yes.
Deokman.
Do not let any other thoughts becloud your mind.
I found out where.
It's that refuge in Iseo County.
You must head there firsthand.
Take Seokpum and Bojong and depart immediately.
You must bring her back alive.
It was all to save you.
And does that mean she will have to perish for it?
Father, how could you...
How...
It is all for your sake!
And for the sake of our clan.
How could you not realize it?
Should the situation demand it,
we have been ordered to slay you.
On whose orders?
Is it His Majesty?
Or Lord Seohyeon?
Let us go.
I will not do so!
Charge.
Hey... Over there.
Come here right now.
I shall slaughter you all.
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