Episode 27
♫ Heroes of Huaxia(Hua Xia Ying Xiong) ♫ DENG CHAO
When all started in the heaven Dang yi qie kai shi zai tian
When all were no longer silent Dang wan wu bu zai shi shen mo
Who gave me a dream containing a slice of blue sky Shei gei wo yi ge meng, meng zhong you yi pian tian kong
Telling me the color of life? Gao su wo sheng ming de yan se
From hence on, I bid farewell to all loneliness Cong ci gao bie suo you ji mo
Only waiting for sunrise and sunset everyday Deng dai mei tian ri sheng ri luo
When fresh blood covers the sky Dang xian xue yan gai le tian
When the country is seeking real heroes Dang hua xia xun zhao zhen de ying xiong
Who will give a sword pointing the way out Shei gei wo yi bai jian, jian zhi xiang yi tiao chu lu
Telling me to march forward with a smile? Gao su wo yao xiao zhe zou guo
Committed to saber and sword for life Dao jian xiang yue yi sheng
The butterflies can never fly across the blue dome of sky Hu die fei bu guo cang qiong
As the meteor passes by, life changes in a flash Deng dai liu xing hua guo, cang hai sang tian
On the banks of the icy lake of tears Bing lei hu de an bian
Helplessly, the saber and sword flashes by Wu nai dao jian hua guo
My beloved left me with a thousand years of longing Yi ren liu xia qian nian de si nian
Far away at the ends of the earth, someone is singing Zong ran yuan gu tian bian, shei zai ge chang
A tune that mourns the lingering loss of a lifetime Ji nian yi luo yi shi de chan mian
With eyes longing Ning wang de yan shen
For love Ai lian
As the meteor passes by, life changes in a flash Deng dai liu xing hua guo, cang hai sang tian
On the banks of the icy lake of tears Bing lei hu de an bian
Helplessly, the saber and sword flashes by Wu nai dao jian hua guo
My beloved left me with a thousand years of longing Yi ren liu xia qian nian de si nian
Far away at the ends of the earth, someone is singing Zong ran yuan gu tian bian, shei zai ge chang
A tune that mourns the lingering loss of a lifetime Ji nian yi luo yi shi de chan mian
With eyes longing Ning wang de yan shen
For love Ai lian
Back then, you bit my hand very hard,
but I never hated you.
Chang Mo-Kei.
I' m willing to serve you
and look after you all my life.
If you don' t like my ugly appearance,
I can abolish all the kung-fu I' ve acquired,
including the poisoning skills.
I' ll make myself exactly like the first time you saw me.
Mo-Kei...
I searched the whole world for you,
but I couldn' t find you.
Where were you, Mo-Kei?
Later, I got to know...
I got to know that you had fallen off a cliff and died.
At that time, I felt so hopeless.
Oh, I almost forgot this.
I once met a young man,
whose name is Tsang Ah-Ngau.
He was a kind man.
And he was very nice to me.
Besides, he masters profound kung-fu.
He once promised to marry me.
He proposed to me and asked me to marry him.
He was serious about that.
I can still remember how he proposed to me.
"I' m sincerely willing to marry you."
"I hope you' ll accept me."
"From now on, you are my wife."
"I' ll keep you happy and safe forever."
Do you feel lonely in heaven, Mo-Kei?
Mo...Mo-Kei.
My granny and I found your godfather on the Island oflce and Fire.
And we found your parents' graves in Mt. Wudang.
Wherever there was news about you,
I wouldn' t miss it.
In future,
I' ll go to Tibet and jump the cliff where you lost your life.
Then we' ll be together forever.
Do you like that, Brother Mo-Kei?
But...
But I have to wait.
You know,
I can' t leave my granny alone.
I have to take care of her.
She may look very fierce,
but she' s been very nice to me.
If it hadn' t been for her,
I would have been killed by my dad.
But in the end, I failed her.
To protect your godfather, I betrayed her.
She must hate me to the bone now.
My granny taught me a song.
It' s a nice song. Let me sing it to you now.
I remember this song.
On the Bright Peak,
Siu-Chiu once sang it to me.
Chu must have learned it from Mrs. Hon.
I once heard Mrs. Hon sing it on the Bright Peak.
I can' t believe she hurt such a good girl.
She was so cruel!
Mr. Tse.
How come Mrs. Hon knew a Persian song?
Is this song your sect' s anthem?
Our sect originated in Persia.
Some of our people know this song,
but it isn' t our anthem.
Two hundred years ago,
a Persian poet named Ngo-Mak wrote this song.
It' s said that all Persians know this song.
Mo-Kei. Miss Yan deeply loves you.
After she recovers from her injury,
you must repay her.
Yes, godfather.
Mo-Kei. Miss Yan said that you fell off a cliff into a valley.
How did you survive?
That was quite an experience, godfather.
I fell off the cliff but luckily landed on a tree,
which saved my life.
Later, in the valley,
I acquired the Ultimate Manly Neikun
and eliminated the algidity in my body.
That was quite an experience indeed.
Thank god.
However, Mo-Kei,
what did you come to this island for?
I came here for you, godfather.
Ever since I left you,
I' ve been longing to fetch you back.
By the way, I' m under Mr. Yeung,
our late master' s last order to fetch you back.
You' re under Mr. Yeung' s last order?
Have you joined the Parseeists?
Yes, godfather.
You...you' re one of us the Parseeists now?
When did you join us?
He' s not only one of you,
but also the lord of Parseeists.
Is that true?
Well, just for the present.
I heard from Mrs. Hon
that six main sects besieged the Bright Peak.
How did you solve the crisis?
He saved the overall situation for the Parseeists,
and in return they made him the lord.
Really?
That is true, Mr. Tse.
Godfather.
Please accept my respect, my lord.
What' re you doing, godfather?
Stand up, godfather.
My dear son.
You' ve even acquired the Time Twister skills!
Stand up.
Come on. Listen to me.
Godfather. In our late lord' s last will,
you were to take over his position.
Good for you, Mo-Kei.
My dear son has become the lord of Parseeists.
Mo-Kei, my pride!
Our sect was falling apart.
But now, under your leadership,
it will hopefully be restored.
It' ll be restored!
Too early to talk about that, Mr. Tse.
Don' t forget the Purple-dressed Dragon was trying to harm you.
You need to solve your internal conflict first.
It' s no big deal. I can handle that.
Mr. Tse. The Purple-dressed Dragon was the leader of you four
and was supposed to be formidable,
but that night,
when she was fighting the Persians,
why didn' t she use the Ultimate Venomous Claw?
Mrs. Hon doesn' t know this kung-fu.
She' s a beautiful woman
and she cherished her appearance more than her life,
so she' d never practice that kind of kung-fu.
But she doesn' t look beautiful at all.
You must be mistaken.
The Purple-dressed Dragon looked gorgeous.
Back then, in the martial world,
she was the most beautiful girl.
Though she' s old now, her graceful bearing should have been retained.
It' s a pity that I can' t see her anymore.
Alright.
Perhaps she used to be outstanding and resourceful,
but I don' t think she' s better than you and the White-eye-browed Eagle.
What made her rank above you?
Why all of you yielded to her?
Was she really so charming?
Back then,
the three of us were willing to reconcile to her.
Just because she was beautiful?
Heroes can hardly stride over carnal pitfalls.
Even the three formidable heroes like you lost to her.
Oh, you underestimated her.
She had far more fans than you imagined.
Back then, in the martial world,
Toi Yee-Sze was so popular.
Lots of men deeply fell for her.
Toi Yee-Sze? Is that Mrs. Hon' s name?
What a strange name!
That' s a Persian name.
Toi Yee-Sze is a Persian.
She' s a Persian?
What? You couldn' t figure that out?
She is a mixed-blood of Chinese and Persian.
She' s a porcelain-skinned, wide-blue-eyed beauty
with black hairs and a high nose,
Iooking much different from our native women.
You can easily picture that.
No. She has white hairs,
a flat nose, small eyes
and many scars on her face.
Am I right, Chang Mo-Kei?
Right. Could she have disfigured herself like Master Fu did?
Who' s Master Fu?
He' s Fan Yiu, 2nd Deputy Chief of our sect.
Years ago,
he learnt that Prince Chaghan would harm our people,
so he disfigured himself and spied on Chaghan.
Fan has sacrificed a lot for our sect.
I really admire him.
However,
I think he did it partly because of what Mrs. Hon did to him.
Mr. Tse, please stop beating around the bush.
Tell us the whole story from the very beginning.
Well.
That was over 30 years ago.
Back then,
under Mr. Yeung' s leadership,
our sect was unprecedentedly prosperous.
One day, three Persians came to our headquarters
with a letter from their lord.
It was said in the letter
that there had been such a Chinese emissary in Persia
who had entered the Persian religion.
During his residence,
the emissary married a Persian girl
and had a daughter.
However, the emissary' s heart attached to his mother land.
His last will was to send his daughter back to China.
His lord granted the emissary' s will,
sent his daughter to the Bright Peak,
and made her the Saintess of Parseeists.
Honored to meet you, my lord.
Quit the courtesy. Welcome to this big family!
Mr. Yeung took that girl in without hesitation.
She was the first female member.
The three Persians who escorted her
put up in Bright Peak for a night.
The next day, they left.
From then on,
Toi Yee-Sze lived in the Bright Peak.
Mr. Tse.
Did you fall in love with her at first sight?
Don' t be shy. Just tell me the truth.
No...
I was newly married at that time.
And I loved my wife with all my heart.
Moreover, my wife was already pregnant.
How could I betray her at that time?
As far as I know, Master Fu was a handsome man back then.
Did he fall for her?
You bet.
He was just one of Toi' s adorers.
Do you like Fan Yiu, Toi Yee-Sze?
If so, I' d like to bring you together.
My lord. I' ve decided to remain single for all my life.
She even pulled out her sword,
threatening to kill herself if we forced her to marry anyone.
That was quite a heart-breaking move.
Half a year later,
a man named Hon Chin-Yip came to the Bright Peak.
That was another story.
It turned out that Mr. Yeung once fought Hon' s father and hurt him badly.
Hon' s father wasn' t convinced
and claimed that his children would avenge him in future.
Mr. Yeung replied he' d have mercy on his children if they came.
That man said it wouldn' t be necessary,
but he asked to let his children make the play rules.
Mr. Yeung agreed to his request.
Mr. Yeung.
You once promised my father
that you' d let me decide the way we fight.
Is the promise still valid?
I' m always a man of my words.
Good. Mr. Yeung.
Let' s go to the Crystal Pond and fight.
That was really a challenge,
but Mr. Yeung had to take it.
Right. A real man never goes back on his words.
Mr. Yeung was a big shot,
so he mustn' t go back on his words.
I still remember
how they competed that day.
Dad. Let me fight him for you.
Thank you for your care, Yee-Sze.
I' ll fight him by myself.
Dad. Don' t worry.
I' ve acquired profound swimming skill.
At that very moment,
Yee-Sze stood out
and fought Mr. Hon in the water.
That day, Yee-Sze was wearing a purple gown,
and she looked like a fairy.
Holding a dagger in hand, she jumped into the pond.
The water in the Crystal Pond was bitterly cold.
Even in summer, nobody dared to touch it,
much less in the late winter.
Though a profound kung-fu master, Mr. Yeung couldn' t swim.
He' d have drowned in the pond even before he could fight Hon.
Standing on the bank of the pond,
we could only see the water surged again and again.
All of us were worried about Toi Yee-Sze.
Through that fight, Toi Yee-Sze made a merit for our sect.
Mr. Yeung conferred her
as the Purple-dressed Dragon.
The three of us were convinced about her rank.
But that was not all for the fight.
What happened later was a huge surprise.
Hon lost in the fight.
However, we didn' t know how,
he won Toi Yee-Sze' s favor.
Hon was injured in the fight.
Toi looked after him and gradually, she fell for him.
After Mr. Hon recovered,
Toi decided to marry him, which greatly shocked us all.
No way!
Toi Yee-Sze. You can marry any other man,
but not this man, OK?
Hon Chin-Yip is my husband now.
Whoever dares to insult him,
I' ll fight him till death.
Many of our brothers didn' t attend Toi Yee-Sze' s wedding.
For the sake of her favor to us,
Mr. Yeung and I attended the wedding to solve the awkwardness.
Later, Hon Chin-Yip asked to join our sect,
but lots of our members disagreed.
In the end, Mr. Yeung had to turn him down.
Months later,
all of a sudden, Mr. and Mrs. Yeung disappeared.
We looked for them everywhere,
and everyone was alarmed.
One night,
on the Bright Peak,
Fan Yiu saw Mrs. Hon going out from the adytum.
The forbidden adytum?
Right. We had a strict rule
that only the lord was allowed to enter the adytum.
Fan Yiu stopped and questioned her.
Mrs. Hon admitted her wrong doing and asked for punishment.
Fan Yiu covered that for her,
and I pleaded for her as well.
In the end, we decided to confine her for 10 years.
But Toi Yee-Sze wasn' t convinced,
saying that nobody could punish her except the lord.
Why did she go into the adytum?
That' s a long story.
Only I knew about the very truth.
Back then, everybody thought
that she was related to the missing of Mr. and Mrs. Yeung.
But I was sure she wasn' t.
The argument went to a dead end and,
in the end,
Mrs. Hon quit her membership and ran away.
This is confusing me.
If Elderly Golden Flower used to be so beautiful,
how come she' s become so ugly now?
I suppose she is using some kind of face-lift as a disguise.
She must have her difficulty.
All these years, she' d been fleeing for her life.
The Persians never stopped looking for her.
And they eventually found her.
Why did the Persians want her?
It' s Mrs. Hon' s top secret.
I shouldn' t leak it out,
but I want you to save her.
so I can' t but tell it out.
Save her?
We can' t beat those three emissaries.
For hundreds of years,
it' s been our practice to make a capable man our lord.
But in Persia, it' s the female to take the position.
A virgin girl!
It' s stipulated on the Persians' rules
that chastity is the symbol of the sect' s holiness.
So the lord must be a virgin.
They' d select three girls as candidates, and if any of them lost her chastity,
she' d be sentenced to burning penalty.
To protect the sect' s faithfulness,
the Persians wouldn' t let go until they got her.
So Mrs. Hon is one of the three saintesses?
Right. In order to make up for her mistake,
she sneaked into the adytum
to steal the scripture of Time Twister skills.
The Persians had lost the scripture,
while ours still remained.
So they sent her to Bright Peak for the scripture.
Mrs. Hon tried many times,
but every time, she failed to find the scripture.
After I figured out her motive,
I warned her to give up.
Mrs. Hon asked to be expelled on purpose,
so that she could go back into the adytum
to look for the scripture.
Because if she' s no longer a Parseeist,
she' d no longer need to obey the rules.
You bet, Miss Chiu.
The Bright Peak is our sect' s holy place.
And a forbidden place to outsiders.
I knew she would come back,
so after she quit her membership,
I began to guard the adytum.
Later, Mrs. Hon came back three times,
but every time I blocked her.
Then she gave up.
How did the Persian emissaries dress themselves?
Was there anything different from our way of dressing?
They were wearing black smock,
their heads wrapped with cloth
and their faces masked.
That' s it.
The lord of Persians just passed away.
All of the Persians have to wear black cloths.
They are to elect a new lord.
That' s why they came all the way here to look for Mrs. Hon.
Since Mrs. Hon came from Persia,
she should be familiar with those guys' kung-fu.
How come she was caught by them so easily?
Stupid question! She was pretending.
If she had expressed her familiarity about their kung-fu,
her real identity would have been exposed.
In my opinion,
even if Mr. Tse had fought her hard that day,
she' d have escaped if she had wanted to.
She hid her real identity very well.
She did a right thing.
But I don' t agree that she could have run away
after being inactivated by those Persians.
I suppose she' d rather be killed by me than suffer the burning penalty.
I once thought you Parseeists were ridiculous enough.
Now I know the Persians are even worse.
And their rules about virgins!
And the cruel punishment for the virgin to lose chastity!
That' s nonsense talking, little girl.
Every sect has its own customs and rules.
For example, monks and nuns are enjoined from marriage and meat.
That' s their rule.
Brother Mo-Kei...
No...
We' ve been staying here all night.
I wonder how the Elderly Golden Flower is.
Now the day has dawned.
Let' s go out to inquire about her.
Chu is still in a comma. We must get her the antidote ASAP.
No matter how slim the hope is,
we must try our best to save Elderly Golden Flower.
Even if we can' t save her,
we must save Chu.
Right.
Miss Yan loves you so much.
You must save her.
Miss Chow. Miss Chiu.
What do you think?
Agreed!
We must save Miss Yan.
Mr. Chang.
Elderly Golden Flower has been in the Persians' hands all night.
We need to find out if she' s fine first.
Mr. Chang.
I have two questions for you.
Please go ahead.
When my men besieged your people
outside the Willow Villa,
Siu-Chiu maneuvered your troops
and saved the day.
I was so impressed.
Though a humble servant, she' s so knowledgeable.
I' m really curious about that.
Siu-Chiu, answer my question honestly.
Who taught you the arrays of the five elements
and the eight diagrams?
My dad taught me those.
Is there any problem, your highness?
Who is your dad?
You' re such a capable girl.
Your parents must be outstanding masters.
My father has lived incognito,
not worth much of your attention.
Why are you asking about my background?
What are you suspicious of?
Mr. Chang, you remember the day when we were drinking in the inn?
That day, Master Fu came to say goodbye to me.
When he saw Siu-Chiu,
he said something. You remember what he said?
He said that Siu-Chiu looked like one of his friends.
Right.
Who do you think Master Fu was talking about?
I' ve no idea.
In my opinion, that was...
What' s the noise? Let' s go find out.
Look over there.
How come there' re so many people?
It' s the clarion of the Persians.
What are they going to do? Are they...
Are they going to burn Mrs. Hon?
Siu-Chiu...Are you OK?
I' m just shocked by the idea of burning a human to death.
It' s horrible.
Don' t be afraid. We' re just saying it.
Even if they' re really going to burn her,
we still have time to save her.
Mr. Chang.
Please save Elderly Golden Flower.
I' ll try my best. Don' t worry.
Thank you very much.
Not at all.
Who are you? What' re you guys doing here?
We had a ship crash in the sea.
We drifted to this island. Who am I talking to?
Be careful with them.
Keep an eye on that traitor.
I must do something.
To save mom, I must get someone in hand first.
Stop.
All of you stop. Back off!
All of you stop. Stop!
Whoever moves, I' ll kill him right away.
Stay calm.
Ignore me.
Let them go. Come over here.
You go besiege them.
You must save the Lord Equality.
Yes.
Hurry. Come on.
There' re some words on his face.
Siu-Chiu, you know Persian, don' t you?
Read the words to us.
Freeze.
Gather your strength and twist around.
Let the strength run in a circle.
This is so familiar to me.
Is it the scripture of the seventh level of the Time Twister skills?
I once practiced it in the adytum,
but I couldn' t figure that out, so I gave up.
There' re some more words,
but I can' t see them clearly.
Let' s move on, or they' ll find us.
Let' s go.
Mo-Kei, move!
Freeze!
You go first.
Chi-Yeuk. I' m rather weak now.
Take the Heaven Sword and guard against him.
We' re in the same boat now.
Let' s fight together.
We must keep ourselves safe.
Gather your strength and twist around.
Let the strength run in a circle.
There must be some magic words on their tokens,
which made them marvelous.
To acquaint myself with the Persian kung-fu,
I must read all the words on the Divine Flame tokens.
Mo-Kei.
Nice job! Bravo!
There' re some kung-fu knacks written on their tokens.
And those lines Siu-Chiu read to us inspired me.
I' ve kind of figured out its abstruseness.
They tried so hard to save this man.
He must be their leader.
Have the leaders of Persian come?
What leaders?
There' re 12 master interpreters under the lord of Persians.
They are also called the 12 leaders,
equivalent to the Four Guardian Warriors in our sect.
He must be one of the leaders.
Lord Equality is back...
Lord Equality is back!
Lord Equality is back...
Let me go. Behave yourself.
Lord Equality...
Lord Equality. Go save him.
Let' s go. Move!
Golden-haired Lion, listen up!
All of the 12 leaders of our sect are here.
You kidnapped our leader.
We can forgive your fault,
but you must release our men right away,
or we won' t let you go.
I' m not three years old.
Ifl release him now,
you' ll lay siege to us right away.
That is our call.
To release him or not, make a choice.
I have three terms.
If you grant all of them,
I' ll send your leader back to you in one piece.
They' ve figured out Lord Equality' s identity.
Let' s hear their terms first.
- What are your terms? - Listen!
First, from now on,
both sects must be treated with mutual respect and non-interference.
Agreed. What' s the second one?
Release Toi Yee-Sze
and exonerate her from the burning penalty.
No way! That I can' t agree!
Toi Yee-Sze violated our sect' s biggest rule.
She must be punished.
You' re nobody to interfere in this.
Name your last term.
Unless you take consent to the second one,
we can' t continue the deal.
They thought the woman we' re holding was Toi Yee-Sze.
They' re duped. Alright, deal.
The last one.
Very simple.
You give us a ship, along with a small boat,
and escort us out of this island.
We' ll travel 50 miles, and when you get out of our sight,
we' ll let your leader go.
He will travel back to you in the small boat.
"Horseshits"! "Horseshits"!
Lord Equality' s safety comes first.
That man' s funny.
Her Chinese is terrible.
He thought "horseshits" is a more bitter word
than "bullshits". Silly him!
- Let' s fight them! - No way.
- Lord Equality' s safety comes first. - Right.
Let' s go fight them. Let' s exchange the hostages.
We accept your terms.
All your terms.
Take Toi Yee-Sze out.
Go. Go down. Move.
- My lord. - You useless people!
I am so disappointed at you.
Master Tse' s second term has exposed mom' s real identity.
These Persians must have figured out the mystery.
How will mom deal with this?
Thank you for saving me, bro.
Well...You' re...
Your highness. She' s Toi Yee-Sze indeed!
- You sure she is Toi Yee-Sze? - Yes, we' re sure.
Why did you release this traitor then?
- Alright. Stop guessing. - But you...
Let me show you the truth.
She looks like Siu-Chiu.
Is she Siu-Chiu' s mother?
I didn' t recognize you...
Hold your words, Lord Equality.
You' ll be punished for what you' ve done to me.
Don' t forget.
I' m one of the saintesses of Persians.
Stand up.
Saintess...
I' m your mother, Siu-Chiu.
Call me mom.
Come on, my dear daughter. Let me hug you.
Come on, Siu-Chiu.
Mom.
My dear daughter.
Call me mom, Siu-Chiu.
Come on.
Call me mom.
You' ve suffered a lot.
It' s all my fault.
Why don' t you call me, Siu-Chiu?
Come on. Call me mom.
Call me mom, Siu-Chiu.
Mom.
I missed you so much, mom.
What did you just call me?
Mom.
Once again.
Mom.
My dear daughter. Come with me.
Let' s give them some time.
Chang Mo-Kei.
You always trust people too readily.
Even a little girl could fool you.
How stupid you are.
Siu-Chiu.
I thought you were an innocent girl.
But you are such a manipulative person.
You' ve been with me for over a year.
But all the time,
I am just a tool for your plan.
♫ Song of true love (Hong Chen Lian Ge) ♫ Ady An & Cong Haonan
Yuan qing nan liao, tian huang di lao Our destined love will endure, lasting for eternity
Yi ye chun meng xiu le hong yan A reminiscent night brings blushes to her cheeks
Bai le fa shao And turns her hair white
Cang hai wu ji, gui ren wu qi The sea seems as infinite as the wait for her return
Chao lai chao wang The wave ebbs and flows
Juan zou duo shao hong chen ji yi Curling away many memories of wordly affairs
Tai tou jian, dao guang jian ying yi qie ru feng zao yi zou yuan Looking up, the flashes of saber and sword have gone with the wind
Hui hui shou, en en yuan yuan dou yi hua zuo yi lu chen yan Waving my hand, the past resentments have all dissipated in a puff of smoke
Shei duan chang Heartbroken
Hua qian yue xia lian lian feng qing nong xiao sheng sheng piao yuan The lingering flute melody haunts this romantic night
Hui shou pan Looking back
Ci sheng wei liao zhi xiang huan de ban shi xiao yao yu xian My life is not yet over but I yearn to be as carefree as the immortals
Tai tou jian, dao guang jian ying yi qie ru feng zao yi zou yuan Looking up, the flashes of saber and sword have gone with the wind
Hui hui shou, en en yuan yuan dou yi hua zuo yi lu chen yan Waving my hand, the past resentments have all dissipated in a puff of smoke
Shei duan chang Heartbroken
Hua qian yue xia lian lian feng qing nong xiao sheng sheng piao yuan The lingering flute melody at night rings from afar
Hui shou pan Looking back
Ci sheng wei liao zhi xiang huan de ban shi xiao yao yu xian My life is not yet over but I yearn to be as carefree as the immortals
Xiao yao yu xian Carefree as the immortals