your symbol, the tower.
it represents pride and destruction.
the wheel of fortune.
the phases of life: youth, adult, old age.
death.
it's coming for you.
when?
soon.
how? Tell me how!
it's a child.
a child?
the death seeking you is young now.
but it will grow fast
and it will find you, find you.
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ahh!
in an age when nature and magic rule the world...
there is an extraordinary legend:
the story of a warrior
who communicates with animals,
who fights sorcery and the unnatural.
his name is dar, last of his tribe.
he's also called...
[ baby crying ]
what are you doing?
Oh, I've made some observations and I've come to a conclusion.
podo, come here.
watch this.
I see them do this constantly. they roll like a rock.
what got me thinking about it was this.
it's mica.
ancient cultures believed that its light
would cast demons out of the shadows.
but it's the shape that really got me.
it can be used for so many applications
as podo has now demonstrated.
see, it's a circle that really works
and the whole concept of this twirling, like that,
which can be made into--
sharak.
I think he's brought some food.
he's brought it from the muddy river.
it definitely is not food.
hey, there, little one.
what are you doing all alone?
more importantly, why?
and what are we
going to do about it?
who'd leave a baby alone in a basket?
it certainly isn't very responsible.
dar, look at this.
this is very unusual.
I don't think I understand.
is it all right?
it seems all right.
what it seems isn't what it seems.
I know of lizards that have this ability to change their colours
but I certainly haven't heard of any children.
we have to find out where this child is from.
at least that's easily understood.
the weaving in the basket, I've seen it before.
it's from samaria.
it's on top of a hill at the forest's edge.
it's a village full of artists and craftsmen.
and strange children.
do you believe in fate?
that that which is going to occur
in our lives is pre-determined, already decided?
no, I don't think I do.
neither do i.
we have choices -- we make them
and can change our destiny.
precisely.
exactly what I intend.
I have--
I have seen things in my sleep.
horrible things. dreams.
-oh, I love dreams. -a nightmare vision.
oh.
It haunts my sleep, every night.
they say recurring dreams are visions of the future.
but this is a future that cannot be.
why?
because in it, I die.
by the malignant hand of a child.
one already born. can you imagine that?
me, king zad, supreme ruler of the territories,
one who hasn't even tasted manhood or womanhood.
truly a nightmare vision.
one which will not come to fruition.
I kill.
I do not get killed.
this child,
who is it?
I don't know.
but I'll find it.
I've sent men to bring every young boy and girl here.
I'm keeping them nearby.
keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
I've also offered a ransom.
anyone who delivers a child to me
shall be rewarded with shiny stones.
And do you think this will work?
the rabble of this earth value
shiny stones over whining infants.
one can always make another child.
but the opportunity to become rich
well, it seems the fate of your nightmare can be avoided.
yes.
but to know the right child,
the one whose heart is cursed with evil,
for that, I need your help.
hmm,
an interesting task.
can you do it?
in the blink of an eye, quicker if you like.
good.
one more thing.
but, if by chance, you can't determine which one it is...
simple.
I'll kill them all.
Some day, I hope to have several children. What about you?
some day.
they say that becoming a parent changes your life.
I bet that there's a parent somewhere
that misses this little one.
if you mean like
a mother and a father.
yes...what do you mean?
tao, have you ever seen
a child before that changes colour?
no, you're right.
it makes me often wonder if it's real.
but I believe it is.
if I had another one of these and something
in between, I could transport this basket much easier.
-or anything, for that matter. -it'd have to be stronger.
definitely. I'm just playing with the form.
oh, if you had a rope and put it over the top,
another one over here and wound it around there, you could lift
heavy objects up into the trees. -like what?
rocks, logs, bits of wood, any heavy object.
why would you do that?
well,
great thinkers often theorize it's
somebody else's job make that practical.
tao, if you want to be practical,
you can tell me about samaria.
it's a village of artists,
very colourful, I've heard.
there's no warriors?
Place where creativity and ideas are honoured before fighting.
I guess he's hungry... after all the travelling.
yeah.
we should go.
it's very nice.
but it's a toy for a child.
yes, but appearances are never the truth.
if it were, the world would be so boring.
there would be nothing beneath the skin.
no surprises.
like this one.
marvellous.
but what does it do?
The mobiles are placed all over
the territories and the mydlands.
when a child looks at one,
the shadows can read the child's thoughts.
superb.
and if there are thoughts there of murdering me?
the shadow of death will come and take the child
and bring it to you.
shadow of death.
very well done, sorceress.
I shall cheat fate and death.
ha, ha, very good.
samaria, just like I heard:
colourful and peaceful.
gentlemen, welcome.
is there some way I can help you strangers?
a friend found this by the muddy river.
we're hoping to return its contents to its rightful family.
I recognize the weaving.
you found him! What luck, what miraculous luck.
you know this child?
the whole village has been searching for him.
he's joshua and hera's son -- they've been beside themselves
thinking he was lost in the river.
As you see, he's fine, except--
come! Come quickly. Follow me.
they will be overjoyed.
what a lucky day.
friends, bring us some food and drink.
these strangers have brought us a child
they found by the muddy river.
what happened?
you all right?
I guess this peaceful little village
isn't so peaceful after all.
I guess not. where's the baby?
chiron took it.
are you the strangers
who brought the basket with the child?
yes, you know where it went?
-no. Was the child, all right? -yes.
where's everybody? the village seems deserted.
it is. Most are gone, trying to hide from the terrons.
there are terrons here?
king zad has offered shiny stones,
a ransom, for anyone who brings a young
child, even babies, to the terrons.
he has seen a vision in a nightmare dream.
a child, recently born, will grow into a great warrior-king.
he will unite all of the tribes and kill king zad.
that's not a nightmare, it's more like a dream come true.
King zad wants to find the child from his vision and kill it.
Do you know who the parents are?
yes, and I-- they want the child back
more than life itself, but men like chiron--
...care more for shiny stones than
they do a child's life.
we'll find the child.
if we hurry, we'll catch them
before they reach the territories.
I don't think she told us everything.
it's her baby.
Which doesn't explain the baby's strange way of changing colours
but does explain her fear.
king zad would make anyone fearful.
are you trying to tell me
you don't want to do this?
even if it means going straight to king zad himself.
no one should be allowed to harm children. No one.
mara, what did you tell them?
the truth. about our child?
no, about king zad. but I think they are good men.
no one can be trusted, no matter what they say.
where are you going?
to find chiron. And kill him.
he's taken our son, who'll surely be killed.
I find no mercy for anyone like that.
I know that. But it's not an answer I seek...rather, justice.
life plays cruel tricks.
this one, I cannot accept.
very clever.
a child's toy to help find a child.
thank you.
you are learning. I like that.
I'm glad you're pleased.
tampering with fate can be a very dangerous game.
it zad manages to murder the child,
then fate and death will both have been cheated,
with help from you.
not entirely.
in your own words,
"create, release."
I've created the shadow of death.
what king zad does with it is his own problem.
you try telling that to some
of the personalities I have to deal with.
don't tell me it worries you.
it certainly does.
how could fate and death bother you?
animosities created that can last longer than this earth
and well into the next.
like that one.
the black apparition from the burning forest.
a formidable foe.
Something happened between you?
-to put it mildly. -you must tell me.
in time -- let me just say
that I fear, for one of us,
it will not end well.
you.
what's your name?
jeremiah.
do you like my mobile?
Because your life depends on it, and mine, as well.
which do you think is more important?
look!
enough, enough, enough!
next.
he probably brought a few friends with him to help carry
the shiny stones king zad will give him for the baby.
I've been thinking about king zad having nightmares.
his whole life is a nightmare.
true. He must have a bundle of them.
do you have nightmare dreams, dar?
no.
I do.
I try to learn from them.
I don't know what I'd learn
if I thought somebody was trying to kill me.
what would you do?
if I believed it?
I'd seek them out and try to reason with them.
sometimes reasoning doesn't work.
Well, I guess I'd defend myself.
but I certainly wouldn't strike the first blow.
that kind of action would be very uncivilized.
what is it?
chiron still has the baby.
chiron,
how much farther?
not far.
and we'll be rich.
[ baby crying ]
it's uncomfortable in the basket. We don't want any noise.
I don't want anyone to hear.
'cause I don't like sharing shiny stones.
chiron, look.
-what's happening? -I don't know.
you didn't say anything about this.
-about what? -the child. It's not real!
of course it's real. it's just a baby.
you didn't say anything about there being magic.
look at it. It's not real.
you're right. it is very curious.
perhaps there is some sorcery here.
but that only makes the child worth even more.
-not to me. -what do you mean?
listen, imagine how many shiny stones king zad would give
for a child which is like a chameleon.
hey, come back!
you'll be losing out.
gentlemen.
I think we met. You took something that is not yours.
And I would like it back...now.
we'd better hurry.
too late.
a heartbeat too late.
geza, what are you doing here?
a question I don't have to ask you.
I understand the lure of shiny stones.
I understand the weakness of being a coward.
what I don't understand is how you could betray me,
and steal away my son.
would it be better if terrons kill us all?
it would be better...
if you had never lived.
I have no weapon, chiron, but yours will do well.
no!
he sold our son for king zad's ransom.
that's the same as murder.
killing him for it is murder as well.
he will be, like the angels said, when it is his time.
angels...surely you can only believe so much.
they gave us our son.
what more belief do you need?
sorceress?
your magic doesn't work.
The shadow of death is useless.
and the mobile is just that.
a child's toy.
nothing more.
I want that child.
I want it quickly.
I'm a man familiar with getting what I want.
Anger and demands rarely succeed
in getting what human beings want.
the virtue of patience
has far more success.
patience!
patience is for fools.
then you're no fool.
you joke with me, sorceress,
at a time when I feel
no need for humour.
what you haven't found
is the right child.
how can you be sure?
because my sorcery is exact.
I don't think it works -- as a matter of fact,
I think I should speak to the ancient one about you.
what you think, king zad, is of a little consequence.
And to be honest, your arrogance
and your anger and your impatience
cloud whatever thoughts you do have
-beyond all reason. -how dare you!
I can't believe what I'm hearing.
then forget what you've heard.
you won't remember ever hearing it.
show me more about this child who consumes you...
who frightens you so much.
a child of many colours.
all the colours of the human race.
a magical child indeed.
perhaps...perhaps, king zad,
a child more useful in my hands than yours.
easy, king zad wanted to see that, alive.
I don't understand.
What's so special about a child?
the baby's not in the basket.
it has to be there, somewhere.
probably camouflaged.
for its own protection.
we'd better be careful.
we may step on it.
we'll go from the other side.
away from the horses.
I think zad is a better person under a spell.
quieter, much nicer.
certainly a more attractive personality
than the one he normally shows.
do you suppose, when he wakes up,
this particular "calm" could be permanent?
but somehow evil thoughts and a bad temper fit him.
Then perhaps when you bring him around, you could leave him
with a severe pain in the head.
my pleasure.
but tell me something.
this child he wants...
you're thinking of taking the child for yourself.
how do you know my thoughts?
it's simple, really.
the child is blessed with magical powers.
you're drawn like
a magnet to such things.
and if I play with fate and take the child?
a dangerous game.
dangerous games can be won.
at a price.
be very careful, my dear.
fate can fight back.
believe me, I know.
go and hurry.
get the child,
and let's be on our way.
I still can't see the baby.
it's not here.
it must have crawled away.
it's in the flowers.
well, it probably didn't like you.
but it can't get too far.
terrons!
What have you done with my son?
nothing, but he's soon to be without a father.
hey!
try me.
[ crying ]
your son.
we said we would return him.
uh...
where's the baby?
he's with the mother. she seemed overjoyed.
but?
nothing, I guess.
no, what is it, what?
she didn't say thank you.
it's just that they didn't want to hang around here.
shouldn't we make sure they're safe?
there are other children
who need our help.
let's go.
the ancient one is right.
you are nicer this way.
so many wounds.
how many deserved, huh?
how many given to others?
you would kill a child to save your own life.
Why are you so afraid of dying?
it seems living is more difficult.
I think you need to truly fall in love.
yes, to care for someone more than you care for yourself.
than maybe you wouldn't want to harm everyone
who crosses your path.
your fate is cruel.
but maybe that's good.
what's wrong?
we should have followed them.
why? What's happened?
the mother's different now.
different, how?
she's running.
but she's possessed.
possessed? Possessed by what?
mara, mara, please.
where are you going? what are you doing?
we're safe here. What's wrong?
nothing is wrong.
mara?
I'm doing as commanded.
You'd be wise to leave me alone.
Leave you-- I don't understand.
you're not making sense.
go, forget about me.
and forget about this child.
no, no, when the angels gave him to us,
they told us to raise him as our own.
He's ours together. We're just--
go or you will die!
mara, give me the boy.
you aren't yourself. something's happened.
give him to me.
ahhh!
are you all right?
is something wrong?
this is not important to you.
the safety of the child is important to me.
it is safe with me.
who are you?
why do you sound so different?
it would be wise to not make it this day.
all right, I have an idea.
how about you give me the child back,
and the next time we meet,
you can tell me all about it?
I warned you.
[ screaming ]
where am i?
what happened?
it's all right, now.
geza, I hurt him.
I don't know why.
you were possessed.
by what I do not know.
it was a very powerful shadow.
every power has an opposite and equal power.
it's the balance of the world.
my son.
it's all right, he's safe.
he's over there.
you know its secret.
I can't, I can't explain.
you don't have to.
your secret's safe with us.
take them to samaria.
you're not coming?
there's one more thing I have to do.
ahhh!
oh, my head.
it feels like horses have ridden over it.
you fell asleep.
perhaps you--
perhaps you had bad dreams.
and the child?
what about the child?
the shadow of death has the child.
is it bringing it here?
no...
what?
that was my command.
the child is gone, like it never existed.
what do you mean, gone?
death has the child.
it's no longer a problem for you.
you mean, it's dead?
mm-hmm.
it's really dead?
that is what you wanted.
what I wanted
was to wring the life from its scrawny little neck
with my own hands!
but you also won't to worry about it any more.
and the nightmare visions will no longer haunt you.
[ snapping ]
that's good news.
that's very good news.
[ chuckling ]
I've cheated
death and fate.
[ chuckling ]
be careful not to cheat them too much.
it is you who should remember that, my dear.
one day king zad will realize you've played him for the fool.
when he does, he'll be too busy fighting to save
his own life from the child
to think about me.
good point.
ancient one, is this child human?
and there will never be another like him.
for he will return from the wilderness
and lead the tribes to freedom.
and no matter what tyranny king zad performs, fate
will have the final word...
as it always does.
I want to go to where we're keeping
the wretched children I've gathered.
I've been denied the pleasure of killing the one
who is to kill me, but I want to send a message
to the tribes of the world, a bloody message,
one which they'll never forget.
which they can dream about.
[ muffled conversation ]
you have some children inside.
beastmaster.
they'd like to go home.
you're a brave man with that tiger of yours.
you can't fight without your animals. You depend on them.
don't always believe what you hear.
[ roaring ]
who'd like to go home?
me.
don't be frightened.
he won't hurt you. he's a friend.
he's going to show you how to get out of here...
Make sure you're safe. Let's go.
what is this?
they're gone!
wake them up.
find out what happened and bring them to me.
I'll kill them myself.
we owe you so much.
you don't owe me anything.
just take care of this little one.
that'll be enough.
we're blessed to have him.
some day the role fate has chosen for him
will be made clear, then we'll return.
geza, what is this?
uh, it's a toy I made for the children.
like the mobiles.
yes, but it's a circle.
it's the shape that I'm interested in.
what is it?
yooa...
I don't know what to call it.
You're right about the circles.
-I use it for many things. -many things?
yes, like to make wheels.
wh-- wh-- wells?
wheels.
these are wheels.
oh, yeah.
they make it easy to transport things.
they'll be transporting us to the wilderness.
dar, geza calls it...
a wheel.
thank you.
maybe we'll see you again sometime.
dar, catch this.
see, the circle.
I knew it had so many applications.
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