[ cawing ]
sharak.
are you playing a game?
what is it you want, sharak?
you're trying to tell me something.
[ cawing ]
to follow.
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the burning forest.
why?
what is it, sharak?
why did you bring me here?
sharak!
where is sharak?
what have you done?
tell me.
tell me now.
Your sorcery doesn't work here.
you are now my captive.
fight if you wish, but your powers here
are absolutely useless.
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...
go ahead, take a look.
maybe the two of you will learn something.
what are they?
they're called numbers.
that looks like a snake.
that looks like a bird flying.
I don't know what that is.
-it's two. -what are they for?
counting, keeping track.
sounds confusing.
most things are until you learn them.
you see, there's more of them.
Four, my peronal favourite five.
it goes on and on.
I don't think I like numbers.
someday you will. then you'll understand.
yeah.
sharak!
the apparition has taken her, your love,
my sorceress.
well, diabolical tricks
aren't solely her domain.
I taught her everything she knows.
use your human form if you need to.
but you must not reveal your true identity.
if you ever want to see your love again,
bring her back to me.
oh,
Yes, someone might have to die.
use your friend, the beastmaster.
but know this.
Should you fail, I will destroy this contemptuous world
and everything in it.
look at this, mahmood.
we are like ghosts here.
people say--
I know what people say.
that baha is a cripple.
that he is no good any more.
a cripple here, but not when I hang the skin
of the beastmaster's tiger.
what will they say then?
the tiger
that killed my son and took my leg.
but I tell you, mahmood.
I will kill every tiger in the world if I have to,
if that's what it takes
to get him.
you see, you put them together in order to make more numbers,
so you can count higher... keep track of more things.
snake and a bird.
yes, well, you could look at it that way.
it's, it's actually called thirteen.
ah, thirteen.
yes.
why?
to be honest with you, I don't think you want to learn numbers.
to be honest with you,
I think you're right.
[ booming ]
curupira.
beastmaster, you never come to see me.
well, most of the time, you find me.
but still, it would be nice once in a while.
you are my friend, aren't you?
-yes. -good.
So, what is it I can do for you?
do you know the one they call baha?
the slaver? Yes.
a horrible human being.
is he human?
unfortunately.
he wants to kill ruh.
I know.
And other animals in my forest,
which you are pledged to protect.
what are you going to do about him?
talk to him.
anyway that you want to do it, but he must be stopped.
and come see me.
I'd like that.
what should we do?
find baha.
perhaps I can explain this way.
look at my hand. that's one finger.
if I hold up another next to--
there are two. Look, tao, I understand.
I just don't think it's very important.
-that's only because you-- -shh.
-what? -sharak.
he wants me to see something.
someone's in trouble.
you all right?
I think so.
I was walking through this forest with
the woman I love -- some men set upon us.
they attacked me. they took her away.
where did they go?
they mentioned a place called the burning forest.
I must go there and get her back.
it's somewhere you don't want to go.
have you ever had a woman taken from you?
a woman you love?
I know the way to the burning forest.
I'll show you. We have to hurry. It's this way.
come on.
who are you, and what do you want?
the same as you.
together we can both get what we want.
I don't understand.
and you don't know who I am?
but first, believe me, you have no power here...
and only my mercy, should you deserve it.
some men are entering the forest.
do you know them?
no.
sentinel.
find them and destroy them.
dar, I've been thinking.
he does that a lot.
but I don't mind.
he has a good heart.
Think about what you're doing -- we're in the burning forest,
a place I vowed I'd never return to,
and we don't know why the woman was brought here.
you don't think I'm telling the truth.
They're sent here as punishment for some terrible crime.
but my woman has done nothing.
we don't have time for this.
stay back.
tao?
tao!
they took him. which way?
I don't know. I didn't see.
The man who attacked us, he was one of those who took my woman.
we'll find tao when we
find her -- let's go.
he's off saving some human?
leaving my animals here to the mercy
of that monster, baha?
he needs to remember who his true friends are.
who is it?
who's there?
I mean you no harm.
you wear the ring of the eiron...
like mine.
you are of the eiron?
I'm caro.
well, we're, we're a long way from home.
why are you here?
why I've been flung into this cave, I'm not sure.
why are you here?
I'm looking for my father.
but...
this, this is the burning forest.
I know.
I saw him here...in a dream.
well, it's true, people dream about the burning forest,
and that those dreams come true.
I've been afraid to sleep ever since.
baha...
the tiger,
I've seen its tracks.
are you sure, my friend?
we've been down this path before.
it is the great cat.
then we will take him.
has he not hurt you enough?
more than enough.
that is why
baha exacts payment.
he is near.
I feel him.
the blood of my son stains his fur,
and I have looked into his eyes and felt his breath.
I will not hide.
I will chase him down and eat his very heart.
show me his mark.
why do you watch me?
to enjoy what I see.
knowing I'm now a match for the ancient one,
knowing I'm better,
stronger, wiser than his favourite.
you think this just because
I'm your prisoner.
I don't think. I know.
that's what he says.
I know your dreams.
you cannot.
your love, of joining him against the ancient one.
any sorcerer can eavesdrop.
you dream of the beastmaster's powers.
Knowing my secrets doesn't make you a match for the ancient one.
knowing his secrets does.
how, how do you know his secrets?
long before you, I was the student.
he taught you.
and like you, I loved him as a daughter loves a father.
but he betrayed me.
and after that, I embraced the darkness.
because this is real power,
not the never-ending promises of a
teacher that never makes a student his equal...
or haven't you noticed?
look now.
I can give you the powers of the beastmaster
and all the powers you can dream of.
what do I have to do?
put your power with mine, embrace the darkness.
I will also give you sharak.
sharak who walks like a man.
sharak who will be with you, lie with you,
stay with you for eternity.
stand with me and watch the ancient one.
when there's nobody to teach, when his purpose is gone,
when there's nothing to hear him lecture but the wind,
watch him wither and die...
while you live.
no!
imagine being trapped in such a place forever.
it's a cruel punishment, even
no crime brought my woman here, and she certainly
didn't choose to come.
neither did my friend.
but there are those who come here
volutarily to trade their souls.
immortality. Only a fool would choose such a curse.
others simply have it imposed on them.
we must find her and your friend...quickly.
they're getting closer.
a pointless exercise.
pledge me your loyalty
and you can save them the trouble.
Your offer seems generous, but--
everything you want so badly will be yours.
but I feel there's something
you're not telling me.
my offer is clear. all I ask of you--
I heard, I heard.
you dangle great temptation before me,
but I sense deception behind it.
[ laughing ]
I see you have some wisdom, blondie.
I wouldn't describe it as
deception, but there's always a price.
so who will pay it... apart from the ancient one?
who will suffer?
suffering is such a relative thing.
birth is suffering for both mother and child.
yet it gives life and joy.
sharak and the beastmaster, what will it cost them?
very little.
just their mortal lives.
they'll both die.
yes, but after death,
-immortality. -sHarak already has immortality.
as an eagle.
I don't think that I can trust you.
you may have no choice.
look.
they're going to die anyway.
why not take what is offered?
and you would allow this to happen?
first the carrot, then the stick.
the ancient one never taught you that?
you're no better than him.
worse. His cruelty is detached, uninvolved.
I intend it,
delight in it.
ohhh, how awful.
so utterly powerless.
to be forced to watch... but do nothing.
I could never sink as low as you.
how dare you judge me?
you who have taken everything that was mine.
the ancient's
little darling.
you have no idea
how low you will sink.
you all right?
I will be.
this doesn't look like your game.
I watched you. didn't look that hard.
you should stick to watching. let's go.
the tiger's tracks continue deep into the forest.
then let's keep going.
well?
have you lost
your stomach for this, mahmood?
are you going to let me down like all the others?
the day grows late.
It will soon be too dark to tell
animal from plant.
my tormentor wins a reprieve.
we'll camp here.
dig a pit.
arrows and numbers -- what does it mean?
it's so hot in here.
here.
most caves I know of are cool places.
the natural order of things doesn't apply here.
do you think we'll be kept here forever?
well, that depends on why we were brought here.
I mean, it may be we're simply being punished for trespassing.
on the other hand, it may have something to do with who we are,
and why we came here in the first place.
we're both eirons looking for someone.
are you sure you don't
know why your father came here?
well, it's just that-- it's just,
when somebody's sent to the burning forest
he couldn't have been sent.
my father is a good man.
yeah, of course.
I don't know. Maybe he was lokking for someone, too.
but wouldn't he have told you,
or told somebody?
uh, no, you're right, you're right.
I should be thinking about why I was taken.
maybe it has something to do with the woman,
or...somebody's trying to hurt dar.
ah, I don't even know what happened to him.
I'm...i'm good not at this, tao.
oh, come...shh.
it'll be fine, it'll be fine.
I'll find a way out of here.
I promise you, I'll find a way...
somehow.
[ roaring ]
[ screaming ]
are you impressed, teacher?
you've had your fun.
ha, ha, oh, know. it's just begun.
are you here to plead
with me...
or with her?
I don't plead with anyone...
ever.
-we'll see. -I am,
however, suggesting we talk.
good, good.
suggest isn't too far from plead.
you don't need to join us for this.
you've heard his lines before, haven't you?
sleep...and when you awake,
your whole world will be totally changed.
your place or mine?
neutral ground, I think.
somewhere you should feel completely at home.
a place where evil dwells
and madness reigns with a bloody fist.
you dare do this to me?
what is it you want, daughter of darkness? Name your price.
for the blonde?
ha, ha, we are having fun, aren't we?
oh, yes. This is the best of times;
and for you... the worst of times.
I loved you once.
I hung on every word,
every promise.
I didn't condemn you to this place.
you chose your own dark path.
I had no choice!
you offered me everything and gave me nothing...
except deceit and rejection.
ho, ho, you can't imagine how much and for how long
I've dreamt of this moment.
I don't imagine--
that pompous, know-everything, patronizing, put-down,
lecturing, superior drivel just won't work any more.
I give the lesson this time.
[ laughing ]
is that the best
you can do, really?
nowhere near.
thank you.
I don't think this place was a very good idea at all.
you've completely lost your head.
I think we should move on to somewhere...more soothing.
it will be
a fitting end.
how can we know he will pass this way?
he will.
you have had a vision, baha.
I have had nothing but visions.
here. Help me.
why do they always dig their own graves?
there it is, the apparition's cave.
let's go.
no...wait.
perhaps I've underestimated you...
or maybe I didn't put it back on quite right.
why have you brought me here, old man?
You know, my dear, these insults and parlour tricks of yours
are terribly amusing -- A great credit to your teacher.
But as much as you wish it, you know you can never destroy me.
nor you, me.
so, what do we do?
embark on a war so cataclysmic that an icy night
will once more fall over the world?
sacrifice all life to prove a point.
then I didn't teach you very well, did i?
because if I had, you'd know that a thirst for vengeance --
utterly futile, like all human desire and ambition --
in the end, consumes all who pursue it.
patience, mahmood.
the beast will come.
it is my destiny.
[ roaring ]
I'm sorry, baha.
coward.
I knew you would come.
you will not kill me.
there is nothing more you can do to me
than you have already done.
come.
I have a surprise
for you.
come.
ahhh...
who are you?
don't you recognize me?
I'm what you've dreamed of...
prayed for.
look at me.
I'm vengeance -- all your nightmares come true.
this is our chance, dar.
the apparition is not in her cave.
some people don't believe you can communicate
with animals either... but you can.
Just as I can see certain things that seem...impossible.
there's still a third sentinel.
where is he?
he can't be too far away.
all right,
I'll draw him out.
where are you?
There are three questions here.
what do they mean? who put them there? And why?
is it some test, or a clue to help us get out?
it doesn't make sense.
why lock us up, then give
well, I don't think we're supposed to be here.
we're not evil, we're not willing to sell our souls for...
we don't belong here. we're pure of heart.
we work this out, we leave.
but how?
let's see.
uh...pff...
uh, two up.
three across...two down.
what did you think would happen?
I don't know -- maybe that the door would magically open or...
something.
the main entrance is probably this way, so we should be able
to find a way out along here -- ahh!
how'd you get here?
have you found her?
I found caro, not your friend.
you're right about another exit. I used it.
hey, b-b-but where's dar?
covering the main entrance. Go.
quickly, while you still have the chance.
I must find my woman. Go!
come on, tao.
what has she done to you?
come, my love.
ha...
strike three, I think.
your sleeping beauty will not go with him,
as long as I remain her best chance
of restoring sharak to her.
ha, ha, ha, sharak's already been and gone.
stolen her from under your very eyes.
snatching a rabbit from the jaws of a hyena.
ha, ha, ha.
this is no victory for you.
you will never be able to trust her now.
the seed has been planted.
and one day, she will turn on you.
what was that about seeds and planting?
that creates life, which needs love
to nurture it.
isn't your business death,
watered by hatred?
you speak of love
what sharak and the sorceress feel for one another?
beware the power
and the hunger of that love.
it may devour you.
how dare you invade my home and expect to live?
put down the stick.
if I choose to kill you, it won't help.
-what have you done with them? -how noble you are.
how brave.
Your own death a heartbeat away
and you concern yourself with
they've done nothing to deserve your wrath.
let them go.
why would I want to keep them?
such small, petty lives you humans have.
why did you take them in the first place?
don't question me.
what I do and why I
do it is no business of yours.
It suits me to spare your life,
so grab it and run before I change my mind.
know this -- should I find you here again,
my response will not be so generous.
dar.
what happened to you? you disappeared.
I found another way into the cave,
enabling me to rescue my woman,
-while you fought the sentinel. -so she's safe?
one day I hope you'll realize what you've done.
I must go.
-travel safely, dar. -you too.
please wake up.
we're not yet safe.
we must move on.
oh, I think you're out of the woods,
so to speak.
you've done well, sharak. I thank you.
thank the beastmaster.
I didn't enjoy deceiving him like that.
ah, don't worry about it.
he'll never know.
and neither will she.
no...you wouldn't.
wouldn't i?
[ laughing ]
no!
[ cawing ]
you've had quite an adventure, my dear.
glad to be back?
[ cawing ]
oh, and by the way, the apparition was wrong.
Nothing has changed -- in fact,
nothing will ever change...
unless I permit it.
I understand why you have to go home.
I wish you'd stay.
well, at least wait until you meet dar.
you know, he's a-- dar. what happened to you?
what happened to me?
well, you know how you told me those numbers were silly? I--
oh, oh, sorry... uh, dar, caro; caro, dar.
she's an eiron, like me.
we met in the cave.
yeah, I think I know the one. Hello.
hello, dar.
I wish I could stay longer, but, uh...
uh, I hope there's enough food
in here to get you back home.
thank you.
perhaps we'll meet again,
in our homeland.
perhaps we will.
tao will explain.
goodbye.
goodbye, tao.
bye.
you might need a guide for
the first part of the journey.
sharak will show you the way.
thank you.
you know, it's strange meeting someone from my home.
I'm not sure how I feel.
it made me realize that... I've been away for a long time.
think you'll go back there?
I suppose...one day.
[ growling ]
ruh.
I'm supposed to believe you care about him, am i?
you don't care about my animals.
-curupira. -I gave you a job to do.
you didn't do it, so I had to do it myself.
they say, you want a job
done well you should do it--
tell me what you mean.
I'm very disappointed in you.
and I thought we were friends.
we are freinds.
then you should know that a friend ignored
can easily become an enemy.
you don't want to be my enemy, do you?
no...no, I don't.
good - you'd make
a pretty skin...but
I think I prefer you whole.
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