is that why we're here?
well, it's the only place I can find
such a wide variety to choose from.
gourds, huh?
yeah.
nature's most versatile fruit.
see, when they're young, you can eat the pulp from them --
well, you can eat from most of them.
you can hollow it out because the fruit dries up.
but you don't know what I'm going to do with these gourds.
don't you want to know?
actually, you're right.
sometimes it's better to show...than to tell.
terrons. Let's go.
move it. Let's go.
congratulations, you are now
slaves of the great king zad,
supreme ruler of the territories.
terrons.
ohh, ahh...terrons? on such a beautiful day?
-are you hurt? -go, go.
wait here. ruh will stay with you.
[ growling ]
yes, I know, ruh. I know.
come on, come on.
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hold it there. Go no further.
-what are you doing? -go, before your luck changes.
better have a good explanation for this, qord.
-zad will need one. -he'll get one.
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...
terrons killing terrons? that can't be a bad thing.
I just don't understand it.
you said you recognized one of the assassins.
yeah, it was qord, zad's war chief.
well, that's your answer.
qord's eliminating his rivals.
maybe this other terron was bringing zad
more slaves than qord was.
I still don't see why qord
didn't take the slaves to zad himself.
ah, who knows? Who cares?
all I know is, don't look a gift horse in the mouth...
even if that horse belongs to a terron.
I thought knowing and reasoning was your strength.
normally it is, but not when I'm in this much pain.
you think it's broken?
this would be much easier if I could ride on ruh's back.
you want me to ask him?
I don't think it's a good idea.
least I've got something to show you when I get home.
sharak, so sensual...
even as a bird of prey.
the ancient one has kept us apart far too long.
I've been watching the ancient one.
I know how he does it.
I know how I can
remember when we exchanged a lock of hair?
I still have yours..
ah, sharak.
ha, ha,
I did it.
you take chances.
not so many.
-we were together. -and forgotten just as much.
you sound just like him.
he'll know. The ancient one knows everything.
-he'll make you pay. -I don't care.
it's worth it just to see you again.
and to hold you.
I've longed for this.
your touch.
your lips.
ever since he allowed me to remember how it felt.
love is stronger than magic.
is it?
you used to think so.
are you so changed?
time...
time changes everything.
then let's turn back the hands of time.
we have an eternity, sharak.
funny how eternities can end
in an instant.
my spells are not to be disturbed.
they're all protected.
I did it, ancient one.
I brought him back.
a rather clumsy attempt.
I know how. I can do it again.
surely, you don't think you can control sharak's fate.
that's a little presumptuous,
even for you, my dear.
must you control everything?
yes...and no.
fate is a province
over which none have dominance.
qord!
-what is this? -as you see...
two more warriors dead.
I sent this man to being me new flesh.
you bring me back dead meat.
where are the slaves?
perhaps they were never captured.
yort and I found these two men in the mydlands,
the beastmaster and his tiger
disappearing into the forest.
get off your horse -- no man
speaks to me from a higher plane!
the beastmaster, you say.
he did this, zad.
-that's right. -you saw him, too?
it is as qord said, king.
these are not the first of
your men he has slain recently.
I fear he has become
your mortal enemy.
I don't fear enemies, qord.
enemies are the offspring of great conquests.
if I could, I would clutch each one of them to my breast.
suckle them like tender babes,
before extinguishing their pitiful lives.
aim at me, and I'll put a hatchet
in the back of your head.
you have nothing to fear from me.
no...except if I turn my back on you.
my king, you do me a disservice.
a disservice, qord?
you live and breathe only because I allow it.
That is the service I grant you.
that is the service I grant all of you!
never forget it!
you're supposed to be my war chief, qord, but you failed.
You allowed a savage and a tiger to get the better of you.
we'll take fresh troops and find him.
no. You will stay here where I can keep my eye on you.
I'll send others to bring me the beastmaster,
I want him alive so I can rip out his heart myself.
as you wish.
as I wish? I demand it!
kyra, my little muse.
so delicate, yet so bold.
small as a doe, but with the spirit of an army.
have enjoyed your company, and I think now, I even understand
that hairless king zad's fixation on you.
but, sadly, fate spares none.
and all must bow.
so it's...time, dear kyra.
go now...
and meet your destiny.
though my powers are legion,
even I can't fight fate.
adieu.
Our time is close at hand, yort.
we may never have a better opportunity to strike.
We still need more on our side.
zad is old. we need a strong leader --
one who does more than shout orders.
We fight zad's battles for him,
yet he shares none of the spoils with us;
not even the warmth of a slave in our bed at night.
a true king would not treat us like that.
[ zad ]: dissension.
you can smell it.
a vile odour.
how far has the poison spread, I wonder.
you take me for a fool, qord.
the beastmaster's no killer.
that's what I do.
kyra.
where...
the lovely kyra.
who do I thank for this gift?
sorceress?
ancient one?
name your pleasures -- they're yours.
where have you been, kyra?
communing with shadows?
hiding in the stars?
dancing with fairies?
it doesn't matter. we're here now.
the timing is perfect.
a king needs distraction
from the cares of office.
that's all you can offer me?
no more resistance than a cowering mongrel?
a fiery dragon, at the very least, a passionate
-sula vixen! -what do you want from me?
I want to feel your fight,
before I take it from you.
[ sobbing ]
I can't have you like this.
you'll never have me.
oh, but I will.
I haven't forgotten what you did to me, kyra.
sleeping potion...
clever girl.
who helped you prepare it?
tell me.
was it qord?
How many others are against me?
I'm sure there are many others,
but I acted alone.
I would have made you my queen, kyra.
riches and power beyond your wildest dreams.
but you humiliated me,
in front of my men.
for that, I will have satisfaction.
first...
drink.
drink, drink -- regain your strength.
I want you strong,
so you can experience me
fully.
meanwhile...i'll savour my anticipation.
maybe it's a good sign.
maybe zad's losing control.
-would that be good? -you're saying we're better
off with the devil we know?
no, I'm not saying that.
I just have a feeling about it.
a good feeling, or a bad feeling?
ha, ha...
I have a bad feeling about that gourd of yours.
oh, this, this? you are going to love this.
this'll be my best invention ever -- promise you.
-but it leaks. -exactly.
gentlemen, behold the return of kyra.
a reminder -- no enemy eludes my grasp.
-where are you going? -terron camp.
dar, wait.
I would like to remember this occasion, kyra.
your beloved beastmaster will soon be mine also.
I trust you'll dance for both of us...
Before I send him to his grave.
it will make our time together...so much sweeter.
dar? This is ridiculous.
oof!
I understand you want to find out
more information about the terron camp, but...
there's no time. we got to hurry.
king zad's got kyra.
kyra?
sharak saw her with him.
well, dar, just keep going. I'll keep up.
[ dar ]: strange. there's not many terrons.
[ tao ]: that's good, isn't it?
where's the rest of them?
out killing each other, hopefully.
kyra must be in there.
it's the only guarded yurt.
zad's crystal prison.
remember the black mist? makes you go blind.
stings like a nest of hornets. I remember.
luckily, I've still got some white mist, as an antidote,
just in case you needed it one day.
we need to work out how to get into the camp.
Which won't be easy, even though there's less terrons.
I have a gift for king zad.
beastmaster? is he dead?
well, he should be, after the beating I gave him.
king zad ordered him taken alive.
alive? Well, of course he's alive.
I just did what I had to do in order to bring him in.
I'll alert king zad.
you do that.
Quick thinking, don't you think?
just go to the boat.
kyra?
it's me.
-it's dar. -dar?
is it really you?
it's really me.
I'd almost given up hope.
I've never stopped looking for you.
call king zad.
we've captured the beastmaster's slave.
no. Crystals.
-can you walk? -i'll try.
you let him deceive you. idiot.
where is he?
where is your precious beastmaster?
what gave me away? The limp?
[ gagging ]
beastmaster's here, qord.
search for him.
he can't have gone far.
It's all right, I'll carry you.
yort, search the camp, you take the hills.
You two deal with the prisoner.
go! Go!
your sula warrior has come to rescue you.
it seems his lonely heart still beats for you.
how touching.
no, I'll wait.
and on the eve of our consummation...
I'll make that my gift to you.
his heart, still pounding with devotion, in your hand.
how disappointing for you, to be so close to rescue
and yet so very far away from it.
he will come.
I hope he does.
it must be terrible to be so defenceless...
so completely at the mercy of another.
a feeling you know well?
yes.
I was powerless...once.
as a boy,
my father ruled with an iron fist.
savage man, unyielding.
I was afraid of him.
I hated him.
I watched,
I learned,
and one day...
I killed him.
think that barbaric, kyra?
unnatural even?
nothing surprises me.
oh, I felt a little strange about what I'd done.
but the feeling didn't last.
and I've never bowed to another man since,
and I never shall.
certainly not to your
beloved beastmaster.
don't waste your energy waiting for him to rescue you.
you'll never, never... escape from me.
one thing I've learned: what you can't escape...
you should embrace.
where's the beastmaster?
speak, grub.
why don't you tell me?
you're the one with the superior view.
it always amazes me how you keep your sense of humour.
I admire wit and courage in a man,
particularly one in your position.
It's almost a pity you're about to die such a horrible death.
let the blood fill his eye sockets, let his lungs
pull to the ground.
let the beastmaster try and save him.
zad's got tao. I can't leave without him.
then you must go and help him.
I can't leave you alone either.
you can't be in two places at once.
no, but kodo and podo can.
we'll have to wait here till tao is free.
kodo, podo.
There's two faces I didn't think I'd be happy to see.
do you want to hurry up before my head explodes?
we've searched the camp and the hills.
the beastmaster's escaped.
really?
one man on foot.
it makes a king wonder.
wonder, my king? about loyalty.
about whether or not my army still has its heart in its work.
you question our loyalty?
I question your ability to inspire, qord.
don't return until you have
better news.
I need your help.
king zad, you seem peturbed.
I am, extremely so.
my war chief is plotting to overthrow me.
If I was sure it was only qord, I'd feed my dogs his liver.
I must know how many are with him.
and do you expect me
to find out for you?
I'd happily do it myself, if
I could find a disguise which would allow me
to move amongst my men undetected.
That way you could discover who is loyal and who is with qord.
precisely.
and those who are against me,
I'll slaughter with my own hands.
that shouldn't be hard -- what sort of
-disguise would you like? -something simple.
very well. When you return to your yurt,
the illusion will end.
excellent.
do it.
[ laughing ] -I thought it fitting.
not only imaginative,
you're developing a marvellous sense
of folly, my dear.
now isn't that more fun than dwelling on
endless schemes to bring back your silly blackbird, hmm?
[ laughing ]
you know, you're really quite efficient
with those sharp little teeth.
ahh, ahh.
you did that on purpose.
oh, ohhh.
ok, men, now is the time
zad's insulted me for the last time.
-I owe him too. -wE'll move quickly and take him
when he visits the sula slave's yurt.
that's when he's most alone and unprotected.
then he'll feel my hatchet on his skull.
we are too few.
none will fight us when I cook zad's head in my firepit.
dear god.
[ braying ]
hey...
stop.
go, go.
go, go, go, go.
stupid stubborn animal.
[ squealing ]
it's time to go now.
lean on me.
I can do it. I feel much better.
it will be quicker if I carry you.
donkey?
what?
tao's escaped us at the lake.
[ muttering ]
oh!
did you see what that slave
of the beastmaster's did to me?
I'll have sore ribs for days.
the illusion worked.
you learned what you needed to know.
I did.
qord is about to strike.
but he has few allies.
no complaints, then?
none at all.
you, bring others.
come with me.
We're trapped. Just stay close.
arghhh!
ahh, the crystals.
my crystals!
this is our moment.
we have zad at our mercy!
my eyes, my eyes.
dar.
let's go.
kyra!
stop them. Imbeciles.
morons. Must I do everything myself.
get out.
go!
god. Get qord.
capture the beastmaster, bring me that wretched kyra
and slash all their filthy throats.
why did you let kyra go?
oh, I suppose
I grew weary of her great expectations.
youth is so full of hope.
It doesn't just enjoy illusion. it believes in it.
anyway, it was time for a dose of reality.
for her or for you?
ha, ha, very witty.
and what of their futures?
only time will tell.
power is a delicious plum...
unfortunately someone always has to lose.
[ laughing ]
quickly,
we're not safe yet.
being free of zad has made me feel a whole lot better.
we'll make camp here.
I'll get some more firewood.
I won't be long.
tao, make sure she's comfortable.
I'll make you some tea.
I'm not sure if dar told you,
but, uh, I study
must be some peppermint or yarrow here somewhere.
it will relax you and stimulate you
-at the same time. -thank you.
ah, here we go.
well, is it, is it true what dar said?
that you saw things inside the ancient one's head?
I...i don't know what I saw.
You must have felt something -- did you feel what
did you suddenly see everything? did you learn some answers?
tao...
so many questions you have.
I'm sorry.
a great strength and weakness for my people.
you know, my mind is still so unclear.
my body feels strange. I'm sorry.
oh, look, it's
perfectly understandable.
if you spend time inside somebody else's head--
when you spend so much time inside your own head,
you tend to lose touch with your body.
oh, that reminds me.
th-that donkey I rode from the terron camp
had markings on its hind quarter.
I've seen those markings before.
[ laughing ]
I'll tell you about it later.
[ growling ]
ruh!
he's pleased to see you too.
[ laughing ]
should we have some dinner?
I'll just go and gather some fruits and nuts.
Do you little rats want to come?
[ laughing and screaming ]
I'm happy for them.
I'm happy for him, I'm happy for both of them.
I just didn't think it was going to happen.
ow!
don't be so impatient.
you're about to be fed.
ow! What is it with you two?
don't go up there.
qord.
i, I thought that you were...
Dead? I nearly was, as were you.
there's no need to fear me.
I'm glad you and your friends escaped.
-you're pleased? -I meant you no harm.
zad is the true enemy.
So your little uprising failed?
luck was with the beast once again.
I once heard it said that the devil looks after his own.
it's also said that my enemy's enemy is my friend.
do you think the beastmaster and I could be friends?
you and dar, friends?
why not?
neither of us has cause to love zad.
zad has vowed to kill us both.
together, perhaps, we can succeed
where separately we have failed.
obviously I'll have to speak
to dar about this.
where is he? Is he near?
very near.
qord is proposing
some kind of alliance between him and us.
-it's a trick, tao. -I have nothing to gain
from deceiving you, beastmaster.
you saw for yourself back at the camp.
I could have joined forces with zad to capture you,
but instead I helped you to escape.
only because you had another battle to fight.
apparently it's a battle you lost.
for now.
but zad's time is short.
if a tryant is to continue his rule,
his men must be loyal and follow his commands without question.
you've never had a problem with that in the past, have you?
you've killed for him, you've taken slaves.
you've destroyed villages.
yes, in the past.
but now I want what you want.
an end to zad.
I could never trust you, qord.
you only want to defeat zad so you can replace
his evil with that of your own.
you'll never get another offer like this, beastmaster.
You may live to regret rejecting it so easily.
no man should regret doing
what is right,
regardless of the consequences.
until we meet again.
shouldn't we go after him?
no.
His freedom's only short-lived.
poor qord.
alone, unloved.
oh, I thought you'd be pleased with the outcome, my dear.
or perhaps you're feeling that you personally
have been left out of all this happiness, hmm?
you granted the beastmaster his fondest wish, yet
you keep sharak and me apart -- it's not fair.
fulfilling the role that fate determined for her.
as for the words "fate" and "fair",
why, they don't even belong in the same universe.
don't begrudge the beastmaster this moment of happiness.
it's just that, a moment.
like all human experiences and emotions,
it's a fragile and transitory thing.
over and gone
almost as soon as its begun.
[ laughing ]
it's warm.
it's so wonderful.
tao, it's amazing.
it's so wonderful here.
it's just like paradise.
it is now.
kyra, you all right?
no,
I just felt odd for a moment.
you've been through so much.
it will take a little time.
I suppose that's all it is.
you know, tao,
this is one of your best inventions yet.
told you.
glad you like it.
enjoy.
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