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sleep, my dear...deeply.

I'm about to return a favour to someone you know.

yes, a drop of the milk of human kindness.

but it may not be precisely who you think.

his life is about to change,

never to be the same for as long as he lives.

the fates will it.

amen.

[ growling ]

shh! Be quiet

or I'll turn you into a rug.

A moment, beastmaster, to dream

a little dream.

beastmaster, the revelations you're about

to receive are a gift.

nothing more, nothing less.

don't be judgmental.

the fates pay absolutely no attention to such prattle.

hello, beastmaster.

sorceress, where are we?

a fantastic place.

few get to come here.

Well, you have to be invited and the host is very particular.

a while ago, you saved my life -- in the burning forest.

I remember.

thank you.

in return, our host is offering you this:

apocalypse.

why?

your other world is about to change.

it changes every day.

not like this.

it's going to be different.

and you're going to be different, as well.

in what way?

I can't say.

it would change the delicate balance

the fates have determined.

why are you telling me this?

I am going to change, as well.

we have a future...

together.

no...!

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...

king zad, I have good news.

at this hour, it had better be.

We found tracks: terron horses.

you found tracks?

oh, very good.

I can find tracks right outside this yurt.

if you have a point, get to it.

we also saw them: qord and his men.

you mean, qord the traitor

and his merry band of murderous cowards, hmm?

they want to kill me and steal my throne.

I wonder what masquerades for thought in the minds of men

such as qord and the others.

are they so feeble they think

they can actually take what is mine?

I don't know what they think.

is whether or not there are any more.

any more?

any more idiot pretenders to my rule

waiting outside for the right moment,

the chance to put a hatchet into the back of my head.

what do you think?

oh, get my men.

it's a good day for killing.

[ laughing ]

every man who crosses this line is a true terron warrior

and issues an oath of absolute loyalty

to me.

those who do shall follow me

to slaughter qord and the other traitors.

gentlemen.

kill him.

but why?

what have I done?

I've always been loyal to you, king zad.

you were last.

reluctance is hardly a sign of loyalty.

and I don't like men

who do things last.

no!

no!

You know, I think ruh likes me.

he likes anyone who pets him.

Are you saying I'm not special?

no, you're very special.

he's just happy

because we're all together again.

the tiger's mind is fickle like the wind.

He says nicer things about you.

well, as of tomorrow, he won't have

me to scare any more.

ever since I met the young woman in the burning forest,

I've been thinking about her.

caro?

yeah.

made me realize it's time I returned to my people.

the sanctuary's your home and kyra's now, too.

it always was.

I was just a visitor here.

tao,

you don't have to go.

you can stay if you like.

thank you.

but as one door closes, another one opens.

it's a new beginning for me.

a new beginning for all of us.

if I could make a few suggestions for when I go.

to make this place more like a home, a little more civilized.

maybe a fruit and vegetable garden,

some tools for cooking, and give him some clothes.

Running around the jungle naked cannot be good for one's health.

no, but it does have its benefits.

oh, you...

even though I'm going, you won't soon forget me.

I've made you a gift.

this will prove very useful.

I expect to come back one day and find a family.

[ squealing ] a human family.

I've never seen one like this before.

oh, I've given it feet. not clumsy feet like mine.

see? I cut it from a wheel.

I think it will work very nicely.

that's so sweet, tao.

thank you.

oh, you're very welcome.

you know we're going to Miss you.

I'm going to Miss both of you.

we're going down to the river.

do you want to come?

no, no, um... please, you two go.

I should stay here and...

get my things together...

and...go, go, please.

I really like tao.

he talks too much

but he's a good friend.

let's go.

sleep well, my dear.

dream little dreams.

ancient one?

what have you done this time?

lost the crystal, cut the hair.

so, what do you think?

I'm not sure what to think any more.

it seems you change like the weather.

but I told you I decided to live my life backwards.

to grow younger.

and why not?

if one can grow old, then one can grow young.

And since change is inevitable, why not make it an advantage?

which is why you put me in a trance last night.

ah, you grow more clever every day.

how did you know that?

my dream was about change.

someone's life was about to change.

did you mean you?

With me, nothing really changes.

it's all superficial.

hardly worth a trance and a dream.

With humans, it's more profound.

but, given the choice,

I prefer the superficial.

is it me?

sharak?

you'll know, in time.

you have to tell me.

actually, I don't.

you're impossible.

but delightfully so, don't you think?

qord.

you think you're better than king zad.

tell me why.

that's a stupid question.

maybe.

but that's not an answer.

answer the question.

I'm younger, stronger, smarter.

and a thief.

is it thievery to steal what's rightfully your own?

no.

but it's thievery when all don't get a share.

of course.

when I'm king, we'll all share.

who keeps the best of everything for himself.

Now I've got a question for you.

we need to be loyal to each other.

if not, king zad will kill us all.

you're a good man and a great terron warrior.

but if you doubt us,

why are you here?

because I doubt zad more.

he rewards nothing

-and he kills his own. -exactly.

I'll tell you: a worthless one and one who should be dead.

qord!

we were on our way to water

the horses, and there were people.

terrons?

and the slave girl he stole from zad.

fortuitous turn of events.

the gods smile on me.

killing the beastmaster is something

when I cut out his heart, no terrons will doubt us.

they'll join our side; we'll defeat zad.

and the slave girl,

his perfect prize,

you can all have her.

[ cheering ]

I love the sanctuary.

it's so peaceful and quiet there.

except when kodo and podo are around.

can you teach me how to talk to them?

no. It's a gift.

it's like your singing.

well, I suppose I could sing to them.

and then I could teach you to sing.

I think it would be easier to teach them how to use words.

I know.

it would take too long.

well, we have a long time.

we have forever.

-what is it? -terrons.

-what? Where? -go that way, it's safer.

-no, dar. -yOu must go. It's safer to go.

-I feel unsafe. -i'll lead them astray,

-please, no! -and I'll find you.

please, kyra run before they find you -- go!

get her before she escapes.

let him tire; we'll have an easier time of it.

surprised, beastmaster?

you don't move like other terrons.

I've been watching you.

let's see if you like your own medicine.

beastmaster!

you seem to enjoy beating terrons.

it's a good way to pass some time.

it's a changing world, beastmaster.

You and I share a common enemy:

his days of treachery and bloodshed are finished.

the future holds a different path.

The treachery and the bloodshed of you and your traitors?

help me defeat him.

I promise you no terrons

will ever bother you again.

I don't believe you, qord.

why would I lie to you?

the better question is: why would you tell me the truth?

one more chance, beastmaster.

go against the tides of fate.

come with me.

I won't ask again.

good.

we're not finished.

help!

[ yelling ]

kyra!

dar!

help me!

I can't hold--

I can't hold on any longer!

hold on, I'm coming!

help!

grab on to me when I tell you.

dar.

no!

no!

no!

earth...

wind...

and fire.

travel with my kyra.

for on this day...

she has earned paradise.

dar, you might want to keep that.

dar, are you sure it was qord?

I'm sure.

what will you do if you find him?

king zad's probably looking for him, too.

he'll kill him.

don't compare me to king zad.

I'm not. Not in any way. not at all.

vengeance is a terron trait. Not yours, and that's the truth.

he killed her.

she died saving me.

-that's my truth. -yes.

but revenge is unforgiving -- you can't

take it back -- it changes everything.

qord killed her, and I can't

get kyra back, and that changes everything!

I can't stop you, I'm not sure I want to,

but please, just listen to one thing.

you always said, killing doesn't change anything.

now, if you kill qord, that will not bring kyra back.

we didn't make this world, we're part of it.

what we do to it, we do to ourselves.

right, so if you kill qord,

you kill yourself.

wrong...

Because he's already killed me.

sorceress...

it's been a long day.

the night is welcome.

it's a night of changes.

endings and beginnings all at the same time.

I don't believe I've ever heard

you speak with melancholy.

like I said -- changes.

did you find qord?

no.

but no enemy escapes me.

I'll have his bursting heart in my hand before too long.

always confident.

self-doubt is one weakness I don't suffer.

there's something you should know...

and I'm not sure you want to.

what?

kyra.

what is this?

what are you doing?

what happened to her?

she was killed...

by qord.

qord?

She said I would never have her.

she died saving the beastmaster's life.

no one is going to save qord.

at night a fire draws attention.

I was hoping it would.

you're not afraid?

not of anything here.

there are terrons in this forest.

I know.

you hunt one this sad night.

who are you?

a friend.

I don't know you.

you know me in your heart.

I seek revenge as well -- not against qord --

but against the ancient one.

The wizard who took your woman.

you're a sorceress?

a little more.

we have things in common, dar.

like you,

I was in love...

but it was denied,

taken from me, by him.

and like you, I seek my vengeance.

hmmf...

But I can give you back the one thing your heart most desires.

I can give you kyra...

in the flesh, if you like.

it is what you want, isn't it?

the only one who can do that is...the apparition.

and so easily.

all it takes is your soul --

a small price for what you desire

more than anything on earth.

it's evil.

no, it's good.

a man can get whatever he wants by selling his soul.

and those who believe otherwise are ignorant,

and fools.

we shall meet again, beastmaster.

when you kill qord.

whether you choose it or not, you will be mine.

I never lose.

never.

dar isn't here.

ha, ha, ha...of course, you know that.

you know, I often wonder what you hear when I talk to you.

probably something along the lines of,

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...sharak.

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...sharak.

you want me to follow you.

king zad!

We've found one of the traitors.

marak...you?

I must say, I didn't expect this.

I saw you for a good and loyal man,

someone who I could look on with reliance.

then again, the best traitors are those you trust.

the knife in the back is often from a friend.

changes a man from a friend to an enemy?

is it a sickness?

shining stones?

you are not worth shiny stones, zad.

the sickness is in you,

not in us.

my ears must be playing tricks on me.

are we in a dream...

or in the phantasm of some sorcery?

we must be.

for no creature who is lower to the muck and slime

then the belly of a snake would dare

speak to me in such a manner.

me -- your king,

your god,

your slim hope of another day's breath.

where is qord?

he is anywhere there is a man who hates you, zad...

therefore he is everywhere.

[ chuckling ]

what torture and form of execution

befits a traitor, hmm?

is it a poison...

That addles, sizzles the brain?

dismemberment...one limb at a time?

starvation...now, that's fun.

no...i think I'll bleed you,

with an army of blood-sucking leeches.

yes, that's the choice.

like you bled me, hmm?

[ laughing ]

let the leeches

start there.

summon me when he tells us where qord is.

isn't it odd how sometimes the weather

matches one's frame of mind?

you're angry?

why?

more bothered than angry...

like the confusion of the clouds.

the struggle of it all -- the yin and yang.

nature and man.

the id, the ego.

who's on first?

what's on second?

sometimes I don't know what you're thinking,

once in a while, I wish everything could be my way.

I thought it was.

a large part, yes.

but there is another part -- a tiny sliver --

which can make one crazy.

you're confusing me.

sorry about that.

Is of little consequence to the greater scheme of the world --

this one, and all the others.

a favour, sorceress.

a man is about to be

viciously attacked -- no --

not who you think.

I hate to meddle in the trifling affairs of humanity --

but since you do, and since a greater authority commands it --

if it's not too confusing, my dear...take care of it.

no.

ya!

dar!

wait!

dar!

look at me...

look at me.

he's mine.

this way.

ahh!

traitor...

welcome home.

we've had quite a little adventure.

Now we have to make a decision.

[ swishing ]

shall it be the lover or the king

who dispatches justice here?

ha, ha...ah! But the lover is a man of peace.

He chats with beasts, ha, ha...

and he doesn't kill.

i, on the other hand,

relish the task.

in my view...

the punishment should fit the crime.

a beast...

representing the beastmaster;

deadly venom, which, of course, is me.

all in a snake...

representing you, qord.

do you have anything to say?

that you live the rest of

your life without ever turning your back.

your time will come!

ha, ha, ha...until then.

beastmaster...

I've done us both a favour.

no reason to be angry.

what was between you and i,

the poor girl, is over now.

I'm willing to bury the past.

and if we meet again...

maybe we can become friends

in the future.

I don't see that future.

time heals.

I never meant you any harm.

if our paths do cross, zad, you remember that.

life is a dream,

and yours has not yet ended.

you know...i can't say I'm sorry that qord's dead,

but I'm glad you didn't kill him.

I would have.

would have, could have,

might have...you didn't.

so, when are you going home?

in the morning...

[ chuckling ]

which is now.

we've talked all night.

you know, I've never done that before.

oh, I have.

all day and all night.

some of my best recollections have been

between midnight and dawn.

my mother used to say that

was when miracles were born.

dar.

I saved it from the fire.

the only way to keep someone is to remember...

in memories.

that's how they stay with you.

so, where are you going?

see...i have this friend.

he's trying to get to the middle of the world...

don't think he knows how to get there.

[ laughing ]

you're going with me, huh?

if we make it.

this is good news.

this is terrific news.

I'm so glad you're coming with me.

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