BeastMaster (1999–2002): Season 3, Episode 8 - Destiny - full transcript

[ chattering ]

HEY!

KING ZAD WANTS BREEDING STOCK

FOR HIS NEW WAR HORSES.

WE BRING HIM THAT STALLION,

HE'LL GIVE US
ANYTHING WE WANT.

WE'LL TAKE IT TO XINCA
THROUGH THE FOREST.

IF ANOTHER PATROL SEES IT

THEY'LL TAKE IT
FOR THEMSELVES.

ZAD'S KNIGHTS.

Tao:
IT'S GETTING WORSE.



THEY TAKE WHATEVER THEY WANT.

IT'S ZAD'S LAW.

HE DOESN'T CARE
IF THEY ABUSE IT.

CAN'T LET THEM SEE US.

ZAD'S GOT A PRICE
ON OUR HEADS.

YOU CAME HERE FOR HERBS,
DIDN'T YOU?

MAYBE SOME MANDRAKE ROOT AND
MIST BERRY FOR THE FEVER BALM.

LET'S GO AND GET THEM.

[ chattering ]

SOME PEOPLE STILL MANAGE
TO HAVE FUN.

PEOPLE NEED
TO LAUGH.

DOES OUR ENTERTAINMENT
PLEASE YOU?

WE HAVE TO EAT, TOO.

[ Kodo and Podo squealing ]



STOP COMPLAINING --
I'LL FEED YOU LATER.

Pola:
THOUGHT OF TAKING THIS ACT
ON THE ROAD?

[ chuckling incredulously ]

DID YOU SEE?

IT'S THE BEASTMASTER.

I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU.

STOP OR YOU WON'T GET ANYTHING
'TIL YOU GET HOME.

Olana:
WHY DO YOU SEARCH
ACROSS THE LAND,

WHEN WHAT YOU SEEK
IS CLOSE AT HAND?

THESE BLIND EYES
SEE NOTHING OF WHAT IS,

BUT SEE ALL OF WHAT WILL BE.

ARE YOU TALKING TO US?

YOUR FATE IS BOUND
TO THE FATE OF A FRIEND.

WHEN YOUR QUESTIONS
ARE ANSWERED,

THEY UNRAVEL AGAIN.

A FORTUNE-TELLER.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE ME.

THE MORE ANSWERS I FIND,
THE MORE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

GIVE HER SOMETHING.

SEE WHAT SHE SAYS
ABOUT YOU.

NO -- I CANNOT TAKE GIFTS
FROM THE DEAD, BEASTMASTER.

Tao:
DEAD?

HOW DOES SHE KNOW
WHO YOU ARE?

UNLESS SHE ISN'T BLIND.

ANYONE COULD HAVE TOLD HER.

Olana:
IN MOONLIGHT
YOU FIGHT IN XINCA,

FOR CAPTURED IS YOUR QUEST.

BUT IN THE SUN YOU FALL,

YOUR SWORD PIERCED
THROUGH YOUR BREAST.

HOW DOES SHE KNOW
ABOUT MY QUEST?

MY SHADOWS NEVER LIE.

IN XINCA,
BY YOUR OWN SWORD, YOU DIE.

IN AN AGE WHEN NATURE
AND MAGIC RULED 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 IS ALSO CALLED BEASTMASTER.

WE'RE NOT GOING
ANYWHERE NEAR XINCA.

I'M NOT WORRIED.

MANY TELL ME
I'M GOING TO DIE.

IT'S JUST AN ACT.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW SHE FOUND
OUT ABOUT YOUR QUEST.

TAKE THE HORSE
STRAIGHT TO XINCA!

LET HIM GO!

STOP!
FORGET
THE HORSE.

LET HIM
GO!
HE BELONGS
TO KING ZAD NOW.

I'LL TEAR OUT YOUR EYES!

THIS LITTLE SPITFIRE
IS ALL YOURS.

Beastmaster:
LET HER GO.

THAT'S NO WAY
TO TREAT A LADY.

BEASTMASTER,

THIS TIME
YOU'RE IN OVER YOUR HEAD.

TAKE HIM!

ARGHHH!

[ grunting ]

[ panting ]

[ growling ]

WALK AWAY.

Niva:
I MUST FOLLOW THEM.

NO, IT'S TOO DANGEROUS.

THEY TOOK SIMTAR.
NIVA.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

KEEPING YOU
ALIVE.
I'LL KILL
THEM FIRST.

THEY'RE ZAD'S KNIGHTS.

THEY'LL RETURN,
LOOKING FOR REVENGE.

THEY DON'T CARE
WHO THEY KILL.

HE'S RIGHT, NIVA.

WE MUST GET OUT OF HERE.

IF WE HAVE TO.

I'M GOING TO GET MY HORSE.

COME TO ARAKANN.

YOU'LL BE SAFE WITH US.

[ horse neighing ]

[ horse snorting ]

[ horse snorting ]

Bolak:
WE'VE HEARD
YOU'VE BEEN

LOOKING FOR A GREAT STALLION,
MY LORD.

WHERE DID YOU STEAL HIM?

AT THE CIRCUS.

[ neighing ]

[ moaning ]

I SUPPOSE THE JUGGLERS
AND CLOWNS RESISTED,

DID THEY?

Bolak:
THE BEASTMASTER.

SOME OF US KEPT HIM OCCUPIED,

WHILE WE GOT AWAY
WITH THE HORSE.

I SUPPOSE YOU EXPECT
A REWARD.

WHATEVER WOULD PLEASE
YOUR MAJESTY.

WHAT WOULD PLEASE ME
ISN'T ALWAYS HEARING

THAT MY KNIGHTS HAVE LET
THE BEASTMASTER ESCAPE!

[ choking ]

YOU TOUCH HIM,
AND I'LL HAVE YOU FLAYED ALIVE.

HE'S WORTH A LEGION
OF YOU IDIOTS!

Slythius:
A NOBLE BEAST,

THE SIRE
OF MANY POWERFUL STEEDS,

I WOULD GUESS.

IF MY KNIGHTS HAD
HALF HIS FIRE,

THEY WOULD HAVE BROUGHT ME
THE BEASTMASTER ON HIS BACK.

THE BEASTMASTER
WAS THERE.

YEAH.

WHAT ARE
YOU DOING?
PREPARING
AN AUGURY.

IF YOU WANT HIM
TO SIRE YOUR NEW CAVALRY,

WE SHOULD KNOW MORE
ABOUT IT.

Zad:
AUGURIES, POTIONS,

HOCUS-POCUS.

[ laughing ]

Pola:
AND NOW,

A TALE TO SHOW EVERYONE
WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO DARE

TO STAND UP TO KING ZAD.

[ audience cheering ]

YOU'RE MINE, BEASTMASTER.

ROT AND DIE -- ARGH!

[ grunting ]

[ cheering ]

Pola:
THE BEASTMASTER HAS FALLEN.

WILL THE SUN RISE NO MORE?

BOO!

LIE STILL
SO I CAN KILL YOU.

[ booing ]

UGH!

Pola:
WILL THE SWORD OF KING ZAD
TRIUMPH?

BRING MORE SORROW,
DEATH AND WAR?

CAN THIS BE THE END
OF THE BEASTMASTER?

[ cheering ]

[ grunting ]

LOOKS MORE LIKE
ZAD'S END TO ME.

Man:
HOORAY FOR THE BEASTMASTER!

[ cheering ]

I WAS AFRAID
YOU WOULD BE OFFENDED.

NO, UH...

YOU'RE VERY TALENTED.

IT'S STRANGE
TO THINK OF MYSELF AS A PUPPET.

GLAD YOU LIKED THE SHOW.

IF ONLY IT WAS THAT EASY
TO DEFEAT ZAD.

YOUR VICTORIES INSPIRE US.

PERHAPS YOU COULD SHARE

SOME OF YOUR ADVENTURES
WITH ME.

EVER FOUGHT A DRAGON,
DEFEATED ANY DEMONS?

Beastmaster:
I HAVE THE PERFECT PERSON
FOR YOU TO TALK TO.

THEY'LL HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH
TO SAY.

A-A-A-ABOUT
WHAT?

EVERYTHING.

UM, HERBAL TAO --
TEA?

[ bubbling ]

WELL?

IS IT THE HORSE
I'M SEARCHING FOR OR NOT?

PATIENCE, MY LORD.

THIS ISN'T JUST ANY HORSE.

IT'S DESCENDED
FROM A LONG, NOBLE LINE.

I KNEW IT...
FROM THE MOMENT I SAW HIM.

IT'S MORE THAN THAT,
MUCH MORE.

[ moaning ]

A NATURAL KING WILL RIDE
THIS STEED.

AND IF HE STAYS THE COURSE,

BE CARRIED TO VICTORY.

THEN IT IS FATE.

IT WAS MEANT TO BE!

THERE'S JUST
ONE PROBLEM.

FIRST, YOU MUST RIDE
THE HORSE,

AND HE DOESN'T SEEM
TO LIKE YOU.

WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.

AREN'T YOU
AFRAID

OF MAKING FUN
OF ZAD?

IT'S ONLY A PUPPET SHOW.

WHO COULD GET MAD AT THAT?

BESIDES, SOMEBODY
HAS TO TELL THE TRUTH.

WHAT ABOUT THE FORTUNE-TELLER?

WHAT'S HER STORY --
SOMEBODY'S HELPING HER.

WHAT'S
HER TRICK?
THERE'S NO TRICK
WITH OLANA.

SHE'S A FORTUNE-TELLER
IN A TRAVELLING SHOW.

SO SHE MUST BE A FAKE.

I DIDN'T MEAN THAT.

YOU SHOULD TAKE OLANA
VERY SERIOUSLY.

SHE REALLY CAN SEE
INTO THE FUTURE.

SHE SAID DAR WAS GOING
TO DIE IN XINCA.

IF I WERE DAR,
I'D STAY OUT OF XINCA.

WHAT'S
THE HURRY?

I'M GOING TO GET SIMTAR BACK.

YOU'RE GOING
INTO XINCA ALONE?

THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL,
IF I HAVE TO.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STOP ME?

NO.

I'M WONDERING WHY YOU WANT
TO GET YOURSELF KILLED.

YOU'RE THE BEASTMASTER.

IF ZAD TOOK YOUR ANIMAL,
WOULD YOU ABANDON IT?

OF COURSE NOT.

THAT'S WHY WE'LL GO,
TOGETHER.

DAR.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

XINCA.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I'LL BE BACK SOON.

I'M GOING
WITH YOU.
NO.

BESIDES, YOU HAVE TO LOOK
AFTER POLA.

WHAT ABOUT OLANA'S WARNING?

SHE SAW YOU DIE AT THE POINT
OF YOUR SWORD.

I'LL TRY NOT TO STAB MYSELF.

[ neighing and snorting ]

[ laughing ]

DON'T LIKE BEING CONSTRAINED,
DO YOU, HUH?

I DON'T BLAME YOU.

IT'S NOT EASY TO BE A KING.

PEOPLE FEAR US, RESPECT US,
BUT THEY DON'T LOVE US.

BUT LOVE, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S RESPECT THAT MATTERS.

I'LL GAIN YOUR RESPECT
WITH EVERY VICTORY WE WIN.

[ laughing nervously ]

YOU GUARD HIM WELL.

ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HIM,

YOU'LL WISH
YOU'D NEVER BEEN BORN!

AHH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WE MUST TAKE
CARE OF THEM.

LEAVE IT TO ME.

GUARD DUTY CAN BE SO DULL.

I CAN THINK OF A WAY
TO PASS THE TIME.

[ grunting ]

SIMTAR.

SIMTAR.

Guard:
KILL ANYONE
YOU FIND NEAR THE HORSE.

SIMTAR.

[ groaning ]

Guard:
TRIPLE THE SENTRIES
ON EVERY POST.

Guard:
KING'S ORDERS.

SHHH.

HOW LONG ARE WE
GOING TO WAIT?

UNTIL THEY CHANGE THE GUARD.

THAT MIGHT NOT BE UNTIL MORNING.

BY THEN,
THESE MEN WILL BE TIRED.

THE NEW GUARDS
WON'T EXPECT ANYTHING.

Pola:
YOU'VE GOT A SWORD --
KILL THEM.

I CAN'T DO THAT.

WHY -- YOU'RE AFRAID?

IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED
TO SAVE ANIMALS.

IF I KILL THOSE MEN,
I'LL BE NO BETTER THAN THEY ARE.

I SHOULD HAVE COME
BY MYSELF.

SIMTAR AND I WOULD
BE HOME BY NOW.

[ panting ]

[ neighing ]

[ panting ]

[ neighing ]

[ panting ]

[ neighing ]

[ neighing ]

NO-O-O-O-O!

[ grunting ]

[ panting ]

SLYTHIUS, SLYTHIUS,
DAMN YOU!

SLYTHIUS.

WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?

I'M RIGHT HERE.

SOMETHING AILS YOU,
MY LORD?

UHH.

TELL ME MORE
ABOUT THAT STALLION.

IT INVADES MY DREAMS
LIKE A BAD OMEN.

INDEED.

WHAT HAPPENED?

IT TRIED TO KILL ME.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

THAT YOU'RE
AFRAID OF IT.

LIKE HELL I AM.

IT'S JUST AN ANIMAL.

OF COURSE IT IS.

WHY SHOULD YOU WORRY?

THAT'S RIGHT.

SINCE YOU'RE THE KING,
YOU MUST RIDE THE HORSE.

YOU'VE NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT.

IT FEELS SAFE HERE,
PEACEFUL.

I CAN SEE WHY YOU STAY.

IT'S THE
FIRST PLACE

THAT'S FELT
LIKE HOME

SINCE ZAD TOOK
OVER XINCA.

WHAT ABOUT
YOUR HOME?

NIVA AND I
NEVER REALLY HAD ONE.

WE'VE BEEN TRAVELLING
THE COUNTRYSIDE

ALL OUR LIVES.

IT HASN'T BEEN SAFE
TO STAY IN ONE PLACE.

Tao:
THAT'S WHY
WE BUILT ARAKANN,

AS A HAVEN FROM ZAD.

A PLACE OF REST.

YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEM.

THEY SHOULD BE BACK BY NOW.

I WISH I KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.

WHY DON'T WE ASK OLANA?

WHAT'S THE POINT?

IF SHE'S A FAKE,
WHY AM I WORRIED?

IF SHE'S NOT, SHE'S ALREADY
SAID DAR WOULD DIE.

IF SHE TELLS ME NOT TO WORRY,
WHY WOULD I BELIEVE HER?

LET'S JUST ASK HER ANYWAY.

I KNOW WHY YOU'VE COME.

YOU FEAR FOR YOUR FRIEND.

I DO.

OLANA, WHEN YOU SAID
DAR WAS GOING TO DIE...

I'M SORRY,
I ONLY TOLD YOU WHAT I SAW.

AND THERE HE MUST BE.

WITHOUT THE BEASTMASTER,

THE HORSE CANNOT BE FREE.

SIMTAR.

WHAT IS IT?

OLANA, THANK YOU.

[ snorting ]

THEY'RE CHANGING THE GUARD.

TIME FOR YOU AND I
TO MEET OUR DESTINY.

HOW DOES SHE KNOW
ABOUT DAR AND NIVA'S HORSE?

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.

DO YOU BELIEVE
SHE HAS THE GIFT?

I'M STARTING TO.

WHAT IS THAT?

IT'S A BOOK.

IT WAS WRITTEN
A LONG TIME AGO.

WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

IN A RUINED
TEMPLE.

IT TELLS THE STORY

OF DAR, HIS FAMILY,
HIS DESTINY.

WHAT DOES THE BEASTMASTER'S
DESTINY HAVE TO DO WITH SIMTAR?

YOU'VE SEEN HOW EVIL

IS SPREADING ACROSS
THE LAND?

DAR'S BEEN CHOSEN TO STOP IT.

HE'S A SON OF ELDAR,
THE TRUE KING.

IF HE REGAINS THE THRONE,

HE'LL RESTORE HARMONY
TO THE WORLD.

HOW DOES SIMTAR FIT IN?

THERE ARE FIVE ANIMALS
LINKED TO DAR.

AND ONE OF THEM IS A HORSE.

IS THAT WHY ZAD'S ARMY
STOLE HIM?

I DON'T THINK
THEY KNEW.

BUT IF ZAD FINDS OUT
WHO THIS HORSE IS,

SIMTAR'S DEAD.

WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER,
DON'T WE?

STEADY.

NO -- STILL.

[ neighing ]

ARGH!

[ neighing ]

[ moaning ]

[ neighing ]

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

UGH, UGH.

[ neighing ]

[ panting ]

ALL RIGHT,
THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT IT.

IF I CAN'T RIDE YOU,
NOBODY WILL.

ARCHER, TAKE AIM.

[ neighing ]

KILL IT.

Zad:
SHOOT IT, YOU IDIOT.

WAIT, WAIT.

YOU CAN'T -- STOP!

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

YOU CAN'T KILL HIM --
HE'S MINE.

YOU'RE THE GIRL
THE BEASTMASTER RESCUED.

YES.

SO, WHERE'S
THE BEASTMASTER NOW?

I DON'T KNOW.

READY?

WAIT -- I CAN TRAIN HIM
TO LET YOU RIDE HIM.

THERE ARE OTHER HORSES,

AND THERE ARE OTHER WOMEN --
KILL THEM BOTH.

BEASTMASTER.

PREDICTABLE AS ALWAYS.

NOTHING BETTER TO DO
THAN KILL

A HORSE
AND A YOUNG WOMAN?

BY BALCIFER, IT'S TIME
I GOT RID OF YOU.

YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT
WITH ME.

LET THEM RIDE OUT OF HERE.

WHY ARE YOU SO INTERESTED
IN THIS PARTICULAR HORSE?

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE HORSE.

YOUR FIGHT IS WITH ME.

IS YOU PRESENCE HERE
MERELY COINCIDENCE?

I DISTRUST COINCIDENCE,

ESPECIALLY WHEN
THERE'S A KINGDOM AT STAKE.

ARCHER, STAND DOWN.

WHY DON'T YOU LET THEM GO?

DROP YOUR SWORD,
AND I MIGHT LET THEM LIVE.

[ whooshing ]

YOU...

YOU HAVE UNTIL

THE FULL MOON TO BREAK
THAT HORSE.

YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

BECAUSE IF I'M NOT RIDING IT
BY THEN,

I'LL KILL YOU
AND THE HORSE.

I WON'T BE LONG.

[ grunting ]

AFTER HIM, YOU MORONS!

Guards:
COME ON, GET HIM!

YOU,

YOU WILL BE MY GUEST

UNTIL YOU'VE TRAINED
THAT HORSE.

UGH.

SHHH.
HOW DID
YOU GET HERE?

THERE ISN'T MUCH TIME --
WE MUST GET SIMTAR OUT OF XINCA.

I WILL, BY MYSELF.

HE'LL NEVER LET
ZAD RIDE HIM.

MY HORSE WILL DO ANYTHING
FOR ME.

NOT THIS.

WHEN ZAD CAN'T RIDE HIM,
HE WILL KILL THE BOTH OF YOU.

YOU'RE THE BEASTMASTER.

TALK TO SIMTAR.

[ sighing ]

NOT THIS HORSE.

WHAT HAPPENED BACK THERE...
TO YOUR HAND?

THERE WAS A STRANGE LIGHT.

A SPELL WAS CAST
OVER MY FAMILY.

FIVE OF THEM WERE TURNED
INTO ANIMALS.

I THINK SIMTAR
IS ONE OF THEM.

YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS.

YOU'RE SERIOUS.

HE COULD BE MY BROTHER.

BUT THEN THERE'S NO HOPE.

ZAD WILL COME AFTER ALL OF US.

UNLESS WE LET ZAD THINK
HE IS RIDING SIMTAR.

WE MUST FIND A HORSE
THAT LOOKS LIKE HIM

AND SWITCH THEM.

GOOD CIRCUS THINKING.

WE'LL NEVER FIND ONE IN TIME.

I HAVE FRIENDS IN ARAKANN
WHO CAN HELP.

WE MUST GET A MESSAGE TO THEM.

CIRCUS PEOPLE HAVE
THIS SECRET WAY

TO GET MESSAGES
TO ONE ANOTHER.

MARKS ON WALLS
AND DOORWAYS.

YOU'VE SEEN THEM
AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.

IT'S HOW
WE SURVIVE.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

I NEED YOU
TO WRITE A MESSAGE.

I'LL SEND IT
WITH MY FRIEND SHARAK.

SHARAK'S AN EAGLE.

ZAD WON'T HURT YOU,

AS LONG AS ZAD THINKS
THAT YOU'RE TRAINING SIMTAR

SO HE CAN RIDE HIM.

[ straining ]

I CAN HOLD SIMTAR BACK.

WHAT ABOUT YOU --
I CAN'T ASK YOU TO STAY HERE.

I'LL BE FINE.

WHAT DO WE SAY?

FIND A HORSE
THAT LOOKS LIKE SIMTAR.

[ calling ]

I NEED YOU
TO GET THIS TO TAO.

IT'S URGENT.

HAVE ANY OF HER PROPHECIES
EVER BEEN WRONG?

NEVER.

ARE YOU SURE?

IF THEY'RE NOT BACK BY MIDDAY,
I'M GOING AFTER THEM.

[ bird calling ]

SHARAK.

THAT'S NIVA'S.

SHE NEEDS US TO FIND A HORSE
THAT LOOKS LIKE SIMTAR.

[ calling ]

[ neighing ]

[ growling ]

[ neighing ]

[ tiger growling ]

[ panting ]

[ neighing ]

NO, NONE OF THEM ARE RIGHT.

OHH!

[ neighing ]

YOU STILL HAVEN'T MADE HIM
LOVE ME YET.

[ snorting ]

HE'S NOT USED
TO BEING FENCED IN.

HE NEEDS MORE TIME
TO CALM DOWN.

MAYBE IT WOULD BE EASIER
TO CALM HIM DOWN

IF HIS TRAINER
GOT A LITTLE SOOTHING HERSELF.

COME TO MY
CHAMBERS TONIGHT.

I PREFER TO SLEEP ALONE
BEFORE A BIG PERFORMANCE.

I DON'T THINK YOU HEARD ME.

IT'S NOT A REQUEST.

A MAN AS POWERFUL AS YOU
CAN ALWAYS GET WHAT HE WANTS.

HOW PERCEPTIVE.

BUT CAN HE ALWAYS GET
WHAT HE NEEDS?

I KNOW WHAT I NEED.

AND I WANT YOU...

IN MY CHAMBERS, TONIGHT.

GIVE ME A LITTLE LONGER
WITH HIM.

FOR WHAT?

IMAGINE HAVING THIS KIND
OF POWER OVER A STEED LIKE HIM.

YOU HAVE UNTIL TONIGHT.

[ calling ]

[ neighing ]

THANK YOU.

CAN YOU GET THE OTHERS?

OH, EASY.

EASY.

EASY.

SHHH.

I HAVE A FAVOUR
TO ASK OF YOU.

ARE YOU SURE WE CAN MAKE HIM
LOOK LIKE SIMTAR?

A LITTLE MAKEUP
DOES WONDERS.

THAT AND
A LITTLE LUCK.

I GUESS
PEOPLE SEE

WHAT THEY WANT
TO SEE.

WITH THE RIGHT MAKEUP,
I COULD MAKE YOU BELIEVE

ANY ONE OF MY TROOP
WAS THE BEASTMASTER.

WELCOME.

I WAS JUST TELLING KING ZAD
HOW MUCH WE COULD USE

A LITTLE DIVERSION,
AND HERE YOU ARE.

WHAT A WONDERFUL COINCIDENCE.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE READY TO PERFORM
WHENEVER YOU CHOOSE.

DON'T I KNOW YOU?

WHAT'S YOUR TRICK?

I'M ADDRESSING YOU, SPEAK!

HE CAN'T SPEAK.

HE'S A MIME.

THINK OF YOURSELVES
AS MY SPECIAL GUESTS.

OF COURSE, SIRE.
WE'RE GOING
TO BECOME

GOOD FRIENDS.

I CAN FEEL IT.

MAKE SURE MY FRIENDS
ARE GIVEN EVERYTHING THEY NEED.

THAT'S NOT
THE KIND

OF WELCOME
WE GET OFTEN.

THAT'S NOT THE KIND
OF WELCOME YOU WANT, EVER.

SIMTAR,
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

THE HORSE WILL
NEVER LET ZAD

RIDE HIM,
WILL IT?

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

TO HELP YOU.

I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP.

AT LEAST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HELP YOURSELF.

GIVE ME THE BEASTMASTER.

I WOULD IF I COULD --

I DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE IS.

IS HE WORTH THE SACRIFICE

OF YOUR LIFE,
YOUR HORSE'S LIFE?

I'M SURE YOUR SISTER AND
YOUR FRIENDS DON'T THINK SO.

DIDN'T YOU KNOW?

THEY'RE ALL HERE IN XINCA.

I SWEAR ON THIS STONE OF OATHS
I'LL KILL YOU!

I'M IMPRESSED.

YOU'RE IN NO POSITION
TO CARRY OUT THREATS.

THEY'RE INNOCENT.

TRAGIC IF THEY SHOULD COME
TO HARM.

ONE MORE TIME --
WHERE IS THE BEASTMASTER?

BEHIND YOU.

HA!

AHHH.

I THOUGHT YOU'D
NEVER GET HERE.

I TOLD YOU I'D COME BACK.

I FOUND A HORSE.

[ shouting ]

[ cheering ]

HAVE YOU FOUND SLYTHIUS YET?

NO, SIRE.

I DON'T WANT
THAT SCHEMING SNAKE TO MISS

ONE MOMENT OF
MY GLORIOUS TRIUMPH -- FIND HIM!

[ drumming ]

AND NOW, FOR THE PLEASURE
OF KING ZAD

AND THE EDIFICATION OF ALL,

WE PRESENT A TALE
OF KING ZAD'S TRIUMPH.

HMM, I LIKE IT.

[ audience laughing ]

Pola:
THE WORLD IS OUR STAGE,
WHERE DESTINY PLAYS,

WHERE KING ZAD RULES
WITH IRON AND BLOOD.

[ chuckling ]

THE STORY OF MY LIFE.

Pola:
THAT KING ZAD RULES,
NO ONE DENIES.

BUT IN ALL THE GREAT KINGDOM,
JUST ONE MAN DEFIES.

THIS BETTER BE GOOD.

Pola:
OHHH, BEASTMASTER!

STAND AND FIGHT ON TWO LEGS
LIKE A MAN.

TAKE THAT AND THAT.

UHH -- NO, THERE!

HOLD STILL, YOU COWARD.

WHERE ARE YOUR ANIMAL FRIENDS?

YOU DARE TO STAND UP TO ME?

HOW DOES HE LOOK?

HE'LL HAVE
TO DO.

WE ONLY HAVE TO FOOL ZAD
LONG ENOUGH TO GET SIMTAR OUT.

YOU'RE THE ONE
WHO SHOULD GET OUT.

IT'S A FULL MOON TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT OLANA SAID.

THAT'S A CHANCE
I'LL HAVE TO TAKE.

[ grunting ]

ARGH, ARGH!

[ chuckling ]

[ laughing ]

[ spectators cheering ]

Zad:
FINISH HIM!

KILL HIM --
HA, HA, HA!

CUT HIM DOWN LIKE A DOG.

Pola:
THE BEASTMASTER IS VANQUISHED.

THE REIGN OF ZAD
HAS JUST BEGUN.

[ laughing ]

LONG LIVE KING ZAD!

[ cheering ]

GET THIS GARBAGE

OUT OF MY PALACE
BEFORE I BURN THE LOT.

YOUR HORSE IS READY FOR YOU,
MY LORD.

PERFECT TIMING.

[ neighing ]

STEADY.

STEADY, WHOA!

[ Zad laughing ]

WELL, THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!

WELL, SLYTHIUS.

YOU SAID, "A NATURAL KING
WILL RIDE THIS STEED."

I'D SAY THE VICTORY IS MINE!

[ laughing ]

THIS IS NOT THE HORSE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THEY'VE SWITCHED IT,

RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE.

TRICKED BY A BUNCH
OF BUMPKINS.

ARGH!

[ yelling ]

NOT FOR LONG!

FIND THAT GIRL!

KING ZAD!

COME AND FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN
OR DO YOU ONLY FIGHT PUPPETS?

THERE!

BEASTMASTER!

[ yelling and grunting ]

NO!

NO, LEAVE HIM FOR ME!

NO, NO-O-O-O-O!

ARGH!

THE BEASTMASTER IS MINE!

I'LL BOIL

YOUR BLOOD, DAMN YOU!

COME ON, SIMTAR.

[ grunting ]

YOU DARE DEFY YOUR KING?

YOU'VE NEVER BEEN MY KING
AND YOU NEVER WILL.

AHHH!

[ neighing ]

GO.

THE DAY IS COMING.

GET HIM, YOU MORONS!

YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME,
BEASTMASTER!

YOU COULD TRAVEL WITH US.

WE COULD USE A HEALER.

[ chuckling ]

I THOUGHT YOU'D
SAY A MIME.

I NEED TO HAVE A HOME.

YOU COULD STAY HERE.

I'LL COME BACK.

NEXT TIME, THERE'LL BE
A TAO PUPPET IN MY SHOW.

REALLY?

A LITTLE TAO -- WOW.

HE'LL BE WONDERFUL.

I'LL MAKE HIM
JUST LIKE YOU ARE.

YOU'RE SWEET.

YOU'LL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART.

I'LL MISS HIM.

THIS IS WHERE HE BELONGS.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING HIM.

YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE.

IT'S STILL HARD TO BELIEVE.

YOU AND HIM.

DID YOU EVER THINK
HE WAS JUST AN ORDINARY HORSE?

NOT FOR A SECOND.

IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING...

...YOU KNOW WHERE TO COME.

Pola:
NIVA, IT'S TIME TO GO.

[ neighing ]

[ neighing ]

THE THIRD FAMILY MEMBER:
A SISTER AND NOW TWO BROTHERS.

ONLY TWO
MORE TO SAVE.

I'LL FIND THEM
AS QUICKLY

AS I CAN --
I PROMISE.

[ neighing ]

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