Savage Kingdom (2016–2019): Season 1, Episode 3 - Queen of the North - full transcript
On a forsaken ridge of sand that skirts the edge of the Savage Kingdom, a hyena queen, Zalika, plots her revenge on the Marsh Lions who keep her clan in exile. Zalika is building an army and when she has the numbers she will confront the Marsh Pride once and for all. No longer will the hyenas eke out an existence in the shadows.
♪
[growls]
[birds chirping]
♪
I am life.
I am death.
[growling]
I give everything.
[thunder]
But I take all.
♪
I am the Savage Kingdom.
♪
♪
Satau knows the dangers
of buffalo.
[snorts]
♪
Her six young sons
and daughter do not.
♪
But this is the moment
they have been training for.
♪
♪
[growls]
♪
Work together.
♪
Take this beast down.
♪
♪
A skillful defense
by the old bull.
Satau has yet to teach her young
family how to kill in water.
♪
They will learn...
or they will starve.
♪
♪
Two mothers run
the pride of the north.
♪
Satau is our noble leader.
Her sister always has her back.
♪
They shared an unbreakable bond.
♪
♪
The same cannot be said
for their absent kings.
♪
Sekekama and his brother
deserted Satau's family
long ago...
♪
...drawn away from
their northern home
by the great marsh in the south;
seduced by the abundance
of prey it holds...
♪
...and by the cunning queen,
Matsumi.
♪
[roaring]
♪
Satau's nemesis now builds
an army with her new lord.
♪
[thunder]
♪
♪
With or without a king,
the abandoned sisters train
their fatherless family
for greatness.
In time, they could become
a formidable pride.
♪
♪
With so many mouths to feed,
Satau skirts the edge
of the great marsh.
♪
[roars]
♪
♪
This is a dangerous place
to trespass, Satau.
[zebra braying]
The great marsh
belongs to Matsumi.
[growling]
Sekekama and his brother
are back.
♪
♪
Who is he here for?
♪
He is no longer your king.
No longer a father to your sons.
♪
And what he disowns, he kills.
♪
[growls]
♪
Satau tries to distract
her old king.
She is playing with fire
to save her sons.
♪
But Sekekama is not taken in.
Any males are a threat
to his throne.
♪
[growling]
♪
♪
The princes have a choice.
Exile or execution...
...at the jaws of
their brutal father.
♪
[roars]
[roaring]
Satau and her sister will
never see their sons again.
♪
[thunder]
♪
Bloodlines run deep.
[thunder]
But power is the king's master.
[thunder]
[thunder]
[rain falling]
[roars]
♪
♪
Sekekama leaves a shattered
family in his wake.
[roars]
Satau needed her sons
to build her pride.
♪
Once they were nine,
and now they are three.
They wander alone...
in a dangerous place
where numbers matter.
♪
[bird chirps]
Satau, you are now vulnerable.
[growls]
You need all your strength
just to survive.
♪
Your last remaining cub is
unaware of the dangers.
♪
♪
North of the great marsh,
the rains have kept
the forest lush.
♪
Between the hills and
along the river channel,
there are still good places
to hide and regroup.
♪
With so few of you left, Satau,
you'd do well to lie low.
♪
Hard times lie ahead.
♪
You need to kill.
♪
♪
[zebra braying]
♪
[braying]
♪
[braying]
With fewer claws and jaws,
it is more miss than hit.
♪
Prey is plentiful.
But without a full pride,
Satau needs a new strategy.
♪
♪
The smell of death lingers
around Leopard Rock.
♪
Another's kill will have to do.
♪
[growl]
Nothing is beyond
your dignity now.
♪
♪
[hissing]
If stealing from another cat
allows you to cling onto life
in this kingdom,
so be it.
♪
[yipping]
Everyone knows...
♪
hunters that cannot hunt...
...their days are numbered.
♪
♪
A marauding pack of 20 wild dogs
invades Satau's river.
Their strategy...
to drive and corner their
victims against the bank...
[squeaking]
♪
...then eat 'em alive.
♪
♪
[growling]
Another opportunity for an
ever-hungry Satau to pull rank.
♪
A chance to steal.
♪
♪
Satau knows that lions
always trump dogs...
[growls]
...regardless of numbers.
♪
♪
[thunder]
♪
Our noble queen is now
a full-time thief.
♪
Living on leftovers
from one day to the next.
♪
Big prides don't rely
on scavenging.
♪
Matsumi certainly does not.
♪
[bellows]
On the great marsh,
her army grows strong.
[bellows]
♪
Soon, they'll be ready for war.
♪
Satau must steal
when and where she can.
Starvation is only a meal away.
♪
A new enemy breaches the north.
Something wicked this way comes.
[whoop]
♪
Take it while you can.
You never know when you'll
get the chance again.
♪
♪
[snarling]
The northern sisters do well
off the backs of others.
[growling]
[yipping]
But how long can it last?
♪
[growls]
Without a king,
they are exposed.
Hyenas smell weakness.
They lose their fear and push
closer than ever before.
♪
They know you have no kings.
Watch your back.
[whooping]
♪
♪
[screeching]
♪
♪
Scavenging is the pride
of the north's new normal.
But now even this
risks being taken.
♪
[whooping, yipping]
Her tormentors are already here.
[yipping]
[snarls]
Hyenas' confidence feeds
on her uncertainty and fear.
[yelps]
[growling]
Satau now sits
at her enemy's table.
[growls]
[yipping]
♪
♪
From queen to scavenger
to nothing.
♪
If they keep losing to hyenas...
...they will starve.
♪
[squawk]
♪
♪
The great marsh dries.
♪
The herds move north.
♪
♪
In their dusty tracks,
Matsumi's army follows.
♪
♪
[bellowing]
♪
Fearless Sekekama
makes it look easy,
killing and gorging
along the way.
♪
♪
Matsumi's marsh pride
seems invincible.
They edge ever closer
to Satau's domain,
without a fear
or a care in the world.
[roaring]
♪
♪
The Savage Kingdom
grants nobody any favors.
♪
[growls]
Every living thing must pay.
♪
♪
The herds flooding north
offer Satau one last chance.
♪
You can do this.
You need to do this.
♪
[zebra braying]
♪
[braying]
[growling]
[wildebeest snorting]
Finally.
A moment of relief.
Not a day too soon.
♪
While there's food,
there's hope.
♪
Now you face
the toughest challenge
to your existence, Satau.
The great thirst is coming.
♪
[grumbling]
Water is disappearing.
The drought has begun.
All now jostle for what remains.
[trumpets]
♪
[roars]
♪
Satau's place of hiding
is crowded,
and this attracts
unwelcome company.
♪
♪
[roaring]
Nomads drift in
from the dry margins.
♪
It is not Sekekama,
nor his murderous brother.
These are outsiders
here to wrestle power
from a kingdom in crisis.
♪
And what aspiring kings
want most are queens.
Could this be Satau's salvation?
[roar]
♪
[growls]
They could protect you.
With them, you could build
a pride again.
♪
You must win them over.
♪
Lion courtship is
a dangerous business.
♪
Done wrong,
it would be deadly.
♪
♪
Never trust nomads.
♪
[growling]
[roars]
♪
♪
Aspiring kings take
what they want.
But just as this is not
Sekekama or his brother...
♪
...nor is this Satau
or her sister.
♪
It's Satau's nemesis, Matsumi.
[roars]
♪
And where Matsumi goes,
Sekekama follows.
♪
♪
[growls]
♪
[snarling]
♪
[roaring]
♪
[snarling]
♪
[growls]
♪
Defeated, the nomads
are banished.
♪
Nobody steals from the king.
♪
Satau is left with nothing.
♪
No king.
No home.
♪
♪
Matsumi's pride already hunts
the river as if it's their own.
♪
♪
Satau must flee.
♪
One long, last look
at her kingdom,
as her conquering enemy
takes possession,
with Sekekama
on its bloody throne.
♪
You have lost everything.
♪
There is nowhere else to go.
The badlands are
your only choice.
♪
Sekekama and Matsumi
take what's theirs.
♪
♪
[roaring]
♪
♪
Satau's cursed pride
is now homeless
and wanders a harsh
and barren wasteland.
♪
You are still alive.
Trust your instincts.
♪
Satau has no idea
where she is going,
nor when her next meal
will come.
Everything is so unfamiliar...
♪
...frightening, hostile.
♪
♪
[roaring]
They've escaped one death trap
and now head into another.
♪
It's the exiled nomads...
bruised and belligerent.
♪
[snarls]
♪
[grunts]
It is the most dangerous
situation for any lioness.
♪
If you surrender,
you may just stay alive.
♪
[birds chirping]
You have nothing left to lose.
It is now your turn.
[growls]
♪
[roaring]
♪
[growls]
Satau will make kings
of these nomads.
They will enable her
to grow her pride again
and protect them all.
♪
A royal alliance to secure
the pride of the north's future.
♪
♪
[growls]
♪
♪
[roaring]
♪
Fortunes can change overnight.
♪
A king's protection
is everything.
[roaring]
♪
♪
From life's darkest depths,
Satau rises and starts to build
the pride of the north anew.
♪
One day soon, Satau will grow
her pride strong enough
to go and retake her place
as a rightful queen
of the Savage Kingdom.
♪
♪
[growls]
[birds chirping]
♪
I am life.
I am death.
[growling]
I give everything.
[thunder]
But I take all.
♪
I am the Savage Kingdom.
♪
♪
Satau knows the dangers
of buffalo.
[snorts]
♪
Her six young sons
and daughter do not.
♪
But this is the moment
they have been training for.
♪
♪
[growls]
♪
Work together.
♪
Take this beast down.
♪
♪
A skillful defense
by the old bull.
Satau has yet to teach her young
family how to kill in water.
♪
They will learn...
or they will starve.
♪
♪
Two mothers run
the pride of the north.
♪
Satau is our noble leader.
Her sister always has her back.
♪
They shared an unbreakable bond.
♪
♪
The same cannot be said
for their absent kings.
♪
Sekekama and his brother
deserted Satau's family
long ago...
♪
...drawn away from
their northern home
by the great marsh in the south;
seduced by the abundance
of prey it holds...
♪
...and by the cunning queen,
Matsumi.
♪
[roaring]
♪
Satau's nemesis now builds
an army with her new lord.
♪
[thunder]
♪
♪
With or without a king,
the abandoned sisters train
their fatherless family
for greatness.
In time, they could become
a formidable pride.
♪
♪
With so many mouths to feed,
Satau skirts the edge
of the great marsh.
♪
[roars]
♪
♪
This is a dangerous place
to trespass, Satau.
[zebra braying]
The great marsh
belongs to Matsumi.
[growling]
Sekekama and his brother
are back.
♪
♪
Who is he here for?
♪
He is no longer your king.
No longer a father to your sons.
♪
And what he disowns, he kills.
♪
[growls]
♪
Satau tries to distract
her old king.
She is playing with fire
to save her sons.
♪
But Sekekama is not taken in.
Any males are a threat
to his throne.
♪
[growling]
♪
♪
The princes have a choice.
Exile or execution...
...at the jaws of
their brutal father.
♪
[roars]
[roaring]
Satau and her sister will
never see their sons again.
♪
[thunder]
♪
Bloodlines run deep.
[thunder]
But power is the king's master.
[thunder]
[thunder]
[rain falling]
[roars]
♪
♪
Sekekama leaves a shattered
family in his wake.
[roars]
Satau needed her sons
to build her pride.
♪
Once they were nine,
and now they are three.
They wander alone...
in a dangerous place
where numbers matter.
♪
[bird chirps]
Satau, you are now vulnerable.
[growls]
You need all your strength
just to survive.
♪
Your last remaining cub is
unaware of the dangers.
♪
♪
North of the great marsh,
the rains have kept
the forest lush.
♪
Between the hills and
along the river channel,
there are still good places
to hide and regroup.
♪
With so few of you left, Satau,
you'd do well to lie low.
♪
Hard times lie ahead.
♪
You need to kill.
♪
♪
[zebra braying]
♪
[braying]
♪
[braying]
With fewer claws and jaws,
it is more miss than hit.
♪
Prey is plentiful.
But without a full pride,
Satau needs a new strategy.
♪
♪
The smell of death lingers
around Leopard Rock.
♪
Another's kill will have to do.
♪
[growl]
Nothing is beyond
your dignity now.
♪
♪
[hissing]
If stealing from another cat
allows you to cling onto life
in this kingdom,
so be it.
♪
[yipping]
Everyone knows...
♪
hunters that cannot hunt...
...their days are numbered.
♪
♪
A marauding pack of 20 wild dogs
invades Satau's river.
Their strategy...
to drive and corner their
victims against the bank...
[squeaking]
♪
...then eat 'em alive.
♪
♪
[growling]
Another opportunity for an
ever-hungry Satau to pull rank.
♪
A chance to steal.
♪
♪
Satau knows that lions
always trump dogs...
[growls]
...regardless of numbers.
♪
♪
[thunder]
♪
Our noble queen is now
a full-time thief.
♪
Living on leftovers
from one day to the next.
♪
Big prides don't rely
on scavenging.
♪
Matsumi certainly does not.
♪
[bellows]
On the great marsh,
her army grows strong.
[bellows]
♪
Soon, they'll be ready for war.
♪
Satau must steal
when and where she can.
Starvation is only a meal away.
♪
A new enemy breaches the north.
Something wicked this way comes.
[whoop]
♪
Take it while you can.
You never know when you'll
get the chance again.
♪
♪
[snarling]
The northern sisters do well
off the backs of others.
[growling]
[yipping]
But how long can it last?
♪
[growls]
Without a king,
they are exposed.
Hyenas smell weakness.
They lose their fear and push
closer than ever before.
♪
They know you have no kings.
Watch your back.
[whooping]
♪
♪
[screeching]
♪
♪
Scavenging is the pride
of the north's new normal.
But now even this
risks being taken.
♪
[whooping, yipping]
Her tormentors are already here.
[yipping]
[snarls]
Hyenas' confidence feeds
on her uncertainty and fear.
[yelps]
[growling]
Satau now sits
at her enemy's table.
[growls]
[yipping]
♪
♪
From queen to scavenger
to nothing.
♪
If they keep losing to hyenas...
...they will starve.
♪
[squawk]
♪
♪
The great marsh dries.
♪
The herds move north.
♪
♪
In their dusty tracks,
Matsumi's army follows.
♪
♪
[bellowing]
♪
Fearless Sekekama
makes it look easy,
killing and gorging
along the way.
♪
♪
Matsumi's marsh pride
seems invincible.
They edge ever closer
to Satau's domain,
without a fear
or a care in the world.
[roaring]
♪
♪
The Savage Kingdom
grants nobody any favors.
♪
[growls]
Every living thing must pay.
♪
♪
The herds flooding north
offer Satau one last chance.
♪
You can do this.
You need to do this.
♪
[zebra braying]
♪
[braying]
[growling]
[wildebeest snorting]
Finally.
A moment of relief.
Not a day too soon.
♪
While there's food,
there's hope.
♪
Now you face
the toughest challenge
to your existence, Satau.
The great thirst is coming.
♪
[grumbling]
Water is disappearing.
The drought has begun.
All now jostle for what remains.
[trumpets]
♪
[roars]
♪
Satau's place of hiding
is crowded,
and this attracts
unwelcome company.
♪
♪
[roaring]
Nomads drift in
from the dry margins.
♪
It is not Sekekama,
nor his murderous brother.
These are outsiders
here to wrestle power
from a kingdom in crisis.
♪
And what aspiring kings
want most are queens.
Could this be Satau's salvation?
[roar]
♪
[growls]
They could protect you.
With them, you could build
a pride again.
♪
You must win them over.
♪
Lion courtship is
a dangerous business.
♪
Done wrong,
it would be deadly.
♪
♪
Never trust nomads.
♪
[growling]
[roars]
♪
♪
Aspiring kings take
what they want.
But just as this is not
Sekekama or his brother...
♪
...nor is this Satau
or her sister.
♪
It's Satau's nemesis, Matsumi.
[roars]
♪
And where Matsumi goes,
Sekekama follows.
♪
♪
[growls]
♪
[snarling]
♪
[roaring]
♪
[snarling]
♪
[growls]
♪
Defeated, the nomads
are banished.
♪
Nobody steals from the king.
♪
Satau is left with nothing.
♪
No king.
No home.
♪
♪
Matsumi's pride already hunts
the river as if it's their own.
♪
♪
Satau must flee.
♪
One long, last look
at her kingdom,
as her conquering enemy
takes possession,
with Sekekama
on its bloody throne.
♪
You have lost everything.
♪
There is nowhere else to go.
The badlands are
your only choice.
♪
Sekekama and Matsumi
take what's theirs.
♪
♪
[roaring]
♪
♪
Satau's cursed pride
is now homeless
and wanders a harsh
and barren wasteland.
♪
You are still alive.
Trust your instincts.
♪
Satau has no idea
where she is going,
nor when her next meal
will come.
Everything is so unfamiliar...
♪
...frightening, hostile.
♪
♪
[roaring]
They've escaped one death trap
and now head into another.
♪
It's the exiled nomads...
bruised and belligerent.
♪
[snarls]
♪
[grunts]
It is the most dangerous
situation for any lioness.
♪
If you surrender,
you may just stay alive.
♪
[birds chirping]
You have nothing left to lose.
It is now your turn.
[growls]
♪
[roaring]
♪
[growls]
Satau will make kings
of these nomads.
They will enable her
to grow her pride again
and protect them all.
♪
A royal alliance to secure
the pride of the north's future.
♪
♪
[growls]
♪
♪
[roaring]
♪
Fortunes can change overnight.
♪
A king's protection
is everything.
[roaring]
♪
♪
From life's darkest depths,
Satau rises and starts to build
the pride of the north anew.
♪
One day soon, Satau will grow
her pride strong enough
to go and retake her place
as a rightful queen
of the Savage Kingdom.
♪
♪