Savage Kingdom (2016–2019): Season 1, Episode 4 - Army of Darkness - full transcript

[howl]

[squeal]

[yip]

[yipping]

[thunder]

I am life.

♪

I am death.

I give everything.

But I take all.

I am the Savage Kingdom.



[birds squawking]

[wildebeest lowing]

[grumbling]

♪

Call her Zalika.

The outlaw queen.

♪

[zebra braying]

♪

Hated by everyone

just for being alive.

♪

[yipping]

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But Zalika plays
the long game...

...slowly building an army

to take the great marsh.

No killing grounds are richer,

and to the victor
the bloody spoils.

♪

[hyenas yipping]

They have ruled for too long.

Under protection of the king,
Sekekama.

♪

Zalika is planning a revolution

to overthrow the lions
on their own ground.

♪

[squawking]

[snorts]

♪

[braying]

The marsh pride governs
with violence.

[braying]

Zalika lacks brute force,

but she works harder,
thinks faster.

♪

Why do the killing...

♪

...when you can wait
and take the leftovers?

[screeching]

♪

♪

Just one rule.

[growling]

Never cross the king.

Sekekama will snap your spine.

No hesitation.

No remorse.

♪

[snarls]

♪

♪

Their feast ends,

and our banquet begins.

[bird squawks]

♪

Zalika knows the true value
of skin and bone.

♪

♪

[growls]

Beyond the far edge
of the great marsh

lies a barren ridge of sand.

Hidden from murderers,

welcome to Zalika's secret lair.

♪

The scraps brought back
feed tomorrow's hyena soldiers.

[yipping]

♪

[yipping]

A battle-hardened
clan of mothers,

the sisterhood is
raising an army.

[yelping]

Growing their numbers is
the only hope against lions.

♪

[yip]

♪

[yipping]

Lose, and a generation
will starve.

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Armies need discipline.

♪

Zalika's rule is absolute.

Only females can rule
the hyena clan.

Only a princess inherits
the queen's throne.

♪

And this is Zalika's heir.

♪

It's for her Zalika will
win this kingdom.

♪

[squawk]

Keep her safe.

[thunder]

Soon, Zalika's princess
will enter the killing fields,

where a deadly battle
will be lost or won.

The battle for the great marsh.

[thunder]

♪

[wind howling]

♪

Rains flood new life
into the kingdom.

♪

The marsh rewards its rulers.

[squeal]

[growling]

Enjoy it while it lasts.

♪

We will drag you
from your throne.

♪

Zalika will risk her life
for her clan.

Her growing army
needs more food.

Who will provide?

[yipping]

Hunting dogs.

[snorts]

Small but lethal.

Find their weakness, Zalika.

♪

[lowing]

Fool them with a grin.

♪

♪

Get it wrong,
and they'll kill you.

[squeaking]

[yelps]

[yipping]

♪

This is a game of deception.

Looking weak is easy.

But the dogs have opened
the door to a thief

and let her live.

♪

Give this hyena queen an inch,

and in time,
she will take it all.

♪

The new hyena army
grows restless.

[yipping]

Hunger ignites their bellies.

[yipping]

♪

Zalika needs to take
a new generation

to scavenge the killing fields
of the great marsh.

♪

[chattering]

[chirping]

♪

Where the queen leads,

the sisterhood's new soldiers
will follow,

her precious princess
among them.

♪

Here is your birthright.

♪

For a wide-eyed princess,

this is a land of
endless opportunity.

[yipping]

♪

It's all meat,
and it's all for eating.

♪

This will all be yours,
Princess.

[screeching]

♪

New soldiers spread out
beyond the marsh...

[yipping]

...to size up the battleground.

[squeal]

The sisterhood's resolute queen
pursues a special mission.

♪

[squawking]

Got to get close to a kill.

♪

[yipping]

[yipping]

[squealing, yipping]

Take it step by step.

♪

Too many dogs.

♪

Safer in the water.

♪

Risk a theft.

See what happens.

[yipping]

[yipping]

Just a little bone,

but a big victory.

Zalika can steal from the dogs.

♪

Now it's all about how much.

♪

The scavenger queen
is turning the tables.

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But power is greedy...

and must be fed constantly.

♪

♪

The clan is growing fast.

[yipping]

And their hunger is ravenous.

♪

More demands more.

Only one place left to exploit...
the north.

Overgrown...

uncharted...

unpredictable.

♪

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Death is coming.

♪

[growls]

Death is here.

♪

[roar]

♪

[yipping]

♪

Nowhere to hide?

♪

The hyena's curse...

♪

[growling]

...is back.

[roaring]

♪

Muscle power alone
can win battles.

[yipping]

But to win the long game
demands brains.

♪

The pride of the north.

They look strong,

but Zalika sees through them.

♪

Why does the leopard not run?

♪

With no spine-snapping king,
these lionesses are weak.

♪

[flies buzzing]

♪

♪

[sniffs]

A plan is forming.

♪

For one clan to rise,
another must fall.

If Zalika can defeat
the lions of the north,

she can feed her army.

♪

♪

[squawking]

[squawks]

♪

Trust your instincts, Zalika.

Strike now.

♪

[squawking]

You can beat this pride.

♪

They're alone.

Take this kill from them.

This belongs to the sisterhood.

[groaning]

♪

No one wants to spill blood.

The lions lose their nerve.

You are weak.

♪

[chattering]

Advantage, Zalika.

♪

♪

[growls]

[yipping]

♪

Hyenas do not eat
alongside lions.

This is heresy.

[screeching]

But the deed is done.

♪

[yipping]

♪

Victory swells
the sisterhood's confidence.

The northern lions are beaten.

Zalika has opened
a gateway to the north.

♪

The change of season will bring
new riches to them.

♪

[buzzing]

The dry season.

♪

When the water is all gone,

all thunder north.

♪

Meat follows the water.

♪

Predators follow the meat.

♪

Battle lines are redrawn.

♪

Zalika is waiting.

There will be blood.

Who kills most is
no longer important.

Who steals most
will win the day.

[barking]

[lowing]

And theft is Zalika's
special power.

♪

[growling]

♪

Put the dogs in their place.

♪

This is ours.

[growling, yipping]

♪

♪

Another success,

another rival thwarted.

The hyenas are on the rise.

♪

♪

The north belongs to Zalika
and her sisterhood.

[squawking]

[flies buzzing]

Another crop of soldiers
comes of age...

as the heat strikes the weak.

♪

Zalika's lucky break.

Perfect timing...

♪

...for scavengers.

[yipping]

The day of the hyena has dawned.

[thunder]

Who needs the marsh
when you have all this?

And all the casualties
that come with drought.

[groan]

♪

Zalika's princess grows bold,

feeding off a kingdom in crisis.

With each carcass the clan
claims, her confidence rises.

But when everyone is desperate,
watch your back.

♪

[snarls]

♪

♪

[barks]

♪

♪

Confidence can kill, Princess.

[growls]

[growls]

♪

Just walk away.

♪

Don't push too far.

[growls]

♪

[low growling]

[roars]

[squealing]

♪

♪

Only fight battles you can win.

[grumbling]

♪

The movement of meat
concentrates old enemies.

[trumpeting]

The smell of death lures the
sisterhood closer to the marsh.

♪

But always check what
lies in the shadows.

♪

The marsh pride.

♪

This carcass is taken.

♪

Careful, Zalika.

Don't you see Sekekama?

♪

He's watching!

♪

♪

Zalika's confidence
blinds her to danger.

♪

[growling]

[yipping]

[growls]

[yipping]

Wherever Sekekama goes,
death stalks behind.

[elephant grumbling]

♪

Just as night follows day,
the pride will follow the herd.

Zalika's hard-won north
is now no home for hyenas.

♪

The sisterhood has no choice.

They must retreat.

♪

The sun rises on
the once-lush marsh.

♪

Now Zalika's only refuge...

♪

...is a place of desolation
and memory.

♪

[squeak]

♪

But the sweet stench
of suffering

brings the hyenas hope.

Their only chance is
a choked water hole...

guarded by giants.

[bellows]

[birds cooing]

♪

Tragedy is always
somebody's good fortune.

♪

[trumpets]

Scavengers are never
welcome at funerals.

♪

The sisterhood needs
this meat, Zalika.

There is nothing else.

♪

Giant mourners can't deter
the overeager princess forever.

[elephant bellows]

[trumpets]

[trumpets]

[bellows]

[yipping]

[bellows]

♪

Feed while you can, Princess.

[bellow]

Savor the lull before the storm.

♪

[screeching]

♪

[squawking]

On this desolate plain,
there is no greater prize.

And with the guardians gone,
rivals will surely come.

♪

[squawking]

[yipping]

Keep hold of your carcass.

Keep hold of this water hole.

It is all you have left.

[grumbling]

And so it begins.

♪

Hunting dogs.

♪

♪

We have beaten them before,
Princess.

Hold your ground.

[grumbling]

♪

[grumbling]

♪

But this time,
the pack doesn't back down.

Something is different.

Something's not right.

The reckless princess
is playing with fire.

[yipping]

You should know, Zalika,
when the dogs have pups,

they fight to the death.

♪

[growls, yips]

[yipping]

♪

♪

Zalika knows when
to stay and fight...

♪

...and when to run for her life.

♪

The defiant princess does not.

♪

[growling]

♪

Her reign will never come.

♪

[grumbling]

[trumpets]

[sniffing]

[bellow]

♪

Your clan in exile...

your daughter dead.

These are dark times, Zalika.

There is nothing left
for your clan here.

[calling]

But Zalika always holds on
to her cunning,

her undying ambition.

♪

[screech]

True queens are made
on the heels of failure.

♪

[squawking]

Zalika has one more chance.

Vultures mean
an opportunity is close.

♪

But they are in her way again.

The marsh pride, of course.

Only this time, no king.

♪

Zalika may have lost
her daughter,

but the sisterhood
stands firm behind her.

[growling]

We can take them!

[whooping]

♪

♪

[yipping]

[growling]

[whooping]

[growls]

[yipping]

♪

♪

[growling]

[yipping]

[roars]

This is not about food,
this is revolution.

[whooping]

[growling]

Tear them apart!

♪

♪

♪

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A new power is unleashed
on the kingdom.

♪

These are the moments of legend.

Under Zalika's rule,

the sisterhood carries the day.