The Legend (태왕사신기 / Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi)

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Episode 1

14th Year of Sosurim Dynasty, 384 A.D. Guh Mool Village

Sujini!

Sujini!

Sujini!

Stop right there!

Sujini!

You!

Come down right now!

I don't want to.

Who am I?

I don't think I remember...

I am your master who raised you!

So what should you do?

If I say crawl, you crawl!

If I say roll over, you roll over!

And if I say come down, you come down!

And what is this?

Who has broken my precious birchwood staff?

Oh that! It was underneath the wagon.

I was going to fetch it for you, so I lifted it with my two hands!

You just lifted the staff and it broke like this?

- You... - What is that?

You come down now.

Come down and tell me the truth.

- It's a Burumsae! - You...!

Burumsae - Guh Mool Village's messenger bird

Guh Mool Village - A people who await the return of the Joo Shin King

They guard Hyunmu's (Turtle Snake) Sacred Symbol.

For the past 2,000 years, the people of this village

have awaited for the return of the Joo Shin King.

10 years ago, the Star of the Joo Shin King appeared.

The long-awaited Joo Shin King now lives and breathes in this land.

I regret to have to leave all of you before everything has come to pass.

Hyunsu - 71th Chief of the Guh Mool People

Please forgive me.

I am filled with regret.

O Great Hyunmu (Turtle Snake), who descended with Hwanwoong!

Please grant us your favor and wisdom and select the next Guardian!

Turtle Snake's Sacred Symbol

We bow to the 72nd Chief!

Thank you.

Hyungo - 72nd Chief of the Guh Mool People

Go to the palace in Goguryeo.

There is a boy named Hogae of the Yon Family.

If he is the true Joo Shin King,

we must protect him.

Joo Shin King - the King who will bring peace into the land

That is the first commandment of our people,

and the first and foremost duty of Turtle Snake's guardian.

Yes.

And...

Keep the oath.

Keep her in your sight, and when she turns into the Black Phoenix,

you must eliminate her for the sake of the whole world.

With your own two hands,

you must take Sujini's life.

Master...!

Greetings!

And the battle raged on...

This time it was for 5 days.

And even Lord Hwanwoong was exhausted.

When the adults nag at you about studying, you get exhausted too, right?

So in order to stop the incessant fighting, he decided to meet Kajin.

And did he take away the power of Fire?

Of course!

But that Kajin...

She fell in love with him!

Why? Because Lord Hwanwoong was as handsome as me!

In any case, there was a problem.

- What problem? - That problem was...

When did you get here?

Where Kajin fell in love with Lord Hwanwong!

That's right, she fell in love with him.

Wait, I think Hyungeum was looking for me. I wonder if it was important?

Hyungeum!

Hyungeum!

I can't figure it out.

They're all like that.

Mas...ter! Master!

It is many days' journey to the border. I will post guards along the way.

Don't worry! I will guard Master.

Alright then.

Let us go!

I really can't figure it out.

Why do they hide it from me?

Why won't the villagers tell me the story?

What story?

The King of Heaven's story!

You know how popular I am.

I'm pretty... kind... and even thoughtful!

That's why many people come to seek my advice.

When the elders disagree, they will ask me "Sujini, what shall we do?"

When the disciples argue, they will say, "Sujini, this is only for your ears."

But why won't they tell me the King of Heaven's story?

I don't know...

You too, Master!

So does that upset you?

My life is full of misery.

Even the dogs in the field know this story.

I was alright last year,

but now that I'm a year older, it makes me angry.

Sujini...

Sujini's sleeping!

It happened 2,000 years ago.

There was a tribe that worshipped the Tiger.

They were called the Tiger Tribe.

Are you telling me the King of Heaven's story?

Go on, Master!

At the head was a Fire Priestess, whose position was handed down from generations.

Village of the Tiger Tribe

Each Fire Priestess was handed the power of Fire by the previous priestess.

The Tiger Tribe wanted to use this power to rule the world.

Amongst all of the Fire Priestesses, Kajin had the greatest power.

Countless men died from the Tiger Tribe's sword and from Kajin's fire.

After seeing the death and destruction in the land,

Lord Hwanwoong descended to earth.

Hwanwoong - The Son of the King of Heaven

Lord Hwanwoong selected a place underneath the Sacred Tree of the Tae Baek Mountains,

and named it Shin Shi.

Shin Shi - The Capital of the Joo Shin Nation

I shall hereby establish law for the benefit of the land.

All that desire to live here together, hear my words.

Lord Hwanwoong had brought forth three lesser gods when he descended.

The Cloud Guardian, Woon Sa.

The Wind Guardian, Poong Baek

The Rain Guardian, Woo Sa

In those days, the crops of the land were abundant.

And the world was prosperous.

That nation was called Joo Shin.

Joo Shin?

That's right, Joo Shin.

The great nation that Lord Hwanwoong founded.

The vast land that was populated by the Baedal people.

Lord Hwanwoong then commanded the three guardians

to go to the North, East and West and live amongst the people.

And there was peace all throughout the land.

Then everyone must have gathered in the new land!

The multitudes gathered from all four corners of the world.

What about the Tiger Tribe?

Did they join the new nation as well?

Did they submit to Lord Hwanwoong's reign?

No.

They felt like their reign over the world was stolen from them.

The Tiger Tribe waged a war against Lord Hwanwoong.

They wanted to reclaim the land they thought they lost.

The Fire Priestess Kajin murdered countless numbers of Lord Hwanwoong's people.

Why didn't Lord Hwanwoong do anything?

He should have punished them!

Lord Hwanwoong's people decided to fight back.

Kajin was trembling like a wounded animal.

It was also the first time she laid eyes on Lord Hwanwoong.

Kajin felt his absolute power and could not oppose it.

From the time she had become the Fire Priestess,

she had never slept so deeply.

Even for Kajin, war had been a torment.

From that day onwards, Kajin no longer killed.

She could no longer harm Lord Hwanwoong's people.

So did the war end?

No. The Tiger Tribe did not relent.

They wanted their world back.

The Fire Priestess Kajin had no choice but to wage war again.

But Sae-oh, a female warrior of the Bear Tribe, stopped them.

The war with the Tiger Tribe was never-ending.

Sae-oh shed tears of sorrow as she tended to the wounded of her tribe.

Lord Hwanwoong's heart was filled with pain as he watched her.

And thus he made a resolution to end the war.

One night, he sought to meet Kajin again.

It was to take away her power over fire.

You people of the Heavens will not survive long.

You cannot even wage war and you want to rule the land?

Use your heavenly powers and try and kill me!

I am the Fire Priestess, Kajin!

I did not come to kill men.

I came to save them.

Lord Hwanwoong captured the power of Fire and encased it in a red orb.

And he named it the Phoenix Heart.

Perhaps Kajin had willingly relinquished her power of Fire.

If she was the Fire Priestess no longer... If she did not have the power of Fire...

She no longer had to fight against Lord Hwanwoong.

You lost the power of Fire?

We must retrieve it again!

I shall slash his throat and bring back the power of Fire.

At the mention of harming Lord Hwanwoong, Kajin raised her sword.

And she killed the elders of her tribe who had raised her.

She did it for Lord Hwanwoong.

Kajin ran and ran.

She ran towards Lord Hwanwoong's land.

She had decided to be one of his people.

She wanted to become Lord Hwanwoong's woman.

The Tiger Tribe has been defeated and peace has returned to our people.

But the Tiger Tribe will return to wage war again.

Sae-Oh.

I give you the Phoenix Heart.

You will protect the people of the South.

Within is the power of Fire that the people of the Earth discovered.

As you are also from the people of the Earth, use this power for the benefit of your people.

I... I cannot.

I will not be able to control the power.