BeastMaster

kyra.

kodo...podo.

where is he, huh?

podo!

where are you?

eating, huh? you're always hungry.

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...

I don't want to kill you... but I will.

wait.

wait. Just, just wait, please.

I understand that you want me to fight this noble creature.

obviously, one of us is going to lose...

so, what possible purpose

does this one-sided competition serve?

it serves the pleasure of

king zad.

the tiger learns to kill...

you learn to die.

ah, ha.

I understand.

perhaps I might suggest another option here--

enough!

dar.

no! Dar!

kyra!

I'm not one of them.

but if I stay here, they'll kill me.

then don't stay.

right...

but I also need your help.

we better go quickly.

: I think we should have taken two of the terron horses.

Maybe then I could feel my feet.

: they would have followed the tracks

and found us easily.

There was food near the tiger's cage. We could've taken that.

they'll have to find more, which will slow them down.

you knew that,

didn't you?

well, I can thank the stars for one thing.

I'm lucky that tiger attacked the terron guard instead of me.

it wasn't luck.

fate, chance,

call it what you like.

the tiger knew you were innocent.

and he knew the guard wasn't.

the tiger knew?

and how do you know what the tiger was thinking?

you knew you were safe when you took the net off the tiger.

a warrior who knows what the animals are thinking and...

who can communicate with them.

the beastmaster.

last of his tribe, blood enemy of the terron.

and how do you know all that?

I know more. I know your name.

I know where you come from.

you're from a tribe they call the sulas.

they were killed by the terrons --

Everyone except for you and for one other who they took away.

and how do you know?

because I have talked to the other.

Her name is kyra. She was there.

where will they take her?

Probably to one of their camps.

will you take me?

the terrons have sorcerers, warriors,

beasts beyond your imagination.

yes or no?

I swore by every star in the sky that I would

not go back there...ever.

but you saved my life.

my name is tao -- it means "the way."

and I'll show it to you.

I've never understood love.

why love?

why hate?

There must be answers somewhere.

this man dar

could be a key.

his gift is priceless.

how much would a great ruler like king zad give

in order to have dar's ability?

to be able to master the great beasts

of the world for his own

pleasure and amusement.

and yet,

he follows his heart,

for one woman, why?

when there are so many others, why die for her?

you're quiet.

fools talk, the wise listen.

proverbs -- you give me proverbs, when I want answers.

proverbs are the daughters

of experience and the way to answers.

if I take him,

can I learn his secret for myself?

you say he follows his heart.

then, if this be true,

he won't bend to anything else.

you must give him what his heart desires.

but how do I take his gift?

men respond to fear -- it works --

until they give up hope.

and you don't get anything from them.

you know, there was a time,

when we sorcerers did things -- fabulous magical things.

But unfortunately, there weren't any people to appreciate it.

well, all the world's a stage, and all the men and women

merely players.

what an interesting thought.

yes, but it hasn't been written yet.

you have to teach me, then.

this? Well, in time.

when you need it.

tell me about these two -- dodo and bobo?

ha, ha...it's kodo and podo.

all right.

how do you tell which is which?

well, kodo stays home...

podo is always eating.

and the way he eats, he should be as big as a horse.

ha, where did you find them?

they found me.

they were a part of a tribe

of their own race, but got thrown out.

for being mischievous thieves, troublemakers.

what's wrong?

I feel like the gazelle... I just can't see the lion.

the terrons are everywhere here,

and they keep an eye to their camps.

people who do evil, expect evil

which way?

towards the mountains.

make way for king zad.

the eagle's a friend of yours too?

he's older than these rocks. impossible.

they come from the great age of ice.

a million years ago. so does he.

a sorcerer took away his ability to die.

he's gained a lot of wisdom over time.

after a million years, I would think so.

but watching life come and go like that...

he must be lonely. that's why he has me.

I'm his friend.

he lets me see what he sees.

but some day you'll come to an end.

He won't. He'll be lonely again.

you're always talking about

me and the animals.

tell me about you.

my tribe is very far from here.

where? middle of the world,

I think.

tell me about the terrons.

you were there.

and you saw kyra.

we were kept in the same camp.

what will king zad do to her?

keep her, marry her, make her a queen.

and the worst?

give her to one of his warriors for play,

or a sorcerer for experiment.

he won't kill her?

you asked me what would be the worst.

there are many things in life worse than being killed.

we're moving too slow.

I enjoy you, kyra.

especially the way you move and dance.

thank you.

I would like to enjoy you more...

in other ways.

I could make your life more pleasant here.

give you pleasures beyond your imagination.

you already treat me very well

as it is, king zad.

the favours are not returned, kyra.

I could bend you.

take you to my bed now if I desired.

surely you must know that.

I understand.

of course you do.

but I don't see you like the others.

how am I different?

your body...

your look...

the sound of your voice.

what is it that makes

a man's heart want a woman?

I'm not sure I know.

you play with me, kyra.

a dangerous game -- I could throw you

into the mud with my warriors, watch you dance with them.

then you'd never get what you want.

and your game would be lost.