Clash of Empires: The Battle for Asia

It has nothing to do with your Gods.

You face is ugly and your breath stinks.

"When time and moment gather, two sides will be as one.

"When two shadows come together,

"life will unfurl and death will be done."

The sea is choppy tonight, Admiral.

We are approaching the straits. It will be calmer then.

Welcome home, Merong.

"Even the vicious tiger does not eat its cubs"

Merong? Your name is not unknown to us.

We believe we have heard of you.

Ah, no.

Or maybe it was your kin.

I know of a Merong who caused some trouble in one of our ports.

I heard he went after a Chinese noblewoman.

That is someone else.

I never went to China. Too far from my home.

Must be my uncle, Merong Mahasuasa.

Look at him, don't play with him.

You don't belong here, you white ghost.

That boy brings bad luck.

Hey kid! Go away!

This is all your fault.

Why are you crying, Merong? Boys don't cry easily.

I don't like girls. I hate them.

Am I not a girl?

Listen to me.

When time and moment gather, two sides will be as one.

When two shadows come together,

life will unfurl and death will be done.

When time and moment gather, two sides will be as one.

When two shadows come together, life will unfurl and death will be done.

Come here.

Stay here and be quiet.

Hide here until I come back.

He is the one.

How sure are you?

My feelings say so.

He's the one we've been waiting for.

Where am I?

Do not try to move lest the wound opens again.

Who... Who are you?

I am Kesum. Shaman of the tribe.

This is my adopted daughter, Embok.

Why?

Rest for a while.

I will take care of you until you are strong enough.

Don't worry.

The ring will only be opened when the moon is completely gone.

The ring?

What do they call you?

My name is not fit to be uttered from the lips of dogs!

How rude!

Did they not teach you manners and how to respect a man?

You animal! Get off the Princess!

Kamawas, restrain yourself!

Taji, what is the use of capturing this fine prize

if only to ornament our huts?

Patience, my student.

This is the princess of a great king,

the emperor of China.

A great and strong empire.

And what would insult the Chinese emperor more

than his daughter becoming my plaything and my pet?

I have sent a messenger to China.

The princess will not be harmed.

And if the Chinese emperor wishes for her to continue to be unharmed,

Geruda will be given a thousand taels of gold

within two full moons.

- A thousand taels of gold? - Yes!

And if you can find another port

to satisfy your lust for a moon or two,

I am also asking the Chinese emperor to bow down to Geruda

so we can be kings of these waters!

Many thanks for taking care of me until I am well.

Are you rushing off somewhere?

Your wounds still bleed, young man.

Have to get the Jentayu... my vessel.

A Jentayu with broken wings will not fly away.

Rest here for a while.

The Prince under my care is gone.

Maybe lost at sea, or eaten raw by the Gerudans.

What use am I if I can't fulfil a simple task?

Not only am I a vagabond chased from port to port,

I also lost my ship.

And with the prince under my watch!

I am useless!

Why am I still alive?

If you'd like, you can make our village your home.

We come from the earth,

live by water,

but some of our tools...

we craft from the sky.

This keris...

I crafted from star metal.

Keris for a king.

She does not trust outsiders.

Her parents were killed by Gerudans.

Why did you save me?

Why are you so brash?

When will you leave?

When the moon is full?

Pak Kesum believes in you.

He says you are a foreign King.

The saviour of the tribe.

I think you have mistaken me for someone else.

Our tribe, we are not as one.

We fight each other, and are not united.

The chief of each village wants to be king.

Pak Kesum stayed where the water falls for seven days and seven nights

until he dreamt of a prophecy, but you are not the one.

You are the same as the rest of the outsiders!

When your wound is healed you will disappear!

Coward.

Coward?

What prophecy are you talking about?

I don't know any of this.

Yes, I admit.

When my wound is healed

I will be gone.

The matters of the people are not my concern.

Just get me to a ship.

You want to leave?

Why don't you leave now?

Go. Go!

Leave now!

Pak Kesum?

Yes?

Why is there a scar on Embok's neck?

A scar?

We are a scarred people.

But if it is merely a scar on the body,

then many other tribes have that as well.

But the scar on her heart...

That scar is shared by many in the tribe.

What do you mean?

Let it be known to you that the Gerudans came from here.

They used to be part of us.

And Taji, the leader of the Gerudans,

studied under the same master as I.

Let it be known to you that Taji was also a drifter like yourself.

He was cared for in this very hut. My master's hut.

Taji's master as well.

He is invulnerable, because of the amulet around his neck.

Taji begged for the amulet,

so he could become the tribe's shaman.

But my master declined,

because it is his nature

not to give to one who asks for it.

So he stole it and killed my master.

He gathered followers, many of them the sons of this tribe.

One night, with those loyal to him, Taji started raiding the villages.

We were surprised, and disorganised.

There were those who fought back.

One of them was Lang, the Daughter of the previous two chiefs.

She was the first to get the people to fight back.

The first attack was foiled by her spirit alone.

But Taji's amulet was too powerful.

Lang?

That is my mother's name.

Then maybe our meeting was destined after all, young man.

Since then, the Gerudan pirates would come

every few moons to take anything their hearts desired.

Subtitle by Aldi Arman