Chief of War

King Kalaniʻōpuʻu is dead.

- Honor to the new king! - Honor to the new king!

Word has come from Hawaiʻi's Kingdom.

King Kalaniʻōpuʻu is dead.

His son Keōua now rules the kingdom.

Kalaniʻōpuʻu was a great king.

His bones were to be the ultimate prize for my altars.

Call the war generals.

We prepare to conquer Hawaiʻi's Kingdom.

May I speak, great King?

Soon we will have taken the last stronghold of Oʻahu.

We support you in your campaign to unite these islands,

but...

this does not feel like prophecy.

You are erasing the royal bloodlines of this kingdom.

That does not feel like unification.

People are only loyal...

to the lineage of their kingdoms.

As long as those bloodlines exist,

there will never be Maui.

We must set one bloodline

for all the kingdoms.

My blood.

Only then will we be truly unified as the Prophecy says.

Your king has spoken.

Now go!

Thank you.

You are late for your English lesson.

You've missed a few.

The others, they progress quickly.

I was born in a cave.

I found a life in the silence.

I could be anything.

In the darkness, I was free.

As far as I can tell, your father only wants what's best for you.

Perhaps you would find this life to have more freedom

if you stopped fighting it so much.

Is that what women do where you are from, John?

- Do as they are told? - It's that way everywhere I've known.

Wives submit to your husband,

for the husband is the head of the wife as God is the head of the church,

and is Himself its Savior.

Your god spoke to you?

He spoke to righteous men, and they have shared His word.

Our gods are the same in that way.

They speak to men about men.

They don't care to speak with me.

But there will be a day where I no longer need a cave to be free.

I brought ōʻio.

You do not eat.

Thank you, Nāmake.

Every time I feel weak, I ask the gods for strength, and they send you.

It is I who is weak...

and have looked to you for strength.

I will bring you some more fish tonight.

Nāhi.

Nāmake acts as if Kaʻiana is not coming back.

- Your sister too. - He is gone, Nāhi.

You don't know that.

No one does.

What will happen when he returns?

We will share in the joy together.

But...

we must prepare for a life without him.

Nāmake loves Kūpuohi.

Always has.

- The price is the same... - No.

That was always the agreement.

You move freely among them.

It's almost like I see no Kanaka in you.

A woman like you

would be discussed among the Chiefs.

Your chiefly blood will never know me or my family.

I was a Kapa maker.

Nothing.

But I wanted more.

How you get here?

I took a canoe beyond our oceans.

Drifted for days with no direction. No food, no water.

A foreign ship found me near death.

When coming to Zamboanga, I saw opportunity.

Common or royal makes no difference...

...in a land where money is esteemed above all else.

Money makes you more like them.

I've made the deal for your guns.

We must take them to your ship.

- Have you seen Tony? - Not today.

- He has to come with me. - I'm sure he's fine, Kaʻiana.

Where is Tony?

Saw him last night.

Where?

Man out that late's got the devil on his mind.

He could be anywhere.

To the six districts of this kingdom:

Kalaniʻōpuʻu, greatest among us,

has stated his wishes to his council and High Priests before he passed.

The one to hold the power of government,

and oversee political matters,

pertaining to the six districts of this kingdom,

is his own son,

King Keōua!

The government duties

should be mine.

Yes.

So,

what of the God of War?

To the possession and power of the King's God of War,

Kūkāʻilimoku,

he bestows that spiritual strength,

and all responsibilities of warfare...

on his nephew, Kamehameha.

Come forward.

What is this?

You steal the War God from me.

Kamehameha steals nothing.

He is stealing my birthright.

There is no need for this.

I stand with you, Brother.

We are not brothers.

You are the bastard son of Apoiwa,

raised in my father's court.

You are no king.

The War God is mine,

and the kingdom of my father belongs to me.

Your father was more than my uncle.

He was my king.

I must honor him

and protect his god of worship.

I am your king now.

You promised my father...

that you would follow me.

I'm sorry, Keōua.

But the God of War stays with me.

Well, then.

Why don't we spare our men...

Hmm?

...and settle this

now?

Kamehameha is a liar!

A liar!

My King!

The district Chiefs will honor your father's wishes.

If you do not,

they may turn against you.

You support my lowborn cousin with the God of War?

With my life.

Then pray to the God of War for mercy.

Because war has never been Kamehameha's worship,