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(loud booming) (roaring) man: hyperion! (gasping) (speaking greek) man: when this world was still young... ...long before man or beast roamed these lands... ...there was a war in the heavens. immortals, once thought incapable of death,
discovered they had the power to kill one another. lost in this war was a weapon of unimaginable power: the epirus bow. the victors declared themselves gods while the vanquished were renamed titans, and forever imprisoned within the bowels of mount tartarus. eons passed. mankind flourished. and the great war receded from memory. but the evil that once was...
...has re-emerged. (men shouting) stop. you cannot enter here. this is sacred ground. sacred for who? what do you want with us? where is the virgin oracle? defile this house furtherand you will risk the wrathof the gods. the gods? gods.
go ahead, call upon them. pray. ask for their help. pray to the same gods who idly stood by... ...as my wife and my children were stricken by disease. i, too, criedto the heavens for help. but instead of mercy,i was met with silence. and the wretched sightof my family... ...suffering like animals until their deaths. your gods willno longer mock me.
i will release the titans. it's not too late to end this madness. salvation can be yours,if you wish it. let me enlighten you, priest. (screaming) i will end the reign of gods. man: you wield that ax well, theseus. maybe someday we'll see you use the same determination to find a wife. are you conspiringwith my mother now?
she worries about you. there's no needto worry about me. you know,being a warrior... ...is not just being able to strike your opponent down with a sword. it's finding good reasonto draw your swordin the first place. i draw my swordto protect those that i love. what about the others? the others turntheir backs on me. the weak? the defenseless? who's going to protect them?
(chuckles) careful. too much worryingwill make you an old man. (laughs) - whore. - (shrieks) man: last lights for the labyrinth. last lightsfor the holy labyrinth. let the ancestors rest in peace. (birds cooing) (whispering) theseus...
man: may the godsbe with you. thank you for the offerings. another accident? theseus. (chuckling) maybe one day you'lljoin me in prayer. ask the gods to grant me grandchildren before i'm too old. mother, your gods are children'sstories. my spear is not. and you know, mother, it takes more than lighting candles to make babies. besides, our priestwears a ridiculous hat.
theseus. (seabirds calling) (bell tolling) mother, stay here. (bell continues tolling) man: fellow hellenics! it is with great concernthat i stand before you. the heraklion king, hyperion, has seized the sibylline monastery. (all shouting)
he is only a day'smarch from here. we must evacuate this village immediately. we must fight him at the gates of our village! - (shouting continues)- silence, please! quiet! man 2: villagers, we stand no chance! - i said fall in, lysander!- we stand no chance! he is weary from battle! please. we ask that every man,woman and child gatheryour belongings. leave for mount tartarus.
seek refuge behind the safety of the great wall! there you will be protected. anyone who needs more time, the old, the infirm, we will escort in a day's time. - man: only what you can carry.- prepare your departure. man: leave it. it's notessential. give me that. man: leave that. man: move along now. you're with the wrong party.
is this not the caravan traveling to tartarus? it is, but you will notbe traveling among us. go in the morningwith your own kind. my kind? peasants and undesirablestravel tomorrow. my kind's blood is the same color as yours. - should we spill some to prove it? - theseus. mother. what happens here?
this bastard and hiswhore mother... (grunting) stop! fall back! fall back! - put the sword down. - i will not! - kill him! - try! he dies first. what is it thatyou want, brother? it seems as though my kind travel in the morning. i want them to have a proper escort.
(yells) move again, and i willbury this in your skull. - what's your name?- theseus. now is not the time for violence, theseus. let him go. only if i have your wordthe rest of the villagewill be protected. you have my word. i will leave capable men for the caravan tomorrow. - kill this traitor! - enough with your spectacle! restrain him!get him out of my sight! lysander: he's a bastard!
man: take him away and disarm him. mother... save your bloodlustfor heraklion veins, theseus. join our ranks. you have been trained well. i had a good teacher. i could use menof your skill at our side to defeat hyperion's legions. why would i serve you? you whowould so easily abandon us. let's go, mother.
lysander. you're no longer part of this army. relinquish your shield,your spear... ...and remain here to travel with the peasants tomorrow. - but you saw him... - it's done. i'll see you later. where are yourthings, old man? are you not preparedfor the march? such odysseys were meantfor the young and expectant, not for a worn-outold goat like me.
please reconsider. you know staying here is suicide. if the heraklions show up, at least i'll bespared a slow death. from what i understand,indecision is not their style. (chuckles) you are mad. no. just tired. it's not living as suchthat's important, theseus. it's living rightly.
they fight with a ferocityunlike anything i've seen. it was as if they couldsee in the darkness. as though it suited them. you speak as ifthey're not human. they are human. the heraklions bleed just as we do. the only difference is they fight for a belief which allows them to kill without restraint. that is why they will win. lysander. i thought heliosordered you disarmed.
he did. (both yelling) (gasping) (lysander yells) reveal yourself. (rumbling) - father. - athena. - zeus. - no need for formalities. none of the other gods are looking, are they?
(chuckles softly) - what?- when you walked up here just now, you actually looked like a father. or maybe a grandfather. (indistinct shouting) we must tread carefully here.heed the law. none of the mortalson earth should witnessus in our immortal form. but, father, you've comedangerously close. you've been influencing the boy theseus for years.
yet as one of them.never as a god. only as his friend. and why him? he does not fear danger. nor pain, defeat,or ridicule. he fears only the failureto defend that which heholds so dear. his loved ones. if there is one human who couldlead them against hyperion... ...it would be theseus.
but it must be his choice. (thunder rumbling) (chains clanking) he's a defector. he wants to meet the king. (distant screaming) (grunts) (screaming, snorting) (low growling) move.
hyperion: you are a defector, i understand. - yes, my king. - i am not your king. but i wish you to be. but you are a traitor bydefinition, are you not? what would i wantwith a traitor in my midst? i can tell you of a villagethat lies unprotected... - ...where you can gather young women. - i have plenty of women. - slaves and weaponry. - i have plenty of weapons. what i want is the epirus bow.
like this monastery,i have moved every preciousstone your people worship upon. and i have yet to find it. (man groaning) (panting) have you ever met a sibylline monk, traitor? monks of his orderare unwavering in their obedienceto the virgin oracle. with the right prodding,the oracle could seewhere the bow rests. couldn't she, monk?
tell me where she is. i know of your faith, monk. sybellines are forbidden to takea life under any circumstance... ...even their own. you have no choice butto tell me what i want to know. (gasps) a monk can be made to talk with or without his tongue. give him to the beast. make him tell you where the oracle is being kept. do you have any children?
not yet. a man's seed can behis most brutal weapon. for generations, your people will stare into the eyes of their sons and they will see my likeness. i will be remembered in every glance, every smile, every tear that is shedfor eternity. but before your baptism, understand that you are not drawn here to my flame on instinct. (whimpers)
but you ran herebecause you are a coward. and the world does not need any more cowards. so, i shall do this world a great favor. mark you as one of us... (screams) ...and rid you of your ability to populate the earth. traitor. although you will not hear them... ...your forefathers weepfrom their graves... ...for the future of their bloodline...
...ends with you here tonight. - (hammer crunching) - (screams) theseus: old man? old man. hello? (bird screeches) (wood clacking faintly) your anger rules you, theseus. you must learn to master your emotions. (theseus grunting)
rhythm, theseus. rhythm. - (men shouting) - (sounds of battle) (woman screaming) man: you! burn that down! get over here! - no! - (grunts) theseus! (yelling) hyperion: wait.
witness hell. no! not him. give him to the jailer. he can work in the salt mines. his pain has just begun. athena: hyperion's legions show no mercy. they have destroyed every holy shrine in their quest for the epirus bow. it is only a matter of time before they find it.
i've noticed their kingtakes the greatest care with all women who carry a child. and personally seesto their slaughter. he ventures to eradicatea hellenic future. they honor no rulesof engagement. effective. at least thus far. effective? - cowardly.- that may be... ...but the hellenics have yetto adapt, and until they do...
isn't it timeto intervene, zeus? how can you stomach bearingwitness to such atrocity whilstdoing nothing? i obey the law. no god shallinterfere in the affairs of man unless the titans are released. if we are to expect mankind to have faith in us, then we must have faith in them. we must allow them to use their own free will. and what if theyunearth the bow? if any of you come to the aid of man
or otherwise influence the affairs of mankind as a god... ...the punishment will be death. who are they? man: the virgin oracles. the heraklions musthave found their temple. - you don't know of them?- man 2: i don't. i wouldn't mind knowingthem all for a night. (exhales) when cloudless skies thunder, stand fast.
you were a thief? i am a thief, my lady. were it not for these chains,i'd steal your heart. tonight we must flee this place. whichever are strong enough to fight. and that man there. he didn't even go for the water.he won't make it till morning. just be ready. stay apart.
inside. (whispering) stay alive. (whispering in greek) only one of them is the trueoracle. a seer. she is pure. the others are thereto protect her identity. the virgin oracle is blessed with visions of the future. were she to be violated, her gift of prophecywould be corrupted. what a waste.
- guards! - keys! you should get some sleep. do you know, i am stronger than i look? i'll be fine. perhaps... perhaps you havetrouble sleeping because... ...you're hauntedby your visions. a warrior who reads minds. (both chuckle)
some people do considermy visions to be a gift. gift? how can it be considered a gift when you can see the future but you don't have the power to change it? sorry. why would you do such a thing? you risked your lifeto save a complete stranger. only a faithless man would ask such a question. my mother was a woman of faith and her gods were absent when she needed them the most.
as was i. so we both mourn. you for what has passed and... ...and i for what is to come. - (indistinct shouting) - (clattering of hammers) hyperion: what happened to them? i gave an order for them not to be touched. man: they tried to flee, my king. seven of our best men were killed in the struggle.
seven of your best menkilled by women? i wish to know wherethe epirus bow rests. which of you can tell me this? which of youare the true oracle? if i'm forced to sort you out by other means you will experience discomfort. discomfort uniqueto your gender. so you tell me,which one of you is her? i am the one you seek.
no, it is i. man: the other onesaid the same thing. they all claim to be the oracle. the other one? yes, my king. the other one?what other one? man: there were four of them. one of them escaped. with a group of slavesfrom the watering hole.
(screeches) - hyperion: mondragon. - sire. find the one that escaped. bring her to me alive. man: the dark seas. these waters are thick with oil. - and the boat? - it's a heraklion merchant ship. our best bet is to ambush it and head south. - south is not our journey. - it is for me.
from what i hear... ...the women down therecan get to the meatof a malaccan chestnut with only their tongues. shall you and i test the limitsof that desire, my dear? the gods have given me vision. yet all you do is dreamof your appetites. i'd rather follow my appetites than the hallucinations of a harlot. - she's a high priestess. - it doesn't matter to me. high priestess or whore,i'm heading south.
was it something i said? well, friend,what will it be? south with me, or will you follow... ...the lady? neither. i'm taking that ship north, to hyperion's camp at the monastery. your savior sounds a lot like a madman to me, your highness. personally, i'd rather fightwith a madman than against one. are you minding this?
that is the mortal your father so extols, is it not? and he is with the oracle. poseidon, if zeus wereto suspect you, we willcome to your defense. (twanging metal) the rear! i thought you said this was a merchant ship! i guess i was wrong. the sea has forever beenan unpredictable domain. (deep rumbling)
when the cloudless skiesthunder... stand fast. - we gotta jump now! - stand fast! (all yelling) you knew that wave would save us. what i see is only a glimmerof what may come to pass. your actions and desiresshape what lies ahead. what else have you seen? a body wrapped in a shroud on a rock. you holding the epirus bow...
...and... (thunder crashes) - ...embracing hyperion.- impossible. i would neverembrace hyperion. he killed my mother. your mother. was she given a proper burial? no. she still lies where hyperion cut her down. then you must bury your mother.her faith demands it.
i do not believe in the gods. but she believed. she believed, theseus. you must return to your village. (indistinct shouting) (deep growling) (snarling) have you foundthe oracle? we did, my lord, but our men were lost
before we could recover her. a storm swept them to sea. and the oracle. did she survive? she travels towardskolpos with the slaves. she could be leading them to the bow. mmm. send the beast to kolpos. we will go to tartarus. - mondragon?- sire.
you stay here... and set an ambush in the pit. i'm sorry i couldn't protect you, mother. but i promise you our family name will not die with me. (rustling) (splashing) (beast roaring) (growling) (groaning) man: hyperion's legions are gathering at tartarus.
that's where hellenes will fall. that future is not set. but likely. it will be a slaughter. - you have no faith. - heathens. that is true, dareios,but not always. when i was just a boy,i prayed to the gods... ...for a horse. the gods never answered me,so i stole one instead. (dareios panting)
we're surroundedby heathens. (shouting) (groans) it's all right.it's all right, theseus. what happened to me? your arm. you were poisoned. where are the others? they're puttingdareios's body to rest. she was right.
for all those years,i doubted her. doubted their existence. your mother's death was not in vain, theseus. it was fate that broughtyou back. for the bow. and in your hands, theseus... ...it will bringhellenes victory. you were right, theseus.my visions are a curse. i want to see the worldthrough my own eyes. and feel with my own heart.
and touch with my own flesh. hey, monk, i did a little shopping last night. good weapon, huh? (door opens) good to you see you're still alive. i was worried that cowhad gotten the best of you. it almost did. she saved my life. looks like she did more than that. careful.
just because you have that bowdoesn't mean i'm going to treatyou any differently. good. we marchto the monastery. we have a war to fight. lysander: the faithful believe the titans are still buried deep within the mountain. the great wall is the hellenics'only hope against your army. defenses? originally it was a dam, but the hellenics havesince adapted it.
no one could have anticipatedthe enemy you have become. how many are there? how many have made it here,your majesty, i'm not sure. how many? i'm not sure,your majesty. - eight hundred.- and the gate? twenty feet of marble stone,weighing over 12 tons. it was designed to beimpenetrable, your majesty. have you ever known of a gate designed to be anything but?
go be of servicesomewhere else. (wind howling) theseus: where is he? i thought hyperion was supposed to be camped here. we should continue.tartarus is anothertwo days along this ridge. - (low whistling) - what is that sound? (moans) (indistinct screeching) stay down, monk!stavros, help me!
help me keep him down! (muffled screaming) - no! no!- (low snorting) my sisters! my sisters! they're in the bull! (sizzling) - (sobbing) - (muffled moaning) - i am the true oracle.- it's me, phaedra! i am the oracle.
they're still here. wait, monk! it's a trap! (phaedra weeping) monk! (snarling) (growling) (yelling) (horses whinnying)
do not stop until you reach tartarus. the horses will run until their hearts give out. hyperion will soon have the bow. leave. (shuddering breaths) (footsteps thundering) forgive me, father. forgive me. i only broke the lawto protect the mortal. no god will ever again come to your aid. you are on your own!
do you understand, mortal? i have faithin you, theseus. prove me right. lead your people. halt! (whinnying) the horse i prayed for when i was a boy. what is wrong with him? they're dying.
where are the men? man: they have yet to return, sire. what does the sightof the bird tell you? speak. the gods. they came from above. the gods? they appeared and laid wasteto the men, my king. the gods.
they protected the slavewho travels with the oracle. the gods fight on their behalf, sire. (barking) if the men hear of this, there will be panic. i know. i know. - (thunder rumbles) - in peace, sons bury their fathers. in war, fathers bury their sons. are we at war, father?
i have important information for the council. i know this man.let him through. i hope you've cometo join the fight. where's the army? tell me about the slave. he's from your village,is he not? - answer me! - yes. he was a peasant. as was i.
forgive me, your majesty. - i meant no...- quiet. and his family? his mother was rapedby some villagers. nobody wouldmarry her. he was a bastard. and his name? very well. i'll meet him. helios tells me you haveinformation that could beof use to us.
hyperion is in possessionof the epirus bow. - the epirus bow?- yes, it's a weaponforged by heracles. oh, please. i heard the samestories you did as a child. there are gods living in the clouds. titans buried in the rocks. listen, i was a disbelieverjust like you are.but the epirus bow exists. i understand there are many hellenics who put great faith in the myths and the gods, but we on the hellenic council do not. they are metaphors, son.nothing more. we are a society of lawsbased on negotiation and reason.
if you try and negotiatewith hyperion, you willbe the death of us all. if i were to accept your counsel, theseus from kolpos,what would it be? seal the gatesand prepare for war. we have hoplite battalions returning. we can't seal the gate. no one will return!we are the last! i'm sure you'll understandif i don't accept the advice of an alluring palm reader and her peasant lover. sir, a heraklionenvoy approaches.
there, you see?no ruler wishes for war. they only wish to betaken seriously atthe bargaining table. alert the council. prepare a delegation. man: bows! stop! stop! remain still, or we'll be forced to fire upon you. extend your arms outward. he bears the olive branch of peace. my king wishes to speak to the one called theseus from kolpos.
hyperion's envoydesires a word with you. like the vision, he sendsfor you with arms open. seeking an embrace of loyalty. phaedra. have you never been wrong? we can't protect youbeyond this gate. i am theseus! come closer.i have a message for you. don't risk it.
at worst, you lose a peasant. - better? - hm... yes. why do you cover your face? all are equal in hyperion's midst. i myself am only a vessel for his demands. nothing more. - and he asks me by name? - indeed he does. and how does he know it? theseus, there's littlethe king does not know. he knows that you have no father.
and like him, you were cast aside by your own people. does he know of my rage? does he know that i liveonly to see his bloodat the end of my sword? does he know hebutchered my mother? now that he's seen your face, he knows. you wouldn't make it. - coward!- embrace me, theseus. they will never give youa seat at their table but you could sitat the head of mine.
long after this war is over, my mark will be left on this world forever. the sun will never set on my blood, theseus. this is what i offer you. immortality. deeds are eternal.not the flesh. the gods may be on your side, but tomorrow... ...i unleash the titans. what was discussed? seal the gate.
- what were his demands?- seal the gate. hyperion: theseus! (all murmuring) - that was him, wasn't it? - i was that close. i don't know if i can dowhat zeus asks of me. by doubting one comes the truth, theseus. the gods chose well. sir, there's movement on the front. what is he holding?
the bow. (rumbling, whirring) man: the commandersare all dead! fall back! hold! stand your ground! listen to me! listen! who are you to tell us what to do? i am nobody to tell you what to do! i am theseus, a common man! one of you!
i share your blood! and i share your fear! but to run now would offer our souls and the souls of our children to a terrible darkness! (all roaring) hold! we must stand and fight! their numbers count for nothing in the tunnel! stand your ground! stand your ground! who are they that we are not? just because they scald their faces and scar their bodies... ...does not mean they are braveror stronger than we are.
- they are cowards! - (yelling) they hide behind their masks. they are human, and they bleed like you and i. stand your ground! fight for honor! fight for the man beside you! fight for the mothers who bore you! fight for your children! fight for your future!
fight so your name survives! fight... ...for immortality! (all cheering) let us write history with heraklion blood! ready! move! king hyperion. we can negotiate. - (snorts)- i see no reason...
(lysander) theseus! here i am! theseus of kolpos! - where's your king? - he is no king. stavros! the shrine! stavros: theseus! i'm right behind you! theseus: phaedra! phaedra! stay in the shrine. hyperion!
stavros: theseus, wake up! i got the bow! stavros. i got the bow. get out of here while you can! i'll hold them off! go now! i got the bow! i'll hold them off while i can!get out of here! go! which one of you are coming with me? huh? none of you will leave this place.
leave here! this is no longer your fight. find hyperion. (screaming) die with your gods. athena! (athena groaning) father! don't forsake mankind.
(straining) - (grunts) - (rumbling) what does it feel like,knowing... ...knowing that there'llbe no memory of you? theseus: i have won. my death will make me a legend. my deeds... ...will go down in history. i'm writing your history.
(screams) do it! this... is our last embrace,hyperion. look at me. i'm the last thing... ...you will ever see. witness... hell! (choking) (breath hissing)
(gurgles) (shrieking) (wind roaring) old man: all men's souls are immortal. but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. once a faithless man, theseus gave his life to save mankind and earned a place amongst the gods. they rewarded his bravery with a gift.
a son. acamas. don't be afraid of your visions, little one. - what's your name? - acamas. acamas. a strong name. i knew your father.he was a very brave man. soon, it will be your time. my time for what? the fight against evil never ends, acamas.
war is coming to the heavens. and your father will be there,fighting for your future. phaedra: acamas. who was that, son? just... just an old man. (chuckling) (faint yelling) (distant yelling)
