00:00Elena, the boy carries your gift.
00:02His bond with dragonkind is flawless.
00:05He is the only human worthy to learn our magic.
00:09One day, this world will kneel before his power.
00:14Mommy!
00:16Not yet, Ryan.
00:18You can only go home when you're strong enough to survive it.
00:37The half-orcs are trying to force the princess into marriage.
00:40So the king's calling for a tournament.
00:41All humans in the city can enter.
00:43Whoever wins against them, wins the princess's hand.
00:45Half-orcs, three of them can wipe out a village.
00:47Does anyone in the city stand a chance?
00:55Those filthy half-orcs think they can just threaten their way into my bed.
01:03Your Majesty, the princess is the greatest beauty on the continent.
01:06Those half-orcs are nothing but orc-goblin mongols.
01:09Ugly, savage things with faces that look molded out of rotten mud.
01:12They even reek.
01:13How could creatures like that ever be worthy of her highness?
01:16Isabel, breathe.
01:17I've begun searching for a warrior.
01:19Someone in this city will defeat them.
01:21Your Majesty, with respect, half-orcs are stronger, uglier, and harder to kill than any of our warriors.
01:26I can't imagine any heroes willing to take the chance.
01:29Then I'll find someone who can win.
01:31No matter what.
01:32I am not marrying one of those monsters.
01:45Sweetheart, I would pay you if I could.
01:49But these pockets are tragically empty.
01:53You're welcome to check.
02:02Who is that man?
02:03And why has no one thrown him out?
02:05You don't know him?
02:06That's Ryan Calder.
02:07Duke Aldred's second son.
02:09Biggest embarrassment in Maplefield.
02:11Even toddlers know his bad news.
02:13That's the Duke of the Black Lion's son?
02:16Last time, I swear.
02:18I'll settle the bill next time.
02:21How does a man like Aldrich have a son like that?
02:25He vanished when he was five.
02:27Came back ten years later.
02:29The Duke thought he was getting his little prodigy back.
02:31But all Ryan does now is drink, flirt, and lose every fight in picks.
02:35Can't even beat a commoner now.
02:38If this is what the noble haums have to offer, then what are we even doing?
02:41We may as well hand me over to the half-orcs and spare everyone the theater.
03:06Please, I'm begging you.
03:08Let my wife go.
03:10No!
03:11No!
03:12No!
03:13No!
03:14No!
03:14No!
03:14No!
03:40Pitiful humans, you still don't know who you're facing.
03:44Orc, bring your strongest knight.
03:46Give him your holiest blade.
03:48He still wouldn't leave a mark on any of us.
03:52You're no orc.
03:53You're goblin-bred filth in borrowed tusks.
04:04In our own territory, Weston, remind them whose land they're standing on.
04:24Hey, darling, those hands are far too pretty for gambling.
04:27No wonder the cards keep slipping.
04:43Wait, are these playing cards?
04:46Wait.
04:46How is possible dragon magic?
04:48Then whoever threw these is a dragon speaker.
04:50It can't be him.
04:51Not that drunken little peacock.
04:53So who the hell was it?
04:57Weston, I had no idea your magic had gotten that strong.
05:00Your highness, those cards didn't come from me.
05:02Someone else put those half orcs down.
05:03Someone's stronger than I am.
05:05And whatever magic they used, it was dragon magic.
05:08Dragon magic.
05:09Long ago, there were people called Dragon Speakers.
05:12They communed with dragons and wielded their magic.
05:15When the dragons vanished, the speakers devanished too.
05:18And dragon magic became a dead art.
05:20Then who did this?
05:21I looked toward the cards.
05:23All I saw were a few serving girls.
05:25And Ryan, the Duke of the Black Lions, second son.
05:27The girls had no trace of magic at all.
05:29Ryan, no.
05:30Absolutely not.
05:31He's useless and everyone knows it.
05:32Then perhaps age is finally catching up with me.
05:50Forgive me.
05:52Beauty has a terrible effect on my judgment.
05:54That arrogant little...
05:56I am going to kill him!
05:58Your highness, Ryan can wait.
05:59The tournament cannot.
06:01Fine.
06:02You're right.
06:03But if he's what passes for noble talent in the city,
06:06Mabredorn is already finished.
06:07Test every son from every knight house and mage family in the city.
06:10I don't care how many egos you bruise.
06:11Find me someone who can beat the half-orcs.
06:13You want me to test them?
06:14Most of them couldn't survive one proper spell from me.
06:17If I break them, there won't be anyone left to put in the arena.
06:19Then don't use a proper spell.
06:21Show them a fraction of your power.
06:22That should be more than enough.
06:25As you wish, your highness.
06:27And Rian.
06:29Do whatever you want with him.
06:46Look at them, Rian.
06:51Every debt, every tab, every bottle you've drunk on my name.
06:55You can't take a single blow from me.
06:56You can't hold a sword.
06:57You can't cast a spell.
06:58So tell me, what exactly are you for?
07:01When you were five, they called you gifted.
07:05A staff in one hand, a sword in the other.
07:08Fifteen years later, and you're not a knight!
07:13And you're sure as hell not a mage.
07:16All of Maperford whispered that I didn't deserve your mother's title.
07:19Look at you.
07:20Her only flesh and blood.
07:21Now let them look at Rennet.
07:23My son with Morgana.
07:24Strong, disciplined, worthy.
07:26You are a stain on my name, Rian.
07:28A shame.
07:32Titles belong to the capable.
07:35Elena's family is gone, and honestly, what did she ever leave behind?
07:39Weak blood.
07:40A weak son.
07:42Raynard is the one who inherited your courage.
07:44Your talent.
07:45Your future.
07:47Don't you call my mother weak!
07:50Still mouthling off.
08:05Raynard is about to be knighted.
08:07You'll win that tournament, marry the princess, and bring honor to House Calder.
08:10And you?
08:11You will always be worthless.
08:13That is the difference between you two, and the difference between your mother and Morgana.
08:22When I was five, my dying mother sent me to the dragons.
08:25They taught me their magic.
08:27Before I can master the forbidden dragon spell, I need to give up my power and live as an ordinary
08:32man.
08:33It's the only reason I return to this house.
08:38You have done well.
08:39You have mastered every art form a dragon can teach.
08:43All but one.
08:47What's left?
08:48The forbidden dragon spell.
08:50Forbidden sounds promising.
08:52How strong are we talking?
08:53Strong enough to erase a kingdom in a single breath.
08:57Then teach me.
08:59Tell me what I have to do.
09:01To learn it, you must first lose everything.
09:03Your strength, your magic, all of it.
09:06You must become ordinary.
09:08It also means you cannot remain on the cursed mountain.
09:12You may also choose to stop here.
09:17Five years ago, I returned to House Calder with no power, no allies, and no claim anyone would respect.
09:23Everything there should have honored my mother.
09:25Instead, I had to survive it.
09:26So I became exactly what they wanted to see.
09:28A spoiled little fool.
09:30Until yesterday.
09:31Yesterday, I mastered the forbidden dragon spell.
09:34And at last, I've become a true dragon speaker.
09:37The most powerful in the world.
09:46Flashy, but useless.
09:48Who's there?
09:50This is Thornland.
09:51How did you get past the guards?
09:53Rod's eldest boy.
09:55Cormac.
09:56Let's hope you're not as disappointing as the others.
10:05How?
10:20Not even close.
10:27No!
10:32Every noble house, knights and mages alike, have produced nothing but weak young men.
10:39The half-orcs going to tear them apart.
10:43Next, the Duke of the Black Lion's eldest son, Raynard Calder.
11:05You blocked that.
11:06Good.
11:07At least one of you has a pulse.
11:11Who the hell are you?
11:13So Raynard is the best they have.
11:15Everyone else was a joke.
11:17And then there's Renwood's little brother, Rayn.
11:20The biggest joke of them all.
11:24God.
11:25He really is exactly what they say he is.
11:27Fine.
11:28I've already come this far.
11:30Let's see how low House Colden's disgrace can sink.
11:42Easy, sweetheart.
11:43Don't make me work for it.
11:54There you are.
11:55Making me chase you now.
12:04Once is luck, twice is annoying.
12:07Still nothing worth my time.
12:09Hold on.
12:11Did I say you could leave?
12:21You took my girls.
12:23Pay the price.
12:25Pay the price.
12:36Bring the girls back.
12:39Was that real?
12:40Or did my mind just invent it?
12:42Was that meant for me?
12:44See anyone else I should be talking to?
12:46If you want to order me around, kid, you'll have to earn the right.
12:50Fair enough.
12:53Let's earn it.
12:58Be careful, old man.
13:01If one punch nearly folds you,
13:04maybe don't go creeping around women's rooms.
13:08Impressive.
13:10So there is a real knight hiding under all that disgrace.
13:13Knight, don't insult me.
13:22You're not the only one here who knows magic.
13:26That's out.
13:35It was you.
13:36The Duke's useless second son.
13:38A knight and a mage.
13:46There.
13:47Your girls are back.
13:48Oh, God.
13:50Hey, creep.
13:51Don't go after my girls, you hear me?
14:00Try to breathe.
14:04There has to be someone in this city who can beat those monsters.
14:08Who?
14:08Aldred's own son is useless.
14:12If the Black Lion's bloodline can't produce a fighter,
14:15what hope does anyone else have?
14:23Weston, what happened to you?
14:26You're the strongest mage in Maplefeld.
14:29Whoever did this, why?
14:32Are they coming from Maplefeld?
14:34Why?
14:39Eldred's son.
14:41He had me beaten in under ten seconds.
14:44That's not funny.
14:46Renad beat you?
14:47In under a minute?
14:50Not Renad.
14:52His brother.
14:53Rian.
14:55Rian?
14:57And he's the one from the tavern.
14:59The cards, the half-orcs.
15:01That was Rian, too.
15:04No.
15:05That can't be right.
15:07I would stake my life on it, Your Highness.
15:09Rian?
15:10That drunk little flirt did this to you?
15:14Then we don't ignore him.
15:16Weston, go to Aldred at once.
15:18His second son enters the tournament,
15:21whether the family likes it or not.
15:31I asked you all here because our family has something to celebrate.
15:36Renad has been invited to compete for Princess Isabel's hand.
15:40Of course he was.
15:41Renad is Aldred's son through and through.
15:44Everyone in Mapleford knows what kind of talent he has.
15:48Amazing, isn't it?
15:49Same ducal blood.
15:50One son is the pride of the city and the other is Mapleford's biggest joke.
15:54Twenty years old and a kid with a play sword could still knock him out.
15:56Told you you could eat at my table.
15:58Name one thing you've done to deserve a crust of this family's bread.
16:03Everyone else gets meat and wine.
16:05I can't have half a piece of stale bread.
16:07Look at this.
16:08This is an invitation from the king for Renad.
16:12That's what real worth looks like.
16:13What do you have?
16:15Nothing.
16:16You haven't earned stale bread, let alone a place in this house.
16:19Invitations are for men who matter.
16:20I earned mine.
16:21You little brother are so worthless you'll never step past the front gates.
16:24Know your place.
16:27Exactly.
16:28His Majesty would never invite a useless bum.
16:31What an embarrassment to the Calder name.
16:33Envoy from His Majesty the King!
16:35Envoy!
16:36To what do we owe the honor?
16:38Duke Aldred.
16:38His Majesty sent me personally with an invitation to the Princess's Tournament.
16:42Then I'm afraid you've come twice.
16:44Renad has already received his.
16:45This one isn't for Renad.
16:46By the king's own instruction.
16:56It is for your second son, Rian.
16:59And I was ordered to place it directly in his hands.
17:01What?
17:10Rian is a walking disgrace.
17:12Why should he be anywhere near that arena?
17:14He'll see one half-orc and drop to his knees.
17:16And when he humiliates himself, it's the Calmer name they'll be laughing at.
17:18Enough.
17:19You think I don't know it?
17:20The king only included him out of respect for this family.
17:24If you beg those half-orcs for mercy and drag the Calmer name through the mud, I will end you
17:28myself.
17:34Aldred.
17:35Everyone in Mayford knows your second son is useless.
17:37At this point, House Calder is embarrassing the whole city.
17:40I heard he's 20 years old and still lost to a five-year-old sparring with sticks.
17:46How did I ever produce something like you?
17:51Today, the man who proves himself in this arena will win my daughter's hand.
17:57They say the princess is so beautiful, even the poets run out of words.
18:00Skin like fresh snow, lips like roses, putting flowers to shame with her grace.
18:03For a woman like that, I'd walk into hell and thank the gods for the chance.
18:23Let the tournament begin.
18:25Not so fast.
18:29Starting without us?
18:31That's poor manners even for a human king.
18:50He just erased Weston's spell!
18:55I heard those three wiped out an entire escort.
18:57Thirty armored knights and twelve mages.
18:58Do we really have a hero who'll stand a chance?
19:00Weak.
19:01All of them.
19:03Quite a welcome, your majesty.
19:06So that's the princess.
19:08Pretty enough to breed my heirs.
19:10And when they're grown, you can breed theirs.
19:23Watch your mouth!
19:25The Black Lion.
19:27You were terrifying once.
19:28Now you're just old.
19:34The Sanctum is here by divine command to witness this tournament.
19:38Spare us the posturing.
19:40The Sanctum?
19:41Are they here for me?
19:43The Sanctum is supposed to be guarding the seal on the Undead Legion.
19:46So what are they doing here?
19:54Come on, humans!
19:56Which one of you wants to die first?
20:02I do!
20:07Hey, beast!
20:08I'll roast you alive and feed you to the hounds.
20:20I'm dead!
20:21Fuck!
20:24Ha ha ha ha ha!
20:26Look at you!
20:27Weak little human shaking in your armor.
20:30Waiting for someone else to save you.
20:33Open the gates now.
20:35And maybe we'll let you keep breathing.
20:38We might even teach you how to live on your knees.
20:41Try that on me.
21:01Who else wants a turn?
21:03What?
21:04No one left with enough spine to stand up and get hit?
21:07All that armor, all those banners, and not one man with guts.
21:11Come down here.
21:12Let me see what's inside those shiny shells, warriors.
21:16Or just frightened meat.
21:17Reynard, put him down.
21:22You wanted a real opponent?
21:24Congratulations.
21:25You found one.
21:26Renric's definitely going to win!
21:28He's the most talented young guy in all of Maple City!
21:37Yeah!
21:40That's a real champion!
21:41One strike and he brought the half-old to his knee!
21:44Hard to believe he and Reyn share a father.
21:46One's a hero, the other's a waste of air.
21:48There you are.
21:49Finally one with a little bite.
21:51You're the best they have, aren't you?
21:54Still not enough.
22:00You're the best.
22:04Renard's down.
22:06If even Renard can't beat him.
22:16Take a good look, humans.
22:18This was your best!
22:20He swung with everything he had
22:22And couldn't even break my skin
22:25And the best part
22:27I'm the weakest one here
22:31Your king should save everyone the trouble
22:33And hand over his crown
22:34From now on, you eat what's left after we're done
22:37You sleep where we allow it
22:39And you're women
22:42Don't worry
22:43We'll make use of them
22:48Don't look so frightened
22:49Once you're mine, I'll take my time with you
22:55If no one else will fight
22:56Then I will
22:57Isabel
23:01Isabel
23:06Hey, thief
23:08Get back here
23:09Keep running
23:10Mom needs this
23:11She needs this
23:17He stole from me
23:18That bread is mine
23:24Then I'll pay for it
23:25Let him go
23:35Here, eat this too
23:44Wait
23:44I don't even know your name
23:46It's the princess Isabel
23:49Isabel, is that you?
23:51Careful
23:51If I put a bruise on you, Graham will rip my head off
23:55Be a good girl and come quietly
23:57Your people can't even find a dog willing to bite
24:06I'll go next
24:17Are you insane?
24:22Your brother was strong enough to lose
24:24You won't even leave a corpse
24:26It's him
24:27He's finally stepping in
24:30Reinhardt gave everything he had and still lost
24:33What exactly do you think you're doing?
24:35Get out of that arena before you shame us any further
24:40Aldrich's other son?
24:42The famous prodigy who can't survive a training yard?
24:45Perfect
24:45The warriors are gone
24:47So now the humans send in entertainment
24:49A common woman's son trying to play hero
24:52Get off the field
24:53Get out of there
24:53Who do you think you are?
24:55You won't last one second
24:57Stop wasting everyone's time
24:59The Black Lion killed enough of ours
25:02Seems fair I take both his sons
25:04Your brother got the mercy round
25:06I only broke him
25:07You
25:10You die
25:27Our shaman carved those runes out of dragon bone dust
25:29And hammered them into that axe one by one
25:31Even a stolen spark of dragon power is enough to kill that ignorant fool
25:36A dragon?
25:37He's dead
25:38That's dragon power
25:40Rian's dead
25:44Dragon power?
25:46That's a bone carved toy
25:47Watch closely half-olk
25:50I'll show you what a real dragon looks like
25:55Giving up already
26:02Witness the true power of the dragon
26:08I ain't like no one you met before
26:12I'm running for the front
26:13When they're on
26:14And I'll sit down
26:17Go back out
26:18You can't ever shut me up
26:20Cause I'm on a mission
26:22And I won't quit now
26:23In a world full of followers
26:26I'll be a leader
26:27In a world full of doubters
26:30I'll be a believer
26:31I'm stepping in without a hesitation
26:36Because the moon is all
26:38What happens next is all on Real Short
