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