secret of steel
and left it on the battlefield.
And we who found it...
are just men.
Not gods. Not giants.
Just men.
And the secret of steel has
always carried with it a mystery.
You must learn its riddle,
Conan.
You must learn its discipline.
For no one,
no one in this world
can you trust;
not men, not women,
not beasts.
This you can trust.
[Men Shouting]
[ Horses Whinnying ]
Conan!
[Horse Whinnies]
Kill that one first!
[Woman Screaming]
No! No!
[ Screaming ]
Over there!
You! Get him!
[Thud]
[Wizard] The ashes were
trampled into the Earth,
and the blood became as snow.
Who knows what they came for?
Weapons of steel?
Or murder?
It was never known, for the
leader rode to the south...
while children went north
with the Vanir.
No one would ever know...
that my lord's people
had lived at all.
His was a tale of sorrow.
Sit here.
Sit here!
[People Chattering,
Shouting]
[ Snarling ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Yelling ]
[ Snaps ]
[Wizard]
He did not care anymore:
life and death, the same.
Only that the crowd
would be there...
to greet him with howls
of lust and fury.
He began to realize
his sense of worth.
He mattered.
In time,
his victories could not
easily be counted.
He was taken to the East,
a great prize,
where the warmasters would
teach him the deepest secrets.
[ Grunting ]
Hai!
[ Groans ]
[Wizard] Language and
writing were made available.:
the poetry of Kitai,
the philosophy of Sung.
And he also came to know
the pleasures of women...
when he was bred
to the finest stock.
[ Whimpering ]
[ Observers Muttering ]
[Wizard]
But always there remained...
the discipline of steel.
My fear is that my sons
will never understand me.
[ Shouting ]
[ Speaking Native Language ]
We've won again! [ Cheering ]
This is good,
but what is best in life?
The open steppe,
a fleet horse,
falcons at your wrists...
and the wind in your hair.
Wrong!
Conan, what is best
in life?
To crush your enemies,
see them driven before you...
and to hear the lamentation
of their women.
That is good. That is good. [Cheering]
[Thunderclap]
[ Moaning ]
[Chain Rattles]
[ Grunting ]
Go! Go! You're free!
[Thunder Rumbling]
Go!
[Wizard]
It has been surmised...
that perhaps my lord
was like a wild animal...
that had been kept too long.
Perhaps.
But whatever, freedom,
so long an unremembered
dream, washis.
[ Snarling, Barking ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Snarling,
Barking Continue ]
[ Growling, Snarling ]
[ Yelling ]
[Dogs Howling]
[Howling Continues]
Crom.
[ Barks ]
[Bird Squawking]
[Bird Screeching]
There's warmth and fire.
Do you not wish to warm
yourself by my fire?
[ Howl ]
They said
you would come.
From the north,
a man of great strength.
A conqueror.
A man who would someday
be king by his own hand.
- One who would crush the snakes ofthe
Earth-- - Snakes? Did you say snakes?
What is it you seek?
A standard.
A symbol,
perhaps on a shield.
Two snakes coming together.
Facing each other.
But they're one.
With... with a sun...
and a moon below.
Blacksun,
blackmoon.
Yes.
There's a price,
barbarian.
[ Moaning ]
Zamora.
The... crossroads...
of the world.
You will...
[ Moaning ]
find... what...
you want...
in Zamora.
Ohh!
[ Moaning ]
[ Panting ]
[ Snarling ]
[ Screaming, Growling ]
[ Screaming Stops ]
[Shrieking]
[ Shrieking Continues ]
[ Demonic Laughter ]
Crom!
[ Laughter Continues ]
Food.
Food!
I have not eaten for days.
And who says you will?
Give me food so I have strength
when the wolves come.
Let me die not in hunger,
but in combat.
Who are you?
I am Subotai,
thief and archer.
I am Hyrkanian,
the great order of Kerlait.
So what are you
doing here?
Dinner for wolves.
[Laughing]
What gods do you pray to?
I pray
to the four winds.
And you?
To Crom.
But I seldom pray to him.
He doesn't listen.
[ Laughing ]
What good is he, then?
Ah, it's just
as I've always said.
He is strong.
If I die,
I have to go