Why have you summoned us
to this eviI pIace ?
I didn't. I received a note
marked with our sign.
As did we, cousin,
but if none of us sent it--
- Someone knows of our pIot
against the king.
- [ Man ] That's right.
And why it has faiIed.
Enaros.
I'd heard rumors of your ghost
haunting the city.
I've had no need
for the company of men.
But I see you stiII crave
the fIame's embrace.
''Let men worship
what gods they wiII.''
Isn't that what
your new king said ?
- [ GrowIing ]
- Wizard, what do you want now ?
I've come to heIp with your pIot
to kiII the barbarian king.
How ?
You can't sIay this tiger
with mere weapons.
You have to trap him first.
[ Enaros ] FinaIIy,
the time has come for ancient
Acheron's Iong-dead nobiIity.
[ Hissing ]
[ Grunting ]
Akivasha, the Red Witch.
There she is,
the sorceress queen
of ancient Zakerof.
Let's see.
The Ieft breast
above her heart.
The scroII !
The scroII spoke true.
[ GrowIing, Grunting ]
- Akivasha's bIood.
- [ GrowIs ]
Kanah maya kaIunia
gud gamesh.
Kanah maya kaIunia
gud gamesh !
Return, O Queen !
Acheron's kiss--
kiss of the sacred fIame--
Iet it fire your souI.
Awake. Awake and rise.
And Iive !
Live ! And ruIe !
Ohh, Akivasha.
Akivasha ? Akivasha.
You are Akivasha. Remember ?
O Queen.
The sacred fIame of Acheron
that's burned since your time.
- And my kingdom ?
- Gone,
but the scroII foretoId that you
wouId rise and recIaim the Topaz Throne.
And so you shaII,
with my heIp.
And then,
six days from that time,
darkness wiII shroud
the Earth...
and Acheron
wiII rise again.
- Who are you ?
- Enaros, your humbIe servant,
who's devoted his Iife
to your return.
[ Moans ]
The worId has much changed
during your Iong sIeep.
Too Iong a sIeep.
[ TaIigaro ]
Good morning, king.
Today, you'II meet
the finest peopIe in aII VaIusia.
Who knows ?
Perhaps you'II find your queen here.
- My queen ?
- Yes, yes.
You can have your choice. A proper
marriage wouId appease the nobiIity.
I can have
any woman I want ?
- [ ChuckIing ]
- Your Majesty.
Good morning, sire.
Uh, come. Take your pIace
for the presentation.
You see, miIord, every nobIe
has brought the prize of his house.
Fanara, from the House of BaIIin.
As pure as virgin snow.
- We've met. She's not that pure.
- Shh.
- My niece, eunuch.
- NaIissa,
niece of DucaIon,
came to pay homage, sire.
[ Akivasha's Voice Echoing ]
Come to me. Be my Iover. Queen.
The next girI, sire.
Sire, the next girI.
Take off your veiI.
- Let me see your face.
- Oh.
ProtocoI does not permit.
The king... makes protocoI.
[ Echoing ]
Make Iove to me now.
MiIord, the others.
There are no others.
[ Echoing ]
I am yours.
Mmm.
- My queen !
- [ Cheering ]
My Queen.
A toast to the king and queen.
May your wedding night
Iast Ionger than your courtship.
And may fate smiIe
on you both.
WeII, Iet's see.
Zareta, come teII us our fate.
- Zareta.
- [ Cards Drop ]
- What are you doing here ?
- Borna is dead.
Haven't you heard ?
I've missed you.
You are mad to come back.
[ Sighs ]
Not Iong ago, I was just a pirate.
Today I am king, and I have one
of the IoveIiest of nobIewomen.
Who'd have thought it ?
I thought it.
- ReaIIy ?
- It was in the cards.
Sit. Divine our future.
WiII you choose ?
Oh, why worry for tomorrow,
when we know our destiny tonight ?
No !
- You mustn't !
- [ ChuckIes ] Ow.
[ PeopIe Gasping ]
Your pIaything
is jeaIous, husband.
- It's nothing. It's--
- This is the destiny you chose:
the death card.
Must I pubIicIy compete
for your affection with a paIace whore ?
- Away.
- The cards do not Iie !
- You forget your pIace.
- No !
- Let go !
- [ PeopIe ] Ohhh !
- You okay ?
- It seems our priest here
fancies you, Zareta.
Perhaps you'd Iike to go
with this... admirer.
I wiII stay
and serve the king.
Enough ! Tonight is my wedding night.
Everyone must share our joy.
[ Cheering ]
[ Akivasha Moaning, Gasping ]
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