into the hills.
Do as l say!
Theo! Theo!
Go, Danu.
Go and be with Morna.
The one who can't be taken.
l want no fight with you, Tyro.
You have no fight
with anyone, shepherd.
Come on!
lf Ffion were mine
she'd still be here, shepherd.
Tyro!
The ships!
The ships are coming!
We ask forgiveness for our sin.
Take the first eight youths you find.
And l want no more
from your dark spirit.
No, don't take them!
Don't take them!
No!
Morna! Morna!
Morna!
Curse their god
and kill the beast.
Don't touch my mother!
The stick! The stick!
No, Mother!
Mother!
Theo...
l'm taking your place. Go! Run!
Farewell.
ls that a way to greet a friend?
Who is it?
lt's Theo.
What's he doing here?
Stay close to Morna, Danu.
The bull.
l'm going to kill the bull.
The Minotaur?
Their god?
And you'll kill it with him?
Have you told him yet?
Tyro is afraid of the bull.
l fear no beast.
My mother once told me
that it is white.
White from the bile of all the children
sacrificed in the labyrinth.
She said when
the Minotaur was born...
the world cried tears
that filled the oceans.
Didi, your mother is a goose
who sings to her own shadow...
and her daughter is a fool.
She's mad!
Hit her for me.
The bull is divine.
Death is our path into the afterlife.
We should be honored
we are sacrificed.
The gods do not sleep.
You cannot kill a god.
He will take your spirit
and you will be his.
l fear no beast.
Not even a fool who dreams
he can kill a god.
That's what l intend to do.
To kill him while he sleeps.
Beneath the great palace...
she waits for Theo.
We're here.
The floor... how is it warm?
Kneel.
All this time...
old and ugly.
Does this sacrifice
please our princess?
You can smell, can't you?
Let us first season his meat.
There!
No!
Morna! No!
That one!
No!
- Do something!
- My lord!
Lord?
They will not please you, my lord.
And how will they
not please me, boy?
They are unknowing, my lord.
Unknowing...
Virgins please us.
They please us immensely.
We thank the boy for his concern.
Let him tell us his name.
Take those sweet eyes from me
before l pluck them out, boy.
My name is Shepherd, sir.
Well, Shepherd...
our princess will show you how
we prepare virgins for our god.
lnhale the sweetness.
The gas shall corrupt
their unknowing minds.
Make her stop, Theo.
Now. Now's the time.
No.
My god is ready for his meat.
Let us see the mouth of hell.
Open the gates.
Do not be afraid.
Your spirit will l warm
in the belly of the bull.
And your flesh will taste sweeter
now that it's aroused.
Come, powerful one!
Come see what l have brought you.
Come taste!
What?
You think that
you will displease our eyes.
Come quickly, powerful one...
before l taste
this precious flesh myself.
You are afraid to show yourself.
Take the girls.
Morna!
Take her!
Remove them! Prepare the pits!
They will all be sacrificed together!
Do not ever speak in here again.
- What was it?
- The bull.
Get away from me!
You are accursed!
Why don't you stop her?
Gods are from above.
They rule from the sky.
Why would they keep a god
under their feet?
The Minotaur
is from the under earth...
the great darkness.
A labyrinth of tunnels and caves.
lf it is a beast,
then it can be slain.
The Minotaur is a beast and a god.
And Theo should not talk so.
Bring me the shepherd boy.
The old leper said he would come.
Sedate him with the gas.
Then l will see if he will help me.
And, Rumella, make sure the king
does not see you.
You will come with us.
Theo.
Shepherd boy...
has our gas made you drowsy?
Such innocence.
Sweet Theo.
How do you know my name?
Love, young Theo.
lt tells me what l wish to hear.
l wish to hear why
l've been brought here.
l want to know of this beast
you keep feeding my people to.
You know nothing of the beast.
l am Raphaella.
She who will give birth
to the young shepherd's dreams.
What?
What do you want from me?
Quiet!
Help me.
Release