Sonja.
- Your sister's dying.
I'll take you to her.
Varna.
Thank God.
I've lived long enough.
The talisman's stolen.
All the priests massacred.
- We fought...
- Rest, Varna. Later we can talk.
There's no time. Listen.
The talisman has terrible power...
which grows in the light.
In 13 days it could destroy the world...
by storm and earthquake.
You must destroy the talisman, Sonja.
Send it into darkness. Swear that you will.
I swear.
Who took it?
I don't know.
There was a woman with a gold mask.
Soldiers.
Where did they take it? North? South?
She's dead.
And the living have work to do.
Her work, my work, is no concern of yours.
- Who are you, anyway?
- My name is Kalidor.
I befriended your sister, remember?
I'm a friend of yours, too.
I thank you for what you did for my sister.
You will be rewarded.
I'm no mercenary. Nobody pays me.
If l think somebody owes me something,
l take it.
Someone is using the talisman.
- What place is that?
- Hablok. It's a great city.
Where are you going?
Hablok.
Wait. I'll come with you.
Why should you? It's no business of yours.
And neither am I.
You may be wrong on both counts.
I know you're a brave girl,
but danger is my trade.
Then l'll learn it by myself.
Don't make me angry, Kalidor.
I don't need any man's help.
Don't shake it, fool. Hold it steady!
Can you do nothing right?
Still, you great idiot.
I'm trying, Your Highness.
Clumsy oaf. Stupid, dumb,
useless, selfish beast!
Quickly, come. Come to me.
Don't give me orders, slave.
I'll have you hung by the heels.
Anyway, it's too slippery.
Do you want me to fall
in that boiling mud? You numskull.
I'll try to swing it around. Now.
- Hold still, boy.
- Boy?
Steady, Your Majesty. Steady.
Jump off. Jump.
What about me?
Get back here and stop playing the fool.
I hear and obey, master of the world.
I'm coming.
Lucky for you that this person came along.
Reward her, and tell her who l am.
His Royal Highness, the Prince Tarn,
Great Lord of Hablok...
keeper of the spotless throne...
great elephant who fertilizes the world
with his...
l've told you not to say that.
Do it again, and l'll have you impaled.
Well, reward her, fool.
From the look of your kingdom, Prince,
you need this more than l do.
Did she address me?
What happened?
Queen Gedren attacked us
is what happened.
Gedren? Queen Gedren?
That's right.
She knocked down half the city with her
new weapon and demanded our surrender.
My army ran away.
Do they want to live forever?
I refused to surrender.
So she knocked down the other half.
Falkon, since everyone is dead
or run away...
you shall escort me
to the mountains tomorrow.
I shall raise a new army...
and crush this upstart Gedren underfoot.
Where can l find her, this Queen Gedren?
In Burkubane, the land of eternal night.
How do l get there?
There's a long scenic way, and there's
the short way through Brytag's toll road.
I'll take Brytag's toll road.
Which way is that?
Straight north from here.
You can't miss it.
But it's worth a try.
Ask the woman
if she wishes to join my army.
We'll probably need a cook.
Your Highness is too kind,
but l travel alone.
Dismiss the woman, Falkon.
I shall dine in an hour.
May l give you a word of advice?
Put him over your knee
and beat some manners into him.
You wouldn't happen to have a tablecloth,
would you?
Brytag, come down and open the gate.
Not so fast, redhead.
I'm up here
where l can get a better look at you.
I have no time to waste, Brytag.
I have plenty. Come up, l say.
- Come here, wench.
- Why should I?
Because l am Brytag. This is my land.
All that pass through pay me tribute.
- How much, Brytag?
- Who mentioned money?
Tribute, l said.
The tender kind all women pay to Brytag.
Suppose l don't.
Suppose, instead, l open up
that great fat belly of yours.
You hear that?
She's going to open up my great...
Woman, l have fought 177 men.
Only one survives, and he has got no