the duty of the High lord.
You? The High lord?
I was coming to the temple
to see the talisman destroyed...
when I found your sister dying...
and learnt that the talisman
had been stolen.
So she guided me to you.
Why didn't you tell me who you were?
You didn't seem to want a man's help.
But you needed it,
so that's why I followed you.
I had to be sure you reached the talisman.
I see.
I misunderstood.
I thought you had another reason.
I did.
No. I'm under a vow.
No man may have me
unless he has beaten me in a fair fight.
So the only man that can have you
is one who has tried to kill you.
That's logic.
If you yield only to a conqueror,
then prepare to be conquered.
Little Sonja.
Don't be a fool. I don't want to kill you.
Try it.
Come on.
Keep it down over there.
We're trying to sleep.
Are you all right?
Yes, Prince. We were just practicing.
Then let me down!
Thank you.
Why does she fight so hard?
She doesn't want to win.
Gedren's army.
Another kingdom enslaved.
The talisman! We must find a way in.
We'll have to climb.
Three of us should go in.
Who'll stand guard this doorway,
the post of danger?
- Falkon?
- Me? Here?
I don't know what's coming out that door.
No, I am going up.
Coward!
I'll take my chances in there.
And I have to go in.
I'll stay.
Take care, Your Highness.
Thank you.
Tomorrow, I start my diet.
Majesty, the talisman
is almost beyond control.
We must bury it in the dark
before it is too late!
It'll be buried when I have no further use
for it, and that time is not yet.
But it will kill us all!
O God, Majesty, what do you want?
Our vaults are brimming with gold.
Great states live in terror of us!
- What more is there?
- The world, Ikol!
Today we took another piece
of the city of Toktyl.
But I have wider claims
and the talisman will enforce them!
Madness. There will be no world.
There will be no world.
We must find the talisman.
Only I can touch it, remember.
You take that way, I'll go the other way.
Falkon, you take the center.
How's the food around here?
Who are you?
- Look for the talisman.
- Yeah. Right.
- Ikol, Gedren's black spider.
- You.
Yes. Prince Tarn of Hablok:
The city you blasted
with your filthy sorcery.
So the royal brat hasn't learnt his lesson.
Out of my way, child.
So that you can desert,
like the thief you are?
With my gold?
Hablok's gold?
Now that was unmannerly
of Your Highness...
and rude little boys need correction...
if they're going to grow up into...
I'm afraid Your Highness' growth
is going to be stunted permanently.
Now, yield, Black Spider.
Where's Queen Gedren?
She's gone. I'm so glad that you've come.
Please, will you protect me?
I'm so frightened.
Gedren! Where are you?
So the Prince of Hablok
honors us with his presence unwisely.
How many are with you?
Tell me! How many are with you?
- How many?
- Enough, Gedren!
Get back, or Hablok will need
an heir to the throne.
And your own throne, Gedren.
Unless the talisman goes into the dark,
your whole kingdom will...
Prince, get Kalidor and Falkon.
There's a way behind the throne.
The talisman, Gedren. Quickly!
You are a fool.
We could have ruled the world together.
Now I shall rule alone,
and you will die for what you did to me.
What I did?
You slaughtered my parents like cattle.
My brother, my sister!
Vermin! What were their lives
compared to this?
You are mad!
The talisman will destroy you.
Up here, Sonja.
Up here.
Kalidor, Falkon, this way! Hurry!
Down this hallway!
Sonja. Over here.
Falkon, help.
Prince Tarn, come back.
I am here, Gedren. Death to all tyrants.
Sonja, help me!
I'm trapped!
Sonja! Behind you!
I can't get through.
Falkon, pull her through. I'll hold the gate.
Follow me. This is the way out.
How do you know, Highness?
Because this is the way
I came in, you clown.
Here's the way through.
Go. Quickly!
The door doesn't move.
How does it open?
I know. Leave it to me.
No! Come back,