There she is, the beauty!
Hey, where have you been hiding?
Cooking, sir. There are people who want their meals.
How can such ugly parents produce such a beauty?
Most amusing.
Bring that over!
Smells like pig swill.
Then you will love it. Come here, my love.
Please! I have to work!
Do not be afraid.
I am a good guy. Isn't that right?
One of the best!
Isn't this nice? Come here, join me.
Please let me go.
You! Shut up with your thunder!
On the house, sirs.
Now come, child. Let these fine fellows enjoy their drink.
You have work to do in the kitchen. Come along now.
Leave her be.
Can you not see she is having fun?
Why are you wasting your time in the kitchen?
Spend some time with us instead.
Now, get over here...
Namaste.
Hey!
Are you paying for that?
Why? You did not.
You are a dead man.
Yes, I am. But I died weeks ago.
Would you care to join me?
Drop the axe, boy.
Drop it!
Very good. Take them away!
Hit them!
Master! Master!
Thank you, thank you! If you were not present today...
Please do not leave! Stay as long as you want.
Free food, drink, and a place to sleep.
As long as you want.
I have served kings and queens in my time.
Lived in a palace and trained princes in all the arts of war.
And now you want me to serve you?
Learn to fight for yourself.
But... they would have killed me.
Then learn to die well.
Is that him?
Yes, my lord.
Drunker than he is now, he still beat those three men.
I am telling the truth--
Of course, he did.
I am only surprised he did not kill them.
-Wake up! -Die well...
Yes, Katappa. Perhaps you will.
And perhaps a different Katappa will rise in your stead.
Grab his legs
while I cut him down.
Why bother? He is dead.
Just help me get him down.
He is heavy.
Oh, my God...
Only good for the vultures. Look at my shirt. It is new!
Hanging there for ten days, no food, no water!
Of course, he is dead!
Unbelievable!
He is still alive!
Not for long.
Let us gut him.
No. Let him live. I want to see if he beats the record.
The record? No way.
Only the Demon Lord has ever survived
this kind of punishment and lived to talk about it.
-This brute is not even close. -Let us see.
Hey! Get this one some food and water.
I want him working on the cliff-face first thing tomorrow.
Let us see if your hate gives you
strength enough to walk.
He should have his head lowered to the dirt.
He will be dead soon enough.
He will suffer. But let us see how much he can take.
Tell the men to start a betting pool
for the day he falls.
It will give us all something to do.
I am having fun with this one.
Easy. Easy, son.
Why waste what food we have on a dead man?
Shut your mouth.
Anyone can see he is someone important.
Important? We are all slaves. You, me, him!
You are right. That's all we are.
We are all the same, always have been.
I wish I had realised that earlier.
My old life was never real.
A dream from which I have woken.
We all dream. That is the one thing they cannot take away from us.
Not the way they took...
I will find out what happened to your children and get them back.
I swear to you.
Do not give them false hope.
You will be dead tomorrow.
They took every child they came across.
Those children will have been sold by now,
shipped away to the far ends of the earth. They are gone.
Life is miserable enough without tormenting yourselves
over lost children.
I want to know what happened to our son.
No, no, you do not. Forget him.
Such memories will drive you beyond madness.
Believe me.
We are all in this together.
There are more of us than the guards.
One swift, sudden strike, and we could be free.
You need weapons for an attack, which they have.
And we do not.
That, we can fix.
Maybe I was wrong.
He was broken after all.
Works all through the day,
hardly stopping for food or water.
Does anything to please. Watch this.
Hey, big man! Go fetch me some water.
Thirsty, slave?
Back to work, slave.
Did you ever have a dog more obedient?
We took a man and made him an animal.
We will get no more trouble from him.
We will see.
Get the key off his belt.
We should wait a while longer. It is too early.
The guards will still be awake. We are not ready.
It is tonight.
The longer we wait, the greater the risk...
that they find these.
Quick and silent.
We free others first. Then go to the equipment hut.
Those hammers and picks will tip the balance.
I am going to deal with the guards. Who is with me?
I have to trust you.
And I promise you. We will be free from these bonds of slavery.
Give me a weapon.
You wait here till the fighting is over.
It is safe here.
Give me a weapon,
or there will be a fight right here, right now.
Just be careful.
For victory and freedom.
Something is not right. There should be some guards.
The guards have grown lazy. This is our chance.
We will be free.
Let us go! There is not a moment to lose.
No...
The fool!
Come on, then. We need to act before he wakes the whole...
Wait, we are missing someone.
I am sorry.
It's a trap! We have been betrayed!
But there is no one here.
Forgive me. I had to.
Finish them all!
Run!
Get... get moving.
That's enough.
You have my gratitude. You betrayed your friends.
What did I promise in exchange?
Please, you promised to tell me where my son is.
Ah! Did I?
Let me tell you.
No! It cannot be true.
No one would be so cruel!
Please tell me the truth. Where is my son?
It is the truth.
But best you keep this secret
to yourself.
How does it feel? Does it hurt?
You tell me.
I cannot help but admire you, slave.
In another life, we might have even been friends.
But this is not that life.
We have had some fun, you and I, but now it is time to die.
What is going on here?
Explain yourself.
This one tried to lead a revolt, my lord.
It was only because of me that they failed.
He fights like ten men.
I was going to kill him
and have his body hung over the entrance as a warning.
Patch him up.
Huh? "Patch him up"?
Do you want me to repeat so simple an order?
No, no. It shall be done.
Get him to the infirmary. Quick!
If he is not digging by dawn,
I will have you in chains, replacing him.
No. Not the mine. I want him for the wolf pit.
Where... where am I?
I... I need a drink.
What is this?
Water.
What do you want?
It is less about what I want
and more about what you need, noble Katappa.
And what is that?
A purpose.
A reason to live, to die. And a reason to kill.
Now, let me tell you the truth about the man I serve.
The Demon Lord.
Feeling rested and calm?
Let me out and see for yourself.
Then I shall get to the point. How would you like to go back home?
Sounds like that is an offer with a steep price attached.
Not really. Not for someone with your talents.
I see you like fighting.
I just want to see you against someone
more worthy of your extraordinary skill.
And if I say no?
You will go back in chains to dig until you die.
And I will hang twenty of those slaves you live with
because of your insolence.
Maybe that old man first.
When?
Now. Pick one.
That one.
Hmm.
Take him to the wolf pit.
Bring him.
In you go.
How about you and me?
How long do you think the old man would last
hanging on the rope?
I will make it quick.