WEBVTT - Ep5A | Pyrite Kingdom - Oren’s Oasis 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:10.799 Int request created by Michael Freiberg, a production of iHeartRadio 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:14.400 and Astro Media Listen with headphones for three D audio. 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:20.440 There's no oasis. This land isn't even fertile. We're standing 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:22.640 at the outer edges of the astral desert with nothing 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:28.440 for miles but death and decay. Ether, what serious have 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:39.040 pepper pot candy? Oh? Here? Serious? M According to the map, 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:43.000 the oasis should be right over this, dude. Ether, second 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:47.760 pepper pot for serious? I just gave you here. Take 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:51.200 the bag. Don't eat too many or you'll get pepper 0:00:51.200 --> 0:01:02.520 pod madness really eats our serious more pepper pot candy? No, 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:06.679 you just ate the bag. As I was saying the 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:10.560 oasis logo, look around, do you see an oasis full 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:12.720 of life in riches? Or do you see that the 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:14.959 only thing down in those dunes is an old, broken 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:17.680 down castle lost to the sands of time. A castle, 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.319 but either According to the map, rings close proximity to 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:24.399 an oasis and water is essential to our survival. If 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:27.039 we don't take proper precaution to replenish our canteens, we 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:31.840 risk dehydration and exhaustion from exposure to the desert sun. Serious, 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:35.880 no need water serious strong store water on back blood. 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:43.520 Camel go weeks without water, soaking desert sun can not. 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:45.880 Only is that not how nutrients are absorbed in the body. 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.920 That's not how camel store water either. Besides, even camels 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:52.919 stop at watering holes to drink and refuel. It's only 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:57.400 sensible we do the same logo. There is no watering hole, 0:01:57.720 --> 0:01:59.920 only that stone castle at the bottom of the dune. 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:02.240 You led us all the way to the outer edges 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:05.520 of the Azral Desert for nothing. What we need to 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:08.280 do is return to the main path while there's still 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.280 hope of finding the mole air or else. By the 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:12.920 time we reach Imperia, we'll have missed the solar eclipse 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:14.919 and be as shriveled up as the pepper pod candies 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.919 running away in serious as gold. But according to the map. 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:20.520 According to the map, there shouldn't even be a castle. 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:25.000 The map is wrong. Precisely. The castle has fifty foot 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:28.320 high walls, four armored turrets, and a fortified central bell 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:30.519 tower that stretches to the sky, all of which is 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:33.239 surrounded by a dry moat at least thirty feet deep 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:36.400 and twelve feet wide. Whoever built this castle must have 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:39.560 done so to privatize and protect a most valuable resource. 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:48.519 The otis water, water, pepper pod burn, hot and serious 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:56.960 billy makes serious thirsty. We've already wasted too much time. 0:02:57.000 --> 0:03:00.600 We have to head back to the path. I forget 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.119 it while we're out here. I guess it couldn't hurt 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:06.440 the scabbnge for supplies. Lucky for us, the castle's drawbridge 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:10.079 is already down. And second thought, no one builds a 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.760 castle like that because they welcome visitors. Maybe we should 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:14.880 turn back. How much water is left in the cancies? 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:27.079 They're empty? No water? No water? What serious? Need water? 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:37.800 Serious belly burn like like bapper pod fire? Serious? Stop? 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:56.040 What's going on? Looks like we're storming the castle for water. Serious, 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:58.440 stay put at the end of the drawbridge. It's safer 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:07.320 if we entered the castle together. Serious wrong, serious water 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:12.440 water d well. We can't be positive this find your 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:21.160 water right logo? Uh sure? Ether hold on through the 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:36.040 castle entrueway together. Marble columns or Nate's tapestries, double winged 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:39.799 staircase in size and stature. The castle's reception chamber resembles 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:43.120 that of a grand hall. Despite the neglect, you can 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.440 tell this castle was once home to a great king. 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:52.480 Look water what where overhead a banner of the royal 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:55.960 coat of arms. It depicts a gilded chalice overflowing with water, 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:00.280 King Oran of water Land. My intuition about the place 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:03.159 was correct. It appears this castle once belonged to the 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.080 Great King Oran. Well, I'm sure it was a sight 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:14.720 to see. Hello, anyone home Oran either stopped, someone might 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:21.080 hear hear that silence? What I tell you? Abandoned. We 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:27.920 got the whole castle to ourselves. Looks like this way 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:38.000 leads to the throne room. Come on, the throne room 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.919 must be one of the rooms down this hall. That 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.400 immense blackstone door at the end of the corridor. Why 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.679 is there a mirror in the center of it? Huh, 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.160 I don't know. Maybe the mirror is to reflect the 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:54.960 light from the ceiling chandelier and brighten up the place blots. 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:58.120 I wonder where it goes. It appears to require a 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:02.000 hieroglyphic cipher to open one hundred different symbols. There's an 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:08.000 inscription over the door's arch. Simple eyes symbolize sinful lines. 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:12.840 What does it mean? Clue for water? We shouldn't stick 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:17.600 around to find out logo. Would you relax. There's nothing 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:20.600 to worry about. We're the only ones here. But if 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:22.760 that's true, who's been letting the torches on the wall? 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:48.839 What was that? Water? Water? Water? Serious? After him? Water? 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:57.839 War serious? Not another step either in center of throne 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:01.880 rooms water will We don't know what's down there. This 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:03.839 could all be a trap. I tried to tell you 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:10.160 that back on the dunes. You didn't listen. Yeah, sound 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:16.240 come from inside well at bottom? Serious, find source, find water, 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.920 don't be rash. The logical thing would be to consider 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:29.440 all possibilities before arriving at such a conclusion. Fire water. Now, 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:37.160 he just leapt into the well. It's bit black down there, 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.840 with no visibility to the bottom. He could be injured, 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.600 that is, assuming he survived the fall at all. What 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.840 should we do? We go down after him? What? No, 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:57.240 that would only put us at risk too serious deeds us? Oh? Okay, okay, 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:00.320 I know. Water wells are essentially a simple rope and 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:03.239 pulley system centered on a fixed axle. If we lower 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.600 the empty water bucket hanging above the well for serious 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:07.440 to grab a hold of, we can use the other 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:09.120 end of the rope to safely hoist them up the 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:12.280 ground level. We can't pull them out ourselves. Serious, is 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:14.600 way too heavy and chalk full of pepper pot candies. 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:19.960 That's where you're wrong. By tying the rope ground several 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:24.160 sturdy objects found around the room, such as the the 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:29.800 anister and throne itself, one can introduce sufficient counterweight to 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:32.880 anchor the system and significantly reduce the force required to 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:40.480 lift it out. Yet there, that should do it. Okay, serious, 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:46.680 I'm dropping down the bucket. Grab hold of it. We're 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:51.839 gonna get you out of their buddy logo. Tell me 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:53.600 when to pull them a raise them up together. That's 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:57.280 not necessary, huh. I've added sufficient oppositional force into the 0:08:57.280 --> 0:09:00.600 system to extract a small boulder. Even someone of modest 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:04.080 strength like myself could raise him unaided simply by knotting 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:09.080 the rope around their waist life itself and lifting at 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.280 an angle near parallel to direction of motion. Allow me 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:15.320 to demonstrate whatever, Just do it already, as soon as 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:31.800 you let go of the rope, logo, I'm a big rattle. Serious, 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:36.480 broke my fault. I guess she's heavier than I thought. 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:42.760 Get us out of here. Well, hell all right, I'm 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.240 gonna grab a torch off the wall and come down 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:51.080 there myself. The rope's anchored around the wells axle. I'll 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:54.080 repel down and then we can climb back up. Be 0:09:54.280 --> 0:10:06.280 right there, Serious, you're right serious, okay, but but well 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:17.800 empty sorry never pot madness, water water, who's that? Hello? 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:22.440 Who are you? Why are you down here? Water water? 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:26.000 He appears to be in some sort of trance. Looks 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.360 like he's had a rough go of it, bound, beaten 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.200 and left at the bottom of a well. We have 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:34.160 to want tie him, But remember what you said about 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:37.240 this being a trap. Maybe he's tied up for good reason. 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:40.040 If we leave right now, don't touch anything, then we 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.040 can leave him to die and we'll never learn who 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.000 did this to him and what danger lies ahead. Besides, 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:53.840 he's no threat to the three of us. Untie him, water, Water, 0:10:54.640 --> 0:11:01.920 you'll never get your hands. I'm bone water water. Drops 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:14.520 of water in bucket on ground next to him. Serious, 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:22.720 forget it, help much, finish on tying him? Water, give 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:29.800 serious strength. Who are you three? We're travelers who wanted 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.360 in from the desert. What happened here? I'll tell you 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:37.440 everything I know, but first introductions are in order. I 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:41.920 am King of the Waterland Sage of the water Buffalo, 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:47.600 Guardian of flow is or welcome to my home, your 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:54.680 king and only king, or I'm ether that's serious and logo, 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:58.679 how long have you been in this well? I'm I'm 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:02.840 not sure. Last thing I remember is we were under 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:05.959 attack and I was headed to my escape tunnel to 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.520 wait it out. The entrance, which is hidden in the 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:12.720 wall behind my throat. My escape tunnel, leads to the outside, 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:17.520 and only I know the code to enter. Were you ambushed? Yes, 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:21.760 I must have been, and that's what I've blacked out 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.800 and fell into this stupor. He must have tied me 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:30.000 up and left me in this wealth. He must be 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:35.320 behind this. He has returned. He who are you talking? 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:42.360 The King of the Shadowland, King of Shadows, the King 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:47.200 of the Shadowland, My greatest rival, who has long since 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:57.120 terrorized my kingdom, Lord Nero. Lord Nero. Nero has driven 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:00.440 away most of the Waterland people on fear and is 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:04.360 the reason the few who stayed behind remain hidden in 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:08.120 this kingdom like beetles, and now, with no one wants 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:11.640 to defend the castle, Nero really comes and goes as 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:15.080 he pleases me. He seems to be growing stronger each 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:19.200 passing day. What is his objective? Neros after one thing, 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:24.600 and one thing, only water. But as long as I'm alive, 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:29.200 he'll never get his hands on it, and Nero needs 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:35.080 me alive. I could explain. The water Lands oasis is 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:38.679 in the Imperial Grounds, located behind the castle. The Imperial 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:42.960 Grounds containing the oasis is whole week nclosed on all sides, 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:47.240 with fortified fifty foot walls on the eastern and western perimeters, 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:51.400 and unscalable mountains in the distance. The only way to 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:54.960 enter the grounds is through the castle's rear door, made 0:13:55.040 --> 0:14:00.800 of impenetrable black stone and secured by hiro affect cipher. 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.760 If a wrong coat is answered three times in a row, 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:09.040 the door will lock forever. The blackstone door at the 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:10.640 end of the corridor, the one with a mirror in 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:14.840 the center beneath the chandelier, so you've seen it. I 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:19.120 alone know the answer to the cipher and will never 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:23.520 surrender it to Nero. He must never reach the oasis. 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:27.880 The water belongs to the water Land Kingdom, and he 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:38.120 is mine and mine alone. Sorry, serious drink your water nonsense. 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:43.080 Because they refuse to willingly give him the water, Nero's 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:45.720 decided he'd take it by force, even if it means 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:48.280 ringing it out of me one tear at a time. 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:53.280 But despite all the suffering, he'll never break me. You 0:14:53.560 --> 0:15:02.920 didn't drink my water, You drank my tears. Wait a minute, 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:08.680 water cipher oasis. If you have an oasis full of water, 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:10.960 why is there no water in this well or the 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:17.040 moat that surrounds the castle or in bucket? Do you 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.560 really think I'd allow the oasis water to flow freely 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:24.760 throughout the kingdom while Nero terrorizes it. Every drop that 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:28.040 graces his lips is one less for the water land people. 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.720 I've swore to guard the flow of water in this 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:35.120 realm with my life, and we'll defend the oasis for 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:38.840 as long as I'm the king with great hotter. I 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:44.080 wear the badge of my royal etom say, your badge 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.280 is a picture of a water buffalo with your name 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:50.480 across it and underneath the word flow. Yes, I am 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:55.520 the guardian of flow? Well or in guardian of flow? 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.120 Tell me how do you know that Nero hasn already 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.160 gotten his hands on your water? That the oasis this 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:05.880 isn't dry? Would you like to see it? Yes? Yes, yeah, 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.440 we would. Then at the time we climb out of 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:27.280 this well. To the gentlemen, we've arrived the highest point 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:34.320 of the water Land Kingdom. The viewing balcony awakes. I 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:44.440 invite you three to step outside and behind my kingdoms 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:55.360 round jel the Waterland Oasis. Now come back inside with me. 0:16:56.120 --> 0:17:03.120 There is something I must ask you three. You never 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.359 told me down on the well. What business brings you 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:13.240 to the water Land Kingdom. We came in search of water. 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:15.480 We have a long journey ahead of us, and only 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.400 wish to refill our canteens at your oasis, after which 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:26.280 will be on our way. I see, so you've come 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:33.160 for my water well. Perhaps an arrangement can be made. 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:36.560 Return with me at once to the throne room. We 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:44.119 shall discuss terms. So or in what did you have 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:48.760 in mind? An alliance of forces against a common enemy? 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:53.560 Common enemy? It appears you in the shadow Land king 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:57.439 are both after my water. But if he reaches the 0:17:57.440 --> 0:18:02.080 oasis first, there will be nothing left for you three. 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:07.040 But send Nero will stop at nothing. But I've studied 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:13.159 his nature, uncovered his secret weakness. I can defeat him. 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:18.240 What need us for? Alas two weeks to do it alone? 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:24.959 While the Waterland's castles made of stone. My people are 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:30.000 not as I've noted. Those subjects of mine who have 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:34.960 yet to flee, stay coward away and hide. But if 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:39.359 you join me in fighting the Shadowland King, together, we 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:43.080 can end his reign of terror upon my kingdom and 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:47.480 defeat him. And for your troubles, I will shower you 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:55.000 three with so much water your cups will overflow. We're 0:18:55.080 --> 0:19:00.440 civilian mercenaries, not sell swords. This is your battle to fight. Ah. 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:05.120 But even in my stupor down in the well, I 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:13.480 recognized you three persis the inherent qualities of great soldiers. Serious, 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:17.959 with your pulking strength and fierce heart, you'd make a 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:20.760 great warrior chief, in charge of training the last of 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:26.879 the Waterland people and leading them into battle. Logo. You 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:31.880 have a most impressive mind an unrivaled acumen. You would 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:36.440 have had our military strategy, responsible for formulating battle tactics 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:41.359 and managing the logistics behind out. Winning our opponent sounds 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:45.280 logical to me and eat her. You have the spirit 0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:49.640 of a natural born leader. My second in command, you'd 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:52.280 help me understand the mind of our enemy, solve the 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:56.440 puzzle of his soul, and lead our kingdom against Nero 0:19:56.960 --> 0:20:00.359 when the time comes. When the time comes, the black 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:04.320 bell atop the Kingdom sounds the alarm. Three rings from 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:10.040 the bell tower signifies the Shadowland King's return. Here's some 0:20:10.240 --> 0:20:15.240 tune I know all too well. When Nero is finally 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:20.040 defeated and peace restored to the Waterland Kingdom, the black 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:23.200 bell will ring out all through the night in celebration 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:29.600 with your help, its victory song will be heard throughout 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:33.520 the realm uh huh. And exactly how big is Nero's army? 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:37.800 He will come alone. I can assure you that. Now, 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:47.640 will you three join me in this final fight for freedom? Okay? 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:56.240 D I propose atoms. They keep a special reserve bottle 0:20:56.240 --> 0:20:58.240 of the purest Waterland water in my throne room for 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:03.400 rare occasions like this. You're defeating Mero and restoring the 0:21:03.440 --> 0:21:09.000 flow to the Waterland Kingdom here here, after our victory. 0:21:09.359 --> 0:21:11.679 There's much more where that came from, much more, I 0:21:11.920 --> 0:21:24.400 promise now, we don't have long until Nero's return. Serious, 0:21:25.160 --> 0:21:29.960 my warrior cheek, report to the armory on the main hole, 0:21:30.240 --> 0:21:33.359 last room on the left. You'll have free reign of 0:21:33.359 --> 0:21:37.400 the arsenal containing the Waterland's best weapons and equipment. Use 0:21:37.440 --> 0:21:40.920 it's to arm the infantry. After the armory, make your 0:21:40.920 --> 0:21:43.000 way to the barracks in the next room. Over the 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:46.119 barracks is where you'll find the remaining Waterland people. Hide 0:21:46.119 --> 0:21:49.639 them each trust us knights, but do not be fooled 0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:52.520 by their silver suits of armor. There are our soldiers 0:21:52.560 --> 0:21:57.639 and them I trust, though you'll make warriors out of them. Yet, logo, 0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:02.080 my head of strategy. Off to the war room for 0:22:02.240 --> 0:22:04.719 you down the main hall, last room of the right. 0:22:04.960 --> 0:22:09.200 I grant you full autonomy over the Waterland's royal archives 0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:13.239 and vast capital reserves. Use them wisely to deploy our 0:22:13.320 --> 0:22:16.720 resources and ensure where battle ready. I have faith in 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:22.320 you to formulate our path to victory. Affirmative either, my general, 0:22:22.840 --> 0:22:24.200 you are a remain of my side here in the 0:22:24.280 --> 0:22:27.000 throne room, and help me dissect the psyche of the 0:22:27.080 --> 0:22:33.240 Shadowland King. His mind is a murky enigma, but deciphering 0:22:33.640 --> 0:22:38.760 its true nature is the way to our victory. When 0:22:38.840 --> 0:22:43.560 the bell tolls three times, you will lead the Waterland 0:22:43.760 --> 0:23:00.359 Kingdom to war. I will now go. Thank has your stations, swords, stacks, 0:23:00.480 --> 0:23:09.000 chests of supply, all stock of barrels, pile high. Serious 0:23:09.080 --> 0:23:13.879 approve of waterland armory from Arsenal built great army to 0:23:14.040 --> 0:23:25.639 take down Shadow King? What in parrels? Bottom barrels mark 0:23:25.960 --> 0:23:32.720 black powder? Black powder must be for bomb. Top barrels 0:23:32.840 --> 0:23:40.040 mark Oran's oasis, Oran's oasis. Top barrels must have water 0:23:40.240 --> 0:23:48.040 from waterland oasis. Big barrel pile reached ceiling. One small 0:23:48.119 --> 0:23:51.880 sip for serious or no one knows the barrel even 0:23:51.920 --> 0:23:57.159 have cork cloth to drink water makes serious strong or 0:23:57.280 --> 0:24:01.560 in need serious strong or in need serious drink from 0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:07.840 barrel h serious take a small ship from barrel for 0:24:08.440 --> 0:24:24.359 oord ah barrel do have water only sand sand? Ye? 0:24:25.560 --> 0:24:38.000 We need water anyway? When half swords swords so many 0:24:38.240 --> 0:24:44.240 swords on war? Which sword worthy of great warrior chief? 0:24:45.280 --> 0:24:57.480 Which sword serious? Uncheethe m hm m hm hm This 0:24:57.720 --> 0:25:04.080 one handle of gold lion had sneaks, he creep crossbars 0:25:04.080 --> 0:25:10.200 shaped like leather b or victory with lion sword serious 0:25:10.320 --> 0:25:18.919 defeat Shadow Kingdom unshe Huh no blade only sword handle 0:25:19.920 --> 0:25:26.200 mm hm hm ah with this sword now serious wind 0:25:26.280 --> 0:25:32.480 battle unshe ah? This one no have bladed either a 0:25:33.680 --> 0:25:47.359 huh all right, no sword here have blade only handle? Huh? 0:25:50.960 --> 0:26:01.000 Chest empty? Two stacks of royal archives steeled bang vault 0:26:01.200 --> 0:26:04.680 and an oversized oakwood writing desk upon which rests a 0:26:04.800 --> 0:26:08.400 multitude of scientific instruments and sundreams all the base essentials 0:26:08.440 --> 0:26:11.080 for the modern military strategists. Now, this is the type 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:13.000 of war room where I can dedicate myself fully to 0:26:13.080 --> 0:26:21.200 the intricacies of my work. Well, time to get to it. Huh, 0:26:21.440 --> 0:26:23.760 there's a tea kettle on the desk. Oran must have 0:26:23.800 --> 0:26:25.960 sent up a fresh pot in advance of my arrival. 0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:28.520 It'd be a root of me not to partake. Besides, 0:26:28.720 --> 0:26:30.760 a few SIPs are to relax my nerves and put 0:26:30.800 --> 0:26:36.119 me in the proper mindset to take on such taxing work. Okay, logo, 0:26:36.600 --> 0:26:42.720 coordinate brain to hand, steady spout to cup. Poor. What 0:26:43.640 --> 0:26:50.119 that's not tea, it's sand Okay, Well, logo, looks like 0:26:50.200 --> 0:26:52.040 you'll have to rely on your own mental fortitude to 0:26:52.080 --> 0:26:55.600 get you through this one. Okay, military strategy. Where to begin? 0:26:56.160 --> 0:27:03.359 The possibilities are limitless. I know, I'll peruse the bookshelves 0:27:03.359 --> 0:27:11.640 to simulate my thinking. Excellent idea. It's a military warfare 0:27:11.680 --> 0:27:18.320 section due the art of military strategy and subterfuge. Sounds promising. 0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:27.000 That's odd. The pages are blank. Let's be a misprint. Okay, 0:27:27.119 --> 0:27:31.480 let's see. Oh, here we are combat, counter attacks, and 0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:37.200 operations critical building blocks to a solid foundation. This book's 0:27:37.200 --> 0:27:43.040 blank too, all right? Third Times the Charm Warfare Principles, 0:27:43.320 --> 0:28:05.360 theory and practice the Blank. As my second in command, 0:28:05.520 --> 0:28:10.600 you're my most trusted adviser. It would be an honor 0:28:11.160 --> 0:28:15.440 if during battle you wore my badge as the guardian 0:28:15.560 --> 0:28:20.640 of flow. It looks dignified beside your abunance the eye 0:28:20.680 --> 0:28:25.600 of imperiad. Now orn, If I'm to understand the mind 0:28:25.640 --> 0:28:27.760 of the Shadowland King, I need to know how this 0:28:27.840 --> 0:28:34.600 all came to be. I suppose where should I begin? 0:28:35.240 --> 0:28:40.920 The start tell me everything, and I guess you'll want 0:28:40.960 --> 0:28:44.800 to know the history of the Waterland Kingdom and how 0:28:44.840 --> 0:28:49.640 I became king. In my youth, I was the prince 0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:52.960 of a foreign rith, one of the most prosperous and 0:28:53.040 --> 0:28:58.240 old of the Azrael Desert. My parents started as mere 0:28:58.320 --> 0:29:03.160 soldiers and built their kingdom brick by brick, all to 0:29:03.400 --> 0:29:07.760 leave their life of war behind them. Under their rule, 0:29:07.840 --> 0:29:12.040 the kingdom flourished and our people enjoyed a life of prosperity. 0:29:13.000 --> 0:29:15.400 Our army, though though we never went to war was 0:29:15.480 --> 0:29:19.640 the most fear in the land. As their only child, 0:29:20.040 --> 0:29:23.040 I should have been next in line for the throne, 0:29:24.440 --> 0:29:29.360 But I was spoiled by their success. Ignorant of my privilege, 0:29:30.440 --> 0:29:36.040 having never known true hardship, I grew salts. Pains me 0:29:36.160 --> 0:29:42.080 to say, but I was the prodigal prince. Neither they 0:29:42.320 --> 0:29:48.440 nor our people respected me. But when I came of age, 0:29:49.720 --> 0:29:54.440 I was determined to prove my merit. If they wouldn't 0:29:54.480 --> 0:29:59.240 give me the crown, my birthright, I would establish a 0:29:59.400 --> 0:30:04.400 kingdom of my own, a kingdom more prosperous than any 0:30:04.520 --> 0:30:09.080 before it. Accompanied by a few of our most loyal soldiers, 0:30:09.160 --> 0:30:13.040 in carrying the royal chalice in hand as a token 0:30:13.080 --> 0:30:16.920 of good faith, I led an expedition deep into the 0:30:17.040 --> 0:30:21.560 desert in search of fertile land. Weeks into wandering the 0:30:21.720 --> 0:30:26.920 dunes would all seemed hopeless, and on the brink of collapse. 0:30:27.160 --> 0:30:36.800 I happened upon this ass o asis, which would give 0:30:36.920 --> 0:30:41.640 rise to my kingdom, redeem my honor, and return meaning 0:30:41.800 --> 0:30:45.840 to my life. Soon after its discovery, we built this 0:30:46.120 --> 0:30:50.920 castle in the name of the Waterland Kingdom, and I 0:30:51.760 --> 0:30:57.520 its ruler, King Oran. And what happened from there under 0:30:57.600 --> 0:31:01.840 my rule. The kingdom flourished. It grew quickly in size 0:31:01.960 --> 0:31:06.560 and fortune, and became a central point along the desert 0:31:06.680 --> 0:31:11.960 trade routes. I was generous with my wealth. The oh 0:31:12.720 --> 0:31:17.840 ass water flowed freely throughout my realm like rivers. I 0:31:18.040 --> 0:31:22.200 loved my waterland people, and at last they loved me. Agather, 0:31:22.360 --> 0:31:27.320 we live prosperously in this waterland Kingdom, our own desert paradise. 0:31:28.440 --> 0:31:36.560 But that all ended with Nero. I suppose all good 0:31:36.680 --> 0:31:40.400 things must come to an end, as if a creature 0:31:40.480 --> 0:31:44.960 of the abyss. He arrived one evening on a full 0:31:45.080 --> 0:31:50.360 moon sky seam as tonight, and so began Nero's reign 0:31:50.480 --> 0:31:54.480 of terror. As the days passed, his hold over me 0:31:54.640 --> 0:32:00.440 increased and slow, the Waterland Kingdom crumpled. My people deserted. 0:32:00.800 --> 0:32:03.440 They they fun to the dooms, where they hide out 0:32:03.480 --> 0:32:09.080 in desert caves like exiles. Those poor souls who stayed 0:32:09.200 --> 0:32:14.240 behind stay hidden my bugs and the barracks. But I 0:32:14.280 --> 0:32:17.480 don't blame them. They feared for their lives, and I 0:32:19.360 --> 0:32:22.680 I failed to protect them. If I could only prove 0:32:23.280 --> 0:32:26.880 that there's something still here worth fighting for, that that 0:32:27.320 --> 0:32:30.800 I'm not a lost cause, I know they come back 0:32:30.880 --> 0:32:34.200 to me. But you know the Schadowland King's secret, his weakness. 0:32:34.360 --> 0:32:52.920 You can defeat him. Yes, serious, go through barracks, training 0:32:53.000 --> 0:33:06.160 Waterland people, making through war pears, h barracks better. Waterland 0:33:06.200 --> 0:33:09.920 people stand guard and rolls head to toe in armor 0:33:10.040 --> 0:33:17.760 like silver Knight, ready to fight Shadowland King. Waterland people 0:33:18.600 --> 0:33:24.240 fear no longer serious great warrior from distant land. Together 0:33:24.800 --> 0:33:29.440 we take down Shadowland King, restore glory to Waterland Kingdom. 0:33:30.040 --> 0:33:38.280 Who stand and fight with sirious Now it's not time 0:33:38.360 --> 0:33:42.960 for quiet. Scared mouse, be brave like lion. We fight 0:33:43.120 --> 0:33:56.280 for king Urn. Roar with serious in front. Brave Knight. 0:33:56.680 --> 0:34:06.840 Tell serious name, don't be shy, serious hand here, shake 0:34:06.960 --> 0:34:14.000 serious hand. If night no shake serious hand, serious shake 0:34:14.200 --> 0:34:21.440 night hand. All right, h Night hand come off. You 0:34:21.600 --> 0:34:25.400 must lose hand in battle. Brave warrior, a very brave warrior. 0:34:28.080 --> 0:34:31.200 Any of you brave like Night with one hand will 0:34:31.280 --> 0:34:41.840 give flesh for freedom. Ah, Hello, have you no honor? 0:34:42.520 --> 0:34:53.200 Serious speak? Anyone in armor? Listen Hello, Armor Nights topple 0:34:53.719 --> 0:35:07.719 empty good toy. Well, without the archives, I suppose I'll 0:35:07.760 --> 0:35:10.400 have to devise our military strategy relying on the cerebral 0:35:10.440 --> 0:35:15.040 powers of pure mental ingenuity. Alone m to optimize output. 0:35:15.160 --> 0:35:16.840 It might be prudent the first take stock of the 0:35:16.880 --> 0:35:22.760 pool of resources available to us. AH the military ledger. 0:35:23.320 --> 0:35:26.560 Capital allocation has always been a favored pastime. Don't mind 0:35:26.600 --> 0:35:29.839 if I take a look. Yeah, all right, let's see 0:35:29.880 --> 0:35:32.640 how financially sound the Royal Bank of Waterland really is. 0:35:35.160 --> 0:35:38.680 Here we are recent entries, three hundred thousand opals towards 0:35:38.680 --> 0:35:40.799 the purchase of military armor and armament, one hundred two 0:35:40.800 --> 0:35:43.040 thousand opals spent on travel and trade, seventy thousand for 0:35:43.120 --> 0:35:46.040