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I thought you would be back in Maui by now.

I did not think I would have to come to Oʻahu for you.

Oʻahu has not fallen as easily as we thought.

And you did not come to Oʻahu.

I summoned you.

You are my advisor.

The Maui Chiefs are eager for further conquest.

They are hopeful to see the Prophecy fulfilled.

Let us hope we can be worthy of it.

My Prince.

Your father is waiting for you with his war party.

What war party?

We can't hold much longer.

There are only a few strongholds left.

Kahekili acts on the visions his god shows him.

If we kill Kahekili,

the vision dies with him.

How?

Our spies have poisoned the food of the King's Council.

They should return shortly.

Your desperation has done this,

old friend.

You are lineage of the great Kākuhihewa.

Kneel before the Prophesied King

and the last of Oʻahu's Chiefs will follow.

Wait!

Please. Not my family.

I pledge to you my loyalty,

my King.

Loyalty?

Loyalty.

You chose poison for me.

Now choose it for one of them.

What?

Please.

Not this.

Your bloodline

is not worthy to serve in the Kingdom of Thunder.

Kill them all.

Where is he?

He's on the shore.

There's Kamehameha!

You've been spending much of your time here.

You missed another council meeting.

This is no way to lead your district.

Here, with my warriors, we yield results.

At the council, we yield more talk.

There is news from Kaʻū.

Your uncle's health grows worse.

His time as king is growing short.

He has asked for you

and your cousin.

He is here, Father.

Some have questioned

why I keep the relics of the Paleskin

among the trophies of conquered Chiefs.

Captain Cook was a great Chief.

He was an ignorant navigator, surrounded by weak men.

Nothing more.

Stand Kamehameha.

I am on the journey of death.

My time is too short for formalities.

King Kahekili grows stronger

and will come to our shores.

I fear the gods will deny me

the greatest battle in the history of our kingdoms.

When I die,

how will you protect Hawaiʻi?

You hold the great God of War.

No king has lost when...

I will call Kahekili to the blackened earth of Kaʻū.

Here with the great God of War,

we will destroy him

and silence the thunder he worships.

What say you, Kamehameha?

Should the day come you are no longer with us,

Keōua will be king.

I will follow where he leads.

Keōua is not king today.

Speak your mind.

How would you protect our kingdom?

I would increase our food storage.

In the battle of Kamokuhī,

Hawaiʻi forces attacked a post in Lānaʻi.

With no food,

the warriors were forced to eat wild roots of kūpala,

bringing a great sickness of loose bowels.

Hawaiʻi lost, not for lack of warriors or spears

but lack of food.

Even if we began today

it would take nine months to have enough storage.

I have already begun.

We have storage huts near every sacred site in Kohala's district.

I must rest.

Kaʻahumanu.

It is time.

He is neither warrior

nor Chief

and of no importance to me.

The High Priest said you marry tonight under the moon of Māhealani.

Not yet, please.

Father!

Why force me to marry now?

King Kalaniʻōpuʻu is near death.

Soon Kamehameha will face more responsibility.

You continue to speak of politics

but have yet to tell me the real reason I am here.

Kamehameha needs you.

I will be one of many wives to come.

What need does he have of me?

I believe Kamehameha to be the Prophesied One.

How can this be?

I was Chief to Kamehameha's father.

I was there the night he was born.

It was the same night the prophetic star burned across the sky.

While everyone waited for a king to rise,

I saw a king born.

But he is hesitant to accept who he is.

But you

trust in who you are.

I need you to show him how to do the same.

I have heard of your abilities as a warrior.

I heard you are to marry.

You there.

A Chief of Maui here?

You're Hawaiian.

Come.

I am Kaʻiana, son of ʻAhuʻula.

I made a mistake. I must fix it.

Go!

Go!

Why help me?

You see the world like the Paleskin.

You should too, Kaʻiana.

Father.

So you know,

your mother and I did not betroth you without careful consideration.

You have a duty to your Chief.

You think that I would give my only daughter away out of duty?

As king,

Kamehameha will face many unknowns.

The gods have made it clear to me, Kaʻahumanu,

the person he needs is you.

Then why have the gods kept their secrets from me?

As a Chief's wife, my first duty is to bear him a son,

an heir to help spread his legacy.

The Prophetess saw nothing for me.

She said the seed of Kamehameha cannot live in me.

What does that mean?

It means I will never bear him children.

When he sees there is no future with me,

he will turn to a wife that can carry his child.

I am so sorry, Father,

but I will never be what you hoped for.

Never tell him this.

Greetings to you, the finest blossom of East Maui.

As his newest wife, you will share his bed as we do.

Your life will be in service of his.

Do not fight it, Kaʻahumanu.

Your children will bring the union of Hawaiʻi with Maui.

It is a blessing.

Hoʻomaukeiki.

To the woman in the rising flame,

there was a seeking of the lost. Now it is found.

A mate is found, one to share the chills of winter.

The sky is changing.

Hākoʻilani, the house of respite is secured.

Love has made a plea that you two become united.

Here is a perch, a heavenly resting place.

You two are now one. The darkness withdraws.

The east is beginning to brighten.

For the day is here at last!

The night is kapu until the light of the day arrives.

You are wedded,

free to each other.

The prayer has taken flight.

The day is here.

The prayer is said.

The kapu is freed.

I pray the gods have blessed us this night.

Yes, my Chief.