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His name is Veneno.

Veneno da Madrugada.

His fists are the hammers that forge blood, sweat and courage.

He is the eternal warrior who is always on the move,

fighting with the fervor of a thousand iron hearts.

17 YEARS EARLIER

Come on!

Veneno's footsteps were also Noivo da Vida's steps.

…motherfucker! Hit him!

They weren't brothers by blood…

Watch your back, your back, man!

…but they were brothers in life and in faith.

…son of a bitch! Fuck!

Stop, stop. It's over.

-Number seven has won. -…great!

-So, who wants to go next? -Go on, kid! Go on, kid!

-Veneno was a child of war. -Don't go, Veneno!

Nothing and no one could stop him from going into battle.

-Who's up? -Come on!

Go on, kid, wipe the floor with him!

-Did you bet on him? -I'll bet on this kid here.

-Come on, let's do it! -Be bold, kid!

-It's on! -Come on…

Let's go!

He was fast.

He fought with strength and finesse.

He wasn't afraid of anything. He was ready to take over the world.

Go on! Hit him!

Since childhood, mystery manifested in Noivo.

Come on!

His gift of seeing more than others

needed work and wisdom.

Without that, he would be misunderstood…

And he would suffer.

-Take the razor, kid! -Just take the razor!

Don't take it, don't take it!

Shit! It's the police! Police!

-Let's run! -Veneno, Veneno, this way!

Get out of the fucking way!

-They're coming! -Hi.

Hi, Luzia. Where were you, kid? Go inside!

Finally! Hurry! I want to see my daughter. Hurry up!

Everyone was celebrating the birth of a girl

who was as strong and wild as the wind.

At the right time,

she would expose all the lies that day had covered up.

Her father was a child of lightning and storm.

Named Vendaval,

he built a legacy that gave his daughter the honor of being known as…

Oluwadi.

The seeker.

…Ventania.

I want to… I want to go to the US, bro. Make money in dollars.

Let's go, everybody. I'll become more famous than Muhammad Ali.

Come on, Veneno.

All the gringos dreaming of coming to Copacabana,

and you want to go there? To screw up in English?

What do you want? To stay in this wasteland forever, Noivo?

I want a golden cord like that one. I'm going to become a master, bro.

I'm going to start the Fiel da Xerém's army.

You have to come with me, dude.

Just don't screw up in any language.

Nobody here is going to screw up anything anymore.

You're Ventania's godparents.

Do you understand what that means? You're the future of Fiel.

Master Ouro's generation…

Mine, yours, Nuninho's…

And then my daughter's.

Do you understand what that means?

Can I count on you?

Yep.

Of course.

Of course, what?

-Of course, Master Vendaval. -Of course, Master.

I'll be right back. I'll just make a toast, okay?

Okay. Are you taking Noivo home?

Mother Benvinda has already left.

Veneno said he was going to walk him home.

-Okay then. -Don't forget, okay?

What?

That I love you.

Not even for a second.

Mm. Just go now, so you can come back soon.

I'm crazy about you.

And I'm crazy about you.

Go on.

And it was in the darkness of that night

that their paths unfolded.

Shit, man! Who's that other asshole now?

Let me see, bro. Let me see.

I can't see a fucking thing.

You've killed a cop, man.

Oh, Veneno! It's the vision, Veneno.

-Noivo, stay put! -I can't, it's the vision!

Stay there!

Trying to avoid what was already predestined,

the two friends set off on a path of no return.

Every step was a dance with the abyss.

Each decision was another brick in this insurmountable wall of pain.

There is a Yoruba saying that goes,

"Eshu killed a bird yesterday with a stone he only threw today."

The paths that life takes,

and what they mean, can only be understood tomorrow.

They cut his throat…

As if he were an animal.

We have to move on.

This anger won't do any good.

You have a daughter to raise.

By myself.

Many waters will flow

before Noivo da Vida walks again in Veneno da Madrugada's footsteps.

What blood has separated, only blood will unite again.

-Veneno da Madrugada. -What's up?

-Help me sell at the club tonight. -No chance! You shouldn't even be here.

Hey, you'd better study, or this will be your future.

Look, it's Zebra, the great trickster of gambling.

Stop fooling around, Veneno.

I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but explain it to the kid there.

Go on. So, kid, what do you want to sell?

-Look who's here. -What's up, babe?

-Hey, babe. Are you late tonight? -Yes, it was the train.

The train. Hmm.

So, is it tonight that you're going to introduce me to the manager, Veneno?

Let's see.

Come on, dude, I've set up a scandalous, wonderful, awesome show.

Yeah, but do you think those guys there deserve this wonderful show of yours?

-Babe, who's that bouncer over there? -Carlão. What about him?

Oh, he's hot, but he's tiny, right?

If you challenged him, you'd beat the hell out of him.

No, I'm going to work.

What's that? Are you going to run away from that little chicken?

Cut that out.

Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing here, man?

Damn it, you're late,

and just keep looking around like a hungry dog.

Hurry, go get changed. We have a full house today.

-Okay, I'm going. -Hurry!

All right.

Excuse me. Good evening.

Oops!

Yeah.

It's okay. I swear…

It happens.

-Shit! You son of a bitch! -Are you crazy?

What the hell?

-Stop this shit! -Get your fucking hands off me!

-Hey, get your hands off me! -Stop it, stop it!

-I'll break your face! -Shut up!

Give him some money.

Romero! Romero, come here!

Give it to the cleaner.

Go on.

Veneno!

This is a little something for what you did to that guy.

There's more where that came from, okay?

-No, you already help us too much. -Yeah.

It has been really difficult. I'm even doing my customers' nails.

But I think Carolina will have to go back to school here in Xerém anyway.

No chance at all. No, over my dead body. She can't.

I won't have my goddaughter studying in a public school. No.

Ventania!

We're screwed! It's your mom and Veneno! Let's go!

Let's go! It's Veneno and your mom, let's go!

Check this out, hang on.

What?

-No, no. No, no, no, no. -No. Stop being so stubborn. Take it.

Stop it. Look, Glória, she's going to become a judge,

and she will look after us later. It's okay, take it.

There's at least three months' tuition there.

-Okay? -Okay.

Glória, have you seen what your daughter is up to?

Carolina?

Have you lost your mind?

What's this I hear about you playing Capoeira?

M… Mom, I…

Did you really think I wouldn't find out about it?

Who's teaching you?

As long as you live under my roof, you'll listen to me.

You have to study!

When you have your own home, you do whatever you want.

-You won't end up like your father. -Calm down, mom.

"Calm down"?

Carolina, the college entrance exam is this year.

You're out there kicking some boy's ass on the street,

and you want me to calm down? I am calm!

If I weren't calm, I'd strangle you!

This is Fiel, you know?

When I realized he was trying to trip me up,

I… I hit him with Escorpião, and he fell hard on the ground.

-Really hard, you know? -Who fell down hard?

They said it was the best Capoeira circle in Rio.

They were even betting money on it.

But this is Fiel, you know? We're the real deal, you know?

I kicked the dude with Escorpião, and he fell hard to the ground.

He's still looking for my leg.

-He fell hard to the ground. -And… was he older? What was he like?

Ah, he definitely was.

And he definitely went home with a black eye, you know?

Like a pirate, man.

Cool, cool.

But was he older, like a family man or something like that?

For sure, Veneno.

He must be crying with his children now, they must be… comforting him, you know?

Are you out of your mind, Nuno?

Today, there's a family man who's injured, who might have to miss work,

and might get fired.

Are you going to support his family?

-No, Veneno, I just needed some money... -Wrong.

You're wrong. That's not what Capoeira is about.

What is Capoeira really about?

It's about showing what is inside of you.

We repeat that every day here.

Start warming up there. Warm up.

You know it.

You're the next generation of Capoeira Fiel.

You're the future of all of this.

Okay? You'll have to be responsible.

You have to be a role model for everyone here.

If you don't want it, just let me know,

-so I won't count on you anymore. -I want it. I want it, Veneno.

-Are we good? -I'll start stretching.

Go!

I wrote to Noivo to tell him to come back.

The time has come to make masters out of you.

He doesn't give a damn about Capoeira Fiel, Master.

At most, he'll send us another postcard. Hey!

Walk and breathe.

It's about time Veneno received his master cord, Dinho.

-Fiel can't afford to make him a new one. -So, give him Vendaval's.

You know that a master's cord is buried with them.

I was thinking of using yours.

You're not part of Fiel anymore. You don't even use it anymore.

You can't take that away from me.

It doesn't have any meaning for you anymore.

What?

Who says it doesn't mean anything to me?

It's been so long.

It'd be great, Dinho, to have you back at Capoeira Fiel.

You were raised there.

That's where I was rejected as well.

Dinho,

the only thing we can leave for those kids…

Is the example we set.

Words don't teach anything.

You can still be a…

A great example to our community.

Master Ouro…

Those kids don't need a role model, they need jobs.

Mm. Would you excuse me? I have to go to my job now.

And my cord, it's not up for grabs.

Good evening, Xerém.

This is our community radio bringing all of us a historic moment.

Hello!

Wait, are they handing out magazines on the train now?

Look who's here.

Noivo appeared in a magazine.

Did you know that time is an Orisha that heals?

Yeah, he's been gone for almost two decades now.

-He must be full of health then, right? -I am indeed. I'm doing very well.

Fucking hell, Noivo! …shit!

…it's your fault… yours!

Why did you… …shit!

Mom, Master, I… I've… just remembered I'll have to start earlier today.

So, I have to go. Okay?

Mother Benvinda has made that crab stew you both like.

Yeah, but I can't stay. I have to start work early.

Grandma, bless you.

Glória.

My grandson works really hard, folks.

Oh.

You look so good. It's almost ready, right, Mom?

Yeah, I'll serve it.

So let's go to the living room, and you can finish that story.

Until you find somewhere in the world to settle,

you won't be happy.

You need to come back, and continue what you started.

Your life will not move forward until Oxóssi speaks your name,

don't you know that?

-I know, Mother. -Do you?

You don't know a thing, kid.

Your problem is that you think you know everything.

You don't even know what you want. What do you want?

Tell me what you want, and I'll make it happen.

-Tell me. -I want to stay.

Are you sure?

My son…

If you set foot in this house…

The whole truth will come out, don't you know?

I do.

And you still want to stay?

My son…

There's no judgment in this house…

But you reek of guilt.

If you don't take care of it…

Guilt will drink you up, like you drink a glass of cachaça.

Excuse me, excuse me!

-Ventania! Finally! -Hmm.

Oh, my God!

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hold on.

-You're here early, aren't you? -Yeah, I'm early. I'll go get changed.

No, no, no, no. You're not going in. The boss wants to talk to you.

-Good evening, Mr. Hector. -Good evening.

Well, first of all, I wanted to apologize,

but I knew Carlão wasn't going to be able to handle it on his own,

that's why I… I intervened.

Don't worry.

Do you want to move up in life?

The car.

-Let's talk some more. -Okay.

No, I left the police force a long time ago.

It's a long story. Now, I work as a head of security.

I've been keeping up with you through the postcards.

-Carolina shows me everything. -Really?

You're almost like a legend for us.

Yeah, Capoeira took me around the world.

But he's back because he can't live without me.

I came back because 18 is an important… …age.

I had to be here.

-We need more glasses, Dad! -I'll be right there.

This pork skin is…

-It's delicious. -Is it good?

Listen, everything is great, it's delicious,

but I have to leave for work. I'm already late.

-Let's go, darling. -Thank you.

-Are you leaving? -Bye, everyone. Thanks.

Want some cassava?

-Already? -I'm leaving.

Are you leaving already?

-Mm. -Love you.

Very good!

Carolina, come here. I want to talk to you about something.

Did you miss this pork skin?

Listen, your mother is mad, okay?

If she finds out about the lessons, she'll kill me.

So, now that Noivo is here, you can have them with him.

-I can't do it anymore, okay? -Okay.

-Let's go, darling. -Let's go.

Bye.

Calm down. They are my people.

Hey! Come on!

Come on!

Bets are finished!

The great fight between number 22

and number seven starts now!

Motherfucker!

Go, go, go, go!

Finish this sucker off!

Welcome to the Ring of Blood.

-What happened, girl? For the love of God! -Help me here!

What happened, darling?

-What's happened? Hang on. -Help me here, Noivo!

Let's go to the hospital, let's go.

Come on, come on. Hold on to me, hold on to me.

Come on.

Come on. Rip his head off. Kill him. Go ahead, kill him.

The only rules apply to when it's over.

It's over when someone is thrown out or can no longer get up.

The lower the number, the higher the position in the ranking.

You can earn in one night what it would take you two months

to earn at the nightclub.

Number seven out.

Number 22 is the great winner of this round.

No, this is insane. I'm leaving.

The bets for number four…

This new guy came from the club. He's from Xerém, from Fiel.

Does he know the motherfucker who killed my dad?

Why didn't you tell me he was here?

Calm down, Perdigueiro. That guy is just a cleaner. Forget it.

Forget that.

The doctor said it was appendicitis. We have to go to a private hospital.

It could be serious.

We'll help you.

I'm going to gather everyone from Capoeira Fiel.

Save your energy, so you can look after your daughter.

Thank you.

Veneno, as soon as you hear this,

come to the hospital. It's Carolina. She's really sick.

The doctor is worried.

Appendicitis requires urgent surgery.

But the problem is that there isn't an operating room here.

We're waiting here to see if we can get a public ambulance from city hall.

Let's get a private ambulance.

-No, it's too expensive. -But I have the money. I do.

Let's do that then.

You sort out the private ambulance, and I'll sort out the hospital.

-Okay? -But it's too expensive.

-How will we be able to afford that? -I'll sort it out.

-Okay? -Okay. All right.

Bye.

-Where are you going? -To sort things out.

Stay there and take care of Ventania. I'll be right back.

Tough fight!

Who will be the winner tonight? 55 or 48?

I knew you'd come back. Here's what we will do.

You get 15% of the bets on the fights we win.

-Okay, so I'll… -What?

…I'll need some cash in advance.

What else do you want? Some wine, a steak, some fries?

-Hector… -What?

…I will just accept those conditions if I can get that cash in advance.

Fucking hell, Veneno.

Fucking hell.

-Okay. But you're fighting tonight. -Tonight?

Yes, tonight. And I want two fights. How much do you need?

Fuck!

Listen, what about 22, what's gonna happen to him?

Nothing. Don't worry about it.

We'll take care of him.

Good. I'll see you down there. Cool?

Hey, how's it going?

Street fight. They found him unconscious in Caxias.

Well, if anyone asks, you already know, right?

The guy was found unconscious on a street in Caxias. All right?

And now, for his second fight here

at the Ring of Blood, fighter 90 will face

fighter 80!

This time, there will be two capoeiristas.

The bets are on.

Holy shit.

IN THE NEXT EPISODES OF CAPOEIRAS

I know you don't want to die as a cleaner in my nightclub.

If you win, you get to keep half of the bets.

So, this is the famous Capoeira Fiel? First to arrive, right?

Discipline makes good ginga.

He came from Caxias, and what's he doing here? In Xerém?

The kid came to train with us.

Vendaval, right? Is he dead?

Why didn't we ever get together?

-You have to get in the line, okay? -I'm looking for Veneno.

I'm not going in. Did he not come, or will he be back later?

-You're letting me do Capoeira? -I'll keep an eye on you.

Hey, shithead, stop right there, stop. Pull over here.

Carolina, you are Iansã's daughter.

You are a force of nature.

If you don't learn how to control that, you'll bring everything down.

At the wrong time.

What can you guarantee?

The greatest fight Rio de Janeiro has ever seen.

I can't have someone in Capoeira Fiel who goes against our principles.

I abandoned my whole life here to cover up your fucking shit.

And I stayed here to cover up the shit you did.

How did that guy knock my father down with a slit throat?

I'm not giving up on my dreams for my father.

Why did you come back after such a long time?

It will happen again.