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It was Keōua.

He challenges you, my Chief.

Keōua will never attack Kohala.

He wants you to seek him in the Black Desert

where he holds some advantage.

Your cousin must be dealt with.

You must unify this island before King Kahekili comes or worse.

There might be another way.

Let her speak.

We speak with Keōua.

I was raised in Kaʻū.

I have history with him.

I can convince him to join you without bloodshed.

And what do you think of your woman's counsel Kaʻiana?

She speaks with false hope.

He will not join you.

Keōua worships war.

We must prepare no matter what.

Is this your counsel as well?

If we are to one day have harmony for all the kingdoms,

we must prove we are worthy in ours.

I agree with Kūpuohi.

Let her speak with your cousin

and perhaps preserve the blood of your childhood.

The women see what my Chiefs cannot.

Our captains are not safe in Keōua's court.

He would kill any who go.

I will go.

Alone.

We will go.

I do not trust Keōua as she does.

If peace can be reached,

let it come by your word.

Why bring your father's mahiole?

This is the symbol of his kingdom.

The strength and power of his rule still lives in the weaving. I can feel it.

But I no longer want it.

I no longer fight to preserve his kingdom.

I will live to build my own.

Even if this one must burn.

That's good.

Give our great king strength from the sea.

Give him the hidden wisdom.

Show him the path as the Prophesied One to lead our people to light.

Give the Prophesied One strength from the sea.

Give him the hidden wisdom.

Let the Prophesied One see as you do,

through the darkness of the world.

Let the Prophesied One hear as you do,

only the truth in the wind.

Give the Prophesied One strength from the sea.

Give him the hidden wisdom.

Let the Prophesied One hear as you do,

only the truth

in the wind.

What is this talk of replacing all the royal bloodlines?

I have not heard him speak of it before.

The history of the islands is told through the bloodlines.

Your father cannot erase that.

That is not prophecy, Kūpule.

I know.

Confidence in your father's ambition is beginning to falter.

There is much talk among the people back on Maui.

About what?

You.

There are many who believe it better for you to replace your father.

-No, no. -You are learned

in the arts of governance, politics, history and war tactics.

My father...

My father is the greatest warrior king Maui has ever known.

His legacy cannot end with his own son taking everything from him.

Your father is unwell and the shedding of blood, his only medicine.

This is how we protect his legacy.

Let history speak of his greatness,

not his madness.

Send me to Maui,

and I will win the kingdom in your favor.

My father is wrong,

but he is not lost.

Let me try to reach him.

Nāhi.

Nāhi.

I wanted to ask you something.

I haven't seen Kūpuohi.

It's not about her.

I want to learn to fight.

I want to help.

I don't think Kūpuohi will like it.

She would never teach you.

I was hoping...

you could do it.

Ready?

Yes.

Get up.

Your enemies will not help you up in battle.

How is Kaʻiana?

Kaʻiana is good.

Kūpuohi is quiet.

She seems not the same.

I did not notice.

Again.

You do not notice many things about women.

Do you?

I notice

when they cannot fight!

That's good.

You keep the Pale-man's habit.

It does not feel like you.

They're waiting for me.

Tell them to gather what food and water they need for their journey.

That seemed to have gone well.

We will see.

What of the sandalwood trade?

Just be patient.

There's no... There's no chance of peace among these people, Kaʻiana?

There is,

but I fear war is the only way they can bring it.

You see that you survive this, my friend.

'Cause you're of no use to us dead. Right?

You ruin my appetite with that face.

Roast him with sweet potato.

It's delicious.

Maui has long been a great kingdom.

Kings and queens of the highest rank,

loyal to the gods and beloved by the people.

I have stood by you to exalt Maui

as a light for all others to see.

But,

all of this is not necessary.

We cannot destroy the royal lineage of the other islands.

We must not taint the name of our kingdom.

You have the heart of your mother,

and I miss her.

And you are right,

we must keep Maui pure.

Come here.

These are Chiefs of Maui.

They whisper conspiracies against me,

questioning the Prophecy and my gods.

Just like the treacherous O'ahu Chiefs, their bloodlines are infected

by weakness and evil.

And as you said,

we must keep Maui pure.

Your father has...

gone mad.

Will you just stand there Kaʻiana?

I can hear your thoughts.

I must speak with you.

Come.

Sit with me.

I do not...

You do not agree with Kūpuohi.

No.

Or Kamehameha.

They are not wrong.

If there is any hope to unite this kingdom with Keōua,

Kamehameha will seek it.

There is no hope. No peace.

Keōua is a man of war.

This will end in blood.

That is why he has you.

No, he has us, and we must convince him...

There may come a time,

but for now we must honor Kamehameha's wishes.

This is a mistake.

See this through, Kaʻiana.

If not for Kamehameha, for me.

I am Kekūpuohi,

once a Chiefess of this land and cousin to Keōua.

Send word to him that I have come home.

All right, let's go through this again.

First, we got the powder.

Next, the ball.

Then...

you ram it down.

The black desert has missed you Kūpuohi,

as well as your family.

I have missed this place.

But I am not here to stay.

If you are not here to stay, then why are you here?

To help negotiate peace with Kamehameha.

If Kamehameha wanted peace,

he would deliver the War God to me.

-Enough. -Stop!

Kahekili is coming for this kingdom.

We must stand together if we are to survive it.

Kahekili is not my enemy.

It was my own cousin,

Kamehameha, who has wronged me.

Please.

I don't want us on the other side of war.

Choose peace.

You try.

Together with Kamehameha, we'll unite the scattered kingdoms as one,

just as the Prophecy predicts.

The Prophecy is a fool's myth.

We will never be united because we are not the same people.

I will never be Maui, O'ahu or Kauaʻi.

I am Hawaiʻi, I am Kaʻū, I am the Black Desert.

And I will keep this island divided before I bow before my cousin Kamehameha.

I told you. He will never listen.

We go.

Kūpuohi.

How could you leave us for this?

A man who embraces the Paleskin's language

and weapons is no longer a man.

He is the pet of a new master.

Kaʻiana.

Kamehameha has my father's War God,

but where is your worship, Kaʻiana?

In the gods, or in the Paleskin's weapons?

I have my answer.

Tell Kamehameha...

that I am coming

for what is mine.

Your father

was a great Chief, Kaʻiana.

But he would be embarrassed of what you've become.

Worthless.

Kaʻiana, "Son of the Haole."

You spoke against me in front of Kamehameha's council,

and now you would see Keōua as our enemy rather than try for peace.

I do not trust him.

Trust in me!

We always fought for the gods and for peace, Kaʻiana.

Now you fight for something else.

I fight for our people.

There are no gods where I have been.

There is no peace.

I will face my enemy, and I will take it.

Kaʻiana has the Red-mouthed weapons.

I will call upon the mana of our ancestors to face him.

You cannot win, son.

I do not fear the foreign weapons.

Father's men defeated them,

I will do the same.

It is not just that.

Your father had the God of War.

No one has ever lost

when in possession of it.

Kamehameha has it.

And with the Paleskin's weapons,

it's sad to say,

but we will surely lose.

What must I do?

Take your fleet,

cross the channels,

and find strength

with the enemy,

of your enemy.

Keōua has refused peace. The time for talk is over.

If we do nothing, the kingdom will think us weak.

The people will turn to Keōua and place him above you.

We could lose everything.

I will not be drawn into a cycle of war.

I left this council one night...

in secret.

I took my canoe to a village in Puna.

I was attacked.

Canoe paddle broken over my head.

What?

They shall be stoned.

Send the executioners.

Wait.

No one will harm them.

I am the one

who should be slain by stones.

I was attacked

because they thought I was there

to plunder their village.

For the Chiefs

have built a cycle

of war

and fear.

Fear can be a useful tool.

I do not want my people to live like that.

I make a new law.

A law of peace.

No king, Chief, or warrior

will seek to kill,

unless life is threatened.

Let everyone, common or royal,

go forth and be free

from harm or fear.

This is the law of the Splintered Paddle.

It protects everyone,

even Keōua.

To break this law,

is to die.

Stop there!

I come to you with an empty hand.

King Kahekili, rival to my father.

Let the Hawaiʻi men come to me.

You will honor the King.

Keōua,

son of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, my most respected enemy.

Sit.

It was brave of you to come unannounced and unarmed.

No bravery needed.

Your men leave Waikīkī unattended,

to excel in the art of laziness.

I am aware of your campaign.

You claim to be the fulfillment of the ancient Prophecy.

You are here to give allegiance to the Prophesied One?

The Prophecy is a lie.

I claim allegiance to no one.

You are not here to kill

or honor me.

So what do you want?

My cousin, Kamehameha,

claims to be the heir of Hawaiʻi's Kingdom.

I have been stripped of what is mine.

I ask for men to get it back.

-Hawaiʻi is divided. -Stop.

Why not kill you where you stand

and take your kingdom now?

If I die here,

Hawaiʻi's Kingdom will unite under Kamehameha,

and Maui has never defeated a unified Hawaiʻi.

And I know you still face resistance here on O'ahu.

What do I get in return for helping you?

Peace among our kingdoms.

You can chase your prophecy among whomever you want

and Hawaiʻi will never stand against you,

as long as you leave us in peace.

I see the fire in your eyes.

I will send my finest battalion.

Go.

My god is at work

to deliver Hawaiʻi's Kingdom.

They are divided.

Bring me ʻŌpūnui.

'Ōpūnui is a man of chaos. I will go.

Chaos brings the harmony of rule.

You stay.

Send me ʻŌpūnui.

'Ōpūnui.

Keōua has need of Maui's Men.

Your King asks you to lead them.

The King no longer asks his son to do the work of real men?

I will go.

And when Maui helps Keōua to win his kingdom,

I will steal his victory

and bring back his intestines

to decorate your father's altars.

My father does not ask you to kill Keōua yet.

The King has sent you to me

because he knows you won't.

You called me, my Chief.

You brought Kaʻiana to my council.

The gods have blessed it,

but,

is his path clear?

Kaʻiana sees the world in a way we do not, my Chief.

But is it the way we should see it?

We may not have a choice.

Though, like you, Kaʻiana seeks peace above all else.

You trust him.

I trust he will do what is right.

Kaʻiana will help us.

He listens to you.

Is that not what you wanted?

It is,

but you have woven Kamehameha and Kaʻiana in a way that cannot easily be undone.

Kamehameha is the heart of our people, and Kaʻiana is the fist.

We will need both to face the troubles that will come our way.

But if it does not work, all eyes will look to you, who brought them together.

Remember it is Kamehameha you stand with.

Not Kaʻiana.