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Episode 1

14th Year of Sosurim Dynasty, 384 A.D. Guh Mool Village

Sujini!

Sujini!

Sujini!

Stop right there!

Sujini!

You!

Come down right now!

I don't want to.

Who am I?

I don't think I remember...

I am your master who raised you!

So what should you do?

If I say crawl, you crawl!

If I say roll over, you roll over!

And if I say come down, you come down!

And what is this?

Who has broken my precious birchwood staff?

Oh that! It was underneath the wagon.

I was going to fetch it for you, so I lifted it with my two hands!

You just lifted the staff and it broke like this?

- You... - What is that?

You come down now.

Come down and tell me the truth.

- It's a Burumsae! - You...!

Burumsae - Guh Mool Village's messenger bird

Guh Mool Village - A people who await the return of the Jooshin King

They guard Hyunmu's (Turtle Snake) Sacred Symbol.

For the past 2,000 years, the people of this village

have awaited for the return of the Jooshin King.

10 years ago, the Star of the Jooshin King appeared.

The long-awaited Jooshin King now lives and breathes in this land.

I regret to have to leave all of you before everything has come to pass.

Hyunsu - 71th Chief of the Guh Mool People

Please forgive me.

I am filled with regret.

O Great Hyunmu (Turtle Snake), who descended with Hwanwoong!

Please grant us your favor and wisdom and select the next Guardian!

Turtle Snake's Sacred Symbol

We bow to the 72nd Chief!

Thank you.

Hyungo - 72nd Chief of the Guh Mool People

Go to the palace in Goguryeo.

There is a boy named Hogae of the Yon Family.

If he is the true Jooshin King,

we must protect him.

Jooshin King - the King who will bring peace into the land

That is the first commandment of our people,

and the first and foremost duty of Turtle Snake's guardian.

Yes.

And...

Keep the oath.

Keep her in your sight, and when she turns into the Black Phoenix,

you must eliminate her for the sake of the whole world.

With your own two hands,

you must take Sujini's life.

Master...!

Greetings!

And the battle raged on...

This time it was for 5 days.

And even Lord Hwanwoong was exhausted.

When the adults nag at you about studying, you get exhausted too, right?

So in order to stop the incessant fighting, he decided to meet Kajin.

And did he take away the power of Fire?

Of course!

But that Kajin...

She fell in love with him!

Why? Because Lord Hwanwoong was as handsome as me!

In any case, there was a problem.

- What problem? - That problem was...

When did you get here?

Where Kajin fell in love with Lord Hwanwong!

That's right, she fell in love with him.

Wait, I think Hyungeum was looking for me. I wonder if it was important?

Hyungeum!

Hyungeum!

I can't figure it out.

They're all like that.

Mas...ter! Master!

It is many days' journey to the border. I will post guards along the way.

Don't worry! I will guard Master.

Alright then.

Let us go!

I really can't figure it out.

Why do they hide it from me?

Why won't the villagers tell me the story?

What story?

The King of Heaven's story!

You know how popular I am.

I'm pretty... kind... and even thoughtful!

That's why many people come to seek my advice.

When the elders disagree, they will ask me "Sujini, what shall we do?"

When the disciples argue, they will say, "Sujini, this is only for your ears."

But why won't they tell me the King of Heaven's story?

I don't know...

You too, Master!

So does that upset you?

My life is full of misery.

Even the dogs in the field know this story.

I was alright last year,

but now that I'm a year older, it makes me angry.

Sujini...

Sujini's sleeping!

It happened 2,000 years ago.

There was a tribe that worshipped the Tiger.

They were called the Tiger Tribe.

Are you telling me the King of Heaven's story?

Go on, Master!

At the head was a Fire Priestess, whose position was handed down from generations.

Village of the Tiger Tribe

Each Fire Priestess was handed the power of Fire by the previous priestess.

The Tiger Tribe wanted to use this power to rule the world.

Amongst all of the Fire Priestesses, Kajin had the greatest power.

Countless men died from the Tiger Tribe's sword and from Kajin's fire.

After seeing the death and destruction in the land,

Lord Hwanwoong descended to earth.

Hwanwoong - The Son of the King of Heaven

Lord Hwanwoong selected a place underneath the Sacred Tree of the Tae Baek Mountains,

and named it Shin Shi.

Shin Shi - The Capital of the Jooshin Nation

I shall hereby establish law for the benefit of the land.

All that desire to live here together, hear my words.

Lord Hwanwoong had brought forth three lesser gods when he descended.

The Cloud Guardian, Woon Sa. (Blue Dragon - Cloud Guardian of the East)

The Wind Guardian, Poong Baek (White Tiger - Wind Guardian of the West)

The Rain Guardian, Woo Sa (Turtle Snake - Rain Guardian of the North)

In those days, the crops of the land were abundant.

And the world was prosperous.

That nation was called Jooshin.

Jooshin?

That's right, Jooshin.

The great nation that Lord Hwanwoong founded.

The vast land that was populated by the Baedal people.

Lord Hwanwoong then commanded the three guardians

to go to the North, East and West and live amongst the people.

And there was peace all throughout the land.

Then everyone must have gathered in the new land!

The multitudes gathered from all four corners of the world.

What about the Tiger Tribe?

Did they join the new nation as well?

Did they submit to Lord Hwanwoong's reign?

No.

They felt like their reign over the world was stolen from them.

The Tiger Tribe waged a war against Lord Hwanwoong.

They wanted to reclaim the land they thought they lost.

The Fire Priestess Kajin murdered countless numbers of Lord Hwanwoong's people.

Why didn't Lord Hwanwoong do anything?

He should have punished them!

Lord Hwanwoong's people decided to fight back.

Kajin was trembling like a wounded animal.

It was also the first time she laid eyes on Lord Hwanwoong.

Kajin felt his absolute power and could not oppose it.

From the time she had become the Fire Priestess,

she had never slept so deeply.

Even for Kajin, war had been a torment.

From that day onwards, Kajin no longer killed.

She could no longer harm Lord Hwanwoong's people.

So did the war end?

No. The Tiger Tribe did not relent.

They wanted their world back.

The Fire Priestess Kajin had no choice but to wage war again.

But Sae-oh, a female warrior of the Bear Tribe, stopped them.

The war with the Tiger Tribe was never-ending.

Sae-oh shed tears of sorrow as she tended to the wounded of her tribe.

Lord Hwanwoong's heart was filled with pain as he watched her.

And thus he made a resolution to end the war.

One night, he sought to meet Kajin again.

It was to take away her power over fire.

You people of the Heavens will not survive long.

You cannot even wage war and you want to rule the land?

Use your heavenly powers and try and kill me!

I am the Fire Priestess, Kajin!

I did not come to kill men.

I came to save them.

Lord Hwanwoong captured the power of Fire and encased it in a red orb.

And he named it the Phoenix Heart.

Perhaps Kajin had willingly relinquished her power of Fire.

If she was the Fire Priestess no longer... If she did not have the power of Fire...

She no longer had to fight against Lord Hwanwoong.

You lost the power of Fire?

We must retrieve it again!

I shall slash his throat and bring back the power of Fire.

At the mention of harming Lord Hwanwoong, Kajin raised her sword.

And she killed the elders of her tribe who had raised her.

She did it for Lord Hwanwoong.

Kajin ran and ran.

She ran towards Lord Hwanwoong's land.

She had decided to be one of his people.

She wanted to become Lord Hwanwoong's woman.

The Tiger Tribe has been defeated and peace has returned to our people.

But the Tiger Tribe will return to wage war again.

Sae-Oh.

I give you the Phoenix Heart.

You will protect the people of the South. (Phoenix - Fire Guardian of the South)

Within is the power of Fire that the people of the Earth discovered.

As you are also from the people of the Earth, use this power for the benefit of your people.

I... I cannot.

I will not be able to control the power.

I am just a ordinary person.

Man can make possible what is impossible.

How surprising.

I gave you the orb so you could protect it. I did not know you would use it.

Use it?

The power of the Phoenix?

The Phoenix is the Guardian of the South.

Although it is a gentle creature, its power was too strong.

That is why I captured its power into the jewel.

When you use the power of the Phoenix, you must always cover it with one hand.

You must make sure that the Phoenix's power only goes through you.

Through... me?

So that you can control it.

Can you feel the warmth of the Phoenix's power?

Yes.

Receive that warmth with your heart.

Then move it toward your fingers.

It moves!

Then send it to where you want it to be.

Do not forget.

You must always cover it with one hand and then send it out.

All the fire we created last night is useless.

The Sun is so bright.

The morning sun is said to be Heaven's greeting.

Wave to it and tell it your desires.

The morning sun may grant you your desires.

I can't.

I'm afraid to even think it.

Father, are you watching?

I gave the Phoenix Heart to this woman.

She will envelop the people in its warmth.

And...

She will bear my child and be the mother to my people.

Remember her.

Kajin, who had thrown away everything for him,

was filled with jealousy and hatred.

So... Lord Hwanwoong was in love with Sae-Oh?

He had watched her for a long time.

The Heavenly King had sent his son to rule the people.

But Lord Hwanwoong had been deeply moved by Sae-Oh's tears as she tended to the wounded.

But Kajin was in love with Lord Hwanwoong.

And that was the problem.

Falling in love with a human against Heaven's will.

Desiring something that can never be possessed!

It is said that a girl of the Bear Tribe is carrying Lord Hwanwoong's child.

When Kajin heard the news of Sae-Oh's pregnancy,

she made a decision.

She would take away from Lord Hwanwoong what was most precious to him, just as he did to her.

The long-awaited moment came.

Dam-sae! Ginmaru!

To your posts!

Adol! Go and see how many enemies are coming. Find out where they are coming from.

Kajin unleased her wrath on Sae-Oh's village.

Kajin had made an oath.

If she could not have Lord Hwanwoong in this life, she would go with him to the next.

The child looks like Lord Hwanwoong.

He would have been pleased.

Darae, protect the child.

He is to be the new King.

Protect him.

To battle!

Go and deliver my message.

If they want to see the child again, his father must come to Noroomok.

Tell him he must bring the power of Fire.

The power was mine.

I will have it back.

Darae!

What has happened?

Where is the child?

Forgive me.

Where is the child?

Please forgive me.

How is it that you have come?

It should have been him that is before me.

Give me back my child!

I did not want to see you.

If I see you, I...

Give me back my child.

He is innocent!

First give me what is mine.

If I give it to you, will you return our baby?

Our baby?

Did you say "our baby"?

This is the Phoenix Heart.

He gave it to me.

He wanted me to protect the people, to help them multiply in the land.

The Phoenix Heart?

The power of Fire was first mine!

My child...

Give me my child.

Give me my child.

Foolish are you Sae-oh, Daughter of the Bear.

This child... could have been mine too.

Sae-oh.

Sae-oh!

Here is our child, Sae-oh.

No... No, Sae-oh!

Black Phoenix - A Phoenix transformed by rage

Is it the Black Phoenix?

Poong Baek!

Poong Baek (White Tiger) - Wind Guardian of the West

Woon Sa!

Woon Sa (Blue Dragon) - Cloud Guardian of the East

Woo Sa!

Woo Sa (Turtle Snake) - Rain Guardian of the North

White Tiger, Blue Dragon and Turtle Snake...

The three guardians could not kill the Phoenix.

The four guardians were created to control each other.

The only one who could end the Phoenix's life

was the one who had created her, Lord Hwanwoong.

My Sae-oh...

Dan Goon - Lord Hwanwoong and Sae-oh's son

What will it take for you to believe that I have come on behalf of all of you?

Are you going to spare me?

I killed your woman!

You are also one of my people.

I have never wanted to be one of your people.

I was a queen myself.

To put out the fire the Black Phoenix had started, it rained for 7 days and 7 nights.

Although the raging fires were extinguished,

the world became submerged in water.

So the world wasn't created so easily!

Nothing is so easily accomplished.

You too are blessed that you have met a great teacher such as myself!

You are blessed too, Master, for having met such a brilliant disciple such as myself!

Alright, let us go now.

But there's more!

What?

What happened to Lord Hwanwoong's baby?

Oh, that's right.

The baby grew up to set up the capital city of Asadal,

in the great nation of Chosun...

That man was...

Oh, King Dan Goon!

That's right. That is King Dan Goon.

And what happened to Woo Sa, Woon Sa and Poong Baek?

Just tell me a little more...!

The rain had stopped, but the world was submerged in deep waters.

And the land of Jooshin was scattered.

Why?

Because Lord Hwanwoong returned to Heaven.

Even though I came to fulfill Heaven's will to bless and prosper the people,

I have failed my task.

I will return to Heaven.

I will leave on earth the symbols of the Blue Dragon, White Tiger, Turtle Snake and Phoenix.

One day, Heaven will send a true King to the world.

That day, the symbols of four guardians will also awaken.

When the new King is born, a star will announce his birth.

And all those who await him will see.

Two thousand years passed.

The descendants of the Tiger Tribe built a temple named Abullansa over the Sacred Tree.

And those descendants are the Hwacheon Clan? (Hwacheon Clan - Descendants of the Tiger Tribe)

Yes.

So why are they occupying Jooshin's land?

That's what I'm saying!

This is the person we the Guh Mool people are waiting for.

The Jooshin King!

That's right, the Jooshin King.

But the Hwacheon Clan have also been waiting for the Jooshin King.

To steal the power of Heaven?

Lord Hwanwoong had said that when the Jooshin King is born,

the four symbols will awaken.

And when the King finds the symbols and breaks the seal of the altar...

You said he would receive the power of Heaven.

I told you not to play with fire...!

Block the wind for me, Master.

Alright, alright.

So, the Hwacheon Clan wants to find the four symbols

to claim the power of Heaven for themselves. But we the Guh Mool people...

want to find the Jooshin King and help him find the four symbols.

For two thousand years, we have been guarding the Turtle Snake's sacred symbol...

And the Elder of that great people is you, Master?

He worries me.

Keep the oath.

Keep her in your sight, and when she turns into the Black Phoenix,

with your own two hands...

you must eliminate her for the sake of the whole world.

It has already been ten years

since the day the Jooshin star appeared.

That was already ten years ago.

Ten Years Ago (375 A.D. 5th year of Sosurim Dynasty)

Abullansa (Temple of Hwacheon)

Is that the Star of Jooshin?

For thousands of years, it has been predicted (Dae Jang Ro - Hwacheon Leader)

on the day of the birth of the Jooshin King, the Star of Jooshin

will shine bright and the symbols for the Guardians will awaken.

Is that day today?

On the night the Star of Jooshin appears,

the King of Jooshin will be born.

And when he is born,

Blue Dragon, White Tiger, Turtle Snake, Phoenix...

Their four symbols will also awaken.

The light of the symbols will reach the heavens and dive into depths.

Brothers of the Hwacheon Clan who guard the four corners of the world...

Find the symbols...

Goguryeo, Baekje, Shilla, Malgal... Run to the scattered cities of Jooshin.

We must possess the four symbols of the Heavens.

Thus this world will eternally belong to Hwacheon!

The day the Star of Jooshin appears,

it is said the King of Jooshin will be born.

Blue Dragon, White Tiger, Turtle Snake, Phoenix...

The four symbols will awaken.

Kiha, this is your younger sister.

Whatever happens, you must take care of your sister.

You must become the King of Jooshin. You must recover the Jooshin nation.

Find the symbols of the four Guardians.

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