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I want them alive!

She Wolf!

Ajax, son of Telamon,

stood apart,

still raging at the victory,

that I had won over him for the arms of Achilles

whose honoured mother

had set them as a prize.

Ajax was angry

the Greeks gave Achilles' arms to Ulysses and not to him.

But Ulysses was the most valiant of all.

Ajax was also very valiant.

He and Ulysses, shoulder to shoulder,

had bravely defended the corpse of Achilles.

Only the two of them dared to step forward.

But Agamemnon chose Ulysses.

-I told you. -Shut up, Manos!

Ajax was valiant,

alone he had defeated an entire army of Trojans.

But Ulysses... with only one idea,

had won... the war.

Can I do it?

Do you know how to?

Careful.

Never do this when you are alone.

Hide the king.

Nobody must find him.

No weapons.

Keep calm and nothing will happen.

Welcome, foreigners.

What do you want?

We're hungry.

Where are we?

Velia.

Is she dead?

She's breathing.

But she has never woken up since we got here.

Open it.

They haven't said anything since yesterday.

Bring some water.

I don't want them to die.

Have you reflected?

Will you obey your king?

I would obey anyone.

But I don't know.

None of us know.

You will have to die to prove that.

Are you willing to die?

Are you willing to die to save a blasphemer?

Not even a beast would turn its fury

against the son of his own mother.

But this is Yemos.

And this is the man to whom Numitor wants to deliver Alba.

Who among you is thirsty?

I will give you all the water you want.

You simply have to tell me the truth.

The one who drank first is the weakest.

Let's take him.

She's been suffering since you left for Gabi.

She asks only to be in the dark.

Leave us alone.

I'm here, Gala.

As you asked.

Forgive me...

I forced you to come back.

You didn't force me.

Where you are, I am.

When they told me that you left with her...

With our daughter...

Horrible thoughts

entered my heart.

And with the thoughts, the pain...

a thousand knives bury themselves in my head...

and I'm afraid.

There's nothing you need to be afraid of.

I'm here,

and I'm not at any risk.

Yes,

I see that now.

Promise me you won't go back to her.

Amulius.

I have to get better.

Give me your strength,

and I swear I'll be fine.

I'll be your queen once more.

You need to sleep.

Sleep cures all ills.

Promise me you'll stay here.

I promise.

More than two days have passed.

And what do you think we should do?

We cannot abandon them like this.

We have to go back.

Do you think they're still alive?

They were with the She-Wolf, they can't be dead.

There are other refuges in the forest

and the forest has always protected us.

You don't know what you're saying, Tarinkri.

Wiros and I saw those soldiers.

So tell me, what do you want to do?

Stay here and wait for what?

Now you've understood.

I know.

They need a guide,

and the Goddess chose you.

That's why she told me to look at you.

I...

I don't know what's the right thing to do.

She'll tell you what's right.

You listen.

And she'll speak to you.

We'll dig into our supplies and slaughter a lamb.

We'll be able to feed them for a few days.

How long do you think they'll stay?

They didn't say.

Until I have news from my father,

I can't go back to Gabi.

Manos...

you'll leave tomorrow for Gabi,

bring us news.

Yes, Father.

Don't grieve for her.

We will all die.

Is this what your Goddess says?

That you have to resign yourself and die?

You told me that Rumia never forgets her children.

Have you stopped believing that?

We are not her children.

Look at us!

Our comrades are dead,

the forest is burnt

and we are here, in this cage.

When the time comes, they will kill us.

We lost. The Goddess has abandoned us,

because we're not deserving of her protection.

Don't say that.

Wiros is still alive.

And there are many others with him.

Pray to the Goddess, that she shows them the way.

And they come to free us.

I'd pray in your place...

if I knew your prayers.

That bracelet. Tell me where you got it.

-Why do you want to know? -Did you kill its wearer?

No.

Do you know Yemos?

Are you his mother?

What did you do to my son? Answer me!

Yemos told me about you, and your father Numitor.

-I know what was done to you. -Is he alive?

Yes, he's alive.

The Velienses attacked us,

we managed to escape and he...

I don't know where he is,

but I haven't lost hope of seeing him again.

If you really met my son...

tell me what you know about him.

As a child, his father took him to the forest with his brother.

And there he challenged a wolf.

-What else? -He speaks little,

but he looks honest.

I have never heard a lie from his lips.

He was born to be king.

And even when we were alone he didn't forget that.

Justice for him is worth more than life.

I don't believe a single word you say.

Yemos would never have abandoned that bracelet.

I didn't kill your son.

I swear on all the Gods.

Don't trust anybody, speak as little as possible

and come back soon.

May you be cursed! Go away!

Go away!

Lower your blade.

If he continues like this, he will die within a few days.

Leave my father alone.

You didn't believe my words, but you'll believe in our works.

Your father will live, and you will know we're not enemies.

Who are you?

Did you know my son as well?

I tended his wounds with my hands.

They have lived for generations in the caves in the forest.

Rumia is their Goddess, and she protects them.

Now she'll protect you as well.

If you let her.

Are you his wife?

What's your name?

Pola.

Go home. Or I'll have to have them take you away.

Rufus will never betray his king.

Making him suffer won't help you.

Have you ever been hungry,

Pola?

I have.

And I know there's a moment when the heart bursts with fear:

hatred...

dignity,

anger and love do not exist any more

and a man would do anything to live.

I'm just waiting for that moment to come.

Let me stay next to him.

This is all I ask of you.

The city is occupied,

the moat and gate are watched, you cannot enter with weapons.

And my father?

King Ertas...

Cry, Lausus.

And we will cry with you.

My father was a man, and he was a king.

He leaves us a teaching

and an example.

The Gods one day...

will smile on us once more.

And then...

Then we'll talk with weapons.

Silvia! Quick!

Hurry up!

Silvia?

Is that you, Silvia?

Yes, Father...

it's me.

Why are you crying?

Come with me.

Go home.

Where he is, I have to be.

I don't want you to see what we do to him.

Do what you have to.

If you feel no shame.

My home without him is just a dark well.

My sleep without him is not rest.

I live in his eyes.

If he doesn't look at me again I will be just a lifeless body.

Do you know this feeling?

You don't speak...

but your eyes don't lie.

And do you think it's better to die?

At least in the realm of the dead,

I hope to see him again.

Take her away.

No! I beg you!

No! Please!

Don't take me away from him!

Yemos' grandfather is a king, you say.

But I don't see armies or weapons.

He was a king.

His brother took all he had.

You think it was the Goddess who put us on his path?

Maybe he'll give us a city.

Their city's Alba, what's Alba got to do with our Goddess?

Cities can change their names, Tarinkri.

You.

It was you who saved her.

You have to listen to her voice.

Which of you is Wiros?

Me.

Silvia wants to talk to you.

I did it for you.

So that nobody sees what you had to suffer.

You called me.

Approach the king.

Was it you who healed me?

The credit belongs to my people, not to me.

The credit belongs to the Gods,

who brought Wiros here with his people.

Silvia told me about you and Yemos.

What are you willing to do for him?

I owe him my life, I would do anything.

But I don't know where he is nor how to help him.

Our enemy lives in Alba,

the man who betrayed us,

the murderer, the usurper.

Will you help us to kill him?

When Amulius is dead, and Alba free once more...

then my son will be able to return as King.

You've nothing to say?

-You don't want to help us? -You've seen us.

We are too few to take a city like Alba.

We will not be too few.

A day's walk from here is Gabi, my city.

Amulius killed my father

and occupied it with his soldiers.

If you help us free Gabi,

the Thirty Kings

will see that Amulius is not invincible.

I will speak to them,

one by one, if necessary, and convince them.

Until they are willing to fight with us.

My people could fight,

but I will have to promise something in exchange.

They will have lands to cultivate,

we will consecrate Alba to their Goddess.

-Silvia! -That's what they want, Father!

They're looking for a city to welcome their Goddess.

Alba is sacred to our Gods.

We need their help, Father.

Promise what it's right to promise.

I am no longer a king,

I can't decide for my people.

If you help us

Alba will reward you, believe me.

I'm not a king either.

But I know who decides for my people.

My king, help her,

I've never seen so much pain.

That's enough!

Have mercy!

Have mercy on me!

We'll consult the haruspex.

We'll find the cause of this illness of hers.

Glorious mother!

Glorious queen!

Glorious sovereign of the mountains and wolves!

Glorious mother!

Glorious queen!

Glorious sovereign of the mountains and wolves!

Glorious mother!

Glorious sovereign of the mountains and wolves...

Talk, say what you have to.

You told me that I have to guide them.

Why doesn't she speak?

Why doesn't she speak?

She's dead.

Here is the sign that the Goddess gave us.

We're alone.

Rumia abandons us outside of the forest.

Wait, Herennèis.

It's not like you said.

She's dead, Wiros.

We took her out of the forest and she died.

Yes, this...

this happened, it's true.

The voice of the Goddess guided you every day.

She promised you a city.

And now instead we are defeated, lost...

and your oracle is silent.

It seems she has forgotten you.

And yet you know...

that your destiny awaits in that hut!

How we would have gotten here if the Goddess hadn't wanted it?

Even now Rumia is guiding you,

the way she guided you before.

But now you no longer need oracles,

because the time of your exile is over!

Now you are no longer a people

forced to hide underground,

now you will have a city, and that city

will be conquered with your own hands and courage.

If you want,

if you stick together,

the voice of the Goddess

will be my voice.

You are free to choose.

Whoever wants to go back to the forest, go now.

The others,

get ready to fight.

We will entrust the oracle to the waters of the river.

Tomorrow...

in the name of the Goddess,

we will take the city of Gabi.

Will she get better?

Answer me!

Is your wife pure before the gods...

Amulius?

Yes.

You then, knowingly or unknowingly,

drew their anger.

Get out of here.

Leave us alone!

The Gods are taking their revenge on me,

and my pain

will wash away the blood that we spilled.

But this is fair.

I was the one who pushed you to ungodliness.

And with my death...

you'll be free.

That's enough, Gala.

You bear no guilt.

-Take her out, she's dead. -Don't touch her!

She's alive, and you mustn't touch her!

Shut up, dog.

Did you hear what he said to you?

Do you think I take orders from you?

You take orders from someone who scares you,

and when you look at us you think we're finished.

But you can't kill us,

because our mother watches us and doesn't forget us,

and when she comes to us with her retinue of a thousand wolves

we'll remember what you did.

And we'll show no mercy to any of you

nor your children

nor your wives.

You will all die!

He doesn't have our blood,

he doesn't know our prayers,

but he has more strength than all of us.

Pray, children of Rumia,

ask for salvation for Kaila,

and the Goddess will come back to watch over you.

Rumia, mother of men and beasts,

you who create and destroy,

give life back to your bravest daughter.

Rumia, mother of men and beasts,

you who create and destroy,

give life back to your bravest daughter.

Why are you still awake?

The things you said today...

I keep thinking about them.

Was it the Goddess who suggested them to you?

I...

I don't know how the Gods speak to mortals.

Rufus!

You were right,

he didn't betray his king.

Why are you bringing him back to me, then?

You're the one who saved him with your love.

Don't ask anything else,

and look after him.

Once I was just a slave.

An orphan.

Frightened.

I could have died many times,

and instead look at me.

I saved myself,

and I found my people.

And now the most powerful of kings

has placed himself in my hands.

I couldn't have done all this alone.

She must have wanted it, Rumia.

For this reason from today I want to be her voice.

Subtitles: Issaverdens -Rome