Keōuakūʻahuʻula,
all who shunned you will bow at your feet.
With you, is the supernatural power of the goddess of fire.
The volcano wakes at the wrongs done to you, my Chief.
If you will have them, I pledge my men
and my district in the fight against Kamehameha.
You did not stand with Kaʻū at the death of the king.
I was wrong.
I was wronged.
So what will you do to make it right?
I offer protection from the wrath of my gods.
What do you offer me?
This club is Hilo koa,
carved in the days of Hanakahi.
It carries the mana of my people.
I did not do this.
You did it to yourself.
Now what will you give?
Your teeth.
Offer your teeth to the High Chief.
This club belongs to your family to kill our enemy.
But never again forget who you kneel for.
Take him away.
Keōuakūʻahuʻula.
The god of your father.
The goddess of fire stands with you.
None will deny your place.
Kaʻiana a ʻAhuʻula.
You have come to us a child of Maui.
But with this ivory tooth necklace,
I ask you…
to lead my army…
as Chief of War.
No matter where you go in the world,
you will always have a home here among us.
Word has come to us…
that the district of Hilo has joined Keōua.
But they will be defeated…
by our Chief of War.
They will bow before the Red-mouthed weapons…
and the booming voice of Kū!
And the kingdom will be ours.
Agreed?
Agreed.
She's here.
Kaʻahumanu.
Come.
On the eve of battle, I make a decree to be heard by all.
From this day forth,
Kaʻahumanu will join my council…
and advise on all matters of the kingdom.
This is my declaration.
Let it be heard by all of my Chiefs.
We attack tomorrow,
so this council is dismissed.
You see the world in ways we do not.
Guide us to do the same.
Ready!
And fire!
Load it and fire!
Good. All right. Clean 'em and rack 'em.
Inventory's good, even with the training.
Something on your mind?
You nervous?
No.
This don't make you nervous a little bit?
No.
You?
Be a lie if I said it didn't.
But… fear don't get to me like it used to.
What does that mean?
I faced death nearly every day before I ran away.
Hell, the fear of death is what kept me running
'cause I knew at any moment it could catch right back up to me.
But I'm all right now.
What changed?
I learned to shoot.
Now I'm the one holding the muskets.
Tomorrow we face gods and men to build a kingdom.
I want you to know that no matter what happens to me, this is your home.
Here is your family.
No more running.
This land will hold you, long after I'm gone.
They seem harmless like this.
It will bring death like nothing you've seen before.
I have always fought by your side.
Yet I cannot go into battle with something unspoken between us.
I thought you to be dead.
We all did.
Waiting, not knowing.
Wondering how you suffered.
If we could save the mana of your bones.
It broke us.
I found comfort with Kūpuohi,
and she with me.
It is the shame of my life,
but I love her.
I betrayed you, Kaʻiana.
You did no wrong to a dead brother.
But I am here now and I cannot face Keōua without my family.
I have neglected you, my son.
I knew you would wake.
Get him.
You have thunder in your blood.
For the pain.
I do not blame you for what you did.
It wasn't your fault.
I did not see the poison
given to my own son.
He is unclean.
Death will purify him.
Stop.
No.
Soon I will control Hawaiʻi's kingdom,
and we will rule it together.
Let him live.
Enough!
The prince has spared him,
but I will be his purification.
Kohala is restless.
Kamehameha will seek counsel from the war god in the morning.
Are you alright?
The volcano goddess calls the Chiefs to stand with Keōua.
Maui stands with Keōua.
Our numbers are small.
I feel like the gods are against me.
You have made us stronger, Kaʻiana.
We have the foreign weapons.
It will be enough.
Keōua is only the beginning.
Kahekili waits. I can feel his hunt.
The Paleskin as well.
I believe in you.
Kaʻahumanu,
you have found your place with Kamehameha.
And you with your family.
All is as it should be.
You have come far since we met.
As have you.
Are you still the chief of contradiction who desires peace over war?
Not today.
I have been too alone in my own suffering to see yours.
Nāhi cherished you.
He loved you.
I cannot imagine the suffering you are going through.
I want to fight.
Are you okay, my Chief?
We will lead these warriors to victory,
but I take no comfort
in the death we will bring today.
The skies will yield
and the land will listen
to Kū the infinite.
Kū the assailant.
Kū the berserker.
Kū the righteous.
Kū the unyielding.
To Kūkāʻilimoku.
To all the ancestral deities of Kū.
Shield us from darkness.
Shield us from death.
Shield us from trouble.
Guide us on this journey.
O' Kū, devour those districts…
and seize the entire Kingdom.
The God of War has spoken.
The feathers of Kū have quivered.
We move this army to the Black Desert immediately.
Let the spiritual battle begin.
O' great God of War,
grant us might.
Stand your ground!
You fools are the worthless reef fish
of the worthless Chief, Kamehameha.
You dare to face our flesh-eating god…
Māʻaikanaka?
Fools! Fools! Fools!
We are the magma of blinding heat
that stirs the earth below.
Fight, and we will devour all life
who stands on these hardened rocks.
We devour all!
This battle field is our altar of death.
And we will offer your lifeless bodies…
to the gods of our worship.
This is who leads you? Kaʻiana?
Lowborn scum of the earth.
He is the filth of Maui.
Kaʻiana is the epitome of cowardice
and has fled to every crevice of the eight oceans.
If you stand with him, his death will be your death.
Here are the fierce warriors of Kaʻū,
standing with Maui of the great thunder.
Look on us, the deliverers of your destruction.
Who among us will be consumed by the weakness of their gods?
We fight with the God of War.
Our throats will be satiated feasting on you,
the worthless fish of the shallows.
Look at the pathetic ʻŌpūnui,
fat-bellied from feeding off of the scraps
given to him by his master, Kahekili.
And cradles the king's testicles
in hopes of earning his next meal.
He is nothing more than the strong hand of Maui!
And has come to polish…
the spear of his king.
Who among this army of spear polishing men…
can reach me?
Spears.
Their spears are soft and limp.
Do not fear an army of baby pigs!
You are a plague of the outside world, Kaʻiana.
And you threaten to infect us with the sickness you hold.
Come! And I will lay you down in the cradle of blackened earth…
…as I did your brother.
Keōua!
You have no idea what's coming.
You will never understand, you were born a fool!
I did not come here for battle.
I came here to rid your kingdom of your bloodline
and erase the shame of your birth!
Bring me your men and your gods and I will feed them fire and black smoke
for what you have done to me!
Keōua.
Your time to die is now.
For Nāhi.
Kill them all!
Attack!
Now!
Next squadron…
attack!
Spears!
Forward!
Keōua!
Heke!
The gods bless me…
with the nectar of lehua once again.
Come at me!
Come at me, Kaʻiana!
Kaʻiana.
Spare me, Pele.
Let me live!
Kaʻiana.
Keōua's dead!
Kaʻiana!
Kamehameha.
Hail Kamehameha.
Hail Kamehameha!
My King!
Word from Hawaiʻi's Kingdom has returned.
Look in the eyes of thunder
when you speak to me, boy.
Our men marched to the Black Desert with Keōua yesterday.
They fell to Kamehameha's army.
Kaʻiana is there.
Kaʻiana?
Yes.
Beautiful.
It is as my Seers have said.
I will have Kaʻiana's bones,
and the kingdoms will be mine.
Look at me, boy.
Send word to Maui,
and gather my fleet.
If Kaʻiana is there,
I will blanket the ocean channel with my war canoes…
and tear through the sands,
stones,
and mountains of Hawaiʻi's Kingdom.
Go.