King kalaniʻōpuʻu is dead.
- Honor to the new king! - Honor to the new king!
Word has come from hawaiʻi's kingdom.
King kalaniʻōpuʻu is dead.
His son keōua now rules the kingdom.
Kalaniʻōpuʻu was a great king.
His bones were to be the ultimate prize for my altars.
Call the war generals.
We prepare to conquer hawaiʻi's kingdom.
May I speak, great king?
Soon we will have taken the last stronghold of oʻahu.
We support you in your campaign to unite these islands,
but...
This does not feel like prophecy.
You are erasing the royal bloodlines of this kingdom.
That does not feel like unification.
People are only loyal...
To the lineage of their kingdoms.
As long as those bloodlines exist,
there will never be Maui.
We must set one bloodline
for all the kingdoms.
My blood.
Only then will we be truly unified as the prophecy says.
Your king has spoken.
Now go!
Thank you.
You are late for your English lesson.
You've missed a few.
The others, they progress quickly.
I was born in a cave.
I found a life in the silence.
I could be anything.
In the darkness, I was free.
As far as I can tell, your father only wants what's best for you.
Perhaps you would find this life to have more freedom
if you stopped fighting it so much.
Is that what women do where you are from, John?
- Do as they are told? - It's that way everywhere I've known.
Wives submit to your husband,
for the husband is the head of the wife as god is the head of the church,
and is himself its savior.
Your god spoke to you?
He spoke to righteous men, and they have shared his word.
Our gods are the same in that way.
They speak to men about men.
They don't care to speak with me.
But there will be a day where I no longer need a cave to be free.
I brought ōʻio.
You do not eat.
Thank you, nāmake.
Every time I feel weak, I ask the gods for strength, and they send you.
It is I who is weak...
And have looked to you for strength.
I will bring you some more fish tonight.
Nāhi.
Nāmake acts as if kaʻiana is not coming back.
- Your sister too. - He is gone, nāhi.
You don't know that.
No one does.
What will happen when he returns?
We will share in the joy together.
But...
We must prepare for a life without him.
Nāmake loves kūpuohi.
Always has.
- The price is the same... - No.
That was always the agreement.
You move freely among them.
It's almost like I see no kanaka in you.
A woman like you would be discussed among the chiefs.
Your chiefly blood will never know me or my family.
I was a kapa maker.
Nothing.
But I wanted more.
How you get here?
I took a canoe beyond our oceans.
Drifted for days with no direction. No food, no water.
A foreign ship found me near death.
When coming to zamboanga, I saw opportunity.
Common or royal makes no difference
in a land where money is esteemed above all else.
Money makes you more like them.
I've made the deal for your guns.
We must take them to your ship.
- Have you seen Tony? - Not today.
- He has to come with me. - I'm sure he's fine, kaʻiana.
Where is Tony?
Saw him last night.
Where?
Man out that late's got the devil on his mind.
He could be anywhere.
To the six districts of this kingdom:
Kalaniʻōpuʻu, greatest among us,
has stated his wishes to his council and high priests before he passed.
The one to hold the power of government,
and oversee political matters,
pertaining to the six districts of this kingdom,
is his own son,
king keōua!
The government duties
should be mine.
Yes.
So, what of the god of war?
To the possession and power of the king's god of war,
kūkāʻilimoku,
he bestows that spiritual strength,
and all responsibilities of warfare...
On his nephew, kamehameha.
Come forward.
What is this?
You steal the war god from me.
Kamehameha steals nothing.
He is stealing my birthright.
There is no need for this.
I stand with you, brother.
We are not brothers.
You are the bastard son of apoiwa,
raised in my father's court.
You are no king.
The war god is mine,
and the kingdom of my father belongs to me.
Your father was more than my uncle.
He was my king.
I must honor him
and protect his god of worship.
I am your king now.
You promised my father...
That you would follow me.
I'm sorry, keōua.
But the god of war stays with me.
Well, then.
Why don't we spare our men
and settle this now?
Kamehameha is a liar!
A liar!
My king!
The district chiefs will honor your father's wishes.
If you do not,
they may turn against you.
You support my lowborn cousin with the god of war?
With my life.
Then pray to the god of war for mercy.
Because war has never been kamehameha's worship,
but... it has always been mine.
My time of mourning has ended...
But yours has only just begun.
Keōua will gather the support of his districts.
We must strike first.
My uncle did not leave me his kingdom.
He gave you the god of war
over his own son.
Even the great king saw the promise in you.
I know you didn't choose this, kamehameha.
And I am sorry.
But the gods have prepared a great responsibility for you.
And unfortunately,
it will come with grief and great loss.
But I promise
you will not face it alone.
If I am to tear this kingdom apart, then I am alone.
You've said enough.
Did the king truly give kamehameha the god of war?
What does that mean for us?
It means keōua will prepare for war to take it back.
Kamehameha does not understand why he must face this threat.
I can speak with him.
Your place is with the wives.
You brought me here to help kamehameha.
But not now.
Go with the women.
I will see to this.
This is the naha stone?
My father told me of the immovable rock of the gods.
He said kings, priests,
even common men have tried to move it to prove themselves the prophesied one.
When you did it, he knew it was you.
Did he send you?
No, he didn't.
If you are troubled, my chief, you can talk to me.
I am not your royal council, kamehameha.
But a man who won't speak his true thoughts
will soon be a broken one.
I did not move this stone.
But many saw you do it.
The ground moved under my feet,
like the earthquake.
It took the weight of naha stone
and I flipped her over.
But it wasn't me.
As much as I try,
I can't lift it again.
The gods have gone silent.
My advisors want war
but this war will only bring death to this kingdom.
The war god's purpose is to bring balance,
not death.
You are its keeper.
Trust your uncle,
and consult the god of his worship.
What if the gods remain silent?
Then trust you can make the right decision for this kingdom
until the gods
speak again.
We think you know where this savage is hiding.
I captain a commercial vessel.
I do not employ savages nor anyone else who would,
jeopardize our ability to profit.
Especially if his crime is as serious as you claim.
You are welcome to search my ship.
But if he were aboard I would gladly give him to you.
It is the gallows to any man caught lying.
Where's kaʻiana?
I do not know.
Do you know that he's attacked some soldiers?
Half this godforsaken city's after him.
He said he's looking for his friend. That is all I know.
I'm gonna set sail tonight.
So you've got until then to get these guns and him aboard, right?
- You cannot leave without him. - Well, I can and I will.
'Cause I'm not about to risk my freedom or my ship for him or anyone else.
So you remember that if you ever wanna leave this place.
We will not attack keōua.
But we will prepare to defend this land for battle.
If keōua wars against me, we will defeat him.
But the war god is silent, my chief.
That is why the decision is mine.
I was looking for you!
I brought you more fish.
Heke said you were to help her today.
What is wrong?
We lost kaʻiana.
Without your help, I do not think I could've found the strength.
I don't believe that.
You are a fighter.
Stronger than any of us.
That is why kaʻiana was drawn to you.
The hawksbill turtle is a guardian for my family,
has been since the days of my great-grandfather.
Despite the loss we feel,
I knew I was being watched over by my guardians.
You have been a guardian as well all this time...
So I want you to have a piece of me.
I know how you have mourned him.
I have too.
But I have seen happiness in your eyes again. With me.
We must live, kūpuohi.
It would dishonor the sacrifice he made for us if we do not.
This is all I can offer you, nāmake.
The Spanish look for you everywhere.
What did you do?
I see the pale skin, they chain people, babies, in cages.
They are capable of much more than you know. That is why we must leave.
Your captain lied to protect you.
He will set sail tonight with or without you.
- We must go now. - Not without Tony.
He is gone, kaʻiana.
People say he was taken for the slave trade.
Do you understand?
Where would he be?
If he's still in zamboanga, he would be in the warehouse at the end of the city.
Listen, kaʻiana.
We have the guns.
You can go home to fight your war. We can start the sandalwood trade.
But neither can happen without you.
If you go find him, you will not make it back to the ship.
Wait for me at nootka.
I will find Tony.
I'll find my friend.
Be nice, love.
And I just may make you me wife.
Get in there!
Thank you for a fine evening, miss.
Go!
Tony!
We set sail once we're done here.
You will wait for kaʻiana.
He is not my problem.
He is if you want the sandalwood deal.
Come on!
Tony!
Get out. Go, go!
I got you.
Loosen up!
Okay.
Careful.
Cast off!
Aye, aye, captain!
You are headed home, kaʻiana.
To your family.