March 20, 2020 • 45 mins
Tumanbay is recovering from a brutal occupation by the followers of Maya. Manel, daughter of the Empire’s greatest general, now sits on the throne. Her chief advisor and lover is the mysterious traveller Alkin. The city has been plundered of much of its wealth, and desperate for allies, a marriage has been arranged between Manel and Herod, the feckless son of a powerful provincial governor. Gregor, Manel’s uncle and Master of the elite Palace Guard, is convinced that Maya and her followers are still a threat to the Empire. Tumanbay is created by John Scott Dryden and Mike Walker. Visit www.tumanbay.com to see full credits and download scripts.
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M m excercy. They are waiting for you. Will thank
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you for coming so late this way. Come into the
cool room, excellency, but do more light. Of course, it
may be nothing, but it may be well. I didn't
want to be the one responsible for for what well,
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for not doing my duty to human b Excellency. I
thought we would want to say, he this go on
a body. Timan Bay has many bodies, not like this one.
It arrived this morning, backed in ice, in a caravan
from al Farsie. It's quite far gone, but you can
see what you have to see this way. Please. Two
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days ago, early in the morning, a soldier. We think
he was a soldier from his uniform, though as you
can see there's not much of it left, likely from
one of the border garrison's. He stumbled into the town
of al Farzi, apparently screaming his head off. We think
he may have been the last survivor, the last survivor
of what the border garrison. There had been some skirmishes
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with the local tribes or a deserter, not likely, excellency.
Not with these wounds he walked into al Fasi in
this state. Apart from his screaming, did he say anything. No,
he couldn't. No tongue you see, or hands or feet.
He must have crawled through the desert. What do you think?
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So it didn't happen in battle. Someone took their time
to do this. They took care of it to ensure
he wouldn't die. You see, the wounds are quarterized. That's
what I thought. That's why I sent for you, excellency,
turn him over. But m ah, yes, I just wondered
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about that. He's been branded. People are comforted by a
sense of order in this world. The things that surround us,
the walls of the houses, the streets, the people, the empires.
They give us certainty, a sense of purpose gradually stripped away,
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and you realize you're completely on your own, and everyone
and everything is different to what you thought. Thank you
report any other strange occurrences to me, of course you're excellent.
But for now, to Munda is a city trying to
recover from the rule of Maya. Baker's still baked bread,
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butcher's still prepare meat, and the young men of Tu Munday, well,
they still fly in the skies above the city. H
Hi broke a party approaching across the desert. There's a banner.
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It looks official. Oh are you all right? Yeah? That
was amazing. My name's frog Frog. What kind of a
name is that? It used to be my nickname, but
now it's my name. What do you do? Frog? Do
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you croak? Do you eat flies? No? I fly, but
you must have a real name. No, I haven't seen
you here before. I live in the bull Pass Quarter.
My father's a merchant, a merchant of what what do
I care? All he's interested in is making money. But
there has to be more to life than that, don't
you think? Like? What? Well, what you do climbing the
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city walls, jumping off them? Flying? Well it might look easy,
but you need to know what you're doing. Do you
know what you're doing? Of course I haven't been doing
it for years. Then you can show me, can't you?
Who is this matilla girl? Like you do with a sky?
Frog watching? So what you see? What you from the sky?
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What did you see? Twenty awsom? At least they had
a flag. I think it's the new prince come to
marry our sultana Inca sir? Why have you stuff? I
came here once as a child. I thought they had
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burnt it to the ground, but it's still so so.
I hope the Sultanas as beautiful. Yeah, she's a bit
of a fighter, that's right, sir. She's killed a few
in her client I wouldn't turn my back on her
if I was you. I'm not till you know her. Well,
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we'll see. Come on, I want to see what's behind
those walls. Humanly Series three, Episode one, Tree of Sorrows
by John Scott Dryden. Tuman Bay has survived, as it
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always does, but it is a city weakened by Maya's
brutal occupation. Everyone is rebuilding. It is a city of builders.
And in one part of the city, away from the palace,
at the house of my poor old friend, the slave
trader Ibn Bay, his daughter Heaven, a young woman who
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will become part of this mystery, is rebuilding her life. Yes,
is the lady of the house at all? What is
it concerning? I am a friend of her poor dear father,
Hibn Bay. I felt it my duty to come by
and see how my dear French's daughter is faring. Now
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that dust has settled, so to speak. Please please come in.
I'm sorry for the mess mentioned it, my dear man.
Don't mention it we have all suffered. We're all rebuilding
our lives. My wife is with our child. Come out
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into the courtyard, asked them to bring refreshments. But I
really don't want to trappic. It's no trouble, it's no trouble.
Please please. So are you and my father were close, Yes,
Mrs Heaven, the closest of friends. We were business associates.
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I'm also in the trade. Well, poor fellow, I'm so
sorry for what happened. Thank you. You know your your
father's reputation was like no other. Reputation is everything in
this business. He was a man of his word. He
was a good man. Your father may have mentioned me, Oh,
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but how rude of me, band, Melissia Fair Mcpooland but
everyone knows me as just band. Well, my father really
talked to me about his business, of course, and yet
even in business he often talked about you, Mr seven.
Everything he did was for you. Yes, well, he loved
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his family very much, did he did. Yes. I apologize
for the state of the house. Not at all, Mistress,
not at all. They went through all my father's things
after his arrest. So much was taken and the rest well,
as you see, such a pity, but at least you
have your husband and child. Yes, we feel very fortunate.
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We lost her. She was taken from us during the occupation.
We were lucky to find her. Blessings come at the
most surprising times. Yes, ah, yes, if you will excuse me,
I must know there is something, yes, mistress, before you
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go to attend your child. Of course, how can I
bab bring this up at such a no, bab, you
must you know your your father would have wanted me
to as a man of honor. What is it, mistress?
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Even by your father took a consignment of slaves from me,
and well when all this happened, well, he never managed
to pay me for them. I see m hm, media madam.
If you could please see to Pamina, I will come shortly.
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How much did my father owe you? Let me see
for the head of I think there was eight, yes, fifty, yes,
twelve hundred pinari. Yes, I will of course honor any
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depths my father may have had. You have a receipt,
promissory note or such like, Oh you can read, I can,
of course, of course. Well, it was an agreement made
between friends, and a man's word is his. I'm sure
I have something I can bring to you to do
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to show of course. Good good, thank you for coming.
So so what are your plans now? We're going through
my father's papers, learning all weekend about his business. We
plan to take it over, what's left of it, and
try to build it up. Good. Yeah, there's a big
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and for slaves at the moment everyone's rebuilding. You can
capitalize on this, That's what I keep telling her. The problem,
of course these days, if you'll forgive me, the problem
is supply. Have you thought about that? We were lucky
that one of the hubun By ships was at a
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foreign port when the occupation happened. That's all. My father
was a shrewd man, he was. Indeed, where is your
father's ship? Where Smyrna? My family is from there. We
have sent word to supplies there, but quality. I'm sorry
your associates haven't found the quality of slaves you require.
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Am I right? More or less? The occupation has destroyed
the supply chain. Now the empire is weak, The roots
aren't safe, and I'm sure any half decent slaves you
are able to acquire are expensive. Yes, we are trying
to raise funds. M hmm, barban and see who are
going to make a success of this. Thank you, sir.
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We think so too. Look, I wouldn't normally do this,
but Balvan is going to hold off your father's death. Really,
that's please. There's no need to thank me. In fact,
I want to help you. I can see you need help.
I can show you how the slave business works. Maybe
Bavant can even invest in your endeavors. Tuman Bay is
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on its knees. To survive. Alliances are required, Your majesty,
his excellency, Prince Herod, son of the Governor of Rashim Province.
What's going on? The fabled White Ape of the exotic world?
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Captured by my stepfather and one of his many hunting
expeditions to the lands of the Klakara. A strange and
wonderful creature of great value and a fitting wedding gift
to my beautiful bride. H I see, very strange and wonderful.
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Thank you. The Sultans of human Bay are famed throughout
the world for their menagerie of exotic creatures. I hope
my gift will help return the menagerie back to its
former glory after these times of trouble. Someone please take
my niece Monel, our new Sultana Gregor, head of the
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palace guard. Can you please find someone to feed and
water our our friend here? Of course, am I now
also to be her official monkey handler. Take the ape
to the menagerie, see to its well being. Yes, so
you call yourself a prince, that your father is a
provincial governor? Is he now a king? No? No, no,
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it's it's merely what my mother has always called me,
Prince Herod. Yes, huh. To be honest, I'm a little
awe struck by the sight of such perfection. I see well,
I thank you. I mean the city. I thought it
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had been burnt to the ground by Maya, and yet
and yet it still stands so elegantly, so magnificently. Yes,
we are rebuilding and doing our best to repair what
was destroyed by the Zealots. I've heard of your bravery, majesty,
how you slew Maya's regent Sarah in this very room
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in front of me. I had the chance to do
it myself, but I didn't. I couldn't. Was I beguiled
by her? They disappear into the walls. That's what she
told me before she died. Of course, we could not
have defeat admire without commander Kulan, who built and led
an army of slaves to storm the city. Father, it
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is an honor. No, please, sir, it is not who
are the greatest commander touman Bay has ever known. I
have read of your deeds in the histories. I amili
a servant of tuman Bay, and you will be too
when you take my daughter's hand in marriage. You will
never know who the believers are until it's time for
them to come out again. With you at my side,
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we will make tuman Bay. They might be your neighbor again.
They might be your friend, majesty, if I may advice,
They might even be your adviser. I would suggest at
this point it would be a good idea to ask
Britt to stand now alkin the traveler, now Vizier to
the Sultana, replacing that slimy worm Cardali, a man I
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hated and who hated me. And tuman Bay. They are
of living. Here's the art of surviving. The meeting is over.
It went well, Yes, yes, they seem a good match.
Where are you, Gregor? I'm right here, brother, watching, waiting,
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looking for anything out of the ordinary. Keeping the sultana safe.
That's my job. And have you seen anything out of
the ordinary apart from a white ape. There are things,
small things, perhaps things that may point to Maya. I
wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't look into
everything that seems out of place. Maya is defeated. I
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found the door to my apartment unlocked this morning. I
always lock it. Maybe you need to take some time off.
There's too much to do. You've been through a lot.
The palace guard will see rooting out the spies. They
could be spies. There. Spy is everywhere. They come out
of the walls. You're stuck in the swamp, Gregor. We've
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drained the swamp. There are other dangers. Now is weak.
We need to rebuild. We need alliances. Then you do
your job and let me do mine. He's a fool.
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At least he's a handsome fool. I'm a little awe
struck by the side of such perfection on our first meeting,
and he wasn't even talking about me. He will look
good sitting beside you on the throne. So with that monkey.
His mother seriously calls him prince. I'm not going to
marry a man whose mother calls him. You keep taking
one step forward and two steps back. Your father is right.
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Why do I need a husband? I already have another?
M hm m hmm. Marriage is for legitimacy. Lovers are
for pleasure. They are two separate things. Your father, I'm
not my father, but I have proved myself. If you
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are so keen on him, why don't you go to him?
I know you do well. You are more beautiful and lovely.
If you have taught me anything, it is to mistrust
honeyed words. All right, try these words. You have no choice.
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It has to be done. You have to play this
part as I have to play the part of your vizier.
It's all storytelling. We are part of the great story
of two Munday. Maybe you will understand that one day.
Who are you really? Really? We are who we are here?
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And now that's all that concerns us. And you need
to marry this oiled, gnolly cuddled mamma's boy. Yes, you
need to do it, slave. Take this day after day,
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hour after hour, I paced the palace corridors looking for signs.
How is it possible that she conquered an empire and
then simply disappeared like water? Soaking away. There are so
many collaborators out there still finding it's my job to
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any progress. All right, it's good to work, sir. You
say you were just employed in the scriptorium. Yes, excellency,
that's all. But wasn't it your name on the arrestaurants?
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Didn't you countersign them? Do you know your name was
on that order too? You told me to sign it
to the worst collaborator of them all, And yet you, Gregor,
you walk free. Do you feel chap? I look within
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myself for that shame for even the tiniest spec But no,
are you still in touch with her? Do you mean Maya?
How do you contact her? How does she reach you?
I have never even sent eyes on her. All I
did was my job, just like you continue. Yes, no, no, no.
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The others are too busy rebuilding. They think it's all over.
Good luck to them. They don't see what I see. Yes,
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what are you doing? Oh? I'm sorry, excellency, I didn't
realize you were here. We had appending the damage to
the walls. We will come back later. You are the supervisor, yes, excellency,
Selim pash out of the middle division. Is that anything
you require? Slowly we are bringing the palace back to
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its former glory. Yes, good, carry on, she's out there somewhere. Yes,
what is it? Hello? That which is dead will live again?
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Is this a note from Maya for me? Yes? You
were outside my rooms just now. Did you see anyone
pass by? Yes? Yes, a woman. What did she look like?
I don't know what? We were working and she just
passed by? A lady slave? I thought she would a hood.
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Which way did she go that way? Is everything wrong? You?
Did anyone pass by this way? No? One know? Excellency,
which is dead will live again? That new traders are
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arriving daily. Be careful of them. Some would try to
make their merchantise look fresher than they actually are. Then
you get them home and discovered they can't even stand
up with other assistance. And some are a danger, especially
if you have children in the house. See this one
for example. You stop forward, ye, come, come, slave, That's
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that's it. Don't be scared, that's right, that's right. What
are you doing? You don't stop in her? Offended? Offended?
Did you see? What are you doing? He didn't even react,
didn't even fridge you, sir, what do you drug your
slaves with? No offendi. We would never drug us. Crocie.
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You dug your stage with opiates. I didn't know that
strongness character, that illness of mind. That's why I cut someone.
Don't talk to me. Come my, it's it's let's ta go.
That's it. Now you must trying to deal with the
traitors who have the short time seal if you can
find them. Most, unfortunately, are the dead or have electricity.
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I am one of the very few of the old
God left heaven. Yes it is heaven. Isn't even base
own flesh and blood. Yes, I'm so sorry about your father.
He was a good man. Thank you live ay. He
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had some bad luck, your father. How is business now?
Not good? Not good? For a while the ship stopped
delivering slaves altogether. Now they are trickling in, but fairly
not the quality customers expect. You know, teen boys from
the swamps, often with disease. But perhaps things will improve
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with time. Having to keep back, I come, it's not
a good idea to get to be here with this. Come,
come you when we get some tea. So I took
the liberty of preparing an agreement for what well our
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business arrangements. Of course, Mistress I'll read it for you
and then your husband and signed. No, I will read
it and I will sign it. Ah, of course, of course. Please.
My wife has a shrewd eye for the detail than me.
She gets it from her father. Wonderful, wonderful. You know
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this place used to be buzzing. You could barely get
a seat with that. I am not quite clear what
this means. Yes, yes, Mr said, that's just the standard. Close.
It just authorizes PAPAN as your agent to act in
your name. High clues you know by the slaves. Well,
it's necessary if I'm providing the expertise, I need to
have your authority to I've got five hundred slaves in
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SMYRNA paid for, just waiting to be collected. I don't
feel comfortable. Just want you to be comfortable. My dear
girl is to supply the slaves. It makes sense he
should have the authority. I can see you need to
think about this. I'll step outside and you can discuss.
Please discuss away and wants you to be happy. What's wrong?
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I don't know what. I don't trust him. This is
a good deal. Everyone is desperate for slaves. Supposing he
sells off with my father's ship, and we never hear
from him again. Why would he He wants to make
money from the slaves. Were better to selldom than into munday.
I can't sign over my authority to him. I just can't.
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Then you will be a slave merchant without any slaves
to sell this keep back. I need to go with him.
What are you talking about? He needs to be watched.
We can let him just I don't understand. You can
come to and that child, or you can stay home
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and take care of her. It's not safe. We got
here together across the desert, didn't we. That was when
the empire was strong. Now there are bandits everywhere. Good
by see there were storms, shipwrecks, pirates. Look, I'll go No,
you'd be too trusting. You don't know anything about this business,
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do you. I've watched my father that I may not
have done it, but I watched him and he was
good at it. And the one thing I know is
you need to be there to know what's going on.
But then says he's got five hundred slaves at spir
Now we don't know that. He seems like a good
man to me. My point exactly, everything all right? M hmm,
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s The palace Scriptorium exolucy. What an honor it is
that you should grace our library with Yes, yes, yes,
this line? Where does it come from? That which is
dead will live again? Yes, it's familiar, it's um it's wrong.
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What whoever wrote it has got it wrong? It should
be will rise again? It's from an old poem by
the Oh let me see. It's amazing we managed to
save so much of this material. That's so much of
it survived as well. Yes, get on with it. It's
somewhere up there with the commentaries. You boy, hop up
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the ladder, will you and bring me a volume fifty
of the that's the one. So much of the good
stuff was well. It's not commonly known. Of course. Mayer's
people weren't destroying it. They were selling it. They needed
the money to pay for their armies. Thank you. Look
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at the binding on this, the decoration, the beautiful scroll work. Yes.
Please the quote, well, it's a short poem by the
Faian Mountain poet Abbennal. Yes, there's your poem, excellency. I
don't understand it, of course I will translate it for you.
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That which is dead will rise again? The riverbed will
flow once more, the Tree of Sorrows from the dust
emerge with the eye of the bird. The sword of
light appears the goal olden domes, but specs on a
tapestry of time. Wonderful, just wonder yes, But what does
it mean? What is the sword of light the Tree
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of sorrows? It's poetry. He is taking us from the
depths of despair to the soaring heights, like a bird
looking down from the sky. It said that Abenal was
one of the very first kite flyers in the city
when he was a boy, and that's how he crippled himself.
People look up at them today and think that's just
what the youth are doing. But there are drawings from
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many centuries ago. The kite flyers are nothing new. I
can show you here in this volume. Here, my lord,
my lord, where did he go? The kite flyers, the
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gangs of youths who tempt chance with their lives daily.
For what a moment of share an adulter it in excitement,
a moment of truth. I can understand that. Are you there? Hey, hey, hey,
don't run, don't run. I mean you're no harm. I
want to talk to you. You want to join us, grandfather,
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I wouldn't presume to be able to do what you do.
I can see that it takes great skill that it does. Excellency,
you know who I am. I know well enough. Have
you come to rest us? I need your help? Help?
You have seen the city from the sky? Tell me
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what is the Sword of Light? The Sword of Light?
I've never heard of it. Are you sure? You'll have
to ask one of your informers or spires. We're the skirets.
We don't talk to no one. It's where the ground
road comes into the city and joins the Street of
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the Swords. What from above it looks like a sword.
You can see it from the highest towers, but otherwise
you wouldn't know it was there unless you were flying
like us. And the Tree of Sorrows, I have never
heard of the Tree of Sorrows. You boy, I recognize
you from somewhere. I don't think so offending you or
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the child who had visions. You came to the palace
once to meet the sortan No, not me. A toad
or frog, Yes, that's your name. You're mistaken, sir, I
have to go frog. That's right. Don't talk to him.
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He's a squire from the palace. What did he want?
Hey you, this is a square re street, so don't
come here unless you want to get killed. It's very aggressive.
It has to be m have to protect our patch.
Noone else is going to do it for us. This
is where you live. We are the rats who live
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in the city. All the money we beg and steal.
We used to build kites, and that's what we do.
He knew you, that man from the palace, he said
he did. What did he mean about the visions? I
was standing right there. I have no idea he thought
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I was someone else? Then how did he know your name?
My parents thought I had the powers of prophecy. When
I was young, I used to have dreams. My father
worked at the palace, and once I was brought in
front of the Sultan, I predicted a great victory. But
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I was wrong. Dreams can mean whatever you want them to.
I don't have them anymore, and I'm glad because they
were horrible dreams. Won't your father be wondering where you are?
My father is too busy to care about where I am.
But I have to go back to see my little brother.
He likes to see me before he goes to sleep.
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Must be nice having a family. I will come back later.
I'll bring food, thank you, But we don't need your charity.
I want to stay on the streets with you. I
want to see how the sky rats live. Suit yourself fine,
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as you can see, there is a lot to be done.
We are still rebuilding the city. Well, I hope I'll
be able to be some help. Why are you good
at building? What do you mean putting up scaffolds, knocking
down walls, lifting rocks. Well, I'm not sure. There is
a shortage of workers now. I mean I have seen
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the slaves building an extension to my mother summer large.
But I'm joking. You look so worried. Oh ah, yes, Mas,
people took everything. See that's the Grand Dome. It used
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to be covered in gold. Now we have to replace
it with copper. In time we will make Twoman by
what it was. It's a great task, and sincerely, I
really do want to help in any way I can.
I know you do, and I appreciate what you and
your family have done to help us in our time
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of need. Look, I know as well as you do.
We've been pushed into this. It's politics, but we don't
need to be the victims of it. We can ride
this horse and see where it takes us. I know
you have someone. What are you talking about? I've heard
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and you're loyal to her, and that's right by me.
I understand that. I admire it. I'm not some great,
hulking barbarian. He's gonna throw myself on you. I mean,
do I look like a barbarian? Not exactly that. You
and I will do we have to do, and who
knows we may even enjoy it. You have such a
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nice open face when you laugh. Why don't we disagree.
We'll sleep together when the prophet's demand, and we'll leave
each to our own. We'll come together to sit in
council to make decisions rule the empire. Decisions we need
to make two muan bey grades. Again, Look, I don't
think you understand what. You will not be sultan. You
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will be consort to the sultana, but you will have
no power to rule. Oh I'm sorry, but this is no.
I'm so glad you said that, because what I said
about the council that was my mother speaking, not me.
I never wanted to be a ruler or a king
or anything. I just want to go on with my life,
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enjoy myself. Wow, that's settled then, so let's agree it
can be our secret secret. In public we are princetance
Aultana and I'll do everything I'm quired of me. It's
go on a good show. And in private we live
the lines. We want to live without fear or shame.
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Do you agree that's what's exactly are we agreeing to.
Don't say anything, Just smile like he did a few
moments ago, and I'll know. Are you going somewhere? What
is it to you? Where is your guard? Relax? Brother,
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You've been seen in the city alone. I'm not at
liberty to discuss it. Why are you having me watched
only for your protection? I'm worried about you, Gregor. Good
to know there are people with scores to set it now, well,
that's my job. Cool are to know what is going on?
Maybe you should concern yourself with your job. How well
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could Tuman Bay defend itself from attack? I wonder there
are people in the city who think you collaborated with
Maya's regime. Come on, the excellency open, be careful, Grego.
I'm always careful, brother, No, you used to be care
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good taggers with rubies and day you know, thank you.
Looking for something special, perhaps empert still made by our
very own crafts. Take it. Feel the weight mm hmm
not bad? Oh? Feel the edge you see? Now hold
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it out. Watch this. I dropped the silk cloth onto it,
and you see. You won't find this quality anywhere else
in the street. You'd have to go to Idle Marsha
or I'm looking for the Tree of Sorrows. I'm told
it was in this area. Father. Oh, he's looking for
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the Three of Sorrows. Why I'm from the library. We're rebuilding,
re catalog and finding out what has been lost and
what we've saved. There's a poem by Abenal that talks
of the Tree of Sorrows. It's not a tree at all.
It's a well. We used to throw unfaithful wives down it.
Where is it? They built over it years ago. We're
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just there at the end of the street where the
cafe is. Um. I recognize you, I don't think so.
You say you are from the Palace Library. That's right. No,
you were with the rebels, weren't you, Yes? Perhaps, No, no, no, wait,
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you're the man who betrade my brothers. You informed, greig Or. No,
you are mistaken, traitor, collaborator, Cragor. I don't know how
sharp did you say the sword was. I wouldn't shout
if I were you children? Do you have children? Yes? Good. Now,
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I'm going to give you the chance to live. I'm
going to walk away into the crowd. But if you
or your father here shouts again, I'm going to come
back for you, maybe not today, but sometime soon with
the palace guard. You understand, and you will be very,
very apologetic to your father here, your wife, and your
children for destroying their futures? Is that clear? Yes? How much?
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Very no? How much for the sword? Two? Never mind?
Keep the change. I thought I knew every corner of
this city, but it turns out I don't know much
at all. Ah ah oh wow. Were you having one
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of your jewels? No? I don't have them anymore. That
isn't true. What did you do? It doesn't make any sense.
Maybe I can help you understand it. I sort of
fat bad, tied to a post. He was talking, talking
so much, but I couldn't hear anything he said. Soldiers
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were standing all around him. Woman, the Sultana Babs and
not our Sultana. She was older. I think our Saultana
was there also, watching from behind. The older Sultana looked
at the fat man with fire in her eyes. She
was going to do something terrible to him. But then
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his tongue came out of his mouth like a lizard.
He just kept on comic on and on, and then
she cut it off and fell to the ground, and
it turned into a snake and slithered away through the sand.
You're having enough one of your dreams. No, we were
just what could see into the future. You know, why
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don't you read my future? I can't. Just he never
wants to help his friends. It's not that I have
no real power. Stuff gave her a reading. No, don't lie,
I heard you. Just tell her about it and tell
me why or no, well, what is it? That thing
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I saw in your face just now? You saw saying?
What was it? You're going to be a sea captain, No,
a famous pirate, and you'll take on all of Tom
and Bay's navy and would have beat them. Oh, yes,
for sure, he will be feared by all and you
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will have nine children. Nine children? I not bade h.
Can I go doing anything else? If there used to
be a well here didn't the Actually it's still here
at the back of years ago, the Tree of Sorrow.
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I understand it was called how are you from the place?
Why I've been expecting new excellency? Why is that? Take
this key and go down the passage. With that, you
will see a small courtyard and did it just beyond it? Yes?
But who gave me the or nothing? I'm just the messenger.
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He's waiting for you, Dad, He who was waiting for me.
I just delivered the instructions. Please just along it. That's right.
M hm h m hm Cadi, But that's impossible. You dead?
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Do I look dead? My dear fellow ye. Season three,
Episode one of Tumuan Bay. Tree of Sorrows, featuring Rufus Wright,
Asha Hart, Amir El Masri, and Olivia Popka, was written
and directed by Me John Scott Dryden, with music by
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Sasha Putnam and editing and sound design by Eloise Whitmore.
Tuman Bay is created by Me and Mike Walker and
produced by Emma Hern and Nadir Khan. For more details,
including scripts and cast list, visit to mun Bay dot com.
M m excercy. They are waiting for you. Will thank
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you for coming so late this way. Come into the
cool room, excellency, but do more light. Of course, it
may be nothing, but it may be well. I didn't
want to be the one responsible for for what well,
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for not doing my duty to human b Excellency. I
thought we would want to say, he this go on
a body. Timan Bay has many bodies, not like this one.
It arrived this morning, backed in ice, in a caravan
from al Farsie. It's quite far gone, but you can
see what you have to see this way. Please. Two
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days ago, early in the morning, a soldier. We think
he was a soldier from his uniform, though as you
can see there's not much of it left, likely from
one of the border garrison's. He stumbled into the town
of al Farzi, apparently screaming his head off. We think
he may have been the last survivor, the last survivor
of what the border garrison. There had been some skirmishes
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with the local tribes or a deserter, not likely, excellency.
Not with these wounds he walked into al Fasi in
this state. Apart from his screaming, did he say anything. No,
he couldn't. No tongue you see, or hands or feet.
He must have crawled through the desert. What do you think?
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So it didn't happen in battle. Someone took their time
to do this. They took care of it to ensure
he wouldn't die. You see, the wounds are quarterized. That's
what I thought. That's why I sent for you, excellency,
turn him over. But m ah, yes, I just wondered
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about that. He's been branded. People are comforted by a
sense of order in this world. The things that surround us,
the walls of the houses, the streets, the people, the empires.
They give us certainty, a sense of purpose gradually stripped away,
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and you realize you're completely on your own, and everyone
and everything is different to what you thought. Thank you
report any other strange occurrences to me, of course you're excellent.
But for now, to Munda is a city trying to
recover from the rule of Maya. Baker's still baked bread,
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butcher's still prepare meat, and the young men of Tu Munday, well,
they still fly in the skies above the city. H
Hi broke a party approaching across the desert. There's a banner.
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It looks official. Oh are you all right? Yeah? That
was amazing. My name's frog Frog. What kind of a
name is that? It used to be my nickname, but
now it's my name. What do you do? Frog? Do
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you croak? Do you eat flies? No? I fly, but
you must have a real name. No, I haven't seen
you here before. I live in the bull Pass Quarter.
My father's a merchant, a merchant of what what do
I care? All he's interested in is making money. But
there has to be more to life than that, don't
you think? Like? What? Well, what you do climbing the
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city walls, jumping off them? Flying? Well it might look easy,
but you need to know what you're doing. Do you
know what you're doing? Of course I haven't been doing
it for years. Then you can show me, can't you?
Who is this matilla girl? Like you do with a sky?
Frog watching? So what you see? What you from the sky?
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What did you see? Twenty awsom? At least they had
a flag. I think it's the new prince come to
marry our sultana Inca sir? Why have you stuff? I
came here once as a child. I thought they had
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burnt it to the ground, but it's still so so.
I hope the Sultanas as beautiful. Yeah, she's a bit
of a fighter, that's right, sir. She's killed a few
in her client I wouldn't turn my back on her
if I was you. I'm not till you know her. Well,
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we'll see. Come on, I want to see what's behind
those walls. Humanly Series three, Episode one, Tree of Sorrows
by John Scott Dryden. Tuman Bay has survived, as it
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always does, but it is a city weakened by Maya's
brutal occupation. Everyone is rebuilding. It is a city of builders.
And in one part of the city, away from the palace,
at the house of my poor old friend, the slave
trader Ibn Bay, his daughter Heaven, a young woman who
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will become part of this mystery, is rebuilding her life. Yes,
is the lady of the house at all? What is
it concerning? I am a friend of her poor dear father,
Hibn Bay. I felt it my duty to come by
and see how my dear French's daughter is faring. Now
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that dust has settled, so to speak. Please please come in.
I'm sorry for the mess mentioned it, my dear man.
Don't mention it we have all suffered. We're all rebuilding
our lives. My wife is with our child. Come out
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into the courtyard, asked them to bring refreshments. But I
really don't want to trappic. It's no trouble, it's no trouble.
Please please. So are you and my father were close, Yes,
Mrs Heaven, the closest of friends. We were business associates.
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I'm also in the trade. Well, poor fellow, I'm so
sorry for what happened. Thank you. You know your your
father's reputation was like no other. Reputation is everything in
this business. He was a man of his word. He
was a good man. Your father may have mentioned me, Oh,
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but how rude of me, band, Melissia Fair Mcpooland but
everyone knows me as just band. Well, my father really
talked to me about his business, of course, and yet
even in business he often talked about you, Mr seven.
Everything he did was for you. Yes, well, he loved
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his family very much, did he did. Yes. I apologize
for the state of the house. Not at all, Mistress,
not at all. They went through all my father's things
after his arrest. So much was taken and the rest well,
as you see, such a pity, but at least you
have your husband and child. Yes, we feel very fortunate.
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We lost her. She was taken from us during the occupation.
We were lucky to find her. Blessings come at the
most surprising times. Yes, ah, yes, if you will excuse me,
I must know there is something, yes, mistress, before you
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go to attend your child. Of course, how can I
bab bring this up at such a no, bab, you
must you know your your father would have wanted me
to as a man of honor. What is it, mistress?
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Even by your father took a consignment of slaves from me,
and well when all this happened, well, he never managed
to pay me for them. I see m hm, media madam.
If you could please see to Pamina, I will come shortly.
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How much did my father owe you? Let me see
for the head of I think there was eight, yes, fifty, yes,
twelve hundred pinari. Yes, I will of course honor any
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depths my father may have had. You have a receipt,
promissory note or such like, Oh you can read, I can,
of course, of course. Well, it was an agreement made
between friends, and a man's word is his. I'm sure
I have something I can bring to you to do
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to show of course. Good good, thank you for coming.
So so what are your plans now? We're going through
my father's papers, learning all weekend about his business. We
plan to take it over, what's left of it, and
try to build it up. Good. Yeah, there's a big
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and for slaves at the moment everyone's rebuilding. You can
capitalize on this, That's what I keep telling her. The problem,
of course these days, if you'll forgive me, the problem
is supply. Have you thought about that? We were lucky
that one of the hubun By ships was at a
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foreign port when the occupation happened. That's all. My father
was a shrewd man, he was. Indeed, where is your
father's ship? Where Smyrna? My family is from there. We
have sent word to supplies there, but quality. I'm sorry
your associates haven't found the quality of slaves you require.
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Am I right? More or less? The occupation has destroyed
the supply chain. Now the empire is weak, The roots
aren't safe, and I'm sure any half decent slaves you
are able to acquire are expensive. Yes, we are trying
to raise funds. M hmm, barban and see who are
going to make a success of this. Thank you, sir.
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We think so too. Look, I wouldn't normally do this,
but Balvan is going to hold off your father's death. Really,
that's please. There's no need to thank me. In fact,
I want to help you. I can see you need help.
I can show you how the slave business works. Maybe
Bavant can even invest in your endeavors. Tuman Bay is
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on its knees. To survive. Alliances are required, Your majesty,
his excellency, Prince Herod, son of the Governor of Rashim Province.
What's going on? The fabled White Ape of the exotic world?
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Captured by my stepfather and one of his many hunting
expeditions to the lands of the Klakara. A strange and
wonderful creature of great value and a fitting wedding gift
to my beautiful bride. H I see, very strange and wonderful.
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Thank you. The Sultans of human Bay are famed throughout
the world for their menagerie of exotic creatures. I hope
my gift will help return the menagerie back to its
former glory after these times of trouble. Someone please take
my niece Monel, our new Sultana Gregor, head of the
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palace guard. Can you please find someone to feed and
water our our friend here? Of course, am I now
also to be her official monkey handler. Take the ape
to the menagerie, see to its well being. Yes, so
you call yourself a prince, that your father is a
provincial governor? Is he now a king? No? No, no,
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it's it's merely what my mother has always called me,
Prince Herod. Yes, huh. To be honest, I'm a little
awe struck by the sight of such perfection. I see well,
I thank you. I mean the city. I thought it
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had been burnt to the ground by Maya, and yet
and yet it still stands so elegantly, so magnificently. Yes,
we are rebuilding and doing our best to repair what
was destroyed by the Zealots. I've heard of your bravery, majesty,
how you slew Maya's regent Sarah in this very room
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in front of me. I had the chance to do
it myself, but I didn't. I couldn't. Was I beguiled
by her? They disappear into the walls. That's what she
told me before she died. Of course, we could not
have defeat admire without commander Kulan, who built and led
an army of slaves to storm the city. Father, it
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is an honor. No, please, sir, it is not who
are the greatest commander touman Bay has ever known. I
have read of your deeds in the histories. I amili
a servant of tuman Bay, and you will be too
when you take my daughter's hand in marriage. You will
never know who the believers are until it's time for
them to come out again. With you at my side,
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we will make tuman Bay. They might be your neighbor again.
They might be your friend, majesty, if I may advice,
They might even be your adviser. I would suggest at
this point it would be a good idea to ask
Britt to stand now alkin the traveler, now Vizier to
the Sultana, replacing that slimy worm Cardali, a man I
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hated and who hated me. And tuman Bay. They are
of living. Here's the art of surviving. The meeting is over.
It went well, Yes, yes, they seem a good match.
Where are you, Gregor? I'm right here, brother, watching, waiting,
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looking for anything out of the ordinary. Keeping the sultana safe.
That's my job. And have you seen anything out of
the ordinary apart from a white ape. There are things,
small things, perhaps things that may point to Maya. I
wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't look into
everything that seems out of place. Maya is defeated. I
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found the door to my apartment unlocked this morning. I
always lock it. Maybe you need to take some time off.
There's too much to do. You've been through a lot.
The palace guard will see rooting out the spies. They
could be spies. There. Spy is everywhere. They come out
of the walls. You're stuck in the swamp, Gregor. We've
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drained the swamp. There are other dangers. Now is weak.
We need to rebuild. We need alliances. Then you do
your job and let me do mine. He's a fool.
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At least he's a handsome fool. I'm a little awe
struck by the side of such perfection on our first meeting,
and he wasn't even talking about me. He will look
good sitting beside you on the throne. So with that monkey.
His mother seriously calls him prince. I'm not going to
marry a man whose mother calls him. You keep taking
one step forward and two steps back. Your father is right.
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Why do I need a husband? I already have another?
M hm m hmm. Marriage is for legitimacy. Lovers are
for pleasure. They are two separate things. Your father, I'm
not my father, but I have proved myself. If you
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are so keen on him, why don't you go to him?
I know you do well. You are more beautiful and lovely.
If you have taught me anything, it is to mistrust
honeyed words. All right, try these words. You have no choice.
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It has to be done. You have to play this
part as I have to play the part of your vizier.
It's all storytelling. We are part of the great story
of two Munday. Maybe you will understand that one day.
Who are you really? Really? We are who we are here?
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And now that's all that concerns us. And you need
to marry this oiled, gnolly cuddled mamma's boy. Yes, you
need to do it, slave. Take this day after day,
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hour after hour, I paced the palace corridors looking for signs.
How is it possible that she conquered an empire and
then simply disappeared like water? Soaking away. There are so
many collaborators out there still finding it's my job to
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any progress. All right, it's good to work, sir. You
say you were just employed in the scriptorium. Yes, excellency,
that's all. But wasn't it your name on the arrestaurants?
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Didn't you countersign them? Do you know your name was
on that order too? You told me to sign it
to the worst collaborator of them all, And yet you, Gregor,
you walk free. Do you feel chap? I look within
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myself for that shame for even the tiniest spec But no,
are you still in touch with her? Do you mean Maya?
How do you contact her? How does she reach you?
I have never even sent eyes on her. All I
did was my job, just like you continue. Yes, no, no, no.
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The others are too busy rebuilding. They think it's all over.
Good luck to them. They don't see what I see. Yes,
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what are you doing? Oh? I'm sorry, excellency, I didn't
realize you were here. We had appending the damage to
the walls. We will come back later. You are the supervisor, yes, excellency,
Selim pash out of the middle division. Is that anything
you require? Slowly we are bringing the palace back to
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its former glory. Yes, good, carry on, she's out there somewhere. Yes,
what is it? Hello? That which is dead will live again?
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Is this a note from Maya for me? Yes? You
were outside my rooms just now. Did you see anyone
pass by? Yes? Yes, a woman. What did she look like?
I don't know what? We were working and she just
passed by? A lady slave? I thought she would a hood.
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Which way did she go that way? Is everything wrong? You?
Did anyone pass by this way? No? One know? Excellency,
which is dead will live again? That new traders are
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arriving daily. Be careful of them. Some would try to
make their merchantise look fresher than they actually are. Then
you get them home and discovered they can't even stand
up with other assistance. And some are a danger, especially
if you have children in the house. See this one
for example. You stop forward, ye, come, come, slave, That's
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that's it. Don't be scared, that's right, that's right. What
are you doing? You don't stop in her? Offended? Offended?
Did you see? What are you doing? He didn't even react,
didn't even fridge you, sir, what do you drug your
slaves with? No offendi. We would never drug us. Crocie.
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You dug your stage with opiates. I didn't know that
strongness character, that illness of mind. That's why I cut someone.
Don't talk to me. Come my, it's it's let's ta go.
That's it. Now you must trying to deal with the
traitors who have the short time seal if you can
find them. Most, unfortunately, are the dead or have electricity.
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I am one of the very few of the old
God left heaven. Yes it is heaven. Isn't even base
own flesh and blood. Yes, I'm so sorry about your father.
He was a good man. Thank you live ay. He
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had some bad luck, your father. How is business now?
Not good? Not good? For a while the ship stopped
delivering slaves altogether. Now they are trickling in, but fairly
not the quality customers expect. You know, teen boys from
the swamps, often with disease. But perhaps things will improve
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with time. Having to keep back, I come, it's not
a good idea to get to be here with this. Come,
come you when we get some tea. So I took
the liberty of preparing an agreement for what well our
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business arrangements. Of course, Mistress I'll read it for you
and then your husband and signed. No, I will read
it and I will sign it. Ah, of course, of course. Please.
My wife has a shrewd eye for the detail than me.
She gets it from her father. Wonderful, wonderful. You know
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this place used to be buzzing. You could barely get
a seat with that. I am not quite clear what
this means. Yes, yes, Mr said, that's just the standard. Close.
It just authorizes PAPAN as your agent to act in
your name. High clues you know by the slaves. Well,
it's necessary if I'm providing the expertise, I need to
have your authority to I've got five hundred slaves in
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SMYRNA paid for, just waiting to be collected. I don't
feel comfortable. Just want you to be comfortable. My dear
girl is to supply the slaves. It makes sense he
should have the authority. I can see you need to
think about this. I'll step outside and you can discuss.
Please discuss away and wants you to be happy. What's wrong?
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I don't know what. I don't trust him. This is
a good deal. Everyone is desperate for slaves. Supposing he
sells off with my father's ship, and we never hear
from him again. Why would he He wants to make
money from the slaves. Were better to selldom than into munday.
I can't sign over my authority to him. I just can't.
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Then you will be a slave merchant without any slaves
to sell this keep back. I need to go with him.
What are you talking about? He needs to be watched.
We can let him just I don't understand. You can
come to and that child, or you can stay home
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and take care of her. It's not safe. We got
here together across the desert, didn't we. That was when
the empire was strong. Now there are bandits everywhere. Good
by see there were storms, shipwrecks, pirates. Look, I'll go No,
you'd be too trusting. You don't know anything about this business,
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do you. I've watched my father that I may not
have done it, but I watched him and he was
good at it. And the one thing I know is
you need to be there to know what's going on.
But then says he's got five hundred slaves at spir
Now we don't know that. He seems like a good
man to me. My point exactly, everything all right? M hmm,
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s The palace Scriptorium exolucy. What an honor it is
that you should grace our library with Yes, yes, yes,
this line? Where does it come from? That which is
dead will live again? Yes, it's familiar, it's um it's wrong.
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What whoever wrote it has got it wrong? It should
be will rise again? It's from an old poem by
the Oh let me see. It's amazing we managed to
save so much of this material. That's so much of
it survived as well. Yes, get on with it. It's
somewhere up there with the commentaries. You boy, hop up
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the ladder, will you and bring me a volume fifty
of the that's the one. So much of the good
stuff was well. It's not commonly known. Of course. Mayer's
people weren't destroying it. They were selling it. They needed
the money to pay for their armies. Thank you. Look
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at the binding on this, the decoration, the beautiful scroll work. Yes.
Please the quote, well, it's a short poem by the
Faian Mountain poet Abbennal. Yes, there's your poem, excellency. I
don't understand it, of course I will translate it for you.
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That which is dead will rise again? The riverbed will
flow once more, the Tree of Sorrows from the dust
emerge with the eye of the bird. The sword of
light appears the goal olden domes, but specs on a
tapestry of time. Wonderful, just wonder yes, But what does
it mean? What is the sword of light the Tree
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of sorrows? It's poetry. He is taking us from the
depths of despair to the soaring heights, like a bird
looking down from the sky. It said that Abenal was
one of the very first kite flyers in the city
when he was a boy, and that's how he crippled himself.
People look up at them today and think that's just
what the youth are doing. But there are drawings from
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many centuries ago. The kite flyers are nothing new. I
can show you here in this volume. Here, my lord,
my lord, where did he go? The kite flyers, the
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gangs of youths who tempt chance with their lives daily.
For what a moment of share an adulter it in excitement,
a moment of truth. I can understand that. Are you there? Hey, hey, hey,
don't run, don't run. I mean you're no harm. I
want to talk to you. You want to join us, grandfather,
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I wouldn't presume to be able to do what you do.
I can see that it takes great skill that it does. Excellency,
you know who I am. I know well enough. Have
you come to rest us? I need your help? Help?
You have seen the city from the sky? Tell me
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what is the Sword of Light? The Sword of Light?
I've never heard of it. Are you sure? You'll have
to ask one of your informers or spires. We're the skirets.
We don't talk to no one. It's where the ground
road comes into the city and joins the Street of
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the Swords. What from above it looks like a sword.
You can see it from the highest towers, but otherwise
you wouldn't know it was there unless you were flying
like us. And the Tree of Sorrows, I have never
heard of the Tree of Sorrows. You boy, I recognize
you from somewhere. I don't think so offending you or
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the child who had visions. You came to the palace
once to meet the sortan No, not me. A toad
or frog, Yes, that's your name. You're mistaken, sir, I
have to go frog. That's right. Don't talk to him.
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He's a squire from the palace. What did he want?
Hey you, this is a square re street, so don't
come here unless you want to get killed. It's very aggressive.
It has to be m have to protect our patch.
Noone else is going to do it for us. This
is where you live. We are the rats who live
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in the city. All the money we beg and steal.
We used to build kites, and that's what we do.
He knew you, that man from the palace, he said
he did. What did he mean about the visions? I
was standing right there. I have no idea he thought
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I was someone else? Then how did he know your name?
My parents thought I had the powers of prophecy. When
I was young, I used to have dreams. My father
worked at the palace, and once I was brought in
front of the Sultan, I predicted a great victory. But
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I was wrong. Dreams can mean whatever you want them to.
I don't have them anymore, and I'm glad because they
were horrible dreams. Won't your father be wondering where you are?
My father is too busy to care about where I am.
But I have to go back to see my little brother.
He likes to see me before he goes to sleep.
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Must be nice having a family. I will come back later.
I'll bring food, thank you, But we don't need your charity.
I want to stay on the streets with you. I
want to see how the sky rats live. Suit yourself fine,
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as you can see, there is a lot to be done.
We are still rebuilding the city. Well, I hope I'll
be able to be some help. Why are you good
at building? What do you mean putting up scaffolds, knocking
down walls, lifting rocks. Well, I'm not sure. There is
a shortage of workers now. I mean I have seen
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the slaves building an extension to my mother summer large.
But I'm joking. You look so worried. Oh ah, yes, Mas,
people took everything. See that's the Grand Dome. It used
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to be covered in gold. Now we have to replace
it with copper. In time we will make Twoman by
what it was. It's a great task, and sincerely, I
really do want to help in any way I can.
I know you do, and I appreciate what you and
your family have done to help us in our time
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of need. Look, I know as well as you do.
We've been pushed into this. It's politics, but we don't
need to be the victims of it. We can ride
this horse and see where it takes us. I know
you have someone. What are you talking about? I've heard
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and you're loyal to her, and that's right by me.
I understand that. I admire it. I'm not some great,
hulking barbarian. He's gonna throw myself on you. I mean,
do I look like a barbarian? Not exactly that. You
and I will do we have to do, and who
knows we may even enjoy it. You have such a
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nice open face when you laugh. Why don't we disagree.
We'll sleep together when the prophet's demand, and we'll leave
each to our own. We'll come together to sit in
council to make decisions rule the empire. Decisions we need
to make two muan bey grades. Again, Look, I don't
think you understand what. You will not be sultan. You
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will be consort to the sultana, but you will have
no power to rule. Oh I'm sorry, but this is no.
I'm so glad you said that, because what I said
about the council that was my mother speaking, not me.
I never wanted to be a ruler or a king
or anything. I just want to go on with my life,
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enjoy myself. Wow, that's settled then, so let's agree it
can be our secret secret. In public we are princetance
Aultana and I'll do everything I'm quired of me. It's
go on a good show. And in private we live
the lines. We want to live without fear or shame.
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Do you agree that's what's exactly are we agreeing to.
Don't say anything, Just smile like he did a few
moments ago, and I'll know. Are you going somewhere? What
is it to you? Where is your guard? Relax? Brother,
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You've been seen in the city alone. I'm not at
liberty to discuss it. Why are you having me watched
only for your protection? I'm worried about you, Gregor. Good
to know there are people with scores to set it now, well,
that's my job. Cool are to know what is going on?
Maybe you should concern yourself with your job. How well
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could Tuman Bay defend itself from attack? I wonder there
are people in the city who think you collaborated with
Maya's regime. Come on, the excellency open, be careful, Grego.
I'm always careful, brother, No, you used to be care
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good taggers with rubies and day you know, thank you.
Looking for something special, perhaps empert still made by our
very own crafts. Take it. Feel the weight mm hmm
not bad? Oh? Feel the edge you see? Now hold
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it out. Watch this. I dropped the silk cloth onto it,
and you see. You won't find this quality anywhere else
in the street. You'd have to go to Idle Marsha
or I'm looking for the Tree of Sorrows. I'm told
it was in this area. Father. Oh, he's looking for
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the Three of Sorrows. Why I'm from the library. We're rebuilding,
re catalog and finding out what has been lost and
what we've saved. There's a poem by Abenal that talks
of the Tree of Sorrows. It's not a tree at all.
It's a well. We used to throw unfaithful wives down it.
Where is it? They built over it years ago. We're
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just there at the end of the street where the
cafe is. Um. I recognize you, I don't think so.
You say you are from the Palace Library. That's right. No,
you were with the rebels, weren't you, Yes? Perhaps, No, no, no, wait,
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you're the man who betrade my brothers. You informed, greig Or. No,
you are mistaken, traitor, collaborator, Cragor. I don't know how
sharp did you say the sword was. I wouldn't shout
if I were you children? Do you have children? Yes? Good. Now,
(40:30):
I'm going to give you the chance to live. I'm
going to walk away into the crowd. But if you
or your father here shouts again, I'm going to come
back for you, maybe not today, but sometime soon with
the palace guard. You understand, and you will be very,
very apologetic to your father here, your wife, and your
children for destroying their futures? Is that clear? Yes? How much?
(40:56):
Very no? How much for the sword? Two? Never mind?
Keep the change. I thought I knew every corner of
this city, but it turns out I don't know much
at all. Ah ah oh wow. Were you having one
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of your jewels? No? I don't have them anymore. That
isn't true. What did you do? It doesn't make any sense.
Maybe I can help you understand it. I sort of
fat bad, tied to a post. He was talking, talking
so much, but I couldn't hear anything he said. Soldiers
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were standing all around him. Woman, the Sultana Babs and
not our Sultana. She was older. I think our Saultana
was there also, watching from behind. The older Sultana looked
at the fat man with fire in her eyes. She
was going to do something terrible to him. But then
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his tongue came out of his mouth like a lizard.
He just kept on comic on and on, and then
she cut it off and fell to the ground, and
it turned into a snake and slithered away through the sand.
You're having enough one of your dreams. No, we were
just what could see into the future. You know, why
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don't you read my future? I can't. Just he never
wants to help his friends. It's not that I have
no real power. Stuff gave her a reading. No, don't lie,
I heard you. Just tell her about it and tell
me why or no, well, what is it? That thing
(43:00):
I saw in your face just now? You saw saying?
What was it? You're going to be a sea captain, No,
a famous pirate, and you'll take on all of Tom
and Bay's navy and would have beat them. Oh, yes,
for sure, he will be feared by all and you
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will have nine children. Nine children? I not bade h.
Can I go doing anything else? If there used to
be a well here didn't the Actually it's still here
at the back of years ago, the Tree of Sorrow.
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I understand it was called how are you from the place?
Why I've been expecting new excellency? Why is that? Take
this key and go down the passage. With that, you
will see a small courtyard and did it just beyond it? Yes?
But who gave me the or nothing? I'm just the messenger.
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He's waiting for you, Dad, He who was waiting for me.
I just delivered the instructions. Please just along it. That's right.
M hm h m hm Cadi, But that's impossible. You dead?
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Do I look dead? My dear fellow ye. Season three,
Episode one of Tumuan Bay. Tree of Sorrows, featuring Rufus Wright,
Asha Hart, Amir El Masri, and Olivia Popka, was written
and directed by Me John Scott Dryden, with music by
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Sasha Putnam and editing and sound design by Eloise Whitmore.
Tuman Bay is created by Me and Mike Walker and
produced by Emma Hern and Nadir Khan. For more details,
including scripts and cast list, visit to mun Bay dot com.
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