Fire and Ice (1983)

William Ostrander: Taro, Larn

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• Taro : We have come, Lord Nekron, to negotiate between our two peoples, and the return to Fire Keep of my sister, Teegra, whom your warriors basely kidnapped. My father, King Jarol, has empowered me to offer a peace between our kingdoms in exchange for his continued sovereignty and my sister's freedom.

  Nekron : It seems to me that my envoys made a similar offer not long since, and that it was spurned by your illustrious sire.

  Taro : You know full well, Nekron, that offer was made before your minions kidnapped my sister.

  Nekron : I fear, Good Prince, I cannot offer peace to a people who have refused to proclaim me their rightful overlord. As to your sister, I must admit that until this moment the idea of mating with her filled me with loathing. Perhaps I should reconsider. Your sister, after all, is not wholly unattractive, as lesser beasts go.

• Subhuman : If you peacefully surrender, my Lord Nekron will cease the destruction of...

  Jarol : This is your message of peace? A demand for our total and unconditional surrender?

  Subhuman : We call it an offer of alliance, Your Majesty.

  Taro : I call it blackmail.

  Subhuman : My Lord Nekron's offer...

  Taro : To hell with Nekron and his offer. We are free men, not slaves.

  Subhuman : King Jarol, be reasonable.

  Jarol : My son, Taro, speaks more with his heart than with his head. But he speaks for all of us.

  Taro : There can be no alliance. We will fight you to the death.

  Subhuman : Perhaps, you will soon change your mind.

• Jarol : Enough. I want you to go to Nekron, to his mother, Juliana. We must negotiate.

  Taro : With the enemy?

  Jarol : No man is wholly evil. Surely there is some way to appeal to Nekron.

  Taro : You expect his mercy? Father, do you know what he will do if I enter his land under a flag of truce?

  Jarol : We have no choice! We must take that risk. You must take that risk, my son, for the sake of Fire Keep, for the sake of your sister. Go, ride swiftly.

• Taro : Don't look up. We are riders of Fire Keep. We pay no heed to such trash.

• Taro : Well, what do we do then, Father?

  Jarol : We wait.

  Taro : For Nekron's new demands?

  Jarol : For his siege!