I Watch Films: The Beastmaster
The Beastmaster High Priest Maax learns the unborn son of the King Zed of Aruk will kill him; to confound the prophecy he has one of his witches transport the child away. She’s caught cutting him from a cow (?) and is killed, the man who stumbled on the situation bringing up the boy Dar, in the remote village of Emur. Dar grows up, is taught to fight and discovers he has the power to talk to animals. However the Juns, horse-riding raiders who work with Maax, burn the village. Dar heads for Aruk to get revenge. He swiftly gains some animal companions, an eagle named Sharuk, two thieving ferrets Podo and Kodo, and a black panther named Ruh. Dar has several adventures, encountering Kiri, a slave girl, and some bird-men who enclose their prey in their wings to dissolve them. They let him go because he has an eagle friend. Maax is in control of Aruk and sacrifices children to the fire at the top of the ziggurat. Dar learns Kiri is the king’s niece and also encounters the king’s ...
