M m h m hmm. Wake up, something's going to happen. Is that so, my little frog I had a dream, a dream? You hear that? That's that frogs had another dream? Mm hmm. Well you can tell me all about it after you've had your breakfast. Don't go papa, Be good and obey your mother. There are moments in life I call beginnings when everything you've come to expect changes. You hardly ever recognize them until it's too late, and then there's nothing you can do about it. Observe a man,
a man who loves his family. He leaves his home, leaves his wife and child, and goes to the palace where he works, and he thinks he will do a day's work and then come home. The Sultan will receive you. Now lead the way. Gifts are usually handed to the servants to be presented later. What it avoids any awkwardness. I presume that is a gift for the Sultan. You know who I am, of course, it's just then I will keep it with me as you please. This way, yea,
this is the menagerie. An olex Calf was born two days ago. The whole of mirrors. The Sultan designed it himself the gold room. We must wait here sit hm. When the time comes, the doors will open and I will announce your name as you please. Only then step forward. There is a mark on the floor in front of the throne where you should stand. Don't worry. I will point to it when we are inside. How is your journey fine. I've never been to Ambery province. I hear
it is very beautiful. My name is Basim. By the way of the palace card, I've been assigned to look after you, Massim. You've just been promoted. How did you know you seem so fresh? This is a new opportunity for using it. You're what promoted from the ranks of the army. Yes, well, it's a great honor to be so trusted. You know what's always interested me about human being? Everyone's scar ease around looking over their shoulder all the time. Why is that? Hey, I don't know what you mean, sir.
We are fortunate to serve under such a mighty and benevolent ruler. Of course, ah, they are ready come. One more thing, Keep your head bowed at all times, and only speak when you are spoken to him. If any read emissary of maya good afternoon, Your majesty, and greetings from my Queen. Your Queen indeed stand here. Please remember what I trust your Majesty is in good health today. Mhm. His Majesty would like an explanation. An explanation the new
governor sent by the Sultan. She will explain the humiliation he endured at Maya's hands. I have not come prepared to discuss any business that is. Suggest that you get prepared, because that is what the Sultan wishes to discuss, and I suggest you choose your words very carefully. His Majesty is a patient man. But this this outrage sage natured paraded through the city, manure on his head. This is
my chosen representative. Yes, regarding that that outrage incident. Yes, I have no specific details or message to convey from my Queen, Your Majesty, but I think you can take it that Maya's message is implicit in the outrage, if you wish itself. His Majesty would like to know what is the purpose of your visit. I've come to convey
my Queen's detailed instructions. What are you talking about? Instructions for what surrender of the city, the procedure for handing over control of the palaces, the army, law courts, all the arms of government, and of course his Majesty will wish to know how best to prostrate himself in front of the queen when he presents her with his soul. And tell me, if I fail to obey your queen's instructions,
she will destroy you. Yes, yes, I will leave you to consult your Please stay where you were until the Sultan has dismissed you. Your queen seems to be confused. How so she is the mere wife of a dead provincial governor. She has no authority to rule there. The Sultan decides who governs his provinces. Over two years, we have been sending messages and have had no replies. And now this. Yes, I understand your frustrations, but I don't want your understanding. Tell your hord bitch win, I'm going
to send a governor of the Eastern province to smash her. Yes, Cassaba orders out him today, Yes, your majesty, and when he returns from her head or a spare, your majesty, there's no need to send orders. Why don't you consult Kasaba on this? Right now? What are you talking about? Please sir, no gifty, it's okay. What are you doing? Gods? Take it? Yes, your exstacy leave to get certain. You need to come with me. He's here, the governor of
the Eastern Province. Why don't you put your heads together now? Now? Is there anything else you would like me to convey to Maya Tuman by Episode one A head Start by John Dryden. There's a city far away. My parents often spoke of it as if it had always been there and always would be. I'd seen it in paintings, he read of it in stories, the richest, most powerful place
on earth, the center of everything. It true, people from every corner of the empire and beyond, hungry for wealth and power, or in some cases more wealth and more power. They were dazzled by its brightness, and like moths drawn to a candle. Many were burnt alife by its fire too. Muan Bay the city I always wanted to visit. Who didn't? But not under these circumstances? Are you going to talk to me? I am talking to you, see you know what I mean. You've been suld ever since we left Port.
I don't want to go there. You don't want to see your father of course I do. You don't want to see the great palaces and place I do. I want to experience everything that toumun Bay has to offer, but to someone else's wife. Not that again. I don't want to be married of is someone I've never even met. I did it and you can too. I'm not you m I apologize, ladies, but it's better you go back to your cabin. Why what's happening? It's better you go back? Nonsense.
My husband is a merchant of slaves. I've seen it all before. M hmm. Please yourselves. What do you think he did? It doesn't matter an example to show the others. Does father do that with his slaves? Of course it's the only way. It's not even flinching the slaves. If he doesn't care, we don't feel pain in my cause your barbarians, then what's the point of whipping him? Excuse me? The ship from Serene during sports today, somebody hasn't arrived.
I know I have a consignment of thirty slaves on board. I want to sort out the levee. It hasn't right yet, Yes, I know that. I want to get the paper stamped, so that's when it does right. I can be on my way. You can't not since I get here, well, there'll be a cube by then. Why can't I do it now? Because I need to see the slaves before it can start their paper. But that doesn't make My wife and daughter are on the ship too. I haven't
seen them for eight months. I was hoping we might get this business out of the way before they arrived, so that we could just keep never mind, is there any news of the ship? Not saying yet tried to Moil or the day after? Thank you, Nat, I love? What are you looking for? What? Domestay labor? No? No, no, no, thank you. I've got four boys from the Ascenu Mountains, quite rare and easy going, loyal, good with chill now. But but these two, the blue eyes, where are they from?
You've got family? Yes? Yes, I have children a daughter, how all fourteen? And I would not consider them if I were you. Why not? Difficult to handle the mail, especially and predictable. She has a baby, but she can come with Tor without the baby, no problem. Do they understand? Do they speak that that you will have to take a chance on I have not been able to get anything out of Give me a moment of course of course, like all the time you want, just don't get too
close to the game. If you need anything, called me, Hey you? What are you you? You'll come closer. You want to stay with your baby. I understand that I have a child too. You're something special, aren't you. You used to wear a ring on your left middle finger. You're educated. It's all right. I'm not going to tell I just noticed these things. What about you? Are you related? Are you the father of the child? That's right. You can talk to me. M get back, get back, get back, Yes, yes, yes, yes,
I warned you. That's live. I might have to tell him to the fights. If I can't tame him, you want to try something else. I think I contain him. H are You're lucky to have been bought by me. I have contacts in the Royal Palace. You'll fetch a good price there because you're both educated. Education can get you anywhere in the world. That's why I'm here now. I know things, and you do too, so you'll probably be all right. I'm you here too, you know well,
not as new as you. I don't know what purpose you think your silence will serve in the end your talk. I've been in this business long enough to know that. But if silence is what you prefer, fine, when just But if there's one thing I know, it's when a slave is not really a slave. So where are you from? What happened? You are educating? I can tell? Please tell me you are you know the empire is ruled by slaves. Well, they came as slaves and now they run the place.
Everyone is a slave here, but I'm not. I'm a freeman. You're lucky. Anywhere else you would have been a slave forever. But here, if you have the right attitude, you can be anything, anything, even assaulted. I can see this is going to be a lot of baby. Huh, what about my baby? What is it? A boy? Girl? Girl? Good, good, good, good good good. Well, she can be a doll. What you know, the princesses, they need dolls to play with.
She might end up a friend, a good friend, a confidence, But of course she might she might get broken, thrown away. Who knows? Life is chance here, there's everything to gain, but nothing is certain. But it could really skinny mill ah match. What does the sultan do when someone has just tossed the head of his most loyal provincial governor at his feet. Stressful morning. Why don't you, why don't you take this? It is your very own queen of the night. I don't want it, but your majesty, it will.
It will calm your nerves. I don't need to calm my nerves. I need the war council. Dally Dalis say, what's happening? Is everyone ready? I'll just check where is my nephew. I want him to attend to ye. Yes, your majesty, these are emeralds from some other. Keep on in your pocket. It will eminate strength and wisdom. Ah, model, where have you been? Sit here? Sit? Sit you all right? Yeah? I want you by my side in the War Council. It will be a useful experience. You will learn how
decisions are made. Sit up. You need to be attentive and focused. I I had a dream, Uncle, what a snake entered my room through the open window. I tried to find something to shoot it away, but everything I grasped hold of fell from my hands, just slipped out. So the snake came closer and entered my body and tried to come out of my left eye? Have you been? I don't get them out of here? Doctor attend to him? Of course you just and clean it up to you.
I suppose you've been up all night with your friends again. You're a total disgrace. If it wasn't for your mother, the council is ready. I will deal with you later. Your nephew will not be joining us, Your majesty, who are these people? Well, the sultan you've met already and his nephew Mudu, son of the brother he murdered. I want to know how this happened, your majesty. And Cadi a grand vizier, a self serving bastard, very good at
his job. How could Cassaba have been defeated without our knowledge? It's your job to know these things. But you see, your Majesty him, he wasn't defeated. What do you mean? He was killed in his own palace by someone close to him. His head was smuggled out before anyone even knew the spy. Yes, one of myers. Rebellion in one province, if not dealt with swiftly, will spread like disease across the empire. The war Council, we need to send a
clear message. That's Coolan the finest general in too. Mandy, Oh, yes, and my brother too, and a lot of other things. Any hesitation will be seen as weakness. It's the weak man who reacts at once. General Coolan, the strong man bides his time. This is a small provincial uprising, a province on the very edge. Yes, yournesty should be proceeded with the punishment, not down to bring him up here. I want everyone to see it, Yes, and get the doctor.
I don't want them to die too easily. Yes, you were saying, we have nothing to fear from this self appointed queen. Let us buy our too, said anything about fear, majesty, I'm not afraid, of course, I'm merely meant. I want this bitch's head on a pole so I can see it from my bedroom window. Yes, yes, what, Yes, I agree with everything you enough, Gregor, majesty, and that's me Gregor, Master of the Palace, Guard, intelligence chief, and a few other things too. You have nothing to say. I'm more
and administrator than a general. Both General Coolan and his excellency Cadali make convincing arguments. And which argument do you find the most convincing? You never know with the Sultan which way he'll go. Everyone here chooses their words with the utmost care, their lives depend on it. We need to punish her. At last, someone is talking sense. If I may just say no, you may not. We need to send the new governor someone to sort it out and do what I want them to do. Gregor, you
have brought the whole kingdoms under our control. It seems such a long time ago, majesty, and I cannot take the credit. I appoint you governor of Amber Province. Take the elite army, whatever you need, go there and restore order. Majesty, this is indeed a great honor. Get the envoy up here, let's start the entertainment. But yes, my response, instability is here, keeping two month bay safe, keeping you safe, your majesty, and to let this envoy come into my presence with
carrying a severed head. Yes, well, actually my responsibility. But what's the point of being in charge if it's you that pays your majesty? A young officer in the Palace Guard recently promoted. I will be dealing with him personally. Such incidents are the reason I need to remain here. General Coolan, on the other hand, a great military leader. Are you up to? Brother? Isn't this what you wanted brother to take on? Maya in battle bringing him? Do you remember who I am? Where are we going? Y?
Bring him into the center and here we go, your majesty. Why am I being detained? I am a mere messenger? Of course I know that, your Majesty. I must go and make preparations for the task ahead, sick general plan. You will stay and watch, yes, brother, you must enjoy it as you wish. H You say you are a messenger. Well, I have a message I would like to send to your queen. Of course, yes, so you agree, I agree, Yes, give me any message you like. He agrees. Mhm, let's begin.
Then you can't kill me? And why is that the ovens? What oven is in the palace kitchens? Were they calling from trouble yesterday? What was the dead rat found in them? What was he talking about? And last week did the water in the fountain in front of the Aldar gate go redder? Well? You have a good network, Oh yes, even in the privacy of your own bedchamber. I know, for instance, your Majesty, that your first wife, shah Jar, she had a disturbed night. What was it a dream?
That she was being attacked by mosquitoes? They were everywhere all over the kingdom. Who are you? You need not fear Maya and her armies. This is a kingdom that will be destroyed from within. Shall we start, Majesty, proceed one moment. Did I forget to tell you your nephew mother isn't it? Was he feeling unwell this afternoon? Yeah? What did he have for breakfast? Was it his usual dates brought daily from the orchards of the zaglol planes Huh,
Such a pity. How does he know these things? Majesty's a it's a trick. He hasn't got long. I'm afraid there's a poison working in his blood. Now he will die within two days. It's sad unless unless what he has adminiss of the antidotee, the one that will be found in the palace. Don't worry, it will be found once I have passed safely through the gates of dawn. Your majesty, Your majesty, the first wife requires your urgent attention. What your nephew he's he's a mad The physician is
with you, majesty. If I could press you time is of the essence relation escort them to the city gates, Your majesty, General's lords, thank you for your indulgence. H h Gregor, fight then all of them. I want the spies routed it out. I want them lined up, all of them in front of me, and please shut up. Canali Gregor? You understand me. It will be as you say. I just come come through here. It's all right. I'm not going to touch your child. Look, you can sit
and not you you stand there. I'm sorry about the mess. The builders are here. I'm preparing the house for my wife and daughter who are joining me. We are from El Sharba in the west. You know it. So what skills have you got? You? You can fight, I can see that. What else you will speak? You can ride? I assume Why should I tell you? Ah, he speaks. Well, if you don't, I will beat you. I'm not going to ask you as second time. All right, I said, take him to the cages. It's your husband, my brother.
So who is the baby's father? Don't cry, It's just business. I'm a merchant. You're a merchant of people. Yes, that's what I do. I am a merchant. You are my commodity, a slave. Understand that. I understand that very well. Look. Look, look she's smiling. The baby, she's smiling at me. What's her name? Yeah, it's all right, you don't have to. She reminds me of my daughter when she was small. May I at least no? I love babies? Please no, no, of course, Sabia take her down to the cells. Are
such a fool even never sample the merchandise? When will you ever learn? You will tell me, because if you don't, your death will be unpleasant, Sir. This is what I do. I find out what's going on in the palace. I asked questions. You are all going to die. I don't think that you're not. Oh yes, And as you see, I have people executed. Some of you may be innocent of this, but you've got to go. You're already tainted. So make no mistake. You're going to die. The question
is how that? Does anyone have any questions? So I want to know everyone whose hands were on the dates? Please, from who brought them into the palace, who stoned them, who added the rose water, who ground the herbs, who carried them to the young Prince's rooms? To all these questions, you will give me an answer. So should we start you? What was your job? Cook? My lord? Were you present when the dates arrived. Are you doing? You're wasting your time with this lot. Sometimes I wish I could have
her executed, the Sultan's chief wife. Why are you not looking for the ant my lady? The emissary will be passing the gates of dawn any moment. Now we must wait. Who can wait? My son is sick. He is dying, and you were just asking questions my manner, everywhere, and as soon as the antidote. And you believe this so called ambassador, as majesty believes this man? Who am I too? Are a snake? I will have your head if my son dies. He has passed through the gates. So where's
the antidote? Where is the antidote? Your majesty? Please come quickly drink this my prince he's lost a lot of fluids. I don't understand how he can be. I'm hungry, extraordinary. What did you give him? Nothing? You must have no? No, you were attending to him all this time. What did you administer nothing? I swear maybe the vomiting emptied his stomach. Of all the doc the boys recovering. How are you? What? Where am I? My lady? A word? Yes? Who else
has been with him? Apart from the physician here, no one just me. Who is she? That's my mate? No? No, she's been with me for ten years. Has she had access to not without my supervision? She brought the water when the physician asked, Oh, you think my job is to ask questions? H do you know who I am? Master of the palace guard? Come with me, but my lady needs me. Go with him, Miriam. It will be all right. Go and God he is better. Yes this way, yeah, sit down, just right. This is I spend much of
my day away from all the noise of the palace. Ah. Peace. You can't hear a thing. It's like a tomb. And you know what's best of all, no, the knowledge that when I'm down here, no one ever disturbs me. Are you comfortable? Yes? Good? Now tell me who you work for? My lord? What are you? No questions? Do you leave that to me? Just answers? Who do you work for? What? Ladies, out, of course, be nervous? Are you nervous? Little? Why would you be nervous? I don't know. I feel like I'm
being accused of something terrible. If you're innocent, you have nothing to fear. Like the kids and staff, did they have nothing to fear? What are you doing? Stay seated, but my lord, I want to show you something? Stay back? No, No, what is it? Flying death, moon, steed, hemlock. They are among us, first a few, and now many. Who do you belong to? One of them is inside you too, She would wake inside your head, the Queen. You might
have seen her in your dreams. You think her armies are nothing, but this is an empire that will be destroyed from within. All you can do is save yourself. What do you mean, Find that thing which maya desires, Take it to her. What does she desire? The heart of the empire? You need to be more specific. Tell me I can make you. Tell me. My doesn't want the palaces or the empire. She wants what she can hold in her hands, which is what? If you tell me I can help you over? How can I trust you?
How can I trust you? Yes? How can you? Okay? You can make this difficult for yourself, or you can make it easy. I can make you talk. No, you can't. Hm. Look what the answer to a question him? Look for me, not you. No, the mind remains sharp to the end. Well, the muscles die slowly. You will tell me what Maya wants. You don't need me to tell you. You're inquisitive, you're powerful. You can find it if you wanted to find what. I don't know what I'm looking for. How can I
find it at the time? No? Wait, wait, you will tell me I could have handled that better. Yes, excellency, the officer of the palace guards you wanted to question has been apprehended. Where is he in the sense? Good will come shortly? And no, just execute him? But yes, what is it? I thought you wanted to interrogate him? He has nothing of any use to me. He's nobody. Oh, the girl's dead. Dispose of it? Yeah, yeah, sit here, mother, Yeah,
it will do you good. And I didn't know her then, But I wish I could have disposed of this girl too, because she was to be the cause of my well, my fall, captain, Captain, how much longer if the wind keeps up the morning? You see the tower on that headland, we call it the mad Sultan. Why they put us Sultan there? Once bricked up all the doors and windows. There was just a hole to pass food in. They say he's still in there. And if you listen carefully,
you can hear the screaming. Listen, can you hear it? No? Well, when you hear the screams, you'll know where in safe waters. I don't believe it was just the wind. You seem to know a lot about to Munday? Are you from there? No one is from to Munday. Everyone has come from somewhere to be there. Why? Why? What? Why does everyone want to go to to Munday? It sounds like a cruel place that it is, But show me a place where that is not the case. Where we come from.
It's not like that. Then why did you leave? Well, it wasn't up to me. My father thought it would be better for his business. You are going there to marry I hear my father needs me to marry a resident of Toombay in order to license his business or something. And what businesses that? Same as you? Captain? See slaves? Are you all right, madam? Yes? I will go and lie down. Heaven come with me. It's all right, all right? Is everything all right? Look? What are you doing? It's
all right? It's dead. There are always laps on ships. There's blood loosing from his nose. How did it die? Mother? I'm sorry? You need to lie down, don't worry captain sends someone to clean up. Captain, what is it you need to come down to the after Captain? Why? What's happened? What is it? Just come please, it's nothing. Take care of your mother like her mother. Rest. Everything will be
all right. You'll see, you'll see m HM. Episode one of Tu Muan Bay A head Start featuring Rufus Wright, Olivia Popka, Matthew Marsh rad Rawi, and Alexander Siddy, was written and directed by Me John Scott Dryden, with music by Sasha Putnam and editing and sound design by Steve Bond. Touman Bay is created by Me and Mike Walker and produced by Emma Herne and Nadia Khan. For more details, including a castle list, visit to Muanbay dot com