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On a black background, a shining lightning bolt streaks in and zooms back on an aerospace to a fiery hot orange tinted shadow grey to a independence blue colored 3D spherical ball. After all of that, the text underneath zooms out as a shadow which was then lit up when it shines from right to left before settling into place as the lightning bolt lets out orange steaks that die down; flashing one last time as the text spells out the name of the company using a dual-sided downward edge slanting combination between two fonts, trump medieval and trajan bold. Now the text spells out with the latter word being spaced out greatly: "TOUCHSTONE PICTURES"
The next logo starts out at night with a crescent shaped moon next to some clouds, as a brown colored bobber connected to a reel splashes into the scene revealing that it was water; creating a ripple as the camera pans upward through a bunch of clouds to reveal William Hunt, fishing on top of the moon. Suddenly, a D-letter appears after a few seconds as a R-letter to a E and A with a M to a W and the next proceeding letters then proceed to follow; although several parts were in all sense of the word hard to see due to be covered by the clouds that were obscuring the vision of the audience. We then swoop past several clouds that engulf the scene before it resolved and revealed the name of the company with William Hunt and the crescent moon above the text, that also had lines on the left and right of it respectively set by the dead of night with clouds that were accompanying it. The whole scene was in a heavily shadowed cyan green undertone. The text that was read underneath was: "DreamWorks SKG"
What came next was two sentences written in the Friz Quadrata font which can be seen in the earlier movies of DreamWorks such as 1998's The Prince of Egypt, it's prequel Joseph: King of Dreams and the end where the credits roll as well as the opening of Shrek from 2001; one of the greatest movies known to man and dragonkind alike
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Lastly, there was the Main Title of the story that's being told as it reverted back to a black screen but this time; fading into sight was a sea of red liquid blood like mist that waved forward both up and down but never losing the balance that was as steady as the oceans. Soon, a dark shadow started to fade in through the curtain of the red liquid blood like mist and at the front; where it was a outlined logo of words being spelled out. Before long, a burnt brown to tanned golden edge and white colored flash took place with the afterimage of a beast's open fang barred mouth which is in a bright candy to dark garnet red color; the solid background this time being a heavily black to little mahogany to sepia with a russet to a chocolate and copper beer bottle glass bronze brown color that acted as aged stains that bled down the wall, having white lines that represented all of those scratchmarks which went everywhere. As the afterimage of the diagonally tilted mouth of the beast faded into a darker color which was smeared and blurred by the way, the main title of the story finally appeared as it zoomed out with a glowing golden bronze light that slowly faded away into the silver words that were written. The first row of words was written in the Prince of Persia, Old English, Trajan Bold and an Ferret Face font; the name of the series written with the first and third font combined as it was double edged with a singular line running through from top to bottom the middle like a sword blade, the second for the Ferret Face to Old English font while the third was typed in the Park Avenue font for the capital letters and Mistral font for the lower case letters. The secondary title was behind the same dark liquid red color that flowed like a sea and appeared both smoky and mist-like, retaining all of the brightness in the middle as it's only really dark on the entailments that were barbed, spiky and blurred like flames; with a couple of dark brown shades to add in that aged, dried look to it. The main titles and copyright notice was was displayed before the audience
Knights Of The Dragon Riders
CURSE OF THE EMPEROR'S SWORD
Director's Cut Version
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Finally, the main title, which was the name of the second installment of the trilogy, began waving slightly from the top to the bottom and ripple like the surface of the ocean in the middle; where it then began to fade away from the view of the audience. Vanishing into sand as it blew away into grains from the desert and out of sight. Now, the real story can begin right here
This is Draconia, it's twenty one days north of the envisioned dream and a few degrees chilling from the cold, it's located solidly on the seabed of ice sheets. The greatest kept secret this side of anywhere. Granted, may not look like much different but things have changed since the fall of Red Death as this heap of rock that's wet packs more than a few surprises as it's the new home away from home itself; it's stunning and one stylized destination with all expenses paid for a true dream to the dragon riders who fly high to aim for the skies that are limitless. Everyone settles here and melt away their worries as the service here is sourced, the cuisine is fiery thanks to the chefs and the locals here are as colorful as the buildings along with how one like you can expect and get. Hell, it's seen the better side of the deal compared to Berk which is nothing to Drayko now as Hiccup was dead
Down in the streets for whom the chief ran on top from one rooftop to the second one ahead of him, Drayko was being chased by something unseen and he was on the run to keep out of the hands of whoever attacked him at his own island; his isle where his tribe that he himself leads like the warriors that Hiccup used to have back then before they disbanded to live on for their own by his orders. He leapt back down to the lower kind of section of his own village, stopped only by a ravenous dog who was halting his path; growling at him as there was evidence of skirmishes present on the skin as well as the fur, bloodied with orange-yellow gold color jewels for pupils straight from the gates of hell. Drawing himself back, he leapt overhead and continued to run before the sound of the dog's bark was abruptly cut off to let him know of the animal's fate. Something at this time was chasing him relentlessly to no end, whoever and whatever it was made it clear that it was not open to reason and sought the death of the chief; leaping across the perches where the dragons landed on top of to roost as he jumped forward to swing on a rope to launch himself ahead of the forces hot on his tail. He cannot run like this forever, he thought; he sought to mislead his pursuers down the false path so he can seek out sanctuary and return to the Main Hall in peace as these streets were absent with no one but him and them here, and he did just that as he took the dead end road which had them coming just where he wanted the attackers to come. Running to the corner close to the wall, he kicked over a stacked series of boxes that collapsed on the entrance so as to slow them down before he continued running down the main path; hoping that he could lose them for now. But fate did not like to be cheated and in one blatant act of turning her favor to his pursuers, they escaped out of the trap and broke away to regroup into the main force that chased him
At last he reached what seemed to be his demise, a locked door that did not open to the chief's desperate poundings on the wooden surface; banging with knocks as he hoped whoever was inside would let him in. His death was certain, it was implacable that this was the price he would be paying for victory over the Bane of Queens: by being hunted down under the ones who were loyal to that tyrant. However, these weren't dragons that were hunting a human like him; these were humans and they're seeking to kill him under the orders of a madman who claims himself to be a god. He was begging for the occupants, praying he be given entry into their home rather than being denied when he was being chased down by Stoick who wanted to punish him which never happened in real life but that's not the point of it all; he was nearly on the breaking edge here just as the occupants were not responding to his fears of facing death. His pursuers were approaching quickly as the earth was emitting tremors in the ground, his back turned toward him as he tried to ram his body against the door after his pleas of being let in weren't answered; again facing no offer of sanctuary as if they've disregarded him as someone unimportant. As the forces were all reformed into an army that were cornering not a wounded animal but a trapped man who was about to be killed, he slowly turned to face them as his expression was no longer that of fear but one of rage; if he was to die at their blades then he will claim as many that they have for himself. Drayko took his final stand and ignited Inferno while his shield transformed into a crossbow, staring down at the shadows that revealed themselves as Drago's Army being led by Krogan once they reappeared out of the shadows; standing his ground as the second-in-command made the first strike with his axe while the army brought down their weapons upon his defiant self, soon transforming into a clawed hand belonging to none other than a terrifying glowing red eyed human like beast whose horns formed the lemniscate infinity symbol, tattooed with silver all over the black skin as this monster threw down it's arm to kill him. Only to be consumed under the rampaging seas that swallowed everything just as it zoomed into his narrowed eye, ready to kill and taste blood in his mouth as no one corners a trapped wounded animal or man that is like him and only him; because they are the most dangerous of all men and beast alike...
The hallucination ended thankfully, as it turned out that he was really sailing on a ship that he constructed with a full on board crew that he recruited to help him with reaching his destination: it was a Dragon Trapper fortress that he's after as he didn't want to bring Toothless along with him due to the amount of weapons which this fort was armed with, being enough to bring him down while he is being taken prisoner by the trappers who were going to sell him on the black market. But what had happened to make him into this brooding, this former shell of a dragon rider that he's become compared to the enthusiastic chief that he was behind the friends that he made including his own mother Valka? What trauma had befallen him? Now that is a story that dates back to the time of when he was a young rider starting out; it was back when Draconia was merely the island that he was living on and he was building a village to welcome people who grew to love dragons like he did the same way. But this was also during the time that he was at war with Alvin the Treacherous, the chief is dead now thanks to Bladehead and Storm but back then; he's done something that made him sign his death sentence he felt was deserving to someone that once respected Hiccup's father, and it all began right here when Bork Week was happening in the air of a nice morning:
Bork Week was a festival on Berk that celebrated the findings of who else but Bork the Bold of all people, the author of the Book of Dragons as the Berkians decorated the village with banners much in the same way that they do with their Snoggletog holiday; and later on as Gobber who is the triple great grandson to the man himself decided to present him with a chest that contained everything that inspired Bork to write the Book of Dragons for the village. It contained his notes and other books on dragons, with the celebrations appearing to last for a week as the name had suggested; it included feasting with decorating and general celebrations of his life and work, his relics were displayed such as his dagger and his old notes. Drayko watched on with the dragons he lived with enjoying the presence of their own respective species, and thought about finding some Night Furies for Toothless so that he can have a family of his own for this week to spend his time with; he was doing it for him and he never expected that he would fall into a trap that was set up by Alvin and the traitorous Hooligan Mildew, whom the chief also turned his back on because he didn't like the deal he made so it was changed. Fungus was taken away and it was going to be his final meal
When Drayko arrived at Berk as Gobber asked him to, he was given the Bork Archives that held the location of where his triple great grandfather was last seen living; located just above Odin's Shield where he followed the map that led him to the cave thanks to using Toothless to find his way inside using his echolocation waves. He examined the ruins that were seen before him and drew the map that would lead him to the Isle of Night where the Night Furies would be roaming in, as a matter of fact he was recently there to look back on the horrific nights he spent there on Outcast Island. The archives given to him had all the records that weren't put into the Book of Dragons which he wrote in his lifetime, this was the cave of his blacksmith's ancestor and their local hero that helped identify the amount of dragons that were and of course; the discoveries of different species were limitless since he felt like he didn't scratch the surface. But he didn't go there recently three months and weeks ago to look back on Bork the Bold's exploits. No, he was there for a different reasoning; before that, it was time to continue on with his experience
Reading the notes that informed him that Night Furies were hostile to other dragons, he set out alone and came to the isle where he suspected that there was something wrong; he didn't see any of them but he did hear one respond to his call. He encouraged his bud to meet with them only to arrive at a rock wall where he got ensnared in bolas, his rescue attempt ended before it had began when he was tackled to the ground by a Outcast; the others subdued Toothless with ropes as Alvin made his presence as more Outcasts moved the false Night Fury, one that's made of black skins while his second-in-command Savage held a large horn to mimic the calls. All of this was a trap with the chief making his announcement that after he trains dragons for them, it would only be a matter of time before they destroy Berk on the backs of them; Mildew had also arrived and stated that it was his fault that he befriended dragons, mocking him for the choice and stating in front of his face that he would think twice about where his loyalties lied when he betrayed the Hooligans himself. As the Outcasts sailed back to their island, Alvin tells him that there won't be a next time. Upon arrival and imprisonment seeing Toothless in this state with Mildew continuing to shove how he got his dragon captured in his face to no end, he spat in his eye and bit his nose hoping to tear it off; this was the first time that he's ever been truly angry to the point that he wanted to kill this old man. He was wildly thrashing to the point that once he was restrained and thrown into the cell, he was shoulder ramming the cage doors; assaulting the Outcast who brought him food and water to sustain him since Alvin needed this man alive to help them train dragons. When he refused, he was subjected to brutal and barbaric torture sessions to make him obedient which were fruitless because he sought only his dragon; with a threat that anyone who stands between him and Toothless will die with Inferno's hot searing blade that was bursting with fire. Mildew was eventually betrayed and thrown into the cell he now shared with him
Drayko escaped and busted the lock to the cell so it couldn't be opened again, leaving Mildew trapped as he explicitly told him that he was being nice and he's only alive because the gate was separating him from getting the beating he deserves; instead he cursed him to live forever so that Berk knows what he did, and that he never enters Valhalla when he eventually dies from old age given that he's a dragon hating cantankerous old man. Once he fought his way over to the cell that Toothless was being held in along with the three dragons he was shown, all three of them escaped off the island which were following him back to Draconia to seek sanctuary; it wouldn't be long that he returned to the Isle of Night to destroy the false Night Fury in a fit of rage, even going so far as to deliver a message to the Berkians that Mildew is a traitor and to tell them that he isn't worth the blade that should be stained with his blood. Even after all of that, he still believed that Night Furies had once roamed the Isle of Night but were driven off out of the Archipelago; he wasn't the same for the few number of weeks which came since he secluded himself in shame for having led Toothless into a trap, he felt like the worst brother to the dragon that he loved as the one to lead him on the right path. Not even his illegitimate son Nuffnik had seen him in the time he was holding himself up, he didn't want to look in the mirror nor did he want to look into Toothless' face after what he felt personally responsible for; this wouldn't last forever as he came out to see his dragon again
As for what he was here for three months and weeks ago, even though he recovered from what Alvin planned for his revenge on him; the trauma never left but instead lied dormant up until his kidnapping by Captain Lech and his barbarians. He was there for a different reason as the one "Behwearft" that turned Toothless into a human, and his death at the hands of who led those barbarian merchants instead of him who was supposed to die unhinged him severely. He's not as insane as Dagur the Deranged to which tremendous evidence pointed to his survival, but he was hurt one way or another
He unblocked the entrance that led him inside the cave cut above Odin's Shield which was after when the wild Thunderdrum's sonic waves hit against the cavern wall to get in earlier, and with Toothless he inscribed a message in runes that informed the others who were interested to find the place that supposedly had Night Furies living on the isle. Their seclusion was said to be due to hostility with other dragons, and he believed those lies just so he wouldn't be accompanied by his family; setting off alone. He was disappointed that there were no Night Furies, but he's more angry that it was a step in the right place for his dark side; it was a trap set up by not only the Outcast Tribe's chief but a traitor to the tribe that he once lived with. Now, the chief's dead but that didn't make him feel any better when he reflected back on those events; and the tribe was being led under Hroar who enraged dragons with his chanting. He hadn't been seen since he first made his debut to him, but he did leave him in a spot where Alvin could pick him up in the meantime. Everything he wrote down told the story to those who wanted to know why he was misled to the shadowy isle, that was also what hurt him as he hoped to find another one of his kind to create his own family and celebrate Bork Week with; but Mildew betrayed not only his tribe but the heir to the throne and son of the chief in order to turn him in to Alvin, now he lives a sentence worse than being denied entry into Valhalla where he will spend the rest of his days living until Ragnarok takes him to Helheim. It was the greatest insult he could bestow upon someone so atrociously heinous, seeking closure by laying rest the memory of when they went too far with their plan; not because they lured him in to train dragons for the tribe, but lying to him using the potential that Toothless can have a family of his own against him. He had never forgotten about his real family but by then, they've come to believe in the lies of what had him exiled so that the male leader can have the mate for himself; all because he's stronger than he will ever be when it comes to fighting. The backstory burned into his skull when Hiccup wasn't seen for two years as his death was confirmed on the third, in the aftermath of the downfall of Red Death taking place on Dragon Island; ending this war between her and the Hairy Hooligans of Berk
But even that was a reflection in his eye as he stood among the ship that was sailing through a dark night with the full moon peeking out from the top of the skies
This ship he sailed upon was Mediterranean in design with the body not only being wide but the outer armor was bulky to withstand the rocks jutting out of the seabed underneath, as it's top deck was flat at the front bow just as it was at the back stern; the latter to which having a large captain's quarters and being the largest section found there as stairs were on both sides that led up to the overview of the entire outer deck. The frontal mast slanted forward at the bowsprit a little as the red sail which was diagonally sloping inward from the top to the lower bottom side was wide at the top but narrow at the bottom, the dorsal mast in the back was at least high and straight with the red sail being a wide rectangular shape with slight edges that sloped inward to the bottom; having the highest view of the crow's nest supported by the bar that held the reefed mainsail. There were raised bars that overarched up and backwards with a crossbar holding a boat that ran on rails, hence the arches going both ways so as to slip from the main vessel into a docking ship to land if there the docks are barred off from entry; there were two pulleys that helped dropped the boat into the water in order to reach land easier, a hanging torch on each of the arches could be found swaying in cauldrons that were chained in both the left to right sides of the rim. Holding the source of light in the dark nights which lied ahead in the raging oceans. The captain's quarters at the stern not only had three ratlines that were at the back with two at the center and two at the front just the way he wanted, it had an inner built rigging system that was straight behind the railings of the sides which went down through a grated slit; released once the plates that loosened the stakes were struck directly with a hammer and slipping through each of them to let the sails unfold at the front. At the bowsprit there was the prow that was a raised vertical rectangular shaped ramming horn, a upwards curving nasal horn that was blunt in fact and loaded for that extra strength in power when engaged in naval combat. The twin doors at the captain's quarters were large and had a hanging canopy that leaned forward acting as a roof for shelter, supporting by a pair of three diagonally upward facing bars locked into place; providing a good amount of space to keep a captain dry, both sides of the ship that were aligned with the escape boats had large to thick steps for climbing up to along with a small outward gate that opened to allow them to slide off and out of the main ship easily. The top deck was bordered by rectangular plated planks that were raised a little bit on the left to the right sides respectively, the two sides even had their own arrangement of vertical planks made up the floor; in the middle there happened to be a tall crow's nest ringed around the mast. If it weren't mentioned before then the sails had a leathery surface, with the cauldrons having small cylindrical candles lit however dimly they might've been for the shadows of the dark clouds above. The lower decks had horizontal bars that were meant for rowing going across with a rectangular block in the front, rearing back to the stomach of the men below before pushing it back overhead to continue the cycle; but the constructed ship did not use manpower, no it instead used coupling rod axles to propel a ship like this forward along with the rudder board behind everything that swam side by side. This Mediterranean built trireme styled ship had the rowing bars on the double deck lower floors while at the top, there were a line of canopy rooftops that slanted overhead diagonally up to inward on the upper deck of the ship; providing cover from the hot sun and the cold rain as it also had a horizontal rectangular amount of space to view out from the railings. That however was made of solid walls that went across, the edges going down where it sloped down at the lower tips; the railing edge at the top was supported above with a long horizontal rectangular gap shaped flat bar that went across to both the left port and the right starboard sides of this ship. As for the rowing bars there were no oars out on the side, they're for frontal propulsion and the coupling rod axles that worked together were controlled by the steering wheel; just above the captain's quarter and still using the turning levers of a trireme to help pivot in the direction of the wind that will carry them forward. The outer left port and right starboard had in fact a line of slight diagonally upward slanted bars going up to the thin outer edges from on the railings, behind the front mast had a trio of three upward slanting beams that featured an line of ropes being attached from behind; the lower port and starboard walls had windows of which could only be seen from the inner barracks. Which in addition were corridors with each of the crew member's living quarters, all equal with no special treatment for dominance over the other; a fair trade as the second to third floor of the vessel had barrels to crate boxes that held their needs but also their artillery in the form of ballistas and a war plan room, that was directly in the center which was the most secured room should this ship crash. Light came in the form of hatch grates which can be seen from the second floor as well as the third that is a prison of sorts, meant to hold the prisoners of war aboard; one more thing about the boards above for the railings is that for every two of them there was a small hole in the third wall as to be expected. The prison of sorts on the third floor was filled with shackles, bloodstains as well as broken and beaten prisoners that were shirtless; only wearing their leggings and their boots alike. Furthermore there were at least a multitude of vertically stiff chains which had a clasp in between every five chained links attached to a ring on the top and the bottom, this is meant for reinforcing the horizontal beams of the masts; but if they were to be broken, they can be used to swing across to the other side as if they were like rope as the top of the chains looked like pulley wheels themselves. Finally, it wouldn't be long before one attack at sea in which is inevitable as with what he was conflicted with himself will be the end for this vessel
He felt no better then and continued to brood alone on the ship, he wanted nothing more to do or be involved with whatever remained of Captain Lech's men anymore; he's glad that man is dead and when he came out of his thoughts, he walked away from the port side to the two doors that led inside the captain's quarters. He stood in the middle and looking ahead to the sea, feeling a rush of air that brushed ahead of him from behind; calling out to his men
"The Skrill's rage is merciless, we will respond the same way to the Berserker itself; reef the mainsail!" He turned to one of his men and put a hand on his shoulder, giving him an order that's as good as done just as he left to do as told. "Bring us closer to the wind, it blows ahead to guide us forward"
After his order was carried out, Drayko continued to look ahead on this vessel that carried him aboard before he was interrupted by a sudden shadow in the distance that could be seen; that looked like a Dragon Trapper barge which meant that he was close and with this storm making it's domain here in the seas, nothing could give them away to the enemy that they're near. But that's only what the men thought for the last part, because without warning a line of chained and claw tipped anchors shot out from nowhere; grappling overboard the rails as the vessel is forced to dock side by side with the enemy ship revealed to be one of Drago Bludvist's vessels that's in his limitless armada, both of men and of dragons that were armored to serve the madman that's a god only in his eyes alone. He kept his hooded cloak on even as they were docked close by and the ship's third mast collapsed, with Drago's forces coming in for the attack
He blocked the first and cut down the second one who tried to lunge for him with his stave, slashing the third one down with a downward helm cut and with a impaling stab to the first soldier's back; stealing the weapon as his own with his next soldier looking on to his horror at what was about to happen to him next
Drayko flipped the weapon and caught the blade at the tip before throwing it at the soldier who was killed on contact, stabbed through the skull before he sheathed his sword; but drew both swords out with his hooded cape unclasped from his collarbone as it blew from the wind. He stood surrounded by the soldiers who had one charge at him, blocking his attack and swinging his blade with a deep slash that took him out
Knights Of The Dragon Riders
- Curse of the Emperor's Sword -
(Director's Cut)
O - New storyline: Based on Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
O - New scenes: Discover the traitor in their allies
O - New locations: Go beyond the Archipelago's familiar borders
O - New combat style: Ten primary swords, fifty-eight secondary weapons in total
O - New movement: Slide down chains and ropes upside down by the legs to kill stealthily, jump across walls with catapulting shudder windows, swing across walls with ropes, stab onto knife plates, spider climb two walls next to each other, wall run from one side to the other and more
O - New action: Chariot races, rampaging silverback riding, aerial battles with Krogan's Dragon Flyers
O - Darker, broodier and angrier version of Drayko overcome with a curse slowly killing him all in the while being chased by the Dahaka that pushes him further to the brink of death
O - Stays closer to the original story of HTTYD 2
O - Equal attention given to Eret, Son of Eret in the war against Drago Bludvist
O - Naval battles by the Audibaurjek Tribe taking the attack to the seas in order to slow down their enemy's forces based on 300: Rise of an Empire
O - And more to be discovered
Coming whenever
