I'm getting whiplash from how quickly alliances and enemies switch up in this show – you know things are getting weird when your worst enemy becomes your best bet for survival. Our innocent Igutu is becoming less innocent by the minute as his quick mind begins to figure out politics and how to manipulate your opponent. But with his lack of experience, can he somehow manage to stay one step ahead of the game?
EPISODE 6 RECAP
Tagon stands on his father's funeral dais, surrounded in fireflies, which make him look to the people like a deity. Mugwang yells that he's Aramun Haesulla, and soon the people are all chanting that Aramun Haesulla, god of union and founder of Arthdal, came down to inhabit Tagon's body.
Eunseom watches the commotion from a distance and thinks, "Tagon, if you hurt the Wahan people, everyone in Arthdal will find out that you're an Igutu."
Pretending to speak as Aramun, Tagon calls for the creation of a mighty union, igniting another roar from the crowd. Eventually Tagon collapses, causing even more religious fervor, though Moobaek recalls the shaman Asa Sakan saying that someone killed their father last night.
After everything calms down, Mugwang comes to see Moobaek, still charged up from Tagon's performance. Moobaek is angry, growling that Sanung dying wasn't part of the plan, and he demands the truth. Mugwang tells the official story — that Eunseom kidnapped Sanung and killed him.
But Moobaek just visited the doctor who examined Sanung's body, and he was killed with a skill only possible by someone very familiar with bronze weapons, which a dujeumsaeng like Eunseom wouldn't be capable of. Mugwang vehemently (and loudly) insists that Tagon is Aramun Haesulla, and Moobaek leaves in disgust.
Outside, Tagon is being escorted home, humbly pretending to be back to himself and not to remember anything. When he finds Taealha, Tuak boisterously greets him (Tagon: "Not you, too...") until Taealha irritably kicks her out. She shows Tagon the cloth with Tagon's purple Igutu blood on it, and tells him that the dujeumsaeng was here.
She says that Eunseom definitely knows what an Igutu is, and what it means to be one in Arthdal. She tells Tagon that Eunseom wants to meet, and that no Wahan is to be harmed until that meeting happens.
Eunseom is sure that Tagon will meet with his demands, though he doesn't tell the curious Chaeeun that it's because he's an Igutu. He asks her why she's not scared of Igutus although she told him that most people are, and even said that Neanthals are pretty. Chaeeun says evasively that she's heard stories but never seen one, and that she helped him because he looked familiar.
Tagon is up all night brooding over the bloody cloth. Eventually Taealha tells him to get a grip, because he needs to meet with Eunseom today and kill him. Tagon grumbles that Eunseom knows too much and must be getting help, so whoever is helping him will know his secret, too. He suddenly remembers that he ordered the Wahan tribe executed this morning and surges to his feet.
In the pit where the few surviving Wahans are being kept, Yeolson says that it's time to decide how they die, because if they're beheaded, their spirits won't join the Great White Wolf. Tanya says that they must decide as a group, so they look to Yeolson for a verdict.
Above them, they can hear Tagon's men preparing their executions, so Yeolson starts to say that they will each strangle the person next to them. But Tanya is next to him, and he breaks down, sobbing that he can't do it. The whole tribe wails, until Dalsae (Eunseom's loudest detractor) jumps up and says that he doesn't care if he's beheaded or joins the Great White Wolf — all he wants is Mugwang, who killed so many of their friends and children, dead.
