The quest for power can be very different depending on a man's intended use for that power, and the right man can amass power without even knowing it. But a lifetime of plans can undone in an instant, and nobody can predict whether this will lead to prosperity or catastrophe. As the moment nears when the new leaders of Arthdal are to be installed, opposing factions scramble to stop the momentum before things go too far.
EPISODE 14 RECAP
Xabara Karika, leader of the Momo tribe, informs her warriors that her life, and that of her infant son, were saved by a stranger with purple lips and that they have a debt to repay. She and all of her warriors make a blood pact — they will not rest until they find the purple-lipped stranger, and until they do, they will march under a purple flag carrying the same marking as as Eunseom wears on his back.
Yeonbal, who's in charge of the Daekan warriors looking for the Doldambul mines escapees, overhears Karika's speech and intuits that she's looking for Eunseom. He and his men continue to track Eunseom and Ipsaeng as they flee, unaware that Eunseom is amassing a loyal following.
Back in Arthdal, the city celebrates the confirmation of Tanya as the descendent of Asa Sin, and Tagon as Aramun Haesulla incarnate. Chaeeun runs into her adopted (and full-blooded Neanthal) sister, Nunbyeol, and they find little Doti teaching people how to paint their faces and passing out flower crowns like the Wahans wear for celebrations.
Suddenly, pandemonium breaks out as a bull rages through the middle of the marketplace. Chaeeun pulls Doti out of its path in the nick of time, but Chaeeun and Nunbyeol's father, Harim, is directly in the bull's path. The bull attacks him from behind, but just as it's about to gore him, Nunbyeol's eyes flash Neanthal blue and she grabs the bull by its horns with her bare hands.
She snaps its neck and tosses it to the ground, dead, then passes out. Harim and Chaeeun take Nunbyeol to Chaeeun's storeroom, and Chaeeun asks how this happened when Harim said he severed all of Nunbyeol's lineages. He says they've somehow been reconnected, and that Nunbyeol's fear disintegrated the blocks.
Chaeeun is worried that so many people saw Nunbyeol kill a bull with her bare hands, plus she's mastered martial arts (which could be dangerous with her Neanthal strength). Harim decides to sever Nunbyeol's lineage links again.
Tagon accepts the adoration of the heads of the tribes with feigned humility. The last to offer him fealty as Aramun Haesulla is Mihol, leader of the Hae tribe and Taealha's father. Mihol gloats that he knew Tanya would find the star bell, and Tagon belly-laughs, then sneers that Mihol is stupid to think he fooled Tagon.
Mihol just says that Tagon will greatly benefit by replacing Asa Ron with Tanya, but he reminds Tagon that he's irreplaceable because of his knowledge of how to work bronze. Tagon tells him to kneel before him, and Mihol takes his sweet time, then offers him the greeting they give the king in Remus, his homeland.
He says it's appropriate since Tagon will soon be king, and Arthdal a kingdom. He offers to teach Tagon what it means to be a king, and to stay loyal to Tagon so long as he's the most powerful person in Arthdal. Tagon counters that Mihol will be the first to betray him if his position slips.
Their conversation turns to the gohamsani, the upcoming ceremony to inform the gods of the recent changes in hierarchy. Mihol warns Tagon against holding the gohamsani at the White Peak Mountain as planned, since it's Asa Ron's stronghold, but Tagon just scoffs and says it's too late.
Asa Ron is already at White Peak Mountain, and his right-hand man, Asa Yon, worries about the White Mountain clan's loss of power. He says that the gohamsani is their chance to take their power back, but they find themselves facing several Daekan warriors outside their sacred cave, led by Moobaek.
