No matter how confident you are, it's never safe to let your guard down when the future of an entire people is at stake. A coup is staged and fought, and the outcome could change the known world forever. But even when he thinks he's won yet again, a good leader always stays alert, because surprises can come from where he least expects them just when he believes his place is secure.
EPISODE 15 RECAP
Asa Ron tricks Tagon into talking about killing his father where all the tribe leaders can hear him. He calls in Black Tongue, an assassin, who stabs Tagon with a poisoned knife while he's still reeling in shock. But Tagon fights back, knocking out BT, then his eyes glow purple as he hisses with Ugutu fury. He leaps into the air and begins methodically cutting down Asa Ron's White Peak Mountain warriors.
At the stronghold, Saya stops a young priest who suspiciously insists on serving Tanya himself. He blows a handful of dust into Saya's face, and Saya collapses, gasping for breath. The priest enters Tanya's chamber, dagger held ready, and he stops Tanya when she attempts to escape.
At the same time, Taealha's new maid suddenly wraps a garrotte around Taealha's throat, intending to throttle Taealha to death. Taealha throws them both to the ground and grabs the bronze sword she had made for Tagon. Despite Hae Tuak's teasing about Taealha neglected fighting skills, Taealha eventually overpowers the girl and kills her.
Using the confusion at Sanung's grave to escape, Asa Ron runs through the forest, shocked that Tagon turned out to be an Igutu. He stops at a certain spot to say, "There will be no trial. The body will serve as proof. Go kill Tagon!" As he continues on, three assassins slink out from behind the trees.
Just as the priest is about to murder Tanya, Saya grabs him and breaks his wrist. He turns the dagger in the priest's hand and forces him to stab himself in the heart, then sinks to the floor writhing in pain. Thinking fast, Tanya yanks the curtains down and starts tying them together.
Asa Ron's warriors report to Asa Yon that Tagon has killed the Children of Shagati, and that someone called the Blue Spider accompanied Asa Mot to the Union Palace to find out what's happening there. They promise to catch Tanya, but Asa Yon tells them to kill her on the spot when they find her.
The warriors search Tanya's chamber, but they find the curtains hanging as if she escaped out the window. After they leave, Saya bursts from the wardrobe and the hooded body on the floor sits up, turning out to be Tanya. Saya is weak, so he tells Tanya to go without him, but instead she gets an idea and takes the priest's dagger and robe.
Taealha tells Hae Tuak to inform the Daekan warriors that Asa Ron has organized a coup. Twirling the bronze sword, she jumps on a horse and rides towards Sanung's grave to help Tagon.
The Daekan warriors are prematurely celebrating Tagon's victory at being named Aramun Haesulla by getting sloppy drunk in an inn. A server brings them a jar of alcohol on the house, and he mentions how they'll be guarding Tagon tomorrow for the gohamsani ceremony. One warrior grows suspicious of the server's wording that "Tagon must come to the White Peak Mountain."
He asks if the server is from the White Peak Mountain tribe, but the boy denies it and pretends he simply used the wrong verb. They make up and shake hands, but again the warrior peers closely at the server, whose hand bears a distinctive scar only gained by training in a certain fighting discipline.
Kitoha smashes the alcohol jar against the wall, and several venomous snakes spill out. The "server" slashes Kitoha's throat, then turns to face Moogwang. Moogwang is drunk so he's quickly overpowered, but Kitoha isn't dead yet — he flings the server across the room, giving the others the opening to kill him. Moogwang leaves the other warrior with the rapidly-fading Kitoha and heads to the Daekan base.
