Marco Polo (TV Series)

The Fellowship (2016)

Rick Yune: Kaidu

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Old Orlak : On this day we gather all princes of the blood and chieftains of the hordes, and all descendants of Lord Genghis Khan. We pray to the Blue Sky and seek blessings for the decision that will be made this day. Bless the sacred spirit banner of Lord Genghis that stands before the white banners of

  Kublai Khan : [under his breath]  The white banners of peace? Watch over us, Tengri You've taken a piss on peace. Bring out the black banners, I say. The war banners. Finish what you started.

  Kaidu : You're disrespecting the proceedings.

  Kublai Khan : You've disgraced these proceedings with your acts of war.

  Old Orlak : ...Khan of all Khans. Thus we begin the Kurultai.

  Kublai Khan : It's a shame Nayan couldn't be here.

• Kaidu : For all the blood spilling all the backstabbing all the deal-making, whispers can subvert it all. My daughter received this dispatch from your Vice Regent concerning Princess Kokachin and your heirs to the House of Tolui. Should I read it to you? Better I let the Empress explain it to you.

  Kublai Khan : [looks over at Chabi who seems nervous] 

  Kaidu : You have until the sound of the horn for the start of the vote. If the people of Mongolia have not received your abdication of the throne, I will walk into the pavilion and whisper it for all to hear.

• Kublai Khan : "An action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure." So said our grandfather, Genghis Khan.

  Kaidu : [standing]  We are nomads. Have we not gall in our livers? Fire in our blood? When our people, and our land and our way of life are threatened we are not afraid to incite war. "If my body dies, let my body die. But do not let Mongolia die."