The 13th Warrior (1999)

Vladimir Kulich: Buliwyf - Leader

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Quotes 

• Buliwyf : Lo, there do I see my father. 'Lo, there do I see...

  Herger the Joyous : My mother, and my sisters, and my brothers.

  Buliwyf : Lo, there do I see...

  Herger the Joyous : The line of my people...

  Edgtho the Silent : Back to the beginning.

  Weath the Musician : Lo, they do call to me.

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : They bid me take my place among them.

  Buliwyf : In the halls of Valhalla...

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : Where the brave...

  Herger the Joyous : May live...

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : ...Forever.

• Buliwyf : I have only these hands. I will die a pauper.

  King Hrothgar : You will be buried as a king.

  Buliwyf : A man might be thought wealthy if someone were to draw the story of his deeds, that they may be remembered.

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : Such a man might be thought wealthy indeed.

• [Herger kills one of the Prince's henchmen in a sham duel] 

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : You, you could have killed him at will.

  Herger the Joyous : Yes?

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : Well, why the deception?

  Herger the Joyous : Deception is the point! Any fool can calculate strength. That one has been doing it since we arrived. Now he has to calculate what he can't see.

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : And fear... what he doesn't know.

  Buliwyf : As you say, foolish. And expensive. We will miss Angus tonight, we will miss his sword.

• Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : They think they are bears... they want us to think they are bears... Hey, how do you hunt a bear?

  Weath the Musician : Chase it down with dogs. What...?

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : How do you hunt a bear in winter?

  Herger the Joyous : Go in its cave with spears.

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : Where is a cave?

  Weath the Musician : [realizing]  It's in the earth.

  Edgtho the Silent : [Returns from scouting]  The next glen, many fires.

  Buliwyf : IS THERE A CAVE?

• Wigliff - King's Son : [Speaking of Buliwyf]  This gentleman has the look of a great warrior, no doubt he's very brave. But to face the Wendo, he'll need some amazing luck.

  Buliwyf : Luck often enough, will save a man, if his courage hold.

  Wigliff - King's Son : That maybe, but wait for the Wendo one night's time, and then talk to us of courage.

  Buliwyf : I thank the lord for his advice, though I don't recall hearing any exploits of his apart from killing his brothers.

• [Buliwyf is dying slowly of poison] 

  Buliwyf : You're wearing that long face for me?

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : [small smile]  I cannot help it.

• Buliwyf : You can draw sounds?

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : Draw sounds? Yes, I can draw sounds... and I can speak them back.

  Buliwyf : Show me.

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : [Drawing in the sand]  There is only one God, and Mohammad is his prophet.

• Oracle - Old Woman : Come closer, Buliwyf.

  Buliwyf : You know me?

  Oracle - Old Woman : I have ears! "Warrior" says the wind. "Chieftain" says the rain. But why seek you me? Met you your match? Met you your match with The Eaters of The Dead?

• Sacrificial Woman : Have you a token? A thing? A thing of them?

  Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan : [Hands over the figurine from the farmhouse]  Yes

  Sacrificial Woman : They show you the way you will not see. Slaughter them 'til you rot. You will accomplish nothing. Find the root. Strike the will.

  Buliwyf : How?

  Sacrificial Woman : This is the mother of the Wendol. She they revere. She is the will.

  Buliwyf : Where do I seek her?

  Sacrificial Woman : She is the earth. Seek her in the earth.