White reacts with horror, while Black looks confident, and the music is growing increasingly tense. Black then uses his knight to take out the pawn, symbolizing the four Knights seen earlier cutting the strings on the Trebuchet. White responds by moving a pawn, symbolizing three Villagers setting up a Trebuchet for the Tower in the distance. White moves his pawn again, and the camera cuts back to the first Knight, this time in the afternoon, who stops to lift the visor on his helmet and take a look at his surroundings.īlack then moves a rook forward, symbolizing five Villagers building a Tower. Black looks worried, then he moves a knight forward, symbolizing four actual Knights galloping on a path. The camera returns to White, who smiles contently at his opponent. This immediately reveals the game's symbolism: the camera subsequently cuts to a Knight trotting forward. White makes the first move that the camera sees: a pawn going one space forward. The music at this point is slow-paced and consists solely of a harp.

The first scene is a room of two kings in the middle of a chess match, illuminated by a fireplace. The introduction to The Age of Kings is a cinematic lasting one minute and forty-six seconds.

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