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00:00Welcome to another episode of the Epic Storyteller.

00:03Today we are going to tell the fantasy epic story of the Great Hunt.

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00:12Once upon a time in the 13th century, King Onean of Ireland died,

00:16and his son, the future king, Brian Beru, was only four years old at the time.

00:21And so his uncle, the High King of Ireland,

00:23took over the rule until Brian was old enough to take over himself.

00:27Unfortunately, it didn't take long for that treacherous uncle of his

00:30to become hugely unpopular.

00:33The High King imposed extremely heavy taxes on the population

00:36and also wanted to replace the old.

00:39Irish gods with the Christian god.

00:42He even built churches wherever he went to convert the people.

00:45But his reign wasn't as successful as he had hoped.

00:48And when Brian Beru reached the age of majority,

00:51the people welcomed him as a liberator,

00:52and he quickly got to work on doing all the changes his uncle had made.

00:57He lifted the taxes and restored the old religion.

01:01However, not everyone was happy about this.

01:04The clergy and some nobles who had profited from the High King S. rule

01:08felt they had lost their power and influence.

01:11They hated Brian Beru for it.

01:13They were now known as the Ostman,

01:15and they would later play a key role in the story.

01:18Now when Brian Beru became king,

01:21he began preparing for war.

01:23He assembled an elite military force consisting of

01:2620,000 men, which he called Brian's Beru,

01:30and then he set off to conquer the province of Munster.

01:33Soon he had defeated the kings who ruled there

01:35and made himself king of all Ireland.

01:37Now finally he could call himself the High King of Ireland.

01:41But unfortunately his reign was anything but peaceful.

01:44First, there was the small matter of those discontented Ostmen

01:48who wanted revenge for the loss of their ill-gotten gains.

01:51Then there were the Vikings who had settled along the Irish coast centuries ago

01:56and who still posed a threat to the mainland.

01:58And then there were the Scots who lived across the sea

02:01and who tried to claim all of Ireland for themselves.

02:04However, Brian Beru was up for the challenge.

02:07He spent most of his reign campaigning against the Scots

02:11and winning great victories against them,

02:13chased them all the way north and even managed to take back the province of Ulster from them.

02:17Even the Vikings couldn't withstand Brian Beru's elite army

02:20and soon surrendered to him as well.

02:22All of Ireland was now under one ruler again for the first time in centuries.

02:28Brian Beru proved to be such a good king

02:30that his subjects even erected stone monuments in his honor,

02:34which can still be seen today.

02:36As he grew older, he decided to hand the rule of Ireland over to his sons

02:40and live out the rest of his days in peace.

02:43So he thought.

02:43You see, there was still one last threat to his kingdom, the Oastman.

02:48When Brian Beru had become king, he had spared their lives,

02:52but that didn't stop them from plotting against him.

02:55Now that he was getting old and ready to retire,

02:57they thought it was time for revenge.

03:00The Oastman sent messengers to the Scottish and Viking kings,

03:03begging them to come and attack the weakened Ireland.

03:06The Scottish king accepted this request,

03:09but he demanded half of Ireland in exchange for his help.

03:12The Oastman agreed,

03:14not realizing that they had just condemned themselves.

03:17As soon as the Scottish army landed in Ireland,

03:19Brian Beru called for arms.

03:21At first, the Scots gave the Irish a hard time,

03:24but in the end, Brian Beru managed to defeat them again.

03:28The Irish king had proven himself victorious yet again.

03:32But victory turned to tragedy

03:33when Brian Beru was struck down by a mysterious illness.

03:37It seemed as if the gods themselves had forsaken him.

03:40As he lay dying,

03:42he handed the rule of Ireland over to his sons

03:44and told them to avenge his death.

03:47The three brothers were horrified

03:49by what had happened to their father,

03:50but they knew that they had to accept his challenge.

03:53They gathered the troops

03:55and marched out to meet the enemy.

03:57The three brothers, each with their own elite guard,

04:00rode at the head of the column,

04:02looking fierce and determined.

04:04Their first task was to find the root of the evil

04:07that had befallen their father.

04:09They followed the trail of destruction left by the Scots

04:11and found that their main camp

04:13was in the center of the country.

04:15This was where the Osemen had invited the enemy,

04:18and now Brian Beru's sons

04:19would have to defeat them here.

04:22When the brothers arrived at the camp,

04:24they were shocked by what they saw.

04:26There were tents as far as the eye could see,

04:28and thousands of soldiers were training

04:30and preparing for battle.

04:31The brothers knew they had their work cut out for them,

04:33but they were determined to succeed.

04:35The eldest brother, the future king Donshud,

04:38led the charge,

04:40his sword flashing in the sunlight

04:41as he cut down enemy after enemy.

04:44His two younger brothers,

04:45the future kings Dermade and Toyerdalbach,

04:47were right beside him,

04:49fighting bravely and protecting their father's honor.

04:52It was a hard-fought battle,

04:53but in the end, the Irish prevailed.

04:56The Osemen were defeated and fled into the forest,

04:59never to be seen again.

04:59With their enemies scattered,

05:02the three brothers returned home,

05:04hailed as heroes by their people.

05:06But their victory was short-lived.

05:07The other kings who had been defeated by Brian Beru years before

05:10were licking their wounds and planning their revenge.

05:13They had waited patiently for their chance to strike back,

05:16and now they thought the time was right.

05:18They attacked Ireland from all sides,

05:21hoping to take advantage of the change in leadership.

05:23But the three brothers were ready for them.

05:26They had learned from their father how to be good kings

05:29and how to lead their people to victory.

05:32One by one, they defeated the invaders,

05:35pushing them back across the sea

05:36and reclaiming all of Ireland for their people.

05:40The three brothers had proven themselves

05:41to be worthy successors to their father's legacy,

05:44bringing peace and prosperity to the land once more.

05:48And so the era of the three brothers began.

05:51People of Ireland lived in peace and prosperity

05:53during their reign.

05:54The economy flourished, and the arts and culture thrived.

05:57It was a golden age for the country,

05:59and many stories and songs were written

06:01about the bravery of the three brothers.

06:03But their reign was not without its challenges.

06:06There were always those who envied the power and glory

06:08of the Beru dynasty and plotted to bring them down.

06:12However, the brothers were able to overcome

06:14all of these obstacles and secure their place in Irish legend.

06:18When the three brothers finally passed away,

06:20they left behind a legacy that would last for generations.

06:23Their deeds of valor and their commitment to justice and fairness

06:26became a source of inspiration for the Irish people,

06:30and their memory was revered for centuries to come.

06:33The story of the three brothers is one of courage,

06:36loyalty, and justice.

06:38It is a story that has captured the imagination

06:40of the Irish people and has become an integral part

06:43of their cultural heritage.

06:45The brothers are remembered as true heroes,

06:47and their story continues to be told and retold

06:50long after they are gone.

06:52So this was the story of the great hunt.

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The Epic Storyteller: The Great Hunt – Brian Boru and the Rise of Ireland’s Legendary Kings

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