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The Sorceress - Exotic enchantress featured on
the fantasy adventure BEASTMASTER/SYN/1999-2002.
The Sorceress is the pupil of The Ancient One, an all powerful wizard who lives
in a mountain cavern. The Ancient One existed long before there were animals or
human beings and his body is a jig saw puzzle of skin, bone and other elemental
substances. The Ancient One mentors The Sorceress in the ways of magic. But, for
the luxury of his tutelage, the Sorceress agrees to forgo love - for love is
forbidden to those who work magic. Unfortunately, The Sorceress falls in love
with a fellow sorcerer named Sharak. Their secret love is revealed to the
Ancient One by the demon Yamira (who also desired Shakar). As punishment, the
Ancient One wipes away The Sorceress' memories and turns her lover Sharak into
an eagle who would eternally roam the skies.
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"Ambiguities. Riddles. Silly proverbs. That’s all you ever say, never the truth
about anything. You never meant to teach me about your world, only tease me and
control me...All this time you say you’ve been teaching me, and you have. But
what I have learned is to value those things you would have me believe are of no
value: like human emotion, love and joy, and hope...Feelings are all that
matter. Unless you feel, what is there?" |
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-- The Sorceress to The Ancient One |
Some time later, the Ancient One again punished The Sorceress by giving back her
memories. This further strained the pupil-teacher relationship and The Sorceress
vows to overcome the Ancient One as she more and more defies his wishes. Now,
desperate to be with Sharak once again, The Sorceress looks for ways to turn her
love back into a man or at the very least communicate with him. This could be
done by stealing the abilities of a warrior named Beastmaster who was given the
power (a gift from the demon Curupira) to communicate with all animals.
Ironically, Shakar was now Beastmaster's companion.
| "You were wise to be cautious. I was not. And now we both suffer. I can now
remember our love, but you have always remembered it. And yet we can not be
together. I wish you could understand me." |
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-- The Sorceress to Sharak |
Besides the Beastmaster, The Sorceress has tampered with the lives of other
humans. She befriends King Zad, and promises to capture Kyra who had escaped
from his clutches; creates unicorns, and frees the Minotaur of his curse by
making him a full man. However, despite her acts of kindnesses, The Sorceress
professes the creed "If you want to punish someone, make them suffer, you need
to know what they value, and then take it away." This was a lesson she learned
well from her own mentor The Ancient One.
Before leaving on a journey of self discovery to renew his powers, the Ancient
One imprisons The Sorceress in a coffin of amber and recruits in her place a
new sorceress who was less devious as his former pupil. She
became an ally to Beastmaster and the animals because both cherished nature.
However, the new Sorceress is still very much a follower of the Ancient One's
teachings and cynicism. When the Ancient One returned from his quest, he was
destroyed by Balcifer and the new Sorceress fades into the background. Soon
after, the original Sorceress was freed by King Zad's and became an ally to the
BeastMaster and her lover, Sharak (whom she hoped one day would return to human
form).
| "I could be a friend. Perhaps the most important friend you ever had. Or the
worst enemy you ever dreamed." |
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-- The Sorceress to Dar |
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BEASTMASTER/SYN/1999-2002 |
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Cast Credits |
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Monika Schnarre |
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The Sorceress |
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Dylan Bierk |
as |
The New Sorceress (2001) |
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Grahame Bond |
as |
The Ancient One (1999-2001) |
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Daniel Goddard |
as |
Dar, The Beastmaster |
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Jackson Raine |
as |
Tao |
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Marjean Holden |
as |
Arina |
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Steven Grives |
as |
King Zad |
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Natalie Jackson Mendoza |
as |
Kyra |
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Emilie de Ravin |
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The Demon Curupira |
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Sam Healy |
as |
The Demon Iara |
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David Paterson |
as |
King Voden |
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Marc Singer |
as |
Dartanus |
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Ivor Kants |
as |
Slythius / Ramah |
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Dominic Purcell |
as |
Kelb |
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Leah Purcell |
as |
The Black Apparition |
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Mark Lee |
as |
Hjalmar |
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Tasma Walton |
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Caro |
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