The Sword of VeracityThe Sword of Veracity
Hercules and Iolaus decide to stop and visit their old friend Amphion (Brad Carpenter). Amphion used to be a great warrior, but now preaches peace and brotherhood. Hercules and Iolaus watch as Amphion is told to "move along" by warriors and then is placed under arrest by Trakus for murder. Amphion is tried by the magistrate, Trakus, and doesn't defend himself while Hercules and Iolaus can only watch and listen as Amphion is sentenced to death, in two days. Hercules and Iolaus visit Amphion in prison to try to find out what was going on. Amphion retells the story of how his men had slaughtered women and children in his last campaign and now his guilt refuses to let him get over it. Hercules and Iolaus go to speak to Trakus. They tell him that they are going to get the Sword of Veracity, a sword which makes people tell the truth, to get to the truth of what happened. Hercules vows that he and Iolaus will see him tomorrow, with the sword. After Hercules and Iolaus leave, Trakus tells his men to keep and eye on Hercules and Iolaus and if they find the sword, kill them. While Trakus is torturing Amphion on the rack, Hercules and Iolaus make their way to try and find the sword, when they run into a hestial virgin named Leah (Kim Michalis). Hercules is confused and puzzled that Leah won't lead them to the sword directly. Iolaus is simply charmed by her. Hercules tells Iolaus that when his "feelings" for Leah start to "come up" he should find a freezing cold lake and jump in. Gradually Hercules begins to believe that Leah is not a hestial virgin, like she claims to be. Iolaus is very convinced though, so much that later that night Iolaus does indeed jump in a cold lake. Fearing that Hercules and Iolaus might succeed in finding the sword, Trakus asks for Hera's help. Hera, in turn, turns a stack of stones into a minotaur. Meanwhile, Hercules, Iolaus, and Leah discover the cave which holds the sword, only to find the minotaur there. While Hercules fights the minotaur, Iolaus and Leah go to find the sword, but find dozens of them and are forced to "test" each one. After Hercules defeated the minotaur, they are faced with not one, but two more. Hercules and Iolaus fight together to trick them into killing each other. Leah finds the true Sword of Veracity because Iolaus confesses his true feelings for her when she withdraws it from its sheath. Amphion confesses to crimes he didn't commit because Trakus has taken some of his friends and threatens to burn them at the stake if he doesn't. Trakus' men try to stop Hercules and Iolaus from returning with the sword, but to no avail. Then, one of the men decide that holding Leah hostage might work, except that she has other ideas about that, with the help of the sword. Leah admits that she's not a hestial virgin, while holding the Sword of Veracity, but someone who loves Amphion and they're going to be married. Hercules, Iolaus, and Leah make it back just in time for Hercules to pull the sword out on Trakus and make him admit that he was the one who murdered and not Amphion. Trakus orders his men to kill them and sets the hostages on fire. Everyone comes together to put the fire out, after Trakus' men run off. Hercules stops Trakus from escaping only to have the sword turned on him by Leah for killing her parents. Hercules and Amphion persuade her not to take Trakus' life. Amphion and Leah get married and all is well, except for when on the way out of the village, Iolaus pulls out the sword to see if it really works, only to start an argument between two women. |
