Here is a TV miniseries I saw on the SyFy channel on a Saturday night in April 2009. This was a weird one.
Dragon Eye the cursed wizard lives in an isolated fort in craggy terrain
and leads the dreaded brood, a mixture of men and goblins. He has much
bloodsteel, a metal that can power magical objects but is drained over
time (Knights of Nickel-Cadmium was already taken). All the mines are
running dry and only the recovery of the Crucible, source of all
bloodsteel, can refill the mines. More importantly, with the Crucible,
Dragon Eye would have the power to awaken his magically ensorcelled son
and become ruler of all Mirabilis (a Latin word that means `wonderful'
which shows I'm not the only one who took Latin). You see, Dragon Eye
makes these Bloodsteel-powered harnesses that he can attach to dragons
or people to turn them into virtual slaves, flying mechanisms that can
drop bombs, bug-like automatons that can spy for him, and even hand
grenades. There are only a few things between Dragon Eye and world
domination.
First, he has to find the Crucible before dawn on the day the planets align. This is made all the more difficult because he has no idea where the Crucible is hidden. Luckily, there is an elfin oracle who knows. The oracle prophesizes that only the Knights of Bloodsteel will be able to stop Dragon Eye. This proves to be his last prophecy as the Brood arrives to kill him. The Brood has learned of a map but must solve a riddle to find it. Of course, goblin minions are notoriously unreliable and intend to keep the Crucible for themselves should they find it.
Second, the Trion of Black Roc (sort of like a town council that consists of a human woman, a goblin woman, and Tesselink the Elf Sorcerer played by Christopher Lloyd) seek to assemble the Knights of Bloodsteel. The oracle said they would number four and be brought together by a death. Sure enough, John Serragoth (David James Elliot from the TV series JAG), Perfidia the Elf (Natassia Malthe), Adric the Charlatan/Rogue, and Ber-lak the Goblin fight forces of the Brood in a failed effort to rescue Adric's sister. The Trion grants knighthood to these four and sends them to their doom.
The world of Mirabilis is not your typical fantasy setting. The elves have pointy ears (as you would expect) but also pronounced incisors (like vampires?) which seemed strange. Also, anybody could be an elf provided they wore the pointy ears. There was an old white guy, a black man, an Asian fellow, and the Norwegian-Filipino actress who played Perfidia. Oh, and the elf girl had an arrow-shooting slingshot. What the heck was that? This world had crossbows and arrow slingshots. As for the goblins, they tended to be gray-skinned and human-sized. They had a more pronounced brow, jagged teeth, and ears that looked like a combo of seashells and batwings. The males were mostly bald though the one female I recall was a busty red-head.
Through the quest, there are fights with dragons, goblins, magical contraptions, and even the elements. Our heroes are sorely tested and show there mettle. John falls for Perfidia, Perfidia is plagued by self-doubt, Adric proves to be a good-hearted rogue, and Ber-lak acquires powers by touch (like Rogue of the X-Men). It is so very epic. There were some really entertaining bits like when John explained that appeasement only encouraged the goblins or when Adric convinced some villagers that it was better to fight than surrender.
Dragon Eye's son has been left in his magical slumber and John Serragoth leaves to complete his revenge but not before telling Perfidia that he plans to return. Thus the movie concludes to show that this was clearly a pilot for a TV series. I sense it was not picked up since the source of Bloodsteel was destroyed, thus negating the Knights of Bloodsteel.
First, he has to find the Crucible before dawn on the day the planets align. This is made all the more difficult because he has no idea where the Crucible is hidden. Luckily, there is an elfin oracle who knows. The oracle prophesizes that only the Knights of Bloodsteel will be able to stop Dragon Eye. This proves to be his last prophecy as the Brood arrives to kill him. The Brood has learned of a map but must solve a riddle to find it. Of course, goblin minions are notoriously unreliable and intend to keep the Crucible for themselves should they find it.
Second, the Trion of Black Roc (sort of like a town council that consists of a human woman, a goblin woman, and Tesselink the Elf Sorcerer played by Christopher Lloyd) seek to assemble the Knights of Bloodsteel. The oracle said they would number four and be brought together by a death. Sure enough, John Serragoth (David James Elliot from the TV series JAG), Perfidia the Elf (Natassia Malthe), Adric the Charlatan/Rogue, and Ber-lak the Goblin fight forces of the Brood in a failed effort to rescue Adric's sister. The Trion grants knighthood to these four and sends them to their doom.
The world of Mirabilis is not your typical fantasy setting. The elves have pointy ears (as you would expect) but also pronounced incisors (like vampires?) which seemed strange. Also, anybody could be an elf provided they wore the pointy ears. There was an old white guy, a black man, an Asian fellow, and the Norwegian-Filipino actress who played Perfidia. Oh, and the elf girl had an arrow-shooting slingshot. What the heck was that? This world had crossbows and arrow slingshots. As for the goblins, they tended to be gray-skinned and human-sized. They had a more pronounced brow, jagged teeth, and ears that looked like a combo of seashells and batwings. The males were mostly bald though the one female I recall was a busty red-head.
Through the quest, there are fights with dragons, goblins, magical contraptions, and even the elements. Our heroes are sorely tested and show there mettle. John falls for Perfidia, Perfidia is plagued by self-doubt, Adric proves to be a good-hearted rogue, and Ber-lak acquires powers by touch (like Rogue of the X-Men). It is so very epic. There were some really entertaining bits like when John explained that appeasement only encouraged the goblins or when Adric convinced some villagers that it was better to fight than surrender.
Dragon Eye's son has been left in his magical slumber and John Serragoth leaves to complete his revenge but not before telling Perfidia that he plans to return. Thus the movie concludes to show that this was clearly a pilot for a TV series. I sense it was not picked up since the source of Bloodsteel was destroyed, thus negating the Knights of Bloodsteel.
Interestingly, Natassia Malthe took over the role of BloodRayne in the two sequels that went straight to video.
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