meanwhile, the people of a village prepare to flee to mount tartarus to escape from hyperion's soldiers. one of them is the warrior theseus (henry cavill). he was mentored by a mysterious old man (john hurt). theseus and his mother aethra (anne day-jones) are considered as outcasts as he is the product of aethra being raped. they are forced to stay behind by soldiers from athens including lysander (joseph morgan). theseus beats off multiple opponents until the athenian officer helios (peter stebbings) has lysander dismissed for his actions. lysander travels to hyperion offering him his service the location of the village. the king accepts but labels lysander a traitor and, to punish him, has his testicles hammered, so he is unable to produce children. hyperion's soldiers attack the village and, after murdering aethra and the villagers, take theseus captive.