![]() ![]() Inigo persuades Max to help by appealing to Max's hatred of Prince Humperdinck, who had fired him, and they bring Westley back to life. In desperation, they take him to Miracle Max, the king's former "miracle man", who tells them that Westley is only "mostly dead". They eventually rescue Westley from Rugen's torture chamber but find, to their chagrin, that he appears to be dead. Eventually, Fezzik finds him and helps him regain his health. When Inigo regains consciousness, he enters the Thieves' Quarter of Florin City, falls into depression, and becomes a useless drunkard once more. Westley eventually bests Inigo in the battle, but spares his life (knocking Inigo unconscious instead) out of respect for his abilities. Subsequent events lead to Inigo's duel with the "Man in Black" ( Westley), an extended sequence in both the book and the movie, in which both contestants begin fencing left-handed and eventually convert to their dominant right hands as the contest intensifies. Vizzini, Inigo, and a Turk named Fezzik are hired by an unknown man to kidnap and kill the "princess bride", Buttercup. Unable to find his father's killer and fearing that he would never fulfill his quest, Inigo sinks into depression and alcoholism before the criminal Vizzini finds him. After ten years of training, Inigo becomes the greatest swordsman of his generation and the only living man to hold the rank of "wizard" (a fictional fencing rank above "master"). The two dance, and it is implied that Inigo leaves the next day. He woos her, and she reveals that she is a Countess and is in love with him as well. In the 30th anniversary version of "The Princess Bride", it is revealed that, while training for his revenge against Count Rugen, Inigo falls in love with a servant girl, Giulietta. His training included tutelage under the most skilled fencing masters of his time. Inigo then went to live with his father's friend and fellow swordmaker Yeste for two years devastated by the loss, he devoted himself to becoming a great swordsman to be able to avenge his father. Eleven-year-old Inigo witnessed the crime and challenged Rugen to a fight, wherein Rugen disarmed Inigo in under a minute, but was genuinely disconcerted by the boy's skill at fencing recognizing Inigo's talent, Rugen spared his life and allowed him to keep the sword, but gave him two scars, one on each cheek. He proclaimed that the sword would now belong to Inigo. Thus, Domingo refused to sell him the sword, not as a matter of money, but because Count Rugen could not appreciate the great work of the sword. When Rugen returned, he would not pay his promised price. When Count Rugen, a nobleman with a six-fingered right hand, asked him to forge a sword to accommodate his unusual grip, Domingo labored over the sword for a year. ![]() Inigo's father Domingo was a great swordcrafter, but he remained obscure because he disliked dealing with the rich and privileged. ![]() In The Princess Bride, Inigo Montoya is portrayed as a Spanish fencer and henchman to the Sicilian criminal Vizzini. In both the book and the movie, he was originally from Spain and resided in the fictional country of Florin. In Rob Reiner's 1987 film adaptation, he was portrayed by Mandy Patinkin. Inigo Montoya is a fictional character in William Goldman's 1973 novel The Princess Bride. Shortly after that, Roberts reveals to Westley that the guise of the “Dread Pirate Roberts” was merely a nom de guerre that he had inherited."Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.” After about three years, Roberts and Westley had grown close, and Roberts promoted Westley to his second-in-command. While Roberts was continually impressed with Westley’s work, he continued to keep Westley’s future in doubt by saying each night “Good night, Westley. Westley’s description of Buttercup’s beauty intrigued Roberts to the point that he hired Westley as a personal attendant. The “please” arousing his interest, Roberts asked, “Why should I make an exception of you?” Westley then explained his mission to get enough money to reunite himself with Buttercup. While the other passengers were begging and offering bribery for their lives, Westley simply asked Roberts please not to kill him. Westley, the hero of The Princess Bride, was on a voyage to seek his fortune when the ship he was aboard was captured by the Dread Pirate’s ship. This doll is currently in my possession and is available for $50 plus $9 s&h within the US.
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