


Fezzik, moved by his conscience, throws a rock as a warning, and challenges the man to a wrestling match. Vizzini, stunned, orders Fezzik to kill him. The man in black wins their duel, but leaves the Spaniard alive. When the man in black arrives, Inigo arranges a fair fight, allowing his opponent to rest before the duel. Before the man in black reaches the top of the cliff, there is a flashback of Inigo's past, in which it is revealed that he is seeking revenge on a six-fingered man who killed his father. During the voyage, a masked man in black follows them across the sea and up the Cliffs of Insanity, whereupon Vizzini orders Inigo to stop him. Believing Westley to be dead, Buttercup is forcibly engaged to marry Prince Humperdinck, the heir to the throne of Florin.īefore the wedding, Buttercup is kidnapped by a trio of outlaws: the Sicilian criminal genius Vizzini, the Spanish fencer Inigo Montoya, and the giant Turkish wrestler Fezzik Vizzini plans to murder Buttercup and frame Florin's enemy Guilder for the crime, which would spark a war between the two nations. Buttercup later receives word that his ship was attacked at sea by the Dread Pirate Roberts, who is notorious for killing all those whose vessels he boards. After Buttercup realizes the true meaning of the words, as well as the fact that she returns his love, Westley leaves to seek his fortune so they can marry. Westley's only answer is “As you wish”, which represents his great affection for her. She delights in verbally abusing the farm hand Westley, referring to him as “farm boy,” by demanding that he perform chores for her. In a Renaissance-era world, a beautiful woman named Buttercup lives on a farm in the country of Florin.
