Westley wounds Humperdinck to shame him before he, Buttercup, and Fezzik flee with Inigo. Fezzik helps Westley to Buttercup's room. Inigo, learning that Rugen is his father's killer, gets revenge by killing Rugen after a long fight. Westley, still half-prone from being nearly dead, devises a plan with Inigo and Fezzik to interrupt the wedding to rescue Buttercup. Max finds Westley clings to life due to his true love for Buttercup and helps resuscitate him. Inigo and Fezzik, having reunited near the castle, hear Westley's final screams, discover his body, and take him to Miracle Max. When Buttercup refused to show any love for Humperdinck, Humperdinck uses Rugen's torture device to apparently kill Westley. Humperdinck returns Buttercup to the castle to prepare for the wedding, claiming that Westley returned to the sea, when in reality, Rugen has taken Westley to be tortured in a secret chamber. The two are soon caught by Humperdinck and Count Tyrone Rugen. He reveals that he is actually Westley, that the "Dread Pirate Roberts" is a title passed along from one holder to the next, and that he had come after hearing that Buttercup's life is in danger.
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Roberts beats and spares Inigo and Fezzik, and survives a poison challenge from Vizzini to free Buttercup. They are chased by the Man in Black, later revealed to be the Dread Pirate Roberts. Near her wedding day, three scoundrels, Vizzini, Inigo Montoya, and Fezzik, abduct Buttercup at the request of Humperdinck to make it appear as an act from a neighboring kingdom and pretense to start a war. Westley goes off to seek his fortune to marry Buttercup but she soon learns of his death at the hands of the Dread Pirate Roberts, and comes to accept the marriage proposal of Prince Humperdinck. In the story, set in medieval times in the fictional country of Florin, Buttercup and her farmhand Westley fall in love.
In contemporary times, a grandfather reads the story of The Princess Bride to his dismissive sick grandson. The Home Movie version of the film follows the same fundamental plot. Main article: The Princess Bride (film) § Plot