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Atabey.

Give me your arm.

VASPURAKAN

Come on, Afşin.

My Bey.

Atabey.

Avar, come on.

Come on.

Ya Allah.

Allah is the Ever-Living!

Hold on, Alps.

- Come on! - Come on!

Come on.

Allah is the Ever-Living!

Hold on, Alps.

Come on.

- Come on! - Come on!

Come on!

Come on, Atabey. Climb the rope.

You first, Alparslan.

Atabey.

Are you opposing your Atabey?

I said go.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on!

- Come on. - Come on, my Bey!

Come on.

Archer, take them down. Aim for the rope. I need them alive.

Come on, my Bey.

Give me that, idiot.

Give me!

Come on, my Bey.

Give me!

Only a little left, Atabey.

Hold on, valiants!

Come on, my Bey.

Come on, brothers!

Atabey, hold on. Not long left.

ONE WEEK AGO

Who put this under the pillow?

Everything she says and does is a lie.

Taste the soup if you do not believe me.

It's like poison.

The time has come to take revenge on the Turks

who brutally murdered your family, Maria.

May I come in, Akça dear?

Come in, my Bey.

Your tears are worth more than the salt in the cauldron, my dear.

Don't be upset.

The pain in your face is the pain of loneliness we have known.

You also don't have anyone.

It's because of that, obviously.

We have no one but ourselves.

How about my father Kekavmenos?

He loves me very much.

Kekavmenos is not your father.

He kidnapped you years ago.

You were about two years old.

I was at a crossroad...

either I'd go to the tribe looking for your

mother or father not knowing if they were alive...

or I would have followed the trail behind you.

I would not have left the daughter of a Muslim Turk in the hands of the infidels.

I tracked down those who kidnapped you and went to Ani.

I had to do something.

I wouldn't leave you alone.

I entered the castle as a slave.

Thank God, Kekavmenos chose me and gave me the duty to be your shadow.

Why did my mother and father leave me in the hands of the Byzantines all these years?

Why didn't they save me?

Kekavmenos killed your mother.

And my father?

Your father is alive.

Only he might think you're dead.

You spent all these years and all the paths alone.

It's as clear as daylight...

you are stronger and braver than the wolf.

You must know that the trail of the wolf is the trail of the homeland.

What I'm going to say, my dear...

protecting and increasing your strength is in your hand.

We are weak, we are humans.

We are defective.

Everything comes our way.

But as long as the goal in your heart is strong...

don't be afraid of anything.

The goal that keeps you strong...

will take you to tomorrow.

Your father Hasan used to tell me this every time I was in trouble.

What if I find my father one day?

When you find your father...

if Vaspurakan hadn't become our homeland, you'll never call him father.

You will not say to him, "I am your daughter, look I'm not dead,"

"I am before you with my blood and my flesh."

A father's heart cannot bear when he sees that his child is in danger.

He will stop you from things that you'd do for your goal just to protect you.

What if I can't bear it?

You will bear it.

You will bear it.

Both of us, are two sacrifices...

devoted to a cause much bigger than ourselves for our faithful lineage.

You will grow up as the daughter of Kekavmenos who killed your mother...

but you will raise a ferocious wolf inside you.

If something pains your heart, say it, my daughter.

Father.

My Bey.

- My Bey. - My Bey.

My Bey, where are you going?

Take the bodies of our martyred brothers to our lands.

Let them be buried in Turk lands.

As you command, my Bey.

What did you say, my dear?

I said father, my Bey.

If my father were alive, he would also share my pain like you.

Thank you.

Your acquaintances from Vaspurakan are here.

Come on.

Let your face smile a little now.

Let them not see you upset like this.

BÜST EMIRATE PALACE

My Sultan.

With the edict of our benefactor...

Sultan Mevdud of Ghazni...

the Governor of Büst as the Sultan's regent from now on...

is me.

And you will continue your duty...

as my helper.

My greatest pleasure...

is to serve your husband, Sultan Mevdud.

However...

did I unknowingly do something wrong for our Sultan to make such a decision?

If you had done something wrong...

our Sultan wouldn't only take your position...

he'd also take your head.

Now, return to your duty.

At your service, my Sultan.

The Turkmen of Vaspurakan...

were ambushed before reaching the destination, my Bey.

All of them were killed.

What do you say?

How did they get ambushed while being escorted by Byzantine soldiers?

The Byzantine soldiers escorting them were also killed, my Bey.

VASPURAKAN

Honourable Governor.

Welcome.

General.

You honoured our castle.

Yannis...

you've dressed up.

You are beautiful as always, Evdokya.

Yes.

Have the preparations been completed, honourable deputy governor?

- Almost complete... - Our guests have come.

And they host them as they should.

Good.

I want everything to be perfect.

There should be no problems at the ceremony, Commander.

Don't worry, Honourable Governor.

All precautions have been taken.

The day of feast turned into a day of mourning.

What a strange manifestation, my Lord.

They have been in captivity for years.

Whatever they cultivated wasn't their own...

nor whatever they harvested.

They suffered there...

and we suffered here.

While we called it the season of reuniting...

grief came upon us again.

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Be sure We shall test you with something of fear and hunger,

some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil),

but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere. (Qur'an, 2:155)

Allah, the Almighty has spoken the truth.

Commander.

Is there a problem, Commander?

Alparslan has come.

Alparslan?

Do not worry, Honourable Governor.

I'll take care of him right away.

Let him come.

Since Alparslan has come to us...

why don't we slaughter him but let him enter, father?

Let's first find out what he wants.

What do you want?

I came to hold you accountable for the treachery you have committed .

The sword that you could not strike with in Pasinler...

do you kill innocent people with it?

What nonsense is this?

The safe return of the Turkmen to the Seljuk lands was your responsibility!

You killed them all!

We didn't even touch anyone's hair, my lord.

We sent the Turk with guards.

You even killed your own soldiers so that it would not look like you broke the agreement.

Come on.

Show that badge, Alparslan.

Did you come here to yell?

If you have proof...

show it.

I know it was you who committed this betrayal!

Whoever had a hand in that massacre...

hand them over!

Otherwise, I'll take them myself!

Get out of here before I take your soul!

How dare you?

What the hell do you think you are, filthy barbarian, who do you think you are?

I was born with blood on my palm...

from the Oğuz origin...

descendant of the Seljuks...

son of Çağrı Bey...

Muhammed Alparslan!

I promise by Almighty Allah...

I will make you pay for every drop of blood of the oppressed you spilled!

Go and check if what he says is true.

Immediately!

Cowards.

I'm sorry for your loss, Akça dear.

Be strong.

Allah gives the affliction, and He is the one who gives patience as well.

For the sake of the Noble and Beloved Prophet (PBUH)...

I swear by the land that embraced the blood of the oppressed...

and the eternal sky that witnessed cruelty...

and everything that is between them...

just as we avenged our brother Hasan...

we will avenge our martyrs of Vaspurakan.

If we leave their blood unavenged...

may my sword swing in the sky and strike me!

May my sword swing in the sky and strike me!

May my sword swing in the sky and strike me!

May my sword swing in the sky and strike me!

May my sword swing in the sky and strike me!

May my sword swing in the sky and strike me!

Our Father who is in the Heavens...

protect us from evil.

Because sovereignty, power and supremacy...

are yours forever.

Amen.

While there is such strong evidence with Alparslan, it makes no sense that he would not use it, Nestor.

Why do you think he didn't show the badge, my lord?

I do not know.

But he will not hide it from Sultan Tuğrul.

That is why we will try our luck with Sultan Tuğrul.

With the authority given by the emperor and Kekavmenos, the governor of Ani...

I bless Yannis Kekavmenos, the governor of Vaspurakan. May God protect him.

Amen.

Even God can't protect him anymore.

I know the pain of losing the ones you love.

But what can you do?

It is Allah's decree.

Allah is with those who patiently persevere. (Qur'an, 2:153)

Thank you, my Bey.

Our brothers who were murdered...

spent their lives as slaves to the infidels.

While we thought they had become free...

Those dogs dis not say about those who cultivated their land for many years...

these are the ones who serve us.

They wouldn't.

They have enough slaves as it is.

Carts carrying new slaves must be on their way now.

While you were there...

when did these slave carts come in?

MERV TRIBE

What kind of work is this, killing Byzantine soldiers too?

If peace is broken...

the penalties are clear, my Bey.

The infidels would not risk wasting the blood of Vaspurakan for their own greed.

For this reason...

careful consideration should be given to who will benefit from this problem.

This is the work of the Byzantines, Atabey.

It is clear that they set up this game to hide their treachery.

But they left a mark behind.

I found this at the site of the massacre.

It belongs to Yannis, son of Kekavmenos, the Governor of Ani.

This badge is not conclusive evidence that they committed that massacre.

I know.

But I also know that they are the ones behind this betrayal.

There is benefit in acting moderately.

If we become the side that violates the terms of the agreement...

there will be a heavy price.

We already paid the highest price for our trust in the infidels' word.

This is no time for restraint.

These jackals that are so thirsty for blood that they kill their own soldiers...

it is time for them to drown in their blood.

This time we will defeat the infidels, not by the sharpness of our weapons...

but by the power of our minds, my Bey.

We will set such a trap for them....

We will take our revenge and also Vaspurakan.

Vaspurakan, for a temporary period...

we entrusted it to you.

And all you had to do...

was deliver the Turkmen.

But you...

you couldn't even do that.

My lord, I sent a lot of guards...

Keep your arguments to yourself, you stupid man!

Are you aware...

what kind of trouble we are in because of you?

I can find out who committed the massacre.

Give me another chance.

My Father never gives anyone a second chance.

Nice.

Right move at the right time.

Everything is clear.

The Seljuks are the ones who did that massacre.

They accuse us of violating the agreement...

they are trying to take over Vaspurakan in their minds.

I know the Turks well, this is not their way.

If they wished to take Vaspurakan, they would bring their armies here.

We must tell Sultan Tuğrul that we have nothing to

do with this before the news reaches the emperor.

The commander is right, let's send an ambassador right away.

If you will allow me, I will go immediately as an ambassador.

Your duty, Yannis, is...

to find out who did this without us having anything to do with it.

And immediately.

Dear Evdokya...

I will send you as the ambassador.

I trust you on this matter.

With pleasure, uncle.

Our soldiers died too.

I want you to explain to Sultan Tuğrul...

that we have been harmed at least as much as them...

and that obeying this peace treaty...

will benefit both states, Evdokya.

When the emperor hears what has happened, he will ask me for details.

And I will come with you, Evdokya.

Explaining the pain of death is difficult.

A great fire burns inside me.

Only those who have experienced it know this pain.

I have a thousand wounds inside me.

Aren't we just like that, my Bey?

You spoke the truth.

So, my daughter Akcha, this is how it is.

I'm sorry for your loss.

I'm sorry for your loss too.

When our loved ones who lie on our heads go to the afterlife...

the living head becomes a burden on his neck.

Have you also lost your loved ones, my Bey?

This is not the first treachery of the infidels, my dear.

A fire that would never be extinguished fell on the heart of our tribe before.

When I came back to the tribe that day...

15 YEARS AGO - NEAR VASPURAKAN

I saw my tent in the flames.

Stop, my Bey, don't go.

Leave me!

Leave me!

I was losing my mind.

I lost my daughter, whose eyes were from light...

and her smell from heaven...

and her mother, who could not get enough of looking at her.

My daughter!

They burned inside...

My daughter!

and I burned outside.

No wound feels so painful that you bleed so hard.

What a great pain.

And what a heavy burden.

Our burden and pain are one, my dear.

There is no reunion for this separation in this world.

The soldiers sent by Kekavmenos will be here shortly.

He's blind enough that he's willing to sacrifice...

his soldiers to Alparslan in order to get you into the tribe.

When it comes to revenge, the eye sees nothing else.

Just like he killed my mother without mercy and took me from my father.

One day the end of Kekavmenos will be the game he plays on the Turks.

It's time, are you ready?

If we succeed, Vaspurakan will be our home.

And then you will meet your father.

I can't wait to see the day I'll hug my father until I'm satisfied.

Thank Allah that there is an afterlife.

When we meet Allah, all longing will end.

I added to your burden, Akça dear, forgive me.

Okay, stay safe.

I see you are quite preoccupied, Evdokya.

I would very much like to know what's on your mind.

If we think about you killing a woman's husband in front of her eyes...

then I want to know what's on your mind, General.

Because it is not known what you will do and when.

Lower your swords now!

You are in Seljuk lands.

Where are you coming from and where are you going?

We know very well where we are and whose land we are in.

We are the ambassadors of the Byzantine Empire.

I am Evdokya Makrembolitissa, niece of the Governor of Ani, Kekavmenos...

and General Konstantin Ducas.

We are going to Sultan Tuğrul in Rey.

CITY OF REY

Who would benefit from such a massacre?

Let's say it is a plan of the Byzantines.

They know they will eventually hand us Vaspurakan.

I don't think they would do something like that.

You think like that, but Alparslan...

believes that the Byzantines did it, my Sultan.

How?

He went to Vaspurakan Castle alone to hold them accountable, my Sultan.

Is that right?

My Sultan.

Prince Alparslan is waiting to appear before you.

What does it mean to go alone to the castle of the infidels?

How do you act independently?

What took me there...

was the traces that I found in the massacre, my Sultan.

The one who committed this heinous act is Yannis, son of Governor Kekavmenos.

What trace are you talking about?

I found this badge in the place of the massacre.

Written on it is the name of that dog, Yannis.

My Sultan.

The Byzantine ambassadors have come.

CITY OF REY

Under the condition of the agreement...

you promised that you would hand over...

the Muslims in Vaspurakan to us safe and sound.

But...

their dead bodies reached us.

Sultan Tuğrul.

how can we spoil the terms of the agreement?

Our soldiers were also among the dead soldiers.

I hope you don't think we killed our own soldiers.

And how do we know that you did not carry out the massacre and accused us?

Because in the end, if we break the deal, you'll get...

Vaspurakan and get out of this situation profitable.

You impudent man!

What are you accusing us of?

Be thankful that you are before me as an ambassador.

And our anger is because of this situation.

We are accused of a crime we did not commit.

We did not do the massacre.

Since you didn't do the massacre, then...

what was this medal doing in the place of the massacre?

Alparslan's raid on the castle without evidence is perplexing, my lord.

We left not a single trace behind, Selikos.

Alparslan will not leave this matter.

Alparslan can't prove that we carried out the massacre...

even if the great Jesus came himself, he wouldn't be able to prove it, Selikos.

We did not kill our soldiers unnecessarily.

What?

The new slaves will be in Vaspurakan tomorrow, honourable governor.

Good.

The new slaves will continue the work that the old ones have left.

This does not prove anything.

It is possible to replicate it.

This badge is forged.

I don't want you to have any doubts about...

that we'll find who carried out this massacre as soon as possible.

If you have anything to do with this in any way...

I will make the world hell for all of you.

Get out.

That Alparslan...

he dictated these ideas to Begim Şehver.

I told you when I heard them talking last time.

It is clear that the Alps trusted Alparslan and took my brother's duty.

Alparslan.

It is important now that I appear before the Sultan.

The real thing I was sad about...

is the black stain that polluted my reputation.

Don't worry, Bozan.

This stain will not last long.

Truth will find its way.

You speak well, but...

why didn't you say this when your father grabbed your hand while you raised it on Alparslan?

Karaca.

I know, I know Prince Süleyman always thinks of my wellbeing.

Anyway, I must go to Büst now.

I have important work to do. May your path be open.

Thank you.

Even if this badge is real, it is not enough as evidence, Alparslan.

I knew they would deny it, my Sultan.

That's why I didn't show the badge at the castle.

Allow me to bring that dog Yannis to you and make him confess.

Then they will not be able to deny it.

Not possible.

I cannot allow your life or the peace be endangered.

My life is sacrificed for the state, my Sultan.

Isn't revenge for our innocent brothers a burden on our neck?

Don't expect me to send you alone amongst those hyenas.

All my steps will be carefully calculated, my Sultan.

If I make Yannis talk...

we will take our revenge and take Vaspurakan.

You are dear to me, Alparslan.

Then allow me, Uncle.

Let me be deserving of the value you give me.

I trust you completely, Alparslan.

But...

protect yourself as if protecting me.

If we get caught before we catch that dog Yannis...

the price will be heavy, my Bey.

If we do not get caught and we succeed, Vaspurakan will be ours.

Then the souls of our martyrs who gave their lives on this path will find peace.

InshaAllah, my Bey.

Vaspurakan's walls are high and its defence is strong.

How will we enter, my Bey?

We will definitely find a way.

Let's go to the tribe and get ready. Come on.

It is Alparslan.

Whatever Sultan Tuğrul says, he'll find a way to get what he has in mind.

He will catch Yannis and bring him before the Sultan.

This means that Alparslan will conquer Vaspurakan without even swinging his sword.

If he succeeds, his value will rise in the Sultan's eyes as far as the throne.

Since that's the case, what if you became worthy of the throne, Yınal Bey?

Go and bring that infidel Yannis and make him speak.

How will this happen?

I have neither soldiers nor weapons.

But you have Süleyman.

If you make his Alps your soldiers...

you will defeat Alparslan.

What if we make Süleyman a sultan while trying to defeat Alparslan?

We'll think of him when it's his turn, Yınal Bey.

Your mother hits me, you don't object, your brother and

father unite against my brother, and you don't object.

Alparslan left nothing he has not done in order to be declared crown prince.

What about you, Süleyman, what have you done?

Nothing.

Didn't you say you would place the palaces before me?

Didn't you tell me I would have maids at my command?

Just talk.

If you keep doing this, I will be left unaccompanied.

Enough!

Not enough.

Not enough, Süleyman.

If you don't act quickly, there will be no throne left...

nor Karaca, just so you know.

VASPURAKAN

I explained to Sultan Tuğrul that we had nothing to do with what happened, uncle.

But he insists that we are responsible for this massacre.

I told you.

Tuğrul broke the peace and set up a plot to accuse us.

Since they insist, this means that they have definitive proof.

They don't have any evidence, Commander.

If they had, we'd have lost Vaspurakan a long time ago.

As our dear Evdokya said, this is just a claim.

They also claim they didn't do it.

And we didn't.

So who did it and why?

We must find the answer before them.

If Prince Yannis investigates quickly, it will benefit us all.

The commander is right.

So my cousin, the beautiful Evdokya, fulfilled her duty as ambassador...

How dare you jeopardise the agreement?

What are you saying?

Did you think you could deceive me like you deceived everyone else?

You dropped your badge at the site of the massacre, you idiot!

I...

Neither my uncle nor anyone will know about this.

Nobody will know the truth.

Otherwise, we will all pay the price for the blood you shed.

All of us!

Kill Alp Arslan.

Give it to me.

Did I place this necklace in vain under your pillow?

I said give it to me.

Snake.

I knew you were a traitor.

Now everyone will know who you are.

Walk.

I told you to walk.

Thanks to you, Allah.

Who would put it under my pillow?

Do not worry.

I sent news to the tribe without a name, in a way known only to the Seljuks.

There will be someone to protect you.

But he won't know who we really are.

The person Alpagut mentioned must've put it there.

Otherwise my secret would be exposed by now.

Akça, my dear.

Are you okay?

I was a little tired, but I'm fine.

I wanted to take the axe to chop the wood.

Mother, wait, I'll do it quickly and be right back.

Okay.

A girl will come to the tribe, protect her.

Did you manage to find any clues about the massacre, Yannis?

I'm doing what I can, father.

It's not enough, do more.

I think you should give Yannis some time on this, Uncle.

After all, this is no ordinary matter.

Honourable Governor...

if you allow me, as the commander of the guard

units, I would like to help Governor Yannis.

If you did your part well, Alparslan would be dead at the gates of the city.

There is no need.

Alparslan is no ordinary person, Yannis.

Think about how you'll solve the current problem

instead of getting us involved in a new problem.

Why does Yannis alone bear the burden of our current problem, uncle?

Not only Yannis, but we all bear it, Evdokya.

When our great emperor asks us about the massacre...

how will we answer?

I think there is no need to tell the emperor about this now...

Honourable Kekavmenos.

The carts of slaves going to Vaspurakan will pass through the forest in the North.

We will seize one of them, and we will enter the city ​​disguised as slaves.

How are we going to catch Yannis without anyone seeing us, my Bey?

When we get into the city, they'll make us wait until the next day for our purchase.

Then we will infiltrate the castle as monks and catch Yannis.

And when he appears before our Sultan and speaks, the truth will be revealed.

It is clear that Alparslan Bey planned everything very meticulously.

Don't let anyone see you leaving the tribe.

There is no room for the smallest mistake for the safety of our state.

We'll leave early in the morning to catch the slave carts.

As you command, my Bey.

If something pains your heart, say it, my daughter.

Father.

What did you say, my dear?

I said father, my Bey.

If my father...

were alive, he would also share my pain like you.

Allah, help me.

Let me overcome the secret.

Oh Allah, do not let my heart be affected by what is around it.

Don't take me off my path.

Since the General and Evdokya...

protect Yannis so much, they must know that he committed the massacre.

So, Sultan Tuğrul showed the badge.

It's hard to understand General Ducas.

How can he protect that idiot Yannis?

Love.

It's love, Nestor.

Love makes one do anything.

The fate of General Ducas...

is in the hands of Evdokya now.

It would be a good idea to tell Kekavmenos

of Yannis being responsible for the massacre.

He will behave the same way.

After all, Yannis is his son.

What will your next move be?

I will fulfil my duty.

I will inform the emperor that it was Yannis who carried out the massacre.

Come.

Leave me! Leave me!

Leave me!

Leave me!

Leave me!

Leave me! Leave me!

Don't touch me!

Stop!

I told you to stop.

- Leave me! - I told you to stop!

Tell me the password to enter the city.

I do not know.

Saint Timothy's Day.

Your captivity is over...

you are free to go wherever you want.

If you didn't catch up to us...

Fear not, woman, it has passed now.

You are obviously a Seljuk.

Otherwise, why would you help those who are not from your religion and your people?

We do not look at the religion of the oppressed.

Ya Allah!

Welcome, Yınal.

Thank you, Çağrı Bey.

What's the matter?

I couldn't make it to the funeral.

I'm sorry for your loss.

You are angry with me...

and you're hurt...

you are right.

I disobeyed the Sultan, but...

but I realised my mistake and returned.

The Sultan has pardoned me.

Do you see this iron, Yınal?

It thinks it is a burning ember inside a fire...

but...

when it leaves the fire and cools off...

iron goes back to its origin.

Then it understands...

the heat it goes through is not of itself...

rather from the fire!

What's necessary is that the iron does not return to the fire.

Otherwise, it will forget its origin and think of itself as fire again.

Welcome, Yınal Bey.

Thank you, Süleyman.

There is something I need to talk to you about.

It is important.

Saint Timothy's Day.

Saint Timothy's Day.

May Allah help us.

Stop.

Come with me.

Password?

Password?

The password, erm...

Oh clumsy Avar! He forgot the password.

Saint Timothy's Day.

The password...

it's erm...

- Saint Timothy's Day.

...Saint Timothy's Day.

It seems you drank a lot on the way.

Since it doesn't work for you...

this will stay with me.

Of course, of course.

Open up.

Until the orders come, don't take the slaves out of the wagon.

- Certainly. - Open.

Pass.

Why have we been so patient while we were waiting for Alparslan, great orator?

While we can, why don't we lay an ambush?

What's the need to dirty our hands when we have puppets, Meymun?

Now...

it is time to ring the bells of Vaspurakan.

And when I send the news, Alparslan will be trapped like a mouse.

And on top of that...

he will have broken the treaty with his own hands.

Since we got rid of Alparslan...

let's take care of Şehver Hatun.

Let's take back what is ours.

Let's go.

Bless your hands, Karaca Hatun.

Enjoy your meal.

You said you had some work with Gevher, Hatun.

Take care of that.

I heard that our Sultan thinks that the governor of Vaspurakan...

Yannis, is responsible for the massacre of the Muslims.

He is right.

The murderer Yannis...

droppes his badge in the place of massacre.

Alparslan found it and presented it to the Sultan.

I know, he showed us too.

I think Alparslan will not leave this matter and will bring Yannis before the Sultan.

I would like to do that before Alparslan.

How will it be after your soldiers were stripped of their swords?

If we catch this infidel with your Alps, you'll have the lion's share, Süleyman.

And your path to be crown prince will be open.

Why would you intend on something that might benefit me, Yınal Bey?

My aim is to regain the trust of the Sultan and Çağrı Bey.

Nothing else matters.

The atmosphere is calm.

We have time until dawn tomorrow.

We have to get Yannis out before then.

I will go ahead with Atabey to see if we were wrong in our calculations.

As you command, my Bey.

Let's put this on and go out, Atabey, come on.

Don't forget what you represent.

And put an end to this massacre issue as soon as possible.

Don't worry, dear father.

Alparslan and his men infiltrated the city.

Look what is written in this lettter, Yannis.

Alparslan will not leave Vaspurakan alive.

Nestor, close the entrances and exits of the city immediately.

And you, come with me!

We will be back before sunset.

The lock is stuck, my Bey.

Almost, my Bey, it's about to open.

This is the cart we are looking for.

Catch them!

What is happening? We are just traders, gentlemen.

What did we do to you? Let's go.

Take them down!

Where is Alparslan?

- The walls are full of soldiers. - It impossible for us to enter this way.

When Erbaskan comes back, we'll see if we can go in from the back.

This vigilance does not bode well, my Bey.

They spread like swarms of ants.

Maybe the infidels were warned of our presence in the castle.

Let's go to the Alps at once.

Where is Alparslan?

As I told you, sir, I don't know him.

We are mere slaves, we only...

Do you think I'm stupid?

Speak, where is Alparslan? Where is Alparslan?

Tell me, where is Alparslan?

Tell me, where is Alparslan?

- I told you to speak, where is Alparslan? - Yes, Yannis.

Where is Alparslan?

I don't know yet, father, they say they are just merchants and slaves.

But they will tell the truth.

If you don't want me to pull your nails out, tell me the truth.

I swear by Jesus Christ, I'm just a merchant, have mercy on me.

Maybe they are as they say, my lord, could the information be wrong?

Yes, we're just ordinary people.

Since you are just merchants and slaves...

in any case, you're of no benefit to me.

That's enough, Yannis.

Don't even touch their hair until I return.

We need them alive.

So, you don't know Alparslan.

Let's see if Maria knows you.

- Where are the Alps? - Don't move.

The walls are high and full of soldiers, my Bey.

There is no way to enter from the back.

There are no nearby castles, and secret passages that connect them to each other.

It is clear that infiltrating the castle is impossible.

It certainly won't be easy, but we will find a way.

No, Yınal Bey, going back is the best solution.

We will surely find a way in since we came here.

I said no, Yınal Bey!

I will not endanger my Alps knowingly.

Let's go!

Turn around slowly.

- Show your faces - And you, too.

Alparslan!

Leave what is in your hand, otherwise he will die.

I told you to leave it!

Move!

What's going on?

The intruders we've been looking for, sir.

We caught them by the cart.

You have reached the end of the road.

Why do you help us? Who are you?

Why you are silent? Speak!

Alpagut.

Alpagut?

How?

You're alive?

What do you do among the Byzantines? How do you betray your own blood?

Don't let my clothes fool you, Alparslan.

I am not a traitor.

Their holy teachings did not affect me.

What about the effect you left on your mother's heart? Do you think that is done?

Akınay Hatun has been looking for you everywhere.

Her grief didn't subside even for a day.

She was waiting to smell you or hear your voice.

My son.

Her pain never ended.

Never.

Alpagut.

Where are you?

Do you know how much you burned Akınay's heart?

They say that children smell like paradise.

And you made your mother live in the world as if it were hell.

You are right in what you say.

But I cannot return.

I can't.

I'm dead to my mother,

but I live for the state.

Let my mother think that I am dead.

Do not tell her that I am alive.

So as not to hurt her heart more.

Entry into the city is prohibited.

Governor Kekavmenos is waiting for me.

Open the door.

Open the door.

The monks arrived so that the prisoners can confess their sins.

As you command, sir.

Yannis and his men are inside.

If I go into the dungeon, I will be exposed.

I'll watch your backs, be quick.

You are right, Alpagut.

You haven't forgotten your origin.

Alparslan.

When you make Yannis talk and make Vaspurakan a homeland...

my longing for my mother will ease.

May Allah help you.

Süleyman.

You're back early.

I hope there was no problem.

The castle cannot be infiltrated.

Forget kidnapping a man, even a bird can't fly above it in the sky.

Even a bird can't fly above it in the sky.

If you are that brave...

forgive me, my Lord.

All of you...

convinced people for years...

that the end of our holy path is heaven.

And when your mission was over...

you got another place.

You left the weapon of knowledge...

and held on to the weapon of the soul.

Know that...

in this promised lands...

the day our holy temple will rise...

and our fortunate state is established...

that blessed day is near.

Now...

are you ready to die and sacrifice your lives on this path?

For the great speaker...

our tongues and our souls are sacrificed for the great speaker.

Inform those you chose to raid of what they will do.

I don't want a single mistake.

It is time to take what we want from Şehver.

Don't worry, great speaker.

Is everything okay, father? Why did you call me?

I got information about Alparslan's men entering Vaspurakan.

While you were there...

when did these slave carts come in?

When I was there, the slave carts came to Vaspurakan every Sunday, my Bey.

- Were they distributed immediately? - No, my Bey.

They would make them wait for a doctor to see them the next day.

When we avenge our brothers...

The pain in your heart and ours will subside, InshaAllah.

Let Vaspurakan be a cemetery for the infidels as soon as you enter...

and a homeland of the Seljuks, InshaAllah.

Alparslan?

How is that? Here in Vaspurakan?

You know the men of Alparslan very well.

Take a good look and see whether the men arrested are the men of Alparslan or not?

Come on, Maria, what are you waiting for?

What?

Be grateful.

Be grateful to my father...

otherwise, I would have killed all of you.

- Artuk, are you okay? - I'm fine, Atabey. I'm fine.

Yannis, where is he?

My lord.

We have taken all the prisoners out of their cells as per your orders.

Good.

I do not want anyone to see you.

Be careful.

My Bey, they emptied the cells by order of Kekavmenos.

And that dog Yannis went with them.

We'll deal with them later, but we have to get out of here right now.

Atsız.

Hold on. Don't give up.

- Thank Allah you are fine. - We're fine, my Bey.

Damn it.

Alparslan freed them.

Find them in whatever hole they entered.

And bring them immediately.

Move aside! Move aside!

Open this door, open it!

Open this door!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Open the door!

What are you thinking, my Bey?

How will we get out of this mouse trap?

Follow me.

It is clear that all the forces of the infidels have

prepared and they have blocked the door, my Bey.

If we don't have a door, we'll go out from the back.

Let's go!

Open the door!

Open this door!

- Father! - Open the door!

Don't worry, father, I'll get you out of here.

Open the door!

Open the door!

It's impossible, get the battering ram!

- Open the door! - Don't worry, I'll take you out!

Where is Alparslan?

They must be getting out in the wagon they came in with, my lord.

While he knows he is being looked for everywhere...

do you think he'll get out with the wagon he came with, Nestor?

He certainly wouldn't be able to escape the doors.

Spread out!

Look under every stone...

and in every corner!

Come with me!

Let's go!

My Bey, this wall is too high for the rope to reach.

There is no wall we can't cross together.

We can't climb it!

We need a rope.

Be a rope then.

How?

How?

Come here.

You come too, Alpagut.

Stand in front of each other.

Hold each other's shoulders.

Spread your feet and stand still.

Hold the tree in your other hand.

Hold it well.

Afşin.

Climb.

Good.

Hold the tree well.

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

And hold fast, all together, by the rope of Allah (which he stretches out for you),

and be not divided among yourselves,

and remember (with gratitude) Allah's favour on you. (Qur'an, 3:103)

Remember the tower that Temurlenk taught us to be.

We will be a rope for each other.

Atabey.

Give me your arm.

Come on, Afşin.

My Bey.

Atabey.

Avar, come on.

- Come on. - Ya Allah.

Allah is the Ever-Living!

Hold on, Alps!

- Come on! - Come on!

Come on.

Allah is the Ever-Living!

Hold on, Alps!

Come on.

- Come on! - Come on!

Come on, Atabey. Climb the rope.

You first, Alparslan.

- Atabey. - Are you opposing your Atabey?

I said go. Come on.

Come on.

Come on!

- Come on. - Come on, my Bey!

Come on.

Archer, take them down.

Aim for the rope. I need them alive.

Come on, my Bey.

Give me that, idiot.

Give me!

Come on, my Bey.

Give me!

Only a little left, Atabey.

Hold on, valiants!

Come on, my Bey.

Come on, brothers!

Atabey, hold on.

Not long left.

Atabey!

My Bey!

Thank Allah that there is an afterlife.

When we meet Allah...

all longing will end.

Hasan!

Run away!

Temurlenk!

You, huh?

Did you think you could leave me and go...

Maria?

Or should I call you...

Meryem?

Leave me!

I told you to leave me!

Not this time.

When I left you last time...

you changed your name and religion...

and ran to that man with the axe called Hasan!

But not this time, Maria.

You can't leave me and go anywhere.

I never loved you, you despicable killer!

You are responsible for the blood that was shed today, Maria.

My soldiers will destroy the tribe!

If you come with me...

I will give you and your daughter...

everything I own.

I promise you.

So, you've decided.

Look at your daughter for the last time.

I will name her after you...

and I will raise her as an enemy of the Turks...

and a real Byzantine.

Your soul will never find peace.

Soldiers!

Burn the tribe.

Mother!

My daughter!

Father.