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I love you so much, my baby boy.
Look at those silky hands.
That heavenly smell.
Healthy and beautiful.
God bless you.
Come on, hop in to your mother's arms.
God bless.
May God let him grow with his parents.
Here, take him.
I love you so much, my baby boy.
Mother.
Has Ertuğrul returned yet?
He will, my dear. Be patient.
Don't worry.
Okay.
Please God, I beg you.
Let him return safe and sound and see his son.
Amen.
Please protect him
and his friends from the evil doers.
Amen.
Let's be strong now.
They will surely come back.
I hope so.
-Hopefully, my dear. -Hopefully.
Aliyar Bey, open your eyes.
Aliyar Bey.
He's alive.
Put more pressure on it.
Sir.
He's lost too much blood, and his wound is deep.
The bastard got away.
Turgut.
Slowly.
Easy.
You've gone through worse than this.
Come on.
God bless you, Your Highness.
If it weren't for you--
Ebu Mansur, Ertuğrul Bey.
Call me that for now.
We aided you, but God saved you.
We'll talk at the camp.
Yes, sir.
Ishak.
We're going back to the camp. Carry the wounded.
-Come on, brother. -Come on.
-Don't be rough. -Up.
Help.
God bless.
Such a healthy boy.
May he live with his mother and father.
Amen.
Amen. Thank you, dear.
Next is Banu Çiçek, God willing.
Hopefully.
Thank God you are with us, Mother Hayme.
My first grandson.
Come here, look who is here.
Gündüz.
Is this my brother?
I need soldiers. Let me have a look.
Look.
Let me make my brother a sword.
You take care of him now.
Okay.
As little as he may be, he's already acting all high and mighty.
May God never let them suffer.
Amen.
Ertuğrul Bey will be overjoyed to see him.
Mother.
Is there any news from them?
When will they come back?
After I lost my father, I can't bear more of this pain.
May God let them get back safely.
Do not tempt fate, dear.
What could it be?
Nothing bad, I hope.
Please God, protect my children.
It's Aliyar Bey.
Aliyar Bey is wounded.
Who did this?
Make way.
-Aliyar! -Aliyar!
Oh, my God!
-Brother! -Son.
Please, open your eyes, brother.
Artuk Bey!
Don't leave me alone.
-Brother. -Make way.
Brother.
-Take him to the healing tent. -Right away.
Ishak, you take care of the wounded. Hurry up!
-Get him up. -Up.
-Be quick about it. -Don't rock it.
Don't be rough.
How is Halime Sultan, Mother?
You have a beautiful and healthy son.
Halime is okay, too.
Go and see your wife.
Ertuğrul...
Don't get up, Halime.
Thank God you are back. Welcome back.
Thank you.
Son.
My son.
My baby son.
You and our son have been on my mind the entire time, Halime.
Now that I have seen you're well, I'd die a happy man.
And I've been waiting for you to come back, Ertuğrul.
I prayed to God to let you see our son.
Sometimes, we must leave our loved ones behind for the cause.
Ertuğrul, you are following God's cause.
Now that you are back alive and well, that's good enough.
What happened?
You look sad.
Vasilius.
He found out where we were going.
We fell into his trap.
If it weren't for Ebu Mansur,
we'd have been done for.
Ebu Mansur? Who is that?
I told you before that I knew about him.
But how did it turn out like this?
Aliyar Bey...
is wounded.
He's badly hurt.
How many times has it been Nikolas?
Just how many times?
How many more times are we going to return with dead bodies
when instead we should be taking Ertuğrul's head?
How many times?
-Sir. -What?
Apologies, there is a messenger from Nicaea.
He said he had information that he could only tell you.
A letter from the emperor for you, sir.
Leave.
God damn the emperor and his cursed letter!
It all changed when he arrived.
We wouldn't have lost if it weren't for him.
You could have taken...
Ertuğrul's life.
Ebu Mansur.
He's supposedly a merchant.
But his real identity is a mystery.
I don't know who he is, but it's obvious what he is not.
He's not a merchant,
but a warrior.
Is there even a soldier here that fights as well as him?
He's not from around here, Nikolas.
They were the sultan's men.
They're coming to take my fort.
An advance party. There'll be more if we don't stop them.
Then, the one called Ebu Mansur
must be one of the best commanders of the sultan.
No, more than a commander.
Someone more important and with more power.
But who?
-We'll find out. -How?
We don't even know where he is.
Where could a man wearing merchant clothes stay?
At Hanlı Bazaar, of course.
Send two men after him and watch him right away.
Read this, sir.
Sultan Alaeddin, huh?
In disguise amongst commoners.
What's the meaning of this?
We now know Ebu Mansur's identity, that is what it means.
That man...
Is that even possible?
How brazen would he have to be?
He'd never risk his life coming all the way here.
-You are wrong, Vasilius. -He would.
Sultan Alaeddin
first wants to see the place he'd like to conquer.
He has done it before.
But now,
we must make sure it's him.
But how? Is there anyone that would recognize him?
Yes, Nikolas.
There's someone.
We are honored to have you, Your Highness.
Come.
Sit with Ebu Mansur.
Ertuğrul Bey, I wish I didn't have to show up on such a dreary day.
How is Aliyar Bey?
He's in a bad condition, Your Highness.
I hope to God that he recovers quickly.
I hope so.
Never lose your hope.
On the other hand,
the good news is that you have a son.
I have one more son, Your Highness.
May God...
let him grow up to be a gallant warrior such as yourself.
Amen.
Ertuğrul Bey.
What happened at the inn?
Tell me everything.
Your eye in Nicaea...
was exposed, Your Highness.
He was on the run from the emperor's soldiers.
He had something very important to tell you.
However,
Vasilius found him before us and killed him.
Could you find out what he was going to tell me?
He sent me this seal with his comrade.
Ertuğrul Bey.
There's a traitor from the government in the Sultan's castle.
You must tell our Sultan quickly.
They tried to take my life twice.
I suspected there was a traitor in my castle.
Now I have no more doubts.
They're attacking our country from the east and west.
As if that wasn't enough,
we have a traitor now?
If that's how it is,
then it's dangerous for you to be here, Your Highness.
I am the real threat here,
for my enemies, Ertuğrul Bey.
I'll find out who is the traitor in my castle, sooner or later.
However,
the real issue today is...
Karacahisar Castle.
The fate of the Turkmen Tribes rests on your decision, Your Highness.
We tried to protect the peace as per your orders.
However, we lost many men.
War is now inevitable.
I came here to see Karacahisar Castle with my own eyes
and give my final decision, Ertuğrul Bey.
I've talked to many men
as Merchant Ebu Mansur for the last five days.
My armies are preparing for war in the east.
Before I join my armies, I'd like to consult you,
my finest bey...
that knows these lands.
Be my guest at the marquee, Your Highness.
We must keep this secret, Ertuğrul Bey.
I'd like to stay at the inn with the guards.
But I'm worried about Aliyar Bey's condition.
I'll stay with your tribe tonight.
However, not at your marquee,
but in the guest tent.
I don't want to attract any attention.
Gone!
Slipped from our grasp!
Killed our brothers!
They got Aliyar Bey as well.
Aliyar Bey is still alive, Bamsi.
Don't lose hope.
If Ebu Mansur had not made it...
we would have died.
Who is that merchant?
Are you not curious?
You are right, brother.
I've never seen a merchant that fought so well.
My brothers.
If you ask me,
he is no merchant.
He's not just clever, but strong as well.
His speaks softly, but his mind is sharp.
We spoke before the rug deal briefly.
He's both knowledgeable, and a decent man.
Yeah.
All their shots hit the mark, too.
Apparently, trading is not their only occupation.
They are all brave warriors.
Ertuğrul Bey was stunned to see Ebu Mansur.
There must be an underlying reason as to why he respects him so much.
Come on, brothers. Dress your wounds.
And then...
pray for Aliyar Bey.
Sir.
Bismillah.
Brother.
I beg you.
Brother.
Artuk Bey, please tell me that he's going to live.
He's the only one that...
holds together our tattered tribe.
If something happens to him,
all this blood...
and these tears will have been in vain.
His condition is bad, Aslıhan Hatun.
Be prepared, anything could happen.
But don't lose hope.
Aliyar Bey shielded me with his body in the battle.
He cared about you...
much more than he cared about himself, Ertuğrul Bey.
He wouldn't stop to think...
even if he had a thousand lives.
It's the same...
for me as well.
It's your duty to hold your tribe together...
until he recovers and comes back, Aslıhan Hatun.
Aliyar Bey chose you as his representative.
Don't let all the blood spilled be in vain.
You've been badly hurt,
and gone through a lot.
Be a leader,
and give hope to your people.
Look out for your tribe, Aslıhan Hatun.
If something happens to him,
what do we do, Ertuğrul Bey?
All our beys are dead.
Our soldiers are run-down with all the betrayals.
The tribe's been awash with our own blood.
I'll pray to God that he doesn't take this brave man from us.
And if it did happen...
know that...
I, Ertuğrul, son of Suleyman Shah,
will always be on your side, along with my tribe.
Men!
Enough of this. Why are you all sulking?
Pull yourselves together.
Even the women caring for their husbands
and mothers waiting for their sons are stronger than you.
Snap out of it!
Turgut Commander, you know how Aliyar Bey is.
We couldn't even protect Ertuğrul Bey at the inn.
God forbid.
What if something happened to our bey?
I feel ashamed as an alp.
My brothers.
We all fought well.
We took down most of them.
That dog Vasilius...
turned his tail and ran, right?
Yes, indeed.
He ran away, the bastard.
To hell with him.
He ran away with his tail between his legs like the coward he is.
Do you remember what happened when we were taking Hafsa Hatun
to her father, the governor?
What happened?
That dog Vasilius ambushed us.
Who came to our help then?
Woah!
We're being attacked!
-For God! -For God!
For God!
Helena!
Aliyar Bey.
He came like the wind and saved us all.
And then vanished into thin air.
Yeah. He knew what Ural would do and was prepared.
He risked his life for us.
Who helped Ertuğrul Bey every single time
that we were in trouble?
Aliyar Bey. He always came as a godsend.
Yes, he did, my brother.
Indeed he did.
With his sword,
he always fought bravely beside Ertuğrul Bey,
as a worthy soldier
of our prophet Ali, right?
Yes, he did.
He did, indeed.
But if it wasn't for Ebu Mansur we'd be in trouble.
Yes, if it weren't for him, both tribes would be left without a bey.
Right. Then, how could we have explained it to our bey and Aslıhan Hatun?
However, my brothers, just as Aliyar Bey reached out for us,
Ebu Mansur came as a godsend, too.
Now you are talking, brother.
Ebu Mansur came just in time, thank God!
God did not leave us alone on the path of Ertuğrul Bey's cause, again.
Right, brother.
In the past, it was Aliyar Bey. And now it was Ebu Mansur.
We got one step closer to his cause, brothers.
With God's permission,
we have nothing to be ashamed of as alps.
Turgut is right, my men.
From now on, we can't be upset by such things.
Now what befalls us is to take revenge.
Our revenge will be so brutal
that even the soil will spit back the blood of those bastards.
They will not find a place to rest their dead bodies.
The arrow has already left the bow.
Unless we find that dog Vasilius,
and avenge our brother Doğan, as well as the blood
of all the other men we lost, we can't stop. Understand?
May we never stop until we take their revenge.
Brothers, this will be such a war
that with Ertuğrul Bey on our right, and Aliyar Bey on our left,
we will make the heavens tremble with the sound of our swords.
This will be such a war that
our dead will rise from their graves in respect.
Our brother Doğan will fight alongside us, brothers.
God bless you all!
Allahu akbar!
Ekaterina, it's me. We must talk.
Come in, Vasilius.
Now that you are home, you look even more dazzling.
We age too fast, Vasilius. Time flies away.
And we are still empty-handed.
That's not true at all.
What happened?
Aliyar.
Is he dead or what?
Maybe not, but he won't live long with those wounds.
Ertuğrul was supposed to share his fate,
but somebody turned up and saved him along with his men.
Who was it?
It's on you to find out who.
Ural...
said you went to Konya with him some time ago.
Did you see Sultan Alaeddin then?
What does Sultan Alaeddin have to do with this?
Did you or did you not?
It's true that I went to Konya with Candar Bey and Ural Bey.
We attended the circumcision feast
of the Sultan's son, Izzettin Kilij Arslan.
I saw him there once.
We are together...
in this great task,
for our great cause, right, Ekaterina?
There's something I need you to do.
You must go to the Public Market.
Disguise yourself and notice who comes and goes.
You must find someone called Ebu Mansur.
See if that Ebu Mansur is Sultan Alaeddin.
Is he here?
I hope he is, Ekaterina.
If so, we'll get rid of a lot of our troubles.
Only you can do this job.
And I presume it won't prove too hard for you.
Leave it to me, Vasilius.
I'll do anything for revenge.
Anything at all.
That's what I'm afraid of, Ekaterina.
Don't be like me. Control your anger.
You have yet to see your worst fears, Vasilius.
And your worst nightmare.
I'm done for.
I'm done for, Hafsa Hatun.
Your wound isn't too deep, Bamsi.
But maybe you should have Artuk Bey check it.
No, I don't mean that, Hafsa Hatun.
It's the treacherous enemy that disturbs me,
not this small wound.
I wish
that disgusting Vasilius had hurt me and not Aliyar Bey.
God willing, Aliyar Bey will return to his tribe safe and sound.
God will not let Vasilius go unpunished, with all that he's done.
You will take revenge for all of us, with Ertuğrul Bey.
I hope so, Hafsa Hatun.
Bamsi, you are the hope of all those oppressed in this land.
My people will be on our side, too.
However,
we must first take that dog's head, just like Ural.
Sooner or later, he will pay for what he did.
May God
let me live till the day I see him get what he deserves.
Hafsa Hatun.
Amen, my love.
Translation by: Tuğçe Erteki