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Holy God, I trust you and Titan, and no one else, to save my life.
I have to look like I've surrendered to Ertuğrul.
Help my friend Titan to find and save me before I get to Konya.
It's time, Ares.
Where is Ertuğrul Bey?
We'll take you to the bazaar, before your own people.
You'll see Ertuğrul Bey there, Ares.
Stop.
I wish to see Ertuğrul Bey first.
Tell your bey.
I have something important to say.
The emperor and the governor of Bilecik will attack from the north
with all their power to take back the Karacahisar Castle.
They will attack the Kayi and the Cavdar villages, my bey.
Those are the strongest Turkish tribes.
If we fall, the Turkish tribes lose their leadership.
That's exactly why I want these two tribes to unite.
Good. My bey, the Cavdars are numerous, but they are more liable to be attacked.
Also, the pastures at the Cavdar village won't suffice for both our herds.
The location of the Kayis is stronger, and we have wider pastures.
Looks like you're very happy about this.
Of course. Why shouldn't I be? God willing, we'll be one.
Bamsi is right, my bey.
It would be best for the Cavdars to move to the Kayi village.
I'll tell my people about the situation and prepare them to migrate.
Thanks, Turgut.
Artuk Bey, send the alps.
Tell them to find places for the Cavdars in the Kayi village.
As you order, my bey.
Let's not keep Ares and the people waiting for the execution.
My bey, Ares wants to speak to you.
Let's see if his mouth has opened.
Bring him, Dumrul.
As you order, my bey.
Ares, Ares.
Victory and defeat are normal in war.
Ares was defeated.
Let's hope that he's alive.
So, we'll have a hope of saving him.
No matter what, you'll lead the war for our Empire, Titan.
Don't drive us to doom by being a slave to your rage for Ertuğrul like Ares.
The sultan gave Söğüt and Domaniç to Ertuğrul just like Karacahisar.
We can't let Ertuğrul have them.
-If they settle there today-- -Tomorrow they'll have Bilecik and Nicaea.
Damn it.
News from the castle, sir.
-Ertuğrul didn't kill Ares. -Where is he now?
In the castle's dungeon.
He is to be executed.
-Did your spy send this? -Yes.
-Who is that man? -Not a man, a woman.
You'll meet her soon.
She'll tell you what happens at the castle.
This sword that you treacherously stole from me will take your head soon Ares.
Not today, Ertuğrul Bey.
Not today.
Speak, then.
I accept your offer.
I'll talk.
If you don't execute me, I'll tell Sultan Alaeddin everything.
Fear of death brought you to your senses.
I can't give my life for your state or for a man like Emir Sadettin.
Take him back to the dungeon.
As you order.
Door!
If Titan learns that we're taking Ares to Konya,
he'll pursue us.
We'll take him out secretly.
We'll travel to Konya in such ways that nobody will even guess.
The problem isn't just Titan.
Emir Sadettin.
He'll know why I'm taking Ares to Konya.
Then, he'll do anything to prevent me from showing Ares to the sultan.
You called for me, my sultan.
The threat in the palace is gone.
But something worries me.
What is it, my sultan?
Successive attempts to poison me have worried me, Sadettin.
I don't fear death.
I fear for my state.
The Mongols wish to invade the South just like they did in the East
to encircle us and kill us.
They'll capture the Islamic states too.
The whole Islamic world.
They await our weakest moment.
They'll aim for us at the first chance.
May God never take you away from us, my Sultan.
I'll die sooner or later, Sadettin.
But dying unexpectedly, that's what scares me.
That's why I have to choose my heir.
Isn't that decided, my sultan?
Your elder son Gıyaseddin--
No. I wish for my younger son Kılıçarslan to succeed me.
Why, my sultan?
Why would you want this?
If Kılıçarslan, the son I had with the Ayyubid princess, becomes Sultan
he'll be able to unite the Islamic world against the Mongols.
Then, Ertuğrul...
Ertuğrul?
What does Ertuğrul have to do with this?
I know that the Turkish tribes under Ertuğrul will soon conquer
Bilecik and even Nicaea.
I wish for him to be responsible for the lands he conquers
even after my death.
That's why I can't leave him or the state up to fate.
I'll issue a decree.
Also, I'll put an important commander and a regiment of the state
to Ertuğrul's service.
Yakup Bey would be...
great for this duty, my sultan.
Where is he?
He is in Ahlat, by your order.
Then tell him to come to my palace when Ertuğrul Bey comes.
I'll order him and his troops to serve under Ertuğrul Bey
to protect and maintain the Karacahisar Castle.
Well thought, my sultan.
When I return, I'll announce my heir.
As you wish, my sultan.
Excuse me.
Bamsi, choose a group of alps.
Tell them to go ahead and check the road.
Tell them to let us know if they see any dangers.
As you order, my bey.
Organize the Cavdar Tribe's migration while we're in Konya, Turgut.
As you order, my bey.
Halime Hatun will accompany me to Konya.
It would be appropriate. Until we return...
Bamsi will protect the Kayi Tribe,
Turgut, the Cavdar Tribe,
and Artuk Bey, the castle and the Hanlı Bazaar.
All right, my bey.
You asked for me, Your Highness.
Göktuğ, take this letter to Commander Yakup Bey at Ahlat, quickly.
When will Prince Gıyaseddin and his mother Mahperi Hatun
come back from Alaiye?
I heard that they're coming to Konya to see the sultan
before he leaves for war.
And his tutor, Altun Aba?
He accompanies Prince Gıyaseddin and his mother.
Good.
Let's see what they'll do when they learn that the sultan
casts away the tradition and chooses his younger son, Kılıçarslan, as his heir.
At the end, we'll surely get what we want, Your Highness.
Go, take the letter to Ahlat quickly.
Yakup Bey will be the biggest problem I send to Ertuğrul at Karacahisar.
I feel your pain, son.
You control your desires for the well-being of the state.
It's the right thing.
God will surely help you.
Don't worry about me, Mother. Don't exhaust yourself.
If you need anything while I'm gone, Artuk Bey is always here.
Don't worry about us, Son.
I'm fine.
I'll wait for your brother to get to the castle.
Inshallah, Mother.
Who knows, maybe my brother will arrive before I do.
Inshallah, my son.
Mother...
If I don't return, I ask for your blessing.
Anything for you, my son.
Thanks, Mother.
My strong little lion.
Father, can't I come along?
What do you say?
Who will protect this huge castle?
There's Bamsi Alp, Turgut Alp and many other alps.
What will I do?
They're only alps, you're the chief alp.
A bey's son must lead those alps.
When your mother and I are gone, you'll protect the castle.
As you order, my bey.
I'm so proud of you.
My son.
Time to go, Ares.
I hope you can save me soon, Titan.
You're my only hope.
Good day.
Farewell, Mother.
Godspeed, Son. May God protect you.
Godspeed, Sister.
-Hafsa... -Safe travels.
Before, you would only protect the village and the tent, Gündüz.
Now you protect the castle.
Tell me everything when I return.
Don't worry, my bey.
My dear son.
-May God protect you. -May God protect you, dear.
My bey.
My Gündüz.
-May God protect you. -You too, Artuk Bey.
My brave son.
Look after your brother Savcı. Look after him well.
Come back soon, okay, Mother? We'll wait for you.
May God protect you.
-Are the other alps ready? -They're ready.
They await at the secret passage.
Good. Go then.
Let's go.
-May God protect you. -Thank you.
Come on.
Go and return swiftly.
Alps.
I pass as his prisoner
through the passage I built to beat Ertuğrul.
Our spy at the castle sent this.
Ertuğrul is taking Ares to Konya.
Ares saved his skin by telling everything he knows to the sultan.
This can't be true.
Our spy heard this from Ertuğrul's right hand, Artuk Bey, himself.
Ares...
He must be waiting to be rescued.
We must save him before he gets to Konya.
Ertuğrul will take all the precautions when taking him to Konya.
They'll use the back roads.
They're already on the road.
We'll never find them.
Don't worry, Titan.
Ertuğrul will surely set Ares free once he talks.
Now, what we should think about
is how to beat Ertuğrul and how to stop the Turks.
If Ertuğrul is gone, we'll attack more in his absence.
But I won't use peasant soldiers,
I'll use real mercenaries.
Ares will surely find us when he's free.
I hope so.
Now tell me, who sends all this information?
Who's this woman spy?
Marya, Artuk Bey's wife.
Günkut, Abdur Rahman.
Don't leave Ares out of your sights until we get to Konya.
I'm no ordinary prisoner, Ertuğrul Bey.
I'm a governor. Don't forget this on the road to Konya.
Tie his hands and feet.
If he speaks, tie his mouth too.
Come on, wife.
Come on, alps.
Come on, wife.
Let the horses rest.
Tie Ares to the tree.
What news from Konya, Melikşah?
Our sultan isn't at the palace, my bey.
He went to inspect the army before the war.
Also, they say that the sultan has caught the traitor in the palace.
Who is that traitor?
Emir Nizamettin, my bey.
He tried to kill the sultan, he was in the dungeon.
Then he killed himself there.
My bey, this isn't good. What will we do?
Alps, we'll go ahead with Halime Hatun to the palace.
Abdur Rahman, bring the loot afterwards.
As you order.
My bey, what about Ares?
Apparently, Sadettin is playing a game to fool the sultan.
We can't present Ares before the sultan returns.
Ertuğrul.
Your state is rotten.
You still think you can save it on your own.
You'll be buried under it too.
I brought down a castle on your head.
You think about how you were buried there.
Just as I buried you, I'll bury that traitor Emir Sadettin as well.
Abdur Rahman, after you brought the loot, you'll bring Ares when I give the order.
-As you order, my bey. -As you order, my bey.
-Let's go, Halime. -As you order, my bey.
Bring the horses.
Come on.
Why are you anxious like a wolf
who found a prey, Göktuğ?
Ertuğrul is coming, Your Highness.
I think that we must kill him before he arrives here.
If anything happens to him on the road,
don't you think the sultan will get suspicious again?
The real problem isn't him coming here,
it's the sultan getting suspicious again.
He has a plan for you, surely.
He'll tell everything he knows to the sultan.
I'll have such a game for Ertuğrul
that I'll bury him and his plans under this palace.
Tell me, what do you think Mahperi Hatun will do
when she hears that the sultan will choose Melike Adile Sultan's son, Kılıçarslan,
as his heir, instead of her own son, Keyhüsrev?
She'll be furious, Your Highness.
Yes.
Now, tell Keyhüsrev's tutor Altun Aba to come here
so that he can take this dark news to her.
Mahperi Hatun will understand
that only I can make her son Sultan.
Then, you'll choose the next Seljuk Sultan, Your Highness.
It's time for a change on the throne, Göktuğ.
First, Sultan Keyhüsrev...
and then, Sultan Sadettin.
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
It was a good idea to unite the tribes.
We'll be stronger against the enemy.
Turgut Bey, I have nothing against being stronger.
But I'm worried about the tribes becoming closer.
Even though we're as close as siblings,
our systems are different from one another.
If we become too close, we might have problems in the future.
You're right, Aslıhan.
We must think about everything.
There are two places to settle.
One is far from the village, but closer to water.
With large pastures.
Let's settle there if that works.
I already spoke with the beys.
They wish to settle a little far from the village.
I think so too.
We'll start to set up the village there soon.
Turgut, I hope Ertuğrul Bey will accept our decision too.
I have to think about my own tribe.
Ertuğrul Bey will understand.
Don't worry.
Subtitle translation by Berk Meydanlı