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Vizier Bahattin has the chest.
He is going to hand the chest over to a commander called Black Wolf.
Now...
Let's talk about this tax issue and agree upon something.
Don't worry.
None of you will suffer from this agreement.
Welcome, Commander Black Wolf.
Hülagü Khan tasked me to take the taxes to him in Anatolia.
Who do you think you are, discussing taxes among yourselves?
Raising taxes this much will cause disturbance among the people.
We're just here to discuss it.
We know how to deal with those who cause a disturbance.
We'll pay the taxes, Commander.
We just want it to be a little less.
You can't bargain with Hülagü Khan!
You'll pay whatever price has been set for you.
If anyone dares not pay their tax, they'll surely suffer the consequences.
We'll all pay our taxes but there is an issue here.
It needs to be discussed and agreed upon.
This is how we deal with issues.
You'll pay whatever we tell you to pay.
This is the end for those who try to oppose us.
The tax issue is over.
Now...
Give me the package, Bahattin.
Sure.
Sure, Commander Black Wolf.
Please.
Hülagü Khan has been searching for this chest for years.
You did a good job.
I hope there'll be a reward for that.
Don't worry.
Hülagü Khan always returns favors.
-Hopefully my bey found something. -Hopefully, brother.
What is the situation, my bey?
I have never felt so weak before in my life.
That Mongolian dog murdered three of our beys in there.
I couldn't do a thing.
The chest issue prevented me from doing anything.
Or else I'd have cut him in half.
My bey.
Brothers.
We will follow.
Oh, Allah!
Stop!
Hülagü Khan will be so happy to see this.
Let's grab the chest, my bey.
The palace is too busy, Bamsı.
And nobody must know that we've taken the chest.
Let's be on our way.
I must get this chest to Hülagü Khan on time.
Safe travels, Commander Black Wolf.
Send my regards to Hülagü Khan.
Take care of the palace while I'm gone.
I expect to have the taxes when I get back.
Come on!
They're leaving. They won't reach their destination, however.
-God is everlasting! -God is righteous!
God is everlasting!
-God is everlasting! -God is righteous!
See.
The treasure revealed itself.
Praise be.
There is nobody as brave as Ali, no sword as strong as Zulfiqar.
Faith comes first.
Then, fight for the cause and get many victories.
Your father is guarding the door to the west.
May Allah...
grant you the strength
to go in through that door, Osman.
The cruel will fear your sword
once it's done.
But it will bring justice for everybody else, huh?
My daughter, where is that necklace I gave you?
Nea, where is the necklace?
Nea, what did you do with it?
Father, I lost that necklace.
I guess I dropped it while the bad men were dragging us.
How could you lose the necklace?
All right, Father.
Okay.
Oh, Nea!
-Should I go look for it? -No!
Don't leave the tribe under any circumstance.
Father, forget about the necklace now.
Or your health will get worse.
You already have a fever.
Come on, rest a while.
-Give me my medications. -Okay, Father.
Easy.
Come on, Father.
Ertuğrul Bey.
Mergen.
Alps...
from now on, Mergen will be with us.
He'll explain everything once the time comes.
We need to track down the Mongols right now.
-Where are they going, Mergen? -To Karakoyak, Ertuğrul Bey.
It's about to get dark. They'll probably rest there.
Good.
We'll go and surround them.
Come on, Alps.
Keep your eyes open on the way.
Come on.
What's up, Nea? Why do you look so sad?
My father is not well, that's why.
Also, he gave me a necklace,
and I lost it. Now, he is so sad about it and mad at me.
Why would he be mad at you just because of a necklace?
I don't know. He always said not to lose that necklace.
But I guess I dropped it while the bad men were dragging us.
I wanted to go and look for it but my father wouldn't let me.
He said it was dangerous outside.
He was right. It's not safe for you outside.
I know that place well. I can bring you that necklace.
Would you really do that for me?
Of course.
But what if my father gets angry at me for telling you this?
Don't worry. I won't tell anyone that I'm going to look for it.
Nea!
LEFKE CASTLE
Where is Teokles?
He should have been here a long time ago.
Our soldiers are still searching for him.
We'll find him as soon as possible, sir.
Here you are, still saying that you'll find him.
You can't underestimate the importance of Teokles to us.
Go and find him.
I'll take care of it personally.
Either we find Teokles...
or a bloody war is at our door.
There is no third possibility.
I'll show you the third possibility, Governor Yannis.
My dearest daughter Irene, how are you?
Is everything all right?
Yes, it is but...
But?
Is there a problem?
No, Father. I'm always in the castle; I can't go anywhere.
I get so bored here.
I see. You want to go out every now and then.
I have been wanting to ride a horse for a while now, Father.
And you promised me. Can I go out and ride a horse tomorrow?
Of course, my girl. I'll let the soldiers prepare a horse.
But don't go too far, okay?
Yes, okay, Father. Don't worry.
How can you accept the goods without knowing if they're halal or haram?
Father, I...
Don't call me Father.
You're wearing yourself out, Gündüz. Go easy on yourself.
You are so restless.
My father...
He won't forgive me, despite my deep regret, Brother.
He wants me to pay the price for my mistake.
My Ertuğrul Bey wants you to see your mistake and learn your lesson.
You've realized your mistake.
I made a mistake.
But I'm deeply regretful, Çağrı.
We've made many mistakes before; Father was always forgiving.
But this time, he slapped me.
He didn't even let me kiss his hand.
That saddened me so much.
Don't worry.
Think about tomorrow.
You've been waiting for this day for a long time.
You'll meet with Irene for the first time.
This is my only motivation, Brother.
But...
I feel like I don't even deserve to see her...
or even to think about her, knowing my mistake.
Don't be like this, Brother.
After all, you are human; we make mistakes.
The important thing is not to repeat the mistake.
You'll see. When you come back, my bey will recognize your regret
and embrace you again.
I hope so, Çağrı.
-Master Aktemur, may we come in? -Come in, Osman.
Have you brought the stones?
Align them here.
Now...
open up your ears, listen to me carefully, and comprehend what I say.
Take a seat.
Today...
none of us would be here
if it wasn't...
for iron, stone and flames.
I wonder why?
How come?
The flame flared and burst with anger...
and touched the stone.
The stone cracked in flames.
And from inside the stone rose the dark iron.
The iron was forged...
and became a sword.
Master Aktemur.
We understand you're talking about forging the iron,
but what does it have to do with our destiny?
My dear, impatient Osman.
Wait a second. The lesson is just beginning.
I came here to learn about science, yet I'm looking at a sword again.
My Allah, why am I so miserable?
Each object in nature contains many different materials.
You just need to know how to see them.
Now, back to Osman's question.
Many centuries ago,
we used to rule vast lands from east to west.
Our horses used to run over endless lands.
People were left in awe when they saw our banners,
and the cruel would bow before our swords.
While the Turks ruled the world in this way,
enemies envied our power,
and joined together to devise a plan to overthrow us.
All the enemies were united against our ancestors.
And they thought...
"We can only beat the Turks by cheating.
Let's ambush and fight them."
Enemies were devising plans...
thinking about cunningly overthrowing us,
and we had forgotten that the enemy never sleeps.
We were fooled by our power and grew incautious.
We made the mistake of letting pride get into our heads.
And we were at each other's throats, instead of our enemies'.
What happened then?
Then...
mayhem.
Chaos.
Slavery.
All the babies...
were slaughtered.
All...
All our lands...
our tribes...
were destroyed.
Our women...
were enslaved.
Our brave men...
were slain.
The seas turned...
to red because of all the blood.
Did they lose the fight?
There were only four survivors.
Two women, two men.
One of them was the son of the ruler.
His name was Kayı Khan.
But contrary to his father, Kayı Khan was smart and cautious.
These four people kept walking day and night,
and travelled past many hills and rocky lands.
And in the end, they arrived at a valley surrounded by mighty mountains...
with imperial eagles flying above.
Nice.
With huge deer on the mountains.
With pure rivers flowing from all sides.
Kayı Khan said...
"Let's settle in this valley.
Let's set our tents here and make this place a homeland.
May our descendants be born here."
And that's what happened.
They group grew larger as the years went by.
And the descendants of Kayı Khan ruled them through the ages.
After so many years,
there came a time
when there were too many to fit into that valley.
The ruler, descendant of Kayı Khan,
was a faithful and determined man.
He said...
"We can't live here anymore.
We learned from our ancestors that centuries ago our homeland was behind
these mighty mountains.
Our enemies tricked and beat us.
We shouldn't have stayed here like slaves.
It's time. Let's leave this place,
and go to our homelands.
Let's take our revenge from the enemy and rule the world."
He issued an order and sent four armies to four mountains.
But the armies couldn't find any passage through the mountains.
Then...
inside a mountain...
they found a source of iron almost as big as the mountain itself.
The ruler said...
"The passage that will take us home is behind this iron.
We'll light a mighty fire
that will show everyone that even iron mountains can't hold us down."
So, they brought a great amount of wood and coal.
They set them on fire with a mighty flame.
The fire got bigger and bigger.
Bigger and bigger.
It remained alight for days.
Wow.
The Turks waited for days with patience and solid faith.
They didn't even blink until they saw the mountain was melting.
Days later...
the fire was dead.
And the iron mountain was melted.
And they found the passage.
Did they get to their homelands?
They did.
They took revenge from the enemy that tricked them,
and established a powerful state again.
And it extended into the four corners of the world.
Now, tell me.
There is an important message in this legend.
What is the message of the legend?
I wonder what is it?
What are they trying to accomplish by sending Umuroğullarını to Söğüt?
They gave the authority to collect taxes for them, and also...
to let them settle in Söğüt.
This is not just about taxes, my bey.
This seems suspicious. Their intentions are bad.
They want to use Umuroğullarını and bury us slowly.
In the end, they'll try to denounce me as the margrave
and destroy us.
Why, my bey? Why?
Our growing power on the border seems to have scared them, Turgut.
That's why they don't want us.
Sending Umuroğullarını in was the first move in destroying us.
We are Anatolia's last hope, and they want to enslave us.
The flames have come all the way to our door.
We'll either be burnt to the ground,
or we'll stand even stronger.
So?
What is the lesson of this legend?
Overcoming all kinds of hardship.
Don't hurry, my Osman, think deeply.
To never give up.
No, my Aybars. No.
Think deeply.
Savcı.
Here is the point of this legend, Master Aktemur.
Wherever the head goes, the other parts follow.
It means if a ruler is weak, then his people will be equally weak.
But if he is smart and cautious
then his people can become so strong that they can even melt mountains.
My smart fellow.
There is one more point of this legend, children.
Every man has his dreams.
One can be as strong as he dreams.
Our ancestors wanted to live all around the world.
They had a dream.
They melted the iron...
and forged swords out of it.
They grew in power.
They beat their enemies.
May Allah grant us the patience, wit and power to make the dream come true.
Amen.
And may he deliver us from daydreaming.
-Amen. -Amen, Master Aktemur.
Ertuğrul Bey.
We have surrounded them. Two more soldiers have joined them.
But they are not dressed like Mongols.
They must be spies, Ertuğrul Bey.
No doubt they'll take the chest to Hülagü Khan.
They'll disguise him as a commoner.
And they are handing the chest one to another to leave no trace.
They may take advantage of the darkness and escape.
We'll catch them by surprise once the sun rises.
We need to grab those two spies before they take the chest.
Keep your eyes on them, Abdurrahman.
We'll wear the clothes we brought with us.
We must not be recognized.
As you order, my bey.
Subtitle translation by Ediz Faruk Gulfirat