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I'm here to take something, Dragos.
What else do you want? What I gave you was not enough?
It wasn't.
We took what's ours from Alıncak with force!
But...
it's his turn now.
He will either suspect you sold him out...
or...
that we are pressuring you...
because of your stupidity.
Sooner or later...
he will come here...
to take revenge.
That's why...
when Alıncak comes to the castle, we will give him the final blow.
No, no, wait.
If you harm Alıncak in this castle...
the Mongols will know.
Not only will they destroy the castle, but they will take my life.
Don't worry.
We don't want you to kill Alıncak here.
We already threw him...
in the grave where he will be buried alive.
We only want you to...
add a little more soil...
to cover it.
I'm listening.
When Alıncak...
arrives at the castle,
you will act like you know nothing...
and you're not involved in anything.
What if he doesn't believe me?
He will.
He will, Dragos.
Didn't you prove your hypocrisy...
to us already, at Söğüt?
You're a smart man.
You will take care of this, I'm sure.
Do you want to use me as bait for Alıncak?
Not you, Commander Dragos. Not you.
Who then?
Your spy at the inn.
Ertuğrul...
let's see what other important letters you found.
Here are Hülagü's real letters.
You scared me, Dumrul Alp.
What are you doing in Ertuğrul Bey's chambers?
There's dust everywhere. I'm cleaning it up.
We will tell you when we need it cleaned, bell ringer.
-But Dumrul Alp-- -Enough. Out.
I will take you to Ertuğrul Bey.
Why? What happened?
He will tell you there. Come on, let's go.
I ordered you to stand your ground...
no matter what happened.
But you...
didn't do that.
If you had got there in time, we'd have trapped both Alıncak and Albastı.
But because of you, they ambushed us.
Gündüz is fighting for his life.
Your mistake cost us greatly.
There's no room for mistakes on a battlefield.
And he who cannot learn this, cannot be an alp!
Günkut, give me your sword.
You are no longer an alp, until I say otherwise.
Tell the same to the other alps who were with you.
As you order, my Bey.
My Bey...
I ordered them to go after the Mongol men.
I take full responsibility.
I will take care of your responsibility too, Bamsı.
Even after I told you time and time again...
how could you leave that spot, Bamsı?
My Bey, the Mongols were headed towards the horses.
How would we get away if they took the horses?
How would we have brought Mergen back?
That's why I went after them, my Bey.
Is it your duty to decide on your own...
or to carry out the decisions I make, Bamsı?
If I tell you to hold that spot...
even as the world burns, you will stand your ground!
Every time we go to war...
do I have to worry about you doing as I say?
What are you saying, my Bey? How could I ever disobey your command?
You did!
You disobeyed my command!
Fighting badly in a war is forgivable...
Not defeating the enemy is forgivable.
But disobeying an order...
is never forgiven.
Never.
If I forgive you today...
tomorrow all the alps will start to disobey me.
I have decided.
You are no longer Head Alp!
From now on, you're the Head Alp, Abdurrahman.
As you order, my Bey.
I...
went after the Mongols to protect the horses.
If I hadn't, maybe the Mongols would have killed Mergen and the alps.
But I did disobey your order.
My Bey...
If you punish me by taking my title...
for disobeying you...
then I will punish myself...
by not being an alp anymore.
Since I didn't perform my duty...
I don't deserve to be an alp.
We have given many lives for this holy cause, Bamsı.
We pledged even the lives of our children if necessary.
I even took my brother Dündar's sword...
and exiled him once.
In affairs of life and death like these,
we can't tolerate the mistakes of even our dearest brothers.
So, until my final order...
you shall carry no sword.
As you order...
my Bey.
Bamsı? What are you doing here?
Bamsı...
what happened?
Are you okay?
I'm not, Hafsa.
I'm not okay at all.
What happened? The alps are at the tent, why are you here?
I have no place there.
What are you saying, Bamsı? Aren't you the Head Alp?
Don't you have to be there with the alps?
Hafsa... I'm not the Head Alp.
What does that mean, Bamsı?
Ertuğrul Bey dismissed me...
from duty.
You love your spear like your children, and your sword like you love me.
Why did our bey do such a thing?
I didn't mean any harm.
Our bey told me to hold my position.
But when the Mongols went after the horses...
I went after them...
to prevent them from doing harm.
Ertuğrul Bey said disobeying an order was unforgivable.
So, I handed over my swords...
and came here.
Bamsı, that was not even a mistake.
You went after the enemy. What else could you do?
How can you be dismissed for such a small thing?
You fought beside them for years, you risked your life.
And this is what you get?
What can I do, Hafsa?
The bey ordered it.
His order...
is stronger than steel.
Allah made you as naïve as you are brave, Bamsı.
You still don't see.
What don't I see, Hafsa?
What don't I see?
Ever since Selcan Hatun came here, they haven't cared about us.
You will see real war in the village now, Bamsı.
May Allah protect our children.
Greetings.
Thankfully, Gündüz is doing well, my Bey.
He will be up on his feet soon, Allah willing.
What about Mergen?
We gave him the necessary treatments, my Bey.
It's up to Allah now.
My Bey, I told Dragos what he needs to know.
I told him what he must do when Alıncak comes.
Alıncak lost everything he had.
He will dedicate himself to finding Keykavus and the chest to save himself.
A man chasing the last thing he has left will be reckless.
Just as he's ready for any kind of fight, he will be prone to making mistakes.
We will use this weakness and we will trap him.
The alps must be ready, Abdurrahman.
Do your job as Head Alp.
As you order, my Bey.
My Bey...
you know best, but...
Bamsı will be badly hurt of being dismissed as Head Alp.
Do you know the heaviest and most important decision for a bey, Turgut?
It's justice.
Justice requires you to show no mercy to the man...
that you hold most dear.
As everyone shares a responsibility,
rewards and punishments must be too.
As you order, my bey.
Now our issue is Alıncak and Albastı.
They got away once.
We won't let that happen again, Turgut.
We will show them the bait and draw them in.
Then they will see who the prey is...
and who the hunter is.
Where is Dragos?
Commander Dragos is awaiting you in his chambers.
Welcome, Commander Alıncak.
I was going to invite you to toast to our friendship.
Since you came here, sit down.
I'm here to dine on revenge and drink blood.
Sit down first, if you will.
Have a drink.
This will calm your nerves.
Commander Alıncak, what are you doing?
You still look at my face and play games.
As if you don't know what happened.
What happened? For the love of Christ, I have no idea. I swear.
I came to the castle when I left you. I don't understand.
When we left you, my place was attacked.
They took an important prisoner of mine who knew a lot.
Who? Who did it?
Tell me, and I send all my men to find him.
Dragos!
Are you involved in this?
Why and for whom would I betray the commander of the Mongols,
rulers of the world?
Maybe the khan's men took him. Ertuğrul has Hülagü Khan's letters.
Are you involved as well? Did you tell them where we were?
Nobody knew our location before you came.
Why would I do that, huh?
To kill you?
I'm not a fool, Commander Alıncak.
After all the things I did to Ertuğrul, he wants both my head and my castle.
You're telling me I serve him.
There's only one trustworthy partner, and that's you.
If I wanted to betray you and kill you,
I would have done that way before.
And I wish to give you something very important...
to show my loyalty to our partnership.
-What is that? -My spy at the inn.
I will take him anyway.
I need Hülagü Khan's real orders.
I only found Keykavus and the chest thanks to those letters.
I will give him to you, but know that he's very important to me.
Stop this polite Byzantine talk.
I need Hülagü Khan's letters, fast.
Tell me! Who is the spy?
The bell ringer...
of Söğüt Church.
Well, well, well.
Our destiny is in the hands of a cursed hunchback, huh?
Ertuğrul Bey, why did they bring me here?
I didn't do anything.
If you had, you wouldn't be before me, bell ringer.
The bells would have tolled for you already.
My bey, God forbid.
I'd rather die than do you wrong.
I know how brave and devoted you are.
I brought you here to give you a task.
What is it, my bey?
I'm ready to do whatever I must.
You will show your courage to Alıncak too.
What? Alıncak?
You will be the bait for him.
What's that?
Why are you unsaddling?
Are you grooming the horse?
This saddle, brother...
belongs to an alp.
So I don't need it.
Brother!
Drop the saddle and...
come to your senses.
I can see the pain in your eyes.
If you're hurting...
I feel that a hundred times.
This will be over anyway.
My bey will forgive you when the time comes.
And how will I forgive myself, brother?
I disobeyed my bey's command...
I didn't do my duty.
How will I forgive myself, brother?
Tell me!
Brother...
look at me.
I was Head Alp too...
and so were you.
A real man knows how to get up when he falls.
You should know that.
My bey dismissed you from being Head Alp.
Why are you giving up being an alp?
Brother...
I'm so ashamed of what happened.
I can't do anything, there's nothing to do!
I can't talk to anyone, brother!
Let me be angry at myself.
Let me be angry at myself, brother.
Brother...
you know how...
this knot was always in my horse's tail.
I always went to fight.
That won't happen again.
Since I'm not worthy of...
a sword or a fight.
There's no more Chief Alp Bamsı!
No more Bamsı Alp!
There's only Bamsı.
Bamsı the Unarmed.
Bamsı who stays alone in the village while his brothers fight for their lives.
Bamsı who doesn't deserve to be an alp!
-Bamsı. -Brother Turgut.
Brother Turgut.
I can't even look at my shadow.
I have no problems with anyone.
My problem is with myself.
You...
you should leave me alone for a bit, brother.
Okay, brother?
All right.
All right, brother.
Son.
I don't want to...
question your orders.
But dismissing Bamsı from duty...
worries me.
What worries you, Mother?
Bamsı has been Head Alp for years.
I'm scared that he can't accept being dismissed.
He gave up his sword too.
He will accept it.
All warriors fall when their load is too heavy.
The real warrior...
knows his mistakes and rises up when he falls.
Father, you're a merciful bey.
Why dismiss your closest alp for a mistake instead of forgiving him?
That one mistake cost us the enemy we had in our hands, Savcı.
But that's not why I dismissed him.
It's because he didn't obey,
which is the first rule of being an alp.
Even at a hunt they must obey, let alone a war.
Couldn't you tell him not to do it again, Father?
You can't punish disobedience with words, Osman.
Unpunished mistakes give way to new mistakes.
Don't you ever forget that.
Obedience is the foundation of a victorious and glorious bey.
We're on a steep path with cliffs on both sides.
The slightest error...
the smallest weakness...
might cause a great disaster.
The best tribe is the one where everyone does their job flawlessly.
Being conscious of your duty is of foremost importance.
That is only achieved...
with complete obedience.
Understood?
-Yes, Father. -Yes, my bey.
Subtitle translation by Berk Meydanlı