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Governor Vasilius!
Power...
courage...
and faith.
These virtues are inherent
only to the most honorable soldiers of noble descent.
You are all such soldiers.
Fear...
weakness...
and vulnerability.
These, on the other hand...
are inherent flaws of those stupid enough to face you brave soldiers.
You will face such men.
My men!
This is the day we have always dreamed of.
This is the day we bring honor to our glorious history.
This is the day they will sing our songs,
and we will be the talk of the whole wide world.
Now,
either we become a part of this victory and live an honorable life,
or we fight and die
with our honor intact,
and embrace the promise of heaven.
This is our last war.
We will protect the last fortress
of our civilization until our last breath.
Long live Nicaea!
Attention!
Ertuğrul Bey, son of Suleyman Shah,
has always followed his faith, his country and his traditions.
He protected all of you, risking his life.
Now it's your turn.
Ertuğrul Bey was put in a difficult position
due to a disastrous incident.
Hayme Hatun, tell us what the problem is.
We'd gladly lay down our lives for Ertuğrul Bey.
I know you would.
That's why I'm holding this meeting.
The Sultan
Alaeddin Kayqubad
has been staying in our tribe as Ertuğrul Bey's guest
for a while now.
God bless.
-What an honor! -God bless. Such a pleasing thing.
Mother Hayme, what an honor it is for our Sultan to visit you.
I wish we could have seen him.
-What an honor! -Listen now.
His Highness Alaeddin Kayqubad
was poisoned by someone at the Hanlı Bazaar yesterday.
-Who could have done this? -Who dared to poison him?
How could they do it? How is that possible?
Who would attempt something like that?
This was pinned on Ertuğrul Bey on a baseless claim.
It's a smear attempt.
He's charged with poisoning his very own Sultan.
That can't be! Ertuğrul Bey would never do that.
This is not a simple coincidence.
It was thought out well.
We must put an end to this baseless lie before it's too late.
That's why, if we don't stand by Ertuğrul Bey now,
he will be in grave danger.
Let's go and rescue him.
Let's do whatever we can, Hayme Hatun.
We shall go.
Emir Sadettin
took Ertuğrul Bey captive, and he is...
after a summary execution.
We will never let that happen.
Never!
Either we save both my son
and our Sultan
from this pit of hell...
or we will all be consumed by this disaster.
What are we waiting for, Mother Hayme? We will stand by Ertuğrul Bey forever.
Yes, Mother Hayme!
God bless you all.
It's time
to save our future.
O, God, you come to the rescue of those who are in trouble.
You protect all that exists just the way they are.
You are the most merciful.
Everything we have is dependent on you alone.
Not even a leaf falls without your wish.
You are all knowing and all powerful.
Who could cure the sick if you don't help them?
Whose house could they take shelter in if you don't help them?
You help your followers when they are in trouble.
We beg only you.
We take refuge in you as helpless as we are and beg you.
Honor thy name as the one who cures, and cure this servant of yours
who struggles to serve you.
Hear our prayers for the love of your holy prophet.
Hear our prayers.
Why did you want to see me?
What do you want?
How is the Sultan's condition?
He's in agony. What do you want?
If the traitor is not one of us,
then it means that Vasilius knows our Sultan is at the inn.
He couldn't possibly know that the Sultan is here.
We know that there is a traitor in the Sultan's palace.
Where did that come from?
The Sultan's eyes in Nicaea
was coming to tell me who the traitor was.
But Vasilius killed him.
The Sultan knows about it.
Who is that traitor, then?
He got away from Nicaea before he could find out.
If the traitor told the emperor that the Sultan was coming here,
then it means that Vasilius knows as well.
The Sultan only tells his closest circle
where he's going when he walks in disguise.
If something were to happen to him, it would be them who lost their heads,
so it's impossible for that traitor to find out about it.
If Vasilius attacks the inn,
that means we are doomed, Emir Sadettin.
That's impossible.
It was equally impossible to poison our Sultan.
Why didn't he tell me that there was a traitor at the palace?
Why?
So, he trusts you and not me, huh?
This is not the time and place to be crying about it.
Even if our Sultan is cured from that poison,
he won't make it if Vasilius attacks this place without my men protecting it.
Take the necessary precautions. This is my last warning.
Open!
Victory awaits us beyond the horizon, Nikolas.
A glorious victory.
And your name written all over that victory.
No.
Our name.
The shadow of our dominance will stretch all the way out here.
I can feel the Lord's soul with us.
God bless our army.
Sir, Turkmen beys are heading to the inn.
It's time, Nikolas.
It's time to embrace the victory awaiting us
beyond the horizon.
Is this how you greet the loyal beys of our Sultan, soldier?
What's this?
What do you want?
Every one of the Turkmen beys that the Sultan placed on these lands
wants to see Emir Sadettin. Let him know.
On the orders of Emir Sadettin, we can't let anybody in.
Tell Emir Sadettin that
Aslıhan Hatun has come as the representative of the Cavdars.
He's aware of everything, as our Turkmen beys are.
Do as we say, or else...
You can only take our dead bodies away from here.
Wait here.
Tighten the security around Hanlı Bazaar.
The bastard Vasilius could attack at any moment.
Your Highness, if that's really possible,
then we must get our Sultan out of here fast.
Don't you know that he's in pain? How could we move him the way he is?
What if we are attacked on the road?
Do as I say. The Sultan stays here.
Tighten the measures around the inn.
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Highness.
Turkmen beys have come.
Damn. That's the last thing we need now.
Tell them to leave.
Aslıhan Hatun and Hayme Hatun are both among them.
They said they will not leave the inn under any circumstances
I can't believe it.
They say they know everything.
They know that our Sultan is here.
Jeez. All right, let them in.
Gosh!
Ertuğrul Bey!
We have come with the Turkmen beys.
Know that we are on your side.
Mother.
Whenever you are nearby,
trouble befalls us.
You didn't surprise me this time.
We all know that Ebu Mansur is the Sultan.
Just like we know that Ertuğrul Bey is innocent.
All the other beys before you have the same opinion, Emir Sadettin.
Yes, Ertuğrul Bey is innocent!
Let him go right now, Your Highness. You can right this wrong.
How dare you?
How dare you dictate the Ameer of our country
on what to do.
Men! Guards!
Throw them all out.
If they resist, show no mercy.
Hayme Hatun.
Aslıhan!
What do you think you are doing?
We are well aware of what we are doing, Emir Sadettin.
The question is, are you?
If need be, we won't hesitate
to put you in your place.
If we must die, we shall die for the sake of Ertuğrul Bey.
Let him go!
Emir Sadettin!
-Impossible! Sultan Alaeddin! -God bless, our Sultan is saved.
Your Highness...
Thank God, you are okay.
Thank God.
How could you think that Ertuğrul Bey would poison me?
How dare you
treat my margrave, to whom I would entrust this land in a heartbeat,
like this?
Let him go right this moment.
Right now!
I want to see him now.
Soldier.
Get Ertuğrul Bey out. Have him come here fast.
Beys!
Brave women of Turks!
Sit.
Sultan wants to see you, Ertuğrul Bey.
Is he all right?
Turkmen beys have arrived. He's with them now.
Thank God.
Once again, I witness just how much Ertuğrul Bey is liked and respected
thanks to you all.
Emir Sadettin lost his composure and stepped out of line
because of what happened to me.
I know that Ertuğrul Bey is innocent.
Your Highness.
Come, Ertuğrul Bey. Sit.
Thank god you are okay, Your Highness.
If I can still breathe
and sit alongside my brave beys,
it's thanks to Ibn Al Arabi and you, Ertuğrul Bey.
I'd like you to forgive Emir Sadettin for the way he treated you.
Whose doing is this then, Your Highness?
I don't know where I was poisoned. It could be before I came here.
We will never find out when the poison entered
our Sultan's body.
However, he made it out alive thanks to everyone's prayers
and his strong body.
Right.
Thank god we pulled through this, Your Highness.
But I want you to know that there is yet another threat.
What are you worried about, Ertuğrul Bey?
Vasilius.
He definitely knows that you are at the Hanlı Bazaar.
I took the necessary measures.
If there is an attack,
we won't be able to protect ourselves against it
with the few guards and soldiers we have at the inn.
Your Highness.
You've received some important intel from one of our men watching Karacahisar.
What did they see? Tell me.
Vasilius left the fortress with his men, Your Highness.
He's garrisoned on a hill near the Hanlı Bazaar.
You were right once again, Ertuğrul Bey.
We will retaliate if there is an attack.
Sir, Bamsı is waiting for your orders outside the inn with his men.
Thank you, Turgut.
Your Highness, allow me to tell you one more thing.
When we were fighting,
Vasilius saw who Ebu Mansur and his men were.
If he sees them leaving the inn now, he will definitely go after them.
We should have your guards protect the inn, if they may.
And we should send for help from Cavdar and Kayi tribes.
You will be safe here.
Me and my men
will disguise in your clothes and leave the inn.
Vasilius will think you got away and follow me instead.
This will grant us with enough time
for my men to come here and ensure your safety.
Once Vasilius goes after you, you won't make it out alive, Ertuğrul Bey.
I'd lay my life down for my country
and for you anytime, Your Highness.
I'll instruct my men around the inn
to wait for me at Raven Valley.
I'll lure Vasilius to Raven Valley once I'm out of here.
At last, the day has come.
I'll take Vasilius down.
Keep the formation!
You will surround the inn and wait for our orders.
Archers will be right behind you.
There is nowhere they can run. They are fewer in numbers.
But we will have a unit here against all odds.
The archers will protect us from here.
We won't start before we surround the inn.
We will be as silent and strong as the wind.
They might take the Sultan and run for it with the first attack.
Leave it to me.
I want to catch the Sultan alive.
What about Ertuğrul?
Ertuğrul...
I would have liked to make him watch the torture his Sultan will go through.
But I can't stand him after all. He dies.
As you wish, sir.
Our men are in position. They are waiting for your orders, sir.
Good.
Great.
Sultan Alaeddin is nothing like the emperor.
Such a courageous man.
It is unbelievable that he came here in person.
The Sultan is only a sultan if he's one with his people, Hafsa.
He is one of us.
However, the dangers are imminent.
We're already in danger.
Everybody knows that Ertuğrul Bey is innocent.
I'm sure the Sultan will think the same once he opens his eyes.
What if he doesn't?
Don't talk like that, Hafsa.
He's a resilient man. He will pull through this.
If he can't make it,
that's when we will all be doomed.
Come to your senses, both of you.
There is no use worrying.
Our men have pulled through the gravest of dangers.
They will surely find a way to pull through again.
Since the day I came here, I've been living with my heart in my boots.
I understand now what it means to be the wife of a Turk.
What makes Turkish women strong and proud
is pain, Hafsa. It's their loyalty and faith in their husbands.
Never lose your faith.
Sir.
Bamsı and his men are on the way.
They will lie in wait at the Raven Valley and set up a trap.
Thank you, Turgut.
We are ready, sir.
May God protect you, Ertuğrul Bey. Blessed be your war.
May your swords be sharp and your horses fast.
May God help us all.
Amen.
Give me your blessings.
God bless you, Ertuğrul Bey.
Give me your blessings, too.
-God bless you. -God bless you.
Your wife and your children are waiting for you at the marquee.
Go, and come back unharmed and victorious, son.
I hope I can, Mother.
May God help you, Ertuğrul Bey.
I'll pray for your return with victory.
May God grant you with victory.
Amen.
Let's go!
This is the last day Vasilius will see.
This is the day that evil is defeated and we bask in our peace.
Off we go!
O God!
It's time, my soldiers.
It's time to die for our empire if need be.
Long live Nicaea!
We will show no mercy.
Show no mercy! And remember.
Either Nicaea lives, or we die.
Long live Nicaea!
-Sir. -What is it?
Sir, the Sultan left the Hanlı Bazaar with his guards on horseback.
What? Is that true?
I saw it with myself, sir. Ertuğrul was with him.
They know we are here, sir. They plan to take the Sultan away.
Or Ertuğrul is just up to his tricks.
-What could it be? -He would do anything.
Considering that they finished the meeting already and left,
they must be in a hurry.
They will get away if we wait any longer.
What are your orders?
We will leave some men here. You will lead them.
And cover us in case something happens.
I'll go after them.
Yes, sir.
The vanguards, come with me!
-Turgut. -Yes, sir?
-Position our men. -Yes, sir.
You all know what you must do.
May God bless our war!
Amen.
Come on, everyone!
Scatter. Keep quiet.
I can hear your heartbeat, Ertuğrul.
It's fluttering like a bird out of fear.
Tell me, where did you disappear to?
This way, sir.
-They took a break. -A break?
So they don't know that I'm here.
I overestimated you, Ertuğrul.
What a pitiful outcome for the Turks. They'll rot away on a stream bed.
-Commander. -Yes, sir.
Order our men to surround them.
But make sure they keep quiet. Understood?
Yes, sir.
I want the Sultan alive. Surround them.
Sir, even if he doesn't come, Vasilius' archers could kill us all.
Vasilius likes to show off, Dumrul.
He won't make his move without boasting.
Vasilius learned his lesson, sir. I don't think he wants to talk to you.
Maybe not with me, but he will want to talk to you.
Right, sir.
Look at that, Ertuğrul!
We keep encountering each other.
And you keep running, Vasilius.
So, you took your Sultan for a walk on my land, huh?
To think my fate would allow me to see both of you.
You can't see our Sultan, even in your dreams.
This, again?
Subtitle translation by Tuğçe Erteki