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Come in, İlbilge Hatun.
Sit, please.
From now on,
the chief of the Umuroğlu Tribe is İlbilge Hatun.
I recognize the reign of İlbilge Hatun and nothing else.
You should all know that.
Where's my brother's body, Ertuğrul Bey?
He jumped off a cliff.
If he's not ravaged by the wild beasts, my men will find him and bring him to you.
This is a source of great shame for us, Ertuğrul Bey.
It's your right to exile us from this land, as the margrave.
And we recognize that you have the absolute power to do that.
I won't hold you people responsible for the sins of your chief.
Relax.
All I ask of you now is your absolute obedience to İlbilge Hatun.
Anybody who disobeys her will be disobeying me.
-Turgut. -Yes, sir.
Take these three traitors out and have them wait to be executed.
As you wish, sir.
Forgive us, sir! Please!
My heart is on fire...
and I'm tired of my fate.
What am I supposed to do now?
I was dreaming of choosing a beautiful wife for you, a great wedding,
and many grandchildren...
To think I was fated to caress the earth over your grave...
Tell me.
You have departed from this world...
Who else is there for me?
I am here, Selcan.
Gündoğdu.
My dear Gündoğdu!
Gündoğdu!
My brave man.
We lost our son. Süleyman's gone.
My love.
You've carried out your duty as a great mother.
Wipe your tears away.
In the face of Allah,
his subjects are powerless.
Gündoğdu.
I couldn't protect him.
I couldn't take care of him.
We lost our son.
Selcan.
The fate of a soldier is martyrdom.
Our son is purified by the sky and varnished by the earth.
We'll meet Süleyman in heaven.
Wipe away your sadness now.
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
We will err on the side of caution until we find your brother's body.
I'll have my men ready at your camp just in case.
He's not my brother.
We might have the same parents,
but we are fundamentally different.
The Umuroğlu Tribe lost none of its glory, İlbilge Hatun.
I promise you that.
I have no doubt that you'll put your tribe back in order soon.
Don't let your guard down.
I'll start an investigation.
I won't give up until I've put an end to this once and for all.
I'll punish whoever helped him.
But first, there is the case of Sırma.
What do we do about her?
It's clear that it was her who took the letter to my brother.
It was her, yes.
However, she didn't know that he was Albastı.
You are the chief in charge of your tribe now, İlbilge Hatun.
And she's your sister.
The decision is yours to make.
My father was murdered.
My brother turned out to be a traitor.
And my sister Sırma...
lost my respect.
Thanks to the whims of fate,
I must now carry the burden of my tribe.
There are many people around me.
But I'm all alone in this crowd.
I once dreamed of growing up
with my parents, my brother and my sister in my tribe.
It turns out I was destined to be alone.
Now,
wipe the despair from your heart, İlbilge Hatun.
You are not destined to be alone.
We swore to be together.
We might have had to delay our promise,
but we'll carry it out at all costs.
Once we get past this hurdle,
we'll keep our promise.
However you see fit, Ertuğrul Bey.
I'm entrusting the tribe to you.
Let me know at once if you encounter any trouble.
You'll always be in the shadow of my protection.
Thank you.
Witness the fate of those...
who stab us in the back,
and threaten the unity between us.
And etch this into your minds!
In our tradition, we do not forgive betrayal!
The forgiveness of traitors results in cruelty towards the innocent!
It's Beybolat!
Let's take him back.
Arıkbuka!
Gündoğdu.
Thank God I get to see your face.
But where are Sungurtekin
and Dündar?
What about İltekin?
They are all fine. You are in their prayers.
After the pardon Ertuğrul Bey received from Alıncak,
they've been searching for an appropriate home for us.
As for İltekin, he walks free.
And gets what he wants, just like you.
Gündoğdu told me about it before you came, son.
Did our men find the body of that poor soul?
They're still searching, mother. It shouldn't take much longer.
What if he's still alive?
He has no power now, Savcı.
We know who he is.
Even if he lives, sooner or later he's going to meet my sword.
Sir.
How did you find out that Beybolat was Albastı?
How did you discover his deception?
I'd been suspicious of Beybolat for a long time.
However,
if it wasn't for the help of İlbilge Hatun...
it would've been difficult to find out about him.
Did İlbilge Hatun know that her brother was Albastı?
Of course not.
However, as soon as she noticed something suspicious, she let me know.
We used a bait together to lure Albastı out.
And he took the bait.
Doing something like this, knowing that it's your own brother,
must be very hard.
She proved once more that she's worthy of being the wife of a chieftain.
That's not all, mother.
When Süleyman escaped, İlbilge Hatun helped him
and handed him over to me.
But she never told us about it.
We had times when we didn't see eye to eye, and we argued.
But she never rubbed our noses in it, not once.
Selcan, my dear.
İlbilge's brother might be a traitor and a cruel man,
but she lost her brother nonetheless.
It's crucial we pay her a visit to show her our support.
Tell the other women
to prepare an appropriate present for a lady chieftain.
As you wish, mother.
We defeated our enemies.
And we came together with those we had been yearning for.
Thank God.
Albastı.
Do you think I'd let the spirits of dark waters claim your soul?
We still have many lives to take.
I came to this land for revenge.
You shall stand by me.
Purify and repair your soul.
Freshen up.
May I enter, sister?
Come in.
You sent for me?
Come here.
Yes, sister.
You have played many tricks
and spewed so much hate to this day.
Your last trick
was taking the letter from Mengü
and handing it over to our brother.
I thought it was a love letter, sister.
Even so,
you took it to our brother knowing full well what he was up to.
Tell me. Did you know that he was Albastı?
I'm asking you.
Did you hear my question?
Did you know that Beybolat was Albastı?
I can't believe it.
I swear I had no idea.
I feel ashamed of myself already.
Our brother has shattered what little dignity we had.
He threw away our whole tribe for his greed.
And you are tearing into me.
Our brother took advantage of my innocence, too.
Please, don't keep me under suspicion, sister.
Believe me.
My only sin is obeying him.
Henceforth you shall obey me.
If you do anything behind my back,
I'll judge you as fairly and objectively as if you weren't my sister,
and I will execute you in front of everyone.
Now, leave.
Mengü!
Yes, madam.
Don't take your eyes off Sırma.
As you wish, madam.
Tell them to keep going after the spy.
-Keep tracking him. -Yes, sir.
Arıkbuka.
Am I not dead?
My ancestors were holy men, Albastı.
They used to exorcise the dark spirits in people.
Exorcising the water spirits in you was child's play.
Listen to me.
We have a lot to talk about.
Sultan Baybars said he'd come to Anatolia with his army in person,
to the rescue of his Oghuz brethren.
He promised to send weapons and gold aboard ships to Anatolia
to aid the fight against the Mongols.
Sultan Baybars' support from the south won't be enough by itself.
The khan of Golden Horde...
Berke Han must attack from the north as well.
If we manage to strike a deal with Berke Han as we wish...
we'll have entrapped the Mongols.
And we can...
stab them right in the chest.
Then it all depends on your deal with Berke Han.
According to the news Mergen gave us,
Berke Han's spy is going to be at the caravansary tomorrow.
We've been waiting for this moment for a long time.
I'll meet him tomorrow at my secret spot.
Hopefully, I'll be able to get the agreement I want.
And the only thing that's left for this great war
is for us to light the torch.
Sir.
We will do our best to put the tribes in Anatolia in order.
I believe we will be able to get enough soldiers, but...
the Mongols will surely continue to wreak havoc among us.
They'll stop at nothing to deter our chieftains
from participating in this holy war,
This ship we are on shall continue to sail in stormy seas
and against harsh waves.
Those who can't take this risk
shall submit to the mighty, and leave the ship.
It is the nature of man to submit to the mighty.
Those with willpower
think of nothing but reaching the land on the horizon.
While the weak are preoccupied with the feat itself.
They get swept up by their own greed and fall prey to the enemy.
Such men are a burden on this ship anyway, Turgut.
Thus, they should be thrown overboard.
Whatever happens in Anatolia,
once we've lit the torch to light up people’s hearts,
nothing will be able to extinguish it.
Right, brother.
In any case, it's going to be those with faith who will win this war.
If we don't die, we are veterans
And if we die, we are martyrs.
At any rate, we will win. God bless us with good luck.
-Amen. -Amen.
-Turgut. -Yes, sir.
We'll depart at dawn to meet Berke Han's spy.
All right.
May I enter, sir?
Come in, Dumrul.
Did you find Beybolat?
We've checked everywhere,
but there's still no trace of him.
So, the dark spirits of water have left your mortal body.
Arıkbuka.
How did you find me?
You should know by now.
If we want to find something, we'll dig seven floors down into hell.
Now, tell me what happened.
Ertuğrul.
He found out I was Albastı.
He came after me.
And trapped me on a cliff.
I was forced to jump.
If you want to fly like a hawk,
you need to have faith in your wings.
Or you'll crash, like you did.
What about you?
You wouldn't have come all the way here
unless something important had happened.
My blood brother...
Andam Alıncak...
He failed to follow any of the orders Hülagü Khan gave him.
His soldiers dispersed.
We have no idea where he is.
All the commanders
and even Hülagü Khan made fun of him, even belittled him.
I was saddened by what happened to Alıncak, too.
However...
he thought he could easily take over this land.
He was wrong.
I've known Alıncak since my childhood.
He overcame many hardships with mastery.
Just when he was about to rise among Hülagü Khan's subjects,
he lost it all.
Alıncak is not a loser, Albastı.
There must be somebody going against him.
You are right, Arıkbuka.
Ertuğrul had a hand in it.
He prevented Alıncak from following any orders.
And then he finished Alıncak off.
Ertuğrul is not powerful enough to do all that.
Why couldn't you take him down?
You speak like that because you don't know Ertuğrul.
He turned my own sister against me.
He works with anyone and everyone.
And now, his brother Gündoğdu is with him.
They're definitely planning something.
Never underestimate Ertuğrul.
A strong body lets you win against one man,
while a strong mind, a thousand.
Until now I've decorated my horse
with the heads of four khans, 17 chieftains, and 45 commanders.
I have room for Ertuğrul's head, too.
He's working against our nation and the Mongols.
Beware. He's an ally of Berke Han in this land.
Berke Han?
Now I see why that spy came all the way here.
What spy?
One of Berke Han's important spies have apparently come here.
How do you know that the spy is here?
I'm one of the highest ranking officials in the surveillance forces.
I know precisely where the wind blows,
and where the birds land,
and where the snake dwells.
It seems he'll meet Ertuğrul.
I know what to do.
I'll make sure to finish everything Andam Alıncak failed to finish.
I'll clear his name.
I'll rip everything out of Ertuğrul.
Including his very soul.
To control their tribe as we wish,
there is someone that has to know I'm alive.
And who might that be?
Subtitle translation by Tuğçe Erteki