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[ominous music playing]
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[laughter echoes]
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[sinister murmurs]
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[knife unsheathes]
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[blood gurgling]
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[sinister laughter]
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-[Mehmed's scream echoes] No!
-[laughter echoes]
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[Gulbahar screams] Mehmed!
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[man 1 wheezes]
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Who goes there? State your business.
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-[wheezing] Help me. Help me.
-[man 2 yells] Alarm!
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[confused shouting]
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[voice echoes] You unleashed this curse
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upon the House of Osman
when you stepped onto Wallachian soil.
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[grunts]
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[Vlad] Now you will know the pain
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of being ripped from your family,
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of dying alone.
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-No!
-[Gulbahar screaming indistinctly]
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[Mehmed] Vlad! No!
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-[man 2] Alarm!
-[thunder crackling]
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-[man 2] Alarm!
-[screaming]
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-[gasping]
-[man 2] Alarm!
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-[gasping]
-[alarm sounding]
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[man 2] Alarm!
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[clamoring]
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[man 2] Watch out!
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[exhaling]
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-[man 2] Alarm!
-[horn sounds]
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[man 2] Alarm!
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Alarm!
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[indistinct shouts]
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[man 2] Alarm!
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[narrator] After chasing Vlad Dracula
for two weeks,
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Mehmed II and his invading army
find themselves caught
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in a nightmare come to life
deep within the Wallachian forest.
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[arrows whizzing]
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-[battle cries]
-[arrows whizzing]
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[soldiers screaming]
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[Ali] Don't touch any of them!
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[yells indistinctly]
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[bodyguard] We're under attack
on the eastern perimeter of the camp!
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Summon the rest of the guards!
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[attacker yells]
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[grunting]
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[attacker grunts]
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[attacker exhales]
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[panting]
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[battle cries continue]
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[theme music playing]
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What in God's name?
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Plague.
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We found two more
of the wretched creatures inside the camp,
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and we killed them.
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There could be more of them.
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Search every tent.
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Use spears and bows,
but no one is to touch them.
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We will burn the bodies.
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[Radu] This is the work of the devil.
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The devil, indeed.
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[narrator] Many legends have arisen out
of Mehmed's invasion of Wallachia in 1462.
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One speaks of Vlad Dracula launching
a biological attack against the Ottomans
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to slow their march
to his capital city, Târgovişte.
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{\an8}Vlad Dracula opened his prisons
and released hardened criminals
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to go amongst the Ottomans
with tuberculosis and bubonic plague
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so that they could infect
the Ottoman soldiers.
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[Varlik] I think of plague
like an atomic bomb,
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{\an8}just killing a very large percentage
of people in a very short period of time.
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It could kill very fast.
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We're talking about mortality rates
between 30 to 60%.
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If plague or another epidemic disease
spread in the army,
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it would have been devastating.
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Sultan…
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we've killed more of the invaders.
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Good. Double the watch
for the rest of the night.
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If anyone or anything shows itself,
kill them.
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You stay with me.
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Vlad is here.
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You saw him?
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I'm certain of it.
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{\an8}[narrator] In June of 1462,
Vlad's campaign of terror
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{\an8}temporarily slows the Ottomans,
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{\an8}who are encamped
65 miles southwest of Târgovişte.
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But without reinforcements,
there is only so long
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that the Impaler Lord
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can keep Mehmed's
mighty war machine at bay.
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[Vlad] If Corvinus and the Hungarians
don't get here soon,
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they'll be scraping us…
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off the boots of the Ottomans.
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Were you able to speak
with our… friend from the camp?
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No.
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However,
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I discovered the sultan has
four guards outside his tent
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and additional men stationed nearby,
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but it seems we spooked them nicely.
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[chuckles]
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[Vlad] I don't think Mehmed or his men
will get much sleep tonight.
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[somber music playing]
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He uses these poor souls as weapons.
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How can he hope to win like this?
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It's a diversion.
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He's playing for time.
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We must move faster.
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There's growing talk amongst the soldiers
about demons and jinn.
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They think this land is cursed.
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Have faith, Mahmud Pasha.
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I always have a plan.
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What about your safety, Sultan?
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I beg you, take half of the army
and return to Istanbul.
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With 30,000 soldiers, we'll finish Vlad.
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The Prophet says, "Run from the leper
as you would run from the lion, "
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but I will not run from Vlad.
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His fate and my own
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are bound together.
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Forever.
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[young Vlad] Why are we spending
the afternoon in this old dungeon?
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We should be out there sparring.
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[young Mehmed]
We sparred until our hands bled yesterday.
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You must also train your mind
and think about the future.
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Your father will soon release me
to reclaim my throne in Wallachia.
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That is my future.
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All the more reason to know
what fate has in store for you.
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[exhales]
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Our destiny can be found here, The Iliad.
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What are you talking about?
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Bibliomancy.
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[narrator] Bibliomancy was used
by the Ottomans
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and many other cultures
throughout the medieval world
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to divine the future.
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But, in Islam,
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{\an8}it's forbidden to tell the future,
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{\an8}because that's involving
trying to predict the will of God,
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{\an8}and only God knows the will of God.
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And one of the ways that you can
kind of get around the heretical side
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of fortune-telling
is to use different kinds of books
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to tell the future.
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And they would let the book fall open
at whichever page might fall open to,
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and then the eye would be drawn
immediately to a particular line
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or a particular verse,
and whatever that verse or line said,
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that's an indication
of what's going to happen to you.
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"Let me not then die ingloriously
and without a struggle,
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but let me first do some great thing
that shall be told amongst men hereafter. "
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Your turn.
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[exhales]
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"Hateful to me as the Gates of Hades
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is that man who has one thing in his heart
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and speaks another. "
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When you have your own kingdom…
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what will be in your heart?
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Are you questioning my loyalty?
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I'm asking, which family will you choose?
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I will do what is best for Wallachia.
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If that should put us on opposite sides
of the battlefield someday…
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Let's hope it never comes to that,
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but should that day come,
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I will do everything in my power
to destroy you.
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Loyalty is a… is a word
that carries a lot of weight, doesn't it?
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But it's so easily discarded,
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and that's true for both
Mehmed's life and for Vlad's lives.
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They both feel betrayed by different
crucial figures throughout their lives,
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whether it's family members,
or advisors, or generals, or allies.
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It's the parallel nature
of the journeys of Mehmed and Vlad
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that make this story
particularly compelling.
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{\an8}Maybe there were some personal differences
between Vlad and Mehmed.
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As far as I can see,
they were very much alike.
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They were strong leaders.
They were young leaders.
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They were warriors. They wanted to rule.
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[men yelling battle cries]
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[Vlad yelling battle cry]
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[soldiers respond]
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[narrator] Fourteen years later,
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Vlad presses an increasingly desperate
guerrilla campaign
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from the shadows,
hoping to demoralize the Ottomans…
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[grunting]
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…and slow Mehmed's march north…
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-[Vlad yells]
-[harsh whoosh]
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…before vanishing yet again.
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-[battle cries continue]
-[epic choral music playing]
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{\an8}[narrator] Elsewhere, the hunt intensifies
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{\an8}for Vlad's operatives
in the imperial palace.
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-[Gulbahar] I'm so happy to see you.
-Oh, dear.
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I returned as quickly as I could.
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It was terrible.
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And the prince?
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Shaken, but unharmed.
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Do you still have the gift I gave you?
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It never leaves my side.
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Good.
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If the assassins are still lurking
within the palace, I will find them.
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Do you have any news of Mehmed?
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They have crossed the Danube,
but that is all I know.
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Don't worry about Mehmed.
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He is without equal on the battlefield.
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And remember,
if you can't cut their throat,
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slip the blade between their ribs,
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and twist.
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{\an8}Not many people know about
the roles played by these royal mothers
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{\an8}of these princes of the Ottoman dynasty.
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First and foremost, to protect their son.
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Gulbahar Hatun played this role,
and she left a legacy in that sense.
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[Uygur] The harem was called
the "Sultanate of Women. "
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{\an8}The reign of women, where mothers
of sultans played very important role.
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They are said
to rule the empire behind the curtains.
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There's a wolf within our walls.
We must hunt him down.
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[dramatic music playing]
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{\an8}[narrator] Mehmed has pushed his army
within 45 miles of Târgovişte,
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{\an8}but Vlad Dracula's hit-and-run campaign
from the shadows
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{\an8}has left the sultan's troops on edge.
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So too have rumors of Vlad's spies
operating within the camp.
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Radu, this is Luca Rares,
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a boyar from one of the oldest families
in Bucharest.
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Prince Radu,
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the last time I saw you,
you were just a young boy
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chasing after your father
and older brothers.
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That was a long time ago.
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The sultan and I have been in discussions
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through intermediaries
for many months now.
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Since your brother started this
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ill-advised war…
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We now share a common foe.
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Wallachia has enjoyed
a long and lucrative relationship
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with the Ottomans and our neighbors,
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but Prince Vlad's provocations
have destroyed much of our trade.
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The country starves because of his war.
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I cannot control my brother.
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But you will soon
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have his throne.
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I know there is bad blood
between the boyars and your family.
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I escaped the Easter banquet where
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your brother mounted many of my friends
and their families on pikes,
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and displayed them
like scarecrows outside the city walls.
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Perhaps, he feared their betrayal
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and knew it might be his head
on the city walls if he did nothing.
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Time is short, so I'll get to my point.
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Vlad Ţepeş killed
many of his enemies that day,
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but in doing so, created many more.
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There are powerful people, like myself,
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willing to support your reign
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if
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you kill your brother.
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But if you fail,
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it will be you and I
strung from the walls of Târgovişte.
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[Radu] That man is a snake.
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Why wasn't I told about this?
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Remember who you are talking to,
Prince Radu.
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Luca Rares and his friends are the scum
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that helped the Hungarians
kill my father and brother, Mircea.
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They are not to be trusted.
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The only thing I trust
is their love of money.
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It exceeds even their hatred
of the House of Drăculeşti.
251
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Make them your allies,
and Vlad will have nowhere to turn.
252
00:20:17,333 --> 00:20:20,750
Their power will be your power.
253
00:20:23,041 --> 00:20:27,750
I can help you take the throne,
but the boyars can help you keep it.
254
00:20:34,125 --> 00:20:37,333
But first,
we must flush your brother out of hiding.
255
00:20:45,208 --> 00:20:47,333
We are a five-day's march
from the capital,
256
00:20:47,416 --> 00:20:49,625
and Vlad grows more desperate by the day.
257
00:20:51,416 --> 00:20:54,291
My brother is at his most dangerous
when he's cornered.
258
00:20:54,375 --> 00:20:57,208
That is why we must draw him out
into the open and finish him
259
00:20:57,291 --> 00:20:59,291
before the Hungarians come to his aid.
260
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How do we do that?
261
00:21:04,625 --> 00:21:05,458
You.
262
00:21:08,750 --> 00:21:10,958
I'm not sure I follow, Sultan.
263
00:21:11,041 --> 00:21:13,875
I will pressure Vlad
by marching on Târgovişte,
264
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while you draw him out of hiding
265
00:21:17,208 --> 00:21:20,125
by taking the one thing
he loves as much as his throne.
266
00:21:26,416 --> 00:21:27,750
Princess Anastasia?
267
00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:34,250
-When he finds out--
-Yes.
268
00:21:36,125 --> 00:21:40,083
He will be enraged,
and that will be his undoing.
269
00:21:43,625 --> 00:21:48,291
Princess Anastasia is not to be harmed,
which is why it is you who must go.
270
00:21:53,708 --> 00:21:54,708
Of course.
271
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You will leave tonight under cover
of darkness with a unit of Janissaries.
272
00:21:57,958 --> 00:22:02,000
Our spies say Princess Anastasia
is at Vlad's castle at Poenari.
273
00:22:03,375 --> 00:22:05,333
Soon, it will be your castle.
274
00:22:17,458 --> 00:22:20,791
[narrator] Fourteen years earlier,
in 1448,
275
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the Ottomans prepare to release
17-year-old Vlad Dracula
276
00:22:25,291 --> 00:22:27,625
to fight for the throne in Wallachia,
277
00:22:27,708 --> 00:22:31,083
leaving his younger brother's fate
hanging in the balance.
278
00:22:32,958 --> 00:22:33,791
Radu?
279
00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:35,708
[Radu] I need your counsel.
280
00:22:46,875 --> 00:22:50,958
Vlad has given me until tomorrow to decide
if I will ride with him to Wallachia
281
00:22:51,041 --> 00:22:52,583
and fight for the throne.
282
00:22:54,750 --> 00:22:57,083
I know I should go, but…
283
00:22:58,791 --> 00:22:59,833
You fear him?
284
00:23:01,416 --> 00:23:04,000
When he's angry,
he sees enemies everywhere.
285
00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:09,041
What if he sees me as the enemy one day?
286
00:23:10,041 --> 00:23:11,500
A rival for the throne?
287
00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:13,875
Is that what you want?
288
00:23:15,208 --> 00:23:16,208
The throne?
289
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,083
Mehmed will someday rule the world,
290
00:23:20,583 --> 00:23:23,416
and Vlad, he will rule Wallachia.
291
00:23:25,041 --> 00:23:26,541
There is no place for me.
292
00:23:30,833 --> 00:23:34,875
When I came here,
I was just a little older than you.
293
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,583
A Christian princess from Serbia,
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unsure of who to trust,
295
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but I was treated with kindness
296
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and discovered
that family takes many forms,
297
00:23:48,958 --> 00:23:52,291
and that loyalty runs far deeper
298
00:23:52,375 --> 00:23:54,916
than the blood
that runs through your veins.
299
00:23:58,875 --> 00:24:01,125
We are your family, Radu.
300
00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:06,166
Vlad will choose his own path.
301
00:24:07,083 --> 00:24:09,416
Just as you must choose yours.
302
00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:18,000
{\an8}We think that living in a palace
303
00:24:18,083 --> 00:24:21,958
{\an8}with all these luxuries is just,
you know, dolce vita.
304
00:24:22,041 --> 00:24:24,833
It's a… It's a sweet life,
but it wasn't the case.
305
00:24:25,333 --> 00:24:28,791
These rulers found themselves,
from a very young age,
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00:24:29,333 --> 00:24:31,750
in the middle of these court intrigues.
307
00:24:31,833 --> 00:24:36,166
One misstep could cost them their throne,
their lives, their freedom.
308
00:24:36,250 --> 00:24:38,708
It is not an easy game to play.
309
00:24:38,791 --> 00:24:41,291
[battle cries]
310
00:24:43,291 --> 00:24:45,291
[narrator] As the invasion enters
its third week,
311
00:24:45,875 --> 00:24:49,666
the relentless pressure of Mehmed
takes a toll on Vlad.
312
00:24:49,750 --> 00:24:53,166
He's lost hundreds of men
in skirmishes with the Ottomans
313
00:24:53,250 --> 00:24:55,250
and finds himself leading an army
314
00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:59,166
in dire need of food
and reinforcements from Hungary.
315
00:24:59,791 --> 00:25:01,833
[Philippides] Vlad was exhausted.
316
00:25:01,916 --> 00:25:05,833
{\an8}He had carried out
a scorched-earth policy against Mehmed,
317
00:25:05,916 --> 00:25:10,208
and he had nowhere to rely on food
for himself either.
318
00:25:11,291 --> 00:25:13,416
There was nowhere to go anymore.
319
00:25:14,208 --> 00:25:17,791
He became a prisoner
of his own scorched-earth policy.
320
00:25:27,791 --> 00:25:29,916
[Dimitrie] They're preparing
to head out in the morning.
321
00:25:30,416 --> 00:25:32,375
We'll hit them with a small unit.
322
00:25:33,208 --> 00:25:37,250
Slow them down a bit.
Remind Mehmed we're still out here.
323
00:25:38,791 --> 00:25:39,958
-Prince.
-Yes?
324
00:25:40,625 --> 00:25:42,375
A message from the border.
325
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:52,916
-[chuckles]
-News?
326
00:25:55,583 --> 00:25:56,791
[inhales] Hmm.
327
00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:04,291
Hungarian scouts
have been spotted in Wallachia.
328
00:26:05,166 --> 00:26:06,791
[exhales deeply]
329
00:26:08,166 --> 00:26:10,541
Perhaps you'll be back
with Princess Anastasia
330
00:26:10,625 --> 00:26:12,291
by the early winter after all.
331
00:26:12,375 --> 00:26:13,250
Scouts!
332
00:26:16,666 --> 00:26:19,791
Send a unit to meet them
and see if more are coming.
333
00:26:21,333 --> 00:26:24,541
While the king drags his feet,
we are running out of time!
334
00:26:24,625 --> 00:26:28,041
Prince, the Hungarians have
finally answered the call.
335
00:26:28,125 --> 00:26:30,958
-This is what you waited for.
-A few scouts are not an army!
336
00:26:34,833 --> 00:26:37,916
[distant cannonade]
337
00:26:43,541 --> 00:26:45,250
Today, it's target practice,
338
00:26:47,541 --> 00:26:50,958
but soon those cannons will be trained
on the walls of Târgovişte.
339
00:26:53,708 --> 00:26:56,291
I cannot let Mehmed take the capital.
340
00:26:58,291 --> 00:27:00,500
He's taken enough from me already.
341
00:27:02,875 --> 00:27:06,083
[Hamza] We should depart soon if we are
to make the main road by nightfall.
342
00:27:09,875 --> 00:27:12,791
{\an8}-Yes, Hamza Bey, have you seen my brother?
-No, Prince.
343
00:27:14,708 --> 00:27:16,166
{\an8}[narrator] Fourteen years earlier,
344
00:27:16,250 --> 00:27:20,583
{\an8}young Vlad Dracula makes
final preparations to ride to Wallachia
345
00:27:20,666 --> 00:27:23,000
{\an8}and fight for the now vacant throne,
346
00:27:23,833 --> 00:27:27,666
{\an8}a position for which
the Ottomans have groomed him for years.
347
00:27:29,333 --> 00:27:30,666
I came to see you off.
348
00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:32,458
[Vlad] How kind of you.
349
00:27:34,875 --> 00:27:38,708
My father has given you Hamza Bey
and some of our best soldiers.
350
00:27:39,375 --> 00:27:41,541
The throne will be yours by fall.
351
00:27:42,125 --> 00:27:46,500
But you have my brother,
in case things don't work out.
352
00:27:47,083 --> 00:27:49,791
Radu has chosen to stay here
of his own free will.
353
00:27:49,875 --> 00:27:53,625
He is the only family I have,
yet you keep him like a pet.
354
00:27:53,708 --> 00:27:56,916
We are the ones
giving you soldiers to take the throne.
355
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,375
[Hamza] Prince.
356
00:27:59,833 --> 00:28:01,208
We should be going.
357
00:28:06,666 --> 00:28:11,250
I will send word of my progress
from Wallachia, brother Mehmed.
358
00:28:22,583 --> 00:28:24,541
[Talbot] So Vlad is sent off to do
359
00:28:24,625 --> 00:28:27,166
the big political business,
and Radu's left behind.
360
00:28:27,250 --> 00:28:30,291
It's not clear whether he does this
willingly or unwillingly,
361
00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:33,541
whether he remains a hostage
or he stays willingly at the court.
362
00:28:33,625 --> 00:28:37,041
It may be a bit of both, that he's there
as another bit of insurance
363
00:28:37,125 --> 00:28:38,291
for the Ottomans,
364
00:28:38,375 --> 00:28:43,416
uh, but also, he seems to have taken
quite nicely to Ottoman court life,
365
00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:47,125
and to all the attractions
and power that that brings.
366
00:28:47,208 --> 00:28:49,208
[horses whinnying]
367
00:28:52,416 --> 00:28:54,791
[Vlad] Family is
the dearest gift we possess.
368
00:28:57,083 --> 00:28:58,833
Loyalty is everything.
369
00:29:04,625 --> 00:29:06,208
[man] Prince Radu, we're ready.
370
00:29:12,541 --> 00:29:14,666
{\an8}[thunder rumbling]
371
00:29:30,125 --> 00:29:32,791
It's a little late
to be wandering about the palace.
372
00:29:32,875 --> 00:29:34,541
My apologies.
373
00:29:35,125 --> 00:29:37,875
I thought Gulbahar Hatun
might want some fresh water
374
00:29:37,958 --> 00:29:41,291
before she retires for the evening.
375
00:29:42,625 --> 00:29:45,375
She won't be needing
anything further tonight.
376
00:29:48,458 --> 00:29:49,416
Yes, milady.
377
00:29:56,625 --> 00:29:59,833
[narrator] 400 miles away
from the imperial palace,
378
00:30:00,541 --> 00:30:05,541
as the Ottomans continue their
grueling slog north towards Târgovişte…
379
00:30:05,625 --> 00:30:07,708
-[Mehmed shushes]
-[horse whinnies]
380
00:30:07,791 --> 00:30:11,833
[narrator] …a growing sense of unease
hangs over Mehmed and his troops.
381
00:30:13,958 --> 00:30:17,541
The Ottoman troops are constantly
being picked off by hit-and-run attacks.
382
00:30:17,625 --> 00:30:20,208
{\an8}And then at night,
anybody outside of the trenches
383
00:30:20,291 --> 00:30:21,791
{\an8}is suddenly disappearing.
384
00:30:21,875 --> 00:30:23,000
This is true terror.
385
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:30,625
[ropes creaking]
386
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,125
[Mehmed sighs]
387
00:30:38,833 --> 00:30:41,541
[dramatic sting]
388
00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:47,208
[Mehmed] Mahmud Pasha,
have them cut down at once.
389
00:30:49,416 --> 00:30:51,416
[ominous music playing]
390
00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:15,083
[Radu] We'll arrive not long after sunup.
391
00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:21,500
Our spies say there's only
a small unit of guards at Poenari.
392
00:31:25,625 --> 00:31:29,041
No harm is to come to Princess Anastasia.
393
00:31:31,708 --> 00:31:33,500
I will personally capture her.
394
00:31:37,458 --> 00:31:38,791
[Konstantin] Prince Radu,
395
00:31:39,750 --> 00:31:41,916
when was the last time
you saw your brother?
396
00:31:49,083 --> 00:31:50,166
Ten years ago.
397
00:31:53,166 --> 00:31:55,875
I haven't seen my own brother
since I was nine.
398
00:31:57,291 --> 00:31:59,625
When I was taken for the sultan's army.
399
00:32:06,416 --> 00:32:08,000
But this is my family now.
400
00:32:10,208 --> 00:32:12,125
We are the children of Fatih,
401
00:32:13,041 --> 00:32:17,041
and we'll sacrifice everything
to bring him honor and glory.
402
00:32:22,666 --> 00:32:24,666
Even my own brother.
403
00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:37,708
{\an8}[narrator] As Mehmed's army
closes on Târgovişte…
404
00:32:38,625 --> 00:32:41,041
Touch my food again,
and I will cut your hand off!
405
00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:42,291
Let me go!
406
00:32:42,375 --> 00:32:44,708
[narrator] …tensions flare
in the Ottoman camp,
407
00:32:44,791 --> 00:32:48,041
where food and water
are in increasingly short supply…
408
00:32:48,125 --> 00:32:49,000
[man] Bastard!
409
00:32:49,083 --> 00:32:52,333
[narrator] …and rumors of
the Hungarian army joining Vlad
410
00:32:52,416 --> 00:32:53,791
grow by the day.
411
00:33:01,250 --> 00:33:04,000
[Mahmud] Sultan, you wish to see me?
412
00:33:07,291 --> 00:33:08,125
[Mehmed] Yes.
413
00:33:12,583 --> 00:33:14,166
Tonight,
414
00:33:14,958 --> 00:33:16,666
I saw two men
415
00:33:17,833 --> 00:33:21,333
fight like dogs for a scrap of meat.
416
00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:26,750
I saw an army
that was lifeless, heartless.
417
00:33:26,833 --> 00:33:28,041
Primed for defeat.
418
00:33:29,708 --> 00:33:33,166
Sultan, our men are tired and hungry.
419
00:33:43,166 --> 00:33:46,250
Mahmud Pasha,
you were not with me at Constantinople.
420
00:33:47,708 --> 00:33:48,541
No, Sultan.
421
00:33:52,291 --> 00:33:55,041
Standing knee-deep in mud and blood,
422
00:33:56,750 --> 00:34:02,333
and the bodies of my men
outside those towering walls for weeks,
423
00:34:04,875 --> 00:34:08,500
I faced a fear and exhaustion
unlike anything I'd ever known.
424
00:34:11,958 --> 00:34:13,416
The pirates…
425
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,000
Giustiniani…
426
00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:23,083
did not indulge in
the gruesome theatrics Vlad is fond of.
427
00:34:25,916 --> 00:34:26,833
[scoffs]
428
00:34:27,750 --> 00:34:29,583
But I can assure you,
429
00:34:30,583 --> 00:34:32,791
he was a nightmare unto himself.
430
00:34:36,416 --> 00:34:39,666
I saw that nightmare
in the faces of my men.
431
00:34:40,916 --> 00:34:45,708
Every time, fewer and fewer of them
came back from fighting him in the moats.
432
00:34:51,083 --> 00:34:52,708
Yet you triumphed, Sultan.
433
00:34:53,375 --> 00:34:54,208
[Mehmed] Yes.
434
00:34:56,583 --> 00:34:59,000
Because my cause was righteous,
435
00:34:59,083 --> 00:35:03,000
and because I had sworn an oath
that I would take Constantinople.
436
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,125
Just as I've sworn
to punish Vlad for his betrayal.
437
00:35:09,416 --> 00:35:11,625
We lost valuable hours today,
438
00:35:12,125 --> 00:35:14,375
and the Hungarian threat is real now.
439
00:35:15,916 --> 00:35:17,750
We are running out of time.
440
00:35:18,375 --> 00:35:22,208
Tomorrow, we begin
the final push towards Târgovişte.
441
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,708
Gather the men in the morning
before we depart.
442
00:35:25,791 --> 00:35:28,583
I want them to know
exactly what is at stake.
443
00:35:30,708 --> 00:35:33,833
[dramatic music playing]
444
00:36:19,208 --> 00:36:26,000
Today, that terrible sun will burn
like the fires of hell upon our heads,
445
00:36:26,083 --> 00:36:29,333
just like it has for the last 12 days.
446
00:36:35,666 --> 00:36:38,708
I know you're thirsty and hungry,
447
00:36:39,541 --> 00:36:43,250
and that we are besieged by evil
on all sides.
448
00:36:43,333 --> 00:36:44,666
But fear not!
449
00:36:45,916 --> 00:36:49,750
A great and cruel reckoning
is coming for our enemies!
450
00:36:54,166 --> 00:36:55,041
[whistles]
451
00:36:55,125 --> 00:36:57,541
[battle cries]
452
00:37:00,833 --> 00:37:04,083
Vlad Dracula has nowhere left to run.
453
00:37:04,166 --> 00:37:06,166
He hides like a rat!
454
00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:11,250
At the walls of Târgovişte,
he will taste the steel of our swords
455
00:37:11,333 --> 00:37:14,541
and cower before the roar
of our mighty cannons!
456
00:37:19,666 --> 00:37:21,958
We will avenge Hamza Bey!
457
00:37:23,250 --> 00:37:28,333
We will avenge all of our brothers,
and sisters, and children
458
00:37:28,416 --> 00:37:32,291
who we lost in this godforsaken place!
459
00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:33,458
Let's go!
460
00:37:35,750 --> 00:37:38,750
[dramatic music intensifies]
461
00:37:41,666 --> 00:37:44,541
[distant cannonade]
462
00:37:46,041 --> 00:37:47,541
[screaming]
463
00:37:47,625 --> 00:37:54,125
We will destroy the Impaler Lord
and burst open the gates of Europe!
464
00:37:54,958 --> 00:37:56,750
-[battle cries]
-[men screaming]
465
00:37:58,125 --> 00:38:01,666
Buda, Vienna, Roma!
466
00:38:01,750 --> 00:38:04,625
-The world!
-[battle cries]
467
00:38:05,208 --> 00:38:10,375
[army chanting] Fatih! Fatih! Fatih!
468
00:38:10,458 --> 00:38:17,291
[chanting continues] Fatih! Fatih! Fatih!
469
00:38:17,375 --> 00:38:23,458
Fatih! Fatih! Fatih!
470
00:38:23,541 --> 00:38:26,125
[battle cries]
471
00:38:30,375 --> 00:38:33,833
Find Princess Anastasia! Find her!
472
00:38:38,083 --> 00:38:39,958
Princess, go back to your room!
473
00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:57,916
-[men grunts]
-[blood splashing]
474
00:39:05,541 --> 00:39:07,541
[panting]
475
00:39:17,083 --> 00:39:19,625
[brooding music playing]
476
00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:22,833
[grunting]
477
00:39:23,708 --> 00:39:25,208
[pounding]
478
00:39:40,458 --> 00:39:41,291
Leave us.
479
00:39:49,250 --> 00:39:51,541
Little Radu.
480
00:39:59,583 --> 00:40:01,416
[Radu] I'm here to protect you.
481
00:40:04,875 --> 00:40:08,791
If you come with me,
I promise you won't be harmed.
482
00:40:11,166 --> 00:40:13,125
So you've come for Vlad's kingdom
483
00:40:14,125 --> 00:40:16,000
and now his wife?
484
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:20,416
I never wanted any of this.
485
00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:24,208
That's a lie!
This is all you've ever wanted.
486
00:40:28,250 --> 00:40:31,291
You're weak. A coward!
487
00:40:34,958 --> 00:40:36,000
Less than a man.
488
00:40:37,416 --> 00:40:41,250
You don't deserve
to call Vlad your brother.
489
00:40:44,916 --> 00:40:46,541
I tried to save Vlad.
490
00:40:48,375 --> 00:40:50,458
It didn't have to end like this.
491
00:40:53,875 --> 00:40:54,708
Vlad is dead?
492
00:41:00,083 --> 00:41:04,458
And you will be too
if you don't leave with me now.
493
00:41:11,791 --> 00:41:13,291
No harm will come to you.
494
00:41:14,458 --> 00:41:15,458
I promised him.
495
00:41:15,541 --> 00:41:19,416
[somber music rising]
496
00:41:25,041 --> 00:41:26,458
I made a promise too.
497
00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:29,500
No!
498
00:41:32,833 --> 00:41:34,833
[dramatic sting]
499
00:41:45,708 --> 00:41:49,208
[Mahmud] Sultan, you need to see this.
500
00:41:52,875 --> 00:41:54,541
[Mehmed] Vlad Dracula's seal.
501
00:41:55,583 --> 00:41:58,041
[Mahmud] This was discovered
in Radu's tent.
502
00:41:58,833 --> 00:42:00,958
Unfortunately, we did not find the letter.
503
00:42:04,250 --> 00:42:05,541
Keep this between us.
504
00:42:05,625 --> 00:42:07,500
Sultan, we must do something.
505
00:42:07,583 --> 00:42:10,083
I will deal with him personally.
506
00:42:26,041 --> 00:42:28,125
[horse approaching]
507
00:42:33,416 --> 00:42:34,666
[messenger] Prince Vlad.
508
00:42:34,750 --> 00:42:35,625
What is it?
509
00:42:37,125 --> 00:42:39,916
[messenger] The Ottomans,
they came to Poenari.
510
00:42:42,541 --> 00:42:43,500
[Vlad] Anastasia?
511
00:42:50,250 --> 00:42:51,291
She's…
512
00:42:54,958 --> 00:42:56,583
[nervously] She's… She's dead.
513
00:43:09,125 --> 00:43:09,958
Prince…
514
00:43:12,333 --> 00:43:13,791
It was… It was…
515
00:43:14,458 --> 00:43:17,000
-[slashes]
-[agonized scream]
516
00:43:21,041 --> 00:43:22,625
Mehmed!
517
00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:35,000
[theme music playing]