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Mehmed!

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You leave tomorrow?

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{\an8}At first light.

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{\an8}The Ottomans are already
on the march north.

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How will all this end?

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I don't know.

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But there is no other way.

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To remind you of me.

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And that family is worth fighting for,

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no matter the cost.

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My Prince?

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My Prince?

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The men are ready
to depart for Târgovişte.

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There's been a change of plans.

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Sultan,

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I returned as quickly as I could.

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Where's Princess Anastasia?

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Where is she?

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She is dead.

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"She is dead"!

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My orders were to bring her back unharmed!

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She threw herself from the castle
into the Argeş River.

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Radu,

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swear to me now
that you did not let her escape

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out of some misguided sentimentality
for your brother.

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Have I given you cause
to question my loyalty?

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{\an8}
As the Ottomans and Wallachians surge

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{\an8}towards the deciding battle
outside of Târgovişte,

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{\an8}the walls are closing in
on Vlad's operative in the imperial harem.

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{\an8}Meanwhile, after two weeks
of chasing Vlad Dracula across Wallachia,

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{\an8}Mehmed the Conqueror
and his exhausted Ottoman army

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{\an8}camp on the outskirts of Târgovişte.

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Their attack on the capital is imminent.

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But the man known to the Ottomans
as the "Impaler Lord"

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has turned the surrounding countryside
into a chamber of horrors.

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{\an8}Raiding during the night,

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{\an8}sentries disappearing
from the Ottoman camp,

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{\an8}being taken outside
and being murdered by Wallachian raiders,

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{\an8}an exhausting day of marching
followed by a night full of terrors,

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{\an8}but yet still,
Mehmed begins to close on his prey.

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{\an8}What Mehmed succeeds in doing is

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{\an8}maintaining the solid core
of his Janissaries as part of the army,

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{\an8}and then sending off

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{\an8}the regular troops to deal with
the hit-and-run attacks,

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{\an8}while slowly moving forward,
like a steamroller,

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{\an8}towards the Wallachian capital.

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Now, just eight miles
outside of Târgovişte,

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a nervous energy courses
through the Ottoman camp.

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Vlad's beloved capital is almost
within firing range of Mehmed's cannons.

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Tomorrow, we will hit Târgovişte
with the force of an earthquake

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and finish this.

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I've had enough of this
child's game of hide-and-seek.

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He should show himself
and fight with honor.

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Don't underestimate him.

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You give him too much respect, Sultan.

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He's no match for you.

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Is there any word of the Hungarians?

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Our man spotted
a small reconnaissance team

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just north of here and gave chase, but…

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they escaped.

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They're now probably sharing
intelligence with the Wallachians,

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or it could even be
the lead elements of a larger force.

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Should we send more akinji after them?

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No. Keep the men close.

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I don't know if King Matthias
is being strategic or cowardly,

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but Vlad has yet to play his last card.

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{\an8}Our coming victory
depends on speed and stealth.

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{\an8}I will lead the initial unit
disguised as Ottoman soldiers.

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Once we are in position,
I will signal for the attack.

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By the time the Ottomans hear
the blasts of our horns,

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it will be too late.

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Death will be upon them.

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Vlad Dracula's got
one last cast of the dice,

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and what he chooses is a night attack.

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Dimitrie, you'll attack
with 5,000 men on the western side.

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In the same time,
Gales, you will take another 5,000 men

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and hit them from the northeast.

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There can be no delay.

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Yes, Prince.

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But he doesn't just set out
to take more prisoners

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or to murder at the edges of the camp.

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He has a much bigger prize.

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I want no Turks left alive.

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Once the Ottomans are under attack
from both sides,

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I'll slip in the sultan's tent

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and cut the head off the snake.

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He sets out to kill the sultan.

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Find and kill Mehmed,
and thus, end the war,

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and potentially end
the Ottomans as a major power,

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throwing them into civil war
and strife once again.

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This wasn't a wild gambit.
This was an achievable aim.

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Vlad the Impaler's strategy

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for the night attack
did not come out of nowhere.

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{\an8}Vlad applied the strategy
used by Alexander the Great

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{\an8}in his battles against
the Persians and Darius.

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When Alexander Ill the Great,
Alexander Megas, attacked Darius,

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the focal point of the Battle of Gaugamela
was the murder of Darius.

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He knew that the moment he killed Darius,

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the Persian army would fall apart.

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With this night attack,

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he was trying
to kill the sultan that night.

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The vengeance
Vlad Dracula has sought

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for ten long years is nearly at hand.

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{\an8}Your dagger, Prince.

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And the other one.

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The sultan and I are old friends,
you know?

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So close, and yet so very far.

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You must be the great Zaganos Pasha,
Mehmed's true right-hand.

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Hmm.

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I hear he values your counsel
even above that of Halil Pasha.

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The grand vizier and I
both advised him against seeing you today,

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but the sultan has a weakness
for charity cases.

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One of us is a prince,

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and the other is a pig farmer
masquerading as an aristocrat.

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Don't forget to grovel.

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It didn't work for your traitorous father,
but looks like you had some practice.

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Brother Vlad,
I see you've met Zaganos Pasha.

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-Worlds colliding.
-Brother Mehmed.

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Sultan.

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-Little brother.
-It's good to see you.

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Mm-hmm.

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My condolences for your loss.

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Your father's wisdom
will be sorely missed.

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And his patience for those
who disappointed him.

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Mehmed.

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Sultan, I've come seeking
a few hundred soldiers

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to help me take back my throne,

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so that you may once again
have a trusted ally in Wallachia.

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Now is not the time for small skirmishes,
Prince Vlad.

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War with the Romans is on the horizon,
and I intend to take Constantinople.

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-Mehmed.
-You're speaking to the sultan.

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Know your place.

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When I left this palace,

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you swore to come to my aid
should I ever need it.

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-I need it now!
-Show the sultan respect!

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I'm no longer a prisoner here,
and you are certainly not my keeper.

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But you are in my court
asking for my help.

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-We will help you after--
-"We"?

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Leave us!

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Everyone!

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Brother.

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Brother, just… just show me
some patience and loyalty, Vlad.

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Come fight with me against the Romans,

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who've grown fat and greedy
behind their walls.

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I promise.

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Once I have Constantinople,

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you will have the men
and weapons you need.

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I have no interest
in being your sword-for-hire.

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My birthright is all I have in this world.

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I must take the throne now
or risk losing it forever.

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Mehmed, I ask you as a brother--

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I have generously given you

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the chance to rejoin your family
here in Edirne.

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I will not make the offer again.

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Many have met their end

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at the walls of Constantinople.

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Sultan,

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I wish you luck with your endeavors.

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{\an8}Just outside of Târgovişte,
final preparations for the Ottoman siege

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{\an8}of the capital city pick up in intensity.

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-We've found one of Vlad's spies.
-Bring him to me alive.

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So too do rumors of spies
and assassins in the sultan's camp.

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It's not just possible
that Vlad had spies in the Ottoman camp.

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It's almost certain.

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There was precedent for this.

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In 1389, Sultan Murad I,

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having just defeated a Crusader army,

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is assassinated in his camp
by an enemy army.

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They don't suspect anything.

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Dinner for Sultana Gulbahar.

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Mara Hatun,
I've brought Sultana Gulbahar's dinner.

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Her favorite, podliczschan.

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Aren't you thoughtful, my dear?

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Unfortunately, she won't be taking
her meal tonight.

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Is something wrong?

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Poor thing, it seems someone broke into
her bedchamber several nights ago

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and gave her a terrible fright.

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She hasn't had much of an appetite since.

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That's terrible.

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Hopefully, her ladyship's appetite
returns tomorrow.

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00:18:02,291 --> 00:18:04,166
Please sit, my dear.

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I insist.

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If there's one,
there are likely others among us.

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We shall see what he knows.

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We caught him disguised
as one of our soldiers

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trying to destroy a cannon.

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He also stabbed one of our men.

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Hasn't said a word.

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Hmm.

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A bit of dirty work
for Prince Vlad, eh?

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Or perhaps,

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you just want a closer look
at our big, beautiful guns

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before they turn Târgovişte into rubble.

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Sultan, let us behead him.

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00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:20,666
Hmm.

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00:19:28,083 --> 00:19:30,458
Are there any other spies
in the camp?

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00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:37,875
Where's Vlad Dracula?

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00:19:41,833 --> 00:19:44,166
You don't understand a word I'm saying…

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or do you?

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00:19:51,041 --> 00:19:52,666
-Radu.
-Sultan.

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Tell the Wallachian
if he tells me where Vlad is hiding

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00:19:57,083 --> 00:19:59,125
and gives up any other spies,

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00:19:59,958 --> 00:20:03,791
I will give him more silver
than he's seen in his entire lifetime.

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00:20:09,791 --> 00:20:12,875
It's a shame
for this beautiful feast to go to waste.

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00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:14,750
Please eat.

206
00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:18,791
I'm not hungry, Princess.

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00:20:19,958 --> 00:20:21,583
I have my chores to finish.

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00:20:24,250 --> 00:20:25,583
Where are you from…?

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-Elena.
-…Elena?

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Bulgaria.

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A bit further north, perhaps.

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00:20:40,291 --> 00:20:41,500
Wallachia?

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00:20:44,083 --> 00:20:45,750
Princess, I really must go.

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00:20:57,958 --> 00:20:59,708
Where is Prince Vlad?

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00:21:00,541 --> 00:21:01,500
If you tell us,

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00:21:01,583 --> 00:21:06,416
the Sultan will give you more silver
than you've ever seen in your lifetime.

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00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:08,125
Fuck you, traitor!

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00:21:08,208 --> 00:21:12,791
Tell me now, or I can't help you.

219
00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:20,875
Ask him again, but this time,

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00:21:21,541 --> 00:21:24,625
tell him if he doesn't tell me
what I want to know,

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I will have him sawn in half
and feed his guts to the ravens.

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00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:36,208
Does he pay you?

223
00:21:38,458 --> 00:21:40,916
Or is he holding someone you love?

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00:21:45,416 --> 00:21:47,416
Where is Prince Vlad?

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00:21:48,166 --> 00:21:50,500
If you don't tell us,

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00:21:50,583 --> 00:21:55,416
the Sultan will have you sawn in half
and your guts fed to the ravens.

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00:21:59,666 --> 00:22:01,166
This is a waste of time.

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00:22:01,916 --> 00:22:03,625
-Take him away.
-Wait!

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00:22:07,833 --> 00:22:10,291
You are poor and a woman.

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In this world,
that leaves you at the mercy of jackals.

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00:22:18,250 --> 00:22:21,083
It is clear you had no choice
in the matter, dear.

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00:22:26,708 --> 00:22:28,208
Thank you, Princess Mara.

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00:22:30,625 --> 00:22:32,041
Let me try once more.

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00:22:50,708 --> 00:22:53,875
I am Prince Vlad's brother.

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00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:57,750
I want to help him…

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00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:03,291
but I need to get a message to him.

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00:23:04,375 --> 00:23:05,333
Can you help me?

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00:23:13,291 --> 00:23:18,125
Leave your message under the water trough
at the far end of the stables.

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00:23:19,291 --> 00:23:23,666
We have someone there
who will get it to Prince Vlad.

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00:23:25,083 --> 00:23:26,000
Good.

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00:23:27,458 --> 00:23:31,250
Now, spit in my face,

242
00:23:31,333 --> 00:23:34,583
and call me a fucking traitor.

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00:23:36,833 --> 00:23:38,041
Fucking traitor!

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00:23:46,916 --> 00:23:50,666
He said
to shove the silver up your ass.

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00:23:53,458 --> 00:23:56,083
Nevertheless, you chose the wrong side.

246
00:23:57,625 --> 00:24:00,833
But… but Princess, I just…

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00:24:11,166 --> 00:24:15,416
The Wallachian's loyalty is admirable.

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00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:18,666
But I will give you one final choice.

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00:24:25,583 --> 00:24:26,791
How you die.

250
00:24:29,708 --> 00:24:30,625
Execute him.

251
00:25:04,875 --> 00:25:06,750
Brother! Brother, wait!

252
00:25:08,125 --> 00:25:09,500
{\an8}There is nothing to be said.

253
00:25:09,583 --> 00:25:11,333
{\an8}Stay here with us, please!

254
00:25:11,416 --> 00:25:13,291
{\an8}And do what? Huh?

255
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,958
{\an8}Grovel for the sultan's approval?

256
00:25:22,833 --> 00:25:25,750
Brother, we are your family!

257
00:25:28,250 --> 00:25:30,833
You are my family, not Mehmed.

258
00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:34,666
Vlad.

259
00:25:37,416 --> 00:25:38,250
What?

260
00:25:39,708 --> 00:25:42,250
I want the three of us
to be together again,

261
00:25:42,791 --> 00:25:44,208
like when we were boys.

262
00:25:44,708 --> 00:25:50,083
Little brother, that time is long past.
The world has changed.

263
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:52,875
But…

264
00:25:59,666 --> 00:26:00,500
But…

265
00:26:01,958 --> 00:26:06,083
Mehmed has promised to help you
once he takes Constantinople.

266
00:26:07,041 --> 00:26:08,291
Open your eyes, Radu.

267
00:26:08,916 --> 00:26:12,666
Be wary of what the sultan promises you
in exchange for your loyalty.

268
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,166
I received word.

269
00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:10,250
After the evening prayers,
the sultan will be in his tent.

270
00:27:11,625 --> 00:27:13,416
Alone and unguarded.

271
00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:15,208
We must be fast.

272
00:27:17,958 --> 00:27:20,166
Does your spy know about your attack?

273
00:27:20,958 --> 00:27:22,125
He knows enough.

274
00:27:24,291 --> 00:27:25,125
My Prince,

275
00:27:27,250 --> 00:27:29,750
the area will be crawling
with Janissaries.

276
00:27:31,666 --> 00:27:33,083
They will be distracted…

277
00:27:39,541 --> 00:27:41,125
and I'll get to Mehmed.

278
00:27:55,666 --> 00:27:58,458
As the sun sinks
over the Carpathians,

279
00:27:59,041 --> 00:28:00,500
Vlad's men ready themselves

280
00:28:00,583 --> 00:28:04,375
for a massive surprise attack
on the Ottoman camp.

281
00:28:05,291 --> 00:28:10,666
The 10,000 or so men that are left
are also the most battle-tested.

282
00:28:10,750 --> 00:28:16,041
{\an8}Now, there was this wild idea
in the Romanian historiography,

283
00:28:16,125 --> 00:28:22,708
{\an8}which is still, uh, really loved
by some older nationalistic historians,

284
00:28:23,291 --> 00:28:27,250
that the Romanian voivodes brought
their peasants to the fight,

285
00:28:27,833 --> 00:28:31,291
which of course is… such a nonsense.

286
00:28:31,375 --> 00:28:35,500
Even if you arm the peasants,
they couldn't fight in a pitched battle,

287
00:28:35,583 --> 00:28:40,541
because if one janissary comes
in front of ten Romanian peasants

288
00:28:40,625 --> 00:28:45,791
armed with whatever you want,
those ten wouldn't last for five minutes.

289
00:28:48,916 --> 00:28:53,833
Just a few miles away,
all is quiet in the Ottoman camp.

290
00:28:55,250 --> 00:28:56,208
After sundown,

291
00:28:56,291 --> 00:29:00,833
the sultan orders most of his army
confined to their tents for the night.

292
00:29:01,333 --> 00:29:04,583
By this point,
the Ottoman army was quite on edge.

293
00:29:04,666 --> 00:29:08,583
They were very used to
being ambushed constantly,

294
00:29:08,666 --> 00:29:10,583
and that creates panic.

295
00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:15,500
What Mehmed tries to do
is to maintain discipline within the camp

296
00:29:15,583 --> 00:29:17,708
by making sure that after sundown,

297
00:29:17,791 --> 00:29:20,791
his soldiers go into their tents
and don't come out.

298
00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:24,958
There are units
that are posted for security.

299
00:29:25,041 --> 00:29:29,416
But otherwise, movement in the camp
at night is kept to an absolute minimum.

300
00:29:38,291 --> 00:29:41,333
Sultan, the soldiers are in their tents,

301
00:29:42,041 --> 00:29:44,208
save for those on watches,
as you commanded.

302
00:29:49,291 --> 00:29:50,291
Mahmud Pasha.

303
00:29:52,250 --> 00:29:53,083
Yes, Sultan?

304
00:29:56,958 --> 00:29:58,916
One of your poems before you go…

305
00:30:01,125 --> 00:30:05,458
to remind us that there is still
some beauty left in this corrupted world.

306
00:30:09,416 --> 00:30:10,250
I…

307
00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:15,041
I would be honored, Sultan.

308
00:30:28,541 --> 00:30:31,916
I fell to bits because of the rose

309
00:30:35,083 --> 00:30:37,333
What should I do with the rose garden?

310
00:30:40,416 --> 00:30:43,541
Without you, oh, my beloved

311
00:30:46,208 --> 00:30:49,000
What should I do with life and the world?

312
00:30:55,083 --> 00:30:58,416
If anyone else in the two worlds
Has sight of your face

313
00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:01,166
And in that moment my eyes fill with blood

314
00:31:02,625 --> 00:31:03,625
What should I do?

315
00:31:08,666 --> 00:31:10,916
In remembrance of your lips, beloved

316
00:31:11,458 --> 00:31:13,208
Now and again I sip, but…

317
00:31:15,166 --> 00:31:19,208
What should I do with crimson wine
While there is blood in my heart?

318
00:31:28,583 --> 00:31:30,750
What is a tulip in the desert?

319
00:31:34,208 --> 00:31:36,875
Scented rose of the coquettish garden?

320
00:31:39,958 --> 00:31:42,166
If your shining face weren't there

321
00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:46,291
What should I do
With the moon in the heavens?

322
00:31:48,291 --> 00:31:51,833
I will sacrifice my life to hunt the heart

323
00:31:53,625 --> 00:31:58,500
And call like the nightingale
In remembrance of you

324
00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,750
Good night, Mahmud Pasha.

325
00:32:31,958 --> 00:32:34,333
Vlad, it's Wallachian.

326
00:32:37,583 --> 00:32:38,958
We're your family now.

327
00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:44,333
Your hatred blinds you, Vlad.

328
00:32:47,833 --> 00:32:50,500
This is madness.
Why are you doing this?

329
00:32:50,583 --> 00:32:52,833
Father, how can you do this?

330
00:32:52,916 --> 00:32:55,041
You destroyed my family.

331
00:32:55,125 --> 00:32:57,208
No, I protected you!

332
00:32:57,291 --> 00:32:59,583
One more time, Hamza Bey.
I must avenge myself.

333
00:32:59,666 --> 00:33:02,083
-You always have my friendship.
-Lies!

334
00:33:02,166 --> 00:33:03,416
Brother Vlad.

335
00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:04,666
Brother Mehmed.

336
00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:05,791
Mehmed,

337
00:33:05,875 --> 00:33:08,666
forget that boy who showed up
on our doorstep all those years ago.

338
00:33:08,750 --> 00:33:09,583
No more!

339
00:33:09,666 --> 00:33:11,541
He no longer exists.

340
00:33:12,375 --> 00:33:17,083
Just… just show me
some patience and loyalty.

341
00:33:18,041 --> 00:33:19,625
Mehmed, I ask you as a brother.

342
00:33:19,708 --> 00:33:24,375
I have generously given you the chance
to rejoin your family here in Edirne.

343
00:33:25,416 --> 00:33:26,666
Face me, Mehmed.

344
00:33:27,833 --> 00:33:29,541
Wallachia will be your grave.

345
00:34:02,333 --> 00:34:05,750
You look more like an Ottoman
than the sultan himself.

346
00:34:07,125 --> 00:34:08,208
Ha.

347
00:34:12,708 --> 00:34:14,625
Beneath these Ottoman rags,

348
00:34:15,625 --> 00:34:18,166
beats the heart
of a Wallachian lord of war.

349
00:34:29,333 --> 00:34:30,958
I could tell you about God,

350
00:34:32,666 --> 00:34:34,750
but you already have God in your souls.

351
00:34:37,666 --> 00:34:39,416
I could tell you about honor,

352
00:34:40,916 --> 00:34:45,083
but you have already honored Wallachia
when you answered my call for battle.

353
00:34:46,166 --> 00:34:50,166
From Argeş, Giurgiu, Brăila,

354
00:34:50,791 --> 00:34:55,041
Slănic, Bucureşti, and Târgovişte.

355
00:34:59,375 --> 00:35:00,208
Now,

356
00:35:02,208 --> 00:35:07,666
we stand on the threshold
of a great victory.

357
00:35:08,583 --> 00:35:11,041
The greatest the world has ever known.

358
00:35:11,125 --> 00:35:13,125
Those who are not prepared to die…

359
00:35:15,166 --> 00:35:16,083
leave now.

360
00:35:18,125 --> 00:35:23,791
Because tonight,
we deliver the wrath of God

361
00:35:24,791 --> 00:35:29,750
down upon the man
who dares call himself the new Caesar!

362
00:35:31,166 --> 00:35:32,583
Victorie!

363
00:35:32,666 --> 00:35:35,583
Victorie! Victorie!

364
00:35:36,416 --> 00:35:40,083
Victorie!

365
00:35:56,083 --> 00:35:59,125
Sultan,
do you require anything else tonight?

366
00:36:02,583 --> 00:36:04,500
No. That will be all.

367
00:36:26,333 --> 00:36:27,666
God, forgive me…

368
00:36:30,125 --> 00:36:31,708
for what I must do.

369
00:37:05,875 --> 00:37:08,791
In the distance
beyond the Ottoman camp,

370
00:37:08,875 --> 00:37:11,958
thousands of torches pierce the darkness.

371
00:37:12,666 --> 00:37:14,916
Death is on the march.

372
00:37:15,666 --> 00:37:18,041
The action was actually well-planned.

373
00:37:18,125 --> 00:37:21,875
We see how Vlad again is dressing his men
in Ottoman equipment.

374
00:37:23,250 --> 00:37:26,791
They are using mares
and not stallions to ride

375
00:37:26,875 --> 00:37:31,833
because they will not neigh
during the approach on the Ottoman camp.

376
00:37:56,875 --> 00:37:58,666
-Dimitrie?
-Yes, my Prince.

377
00:38:03,541 --> 00:38:05,458
I'll see you at the sultan's tent.

378
00:39:07,833 --> 00:39:10,166
All is quiet
in the Ottoman camp…

379
00:39:18,708 --> 00:39:19,916
Whoa.

380
00:39:23,208 --> 00:39:27,875
…until the Wallachian army
explodes out of the darkness.

381
00:39:34,708 --> 00:39:36,708
-Alarm! Alarm!

382
00:39:46,458 --> 00:39:50,875
It was
a brilliant military strike

383
00:39:50,958 --> 00:39:53,333
issued by Vlad the Impaler,

384
00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:58,291
who equipped his soldiers
with Turkish uniforms,

385
00:39:58,875 --> 00:40:03,833
and under the roar of horns, attacked
the Ottoman encampment that night.

386
00:40:09,250 --> 00:40:12,375
The torches
set fire to everything you can reach,

387
00:40:12,458 --> 00:40:15,666
and then a lot of the Wallachians
switched very rapidly to the bow,

388
00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:18,541
charging backwards and forwards
across the camp.

389
00:40:45,166 --> 00:40:47,916
The stunned Ottoman troops
rush out of their tents

390
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,291
and into the hellish chaos
erupting all around them,

391
00:40:51,375 --> 00:40:55,833
unable to discern the disguised
Wallachian attackers from their own men.

392
00:41:05,833 --> 00:41:10,666
And they get out,
and they see Turks killing Turks,

393
00:41:10,750 --> 00:41:12,833
so everybody starts killing each other.

394
00:41:23,791 --> 00:41:29,416
In the midst of the chaos,
a lone figure slips through the camp.

395
00:41:35,916 --> 00:41:37,541
Don't let them regroup!

396
00:41:41,375 --> 00:41:42,958
Where the hell is Gales?

397
00:41:45,083 --> 00:41:46,291
Push the attack!

398
00:41:47,833 --> 00:41:49,500
Come on! We're under attack!

399
00:41:49,583 --> 00:41:50,625
I'll be there.

400
00:41:52,041 --> 00:41:53,125
Hey, you! Stop!

401
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:33,041
Hello, brother.