Synopsis

Pressed by the Mongol advance, Tekfur Yason levied crippling taxes upon the people of Yarhisar, driving them to seek refuge with Osman Bey. Nikola, learning of Simon and Petrus’s capture by Osman, murdered Simon upon realizing he had been merely a pawn in Osman's schemes. Defying Togay’s demand for the return of the refugees, Osman Bey effectively rekindled the alliance between Byzantium and the Mongols. As Togay plotted a large-scale campaign against the Kayı Tribe, Malhun Hatun, determined to