"My Sultan, the Kayı chief builds a private army. He does not serve the state. He serves the wolf totem."
(voice low) "Then we do not send supplies. We send a wolf."
Korkut Bey, impressed, grants him three days. Ural Bey (the treacherous Çavdar chief) and Vasilius (a Byzantine tekfurs son) wait in the gorge. They have built a barricade of oil-soaked wagons. The plan: ignite it when the Kayı pass through, burning them alive.
recognizes the seal. “This is the same mark that was on the chest in Hanlı Pazar… the one my father said was cursed.”
Final scene: stands in a dark chamber, holding a key made of bone. He speaks to a hooded figure.
"The traitor’s messengers slipped past the sentries. The Byzantines know our supply route to Hanlı Pazar."
