Şehzade Bayezid and Mustafa escape Süleyman’s deadly trap thanks to a timely intervention that shifts Anatolia’s power balance, while Sultan Mehmed crushes traitors in Tokat and signals that betrayal will be met with death. As he declares the Eastern Roman Empire finished and turns westward, a new Crusader plot rises, Vlad Tepeş re‑emerges more dangerous than before, and a shocking palace upheaval forces decisions that will reshape the empire and the region’s future.