Yusuf hesitates. "They have not harmed us. They are just passing."
Shirkuh takes Yusuf to a cliff overlooking a Crusader-held fortress. Below, a small patrol of Frankish knights escorts a supply wagon. sultan salahuddin ayyubi episode 1
His uncle, (a legendary warrior nicknamed "The Lion"), takes him aside after a training drill. Yusuf hesitates
"Ten knights. Twelve infantry. Two archers. The wagon has wine barrels, not arrows. They are relaxed." Below, a small patrol of Frankish knights escorts
"What do you see?"
The night wind howls over the ruins of a fortress near Tikrit. Torches flicker against the black stone as a young Kurdish woman, , clutches her newborn son close to her chest. Her husband, Najm ad-Din Ayyub , a governor for the Zengid Empire, paces anxiously.
Young Yusuf slips into the room unnoticed. He walks to the map on the table and places a small wooden horse on the city of .