Sultan Nureddin put his bowstring to the neck of his brother Mevdud, who betrayed him. Saladin managed to capture Damascus with the support of Karategin and executed Abram for the great crimes he committed.

While Sultan Nureddin is about to execute Mevdud, their mother Kutlu Hatun comes to the battlefield and prevents this. Sultan Nureddin, who gave up killing Mevdud for his mother, gives Mevdud a heavy punishment.

Dolat goes crazy with anger when he learns that Saladin took back Damascus and that it was Karategin who helped him. Thinking that Karategin betrayed him, Dolat wants to hold him accountable. But Saladin does not leave Karategin to Dolat's mercy. This situation causes the tension between Dolat and Nureddin to break. Dolat decides to bring an army from Anatolia led by his son Iltutmish to strengthen his position in Zengi's Lands.

Knowing that there is a major conflict between Dolat and Nureddin, Bernard turns the situation into an opportunity. He puts his terrible plan into action to fuel the hostility between Zengi and the Seljuks and to strengthen his relationship with Dolat.