Fatih Sultan Mehmed names Bosnia the new Kızılelma to outmaneuver Matthias Corvinus through diplomacy, sending Prince Bayezid as envoy—a move that alarms İshak Pasha, who secretly tries to shield the prince even as palace intrigue closes in. Meanwhile, Vlad and Gabor plot to cripple the empire before war begins, Balkan loyalties shift under pressure, and the tension culminates in a narrow valley where Bayezid faces the Hungarian army, his mission hanging between diplomacy and the steel that may decide history once more.
