As Ishak Pasha steps down due to illness, the Imperial Council reshapes the command that will decide the coming campaign. The Pope’s death fractures the Crusader alliance, even as Matthias arms Bosnia with new cannons. Shamil Bey’s trapped volunteers are saved by a sudden, decisive maneuver, while Vlad escapes captivity, seizes Suleyman, and unleashes a brutal reckoning. Mehmed’s strategy closes in on the enemy, leading to a final, fateful confrontation between Sultan and Impaler—a reckoning that will decide empires.