5. The City of the Lighthouse
Mahmut arrives at Phoiníkē and sees a Balt-Rhein ship docked at the harbor. He meets with the Türkiye spy, Kyros, who informs him that he will find trouble during his stay. Mahmut is summoned by the patriotic Magistros Konstantinos and other members of the Phoiníkē senate, who request that Mahmut to sit in at the senate assembly to discuss the empire's demands to cede their harbor to them. While Caesar Apollodorus wants to accept the empire's demands, Konstantinos states it is an excuse to invade and gain control over the Centro sea. After the rest of senate vote to go to war, Phoiníkē engages in a siege against Balt-Rhein led by Glalat, who has no success in breaching the city's protective walls for fifteen days. While the senate discuss the absence of Phoiníkē 's nation ally Venedik, who they signaled for aid days ago, Mahmut understands Phoiníkē will lose unless Venedik sends reinforcements. Knowing that empire's influence will surround Türkiye on all sides if they win, Mahmut volunteers to travel to Venedik and get aid, but is turned down. While talking to Kyros, who reveals that Apollodorus is his father, Mahmut learns of how Kyros met Süleyman and convinces him to give him a ship to travel to Venedik. Meanwhile, Lelederik and her mountain infantry unit prepare to scale the crystal cliffs in attempt to invade Phoiníkē.
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Altair: A Record of Battles
Shoukoku no Altair
Format:
Anime
Status:
Finished
Episodes:
24
Rating:
68
Studios:
MAPPA
Country:
JP
Duration:
24 min
Season:
SUMMER 2017
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The Iron Chains
As the siege continues, Konstantinos berates Apollodorus for not assisting in the war effort and the two argue over if going to war against Balt-Rhein was the right decision, given how citizens from nations that the empire has annexed are cruelly treated. At night, Glalat prepares the army for their next attack, uncaring for the lives for his men and conscripted soldiers to enact his plans. Mahmut meets up with Kyros and his crew to sail to Venedik, and then goes to lower the harbor chains so they can leave. Over the speaking tubes channel, they learn that a group of conscripted soldiers from Balt-Rhein surrender to Phoiníkē and ask for asylum. After seeing Glalat ordering men to attack the dissenters, Konstantinos and the rest of the senate agree to take the dissenters in and lower the harbor chains. However, one of Glalat's ships manage to enter the harbor before they could raise the chains again. Kyros and Mahmut use their ship to take on and subdue Glalat and his men. Glalat frees himself and escaped as Mahmut and the crew witness city being set ablaze by imperials soldiers lead by Lelederik, who were able to scale the crystal cliffs.
The Golden Eagle General
After being newly appointed as Pasha, Mahmut spends some time at a festival with his friend, Ibrahim, and meets Shara, a dancer who Ibrahim is friends with. The next day, Mahmut is called into the Divan to discuss the Balt-Rhein Empire's demands after an empire minister, Franz, is found dead at Türkiye's border. One Pasha, Zağanos, knows this a ploy for the empire to invade Türkiye and proposes a preemptive strike at them. Wanting to avoid war, Mahmut investigates the incident and figures out that the arrows that killed Franz was made by Balt-Rhein. Meanwhile, Mahmut's mentor and foster father, Halil, volunteers to act as a scapegoat for the assassination as Prime Minister Louis (the instigator of the conspiracy) secretly orders his men to kill Halil before he arrives to the empire. Mahmut is able to outwit and apprehend the assassins, presenting them to Emperor Goldbalt XI and resolves the incident without any consequences. Undaunted by this failure, Louis begins manipulating the Araba Tribe to take over Hisar.
The Citadel City
Mahmut and the Divan are informed that Hisar village is rebelling against Türkiye with the Araba Tribe and that Ibrahim is leading it since he is Hisar's Vali. As Hisar falls under his jurisdiction, Zağanos takes responsibility to stop the rebellion with his troops, knowing Balt-Rhein will use the rebellion as an opportunity to invade. Using Araba clothes to blend in, Mahmut and Shara goes to Hisar to investigate and discover that Ibrahim is being force to obey the empire's agents, Röd Orm, and the Araba Tribe because they are holding Hisar citizens hostage in an oil-soaked tent. Wanting to help his friend, Mahmut tells the Araba Tribe that they are being used by the empire and lures a Röd Orm member into a fight in an empty alley, but is beaten and disarmed. Meanwhile, Zağano receives news that 40,000 Arabas are marching towards Hisar, outnumbering his troops and halting his siege plans. Nearby, Goldbalt IX's niece, Duchess Lelederik, and her aide, Glalat, prepare to attack Hisar on Louis's orders.
Council of Generals
Outside Hisar, Lelederik and Glalat grow impatient and plan to act on their own, killing the Röd Orm agent with them so he does not interfere. With 40,000 Arabas on their way, Zağanos contemplates on using poison to stop them. Inside Hisar, the Arabas question a Röd Orm agent, Eleanor, who threatens to burn the hostages and make the Araba Tribe take the blame. On Mahmut's orders, Shara cuts some of the robes off the oil-soaked tent, allowing Iskender (Mahmut's golden eagle) and a large flock of eagles to lift the tent off and free the hostages. Ibrahim takes the chance to allow Zağanos's army to enter and retake Hisar as Mahmut kills his Röd Orm opponent and Lelederik's group retreats. Despite aiding Balt-Rhein, Mahmut convinces Zağanos to let the Araba Tribe go free so they can tell the other Arabas how the empire manipulated them and spread the truth around. At the Divan meeting, Ibrahim and Zağanos are reinstated, but Mahmut is demoted to Binbashi for acting alone and is placed under Halil's command. Mahmut speculates that Türkiye is on the brink of war and learns from Zağanos that he knew of the empire's movements from the beginning due his spy network. With Halil's blessing and a special charm to communicate with Zağanos's spies, Mahmut sets out on a journey to see more of the world. Meanwhile, Louis has tasked Röd Orm to dismantle Zağanos's spy network.
The Eagle's Joint Struggle
After having a nightmare of the Tuğril tribe massacre, Mahmut returns to his hometown, which been rebuilt since its destruction. After paying his respect to the dead, Mahmut uses Zağanos's Pyramis charm at the village's water shrine and comes into contact with the spy, Barbaros. He explains to Mahmut how the spy network works and that Türkiye spies has been getting killed by Röd Orm on Louis's orders. Barbaros directs him to meet the spy network's chief, Süleyman, who is a survivor of the Tuğril tribe. Süleyman tells Mahmut his background, how he met Zağanos, and how he became the chief of the spy network. Some Röd Orm agents, led by Eleanor, track down Barbaros and attempt to kill him, but Süleyman and Mahmut arrive to help him. Due to Mahmut's recklessness, the trio retreat and Süleyman berates him for acting alone without considering his comrades. In another confrontation, the group is able to beat the Röd Orm agents, but Eleanor manages to escape. After cleaning up the mess Röd Orm made, Süleyman informs Mahmut that Balt-Rhein has all of Türkiye spies in their territory killed and plans to meet with Zağanos to devise countermeasures. Süleyman encourages Mahmut to earn his Pasha rank back and see more of the world. Later, Mahmut travels to Rumeliana's oldest port city, Phoiníkē.
The City of the Lighthouse
Mahmut arrives at Phoiníkē and sees a Balt-Rhein ship docked at the harbor. He meets with the Türkiye spy, Kyros, who informs him that he will find trouble during his stay. Mahmut is summoned by the patriotic Magistros Konstantinos and other members of the Phoiníkē senate, who request that Mahmut to sit in at the senate assembly to discuss the empire's demands to cede their harbor to them. While Caesar Apollodorus wants to accept the empire's demands, Konstantinos states it is an excuse to invade and gain control over the Centro sea. After the rest of senate vote to go to war, Phoiníkē engages in a siege against Balt-Rhein led by Glalat, who has no success in breaching the city's protective walls for fifteen days. While the senate discuss the absence of Phoiníkē 's nation ally Venedik, who they signaled for aid days ago, Mahmut understands Phoiníkē will lose unless Venedik sends reinforcements. Knowing that empire's influence will surround Türkiye on all sides if they win, Mahmut volunteers to travel to Venedik and get aid, but is turned down. While talking to Kyros, who reveals that Apollodorus is his father, Mahmut learns of how Kyros met Süleyman and convinces him to give him a ship to travel to Venedik. Meanwhile, Lelederik and her mountain infantry unit prepare to scale the crystal cliffs in attempt to invade Phoiníkē.
The Iron Chains
As the siege continues, Konstantinos berates Apollodorus for not assisting in the war effort and the two argue over if going to war against Balt-Rhein was the right decision, given how citizens from nations that the empire has annexed are cruelly treated. At night, Glalat prepares the army for their next attack, uncaring for the lives for his men and conscripted soldiers to enact his plans. Mahmut meets up with Kyros and his crew to sail to Venedik, and then goes to lower the harbor chains so they can leave. Over the speaking tubes channel, they learn that a group of conscripted soldiers from Balt-Rhein surrender to Phoiníkē and ask for asylum. After seeing Glalat ordering men to attack the dissenters, Konstantinos and the rest of the senate agree to take the dissenters in and lower the harbor chains. However, one of Glalat's ships manage to enter the harbor before they could raise the chains again. Kyros and Mahmut use their ship to take on and subdue Glalat and his men. Glalat frees himself and escaped as Mahmut and the crew witness city being set ablaze by imperials soldiers lead by Lelederik, who were able to scale the crystal cliffs.
The Sinking City
As everyone looks on in horror as Phoiníkē burns, Konstantinos tries to rally soldiers to defend the city, but Apollodorus sabotage the speaking tubes and scolds him for not seeing the reality of the situation. In order to save the citizens from slaughter, Apollodorus and the senate agree to surrender to Balt-Rhein and relay the message to everyone in the city. Kyros prepares to smuggle Mahmut to safety, but his friends urges him to escape with Mahmut and return once he is ready to retake their homeland. With Apollodorus promising to take full responsibility of the war, an angry and guilt-ridden Konstantinos confronts Lelederik and warns her that the empire's aggression will be their downfall before getting killed. As Mahmut and Kyros escape the city, they are picked up by Venedik ships led by Captain Silvestro Brega, who Mahmut angrily questions why they never arrive to help Phoiníkē before collapsing from his wounds he sustained from his battle with Glalat. For the next few days, Mahmut rests inside Abiriga's (Brega's first mate) room and read books about Venedik while contemplating everything he is been through. Meanwhile, Kyros gathers information and spies on the Venedik crew, reporting everything he learns to Mahmut. As Mahmut and Kyros resolve to continue to travel together, the group arrives at Venedik. Mahmut and Kyros goes to meet with the city-state's ruler, Doge Antonio Lucio, and inquire why he betrayed their pact with Phoiníkē.
Masquerade of Sincerity
Mahmut and Kyros learn the reason for Venedik's abandonment of Phoiníkē was to avoid making an enemy out of Balt-Rhein. While they accuse Doge Lucio for betraying the pact, Lucio pragmatically explains the loophole in the alliance and that they are willing to conduct business with the empire to continue to use the Phoiníkē's crystals for their trade. Later, Mahmut and Kyros meet with Abiriga, who takes them to Cecelia Brega's bar. He tells them that are no spies within the city because Venedik citizens are solely loyal to their home and will always work towards the nation's interests. Abiriga also reveals his past as a runaway slave and how he was taken in by the Bregas. Abiriga is then confronted by a man, Mora, who loaned him money to invested in the Colonna company, who just loss their cargo, and demands him to repay his debts. Since Abiriga broke the laws by investing in another company, he is to be exiled from Venedik. After finding out Abiriga was "set up" by Mora, Mahmut earns money by playing chess matches to pay Abiriga's debts to Captain Brega and Mora. The next day, Mahmut and Kyros learn everything that happened was a ruse to test Mahmut's worth. Captain Brega states Venedik might want to forge an alliance with Türkiye one day and they want Abiriga to travel with Mahmut to act as a liaison. Mahmut agrees to take Abiriga with him and uses the money to purchase his services. As Doge Lucio and Captain Brega watch the group's departure, Mahmut realizes Venedik citizens are not as cold-hearted as they appear and wonders what Doge Lucio expect from him in the future.
The Red Tiger Sultan
Days after Phoiníkē's fall, the Türkiye Stratocracy and its vassals states (Mızrak, Balta, Biçki, and Kiliç) gather at the Divan to vote to make war preparations against Balt-Rhein. However, all the sultans of the four stratocracies voted against the collaboration, much to Zağanos's frustration, who wants to get rid of the sultans. Another Pasha, Tesisat-Kapı Saruça, believes that the Sultanates are showing defiance because they are unsatisfied with their unequal rights. In the Mızrak stratocracy, Mahmut and company are in Liman city and visit the water shrine to figure out what is going in Mızrak after seeing a weapons dealer around the town. Underneath the closed off water shrine, Mahmut and co. meet Beyazit and Ayşe, brother to Mızrak's sultan Balaban and daughter of Balta's sultan Fatma, respectively. Beyazit is also part of Zağanos's spy network and informs Mahmut about Divan meeting that took place, and how they both oppose the sultans' recent actions. Mahmut meets with Balaban, who expresses his disdain being under for the Türkiye Stratocracy's authority. Afterwards, Balaban burns down the water shrine since Beyazit and Ayşe refuse to surrender to him, not knowing the two have already escaped. Hearing of Beyazit's opposition, Zağanos convinces majority of the Divan to vote to secretly overthrow the sultans, appointing Mahmut with this task and sends Süleyman to relay the orders. As Balaban takes Mahmut and his companions to his palace, he secretly meets with Eleanor, revealing that Balaban has been conspiring with the empire. At night, Mahmut and company are able to escape the palace, but is soon found out by Eleanor and other Röd Orm agents.
Dance of the Moonlit Beauty
With Röd Orm's presence in Mızrak, Mahmut deduces Louis is behind the four stratocracies' opposition of Türkiye. After fighting off Röd Orm and evading the Mızrak Cavalry, Mahmut and his group meet up with Süleyman, Beyazit, and Ayşe. Süleyman relays Mahmut the Divan's orders to start a rebellion against the current sultans and replace them with new rulers that will support the Greater Türkiye federation. The group travels to the Biçki Stratocracy's capital and finds that there are wanted posters for them. After sneaking into the city, they learn that Biçki's Sultan Uzun is building a trade route with the empire. In order to recruit allies, Mahmut orders Süleyman and Beyazit to stay in Biçki and search for a replacement ruler while he and the rest go to the Kiliç Stratocracy to met with Ayşe's betrothed, Orhan. They have Orhan set up a meeting with his father, Sultan Selim, who imprisoned them in order deceive Röd Orm and Mızrak spies. Later, Selim secretly visits Mahmut and co. and explains that he was coerced into conspiring with Balaban and Balt-Rhein since Kiliç is a weaker nation. Upon Ayşe's suggestion, Mahmut, Selim, and the others plan to wed Orhan and Ayşe to entice an assassination should the other sultans attend or have Selim step down as sultan once Orhan is married. Meanwhile, Süleyman and Beyazit are captured by Ismail, Uzun's 45th son, who wants to join forces with them. He explains find the road construction unbenefical and support Biçki's alliance with Türkiye. When Ismail hears the lack the necessary soldiers for a rebellion, Beyazit secretly shows Ismail that he owns 77 matchlock guns, which will even the odds against the sultans, and wins his cooperation.