Altair: A Record of Battles — Season 1, Episode 5: The City of the Lighthouse

Episode synopsis

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.

About Altair: A Record of Battles

Tughril Mahmut is a young pasha serving on the Divan of the Türkiye Stratocracy. The clouds of war are gathering over his country due to the threat of an aggressive Empire. With the Divan split between warmongers and the pacifists, Mahmut begins his quest to keep the peace at any cost. As he finds himself deeper and deeper in the politics of the ancient world, new enemies and allies surface. Who will prevail? What will Mahmut do if war proves to be inevitable?

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Golden Eagle General
• E2The Citadel City
• E3The Council of Generals
• E4The Eagle’s Joint Struggle
• E6The Iron Chains
• E7The Sinking City
• E8Masquerade of Sincerity
• E9The Red Tiger Sultan
• E10Dance of the Moonlit Beauty
• E11The Prince of Swords
• E12Battle at the Unusual Rock Formation
• E13Conclusion of the Civil War