Salahuddin — Ayyubi Episode 28 Season Finale

He then draws his sword, plants it in the earth, and looks directly into the camera (breaking the fourth wall slightly in the dramatic Turkish style).

, Salahuddin’s father and wisest counselor, has been secretly negotiating with both the Assassins (Hashashin) and the remnants of the Fatimid loyalists to protect his son’s rear flank. In Episode 28, a Fatimid fanatic, disguised as a servant, stabs Ayoub during a victory prayer. The scene is agonizingly slow: Salahuddin catches his father as he falls, the white robes turning red. Salahuddin Ayyubi Episode 28 Season Finale

The final sequence is purely symbolic and breathtaking: He then draws his sword, plants it in