Rodrigo returns home from a campaign only to find out that his wife and eldest son have been murdered.

The rape of a woman by a drunken man puts Rodrigo's loyalty to the Crown to the test, as the rapist is Miranda's son Humberto.

The City of Toledo is on the edge of conflict with the Jews when another translator is found brutally murdered.

Normality is disrupted when a diplomatic conflict arises; two Christian slaves property of Abu Bark escape and hide in Toledo.

A terrible epidemic sweeps the city spreading panic; the people believe it is all the foreigners' fault; King Alfonso X declares quarantine.

A party of people from the Duchy of Aquitania arrives in Toledo to honor Fernando after King Alfonso arranges a marriage of convenience between the Prince and the Duke's daughter.

Cristóbal is recruited for infantry instead of as a knight; Martín is determined to pay a bribe in order to avoid going to war.

Taliq finds Martín's glove in Fátima's bedchamber and suspects they are having a secret relationship.

The City of Toledo is under the Templar curse and rumor starts to spread; the first dead body soon appears.

Martín is very much in love with Fátima, but his heart breaks when he finds out Abdul plans to marry her.

Abraham informs Martín that Fátima and Abdul will get married; the young man demands an explanation and finds himself face to face with Abdul.

Miranda orders an attack on the mosque; Rodrigo is furious, but Alfonso X asks him to try to calm the Muslims.