In “The Shadow of the Vulture”, the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent releases prisoners. One of the prisoners is a knight, Gottfried Von Kalmbach, who had seriously wounded him during the Battle of Mohács. The Ottoman Grand Vizier Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha entrusts the widely feared soldier, Mikhal Oglu, with hunting down Von Kalmbach and retrieving his head. Oglu and his warriors attack a small Danubian village in which Von Kalmbach had been sleeping off the previous night’s drinking. Von Kalmbach fights his way free, and rides for Vienna. The full Ottoman army arrives, and the siege begins. Von Kalmbach fights the encroaching Turkish soldiers atop the walls. He meets a belligerent, red-haired woman who fights alongside the men, ‘Red’ Sonya of Rogatino, the sister of Suleiman’s favourite harem girl, Hurrem Sultan. When one fight against a number of Turks proves to be overwhelming, she comes to Von Kalmbach’s aid. Later, there is a lull in the siege and the defenders content themselves with drinking wine in the city square. Red Sonya insults Von Kalmbach, and an argument breaks out. Drunk and furious, Von Kalmbach thwarts a surprise attack planned by the sultan. Von Kalmbach is drugged and kidnapped by the traitors in Vienna. Red Sonya comes to Von Kalmbach’s aid yet again. She draws Oglu into an ambush. Back in Istanbul, Suleiman receives a strange package in the mail, and Ibrahim opens it, hoping it to be the head of Von Kalmbach. It turns out to be the severed head of Oglu, and included is a belittling note from Red Sonya and Von Kalmbach.
Description In “The Shadow of the Vulture”, the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent releases prisoners. One of the prisoners is a knight, Gottfried Von Kalmbach, who had seriously wounded him during the Battle of Mohács. The Ottoman Grand Vizier Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha entrusts the widely feared soldier, Mikhal Oglu, with hunting down Von Kalmbach and retrieving his head. Oglu and his warriors attack a small Danubian village in which Von Kalmbach had been sleeping off the previous night’s drinking. Von Kalmbach fights his way free, and rides for Vienna. The full Ottoman army arrives, and the siege begins. Von Kalmbach fights the encroaching Turkish soldiers atop the walls. He meets a belligerent, red-haired woman who fights alongside the men, ‘Red’ Sonya of Rogatino, the sister of Suleiman’s favourite harem girl, Hurrem Sultan. When one fight against a number of Turks proves to be overwhelming, she comes to Von Kalmbach’s aid. Later, there is a lull in the siege and the defenders content themselves with drinking wine in the city square. Red Sonya insults Von Kalmbach, and an argument breaks out. Drunk and furious, Von Kalmbach thwarts a surprise attack planned by the sultan. Von Kalmbach is drugged and kidnapped by the traitors in Vienna. Red Sonya comes to Von Kalmbach’s aid yet again. She draws Oglu into an ambush. Back in Istanbul, Suleiman receives a strange package in the mail, and Ibrahim opens it, hoping it to be the head of Von Kalmbach. It turns out to be the severed head of Oglu, and included is a belittling note from Red Sonya and Von Kalmbach.
