Sultan Yusuf ibn Ayyub, also known as Salah ad-Din or Saladin, was one of the greatest commanders and rulers of the Muslim world. But great people are not born. Before he repulsed the crusaders, founded his own power and became a legend, he came a long way... 1164. The skinny boy from a despised people is no more. Now Yusuf is an eminent warrior of the Syrian monarch Nur ad-Din, the right hand of his uncle, the vizier Shirkuh. Under the command of his uncle, Saladin goes to war against Egypt - after all, whoever owns the “Garden of the Nile” also holds the Holy Land in his fist. This is clear not only to Nur ad-Din, but also to the crusaders of Jerusalem. Their king, Amaury I, also leads his army to Cairo. During this confrontation, Saladin will gain power that he did not expect at all...