Sancho has decided to execute his brother Alfonso and the rest of Leonese nobles who support him, including Orduรฑo. As soon as Alfonso is dead, Sancho will be crowned King of Leon, and as a reward for his services, he offers Ruy the title of Count when Orduรฑo is executed. He can finally get everything he has dreamed of: nobility, landsโฆ and Jimena. But there is something Ruy isnโt counting on.