Diyar races for the river. Behind him, just beyond bow shot, rides a band of screaming Mongols.13th Century Asia groans under the merciless tyranny of these savage killers, and now they are trying to overthrow the Mamluk Middle-East Empire. At the river's edge, a little man sits mending nets next to a small, narrow boat. Diyar pulls up, leaps from his horse and shoves the boat into the current. He grabs the fisherman and throws him into the boat. "Row," he growls. "Break your back or die." Then, leading the mare into the water, he jumps into the back of the boat. If he can reach safety he might be able to create a counter-coup.Mamluks: they stopped the Mongol Hordes, and drove the Crusaders into the sea.