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The Crescent and the Cross (Knights Templar)
Iberia, 1212. Christian kingdoms assemble for a major campaign against the Almohad caliph Muhammad al-Nasir, whose victory at Alarcos still shapes the frontier. Arnau enters an army united by crusading purpose but divided by royal rivalry, language and competing expectations of reward.
Personal obligations draw him through the preparations and fighting that culminate at Las Navas de Tolosa. The battle is presented not as an inevitable triumph but as a hazardous coalition effort whose outcome will alter the balance of the Reconquista. Arnau must survive both the enemy line and conflicts among allies who will remember victory differently.
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