The stand off with Mamai reaches its inevitable conclusion and Dmitry of Moscow earns himself a new name.

As the Anarchy gets underway in the Horde, the Mamai, the commander of the western wing, tries to make himself the power behind the throne.

Metropolitan Aleksey helps Ivan’s son Dmitry claim his father’s throne, but faces new challenges to his own authority..

Meanwhile in Lithuania, Gediminas divides his realm among his seven sons.

As the plague ends, Moscow needs a new knyaz, and the Horde needs a way to recover.

Life in the steppe was different to sedentary Europe, and the effects of the plague were also different.

Ivan’s son Simeon take the throne, but soon faces a new threat - the Black Death.

This episode completes the story of these three contemporaries and their legacies.

Lithuania begins its expansion to the south.

This episode catches up on what has been happening in Galicia and Volhynia after Daniil of Galicia.