With a knife in hand, Ruy watches as this assassin heads for the box. As he follows, he manages to catch the tail end of his conversation. This small distraction is enough for Ruy to lose his Grandfather momentarily in the crowd. While they talk, Urraca reminds Orduno of his mission. Urraca too has ulterior motives, especially when she tasks Jimena to give Ruy a message about meeting at the chestnut tree later that day. While all eyes remain fixed on the ensuing duels, Ruy eyes up his Grandfather and Flain suspiciously.
In the morning, the big joust tournament takes place as the two Kingdoms square off against one another. Eventually he decides not to, especially when King Fernando and King Ramiro wind up drinking and becoming rowdy that evening. This, of course, stems back to Flain’s earlier coup about the King, as Ruy notices that Rodrigo has removed an air behind the King’s box perfect for an assassin’s blade.īelieving the King is in danger, Ruy finds his allegiances torn between the Kingdom and his kin, contemplating whether he should tell the King outright about the plot against his life. On his way, he notices Rodrigo heading out and decides to follow from afar. Rodrigo arrives to bring him to his senses though, telling Ruy to head home. Swinging it around the room, Ruy remembers moments from a defining battle in 1054 when the King of Navarre fell and the fate of the Kingdoms was sealed.
Ruy is haunted by the ghosts of his past though, sneaking in to wield his Father’s sword that night. Given Ruy is his squire, this would put him in the firing line too killing two birds with one stone. She suggests Orduno sabotage Sancho’s horse during the upcoming jousting competition. Urraca senses Orduno’s standoffish attitude toward Fernando and jumps at the chance of seeing Sancho humiliated. They need to try and keep their Kingdom intact, especially given they’re financing their efforts. That is, until he takes Sancho aside and informs him of a plot involving Zaragoza. Only, they’re interrupted by King Fernando arriving and greeting the different men. While Urraca and Alfonso grow closer together, the various page boys all practice their horseback skills through jousting. This predictably sees Orduno receive a stiff jab to the face for his troubles. Orduno blindsides Ruy in private and antagonizes him, pushing the boy and bemoaning his family. Ruy however, is made squire for the soon-to-be-knighted Sancho. It turns out he’s working in collusion with Rodrigo too.Īfter greeting a new page boy, Lisardo, Ruy passes Jimena again and this inevitably leads to more conflict between Orduno and Ruy. At the centre of this is the Count himself, Flain. Trouble brews in Vivar as whispers about the other kingdoms soon becomes a more fleshed out plan to usurp the King and steal the throne from under him. Rodrigo knows this and takes his grandson away. She’s romantically involved with the Count of Leon’s son, Orduno, and this is not a fight Ruy will win. It’s clear Ruy has a lot to learn though, especially as he speaks to lady Jimena and tries to woo her. Starting as a page boy, we cut forward in time to see him grow into a tenacious young man the same one we saw in the battlefield earlier in the episode during the prologue. After saying goodbye to his Mother, he heads out on horseback with Rodrigo to the capital city. A young boy called Ruy is told to head to Leon, right on the eve of his Father passing away. This cuts us forward to the moments our story begins.Įpisode 1 of El Cid begins in Vivar during the 11th Century. After the fall of the Cordoba Caliphate, Rodrigo Diaz narrates about his grandson taking up his father’s sword and fighting in his stead. The Kingdoms of Castile, Aragon and Navarre remain divided, carved up between three brothers occupying their thrones.
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