Identity crisis: Mistaken for a spy, losing official identity and credentials.
Political conspiracy: The Abbasid envoy's fatwa extends to Byzantium (following the story of Caliph Mansur in the first film Stars and Fire).
Storm of Faith: Caught in the whirlpool of religious persecution caused by the Byzantine Iconoclasm movement.
War vortex: Forced into the Byzantine war against Bulgaria and early friction with Venice.
Survival and return: Struggling to survive in troubled times in a foreign country, looking for a slim chance to return to the East.
Please follow Du Huan, a man from the Tang Dynasty in history, as he talks about his journey home, taking you through the turbulent era abroad in the 8th century.
"Double eagle" refers to the Abbasid Empire (often symbolized by falcons) and the Byzantine Empire (double-headed eagle emblem), and "Canglan" refers to the vast Mediterranean or Black Sea, and also symbolizes the stormy waves of the collision of the two empires.
