Maysalbek is a mirror to how the reality of war sacrifices innocent lives. Tolgonay's middle son is a budding intellectual with a deep passion for books and reading, grasping life silently but wisely. He dreams of going to school in the city and becoming a teacher. When war breaks out, he considers it an honor to leave his education and defend his homeland. Although he cannot internalize the ugliness of war, he volunteers for suicide missions, saving hundreds of comrades and blowing himself up with the enemy arsenal. The farewell scene where he cries out to his family as his frontline train passes through the village is the most stinging image that haunts Tolgonay's heart for a lifetime.
He had been a very intelligent student since he was little; while everyone else broke a sweat in the fields, he gravitated toward pens, paper, and school desks, standing out as the son with the first aspirations for teaching. After the Zareçye school, he studied in the city.
Dark-skinned, more delicate but handsome compared to his father and his older brother Kasım, possessing thoughtful facial features, hair combed slightly back, a pale-faced young man in a clean, stylish military uniform in his final image.
Aliman
The daughter-in-law he felt affection for from afar.
Tolgonay
The mother toward whom he feels eternal love and a desire to be forgiven for his regrets.
Silah arkadaşları
The military unit he was a comrade to, at the cost of his life.