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<i>I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.</i>

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<i>After the shocking death of her daughter...</i>

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- I will catch you!
- No!

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<i>...Brida fled Eoferwic in defeat.</i>

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Retreat!

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<i>Aethelstan yearns to know
his true father, the King of Wessex,</i>

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<i>but Edward's attention turns towards
his new love, the Lady Eadgifu.</i>

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For all its strangeness,
I did find our time together enjoyable.

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<i>And Aelflaed,
the Queen he no longer loves,</i>

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<i>looks to Christ to salve her humiliation.</i>

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God knows your heart.

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I will pray for you.

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<i>My beloved Aethelflaed is dying.</i>

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- She will not see the spring.
- You must be mistaken in this, Finan.

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She does not have long.

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<i>She has chosen Aelfwynn
to succeed her.</i>

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Knowing my daughter will be Lady of Mercia
in my stead, it is all I wish.

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<i>But as ever in Mercia,
the succession is not straightforward.</i>

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The young Lady Aelfwynn
is not fit to rule.

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Does your master propose an alternative?

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He does indeed, Lord Burgred.

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<i>Now I ride to be with my love.</i>

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<i>I pray that I reach her
before it is too late.</i>

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<i>Destiny is all!</i>

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One!

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Two!

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- He will not survive.
- This is not about survival.

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It is about pain.

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Three!

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An agony of burning
that the flesh never forgets.

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- Then we wait to see if the blood sickens.
- Four!

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Five!

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Six!

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Seven!

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Eight!

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Nine!

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If the gods have not healed you
by the third sunrise,

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they have abandoned you to die.

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As will I.

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Go, Lord.

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Where is she?

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I was wondering when you might grace us.

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You're not resting?

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She's the Lady of Mercia.
She can do as she chooses.

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As she has repeatedly reminded me.

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I have told her that she is sick.

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As I have told you
that I do not wish to lie still.

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There will be time enough for that.

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There, I am ready.

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- Will you escort me?
- To go where?

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I have some obligations I must attend to.

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Let us go.

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You knew she was sick
and you did not tell me?

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She asked for my help and my silence.
I gave her both.

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She is dying, Uhtred.

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I have seen this before in those
whose time is close.

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They feel suddenly alive before...

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But do not be fooled,
she has little time left.

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Your nailed god cheated death, yes?

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After three days
suffering all the torments of hell.

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You believe that He will raise you
from the dead on the day of judgement?

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It is a tenet of our faith, yes.

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He was your god as well, Brida.

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Do not forget where your life began
with Him, not the Danes.

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- You are His child, just like we all are...
- Tell me then, why did He abandon me?

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Why?

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If Vibeke was His child,
why did He let her die? Why?

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Will He protect you, Father, hm?
Will He save you in this moment? Tell me.

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If He has decided
that this is my time, then so be it.

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Do not be so eager to believe that He has
any control over how your life ends.

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This will not be quick.
This is just beginning.

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Help him! Help!

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Where is He, Father? Is He coming?
Is He on his way?

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Help him!

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It is strange
to see it so empty.

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It is not empty.

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Not yet.

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No. Not yet.

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You will not have to do this alone.

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- I will remain with you.
- And I am so grateful for that.

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I only hope that I might find her strength
when the time comes.

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I have served your mother for many years.

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You are her daughter.
I can see much of her in you.

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<i>I always thought
that rule would mean conflict,</i>

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but the truth is
the people simply want peace.

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If they are well fed, if they have homes,
if they are warm,

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then they will soon come to respect you.

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Where are we going?

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I have some business with one
of the Ealdormen that I must attend to.

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- Surely this is not the time?
- Oh, so do tell me, what time is it?

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It is time to fight
what is happening to you.

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Do not be naive, Uhtred.
The battle is done.

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- Why are you giving up so easily?
- I am not giving up!

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I did not choose this.
This is the path that God has given to me.

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- My Lady.
- Ealdorman Burgred.

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I have completed the letter
that we spoke of.

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- This... this is too much.
- It is barely enough.

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Mercia needs to be protected and I am sure
you will do what needs to be done.

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My Lady, you have been good to us.

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Just and fair.

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I remember when he was terrified
at the thought of you on the throne.

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People change, given time.

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What did you give him?

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I have land in my name that I wanted
to give to the people to ensure

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that it remains theirs when I am gone.

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- And who will take the throne?
- Aelfwynn.

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She is not the girl you once knew.
She understands her duty.

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If Edward and I can maintain our alliance
through our successors

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and they in theirs, our peace and unity
could last for generations.

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Aldhelm will remain with her to guide her
and she will have an army for protection.

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I do not wish to ask more favors of you.

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- Aethelflaed.
- Please.

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Let me speak.

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I would feel happier to leave her
if I knew

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that you would ensure her safety.

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- You do not even have to ask.
- I do.

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Your life is not here with me.

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Aelfwynn is not your kin.

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- I did not help you when you came to me...
- Stop.

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I will protect Aelfwynn and Mercia
as best I can.

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Come. Let us find somewhere quiet to sit
or some may think I am breaking my oath.

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The gate is this way.

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There are other gates, ones that are not
so fiercely guarded.

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So, all these years I could have been
sneaking in here to hump you?

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I should send word
to my husband that it is finished.

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That he might ride to Lindisfarne
and see it.

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I am sure that both the Lord our God
and the King

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will be impressed with your tribute.

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You awake early, do you not?

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I pray every day to our Lord God
in the light of a new dawning sun.

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The King departed this morning.

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Did you happen to witness it?

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Did anybody accompany him?

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I think perhaps
the Lady Eadgifu rode with him.

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Come with us to Lindisfarne.

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The King has warned me
that my presence there

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could be seen as a claim
to the land itself

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and my father would surely take his side.

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No, I should remain here.

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Travel with us and do not tell them.

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It is not provocation.

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It is a holy tribute.

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Nothing is more pure.

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I should like to witness
its glory myself.

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As I am certain,
the King would also witness yours.

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Do you wish a chance to pray?

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What prayer would you have me make?

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I don't know. What prayer would be best
to beg your god for your life?

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My life is in your hands, not His.

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Think that there is somewhere after this?

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I think that we will join Him
in life everlasting.

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Your god came back to life
while my daughter is cold.

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She will live with Him in eternal life.

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Tell Him to give her back.

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Give her back?
That is not something that my god does.

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A life for a life, then.

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Orvar! Orvar, will you give yourself
to me for Vibeke?

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No, there is no trading lives!

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Consider it a threat. Return her to me,
or this one's death will be on your hands.

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- I cannot do that.
- But your god can.

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You're His voice! So speak! Give her back!

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- Give her back!
- Dear God, spare her!

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Put no more blood on her hands!

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She was born your servant.
She need not die in torment.

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She can still repent
and join her daughter in paradise.

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My daughter's dead.

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My daughter's dead. I'm lost.

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We're never truly lost.

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God will find you.
You were born a Christian.

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He has seen the good that was passed on
through you to your daughter's heart.

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Your god did not save Vibeke,
He let her die.

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There is no life after this for her.

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She's alone.

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She's alone.

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I am alone!

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No, you are not.

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- Perhaps we should rest here.
- For a short while.

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Is it cold? I feel so cold.

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It is cold enough.

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You should have told me.

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I did not owe you a share of my pain.

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I have not stopped wondering...

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about what we gave up...

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to become who we are.

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Do you regret it?

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On occasion.

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Then when I do,
it is with every part of my being.

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What of you?

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Would you have begged fate
for a different path over these years?

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Mercia's people are contented.
They're safe.

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How could I deny them all you have done?

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That does not answer my question.

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I have dreamed of us.

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As a family.

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And a happy one.

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But even through that happiness,
even in my dreams...

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we never cease worrying
that we have made the wrong choice.

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That's the curse of life,
to think of what might have been.

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Your path was to bring peace to Mercia,
to protect it.

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Who will protect you,
Uhtred of Bebbanburg?

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I do not need protection.

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You do.

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You do.

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You are carrying so much pain.

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I would have told you...

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My daughter committed
the greatest of all your god's sins.

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If He does exist,
she will have been sent to the flames.

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That part of the Holy Book
has never much felt true to me.

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It seems to me there's not much separating
Heaven and Valhalla.

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That if we are right in our beliefs,
there is something better after this.

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- No, your daughter had no chance to sin.
- She made others kill for her.

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That's the same as if the knife
was in her hand.

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And as our parents teach us,
she was trying to please you. That is all.

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It is not her sin to repent for.

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It's not too late to believe in Him,
Brida.

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It is never too late.

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Believing in your god made the Danes weak.

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They lost their souls.
My daughter lost her life.

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I blame you.

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I blame your church,
your kings and your queens.

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And most of all, I blame
every so-called Dane who bowed to them

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and sucked at their teats
and who took their baptism rites.

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You should eat.

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I cannot help to end your pain.

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Nothing can.

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But your daughter is at peace now.

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Maybe in finding peace of your own,
you might repent.

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I don't want your bread.

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I believe it was your bread to begin with.

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Should you change your mind.

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There is no honor
in him freezing to death.

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There is no honor in what he did to us

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- and yet you would forgive him.
- The gods have forgiven him.

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He passed their trial.
He must be in their favor.

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If his flesh begins to heal,

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then we can talk about
allowing him back into the city.

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- Listen to me! He is my brother!
- And I am your wife!

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His fate is set.
It's in the hands of the gods now.

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He will die or he will survive.

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We will not know
until his hands are unbound.

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- Here you go.
- Thank you.

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What was that?

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King's men.

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When was the last time
you saw your father?

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00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,080
A long time ago.

246
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,480
Well, you'll be a fair bit taller
than him now, I'll bet.

247
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:56,760
- Uncle?
- Aelfwynn.

248
00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:01,080
- Am I too late? Where is she?
- She... She's not here.

249
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,600
- Where is she?
- She is with Uhtred.

250
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,200
- Of course.
- She wanted to see him before...

251
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,960
I do not understand
why she is being taken from us now.

252
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,240
Time robs us, over and over again.

253
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,480
Your mother is the best of us.

254
00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:27,280
If I could keep her here,
you know I would.

255
00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:28,360
I know.

256
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,480
The... the Ealdormen have been told
to prepare.

257
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:36,000
I'm concerned that they will not honor
Mother's wishes.

258
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,840
The Ealdormen will be taken care of.
Do not fear.

259
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,800
Your mother and I had
a shared wish...

260
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,240
to honor our father's desire for unity.

261
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,640
I swear to you and to her...

262
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,800
I will do all I can to ensure
that comes to pass.

263
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,960
Please, let my Lord King
listen to the words of this servant.

264
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,680
Please, let my Lord listen to the words
of this servant.

265
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,920
I did not get to speak with you...

266
00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,200
I love you.

267
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,360
I will protect all that we have
achieved, sister.

268
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:08,640
This I swear to you.

269
00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:23,960
Receive your servant Vibeke

270
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,200
into the ranks of your devout saints
and most bright angels.

271
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:31,440
She is a child of God.

272
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,960
Please let my Lord listen
to the words of this servant...

273
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:48,680
Lady Aelswith...

274
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,240
You do not need to say
anything, Lord Uhtred.

275
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:57,840
I would ask you...

276
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,520
Do you hear anything?

277
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:04,760
Erm...

278
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,080
It is night. The town is asleep.

279
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:09,360
Not out there.

280
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,400
In here. In this room.

281
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:14,880
Do you hear anything?

282
00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:18,360
No, nothing but our own voices.

283
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:24,160
Mere mortals.
I do not care for our voices.

284
00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:31,840
He is not speaking.

285
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,240
I thought that He would speak to me now.

286
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,240
Is it not clear that I need Him?

287
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,960
All I have ever asked of Him...

288
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,080
is His voice when I needed it.

289
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:57,520
Perhaps His silence
is Him offering you solace in...

290
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,960
I do not need His solace.

291
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,240
I need Him to speak to me.

292
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,320
My life, I have given to Him.

293
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:16,400
I have prayed for so many hours,
Lord Uhtred.

294
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,640
I have begged Him to save her.

295
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,040
I need to know that He is listening.

296
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,960
I fear your prayers have been wasted.

297
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,280
Please, let my Lord the King
listen to the words of His servant.

298
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,400
Please, let my Lord
listen to the words of...

299
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,600
- Lady Aelswith...
- I am trying to make Him hear me!

300
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:07,840
Do not say it.

301
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,920
Do not say the words.

302
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,320
He has forsaken me.

303
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,000
He has forsaken her.

304
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:31,200
I have given Him the entirety of my life.

305
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:34,960
And I am left with nothing.

306
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:07,760
Where is Aelfwynn?

307
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,080
She is waiting for the Witan.

308
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,560
They will take advantage of her.

309
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:24,200
They respected Aethelflaed. Surely
they will accept her choice of successor.

310
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:28,720
Aelfwynn is too young
and she is not worldly.

311
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:31,680
They will turn on her.

312
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,960
She can gain their respect
just as Aethelflaed did.

313
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,240
As wise as she had become...

314
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,640
Aethelflaed still wished to believe
the best in people.

315
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:49,920
But she was wrong.

316
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:56,640
There has already been so much death,
Uhtred.

317
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:00,760
I could not bear more of it.

318
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,640
I've had too much... oh...

319
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,240
- Leave me here.
- You're all right.

320
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,680
- Oh, God.
- Come on. Up the stairs.

321
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,480
- Are the men ready?
- They're waiting for your signal.

322
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,360
And is there word
from Father Pyrlig?

323
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,800
A scout reported seeing him
with the Danish witch.

324
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,520
Then he is likely dead.

325
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,040
Return to your position.
It will not be long.

326
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:53,880
Aethelstan?

327
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:56,760
What are you...?

328
00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:59,320
You came with Uhtred.

329
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:04,120
He wanted the chance to say goodbye
to Lady Aethelflaed.

330
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,880
A chance that his presence here denied me.

331
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:10,120
Well, it seems he's taken many things
from you over time.

332
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:16,680
I have often wondered of you.

333
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:19,760
Surely I would not have been hard to find.

334
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,760
We have found each other now, it seems.

335
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,920
There are matters to be attended to. We...

336
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,560
I should like to talk further with you.

337
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,800
Much has changed in both of
our lives, but now is not the time.

338
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,320
It is good to see you, Aethelstan.

339
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,000
You were much favored by my mother.
She would have been glad to have you here.

340
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,040
You look like her.

341
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,560
Have the Ealdormen been told?

342
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,160
We will ring the bells when it is time
for the Witan to meet.

343
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,600
They'll be terrified to leave Mercia
without a ruler

344
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,320
for even a moment's breath.

345
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:15,280
The Ealdormen respected your mother.
They will similarly respect her wishes.

346
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,360
And Lord Aethelhelm has arrived.

347
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:21,520
As much as his intentions
will be self-serving,

348
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,480
his presence might help to delay matters.

349
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,480
My mother has been dead a matter of hours
and already he seeks to undermine her.

350
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:32,600
No, she would not have delayed it
and neither will I.

351
00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:34,639
You are in mourning.
You would be forgiven...

352
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:36,560
My mother would not forgive me.

353
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:43,440
I will not deny this land or its people
what she wanted for them.

354
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,199
I should have been here sooner.

355
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:53,679
What matters is that you were
here for her when she needed you to be.

356
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,480
Will you be remaining here?

357
00:34:59,159 --> 00:35:03,360
- Until Aelfwynn takes the throne.
- Should her grandmother allow it.

358
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,280
Lady Aelswith is afraid
it is the wrong decision.

359
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,680
Bitter old women rarely want more
for their descendants.

360
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:15,880
She might be right.

361
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,800
Why do we attach ourselves
to these people, Uhtred?

362
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,120
I do not think it is our choice.

363
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:27,760
Because it is our destiny?

364
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:32,520
Then destiny is cruel.

365
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,960
All it seems to do is cause us
sorrow and pain.

366
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,120
If that is the path it sees for us.

367
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:46,800
I wonder if destiny lost its hold on me
when I left these lands.

368
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,400
I have been free of pain for a while now
and better for it.

369
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,600
Perhaps pain is our choice, not destiny's.

370
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,200
So tell me, Uhtred.

371
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,720
What would finally allow you
to be free of your pain?

372
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,480
- What are they speaking of?
- I do not know.

373
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,960
But I'm sure no good
can come of it.

374
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,640
We should head back to the palace.

375
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:58,040
You served her well.

376
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:03,600
I tried. All she wanted
was to keep the people safe.

377
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:09,520
She could think of no way
to make it more simple to rule?

378
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:11,480
She tried.

379
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,520
But the Ealdormen, even as they came
to respect her, were stubborn.

380
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,960
The old ways appealed to them
more than the new.

381
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,600
I think you could yet be of great use
to Mercia, Lord Aldhelm.

382
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:26,880
You do not have to be here this early.

383
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,760
- We've not yet begun.
- Yes, I do.

384
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,000
Stay yourself!

385
00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:40,400
The throne is taken after the Witan meets,
not before.

386
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,840
I did not expect to see you here.

387
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,960
- I am here to show respect.
- Oh, I doubt that.

388
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:52,480
A man who has no respect
cannot show it, surely. Lord King.

389
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:54,040
This is taking too long.

390
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,360
- We must announce her death.
- I would think it were the King's decision

391
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,640
as to when the bells should be rung,
my Lord.

392
00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:02,880
- I was merely suggesting...
- That you understood the King's grief

393
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,000
- better than he himself?
- Who are you to speak to me this way?

394
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:07,560
You would watch your tongue!

395
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,960
The bells will ring in good time.

396
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,200
It is nearly dawn. Let us see the day
in with the saddest news.

397
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,080
Shut that door!
My balls are freezing to nothing!

398
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,640
- Something's wrong.
- Just go back to bed.

399
00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:48,360
Get some sleep. Lord Uhtred
might need us in the morning.

400
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,480
There, did you see that?
Wake up.

401
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:56,400
No, no, it's the ale.
Your eyes are playing tricks on you. Just...

402
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,160
- Think about where you're pointing that.
- There are soldiers here.

403
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:12,680
You think it's an attack?

404
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,320
The King is here and undefended.

405
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:19,920
Piss.

406
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,880
Go and find Uhtred. I'll get the others.

407
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,560
Do not do anything stupid.

408
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,560
- Do you hear me?
- Yeah.

409
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:41,160
It is time.

410
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,800
Ring the bell.
Let my sister's death be known.

411
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:52,520
You seem troubled.

412
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,160
I don't like black. It's so cold.

413
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,080
It would be a strange man who does.

414
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:02,880
It is time.

415
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,760
She asked that you protect Mercia.

416
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,480
You have only done
as you saw right and good.

417
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:19,880
Perhaps.

418
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,240
Aethelstan!

419
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:52,400
Shit!

420
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:16,800
Uhtred!

421
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:22,080
Uhtred!

422
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:26,360
Uhtred!

423
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,600
Leave him.

424
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,120
What happened? Are you all right?

425
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,440
Lord, I think you need to see this.

426
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,560
- Who are they?
- The Ealdormen.

427
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:40,800
Come!

428
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:44,560
- Who gave your orders?
- Come on. Tell us!

429
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:47,360
Uhtred, I know him.

430
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,640
I saw him talking
with the King last night.

431
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:03,280
Did you see them?

432
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,280
- Did you see the Ealdormen?
- I did.

433
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:09,120
- So, where are they?
- They are dead.

434
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,000
Dead? That cannot be.

435
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,760
You... What did you do?

436
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,320
You overstep your bounds, Lord Aethelhelm!

437
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,600
The only explanation I need offer
is the example of our past.

438
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,000
The strength of Wessex and Mercia
both only improved

439
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:30,680
under the alliance with my sister.

440
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,080
I could not see that strength fade now.

441
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,680
Lady Aethelflaed's choice of successor
is her daughter.

442
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,640
- She has her mother's strength.
- I have not seen it.

443
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,040
My sister's strength came
with time.

444
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:45,680
To leave my niece
to find her own strength

445
00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:48,800
would leave Mercia vulnerable.
She will not take the throne.

446
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:53,080
Then there are others who could rule
whilst staying within the family's line.

447
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:54,480
Father's hopes were of unity.

448
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:59,040
It was a dream my sister and I bore
from him and shared, but now she is dead.

449
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,160
Had she known it were possible
to unite the kingdoms...

450
00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:05,920
She would not have done it with the blood
of innocents on her hands!

451
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:09,960
Her hands are unsullied. The choice
was mine alone and I was forced to act.

452
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:11,960
The Ealdormen had already accepted bribes

453
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,600
to sway their minds away
from my sister's wishes.

454
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,240
These men were standing
in the way of progress.

455
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:24,040
- I merely acted to remove the corruption.
- This is not how succession is determined!

456
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:28,240
Until my sister's rule, succession
was always determined by bloodshed.

457
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,280
I did not want it to be so again.

458
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,840
Better the blood of the few,
than the blood of the many.

459
00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:42,680
You have murdered
Mercia's Ealdormen.

460
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,560
And in doing so,
I have ensured Mercia's protection.

461
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:00,680
I will do as God wills.

462
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:05,720
I will be King of the Angles
and of the Saxons.

463
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:55,760
You are still alive, then?

464
00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:58,720
That's because of you.

465
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:07,200
Will you look?

466
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:26,840
The flesh has begun to heal.

467
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:34,680
The gods have forgiven you.

468
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:39,840
What of you, brother?

469
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:43,120
Have you forgiven me?

470
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:47,800
If it were Stiorra's choice,
you would be left to fend for yourself.

471
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,600
Then I am lucky that it is not.

472
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:55,200
She is not a true Dane.

473
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:59,280
A true Dane would not betray
their family as you did.

474
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:10,400
You are my blood.

475
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,520
Do you understand? You are my blood.

476
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:19,160
The rest will come in time.

477
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:57,000
- Have you seen Lady Aelswith?
- Yes, she came through here with Aelfwynn.

478
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,600
- They left for...
- Don't say it out loud.

479
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,520
You should leave this place.
It is not safe here.

480
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:13,840
Ah, it's just a scratch. It'll heal.
You might get a good scar out of it.

481
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:16,520
It did not bleed like a scratch.

482
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:20,440
All right lads, at the ready.

483
00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:24,760
My men are merely seeking their horses.
There's to be no trouble here.

484
00:48:27,720 --> 00:48:29,200
You killed the Ealdormen.

485
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,561
- It is only what needed to be done.
- They were old men.

486
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:35,880
Defenseless.

487
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:41,160
Uhtred has taught you
his strong sense of morality, then.

488
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:47,920
Surely he has also taught
it is better to strike first

489
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,000
if it might prevent more violence.

490
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:54,880
Yet it was not my intention
for you to be caught in this.

491
00:48:57,720 --> 00:48:59,320
My man tells me you fought well.

492
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:03,800
Not well enough,
or he would not be here to tell you of it.

493
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:08,360
- Your blood is strong.
- My skill comes only from my training.

494
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,080
I must ready myself for the ceremony.

495
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:16,480
Will you attend?

496
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:20,200
I will be with Uhtred.

497
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,440
Well, you'd be welcome
should you change your mind.

498
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:33,480
Aethelflaed was your blood... as am I.

499
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:10,880
It's done.

500
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:17,440
She gave me peace.

501
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:23,720
When I was with her, I felt it.

502
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,480
I'm sure she would want you
to find that feeling again.

503
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:33,360
I can think of no better tribute.

504
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:33,920
It looks to be
a worthy procession.

505
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:36,120
It is.

506
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:45,040
- Are you going to retaliate?
- He did what kings always do.

507
00:51:45,120 --> 00:51:49,080
No king has ever ruled bloodlessly.
It is not in their nature.

508
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,560
It is no way to become a king, Uhtred.

509
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:53,920
I think it might be the only way.

510
00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:58,040
It is over now.

511
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:01,840
Edward's rule will not be challenged.

512
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,480
His line will watch the throne
until it becomes their turn...

513
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:09,600
just as King Alfred wanted.