1 00:00:42,996 --> 00:00:50,996 Synced and corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com 2 00:01:52,774 --> 00:01:54,514 _ 3 00:01:56,093 --> 00:01:58,093 _ 4 00:02:16,130 --> 00:02:18,833 Ivar! Where are you? 5 00:02:18,866 --> 00:02:21,703 Igor? Don't worry, I'm here! 6 00:02:50,164 --> 00:02:51,566 We were defeated. 7 00:02:53,668 --> 00:02:55,537 It's not possible. 8 00:02:55,570 --> 00:02:57,805 We were defeated by a dead man. 9 00:02:59,106 --> 00:03:01,108 I don't understand. 10 00:03:01,142 --> 00:03:03,645 The great Bjorn Ironside. 11 00:03:03,678 --> 00:03:09,317 He was dead, but appeared in front of his army 12 00:03:09,351 --> 00:03:11,285 like the resurrected Christ. 13 00:03:13,655 --> 00:03:18,125 Our soldiers panicked. They ran away. 14 00:03:18,159 --> 00:03:22,430 But it was the officers who were the worst cowards. 15 00:03:24,332 --> 00:03:26,668 - But if he was dead... - It doesn't matter. 16 00:03:27,935 --> 00:03:29,837 They must be punished. 17 00:03:29,871 --> 00:03:31,673 Those responsible. 18 00:03:34,642 --> 00:03:37,211 It's not possible for us to be defeated. 19 00:03:38,980 --> 00:03:41,282 It won't happen again. 20 00:03:41,315 --> 00:03:43,940 It will never happen again! 21 00:04:02,470 --> 00:04:03,505 It's a small boat. 22 00:04:03,538 --> 00:04:05,006 Who is it? 23 00:04:05,039 --> 00:04:06,674 I'm not sure. Maybe from Kattegat. 24 00:04:06,708 --> 00:04:07,975 It's not one of our ships, is it? 25 00:04:21,879 --> 00:04:24,692 You're the first settlers this season. Congratulations. 26 00:04:24,726 --> 00:04:29,569 I bring a message for Ubbe, son of Ragnar, if he's here. 27 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:33,573 Here I am. 28 00:04:35,403 --> 00:04:39,474 Your brother, Bjorn Ironside, 29 00:04:39,507 --> 00:04:41,008 King of Kattegat... 30 00:04:43,711 --> 00:04:45,012 is dead. 31 00:05:09,370 --> 00:05:10,860 What do you want? 32 00:05:13,575 --> 00:05:16,410 Go away! I command you to go away! 33 00:05:18,646 --> 00:05:19,647 No! 34 00:05:24,452 --> 00:05:25,453 No! 35 00:05:27,421 --> 00:05:28,422 No! 36 00:05:29,557 --> 00:05:31,192 No! 37 00:05:58,686 --> 00:06:00,121 Stop! 38 00:06:17,371 --> 00:06:18,439 Come down here. 39 00:06:20,808 --> 00:06:22,306 I said come down! 40 00:06:33,855 --> 00:06:35,069 What have I done? 41 00:06:39,293 --> 00:06:40,662 I don't know. 42 00:06:40,695 --> 00:06:43,598 I have destroyed your innocence. 43 00:06:43,631 --> 00:06:45,466 It's time you grew up, Igor. 44 00:06:45,499 --> 00:06:47,268 You're not a child anymore. 45 00:06:47,309 --> 00:06:49,979 Your age of innocence is over! Gone! 46 00:06:50,004 --> 00:06:52,206 I will no longer protect or shield you 47 00:06:52,239 --> 00:06:54,175 from the harsh realities of life. 48 00:06:54,208 --> 00:06:57,758 From now on, I'll make you face them. 49 00:07:01,315 --> 00:07:04,919 For how else are you ever going to be King? 50 00:07:20,434 --> 00:07:22,069 Tell me how my brother died. 51 00:07:24,338 --> 00:07:26,407 Kattegat was attacked by the Rus. 52 00:07:27,875 --> 00:07:32,714 A great army, led by King Oleg of Kiev. 53 00:07:32,738 --> 00:07:36,005 Your other brothers, Ivar and Hvitserk... 54 00:07:37,577 --> 00:07:39,333 they were a part of this army. 55 00:07:41,066 --> 00:07:45,863 Yet there is no reason to ever be surprised by Ivar's actions. 56 00:07:48,249 --> 00:07:49,857 What happened to Bjorn? 57 00:07:50,679 --> 00:07:54,165 There were two battles, the first near Vestvold. 58 00:07:54,933 --> 00:07:59,754 In that battle, the Rus, they overcame us. 59 00:08:00,139 --> 00:08:06,278 King Harald fell, and Bjorn was badly, almost mortally, wounded. 60 00:08:06,312 --> 00:08:08,380 We retreated back to Kattegat. 61 00:08:08,414 --> 00:08:10,946 The Rus, they gathered outside. 62 00:08:11,417 --> 00:08:15,409 That night, Bjorn breathed his last. 63 00:08:17,923 --> 00:08:21,960 In the morning, a great miracle happened. 64 00:08:23,362 --> 00:08:26,832 He rode out in front of our warriors. 65 00:08:26,865 --> 00:08:29,768 And, the Rus, having heard of his demise, 66 00:08:29,801 --> 00:08:33,972 were shocked and terrified to see him actually alive again. 67 00:08:34,006 --> 00:08:36,742 Believing him to be a ghost, 68 00:08:36,775 --> 00:08:39,361 those superstitious creatures, they fled before him 69 00:08:39,385 --> 00:08:40,851 and they never returned. 70 00:08:46,452 --> 00:08:47,719 I don't know what to say. 71 00:08:49,155 --> 00:08:50,189 I do. 72 00:08:52,398 --> 00:08:55,301 Here in this faraway place, 73 00:08:55,327 --> 00:08:59,631 I want to pay tribute and salute the life of my brother Bjorn. 74 00:09:01,233 --> 00:09:04,036 Many a time on the battlefield 75 00:09:04,077 --> 00:09:09,182 I looked to him for leadership and courage, and he never failed. 76 00:09:09,208 --> 00:09:11,610 I loved him. 77 00:09:11,643 --> 00:09:13,579 We all loved him. He was our hero. 78 00:09:16,182 --> 00:09:19,051 I know that he wanted us to go on this incredible journey 79 00:09:19,085 --> 00:09:21,553 and to find a new land. 80 00:09:21,587 --> 00:09:25,524 Just like our father, he wanted to throw off the shackles of old... 81 00:09:26,925 --> 00:09:28,857 whatever the risk. 82 00:09:29,438 --> 00:09:34,373 He is now in Valhalla with Ragnar, so there's no need to be sad. 83 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:40,314 Fill up your horns, and let's drink to the great Bjorn Ironside! 84 00:09:40,339 --> 00:09:43,375 He was my brother, and he was your brother. 85 00:09:44,843 --> 00:09:45,844 Bjorn. 86 00:09:53,252 --> 00:09:56,301 - Bjorn. - Bjorn Ironside! 87 00:10:46,396 --> 00:10:48,131 I don't mean to disturb you. 88 00:10:50,267 --> 00:10:53,203 All these objects were alive when Bjorn was alive. 89 00:10:53,236 --> 00:10:55,151 They lived in his presence. 90 00:10:55,705 --> 00:10:58,375 But now they are all cold and dead. 91 00:11:01,778 --> 00:11:03,827 Let me give you his sacred ring. 92 00:11:07,150 --> 00:11:08,748 He would have wanted that. 93 00:11:09,586 --> 00:11:10,587 Thank you. 94 00:11:12,289 --> 00:11:13,753 I will keep it warm. 95 00:11:16,759 --> 00:11:20,530 Bjorn's death has left a hole in all our lives. 96 00:11:20,563 --> 00:11:23,888 But it has also left a vacancy in Kattegat. 97 00:11:25,935 --> 00:11:27,723 The King is dead. 98 00:11:27,758 --> 00:11:29,517 Kattegat has no ruler 99 00:11:29,541 --> 00:11:33,276 and yet Kattegat remains in the gravest threat of another Rus attack. 100 00:11:34,511 --> 00:11:37,614 The people must elect a new ruler. 101 00:11:40,991 --> 00:11:45,695 Ubbe would be the natural successor to Bjorn, but he is not here. 102 00:11:50,827 --> 00:11:52,095 But you... 103 00:11:53,963 --> 00:11:56,066 ...are Bjorn's wife, 104 00:11:56,099 --> 00:11:58,901 and a great shield maiden. 105 00:11:58,935 --> 00:12:02,218 Proved yourself again and again in battle. 106 00:12:02,972 --> 00:12:05,775 You gave him good advice, you are clever, 107 00:12:05,808 --> 00:12:07,644 and you are beautiful, Gunnhild. 108 00:12:12,182 --> 00:12:14,817 I think you should summon an Althing, 109 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,728 and I will propose you as Queen. 110 00:12:21,724 --> 00:12:23,573 I do not think I am so popular. 111 00:12:24,161 --> 00:12:25,495 Not with the people. 112 00:12:25,528 --> 00:12:27,997 You are popular with those who saw you fight. 113 00:12:28,031 --> 00:12:32,290 And you are Bjorn's wife. You are popular by association. 114 00:12:34,404 --> 00:12:36,506 I have no desire to be Queen. 115 00:12:37,474 --> 00:12:39,714 I know. 116 00:12:40,543 --> 00:12:44,681 But you know perfectly well you cannot decide your own fate... 117 00:12:45,648 --> 00:12:47,417 for it is already written. 118 00:13:02,072 --> 00:13:05,109 It seems that there is a vacancy in Kattegat 119 00:13:05,935 --> 00:13:07,070 for a King. 120 00:13:09,272 --> 00:13:11,174 Hmm. 121 00:13:11,208 --> 00:13:14,511 Why don't you sail back with your wife and two children 122 00:13:14,544 --> 00:13:16,079 and claim the throne? 123 00:13:16,113 --> 00:13:17,580 I mean, who will stop you? 124 00:13:19,382 --> 00:13:22,685 And I will remain here in Iceland as King. 125 00:13:25,395 --> 00:13:28,031 Doesn't that make sense to you? 126 00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:32,562 Never look a gift horse in the mouth, that's what I say. 127 00:13:36,466 --> 00:13:38,301 I will never be King... 128 00:13:40,443 --> 00:13:41,844 not of anywhere. 129 00:13:43,306 --> 00:13:45,447 I am a lot like my father. 130 00:13:45,975 --> 00:13:48,878 He never wanted to be King of Kattegat. 131 00:13:48,911 --> 00:13:51,161 He hated the burden of kingship. 132 00:13:54,151 --> 00:13:57,292 And he despised those who would be anything... 133 00:13:57,787 --> 00:14:01,758 betray any principle or person, just to seize the crown. 134 00:14:04,794 --> 00:14:06,829 I hope you're not like that, Ketill. 135 00:14:52,209 --> 00:14:54,015 How is my son? 136 00:14:55,011 --> 00:14:59,249 Ragnar is strong. Healthy. He will be fit to travel. 137 00:15:00,617 --> 00:15:01,651 Good. 138 00:15:03,152 --> 00:15:05,322 The two ships are almost seaworthy. 139 00:15:05,355 --> 00:15:07,690 I cannot wait to go. 140 00:15:09,992 --> 00:15:11,783 I saw Ketill and Othere today. 141 00:15:12,362 --> 00:15:13,496 They were talking. 142 00:15:14,664 --> 00:15:15,665 So? 143 00:15:16,366 --> 00:15:17,534 Then they argued. 144 00:15:19,236 --> 00:15:20,770 What about? 145 00:15:20,803 --> 00:15:23,124 I couldn't hear them. The point is... 146 00:15:23,149 --> 00:15:24,778 I know what the point is, Torvi. 147 00:15:27,377 --> 00:15:28,911 We have to sail with them. 148 00:15:34,890 --> 00:15:36,158 I will talk to them. 149 00:15:51,534 --> 00:15:54,668 Ancient One. I should have known. 150 00:15:54,692 --> 00:15:57,682 You walk in darkness and chaos. 151 00:15:58,530 --> 00:16:01,119 And yet I see things all the same. 152 00:16:02,315 --> 00:16:04,315 I see that everything changes. 153 00:16:05,089 --> 00:16:09,643 Everything changes, but only one thing remains the same. 154 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,205 And that is you. 155 00:16:12,889 --> 00:16:17,351 What is real now will not be real tomorrow. 156 00:16:17,873 --> 00:16:20,576 Don't listen to all the voices! 157 00:16:20,610 --> 00:16:23,012 There are too many voices! 158 00:16:25,014 --> 00:16:26,248 Don't listen. 159 00:17:40,453 --> 00:17:42,488 Who are these men? 160 00:17:42,521 --> 00:17:46,391 They are the most important officers in our army. 161 00:17:46,425 --> 00:17:48,265 Why are they digging a ditch? 162 00:17:49,728 --> 00:17:51,977 They need to be reminded 163 00:17:52,598 --> 00:17:54,066 that they're not as important 164 00:17:54,099 --> 00:17:56,101 as they imagine themselves to be. 165 00:17:58,737 --> 00:18:00,906 They need to be reminded to be humble. 166 00:18:11,784 --> 00:18:14,119 Line up! In a line! 167 00:18:14,152 --> 00:18:16,722 Line up! Front! 168 00:18:26,093 --> 00:18:27,695 I don't want to watch. 169 00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:32,411 You will do as I tell you. 170 00:18:32,437 --> 00:18:35,974 These officers betrayed their country. 171 00:18:36,008 --> 00:18:39,311 They ran from the battlefield like cowards. 172 00:18:40,613 --> 00:18:42,748 I must make an example of them. 173 00:18:44,149 --> 00:18:46,418 They don't deserve to be spared. 174 00:18:50,789 --> 00:18:52,324 Proceed! 175 00:19:38,971 --> 00:19:40,539 Stop! 176 00:19:40,573 --> 00:19:42,741 Please. Please. Please. Please. 177 00:19:44,977 --> 00:19:48,547 Please. Please. Please. Please. 178 00:19:51,249 --> 00:19:53,640 One day this will be your kingdom. 179 00:19:57,923 --> 00:20:00,325 Show them what you will do to traitors. 180 00:20:07,933 --> 00:20:08,934 Please, please. 181 00:20:09,602 --> 00:20:10,669 Look up. 182 00:20:12,104 --> 00:20:15,073 Prince Igor, I beg you for mercy! 183 00:20:15,107 --> 00:20:17,710 In the... In the name of our Holy Mother! 184 00:20:17,743 --> 00:20:20,245 My wife and children... 185 00:20:20,278 --> 00:20:22,347 I do not deserve to die! 186 00:20:22,380 --> 00:20:25,417 Please! Please, don't kill me. 187 00:20:26,218 --> 00:20:27,252 Please! 188 00:20:28,687 --> 00:20:30,555 Don't kill me, please. 189 00:20:34,192 --> 00:20:35,227 Please. 190 00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:39,531 Please. 191 00:21:03,221 --> 00:21:04,256 Good. 192 00:21:05,824 --> 00:21:07,172 Gentlemen. 193 00:21:20,072 --> 00:21:21,139 Form up! 194 00:21:25,737 --> 00:21:26,738 Turn! 195 00:21:28,538 --> 00:21:29,572 Forward! 196 00:21:46,567 --> 00:21:51,711 Gunnhild, have you made a decision? 197 00:21:52,206 --> 00:21:54,839 I have decided to call a meeting of the Althing. 198 00:21:55,209 --> 00:21:57,445 Kattegat must have a new ruler. 199 00:21:57,478 --> 00:21:59,447 Bjorn knew that. 200 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,549 And you will stand for election? 201 00:22:01,582 --> 00:22:02,916 It depends. 202 00:22:02,950 --> 00:22:04,218 On what? 203 00:22:04,252 --> 00:22:06,620 If anyone will stand against me. 204 00:22:06,654 --> 00:22:08,210 Have you heard any rumors? 205 00:22:08,889 --> 00:22:10,191 No. 206 00:22:10,224 --> 00:22:11,592 And what about Ingrid? 207 00:22:11,625 --> 00:22:12,840 I have no idea. 208 00:22:13,494 --> 00:22:15,028 And you will support me? 209 00:22:15,062 --> 00:22:16,469 Of course. 210 00:22:17,331 --> 00:22:18,966 You are ambitious. 211 00:22:18,999 --> 00:22:21,569 What would you expect in return for your support? 212 00:22:23,937 --> 00:22:27,975 Some token of friendship. 213 00:22:29,977 --> 00:22:33,147 You know how much I admire you. 214 00:22:33,181 --> 00:22:35,264 I cannot believe that Bjorn would take another wife 215 00:22:35,288 --> 00:22:36,784 when he already had you. 216 00:22:36,817 --> 00:22:38,403 - Hush. - That's what you said before, 217 00:22:38,427 --> 00:22:41,589 at Bjorn's wedding, but I do not want to be silenced. 218 00:22:42,423 --> 00:22:44,538 I want to be honest. 219 00:22:45,426 --> 00:22:47,761 Honest about my desire for you. 220 00:22:59,873 --> 00:23:03,110 I have to go. I have an appointment with Prince Oleg. 221 00:23:03,143 --> 00:23:04,312 What for? 222 00:23:04,345 --> 00:23:05,976 I don't know. He invited me. 223 00:23:09,450 --> 00:23:11,485 Why would he want to do that? 224 00:23:11,519 --> 00:23:13,020 That's what I intend to find out. 225 00:23:15,823 --> 00:23:18,192 Well, be careful, my brother. 226 00:23:18,226 --> 00:23:20,828 The Rus are not like us. Hmm? 227 00:23:20,861 --> 00:23:21,962 Hmm. 228 00:23:30,037 --> 00:23:34,542 Come on, Igor. Tell me, what do you want to do, huh? 229 00:23:34,575 --> 00:23:37,110 Kill myself. 230 00:23:37,144 --> 00:23:38,679 It's too early for that. 231 00:23:40,214 --> 00:23:41,782 A moment of your time, sirs. 232 00:23:41,815 --> 00:23:43,851 Go away, you filthy peasant. 233 00:23:43,884 --> 00:23:45,219 I have a story to tell. 234 00:23:45,253 --> 00:23:47,187 I told you to go away! 235 00:23:47,221 --> 00:23:48,978 Listen to my story. 236 00:23:51,158 --> 00:23:52,493 I want to listen. 237 00:24:11,679 --> 00:24:13,146 Prince Dir. 238 00:24:13,180 --> 00:24:14,606 I have good news. 239 00:24:14,631 --> 00:24:17,620 I came to tell you that I'm almost ready to challenge Prince Oleg. 240 00:24:17,685 --> 00:24:19,554 Many of the returning warriors 241 00:24:19,578 --> 00:24:23,056 have become disillusioned with my brother's leadership. 242 00:24:23,090 --> 00:24:25,693 They have lost faith in him. They are ready for a change. 243 00:24:25,726 --> 00:24:28,028 My army will assemble at Novgorod. 244 00:24:28,061 --> 00:24:29,703 When we have captured the garrison, 245 00:24:29,727 --> 00:24:33,147 I expect you and Prince Igor to join me. 246 00:24:33,801 --> 00:24:35,612 You will receive a dagger. 247 00:24:36,317 --> 00:24:39,340 That will be the signal for you to flee from Kiev. 248 00:24:39,373 --> 00:24:43,677 Why can't we go with you? I hate Oleg. I think he wants to kill me. 249 00:24:43,711 --> 00:24:46,179 We will not give him any excuse to do so. 250 00:24:46,213 --> 00:24:48,189 I entrust you, Ivar the Boneless, 251 00:24:48,213 --> 00:24:50,584 to safely convey the Prince to Novgorod. 252 00:24:50,618 --> 00:24:53,621 It will not be easy. Oleg is afraid now. 253 00:24:53,662 --> 00:24:54,930 He will become desperate. 254 00:24:54,955 --> 00:24:57,257 He will redouble the guard on the Prince, 255 00:24:57,291 --> 00:24:58,596 for if he loses Prince Igor, 256 00:24:58,627 --> 00:25:01,349 he loses any claim to be the legitimate ruler. 257 00:25:02,563 --> 00:25:03,631 I understand. 258 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:06,922 Then we part for a while. 259 00:25:07,573 --> 00:25:09,573 I trust you both with my life. 260 00:25:10,384 --> 00:25:12,177 You bring me good fortune. 261 00:25:12,816 --> 00:25:14,395 Not for long now. 262 00:25:14,420 --> 00:25:15,597 Not for long, my friend. 263 00:25:15,597 --> 00:25:17,891 I pray to your God and to mine. 264 00:25:20,356 --> 00:25:24,060 You are the rightful King of this great land. 265 00:25:24,085 --> 00:25:25,621 I will see you crowned. 266 00:25:26,988 --> 00:25:28,289 Thank you, Prince Dir. 267 00:25:29,124 --> 00:25:30,258 I love you. 268 00:25:46,508 --> 00:25:49,945 Hvitserk. Son of Ragnar. 269 00:25:53,949 --> 00:25:56,652 We were thrust upon each other. 270 00:25:56,685 --> 00:25:59,187 I didn't know anything about you. 271 00:25:59,220 --> 00:26:02,724 Your brother Ivar was rather mysterious about your relationship. 272 00:26:04,059 --> 00:26:05,393 Oh, please, sit. 273 00:26:06,494 --> 00:26:07,829 Be comfortable. 274 00:26:11,232 --> 00:26:15,971 I know that brotherly relationships can often be strained. 275 00:26:16,905 --> 00:26:18,406 Difficult. 276 00:26:20,676 --> 00:26:22,911 It's been so with my own brothers. 277 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,418 No, thank you. 278 00:26:26,774 --> 00:26:28,774 I don't do that anymore. 279 00:26:29,984 --> 00:26:32,330 I assume you still have some sins? 280 00:26:35,052 --> 00:26:36,821 Why did you want to talk to me? 281 00:26:39,023 --> 00:26:41,191 - I like Vikings. - Mmm-hmm. 282 00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:43,660 I would like to have a bodyguard of Vikings. 283 00:26:43,694 --> 00:26:46,263 I would trust you more than my own guards. 284 00:26:48,179 --> 00:26:49,981 Except, perhaps, for Ivar. 285 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:53,911 Even though I love Ivar. 286 00:27:01,746 --> 00:27:03,313 I was disappointed, of course, 287 00:27:03,347 --> 00:27:06,616 that we failed to capture Kattegat. 288 00:27:07,940 --> 00:27:10,510 But one should not dwell on one's mistakes. 289 00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:12,629 Not if one is wise. 290 00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:15,198 I know you believe in fate, 291 00:27:15,222 --> 00:27:17,611 and so do I. 292 00:27:19,496 --> 00:27:21,749 It was a mistake to return to the West. 293 00:27:22,197 --> 00:27:25,734 But I'm no longer interested in attacking Scandinavia 294 00:27:25,767 --> 00:27:27,733 and its peasants. 295 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:32,488 I believe we should attack Constantinople. 296 00:27:32,917 --> 00:27:36,487 A richer and much more attractive target. 297 00:27:37,922 --> 00:27:38,956 Hmm? 298 00:27:46,497 --> 00:27:48,199 You don't say anything. 299 00:27:49,267 --> 00:27:51,632 Sometimes silence is better. 300 00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:57,775 Along the Silk Roads, 301 00:27:57,808 --> 00:28:01,279 the Chinese and Arabs have given us many things. 302 00:28:01,312 --> 00:28:03,014 Beautiful things. 303 00:28:03,048 --> 00:28:04,982 Splendid things. 304 00:28:05,016 --> 00:28:06,717 Pleasurable things. 305 00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:08,653 Like this. 306 00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:13,491 Uh... 307 00:28:14,892 --> 00:28:16,694 What is it? 308 00:28:16,727 --> 00:28:18,696 It's just poppy seed. 309 00:28:18,729 --> 00:28:20,231 You just smell it. 310 00:28:21,299 --> 00:28:23,168 It makes you happy. 311 00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:25,636 - I, uh... - Oh, it's just one small sin. 312 00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:27,638 Are you so afraid? 313 00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:40,551 Smell it. 314 00:29:02,507 --> 00:29:03,608 Whoa. 315 00:29:11,382 --> 00:29:14,507 Is this really the land that you want to be King of, Ketill? 316 00:29:15,186 --> 00:29:21,759 This harsh, stony, unproductive land that is miserable? 317 00:29:21,792 --> 00:29:25,062 You will struggle the rest of your life just to survive here. 318 00:29:25,096 --> 00:29:27,132 Think about what I'm offering you instead. 319 00:29:28,866 --> 00:29:31,102 I have no idea who you are, 320 00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:33,104 where you came from, 321 00:29:33,138 --> 00:29:35,240 what you believe in, or even what your real name is. 322 00:29:35,273 --> 00:29:37,822 Perhaps that is how it is meant to be. 323 00:29:38,376 --> 00:29:40,311 But I do know we need to trust each other. 324 00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:44,262 We need you to come with us, 325 00:29:44,287 --> 00:29:46,042 to help us to furnish a second boat. 326 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:47,618 Without you, we can't leave. 327 00:29:49,820 --> 00:29:51,589 Why would you hesitate? 328 00:29:51,622 --> 00:29:55,693 Because it all depends if Othere is telling the truth. 329 00:29:55,726 --> 00:29:57,758 We cannot trust Ketill. 330 00:29:58,396 --> 00:30:00,398 But without him, the others, they would not come. 331 00:30:01,732 --> 00:30:04,735 But I know that Ketill went mad, 332 00:30:04,769 --> 00:30:07,938 slaughtered an innocent family without warning. 333 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:11,276 And in which case, that could easily happen again. 334 00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:12,977 If we are at sea on an open boat, 335 00:30:13,010 --> 00:30:15,580 the... The consequences, they would be catastrophic. 336 00:30:18,015 --> 00:30:23,087 Unless you and I are willing to deal with it together. 337 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:24,322 His story changes so often, 338 00:30:24,355 --> 00:30:26,123 it is hard to know what to believe. 339 00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:28,893 - And yet you want to believe. - I want to believe. 340 00:30:28,926 --> 00:30:30,695 I need to believe. 341 00:30:33,130 --> 00:30:37,381 If you want to stay here in this stony wilderness, then tell me now. 342 00:30:39,537 --> 00:30:41,606 What do you say, the man called "Othere"? 343 00:30:44,975 --> 00:30:46,611 I say you have a deal. 344 00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:54,519 I need someone I can trust on this voyage. 345 00:31:00,825 --> 00:31:02,527 You can trust me well enough. 346 00:31:18,957 --> 00:31:20,393 I don't mean to disturb you. 347 00:31:22,995 --> 00:31:24,162 It's all right. 348 00:31:27,132 --> 00:31:29,968 It is hard to accept that Bjorn is gone. 349 00:31:30,836 --> 00:31:31,870 Yes. 350 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:35,659 But at least I have this. 351 00:31:38,711 --> 00:31:42,052 You are with child? Bjorn's child? 352 00:31:43,416 --> 00:31:46,485 Yes. With Bjorn's child. 353 00:31:51,757 --> 00:31:55,566 It was terrible when Gunnhild lost the child she was carrying. 354 00:31:57,596 --> 00:32:01,467 Sadly, we cannot wait for your child to become ruler of Kattegat. 355 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:03,902 These are quick and desperate times. 356 00:32:03,936 --> 00:32:05,671 The Rus may attack us again, 357 00:32:05,704 --> 00:32:09,241 and yet we have no King or Queen to unite behind. 358 00:32:11,777 --> 00:32:13,646 You are Bjorn's wife. 359 00:32:13,679 --> 00:32:15,335 You carry his child. 360 00:32:17,215 --> 00:32:20,986 I think the legacy of Ragnar Lothbrok and Bjorn Ironside 361 00:32:21,019 --> 00:32:22,455 should live and continue. 362 00:32:28,961 --> 00:32:30,295 Then I have a chance? 363 00:32:31,730 --> 00:32:33,298 Given the right preparations. 364 00:32:36,635 --> 00:32:38,236 I would like to be Queen. 365 00:32:40,072 --> 00:32:41,273 I know. 366 00:32:57,035 --> 00:32:58,236 Poor Ivar. 367 00:33:00,158 --> 00:33:01,882 What do you mean? 368 00:33:02,260 --> 00:33:05,097 You were hoping to return to Kattegat as a King... 369 00:33:05,998 --> 00:33:07,099 weren't you? 370 00:33:08,834 --> 00:33:10,516 Perhaps. 371 00:33:11,604 --> 00:33:14,306 You wanted to return to the past. 372 00:33:18,577 --> 00:33:20,112 You loved your wife. 373 00:33:21,847 --> 00:33:23,115 What was her name? 374 00:33:25,751 --> 00:33:27,019 Freydis. 375 00:33:36,595 --> 00:33:40,666 We are all brought back perpetually to the past. 376 00:33:43,168 --> 00:33:44,336 You're wrong. 377 00:33:46,672 --> 00:33:50,543 What did she look like, this Freydis? 378 00:33:51,944 --> 00:33:53,011 Hmm. 379 00:33:56,615 --> 00:33:58,316 She was small. 380 00:33:58,350 --> 00:33:59,718 - Like you. - Mmm. 381 00:34:01,119 --> 00:34:02,287 But blonde. 382 00:34:04,022 --> 00:34:06,091 She dressed after our fashion. 383 00:34:06,124 --> 00:34:08,627 She wore her hair... So. 384 00:34:12,898 --> 00:34:14,399 And I trusted her. 385 00:34:16,902 --> 00:34:19,738 She was the one that told me I was a god. 386 00:34:25,377 --> 00:34:27,245 What do you want me to say? Huh? 387 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,415 Only what you want to say. 388 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:39,658 I don't believe you want to betray Oleg. 389 00:34:39,692 --> 00:34:42,027 You just say that. 390 00:34:42,060 --> 00:34:45,063 And how can I prove it to you? 391 00:34:45,097 --> 00:34:47,065 Oh, I don't know. 392 00:34:58,376 --> 00:35:00,709 I told you. I can't. 393 00:35:20,532 --> 00:35:22,701 Is this really want you want to do, Ketill? 394 00:35:22,735 --> 00:35:24,369 Of course it is. 395 00:35:24,402 --> 00:35:25,904 I don't understand. 396 00:35:25,938 --> 00:35:27,940 Your position in Iceland is secure. 397 00:35:27,973 --> 00:35:31,376 We don't have to risk everything on this voyage. 398 00:35:31,416 --> 00:35:33,919 On the contrary. We do. 399 00:35:33,946 --> 00:35:35,180 Frodi understands. 400 00:35:35,213 --> 00:35:38,050 I need redemption. We both do. 401 00:35:38,083 --> 00:35:40,165 I cannot live with the ghosts. 402 00:35:41,086 --> 00:35:43,255 We did a terrible thing. 403 00:35:43,295 --> 00:35:45,464 But now we can do a good thing. 404 00:35:45,490 --> 00:35:47,960 The gods will understand and not punish us. 405 00:35:47,993 --> 00:35:51,093 If you kept quiet, they would not punish you. 406 00:35:51,645 --> 00:35:55,683 You have a big heart and a loud voice, Ketill Flatnose. 407 00:35:57,002 --> 00:35:58,937 I could wish that you were more subtle. 408 00:36:00,138 --> 00:36:02,174 I do lead with my heart, I admit. 409 00:36:03,408 --> 00:36:06,044 But I want to be an honest soul. 410 00:36:06,085 --> 00:36:08,153 Who can fault me for that? 411 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,653 I'll still love you... 412 00:36:12,025 --> 00:36:14,025 for all your faults. 413 00:36:17,826 --> 00:36:20,036 Come. Let's get on with it. 414 00:36:52,115 --> 00:36:54,518 So we commit our bodies to the deep. 415 00:36:55,619 --> 00:36:56,954 Life is a journey. 416 00:36:57,788 --> 00:36:58,789 Like death. 417 00:37:00,958 --> 00:37:03,594 We are borne ceaselessly into the future. 418 00:37:03,627 --> 00:37:04,795 Mmm. 419 00:37:05,963 --> 00:37:07,798 Some on a ship of fools. 420 00:37:18,442 --> 00:37:20,010 I wanted to tell you, Ingrid, 421 00:37:20,043 --> 00:37:22,780 that I have summoned a meeting of the Althing... 422 00:37:24,266 --> 00:37:26,002 to elect a new ruler of Kattegat. 423 00:37:28,731 --> 00:37:30,299 I want to know if you will stand. 424 00:37:36,627 --> 00:37:38,328 I did not think I would stand... 425 00:37:40,463 --> 00:37:41,998 except for this. 426 00:37:45,041 --> 00:37:46,309 What is "this"? 427 00:37:49,786 --> 00:37:52,054 I am carrying Bjorn's child. 428 00:38:05,831 --> 00:38:07,799 But, forgive me, 429 00:38:07,825 --> 00:38:11,361 I remember you told me that you were raped by King Harald. 430 00:38:11,395 --> 00:38:14,903 So, perhaps the child you carry is his. 431 00:38:17,216 --> 00:38:19,966 I knew I was pregnant before Harald raped me. 432 00:38:21,672 --> 00:38:23,541 This is Bjorn's child. 433 00:38:27,545 --> 00:38:29,513 That should have been my child. 434 00:38:55,998 --> 00:38:57,233 Hvitserk. 435 00:39:11,668 --> 00:39:13,036 Hvitserk, huh? 436 00:39:51,441 --> 00:39:52,776 King Ivar. 437 00:39:52,809 --> 00:39:55,078 My lady Katia would like to see you. 438 00:39:55,111 --> 00:39:57,280 - What, now? - Yes. 439 00:40:14,898 --> 00:40:16,099 Are you sure? 440 00:40:37,078 --> 00:40:38,079 _ 441 00:40:45,891 --> 00:40:47,026 Huh. 442 00:40:48,169 --> 00:40:52,065 _ 443 00:40:53,696 --> 00:40:55,538 _ 444 00:40:55,562 --> 00:40:57,562 _ 445 00:40:59,055 --> 00:41:01,055 _ 446 00:41:07,279 --> 00:41:09,666 _ 447 00:41:11,616 --> 00:41:15,613 _ 448 00:41:17,586 --> 00:41:19,586 _ 449 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,704 _ 450 00:41:27,033 --> 00:41:29,033 _ 451 00:41:42,901 --> 00:41:44,549 No, no, no. 452 00:42:32,793 --> 00:42:37,061 I told you so! Do you believe me? 453 00:42:47,574 --> 00:42:48,976 I'm going to bed. 454 00:42:51,535 --> 00:42:52,869 Good night, Gunnhild. 455 00:42:59,575 --> 00:43:01,043 Do you want to come with me? 456 00:43:29,982 --> 00:43:32,350 I know that Dir is still alive. 457 00:43:34,086 --> 00:43:37,189 Please tell me, has he been in contact with you? 458 00:43:37,222 --> 00:43:40,025 And where is he? 459 00:43:41,594 --> 00:43:42,895 He came here. 460 00:43:44,529 --> 00:43:46,799 He told me that his army is assembling 461 00:43:46,832 --> 00:43:49,401 and will soon take over Novgorod. 462 00:43:50,550 --> 00:43:53,066 We're waiting for his signal. 463 00:43:53,621 --> 00:43:58,498 When the signal comes, we must spirit Igor away. 464 00:44:00,419 --> 00:44:02,221 Igor is the future. 465 00:44:03,968 --> 00:44:05,103 I know. 466 00:44:15,110 --> 00:44:17,017 Are you not going to stay? 467 00:44:17,922 --> 00:44:21,593 It would be bad if the voters saw us together. 468 00:44:23,235 --> 00:44:24,469 I suppose. 469 00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:29,642 We will talk soon. 470 00:44:30,542 --> 00:44:31,543 Of course. 471 00:44:33,278 --> 00:44:34,379 Erik. 472 00:44:37,559 --> 00:44:39,260 What is it you really want? 473 00:44:41,359 --> 00:44:42,794 I think you know.