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(BONES RATTLING)

2
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What is it you wish
to ask the gods?

3
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Will I ever bear
another child, o wise one?

4
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I cannot see another child.
No matter how far I look.

5
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Then what do you see?

6
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(SEER INHALES DEEPLY)

7
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I see a harvest
celebrated in blood.

8
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I see a trickster
whose weapon cleaves you.

9
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I see a city
made of marble.

10
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And a burning,
broiling ocean.

11
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Not one of your prophecies
do I understand.

12
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It is the way
of prophecy.

13
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Only to be understood
when it has happened,

14
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and it is too late
to change it.

15
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When will I die?

16
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Frigg, the wife of Odin, has
already made a decision.

17
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But it has not yet
been vouchsafed to me.

18
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Come back
another day,

19
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Earl and shield-maiden,

20
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and perhaps I may tell you

21
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exactly the moment
of your death.

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LOTHBROK: <i>When the ice finally
breaks, we will go back to Wessex</i>

23
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<i>and claim the land</i>
<i>that King Ecbert promised us.</i>

24
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You know, that was
always my dream.

25
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(EXCLAIMS SHARPLY)

26
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I feel
my blood warming.

27
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I want to fight.
I want to raid.

28
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Why do you want
to fight?

29
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And what are
you fighting for?

30
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That.

31
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(SIGHS)

32
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What do you see?

33
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Power.

34
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The power
of a king.

35
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Power is
always dangerous.

36
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It attracts the worst.

37
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And corrupts the best.

38
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I never asked
for power.

39
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Power is only
given to those

40
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who are prepared to lower
themselves to pick it up.

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<i>(IF I HAD A HEART</i> PLAYING)

42
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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

43
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

44
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LAGERTHA: Einar.

45
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Sit down, Kalf.

46
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Will you come
with me to Wessex?

47
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No, Earl Ingstad.

48
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Why not?

49
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Don't you want
to win renown?

50
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Of course I do.

51
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But someone
has to remain

52
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and look after
all your territories,

53
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and all of your
interests here.

54
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I believe you trust me
to do this.

55
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I do.

56
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In this last year you have
earned my trust in many ways.

57
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When your mother was dying, I promised
that I would take care of you

58
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but sometimes it seems
the other way around.

59
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I have received
another offer of marriage.

60
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Egill Sokkason has
proposed himself.

61
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You could do worse.

62
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He has a good
turf-cutting business.

63
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At least I'd be
warm all winter.

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(LAUGHS)

65
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Why don't you offer
to marry me, Kalf?

66
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You've made yourself almost
indispensable to me.

67
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I have nothing to offer
you but a capable head.

68
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Let me be the judge
of that.

69
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People would assume that I'd sought
the marriage out of ambition.

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It would do neither
of us any good.

71
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Tell me about Einar.

72
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Einar still
hates you.

73
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He continues trying to
persuade members of his family

74
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to rise up against you

75
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and restore
the old dynasty.

76
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What to do?

77
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I was thinking how it will be
on board one of these ships.

78
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Sailing across
the sea to England.

79
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We have not talked
about it yet.

80
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I am not sure I want you
to come with us to Wessex.

81
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I am ready.

82
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I have endured many
hours of training.

83
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Lagertha herself
even helped me.

84
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But what if you are
with child already?

85
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If I lost you,

86
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then I would also
lose my child.

87
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I am coming with you!

88
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You can't stop me.

89
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(BOYS LAUGHING) LOTHBROK: I'm
going to cook you little piggies.

90
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Oh... and eat you
for dinner.

91
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Whoa!
(BOY SHOUTING)

92
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(YELLING)

93
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(GROANING)
(BOYS LAUGHING)

94
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What are you laughing at?

95
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Ahh!

96
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(LAUGHING STOPS)

97
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(IVAR CRYING)

98
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Please don't stop
playing on our account.

99
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Oh, yeah,
we had finished.

100
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Oh...

101
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How is Boneless?

102
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Ivar is what he is.
You know that.

103
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Me and the boys.

104
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You and the boys.

105
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Yes.

106
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Me and the boys.
(IVAR CRYING)

107
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You know I live for my sons.

108
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All of them?

109
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I know you
love your sons, Ragnar.

110
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You don't need to tell me.

111
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(IVAR COUGHS)

112
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(FLOKI GIGGLING)

113
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We are such a happy family.

114
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And what is wrong
with that, Floki?

115
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Families are
not happy.

116
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Name me one family
which is happy.

117
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Ragnar's.

118
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(GIGGLES) Which one?

119
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HELGA: Just look
at her.

120
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Yeah, but it makes
me too happy, Helga.

121
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You don't love
your daughter?

122
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No, that's not
what I meant.

123
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That's not...

124
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Well, then explain
it to me!

125
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I feel trapped,
in all this happiness.

126
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I feel trapped,
Helga.

127
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We do not want
to trap you, Floki.

128
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If you want to leave us,
you should leave.

129
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You're too reasonable,
Helga. It doesn't help.

130
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Why are you not angry
with me?

131
00:10:37,638 --> 00:10:39,682
Yes, I am angry
with you, Floki.

132
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But it doesn't
help either.

133
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Perhaps when you get back from
Wessex you will see sense.

134
00:10:48,816 --> 00:10:51,027
Perhaps I will die
in Wessex.

135
00:10:54,238 --> 00:10:55,239
Where are you going?

136
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Away! Just away!

137
00:10:57,366 --> 00:10:59,827
You're so horribly good, Helga!

138
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(IVAR WAILING)

139
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LOTHBROK: What is
the matter with him?

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(ASLAUG SCOFFS)

141
00:11:17,887 --> 00:11:19,346
How do I know?

142
00:11:19,430 --> 00:11:21,557
But you see
how he suffers.

143
00:11:22,391 --> 00:11:24,518
(VOICE BREAKING) And I
cannot make it better.

144
00:11:26,437 --> 00:11:28,314
Do you even care?

145
00:11:30,316 --> 00:11:32,443
Yes, I care.

146
00:11:37,990 --> 00:11:39,617
(ASLAUG SNIFFLES)

147
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(SOFTLY)
Do you love him?

148
00:11:43,954 --> 00:11:45,790
Of course I love him.

149
00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,462
Do you love me?

150
00:12:03,349 --> 00:12:05,142
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

151
00:12:06,644 --> 00:12:08,312
(BELLS JINGLING)

152
00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:09,897
(CROWD STOMPING)

153
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She's gone.

154
00:12:46,517 --> 00:12:48,102
Now we can talk.

155
00:12:49,436 --> 00:12:51,188
Talk of what, Einar?

156
00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:56,068
Of betrayal,
of murder?

157
00:12:56,610 --> 00:12:59,697
(SCOFFS)
No, not with me.

158
00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:38,277
That's all I have.
All right.

159
00:13:42,740 --> 00:13:45,492
Thank you.
Thank you.

160
00:13:48,245 --> 00:13:49,538
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

161
00:14:19,234 --> 00:14:21,070
Do you offer me
no warmth now, Siggy?

162
00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:27,534
(SIGHS)

163
00:14:29,787 --> 00:14:31,246
What do you expect?

164
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(SCOFFS)

165
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Sometimes, I remember when
I could have been a queen.

166
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Now look what I have.

167
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You mean me.

168
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(GRUNTING)

169
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(YELLING)

170
00:15:26,218 --> 00:15:27,678
If Lagertha and I were to

171
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invite you to
share our bed today...

172
00:15:32,683 --> 00:15:35,019
would you still refuse us,
even today?

173
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(CHUCKLES)

174
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LOTHBROK: I know you well,
my friend.

175
00:15:51,368 --> 00:15:53,537
And I know
what tortures you.

176
00:15:53,912 --> 00:15:55,414
(SIGHS DEEPLY)

177
00:15:57,541 --> 00:15:59,668
But what choice
do you have?

178
00:16:01,128 --> 00:16:04,840
You can neither hide
from your God, nor ours.

179
00:16:08,052 --> 00:16:10,387
I suffer from
that same dilemma,

180
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only in reverse.

181
00:16:19,063 --> 00:16:20,814
We will go together
to Wessex

182
00:16:21,315 --> 00:16:23,567
and you will be
my John the, um...

183
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The Baptist?

184
00:16:25,694 --> 00:16:27,154
John the Baptist, yes.

185
00:16:27,237 --> 00:16:28,822
Wherever you go,

186
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I will follow.

187
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Perhaps I'll even
put my hair like a monk.

188
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(CHUCKLES)

189
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Go and get warm.

190
00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:56,683
What are you doing?

191
00:16:58,268 --> 00:16:59,561
I'm following you, John.

192
00:17:14,201 --> 00:17:15,285
BJORN:
Torstein!

193
00:17:17,371 --> 00:17:18,997
TORSTEIN: I have a problem.

194
00:17:19,748 --> 00:17:23,919
Two women. Both claim to
be carrying my child.

195
00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:26,255
Is it possible?

196
00:17:28,132 --> 00:17:29,216
(SCOFFING)

197
00:17:29,299 --> 00:17:30,717
ROLLO: Why don't you
marry both of them?

198
00:17:30,801 --> 00:17:33,929
Take one as a wife,
the other as a...

199
00:17:34,012 --> 00:17:35,472
Concubine?
TORSTEIN: No.

200
00:17:35,556 --> 00:17:37,933
They hate each other.

201
00:17:38,016 --> 00:17:40,811
They want to kill
each other. Or kill me.

202
00:17:41,562 --> 00:17:44,982
Please, just tell me, when
are we sailing out of here?

203
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(GRUNTS)

204
00:17:52,614 --> 00:17:54,116
(MEN GRUNTING)

205
00:18:00,455 --> 00:18:02,166
(CHICKENS CLUCKING)

206
00:18:04,168 --> 00:18:05,669
(HORN BLOWING)

207
00:18:16,847 --> 00:18:18,015
FLOKI: Rollo!

208
00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:21,768
You cannot understand!
I'm so happy!

209
00:18:21,852 --> 00:18:23,937
I'm so happy
we're leaving.

210
00:18:24,021 --> 00:18:25,355
(LAUGHING)

211
00:18:26,315 --> 00:18:28,317
Believe me, Floki,

212
00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,360
I understand completely.

213
00:18:39,411 --> 00:18:41,872
FLOKI: What have
I told you, Torstein?

214
00:18:41,955 --> 00:18:43,665
Always keep that
ax in your pants,

215
00:18:43,749 --> 00:18:45,876
if you want to avoid troubles.
(GIGGLES)

216
00:18:45,959 --> 00:18:47,836
BJORN: Well, some of us

217
00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,422
have to bring our
troubles with us.

218
00:19:08,899 --> 00:19:10,692
(INDISTINCT)

219
00:19:27,417 --> 00:19:29,336
She wanted
to come with us?

220
00:19:29,628 --> 00:19:31,421
I could not stop her.

221
00:19:32,756 --> 00:19:35,425
She reminds me of
someone else I know.

222
00:19:36,927 --> 00:19:39,263
(CROWD CHEERING)
(DRUMS BEATING)

223
00:19:52,526 --> 00:19:54,569
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

224
00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:01,952
(MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

225
00:20:43,118 --> 00:20:45,287
KALF: Time to die, Einar.

226
00:20:54,671 --> 00:20:57,174
I want to die with
an ax in my hand.

227
00:20:57,299 --> 00:20:59,593
As though I had died in battle.

228
00:21:01,053 --> 00:21:03,305
Surely you won't deny me that?
(CHUCKLES)

229
00:21:05,682 --> 00:21:07,100
You're joking.

230
00:21:07,184 --> 00:21:10,520
Why would a man about to die
joke about such things?

231
00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:16,276
Will you give me
the ax, or not?

232
00:21:41,051 --> 00:21:42,928
Your gift was foolish.

233
00:21:44,930 --> 00:21:47,307
I don't think you'll
use it against me.

234
00:21:47,390 --> 00:21:50,393
Oh, why not?

235
00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:52,646
If you kill
an unarmed man,

236
00:21:52,729 --> 00:21:56,441
then you really are the coward
Lagertha thinks you are.

237
00:21:57,484 --> 00:21:59,861
But, in any case,

238
00:22:01,071 --> 00:22:03,615
would you really kill
your own Earl?

239
00:22:05,909 --> 00:22:07,160
My Earl?

240
00:22:08,578 --> 00:22:11,832
Persuade your family
to support me as Earl,

241
00:22:12,707 --> 00:22:16,294
and we will get rid of the
woman who usurped your uncle.

242
00:22:16,378 --> 00:22:18,380
What does she do
for us?

243
00:22:18,463 --> 00:22:21,091
She goes raiding
with Ragnar Lothbrok.

244
00:22:24,136 --> 00:22:25,887
I had no idea.

245
00:22:25,971 --> 00:22:28,765
And that is
the beauty of it.

246
00:22:31,768 --> 00:22:33,478
Ragnar and Lagertha

247
00:22:34,271 --> 00:22:36,106
talk only of farming.

248
00:22:39,067 --> 00:22:40,277
Farming.

249
00:22:41,069 --> 00:22:43,738
Who wants to go
places and farm?

250
00:22:44,698 --> 00:22:46,783
Where is the glory
in that, Einar?

251
00:22:47,784 --> 00:22:49,911
Where is the glory in that?

252
00:22:58,712 --> 00:23:00,338
(HORSES NEIGHING)

253
00:23:44,507 --> 00:23:46,009
ECBERT: Welcome near!

254
00:23:46,384 --> 00:23:49,429
I bid you all welcome.

255
00:23:51,014 --> 00:23:52,515
Earl Ragnar.

256
00:23:52,849 --> 00:23:54,392
ATHELSTAN:
He is King now.

257
00:23:55,393 --> 00:23:57,187
King Ragnar Lothbrok.

258
00:24:01,191 --> 00:24:02,817
What happened
to King Horik?

259
00:24:02,901 --> 00:24:04,361
He met with a, uh,

260
00:24:05,820 --> 00:24:07,614
unfortunate accident.

261
00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:13,036
Then we are truly equal.

262
00:24:14,371 --> 00:24:19,459
It is my pleasure to feed you and
prove the bounty of our Earth.

263
00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:21,336
What has happened
to our people

264
00:24:21,419 --> 00:24:23,213
who chose to fight
for Mercia?

265
00:24:27,384 --> 00:24:29,511
Unfortunately,
the forces of my uncle

266
00:24:29,594 --> 00:24:31,846
and younger brother
have prevailed.

267
00:24:32,514 --> 00:24:36,017
But if you, Ragnar Lothbrok,
and you, Lagertha,

268
00:24:36,101 --> 00:24:38,478
would join with us,
I am sure of victory.

269
00:24:40,981 --> 00:24:42,649
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

270
00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:45,568
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

271
00:24:48,029 --> 00:24:50,115
(LAGERTHA IN NATIVE TONGUE)

272
00:24:57,372 --> 00:25:01,001
ECBERT: Um, King Ragnar,
I have given you land.

273
00:25:01,084 --> 00:25:04,838
Let me tell you the truth,
as God is my witness,

274
00:25:04,921 --> 00:25:08,008
some of my nobles do not
agree with what I have done.

275
00:25:08,091 --> 00:25:09,426
They are afraid.

276
00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:13,430
But I am determined
to honor our treaty.

277
00:25:13,513 --> 00:25:17,142
In return,
some of you, at least,

278
00:25:17,225 --> 00:25:19,227
must fight
for Princess Kwenthrith.

279
00:25:19,769 --> 00:25:20,812
(INHALING)

280
00:25:20,895 --> 00:25:24,983
That is not part of
our original agreement,

281
00:25:27,235 --> 00:25:28,445
but...

282
00:25:29,654 --> 00:25:31,531
In good faith,

283
00:25:31,614 --> 00:25:33,158
and in hopes

284
00:25:33,241 --> 00:25:35,660
of creating
a long and prosperous

285
00:25:36,745 --> 00:25:38,121
friendship,

286
00:25:40,415 --> 00:25:41,750
I will fight.

287
00:25:44,627 --> 00:25:47,047
But I cannot speak
for the others.

288
00:25:47,130 --> 00:25:48,214
(CLEARS THROAT)

289
00:25:48,298 --> 00:25:49,799
AETHELWULF: I will fight,

290
00:25:50,050 --> 00:25:52,260
alongside these pagans.

291
00:25:53,303 --> 00:25:54,637
For Mercia.

292
00:25:54,971 --> 00:25:56,639
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

293
00:25:59,642 --> 00:26:01,311
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

294
00:26:05,106 --> 00:26:06,775
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

295
00:26:11,154 --> 00:26:12,322
Bjorn?

296
00:26:13,406 --> 00:26:14,657
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

297
00:26:24,626 --> 00:26:26,461
(FLOKI IN NATIVE TONGUE)

298
00:26:51,778 --> 00:26:54,531
(WHISPERING) All have
agreed, except Lagertha.

299
00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:56,991
Earl?

300
00:26:59,411 --> 00:27:01,331
(WHISPERING) Go and translate
to Lagertha for me.

301
00:27:01,371 --> 00:27:05,959
In order to establish
the settlement here in Wessex,

302
00:27:06,042 --> 00:27:09,129
I need the help of
one of your leaders.

303
00:27:09,212 --> 00:27:11,047
A strong leader.

304
00:27:11,131 --> 00:27:12,882
Someone that my nobles
will respect.

305
00:27:15,552 --> 00:27:17,720
(TRANSLATING IN
NATIVE TONGUE)

306
00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:25,353
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

307
00:27:39,117 --> 00:27:40,577
She agrees
to remain in Wessex,

308
00:27:40,869 --> 00:27:44,289
to establish the settlement
and to help farm the land.

309
00:27:44,956 --> 00:27:47,375
ECBERT: And you also
must stay, Athelstan.

310
00:27:47,459 --> 00:27:50,545
You can speak for all sides.
We need you.

311
00:27:51,629 --> 00:27:53,006
I need you.

312
00:28:01,097 --> 00:28:03,516
I trust you more
than anyone else.

313
00:28:05,435 --> 00:28:06,936
I think you should stay.

314
00:28:07,729 --> 00:28:09,397
Then I shall stay.

315
00:28:15,487 --> 00:28:16,779
Skol!

316
00:28:17,113 --> 00:28:19,073
ALL: Skol!

317
00:28:33,796 --> 00:28:34,797
Athelstan...

318
00:28:36,132 --> 00:28:40,428
I rejoice with all my heart
to see you again.

319
00:28:43,848 --> 00:28:44,849
How are you?

320
00:28:46,643 --> 00:28:47,644
Within yourself?

321
00:28:50,063 --> 00:28:51,814
I'm well, sire.

322
00:28:53,483 --> 00:28:54,901
Thank God.

323
00:29:10,583 --> 00:29:12,502
ECBERT:
You left this behind.

324
00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:17,840
I...

325
00:29:19,175 --> 00:29:20,343
Go on, take it.

326
00:29:56,671 --> 00:29:57,922
(SIGHS)

327
00:30:04,637 --> 00:30:07,098
May the gods go with you
and protect you, my son.

328
00:30:11,227 --> 00:30:12,270
Princess.

329
00:30:12,353 --> 00:30:15,898
I just wanted to wish you and
your people good fortune.

330
00:30:15,982 --> 00:30:17,442
My prayers
go with you.

331
00:30:18,192 --> 00:30:19,902
Thank you, my lady.

332
00:30:20,737 --> 00:30:22,614
May I touch
your hand?

333
00:30:24,115 --> 00:30:25,366
My hand?

334
00:30:25,450 --> 00:30:27,160
They told me
you were crucified.

335
00:30:27,243 --> 00:30:30,079
And you still bear the
stigmata of Christ.

336
00:30:30,580 --> 00:30:32,081
It's not true.

337
00:30:32,582 --> 00:30:34,167
Then why not show me your hand?

338
00:30:35,335 --> 00:30:36,586
I...

339
00:30:38,588 --> 00:30:40,131
It is true.

340
00:30:54,270 --> 00:30:56,022
I bid you
goodbye, wife.

341
00:30:56,105 --> 00:30:57,440
Fare you well,
husband.

342
00:30:57,774 --> 00:30:59,108
Go safely.

343
00:31:01,361 --> 00:31:03,279
Take care of our child.

344
00:31:04,113 --> 00:31:06,532
And wait patiently
for my return.

345
00:31:33,351 --> 00:31:35,812
You do not have to come with us.

346
00:31:35,895 --> 00:31:38,022
You can go with Lagertha
and the other settlers.

347
00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:40,400
(SIGHS)

348
00:31:42,527 --> 00:31:44,070
I love you.

349
00:31:45,988 --> 00:31:48,658
And I think you are
already with child.

350
00:31:54,872 --> 00:31:56,165
(LAUGHS)

351
00:32:19,522 --> 00:32:20,898
(MAN SHOUTING)

352
00:32:25,027 --> 00:32:26,028
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

353
00:32:27,864 --> 00:32:29,115
Away.

354
00:32:34,454 --> 00:32:36,122
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

355
00:32:41,252 --> 00:32:43,463
(TRANSLATING IN
NATIVE TONGUE)

356
00:32:44,797 --> 00:32:46,466
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

357
00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:16,078
Are you happy about
doing this, brother?

358
00:33:16,579 --> 00:33:17,914
(CHUCKLES)

359
00:33:19,457 --> 00:33:23,544
Since when does any of this have
anything to do with my happiness?

360
00:34:26,274 --> 00:34:28,401
Tell me about your uncle.

361
00:34:28,484 --> 00:34:30,486
KWENTHRITH: My uncle's
name is Brihtwulf.

362
00:34:31,153 --> 00:34:33,906
Though he calls himself
King Brihtwulf now.

363
00:34:33,990 --> 00:34:35,908
He has no right to do so.

364
00:34:35,992 --> 00:34:37,994
He has usurped my crown.

365
00:34:39,495 --> 00:34:41,080
And your younger brother?

366
00:34:41,914 --> 00:34:43,666
His name is Burgred.

367
00:34:44,166 --> 00:34:47,169
We were always close.
And I love him.

368
00:34:48,087 --> 00:34:50,506
Then why does he fight
against you?

369
00:34:53,050 --> 00:34:55,219
My uncle has poisoned
his mind

370
00:34:55,344 --> 00:34:57,471
or used some magic
against him.

371
00:34:58,264 --> 00:34:59,432
Magic?

372
00:35:01,976 --> 00:35:04,979
Has no one ever used magic
against you,

373
00:35:05,062 --> 00:35:06,689
Ragnar Lothbrok?

374
00:35:08,149 --> 00:35:09,317
Think.

375
00:35:09,775 --> 00:35:13,029
A wife?
A brother? A friend?

376
00:35:15,156 --> 00:35:17,491
I have been deceived
many times,

377
00:35:20,745 --> 00:35:23,205
but magic was not
the cause of it.

378
00:35:48,564 --> 00:35:50,232
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

379
00:35:52,735 --> 00:35:54,945
(TRANSLATING IN
NATIVE TONGUE)

380
00:35:55,655 --> 00:35:57,323
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

381
00:35:57,740 --> 00:35:59,909
(TRANSLATING IN
NATIVE TONGUE)

382
00:36:01,577 --> 00:36:03,245
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

383
00:36:03,496 --> 00:36:04,914
(TRANSLATING IN
NATIVE TONGUE)

384
00:36:05,748 --> 00:36:07,291
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

385
00:36:27,019 --> 00:36:28,688
(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

386
00:36:38,406 --> 00:36:39,824
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
(MUSIC PLAYING)

387
00:36:40,199 --> 00:36:42,618
TORSTEIN:
Ooh, that I could have her.

388
00:36:43,244 --> 00:36:45,037
I'd marry her tomorrow.

389
00:36:45,121 --> 00:36:47,039
And we'd have lots of children

390
00:36:47,289 --> 00:36:48,916
and be true to each other,

391
00:36:49,125 --> 00:36:50,960
forever.
(FLOKI CHUCKLING)

392
00:36:52,586 --> 00:36:55,214
A creaking bow,
a burning flame...

393
00:36:55,297 --> 00:36:59,343
Tide on the ebb,
new ice, a coiled snake.

394
00:36:59,427 --> 00:37:02,138
The sons of a king,
an ailing calf,

395
00:37:02,221 --> 00:37:04,306
a witch's flattery.

396
00:37:04,682 --> 00:37:07,893
No man should be such a fool
as to trust these things.

397
00:37:07,977 --> 00:37:10,688
FLOKI: No man should trust
the word of a woman.

398
00:37:12,523 --> 00:37:15,818
The hearts of women were
turned on a whirling wheel.

399
00:37:16,861 --> 00:37:18,946
To love a fickle woman
is like setting out

400
00:37:19,029 --> 00:37:21,490
over ice with
a two-year-old colt.

401
00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:24,410
Or sailing a ship
without a rudder.

402
00:37:26,412 --> 00:37:28,372
Whatever my father says,

403
00:37:29,206 --> 00:37:32,042
I can't bring myself
to trust these pagans.

404
00:37:32,418 --> 00:37:36,630
Their way of life is crude,
primitive, ignorant.

405
00:37:37,590 --> 00:37:41,177
They have not been redeemed by
our savior's love and sacrifice.

406
00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:44,180
They are like the
creatures of the fields.

407
00:37:46,432 --> 00:37:49,185
I too loved someone
in the same way once.

408
00:37:49,894 --> 00:37:51,896
I sat among the reeds,

409
00:37:51,979 --> 00:37:54,356
waiting and waiting
for my love.

410
00:37:55,024 --> 00:37:57,860
I prized that woman
as much as my own life.

411
00:37:59,111 --> 00:38:00,613
Lot of good it did me.

412
00:38:00,696 --> 00:38:03,699
And what did you get
from sitting in the reeds,

413
00:38:04,533 --> 00:38:06,035
but a wet arse.

414
00:38:06,202 --> 00:38:07,203
(LAUGHING)

415
00:38:08,204 --> 00:38:12,416
I would say, let no man mock another
over what touches many men.

416
00:38:13,876 --> 00:38:16,921
Time and again the wise
are fettered by beauty.

417
00:38:17,463 --> 00:38:19,590
They ache with love-longing.

418
00:38:20,174 --> 00:38:22,968
Lucky are the fools
like you, Torstein,

419
00:38:23,052 --> 00:38:25,137
who remain unmoved and free.

420
00:38:25,346 --> 00:38:26,347
(LAUGHING)

421
00:38:34,271 --> 00:38:35,481
(MEN CHEERING)

422
00:38:38,442 --> 00:38:40,082
AETHELWULF:
One day will come a reckoning.

423
00:38:40,903 --> 00:38:42,738
It is just not possible
to imagine a world

424
00:38:42,822 --> 00:38:46,200
in which there is both
one god and several.

425
00:38:47,368 --> 00:38:48,702
One of us must be right.

426
00:38:48,786 --> 00:38:52,540
The Lord sayeth, "I am the
way, the truth, the light."

427
00:39:05,636 --> 00:39:07,555
(MAN SPEAKING
IN NATIVE TONGUE)

428
00:39:11,767 --> 00:39:14,603
He says that the armies of
my uncle and younger brother

429
00:39:14,687 --> 00:39:16,856
are already
assembled up river.

430
00:39:16,939 --> 00:39:18,607
They wait for us.

431
00:39:31,245 --> 00:39:34,623
We will soon be in Mercia,
and you must fight for me.

432
00:39:35,583 --> 00:39:37,501
And if you are victorious,
I promise that

433
00:39:37,585 --> 00:39:40,796
I shall give you something worth
more than land or riches.

434
00:39:56,770 --> 00:39:58,230
(ARROW SWISHING)
(GRUNTS)

435
00:39:58,439 --> 00:39:59,440
(ARROWS WHISTLING)

436
00:40:00,733 --> 00:40:02,109
Shield!

437
00:40:03,235 --> 00:40:04,361
Get down!

438
00:40:05,696 --> 00:40:06,906
MAN: Keep rowing!

439
00:40:09,158 --> 00:40:10,743
Row!
(GASPS)

440
00:40:11,994 --> 00:40:14,121
Was that your god, or mine?

441
00:40:14,872 --> 00:40:16,415
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
(GASPS)

442
00:40:46,236 --> 00:40:47,404
MAN: Get ready!

443
00:40:50,282 --> 00:40:51,700
Whose army is that?

444
00:40:51,784 --> 00:40:53,702
They belong to my
Uncle Brihtwulf.

445
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:56,413
And that?

446
00:40:56,497 --> 00:40:58,207
KWENTHRITH:
My brother Burgred.

447
00:41:03,712 --> 00:41:06,298
That is a considerable
force, father.

448
00:41:07,049 --> 00:41:09,510
ROLLO: If you want to
change your mind, brother,

449
00:41:09,593 --> 00:41:11,220
now is the time!

450
00:41:27,444 --> 00:41:29,071
(ECBERT SPEAKING IN
NATIVE TONGUE)

451
00:41:35,536 --> 00:41:37,746
ATHELSTAN: King Ecbert says
that all this land is yours,

452
00:41:37,830 --> 00:41:39,415
from here to the horizon.

453
00:41:39,623 --> 00:41:42,710
There are many farms on this land
for you to take possession of.

454
00:41:43,919 --> 00:41:45,713
(ECBERT SPEAKING IN
NATIVE TONGUE)

455
00:41:51,427 --> 00:41:53,512
He wants us
to live in peace.

456
00:41:53,595 --> 00:41:56,390
For that is the future
for all of us now.

457
00:42:09,945 --> 00:42:13,282
The forces on the right bank are
much smaller than those on the left.

458
00:42:13,615 --> 00:42:15,784
And as far as I can see,
there is no bridge.

459
00:42:15,868 --> 00:42:18,787
There is no way the two armies
can easily rejoin.

460
00:42:21,457 --> 00:42:23,292
We attack your uncle.

461
00:42:24,209 --> 00:42:25,878
Now stay out of our way.

462
00:42:26,128 --> 00:42:27,421
Sound the horn.

463
00:42:28,589 --> 00:42:29,590
(HORN BLOWING)

464
00:42:30,507 --> 00:42:33,802
Concentrate the full attack
on the right bank.

465
00:42:34,136 --> 00:42:36,055
Starboard!

466
00:42:43,896 --> 00:42:46,648
KING BRIHTWULF: They're turning towards us.
Sound the horns!

467
00:42:46,815 --> 00:42:47,816
(HORNS BLOWING)

468
00:42:47,900 --> 00:42:49,318
MAN: Row!

469
00:42:52,654 --> 00:42:53,989
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

470
00:42:55,324 --> 00:42:57,951
Why are they just
attacking my uncle?

471
00:42:59,078 --> 00:43:00,370
MAN: All to the shore!

472
00:43:03,916 --> 00:43:04,917
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

473
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,543
Prepare for battle!

474
00:43:11,673 --> 00:43:14,093
BURGRED: Don't just stand
and stare. Fire at them!

475
00:43:14,176 --> 00:43:15,427
Archers!

476
00:43:15,511 --> 00:43:16,804
Draw!

477
00:43:17,721 --> 00:43:18,889
Loose!

478
00:43:25,437 --> 00:43:27,106
I cannot help him.

479
00:43:32,069 --> 00:43:33,237
Archers!

480
00:43:36,532 --> 00:43:37,866
Draw!

481
00:43:38,742 --> 00:43:39,785
Shields!

482
00:43:39,868 --> 00:43:41,370
Raise shields!

483
00:43:42,746 --> 00:43:43,914
Loose!

484
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:54,049
Draw!

485
00:43:55,050 --> 00:43:56,301
Loose!

486
00:44:00,305 --> 00:44:02,057
Thread your arrows!

487
00:44:07,896 --> 00:44:09,356
Spearmen!

488
00:44:09,439 --> 00:44:10,440
(MEN YELLING)

489
00:44:30,836 --> 00:44:31,962
Spears!

490
00:44:32,129 --> 00:44:33,130
(ALL YELLING)

491
00:44:33,547 --> 00:44:35,591
Don't let them get ashore!

492
00:44:46,518 --> 00:44:47,519
(GRUNTING)

493
00:44:49,396 --> 00:44:50,564
Attack!

494
00:44:51,106 --> 00:44:52,107
(ALL YELLING)

495
00:45:06,538 --> 00:45:07,539
(GRUNTING)

496
00:46:13,981 --> 00:46:14,982
(YELLING)

497
00:46:26,451 --> 00:46:27,577
Torstein!

498
00:46:49,057 --> 00:46:50,058
(SOLDIERS YELLING)

499
00:47:07,117 --> 00:47:09,411
Uncle!

500
00:47:27,429 --> 00:47:28,430
(GRUNTS)

501
00:47:34,144 --> 00:47:35,145
(YELLS)

502
00:47:36,021 --> 00:47:37,022
(YELPS)

503
00:47:37,105 --> 00:47:38,106
(SOBS)

504
00:47:53,288 --> 00:47:54,289
(EXHALES SHARPLY)

505
00:48:03,340 --> 00:48:04,341
(SIGHS)