1 00:00:53,822 --> 00:00:55,373 Herward the Holy. 2 00:00:56,500 --> 00:00:58,668 To say that I am pleased to see you... 3 00:00:58,769 --> 00:01:01,906 No need to put your gratitude into words, 4 00:01:02,493 --> 00:01:04,339 but put it into action. 5 00:01:04,854 --> 00:01:07,585 I�ve helped you, now you must help me. 6 00:01:42,066 --> 00:01:43,992 Rolf the Penitent. 7 00:01:44,542 --> 00:01:46,437 Herward, I�m fighting for my life. 8 00:01:46,538 --> 00:01:48,258 I�m fighting for mine. 9 00:01:51,058 --> 00:01:55,084 For five weeks the Picts have been coming at us, from two flanks. 10 00:01:56,459 --> 00:01:59,664 Today Kai lost seven men holding them to the north. 11 00:02:01,290 --> 00:02:04,031 I myself saw six fall to their knives. 12 00:02:04,858 --> 00:02:07,610 We stamp on them like rats and still they advance. 13 00:02:07,711 --> 00:02:10,414 Romans knew them. And feared them. 14 00:02:11,052 --> 00:02:13,783 Picti, they called them. The Painted Ones. 15 00:02:14,817 --> 00:02:16,808 Savages from the North. 16 00:02:20,778 --> 00:02:24,644 Lacinius, the old centurion, called them the Legion of the Dead. 17 00:02:25,606 --> 00:02:29,573 They believed that if they died in battle they went straight to the paradise, 18 00:02:29,952 --> 00:02:34,353 but if they were defeated or surrendered, they went straight to hell. 19 00:02:37,577 --> 00:02:39,412 They are unstoppable. 20 00:02:40,185 --> 00:02:42,517 Rolf the Penitent is unstoppable. 21 00:02:42,617 --> 00:02:46,817 He ravages my cattle, steals my grain, seizes my womenfolk! 22 00:02:48,083 --> 00:02:49,548 He�s his own man, not mine. 23 00:02:49,649 --> 00:02:53,139 He�s a Celt! You are the self-appointed leader of the Celts. 24 00:02:53,553 --> 00:02:56,821 You are the one who would show us the way to live in peace. 25 00:02:56,922 --> 00:03:00,693 Rolf the Penitent breaks that peace. He is your burden. 26 00:03:02,648 --> 00:03:05,636 I thought he�d been converted to your religion, 27 00:03:06,343 --> 00:03:08,544 to the Christ of the one god. 28 00:03:10,878 --> 00:03:13,736 Well, has he? � Oh, yes. 29 00:03:13,837 --> 00:03:17,248 He�s embraced it as if it were one of my village maidens. 30 00:03:17,349 --> 00:03:19,425 He�s bitterly sorry for his sins, 31 00:03:19,526 --> 00:03:21,566 bitterly he repents them. 32 00:03:22,128 --> 00:03:25,171 His remorse is terrible to behold. 33 00:03:25,272 --> 00:03:27,442 Then as soon as he�s done his penance, 34 00:03:27,543 --> 00:03:30,015 he�s off again, refreshed and worse than ever. 35 00:03:42,058 --> 00:03:43,730 I will give you help. 36 00:03:44,787 --> 00:03:47,437 I�d sooner spare you twenty swordsmen, 37 00:03:48,486 --> 00:03:50,405 but I will give you Llud. 38 00:04:01,061 --> 00:04:02,725 Here is Llud. 39 00:04:04,373 --> 00:04:06,780 I seek Rolf the Penitent. 40 00:04:09,151 --> 00:04:11,105 I know! 41 00:04:11,206 --> 00:04:13,761 Kill me! Slay me first! 42 00:04:13,862 --> 00:04:16,522 Burn me over a slow fire. 43 00:04:16,623 --> 00:04:20,493 I deserve it! I am a sinner! I want to pay! 44 00:04:20,916 --> 00:04:23,008 I am here... � Use my own sword... 45 00:04:23,108 --> 00:04:24,249 ...on the authority... � Cut out my heart... 46 00:04:24,350 --> 00:04:25,625 ...of Arthur. � And give it to the dogs. 47 00:04:25,726 --> 00:04:27,109 Stake out my liver for the birds to pick at... 48 00:04:27,210 --> 00:04:28,427 I have... � Cut off my head! 49 00:04:28,528 --> 00:04:31,147 Will you hold your tongue?! 50 00:04:32,276 --> 00:04:35,725 So you are Rolf the Penitent. 51 00:04:36,049 --> 00:04:39,600 Murderer. Thief. Liar! 52 00:04:39,701 --> 00:04:42,358 Ravager of maidens. Stealer of crops. 53 00:04:42,459 --> 00:04:44,009 Breaker of his given word. 54 00:04:44,110 --> 00:04:46,123 Hideous in the sight of God! 55 00:04:46,224 --> 00:04:48,800 Your crimes are many enough to remember without your help. 56 00:04:49,587 --> 00:04:51,411 Get to your feet. 57 00:04:56,632 --> 00:04:59,572 You gave Arthur a promise. 58 00:04:59,673 --> 00:05:01,761 And have broken it a thousand times. 59 00:05:06,159 --> 00:05:07,305 Food! 60 00:05:07,406 --> 00:05:10,463 Food for the mighty Llud of the Silver Hand. 61 00:05:10,564 --> 00:05:12,512 Food and drink! 62 00:05:15,421 --> 00:05:17,465 Come. Please. 63 00:05:19,777 --> 00:05:21,348 First eat. 64 00:05:21,449 --> 00:05:25,781 Then � listen to a humble sinner. 65 00:05:32,438 --> 00:05:34,478 What d�you think he did? 66 00:05:34,906 --> 00:05:36,713 So then Edwin... 67 00:05:36,814 --> 00:05:39,531 ...stalks out of the camp in all his kingly dignity, 68 00:05:39,632 --> 00:05:43,910 trips over a chicken and lands flat on his face in a dungheap. 69 00:05:50,377 --> 00:05:53,376 Here, have some more Adder�s Sting. 70 00:05:53,477 --> 00:05:54,796 We must talk. 71 00:05:54,897 --> 00:05:57,542 D�you like songs? Songs, is it? 72 00:05:57,642 --> 00:05:58,923 I have a song I made myself. 73 00:05:59,024 --> 00:06:01,247 Here. Peace. 74 00:06:02,829 --> 00:06:04,945 I have heard that! 75 00:06:15,185 --> 00:06:19,817 In the evening, when the lake shines, 76 00:06:20,388 --> 00:06:26,860 I seek in the water its meaning. 77 00:06:27,002 --> 00:06:33,673 And in the night, when the sky shines, 78 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:43,842 From God my faith I am gleaning. 79 00:06:54,209 --> 00:06:55,565 Short, you see. 80 00:06:55,666 --> 00:06:57,921 Short but strong. 81 00:06:59,735 --> 00:07:01,559 You�re a strange man, Rolf. 82 00:07:02,383 --> 00:07:05,416 There are more sides to you than a woman�s argument. 83 00:07:06,327 --> 00:07:07,525 I have another one. 84 00:07:07,626 --> 00:07:08,893 Here. 85 00:07:08,994 --> 00:07:10,850 Peace! Peace! 86 00:07:13,503 --> 00:07:15,395 Time we talked. 87 00:07:38,330 --> 00:07:40,602 Arthur wants you as a friend. 88 00:07:41,354 --> 00:07:45,953 But each time you raid and pillage your shadow falls on him. 89 00:07:46,054 --> 00:07:48,717 His heart is warm, 90 00:07:48,818 --> 00:07:50,182 but his sword arm is hard 91 00:07:50,283 --> 00:07:52,525 and there�s a limit to his patience! 92 00:07:52,626 --> 00:07:54,608 Do you threaten me, Llud? 93 00:07:55,764 --> 00:07:58,785 Threats don�t frighten me. 94 00:07:58,886 --> 00:08:00,895 Not even Arthur�s. 95 00:08:01,567 --> 00:08:03,942 I frighten me. 96 00:08:06,192 --> 00:08:08,735 I want to change. I mean to. 97 00:08:08,836 --> 00:08:12,556 But every time I see a chance of plunder, I cannot help myself! 98 00:08:13,754 --> 00:08:15,748 Why do you think I became a Christian? 99 00:08:16,178 --> 00:08:19,176 You�re looking at a sinner who�s begging to reform. 100 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,510 What penances does your church give you? 101 00:08:27,604 --> 00:08:29,346 Fasting. 102 00:08:30,308 --> 00:08:34,286 Walking up the rocks of the Hill of Morfyn on my knees. Scourging. 103 00:08:35,019 --> 00:08:37,205 Penances for women and children! 104 00:08:37,792 --> 00:08:39,008 Who does your scourging? 105 00:08:39,109 --> 00:08:42,099 Abbot Morpeth. My confessor. 106 00:08:48,140 --> 00:08:52,522 Oh. Not again, my son! 107 00:08:53,327 --> 00:08:55,570 This is your scourger? 108 00:08:58,806 --> 00:09:00,767 My lord abbot. 109 00:09:03,752 --> 00:09:07,137 May I have a word with you alone? 110 00:09:19,166 --> 00:09:21,285 My thanks, Abbot Morpeth. 111 00:09:21,386 --> 00:09:24,402 It is I who should thank you. 112 00:09:25,810 --> 00:09:31,077 This man has generously consented to relieve me of my arduous, 113 00:09:31,178 --> 00:09:36,099 and I may say physically exhausting, responsibilities 114 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,689 of seeing to your penances. 115 00:09:40,191 --> 00:09:43,252 Again, my heartfelt gratitude. 116 00:09:43,714 --> 00:09:47,532 Now, mind you obey his instructions 117 00:09:48,724 --> 00:09:51,998 as if they were my own. 118 00:10:05,676 --> 00:10:07,126 Your scourger? 119 00:10:07,227 --> 00:10:09,809 That old man couldn�t scourge the hairs off a peach! 120 00:10:12,235 --> 00:10:14,058 I�ll set some penances for you. 121 00:10:14,159 --> 00:10:16,698 Remedies of the old gods. 122 00:10:17,369 --> 00:10:19,432 Where�s your blacksmith? 123 00:10:28,622 --> 00:10:31,283 Tomorrow we go riding, you and I. 124 00:10:33,479 --> 00:10:37,118 If you feel temptation coming on, you must tell me. 125 00:10:40,639 --> 00:10:43,749 Ah. My thanks. 126 00:10:50,701 --> 00:10:53,631 It was a favourite penance of Mithras, 127 00:10:53,732 --> 00:10:55,819 god of the Roman soldiers. 128 00:10:57,893 --> 00:10:59,427 Put it on. 129 00:11:04,994 --> 00:11:06,843 I can�t sleep in that! 130 00:11:07,497 --> 00:11:10,445 A sinner should not be capable of sleep. 131 00:11:11,002 --> 00:11:13,443 His conscience should trouble him. 132 00:11:59,220 --> 00:12:00,485 Tempted? 133 00:12:02,041 --> 00:12:03,391 Yes! 134 00:12:06,702 --> 00:12:08,420 What? 135 00:12:10,188 --> 00:12:11,974 I deserve this! 136 00:13:25,991 --> 00:13:29,056 How can I be easy in this shirt of the devil? 137 00:13:30,074 --> 00:13:31,915 You are rightly clad, then. 138 00:13:32,016 --> 00:13:34,496 And the intention... � I warn you, Llud... 139 00:13:35,957 --> 00:13:40,965 No. No. No. 140 00:13:41,952 --> 00:13:43,493 I have no right to complain. 141 00:13:44,648 --> 00:13:48,717 Every moment reminds me of what a miserable sinner I am. 142 00:13:51,904 --> 00:13:53,797 Yes. 143 00:14:48,942 --> 00:14:50,409 Mea culpa! 144 00:14:50,876 --> 00:14:54,098 More, more! I�m a miserable sinner! 145 00:14:54,656 --> 00:14:56,699 A damned soul! 146 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,582 I deserve more! More! 147 00:14:59,905 --> 00:15:05,479 And if you do not truly repent, more you will get. 148 00:15:05,860 --> 00:15:08,166 We do not have the men to lose. 149 00:15:08,942 --> 00:15:13,094 We can go on killing five Picts for every Celt and still be overwhelmed. 150 00:15:14,510 --> 00:15:17,890 You would have had them on a sloping river bank, 151 00:15:18,321 --> 00:15:20,426 between you and the river, 152 00:15:20,526 --> 00:15:22,596 and you would not have attacked? 153 00:15:23,053 --> 00:15:27,862 Defence is the only way. Careful defence. 154 00:15:28,504 --> 00:15:30,904 To kill without being killed. 155 00:15:31,005 --> 00:15:35,356 Every day I tell you, every day you agree, and every day you disobey. 156 00:15:37,225 --> 00:15:39,704 I have not lost a battle yet. 157 00:15:48,185 --> 00:15:51,032 And I can still fight beside my men. 158 00:15:58,384 --> 00:16:00,160 Yes. Good! 159 00:16:04,774 --> 00:16:07,468 You�re right. Thank you. 160 00:16:07,569 --> 00:16:09,785 You�re my conscience, Llud. 161 00:16:22,012 --> 00:16:25,300 Be off! This devilish armour plagues me. 162 00:16:25,401 --> 00:16:27,891 My back is raw from the beatings I�ve received. 163 00:16:27,992 --> 00:16:30,742 And now for two days I cannot eat at my own table! 164 00:16:31,765 --> 00:16:33,155 I see. 165 00:16:34,258 --> 00:16:36,822 You are a virtuous man now, are you? 166 00:16:37,803 --> 00:16:39,891 Purged of all your sins? 167 00:16:39,992 --> 00:16:44,928 The girl, the jewels, the horses? 168 00:16:46,383 --> 00:16:49,653 All paid for so easily? 169 00:16:56,739 --> 00:16:59,449 Abbot Morpeth would be proud of you. 170 00:17:05,349 --> 00:17:07,457 I feel I�m getting better, 171 00:17:08,234 --> 00:17:11,176 in my fight against the devil. � Good, good! 172 00:17:14,947 --> 00:17:17,649 In fact I think I�m almost cured. 173 00:17:34,346 --> 00:17:37,642 Herward tells me that during the night someone attacked his food train. 174 00:17:38,380 --> 00:17:41,813 Injured his men, and stole a whole boar. 175 00:17:44,296 --> 00:17:45,602 Who? 176 00:17:47,081 --> 00:17:50,680 I will ask but once. Who? 177 00:18:00,141 --> 00:18:01,390 We could destroy them! 178 00:18:01,491 --> 00:18:04,314 And at the same time destroy ourselves?! 179 00:18:05,650 --> 00:18:07,105 We must attack! 180 00:18:07,206 --> 00:18:10,037 Every day they gain more and more ground. 181 00:18:10,346 --> 00:18:13,210 Tomorrow or the next day this hut will be all there is left! 182 00:18:13,774 --> 00:18:16,660 Then that will be the time for the last stand. 183 00:18:17,182 --> 00:18:19,516 From defensive positions. 184 00:18:20,004 --> 00:18:22,752 We let the boar run onto the spear. 185 00:18:32,685 --> 00:18:34,858 For one wild boar? 186 00:18:34,959 --> 00:18:37,209 It�s your choice. 187 00:18:41,263 --> 00:18:42,770 I deserve it. 188 00:18:44,242 --> 00:18:46,157 The fires of hell. 189 00:18:48,636 --> 00:18:51,389 I am a miserable wretched sinner. 190 00:18:52,501 --> 00:18:53,884 Mea culpa! 191 00:18:55,736 --> 00:18:57,328 Mea culpa. 192 00:18:57,429 --> 00:18:58,790 Llud! 193 00:19:16,090 --> 00:19:18,205 I have stayed my penance, 194 00:19:18,306 --> 00:19:21,815 so that you may witness this wicked sinner walk through the flames. 195 00:19:22,418 --> 00:19:24,492 I must return to Arthur. 196 00:19:24,593 --> 00:19:27,384 A matter of great urgency, I can see it in your eye. 197 00:19:27,485 --> 00:19:30,081 Yes, yes, you must go immediately. 198 00:19:30,182 --> 00:19:32,562 But fear not. 199 00:19:32,663 --> 00:19:36,689 I will walk through those burning ashes until I can no longer stand. 200 00:19:36,790 --> 00:19:38,231 I know you will, Rolf. 201 00:19:38,332 --> 00:19:39,634 I would stay longer, 202 00:19:39,734 --> 00:19:43,921 but I must ride to protect a simple band of people who pay tribute to Arthur. 203 00:19:44,296 --> 00:19:46,873 Ah. Yes, yes, you must go. 204 00:19:47,955 --> 00:19:50,651 Tribute? � Yes. A token of friendship. 205 00:19:50,752 --> 00:19:52,817 Jewellery, treasure. 206 00:19:52,917 --> 00:19:55,436 They�re a gentle people and easily plundered. 207 00:19:55,537 --> 00:19:58,322 They�re in the forest north of your camp. 208 00:19:58,423 --> 00:20:01,383 I lead a party to bring them safely through. 209 00:20:04,282 --> 00:20:06,226 God speed. 210 00:20:49,384 --> 00:20:51,568 Tell the women to douse that fire, 211 00:20:53,128 --> 00:20:55,559 and raise up every man who can hold a sword. 212 00:21:04,812 --> 00:21:08,178 Such a penance you have earned. 213 00:21:46,431 --> 00:21:50,394 Arthur! The Bear! 214 00:22:03,647 --> 00:22:05,176 Charge! 215 00:22:25,912 --> 00:22:28,720 What penance do you bring now, Llud, 216 00:22:28,821 --> 00:22:31,282 conscience of the world? 217 00:22:31,383 --> 00:22:34,352 This sin brought its own penance. 218 00:22:53,649 --> 00:22:55,555 I never had to fight like that. 219 00:22:56,271 --> 00:23:00,991 To me, battles are for winning, not for dying. 220 00:23:03,494 --> 00:23:06,361 I felt the death-fear, Llud. 221 00:23:11,849 --> 00:23:17,421 I leave a brother there, many friends of many years. 222 00:23:20,986 --> 00:23:23,670 The night-gathering will not be the same. 223 00:23:24,306 --> 00:23:26,743 As others have felt. 224 00:23:26,844 --> 00:23:30,710 Those who have been the victims of Rolf the Penitent. 225 00:23:35,291 --> 00:23:37,568 Time for a reckoning. 226 00:23:53,201 --> 00:24:00,850 Rolf the Widow-Maker fought the Painted Ones. 227 00:24:02,293 --> 00:24:06,427 Found his penance in the slaying. 228 00:24:08,342 --> 00:24:13,902 Rolf the Penitent shrived his sinning. 229 00:24:15,985 --> 00:24:21,734 Mourned his dead, paid his paying. 230 00:24:24,910 --> 00:24:26,859 To Rolf the Penitent. 231 00:24:29,117 --> 00:24:31,166 Hammer of the Picts. 232 00:24:33,678 --> 00:24:35,920 An old Caesar�s trick. 233 00:24:37,061 --> 00:24:40,701 Set a barbarian to fight barbarians. 234 00:24:40,802 --> 00:24:43,365 Rolf is no barbarian. 235 00:24:44,103 --> 00:24:50,363 Great good and great wickedness are but a hair�s thickness apart. 236 00:24:50,861 --> 00:24:54,533 Good or bad, we need Rolf. 237 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,728 Oh, I think you�ll find he�s a friend. 238 00:25:00,381 --> 00:25:03,513 If you go to sleep with one eye open.