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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?

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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 judgment?

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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, hmm?

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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.

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This is just beginning.

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Help him! Help!

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Where is he, Father?

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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.

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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?

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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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Then consider it a threat.

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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.

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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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00:23:38,168 --> 00:23:41,087
His fate is set.
It's in the hands of the gods now.

247
00:23:41,171 --> 00:23:43,173
He will die or he will survive.

248
00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:47,344
We will not know
until his hands are unbound.

249
00:23:54,726 --> 00:23:56,311
- Here you go.
- Thank you.

250
00:24:01,399 --> 00:24:02,567
What was that?

251
00:24:06,196 --> 00:24:07,238
King's men.

252
00:24:13,787 --> 00:24:15,914
When was the last time
you saw your father?

253
00:24:21,503 --> 00:24:22,963
A long time ago.

254
00:24:23,046 --> 00:24:26,508
Well, you'll be a fair bit taller
than him now, I'll bet.

255
00:24:46,027 --> 00:24:47,654
- Uncle?
- Aelfwynn.

256
00:24:49,322 --> 00:24:52,158
- Am I too late? Where is she?
- She... She's not here.

257
00:24:52,242 --> 00:24:54,786
- Where is she?
- She is with Uhtred.

258
00:24:56,913 --> 00:24:59,582
- Of course.
- She wanted to see him before...

259
00:25:03,211 --> 00:25:06,631
I do not understand
why she is being taken from us now.

260
00:25:06,715 --> 00:25:10,051
Time robs us, over and over again.

261
00:25:12,345 --> 00:25:15,515
Your mother is the best of us.

262
00:25:17,475 --> 00:25:19,477
If I could keep her here,
you know I would.

263
00:25:19,561 --> 00:25:20,603
I know.

264
00:25:21,855 --> 00:25:24,899
The... the ealdormen have been told
to prepare.

265
00:25:24,983 --> 00:25:28,570
I'm concerned that they will not honor
Mother's wishes.

266
00:25:28,653 --> 00:25:31,531
The ealdormen will be taken care of.
Do not fear.

267
00:25:32,741 --> 00:25:36,703
Your mother and I had
a shared wish...

268
00:25:37,662 --> 00:25:40,290
to honor our father's desire for unity.

269
00:25:42,125 --> 00:25:44,878
I swear to you and to her...

270
00:25:47,297 --> 00:25:50,258
I will do all I can to ensure
that comes to pass.

271
00:25:57,015 --> 00:26:00,852
Please, let my Lord King
listen to the words of this servant.

272
00:26:03,438 --> 00:26:06,816
Please, let my Lord listen to the words
of this servant.

273
00:27:50,336 --> 00:27:52,380
I did not get to speak with you...

274
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:56,968
I love you.

275
00:28:02,056 --> 00:28:05,351
I will protect
all that we have achieved, sister.

276
00:28:06,144 --> 00:28:07,729
This I swear to you.

277
00:28:22,035 --> 00:28:23,703
Receive your servant Vibeke

278
00:28:24,495 --> 00:28:28,124
into the ranks of your devout saints
and most bright angels.

279
00:28:29,918 --> 00:28:31,502
She is a child of God.

280
00:28:39,969 --> 00:28:43,514
Please let my Lord listen
to the words of this servant...

281
00:28:48,269 --> 00:28:49,479
Lady Aelswith...

282
00:28:49,562 --> 00:28:53,191
You do not need to say
anything, Lord Uhtred.

283
00:28:57,570 --> 00:28:59,030
I would ask you...

284
00:29:00,865 --> 00:29:02,867
Do you hear anything?

285
00:29:05,203 --> 00:29:06,287
Um...

286
00:29:07,622 --> 00:29:09,707
It is night. The town is asleep.

287
00:29:09,791 --> 00:29:11,042
Not out there.

288
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,255
In here. In this room.

289
00:29:15,338 --> 00:29:16,798
Do you hear anything?

290
00:29:18,341 --> 00:29:20,426
No, nothing but our own voices.

291
00:29:22,011 --> 00:29:26,474
Mere mortals.
I do not care for our voices.

292
00:29:30,436 --> 00:29:34,482
He is not speaking.

293
00:29:37,652 --> 00:29:40,113
I thought that he would speak to me now.

294
00:29:41,698 --> 00:29:44,284
Is it not clear that I need him?

295
00:29:45,159 --> 00:29:48,162
All I have ever asked of him...

296
00:29:49,163 --> 00:29:52,458
is his voice when I needed it.

297
00:29:56,587 --> 00:30:01,259
Perhaps his silence
is him offering you solace in...

298
00:30:01,342 --> 00:30:03,803
I do not need his solace.

299
00:30:04,512 --> 00:30:06,180
I need him to speak to me.

300
00:30:08,516 --> 00:30:11,477
My life, I have given to him.

301
00:30:14,605 --> 00:30:20,945
I have prayed for so many hours,
Lord Uhtred.

302
00:30:23,281 --> 00:30:27,452
I have begged him to save her.

303
00:30:29,412 --> 00:30:32,040
I need to know that he is listening.

304
00:30:49,098 --> 00:30:51,768
I fear your prayers have been wasted.

305
00:30:51,851 --> 00:30:55,229
Please, let my Lord the King
listen to the words of his servant.

306
00:30:55,313 --> 00:30:57,440
Please, let my Lord
listen to the words of...

307
00:30:57,523 --> 00:31:01,819
- Lady Aelswith...
- I am trying to make him hear me!

308
00:31:12,997 --> 00:31:14,582
Do not say it.

309
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,879
Do not say the words.

310
00:31:25,968 --> 00:31:27,595
He has forsaken me.

311
00:31:30,139 --> 00:31:32,475
He has forsaken her.

312
00:31:34,894 --> 00:31:38,940
I have given him the entirety of my life.

313
00:31:40,691 --> 00:31:42,860
And I am left with nothing.

314
00:32:15,685 --> 00:32:17,061
Where is Aelfwynn?

315
00:32:22,859 --> 00:32:24,694
She is waiting for the Witan.

316
00:32:26,571 --> 00:32:29,365
They will take advantage of her.

317
00:32:29,449 --> 00:32:34,203
They respected Aethelflaed. Surely
they will accept her choice of successor.

318
00:32:34,287 --> 00:32:38,916
Aelfwynn is too young
and she is not worldly.

319
00:32:40,501 --> 00:32:42,003
They will turn on her.

320
00:32:44,755 --> 00:32:48,551
She can gain their respect
just as Aethelflaed did.

321
00:32:49,844 --> 00:32:51,971
As wise as she had become...

322
00:32:53,931 --> 00:32:57,602
Aethelflaed still wished to believe
the best in people.

323
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,022
But she was wrong.

324
00:33:03,107 --> 00:33:08,029
There has already been so much death,
Uhtred.

325
00:33:10,573 --> 00:33:12,325
I could not bear more of it.

326
00:33:18,206 --> 00:33:20,541
I've had too much. Oh...

327
00:33:20,625 --> 00:33:23,252
- Leave me here.
- You're all right.

328
00:33:23,336 --> 00:33:25,796
- Oh, God.
- Come on. Up the stairs.

329
00:33:37,975 --> 00:33:41,229
- Are the men ready?
- They're waiting for your signal.

330
00:33:41,938 --> 00:33:44,232
And is there word
from Father Pyrlig?

331
00:33:44,315 --> 00:33:46,776
A scout reported seeing him
with the Danish witch.

332
00:33:47,818 --> 00:33:49,612
Then he is likely dead.

333
00:33:50,988 --> 00:33:53,282
Return to your position.
It will not be long.

334
00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:07,713
Aethelstan?

335
00:34:09,674 --> 00:34:10,716
What are you...

336
00:34:12,093 --> 00:34:13,386
You came with Uhtred.

337
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:18,391
He wanted the chance to say goodbye
to Lady Aethelflaed.

338
00:34:18,474 --> 00:34:20,226
A chance that his presence here denied me.

339
00:34:20,309 --> 00:34:24,647
Well, it seems he's taken many things
from you over time.

340
00:34:29,569 --> 00:34:31,487
I have often wondered of you.

341
00:34:31,571 --> 00:34:34,699
Surely I would not have been hard to find.

342
00:34:35,616 --> 00:34:37,827
We have found each other now, it seems.

343
00:34:40,079 --> 00:34:42,164
There are matters to be attended to. We...

344
00:34:43,666 --> 00:34:45,960
I should like to talk further with you.

345
00:34:46,043 --> 00:34:49,338
Much has changed in both of
our lives, but now is not the time.

346
00:34:51,340 --> 00:34:53,009
It is good to see you, Aethelstan.

347
00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:10,401
You were much favored by my mother.
She would have been glad to have you here.

348
00:35:13,446 --> 00:35:14,572
You look like her.

349
00:35:18,534 --> 00:35:20,369
Have the ealdormen been told?

350
00:35:21,245 --> 00:35:24,123
We will ring the bells when it is time
for the Witan to meet.

351
00:35:24,206 --> 00:35:26,667
They'll be terrified to leave Mercia
without a ruler

352
00:35:26,751 --> 00:35:28,461
for even a moment's breath.

353
00:35:28,544 --> 00:35:32,590
The ealdormen respected your mother.
They will similarly respect her wishes.

354
00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:35,801
And Lord Aethelhelm has arrived.

355
00:35:36,802 --> 00:35:39,096
As much as his intentions
will be self-serving,

356
00:35:39,180 --> 00:35:41,140
his presence might help to delay matters.

357
00:35:41,223 --> 00:35:45,311
My mother has been dead a matter of hours
and already he seeks to undermine her.

358
00:35:46,228 --> 00:35:50,650
No, she would not have delayed it
and neither will I.

359
00:35:50,733 --> 00:35:52,777
You are in mourning.
You would be forgiven...

360
00:35:52,860 --> 00:35:54,779
My mother would not forgive me.

361
00:35:57,281 --> 00:36:01,952
I will not deny this land or its people
what she wanted for them.

362
00:36:04,955 --> 00:36:06,916
I should have been here sooner.

363
00:36:09,043 --> 00:36:12,630
What matters is that you were
here for her when she needed you to be.

364
00:36:14,924 --> 00:36:16,592
Will you be remaining here?

365
00:36:18,344 --> 00:36:22,723
- Until Aelfwynn takes the throne.
- Mmm. Should her grandmother allow it.

366
00:36:24,892 --> 00:36:27,853
Lady Aelswith is afraid
it is the wrong decision.

367
00:36:30,272 --> 00:36:33,484
Bitter old women rarely want more
for their descendants.

368
00:36:34,276 --> 00:36:35,778
She might be right.

369
00:36:38,864 --> 00:36:41,951
Why do we attach ourselves
to these people, Uhtred?

370
00:36:43,994 --> 00:36:46,455
I do not think it is our choice.

371
00:36:46,539 --> 00:36:48,165
Because it is our destiny?

372
00:36:51,669 --> 00:36:53,129
Then destiny is cruel.

373
00:36:54,130 --> 00:36:57,758
All it seems to do is cause us
sorrow and pain.

374
00:37:00,886 --> 00:37:03,139
If that is the path it sees for us.

375
00:37:04,140 --> 00:37:08,018
I wonder if destiny lost its hold on me
when I left these lands.

376
00:37:10,271 --> 00:37:13,858
I have been free of pain for a while now
and better for it.

377
00:37:15,317 --> 00:37:19,280
Perhaps pain is our choice, not destiny's.

378
00:37:24,535 --> 00:37:26,162
So tell me, Uhtred.

379
00:37:29,707 --> 00:37:32,960
What would finally allow you
to be free of your pain?

380
00:37:46,098 --> 00:37:49,393
- What are they speaking of?
- I do not know.

381
00:37:50,978 --> 00:37:53,022
But I'm sure no good
can come of it.

382
00:37:54,774 --> 00:37:56,859
We should head back to the palace.

383
00:38:21,050 --> 00:38:22,301
You served her well.

384
00:38:23,886 --> 00:38:28,098
I tried. All she wanted
was to keep the people safe.

385
00:38:30,059 --> 00:38:34,271
She could think of no way
to make it more simple to rule?

386
00:38:35,064 --> 00:38:36,315
She tried.

387
00:38:36,899 --> 00:38:40,528
But the ealdormen, even as they came
to respect her, were stubborn.

388
00:38:40,611 --> 00:38:43,072
The old ways appealed to them
more than the new.

389
00:38:44,156 --> 00:38:47,910
I think you could yet be of great use
to Mercia, Lord Aldhelm.

390
00:38:50,746 --> 00:38:52,373
You do not have to be here this early.

391
00:38:52,456 --> 00:38:54,333
- We've not yet begun.
- Yes, I do.

392
00:39:00,464 --> 00:39:01,882
Stay yourself!

393
00:39:03,175 --> 00:39:06,470
The throne is taken after the Witan meets,
not before.

394
00:39:09,056 --> 00:39:11,100
I did not expect to see you here.

395
00:39:11,892 --> 00:39:15,396
- I am here to show respect.
- Oh, I doubt that.

396
00:39:15,479 --> 00:39:19,066
A man who has no respect
cannot show it, surely. Lord King.

397
00:39:19,149 --> 00:39:20,651
This is taking too long.

398
00:39:20,734 --> 00:39:24,154
- We must announce her death.
- I would think it were the King's decision

399
00:39:24,238 --> 00:39:26,532
as to when the bells should be rung,
my Lord.

400
00:39:26,615 --> 00:39:29,910
- I was merely suggesting...
- That you understood the King's grief

401
00:39:29,994 --> 00:39:33,163
- better than he himself?
- Who are you to speak to me this way?

402
00:39:33,247 --> 00:39:34,790
You would watch your tongue!

403
00:39:36,292 --> 00:39:38,335
The bells will ring in good time.

404
00:39:41,422 --> 00:39:44,842
It is nearly dawn. Let us see the day in
with the saddest news.

405
00:40:04,653 --> 00:40:07,656
Shut that door!
My balls are freezing to nothing!

406
00:40:12,036 --> 00:40:14,496
- Something's wrong.
- Just go back to bed.

407
00:40:14,580 --> 00:40:17,333
Get some sleep. Lord Uhtred
might need us in the morning.

408
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,586
There, did you see that?
Wake up.

409
00:40:20,669 --> 00:40:25,716
No, no, it's the ale.
Your eyes are playing tricks on you. Just...

410
00:40:35,559 --> 00:40:39,021
- Think about where you're pointing that.
- There are soldiers here.

411
00:40:41,148 --> 00:40:42,691
You think it's an attack?

412
00:40:43,651 --> 00:40:46,487
The King is here and undefended.

413
00:40:48,697 --> 00:40:50,240
Piss.

414
00:40:51,158 --> 00:40:53,327
Go and find Uhtred. I'll get the others.

415
00:40:53,410 --> 00:40:55,079
Do not do anything stupid.

416
00:40:56,163 --> 00:40:58,207
- Do you hear me?
- Yeah.

417
00:41:11,345 --> 00:41:12,513
It is time.

418
00:41:15,015 --> 00:41:18,268
Ring the bell.
Let my sister's death be known.

419
00:41:23,023 --> 00:41:24,233
You seem troubled.

420
00:41:25,985 --> 00:41:28,028
I don't like black. It's so cold.

421
00:41:28,862 --> 00:41:31,073
It would be a strange man who does.

422
00:41:33,993 --> 00:41:35,035
It is time.

423
00:41:41,792 --> 00:41:44,294
She asked that you protect Mercia.

424
00:41:44,378 --> 00:41:47,131
You have only done
as you saw right and good.

425
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:52,845
Perhaps.

426
00:42:24,251 --> 00:42:25,461
Aethelstan!

427
00:42:25,544 --> 00:42:26,670
Shit!

428
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,029
U htred!

429
00:42:56,575 --> 00:42:57,618
Uhtred!

430
00:43:01,038 --> 00:43:02,081
Uhtred!

431
00:43:56,718 --> 00:43:58,637
Leave him.

432
00:44:00,472 --> 00:44:02,307
What happened? Are you all right?

433
00:44:03,142 --> 00:44:05,769
Lord, I think you need to see this.

434
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:13,193
- Who are they?
- The ealdormen.

435
00:44:18,657 --> 00:44:19,700
Come!

436
00:44:20,450 --> 00:44:23,620
- Who gave your orders?
- Come on. Tell us!

437
00:44:25,372 --> 00:44:26,540
Uhtred, I know him.

438
00:44:26,623 --> 00:44:28,917
I saw him talking
with the King last night.

439
00:44:41,555 --> 00:44:43,140
Did you see them?

440
00:44:43,891 --> 00:44:46,268
- Did you see the ealdormen?
- I did.

441
00:44:46,351 --> 00:44:49,229
- So, where are they?
- They are dead.

442
00:44:50,272 --> 00:44:53,275
Dead? That cannot be.

443
00:44:57,863 --> 00:45:00,324
You... What did you do?

444
00:45:00,407 --> 00:45:02,993
You overstep your bounds, Lord Aethelhelm!

445
00:45:03,911 --> 00:45:07,456
The only explanation I need offer
is the example of our past.

446
00:45:07,539 --> 00:45:09,958
The strength of Wessex and Mercia
both only improved

447
00:45:10,042 --> 00:45:11,710
under the alliance with my sister.

448
00:45:12,836 --> 00:45:15,255
I could not see that strength fade now.

449
00:45:15,339 --> 00:45:17,966
Lady Aethelflaed's choice of successor
is her daughter.

450
00:45:18,050 --> 00:45:21,053
- She has her mother's strength.
- I have not seen it.

451
00:45:22,304 --> 00:45:24,598
My sister's strength came
with time.

452
00:45:25,265 --> 00:45:27,309
To leave my niece
to find her own strength

453
00:45:27,392 --> 00:45:30,604
would leave Mercia vulnerable.
She will not take the throne.

454
00:45:30,687 --> 00:45:35,067
Then there are others who could rule
whilst staying within the family's line.

455
00:45:35,150 --> 00:45:36,526
Father's hopes were of unity.

456
00:45:36,610 --> 00:45:41,281
It was a dream my sister and I bore
from him and shared, but now she is dead.

457
00:45:43,075 --> 00:45:45,577
Had she known it were possible
to unite the kingdoms...

458
00:45:45,661 --> 00:45:48,455
She would not have done it with the blood
of innocents on her hands!

459
00:45:48,538 --> 00:45:52,668
Her hands are unsullied. The choice
was mine alone and I was forced to act.

460
00:45:52,751 --> 00:45:54,753
The ealdormen had already accepted bribes

461
00:45:54,836 --> 00:45:57,506
to sway their minds away
from my sister's wishes.

462
00:45:58,382 --> 00:46:01,301
These men were standing
in the way of progress.

463
00:46:01,385 --> 00:46:03,345
I merely acted to remove the corruption.

464
00:46:03,428 --> 00:46:07,349
This is not the way
succession is determined!

465
00:46:07,432 --> 00:46:11,728
Until my sister's rule, succession
was always determined by bloodshed.

466
00:46:13,563 --> 00:46:15,941
I did not want it to be so again.

467
00:46:18,902 --> 00:46:21,738
Better the blood of the few
than the blood of the many.

468
00:46:23,198 --> 00:46:26,785
You have murdered
Mercia's ealdormen.

469
00:46:27,661 --> 00:46:30,831
And in doing so,
I have ensured Mercia's protection.

470
00:46:43,969 --> 00:46:45,554
I will do as God wills.

471
00:46:47,097 --> 00:46:50,809
I will be King of the Angles
and of the Saxons.

472
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:42,986
You are still alive, then?

473
00:47:44,654 --> 00:47:46,031
That's because of you.

474
00:47:53,622 --> 00:47:54,915
Will you look?

475
00:48:13,642 --> 00:48:15,394
The flesh has begun to heal.

476
00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:23,568
The gods have forgiven you.

477
00:48:27,656 --> 00:48:28,949
What of you, brother?

478
00:48:30,992 --> 00:48:32,369
Have you forgiven me?

479
00:48:33,662 --> 00:48:37,249
If it were Stiorra's choice,
you would be left to fend for yourself.

480
00:48:39,167 --> 00:48:41,211
Then I am lucky that it is not.

481
00:48:43,547 --> 00:48:44,965
She is not a true Dane.

482
00:48:45,048 --> 00:48:49,219
A true Dane would not betray
their family as you did.

483
00:48:59,146 --> 00:49:01,106
You are my blood.

484
00:49:01,815 --> 00:49:04,067
Do you understand? You are my blood.

485
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:09,948
The rest will come in time.

486
00:49:46,026 --> 00:49:49,404
- Have you seen Lady Aelswith?
- Yes, she came through here with Aelfwynn.

487
00:49:49,488 --> 00:49:52,115
- They left for...
- Don't say it out loud.

488
00:49:52,199 --> 00:49:55,160
You should leave this place.
It is not safe here.

489
00:50:03,168 --> 00:50:06,963
Ah, it's just a scratch. It'll heal.
You might get a good scar out of it.

490
00:50:07,714 --> 00:50:09,758
It did not bleed like a scratch.

491
00:50:12,010 --> 00:50:13,845
All right, lads. At the ready.

492
00:50:15,055 --> 00:50:18,350
My men are merely seeking their horses.
There's to be no trouble here.

493
00:50:21,436 --> 00:50:22,979
You killed the ealdormen.

494
00:50:24,648 --> 00:50:27,442
- It is only what needed to be done.
- They were old men.

495
00:50:28,777 --> 00:50:29,945
Defenseless.

496
00:50:32,572 --> 00:50:35,450
Uhtred has taught you
his strong sense of morality, then.

497
00:50:38,954 --> 00:50:42,499
Surely he has also taught
it is better to strike first

498
00:50:42,582 --> 00:50:44,668
if it might prevent more violence.

499
00:50:45,752 --> 00:50:49,756
Yet it was not my intention
for you to be caught in this.

500
00:50:52,717 --> 00:50:54,386
My man tells me you fought well.

501
00:50:55,428 --> 00:50:59,057
Not well enough,
or he would not be here to tell you of it.

502
00:51:00,100 --> 00:51:03,812
- Your blood is strong.
- My skill comes only from my training.

503
00:51:07,482 --> 00:51:09,776
I must ready myself for the ceremony.

504
00:51:11,111 --> 00:51:12,279
Will you attend?

505
00:51:14,781 --> 00:51:16,157
I will be with Uhtred.

506
00:51:19,119 --> 00:51:21,621
Well, you'd be welcome
should you change your mind.

507
00:51:25,458 --> 00:51:27,294
Aethelflaed was your blood...

508
00:51:29,170 --> 00:51:30,213
as am I.

509
00:52:07,959 --> 00:52:09,002
It's done.

510
00:52:14,674 --> 00:52:15,842
She gave me peace.

511
00:52:20,430 --> 00:52:22,390
When I was with her, I felt it.

512
00:52:26,770 --> 00:52:29,439
I'm sure she would want you
to find that feeling again.

513
00:52:30,649 --> 00:52:32,442
I can think of no better tribute.

514
00:53:33,378 --> 00:53:35,588
It looks to be
a worthy procession.

515
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:37,924
It is.

516
00:53:41,803 --> 00:53:43,596
Are you going to retaliate?

517
00:53:44,764 --> 00:53:47,183
He did what kings always do.

518
00:53:47,267 --> 00:53:51,396
No king has ever ruled bloodlessly.
It is not in their nature.

519
00:53:51,479 --> 00:53:53,982
It is no way to become a king, Uhtred.

520
00:53:54,065 --> 00:53:56,443
I think it might be the only way.

521
00:53:59,612 --> 00:54:00,655
It is over now.

522
00:54:02,031 --> 00:54:04,701
Edward's rule will not be challenged.

523
00:54:04,784 --> 00:54:08,496
His line will watch the throne
until it becomes their turn...

524
00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:12,792
just as King Alfred wanted.