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I was born an
ealdorman of England,
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true heir to the Northumbrian
lands of Bebbanburg.
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I was 12 years old
when I first went to war.
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I saw my father killed.
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Stolen by the invaders,
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along with a Saxon girl, Brida,
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I became, first, a slave,
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and then, a son to Earl Ragner.
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Fate had made me a Dane,
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had made young
Ragner my brother;
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and Brida, my lover.
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And then, fate brought betrayal.
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- Fire!
- Aaaaah!
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Lies were thrown to the wind,
saying I had killed Ragner,
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so, taking his hidden
wealth, we fled south...
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to Wessex, to Beocca,
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and to the King's brother Alfred.
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Seen by the Danes as a Saxon
and by the Saxons as a Dane,
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my word could not be trusted.
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But I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred,
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and destiny is all.
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Stand clear. It is the King.
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I have to speak, Lord.
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The axe cut deep.
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Even a King couldn't survive that wound.
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We shall pray and we shall see.
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Move!
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Apologies, Lord.
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This is the best I could do
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without first speaking to Alfred.
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I've brought food and ale
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and, more importantly, good news.
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- Alfred is dead?
- The opposite.
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He is alive and he is victorious.
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We defeated the Danes.
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Agh! Anh!
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- Why is this good news?
- Alfred acted upon your advice.
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You share in his glory.
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Glory?
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Then why is he caged and
left to shit in the corner?
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- You call that glory?
- Can she not hold her tongue
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- for just one moment?
- No, she cannot!
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And she will not!
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- Keep your food! I don't want it!
- Only... only...
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- I won't eat or drink until I'm set free!
- Only Alfred can order your release!
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I will speak with him!
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You should spend this time, girl,
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- to contemplate your improvement.
- I will use this time
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- to curse you.
- Then do it.
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Alfred refused my sword.
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I won't be offering it
again, unless he begs.
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Lord, sometimes I wonder
whether your pigheadedness
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is not simple stupidity.
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He will send for you when he has scraped
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the mud and blood from his mail.
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We will give thanks to
Odin for our deliverance.
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Do that.
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- We are Danes!
- Show respect!
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Do it again, and I will
cut you, prick to throat.
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- What is it?
- I couldn't wait to see you.
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I was told you were
safe, but I needed proof.
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Here it is.
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Leave us. My wife will help me.
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My Lord.
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My privilege.
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Ensure it is repaired, and well.
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I'd be a lost fool without you.
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Fingers and thumbs.
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- Who knocks?
- My Lord.
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My Lady, forgive me.
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I was hoping for a moment
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to discuss the ealdorman Uhtred.
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Father, forgive me,
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but my Lord is in need of rest.
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He is.
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You are.
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Forgive me.
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Aethelwold, were you on the hill?
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I didn't see you.
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I was kept safe with priests.
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There will be other battles.
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Many.
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And on and on it will go, I'm sure,
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'til we're all dead.
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- Are you saying we should surrender?
- Never.
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Never.
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But I'm not against compromise.
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As much as I love my God,
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I'm in no hurry to reach heaven.
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I fear no number of kneeling clergymen
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will change what a heathen's
axe has already decreed.
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Our prays should be with
the King's successor,
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whoever that may be.
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The crown is mine, my birthright.
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- You disagree?
- The argument against you will be
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that you're a young Lord.
I am my father's heir.
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Yes, you are your father's heir,
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but your father was also bonded to Alfred.
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A son comes before a brother.
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Then, perhaps, you should
speak to the King directly.
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'Tis my thinking, Lord,
that if, on his deathbed,
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your father were to name
you as his successor,
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the witan would find it
difficult to go against him.
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I believe your father
would only be too happy
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to whisper in your ear.
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Whether he was conscious or not.
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Your counsel will not
be forgotten, young Odda.
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Thank you, Lord.
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Guthrum.
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You went into battle without me.
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- Why was that?
- That was not the intention.
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Is that so?
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- Then why did it happen?
- Let's talk inside.
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We will talk here.
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They marched sooner than we expected
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and they positioned themselves well
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on the hill.
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It will not happen again.
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No, it will not happen again,
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because you have lost half your men.
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We killed their King, Aethelred.
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- Did you see him fall?
- Yeah, I saw him fall.
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He took an axe.
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He's dead. We were not beaten.
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Hmm, you want to become King of Wessex.
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I will allow that.
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But where's my payment,
my silver, my grain?
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It was promised, but now it has gone.
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It's still there.
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Danes do not lose.
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I am not lost.
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You have given them hope,
Guthrum, that is worse.
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Without their King, there is no hope.
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If they've defeated the Danes,
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which I won't believe,
why aren't they feasting?
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The priest doesn't lie.
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Despite him being a priest.
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Why are they so different,
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- so miserable?
- God's wish.
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I won't become a Saxon woman.
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I won't wash, work the fields 'til I drop,
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and cook. It won't come to that.
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That won't be my life.
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Alfred can help us.
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We'll use him
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For shelter, and then for wealth.
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He has used you.
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And, now, he owes me.
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Good morning.
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My thanks for last night.
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Open the door. I wish to see my father.
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Open the door, or I'll have
your balls for slingshot.
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Aethelwold.
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I'm here to pray for my father, the King,
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to be at his side.
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The King is dead.
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Why was I not called?
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I should have been at his side.
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You could not be found.
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I was sleeping in my chamber.
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Before he passed,
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the King named me as heir to the throne.
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That's what he told me.
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It's the truth.
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His last wish.
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His last command.
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You would all do well to repeat this.
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I'll inform the witan of your claim.
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- You should.
- Although each person here, and more,
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heard your father bequeath
his crown to Alfred.
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He must have been delirious.
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- On which occasion?
- I am the son of the King.
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Do your duty.
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My Lord.
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Ah, Uhtred.
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Please accept my apology for
the delay in your release.
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I had other matters to attend.
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- Ale, father?
- A little.
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And for our guests.
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It seems you spoke the truth.
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I did.
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Though I realize our victory is temporary,
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I am indebted.
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Wessex is indebted.
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- Is my apology enough?
- It's not, Lord.
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What Uhtred means is
that it is not necessary.
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I wish to be seen as an ealdorman,
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because I am an ealdorman.
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In Northumbria. This is Wessex.
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This is England.
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One kingdom is what you said.
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You are without lands completely.
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And that's what I want.
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That's what I deserve, land.
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I brought you here solely
to convey my thanks,
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but we shall talk further, at some point.
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Now, I have other, more
important, matters to attend.
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I gave you victory, Lord.
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- What's more important than that?
- The King is dead.
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- Since when?
- I have not long left him.
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My first act as King will be
to offer the Danes a peace.
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They will think you spineless.
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Lord.
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Then I must convince them otherwise.
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Girl, bring some fruits to my chamber,
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some chopped apples and milk.
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Rest, wash, eat well.
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You have earned it.
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What are you saying?
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You do not speak
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to a future King in that manner.
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He's not my Lord and he won't be my King.
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Hear me clearly, Uhtred.
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Alfred is the man to follow.
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He is your way back to Bebbanburg,
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as Lord and Master.
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Uhtred's path is Uhtred's business,
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not that of a priest.
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Forgive me, Lord.
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I must leave,
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to pray for strength and to expunge
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these unholy thoughts that fill my mind.
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- You want land in Wessex?
- It's my way back to Bebbanburg.
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Any silver you find under Alfred
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will be taken by the Danes.
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Along with your life.
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They can't be beaten.
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Excuse me, my Lord.
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I am on an errand to my Lord Alfred.
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- The milk is for Alfred?
- It is.
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Not a word.
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Go on.
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Uah!
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Master Aethelwold,
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the man-child who would
have himself be King.
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Out of respect for the late King,
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Alfred wishes no harm to be done
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to a hair of your ugly head.
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But he will not put up with
your insolence and lies.
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Your own son is party to
my so called insolence.
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Quiet!
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Don't you involve others
in your conspiracies.
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My head is not ugly.
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You're to be sent to Hampton,
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to a monastery, to be educated.
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It will be a very long process.
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- I am the King's son!
- Wessex cannot afford division.
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Nor can it afford the ramblings
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of an idiot child, noble or otherwise.
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See to it.
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- May I make him docile, Lord?
- I wish you would.
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No. No, no, no, no, no!
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Come.
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Lord, you wish to see me.
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I did. I did.
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You will take a message
to Guthrum, to the Danes.
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You will invite them to negotiate,
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within days, but at their own convenience.
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I shall gladly be your
representative, Lord.
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Thank you.
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- Do I offend you, watching you?
- No, my Lord, never.
264
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I will defend you with my life.
265
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You stand as everything that is precious.
266
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You are Wessex, England,
267
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always to be cherished,
never to be violated.
268
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Only to be loved.
269
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Vigorously.
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- Who is it?
- My Lord.
271
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My conscience.
272
00:15:40,988 --> 00:15:44,840
My Lord, would you care
to join me in prayer,
273
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- perhaps for the passing of the King?
- I will, father.
274
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I give you my thanks.
275
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Forgive me, my Lord.
276
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The milk has soured.
277
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I am tired of milk and apples.
278
00:16:02,076 --> 00:16:03,492
I need meat.
279
00:16:03,494 --> 00:16:05,928
But you are a martyr, my Lord, to meat.
280
00:16:05,930 --> 00:16:07,680
My Lord needs feeding.
281
00:16:07,682 --> 00:16:09,765
My Lord is not a Saint, and never shall be.
282
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I have survived battle.
283
00:16:11,269 --> 00:16:15,087
I need meat.
284
00:16:15,089 --> 00:16:19,391
We shall pray together,
my Lord, for strength.
285
00:16:19,393 --> 00:16:20,759
Why does it have to be a sin?
286
00:16:29,719 --> 00:16:31,287
Already, it is a burden.
287
00:16:34,175 --> 00:16:36,659
It seems never to be about
what I would wish to do.
288
00:16:36,661 --> 00:16:39,345
It is about what I must do.
289
00:16:43,668 --> 00:16:46,018
Ask God to give me the strength
290
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to wear the crown as well as you.
291
00:16:57,447 --> 00:17:01,066
Father Beocca, a moment.
292
00:17:01,068 --> 00:17:03,586
- Yes, Lord?
- Uhtred may well have a use.
293
00:17:03,588 --> 00:17:05,287
I'm...
294
00:17:05,289 --> 00:17:06,939
Pleased that is what you think, Lord.
295
00:17:06,941 --> 00:17:10,492
- This Brida, she's what, to him?
- I would say a hindrance, Lord.
296
00:17:10,494 --> 00:17:12,995
- A wife?
- No, no, never, no.
297
00:17:12,997 --> 00:17:14,580
She is restless.
298
00:17:14,582 --> 00:17:16,398
She's the devil on his shoulder, I fear.
299
00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,568
But he is fond of her.
300
00:17:19,570 --> 00:17:22,521
Yes, that is his way.
301
00:17:22,523 --> 00:17:24,106
We shall see.
302
00:17:24,108 --> 00:17:25,190
Thank you.
303
00:17:25,192 --> 00:17:26,292
My Lord.
304
00:17:51,736 --> 00:17:54,453
I carry a message
305
00:17:54,455 --> 00:17:55,955
from King Alfred.
306
00:17:55,957 --> 00:17:59,074
- Who is King Alfred?
- He is Alfred, King of Wessex.
307
00:17:59,076 --> 00:18:02,978
He invites the Earl Guthrum
to negotiate a peace.
308
00:18:02,980 --> 00:18:03,963
Get down from your horse, boy.
309
00:18:09,085 --> 00:18:10,819
You are a beauty.
310
00:18:14,012 --> 00:18:15,433
Tell this King...
311
00:18:15,434 --> 00:18:19,311
- What was his name?
- Alfred.
312
00:18:19,313 --> 00:18:20,612
Tell King Alfred
313
00:18:20,614 --> 00:18:23,298
that Guthrum accepts his invitation
314
00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:24,333
and I shall watch for him
315
00:18:24,335 --> 00:18:25,534
and I shall ride out and meet him.
316
00:18:25,536 --> 00:18:27,219
I will pass on your message, Lord.
317
00:18:33,126 --> 00:18:35,227
This horse belongs to me now.
318
00:18:37,915 --> 00:18:41,934
Uhtred, Alfred is keen
to find a use for you,
319
00:18:41,936 --> 00:18:44,003
but Brida is...
320
00:18:44,005 --> 00:18:45,304
She's not a help.
321
00:18:45,306 --> 00:18:47,006
Well, perhaps you could
just keep her away from me.
322
00:18:47,008 --> 00:18:49,258
Alfred knows how I can be of use.
323
00:18:49,260 --> 00:18:50,676
- Uhtred...
- and I've proven it.
324
00:18:50,678 --> 00:18:52,611
Now, he must prove he can be of use to me.
325
00:18:52,613 --> 00:18:54,029
He will be King.
326
00:18:54,031 --> 00:18:55,130
And you can serve him.
327
00:18:55,132 --> 00:18:57,282
I'm here to serve myself.
328
00:18:57,284 --> 00:18:59,084
Alfred means nothing to
me but a path to take back
329
00:18:59,086 --> 00:19:00,386
what's rightfully mine,
330
00:19:00,388 --> 00:19:02,788
my land, my wealth, and my title.
331
00:19:02,790 --> 00:19:06,525
He will have a use for me,
but I'll have a use for him.
332
00:19:06,527 --> 00:19:08,727
Do not think him naive.
333
00:19:08,729 --> 00:19:10,045
He will see right through you.
334
00:19:10,047 --> 00:19:12,214
He will see what I allow him to see.
335
00:19:23,993 --> 00:19:28,217
- You looking for company, girl?
- I prefer the company of the Gods
336
00:19:28,218 --> 00:19:30,417
to stupid men.
337
00:19:30,935 --> 00:19:32,067
Another time, then.
338
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,309
Ahem.
339
00:21:03,867 --> 00:21:06,728
- Good morning, Uhtred.
- Good morning, Lord.
340
00:21:16,028 --> 00:21:19,050
- That's a fine coat of mail.
- It is, and it is yours,
341
00:21:19,167 --> 00:21:20,599
the battle dress of a Saxon warrior.
342
00:21:20,601 --> 00:21:21,667
A gift.
343
00:21:21,669 --> 00:21:23,185
In return for what?
344
00:21:23,187 --> 00:21:24,720
There's always a price.
345
00:21:24,722 --> 00:21:28,541
Which you have paid in full
our victory at the hill.
346
00:21:28,543 --> 00:21:32,528
Young Odda, have you offered
your apologies to Uhtred?
347
00:21:34,948 --> 00:21:36,332
My sincere apologies.
348
00:21:36,334 --> 00:21:38,317
You spoke the truth.
349
00:21:39,599 --> 00:21:41,587
A small bow, perhaps?
350
00:21:47,527 --> 00:21:48,694
You may leave us now.
351
00:21:53,416 --> 00:21:57,469
A good King relies upon
good advice, Uhtred.
352
00:21:57,471 --> 00:22:00,956
For example, my nephew
Aethelwold, the King's son,
353
00:22:00,958 --> 00:22:04,198
he is young, but sees
himself as the rightful heir.
354
00:22:04,199 --> 00:22:10,587
- How am I to deal with him?
- You should kill him, Lord.
355
00:22:10,818 --> 00:22:13,969
As my own uncle Aelfric would kill me.
356
00:22:13,971 --> 00:22:15,104
Not to kill him shows weakness.
357
00:22:15,106 --> 00:22:16,438
You're being insolent.
358
00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,023
I will allow it.
359
00:22:18,025 --> 00:22:20,292
It is the pagan in him speaking.
360
00:22:20,294 --> 00:22:22,745
You think like a Dane, Uhtred.
361
00:22:22,747 --> 00:22:25,197
If I kill Aethelwold, I am admitting
362
00:22:25,199 --> 00:22:26,832
he has legitimate claim to the throne,
363
00:22:26,834 --> 00:22:30,669
which he does not.
That is how I think.
364
00:22:30,671 --> 00:22:33,556
But to have a specimen of
the heathen mind in council
365
00:22:33,558 --> 00:22:35,324
will be useful.
366
00:22:36,256 --> 00:22:41,597
- What do they fear most, the Danes?
- They're warriors. They live to fight.
367
00:22:41,599 --> 00:22:44,450
But when they lose, as
at the hill, what then?
368
00:22:44,452 --> 00:22:46,051
In battle, they'd rather retreat
369
00:22:46,053 --> 00:22:48,037
than lose too many men, so, if they fear
370
00:22:48,039 --> 00:22:50,456
anything at all, it's losing men.
371
00:22:50,458 --> 00:22:52,658
They love to fight, but hate to lose?
372
00:22:52,660 --> 00:22:54,276
Hardly a revelation.
373
00:22:54,278 --> 00:22:56,045
Odda appears not to value your council.
374
00:22:56,047 --> 00:22:57,296
I do not.
375
00:22:57,298 --> 00:22:58,530
I care not.
376
00:22:58,532 --> 00:23:00,282
I have been thinking on your request
377
00:23:00,284 --> 00:23:01,784
to be recognized as an ealdorman.
378
00:23:01,786 --> 00:23:03,185
Which is a nonsense.
379
00:23:03,187 --> 00:23:04,937
I am an ealdorman.
380
00:23:04,939 --> 00:23:06,338
Without even a goat to your name,
381
00:23:06,340 --> 00:23:07,656
never mind the land to graze it.
382
00:23:07,658 --> 00:23:09,658
I am an ealdorman by birth.
Would you perhaps consider
383
00:23:09,660 --> 00:23:11,977
becoming an ealdorman by marriage?
384
00:23:11,978 --> 00:23:13,862
I know of a marriage
385
00:23:13,864 --> 00:23:15,631
that would being you land and title.
386
00:23:15,633 --> 00:23:17,216
I have no need of a wife, Lord.
387
00:23:17,218 --> 00:23:18,550
A woman helps you grow. Grow old.
388
00:23:18,552 --> 00:23:21,370
Grow roots, and that
is what you are missing.
389
00:23:21,372 --> 00:23:25,190
Marriage would show your
commitment to Wessex.
390
00:23:25,192 --> 00:23:26,759
I have shown commitment.
391
00:23:26,761 --> 00:23:29,979
You've said yourself I gave
you victory at the hill.
392
00:23:29,981 --> 00:23:31,297
You helped, Uhtred,
393
00:23:31,299 --> 00:23:33,365
but the victory was won
by the men of Wessex.
394
00:23:33,367 --> 00:23:34,817
Whom you now refuse to join
395
00:23:34,819 --> 00:23:36,185
through this marriage.
396
00:23:36,187 --> 00:23:37,803
Land and silver is what all men desire
397
00:23:37,805 --> 00:23:39,905
and I'm no different.
398
00:23:39,907 --> 00:23:42,858
But believe me, Lord, I
have no need of a wife.
399
00:23:42,860 --> 00:23:44,176
My sword is yours.
400
00:23:44,178 --> 00:23:46,045
At a price.
401
00:23:46,047 --> 00:23:51,433
Everything that I have
has been taken from me.
402
00:23:51,435 --> 00:23:52,718
I need title.
403
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:53,969
I need to make my wealth.
404
00:23:53,971 --> 00:23:55,304
Are you offering me your sword
405
00:23:55,306 --> 00:23:57,790
or are you selling me your sword?
406
00:23:57,792 --> 00:24:00,843
To become an ealdorman,
you must possess land.
407
00:24:00,845 --> 00:24:02,277
That is the law.
408
00:24:02,279 --> 00:24:05,531
However, stand at my side
409
00:24:05,533 --> 00:24:07,249
during the negotiations ahead,
410
00:24:07,251 --> 00:24:12,004
help me read my enemy, and, in return,
411
00:24:12,006 --> 00:24:14,890
we shall talk further of wealth and reward.
412
00:24:33,411 --> 00:24:34,643
Oh.
413
00:24:34,645 --> 00:24:36,111
Agh.
414
00:24:37,598 --> 00:24:40,015
Well, what did you see?
415
00:24:40,017 --> 00:24:43,635
- Hmm? What did they show you?
- What I saw is my business.
416
00:24:43,637 --> 00:24:45,704
Ah! I feel unwell.
417
00:24:51,144 --> 00:24:54,163
Here.
418
00:24:54,165 --> 00:24:55,664
Water.
419
00:25:12,315 --> 00:25:15,751
Where we find ourselves is fate.
420
00:25:15,753 --> 00:25:18,687
The work of the three spinners,
421
00:25:18,689 --> 00:25:20,656
they sit deep in this earth beneath us
422
00:25:20,658 --> 00:25:23,625
and they've brought us here.
423
00:25:23,627 --> 00:25:27,546
We should go.
424
00:25:27,548 --> 00:25:32,885
To Cornwalum, Wales,
Ireland... anywhere.
425
00:25:32,887 --> 00:25:35,037
- Why?
- Escape.
426
00:25:39,226 --> 00:25:43,011
Safety.
427
00:25:43,013 --> 00:25:45,414
I saw Ragnar's ship.
428
00:25:45,416 --> 00:25:49,618
- The past.
- No, wind viper.
429
00:25:50,463 --> 00:25:53,222
- Young Ragnar?
- I was there, on the ship.
430
00:25:53,224 --> 00:25:55,507
I saw it.
431
00:25:55,509 --> 00:25:58,043
I want to leave here.
432
00:25:58,045 --> 00:25:59,311
Come with me.
433
00:26:02,665 --> 00:26:03,949
Come with me.
434
00:26:03,951 --> 00:26:08,237
I've given a promise to Alfred.
435
00:26:08,239 --> 00:26:10,522
To attend the negotiations, to advise.
436
00:26:13,978 --> 00:26:16,528
Brida, there's no place else for us to go.
437
00:26:16,530 --> 00:26:18,680
We cannot stay here.
438
00:26:21,352 --> 00:26:23,535
It's a beginning.
439
00:26:26,657 --> 00:26:28,173
Leave me.
440
00:26:28,175 --> 00:26:32,661
We cannot wander the
country and do nothing.
441
00:26:32,663 --> 00:26:34,797
How can you trust him?
442
00:26:34,799 --> 00:26:35,948
How do you know he won't simply
443
00:26:35,950 --> 00:26:37,850
turn you over to Guthrum
to pass on to Ubba?
444
00:26:37,852 --> 00:26:39,568
You know nothing about him.
445
00:26:39,570 --> 00:26:42,020
I trust father Beocca
and Beocca is his priest.
446
00:26:42,022 --> 00:26:43,622
I said, "leave me."
447
00:26:50,787 --> 00:26:53,265
You were not on the ship with me!
448
00:26:53,267 --> 00:26:56,201
Go to Alfred and I will
watch him betray you.
449
00:27:10,351 --> 00:27:14,903
- So, what do we know of this Alfred?
- That he's sickly.
450
00:27:14,905 --> 00:27:16,155
He's weak.
451
00:27:16,157 --> 00:27:18,490
He wants to negotiate.
452
00:27:18,492 --> 00:27:22,010
Turns out that he's no warrior.
453
00:27:22,012 --> 00:27:24,596
But he beat you, Guthrum.
454
00:27:30,036 --> 00:27:32,154
So, what does it say?
455
00:27:45,401 --> 00:27:47,870
Negotiation.
456
00:27:47,872 --> 00:27:50,722
Silver.
457
00:27:50,724 --> 00:27:54,476
We will take his silver.
458
00:27:54,478 --> 00:27:57,029
And his land.
459
00:27:57,031 --> 00:28:00,482
- And if he refuses?
- He will never refuse.
460
00:28:00,484 --> 00:28:03,035
He wants to live and he
wants to be called King.
461
00:29:11,288 --> 00:29:15,491
Our God in His heaven,
we ask You to find favor
462
00:29:15,493 --> 00:29:19,428
with your devoted servant Alfred.
463
00:29:19,430 --> 00:29:23,198
Bless him with courage,
strength, and wisdom.
464
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,584
Never leave his side.
465
00:29:25,586 --> 00:29:28,053
Amen.
Amen.
466
00:29:28,055 --> 00:29:32,624
Allow him pure and holy thoughts
467
00:29:32,626 --> 00:29:35,477
and the power to carry
out your work on this earth
468
00:29:35,479 --> 00:29:37,946
as our King.
469
00:29:37,948 --> 00:29:40,265
Allow this anointing of Alfred
470
00:29:40,267 --> 00:29:43,018
to enable your will.
471
00:29:43,020 --> 00:29:47,306
You are God's King, Alfred of Wessex.
472
00:29:47,308 --> 00:29:52,945
- Vivat Rex Alfredus!
- Vivat Rex Alfredus!
473
00:29:52,947 --> 00:29:56,832
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
474
00:29:56,834 --> 00:29:59,885
Vivat Rex Alfredus!
475
00:29:59,887 --> 00:30:03,038
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
476
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,391
Vivat Rex Alfredus!
477
00:30:06,393 --> 00:30:09,445
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
478
00:30:09,447 --> 00:30:12,464
Vivat Rex Alfredus!
479
00:30:12,466 --> 00:30:15,851
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
480
00:30:15,853 --> 00:30:19,555
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
481
00:30:19,557 --> 00:30:22,007
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
482
00:30:22,009 --> 00:30:25,294
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
483
00:30:25,296 --> 00:30:27,613
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
484
00:30:27,615 --> 00:30:29,698
I can't imagine a time without you.
485
00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:31,600
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
486
00:30:31,602 --> 00:30:35,087
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
487
00:30:35,089 --> 00:30:37,539
Vivat Rex Alfredus.
488
00:30:49,036 --> 00:30:52,487
- It is Guthrum?
- Yes.
489
00:30:52,489 --> 00:30:56,408
You can see a bone in his hair.
490
00:30:56,409 --> 00:30:58,710
It's his mother's rib.
491
00:30:58,712 --> 00:31:00,345
How endearing.
492
00:31:00,926 --> 00:31:05,086
- And the others?
- It's Ubba. The big man.
493
00:31:05,503 --> 00:31:07,236
The chieftain Ubba is with him?
494
00:31:07,238 --> 00:31:09,288
You said he was in the north.
495
00:31:09,290 --> 00:31:12,941
Now, he's here.
496
00:31:12,943 --> 00:31:14,793
This is good.
497
00:31:35,215 --> 00:31:36,604
So you are Alfred,
498
00:31:36,605 --> 00:31:38,905
- the King of Wessex?
- I am.
499
00:31:39,343 --> 00:31:41,931
- You are Earl Guthrum?
- Yes.
500
00:31:41,956 --> 00:31:45,274
If you want peace, you have to pay.
501
00:31:45,276 --> 00:31:48,293
And you are the Earl Ubba.
502
00:31:48,295 --> 00:31:49,428
Welcome.
503
00:31:49,430 --> 00:31:50,662
Speak.
504
00:31:50,664 --> 00:31:52,848
In exchange for an agreed amount
505
00:31:52,850 --> 00:31:54,466
of grain, livestock, and silver,
506
00:31:54,468 --> 00:31:56,401
I propose that you and your ships
507
00:31:56,403 --> 00:31:58,387
return to London and remain there.
508
00:31:58,389 --> 00:32:00,422
I further propose that
you confine yourselves
509
00:32:00,424 --> 00:32:03,041
to east Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria.
510
00:32:03,043 --> 00:32:07,679
Wessex is Saxon, and, as such,
out of bounds to all Danes.
511
00:32:07,681 --> 00:32:10,015
We'll not be leaving Wessex.
512
00:32:10,017 --> 00:32:11,466
We only just arrived.
513
00:32:11,468 --> 00:32:13,669
Then you will starve.
514
00:32:13,671 --> 00:32:16,521
You have little food,
515
00:32:17,006 --> 00:32:20,385
- no shelter, and a weakened army.
- If you believe us weakened,
516
00:32:20,386 --> 00:32:24,373
- why seek peace?
- It is the Christian in me.
517
00:32:25,049 --> 00:32:26,348
The will of my God.
518
00:32:26,349 --> 00:32:28,166
Oh, I'll hear no talk of Gods.
519
00:32:28,168 --> 00:32:29,234
God.
520
00:32:29,236 --> 00:32:30,636
There is only one.
521
00:32:30,638 --> 00:32:35,274
You will talk of grain,
horses, silver, and land.
522
00:32:35,276 --> 00:32:36,775
I will not talk of land.
523
00:32:37,545 --> 00:32:40,913
- What do they write?
- They write what we speak.
524
00:32:40,915 --> 00:32:43,515
- Every word?
- Yes, every word.
525
00:32:43,517 --> 00:32:45,728
Then may I say arse,
526
00:32:45,729 --> 00:32:49,694
- tits, hump, and turd?
- They record history.
527
00:32:49,695 --> 00:32:51,406
We are here creating history.
528
00:32:51,408 --> 00:32:53,442
People will read of this very meeting.
529
00:32:53,444 --> 00:32:56,428
I'm waiting to hear the
terms of your surrender.
530
00:32:56,430 --> 00:32:58,413
You will be paid for your return to London.
531
00:32:58,415 --> 00:33:01,934
There are no more terms, and
there will be no surrender.
532
00:33:01,936 --> 00:33:06,655
Guthrum here will not leave Readingum.
533
00:33:06,657 --> 00:33:08,473
And I say again he will starve.
534
00:33:08,475 --> 00:33:11,860
We will raid. We will kill.
535
00:33:11,862 --> 00:33:14,062
And you will lose yet more men.
536
00:33:14,064 --> 00:33:18,533
Is that your wish, Earl
Guthrum, to lose men?
537
00:33:18,535 --> 00:33:23,221
Your surviving warriors
may look to find a new Lord.
538
00:33:23,223 --> 00:33:28,627
- Did you call the meeting to insult me?
- I offer peace and I offer facts.
539
00:33:28,629 --> 00:33:32,631
His head, and you can have your peace.
540
00:33:32,633 --> 00:33:33,649
Him.
541
00:33:40,790 --> 00:33:44,993
Uhtred Ragnarson.
542
00:33:44,995 --> 00:33:46,995
A traitor.
543
00:33:53,103 --> 00:33:56,445
- Nothing to say?
- I'll speak to young Ragnar.
544
00:33:57,391 --> 00:33:59,908
No other Dane has my respect.
545
00:33:59,910 --> 00:34:02,861
His head for peace.
546
00:34:02,863 --> 00:34:04,713
You want Uhtred here for peace?
547
00:34:04,715 --> 00:34:10,399
- No silver, no grain, no horses?
- We want silver...
548
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,263
- and the traitor's head.
- These are the terms. And you, Alfred,
549
00:34:14,264 --> 00:34:17,142
You may remain King,
550
00:34:17,144 --> 00:34:21,680
but we will occupy all of the Saxon forts.
551
00:34:21,682 --> 00:34:23,849
If you wish to occupy the fortresses,
552
00:34:23,851 --> 00:34:27,469
then do it, take them.
553
00:34:27,471 --> 00:34:30,222
How many have you taken, to date?
554
00:34:30,224 --> 00:34:33,709
- Father, how many have they taken to date?
- None, Lord.
555
00:34:36,697 --> 00:34:40,182
We can take all fortresses at any time!
556
00:34:40,184 --> 00:34:42,567
We have taken the whole of England!
557
00:34:45,254 --> 00:34:50,208
- And we can do the same with Wessex.
- Let me be clear.
558
00:34:50,210 --> 00:34:52,627
I am prepared to
return to the sword...
559
00:34:52,629 --> 00:34:55,080
we outnumber you, we are
many, and we are dangerous...
560
00:34:55,082 --> 00:34:58,567
But I would prefer to establish a peace.
561
00:34:58,569 --> 00:35:00,502
And Uhtred here shall keep his head,
562
00:35:00,504 --> 00:35:04,673
but I will pay you well to leave Wessex.
563
00:35:04,675 --> 00:35:07,409
That is what people will read.
564
00:35:07,411 --> 00:35:08,994
That Alfred sought peace.
565
00:35:08,996 --> 00:35:12,381
Alfred paid Lords Ubba
and Guthrum in silver,
566
00:35:12,383 --> 00:35:15,033
in exchange for peace.
567
00:35:15,035 --> 00:35:19,171
It is I who is seeking
an end to the fighting.
568
00:35:19,173 --> 00:35:20,972
That is what will be written.
569
00:35:43,397 --> 00:35:44,396
Uhtred.
570
00:35:49,318 --> 00:35:52,687
I would never have given you up to Ubba.
571
00:35:52,689 --> 00:35:55,140
But the thought did cross your mind, Lord.
572
00:35:55,142 --> 00:35:56,708
Not once.
573
00:35:56,710 --> 00:36:02,114
The fact is I would
like you to swear an oath
574
00:36:02,116 --> 00:36:05,167
on holy relics... a year's service.
575
00:36:05,169 --> 00:36:07,953
During which time, you
will help my warriors
576
00:36:07,955 --> 00:36:10,455
understand that the heathens
577
00:36:10,457 --> 00:36:11,973
are but men.
578
00:36:11,975 --> 00:36:14,559
And, in return and in time,
579
00:36:14,561 --> 00:36:17,429
you shall have your own reward...
580
00:36:17,431 --> 00:36:19,247
Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
581
00:36:22,535 --> 00:36:23,502
One year.
582
00:36:42,485 --> 00:36:43,862
Boy!
583
00:36:52,622 --> 00:36:53,956
For the King.
584
00:37:05,803 --> 00:37:08,821
They have been halted, but nothing more.
585
00:37:09,323 --> 00:37:12,340
They are not defeated.
586
00:37:12,342 --> 00:37:15,332
Our task, now, is both
simple and impossible...
587
00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:17,296
we determine what they will do next.
588
00:37:17,298 --> 00:37:19,047
They will do what Danes always do, attack.
589
00:37:19,049 --> 00:37:22,363
- How, where, when, how many?
- We're supposed to be celebrating a peace.
590
00:37:22,364 --> 00:37:25,187
- Do we have to talk of fighting?
- We do, my dear,
591
00:37:25,188 --> 00:37:28,473
because the peace will not last.
592
00:37:28,475 --> 00:37:29,875
It'll take them at least a year
593
00:37:29,877 --> 00:37:31,810
before they can gather a second great army.
594
00:37:31,812 --> 00:37:34,163
- Do I have your word?
- Son.
595
00:37:34,165 --> 00:37:35,480
Is there any meat here?
596
00:37:35,482 --> 00:37:38,367
- Should she even be here?
- Brida's my guest.
597
00:37:38,369 --> 00:37:40,369
You should've taken up
the King's offer of a wife.
598
00:37:41,589 --> 00:37:44,057
- A lady.
- What happens next, I believe,
599
00:37:44,058 --> 00:37:46,508
is that they will come by land and sea.
600
00:37:46,510 --> 00:37:48,694
They will split our army
in two, possibly more.
601
00:37:48,696 --> 00:37:50,462
Now, Uhtred may be correct,
602
00:37:50,464 --> 00:37:52,915
this may not occur for a year, or more,
603
00:37:52,917 --> 00:37:57,252
but what is clear is that we need ships.
604
00:37:57,254 --> 00:38:00,956
We are bordered by water,
but, yet, we have so few ships.
605
00:38:00,958 --> 00:38:02,241
You'll not get me on a ship.
606
00:38:02,243 --> 00:38:05,127
I volunteer my son.
607
00:38:05,129 --> 00:38:07,829
To save our shores, we
have to look beyond them.
608
00:38:07,831 --> 00:38:12,117
And to serve God, His word must travel.
609
00:38:12,119 --> 00:38:13,802
Amen. Praise Him.
610
00:38:13,804 --> 00:38:16,054
Uhtred, the beasts
611
00:38:16,056 --> 00:38:18,824
on the prows of the
Danes' ships, they are a...
612
00:38:18,826 --> 00:38:22,578
- representation of their Gods?
- No, Lord, they're just beasts.
613
00:38:22,580 --> 00:38:24,596
They can be lifted from their posts,
614
00:38:24,598 --> 00:38:27,516
so not to frighten the spirits of the land.
615
00:38:27,518 --> 00:38:28,517
"Spirits of the land."
616
00:38:28,519 --> 00:38:30,369
I would like to know why some of them
617
00:38:30,371 --> 00:38:32,487
make their own teeth into points.
618
00:38:32,489 --> 00:38:34,790
- They do that?
- Some, lady.
619
00:38:34,792 --> 00:38:36,308
God save us.
620
00:38:36,310 --> 00:38:38,994
To show that they aren't afraid.
621
00:38:38,996 --> 00:38:41,163
If they can inflict
such pain on themselves,
622
00:38:41,165 --> 00:38:43,282
think what they might do to a Saxon.
623
00:38:43,284 --> 00:38:45,767
We will understand them
more by the day, I'm sure.
624
00:38:45,769 --> 00:38:47,603
Uhtred of the Danes
625
00:38:47,605 --> 00:38:51,156
has promised me a year of his service.
626
00:38:51,158 --> 00:38:54,476
- Is that so?
- It is.
627
00:38:54,478 --> 00:38:57,162
It will be his responsibility
to show our warriors
628
00:38:57,164 --> 00:39:00,415
how the Danes approach
battle, the construction
629
00:39:00,417 --> 00:39:02,200
of their shield wall, wall and the like.
630
00:39:02,202 --> 00:39:04,169
Lord, if I may,
631
00:39:04,171 --> 00:39:06,622
the arseling here is barely a man
632
00:39:07,391 --> 00:39:09,691
and you expect him to
teach me how to fight?
633
00:39:09,693 --> 00:39:12,678
Leofric, I expect him to teach you nothing.
634
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:16,581
Whip him with staves, in
practice, by all means.
635
00:39:16,583 --> 00:39:18,400
Thank you, Lord.
636
00:39:18,402 --> 00:39:19,501
But,
637
00:39:19,503 --> 00:39:21,703
our lesser men,
638
00:39:21,705 --> 00:39:25,340
if they can know what the Dane knows,
639
00:39:25,342 --> 00:39:29,161
fear can be expelled with knowledge,
640
00:39:29,163 --> 00:39:30,929
regardless how sharp their teeth.
641
00:39:45,128 --> 00:39:46,695
You didn't eat tonight.
642
00:39:46,697 --> 00:39:49,047
I'd only throw it up.
643
00:39:49,953 --> 00:39:52,914
A year?
644
00:39:53,804 --> 00:39:55,620
It starts with a year
and becomes a lifetime.
645
00:39:57,890 --> 00:39:59,374
And he offered you a wife.
646
00:39:59,376 --> 00:40:01,109
I have no need of a wife.
647
00:40:01,111 --> 00:40:03,195
Instead, you swore an oath to kill Danes.
648
00:40:03,197 --> 00:40:06,148
You know my reasons.
649
00:40:06,150 --> 00:40:08,834
We've been living in a palace.
650
00:40:08,836 --> 00:40:11,470
What happens if you find yourself
651
00:40:11,472 --> 00:40:14,289
facing young Ragnar, in battle?
652
00:40:18,828 --> 00:40:20,195
We fight.
653
00:40:48,471 --> 00:40:49,941
Where is she?
654
00:40:49,943 --> 00:40:51,827
I haven't heard her all morning.
655
00:40:51,829 --> 00:40:53,328
She will not be far.
656
00:40:53,330 --> 00:40:55,213
Well, we're about to leave.
657
00:40:55,215 --> 00:40:57,082
Yeah, I can see.
658
00:40:57,084 --> 00:40:59,334
I'll follow.
659
00:41:34,554 --> 00:41:37,422
Brida!
660
00:41:45,465 --> 00:41:47,032
Brida!
661
00:41:52,622 --> 00:41:54,189
Brida!
662
00:42:01,615 --> 00:42:03,248
Brida?
663
00:42:14,294 --> 00:42:18,180
Almost a child.
664
00:42:20,279 --> 00:42:22,553
- You knew?
- Hmm?
665
00:42:22,769 --> 00:42:24,202
That you were carrying.
666
00:42:30,042 --> 00:42:32,194
No.
667
00:42:32,196 --> 00:42:35,247
You didn't see it in your dreams,
668
00:42:35,249 --> 00:42:36,581
when you drank the mushroom ale?
669
00:42:43,422 --> 00:42:47,642
I'll bury it.
670
00:42:47,644 --> 00:42:48,960
We'll bury it.
671
00:42:48,962 --> 00:42:50,328
It's a sign of a passing.
672
00:42:59,505 --> 00:43:01,840
- Stand together!
- Shields front!
673
00:43:01,842 --> 00:43:04,860
- Shields up!
- Shields together!
674
00:43:04,862 --> 00:43:07,295
- Look them in the eye.
- Closer together, unbreakable.
675
00:43:07,297 --> 00:43:10,382
- Are we ready?!
- Yeah!
676
00:43:10,384 --> 00:43:12,868
Stand together!
677
00:43:16,889 --> 00:43:17,956
Unh!
678
00:43:17,958 --> 00:43:19,007
Ah!
679
00:43:19,009 --> 00:43:21,343
Shields together!
680
00:43:21,345 --> 00:43:23,328
We hammer them with our shields.
681
00:43:23,330 --> 00:43:25,647
They're our defense and our weapon.
682
00:43:25,649 --> 00:43:26,882
We knock them off their feet.
683
00:43:26,884 --> 00:43:31,102
We're a wall!
684
00:43:35,075 --> 00:43:39,594
- Cha-a-a-a-rge!
- Ahhhhhh!
685
00:43:47,904 --> 00:43:50,088
Before the two walls meet,
686
00:43:50,090 --> 00:43:52,340
the first three rows of men act together
687
00:43:52,342 --> 00:43:54,509
to create a tall shield wall.
688
00:43:54,511 --> 00:43:56,328
First row crouches lower,
689
00:43:56,330 --> 00:43:58,580
protecting the lower body and legs.
690
00:43:58,582 --> 00:44:02,300
The second row reaches forward,
protecting the upper body.
691
00:44:02,302 --> 00:44:05,854
The third row leans
in, protecting the head.
692
00:44:05,856 --> 00:44:07,522
Four rows of men.
693
00:44:07,524 --> 00:44:10,508
Shields up.
694
00:44:10,510 --> 00:44:13,695
Shields together!
695
00:44:13,697 --> 00:44:15,247
Shield wall!
696
00:44:19,802 --> 00:44:21,553
I like it, arseling.
697
00:44:21,555 --> 00:44:24,389
I do.
698
00:44:24,391 --> 00:44:26,741
Now, kill the bastard.
699
00:44:46,662 --> 00:44:49,614
The wealth isn't mine.
700
00:44:49,616 --> 00:44:53,001
Belongs to Lord Ragnar, the Fearless.
701
00:44:53,003 --> 00:44:56,454
You will do well to leave me alone.
702
00:44:56,456 --> 00:44:59,886
- Are you Brida?
- Who asks?
703
00:45:04,864 --> 00:45:05,947
Brida.
704
00:45:06,299 --> 00:45:10,744
- What of her?
- I'm no seer,
705
00:45:11,171 --> 00:45:13,822
but I'd say she's unhappy.
706
00:45:13,824 --> 00:45:17,976
She prefers the company of Danes to Saxons.
707
00:45:17,978 --> 00:45:20,128
Nothing wrong in that.
708
00:45:20,130 --> 00:45:22,914
She's been with the wrong Saxons.
709
00:45:22,916 --> 00:45:24,482
Danes have a hunger for life.
710
00:45:24,484 --> 00:45:29,954
- Don't we all?
- Alfred...
711
00:45:29,956 --> 00:45:31,940
he's serious.
712
00:45:33,076 --> 00:45:34,993
A pious bastard.
713
00:45:34,995 --> 00:45:37,696
Dislike him, by all means,
714
00:45:37,698 --> 00:45:39,381
but never underestimate him.
715
00:45:39,383 --> 00:45:42,033
He is ruthless.
716
00:45:42,035 --> 00:45:45,053
And, the man thinks.
717
00:45:45,055 --> 00:45:47,322
Which is more than you or I could do.
718
00:45:47,324 --> 00:45:49,741
Leofric the warrior.
719
00:45:49,743 --> 00:45:52,994
- May I sit with you?
- No, you may not.
720
00:45:52,996 --> 00:45:55,246
Do the monks know you're missing?
721
00:45:55,247 --> 00:45:59,267
Uhtred, this is Aethelwold,
722
00:45:59,269 --> 00:46:00,502
another arseling.
723
00:46:00,504 --> 00:46:05,173
- Nephew of the King.
- No, I am not the nephew of the King.
724
00:46:05,175 --> 00:46:09,027
I am the King.
725
00:46:09,029 --> 00:46:10,362
But Alfred likes to pretend
726
00:46:10,364 --> 00:46:13,148
and every bastard appears
to be happy with the lie.
727
00:46:15,635 --> 00:46:17,669
- What are we talking about?
- Alfred.
728
00:46:17,671 --> 00:46:19,921
Mm. He will not allow me to fight.
729
00:46:19,923 --> 00:46:22,474
- Have I told you that?
- Many times.
730
00:46:22,476 --> 00:46:24,776
Well, it's true. He will
not allow me to fight.
731
00:46:24,778 --> 00:46:27,512
What I ought to do is slit his gizzard.
732
00:46:28,565 --> 00:46:30,231
Say that to anyone but me, boy,
733
00:46:30,233 --> 00:46:31,383
and you'll be hanged.
734
00:46:31,385 --> 00:46:33,418
You are hurting royalty.
735
00:46:33,420 --> 00:46:35,670
Agh!
736
00:46:35,672 --> 00:46:39,391
You're lucky Alfred hasn't had you killed.
737
00:46:39,393 --> 00:46:42,744
God will not allow him.
738
00:46:42,746 --> 00:46:44,963
I like God.
739
00:47:12,852 --> 00:47:16,336
- Silver?
- Yes.
740
00:47:16,337 --> 00:47:20,115
Why?
741
00:47:20,117 --> 00:47:22,333
You're leaving me.
742
00:47:22,335 --> 00:47:26,654
- Are you drunk?
- Maybe a little.
743
00:47:26,656 --> 00:47:30,358
We'll give the silver to young Ragnar.
744
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:36,498
Tomorrow, dusk.
745
00:47:36,500 --> 00:47:38,316
He's here.
746
00:47:38,318 --> 00:47:42,470
We can tell him the truth.
747
00:47:42,472 --> 00:47:44,939
And we can join Ragnar and his men.
748
00:47:50,453 --> 00:47:52,838
I need men bound to me by God, by duty,
749
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:56,408
by the land, by Wessex itself.
750
00:47:56,410 --> 00:47:58,176
I would again like to put to Uhtred
751
00:47:58,178 --> 00:47:59,511
the prospect of marriage.
752
00:48:00,078 --> 00:48:03,101
- To my goddaughter?
- To Mildrith, yes.
753
00:48:03,751 --> 00:48:05,817
Well, it would certainly
bind him to the land
754
00:48:05,819 --> 00:48:08,437
and, indirectly, to the church, to God.
755
00:48:08,439 --> 00:48:09,721
It would test him.
756
00:48:09,723 --> 00:48:11,289
It would.
757
00:48:11,291 --> 00:48:15,293
- You would be in favor, still?
- Of course.
758
00:48:15,295 --> 00:48:16,828
Anything for Wessex.
759
00:48:25,138 --> 00:48:27,289
Uhtred Ragnarson is a good man to be.
760
00:48:29,175 --> 00:48:31,843
Look at me.
761
00:48:31,845 --> 00:48:33,545
You owe Alfred nothing.
762
00:48:33,547 --> 00:48:34,996
To him, your word means nothing.
763
00:48:34,998 --> 00:48:36,581
You're a pagan.
764
00:48:36,583 --> 00:48:37,716
Please.
765
00:48:47,043 --> 00:48:49,978
Uhtred Ragnarson can never become
766
00:48:49,980 --> 00:48:51,213
Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
767
00:48:55,184 --> 00:48:56,618
Never.
768
00:49:07,474 --> 00:49:11,783
- Did you kill my father?
- You need to ask?
769
00:49:12,149 --> 00:49:16,072
- Did you kill my family?
- He didn't!
770
00:49:16,206 --> 00:49:17,756
I'm speaking with Uhtred.
771
00:49:21,127 --> 00:49:23,895
I won't ask a second time.
772
00:49:29,552 --> 00:49:32,604
If you believe that I
would kill our father,
773
00:49:32,606 --> 00:49:35,624
our mother, and our family...
774
00:49:39,846 --> 00:49:42,030
take your revenge.
775
00:49:50,556 --> 00:49:53,442
I knew it.
776
00:49:53,444 --> 00:49:55,627
I had to be sure. I knew it.
777
00:50:00,349 --> 00:50:03,335
It was Kjartan.
778
00:50:03,337 --> 00:50:06,455
Kjartan attacked and set the fire.
779
00:50:06,457 --> 00:50:08,039
If we could have saved them, we would have.
780
00:50:08,041 --> 00:50:09,174
I knew it.
781
00:50:09,176 --> 00:50:11,426
I didn't believe a word I was hearin'.
782
00:50:11,428 --> 00:50:13,395
We have Ragnar's wealth.
783
00:50:13,397 --> 00:50:16,715
We kept it for you.
784
00:50:16,717 --> 00:50:18,266
Brida.
785
00:50:19,303 --> 00:50:20,669
Fully grown woman now.
786
00:50:27,677 --> 00:50:30,595
I've seen this moment in
my dreams so many times.
787
00:50:33,683 --> 00:50:36,852
So Kjartan's story is that the English rose
788
00:50:36,854 --> 00:50:42,407
against our father, encouraged by you.
789
00:50:42,409 --> 00:50:43,808
He claims to have revenged himself
790
00:50:43,810 --> 00:50:45,710
for the killers.
791
00:50:46,536 --> 00:50:52,019
- Did you ever believe him?
- Never.
792
00:50:52,336 --> 00:50:55,303
But he is Lord Kjartan now.
793
00:50:55,305 --> 00:50:57,172
He has three times the men.
794
00:50:57,174 --> 00:50:58,440
And the ear of Ubba.
795
00:51:01,377 --> 00:51:04,095
Hmm.
796
00:51:04,097 --> 00:51:07,666
When I kill him, it
will need to be planned.
797
00:51:07,668 --> 00:51:09,951
When we kill him.
798
00:51:09,953 --> 00:51:14,155
- It will be dangerous.
- It must be done.
799
00:51:14,157 --> 00:51:18,243
Ragnar, we're with you.
800
00:51:18,245 --> 00:51:23,581
- Then you will sail with me?
- I will.
801
00:51:25,319 --> 00:51:28,420
I've sworn to Alfred.
802
00:51:28,422 --> 00:51:30,038
It means nothing.
803
00:51:33,276 --> 00:51:38,313
Well, if you have sworn,
804
00:51:38,315 --> 00:51:39,681
then you must keep your word.
805
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:54,646
I need this revenge like I need water.
806
00:51:54,648 --> 00:51:59,551
When the time is right,
I swear, I'll be with you.
807
00:51:59,553 --> 00:52:01,136
I know.
808
00:52:07,827 --> 00:52:10,612
I can't believe I'm about to let you go,
809
00:52:10,614 --> 00:52:12,564
lose you.
810
00:52:16,486 --> 00:52:18,520
You've been half my life.
811
00:52:20,007 --> 00:52:23,291
All of my madness.
812
00:52:34,521 --> 00:52:36,871
Be happy.
813
00:53:04,134 --> 00:53:05,767
I take it she has gone, then.
814
00:53:09,121 --> 00:53:12,841
I'm guessing that it's
Alfred that kept you here.
815
00:53:12,843 --> 00:53:17,078
I sold myself.
816
00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:20,065
For a mail coat and helmet.
817
00:53:20,067 --> 00:53:22,917
That's what we do, we sell ourselves.
818
00:53:27,240 --> 00:53:30,862
This year, what you're giving to Alfred,
819
00:53:30,863 --> 00:53:33,311
it's not about a mail coat.
820
00:53:33,313 --> 00:53:36,013
It's about you.
821
00:53:36,015 --> 00:53:38,783
The bastard thinks, didn't I say?
822
00:53:42,789 --> 00:53:45,940
He wants more than a year's service.
823
00:53:45,942 --> 00:53:48,993
He wants you to help take back England.
824
00:53:48,995 --> 00:53:53,247
All of England.
825
00:53:53,249 --> 00:53:54,398
Of course, when the year's up,
826
00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:57,852
you could go back to the Danes.
827
00:53:57,854 --> 00:54:02,306
That would at least give
me the chance to kill ya.
828
00:54:03,003 --> 00:54:06,427
But what would you be?
829
00:54:06,429 --> 00:54:08,513
Who would you be?
830
00:54:23,683 --> 00:54:25,708
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831
00:54:26,305 --> 00:54:32,173
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