1 00:00:02,202 --> 00:00:04,280 (GASPING) UHTRED: I was born an Ealdorman of England. 2 00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:06,967 Uhtred, son of Uhtred of Bebbanburg, 3 00:00:07,007 --> 00:00:08,498 welcome to the Christian world. 4 00:00:08,542 --> 00:00:11,808 UHTRED: True heir to the Northumbrian lands of Bebbanburg. 5 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:12,989 You have your stone, the amber? 6 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:14,276 Yes, Father. 7 00:00:14,314 --> 00:00:16,306 Our ancestors took this land 8 00:00:16,350 --> 00:00:18,478 and you will die for it if needed. 9 00:00:18,519 --> 00:00:21,421 UHTRED: I was 12 years old when I first went to war. 10 00:00:21,455 --> 00:00:23,083 LORD UHTRED: Kill them all! 11 00:00:23,123 --> 00:00:24,921 UHTRED: I saw my father killed. 12 00:00:24,958 --> 00:00:29,020 My uncle took my lands and pledged his allegiance to the Danes. 13 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:33,432 My advice for you is to never cross Ubba 14 00:00:33,467 --> 00:00:35,333 and never, never fight him. 15 00:00:35,369 --> 00:00:39,136 UHTRED: Stolen by the invaders, along with a Saxon girl, Brida, 16 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:40,834 I became first a slave, 17 00:00:40,874 --> 00:00:43,207 and then a son to Earl Ragnar. 18 00:00:43,243 --> 00:00:45,712 That was my family, my life. 19 00:00:45,746 --> 00:00:49,080 Young Ragnar, my brother, and Brida, my lover. 20 00:00:49,116 --> 00:00:51,278 Fate had made me a Dane. 21 00:00:51,318 --> 00:00:53,753 And then fate brought betrayal. 22 00:00:53,787 --> 00:00:55,312 (SCREAMING) 23 00:00:57,057 --> 00:00:58,150 (SPITS) 24 00:00:58,191 --> 00:01:01,320 I will not stand by and have everything that is mine taken from me. 25 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:04,061 Bebbanburg is mine! 26 00:01:04,097 --> 00:01:06,032 UHTRED: Destiny is all. 27 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:07,760 Horses! 28 00:01:07,801 --> 00:01:09,770 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) 29 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:17,074 -== [ www.OpenSubtitles.com ] ==- 30 00:01:57,884 --> 00:01:59,011 Head for the woods! 31 00:02:11,798 --> 00:02:13,699 (SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 32 00:02:17,371 --> 00:02:20,034 Go right, there's a gully over that ridge. 33 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:43,487 Hoof-marks. There must be hoof-marks. 34 00:02:43,530 --> 00:02:46,261 AELFRIC: There must be hoof-marks! Somewhere! 35 00:02:46,299 --> 00:02:48,097 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 36 00:02:48,135 --> 00:02:50,434 Fetch more men. I want him found. 37 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:54,703 We'll go as far as Mercia, if need be, but I want him found 38 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:56,209 and I want him dead. 39 00:02:57,444 --> 00:02:59,242 (SOFTLY) He looked like my father. 40 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:01,357 (SOFTLY) And now he knows you are alive, he'll keep looking for you. 41 00:03:01,381 --> 00:03:02,542 Let him. 42 00:03:02,582 --> 00:03:05,484 I'm going to kill him and take back what's mine. 43 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:07,784 He has an army. He is the choice of the Danes! 44 00:03:07,821 --> 00:03:09,380 - All you have is me. - No. 45 00:03:10,424 --> 00:03:12,188 We have Ubba. 46 00:03:12,225 --> 00:03:14,091 We go to him with our story. 47 00:03:14,127 --> 00:03:15,686 With his army, 48 00:03:15,729 --> 00:03:18,221 we avenge Ragnar's death and we take back Bebbanburg! 49 00:03:18,265 --> 00:03:20,700 (SCOFFS) It's that simple. 50 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:22,430 Yes. (GRUNTS) 51 00:03:24,004 --> 00:03:26,064 Yes. (CLUCKS TONGUE) 52 00:03:47,561 --> 00:03:48,790 UHTRED: Brida. 53 00:03:51,765 --> 00:03:53,028 Brida. 54 00:03:54,401 --> 00:03:55,767 Sing me a song. 55 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:57,794 I won't. I'm not your skald. 56 00:03:57,838 --> 00:04:00,398 True. And what's more, you'd frighten the birds. 57 00:04:00,741 --> 00:04:02,334 What? 58 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:04,173 There's a taste in the air. 59 00:04:07,948 --> 00:04:09,109 Death. 60 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:21,522 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 61 00:04:23,063 --> 00:04:24,190 (CLUCKS TONGUE) 62 00:04:59,332 --> 00:05:00,595 (ARROW WHOOSHES BY) 63 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:02,432 (PANTING) 64 00:05:19,186 --> 00:05:20,313 (UNSHEATHES KNIFE) 65 00:05:22,522 --> 00:05:23,615 (ARROW WHOOSHES BY) 66 00:05:27,527 --> 00:05:28,722 (PANTING) 67 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,400 (GRUNTS) 68 00:05:38,205 --> 00:05:40,140 (BREATHING SHALLOWLY) 69 00:05:44,477 --> 00:05:47,208 Who did this? Who sacked the village? 70 00:05:47,247 --> 00:05:48,658 ARCHER: (WITH DIFFICULTY) I cannot move. 71 00:05:48,682 --> 00:05:50,116 Your back is broken. 72 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:51,482 (BONES CRACKING) 73 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:53,111 (ARCHER GROANING) 74 00:05:53,153 --> 00:05:55,782 - Who did it? - You know who did this. 75 00:05:55,822 --> 00:05:57,450 Danes did this. 76 00:05:57,490 --> 00:05:59,356 Why? 77 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:00,392 I don't believe you. 78 00:06:00,427 --> 00:06:02,505 Why should the Danes attack a village that feeds them? 79 00:06:02,529 --> 00:06:04,361 Revenge. 80 00:06:04,397 --> 00:06:07,094 But since when have Danes needed an excuse to kill? 81 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:09,967 BRIDA: Revenge? Revenge for what? 82 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:12,471 Hmm? 83 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,635 Revenge for what? And I'll end it. 84 00:06:16,676 --> 00:06:20,204 An uprising north of here. 85 00:06:20,247 --> 00:06:23,513 A Saxon slave, he killed his master at a wedding party. 86 00:06:25,652 --> 00:06:27,917 (ARCHER WHIMPERING) 87 00:06:27,954 --> 00:06:30,014 What was the name of this slave? 88 00:06:31,491 --> 00:06:34,655 - Hmm? - You speak English well, for a Dane. 89 00:06:34,694 --> 00:06:36,322 His name! 90 00:06:36,363 --> 00:06:37,558 (GROANS) 91 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:40,666 Uhtred. 92 00:06:47,507 --> 00:06:48,668 ARCHER: 93 00:06:50,143 --> 00:06:52,339 (ARCHER STRUGGLING TO SPEAK) 94 00:06:55,382 --> 00:06:56,577 (ARCHER GROANS) 95 00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:06,086 - Say it. BRIDA: Say what? 96 00:07:06,693 --> 00:07:08,161 What you're thinking. 97 00:07:08,194 --> 00:07:10,439 I'm thinking that you have a turd where there's supposed to be a mind. 98 00:07:10,463 --> 00:07:12,295 (LAUGHS) Thank you. 99 00:07:12,332 --> 00:07:15,359 We should never have gone to Bebbanburg. 100 00:07:15,402 --> 00:07:18,270 We should have let them believe that you were dead! 101 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:24,011 No, you're wrong. 102 00:07:24,044 --> 00:07:27,139 I want them to know that I'm alive. 103 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:30,446 I need them to know I'm alive because they hold what's mine. 104 00:07:32,852 --> 00:07:34,252 I feel better for it. 105 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:35,220 Yeah? 106 00:07:35,255 --> 00:07:37,315 So does a dog pissing on a tree. 107 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:40,484 You wish me to bark? 108 00:07:40,527 --> 00:07:43,361 What we needed to do was to ride south to the chieftain Ubba 109 00:07:43,396 --> 00:07:45,456 and tell the story of Ragnar's death. 110 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:47,225 We'll do it now. 111 00:07:47,267 --> 00:07:50,999 Now there is a second story about some slave who killed his master. 112 00:07:51,037 --> 00:07:52,630 Ubba knows that Ragnar was my father. 113 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:55,437 He knows nothing! I doubt he'll even remember you! 114 00:07:56,242 --> 00:07:58,074 He will believe the story that he hears first, 115 00:07:58,111 --> 00:07:59,579 and he will kill you. 116 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:05,579 If you could write, then you could write to him. 117 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:11,089 If he could read. (LAUGHS) 118 00:08:15,295 --> 00:08:16,991 You've left us no choice. 119 00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:18,623 We must find Ubba 120 00:08:18,665 --> 00:08:20,361 and hope he believes you. 121 00:08:29,109 --> 00:08:31,135 (CHURCH BELL RINGING) 122 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:33,203 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 123 00:08:46,126 --> 00:08:47,287 Thank you. 124 00:08:52,232 --> 00:08:53,666 FATHER: Father Beocca. 125 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:54,700 Father. 126 00:08:55,702 --> 00:08:57,000 Segwall. 127 00:08:58,104 --> 00:09:00,073 I'll see you in the King's Hall. 128 00:09:19,359 --> 00:09:20,520 My Lord? 129 00:09:22,996 --> 00:09:26,524 My Lord Alfred, it is I, Father Beocca. 130 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:29,058 My Lord, the King has called council. 131 00:09:30,203 --> 00:09:32,502 ALFRED: Do not look at me, Father. 132 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:36,032 I am a sinner. I am a grievous sinner. 133 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:38,204 - We are all sinners, My Lord. - I am married. 134 00:09:38,244 --> 00:09:40,509 I should never have married. 135 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:43,517 He sends temptation to test us. 136 00:09:43,550 --> 00:09:45,678 And when we fail, he sends the Danes to punish us 137 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:47,430 - for that failure. - I should never have married, 138 00:09:47,454 --> 00:09:49,184 I should have joined the church. 139 00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:51,316 I should of gone to a monastery. 140 00:09:51,357 --> 00:09:53,690 And God would have found a great servant in you, 141 00:09:53,726 --> 00:09:56,252 but I feel he has other plans. 142 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:57,373 If your brother were to die, 143 00:09:57,397 --> 00:09:59,696 it would be to you that people would turn. 144 00:09:59,732 --> 00:10:01,963 Oh, pray God he does not die. 145 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:05,670 What kind of a king would I be? 146 00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:08,004 You will be God's king, My Lord. 147 00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:11,205 You have been blessed and chosen by the Holy Father in Rome. 148 00:10:11,244 --> 00:10:12,735 You will be God's king. 149 00:10:15,482 --> 00:10:17,417 I have seen the girl who torments you. She is... 150 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:19,195 - She must be banished. - No, I believe the opposite. 151 00:10:19,219 --> 00:10:21,586 - She should be brought into your service. - No. 152 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:23,532 - No, I could not. I could not. - You will resist her. 153 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:26,390 You will let Him see your strength. 154 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:27,826 You will thank Him for tempting you 155 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:31,559 and then praise Him for resisting the temptation. 156 00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:38,695 Notwithstanding... 157 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:43,640 I have news you may wish to take to council. 158 00:10:43,676 --> 00:10:44,354 What news? 159 00:10:44,378 --> 00:10:47,010 Of an English uprising, Lord, in the north. 160 00:10:47,046 --> 00:10:48,537 It was defeated, 161 00:10:48,581 --> 00:10:51,949 but the nobleman responsible was Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 162 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,510 I know him. 163 00:10:53,553 --> 00:10:55,215 He was taken by the Danes as a child. 164 00:10:55,255 --> 00:10:58,054 (STAMMERING) A God-fearing child. 165 00:10:58,091 --> 00:10:59,923 Clearly, his heart remains English. 166 00:10:59,959 --> 00:11:00,983 He lives? 167 00:11:01,027 --> 00:11:03,428 I believe so. 168 00:11:03,463 --> 00:11:04,362 He's a warrior, Lord. 169 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:07,561 They say he killed his Danish master and forty men. 170 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,445 He knows their ways, he speaks their language... 171 00:11:09,469 --> 00:11:10,835 He would be useful, would he not? 172 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:12,081 You could mention him in council. 173 00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:13,767 Why would he kill his master? 174 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:16,943 For blood, for money, for pleasure? 175 00:11:16,976 --> 00:11:18,035 For England, Lord. 176 00:11:18,077 --> 00:11:19,602 Yes, but, how do we know? 177 00:11:19,646 --> 00:11:24,209 He may well be just one more pagan with a busy sword. 178 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:25,794 - Ah, but I know him, Lord. - No, Father Beocca. 179 00:11:25,818 --> 00:11:27,946 You knew him, once. 180 00:11:27,987 --> 00:11:30,513 You knew him as a child. 181 00:11:30,557 --> 00:11:32,321 I could send word out into the country... 182 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:35,055 Father, look, he's a ghost. He's a pagan rumour. 183 00:11:35,094 --> 00:11:38,462 Should he become flesh and blood, then he may merit a mention. 184 00:11:38,498 --> 00:11:42,629 However, my faith, I reserve for God alone. 185 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:50,366 Now, about this girl. You may be right about her. 186 00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:52,538 Bring her into my personal service 187 00:11:53,513 --> 00:11:55,038 and pray for me. 188 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:57,583 As always, My Lord. 189 00:12:07,026 --> 00:12:09,586 AETHELRED: Alfred. 190 00:12:09,629 --> 00:12:12,895 King Edmund of East Anglia writes a plea to Wessex for an army. 191 00:12:12,932 --> 00:12:15,834 "An attack by the Danish chieftain, Earl Ubba, is inevitable." 192 00:12:15,868 --> 00:12:17,427 This was two days ago. 193 00:12:18,504 --> 00:12:20,973 A long march to fight the Danes at a place of their choosing, 194 00:12:21,007 --> 00:12:22,839 is not a strategy worth considering. 195 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:24,173 To say the least, My Lord. 196 00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:26,076 - I'm of a mind to decline. - And rightly! 197 00:12:26,112 --> 00:12:27,774 Ubba. He is... 198 00:12:27,814 --> 00:12:30,943 The Dane whom King Edmund has fed and watered in the past? 199 00:12:30,984 --> 00:12:33,249 - He is. - Perhaps in the hope that he would simply 200 00:12:33,286 --> 00:12:36,450 pass through East Anglia on his way to invading Wessex. 201 00:12:36,489 --> 00:12:39,015 It is my opinion that Edmund deserves nothing but silence. 202 00:12:39,058 --> 00:12:40,993 Too harsh, Young Odda. 203 00:12:41,027 --> 00:12:43,394 I believe it was Edmund's hope to convert the Danes 204 00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:46,024 from pagan to Christian, beginning with charity. 205 00:12:46,065 --> 00:12:48,296 For that, he deserves praise, surely. 206 00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:50,279 You are true, My Lord, if indeed that was his hope. 207 00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:51,669 Edmund is a godly man. 208 00:12:51,704 --> 00:12:54,503 We have no reason to mistake his actions for cowardice. 209 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:56,236 Regardless of Edmund's intentions, 210 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:59,212 barring a miracle, East Anglia will soon fall to the Danes. 211 00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:01,685 And he shall have all our prayers for such a miracle, My Lord. 212 00:13:01,714 --> 00:13:02,647 He will need them. 213 00:13:02,682 --> 00:13:04,913 He will not, however, have one man of Wessex, 214 00:13:04,951 --> 00:13:06,544 on that we are agreed? 215 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:07,610 - Yes, Lord. - Aye. 216 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:11,990 Then we must therefore recognise that we now stand alone. 217 00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:15,624 The last kingdom of England. 218 00:13:15,662 --> 00:13:17,153 It will soon be the men of Wessex 219 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:19,256 staring across a field at the pagan army. 220 00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:22,201 We must be ready. We must pray, we must prepare. 221 00:13:22,235 --> 00:13:26,229 Odda, I require that Mercia, Lundene and East Anglia be watched. 222 00:13:26,272 --> 00:13:26,705 Carefully. 223 00:13:26,739 --> 00:13:28,684 - Forward knowledge is everything. - It is done, My Lord. 224 00:13:28,708 --> 00:13:31,337 And scribe, I require the forges of every town and village 225 00:13:31,377 --> 00:13:32,743 to be burning, night and day. 226 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:34,975 We shall need all the iron those fires can proffer. 227 00:13:35,014 --> 00:13:36,312 SCRIBE: Yes, My Lord. 228 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:39,252 Most of all, I require men. 229 00:13:40,553 --> 00:13:44,217 Strong, fighting men who are prepared to die, 230 00:13:44,257 --> 00:13:45,520 because that, in the end, 231 00:13:45,558 --> 00:13:47,993 is what it will take to save us. 232 00:13:50,997 --> 00:13:52,556 The blood of men. 233 00:13:56,202 --> 00:13:59,104 Ravn used to say, "Never fight Ubba." 234 00:14:01,641 --> 00:14:04,509 UHTRED: Looks like East Anglia's just made that mistake. 235 00:14:08,748 --> 00:14:10,683 We should stay away for now. 236 00:14:10,717 --> 00:14:12,185 Build our own fire. 237 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:16,155 BRIDA: Ubba is unpredictable. 238 00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:18,420 He takes his orders from the gods. 239 00:14:18,458 --> 00:14:21,826 UHTRED: I know. He only listens to a sorcerer. 240 00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:23,090 And he's half mad. 241 00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:24,722 How will you approach him? 242 00:14:25,565 --> 00:14:26,965 As a man. 243 00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:30,697 It has to be done. 244 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:34,037 Yes, it has to be done. 245 00:14:34,073 --> 00:14:36,133 But we need to guard your life. 246 00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:38,806 How? 247 00:14:38,845 --> 00:14:40,108 I don't know. 248 00:14:46,953 --> 00:14:48,683 We should hump tonight. 249 00:14:52,325 --> 00:14:54,055 We should, it's written. 250 00:14:54,961 --> 00:14:56,554 That we should hump? 251 00:14:57,797 --> 00:14:59,663 Our destiny is to hump. 252 00:15:01,134 --> 00:15:03,035 Tonight. (LAUGHS) 253 00:15:15,815 --> 00:15:17,181 I'm enjoying the thought of it. 254 00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:18,912 That's all you'll enjoy tonight. 255 00:15:18,951 --> 00:15:20,283 (UHTRED CHUCKLES) 256 00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:25,190 (PANTING) 257 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,690 Stop. Stop. Stop! 258 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:31,288 What? What is it? 259 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:32,958 (BREATHLESSLY) I think I have it. 260 00:15:34,901 --> 00:15:37,029 We take a hostage. 261 00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:39,971 A shield, a guarantee for your life. 262 00:15:40,573 --> 00:15:41,632 Who? 263 00:15:42,175 --> 00:15:43,643 I don't know. 264 00:15:44,844 --> 00:15:46,540 Someone he cannot do without. 265 00:15:47,713 --> 00:15:50,205 Storri! His sorcerer. 266 00:15:53,820 --> 00:15:56,187 (INDISTINCT SHRIEKING AND SHOUTING) 267 00:16:03,663 --> 00:16:05,222 MAN: Who is this woman? 268 00:16:06,599 --> 00:16:08,124 Why is she not on her back? 269 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:11,262 Well, not that it's your concern, but she's for Storri. 270 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:13,940 Saxon whore, from Ubba. 271 00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:16,033 I've seen you before. 272 00:16:16,075 --> 00:16:19,204 I served Earl Ragnar and now I serve Ubba. 273 00:16:19,245 --> 00:16:21,111 (WOMAN SCREAMS) MAN: Quiet, woman! 274 00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:22,809 You'll see me again, I'm sure... 275 00:16:22,849 --> 00:16:24,613 Boy. (LAUGHS) 276 00:16:25,852 --> 00:16:27,218 I'm told Storri's at the church. 277 00:16:27,253 --> 00:16:30,121 He's up at the monastery looking after King Edmund. 278 00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:31,647 And killing his priests! 279 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:34,492 (COUGHING) 280 00:16:45,104 --> 00:16:46,970 (MAN GROANING) 281 00:16:52,111 --> 00:16:53,977 (STABBING) (GROANING STOPS) 282 00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:55,774 (SIGHS) 283 00:17:00,286 --> 00:17:01,652 Hello? 284 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:03,588 Leave or it will be the death of you. 285 00:17:05,324 --> 00:17:07,452 This church is mine by the order of Ubba. 286 00:17:07,493 --> 00:17:09,621 Master Storri, I have a gift for you. 287 00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:11,893 - Really? - She's from Earl Ubba. 288 00:17:11,931 --> 00:17:13,763 A woman? 289 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:16,496 Why would Ubba send me a woman? I have no need for a woman. 290 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:19,404 She's a sorceress. He wishes her dead but is afraid of a curse. 291 00:17:20,239 --> 00:17:23,232 Saggy tits, stinking breath, but... 292 00:17:23,276 --> 00:17:26,542 You will be rewarded her head's weight in silver. 293 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:28,445 A sorceress? 294 00:17:30,616 --> 00:17:33,643 She has the face of a she-wolf. Does she bite? 295 00:17:33,686 --> 00:17:36,451 - Yes, she bites. (BRIDA GRUNTS) 296 00:17:36,489 --> 00:17:37,650 Leave her with me. 297 00:17:37,690 --> 00:17:40,956 I will do as Ubba asks and she will die. Slowly. 298 00:17:40,993 --> 00:17:42,359 (SHOUTS IN PAIN) 299 00:17:44,263 --> 00:17:46,255 You belong to me now, old man. 300 00:17:46,299 --> 00:17:49,531 And you will die slowly unless you do as I say. 301 00:17:50,136 --> 00:17:51,570 BRIDA: On your feet. 302 00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:55,837 We're going for a walk, and you will keep your mouth shut. 303 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,969 (DRAWING SHALLOW BREATH) 304 00:17:59,879 --> 00:18:01,643 - This is so foolish. - Shh, shh. 305 00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:03,843 Ubba will come look for me. 306 00:18:03,883 --> 00:18:05,408 And he will be here soon. 307 00:18:05,451 --> 00:18:06,612 I said be quiet. 308 00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:09,952 Then I'll wait for him here. I'll wait for Ubba here. 309 00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:14,593 That means it's just you and me. 310 00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:28,006 (DOORS OPENING) 311 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,236 (WARRIORS STRIDING PAST) 312 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:32,404 UBBA: Where is Storri? He's supposed to be here. 313 00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:37,013 Edmund? 314 00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:39,411 Edmund? 315 00:18:40,987 --> 00:18:42,512 (IN MOCK WHISPER) Edmund? 316 00:18:43,089 --> 00:18:46,491 Edm... (LAUGHS) 317 00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:48,187 Can we have some ale? 318 00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:51,755 Miserable King Edmund of East Anglia. 319 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:56,360 You have had a night to consider my offer. How do you answer? 320 00:18:56,402 --> 00:18:57,995 (SNICKERING) 321 00:18:58,037 --> 00:18:59,869 Are you dead or breathing still? 322 00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:03,672 With luck, he's dead. We allow far too many of them to live as it is. 323 00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:05,007 You allow nothing. 324 00:19:05,044 --> 00:19:06,342 He lives. 325 00:19:06,379 --> 00:19:08,211 It's God who decides who lives. 326 00:19:08,247 --> 00:19:10,773 I would say your God has left you hanging, sir. 327 00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:14,412 EDMUND: If He has done so, it's because it is His will. 328 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:19,023 Take him down! And do not to let him fall. 329 00:19:19,058 --> 00:19:21,357 And ale! And for Earl Guthrum. 330 00:19:21,394 --> 00:19:22,555 I don't understand. 331 00:19:22,595 --> 00:19:25,087 We do this all time, we allow half of them to live. 332 00:19:25,131 --> 00:19:27,532 I say kill them all. All but the young women. 333 00:19:27,566 --> 00:19:29,194 UBBA: And who should work the fields? 334 00:19:29,235 --> 00:19:31,431 GUTHRUM: The old women, the pregnant women. 335 00:19:32,571 --> 00:19:34,335 UBBA: Put him there. 336 00:19:34,373 --> 00:19:37,002 - And give the man some ale! - Earl Ubba? 337 00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:40,470 If I may speak freely? 338 00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:41,947 I know you. 339 00:19:41,981 --> 00:19:44,041 I am Uhtred Ragnarson. 340 00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:45,794 I'm here with the truth of how my father died. 341 00:19:45,818 --> 00:19:50,153 Yes, you are Ragnar's slave and you killed him! 342 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:51,600 I don't know what stories you've heard, 343 00:19:51,624 --> 00:19:53,593 but Earl Ragnar was killed by his own, by Danes. 344 00:19:53,626 --> 00:19:54,992 (SPITS) 345 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:58,054 His former ship's master, Kjartan, and his half-blind son, Sven. 346 00:19:58,097 --> 00:20:00,123 They led the attack on a sleeping wedding party. 347 00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:02,158 Can't you see that we are entertaining a king? 348 00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:04,966 Lord Ubba, I am telling you that Earl Ragnar was killed by Danes! 349 00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:06,905 You be quiet, boy! 350 00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:08,464 - And you will wait. - Kill him. 351 00:20:08,507 --> 00:20:10,373 UBBA: Not another word. 352 00:20:10,409 --> 00:20:12,844 Bar the doors, he does not leave. Guthrum is right. 353 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:16,337 We are entertaining a king, so no more interruptions. 354 00:20:16,382 --> 00:20:20,012 I just have to know. Who is that? Hmm? 355 00:20:22,988 --> 00:20:24,513 His eyes are watching me. 356 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:25,684 And me. 357 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:28,320 (STAMMERING) Who's what? Who? 358 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:30,329 The other half-naked image here. 359 00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:33,465 UBBA: Who is it? 360 00:20:33,499 --> 00:20:34,899 (EXHALES) 361 00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:36,596 That is Saint Sebastian, 362 00:20:36,635 --> 00:20:38,934 a former Roman soldier who found God. 363 00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:40,371 GUTHRUM: Found him where? 364 00:20:40,873 --> 00:20:41,897 He... 365 00:20:41,941 --> 00:20:43,432 He found him in his heart, not... 366 00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:47,910 Do you wish me to tell you his story? 367 00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:49,415 I have time. 368 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,088 EDMUND: The Emperor of Rome, on discovering that Sebastian had found God, 369 00:20:58,124 --> 00:21:00,753 ordered him to renounce his faith. He refused. 370 00:21:00,793 --> 00:21:05,094 So, then the Emperor ordered that he be filled full of arrows. 371 00:21:05,131 --> 00:21:07,566 And yet, he lived. 372 00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:11,365 - He lived? - Yes, he did. 373 00:21:11,403 --> 00:21:12,268 Is this true? 374 00:21:12,304 --> 00:21:14,205 Of course, it's true. 375 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,677 God saved Saint Sebastian and God should be praised for that mercy. 376 00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:19,235 For how long did he live? 377 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:20,769 (DRAWS DEEP BREATH) 378 00:21:20,813 --> 00:21:22,213 Well, sadly he... 379 00:21:22,248 --> 00:21:25,047 He then ordered him to be, uh, clubbed to death. 380 00:21:27,453 --> 00:21:28,546 So, he died? 381 00:21:28,587 --> 00:21:30,249 He went to heaven, so he lived. 382 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:33,018 I heard mention of this "heaven". 383 00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:34,754 Ah, what is this "heaven"? 384 00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:36,820 Heaven is Valhalla, Lord, to the Christians, 385 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:39,024 but without the fighting, feasting and humping. 386 00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:42,592 Heaven is heaven! It's not heathen. 387 00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:46,668 But to answer your very first question, 388 00:21:46,705 --> 00:21:48,537 I have considered your offer, 389 00:21:48,574 --> 00:21:52,306 and yes, I will continue to rule East Anglia, as you suggest. 390 00:21:52,344 --> 00:21:54,245 EDMUND: I will suffer your presence. 391 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:59,981 I will provide you with horses, food, coin and hostages. 392 00:22:00,019 --> 00:22:02,045 I will do all that you demand. 393 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:04,318 EDMUND: But... 394 00:22:05,124 --> 00:22:08,754 Only if you, Lord Ubba, 395 00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:10,456 and all of your men 396 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:12,693 submit to God. 397 00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:15,495 That is my demand. 398 00:22:15,534 --> 00:22:18,003 You must be baptised. 399 00:22:21,607 --> 00:22:23,667 You must stand in a barrel of water, 400 00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:25,644 and they pour more water over you. 401 00:22:27,947 --> 00:22:30,178 - They want to wash me? - No. (SCOFFS) 402 00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:32,082 Your scent upsets them, Ubba. 403 00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:33,745 No, to cleanse you of your sins. 404 00:22:33,786 --> 00:22:37,052 There is only one God, and I demand that you serve him. 405 00:22:37,089 --> 00:22:38,352 Kill him now! 406 00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:40,382 - Why must I serve him? - Because God is great. 407 00:22:40,426 --> 00:22:42,258 All powerful. All magnificent. 408 00:22:42,294 --> 00:22:44,820 Have him stop his yapping and prove it! 409 00:22:44,864 --> 00:22:46,059 Ah, agreed. 410 00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:48,863 Prove to me your God is great. Prove it. 411 00:22:48,901 --> 00:22:51,996 Prove? (STAMMERING) Look! Here! 412 00:22:52,037 --> 00:22:54,233 God spared Saint Sebastian. 413 00:22:54,273 --> 00:22:56,504 - But the man still died. - Because it was God's will! 414 00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:58,738 So would your God protect you from my arrows? 415 00:22:58,777 --> 00:23:00,370 If he was all powerful, he would. 416 00:23:00,412 --> 00:23:02,677 Yes! If it was God's will, he would, yes! 417 00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:04,149 UBBA: So let us try. 418 00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:09,420 We shall shoot arrows at you, and if you survive... 419 00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:11,220 (CHUCKLES) 420 00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:14,257 We will all be washed. 421 00:23:15,094 --> 00:23:16,756 Including Guthrum here. 422 00:23:16,795 --> 00:23:17,956 Why not? 423 00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:25,563 Very well. 424 00:23:29,942 --> 00:23:32,309 I will continue to be King, 425 00:23:33,612 --> 00:23:36,514 but we will dispense with the need for the baptisms. 426 00:23:37,182 --> 00:23:39,208 The, uh... The washing. 427 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:40,879 I withdraw my request. 428 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,617 But you claim your God is all powerful. 429 00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:46,483 I want it proven. 430 00:23:47,192 --> 00:23:48,683 - Uh... - Strip him. 431 00:23:49,662 --> 00:23:50,662 Archers. 432 00:23:56,936 --> 00:23:58,234 GUTHRUM: Wait! 433 00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:06,169 Tell me truthfully. 434 00:24:07,646 --> 00:24:09,205 Are you afraid? 435 00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:11,714 God is great. 436 00:24:14,086 --> 00:24:15,554 We will see. 437 00:24:20,859 --> 00:24:21,986 Shoot. 438 00:24:24,063 --> 00:24:26,897 - Shoot! - Ah, ah, ah... 439 00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:30,334 They are my men and only I tell them when to shoot. 440 00:24:30,369 --> 00:24:31,369 (EXHALES) 441 00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:34,134 - Shoot. (GASPS) 442 00:24:37,176 --> 00:24:38,667 (GASPING FOR BREATH) 443 00:24:39,845 --> 00:24:41,074 Do you now wish to be clubbed, 444 00:24:41,113 --> 00:24:42,672 or will the arrows be sufficient? 445 00:24:44,850 --> 00:24:46,284 (STOPS BREATHING) 446 00:24:47,953 --> 00:24:49,080 You've come a long way, boy, 447 00:24:49,121 --> 00:24:53,354 to tell me that it was Danes, and not you, that killed Ragnar. 448 00:24:53,392 --> 00:24:56,760 It was Kjartan and Sven, Lord. And others. 449 00:24:58,430 --> 00:25:00,558 It's the truth. Why else would I be here? 450 00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:02,090 To spy. 451 00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:03,602 - To lie. - No, Lord. 452 00:25:03,635 --> 00:25:05,160 (UBBA LAUGHS) 453 00:25:05,204 --> 00:25:07,696 - Perhaps to kill me? - No, Lord. 454 00:25:07,740 --> 00:25:08,935 Have you been washed? 455 00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:11,840 Odin is my God. 456 00:25:11,877 --> 00:25:13,743 GUTHRUM: But have you been washed? 457 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:16,042 Yes, Lord. 458 00:25:16,982 --> 00:25:18,177 How did it feel? 459 00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:21,385 The washing? 460 00:25:21,420 --> 00:25:24,117 Cold, Lord. The water was cold. 461 00:25:24,156 --> 00:25:25,556 GUTHRUM: Nothing else? 462 00:25:25,591 --> 00:25:28,186 I was a child, Lord. Now I am a Dane. 463 00:25:28,727 --> 00:25:30,320 Yeah, a Dane... 464 00:25:36,135 --> 00:25:39,071 So, now, let us see 465 00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:41,630 if Odin will protect you from the arrows. 466 00:25:42,708 --> 00:25:44,404 I like this game. 467 00:25:44,443 --> 00:25:46,071 - Strip him. - Keep away from me. 468 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:47,602 (GRUNTING) 469 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:48,545 Not another step! 470 00:25:48,580 --> 00:25:50,708 - Archers at the ready. - I have a hostage! 471 00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:51,876 UBBA: What? - I have Storri. 472 00:25:51,917 --> 00:25:52,976 Stop! 473 00:25:53,018 --> 00:25:54,145 If I die, he dies. 474 00:25:54,186 --> 00:25:57,156 If I die, your sorcerer dies and you're without his guidance. 475 00:25:57,189 --> 00:25:58,657 He lies, I can smell it. 476 00:25:58,690 --> 00:26:00,022 UHTRED: I have proof. 477 00:26:00,793 --> 00:26:01,920 His runes. 478 00:26:04,430 --> 00:26:06,262 Storri will be returned to you safely. 479 00:26:06,298 --> 00:26:08,233 Take his head from his shoulders! 480 00:26:08,267 --> 00:26:10,236 Guthrum be quiet! 481 00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:12,534 Have them open the doors. 482 00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:15,769 I will release Storri when I am clear of this place. 483 00:26:15,808 --> 00:26:17,071 UBBA: You go nowhere! 484 00:26:17,109 --> 00:26:19,169 Then he dies! Your sorcerer dies! 485 00:26:21,346 --> 00:26:23,338 Have them open the doors. 486 00:26:30,522 --> 00:26:32,013 (DOORS OPENING) 487 00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:38,758 One day, I will kill you. 488 00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:41,028 Storri will tell you otherwise. 489 00:26:43,035 --> 00:26:46,028 And I'm telling you the truth about Ragnar. 490 00:26:56,648 --> 00:26:59,675 This is what happens when we allow too many of them to live. 491 00:26:59,718 --> 00:27:01,186 (YELLING) 492 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:05,283 Excellent. Firewood. 493 00:27:09,561 --> 00:27:10,927 You're alive. 494 00:27:11,663 --> 00:27:13,393 That's good. 495 00:27:13,432 --> 00:27:14,991 Did he hear you? 496 00:27:15,033 --> 00:27:17,969 He did not. Not a word. 497 00:27:18,003 --> 00:27:19,369 What did he say? 498 00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:22,101 - That he'll kill me. - Nothing else? 499 00:27:22,608 --> 00:27:24,042 Where's Storri? 500 00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:26,338 What did he say? 501 00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:31,039 - He's naked. - It was necessary. 502 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,044 He has a branch up his arse. 503 00:27:34,086 --> 00:27:36,146 Which is why he is naked. 504 00:27:37,289 --> 00:27:38,313 Uhtred. 505 00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:45,630 (STORRI CRIES OUT) 506 00:27:47,766 --> 00:27:49,359 Uhtred. 507 00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:51,370 He must have said something. 508 00:27:52,104 --> 00:27:54,403 He believes the lie. 509 00:27:54,439 --> 00:27:56,271 He believes that I killed Ragnar. 510 00:28:01,513 --> 00:28:03,209 (MUFFLED SCREAMING) 511 00:28:05,851 --> 00:28:07,615 There's nothing more to do. 512 00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:12,414 (EXHALING) 513 00:28:12,457 --> 00:28:14,949 We should put distance between us and this place. 514 00:28:14,993 --> 00:28:16,188 And go where? 515 00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:18,591 Anywhere that's not here. 516 00:28:20,332 --> 00:28:22,267 I say we go to Young Ragnar. 517 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:24,333 He's in Ireland. 518 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:25,894 - Then we go to Ireland. - How? 519 00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:27,873 In what? We sail in what? 520 00:28:27,906 --> 00:28:29,135 And with whom? Danes? 521 00:28:29,174 --> 00:28:30,665 Then we wait for him to return. 522 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:32,644 What if he doesn't return, what then? 523 00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:38,949 Accept it. We're lost. 524 00:28:38,984 --> 00:28:41,920 - We're alive and breathing for a reason. - Brida. 525 00:28:41,954 --> 00:28:43,752 We are no longer Danes. 526 00:29:25,731 --> 00:29:27,359 How much for your work? 527 00:29:28,567 --> 00:29:29,865 For a long sword? 528 00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:32,996 Tell me what you need and I'll tell you a price. 529 00:29:33,038 --> 00:29:35,598 A warrior's sword to last a lifetime. 530 00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:37,474 What are you? 531 00:29:38,543 --> 00:29:40,341 Saxon or Dane? 532 00:29:42,114 --> 00:29:43,412 Northumbria. 533 00:29:46,151 --> 00:29:48,382 It will take some time to make her right, 534 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:52,551 which means she'll be expensive. 535 00:29:52,591 --> 00:29:54,890 If she's right, I'll pay in silver. 536 00:29:54,926 --> 00:29:56,121 How much? 537 00:29:56,895 --> 00:29:58,261 Ten pieces. Half now. 538 00:29:58,297 --> 00:30:00,163 (LAUGHS) Six, no more. 539 00:30:00,198 --> 00:30:01,928 Eight, and I'll make her my finest. 540 00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:05,369 Eight. And if she's not your finest, you'll be her first. 541 00:30:05,404 --> 00:30:06,404 Hmm. 542 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:15,205 I want this stone set into the handle. 543 00:30:20,085 --> 00:30:21,747 That can be done. 544 00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:24,479 Don't sell it nor lose it. 545 00:30:42,074 --> 00:30:43,906 Ale, My Lord? 546 00:30:43,942 --> 00:30:46,502 - You stand too close, girl. ALFRED: Yes, just a little. 547 00:30:46,545 --> 00:30:48,275 To take away the taste of the gruel. 548 00:30:48,313 --> 00:30:50,111 You stand too close. 549 00:30:50,816 --> 00:30:53,081 It is broth, not gruel. 550 00:30:53,418 --> 00:30:54,317 Is it? 551 00:30:54,353 --> 00:30:57,118 (LAUGHS) Well, I think it is. 552 00:30:57,155 --> 00:30:59,147 You should be thanking God for its goodness 553 00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:01,285 and the banishment of those awful cramps. 554 00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:03,893 I am happy to eat as you eat. 555 00:31:03,929 --> 00:31:05,273 Ah, well, you are saintly, my dear. 556 00:31:05,297 --> 00:31:09,098 Father Beocca, join us for breakfast. I dare you. 557 00:31:09,134 --> 00:31:10,932 Alas, My Lord, I've already eaten. 558 00:31:10,969 --> 00:31:12,767 Ah, you're fortunate. 559 00:31:12,804 --> 00:31:15,933 Bad news, Lord. Uh, your nephew, Aethelwold. 560 00:31:15,974 --> 00:31:17,306 AELSWITH: Isn't it always? 561 00:31:17,342 --> 00:31:19,811 He's drunk, he's sleeping in the palace gardens. 562 00:31:19,845 --> 00:31:21,473 Should I take him to the king? 563 00:31:21,513 --> 00:31:23,345 It's the second time this week. 564 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:26,375 May God strike him down, painfully. 565 00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:29,286 (SNORING) 566 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:34,522 (GRUNTING) 567 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,824 - What? What? - On your feet, boy. 568 00:31:36,862 --> 00:31:38,160 Wait! Wait, wait, wait... 569 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:40,563 BEOCCA: Come on. King wants to see you. 570 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:42,695 Drunk! 571 00:31:43,635 --> 00:31:45,069 What, again? 572 00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:47,171 You think this is fit? 573 00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:49,299 Out, all of you. Leave us. 574 00:31:51,877 --> 00:31:53,004 Do you think this is fit? 575 00:31:53,044 --> 00:31:55,206 I have been mistreated. 576 00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:57,478 (STAMMERING) You saw this for yourself. 577 00:31:57,516 --> 00:32:01,112 I demand that this... This bear is punished. 578 00:32:01,153 --> 00:32:04,590 Aethelwold, your years do not hide the fact that you are a disappointment. 579 00:32:04,623 --> 00:32:05,989 May I ask why? 580 00:32:06,024 --> 00:32:10,223 That you need to ask tells your father all he needs to know. 581 00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:12,925 - What? - That you are an unsuitable heir, 582 00:32:12,964 --> 00:32:14,193 that is what. 583 00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:18,262 Then I will change. 584 00:32:19,371 --> 00:32:20,862 - You should! - I will. 585 00:32:20,906 --> 00:32:24,638 Look, all I ask is that you become a man, and quickly. 586 00:32:25,710 --> 00:32:27,042 Today. 587 00:32:27,979 --> 00:32:30,210 Today. I promise. 588 00:32:36,855 --> 00:32:38,346 Am I excused? 589 00:32:45,597 --> 00:32:46,597 My Lords. 590 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:54,697 I'm not convinced he is my son. 591 00:32:54,739 --> 00:32:58,506 If his mother were not already dead, I'd have her beheaded for adultery. 592 00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:00,775 (ODDA LAUGHING) 593 00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:06,983 If I'm to fall in the battles that will come, 594 00:33:08,019 --> 00:33:09,487 he cannot be king. 595 00:33:11,356 --> 00:33:14,292 - You favour Alfred? - I do. 596 00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:19,128 Even though he is often... Weak in body? 597 00:33:19,164 --> 00:33:21,497 Well, that his illness does not tie him to his bed 598 00:33:21,533 --> 00:33:23,195 shows the strength of my brother. 599 00:33:23,235 --> 00:33:24,703 Alfred is my heir. 600 00:33:25,537 --> 00:33:26,664 He knows it. 601 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:31,374 And when the time comes, Odda, my friend, 602 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:35,403 you must steer the Witan to make this choice. 603 00:33:37,282 --> 00:33:38,375 My Lord. 604 00:33:44,422 --> 00:33:46,687 It's done. 605 00:33:46,725 --> 00:33:51,663 Should be safe for now. They say Danes rarely come here. 606 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:55,792 What did Storri say to you to make you bind his mouth and, uh... 607 00:33:55,834 --> 00:33:57,359 He threw a curse. 608 00:33:57,402 --> 00:33:58,563 Saying what? 609 00:33:59,271 --> 00:34:00,967 It's not important. 610 00:34:01,006 --> 00:34:02,668 I responded with the branch. 611 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,074 What are you doing? 612 00:34:09,114 --> 00:34:11,174 You know what I'm doing. 613 00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:13,617 I'm removing the last of his curse with a kiss. 614 00:34:13,652 --> 00:34:15,120 I don't want to. 615 00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:24,062 If you want to go to the Danes, then go. Find a new lord. 616 00:34:27,666 --> 00:34:29,862 It's me they wish to kill. 617 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,199 You sound like a child. 618 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:32,568 I'm offering you a choice. 619 00:34:32,604 --> 00:34:33,936 You're talking through your arse. 620 00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:35,736 I'm sitting on my arse. 621 00:34:35,774 --> 00:34:38,608 So, your arse is cleverer than you, it can do two things at once. 622 00:34:38,643 --> 00:34:40,168 (CHUCKLING) Thank you. 623 00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:43,511 Your tongue is sharp, woman. 624 00:34:43,548 --> 00:34:44,607 (LAUGHS) 625 00:34:46,217 --> 00:34:48,209 - Show me again. - No. 626 00:34:50,455 --> 00:34:51,684 You're right. 627 00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:55,454 We can't go to Young Ragnar. 628 00:34:58,296 --> 00:35:01,130 But we should wait for him to find us. 629 00:35:01,166 --> 00:35:02,190 Which he will. 630 00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:04,429 He will want to know the truth. 631 00:35:07,372 --> 00:35:09,671 In the time between, we stay alive. 632 00:35:11,209 --> 00:35:13,075 We pass the time. 633 00:35:13,979 --> 00:35:15,413 Doing what? 634 00:35:22,153 --> 00:35:23,587 (EXCLAIMS) 635 00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:24,622 (LAUGHING) 636 00:35:26,858 --> 00:35:29,350 WOMAN: Hey! Hey, watch out! Get off! 637 00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:31,160 (LAUGHING) 638 00:35:42,107 --> 00:35:43,370 (SIZZLING) 639 00:35:45,377 --> 00:35:46,470 (GIRL GIGGLING) 640 00:35:48,913 --> 00:35:49,972 (GIGGLING) 641 00:35:50,015 --> 00:35:51,381 (BRIDA LAUGHING) 642 00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:47,432 I've given her some beauty. 643 00:36:47,472 --> 00:36:50,465 But she is a tool, no more, no less. 644 00:37:01,186 --> 00:37:03,382 She is exactly as I'd hoped. 645 00:37:04,656 --> 00:37:06,591 - We said ten? - We said eight. 646 00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:08,320 She's worth ten... 647 00:37:10,028 --> 00:37:12,759 - Thank you. - Thank you. 648 00:37:12,797 --> 00:37:15,028 Lord, men have been asking of you. 649 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:16,625 And your woman. 650 00:37:17,802 --> 00:37:19,065 Danes or Saxon? 651 00:37:19,104 --> 00:37:21,733 Take your pick. Five or more. 652 00:37:24,676 --> 00:37:26,201 Make her sing. 653 00:37:30,715 --> 00:37:33,583 Brida, we should leave. There are men looking for us. 654 00:37:33,618 --> 00:37:35,177 - From Ubba? - I don't know. 655 00:37:35,220 --> 00:37:37,155 Saxons and Danes are looking for us. 656 00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:39,453 We seem to be collecting enemies as we go. 657 00:37:47,132 --> 00:37:49,328 Get to the horses. Go, go, go! 658 00:38:03,148 --> 00:38:05,174 - Out of the way! Out of the way! MAN: Hey! 659 00:38:12,423 --> 00:38:13,423 (SCREAMS) 660 00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:17,594 (SWORD UNSHEATHES) 661 00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:22,627 (GRUNTING) 662 00:38:32,911 --> 00:38:34,311 (ASSASSIN SHOUTS IN PAIN) 663 00:38:52,597 --> 00:38:53,597 (KNIFE UNSHEATHES) 664 00:38:55,934 --> 00:38:57,163 (SCREAMS) 665 00:38:57,869 --> 00:38:59,428 (GRUNTING) 666 00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:06,138 (SHOUTING IN PAIN) 667 00:39:10,882 --> 00:39:13,113 Brida, the horses are just there. 668 00:39:13,151 --> 00:39:15,586 Wait, there's another! We have to go, come! 669 00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:21,989 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 670 00:39:28,766 --> 00:39:30,064 Brida, the door! 671 00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:31,660 (SWORD UNSHEATHES) 672 00:39:31,703 --> 00:39:32,703 (WHISPERING) Wait. 673 00:39:35,473 --> 00:39:37,271 Wait, wait... 674 00:39:38,443 --> 00:39:39,443 BRIDA: Now! 675 00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:45,942 (BODY THUDDING) 676 00:39:45,984 --> 00:39:47,543 (PANTING) 677 00:39:49,787 --> 00:39:52,256 You're right. We should leave. 678 00:39:54,259 --> 00:39:55,750 BRIDA: Whoever it was that sent them, 679 00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:57,955 Ubba or your uncle, they won't rest. 680 00:39:58,563 --> 00:40:00,054 There'll be others. 681 00:40:03,368 --> 00:40:06,668 (SIGHS) I can't go home without help. 682 00:40:06,704 --> 00:40:10,072 Uhtred, you should forget Bebbanburg. 683 00:40:12,911 --> 00:40:14,209 No. 684 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:16,271 No, I won't vanish. 685 00:40:18,383 --> 00:40:19,817 Nothing changes. 686 00:40:19,851 --> 00:40:22,116 Kjartan and my uncle will pay for Ragnar's death, 687 00:40:22,153 --> 00:40:24,054 and I will have those lands. 688 00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:27,490 BRIDA: How? With whose help? 689 00:40:27,525 --> 00:40:29,391 You said yourself we only have Ubba... 690 00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:30,759 The English. 691 00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:34,222 If we're dead to the Danes, we have no choice. 692 00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:37,064 There is no England! The Danes have England. 693 00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:39,434 No, there is one place, south of here. 694 00:40:40,038 --> 00:40:41,370 It's Wessex. 695 00:40:41,406 --> 00:40:42,816 They'll take one look at you and kill you as a Dane. 696 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:45,503 Whereas Ubba will kill me as an Englishman. 697 00:40:45,543 --> 00:40:48,411 With King Aethelred, we have a chance of everything. 698 00:40:50,048 --> 00:40:51,676 What do you say? 699 00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:54,176 Come with me? 700 00:41:24,215 --> 00:41:26,081 Why do they stare? 701 00:41:26,818 --> 00:41:28,514 They think you're pretty. 702 00:41:28,553 --> 00:41:29,919 Huh. 703 00:41:29,954 --> 00:41:32,480 Or, they've never seen a Dane so close. 704 00:41:33,591 --> 00:41:35,025 But they will. 705 00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:51,338 (TOWNSPEOPLE JEERING) 706 00:41:58,116 --> 00:42:00,108 (JEERS CONTINUING OUTSIDE) 707 00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:07,020 (TOWNSPEOPLE BOOING) 708 00:42:17,468 --> 00:42:19,960 We have business with the king, Aethelred. 709 00:42:20,004 --> 00:42:21,768 TOWNSPERSON: Go home! 710 00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:24,002 I say, we have business with the king. 711 00:42:25,443 --> 00:42:27,344 Do you not understand English? 712 00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:31,975 Is that what you're speaking, arseling? You sound like a Dane. 713 00:42:32,016 --> 00:42:35,145 Why do you dress as a warrior when you're clearly a farmer? 714 00:42:36,988 --> 00:42:39,150 Farmer, am I? 715 00:42:39,190 --> 00:42:41,887 Well, I'd wager this farmer against you at any time. 716 00:42:41,926 --> 00:42:43,861 We're here to see the king, peaceably. 717 00:42:43,895 --> 00:42:45,386 Uhtred, what are you doing? 718 00:42:45,430 --> 00:42:48,732 What is it farmer, first blood or to the death? 719 00:42:48,756 --> 00:42:49,367 Uhtred! 720 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:53,667 I'll be splitting your skull, boy, so one follows the other. 721 00:42:53,704 --> 00:42:55,639 (CROWD SHOUTING ENCOURAGEMENT) 722 00:42:56,741 --> 00:42:57,902 Uhtred? 723 00:42:57,942 --> 00:42:59,410 (CLAMOUR DYING DOWN) 724 00:43:01,746 --> 00:43:03,681 Father Beocca! 725 00:43:03,714 --> 00:43:05,842 (LAUGHING) My goodness. 726 00:43:05,883 --> 00:43:07,283 You know this arseling, Father? 727 00:43:07,318 --> 00:43:09,378 BEOCCA: I do! Yes, I do. (UHTRED LAUGHING) 728 00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:12,686 Uhtred, you're... You're fully grown. 729 00:43:14,492 --> 00:43:16,654 And you're old! (LAUGHS) 730 00:43:17,395 --> 00:43:18,988 I am. 731 00:43:19,030 --> 00:43:21,090 Oh, you're a man. 732 00:43:21,132 --> 00:43:22,643 LEOFRIC: He claims business with the king. 733 00:43:22,667 --> 00:43:24,863 Yes. Yes, that's true. 734 00:43:24,902 --> 00:43:26,871 But not with the king, it must be with Alfred. 735 00:43:26,904 --> 00:43:28,031 You vouch for him? 736 00:43:28,072 --> 00:43:30,598 I vouch for him, yes, I will vouch for him. 737 00:43:30,641 --> 00:43:32,667 God has sent you, surely. 738 00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:34,201 You're a man. 739 00:43:35,913 --> 00:43:40,317 Father, this is Brida, my greatest friend. 740 00:43:41,385 --> 00:43:42,785 A woman. 741 00:43:42,820 --> 00:43:44,083 UHTRED: Yes. 742 00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:45,455 I am. 743 00:43:49,127 --> 00:43:50,527 I have tits. 744 00:43:51,395 --> 00:43:52,488 I see. 745 00:43:54,232 --> 00:43:56,531 Have their horses fed and watered. 746 00:43:56,567 --> 00:43:58,832 And I'll inform Alfred that you're here with me, both. 747 00:43:58,870 --> 00:44:00,498 We need their weapons, Father. 748 00:44:00,538 --> 00:44:02,097 Why not inform the king? 749 00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:03,836 The king is busy... 750 00:44:03,875 --> 00:44:07,243 But you will like Alfred. He's an impressive man. 751 00:44:08,980 --> 00:44:10,141 Come. 752 00:44:15,086 --> 00:44:16,748 (CHURCH BELL RINGING) 753 00:44:17,555 --> 00:44:18,955 Do you like it? 754 00:44:20,491 --> 00:44:21,550 I do. 755 00:44:23,528 --> 00:44:25,087 It's beautiful. 756 00:44:26,063 --> 00:44:28,089 You could rest here, it's so quiet. 757 00:44:28,132 --> 00:44:30,260 ALFRED: Peaceful. 758 00:44:30,301 --> 00:44:36,104 The Romans, they built this courtyard for just that purpose. Tranquility. 759 00:44:36,140 --> 00:44:37,506 You're Alfred? 760 00:44:38,276 --> 00:44:39,276 I am. 761 00:44:40,511 --> 00:44:41,638 My Lord. 762 00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:43,443 You are Uhtred. 763 00:44:43,481 --> 00:44:45,780 I hear word you are a considerable warrior. 764 00:44:45,816 --> 00:44:46,840 (LAUGHS) 765 00:44:46,884 --> 00:44:50,116 Not been tested Lord, not yet. 766 00:44:50,154 --> 00:44:51,850 And I've been lucky. 767 00:44:51,889 --> 00:44:54,085 Well, luck is good. 768 00:44:54,125 --> 00:44:56,788 Or so my own warriors say. 769 00:44:56,827 --> 00:45:01,288 Now, I haven't quite worked out the theology of luck. 770 00:45:01,332 --> 00:45:03,927 Can there be luck if God disposes? 771 00:45:06,304 --> 00:45:08,705 Well, if your God's with you, then you're a lucky man. 772 00:45:10,708 --> 00:45:13,007 Yes. You're right. 773 00:45:13,878 --> 00:45:15,938 Simply put, but you are right. 774 00:45:15,980 --> 00:45:18,472 With me. We shall talk inside, briefly. 775 00:45:32,363 --> 00:45:35,128 ALFRED: I spend much of my time in here. 776 00:45:36,067 --> 00:45:37,831 Do you read, Uhtred? 777 00:45:37,868 --> 00:45:42,431 Schooled as a child by Father Beocca, I was not a good student. 778 00:45:42,473 --> 00:45:44,271 There's much to know outside of letters. 779 00:45:44,308 --> 00:45:46,800 Oh, I am certain there is. 780 00:45:46,844 --> 00:45:49,939 But do not underestimate the power of the written word. 781 00:45:49,981 --> 00:45:53,509 When a man dies, if nothing is written, he is soon forgotten. 782 00:45:53,551 --> 00:45:55,986 For instance, who is remembering Earl Ragnar? 783 00:45:56,020 --> 00:45:57,283 You know of Ragnar? 784 00:45:57,855 --> 00:45:59,050 (CHUCKLES) 785 00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:02,322 Father Beocca has talked much about you, Uhtred. 786 00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:04,886 He believed you a prisoner. 787 00:46:04,929 --> 00:46:07,023 A slave to Earl Ragnar. Is that the case? 788 00:46:07,064 --> 00:46:09,056 Ragnar was a father to me. 789 00:46:11,102 --> 00:46:12,866 I loved him. 790 00:46:12,903 --> 00:46:16,101 Yet in Eoferwic, they are saying that you killed him. 791 00:46:16,140 --> 00:46:17,267 They lie. 792 00:46:20,745 --> 00:46:24,238 Kajartan. "Kajartan", is that how you pronounce it? 793 00:46:24,282 --> 00:46:26,251 - Kjartan? - Kjartan... 794 00:46:26,284 --> 00:46:29,118 Has benefitted most from Ragnar's death. 795 00:46:29,153 --> 00:46:32,282 He has taken his place and is Earl Kjartan now. 796 00:46:32,323 --> 00:46:34,189 A great lord, with ships. 797 00:46:34,225 --> 00:46:35,591 That's written down? 798 00:46:35,626 --> 00:46:38,323 Whatever I discover about my enemies is written down. 799 00:46:39,697 --> 00:46:42,326 It is in Kjartan's interest to kill you, is it not? 800 00:46:42,366 --> 00:46:46,428 He would not want Ragnar's son to hear a different tale. 801 00:46:46,470 --> 00:46:48,598 He would not wish him to hear the truth, no. 802 00:46:48,639 --> 00:46:49,698 ALFRED: No. 803 00:46:49,740 --> 00:46:51,538 And the chieftain Ubba, 804 00:46:51,575 --> 00:46:53,806 although he himself has now travelled north, 805 00:46:53,844 --> 00:46:57,906 he has sent men to Mercia, asking of your whereabouts. 806 00:46:57,948 --> 00:47:00,179 But not your welfare, I surmise? 807 00:47:01,118 --> 00:47:02,586 How do you come by all of this? 808 00:47:02,620 --> 00:47:05,681 I have eyes and ears in each of the kingdoms. 809 00:47:10,394 --> 00:47:12,124 One day, 810 00:47:12,163 --> 00:47:16,794 it is my hope that all kingdoms will become one, 811 00:47:16,834 --> 00:47:19,167 united under one God. 812 00:47:20,438 --> 00:47:21,565 One king? 813 00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:25,675 If all men can agree, yes. 814 00:47:27,278 --> 00:47:31,045 All that remains of England is Wessex. 815 00:47:32,683 --> 00:47:34,584 The birth of an England, 816 00:47:34,618 --> 00:47:38,646 the idea of a single kingdom 817 00:47:39,890 --> 00:47:41,518 called England 818 00:47:42,626 --> 00:47:44,390 has to begin here. 819 00:47:45,863 --> 00:47:47,422 There is nowhere else. 820 00:47:47,465 --> 00:47:50,264 But for how long will Wessex remain? 821 00:47:50,301 --> 00:47:55,171 The fate of Wessex will be determined by Englishmen, all Englishmen. 822 00:47:55,206 --> 00:47:59,507 Only by joining together and saving Wessex can we have England. 823 00:48:00,644 --> 00:48:03,375 Only by saving Wessex can we have a... 824 00:48:04,014 --> 00:48:05,880 A Northumbria. 825 00:48:05,916 --> 00:48:07,475 A Bebbanburg. 826 00:48:08,386 --> 00:48:10,321 And if Wessex can't be saved? 827 00:48:11,122 --> 00:48:13,216 Then we are all no more. 828 00:48:14,291 --> 00:48:16,556 (CHURCH BELL RINGING) 829 00:48:17,595 --> 00:48:18,756 Prayers. 830 00:48:18,796 --> 00:48:20,424 (INHALES SHARPLY) 831 00:48:24,034 --> 00:48:25,832 (BREATHING SHAKILY) 832 00:48:25,870 --> 00:48:28,032 And a little discomfort... 833 00:48:29,006 --> 00:48:30,304 (EXHALES) 834 00:48:33,544 --> 00:48:35,843 I will summarise. 835 00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:38,577 The Danes are gathering a great army. 836 00:48:38,616 --> 00:48:40,517 They have, in fact, gathered an army. 837 00:48:40,551 --> 00:48:41,746 They gather where? 838 00:48:41,786 --> 00:48:43,880 They have moved upriver from Lundene to Readingum. 839 00:48:43,921 --> 00:48:45,856 They are settling as we speak. 840 00:48:45,890 --> 00:48:47,934 But you said Ubba is in the north, so who leads them? 841 00:48:47,958 --> 00:48:49,756 The Earl Guthrum leads them. 842 00:48:49,794 --> 00:48:51,353 I know Guthrum. 843 00:48:53,998 --> 00:48:56,433 We will need every advantage, 844 00:48:56,467 --> 00:49:00,529 and Father Beocca considers you, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, 845 00:49:00,571 --> 00:49:02,506 to be an advantage. 846 00:49:02,540 --> 00:49:05,601 Whereas I believe you're here solely to hide, 847 00:49:05,643 --> 00:49:07,305 to save yourself. 848 00:49:10,581 --> 00:49:14,848 I look at you and I see a Dane. 849 00:49:14,885 --> 00:49:19,414 I see Uhtred of Nowhere, who cares for no one, but himself. 850 00:49:22,393 --> 00:49:25,659 Now, I must go to prayers. You will join me? 851 00:49:27,665 --> 00:49:29,031 If My Lord will excuse me? 852 00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:30,998 BRIDA: Us both. 853 00:49:31,936 --> 00:49:33,802 Of course. 854 00:49:33,838 --> 00:49:35,568 I expected as much. 855 00:49:36,907 --> 00:49:38,307 Father Beocca. 856 00:49:38,342 --> 00:49:39,275 BEOCCA: Lord? 857 00:49:39,310 --> 00:49:41,370 Take your guests for refreshments. 858 00:49:41,412 --> 00:49:42,607 I will, My Lord. 859 00:49:42,646 --> 00:49:46,014 They may remain in Winchester, but I hold you responsible. 860 00:49:46,050 --> 00:49:47,450 Yes, Lord. 861 00:49:52,289 --> 00:49:54,155 You should have gone along and prayed with him, 862 00:49:54,191 --> 00:49:56,660 - it would have bonded you. - He believes we are pagans. 863 00:49:56,694 --> 00:49:59,562 What Alfred believes is that the Danes have abandoned you. 864 00:49:59,597 --> 00:50:02,260 Ubba has abandoned us. There are other lords. 865 00:50:02,299 --> 00:50:04,996 (SCOFFS) Most, if not all, follow Ubba, 866 00:50:05,035 --> 00:50:07,163 so believe me, girl, you have been abandoned! 867 00:50:07,204 --> 00:50:08,982 Yeah, you know everything about the Danes, don't you? 868 00:50:09,006 --> 00:50:11,475 This way. I want to show you something. 869 00:50:14,712 --> 00:50:16,772 The Charters of Bebbanburg. 870 00:50:16,814 --> 00:50:18,840 Yeah, the land books, yeah. 871 00:50:18,883 --> 00:50:20,545 You kept them safe. 872 00:50:20,584 --> 00:50:22,519 I have shown them to Alfred. He... 873 00:50:22,553 --> 00:50:25,785 He knows you are the Ealdorman by right. 874 00:50:28,526 --> 00:50:32,554 I will continue to keep them safe. But, Uhtred, you... 875 00:50:32,596 --> 00:50:34,997 You must behave like an Ealdorman. 876 00:50:44,375 --> 00:50:47,709 The charters have no meaning. Northumbria belongs to the Danes. 877 00:50:47,745 --> 00:50:50,647 BEOCCA: It does not belong to the Danes, it has been stolen by them. 878 00:50:50,681 --> 00:50:53,879 BRIDA: If you want wealth, you take it! You can't ignore what's true. 879 00:50:53,918 --> 00:50:56,319 If the Danes are at Readingum, I'll go to Readingum. 880 00:50:56,353 --> 00:50:58,515 - What? - For what purpose? 881 00:50:58,556 --> 00:51:00,024 UHTRED: Knowledge. 882 00:51:00,057 --> 00:51:02,135 BEOCCA: But we have knowledge, and you should stay away from the Danes. 883 00:51:02,159 --> 00:51:03,593 For new knowledge. 884 00:51:03,627 --> 00:51:06,256 You know where they're settling, but you don't know why. 885 00:51:06,297 --> 00:51:08,266 BEOCCA: We know their number and their position. 886 00:51:08,299 --> 00:51:11,394 Not their intention. Am I a prisoner? 887 00:51:12,836 --> 00:51:14,998 Their intention is to attack. 888 00:51:15,739 --> 00:51:16,968 When? 889 00:51:17,875 --> 00:51:19,434 Spring. It's always spring. 890 00:51:19,476 --> 00:51:22,036 I'll go to Readingum. Where is it? 891 00:51:22,079 --> 00:51:23,945 BEOCCA: It's too dangerous. - Not for me. 892 00:51:23,981 --> 00:51:25,847 I'm a godless Dane, remember? 893 00:51:25,883 --> 00:51:27,181 BRIDA: So, why spy for Alfred? 894 00:51:27,217 --> 00:51:29,550 Because he is an Ealdorman of England. 895 00:51:37,728 --> 00:51:38,728 (DOOR OPENING) 896 00:51:40,097 --> 00:51:41,793 BEOCCA: Lord. (DOOR CLOSING) 897 00:51:41,832 --> 00:51:45,132 Regarding the conversion of the pagans to Christianity. 898 00:51:45,169 --> 00:51:46,262 Yes, Lord? 899 00:51:46,303 --> 00:51:49,102 How do we decide what is proper? 900 00:51:49,139 --> 00:51:51,540 To enlighten them or to kill them? 901 00:51:51,575 --> 00:51:52,543 (EXHALES) 902 00:51:52,576 --> 00:51:56,035 Spreading God's word is, of course, our mission, 903 00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:59,414 but I fear that the pagans, the true pagans, 904 00:51:59,450 --> 00:52:02,750 must first witness and feel His power. 905 00:52:10,628 --> 00:52:12,824 Uhtred, uh, will return? 906 00:52:12,863 --> 00:52:14,058 Yes, he will return. 907 00:52:14,098 --> 00:52:16,329 Yes, but how will he return? As who? As what? 908 00:52:16,367 --> 00:52:19,235 - I know this boy. - Ah, no, this boy is now a man. 909 00:52:20,838 --> 00:52:21,897 I know his soul. 910 00:52:21,939 --> 00:52:24,238 Father Beocca, he has no soul. 911 00:52:24,274 --> 00:52:29,508 And you say yourself, the pagans need to feel the power of God. 912 00:52:29,546 --> 00:52:31,572 It is written now, here. 913 00:52:32,650 --> 00:52:35,051 You may leave me. 914 00:52:35,085 --> 00:52:38,146 We shall see what the days bring, My Lord. 915 00:53:01,145 --> 00:53:03,114 If resting through the winter was their intention, 916 00:53:03,147 --> 00:53:05,207 they would have remained in Lundene, yes? 917 00:53:06,817 --> 00:53:08,376 It's you who's Alfred's spy. 918 00:53:08,419 --> 00:53:09,887 The next step is to kill for him. 919 00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:11,479 - Will you do that? - Answer me this. 920 00:53:11,522 --> 00:53:14,651 If we were to cross this river and find Guthrum, what would happen? 921 00:53:14,692 --> 00:53:16,183 He'd kill us both. 922 00:53:16,226 --> 00:53:19,025 We owe them nothing. 923 00:53:19,063 --> 00:53:21,965 Alfred needs to know about the Danes, and I need to win his trust! 924 00:53:21,999 --> 00:53:25,265 You think he'll deliver you Bebbanburg. What if you're wrong? 925 00:53:26,537 --> 00:53:28,096 (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING) 926 00:53:43,754 --> 00:53:46,849 Alfred, you have called council. For what reason? 927 00:53:46,890 --> 00:53:48,950 Lord, forgive me, it may well be for no good reason, 928 00:53:48,992 --> 00:53:50,460 but we have a pagan in court 929 00:53:50,494 --> 00:53:52,690 who claims to have knowledge, regarding the Dane army. 930 00:53:52,730 --> 00:53:54,255 - Pagan? - Forgive me, Lord, 931 00:53:54,298 --> 00:53:57,530 he is Uhtred of Bebbanburg. I vouch for his word. 932 00:53:58,802 --> 00:54:00,100 Uhtred! 933 00:54:02,005 --> 00:54:03,132 Lord. 934 00:54:06,677 --> 00:54:08,168 I've been to Readingum. 935 00:54:08,212 --> 00:54:10,647 I have watched the Danes. Their intention is not to settle. 936 00:54:10,681 --> 00:54:13,048 If it were, they would've remained in Lundene. 937 00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:15,712 You are saying what, that they intend to attack? 938 00:54:15,753 --> 00:54:17,449 - I am, Lord. - We already know this. 939 00:54:17,488 --> 00:54:18,698 Come spring, they'll be at our door. 940 00:54:18,722 --> 00:54:20,884 They'll be marching within days, Lord, I'm sure of it. 941 00:54:20,924 --> 00:54:23,369 How can you possibly be sure of it? The ground is sodden all around, 942 00:54:23,393 --> 00:54:25,138 - it makes no sense. - They made their sacrifices. 943 00:54:25,162 --> 00:54:27,893 The ordinary warriors, they've caught and killed birds, jackdaws. 944 00:54:27,931 --> 00:54:30,025 This is only done in the days before battle. 945 00:54:30,067 --> 00:54:31,262 And they are hungry. 946 00:54:31,301 --> 00:54:33,012 Then perhaps they have eaten these jackdaws. 947 00:54:33,036 --> 00:54:35,471 They've many hundreds of men and horses, and few supplies. 948 00:54:35,506 --> 00:54:38,601 They'll first seize a town rich with grain and livestock. 949 00:54:38,642 --> 00:54:40,620 I do not know the country well, but I have travelled. 950 00:54:40,644 --> 00:54:43,512 I believe Abbendum is such a place. 951 00:54:43,547 --> 00:54:44,981 To defeat the Danes, 952 00:54:45,015 --> 00:54:48,884 you must meet them on the road to Abbendum. 953 00:54:48,919 --> 00:54:50,581 It will be within days, Lord. 954 00:54:50,621 --> 00:54:52,385 ALFRED: You went to Readingum alone? 955 00:54:52,422 --> 00:54:53,720 With Brida. 956 00:54:53,757 --> 00:54:55,157 Why alone? 957 00:54:55,759 --> 00:54:57,250 Why not? 958 00:54:57,294 --> 00:54:59,139 Well, because for most of your life, you have lived as a Dane. 959 00:54:59,163 --> 00:55:01,826 You look like a Dane, you can speak the language of a Dane, 960 00:55:01,865 --> 00:55:05,165 therefore, I surmise you can set a trap like a Dane. 961 00:55:05,202 --> 00:55:07,501 Agreed, My Lord. He imagines we are jackdaws. 962 00:55:07,538 --> 00:55:09,632 AETHELRED: Where on the road to Abbendum? 963 00:55:09,673 --> 00:55:11,217 Where would you choose to meet their army? 964 00:55:11,241 --> 00:55:13,186 I would choose the place called Asec's Hill, Lord. 965 00:55:13,210 --> 00:55:15,179 You would choose or Guthrum would choose? 966 00:55:15,212 --> 00:55:18,341 I've seen it. The pass narrows, you cannot be outflanked. 967 00:55:18,382 --> 00:55:20,578 For the Danes to fight uphill, it will be difficult, 968 00:55:20,617 --> 00:55:23,246 but they'll be confident. They don't fear West Saxons. 969 00:55:23,287 --> 00:55:26,052 Why? Why do they not fear us? 970 00:55:26,089 --> 00:55:29,685 They believe you to be farmers, nothing more. 971 00:55:29,726 --> 00:55:32,252 So, even with the sun in their eyes, which is possible, 972 00:55:32,296 --> 00:55:35,164 they will climb the hill to fight, and that can be to our advantage. 973 00:55:35,199 --> 00:55:36,997 YOUNG ODDA: "To our advantage", he says. 974 00:55:37,034 --> 00:55:38,511 You've been here for a matter of days, 975 00:55:38,535 --> 00:55:40,561 and already you claim to be of Wessex. 976 00:55:40,604 --> 00:55:43,699 This is nonsense. This is all far too convenient, My Lord. 977 00:55:43,740 --> 00:55:44,553 I, for one, cannot... 978 00:55:44,577 --> 00:55:46,252 My Lord, my sword was made by a Saxon smith. 979 00:55:46,276 --> 00:55:48,006 My sword is for Wessex. 980 00:55:48,045 --> 00:55:50,056 - Do not interrupt a noble when he is speaking. AETHELRED: Odda. 981 00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:53,050 - I believe this man and this bag of rags - Odda... 982 00:55:53,083 --> 00:55:55,428 to be imposters... No army marches as winter approaches, never. 983 00:55:55,452 --> 00:55:57,353 Young Odda, enough from you now! 984 00:55:58,722 --> 00:56:00,054 My Lord. 985 00:56:04,628 --> 00:56:05,628 You. 986 00:56:07,364 --> 00:56:10,857 You've spoken and given this council much to discuss. 987 00:56:10,901 --> 00:56:12,233 My Lord. 988 00:56:14,805 --> 00:56:17,468 Alfred, he's here at your invitation. What now? 989 00:56:18,876 --> 00:56:23,337 Should the Danes march, we must face them... 990 00:56:23,380 --> 00:56:26,646 And I would rather be at the top of a hill than on the flat. 991 00:56:27,818 --> 00:56:30,253 I say we march to Asec's Hill. 992 00:56:32,356 --> 00:56:33,380 But... 993 00:56:35,559 --> 00:56:37,289 Take him. 994 00:56:37,327 --> 00:56:38,989 Take them both, make them secure. 995 00:56:39,029 --> 00:56:40,429 - My Lord? - What is this? 996 00:56:40,464 --> 00:56:41,523 (GRUNTING) 997 00:56:41,565 --> 00:56:42,965 I've spoken the truth! 998 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:44,468 - I've spoken the truth! - Please! 999 00:56:44,501 --> 00:56:46,561 UHTRED: Father Beocca! BEOCCA: My Lord, please. 1000 00:56:46,603 --> 00:56:49,596 Beocca, help me! Beocca! 1001 00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:51,268 Have faith! 1002 00:56:51,942 --> 00:56:53,467 (BRIDA STRUGGLING) 1003 00:57:18,902 --> 00:57:21,235 (PRIEST RECITING LATIN PRAYER) 1004 00:57:32,316 --> 00:57:34,342 (PRAYER CONTINUES) AETHELRED: Hold! 1005 00:57:35,285 --> 00:57:36,446 Hold! 1006 00:57:40,824 --> 00:57:43,316 (PRAYER ENDS) 1007 00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:47,127 AETHELRED: Left flank, hold! Hold! (SOLDIERS CLAMOURING) 1008 00:57:47,965 --> 00:57:49,490 Archers ready! 1009 00:57:53,503 --> 00:57:55,165 (RAUCOUS CHEERING) 1010 00:57:57,674 --> 00:57:59,734 AETHELRED: On my command! 1011 00:57:59,776 --> 00:58:01,039 For God, 1012 00:58:01,078 --> 00:58:02,569 for Wessex, 1013 00:58:02,612 --> 00:58:04,103 for England! 1013 00:58:05,305 --> 00:59:05,760 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today