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