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Uhtred: My name is
Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
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I was born an ealdorman
of Northumbria,
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the rightful heir to Bebbanburg.
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But fate decreed I would
be raised as a Dane.
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That was my life...
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Until my family was murdered.
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[Screaming]
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Word was spread that I was to blame.
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A Saxon slave, he killed his
master at a wedding party.
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And so, with Brida,
I fled to Wessex.
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To Alfred, a man who
would become King.
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Though not all agreed.
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I am my father's heir.
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I swore an oath to this King...
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An oath that lost me Brida
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and prevented me from
joining my brother, Ragnar.
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But destiny is all.
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You don't deserve to marry.
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That woman is a lady, and you're a heathen.
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You could bathe all day long,
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you'd still stink of pig shit.
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Have you been watching me, Odda the boy?
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- Should I be marrying you?
- 10 pieces of silver for you to walk away.
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- Does your father know you're here?
- 11 pieces.
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- How about my sword's weight in silver?
- Nonsense.
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Then I'll marry the girl.
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And tonight, I'll plough her.
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Why must you talk of her like that?
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Perhaps you'd like her for yourself, Odda?
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You want her beneath you, am I right?
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You're impossible to reason with.
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Everything is a game.
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I hope for Mildrith's sake
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your time on this earth is short.
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You're not an ealdorman.
You never shall be.
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- Man: Giddap!
- [Wagon rattling]
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I wasn't allowed to meet
her. I haven't seen her.
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It is the way.
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I was unaware of her
existence till yesterday.
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She'll be plain and pious.
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Oh, she'll be pious all right.
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If she was a leg-spreader,
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Alfred would've been on her by now.
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- Have you seen her?
- A distance away.
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Plain is a fair description.
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- How much was the bride price?
- 33 pieces.
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Which I've paid, to her godfather Odda,
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and which I'll make sure she receives.
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I've made promises.
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Revenge and such.
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Why are you here?
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- Do you know?
- She brings land.
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I'll become a Lord under Alfred.
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I'll be able to make wealth, gather men.
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Take back what's mine.
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All reasons enough.
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Plain or not, she serves her purpose.
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The promises you have made will stand.
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Blood feuds last a lifetime.
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What you do, arseling,
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is you keep living each day until the last.
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The priest has arrived finally.
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Let's get this done.
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You do not need to "get this done."
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I'll make a plea to Alfred.
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[Door opens]
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She's here, praise God.
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You should stand and look respectful,
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if not entirely clean.
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- How's she look?
- Terrified, I'll bet.
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If you could be brief with
the ceremony, father Beocca,
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I would be grateful.
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I have business with the King.
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- The bride has been given her price?
- She will.
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You are witness.
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Mildrith: Thank you, Lord.
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If the betrothed couple
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would like to join me at the altar...
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and join hands.
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Be brief.
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May God in his heaven look down with mercy
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upon his devoted servants,
Uhtred and Mildrith.
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May he bless their union with
love and children and wealth.
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And may they, in turn, be
sure to give thanks and praise,
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and live each day
according to his holy word.
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Amen.
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- Amen.
- Amen.
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You are now joined as man
and wife in the eyes of God.
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[Sniffling]
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Tears of joy.
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[Water dripping]
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Allow me to help you with that.
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Thank you, Lord.
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I'm a lucky man, to have
such a beautiful wife.
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Must have been many suitors, I'm sure.
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You're kind to believe so.
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Am I right?
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- None suitable, Lord.
- My name's Uhtred.
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- Call me Uhtred.
- Arseling, time we were on our way.
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Or, from time to time,
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you may wish to call me Arseling.
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Leofric: Lord...
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Danes.
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We walk on.
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Mildrith: They're following us.
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We walk on. They won't attack.
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Then why have you drawn your sword?
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To show them at least one of them will die.
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One or two.
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They're Guthrum's men.
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They're a long way from Lunden.
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Lord, the marriage has taken place.
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They're now on the road to the farmstead.
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Good news. Thank you, Odda.
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We shall now see how he
responds to the challenge.
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Now it is done, Lord,
I do fear for Mildrith.
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She will have to give him the facts.
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Oh, he will bark at her, Odda, I'm sure.
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But his real anger will
be reserved for you and I.
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He will not like being
beholden to God and to King,
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but if he is to become a true ealdorman,
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he must accept his
burden... that is the test.
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Yes, Lord.
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Uhtred: Why are you not already married?
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You're old enough to have
two or three children by now.
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Lord arseling, there's a
time for such questions,
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and it is passed.
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Why has Alfred gifted me
such a beautiful bride?
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Has a debt, I'm guessing.
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It's not my place to tell you.
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- How much?
- My father wanted to find favor with God,
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so he devoted a tenth of
his land to the church.
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They do not own it, but they
are entitled to its yield.
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Indeed, they demand its yield,
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even when crops fail and Danes raid.
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God is good.
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So the bishop took my father to law.
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- How much is the debt?
- Church is the law, and the law decreed
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that my father owed them a huge sum...
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Quite beyond his ability to pay.
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- How much?
- He died soon after.
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'Tis a substantial amount, Lord.
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It increases yearly.
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Alfred could remove the debt,
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but he has chosen not to.
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The amount owed is 2,000 shillings, Lord.
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[Scoffs, chuckles]
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Damn him.
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Damn everything he stands for.
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Damn his church and damn his God.
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Lord, I must say, I do
not like your blasphemy.
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- It is wrong.
- My name is Uhtred!
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[Sighs]
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[Scoffs]
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By all means, call me arseling
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for not seeing this sooner.
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Mildrith: Your new home, Lord.
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The land is good, but the
buildings are in need of repair.
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Look! The families who live on the land
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have come to wish us well.
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Send them back to their homes.
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They've come to wish us well.
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I've known them my whole life.
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Lord, lady.
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Oswald manages the farmstead.
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He lives nearby.
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Welcome home.
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And may we offer our good
wishes on your marriage.
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Thank you, Oswald. Thank you.
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And how kind of you all to gather
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to greet me and my Lord, Uhtred.
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We have prepared a table,
Lord, for your pleasure.
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You have my thanks, but we're tired.
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Of course, Lord.
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Thank you, Oswald. You are kind.
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I have a wedding gift for each family.
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'Tis silver.
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Woman: Thank you, lady Mildrith.
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For your kindness and your loyalty.
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Thank you so much.
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For taking care of the land
in my prolonged absence.
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[Sighs]
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Now, there's a welcome sight.
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I was expecting there to
be a hall, and I find this.
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Pay off your debts and
you can build a hall.
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Didn't I tell you the bastard thinks?
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Alfred.
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If he believes he can make
me beg, he can think again.
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He doesn't want you to beg.
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He wants you to obey.
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Never.
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If you have need for me,
Lord, I'll be resting.
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It seems I am tired.
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I'm 2,000 shillings in debt to the church
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and you hand out silver to your tenants.
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'Tis my silver.
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You can have what's in my purse.
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I don't want what's in your purse.
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Then why scold me?
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- The stoat... your farmstead master.
- His name is Oswald.
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He'll need to be watched.
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He was trusted by my father.
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He lives too well by the look of him.
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Leofric: I'll make my way to the barn.
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You're a guest. You can sleep in the house.
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I prefer the barn. Thank you.
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It is your wedding night.
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Good night, lady. Arseling.
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[Dogs barking in distance]
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May I leave now?
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How many pieces of silver did you receive?
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- As your price?
- 18.
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- Is that correct?
- The price was 33.
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I'm sure it was an honest mistake.
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You were robbed.
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As I was robbed.
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That price is your
security, and you'll have it.
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All of it.
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- May I rest?
- Yes.
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I'm sorry the day has been a
disappointment for you, Lord.
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For us both.
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[Sighs]
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[Thudding, splashing]
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You have a good heart...
gifting your silver.
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Odda owes you 15 pieces more.
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I'll see that he pays.
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And the debt's not
something I blame you for.
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It's Alfred's deceit.
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I should've been wiser.
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[Sighs]
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Though I was blinded by you.
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You should eat.
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I should eat.
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But I don't want to eat alone.
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God has made me your wife.
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There must be a reason.
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- God is good.
- [Chuckles]
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What is it you're looking at?
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There's a scar across the land. There.
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The never-ending line
of Danes on the march.
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Ragnar.
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Ragnar: By the time word reaches Alfred,
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it will be too late.
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They would need wings.
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Go.
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Oswald, what town lays in that direction?
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If they keep going to
the west, in a day or so,
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they'll come to the fortress at Werham.
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Take your family and
the others to the hills
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till we're sure they've passed.
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Do it now.
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- And the lady Mildrith?
- She travels with me.
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- To Winchester.
- Yes, Lord.
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- Leofric: How many do you see?
- Question is how many will follow?
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Wessex is being invaded,
262
00:17:29,217 --> 00:17:31,901
and we're told to wait while he prays.
263
00:17:31,903 --> 00:17:34,004
God is his strength, Uhtred.
264
00:17:34,006 --> 00:17:36,356
He needs to be on
horseback, not on his knees.
265
00:17:39,443 --> 00:17:40,960
I hate this place.
266
00:17:40,962 --> 00:17:42,228
It grows worse.
267
00:17:45,549 --> 00:17:47,534
Mildrith.
268
00:17:47,536 --> 00:17:48,835
I was not told you were here.
269
00:17:48,837 --> 00:17:50,129
How pleasing to see you.
270
00:17:50,130 --> 00:17:52,222
- Lord.
- And so much of you.
271
00:17:52,224 --> 00:17:57,268
- Uhtred: Is he ready?
- The King is ready, as is his council.
272
00:17:57,269 --> 00:17:59,329
With me.
273
00:18:07,338 --> 00:18:11,975
You watched 300 men or more
march clean across Wessex
274
00:18:11,977 --> 00:18:15,428
- and you did nothing?
- Uhtred: I'm here.
275
00:18:15,430 --> 00:18:18,014
A messenger could've
been sent in your place.
276
00:18:18,016 --> 00:18:19,182
A boy.
277
00:18:19,184 --> 00:18:20,650
Why did you not confront these Danes?
278
00:18:20,652 --> 00:18:21,835
You have men.
279
00:18:21,837 --> 00:18:23,686
That is your purpose, to create warriors.
280
00:18:23,688 --> 00:18:25,922
I've been given barely
20 men and their wives,
281
00:18:25,924 --> 00:18:27,290
most of whom work the fields.
282
00:18:27,292 --> 00:18:28,525
It would've been a slaughter, Lord.
283
00:18:28,527 --> 00:18:30,864
But you chose not to
fight. We'll never know.
284
00:18:30,865 --> 00:18:34,130
A warrior can only die
once. Why die in vain?
285
00:18:34,132 --> 00:18:37,225
The Danes have traveled from
either Lunden or East Anglia.
286
00:18:37,226 --> 00:18:39,591
- Were they not being watched?
- We have been watching the ships,
287
00:18:39,592 --> 00:18:41,153
which remain on the tames.
288
00:18:41,905 --> 00:18:43,056
A mistake.
289
00:18:43,058 --> 00:18:45,073
If Werham is captured,
the ships will follow.
290
00:18:45,074 --> 00:18:47,790
300 men will become 3,000.
291
00:18:47,791 --> 00:18:50,017
My advice is that we march without delay.
292
00:18:50,018 --> 00:18:51,698
Don't recall the King seeking your advice.
293
00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:53,174
Leofric, my trusted man,
294
00:18:53,175 --> 00:18:56,603
- how many Danes did you witness?
- More than 200 by far.
295
00:18:56,605 --> 00:18:58,438
Warriors to a man.
296
00:18:59,023 --> 00:19:03,465
- Werham will struggle to hold them back.
- The peace is over.
297
00:19:05,012 --> 00:19:07,052
We have no choice but to march on Werham
298
00:19:07,053 --> 00:19:10,283
and pray God we arrive
before the fortress falls.
299
00:19:10,285 --> 00:19:12,535
You believe it is an invasion, Lord?
300
00:19:12,537 --> 00:19:15,671
Could well be the beginning
of a great Dane army, yes.
301
00:19:15,673 --> 00:19:17,210
Council is over.
302
00:19:17,211 --> 00:19:19,308
Ealdormen of Wessex, prepare your men.
303
00:19:19,310 --> 00:19:22,695
Father Beocca, I shall
pray before we leave.
304
00:19:22,697 --> 00:19:24,614
Fr. Beocca: Yes, my Lord.
305
00:19:24,616 --> 00:19:28,918
Father, I wish to speak
to the King privately.
306
00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:30,152
I will ask.
307
00:19:30,154 --> 00:19:32,889
But I note that you have
still to learn respect.
308
00:19:36,793 --> 00:19:40,930
Ealdorman Odda, if I may speak out,
309
00:19:40,932 --> 00:19:44,217
you owe my wife half of her bride price.
310
00:19:44,219 --> 00:19:46,903
I paid 33 pieces of silver.
311
00:19:46,905 --> 00:19:48,804
She received only 18.
312
00:19:48,806 --> 00:19:51,123
An honest mistake, she assures me.
313
00:19:53,944 --> 00:19:55,728
Is this true?
314
00:20:00,317 --> 00:20:02,201
Pay him.
315
00:20:06,423 --> 00:20:11,244
Ready the men to march on Werham.
316
00:20:11,246 --> 00:20:13,696
You should know that
Mildrith is a joy to plough.
317
00:20:13,698 --> 00:20:15,548
You're a heathen.
318
00:20:17,918 --> 00:20:21,479
- And you're a virgin.
- No, I'm not.
319
00:20:25,993 --> 00:20:27,693
Yes, he is.
320
00:20:52,051 --> 00:20:56,156
- What is it? Hmm?
- Promise me you will come back safely.
321
00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,586
- Two arms, both ears.
- [Laughing] Promise me.
322
00:21:02,781 --> 00:21:05,145
I'll do my best.
323
00:21:05,929 --> 00:21:08,081
But only if you do the same.
324
00:21:08,082 --> 00:21:10,763
If they come, don't shelter
in a church or a nunnery.
325
00:21:10,764 --> 00:21:13,357
Go to the hills, the woods.
326
00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:18,262
- I'll come.
- Hmm.
327
00:21:18,264 --> 00:21:20,097
For both of you.
328
00:21:20,584 --> 00:21:24,302
Arseling, kiss her and let's be on our way.
329
00:21:47,659 --> 00:21:49,961
♪ ♪
330
00:22:01,073 --> 00:22:04,111
Mildrith, my dear. I've
been looking for you.
331
00:22:04,112 --> 00:22:06,578
My lady Aelswith. How good to see you.
332
00:22:06,580 --> 00:22:08,713
And to see you looking as you do.
333
00:22:08,715 --> 00:22:10,215
It refuses to keep still.
334
00:22:10,217 --> 00:22:11,232
Mine is the same.
335
00:22:11,234 --> 00:22:13,218
- Oh, how we suffer.
- [Giggles]
336
00:22:13,220 --> 00:22:15,253
I pray we both survive.
337
00:22:15,255 --> 00:22:17,155
I pray we four survive.
338
00:22:17,157 --> 00:22:19,137
- God will decide.
- Mm.
339
00:22:20,036 --> 00:22:21,693
I've missed you, Mildrith,
340
00:22:21,695 --> 00:22:23,828
and have prayed for you each day.
341
00:22:23,830 --> 00:22:25,480
Poor thing.
342
00:22:25,482 --> 00:22:26,664
Why poor?
343
00:22:26,666 --> 00:22:29,534
Living with the man they foisted onto you.
344
00:22:29,536 --> 00:22:31,135
The pagan.
345
00:22:31,137 --> 00:22:33,788
Having to take his seed and the like.
346
00:22:33,790 --> 00:22:35,607
Uhtred is decent.
347
00:22:35,609 --> 00:22:37,242
He treats me well.
348
00:22:37,244 --> 00:22:39,177
He does.
349
00:22:39,179 --> 00:22:42,480
God will bless your loyalty.
350
00:22:42,482 --> 00:22:46,868
But with luck, he will
fall in battle, and soon.
351
00:22:49,788 --> 00:22:52,040
Please tell me that you're hungry.
352
00:22:52,042 --> 00:22:53,725
I am, a little.
353
00:22:53,727 --> 00:22:55,360
Meet me in the kitchens.
354
00:22:55,362 --> 00:22:58,129
I have arranged a meal for the pregnant.
355
00:22:58,131 --> 00:22:59,497
But do not rush prayers.
356
00:22:59,499 --> 00:23:01,566
No, no. Of course not.
357
00:23:09,141 --> 00:23:12,610
[Door opens, closes]
358
00:23:12,612 --> 00:23:16,831
Lord, he is not your most
humble and devout servant,
359
00:23:16,833 --> 00:23:21,586
but I pray... keep him safe.
360
00:23:21,588 --> 00:23:24,105
Let him do your work.
361
00:23:24,107 --> 00:23:27,258
Let him see his child.
362
00:23:30,929 --> 00:23:32,947
I was pleased to see your lady today.
363
00:23:32,949 --> 00:23:37,852
- Your wife... and carrying a child.
- [Chuckles] Yes.
364
00:23:37,854 --> 00:23:41,022
It's God's blessing.
365
00:23:41,024 --> 00:23:44,759
It seems like only yesterday
I was baptizing you as Osbert,
366
00:23:44,761 --> 00:23:47,328
and then again as Uhtred.
367
00:23:48,931 --> 00:23:51,499
What is it you wish to
speak about with the King?
368
00:23:51,501 --> 00:23:53,434
That's ween myself and the King.
369
00:23:53,436 --> 00:23:55,603
He's watching you, Uhtred.
370
00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:58,193
- God?
- Alfred.
371
00:23:58,541 --> 00:23:59,957
He's watching how you behave.
372
00:23:59,959 --> 00:24:01,259
He's judging you as a Lord.
373
00:24:01,261 --> 00:24:03,194
He has no right to judge.
374
00:24:03,196 --> 00:24:04,212
He's a King.
375
00:24:06,799 --> 00:24:08,266
He lied to me.
376
00:24:08,268 --> 00:24:09,500
Regarding the marriage.
377
00:24:09,502 --> 00:24:11,352
Oh, you're referring to the debt?
378
00:24:11,354 --> 00:24:14,672
- You know of it?
- It's not a secret.
379
00:24:14,674 --> 00:24:17,091
And I urge you to show him you accept it,
380
00:24:17,093 --> 00:24:19,394
especially as it is owed to the church.
381
00:24:21,380 --> 00:24:23,648
You must remain calm, Uhtred.
382
00:24:23,650 --> 00:24:25,516
Respectful.
383
00:24:34,727 --> 00:24:38,745
- My Lord, I request a private audience...
- Have you eaten?
384
00:24:41,384 --> 00:24:42,816
No.
385
00:24:44,388 --> 00:24:48,993
There are times when I crave meat...
386
00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,077
and other things.
387
00:24:53,079 --> 00:24:55,880
But I know the gratification
will be fleeting,
388
00:24:55,882 --> 00:25:00,051
the suffering prolonged,
and so I suffer gruel.
389
00:25:00,053 --> 00:25:03,004
Though my wife will not
allow it to be called
390
00:25:03,006 --> 00:25:04,906
anything other than broth.
391
00:25:04,908 --> 00:25:08,109
You will be happy to learn
that my spies have news.
392
00:25:08,111 --> 00:25:11,032
- From Werham?
- From Ireland.
393
00:25:11,214 --> 00:25:13,514
Ivar, the brother of Ubba,
has been killed there,
394
00:25:13,516 --> 00:25:15,550
which would be irrelevant but for the fact
395
00:25:15,552 --> 00:25:18,186
that Ubba wishes to avenge him personally.
396
00:25:18,188 --> 00:25:23,524
- This is true?
- An Irishman across the sea kills a Dane,
397
00:25:23,526 --> 00:25:26,611
and the world changes.
398
00:25:26,613 --> 00:25:29,313
The hand of God.
399
00:25:31,266 --> 00:25:34,535
Is this something Ubba
would do, abandon Guthrum?
400
00:25:34,537 --> 00:25:36,871
To avenge his brother, yes...
401
00:25:36,873 --> 00:25:38,372
if guided by his sorcerer's story.
402
00:25:38,374 --> 00:25:41,976
He has a sorcerer?
403
00:25:41,978 --> 00:25:45,980
And, uh... what does this sorcerer do?
404
00:25:45,982 --> 00:25:49,550
- Cast spells? Perform magic?
- He advises, Lord.
405
00:25:49,552 --> 00:25:51,152
Looks for omens.
406
00:25:51,154 --> 00:25:53,271
Signs, good and bad.
407
00:25:53,273 --> 00:25:54,906
Oh, what nonsense.
408
00:25:56,023 --> 00:26:01,455
- What are miracles, Lord, if not magic?
- Miracles are performed by God, not man.
409
00:26:01,456 --> 00:26:02,827
The Danes would say the same,
410
00:26:02,828 --> 00:26:05,923
- that omens are gifts from the gods...
- And they are mistaken.
411
00:26:06,136 --> 00:26:08,319
Who gave the sign for
Ubba to go to Ireland?
412
00:26:08,321 --> 00:26:11,639
- Was it the hand of your God or theirs?
- There is only one God.
413
00:26:11,641 --> 00:26:13,624
Then you must've spoken to the Danes.
414
00:26:16,595 --> 00:26:17,895
With Ubba now in Ireland,
415
00:26:17,897 --> 00:26:20,565
Guthrum must now decided
whether he will fight alone.
416
00:26:20,567 --> 00:26:23,284
He won't fight alone.
417
00:26:23,286 --> 00:26:25,837
Not that he couldn't win.
418
00:26:25,839 --> 00:26:28,306
He will fear losing
too many of his own men.
419
00:26:28,308 --> 00:26:31,159
Yes, Lord.
420
00:26:31,161 --> 00:26:33,327
I am learning...
421
00:26:33,329 --> 00:26:36,681
that the heathen cares
only for personal gain.
422
00:26:36,683 --> 00:26:39,917
A Dane could never suffer my gruel.
423
00:26:39,919 --> 00:26:42,253
Broth, Lord.
424
00:26:45,107 --> 00:26:46,876
You are happy, ealdorman Uhtred,
425
00:26:46,877 --> 00:26:51,643
- with, Mildrith?
- Yes, Lord. She's a good wife.
426
00:26:53,466 --> 00:26:55,700
Though I never would have married her
427
00:26:55,702 --> 00:26:57,885
had I known I'd owe 2,000 shillings.
428
00:26:57,887 --> 00:26:59,287
Which increases yearly.
429
00:26:59,289 --> 00:27:01,889
I'm told that on your word,
the debt can be lifted.
430
00:27:01,891 --> 00:27:03,116
Why should I deny the church
431
00:27:03,117 --> 00:27:05,760
- 2,000 shillings?
- I wasn't aware I'd owe it.
432
00:27:05,762 --> 00:27:07,328
It is not a secret.
433
00:27:09,095 --> 00:27:10,615
Sacrifice and penance
434
00:27:10,617 --> 00:27:13,734
are what separate us from the heathen.
435
00:27:13,736 --> 00:27:16,571
I have my broth. You have your debt.
436
00:27:18,941 --> 00:27:21,559
Wessex needs an army. Would you agree?
437
00:27:21,561 --> 00:27:25,496
A permanent and formidable army.
438
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,868
Yes, Lord.
439
00:27:30,870 --> 00:27:33,905
England, when it finally emerges,
440
00:27:33,907 --> 00:27:35,806
shall need a greater army.
441
00:27:35,808 --> 00:27:38,426
Garrisons of many thousands of men
442
00:27:38,428 --> 00:27:41,045
all will need feeding and payment.
443
00:27:41,047 --> 00:27:43,464
It is my intention that all land owners
444
00:27:43,466 --> 00:27:46,067
shall contribute to
the feeding of this army
445
00:27:46,069 --> 00:27:47,835
and its commanders.
446
00:27:47,837 --> 00:27:51,289
And I will need commanders, Uhtred.
447
00:27:51,291 --> 00:27:56,494
Men like the great generals of Rome.
448
00:27:56,496 --> 00:28:02,033
Look upon the debt as a gift.
449
00:28:02,035 --> 00:28:05,002
A means of proving your devotion to Wessex
450
00:28:05,004 --> 00:28:06,170
and to England.
451
00:28:06,172 --> 00:28:08,067
If I'd been told the truth from the outset,
452
00:28:08,068 --> 00:28:10,730
- Lord, I could've...
- You still wear the amulet, I see.
453
00:28:11,762 --> 00:28:14,385
- to remind me of Earl Ragnar.
- And why do you not attend church
454
00:28:14,386 --> 00:28:15,343
with your wife?
455
00:28:15,344 --> 00:28:19,052
- Why do you not pray to God?
- God...
456
00:28:19,053 --> 00:28:21,050
created everything that surrounds me...
457
00:28:21,051 --> 00:28:22,720
the fields, rivers, the forests.
458
00:28:22,722 --> 00:28:24,272
The land is my church.
459
00:28:24,274 --> 00:28:27,592
And I pray each day, Lord.
460
00:28:27,594 --> 00:28:29,827
In silence.
461
00:28:47,929 --> 00:28:50,197
He cannot be tamed.
462
00:28:50,199 --> 00:28:52,199
But he can be trusted.
463
00:28:53,319 --> 00:28:56,337
I will not abandon him completely.
464
00:28:57,332 --> 00:29:00,790
He may have a use, I'm sure.
465
00:29:06,355 --> 00:29:08,823
♪ ♪
466
00:29:08,825 --> 00:29:09,891
[Bell ringing]
467
00:29:09,893 --> 00:29:12,693
Hear me now! Werham has fallen!
468
00:29:12,695 --> 00:29:14,328
We march at once!
469
00:29:14,330 --> 00:29:18,106
Every man is to be ready
to do as the King asks!
470
00:29:18,107 --> 00:29:21,252
The Danes have taken the fortress!
471
00:29:21,254 --> 00:29:23,755
Werham has fallen! We march at once!
472
00:29:23,757 --> 00:29:26,591
We could be slipping in blood and entrails
473
00:29:26,593 --> 00:29:28,076
before the day is out.
474
00:29:28,078 --> 00:29:29,844
With luck.
475
00:29:40,606 --> 00:29:43,674
♪ ♪
476
00:29:47,646 --> 00:29:48,830
[Laughter]
477
00:29:49,417 --> 00:29:54,009
- Man: There's loads more over here!
- [Indistinct shouting]
478
00:30:00,926 --> 00:30:02,760
Easy. There's enough for everyone.
479
00:30:12,237 --> 00:30:14,105
Guthrum, they're here.
480
00:30:14,107 --> 00:30:17,141
The Saxon army is gathering.
481
00:30:17,143 --> 00:30:19,902
- Is it Alfred?
- Yes.
482
00:30:21,365 --> 00:30:25,206
- Is the fortress repaired and secure?
- Yes.
483
00:30:25,452 --> 00:30:27,084
Good.
484
00:30:27,086 --> 00:30:29,187
He will not attack. He doesn't need to.
485
00:30:29,189 --> 00:30:31,289
He knows we will be hungry within days.
486
00:30:31,291 --> 00:30:34,192
- We can raid.
- No.
487
00:30:34,194 --> 00:30:36,194
He will empty all the grain stores
488
00:30:36,196 --> 00:30:37,912
in the surrounding villages.
489
00:30:40,849 --> 00:30:43,718
I have found these church rooms
490
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,434
to be strangely quiet and peaceful.
491
00:30:47,435 --> 00:30:50,024
Lord, I didn't march my men
492
00:30:50,026 --> 00:30:52,560
halfway across England for them to starve.
493
00:30:53,776 --> 00:30:57,131
- I shall be on the ramparts.
- We came for war, Ragnar.
494
00:30:57,132 --> 00:30:59,767
But Ubba has reneged.
495
00:30:59,769 --> 00:31:01,586
To avenge his brother.
496
00:31:01,588 --> 00:31:03,621
You are here.
497
00:31:04,975 --> 00:31:10,503
- Should you not be avenging your father?
- When the time is right.
498
00:31:10,504 --> 00:31:14,215
Yes. When the time is right.
499
00:31:16,652 --> 00:31:19,804
We are taking the first
steps against Wessex.
500
00:31:19,806 --> 00:31:23,708
But Ubba has left us weak.
501
00:31:23,710 --> 00:31:27,628
He put all our lives at risk.
502
00:31:27,630 --> 00:31:32,016
So until Ubba returns,
we have to make peace.
503
00:31:40,726 --> 00:31:42,860
[Yells]
504
00:31:45,268 --> 00:31:47,667
So if you are there,
505
00:31:48,299 --> 00:31:52,304
God of Rome, strike me down.
506
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,841
I thought not.
507
00:31:59,845 --> 00:32:02,697
We are here to show them how many we are.
508
00:32:02,699 --> 00:32:06,017
We are here to show them how many we are!
509
00:32:06,019 --> 00:32:10,722
That we are here with God,
and that this is our land.
510
00:32:10,724 --> 00:32:14,909
That we are here with
God, and this is our land!
511
00:32:16,036 --> 00:32:18,096
This is our land!
512
00:32:18,098 --> 00:32:20,064
Our Wessex!
513
00:32:21,066 --> 00:32:23,700
This is our England!
514
00:32:24,136 --> 00:32:28,403
And we shall murder any heathen
bastard that tries to take it!
515
00:32:28,404 --> 00:32:31,575
[Men cheering, yelling]
516
00:32:47,310 --> 00:32:49,096
[Cheering, yelling stops]
517
00:32:49,579 --> 00:32:52,741
- They wish to talk, Lord.
- Alfred: I know what they want.
518
00:32:52,742 --> 00:32:54,415
They want time.
519
00:32:55,079 --> 00:32:57,468
Odda, with your guards,
you shall go with me.
520
00:32:57,470 --> 00:32:59,203
Leofric, you as well.
521
00:32:59,205 --> 00:33:02,440
- And father Selbix.
- Yes, Lord.
522
00:33:02,842 --> 00:33:04,809
Leofric, what do you make of the fortress?
523
00:33:04,811 --> 00:33:07,895
It looks strong enough, Lord.
524
00:33:07,897 --> 00:33:10,564
No breach. No signs of lasting damage.
525
00:33:11,221 --> 00:33:15,650
- And if we attacked?
- We would suffer.
526
00:33:16,272 --> 00:33:19,690
We'd be lucky to see the inside, Lord.
527
00:33:21,710 --> 00:33:23,878
Good morning, King Alfred.
528
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,247
Guthrum of the Danes.
529
00:33:26,249 --> 00:33:27,748
I, too, am a King now.
530
00:33:27,750 --> 00:33:29,784
Of East Anglia.
531
00:33:29,786 --> 00:33:31,385
You don't need to bow.
532
00:33:31,387 --> 00:33:34,288
I will begin.
533
00:33:34,290 --> 00:33:36,457
I propose a truce.
534
00:33:36,459 --> 00:33:39,410
For any truce to occur, Earl Guthrum,
535
00:33:39,412 --> 00:33:42,079
you must leave Wessex once again.
536
00:33:42,081 --> 00:33:44,328
- And if I refuse?
- We surround you.
537
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,200
Yes, you surround a small fortress,
538
00:33:46,202 --> 00:33:48,302
but we Danes surround your entire kingdom.
539
00:33:48,304 --> 00:33:51,472
That said, I have decided I shall leave.
540
00:33:51,474 --> 00:33:52,790
By sea.
541
00:33:52,792 --> 00:33:55,292
Therefore I will send for ships.
542
00:33:55,294 --> 00:33:57,920
- How many ships?
- No more than 15.
543
00:33:57,921 --> 00:33:59,775
Very well.
544
00:33:59,776 --> 00:34:02,199
Your ships have one
month in which to arrive.
545
00:34:02,201 --> 00:34:03,434
Not enough time.
546
00:34:03,436 --> 00:34:05,836
Food and ale for one month only
547
00:34:05,838 --> 00:34:08,572
or you will walk back to East Anglia.
548
00:34:08,574 --> 00:34:10,124
Then I will send for 200 ships
549
00:34:10,126 --> 00:34:12,026
and hope they arrive before we starve.
550
00:34:12,028 --> 00:34:13,511
One month is not enough.
551
00:34:13,513 --> 00:34:14,595
That is my limit.
552
00:34:14,597 --> 00:34:16,530
You cannot take back the fortress.
553
00:34:16,532 --> 00:34:17,698
You know this.
554
00:34:17,700 --> 00:34:21,118
Food and ale for one month,
no more, by which time
555
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:22,937
the sea storms will have arrived.
556
00:34:22,939 --> 00:34:25,189
God's storms.
557
00:34:25,191 --> 00:34:27,158
We will be gone within a month...
558
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,994
beginning upon the
delivery of food and ale.
559
00:34:41,673 --> 00:34:44,875
Uhtred, you will come
to me following prayers.
560
00:34:44,877 --> 00:34:46,010
Yes, Lord.
561
00:34:46,012 --> 00:34:47,795
Father Selbix, you will pray with me.
562
00:34:47,797 --> 00:34:49,997
Yes, Lord.
563
00:34:53,819 --> 00:34:55,536
Alfred: Please, sit.
564
00:34:59,808 --> 00:35:01,175
Thank you, Lord.
565
00:35:03,645 --> 00:35:06,463
I have a task for you, father.
566
00:35:06,465 --> 00:35:10,651
Mm, you only have to speak it.
567
00:35:10,653 --> 00:35:12,653
As a guarantee of the peace,
568
00:35:12,655 --> 00:35:15,155
you will be given up
as a hostage... 1 of 10.
569
00:35:15,157 --> 00:35:18,859
The Danes, too, will give 10 in exchange.
570
00:35:18,861 --> 00:35:21,195
[Exhales sharply]
571
00:35:21,197 --> 00:35:26,183
Lord... the pagans do not value priests.
572
00:35:26,185 --> 00:35:29,270
You might just as well offer a hound.
573
00:35:29,272 --> 00:35:32,089
I hear Guthrum is curious about our faith.
574
00:35:32,091 --> 00:35:34,725
I would like you to become his teacher.
575
00:35:34,727 --> 00:35:36,827
Provide instruction.
576
00:35:38,608 --> 00:35:43,833
- And if he refuses to be a student?
- Then persist.
577
00:35:44,270 --> 00:35:48,138
Gently, with humor, as is your manner.
578
00:35:49,841 --> 00:35:54,495
Make no mistake... should Guthrum
579
00:35:54,497 --> 00:35:59,650
ever consent to being
baptized, then this war is over.
580
00:35:59,952 --> 00:36:02,436
England is ours.
581
00:36:05,023 --> 00:36:09,343
This would be truly God's work you do.
582
00:36:09,345 --> 00:36:11,805
Forgive me, Lord,
583
00:36:12,155 --> 00:36:14,619
but I cannot help but feel afraid.
584
00:36:16,502 --> 00:36:19,970
They are not content
to simply kill a priest.
585
00:36:19,972 --> 00:36:25,742
Fear is within all of us.
586
00:36:25,744 --> 00:36:27,578
As is strength.
587
00:36:30,198 --> 00:36:31,999
[Pig grunting]
588
00:36:32,001 --> 00:36:33,367
[Spitting]
589
00:36:33,369 --> 00:36:35,469
[Breathing heavily]
590
00:36:35,471 --> 00:36:37,604
[Sighs]
591
00:36:57,225 --> 00:36:59,426
Lord, I'd be more useful as a warrior...
592
00:36:59,428 --> 00:37:00,761
for when the truce fails.
593
00:37:00,763 --> 00:37:02,796
Oh, the truce will hold for a time.
594
00:37:02,798 --> 00:37:03,964
And in that time,
595
00:37:03,966 --> 00:37:07,100
you will be my eyes and
ears inside the fortress.
596
00:37:07,102 --> 00:37:09,469
- Listening for what?
- For Ubba.
597
00:37:09,471 --> 00:37:12,439
If and when you hear of
his return, you will escape.
598
00:37:12,441 --> 00:37:15,525
- And if I'm in chains?
- Our men here shall disband.
599
00:37:15,527 --> 00:37:16,643
There are fields to work.
600
00:37:16,645 --> 00:37:18,462
But I will build a beacon on the hill.
601
00:37:18,464 --> 00:37:21,231
You will escape and light the fire.
602
00:37:21,233 --> 00:37:23,634
Lord, you know that escape
will be near impossible.
603
00:37:23,636 --> 00:37:26,536
If Ubba returns, the
hostages will be killed
604
00:37:26,538 --> 00:37:28,238
and the Danes will attack.
605
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:30,307
Upon sight of this first beacon being lit,
606
00:37:30,309 --> 00:37:31,608
other fires will start,
607
00:37:31,610 --> 00:37:33,191
and the whole of Wessex
will be called to arms.
608
00:37:33,192 --> 00:37:36,921
- And if I refuse to become a hostage?
- Then another man shall light the beacon.
609
00:37:37,249 --> 00:37:38,649
Why can't you accept me?
610
00:37:38,651 --> 00:37:40,884
I've been nothing but truthful to you.
611
00:37:40,886 --> 00:37:43,614
- Why am I always being put to the test?
- Why do you not show your King
612
00:37:43,615 --> 00:37:46,814
the respect that is due?
Because you, Uhtred of wherever,
613
00:37:46,815 --> 00:37:48,502
you do not see me as your King.
614
00:37:48,503 --> 00:37:50,077
You do not see my God
615
00:37:50,078 --> 00:37:51,304
as your God.
616
00:37:51,305 --> 00:37:53,964
- Lord...
- I am not finished with you yet.
617
00:37:56,634 --> 00:37:59,446
Guthrum is waiting to hear
of Ubba's return from Ireland.
618
00:37:59,447 --> 00:38:02,515
I need to know when this
occurs, sooner rather than later.
619
00:38:02,516 --> 00:38:05,923
You are the only man
620
00:38:05,924 --> 00:38:09,763
who could possibly provide
this information sooner.
621
00:38:09,765 --> 00:38:12,582
Yes, it is possible that you will die,
622
00:38:12,584 --> 00:38:15,822
but it is likely that we shall all die.
623
00:38:18,009 --> 00:38:20,340
You will go to the Danes.
624
00:38:20,342 --> 00:38:23,405
How you go, as a Saxon
hostage or as a viking warrior,
625
00:38:23,406 --> 00:38:26,713
becomes your choice.
626
00:38:30,936 --> 00:38:32,962
I'll do as you ask.
627
00:38:35,907 --> 00:38:38,303
But if my child is born while I'm captive,
628
00:38:38,304 --> 00:38:42,162
- I ask that you send word.
- Of course.
629
00:38:42,164 --> 00:38:44,381
And should you die as
a captive, rest assured,
630
00:38:44,383 --> 00:38:46,516
your debt shall die with you.
631
00:39:01,006 --> 00:39:03,074
Will they treat us well?
632
00:39:03,076 --> 00:39:04,909
You are one of them.
633
00:39:05,411 --> 00:39:09,346
If I am one of them,
then why am I a hostage?
634
00:39:09,348 --> 00:39:12,816
They'll treat us well for
as long as the truce holds.
635
00:39:12,818 --> 00:39:15,669
- If it fails?
- They'll kill us all.
636
00:39:15,671 --> 00:39:17,554
Starting with the priest.
637
00:39:17,556 --> 00:39:18,555
Heh.
638
00:39:18,557 --> 00:39:21,625
I've made my peace. I am ready.
639
00:39:21,627 --> 00:39:23,027
Good evening.
640
00:39:23,029 --> 00:39:25,162
And God bless you all.
641
00:39:25,164 --> 00:39:27,364
Poor wretches.
642
00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:32,126
- And us, father, what are we?
- We are fortunate, Lord. We know God.
643
00:39:32,538 --> 00:39:35,582
Although, granted, I'm
in no hurry to meet him.
644
00:39:35,583 --> 00:39:38,042
Let us pray he feels the same.
645
00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:51,939
[Indistinct shouting]
646
00:39:57,011 --> 00:40:00,447
Is this rabble what so many are afraid of?
647
00:40:00,449 --> 00:40:04,318
- Aah! They're like children!
- [Shouting continues]
648
00:40:07,789 --> 00:40:12,076
- Enough. Enough!
- [Shouting quiets]
649
00:40:12,078 --> 00:40:14,812
They are our guests for a while.
650
00:40:14,814 --> 00:40:18,015
There's one rule only.
651
00:40:18,017 --> 00:40:23,187
At nightfall, you will gather
and sleep at the church.
652
00:40:23,189 --> 00:40:25,189
The doors will be barred.
653
00:40:25,191 --> 00:40:28,058
At daybreak, you will then be free
654
00:40:28,060 --> 00:40:31,495
to walk, talk, jump, hump, carry weapons.
655
00:40:31,497 --> 00:40:35,115
My men have orders not to kill you.
656
00:40:36,651 --> 00:40:38,969
Unless you deserve to be killed.
657
00:40:43,892 --> 00:40:48,428
I am Guthrum, and one
day, I shall be your King.
658
00:40:48,430 --> 00:40:50,697
Do you understand what I have said?
659
00:40:50,699 --> 00:40:52,800
You will all say "yes, Lord."
660
00:40:52,802 --> 00:40:56,370
- Yes, Lord.
- Yes, Lord.
661
00:40:56,372 --> 00:40:59,690
I did not hear you.
662
00:41:03,528 --> 00:41:05,562
I understand you, Lord.
663
00:41:05,564 --> 00:41:08,715
Maybe I will make a present of you to Ubba.
664
00:41:08,717 --> 00:41:12,427
- Should he ever return from Ireland.
- He may not. That's possible.
665
00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:15,423
But then his men will become my men,
666
00:41:15,425 --> 00:41:18,843
and I will honor him by killing you myself.
667
00:41:18,845 --> 00:41:22,530
With arrows, perhaps.
668
00:41:22,532 --> 00:41:25,216
Ragnar Ragnarsson. Here.
669
00:41:25,218 --> 00:41:28,135
You know this one well.
Keep him out of my sight.
670
00:41:28,137 --> 00:41:30,821
Take them to the church. Feed them.
671
00:41:38,563 --> 00:41:40,197
Now you are where you belong.
672
00:41:40,199 --> 00:41:41,832
Now I'm with my brother.
673
00:41:41,834 --> 00:41:44,902
I will remind you what
it's like to be a Dane
674
00:41:44,904 --> 00:41:46,821
and make you stay.
675
00:41:46,823 --> 00:41:48,823
Brida's here.
676
00:42:08,043 --> 00:42:10,961
I dream about you, ViXen.
677
00:42:11,863 --> 00:42:15,649
I'm not surprised to hear it.
678
00:42:15,651 --> 00:42:17,301
You've grown up. [Chuckles]
679
00:42:21,456 --> 00:42:23,133
You should know I'm with Ragnar now.
680
00:42:23,134 --> 00:42:25,709
He's my man.
681
00:42:25,711 --> 00:42:31,215
That's good. That's good.
682
00:42:31,217 --> 00:42:34,618
You should know that I am married.
683
00:42:36,092 --> 00:42:37,988
Married!
684
00:42:39,101 --> 00:42:40,257
You have grown up.
685
00:42:40,259 --> 00:42:43,788
- He's married?
- Yes, he is married.
686
00:42:43,789 --> 00:42:46,564
Time is moving quicker than I thought.
687
00:42:46,566 --> 00:42:48,599
Tonight, we get drunk.
688
00:42:48,601 --> 00:42:51,101
We must.
689
00:42:51,103 --> 00:42:52,837
I need to be inside the church.
690
00:42:52,839 --> 00:42:54,722
No, tonight we get drunk.
691
00:42:54,724 --> 00:42:57,174
I'll take you to the church myself.
692
00:42:57,176 --> 00:43:00,010
Or we sleep where we fall.
693
00:43:00,012 --> 00:43:01,245
[Laughs]
694
00:43:01,247 --> 00:43:07,084
- And, uh... we must talk of the future.
- [Men cheering, shouting]
695
00:43:14,976 --> 00:43:20,748
Pull! Pull! Uhtred, pull for me!
696
00:43:20,750 --> 00:43:23,450
I need to piss. I'll return.
697
00:43:23,452 --> 00:43:25,019
- He'll return.
- Ragnar!
698
00:43:25,021 --> 00:43:27,254
Ragnar! Ragnar!
699
00:43:32,193 --> 00:43:33,811
[Laughter]
700
00:43:39,167 --> 00:43:42,353
I haven't laughed so much in a long time.
701
00:43:42,355 --> 00:43:44,521
Then you haven't been living.
702
00:43:44,523 --> 00:43:47,524
Or as ravn would say, tomorrow we die.
703
00:43:47,526 --> 00:43:52,025
- When did he ever say that?
- When you were out chopping wood.
704
00:43:52,781 --> 00:43:54,048
[Laughs]
705
00:43:54,050 --> 00:43:55,547
Ohh!
706
00:43:55,548 --> 00:43:58,419
Well, I actually do need to piss.
707
00:43:58,421 --> 00:43:59,587
[Laughs]
708
00:43:59,589 --> 00:44:03,440
What you need to do is to stop drinking.
709
00:44:03,442 --> 00:44:06,160
Tomorrow we die.
710
00:44:06,162 --> 00:44:08,979
[Both laughing]
711
00:44:12,918 --> 00:44:16,520
- He's happy to see you.
- I've missed him.
712
00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:20,491
I miss you both.
713
00:44:29,167 --> 00:44:32,848
- Are you his wife?
- I'm with him.
714
00:44:34,759 --> 00:44:37,569
- Is she beautiful?
- Mm.
715
00:44:37,570 --> 00:44:38,919
Her name's Mildrith.
716
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:40,978
Yes, she is beautiful.
717
00:44:44,733 --> 00:44:46,300
She carries my child.
718
00:44:52,107 --> 00:44:56,883
- Who decided you should marry?
- Alfred.
719
00:45:00,231 --> 00:45:02,800
I have the land I asked for in Wessex.
720
00:45:06,187 --> 00:45:10,574
You swear an oath to
Alfred... you marry for Alfred,
721
00:45:10,576 --> 00:45:13,060
you've land given to you by Alfred...
722
00:45:13,062 --> 00:45:14,745
your wife carries your child,
723
00:45:14,747 --> 00:45:19,433
and yet you're given up
as a hostage by Alfred?
724
00:45:19,435 --> 00:45:21,251
Are you a spy, Uhtred?
725
00:45:24,806 --> 00:45:26,940
The first sign of Ubba
returning, I am to escape.
726
00:45:29,194 --> 00:45:31,562
But I know that when Ubba returns,
727
00:45:31,564 --> 00:45:34,431
the hostages will be killed.
728
00:45:34,433 --> 00:45:37,001
[Scoffs] Alfred's not fond of me.
729
00:45:37,003 --> 00:45:39,019
Refuse him.
730
00:45:39,021 --> 00:45:42,039
Refuse to be a hostage. Join us.
731
00:45:44,309 --> 00:45:46,694
I should ask you, Uhtred...
732
00:45:46,696 --> 00:45:50,214
not that it matters, but I should ask.
733
00:45:50,216 --> 00:45:53,189
Is it a problem to you
that Brida's with me now?
734
00:45:55,553 --> 00:45:57,388
[Laughs] No.
735
00:45:57,390 --> 00:46:00,758
I'm happy about it. I swear.
736
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:01,825
All right.
737
00:46:01,827 --> 00:46:04,211
Not that she cares what you think.
738
00:46:04,213 --> 00:46:06,080
I would hump her regardless.
739
00:46:06,082 --> 00:46:09,433
With... with affection.
740
00:46:09,435 --> 00:46:11,568
And with my permission.
741
00:46:11,570 --> 00:46:14,071
I know.
742
00:46:14,373 --> 00:46:16,540
Do you know Uhtred's to be a father?
743
00:46:18,726 --> 00:46:20,293
A father?
744
00:46:21,030 --> 00:46:23,836
- When?
- Soon, I'm told.
745
00:46:25,131 --> 00:46:28,987
- You would want to see it?
- Yes.
746
00:46:29,555 --> 00:46:31,205
I hope to return to my wife and child.
747
00:46:31,207 --> 00:46:32,272
[Scoffs]
748
00:46:34,943 --> 00:46:40,364
Ragnar, I'll be with
you to avenge our father.
749
00:46:40,366 --> 00:46:41,799
Kjartan will pay.
750
00:46:41,801 --> 00:46:43,934
You should've joined me months ago.
751
00:46:43,936 --> 00:46:45,018
With Brida.
752
00:46:45,020 --> 00:46:46,220
I had sworn an oath.
753
00:46:46,222 --> 00:46:49,106
To a poxy Saxon King.
754
00:46:49,108 --> 00:46:50,324
Ubba wanted to see me dead.
755
00:46:50,326 --> 00:46:51,658
There was nowhere else to go.
756
00:46:51,660 --> 00:46:53,594
You know, I have thought
about that night in the woods.
757
00:46:53,596 --> 00:46:56,146
You had the choice to be a Saxon or a Dane.
758
00:46:56,148 --> 00:46:57,781
No. No, I had sworn an oath.
759
00:46:59,300 --> 00:47:02,052
You should've joined me.
760
00:47:02,054 --> 00:47:05,172
I'll be with you to kill Kjartan.
761
00:47:08,093 --> 00:47:11,411
I will take you to the church.
762
00:47:11,413 --> 00:47:12,913
To your bed.
763
00:47:15,567 --> 00:47:18,185
[Mildrith screaming]
764
00:47:18,187 --> 00:47:20,654
[Breathing heavily]
765
00:47:28,847 --> 00:47:32,132
[Screaming continues]
766
00:47:38,139 --> 00:47:40,107
[Baby cries]
767
00:47:41,860 --> 00:47:43,293
It's a son, lady.
768
00:47:43,295 --> 00:47:44,661
A handsome boy.
769
00:47:50,768 --> 00:47:53,287
You will be Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
770
00:48:03,136 --> 00:48:07,250
- Good morning, Uhtred.
- Morning, father.
771
00:48:08,706 --> 00:48:10,894
Raining again.
772
00:48:10,896 --> 00:48:13,831
One day seems like the next.
773
00:48:13,833 --> 00:48:16,000
[Yawns] It does.
774
00:48:16,902 --> 00:48:21,621
Still, at least we're alive to feel it.
775
00:48:21,884 --> 00:48:24,413
How are your conversations with Guthrum?
776
00:48:24,754 --> 00:48:29,191
- Is he a Christian yet?
- I believe the time is near. I do.
777
00:48:33,727 --> 00:48:35,986
Onward. God bless you.
778
00:48:35,988 --> 00:48:39,803
- May you enjoy a good day.
- Thank you, father.
779
00:48:40,592 --> 00:48:43,644
He is the King of Kings.
780
00:48:43,646 --> 00:48:47,564
Capable of great, great things.
781
00:48:47,566 --> 00:48:51,461
- Such as what?
- Such as miracles.
782
00:48:51,462 --> 00:48:53,737
[Laughs] Miracles.
783
00:48:54,324 --> 00:48:58,235
- Such as what?
- Such as...
784
00:48:58,585 --> 00:49:00,457
you, Lord.
785
00:49:00,696 --> 00:49:03,897
You are a miracle.
786
00:49:04,999 --> 00:49:10,136
He has made you strong yet merciful.
787
00:49:10,138 --> 00:49:16,008
He has made you proud yet humble.
788
00:49:16,010 --> 00:49:18,673
He has given you free will,
789
00:49:18,674 --> 00:49:21,038
hoping that you will find the courage
790
00:49:21,039 --> 00:49:22,966
to choose him above all else.
791
00:49:23,808 --> 00:49:29,440
And I believe... I truly
believe he will be rewarded.
792
00:49:29,442 --> 00:49:30,974
[Gates open]
793
00:49:36,714 --> 00:49:38,015
I have a message for Guthrum.
794
00:49:38,017 --> 00:49:39,049
Man: He's in the church.
795
00:49:54,048 --> 00:49:55,265
[Door rattles]
796
00:49:55,267 --> 00:49:58,549
- Lord, may I speak?
- Freely.
797
00:49:58,550 --> 00:50:00,604
Ubba and his army have
returned from Ireland.
798
00:50:00,606 --> 00:50:03,774
They are coming ashore
north of here, at the Severn.
799
00:50:04,428 --> 00:50:06,437
And my fleet is where?
800
00:50:06,438 --> 00:50:09,630
They left Lunden several days
ago and are nearly here, Lord.
801
00:50:09,632 --> 00:50:11,398
Every last ship will be here.
802
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:13,033
Every man will be with you.
803
00:50:13,035 --> 00:50:16,053
That is good news.
804
00:50:19,424 --> 00:50:20,474
[Knife plunges]
805
00:50:20,476 --> 00:50:21,925
I dispatch you to heaven.
806
00:50:25,446 --> 00:50:26,680
No need to thank me.
807
00:50:43,715 --> 00:50:46,500
Father!
808
00:50:46,502 --> 00:50:48,510
Ubba has returned?
809
00:50:48,511 --> 00:50:53,644
- Did they say?
- [Weakly] Yes.
810
00:50:55,994 --> 00:51:00,497
Guthrum: Men, the peace is
over. Prepare for battle.
811
00:51:00,499 --> 00:51:03,000
[Men cheering]
812
00:51:09,557 --> 00:51:12,226
The Saxon hostages, kill them all.
813
00:51:15,296 --> 00:51:18,048
Catch him! Get him!
814
00:51:18,050 --> 00:51:19,816
Cut him to pieces!
815
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:24,121
Seize him!
816
00:51:34,165 --> 00:51:35,499
Aah!
817
00:51:38,903 --> 00:51:40,204
[Groans]
818
00:51:42,006 --> 00:51:43,205
Leave him!
819
00:51:43,206 --> 00:51:48,116
- I say leave him!
- Ragnar.
820
00:51:49,687 --> 00:51:52,566
Please, step aside.
821
00:51:53,216 --> 00:51:55,900
You know all the hostages have to die.
822
00:51:56,273 --> 00:51:59,970
Then kill him. You're welcome to kill him.
823
00:51:59,971 --> 00:52:01,608
But you have to kill me first.
824
00:52:01,609 --> 00:52:03,894
I could happily manage without this.
825
00:52:05,088 --> 00:52:06,721
He's a Saxon.
826
00:52:06,722 --> 00:52:09,732
He's a traitor. He's an enemy.
827
00:52:09,734 --> 00:52:12,085
Well, to get to him,
you'll have to kill me.
828
00:52:14,221 --> 00:52:17,674
My men, they will not follow you.
829
00:52:28,786 --> 00:52:32,055
I will give you one last charity.
830
00:52:32,057 --> 00:52:35,019
Release him... without a horse.
831
00:52:45,453 --> 00:52:49,469
- Are you all right?
- I have no words.
832
00:52:50,108 --> 00:52:52,458
You should go. Go and see your child.
833
00:52:52,460 --> 00:52:53,393
Go.
834
00:52:56,414 --> 00:52:58,248
Yes.
835
00:52:58,250 --> 00:53:00,017
I'll be with you.
836
00:53:01,286 --> 00:53:02,886
Both of you.
837
00:53:09,844 --> 00:53:12,379
♪ ♪
838
00:53:47,382 --> 00:53:49,566
[Flint striking]
839
00:53:58,393 --> 00:54:00,293
♪ ♪
839
00:54:01,305 --> 00:55:01,755
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