1 00:00:02,569 --> 00:00:05,539 My name is Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:05,572 --> 00:00:08,974 Born a Saxon, but raised as a Dane. 3 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:11,376 I now serve King Alfred of Wessex. 4 00:00:13,046 --> 00:00:16,073 I have married a pious wife for Alfred. 5 00:00:16,116 --> 00:00:17,709 I have taken on land, 6 00:00:17,751 --> 00:00:20,721 burdened with debt and cheating workers. 7 00:00:22,222 --> 00:00:25,215 And I killed the mighty Sword Dane, Ubba. 8 00:00:25,259 --> 00:00:26,887 (SCREAMING IN PAIN) 9 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:32,525 But with Odda the Elder wounded in battle, 10 00:00:32,566 --> 00:00:36,731 his son took the credit for my kill. The truth was ignored. 11 00:00:36,770 --> 00:00:40,434 I fought Ubba man on man, and I killed him! 12 00:00:40,474 --> 00:00:44,104 And I was forced to my knees before Alfred's God. 13 00:00:44,144 --> 00:00:47,239 I will lead, but you owe me. 14 00:00:47,281 --> 00:00:50,251 You must lay flat and kiss the cross. 15 00:00:50,284 --> 00:00:51,877 Kiss my arse. 16 00:00:51,919 --> 00:00:55,412 Fate is testing me, but I will survive. 17 00:00:56,323 --> 00:00:57,347 (GRUNTING) 18 00:00:57,391 --> 00:00:59,087 Uhtred! 19 00:00:59,126 --> 00:01:00,389 (SWORD CUTTING) 20 00:01:00,427 --> 00:01:01,986 Destiny is all. 21 00:01:02,029 --> 00:01:03,964 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) 22 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:11,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 23 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:46,907 LEOFRIC: You certain you want to do this, Arseling? 24 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,774 Is there a law against it? 25 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:54,874 Dressing up as Danes, no. Plundering Cornwalum, yes. 26 00:01:54,915 --> 00:01:56,907 We're supposed to be at peace. 27 00:01:56,950 --> 00:02:00,114 If I'm to reclaim Bebbanburg, I'll need an army. 28 00:02:00,153 --> 00:02:03,851 If I am ever to raise an army, I'll need silver. We go. 29 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:04,983 I have no quarrel. 30 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:07,452 Will Odda not miss you? 31 00:02:07,494 --> 00:02:09,690 I'm doing as he asks. I'm watching you. 32 00:02:11,331 --> 00:02:13,891 He's building Alfred a church at Cynuit. Have you heard? 33 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:18,167 With an altar of gold, they say. 34 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:22,536 LEOFRIC: Who are they? UHTRED: They belong to Oswald. 35 00:02:23,744 --> 00:02:25,254 Their mother sends them, hoping to shame me 36 00:02:25,278 --> 00:02:27,577 for killing their lying, thieving father. 37 00:02:28,048 --> 00:02:29,072 (BOY GRUNTING) 38 00:02:30,784 --> 00:02:33,185 Hmm, I see her plan is working. 39 00:02:34,955 --> 00:02:38,983 They're not the first to lose a parent. They'll live. 40 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:51,332 (BURPING) 41 00:02:53,774 --> 00:02:54,774 (SIGHING) 42 00:03:00,147 --> 00:03:01,274 (SNIFFS) 43 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:04,614 Food is good, Mildrith. Thank you. 44 00:03:06,820 --> 00:03:08,118 I'm pleased you like it. 45 00:03:11,258 --> 00:03:13,539 I was beginning to believe you had lost your tongue, wife. 46 00:03:14,895 --> 00:03:17,524 - I was worried. - I doubt it. 47 00:03:17,564 --> 00:03:19,192 She grieves for the thief. 48 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:21,001 Not my business. 49 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:24,061 MILDRITH: He kills a man I have known all my life, 50 00:03:24,104 --> 00:03:27,472 he refuses to pay wergild to a family I have known all my life, 51 00:03:27,507 --> 00:03:29,442 and the village my father helped build 52 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:31,968 now call him Uhtred the Godless. 53 00:03:32,012 --> 00:03:35,642 Not forgetting I refuse to have my son baptised a Christian. 54 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:37,708 - I will excuse myself. - Leofric, sit, please. 55 00:03:37,751 --> 00:03:39,549 - None of this is my business. - I'll stop. 56 00:03:44,791 --> 00:03:46,020 (SIGHING) 57 00:03:50,430 --> 00:03:53,423 - Tomorrow, I'll be gone. MILDRITH: Gone? 58 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:54,594 Should anyone ask, 59 00:03:54,634 --> 00:03:57,604 we're keeping Alfred's kingdom safe, again. 60 00:03:57,637 --> 00:04:00,266 For how long will you be gone, and gone where? 61 00:04:00,307 --> 00:04:02,367 No idea how long. Weeks? 62 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:03,638 Your place is here. 63 00:04:03,677 --> 00:04:06,511 Oswald's wife has gone to Bishop Alewold. 64 00:04:06,546 --> 00:04:08,458 The Bishop will go to Alfred, and Alfred will send 65 00:04:08,482 --> 00:04:09,959 - men to our door... - I won't pay a penny, 66 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:12,282 and if men do come calling, that's what you'll tell them. 67 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:15,522 He was killed because he was a thief. 68 00:04:15,555 --> 00:04:16,750 That's my law. 69 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:20,256 Leave me and I'll go directly to the church 70 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:22,228 and have our son blessed. 71 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:24,458 Then he won't be my son. 72 00:04:24,498 --> 00:04:27,058 May God forgive you for saying such a thing! 73 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:27,965 Which God? 74 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:29,526 What has happened to you? 75 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:32,038 What has happened to the kindness, and perhaps 76 00:04:32,072 --> 00:04:34,632 - even the love you have once shown me? - I was made to crawl! 77 00:04:34,674 --> 00:04:38,304 Yes, before God! We all fall to our knees before God! 78 00:04:38,345 --> 00:04:41,076 I won't forget what Alfred did to me in the name of his God. 79 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:42,878 I reject that God. (THUMPING TABLE) 80 00:04:42,916 --> 00:04:44,544 I will excuse myself. 81 00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:54,425 Are you there still, the man I cared for? 82 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:58,421 Are you there still, the woman I ached to plough? 83 00:05:06,339 --> 00:05:09,309 YOUNG ODDA: Progress is being made daily, Lord. 84 00:05:09,342 --> 00:05:12,506 You must come to Cynuit and inspect the building work. 85 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:15,710 Oh, I will, I will. I would like that. 86 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:18,975 It's impressive enough, even now. 87 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:24,783 - Yes, we have the nave here. - Mmm-hmm. 88 00:05:24,825 --> 00:05:27,818 The transepts thus, and then into the chancel. 89 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:31,855 With its already famous altar of solid gold? 90 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:34,026 It will be gilding, no more, Lord, 91 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:36,161 but you know how tongues wag. (LAUGHS) 92 00:05:36,203 --> 00:05:37,466 - Hmm. - With your permission, 93 00:05:37,504 --> 00:05:39,700 I would like to place the altar just here. 94 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:40,570 Why would you need my permission? 95 00:05:40,607 --> 00:05:43,907 It's on the exact spot where Ubba Lothbrokson is now buried. 96 00:05:43,944 --> 00:05:47,972 You wish God's altar to be built over the buried remains of a pagan? 97 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:48,879 Oh, no! No, Lord. 98 00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:51,544 With your permission, we will exhume the remains and... 99 00:05:51,585 --> 00:05:52,962 I don't know. Have them thrown into the river. 100 00:05:52,986 --> 00:05:53,885 (LAUGHS) 101 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,115 You will exhume the remains 102 00:05:55,155 --> 00:05:58,922 and have them buried elsewhere unmarked, but with respect. 103 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:00,203 It was a joke, Lord, a poor joke. 104 00:06:00,227 --> 00:06:03,288 We must do nothing to endanger the peace. 105 00:06:03,330 --> 00:06:04,161 With respect, Lord, 106 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:06,275 I am not the fool my father, at times, made me out... 107 00:06:06,299 --> 00:06:08,097 (CLEARS THROAT) to be. 108 00:06:08,134 --> 00:06:09,659 Father Beocca, you wish to see me? 109 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:12,696 Ah, a letter, Lord, from the Bishop Alewold. 110 00:06:12,739 --> 00:06:15,675 - Private or business? - A matter of law, I was told. 111 00:06:15,709 --> 00:06:20,340 Then read it. Let Odda's active mind rest. 112 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:27,852 Well, can you not read the writing, Beocca? 113 00:06:27,888 --> 00:06:30,357 It concerns the Aelderman Uhtred. 114 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,052 He has slain a farmworker 115 00:06:32,092 --> 00:06:35,324 and is refusing to pay the monies owed to the family. 116 00:06:35,362 --> 00:06:36,591 The wergild. 117 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:40,457 Would you like me to investigate further, Lord? 118 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:41,627 No. 119 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:45,032 No, it is not your place. Odda, you shall investigate 120 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:47,563 the rights and wrongs of the matter on my behalf. 121 00:06:47,607 --> 00:06:51,203 I only hope for the sake of Uhtred's wife, the killing was justified. 122 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:55,147 Uhtred has always been fair-minded. I'm sure there are mitigations. 123 00:06:56,349 --> 00:06:58,875 Hmm, we shall see. 124 00:06:58,919 --> 00:07:02,583 In the meantime, Odda, do your best. Keep the peace. 125 00:07:02,622 --> 00:07:04,921 Yes, Lord. (DOOR OPENING) 126 00:07:04,958 --> 00:07:08,554 Father Beocca, the letter. 127 00:07:12,065 --> 00:07:15,297 You might do well to examine your loyalties, Father. 128 00:07:15,335 --> 00:07:18,931 My loyalties are to God and to the King, in that order. 129 00:07:19,973 --> 00:07:21,965 Lord, are you suggesting I am wrong? 130 00:07:22,008 --> 00:07:25,467 I am suggesting nothing of the sort, but I am watching you. 131 00:07:27,347 --> 00:07:29,441 And God is watching all of us. 132 00:07:36,323 --> 00:07:37,323 Uhtred! 133 00:07:38,725 --> 00:07:39,725 Uhtred! 134 00:07:41,394 --> 00:07:43,863 I'll find the wealth to pay off the debt. 135 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:45,957 We want the same thing, the land of our birth. 136 00:07:45,999 --> 00:07:48,230 (BABY COOING) Yours won't be taken from you. 137 00:07:49,235 --> 00:07:50,328 Mine? 138 00:07:52,272 --> 00:07:54,036 Are you no longer the Aelderman? 139 00:07:54,074 --> 00:07:58,136 I'll never be accepted as an Aelderman, not here. 140 00:07:58,178 --> 00:08:03,014 Then I beg you for one last time, change your ways, Uhtred! 141 00:08:03,049 --> 00:08:07,248 If you allow God into your heart, he will guide you! 142 00:08:07,287 --> 00:08:10,086 I can never become the man you want me to be. 143 00:08:10,123 --> 00:08:13,355 - You could try. - I would despise that man. 144 00:08:13,393 --> 00:08:14,588 LEOFRIC: Arseling! 145 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:20,356 (BABY COOING) 146 00:08:26,806 --> 00:08:27,933 I have loved you. 147 00:08:31,244 --> 00:08:32,303 Don't pray for me. 148 00:08:40,086 --> 00:08:41,577 Did you hump her goodbye, Arseling? 149 00:08:42,722 --> 00:08:44,691 I want to have left Wessex by tonight. 150 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:49,996 You're gonna have to ride faster than that, Arseling. 151 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:51,191 UHTRED: Come on, yah! 152 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:04,276 (HORSE WHINNYING) 153 00:09:36,543 --> 00:09:39,672 No one is to wear these till we have crossed into Cornwalum. 154 00:09:41,181 --> 00:09:43,207 What you can do is polish them, 155 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:45,878 so that when you do wear them, they will be seen clearly 156 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:49,954 and you'll be feared. 157 00:09:49,989 --> 00:09:52,151 You're going to find out what it's like to be a Dane. 158 00:09:52,192 --> 00:09:53,216 (HORSE APPROACHING) 159 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:55,387 Every man stand where he is! No one move! 160 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:58,557 You! Stay where you are. 161 00:09:59,332 --> 00:10:00,698 Do I know you? 162 00:10:02,869 --> 00:10:04,303 Lower your hood. 163 00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:06,806 I said lower your hood! 164 00:10:22,589 --> 00:10:24,319 Aethelwold! (HEAVY BREATHING) 165 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:26,690 Look I... I merely want to come with you, 166 00:10:26,726 --> 00:10:29,093 to be part of your adventure. 167 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:32,728 I wanted it to be a surprise. (LAUGHS) 168 00:10:32,765 --> 00:10:35,633 He cannot be here. He cannot hold his tongue. 169 00:10:35,668 --> 00:10:37,364 I say we kill him. 170 00:10:37,403 --> 00:10:39,668 Kill me? (LAUGHS) 171 00:10:39,706 --> 00:10:42,437 You can't kill me. I'm the rightful King, you fool. 172 00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:44,501 Not here, Leofric! Not in Wessex! 173 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:46,877 - Then I will drag him into Cornwalum! UHTRED: Not now! 174 00:10:46,913 --> 00:10:50,111 You can't! Uhtred, you owe me a favour. I call it in now! 175 00:10:50,150 --> 00:10:53,450 If Alfred hears of Christians raiding Cornwalum, we will all be killed! 176 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:55,284 He guarantees that outcome. 177 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:58,018 Leofric, I am a changed man, I swear. 178 00:10:58,057 --> 00:10:59,855 We kill him. He will not be missed. 179 00:11:01,528 --> 00:11:02,723 We take him with us. 180 00:11:04,197 --> 00:11:06,962 I owe him. He's my responsibility. 181 00:11:11,738 --> 00:11:13,536 He has my protection. 182 00:11:13,573 --> 00:11:15,132 And who will protect the rest of us? 183 00:11:19,412 --> 00:11:20,812 I've never seen him so angry. 184 00:11:20,847 --> 00:11:23,476 You will clean our mail and tend to the horses. 185 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:24,643 Anything. 186 00:11:24,684 --> 00:11:26,585 You will wipe our arses if I say so. 187 00:11:26,619 --> 00:11:28,645 Of course. (LAUGHS) 188 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,021 I am gathering the moss and dock leaves as you speak, Lord. 189 00:11:31,591 --> 00:11:32,889 (LAUGHING) 190 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:52,606 AETHELWOLD: What do you know of Cornwalum? 191 00:11:53,947 --> 00:11:55,279 UHTRED: That it's not Wessex. 192 00:11:57,784 --> 00:11:59,753 AETHELWOLD: The Wessex-Cornwalum border 193 00:11:59,786 --> 00:12:02,620 is this river, the Tamar river. 194 00:12:02,655 --> 00:12:04,123 Which is why we are camped here. 195 00:12:05,325 --> 00:12:07,521 It flows North to South. 196 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:11,292 And Cornwalum itself has a coastline shaped like a leg. 197 00:12:11,998 --> 00:12:13,830 - So they are traders? - Yes. 198 00:12:13,866 --> 00:12:16,665 On the North coast to the Welsh kingdoms and Ireland, 199 00:12:17,770 --> 00:12:20,296 and on the South to the Franks. 200 00:12:20,340 --> 00:12:21,899 How do you know this? 201 00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:26,879 I'm an educated man, Leofric. I simply enjoy hiding the fact. 202 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,080 You do it well. 203 00:12:32,352 --> 00:12:34,378 - Do they have a King? - More than one. 204 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:36,048 Fierce fighters? 205 00:12:36,089 --> 00:12:39,548 Have no fear, Leofric. We are Danes. 206 00:12:42,462 --> 00:12:43,930 (LAUGHING) 207 00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:46,592 I want to be blooded in battle. 208 00:12:46,633 --> 00:12:48,033 (CHUCKLING) 209 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:51,299 Don't worry, boy. You'll be first in line. 210 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:53,699 I look forward to it. 211 00:13:11,057 --> 00:13:12,057 MAID: Good day, Lord. 212 00:13:13,993 --> 00:13:16,053 Tell your master Aelderman Odda is here. 213 00:13:16,095 --> 00:13:18,963 - With God's Bishop Alewold. - Yes, Lord. 214 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:21,565 Quickly! (SIGHS) 215 00:13:24,037 --> 00:13:25,835 (EXHALES) 216 00:13:25,872 --> 00:13:28,501 It is not the most desirable farmstead I've seen. 217 00:13:33,413 --> 00:13:38,681 Aelderman Odda, Bishop Alewold, a pleasant surprise. 218 00:13:38,718 --> 00:13:40,914 May I offer a refreshment? 219 00:13:40,953 --> 00:13:44,219 We are here in the King's business. 'Tis with your husband. 220 00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:46,892 Is he here? 221 00:13:47,894 --> 00:13:49,522 He is not. 222 00:13:49,562 --> 00:13:51,053 Can he be fetched, my dear? 223 00:13:57,970 --> 00:14:00,064 All crucifixes and crosses! 224 00:14:01,741 --> 00:14:04,836 You are God-fearing Christians no more. 225 00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:06,311 (MEN LAUGHING) 226 00:14:09,649 --> 00:14:13,211 You are Danes now. Pagans! 227 00:14:13,252 --> 00:14:15,619 You don't cross yourself, nor look to the heavens. 228 00:14:17,924 --> 00:14:19,449 (LAUGHING) 229 00:14:19,492 --> 00:14:21,461 Let's make ourselves rich! 230 00:14:21,494 --> 00:14:22,723 (MEN SHOUTING AGREEMENT) 231 00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:44,346 MILDRITH: My husband is protecting our kingdom. 232 00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:46,876 From whom? We're at peace. 233 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:48,888 He only said he was doing Alfred's work. 234 00:14:48,921 --> 00:14:51,015 He doesn't trust the Danes. 235 00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:52,568 He thinks he knows better than the King? 236 00:14:52,592 --> 00:14:55,187 Your own man, Leofric, will give you detail, I'm sure. 237 00:14:56,028 --> 00:14:58,020 - Yes. - Odda, 238 00:14:58,064 --> 00:14:59,259 it's not the child's fault 239 00:14:59,298 --> 00:15:04,202 that she was married off to a tyrant and a fool. 240 00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:07,298 No, of course not. 241 00:15:09,475 --> 00:15:13,708 Mildrith, it is with great reluctance 242 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:16,841 that I must serve you with this letter. 243 00:15:16,883 --> 00:15:20,047 For your husband, upon his return. 244 00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:21,797 He must settle the wergild for Oswald's death 245 00:15:21,821 --> 00:15:24,120 or face confiscation of his property. 246 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:29,320 Which is also my property. 247 00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:31,856 If you're ever in need, 248 00:15:31,898 --> 00:15:35,062 my father's house will always be your house. 249 00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:38,799 How is Lord Odda faring? Well, I hope. 250 00:15:38,838 --> 00:15:41,774 Frail. He's still very frail. 251 00:15:41,808 --> 00:15:43,777 The blow would have killed many a man. 252 00:15:46,746 --> 00:15:50,080 (CHEWING) Take consolation, lady, 253 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:53,177 that should your land be confiscated, 254 00:15:53,219 --> 00:15:55,814 it is the church that will benefit. 255 00:15:58,057 --> 00:15:59,355 (SCREAMING) 256 00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:05,956 Ahhh! 257 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,802 Ugh! (THUDS) 258 00:16:10,837 --> 00:16:12,499 (SCREAMING) 259 00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:16,042 Where's it buried? Where's the silver? 260 00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:18,444 (GLASS BREAKING) 261 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:20,470 Where is it? 262 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:22,505 These people have nothing. 263 00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:24,881 MAN: (QUAVERING) Please! Ahhh! 264 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:30,289 Five days and nothing. 265 00:16:30,323 --> 00:16:32,554 There is time yet. 266 00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:34,192 We are not the first Danes they've seen. 267 00:16:35,428 --> 00:16:37,954 - I need silver. - So we keep looking. 268 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:40,175 And what if the whole of Cornwalum has been sacked already? 269 00:16:40,199 --> 00:16:43,363 We keep looking. We keep heading West. 270 00:16:46,539 --> 00:16:47,563 (SIGHING) 271 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:17,832 Do they want to speak? 272 00:17:22,174 --> 00:17:23,938 Five men to match theirs. 273 00:17:26,178 --> 00:17:30,309 And only I speak. Aethelwold? 274 00:17:30,349 --> 00:17:33,649 I heard. Only the Great Uhtred speaks. 275 00:17:52,371 --> 00:17:57,708 I am Brother Asser. I bring you a gift from my king. 276 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,646 From King Peredur. 277 00:18:03,716 --> 00:18:05,082 King who? 278 00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:08,315 King Peredur of the Britons. 279 00:18:09,989 --> 00:18:11,287 Never heard of him. 280 00:18:11,324 --> 00:18:14,488 I assure you my King has heard of you. 281 00:18:14,527 --> 00:18:17,258 A troop of Danes raiding villages in Cornwalum 282 00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:19,663 does not go unnoticed. 283 00:18:19,699 --> 00:18:22,191 Why does your Peredur send me these miserable offerings? 284 00:18:22,234 --> 00:18:26,467 A gesture of peace, a token. 285 00:18:26,505 --> 00:18:31,034 Our King has been attacked by a fellow Briton and neighbour, Callyn, 286 00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:34,343 whose forces have seized the fort guarding our land. 287 00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:36,713 I am sent to tell you Peredur will pay you well 288 00:18:36,749 --> 00:18:38,877 to help him recapture this fort. 289 00:18:39,885 --> 00:18:42,548 "Pay us well"? How much? 290 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:45,683 I do not know the sum, but I am sure he will be generous. 291 00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:47,659 He has silver? 292 00:18:48,394 --> 00:18:49,794 He is a king. 293 00:18:52,231 --> 00:18:53,893 (CHILDREN LAUGHING) 294 00:19:29,301 --> 00:19:30,963 (KNOCKING AT DOOR) Up, up, up! 295 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:38,944 Winchester, it is not. 296 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:42,472 Alfred, he is not. 297 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:46,678 The King greets you. 298 00:19:46,719 --> 00:19:49,154 He does? I hear nothing. 299 00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:52,022 You are pagans. The King is Christian, 300 00:19:52,058 --> 00:19:53,822 and will only speak with you through me. 301 00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:56,021 If you would come forward and pay your respects. 302 00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:05,170 Please inform the King Danes don't bow to Christians. 303 00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:10,038 This fort you want us to recapture, it's defended by how many Britons? 304 00:20:11,077 --> 00:20:12,545 And what price will you pay? 305 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:16,382 (WHISPERING) 306 00:20:16,415 --> 00:20:19,146 It would be much simpler if the King addressed me directly. 307 00:20:19,785 --> 00:20:20,785 Easy. 308 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:30,318 They have between 40 and 50 men. 309 00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:32,194 No more than 50. 310 00:20:33,699 --> 00:20:36,259 We are 30, fighting men. 311 00:20:37,369 --> 00:20:38,530 And we are 20. 312 00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:41,601 How much in silver? 313 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,235 One hundred pieces of silver. 314 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:47,371 I won't bargain. I'll tell you the price. 315 00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:48,613 Four hundred pieces of silver. 316 00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:50,513 That is an absurd sum. 317 00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:51,949 UHTRED: Is Peredur a king, or not? 318 00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,750 I will call for Queen Iseult. 319 00:20:57,790 --> 00:21:00,225 My Lord, perhaps instead, you should take a moment 320 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:06,290 - and pray for guidance... - Iseult! You are needed! 321 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:10,861 (DOOR OPENING) 322 00:21:26,118 --> 00:21:30,180 I am blessed with two wives, two queens. 323 00:21:31,423 --> 00:21:33,517 Iseult is a Shadow Queen. 324 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:38,692 You know what I require of you? Of course, you do. 325 00:22:07,893 --> 00:22:09,293 Who are you, 326 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:13,192 and what will you do for the King? 327 00:22:17,403 --> 00:22:19,167 I am Uhtred Ragnarson. 328 00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:22,674 I am here to fight for your king. 329 00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:24,874 If he pays me what I'm worth. 330 00:23:17,029 --> 00:23:18,292 He is the one. 331 00:23:35,381 --> 00:23:38,078 You are a fortunate to have such a wife. 332 00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:40,018 She is not to hump. 333 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:42,881 She is too valuable. 334 00:23:47,192 --> 00:23:52,529 Four hundred (GROANS) pieces of silver. 335 00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:57,267 Agreed. 336 00:23:57,303 --> 00:23:58,669 UHTRED: I'll see it. 337 00:23:58,704 --> 00:24:01,435 - You'll see it once the fort is taken. - No, I'll see it now. 338 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:05,205 All of my wealth is hidden, within the fort. 339 00:24:05,244 --> 00:24:06,712 Then your enemy has it. 340 00:24:06,745 --> 00:24:09,442 Well hidden. 341 00:24:09,481 --> 00:24:12,246 You have your price. You have my terms. 342 00:24:12,284 --> 00:24:13,843 I know you'll accept. 343 00:24:15,087 --> 00:24:18,285 I know you can smell the silver (CHUCKLES) 344 00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:26,360 Danes, hmm? You have a nose for blood and silver 345 00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:31,166 and women, and so I will add to the price, 346 00:24:32,071 --> 00:24:33,071 my Queen. 347 00:24:35,274 --> 00:24:38,972 This Queen. (LAUGHING) 348 00:24:42,614 --> 00:24:44,559 If we win back the fort and you're lying about the silver, 349 00:24:44,583 --> 00:24:45,676 I'll kill you. 350 00:24:45,718 --> 00:24:47,983 Which is why I do not lie! 351 00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:54,385 Call the men up. We stay here. 352 00:24:58,864 --> 00:25:00,992 I'll dream about that Shadow Queen. 353 00:25:02,201 --> 00:25:05,763 You told her your name, and word travels. 354 00:25:05,804 --> 00:25:07,295 Uhtred Ragnarson! 355 00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:14,140 I noticed that you have some Saxons amongst your ranks. 356 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:15,704 Some from Mercia. 357 00:25:15,748 --> 00:25:17,392 They'd rather fight than work in the fields. 358 00:25:17,416 --> 00:25:18,145 The pay is better. 359 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:20,846 He would like to attack at the earliest opportunity. 360 00:25:20,886 --> 00:25:23,185 He does not wish to feed you for more than one night. 361 00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:25,214 How Christian of them. 362 00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:28,352 He would like to be a man of God, 363 00:25:28,394 --> 00:25:32,161 but as you have witnessed, he cannot let go of his pagan ways. 364 00:25:33,165 --> 00:25:34,827 The Queen Iseult. 365 00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:38,963 She is a gwrach, a sorceress. 366 00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:41,405 What are her powers? 367 00:25:42,508 --> 00:25:45,376 Peredur believes she can see into the future, 368 00:25:46,945 --> 00:25:49,380 for as long as she remains a virgin. (LAUGHING) 369 00:25:50,416 --> 00:25:51,975 And what do you believe? 370 00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:55,044 I know the devil exists. 371 00:25:55,087 --> 00:25:59,024 Hiding within beauty is a trick he will use often, I'm sure. 372 00:26:00,959 --> 00:26:02,621 Tell the King to have his men ready. 373 00:26:09,835 --> 00:26:14,864 Peredur, any in the fort who try to escape are yours, yes? 374 00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:17,604 You will do your part, Dane. I will do mine! 375 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,171 Walk on! Advance! 376 00:26:25,684 --> 00:26:28,004 LEOFRIC: Let's scare the shit out of these bastard Britons. 377 00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:32,691 See if they have the stomach for this. 378 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:40,122 Hold! 379 00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:43,528 We hold here! 380 00:26:51,176 --> 00:26:53,202 Why would they leave a fortress to face us? 381 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:56,972 Aethelwold, advance. 382 00:26:59,084 --> 00:27:02,782 Go on the ridge and see why they are prepared to leave the fortress. 383 00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:06,451 - On my own? - You wanted to be first in line. 384 00:27:10,529 --> 00:27:11,529 (INHALING) 385 00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:14,194 (HORSE WHINNYING) Ooh! Ahhh! 386 00:27:14,233 --> 00:27:15,428 (MEN LAUGHING) 387 00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:34,146 (BREATHING HEAVILY) Yah! 388 00:27:45,597 --> 00:27:47,361 What do you see? 389 00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:51,359 They are Danes! Real Danes. 390 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,365 Stand still! Hold! 391 00:27:59,378 --> 00:28:00,822 KING PEREDUR: What are you waiting for? 392 00:28:00,846 --> 00:28:03,406 - They're Danes! - What do you care? 393 00:28:03,448 --> 00:28:06,350 You people will fight anyone for money, even yourselves! 394 00:28:06,385 --> 00:28:07,853 You lied to me! 395 00:28:07,886 --> 00:28:09,946 Think of the silver! 396 00:28:09,988 --> 00:28:11,422 The Queen has seen your victory, 397 00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:13,755 - so fight! - Uhtred. 398 00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:22,698 He's a Sword Dane, a Lord of War. 399 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:26,865 If the Lord of War wants to talk, may I suggest we listen. 400 00:29:03,375 --> 00:29:04,775 Name yourself. 401 00:29:06,044 --> 00:29:09,606 I am Uhtred Ragnarson. Who are you? 402 00:29:10,782 --> 00:29:14,184 Skorpa, of the White Horse. 403 00:29:16,021 --> 00:29:18,991 You are the Uhtred Ragnarson who was at Cynuit? 404 00:29:21,026 --> 00:29:22,517 I am. 405 00:29:22,561 --> 00:29:24,962 The Saxon son of Earl Ragnar? 406 00:29:26,198 --> 00:29:27,198 Yes. 407 00:29:28,533 --> 00:29:33,028 You will not defeat me. You know this. 408 00:29:33,071 --> 00:29:35,973 Perhaps not, but I could kill half your men trying. 409 00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:37,032 Oh... 410 00:29:39,011 --> 00:29:42,448 Yes, yes you could. 411 00:29:44,349 --> 00:29:50,289 Then it would be best for us both if you did not try. 412 00:29:50,322 --> 00:29:54,885 Lord, Lord, I fear what will happen if they're allowed to speak. 413 00:29:54,926 --> 00:29:58,488 Then go to them. Listen to what they're saying. 414 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:01,227 My presence, Lord, will serve only to antagonise the Dane. 415 00:30:01,266 --> 00:30:03,929 (SIGHING) Uhtred Ragnarson! 416 00:30:03,969 --> 00:30:06,200 What is happening here? 417 00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:08,537 PEREDUR: They must leave my kingdom or die! 418 00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:10,473 Bastard Danes. 419 00:30:12,110 --> 00:30:13,373 The Queen saw victory. 420 00:30:14,112 --> 00:30:16,547 I pray, Lord. 421 00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:17,913 What is your battle price? 422 00:30:18,383 --> 00:30:20,011 Silver. 423 00:30:20,052 --> 00:30:22,078 And he says it's hidden in the fortress. 424 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,383 (LAUGHING) 425 00:30:26,758 --> 00:30:27,758 No. 426 00:30:29,294 --> 00:30:31,661 No, we have ripped the fortress apart. 427 00:30:32,597 --> 00:30:33,656 We found nothing. 428 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,235 He must have something. 429 00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:37,759 Somewhere. 430 00:30:37,803 --> 00:30:39,567 PEREDUR: (YELLING) Uhtred Ragnarson! 431 00:30:39,604 --> 00:30:44,406 Whatever he has, I say we split. 432 00:30:45,477 --> 00:30:47,378 Half and half. 433 00:30:48,413 --> 00:30:49,413 We kill his men. 434 00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:52,179 We spare the King. 435 00:30:52,217 --> 00:30:54,777 He takes us to his wealth. 436 00:30:58,090 --> 00:30:59,090 Half and half. 437 00:31:04,062 --> 00:31:05,062 I will advance, 438 00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:07,331 you will turn, 439 00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:11,837 and we will attack together. 440 00:31:14,606 --> 00:31:17,201 Now, this is for the benefit of the King. 441 00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:19,238 (GRUNTS) 442 00:31:19,277 --> 00:31:21,906 You bastard piece of rassragr! 443 00:31:21,947 --> 00:31:23,245 I will destroy you! 444 00:31:25,751 --> 00:31:28,152 Be ready! We kill them all! 445 00:31:28,186 --> 00:31:29,984 UHTRED: Every last one of them dies! 446 00:31:31,056 --> 00:31:32,684 Tell the men we are with the Danes. 447 00:31:44,870 --> 00:31:45,929 At the ready! 448 00:31:47,372 --> 00:31:49,238 You trust this Skorpa? 449 00:31:49,274 --> 00:31:50,936 We have no choice but to trust him. 450 00:31:50,976 --> 00:31:52,376 (MEN YELLING) 451 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,548 Now, turn! 452 00:32:30,849 --> 00:32:33,216 To the death! 453 00:32:33,251 --> 00:32:34,879 You bastard Danes! 454 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:39,290 You'll cry for your stinking whore mothers! 455 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:45,195 (MEN YELLING) 456 00:33:03,348 --> 00:33:04,941 (HORSE WHINNYING) 457 00:33:13,525 --> 00:33:14,549 (GRUNTING) 458 00:33:19,397 --> 00:33:20,397 (YELLING) 459 00:33:31,776 --> 00:33:32,776 (YELLING) 460 00:33:40,185 --> 00:33:41,185 (NECK SNAPPING) 461 00:33:45,457 --> 00:33:46,925 (YELLING) 462 00:33:50,529 --> 00:33:51,529 (STABBING FLESH) 463 00:34:04,376 --> 00:34:05,469 (YELLING) 464 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:24,791 You lying, thieving, bastard Danes! 465 00:34:24,829 --> 00:34:26,855 I could kill at least one more of you. 466 00:34:32,671 --> 00:34:33,730 It is over. 467 00:34:36,341 --> 00:34:37,969 Your wealth. 468 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:39,910 My wealth for my life is it? 469 00:34:39,945 --> 00:34:41,914 Your wealth and your Shadow Queen. 470 00:34:41,947 --> 00:34:43,643 Useless bitch. 471 00:34:44,215 --> 00:34:45,843 She saw victory. 472 00:34:45,884 --> 00:34:47,716 SKORPA: Where is the silver? 473 00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:49,243 If I tell you, you'll kill me, 474 00:34:49,287 --> 00:34:51,552 and I would rather you remained poor. 475 00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:56,722 You have my word, as a warlord. You will be spared. 476 00:34:58,063 --> 00:35:00,089 Where is the silver? 477 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:06,001 Speak or you will die. 478 00:35:07,339 --> 00:35:08,432 It's buried. 479 00:35:09,574 --> 00:35:13,102 In the hall, beneath my throne. 480 00:35:13,144 --> 00:35:16,546 I'll need a small amount myself... (GASPS) 481 00:35:17,182 --> 00:35:18,182 (THUDDING) 482 00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:24,256 (WOMEN LAMENTING) 483 00:35:33,898 --> 00:35:36,333 Do we split her too? 484 00:35:36,368 --> 00:35:38,803 - You have the tits. I'll have the arse. - She's mine. 485 00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:40,567 You are here for the silver? 486 00:35:42,507 --> 00:35:43,839 It is beneath this seat. 487 00:35:51,016 --> 00:35:52,143 (POUNDING) 488 00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:02,559 I have a question. 489 00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:07,095 Have you been waiting for us? 490 00:36:10,235 --> 00:36:11,235 For you. 491 00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:15,000 Then you saw what would happen? 492 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:16,702 I knew that you would come. 493 00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:19,803 That is all. 494 00:36:21,713 --> 00:36:25,150 Uhtred, what do you know of a church with a golden altar? 495 00:36:26,885 --> 00:36:27,944 At Cynuit. 496 00:36:29,421 --> 00:36:31,356 To celebrate the killing of Ubba. 497 00:36:32,824 --> 00:36:34,816 I hear they're building a church. 498 00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:36,657 Who's been telling you this? 499 00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:40,188 Men, begging to live... 500 00:36:40,999 --> 00:36:42,729 Would say anything. 501 00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,360 And that's where you'll go? To Cynuit? 502 00:36:46,104 --> 00:36:48,471 Well, I have ships to repair. 503 00:36:48,506 --> 00:36:50,907 The coastline here has been murderous. 504 00:36:50,942 --> 00:36:53,411 (BOARDS BREAKING) 505 00:37:04,622 --> 00:37:07,751 How do we do this? How do we share? 506 00:37:09,461 --> 00:37:10,952 We don't... (DRAWING SWORDS) 507 00:37:11,629 --> 00:37:12,629 share. 508 00:37:15,166 --> 00:37:16,657 Oh, we can fight, 509 00:37:17,836 --> 00:37:19,998 and some of us will die, 510 00:37:20,038 --> 00:37:22,337 including your Queen. 511 00:37:42,894 --> 00:37:46,490 Uhtred Ragnarson, keep your sword in its scabbard. 512 00:37:47,398 --> 00:37:48,889 Wise Queen. 513 00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:50,231 She stays with me. 514 00:37:56,841 --> 00:37:58,503 - She stays with me! - Do nothing! 515 00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:00,802 (LAUGHING) 516 00:38:05,717 --> 00:38:07,083 (WHISPERING) 517 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:16,921 Uhtred, no! Uhtred! 518 00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,520 UHTRED: They have our treasure! - No! 519 00:38:18,563 --> 00:38:22,694 I will not fight these Danes for silver. For king, yes, but not for silver! 520 00:38:22,734 --> 00:38:24,512 I am tethered by debts. I need to raise an army, 521 00:38:24,536 --> 00:38:26,046 and they get away further with every second! 522 00:38:26,070 --> 00:38:28,437 I will not allow half these men or more to die! 523 00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:29,913 ISEULT: I can give you what you need. 524 00:38:31,709 --> 00:38:32,709 There's more. 525 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:34,978 Silver. 526 00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:37,147 (CHICKENS CLUCKING) 527 00:38:47,025 --> 00:38:48,025 (LAUGHING) 528 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:54,856 What did he whisper, Skorpa, when he was leaving? 529 00:38:59,003 --> 00:39:00,883 I will tell you when I believe you need to know. 530 00:39:08,947 --> 00:39:11,917 How was I, as a warrior? 531 00:39:14,385 --> 00:39:19,085 Aethelwold, you are as much a warrior as you are a king. 532 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:27,364 (SILVER CLANKING) 533 00:39:39,177 --> 00:39:40,736 This isn't part of the plunder. 534 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:43,409 It's a holy cross. 535 00:39:43,448 --> 00:39:45,883 It goes back to the church. There'll be blessings. 536 00:39:47,752 --> 00:39:51,712 But the rest, it's all ours. 537 00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:00,892 - Home? - Wessex. 538 00:40:00,932 --> 00:40:02,195 And our separate ways. 539 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:03,462 There's a bishop I must see. 540 00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:31,359 (CHILDREN LAUGHING) 541 00:40:49,314 --> 00:40:51,010 I've never seen a village like this before. 542 00:40:52,984 --> 00:40:54,304 We will be here for just the day. 543 00:41:01,025 --> 00:41:04,154 - Who are you? - I'll speak with the Bishop Alewold. 544 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:06,061 Bishop Alewold is at prayer. 545 00:41:06,097 --> 00:41:07,565 - He'll see me. - He is at prayer 546 00:41:07,598 --> 00:41:09,362 and can't be disturbed! (GASPS) - Alewold! 547 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:10,400 Bishop Alewold! 548 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:12,734 What is this? 549 00:41:13,271 --> 00:41:14,671 Get out. 550 00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:15,503 Out! 551 00:41:15,540 --> 00:41:18,066 (STAMMERING) We're busy with our work. 552 00:41:18,109 --> 00:41:19,475 So I see. 553 00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:21,069 I said get out! 554 00:41:23,114 --> 00:41:24,343 (CHUCKLES) 555 00:41:24,382 --> 00:41:25,382 I know you. 556 00:41:27,218 --> 00:41:28,218 Uhtred. 557 00:41:29,420 --> 00:41:31,582 The Godless, yes. 558 00:41:31,622 --> 00:41:32,622 And my wife, 559 00:41:32,657 --> 00:41:35,718 through her father, has inherited a debt to the church. 560 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,754 Oh, yes. A substantial debt, I recall. 561 00:41:39,797 --> 00:41:42,232 - Which I would now discharge. - You would? 562 00:41:42,266 --> 00:41:44,235 Very well, as you see, we're busy with... 563 00:41:46,571 --> 00:41:47,571 (GASPS) 564 00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:53,371 That's Irish work. 565 00:41:54,479 --> 00:41:57,108 It looks Irish. 566 00:41:57,148 --> 00:41:58,878 And its weight... 567 00:42:00,151 --> 00:42:03,121 A thing of beauty and of great value. 568 00:42:03,154 --> 00:42:05,885 It seemed a fitting way of settling the debt, 569 00:42:05,923 --> 00:42:09,382 if you'll accept, of course. If not, I'll put it in the smith's fire. 570 00:42:09,427 --> 00:42:13,523 I accept. On behalf of the church, I accept. 571 00:42:16,567 --> 00:42:20,004 I trust I can rely upon your good judgement 572 00:42:20,038 --> 00:42:23,167 in dismissing the matter of my servant Oswald's wergild. 573 00:42:25,376 --> 00:42:26,376 He was a thief. 574 00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:28,869 His family will swear otherwise. 575 00:42:28,913 --> 00:42:30,575 My people will swear he was. 576 00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:35,243 And time will be wasted with no end. 577 00:42:38,056 --> 00:42:41,322 In that case, consider all matters resolved. 578 00:42:42,527 --> 00:42:43,551 Bless you. 579 00:42:49,467 --> 00:42:51,060 (COWS LOWING/GOATS BLEATING) 580 00:43:25,670 --> 00:43:27,571 I've been praying daily for your safe return. 581 00:43:37,682 --> 00:43:38,682 Who's this? 582 00:43:40,852 --> 00:43:41,911 She's a queen. 583 00:43:43,254 --> 00:43:44,916 Queen of where? Of whom? 584 00:43:46,190 --> 00:43:47,190 Britons. 585 00:43:48,559 --> 00:43:49,559 (BABY CRIES) 586 00:43:58,236 --> 00:44:00,501 Uhtred, you walked by your son without a look. 587 00:44:03,741 --> 00:44:04,834 Is he baptised now? 588 00:44:05,343 --> 00:44:06,343 Yes. 589 00:44:07,578 --> 00:44:09,012 Against my wishes. 590 00:44:09,046 --> 00:44:11,447 I have done nothing that requires forgiveness. 591 00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:13,150 (DOOR BANGING) 592 00:44:14,218 --> 00:44:15,345 What's her name? 593 00:44:15,386 --> 00:44:16,445 I am called Iseult. 594 00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:20,390 I'm speaking with my husband. You can kindly remain silent. 595 00:44:20,424 --> 00:44:23,292 Mildrith, we are hungry, thirsty, and in need of rest. 596 00:44:23,327 --> 00:44:24,351 (LAUGHING) 597 00:44:24,395 --> 00:44:26,660 I am not your servant. 598 00:44:26,697 --> 00:44:30,031 Do not speak to me as if I were. I am your wife! 599 00:44:30,067 --> 00:44:32,195 You are no longer a part of Uhtred's path. 600 00:44:34,405 --> 00:44:35,405 It is true. 601 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:40,205 Out. 602 00:44:40,244 --> 00:44:43,544 Out! This Queen can sleep with the animals. 603 00:44:49,086 --> 00:44:51,681 You should know that your land is safe. 604 00:44:51,722 --> 00:44:54,123 I have seen Bishop Alewold. The debt's settled, all of it. 605 00:44:55,226 --> 00:44:57,752 That's what I've come to tell you, nothing more. 606 00:44:59,730 --> 00:45:00,891 And what of Oswald's wergild? 607 00:45:01,566 --> 00:45:03,296 That too is settled. 608 00:45:03,334 --> 00:45:05,963 His family won't receive a penny. 609 00:45:06,003 --> 00:45:08,871 Then you can explain that to the King's Council. 610 00:45:08,906 --> 00:45:10,306 Alfred has called you to the Witan. 611 00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:16,079 It's finished. 612 00:45:17,381 --> 00:45:18,381 Everything. 613 00:45:22,220 --> 00:45:24,121 Before I left, I said that I've loved you. 614 00:45:25,756 --> 00:45:27,452 And it's true. 615 00:45:27,491 --> 00:45:30,620 You will not speak of us in this way, 616 00:45:30,661 --> 00:45:33,187 and in the presence of a pagan whore! 617 00:45:34,599 --> 00:45:35,692 She's with me. 618 00:45:39,537 --> 00:45:42,974 Will you be resting with your family or with the animals? 619 00:45:44,208 --> 00:45:45,208 (GOAT BLEATING) 620 00:45:49,947 --> 00:45:51,575 You chose the company of pigs and a goat 621 00:45:51,616 --> 00:45:53,050 over your wife and son? 622 00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:01,089 My wife's a good woman. 623 00:46:03,461 --> 00:46:04,292 She loves her God, 624 00:46:04,328 --> 00:46:07,662 and it's hard for her to be with the like of me. 625 00:46:07,698 --> 00:46:08,698 (SNICKERS) 626 00:46:10,901 --> 00:46:12,301 And if the marriage is to be ended, 627 00:46:12,336 --> 00:46:14,896 I must become used to life without my son. 628 00:46:28,352 --> 00:46:29,820 I'm here because I choose you. 629 00:46:34,392 --> 00:46:36,032 Though I won't keep you against your will. 630 00:46:44,602 --> 00:46:45,602 What? 631 00:46:52,376 --> 00:46:54,038 I will be with you, Uhtred, 632 00:46:55,746 --> 00:46:57,510 from now until the very end. 633 00:47:00,885 --> 00:47:02,217 That is what I see. 634 00:47:10,294 --> 00:47:12,263 I want you to see my home, 635 00:47:12,296 --> 00:47:13,491 my land in the North. 636 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:19,529 It is this Alfred who directs you for now. 637 00:47:21,038 --> 00:47:22,506 You must give in to fate. 638 00:47:24,475 --> 00:47:25,738 Attend his Witan. 639 00:47:30,681 --> 00:47:33,048 Will you sleep alongside me tonight, under the furs? 640 00:47:35,753 --> 00:47:36,753 Sleep? 641 00:47:37,555 --> 00:47:38,921 Nothing more. 642 00:47:41,359 --> 00:47:42,520 I would like that. 643 00:47:46,831 --> 00:47:49,130 As the only other source of warmth would be a goat. 644 00:47:49,767 --> 00:47:50,767 (CHUCKLES) 645 00:47:54,038 --> 00:47:55,506 (UHTRED LAUGHING) 646 00:48:04,115 --> 00:48:05,174 Edwina? 647 00:48:09,820 --> 00:48:11,618 Lady? 648 00:48:11,655 --> 00:48:13,749 Please inform your family that I'll be travelling, 649 00:48:15,192 --> 00:48:16,192 with the child. 650 00:48:19,130 --> 00:48:20,689 We will leave for Lord Odda's estate. 651 00:48:24,168 --> 00:48:28,162 I would like you with me, but it is your decision. 652 00:48:28,205 --> 00:48:29,366 I know how important it is 653 00:48:29,407 --> 00:48:31,205 to be amongst the people who care for you. 654 00:48:35,479 --> 00:48:36,947 I would not wish to leave you. 655 00:48:39,550 --> 00:48:40,550 (CRYING) 656 00:48:52,263 --> 00:48:54,494 The very day I'm told that my home is my own 657 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,798 is the day I decide I must leave. 658 00:49:38,676 --> 00:49:44,138 O Lord, grant wisdom to your servants gathered here. 659 00:49:44,181 --> 00:49:46,343 Help them to decide what is right, 660 00:49:46,383 --> 00:49:49,046 what is just and what is fair. 661 00:49:50,020 --> 00:49:52,546 Grant us this, O Lord. 662 00:49:52,590 --> 00:49:54,525 CONGREGATION: Grant us this, O Lord. 663 00:49:55,493 --> 00:49:56,825 (WHISPERING) 664 00:50:04,401 --> 00:50:06,165 GUARD: Leave your sword. (SWORDS CLANKING) 665 00:50:07,404 --> 00:50:08,404 Uhtred! 666 00:50:10,207 --> 00:50:12,005 - Uhtred! - Beocca. 667 00:50:12,042 --> 00:50:14,568 Quickly! You're late. 668 00:50:14,612 --> 00:50:16,581 You were sent for days ago. 669 00:50:16,614 --> 00:50:18,310 You should have been here on time! 670 00:50:18,349 --> 00:50:20,716 Since when has my presence been so important? 671 00:50:20,751 --> 00:50:21,844 Who's she? 672 00:50:21,886 --> 00:50:23,013 She's with me. 673 00:50:23,053 --> 00:50:24,544 Was she part of your plunder? 674 00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:27,757 What's been said? 675 00:50:27,791 --> 00:50:29,919 You will hear it all soon enough. 676 00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:33,055 Now we must go, and you must be respectful. 677 00:50:33,097 --> 00:50:34,097 Now more than ever. 678 00:50:39,270 --> 00:50:44,106 And as local thegns skimp in their duty to repair the bridges... 679 00:50:44,141 --> 00:50:46,406 (SIGHING) I wish to ask of the King 680 00:50:46,443 --> 00:50:48,742 to appoint an official... (DOOR OPENING) 681 00:50:48,779 --> 00:50:51,578 to survey the kingdom's roads. (CHATTERING) 682 00:50:51,615 --> 00:50:55,108 The bridge on the road out of Avingdon, for example, 683 00:50:55,152 --> 00:50:58,350 is in such a state of disrepair... 684 00:50:58,389 --> 00:50:59,254 (WHISPERING) Now's the time, my Lord. 685 00:50:59,290 --> 00:51:01,725 It is now dangerous for man or... 686 00:51:01,759 --> 00:51:03,570 (QUIETLY) What reason do I have to beg for mercy? 687 00:51:03,594 --> 00:51:04,459 What's been said? 688 00:51:04,495 --> 00:51:05,872 - (WHISPERING) Quiet now. - Is it Cornwalum? 689 00:51:05,896 --> 00:51:07,228 (WHISPERING) Respect! 690 00:51:07,264 --> 00:51:09,028 MAN: remains disinterested... 691 00:51:09,066 --> 00:51:10,306 We shall talk of bridges later. 692 00:51:12,436 --> 00:51:13,529 Beocca, what is this? 693 00:51:13,571 --> 00:51:14,971 YOUNG ODDA: You will be quiet there! 694 00:51:15,940 --> 00:51:17,067 Face your King! 695 00:51:18,242 --> 00:51:19,403 Come. 696 00:51:19,443 --> 00:51:22,174 There is a, um... An urgent matter, 697 00:51:22,212 --> 00:51:23,805 which, with the Witan's permission, 698 00:51:24,715 --> 00:51:25,808 we shall deal with now. 699 00:51:32,122 --> 00:51:34,318 (DOORS CLOSING) 700 00:51:39,196 --> 00:51:41,859 Aelderman Uhtred, 701 00:51:41,899 --> 00:51:44,767 also known in your parish as Uhtred the Godless, 702 00:51:46,537 --> 00:51:47,937 you are on this day charged 703 00:51:47,972 --> 00:51:52,068 with taking a troop of the King's men into Cornwalum, 704 00:51:52,109 --> 00:51:56,877 and there making war against the Britons without your king's consent. 705 00:51:56,914 --> 00:52:01,284 You are also charged with joining forces with the Dane called Skorpa... 706 00:52:01,318 --> 00:52:02,479 (MURMURING) 707 00:52:02,519 --> 00:52:06,286 to murder Christian folk in Cornwalum, 708 00:52:06,323 --> 00:52:11,523 despite these folk all living in peace with Alfred and with Wessex. 709 00:52:12,863 --> 00:52:15,355 All this is proven with oaths. 710 00:52:15,399 --> 00:52:17,959 And the punishment for these crimes is death. 711 00:52:20,537 --> 00:52:21,903 Who swears these oaths? 712 00:52:21,939 --> 00:52:23,066 We shall get to that. 713 00:52:23,107 --> 00:52:24,735 Show me. Who swears? 714 00:52:24,775 --> 00:52:29,645 I, Brother Asser, swear these oaths. 715 00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:32,411 - Uhtred, to your knees. - Never. 716 00:52:32,449 --> 00:52:33,493 Lord, we were patrolling your borders 717 00:52:33,517 --> 00:52:35,645 and protecting your kingdom, nothing more. 718 00:52:35,686 --> 00:52:38,349 There is more to my story, Lord, if I may. 719 00:52:38,389 --> 00:52:39,755 - Now is the time to beg. - Yes, 720 00:52:39,790 --> 00:52:41,418 let him speak. Let's hear his story! 721 00:52:42,092 --> 00:52:46,655 On my way to make this complaint to King Alfred, 722 00:52:46,697 --> 00:52:49,360 I came via Cynuit. 723 00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:53,895 And such a sight I hope never to see again. 724 00:52:53,937 --> 00:52:55,599 For where the church to commemorate 725 00:52:55,639 --> 00:52:58,632 Lord Odda's victory over Ubba was to be built, 726 00:52:58,676 --> 00:53:02,875 I saw devastation, destruction, 727 00:53:02,913 --> 00:53:06,372 and the charred remains of 15 monks or more. 728 00:53:06,417 --> 00:53:07,009 (MURMURING) 729 00:53:07,051 --> 00:53:10,613 Men have told me that this evil was the work 730 00:53:10,654 --> 00:53:14,591 of the very same Skorpa who was in Cornwalum, 731 00:53:14,625 --> 00:53:18,460 and that with him, once more, was the Aelderman Uhtred. 732 00:53:18,495 --> 00:53:19,724 - No! - This man! 733 00:53:19,763 --> 00:53:22,790 No, these are lies, Lord! Lord, he lies with every breath! 734 00:53:22,833 --> 00:53:24,377 Lord, hear me. Let me speak and hear the truth! 735 00:53:24,401 --> 00:53:29,704 We are the Witan, and we shall behave in the way of a Witan. 736 00:53:33,210 --> 00:53:35,975 The Aelderman is entitled to respond. 737 00:53:36,013 --> 00:53:37,982 Yes, I was at Cynuit. 738 00:53:38,015 --> 00:53:40,678 I was at Cynuit once and once only. 739 00:53:41,752 --> 00:53:46,247 I was at Cynuit on the day that I, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, killed Ubba. 740 00:53:49,026 --> 00:53:51,427 I look around this hall 741 00:53:51,462 --> 00:53:54,694 and into the eyes of the warriors who know this to be true, 742 00:53:56,734 --> 00:53:59,533 and that is the only occasion I was at Cynuit. 743 00:53:59,570 --> 00:54:00,936 We are here... 744 00:54:02,573 --> 00:54:05,907 We are here to deliver judgement on the murder of King Peredur 745 00:54:05,943 --> 00:54:08,037 and the Christian Britons of Cornwalum. 746 00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:09,671 Then if I can speak of Cornwalum, Lord? 747 00:54:09,713 --> 00:54:11,157 There is a further witness, I believe. 748 00:54:11,181 --> 00:54:13,226 What if Peredur's Queen was to stand in front of this Witan 749 00:54:13,250 --> 00:54:16,152 and tell you that Peredur lied and cheated us? 750 00:54:16,186 --> 00:54:17,848 She is a Shadow Queen and a pagan Lord. 751 00:54:17,888 --> 00:54:19,447 Her words would be meaningless. 752 00:54:19,490 --> 00:54:20,700 Is the truth not important, Lord? 753 00:54:20,724 --> 00:54:22,317 - Lord! - Odda, we shall move on. 754 00:54:22,359 --> 00:54:23,486 There is a further witness. 755 00:54:23,527 --> 00:54:25,519 Yes, Lord. Bring the prisoner. 756 00:54:25,562 --> 00:54:26,791 (DOOR OPENING) 757 00:54:26,830 --> 00:54:27,830 (CROWD EXCLAIMING) 758 00:54:33,504 --> 00:54:33,971 What is this? 759 00:54:34,004 --> 00:54:36,883 - Odda means for you to die as a traitor... YOUNG ODDA: You will stand separate. 760 00:54:36,907 --> 00:54:38,205 - and you will die. 761 00:54:39,376 --> 00:54:41,038 If it is Valhalla you want, 762 00:54:41,078 --> 00:54:43,638 - I will do my best to give it. - I said you will stand separate! 763 00:54:48,418 --> 00:54:51,855 Leofric, you have sworn your oath, 764 00:54:52,790 --> 00:54:53,910 and you will tell the truth? 765 00:54:54,458 --> 00:54:55,482 I will, Lord. 766 00:54:56,260 --> 00:54:57,387 God is merciful. 767 00:54:58,896 --> 00:55:02,355 You are a man of Wessex and have been loyal to the King? 768 00:55:02,399 --> 00:55:06,029 I am loyal to the King, Lord. Always. 769 00:55:06,069 --> 00:55:08,629 Were you in Cornwalum with the Aelderman Uhtred? 770 00:55:11,308 --> 00:55:12,308 I was. 771 00:55:14,077 --> 00:55:17,775 Did you kill and plunder Peredur and his Britons? 772 00:55:18,248 --> 00:55:19,307 I did. 773 00:55:19,483 --> 00:55:24,512 Leofric, have you now donated your share of the plunder to the church? 774 00:55:25,556 --> 00:55:27,354 I have, Lord. 775 00:55:27,391 --> 00:55:28,511 And have begged forgiveness. 776 00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:31,128 (MURMURING) 777 00:55:31,161 --> 00:55:32,459 The Witan hears you, Leofric. 778 00:55:36,433 --> 00:55:37,867 Whom did you follow into battle? 779 00:55:41,438 --> 00:55:43,134 I went willingly, Lord. 780 00:55:43,173 --> 00:55:46,666 No, Uhtred led. You followed. 781 00:55:46,710 --> 00:55:48,975 He is the Aelderman, and he is to blame. 782 00:55:49,012 --> 00:55:50,139 I share the blame, Lord. 783 00:55:50,180 --> 00:55:52,411 - No, he is responsible. - Irresponsible. 784 00:55:52,449 --> 00:55:53,827 And he will pay for it with his life! 785 00:55:53,851 --> 00:55:55,319 For the last time, beg. 786 00:55:55,352 --> 00:55:57,150 No, I will not beg. 787 00:55:57,187 --> 00:56:00,885 I will fall to my knees for no man, no king, and no Christian God. 788 00:56:00,924 --> 00:56:01,924 (GRUNTING) 789 00:56:07,831 --> 00:56:08,831 (STRAINING) 790 00:56:11,068 --> 00:56:14,197 He must pay with his life. 791 00:56:14,238 --> 00:56:16,969 Lord, if I may make a plea to the King and the Witan. 792 00:56:17,007 --> 00:56:17,940 I have not yet finished. 793 00:56:17,975 --> 00:56:19,455 I beg your pardon, Lord, but if I may? 794 00:56:22,145 --> 00:56:25,707 It is clear that, like me, the Arseling here is guilty. 795 00:56:25,749 --> 00:56:28,378 Thank you, my friend. (GRUNTING) 796 00:56:28,418 --> 00:56:33,652 It is also clear that he is too proud and too stupid to repent 797 00:56:33,690 --> 00:56:35,158 and as a consequence, will die. 798 00:56:35,192 --> 00:56:38,162 He will die for leading men to treachery. 799 00:56:38,195 --> 00:56:40,824 Because of my own guilt 800 00:56:40,864 --> 00:56:44,392 and because of my respect for Uhtred as a warrior, 801 00:56:44,434 --> 00:56:46,062 I request that he dies at my sword. 802 00:56:51,775 --> 00:56:55,473 You wish to become executioner, Leofric? 803 00:56:55,512 --> 00:56:57,310 My plea is for a fight to the death, Lord. 804 00:56:58,282 --> 00:56:59,375 Me against the Arseling. 805 00:57:00,684 --> 00:57:03,415 If God is with me, I will be the victor, 806 00:57:03,453 --> 00:57:06,855 and the Aelderman is allowed to die as a warrior should. 807 00:57:06,890 --> 00:57:09,291 And if he should win this fight to the death, what then? 808 00:57:09,326 --> 00:57:11,352 He will not. 809 00:57:11,395 --> 00:57:13,489 It would take God's intervention for him to beat me. 810 00:57:14,531 --> 00:57:15,794 Let them fight, Lord. 811 00:57:17,167 --> 00:57:19,500 Let God decide. 812 00:57:19,536 --> 00:57:21,471 (CROWD CLAMOURING) 813 00:57:21,505 --> 00:57:24,202 Lord. Lord, it is clear the guilt lies with Uhtred. 814 00:57:33,984 --> 00:57:37,148 Leofric, you have spoken well, 815 00:57:39,723 --> 00:57:41,521 and your request is granted. 816 00:57:44,227 --> 00:57:46,526 (GASPING) 817 00:57:46,563 --> 00:57:48,225 You will fight tomorrow. (CHEERING) 818 00:57:48,999 --> 00:57:49,999 To the death. 819 00:57:51,068 --> 00:57:52,969 Swords and shields. 820 00:57:54,438 --> 00:57:57,135 God shall determine the victor. 820 00:57:58,305 --> 00:58:58,522 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/73b29 Help other users to choose the best subtitles