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I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
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I was born a Saxon Lord,
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but raised by
Danes as a warrior.
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I now serve Alfred, the
Saxon king of Wessex,
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and protect this last
kingdom of England
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from Guthrum and
his Viking army.
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But not all believe in the King.
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I am my father's heir.
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To some, I am seen
as an enemy within.
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With luck, he
will fall in battle.
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It is a court without justice,
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where I will always
be seen a pagan,
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even through the eyes of
my pious and now distant wife.
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And so to pay off
the debt on my land,
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I plundered as a Viking would.
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And I found a Pagan Queen.
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A Seer, whose gift
is linked to her purity.
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She's not to hump.
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I am now called a traitor.
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I, Brother Asser,
swear these oaths.
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Alfred's court decided
I should be executed.
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I request that he
dies at my sword.
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You will fight to the death.
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Destiny is all.
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Get out, you drunk bastard!
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Is he here?
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With a woman who's not his wife.
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Your friend is here.
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May I sit?
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Will I spoil the gift of a
last night of freedom?
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Sit.
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Do you believe I have
betrayed you, Arseling?
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- I don't.
- Make no mistake.
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Odda had 20 men or more
ready to swear against you.
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I am here to tell you that I
am better than you right now.
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I will kill you.
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Warrior's death
is all I can give.
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Forgive me, but I'm trying
to forget you're my friend.
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As long as you understand.
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If you have more to
say, you should say it.
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Leofric!
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Leofric!
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This isn't a fight I want.
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I've been allowed
my freedom tonight
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and if I could slip away, I
would, but I cannot do that.
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Reputation is all.
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- I know it.
- I have feuds to settle,
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promises to keep. I must live.
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Then you must kill me.
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And you me.
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I intend to.
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I will have the advantage.
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The king's wife is praying
for me. God loves her.
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Someone's got to.
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It's been good to
have you as my friend.
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I'll make your death
quick and painless.
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- And then hump my queen?
- And your wife.
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But you will be
without your balls.
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I will see you tomorrow morning.
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You will.
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What are you thinking?
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What goes on inside this head?
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I was thinking how I
would like to lie with you...
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As a woman.
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You were?
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I cannot.
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- Yes, you can.
- I cannot.
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You know I cannot.
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I will lose my gift.
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Who cares?
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The future is fate,
it won't change.
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And if today I die?
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I have not seen your death.
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Uhtred.
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Uhtred.
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The King wishes
to speak with you.
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About what?
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He's unsure what to wear this
morning, he needs your advice.
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With me.
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Are you going
to eat all of this...
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or shall we save
half for Edward?
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He's a baby.
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Oh, is he? Is he really?
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I had quite forgotten.
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Ah. Uhtred.
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Lord.
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Trust you slept well.
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I did not.
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My son is coughing and
two of my best warriors
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will, today, try
to kill each other.
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Today is the Feast
of Saint Cedd.
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We have decorated the Great
Hall. Do you know of Saint Cedd?
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No, Lord.
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Well, I like to think
of him as a symbol.
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He worked in East
Anglia and Mercia
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and he died in Northumbria,
your part of the country.
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A man of all England.
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Exactly, Uhtred.
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Which is why I am loathe
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to shed Saxon blood
on his day of days.
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Resume your debt.
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Dispatch your queen
back to Cornwalum
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and there need be no bloodshed.
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Those are my terms
and they will not change.
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If Iseult returns to
Cornwalum, she'll be killed.
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I'm prepared to resume
my debt to save Leofric.
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- But Iseult must stay with me.
- She is plunder.
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And as such, she must be
returned, regardless of her fate.
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I can't abandon her.
The Queen stays with me.
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You are a fool.
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You are a sinner
and a heathen, and I...
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I have lost my
patience with you.
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The fight will go ahead.
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May your soul
receive its just reward.
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Lord.
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Make way. Make way.
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Silence!
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Your Majesty, Lords, Ladies.
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Great unwashed and
stinking people of Winchester.
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We are gathered
to witness justice.
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We are gathered to
witness a fight to the end.
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That end being death. That
end being the fires of hell.
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We are here to witness a battle
between Uhtred, the Godless...
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and Leofric of Winchester!
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Take your shields.
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Warriors. Are you prepared?
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I am.
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Yes.
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It is to the death. No
matter how death occurs.
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May God choose his victor.
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Swords.
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Begin!
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Brother Asser, I wish you well
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on your return to Cornwalum.
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- You do not wish to see the outcome?
- No, no, I do not.
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My dear, will you ask the
nurses to fetch the children?
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I wish to walk with them.
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The Danes! The Danes are here!
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They've breached the
city walls! Save yourselves!
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The fight is finished,
Arseling! Come on, run!
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Stand to your man!
They are not to pass!
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They are not to
approach the palace!
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Father, they will hack
the likes of us to pieces.
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The King! Where is the King?
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The King will have to
make his own arrangements.
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And what of me? Odda? Odda!
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Leofric, this way.
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Not me!
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Go, quickly.
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There'll be nothing left in
the stables but horse shit!
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Let's go this way.
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We hide here,
wait for nightfall.
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Hurry!
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I want the King
and I want him alive,
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crawling on his knees!
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Find me Alfred!
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Keep away. Keep away.
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Stand back, I'm warning you.
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God will protect me. God will...
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Only Guthrum can save you.
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Guthrum is your God now.
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Should I spare you?
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Please.
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Go in peace.
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Go.
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Find Alfred.
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You are Guthrum,
the great warrior.
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I am Aethelwold.
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Son of King Aethelred
and rightful king of Wessex.
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Alfred stole my crown.
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This crown.
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As King...
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I am prepared to negotiate.
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Enough negotiation.
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You smell like you
have shit yourself.
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I have not been well.
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I pledge to you my allegiance...
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No! Let go of me! No!
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Let go! No!
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No! No! No! No!
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Iseult!
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Look out!
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It's over.
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They're gone.
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We need to be gone ourselves.
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Put on a helmet. We're Danes.
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Again?
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You will not be leaving me.
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We will not.
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You are prisoners.
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Uhtred the Saxon.
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Brida.
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What's this?
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You mean to do me harm?
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I haven't decided.
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Good to see you again, Brida.
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Leofric.
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How did you manage to get such a
big head into such a small helmet?
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It was necessary.
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Why are you doing this?
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Where's Ragnar? Is he here?
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He's almost ready
to travel north.
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To kill Kjartan?
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What do you care?
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The guards at the
gates will be drunk.
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Your way is clear.
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Brida...
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Tell Ragnar I'm
still his brother.
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I'll tell him you were
here and that you left.
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Arseling.
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Brida is changed.
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She was always angry.
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Now she is nasty.
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Either she has changed,
or I have changed.
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She once loved you.
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Not anymore.
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Even I could see that much.
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I hate the forest.
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Where's your wife?
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I know you're married
to Lady Mildrith.
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She'll have sought refuge...
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With the church.
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She used to come to the nunnery.
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I would pray with her.
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I watched her as she changed.
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Why does a woman become a nun?
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Because of her love for God.
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God will never abandon her.
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You were being
humped against your will.
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Where was God?
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He sent you.
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Is the King likely
to have been killed?
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The King's not our concern.
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If the King is dead,
then Wessex is dead.
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Where are you going?
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I need darkness.
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She needs darkness for what?
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To see.
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Leofric, where are we?
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We are at the
marshlands of the Severn,
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the swamplands.
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I have never seen
lands like this before.
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Hurry. They've seen us!
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The boats won't wait.
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Priests.
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We need to leave. - Hurry.
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In fear.
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God preserve us.
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Time to fight, Arseling.
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Uhtred!
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Arseling...
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I have your sword.
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We'll get you!
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I hope you are
carrying silver, priest.
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We've saved your life.
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I'm saved by ghosts it seems.
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Lord.
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Thank God, you're unhurt.
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I was blessed.
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- And your family?
- Are safe.
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They are in the boat ahead.
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Hoping to find sanctuary
in these marshlands.
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At the palace, Lord.
They came from nowhere.
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They did.
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They came because
they were allowed to.
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Where were your watchers?
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Your spies?
269
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On their knees, no doubt.
270
00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:19,548
You should show respect.
271
00:25:19,585 --> 00:25:21,329
Wessex allows its
warriors to kill each other
272
00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:23,618
and spends too much
time on its knees.
273
00:25:24,723 --> 00:25:26,624
Too much money on its churches.
274
00:25:26,658 --> 00:25:29,150
If Guthrum were Christian and
not Pagan, there would be no war.
275
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:31,629
But, he's not.
276
00:25:31,663 --> 00:25:33,689
You will do well to
remember that I am King.
277
00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:35,166
King of what?
278
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,361
Look around you.
279
00:25:36,402 --> 00:25:37,700
He's our King.
280
00:25:37,736 --> 00:25:40,638
Like every kingdom
before it, Wessex has fallen.
281
00:25:41,507 --> 00:25:42,668
He is Alfred...
282
00:25:43,242 --> 00:25:44,676
A man.
283
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:45,905
King of nothing.
284
00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:53,310
Lord God,
285
00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:56,008
allow your blessed
oils to penetrate
286
00:26:56,048 --> 00:27:00,110
and take away any and
all fever and sickness.
287
00:27:00,152 --> 00:27:03,748
Restore health and
strength to the child
288
00:27:03,789 --> 00:27:06,623
and to his ever
watchful parents.
289
00:27:06,658 --> 00:27:07,956
Amen.
290
00:27:07,993 --> 00:27:09,325
- Amen.
- Amen.
291
00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:40,118
Lord, I have prepared a tonic.
292
00:27:40,993 --> 00:27:42,052
For the pain.
293
00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:44,954
For the pain you suffer here.
294
00:27:46,765 --> 00:27:48,791
You pass blood? From your arse?
295
00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:57,819
It's nothing more than what
grows from the earth, Lord.
296
00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:58,970
Drink it.
297
00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:12,518
Is it good?
298
00:28:12,558 --> 00:28:13,856
Oh, not at all.
299
00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:18,921
- Thank you.
- There will be more tomorrow.
300
00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:30,600
He will become lost.
301
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:32,337
I guarantee it.
302
00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:50,294
Were you worried that
I would lose my way?
303
00:28:51,196 --> 00:28:52,960
One path looks like another.
304
00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:55,161
You have explored?
305
00:28:56,101 --> 00:28:57,194
A little.
306
00:28:59,438 --> 00:29:02,135
What do you notice
about this place?
307
00:29:04,209 --> 00:29:05,302
It's wet.
308
00:29:06,345 --> 00:29:07,813
There are no horizons.
309
00:29:08,981 --> 00:29:11,075
No sense of something beyond.
310
00:29:13,151 --> 00:29:17,111
My priests have visited
here once or twice to preach.
311
00:29:17,155 --> 00:29:19,454
The people are oblivious to God.
312
00:29:25,197 --> 00:29:26,358
You look tired.
313
00:29:27,733 --> 00:29:29,929
Sleep has been a rarity, yes.
314
00:29:33,138 --> 00:29:36,199
My wife would like us
to take a ship to Frankia.
315
00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:37,869
To become another king in exile?
316
00:29:37,909 --> 00:29:39,775
So, you admit I am still a king?
317
00:29:43,048 --> 00:29:44,346
We dare not travel.
318
00:29:46,385 --> 00:29:48,945
My son would never survive it.
319
00:29:56,995 --> 00:29:59,487
You should send out
word that you are alive.
320
00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:02,330
Asking men to join
you, to follow you.
321
00:30:02,367 --> 00:30:03,995
And then what? Fight?
322
00:30:05,003 --> 00:30:06,198
Is that what you would do?
323
00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:07,638
It's what a king would do.
324
00:30:09,908 --> 00:30:12,070
I have given it thought,
of course I have.
325
00:30:13,211 --> 00:30:14,509
And this much I know.
326
00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:18,415
If I am to fight,
327
00:30:18,450 --> 00:30:19,918
it would have to
be a single battle,
328
00:30:19,951 --> 00:30:22,386
and soon before yet
more Danes arrive.
329
00:30:23,288 --> 00:30:24,916
Before Wessex crumbles
330
00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:27,687
skirmish by skirmish,
raid by raid, piece by piece.
331
00:30:27,726 --> 00:30:29,558
Therefore...
332
00:30:29,594 --> 00:30:31,688
Your first task would be to...
333
00:30:32,864 --> 00:30:35,026
Somehow...
334
00:30:35,067 --> 00:30:39,664
Convince the Danes to hold
one great and deciding moment.
335
00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:43,665
A single defining battle?
336
00:30:43,709 --> 00:30:44,836
Yes.
337
00:30:46,044 --> 00:30:48,070
Who should I send
338
00:30:48,113 --> 00:30:50,912
out into the country
with the news I'm here?
339
00:30:50,949 --> 00:30:52,527
It would have to be
your priests, all of them.
340
00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:53,746
Each in a separate direction.
341
00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:55,219
Their prayers are needed here.
342
00:30:58,223 --> 00:31:00,715
Your son grows weaker
despite their prayers.
343
00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:04,060
For that I'm sorry.
344
00:31:17,676 --> 00:31:21,238
Every breath is
an effort for him.
345
00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:24,306
I don't know whether to make
him warm or keep him cool.
346
00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:28,348
Well, we will...
347
00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:30,856
We will remain
here until he is well.
348
00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:44,195
Father.
349
00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:48,239
Shh.
350
00:32:02,988 --> 00:32:04,513
Will the child die?
351
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:09,555
Can you save him?
352
00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:15,025
There is a way.
353
00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:18,794
Though, it is not a good way.
354
00:32:21,506 --> 00:32:22,974
If it is the only way,
355
00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:24,734
then you must.
356
00:32:38,356 --> 00:32:40,222
You are feeling a
little better, Lord?
357
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,053
I am.
358
00:32:47,866 --> 00:32:49,357
Iseult is a healer.
359
00:32:52,437 --> 00:32:53,666
She could help your son.
360
00:32:58,777 --> 00:32:59,836
Thank you.
361
00:33:07,686 --> 00:33:10,212
If you help, then
you better succeed.
362
00:33:10,255 --> 00:33:11,951
If the child dies,
you'll be blamed.
363
00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:13,390
We cannot do nothing.
364
00:33:13,425 --> 00:33:14,893
That is not what I'm saying.
365
00:33:16,061 --> 00:33:18,053
Iseult is a Pagan and a woman.
366
00:33:18,864 --> 00:33:20,799
She will be blamed,
367
00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:22,494
regardless of her meaning well.
368
00:33:32,577 --> 00:33:34,910
If it's true that Alfred
is in the swampland,
369
00:33:34,946 --> 00:33:37,541
how long do we wait
for him to come out?
370
00:33:37,582 --> 00:33:38,914
If he is hiding in
the swampland,
371
00:33:38,950 --> 00:33:40,543
we would be fools
to go searching.
372
00:33:40,585 --> 00:33:43,817
Have you seen
anything like this?
373
00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:46,882
- The monasteries keep words like this.
- No, no, no. Not like this.
374
00:33:46,925 --> 00:33:49,190
What does it all mean?
375
00:33:49,227 --> 00:33:52,322
What does all this speak of?
376
00:33:52,364 --> 00:33:54,492
I cannot say I care.
377
00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:57,264
Whatever Alfred found out
about his enemies, he'd write.
378
00:33:58,303 --> 00:33:59,566
Yeah.
379
00:33:59,604 --> 00:34:00,867
It's magic.
380
00:34:00,906 --> 00:34:02,374
Yeah, it is.
381
00:34:02,407 --> 00:34:04,137
You are laughing.
382
00:34:04,175 --> 00:34:05,666
It's a weak kind of magic.
383
00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:07,372
No, no, no, you're wrong.
384
00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:08,675
This is...
385
00:34:08,713 --> 00:34:10,944
It is words without sound.
386
00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:12,974
This is voices without people.
387
00:34:13,018 --> 00:34:16,455
I am going to learn
how to use this magic.
388
00:34:16,488 --> 00:34:20,448
And if we took Alfred,
he could teach you.
389
00:34:20,492 --> 00:34:25,123
Only a fool would march
an army into a swampland.
390
00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:26,495
Are you that fool?
391
00:34:33,538 --> 00:34:34,904
Are you that fool?
392
00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:38,203
- Ragnar?
- No, I'm not.
393
00:34:40,512 --> 00:34:41,810
Then we wait.
394
00:34:57,896 --> 00:34:59,364
We need to be closer.
395
00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:28,785
Uhtred.
396
00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:31,124
The water is rising.
397
00:35:41,172 --> 00:35:43,801
Lord, you had one task.
398
00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:46,368
Oh, no. I am sorry.
399
00:35:46,411 --> 00:35:49,074
Well, I have never cooked
before and never again, I fear.
400
00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:51,575
Are they burned?
401
00:35:51,616 --> 00:35:53,482
They are done well, Lord.
402
00:35:53,518 --> 00:35:55,316
A challenge for your
teeth and stomach.
403
00:35:57,555 --> 00:35:59,046
I have seen a
fleet on the Severn.
404
00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:02,522
They carry Skorpa's colours.
405
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:03,858
How many ships?
406
00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:05,261
Twenty or more.
407
00:36:07,032 --> 00:36:08,933
That's over 1,000 men.
408
00:36:09,968 --> 00:36:11,334
Guthrum will have the same.
409
00:36:12,137 --> 00:36:13,161
More.
410
00:36:13,204 --> 00:36:14,263
God save us.
411
00:36:14,305 --> 00:36:15,864
We can save ourselves.
412
00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:18,369
We must believe it.
413
00:36:26,317 --> 00:36:28,013
Will the lady be
joining us, Lord?
414
00:36:29,421 --> 00:36:31,515
Um, no, she will not.
415
00:36:31,556 --> 00:36:35,493
She is angry with me still
for sending away the priests.
416
00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:38,190
Sending out the priests
was the right thing, Lord.
417
00:36:39,097 --> 00:36:40,861
Let us pray you are correct.
418
00:36:42,267 --> 00:36:43,701
If you will excuse me.
419
00:36:48,506 --> 00:36:51,305
If the child dies, it will take
the fight from Alfred's bones.
420
00:36:53,078 --> 00:36:54,706
And we will never
save ourselves.
421
00:37:10,662 --> 00:37:11,755
Aelswith.
422
00:37:13,531 --> 00:37:15,295
You must end this silence.
423
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:19,938
The priests will fetch
men. Without men,
424
00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:23,169
safe passage to the south into
Frankia would be impossible.
425
00:37:25,677 --> 00:37:28,340
At best our children
would be taken as slaves.
426
00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:39,853
You are eating meat.
427
00:37:40,859 --> 00:37:42,191
Why?
428
00:37:42,227 --> 00:37:44,492
These last few days
the pains have abated.
429
00:37:44,529 --> 00:37:46,725
Meat does not agree.
430
00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:48,893
I could not cope
with further sickness.
431
00:37:55,006 --> 00:37:58,238
In the mind of Brother
Asser, she is a witch.
432
00:37:58,276 --> 00:38:00,336
And yet you gladly
drink her potion.
433
00:38:00,378 --> 00:38:01,573
It is a tonic.
434
00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:03,275
I can read you.
435
00:38:03,314 --> 00:38:06,409
You wish to put our child
in the hands of the devil.
436
00:38:06,451 --> 00:38:08,943
Our prayers are
not being answered.
437
00:38:08,987 --> 00:38:11,923
Is it any wonder, we find
ourselves living in a muddy puddle?
438
00:38:36,681 --> 00:38:39,207
Father, please. Come,
warm yourself by the fire.
439
00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:41,276
I bring word. From the king.
440
00:38:50,395 --> 00:38:51,395
He lives.
441
00:38:52,764 --> 00:38:54,790
Wessex lives and
breathes, Wulfhere.
442
00:38:55,433 --> 00:38:56,492
Thank God.
443
00:39:14,953 --> 00:39:17,081
Oh, my goodness.
444
00:39:17,121 --> 00:39:19,283
She has the nerve to approach.
445
00:39:20,225 --> 00:39:21,750
She has helped me.
446
00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:26,330
Thank you.
447
00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:32,102
I, for one, do not wish
to hear your voice.
448
00:39:33,304 --> 00:39:34,704
Do not speak a word.
449
00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,145
Is there something
you wish to say, Iseult?
450
00:39:45,516 --> 00:39:46,643
If you wish, Lord,
451
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,051
I will try and help your child.
452
00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:51,545
We do not wish.
453
00:39:51,589 --> 00:39:53,387
Tonight is a good night.
454
00:39:53,424 --> 00:39:55,791
We do not wish.
455
00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:57,295
Tomorrow, it will be too late.
456
00:39:57,328 --> 00:40:00,162
What kind of talk is that?
457
00:40:00,198 --> 00:40:02,667
What kind of talk is "too late"?
458
00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:06,303
Are you saying that
my child will die?
459
00:40:06,337 --> 00:40:07,648
Aelswith, Aelswith, please.
460
00:40:07,672 --> 00:40:10,301
Get her away from me.
Get her away from me.
461
00:40:10,341 --> 00:40:12,810
- Get her out of my sight!
- Please, stop.
462
00:40:12,844 --> 00:40:14,574
- Get her out of my sight!
- Lord?
463
00:40:14,612 --> 00:40:16,205
She's offering help.
464
00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:17,875
My priest told me
that you are a witch.
465
00:40:17,916 --> 00:40:19,226
- And they are correct.
- She's no witch!
466
00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:20,878
Aelswith, please, no more.
467
00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:22,683
No more, no more.
468
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,382
You are upsetting yourself.
469
00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:26,323
You are upsetting
the children. No more.
470
00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:32,757
Come here.
471
00:40:32,797 --> 00:40:35,596
No, no, no, no,
no. Please! No, no!
472
00:40:42,473 --> 00:40:44,704
Go, go, please.
473
00:40:44,742 --> 00:40:47,678
Iseult, you must prepare.
474
00:40:51,983 --> 00:40:52,983
Lord?
475
00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:55,844
It can only be tonight.
476
00:40:58,990 --> 00:41:00,219
She'll be ready.
477
00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:31,245
The child will pass from
one chamber to the other.
478
00:41:33,024 --> 00:41:34,652
From near death to life.
479
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:43,361
What is it?
480
00:41:45,403 --> 00:41:46,928
If this child is to live,
481
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,435
then another,
somewhere, must die.
482
00:41:53,911 --> 00:41:55,709
I will be taking a life.
483
00:41:57,048 --> 00:41:58,676
A stranger, an innocent.
484
00:41:59,951 --> 00:42:01,010
Iseult.
485
00:42:04,822 --> 00:42:06,290
This must be done.
486
00:42:25,276 --> 00:42:26,403
Lady Aelswith.
487
00:42:28,413 --> 00:42:29,413
Leave me.
488
00:42:33,451 --> 00:42:34,578
I cannot.
489
00:42:35,620 --> 00:42:36,747
Leave me.
490
00:42:37,221 --> 00:42:38,221
Lady...
491
00:42:40,124 --> 00:42:41,649
You need comfort.
492
00:42:53,938 --> 00:42:55,668
When a child suffers,
493
00:42:58,576 --> 00:42:59,976
the mother suffers.
494
00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:03,813
I know this.
495
00:43:05,716 --> 00:43:07,685
I know the pain you feel.
496
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:11,552
It's almost unbearable.
497
00:43:13,391 --> 00:43:14,950
Even for a queen.
498
00:43:17,228 --> 00:43:19,322
I'll stay only for as
long as you need me.
499
00:43:20,331 --> 00:43:22,891
For a moment, a year.
500
00:43:27,505 --> 00:43:29,030
He's dying.
501
00:43:39,684 --> 00:43:41,482
She is a Pagan.
502
00:43:43,254 --> 00:43:45,849
And yet she has helped the king.
503
00:43:48,126 --> 00:43:51,995
I am to trust a
stranger with my child?
504
00:44:02,540 --> 00:44:04,805
There is good in Iseult.
505
00:44:24,162 --> 00:44:25,721
I don't know what is worse.
506
00:44:27,031 --> 00:44:28,624
When he cries,
or when he's still.
507
00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:31,966
When he's still, I feel the
need to prod him awake.
508
00:44:33,938 --> 00:44:36,567
It is retribution.
God is punishing me.
509
00:44:36,607 --> 00:44:37,734
For what?
510
00:44:37,775 --> 00:44:39,710
For Aethelwold,
for taking his crown.
511
00:44:39,744 --> 00:44:42,145
Aethelwold is a fool.
He could never be king.
512
00:44:43,281 --> 00:44:44,715
Your God is testing you.
513
00:44:47,852 --> 00:44:49,821
Lord, give Edward to Iseult.
514
00:44:52,256 --> 00:44:53,918
If God will not cure Edward,
515
00:44:53,958 --> 00:44:59,226
what makes you think that He
would allow a Pagan to succeed?
516
00:45:15,813 --> 00:45:18,647
Who is to say that God is
not working through us all?
517
00:45:20,685 --> 00:45:22,347
Did he not make the Pagans, too?
518
00:45:24,755 --> 00:45:27,156
Beocca would tell me that...
519
00:45:27,191 --> 00:45:29,524
God's ways are
known only to himself.
520
00:45:33,331 --> 00:45:36,665
You have been brought to
the marshes for a reason.
521
00:45:36,701 --> 00:45:39,796
You have this one
chance to save your son.
522
00:45:39,837 --> 00:45:42,170
And you will have one
chance to save your kingdom.
523
00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:44,474
The two are bound together.
524
00:45:47,211 --> 00:45:48,474
Edward is your heir.
525
00:45:50,781 --> 00:45:51,908
If he lives,
526
00:45:53,951 --> 00:45:55,146
I would say it's a sign.
527
00:45:56,921 --> 00:45:58,014
Wessex will live.
528
00:46:08,799 --> 00:46:11,200
There is barely a heartbeat.
529
00:46:13,871 --> 00:46:16,431
Let me give the child to Iseult.
530
00:46:37,928 --> 00:46:39,954
Oh, may God have
mercy on each of us.
531
00:47:03,487 --> 00:47:05,080
Where is he taking him?
532
00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:07,756
Am I allowed to know?
533
00:47:09,493 --> 00:47:10,493
To Iseult.
534
00:47:13,197 --> 00:47:14,790
God is watching.
535
00:47:58,209 --> 00:47:59,507
Lord?
536
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,109
Lord?
537
00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:07,515
Good morning, Lord.
538
00:48:07,551 --> 00:48:10,146
We received your message.
We came as quickly as we could.
539
00:48:11,989 --> 00:48:13,582
Father Beocca, is that you?
540
00:48:14,525 --> 00:48:15,525
Yes, Lord.
541
00:48:17,395 --> 00:48:18,488
You are here?
542
00:48:19,397 --> 00:48:20,524
I am, Lord.
543
00:48:26,137 --> 00:48:28,436
And you brought men.
544
00:48:28,472 --> 00:48:30,031
- Wulfhere.
- Lord.
545
00:48:33,577 --> 00:48:36,308
Well, how warming
it is to see you all.
546
00:48:36,347 --> 00:48:38,145
It's good to see
you again, Lord.
547
00:48:38,182 --> 00:48:41,778
And many more are
nearby. Guards, men.
548
00:48:41,819 --> 00:48:44,050
Even the Brother Asser is here.
549
00:48:44,088 --> 00:48:47,149
We've all been saying prayers
for your health and safety.
550
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:50,828
Praying, yes.
551
00:48:50,861 --> 00:48:53,023
And for Edward, of course.
552
00:48:53,063 --> 00:48:54,274
Every priest in the
land has been instructed
553
00:48:54,298 --> 00:48:56,358
to hold service
for his recovery.
554
00:48:59,737 --> 00:49:01,501
For Edward, I am blessed.
555
00:49:03,307 --> 00:49:04,900
How is the boy, Lord?
556
00:49:07,812 --> 00:49:08,812
Edward.
557
00:49:11,949 --> 00:49:12,949
Lord?
558
00:49:14,718 --> 00:49:15,718
What is it, Lord?
559
00:49:21,392 --> 00:49:23,657
Oh, please. Oh, please. God, no.
560
00:49:24,962 --> 00:49:27,124
Say he has not
been taken from me.
561
00:49:27,164 --> 00:49:29,326
No, Lord, this is not his grave.
562
00:49:37,508 --> 00:49:40,273
- He is well, Lord.
- What?
563
00:49:40,311 --> 00:49:41,643
And he is healed.
564
00:49:42,046 --> 00:49:43,173
Healed?
565
00:49:44,815 --> 00:49:46,283
Lord, what is this?
566
00:49:49,186 --> 00:49:51,348
It's good news, Father.
567
00:49:51,388 --> 00:49:53,016
Rejoice. ALFRED: He is well.
568
00:49:57,061 --> 00:49:58,061
Oh...
569
00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:03,498
He is well. It is true, he is...
570
00:50:04,869 --> 00:50:06,497
He is well. He is cool.
571
00:50:07,371 --> 00:50:08,999
He is well, Beocca.
572
00:50:10,941 --> 00:50:15,003
I can... I can feel his
heart beating strongly.
573
00:50:15,045 --> 00:50:17,207
God has not forsaken you, Lord.
574
00:50:17,248 --> 00:50:18,716
Fetch Aelswith!
Fetch his mother.
575
00:50:18,749 --> 00:50:21,514
The prayers of the whole of
Wessex have been answered.
576
00:50:21,552 --> 00:50:23,544
- Indeed.
- Every mass, Lord,
577
00:50:23,587 --> 00:50:27,217
every mass said by 100
priests or more has been heard.
578
00:50:27,258 --> 00:50:29,056
Look at him. Look
at him, he is well.
579
00:50:29,093 --> 00:50:31,995
God is good, praise him!
580
00:50:38,402 --> 00:50:41,236
Yes, praise him, Father Beocca.
581
00:50:50,581 --> 00:50:51,879
You did well.
582
00:50:52,883 --> 00:50:54,078
Why the tears?
583
00:50:59,223 --> 00:51:01,317
They are for the
stranger's child.
584
00:52:01,752 --> 00:52:03,277
You are wet, Arseling.
585
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:04,652
I am.
586
00:52:04,688 --> 00:52:08,147
Wet, tired, but I have a plan.
587
00:52:08,192 --> 00:52:12,994
Lord, the ships are guarded
by no more than 60 men.
588
00:52:13,030 --> 00:52:16,000
The rest of the army will
be inland, looking for food.
589
00:52:16,033 --> 00:52:18,298
We kill the men,
we burn the ships.
590
00:52:18,335 --> 00:52:20,497
You really believe Skorpa
will then go to Guthrum?
591
00:52:20,537 --> 00:52:21,835
I do.
592
00:52:21,872 --> 00:52:23,966
One army, one battle.
It's the only way, Lord.
593
00:52:26,610 --> 00:52:30,012
It begins here, in these waters.
594
00:52:34,718 --> 00:52:36,846
You were brought here
for this reason, Lord.
595
00:53:05,849 --> 00:53:06,849
They need to give chase
596
00:53:06,884 --> 00:53:08,853
and they need to
believe they can reach us.
597
00:53:10,587 --> 00:53:13,056
We stand our ground
until the very last moment.
598
00:53:14,425 --> 00:53:16,724
Then we stay on the safe path.
599
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:19,161
And let the land half kill
them before we attack.
600
00:53:21,265 --> 00:53:22,824
And if they do reach us?
601
00:53:29,073 --> 00:53:30,234
Ready?
602
00:53:46,790 --> 00:53:48,588
Remember, don't kill them.
603
00:53:48,625 --> 00:53:49,718
Just make them mad.
604
00:54:05,876 --> 00:54:06,876
Another.
605
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:18,455
Are you wishing to die?
606
00:54:19,656 --> 00:54:20,656
Another.
607
00:54:31,201 --> 00:54:33,830
Who are you, you
piece of weasel shit?
608
00:54:33,871 --> 00:54:35,863
You want me to spill your guts?
609
00:54:35,906 --> 00:54:37,738
Here I am, I'm waiting!
610
00:54:38,709 --> 00:54:41,406
We'll send each of
you to corpse hall.
611
00:54:41,445 --> 00:54:42,445
Hit the big bastard.
612
00:54:50,854 --> 00:54:53,585
Come and fight!
Or are you afraid?
613
00:54:54,858 --> 00:54:56,326
My axes!
614
00:55:00,197 --> 00:55:01,460
We stand our ground.
615
00:55:05,969 --> 00:55:07,267
We stand our ground.
616
00:55:11,675 --> 00:55:13,701
Run! Run, run, run!
617
00:56:51,375 --> 00:56:53,469
Now, for the ships!
618
00:57:00,117 --> 00:57:01,676
A new horizon, Lord.
619
00:57:02,953 --> 00:57:04,478
A beacon of hope.
620
00:57:09,726 --> 00:57:12,525
God has tested you, Lord.
621
00:57:12,562 --> 00:57:16,260
He's put you into the fire
as a smith would his steel.
622
00:57:16,300 --> 00:57:18,667
And like the steel you
have emerged stronger.
623
00:57:22,005 --> 00:57:23,098
Praise him.
624
00:57:24,141 --> 00:57:25,141
Praise him, Lord.
625
00:57:25,976 --> 00:57:28,343
You're right, Beocca.
626
00:57:28,378 --> 00:57:30,779
God works in the
strangest of ways,
627
00:57:32,015 --> 00:57:33,449
known only to himself.
627
00:57:34,305 --> 00:58:34,158
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