1 00:00:03,103 --> 00:00:05,436 I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred... 2 00:00:07,107 --> 00:00:11,875 born a Saxon and rightful heir to the great fortress Bebbanburg. 3 00:00:12,513 --> 00:00:15,642 For many years, I fought for King Alfred of Wessex... 4 00:00:18,886 --> 00:00:23,324 and for his vision of the kingdoms as a single union... England. 5 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:27,022 But my loyalty was never rewarded. 6 00:00:27,127 --> 00:00:28,959 You are not the best of fathers. 7 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:33,524 My children were taken from me and my son handed to the Church. 8 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:36,135 Finally, we made peace... 9 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:39,339 although the reconciliation was brief. 10 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:44,535 The King is dead and so together we pray for his soul... 11 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:47,374 for his successor Edward. 12 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:50,176 The new king has much to learn. 13 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:53,084 Wessex appears to be in a land of chaos and doubt. 14 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:54,844 God is with us. 15 00:00:55,489 --> 00:00:58,015 However, Alfred's widow, Lady Aelswith, 16 00:00:58,091 --> 00:01:00,856 alienates men who were loyal to him. 17 00:01:00,928 --> 00:01:05,832 You were the King's priest and, as such, you no longer have a role. 18 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:10,070 And Lord Aethelhelm has ambitions of his own. 19 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:15,009 Why was I not told that Edward had been married previously? 20 00:01:16,376 --> 00:01:19,574 Aethelflaed's marriage has also not brought harmony. 21 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,446 I want her dead. 22 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:25,052 She holds a place in my own heart. 23 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:29,720 Brida's great love Ragnar is dead. 24 00:01:30,891 --> 00:01:34,521 She has made a new alliance with the Dane Earl Cnut. 25 00:01:34,595 --> 00:01:37,429 You should be under furs, woman, with me. 26 00:01:37,531 --> 00:01:39,932 And I want to enjoy all of you, while there's time. 27 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:43,697 Whilst the warrior Haesten schemes to gain influence. 28 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:47,601 I also have scores I must settle. 29 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:53,246 Throughout all my victories, defeats, loves and losses, 30 00:01:53,313 --> 00:01:56,078 I have stayed true to my conviction 31 00:01:56,149 --> 00:02:00,587 that I will one day return to Bebbanburg and overthrow the man 32 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:03,283 who will stop at nothing to have me killed... 33 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:06,090 my uncle Aelfric. 34 00:02:09,763 --> 00:02:11,755 Destiny is all. 35 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:19,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 36 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:39,853 Bastard Scots! Kill them! 37 00:02:43,363 --> 00:02:46,458 Slay them all! Don't spare a single one of them! 38 00:02:50,971 --> 00:02:52,098 Sons of whores! 39 00:03:10,791 --> 00:03:12,817 They're weakening. Forward! 40 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:30,476 We have them! Advance! 41 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:32,311 Don't let them escape! 42 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:46,083 Advance, you cowards! Kill them all! Do not let them escape! 43 00:03:52,933 --> 00:03:54,993 What in God's name... 44 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:00,265 Retreat! 45 00:04:00,373 --> 00:04:02,001 Retreat to Bebbanburg! 46 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:31,731 Open the gates! 47 00:04:32,806 --> 00:04:34,206 Open the gates! 48 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:35,469 Open the gates! 49 00:04:40,814 --> 00:04:42,407 Go! Go! 50 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:46,378 Open the gates! 51 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:41,704 How many did we lose this time? 52 00:05:43,043 --> 00:05:44,773 Over half, Lord. 53 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:51,050 Then we need more men... Or it'll be our heads on the ramparts. 54 00:05:51,151 --> 00:05:52,676 Will they go back across the border? 55 00:05:52,786 --> 00:05:55,881 They'll gather reinforcements in Scotland, 56 00:05:55,989 --> 00:05:58,720 keep attacking till they whittle us down to nothing. 57 00:05:58,825 --> 00:06:01,488 If they take Bebbanburg, they have a gateway south. 58 00:06:03,730 --> 00:06:05,460 They want all of Northumbria. 59 00:06:05,532 --> 00:06:09,196 - Lord, where do we bury the dead? - Leave them for the scavengers. 60 00:06:15,141 --> 00:06:16,370 On your feet! 61 00:06:20,347 --> 00:06:22,248 The last men standing. 62 00:06:24,150 --> 00:06:25,550 My greatest fighters. 63 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:31,982 Or the most fearful, the ones who cowed and hid and ran? 64 00:06:34,861 --> 00:06:36,989 The Scots will return! 65 00:06:37,597 --> 00:06:40,692 They want to take our land and see us gone. 66 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:43,669 So unless you want to end up rotting on a slave ship, 67 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:47,105 I suggest you find the stomach to fight. 68 00:06:48,108 --> 00:06:49,337 To fight! 69 00:06:50,710 --> 00:06:51,734 Or leave! 70 00:06:52,846 --> 00:06:54,542 Go on, leave now! 71 00:06:54,614 --> 00:06:57,049 There is no place for doubt... 72 00:06:58,285 --> 00:06:59,617 or weakness. 73 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:05,718 I will never surrender to invaders! 74 00:07:06,893 --> 00:07:10,921 My men can be destroyed! The villages starved! 75 00:07:11,298 --> 00:07:13,426 They can dig a trench a mile wide! 76 00:07:13,533 --> 00:07:17,766 But while I live, these walls will not be breached. 77 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:22,073 This fortress will not fall! 78 00:07:23,076 --> 00:07:29,573 I will never yield my birthright, nor seek peace with those who attack us. 79 00:07:29,649 --> 00:07:33,609 We fight on, until they are all butchered. 80 00:07:35,155 --> 00:07:37,215 It's time we're heading south, Osferth. 81 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:40,158 We fight on for Bebbanburg! 82 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:43,927 For Bebbanburg! 83 00:09:17,724 --> 00:09:18,885 What? 84 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,184 Outside. 85 00:09:21,861 --> 00:09:23,523 No one knows I'm here. 86 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:27,490 The people that know will not betray us. 87 00:09:37,077 --> 00:09:38,101 Wait. 88 00:10:01,468 --> 00:10:02,595 Who is there? 89 00:10:02,902 --> 00:10:04,234 It is Aldhelm. 90 00:10:04,304 --> 00:10:07,297 Lady Aethelflaed's absence has been noted by her husband. 91 00:10:08,241 --> 00:10:10,733 She should leave here before she is discovered. 92 00:10:23,156 --> 00:10:24,283 Stay with me. 93 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:28,784 - I cannot. - Yes, you can. 94 00:10:29,662 --> 00:10:32,222 If Aethelred sends soldiers, we will fight them. 95 00:10:32,765 --> 00:10:35,735 Please, he has tortured you long enough. 96 00:10:36,803 --> 00:10:41,798 I know, but men should not die, so I can love you, Uhtred. 97 00:10:42,609 --> 00:10:44,510 Men have died for less. 98 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:48,342 Not the ones who serve me. 99 00:10:51,518 --> 00:10:53,987 I will not be the cause of bloodshed. 100 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:58,751 Aethelred would seek Edward's help. We would be outnumbered. 101 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:03,627 So, you'd take chastity while your husband is chasing another woman? 102 00:11:05,198 --> 00:11:07,133 We both know that's different. 103 00:11:10,703 --> 00:11:13,468 Do not return to him and be humiliated. 104 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:15,806 You are more than that. 105 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:17,438 I know. 106 00:11:19,879 --> 00:11:22,713 And, hopefully, in time, things will change for us. 107 00:11:23,650 --> 00:11:25,949 I will go to Winchester to comfort my mother 108 00:11:26,019 --> 00:11:28,352 and come back here as soon as I can. 109 00:11:30,123 --> 00:11:32,649 Your men will return from the north soon. 110 00:11:42,402 --> 00:11:46,237 Lady, you know, I do not speak in envy, but, please. 111 00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:50,238 Your husband would take great pleasure in punishing you for adultery, 112 00:11:50,343 --> 00:11:51,709 should you give him the excuse. 113 00:11:51,811 --> 00:11:54,804 He takes great pleasure in punishing me for whatever I do. 114 00:11:55,748 --> 00:11:58,047 So, I must try to live with a little happiness. 115 00:12:02,055 --> 00:12:05,583 Besides, I have good men to protect me. 116 00:12:08,661 --> 00:12:10,857 And I know you do not speak from envy. 117 00:12:34,787 --> 00:12:38,019 - Any word from Finan? - Nothing, Lord. 118 00:13:38,785 --> 00:13:41,084 Do you want to give up your gods for your life? 119 00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:43,020 Do you want me to show you mercy? 120 00:13:44,190 --> 00:13:45,249 No! 121 00:13:46,192 --> 00:13:49,856 No. Mercy is for Christians. What will you do? 122 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:54,929 Good boy. 123 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:57,129 If they capture you, you do exactly this. 124 00:13:59,972 --> 00:14:01,201 Hey, careful, Cnut! 125 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:04,170 It means they like you. 126 00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:06,710 They're good boys, Cnut. 127 00:14:06,813 --> 00:14:07,974 - Yes. - You're blessed. 128 00:14:08,047 --> 00:14:11,279 Come, they'll have taken down the camp without us. 129 00:14:42,248 --> 00:14:44,217 To the settlements until the winter. 130 00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:47,219 We must hide you away, while the men go to war. 131 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,018 Any of you caught humping a Saxon will be executed on our return. 132 00:14:53,493 --> 00:14:54,517 Go! 133 00:15:16,516 --> 00:15:17,916 Arse-Licker. 134 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:20,062 You are the man they call the Arse-Licker? 135 00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:23,682 I am Eardwulf of Mercia, commander of the King Aethelred's guard. 136 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:25,952 His latest new commander. 137 00:15:26,058 --> 00:15:28,527 I heard you wormed your way back from a family disgrace. 138 00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:32,727 And that your father lost his lands for humping his horse? 139 00:15:32,799 --> 00:15:36,292 I heard there was a Dane who was willing to betray his kinsfolk for money. 140 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,240 You are steel-eyed for a turd. 141 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:45,568 Perhaps we are fated to work together, Lord Arse-Licker. 142 00:15:48,981 --> 00:15:51,075 They've been loading ships for three days. 143 00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:53,483 Leaving land they fought so hard for? 144 00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:56,078 It's unlike the Danes to slink away. 145 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:59,983 - Where is Cnut taking his men? - Irland. 146 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:03,992 A cousin Sigtryggr is being held captive by the natives. 147 00:16:04,831 --> 00:16:06,163 That will take at least a winter. 148 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:08,090 Will they come back? 149 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:09,878 The women are going to local settlements, 150 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:11,837 so, there will be warm tits to return to. 151 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:15,331 Why do you tell us this? 152 00:16:17,410 --> 00:16:22,075 Because, unlike you, I'm not rewarded for my service. 153 00:16:22,148 --> 00:16:25,175 - You should have licked more asses. - Perhaps. 154 00:16:26,586 --> 00:16:27,645 And... 155 00:16:29,755 --> 00:16:31,280 I no longer want war. 156 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:34,122 I'm too old to sleep in the dirt. 157 00:16:34,627 --> 00:16:38,860 I want silver and Lord Aethelred has it? 158 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,433 Makes his own coin? 159 00:16:50,476 --> 00:16:51,637 How ambitious. 160 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:55,175 - How is the weasel? - Still a man of wisdom and honor. 161 00:16:55,281 --> 00:16:58,274 Who promotes an ambitious soldier... brave. 162 00:16:58,351 --> 00:16:59,819 Who rewards loyalty. 163 00:17:06,225 --> 00:17:08,353 I hear he takes your sister as his whore. 164 00:17:08,461 --> 00:17:09,690 Then you heard wrong, Dane. 165 00:17:10,296 --> 00:17:12,663 She's not a whore and he does not take her. 166 00:17:30,016 --> 00:17:32,508 - This is good work. - Thank you, my Lord. 167 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:36,813 There's a boat down river, Lord. 168 00:17:45,331 --> 00:17:47,562 Women of Coccham! 169 00:17:48,701 --> 00:17:50,829 We are back! 170 00:17:51,537 --> 00:17:54,097 They know, Finan. They can smell you from here. 171 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:58,407 You look like shit. 172 00:17:59,378 --> 00:18:03,110 - What have you done to my ship? - Now, that was Osferth's fault. 173 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:05,514 - What news from Bebbanburg? - Good news, Lord. 174 00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:08,885 My Uncle Aelfric is dead and you have his balls to prove it? 175 00:18:08,955 --> 00:18:12,949 No, but he is being attacked by the Scots pushing south. 176 00:18:13,893 --> 00:18:16,556 He lost half his men in the most recent assault. 177 00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:19,258 - So, Bebbanburg's weakened? - For now, yes. 178 00:18:19,365 --> 00:18:21,061 Until he finds more men. 179 00:18:21,133 --> 00:18:22,863 Or is slaughtered by the Scots. 180 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:24,403 So, we could take it. 181 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:27,096 With an army... we could take it. 182 00:18:27,206 --> 00:18:29,402 Well, perhaps. It will not be easy. 183 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:32,775 - How many men does he have? - Barely 40. 184 00:18:34,046 --> 00:18:37,039 - Can he raise a fyrd? - Oh, God, no. Local lords think he's... 185 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:39,608 That he's a turd, yes. And they're right. 186 00:18:40,486 --> 00:18:42,045 - We should not delay. - No. 187 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:43,555 Go before he buys more men. 188 00:18:46,993 --> 00:18:49,155 We head to Bebbanburg before the Scots return. 189 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:55,059 The gods are telling us to strike and take back what is mine. 190 00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:59,800 Now, Lord, it'll take ships and men. 191 00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:02,067 The venture could cost you all your silver. 192 00:19:02,775 --> 00:19:04,334 Finan, if we take Bebbanburg, 193 00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:06,935 we'll have all the silver we ever dreamed of. 194 00:19:07,780 --> 00:19:10,909 You will all be rewarded for your service, even you baby monk. 195 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:12,007 Amen. 196 00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:16,987 - How many men remain here? - Not enough. 197 00:19:17,957 --> 00:19:19,858 We will ride to Winchester and raise an army. 198 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:24,094 It's time for Wessex to repay all that I have given. 199 00:20:00,966 --> 00:20:02,832 What are they doing with Father's books? 200 00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:06,964 Lord Aethelhelm wants this room given over to planning our defenses. 201 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:11,969 Apparently, it has the best light to work by. 202 00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:14,138 Be careful! 203 00:20:15,481 --> 00:20:17,074 That is my husband's Chronicle. 204 00:20:18,250 --> 00:20:19,650 Take it to my quarters. 205 00:20:21,187 --> 00:20:23,656 His legacy, all the learning... 206 00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:25,988 is no one to keep a record of our times? 207 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:30,519 They keep a record... of building fortifications. 208 00:20:30,596 --> 00:20:36,399 See, this one tells us how 20 men can fashion a palisade in under a day. 209 00:20:38,437 --> 00:20:41,202 It is all for our own protection. 210 00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:45,176 - Mother, I'm so sorry. - Please, do not pity me. 211 00:20:46,378 --> 00:20:48,506 I have a better life than many widows. 212 00:20:49,115 --> 00:20:54,019 And my new rooms are comfortable, if rather near the kitchens. 213 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:57,185 Every time I return, there is a new insult. 214 00:21:06,732 --> 00:21:08,758 I am not certain I believe it. 215 00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:11,969 Are the men that bring the news to be trusted? 216 00:21:12,071 --> 00:21:14,131 - Lord Aethelhelm. - My King. 217 00:21:14,540 --> 00:21:15,633 What did you hear? 218 00:21:15,741 --> 00:21:20,543 Well, simply that Cnut is leaving for Irland to help a cousin, Sigtryggr, 219 00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:21,876 who's besieged there. 220 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:25,577 Then it must be true. Danes are known for their kindness and loyalty. 221 00:21:25,651 --> 00:21:28,246 We ignore this news until the scouts confirm it. 222 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,084 Continue to fortify along the border. 223 00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:33,388 When the Danes break the peace, we will be ready. 224 00:21:33,459 --> 00:21:35,052 I will inform the whores. 225 00:21:36,061 --> 00:21:38,394 Quicker than the monks at spreading news. 226 00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:39,488 We are resolved. 227 00:21:39,598 --> 00:21:43,000 Every man who can wield an ax should be building defenses. 228 00:21:45,571 --> 00:21:48,097 - Mother? - What news do you talk of? 229 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:51,341 Perhaps I could offer the wisdom of experience. 230 00:21:51,443 --> 00:21:53,309 Take comfort that all is well. 231 00:21:54,947 --> 00:21:56,074 Come. 232 00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:18,030 Come and lie with me, Eadith. God wants me to be satisfied. 233 00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:20,367 He gave me this desire, so... 234 00:22:20,472 --> 00:22:23,772 So, I am sure there is a servant girl you could hump. 235 00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:25,812 I've had every servant girl from here to Ceaster. 236 00:22:26,812 --> 00:22:28,542 It is you that I want. 237 00:22:28,647 --> 00:22:30,513 And it is me you shall have... 238 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:32,879 when the time is right. 239 00:22:32,985 --> 00:22:35,147 Come on. Do not make me force you, Eadith. 240 00:22:35,221 --> 00:22:38,191 You set a man on fire. Do not be surprised when you get burned. 241 00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:40,191 Yes! 242 00:22:43,829 --> 00:22:46,958 Lord Eardwulf, we were not expecting you until nightfall. 243 00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:49,399 Forgive my intrusion, Lord, and to you, sister, 244 00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:51,800 but I bring important news. 245 00:22:51,871 --> 00:22:53,396 - Have us brought wine. - My Lord. 246 00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:56,172 What is your news, Commander? 247 00:22:56,242 --> 00:22:57,904 I met a Danish spy and he revealed 248 00:22:58,010 --> 00:23:01,003 that Cnut is taking his warriors from East Anglia and heading to Irland, 249 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,209 leaving their women and children in undefended settlements. 250 00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:07,748 - Who else knows of this? - No one. I paid him well. 251 00:23:08,854 --> 00:23:10,550 - Did you see them leave? - Yes. 252 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:13,218 They're dismantling their camp and packing their boats. 253 00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:14,850 A cousin is under attack in Dyflin. 254 00:23:14,927 --> 00:23:17,396 If they're leaving East Anglia, then it's empty 255 00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:19,021 and ready for us to conquer it. 256 00:23:19,098 --> 00:23:20,430 And if I enlarge our land, 257 00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:23,434 then Mercia no longer has to bow to Wessex and Edward. 258 00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:25,401 Troops can be readied when you want them, 259 00:23:25,504 --> 00:23:27,598 but I would suggest that we leave quietly, 260 00:23:27,706 --> 00:23:31,404 - before the Ealdormen can disapprove. - This is an excellent plan. 261 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:35,277 It appears the relics of St. Oswald are already working in my favor. 262 00:23:35,881 --> 00:23:38,544 I'm collecting all the bones of our beloved Saint... 263 00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:40,511 as a good omen 264 00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:43,886 to signal to the Mercian people that I shall restore their lands to greatness. 265 00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:46,687 - I'm sure they'll be impressed. - It's my gift to the common folk. 266 00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:49,786 Monks are leaving imminently with silver to bargain for his heart... 267 00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:53,229 and the winds are clearly blowing in our favor. 268 00:23:54,199 --> 00:23:56,691 Thank you for all that you've done. It's impressive. 269 00:23:56,769 --> 00:23:58,738 Anything I do, I do for Mercia. 270 00:23:59,571 --> 00:24:00,698 Indeed. 271 00:24:01,974 --> 00:24:04,307 You could teach your sister a lesson in generosity. 272 00:24:05,411 --> 00:24:06,970 Our game is not finished. 273 00:24:14,887 --> 00:24:18,051 - Are you talking horseshit? - No. I met a spy and the news is true. 274 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:20,422 The man is inflated enough without you encouraging him. 275 00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:22,085 I'm trying to keep him happy. 276 00:24:22,161 --> 00:24:24,562 As should you. Just hump the desperate bastard. 277 00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:26,656 I hump him and he loses interest. 278 00:24:26,765 --> 00:24:29,929 If we want all this to continue, then we must not overplay our hand. 279 00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:32,164 Do you want to return to being landless and ridiculed? 280 00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:36,634 - You hump him, if you do not believe me. - I tried. He did not bite. 281 00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:49,512 Will you hurry, Sable! 282 00:24:50,756 --> 00:24:52,156 Ah, the monks. 283 00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:56,353 I'll fetch your silver. You leave for Northumbria immediately. 284 00:24:58,430 --> 00:25:02,026 St. Oswald's heart? Bloody long way to go for a piece of dried offal. 285 00:25:02,468 --> 00:25:05,996 Still, a few taverns to stop at along the way. 286 00:25:06,105 --> 00:25:09,473 Northumbria's a piss-hole place to waste a journey on. 287 00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:21,615 - Did you meet this Arse-Licker? - I did. 288 00:25:22,454 --> 00:25:24,616 Word will spread that you leave for Irland. 289 00:25:24,690 --> 00:25:26,158 And he believed you? 290 00:25:26,225 --> 00:25:30,219 He wants to kiss his master's backside. He believes what he wants to hear. 291 00:25:31,730 --> 00:25:34,495 Then we shall attack Mercia, while their backs are turned. 292 00:25:34,566 --> 00:25:36,296 We sail to the estuary before dawn, 293 00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:39,361 head upstream and keep the boats apart to avoid any scouts. 294 00:25:39,471 --> 00:25:42,805 When we reach Mercia, we assault Aegelesburg in two bands 295 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:44,468 and I will kill their little Lord. 296 00:25:45,411 --> 00:25:47,744 Too timid to attack the boy king in Wessex? 297 00:25:48,914 --> 00:25:51,884 The boy king in Wessex has been building defenses. 298 00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:55,651 And the fool in Mercia has been following his cock. 299 00:25:57,089 --> 00:26:00,184 We kill Aethelred, Wessex is honor-bound to come to Mercia's aid. 300 00:26:01,193 --> 00:26:03,560 We lure out Edward from behind his walls... 301 00:26:04,196 --> 00:26:07,530 and fight on our terms and take the country. 302 00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:12,898 As so many others have failed to do. 303 00:26:19,378 --> 00:26:21,040 What did you do to tame her? 304 00:26:22,714 --> 00:26:25,548 I treated her with respect and gave her love. 305 00:26:29,221 --> 00:26:31,554 After you slaughtered the man she cared for. 306 00:26:32,458 --> 00:26:33,721 I pity the bitch. 307 00:26:36,128 --> 00:26:38,120 Do not give me a reason to kill you. 308 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,624 My friend. 309 00:26:55,314 --> 00:26:56,577 All right. 310 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:08,483 Yes. 311 00:27:11,063 --> 00:27:13,464 I hear Uhtred is downstairs. Were you expecting him? 312 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:17,065 Uhtred? No, not until summer. 313 00:27:17,769 --> 00:27:18,793 Are you sure it's him? 314 00:27:19,338 --> 00:27:21,967 From the reaction of the novices, I'm fairly certain. 315 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:26,672 Beocca! 316 00:27:26,778 --> 00:27:28,474 Hild! 317 00:27:29,748 --> 00:27:31,614 You have made quite an impression. 318 00:27:32,684 --> 00:27:34,448 And you have not changed. 319 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,916 He has. Are you still writing this great work? 320 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:41,517 St. Cuthbert is capricious. He eludes me daily. 321 00:27:41,627 --> 00:27:43,186 A master takes his time. 322 00:27:44,096 --> 00:27:46,258 - You look like a man with good news. - I am. 323 00:27:46,865 --> 00:27:49,528 And we will need to sit for it and we will need wine. 324 00:27:52,371 --> 00:27:54,272 It is indeed worth waiting for. 325 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:56,604 Aelfric will finally see a reckoning. 326 00:27:56,675 --> 00:27:59,270 Yes, never has a man deserved it more. 327 00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:01,506 He is now weakened and without allies. 328 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:03,844 - Has he no heir to assist him? - He did. 329 00:28:03,949 --> 00:28:07,147 A son... but the heir Wihtgar was banished. 330 00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:09,882 He died last summer in the southern sea. 331 00:28:09,988 --> 00:28:11,479 You can starve him out. 332 00:28:11,890 --> 00:28:13,290 Surround the fortress. 333 00:28:17,329 --> 00:28:18,558 What was your plan? 334 00:28:19,031 --> 00:28:20,659 My plan is that you join us... 335 00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:23,228 both of you. 336 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:29,069 Oh, I think my fighting days are over, Uhtred. 337 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:32,803 You, then? 338 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:38,207 - You don't want an old man. - Beocca, you're not old. 339 00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:46,090 And you have mourned Thyra long enough. She would not want this sadness for you. 340 00:28:47,926 --> 00:28:50,589 Throw it off and return to Bebbanburg with me. 341 00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:55,724 I cannot. 342 00:28:56,068 --> 00:29:00,233 Without me, the nuns would have no one to minister the sacraments. 343 00:29:00,606 --> 00:29:03,201 And the life of St. Cuthbert will not write itself. 344 00:29:03,275 --> 00:29:06,609 Take the fortress. I will join you, when the hard work is done. 345 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,840 Then we will hold a feast there in your honor. 346 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:12,714 You deserve to go back, Uhtred. 347 00:29:13,285 --> 00:29:16,551 Yes, to restore your family to their rightful place. 348 00:29:18,123 --> 00:29:20,683 I want to make a home for my children to return to. 349 00:29:21,126 --> 00:29:25,791 - Are they well? Your children? - Stiorra thrives. 350 00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:29,264 She lives at Aethelflaed's estate. 351 00:29:31,903 --> 00:29:36,568 My son, I do not see. Alfred's influence has made him holy. 352 00:29:40,445 --> 00:29:41,879 What news of Wessex? 353 00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:46,047 Wessex... thrives. 354 00:29:47,386 --> 00:29:49,946 Defenses are being strengthened against the Danes. 355 00:29:50,055 --> 00:29:52,286 Edward's son is now walking. 356 00:29:52,391 --> 00:29:54,587 The King's wife is to be crowned a queen. 357 00:29:55,327 --> 00:29:59,731 It is unusual to honor the girl, whilst the widow Aelswith lives, 358 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:01,725 to say the least. 359 00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:06,665 But Aelflaed has an ambitious father. 360 00:30:06,772 --> 00:30:09,071 Yes, Lord Aethelhelm is ambitious. 361 00:30:09,574 --> 00:30:13,807 But King Edward just accepts this ambition from an Ealdorman? 362 00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:20,316 Let's just say we feel his father's absence. 363 00:30:55,721 --> 00:30:58,384 Finish your prayers. It is nothing of concern. 364 00:31:12,571 --> 00:31:14,836 Walking like a fat man, friend. 365 00:31:14,906 --> 00:31:16,841 It is my massive balls, Uhtred. 366 00:31:17,476 --> 00:31:19,843 Too much palace food and sitting on your backside. 367 00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:23,678 - Perhaps. I fight less than I did. - There will be fighting yet. 368 00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:26,251 Do you know something we do not, Lord Uhtred? 369 00:31:26,351 --> 00:31:29,048 Lord King. Steapa. 370 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:32,884 I only know that Danes do not like peace. 371 00:31:32,991 --> 00:31:36,484 Did you hear Cnut is now heading to Irland to rescue a cousin? 372 00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:39,690 No. I heard he has brought his sons over from his homeland, 373 00:31:39,765 --> 00:31:41,529 which means he has ambition here. 374 00:31:42,601 --> 00:31:44,695 And what brings you to Winchester? 375 00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:49,406 I'm here to make you an offer. 376 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:54,235 I can help you fulfill your father's dream of a united land... 377 00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:58,115 if you give me men to retake Bebbanburg. 378 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:02,686 Is Uhtred Ragnarson trying to negotiate? 379 00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:05,857 It is a good idea. 380 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:09,361 If the bastard Scots are making incursions, they will return in number. 381 00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:13,190 He takes the fortress. It becomes your foothold in Northumbria. 382 00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:16,099 I take Northumbria and I unite the four kingdoms. 383 00:32:16,201 --> 00:32:17,931 Small matter of conquering East Anglia, 384 00:32:18,036 --> 00:32:21,268 but that is mainly cattle and people that look like cattle. 385 00:32:21,373 --> 00:32:24,707 Your father knew it could be done, one country, one king. 386 00:32:26,044 --> 00:32:28,479 Since when have you cared for my father's vision, Uhtred? 387 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:32,039 Since it coincided with what he wants, by the sound of it. 388 00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:33,949 It works for the both of us. 389 00:32:34,052 --> 00:32:37,250 Unless you want the Scots to gain a stronghold to attack you from? 390 00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:39,752 Aelfric cannot hold them off like I can. 391 00:32:39,825 --> 00:32:42,385 I control the fortress. You control the country. 392 00:32:42,994 --> 00:32:45,293 Give me 100 men, it will take a week. 393 00:32:45,397 --> 00:32:47,559 Two hundred, I can take it in a day... 394 00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:50,500 It would certainly fulfill an ambition. 395 00:32:51,236 --> 00:32:54,331 But given the ongoing threat from the Danes here in the south, 396 00:32:54,439 --> 00:32:57,238 is it wise to distract ourselves... 397 00:32:57,776 --> 00:33:02,339 gallop to the frozen north for what is, in essence, a family feud? 398 00:33:02,447 --> 00:33:05,178 Uhtred has done much to distract the Danes from Wessex. 399 00:33:05,283 --> 00:33:09,118 Yes and we are all very grateful for his service. 400 00:33:09,754 --> 00:33:13,350 But surely his oath was to see the King on the throne. 401 00:33:13,458 --> 00:33:15,086 A duty that is now performed. 402 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,186 What is the point you are making, Lord Aethelhelm? 403 00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:21,164 I'm merely saying that there is no debt on either side. 404 00:33:21,266 --> 00:33:23,826 - No debt... - Lord Uhtred is free 405 00:33:23,935 --> 00:33:25,801 to take what he wants. 406 00:33:25,871 --> 00:33:27,840 You to defend what you have... 407 00:33:28,607 --> 00:33:32,669 which is the innocent people of Wessex from the marauding heathen. 408 00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:35,611 By cowering behind walls and waiting for the Danes to attack? 409 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:39,481 No, by not being forced to fight before we are certain to win. 410 00:33:39,551 --> 00:33:42,680 There are good reasons to go softly and strategically. 411 00:33:42,787 --> 00:33:44,881 That is how you got where you are, Lord Aethelhelm. 412 00:33:44,990 --> 00:33:48,791 Lord, take this moment your God is offering you. 413 00:33:49,227 --> 00:33:50,286 Your father had a dream... 414 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:54,857 And my father also knew when to say no to Uhtred Ragnarson. 415 00:33:55,967 --> 00:33:59,734 I am no longer the boy who can be bent to your will. 416 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:05,167 This is not saying never, but now is not the time. 417 00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:24,996 "Now is not the time." 418 00:34:25,497 --> 00:34:29,059 Years, I've waited. Years, I've given my sword. 419 00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:31,432 Years, my home has been denied to me. 420 00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:32,560 "There's no debt." 421 00:34:32,671 --> 00:34:34,697 Winchester is a snake pit. 422 00:34:37,842 --> 00:34:39,276 We will think of another plan. 423 00:34:45,517 --> 00:34:48,282 Do you think our band can take the 40 men at Bebbanburg? 424 00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:52,016 - Two on one? Ask me when I'm drunk. - Come on, Finan. 425 00:34:52,457 --> 00:34:54,517 Our men are three times the fighters Aelfric's are. 426 00:34:54,593 --> 00:34:58,963 I know. It's just unbreachable walls and boiling tar that worry me. 427 00:34:59,064 --> 00:35:01,761 Not to mention the Scots waiting to take it for themselves. 428 00:35:04,269 --> 00:35:05,703 Is the plan off, then? 429 00:35:07,205 --> 00:35:08,798 Are we just staying here to get drunk? 430 00:35:08,907 --> 00:35:11,900 The plan is unchanged. We head to Bebbanburg. 431 00:35:11,977 --> 00:35:14,970 Take the fortress, then we get drunk. 432 00:35:18,216 --> 00:35:20,310 Just us... 433 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,113 without an army? 434 00:35:22,220 --> 00:35:26,385 You don't need an army to kill one man. We kill Aelfric, the gates will open. 435 00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:34,563 - None, Aidan? - None, Lord. We have tried. 436 00:35:36,935 --> 00:35:40,565 Offer them three times what a mercenary would normally receive. 437 00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:42,471 I do not think silver will tempt them. 438 00:35:42,574 --> 00:35:46,511 - Are they afraid of the Scots? - No, but they think that we are doomed. 439 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:52,177 There is another way, but you will not like it. 440 00:35:53,118 --> 00:35:56,680 We have had word that Aethelred of Mercia is sending monks... 441 00:35:56,788 --> 00:35:58,586 What does that turd want with us? 442 00:36:00,191 --> 00:36:01,420 The heart of St. Oswald. 443 00:36:02,761 --> 00:36:04,252 I know it is a precious relic 444 00:36:04,763 --> 00:36:06,959 and that it has been at Bebbanburg for generations, 445 00:36:07,032 --> 00:36:08,591 but it may be our only course. 446 00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:13,128 Aidan, I am a devoted Christian, who fears his saints. 447 00:36:13,204 --> 00:36:18,302 Bebbanburg was my reward from God for my constant and unwavering piety. 448 00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:20,141 Yes, indeed. 449 00:36:20,779 --> 00:36:23,840 Send out to whatever hovels the common people live in. 450 00:36:23,948 --> 00:36:25,382 Round up the farmers' sons. 451 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:29,177 Will that work, Lord? The farmers are not well-disposed to us. 452 00:36:29,287 --> 00:36:32,883 It will work if you hold a knife to the mothers' throats. 453 00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:20,698 - Look around you, Eardwulf. - Lord? 454 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:26,104 Soon, all that you see will belong to Mercia. 455 00:37:26,745 --> 00:37:29,442 Cnut's mistake for leaving will be our glory. 456 00:37:38,523 --> 00:37:41,425 It's getting in to Bebbanburg, that's the problem. 457 00:37:41,526 --> 00:37:43,791 I say we just turn up and ram the gate. 458 00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:45,761 Or we just ask nicely to be let in. 459 00:37:46,297 --> 00:37:47,356 Next idea. 460 00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:53,697 - We are not dressing up as nuns. - I wasn't going to say that. 461 00:37:53,772 --> 00:37:55,240 - But you were. - No, I wasn't. 462 00:37:55,306 --> 00:37:56,740 Lord Uhtred! 463 00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:01,879 Thank you for offering your men to clear the stables. 464 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:03,073 What! 465 00:38:03,748 --> 00:38:06,047 Lady Aethelflaed will meet you in the garden. 466 00:38:06,584 --> 00:38:08,610 Do not turn me into a brothel-keeper. 467 00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:11,246 - Oh, but you enjoy the savage life. - Uhtred! 468 00:38:12,490 --> 00:38:14,254 Do your novices not know that? 469 00:38:16,728 --> 00:38:17,923 Ladders. 470 00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:40,111 - Lord Uhtred. - Lady Aethelflaed. 471 00:38:40,618 --> 00:38:43,144 Forgive me for not meeting you at the palace. 472 00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:48,120 My woman Sable is at my husband's estate. 473 00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:52,297 And she has learned something that will be very useful to you. 474 00:38:56,434 --> 00:38:58,335 It is all being done very quickly 475 00:38:58,436 --> 00:39:01,270 and I am not one to spy or spread rumors. 476 00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:05,208 But Lord Aethelred is collecting the relics of St. Oswald. 477 00:39:06,277 --> 00:39:07,609 Why is this important? 478 00:39:08,146 --> 00:39:11,708 Because, when St. Oswald's body is reunited in Mercia, 479 00:39:11,816 --> 00:39:14,012 the land will be returned to greatness. 480 00:39:14,118 --> 00:39:17,816 - It is important to our people. - Why is it important to me? 481 00:39:17,889 --> 00:39:21,018 - Tell him of the monks, Sable. - Oh, yes. 482 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:24,562 All that remains to be gathered is the heart of St. Oswald, 483 00:39:24,662 --> 00:39:25,973 - which your uncle... - Of course. 484 00:39:25,997 --> 00:39:27,966 Aelfric keeps it at Bebbanburg. 485 00:39:28,466 --> 00:39:30,958 It's no doubt some dog liver my ancestors bought. 486 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:34,130 Nevertheless, a treasure to the Mercians. 487 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:40,205 Lord Aethelred has sent a pair of monks up north to strike a bargain for it. 488 00:39:40,545 --> 00:39:41,569 Do you know when? 489 00:39:41,679 --> 00:39:45,548 They should reach Grimesby by Sunday, then Bebbanburg on the day of Ascension. 490 00:39:47,151 --> 00:39:50,417 - When is Ascension? - Ten days before Pentecost. 491 00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:53,185 Two weeks from now. 492 00:39:53,258 --> 00:39:56,990 Intercept these brothers and you could gain entry into the fortress. 493 00:40:00,765 --> 00:40:03,599 I will need a priest who can accompany these monks. 494 00:40:03,701 --> 00:40:06,034 I am sorry, but I can provide nothing more. 495 00:40:06,838 --> 00:40:08,397 I cannot defy my brother. 496 00:40:08,506 --> 00:40:10,907 I hope your brother values your loyalty. 497 00:40:11,843 --> 00:40:14,039 I hope you win what you have longed for. 498 00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:19,240 Uhtred... 499 00:40:22,854 --> 00:40:24,447 What if you die doing this? 500 00:40:28,726 --> 00:40:32,288 Then you will be the last woman to hump Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 501 00:40:36,901 --> 00:40:39,268 Is that your way of promising to be faithful? 502 00:40:41,105 --> 00:40:42,266 Do not answer that. 503 00:40:53,818 --> 00:40:57,277 If we leave now, we should make it to the monastery by nightfall. 504 00:40:58,823 --> 00:41:00,815 We will need another beast, a small one. 505 00:41:01,326 --> 00:41:03,386 Hump the horseman's wife if you have to. 506 00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:05,829 I'd rather hump the horse. 507 00:41:05,930 --> 00:41:08,593 - Why the extra horse, Lord? - It's for a priest. 508 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:12,332 - Which priest? - One I hope will be glad to see me. 509 00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:20,403 Well, well. 510 00:41:22,914 --> 00:41:24,576 Finally back to Bebbanburg. 511 00:41:25,249 --> 00:41:26,342 Beocca... 512 00:41:27,285 --> 00:41:29,516 if you want to come, I will carry you there. 513 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:33,624 Ride with me. We will rest when you need to. 514 00:41:33,691 --> 00:41:37,287 - I will fight with you on my shoulders. - You do not need me for this, Uhtred. 515 00:41:37,795 --> 00:41:39,491 You're ready to face this alone. 516 00:41:40,999 --> 00:41:42,865 Fulfill your father's birthright. 517 00:41:43,601 --> 00:41:45,536 Restore Northumbria to greatness. 518 00:41:46,971 --> 00:41:49,497 The pride should be on your shoulders and yours alone. 519 00:41:50,641 --> 00:41:51,665 You deserve this. 520 00:41:52,276 --> 00:41:55,838 I will repay all the debt I owe you three times over. 521 00:41:55,947 --> 00:41:58,007 You will live like a lord in Bebbanburg. 522 00:41:58,116 --> 00:41:59,482 You owe me nothing, Uhtred. 523 00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:04,447 Anything I ever did for you, I did from my own heart. 524 00:42:05,023 --> 00:42:07,959 May the Lord bless you and keep you in this adventure. 525 00:42:09,627 --> 00:42:11,892 Thank you, Father. 526 00:42:19,670 --> 00:42:22,504 Goodbye, pure and holy abbess. 527 00:42:22,573 --> 00:42:24,735 Goodbye, you bloodthirsty heathen. 528 00:42:25,376 --> 00:42:26,571 Take this. 529 00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:35,512 Turn it into hack-silver and pay for bribes along the way. 530 00:42:39,557 --> 00:42:41,253 Keep each other out of trouble. 531 00:44:13,151 --> 00:44:15,017 Kill them all! 532 00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:08,802 No! No! 533 00:45:34,699 --> 00:45:38,329 Look how he worms his way in, with the King's guard. 534 00:45:39,437 --> 00:45:42,168 Why do that if you do not seek influence? 535 00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:44,841 I do not trust him. 536 00:45:45,376 --> 00:45:50,508 In the past, he has suggested to me things that are most unchristian, 537 00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:52,914 in regards to the other heirs to the throne. 538 00:45:53,851 --> 00:45:55,877 Do you mean the firstborn you had banished 539 00:45:55,953 --> 00:45:58,115 so your son could make a better marriage? 540 00:46:00,091 --> 00:46:04,256 I mean the children who were conceived without holy union. 541 00:46:04,362 --> 00:46:06,558 The first marriage was legitimate. 542 00:46:08,966 --> 00:46:11,629 There are priests who will swear on the Book to it. 543 00:46:12,436 --> 00:46:13,460 Lady... 544 00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:18,474 you chose Lord Aethelhelm's daughter as a match, 545 00:46:18,576 --> 00:46:21,273 because he had silver that Wessex needed. 546 00:46:22,046 --> 00:46:24,641 You chose her over a woman your son loved 547 00:46:24,749 --> 00:46:26,650 and who had borne him children. 548 00:46:27,118 --> 00:46:29,110 You cannot invite a serpent into the garden 549 00:46:29,220 --> 00:46:31,746 and be surprised when it slithers on the ground. 550 00:46:33,991 --> 00:46:37,257 Did I not have you removed from the court, Father Beocca? 551 00:46:37,328 --> 00:46:40,127 Yes, another one of your rash judgments. 552 00:46:40,231 --> 00:46:44,396 It is unwise to remain somewhere you are not wanted. 553 00:46:44,468 --> 00:46:46,767 And yet you choose to stay here, too. 554 00:46:47,972 --> 00:46:49,497 Perhaps we are not so different. 555 00:47:01,152 --> 00:47:02,677 This bitterness is not her. 556 00:47:04,121 --> 00:47:07,023 Her role is diminished and she is veiled in grief. 557 00:47:08,192 --> 00:47:09,421 Yes. 558 00:47:09,994 --> 00:47:12,589 It can make a person less than they should be. 559 00:47:13,664 --> 00:47:14,825 I should know. 560 00:47:33,551 --> 00:47:36,316 Seize the land to the north until you reach the sea. 561 00:47:38,055 --> 00:47:40,854 And then we will see which Saxon kingdom is the greatest. 562 00:47:42,793 --> 00:47:44,523 And who should kneel to whom. 563 00:48:01,979 --> 00:48:03,242 Which one? 564 00:48:05,883 --> 00:48:07,374 It's not him. 565 00:48:16,060 --> 00:48:17,323 It's him. Go! 566 00:48:23,367 --> 00:48:26,064 - Hey! Get off! Who are you! - He's a sinner, Father! 567 00:48:27,238 --> 00:48:28,598 Where are we going? 568 00:48:45,356 --> 00:48:49,350 - Hello, Father. - Men, this is my son. Young Uhtred. 569 00:48:49,427 --> 00:48:52,625 I don't use that name. It belongs to a priest killer. 570 00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:58,130 I'm here to guide you back to your family. 571 00:48:58,235 --> 00:48:59,396 The Church is my family. 572 00:48:59,470 --> 00:49:01,598 It's not. You were placed there without my permission. 573 00:49:01,705 --> 00:49:03,765 Praise be to King Alfred for that. 574 00:49:08,879 --> 00:49:10,891 We are leaving this place and you are coming with me. 575 00:49:10,915 --> 00:49:12,383 - Am I? - Yes, you have no choice. 576 00:49:12,450 --> 00:49:13,930 Take off the woman's garb. Wear this. 577 00:49:16,554 --> 00:49:19,820 And, uh... I have a gift for you. 578 00:49:21,425 --> 00:49:22,449 Sihtric! 579 00:49:35,673 --> 00:49:36,732 Impressive beast. 580 00:49:40,911 --> 00:49:44,746 Hey. I did not realize how much you'd grown. 581 00:49:49,353 --> 00:49:52,323 Ride to Coccham with us. In time, we will find you a proper horse. 582 00:49:52,423 --> 00:49:53,463 Why would I go to Coccham? 583 00:49:53,524 --> 00:49:55,618 To collect the ship that will take us north... 584 00:49:56,126 --> 00:49:58,288 to reclaim your birthright and mine. 585 00:50:00,498 --> 00:50:03,195 To seize back what was lost and unite our family. 586 00:50:03,667 --> 00:50:06,637 - I'm taking you to Bebbanburg. - Never heard of it. 587 00:50:16,947 --> 00:50:20,645 - He doesn't seem to like you much. - That's Alfred's legacy. 588 00:50:22,453 --> 00:50:24,012 The man torments me still. 589 00:50:40,037 --> 00:50:42,336 Let me guess. I'm to be banished again. 590 00:50:42,406 --> 00:50:44,170 Would I let that happen, Beocca? 591 00:50:44,642 --> 00:50:46,322 I would say keep yourself indoors a while. 592 00:50:46,911 --> 00:50:48,209 I am to be silenced. 593 00:50:49,179 --> 00:50:52,411 I'm sorry. Lady Aelswith wields power where she can. 594 00:50:53,317 --> 00:50:56,151 I will drop in and bring you news until she has calmed herself. 595 00:50:56,220 --> 00:50:58,553 You are a good man, Father Pyrlig. 596 00:51:01,091 --> 00:51:03,060 A good friend to me and to Wessex. 597 00:51:06,931 --> 00:51:07,990 Before you go... 598 00:51:12,703 --> 00:51:15,764 to advise a king is a great honor. 599 00:51:17,708 --> 00:51:19,233 But it can also be a curse. 600 00:51:20,544 --> 00:51:24,174 Sometimes found myself at war with my own conscience. 601 00:51:25,215 --> 00:51:27,207 I want you to know you have my blessing. 602 00:51:27,718 --> 00:51:28,742 To do what? 603 00:51:28,852 --> 00:51:31,344 Whatever must be done to protect King Edward. 604 00:51:33,557 --> 00:51:37,187 Ah. The King grows wiser by the day, true. 605 00:51:38,696 --> 00:51:41,097 He has all the makings of a great leader, I'm sure. 606 00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:44,364 But time may be against you. 607 00:51:45,369 --> 00:51:47,133 Those around him have ambition. 608 00:51:47,237 --> 00:51:53,541 And it is not the ambition of the King, or of his father, who we both loved. 609 00:51:55,446 --> 00:51:57,278 So, you do what you must. 610 00:52:20,904 --> 00:52:22,099 It's sturdy enough. 611 00:52:23,007 --> 00:52:26,569 Do we not need something more... agile? 612 00:52:28,512 --> 00:52:30,504 We're not taking pelts to sell to Frankia. 613 00:52:31,348 --> 00:52:33,681 Do you want Aelfric to know that we're coming? 614 00:52:35,185 --> 00:52:36,585 I suppose not. 615 00:52:37,287 --> 00:52:38,311 Pelts it is. 616 00:52:43,427 --> 00:52:44,451 Uhtred! 617 00:52:49,700 --> 00:52:50,793 Beocca? 618 00:52:52,870 --> 00:52:54,771 Are you kidding? 619 00:52:55,339 --> 00:52:59,800 Do you have room for half a man more? I flee the wrath of the Lady Aelswith. 620 00:52:59,877 --> 00:53:03,439 As do we all. I'm sure we can make space for you. 621 00:53:04,048 --> 00:53:07,485 I'm afraid I'll be not much use to you as a fighter. 622 00:53:08,852 --> 00:53:10,821 Happily for you, I am desperate. 623 00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:15,386 We'll require more ale, for sure. 624 00:53:18,562 --> 00:53:21,191 Did Hild send you to keep an eye on me? 625 00:53:21,298 --> 00:53:22,459 No. 626 00:53:24,201 --> 00:53:26,466 It was entirely my decision. 627 00:53:28,238 --> 00:53:30,833 You were right. I've allowed myself to get old too quickly. 628 00:53:32,242 --> 00:53:34,336 I shall leech off their youthfulness... 629 00:53:35,846 --> 00:53:37,075 revive myself. 630 00:53:41,485 --> 00:53:42,919 What is the real reason? 631 00:53:45,756 --> 00:53:47,725 Word reached me... 632 00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:53,094 of the abduction of a young deacon. 633 00:53:54,531 --> 00:53:56,056 So, I felt I should, uh... 634 00:54:00,671 --> 00:54:02,867 You came to help me be a better father. 635 00:54:04,508 --> 00:54:05,874 Well, there is that. 636 00:54:06,910 --> 00:54:08,071 And? 637 00:54:41,645 --> 00:54:43,409 Come, get on the boat with us. 638 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:45,142 What use do you have for me? 639 00:54:46,717 --> 00:54:49,277 Why do you drag me to something for which I'm not made? 640 00:54:49,820 --> 00:54:53,313 Because I see the man that you will be, not the boy that you are. 641 00:54:59,830 --> 00:55:03,096 I know what it is to be ripped from one life to live another. 642 00:55:04,334 --> 00:55:06,735 And I know that it will make you stronger. 643 00:55:07,738 --> 00:55:09,570 Perhaps my faith is being tested. 644 00:55:11,508 --> 00:55:13,636 - Perhaps that's what it is. - You see this? 645 00:55:16,113 --> 00:55:17,513 This was my father's. 646 00:55:18,916 --> 00:55:20,475 One day it will be yours. 647 00:55:21,852 --> 00:55:24,412 - It is fate. - It doesn't feel like fate. 648 00:55:26,089 --> 00:55:27,523 It feels like penance. 649 00:55:51,949 --> 00:55:54,180 Get your saintly arse on the bench, Osferth. 650 00:55:54,284 --> 00:55:57,186 - Let's go. - He gets sick traveling backward. 651 00:55:57,287 --> 00:55:59,882 I do not. I just like to see where we're going. 652 00:56:52,943 --> 00:56:54,673 To Bebbanburg! 653 00:56:55,679 --> 00:56:56,738 Raise the sail! 653 00:56:57,305 --> 00:57:57,781 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/72mj4 Help other users to choose the best subtitles