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I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred...
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born a Saxon and rightful heir
to the great fortress Bebbanburg.
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For many years,
I fought for King Alfred of Wessex...
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[men yelling and screaming]
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...and for his vision of the kingdoms
as a single union... England.
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But my loyalty was never rewarded.
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You are not the best of fathers.
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[Uhtred] My children were taken from me
and my son handed to the Church.
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Finally, we made peace...
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although the reconciliation was brief.
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[Beocca] The King is dead
and so together we pray for his soul...
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for his successor Edward.
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[Uhtred] The new king has much to learn.
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Wessex appears to be
in a land of chaos and doubt.
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God is with us.
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[Uhtred ] However, Alfred's widow,
Lady Aelswith,
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alienates men who were loyal to him.
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You were the King’s priest
and, as such, you no longer have a role.
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[Uhtred] And Lord Aethelhelm
has ambitions of his own.
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Why was I not told
that Edward had been married previously?
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[Uhtred] Aethelflaed's marriage
has also not brought harmony.
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I want her dead.
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[Uhtred] She holds a place
in my own heart.
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Brida's great love Ragnar is dead.
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She has made a new alliance
with the Dane Earl Cnut.
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You should be under furs, woman, with me.
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And I want to enjoy all of you,
while there's time.
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[Uhtred] Whilst the warrior Haesten
schemes to gain influence.
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I also have scores I must settle.
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Throughout all my victories,
defeats, loves and losses,
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I have stayed true to my conviction...
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that I will one day return to Bebbanburg
and overthrow the man
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who will stop at nothing
to have me killed...
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my uncle Aelfric.
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Destiny is all.
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[men shouting and swords clanging]
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[grunting and weapons thudding]
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[screams]
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Bastard Scots! Kill them!
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[swords clanging and men shouting]
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Slay them all!
Don’t spare a single one of them!
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[grunting]
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Sons of whores!
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[screams]
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[screams]
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[screaming and yelling]
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[whistles]
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They’re weakening. Forward!
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[yelling]
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We have them! Advance!
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Don’t let them escape!
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[shouting]
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[screams]
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Advance, you cowards! Kill them all!
Do not let them escape!
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[screams]
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[grunting and screaming]
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[gasps] What in God’s name...
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[yelling]
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Retreat!
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Retreat to Bebbanburg!
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[yelling]
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[yelling]
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Open the gates!
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Open the gates!
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Open the gates!
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[yelling]
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Go! Go!
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Open the gates!
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[swords clanging and yelling]
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[screaming and yelling]
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How many did we lose this time?
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Over half, Lord.
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Then we need more men...
or it'll be our heads on the ramparts.
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- Will they go back across the border?
- They'll gather reinforcements
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in Scotland, keep attacking
till they whittle us down to nothing.
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If they take Bebbanburg,
they have a gateway south.
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[pants]
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They want all of Northumbria.
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- Lord, where do we bury the dead?
- Leave them for the scavengers.
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[coughs]
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On your feet!
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The last men standing.
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My greatest fighters.
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Or the most fearful,
the ones who cowed and hid and ran?
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The Scots will return!
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They want to take our land
and see us gone.
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So unless you want to end up
rotting on a slave ship,
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I suggest you find the stomach to fight.
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To fight!
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Or leave!
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Go on, leave now!
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There is no place for doubt...
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or weakness.
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I will never surrender to invaders!
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[Aelfric] My men can be destroyed!
The villages starved!
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They can dig a trench a mile wide!
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But while I live,
these walls will not be breached.
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This fortress will not fall!
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I will never yield my birthright,
nor seek peace with those who attack us.
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We fight on, until they are all butchered.
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[Finan] It’s time we're heading south,
Osferth.
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[Aelfric] We fight on for Bebbanburg!
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[cheering]
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For Bebbanburg!
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[men cheering]
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[Aethelflaed pants]
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[Aethelflaed stops panting]
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[whispers] What?
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[whispers] Outside.
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No one knows I'm here.
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The people that know will not betray us.
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[Aethelflaed sighs]
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[footsteps outside]
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[whispers] Wait.
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[Aethelflaed pants]
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[sighs]
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[sighs]
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Who is there?
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It is Aldhelm. Lady Aethelflaed's absence
has been noted by her husband.
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She should leave here
before she is discovered.
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Stay with me.
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- I cannot.
- Yes, you can.
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If Aethelred sends soldiers,
we will fight them.
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Please, he has tortured you long enough.
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I know, but men should not die,
so I can love you, Uhtred.
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Men have died for less.
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Not the ones who serve me.
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[sighs]
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I will not be the cause of bloodshed.
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Aethelred would seek Edward's help.
We would be outnumbered.
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So, you'd take chastity while your husband
is chasing another woman?
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We both know that's different.
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Do not return to him and be humiliated.
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You are more than that.
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I know.
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And, hopefully, in time,
things will change for us.
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I will go to Winchester
to comfort my mother
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and come back here as soon as I can.
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Your men will return from the north soon.
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Lady, you know, I do not speak in envy,
but, please.
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Your husband would take great pleasure
in punishing you for adultery,
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should you give him the excuse.
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He takes great pleasure in punishing me
for whatever I do.
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So, I must try to live with
a little happiness.
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[Aethelflaed sighs]
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Besides, I have good men to protect me.
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And I know you do not speak from envy.
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[footsteps]
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- Any word from Finan?
- Nothing, Lord.
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Do you want to give up
your gods for your life?
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Do you want me to show you mercy?
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No!
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No. Mercy is for Christians.
What will you do?
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Good boy.
If they capture you, you do exactly this.
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[grunts]
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Hey, careful, Cnut!
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It means they like you.
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- They're good boys, Cnut. You're blessed.
- Yes.
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Come, they’ll have taken down
the camp without us.
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[murmuring]
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To the settlements until the winter.
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We must hide you away,
while the men go to war.
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Any of you caught humping a Saxon
will be executed on our return.
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Go!
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Arse-Licker.
You are the man they call the Arse-Licker?
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I am Eardwulf of Mercia,
commander of the King Aethelred's guard.
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His latest new commander.
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I heard you wormed your way
back from a family disgrace.
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And that your father lost his lands
for humping his horse?
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I heard there was a Dane who was willing
to betray his kinsfolk for money.
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[chuckles]
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You are steel-eyed for a turd.
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Perhaps we are fated to work together,
Lord Arse-Licker.
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[Haesten] They've been loading ships
for three days.
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[Eardwulf] Leaving land
they fought so hard for?
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It's unlike the Danes to slink away.
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- Where is Cnut taking his men?
- Irland.
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A cousin Sigtryggr is being held captive
by the natives.
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That will take at least a winter.
Will they come back?
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The women are going to local settlements,
so, there will be warm tits to return to.
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Why do you tell us this?
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Because, unlike you,
I'm not rewarded for my service.
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- You should have licked more asses.
- Perhaps.
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And...
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I no longer want war.
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I'm too old to sleep in the dirt.
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I want silver and Lord Aethelred has it?
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Makes his own coin?
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How ambitious.
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- How is the weasel?
- Still a man of wisdom and honor.
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Who promotes an ambitious soldier...
brave.
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Who rewards loyalty.
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- I hear he takes your sister as his whore.
- Then you heard wrong, Dane.
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She's not a whore
and he does not take her.
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[children laugh]
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- [Uhtred] This is good work.
- Thank you, my Lord.
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There's a boat down river, Lord.
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[Finan] Women of Coccham!
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We are back!
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[Uhtred] They know, Finan.
They can smell you from here.
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You look like shit.
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- What have you done to my ship?
- [Finan] Now, that was Osferth’s fault.
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- What news from Bebbanburg?
- Good news, Lord.
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My Uncle Aelfric is dead
and you have his balls to prove it?
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No, but he is being attacked
by the Scots pushing south.
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He lost half his men
in the most recent assault.
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- So, Bebbanburg's weakened?
- For now, yes.
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Until he finds more men.
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Or is slaughtered by the Scots.
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So, we could take it.
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With an army... we could take it.
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Well, perhaps. It will not be easy.
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- How many men does he have?
- Barely 40.
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- Can he raise a fyrd?
- Oh, God, no. Local lords think he's...
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That he's a turd, yes. And they're right.
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- We should not delay.
- No.
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Go before he buys more men.
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We head to Bebbanburg
before the Scots return.
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[Finan sighs]
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The gods are telling us to strike
and take back what is mine.
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Now, Lord, it'll take ships and men.
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The venture could cost you
all your silver.
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Finan, if we take Bebbanburg,
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we'll have all the silver
we ever dreamed of.
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You will all be rewarded for your service,
even you baby monk.
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Amen.
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[laughter]
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- How many men remain here?
- Not enough.
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We will ride to Winchester
and raise an army.
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It's time for Wessex to repay
all that I have given.
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What are they doing with Father's books?
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Lord Aethelhelm wants this room
given over to planning our defenses.
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Apparently,
it has the best light to work by.
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[Aelswith] Be careful!
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That is my husband's Chronicle.
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Take it to my quarters.
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His legacy, all the learning...
is no one to keep a record of our times?
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They keep a record...
of building fortifications.
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See, this one tells us how 20 men
can fashion a palisade in under a day.
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It is all for our own protection.
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- Mother, I'm so sorry.
- Please, do not pity me.
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I have a better life than many widows.
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And my new rooms are comfortable...
if rather near the kitchens.
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Every time I return,
there is a new insult.
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[Edward] I am not certain I believe it.
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Are the men that bring the news
to be trusted?
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- Lord Aethelhelm.
- My King.
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What did you hear?
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Well, simply that Cnut is leaving
for Irland to help a cousin, Sigtryggr,
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00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,400
who's besieged there.
251
00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,920
Then it must be true. Danes are known
for their kindness and loyalty.
252
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,560
We ignore this news
until the scouts confirm it.
253
00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,240
Continue to fortify along the border.
254
00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,400
When the Danes break the peace,
we will be ready.
255
00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:51,920
I will inform the whores.
256
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,080
Quicker than the monks at spreading news.
257
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,560
We are resolved. Every man who can wield
an ax should be building defenses.
258
00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,480
- Mother?
- What news do you talk of?
259
00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,760
Perhaps I could offer the wisdom
of experience.
260
00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:09,520
Take comfort that all is well.
261
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:12,040
Come.
262
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,960
[clumping of hooves]
263
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,200
Come and lie with me, Eadith.
God wants me to be satisfied.
264
00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,560
He gave me this desire, so...
265
00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,560
So, I am sure there is a servant girl
you could hump.
266
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:43,360
I've had every servant girl from here
to Ceaster. It is you that I want.
267
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,200
And it is me you shall have...
268
00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:47,600
when the time is right.
269
00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,000
Come on. Do not make me force you, Eadith.
You set a man on fire.
270
00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,880
Do not be surprised when you get burned.
271
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,640
- [knock at door]
- Yes!
272
00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,880
Lord Eardwulf, we were not expecting you
until nightfall.
273
00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,760
Forgive my intrusion, Lord, and to you,
sister, but I bring important news.
274
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,480
- Have us brought wine.
- My Lord.
275
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,480
- What is your news, Commander?
- I met a Danish spy and he revealed
276
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,880
that Cnut is taking
his warriors from East Anglia
277
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,040
and heading to Irland, leaving their women
and children in undefended settlements.
278
00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:20,680
- Who else knows of this?
- No one. I paid him well.
279
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:23,480
- Did you see them leave?
- Yes.
280
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,160
They're dismantling their camp
and packing their boats.
281
00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:27,720
A cousin is under attack in Dyflin.
282
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,160
If they're leaving East Anglia,
then it's empty
283
00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:31,600
and ready for us to conquer it.
284
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,800
And if I enlarge our land, then Mercia
no longer has to bow to Wessex and Edward.
285
00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:40,040
Troops can be readied when you want them,
but I would suggest that we leave quietly,
286
00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:43,560
- before the Ealdormen can disapprove.
- This is an excellent plan.
287
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,240
It appears the relics of St. Oswald
are already working in my favor.
288
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,440
I'm collecting all the bones
of our beloved Saint...
289
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:52,280
as a good omen
290
00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,640
to signal to the Mercian people that
I shall restore their lands to greatness.
291
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,296
- I'm sure they'll be impressed.
- It's my gift to the common folk.
292
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,240
Monks are leaving imminently
with silver to bargain for his heart...
293
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,560
and the winds are clearly blowing
in our favor.
294
00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:07,400
Thank you for all that you've done.
It's impressive.
295
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,880
Anything I do, I do for Mercia.
296
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:11,680
Indeed.
297
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,160
You could teach your sister
a lesson in generosity.
298
00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:17,720
Our game is not finished.
299
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,600
- Are you talking horseshit?
- No. I met a spy and the news is true.
300
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:29,800
The man is inflated enough
301
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,296
- without you encouraging him.
- I'm trying to keep him happy.
302
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,680
As should you.
Just hump the desperate bastard.
303
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,560
I hump him and he loses interest.
304
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,680
If we want all this to continue,
then we must not overplay our hand.
305
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,880
Do you want to return to being landless
and ridiculed?
306
00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:46,080
- You hump him, if you do not believe me.
- I tried. He did not bite.
307
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,040
[both chuckle]
308
00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,480
Will you hurry, Sable!
309
00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:00,960
Ah, the monks.
310
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:05,920
I'll fetch your silver.
You leave for Northumbria immediately.
311
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,520
St. Oswald’s heart? Bloody long way to go
for a piece of dried offal.
312
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,240
Still, a few taverns
to stop at along the way.
313
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,480
Northumbria’s a piss-hole place
to waste a journey on.
314
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,080
[low murmuring]
315
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:25,360
[sighs]
316
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,200
- Did you meet this Arse-Licker?
- I did.
317
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,160
Word will spread
that you leave for Irland.
318
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,600
And he believed you?
319
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,480
He wants to kiss his master's backside.
He believes what he wants to hear.
320
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,520
Then we shall attack Mercia,
while their backs are turned.
321
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,040
We sail to the estuary before dawn,
head upstream
322
00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,320
and keep the boats apart
to avoid any scouts.
323
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,400
When we reach Mercia,
we assault Aegelesburg in two bands
324
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,200
and I will kill their little Lord.
325
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,160
Too timid to attack
the boy king in Wessex?
326
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,560
The boy king in Wessex
has been building defenses.
327
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,000
And the fool in Mercia
has been following his cock.
328
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:03,200
[Cnut chuckles]
329
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,480
We kill Aethelred, Wessex is honor-bound
to come to Mercia's aid.
330
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,560
We lure out Edward
from behind his walls...
331
00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:13,280
and fight on our terms
and take the country.
332
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,440
As so many others have failed to do.
333
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,960
[men laugh in background]
334
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,160
What did you do to tame her?
335
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,720
I treated her with respect
and gave her love.
336
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:31,800
[mocking grunt]
337
00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:36,320
After you slaughtered the man
she cared for.
338
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,440
I pity the bitch.
339
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,720
Do not give me a reason to kill you.
340
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:46,880
My friend.
341
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,160
All right.
342
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,720
[knock at door]
343
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:11,640
Yes.
344
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:12,920
[door opens]
345
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,120
I hear Uhtred is downstairs.
Were you expecting him?
346
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,920
Uhtred? No, not until summer.
347
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:21,680
Are you sure it's him?
348
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,800
From the reaction of the novices,
I'm fairly certain.
349
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,280
- Beocca!
- [Beocca laughs]
350
00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:30,960
[laughs] Hild!
351
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:33,880
You have made quite an impression.
352
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,680
And you have not changed.
353
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,880
He has.
Are you still writing this great work?
354
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,440
St. Cuthbert is capricious.
He eludes me daily.
355
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:44,920
A master takes his time.
356
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,920
- You look like a man with good news.
- I am.
357
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,200
And we will need to sit for it
and we will need wine.
358
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,640
It is indeed worth waiting for.
359
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,920
Aelfric will finally see a reckoning.
360
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,480
Yes, never has a man deserved it more.
361
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,640
He is now weakened and without allies.
362
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,240
- Has he no heir to assist him?
- He did.
363
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,840
A son...
but the heir Wihtgar was banished.
364
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,480
- He died last summer in the southern sea.
- You can starve him out.
365
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:13,880
Surround the fortress.
366
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,000
What was your plan?
367
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,160
My plan is that you join us...
368
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:23,480
both of you.
369
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:29,000
Oh, I think my fighting days are over,
Uhtred.
370
00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:32,680
You, then?
371
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,760
- You don't want an old man.
- Beocca, you're not old.
372
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:45,240
And you have mourned Thyra long enough.
She would not want this sadness for you.
373
00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:49,480
Throw it off and return to Bebbanburg
with me.
374
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:54,800
I cannot.
375
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:59,000
Without me, the nuns would have
no one to minister the sacraments.
376
00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,800
And the life of St. Cuthbert
will not write itself.
377
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,040
Take the fortress. I will join you,
when the hard work is done.
378
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:08,960
Then we will hold a feast there
in your honor.
379
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,480
You deserve to go back, Uhtred.
380
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,440
Yes, to restore your family
to their rightful place.
381
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,520
I want to make a home
for my children to return to.
382
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:23,440
- Are they well? Your children?
- Stiorra thrives.
383
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:26,720
She lives at Aethelflaed's estate.
384
00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:33,600
My son, I do not see.
Alfred's influence has made him holy.
385
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:38,640
What news of Wessex?
386
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,960
Wessex... thrives.
387
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,640
Defenses are being strengthened
against the Danes.
388
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,880
Edward's son is now walking.
389
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,040
The King's wife is to be crowned a queen.
390
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,880
It is unusual to honor the girl,
whilst the widow Aelswith lives,
391
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:57,840
to say the least.
392
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,680
But Aelflaed has an ambitious father.
393
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,960
Yes, Lord Aethelhelm is ambitious.
394
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:09,520
But King Edward just accepts this ambition
from an Ealdorman?
395
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,800
Let's just say
we feel his father's absence.
396
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,560
[door opens]
397
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:43,680
[Pyrlig whispers]
398
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,280
Finish your prayers.
It is nothing of concern.
399
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:04,320
[laughs]
400
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,040
Walking like a fat man, friend.
401
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:09,880
It is my massive balls, Uhtred.
402
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,920
Too much palace food
and sitting on your backside.
403
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,280
- Perhaps. I fight less than I did.
- There will be fighting yet.
404
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,000
Do you know something we do not,
Lord Uhtred?
405
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,640
Lord King. Steapa.
406
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,240
I only know that Danes do not like peace.
407
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,800
Did you hear Cnut is now heading
to Irland to rescue a cousin?
408
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,800
No. I heard he has brought his sons
over from his homeland,
409
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,640
which means he has ambition here.
410
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,680
And what brings you to Winchester?
411
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,240
I'm here to make you an offer.
412
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,720
I can help you fulfill your father's dream
of a united land...
413
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,560
if you give me men to retake Bebbanburg.
414
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,640
Is Uhtred Ragnarson trying to negotiate?
415
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:56,960
It is a good idea.
416
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,800
If the bastard Scots
are making incursions,
417
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,320
they will return in number.
418
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,000
He takes the fortress.
It becomes your foothold in Northumbria.
419
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,640
I take Northumbria
and I unite the four kingdoms.
420
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,680
Small matter of conquering East Anglia,
421
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,760
but that is mainly cattle
and people that look like cattle.
422
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,880
Your father knew it could be done,
one country, one king.
423
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,800
Since when have you cared
for my father's vision, Uhtred?
424
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,040
Since it coincided with what he wants,
by the sound of it.
425
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:23,800
It works for the both of us.
426
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,920
Unless you want the Scots to gain
a stronghold to attack you from?
427
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,480
Aelfric cannot hold them off like I can.
428
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,960
I control the fortress.
You control the country.
429
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,800
Give me 100 men, it will take a week.
430
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,960
Two hundred, I can take it in a day...
431
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,800
It would certainly fulfill an ambition.
432
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,480
But given the ongoing threat
from the Danes here in the south,
433
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:46,200
is it wise to distract ourselves...
434
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:51,080
gallop to the frozen north for what is,
in essence, a family feud?
435
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,920
Uhtred has done much to distract
the Danes from Wessex.
436
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,600
Yes and we are all very grateful
for his service.
437
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,720
But surely his oath was to see
the King on the throne.
438
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,360
A duty that is now performed.
439
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,480
What is the point you are making,
Lord Aethelhelm?
440
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:09,200
I'm merely saying that
there is no debt on either side.
441
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,560
- No debt...
- Lord Uhtred is free...
442
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:13,320
to take what he wants.
443
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:15,480
You to defend what you have...
444
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:20,240
which is the innocent people of Wessex
from the marauding heathen.
445
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,040
By cowering behind walls
and waiting for the Danes to attack?
446
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,760
No, by not being forced to fight
before we are certain to win.
447
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,840
There are good reasons
to go softly and strategically.
448
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,960
That is how you got where you are,
Lord Aethelhelm.
449
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,640
Lord, take this moment
your God is offering you.
450
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:37,160
Your father had a dream...
451
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,600
And my father also knew
when to say no to Uhtred Ragnarson.
452
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:46,200
I am no longer the boy
who can be bent to your will.
453
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,400
This is not saying never,
but now is not the time.
454
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,400
[Uhtred] "Now is not the time."
455
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:14,320
Years, I've waited.
Years, I've given my sword.
456
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,600
Years, my home has been denied to me.
457
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:17,800
"There's no debt."
458
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:19,720
Winchester is a snake pit.
459
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:24,640
We will think of another plan.
460
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,760
Do you think our band can take
the 40 men at Bebbanburg?
461
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,640
- Two on one? Ask me when I'm drunk.
- Come on, Finan.
462
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:38,720
Our men are three times
the fighters Aelfric's are.
463
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,800
I know. It's just unbreachable walls
and boiling tar that worry me.
464
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,280
Not to mention the Scots
waiting to take it for themselves.
465
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:49,280
Is the plan off, then?
466
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,520
Are we just staying here to get drunk?
467
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,320
The plan is unchanged.
We head to Bebbanburg.
468
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,640
Take the fortress, then we get drunk.
469
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,480
Just us...
470
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:05,040
without an army?
471
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:09,280
You don't need an army to kill one man.
We kill Aelfric, the gates will open.
472
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,920
- None, Aidan?
- None, Lord. We have tried.
473
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,800
Offer them three times
what a mercenary would normally receive.
474
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,400
I do not think silver will tempt them.
475
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,600
- Are they afraid of the Scots?
- No, but they think that we are doomed.
476
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:33,880
There is another way,
but you will not like it.
477
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,400
We have had word that Aethelred
of Mercia is sending monks...
478
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,159
What does that turd want with us?
479
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,880
The heart of St. Oswald.
480
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:48,040
I know it is a precious relic and that
it has been at Bebbanburg for generations,
481
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:49,679
but it may be our only course.
482
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,040
Aidan, I am a devoted Christian,
who fears his saints.
483
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:58,920
Bebbanburg was my reward from God
for my constant and unwavering piety.
484
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:00,800
Yes, indeed.
485
00:35:01,639 --> 00:35:04,480
Send out to whatever hovels
the common people live in.
486
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:05,960
Round up the farmers' sons.
487
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,600
Will that work, Lord?
The farmers are not well-disposed to us.
488
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,080
It will work if you hold a knife
to the mothers' throats.
489
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:58,920
- Look around you, Eardwulf.
- Lord?
490
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:04,120
Soon, all that you see
will belong to Mercia.
491
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,240
Cnut's mistake for leaving
will be our glory.
492
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,800
It's getting in to Bebbanburg,
that's the problem.
493
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,080
I say we just turn up and ram the gate.
494
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:22,960
Or we just ask nicely to be let in.
495
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:24,560
Next idea.
496
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,680
- We are not dressing up as nuns.
- I wasn't going to say that.
497
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,720
- But you were.
- No, I wasn't.
498
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,040
Lord Uhtred!
499
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,400
Thank you for offering your men
to clear the stables.
500
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:39,480
What!
501
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,400
Lady Aethelflaed will meet you
in the garden.
502
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:44,880
Do not turn me into a brothel-keeper.
503
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,320
- Oh, but you enjoy the savage life.
- Uhtred!
504
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,120
Do your novices not know that?
505
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:53,600
Ladders.
506
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,880
- Lord Uhtred.
- Lady Aethelflaed.
507
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,880
Forgive me for not meeting you
at the palace.
508
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,600
My woman Sable is at my husband's estate.
509
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:26,760
And she has learned something
that will be very useful to you.
510
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:35,200
[Sable] It is all being done very quickly
and I am not one to spy or spread rumors.
511
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,080
But Lord Aethelred is collecting
the relics of St. Oswald.
512
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:41,320
Why is this important?
513
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,480
Because, when St. Oswald's body
is reunited in Mercia,
514
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,600
the land will be returned to greatness.
515
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:51,120
- It is important to our people.
- Why is it important to me?
516
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,360
- Tell him of the monks, Sable.
- Oh, yes.
517
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,600
All that remains to be gathered
is the heart of St. Oswald,
518
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,000
- which your uncle...
- Of course.
519
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,720
Aelfric keeps it at Bebbanburg.
520
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,800
It's no doubt some dog liver
my ancestors bought.
521
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,880
Nevertheless, a treasure to the Mercians.
522
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,760
Lord Aethelred has sent a pair of monks
up north to strike a bargain for it.
523
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,080
Do you know when?
524
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,840
They should reach Grimesby by Sunday,
then Bebbanburg on the day of Ascension.
525
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,520
- When is Ascension?
- Ten days before Pentecost.
526
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,360
Two weeks from now.
527
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:26,560
Intercept these brothers
528
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,840
and you could gain entry
into the fortress.
529
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,040
I will need a priest
who can accompany these monks.
530
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,320
I am sorry,
but I can provide nothing more.
531
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,760
I cannot defy my brother.
532
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,080
I hope your brother values your loyalty.
533
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,040
I hope you win what you have longed for.
534
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:50,280
Uhtred...
535
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:54,960
What if you die doing this?
536
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,720
Then you will be the last woman
to hump Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
537
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:05,040
[laughs]
538
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,240
Is that your way of promising
to be faithful?
539
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:12,320
Do not answer that.
540
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:26,160
[Uhtred] If we leave now, we should
make it to the monastery by nightfall.
541
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,040
We will need another beast, a small one.
542
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,480
Hump the horseman's wife if you have to.
543
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:34,640
I'd rather hump the horse.
544
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:37,440
- [Finan] Why the extra horse, Lord?
- It's for a priest.
545
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,080
- Which priest?
- One I hope will be glad to see me.
546
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:48,800
Well, well.
547
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:52,800
Finally back to Bebbanburg.
548
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:54,480
Beocca...
549
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,520
if you want to come,
I will carry you there.
550
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,480
Ride with me.
We will rest when you need to.
551
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,360
- I will fight with you on my shoulders.
- You do not need me for this, Uhtred.
552
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:07,040
You're ready to face this alone.
553
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,360
Fulfill your father's birthright.
554
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,840
Restore Northumbria to greatness.
555
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,800
The pride should be on your shoulders
and yours alone.
556
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:19,360
You deserve this.
557
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,600
I will repay all the debt I owe you
three times over.
558
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:24,880
You will live like a lord in Bebbanburg.
559
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,360
You owe me nothing, Uhtred.
560
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:31,120
Anything I ever did for you,
I did from my own heart.
561
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,320
May the Lord bless you and keep you
in this adventure.
562
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,200
Thank you, Father.
563
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,360
Goodbye, pure and holy abbess.
564
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,520
[chuckles]
Goodbye, you bloodthirsty heathen.
565
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:52,120
Take this.
566
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,840
Turn it into hack-silver
and pay for bribes along the way.
567
00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:06,320
Keep each other out of trouble.
568
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:15,640
[flutter of bird wings]
569
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,480
[men shouting in distance]
570
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:33,040
[hooves thundering and yelling]
571
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:34,480
[gasps]
572
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,280
[soldier] Kill them all!
573
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,120
[people screaming]
574
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,600
[pants]
575
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,000
[people screaming]
576
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:59,080
[soldiers shouting]
577
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:22,360
[gasps]
578
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:27,840
No! No!
579
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:28,920
[sobs]
580
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:30,400
- [footsteps]
- [gasps]
581
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:56,040
Look how he worms his way in,
with the King's guard.
582
00:43:57,240 --> 00:43:59,840
Why do that if you do not seek influence?
583
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:02,400
I do not trust him.
584
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:07,720
In the past, he has suggested to me
things that are most unchristian,
585
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,000
in regards to the other heirs
to the throne.
586
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:15,200
Do you mean the firstborn you had banished
so your son could make a better marriage?
587
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:21,040
I mean the children
who were conceived without holy union.
588
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:22,880
The first marriage was legitimate.
589
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,120
There are priests
who will swear on the Book to it.
590
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:29,800
Lady...
591
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,680
you chose Lord Aethelhelm's daughter
as a match,
592
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:37,440
because he had silver that Wessex needed.
593
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:42,520
You chose her over a woman your son
loved and who had borne him children.
594
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:44,920
You cannot invite a serpent
into the garden
595
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,360
and be surprised
when it slithers on the ground.
596
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:52,640
Did I not have you removed
from the court, Father Beocca?
597
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:55,440
Yes, another one of your rash judgments.
598
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:59,280
It is unwise to remain somewhere
you are not wanted.
599
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,600
And yet you choose to stay here, too.
600
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:04,480
Perhaps we are not so different.
601
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,640
[Hild] This bitterness is not her.
602
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,120
Her role is diminished
and she is veiled in grief.
603
00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:23,240
Yes.
604
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,440
It can make a person
less than they should be.
605
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:28,600
I should know.
606
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:49,280
Seize the land to the north
until you reach the sea.
607
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,640
And then we will see which Saxon kingdom
is the greatest.
608
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,160
And who should kneel to whom.
609
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,040
[Finan] Which one?
610
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:19,160
[Sihtric] It's not him.
611
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:28,600
[Finan] It's him. Go!
612
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:34,400
[Young Uhtred grunts]
613
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:38,120
- Hey! Get off! Who are you!
- He's a sinner, Father!
614
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:39,880
[Young Uhtred] Where are we going?
615
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:46,840
[grunts and pants]
616
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:50,880
[pants]
617
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:59,400
- Hello, Father.
- Men, this is my son. Young Uhtred.
618
00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:02,480
I don't use that name.
It belongs to a priest killer.
619
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:07,800
I'm here to guide you back to your family.
620
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:09,000
The Church is my family.
621
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,176
It's not. You were placed there
without my permission.
622
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,200
Praise be to King Alfred for that.
623
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:19,936
We are leaving this place
and you are coming with me.
624
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:21,280
- Am I?
- Yes, you have no choice.
625
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,320
Take off the woman's garb. Wear this.
626
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:28,520
And, uh... I have a gift for you.
627
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:31,040
Sihtric!
628
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:35,760
[horse grunts and whinnies]
629
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:45,360
Impressive beast.
630
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:52,600
Hey.
I did not realize how much you'd grown.
631
00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,640
Ride to Coccham with us.
In time, we will find you a proper horse.
632
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:00,880
Why would I go to Coccham?
633
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:02,960
To collect the ship
that will take us north...
634
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,400
to reclaim your birthright and mine.
635
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:10,160
To seize back what was lost
and unite our family.
636
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:13,400
- I'm taking you to Bebbanburg.
- Never heard of it.
637
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:26,840
- He doesn't seem to like you much.
- That's Alfred's legacy.
638
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,080
The man torments me still.
639
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,680
Let me guess. I'm to be banished again.
640
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:51,520
Would I let that happen, Beocca?
I would say keep yourself indoors a while.
641
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:53,360
I am to be silenced.
642
00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:57,240
I'm sorry.
Lady Aelswith wields power where she can.
643
00:48:58,240 --> 00:49:01,160
I will drop in and bring you news
until she has calmed herself.
644
00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:03,200
You are a good man, Father Pyrlig.
645
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,560
A good friend to me and to Wessex.
646
00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:12,720
Before you go...
647
00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,800
to advise a king is a great honor.
648
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,000
But it can also be a curse.
649
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:27,720
Sometimes found myself at war
with my own conscience.
650
00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:32,240
- I want you to know you have my blessing.
- To do what?
651
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,680
Whatever must be done
to protect King Edward.
652
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:40,280
Ah. The King grows wiser by the day, true.
653
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:44,040
He has all the makings of a great leader,
I'm sure.
654
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,200
But time may be against you.
655
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:49,880
Those around him have ambition.
656
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:55,760
And it is not the ambition of the King,
or of his father, who we both loved.
657
00:49:57,840 --> 00:49:59,640
So, you do what you must.
658
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:23,320
It's sturdy enough.
659
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:27,560
Do we not need something more... agile?
660
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,600
We're not taking pelts to sell to Frankia.
661
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,560
Do you want Aelfric to know
that we're coming?
662
00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:37,200
I suppose not.
663
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:39,520
Pelts it is.
664
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:45,400
Uhtred!
665
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:50,880
Beocca?
666
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:54,720
Are you kidding? [chuckles]
667
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:59,560
Do you have room for half a man more?
I flee the wrath of the Lady Aelswith.
668
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:03,080
As do we all.
I'm sure we can make space for you.
669
00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:06,840
I'm afraid I'll be not much use to you
as a fighter.
670
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,120
Happily for you, I am desperate.
671
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:12,320
[Beocca laughs]
672
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,400
[Finan] We'll require more ale, for sure.
673
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,440
Did Hild send you to keep an eye on me?
674
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:21,000
No.
675
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:24,920
It was entirely my decision.
676
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:29,200
You were right. I've allowed myself
to get old too quickly.
677
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:32,840
I shall leech off their youthfulness...
678
00:51:34,040 --> 00:51:35,320
revive myself.
679
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,520
[Finan chuckles]
680
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:40,800
What is the real reason?
681
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:45,520
Word reached me...
682
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,600
of the abduction of a young deacon.
683
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:53,400
So, I felt I should, uh...
684
00:51:56,240 --> 00:51:57,800
[Uhtred sighs]
685
00:51:57,880 --> 00:51:59,960
You came to help me be a better father.
686
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:02,800
Well, there is that.
687
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:04,880
[Uhtred] And?
688
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:38,920
Come, get on the boat with us.
689
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:40,600
What use do you have for me?
690
00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:44,480
Why do you drag me to something
for which I'm not made?
691
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,320
Because I see the man that you will be,
not the boy that you are.
692
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:57,720
I know what it is to be ripped
from one life to live another.
693
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,200
And I know that it will make you stronger.
694
00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:03,920
Perhaps my faith is being tested.
695
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:07,880
- Perhaps that's what it is.
- You see this?
696
00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:11,640
This was my father's.
697
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:14,400
One day it will be yours.
698
00:53:15,720 --> 00:53:18,120
- It is fate.
- It doesn't feel like fate.
699
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:21,080
It feels like penance.
700
00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:46,800
[Finan] Get your saintly arse
on the bench, Osferth.
701
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,680
- [Uhtred] Let's go.
- He gets sick traveling backward.
702
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:52,280
[Osferth] I do not.
I just like to see where we’re going.
703
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,560
[Sihtric laughs]
704
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:44,800
To Bebbanburg!
705
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:46,800
Raise the sail!
55654
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