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[ choir singing hymn ]

- [ choir continues singing ] - [ waves crashing ]

[ silent ]

- [ distorted yelling ] - [ footsteps thudding ]

[ sobbing ]

- [ wind gusting ] - [ man narrating ] I AM HEREWARD OF NORTHUMBRIA.

I HAVE NO OTHER NAME.

MY MOTHER ABANDONED ME TO THE MONKS OF THE MONASTERY

WHEN I WAS THREE MONTHS OLD--

THE MONASTERY OF LINDISFARNE,

THE ONLY HOME I HAVE EVER KNOWN.

- ITS COLD STONE MY ONLY REFUGE... - [ thunder rumbling ]

THE HOLY ISLAND

MY ONLY LIFE.

THE SANCTUARY OF OUR SAINTS BURNT,

A STORM ENGULFED OUR ISLAND--

NORTH DEVILS THAT FELL UPON HER SHORES.

THEY CLATTERED DOWN UPON HER LIKE WAVES,

THEIR DRAGON SHIPS CARRIED UPON BLACK STORM CLOUDS

FROM DISTANT LANDS

TO LAY WASTE

TO ALL WE HAD KNOWN.

I AM HEREWARD OF NORTHUMBRIA

AND MY LIFE AS AN INNOCENT

ENDED THAT NIGHT.

[ praying in Latin ]

- [ praying continues ] - [ gulls cawing ]

[ distant screaming ]

[ sobbing ]

YOU DO WELL TO FEAR ME, HOLY MAN.

I AM HADRADA, KING OF EKERO,

AND I HAVE BROUGHT DEATH TO MANY.

MANY OF YOUR BROTHERS LIE DEAD.

YOU MAY LIVE TO MOURN THEM

IFYOU GIVE ME THE BOOK.

THERE IS NO BOOK.

WE ONCE TRADED IN PEACE ALONG THESE SHORES.

THEN WE HEARD OF ITS BEAUTY,

ITS POWER.

IT IS THE WORD OF YOUR WHITE CHRIST.

IT IS A LIGHT, THEY SAY,

A LIGHT SO BRIGHT

THAT IT DISPELS ALL DARKNESS.

THE POWER OF YOUR GOD WILL BE MY PRIZE.

[ man panting ]

THIS ONE SPEAKS OF YOUR BOOK.

- [ gasping ] - TALK!

- THEY HAVE TAKEN IT FROM THE ABBEY. - Monk: NO!

THERE IS NO HOPE. WE MUST SUBMIT TO THEM.

- TRAITOR! - THE KEEPERS OF THE BOOK HAVE

TAKEN IT ACROSS THE WATER

TO THE MAINLAND.

THEY WILL TAKE IT TO THE HOLY ABBEY OF IONA.

- Monk: YOU HAVE DAMNED US. - WE WILL FOLLOW THESE KEEPERS

- AND TAKE THEIR BOOK. - NO.

WE LOAD THE BOATS AND RETREAT.

20 NIGHTS ALONG THIS COAST

FOR GOLD AND SILVER ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH.

WE LOST MEN ON THIS CROSSING. I WILL HAVE THAT BOOK.

AND YOU WILL LOSE MORE MEN, ALL FOR A BOOK?

WE WALK INTO DEATH ON THAT BEACH.

WE HAVE SEEN THE BRAVERY OF THE SAXONS HERE--

MEN WHO WOULD STAIN THEIR CHURCH

WITH THE STENCH OF THEIR OWN PISS RATHER THAN FIGHT.

[ gasps ]

WE WILL DIE ON THIS ROCK...

ALL FOR A BOOK.

DON'T YOU QUESTION ME, BOY.

WE WILL NOT CROSS WITHOUT IT.

TELL THE REST TO LOAD THE BOATS,

TAKE AS MANY SLAVES AS WE CAN CARRY.

TELL THEM TO WAIT OFFSHORE.

WE WILL BUTCHER THE KEEPERS

AND WE WILL HAVE THEIR BOOK.

[ whimpering ]

WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THIS ONE?

THIS COWARD? DRIVE HIM INTO THE SEA.

THE HOLY GOSPELS WILL NEVER FALL

INTO HEATHEN HANDS. THE HOLY CHRIST

WILL CUT YOU DOWN.

- THE HOLY CHRIST WILL CUT YOU DOWN! - [ sword zings ]

HE WILL CUT YOU DOWN.

- [ body thuds ] - [ distant screaming ]

Man #2: O LORD, LORD, I BEG YOU, PLEASE!

NO MORE PLEASE! I BEG YOU, I BEG YOU!

GOD, PLEASE, NO!

[ huffs ]

I BEG YOU PLEASE, NO MORE...

[ spits ]

- [ choir singing ] - [ panting ]

COME ON, LAD.

- THE KING'S MEN WILL COME FOR US? - AYE.

THEY WILL COME?

THE BEACON WAS LIT LAST NIGHT,

THE SIGNAL SENT.

THEY WILL COME FOR US.

THEY WILL COME.

THEY WILL SEE US SAFELY TO IONA.

IT WILL BE SAFE IN IONA?

AYE.

WE HAVE MANY MILES STILL. COME, BOY.

[ waves crashing, gulls cawing ]

WE WILL TAKE THEIR BOOK.

IT WOULD RENDER ITS MASTER MORE POWERFUL

THAN THE CHURCH OR KING.

YOU TALK OF RULERSHIP? TO BE KING?

I AM NOT A JUST MAN.

BUT YOU, YOU ARE JUST.

OUR RAIDS WILL BRING WEALTH BACK TO OUR VILLAGE.

- I'LL BE KING THERE. - NO NO NO.

WE ARE A FRACTURED PEOPLE, WARRING.

YOU MUST LOOK BEYOND MERE PIRACY.

THE WORLD CHANGES,

EMPIRES ARE BEING FORGED.

THE SAXONS ARE MERE INVADERS HERE.

WHY SHOULD WE NOT ACHIEVE SUCH GREATNESS?

WHY SHOULD I NOT SEEK SUCH POWER

FOR MY ONLY BELOVED SON?

WITHOUT THEIR BOOK

THIS NATION WOULD FALL.

AND YOU,

YOU WILL BE KING HERE.

BROTHERS...

TODAY WE SEIZE THE POWER OF THE WHITE CHRIST.

FOR ODIN AND EKERO!

[ wind whispering ]

THE HOLY RUINS.

WE'LL WAIT OUR GUIDES THERE.

THERE'S NO ONE HERE.

THEY WILL COME!

[ grunts, wheezes ]

[ groans ]

THIS OLD MAN IS COLD AND NEEDS TO SLEEP.

SEE IF YOU CAN FIND SOME WOOD.

[ grunts ] DON'T GO TOO FAR.

[ praying in Latin ]

- [ thunder booming ] - [ birds caw, wings flap ]

AMEN.

WELL?

[ sighs ] SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.

THEY'VE ABANDONED US.

GOD HAS ABANDONED US.

NO, HE HAS NOT ABANDONED US.

THEY WILL COME.

BROTHER ERIAN ALWAYS SAID WE WERE WARNED.

THAT THERE WERE OMENS.

THAT THE PEOPLE REEKED OF SIN AND NOW ALL THIS DEATH.

BROTHER ERIAN BELIEVED THIS.

I DO NOT.

- AND NOR SHOULD YOU. - HE SAID GOD PUNISHES ALL SINNERS.

HE DID, HE DID.

BUT DO YOU BELIEVE THE WHOLE OF ANGELNEN SINS?

I DO NOT.

MANY HAVE TURNED THEIR BACK ON THE WORD.

WE LIVE IN DARK TIMES, BOY.

THE HEATHEN DESTROYED THE MONASTERY,

SLAUGHTERED OUR BROTHERS.

WERE THEY ALL SINNERS?

DID THEY TURN THEIR BACK ON THE WORD?

- NO. - NO!

IT WAS THE BLOODY WORK OF MEN,

NOT THE PUNISHMENT OF GOD.

HEY.

THEY WILL COME,

I PROMISE YOU.

[ thunder rumbling ]

WHERE IS THIS PLACE?

THE CHAPEL OF ST. ALCHMUND.

ALCHMUND?

ALCHMUND WAS THE FIRST PILGRIM

TO BRING THE WORD TO NORTHUMBRIA.

HE IS OUR MOST GLORIOUS SAINT.

[ inhales ] IT IS SAID

THAT ALCHMUND THREW DOWN SATAN THE GREAT DECEIVER,

HERE IN THIS HOLY PLACE.

IT IS SAID

THAT WHEN SATAN SAW THE GREAT WORK OF ALCHMUND--

HIS CONVERSION OF THE HEATHEN SAXONS OF NORTHUMBRIA--

HE TEMPTED ALCHMUND

AS HE HAD TEMPTED CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS.

BUT ALCHMUND'S FAITH WAS STRONG.

HE THREW DOWN SATAN,

SHAKING THE MOUNTAINS.

THE SEA BOILED,

RIVERS RAN RED.

ALCHMUND WAS VICTORIOUS

OVER THE DARKNESS OF HIS TIME.

WE SHALL BE VICTORIOUS OVER THE DARKNESS THAT THREATENS TO ENGULF OUR TIME.

IF WE FAIL?

WE CANNOT FAIL, BOY.

THIS BOOK

IS THE SALVATION OF ANGELNEN.

IT'S HER HEART, HER VERY SOUL.

WITHOUT THESE GOSPELS, THIS ISLAND WILL SLIP INTO DARKNESS.

THIS OLD MAN IS TIRED AND MUST SLEEP, BOY.

IT WILL BE A LONG DAY TOMORROW.

[ praying in Latin ]

NO SIGN.

WE MUST PRESS ON.

OUR GUIDES WILL FIND US.

THEY WILL FIND US.

GOD WILLS IT.

[ yelps ]

- [ grunts ] - YOU SHOULD REST.

- WE MUST PRESS ON. NO. - SIT.

NO. [ sighs ]

- YOU MUST REST. - AYE.

I'LL GO FIND YOU SOME FOOD.

AYE.

[ thunder rumbling ]

[ silent ]

[ birds cawing, fluttering ]

- [ stream rushing ] - [ wind blowing ]

- WE MUST GO. - WHAT?

WE MUST GO. SOMEONE'S COMING.

- THERE'S A SOLDIER. HE'S ARMED. - WHAT, SAXON, NORSE?

- COME! - WHAT? NO.

DO NOT FEAR ME, PRIEST.

I WILL PROTECT THE GOSPELS.

[ grunts ]

I AM AETHELWULF OF WESSEX.

YOUR BEACON WAS LIT.

I HAVE COME TO AID YOU.

YOU ARE SENT FROM THE KING?

I AM A WARRIOR OF THE ENDURING KINGDOM.

OUR ORDER IS DEDICATED

TO THE PROTECTION OF THE WORD OF CHRIST.

- Hereward: THEY SEND ONLY ONE MAN? - SHH SHH.

I HAVE TRAVELED FOR MANY DAYS WITH 10 MEN.

WE WERE ATTACKED BY NORSE. MY MEN FELL.

- WHAT USE IS ONE MAN? - SHH.

YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE WORLD OUTSIDE YOUR ABBEY, BOY.

IT IS BETTER TO TRAVEL WITHOUT ATTENTION.

THE NORSE HAVE SACKED THE HOLY ISLAND.

- THEY'VE SLAUGHTERED MANY. - THEY HAVE MADE MANY RAIDS

ALONG THE COASTLINE THESE LAST FEW WEEKS.

THEIR TRADING DAYS ARE OVER.

- THESE ARE TRULY DARK DAYS. - THE GOSPELS WILL BE SAFE.

WITHOUT THESE GOSPELS, THE ISLAND WILL FALL.

- WE WILL REACH IONA. - [ monk laughs ]

- [ speaks Latin ] - COME, WE MUST LEAVE!

IT IS GETTING LIGHT.

IT IS NOT GOOD THAT YOU LOOK LIKE PRIESTS.

- Monk: NOT GOOD? - THE CHURCH IS SEEN TO GROW RICH AND FAT

WHILST THE COUNTRY STARVES.

MONKS HOLD LITTLE RESPECT IN THE WILDS.

COME!

- WE MUST KEEP MOVING. - ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

- WAIT. - [ grunts ]

WAIT.

[ shouts ] WAIT!

- QUIET, BOY. - [ monk grunts ]

DO NOT SLOW US UP AGAIN, PRIEST.

COME!

[ rustling, mail clinking ]

RUN. RUN!

RUN!

[ roars ]

[ grunting ]

[ cracks, sound distorts ]

[ shouts, swords ring ]

I KNEW THEY WERE CATCHING UP.

- GO ON, TAKE THE BOOK. - COME ON. N-NO.

- I CAN'T GO ON. - NO, PLEASE!

TAKE THE BOOK! ALL WILL BE LOST!

NOW GO. GOD BE WITH YOU, BOY.

GO!

[ Norsemen shouting ]

- [ chomps ] - [ screams ]

[ yelps ]

- [ cracking ] - [ screaming ]

WHERE'S THE BOOK, MONK?

- THE BOOK! - [ wheezes ]

[ screaming ]

[ mutters prayers ]

- NO! - [ panting ]

- [ blow strikes ] - [ grunts ]

[ grunting ]

[ monk screaming ]

YOU-- YOU-- YOU WILL B--

BURN IN HELL.

[ laughs ]

HELL?

HELL? [ striking ]

[ spits ]

[ shouting ] I JUST WANT THE BOOK, BOY.

THE BOOK FOR YOUR LIFE.

[ bird caws, flutters ]

[ mutters ]

WE MUST KEEP MOVING, BOY.

MORE NORSE MAY COME.

YOU CAN MOURN YOUR BROTHER LATER.

I COULD HAVE STOPPED IT.

HAD YOU DONE SO, YOU'D BE LYING COLD NEXT TO HIM.

I COULD HAVE STOPPED IT.

COME.

WE MUST MOVE.

COME.

[ flames crackling ]

[ grunts ]

GO ON.

I'M SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR BROTHER.

HE WAS MORE THAN A BROTHER.

HE RAISED ME.

HE TAUGHT ME.

THE NORSE HAVE MUCH TO PAY FOR.

THEY FOLLOWED US DEEP INTO THE FOREST.

MORE MAY COME.

THEY WANT THE BOOK.

THEY SEEK ITS POWER.

IT MUST NEVER FALL INTO THEIR HANDS.

THEY'RE HEATHEN BASTARDS.

ALL WOULD BE LOST.

[ groans ]

MY SON?

FALLEN.

NO.

NO.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING, BOY?

TO PRAY.

[ choir chanting ]

MY SON.

MY BLOOD.

THEY WILL PAY.

I WILL BRING MY FURY DOWN UPON THEM.

BLOOD WILL RUN.

MAY THOR RECEIVE YOU.

MAY ODIN OWN YOU.

[ praying in Latin ]

THEY CALL TO YOU.

THEY WAIT FOR YOU TO TAKE YOUR PLACE

- AMONG THEM IN THE HALLS OF VALHALLA. - [ praying in Latin ]

THE BRAVE WILL LIVE FOREVER.

AMEN.

WE MUST NOT MOURN, BUT REJOICE

THOSE WHO HAVE MET A GLORIOUS DEATH.

WE MUST MOVE, BOY.

THERE'S NO HOPE.

HE HAS ABANDONED US.

NO, HE HAS NOT.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF GOD?

YOU ARE A BUTCHER OF MEN, NOTHING MORE.

THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SERVE CHRIST, BOY.

BY THE SWORD?

DOES IT NOT RESEMBLE THE CROSS?

WHILE YOUR KIND GROVEL TO HIM

IN THE PRIVILEGE OF YOUR MONASTERIES,

WE PROTECT HIS WORD WITH IRON.

WITH MURDER.

CHRIST HAS NOT ABANDONED YOU, BOY.

HE STANDS IN FRONT OF YOU.

BUILD A PYRE.

THEN WE GO BACK TO THE SHIPS?

NO.

THE SAXONS MUST PAY.

YOUR SON DEAD, HALF A DAY LOST,

YOU WANT US ALL TO DIE FOR YOUR BOOK? IT IS OVER.

DO NOT QUESTION ME!

[ gasping ]

[ insects buzzing ]

WHAT IS THIS?

WITCHCRAFT.

IT'S A WARNING.

THIS IS AN EVIL PLACE.

WE SHOULD FIND ANOTHER WAY.

Aethelwulf: WE'RE IN THE WILDS NOW,

WE MUST PUSH ON.

[ praying ]

[ wind blowing ]

- [ body falls ] - [ blow strikes ]

- LET US PASS IN PEACE. - PAGAN SCUM.

I AM NO PAGAN.

LET US PASS IN PEACE.

WHO ARE YOU?

I AM DENEGIFU.

WE ARE THE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST.

AND THESE?

- APOSTLES. - TO WHO?

TO CHRIST'S WILL.

ANGELNEN DIES,

THE PEOPLE STARVE.

FAMINE DESTROYS

THOSE HIS PLAGUES DO NOT.

WE WITNESS THE FINAL DAYS.

NO FLESH SHALL BE SPARED.

WE GO TO THE MOUNTAINS

TO AWAIT HIS FINAL JUDGMENT.

YOU'LL FIND NO JUDGMENT IN THE MOUNTAINS.

- YOU SHOULD JOIN US, MONK. - JOIN YOU?

YOUR MONASTERY WILL NOT SHIELD YOU

- FROM THE COMING WRATH. - NOR WILL THE MOUNTAINS.

Denegifu: HAVE YOU SEEN THE VILLAGES, BOY?

THERE IS ONLY DEATH THERE.

HE PUNISHES SIN.

HIS WORD IS OUR ONLY SALVATION.

DOES HIS WORD FEED THE STARVING

OR CURE THE SICK?

NO.

WE MUST EMBRACE THE DEATH HE BRINGS

SO WE MAY SIT AT HIS SIDE IN PARADISE.

THIS IS THE HOLY BOOK OF LINDISFARNE,

ILLUMINATED BY EADFRITH

IN THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST.

THIS IS YOUR SALVATION.

BEFORE WE GO TO OUR DEATHS,

BLESS US.

[ speaking Latin ]

- AMEN. - Aethelwulf: AMEN.

Denegifu: BE OUR DEFENSE AGAINST

THE WICKEDNESS AND SNARES OF THE DEVIL.

MAY GOD REBUKE HIM, WE HUMBLY PRAY.

BY THE POWER OF GOD

THRUST INTO HELL SATAN

AND ALL THE EVIL SPIRITS THAT PROWL ABOUT THE WORLD

FOR THE RUIN OF SOULS.

[ choir singing ]

Aethelwulf: THAT WAS FOOLISH.

NEVER SHOW THE BOOK AGAIN.

NOT OUT HERE.

THEY WERE DESPERATE.

THAT IS WHY YOU MUST BE CAREFUL.

IT IS TOO PRECIOUS A THING TO RISK.

- THE PEOPLE NEED PROTECTION. - ONLY THE BOOK IS IMPORTANT.

DO NOT FORGET THAT.

[ thunder rumbling ]

[ choir vocalizing ]

[ silent ]

[ blade zings ]

THEY COULD HAVE GONE IN ANY DIRECTION.

WE WON'T FIND THEM OUT HERE NOW.

WE WILL FIND THEM.

IT IS TIME TO LEAVE.

DO YOU NEVER SLEEP?

WE MUST KEEP GOING.

IT'S COLD.

WE TRAVEL NORTH.

IT WILL GET COLDER.

COME.

- Aethelwulf: WAIT! - [ moans ]

[ speaking foreign language ]

WE WON'T HARM YOU.

- [ shouting ] - WAIT!

[ screaming ]

[ sword zings ]

[ grunts ]

- [ laughs ] - ARE THERE OTHERS?

AN ARMY. YOU'LL DIE OUT HERE.

- WHERE ARE THEY? - YOU ARE IN HELL.

- [ coughs ] - THE OTHERS?

WE'LL EAT YOUR FLESH

AND WE'LL FUCK YOUR COLD BODIES.

[ laughs ]

[ moans, gurgles ]

[ screaming continues ]

IT WAS A TRAP.

THE WITCH IS RESPONSIBLE.

- THE PAGAN WHORE MUST PAY. - NO!

- SHE WEARS THE MARKS OF WITCHCRAFT. - WAIT WAIT!

LET HER SPEAK. WHO ARE YOU?

- [ speaks foreign language ] - WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

- Hereward: WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOU. - SPEAK NOW!

[ screams ] EARA!

OF THE NORTHERN PEOPLE.

- SHE LIES. YOU TRAVEL WITH BANDITS. - NO!

WHY DO YOU TRAVEL WITH THESE MEN?

THEY AMBUSHED US, KILLED MY FAMILY.

YOU'RE A LONG WAY FROM HOME, GIRL.

PLAGUE TOOK MY VILLAGE. WE TRIED TO ESCAPE IT.

ARE YOU CHRISTIAN?

- SHE LIES! - YOU WILL NOT SHED BLOOD HERE.

SHE TRIED TO LEAD US TO DEATH, BOY.

YOU WILL NOT CURSE OUR JOURNEY WITH THE BLOOD OF INNOCENTS.

I WILL NOT TAKE A DEVIL INTO THE FOLD.

SHE WILL BRING DESTRUCTION UPON US ALL.

WE'LL LEAVE HER TO THE BANDITS. COME.

SHE HAS SUFFERED ENOUGH.

SHE HAS SUFFERED...

WE NEED TO REMOVE THE ARROW.

ARE THERE MORE?

YES.

THEY WILL RETURN BEFORE NIGHTFALL.

WE MUST FIND A SAFER PLACE.

- [ screaming ] - [ sizzling ]

[ pants ]

THE WOUND IS BLUE.

THE ARROW WAS POISONED.

THE POISON WORKS QUICKLY.

HE WILL NOT LIVE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITHOUT REMEDY.

REMEDY?

WHERE WILL WE FIND REMEDY?

IT IS ALL AROUND US.

DO YOU SAXONS KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT THE LAND THAT WE INHABIT?

FREE ME.

I CAN HELP HIM.

FREE YOU?

HE SAVED ME FROM YOUR SWORD. I WILL REPAY THE DEBT.

- NO! - WHERE WILL I RUN?

INTO THE HANDS OF OTHER BANDITS?

THE POISON IS KNOWN TO MY PEOPLE. I CAN CURE HIM.

- WITH WITCHCRAFT. NO. - MOSS, TREE BARK, NETTLES

TOGETHER CAN STOP THE POISON. IS THAT WITCHCRAFT?

[ sighs ]

HE CAN BE CURED.

[ thunder rumbling ]

[ Hereward moans ]

WE HAVE WORK TO DO.

[ screams ]

[ distorted ] THE POISON WILL INDUCE VISIONS.

[ screams ]

IT IS SIMILAR TO THE COMPOUNDS

USED TO COMMUNE WITH THE OLD GODS.

OLD GODS? DEVILS.

PERHAPS.

BUT THEY WERE WORSHIPED ACROSS THIS LAND

LONG BEFORE THE WHISPER OF CHRIST CAME TO OUR SHORES.

WE MUST TAKE THE SWORD TO THE OLD GODS

AND ALL THAT FOLLOW THEM, GIRL.

- THEY'RE A DISEASE. - [ inhales ]

IT WILL STOP THE WOUND FROM FESTERING.

[ moans ]

[ screams ]

[ distorted sounds ]

[ mutters ]

EAT.

[ screaming ]

[ praying softly ]

[ praying in Latin ]

[ bells chiming ]

BECOME

MY WRATH.

[ groans ]

[ whispers ] YOU ARE SAFE.

IT'S OKAY.

Hereward: I SAW YOU.

YOU WERE IN MY DREAMS.

YOU SAVED ME.

I MERELY REPAID THE DEBT.

THERE IS NO DEBT.

MY DEBT IS TO YOU.

THE POISON WAS USED BY MY ANCESTORS.

IT IS SAID TO GRANT VISIONS

OF THE OTHER WORLD.

THE WARRIORS OF MY PEOPLE ONCE USED IT

TO CHANNEL THE POWER OF THE OLD GODS IN BATTLE.

I SAW TERRIBLE THINGS.

WE LIVE THROUGH DARK DAYS.

Aethelwulf: YOU ARE STRONG, BOY.

I DO NOT FEEL STRONG.

WE HAVE FAR TO GO.

WE CANNOT REST HERE ANY LONGER.

I KNOW.

GATHER EVERYTHING.

WE MUST LEAVE.

- [ thunder rumbling ] - [ wind whispering ]

Hamal: WE'VE LOST THEIR TRAIL.

WE'VE NO CHANCE OF FINDING YOUR BOOK NOW, OLD MAN.

THE OLD MAN'S HATRED HAS BROUGHT DEATH OUR OWN--

TO HIS OWN SON.

HE'S LED US DEEP INTO SAXON TERRITORY.

WE CAN NO LONGER OBEY THIS MAD MAN.

WE GO BACK.

[ blade zings ]

Hadrada: ONE MORE WORD, SNAKE,

AND I'LL LEAVE YOU HERE FOR THE CROWS.

MOVE!

WEWILL FIND THE BOOK.

ANY AGAINST ME SHALL SUFFER MY FURY.

I WILL NOT TOLERATE MUTINY HERE.

NOW MOVE OR YOU DIE.

MOVE.

[ sighs, hisses ]

[ groans ]

WE SHOULD REST HERE.

- WE SHOULD REST. - NO.

WE CANNOT.

[ panting ]

[ groaning ] GOD.

YOU NEED REST.

HE WILL REMAIN LOYAL TO THE OLD MAN.

AND YOU?

I WILL FOLLOW YOU.

THE OLD MAN, HE LEADS US TO DEATH.

BUT WE CANNOT FACE THEM BOTH IN OPEN COMBAT.

I WILL TAKE CARE OF BOTH OF THEM.

THERE WILL BE NO HONOR IN OBVIOUS ASSASSINATION.

YOU CHOOSE YOUR MOMENT CAREFULLY.

HIS WOUND FESTERS.

HE WILL NOT ACCEPT AID.

WILL HE LIVE?

LET HIM REST NOW.

LATER I WILL FIND THE LEAVES TO CLEAN THE WOUND.

HOW DO YOU KNOW SUCH CURES?

MY PEOPLE HAVE USED

THE LAND'S GIFTS FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

AS HER MOTHER TAUGHT HER.

I'M SORRY FOR YOUR FAMILY.

I WILL SEE THEM IN THE NEXT WORLD.

I HAVE ALSO LOST MANY.

TELL ME ABOUT THEM.

THEY WERE NOT FAMILY BY BLOOD.

THE MONKS THERE RAISED ME.

I AIDED THE SCRIBES.

THE SCRIBES?

THE MONKS OF LINDISFARNE TRANSLATED THE HOLY GOSPELS.

I HAVE HEARD OF YOUR BOOKS.

THINGS OF BEAUTY AND POWER.

ANCIENT IMAGES ADORN THE WORD.

LIKE THESE.

THESE TELL THE OLD STORIES.

THE STORIES BEFORE CHRIST.

STORIES THAT MUST NEVER BE LOST.

STORIES OF THE OLD GODS?

CHRIST HAS BECOME PART OF OUR STORY.

THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.

WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL.

THE BOOK ISN'T EVERYTHING.

IT IS THE WORD OF GOD.

IT MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS.

AND WHAT OF THE PEOPLE? SHOULD THEY NOT BE PROTECTED?

THE BOOK PROTECTS THEM.

FROM PLAGUE?

FROM STARVATION?

NO.

THE NORSE DESTROYED OUR ABBEY.

THEY FOLLOWED THE BOOK INLAND.

THEY CANNOT TAKE IT.

I PROMISED MY MASTER I'D DELIVER IT TO SAFETY.

FOR ANGELNEN AND ALL HER PEOPLE I MUST DO THAT.

THE NORTHLANDERS ALSO RAIDED PICTISH TERRITORY.

OUR PEOPLE CHOSE TO FIGHT.

YOU FIGHT THE NORSE?

OUR WARRIORS PROTECT BOTH THE PEOPLE AND THE WORD WITH IRON.

IT IS MY DUTY TO DELIVER THE BOOK TO IONA.

I CANNOT FAIL.

AND WHEN IT IS DELIVERED?

I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH HORROR TO HIDE IN A MONASTERY AGAIN.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

ALL I HAVE EVER KNOWN IS GONE.

I HAVE NOTHING LEFT.

[ thunder rumbles ]

[ heart beating ]

[ screams ]

[ screaming ]

RUN! RUN!

FIND HIM!

- [ pants ] - [ man shouts ]

[ grunting ]

- [ screaming ] - WHERE ARE YOU GOING, GIRL?

HUH HUH?

I WILL HAVE FUN WITH YOU!

[ roars ]

- [ blade stabs ] - [ Hadrada screams ]

[ blade stabbing ]

[ muffled roar ]

THE POWER OF ANGELNEN.

THE BOOK OF THE WHITE CHRIST.

[ whimpering ]

CAN YOU NOT READ THE WORDS, OLD MAN?

NO MATTER. YOU HAVE YOUR PRIZE.

I NOW SEE ITS BEAUTY,

ITS POWER.

[ Hadrada whimpering ]

I'M SORRY, OLD MAN.

I'M SORRY I DOUBTED YOU.

YOU WILL BE KING HERE.

I EMBRACE YOU, HADRADA OF EKERO.

SO MUCH BLOOD SPILT FOR ITS PAGES.

[ grunts ]

[ laughs ]

[ gurgling ]

[ blade stabs ]

[ stabs ]

I WILL KILL YOUR WIFE

AND RAPE YOUR DAUGHTERS.

JUST AS YOU RAPED MY MOTHER.

- [ shouts ] - [ stabbing ]

- [ gurgles ] - [ kicks sword ]

[ wheezes ]

I WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE HONOR OF DYING WITH A SWORD IN YOUR HAND.

- YOU WILL NEVER REACH VALHALLA. - [ gurgles ]

PERHAPS...

YOUR WHITE CHRIST WILL ACCEPT YOU INTO HIS PARADISE.

[ coughing ]

I AM HAMAL,

KING OF EKERO!

[ laughs ] WE GO BACK TO THE SHIPS.

TOO MANY HAVE FALLEN FOR HIS MADNESS.

IT IS DONE.

SUCH WILD BEAUTY.

SUCH BRAVERY.

[ spits ]

[ sobbing ]

BIND HER.

SHE WILL BE WORTH A SMALL FORTUNE IN THE WHOREHOUSES.

- WHAT ABOUT THE MONK? - WHAT ABOUT HIM?

HE MAY FOLLOW THE BOOK.

A MONK WILL NOT LAST A DAY IN THESE MOUNTAINS.

[ chuckles ]

LEAVE HIM FOR THE WOLVES.

[ gurgling ]

[ pants ]

[ gurgling ]

WHERE ARE THEY?

DOES THE GIRL LIVE?

MANY HAVE FALLEN TO YOU, DEVIL. WHY?

WHY?!

[ Hadrada choking ]

THEY WERE INNOCENT.

THEY WERE INNOCENTS!

FORGIVE ME.

[ groans ]

[ sobbing ]

[ sobbing stops ]

[ thunder rumbling ]

WHAT IS IT?

NOTHING.

[ arrow whizzes ]

THIS MONK HAS A TERRIBLE AIM.

[ laughs ]

[ groans ]

DO NOT LET HER RUN.

BITCH.

- [ roars ] - [ grunting ]

[ Eara screaming ] NO!

[ sobbing ]

[ moans ] SHHH.

[ blow thuds ]

OH, YOU WANT TO PLAY?

YOU WANT TO PLAY? GOOD.

- I LIKE TO PLAY. - [ groans ]

- [ grunts, sobs ] - [ fabric rips ]

[ shouts ]

[ shouting ]

[ panting ]

WAIT.

[ chuckles ]

[ screams ]

[ mud squelches ]

- [ yelling ] - [ grunts ]

- [ chomps ] - [ screams ]

[ spits ]

[ squelches ]

YOU'LL SUFFER BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR CHRIST.

[ roars ]

[ grunts ]

[ moans ]

ALL THIS FOR A BOOK?!

[ grunts ]

HOW IS IT IT HAS SO MUCH POWER OVER MEN? HUH?

IT MAKES MADMEN OF ALL THAT HEAR OF IT!

LOOK AT IT. LOOK AT IT!

- [ grunts ] - [ thuds ]

THE WORD OF YOUR GOD HAS NO POWER!

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?

[ gurgling ]

- [ choir vocalizing ] - [ bell tolling ]

I AM HEREWARD OF LINDISFARNE.

DO THE BROTHERS OF LINDISFARNE CARRY ARMS NOW?

I AM THE ONLY BROTHER LEFT.

THIS IS THE HOLY BOOK.

IT MUST BE KEPT SAFE.

WILL YOU STAY WITH US, BROTHER?

I CANNOT.

[ choir vocalizing ]

GOD BE WITH YOU, BROTHER.

[ bell tolling ]

[ choir vocalizing ]

[ thunder rumbles ]

Older Hereward: I AM HEREWARD OF NORTHUMBRIA.

I HAVE NO OTHER NAME.

MY MOTHER ABANDONED ME TO THE MONKS OF THE MONASTERY

WHEN I WAS THREE MONTHS OLD--

THE MONASTERY OF LINDISFARNE,

THE ONLY HOME I HAVE EVER KNOWN.

ITS COLD STONE MY ONLY REFUGE,

THE HOLY ISLAND

MY ONLY LIFE.

MANY DIED FOR THE GOSPEL IN THOSE FEW TERRIBLE DAYS.

I REMEMBER THEM IN MY PRAYERS...

ALWAYS.

SHE TAUGHT ME MUCH IN MY FIRST MONTHS FROM THE MONASTERY.

SHE BECAME MY REFUGE.

I WAS REBORN AT HER SIDE.

I LEARNED THAT THE PEOPLE OF ANGELNEN

WERE AS PRECIOUS AS THE WORD

AND MUST BE PROTECTED AS FIERCELY.

I LEARNED THAT THE DESTRUCTION BROUGHT TO OUR SHORES FROM THE NORTH

MUST BE MET WITH WRATH

AND IRON.

I AM HEREWARD OF NORTHUMBRIA

AND MY LIFE AS AN INNOCENT

ENDED THAT NIGHT.

[ men roaring ]

[ thunder rumbling ]

[ choir singing ]