1 00:00:01,022 --> 00:00:03,775 [U htred] I am th'red, son of th'red. 2 00:00:03,858 --> 00:00:09,364 Edward marched his forces to eoferw/c, where he received momentous news. 3 00:00:09,447 --> 00:00:13,826 We have been both blessed and cursed. 4 00:00:13,910 --> 00:00:15,995 There can be no more bastards. 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:17,789 We are to be wed. 6 00:00:17,872 --> 00:00:19,666 [Chuckling] Let us fetch a priest. 7 00:00:21,793 --> 00:00:22,919 80 soon, father? 8 00:00:23,002 --> 00:00:25,171 So I am to be replaced also. 9 00:00:25,255 --> 00:00:28,508 [U htred] Ae/fi/r/eard left' the city with re/ucz'anz' company... 10 00:00:28,591 --> 00:00:30,009 Journey to where? 11 00:00:30,093 --> 00:00:32,095 To join my grandfather. 12 00:00:32,178 --> 00:00:34,556 Foraez'he/he/m had traveled non'h 13 00:00:34,639 --> 00:00:37,684 and made an alliance with king constantin of scot/and. 14 00:00:37,767 --> 00:00:40,478 You help me raise rebellion against the king, 15 00:00:40,562 --> 00:00:44,440 we put my grandson on the throne in wessex, 16 00:00:44,524 --> 00:00:48,945 we would offer half the profits from the lands of mercia 17 00:00:49,028 --> 00:00:51,864 through a marriage bond to the lady aelfwynn. 18 00:00:51,948 --> 00:00:55,243 [Uhtred] Ladyae/swith failed in her attempt to free ae/fi/I/ynn... 19 00:00:55,326 --> 00:00:57,096 - [Aelswith shouts] - From aethe/he/m's men. 20 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:58,121 [Eadith yelping] 21 00:00:58,204 --> 00:01:00,373 Do not fight it! 22 00:01:01,207 --> 00:01:02,250 - [Squelching] - [Groans] 23 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:03,876 - [Exhales, grunts] - [Blood squelches] 24 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,297 - [Shouting] Aelfwynn! Run! - [Aelfwynn shouts] 25 00:01:07,380 --> 00:01:10,216 - [Sword rasps] - [Uhtred] Fol/owing sigt/yggr's death, 26 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:13,845 stiorra sought re venge against those who brought her sorrow. 27 00:01:13,928 --> 00:01:15,847 [Stiorra] Please tell me brida is your captive. 28 00:01:15,930 --> 00:01:17,015 Icannot 29 00:01:17,098 --> 00:01:19,934 then tell me she will be mine so that I may punish her. 30 00:01:20,018 --> 00:01:24,272 Knowing our fates are entwmed, I answered brida's call. 31 00:01:24,355 --> 00:01:25,356 [Both grunting] 32 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:30,570 We both knew this was a fight to the death, but our bonds were too deep. 33 00:01:30,653 --> 00:01:32,447 I will not kill you. 34 00:01:32,530 --> 00:01:35,116 If there was hope before, there can be hope again. 35 00:01:36,034 --> 00:01:37,160 [Brida groans softly] 36 00:01:39,078 --> 00:01:41,664 - [Uhtred] What have you done? - Ragnar... 37 00:01:43,041 --> 00:01:44,500 [Uhtred] Destiny is all. 38 00:01:50,923 --> 00:01:53,009 [Birds chirping] 39 00:02:14,906 --> 00:02:16,115 [Sighs] 40 00:02:22,372 --> 00:02:23,665 [Sighs] 41 00:02:24,957 --> 00:02:27,126 - [Brida, echoing] What are you doing here? - [Gasps} 42 00:02:32,090 --> 00:02:34,676 [pants] 43 00:02:55,947 --> 00:02:57,615 I will see you in Valhalla. 44 00:02:58,282 --> 00:02:59,659 [Twigs snap] 45 00:03:01,661 --> 00:03:02,704 [Uhtred] Stiorra. 46 00:03:10,795 --> 00:03:11,838 [Uhtred] Stiorra! 47 00:03:13,756 --> 00:03:17,260 Stiorra! Why will you not speak with me? 48 00:03:17,343 --> 00:03:20,972 I have freed you from her curse, there is nothing more for us to say. 49 00:03:21,055 --> 00:03:24,183 She did not curse me. She was coming back to me. 50 00:03:24,267 --> 00:03:25,685 She could have been saved. 51 00:03:25,768 --> 00:03:28,396 Sigtryggr did not have the chance to be saved. 52 00:03:28,479 --> 00:03:31,607 I will never understand why you were granting it to her. 53 00:03:31,691 --> 00:03:34,318 You could have stopped her, but you never did. 54 00:03:34,402 --> 00:03:37,113 You let this happen, many times. 55 00:03:37,196 --> 00:03:39,031 It is done. It is over now. 56 00:03:39,991 --> 00:03:43,453 Stiorra, please come with me. We can go home. 57 00:03:44,370 --> 00:03:45,913 You have no home. 58 00:03:45,997 --> 00:03:48,332 You have nothing to offer me. 59 00:03:50,042 --> 00:03:52,253 Stiorra, you have suffered too much. 60 00:03:52,336 --> 00:03:56,007 No! Those who have hurt me have suffered too little. 61 00:03:56,090 --> 00:04:00,011 No one has felt pain like I have endured. Not yet. 62 00:04:00,094 --> 00:04:01,888 Your life is not over. 63 00:04:01,971 --> 00:04:04,849 Yes, you have lost, but you will find new purpose. 64 00:04:06,517 --> 00:04:09,604 We carry our losses, but we journey onward. 65 00:04:09,687 --> 00:04:12,523 I will journey onward, yes, but not with you. 66 00:04:13,691 --> 00:04:15,234 We will build here. 67 00:04:15,318 --> 00:04:18,237 There is wood and fresh water and loyalty. 68 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:20,573 Other Danes are coming. 69 00:04:20,656 --> 00:04:24,202 - We will live as Danes and die as Danes. - You will not find peace here. 70 00:04:24,285 --> 00:04:26,245 Then I will find it in sigtryggr's dead embrace. 71 00:04:26,329 --> 00:04:27,931 - No, do not say that. - [Horses galloping] 72 00:04:27,955 --> 00:04:31,209 That path is not meant for you. That is not what the gods want. 73 00:04:31,876 --> 00:04:33,836 I no longer believe in destiny. 74 00:04:46,349 --> 00:04:47,767 [Horses neighing] 75 00:04:47,850 --> 00:04:51,479 You have always spoken as though every action is part of some plan. 76 00:04:52,146 --> 00:04:56,275 Everything you have done has been excused because it was not your choice. 77 00:04:56,359 --> 00:04:58,820 That is not true. I have not walked blindly. 78 00:04:58,903 --> 00:05:02,073 All your battles, all those you have killed. 79 00:05:02,156 --> 00:05:05,034 You chose them over your family and called it fate. 80 00:05:05,701 --> 00:05:09,247 What your destiny has brought me is pain and grief. 81 00:05:11,123 --> 00:05:13,417 So now my choice is to turn my back on you. 82 00:05:17,421 --> 00:05:19,465 - [Stiorra] Hyah! - [Horse neighs] 83 00:06:19,025 --> 00:06:21,110 [Birds squawking] 84 00:06:30,912 --> 00:06:32,997 [Squawking continues] 85 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,018 Lord aethelhelm. 86 00:06:57,063 --> 00:06:58,272 You have visitors. 87 00:07:01,901 --> 00:07:04,445 - The lady aelfwynn is here? - No. 88 00:07:04,528 --> 00:07:07,823 Then kindly tell them I will attend when I am ready. 89 00:07:12,536 --> 00:07:14,455 I am not your lackey. 90 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:20,503 You may be an ally of king constantin, but you are a guest in my fortress... 91 00:07:20,586 --> 00:07:22,088 I am ready. 92 00:07:22,171 --> 00:07:23,339 Who is here for me? 93 00:07:24,590 --> 00:07:26,258 - Your grandson. - Aelfweard? 94 00:07:26,968 --> 00:07:28,177 Why did you not say? 95 00:07:33,432 --> 00:07:34,892 [Barking] 96 00:07:38,854 --> 00:07:43,150 Now this... this is a mercy! 97 00:07:43,234 --> 00:07:46,195 Oh, beloved child of my child! 98 00:07:46,278 --> 00:07:48,280 At last we're reunited. 99 00:07:49,657 --> 00:07:51,200 - Oh, no. - [Aelfweard sniffles] 100 00:07:51,283 --> 00:07:54,036 Oh, now, whatever is the matter? 101 00:07:55,329 --> 00:07:57,081 You've been told of my mother's death? 102 00:07:59,959 --> 00:08:01,210 Of course. 103 00:08:03,045 --> 00:08:05,131 And though my heart is broken, 104 00:08:06,382 --> 00:08:11,178 having you here is some reprieve from the unending sadness. 105 00:08:12,054 --> 00:08:13,723 My father has already remarried. 106 00:08:14,598 --> 00:08:16,183 The new queen is with child. 107 00:08:16,934 --> 00:08:19,937 Ah. It will likely be a boy. 108 00:08:20,021 --> 00:08:21,522 Your father's seed is strong, 109 00:08:21,605 --> 00:08:24,734 and should he view you as a threat to the succession, 110 00:08:24,817 --> 00:08:26,902 then your life will be in danger. 111 00:08:26,986 --> 00:08:29,739 My worst fears come to pass. 112 00:08:30,698 --> 00:08:32,575 I... I do not think he would harm me. 113 00:08:32,658 --> 00:08:35,953 The king can be most... unforgiving. 114 00:08:36,871 --> 00:08:39,540 Indeed, in my darkest hours, 115 00:08:39,623 --> 00:08:43,461 I imagine your mother's death was on his command. 116 00:08:43,544 --> 00:08:45,463 [Aelfweard] No, it was the Danes. 117 00:08:46,422 --> 00:08:51,052 He may not have loved her as we did, but... but that he would not do. 118 00:08:53,220 --> 00:08:56,724 Of course. I am sure you are right. 119 00:08:57,767 --> 00:09:01,937 But everything we do hence is to honor her hopes for you. 120 00:09:02,021 --> 00:09:03,397 Are we united? 121 00:09:03,481 --> 00:09:06,859 Always. With a whole heart. 122 00:09:15,326 --> 00:09:16,786 And father Benedict. 123 00:09:19,038 --> 00:09:20,623 Welcome to bebbanburg! 124 00:09:21,999 --> 00:09:24,585 My everlasting thanks for bringing the boy. 125 00:09:27,755 --> 00:09:30,758 All debt to me is paid. 126 00:09:33,969 --> 00:09:35,304 [Coins rattle] 127 00:09:35,387 --> 00:09:36,430 Twice over. 128 00:09:43,562 --> 00:09:47,274 [Aethelhelm] Now come, tonight we celebrate your arrival. 129 00:09:52,613 --> 00:09:54,990 [Aethelhelm] Drink well, feast well, all. 130 00:09:56,325 --> 00:09:59,453 Great energy will be required for the times ahead. 131 00:10:00,162 --> 00:10:01,205 Eat! 132 00:10:10,214 --> 00:10:11,799 How are we to proceed? 133 00:10:11,882 --> 00:10:13,551 Well, first... 134 00:10:13,634 --> 00:10:15,094 [Liquid pouring] 135 00:10:16,428 --> 00:10:17,638 [Sighs] 136 00:10:20,141 --> 00:10:21,183 A wedding. 137 00:10:23,018 --> 00:10:27,773 King constantin of Scotland travels here to be married... 138 00:10:29,191 --> 00:10:30,568 To lady aelfwynn. 139 00:10:31,485 --> 00:10:33,904 My cousin is here? May I see her? 140 00:10:33,988 --> 00:10:37,199 She has not yet arrived, despite your grandfather's promises... 141 00:10:37,283 --> 00:10:40,369 She will be here. She's simply taking her time. 142 00:10:40,452 --> 00:10:43,789 - Like all women, she rides slowly. - [Chuckling] 143 00:10:43,873 --> 00:10:47,793 She wishes to marry this king constantin? I would not want her to be forced. 144 00:10:47,877 --> 00:10:51,714 She will understand that it is for the best, my boy. 145 00:10:51,797 --> 00:10:54,758 It seals your alliance with the Scottish king 146 00:10:54,842 --> 00:10:57,636 and gives him reason to support our rebellion. 147 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:59,889 It will provoke your father to war. 148 00:11:01,140 --> 00:11:04,101 A war? I thought you said we could do this without bloodshed... 149 00:11:04,185 --> 00:11:06,061 Not war. 150 00:11:07,813 --> 00:11:11,150 Confrontation, which we will win. 151 00:11:11,233 --> 00:11:15,821 Some blood may be spilled, some villages burned, but... 152 00:11:23,329 --> 00:11:26,707 We will present the king with our superior strength 153 00:11:26,790 --> 00:11:29,501 and he will concede defeat. 154 00:11:29,585 --> 00:11:35,299 And in return for that concession, you will be declared the next king. 155 00:11:35,382 --> 00:11:36,967 Then it will be an end. 156 00:11:37,885 --> 00:11:39,845 Or your father will be killed. 157 00:11:43,432 --> 00:11:47,853 Grandfather, reassure me to kill my father is not part of the plan. 158 00:11:47,937 --> 00:11:50,064 I am a man of peace. 159 00:11:51,190 --> 00:11:54,276 All I do is for the good of the saxons. 160 00:11:55,152 --> 00:11:58,239 Edward, he's grown tyrannical. 161 00:11:58,864 --> 00:12:02,534 Tell that to the Danes of rumcofa killed on your order. 162 00:12:03,744 --> 00:12:08,916 Each one complicit in the murder of my daughter! 163 00:12:10,125 --> 00:12:13,087 Do not doubt me on this, Benedict. 164 00:12:13,712 --> 00:12:20,844 I have proved many times that I am righteous in word and deed. 165 00:12:20,928 --> 00:12:24,515 Then I would hate for you to meet that which you dread. 166 00:12:31,272 --> 00:12:33,607 I should like to pray, alone. 167 00:12:35,442 --> 00:12:37,278 I have verses I must study. 168 00:12:37,361 --> 00:12:39,071 Perhaps there are 169 00:12:39,154 --> 00:12:45,077 some wise words in the book about the sort of man I am. 170 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:49,164 Perhaps you do not know me as you think. 171 00:13:18,277 --> 00:13:21,113 Lord king, word has returned from the south. 172 00:13:21,196 --> 00:13:24,283 Aelfweard is not in Winchester, nor anywhere in wessex. 173 00:13:27,953 --> 00:13:29,788 Do you think he went to aethelhelm? 174 00:13:30,622 --> 00:13:31,832 It would seem likely. 175 00:13:32,708 --> 00:13:34,043 Though we know not where. 176 00:13:35,210 --> 00:13:36,545 The ingratitude. 177 00:13:37,254 --> 00:13:40,299 The dishonor of it. How could the boy be so foolish? 178 00:13:41,592 --> 00:13:45,554 He is still in grief for his mother and our marriage was quite hasty. 179 00:13:53,228 --> 00:13:58,192 - Do not attempt to dilute my anger. - He is a boy, as my child will be a boy. 180 00:13:58,275 --> 00:14:00,694 No mother wants to see a man reject his son. 181 00:14:00,778 --> 00:14:02,404 As ever, you speak with reason. 182 00:14:03,530 --> 00:14:05,366 I am wounded by his betrayal. 183 00:14:05,449 --> 00:14:07,868 As you should be. It is a grievous offense. 184 00:14:07,951 --> 00:14:12,998 I thought I had more mastery of things, but now I find myself reacting yet again 185 00:14:13,082 --> 00:14:16,335 to aethelhelm's provocation, unable to gain the momentum. 186 00:14:17,378 --> 00:14:19,380 Dragging myself on horseback to chase him. 187 00:14:19,463 --> 00:14:21,799 The momentum brought you eofennic. 188 00:14:21,882 --> 00:14:25,928 And your boldness against sigtryggr won you a kingdom that eluded your father. 189 00:14:26,011 --> 00:14:28,263 At whose arrangements? Aethelhelm's. 190 00:14:29,223 --> 00:14:33,310 - That is a cruel irony, yes, but it... - I fear it is more than that. 191 00:14:35,312 --> 00:14:37,856 [Sighs] What does this mean? 192 00:14:40,109 --> 00:14:43,404 All of it, why... why does it occur? 193 00:14:44,738 --> 00:14:48,117 In unreasonable haste, I win mercia and eofennic. 194 00:14:49,118 --> 00:14:51,912 Two conquests that evaded kings greater than I... 195 00:14:51,995 --> 00:14:53,664 - You deserve your success. - Do I? 196 00:14:54,832 --> 00:14:56,333 Perhaps god tests me. 197 00:14:57,793 --> 00:15:00,546 Or perhaps the devil tempts me to overplay my hand. 198 00:15:00,629 --> 00:15:03,882 This humiliation, 199 00:15:04,675 --> 00:15:10,139 this betrayal by my son... 200 00:15:13,475 --> 00:15:14,518 [Sighs] 201 00:15:16,478 --> 00:15:20,107 It is a moment that challenges my pride, and I must think clearly. 202 00:15:23,444 --> 00:15:24,778 [Edward sighs] 203 00:15:28,031 --> 00:15:29,366 Aelfweard is lost to me. 204 00:15:30,701 --> 00:15:33,495 Were we to find him, this I would struggle to forgive. 205 00:15:33,579 --> 00:15:36,290 To flee the palace and ally with a man 206 00:15:36,373 --> 00:15:38,792 who has done so much wrong to me and to wessex, 207 00:15:38,876 --> 00:15:40,544 I do not think I can forgive it. 208 00:15:47,551 --> 00:15:49,344 We have another son in your belly. 209 00:15:55,225 --> 00:15:58,729 Perhaps I should accept aelfweard is forfeit 210 00:15:58,812 --> 00:16:01,857 and allow him to range like a fugitive with aethelhelm. 211 00:16:13,744 --> 00:16:15,579 That will mean he is always a threat. 212 00:16:15,662 --> 00:16:18,790 Better a threat away from Winchester than within the palace. 213 00:16:18,874 --> 00:16:21,793 Well, it would take great strength to ignore such an offense. 214 00:16:21,877 --> 00:16:26,089 I know and I struggle with it, but my heart tells me 215 00:16:26,173 --> 00:16:29,968 to not once again take the bait aethelhelm has cast upon the waters. 216 00:16:34,515 --> 00:16:38,727 I ignore provocation, fortify enough to rebuff them, 217 00:16:38,810 --> 00:16:41,897 but do not chase them down and walk into a trap. 218 00:16:42,523 --> 00:16:46,193 Am I foolish? Is that the devil's course? 219 00:16:47,319 --> 00:16:48,362 [Sighs] 220 00:16:50,030 --> 00:16:51,073 Well, I... 221 00:16:53,033 --> 00:16:55,827 I would never try to guess the mind of the devil. 222 00:16:57,829 --> 00:17:02,584 Just as I would never suggest you forfeit your son for my child. 223 00:17:03,835 --> 00:17:05,837 But as one who counsels you, 224 00:17:05,921 --> 00:17:09,800 I would say it is a wise strategy to settle for these gains. 225 00:17:11,385 --> 00:17:14,179 You control three of the four kingdoms. 226 00:17:15,472 --> 00:17:18,642 In time, our son can fight for the last. 227 00:17:19,935 --> 00:17:23,855 There is no dishonor in this path if you choose it with a clean heart. 228 00:17:23,939 --> 00:17:27,150 - If I do not play, aethelhelm cannot win. - Mm. 229 00:17:29,069 --> 00:17:31,071 He then dances to my song. 230 00:17:32,573 --> 00:17:33,615 And I prevail. 231 00:17:38,161 --> 00:17:40,497 After the fight is over... 232 00:17:42,332 --> 00:17:44,459 When we agree a truce, 233 00:17:46,128 --> 00:17:48,046 we build a new palace... 234 00:17:50,716 --> 00:17:51,967 In lundene. 235 00:17:53,594 --> 00:17:57,556 It stands between mercia and wessex. It's well-placed for trade. 236 00:17:57,639 --> 00:18:00,475 It should be at the heart of your new kingdom. 237 00:18:02,561 --> 00:18:04,646 This is all very ambitious, grandfather. 238 00:18:05,606 --> 00:18:07,649 I only hope I'm worthy of your faith in me. 239 00:18:07,733 --> 00:18:11,486 It is not mere faith! It is your blood! 240 00:18:13,030 --> 00:18:15,073 With the right advice, 241 00:18:15,657 --> 00:18:21,455 your people will sing of you as aelfweard the great! 242 00:18:21,538 --> 00:18:27,544 Your reign will hold in the same esteem as charlemagne! 243 00:18:30,088 --> 00:18:35,093 And we will raise a minster to your dear mother. 244 00:18:36,261 --> 00:18:42,392 Under your rule, never again will a heathen harm any of our people. 245 00:18:44,144 --> 00:18:47,773 Never will a boy lose his mother as you did. 246 00:18:52,903 --> 00:18:56,657 - Is he drunk? - He has not been on the ale. 247 00:18:56,740 --> 00:19:02,454 I think perhaps he really believes he can unseat the Saxon king. 248 00:19:02,537 --> 00:19:03,914 [Snickering] 249 00:19:03,997 --> 00:19:07,250 Maybe it's time to kiss his arse? 250 00:19:07,334 --> 00:19:10,462 I am a man of low principles. 251 00:19:10,545 --> 00:19:14,257 - I prefer to call you pragmatic, lord. - Mm. 252 00:19:16,802 --> 00:19:20,555 Yet even I would not stoop to seek the favor of that... 253 00:19:20,639 --> 00:19:22,391 [Raises voice] ...Wessex turd. 254 00:19:30,357 --> 00:19:34,069 I am not certain that our host welcomes your ambition. 255 00:19:36,530 --> 00:19:41,743 Then he will learn what happens when you cross men like us. 256 00:19:46,248 --> 00:19:47,624 [Rognvaldr] You! Boy! 257 00:19:47,708 --> 00:19:51,503 - Fetch me ale! Fetch ale for your king. - [Boy] Ye... yes, lord. 258 00:20:01,596 --> 00:20:04,641 Watch his back hoof. He's tired. 259 00:20:06,143 --> 00:20:07,811 I have abused his good nature. 260 00:20:14,443 --> 00:20:15,485 [Pyrlig] Uhtred. 261 00:20:19,322 --> 00:20:20,949 [Pyrlig] She failed to kill me. 262 00:20:23,535 --> 00:20:25,829 [Uhtred] What a joy to see you well, pyrlig. 263 00:20:29,166 --> 00:20:32,711 - Did you find her? - Yes, I found her. 264 00:20:33,378 --> 00:20:34,796 Where is she now? 265 00:20:35,714 --> 00:20:37,132 She's with the gods. 266 00:20:37,215 --> 00:20:39,009 - You decided to kill her? - No. 267 00:20:39,092 --> 00:20:42,763 You were right. But, uh... 268 00:20:46,892 --> 00:20:47,934 I will tell you all. 269 00:20:48,894 --> 00:20:53,356 For now, I want you to go to your sister. She has secluded herself in the forest. 270 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:58,820 I want you to find her, speak with her and make her come to rumcofa. 271 00:20:59,946 --> 00:21:01,573 Why has she gone to the forest? 272 00:21:01,656 --> 00:21:04,701 She believes there's no place for her, but she's wrong. 273 00:21:04,785 --> 00:21:06,828 She has suffered much, uhtred. 274 00:21:06,912 --> 00:21:09,664 Perhaps it is wiser to let her be rather than to command her. 275 00:21:09,748 --> 00:21:12,083 No, I shall not abandon her again. 276 00:21:12,167 --> 00:21:14,878 I will prove there is a place for her in rumcofa. 277 00:21:16,213 --> 00:21:18,381 And that I can be a true father. 278 00:21:18,465 --> 00:21:23,845 Father, the sentiment is truly noble, but stiorra has been a queen. 279 00:21:24,846 --> 00:21:27,224 She cannot live in rumcofa as a trader's wife. 280 00:21:27,891 --> 00:21:31,561 Besides, too much has happened there for it to be a place of sanctuary. 281 00:21:32,979 --> 00:21:35,607 Nevertheless, it is all we have. 282 00:21:42,113 --> 00:21:43,156 Lord! 283 00:21:45,325 --> 00:21:48,578 - Ah. You're alive. - [Uhtred] I am. 284 00:21:49,204 --> 00:21:50,413 [Aethelstan] And brida? 285 00:21:51,331 --> 00:21:52,874 [Sighs] No. 286 00:21:54,209 --> 00:21:58,296 I know you did what you could. At least it's over now, hmm? 287 00:22:00,757 --> 00:22:04,386 [Aethelstan] We know you will have chosen the right path, uhtred. 288 00:22:04,469 --> 00:22:07,389 You should take some time, rest yourself. 289 00:22:08,098 --> 00:22:09,140 [Uhtred] Indeed. 290 00:22:10,058 --> 00:22:15,355 I was thinking it is time we go back to the peace of rumcofa. 291 00:22:16,565 --> 00:22:18,942 I promised I'd return you to your families. 292 00:22:19,025 --> 00:22:21,528 The danger's over now. We can stop running for wessex, 293 00:22:21,611 --> 00:22:24,072 make some coin from the toll on the trade river. 294 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,743 Fight the raiders, go back to how things were. 295 00:22:31,288 --> 00:22:33,665 Lord, no. 296 00:22:33,748 --> 00:22:36,209 Our families have fled to wessex, lord. 297 00:22:36,293 --> 00:22:38,503 They have settled. They are waiting for us. 298 00:22:38,587 --> 00:22:42,966 Our lives in rumcofa are destroyed. Let the dead rest in peace, eh? 299 00:22:43,884 --> 00:22:49,222 But it can be a home, a real home for us, for our families. 300 00:22:50,849 --> 00:22:52,934 - Aethelstan, you loved it there. - I did. 301 00:22:54,936 --> 00:22:57,536 - [Sighs] I do wish to be alongside you... - And I want you there. 302 00:22:57,606 --> 00:22:59,482 I also wish to serve my father. 303 00:23:02,235 --> 00:23:04,696 - He needs loyalty. And I... I need... - I understand. 304 00:23:04,779 --> 00:23:06,698 You will come visit us, I'm sure. 305 00:23:07,574 --> 00:23:08,658 Lord, 306 00:23:09,784 --> 00:23:13,872 uhtred, we are brothers for life, thick and thin. 307 00:23:13,955 --> 00:23:16,249 We'll ride with you to death. You know that. 308 00:23:16,333 --> 00:23:20,170 But this is not the right choice, lord. Our time in rumcofa has passed. 309 00:23:20,253 --> 00:23:23,673 There... there are too many things there to remind us of what we have lost. 310 00:23:23,757 --> 00:23:25,258 But we cannot roam forever. 311 00:23:26,259 --> 00:23:29,804 We cannot leave our children without a place to find comfort. 312 00:23:29,888 --> 00:23:31,598 Uhtred, come on! 313 00:23:31,681 --> 00:23:34,351 I've lost stiorra until I can offer her hope. 314 00:23:36,436 --> 00:23:37,604 I need you to agree. 315 00:23:43,193 --> 00:23:45,570 If you command rumcofa, we'll follow you. 316 00:23:46,571 --> 00:23:50,033 But I ask, is there another path? 317 00:24:00,001 --> 00:24:01,461 [Guard] Open the front gate! 318 00:24:10,553 --> 00:24:15,976 A lesson for you. Act with confidence, Providence smiles. 319 00:24:21,314 --> 00:24:23,149 [Aethelhelm] Lady aelfwynn. 320 00:24:25,193 --> 00:24:27,362 Will you come down from your horse? 321 00:24:28,196 --> 00:24:31,241 - Do I have any choice in the matter? - Do not be afraid. 322 00:24:31,324 --> 00:24:34,536 I do not intend violence, merely to bring peace. 323 00:24:41,710 --> 00:24:43,503 Where's bresal? 324 00:24:43,586 --> 00:24:45,922 [Glaedwine] There was a fight. He did not survive. 325 00:24:46,006 --> 00:24:49,009 I'm sorry, lord. I know he was a good friend to you. 326 00:24:52,846 --> 00:24:56,224 The men I truly count as friends do not die so easily. 327 00:25:14,034 --> 00:25:15,994 - [Banging on door] - [Guard] Lord king! 328 00:25:17,037 --> 00:25:18,329 [Banging continues] 329 00:25:19,456 --> 00:25:20,540 [Edward sighs] 330 00:25:20,623 --> 00:25:21,708 [Banging continues] 331 00:25:23,668 --> 00:25:26,421 - [Edward groans] One moment. - [Banging continues] 332 00:25:33,178 --> 00:25:34,262 [Edward sighs] 333 00:25:37,432 --> 00:25:39,893 - [Guard] Lord king, lady aelswith is here. - Yes. 334 00:25:41,644 --> 00:25:44,022 My king, whatever's the matter? 335 00:25:44,105 --> 00:25:46,816 [Sighs] Prepare for a new attack. 336 00:25:48,568 --> 00:25:51,404 - The Danes? Or aethelhelm? - Neither. 337 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:53,907 Shorter and more vicious. 338 00:25:55,992 --> 00:25:58,328 Oh, my dearest son. 339 00:25:58,411 --> 00:26:02,082 Mother, what happened to your plan to spirit aelfwynn away from mercia? 340 00:26:02,165 --> 00:26:06,920 It went awry, and so I bring grave news. 341 00:26:07,003 --> 00:26:09,964 - Aelfwynn was captured on the road. - By who? 342 00:26:10,048 --> 00:26:15,178 We are not certain, but one, at least, did not survive my wrath. 343 00:26:15,261 --> 00:26:16,971 We believe them to be hired men. 344 00:26:17,055 --> 00:26:19,933 We suspect an association with lord aethelhelm. 345 00:26:29,859 --> 00:26:34,030 Rouse lord aldhelm. Tell him I come imminently to discuss the matter. 346 00:26:34,114 --> 00:26:37,742 Send a command to search for her now! 347 00:26:37,826 --> 00:26:39,202 What is there to discuss? 348 00:26:40,161 --> 00:26:43,039 She is your blood and she is in danger. 349 00:26:43,790 --> 00:26:47,210 And that is to say nothing of her value to your enemies. 350 00:26:49,337 --> 00:26:51,548 Edward, why do you hesitate? 351 00:26:51,631 --> 00:26:53,716 [Shouting] I'm not hesitating! 352 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,594 I am simply not rushing blindly into action. 353 00:26:56,678 --> 00:26:59,097 - Edward, why... - Please do not argue with me, mother. 354 00:26:59,180 --> 00:27:03,017 - She is aethelflaed's child! - I am aware of her bloodline. 355 00:27:03,101 --> 00:27:05,145 But I am also aware of lord aethelhelm. 356 00:27:06,146 --> 00:27:10,108 I will not react with haste to this provocation, nor chase him blindly. 357 00:27:10,191 --> 00:27:11,651 We do not even know where he is, 358 00:27:11,734 --> 00:27:15,947 so allow me to follow what I know to be the right path. 359 00:27:21,035 --> 00:27:22,287 [Eadith sighs] 360 00:27:25,123 --> 00:27:27,625 Oh, you have not had the chance to meet properly. 361 00:27:29,085 --> 00:27:31,713 - Mother, this is your new... - I will not acknowledge 362 00:27:31,796 --> 00:27:33,923 whichever harlot you've decided to bed! 363 00:27:34,007 --> 00:27:36,217 I was going to say this is your new queen. 364 00:27:38,052 --> 00:27:39,846 [Edward] Eadgifu and I are wed. 365 00:27:39,929 --> 00:27:41,347 She is with child. 366 00:27:49,898 --> 00:27:51,024 [Aelswith] Well, 367 00:27:51,858 --> 00:27:55,111 a... a baby will be a blessing. 368 00:27:55,195 --> 00:27:56,237 Thank you. 369 00:27:59,991 --> 00:28:02,410 I... I did not mean to call you, um... 370 00:28:03,745 --> 00:28:07,248 I would kneel, but my bones are stiff from... 371 00:28:07,332 --> 00:28:10,084 No, I quite understand. You are no longer young in years... 372 00:28:10,168 --> 00:28:13,379 From slaughtering a man with my bare hands. 373 00:28:13,463 --> 00:28:14,505 [Scoffs] 374 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,800 A slight exaggeration. 375 00:28:19,010 --> 00:28:21,554 I drove a knife through his neck. 376 00:28:23,181 --> 00:28:24,974 I was not wearing gloves. 377 00:28:33,274 --> 00:28:36,736 It has been an eventful time. 378 00:28:37,987 --> 00:28:40,740 Mm. Then you have surely earned a good rest. 379 00:28:42,909 --> 00:28:46,037 I will ensure you are given the grandest chamber in eofennic. 380 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:47,956 The king and I can sleep elsewhere. 381 00:28:51,709 --> 00:28:53,795 It is my honor to honor you. 382 00:28:54,462 --> 00:28:58,007 I hope, in time, you deem me worthy of your son. 383 00:29:06,516 --> 00:29:09,644 What has changed within my son, I wonder, 384 00:29:10,311 --> 00:29:13,606 that he has no appetite to fight for his niece 385 00:29:13,690 --> 00:29:15,775 and against lord aethelhelm, no less? 386 00:29:16,901 --> 00:29:18,945 His new bride, perhaps? 387 00:29:19,028 --> 00:29:22,365 No, I do not think the king's so easily distracted. 388 00:29:22,448 --> 00:29:26,536 Then he maneuvers in ways I simply cannot understand. 389 00:29:29,330 --> 00:29:32,625 Lady aelswith, there is another possibility. 390 00:29:33,459 --> 00:29:37,171 You have silver. You could easily buy the men to find her. 391 00:29:37,255 --> 00:29:40,675 Silver? For the honor of saving the blood of Alfred? 392 00:29:40,758 --> 00:29:43,970 - [Sighs] I merely suggest... - Men should be paying me 393 00:29:44,053 --> 00:29:46,681 for the privilege of fighting in her name. 394 00:29:50,727 --> 00:29:54,147 [Aelswith] As ever, the lord provides. 395 00:29:58,318 --> 00:30:00,320 I have a job for you. 396 00:30:11,998 --> 00:30:13,291 [Knock on door] 397 00:30:13,374 --> 00:30:15,835 [Eadith] Lord uhtred, it is eadith. 398 00:30:15,918 --> 00:30:16,961 Yes? 399 00:30:21,966 --> 00:30:23,801 I thought you had left for frankia. 400 00:30:24,510 --> 00:30:27,221 [Eadith sighs] The gods had other ideas. 401 00:30:27,305 --> 00:30:29,724 It has been quite the journey. 402 00:30:29,807 --> 00:30:31,642 It is a relief to see you. 403 00:30:31,726 --> 00:30:34,687 Mm, do not be too hasty. I bring only trouble. 404 00:30:37,732 --> 00:30:39,692 I have spoken with your men. 405 00:30:39,776 --> 00:30:41,819 They say you are returning to rumcofa. 406 00:30:42,779 --> 00:30:43,821 I am. 407 00:30:44,822 --> 00:30:47,033 You are welcome to join us should you wish. 408 00:30:47,992 --> 00:30:49,035 That is kind. 409 00:30:50,787 --> 00:30:52,330 Are you set on this path? 410 00:30:53,081 --> 00:30:54,123 Yes. 411 00:30:57,126 --> 00:30:59,045 I know the men have suffered there, 412 00:31:00,254 --> 00:31:04,133 but I have to take stiorra away from eofennic and the lands she has lost. 413 00:31:07,553 --> 00:31:08,888 A darkness has found her. 414 00:31:10,890 --> 00:31:12,225 What has happened to her? 415 00:31:15,186 --> 00:31:16,312 [Sighs] 416 00:31:17,897 --> 00:31:19,273 I did not stop it. 417 00:31:25,655 --> 00:31:27,073 I did not protect her. 418 00:31:29,867 --> 00:31:31,744 Well, perhaps I could talk with her. 419 00:31:33,538 --> 00:31:35,081 Find a way to cure her heart. 420 00:31:37,458 --> 00:31:39,627 I'm afraid it's already too late. 421 00:31:41,629 --> 00:31:44,298 For many years I was not there when she needed me. 422 00:31:44,382 --> 00:31:47,468 I gave my life to wessex and the saxons. 423 00:31:48,177 --> 00:31:49,804 This feeling I know. 424 00:31:52,807 --> 00:31:54,225 My children have suffered. 425 00:31:55,017 --> 00:31:59,188 I never gave them a chance to live as a family after they lost their mother. 426 00:31:59,856 --> 00:32:04,152 I thought that to be absent was to protect them from the dangers I faced, but... 427 00:32:07,447 --> 00:32:11,075 I was not a father, not as they deserved. 428 00:32:17,081 --> 00:32:20,501 Stiorra is being swallowed by a dread. 429 00:32:21,502 --> 00:32:24,881 I've seen it before. In brida. I've seen what it can do. 430 00:32:26,757 --> 00:32:30,761 She needs a place to heal, to become herself again. 431 00:32:32,555 --> 00:32:34,098 And that place is rumcofa? 432 00:32:35,183 --> 00:32:39,020 I do not know, but it is all I have got. 433 00:32:41,355 --> 00:32:43,024 Why do you ask me of this? 434 00:32:46,736 --> 00:32:48,571 Aelfwynn has been taken by aethelhelm. 435 00:32:50,364 --> 00:32:55,411 The king is reluctant to act, so lady aelswith and I were wondering 436 00:32:55,495 --> 00:32:59,582 - if perhaps you might gather your men... - No, eadith, I cannot. 437 00:32:59,665 --> 00:33:02,919 She is lady aethelflaed's daughter. You swore to protect her. 438 00:33:03,002 --> 00:33:06,088 I cannot give myself to others when my daughter needs me! 439 00:33:08,508 --> 00:33:09,550 [Sighs] 440 00:33:13,679 --> 00:33:15,932 Lady aelswith has silver. 441 00:33:16,015 --> 00:33:18,768 I've tried to persuade her to buy men, but she will not. She's... 442 00:33:18,851 --> 00:33:20,853 The king should look to his duty. 443 00:33:20,937 --> 00:33:22,563 Not me, not you, the king. 444 00:33:23,356 --> 00:33:24,941 The king is deaf to it. 445 00:33:28,069 --> 00:33:31,405 I'm sorry. I have to take care of my daughter. 446 00:33:37,495 --> 00:33:39,038 So, what shall I do? 447 00:33:45,086 --> 00:33:46,420 [Footsteps approaching] 448 00:33:46,504 --> 00:33:50,758 [Panting] Uhtred, whatever you need for this pursuit, 449 00:33:50,841 --> 00:33:52,176 mercia will supply. 450 00:33:54,345 --> 00:33:56,138 I will not be leaving to seek aelfwynn. 451 00:33:57,890 --> 00:34:00,184 But you must. Edward has refused. 452 00:34:00,810 --> 00:34:03,229 And yet I cannot help mercia with this. 453 00:34:03,896 --> 00:34:06,232 In time, the king will come to his senses. 454 00:34:07,775 --> 00:34:10,069 - Trust that I have my reasons. - Of course. 455 00:34:10,152 --> 00:34:12,738 But, please, speak with the king on this matter. 456 00:34:12,822 --> 00:34:16,117 He will not heed me on it. Despite himself, he listens to you. 457 00:34:17,118 --> 00:34:19,412 - [Benedict] Lord aldhelm! - [Sighs] Not today. 458 00:34:20,204 --> 00:34:22,665 Will you ask for me to speak with the king? 459 00:34:22,748 --> 00:34:26,586 - I will summon you when the time is right. - [Sighs] My business is urgent. 460 00:34:26,669 --> 00:34:29,213 - Lord aethelhelm is fomenting rebellion. - We know this. 461 00:34:30,798 --> 00:34:31,966 He will be stopped. 462 00:34:32,049 --> 00:34:33,217 I'm not so certain. 463 00:34:34,260 --> 00:34:36,596 He has the Scottish army on his side. 464 00:34:37,430 --> 00:34:39,849 He has made an alliance with constantin 465 00:34:39,932 --> 00:34:42,435 and has offered him the hand of lady aelfwynn. 466 00:34:43,769 --> 00:34:48,065 Of course. She is to be used in a bargain. 467 00:34:48,149 --> 00:34:49,984 How do you know this? 468 00:34:50,067 --> 00:34:52,361 I have heard aethelhelm speak of it himself. 469 00:34:55,698 --> 00:34:59,243 I escorted lord aelfweard to find his grandfather. 470 00:35:02,455 --> 00:35:05,124 - Then you are an enemy of the king. - I know. 471 00:35:05,207 --> 00:35:07,501 And I will accept what punishments may come. 472 00:35:09,754 --> 00:35:12,465 But the threat from aethelhelm seemed too great to ignore. 473 00:35:13,466 --> 00:35:16,302 He is set on war with the king and the Scots follow him. 474 00:35:16,385 --> 00:35:22,308 And when Christian realms turn on each other, I fear all is lost. 475 00:35:22,391 --> 00:35:26,520 You should leave here. Protect yourself. I will report your message. 476 00:35:31,525 --> 00:35:34,403 Lord aethelhelm, where will we find him? 477 00:35:34,487 --> 00:35:38,157 In a fortress north of here, name of bebbanburg. 478 00:35:39,033 --> 00:35:40,826 He is the guest of lord wihtgar. 479 00:35:59,929 --> 00:36:01,847 [Aethelhelm] I trust you slept well. 480 00:36:02,515 --> 00:36:04,016 I did not sleep at all. 481 00:36:04,725 --> 00:36:10,398 The howling of the wind can unsettle those softened to such things. 482 00:36:10,481 --> 00:36:14,318 Please, eat. You will find the food is not what you are used to. 483 00:36:14,402 --> 00:36:15,444 [Plate clangs] 484 00:36:16,654 --> 00:36:18,239 It is the food of my lands. 485 00:36:18,322 --> 00:36:20,616 And what a bounty your lands provide. 486 00:36:24,537 --> 00:36:26,038 Why have you brought me here? 487 00:36:26,122 --> 00:36:30,167 For your protection, child, from the king. 488 00:36:30,251 --> 00:36:33,170 He would never harm me. I am his blood. 489 00:36:33,254 --> 00:36:36,173 He has remarried. The new queen is with child. 490 00:36:36,257 --> 00:36:38,843 He is creating a new bloodline. 491 00:36:40,636 --> 00:36:43,681 History has proven, time and again, 492 00:36:43,764 --> 00:36:47,768 a new regime wants rid of remnants of the old. 493 00:36:49,270 --> 00:36:52,982 We are kin. I do not need this protection. 494 00:36:53,065 --> 00:36:56,277 The king has denied you the throne your mother left you, 495 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,613 murdered the ealdormen to seat himself. 496 00:36:59,697 --> 00:37:02,867 His disregard for you is apparent. 497 00:37:02,950 --> 00:37:06,829 If you were not here, you would surely already be dead by his hand. 498 00:37:08,122 --> 00:37:12,084 And to secure your protection, as your mother would have wished, 499 00:37:13,794 --> 00:37:15,254 we have found you a husband. 500 00:37:16,881 --> 00:37:20,843 I am already betrothed to cynlaef of rumcofa. 501 00:37:20,926 --> 00:37:25,055 [Chuckles] A boy from rumcofa? 502 00:37:25,639 --> 00:37:28,809 Hardly a match for a granddaughter of Alfred. 503 00:37:28,893 --> 00:37:31,395 No, you will marry a king. 504 00:37:33,105 --> 00:37:34,356 [Aethelhelm] Not him! 505 00:37:35,232 --> 00:37:38,402 Too much kinship is bad for a bloodline. 506 00:37:39,862 --> 00:37:44,033 It creates weak men, and weak men make for weaker kings. 507 00:37:48,704 --> 00:37:52,500 I speak of constantin of Scotland. 508 00:37:52,583 --> 00:37:56,253 An alliance with him will leave Saxon lands safe. 509 00:37:56,337 --> 00:37:59,423 I do not wish to be traded like cattle. 510 00:37:59,507 --> 00:38:02,384 I do not see any other purpose for you. 511 00:38:04,762 --> 00:38:06,055 You are not a queen. 512 00:38:07,598 --> 00:38:09,225 You are not a warrior. 513 00:38:09,308 --> 00:38:13,062 You are, by your own admission, barely a lady. 514 00:38:14,563 --> 00:38:18,567 It is a good marriage. You should be grateful. 515 00:38:20,152 --> 00:38:22,780 Please, cousin. If you have 516 00:38:22,863 --> 00:38:27,159 - any remaining loyalty to your family... - It is not I who has been disloyal. 517 00:38:28,077 --> 00:38:30,538 It's my family who has been disloyal to me. 518 00:38:37,253 --> 00:38:41,298 I will throw myself from the walls sooner than marry this man. 519 00:38:41,382 --> 00:38:42,633 [Aethelhelm] Then do it! 520 00:38:42,716 --> 00:38:47,721 It will just be one less thing for me to be concerned with. 521 00:38:51,392 --> 00:38:55,521 [Aethelhelm] I thought so. Do not make promises you cannot keep. 522 00:39:26,468 --> 00:39:29,179 What is it that you want of me? 523 00:39:29,263 --> 00:39:31,223 [Pyrlig] Talking to yourself, uhtred? 524 00:39:32,182 --> 00:39:33,517 Or is this you at prayer? 525 00:39:35,269 --> 00:39:36,562 I think I'm cursed. 526 00:39:37,313 --> 00:39:39,106 Then consider me the curse-slayer. 527 00:39:41,692 --> 00:39:45,070 Call me a foolish old priest, but I sense you are troubled. 528 00:39:45,154 --> 00:39:48,198 Aethelhelm has joined with the Scots to take northumbria. 529 00:39:48,282 --> 00:39:51,243 And he's launching his rebellion from bebbanburg. 530 00:39:51,327 --> 00:39:52,578 [Chuckling] 531 00:39:55,539 --> 00:39:59,418 Now, that is a strange twist of fate. 532 00:40:00,294 --> 00:40:02,171 [Chuckling continues] 533 00:40:02,254 --> 00:40:04,048 It's not strange at all. 534 00:40:06,550 --> 00:40:11,221 My gods are doing it to taunt me, to tempt me from my duty to my family. 535 00:40:11,305 --> 00:40:12,556 Why would they do that? 536 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,392 - What've you done? - [Scoffs] Well, that I never understand. 537 00:40:15,476 --> 00:40:18,020 - Mm. - All I know is that for most of my life, 538 00:40:18,103 --> 00:40:21,565 I've given my sword to wessex and it drew me away from my family. 539 00:40:23,108 --> 00:40:25,486 Stiorra thinks it was my choice, but... 540 00:40:26,654 --> 00:40:28,072 [Sighs] ...I'm not so sure. 541 00:40:30,866 --> 00:40:34,912 Sometimes, I think that my fate is to wander and to never arrive. 542 00:40:34,995 --> 00:40:37,581 You've served the house of wessex with much honor. 543 00:40:38,707 --> 00:40:40,960 I've worked hard for Alfred's ambition, yes. 544 00:40:42,086 --> 00:40:44,004 But my own kin suffered for it. 545 00:40:44,088 --> 00:40:45,881 Well, it brought you aethelflaed. 546 00:40:46,799 --> 00:40:48,133 And then she was taken. 547 00:40:49,051 --> 00:40:50,386 - The gods are cruel. - Mm. 548 00:40:51,136 --> 00:40:52,471 And now they offer this? 549 00:40:53,847 --> 00:40:59,019 All life is a test, true. But my god does not want you to fail. 550 00:41:01,230 --> 00:41:03,065 Perhaps there is design in this 551 00:41:03,148 --> 00:41:05,859 - that is benevolent. - [Scoffs] 552 00:41:05,943 --> 00:41:10,531 Then perhaps you are not meant to choose between your fate and Alfred's ambition, 553 00:41:10,614 --> 00:41:12,533 between your children and his. 554 00:41:12,616 --> 00:41:15,077 Perhaps you are meant to serve both. 555 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:16,704 I cannot serve two masters. 556 00:41:17,746 --> 00:41:19,832 But what if there's only one master? 557 00:41:20,499 --> 00:41:23,836 One god, one destiny, many branches. 558 00:41:23,919 --> 00:41:25,129 Yes, yes. 559 00:41:25,212 --> 00:41:27,840 - One tree. - That is where our beliefs differ. 560 00:41:27,923 --> 00:41:30,009 And this is where I will insist. 561 00:41:31,093 --> 00:41:32,136 Think about it. 562 00:41:33,053 --> 00:41:36,890 You retake bebbanburg and ensure northumbria does not fall to the Scots. 563 00:41:36,974 --> 00:41:40,102 In that act, you find a home for your bloodline. 564 00:41:43,439 --> 00:41:48,569 You're saying that it is my destiny to make england for Edward? 565 00:41:51,780 --> 00:41:55,659 [Sighs] That all this wait for bebbanburg served a purpose? 566 00:41:55,743 --> 00:41:57,202 - Maybe. - [Chuckles softly] 567 00:41:59,204 --> 00:42:00,789 Your god has a sense of humor. 568 00:42:00,873 --> 00:42:03,834 It seems he does. [Groans] 569 00:42:05,419 --> 00:42:08,338 - And do you want to accept this calling? - [Scoffs] 570 00:42:08,422 --> 00:42:14,011 Yes, I want to accept, but is it a path of destiny or... or of arrogance? 571 00:42:14,094 --> 00:42:16,638 Am I being tempted for a fall? 572 00:42:16,722 --> 00:42:22,519 Perhaps the threads my gods have woven, perhaps they make a net to snare me? 573 00:42:22,603 --> 00:42:26,940 And when I failed the first time, that was the sign that I ignored. 574 00:42:27,733 --> 00:42:29,401 When father beocca was taken... 575 00:42:29,485 --> 00:42:32,112 It was a sign that beocca believed in your mission. 576 00:42:33,072 --> 00:42:36,742 - But perhaps you were not ready. - I felt as ready then as I feel now. 577 00:42:36,825 --> 00:42:39,203 - What if I fail again? - But what if you don't? 578 00:42:41,455 --> 00:42:44,875 What if you do? If you died in the doing of it, what would happen? 579 00:42:46,460 --> 00:42:50,380 All reputation lost, all bloodline left to roam without protection. 580 00:42:52,257 --> 00:42:54,218 The shame would be heavy in Valhalla. 581 00:42:55,219 --> 00:42:56,970 But there is no shame in heaven. 582 00:42:57,596 --> 00:42:58,931 That is the beauty of it. 583 00:42:59,890 --> 00:43:04,144 So my advice would be believe my god is on your side. 584 00:43:04,228 --> 00:43:06,021 And that you do not walk alone. 585 00:43:09,274 --> 00:43:10,984 - There is no god. - Mm. 586 00:43:11,652 --> 00:43:12,903 Only the gods. 587 00:43:12,986 --> 00:43:14,404 [Pyrlig groans] 588 00:43:14,488 --> 00:43:16,115 [Uhtred chuckles softly] 589 00:43:16,907 --> 00:43:18,450 [Sighs] 590 00:43:18,534 --> 00:43:20,077 Thank you for your kindness. 591 00:43:22,204 --> 00:43:23,372 You could be right. 592 00:43:25,165 --> 00:43:26,667 Maybe they are on my side. 593 00:43:32,464 --> 00:43:34,883 [Constantin] Have you heard from lord aethelhelm? 594 00:43:34,967 --> 00:43:37,219 Has he taken possession of the mercian girl? 595 00:43:39,054 --> 00:43:40,514 [Domnal] Last night, I hear. 596 00:43:42,099 --> 00:43:46,478 I'm impressed. I thought perhaps he'd overplayed his hand. 597 00:43:47,688 --> 00:43:51,400 [Domnal] I still think it is unwise to trust a man who betrays his king. 598 00:43:53,318 --> 00:43:54,361 True. 599 00:43:55,821 --> 00:44:00,492 But what he offers is sound, so we move our soldiers closer to the border. 600 00:44:03,745 --> 00:44:06,999 It may take a while. There have been floods in cumbraland. 601 00:44:07,082 --> 00:44:09,751 Then we do not alert Edward to our presence 602 00:44:09,835 --> 00:44:12,462 until all our numbers are gathered. 603 00:44:13,088 --> 00:44:16,550 When we are as one, we shall face him down. 604 00:44:18,427 --> 00:44:20,262 What if he will not be cowed? 605 00:44:20,345 --> 00:44:23,557 Then he will face a battle he shall lose. 606 00:44:24,183 --> 00:44:28,687 And in the face of defeat, he will make us a better offer. 607 00:44:28,770 --> 00:44:30,480 What, us being the Scots? 608 00:44:31,398 --> 00:44:35,152 Or us being the alliance with lord aethelhelm? 609 00:44:35,235 --> 00:44:37,404 [Constantin] I will stand by my word. 610 00:44:38,947 --> 00:44:41,158 For as long as is necessary. 611 00:44:47,206 --> 00:44:49,541 [Edward] We will be ready to move out by the morning. 612 00:44:49,625 --> 00:44:52,044 - Lord king. - I have been informed of Benedict's news. 613 00:44:52,127 --> 00:44:55,756 But not of my plan, which will return aelfwynn and deliver aethelhelm. 614 00:44:55,839 --> 00:44:58,926 And as I already told my mother, this situation requires restraint. 615 00:44:59,009 --> 00:45:01,094 - We are returning to wessex. - Listen to me. 616 00:45:02,930 --> 00:45:04,181 I know how to end this. 617 00:45:05,057 --> 00:45:07,517 There is no ending to this that is satisfactory. 618 00:45:08,101 --> 00:45:11,813 Aethelhelm will be expecting me to lead an army into battle. It is surely a trap. 619 00:45:11,897 --> 00:45:14,024 I know, but we have the advantage. 620 00:45:14,107 --> 00:45:16,109 Father Benedict told us of their plan. 621 00:45:16,193 --> 00:45:18,946 We have a moment to strike whilst they're unprepared. 622 00:45:19,029 --> 00:45:22,991 - It would be foolish not to use it. - I can assure you I am not foolish. 623 00:45:23,075 --> 00:45:25,535 Only unwilling to behave as my enemies dictate. 624 00:45:26,203 --> 00:45:29,331 So we divide those enemies. We leave immediately. 625 00:45:29,414 --> 00:45:32,334 We cut off constantin before he even reaches bebbanburg. 626 00:45:32,417 --> 00:45:34,962 If I can intercept him and stop the incursion, then... 627 00:45:35,045 --> 00:45:37,547 Aethelhelm would be without allies at bebbanburg. 628 00:45:37,631 --> 00:45:39,967 He may control the household guard, but they'd be no match 629 00:45:40,050 --> 00:45:43,136 for the mercian army. It would not be easy to breach the fortress. 630 00:45:43,220 --> 00:45:45,806 [Uhtred] But it is possible if we're our full number. 631 00:45:45,889 --> 00:45:48,934 I lead the men of wessex, and we push the Scots back over the border. 632 00:45:49,017 --> 00:45:51,895 Meanwhile, aethelhelm will be forced to surrender and aelfwynn returned. 633 00:45:51,979 --> 00:45:55,941 But what will stop constantin from making another incursion in years to come? 634 00:45:56,525 --> 00:45:59,945 You fortify the lands north of bebbanburg and I hold them for you. 635 00:46:06,702 --> 00:46:09,913 Uhtred, lord of bebbanburg, just as you always wanted. 636 00:46:09,997 --> 00:46:11,540 And you hold it alone? 637 00:46:11,623 --> 00:46:12,791 Not alone. 638 00:46:14,001 --> 00:46:17,004 I take it you're not heading to rumcofa after all, lord. 639 00:46:17,754 --> 00:46:21,174 We heard from lady aelswith that there may be something you might need our help with. 640 00:46:21,258 --> 00:46:26,388 You have found the men I sought to return aelfwynn when you refused, I see? 641 00:46:26,471 --> 00:46:28,724 Yes, thank you very much for this. 642 00:46:30,183 --> 00:46:33,145 So, then, when you are dead, who holds the north after you? 643 00:46:34,688 --> 00:46:37,357 Your seedless son, or a child of stiorra the Dane? 644 00:46:38,191 --> 00:46:39,693 I cannot speak for my daughter. 645 00:46:39,776 --> 00:46:40,819 No, you cannot. 646 00:46:42,571 --> 00:46:45,032 [Sighs] Uhtred's plan has much to commend it, 647 00:46:45,115 --> 00:46:47,242 but still this is not the correct course of action. 648 00:46:47,326 --> 00:46:50,162 You're going to allow the marriage to take place? Edward! 649 00:46:50,245 --> 00:46:54,041 I'm going to make constantin an offer in exchange for aethelhelm's head. 650 00:46:54,666 --> 00:46:56,752 He is the greater threat to our kingdom. 651 00:46:58,587 --> 00:47:02,090 Northumbria is a land much disputed between us and the Scots. 652 00:47:02,174 --> 00:47:06,553 Until a settlement is made, there will be no peace and those that will suffer 653 00:47:06,636 --> 00:47:09,556 are not those in this room, but farmers, fishermen, families. 654 00:47:09,639 --> 00:47:13,185 I am a king for all saxons, not king to one man. 655 00:47:13,268 --> 00:47:16,146 And though I owe that man a debt, I cannot put that debt 656 00:47:16,229 --> 00:47:18,982 nor that man's ambition above the lives of my people. 657 00:47:22,152 --> 00:47:24,738 Constantin's reputation is that of a man who seeks 658 00:47:24,821 --> 00:47:27,449 to protect Scotland at all costs, above all else. 659 00:47:28,283 --> 00:47:31,370 So, I will come to an agreement with him. 660 00:47:32,996 --> 00:47:36,416 In exchange for marrying aelfwynn and isolating lord aethelhelm, 661 00:47:37,042 --> 00:47:38,919 we will divide northumbria in two, 662 00:47:39,002 --> 00:47:42,089 to create an area of fortification around the Scottish border. 663 00:47:42,172 --> 00:47:44,049 You would split northumbria! 664 00:47:45,425 --> 00:47:48,428 These are lands my forebears died for. Saxon lands! 665 00:47:48,512 --> 00:47:50,806 Now, finally, you're a Saxon? 666 00:47:50,889 --> 00:47:52,641 The people there speak your language. 667 00:47:52,724 --> 00:47:55,477 They were once two kingdoms. It has been thus before. 668 00:47:56,603 --> 00:47:59,314 The lands around bebbanburg fall to the Scots 669 00:47:59,398 --> 00:48:01,274 and aethelhelm is disposed of. 670 00:48:01,358 --> 00:48:05,570 - With aelfwynn sacrificed alongside him? - Not a palatable choice, but sensible. 671 00:48:05,654 --> 00:48:07,155 If northumbria is divided, 672 00:48:07,239 --> 00:48:10,659 you forfeit any chance to create the kingdom your father hoped for. 673 00:48:10,742 --> 00:48:12,828 Yes, but in return, I will bring peace 674 00:48:12,911 --> 00:48:16,206 to a land larger and more unified than he ever achieved. 675 00:48:17,499 --> 00:48:20,919 I have ended the tyranny of bloody succession the people endured. 676 00:48:21,002 --> 00:48:23,713 Now they thrive under the protection of a man 677 00:48:23,797 --> 00:48:25,924 who does not take their deaths lightly. 678 00:48:26,007 --> 00:48:29,594 - Lord king, your choice has no honor. - [Edward] No honor? 679 00:48:30,220 --> 00:48:34,766 To forego my chance to unify all of these lands for the sake of my people? 680 00:48:35,559 --> 00:48:40,480 To put aside my father's dream, the dream of my family, to ensure that we prosper? 681 00:48:40,564 --> 00:48:42,482 That is not honor. That is martyrdom. 682 00:48:42,566 --> 00:48:46,153 If the people wish to reward me in their prayers, that is their will. 683 00:48:47,279 --> 00:48:50,657 My father's ambition failed them in the end. I do not have his failings. 684 00:48:50,740 --> 00:48:55,078 - It was not ambition. It was vision. - Visions are nothing more than dreams. 685 00:48:55,162 --> 00:48:56,705 Only a fool would chase them. 686 00:48:57,831 --> 00:48:59,791 [Uhtred] I think that you are afraid. 687 00:49:01,042 --> 00:49:02,794 Of war, of death. 688 00:49:03,628 --> 00:49:04,671 You're afraid. 689 00:49:09,217 --> 00:49:10,719 Only a fool would not be. 690 00:49:12,888 --> 00:49:15,390 And I am not a fool. 691 00:49:19,186 --> 00:49:20,228 [Aldhelm] No. 692 00:49:22,814 --> 00:49:24,608 Lord king, this is callous, 693 00:49:24,691 --> 00:49:27,777 to aelfwynn and to all those in northumbria who are Saxon. 694 00:49:27,861 --> 00:49:30,030 Mercia owes both a debt of loyalty. 695 00:49:30,113 --> 00:49:32,532 Mercia is best served when the south is secure. 696 00:49:32,616 --> 00:49:35,035 Not at the expense of the north. 697 00:49:35,118 --> 00:49:38,622 Aethelflaed would listen to uhtred now. 698 00:49:39,414 --> 00:49:40,749 As must we. 699 00:49:40,832 --> 00:49:44,669 And I gave your sister my word that I would keep aelfwynn safe. 700 00:49:46,838 --> 00:49:48,924 I will not sacrifice her as you do now! 701 00:49:51,843 --> 00:49:53,637 And nor will the mercian army. 702 00:50:05,607 --> 00:50:08,693 - I stand with uhtred. - [Edward] Well, there we have it. 703 00:50:09,819 --> 00:50:12,072 Not only lord aethelhelm who seeks to rebel. 704 00:50:12,155 --> 00:50:14,157 [Pyrlig] With respect, lord king... 705 00:50:18,036 --> 00:50:20,956 It is not only lord aldhelm who believes you to be wrong. 706 00:50:23,083 --> 00:50:26,127 There are good people in northumbria. They are your people. 707 00:50:26,836 --> 00:50:28,380 You owe them your protection. 708 00:50:31,258 --> 00:50:32,926 We stand with uhtred. 709 00:50:35,220 --> 00:50:38,431 [Aelswith] It is not that you are wrong, my son. 710 00:50:38,515 --> 00:50:42,102 It is that you are simply mistaken on this occasion. 711 00:50:43,937 --> 00:50:46,481 Whilst your arguments are considered, 712 00:50:47,274 --> 00:50:51,444 I would urge you to follow the counsel of lord uhtred. 713 00:50:52,404 --> 00:50:57,158 Your father trusted his judgment, as should you. 714 00:51:01,871 --> 00:51:04,749 [Ring tapping] 715 00:51:19,431 --> 00:51:20,724 [Tapping stops] 716 00:51:29,816 --> 00:51:32,235 Aethelstan, my boy, what do you say? 717 00:51:33,361 --> 00:51:34,487 [Sighs] 718 00:51:35,614 --> 00:51:39,200 Should we take a fight to the Scots, risking decades of conflict, 719 00:51:39,284 --> 00:51:45,165 or seek a solution that profits both sides yet denies uhtred his ancestral home? 720 00:51:45,248 --> 00:51:48,627 - You do not have to answer, aethelstan. - [Edward] And yet he should. 721 00:51:50,587 --> 00:51:52,922 Since aelfweard has shown himself disloyal, 722 00:51:53,715 --> 00:51:56,468 aethelstan could be the king to face the Scots. 723 00:52:00,263 --> 00:52:02,682 What do you say, aethelstan? 724 00:52:10,231 --> 00:52:11,650 [Sighs] 725 00:52:17,072 --> 00:52:19,532 Our faith teaches us to speak the truth. 726 00:52:22,202 --> 00:52:23,870 It teaches us to seek peace. 727 00:52:26,164 --> 00:52:27,999 And that all christians must unite. 728 00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:40,512 To abandon those in your kingdom... 729 00:52:42,722 --> 00:52:44,099 Divide their lands... 730 00:52:46,059 --> 00:52:47,185 That is not unity. 731 00:52:51,147 --> 00:52:52,190 [Sighs] 732 00:52:54,442 --> 00:52:56,152 I will follow lord uhtred. 733 00:53:04,119 --> 00:53:08,248 Not sure things are going your way, lord king. [Snickers] 734 00:53:08,331 --> 00:53:11,418 As I told you, uhtred, you do not walk alone. 735 00:53:11,501 --> 00:53:13,503 [Finan, sihtric chuckling] 736 00:53:15,255 --> 00:53:17,298 We gather an army... [grunts] 737 00:53:17,382 --> 00:53:19,718 - [Sihtric] Whoa, whoa, whoa! - [Finan groaning] 738 00:53:23,471 --> 00:53:25,515 [Edward] I will brook no more defiance. 739 00:53:29,561 --> 00:53:32,522 I am a just king, but think on those who I have crushed. 740 00:53:32,605 --> 00:53:35,358 Think on the ealdormen. Think of sigtryggr. 741 00:53:42,574 --> 00:53:44,701 The gates will be closed to all. 742 00:53:44,784 --> 00:53:47,328 No one will leave on penalty of execution. 743 00:53:52,125 --> 00:53:55,837 Then the mercian guard will be ordered to ram the gate down. 744 00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,965 You can try to fight us, lord king, but we will fight back. 745 00:53:59,591 --> 00:54:02,302 You delay and we lose the advantage. 746 00:54:03,094 --> 00:54:05,889 So, you can join our mission or you can flounder here. 747 00:54:06,473 --> 00:54:08,266 But we will be gone by sunrise. 748 00:54:10,435 --> 00:54:11,478 Choose! 749 00:54:11,478 --> 00:54:16,478 DOWNLOADED FROM WWW.AWAFIM.TV 750 00:54:11,478 --> 00:54:21,478 For latest movies and series with subtitles Visit WWW.AWAFIM.TV Today