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I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
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I have sworn my sword to Alfred
and defeated Sigefrid and Erik
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but now the brothers
have returned from banishment
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and with a great army,
they have taken the city of Lundene.
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The gods are with us!
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Alfred dispatched a priest
to negotiate with these Northmen...
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Father Pyrlig
was once a warrior himself.
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While continuing his mission
to be king of all the English.
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- I am to be married.
- Which one of you is Aethelred?
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From what I know, Alfred could not
have chosen a bigger turd.
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Having at last freed my sister Thyra,
my friend Beocca found love.
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I fear you have become
someone I cannot live without.
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Fear no more.
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Whereas I found myself
talking to the dead
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and wanting to believe
every word that he spoke.
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He said that I should be king of Wessex
and that you, you should be a king, too.
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King of Mercia. King of Saxon and Dane.
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What we have just witnessed,
you believe it to be true?
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Now I must decide
where my loyalties lie.
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Do not forget you were raised as a Dane.
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Destiny is all.
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You've barely washed, woman.
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You have been living with Saxons
for too long.
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How can I wash in dirty waters?
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The water is good.
We are a long way from the city.
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We will be late for the wedding.
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I've been thinking
about the man in the grave.
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- Bjorn.
- Uhtred, no.
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- You would not like to be a queen?
- Of Bebbanburg, yes.
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Let us just enjoy an early morning.
The two of us.
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- And a hunting party.
- Who is it?
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It's Aethelred. The lord of Mercia.
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Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
Word has been that you were missing.
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Aethelred, I see you managed to
remove your head from the king's arse.
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Well, for the moment. He's sleeping.
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The king has questions
about your loyalty.
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It's his way.
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And he tells me you've been
associating with those heathen Danes.
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Like this one here.
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Uhtred, we are needed elsewhere.
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Is he required between your legs,
my dear?
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At ease, men.
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- You wouldn't dare.
- What? Take your nose?
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- I think I might.
- Uhtred, we are needed.
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Lord Uhtred,
you will let Lord Aethelred go.
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Please.
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Lady, on behalf of my lord,
I apologize.
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- He does not.
- No?
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There can be no bloodshed here.
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We are all mistaken
and we are all proud.
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What men say is true.
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You behave as if
you were still at your mother's tit.
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You will learn respect one day,
I'm sure.
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- Lord, it is over, is it not?
- It is.
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I have the king's trust!
That's a warning!
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- I want him dead.
- Too soon.
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I'm sure Alfred would prefer him dead
at times, but he knows his value.
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- He's nothing but a heathen.
- Uhtred kills Danes.
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He kills Danes, he survives slavery,
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he saves the life
of children and mice no doubt.
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Even my wife-to-be sings his praises.
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Leave us.
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I do not like him
and he doesn't like me.
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From the moment that we met.
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You are a threat, lord,
and he is the same.
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Our hope lies in Daneland.
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With luck, the unrest will grow.
Peace is not in their nature.
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- You wish for war, Aldhelm?
- As a Mercian, lord,
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what I wish is for Aethelred
to be crowned king of Mercia.
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And then of Wessex.
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Why not?
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It is Alfred we want dead
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and for that to happen sooner,
we will require war.
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How do we look?
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As royalty.
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Aethelflaed is a fortunate young woman.
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I am witness.
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You are together, never to part,
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bound as man and his wife.
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- And a prayer?
- I don't know any prayers.
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I will say a prayer.
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Hild. Please.
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Let us pray that God and all His saints
and all His angels in Heaven
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smile and bless you.
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Let us pray that this union
of Dane and Saxon
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can show that this is a land
for all people.
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- Under one God.
- Under one God, of course.
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- Amen.
- Amen.
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Amen.
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When are you going to tell him
what Sihtric saw?
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That the ghost is a lie.
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If I tell him, he'll talk
and Sigefrid will hear.
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They must believe that we believe.
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I do enjoy another wedding.
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A royal wedding in particular.
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It is a tonic for the soul.
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The excitement, the expense...
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Aethelwold, I am still undecided,
so do not mention talking corpses.
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Nobles have traveled
across the sea from as far as Frankia
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solely to see the beautiful Aethelflaed
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many this pretty
bread-pudding of a boy.
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A fair description.
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Furthermore, he gets to hump
the king's daughter all night long.
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- Aethelwold, you will be quiet.
- It is the truth.
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- You will be quiet.
- Or you will do what, Irishman?
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Kill you in your sleep.
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- She is so beautiful.
- She is too good for him.
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Why are we delaying?
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Did Sihtric witness something
at the graveside?
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Sihtric saw nothing.
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May I say that you look quite beautiful.
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God looks upon me
with favor I do not deserve.
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Lord God in your Heaven,
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we are humbly gathered before you
on this day of thanks and celebration...
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A gift from the king!
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If you don't mind.
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The point I make is simple.
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All of the power, all of the wealth,
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all the land that could belong to you,
will now belong to him.
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- Should I hit him?
- Yes! Yes, by all means, strike me.
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But in your heart, in your purse,
you know I speak the truth.
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Yes, hit him.
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All I will say, again,
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is that the dead man speaks the truth.
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- Lord?
- Some would say it is treason.
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- No, no, this wedding is treason.
- Lord?
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This wedding is a betrayal of Wessex
and the men of Wessex.
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Meaning you.
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Should the king die,
I have a strong and rightful claim.
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Alfred is working to make
a new line of succession.
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- Excuse me, Lord Uhtred.
- Go away.
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- I am Osferth.
- You are a monk. A baby monk.
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- Go away.
- Lord, you knew my uncle, lord.
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His name was Leofric.
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Leofric was a great man.
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- You are Alfred's bastard son.
- No, but I wish to join you, lord.
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- Be by your side as my uncle was.
- No, we have no need of a monk.
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As a warrior, lord.
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I wish to serve you as a warrior.
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Uhtred.
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Uhtred, you are wanted.
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- The king!
- Enjoy the wedding feast.
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You. Find me again, bring a sword
and lose your cross.
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Thank you, my lord. I will.
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Lord.
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- Lord.
- You were seen.
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Seen where, lord?
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Leaving Winchester, leaving Wessex,
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entering Saxon Mercia
and crossing Watling Street.
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Going into Daneland, Uhtred.
I'm sure you have an explanation.
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I trust we will hear the truth of it.
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What business do you have
in Daneland?
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The king's business.
Lord, your business.
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You're happy for me
to speak in this company?
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Freely. Why not?
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Lundene has been taken.
By the Northmen, Sigefrid and Erik.
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- Never. Says who?
- Did my lips not move?
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- Sigefrid and Erik are in Frankia.
- They were and now they are not, lord.
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They have a fleet at Beamfleot,
they have an army at Beamfleot,
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some of which has sailed upriver
and taken Lundene.
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If this is true,
it cannot be allowed.
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- Lundene belongs to Mercia.
- They will choke the river.
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They will, lord.
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With respect, Lord Uhtred,
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you have still not explained why
you crossed the street into Daneland.
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- I can never remember your name.
- I am Aldhelm.
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I'm commander
of Lord Aethelred's household guard.
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- Would you like me to write it down?
- You will answer, Uhtred.
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I was invited to Daneland, lady,
to Padintune.
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And there I was asked
to join with Sigefrid and Erik.
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I was offered the kingdom of Mercia.
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- And your response?
- He is here, is he not?
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I would say that is response enough.
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Uhtred, I did not see you at the church.
I do hope you were there.
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I was there, lady, of course I was.
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And may I say
how beautiful you are today.
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Thank you.
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My dear, we are discussing
a matter of importance.
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Yes, I heard, lord.
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So are the Northmen intending
to remain in Lundene
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or are they waiting for a ransom?
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A fair question.
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Besides Uhtred's loyalties,
it is the only question.
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- We shall offer negotiations.
- Quite right.
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Once the celebrations are done,
you, together with Aethelred,
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shall travel to Lundene.
Assess their strength and their numbers.
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An excellent way forward, lord.
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Though if you had killed these brothers
in Northumbria,
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this event could not have occurred.
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Lord King, may I ask,
what bargain was struck in Northumbria
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to allow the brothers
to leave with their lives?
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Uhtred has told me this story.
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He defeated Sigefrid in combat
but spared him
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on the condition they leave.
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He did this to preserve
the lives of his own men.
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- Ah.
- It is called negotiation,
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Lord Aldhelm.
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And now we suffer the consequences
of this negotiation.
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Decisions are made
and consequences follow. It is the way.
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Our task is to deal with the present.
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To your wisdom, lord.
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My dear.
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It's not your place to involve yourself
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in a conversation
that became an informal Witan.
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We were discussing matters
of land and war.
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Lord, I take an interest
in these matters.
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My father has always encouraged...
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You are no longer the king's daughter.
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You are my wife.
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It's me you will obey.
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And you are delicate.
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I find it interesting.
I would speak with the king often...
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You are of Mercia now.
You are my queen.
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Do you think you're a king?
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I call you "queen"
because you mean that much to me.
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I do not like your tone nor accusation.
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What I would like...
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is you
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on your belly... on the bed.
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Lord...
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Your husband wishes to ride you.
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You will lie on your belly.
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What's this? Disobedience?
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It's confusion, lord.
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Should I hand you back to Wessex?
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Unused but... tarnished?
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You wouldn't dare.
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We shall see.
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Lord!
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I am your wife.
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- A good day.
- It was.
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- Though I'm glad it's over.
- Lord.
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If I may have a brief word.
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Lady, it will take just a moment.
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Be sure it does, Odda.
The king is tired.
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Lord.
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I fear that you undervalue Uhtred.
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He is by far
our most accomplished warrior
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and has been nothing but loyal...
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Odda, we have discussed this many times.
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He is sworn and yet he continues
to behave as if he were his own man.
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He is a little reckless at times, yes.
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Uhtred crosses into Daneland
without advising you or I first.
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00:18:38,409 --> 00:18:41,788
I tolerate this behavior only because
he is our most accomplished warrior.
245
00:18:41,912 --> 00:18:44,290
But if he had not
crossed the street, lord,
246
00:18:44,415 --> 00:18:46,292
we would not know
of the fall of Lundene.
247
00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:50,388
Do not doubt for one moment
Uhtred Ragnarson has ambition.
248
00:18:52,423 --> 00:18:55,472
He will have been tempted
by this offer from the Northmen.
249
00:18:55,593 --> 00:18:59,223
- And yet, he is here, lord.
- Doing what?
250
00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:02,688
Spying? Waiting?
251
00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:05,277
Did he volunteer this information
before being confronted?
252
00:19:05,394 --> 00:19:08,489
- No, he did not.
- No, lord.
253
00:19:08,606 --> 00:19:10,825
Ask yourself why.
254
00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:15,200
I have said many times,
255
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:17,665
he is a sword
I would rather wield than face,
256
00:19:17,782 --> 00:19:20,376
but he is not godly and never shall be.
257
00:19:22,244 --> 00:19:25,669
I wish you a good night's rest, Odda.
You are clearly in need of it.
258
00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:36,722
What troubles you, brother?
259
00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:42,224
Uhtred, he doubts the dead man.
260
00:19:42,348 --> 00:19:44,942
- You believe so?
- Yes.
261
00:19:48,688 --> 00:19:52,409
We should have approached him
man on man, with honor.
262
00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:54,698
You think he knows it is a trick?
263
00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:58,246
Yes.
264
00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:02,285
- Maybe.
- You don't know.
265
00:20:02,410 --> 00:20:05,505
No.
266
00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:32,319
- How is the pain?
- The same. Constant.
267
00:20:37,027 --> 00:20:39,325
It reminds me I am alive.
268
00:20:41,657 --> 00:20:43,534
That I should live.
269
00:20:47,204 --> 00:20:50,834
If Uhtred knows that Bjorn is a lie,
270
00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:52,960
then he will come.
271
00:20:54,044 --> 00:20:56,422
- With Alfred's army.
- Yes.
272
00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:02,645
So I get to kill him after all.
273
00:21:04,013 --> 00:21:06,357
If we wish, there is a way to raise
274
00:21:06,474 --> 00:21:08,818
the greatest army
these shores have ever seen.
275
00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:11,729
It can be done.
276
00:21:12,688 --> 00:21:15,862
The Temes river would be
dark with ships.
277
00:21:15,983 --> 00:21:17,906
Danes and Northmen.
278
00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:24,868
All we need to be is clever...
and patient.
279
00:21:24,992 --> 00:21:27,836
Patient?
280
00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:35,260
Oh, there will still be blood to spill,
brother.
281
00:21:37,546 --> 00:21:40,595
But this way, we can be kings of it all.
282
00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:43,807
No Guthrun.
283
00:21:43,928 --> 00:21:47,899
No Aethelred. No Alfred.
284
00:21:50,392 --> 00:21:51,735
No Uhtred.
285
00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:15,092
They say Lundene is dangerous.
286
00:22:15,209 --> 00:22:19,840
Oh, it is, but Lundene is alive
with every kind of life.
287
00:22:19,964 --> 00:22:22,342
I hear women do not walk
the streets unguarded,
288
00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:24,389
that bodies are found
in the river daily.
289
00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:28,356
Twice daily. With each and every tide.
290
00:22:28,472 --> 00:22:30,770
Lundene is not Winchester,
291
00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:33,815
but one year here
is worth ten elsewhere.
292
00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:37,315
- Then why do you not live there?
- And end up dead in the river?
293
00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:39,908
Do I look like a fool?
294
00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:42,369
What's to stop them
from cutting our throats
295
00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:43,988
and siding with the Northmen?
296
00:22:44,113 --> 00:22:47,333
I've been pondering the same.
297
00:22:47,449 --> 00:22:50,578
The answer is that you are
Alfred's son-in-law now.
298
00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:09,847
Uhtred, how is it that you know
these streets so well?
299
00:23:09,972 --> 00:23:11,690
I stayed here for a time
300
00:23:11,807 --> 00:23:14,026
with Earl Ragnar the Fearless
when I was a boy.
301
00:23:14,143 --> 00:23:15,611
When you were a Dane?
302
00:23:18,522 --> 00:23:20,570
As you can see,
the one fact in our favor
303
00:23:20,691 --> 00:23:23,865
is that the whole of Lundene
cannot be defended. It's too big.
304
00:23:23,986 --> 00:23:26,114
Even the walls surrounding
the old Roman city
305
00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:27,518
would need many hundreds of men.
306
00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:29,117
So the brothers' position is weak?
307
00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:34,338
Not weak, but Lundene's been open
to all tribes for a reason.
308
00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:37,963
The ground is not far now.
I shall speak.
309
00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:43,089
You should ask for food and ale, lord.
My belly believes my throat is cut.
310
00:23:54,224 --> 00:23:56,773
I do not understand
how this kills a man.
311
00:23:56,894 --> 00:23:58,614
Sigefrid, take his head
and be done with it.
312
00:23:58,729 --> 00:24:02,233
No, no. No, no, no. I want to know how.
313
00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:04,326
The cross kills
a man slowly, lord,
314
00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:06,116
over days.
315
00:24:06,236 --> 00:24:09,240
It is both torture and execution.
316
00:24:09,365 --> 00:24:12,710
Unlike Saxons and Danes,
the Romans were clever.
317
00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:16,251
There, you have your answer.
Now take his head off.
318
00:24:16,372 --> 00:24:17,544
Agreed, lord.
319
00:24:17,665 --> 00:24:19,713
And if you please, when it comes to me,
320
00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:21,835
with your sharpest axe
and strongest man.
321
00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:26,808
- You talk too much.
- I do. You should kill me swiftly.
322
00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:37,142
God preserve us.
323
00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:41,606
It is a death, nothing more.
324
00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:54,748
Lords, it is Uhtred.
325
00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:07,552
Uhtred Ragnarson!
326
00:25:08,382 --> 00:25:10,805
The future king of Mercia!
327
00:25:10,926 --> 00:25:15,397
Welcome to Lundene,
your new home, should you want it.
328
00:25:16,557 --> 00:25:21,563
Sigefrid. I thought
you might want to kill me still.
329
00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:24,281
Oh, for a long time, I did.
330
00:25:24,398 --> 00:25:26,821
But then I grew to like my new hand.
331
00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:30,697
Though I have to be careful
when wiping my arse.
332
00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:36,877
It is good to see you here, Uhtred.
333
00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:39,421
Though your friends are not familiar.
334
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:42,257
- This is Aethelred of Mercia.
- Lord.
335
00:25:43,333 --> 00:25:46,132
My spies tell me
you are to marry Alfred's daughter.
336
00:25:46,253 --> 00:25:49,473
Your spies are wrong, lord.
I've already married Alfred's daughter.
337
00:25:49,590 --> 00:25:52,844
- Oh, how does she ride?
- I've no complaint.
338
00:25:52,968 --> 00:25:55,221
Uhtred, why is he here?
339
00:25:55,345 --> 00:25:59,350
I am here, lords, to ask of you
your price for leaving Lundene.
340
00:25:59,475 --> 00:26:02,319
- Alfred wishes to negotiate.
- I wish to negotiate.
341
00:26:02,436 --> 00:26:06,532
We have only just arrived.
Why would we want to leave?
342
00:26:06,648 --> 00:26:09,902
You are warriors. You will know that
Lundene is impossible to defend,
343
00:26:10,027 --> 00:26:11,620
so let's get this done.
344
00:26:12,529 --> 00:26:15,533
- Is that a threat?
- Your price.
345
00:26:15,657 --> 00:26:17,125
It sounds like a threat.
346
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:20,963
I'm asking you to retreat, lords,
for a price, for silver.
347
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,584
Flesh is our price.
348
00:26:24,708 --> 00:26:28,758
- Your bride, Aethelflaed.
- Nonsense.
349
00:26:28,879 --> 00:26:31,007
She has great beauty,
a good mind.
350
00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:32,303
I'm in need of a wife.
351
00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:34,222
I'm in need of a hump.
We will share her.
352
00:26:34,343 --> 00:26:35,560
She is my wife.
353
00:26:35,677 --> 00:26:37,395
Aethelred, they are teasing you.
354
00:26:38,972 --> 00:26:43,443
Perhaps we can begin with a cup of ale?
It was a long walk from the river.
355
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,109
A cup of ale it is, Lord Uhtred.
356
00:26:51,193 --> 00:26:55,118
- Do you have food, lord?
- The bread is stale, but good.
357
00:27:08,001 --> 00:27:11,301
I have been told
that you saw the dead man rise.
358
00:27:12,506 --> 00:27:15,680
- I did.
- And you heard him speak?
359
00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:18,224
Of a good plan, yes.
360
00:27:18,345 --> 00:27:22,100
Could you guarantee Ragnar
and all the men he commands?
361
00:27:22,224 --> 00:27:24,647
- Are you with us?
- I'm here.
362
00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:27,396
Yes, but are you here
for Alfred or yourself?
363
00:27:27,521 --> 00:27:31,492
- Or us?
- Ragnar's in the North.
364
00:27:31,608 --> 00:27:33,408
It would take some time
for news to reach him,
365
00:27:33,527 --> 00:27:38,203
more time for him to decide.
I guarantee nothing, lord.
366
00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:40,701
Your prisoners are from where?
367
00:27:40,826 --> 00:27:42,703
They are from Guthrum's arse.
368
00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:45,172
The Earl Guthrum
is called Aethelstan now.
369
00:27:45,289 --> 00:27:47,633
Guthrum is a shit stain.
370
00:27:47,749 --> 00:27:51,128
He sends priests to Beamfleot
begging for peace.
371
00:27:51,253 --> 00:27:54,348
Begging for warriors to settle
and do what?
372
00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:56,967
- Raise sheep?
- Many men do, lord.
373
00:27:57,092 --> 00:27:59,766
There are no sheep farmers in Valhalla.
374
00:27:59,887 --> 00:28:02,481
Do you intend
to put all priests on the cross?
375
00:28:02,598 --> 00:28:04,566
It is Sigefrid's game.
376
00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:06,777
I do not understand how it kills a man.
377
00:28:06,894 --> 00:28:09,022
Slowly, lord. It's a cruel death.
378
00:28:09,146 --> 00:28:11,899
- That's what the priest there said.
- The priest is right.
379
00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:15,745
The priest looks like
a pale bag of bones and dough.
380
00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:17,158
You should let him fight.
381
00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:22,080
The Romans used this square
for just that purpose. Combat.
382
00:28:22,201 --> 00:28:24,044
He would die too easily.
383
00:28:24,161 --> 00:28:28,041
Give him something to fight for.
His freedom.
384
00:28:36,798 --> 00:28:37,799
Why?
385
00:28:37,925 --> 00:28:43,056
I'd rather watch him spill his guts
than nailed to a piece of wood.
386
00:28:43,180 --> 00:28:45,023
Where's the fun in that?
387
00:29:01,865 --> 00:29:04,835
Boltan! We need to be entertained!
388
00:29:05,994 --> 00:29:07,837
Are you man enough to kill a priest?
389
00:29:20,050 --> 00:29:23,304
I'm almost ready.
Pointy end forward, is it?
390
00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:27,061
So, when I kill him,
I'm allowed to go free,
391
00:29:27,182 --> 00:29:28,183
that is the bargain?
392
00:29:28,308 --> 00:29:29,525
That is the bargain.
393
00:29:29,643 --> 00:29:32,692
Hear that, Boltan? He plans to kill you.
394
00:29:32,813 --> 00:29:34,781
I do. Beware.
395
00:29:34,898 --> 00:29:39,153
I'm afraid, lord.
Spare me this trial, I beg you.
396
00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:12,644
Come on, priest.
397
00:30:20,027 --> 00:30:21,574
Finish him!
398
00:30:39,296 --> 00:30:43,927
Now I do not wish to kill this idiot
as I'm sure his mother loves him.
399
00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:50,808
But do I have your word as warriors
that I am now a free man?
400
00:30:50,932 --> 00:30:53,401
You have my word, priest.
401
00:30:56,521 --> 00:30:58,615
If all your men fight like this,
402
00:30:58,732 --> 00:31:01,906
Alfred will have no trouble
throwing you out of Lundene.
403
00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:05,122
- Put down your sword.
- Thank you, lord.
404
00:31:05,238 --> 00:31:06,956
It was a bit on the heavy side.
405
00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:20,592
Where have you learned to fight, priest?
The monastery?
406
00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:22,555
I'm a Briton, lord.
407
00:31:22,672 --> 00:31:27,428
- I was brought up killing Saxons.
- Then join us.
408
00:31:27,552 --> 00:31:32,604
- Join me.
- Ten years ago, maybe.
409
00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:37,571
But now I will fight for my God
and my freedom, it seems.
410
00:31:39,106 --> 00:31:43,156
If it is acceptable,
I will return with the Lord Uhtred.
411
00:31:43,276 --> 00:31:47,577
Not before we've settled
on a price. I hope?
412
00:31:49,032 --> 00:31:52,536
How much? For you to leave Lundene?
413
00:31:54,538 --> 00:31:57,633
I find it disturbing
that they will not consider silver.
414
00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:58,921
Why should they?
415
00:31:59,042 --> 00:32:02,387
The longer Wessex is without trade,
the greater the worth of Lundene.
416
00:32:02,504 --> 00:32:04,177
You were able to assess their strength?
417
00:32:04,297 --> 00:32:07,301
Your priest Pyrlig says
they have up to 1,000 men, lord.
418
00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,645
We can muster
three times that number, lord, easily.
419
00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:12,480
Lundene is not a field. It won't be
a simple question of numbers.
420
00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:15,646
Of course it is a question of numbers.
It will be a siege.
421
00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:17,967
The more men we have,
the greater the chance of success.
422
00:32:18,061 --> 00:32:20,655
- Regardless of how many die?
- It'll be men climbing ladders.
423
00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:22,695
It will only succeed
with numbers and with death.
424
00:32:22,816 --> 00:32:25,786
I will not lose men
for the sake of too little thought.
425
00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:30,999
- There must be a clear plan.
- Then let us hear this clear plan.
426
00:32:34,411 --> 00:32:36,664
We attack one gate
with a substantial army,
427
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:39,712
allowing smaller groups to enter through
a second gate, a third gate even.
428
00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:42,086
- Attacking from land?
- Yes, from land.
429
00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:43,837
- Not the river?
- No, lord.
430
00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:47,057
The river is worth considering, lord.
It would be counter to their thinking.
431
00:32:47,174 --> 00:32:51,395
- There is a gate close to the river?
- Yes, lord. It is called Ludd Gate.
432
00:32:51,511 --> 00:32:54,890
Perfect. Silent oars,
the cover of darkness,
433
00:32:55,015 --> 00:32:56,392
the advantage of surprise.
434
00:32:56,516 --> 00:33:00,646
The river runs fast at Ludd Gate,
making it impossible to land men safely.
435
00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:04,445
But if the lord of Mercia believes that
men sinking to the bottom of the river
436
00:33:04,566 --> 00:33:07,035
is an advantage, then let him attack.
437
00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:11,498
Uhtred, your advice may well be sound,
but how am I to trust it?
438
00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:13,991
Lord?
439
00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:17,170
Why do the brothers call you
the next lord of Mercia?
440
00:33:22,417 --> 00:33:25,091
They call me the next king of Mercia,
Lord.
441
00:33:25,212 --> 00:33:27,055
Why?
442
00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:37,600
Why do they call you king?
What has been said, Uhtred?
443
00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:39,943
- What has been agreed?
- Nothing has been agreed.
444
00:33:40,060 --> 00:33:42,904
- How am I to trust you?
- Lord, I am weary of this.
445
00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:44,614
You are weary of this?
446
00:33:45,565 --> 00:33:48,409
You say you are sworn,
yet you behave like a spy.
447
00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:53,579
You float into Daneland and back again,
you tell half-truths, keep secrets
448
00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:56,542
and you refuse to accept
the existence of the one true God!
449
00:33:56,660 --> 00:34:00,005
- You serve your king reluctantly!
- But I serve, lord.
450
00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:01,247
I do not know you!
451
00:34:04,292 --> 00:34:06,420
And I can never know you, I...
452
00:34:14,094 --> 00:34:15,767
I do not understand you.
453
00:34:17,847 --> 00:34:19,815
And I will never understand you,
that is a fact,
454
00:34:19,933 --> 00:34:21,856
and one of increasing concern.
455
00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:28,112
And on top of this,
my enemies now call you king.
456
00:34:30,569 --> 00:34:33,072
And they called you a weasel, lord.
457
00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:36,995
Neither is true.
458
00:34:40,704 --> 00:34:42,627
Impossible.
459
00:35:02,642 --> 00:35:05,566
We must devise a plan of attack.
Uhtred, you will leave us.
460
00:35:11,151 --> 00:35:14,701
- You will leave.
- Oh, I will be happy to.
461
00:35:16,156 --> 00:35:19,535
Should you need me further,
you will find me at the Two Cranes Inn.
462
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:42,311
Lord, with the greatest respect,
463
00:35:42,432 --> 00:35:46,858
the insolence we have witnessed
cannot go unpunished.
464
00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:49,481
With the greatest respect,
it is not your business.
465
00:35:49,606 --> 00:35:50,903
It is the business of Wessex.
466
00:35:51,024 --> 00:35:52,571
Uhtred is to return to Coccham.
467
00:35:52,692 --> 00:35:55,992
We are on the cusp of war,
you will need your best warriors.
468
00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:59,116
Uhtred is to return to Coccham.
469
00:36:00,450 --> 00:36:05,456
Then I will go to the Two Cranes Inn
and inform him, personally.
470
00:36:08,041 --> 00:36:09,167
As you wish.
471
00:36:13,421 --> 00:36:15,549
You will return to Mercia
and gather men, a thousand.
472
00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:17,347
- Wessex will match it.
- Yes, lord.
473
00:36:17,467 --> 00:36:19,435
My exact written instruction
shall follow.
474
00:36:19,552 --> 00:36:22,852
I want Sigefrid and Erik
out of Lundene and soon.
475
00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:25,851
It will be done, lord. Thank you, lord.
476
00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:36,988
- Steapa.
- Lord?
477
00:36:37,821 --> 00:36:40,244
Do you trust the ealdorman Uhtred?
478
00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:44,327
With my life, lord.
479
00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:31,424
He believes I drink too much.
480
00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:36,679
And I do, of late.
481
00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:39,174
It's the taste, lord.
482
00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:42,093
It is the effect.
483
00:37:47,223 --> 00:37:49,976
I'm getting old, Uhtred.
484
00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:56,449
I'm getting old
with no son to follow me.
485
00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:02,413
It is as though my time has been wasted.
486
00:38:03,406 --> 00:38:06,330
No, lord. Never.
487
00:38:06,451 --> 00:38:12,959
Promise me you won't desert him,
not yet at least.
488
00:38:13,082 --> 00:38:15,050
I am not an oath-breaker.
489
00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:20,882
How can I serve a man
who doesn't trust me?
490
00:38:23,092 --> 00:38:25,515
To whom I have given so much.
491
00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:30,233
All he can see is how I am different.
492
00:38:31,226 --> 00:38:33,775
And all I see in him is his piety.
493
00:38:39,025 --> 00:38:41,198
He's a man I'm beginning to despise.
494
00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:50,671
I asked, and all that came
was further doubt.
495
00:38:53,748 --> 00:38:54,874
I am growing Wessex.
496
00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:59,379
I am reaching out for an England,
all in the name of God.
497
00:39:01,464 --> 00:39:03,717
Yet I am relying
upon the strength of a heathen.
498
00:39:05,134 --> 00:39:09,355
- The iron of a pagan.
- It does not fit, lord.
499
00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:11,065
It does not.
500
00:39:13,601 --> 00:39:17,322
What if all this time, it has been
the work of the Devil tempting me?
501
00:39:18,565 --> 00:39:22,615
Offering me this warrior,
this seemingly loyal and brave man
502
00:39:22,735 --> 00:39:27,206
who... piece by small piece,
is eating at my soul
503
00:39:27,323 --> 00:39:29,917
and clouding what I believe
to be right and wrong?
504
00:39:34,163 --> 00:39:39,215
Lord King,
this is what the Devil would do.
505
00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:43,715
But I swear,
your soul has not diminished.
506
00:39:44,924 --> 00:39:46,676
I would have seen it.
507
00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:54,351
Uhtred will not change, I'm sure.
He will be heathen till his death.
508
00:39:55,894 --> 00:39:58,818
But nor will you change.
509
00:39:58,938 --> 00:40:02,784
Your faith is one
that will grow stronger.
510
00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:11,243
You are God's king, lord.
511
00:40:14,996 --> 00:40:17,670
Yet at my right hand is a pagan.
512
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:22,012
Do you trust him wholly?
513
00:40:23,671 --> 00:40:25,344
I do not.
514
00:40:29,552 --> 00:40:31,304
I cannot.
515
00:40:34,807 --> 00:40:36,809
Then be rid of him.
516
00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:03,503
Lord.
517
00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:26,986
In my hand, I have a letter
from Alfred of Wessex!
518
00:41:27,110 --> 00:41:32,162
It is the promise of 1,000 men!
519
00:41:34,867 --> 00:41:38,713
It is the 1,000 men demanded
520
00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:41,754
by our lord, Aethelred of Mercia,
521
00:41:41,874 --> 00:41:45,003
to fight alongside
the great fryd of Mercia,
522
00:41:45,128 --> 00:41:49,474
to help rid Lundene
of the filthy, stinking,
523
00:41:49,590 --> 00:41:53,345
pox-ridden, pig's-arse-ugly,
524
00:41:53,469 --> 00:41:56,143
heathen Danish bastards!
525
00:41:57,598 --> 00:41:59,942
A toast!
526
00:42:00,059 --> 00:42:04,530
A toast. To the warriors of Mercia.
527
00:42:05,565 --> 00:42:09,991
Where we go,
Alfred and Wessex shall follow.
528
00:42:10,111 --> 00:42:13,115
And we shall rise.
529
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:16,789
We shall rise!
530
00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:21,085
To Mercia!
531
00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:23,583
To Mercia!
532
00:42:46,439 --> 00:42:48,737
You are eating like a little bird.
533
00:42:48,858 --> 00:42:52,658
- Peck, peck, peck.
- I have no appetite.
534
00:42:57,492 --> 00:43:01,542
Tomorrow we ride.
I would like you to travel with me.
535
00:43:01,662 --> 00:43:04,381
- To battle?
- Part of the way.
536
00:43:06,459 --> 00:43:11,306
- Or would you rather not?
- No. No, lord. I would like to go.
537
00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:15,427
Then eat, for strength.
538
00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:24,560
Out.
539
00:43:24,685 --> 00:43:27,154
All of you, out.
540
00:43:44,539 --> 00:43:46,382
You have the palest of skin.
541
00:43:55,842 --> 00:43:57,059
Unblemished.
542
00:44:01,305 --> 00:44:05,936
- My touch offends you?
- No, it was a surprise, lord.
543
00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:07,733
Nothing more than that.
544
00:44:12,608 --> 00:44:15,578
Lord, love should be gentle and kind.
545
00:44:15,695 --> 00:44:18,118
Gentle and kind, she says.
546
00:44:19,866 --> 00:44:22,094
How is it that you have a knowledge
of how love should be?
547
00:44:22,118 --> 00:44:24,621
- I... I do not.
- Am I not the first?
548
00:44:25,788 --> 00:44:27,085
You will not insult me.
549
00:44:27,206 --> 00:44:29,526
And you will not offer me lessons
in how to plough a field.
550
00:44:29,625 --> 00:44:32,629
- That is not what I was doing.
- Who is it that you've been with?
551
00:44:33,921 --> 00:44:35,468
How many have you been with?
552
00:44:35,590 --> 00:44:37,513
- Lord, please.
- Uhtred is one, is he not?
553
00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:39,556
You have no right
to speak to me in this way!
554
00:44:39,677 --> 00:44:41,520
Of course I have a right,
you are my wife!
555
00:44:41,637 --> 00:44:43,560
I am Aethelflaed of Wessex
556
00:44:43,681 --> 00:44:47,026
and you will not treat me
like I am a servant girl!
557
00:44:47,143 --> 00:44:49,066
Do not...
558
00:44:57,695 --> 00:45:03,828
Do not... Never raise
your shrill voice to me!
559
00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:18,383
You will see a priest
and we shall find the truth of this.
560
00:45:18,507 --> 00:45:20,680
This is not love,
that is the truth of it.
561
00:45:20,801 --> 00:45:22,849
You will see a priest!
562
00:46:21,445 --> 00:46:25,040
Father Beocca.
I would like to speak with you.
563
00:46:26,367 --> 00:46:27,710
About prayer.
564
00:46:38,462 --> 00:46:40,260
This must go no further.
565
00:46:41,716 --> 00:46:46,938
I fear that I am not the first...
with my wife.
566
00:46:47,763 --> 00:46:51,484
- The first, lord?
- To lie with her, to bed her.
567
00:46:52,351 --> 00:46:55,150
Oh, I see.
568
00:46:55,271 --> 00:46:58,525
- But she is the king's daughter.
- I need it proven.
569
00:47:01,235 --> 00:47:04,114
Have you asked her, lord, directly?
570
00:47:04,238 --> 00:47:08,584
I need to know the truth of it.
Is there a way to test her word?
571
00:47:08,701 --> 00:47:10,578
Lord, she is Aethelflaed.
572
00:47:10,703 --> 00:47:15,254
Do I go to another priest, Father?
A stranger to my wife?
573
00:47:15,374 --> 00:47:16,876
Lord Aethelred!
574
00:47:17,001 --> 00:47:21,928
Welcome to Coccham,
the jewel of Wessex.
575
00:47:22,048 --> 00:47:23,595
Uhtred is expecting you.
576
00:47:24,383 --> 00:47:28,138
There is a way, lord,
from the holy books.
577
00:47:28,262 --> 00:47:29,354
Then do it.
578
00:47:31,849 --> 00:47:35,570
Uhtred is with the women, lord,
helping them prepare food.
579
00:47:35,686 --> 00:47:38,235
Such is the life of a banished warrior.
580
00:47:43,778 --> 00:47:46,998
I have not seen the inside
of a pagan hall.
581
00:47:47,114 --> 00:47:50,288
I am surprised at its... warmth.
582
00:47:50,409 --> 00:47:53,333
Were you expecting
to see heads on poles, lord?
583
00:47:53,454 --> 00:47:56,628
I was, lady. Excuse my ignorance.
584
00:47:56,749 --> 00:48:00,219
I will excuse you this one time.
585
00:48:01,379 --> 00:48:04,849
Will Lady Aethelflaed be joining us
after prayers, lord?
586
00:48:04,965 --> 00:48:09,061
If she has the will, yes.
She has not traveled well.
587
00:48:09,178 --> 00:48:11,681
Should she be traveling at all
to battle?
588
00:48:11,806 --> 00:48:14,184
It was her wish
to accompany her husband.
589
00:48:14,308 --> 00:48:18,029
They are newly married after all.
590
00:48:18,145 --> 00:48:19,772
She will be kept out of harm's way.
591
00:48:21,816 --> 00:48:24,936
Uhtred, has the king written
that when the siege of Lundene begins,
592
00:48:24,985 --> 00:48:26,237
I am to be first up the ladder?
593
00:48:26,362 --> 00:48:29,241
It is, after all,
something he would do.
594
00:48:29,365 --> 00:48:32,915
You accept that I am in charge
of all men?
595
00:48:34,537 --> 00:48:37,757
- It's the king's wish.
- It is.
596
00:48:37,873 --> 00:48:40,376
Oh, dear.
597
00:48:40,709 --> 00:48:42,461
You are with us?
598
00:48:44,338 --> 00:48:46,386
Why would I not be?
599
00:48:46,507 --> 00:48:48,180
I am an ealdorman of Wessex.
600
00:48:48,300 --> 00:48:51,270
Alfred has decided
to give you this one last chance.
601
00:48:53,514 --> 00:48:55,357
Do you have a plan?
602
00:48:55,474 --> 00:48:57,442
Together we will travel downriver
603
00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,688
and meet with the armies
of Mercia and Wessex,
604
00:48:59,812 --> 00:49:01,530
make camp a short distance from Lundene.
605
00:49:01,647 --> 00:49:04,901
- Do you have a plan of attack?
- Yes.
606
00:49:05,025 --> 00:49:07,323
It is not too dissimilar from your plan.
607
00:49:07,445 --> 00:49:09,823
You will attack the north gate
with your own men.
608
00:49:09,947 --> 00:49:11,745
Once the assault is underway,
609
00:49:11,866 --> 00:49:14,494
I shall attack from the marshes
with the main army.
610
00:49:14,618 --> 00:49:17,212
And how will you know
my assault is underway?
611
00:49:17,329 --> 00:49:20,924
- I will know.
- You will know?
612
00:49:21,917 --> 00:49:26,548
Uhtred, do not doubt me,
I want this victory.
613
00:49:26,672 --> 00:49:30,472
Lundene belongs to Mercia
and I am lord of Mercia.
614
00:49:30,593 --> 00:49:35,064
I will go with every man at my disposal
to reclaim what is mine.
615
00:49:35,181 --> 00:49:38,355
- Good.
- I am with Uhtred.
616
00:49:39,852 --> 00:49:44,278
- No, Steapa, you are with me.
- I am with Uhtred.
617
00:49:44,398 --> 00:49:46,196
The king says.
618
00:49:50,362 --> 00:49:52,114
Very well.
619
00:49:53,282 --> 00:49:56,912
I am with Steapa, behind Steapa.
620
00:49:57,036 --> 00:49:59,255
Your bravery knows no beginning,
Aethelwold.
621
00:50:00,581 --> 00:50:05,678
A toast. To the Mercians
who died for Wessex at Ethandun.
622
00:50:05,794 --> 00:50:09,048
And to the men of Wessex
who will fight for Mercia at Lundene.
623
00:50:10,591 --> 00:50:14,391
- To allies.
- To allies.
624
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:38,953
This is the word of the Lord.
625
00:50:41,997 --> 00:50:45,297
If a man fears that his wife
has been unfaithful...
626
00:50:45,417 --> 00:50:47,385
I have not.
627
00:50:48,504 --> 00:50:53,726
He shall bring her before a priest
who shall prepare the bitter waters.
628
00:50:57,012 --> 00:51:02,519
A mixture of God's water
and God's earth shall be drunk.
629
00:51:08,274 --> 00:51:13,246
Know this, if thou hast gone
aside to another man,
630
00:51:13,362 --> 00:51:19,119
the Lord shall make thy thigh to rot
and thy belly to swell. Amen.
631
00:51:20,995 --> 00:51:22,838
Amen.
632
00:51:24,832 --> 00:51:31,761
Child, you will now drink...
the bitter waters.
633
00:51:52,901 --> 00:51:55,745
This will not be necessary.
634
00:51:55,863 --> 00:51:59,959
You are pure and may God strike me down
this very instant if you are not.
635
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:08,088
Does he beat you?
636
00:52:09,251 --> 00:52:12,346
If he does not, then he will.
I can see it.
637
00:52:18,052 --> 00:52:22,273
He is not, er, tender or loving.
638
00:52:22,389 --> 00:52:24,391
Father Beocca,
you must tell the king.
639
00:52:24,516 --> 00:52:26,518
No! You cannot.
640
00:52:26,644 --> 00:52:29,147
The king is the only man who can end it.
641
00:52:29,271 --> 00:52:32,366
God put an end to this ordeal
before it had begun.
642
00:52:34,443 --> 00:52:37,287
Not all in Mercia are friends of Wessex.
643
00:52:37,404 --> 00:52:40,783
Not all are happy
with the king's influence.
644
00:52:40,908 --> 00:52:43,832
And I must do my duty to Alfred.
645
00:52:46,038 --> 00:52:48,257
My husband will not break me.
646
00:52:52,503 --> 00:52:56,349
You must not tell anyone
what has happened here.
647
00:53:00,969 --> 00:53:07,022
- You're quiet today, Father Beocca.
- A sleepless night.
648
00:53:07,142 --> 00:53:09,861
Should I speak with Thyra?
Tell her you need your rest?
649
00:53:09,978 --> 00:53:13,573
You shall do no such thing.
You will not talk of such matters.
650
00:53:13,691 --> 00:53:16,365
And what matters are those, Father?
651
00:53:17,611 --> 00:53:20,535
I have said enough.
You've all said enough.
652
00:53:54,732 --> 00:53:58,657
Lords, they have set up
their camp no more than a mile away.
653
00:53:59,987 --> 00:54:01,534
Then we get this done.
654
00:54:01,655 --> 00:54:05,535
Tofi, the fire must smoke, black smoke.
655
00:54:05,659 --> 00:54:07,661
Yes, lord. There will be smoke.
656
00:54:13,459 --> 00:54:17,589
Every man on his feet!
657
00:54:17,713 --> 00:54:23,311
We must be ready!
You all know what needs to be done!
658
00:54:23,427 --> 00:54:25,429
We cannot fail!
659
00:54:26,472 --> 00:54:29,225
Go! We cannot fail!
660
00:55:02,466 --> 00:55:04,969
- It's open.
- Do you see a guard?
661
00:55:05,093 --> 00:55:07,687
None. I see a trap.
662
00:55:12,226 --> 00:55:14,649
Yes, of course if it is a trap,
we should walk towards it.
663
00:55:14,770 --> 00:55:16,022
Hey, shush your mouth.
664
00:55:37,292 --> 00:55:41,593
Hey, inside!
If you want to live, stay inside!
665
00:56:00,148 --> 00:56:05,279
- Any idea what's happening?
- None.
666
00:56:08,240 --> 00:56:10,242
Shield wall!
667
00:56:24,882 --> 00:56:26,509
Aethelred?
668
00:56:27,926 --> 00:56:29,724
Aethelred?
669
00:56:29,845 --> 00:56:31,097
Uhtred?
670
00:56:32,890 --> 00:56:35,484
- We've seen not a single man.
- Same!
671
00:56:37,394 --> 00:56:39,442
Then they have fled.
672
00:56:39,563 --> 00:56:43,534
It is our numbers, lord.
They fear our numbers.
673
00:56:43,650 --> 00:56:45,823
Move. Move.
674
00:56:46,653 --> 00:56:47,950
They fear us!
675
00:56:48,071 --> 00:56:51,826
The city is ours!
676
00:56:51,950 --> 00:56:55,045
No, no, no! Keep the formation!
677
00:56:57,873 --> 00:57:00,001
Keep your formation!
678
00:57:03,587 --> 00:57:04,713
Lord.
679
00:57:07,633 --> 00:57:09,761
Fire! Fire!
680
00:57:09,885 --> 00:57:12,934
Fire! Up there!
681
00:57:13,055 --> 00:57:16,104
Stand ready! It's a signal!
682
00:57:16,224 --> 00:57:19,603
It is a signal no doubt, lord.
They will come.
683
00:57:28,904 --> 00:57:32,329
It's a signal that can be seen
from a mile or more.
684
00:57:33,784 --> 00:57:37,004
Aethelred! Aethelred!
685
00:57:42,668 --> 00:57:44,341
Move! Move!
686
00:57:46,171 --> 00:57:48,014
Aethelred! The camp!
687
00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:51,472
Thyra.
688
00:58:01,770 --> 00:58:03,647
Death.
689
00:58:03,772 --> 00:58:06,491
Death is coming.
690
00:58:06,608 --> 00:58:09,612
Death is coming.
691
00:58:09,736 --> 00:58:12,535
Death is coming!
692
00:58:14,950 --> 00:58:17,248
Wake up!
693
00:58:18,620 --> 00:58:20,293
Wake up!
694
00:58:20,414 --> 00:58:23,918
Death is coming!
695
00:58:24,543 --> 00:58:28,093
Wake up!
696
00:58:28,213 --> 00:58:30,932
Wake up!
697
00:58:31,049 --> 00:58:33,928
Take up your swords!
698
00:58:35,137 --> 00:58:37,435
Wake up!
699
00:58:37,556 --> 00:58:40,560
- Death is coming!
- Aethelflaed is to be protected!
700
00:58:40,684 --> 00:58:42,402
With your lives!
701
00:58:42,519 --> 00:58:46,114
For God and the king!
702
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:04,462
This way!
703
00:59:10,005 --> 00:59:13,225
Aethelflaed! Aethelflaed!
704
00:59:13,341 --> 00:59:15,685
- Thyra!
- Aethelflaed!
705
00:59:16,678 --> 00:59:18,271
Princess!
706
00:59:18,388 --> 00:59:21,688
- The forest!
- Thyra!
707
00:59:24,603 --> 00:59:25,855
Come on!
708
00:59:39,993 --> 00:59:42,041
- Quick!
- This way!
709
00:59:43,163 --> 00:59:44,790
Run!
710
00:59:50,462 --> 00:59:55,184
Aethelflaed, don't let go of my hand!
Run! Run!
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