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His wounds will heal.

You saved my life.

Thank you.

But if I had not
spared your life,

you would now be in heaven.

I believe you are
a Christian priest?

Isn't that where
you would prefer to be?

I am a priest.

But I am also a man.

I love God.

But I also love life.

And what is it about life
that you love so much?

Its joy.

Its pain.

And do you love human beings?

Our Lord loved all human beings.

His love was agape, not eros.

A great, embracing love.

And do you have that same
embracing love, priest?

Do you love men
and women just the same?

I am not our Lord.

Agape is too hard for me.

I love women,

not just spiritually.

We have no problems loving
the spirit and the flesh.

Our gods encourage it.

Then you have no guilt?

No remorse?

No.

I envy you.

I have spent many years
of my life living sinfully.

Even in my thoughts.

You're funny.

Your thoughts are your thoughts.

But if you do terrible things,

that is different.

Why didn't you kill me?

I don't know.

Perhaps we'll find out.

You were too clever
for your own good, Ivar.

We had the advantage
and we lost.

As I remember,
you approved the plan.

Up until that moment,

you proved yourself
a good tactician.

I believed in you.

I might not be so quick

to endorse your plans next time.

You do as you see fit,
King Harald.

Ivar, Uncle Rollo once told me

on his ship on our way
back from the Mediterranean,

he said that
if I ever needed his support,

all I had to do

was ask.

What do you think?

Come on!

What do you think?

Do you want the Franks
to help us?

I think you ought to leave
at first light tomorrow.

Yes, come on!

Steady! Here, I have it!

You have to let me through!

That one there!

I have been thinking
about Eyvind.

About his behavior.

What about it?

You told him that
if he did not like it here,

he could always go back home.

And he said that we had
burned all our bridges

and can never return home again.

But that's not true.

He could always sail home.

What really is to stop him?

- Nothing.
- No.

No, he has a reason to stay.

Far from wanting
to leave this island,

he wants to stay because
he wants to be king of it.

He could never be king
in Kattegat.

But here, an uninhabited land,
a new world...

Harsh or not,
he could be king of it all.

But first he has to undermine
your authority.

He has to turn people
against you.

That's what
he's been trying to do.

Can you not see?

I have watched Eyvind
from the start,

and the truth is, he is trying
to provoke a reaction.

He wants us all to fall
into violence and chaos

from which he can rise to power.

But we mustn't give him
that satisfaction.

We must remain calm.

Mother.

Aud, what do you want?

Just to talk.

The men can't help
making mistakes.

It's in their nature.

They are all fire or all ice.

I know you understand that.

Perhaps.

But which men
are you talking about?

Ketill and Eyvind.

Both great men.

Both from prominent families,

with nothing to prove in terms
of courage or responsbility.

If only we could persuade them.

Forget their differences,

to find accord,
to live in peace.

As women, surely,

we can agree on that?

I would agree with you,

- except for one thing.
- Mother...

Ketill's father

killed my brother.

They argued about some land.

Ketill's father

shattered his skull with an ax.

What are you thinking?

Are you thinking
about our child?

Of course I am.

Then I'm glad.

If we go to war again,

don't tell me I cannot fight.

Don't tell me to go away.

Let me do what I have to do,

what I want to do.

I want our child
to hear the cries of battle.

I want him to be a warrior.

You should be so happy.

But you're not.
You're not happy.

We just lost a battle.

So many died.

Do you really think
I should be happy?

Pull!

Good. Pull!

Hold there!

Hey, Bul!

Come and help us!
Thor is heavy!

We don't want anything to do
with your temple, Thorgrim.

It's your business.

And we won't be paying
any taxes for it, either.

The way you talk...

You don't sound like a bull.

You sound like a dog!

So that's what
I'm going to call you.

Bul the Dog.

Say that again!

Do yourself a favor, Bul.

Step back.

Say it again.

Bul the Dog!

Bul, stop!

- Hey! Stop it!
- Stop him!

- Get him off!
- No!

- Stop it!
- Get him off!

- Ketill, let him go.
- Father!

Father, stop.

Stop it!

Put your weapons down.

Come away, Bul.

The boy has learned his lesson.

Come away, Bul!

You are sure
they were Frankish soldiers?

Yes, I'm sure.

And there are lots of them.

I saw many, many ships.
Too many to count.

Why would Rollo
send soldiers to fight

for Hvitserk and Ivar?

I don't know.

Maybe he is there.

Maybe I could go talk to him.

- I'll go with you.
- No.

Ivar would kill you.

I'll go alone.

Maybe we can negotiate
some sort of agreement.

Perhaps King Harald
and Rollo will see sense.

I wouldn't count on it.

They are in
a position of strength now.

Where is Rollo?

Rollo couldn't come.

He had too many
responsibilities.

Mmm-hmm.

But he also told me that
he would come back

and celebrate
with us afterwards.

Mmm-hmm.

He only asked for one thing.

And what was that?

That we spare Bjorn's life.

Perhaps we will.

This temple
is dedicated to old-man Thor.

Thor the hurler.

Thor the wide wanderer.

- Odin's son.
- Odin's son.

God of farmers.

The god who fished out

and fought the world's serpent.

The god who fought a giant,

and who was left
with a piece of stone

forever lodged in his head.

God of the thunder!

God of ordinary folk!

Hear our prayer!

Hear our prayer.

And bless our temple

and receive our sacrifice
in your name.

Return the bowl.

This is sacred. Thor is here.

Give me the bowl!

Give me the blood!

All right.

Have it!

No!

Floki!

Floki, no!

Christian!

Down in the mud, Christian!

Get up, Christian!

What are you doing?

I wanted to talk to you.

What did you want
to talk to me about?

Everything.

The gods.

Life and death.

My soul.

The hanged man.

Despair.

Hope.

Eternal life.

Why with me?

I think you may know
some of the answers.

Do you believe in fate?

Of course.

Then fate has
brought us together.

Don't flatter yourself.

No.

I think we are equals.

I think you know that, too.

I'm interested in you.

Fascinated.

I want to know more.

I think we have more
in common than you know.

And there is some urgency
to this conversation.

What is so urgent, priest?

I know we're going
to fight again, and soon.

You don't have to fight for us.

Of course I do.

That's why you saved my life.

You hoped that
I would take up my sword

and fight for you against Ivar.

Will you?

I will fight for you, Lagertha.

I will die for you.

Even though you don't know me.

Oh, I know you.

I've known you my whole life.

You really want to sin again?

I shouldn't have married her.

I was too young.

She is not
what I thought she was.

She has such ambitions.

Unfortunately, I have left my young
children in Margrethe's care.

She will not hurt them.

It seems
we'll do battle again soon.

Either of us could die.

It is almost certain
that one of us will.

I don't want to die
without saying

I wish it was you
who carried my child.

I want Mommy.

No, Mommy.

Margrethe!

Margrethe, what is wrong?
We were calling you.

Mommy?

How stupid you are!

What do you think
your mother is doing now?

Perhaps she is
getting ready to fight.

Or maybe she's dead.

Maybe she has
already died in battle.

She's not dead!

My advice to you is to
forget about your mother.

Don't think of her.

Don't imagine
she's ever coming back!

Except as a ghost.

But where is Rollo?

Where is my uncle?

I went to meet him.

He sends his love to you,
Bjorn Ironside,

and hopes you're not willing
to fight against his forces.

Then why would he commit
his forces to you?

He didn't tell.
That's the truth.

Only that he was prepared
to do so.

I can tell you.

Rollo sees justice in our cause.

Lagertha murdered our mother
and usurped her kingdom.

All that is in
the past now, Ivar.

I must avenge
my mother's murderer,

and I think you would do
the same if it was you.

For the sake of our father,

for the sake
of our father's legacy

and everything he believed in,

I am asking you, Ivar,

do not put
our people's lives at risk.

The only reason why
you are saying this

is because you see

all the might
gathering against you.

If you still thought
you could win,

you would not be here, Bjorn.

The fact is, you are afraid.

I'm not afraid.

This changes nothing.

Well.

What is this?

You know as well as I do
that this is not our way.

It's not our way!

It was worth a try.

I am sorry Rollo
had to involve himself

in our quarrel.

Doesn't he have worlds enough
to conquer?

My Lord.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

My lords,

I have summoned this witan
because it is now imperative

that all of us recognize

the new and urgent dangers
we face.

After the depredations
brought to this island

by the great heathen army,

we might well have thought
that the storm had passed.

That great heathen army
has proved to be

just the precursor
of more attacks.

Now their raiding parties,
their fleets, their armies

come from everywhere.

They attack Scotland
and Ireland with impunity,

and they attack us,

like so many mad wolves,
like stinging hornets

swarming from north to south,
east to west!

They are now a threat
to every English kingdom.

Once, they would sting us
and quickly leave again.

But now they stay!

They winter on this island!

They refuse to leave,
unless they are paid to do so.

York has a Viking stronghold.

How much longer

before more towns and kingdoms
have fallen before them?

Our land and our faith

are together
in the greatest peril.

That is why I have summoned you.

Tomorrow we will discuss

the best ways of dealing
with this threat.

We must make plans.

We must be strong and resolute.

And in that undertaking,

I know that our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ

will be with us.

And if he's with us,

then we shall not fail.

I've brought you Alfred.

All our sins are washed away
in the blood of Christ.

Love one another.

Do what is best for Wessex
and nothing more.

My son.

My son.

Father.

Come here.

Come here.

I never knew my own mother.

She died when I was born.

But you boys,

you have a care for your mother.

Listen to her.

She is wiser than both of you.

Sweet Judith.

Don't weep for me.

The angels are already here.

Can't you see them?

Can't you see them?

In nomine patris,
et filli, et spiritus sancti.

Amen.

They won't make a deal.

We have to fight.

We have to fight.

In the end, we are all fighting

for my father's legacy.

We've all believed in it,

and we've all come to understand

how a young farmer from Norway

risked his life
to explore the world

so that our people could farm.

That was his life's purpose.

That was his life's ambition.

I want us to achieve that.

If Ivar wins,

Ragnar's dreams are lost.

Let us prepare.

There is something to be said
for simple choices, no?

We cannot leave Kattegat
totally exposed.

We don't know Ivar's plans.

I think we should send

a significant number
of warriors back

to defend the town.

No, you don't know what I saw.

The number of Franks.

The gods have already decided
the outcome of this battle.

The witan will reconvene
tomorrow.

They must select a new king.

They will offer you the throne.

Yes.

Not only are you
Aethelwulf's eldest son,

but they know how he has been
training you for kingship.

Moreover, there are none
among them, not even Cuthred,

who has the power to claim it.

Then in all humility,
I will accept.

No,

you will refuse the crown.

But why on earth should I?

You said yourself that
my father had prepared me.

Yes. Yes, Aethelred,

he has prepared you
to be a king in his own image.

A warrior king.

But these times demand
a different kind of ruler.

Your grandfather
made that very plain.

What could Ecbert know
of these times?

Everything!
No.

You only invoke his name
because you were his mistress!

Which goes against
all Christian conscience!

- Brother...
- Don't you speak!

On the contrary, he must speak!

Whatever the circumstances
of his birth,

Ecbert saw in Alfred

the future ruler of
the country he was creating!

Yes!

That is why he sent
Alfred to Rome.

Not you, Aethelred.

He sent Alfred.

And the Pope blessed him

and crowned him because he knew.

No!

He didn't know.

It could just as well
have been me!

But it wasn't you.

Ecbert saw in Alfred

gifts you didn't have.

Abilities you didn't have.

He educated him
in ways of statecraft.

He equipped him
to be the future king.

But they will still ask me
to be king.

Yes.

I am certain they will.

Well, then.

So, tomorrow the witan
will decide upon our new king.

It must decide
for Prince Alfred.

- My lady, this is not...
- It must,

and it will decide for Alfred.

And you, Lord Cuthred,

you will be the first
among its supporters.

No. I cannot,
in all conscience, agree.

But let us say you were able to.

Would your conscience
allow you, as a reward,

to accept the vacant
bishopric at Sherborne?

As you know,

such a high role confers
much more power and prestige

than anything enjoyed
by the temporal lords.

And surely, My Lord,
you have long aspired

to be prince of our holy church?

As we know,

King Aethelwulf,

King of Wessex and Mercia,

Bretwalda,
and my beloved father,

is dead, and is now
at peace with his maker.

We still don't know
the cause of his death.

It was so sudden.
So calamitous.

How such a mighty warrior
could be taken away from us

at such an hour of need
is beyond understanding.

Our Lord surely works
in mysterious ways.

But now we must choose
a new king.

For that is our solemn
and sacred duty.

And I have no hesitation

in nominating
the king's eldest son,

Prince Aethelred!

May he be anointed

as our new ruler!

Fit to face the terrible
challenges ahead of us.

I say, let us elect Aethelred
as our king!

Thank you, my Lord Cuthred,
for my nomination.

To be your king would be
the greatest honor of my life.

Even in these times
of great danger.

Unfortunately,

I must decline the honor.

I am not fit to be your king.

You must choose someone else.

My lords! Be quiet!

Silence, my lords, please!

We have a great decision
to make. Please!

In view to the fact that
King Aethelwulf's eldest son

has refused the crown,

then I think we must offer it

to his younger son,
Prince Alfred.

- He's no warrior!
- He's too sickly.

My lords!

- My lords!
- Silence, my lords, please.

Silence.

For the sake
of Wessex and England,

in the name of my father,
King Aethelwulf,

and my grandfather, King Ecbert,

I do nominate
my brother, Alfred,

to be king.

All those
who agree, say, "Aye."

Aye!

- Aye.
- Aye.

- Aye.
- Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

- Aye.
- Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

There's a fire!
A fire! Come quickly!

A fire at the temple!
All of you! Quickly!

The temple is on fire!

Thor is burning!

Et salomonem sapientie pacisque

ineffabili munere ditasti,

respice propitius ad preces
nostre humilitatis,

et super hunc famulum tuum

alfredi quem supplici
devotione in regnum anglorum,

uel saxonum pariter...

I've come to offer you
my fealty, Queen Lagertha.

My sword is at your service,
now and forever.

Cum fide recta...

Et multiplici

bonorum operum fructu ad coronam

regni perpetui ipso largiente

cuius regnum permanet

- in secula.
- Hey, Bul!

Bul the Dog! You did this!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Burning the gods?

You've gone too far, Bul.

I don't think so.

- Bul! No!
- Thorgrim, watch out!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!