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I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
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My lifelong ambition
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to take back my birthright to
Bebbanburg has ended in failure.
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Beocca!
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He is with God
now. He is at peace.
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While I struggle to come to
terms with this devastating loss,
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Haesten has revealed the
true cause of Ragnar's death.
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Let me live and I'll tell you
who gave the command.
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- Speak.
- Cnut.
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But Brida knows nothing
of Cnut's treachery...
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and prepares to ride
into battle with him.
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When the kings are dead, we
will sit together on Alfred's throne.
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Aethelred, blinded by lust and
power, has foolishly invaded Daneland.
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Cnut did not sail to Irland.
Haesten gave me false information.
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- You must tell Aethelred the truth!
- If I tell him the truth, he will kill me.
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I will do all I can
to soften the blow.
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Aethelhelm's influence on Edward
has caused conflict in Winchester.
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These are my people.
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I will not send them to be slaughtered
while Cnut sets the terms of the battle!
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You will take a message
to the Welsh King.
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Aethelflaed is expecting an
army. We must deliver one.
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I have taken Cnut's sons as my prisoners
and brought them to Aethelflaed...
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to be used as bait in the
battle I know is to come.
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Destiny is all!
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The monastery
is two miles south.
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I am not looking
for the monastery.
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- Saxons are not welcome here, Father.
- I know.
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But I've urgent business
with King Hywel.
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- Are you Saxon?
- Well, I was born a Briton.
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You will only find
trouble here, Brother.
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You will find more than
trouble if you do not let me pass.
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Oh, Lord, grant us the
knowledge of your power
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when it comes to pass that a man
and wife may bring a child into this world.
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They clothe him. They cherish
him, but God alone may know his fate.
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These children were in darkness.
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Now they are saved.
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Bring them the light of
your love, Lord God...
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and let them walk
as children of light.
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Where are they?
Why is she not ready?
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They mourn the dead.
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Than he who considers
before his soul's departure
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how worthy he may be
deemed after his death...
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There is no time for this.
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They are children, Uhtred.
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Sons of Mercia's
most revered men.
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When did children
become the cost of war?
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You did all that you could.
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Now, come.
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- They took their heads.
- All of them.
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We must move off before the
Danes know that you are here.
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Not until they
have been blessed!
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- Aethelflaed, please...
- Not until they have been blessed!
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Danes! The Danes are here, Lord!
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- They're heading towards the gates!
- How many?
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Too many, Lord!
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Stay back, Aethelflaed.
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Seeing you will inflame
them. Go! Upstairs now!
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- They got past the entrance!
- Go. We will hold them off.
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Give me the Lady and
you will not be slaughtered!
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Do not even consider it!
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- I will not have men murdered in my place!
- I will not see you taken!
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You have the word of Cnut!
He only wants Alfred's daughter!
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- Is there another way out?
- No!
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- Can we get to the roof?
- We would only get trapped.
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- Let me bargain.
- Lady, you are the bargain.
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We cannot just let death come
to us. I will not just wait for it.
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What are we doing, Lord?
The door will not hold!
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- Bring me Cnut's sons.
- Sihtric!
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Uhtred, you cannot.
There will be another way.
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You must trust me
and you must swear
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- to me you will stay here. Swear to me!
- Do not do this...
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Where is she?
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Kill them all!
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Enough!
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Come and face me.
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I have Cnut's sons.
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You are lying.
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Leave this place or I
will cut their throats!
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Take a son of Cnut...
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every Dane in this
land will see it avenged!
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Yes, and every Dane
will come for you, too.
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The blood of his child
will be on your hands.
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Do not play games.
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Send them down now... or
all the men here will be killed.
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Leave this place or I
will cut off their heads!
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You harm them and
every Saxon here dies!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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Leave!
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Or I will kill the
other one also!
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Go!
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- Now...
- Go!
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No!
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Stay down. Look!
Your brother's alive.
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Cnut will hunt us as soon as
he gets word I killed his boy.
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- Surely we just show that they are alive?
- Danes do not work like that.
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We're now headed for battle.
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What about the boys?
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Cut them free and let them
run. They've served their purpose.
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And was the purpose to
enrage a Danish army?
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It bought us time and allowed
us to escape with our lives.
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Fate wants to drag us
to fight for the Saxons.
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Yes. It was definitely fate
that dragged us into all of this.
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Uhtred had
nothing to do with it.
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I do not seek battles.
Battles just seem to seek me.
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But you are right, I
have unleashed a storm.
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Cnut will find us.
This is now our fight.
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It was our fight from the moment you
took those boys from Haesten, Lord.
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The men would be
forgiven for abandoning me.
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They like an adventure and
they're loyal to a good leader.
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As are you.
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Which is the fastest
road to Tettenhall?
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Do not fear the
beast. He's been fed.
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- Does he like strangers?
- Only when cooked.
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You are from the boy king in Wessex?
Why do you come crawling before us?
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Wessex would like
to strike a bargain.
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I do not make
treaties with Saxons.
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Nevertheless, we have an offer.
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There is concern in Wessex about
Cnut and his incursion into Mercia.
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Alfred's actions have bitten
Edward on the arse. So?
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Cnut's army is
slaughtering all in their path.
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You are not friends to us, Father Pyrlig.
Why should any of this concern me?
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Because it brings a dangerous
heathen to your border.
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And yet, our
borders are strong...
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because we've been
repelling Saxons for years.
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As you know, Alfred wanted all
the Christian kingdoms to unite.
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Yes, under his banner,
so we could all bow to him.
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He wanted to conquer,
not unite the faith.
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Nevertheless that faith
is now under threat.
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We follow the same one God
and share a common enemy.
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You know that, Lord King.
And you know to repel Cnut now
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will save you bloodshed later, so, it
is a bargain that works for both of us.
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What are Edward's plans?
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Mercians are
gathering at Tettenhall.
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There are... plans for
Wessex to join them.
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And what would I get in return, in
this holy war against the pagans?
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And do not tell me
recompense in heaven.
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Celestial rewards do
not build fortresses.
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What is it you want?
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The spoils of battle, all of them,
every last piece of Danish silver.
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That is not a promise I
have the authority to make.
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You are here on Edward's
orders, you must have his authority.
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Do I have your
promise, Father Pyrlig?
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Let him swear upon the book.
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Eardwulf!
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What news of our
troops in Lindcylne?
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The settlements that surround it
are resisting, Lord, but we will prevail.
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I should hope so.
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I want all of East Anglia or
our bargain does not hold.
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It would be a shame for
your family to go unrewarded.
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After so much effort!
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He's like a pig rolling in shit.
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Ask me nothing of the detail. It
was a favor to you, not to him.
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It is enough that humping
me has lifted his spirits.
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So, you must tell him
the news from Mercia.
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- Perhaps I should delay...
- You cannot put it off.
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I know you are afraid, but I
have bought us some goodwill.
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- I'm not afraid. I'm just...
- You are afraid and so am I.
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But I have done my part,
brother. Now you do yours.
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- Do not let me win, Steapa.
- Lord, I am not.
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What has happened?
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The settlements around
Lindcylne have capitulated.
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If you want to see some
hands, it can be arranged.
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And what's the bad news?
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You are clearly waiting
to deliver bad news.
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News has come from
Edward, Lord King.
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I regret to tell you that Cnut's
armies have raided Mercia
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and taken your
palace at Aegelesburg.
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Is this the same Cnut that you
told me was heading to Irland...
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to help some feral cousin?
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Yes, Lord.
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Because of whom I left
my kingdom undefended?
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And now it is in ruins?
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There was no reason to
mistrust the information.
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My spy in the Danish camp
was certain. He swore it was true.
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- Haesten is a close ally of...
- Did you say Haesten?
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- Yes, Lord. He's a close...
- I know who he is!
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He is well known to be a liar!
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You are nothing but a rat's turd,
who should never have been trusted
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with anything more than an ax!
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I pitied you...
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gave your whore of a sister the
chance to restore your family and this...
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is how you repay me.
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Only a fool would
have trusted Haesten.
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- I know, but I've made a plan to retake...
- My reputation will be ripped to shreds!
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We've had word
from Lady Aethelflaed.
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She will be at Tettenhall,
where she plans to lure Cnut.
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So now my wife is heading
to battle before me...
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so that she can be revered
as the savior of my kingdom?
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How in the name of God is
that supposed to cheer me?
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I'm just saying
that there is a plan.
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Lord, there is advantage
in this, if you play it right,
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a chance to return to
Mercia as the avenging hero.
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Can the men get here by morning?
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Uh, yes, Lord. I can send orders
for them to return immediately.
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- This could be your greatest triumph...
- You are finished, Eardwulf!
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Please do not execute me.
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You will pray for execution.
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When we return to Aegelesburg,
I will publicly castrate you.
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And your family will never prosper
and your sister will never leave my bed.
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Why have you sent
Father Pyrlig to Wealas?
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Do not lie to me, Mother. We have
spies in every court from here to Rome!
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Hywel has Danes,
rampaging near his borders.
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It is only right for
Pyrlig to alert him to it.
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Have you asked Hywel for help?
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That is unforgivable.
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I had to do something!
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Your sister has thrown
herself into the lion's mouth.
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I challenge any
mother to act differently.
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You are not just any mother.
You are the mother of a king.
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Cnut wants us to march on his
terms. It is a trap you have walked into.
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But Hywel is a Christian,
and God wants us to be united.
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Hywel serves no one
but his own people.
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In going to him, you have
made Wessex look divided.
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Cnut will hear of it
and think we are weak!
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Yes, but I want
my daughter safe.
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Then you should have
persuaded her to stay in Wessex.
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My men would not forgive me for
chasing my sister into a hopeless battle.
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And yet you know they will
also revile you for letting her die.
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Like it or not, Aethelflaed
has forced your hand.
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So I trade the life of Wessex
soldiers for my own honor?
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That is what the soldiers are
there for, to do the King's bidding...
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Yes, but not the bidding
of the King's mother.
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Besides, it is too late.
Aethelflaed's fyrds are marching.
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You had word of that
and did not tell me?
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You were elsewhere,
making other plans.
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If you wanted men to
speak your name in awe,
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believe me, this
was not the way.
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Lord.
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I want all of these
defenses finished by sunset.
234
00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:23,922
- Yes, My Lord.
- Good.
235
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:28,695
We are so close, Brida...
236
00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:31,695
to everything we ever wanted.
237
00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:38,444
Lands for our people to
settle in for generations.
238
00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:43,173
Cnut?
239
00:19:44,884 --> 00:19:45,943
Yes.
240
00:19:51,223 --> 00:19:54,057
- There's something...
- Ah. It's Bjorgulf,
241
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,391
returning with
Alfred's little bitch.
242
00:20:04,970 --> 00:20:06,165
Where is Aethelflaed?
243
00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:09,501
She escaped.
244
00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:12,236
How did this happen?
245
00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:17,408
Tell us.
246
00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:21,911
Uhtred Ragnarson
is in Aegelesburg.
247
00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,214
He had your sons with him.
248
00:20:25,324 --> 00:20:27,884
Haesten appears to have
traded them for his life.
249
00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:31,326
Tell me that my sons live.
250
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:36,558
I will not harm you.
Just tell me the news.
251
00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,420
Uhtred beheaded your eldest son.
252
00:21:00,726 --> 00:21:04,561
He would have killed
Esgar had we not left.
253
00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:13,462
No! Why? Why?
254
00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:19,036
I want Uhtred Ragnarson
taken immediately!
255
00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:21,546
- No.
- No one sleeps until he is found!
256
00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:24,880
No! This will be paid for in blood,
but we cannot let it distract us.
257
00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:27,283
Avenging my child
is not a distraction!
258
00:21:27,386 --> 00:21:28,479
Jackdaw!
259
00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:34,552
Cnut, I share your grief and
your anger. The gods know I do.
260
00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:38,428
Please... do not let Uhtred lure
you into a fight. He's not the priority.
261
00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:39,726
He killed my firstborn
262
00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:41,461
and Esgar is still with him!
263
00:21:42,568 --> 00:21:45,163
- If I have no heir, all of this...
- Cnut.
264
00:21:45,271 --> 00:21:46,796
- All of this is for nothing!
- Cnut.
265
00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:48,670
Do not give up
our battle position!
266
00:21:48,774 --> 00:21:53,303
It does not matter where we
fight! We have a thousand warriors!
267
00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:56,314
- Jackdaw! Prepare the men to march!
- I will.
268
00:21:56,415 --> 00:21:59,783
And send men ahead to find
them! We will follow... now!
269
00:22:00,486 --> 00:22:01,510
- Cnut...
- Leave me!
270
00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:03,452
This way is foolishness, Cnut!
271
00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:05,150
You find him, Jackdaw!
272
00:22:21,140 --> 00:22:22,199
You got a numb arse there?
273
00:22:28,047 --> 00:22:30,949
You get used to a numb arse
kneeling through church all day.
274
00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:32,712
It's a damp arse that kills you.
275
00:22:38,824 --> 00:22:40,986
What do you think will happen
when we face the Danes?
276
00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:44,189
A numb arse will be
the least of our problems.
277
00:22:45,231 --> 00:22:48,167
- We're good fighters.
- When we are all fit to fight.
278
00:22:49,168 --> 00:22:52,070
I have fought alongside
your father for a while now.
279
00:22:52,738 --> 00:22:56,834
And he tends to come up with
something... at the last minute.
280
00:22:57,409 --> 00:23:00,709
And many men are loyal to
Aethelflaed, even at their own cost.
281
00:23:00,813 --> 00:23:04,011
And no doubt the pair of them are
devising a battle plan to save us all.
282
00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:28,598
Not here. Not
with them so close.
283
00:23:29,708 --> 00:23:32,872
You would deny yourself
the day before a fight?
284
00:23:32,945 --> 00:23:34,413
It gives me strength.
285
00:23:35,881 --> 00:23:37,406
What if you die
on the battlefield?
286
00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:45,088
I will not die, because God favors
those with goodness in their hearts.
287
00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:49,592
Maybe.
288
00:23:49,695 --> 00:23:52,187
I believe the gods play with us.
289
00:23:53,632 --> 00:23:57,364
And we do not know their
reasons or what is destined for us.
290
00:24:00,039 --> 00:24:02,634
But tonight, I will
believe what you believe.
291
00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:07,409
I thought your destiny
was Bebbanburg.
292
00:24:12,584 --> 00:24:13,950
I thought that.
293
00:24:16,722 --> 00:24:18,122
For so long.
294
00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:26,888
But now I ask myself
why I failed there.
295
00:24:30,602 --> 00:24:34,095
I know there is a plan for
me, yet I do not know what it is.
296
00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:39,843
Only that it leads me to you.
297
00:24:41,413 --> 00:24:47,080
And Finan is right. I chose to be
here, so, that must mean something.
298
00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:52,455
It means that you care for the
fate of Mercia and the Saxons.
299
00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:54,816
Now you sound like your father.
300
00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:59,263
He only used me
for his own wishes.
301
00:24:59,331 --> 00:25:02,768
Yes, he was a wise man,
and I tried to follow in his path.
302
00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:07,432
So, perhaps then, I, too, should
only use you for my wishes.
303
00:25:45,844 --> 00:25:46,868
Edward...
304
00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:48,739
come and rest.
305
00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:51,683
God is guiding you. I know it.
306
00:25:56,021 --> 00:25:58,217
Do not turn away
from all of your family.
307
00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:01,255
I know your son
would like to see you.
308
00:26:02,027 --> 00:26:04,258
He often speaks fondly of you.
309
00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:11,193
A child without its father's
guidance will grow weak.
310
00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:13,933
Which is why I endeavor
to seek the Lord's help.
311
00:26:16,108 --> 00:26:17,906
So if you would
leave me in peace.
312
00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:40,860
There's no point disturbing
him. He is still deep in prayer.
313
00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:43,798
He does not need
divine guidance.
314
00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:46,872
He just needs to listen to those
of us that know the cost of battle.
315
00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:48,271
His mother's been advising him.
316
00:26:48,373 --> 00:26:51,935
Yes. I'm afraid that's
not all she's been doing.
317
00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:57,243
Lady Aelswith was seen visiting
Edward's bastard at the monastery.
318
00:26:57,316 --> 00:27:02,653
I am told she arranged a reunion
between the boy and his mother.
319
00:27:02,754 --> 00:27:08,091
Why? What business has she showing
kindness to a whore and her offspring?
320
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,560
I do not know.
321
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:14,657
But a rumor persists that
their marriage was legitimate.
322
00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:17,262
A false rumor.
323
00:27:17,336 --> 00:27:20,101
But still one that could endanger
my son, when the time comes.
324
00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:27,973
I trust you are keeping
your husband satisfied.
325
00:27:28,981 --> 00:27:31,416
Another son would
strengthen our position.
326
00:27:32,184 --> 00:27:36,280
I try to, Father, but he is not
as attentive as he once was.
327
00:27:36,355 --> 00:27:39,086
The matters of Kingship
weigh heavy on him.
328
00:27:39,158 --> 00:27:42,026
Then you must try harder...
329
00:27:42,127 --> 00:27:47,930
because it is clear that Lady
Aelswith is following a plan of her own.
330
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,696
Then you must do
something to stop her,
331
00:27:49,801 --> 00:27:52,430
before she turns the
King from me and my son!
332
00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:55,804
I will do what I must. Trust me.
333
00:27:56,441 --> 00:28:01,436
I have not come this far to
be thwarted by a bitter widow.
334
00:28:35,581 --> 00:28:36,810
Um...
335
00:28:37,649 --> 00:28:38,981
Is this the place?
336
00:28:39,585 --> 00:28:40,644
Yes.
337
00:28:41,186 --> 00:28:43,212
I'm not sure I can
see Edward's camp.
338
00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:46,383
I'm not sure I can see anyone.
339
00:28:46,491 --> 00:28:48,016
He will be here.
340
00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:15,620
I sent word that the fyrds
should gather in the woods.
341
00:29:15,721 --> 00:29:18,520
I will ready them for battle
before my brother arrives.
342
00:29:20,792 --> 00:29:21,851
Lord.
343
00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:23,785
Men!
344
00:29:27,299 --> 00:29:30,292
- That is not a fyrd.
- And they are not Mercian.
345
00:29:33,405 --> 00:29:35,033
You do not look like Christians.
346
00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:38,703
We are men from
Wealas, loyal to King Hywel.
347
00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:41,576
Are you an ally or
an enemy of Mercia?
348
00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:44,647
We are here to fight Cnut, Lady.
349
00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:49,484
And best The Dane as we have
bested the Saxon for so many years.
350
00:29:49,588 --> 00:29:51,614
And the fyrds?
351
00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:54,955
I put them under the
command of the little bald priest.
352
00:29:55,060 --> 00:29:58,292
I am not bald! I'm
certainly not little!
353
00:29:58,397 --> 00:30:02,300
Father Pyrlig! I
do not understand.
354
00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:06,338
He rode to Wealas to beg
King Hywel for his army.
355
00:30:06,772 --> 00:30:10,800
Edward sent him to find allies. I
knew he would not abandon me!
356
00:30:10,909 --> 00:30:13,435
No, Lady. It was your
mother who sent me.
357
00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:15,941
I have had no
word from the King.
358
00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:21,342
Then we fight with what we have.
359
00:30:22,854 --> 00:30:25,166
- It's good to see you, Pyrlig.
- You, too, Lord Uhtred.
360
00:30:25,190 --> 00:30:26,818
Finan! Sihtric!
361
00:30:26,925 --> 00:30:29,292
- Father Pyrlig!
- It's good to see you are alive.
362
00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:33,329
Even with these Welshmen,
we may not be enough.
363
00:30:33,865 --> 00:30:37,700
I know you have summoned Cnut,
but you can still turn away with honor.
364
00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:42,297
No one would condemn
you for leaving an unfair fight.
365
00:30:43,175 --> 00:30:46,043
I do not fight for
honor, Uhtred.
366
00:30:46,144 --> 00:30:49,205
I fight because someone must
make a stand against Cnut...
367
00:30:50,349 --> 00:30:52,011
even though I am forbidden.
368
00:30:52,718 --> 00:30:55,552
As a sister, I am defiant,
but as a daughter of Alfred,
369
00:30:55,654 --> 00:30:57,520
I am just doing my duty.
370
00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:03,857
Even if it wasn't made for me, I can't
blindly follow the King's command.
371
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:06,525
That is something I understand.
372
00:31:07,566 --> 00:31:10,536
Yet I cannot believe he has
left me to face this without him.
373
00:31:12,137 --> 00:31:15,130
I thought, somehow, he
would find it in his heart.
374
00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:20,172
What do I tell my men?
375
00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:29,518
Tell them your brother is close behind
us. They must believe we have a chance.
376
00:31:43,001 --> 00:31:45,561
We've heard from Uhtred
and the Lady Aethelflaed.
377
00:31:45,670 --> 00:31:46,831
Where are they?
378
00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:50,119
They're waiting for you at
a place called Tettenhall.
379
00:31:51,209 --> 00:31:52,268
We go?
380
00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:56,412
It mocks the gods to
give away the advantage!
381
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,679
I will have my revenge.
382
00:32:35,554 --> 00:32:37,250
There are worse
places to defend.
383
00:32:38,824 --> 00:32:41,225
With a few more men,
we would stand a chance.
384
00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:49,726
Follow me.
385
00:33:08,086 --> 00:33:09,315
It is prepared.
386
00:33:12,123 --> 00:33:13,147
Will it work?
387
00:33:15,427 --> 00:33:16,451
I do not know.
388
00:33:19,531 --> 00:33:20,760
They're coming.
389
00:33:22,601 --> 00:33:23,864
Get into position!
390
00:33:23,969 --> 00:33:25,164
Follow me!
391
00:33:25,270 --> 00:33:26,761
Mercians to the woods!
392
00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:28,466
To the woods!
393
00:33:37,148 --> 00:33:39,845
If this fails and there
is no escape for you...
394
00:33:41,152 --> 00:33:44,122
promise me you will find a
man you trust to kill you softly.
395
00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,654
I have already picked a man.
396
00:33:54,466 --> 00:33:56,697
Be merciful to me, oh God!
397
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:05,309
When I am afraid,
I will trust in You.
398
00:34:10,682 --> 00:34:13,311
In God whose word I praise.
399
00:34:13,385 --> 00:34:15,513
In God I trust.
400
00:34:15,587 --> 00:34:17,886
I will not be afraid.
401
00:34:20,492 --> 00:34:22,859
What can a man do to me?
402
00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:25,053
Nothing.
403
00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:30,065
For you have delivered
my soul from death
404
00:34:30,168 --> 00:34:32,501
and my feet from stumbling...
405
00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:35,836
that I may walk before God.
406
00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:38,004
Something isn't right.
407
00:34:52,891 --> 00:34:56,589
Die! Die!
408
00:34:56,695 --> 00:34:59,790
No! Wait! Hold back!
409
00:35:22,087 --> 00:35:24,113
Now... charge!
410
00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:28,927
With me!
411
00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:10,526
It's a trick!
412
00:36:31,523 --> 00:36:32,855
Where is he?
413
00:36:50,742 --> 00:36:52,643
Give me your hand! Pull!
414
00:37:13,598 --> 00:37:14,725
Uhtred!
415
00:37:14,833 --> 00:37:19,271
Uhtred, I will cut you into
pieces, you murderous coward!
416
00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:34,947
Father!
417
00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:46,392
No shame in having a Dane atop
you, but, honestly, I've seen prettier.
418
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,063
The ridge, Father!
419
00:37:56,608 --> 00:37:58,440
It's Aethelred!
420
00:37:58,543 --> 00:37:59,806
Can they reach us?
421
00:38:08,153 --> 00:38:10,054
Charge!
422
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,268
Who fights alongside
Aethelflaed?
423
00:38:30,341 --> 00:38:35,109
The Mercian fyrds, her
husband, even the Welsh.
424
00:38:38,683 --> 00:38:40,242
Christians united.
425
00:38:40,852 --> 00:38:43,014
And without Wessex
to lead them forward.
426
00:38:54,365 --> 00:38:56,027
It's the Lady Aethelflaed!
427
00:38:56,134 --> 00:38:57,966
- There she is!
- Surround her!
428
00:38:58,036 --> 00:38:59,629
There are too many of them.
429
00:39:01,206 --> 00:39:02,469
Get her!
430
00:39:06,211 --> 00:39:07,372
Aldhelm.
431
00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:18,282
Withdraw! You will
not take her from us!
432
00:39:18,790 --> 00:39:20,452
You do not have the courage.
433
00:39:21,159 --> 00:39:22,491
Aldhelm, you must.
434
00:39:23,127 --> 00:39:24,618
Since you are Alfred's daughter,
435
00:39:24,696 --> 00:39:27,029
I'll let you choose which
of us humps you first.
436
00:39:27,131 --> 00:39:30,363
- Aldhelm, please.
- I can't. I can't.
437
00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:33,695
You Saxons have...
438
00:40:24,022 --> 00:40:25,513
Lord King!
439
00:40:25,590 --> 00:40:27,422
Stay close!
440
00:40:41,706 --> 00:40:44,039
Hold fast, men! Hold your lines!
441
00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:52,917
They are fleeing to the forest!
442
00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:54,749
Stop them!
443
00:40:59,223 --> 00:41:00,282
Uhtred!
444
00:41:19,777 --> 00:41:21,439
What the...
445
00:41:37,762 --> 00:41:39,355
My Lord! My Lord!
446
00:41:45,703 --> 00:41:48,138
Push on, men... to victory!
447
00:42:10,061 --> 00:42:11,120
Uhtred!
448
00:42:13,064 --> 00:42:14,123
Finally.
449
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:16,959
Fight me.
450
00:42:17,802 --> 00:42:18,997
Fight me!
451
00:42:35,486 --> 00:42:36,920
Murderer!
452
00:42:53,671 --> 00:42:55,071
You killed my firstborn.
453
00:42:56,107 --> 00:43:00,374
You killed my boy! Why?
454
00:43:01,112 --> 00:43:03,377
It was fair revenge for Ragnar!
455
00:43:03,448 --> 00:43:05,041
Ragnar!
456
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:13,384
Ragnar was weak...
and I needed him to die!
457
00:43:13,458 --> 00:43:16,018
But my son... my
son was innocent!
458
00:43:22,033 --> 00:43:23,194
Brida...
459
00:43:25,903 --> 00:43:27,269
Give me your seax!
460
00:43:30,241 --> 00:43:31,300
Give me your seax!
461
00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:55,490
You sent Aethelwold
to kill Ragnar?
462
00:43:58,469 --> 00:43:59,562
Because...
463
00:44:00,471 --> 00:44:03,566
Because we're destined to
be together. You know this.
464
00:44:05,643 --> 00:44:07,236
Please, my love.
465
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:23,658
Your boys live.
466
00:44:25,763 --> 00:44:29,700
The body your man saw was a
Mercian, killed by Danish hands.
467
00:44:30,468 --> 00:44:33,870
- Both... both survive?
- Both.
468
00:44:35,473 --> 00:44:37,635
But you will not live
to see them grow old.
469
00:44:43,548 --> 00:44:45,176
You should not have trusted him.
470
00:45:14,679 --> 00:45:16,409
Keep up!
471
00:45:35,366 --> 00:45:37,028
Send me to Valhalla.
472
00:45:41,372 --> 00:45:43,000
They will take
you as a prisoner.
473
00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:47,774
That's worse than death.
Please, I cannot be a slave.
474
00:45:49,213 --> 00:45:51,341
Let me die with honor
here on the battlefield.
475
00:45:52,516 --> 00:45:54,542
You owe me that, Uhtred.
476
00:45:56,721 --> 00:45:59,350
I want to be with
Ragnar. Please, Uhtred.
477
00:46:01,192 --> 00:46:02,421
Please.
478
00:46:05,062 --> 00:46:06,530
Take the pagan bitch!
479
00:46:12,069 --> 00:46:13,264
Brida.
480
00:46:40,765 --> 00:46:45,169
King Hywel, you have
done all Christians proud.
481
00:46:45,269 --> 00:46:46,794
It is an honor to meet you.
482
00:46:46,904 --> 00:46:49,806
And I am pleased you were
able to make the battle, Lord.
483
00:46:51,175 --> 00:46:53,667
Well, we would not have
won without you and your men.
484
00:46:54,245 --> 00:46:55,679
I am most grateful.
485
00:46:55,780 --> 00:46:58,306
And your generous
rewards are appreciated.
486
00:46:59,850 --> 00:47:04,185
Your priest conveyed to me your
kind offer of the spoils of battle.
487
00:47:07,358 --> 00:47:11,125
Of course. It is the least
your bravery deserves.
488
00:47:11,195 --> 00:47:13,528
May it strengthen our new union.
489
00:47:14,465 --> 00:47:16,457
As we are united in faith...
490
00:47:17,201 --> 00:47:21,502
let us be united in
prosperity and security!
491
00:47:23,107 --> 00:47:26,009
I promise you, we
shall feast tonight!
492
00:47:29,113 --> 00:47:33,517
There will be no alliance
and no more favors.
493
00:47:34,618 --> 00:47:37,713
The people of Wealas
do not need Saxon help.
494
00:48:14,592 --> 00:48:16,083
The Lord favored us.
495
00:48:17,895 --> 00:48:20,262
I've just sent
Brida to her doom.
496
00:48:20,364 --> 00:48:22,094
It is battle.
497
00:48:22,199 --> 00:48:25,363
What matters is we both
survived and Mercia is safe.
498
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,170
- My Lord King.
- My Lord.
499
00:48:31,776 --> 00:48:33,074
Sire.
500
00:48:33,177 --> 00:48:34,201
My Lord...
501
00:48:34,278 --> 00:48:37,214
- He dares to walk amongst the fallen?
- Do not.
502
00:48:37,848 --> 00:48:39,373
There has been enough fighting.
503
00:48:40,618 --> 00:48:41,881
Your men need you.
504
00:48:59,570 --> 00:49:03,905
Lady, the triumph is all yours.
505
00:49:04,575 --> 00:49:07,636
You led us to a great victory
they will speak of for years to come.
506
00:49:07,745 --> 00:49:10,237
And I thank you I
am alive to see it.
507
00:49:11,715 --> 00:49:13,650
I probably wasn't
the man for that task.
508
00:49:19,490 --> 00:49:21,789
Edward, thank you.
509
00:49:22,893 --> 00:49:25,226
If it were not for you, I
would be amongst the dead.
510
00:49:25,296 --> 00:49:27,629
I came despite
my better judgment.
511
00:49:28,899 --> 00:49:31,459
I do not take your
defiance lightly.
512
00:49:32,403 --> 00:49:36,135
- Yes, but surely it was a great victory.
- With a great loss of many men.
513
00:49:38,175 --> 00:49:39,575
Steapa is dead.
514
00:49:41,579 --> 00:49:42,842
- No.
- Yes.
515
00:49:43,414 --> 00:49:46,612
The man who has stood since
our childhood like a giant oak.
516
00:49:46,684 --> 00:49:48,915
He stood with our
father, then with us.
517
00:49:48,986 --> 00:49:51,854
Now he's been taken in
a battle of your making,
518
00:49:51,956 --> 00:49:54,357
sacrificed for your husband's
ambition and for yours.
519
00:49:54,458 --> 00:49:56,290
No, I have no ambition.
520
00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:58,295
You seek to be loved by all...
521
00:49:59,497 --> 00:50:03,161
chronicled for your bravery, no
matter if it costs the blood of men.
522
00:50:04,635 --> 00:50:07,264
- That is not true.
- Yes, it is.
523
00:50:07,338 --> 00:50:10,775
You've chosen Mercia
over the kingdom of Alfred.
524
00:50:12,142 --> 00:50:15,044
I suggest you do not
return south for a long time.
525
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,476
You should not exile
me from Winchester.
526
00:50:18,549 --> 00:50:21,713
I fear you would not
be welcome there, Lady.
527
00:50:23,621 --> 00:50:26,489
The widows of these men
will not forgive you easily.
528
00:50:27,358 --> 00:50:33,229
Still, you may receive
adoration in this place.
529
00:50:34,365 --> 00:50:37,858
It may be some compensation.
530
00:50:38,836 --> 00:50:42,500
None of this was done for
anything but love of my country!
531
00:50:47,211 --> 00:50:49,203
Come away from
this place, Lord King.
532
00:50:57,521 --> 00:50:59,217
I have been made
to look a fool...
533
00:51:00,357 --> 00:51:03,885
unable to reward my own
men, paying tribute to the Welsh.
534
00:51:05,596 --> 00:51:06,996
This will be made right.
535
00:51:08,365 --> 00:51:10,994
What excuses did he
make for his cowardice?
536
00:51:12,670 --> 00:51:15,037
He wanted to avoid
bloodshed for his men.
537
00:51:15,539 --> 00:51:17,235
Which created more bloodshed.
538
00:51:18,442 --> 00:51:20,104
- I have to speak with him.
- No!
539
00:51:20,711 --> 00:51:22,043
At least not now.
540
00:51:23,747 --> 00:51:26,717
The Danes are defeated.
Let us just enjoy the peace...
541
00:51:27,885 --> 00:51:29,217
just for one night.
542
00:51:33,857 --> 00:51:35,450
I will do as you ask...
543
00:51:37,695 --> 00:51:39,220
just for one night.
544
00:51:59,950 --> 00:52:02,419
Let us go, take
advantage of the chaos.
545
00:52:02,486 --> 00:52:05,923
- He can believe you died in battle.
- No. I have half killed myself fighting.
546
00:52:05,990 --> 00:52:09,119
I will find him
and I will beg him.
547
00:52:09,226 --> 00:52:13,129
He will never forgive us for what we
have done. It is over for us, brother.
548
00:52:13,230 --> 00:52:16,223
Clear a path! Move! Stand aside!
549
00:52:22,072 --> 00:52:24,906
Lord Aethelred is
wounded. Fetch a healer!
549
00:52:25,305 --> 00:53:25,673
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