1 00:00:01,034 --> 00:00:03,333 I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:03,437 --> 00:00:07,306 Eardwulf has led the Danes to the greatest prize. 3 00:00:07,374 --> 00:00:11,812 After Tettenhall, Edward believes the Danes no longer hold a threat. 4 00:00:11,879 --> 00:00:15,316 He's taken his army to Aegelesburg, leaving Winchester undefended. 5 00:00:20,053 --> 00:00:23,683 But Sigtryggr sees the truth of his dark heart. 6 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:26,487 So, let this man's fate serve as a warning. 7 00:00:28,962 --> 00:00:30,658 Haesten has entrapped me 8 00:00:30,731 --> 00:00:35,226 and I have lost those under my protection, even my daughter Stiorra. 9 00:00:36,737 --> 00:00:39,468 And now the king's sons are held captive. 10 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:40,906 Don't let them kill us! 11 00:00:41,575 --> 00:00:43,635 Both my heirs! 12 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:48,375 In Edward's absence, the Danes strengthen their grasp on Winchester. 13 00:00:48,482 --> 00:00:50,417 Lady Aelswith! 14 00:00:55,222 --> 00:00:57,987 Raise the Fyrd! Raise the Mercian Guard! 15 00:00:58,058 --> 00:01:02,086 The king is rash in his determination to retake the town 16 00:01:02,195 --> 00:01:04,357 and will not listen to reason. 17 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:05,865 Do not do this! 18 00:01:05,933 --> 00:01:07,925 - Attack! - No! 19 00:01:11,538 --> 00:01:13,439 Destiny is all! 20 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:21,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 21 00:02:55,709 --> 00:02:59,168 - Has he gone mad? - Leave him. He will not listen. 22 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:02,545 - You must tell him he is being foolish. - I have tried. He is not himself. 23 00:03:05,185 --> 00:03:08,280 Be kind, Uhtred. He is at heart a boy who is suffering. 24 00:03:12,793 --> 00:03:14,694 Do you intend to set a fire? 25 00:03:14,795 --> 00:03:15,819 Yes. 26 00:03:16,396 --> 00:03:19,332 We encircle them and draw them out. 27 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:21,163 Lord King, you should not do this. 28 00:03:21,234 --> 00:03:22,463 It is decided. 29 00:03:23,403 --> 00:03:25,838 The town walls cannot be breached another way. 30 00:03:26,973 --> 00:03:29,067 Our attempts to attack have been futile. 31 00:03:29,643 --> 00:03:33,307 The Danes show no sign of surrender. Perhaps this will force their hand. 32 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:36,680 The fire will catch and the town will be destroyed. 33 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:40,680 Lord King, the heart of Wessex will be burnt to ashes. 34 00:03:40,754 --> 00:03:44,589 And so the heathen burns in hell. It is a risk I am resolved to. 35 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:47,058 What are my choices, Uhtred? Surrender? 36 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,925 Live in history as the King who lost his lands? 37 00:03:50,030 --> 00:03:52,158 Thirty days we have tried and failed. 38 00:03:54,201 --> 00:03:58,866 I... I do this and in time Winchester will rise again, stronger for her suffering. 39 00:03:58,939 --> 00:04:01,067 We should try again to speak with Sigtryggr. 40 00:04:01,174 --> 00:04:03,268 This silence may be a sign he looks for another way. 41 00:04:03,376 --> 00:04:05,072 They do not want to speak. 42 00:04:05,178 --> 00:04:07,340 We send men. They send arrows. 43 00:04:07,414 --> 00:04:10,111 We have asked them to leave and now our patience wears thin! 44 00:04:10,217 --> 00:04:13,619 Yes, and they will also be tired of this and may be willing to negotiate. 45 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,586 We are past negotiation. 46 00:04:15,689 --> 00:04:17,214 We win or they do! 47 00:04:17,290 --> 00:04:19,589 - Our families are prisoners... - Aldhelm, what news? 48 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:24,594 Lady Aethelflaed sent me here to tell of a great victory. 49 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:29,464 She has taken Eoferwic and the Danes there have submitted to her rule. 50 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:31,561 She now travels south with her army. 51 00:04:32,739 --> 00:04:36,972 Let her not be shamed by weakness in her brother. 52 00:04:37,911 --> 00:04:41,780 Let her return to the land of her birth and find it cleansed of the Danes. 53 00:04:42,449 --> 00:04:43,940 Tell them it is decided. 54 00:04:45,552 --> 00:04:48,613 If they do not surrender, Winchester will burn! 55 00:05:35,168 --> 00:05:36,431 Formation! 56 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:38,798 Halt! 57 00:05:54,988 --> 00:05:57,822 King Edward sends you this message of intent! 58 00:06:01,995 --> 00:06:06,695 Leave the town, or on his command, these flames will... 59 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:15,642 I knew what he was going to say. 60 00:06:16,710 --> 00:06:17,837 They're getting desperate. 61 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,714 "755, Cynewulf and the West Saxons 62 00:06:30,824 --> 00:06:36,263 deprived Sigebert of his kingdom, because of his unlawful deeds. 63 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:40,232 Cynewulf often fought great battles in Wealas." 64 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:45,061 Please, this is so dull. I want to pull out my own eyes. 65 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:47,838 Spoken like a true heathen. 66 00:06:49,943 --> 00:06:53,345 Shall we play another game? What was the tally again? 67 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:55,041 I am not keeping count. 68 00:06:55,582 --> 00:06:56,606 Come, read. 69 00:06:57,250 --> 00:06:58,912 I'm too hungry to read. 70 00:07:05,725 --> 00:07:09,127 - Is this the last of the bread? - I am not keeping count of that either. 71 00:07:09,229 --> 00:07:10,754 Do you still have the grain? 72 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:19,530 I'm taking the girl. We need to kill a hostage. 73 00:07:20,307 --> 00:07:22,867 - And she will get their attention. - They threaten to use fire. 74 00:07:22,943 --> 00:07:26,436 And in response, we show no mercy. 75 00:07:26,546 --> 00:07:28,981 Then not her. She is worthless. 76 00:07:29,082 --> 00:07:30,778 Not to the Dane-Slayer. 77 00:07:31,251 --> 00:07:34,483 Sigtryggr, I need Uhtred to come out and fight. 78 00:07:34,587 --> 00:07:36,488 This will force his hand. 79 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:39,923 Is this true? Will your father attack us? 80 00:07:39,993 --> 00:07:41,985 If he does, he'll destroy you. 81 00:07:43,730 --> 00:07:45,460 Do not succumb to anger, Brida. 82 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:48,125 Haesten, tell the men to get clay and water. 83 00:07:48,234 --> 00:07:50,794 Dampen the roofs. Protect the walls from fire. 84 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:55,267 Then I will select a hostage... 85 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:57,604 and we will see what they do. 86 00:07:59,179 --> 00:08:00,272 Hm? 87 00:08:02,615 --> 00:08:05,016 Hurry up, men! 88 00:08:05,118 --> 00:08:06,245 Make haste! 89 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:10,179 Take it. 90 00:08:28,508 --> 00:08:29,635 Here. 91 00:08:34,447 --> 00:08:36,780 There is some water in a flask here. 92 00:08:37,384 --> 00:08:39,478 But what are you doing? 93 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:42,451 Don't worry. I will look after you. 94 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:55,695 - Where is the water? - You finished it. 95 00:08:55,802 --> 00:08:57,828 We must pray they offer more. 96 00:08:57,904 --> 00:09:00,464 - I am... - Please do not say it again. 97 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:01,803 We know you are hungry. 98 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:05,645 She is not accustomed to discomfort. 99 00:09:05,712 --> 00:09:09,547 Discomfort! This is nothing compared to what we endured in the marshland. 100 00:09:10,150 --> 00:09:11,914 Just be grateful there are no flies. 101 00:09:12,018 --> 00:09:14,749 I am grateful there is no screaming. 102 00:09:15,355 --> 00:09:18,086 I fear that is because everyone is dead. 103 00:09:18,191 --> 00:09:22,492 We are being kept alive, so they can make a show of our deaths. 104 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:26,227 Then if they try to take me, I shall throw myself upon their knives. 105 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:31,333 I can show you a way with a piece of cloth. 106 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:37,272 I have learned things in my life, which you do not know. 107 00:09:48,788 --> 00:09:52,623 There is a plant that flowers in the courtyard. 108 00:09:54,027 --> 00:09:58,123 The purple blooms, when dissolved in water, are tasteless... 109 00:09:59,365 --> 00:10:00,628 and effective... 110 00:10:01,101 --> 00:10:03,195 especially in children. 111 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:09,031 Why would such a plant grow in the courtyard? 112 00:10:11,778 --> 00:10:16,045 It was planted there, should this situation ever arise. 113 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:37,460 Give me the King's heir. 114 00:10:39,339 --> 00:10:42,901 - Come here, boy. - No! That child is the King's first born. 115 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:44,808 He does not care for my son. Take him. 116 00:10:45,445 --> 00:10:46,469 Foolish. 117 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,978 He will assume you are lying and take Aelfweard anyway. 118 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:53,146 Are you lying? 119 00:10:56,623 --> 00:10:58,353 I do not know. 120 00:11:00,460 --> 00:11:03,453 Which of these two children is more precious to his heart? 121 00:11:04,130 --> 00:11:06,599 I'm the elder brother. I should be chosen. 122 00:11:11,437 --> 00:11:12,962 I will take them both. 123 00:11:25,952 --> 00:11:27,716 Do not give the signal. 124 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:30,483 You must see how this plan unleashes pointless slaughter. 125 00:11:30,557 --> 00:11:33,152 Each hour we wait is an insult to my father! 126 00:11:33,226 --> 00:11:35,957 - Then think of the captives. - They are lost to us! 127 00:11:36,663 --> 00:11:39,690 They were lost from the moment the Danes arrived in Wessex. 128 00:11:39,799 --> 00:11:41,165 Do you not see it? 129 00:11:41,234 --> 00:11:42,827 This is my punishment. 130 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:45,303 I abandoned the children of Mercia 131 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:47,499 and this is God's vengeance for that mistake. 132 00:11:47,574 --> 00:11:49,236 God would not do that, Lord. 133 00:11:49,342 --> 00:11:51,504 We do not have to burn Winchester! 134 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:54,173 I swear to you I will find another way. 135 00:11:55,148 --> 00:11:57,674 And you always keep to your word, Uhtred. 136 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:05,256 I will get in, find this Sigtryggr and... 137 00:12:05,358 --> 00:12:08,419 How? We built those walls never to be breached. 138 00:12:08,528 --> 00:12:10,759 So far, they've been more steadfast than any of us. 139 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:12,161 Father! 140 00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:14,528 Uhtred? 141 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,697 - What are you doing here? - Where is she? 142 00:12:20,907 --> 00:12:22,205 Where is Stiorra? 143 00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:24,744 She is within, but we have a plan to save her. 144 00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:31,045 King Edward of Wessex! 145 00:12:34,187 --> 00:12:35,382 Make ready. 146 00:12:36,556 --> 00:12:39,583 King Edward of Wessex! 147 00:12:40,126 --> 00:12:43,688 I have shown myself. Do the same. 148 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,896 Approach the gate and meet me face to face! 149 00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:56,474 I will not take orders from a Dane. 150 00:12:57,477 --> 00:13:00,743 Let us talk, eye to eye! 151 00:13:00,813 --> 00:13:03,544 This is a game and I will not play. 152 00:13:04,550 --> 00:13:08,817 Tell him to surrender, or I will give the signal to burn them all. 153 00:13:11,891 --> 00:13:12,950 Bring the boys. 154 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:20,157 Lord King! 155 00:13:32,945 --> 00:13:34,811 Lower your weapons! 156 00:13:37,784 --> 00:13:39,184 Come! 157 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:42,016 Talk to us at the gate! 158 00:13:46,592 --> 00:13:47,685 Come now! 159 00:13:48,461 --> 00:13:50,453 Your sons want to see their father! 160 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:56,261 Lord, do not approach the gate. 161 00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:27,391 Give me my children, or I will find yours and take their eyes. 162 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:29,230 I have no children. 163 00:14:30,903 --> 00:14:31,996 Nor a wife. 164 00:14:32,972 --> 00:14:34,873 This is why I'm stronger than you. 165 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:38,010 Give me my children! 166 00:14:39,912 --> 00:14:41,710 I command it. 167 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:47,645 I will give you one of your sons if you retreat. 168 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,552 And you may choose which. 169 00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:23,115 Someone speak. 170 00:15:25,191 --> 00:15:26,750 What do I do? 171 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:31,397 Request the aetheling. 172 00:15:31,964 --> 00:15:35,457 If I choose one child, what happens to the other... 173 00:15:35,568 --> 00:15:37,730 It is a hard decision, yes. 174 00:15:37,804 --> 00:15:42,242 But I think it is part of a longer strategy to see if you will negotiate. 175 00:15:42,308 --> 00:15:46,575 I... I have looked that man in the eye and he is not one to give ground. 176 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:51,713 What do you think? 177 00:15:54,754 --> 00:15:56,586 That if we show weakness now... 178 00:15:57,723 --> 00:16:00,454 he will make a show of cruelty. 179 00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:03,152 I think say nothing. 180 00:16:04,831 --> 00:16:05,958 Can we pay him? 181 00:16:06,766 --> 00:16:09,793 He doesn't want silver. If he did, he would have taken it... 182 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:12,269 He wants to destroy us and destroy our spirit. 183 00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:19,911 I cannot do this. I can... 184 00:16:20,847 --> 00:16:24,807 I can... I cannot... I cannot. I cannot do this. 185 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:32,789 What would you do? 186 00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:39,588 Much the same as him. 187 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:42,358 Be broken by it. 188 00:16:42,935 --> 00:16:44,631 Any man would. 189 00:16:44,704 --> 00:16:47,435 It is unnatural to have to choose between your children. 190 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:49,169 I would want you to pick Stiorra. 191 00:16:49,876 --> 00:16:52,038 I could defend myself if it happened to us. 192 00:16:52,144 --> 00:16:53,806 It will not happen to us. 193 00:16:55,481 --> 00:16:57,450 And it will not happen to the King. 194 00:16:59,352 --> 00:17:01,617 Are you going to do something foolish? 195 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:03,121 Are you going to stop me? 196 00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:11,702 Then you should be pragmatic... 197 00:17:12,498 --> 00:17:15,024 and choose the son whose legitimacy is not in question. 198 00:17:15,134 --> 00:17:18,366 I cannot. I cannot be the man to condemn one son over the other. 199 00:17:19,338 --> 00:17:21,204 There must be something else he wants. 200 00:17:21,307 --> 00:17:22,536 He wants me dead. 201 00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:27,680 This much I know from Haesten. 202 00:17:29,315 --> 00:17:31,181 He would not trade you for my sons. 203 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:34,220 You... You are not that valuable to me, Uhtred. 204 00:17:35,655 --> 00:17:36,679 True. 205 00:17:37,857 --> 00:17:39,758 But I do have a value to the Danes. 206 00:17:40,259 --> 00:17:43,320 To kill the man they call the Dane-Slayer would bring great reputation. 207 00:17:43,396 --> 00:17:44,591 He might want that. 208 00:17:45,765 --> 00:17:49,224 And Brida will want revenge for her enslavement in Wealas. 209 00:17:49,335 --> 00:17:51,531 Let me offer myself. It is worth trying. 210 00:17:58,878 --> 00:18:01,541 Then Wessex would once again be in your debt. 211 00:18:08,054 --> 00:18:13,857 And should you not return, I will ensure they speak of your honor through the ages. 212 00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:16,954 Uhtred will not be forgotten. 213 00:18:20,533 --> 00:18:21,762 This is a brave plan. 214 00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:23,728 Which plan is that? 215 00:18:23,803 --> 00:18:25,066 He doesn't have a plan. 216 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:27,368 This is what he looks like when he's making it up. 217 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,240 You cannot hope to take them on single-handed? 218 00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:31,209 What do you think he's doing, then? 219 00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:33,246 I presume you're trying to get us some time. 220 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,361 If you can delay the Danes until Lady Aethelflaed arrives, 221 00:18:36,415 --> 00:18:39,146 she will persuade Edward to endure a longer siege. 222 00:18:39,251 --> 00:18:42,221 You know that we can take back the town when they're depleted. 223 00:18:42,722 --> 00:18:45,658 - That is not my plan, Aldhelm. - Ha! Told you. 224 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:48,656 Why else would you make such a dangerous offer? 225 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:53,663 Because I believe I can end this. 226 00:19:21,861 --> 00:19:23,159 Sigtryggr! 227 00:19:25,631 --> 00:19:26,997 Show yourself! 228 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:31,831 But I killed him... 229 00:19:31,937 --> 00:19:33,200 What? 230 00:19:33,305 --> 00:19:34,534 We... 231 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,302 We have tried to kill him. 232 00:19:38,044 --> 00:19:40,172 And yet here he is... 233 00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:44,484 returned from the dead, like their nailed god. 234 00:19:46,152 --> 00:19:48,212 And not for the first time, I hear. 235 00:19:50,222 --> 00:19:53,351 I have learned a lot about him from his daughter. 236 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:56,891 We will not retreat, Sigtryggr! 237 00:19:57,496 --> 00:19:59,055 Instead, we make you this offer. 238 00:19:59,165 --> 00:20:01,532 Send out both the children... 239 00:20:02,134 --> 00:20:05,969 and I will walk into Winchester alone. 240 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:11,668 And why would I exchange gold for silver? 241 00:20:12,578 --> 00:20:15,742 Because you will have the Saxons' greatest warrior! 242 00:20:18,084 --> 00:20:21,213 And because you know that, in time, I would kill you... 243 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,846 as I have killed your friends and your brothers. 244 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:25,820 Is he lying? 245 00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:28,183 No. 246 00:20:30,529 --> 00:20:32,054 What his daughter said is true. 247 00:20:33,165 --> 00:20:35,396 We cannot conquer this place while he lives. 248 00:20:38,204 --> 00:20:40,036 Edward can make other heirs. 249 00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:42,599 He cannot make another Uhtred. 250 00:20:48,047 --> 00:20:50,573 Then perhaps we should tear him to pieces. 251 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:54,519 Make the exchange. 252 00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:39,290 How long do we give him? 253 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:43,222 As long as he needs. 254 00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:48,824 We'll know when the time comes. 255 00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:15,693 Your king could not choose between his sons. 256 00:23:20,933 --> 00:23:22,094 And so... 257 00:23:23,035 --> 00:23:25,163 Guards, bring in the prisoner! 258 00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:32,070 He has given us his greatest warrior in their place! 259 00:23:40,953 --> 00:23:42,080 Bring him to me. 260 00:23:55,367 --> 00:23:57,700 I did not know about the child. 261 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:01,604 Neither did Cnut. 262 00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:08,410 All will be avenged when you suffer as I have suffered. 263 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:12,483 Tie him to the crucifix in the marketplace! 264 00:24:13,052 --> 00:24:16,420 Let him die like the Christian he tries to be! 265 00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:20,718 - In time, Brida. - Huh? 266 00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:24,252 - Take him to the hall. - What? Sigtryggr... 267 00:24:24,330 --> 00:24:27,061 Sigtryggr! We agreed. 268 00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:31,064 I swear that you shall have him when I am finished with him. 269 00:24:31,837 --> 00:24:32,930 On my honor. 270 00:24:34,106 --> 00:24:35,130 His sword. 271 00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:44,482 Return the captives to the chapel and feed them. 272 00:24:44,583 --> 00:24:46,176 I need them alive... 273 00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:49,084 for now. 274 00:24:51,423 --> 00:24:52,948 Do you like this? 275 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:56,190 Then I need your help. 276 00:24:56,929 --> 00:24:59,421 I don't want his sword! I want him! 277 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:02,195 - You'll have your revenge, Brida. - Sigtryggr! 278 00:25:24,823 --> 00:25:25,950 Hm. 279 00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:28,824 What does this mean? 280 00:25:29,328 --> 00:25:31,058 Why this sudden kindness? 281 00:25:31,163 --> 00:25:33,132 Sigtryggr toys with us. 282 00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:36,327 Whether it means a reprieve, I do not know. 283 00:25:36,402 --> 00:25:39,395 Well, the children are safe. 284 00:25:39,505 --> 00:25:40,700 That is enough for now. 285 00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:44,309 Let us break bread and be thankful. 286 00:25:49,148 --> 00:25:51,674 Drink enough water, then give me back the jug. 287 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:53,844 After that point, do not drink anymore. 288 00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:56,411 Why? 289 00:25:57,423 --> 00:25:59,983 If the King cannot choose between his sons, 290 00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:01,755 it may be that we need to ensure 291 00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:05,888 Aethelstan does not have a powerful friend. 292 00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:36,791 You are fast. 293 00:26:36,895 --> 00:26:38,557 I think you are not trying. 294 00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:42,067 Why would I not try? When you are the killer of so many of my kin? 295 00:26:42,134 --> 00:26:44,626 That is a question only you can answer. 296 00:26:48,807 --> 00:26:51,800 Perhaps your reputation is exaggerated. 297 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,940 I've been reading his chronicle. 298 00:26:59,251 --> 00:27:00,719 You are not in it. 299 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:05,780 Alfred did not want it known how much he owed to a heathen. 300 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:12,154 If you are not of their God, then why do you choose them? 301 00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:17,464 - They are my people. - And they accept you as such? 302 00:27:17,569 --> 00:27:19,333 Many heathens live here in peace. 303 00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:21,566 It is only the Kings who cannot find accord. 304 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:22,664 Oh. 305 00:27:24,076 --> 00:27:25,135 Interesting. 306 00:27:26,111 --> 00:27:28,239 Your daughter, she said the same. 307 00:27:29,081 --> 00:27:30,105 Where is she? 308 00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:31,514 She is here. 309 00:27:32,284 --> 00:27:33,980 She's been well-treated. 310 00:27:35,287 --> 00:27:38,519 Hm, I see the Dane in her. 311 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:43,493 She has not been dishonored, I swear to that. 312 00:27:44,296 --> 00:27:48,631 No, your daughter is a very intelligent young woman... 313 00:27:49,168 --> 00:27:51,467 which she apparently gets from her mother. 314 00:27:51,537 --> 00:27:53,369 We've talked a great deal. 315 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,672 She has told me much about you... 316 00:27:57,142 --> 00:28:00,044 how you fought for peace in Mercia... 317 00:28:00,445 --> 00:28:03,210 how you gave up the woman you loved. 318 00:28:03,315 --> 00:28:09,721 But my favorite tale was how you lost your home at Bebbanburg. 319 00:28:09,821 --> 00:28:11,289 Why is that of interest? 320 00:28:11,356 --> 00:28:13,484 Because I too have lost a home. 321 00:28:15,127 --> 00:28:20,532 And, so, I wonder if that puts us on common ground. 322 00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:28,330 Do you wish to strike a bargain? 323 00:28:29,975 --> 00:28:31,841 Is that why you have not killed me? 324 00:28:33,879 --> 00:28:35,404 Why not approach the King? 325 00:28:35,514 --> 00:28:40,748 Because the King is not a decisive man and men like that, they cannot negotiate. 326 00:28:40,852 --> 00:28:45,483 You, on the other hand, you offered your lover to preserve a kingdom. 327 00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:48,322 So, I presume you can make difficult choices. 328 00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:50,085 Hm? 329 00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:55,322 - But I have nothing to give. - But you have influence with those who do. 330 00:28:57,669 --> 00:28:59,331 And they follow you. 331 00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:03,198 What is it you want? 332 00:29:03,275 --> 00:29:04,334 Peace. 333 00:29:05,244 --> 00:29:07,179 Or peace and land. 334 00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:10,114 And you try to find peace by starting a war? 335 00:29:11,617 --> 00:29:12,949 Where is the battle? 336 00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:16,181 Where is the war? 337 00:29:18,924 --> 00:29:21,120 I guessed you wanted to negotiate. 338 00:29:21,860 --> 00:29:23,692 The king would not believe it. 339 00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:26,891 Who told you that I would be willing to strike a bargain? 340 00:29:26,965 --> 00:29:28,957 Oh, you did... 341 00:29:30,235 --> 00:29:32,295 when you chose to enter the town. 342 00:29:34,239 --> 00:29:36,367 The offer had been made. 343 00:29:36,975 --> 00:29:40,036 All we have to do is get Edward to agree to a meeting... 344 00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:41,637 and argue the terms. 345 00:29:42,748 --> 00:29:44,910 Haesten! Are you spying on them? 346 00:29:47,219 --> 00:29:48,744 I spy on everyone. 347 00:29:50,489 --> 00:29:51,980 What is he doing with him? 348 00:29:52,090 --> 00:29:53,649 I fear to tell you. 349 00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:55,660 Haesten, what's happening in there? 350 00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:00,623 You should know... 351 00:30:01,433 --> 00:30:03,163 Sigtryggr seeks a truce. 352 00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:08,332 That is a good thing, Brida. 353 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,306 It means more land, more silver. 354 00:30:14,012 --> 00:30:15,412 It means betrayal. 355 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,108 You are foolish. 356 00:30:19,785 --> 00:30:20,980 This could soon be over. 357 00:30:25,624 --> 00:30:26,956 Cowards. 358 00:30:27,025 --> 00:30:28,960 Liars and cowards all of you! 359 00:30:29,861 --> 00:30:33,298 Go in the north. You need good weather to go through there. 360 00:30:33,365 --> 00:30:35,027 Why don't you go up to Eoferwic? 361 00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:08,361 Well, I don't think this is going to work. 362 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:19,796 Do not lose faith. He will have survived. 363 00:32:26,545 --> 00:32:27,569 Lord. 364 00:32:28,814 --> 00:32:31,249 No, I'm begging, Lord King, just give him more time. 365 00:32:31,316 --> 00:32:33,717 Do not attack whilst he is within. Please, Lord. 366 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:35,913 - This does not mean the end. - My Lord. 367 00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:38,650 Lord King, we have followed Uhtred for years. 368 00:32:38,757 --> 00:32:39,918 He's never failed! 369 00:32:39,991 --> 00:32:42,153 He never failed because good men followed him. 370 00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:47,790 But even he could not take on an army alone. 371 00:32:47,899 --> 00:32:49,299 It was unwise. 372 00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:55,168 It is painful to speak it, but your Lord has lost a battle he could never win. 373 00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:02,246 There is no hope for him. 374 00:33:31,877 --> 00:33:34,642 Lord King! Our scouts send good news! 375 00:33:35,981 --> 00:33:38,507 The Lady of Mercia has come. She brings an army! 376 00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:50,991 The King is trying to be bold, but his decisions are rash. 377 00:33:51,062 --> 00:33:54,396 I'm certain that with more time, the siege can be ended without slaughter. 378 00:33:54,499 --> 00:33:56,627 Edward, I have heard the boys have been freed. 379 00:33:56,701 --> 00:34:00,797 One mercy has been shown, yes. I hear Danes have submitted in the north. 380 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:04,001 Yes. And what has been done once can be done twice. 381 00:34:04,075 --> 00:34:07,705 If you have your sons, you have everything you need for Alfred's line to thrive. 382 00:34:08,413 --> 00:34:11,474 Walls can be rebuilt, palaces, even tombs. 383 00:34:12,350 --> 00:34:14,182 Edward, you are Wessex. 384 00:34:14,252 --> 00:34:17,017 Whatever you decide, Mercia will support you. 385 00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:21,689 He cannot lose Winchester. It would rip out our father's heart. 386 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,800 We should not put that above the lives of innocents. 387 00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:26,730 - No, Aethelflaed is right. - How many people are within? 388 00:34:26,831 --> 00:34:29,426 Many. And there are those, of course, inside of royal blood, 389 00:34:29,534 --> 00:34:30,866 my wife, our mother. 390 00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:33,668 Mother would not want you to capitulate. 391 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:36,708 She is by Father's side and will be reconciled to dying. 392 00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:39,870 Then we shall proceed, but not as they expect. 393 00:34:39,945 --> 00:34:45,714 They have made provisions against fire, so, let us use smoke to conceal an attack. 394 00:34:45,784 --> 00:34:47,514 If God and the winds are in our favor, 395 00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:50,364 it will choke those guarding the gates and allow us to breach the walls. 396 00:34:50,388 --> 00:34:53,119 But if the wind turns, then we ourselves are smothered. 397 00:34:53,224 --> 00:34:54,419 Lady, I beg you. 398 00:34:54,526 --> 00:34:57,121 - Give Lord Uhtred more time. - Lord Uhtred is already dead. 399 00:35:06,137 --> 00:35:08,800 Dead or alive, it does not matter. 400 00:35:09,908 --> 00:35:14,369 We cannot hand Winchester over to the Danes for the life of one man. 401 00:35:14,446 --> 00:35:15,778 Indeed. 402 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,645 Set the hay sacks close to the gates. 403 00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:22,243 Add shit and lime, so they may choke on the stench. 404 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,222 We force men from the ramparts and into the streets, 405 00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:27,384 breach the gates and slaughter them! 406 00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,227 Here. 407 00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:45,898 Are you leaving? 408 00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:47,028 Yes. 409 00:36:47,972 --> 00:36:51,465 They are at the gates and I do not want to be here for the fight. 410 00:36:53,011 --> 00:36:57,073 - And you are coming with me. - No. No, no, I cannot. 411 00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:03,855 They will be slaughtered! 412 00:37:08,493 --> 00:37:09,552 Come with me. 413 00:37:10,428 --> 00:37:13,865 Many women have grown to appreciate my charms, given a year or so. 414 00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:33,510 Get back! 415 00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:52,293 Down there. 416 00:37:54,739 --> 00:37:56,708 - Will we get out? - Yes! 417 00:37:56,775 --> 00:37:58,767 Save yourself from what will follow. 418 00:37:58,877 --> 00:37:59,901 No! 419 00:37:59,978 --> 00:38:01,810 You will not survive the fight! 420 00:38:01,913 --> 00:38:03,575 We have no time for this! 421 00:38:03,648 --> 00:38:05,048 Stay and you die! 422 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:06,778 My place is with the captives! 423 00:38:06,885 --> 00:38:09,719 Ah, die, then, ungrateful bitch! 424 00:38:16,494 --> 00:38:18,156 Edward has attacked us. 425 00:38:18,263 --> 00:38:19,390 Come with me. 426 00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:22,790 Uhtred. 427 00:38:23,935 --> 00:38:26,461 You betray me, all will suffer. 428 00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:46,488 Quickly! Get back! 429 00:38:53,464 --> 00:38:55,296 One formation! 430 00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:29,228 Pull back! Protect your men! Keep tight! 431 00:40:20,852 --> 00:40:24,380 Let me speak with him. Let me speak with the King. 432 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:28,187 Go with this man. If he kills Danes, kill him. 433 00:40:54,419 --> 00:40:56,320 Stand down your men! 434 00:40:56,421 --> 00:40:58,822 Edward, stand down! 435 00:40:58,923 --> 00:41:00,221 Stand down! 436 00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:16,236 Edward! 437 00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:19,968 Edward! Edward! 438 00:41:22,413 --> 00:41:26,748 Lord, you must trust me! I spoke to him. 439 00:41:26,818 --> 00:41:28,946 Edward, stop this fight! 440 00:41:34,425 --> 00:41:36,451 - It's too late! - Trust me! 441 00:41:36,527 --> 00:41:39,588 Sigtryggr is willing to negotiate! Why would I lie to you? 442 00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:41,860 I have spoken to him. He will stand down! 443 00:41:41,966 --> 00:41:43,594 Winchester is going to burn! 444 00:41:43,668 --> 00:41:47,332 Sigtryggr! Stand down your men! 445 00:41:47,438 --> 00:41:49,839 Order the shield wall! Do it now! 446 00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:55,639 Did you get what you came for? 447 00:41:55,713 --> 00:41:58,706 Sigtryggr! Stand down your men! 448 00:42:02,153 --> 00:42:04,213 You can get what you came for! 449 00:42:06,891 --> 00:42:09,360 Shield wall! 450 00:42:18,669 --> 00:42:22,003 Shield wall! 451 00:42:25,576 --> 00:42:30,310 Shield wall! 452 00:42:40,591 --> 00:42:41,854 Get back! 453 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,688 Hold the line! Back! 454 00:42:45,363 --> 00:42:47,332 - Dear God! - Stay back! 455 00:42:47,832 --> 00:42:48,891 Please. 456 00:42:52,904 --> 00:42:54,896 Eadith. Eadith. 457 00:42:55,006 --> 00:42:56,099 Stay back. 458 00:42:56,207 --> 00:42:57,937 Finan! 459 00:42:58,042 --> 00:43:00,238 She's all right. Come on. 460 00:43:00,344 --> 00:43:01,368 Move! 461 00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:05,406 - Get back! Get back! - Move! 462 00:43:06,784 --> 00:43:10,915 - Hold the line! Hold the lines! - You heard him! 463 00:43:25,436 --> 00:43:29,066 Sigtryggr, you wish to talk with us? 464 00:43:30,241 --> 00:43:33,473 There will be no negotiation until we see the captives. 465 00:43:37,715 --> 00:43:38,774 Welcome. 466 00:44:19,457 --> 00:44:22,916 Uhtred tells me you have gone north. 467 00:44:24,662 --> 00:44:27,655 I want Eoferwic and the lands that surround it. 468 00:44:27,765 --> 00:44:31,532 - No, we have just recaptured Eoferwic. - Which is why I want it. 469 00:44:31,636 --> 00:44:33,935 For decades, we have fought to push Danes from there. 470 00:44:34,005 --> 00:44:36,770 To give it to you would set us back a generation. 471 00:44:36,841 --> 00:44:38,673 Then I will keep Winchester. 472 00:44:40,811 --> 00:44:42,370 We can offer you East Anglia. 473 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:46,110 It is bigger and has access to your homeland from the sea. 474 00:44:46,184 --> 00:44:47,812 I want Eoferwic. 475 00:44:47,885 --> 00:44:49,319 I cannot agree. 476 00:44:49,387 --> 00:44:51,515 It is unclear what your choices are. 477 00:44:58,162 --> 00:45:01,724 - Perhaps we should consider it. - He would be on my border! 478 00:45:02,833 --> 00:45:05,166 Edward, do not let him divide us. 479 00:45:05,236 --> 00:45:07,899 I will leave you to trade between yourselves. 480 00:45:08,005 --> 00:45:09,473 I'll find my daughter. 481 00:45:28,559 --> 00:45:30,152 Did you think I would forget you? 482 00:45:30,228 --> 00:45:31,821 Stop this! It is over. 483 00:45:31,896 --> 00:45:33,387 It is never over. 484 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,765 Brida! I spared your life! 485 00:45:38,869 --> 00:45:40,770 You destroyed my life! 486 00:45:40,871 --> 00:45:42,931 You know nothing of how I suffered! 487 00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,509 I will not kill you, nor Cnut's child. 488 00:45:45,576 --> 00:45:48,842 He is not Cnut's. He is mine alone! 489 00:45:48,913 --> 00:45:52,441 And he will be loyal to me, as no man ever has! 490 00:45:52,550 --> 00:45:55,418 I will breed in him a hatred of all Saxons. 491 00:45:55,519 --> 00:45:59,081 Then you condemn your child to a bloody death and that will undo you! 492 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,262 Fight on and they will kill you! 493 00:46:13,537 --> 00:46:16,063 If not the Saxon kings, then Sigtryggr himself. 494 00:46:16,140 --> 00:46:18,268 But I am not afraid of that. 495 00:46:19,110 --> 00:46:21,306 I have not lost faith in what comes after. 496 00:46:21,879 --> 00:46:23,040 Do it! 497 00:46:24,415 --> 00:46:25,610 Do it! 498 00:46:25,716 --> 00:46:26,911 Kill me. 499 00:46:28,152 --> 00:46:30,485 If you do not, I will become stronger. 500 00:46:32,890 --> 00:46:35,223 Blood has been shed. More will flow. 501 00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:38,725 I will take revenge on all of those who have betrayed me 502 00:46:38,796 --> 00:46:41,994 and I will not rest until they suffer at my hand. 503 00:46:43,968 --> 00:46:45,732 Do it! 504 00:46:49,740 --> 00:46:51,231 Or I will be your undoing. 505 00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:01,744 Just leave. 506 00:47:03,354 --> 00:47:04,652 Have your child. 507 00:47:07,358 --> 00:47:08,951 Leave while you can. 508 00:47:21,872 --> 00:47:23,807 I never know where she is. 509 00:47:23,874 --> 00:47:25,274 Careful, Osferth! 510 00:47:32,350 --> 00:47:33,545 Have you struck a bargain? 511 00:47:36,387 --> 00:47:38,686 He... He will take Eoferwic... 512 00:47:39,323 --> 00:47:42,555 and agree never to enter Wessex, Mercia or East Anglia. 513 00:47:42,660 --> 00:47:44,891 So, you hold three of the four Kingdoms. 514 00:47:46,197 --> 00:47:47,790 That is no humiliation. 515 00:47:51,502 --> 00:47:54,370 Sigtryggr would like to take one of the captives. 516 00:47:58,075 --> 00:47:59,168 Your daughter. 517 00:48:01,846 --> 00:48:03,474 Which you have refused. 518 00:48:06,317 --> 00:48:09,651 Because you know what it is to have your child used in a bargain! 519 00:48:11,088 --> 00:48:13,023 Stiorra is not a child. 520 00:48:14,925 --> 00:48:16,359 She is a young woman. 521 00:48:19,430 --> 00:48:21,365 So, we did not refuse. 522 00:48:45,022 --> 00:48:46,422 I thought I'd lost you. 523 00:48:50,761 --> 00:48:51,888 I'll miss you. 524 00:48:56,901 --> 00:48:57,960 Why? 525 00:48:58,803 --> 00:48:59,964 When I leave. 526 00:49:01,205 --> 00:49:02,400 I have said no. 527 00:49:04,475 --> 00:49:07,035 But I'm... I'm willing to go. 528 00:49:08,646 --> 00:49:09,773 With Sigtryggr? 529 00:49:11,649 --> 00:49:15,643 - But I want you with me in Coccham. - There's nothing for me in Coccham. 530 00:49:15,753 --> 00:49:17,915 It's the chance for us to be one family. 531 00:49:17,988 --> 00:49:20,753 It's not what either of us wants. 532 00:49:20,825 --> 00:49:24,557 You'd like it to be true, but it's not. Your men are your family. 533 00:49:24,995 --> 00:49:27,055 I want my children with me. 534 00:49:27,131 --> 00:49:28,463 Maybe in Bebbanburg. 535 00:49:28,566 --> 00:49:32,401 Maybe then, but you're not destined to be the Lord of Coccham 536 00:49:32,470 --> 00:49:35,304 any more than I'm meant to live a small life there. 537 00:49:36,307 --> 00:49:37,502 We're wanderers, Father. 538 00:49:37,608 --> 00:49:41,170 We follow where the gods lead us and the gods are sending me to Daneland. 539 00:49:41,946 --> 00:49:45,906 Let me go... for the sake of all Saxons. 540 00:49:46,750 --> 00:49:50,517 - I have sacrificed enough for them. - Well, I have sacrificed nothing. 541 00:49:51,956 --> 00:49:55,757 Please! I want to live amongst my mother's people, 542 00:49:55,826 --> 00:50:00,992 to find the part of myself that died when she was taken from me. 543 00:50:08,606 --> 00:50:09,665 Besides... 544 00:50:12,543 --> 00:50:14,171 Sigtryggr is gentle. 545 00:50:17,214 --> 00:50:18,876 He's a man of honor! 546 00:50:33,898 --> 00:50:35,730 You are mine to take care of. 547 00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:39,329 For too long, you've had nothing from me. 548 00:50:39,403 --> 00:50:41,963 I've had everything from you. 549 00:50:43,541 --> 00:50:47,239 Your blood is within me and it's made me a restless spirit. 550 00:50:47,344 --> 00:50:49,506 Please give me this chance to live as you do, 551 00:50:50,214 --> 00:50:53,514 to follow a path without having certainty of where it's going to end. 552 00:50:57,388 --> 00:50:58,549 Let me go. 553 00:51:03,928 --> 00:51:05,726 How did you like your first battle? 554 00:51:07,164 --> 00:51:09,030 I swear it will be my last. 555 00:51:10,334 --> 00:51:12,701 From now on, I will be staying in the tent. 556 00:51:14,405 --> 00:51:16,567 You showed the spirit of a true warrior. 557 00:51:18,175 --> 00:51:20,735 Perhaps my family honor is restored. 558 00:51:21,912 --> 00:51:24,848 If only those who cared for me were still here to see it. 559 00:51:36,226 --> 00:51:39,594 Rest. It is over. 560 00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,071 Mother! 561 00:51:51,609 --> 00:51:52,804 Mother! 562 00:51:56,046 --> 00:51:57,207 Mother! 563 00:52:06,490 --> 00:52:07,890 My mother is taken ill. 564 00:52:07,958 --> 00:52:10,427 I fear the Danes have claimed another life. 565 00:52:11,128 --> 00:52:12,790 She's strong. 566 00:52:17,501 --> 00:52:19,265 My mother cannot care for him. 567 00:52:20,471 --> 00:52:21,734 How could I? 568 00:52:21,805 --> 00:52:24,502 Please, Uhtred. I know you will not swear to me, 569 00:52:24,608 --> 00:52:27,077 but this child deserves more than a monastery. 570 00:52:27,144 --> 00:52:32,481 He is a brave and a goodhearted boy, but he will need guidance. 571 00:52:32,583 --> 00:52:36,782 Protect him and take him to safety. 572 00:52:36,854 --> 00:52:39,119 One aetheling is enough for Winchester. 573 00:52:39,923 --> 00:52:41,186 Bring him within the palace, 574 00:52:41,291 --> 00:52:46,286 it would create a strife to rival that of Aethelwold. 575 00:52:46,363 --> 00:52:47,456 That is politics. 576 00:52:52,269 --> 00:52:54,465 What would you have me do with him? 577 00:52:54,538 --> 00:52:58,373 Teach him how to be a warrior and all you know of the Danes. 578 00:52:59,510 --> 00:53:01,536 Teach him of Northumbria. 579 00:53:01,645 --> 00:53:04,638 You have just sworn you will not fight for Northumbria. 580 00:53:04,715 --> 00:53:08,174 There are ways to take lands without fighting for them. 581 00:53:08,285 --> 00:53:10,015 Sigtryggr has shown us this. 582 00:53:11,021 --> 00:53:13,183 Northumbria is the last kingdom. 583 00:53:13,290 --> 00:53:16,021 Without it under one King and under Christ, 584 00:53:16,126 --> 00:53:17,958 there will be no England. 585 00:53:51,895 --> 00:53:55,059 It is hard for a father to see his daughter go. 586 00:53:55,165 --> 00:53:59,159 But you were right, Father. Sigtryggr is different. 587 00:53:59,236 --> 00:54:01,228 Perhaps I was not so foolish. 588 00:54:02,506 --> 00:54:04,270 Or someone was guiding you. 589 00:54:05,709 --> 00:54:07,701 The gods like to see me fight. 590 00:54:09,213 --> 00:54:10,545 It is sport to them. 591 00:54:24,094 --> 00:54:26,586 I will return to my church, Father. 592 00:54:30,367 --> 00:54:32,563 I curse myself for my headstrong children. 593 00:54:33,303 --> 00:54:36,933 What can I say? My blood is the blood of a stubborn bastard. 594 00:54:51,722 --> 00:54:57,719 So, in the reign of King Edward, peace broke out between Saxon and Dane. 595 00:55:00,564 --> 00:55:06,595 And though it was not for the first time, there was a sense the truce would last. 596 00:55:08,338 --> 00:55:09,931 But at what cost? 597 00:55:14,478 --> 00:55:17,346 Ambition stalks the Saxon palaces. 598 00:55:19,416 --> 00:55:22,511 In time, the King must choose his heir 599 00:55:22,619 --> 00:55:25,088 and the bonds of blood may be tested. 600 00:55:29,660 --> 00:55:31,185 Brothers may be torn apart... 601 00:55:32,663 --> 00:55:35,030 but a throne cannot stay empty. 602 00:55:36,466 --> 00:55:39,959 I now stand alone with nothing but my sword. 603 00:55:41,605 --> 00:55:44,165 I failed in securing my birthright. 604 00:55:45,475 --> 00:55:47,774 I have given up the woman I love. 605 00:55:48,545 --> 00:55:50,446 My family are dispersed... 606 00:55:51,181 --> 00:55:53,514 perhaps never to be reunited... 607 00:55:53,617 --> 00:55:56,678 scattered far across the Saxon kingdoms. 608 00:56:02,993 --> 00:56:07,727 As a new feud is born, revenge is certain to grow stronger. 609 00:56:13,837 --> 00:56:16,705 I have sworn to protect a bastard child... 610 00:56:17,908 --> 00:56:22,710 whose path, I fear, is entwined with that of this great land. 611 00:56:24,181 --> 00:56:28,380 And though I have refused the service of Saxon Kings, 612 00:56:28,485 --> 00:56:31,011 it may only be a matter of time 613 00:56:31,088 --> 00:56:34,388 before fate draws me back into their plans. 614 00:56:34,992 --> 00:56:37,518 Destiny is all! 614 00:56:38,305 --> 00:57:38,494 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/74npy Help other users to choose the best subtitles