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[folk pop music playing]

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[Finan] For a hundred years,
there was chaos in our lands.

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War between Saxons and Dane invaders.

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And war between men
who wanted to be kings.

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My lord, Uhtred, son of Uhtred,
born a Saxon, but raised a Dane,

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had brought about a fragile peace.

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But as King Edward's health faltered,

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trouble spread.

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And while most of the country
was sworn to the Saxons,

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Uhtred's land of Northumbria was not.

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And enemies were keen to exploit this.

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Wolf!

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Wolf! [grunts] Wolf!

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[screams]

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Destroy the settlement.
Leave no sign we have landed.

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[snarls]

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-[yelling]
-[screaming]

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Ah! [grunts]

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[grunting]

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[warrior] Anlaf, we have the spy.

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[chuckles]

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Behold my child.

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Behold the daughter of Anlaf.

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You look ridiculous.

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It is how they dress, Father.

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If I'm to hide amongst them,
I must appear--

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Is King Edward dead?

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Not yet.

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-But each breath could be his last.
-Then we chose our moment.

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A king dies,
Saxons always turn on each other.

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Pass this news to all kings who hate them.

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Tell them I have crossed from Irland
and wish to make allies.

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Return yourself to Winchester.

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Wait.

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Play with them.

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Unleash chaos.

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{\an8}[whispering prayers]

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[whispering prayers]

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-[murmuring]
-[bell tolls]

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[guard] No. Stay back.

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[soldier] Find the queen!

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[door slams]

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[Aldhelm] Lady Eadgifu,

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the traitor Aelfweard has sent men to take
you and Prince Edmund into protection.

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[swords scrape]

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I have no wish to be a hostage.

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-Can we fight them?
-Not without Aethelstan.

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Well, surely, my guards can--

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Loyalties are shifting
and factions forming.

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It is not certain who supports us.

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We should flee with your son
whilst we can.

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[Eadgifu] I will not forgive this.

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Nor forgive Aethelstan
for leaving us exposed.

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Damn him for his absence.

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Come, Edmund. We are leaving.

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-[soldier 1] Where's the queen?
-[soldier 2] Move! Look everywhere!

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-[Edmund] Mother, what's--
-[Eadgifu] Sh. Quiet.

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-Wait.
-[footsteps approaching]

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-[Eadgifu] Pyrlig.
-[Pyrlig] We got word.

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Aethelstan has gone on pilgrimage
to pray for his father's health.

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Then find him and tell him of his death.

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Then strike him, from me,
for he swore to protect us.

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[Aldhelm grunts] Come. There's no time.

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[sword rings]

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[Pyrlig] Where will you go?

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-To Uhtred.
-The pagan?

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-[soldier] They're in here!
-[Aldhelm] Go! Go!

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[grunting]

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[Eadgifu] Uhtred betrayed my husband.

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Are we sure this is wise?

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Uhtred was like a father to Aethelstan.
He can be trusted.

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We go to the last kingdom.

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[ethereal music playing]

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[jolly chatter]

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[Finan] He stood in front of the army,
and he said, "Release the arrows!"

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And an arrow went right through his head.

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[laughter]

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[Finan] Oh, that was something.

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But then, the battle for this place
certainly sticks in the memory.

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-Both times.
-[Finan] Hey. Cnut.

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He was a proper… cock!

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Then there were the horse-killers.
Oh, they were deadly.

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-What was his name?
-Bloodhair.

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Bloodhair. And what was her name?
She of the curses?

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Do not remind me. [belches] Skade!

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Now, she was moon touched.

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Another one who thought she was a seer.
It didn't go well for her.

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I am telling you, my dream was a prophecy.
Three nights I have had it.

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-And what is your dream, Ingrith?
-[Finan] Don't get her started, Lord.

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-Hear my words. "Seven kings must die."
-[man] Lord?

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-Seven kings and--
-Ingrith!

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[dark music playing]

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All stand for the queen!

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Queen Eadgifu.

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And my most noble friend, Lord Aldhelm.

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What brings you this far north?

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I come seeking refuge with my son.

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Edward, rightful king of these lands,
has died.

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Then my heart grieves.

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I'd hoped to reconcile.

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One down, six to go.

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No! I do not like it.

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Northumbria recognizes the new king,
Aethelstan.

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Do not assume Aethelstan will be king.

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-Who is supporting Aelfweard?
-[Aldhelm] The ealdormen of Wessex.

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Of course.
Still claiming Aethelstan's a bastard?

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Yes. Aelfweard has
the wealth of Wiltunscir behind him.

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Our spies in Aegelesburg say he's there,
openly recruiting mercenaries.

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We will go to Aegelesburg and seize him
before he is at full force.

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We would prefer your guard.

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My offer gives Aethelstan the time
to go to Winchester to be crowned,

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and we avoid a clash of armies.

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I swore an oath to protect Aethelstan--

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And of course, you are a man of your word.

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Yet your oath to swear your lands
to the king remains unfulfilled.

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Your husband showed himself
hostile to those of Danish blood.

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As such, he was not the right man
to unite England.

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If he had been, England would be united.

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[Aldhelm] But now things can be different.

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Aethelstan can be the king
to fulfill the Saxon dream.

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If he chooses to swear--

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I swore an oath of loyalty, and it stands.

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If Aelfweard is buying mercenaries,
he will be looking for men from all parts.

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Do you think
we can still execute an ambush?

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If it is for Aethelstan, then yes.

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-If he does not fall asleep.
-Once. I fell asleep once.

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Are you certain this is better
than a band of young fighters?

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I hear you do little these days
but feast and hunt.

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I will not send young men
to do a task I swore to do myself.

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[disconcerting music playing]

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-[horse whinnies]
-[Finan] Come on, you little…

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Come on! Come on.

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-[horse whinnies]
-[Finan] Stop it now.

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Osbert! What news from our borders?
Do the Scots behave themselves?

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Yes, Father. There are rumors
Wolf-Warriors landed near Derwent.

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-Wolf-Warriors?
-Why are you carrying your sword?

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We're riding
to protect Aethelstan from his brother.

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Then I will come.

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-Any fight of yours is mine.
-Stay here and protect your birthright.

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No good comes
of sitting waiting for a birthright.

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So you train the horses

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and you teach that boy
how to defend himself.

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No one likes the third son of a dead king.

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Father.

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-Will you swear our lands to Aethelstan?
-I must honor my word.

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Northumbrians will be sad
to lose their pagan lord.

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-[Finan grunts]
-[horse whinnies]

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[Finan] Gotcha!

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-Look at this little bastard.
-Are we ready?

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[Sihtric] He's complaining
about his saddle.

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-Says his arse gets sore.
-[Finan] Didn't say arse. I said my back.

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[Ingrith] I made you this.

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[scoffs]

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And one for each of you.

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Men who sit on cold earth
find the cold earth calls for them.

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Once again, she shows herself a seer.

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Lord, it was nothing.

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Tell it again.

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"Seven kings must die," Lord.

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-"Seven kings--"
-Ingrith, no.

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Go on.

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"And the woman you love."

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I'm no king, and I have no woman.

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-It means nothing.
-[Aldhelm] Lord Uhtred.

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I told my son to train yours.

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While you are here,
take Wassa as your serving woman.

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-Make this fortress your home.
-I wish to say one thing of Aethelstan.

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He is not quite
the carefree boy you raised.

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He has grown very much into his faith.

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The Brotherhood of Oswald
exert great influence.

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I have scared off such men before.
For some reason, monks find me terrifying.

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[foreboding music playing]

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-[Uhtred] Let's go play kingmaker.
-[Finan] Once again.

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[Aethelstan] My father?
No, that cannot be.

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I thought God had given him the winter.

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[Pyrlig] Lord Aethelstan, you should
make haste to Wessex for coronation.

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Your brother gathers men.

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Establish yourself at Winchester
before he raises an army.

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We will leave when God commands us
to leave, Father Pyrlig.

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And that command has not been given.

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Return when you have prayed.

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[Aethelstan] Do I depart?

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[Ingilmundr] Only the book has answers.

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Play.

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You have been guided
to the Book of Matthew, verse 157.

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"Then Jesus went thence and departed
into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon."

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God wants you to fight.

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Oh. Thank you, lady.

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[sentry] Halt. State your business here.

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We heard a man is looking for fighters.

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We come to make some coin.

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[sentry] Mm.

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Go on.

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-This place has fallen to shit.
-[Uhtred] Edward left it to decline.

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I'm glad Aethelflaed
is not here to see it.

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[chatter]

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Huh.

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Word has spread.

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[Sihtric] I swear
I've fought half these men.

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[Finan] This is not someone
trying to recruit.

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This is preparing for a battle.

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[Uhtred] That is the youth Aelfweard.

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Go see what men know of his plans.

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[man] I'll show you a sword!

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[teen] Oh!

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Ooh.

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-Is that amber in your sword?
-How much do you want for it?

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[groans]

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Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh.

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[groans]

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-[Uhtred] Go home to your mothers.
-[teen 2] Edgar! No.

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Wilfrid!

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Wilfrid!

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Do you speak to me, friend?

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Your pardon. I thought you were Wilfrid.

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A great man I fought with at Tettenhall.

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Wait, you were at Tettenhall?

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My father was there.

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-Who do you fight for now?
-Aelf… something?

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-Saxon names are much alike.
-The Aelf who marches on Wessex?

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You haven't heard.

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No one's marching on Wessex.

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I'm told the new plan
is to lure Aethelstan here.

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Aethelstan is on his way.

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Aelfweard challenged him to battle,
and he's accepted.

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Why would he agree to that?

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Because he's young,
and they've baited him.

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They plan to snare him between the gate
and men hidden in the hills.

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Then we take control before he arrives.

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We can't seize this town
with just us, Lord.

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We do not need to seize the town.

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[eerie music playing]

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[Finan snores]

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[grunts]

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[Finan] Hey! Can I tempt you
to play for money, friend?

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-[sword rings]
-[grunting]

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[Uhtred] Tie them up and secure the bolt.
Stay low until Aethelstan arrives.

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[Finan] If there's a bed, it's mine.

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[birds singing]

245
00:18:16,732 --> 00:18:18,818
[eerie music continues]

246
00:18:33,582 --> 00:18:35,668
[Finan snores]

247
00:18:43,134 --> 00:18:44,510
[Uhtred] He's here.

248
00:18:44,593 --> 00:18:48,347
[guard in distance] Raise the alarm!
Soldiers approach the southern gate!

249
00:19:05,030 --> 00:19:09,160
[Aelfweard] Come no further!
Aegelesburg is loyal to me now.

250
00:19:10,161 --> 00:19:12,746
We do not negotiate with bastards.

251
00:19:13,581 --> 00:19:15,207
Nor do we surrender.

252
00:19:15,291 --> 00:19:18,502
-You'll have to starve us out.
-I am not foolish, brother.

253
00:19:19,170 --> 00:19:20,921
I assumed you would place a trap.

254
00:19:21,630 --> 00:19:25,217
Perhaps delay me here until your forces
could attack at rearguard.

255
00:19:25,843 --> 00:19:27,761
Show him what's left of his men!

256
00:19:30,973 --> 00:19:32,725
[grunting]

257
00:19:35,352 --> 00:19:37,188
[Aethelstan] You can yield now,

258
00:19:37,271 --> 00:19:39,481
or we destroy the gate
and kill all your men.

259
00:19:39,565 --> 00:19:42,193
The gates will hold. No yield will come.

260
00:19:42,276 --> 00:19:44,236
[Aethelstan] Then you will be destroyed.

261
00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:45,696
Get ready to open the door.

262
00:19:45,779 --> 00:19:48,532
[Aelfweard] I am the rightful king.
Your mother was a whore.

263
00:19:48,616 --> 00:19:51,619
All good men know it. You have no allies.

264
00:19:53,454 --> 00:19:54,538
Lord Aelfweard.

265
00:19:55,331 --> 00:19:57,499
-I'm Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
-Uhtred.

266
00:19:57,583 --> 00:20:00,044
[Uhtred] You know me
as a man who speaks the truth,

267
00:20:00,127 --> 00:20:04,089
so hear me when I say,
for the common good, stand down.

268
00:20:04,173 --> 00:20:07,968
My men control the gate.
You're outnumbered on all sides.

269
00:20:08,052 --> 00:20:08,969
Yield.

270
00:20:09,845 --> 00:20:11,639
Let this end with peace.

271
00:20:14,225 --> 00:20:16,101
[Aethelstan] Give yourself to me, brother.

272
00:20:17,102 --> 00:20:18,103
Then it is over.

273
00:20:25,277 --> 00:20:27,363
[somber music playing]

274
00:20:38,415 --> 00:20:40,334
Forgive me for my failings,

275
00:20:41,210 --> 00:20:43,128
and give comfort to my mother's kin.

276
00:20:44,546 --> 00:20:46,215
Tell them of my exile

277
00:20:47,091 --> 00:20:50,344
and how we sought
to honor our discarded bloodline.

278
00:20:51,095 --> 00:20:53,264
-For Wessex!
-[men] For Wessex!

279
00:20:57,434 --> 00:20:58,394
Lord Uhtred,

280
00:21:00,729 --> 00:21:01,772
open the gate.

281
00:21:35,431 --> 00:21:36,849
-[slicing]
-[Aelfweard grunts]

282
00:21:36,932 --> 00:21:39,226
-No!
-[Aethelstan] God chose me rightful heir.

283
00:21:39,310 --> 00:21:40,227
[squelches]

284
00:21:40,311 --> 00:21:41,937
[Uhtred] Aethelstan!

285
00:21:42,021 --> 00:21:43,272
[Aelfweard groans]

286
00:21:43,355 --> 00:21:44,857
[men shout]

287
00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:46,859
[intense music playing]

288
00:21:54,450 --> 00:21:55,326
Advance!

289
00:21:55,409 --> 00:21:56,910
[shouting]

290
00:21:56,994 --> 00:21:58,704
Leave no enemy alive!

291
00:21:59,288 --> 00:22:01,373
[commotion]

292
00:22:09,340 --> 00:22:11,342
[Finan] Lord, stop this madness!

293
00:22:12,634 --> 00:22:13,677
[Uhtred] Stop!

294
00:22:13,761 --> 00:22:15,262
[grunting, groaning]

295
00:22:18,140 --> 00:22:19,391
[Uhtred] Aethelstan!

296
00:22:19,475 --> 00:22:20,851
[grunting]

297
00:22:29,943 --> 00:22:31,445
[Sihtric] Get back! Hide!

298
00:22:31,528 --> 00:22:33,989
-[mercenary] I submit! Please don't--
-[grunts]

299
00:22:39,620 --> 00:22:40,704
Aethelstan!

300
00:22:42,539 --> 00:22:43,791
[mercenary] Please, show mercy!

301
00:22:44,958 --> 00:22:45,876
[Uhtred] No!

302
00:22:49,463 --> 00:22:52,007
Stop! They're surrendering!

303
00:23:03,852 --> 00:23:05,062
Aethelstan!

304
00:23:07,898 --> 00:23:10,859
-Aethelsta--
-[high-pitched ringing]

305
00:23:12,653 --> 00:23:16,198
-[muffled cries]
-[Uhtred grunts]

306
00:23:31,088 --> 00:23:31,964
Ah!

307
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,092
-Ah!
-[ringing fades]

308
00:23:37,052 --> 00:23:38,887
[man] Lord! Lord, help us!

309
00:23:41,598 --> 00:23:43,225
Aethelstan!

310
00:23:51,275 --> 00:23:52,484
Aethelstan!

311
00:23:53,861 --> 00:23:56,280
-Stand down your men.
-[Aethelstan] Uhtred, why are you here?

312
00:23:56,363 --> 00:23:59,408
[Uhtred] To stop this.
Your enemy has surrendered.

313
00:24:00,534 --> 00:24:01,785
Halt your men.

314
00:24:04,621 --> 00:24:07,374
-Let him approach and call a halt.
-[guard] Yes, my lord.

315
00:24:08,792 --> 00:24:11,295
-What happened to you?

316
00:24:11,378 --> 00:24:14,840
-You had no need to kill your brother.
-I did, or in time, he would return.

317
00:24:14,923 --> 00:24:16,508
-You dishonored your word.
-I did not.

318
00:24:16,592 --> 00:24:19,178
I told him to yield.
I did not say he would survive.

319
00:24:19,261 --> 00:24:22,681
It was never our plan to let him live.
Lord, reverse the order.

320
00:24:22,764 --> 00:24:24,266
We are close to routing them.

321
00:24:24,349 --> 00:24:27,811
-Hired men have no quarrel with you.
-You were right not to seek his help.

322
00:24:31,231 --> 00:24:35,736
You kill 100 fathers,
you give 300 sons a reason to defy you.

323
00:24:36,945 --> 00:24:37,821
Think!

324
00:24:38,739 --> 00:24:40,365
Now's the time to unify.

325
00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:47,080
Uhtred may be right in this matter.

326
00:24:50,626 --> 00:24:53,712
I speak only as a man
who has made mistakes before.

327
00:24:54,796 --> 00:24:56,507
-I'm Uhtred of--
-I know who you are.

328
00:24:56,590 --> 00:24:58,467
[Aethelstan]
Uhtred, this is Lord Ingilmundr.

329
00:24:59,009 --> 00:25:01,094
A great commander
and a great friend to me.

330
00:25:04,556 --> 00:25:05,807
Then a friend to me.

331
00:25:07,935 --> 00:25:09,186
Why the Danish name?

332
00:25:09,937 --> 00:25:12,064
Born to a Dane, but raised a Saxon.

333
00:25:12,147 --> 00:25:14,149
I found Christ
through the works of Alfred,

334
00:25:14,233 --> 00:25:16,944
and indeed through the writings
of your son in Rome.

335
00:25:17,903 --> 00:25:19,279
You must be proud of him.

336
00:25:20,072 --> 00:25:21,365
He is a true scholar.

337
00:25:22,616 --> 00:25:24,660
I'm just the fool who made him.

338
00:25:24,743 --> 00:25:27,871
Ingilmundr holds the garrison
at Thelwael on the Wirral.

339
00:25:28,413 --> 00:25:30,999
He knows many of the people
we knew from Rumcofa.

340
00:25:31,083 --> 00:25:33,168
Good people.
I should like to see them again.

341
00:25:33,252 --> 00:25:36,838
[Ingilmundr] Yes. Perhaps after
you've sworn Northumbria to the new king.

342
00:25:36,922 --> 00:25:38,423
Honor your word.

343
00:25:38,507 --> 00:25:41,385
Swear to Aethelstan
what you denied his father.

344
00:25:42,302 --> 00:25:44,972
Cede your lands and make England whole.

345
00:25:47,891 --> 00:25:48,976
As you say,

346
00:25:49,935 --> 00:25:51,144
it is the time for unity.

347
00:25:51,228 --> 00:25:53,313
[dramatic music builds]

348
00:25:58,986 --> 00:26:02,114
I will swear to a king,
and you are not yet crowned.

349
00:26:02,197 --> 00:26:04,700
Nor will I kneel to you covered in blood.

350
00:26:04,783 --> 00:26:07,536
I will renounce my lands
in the Great Hall at Winchester.

351
00:26:07,619 --> 00:26:11,248
-It doesn't need to be done with ceremony.
-But Uhtred is a man of his word.

352
00:26:12,082 --> 00:26:13,584
Come to Winchester.

353
00:26:13,667 --> 00:26:14,793
Heal the wound.

354
00:26:21,049 --> 00:26:23,218
[Ingilmundr] How did he know
we were coming here?

355
00:26:23,302 --> 00:26:25,262
[Aethelstan] He's always found a way
to protect me.

356
00:26:25,345 --> 00:26:27,723
Perhaps he has friends
who keep one eye on you.

357
00:26:29,266 --> 00:26:31,184
[chuckles] My mother was the same.

358
00:26:32,311 --> 00:26:34,688
It's touching, how you still defer to him.

359
00:26:34,771 --> 00:26:38,400
-He's been steadfast a long time.
-And noble that you trust him.

360
00:26:39,276 --> 00:26:41,361
Given all that went on with your father.

361
00:26:45,949 --> 00:26:48,035
{\an8}[wind whistles]

362
00:26:54,291 --> 00:26:56,168
[Constantin] Which boy prevailed?

363
00:26:56,251 --> 00:26:58,420
[Domnal] Aethelstan.

364
00:26:59,046 --> 00:27:03,675
{\an8}Killed his brother in cold blood
and will now claim the Saxon crown.

365
00:27:03,759 --> 00:27:07,763
[Constantin] Then it's settled.
Any word on renewal of the treaty?

366
00:27:10,432 --> 00:27:11,975
Push Winchester.

367
00:27:12,893 --> 00:27:16,605
-Make contact.
-Lord, we've had word of something else.

368
00:27:17,856 --> 00:27:21,485
-The Dane, Anlaf, seeks a meeting.
-The one who eats the flesh of men?

369
00:27:21,568 --> 00:27:26,615
An assembly with you, and the kings
of Man, Shetland, and Orkney.

370
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,952
I will not be the lone Christian
lured to meet Dane kings.

371
00:27:31,578 --> 00:27:33,580
They might offer something of interest.

372
00:27:36,124 --> 00:27:38,210
Seek to renew a peace with Saxons.

373
00:27:40,003 --> 00:27:43,423
Edward kept the truce. We have no reason
to think his son will not.

374
00:27:44,841 --> 00:27:46,343
[Domnal] I'll send word.

375
00:27:50,055 --> 00:27:53,517
[Anlaf] His own flesh, put to the knife.

376
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:54,935
[chuckles]

377
00:27:55,686 --> 00:27:58,814
-He is more brutal than you suggested.
-His heart has hardened.

378
00:27:58,897 --> 00:28:00,857
Which should harden those against him.

379
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,821
-Do other kings in Britain hear our call?
-They pretend to be deaf to us.

380
00:28:06,530 --> 00:28:08,532
-But I know they listen.
-They should.

381
00:28:09,366 --> 00:28:11,243
Aethelstan will become greedy.

382
00:28:12,035 --> 00:28:13,245
Mm.

383
00:28:13,328 --> 00:28:15,288
You would know ambition, Father.

384
00:28:15,914 --> 00:28:19,167
Eh, and when my lands are yours,
you will know it too.

385
00:28:23,338 --> 00:28:24,631
Return to Winchester.

386
00:28:26,883 --> 00:28:28,009
Watch everyone.

387
00:28:29,511 --> 00:28:32,055
And bring me word
when there's word to tell.

388
00:28:39,062 --> 00:28:41,398
-[Uhtred grunts]
-[Osbert] Father, have you been injured?

389
00:28:41,481 --> 00:28:44,109
-Nothing that will not heal.
-[Eadgifu] Tell me the news is wrong.

390
00:28:44,192 --> 00:28:46,653
-Did Aethelstan turn on his own blood?
-[Uhtred] Yes.

391
00:28:46,737 --> 00:28:50,907
-Aelfweard did not survive.
-Then Edmund cannot return to Winchester.

392
00:28:50,991 --> 00:28:52,659
He will always be seen as a rival.

393
00:28:52,743 --> 00:28:55,120
Aethelstan has always shown
great affection for your son.

394
00:28:55,203 --> 00:28:56,496
[Uhtred] But she is right.

395
00:28:56,580 --> 00:28:58,707
He has fallen under an influence.

396
00:29:00,292 --> 00:29:02,753
I shall not leave Bebbanburg
until the threat passes.

397
00:29:02,836 --> 00:29:06,214
-You're welcome here as long as you wish.
-[Aldhelm] And it will pass.

398
00:29:06,757 --> 00:29:09,176
The duties of kingship
will focus Aethelstan's mind.

399
00:29:10,343 --> 00:29:11,845
But I should return south.

400
00:29:12,637 --> 00:29:13,972
I will assess the mood.

401
00:29:14,681 --> 00:29:16,767
[singing in Latin]

402
00:29:23,523 --> 00:29:29,780
♪ Hallelujah ♪

403
00:29:30,363 --> 00:29:37,496
♪ Hallelujah ♪

404
00:29:37,579 --> 00:29:39,581
[Pyrlig] Almighty and everlasting God,

405
00:29:39,664 --> 00:29:43,502
pour out the spirit of thy grace
and blessing upon this, thy servant,

406
00:29:43,585 --> 00:29:44,753
King Aethelstan.

407
00:29:44,836 --> 00:29:48,757
That, as by the imposition of our hands,
he is this day crowned king.

408
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:52,427
So he may, by thy sanctification,

409
00:29:52,511 --> 00:29:57,557
continue always thy chosen servant,
through Christ, our Lord.

410
00:29:57,641 --> 00:30:00,101
Grant him the faith of Abraham,

411
00:30:00,185 --> 00:30:01,686
the wisdom of Solomon,

412
00:30:02,354 --> 00:30:04,272
the courage of David.

413
00:30:07,025 --> 00:30:08,568
[crowd] Vivat Rex!

414
00:30:09,110 --> 00:30:10,695
Vivat Rex!

415
00:30:10,779 --> 00:30:12,614
Vivat Rex!

416
00:30:12,697 --> 00:30:14,533
Vivat Rex!

417
00:30:14,616 --> 00:30:16,243
Vivat Rex!

418
00:30:16,326 --> 00:30:17,994
Vivat Rex!

419
00:30:18,078 --> 00:30:19,621
Vivat Rex!

420
00:30:20,330 --> 00:30:21,623
Vivat Rex!

421
00:30:21,706 --> 00:30:23,750
[heavy music pounding]

422
00:30:33,468 --> 00:30:35,095
[Aethelstan] You were not there.

423
00:30:35,178 --> 00:30:37,180
This moment was all we had talked of.

424
00:30:38,348 --> 00:30:39,724
-And you were not there.
-No.

425
00:30:40,642 --> 00:30:41,518
I was here.

426
00:30:45,063 --> 00:30:47,649
The call of the scripture
always comes first.

427
00:30:51,444 --> 00:30:53,029
You believe that, don't you?

428
00:30:54,322 --> 00:30:55,615
Yes, yes, of course.

429
00:30:58,785 --> 00:31:01,121
Then you will be a great king of England.

430
00:31:01,705 --> 00:31:04,207
And all will speak of you
as they did Alfred.

431
00:31:07,544 --> 00:31:09,337
Does Uhtred stand by his word?

432
00:31:10,964 --> 00:31:12,841
No. Uhtred has not come.

433
00:31:13,633 --> 00:31:16,845
-Clearly, he--
-He wishes to remain king in his own land.

434
00:31:18,555 --> 00:31:20,765
May God protect him from his vanity.

435
00:31:23,310 --> 00:31:25,353
But towards you, it is a cruelty.

436
00:31:27,188 --> 00:31:29,774
And I am sorry. Here. Come. Come.

437
00:31:33,612 --> 00:31:36,156
What torture to enact on so kind a soul.

438
00:31:38,533 --> 00:31:41,620
-I thought you had both abandoned me.
-Of course I would not.

439
00:31:42,913 --> 00:31:45,332
I'm just surprised
Uhtred could be so foolish.

440
00:31:46,207 --> 00:31:48,668
You would've thought
his years would make him wiser.

441
00:31:50,420 --> 00:31:52,923
Perhaps he still sees
the boy you once were,

442
00:31:54,841 --> 00:31:56,968
and not the man you have become.

443
00:31:57,052 --> 00:31:58,803
[soft music playing]

444
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:13,526
[moaning]

445
00:32:27,499 --> 00:32:29,584
[gulls squawk]

446
00:32:35,799 --> 00:32:36,841
[Finan] Lord.

447
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,804
It's not Serpent's Breath, but…

448
00:32:43,056 --> 00:32:48,269
it's lighter, it's sharper,
and it's got a garnet.

449
00:32:48,895 --> 00:32:49,938
Give it a name.

450
00:32:54,317 --> 00:32:55,443
Manslayer.

451
00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:58,238
Ball-taker.

452
00:33:00,323 --> 00:33:01,825
Uhtred, Sword of Uhtred.

453
00:33:05,078 --> 00:33:06,830
You actually smiled, Lord.

454
00:33:08,289 --> 00:33:12,043
Perhaps losing my sword
was a sign that my battle days are over.

455
00:33:12,127 --> 00:33:14,337
A bad time to provoke the king.

456
00:33:15,171 --> 00:33:16,798
[Uhtred] I did not provoke him.

457
00:33:17,674 --> 00:33:20,927
I'm simply giving him time
to prove he's not a tyrant.

458
00:33:24,305 --> 00:33:27,100
-Otherwise…
-Otherwise what?

459
00:33:27,851 --> 00:33:29,978
"Seven kings must die." For what?

460
00:33:31,187 --> 00:33:33,523
-What did your wife see?
-She sees nothing.

461
00:33:34,941 --> 00:33:35,817
I swear.

462
00:33:38,194 --> 00:33:40,280
[distant whooping]

463
00:33:48,788 --> 00:33:49,831
[horse grunts]

464
00:33:55,045 --> 00:33:56,796
[Eadgifu] What do they celebrate?

465
00:33:57,422 --> 00:33:59,340
[Uhtred] The breaking of the horses.

466
00:34:00,425 --> 00:34:03,136
[Eadgifu] Thank Osbert for the care
he has shown Edmund.

467
00:34:03,678 --> 00:34:05,764
[Uhtred] He's part of Bebbanburg now.

468
00:34:07,098 --> 00:34:08,141
You both are.

469
00:34:12,979 --> 00:34:15,315
[Eadgifu] Yes, my son is quite changed.

470
00:34:16,524 --> 00:34:19,569
There was a somberness at the palace
that has lifted.

471
00:34:20,361 --> 00:34:21,571
It's the air here.

472
00:34:23,531 --> 00:34:25,700
Brings out good spirits in everyone.

473
00:34:28,203 --> 00:34:29,079
Hyah!

474
00:34:31,539 --> 00:34:33,750
[Uhtred] You yourself seem happier.

475
00:34:35,126 --> 00:34:37,462
I am, Lord Uhtred.

476
00:34:39,130 --> 00:34:42,133
Some grief has passed, and I feel…

477
00:34:44,928 --> 00:34:46,471
more ready for the world.

478
00:34:46,554 --> 00:34:48,348
[peaceful music plays]

479
00:34:53,269 --> 00:34:55,396
[Osbert] Control! Good!

480
00:34:56,689 --> 00:34:58,358
[Ingilmundr praying softly]

481
00:34:58,441 --> 00:35:00,777
Forgive us these sins that we commit.

482
00:35:01,319 --> 00:35:02,570
Will we be forgiven?

483
00:35:05,198 --> 00:35:06,491
Our sin weighs heavy.

484
00:35:10,745 --> 00:35:11,663
Yes, it does.

485
00:35:14,707 --> 00:35:15,750
But remember,

486
00:35:17,085 --> 00:35:18,878
God holds us in the balance.

487
00:35:20,213 --> 00:35:23,216
Every sin can be weighed
against an act of faith.

488
00:35:24,676 --> 00:35:27,011
Grow the faith and the sin is diminished.

489
00:35:30,223 --> 00:35:32,934
What if the shadow of sin
obscures the faith?

490
00:35:40,358 --> 00:35:41,234
Come.

491
00:35:43,444 --> 00:35:46,823
Perhaps return
to your grandfather's vision for England.

492
00:35:48,408 --> 00:35:51,995
Perhaps now there is an urgency
to bring the pagans to light.

493
00:35:54,330 --> 00:35:55,248
Will that

494
00:35:56,416 --> 00:35:57,292
cleanse me?

495
00:35:58,293 --> 00:35:59,169
Us?

496
00:35:59,252 --> 00:36:02,839
Well, surely the greater the lands,
the greater the faith.

497
00:36:02,922 --> 00:36:05,008
Go beyond what Alfred dreamed of.

498
00:36:06,843 --> 00:36:10,096
Look to the islands God made,
not the countries ordained by men,

499
00:36:10,180 --> 00:36:12,473
and bring all to Christianity.

500
00:36:12,557 --> 00:36:14,184
So when you are judged,

501
00:36:14,976 --> 00:36:17,604
you will be found in balance.

502
00:36:18,438 --> 00:36:21,065
And thus may accept both the sin…

503
00:36:23,359 --> 00:36:25,111
and the conquest against it.

504
00:36:25,195 --> 00:36:27,280
[determined music playing]

505
00:36:55,308 --> 00:36:56,601
[light chuckling]

506
00:36:56,684 --> 00:36:57,852
[Finan] Lord!

507
00:36:58,728 --> 00:37:00,730
[women chuckling]

508
00:37:00,813 --> 00:37:01,689
Stop.

509
00:37:04,901 --> 00:37:06,361
[Eadgifu] What do you talk of?

510
00:37:08,446 --> 00:37:10,531
Oh my faith, Lady. I cannot lie.

511
00:37:11,074 --> 00:37:14,994
The ladies here care for Lord Uhtred
and wish keenly he would find a woman.

512
00:37:15,787 --> 00:37:18,164
[chuckles]

513
00:37:18,248 --> 00:37:20,041
Well, they shall be sore of heart.

514
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,753
The widow of a king will not marry a lord.

515
00:37:25,380 --> 00:37:26,339
Hm.

516
00:37:27,632 --> 00:37:30,843
I shall have to be more careful
in how I conduct myself.

517
00:37:32,428 --> 00:37:35,014
It is not the gossips
you should fear, Lady.

518
00:37:36,182 --> 00:37:37,850
This peace may not sustain.

519
00:37:38,726 --> 00:37:40,770
Lord Uhtred has snubbed the king.

520
00:37:43,356 --> 00:37:47,277
The women Uhtred has affection for
become a target for his enemies.

521
00:37:52,031 --> 00:37:53,449
-[Uhtred] Sihtric!
-Sh-sh.

522
00:37:54,659 --> 00:37:55,994
[Uhtred] What have you learnt?

523
00:37:57,954 --> 00:37:59,872
Aethelstan has claimed Eoferwic.

524
00:38:00,748 --> 00:38:04,836
He says since Rognvaldr is dead,
there is no king, so it belongs to him.

525
00:38:05,378 --> 00:38:06,337
Eoferwic?

526
00:38:07,922 --> 00:38:11,050
They see me as their lord now.
Aethelstan knows this.

527
00:38:11,134 --> 00:38:12,969
He is demanding all come with tribute.

528
00:38:13,511 --> 00:38:16,764
Not just Saxon chiefs,
but all kings of Britain.

529
00:38:16,848 --> 00:38:19,642
All the mainland
and all the outlying islands.

530
00:38:20,393 --> 00:38:21,269
Lord?

531
00:38:22,478 --> 00:38:23,938
Declare yourself king here.

532
00:38:24,689 --> 00:38:25,982
Like your forebears.

533
00:38:29,736 --> 00:38:31,321
No. This is Aethelstan.

534
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,907
If he chooses the wrong path,
I must tell him.

535
00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:36,576
[Sihtric] Lord.

536
00:38:39,037 --> 00:38:41,122
[foreboding music playing]

537
00:39:01,684 --> 00:39:05,605
"There went out a decree
that all the world should be taxed."

538
00:39:05,688 --> 00:39:09,400
You owe no tribute!
Return to your villages.

539
00:39:09,484 --> 00:39:13,696
-Uhtred! Calm yourself.
-Pyrlig? What is this tribute?

540
00:39:13,780 --> 00:39:17,784
He says it is to build churches,
but, please, there are spies everywhere.

541
00:39:20,078 --> 00:39:24,374
Tell your arseling apprentice
he's badly misjudged the mood of Scotland.

542
00:39:24,457 --> 00:39:25,750
You seem upset.

543
00:39:27,794 --> 00:39:29,670
We came to renew our treaty.

544
00:39:30,588 --> 00:39:36,219
Instead, we've been left waiting for days,
only to be told we are supplicants.

545
00:39:37,470 --> 00:39:38,638
I would be careful.

546
00:39:39,639 --> 00:39:41,808
We've had other offers of alliance.

547
00:39:49,315 --> 00:39:53,111
-Why is Aethelstan doing this?
-He says to unite Christians.

548
00:39:53,736 --> 00:39:56,155
And in his prayers,
he talks much of atonement.

549
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,616
Atonement? For what?

550
00:39:59,409 --> 00:40:02,787
The death of his brother,
the bastardy of his parentage?

551
00:40:03,621 --> 00:40:04,705
I do not know.

552
00:40:07,208 --> 00:40:09,627
Lord Aldhelm and I try daily to dissuade,

553
00:40:09,710 --> 00:40:12,755
but there is talk of conquest
and forced baptism.

554
00:40:14,257 --> 00:40:16,342
-Where is he?
-The Devil's Stones.

555
00:40:17,635 --> 00:40:19,512
He thinks he fights the devil.

556
00:40:25,476 --> 00:40:28,020
[Uhtred] This is madness. Aldhelm.

557
00:40:28,729 --> 00:40:31,023
These stones have stood for generations.

558
00:40:31,107 --> 00:40:33,443
They are an insult to God, apparently.

559
00:40:35,403 --> 00:40:37,822
Is that Owain, King of Strathclyde?

560
00:40:38,614 --> 00:40:40,450
[Aldhelm]
Aethelstan wanted him to witness it.

561
00:40:40,533 --> 00:40:42,285
They were built by his forebears.

562
00:40:42,869 --> 00:40:45,329
He is seeking to humiliate powerful men?

563
00:40:50,209 --> 00:40:51,252
{\an8}[Uhtred] King Hywel.

564
00:40:53,296 --> 00:40:55,923
He dares ask submission from Wealas?

565
00:40:57,216 --> 00:40:58,843
After all you did for Mercia?

566
00:40:58,926 --> 00:41:00,803
What choice do I have, Uhtred?

567
00:41:01,596 --> 00:41:03,264
He took my son to Winchester.

568
00:41:03,347 --> 00:41:07,560
-He is keeping your son hostage?
-You take the son, you take a future king.

569
00:41:08,186 --> 00:41:12,899
-Now I am forced to follow his bidding.
-I will tell him this cannot stand.

570
00:41:13,608 --> 00:41:17,904
King Hywel, I swear,
Wealas's faithfulness will not be spat on.

571
00:41:17,987 --> 00:41:19,822
Our poets spoke this.

572
00:41:21,282 --> 00:41:25,578
That a Saxon would break us all
to build their country.

573
00:41:25,661 --> 00:41:27,914
This is not just a Saxon country.

574
00:41:30,416 --> 00:41:34,337
Aldhelm, get me close to him.
I will stop this.

575
00:41:35,713 --> 00:41:37,089
[guard] Halt. Stay back.

576
00:41:37,173 --> 00:41:40,009
[Aldhelm] Step aside!
The king requested Uhtred speak with him.

577
00:41:54,982 --> 00:41:56,317
King Aethelstan!

578
00:42:01,531 --> 00:42:02,615
[Uhtred] Lord King,

579
00:42:03,699 --> 00:42:05,243
let me speak with you alone.

580
00:42:15,962 --> 00:42:17,964
[Uhtred] You should not
have stepped on my land.

581
00:42:18,047 --> 00:42:20,550
You should not have broken your word,
humiliated me,

582
00:42:20,633 --> 00:42:22,260
as you humiliated my father.

583
00:42:22,343 --> 00:42:25,096
I'm trying to make you see
you're on the wrong path.

584
00:42:25,179 --> 00:42:27,890
-You do the bidding of Ingilmundr--
-I do the bidding of the Lord.

585
00:42:27,974 --> 00:42:30,351
Do you really seek to convert Danes?

586
00:42:30,893 --> 00:42:34,063
-Did I teach you nothing of respect?
-Many Danes welcome the Lord.

587
00:42:34,146 --> 00:42:37,733
-Those in my court thank me for it.
-Many do not wish it, and you know this.

588
00:42:38,359 --> 00:42:40,403
Aethelstan, you've always known it.

589
00:42:40,987 --> 00:42:45,241
-Even Alfred respected this.
-I have more to atone for than Alfred.

590
00:42:45,866 --> 00:42:47,785
Who tells you this? Ingilmundr?

591
00:42:47,868 --> 00:42:50,746
Does he tell you
you are damned without his guidance?

592
00:42:50,830 --> 00:42:55,251
For I've seen before men under the spell
of those who claim to know the gods.

593
00:42:55,334 --> 00:42:57,378
He has been a great friend to me.

594
00:43:01,132 --> 00:43:02,717
Aethelstan, hump who you wish,

595
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,720
but do not fall under the influence
of those who seek power--

596
00:43:05,803 --> 00:43:07,471
Who makes such vicious claim against me?

597
00:43:08,014 --> 00:43:09,599
-No one.
-Who tells such lies?

598
00:43:09,682 --> 00:43:12,560
-It has not been talked of.
-Lord Aldhelm, does he spy for…

599
00:43:12,643 --> 00:43:14,895
What has been said,
by who, and for how long?

600
00:43:14,979 --> 00:43:18,941
No one has said anything.
I care not for that, but for you.

601
00:43:19,734 --> 00:43:22,778
Aethelstan, you are a kind man,
but you are tenderhearted,

602
00:43:22,862 --> 00:43:25,865
and Ingilmundr is seeking power
for himself and for his brotherhood.

603
00:43:25,948 --> 00:43:27,408
Lies. Lies and ignominy.

604
00:43:27,491 --> 00:43:29,952
There's no ignominy.
He just turns you from your kin.

605
00:43:30,036 --> 00:43:31,871
And you are turned from your king!

606
00:43:32,747 --> 00:43:34,332
You seek to be one yourself.

607
00:43:35,958 --> 00:43:37,960
Lord, they consecrate the ground

608
00:43:38,044 --> 00:43:40,338
and would request you
to give the blessing.

609
00:43:43,299 --> 00:43:44,383
Yes, of course.

610
00:43:46,302 --> 00:43:49,096
Let us leave the King of Northumbria
to think on his errors.

611
00:43:49,180 --> 00:43:50,973
I have no dream to be a king.

612
00:43:52,683 --> 00:43:53,976
Only to protect you.

613
00:43:54,894 --> 00:43:59,607
Like you ran to protect him in Aegelesburg
and ended up being beaten by boys?

614
00:44:01,651 --> 00:44:05,571
Should he really take counsel from a man
who loses his sword to a child?

615
00:44:05,655 --> 00:44:08,324
Northumbria needs a lord
with lust for battle.

616
00:44:09,283 --> 00:44:12,328
There are rumors Anlaf has arrived
and will come Viking.

617
00:44:14,330 --> 00:44:18,084
Do not think he will spare you
just because you follow the same gods.

618
00:44:21,379 --> 00:44:23,964
Keep him here a night
and make him swear at dawn.

619
00:44:31,639 --> 00:44:34,350
In time, you will come
begging for his help.

620
00:44:35,226 --> 00:44:36,852
As all fathers fall,

621
00:44:38,062 --> 00:44:39,939
and all sons take their place.

622
00:44:40,898 --> 00:44:42,983
[disconcerting music playing]

623
00:44:58,958 --> 00:44:59,959
Sh.

624
00:45:03,796 --> 00:45:06,966
Lord Ingilmundr has declared you
an enemy of God

625
00:45:07,049 --> 00:45:08,968
to incite his followers to kill you.

626
00:45:09,969 --> 00:45:11,762
Aethelstan would not allow it.

627
00:45:11,846 --> 00:45:15,099
Which is why Ingilmundr
seeks to keep his hands clean of it

628
00:45:15,182 --> 00:45:16,434
and has left the camp.

629
00:45:18,519 --> 00:45:19,437
To go where?

630
00:45:23,107 --> 00:45:24,150
[Aldhelm] This way.

631
00:45:26,986 --> 00:45:29,071
Go up and around. There's no guard.

632
00:45:44,754 --> 00:45:46,464
Him. That is the man.

633
00:45:49,592 --> 00:45:51,552
What did you speak of with the pagan?

634
00:45:53,387 --> 00:45:55,473
[agitated music builds]

635
00:45:57,767 --> 00:45:59,477
[sentry] Horsemen approach!

636
00:46:01,771 --> 00:46:04,940
[Osbert] Stay back from my gates
and tell me who you are.

637
00:46:05,024 --> 00:46:08,360
Lord Ingilmundr,
and I come at Lord Uhtred's request.

638
00:46:08,444 --> 00:46:11,739
He's delayed in Eoferwic
as he renews his vow to the king.

639
00:46:12,364 --> 00:46:13,949
He asked I help protect you.

640
00:46:14,033 --> 00:46:15,451
Protect from what?

641
00:46:15,534 --> 00:46:18,829
There is a rumor of Wolf-Warriors
landed near Derwent.

642
00:46:23,542 --> 00:46:26,086
[guard] Open the gate! Open the gate!

643
00:46:30,299 --> 00:46:32,384
-[tense music builds]
-[birds singing]

644
00:46:40,059 --> 00:46:41,644
[music fades]

645
00:46:41,727 --> 00:46:43,312
Do not give the order.

646
00:46:45,606 --> 00:46:47,775
Think on all we have shared.

647
00:46:48,859 --> 00:46:51,111
You're lost from yourself, Aethelstan.

648
00:46:51,654 --> 00:46:52,655
We fought together--

649
00:46:52,738 --> 00:46:56,325
And despite this, you drip poison
against me and plot with Uhtred.

650
00:46:56,408 --> 00:46:57,326
-No.
-Yes.

651
00:46:57,409 --> 00:46:58,702
-No.
-Yes!

652
00:46:58,786 --> 00:47:00,663
You turned your back, Aldhelm.

653
00:47:03,249 --> 00:47:04,291
Now I turn mine.

654
00:47:05,751 --> 00:47:07,837
[haunting vocal music playing]

655
00:47:28,816 --> 00:47:30,901
[prays in Latin]

656
00:47:59,513 --> 00:48:01,307
[breathes shakily]

657
00:48:01,390 --> 00:48:03,183
[rope tightens]

658
00:48:11,817 --> 00:48:13,652
[Eadgifu] Lord Ingilmundr,

659
00:48:13,736 --> 00:48:17,573
you bring welcome news
of Lord Uhtred's supplication.

660
00:48:17,656 --> 00:48:20,784
Will you journey south with me
to let me bear witness to it?

661
00:48:20,868 --> 00:48:24,997
Lady, we have ridden hard to get here.
At least let us rest a day or so.

662
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:27,750
Oh, but I have been trapped in Bebbanburg
a good while.

663
00:48:27,833 --> 00:48:32,046
Believe me, you do not want to find
yourself here longer than intended.

664
00:48:32,671 --> 00:48:34,423
[horse grunts softly]

665
00:48:34,506 --> 00:48:36,550
-They've been warned!
-[Finan] Now!

666
00:48:37,593 --> 00:48:39,678
[grunting]

667
00:48:43,974 --> 00:48:45,726
We overtook you on the road.

668
00:48:46,477 --> 00:48:48,562
Whatever power you hold over Aethelstan,

669
00:48:50,189 --> 00:48:51,357
today it ends.

670
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:53,651
[Ingilmundr grunts] My sword!

671
00:48:53,734 --> 00:48:55,110
[groans]

672
00:48:55,653 --> 00:48:56,737
[Uhtred chuckles]

673
00:48:56,820 --> 00:48:58,697
You still believe in Valhalla!

674
00:48:59,782 --> 00:49:03,202
Aethelstan cares for you.
I will not divide us further.

675
00:49:03,285 --> 00:49:04,411
Put him below.

676
00:49:04,495 --> 00:49:08,082
Christians amongst you, defend me!
Who is your Lord?

677
00:49:08,165 --> 00:49:09,833
Lord Uhtred or the Lord Jesus Christ?

678
00:49:09,917 --> 00:49:12,670
The people of Bebbanburg
will not be divided by faith.

679
00:49:12,753 --> 00:49:13,754
Rise up, you fools!

680
00:49:14,296 --> 00:49:16,715
Tell the king the terms of his release.

681
00:49:16,799 --> 00:49:20,010
He makes peace with Northumbria
and guarantees the border.

682
00:49:20,094 --> 00:49:23,013
-No one is forced to follow his god.
-Yes, Lord.

683
00:49:24,056 --> 00:49:25,015
Quite a price.

684
00:49:25,641 --> 00:49:28,227
-Will Aethelstan agree?
-[Uhtred] Let us hope so.

685
00:49:28,310 --> 00:49:31,063
He seems to discard his friends
rather quickly now.

686
00:49:36,026 --> 00:49:38,112
[discordant music playing]

687
00:49:58,841 --> 00:50:01,260
[Ingilmundr] Truly, you bless
an unworthy soul.

688
00:50:03,262 --> 00:50:04,888
[water drips]

689
00:50:05,514 --> 00:50:08,058
-May God reward your kindness.
-Amen.

690
00:50:17,067 --> 00:50:19,153
[determined music playing]

691
00:50:42,676 --> 00:50:45,345
{\an8}[Anlaf] Aethelstan turns
against his friends.

692
00:50:47,848 --> 00:50:51,727
Succumbs to a wild dream
to be a monarch for all your land.

693
00:50:54,271 --> 00:50:56,732
In time, he will come for you, Shetland.

694
00:50:57,900 --> 00:50:58,817
You, Orkney.

695
00:51:00,235 --> 00:51:04,156
He will take what belonged
to your forebears and call it Britain.

696
00:51:06,158 --> 00:51:07,034
[Shetland] No.

697
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:12,081
He barely sets his foot upon the water.
Saxon country folk.

698
00:51:12,873 --> 00:51:14,124
We can repel them.

699
00:51:14,208 --> 00:51:18,253
I'm not talking of repelling,
but of meeting conquest with conquest.

700
00:51:18,337 --> 00:51:20,923
[Domnal] Scotland rejects your offer.

701
00:51:21,006 --> 00:51:25,094
We cannot join with pagans
to attack a man who's not threatened us.

702
00:51:26,053 --> 00:51:27,888
Christians do not choose war.

703
00:51:33,769 --> 00:51:34,686
War is coming.

704
00:51:36,855 --> 00:51:39,024
You only have to choose a side.

705
00:51:52,496 --> 00:51:54,581
[whispering]

706
00:51:56,250 --> 00:51:57,584
[Ingilmundr] God be with you.

707
00:52:04,007 --> 00:52:06,093
-[gentle music playing]
-[birds singing]

708
00:52:07,427 --> 00:52:09,513
[rustling]

709
00:52:19,857 --> 00:52:22,442
[Wassa] The stone was rolled away,
as in the scripture.

710
00:52:23,277 --> 00:52:25,487
It can only be the work of an angel.

711
00:52:26,029 --> 00:52:29,408
This way, Lord.
Come and see the treasures.

712
00:52:29,491 --> 00:52:30,367
[Sihtric] Lord!

713
00:52:32,828 --> 00:52:34,371
What word from Eoferwic?

714
00:52:35,497 --> 00:52:37,040
Does he accept my terms?

715
00:52:37,833 --> 00:52:38,792
I have no news.

716
00:52:39,418 --> 00:52:42,004
Aethelstan is said
to have returned to Winchester.

717
00:52:44,506 --> 00:52:46,758
Well, let us take it as a good sign.

718
00:52:47,718 --> 00:52:51,555
Perhaps without his shadow,
Aethelstan sees more clearly.

719
00:52:52,389 --> 00:52:54,099
[Sihtric] What trouble
brings you out here?

720
00:52:54,183 --> 00:52:56,435
[Finan] The villagers were
hunting for pagan silver.

721
00:52:56,518 --> 00:52:58,353
Now they're saying it's a miracle.

722
00:52:58,437 --> 00:53:01,064
[Wassa] Make way
for the King of Northumbria.

723
00:53:01,607 --> 00:53:02,524
I told you.

724
00:53:02,608 --> 00:53:04,610
They think of you as a king.

725
00:53:06,528 --> 00:53:09,114
[Finan] Do you think
they hope to keep half for themselves?

726
00:53:09,656 --> 00:53:12,534
[Sihtric] They likely took it
from Bebbanburg in the first place.

727
00:53:14,244 --> 00:53:17,164
[man] You are detained
in the name of King Aethelstan.

728
00:53:17,247 --> 00:53:18,207
[Finan] Lord.

729
00:53:18,290 --> 00:53:20,167
[sinister music builds]

730
00:53:20,250 --> 00:53:21,627
We've been lured here.

731
00:53:22,419 --> 00:53:23,420
You think?

732
00:53:27,090 --> 00:53:28,800
[Wassa] Lord, I'm sorry!

733
00:53:28,884 --> 00:53:30,302
I'm sorry, Lord.

734
00:53:30,969 --> 00:53:35,265
The prisoner told me I had to,
or I'd burn in the fires of hell.

735
00:54:03,543 --> 00:54:05,837
I will never order to open the gates.

736
00:54:09,383 --> 00:54:10,550
[man] Really?

737
00:54:10,634 --> 00:54:12,552
A gift from the king.

738
00:54:16,139 --> 00:54:17,015
Oh.

739
00:54:18,725 --> 00:54:19,977
Aethelstan did this?

740
00:54:20,060 --> 00:54:21,770
It's what he does to traitors.

741
00:54:23,563 --> 00:54:26,316
Open the gates or I slaughter your father.

742
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,986
Comply and he will be spared.

743
00:54:29,069 --> 00:54:30,070
Do not open.

744
00:54:30,821 --> 00:54:33,031
-I can kill him in front of you.
-Do not open!

745
00:54:33,115 --> 00:54:36,159
-The choice is yours.
-[Uhtred] Osbert! Do not open!

746
00:54:36,243 --> 00:54:38,704
In your absence, Father, I command here.

747
00:54:39,288 --> 00:54:40,372
And I command that we open.

748
00:54:40,455 --> 00:54:42,207
-No!
-[Sihtric] No, no, no!

749
00:54:56,471 --> 00:54:57,723
[guard] Drop your sword.

750
00:54:58,849 --> 00:54:59,725
Move.

751
00:54:59,808 --> 00:55:01,059
No.

752
00:55:03,270 --> 00:55:04,271
Where is Aethelstan?

753
00:55:05,105 --> 00:55:05,981
In time.

754
00:55:07,691 --> 00:55:09,318
Bring me the Lady Eadgifu.

755
00:55:09,943 --> 00:55:11,361
Come. [grunts]

756
00:55:11,445 --> 00:55:12,779
[Eadgifu] I can walk.

757
00:55:17,951 --> 00:55:18,827
[Eadgifu] Go on.

758
00:55:20,203 --> 00:55:21,079
Kill me.

759
00:55:21,163 --> 00:55:23,749
[Ingilmundr] You are to be placed
in the community on Lindisfarne

760
00:55:23,832 --> 00:55:25,083
to protect your virtue.

761
00:55:26,126 --> 00:55:28,003
[grunts softly]

762
00:55:28,837 --> 00:55:30,547
Did you hump the heathen, Lady?

763
00:55:32,341 --> 00:55:33,216
Confess.

764
00:55:35,510 --> 00:55:36,511
I confess

765
00:55:37,554 --> 00:55:40,974
to have prayed
for your excruciating death.

766
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:44,936
A no, then. You should have tried
when you had the chance.

767
00:55:45,854 --> 00:55:47,439
We're taking your son to my garrison

768
00:55:47,522 --> 00:55:49,775
at Thelwael
where he will be trained for battle.

769
00:55:49,858 --> 00:55:51,068
No. No. Please.

770
00:55:51,151 --> 00:55:52,861
-[guard] Move!
-Your son also.

771
00:55:52,944 --> 00:55:55,072
[Eadgifu] No.
Edmund is the blood of Alfred.

772
00:55:55,155 --> 00:55:57,491
He should not be fodder for a shield wall!
Please!

773
00:55:57,574 --> 00:55:59,534
-[Osbert] I will take care of him.
-Please!

774
00:56:00,077 --> 00:56:01,328
[Eadgifu gasps breathlessly]

775
00:56:01,411 --> 00:56:04,081
The son of Uhtred stands for Wessex.

776
00:56:04,164 --> 00:56:05,374
[grunts]

777
00:56:06,333 --> 00:56:07,250
Ah.

778
00:56:07,334 --> 00:56:08,335
[Finan] Hey! Hey!

779
00:56:09,211 --> 00:56:10,128
Whoa.

780
00:56:10,796 --> 00:56:12,297
You, we have a plan for.

781
00:56:16,259 --> 00:56:20,347
-[Uhtred] Am I to be drowned in the sea?
-[Ingilmundr] I never quite know his mind.

782
00:56:20,430 --> 00:56:22,265
[Uhtred] Do not punish
those in Bebbanburg.

783
00:56:22,349 --> 00:56:25,185
-His fight is with me.
-His fight is elsewhere.

784
00:56:26,311 --> 00:56:29,689
How lucky we have found ourselves
so close to the Scottish border.

785
00:56:29,773 --> 00:56:32,526
No, do not invade Scotland.
You will lose hundreds of men.

786
00:56:32,609 --> 00:56:34,236
And unleash a war for generations.

787
00:56:34,319 --> 00:56:37,739
The king has no successor to fear for.
It makes him strong.

788
00:56:37,823 --> 00:56:42,202
Do whatever you must to protect our sons.
Do not fight him. Just capitulate.

789
00:56:42,285 --> 00:56:43,662
Anything else is foolish.

790
00:56:48,625 --> 00:56:51,545
-Aldhelm never betrayed you.
-All of you betrayed me.

791
00:56:53,338 --> 00:56:55,132
All those I thought as friends.

792
00:56:57,175 --> 00:57:00,053
Swear now, before Bebbanburg,
and I will spare your life.

793
00:57:01,972 --> 00:57:04,433
-No.
-Then you leave me with no choice.

794
00:57:05,892 --> 00:57:06,977
[sword rings]

795
00:57:07,060 --> 00:57:09,479
-[shrill chords droning]
-[bass drum pounding]

796
00:57:10,397 --> 00:57:11,523
Aethelstan.

797
00:57:13,942 --> 00:57:15,944
[music building]

798
00:57:24,369 --> 00:57:25,245
I cannot.

799
00:57:26,621 --> 00:57:28,039
-Let me offer my--
-No.

800
00:57:32,878 --> 00:57:34,421
Take everything from him.

801
00:57:48,101 --> 00:57:51,855
I banish you from my lands
to travel the earth and seas alone.

802
00:57:53,190 --> 00:57:55,275
On pain of murder of your son.

803
00:57:56,026 --> 00:57:59,196
Let none feed or clothe him,
lest become my enemy.

804
00:58:02,699 --> 00:58:03,575
Go.

805
00:58:04,993 --> 00:58:06,661
Before this mercy vanishes.

806
00:58:15,670 --> 00:58:17,756
[music builds dramatically]

807
00:58:37,817 --> 00:58:40,320
{\an8}[Hywel] Turn back. There is still time.

808
00:58:41,154 --> 00:58:42,697
{\an8}The Scots are no threat.

809
00:58:43,448 --> 00:58:45,742
This will damn you, Lord King.

810
00:58:46,952 --> 00:58:48,787
[screaming]

811
00:58:51,581 --> 00:58:55,085
[Hywel] To save us from the pagans
can be a just endeavor.

812
00:58:59,548 --> 00:59:02,884
But to turn on other Christians
is ungodly.

813
00:59:03,510 --> 00:59:05,178
[yelling]

814
00:59:10,892 --> 00:59:12,978
[breathes raggedly]

815
00:59:17,691 --> 00:59:19,901
[Hywel] Your men do not want this fight.

816
00:59:19,985 --> 00:59:22,195
[Aethelstan] Well, perhaps
I need better men.

817
00:59:23,613 --> 00:59:25,365
Perhaps I should summon your son.

818
00:59:26,366 --> 00:59:27,242
Lord King!

819
00:59:28,034 --> 00:59:30,537
Aethelstan has attacked settlements
in the lowlands.

820
00:59:31,705 --> 00:59:33,999
He cannot raid us without reply.

821
00:59:36,251 --> 00:59:39,963
Do I tell Anlaf you are ready
to meet with him and the other kings?

822
00:59:43,758 --> 00:59:45,844
[yelling]

823
00:59:49,639 --> 00:59:51,725
[shaky panting]

824
01:00:02,611 --> 01:00:03,778
[erratic buzzing]

825
01:00:11,369 --> 01:00:12,245
[grunts]

826
01:00:12,996 --> 01:00:14,497
Uhtred the Daneslayer.

827
01:00:15,373 --> 01:00:18,460
You killed my cousin Gelf
at the battle of Beamfleot.

828
01:00:18,543 --> 01:00:20,378
[echoes] …the battle of Beamfleot.

829
01:00:20,462 --> 01:00:21,963
Send word we have found him.

830
01:00:23,465 --> 01:00:25,300
I hated Gelf.

831
01:00:25,383 --> 01:00:26,885
[echoes] Gelf, Gelf…

832
01:00:26,968 --> 01:00:28,303
Take him to the king.

833
01:00:32,140 --> 01:00:33,516
[Uhtred] Where are you taking me?

834
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:35,602
[woman] To the very north
of these islands.

835
01:00:35,685 --> 01:00:37,771
[rhythmic music playing]

836
01:00:44,819 --> 01:00:46,905
{\an8}[pained singing]

837
01:00:56,706 --> 01:00:58,458
[commotion]

838
01:01:05,423 --> 01:01:09,636
-[Uhtred] What do you give thanks for?
-For the great battle to come.

839
01:01:10,345 --> 01:01:12,472
Tell the jarl we're here
with the King of Northumbria.

840
01:01:12,555 --> 01:01:13,723
[warrior grunts]

841
01:01:13,807 --> 01:01:14,808
[shouting]

842
01:01:17,394 --> 01:01:22,315
-[Uhtred] All folk of Shetland?
-[woman] Some of Man and Orkney join us.

843
01:01:22,899 --> 01:01:25,026
With their kings. [chuckles]

844
01:01:27,112 --> 01:01:29,197
[whooping]

845
01:01:36,246 --> 01:01:38,331
[talking softly]

846
01:01:44,671 --> 01:01:46,172
[Anlaf] Is this who they claim?

847
01:01:46,256 --> 01:01:48,007
The King of Northumbria?

848
01:01:48,758 --> 01:01:50,468
[Constantin] Aye, it's him.

849
01:01:52,220 --> 01:01:53,930
-I am no king.
-[Anlaf] No.

850
01:01:55,390 --> 01:01:56,474
But you could be.

851
01:01:57,934 --> 01:02:00,353
Sit. You are amongst friends.

852
01:02:05,066 --> 01:02:06,735
[Uhtred] You join with pagans?

853
01:02:08,027 --> 01:02:11,489
Aethelstan has taken an axe to the truce.

854
01:02:12,115 --> 01:02:13,992
A truce you brokered.

855
01:02:14,075 --> 01:02:16,536
What he has done
in the villages of the lowlands--

856
01:02:16,619 --> 01:02:19,956
-Is it worse than his cruelty in Irland?
-Tales to spread fear.

857
01:02:20,039 --> 01:02:23,209
[Constantin] We had no choice
but to defend ourselves.

858
01:02:23,835 --> 01:02:25,253
We did not start this.

859
01:02:25,795 --> 01:02:30,258
-How did you find me? Who's your spy?
-We have many spies. We know many things.

860
01:02:30,341 --> 01:02:32,677
[Constantin] We know
Aethelstan has banished you.

861
01:02:32,761 --> 01:02:34,846
And we know he gets humped like a woman.

862
01:02:34,929 --> 01:02:37,766
That may be customary to you pagans,

863
01:02:37,849 --> 01:02:40,935
but as a Christian, it cannot be endured.

864
01:02:41,019 --> 01:02:43,688
-He endures it often, from what I hear.
-So…

865
01:02:44,981 --> 01:02:47,859
As a man who shares our enemy,

866
01:02:48,777 --> 01:02:52,614
we ask you to join with us, Uhtred,
in our alliance.

867
01:02:53,323 --> 01:02:55,408
Stand against the tyrant.

868
01:02:55,492 --> 01:02:57,118
I'm heartsick of battles.

869
01:02:57,202 --> 01:03:00,955
What has become of the warrior?
Do you no longer yearn for Valhalla?

870
01:03:01,039 --> 01:03:03,166
Do you know the prophecy, Uhtred?

871
01:03:04,375 --> 01:03:06,461
The ancient prophecy of my people?

872
01:03:07,295 --> 01:03:10,673
All of Britain
will unite against the Saxons,

873
01:03:10,757 --> 01:03:12,634
push them into the Kentish sea,

874
01:03:12,717 --> 01:03:15,595
return the feals to the line of Arthur.

875
01:03:15,678 --> 01:03:16,846
[Anlaf] There.

876
01:03:17,388 --> 01:03:18,973
The vision of an old man.

877
01:03:20,099 --> 01:03:23,728
-So it must be true.
-We Northumbrians also have a prophecy.

878
01:03:25,563 --> 01:03:28,024
"Seven kings must die."

879
01:03:31,611 --> 01:03:32,862
That holds no fear.

880
01:03:32,946 --> 01:03:35,532
Each man here has a son to take his place.

881
01:03:35,615 --> 01:03:37,242
[Owain] Seven kings die,

882
01:03:37,325 --> 01:03:40,119
seven will, in that moment, be made.

883
01:03:40,203 --> 01:03:41,287
[Anlaf] It's true.

884
01:03:41,371 --> 01:03:44,415
If you make a child,
your kingdom stands beyond you.

885
01:03:44,499 --> 01:03:46,793
A kingdom ravaged by war, yes.

886
01:03:46,876 --> 01:03:48,962
[Constantin] Then there is another way

887
01:03:49,587 --> 01:03:50,713
to consider.

888
01:03:52,257 --> 01:03:54,676
If you wish to save many from bloodshed.

889
01:03:55,301 --> 01:03:57,136
Kill one man only.

890
01:03:58,429 --> 01:04:00,807
Kill the king who has attacked us all.

891
01:04:00,890 --> 01:04:03,852
Return to him in… supplication.

892
01:04:05,812 --> 01:04:06,688
Seize the moment.

893
01:04:08,690 --> 01:04:13,027
Save many lives by simply taking one.

894
01:04:13,111 --> 01:04:15,363
[Anlaf] The alternative,
of course, is war.

895
01:04:16,948 --> 01:04:19,284
Seven kings against one.

896
01:04:21,369 --> 01:04:24,372
If Aethelstan wanted to unite
the tribes of Britain,

897
01:04:25,373 --> 01:04:26,457
he has succeeded.

898
01:04:29,669 --> 01:04:31,296
[triumphant music playing]

899
01:04:43,266 --> 01:04:45,018
[Anlaf] Why do you seek us here?

900
01:04:45,560 --> 01:04:48,271
Your part is to keep Winchester aroused.

901
01:04:50,148 --> 01:04:52,567
You let Uhtred go free. Why?

902
01:04:53,192 --> 01:04:54,485
I sent him away.

903
01:04:55,486 --> 01:04:57,697
To kill your friend, the king.

904
01:05:00,199 --> 01:05:02,911
-Well, he will be killed in the attempt.
-[woman chuckles]

905
01:05:02,994 --> 01:05:04,829
Uhtred has skills you do not.

906
01:05:05,371 --> 01:05:08,291
He attacks Aethelstan.
Aethelstan attacks him.

907
01:05:09,292 --> 01:05:10,627
It barely matters.

908
01:05:10,710 --> 01:05:14,172
Either way, we face in battle
men whose spirits have been broken.

909
01:05:15,423 --> 01:05:18,343
Ingilmundr, go to the West.
The time is near.

910
01:05:18,426 --> 01:05:21,179
Astrid, watch our friends in Northumbria.

911
01:05:21,262 --> 01:05:23,348
[ominous music playing]

912
01:05:37,070 --> 01:05:38,321
[door opens]

913
01:05:38,404 --> 01:05:39,864
[footsteps approach]

914
01:05:55,964 --> 01:05:58,299
[Aethelstan] I did not think
I would see you again.

915
01:06:09,644 --> 01:06:10,520
Lord King.

916
01:06:13,022 --> 01:06:15,316
In the name of my son, I beg forgiveness.

917
01:06:17,694 --> 01:06:18,611
Spare him.

918
01:06:20,196 --> 01:06:21,447
Let me kneel to you.

919
01:06:28,788 --> 01:06:29,914
[sighs]

920
01:06:31,124 --> 01:06:32,875
Then I lift your banishment.

921
01:06:36,546 --> 01:06:38,381
Give me a sword and then leave us.

922
01:06:59,777 --> 01:07:00,695
Go on, then.

923
01:07:03,614 --> 01:07:04,490
Do it.

924
01:07:41,861 --> 01:07:43,988
I swear this on my son's life.

925
01:07:44,614 --> 01:07:45,907
Hear this as an oath.

926
01:07:54,916 --> 01:07:56,459
Ingilmundr is a spy.

927
01:07:57,085 --> 01:08:00,088
He's working with Anlaf
to ally British kings against you.

928
01:08:00,171 --> 01:08:02,507
-Lies.
-It is true. I saw him in Shetland.

929
01:08:02,590 --> 01:08:05,551
He told Anlaf's warriors to track me.
They tried to turn me--

930
01:08:05,635 --> 01:08:07,178
No! [grunts]

931
01:08:07,261 --> 01:08:11,099
-He is in Thelwael with your son!
-He told them things of you.

932
01:08:11,182 --> 01:08:12,100
[grunting]

933
01:08:13,184 --> 01:08:15,228
He still follows my gods.

934
01:08:16,062 --> 01:08:17,271
[sword clatters]

935
01:08:18,981 --> 01:08:20,817
For now, you have an advantage.

936
01:08:20,900 --> 01:08:23,694
Ingilmundr does not know
he has been discovered.

937
01:08:28,116 --> 01:08:30,368
[Aethelstan] No, he would not betray me.

938
01:08:30,451 --> 01:08:32,120
If anything, I have betrayed him.

939
01:08:32,203 --> 01:08:34,914
-No.
-He is a man of God, and I am a sinner!

940
01:08:34,997 --> 01:08:38,459
He has convinced you of this
to provoke your campaign.

941
01:08:38,543 --> 01:08:40,378
-To unite your enemies.
-No!

942
01:08:40,461 --> 01:08:44,715
Aethelstan, please see this. This alliance
he has gathered is too large.

943
01:08:44,799 --> 01:08:47,343
-Your lands will be overrun.
-No! You lie!

944
01:08:48,344 --> 01:08:49,637
This is all lies!

945
01:08:51,430 --> 01:08:53,724
Aethelstan, please hear me.

946
01:08:55,643 --> 01:08:57,103
Why would I lie to you?

947
01:08:57,186 --> 01:08:58,813
-Get out.
-Aethelstan--

948
01:08:58,896 --> 01:09:01,440
Get out. Get from my sight! Guards!

949
01:09:01,524 --> 01:09:02,984
-[door opens]
-Take him!

950
01:09:03,067 --> 01:09:04,152
[grunting]

951
01:09:12,410 --> 01:09:14,745
[breathes heavily]

952
01:09:14,829 --> 01:09:15,705
Ah!

953
01:09:16,831 --> 01:09:18,958
[guard] You dog! On your way.

954
01:09:20,918 --> 01:09:22,795
[Sihtric] We search every forest,
every valley.

955
01:09:22,879 --> 01:09:25,923
[Finan] And here he is,
back in the lap of luxury.

956
01:09:26,841 --> 01:09:28,050
We heard you needed us.

957
01:09:28,134 --> 01:09:31,387
Truly the gods smiled at me
to give me such friends.

958
01:09:33,931 --> 01:09:35,975
[Finan] Let's find ourselves an alehouse,

959
01:09:36,642 --> 01:09:37,518
make a plan.

960
01:09:41,230 --> 01:09:43,858
-Who told you I was here?
-[Sihtric] She said you called for us.

961
01:09:43,941 --> 01:09:46,360
-Did you not send for us, Lord?
-She said you needed us.

962
01:09:46,444 --> 01:09:47,528
And requested a guard.

963
01:09:47,612 --> 01:09:49,822
Danish girl, serves in Aethelstan's court.

964
01:09:51,324 --> 01:09:53,201
Finan, I sent no word.

965
01:09:53,826 --> 01:09:56,245
No command for you to leave Bebbanburg.

966
01:09:57,538 --> 01:10:00,124
[unsettling music playing]

967
01:10:07,798 --> 01:10:10,801
-[Sihtric] Stay here and guard the gates.
-[man] Yes, Lord.

968
01:10:12,845 --> 01:10:14,096
[Uhtred] Wolf-Warriors.

969
01:10:37,620 --> 01:10:39,288
[Uhtred] This is Anlaf's doing.

970
01:10:44,168 --> 01:10:45,336
[Finan] Ingrith!

971
01:10:48,464 --> 01:10:50,549
[breathes shakily]

972
01:11:02,311 --> 01:11:04,230
[Sihtric] Lord, where are they all?

973
01:11:06,232 --> 01:11:08,317
[breathes shakily]

974
01:11:14,115 --> 01:11:15,658
-[Uhtred] Eadgifu?
-Uhtred.

975
01:11:17,368 --> 01:11:18,244
What happened?

976
01:11:18,327 --> 01:11:20,788
[Eadgifu] When news reached us
of the attack and torture here,

977
01:11:20,871 --> 01:11:23,291
the abbess sent us to help the injured.

978
01:11:26,794 --> 01:11:28,921
But we cannot get to the injured.

979
01:11:33,426 --> 01:11:36,178
Where… Where is she? Where's my wife?

980
01:11:46,230 --> 01:11:48,024
"Seven kings must die," Lord.

981
01:11:48,607 --> 01:11:49,900
"Seven kings

982
01:11:50,860 --> 01:11:52,111
and the woman you love."

983
01:11:53,946 --> 01:11:55,740
Ingrith!

984
01:11:55,823 --> 01:11:58,826
-No. Ingrith!
-Every man is to help move it.

985
01:11:58,909 --> 01:12:00,036
You, up above.

986
01:12:00,119 --> 01:12:02,913
-[Finan] Can anyone hear me?
-[Uhtred] Watch for signs of Anlaf's men.

987
01:12:02,997 --> 01:12:05,583
We tried to help,
but all we could do was comfort them.

988
01:12:05,666 --> 01:12:08,544
Uhtred, Ingrith said
they threatened to return.

989
01:12:09,337 --> 01:12:12,840
-We must secure ourselves.
-Not until we rescue those within.

990
01:12:14,633 --> 01:12:16,302
When did you speak last?

991
01:12:17,261 --> 01:12:18,554
About three days ago.

992
01:12:21,807 --> 01:12:24,435
-[Finan] Get the rope up there!
-[man grunts]

993
01:12:24,518 --> 01:12:25,603
[Finan] Come on!

994
01:12:25,686 --> 01:12:28,064
[melancholy choral music playing]

995
01:12:28,147 --> 01:12:29,065
[Finan] Pull!

996
01:12:29,148 --> 01:12:31,275
[straining]

997
01:12:31,359 --> 01:12:32,526
[Finan] Pull!

998
01:12:34,653 --> 01:12:35,654
Pull!

999
01:12:35,738 --> 01:12:37,490
[straining]

1000
01:12:41,744 --> 01:12:42,620
Pull!

1001
01:12:46,415 --> 01:12:47,375
Now!

1002
01:13:02,223 --> 01:13:03,099
Finan.

1003
01:13:09,355 --> 01:13:10,231
Where is…

1004
01:13:13,526 --> 01:13:18,280
[in anguish] No!

1005
01:13:18,364 --> 01:13:20,449
[choral music continues]

1006
01:14:13,252 --> 01:14:15,171
[Uhtred] I brought this on them.

1007
01:14:18,466 --> 01:14:21,969
What they suffered is on Anlaf's account.

1008
01:14:25,598 --> 01:14:27,475
You cannot let this break you.

1009
01:14:29,143 --> 01:14:30,478
We are broken.

1010
01:14:30,561 --> 01:14:32,813
We have no allies. We're lost.

1011
01:14:32,897 --> 01:14:36,525
Then we must find the courage
to defend Northumbria from their return.

1012
01:14:37,943 --> 01:14:40,196
If we endure and keep them at siege,

1013
01:14:40,279 --> 01:14:43,574
we will give those
in other parts of England time to prepare.

1014
01:14:44,325 --> 01:14:45,784
Whatever we suffer

1015
01:14:46,911 --> 01:14:48,412
protects those we are apart from.

1016
01:14:48,496 --> 01:14:49,830
[Sihtric] She's right, Lord.

1017
01:14:49,914 --> 01:14:52,208
Osbert can cross the Irish Sea, get to--

1018
01:14:52,291 --> 01:14:53,292
The Irish Sea?

1019
01:14:55,419 --> 01:15:00,883
We must find the fastest horses. I think
Anlaf is hoping to turn all eyes here.

1020
01:15:01,926 --> 01:15:03,469
To lure Aethelstan.

1021
01:15:05,346 --> 01:15:10,267
But they will land where they have men.
Ingilmundr holds a garrison in the Wirral.

1022
01:15:11,560 --> 01:15:13,854
With… With our sons.

1023
01:15:15,356 --> 01:15:17,441
[frenetic music playing]

1024
01:16:01,569 --> 01:16:04,238
[blows horn]

1025
01:16:06,448 --> 01:16:08,117
[Osbert] Something's underway.

1026
01:16:08,659 --> 01:16:10,244
[men chat]

1027
01:16:10,327 --> 01:16:11,704
[man 1] I'm ready.

1028
01:16:11,787 --> 01:16:12,830
[man 2] Take care.

1029
01:16:12,913 --> 01:16:14,999
-[men shouting]
-[Osbert] Get in the cart.

1030
01:16:15,666 --> 01:16:19,628
Those of you with swords to your throats
face a decision.

1031
01:16:20,713 --> 01:16:23,549
A thousand ships
are heading towards these shores.

1032
01:16:24,091 --> 01:16:25,634
Some have already landed.

1033
01:16:26,385 --> 01:16:29,638
Within a week,
Saxon boroughs will be overrun.

1034
01:16:30,264 --> 01:16:33,809
Join us and fight the tyrant Aethelstan,

1035
01:16:34,727 --> 01:16:35,603
or die.

1036
01:16:36,353 --> 01:16:37,646
[soldier grunts]

1037
01:16:37,730 --> 01:16:38,939
For King Ed--

1038
01:16:39,023 --> 01:16:40,858
-[blows landing]
-[swords scraping]

1039
01:17:04,006 --> 01:17:05,716
-[Osbert] Keep still.
-[man] This way!

1040
01:17:06,717 --> 01:17:08,469
[woman] Yes, sir. I believe so.

1041
01:17:11,639 --> 01:17:13,557
We saw them, but they got away.

1042
01:17:15,017 --> 01:17:17,102
-There. Far away.
-Thank you.

1043
01:17:17,186 --> 01:17:18,479
[woman] Yes, my lord.

1044
01:17:19,438 --> 01:17:21,357
[Sihtric] No word from Thelwael, Lord.

1045
01:17:21,440 --> 01:17:23,025
[woman] Told them all I knew.

1046
01:17:27,279 --> 01:17:28,155
Sihtric.

1047
01:17:29,156 --> 01:17:30,032
Lord?

1048
01:17:31,200 --> 01:17:32,910
Do we finally face defeat?

1049
01:17:37,373 --> 01:17:41,377
All the warrior kings that I've known,
Ubba, Cnut, Bloodhair,

1050
01:17:42,586 --> 01:17:46,215
all have faced defeat in the end
and have taken others with them.

1051
01:17:47,675 --> 01:17:51,804
The fight was always coming, Lord.
No warrior dies a peaceful death.

1052
01:17:51,887 --> 01:17:55,224
She saw it all. "Seven kings must die."

1053
01:17:58,143 --> 01:17:59,436
We have hope.

1054
01:17:59,978 --> 01:18:02,773
In your heart,
you never wanted to be a king.

1055
01:18:16,036 --> 01:18:18,747
[Eadgifu] Have those fleeing
heard anything of my son?

1056
01:18:23,168 --> 01:18:24,837
Then until I know for sure,

1057
01:18:26,255 --> 01:18:27,172
he is alive.

1058
01:18:29,925 --> 01:18:34,722
And if conquest is easy, perhaps
Anlaf may be satisfied with Mercia.

1059
01:18:34,805 --> 01:18:37,725
-It is fertile--
-[Uhtred] He will not be satisfied.

1060
01:18:38,767 --> 01:18:42,020
They come Viking now
to extinguish an idea of England.

1061
01:18:43,439 --> 01:18:46,775
A dream unites a people
who once sought to kill each other.

1062
01:18:49,153 --> 01:18:52,322
Without it, we go back
into an age of darkness.

1063
01:18:52,406 --> 01:18:54,491
[solemn music playing]

1064
01:18:58,454 --> 01:19:00,372
We have both lost so much.

1065
01:19:02,374 --> 01:19:03,876
But I ask myself…

1066
01:19:07,421 --> 01:19:08,589
am I alive?

1067
01:19:13,802 --> 01:19:14,803
Can you feel it?

1068
01:19:17,264 --> 01:19:18,474
[Uhtred] You are alive.

1069
01:19:22,269 --> 01:19:23,145
So are you.

1070
01:19:27,107 --> 01:19:28,233
So we have hope.

1071
01:19:37,910 --> 01:19:39,995
[tense music builds]

1072
01:19:51,298 --> 01:19:52,299
[Uhtred] Edmund?

1073
01:19:54,009 --> 01:19:54,885
Osbert?

1074
01:19:56,678 --> 01:19:57,721
[Eadgifu] Edmund?

1075
01:20:16,281 --> 01:20:17,741
[jarring piano chord plays]

1076
01:20:19,535 --> 01:20:21,578
I came seeking Ingilmundr.

1077
01:20:24,540 --> 01:20:26,583
To prove that you had lied to me.

1078
01:20:29,586 --> 01:20:30,587
But you had not.

1079
01:20:34,967 --> 01:20:37,010
[Uhtred] We came to search for our sons.

1080
01:20:48,730 --> 01:20:50,566
Bring out Osbert and Edmund.

1081
01:20:51,358 --> 01:20:52,609
[jarring chord plays]

1082
01:21:01,493 --> 01:21:03,579
[music pounding]

1083
01:21:06,039 --> 01:21:08,250
[Eadgifu gasps, sobs]

1084
01:21:09,167 --> 01:21:10,043
[Uhtred] Osbert!

1085
01:21:12,629 --> 01:21:15,215
[Aethelstan] They hid themselves
and were spared the massacre.

1086
01:21:15,299 --> 01:21:16,508
[Eadgifu] Lord King,

1087
01:21:17,050 --> 01:21:18,927
you have my endless gratitude.

1088
01:21:20,137 --> 01:21:22,931
[Aethelstan] I've not been myself
this past year, and truly,

1089
01:21:23,015 --> 01:21:24,016
truly, I…

1090
01:21:24,766 --> 01:21:25,934
I pay for my sins.

1091
01:21:28,145 --> 01:21:31,607
I face a great alliance at Brunanburh.

1092
01:21:31,690 --> 01:21:33,567
All regret is worthless.

1093
01:21:34,860 --> 01:21:37,029
Let us speak only of the fight to come.

1094
01:21:37,654 --> 01:21:41,450
-Osbert, what have you learnt?
-They've set up camp on high ground.

1095
01:21:42,576 --> 01:21:44,119
And they have six armies.

1096
01:21:44,953 --> 01:21:46,914
Then seven armies
shall meet at Brunanburh.

1097
01:21:46,997 --> 01:21:49,082
I do not want you to fight for me, Uhtred.

1098
01:21:49,166 --> 01:21:51,585
-[Uhtred] Trust I'm on your side--
-I know that.

1099
01:21:52,502 --> 01:21:53,503
Save yourself.

1100
01:21:57,257 --> 01:21:59,301
Take your son to safety.

1101
01:22:00,010 --> 01:22:04,473
If I do not survive the battle,
then succession will be secure.

1102
01:22:04,556 --> 01:22:06,183
You cannot fight this alliance alone.

1103
01:22:06,266 --> 01:22:08,393
[Aethelstan] Yet I forbid you
from taking part.

1104
01:22:08,477 --> 01:22:11,313
Take him, Father Pyrlig.
Please, take them all.

1105
01:22:12,606 --> 01:22:15,859
-I've dragged you all to this fate.
-[Uhtred] Let us serve you.

1106
01:22:16,568 --> 01:22:17,486
Aethelstan…

1107
01:22:19,947 --> 01:22:21,573
this is not a punishment.

1108
01:22:21,657 --> 01:22:23,659
I think we both know that it is.

1109
01:22:26,620 --> 01:22:28,288
[Uhtred] This is martyrdom.

1110
01:22:29,081 --> 01:22:31,166
He will not survive so great a number.

1111
01:22:31,249 --> 01:22:33,335
But we have been reprieved.

1112
01:22:34,753 --> 01:22:38,465
-God is telling us to get to safety.
-Your god does not speak to me.

1113
01:22:38,548 --> 01:22:41,635
It is not cowardly
to spurn a battle that cannot be won.

1114
01:22:41,718 --> 01:22:42,803
It is.

1115
01:22:43,637 --> 01:22:46,598
However this prevails, I will have to know
I walked away from danger.

1116
01:22:46,682 --> 01:22:48,100
Your battles will come

1117
01:22:49,351 --> 01:22:51,019
when you become king.

1118
01:22:51,103 --> 01:22:53,271
King of where, Mother?

1119
01:22:55,148 --> 01:22:57,567
-We will fight with the shield wall.
-No.

1120
01:22:57,651 --> 01:22:59,569
-Osbert, are you ready?
-I've always been ready.

1121
01:22:59,653 --> 01:23:03,740
Pyrlig, you once told me
that it was my destiny to save England.

1122
01:23:03,824 --> 01:23:07,744
Hadn't seen it quite like this,
but then I'm not one for prophecies.

1123
01:23:07,828 --> 01:23:10,622
[Eadgifu] What if your destiny
is to protect Edmund?

1124
01:23:11,164 --> 01:23:15,335
Perhaps he is the one to unite England.
He could be the king who was worthy.

1125
01:23:15,419 --> 01:23:17,379
No king will form England.

1126
01:23:17,921 --> 01:23:19,339
This is what I see now.

1127
01:23:20,257 --> 01:23:24,219
Not Edmund or Edward or Alfred.
Not even Aethelstan.

1128
01:23:25,595 --> 01:23:28,015
Alfred's dream was of a united people.

1129
01:23:28,932 --> 01:23:32,102
And with these men,
from all parts, I fought for it.

1130
01:23:32,185 --> 01:23:34,604
What if our destiny
was not to form England,

1131
01:23:34,688 --> 01:23:39,067
but to form the English as one force?

1132
01:23:41,486 --> 01:23:45,490
Who better than a half Saxon, half Dane
to lead men from divided places?

1133
01:23:46,116 --> 01:23:46,992
[Uhtred] We go!

1134
01:23:48,702 --> 01:23:51,288
I don't have to call myself English, do I?

1135
01:23:59,129 --> 01:24:01,214
{\an8}[harsh music playing]

1136
01:24:01,298 --> 01:24:03,383
{\an8}[men shouting]

1137
01:24:05,802 --> 01:24:07,888
{\an8}-[grunting]
-[yelling]

1138
01:24:16,438 --> 01:24:18,982
[groaning]

1139
01:24:20,734 --> 01:24:22,110
[whooping]

1140
01:24:35,207 --> 01:24:36,625
[music fades]

1141
01:24:36,708 --> 01:24:39,419
To hear that,
you'd think they'd won already.

1142
01:24:41,671 --> 01:24:44,341
-[trees rustling]
-[distant animals calling]

1143
01:24:48,053 --> 01:24:51,056
[metal scraping]

1144
01:24:56,853 --> 01:24:58,146
[Uhtred] We should make our way.

1145
01:24:58,230 --> 01:25:01,066
If this is to work,
we need to be on the front line.

1146
01:25:01,608 --> 01:25:04,069
-We'll aim for their left side.
-Why?

1147
01:25:10,450 --> 01:25:11,368
Why the left?

1148
01:25:11,910 --> 01:25:15,080
Weaker. Most men fight
with the sword in their right hand.

1149
01:25:15,163 --> 01:25:18,875
I've fought with Uhtred many times.
Trust he will find a way.

1150
01:25:20,293 --> 01:25:21,419
You.

1151
01:25:23,547 --> 01:25:25,006
Where did you find that?

1152
01:25:25,090 --> 01:25:27,759
I bought it in Aegelesburg
for five pieces.

1153
01:25:29,803 --> 01:25:30,679
May I?

1154
01:25:52,993 --> 01:25:54,703
I will exchange it for this one.

1155
01:25:56,955 --> 01:26:00,458
It is worth much more,
and it has a garnet.

1156
01:26:01,418 --> 01:26:04,796
When I say exchange, I mean
you take that one, and I keep this one.

1157
01:26:08,967 --> 01:26:10,886
[Uhtred] I am no commander of yours.

1158
01:26:10,969 --> 01:26:14,890
I have no authority other than being
a man who has fought in many battles.

1159
01:26:17,058 --> 01:26:18,476
Some of you I have led before.

1160
01:26:20,103 --> 01:26:22,480
Today I stand with you
as a simple soldier.

1161
01:26:23,607 --> 01:26:26,026
But I ask that, on the field,

1162
01:26:26,109 --> 01:26:28,320
you once again let me guide you.

1163
01:26:29,654 --> 01:26:31,698
Our position on the hill is weak,

1164
01:26:32,365 --> 01:26:36,620
but the trees to our left give us
an advantage the enemy will not see.

1165
01:26:38,246 --> 01:26:39,456
We can defeat them

1166
01:26:40,332 --> 01:26:41,833
if we stay united.

1167
01:26:41,917 --> 01:26:44,002
[chilling music playing]

1168
01:26:59,935 --> 01:27:00,977
[thud]

1169
01:27:08,193 --> 01:27:09,486
[soldier grunts]

1170
01:27:09,569 --> 01:27:13,573
-This is one way to clear the ale.
-Smell of a thousand armpits.

1171
01:27:14,241 --> 01:27:16,701
[Finan] Aye.
Maybe they smelled us and ran away.

1172
01:27:17,244 --> 01:27:19,412
-[Sihtric] Maybe.
-[Finan] Who touched my arse?

1173
01:27:19,496 --> 01:27:21,289
[laughter]

1174
01:27:28,046 --> 01:27:29,673
[distant cheering]

1175
01:27:39,808 --> 01:27:41,893
[cheering intensifies]

1176
01:27:45,855 --> 01:27:46,982
Oh my God!

1177
01:27:47,065 --> 01:27:48,191
[soldier] Jesus!

1178
01:27:51,653 --> 01:27:53,738
[cheering]

1179
01:27:57,617 --> 01:27:59,494
Rather a lot of them, isn't there?

1180
01:28:01,204 --> 01:28:03,290
[rival soldiers jeering]

1181
01:28:17,304 --> 01:28:18,388
[Edmund] Uhtred?

1182
01:28:19,097 --> 01:28:19,973
Uhtred.

1183
01:28:20,849 --> 01:28:22,934
-How do we face this?
-You see these bags?

1184
01:28:23,018 --> 01:28:25,270
Give them to the men
on the front line. Go.

1185
01:28:32,027 --> 01:28:34,195
[yelling]

1186
01:28:35,113 --> 01:28:37,449
[Uhtred] Do not raise your shield
until you have to.

1187
01:28:38,533 --> 01:28:41,161
Stay at ease. Stay relaxed.

1188
01:28:42,746 --> 01:28:45,623
-And do not show them we are unsettled.
-[Finan] Lord!

1189
01:28:46,541 --> 01:28:47,417
He's here.

1190
01:28:57,344 --> 01:28:59,721
[Anlaf] Here he comes. The tyrant himself.

1191
01:29:05,602 --> 01:29:06,853
[Uhtred] Is it done?

1192
01:29:08,271 --> 01:29:10,398
-Get back as far as you can.
-Yeah.

1193
01:29:34,756 --> 01:29:36,758
[commander] Shield wall!

1194
01:29:36,841 --> 01:29:38,927
[shields rumble]

1195
01:29:44,974 --> 01:29:46,393
[shields rumble]

1196
01:29:46,476 --> 01:29:48,561
[agitated music playing]

1197
01:30:00,615 --> 01:30:03,743
-Are we ready, arselings?
-[soldiers] Yeah!

1198
01:30:03,827 --> 01:30:05,620
I have taken their confessions.

1199
01:30:06,329 --> 01:30:08,331
When I ask you to give ground,

1200
01:30:09,374 --> 01:30:10,458
do it.

1201
01:30:10,542 --> 01:30:13,670
When you see the trees in front of you,
it will be time.

1202
01:30:13,753 --> 01:30:15,088
Do you think this will work?

1203
01:30:16,840 --> 01:30:19,717
If it does not,
we will not be here to see it.

1204
01:30:20,802 --> 01:30:21,678
Trust me.

1205
01:30:22,846 --> 01:30:23,763
And follow.

1206
01:30:24,389 --> 01:30:26,182
Shield wall!

1207
01:30:28,101 --> 01:30:29,269
Shield!

1208
01:30:30,437 --> 01:30:31,604
Wall!

1209
01:30:32,439 --> 01:30:33,731
[soldiers grunt]

1210
01:30:37,068 --> 01:30:38,987
Step back!

1211
01:30:39,070 --> 01:30:40,155
[soldiers grunt]

1212
01:30:43,783 --> 01:30:44,659
Back!

1213
01:30:47,704 --> 01:30:48,621
They retreat?

1214
01:30:49,831 --> 01:30:51,207
Even before we engage?

1215
01:30:51,291 --> 01:30:54,711
-Step back!
-[Anlaf] They know they have lost already.

1216
01:30:55,336 --> 01:30:56,588
Let's enjoy it.

1217
01:30:57,338 --> 01:30:59,716
-[commander] Forward!
-[soldiers grunt]

1218
01:30:59,799 --> 01:31:03,219
I thank God,
who I serve with pure conscience.

1219
01:31:03,303 --> 01:31:07,307
God hath not given us a spirit of fear,
but of power…

1220
01:31:07,390 --> 01:31:08,641
-[soldiers grunt]
-…love…

1221
01:31:08,725 --> 01:31:11,060
-[soldiers grunt]
-…and of sound mind!

1222
01:31:12,270 --> 01:31:13,188
[Finan] Amen.

1223
01:31:14,856 --> 01:31:16,691
[rhythmic grunting continues]

1224
01:31:28,161 --> 01:31:29,537
[Uhtred] Step back!

1225
01:31:36,085 --> 01:31:37,629
[jeering]

1226
01:31:41,341 --> 01:31:42,967
Brace!

1227
01:31:47,847 --> 01:31:49,140
[groans]

1228
01:31:51,726 --> 01:31:55,271
[commander] Re-form! Charge!

1229
01:32:03,363 --> 01:32:05,073
Saxon bastards!

1230
01:32:18,628 --> 01:32:19,587
[Uhtred] Pyrlig!

1231
01:32:20,296 --> 01:32:21,589
No! [echoes]

1232
01:32:21,673 --> 01:32:23,800
[haunting music playing]

1233
01:32:25,593 --> 01:32:26,594
Pyrlig!

1234
01:32:32,642 --> 01:32:34,727
[grunting]

1235
01:32:43,111 --> 01:32:45,321
-Two paces! One pace!
-Mm-hmm.

1236
01:32:45,405 --> 01:32:47,740
-On my command!
-[Finan] Let's hope this works!

1237
01:32:47,824 --> 01:32:49,242
Two paces back!

1238
01:32:49,325 --> 01:32:50,201
Back!

1239
01:32:51,202 --> 01:32:52,620
Step back!

1240
01:32:52,704 --> 01:32:53,997
One pace back!

1241
01:32:58,001 --> 01:33:00,253
[Anlaf] They back off. We have them.

1242
01:33:02,130 --> 01:33:03,840
[shouts]

1243
01:33:03,923 --> 01:33:07,176
-Find the king!
-[Anlaf] Find the king!

1244
01:33:10,722 --> 01:33:12,807
[grunting]

1245
01:33:19,606 --> 01:33:20,982
Step back!

1246
01:33:21,065 --> 01:33:22,859
[Sihtric] Go backwards!

1247
01:33:23,901 --> 01:33:26,237
For Shetland!

1248
01:33:26,321 --> 01:33:27,739
For Orkney!

1249
01:33:31,367 --> 01:33:32,452
Step back!

1250
01:33:39,584 --> 01:33:41,586
-Keep going!

1251
01:33:41,669 --> 01:33:42,629
[Finan] Back!

1252
01:33:43,212 --> 01:33:45,882
Protect the line! Protect the line!

1253
01:33:52,472 --> 01:33:53,806
Step back!

1254
01:33:53,890 --> 01:33:56,601
[Finan] They'll overrun us
if we keep giving ground!

1255
01:33:56,684 --> 01:33:58,394
What are they doing along the flank?

1256
01:33:59,395 --> 01:34:02,899
[Constantin] Send a message
that Aethelstan is in front of us!

1257
01:34:03,441 --> 01:34:04,734
Step back!

1258
01:34:05,568 --> 01:34:07,028
Step back!

1259
01:34:07,111 --> 01:34:10,698
[Finan] The line's turning, Lord.
We're coming around!

1260
01:34:10,782 --> 01:34:13,201
Aethelstan is on the Scots' line, Lord.

1261
01:34:13,743 --> 01:34:14,702
Swine wedge!

1262
01:34:15,870 --> 01:34:17,330
Step back!

1263
01:34:18,414 --> 01:34:20,625
[Anlaf] Swine wedge!

1264
01:34:28,800 --> 01:34:31,260
[Constantin] Anlaf! Stop!

1265
01:34:31,344 --> 01:34:34,013
Push forward!

1266
01:34:34,097 --> 01:34:36,265
They're going for Aethelstan!

1267
01:34:36,891 --> 01:34:37,850
Step back!

1268
01:34:49,153 --> 01:34:50,279
[Ingilmundr yells]

1269
01:34:50,822 --> 01:34:52,448
Back!

1270
01:34:56,035 --> 01:34:57,620
The wall will not hold!

1271
01:34:58,830 --> 01:35:01,499
[Uhtred] Aethelstan, hold the line!

1272
01:35:01,582 --> 01:35:04,460
-[Finan] How much longer, Lord?
-[Uhtred] We're almost there.

1273
01:35:05,002 --> 01:35:06,045
[strains]

1274
01:35:11,884 --> 01:35:14,679
They're breaking through
Aethelstan's line, Lord!

1275
01:35:15,388 --> 01:35:16,931
[Finan] We can't hold!

1276
01:35:17,014 --> 01:35:18,182
Step back!

1277
01:35:18,266 --> 01:35:20,518
Push forward!

1278
01:35:20,601 --> 01:35:21,978
[shouts, grunts]

1279
01:35:25,857 --> 01:35:26,983
[Ingilmundr] Lord!

1280
01:35:29,986 --> 01:35:30,945
Lord.

1281
01:35:42,623 --> 01:35:44,167
[Hywel] Protect the king!

1282
01:35:44,834 --> 01:35:45,793
[Uhtred] Aethelstan!

1283
01:35:45,877 --> 01:35:47,712
[Finan] Lord, trees!

1284
01:35:48,838 --> 01:35:51,257
We've turned them, Lord!
We've turned the line.

1285
01:35:51,799 --> 01:35:53,885
-[Uhtred] Give the signal!
-[runner] Yes, Lord.

1286
01:35:53,968 --> 01:35:56,304
-Something's not right.
-[Domnal] We've been turned around!

1287
01:35:56,387 --> 01:35:58,222
[runner] Make way! Make way!

1288
01:36:06,063 --> 01:36:07,732
Lord Uhtred orders the signal.

1289
01:36:30,963 --> 01:36:32,799
Attack!

1290
01:36:41,641 --> 01:36:42,809
Yah!

1291
01:36:54,987 --> 01:36:56,572
Behind!

1292
01:37:02,286 --> 01:37:03,412
Hunt down their kings!

1293
01:37:03,496 --> 01:37:04,705
It's a trap!

1294
01:37:05,790 --> 01:37:06,791
[grunts]

1295
01:37:08,376 --> 01:37:11,003
-[soldiers grunt]
-[haunting music playing]

1296
01:37:31,607 --> 01:37:32,733
[Shetland] My son!

1297
01:37:32,817 --> 01:37:36,362
[cries in anguish]

1298
01:38:06,183 --> 01:38:07,351
No!

1299
01:38:12,690 --> 01:38:14,025
[horse whinnies]

1300
01:38:17,528 --> 01:38:18,613
Guards!

1301
01:38:18,696 --> 01:38:21,115
Fall back! Fall back!

1302
01:38:24,410 --> 01:38:26,787
Scots! Fall back!

1303
01:38:30,791 --> 01:38:32,335
-[horse whinnies]
-Hyah!

1304
01:39:06,619 --> 01:39:08,454
Aethelstan!

1305
01:39:27,682 --> 01:39:30,851
-[muffled fighting]
-[haunting vocals playing]

1306
01:39:53,791 --> 01:39:55,626
[Uhtred] Aethelstan! [echoes]

1307
01:39:56,794 --> 01:39:59,338
[percussive music pulsing]

1308
01:40:23,738 --> 01:40:25,823
[choral singing intensifies]

1309
01:40:41,130 --> 01:40:42,631
[indistinct]

1310
01:40:55,519 --> 01:40:56,687
Pyrlig?

1311
01:41:02,610 --> 01:41:03,736
[groans]

1312
01:41:03,819 --> 01:41:05,905
[mournful music playing]

1313
01:41:33,891 --> 01:41:35,893
[music fades]

1314
01:41:36,435 --> 01:41:39,230
[Finan] Five kings
escaped the field that day,

1315
01:41:39,313 --> 01:41:40,606
but their sons,

1316
01:41:40,689 --> 01:41:44,610
Orkney, Man, Shetland,

1317
01:41:44,693 --> 01:41:48,364
Strathclyde, and Scotland, did not.

1318
01:41:48,447 --> 01:41:49,782
[Constantin] Each man here

1319
01:41:50,699 --> 01:41:52,868
has left behind an heir.

1320
01:41:52,952 --> 01:41:54,120
We wait.

1321
01:41:55,454 --> 01:41:58,666
Then attack those leaving the field
and return for our kin.

1322
01:41:58,749 --> 01:42:01,168
[Shetland] Do not be
any more foolish, Anlaf.

1323
01:42:02,044 --> 01:42:02,962
[Anlaf] Shetland?

1324
01:42:04,505 --> 01:42:05,381
[Orkney spits]

1325
01:42:05,464 --> 01:42:06,757
No more death.

1326
01:42:08,342 --> 01:42:10,386
[Anlaf] Orkney, we need to fight!

1327
01:42:11,679 --> 01:42:14,223
What is there to fight for?

1328
01:42:18,853 --> 01:42:21,063
I need a ship to get back to Irland.

1329
01:42:28,571 --> 01:42:29,446
You?

1330
01:42:33,492 --> 01:42:35,578
[sorrowful music droning]

1331
01:42:43,419 --> 01:42:44,503
[Sihtric] Lord!

1332
01:42:48,883 --> 01:42:49,884
[Finan] Uhtred!

1333
01:42:54,221 --> 01:42:55,097
Uhtred!

1334
01:42:56,390 --> 01:42:58,267
Hey. Hey, you.

1335
01:43:01,562 --> 01:43:03,147
[Sihtric] Finan! Finan!

1336
01:43:05,608 --> 01:43:07,067
[panting]

1337
01:43:07,151 --> 01:43:08,110
[strains]

1338
01:43:30,424 --> 01:43:32,134
{\an8}[Aethelstan] Was any of it real?

1339
01:43:34,803 --> 01:43:35,930
Tell me the truth.

1340
01:43:38,224 --> 01:43:41,393
When you find yourself before God,
you will have confessed.

1341
01:43:48,567 --> 01:43:49,735
I grew fond of you.

1342
01:43:52,529 --> 01:43:56,533
-But my love for my people prevailed.
-I chose you over my people.

1343
01:43:57,993 --> 01:44:00,454
Perhaps my gods are stronger than yours.

1344
01:44:03,624 --> 01:44:05,084
Then why am I living…

1345
01:44:07,544 --> 01:44:08,837
and you about to die?

1346
01:44:11,799 --> 01:44:14,093
Only fools try to understand destiny.

1347
01:44:30,985 --> 01:44:32,528
-[squelching]
-[groaning]

1348
01:44:32,611 --> 01:44:33,779
[choking]

1349
01:44:47,084 --> 01:44:49,169
[gentle music playing]

1350
01:45:21,035 --> 01:45:23,120
[singer vocalizing wistfully]

1351
01:45:46,602 --> 01:45:47,644
[indistinct]

1352
01:45:59,823 --> 01:46:00,866
[indistinct]

1353
01:46:16,840 --> 01:46:18,217
Uhtred.

1354
01:46:19,927 --> 01:46:21,053
Did my son survive?

1355
01:46:21,136 --> 01:46:22,012
Yes.

1356
01:46:27,643 --> 01:46:29,728
[Osbert] And Bebbanburg is ours again.

1357
01:46:30,604 --> 01:46:34,400
-We will rebuild in stone.
-[Eadgifu] There is so much future.

1358
01:46:35,401 --> 01:46:36,944
Stay with us, Uhtred.

1359
01:46:40,239 --> 01:46:42,241
-What of the enemy?
-[Finan] The victory is ours.

1360
01:46:42,324 --> 01:46:45,911
Five sons of kings
lay dead upon the battlefield.

1361
01:46:47,162 --> 01:46:50,791
-Five kings that will never be crowned.
-[Finan] "Seven kings must die."

1362
01:46:50,874 --> 01:46:52,668
The prophecy was wrong, Lord.

1363
01:46:53,293 --> 01:46:56,463
With Edward of Wessex, it makes six.

1364
01:46:57,965 --> 01:46:59,508
Am I to be the seventh?

1365
01:47:01,468 --> 01:47:04,555
I have told the chroniclers
to write of your victory, Uhtred.

1366
01:47:04,638 --> 01:47:07,474
I have no wish
to be written into your history.

1367
01:47:08,183 --> 01:47:13,147
I want only to be honored
in the feast hall for standing by an oath.

1368
01:47:28,245 --> 01:47:30,539
Uhtred, you did not just stand by me.

1369
01:47:32,332 --> 01:47:33,584
You stood for me.

1370
01:47:36,128 --> 01:47:38,005
You led where I could not.

1371
01:47:39,756 --> 01:47:40,924
And you forgave me

1372
01:47:42,217 --> 01:47:43,844
when I was unforgivable.

1373
01:47:48,724 --> 01:47:50,601
You saved the hope of England.

1374
01:47:53,312 --> 01:47:55,397
Now in time, it may yet happen.

1375
01:47:58,525 --> 01:47:59,485
I said that…

1376
01:48:01,403 --> 01:48:04,239
if you proved yourself
to be the rightful king,

1377
01:48:05,824 --> 01:48:08,076
I would swear Northumbria to you.

1378
01:48:11,747 --> 01:48:15,042
Men have died
fighting under the name of the English.

1379
01:48:16,502 --> 01:48:19,171
To honor them, England should be formed.

1380
01:48:21,715 --> 01:48:23,926
But I have one condition.

1381
01:48:26,929 --> 01:48:30,224
You must make an oath never to marry.

1382
01:48:31,141 --> 01:48:32,059
No heirs.

1383
01:48:33,393 --> 01:48:36,355
So your brother Edmund
can take the throne unchallenged.

1384
01:48:46,198 --> 01:48:47,074
Thank you.

1385
01:49:03,840 --> 01:49:04,883
This oath

1386
01:49:05,842 --> 01:49:06,969
I shall swear.

1387
01:49:08,262 --> 01:49:10,347
Then we submit to you as our king.

1388
01:49:12,516 --> 01:49:17,688
Which makes you ruler
of Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia,

1389
01:49:18,939 --> 01:49:20,023
and Northumbria.

1390
01:49:22,734 --> 01:49:24,069
And I call my lands

1391
01:49:25,737 --> 01:49:26,613
England.

1392
01:49:30,576 --> 01:49:31,910
Long live the king!

1393
01:49:31,994 --> 01:49:33,662
[all] Long live the king.

1394
01:49:34,371 --> 01:49:36,873
[Uhtred] Long live the King of England.

1395
01:49:42,671 --> 01:49:44,298
Return to your chamber, Lord.

1396
01:49:48,760 --> 01:49:50,137
Do not grieve for me.

1397
01:49:50,804 --> 01:49:53,265
It was always written
that I would fall in battle.

1398
01:49:53,348 --> 01:49:55,183
[Finan] You're not gonna die, Lord.

1399
01:49:55,267 --> 01:49:58,937
-I would go first, and I'm still alive…
-[distant cheering]

1400
01:50:02,524 --> 01:50:03,400
So,

1401
01:50:05,152 --> 01:50:06,320
destiny is all.

1402
01:50:08,405 --> 01:50:10,490
[distant cheering]

1403
01:50:16,622 --> 01:50:18,707
[cheering continues]

1404
01:50:26,590 --> 01:50:28,675
[cheering continues]

1405
01:50:38,852 --> 01:50:40,937
[chanting]

1406
01:50:53,492 --> 01:50:55,285
-Skál!
-[revelers] Skál!

1407
01:50:56,411 --> 01:50:58,497
[emotional music playing]

1408
01:51:25,440 --> 01:51:27,234
[Finan] Did seven kings die?

1409
01:51:28,777 --> 01:51:32,280
The chronicles do not record
if my lord Uhtred survived.

1410
01:51:33,949 --> 01:51:35,951
But those like me, who knew him,

1411
01:51:36,034 --> 01:51:39,496
recognize him
as the greatest warrior of our age,

1412
01:51:41,039 --> 01:51:42,958
and a man who made a kingdom.

1413
01:52:31,965 --> 01:52:33,008
[song ends]

1414
01:52:34,217 --> 01:52:36,303
[ethereal music playing]