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I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
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I have sworn my sword to Alfred
and defeated Sigefrid and Erik
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but now the brothers have
returned from banishment
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and with a great army, they
have taken the city of Lundene.
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The gods are with us!
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Alfred dispatched a priest to
negotiate with these Northmen...
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Father Pyrlig was
once a warrior himself.
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While continuing his mission
to be king of all the English.
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- I am to be married.
- Which one of you is Aethelred?
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From what I know, Alfred could
not have chosen a bigger turd.
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Having at last freed my sister
Thyra, my friend Beocca found love.
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I fear you have become
someone I cannot live without.
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Fear no more.
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Whereas I found
myself talking to the dead
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and wanting to believe
every word that he spoke.
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He said that I should be king of Wessex
and that you, you should be a king, too.
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King of Mercia. King
of Saxon and Dane.
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What we have just witnessed,
you believe it to be true?
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Now I must decide
where my loyalties lie.
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Do not forget you
were raised as a Dane.
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Destiny is all.
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You've barely washed, woman.
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You have been living
with Saxons for too long.
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How can I wash in dirty waters?
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The water is good. We
are a long way from the city.
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We will be late for the wedding.
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I've been thinking about
the man in the grave.
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- Bjorn.
- Uhtred, no.
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- You would not like to be a queen?
- Of Bebbanburg, yes.
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Let us just enjoy an early
morning. The two of us.
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- And a hunting party.
- Who is it?
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It's Aethelred.
The lord of Mercia.
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Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Word
has been that you were missing.
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Aethelred, I see you managed to
remove your head from the king's arse.
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Well, for the moment.
He's sleeping.
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The king has questions
about your loyalty.
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It's his way.
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And he tells me you've been
associating with those heathen Danes.
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Like this one here.
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Uhtred, we are needed elsewhere.
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Is he required between
your legs, my dear?
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At ease, men.
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- You wouldn't dare.
- What? Take your nose?
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- I think I might.
- Uhtred, we are needed.
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Lord Uhtred, you will
let Lord Aethelred go.
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Please.
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Lady, on behalf of
my lord, I apologize.
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- He does not.
- No?
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There can be no bloodshed here.
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We are all mistaken
and we are all proud.
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What men say is true.
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You behave as if you
were still at your mother's tit.
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You will learn respect
one day, I'm sure.
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- Lord, it is over, is it not?
- It is.
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I have the king's
trust! That's a warning!
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- I want him dead.
- Too soon.
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I'm sure Alfred would prefer him
dead at times, but he knows his value.
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- He's nothing but a heathen.
- Uhtred kills Danes.
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He kills Danes,
he survives slavery,
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he saves the life of
children and mice no doubt.
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Even my wife-to-be
sings his praises.
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Leave us.
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I do not like him and
he doesn't like me.
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From the moment that we met.
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You are a threat, lord,
and he is the same.
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Our hope lies in Daneland.
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With luck, the unrest will grow.
Peace is not in their nature.
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- You wish for war, Aldhelm?
- As a Mercian, lord,
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what I wish is for Aethelred
to be crowned king of Mercia.
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And then of Wessex.
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Why not?
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It is Alfred we want dead
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and for that to happen
sooner, we will require war.
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How do we look?
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As royalty.
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Aethelflaed is a
fortunate young woman.
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I am witness.
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You are together, never to part,
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bound as man and his wife.
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- And a prayer?
- I don't know any prayers.
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I will say a prayer.
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Hild. Please.
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Let us pray that God and all His
saints and all His angels in Heaven
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smile and bless you.
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Let us pray that this
union of Dane and Saxon
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can show that this is
a land for all people.
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- Under one God.
- Under one God, of course.
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- Amen.
- Amen.
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Amen.
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When are you going to
tell him what Sihtric saw?
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That the ghost is a lie.
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If I tell him, he'll talk
and Sigefrid will hear.
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They must believe
that we believe.
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I do enjoy another wedding.
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A royal wedding in particular.
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It is a tonic for the soul.
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The excitement, the expense...
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Aethelwold, I am still undecided,
so do not mention talking corpses.
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Nobles have traveled across
the sea from as far as Frankia
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solely to see the
beautiful Aethelflaed
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marry this pretty
bread-pudding of a boy.
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A fair description.
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Furthermore, he gets to hump
the king's daughter all night long.
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- Aethelwold, you will be quiet.
- It is the truth.
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- You will be quiet.
- Or you will do what, Irishman?
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Kill you in your sleep.
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- She is so beautiful.
- She is too good for him.
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Why are we delaying?
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Did Sihtric witness
something at the graveside?
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Sihtric saw nothing.
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May I say that you
look quite beautiful.
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God looks upon me with
favor I do not deserve.
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Lord God in your Heaven,
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we are humbly gathered before you
on this day of thanks and celebration...
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A gift from the king!
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If you don't mind.
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The point I make is simple.
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All of the power,
all of the wealth,
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all the land that could belong
to you, will now belong to him.
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- Should I hit him?
- Yes! Yes, by all means, strike me.
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But in your heart, in your
purse, you know I speak the truth.
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Yes, hit him.
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All I will say, again,
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is that the dead
man speaks the truth.
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- Lord?
- Some would say it is treason.
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- No, no, this wedding is treason.
- Lord?
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This wedding is a betrayal of
Wessex and the men of Wessex.
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Meaning you.
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Should the king die, I have
a strong and rightful claim.
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Alfred is working to make
a new line of succession.
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- Excuse me, Lord Uhtred.
- Go away.
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- I am Osferth.
- You are a monk. A baby monk.
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- Go away.
- Lord, you knew my uncle, lord.
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His name was Leofric.
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Leofric was a great man.
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- You are Alfred's bastard son.
- No, but I wish to join you, lord.
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- Be by your side as my uncle was.
- No, we have no need of a monk.
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As a warrior, lord.
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I wish to serve
you as a warrior.
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Uhtred.
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Uhtred, you are wanted.
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- The king!
- Enjoy the wedding feast.
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You. Find me again, bring
a sword and lose your cross.
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Thank you, my lord. I will.
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Lord.
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- Lord.
- You were seen.
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Seen where, lord?
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Leaving Winchester,
leaving Wessex,
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entering Saxon Mercia
and crossing Watling Street.
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Going into Daneland, Uhtred.
I'm sure you have an explanation.
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I trust we will
hear the truth of it.
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What business do
you have in Daneland?
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The king's business.
Lord, your business.
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You're happy for me to
speak in this company?
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Freely. Why not?
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Lundene has been taken. By
the Northmen, Sigefrid and Erik.
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- Never. Says who?
- Did my lips not move?
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- Sigefrid and Erik are in Frankia.
- They were and now they are not, lord.
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They have a fleet at Beamfleot,
they have an army at Beamfleot,
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some of which has sailed
upriver and taken Lundene.
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If this is true, it
cannot be allowed.
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- Lundene belongs to Mercia.
- They will choke the river.
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They will, lord.
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With respect, Lord Uhtred,
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you have still not explained why
you crossed the street into Daneland.
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- I can never remember your name.
- I am Aldhelm.
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I'm commander of Lord
Aethelred's household guard.
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- Would you like me to write it down?
- You will answer, Uhtred.
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I was invited to Daneland,
lady, to Padintune.
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And there I was asked to
join with Sigefrid and Erik.
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I was offered the
kingdom of Mercia.
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- And your response?
- He is here, is he not?
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I would say that is
response enough.
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Uhtred, I did not see you at the
church. I do hope you were there.
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I was there, lady,
of course I was.
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And may I say how
beautiful you are today.
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Thank you.
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My dear, we are discussing
a matter of importance.
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Yes, I heard, lord.
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So are the Northmen
intending to remain in Lundene
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or are they waiting
for a ransom?
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A fair question.
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Besides Uhtred's loyalties,
it is the only question.
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- We shall offer negotiations.
- Quite right.
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Once the celebrations are
done, you, together with Aethelred,
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shall travel to Lundene. Assess
their strength and their numbers.
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An excellent way forward, lord.
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Though if you had killed
these brothers in Northumbria,
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this event could
not have occurred.
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Lord King, may I ask, what
bargain was struck in Northumbria
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to allow the brothers
to leave with their lives?
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Uhtred has told me this story.
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He defeated Sigefrid in
combat but spared him
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on the condition they leave.
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He did this to preserve
the lives of his own men.
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- Ah.
- It is called negotiation,
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Lord Aldhelm.
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And now we suffer the
consequences of this negotiation.
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Decisions are made and
consequences follow. It is the way.
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Our task is to deal
with the present.
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To your wisdom, lord.
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My dear.
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It's not your place
to involve yourself
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in a conversation that
became an informal Witan.
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We were discussing
matters of land and war.
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Lord, I take an interest
in these matters.
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My father has
always encouraged...
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You are no longer
the king's daughter.
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You are my wife.
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It's me you will obey.
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And you are delicate.
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I find it interesting. I would
speak with the king often...
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You are of Mercia
now. You are my queen.
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Do you think you're a king?
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I call you "queen" because
you mean that much to me.
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I do not like your
tone nor accusation.
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What I would like...
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is you
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on your belly... on the bed.
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Lord...
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Your husband wishes to ride you.
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You will lie on your belly.
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What's this? Disobedience?
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It's confusion, lord.
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Should I hand you
back to Wessex?
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Unused but... tarnished?
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You wouldn't dare.
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We shall see.
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Lord!
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I am your wife.
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- A good day.
- It was.
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- Though I'm glad it's over.
- Lord.
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If I may have a brief word.
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Lady, it will take
just a moment.
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Be sure it does,
Odda. The king is tired.
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Lord.
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I fear that you
undervalue Uhtred.
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He is by far our most
accomplished warrior
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and has been
nothing but loyal...
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Odda, we have
discussed this many times.
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He is sworn and yet he continues
to behave as if he were his own man.
243
00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:33,512
He is a little
reckless at times, yes.
244
00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:36,741
Uhtred crosses into Daneland
without advising you or I first.
245
00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:41,719
I tolerate this behavior only because
he is our most accomplished warrior.
246
00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:44,254
But if he had not
crossed the street, lord,
247
00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:46,258
we would not know
of the fall of Lundene.
248
00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:50,319
Do not doubt for one moment
Uhtred Ragnarson has ambition.
249
00:18:52,365 --> 00:18:55,392
He will have been tempted
by this offer from the Northmen.
250
00:18:55,534 --> 00:18:59,164
- And yet, he is here, lord.
- Doing what?
251
00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:02,601
Spying? Waiting?
252
00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:05,211
Did he volunteer this information
before being confronted?
253
00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:08,405
- No, he did not.
- No, lord.
254
00:19:08,547 --> 00:19:10,743
Ask yourself why.
255
00:19:12,118 --> 00:19:15,145
I have said many times,
256
00:19:15,287 --> 00:19:17,586
he is a sword I would
rather wield than face,
257
00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:20,318
but he is not godly
and never shall be.
258
00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:25,596
I wish you a good night's rest,
Odda. You are clearly in need of it.
259
00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:36,641
What troubles you, brother?
260
00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:42,179
Uhtred, he doubts the dead man.
261
00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:44,909
- You believe so?
- Yes.
262
00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:52,353
We should have approached
him man on man, with honor.
263
00:19:52,458 --> 00:19:54,620
You think he
knows it is a trick?
264
00:19:56,996 --> 00:19:58,191
Yes.
265
00:19:59,999 --> 00:20:02,230
- Maybe.
- You don't know.
266
00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:05,429
No.
267
00:20:26,692 --> 00:20:32,256
- How is the pain?
- The same. Constant.
268
00:20:37,002 --> 00:20:39,267
It reminds me I am alive.
269
00:20:41,607 --> 00:20:43,473
That I should live.
270
00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:50,775
If Uhtred knows
that Bjorn is a lie,
271
00:20:50,883 --> 00:20:52,875
then he will come.
272
00:20:54,019 --> 00:20:56,386
- With Alfred's army.
- Yes.
273
00:20:58,724 --> 00:21:02,593
So I get to kill him after all.
274
00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:06,295
If we wish, there
is a way to raise
275
00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:08,731
the greatest army these
shores have ever seen.
276
00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:11,668
It can be done.
277
00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:15,802
The Temes river would
be dark with ships.
278
00:21:15,908 --> 00:21:17,843
Danes and Northmen.
279
00:21:20,079 --> 00:21:24,813
All we need to be is
clever... and patient.
280
00:21:24,917 --> 00:21:27,751
Patient?
281
00:21:32,358 --> 00:21:35,226
Oh, there will still be
blood to spill, brother.
282
00:21:37,496 --> 00:21:40,523
But this way, we
can be kings of it all.
283
00:21:41,934 --> 00:21:43,732
No Guthrun.
284
00:21:43,869 --> 00:21:47,829
No Aethelred. No Alfred.
285
00:21:50,342 --> 00:21:51,674
No Uhtred.
286
00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:14,997
They say Lundene is dangerous.
287
00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:19,764
Oh, it is, but Lundene is
alive with every kind of life.
288
00:22:19,905 --> 00:22:22,306
I hear women do not
walk the streets unguarded,
289
00:22:22,408 --> 00:22:24,343
that bodies are
found in the river daily.
290
00:22:24,476 --> 00:22:28,311
Twice daily. With
each and every tide.
291
00:22:28,414 --> 00:22:30,713
Lundene is not Winchester,
292
00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:33,752
but one year here is
worth ten elsewhere.
293
00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:37,279
- Then why do you not live there?
- And end up dead in the river?
294
00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:39,824
Do I look like a fool?
295
00:22:39,959 --> 00:22:42,326
What's to stop them
from cutting our throats
296
00:22:42,428 --> 00:22:43,919
and siding with the Northmen?
297
00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:47,295
I've been pondering the same.
298
00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:50,528
The answer is that you
are Alfred's son-in-law now.
299
00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:09,788
Uhtred, how is it that you
know these streets so well?
300
00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:11,618
I stayed here for a time
301
00:23:11,757 --> 00:23:13,953
with Earl Ragnar the
Fearless when I was a boy.
302
00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:15,550
When you were a Dane?
303
00:23:18,464 --> 00:23:20,524
As you can see, the
one fact in our favor
304
00:23:20,633 --> 00:23:23,797
is that the whole of Lundene
cannot be defended. It's too big.
305
00:23:23,936 --> 00:23:26,030
Even the walls surrounding
the old Roman city
306
00:23:26,205 --> 00:23:27,485
would need many hundreds of men.
307
00:23:27,573 --> 00:23:29,041
So the brothers'
position is weak?
308
00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:34,272
Not weak, but Lundene's been
open to all tribes for a reason.
309
00:23:34,847 --> 00:23:37,874
The ground is not
far now. I shall speak.
310
00:23:38,017 --> 00:23:43,012
You should ask for food and ale,
lord. My belly believes my throat is cut.
311
00:23:54,199 --> 00:23:56,691
I do not understand
how this kills a man.
312
00:23:56,835 --> 00:23:58,565
Sigefrid, take his head
and be done with it.
313
00:23:58,671 --> 00:24:02,199
No, no. No, no, no.
I want to know how.
314
00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:04,277
The cross kills a
man slowly, lord,
315
00:24:04,410 --> 00:24:06,038
over days.
316
00:24:06,211 --> 00:24:09,204
It is both torture
and execution.
317
00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:12,649
Unlike Saxons and Danes,
the Romans were clever.
318
00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:16,222
There, you have your
answer. Now take his head off.
319
00:24:16,322 --> 00:24:17,483
Agreed, lord.
320
00:24:17,623 --> 00:24:19,649
And if you please,
when it comes to me,
321
00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:21,784
with your sharpest
axe and strongest man.
322
00:24:21,894 --> 00:24:26,730
- You talk too much.
- I do. You should kill me swiftly.
323
00:24:35,074 --> 00:24:37,066
God preserve us.
324
00:24:38,444 --> 00:24:41,539
It is a death, nothing more.
325
00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:54,687
Lords, it is Uhtred.
326
00:25:05,471 --> 00:25:07,497
Uhtred Ragnarson!
327
00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:10,741
The future king of Mercia!
328
00:25:10,876 --> 00:25:15,337
Welcome to Lundene, your
new home, should you want it.
329
00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:21,510
Sigefrid. I thought you
might want to kill me still.
330
00:25:21,653 --> 00:25:24,179
Oh, for a long time, I did.
331
00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:26,757
But then I grew to
like my new hand.
332
00:25:26,892 --> 00:25:30,659
Though I have to be
careful when wiping my arse.
333
00:25:33,499 --> 00:25:36,799
It is good to see
you here, Uhtred.
334
00:25:37,403 --> 00:25:39,372
Though your friends
are not familiar.
335
00:25:39,505 --> 00:25:42,168
- This is Aethelred of Mercia.
- Lord.
336
00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:46,073
My spies tell me you are
to marry Alfred's daughter.
337
00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:49,410
Your spies are wrong, lord. I've
already married Alfred's daughter.
338
00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:52,780
- Oh, how does she ride?
- I've no complaint.
339
00:25:52,918 --> 00:25:55,149
Uhtred, why is he here?
340
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:59,314
I am here, lords, to ask of you
your price for leaving Lundene.
341
00:25:59,425 --> 00:26:02,224
- Alfred wishes to negotiate.
- I wish to negotiate.
342
00:26:02,394 --> 00:26:06,490
We have only just arrived.
Why would we want to leave?
343
00:26:06,598 --> 00:26:09,830
You are warriors. You will know
that Lundene is impossible to defend,
344
00:26:09,968 --> 00:26:11,561
so let's get this done.
345
00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:15,497
- Is that a threat?
- Your price.
346
00:26:15,607 --> 00:26:17,041
It sounds like a threat.
347
00:26:17,176 --> 00:26:20,908
I'm asking you to retreat,
lords, for a price, for silver.
348
00:26:21,013 --> 00:26:24,541
Flesh is our price.
349
00:26:24,650 --> 00:26:28,712
- Your bride, Aethelflaed.
- Nonsense.
350
00:26:28,821 --> 00:26:30,949
She has great
beauty, a good mind.
351
00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:32,217
I'm in need of a wife.
352
00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:34,155
I'm in need of a hump.
We will share her.
353
00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:35,522
She is my wife.
354
00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:37,323
Aethelred, they are teasing you.
355
00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:43,392
Perhaps we can begin with a cup of
ale? It was a long walk from the river.
356
00:26:43,535 --> 00:26:46,027
A cup of ale it is, Lord Uhtred.
357
00:26:51,143 --> 00:26:55,046
- Do you have food, lord?
- The bread is stale, but good.
358
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,226
I have been told that you
saw the dead man rise.
359
00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:15,628
- I did.
- And you heard him speak?
360
00:27:15,767 --> 00:27:18,168
Of a good plan, yes.
361
00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:22,037
Could you guarantee Ragnar
and all the men he commands?
362
00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:24,609
- Are you with us?
- I'm here.
363
00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:27,305
Yes, but are you here
for Alfred or yourself?
364
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:31,439
- Or us?
- Ragnar's in the North.
365
00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:33,383
It would take some time
for news to reach him,
366
00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:38,116
more time for him to decide.
I guarantee nothing, lord.
367
00:27:38,257 --> 00:27:40,658
Your prisoners are from where?
368
00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:42,658
They are from Guthrum's arse.
369
00:27:42,794 --> 00:27:45,093
The Earl Guthrum is
called Aethelstan now.
370
00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:47,597
Guthrum is a shit stain.
371
00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:51,067
He sends priests to
Beamfleot begging for peace.
372
00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:54,264
Begging for warriors
to settle and do what?
373
00:27:54,406 --> 00:27:56,898
- Raise sheep?
- Many men do, lord.
374
00:27:57,042 --> 00:27:59,705
There are no sheep
farmers in Valhalla.
375
00:27:59,845 --> 00:28:02,405
Do you intend to put
all priests on the cross?
376
00:28:02,548 --> 00:28:04,517
It is Sigefrid's game.
377
00:28:04,650 --> 00:28:06,710
I do not understand
how it kills a man.
378
00:28:06,852 --> 00:28:08,946
Slowly, lord.
It's a cruel death.
379
00:28:09,087 --> 00:28:11,852
- That's what the priest there said.
- The priest is right.
380
00:28:11,957 --> 00:28:15,689
The priest looks like a pale
bag of bones and dough.
381
00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:17,090
You should let him fight.
382
00:28:17,229 --> 00:28:22,031
The Romans used this square
for just that purpose. Combat.
383
00:28:22,134 --> 00:28:23,966
He would die too easily.
384
00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:27,971
Give him something
to fight for. His freedom.
385
00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:37,748
Why?
386
00:28:37,883 --> 00:28:42,981
I'd rather watch him spill his
guts than nailed to a piece of wood.
387
00:28:43,121 --> 00:28:44,953
Where's the fun in that?
388
00:29:01,807 --> 00:29:04,777
Boltan! We need
to be entertained!
389
00:29:05,944 --> 00:29:07,776
Are you man
enough to kill a priest?
390
00:29:19,992 --> 00:29:23,224
I'm almost ready.
Pointy end forward, is it?
391
00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:26,997
So, when I kill him,
I'm allowed to go free,
392
00:29:27,132 --> 00:29:28,132
that is the bargain?
393
00:29:28,233 --> 00:29:29,428
That is the bargain.
394
00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:32,628
Hear that, Boltan?
He plans to kill you.
395
00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,740
I do. Beware.
396
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:39,107
I'm afraid, lord. Spare
me this trial, I beg you.
397
00:30:10,842 --> 00:30:12,606
Come on, priest.
398
00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:21,476
Finish him!
399
00:30:39,237 --> 00:30:43,868
Now I do not wish to kill this idiot
as I'm sure his mother loves him.
400
00:30:46,878 --> 00:30:50,781
But do I have your word as
warriors that I am now a free man?
401
00:30:50,882 --> 00:30:53,317
You have my word, priest.
402
00:30:56,455 --> 00:30:58,515
If all your men fight like this,
403
00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:01,854
Alfred will have no trouble
throwing you out of Lundene.
404
00:31:01,993 --> 00:31:05,054
- Put down your sword.
- Thank you, lord.
405
00:31:05,197 --> 00:31:06,893
It was a bit on the heavy side.
406
00:31:17,242 --> 00:31:20,508
Where have you learned to
fight, priest? The monastery?
407
00:31:20,645 --> 00:31:22,477
I'm a Briton, lord.
408
00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:27,348
- I was brought up killing Saxons.
- Then join us.
409
00:31:27,486 --> 00:31:32,515
- Join me.
- Ten years ago, maybe.
410
00:31:32,657 --> 00:31:37,493
But now I will fight for my
God and my freedom, it seems.
411
00:31:39,064 --> 00:31:43,092
If it is acceptable, I will
return with the Lord Uhtred.
412
00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:47,502
Not before we've
settled on a price. I hope?
413
00:31:48,974 --> 00:31:52,467
How much? For you
to leave Lundene?
414
00:31:54,479 --> 00:31:57,540
I find it disturbing that
they will not consider silver.
415
00:31:57,682 --> 00:31:58,877
Why should they?
416
00:31:58,984 --> 00:32:02,318
The longer Wessex is without trade,
the greater the worth of Lundene.
417
00:32:02,454 --> 00:32:04,116
You were able to
assess their strength?
418
00:32:04,256 --> 00:32:07,249
Your priest Pyrlig says they
have up to 1,000 men, lord.
419
00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:09,555
We can muster three times
that number, lord, easily.
420
00:32:09,694 --> 00:32:12,391
Lundene is not a field. It won't
be a simple question of numbers.
421
00:32:12,531 --> 00:32:15,558
Of course it is a question
of numbers. It will be a siege.
422
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:17,900
The more men we have, the
greater the chance of success.
423
00:32:18,003 --> 00:32:20,495
- Regardless of how many die?
- It'll be men climbing ladders.
424
00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:22,597
It will only succeed with
numbers and with death.
425
00:32:22,774 --> 00:32:25,710
I will not lose men for the
sake of too little thought.
426
00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:30,941
- There must be a clear plan.
- Then let us hear this clear plan.
427
00:32:34,352 --> 00:32:36,480
We attack one gate
with a substantial army,
428
00:32:36,588 --> 00:32:39,615
allowing smaller groups to enter
through a second gate, a third gate even.
429
00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:42,022
- Attacking from land?
- Yes, from land.
430
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,788
- Not the river?
- No, lord.
431
00:32:43,929 --> 00:32:46,990
The river is worth considering, lord.
It would be counter to their thinking.
432
00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:51,331
- There is a gate close to the river?
- Yes, lord. It is called Ludd Gate.
433
00:32:51,436 --> 00:32:54,838
Perfect. Silent oars,
the cover of darkness,
434
00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:56,339
the advantage of surprise.
435
00:32:56,441 --> 00:33:00,572
The river runs fast at Ludd Gate,
making it impossible to land men safely.
436
00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:04,376
But if the lord of Mercia believes that
men sinking to the bottom of the river
437
00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:06,985
is an advantage,
then let him attack.
438
00:33:07,118 --> 00:33:11,419
Uhtred, your advice may well
be sound, but how am I to trust it?
439
00:33:12,958 --> 00:33:13,958
Lord?
440
00:33:14,025 --> 00:33:17,120
Why do the brothers call
you the next lord of Mercia?
441
00:33:22,367 --> 00:33:25,030
They call me the next
king of Mercia, Lord.
442
00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:27,002
Why?
443
00:33:33,945 --> 00:33:37,541
Why do they call you king?
What has been said, Uhtred?
444
00:33:37,649 --> 00:33:39,880
- What has been agreed?
- Nothing has been agreed.
445
00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:42,852
- How am I to trust you?
- Lord, I am weary of this.
446
00:33:42,988 --> 00:33:44,547
You are weary of this?
447
00:33:45,490 --> 00:33:48,358
You say you are sworn,
yet you behave like a spy.
448
00:33:48,460 --> 00:33:53,489
You float into Daneland and back
again, you tell half-truths, keep secrets
449
00:33:53,632 --> 00:33:56,466
and you refuse to accept the
existence of the one true God!
450
00:33:56,601 --> 00:33:59,969
- You serve your king reluctantly!
- But I serve, lord.
451
00:34:00,071 --> 00:34:01,198
I do not know you!
452
00:34:04,242 --> 00:34:06,370
And I can never know you, I...
453
00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:15,680
I do not understand you.
454
00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:19,724
And I will never understand
you, that is a fact,
455
00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:21,792
and one of increasing concern.
456
00:34:23,395 --> 00:34:28,060
And on top of this, my
enemies now call you king.
457
00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:33,028
And they called
you a weasel, lord.
458
00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:36,932
Neither is true.
459
00:34:40,645 --> 00:34:42,546
Impossible.
460
00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:05,503
We must devise a plan of
attack. Uhtred, you will leave us.
461
00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:14,637
- You will leave.
- Oh, I will be happy to.
462
00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:19,482
Should you need me further, you
will find me at the Two Cranes Inn.
463
00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:42,268
Lord, with the greatest respect,
464
00:35:42,374 --> 00:35:46,778
the insolence we have
witnessed cannot go unpunished.
465
00:35:46,911 --> 00:35:49,403
With the greatest respect,
it is not your business.
466
00:35:49,547 --> 00:35:50,810
It is the business of Wessex.
467
00:35:50,949 --> 00:35:52,508
Uhtred is to return to Coccham.
468
00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:55,917
We are on the cusp of war,
you will need your best warriors.
469
00:35:56,087 --> 00:35:59,080
Uhtred is to return to Coccham.
470
00:36:00,392 --> 00:36:05,387
Then I will go to the Two Cranes
Inn and inform him, personally.
471
00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:09,127
As you wish.
472
00:36:13,371 --> 00:36:15,499
You will return to Mercia
and gather men, a thousand.
473
00:36:15,607 --> 00:36:17,303
- Wessex will match it.
- Yes, lord.
474
00:36:17,409 --> 00:36:19,378
My exact written
instruction shall follow.
475
00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:22,777
I want Sigefrid and Erik
out of Lundene and soon.
476
00:36:22,914 --> 00:36:25,782
It will be done,
lord. Thank you, lord.
477
00:36:33,324 --> 00:36:36,920
- Steapa.
- Lord?
478
00:36:37,762 --> 00:36:40,197
Do you trust the
ealdorman Uhtred?
479
00:36:42,267 --> 00:36:44,259
With my life, lord.
480
00:37:28,513 --> 00:37:31,381
He believes I drink too much.
481
00:37:34,018 --> 00:37:36,613
And I do, of late.
482
00:37:36,721 --> 00:37:39,122
It's the taste, lord.
483
00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:42,016
It is the effect.
484
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:49,895
I'm getting old, Uhtred.
485
00:37:53,037 --> 00:37:56,405
I'm getting old with
no son to follow me.
486
00:37:59,878 --> 00:38:02,347
It is as though my
time has been wasted.
487
00:38:03,348 --> 00:38:06,284
No, lord. Never.
488
00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:12,880
Promise me you won't
desert him, not yet at least.
489
00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:14,959
I am not an oath-breaker.
490
00:38:18,062 --> 00:38:20,827
How can I serve a man
who doesn't trust me?
491
00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:25,469
To whom I have given so much.
492
00:38:27,071 --> 00:38:30,166
All he can see is
how I am different.
493
00:38:31,176 --> 00:38:33,702
And all I see in
him is his piety.
494
00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:41,112
He's a man I'm
beginning to despise.
495
00:38:45,290 --> 00:38:50,593
I asked, and all that
came was further doubt.
496
00:38:53,698 --> 00:38:54,791
I am growing Wessex.
497
00:38:54,933 --> 00:38:59,337
I am reaching out for an
England, all in the name of God.
498
00:39:01,406 --> 00:39:03,671
Yet I am relying upon
the strength of a heathen.
499
00:39:05,076 --> 00:39:09,309
- The iron of a pagan.
- It does not fit, lord.
500
00:39:09,414 --> 00:39:10,973
It does not.
501
00:39:13,551 --> 00:39:17,283
What if all this time, it has been
the work of the Devil tempting me?
502
00:39:18,523 --> 00:39:22,551
Offering me this warrior, this
seemingly loyal and brave man
503
00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:27,132
who... piece by small
piece, is eating at my soul
504
00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:29,824
and clouding what I believe
to be right and wrong?
505
00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:39,134
Lord King, this is what
the Devil would do.
506
00:39:40,144 --> 00:39:43,637
But I swear, your soul
has not diminished.
507
00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:46,613
I would have seen it.
508
00:39:49,153 --> 00:39:54,319
Uhtred will not change, I'm sure.
He will be heathen till his death.
509
00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:58,763
But nor will you change.
510
00:39:58,863 --> 00:40:02,732
Your faith is one
that will grow stronger.
511
00:40:06,170 --> 00:40:11,165
You are God's king, lord.
512
00:40:14,946 --> 00:40:17,609
Yet at my right hand is a pagan.
513
00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:21,945
Do you trust him wholly?
514
00:40:23,621 --> 00:40:25,249
I do not.
515
00:40:29,494 --> 00:40:31,224
I cannot.
516
00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:36,758
Then be rid of him.
517
00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:03,451
Lord.
518
00:41:20,912 --> 00:41:26,909
In my hand, I have a
letter from Alfred of Wessex!
519
00:41:27,051 --> 00:41:32,080
It is the promise of 1,000 men!
520
00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:38,661
It is the 1,000 men demanded
521
00:41:38,763 --> 00:41:41,699
by our lord,
Aethelred of Mercia,
522
00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:44,928
to fight alongside the
great fryd of Mercia,
523
00:41:45,069 --> 00:41:49,439
to help rid Lundene
of the filthy, stinking,
524
00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:53,272
pox-ridden, pig's-arse-ugly,
525
00:41:53,444 --> 00:41:56,073
heathen Danish bastards!
526
00:41:57,548 --> 00:41:59,881
A toast!
527
00:41:59,984 --> 00:42:04,479
A toast. To the
warriors of Mercia.
528
00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:09,927
Where we go, Alfred
and Wessex shall follow.
529
00:42:10,061 --> 00:42:13,054
And we shall rise.
530
00:42:13,164 --> 00:42:16,726
We shall rise!
531
00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:20,999
To Mercia!
532
00:42:21,139 --> 00:42:23,540
To Mercia!
533
00:42:46,364 --> 00:42:48,697
You are eating
like a little bird.
534
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:52,601
- Peck, peck, peck.
- I have no appetite.
535
00:42:57,408 --> 00:43:01,504
Tomorrow we ride. I would
like you to travel with me.
536
00:43:01,612 --> 00:43:04,309
- To battle?
- Part of the way.
537
00:43:06,384 --> 00:43:11,220
- Or would you rather not?
- No. No, lord. I would like to go.
538
00:43:11,355 --> 00:43:15,349
Then eat, for strength.
539
00:43:23,367 --> 00:43:24,528
Out.
540
00:43:24,635 --> 00:43:27,070
All of you, out.
541
00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:46,287
You have the palest of skin.
542
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:56,995
Unblemished.
543
00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:05,870
- My touch offends you?
- No, it was a surprise, lord.
544
00:44:06,010 --> 00:44:07,672
Nothing more than that.
545
00:44:12,517 --> 00:44:15,487
Lord, love should
be gentle and kind.
546
00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:18,054
Gentle and kind, she says.
547
00:44:19,724 --> 00:44:22,005
How is it that you have a
knowledge of how love should be?
548
00:44:22,059 --> 00:44:24,528
- I... I do not.
- Am I not the first?
549
00:44:25,730 --> 00:44:27,028
You will not insult me.
550
00:44:27,131 --> 00:44:29,451
And you will not offer me
lessons in how to plough a field.
551
00:44:29,534 --> 00:44:32,527
- That is not what I was doing.
- Who is it that you've been with?
552
00:44:33,871 --> 00:44:35,396
How many have you been with?
553
00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:37,441
- Lord, please.
- Uhtred is one, is he not?
554
00:44:37,542 --> 00:44:39,477
You have no right to
speak to me in this way!
555
00:44:39,644 --> 00:44:41,442
Of course I have a
right, you are my wife!
556
00:44:41,546 --> 00:44:43,481
I am Aethelflaed of Wessex
557
00:44:43,648 --> 00:44:46,948
and you will not treat
me like I am a servant girl!
558
00:44:47,084 --> 00:44:49,019
Do not...
559
00:44:57,662 --> 00:45:03,761
Do not... Never raise
your shrill voice to me!
560
00:45:14,312 --> 00:45:18,306
You will see a priest and
we shall find the truth of this.
561
00:45:18,449 --> 00:45:20,577
This is not love,
that is the truth of it.
562
00:45:20,751 --> 00:45:22,777
You will see a priest!
563
00:46:21,379 --> 00:46:24,975
Father Beocca. I would
like to speak with you.
564
00:46:26,317 --> 00:46:27,615
About prayer.
565
00:46:38,396 --> 00:46:40,194
This must go no further.
566
00:46:41,632 --> 00:46:46,866
I fear that I am not
the first... with my wife.
567
00:46:47,672 --> 00:46:51,404
- The first, lord?
- To lie with her, to bed her.
568
00:46:52,276 --> 00:46:55,075
Oh, I see.
569
00:46:55,212 --> 00:46:58,444
- But she is the king's daughter.
- I need it proven.
570
00:47:01,185 --> 00:47:04,053
Have you asked
her, lord, directly?
571
00:47:04,188 --> 00:47:08,489
I need to know the truth of it.
Is there a way to test her word?
572
00:47:08,626 --> 00:47:10,492
Lord, she is Aethelflaed.
573
00:47:10,628 --> 00:47:15,191
Do I go to another priest,
Father? A stranger to my wife?
574
00:47:15,299 --> 00:47:16,824
Lord Aethelred!
575
00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:21,871
Welcome to Coccham,
the jewel of Wessex.
576
00:47:22,006 --> 00:47:23,497
Uhtred is expecting you.
577
00:47:24,308 --> 00:47:28,075
There is a way, lord,
from the holy books.
578
00:47:28,212 --> 00:47:29,271
Then do it.
579
00:47:31,816 --> 00:47:35,480
Uhtred is with the women,
lord, helping them prepare food.
580
00:47:35,619 --> 00:47:38,179
Such is the life of
a banished warrior.
581
00:47:43,694 --> 00:47:46,926
I have not seen the
inside of a pagan hall.
582
00:47:47,064 --> 00:47:50,228
I am surprised at its... warmth.
583
00:47:50,334 --> 00:47:53,270
Were you expecting to
see heads on poles, lord?
584
00:47:53,404 --> 00:47:56,533
I was, lady. Excuse
my ignorance.
585
00:47:56,674 --> 00:48:00,133
I will excuse you this one time.
586
00:48:01,312 --> 00:48:04,749
Will Lady Aethelflaed be
joining us after prayers, lord?
587
00:48:04,915 --> 00:48:09,011
If she has the will, yes.
She has not traveled well.
588
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:11,612
Should she be
traveling at all to battle?
589
00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:14,123
It was her wish to
accompany her husband.
590
00:48:14,258 --> 00:48:17,956
They are newly
married after all.
591
00:48:18,095 --> 00:48:19,688
She will be kept
out of harm's way.
592
00:48:21,632 --> 00:48:24,761
Uhtred, has the king written that
when the siege of Lundene begins,
593
00:48:24,935 --> 00:48:26,175
I am to be first up the ladder?
594
00:48:26,303 --> 00:48:29,171
It is, after all,
something he would do.
595
00:48:29,306 --> 00:48:32,834
You accept that I am
in charge of all men?
596
00:48:34,478 --> 00:48:37,676
- It's the king's wish.
- It is.
597
00:48:37,782 --> 00:48:40,308
Oh, dear.
598
00:48:40,651 --> 00:48:42,381
You are with us?
599
00:48:44,288 --> 00:48:46,314
Why would I not be?
600
00:48:46,457 --> 00:48:48,119
I am an ealdorman of Wessex.
601
00:48:48,259 --> 00:48:51,195
Alfred has decided to give
you this one last chance.
602
00:48:53,464 --> 00:48:55,296
Do you have a plan?
603
00:48:55,399 --> 00:48:57,368
Together we will
travel downriver
604
00:48:57,501 --> 00:48:59,595
and meet with the armies
of Mercia and Wessex,
605
00:48:59,737 --> 00:49:01,467
make camp a short
distance from Lundene.
606
00:49:01,572 --> 00:49:04,804
- Do you have a plan of attack?
- Yes.
607
00:49:04,975 --> 00:49:07,274
It is not too dissimilar
from your plan.
608
00:49:07,378 --> 00:49:09,745
You will attack the north
gate with your own men.
609
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:11,678
Once the assault is underway,
610
00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:14,411
I shall attack from the
marshes with the main army.
611
00:49:14,552 --> 00:49:17,147
And how will you know
my assault is underway?
612
00:49:17,288 --> 00:49:20,816
- I will know.
- You will know?
613
00:49:21,826 --> 00:49:26,491
Uhtred, do not doubt
me, I want this victory.
614
00:49:26,597 --> 00:49:30,398
Lundene belongs to Mercia
and I am lord of Mercia.
615
00:49:30,534 --> 00:49:34,995
I will go with every man at my
disposal to reclaim what is mine.
616
00:49:35,139 --> 00:49:38,303
- Good.
- I am with Uhtred.
617
00:49:39,777 --> 00:49:44,215
- No, Steapa, you are with me.
- I am with Uhtred.
618
00:49:44,348 --> 00:49:46,146
The king says.
619
00:49:50,321 --> 00:49:52,051
Very well.
620
00:49:53,224 --> 00:49:56,820
I am with Steapa, behind Steapa.
621
00:49:56,994 --> 00:49:59,190
Your bravery knows no
beginning, Aethelwold.
622
00:50:00,531 --> 00:50:05,595
A toast. To the Mercians who
died for Wessex at Ethandun.
623
00:50:05,736 --> 00:50:09,002
And to the men of Wessex who
will fight for Mercia at Lundene.
624
00:50:10,541 --> 00:50:14,342
- To allies.
- To allies.
625
00:50:36,166 --> 00:50:38,863
This is the word of the Lord.
626
00:50:41,906 --> 00:50:45,240
If a man fears that his
wife has been unfaithful...
627
00:50:45,376 --> 00:50:47,311
I have not.
628
00:50:48,445 --> 00:50:53,645
He shall bring her before a priest
who shall prepare the bitter waters.
629
00:50:56,921 --> 00:51:02,451
A mixture of God's water
and God's earth shall be drunk.
630
00:51:08,232 --> 00:51:13,193
Know this, if thou hast
gone aside to another man,
631
00:51:13,304 --> 00:51:19,073
the Lord shall make thy thigh to
rot and thy belly to swell. Amen.
632
00:51:20,911 --> 00:51:22,743
Amen.
633
00:51:24,748 --> 00:51:31,678
Child, you will now
drink... the bitter waters.
634
00:51:52,843 --> 00:51:55,677
This will not be necessary.
635
00:51:55,779 --> 00:51:59,875
You are pure and may God strike
me down this very instant if you are not.
636
00:52:05,956 --> 00:52:07,982
Does he beat you?
637
00:52:09,193 --> 00:52:12,288
If he does not, then
he will. I can see it.
638
00:52:17,968 --> 00:52:22,201
He is not, er, tender or loving.
639
00:52:22,339 --> 00:52:24,331
Father Beocca, you
must tell the king.
640
00:52:24,475 --> 00:52:26,467
No! You cannot.
641
00:52:26,577 --> 00:52:29,069
The king is the only
man who can end it.
642
00:52:29,213 --> 00:52:32,308
God put an end to this
ordeal before it had begun.
643
00:52:34,385 --> 00:52:37,219
Not all in Mercia are
friends of Wessex.
644
00:52:37,354 --> 00:52:40,722
Not all are happy with
the king's influence.
645
00:52:40,824 --> 00:52:43,760
And I must do my duty to Alfred.
646
00:52:45,963 --> 00:52:48,194
My husband will not break me.
647
00:52:52,436 --> 00:52:56,305
You must not tell anyone
what has happened here.
648
00:53:00,911 --> 00:53:06,942
- You're quiet today, Father Beocca.
- A sleepless night.
649
00:53:07,051 --> 00:53:09,782
Should I speak with Thyra?
Tell her you need your rest?
650
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:13,516
You shall do no such thing.
You will not talk of such matters.
651
00:53:13,624 --> 00:53:16,321
And what matters
are those, Father?
652
00:53:17,561 --> 00:53:20,463
I have said enough.
You've all said enough.
653
00:53:54,665 --> 00:53:58,602
Lords, they have set up their
camp no more than a mile away.
654
00:53:59,903 --> 00:54:01,462
Then we get this done.
655
00:54:01,605 --> 00:54:05,474
Tofi, the fire must
smoke, black smoke.
656
00:54:05,609 --> 00:54:07,601
Yes, lord. There will be smoke.
657
00:54:13,417 --> 00:54:17,513
Every man on his feet!
658
00:54:17,654 --> 00:54:23,218
We must be ready! You all
know what needs to be done!
659
00:54:23,393 --> 00:54:25,385
We cannot fail!
660
00:54:26,430 --> 00:54:29,127
Go! We cannot fail!
661
00:55:02,432 --> 00:55:04,901
- It's open.
- Do you see a guard?
662
00:55:05,035 --> 00:55:07,630
None. I see a trap.
663
00:55:12,142 --> 00:55:14,577
Yes, of course if it is a trap,
we should walk towards it.
664
00:55:14,711 --> 00:55:15,940
Hey, shush your mouth.
665
00:55:37,201 --> 00:55:41,536
Hey, inside! If you
want to live, stay inside!
666
00:56:00,090 --> 00:56:05,188
- Any idea what's happening?
- None.
667
00:56:08,165 --> 00:56:10,157
Shield wall!
668
00:56:24,815 --> 00:56:26,443
Aethelred?
669
00:56:27,851 --> 00:56:29,649
Aethelred?
670
00:56:29,786 --> 00:56:31,015
Uhtred?
671
00:56:32,823 --> 00:56:35,383
- We've seen not a single man.
- Same!
672
00:56:37,327 --> 00:56:39,353
Then they have fled.
673
00:56:39,529 --> 00:56:43,466
It is our numbers, lord.
They fear our numbers.
674
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:45,762
Move. Move.
675
00:56:46,603 --> 00:56:47,866
They fear us!
676
00:56:48,005 --> 00:56:51,772
The city is ours!
677
00:56:51,875 --> 00:56:54,970
No, no, no! Keep the formation!
678
00:56:57,814 --> 00:56:59,942
Keep your formation!
679
00:57:03,553 --> 00:57:04,646
Lord.
680
00:57:07,591 --> 00:57:09,685
Fire! Fire!
681
00:57:09,826 --> 00:57:12,853
Fire! Up there!
682
00:57:12,996 --> 00:57:16,023
Stand ready! It's a signal!
683
00:57:16,166 --> 00:57:19,568
It is a signal no doubt,
lord. They will come.
684
00:57:28,845 --> 00:57:32,247
It's a signal that can be
seen from a mile or more.
685
00:57:33,717 --> 00:57:36,915
Aethelred! Aethelred!
686
00:57:42,626 --> 00:57:44,254
Move! Move!
687
00:57:46,096 --> 00:57:47,928
Aethelred! The camp!
688
00:57:50,233 --> 00:57:51,394
Thyra.
689
00:58:01,712 --> 00:58:03,613
Death.
690
00:58:03,714 --> 00:58:06,411
Death is coming.
691
00:58:06,550 --> 00:58:09,543
Death is coming.
692
00:58:09,686 --> 00:58:12,451
Death is coming!
693
00:58:14,891 --> 00:58:17,156
Wake up!
694
00:58:18,562 --> 00:58:20,224
Wake up!
695
00:58:20,330 --> 00:58:23,858
Death is coming!
696
00:58:24,468 --> 00:58:28,030
Wake up!
697
00:58:28,138 --> 00:58:30,869
Wake up!
698
00:58:30,974 --> 00:58:33,876
Take up your swords!
699
00:58:35,078 --> 00:58:37,343
Wake up!
700
00:58:37,481 --> 00:58:40,474
- Death is coming!
- Aethelflaed is to be protected!
701
00:58:40,650 --> 00:58:42,312
With your lives!
702
00:58:42,452 --> 00:58:46,048
For God and the king!
703
00:59:02,973 --> 00:59:04,373
This way!
704
00:59:09,946 --> 00:59:13,144
Aethelflaed! Aethelflaed!
705
00:59:13,283 --> 00:59:15,616
- Thyra!
- Aethelflaed!
706
00:59:16,620 --> 00:59:18,179
Princess!
707
00:59:18,321 --> 00:59:21,621
- The forest!
- Thyra!
708
00:59:24,528 --> 00:59:25,791
Come on!
709
00:59:39,943 --> 00:59:41,969
- Quick!
- This way!
710
00:59:43,113 --> 00:59:44,741
Run!
711
00:59:50,387 --> 00:59:55,121
Aethelflaed, don't let
go of my hand! Run! Run!
712
01:00:27,257 --> 01:00:29,249
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