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I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.

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Lady Aethelflaed has followed
her father's wishes and married

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Aethelred, the Lord of Mercia.

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Bringing King Alfred's dream
of an England ever closer.

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Lord, love should be gentle and kind.

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In a happier union, Father Beocca
has married my sister, Thyra.

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Excuse me, Lord Uhtred. I am Osferth.

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You are Alfred's bastard son.

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After failing to
convince me to join them,

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the Northmen brothers,
Erik and Sigefrid,

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have taken the city of Lunden.

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You say you are sworn, yet you
float into Daneland and back again.

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How am I to trust you?

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Alfred put Aethelred in
command of his armies...

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Tomorrow we ride.
I would like you to travel with me.

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To battle?

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..and we were sent to take back
the city but found not a soul.

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If we wish, there is a way to
raise the greatest army these shores

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have ever seen.

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Lord! It's a signal that can
be seen from a mile or more.

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Thyra! Death is coming.

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The forest! The forest!

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It's a trick, I know it.

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And I fear terrible consequences.

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Destiny is all.

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No, no. Please, God,

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let this not be true.

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Thyra!

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Lady Aethelflaed!

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Thyra!

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Thyra!

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Please be alive, please be alive,
please be alive.

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Lady Aethelflaed! Thyra! Thyra, please!

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Thyra!

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Lady Aethelflaed!

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Not a single man left living.

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Nor woman.

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She is the daughter of King Alfred,
they would not kill her. They...

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They would not.

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Thyra!

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Please.

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Beocca!

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Beocca!

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Thyra!

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Beocca!

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Thyra!

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Beocca!

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Thyra!

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Beocca!

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I thought you were dead
and I wanted to die!

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I thought you were dead.
I thought you were dead!

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Thyra? Thyra?

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Thyra, where is Aethelflaed?

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You will answer!

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Of course she will answer!

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I do not know.

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Did they take her?!

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We ran and...

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then she was... gone.

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We will continue the search, Lord.

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They've taken her, they must have.
Why else abandon the city,

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why raid the camp?

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She is the daughter of the King.

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They wouldn't dare.

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We will scour the camp and beyond!

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We are looking for the Lady Aethelflaed!

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Where are you taking me?

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You have found your voice.
We're headed to Beamfleot.

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And then? A ship?

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A cage?

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I'm still to decide.
I have given up Lunden for you.

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Erik! How does she feel? Warm?

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Rich.

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As she should.
She is our pathway to glory.

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What will you say to Alfred?

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What can I tell him but the truth?

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He will ask why she was with you.
She should never have been there.

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I am aware of that.

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You say she insisted, begged.

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You're so enthralled by your
bride that you could not deny her.

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And make myself appear weak?

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It is a choice, Lord,
between appearing love-sick, or foolish.

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Uhtred?

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Uhtred, where are you going?

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I'm going home to Coccham,
where Alfred has asked me to remain!

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And where I left my wife.

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But the King, he may need you.

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The King, in his wisdom,
has all but banished him, Father Beocca.

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You should also raise the question
of how the Northmen came to know

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of Aethelflaed's situation,
of where she would be.

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If you believe her to be alive,
you will not abandon her.

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You will not. That is a fact.

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So, what is the real reason
we're travelling home to Coccham

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and not to Winchester?

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There's nothing to
be said in Winchester.

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I won't be part of a whispering court.

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We will go when I have something to say,
not before.

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Sihtric. Lord?

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Take Rypere there and go to Beamfleot.

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That is where Erik and Sigefrid's
fleet lie, that is where they'll be.

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We are to spy?

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You're to confirm that Lady
Aethelflaed is alive and how

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they're treating her.
Send Rypere back to me at Coccham.

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You will remain there and,
yes, you are to spy.

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Sihtric, I will need to
know every part of Beamfleot.

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Every blade of grass that
surrounds their fortress.

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Yes, Lord.

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See this? Warriors join us by the day.

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With word of your capture,
there will be more.

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All waiting for war.
You have my thanks, Lady.

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There will be many men inside.

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They will want to get close to you,
look you in the eye.

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They'll want to frighten me.

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They will.

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What did I say?!

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I told you I would invite

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King Alfred's daughter, and she is here!

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I swear to the gods...

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..that this prize will
not be sold cheaply.

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There will be wealth and
glory for every man here.

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It is the best we have.

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These are my own men,
they will watch you.

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You will have a guard at all times.

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You will be safe here.

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And my companions,
my servants, from the camp?

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Any woman who is not Aethelflaed
will have been killed or claimed.

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Claimed is most likely.
There's a bucket in the corner.

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A royal bucket, no splinters.

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Aethelred. I was expecting a messenger,
and not for days.

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My news is too important
to trust to a messenger.

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Lunden has been reclaimed.

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Praise God.

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Not a single Northman has been
left alive in the city... but

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this great victory has
come at a significant cost.

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It is the way of battle.

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It concerns Aethelflaed, Lord.

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What of her?

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We fear that she has been... taken.

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We pray that is the outcome, Lord.

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By the Northmen?

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Aethelflaed was with you?

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All the things they will do to her...

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She was there?

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You took my daughter into battle?

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There was no battle, Lord.

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She was not part of the attacking army,
Lord, of course not.

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She was a good distance away.
But clearly not a safe distance.

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Admittedly, I was weak,
but she is headstrong and eager.

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She asked to travel a part of the way...

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You are her husband.

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She makes it difficult
for me to refuse her.

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Is she alive? Have you seen her alive?
Answer me that.

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She must be alive, Lord.
What reason would they have to kill her?

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But you do not know for certain?

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No.

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How they knew she was with us,
we do not know.

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Uhtred believes they may
have returned to Beamfleot.

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He knows them well.
Uhtred has returned to Coccham, Lord.

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He was following your
earlier instructions, Lord.

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After hearing of events and excuses...

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..what I now require are facts.

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I have men across the land.
I will send word and ask for word.

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That is all I can do.

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That is all we can do. My dear.

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Lord, you have my word!
I shall recover her!

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Do you know what you've done?

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Possibly not, as you are as
useless as you are arrogant.

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I have done nothing but
carry out the King's orders.

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You have put at risk the entire kingdom!
All kingdoms!

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You're a toad, a fool, an idiot

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with ambition far above your capability.

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And if I can see this,
be sure Alfred can see it.

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You have made your position clear,
Lord Odda.

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We will forgive your
insolence just this one...

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You will forgive me?!

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You will not address
my lord in that manner!

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May I suggest that you take a
wander for yet another cup of wine?

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Father Beocca, Steapa, come with me.

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You will tell me every detail from

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the moment you left Winchester. With me!

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Yes, Lord.

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"Lunden has been reclaimed
and not a single Northman

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"has been left alive in the city."

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You began so well.

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I will be reminding the King who
it was who travelled into Daneland.

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I will be reminding the
King that your friend Uhtred

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has been called King of Mercia,
and I shall remind him how fond you are

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of his seat.

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Do that.

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But allow me to remind you of
this-the only man capable of

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cleaning up this puddle of shit

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is the man you are desperate to blame.

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Uhtred...

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... King of Mercia.

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What is on your mind?

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I am thinking of Aethelflaed.

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If she lives, you will be her hope.

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Alfred is her father.

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YOU will be her hope,
Uhtred of Bebbenberg.

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It should not be for you to resolve,
but you will do it.

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By sending Sihtric,
you have already begun.

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Stay with me.

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No, I am hungry!

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I will help you.

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No, I'm doing it!
I think I have something!

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Supper at last!

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Oh! He's a sea monster!

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Lord. You said I should find you.

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Who are you? He's Alfred's bastard.

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I am called Osferth, Lady.
I am simply called Osferth.

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Every person in every town
has been instructed to pray,

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that she is alive and kept well.

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Then, she will surely be alive,
kept well, and will be free in no time.

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All right, say goodnight.

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You do not believe, Lord?

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Oh, I believe...

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but in the true gods.

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And in fate.

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You wish to serve a heathen, Osferth?

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God is in all good men, Lady.

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And my Uncle Leofric told me often
that your husband is a good man.

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A great man.

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He said that?

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Yes, he did, Lord.

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And yet this good man here will let
you join him for one reason only.

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To embarrass Alfred.

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It's true.

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That may be the reason you
allow me to join you, Lord,

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but I will give you
reason to let me stay.

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You have been brought here by fate,
Osferth.

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If all they have in
Winchester is prayer,

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then they will need something more.

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We will go to Winchester. We will not.

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This is what you want to do,
so why be childish about it?

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We will go when I have news...

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..from Beamfleot.

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My men tell me you are refusing to eat.

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I am. I would like to wash.

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You have a bowl, you have water.

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I would like to bathe!

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I would like to breathe cool air.
I am beginning to feel sickly.

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My brother suggested
you bathe inside a barrel

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in full view of all men.

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Lady...

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... I will arrange for you to
bathe with privacy, but in return

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you must eat the food we provide.

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Very well.

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Agreed.

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Thank you.

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I feel she is alive, in my heart,
but what might they do to her?

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She has her mother's courage,
and that is the very reason that

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she will survive this ordeal.

254
00:20:42,699 --> 00:20:48,697
Lord King, although I would usually
prefer him miles away at Coccham...

255
00:20:50,949 --> 00:20:56,100
..would it now be appropriate
to recall Uhtred to Winchester?

256
00:20:56,304 --> 00:20:59,499
I accept that he will never know God...
I cannot.

257
00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:02,628
But if you would send him to Beamfleot,
if she saw him...

258
00:21:02,629 --> 00:21:04,004
You know that I cannot.

259
00:21:04,005 --> 00:21:06,257
..perhaps her spirit would rise.
She believes in him.

260
00:21:06,258 --> 00:21:10,179
Our belief is in God, in prayer.

261
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It is.

262
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I will leave you to your letters.

263
00:21:51,307 --> 00:21:54,393
We have our proof, Rypere,
you will go to Uhtred.

264
00:21:55,478 --> 00:21:57,146
Now!

265
00:22:07,616 --> 00:22:11,036
Why so many guards?
Are you afraid of me?

266
00:22:12,121 --> 00:22:15,333
You're a prize, Lady.
Even when unwashed.

267
00:22:36,251 --> 00:22:40,359
She's the daughter of a King,
you will all turn away!

268
00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,985
Show her the backs of your heads!

269
00:22:41,986 --> 00:22:44,780
Lord, where is the harm in looking?

270
00:22:44,781 --> 00:22:46,158
The back of your heads!

271
00:23:22,989 --> 00:23:25,158
You were right, Lord...

272
00:23:27,703 --> 00:23:29,829
... she has beauty. She does.

273
00:23:29,830 --> 00:23:33,834
More than that, she's worth ten
times her weight in gold and silver.

274
00:23:35,544 --> 00:23:37,380
I'm thinking we should fatten her.

275
00:23:56,525 --> 00:23:58,069
Does this game have a name?

276
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Stones.

277
00:24:02,365 --> 00:24:04,242
And why's it called that?

278
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It's Rypere.

279
00:24:09,331 --> 00:24:13,794
He must have news from Beamfleot.
I'll go and tell Uhtred.

280
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,132
Uhtred! Uhtred!

281
00:24:20,343 --> 00:24:21,427
Uhtred!

282
00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:41,532
Lord, if the Northmen from
Beamfleot are now raiding into

283
00:24:41,533 --> 00:24:44,285
Mercia to feed their army,
how long before they come to Wessex?

284
00:24:44,286 --> 00:24:47,246
Is it not time to
consider raising the fyrds?

285
00:24:47,247 --> 00:24:48,623
Aethelwold, as you have

286
00:24:48,624 --> 00:24:51,460
no estate, it is not your
place to talk of raising fyrds.

287
00:24:54,380 --> 00:24:57,382
As for the ealdormen with estate...

288
00:24:57,383 --> 00:24:59,468
for each of you there is
a harvest to be gathered.

289
00:24:59,469 --> 00:25:02,095
This must be done quickly and
stored within the nearest burh,

290
00:25:02,097 --> 00:25:03,222
it must be protected.

291
00:25:03,223 --> 00:25:05,891
Should they raid,
we shall not be overrun and importantly

292
00:25:05,892 --> 00:25:09,061
we shall not feed them
so much as a single grain.

293
00:25:09,062 --> 00:25:10,898
Wessex is fortified.

294
00:25:12,149 --> 00:25:14,651
Once the harvest is gathered,
the fighting men of the fyrds

295
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shall be free of labour,
should they be required.

296
00:25:17,613 --> 00:25:22,576
Should they be required, Lord?!
Mercia requires them now.

297
00:25:22,577 --> 00:25:25,079
The heathen must be dealt with!

298
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,040
The heathen hold a hostage,
Lord Selwine.

299
00:25:28,041 --> 00:25:30,793
Would you have the
Lady Aethelflaed killed?

300
00:25:30,794 --> 00:25:35,882
Lord King, I do not wish to cause
distress, but if the lady was

301
00:25:35,883 --> 00:25:40,137
in fact alive, surely they would
have made clear their demands?

302
00:25:40,138 --> 00:25:43,098
They want us supplicant,
Selwine, they want us afraid.

303
00:25:43,099 --> 00:25:45,893
They do not know of our faith, Lord.

304
00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:53,110
Father Pyrlig?

305
00:25:54,403 --> 00:25:58,824
Excuse me, Lord,
but Uhtred of this parish is here.

306
00:25:58,825 --> 00:26:00,326
He is asking to attend.

307
00:26:03,997 --> 00:26:05,290
Can he be trusted?

308
00:26:06,958 --> 00:26:10,628
Lord? Are we sure of Uhtred's position?

309
00:26:10,629 --> 00:26:13,548
Lord Uhtred's position is
that of an ealdorman of Wessex.

310
00:26:13,549 --> 00:26:16,051
Lord, it is my own view
that he should be admitted.

311
00:26:16,052 --> 00:26:19,137
And mine. Allow him in.

312
00:26:19,138 --> 00:26:20,598
Lord King?

313
00:26:29,399 --> 00:26:32,903
The Ealdorman Uhtred may join the Witan.
Yes, Lord.

314
00:26:38,117 --> 00:26:39,744
Lord.

315
00:26:48,712 --> 00:26:50,047
Lady Aelswith.

316
00:26:52,591 --> 00:26:54,968
I am here with news of Aethelflaed.

317
00:26:54,969 --> 00:26:56,261
From the Northmen?

318
00:26:56,262 --> 00:26:59,931
From my own spies,
who sleep within the walls of Beamfleot.

319
00:26:59,932 --> 00:27:02,393
Lord, Aethelflaed is alive.

320
00:27:03,436 --> 00:27:05,522
My men have seen her
with their own eyes.

321
00:27:07,232 --> 00:27:09,859
Praise Him. Praise Him to the heavens.

322
00:27:09,860 --> 00:27:12,737
Then, why have they not
made clear their demands?

323
00:27:12,738 --> 00:27:15,490
They've been spreading
news of their hostage, Lord.

324
00:27:15,491 --> 00:27:18,285
Boasting? About seizing a woman?

325
00:27:18,286 --> 00:27:20,912
Boasting of the great army
they will raise with the ransom.

326
00:27:20,914 --> 00:27:22,707
This is what I fear, Lord.

327
00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:26,836
No man in this hall
should be in any doubt,

328
00:27:26,837 --> 00:27:29,798
when their demands arrive,
they will be considerable.

329
00:27:31,341 --> 00:27:32,759
As will be the consequences.

330
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,761
Of course,
they will make outrageous demands.

331
00:27:34,762 --> 00:27:36,489
That is the purpose
of strong negotiation

332
00:27:36,540 --> 00:27:38,083
to ensure there is agreement.

333
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,477
You intend to negotiate, Lord?

334
00:27:43,980 --> 00:27:45,814
I intend to recover my daughter.

335
00:27:45,816 --> 00:27:48,442
Regardless of the price, Lord?

336
00:27:48,443 --> 00:27:51,654
Mercia is not a land
of plenty-far from it.

337
00:27:51,655 --> 00:27:54,449
Wessex shall pay its share
of silver and, if necessary,

338
00:27:54,450 --> 00:27:56,952
its share of blood!
I will do what needs to be done.

339
00:27:56,953 --> 00:27:59,830
If that means negotiation,
then I will negotiate.

340
00:27:59,831 --> 00:28:03,834
Lord, I would advise that you
don't attend the negotiations.

341
00:28:03,835 --> 00:28:06,670
The presence of the King and
father would only serve to increase

342
00:28:06,671 --> 00:28:10,466
their price.
But if not the King, then who?

343
00:28:12,553 --> 00:28:14,221
There will be silence!

344
00:28:19,727 --> 00:28:21,104
Aethelred?

345
00:28:25,817 --> 00:28:28,834
Yes, Lord? It must be you.

346
00:28:28,922 --> 00:28:30,776
This is for Mercia to resolve.

347
00:28:30,781 --> 00:28:32,116
You must go to Beamfleot.

348
00:28:34,618 --> 00:28:35,576
Of course, Lord.

349
00:28:35,625 --> 00:28:38,914
And a representative of Wessex, Lord,

350
00:28:38,915 --> 00:28:41,326
as the burden of your daughter is

351
00:28:41,431 --> 00:28:44,367
to be shared between the two kingdoms.

352
00:28:49,718 --> 00:28:53,888
I will suggest that the Lord
Uhtred represents Wessex.

353
00:28:53,889 --> 00:28:55,349
Agreed.

354
00:29:08,030 --> 00:29:12,993
Forgive me, Lord,
but I do believe he is your only choice.

355
00:29:20,752 --> 00:29:22,253
Lord?

356
00:29:32,264 --> 00:29:34,350
Uhtred, you will accompany Aethelred.

357
00:29:35,601 --> 00:29:37,144
I will do all I can, Lord.

358
00:29:40,398 --> 00:29:41,608
Lady.

359
00:29:55,456 --> 00:29:56,791
Uhtred.

360
00:30:02,380 --> 00:30:06,509
Uhtred, forgive me,
but I have asked the King to excuse me

361
00:30:06,510 --> 00:30:08,679
from this journey to Beamfleot.

362
00:30:10,411 --> 00:30:14,225
For my sins,
God has always placed me at your side.

363
00:30:14,226 --> 00:30:19,032
And I feel... shame for abandoning you.

364
00:30:19,074 --> 00:30:21,858
No, Beocca,
your place is in Winchester with Thyra.

365
00:30:21,860 --> 00:30:23,361
Bless you.

366
00:30:24,696 --> 00:30:27,948
Uhtred, you have given me so much,
but giving me the courage

367
00:30:27,949 --> 00:30:32,161
to approach Thyra-that
was your greatest gift.

368
00:30:32,162 --> 00:30:34,831
I will be in your prayers, no doubt.

369
00:30:34,832 --> 00:30:36,250
Perhaps.

370
00:30:37,543 --> 00:30:38,878
Always.

371
00:30:48,764 --> 00:30:50,057
Say it's mine!

372
00:30:52,685 --> 00:30:55,438
My men are restless.
Hunting is not enough.

373
00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:59,691
I may go across the river,
spill a little blood.

374
00:30:59,692 --> 00:31:01,777
Across the river is Wessex.

375
00:31:01,778 --> 00:31:04,780
Then, if I see Alfred, I will
tell him that my brother is humping

376
00:31:04,781 --> 00:31:05,866
his daughter.

377
00:31:10,954 --> 00:31:12,789
I can see that you like her.

378
00:31:12,790 --> 00:31:14,625
I would like to ride her, yes.

379
00:31:16,502 --> 00:31:20,340
Then, ride her.
One tiny cock isn't going to hurt her.

380
00:31:30,350 --> 00:31:33,728
Haesten, what are you doing?

381
00:31:33,729 --> 00:31:37,608
Shut your mouth, Dagfinn.
You saw nothing.

382
00:31:49,580 --> 00:31:51,497
What do you want?

383
00:31:51,498 --> 00:31:53,000
What do I want?

384
00:31:54,210 --> 00:31:57,253
I'm here to remind
you that you're a woman

385
00:31:57,255 --> 00:31:58,881
and a hostage.

386
00:32:02,510 --> 00:32:04,679
I like the paleness of your skin.

387
00:32:06,765 --> 00:32:09,225
Show me. Take off your clothes.

388
00:32:09,226 --> 00:32:11,812
Does the Lord Erik
know that you're here?

389
00:32:13,397 --> 00:32:15,357
It was the Lord Erik that sent me.

390
00:32:17,220 --> 00:32:23,115
Now, remove your clothes
or I will rip them from you!

391
00:32:30,541 --> 00:32:32,376
Dagfinn, hold her!

392
00:32:35,421 --> 00:32:38,548
Get up! GET UP!

393
00:32:38,549 --> 00:32:43,512
Lord, she's a hostage!
Get up onto your feet.

394
00:32:43,513 --> 00:32:49,019
She is a hostage. She is precious.

395
00:32:52,898 --> 00:32:54,358
She's of value!

396
00:32:56,193 --> 00:32:57,945
Release her.

397
00:33:00,865 --> 00:33:02,534
Leave us!

398
00:33:08,874 --> 00:33:10,250
All of you!

399
00:33:43,737 --> 00:33:47,229
This should not have happened,
and it will not happen again.

400
00:33:49,042 --> 00:33:50,460
My apologies.

401
00:33:56,175 --> 00:33:58,218
My apologies.

402
00:33:58,219 --> 00:34:00,888
It is not the first time
a man has mistreated me.

403
00:34:03,892 --> 00:34:05,310
Who else?

404
00:34:06,937 --> 00:34:10,357
Not here. Before here.

405
00:34:13,944 --> 00:34:17,155
Now I know what to do
should it happen again.

406
00:34:17,156 --> 00:34:21,828
I will use my night bucket and a knife.

407
00:34:24,122 --> 00:34:25,540
You should.

408
00:34:26,750 --> 00:34:28,377
You are precious, Lady.

409
00:34:32,923 --> 00:34:36,177
Sleep well. Safely.

410
00:35:09,755 --> 00:35:11,173
Odda.

411
00:35:16,095 --> 00:35:19,556
It is late.
I was about to sit, contemplate.

412
00:35:19,557 --> 00:35:22,227
As is your habit, Lord.
I have been waiting for you.

413
00:35:25,689 --> 00:35:28,858
Lord, I hope you will forgive
me for what I'm about to say.

414
00:35:28,859 --> 00:35:32,237
My intentions are for Wessex,
for the hope of an England.

415
00:35:36,117 --> 00:35:38,738
You spoke of paying for
Aethelflaed's release

416
00:35:38,779 --> 00:35:43,415
in one of two ways-with silver,
or with blood.

417
00:35:43,416 --> 00:35:44,750
I did.

418
00:35:44,751 --> 00:35:46,837
There is a third way.

419
00:35:48,004 --> 00:35:51,132
Should the ransom be too great,
should the likely loss of men

420
00:35:51,133 --> 00:35:54,552
be too great, should Wessex
wish to emerge with honour,

421
00:35:54,553 --> 00:35:57,223
Lord, and greater strength...

422
00:36:00,101 --> 00:36:04,689
... then should she not be
encouraged to take her own life?

423
00:36:07,526 --> 00:36:08,986
For the good of the kingdom.

424
00:36:11,780 --> 00:36:15,367
Some might say it would mean martyrdom.

425
00:36:19,622 --> 00:36:20,872
I hear you, Odda.

426
00:36:20,873 --> 00:36:23,293
I'm glad you feel able
to proffer this advice.

427
00:36:25,879 --> 00:36:28,090
Now, I wish to sit. You will leave me.

428
00:36:30,384 --> 00:36:31,927
Lord...

429
00:36:33,053 --> 00:36:38,059
Look around you,
see the sacrifice that has been made.

430
00:36:39,945 --> 00:36:42,020
Hundreds upon hundreds of men,

431
00:36:42,021 --> 00:36:46,650
women and children have given
their lives for what we now have...

432
00:36:46,651 --> 00:36:50,155
They have GIVEN their lives, Odda,
they did not TAKE their lives.

433
00:36:51,657 --> 00:36:54,117
And there will be reward in
heaven for each and every soul,

434
00:36:54,118 --> 00:36:55,743
that is what we believe, is it not?

435
00:36:55,744 --> 00:37:02,752
That is what I say, Lord,
there will be reward enough, in heaven.

436
00:37:05,088 --> 00:37:07,841
You are a king before you are a father.

437
00:37:12,721 --> 00:37:14,473
I know my place!

438
00:37:18,519 --> 00:37:20,104
Now you will leave me.

439
00:37:24,567 --> 00:37:25,819
Lord.

440
00:38:00,815 --> 00:38:02,862
I thought you'd like to
breathe the night's air.

441
00:38:03,074 --> 00:38:04,116
Thank you.

442
00:38:10,534 --> 00:38:12,828
I was born on a night of a whole moon.

443
00:38:15,581 --> 00:38:19,502
My father wanted to call me Mani,
after the moon god.

444
00:38:21,421 --> 00:38:25,008
But Mani is chased each night
across the sky by Hati the wolf.

445
00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:30,389
My mother did not want
me to be chased by wolves.

446
00:38:34,393 --> 00:38:37,855
I saw the moon,
the clear sky and I wanted to share it.

447
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,277
I'm glad you thought of me.

448
00:38:43,528 --> 00:38:46,030
It was either share it
with you or with my brother.

449
00:38:46,031 --> 00:38:48,909
The choice was difficult, I admit!

450
00:39:03,299 --> 00:39:06,303
I have never seen a
face like this before.

451
00:39:09,222 --> 00:39:13,560
Now I see it, even when I close my eyes.

452
00:39:17,606 --> 00:39:19,317
Your husband is a fortunate man.

453
00:39:20,693 --> 00:39:22,445
My husband does not see me.

454
00:39:24,368 --> 00:39:26,949
Then, he's blind or stupid.

455
00:39:26,950 --> 00:39:28,869
He is not blind.

456
00:39:33,624 --> 00:39:35,459
And he is not gentle, I would guess.

457
00:39:36,919 --> 00:39:38,588
He is the one who mistreats you?

458
00:39:41,799 --> 00:39:44,594
He is not the man I
would choose to be with.

459
00:40:21,467 --> 00:40:23,219
You. You!

460
00:40:24,471 --> 00:40:25,722
Aethelwold.

461
00:40:28,099 --> 00:40:29,809
Odda, you are drunk.

462
00:40:29,810 --> 00:40:32,186
I sincerely hope so, I can barely see.

463
00:40:32,187 --> 00:40:34,064
At your age, it is not good for you.

464
00:40:35,733 --> 00:40:39,153
What is your opinion on paying
a ransom for Aethelflaed?

465
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,410
Do you have an opinion?

466
00:40:48,580 --> 00:40:50,624
Not one I am prepared to say aloud.

467
00:40:52,126 --> 00:40:54,585
Is there much, or any,
of your father in you?

468
00:40:54,587 --> 00:40:58,174
The king past?
I'm disappointed you need to ask.

469
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:03,513
I have both my father's blood
and spirit, the Danes know it.

470
00:41:05,432 --> 00:41:06,600
Even the dead know it.

471
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:15,317
I am becoming more like him by
the day-observe the clean tunic.

472
00:41:19,405 --> 00:41:20,823
He was a great man.

473
00:41:27,163 --> 00:41:28,373
He was my great friend.

474
00:41:30,959 --> 00:41:36,965
If you are indeed his son,
I may need you.

475
00:41:36,966 --> 00:41:38,426
You may need me for what?

476
00:41:46,726 --> 00:41:48,603
I believe you need your bed, Lord.

477
00:41:50,772 --> 00:41:51,982
And a pillow.

478
00:42:08,458 --> 00:42:12,421
You should employ a craftsman to
fit a spoon in place of the blade.

479
00:42:14,131 --> 00:42:15,798
The leaves are falling.

480
00:42:15,799 --> 00:42:20,095
I want the ransom paid in full
by winter, an army by spring.

481
00:42:20,096 --> 00:42:21,764
A king's crown by summer.

482
00:42:23,850 --> 00:42:26,227
They will want the same,
answers by winter.

483
00:42:29,940 --> 00:42:31,567
How does she ride?

484
00:42:34,945 --> 00:42:39,242
Oh, you wouldn't like
her-she's bony and she squeals.

485
00:42:40,701 --> 00:42:42,203
She passes the time.

486
00:42:45,540 --> 00:42:47,542
And if you put a pup in her belly?

487
00:42:50,170 --> 00:42:52,756
Then, Alfred will get
two for the price of one.

488
00:42:57,887 --> 00:43:00,681
And Viking blood to strengthen his line,
eh?

489
00:43:11,568 --> 00:43:14,696
What will happen when
we reach Beamfleot?

490
00:43:14,697 --> 00:43:18,158
Will there be a ritual, a toast, a meal?

491
00:43:18,159 --> 00:43:20,202
There will be a heathen sacrifice

492
00:43:20,203 --> 00:43:24,415
the youngest member of the visiting
party will be split with an axe.

493
00:43:25,750 --> 00:43:27,586
They will want to humiliate us.

494
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,213
In what way?

495
00:43:31,214 --> 00:43:33,800
An insult, a challenge.

496
00:43:33,801 --> 00:43:36,053
Why Because they can.

497
00:43:49,067 --> 00:43:53,362
Haesten. We're travelling to Beamfleot.

498
00:43:53,363 --> 00:43:54,947
For Alfred?

499
00:43:54,949 --> 00:43:56,283
For Alfred, yes.

500
00:43:57,785 --> 00:44:01,872
I am here to take you on to the
fortress, Lord. You and two others.

501
00:44:01,873 --> 00:44:04,083
I will travel with half my number,
no less.

502
00:44:10,048 --> 00:44:11,550
Agreed.

503
00:44:12,676 --> 00:44:15,178
The Lady Aethelflaed? She is well?

504
00:44:15,179 --> 00:44:17,931
There'll be no negotiation
until I have seen her!

505
00:44:17,932 --> 00:44:19,641
She is well.

506
00:44:19,642 --> 00:44:24,481
My Lord Erik sees that
she is most content, Lord.

507
00:44:27,692 --> 00:44:30,779
Ride on and we'll follow.
Oh, you will not be needing horses.

508
00:44:48,799 --> 00:44:50,758
Lord, I have a question.

509
00:44:50,759 --> 00:44:53,803
What is it we want from this meeting?

510
00:44:53,804 --> 00:44:58,933
You have to ask?
What we want is to free Aethelflaed.

511
00:44:58,935 --> 00:45:02,146
And if instead,
what transpired was war-what then?

512
00:45:03,481 --> 00:45:05,608
It is a question, Lord, that is all.

513
00:45:07,736 --> 00:45:11,657
I would be without a wife, no doubt,
as that would be the cause of war.

514
00:45:13,909 --> 00:45:16,829
War will occur regardless,
that is certain.

515
00:45:18,456 --> 00:45:21,625
The only change that there
can be is the size of the army

516
00:45:21,626 --> 00:45:23,461
that we will face across the field.

517
00:45:24,629 --> 00:45:26,672
We will be ready.

518
00:45:26,673 --> 00:45:29,341
But what is it we want?

519
00:45:29,342 --> 00:45:32,970
Alfred wants his daughter,
that is plain,

520
00:45:32,971 --> 00:45:38,101
but is that best for Mercia?
Is that best for Aethelred,

521
00:45:38,102 --> 00:45:41,814
Lord of Mercia, and Lunden,
and more, perhaps?

522
00:45:44,234 --> 00:45:47,611
My advice to you, Lord,
is rescue her by all means,

523
00:45:47,612 --> 00:45:50,657
but not at a price that
will cut our throats.

524
00:46:23,776 --> 00:46:25,652
You will all kneel.

525
00:46:25,653 --> 00:46:30,658
We will not. We have come
here in peace and as equals.

526
00:46:30,659 --> 00:46:33,286
You've made us walk a
good distance to meet you.

527
00:46:33,287 --> 00:46:34,747
That is respect enough.

528
00:46:38,501 --> 00:46:40,627
You should have joined me, Uhtred.

529
00:46:40,628 --> 00:46:44,965
If you wished me to join you,
why have a dead man tell a prophecy?

530
00:46:44,966 --> 00:46:46,467
Why didn't you simply ask?

531
00:46:46,468 --> 00:46:49,012
Me, you would refuse, but the gods?

532
00:46:53,434 --> 00:46:55,811
The King of Wessex sends his greetings.

533
00:46:57,146 --> 00:46:59,981
He hopes you have enjoyed
the company of his daughter.

534
00:47:02,110 --> 00:47:03,778
Enjoyed her?

535
00:47:07,157 --> 00:47:08,867
Oh, she's not his favourite.

536
00:47:10,077 --> 00:47:12,995
Why else would he have allowed
her to marry the pig's arse

537
00:47:12,996 --> 00:47:16,082
standing behind me?
Before any negotiations take place,

538
00:47:16,083 --> 00:47:20,253
the pig's arse wishes to be
certain that his wife is well.

539
00:47:20,254 --> 00:47:23,341
And if she's not well? What then?

540
00:47:24,592 --> 00:47:28,388
What will the pig's arse do? Fart?

541
00:47:34,061 --> 00:47:37,815
Will you fight me?
Will you fight my brother?

542
00:47:38,878 --> 00:47:40,693
I would like that.

543
00:47:46,199 --> 00:47:47,659
You alone will kneel.

544
00:47:49,327 --> 00:47:51,746
I will not. Kneel!

545
00:48:00,381 --> 00:48:04,426
I have come to negotiate.
I demand respect.

546
00:48:04,427 --> 00:48:08,014
If you do not wish to hear my price,
then I will leave! Happily!

547
00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:11,393
Aethelflaed.

548
00:48:12,853 --> 00:48:14,813
As you can see, she is well.

549
00:48:17,775 --> 00:48:20,903
I would like to speak with her.
Then, do it.

550
00:48:34,376 --> 00:48:35,836
They are treating you well?

551
00:48:37,129 --> 00:48:38,713
They are.

552
00:48:38,714 --> 00:48:41,300
You have not been... touched?

553
00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:45,221
I have not.

554
00:48:51,561 --> 00:48:55,065
What I must now do is secure an
acceptable price for your release.

555
00:48:56,358 --> 00:48:58,818
There will be word games played,

556
00:48:58,819 --> 00:49:04,157
do not be alarmed by what I may say.
I assure you,

557
00:49:04,158 --> 00:49:07,579
once this is over, they shall pay
for what they have done to us all.

558
00:49:09,206 --> 00:49:10,582
Thank you, Lord.

559
00:49:16,964 --> 00:49:18,715
What is your price?

560
00:49:18,716 --> 00:49:21,010
It must be fair, or you can keep her.

561
00:49:23,179 --> 00:49:25,722
You talk of your woman
like you do not care.

562
00:49:25,723 --> 00:49:28,183
She is important to me,
of course, but she has a price,

563
00:49:28,184 --> 00:49:31,896
beyond which I cannot go. I will not go.

564
00:49:31,897 --> 00:49:35,025
Then name it. Name this price.

565
00:49:38,612 --> 00:49:40,990
100lb weight of silver.

566
00:49:42,158 --> 00:49:43,993
My lands can afford no more.

567
00:49:52,044 --> 00:49:54,504
Does this man speak for Alfred?

568
00:49:54,505 --> 00:49:56,507
He does not.

569
00:49:57,842 --> 00:49:59,135
Hmm.

570
00:50:00,928 --> 00:50:06,016
Weland! Where is Weland?!
I do not see him.

571
00:50:06,017 --> 00:50:09,229
Weland! Weland!

572
00:50:12,441 --> 00:50:14,610
Ah! Weland.

573
00:50:23,077 --> 00:50:25,538
This man here...

574
00:50:27,791 --> 00:50:29,167
Hit him.

575
00:50:39,553 --> 00:50:42,472
She is a daughter, not a son.

576
00:50:42,473 --> 00:50:45,851
Unloved and, in truth,
banished to Mercia to spend her life

577
00:50:45,852 --> 00:50:50,106
being humped by her husband,
whom you have so generously put to bed.

578
00:50:50,107 --> 00:50:53,985
But like her husband,
Alfred's not minded to pay a great sum.

579
00:50:53,986 --> 00:50:57,363
Alfred's price is what? Say it! I will.

580
00:50:57,364 --> 00:51:00,867
Separate from the 100lb
weight of silver offered by

581
00:51:00,868 --> 00:51:02,619
her husband,

582
00:51:02,620 --> 00:51:06,249
Alfred will add another...
200lb weight of silver.

583
00:51:08,084 --> 00:51:10,127
300lb in total.

584
00:51:10,128 --> 00:51:11,462
A good price.

585
00:51:11,463 --> 00:51:14,632
The daughter of a Frankish king was
once bargained for a similar price.

586
00:51:14,633 --> 00:51:17,470
Pyrlig?
This is true, Lord, it is a good price.

587
00:51:22,601 --> 00:51:26,186
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

588
00:51:26,187 --> 00:51:31,108
No, Alfred is not a Frankish
king and it is not a good price.

589
00:51:31,109 --> 00:51:32,860
I say it's a good price.

590
00:51:32,861 --> 00:51:35,279
Like the pig's arse, you have farted.

591
00:51:37,324 --> 00:51:43,580
Yes! And it stinks, by the gods
does it stink. Open the doors.

592
00:51:43,581 --> 00:51:45,249
It is a good price?

593
00:51:45,250 --> 00:51:48,420
I think it's a good price.
You insult me!

594
00:51:50,172 --> 00:51:54,133
If Alfred is minded to offer so little,
then I am minded to

595
00:51:54,134 --> 00:51:58,055
bring her into this hall and
allow each man here take his turn!

596
00:52:01,267 --> 00:52:07,023
I swear she will be tied to a cart
and she will travel the kingdoms.

597
00:52:08,859 --> 00:52:11,193
Is that what you want,

598
00:52:11,194 --> 00:52:12,571
Saxon?

599
00:52:13,947 --> 00:52:16,532
Do not insult me.

600
00:52:16,533 --> 00:52:19,078
I'm not insulting you. Do not.

601
00:52:30,424 --> 00:52:33,594
The King has given me some
discretion to increase the price.

602
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:40,101
What a surprise!

603
00:52:41,602 --> 00:52:44,521
So, say it.

604
00:52:44,522 --> 00:52:48,359
Lord, if I may,
and to save both time and ink,

605
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:51,238
perhaps YOU might name a price?

606
00:52:52,531 --> 00:52:54,950
An acceptable price,
not an impossible price.

607
00:52:56,410 --> 00:52:57,703
Say it.

608
00:53:05,003 --> 00:53:08,256
10,000lb weight of silver
and 1,000lb weight of gold.

609
00:53:09,758 --> 00:53:11,967
Delivered by Alfred himself.

610
00:53:11,969 --> 00:53:13,302
Of course.

611
00:53:13,303 --> 00:53:15,680
And he shall arrive with
a stoat upon his head

612
00:53:15,681 --> 00:53:17,016
and an apple in his mouth.

613
00:53:18,100 --> 00:53:19,768
With respect, Sigefrid,

614
00:53:19,769 --> 00:53:22,980
you fart louder and longer than
the pig's arse and I together.

615
00:53:26,359 --> 00:53:28,987
I need to take a piss.
It's going to be a long day.

616
00:54:35,344 --> 00:54:41,773
Aethelred, Lord of Mercia!
If your jaw is not broken, join us!

617
00:54:41,774 --> 00:54:43,108
Eat.

618
00:54:43,109 --> 00:54:47,488
Yes. I will. I would enjoy that.

619
00:54:47,489 --> 00:54:49,782
Business is done.

620
00:54:49,783 --> 00:54:50,388
Done?!

621
00:54:50,442 --> 00:54:53,671
A bargain has been made,
and not a good one. Say nothing.

622
00:54:53,761 --> 00:54:58,625
Uhtred and Father Pyrlig have
gone to see how your lady is, Lord.

623
00:54:58,626 --> 00:55:02,212
Then I will go to her. No!

624
00:55:02,213 --> 00:55:05,132
You will wait here.

625
00:55:05,133 --> 00:55:08,887
You will sit... with me.

626
00:55:21,859 --> 00:55:23,568
To silver and gold.

627
00:55:23,569 --> 00:55:25,779
And lots of it, Lord.

628
00:55:25,780 --> 00:55:27,115
Drink.

629
00:55:32,663 --> 00:55:34,123
She's praying.

630
00:55:36,625 --> 00:55:39,462
Give her time with the priest
and then you will see her.

631
00:55:41,672 --> 00:55:43,799
26 ships.

632
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:48,554
By the next moon there will be more.
And more still, the moon after.

633
00:55:48,555 --> 00:55:51,599
Alfred will pay for his own destruction.

634
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:54,602
You should not underestimate
Alfred of Wessex.

635
00:55:54,603 --> 00:55:59,566
Never. But he will pay
what you have agreed?

636
00:55:59,567 --> 00:56:01,360
He will.

637
00:56:02,737 --> 00:56:04,322
Even for an unloved daughter?

638
00:56:06,241 --> 00:56:09,493
Alfred is suffering.
He loves her dearly.

639
00:56:09,494 --> 00:56:11,412
Her husband does not.

640
00:56:11,413 --> 00:56:15,166
I was surprised at your
anger towards Aethelred.

641
00:56:15,167 --> 00:56:16,752
What purpose did it serve?

642
00:56:18,420 --> 00:56:20,338
It was a mistake.

643
00:56:20,339 --> 00:56:22,841
It was.

644
00:56:22,842 --> 00:56:25,136
You made it clear that you care for her.

645
00:56:33,145 --> 00:56:35,813
I cannot let her go.

646
00:56:35,814 --> 00:56:37,399
I cannot give her up.

647
00:56:39,485 --> 00:56:44,197
We have just settled on a price,
there is agreement.

648
00:56:44,198 --> 00:56:45,783
With my brother.

649
00:57:01,175 --> 00:57:03,261
Lord Uhtred. Lady.

650
00:57:04,595 --> 00:57:07,347
Your father sends his affection.

651
00:57:07,348 --> 00:57:09,601
He will be sleeping at the altar,
I'm sure.

652
00:57:10,811 --> 00:57:14,606
I have arranged your release.
You will soon be coming home.

653
00:57:16,150 --> 00:57:17,568
Have you spoken with Erik?

654
00:57:20,529 --> 00:57:21,614
I have.

655
00:57:22,907 --> 00:57:24,826
What has he told you?

656
00:57:28,330 --> 00:57:30,456
Lady, he's a Northman and a pagan.

657
00:57:30,457 --> 00:57:32,708
He is a pagan as YOU are a pagan.

658
00:57:32,709 --> 00:57:35,336
Any hope that you have of
a life together is nonsense.

659
00:57:35,337 --> 00:57:37,171
It will fail! It will not.

660
00:57:37,172 --> 00:57:41,801
Merely because it's what you wish for?
Lady, it can never happen.

661
00:57:41,802 --> 00:57:45,014
Well, it must. What of your husband?

662
00:57:45,966 --> 00:57:48,767
I will not talk of my husband.

663
00:57:48,768 --> 00:57:50,519
I do not care for him.

664
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:52,813
And I will never care for him.
But he will not stand by.

665
00:57:52,814 --> 00:57:54,232
I do not care.

666
00:57:54,233 --> 00:57:58,111
Sigefrid will not stand by,
and your father will not stand by!

667
00:57:58,112 --> 00:58:01,781
You will lose your entire family!
I will make a family.

668
00:58:01,782 --> 00:58:03,867
We will make a family, Erik and I.

669
00:58:03,868 --> 00:58:06,203
And they will die! As you will die.

670
00:58:06,204 --> 00:58:08,247
In a fire, at the tip of a sword...

671
00:58:08,248 --> 00:58:09,915
Then, I will die happily.

672
00:58:09,916 --> 00:58:12,543
Aethelflaed, hear me.
There will be no rest.

673
00:58:12,544 --> 00:58:14,630
None. A life with Erik is what I want.

674
00:58:15,714 --> 00:58:18,759
It is best for me and
it is best for Wessex.

675
00:58:20,344 --> 00:58:22,847
I can say this to no-one but you.

676
00:58:24,390 --> 00:58:27,268
I can ask no-one but you.

677
00:58:32,107 --> 00:58:33,567
Will you help us escape?

678
00:58:39,115 --> 00:58:42,534
Lady, I am sworn to your father.
If I help you and succeed,

679
00:58:42,535 --> 00:58:44,953
he'll have me killed,
but more than that,

680
00:58:44,954 --> 00:58:47,372
you are asking me to
sanction your own death.

681
00:58:47,373 --> 00:58:50,085
No, what I am asking is
for you to allow me to live!

682
00:58:52,379 --> 00:58:56,090
I will not be the treasure that
builds an army against my father.

683
00:58:56,091 --> 00:58:57,926
That will not happen.

684
00:58:57,927 --> 00:59:00,136
Never.

685
00:59:00,137 --> 00:59:03,223
I will leave this place with Erik

686
00:59:03,224 --> 00:59:04,851
or I will not leave at all.

687
00:59:06,478 --> 00:59:10,481
Uhtred, I am asking you to save my life

688
00:59:10,482 --> 00:59:13,360
and with it the nations
of Wessex and Mercia.

689
00:59:16,196 --> 00:59:18,073
Will you help me?

690
00:59:20,159 --> 00:59:21,369
Please?

691
00:59:22,305 --> 01:00:22,194
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