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<i>(IF I HAD A HEART PLAYING)</i>

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(WOMAN SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE)

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(MOANING)

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(GRUNTING)

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Princess Aslaug,
listen to me.

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You are in an open field.

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On one side of
you is a deep pit

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filled with bones and ashes
and hellish things.

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On the other side is your
house, your sons, the fjord,

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and the sunlight is striking the
snow high on the mountains.

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If you want to
reach your house,

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then you must push the baby
out as Freya would.

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Let him rip you,
but push... Out.

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Choose life.

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Yes.

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(MOANS)

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Yes.
WOMAN: The baby will come.

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(GROANING)

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That's it! Good.
I see the head.

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(ASLAUG SCREAMING)

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(BABY CRYING)

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It's alive.

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It is alive.

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SIGGY: It's a boy.

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HORIK: We must prepare
to go to Wessex.

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Obviously, we must
leave soon.

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I have to return
to my territories.

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I have to prepare
my ships.

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It will take some time.

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How much time?

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Just enough time.

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No more, no less,
King Horik.

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PORUNN: Your father
has a new child.

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A son?

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Yes.

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I must congratulate
your father.

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It is never a bad
day to have a son.

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The gods cannot stop offering
him their blessings.

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I, too, am happy
for Earl Ragnar.

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Erlendur

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Who are you?

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Porunn.

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I meant who are you
to my son?

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She is a servant.
A slave...

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And I am in love
with her.

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(BABY CRYING)

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After all,

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your prophecy was right.

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Don't be too long.

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I won't.

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I need you.

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If the three of us are equals,
we need each other.

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But one cannot be more
equal than the other.

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You mean Ragnar.

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You and I are at
least his equal,

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and Ragnar must come
to understand this.

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I agree.

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Lagertha!

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To keep you warm.

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What is wrong with
Ragnar's new son?

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Nothing. Be safe.

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How loyal you are, Siggy.

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(GRUNTING)

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Don't die stupidly.

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I'm not going to die.

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Yes, you are! If I choose.

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Fight!

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(GRUNTS)

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(AMBIENT SOUND FADES AWAY)
(LOUD BREATHING)

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(GRUNTS)

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Always remember to finish off
your opponent, if you can.

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We're fine ones for playing
dead or pretending to run away.

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Perhaps the Saxons
are the same.

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No man ever ran away with his
entrails hanging to his knees,

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or his head cut off.

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That's just a fact of life.

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Your mother is
an amazing woman.

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I know.

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And...

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I know why you say that.

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No you don't.

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You were in
love with her once.

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How can you say that?

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You were just a boy.

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I can say that now because

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l am in love.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)

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Well, believe me, those
feelings are wasted.

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Don't the gods love?

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Who is to say their
love is wasted?

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(CHUCKLES)

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How come you know so
much about the gods?

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Because my father,
you and I...

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Are all descended
from Odin.

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Or is that
not true, Uncle?

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He will die anyway.

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What is the point
of pretending?

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If we were wolves,
or even pigs,

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this poor, weak runt
would be discarded.

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We are not wolves or pigs.

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It is natural.

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We let such babies
die for their own good.

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For what kind of
a life could he live?

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I know, but I don't care.

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Always so behind the times!
(MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

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Well, that's true. My
work is for all eternity.

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Who is coming?
Kwenthrith.

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The daughter of Offa.

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King of Mercia?

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Well, before he died,
that is.

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ATHELSTAN: Not his son?

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AETHELWULF: Don't you
know anything?

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Kwenthrith killed her brother,
Of fa's natural heir.

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Now the whole kingdom
is beset by dynastic squabble.

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Everyone is
murdering everyone.

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ATHELSTAN: Presumably...

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King Ecbert doesn't want to get
involved with such terrible squabbles?

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AETHELWULF: Of course not.

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My father has no
interest whatsoever

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in what happens in our
neighboring kingdom,

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which just so happens to be
the largest, most important

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and richest kingdom
in England.

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So, this is our fratricide.

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Our mass murderer.

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ECBERT: Welcome, Princess,

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to the Kingdom of Wessex.

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(COOING)

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There is no other way.

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No other way, my son.

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You'll have to provide
for yourself.

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(BABY SHRIEKING)

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What is this?

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(CRYING)

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(BABY CONTINUES SHRIEKING)

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(HORSE WHINNYING)

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(BELLS JINGLING)

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MAN: My Lady.

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WOMAN: it is good to see you!

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Welcome back, Earl lngstad.
We've all missed your presence.

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Thank you, Einar.

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But you will have to do
without my presence

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a great deal longer.

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It is agreed that I am to raid
the English kingdom of Wessex

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with King Horik
and Earl Ragnar.

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(ALL SPEAKING AT ONCE)

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I expect my ships to be provisioned
by the next full moon,

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and all my warriors
to be armed and assembled.

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No meat for me.

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I don't like it.
It kills you.

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(LAUGHS)

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KWENTHRITH:
Only vegetables.

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Who are you?

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My name is Athelstan.
I was a monk at Lindisfarne.

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A monk!

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Athelstan was captured by the Northmen.
He's lived amongst them.

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He knows everything
about their pagan ways.

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I have heard that the pagans
sacrifice human beings.

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Is that true?
Do they actually?

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Every nine years,
yes, they do.

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To please their gods.

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And are they naked?

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I have been told that they make
love to whomever they choose,

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and that the idea of fidelity
is utterly strange to them.

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They have...
A different morality to us.

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Is it not more natural?

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I...

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KWENTHRITH: <i>Is it
not more natural?</i>

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(WOMAN MOANING)

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Is it not more natural?

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<i>Is it not more natural?</i>

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I... I would only say
that it was different.

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How boring you are!

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I was shocked to hear
of the death of your brother.

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Don't worry about
my brother.

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Did you know that the Pope
has already made him a Saint?

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Saint Kenelm!

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Apparently, he lived
an exemplary life!

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Do you mean to say that he
was not altogether virtuous?

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Well, he raped me
when I was about 12.

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(COUGHS)

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So, you must make
up your own mind.

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King Ecbert,

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I do not need to ask why
you've invited me here.

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I know very well.

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You want to influence
the destiny of Mercia.

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My family are
killing one another,

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and you want to be on the side of the
party which succeeds to the crown.

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You put it very
precisely, Princess.

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It should not
surprise you to hear

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that myself and my
allies will succeed.

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But perhaps your support
would be an advantage.

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I was thinking of sending
my son, Aethelwulf,

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to advise and help you.

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I would gladly
open my gates...

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To your handsome son.

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(CHUCKLES)

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I would also like to hire
some Northmen as mercenaries

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to help you succeed in gaining
the throne of Mercia.

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I need to meet
these Northmen

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whose prowess, in all things,
I have heard so much about.

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It seems no one can talk
of anything else now.

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So, let us drink...

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To Princess Kwenthrith,

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and the conquest of Mercia.

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ALL: The conquest of Mercia!

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(GLASSES CLINKING)

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(LAGERTHA SIGHS)

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(CHUCKLES)

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Einar, why don't
you come in?

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Do you want to speak to me?

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Yes.

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Then wait.

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What do you want to say?

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I thought we had
an agreement.

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I don't remember
any agreements, Einar.

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You do remember!

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I would help you become Earl,

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and then, as a result,
we might be married.

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I never made
any arrangements.

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Not with you,
nor with anyone else.

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You wanted rid of Sigvard
because he was insane.

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So, I killed him.

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That's all.

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(BREATHING HEAVILY)

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If you do not
let me enjoy you,

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I shall open your face!

226
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And then,

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what would your family do?

228
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Hmm?

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If they had any
respect for you,

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they would have
made you Earl, not me.

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The truth is,
you couldn't kill me.

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The only person you
could kill was a dying man.

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That's how brave you are.

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(DOG HOWLING)

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SAGGY: <i>Aslaug, forgive me.</i>

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What is wrong with Ivar?

237
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Everybody talks,
but nobody knows.

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He is my son.

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00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,162
But sooner or later, you have
to show him to the world.

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00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,004
You can't keep him
covered up forever.

241
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,530
Ragnar is right.

242
00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,527
Aslaug, this child
will never walk.

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By the gods, you must...

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You must put him out to die.

245
00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,808
Thank you for
your good advice,

246
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but I would rather
die myself than take it.

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(ECBERT AND KWENTHRITH
MOANING)

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I knew your father.
Uh-huh.

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King Offa.
He was a great man.

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Not just, uh...

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Physically courageous but...
(MOANING)

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00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:22,089
A man of...
(PANTING)

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Profound belief.

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(ECBERT AND KWENTHRITH
GRUNTING)

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Ecbert, what is it? Ecbert?
(MOANING)

256
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,649
(BOTH PANTING)

257
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I'm done.

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What? Already?

259
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We've been...
Well, I'm not done.

260
00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:53,841
Well, I don't know
how I can be of help.

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What about the priest?

262
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,001
Athelstan?

263
00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:00,806
Yes, he lived with the pagans,
and pagans like sex, don't they?

264
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,166
Athelstan is a...
He's a spiritual man.

265
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:06,281
(CHUCKLES)

266
00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,487
Well, I've never
met a spiritual man

267
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,040
who doesn't like to fuck
like an animal.

268
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:18,211
Don't... Don't...
Don't you want to sleep?

269
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:19,765
Are you insane?

270
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:21,841
(GROANS)

271
00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:25,724
Where are you going?

272
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,041
I am going somewhere
to sleep.

273
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,321
In the meantime,

274
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,244
I will send in
some of my warriors

275
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,288
to attend your needs.

276
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,084
Good night, Princess.

277
00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:52,570
(INAUDIBLE)

278
00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,685
(WHISPERS)
Good luck.

279
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,247
This way.

280
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:08,880
Don't be shy.

281
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:39,720
MAN: There!

282
00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:43,443
Now we will win!

283
00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:39,009
Our child should have a name,

284
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,162
now that the gods
have saved him.

285
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,530
His name is Ivar.

286
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,763
Ivar the Boneless.

287
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,769
MAN: Goodbye, my love!

288
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:34,371
BJORN: Porunn!

289
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:35,761
Porunn!

290
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:38,406
Porunn!

291
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,046
Porunn!

292
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,687
I should not talk to you.
Many do not wish it.

293
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,808
In any case,
what does it matter?

294
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,008
I'll probably die in battle.

295
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,090
I love you.

296
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,090
Goodbye, Helga.

297
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,570
Be sure you come
back to us, Floki.

298
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,570
I want you to meet your child for
the first time in this world.

299
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:35,841
Oh.

300
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:37,966
You know me.

301
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,043
I'm always cautious.
And always sensible.

302
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:43,481
(BOTH LAUGHING)

303
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,483
I would not love
you if you were sensible.

304
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,005
I know.

305
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,810
I'm crazy and cracked.

306
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,922
There is something
wrong with me,

307
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,641
which is why I choose
to travel with King Horik.

308
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,609
Why?

309
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,161
I don't know yet.

310
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,364
There's something about him.

311
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:12,246
He understands the gods
better than Ragnar.

312
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,243
No.
No?

313
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,606
That is not possible.

314
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:21,323
I mean the real gods,
the darker gods,

315
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,880
the gods that haunt me.

316
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:26,681
Don't scare me, Floki.

317
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:29,681
Not now.

318
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:35,690
I'm sorry, Helga.

319
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,369
I did not mean
anything by it.

320
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,926
After all,
I'm just a joker.

321
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:48,801
Rollo.

322
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,522
I will be here when you return,
if it is what you want.

323
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,771
MAN: All sails!

324
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,008
Pull Off! Pull Off!

325
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:53,810
Let's go!

326
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,770
Thank you.

327
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,840
TORSTEIN: What is
the matter with you?

328
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:37,970
Something the seer
told me.

329
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,690
What did the seer tell you?

330
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,524
That Athelstan is alive.

331
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:48,411
Athelstan?
But I thought he was dead.

332
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,571
That's what King Horik
led me to believe.

333
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,330
He also said that
Athelstan betrayed him.

334
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,087
How is Ragnar
treating you these days?

335
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,245
He treats me well enough.

336
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,162
It is my judgment
that a boat builder

337
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,481
is worth 10 earls.

338
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,125
And how many kings?

339
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:21,406
(CHUCKLES)

340
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,204
If you decide to
build boats for me,

341
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,806
I would certainly
treat you like a king.

342
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,371
You think you can
buy me with riches?

343
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,011
I would never
insult you like that.

344
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,450
What I need from you,
Floki, are your ideas...

345
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,200
For they are worth more
than gold and silver,

346
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,001
and they come
from the gods.

347
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:52,891
Are you sure they do?

348
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:53,961
Oh, yes.

349
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,291
Yes, lam sure.

350
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,571
It's important for me
to understand

351
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,291
whether your words
are a curse

352
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:08,921
or a promise.

353
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:19,481
Perhaps...

354
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,084
Soon I will understand.

355
00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:24,288
(LAUGHING)

356
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,410
What are you thinking?

357
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:55,644
I am thinking about battle.

358
00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,762
You have nothing
to be fearful of.

359
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:03,850
I will always be
by your side.

360
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:05,850
You always speak so simply.

361
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,006
Sometimes I wish my father
could do the same.

362
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,487
Maybe our world
is a simple place.

363
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:16,685
You trust the gods?

364
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:18,650
I put myself in their hands.

365
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,483
I have no will
beyond their will.

366
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:23,321
And Ragnar?

367
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:27,366
Ragnar is different.

368
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:29,723
He does not always
submit to the gods.

369
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:32,566
Challenges them.

370
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,210
Has some awkward questions.

371
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,049
And what is their
biggest question?

372
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,483
Are our lives
already fated?

373
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,846
Have the gods already
decided our destiny?

374
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:00,565
Land!

375
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,731
MAN: Land!
MAN 2: Come on!

376
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:10,361
(LAUGHING)

377
00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:35,926
(DOOR OPENING)

378
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,884
Your friends have returned.

379
00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:44,765
My friends?

380
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,969
A large fleet of Northmen
have come ashore in Wessex.

381
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,724
One of the ships, lam told,

382
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,883
was flying the black raven
banner of Ragnar Lothbrok.

383
00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,211
What will you do?

384
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,848
I hope I can
negotiate with Ragnar.

385
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,531
When we met before,
he struck me as different.

386
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,250
Intelligent.

387
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,209
He will listen to reason.

388
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:15,001
Good.

389
00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:24,450
But if not,
I will fight him.

390
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,807
I have already sent
a message to King Aelle,

391
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,123
asking him to supply warriors,
according to our treaty.

392
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:36,081
Whatever happens,
I will not be defeated.

393
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:08,803
WOMAN 1: It's secure.

394
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,247
WOMAN 2: Here, I'll help you.

395
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,129
MAN 1: Here they are.
MAN 2: Where is he?

396
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,004
MAN 3: Now, have
a drop of this.

397
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,043
WOMAN: The fire's going out.
Inge, help me!

398
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,085
Cover this here!

399
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:46,330
MAN 4: And dig
a trench for it.

400
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,085
WOMAN: Tie it with this rope.

401
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,006
I never imagined
the west would be so wet!

402
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,802
Where is Torstein going?

403
00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:00,246
I sent him to inform
the King of our return.

404
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:02,765
Why?

405
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,281
So he knows that we
are here to talk...

406
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:08,764
And not to fight.

407
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,366
And you did that
without consulting with me.

408
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,409
I thought you
would both agree.

409
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,325
Why should you
think that?

410
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,327
Because it is
a sensible policy.

411
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,285
Fine, I will...

412
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:35,081
Unfortunately, it is too late
to recall Torstein.

413
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,685
You should have
discussed it with us.

414
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,444
King Horik is right.

415
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:47,287
I will try to remember that
the next time, Earl lngstad.

416
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,845
There is not going to be
a next time, Ragnar,

417
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,366
unless you agree you will
never ever do anything again

418
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,408
without consulting
with me first.

419
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,324
For you and I are not equals.

420
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,049
So, what do you propose now?

421
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:13,805
Wait.

422
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:15,760
For what?

423
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:17,880
The unexpected.

424
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,122
Let me tell you
what to expect, hmm?

425
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,647
King Ecbert will send
some envoy to trick us,

426
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,127
or he will send some
army to annihilate us.

427
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:34,691
(THUNDER RUMBLING)

428
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,090
That went well.

429
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:18,885
They're coming!

430
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:21,609
The Saxons are coming!

431
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:23,530
MAN: Form a shield-wall!

432
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,090
Shield-wall!

433
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,241
MAN 2: Hold them!
They're escaping!

434
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,010
MAN: Narrow their approach!

435
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:37,770
MAN 2: Over there! Over there!

436
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:39,286
(HORSE WHINNYING)

437
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:25,930
(BREATHES IN DEEPLY)

438
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:51,889
Ragnar Lothbrok,

439
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,330
my father, King Ecbert,
sends his greetings.

440
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,002
He hopes that you will be
prepared to talk to him.

441
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:07,525
I am prepared.

442
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,162
But we would have
to exchange hostages.

443
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:13,047
Of course.

444
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:18,046
And my father
also sends you this,

445
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,841
as a token of his goodwill.

446
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,363
This is Athelstan's.

447
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:36,565
I gave it to him.

448
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:38,286
Then he is alive.

449
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:42,686
Athelstan is waiting to see
you at my father's villa.

450
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,444
You have his guarantee
of safe passage,

451
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:48,289
as well as my father's.

452
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:49,771
Then...

453
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:57,049
We will all come to
your father's villa.

454
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:22,245
(HORSE WHINNYING)

455
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:03,489
Halt! Halt!

456
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,085
(ALL SHOUTING)

457
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:09,841
(GRUNTING)

458
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,481
(GRUNTS)