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<i>I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.</i>

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<i>Lady Aethelflaed has
followed her father's wishes</i>

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<i>and married Aethelred,
the lord of Mercia,</i>

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<i>bringing King Alfred's dream
of an England ever closer.</i>

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Lord, love should
be gentle and kind.

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<i>In a happier union, Father Beocca
has married my sister, Thyra.</i>

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Excuse me, Lord
Uhtred. I am Osferth.

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You are Alfred's bastard.

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<i>After failing to convince
me to join them,</i>

10
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<i>the Northmen brothers,
Erik and Sigefrid,</i>

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<i>have taken the city of Lundene.</i>

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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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<i>Alfred put Aethelred in
command of his armies...</i>

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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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<i>And we were sent
to take back the city</i>

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<i>but found not a soul.</i>

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If we wish, there is a way

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to raise the greatest army
these shores 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!
- UHTRED: <i>It's a trick, I know it.</i>

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<i>And I fear terrible
consequences.</i>

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<i>Destiny is all.</i>

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No, no. Please God,
let this not be true.

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- Thyra!
- STEAPA: Lady Aethelflaed!

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Thyra!

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Thyra!

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- Please be alive, please be alive.
- STEAPA: Lady Aethelflaed!

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BEOCCA: Thyra!

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Thyra, please!

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Thyra!

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STEAPA: Lady Aethelflaed!

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- Not a single man left living.
- Nor woman.

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

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They would not.

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Thyra!

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Please.

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THYRA: Beocca!

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- Beocca!
- Thyra!

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- Beocca!
- Thyra!

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- THYRA: Beocca!
- Thyra!

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Beocca!

45
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I thought you were dead
and I wanted to die! (CRIES)

46
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(CRIES)

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Thyra. Thyra.

48
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Thyra... where is Aethelflaed?

49
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- You will answer.
- Of course she will answer!

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I do not know.

51
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- Did they take her?
- We ran and...

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Then she was... gone.

53
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We will continue
the search, lord.

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UHTRED: They've
taken her, they must have.

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Why else abandon the
city, why raid the camp?

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She is the daughter of the
king. They wouldn't dare.

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ALDHELM: We will scour
the camp and beyond!

58
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We are looking for
the Lady Aethelflaed!

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- Where are you taking me?
- You have found your voice.

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- We're headed to Beamfleot.
- And then?

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- A ship? A cage?
- I'm still to decide.

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I have given up Lundene for you.

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Erik, how does she feel?

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- Warm?
- Rich.

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As she should. She
is our pathway to glory.

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(BOTH LAUGH)

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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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Make myself appear weak?

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

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BEOCCA: 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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ALDHELM: You should
also raise the question

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of how the Northmen came to
know of Aethelflaed's situation,

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of where she would be.

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MAN: Move on.

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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

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we're travelling home to
Coccham 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 Lady Aethelflaed
is alive and how they're treating her.

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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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SIGEFRID: 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.

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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.
- (CHUCKLES) They will.

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(CHEERING)

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(ERIK LAUGHS)

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(GASPS)

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(MAN SHOUTS)

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- SIGEFRID: What did I say?
- (CROWD FALLS SILENT)

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I told you I would invite
King Alfred's daughter,

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and she is here!

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(CHEERING)

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I swear to the
gods that this prize

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will not be sold cheaply.

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There will be wealth and
glory for every man here!

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(CHEERING)

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Yeah!

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ERIK: 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. 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.

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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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- Lundene has been reclaimed.
- Oh, praise God.

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Not a single Northman
has been left alive in the city

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but... 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.
- By the Northmen?

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- ODDA: Aethelflaed was with you?
- 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?
- 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.
- You are her husband!

147
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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.

149
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She must be alive, lord. What
reason would they have to kill her?

150
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But you do not know for certain?

151
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No.

152
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How they knew she was
with us, we do not know.

153
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Uhtred believes they may
have returned to Beamfleot.

154
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- He knows them well.
- Uhtred has returned to Coccham, lord.

155
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He was following your
earlier instructions, lord.

156
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After hearing of
events and... excuses...

157
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what I now require are facts.

158
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I have men across the land.

159
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I will send word and ask
for word. That is all I can do.

160
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That is all we can do. My dear.

161
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Lord, you have my
word! I shall recover her.

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Do you know what you've done?

163
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Possibly not, as you are as
useless as you are arrogant.

164
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I have done nothing but
carry out the king's orders.

165
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You have put at risk
the entire kingdom.

166
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All kingdoms!

167
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You're a toad. A fool.

168
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An idiot with ambition
far above your capability.

169
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And if I can see this,
be sure Alfred can see it.

170
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You have made your
position clear, Lord Odda.

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- We will forgive your insolence.
- You will forgive me?

172
00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:04,670
You will not address
my lord in that manner.

173
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May I suggest that you take a
wander for yet another cup of wine?

174
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Father Beocca,
Steapa, come with me.

175
00:14:17,256 --> 00:14:20,658
You will tell me every detail from
the moment you left Winchester.

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- With me!
- Yes, lord.

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00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:30,027
"Lundene has been reclaimed

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and not a single Northman
has been left alive in the city."

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00:14:35,842 --> 00:14:38,209
You began so well.

180
00:14:38,311 --> 00:14:42,407
I will be reminding the king who it
was who travelled into Daneland.

181
00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:43,709
I will be reminding the king

182
00:14:43,850 --> 00:14:48,447
that your friend Uhtred has
been called king of Mercia

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00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:52,114
and I shall remind him
how fond you are of his seat.

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Do that.

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00:14:57,497 --> 00:15:00,228
But allow me to
remind you of this.

186
00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:04,498
The only man capable of
cleaning up this puddle of shit

187
00:15:04,670 --> 00:15:07,469
is the man you are
desperate to blame.

188
00:15:08,274 --> 00:15:12,905
Uhtred, king of Mercia.

189
00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,094
What is on your mind?

190
00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:36,501
I am thinking of Aethelflaed.

191
00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:40,998
If she lives, you
will be her hope.

192
00:15:45,812 --> 00:15:47,804
Alfred is her father.

193
00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:54,086
You will be her hope,
Uhtred of Bebbenberg.

194
00:15:55,621 --> 00:16:00,889
It should not be for you to
resolve, but you will do it.

195
00:16:00,993 --> 00:16:04,088
By sending Sihtric,
you have already begun.

196
00:16:04,197 --> 00:16:07,929
- Stay with me.
- (LAUGHS) No, I am hungry.

197
00:16:09,702 --> 00:16:13,332
- I will help you.
- No, I'm doing it!

198
00:16:13,439 --> 00:16:16,773
I think I have
something. Supper at last!

199
00:16:16,909 --> 00:16:18,935
(CHUCKLES) He's a sea monster.

200
00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:26,715
Lord. You said I
should find you.

201
00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:30,312
- Who are you?
- He's Alfred's bastard.

202
00:16:32,959 --> 00:16:37,863
I am called Osferth, lady.
I am simply called Osferth.

203
00:16:44,537 --> 00:16:47,564
Every person in every town
has been instructed to pray

204
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that she is alive and kept well.

205
00:16:50,042 --> 00:16:53,740
Then she will surely be alive,
kept well, and will be free in no time.

206
00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:55,940
Alright, say goodnight.

207
00:16:56,816 --> 00:17:00,412
- You do not believe, lord?
- Oh, I believe.

208
00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:03,887
- (LAUGHS)
- But in the true gods.

209
00:17:05,291 --> 00:17:06,486
And in fate.

210
00:17:08,995 --> 00:17:13,091
- You wish to serve a heathen, Osferth?
- God is in all good men, lady.

211
00:17:13,232 --> 00:17:17,602
And my Uncle Leofric told me often
that your husband is a good man.

212
00:17:19,171 --> 00:17:22,699
- A great man.
- He said that?

213
00:17:23,643 --> 00:17:25,009
Yes, he did, lord.

214
00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:31,841
And yet this good man here will
let you join him for one reason only.

215
00:17:34,086 --> 00:17:35,611
To embarrass Alfred.

216
00:17:39,325 --> 00:17:41,260
It's true.

217
00:17:43,229 --> 00:17:46,495
That may be the reason
you allow me to join you, lord,

218
00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:48,828
but I will give you
reason to let me stay.

219
00:17:52,338 --> 00:17:54,637
You have been brought
here by fate, Osferth.

220
00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:57,333
If all they have in
Winchester is prayer,

221
00:17:57,476 --> 00:18:00,878
then they will need
something more.

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00:18:01,013 --> 00:18:03,642
- We will go to Winchester.
- We will not.

223
00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:07,844
This is what you want to do,
so why be childish about it?

224
00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:13,860
We will go when I have
news. From Beamfleot.

225
00:18:19,131 --> 00:18:21,430
(CHEERING, YELLING)

226
00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:36,715
(DOOR OPENS)

227
00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:43,589
My men tell me you
are refusing to eat.

228
00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:49,593
- I am. I would like to wash.
- You have a bowl, you have water.

229
00:18:49,729 --> 00:18:53,598
I would like to bathe. I
would like to breathe cool air.

230
00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:55,326
I am beginning to feel sickly.

231
00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:59,769
My brother suggested you bathe
inside a barrel in full view of all men.

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00:19:23,295 --> 00:19:24,558
Lady.

233
00:19:27,633 --> 00:19:30,762
I will arrange for you
to bathe with privacy.

234
00:19:32,104 --> 00:19:35,734
But in return you must
eat the food we provide.

235
00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:41,208
Very well.

236
00:19:44,383 --> 00:19:46,045
Agreed.

237
00:19:49,422 --> 00:19:50,947
Thank you.

238
00:20:11,477 --> 00:20:16,040
I feel she is
alive, in my heart.

239
00:20:16,982 --> 00:20:19,076
But what might they do to her?

240
00:20:30,096 --> 00:20:32,565
She has her mother's courage

241
00:20:32,665 --> 00:20:37,069
and that is the very reason
that she will survive this ordeal.

242
00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:44,701
Lord King.

243
00:20:44,844 --> 00:20:50,613
Although I would usually prefer
him miles away at Coccham,

244
00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:56,121
would it now be appropriate
to recall Uhtred to Winchester?

245
00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:59,282
- I accept he will never know God...
- I cannot.

246
00:20:59,425 --> 00:21:02,452
But if you sent him to
Beamfleot, if she saw him...

247
00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,996
- You know I cannot.
- Perhaps her spirits would rise.

248
00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:10,593
- She believes in him.
- Our belief is in God. In prayer.

249
00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:17,503
It is.

250
00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:24,407
I will leave you
to your letters.

251
00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:56,908
We have our proof, Rypere.
You will go to Uhtred. Now.

252
00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:11,791
Why so many guards?
Are you afraid of me?

253
00:22:11,931 --> 00:22:16,130
You're a prize, lady.
Even when unwashed.

254
00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:39,781
She's the daughter of a
king. You will all turn away.

255
00:22:39,925 --> 00:22:44,420
- Show her the backs of your heads.
- Lord, where is the harm in looking?

256
00:22:44,563 --> 00:22:46,555
The back of your heads!

257
00:23:22,801 --> 00:23:24,770
HAESTEN: You were right, lord

258
00:23:27,373 --> 00:23:29,467
- She has beauty.
- She does.

259
00:23:29,608 --> 00:23:33,978
More than that, she's worth ten
times her weight in gold and silver.

260
00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:37,474
I'm thinking we
should fatten her.

261
00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:56,435
(CHUCKLES)

262
00:23:56,568 --> 00:24:00,596
- Does this game have a name?
- Stones.

263
00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:04,403
And why's it called that?

264
00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:09,004
CLAPA: It's Rypere.

265
00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:12,312
FINAN: He must have
news from Beamfleot.

266
00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,113
I'll go and tell Uhtred.

267
00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:15,682
(GASPS)

268
00:24:15,821 --> 00:24:17,380
Uhtred!

269
00:24:17,489 --> 00:24:19,788
Uhtred!

270
00:24:19,892 --> 00:24:21,087
Uhtred?

271
00:24:37,876 --> 00:24:39,811
Lord, if the Northmen
from Beamfleot

272
00:24:39,912 --> 00:24:42,006
are now raiding into
Mercia to feed their army,

273
00:24:42,114 --> 00:24:43,946
how long before
they come to Wessex?

274
00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:47,144
Is it not time to consider
raising the fyrds?

275
00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:51,484
Aethelwold, as you have no estate, it
is not your place to talk of raising fyrds.

276
00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:56,651
As for the ealdormen
with estate,

277
00:24:56,762 --> 00:24:58,856
for each of you, there is
a harvest to be gathered.

278
00:24:58,964 --> 00:25:01,524
This must be done quickly and
stored within the nearest burh.

279
00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:02,691
It must be protected.

280
00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:04,633
Should they raid, we
shall not be overrun

281
00:25:04,737 --> 00:25:08,435
and importantly, we shall not
feed them so much as a single grain.

282
00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:11,305
Wessex is fortified.

283
00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:13,275
Once the harvest is gathered,

284
00:25:13,379 --> 00:25:15,746
the fighting men of the
fyrds shall be free of labor,

285
00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:17,372
should they be required.

286
00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:22,181
Should they be required,
lord? Mercia requires them now!

287
00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:24,380
The heathen must be dealt with!

288
00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:27,755
The heathen hold a
hostage, Lord Selwine.

289
00:25:27,893 --> 00:25:29,759
Would you have the
Lady Aethelflaed killed?

290
00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:33,662
Lord King, I do not
wish to cause distress,

291
00:25:33,766 --> 00:25:36,793
but if the lady
was in fact alive,

292
00:25:36,935 --> 00:25:39,803
surely they would have
made clear their demands?

293
00:25:39,938 --> 00:25:42,908
They want us supplicant,
Selwine. They want us afraid.

294
00:25:43,008 --> 00:25:45,170
They do not know
of our faith, lord.

295
00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:47,336
(DOOR OPENS)

296
00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:52,781
Father Pyrlig?

297
00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:58,620
Excuse me, lord, but
Uhtred of this parish is here.

298
00:25:58,757 --> 00:26:00,692
He is asking to attend.

299
00:26:03,695 --> 00:26:05,357
Can he be trusted?

300
00:26:06,899 --> 00:26:10,097
Lord, are we sure
of Uhtred's position?

301
00:26:10,202 --> 00:26:13,400
Lord Uhtred's position is that
of an ealdorman of Wessex.

302
00:26:13,539 --> 00:26:15,531
Lord, it is my own view
he should be admitted.

303
00:26:15,641 --> 00:26:18,304
- ODDA: And mine.
- MAN: Allow him in.

304
00:26:19,044 --> 00:26:20,808
AELSWITH: Lord King.

305
00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:31,157
The Ealdorman Uhtred
may join the Witan.

306
00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:33,054
PYRLIG: Yes, lord.

307
00:26:38,163 --> 00:26:39,529
Lord.

308
00:26:48,474 --> 00:26:49,840
Lady Aelswith.

309
00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:56,042
- I am here with news of Aethelflaed.
- From the Northmen?

310
00:26:56,181 --> 00:26:59,879
From my own spies who sleep
within the walls of Beamfleot.

311
00:27:00,018 --> 00:27:02,283
Lord, Aethelflaed is alive.

312
00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:05,219
My men have seen
her with their own eyes.

313
00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:09,654
- Praise Him.
- Praise Him to the heavens.

314
00:27:09,795 --> 00:27:12,355
SELWINE: Then why have they
not made clear their demands?

315
00:27:12,498 --> 00:27:15,058
They've been spreading
news of their hostage, lord.

316
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,261
Boasting? About seizing a woman?

317
00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:20,702
Boasting of the army they
will raise with the ransom.

318
00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:22,467
This is what I fear, lord.

319
00:27:23,909 --> 00:27:26,572
No man in this hall
should be in any doubt.

320
00:27:26,678 --> 00:27:30,809
When their demands arrive,
they will be considerable.

321
00:27:30,916 --> 00:27:32,509
As will be the consequences.

322
00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:34,586
Of course they will make
outrageous demands.

323
00:27:34,686 --> 00:27:36,450
That is the purpose
of strong negotiation,

324
00:27:36,588 --> 00:27:39,057
to ensure there is agreement.

325
00:27:39,191 --> 00:27:45,495
- You intend to negotiate, lord?
- I intend to recover my daughter.

326
00:27:45,631 --> 00:27:47,930
SELWINE: Regardless
of the price, lord?

327
00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:51,400
Mercia is not a land
of plenty. Far from it.

328
00:27:51,537 --> 00:27:55,099
Wessex shall pay its share of silver
and if necessary, its share of blood.

329
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:56,868
I will do what needs to be done.

330
00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:59,274
If that means negotiation,
then I will negotiate.

331
00:27:59,411 --> 00:28:02,939
UHTRED: Lord, I would advise
that you don't attend the negotiations.

332
00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:07,280
The presence of the king and
father would only increase their price.

333
00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:12,653
- But if not the king, then who?
- (CROWD MURMURS)

334
00:28:12,758 --> 00:28:15,887
- There will be silence!
- (CROWD FALLS SILENT)

335
00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:20,897
Aethelred.

336
00:28:25,571 --> 00:28:28,336
- Yes, lord?
- It must be you.

337
00:28:29,274 --> 00:28:32,108
This is for Mercia to resolve.
You must go to Beamfleot.

338
00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:38,347
- Of course, lord.
- And a representative of Wessex, lord.

339
00:28:38,517 --> 00:28:43,717
As the burden of your daughter is to
be shared between the two kingdoms.

340
00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:45,881
(CROWD MURMURS)

341
00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:53,525
I will suggest that the Lord
Uhtred represents Wessex.

342
00:28:53,665 --> 00:28:55,861
- Agreed.
- (CROWD MURMURS IN APPROVAL)

343
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:13,485
Forgive me, lord, but I do
believe he is your only choice.

344
00:29:20,792 --> 00:29:21,953
Lord?

345
00:29:31,970 --> 00:29:37,204
- Uhtred, you will accompany Aethelred.
- I will do all I can, lord.

346
00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:40,802
Lady.

347
00:29:55,193 --> 00:29:57,424
BEOCCA: Uhtred!

348
00:30:02,134 --> 00:30:04,365
Uhtred, forgive me,

349
00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:08,736
but I have asked the king to excuse
me from this journey to Beamfleot.

350
00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:13,801
For my sins, God has
always placed me at your side

351
00:30:13,945 --> 00:30:18,610
and I feel... shame
for abandoning you.

352
00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:21,652
No, Beocca, your place is
in Winchester with Thyra.

353
00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:23,619
Bless you.

354
00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:26,051
Uhtred, you have
given me so much,

355
00:30:26,191 --> 00:30:28,854
but giving me the
courage to approach Thyra,

356
00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:31,890
that was your greatest gift.

357
00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:37,162
- I will be in your prayers, no doubt?
- Perhaps.

358
00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:38,965
Always.

359
00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:56,281
My men are restless.
Hunting is not enough.

360
00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:59,482
I may go across the
river, spill a little blood.

361
00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:01,115
Across the river is Wessex.

362
00:31:01,259 --> 00:31:06,027
Then if I see Alfred, I will tell him
that my brother is humping his daughter.

363
00:31:06,131 --> 00:31:08,100
(BOTH CHUCKLE)

364
00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:14,601
- I can see that you like her.
- I would like to ride her, yes.

365
00:31:16,141 --> 00:31:21,045
Then ride her. One tiny
cock isn't going to hurt her.

366
00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:35,926
- Haesten, what are you doing?
- Shut your mouth, Dagfinn.

367
00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:37,859
You saw nothing.

368
00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:51,274
What do you want?

369
00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:53,936
What do I want?

370
00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:58,847
I'm here to remind you that
you're a woman and a hostage.

371
00:32:02,187 --> 00:32:04,952
I like the paleness
of your skin.

372
00:32:06,491 --> 00:32:08,983
Show me. Take off your clothes.

373
00:32:09,127 --> 00:32:11,392
Does the Lord Erik
know that you're here?

374
00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:15,290
It was the Lord Erik
that sent me here.

375
00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:21,540
Now remove your clothes
or I will rip them from you.

376
00:32:22,974 --> 00:32:24,875
(AETHELFLAED YELLS)

377
00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:30,139
(YELLS)

378
00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:31,875
Dagfinn, hold her!

379
00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:38,316
Get up. Get up!

380
00:32:38,423 --> 00:32:39,914
Lord, she's a hostage!

381
00:32:41,593 --> 00:32:46,327
- Get up onto your feet!
- She is... a hostage!

382
00:32:46,431 --> 00:32:48,559
She is precious!

383
00:32:52,838 --> 00:32:54,238
She's of value!

384
00:32:56,374 --> 00:32:58,002
Release her.

385
00:33:00,745 --> 00:33:02,213
Leave us.

386
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,848
All of you.

387
00:33:43,488 --> 00:33:49,052
This should not have happened
and it will not happen again.

388
00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:50,856
My apologies.

389
00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:57,601
My apologies.

390
00:33:58,236 --> 00:34:01,206
It is not the first time a
man has mistreated me.

391
00:34:03,909 --> 00:34:05,036
Who else?

392
00:34:06,611 --> 00:34:07,977
Not here.

393
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,709
Before here.

394
00:34:14,252 --> 00:34:16,414
Now I know what to do
should it happen again.

395
00:34:16,521 --> 00:34:22,017
I... I will use my night
bucket and a knife.

396
00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:25,520
You should.

397
00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,795
You are precious, lady.

398
00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:34,399
Sleep well.

399
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:36,708
Safely.

400
00:35:10,141 --> 00:35:11,541
Odda.

401
00:35:15,914 --> 00:35:19,282
It is late. I was about
to sit, contemplate.

402
00:35:19,384 --> 00:35:21,751
As is your habit, lord. I
have been waiting for you.

403
00:35:25,323 --> 00:35:28,521
Lord, I hope you will forgive
me for what I'm about to say.

404
00:35:28,660 --> 00:35:32,791
My intentions are for Wessex,
for the hope of an England.

405
00:35:35,734 --> 00:35:40,365
You spoke of paying for Aethelflaed's
release in one of two ways.

406
00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:44,465
- Silver or with blood.
- I did.

407
00:35:44,576 --> 00:35:46,511
There is a third way.

408
00:35:47,278 --> 00:35:49,474
Should the ransom be too great,

409
00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:52,141
should the likely loss
of men be too great,

410
00:35:52,283 --> 00:35:57,688
should Wessex wish to emerge
with honor, lord, and greater strength...

411
00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:04,819
then should she not be
encouraged... to take her own life?

412
00:36:07,232 --> 00:36:08,894
For the good of the kingdom.

413
00:36:11,603 --> 00:36:15,631
Some might say it
would mean martyrdom.

414
00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:24,242
I hear you, Odda. I'm glad you
feel able to proffer this advice.

415
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:27,785
Now, I wish to sit.
You will leave me.

416
00:36:30,388 --> 00:36:31,788
Lord.

417
00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:38,194
Look around you. See the
sacrifice that has been made.

418
00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:43,065
Hundreds upon hundreds
of men, women and children

419
00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:46,228
have given their lives
for what we now have.

420
00:36:46,371 --> 00:36:50,365
They have given their lives,
Odda, they did not take their lives.

421
00:36:51,276 --> 00:36:53,677
And there will be reward in
Heaven for each and every soul.

422
00:36:53,812 --> 00:36:58,273
- That is what we believe, is it not?
- That is what I say, lord.

423
00:36:58,416 --> 00:37:03,252
There will be reward
enough, in Heaven.

424
00:37:05,356 --> 00:37:08,451
You are a king
before you are a father.

425
00:37:12,697 --> 00:37:14,996
I know my place.

426
00:37:18,636 --> 00:37:20,229
Now you will leave me.

427
00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:25,775
Lord.

428
00:38:00,678 --> 00:38:03,307
I thought you'd like to
breathe the night's air.

429
00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:05,144
Thank you.

430
00:38:10,088 --> 00:38:13,149
I was born on a
night of a whole moon.

431
00:38:15,093 --> 00:38:21,055
My father wanted to call
me Máni, after the moon god.

432
00:38:21,232 --> 00:38:27,263
But Máni is chased each night
across the sky by Hati the wolf.

433
00:38:27,372 --> 00:38:30,638
My mother did not want
me to be chased by wolves.

434
00:38:34,112 --> 00:38:38,573
I saw the moon, the clear
sky, and I wanted to share it.

435
00:38:40,051 --> 00:38:42,850
I'm glad you thought of me.

436
00:38:42,954 --> 00:38:45,185
It was either share it with
you or with my brother.

437
00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:49,488
- (BOTH LAUGH)
- The choice was difficult, I admit.

438
00:39:03,308 --> 00:39:06,369
I have never seen a
face like this before.

439
00:39:09,147 --> 00:39:13,744
Now I see it, even
when I close my eyes.

440
00:39:17,322 --> 00:39:22,386
- Your husband is a fortunate man.
- My husband does not see me.

441
00:39:24,128 --> 00:39:26,563
Then he's blind or stupid.

442
00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:29,099
He is not blind.

443
00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:35,840
And he is not
gentle, I would guess.

444
00:39:36,808 --> 00:39:38,606
He is the one who mistreats you?

445
00:39:41,846 --> 00:39:44,543
He is not the man I
would choose to be with.

446
00:40:20,985 --> 00:40:23,454
You. You!

447
00:40:24,222 --> 00:40:25,747
Aethelwold.

448
00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:28,786
Odda, you are drunk.

449
00:40:28,893 --> 00:40:31,556
I sincerely hope
so, I can barely see.

450
00:40:31,663 --> 00:40:34,098
At your age, it is
not good for you.

451
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,661
What is your opinion on
paying a ransom for Aethelflaed?

452
00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:45,639
Do you have an opinion?

453
00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:50,771
Not one I am
prepared to say aloud.

454
00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:54,249
Is there much, or any,
of your father in you?

455
00:40:54,419 --> 00:40:59,255
- The king past?
- I'm disappointed you need to ask.

456
00:40:59,424 --> 00:41:04,226
I have both my father's blood
and spirit, the Danes know it.

457
00:41:04,929 --> 00:41:06,921
Even the dead know it.

458
00:41:07,999 --> 00:41:10,025
(DISTANT THUNDER)

459
00:41:10,134 --> 00:41:15,937
I am becoming more like him by
the day. Observe the clean tunic.

460
00:41:19,410 --> 00:41:21,436
He was a great man.

461
00:41:26,851 --> 00:41:28,877
He was my great friend.

462
00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:36,424
If you are indeed his
son, I may need you.

463
00:41:36,527 --> 00:41:38,962
You may need me for what?

464
00:41:46,337 --> 00:41:49,774
I believe you need
your bed, lord.

465
00:41:50,575 --> 00:41:52,441
And a pillow.

466
00:42:08,326 --> 00:42:12,764
You should employ a craftsman
to fit a spoon in place of the blade.

467
00:42:13,898 --> 00:42:17,994
The leaves are falling. I want
the ransom paid in full by winter,

468
00:42:18,136 --> 00:42:19,536
an army by spring.

469
00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:23,504
A king's crown by summer.

470
00:42:23,608 --> 00:42:26,134
They will want the
same: answers by winter.

471
00:42:29,947 --> 00:42:31,381
How does she ride?

472
00:42:34,952 --> 00:42:39,390
Oh, you wouldn't like her,
she's bony and she squeals.

473
00:42:40,391 --> 00:42:42,087
She passes the time.

474
00:42:45,596 --> 00:42:47,394
And if you put a
pup in her belly?

475
00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:52,232
Then Alfred will get
two for the price of one.

476
00:42:54,705 --> 00:42:56,173
(LAUGHS)

477
00:42:57,742 --> 00:43:00,405
And Viking blood to
strengthen his line, eh?

478
00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:02,171
(BOTH LAUGH)

479
00:43:11,856 --> 00:43:14,257
What will happen when
we reach Beamfleot?

480
00:43:14,392 --> 00:43:18,227
Will there be a
ritual? A toast, a meal?

481
00:43:18,362 --> 00:43:20,354
There will be a
heathen sacrifice.

482
00:43:20,531 --> 00:43:25,401
The youngest member of the
visiting party will be split with an axe.

483
00:43:25,570 --> 00:43:28,335
They will want to humiliate us.

484
00:43:28,439 --> 00:43:33,605
- In what way?
- An insult, a challenge.

485
00:43:33,744 --> 00:43:35,736
- Why?
- Because they can.

486
00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:40,148
MAN: Hey!

487
00:43:41,219 --> 00:43:42,278
(YELLS)

488
00:43:48,759 --> 00:43:52,787
Haesten. We're
travelling to Beamfleot.

489
00:43:52,897 --> 00:43:56,834
- For Alfred?
- For Alfred, yes.

490
00:43:56,968 --> 00:43:59,460
I am here to take you
on to the fortress, lord.

491
00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:01,401
You and two others.

492
00:44:01,506 --> 00:44:04,305
I will travel with half
my number, no less.

493
00:44:10,047 --> 00:44:11,071
Agreed.

494
00:44:12,416 --> 00:44:14,851
AETHELRED: The Lady
Aethelflaed, she is well?

495
00:44:14,986 --> 00:44:17,478
There'll be no negotiation
until I have seen her.

496
00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:24,255
She is well. My Lord Erik sees
that she is... most content, lord.

497
00:44:27,398 --> 00:44:30,800
- Ride on and we'll follow.
- Oh, you will not be needing horses.

498
00:44:33,538 --> 00:44:35,063
(CHUCKLES)

499
00:44:48,486 --> 00:44:53,424
Lord, I have a question. What
is it we want from this meeting?

500
00:44:53,524 --> 00:44:58,690
You have to ask? What we
want is to free Aethelflaed.

501
00:44:58,829 --> 00:45:02,698
Yet instead, if what
transpired was war, what then?

502
00:45:03,568 --> 00:45:05,833
It is a question,
lord, that is all.

503
00:45:07,238 --> 00:45:12,836
I would be without a wife, no doubt.
As that would be the cause of war.

504
00:45:13,544 --> 00:45:18,073
War will occur
regardless, that is certain.

505
00:45:18,182 --> 00:45:21,118
The only change that there
can be is the size of the army

506
00:45:21,252 --> 00:45:24,279
that we will face
across the field.

507
00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:29,190
- We will be ready.
- But what is it we want?

508
00:45:29,327 --> 00:45:32,525
Alfred wants his
daughter, that is plain.

509
00:45:32,697 --> 00:45:35,166
But is that best for Mercia?

510
00:45:35,299 --> 00:45:40,101
Is that best for Aethelred,
lord of Mercia and Lundene

511
00:45:40,204 --> 00:45:43,140
and more perhaps?

512
00:45:43,274 --> 00:45:47,712
My advice to you, lord, is
rescue her, by all means,

513
00:45:47,812 --> 00:45:51,271
but not at a price that
will cut our throats.

514
00:46:23,914 --> 00:46:27,612
- SIGEFRID: You will all kneel.
- We will not.

515
00:46:27,785 --> 00:46:30,380
We have come here
in peace and as equals.

516
00:46:30,521 --> 00:46:33,150
You've made us walk a
good distance to meet you.

517
00:46:33,257 --> 00:46:34,452
That is respect enough.

518
00:46:38,329 --> 00:46:40,321
You should have
joined me, Uhtred.

519
00:46:40,431 --> 00:46:44,459
If you wished me to join you, why
have a dead man tell a prophecy?

520
00:46:44,602 --> 00:46:49,836
- Why didn't you simply ask?
- Me, you would refuse. But the gods?

521
00:46:53,177 --> 00:46:55,578
The king of Wessex
sends his greetings.

522
00:46:56,614 --> 00:46:59,243
He hopes you have enjoyed
the company of his daughter.

523
00:46:59,383 --> 00:47:03,377
(CHUCKLES) Enjoyed her?

524
00:47:07,058 --> 00:47:08,822
Oh, she's not his favorite.

525
00:47:09,794 --> 00:47:14,027
Why else would he have allowed her to
marry the pig's arse standing behind me?

526
00:47:14,165 --> 00:47:16,100
Before any
negotiations take place,

527
00:47:16,233 --> 00:47:19,897
the pig's arse wishes to be
certain that his wife is well.

528
00:47:20,571 --> 00:47:24,008
And if she's not
well, what then?

529
00:47:24,108 --> 00:47:28,170
What will the pig's
arse do? Fart?

530
00:47:30,247 --> 00:47:31,977
(CHUCKLES)

531
00:47:33,718 --> 00:47:35,209
Will you fight me?

532
00:47:36,587 --> 00:47:40,991
- Will you fight my brother?
- I would like that.

533
00:47:45,996 --> 00:47:49,990
- You alone will kneel.
- I will not.

534
00:47:50,101 --> 00:47:53,663
- Kneel!
- (CROWD LAUGHS)

535
00:48:00,010 --> 00:48:04,072
I have come to negotiate.
I demand respect.

536
00:48:04,215 --> 00:48:07,913
If you do not wish to hear my
price, then I will leave, happily.

537
00:48:09,820 --> 00:48:15,225
- Aethelflaed.
- As you can see, she is well.

538
00:48:17,695 --> 00:48:20,358
- I would like to speak with her.
- Then do it.

539
00:48:34,111 --> 00:48:38,344
- They are treating you well?
- They are.

540
00:48:38,482 --> 00:48:45,116
- You have not been... touched?
- I have not.

541
00:48:47,925 --> 00:48:49,086
(SIGHS)

542
00:48:51,195 --> 00:48:52,390
(WHISPERS) What I must now do

543
00:48:52,530 --> 00:48:55,591
is secure an acceptable
price for your release.

544
00:48:55,733 --> 00:49:01,798
There will be word games played.
Do not be alarmed by what I may say.

545
00:49:01,972 --> 00:49:04,532
I assure you, once this is over,

546
00:49:04,675 --> 00:49:06,940
they shall pay for what
they have done to us all.

547
00:49:08,813 --> 00:49:10,304
Thank you, lord.

548
00:49:16,754 --> 00:49:20,714
What is your price? It must
be fair or you can keep her.

549
00:49:20,825 --> 00:49:25,092
(LAUGHS) You talk of your
woman like you do not care.

550
00:49:25,196 --> 00:49:27,688
She is important to me, of
course, but she has a price,

551
00:49:27,798 --> 00:49:31,428
beyond which I
cannot go. I will not go.

552
00:49:31,569 --> 00:49:35,199
Then name it. Name this price.

553
00:49:38,375 --> 00:49:40,742
One hundred pounds'
weight of silver.

554
00:49:41,979 --> 00:49:44,346
My lands can afford no more.

555
00:49:51,722 --> 00:49:55,557
- Does this man speak for Alfred?
- He does not.

556
00:49:57,561 --> 00:49:58,995
Hmm.

557
00:50:00,631 --> 00:50:01,758
Weland!

558
00:50:01,866 --> 00:50:07,203
Wh-Where is Weland? I
do not see him. Weland!

559
00:50:07,338 --> 00:50:09,239
Weland!

560
00:50:12,209 --> 00:50:14,178
Ah. Weland.

561
00:50:22,686 --> 00:50:25,417
This... man here.

562
00:50:27,558 --> 00:50:28,582
Hit him.

563
00:50:39,270 --> 00:50:41,603
UHTRED: She is a
daughter, not a son.

564
00:50:42,406 --> 00:50:44,807
Unloved and, in truth,
banished to Mercia

565
00:50:44,909 --> 00:50:49,973
to spend life being humped by a
husband you have so generously put to bed.

566
00:50:50,114 --> 00:50:53,448
Like her husband, Alfred's
not minded to pay a great sum.

567
00:50:53,584 --> 00:50:57,077
- Alfred's price is what? Say it.
- I will.

568
00:50:57,221 --> 00:51:02,387
Separate from the 100 pounds'
weight of silver offered by the husband,

569
00:51:02,493 --> 00:51:06,294
Alfred will add another
200 pounds' weight of silver.

570
00:51:07,464 --> 00:51:10,798
- Three hundred pounds in total.
- A good price.

571
00:51:10,901 --> 00:51:14,668
The daughter of a Frankish king was
once bargained for a similar price. Pyrlig?

572
00:51:14,805 --> 00:51:20,005
- This is true, it is a good price.
- (LAUGHS)

573
00:51:22,479 --> 00:51:25,472
No. No, no, no, no, no, no.

574
00:51:25,616 --> 00:51:30,316
No, Alfred is not a Frankish
king and it is not a good price.

575
00:51:30,454 --> 00:51:35,256
- I say it's a good price.
- Like the pig's arse, you have farted.

576
00:51:35,359 --> 00:51:36,918
(MAN BLOW RASPBERRY,
CROWD LAUGHS)

577
00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:41,896
Yes! And it stinks. By
the gods, does it stink!

578
00:51:42,032 --> 00:51:44,365
- Open the doors.
- It is a good price?

579
00:51:44,501 --> 00:51:47,733
- I think it's a good price.
- You insult me!

580
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,674
If Alfred is minded
to offer so little,

581
00:51:52,776 --> 00:51:55,177
then I am minded to
bring her into this hall

582
00:51:55,312 --> 00:51:57,941
and allow each man
here to take his turn.

583
00:52:00,851 --> 00:52:06,950
I swear, she will be tied to a cart
and she will travel the kingdoms.

584
00:52:08,392 --> 00:52:12,488
Is that what you want... Saxon?

585
00:52:13,530 --> 00:52:17,467
- Do not insult me.
- I'm not insulting you.

586
00:52:17,568 --> 00:52:20,265
Do not.

587
00:52:29,913 --> 00:52:33,213
The king has given me some
discretion to increase the price.

588
00:52:34,318 --> 00:52:36,412
(LAUGHS)

589
00:52:36,553 --> 00:52:39,785
What a surprise.

590
00:52:41,025 --> 00:52:44,120
So, say it.

591
00:52:44,294 --> 00:52:48,561
Lord, if I may, and to
save both time and ink,

592
00:52:48,699 --> 00:52:51,692
perhaps you might name a price.

593
00:52:51,802 --> 00:52:54,567
An acceptable price.
Not an impossible price.

594
00:52:56,306 --> 00:52:57,399
Say it.

595
00:53:01,245 --> 00:53:04,374
(CLEARS THROAT)

596
00:53:04,515 --> 00:53:06,313
Ten thousand
pounds' weight of silver

597
00:53:06,417 --> 00:53:08,648
and one thousand
pounds' weight of gold.

598
00:53:08,786 --> 00:53:13,053
- Delivered by Alfred himself.
- Of course.

599
00:53:13,223 --> 00:53:17,524
And he shall arrive with a stoat upon
his head and an apple in his mouth.

600
00:53:17,628 --> 00:53:19,028
With respect, Sigefrid,

601
00:53:19,163 --> 00:53:23,032
you fart louder and longer
than the pig's arse and I together.

602
00:53:26,236 --> 00:53:28,637
I need to take a piss.
It's going to be a long day.

603
00:53:49,159 --> 00:53:50,991
(GROANS)

604
00:53:51,095 --> 00:53:52,996
(PIGS SNORT)

605
00:53:56,166 --> 00:53:57,498
(GASPS)

606
00:54:09,213 --> 00:54:11,876
(LAUGHTER)

607
00:54:34,872 --> 00:54:37,706
Aethelred, lord of Mercia!

608
00:54:37,841 --> 00:54:42,609
If your jaw is not
broken, join us! Eat.

609
00:54:42,713 --> 00:54:47,310
Yes, I will. I would enjoy that.

610
00:54:47,451 --> 00:54:50,046
- (QUIETLY) Business is done.
- Done?

611
00:54:50,154 --> 00:54:52,248
A bargain has been
made and not a good one.

612
00:54:52,422 --> 00:54:53,481
Say nothing.

613
00:54:53,624 --> 00:54:57,652
Uhtred and Father Pyrlig have
gone to see how your lady is, lord.

614
00:54:57,761 --> 00:55:02,062
- Then I will go to her.
- Hm-mm, no.

615
00:55:02,166 --> 00:55:06,035
You will wait
here. You will sit.

616
00:55:07,704 --> 00:55:09,229
With me.

617
00:55:21,518 --> 00:55:25,683
- To silver and gold.
- And lots of it, lord.

618
00:55:25,789 --> 00:55:26,984
(QUIETLY) Drink.

619
00:55:32,296 --> 00:55:33,525
ERIK: <i>She's praying.</i>

620
00:55:36,066 --> 00:55:38,661
Give her time with the priest
and then you will see her.

621
00:55:41,171 --> 00:55:42,730
Twenty-six ships.

622
00:55:42,873 --> 00:55:48,369
By the next moon, there will be
more. And more still the moon after.

623
00:55:48,979 --> 00:55:51,073
Alfred will pay for
his own destruction.

624
00:55:51,181 --> 00:55:53,810
You should not underestimate
Alfred of Wessex.

625
00:55:53,951 --> 00:55:58,946
Never. But he will pay
what you have agreed?

626
00:55:59,957 --> 00:56:04,395
- He will.
- Even for an unloved daughter?

627
00:56:05,562 --> 00:56:08,964
Alfred is suffering.
He loves her dearly.

628
00:56:09,099 --> 00:56:11,330
Her husband does not.

629
00:56:11,501 --> 00:56:13,800
I was surprised at your
anger towards Aethelred.

630
00:56:15,105 --> 00:56:20,009
- What purpose did it serve?
- It was a mistake.

631
00:56:20,143 --> 00:56:25,013
It was. You made it
clear that you care for her.

632
00:56:31,655 --> 00:56:34,750
I cannot let her go.

633
00:56:35,659 --> 00:56:37,321
I cannot give her up.

634
00:56:39,129 --> 00:56:43,191
We have just settled on a
price. There is agreement.

635
00:56:43,333 --> 00:56:45,393
With my brother.

636
00:57:00,484 --> 00:57:02,976
- Lord Uhtred.
- Lady.

637
00:57:04,554 --> 00:57:06,216
Your father sends his affection.

638
00:57:07,224 --> 00:57:10,592
He will be sleeping
at the altar, I'm sure.

639
00:57:10,694 --> 00:57:14,597
I have arranged your release.
You will soon be coming home.

640
00:57:15,966 --> 00:57:17,628
Have you spoken with Erik?

641
00:57:17,768 --> 00:57:19,862
(DOOR CLOSES NEARBY)

642
00:57:20,003 --> 00:57:21,596
I have.

643
00:57:22,873 --> 00:57:24,000
What has he told you?

644
00:57:27,644 --> 00:57:31,843
- Lady, he's a Northman and a pagan.
- He is a pagan as you are a pagan.

645
00:57:31,982 --> 00:57:34,645
Any hope that you have of
a life together is nonsense.

646
00:57:34,785 --> 00:57:36,720
- It will fail.
- It will not.

647
00:57:36,853 --> 00:57:41,257
Merely because it's what you
wish for? Lady, it can never happen.

648
00:57:41,391 --> 00:57:45,294
- Well, it must.
- What of your husband?

649
00:57:45,429 --> 00:57:50,026
I will not talk of my husband.
I... I do not care for him.

650
00:57:50,133 --> 00:57:52,398
- And I will never care for him.
- He will not stand by.

651
00:57:52,536 --> 00:57:53,595
I do not care.

652
00:57:53,704 --> 00:57:57,539
Sigefrid will not stand by and
your father will not stand by.

653
00:57:57,674 --> 00:58:01,202
- You will lose your entire family.
- I will make a family.

654
00:58:01,311 --> 00:58:04,440
- We will make a family, Erik and I.
- And they will die.

655
00:58:04,614 --> 00:58:07,743
As you will die. In a
fire, at the tip of a sword.

656
00:58:07,884 --> 00:58:10,285
- Then I will die happily.
- Aethelflaed, hear me.

657
00:58:10,420 --> 00:58:12,548
There will be no rest. None.

658
00:58:12,689 --> 00:58:15,284
A life with Erik is what I want.

659
00:58:15,425 --> 00:58:18,224
It is best for me and
it is best for Wessex.

660
00:58:20,263 --> 00:58:24,064
I can say this to
no one but you.

661
00:58:24,167 --> 00:58:27,763
I can... I can ask
no one but you.

662
00:58:31,942 --> 00:58:34,036
Will you help us escape?

663
00:58:37,981 --> 00:58:40,780
Lady, I am sworn to your father.

664
00:58:40,917 --> 00:58:43,648
If I help you and succeed,
he'll have me killed.

665
00:58:43,754 --> 00:58:46,747
But more than that, you are asking
me to sanction your own death.

666
00:58:46,890 --> 00:58:50,349
No, what I am asking is
for you to allow me to live.

667
00:58:51,495 --> 00:58:55,591
I will not be the treasure that
builds an army against my father.

668
00:58:55,732 --> 00:58:59,669
That will not happen. Never.

669
00:58:59,770 --> 00:59:04,970
I will leave this place with
Erik or I will not leave at all.

670
00:59:06,176 --> 00:59:10,079
Uhtred, I am asking
you to save my life

671
00:59:10,180 --> 00:59:13,207
and with it, the nations
of Wessex and Mercia.

672
00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:18,682
Will you help me?

673
00:59:19,923 --> 00:59:21,721
Please?

674
00:59:41,244 --> 00:59:43,338
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