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[Uhtred] I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
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My lifelong ambition
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to take back my birthright
to Bebbanburg has ended in failure.
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Beocca!
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-He is with God now. He is at peace.
-[sobs]
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While I struggle to come to terms
with this devastating loss,
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Haesten has revealed the true cause
of Ragnar’s death.
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[Haesten] Let me live
and I'll tell you who gave the command.
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-Speak.
-Cnut.
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But Brida knows nothing
of Cnut’s treachery...
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and prepares to ride into battle with him.
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When the kings are dead,
we will sit together on Alfred’s throne.
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Aethelred, blinded by lust and power,
has foolishly invaded Daneland.
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[Eardwulf] Cnut did not sail to Irland.
Haesten gave me false information.
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-You must tell Aethelred the truth!
-If I tell him the truth, he will kill me.
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[Eadith]
I will do all I can to soften the blow.
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Aethelhelm’s influence on Edward
has caused conflict in Winchester.
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These are my people.
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I will not send them to be slaughtered
while Cnut sets the terms of the battle!
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You will take a message to the Welsh King.
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Aethelflaed is expecting an army.
We must deliver one.
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I have taken Cnut’s sons as my prisoners
and brought them to Aethelflaed...
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to be used as bait in the battle
I know is to come.
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Destiny is all!
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[pants]
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The monastery is two miles south.
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I am not looking for the monastery.
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-Saxons are not welcome here, Father.
-I know.
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But I’ve urgent business with King Hywel.
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[exhales]
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-Are you Saxon?
-Well, I was born a Briton.
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You will only find trouble here, Brother.
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You will find more than trouble
if you do not let me pass.
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{\an8}[Young Uhtred] Oh, Lord,
grant us the knowledge of your power
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when it comes to pass that a man and wife
may bring a child into this world.
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They clothe him. They cherish him,
but God alone may know his fate.
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These children were in darkness.
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-[sobbing]
-Now they are saved.
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Bring them the light of your love,
Lord God...
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and let them walk as children of light.
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Where are they? Why is she not ready?
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They mourn the dead.
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...than he who considers
before his soul’s departure
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how worthy he may be deemed
after his death...
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There is no time for this.
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[breathes heavily]
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They are children, Uhtred.
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Sons of Mercia's most revered men.
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[sobs softly]
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When did children become the cost of war?
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[Uhtred] You did all that you could.
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Now, come.
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They took their heads. [inhales deeply]
All of them.
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We must move off
before the Danes know that you are here.
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Not until they have been blessed!
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-Aethelflaed, please--
-Not until they have been blessed!
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[Finan] Danes! The Danes are here, Lord!
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-They're heading towards the gates!
-How many?
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Too many, Lord!
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Stay back, Aethelflaed.
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Seeing you will inflame them.
Go! Upstairs now!
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-[Finan] They got past the entrance!
-Go. We will hold them off.
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[all yelling]
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[grunts]
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Give me the Lady
and you will not be slaughtered!
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Do not even consider it!
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-I will not have men murdered in my place!
-I will not see you taken!
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You have the word of Cnut!
He only wants Alfred's daughter!
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[all grunting]
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-Is there another way out?
-No!
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-Can we get to the roof?
-We would only get trapped.
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-Let me bargain.
-Lady, you are the bargain.
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[Aethelflaed] We cannot just let death
come to us. I will not just wait for it.
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What are we doing, Lord?
The door will not hold!
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-Bring me Cnut's sons.
-Sihtric!
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Uhtred, you cannot.
There will be another way.
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You must trust me and you must swear
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-to me you will stay here. Swear to me!
-Do not do this--
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Where is she?
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[men grunting]
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Kill them all!
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-[Uhtred] Enough!
-[silence]
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Come and face me.
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I have Cnut's sons.
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You are lying.
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[boys whimper]
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Leave this place
or I will cut their throats!
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Take a son of Cnut...
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every Dane in this land
will see it avenged!
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Yes and every Dane will come for you, too.
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The blood of his child will be
on your hands.
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Do not play games.
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Send them down now...
or all the men here will be killed.
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Leave this place
or I will cut off their heads!
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You harm them and every Saxon here dies!
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[Young Cnut] No!
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-[Young Cnut screams]
-[Esgar] No!
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[boys sob and scream]
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-[sword thuds]
-[screaming stops]
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[Uhtred grunts]
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No! [sobs]
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[Esgar] No!
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[Uhtred] Leave!
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Or I will kill the other one also!
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Go!
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Now... go!
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No!
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-[Esgar sobs]
-Stay down. Look! Your brother’s alive.
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Cnut will hunt us as soon as he gets word
I killed his boy.
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-Surely we just show that they are alive?
-Danes do not work like that.
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We're now headed for battle.
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What about the boys?
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Cut them free and let them run.
They’ve served their purpose.
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And was the purpose
to enrage a Danish army?
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It bought us time
and allowed us to escape with our lives.
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Fate wants to drag us
to fight for the Saxons.
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[laughs] Yes. It was definitely fate
that dragged us into all of this.
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Uhtred had nothing to do with it.
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I do not seek battles.
Battles just seem to seek me.
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[Finan chuckles]
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[Uhtred] But you are right,
I have unleashed a storm.
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Cnut will find us. This is now our fight.
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[Finan] It was our fight from the moment
you took those boys from Haesten, Lord.
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The men would be forgiven
for abandoning me.
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They like an adventure
and they’re loyal to a good leader.
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As are you.
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Which is the fastest road to Tettenhall?
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[pants]
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Do not fear the beast. He’s been fed.
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[men chuckle]
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-Does he like strangers?
-Only when cooked.
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[Hywel and men laugh]
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You are from the boy king in Wessex?
Why do you come crawling before us?
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Wessex would like to strike a bargain.
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I do not make treaties with Saxons.
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Nevertheless, we have an offer.
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There is concern in Wessex about Cnut
and his incursion into Mercia.
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Alfred's actions have bitten Edward
on the arse. So?
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Cnut's army is slaughtering
all in their path.
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You are not friends to us, Father Pyrlig.
Why should any of this concern me?
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Because it brings a dangerous heathen
to your border.
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And yet, our borders are strong...
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because we’ve been repelling Saxons
for years.
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[men laugh]
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As you know, Alfred wanted
all the Christian kingdoms to unite.
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Yes, under his banner,
so we could all bow to him.
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He wanted to conquer, not unite the faith.
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Nevertheless that faith
is now under threat.
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We follow the same one God
and share a common enemy.
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You know that, Lord King.
And you know to repel Cnut now
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will save you bloodshed later, so,
it is a bargain that works for both of us.
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[dog grunts]
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What are Edward's plans?
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Mercians are gathering at Tettenhall.
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There are... plans
for Wessex to join them.
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And what would I get in return,
in this holy war against the pagans?
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And do not tell me recompense in heaven.
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Celestial rewards do not build fortresses.
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What is it you want?
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The spoils of battle, all of them,
every last piece of Danish silver.
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That is not a promise
I have the authority to make.
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You are here on Edward's orders,
you must have his authority.
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Do I have your promise, Father Pyrlig?
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Let him swear upon the book.
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{\an8}[indistinct chattering in background]
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Eardwulf!
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What news of our troops in Lindcylne?
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The settlements that surround it
are resisting, Lord, but we will prevail.
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I should hope so.
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I want all of East Anglia
or our bargain does not hold.
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It would be a shame
for your family to go unrewarded.
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After so much effort!
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He’s like a pig rolling in shit.
[chuckles]
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Ask me nothing of the detail.
It was a favor to you, not to him.
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It is enough that humping me
has lifted his spirits.
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So, you must tell him
the news from Mercia.
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-Perhaps I should delay--
-You cannot put it off.
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I know you are afraid,
but I have bought us some goodwill.
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-I'm not afraid. I'm just--
-You are afraid and so am I.
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But I have done my part, brother.
Now you do yours.
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[exhales slowly]
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[both grunt]
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[Steapa chuckles]
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[yelling and grunting]
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-[both pant]
-[chuckles]
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-Do not let me win, Steapa.
-Lord, I am not.
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What has happened?
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The settlements around Lindcylne
have capitulated.
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If you want to see some hands,
it can be arranged.
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[chuckles]
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And what’s the bad news?
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You are clearly waiting
to deliver bad news.
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News has come from Edward, Lord King.
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I regret to tell you
that Cnut's armies have raided Mercia
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and taken your palace at Aegelesburg.
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Is this the same Cnut that you told me
was heading to Irland...
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to help some feral cousin?
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Yes, Lord.
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Because of whom
I left my kingdom undefended?
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And now it is in ruins?
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There was no reason to mistrust
the information.
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My spy in the Danish camp was certain.
He swore it was true.
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-Haesten is a close ally of--
-Did you say Haesten?
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-Yes, Lord. He's a close--
-I know who he is!
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He is well known to be a liar!
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You are nothing but a rat's turd,
who should never have been trusted
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with anything more than an ax!
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[breathes heavily]
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I pitied you...
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gave your whore of a sister the chance
to restore your family and this...
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is how you repay me.
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Only a fool would have trusted Haesten.
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-I know, but I've made a plan to retake--
-My reputation will be ripped to shreds!
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We’ve had word from Lady Aethelflaed.
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She will be at Tettenhall,
where she plans to lure Cnut.
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So now my wife is heading to battle
before me...
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so that she can be revered
as the savior of my kingdom?
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How in the name of God
is that supposed to cheer me?
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I'm just saying that there is a plan.
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Lord, there is advantage in this,
if you play it right,
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a chance to return to Mercia
as the avenging hero.
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[breathes heavily]
Can the men get here by morning?
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Uh, yes, Lord. I can send orders
for them to return immediately.
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-This could be your greatest triumph--
-You are finished, Eardwulf!
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Please do not execute me.
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You will pray for execution.
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When we return to Aegelesburg,
I will publicly castrate you.
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And your family will never prosper
and your sister will never leave my bed.
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[breathes heavily]
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[door opens]
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Why have you sent Father Pyrlig to Wealas?
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Do not lie to me, Mother. We have spies
in every court from here to Rome!
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Hywel has Danes,
rampaging near his borders.
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It is only right for Pyrlig
to alert him to it.
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Have you asked Hywel for help?
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That is unforgiveable.
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I had to do something!
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Your sister has thrown herself
into the lion's mouth.
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I challenge any mother to act differently.
240
00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,720
You are not just any mother.
You are the mother of a king.
241
00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,000
Cnut wants us to march on his terms.
It is a trap you have walked into.
242
00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,440
But Hywel is a Christian,
and God wants us to be united.
243
00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,200
Hywel serves no one but his own people.
244
00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,319
In going to him,
you have made Wessex look divided.
245
00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,040
Cnut will hear of it
and think we are weak!
246
00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:20,040
Yes, but I want my daughter safe.
247
00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,079
Then you should have persuaded her
to stay in Wessex.
248
00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,400
My men would not forgive me for chasing
my sister into a hopeless battle.
249
00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,320
And yet you know they'll also revile you
for letting her die.
250
00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,720
Like it or not,
Aethelflaed has forced your hand.
251
00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,160
So I trade the life of Wessex soldiers
for my own honor?
252
00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,760
That is what soldiers are there for,
to do the King's bidding--
253
00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,120
Yes, but not the bidding
of the King's mother.
254
00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,440
Besides, it is too late.
Aethelflaed's fyrds are marching.
255
00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,960
You had word of that and did not tell me?
256
00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,800
You were elsewhere, making other plans.
257
00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,800
If you wanted men to speak your name
in awe,
258
00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,400
believe me, this was not the way.
259
00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:27,440
[door closes]
260
00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,160
{\an8}Lord.
261
00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,720
I want all of these defenses
finished by sunset.
262
00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:46,320
-Yes, My Lord.
-Good.
263
00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:50,880
We are so close, Brida...
264
00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,880
to everything we ever wanted.
265
00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:00,120
Lands for our people to settle in
for generations.
266
00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:04,720
Cnut?
267
00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:07,360
Yes.
268
00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,160
-There’s something--
-Ah. It’s Bjorgulf,
269
00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,360
returning with Alfred's little bitch.
270
00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:26,920
Where is Aethelflaed?
271
00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,960
She escaped.
272
00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:32,760
How did this happen?
273
00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:37,360
Tell us.
274
00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:41,840
Uhtred Ragnarson is in Aegelesburg.
275
00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,040
He had your sons with him.
276
00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:47,560
Haesten appears to have traded them
for his life.
277
00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,920
Tell me that my sons live.
[breathes heavily]
278
00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,920
I will not harm you.
Just tell me the news.
279
00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:15,920
Uhtred beheaded your eldest son.
280
00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,760
He would have killed Esgar
had we not left.
281
00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,320
[yells angrily] No! Why? Why?
282
00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,760
[groans and yells]
283
00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,600
I want Uhtred Ragnarson taken immediately!
284
00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,040
-No.
-No one sleeps until he is found!
285
00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:42,280
No! This will be paid for in blood,
but we cannot let it distract us.
286
00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:44,680
Avenging my child is not a distraction!
287
00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:45,600
Jackdaw!
288
00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:51,320
Cnut, I share your grief and your anger.
The gods know I do.
289
00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,280
Please... do not let Uhtred lure you
into a fight. He's not the priority.
290
00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:56,480
He killed my firstborn
291
00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,200
And Esgar is still with him!
292
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,240
-If I have no heir, all of this...
-Cnut.
293
00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,080
-All of this is for nothing!
-Cnut.
294
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,080
Do not give up our battle position!
295
00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:09,600
It does not matter where we fight!
We have a thousand warriors!
296
00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,320
-Jackdaw! Prepare the men to march!
-I will.
297
00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,800
And send men ahead to find them!
We will follow... now!
298
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:17,480
-Cnut--
-Leave me!
299
00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,280
This way is foolishness, Cnut!
300
00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:20,840
[Cnut] You find him, Jackdaw!
301
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:37,600
You got a numb arse there?
302
00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,160
You get used to a numb arse
kneeling through church all day.
303
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,280
It’s a damp arse that kills you.
304
00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:48,880
[chuckles]
305
00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,240
What do you think will happen
when we face the Danes?
306
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,000
A numb arse will be the least
of our problems.
307
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,120
-We're good fighters.
-When we are all fit to fight.
308
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,800
I have fought alongside your father
for a while now.
309
00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,480
And he tends to come up with something...
at the last minute.
310
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,160
And many men are loyal to Aethelflaed,
even at their own cost.
311
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,880
And no doubt the pair of them
are devising a battle plan to save us all.
312
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,120
[breathing heavily]
313
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,920
[panting and kissing]
314
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,840
[softly] Not here. Not with them so close.
315
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,920
You would deny yourself
the day before a fight?
316
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,480
It gives me strength.
317
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,800
What if you die on the battlefield?
318
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,880
I will not die, because God favors
those with goodness in their hearts.
319
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:00,640
Maybe.
320
00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,400
I believe the gods play with us.
321
00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,480
And we do not know their reasons
or what is destined for us.
322
00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,680
But tonight, I will believe
what you believe.
323
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,320
I thought your destiny was Bebbanburg.
324
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,480
I thought that.
325
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,480
For so long.
326
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,800
But now I ask myself why I failed there.
327
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,720
I know there is a plan for me,
yet I do not know what it is.
328
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,280
Only that it leads me to you.
329
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:56,000
And Finan is right. I chose to be here,
so, that must mean something.
330
00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,320
It means that you care for the fate
of Mercia and the Saxons.
331
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:03,600
Now you sound like your father.
332
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:04,680
[laughs]
333
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,840
He only used me for his own wishes.
334
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,240
Yes, he was a wise man,
and I tried to follow in his path.
335
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,960
So, perhaps then,
I, too, should only use you for my wishes.
336
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:53,240
Edward...
337
00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:55,200
come and rest.
338
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,800
God is guiding you. I know it.
339
00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:02,080
[footsteps approaching]
340
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,360
Do not turn away from all of your family.
341
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,400
I know your son would like to see you.
342
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000
He often speaks fondly of you.
343
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,840
A child without its father's guidance
will grow weak.
344
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,400
Which is why I endeavor
to seek the Lord's help.
345
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,280
So if you would leave me in peace.
346
00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:34,920
[door opens and closes]
347
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:45,280
There's no point disturbing him.
He is still deep in prayer.
348
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,120
He does not need divine guidance.
349
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,920
He just needs to listen to those of us
that know the cost of battle.
350
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,400
His mother’s been advising him.
351
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,920
Yes. I’m afraid that’s not all
she’s been doing.
352
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,000
Lady Aelswith was seen visiting
Edward's bastard at the monastery.
353
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:06,240
I am told she arranged a reunion
between the boy and his mother.
354
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:11,160
Why? What business has she showing
kindness to a whore and her offspring?
355
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:12,600
I do not know.
356
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,720
But a rumor persists that their marriage
was legitimate.
357
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,120
A false rumor.
358
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,480
But still one that could endanger my son,
when the time comes.
359
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,040
[sobs and sighs]
360
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,400
I trust you are keeping
your husband satisfied.
361
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,760
Another son would strengthen our position.
362
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:38,440
I try to, Father, but he is not
as attentive as he once was.
363
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,120
The matters of Kingship weigh heavy
on him.
364
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,480
Then you must try harder...
365
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:49,400
because it is clear that Lady Aelswith
is following a plan of her own.
366
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,320
Then you must do something to stop her,
367
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,920
before she turns the King from me
and my son!
368
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,120
I will do what I must. Trust me.
369
00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:02,480
I have not come this far to be thwarted
by a bitter widow.
370
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,200
[men yelling]
371
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:36,120
{\an8}[Finan] Um...
372
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,160
Is this the place?
373
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:40,160
Yes.
374
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,600
I'm not sure I can see Edward's camp.
375
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,680
I’m not sure I can see anyone.
376
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,240
He will be here.
377
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:51,840
[horses whinnying]
378
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,640
I sent word
that the fyrds should gather in the woods.
379
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,440
I will ready them for battle
before my brother arrives.
380
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,800
[men yelling indistinctly]
381
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,240
[Finan] Lord.
382
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:21,560
[Finan whistles] Men!
383
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,760
-[Uhtred] That is not a fyrd.
-And they are not Mercian.
384
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,360
You do not look like Christians.
385
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,840
We are men from Wealas,
loyal to King Hywel.
386
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,600
Are you an ally or an enemy of Mercia?
387
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,560
We are here to fight Cnut, Lady.
388
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:46,200
And best The Dane as we have bested
the Saxon for so many years.
389
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,080
And the fyrds?
390
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,520
I put them under the command
of the little bald priest.
391
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,640
I am not bald! I'm certainly not little!
392
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,440
Father Pyrlig! I do not understand?
393
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:02,200
He rode to Wealas
to beg King Hywel for his army.
394
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,560
[softly] Edward sent him to find allies.
I knew he would not abandon me!
395
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,200
No, Lady. It was your mother who sent me.
396
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,560
I have had no word from the King.
397
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:16,760
Then we fight with what we have.
398
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,440
-[Uhtred] It’s good to see you, Pyrlig.
-You, too, Lord Uhtred.
399
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,000
-[chuckling]
-[Pyrlig] Finan! Sihtric!
400
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,320
-Father Pyrlig!
-It’s good to see you are alive.
401
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,240
Even with these Welshmen,
we may not be enough.
402
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,400
I know you have summoned Cnut,
but you can still turn away with honor.
403
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,800
No one would condemn you
for leaving an unfair fight.
404
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,440
I do not fight for honor, Uhtred.
405
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,400
I fight because
someone must make a stand against Cnut...
406
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,160
even though I am forbidden.
407
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,640
As a sister, I am defiant,
but as a daughter of Alfred,
408
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,400
I am just doing my duty.
409
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:57,520
Even if it wasn’t made for me,
I can't blindly follow the King's command.
410
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,080
That is something I understand.
411
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,120
Yet I cannot believe he has left me
to face this without him.
412
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,400
I thought, somehow,
he would find it in his heart.
413
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,160
What do I tell my men?
414
00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:14,960
[sighs]
415
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:22,000
Tell them your brother is close behind us.
They must believe we have a chance.
416
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,520
We've heard from Uhtred
and the Lady Aethelflaed.
417
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:38,640
Where are they?
418
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,840
They’re waiting for you
at a place called Tettenhall.
419
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:43,720
We go?
420
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,000
It mocks the gods to give away
the advantage!
421
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:54,880
I will have my revenge.
422
00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:01,200
[warriors bang shields rhythmically]
423
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,080
There are worse places to defend.
424
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,920
With a few more men,
we would stand a chance.
425
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,080
Follow me.
426
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,760
[grunting]
427
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:48,880
[grunts]
428
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:57,720
It is prepared.
429
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:01,480
Will it work?
430
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:04,480
I do not know.
431
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:08,960
[Uhtred] They're coming.
432
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:11,400
Get into position!
433
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:13,040
[Rhodri] Follow me!
434
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:14,560
Mercians to the woods!
435
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,280
To the woods!
436
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,280
[horn blows]
437
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,160
[whispers] If this fails
and there is no escape for you...
438
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,240
promise me you will find a man
you trust to kill you softly.
439
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,560
I have already picked a man.
440
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:41,040
[Danes yelling]
441
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,360
[Finan] Be merciful to me, oh God!
442
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:45,760
[yelling]
443
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,520
[Finan]
When I am afraid, I will trust in You.
444
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,240
In God whose word I praise.
445
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,360
In God I trust.
446
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,160
-I will not be afraid.
-[mouths]
447
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,000
[yelling]
448
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,440
What can a man do to me?
449
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,040
Nothing.
450
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,320
For you have delivered my soul from death
451
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,760
and my feet from stumbling...
452
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,800
that I may walk before God.
453
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:22,880
Something isn’t right.
454
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,280
[breathes heavily]
455
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,720
-Die! Die!
-[Danes yell]
456
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,800
-[angry yelling]
-[Brida] No! Wait! Hold back!
457
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,400
[yelling]
458
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,400
[horse neighs]
459
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,880
[horses neighing]
460
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,120
[Uhtred] Now... charge!
461
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:08,680
[yelling]
462
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:11,520
With me!
463
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:23,719
[neighing]
464
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:27,920
[yelling]
465
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,920
-[man yelling]
-[arrows whistling]
466
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,560
[yelling]
467
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:51,639
It's a trick! [grunts]
468
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:53,719
[grunts]
469
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,440
[Cnut grunting]
470
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:06,800
[groans]
471
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:13,080
[Cnut] Where is he?
472
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,480
[Brida yells]
473
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:27,400
[screams]
474
00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:29,360
[grunts]
475
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,000
Give me your hand! Pull!
476
00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:36,800
[grunting]
477
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:40,960
[arrows whistling]
478
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:51,280
[grunts]
479
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:53,200
Uhtred!
480
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:57,560
Uhtred, I will cut you into pieces,
you murderous coward!
481
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,240
[swords clanging]
482
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:05,040
[gasps]
483
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:07,880
[Dane grunts angrily]
484
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:10,400
[Dane groans]
485
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:12,600
Father!
486
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:13,560
[grunts]
487
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:23,560
No shame in having a Dane atop you,
but, honestly, I've seen prettier.
488
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:27,720
The ridge, Father!
489
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,120
It's Aethelred!
490
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,440
Can they reach us?
491
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,360
-[sword clang]
-[men yelling]
492
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:46,320
Charge!
493
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,480
-[Young Uhtred grunts]
-[Dane screams]
494
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,640
Who fights alongside Aethelflaed?
495
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:10,280
The Mercian fyrds, her husband,
even the Welsh.
496
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:15,200
Christians united.
497
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,880
And without Wessex to lead them forward.
498
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:21,240
-[Aethelflaed yells]
-[men grunt]
499
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:22,560
[Aldhelm grunting]
500
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:28,800
[grunts and gasps]
501
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,400
[Dane] It’s the Lady Aethelflaed!
502
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,200
-There she is!
-Surround her!
503
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:33,960
There are too many of them.
504
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:35,280
[Aldhelm pants]
505
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:36,360
[Dane] Get her!
506
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:41,200
[whispers] Aldhelm.
507
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:49,120
[Aethelflaed sighs]
508
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,680
Withdraw! You will not take her from us!
509
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:53,760
You do not have the courage.
510
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:55,800
Aldhelm, you must.
511
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:57,760
Since you are Alfred's daughter,
512
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,080
I'll let you choose
which of us humps you first.
513
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,200
-Aldhelm, please.
-I can't. I can't.
514
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,480
You Saxons have...
515
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:07,880
-[Dane yells]
-[Aethelflaed gasps]
516
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:21,520
[Aldhelm yells]
517
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:23,680
[yells]
518
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:35,640
[yells]
519
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:41,680
[yells]
520
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:44,000
[grunting]
521
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,240
[yelling and grunting]
522
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:56,160
Lord King!
523
00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:58,000
-Stay close!
-[groans]
524
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,200
][groans]
525
00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:04,840
[Dane yells]
526
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,520
[grunting]
527
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,920
[Eardwulf]
Hold fast, men! Hold your lines!
528
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:17,920
[yells]
529
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,440
[Uhtred] They are fleeing to the forest!
530
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,200
Stop them!
531
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:29,360
Uhtred!
532
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:35,000
[roars and grunts]
533
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:39,800
[groans]
534
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:44,440
[screams]
535
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:49,960
-What the...
-[high-pitched buzzing]
536
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,440
[gasps and groans]
537
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,240
[pants and groans]
538
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:07,040
My Lord! My Lord!
539
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,840
[breathes heavily]
540
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,480
Push on, men... to victory!
541
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,720
[yelling]
542
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,160
[yelling and groaning]
543
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:37,440
[Cnut] Uhtred!
544
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:40,320
Finally.
545
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:43,040
Fight me.
546
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,000
Fight me!
547
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:46,680
[both grunting]
548
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,200
Murderer!
549
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:19,720
You killed my firstborn.
550
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,680
You killed my boy! Why?
551
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,560
It was fair revenge for Ragnar!
552
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,160
Ragnar!
553
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,160
Ragnar was weak...
and I needed him to die!
554
00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:39,600
But my son... my son was innocent!
555
00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:42,960
[both grunt]
556
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:44,280
[Cnut pants]
557
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:46,480
Brida...
558
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:47,880
[Cnut grunts and gasps]
559
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,320
Give me your seax!
560
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:51,880
[gags and gasps]
561
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:54,920
Give me your seax!
562
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,240
[Cnut groans]
563
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,720
[grunts and groans]
564
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,920
[gasps and coughs]
565
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:17,560
You sent Aethelwold to kill Ragnar?
566
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:21,240
Because...
567
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,480
Because we're destined to be together.
You know this.
568
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:28,800
Please, my love.
569
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,440
[Brida yells angrily]
570
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:32,880
[Cnut gasps]
571
00:42:41,240 --> 00:42:42,080
[groans]
572
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:44,560
Your boys live.
573
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:50,360
The body your man saw was a Mercian,
killed by Danish hands.
574
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,280
-[Cnut] Both... both survive?
-[Uhtred] Both.
575
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,960
But you will not live
to see them grow old.
576
00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:01,440
[Cnut gasps for breath]
577
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:03,520
[both pant]
578
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,200
You should not have trusted him.
579
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:09,320
[groans]
580
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:24,720
[groans and gasps for breath]
581
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,160
-[men shouting]
-[man] Keep up!
582
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:43,160
[whimpers]
583
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:54,920
Send me to Valhalla.
584
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:58,880
[breathes heavily]
585
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:00,640
They will take you as a prisoner.
586
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:05,240
That’s worse than death.
Please, I cannot be a slave.
587
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,800
Let me die with honor
here on the battlefield.
588
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:11,760
You owe me that, Uhtred.
589
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,320
I want to be with Ragnar.
Please, Uhtred.
590
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:18,880
[softly] Please.
591
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:23,200
[Rhodri] Take the pagan bitch!
592
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:28,440
[whimpers]
593
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:29,560
[Uhtred] Brida.
594
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:59,880
King Hywel,
you have done all Christians proud.
595
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:01,840
It is an honor to meet you.
596
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:04,720
And I am pleased
you were able to make the battle, Lord.
597
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,440
Well, we would not have won
without you and your men.
598
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:10,400
I am most grateful.
599
00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:13,440
And your generous rewards are appreciated.
600
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:18,160
Your priest conveyed to me
your kind offer of the spoils of battle.
601
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:25,160
Of course.
It is the least your bravery deserves.
602
00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:27,440
May it strengthen our new union.
603
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,160
As we are united in faith...
604
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:35,120
let us be united in prosperity
and security!
605
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:36,640
[men cheering]
606
00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:39,280
I promise you, we shall feast tonight!
607
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,320
[cheering]
608
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:46,640
There will be no alliance
and no more favors.
609
00:45:47,720 --> 00:45:50,320
The people of Wealas
do not need Saxon help.
610
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:27,440
The Lord favored us.
611
00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,360
I've just sent Brida to her doom.
612
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:33,280
-It is battle.
-[pants]
613
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,440
What matters is we both survived
and Mercia is safe.
614
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:41,840
-[man] My Lord King.
-[man] My Lord.
615
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:43,200
[man] Sire.
616
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:44,800
My Lord...
617
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,640
-He dares to walk amongst the fallen?
-Do not.
618
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:49,800
There has been enough fighting.
619
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:52,200
Your men need you.
620
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:13,400
Lady, the triumph is all yours.
621
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:17,040
You led us to a great victory
they will speak of for years to come.
622
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:19,480
And I thank you I am alive to see it.
623
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:22,840
I probably wasn't the man for that task.
624
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:30,400
Edward, thank you.
625
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:33,760
If it were not for you,
I would be amongst the dead.
626
00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:36,000
I came despite my better judgment.
627
00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:39,800
I do not take your defiance lightly.
628
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:44,160
-Yes, but surely it was a great victory.
-With a great loss of many men.
629
00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:47,520
Steapa is dead.
630
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:50,680
-No.
-Yes.
631
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:54,280
The man who has stood
since our childhood like a giant oak.
632
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:56,400
He stood with our father, then with us.
633
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:59,320
Now he's been taken
in a battle of your making,
634
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:01,720
sacrificed for your husband's ambition
and for yours.
635
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:03,640
No, I have no ambition.
636
00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:05,280
You seek to be loved by all...
637
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:10,160
chronicled for your bravery,
no matter if it costs the blood of men.
638
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:13,960
-That is not true.
-Yes, it is.
639
00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:17,440
You've chosen Mercia
over the kingdom of Alfred.
640
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,400
I suggest you do not return south
for a long time.
641
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:24,840
You should not exile me from Winchester.
642
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,840
I fear you would not be welcome there,
Lady.
643
00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:32,520
The widows of these men
will not forgive you easily.
644
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:39,000
Still, you may receive
adoration in this place.
645
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:43,000
It may be some compensation.
646
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:47,880
None of this was done for anything
but love of my country!
647
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:54,360
Come away from this place, Lord King.
648
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:03,960
I have been made to look a fool...
649
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:08,320
unable to reward my own men,
paying tribute to the Welsh.
650
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,400
This will be made right.
651
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:15,120
What excuses did he make
for his cowardice?
652
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:19,120
He wanted to avoid bloodshed for his men.
653
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:21,200
Which created more bloodshed.
654
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:23,960
-I have to speak with him.
-No!
655
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:25,800
At least not now.
656
00:49:27,240 --> 00:49:30,200
The Danes are defeated.
Let us just enjoy the peace...
657
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:32,880
just for one night.
658
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:38,600
I will do as you ask...
659
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:42,280
just for one night.
660
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:04,240
Let us go, take advantage of the chaos.
661
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:07,880
-He can believe you died in battle.
-No. I have half killed myself fighting.
662
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,960
[pants] I will find him
and I will beg him.
663
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:14,800
He will never forgive us for what
we have done. It is over for us, brother.
664
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,680
[soldier] Clear a path! Move! Stand aside!
665
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:25,960
Lord Aethelred is wounded. Fetch a healer!