1 00:00:21,916 --> 00:00:24,958 Now hear of myths. 2 00:00:24,958 --> 00:00:26,208 And men. 3 00:00:27,583 --> 00:00:28,916 And memory. 4 00:00:29,958 --> 00:00:32,916 Tales told in the dark. 5 00:00:53,208 --> 00:00:54,083 Ah. 6 00:01:08,833 --> 00:01:10,958 He praises you, The Weeping. 7 00:01:10,958 --> 00:01:13,875 Says you put up a good fight at Hoenir's shrine, 8 00:01:15,208 --> 00:01:18,083 but it will be better to fight by your side. 9 00:01:36,916 --> 00:01:39,458 Do you think we'll see the Dancing Lights? 10 00:01:39,458 --> 00:01:40,625 You will. 11 00:01:40,625 --> 00:01:44,041 And if you eat these, you'll see much more besides. 12 00:01:55,958 --> 00:01:56,958 Go slow. 13 00:01:56,958 --> 00:02:00,333 No need. We dwarves grew up on these. 14 00:02:00,333 --> 00:02:02,583 Is there a man here who'll give us a story? 15 00:02:02,583 --> 00:02:05,250 - Speak, storyteller. - Who will speak? 16 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:08,500 It's good luck to hear a story before battle. 17 00:02:09,416 --> 00:02:12,875 Then let us tell many in turns. 18 00:02:13,916 --> 00:02:18,166 Now hear the fable of Fenja and Menja. 19 00:02:19,333 --> 00:02:22,000 Sisters sold to a sea-king. 20 00:02:22,833 --> 00:02:26,291 Who were taken in shackles aboard the king's ship 21 00:02:26,291 --> 00:02:29,541 and chained to a magic millstone. 22 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:36,000 They were made to grind salt and never to stop. 23 00:02:38,125 --> 00:02:40,666 So they did what mortals do. 24 00:02:40,666 --> 00:02:44,083 In their time of sorrow, they sang a song 25 00:02:44,750 --> 00:02:46,333 and told a story true. 26 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,750 They sang of the mountains, their motherland. 27 00:02:51,750 --> 00:02:54,791 They were giants bred and born. 28 00:02:56,666 --> 00:03:00,583 The king hoarded the salt for hungry times 29 00:03:01,583 --> 00:03:03,625 and demanded even more. 30 00:03:04,625 --> 00:03:06,416 It was not for the eating, 31 00:03:07,125 --> 00:03:09,250 but to salt the earth, 32 00:03:09,750 --> 00:03:12,583 to ruin the realms of his foes. 33 00:03:13,166 --> 00:03:15,916 As the women kept at their weary work, 34 00:03:15,916 --> 00:03:19,500 the ocean frothed and foamed. 35 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:22,875 The longship cracked in the currents! 36 00:03:22,875 --> 00:03:25,791 And still, the sisters ground. 37 00:03:26,583 --> 00:03:29,416 Their turning wheel, it churned the waves, 38 00:03:30,041 --> 00:03:35,416 and the slaver king... did drown. 39 00:03:36,916 --> 00:03:39,666 {\an8}The ship, it sank. 40 00:03:40,291 --> 00:03:42,583 And the women, they sang. 41 00:03:43,333 --> 00:03:46,166 For they were finally free. 42 00:03:46,875 --> 00:03:52,000 It is said the great mill is grinding there still, 43 00:03:52,541 --> 00:03:56,250 which is why there is salt in the sea. 44 00:04:01,250 --> 00:04:02,458 Wow. 45 00:04:03,458 --> 00:04:06,208 My father used to tell me that story at bedtime. 46 00:04:07,083 --> 00:04:09,166 Who else has a giant's tale? 47 00:04:09,166 --> 00:04:10,083 I do. 48 00:04:11,333 --> 00:04:14,916 Now... hear of Odin's wall! 49 00:04:14,916 --> 00:04:17,458 The wall we'll smash tomorrow! 50 00:04:17,458 --> 00:04:21,083 For what's giant-built can be giant-broken! 51 00:04:21,791 --> 00:04:23,666 It was long ago, 52 00:04:23,666 --> 00:04:28,708 after Odin's first fortress had fallen to the golden Vanir. 53 00:04:31,375 --> 00:04:33,500 The Aesir needed a new wall. 54 00:04:36,166 --> 00:04:38,333 A builder came to the gods. 55 00:04:38,958 --> 00:04:43,416 He would make them a wall that none could break or scale. 56 00:04:44,166 --> 00:04:45,666 They asked his price. 57 00:04:46,291 --> 00:04:52,083 Came the answer, the sun, the moon, and Freya's hand in marriage. 58 00:04:52,875 --> 00:04:54,875 Enter Loki. 59 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:58,833 He brokered a deal, and the deal was this. 60 00:04:59,375 --> 00:05:01,583 Finish the wall, with no help, 61 00:05:01,583 --> 00:05:04,166 and in a third of the time proposed, 62 00:05:04,166 --> 00:05:06,375 and the sun, moon, 63 00:05:07,083 --> 00:05:10,083 and Freya would be given. 64 00:05:10,958 --> 00:05:13,291 {\an8}- All winter the builder hauled 65 00:05:13,291 --> 00:05:14,750 {\an8}pieces of mountain. 66 00:05:15,833 --> 00:05:19,333 Only his horse, Svadilfari, was allowed to aid him. 67 00:05:21,291 --> 00:05:24,458 But to the Aesir's horror, he moved quickly. 68 00:05:25,833 --> 00:05:28,166 Freya raved. 69 00:05:28,166 --> 00:05:32,041 She'd not be traded as a concubine. Not again. 70 00:05:32,541 --> 00:05:35,083 But Baldr came to her with a suspicion. 71 00:05:35,083 --> 00:05:38,125 Perhaps the man was more than he seemed. 72 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:42,958 Perhaps he was a giant. 73 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:47,916 Enter Loki. 74 00:05:47,916 --> 00:05:50,333 He offered to cheat. 75 00:05:50,916 --> 00:05:54,791 And well he should, the gods agreed, for he'd made this deal. 76 00:05:55,541 --> 00:05:59,666 And if they lost the sun and moon and Freya, 77 00:05:59,666 --> 00:06:02,625 they'd have Loki's head a'spitted. 78 00:06:03,250 --> 00:06:05,666 Enter Loki, 79 00:06:05,666 --> 00:06:09,291 who appeared to Svadilfari as a beautiful mare. 80 00:06:10,208 --> 00:06:15,166 The stallion smelled her heat, and so, 81 00:06:15,833 --> 00:06:17,625 entered Loki. 82 00:06:21,833 --> 00:06:22,958 The giant, 83 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:27,208 for indeed, the builder was a giant... 84 00:06:27,208 --> 00:06:29,500 ...could not finish without his horse. 85 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,708 The Aesir laughed, 86 00:06:32,708 --> 00:06:35,375 delighted to have got their wall for free. 87 00:06:35,875 --> 00:06:38,083 And when the giant protested their treachery... 88 00:06:38,083 --> 00:06:40,416 ...he died by a hammer... 89 00:06:41,333 --> 00:06:43,625 ...as so many giants have. 90 00:06:44,708 --> 00:06:46,958 Enter Loki, 91 00:06:47,583 --> 00:06:52,666 who returned months later with a strange young colt he'd mothered. 92 00:06:52,666 --> 00:06:55,166 He gave the horse to Odin as a gift. 93 00:06:55,166 --> 00:06:57,125 And the gods learned 94 00:06:57,125 --> 00:07:02,375 that Loki was willing to fuck even himself 95 00:07:02,375 --> 00:07:04,375 if it was to his advantage. 96 00:07:10,291 --> 00:07:13,458 So our Egill has a patron god! 97 00:07:14,125 --> 00:07:18,791 Egill, when you make love, are you the stallion or the mare? 98 00:07:18,791 --> 00:07:22,041 You want to know if I like being fucked? 99 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:24,125 You want to know how it feels? 100 00:07:24,125 --> 00:07:26,000 I'll tell you how it feels. 101 00:07:27,916 --> 00:07:31,125 Now hear of Egill and his duel. 102 00:07:32,625 --> 00:07:34,291 I have carvings for sale. 103 00:07:34,291 --> 00:07:36,708 Graven gods for worship! Chessmen! 104 00:07:36,708 --> 00:07:39,000 Fetishes for luck and love! 105 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Each one comes with a story! 106 00:08:08,333 --> 00:08:10,125 Ow! Help! Please! 107 00:08:10,125 --> 00:08:11,875 Somebody help! 108 00:08:11,875 --> 00:08:14,916 {\an8}Stop! I'm begging you, please! Stop! 109 00:08:27,750 --> 00:08:30,375 It's all right. They've gone. 110 00:08:30,958 --> 00:08:33,166 My name is Odric. Odd. 111 00:08:41,291 --> 00:08:42,458 It's a healing cup. 112 00:08:42,458 --> 00:08:44,208 The runes will help you. 113 00:08:44,208 --> 00:08:46,041 So my grandfather would say. 114 00:08:46,041 --> 00:08:47,458 He died last year. 115 00:08:47,958 --> 00:08:48,791 Are they magic? 116 00:08:48,791 --> 00:08:52,083 My grandfather said the best wood for magic comes from driftwood. 117 00:08:52,083 --> 00:08:55,083 If you see two pieces wash ashore together, it's a sign. 118 00:08:55,083 --> 00:08:58,500 Because man and woman were made from driftwood. At the beginning. 119 00:08:59,291 --> 00:09:00,833 Uh... 120 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:02,500 It's just a story. 121 00:09:05,916 --> 00:09:07,166 We were friends. 122 00:09:08,291 --> 00:09:10,833 And then, a few weeks later, 123 00:09:12,291 --> 00:09:13,166 we were more. 124 00:09:22,583 --> 00:09:24,791 Odd's brother stood as my accuser. 125 00:09:26,041 --> 00:09:28,958 I had seduced Odd, he claimed. 126 00:09:28,958 --> 00:09:33,125 The lawspeakers say a man may fuck another in conquest, 127 00:09:33,125 --> 00:09:34,750 but not in love. 128 00:09:35,708 --> 00:09:38,416 And scorn come to him who's taken. 129 00:09:39,208 --> 00:09:41,083 Ergi, I was called. 130 00:09:41,583 --> 00:09:42,958 Unmanly. 131 00:09:44,833 --> 00:09:45,875 This man lies, 132 00:09:45,875 --> 00:09:47,708 and I call him a liar! 133 00:09:47,708 --> 00:09:51,708 I will prove it with a sword and cut the lies from his throat! 134 00:09:55,541 --> 00:09:58,333 The duel was to be a holmgang. 135 00:09:59,250 --> 00:10:03,333 There was an island nearby reserved for such contests. 136 00:10:03,333 --> 00:10:05,541 My father came as my second. 137 00:10:06,333 --> 00:10:07,458 He was proud. 138 00:10:10,833 --> 00:10:14,750 - Show him what you're made of. - This is the honorable thing. 139 00:10:14,750 --> 00:10:15,833 Here we go. 140 00:10:36,458 --> 00:10:38,291 Come on! Come on! Get up! 141 00:10:39,583 --> 00:10:40,875 He's ready to fight! 142 00:10:46,250 --> 00:10:47,625 Punish him! 143 00:10:48,333 --> 00:10:49,958 {\an8}Finish him! 144 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:02,041 - Yes! - Did you see that? 145 00:11:12,416 --> 00:11:14,708 My knife had carved true. 146 00:11:14,708 --> 00:11:15,916 As always. 147 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,833 And so I proved my virtue. 148 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,958 I'm sorry, my friend. 149 00:11:39,375 --> 00:11:40,833 Time now. 150 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:43,458 It is time. 151 00:11:44,166 --> 00:11:45,333 You are sure? 152 00:11:45,916 --> 00:11:49,666 There will be violence soon. 153 00:11:49,666 --> 00:11:51,916 You will need strength. 154 00:11:51,916 --> 00:11:54,416 - I can give it. - Then give it. 155 00:11:55,041 --> 00:11:57,375 Give me the story you keep locked away. 156 00:12:00,125 --> 00:12:01,333 {\an8}The cold. 157 00:12:01,333 --> 00:12:06,416 {\an8}The air was cold, and the child was cold, and his blood was cold. 158 00:12:06,416 --> 00:12:09,416 Ulfr saved the boy, 159 00:12:09,416 --> 00:12:11,041 saved him from a wolf. 160 00:12:11,041 --> 00:12:13,458 And Ulfr had a wolf's skin, 161 00:12:13,458 --> 00:12:15,541 and he gave it to the child. 162 00:12:15,541 --> 00:12:21,791 Ulfr made a fire for the child, made the child look and smile, 163 00:12:22,541 --> 00:12:26,791 but the cold still came, and the fire was cold... 164 00:12:26,791 --> 00:12:29,916 ...and cold, and Ulfr was cold! 165 00:12:30,791 --> 00:12:34,125 But the child's blood was warm. 166 00:12:35,083 --> 00:12:37,541 And his blood was in the fire, 167 00:12:37,541 --> 00:12:39,333 and the blood smoked gold. 168 00:12:39,333 --> 00:12:40,666 Ulfr ate, 169 00:12:40,666 --> 00:12:45,000 {\an8}and the wolf skin was back on Ulfr's shoulders. 170 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,625 {\an8}Ulfr was warm, and the meat was warm. 171 00:12:48,625 --> 00:12:52,625 It was warm in Ulfr's mouth and in his gut, 172 00:12:52,625 --> 00:12:55,583 and the warmth was gold, 173 00:12:55,583 --> 00:12:57,375 and it was gold. 174 00:12:57,375 --> 00:13:00,041 {\an8}And it was gold. 175 00:13:01,666 --> 00:13:04,083 But the gold was blood, 176 00:13:04,833 --> 00:13:07,250 and the gold was death, 177 00:13:07,916 --> 00:13:10,958 and the wolf skin ate Ulfr. 178 00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:15,166 Ulfr ate the child! 179 00:13:15,166 --> 00:13:19,208 Ulfr was a wolf! 180 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:29,666 Egill. 181 00:13:33,958 --> 00:13:35,250 I live... 182 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,583 a bad life. 183 00:13:38,666 --> 00:13:40,375 I want to die better. 184 00:13:40,375 --> 00:13:42,625 You shall have that chance. 185 00:13:46,125 --> 00:13:47,625 It's too much. 186 00:13:48,125 --> 00:13:49,208 Hervor! 187 00:13:56,083 --> 00:13:57,250 Hervor. 188 00:13:57,250 --> 00:13:58,375 You're safe. 189 00:13:58,875 --> 00:13:59,916 It's all right. 190 00:14:00,541 --> 00:14:04,208 There is... so much out there. 191 00:14:04,916 --> 00:14:07,666 How are you so... calm? 192 00:14:08,958 --> 00:14:11,541 Because dwarves know their mushroom. 193 00:14:12,166 --> 00:14:13,375 What are you looking at? 194 00:14:41,333 --> 00:14:43,500 Oh. I need to run. 195 00:14:55,791 --> 00:14:57,000 And what about you? 196 00:14:57,833 --> 00:14:58,916 Will you tell one? 197 00:14:58,916 --> 00:15:00,458 I have no stories. 198 00:15:00,958 --> 00:15:03,958 I've seen a score of winters. I've seen monsters. 199 00:15:04,583 --> 00:15:06,416 I've seen gods up close, but... 200 00:15:06,958 --> 00:15:08,250 in the stories, 201 00:15:08,916 --> 00:15:10,416 I am never the point. 202 00:15:10,416 --> 00:15:12,208 I want to hear one of yours. 203 00:15:12,208 --> 00:15:18,041 One that tells me why my luck is thrown in with damned fools and Hel-chasers. 204 00:15:18,916 --> 00:15:21,375 All right. Then you'll have one. 205 00:15:22,041 --> 00:15:25,625 Now hear of the girl whose feet could not touch the floor. 206 00:15:29,833 --> 00:15:31,833 This girl was half-giant, 207 00:15:31,833 --> 00:15:33,500 on her father's side. 208 00:15:34,750 --> 00:15:37,875 And she was her father's daughter in almost every way, 209 00:15:38,833 --> 00:15:40,791 save for one important detail. 210 00:15:41,583 --> 00:15:44,166 She was small for a giant. 211 00:15:44,166 --> 00:15:45,250 There. 212 00:15:46,250 --> 00:15:48,541 A braid fit for a Jötun woman. 213 00:15:50,041 --> 00:15:52,541 When she sat in her family's chairs, 214 00:15:52,541 --> 00:15:54,708 her feet did not touch the floor. 215 00:15:55,375 --> 00:15:58,458 Her feet did not touch the floor at feasting time. 216 00:16:00,208 --> 00:16:03,166 They did not touch the floor when she sat upon her bed. 217 00:16:15,583 --> 00:16:18,458 Nor when she was in the shit-house. 218 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:25,041 {\an8}When she got older, 219 00:16:25,041 --> 00:16:27,958 {\an8}her brothers could easily drink her under the table... 220 00:16:29,708 --> 00:16:31,875 ...for the table was as tall as she. 221 00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:35,666 And so, after years and years, 222 00:16:36,916 --> 00:16:38,291 she went to her father... 223 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:42,125 and asked his leave. 224 00:16:45,125 --> 00:16:47,333 She wished to see her mother's home. 225 00:16:49,166 --> 00:16:53,208 She loved her land and her family, and her foolish, foolish brothers. 226 00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:56,833 But she was different. 227 00:17:01,708 --> 00:17:03,083 She felt alone. 228 00:17:31,041 --> 00:17:32,708 This way. This way. 229 00:17:36,833 --> 00:17:37,916 What's happened? 230 00:17:37,916 --> 00:17:39,875 We are at war. 231 00:17:39,875 --> 00:17:42,083 My mother... My mother was from this village. 232 00:17:43,333 --> 00:17:45,000 Then you're Clan Völsung. 233 00:17:46,041 --> 00:17:47,625 So the girl went to battle. 234 00:18:49,166 --> 00:18:51,000 Seems I owe you my life. 235 00:18:57,458 --> 00:18:58,625 The drink is enough. 236 00:19:00,083 --> 00:19:02,541 Your braid and tattoos... 237 00:19:03,791 --> 00:19:06,416 You hail from somewhere else, woman. 238 00:19:07,583 --> 00:19:08,416 Where? 239 00:19:09,291 --> 00:19:12,666 I come from a place where the chairs are tall as horses. 240 00:19:13,250 --> 00:19:15,083 A place too big for describing. 241 00:19:15,708 --> 00:19:16,833 Too big for me. 242 00:19:17,541 --> 00:19:18,375 Uh-huh. 243 00:19:19,750 --> 00:19:21,666 I don't know what that means. 244 00:19:25,458 --> 00:19:28,125 I do not wish to owe debts to a foreign woman. 245 00:19:29,708 --> 00:19:31,375 What can a prince give you? 246 00:19:36,583 --> 00:19:37,833 The girl stayed. 247 00:19:38,416 --> 00:19:40,333 She fought many battles. 248 00:19:41,875 --> 00:19:43,333 And the years passed. 249 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,166 Leif, I thought we'd-- 250 00:19:55,125 --> 00:19:56,541 What's this? 251 00:19:56,541 --> 00:19:58,541 I made something for you. 252 00:20:08,666 --> 00:20:10,083 You built me a chair. 253 00:20:10,083 --> 00:20:12,041 No, I, uh... 254 00:20:12,666 --> 00:20:14,166 I built you a throne. 255 00:20:16,916 --> 00:20:21,541 At least I-- I hope you'll make it one. I didn't want to assume, but... 256 00:20:28,833 --> 00:20:29,666 Marry me. 257 00:20:33,875 --> 00:20:35,541 Hmm. Interesting. 258 00:20:37,166 --> 00:20:39,416 I will sit and think the matter over. 259 00:20:45,416 --> 00:20:49,083 She knew then, the moment her feet touched the ground, 260 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,208 she was home. 261 00:21:06,375 --> 00:21:08,125 - Egill, I-- - Stop. 262 00:21:09,916 --> 00:21:11,958 Since you returned my hand to me, 263 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:15,625 I am become Egill One-Hand after all. 264 00:21:16,125 --> 00:21:16,958 This? 265 00:21:17,708 --> 00:21:19,541 This is no longer mine. 266 00:21:20,291 --> 00:21:22,083 It smells of your magic, 267 00:21:22,583 --> 00:21:24,666 and when I run it over my face, 268 00:21:25,750 --> 00:21:29,000 you are touching my face. 269 00:21:30,416 --> 00:21:31,583 Egill... 270 00:21:33,083 --> 00:21:34,333 I must tell you. 271 00:21:35,583 --> 00:21:36,625 Tomorrow... 272 00:21:37,791 --> 00:21:39,291 Don't tell me the future. 273 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,166 Tell me your name. 274 00:21:44,833 --> 00:21:45,833 Áile. 275 00:21:47,958 --> 00:21:48,916 Áile. 276 00:21:49,625 --> 00:21:51,083 Where should your hand go? 277 00:22:07,041 --> 00:22:09,125 Would you like a story of your own? 278 00:22:11,875 --> 00:22:12,791 Yes. 279 00:22:16,416 --> 00:22:17,875 Now hear of Thyra, 280 00:22:18,791 --> 00:22:20,541 the crossroads maid. 281 00:22:21,083 --> 00:22:24,291 Wild, lovely, and chaste... 282 00:22:27,375 --> 00:22:29,000 On the eve of battle, 283 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,791 she brought the leaders of the Völsungs to their knees. 284 00:23:41,250 --> 00:23:44,416 Sharp, this head, and hard-honed. 285 00:23:45,416 --> 00:23:48,916 A haft of... World Tree wood. 286 00:23:49,458 --> 00:23:52,000 A good spear to spike a head. 287 00:23:53,083 --> 00:23:56,791 My eldest begotten is besotted with you. 288 00:23:56,791 --> 00:23:58,125 "The Weeping." 289 00:23:59,166 --> 00:24:00,208 And I see why. 290 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,250 Who are you? 291 00:24:02,916 --> 00:24:05,833 I gave men the mead of poetry. 292 00:24:08,791 --> 00:24:10,750 I'm the Lord of Stories. 293 00:24:11,333 --> 00:24:14,666 My son, the Lord of Storms... 294 00:24:22,791 --> 00:24:27,250 I am warrior and wanderer and wise. 295 00:24:31,250 --> 00:24:32,333 Odin. 296 00:24:32,333 --> 00:24:35,958 Remember what happened to Menja and Fenja, 297 00:24:35,958 --> 00:24:38,541 who sank their ship with salt. 298 00:24:39,250 --> 00:24:41,083 They dealt death, aye. 299 00:24:42,291 --> 00:24:43,166 But then... 300 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,375 {\an8}...they died.