1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:03,720 [Uhtred] I was born an ealdorman of England. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,120 Uhtred, son of Uhtred of Bebbanburg, 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:07,920 welcome to the Christian world. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,960 [Uhtred] True heir to the Northumbrian lands of Bebbanburg. 5 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:12,160 You have your stone, the amber? 6 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:13,680 Yes, Father. 7 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:18,040 Our ancestors took this land and you will die for it if needed. 8 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,880 [Uhtred] I was 12 years old when I first went to war. 9 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:22,160 [man] Kill them all! 10 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:24,400 [Uhtred] I saw my father killed. 11 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:25,840 My uncle took my lands 12 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,360 and pledged his allegiance to the Danes. 13 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,759 My advice for you is to never cross Ubba 14 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,720 and never, never fight him. 15 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,280 [Uhtred] Stolen by the invaders 16 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:38,600 along with the Saxon girl Brida, 17 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,600 I became first a slave and then a son to Earl Ragnar. 18 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,080 That was my family, my life. 19 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:48,640 Young Ragnar, my brother, and Brida, my lover. 20 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,840 Fate had made me a Dane, 21 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,200 and then Fate brought betrayal. 22 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:54,840 [yells] 23 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,000 I will not stand by and have everything that's mine taken from me. 24 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,440 Bebbanburg is mine! 25 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,880 [Uhtred] Destiny is all. 26 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:07,560 Horses! 27 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,080 [Uhtred] Head for the woods! 28 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,360 [indistinct yelling] 29 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,600 Go right, there's a gully over that ridge. 30 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,040 [Aelfric] Hoof marks. There must be hoof marks. 31 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,840 There must be hoof marks somewhere! 32 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,560 Fetch more men. I want him found! 33 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:51,520 We'll go as far as Mercia if need be, 34 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,480 but I want him found... and I want him dead. 35 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,280 [Uhtred] He looked like my father. 36 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,400 And now he knows you are alive, he'll keep looking for you. 37 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,800 Let him. I'm going to kill him and take back what's mine. 38 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,080 He has an army. He is the choice of the Danes! 39 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:08,240 All you have is me! 40 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,320 No, we have Ubba. 41 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,200 We go to him with our story. 42 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,840 With his army, we avenge Ragnar's death and we take back Bebbanburg. 43 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:19,560 It's that simple? 44 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:21,320 Yes. 45 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:24,960 Yes... 46 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:48,240 [Uhtred] Brida... 47 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,760 Brida... sing me a song. 48 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,200 I won't, and I'm not your skald. 49 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,720 True, and what's more, you'd frighten the birds. 50 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,200 What? 51 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,640 There is a taste in the air. 52 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,720 Death. 53 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,880 [birds chirping] 54 00:04:58,760 --> 00:04:59,920 [arrow hisses] 55 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 [Brida pants] 56 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,840 [arrow hisses] 57 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,240 [grunts] 58 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,600 Who did this? Who sacked the village? 59 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:47,960 [man] I cannot move. 60 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:49,400 Your back is broken. 61 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,640 [man groans in pain] 62 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,280 Who did it? 63 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,640 You know who did this. Danes did this. 64 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,240 Why? 65 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,920 I don't believe you. 66 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,720 Why should they attack a village that feeds them? 67 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,640 Revenge. 68 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,440 But since when have Danes needed an excuse to kill? 69 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,400 [Brida] Revenge? Revenge for what? 70 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,960 Huh? 71 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,400 Revenge for what, and I'll end it. 72 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,880 An uprising north of here. 73 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:23,200 A Saxon slave, he killed his master at a wedding party. 74 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,440 [man gasps] 75 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,560 What was the name of the slave? 76 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:31,440 Huh? 77 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,840 You speak English well for a Dane. 78 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,280 His name! 79 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,200 [groans] 80 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:40,200 Uhtred. 81 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,440 [man] End it. 82 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,560 End... 83 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,680 [man groans in pain] 84 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,520 -Say it... -Say what? 85 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:06,960 What you are thinking. 86 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,560 I'm thinking that you have a turd where there's supposed to be a mind. 87 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,840 [laughs] Thank you. 88 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,040 We should never have gone to Bebbanburg. 89 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,840 We should have let them believe that you were dead! 90 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:26,080 No, you're wrong. I want them to know I am alive. 91 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:30,160 I need them to know I am alive because they hold what's mine. 92 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:33,440 I feel better for it. 93 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,200 Yeah, so does a dog pissing on a tree. 94 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:39,680 You wish me to bark? 95 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,720 What we needed to do was to ride south to the Chieftain Ubba, 96 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,160 and tell the story of Ragnar's death. 97 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:46,680 We'll do it now. 98 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,280 Now there is a second story 99 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,480 about some slave who killed his master. 100 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:52,120 Ubba knows that Ragnar was my father. 101 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,640 He knows nothing! I doubt he'll even remember you! 102 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,440 He will believe the story that he hears first 103 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,160 and he will kill you! 104 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,120 If you could write, then you could write to him. 105 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:10,720 If he could read. 106 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,200 You've left us no choice. 107 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,200 We must find Ubba and hope he believes you. 108 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:32,919 -[indistinct chatter] -[bell tolling] 109 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:46,760 Thank you. 110 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:52,880 [man] Father Beocca. 111 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,800 Father. 112 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,360 Segwald. 113 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,600 I'll see you in the King's hall. 114 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,440 My lord? 115 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,960 My lord Alfred, it is I, Father Beocca. 116 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,240 My lord, the King has called council. 117 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,520 [Alfred] Do not look at me, Father. 118 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,320 I am a sinner, I'm a grievous sinner. 119 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,120 We are all sinners, my lord. 120 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,000 And I am married! I should never have married. 121 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,800 He sends temptation to test us. 122 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,680 And when we fail, He sends the Danes to punish us for that failure. 123 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,720 I should never have married, I should have joined the church, 124 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:50,760 I should of gone to a monastery. 125 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:52,840 And God would have found a great servant in you, 126 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,560 but I feel He has other plans. 127 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,760 If your brother were to die, it would be to you the people would turn. 128 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,600 Oh, pray God he does not die. 129 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:04,440 What kind of a king would I be? 130 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,280 You'd be God's king, my lord. 131 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,560 You have been blessed and chosen by the Holy Father in Rome. 132 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:12,840 You would be God's king. 133 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,000 I have seen the girl who torments you. She is-- 134 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:18,360 -Must be banished. -No, the opposite, 135 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:19,800 she should be brought into your service. 136 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,880 -No, I could not. -You will resist her. 137 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,040 You will let Him see your strength. 138 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,200 You will thank Him for tempting you 139 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,400 and then praise Him for resisting the temptation. 140 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,680 Notwithstanding... 141 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,920 I have news you may wish to take to council. 142 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,200 What news? 143 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,280 Of an English uprising, lord, in the North. 144 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,040 It was defeated. 145 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:52,680 But the nobleman responsible was Uhtred of Bebbanburg. I know him. 146 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:57,440 He was taken by the Danes as a child, a God-fearing child. 147 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,320 Clearly, his heart remains English. 148 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,120 -He lives? -I believe so. 149 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:04,040 He is a warrior, lord. 150 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,920 They say he killed his Danish master and 40 men. 151 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,880 He knows their ways, he speaks their language, 152 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:10,080 he would be useful, would he not? 153 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,280 You could mention him in council? 154 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,280 Why would he kill his master? 155 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,080 For blood? For money? For pleasure? 156 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,960 -For England, lord. -Yes, but how do we know? 157 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:23,280 He may well be just one more pagan with a busy sword. 158 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:24,560 Ah, but I know him, lord. 159 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,240 No, Father Beocca, you knew him once. 160 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,120 You knew him as a child. 161 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,840 I could send word out into the country, God willing-- 162 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,560 Father, he's a ghost, he's a pagan rumor. 163 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,840 Should he become flesh and blood, then he may merit a mention. 164 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:42,560 However, my faith I reserve for God alone. 165 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:49,040 Now, about this girl. You may be right about her. 166 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:54,320 Bring her into my personal service... and pray for me. 167 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,080 As always, my lord. 168 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:03,240 [indistinct chatter] 169 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,080 [Aethelred] Alfred. 170 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:12,240 King Edmund of East Anglia writes a plea to Wessex for an army. 171 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,160 An attack by the Danish chieftain Earl Ubba is inevitable. 172 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,600 This was two days ago. 173 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:20,120 A long march to fight the Danes at a place of their choosing 174 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,040 is not a strategy worth considering. 175 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,760 -To say the least, my lord. -I am of a mind to decline. 176 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:26,040 -And rightly. -Ubba... 177 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,040 He is the Dane whom King Edmund 178 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:30,880 -has fed and watered in the past? -He is. 179 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,080 Perhaps in the hope that he would simply pass through 180 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,800 East Anglia on his way to invading Wessex. 181 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,240 It is my opinion that Edmund deserves nothing but silence. 182 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,840 Too harsh, young Odda. I believe it was Edmund's hope 183 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,960 to convert the Danes from pagan to Christian 184 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,200 beginning with charity. 185 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,640 For that, he deserves praise, surely. 186 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,840 You are true, my lord, if indeed that was his hope. 187 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,760 Edmund is a godly man, we have no reason to mistake his actions for cowardice. 188 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,320 [Aethelred] Regardless of Edmund's intentions barring a miracle, 189 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,400 East Anglia will soon fall to the Danes. 190 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,960 And he shall have all our prayers for such a miracle, my lord. 191 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,280 He will need them. 192 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,400 He will not, however, have one man of Wessex. 193 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,320 -On that we are agreed? -Yes, lord. 194 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,560 -Aye. -[all agree] 195 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,600 [Aethelred] Then we must therefore recognize that we now stand alone. 196 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:14,520 The last kingdom of England. 197 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,280 It will soon be men of Wessex staring across a field at the pagan army. 198 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,480 We must be ready, we must pray, and we must prepare. 199 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:26,240 Odda, I require that Mercia, Lunden, and East Anglia be watched carefully. 200 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:27,400 Forward knowledge is everything. 201 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,160 -It is done, my lord. -And, scribe, 202 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,800 I require the forges of every town and village 203 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:32,160 to be burning night and day. 204 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,480 We shall need all the iron those fires can proffer. 205 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:35,880 Yes, my lord. 206 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:38,960 Most of all, I require men. 207 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,320 Strong, fighting men 208 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,760 who are prepared to die, because that, in the end, 209 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:47,800 is what it will take to save us... 210 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,040 The blood of men. 211 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,800 Ravn used to say: "Never fight Ubba." 212 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,480 Looks like East Anglia has just made that mistake. 213 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:09,920 [Brida] We should stay away for now. 214 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,120 Build our own fire. 215 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,440 [Brida] Ubba's unpredictable, 216 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,680 he takes his orders from the gods. 217 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,080 [Uhtred] I know. He only listens to a sorcerer. 218 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,480 And he's half mad. 219 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,440 How will you approach him? 220 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,360 As a man. 221 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,800 It has to be done. 222 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:35,640 Yes, it has to be done. But we need to guard your life. 223 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,720 -How? -I don't know. 224 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,720 We should hump tonight. 225 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,320 We should, it's written. 226 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:55,960 That we should hump? 227 00:14:56,040 --> 00:15:01,240 [chuckles] Our destiny is to hump... tonight. 228 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,520 [chuckles] 229 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,680 I'm enjoying the thought of it. 230 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,560 That's all you'll enjoy tonight! 231 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:20,640 [chuckles] 232 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,240 -Stop, stop! -What? What is it? 233 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,600 I... I think I have it. 234 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:39,400 We take a hostage, a shield, a guarantee for your life. 235 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,360 Who? 236 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,960 I don't know... someone he can't do without. 237 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,040 Storri, his sorcerer. 238 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,000 [screaming] 239 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,800 [man] Who is this woman? 240 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:07,480 Why is she not on her back? 241 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,280 [Uhtred] Not that it's your concern, but she's for Storri, 242 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:13,400 a Saxon whore from Ubba. 243 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,000 I've seen you before. 244 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,720 I served Earl Ragnar and now I serve Ubba. 245 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,200 [woman screams] 246 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,960 You'll see me again, I'm sure, boy. 247 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:24,760 [chuckles] 248 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:26,560 [Uhtred] I'm told Storri is at the church. 249 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:28,080 [man] He's up at the monastery, 250 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,040 looking after King Edmund and killing his priests. 251 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,560 [coughs] 252 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,280 [man groans] 253 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:00,920 [Uhtred] Hello? 254 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,240 Leave or it will be the death of you! 255 00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:06,880 This church is mine by the order of Ubba. 256 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,920 Master Storri, I have a gift for you. 257 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,160 -Really? -She is from Earl Ubba. 258 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,520 A woman? Why would Ubba send me a woman? 259 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:16,960 -I have no need for a woman. -She is a sorceress. 260 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,599 He wishes her dead but is afraid of a curse. 261 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:24,160 Saggy tits, stinking breath, but... you will be rewarded. 262 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,280 Her head's weight in silver. 263 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,520 [Storri] A sorceress? 264 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,880 She has the face of a she-wolf. Does she bite? 265 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:36,960 -Yes, she bites. -Leave her with me. 266 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,360 I will do as Ubba asks, and she will die... slowly. 267 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,160 [grunts] 268 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,600 You belong to me now, old man, 269 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,440 and you will die slowly unless you do as I say. 270 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,720 On your feet, we're going for a walk, 271 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,640 and you will keep your mouth shut! 272 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:00,960 [Storri] This is so foolish, 273 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,520 Ubba will come look for me, and he will be here soon. 274 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,040 I said be quiet. 275 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:09,760 Then I'll wait for him here. I'll wait for Ubba here. 276 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,240 That means it's just you and me. 277 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,080 [horse neighs] 278 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,320 [Ubba] Where is Storri? he's supposed to be here. 279 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,000 Edmund? 280 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,320 Edmund... 281 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,360 Edmund... 282 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,760 Ed-- [laughs] 283 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,480 Can we have some ale? 284 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,240 Miserable King Edmund of East Anglia, 285 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,600 you have had the night to consider my offer. 286 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,640 How do you answer? 287 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,200 [chuckles] 288 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,240 Are you dead or breathing still? 289 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,000 With luck, he's dead. We allow far too many of them to live as it is. 290 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,400 -[Edmund] You allow nothing... -He lives. 291 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,480 It's God who decides who lives. 292 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,160 I would say your god has left you hanging, sir. 293 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:14,040 [Edmund] If He has done so, it's because it is His will. 294 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,320 Take him down, and do not to let him fall. 295 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,680 And ale, and for Earl Guthrum. 296 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,000 [Guthrum] I don't understand, we do this all time, 297 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:24,360 we allow half of them to live. 298 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,160 I say kill them all, all but the young women. 299 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:28,520 [Ubba] And who should work the fields? 300 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,520 [Guthrum] The old women, the pregnant women. 301 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,040 [Ubba] Put him there, and give the man some ale! 302 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:36,560 Earl Ubba. 303 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:39,720 If I may speak freely. 304 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,280 -I know you. -I am Uhtred Ragnarson. 305 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:45,320 I am here with the truth of how my father died. 306 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,520 Yes, you are Ragnar's slave, and you killed him! 307 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,600 I don't know what stories you've heard, but Earl Ragnar 308 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,560 was killed by his own, by Danes. 309 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:57,360 His former ship's master Kjartan and his half-blind son Sven, 310 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,440 they led the attack on a sleeping wedding party. 311 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,440 Can't you see that we are entertaining a king? 312 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,160 Lord Ubba, I am telling you that Earl Ragnar was killed by Danes! 313 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,680 You will be quiet boy! And you will wait. 314 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,480 -Kill him. -[Ubba] Not another word. 315 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,160 Bar the doors. He does not leave. 316 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,800 Guthrum is right, we are entertaining a king, 317 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,640 so no more interruptions. 318 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,880 I just have to know, who is that? Mmm! 319 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,880 -His eyes are watching me. -And me. 320 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,600 Who's... Who's what? Who? 321 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,800 The other half-naked image there... 322 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,800 Who is it? 323 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:33,960 [sighs] 324 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,600 That is Saint Sebastian. 325 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,080 A former Roman soldier who found God. 326 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,680 [Guthrum] Found him where? 327 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,880 He... he found him in his heart! Not... 328 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,000 Do you wish me to tell you the story? 329 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:48,960 I have time. 330 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,360 The Emperor of Rome, on discovering that Sebastian had found God, 331 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,000 ordered him to renounce his faith. He refused. 332 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:05,920 So then, the Emperor ordered that he'd be filled full of arrows and yet... 333 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,160 he lived. 334 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,320 -He lived? -Yes, he did. 335 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,640 -Is this true? -Of course it's true. 336 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:16,920 God saved Saint Sebastian and God should be praised for that mercy. 337 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,760 For how long did he live? 338 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,480 Well, sadly he... 339 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,600 he then ordered him to be... clubbed to death. 340 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,560 So he died? 341 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,560 He went to Heaven, so he lived. 342 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,480 I have heard mention of this Heaven. 343 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,280 What is this "Heaven"? 344 00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:36,360 Heaven is Valhalla, lord, to the Christians, 345 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,560 but without the fighting, feasting, and humping. 346 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:42,440 Heaven is Heaven, it is not heathen! 347 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,600 But, to answer your very first question, 348 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,520 I... I have considered your offer and, yes, 349 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,400 I will continue to rule East Anglia as you suggest. 350 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,520 I will suffer your presence. 351 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:59,000 I will provide you with horses, food, coin, and hostages. 352 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,920 I will do all that you demand. 353 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,400 But... only if you, 354 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:12,760 Lord Ubba, and all of your men... submit to God. 355 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,520 That is my demand. You must be baptized. 356 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,760 You must stand in a barrel of water 357 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,520 and they pour more water over you. 358 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,520 They want to wash me? 359 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:29,560 No... 360 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,160 Your scent upsets them, Ubba. 361 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,080 No, to cleanse you of your sins! 362 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,240 There's only one God and I demand that you serve Him! 363 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,680 -Kill him now. -Why must I serve him? 364 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,440 Because God is great, all-powerful, all-magnificent. 365 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,120 Have him stop his yapping and prove it! 366 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,480 Ah, agreed. Prove to me your god is great. 367 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,000 -Prove it. -Prove... look, here! 368 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,680 -God spared Saint Sebastian! -But the man still died. 369 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:56,080 Because it was God's will! 370 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:57,880 So, would your god protect you from my arrows? 371 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,720 [Guthrum] If he was all-powerful, he would. 372 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,880 Yes, if it was God's will, he would, yes! 373 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:03,680 [Ubba] So let us try. 374 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,800 We shall shoot arrows at you and, if you survive... 375 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,600 [chuckles] 376 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,720 ...we will all be washed, 377 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,880 including Guthrum here. 378 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:17,520 Why not? 379 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,680 Very well. 380 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:33,040 I will continue to be king, 381 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:35,960 but we will dispense with the need for the baptisms. 382 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,120 The, uh... the washing. 383 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,120 I withdraw my request. 384 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,120 But you claim your god is all-powerful. 385 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:45,960 I want it proven. 386 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,720 Strip him. 387 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:49,960 Archers. 388 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:57,840 [Guthrum] Wait! 389 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:08,360 Tell me truthfully, are you afraid? 390 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,480 God is great. 391 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,240 We will see. 392 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:24,080 Shoot... Shoot! 393 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,520 Ah... 394 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,080 They are my men and only I tell them when to shoot. 395 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,840 Shoot. 396 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,040 [groans] 397 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:39,120 [pants] 398 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,080 Do you now wished to be clubbed, or will the arrows be sufficient? 399 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:52,520 You've come a long way to tell me it was Danes and not you that killed Ragnar. 400 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,640 It was Kjartan and Sven, lord, and others. 401 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,040 It's the truth. Why else would I be here? 402 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:03,200 -To spy, to lie. -No, lord. 403 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:04,280 [Ubba laughs] 404 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:06,720 -Perhaps to kill me. -No, lord. 405 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,040 Have you been washed? 406 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:10,880 Odin is my god. 407 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,240 [Guthrum] But have you been washed? 408 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,600 Yes, lord. 409 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,720 How did it feel... the washing? 410 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,880 Cold, lord. The water was cold. 411 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,720 [Guthrum] Nothing else? 412 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,440 I was a child, lord. Now I am a Dane. 413 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,240 Yeah, a Dane. 414 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:41,200 So now let us see if Odin will protect you from the arrows. 415 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:44,200 I like this game. Strip him. 416 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,840 -Keep away from me! -[soldier grunts] 417 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,000 -[Uhtred] Not another step! -[Ubba] Archers at the ready. 418 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:50,560 -I have a hostage! -[Ubba] What? 419 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,200 -I have Storri! -Stop! 420 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:53,520 If I die, he dies. 421 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,320 If I die, your sorcerer dies and you're without his guidance. 422 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:57,880 He lies, I can smell it. 423 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,400 I have proof... his runes. 424 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,720 Storri will be returned to you safely. 425 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,640 Take his head from his shoulders! 426 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,680 Guthrum, be quiet! 427 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,240 Have them open the doors. 428 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,800 I will release Storri when I am clear of this place. 429 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,800 -[Ubba] You go nowhere. -Then he dies! Your sorcerer dies! 430 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,920 Have them open the doors. 431 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,000 [doors open] 432 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,560 One day, I will kill you. 433 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,600 Storri will tell you otherwise. 434 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,440 And I am telling you the truth about Ragnar. 435 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,960 This is what happens when we allow too many of them to live. 436 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,040 [shouts] 437 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,880 Excellent, firewood. 438 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,160 You're alive. 439 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,760 That's good. Did he hear you? 440 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:18,480 -He did not. Not a word. -What did he say? 441 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,440 -That he'll kill me. -Nothing else? 442 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,320 Where's Storri? 443 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,240 What did he say? 444 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,640 -He's naked! -It was necessary. 445 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,200 He has a branch up his arse! 446 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,840 Which is why he is naked. 447 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,040 Uhtred... 448 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:45,080 [Storri groans] 449 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:51,240 Uhtred, he must have said something. 450 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,120 He believes the lie. 451 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,760 He believes that I killed Ragnar. 452 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:04,120 -[horse whinnies] -[Storri grunts] 453 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,280 [Uhtred] There's nothing more to do. 454 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,680 [sighs] 455 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,360 We should put distance between us and this place. 456 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:15,680 And go where? 457 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,440 Anywhere that's not here. 458 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,080 I say we go to young Ragnar. 459 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,600 -He's in Ireland. -Then we go to Ireland. 460 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,360 How? In what? We sail in what? And with whom, Danes? 461 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,000 Then we wait for him to return! 462 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,440 What if he doesn't return, what then? 463 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,080 Accept it, we're lost. 464 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,560 We're alive and breathing for a reason. 465 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,600 Brida, we are no longer Danes. 466 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,840 [Uhtred] How much for your work? 467 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,320 For a long sword. 468 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,480 You tell me what you need and I'll tell you a price. 469 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,440 A warrior's sword to last a lifetime. 470 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:39,800 And what are you, Saxon or Dane? 471 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,040 Northumbria. 472 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,440 It will take some time to make her right... 473 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,120 which means she'll be expensive. 474 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,000 If she's right, I'll pay in silver. How much? 475 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,080 Ten pieces. Half now. 476 00:29:58,160 --> 00:29:59,680 [chuckles] Six. No more. 477 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,520 Eight and I'll make her my finest. 478 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,960 Eight, and if she is not your finest, you will be her first. 479 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:06,400 [grunts] 480 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,480 I want this stone set into the handle. 481 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:20,760 That can be done. 482 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,480 Don't sell it nor lose it. 483 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,040 [servant girl] Ale, my lord? 484 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:44,720 You stand too close, girl. 485 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,840 [Alfred] Just a little to take away the taste of the gruel. 486 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:49,680 You stand too close. 487 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,560 It is broth, not gruel. 488 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:56,480 -Is it? -Well, I think it is. 489 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:58,480 You should be thanking God for His goodness 490 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,000 and the banishment of those awful cramps. 491 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,280 I am happy to eat as you eat. 492 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:04,720 [Alfred] You are saintly, my dear. 493 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,280 Father Beocca, join us for breakfast, I dare you. 494 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,440 Alas, my lord, I've already eaten. 495 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:11,960 You're fortunate. 496 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,480 Bad news, lord. Your nephew Aethelwold. 497 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:16,760 [woman] Isn't it always? 498 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,080 He's drunk, he's sleeping in the palace gardens. 499 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,720 Should I take him to the king? It's the second time this week. 500 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,080 May God strike him down... painfully. 501 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,600 [snoring] 502 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:33,840 [grunts] 503 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,240 -What? What? -[soldier] On your feet, boy. 504 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:37,480 Wait, wait, wait. 505 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,640 [Beocca] Come on, the king wants to see you. 506 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,600 Drunk! 507 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:44,440 What, again? 508 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,680 Do you think this is fit? 509 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,880 Out, all of you, leave us! 510 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:54,440 -Do you think this is fit? -I have been mistreated! 511 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,520 I... you... you saw this for yourself! 512 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:00,520 I demand that this... this bear is punished! 513 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,840 Aethelwold, your years do not hide the fact that you are a disappointment. 514 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,120 -May I ask why? -[Odda] That you need to ask 515 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,520 tells your father all he needs to know. 516 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:16,400 -What? -You are an unsuitable heir. That is what. 517 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,640 Then I will change. 518 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,640 -You should. -I will. 519 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:25,120 Look, all I ask is that you become a man, and quickly. 520 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:30,400 Today... Today. I promise. 521 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,400 Am I excused? 522 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,680 My lords... 523 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,800 I'm not convinced he is my son. 524 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,680 If his mother was not already dead, 525 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,040 I would have her beheaded for adultery. 526 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,200 [Odda chuckles] 527 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:07,200 If I'm to fall in the battles that will come, 528 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:08,880 he cannot be king. 529 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,640 -You favor Alfred? -I do. 530 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:18,200 Even though he is often weak in body? 531 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,920 Well, that his illness does not tie him to his bed, 532 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,640 that shows the strength of my brother. 533 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,560 Alfred is my heir, he knows it. 534 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,320 And when the time comes, 535 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:35,200 Odda, my friend, you must steer the Witan to make this choice. 536 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,040 My lord... 537 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:43,600 [thunder rumbles] 538 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:45,440 [Uhtred] It's done. 539 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:47,640 Should be safe for now. 540 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,840 They say Danes rarely come here. 541 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:55,040 What did Storri say to you to make you bind his mouth and...? 542 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,320 -He threw a curse. -Saying what? 543 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,280 It's not important. 544 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,400 I responded with the branch. 545 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,000 -What are you doing? -You know what I'm doing. 546 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,960 I'm removing the last of his curse with a kiss. 547 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,000 I don't want to. 548 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,800 If you want to go to the Danes, then go find a new lord. 549 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,199 It's me they wish to kill. 550 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,080 -You sound like a child. -I'm offering you a choice. 551 00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:33,040 You talk through your arse. 552 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:34,920 I'm sitting on my arse. 553 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,560 So your arse is cleverer than you, 554 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:38,920 -it can do two things at once. -Thank you. 555 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,040 [thunder rumbles] 556 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,600 Your tongue is sharp, woman. 557 00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:45,280 [laughs] 558 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,120 -Show me again. -No... 559 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,320 You're right. 560 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,920 We can't go to young Ragnar. 561 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,640 But we should wait for him to find us, which he will. 562 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:04,000 He will want to know the truth. 563 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,520 In the time between, we stay alive. 564 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,840 We pass the time. 565 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,360 Doing what? 566 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,440 Mm. 567 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,240 -[groans] -[laughs] 568 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,200 [laughing] 569 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,240 I have given her some beauty, but she is a tool, 570 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,360 no more no less. 571 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,280 She is exactly as I'd hoped. 572 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,000 We said ten? 573 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,040 We said eight. 574 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,840 She's worth ten. 575 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,680 -Thank you. -Thank you. 576 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:16,920 Lord, men have been asking of you... and your woman. 577 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,680 -Danes or Saxon? -Take your pick. 578 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,040 Five or more. 579 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,960 Make her sing. 580 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,240 [indistinct chatter] 581 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,880 Brida, we should leave. There are men looking for us. 582 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,400 -From Ubba? -I don't know. 583 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,440 Saxons and Danes are looking for us. 584 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,240 We seem to be collecting enemies as we go. 585 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:49,040 Get to the horses! Go! Go! 586 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,000 -[Uhtred] Out of the way! -Hey! 587 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,400 [screams] 588 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,000 [grunting] 589 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,080 [bleating] 590 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:56,400 [groans] 591 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,080 -[yelling] -[grunting] 592 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,520 Brida, the horses are just there. 593 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,160 [Uhtred] Wait, there is another. We have to go. Come. 594 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,240 [yelling] 595 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:29,560 Brida, the door! 596 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,640 Wait... 597 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:35,760 Wait... 598 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,640 Wait... Now! 599 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:48,200 -[pants] -[Brida sighs] 600 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,040 [Brida] You are right, we should leave. 601 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,880 [Brida] Whoever it was that sent them, Ubba or your uncle, 602 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,480 they won't rest, there'll be others. 603 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,040 I can't go home without help. 604 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:09,720 Uhtred, you should forget Bebbanburg. 605 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,720 No... No, I won't vanish. 606 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,080 Nothing changes. 607 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,680 Kjartan and my uncle will pay for Ragnar's death, 608 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,320 and I will have those lands. 609 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,960 How? With whose help? 610 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:31,560 -You said yourself we only have Ubba-- -The English. 611 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,520 If we're dead to the Danes, we have no choice. 612 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,200 There is no England! The Danes have England. 613 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:40,440 No, there is one place south of here: it's Wessex. 614 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,080 One look at you and they'll kill you as a Dane. 615 00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,440 Whereas Ubba will kill me as an Englishman. 616 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:47,920 With King Aethelred, we have a chance of everything. 617 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,160 What do you say? 618 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:53,640 Come with me. 619 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:08,960 [indistinct chatter] 620 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,480 Why do they stare? 621 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:27,680 They think you're pretty. 622 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:29,080 Huh! 623 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:34,040 Or they've never seen a Dane so close. But they will. 624 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,400 [crowd booing] 625 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,160 We have business with the king, Aethelred. 626 00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:20,840 [man in the crowd] Go home! 627 00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,920 [Uhtred] I say we have business with the king. 628 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:26,920 Do you not understand English? 629 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:31,280 Is that what you're speaking, arseling? You sound like a Dane. 630 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:34,520 Why do you dress as a warrior when you're clearly a farmer? 631 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:41,320 Farmer am I? I'd wager this farmer against you at any time. 632 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,040 We are here to see the king, peaceably. 633 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:44,680 Uhtred, what are you doing? 634 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:48,640 -What is it? First blood or to the death? -Uhtred! 635 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:52,720 I'll be splitting your skull, boy, so one follows the other. 636 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,520 [crowd shouting indistinctly] 637 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:57,640 Uhtred? 638 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,600 Father Beocca! 639 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,160 [laughs] 640 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:06,800 -Oh, my goodness... -You know this arseling, Father? 641 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:08,760 [Beocca] I do. Yes, I do. 642 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:12,400 Uhtred, you're... you're fully grown. 643 00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:15,360 And you're old! 644 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:16,680 [laughs] 645 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,640 I am. 646 00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:20,320 Oh, you're a man. 647 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:21,880 [soldier] He claims business with the king. 648 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,240 Yes. Yes, that's true. 649 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,120 But not with the king, it must be with Alfred. 650 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:27,840 -You vouch for him? -[Beocca] I vouch for him. 651 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:29,120 Yes, I will vouch for him. 652 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:31,840 God has sent you, surely. 653 00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:33,880 You're a man. 654 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:40,520 Father, this is Brida, my greatest friend. 655 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,080 -A woman? -Yes. 656 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:45,560 I am. 657 00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:50,120 I have tits. 658 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,240 I see. 659 00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,960 Have their horses fed and watered. 660 00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:57,960 And I will inform Alfred that you're here with me both. 661 00:43:58,040 --> 00:43:59,600 We need their weapons, Father. 662 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,080 -Why not inform the king? -The king is busy. 663 00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:06,880 But you will like Alfred, he is an impressive man. 664 00:44:08,240 --> 00:44:09,720 Come. 665 00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:13,520 [bell tolls] 666 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:18,640 Do you like it? 667 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:20,960 I do. 668 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,400 It's beautiful. 669 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,600 You could rest here, it's so quiet. 670 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:29,760 [Alfred] Peaceful. 671 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,360 The... the Romans, they built this courtyard 672 00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:35,280 for just that purpose: tranquility. 673 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:36,760 You're Alfred? 674 00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:38,920 I am. 675 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:41,240 My lord. 676 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:45,200 You are Uhtred. I hear word you are a considerable warrior. 677 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:51,120 [chuckles] Not been tested, lord, not yet, and I've been lucky. 678 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:56,080 Well, luck is good. Or so my own warriors say. 679 00:44:56,160 --> 00:45:00,560 Now, I haven't quite worked out the theology of luck: 680 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:04,080 can there be luck if God disposes? 681 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,560 If your god is with you, you're a lucky man. 682 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,920 Yes. You're right. 683 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,440 Simply put, but you are right. 684 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,480 With me. We shall talk inside, briefly. 685 00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:34,840 [Alfred] I spend much of my time in here. 686 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:37,480 Do you read, Uhtred? 687 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,960 I was schooled as a child by Father Beocca, 688 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:41,720 but I was not a good student. 689 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,840 There's much to know outside of letters. 690 00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,040 [Alfred] Oh, I am certain there is, 691 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:49,480 but do not underestimate the power of the written word. 692 00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:52,800 When a man dies, if nothing is written, he is soon forgotten. 693 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,520 For instance, who is remembering Earl Ragnar? 694 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:56,920 You know of Ragnar? 695 00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:01,520 Father Beocca has talked much about you, Uhtred. 696 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:05,880 He believed you a prisoner, a slave to Earl Ragnar. 697 00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:08,800 -Is that the case? -Ragnar was a father to me. 698 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:11,960 I loved him. 699 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:15,240 Yet, in Eoferwic, they are saying that you killed him. 700 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,040 They lie. 701 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:23,680 "Kejartan", "Kejartan"... Is that how you pronounce it? 702 00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:25,720 -Kjartan? -Kjartan... 703 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,480 has benefited most from Ragnar's death. 704 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,520 He has taken his place and is Earl Kjartan now. 705 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:33,720 A great lord, with ships. 706 00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:35,040 That's written down? 707 00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,440 Whatever I discover about my enemies is written down. 708 00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:41,600 It is in Kjartan's interest to kill you, is it not? 709 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:45,120 He would not want Ragnar's son to hear a different tale. 710 00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:47,880 He would not wish him to hear the truth, no. 711 00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:50,880 [Alfred] No... And the Chieftain Ubba... 712 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:53,280 Although he himself has now traveled north, 713 00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:56,960 he has sent men to Mercia asking of your whereabouts, 714 00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:59,600 but not your welfare, I surmise. 715 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:02,080 How do you come by all of this? 716 00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:05,560 I have eyes and ears in each of the kingdoms. 717 00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:12,520 One day, it is my hope 718 00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:18,720 that all kingdoms will become one, united under one God. 719 00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:21,120 One king? 720 00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:25,200 If all men can agree, yes. 721 00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:31,680 All that remains of England is Wessex. 722 00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:35,200 The birth of an England, the idea... 723 00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:41,080 of a single kingdom... called England... 724 00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:43,880 has to begin here. 725 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:46,760 There is nowhere else. 726 00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:48,760 But for how long will Wessex remain? 727 00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:54,000 The fate of Wessex will be determined by Englishmen, all Englishmen. 728 00:47:54,080 --> 00:48:00,160 Only by joining together and saving Wessex can we have England. 729 00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:02,840 Only by saving Wessex can we have a... 730 00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:07,760 ...a Northumbria... a Bebbanburg. 731 00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:09,880 And if Wessex can't be saved? 732 00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:13,080 Then we are all no more. 733 00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,320 [bell tolls] 734 00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:18,280 Prayers. 735 00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:25,080 [breathes heavily] 736 00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:27,280 And a little discomfort... 737 00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:35,120 I will summarize. 738 00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,920 The Danes are gathering a great army. 739 00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:39,680 They have, in fact, gathered an army. 740 00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:40,920 They gather where? 741 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,240 They have moved upriver from Lunden to Readingum. 742 00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,400 They are settling as we speak. 743 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,280 But you said Ubba is in the north, so, who leads them? 744 00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,520 -The Earl Guthrum leads them. -I know Guthrum. 745 00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:58,160 We will need every advantage, and Father Beocca considers you, 746 00:48:58,240 --> 00:49:01,440 Uhtred of Bebbanburg, to be an advantage, 747 00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:04,920 whereas I believe you are here solely to hide, 748 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:06,840 to save yourself. 749 00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:14,160 I look at you and I see a Dane. 750 00:49:14,240 --> 00:49:19,160 I see Uhtred of Nowhere, who cares for no one but himself. 751 00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:24,840 Now, I must go to prayers. You will join me? 752 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,400 [chuckles] 753 00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:30,960 -If my lord will excuse me? -[Brida] Us both. 754 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:35,200 Of course. I expected as much. 755 00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,360 -Father Beocca. -Lord... 756 00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:41,480 -Take your guests for refreshments. -I will, my lord. 757 00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:45,400 They may remain in Winchester, but I hold you responsible. 758 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:46,840 Yes, lord. 759 00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:54,520 You should have gone along and prayed with him, it would have bonded you. 760 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:56,120 He believes we are pagans. 761 00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:58,840 What Alfred believes is that the Danes have abandoned you. 762 00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:01,920 Ubba has abandoned us. There are other lords. 763 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,160 Most, if not all, follow Ubba. 764 00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:06,560 So believe me, girl, you have been abandoned! 765 00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:08,240 You know everything about the Danes, don't you? 766 00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:10,960 This way. I want to show you something. 767 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:15,640 The charters of Bebbanburg. 768 00:50:15,720 --> 00:50:19,760 -[Beocca] Yeah, the landbooks, yeah. -You kept them safe? 769 00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:21,920 [Beocca] I have shown them to Alfred. He... 770 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:25,400 He knows you are the ealdorman by right. 771 00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:31,720 I will continue to keep them safe, but, Uhtred, you... 772 00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:33,880 you must behave like an ealdorman. 773 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,520 The charters have no meaning. 774 00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:47,120 Northumbria belongs to the Danes. 775 00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:48,600 [Beocca] It does not belong to the Danes, 776 00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:49,920 it has been stolen by them. 777 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:51,840 [Brida] If you want wealth, you take it! 778 00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:53,320 You can't ignore what's true. 779 00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:55,320 If the Danes are at Readingum, I will go to Readingum. 780 00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:57,600 -What? -[Beocca] For what purpose? 781 00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:59,080 [Uhtred] For knowledge. 782 00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,400 [Beocca] We have knowledge and you should stay away from the Danes. 783 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:02,920 For new knowledge. 784 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,560 You know where they're settling, but you don't know why. 785 00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:07,520 [Beocca] We know their number and their position. 786 00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:11,000 But not their intention. Am I a prisoner? 787 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,400 Their intention is to attack. 788 00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:16,400 When? 789 00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:18,680 Spring. It's always spring. 790 00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:21,160 I'll go to Readingum. Where is it? 791 00:51:21,240 --> 00:51:23,160 -[Beocca] It's too dangerous. -[Uhtred] Not for me. 792 00:51:23,240 --> 00:51:26,560 -I'm a godless stain, remember? -[Brida] So why spy for Alfred? 793 00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:29,160 Because he is an ealdorman of England! 794 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:36,120 [indistinct chatter] 795 00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:38,200 [gate opening] 796 00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:41,040 [Beocca] Lord. 797 00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:44,440 Regarding the conversion of the pagans to Christianity... 798 00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:45,560 [Beocca] Yes, lord? 799 00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:47,600 How do we decide what is proper, 800 00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:51,440 to enlighten them or to kill them? 801 00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:54,800 Spreading God's Word is of course our mission, 802 00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:58,480 but I fear that the pagans, the true pagans, 803 00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:02,320 must first witness and feel his power. 804 00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:13,160 -Uhtred... will return? -Yes, he will return. 805 00:52:13,240 --> 00:52:15,640 Yes, but how will he return? As who? As what? 806 00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:18,720 -I know this boy-- -This boy is now a man. 807 00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:23,640 -I know his soul. -Father Beocca, he has no soul. 808 00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:28,400 And you say yourself: the pagans need to feel the power of God. 809 00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:31,840 It is written now, here. 810 00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:33,520 You may leave me. 811 00:52:34,240 --> 00:52:37,720 We shall see what the days bring, my lord. 812 00:52:59,960 --> 00:53:02,360 If resting through the winter was their intention, 813 00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:04,760 they would have remained in Lunden, yes? 814 00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:07,520 It's you who is Alfred's spy. 815 00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:09,880 The next step is to kill for him. Will you do that? 816 00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:13,600 Answer me this: if we were to cross this river and find Guthrum, what would happen? 817 00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:17,040 He'd kill us both! We owe them nothing! 818 00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:20,000 Alfred needs to know about the Danes, 819 00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:21,680 and I need to win his trust! 820 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:24,760 You think he'd deliver you Bebbanburg, what if you're wrong? 821 00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:46,160 Alfred, you have called council. For what reason? 822 00:53:46,240 --> 00:53:48,040 Lord forgive me, it may well be for no good reason, 823 00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:49,560 but we have a pagan in court 824 00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:51,760 who claims to have knowledge regarding the Dane army. 825 00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:54,840 -A pagan? -Forgive me. He's Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 826 00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:57,520 I vouch for his word. 827 00:53:57,600 --> 00:53:59,520 Uhtred. 828 00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:02,560 Lord... 829 00:54:05,720 --> 00:54:08,160 I have been to Readingum. I have watched the Danes. 830 00:54:08,240 --> 00:54:09,840 Their intention is not to settle. 831 00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:12,320 If it were, they would have remained in Lunden. 832 00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:14,880 You are saying what? That they intend to attack? 833 00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:16,480 -I am, lord. -[Odda] We already know this. 834 00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:18,080 Come spring, they'll be at our door. 835 00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:20,160 They will be marching within days, lord, I am sure of it. 836 00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:21,680 [young Odda] How can you possibly be sure? 837 00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:24,240 -The ground is sodden all around. -[Uhtred] They've made their sacrifices. 838 00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:26,880 The ordinary warriors have caught and killed birds, jackdaws. 839 00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:29,080 This is only done in the days before battle. 840 00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:30,440 And they are hungry. 841 00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,240 Then, perhaps they have eaten these jackdaws. 842 00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:34,640 [Uhtred] They have many hundreds of men and horses and few supplies. 843 00:54:34,720 --> 00:54:37,640 They'll first seize a town rich with grain and livestock. 844 00:54:37,720 --> 00:54:39,840 I don't know the country well, but I have traveled. 845 00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:42,920 I believe Abbendum is such a place. 846 00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:46,800 To defeat the Danes, you must meet them on the road to Abbendum. 847 00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:49,920 It will be within days, lord. 848 00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:51,320 [Alfred] You went to Readingum alone? 849 00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,360 -With Brida. -Why alone? 850 00:54:55,320 --> 00:54:57,440 -[Uhtred] Why not? -Because for most of your life, 851 00:54:57,520 --> 00:54:59,760 you have lived as a Dane, you look like a Dane, 852 00:54:59,840 --> 00:55:01,240 you can speak the language of a Dane, 853 00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:04,280 therefore, I surmise you can set a trap like a Dane. 854 00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,720 Agreed, my lord. He imagines we are jackdaws. 855 00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:08,800 [Aethelred] Where on the road to Abbendum? 856 00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:10,480 Where would you choose to meet their army? 857 00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:12,520 I would choose the place called Aesces Hill, lord. 858 00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:14,520 You would choose or Guthrum would choose? 859 00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:17,320 I have seen it, the pass narrows, you cannot be outflanked. 860 00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,880 For the Danes to fight uphill, it will be difficult, 861 00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:22,480 but they'll be confident, they do not fear West Saxons. 862 00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:25,040 Why? Why do they not fear us? 863 00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:28,080 They believe you to be farmers, nothing more. 864 00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:30,760 So, even with the sun in their eyes, 865 00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:32,720 which is possible, they will climb the hill to fight, 866 00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:34,240 and that can be to our advantage. 867 00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:36,320 [young Odda] "To our advantage", he says! 868 00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:39,560 You have been here for a matter of days and already you claim to be of Wessex? 869 00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:43,040 This is nonsense, this is all far too convenient, my lord. 870 00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:45,560 [Uhtred] My lord, my sword was made by a Saxon smith. 871 00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:47,000 My sword is for Wessex. 872 00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:48,320 Don't interrupt a noble when speaking. 873 00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:50,320 -[Aethelred] Odda. -I believe this man 874 00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:52,240 and this bag of rags that follows him to be imposters. 875 00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:54,720 No army marches as winter approaches, never. 876 00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:56,520 Young Odda! Enough from you now! 877 00:55:57,680 --> 00:55:59,200 My lord. 878 00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:06,520 You... 879 00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:09,960 You have spoken and given this council much to discuss. 880 00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:11,560 [Uhtred] My lord. 881 00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:18,000 Alfred, he's here at your invitation. What now? 882 00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:21,680 Should the Danes march, we must face them. 883 00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:23,880 And I would rather be 884 00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,920 at the top of a hill than on the flat. 885 00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:30,040 I say we march to Aesces Hill. 886 00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:36,560 But... take him. 887 00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:38,280 Take them both and make them secure. 888 00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:40,360 My lord? What is this? 889 00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:42,160 I have spoken the truth! 890 00:56:42,240 --> 00:56:45,680 -I have spoken the truth! Father Beocca! -My lord, please. 891 00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:50,600 -Beocca, help me! Beocca! -[Beocca] Have faith! 892 00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:53,400 [Brida grunts] 893 00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:21,840 [priest prays in Latin] 894 00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:33,840 [Aethelred] Halt! 895 00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:36,280 Halt! 896 00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:44,640 [Aethelred] Left flank, hold! 897 00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:46,880 Hold! 898 00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:49,240 Archers ready! 899 00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:58,480 On my command! 900 00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:03,320 For God! For Wessex! For England! 901 00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:06,200 [men cheering and shouting]