1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,760 [Uhtred] I was born an Aelderman of England. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,080 True heir to the Northumbrian lands of Bebbanburg. 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,640 I was 12-years-old when I first went to war. 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,000 I saw my father killed. 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,280 Stolen by the invaders, along with the Saxon girl, Brida, 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:21,560 I became first a slave, and then a son to Earl Ragnar. 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,640 Fate had made me a Dane. 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,840 Had made Young Ragnar my brother 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:28,880 and Brida, my lover. 10 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,119 And then fate brought betrayal. 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,880 Fire! 12 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,440 Lies were thrown to the wind saying I had killed Ragnar. 13 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,360 So taking his hidden wealth we fled south… 14 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:45,280 …to Wessex. 15 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:46,640 To Beocca… 16 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,000 …and to the king's brother, Alfred. 17 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:53,360 Seen by the Danes as a Saxon, and by the Saxons as a Dane, 18 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,120 my word could not be trusted. 19 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:01,360 But I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred, and destiny is all. 20 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,800 Stand clear, it is the king! 21 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,520 I have to speak, Lord. 22 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,760 The axe cut deep. Even a king couldn't survive that wound. 23 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,160 We shall pray and we shall see. 24 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:22,040 Apologies, Lord, this is the best I could do without first speaking to Alfred. 25 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,840 I have brought food and ale and more importantly, good news. 26 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:29,240 Alfred is dead? 27 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,120 The opposite; he is alive and he is victorious. 28 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,480 We defeated the Danes. 29 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:36,880 [yelling] 30 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:38,360 Why is this good news? 31 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,880 Alfred acted upon your advice. You share in his glory. 32 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:46,040 Glory? Then why is he caged and left to shit in the corner! 33 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:47,560 You call that glory? 34 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:49,040 Can she not hold her tongue for just one moment? 35 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:53,080 No, she can not and she will not! 36 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,160 Keep your food, I don't want it! 37 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,120 I will not eat or drink until I am set free! 38 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,760 Only Alfred can order your release! 39 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,520 I will speak with him! 40 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,400 You should spend this time, girl, to contemplate your improvement. 41 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,560 I will use this time to curse you. 42 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:08,880 Then do it! 43 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,200 Alfred refused my sword. 44 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,320 I won't be offering it again unless he begs. 45 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,720 Lord, sometimes I wonder whether your pig-headedness is not simple stupidity. 46 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,120 He will send for you when he has scraped the mud and blood from his mail. 47 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,520 We will give thanks to Odin for our deliverance. 48 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,080 Do that! 49 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,120 We are Danes! 50 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:32,680 [guard] Show respect! 51 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:37,280 Do it again and I will cut you prick to throat. 52 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,960 You're a hero of Wessex. Congratulations. 53 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,520 We're alive. 54 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,760 [Alfred] What is it? 55 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,440 I couldn't wait to see you. 56 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,000 I was told you are safe, but I needed proof. 57 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,680 Here it is. 58 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:18,040 Leave us. My wife will help me. 59 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:19,480 My Lord. 60 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,960 My privilege. 61 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,440 Ensure it is repaired, and well. 62 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,080 I'd be a lost fool without you. 63 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,000 [sighs] 64 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,280 Fingers and thumbs. 65 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,080 [knocking] 66 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,920 Who knocks? 67 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:53,600 My Lord. 68 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,280 My Lady. 69 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,320 Forgive me, I was hoping for a moment 70 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,000 to discuss the Aelderman Uhtred. 71 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,240 Father, forgive me, but my Lord is in need of rest. 72 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,640 He is. You are… 73 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,480 Forgive me. 74 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:29,040 Aethelwold. Were you on the hill, I didn't see you? 75 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,480 I was kept safe with the priests. 76 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,040 There will be other battles, many. 77 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,200 And on and on it will go, I'm sure, until we are all dead. 78 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:46,920 You saying we should surrender? 79 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,480 Never… never. 80 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,120 But I am not against compromise. 81 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:58,120 As much as I love my God, I am in no hurry to reach Heaven. 82 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,680 I fear no number of kneeling clergy men will change 83 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,480 what a heathen's axe has already decreed. 84 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:05,560 Our prayers should be for the king's successor, 85 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:06,960 whoever that may be. 86 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,400 The crown is mine; my birthright. 87 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,280 You disagree? 88 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,680 The argument against will be that you are young, Lord. 89 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,520 I am my father's heir! 90 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:20,720 Yes, you are your father's heir 91 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,480 but your father is also bonded to Alfred. 92 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,920 A son comes before a brother. 93 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,920 Then perhaps you should speak to the king directly. 94 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,800 Tis my thinking, Lord, that if on his death bed, 95 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,440 your father were to name you as his successor, 96 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:46,080 then the Witan would find it difficult to go against him. 97 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,480 I believe your father would only be too happy to whisper in your ear, 98 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,160 whether he was conscious or not. 99 00:06:55,880 --> 00:07:00,040 Your counsel will not be forgotten, Young Odda. 100 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,800 Thank you, Lord. 101 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,440 Guthrum, you went into battle without me. 102 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:17,840 Why was that? 103 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,920 That was not the intention. 104 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,160 Is that so? 105 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,520 Then why did it happen? 106 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,800 -Let's talk inside. -We will talk here. 107 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,200 They marched sooner than we expected, 108 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,800 and they positioned themselves well on the hill. 109 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,240 It will not happen again. 110 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:38,680 No. It will not happen again 111 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,080 because you have lost half your men. 112 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,760 We killed their king, Aethelred. 113 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,200 -Did you see him fall? -Yeah, I saw him fall. 114 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,000 He took an axe. He's dead. 115 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:52,320 We were not beaten. 116 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,000 Hmm… you want to become King of Wessex, 117 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:56,240 I will allow that. 118 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,560 But where is my payment? My silver, my grain? 119 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,360 It was promised but now it has gone. 120 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,640 -It's still there. -Danes do not lose. 121 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,200 I have not lost. 122 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,240 You have given them hope Guthrum, that is worse. 123 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,480 Without the king, there is no hope. 124 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:23,120 If they've defeated the Danes, which I won't believe, why aren't they feasting? 125 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:27,520 The Priest doesn't lie, despite him being a Priest. 126 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,640 Why are they so different? So miserable. 127 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,400 God's wish. 128 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:39,799 I won't become a Saxon woman. 129 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,120 I won't wash, work the fields, 'til I drop and cook. 130 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,000 -It won't come to that. -That won't be my life. 131 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,680 Alfred can help us. 132 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,880 We'll use him… 133 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,960 For shelter and then for wealth. 134 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,040 He has used you. 135 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,280 And now he owes me. 136 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,680 [bell tolls] 137 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:07,600 [pig snorts] 138 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:09,360 [gasps] 139 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,120 Good morning. 140 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,040 My thanks for last night. 141 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,120 [rooster crows] 142 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,920 Open the door, I wish to see my father. 143 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:55,480 Open the door, or I'll have your balls for sling-shot. 144 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,320 Aethelwold. 145 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,240 I am here to pray for my father, the king; to be at his side. 146 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,440 The king is dead. 147 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,440 Why was I not called? I should have been at his side. 148 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:11,360 -You could not be found. -I was sleeping in my chamber. 149 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:45,200 Before he passed the king named me as heir to the throne. 150 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:50,440 That's what he told me. 151 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:55,520 It's the truth; his last wish. 152 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,080 His last command. 153 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,720 You would all do well to repeat this. 154 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:10,280 I'll inform the Witan of your claim. 155 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,080 -You should. -Although each person here, 156 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:18,000 and more, heard your father bequeath his crown to Alfred. 157 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:21,240 He must have been delirious. 158 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,680 On which occasion? 159 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:29,320 I am the son of the king. 160 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,560 Do your duty. 161 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,520 My Lord. 162 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,960 Ah, Uhtred, please accept my apology 163 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,120 for the delay in your release. 164 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,280 I had other matters to attend. 165 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,400 Ale, Father? 166 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,400 A little, and for our guests. 167 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,040 It seems you spoke the truth. 168 00:11:58,120 --> 00:11:59,440 I did. 169 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,320 Though I realize our victory is temporary, 170 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,440 I am indebted, Wessex is indebted. 171 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,600 -Is my apology enough? -It's not, Lord. 172 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:12,080 What Uhtred means is that it is not necessary. 173 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:13,600 I wish to be seen as an Aelderman. 174 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:15,120 Because I am an Aelderman. 175 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,600 In Northumbria. This is Wessex. 176 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:19,840 This is England. One kingdom is what you said. 177 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,640 You are without lands, completely. 178 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,840 Then that's what I want; that's what I deserve, land. 179 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,240 I brought you here solely to convey my thanks, 180 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,240 but we shall talk further at some point, now, I have other, 181 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:34,960 more important matters to attend. 182 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:36,960 I gave you victory, Lord, what's more important than that? 183 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:38,640 The king is dead. 184 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:41,480 Since when? 185 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:43,520 I have not long left him. 186 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:49,200 My first act as king will be to offer the Danes a peace. 187 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:54,000 They will think you spineless… Lord. 188 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,720 Then I must convince them otherwise. 189 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,600 Girl, bring some fruit to my chamber: 190 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:01,680 some chopped apple's and milk. 191 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,400 Rest, wash, eat well, you have earned it. 192 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:10,400 What are you saying? 193 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,840 You do not speak to a future king in that manner. 194 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,920 He is not my Lord and he won't be my king. 195 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,080 Hear me clearly, Uhtred: Alfred is the man to follow. 196 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,960 He is your way back to Bebbanburg, as Lord and master. 197 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:26,040 Uhtred's path is Uhtred's business, not that of a priest. 198 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:28,920 Forgive me, Lord! 199 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,840 I must leave, pray for strength 200 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,920 to expunge these unholy thoughts that fill my mind. 201 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,800 You want land in Wessex? 202 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,480 It's my way back to Bebbanburg. 203 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:50,600 Any silver you find under Alfred will be taken by the Danes, 204 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:52,520 along with your life. 205 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:53,880 They can't be beaten. 206 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,760 -Why are you doing this? -I've said, wealth. 207 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:13,240 Excuse me, my Lord, I am on an errand to my Lord Alfred. 208 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,880 -The milk is for Alfred? -It is. 209 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:24,920 Not a word. 210 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,600 Go on. 211 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,360 [breathing heavily] 212 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:44,560 Master Aethelwold… the man-child, 213 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:46,560 who would have himself be king. 214 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:48,360 Out of respect for the late king, 215 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:52,000 Alfred wishes no to harm to be done to a hair on your ugly head, 216 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,560 but he will not put up with your insolence and lies. 217 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,480 Your own son is party to my so called insolence. 218 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,840 Quiet! 219 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,840 Don't you involve others in your conspiracies. 220 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,160 My head is not ugly. 221 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,240 You're to be sent to Hampton, to a monastery, to be educated; 222 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,560 it will be a very long process. 223 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,120 -I am the king's son! -Wessex cannot afford division. 224 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,240 Nor can it afford the ramblings 225 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,040 of an idiot child, noble or otherwise. 226 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,280 See to it. 227 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,840 -May I make him docile, Lord? -I wish you would. 228 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,040 [Aethelwold] No, no, no, no! 229 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:36,080 [knocking] 230 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:37,720 [Alfred] Come! 231 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,400 Lord, you wished to see me. 232 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,160 I did, I did. 233 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:50,240 You will take a message to Guthrum, to the Danes. 234 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:54,960 You will invite them to negotiate within days but at their own convenience. 235 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,320 If it is a messenger you require, Lord, 236 00:15:58,400 --> 00:15:59,920 there are plenty within the palace grounds. 237 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,080 It is not a messenger I require, it is a representative. 238 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:07,680 You will speak for me. Odda, you will speak as me. 239 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,800 Nothing can be written for the Danes. 240 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,480 My letters would be meaningless, therefore the words spoken 241 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:21,720 must be my words, and I entrust them to you. 242 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,560 Then I shall gladly be your representative, Lord. 243 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:27,720 Thank you. 244 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,000 Do I offend you? Watching you? 245 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,960 No, my Lord… never. 246 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,520 I will defend you with my life. 247 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,160 You stand as everything that is precious, you are Wessex, England; 248 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,120 always to be cherished, never to be violated. 249 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,880 Only to be loved… vigorously. 250 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,120 [knocking] 251 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:00,160 -Who is it? -[door opens] 252 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,400 -My Lord. -My conscience. 253 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,880 My Lord, would you care to join me in prayer, perhaps, 254 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,520 for the passing of the king? 255 00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:13,560 I will, Father. I give you my thanks. 256 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:17,800 Forgive me, my Lord, the milk has soured. 257 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,200 I am tired of milk and apples. I need meat. 258 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,640 But you are a martyr, my Lord, to meat. 259 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:30,520 My Lord needs feeding! 260 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,800 My Lord is not a saint and never shall be! 261 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,120 I have survived battle, I need meat! 262 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,480 We shall pray together my lord; for strength. 263 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,520 Why does it have to be a sin? 264 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,040 Already, it is a burden. 265 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,800 It seems never to be about what I would wish to do. 266 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,000 It is about what I must do. 267 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:11,480 Ask God to give me the strength to wear the crown as well as you. 268 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,880 Father Beocca… A moment. 269 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,840 -Yes, Lord. -Uhtred may well have a use. 270 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,120 I'm pleased that is what you think, Lord. 271 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,240 This Brida, she is what to him? 272 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,040 -I would say a hindrance, Lord. -A wife? 273 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:37,560 -No, no, never. No, no. -She is restless. 274 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:39,400 She is the devil on his shoulder, I fear. 275 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:44,800 -But he is fond of her. -Yes, that is his way. 276 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,720 We shall see. 277 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,560 -Thank you. -My Lord. 278 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,560 I carry a message. From King Alfred. 279 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:26,240 Who is King Alfred? 280 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,160 He is, Alfred, King of Wessex. 281 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,840 He invites the Earl Guthrum to negotiate a peace. 282 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,640 You are Guthrum? 283 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,320 Get down from your horse, boy. 284 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,360 Get down from your horse and look at me. 285 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,880 You are a beauty. 286 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:52,840 Tell this king, what was his name? 287 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,640 Alfred. 288 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,920 Tell King Alfred, that Guthrum accepts his invitation, 289 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,040 and I will watch for him and I shall ride out and meet him. 290 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:04,240 I will pass on your message, Lord. 291 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:11,520 This horse belongs to me now. 292 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,840 Uhtred, Alfred is keen to find a use for you, 293 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,320 but Brida is… she's not a help. 294 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,320 But perhaps you could just keep her away from him. 295 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,240 Alfred knows how I can be of use. 296 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:26,720 -Uhtred-- -And I have proven it. 297 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,600 Now he must prove he can be of use to me. 298 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:29,920 He will be king. 299 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,120 And you can serve him. I'm here to serve myself. 300 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,320 Alfred means nothing to me but a path to take back what's rightfully mine. 301 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,200 My land, my wealth, and my title. 302 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,480 He will have a use for me, but I will have a use for him. 303 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,120 Do not think him naive. He will see right through you. 304 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,320 He will see what I allow him to see. 305 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,320 Look, Uhtred, right now you are a warrior not a thinker. 306 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,040 Though in time, this will come. 307 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,400 You are much like your father, and he was both. 308 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,360 You are Alfred's priest now, Beocca. 309 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,080 [man] You looking for company, girl? 310 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:19,000 I prefer the company of the gods, to stupid men. 311 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,800 Another time then? 312 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:27,400 [snickers] 313 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,440 [knocking] 314 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:56,000 -Good morning, Uhtred. -Good morning, Lord. 315 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,200 -That's a fine coat of mail. -It is. 316 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:08,600 And it is yours. 317 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,320 The battle dress of a Saxon warrior, a gift. 318 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,320 In return for what? There's always a price. 319 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,160 Which you have paid in full; our victory at the hill. 320 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:22,480 Young Odda, have you offered your apologies to Uhtred? 321 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,840 My sincere apologies, you spoke the truth. 322 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,680 A small bow, perhaps? 323 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,200 You may leave us now. 324 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:49,200 A good king relies upon good advice, Uhtred. 325 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,960 For example, my nephew, Aethelwold; the king's son. 326 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,040 He is young but sees himself as the rightful heir. 327 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:58,200 How am I to deal with him? 328 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:05,760 You should kill him, Lord, as my own Uncle Alferic, would kill me. 329 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,400 Not to kill him shows weakness. 330 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:08,760 [Odda the Elder] You are being insolent. 331 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,480 I will allow it, it is the Pagan in him speaking. 332 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,640 You think like a Dane, Uhtred. 333 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,160 If I kill Aethelwold, I am admitting 334 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,960 he has legitimate claim to the throne, which he does not. 335 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,200 That is how I think. 336 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:24,160 But to have a specimen 337 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,040 of the heathen mind in council will be useful. 338 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,640 What do they fear most, the Danes? 339 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,440 They're warriors, they live to fight. 340 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,000 But when they lose, as at the hill, what then? 341 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,520 In battle, they'd rather retreat than lose too many men. 342 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,160 So, if they fear anything at all, it's losing men. 343 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:46,840 They love to fight but hate to lose, hardly a revelation. 344 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,400 Odda appears not to value your council. 345 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,120 -I do not. -I care not. 346 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,160 I have been thinking on your request, 347 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,040 to be recognized as an Aelderman. 348 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:55,560 [Odda the Elder] Which is a nonsense. 349 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:56,720 I am an Aelderman. 350 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:58,480 Without even a goat to your name, 351 00:24:58,560 --> 00:24:59,400 never mind the land to graze it. 352 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:00,680 I am an Aelderman by birth, Lord. 353 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,280 Would you perhaps, consider becoming an Aelderman by marriage? 354 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:07,560 I know of a marriage that would bring you land and title. 355 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:08,880 I have no need of a wife, Lord. 356 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,520 -A woman helps you grow. -Grow old? 357 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,800 Grow roots and that is what you are missing. 358 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,280 Marriage would show your commitment to Wessex. 359 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,520 I have shown commitment, you've said yourself, 360 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,200 I gave you victory at the hill. 361 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,200 You helped Uhtred, but the victory was won by the men of Wessex. 362 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,960 Whom you now refuse to join, through this marriage. 363 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,320 Land and silver is what all men desire, and I'm no different. 364 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,120 But believe me, Lord, I have no need of a wife. 365 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,240 -My sword is yours. -[Odda the Elder] At a price? 366 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,040 Everything that I have has been taken from me. 367 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:45,760 I need title, I need to make my wealth. 368 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,040 Are you offering me your sword, 369 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:50,120 or are you selling me your sword? 370 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,120 To become an Aelderman you must possess land, that is the law. 371 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:59,400 However, stand at my side during the negotiations ahead, 372 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,920 help me read my enemy, 373 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:07,720 and in return, we shall talk further of wealth and reward. 374 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:23,920 [gasps] 375 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,680 [laughs] 376 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,880 Well, what did you see? What did they show you? 377 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,760 What I saw is my business. 378 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,480 [groans] I feel unwell. 379 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:45,640 Here… 380 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,480 Water. 381 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,560 Where we find ourselves is fate; 382 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,680 the work of the three spinners, 383 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:12,640 they sit deep in this earth beneath us 384 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,160 and they have brought us here. 385 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:19,160 We should go… 386 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:24,520 To Cornwalum, Wales, Ireland… anywhere. 387 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:25,600 Why? 388 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,880 Escape. 389 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,320 Safety. 390 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,640 I saw Ragnar's ship. 391 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,840 -The past? -No, Wind Viper. 392 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,720 Young Ragnar? 393 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,680 I was there on the ship. I saw it. 394 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,760 I want to leave here. Come with me. 395 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,160 Come with me. 396 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,800 I've given a promise to Alfred, 397 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,600 to attend the negotiations, to advise. 398 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,240 Brida, there's no place else for us to go. 399 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,800 We cannot stay here! 400 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,200 It's a beginning. 401 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,640 Leave me. 402 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,040 We can not wander the country and do nothing. 403 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:28,920 How can you trust him? 404 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,160 How do you know he won't simply turn you over to Guthrum, 405 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,840 to pass on to Ubba? You know nothing about him! 406 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,600 I trust Father Beocca, and Beocca is his priest. 407 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,680 I said leave me! 408 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,320 You were not on the ship with me! 409 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,200 Go to Alfred, and I will watch him betray you! 410 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,480 So what do we know of this Alfred? 411 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,960 That he is sickly, he's weak. 412 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:21,080 He wants to negotiate. Turns out that he's no warrior. 413 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:23,920 But he beat you, Guthrum. 414 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,600 [chuckles] 415 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,920 So, what does it say? 416 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,840 Negotiation… 417 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,000 Silver. 418 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:56,960 We will take his silver… and his land. 419 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,080 -And if he refuses? -He will never refuse. 420 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,720 He wants to live and he wants to be called king. 421 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,040 [chuckles] 422 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,440 [crowd murmuring] 423 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,640 Our God, in His Heaven, we ask you to find favor 424 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,720 with your devoted servant, Alfred. 425 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,640 Bless him with courage, strength and wisdom. 426 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,360 Never leave his side. Amen. 427 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:47,880 [all] Amen. 428 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:52,280 Allow him pure and holy thoughts 429 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:57,400 and the power to carry out your work on this earth as our king. 430 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:02,880 Allow this anointing of Alfred to enable your will. 431 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:07,160 You are God's King Alfred of Wessex. 432 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:13,520 -Vivat Rex Alfredus! -[all] Vivat Rex Alfredus! 433 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:20,000 Vivat Rex Alfredus! Vivat Rex Alfredus! 434 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:24,160 [continue chanting] 435 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,040 I can't imagine a time without you. 436 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,200 [moaning] 437 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,960 It is Guthrum? 438 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:24,480 Yes. 439 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,360 You can see a bone in his hair. 440 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,000 It's his mother's rib. 441 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:32,760 How endearing. 442 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:37,360 -And the others? -It's Ubba. The big man. 443 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,160 The chieftain Ubba is with them? 444 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,840 You said he was in the north. 445 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,440 And now he is here. 446 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,160 This is good. 447 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,639 [Guthrum] So you are Alfred, the King of Wessex? 448 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,880 I am. You are Earl Guthrum? 449 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,920 Yes, if you want peace, you'll have to pay. 450 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,679 And you are the Earl Ubba? Welcome. 451 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,560 Speak. 452 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:26,320 [Alfred] In exchange for an agreed amount of grain, livestock and silver, 453 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,080 I propose that you and your ships return to Lundene and remain there. 454 00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:32,520 I further propose that you confine yourselves 455 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,120 to East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria. 456 00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:39,400 Wessex is Saxon, and as such, out-of-bounds to all Danes. 457 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:43,320 We'll not be leaving Wessex. We only just arrived. 458 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,719 Then you will starve. 459 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:50,639 You have little food, no shelter and a weakened army. 460 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,600 If you believe us weakened, why seek peace? 461 00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:58,520 It's the Christian in me, the will of my God. 462 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,120 Oh, I will hear no talk of gods. 463 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,240 God. There is only one. 464 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:07,280 You will talk of grain, horses, silver and land. 465 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:11,200 -I will not talk of land. -What do they write? 466 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:12,880 [Alfred] They write what we speak. 467 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,080 -Every word? -Yes, every word. 468 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:19,880 Then may I say arse, tits, hump and turd. 469 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,960 They record history. We are here creating history. 470 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,440 People will read of this very meeting. 471 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,040 I'm waiting to hear the terms of your surrender. 472 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,240 You will be paid for your return to Lundene. 473 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,880 There are no more terms and there will be no surrender. 474 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:38,360 Guthrum, here, will not leave Readingum. 475 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,600 Then I say again, he will starve. 476 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,720 We will raid, we will kill. 477 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,840 And you will lose yet more men, 478 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:50,360 is that your wish, Earl Guthrum, to lose men? 479 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:54,720 Your surviving warriors may look to find a new Lord. 480 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,600 Did you call a meeting to insult me? 481 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,440 I offer peace, and I offer facts. 482 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,960 [Ubba] His head and you can have your peace. 483 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,400 Him… 484 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,000 Uhtred Ragnarson. 485 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,760 A traitor. 486 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:26,760 Nothing to say? 487 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:32,360 I'll speak to Young Ragnar, no other Dane has my respect. 488 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,480 His head… for peace. 489 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,400 You want Uhtred, here, for peace. 490 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,960 No silver, no grain, no horses? 491 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,680 We want silver and the traitor's head. 492 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:48,840 These are the terms, and you, Alfred… you may remain king. 493 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:53,440 but we will occupy all of the Saxon forts. 494 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:58,560 If you wish to occupy the fortresses, then do it, take them. 495 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,480 How many have you taken to date? 496 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,320 Father, how many have they taken to date? 497 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:05,960 None, Lord. 498 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,800 We can take all the fortresses at any time! 499 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:15,320 We have taken the whole of England! 500 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,360 And we can do the same with Wessex. 501 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:25,320 Let me be clear, I am prepared to return to the sword, we outnumber you. 502 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,200 We are many and we are dangerous. 503 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,920 But I would prefer to establish a peace. 504 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,200 And Uhtred here shall keep his head, 505 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,720 but I will pay you well to leave Wessex. 506 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:41,240 That is what people will read, that Alfred sought peace. 507 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:46,480 Alfred paid Lords Ubba and Guthrum in silver in exchange for peace. 508 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,920 It is I, who is seeking an end to the fighting: 509 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,440 that is what will be written. 510 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,360 Uhtred… 511 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,000 I would never have given you up… to Ubba. 512 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,480 But the thought did cross your mind, Lord. 513 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:28,800 Not once. 514 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:33,440 The fact is, I would like you to swear an oath, 515 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:37,320 on holy relics, a years service. 516 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,640 During which time you will help my warriors understand 517 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:44,600 that the heathens are but men. 518 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:46,640 And in return, and in time, 519 00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:51,840 you shall have your own reward, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 520 00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:56,480 One year. 521 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:35,280 [man] Boy… 522 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:45,920 For the king. 523 00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,120 [Alfred] They have been halted but nothing more. 524 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,680 [Alfred] They are not defeated. 525 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,760 Our task now is both simple and impossible. 526 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:08,560 We determine what they will do next. 527 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,320 They will do what Danes always do, attack. 528 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:11,920 How? Where? When? How many? 529 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,120 We are supposed to be celebrating a peace, 530 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:15,640 do we have to talk of fighting? 531 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:18,920 [Alfred] We do, my dear, because the peace will not last. 532 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,160 It'll take them at least a year 533 00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:23,680 before they can gather a second great army. 534 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,200 -Do we have your word? -[Odda the Elder] Son. 535 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:26,800 Is there any meat here? 536 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:28,240 Should she even be here? 537 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:29,840 Brida is my guest. 538 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,920 You should have taken up the king's offer of a wife; a lady. 539 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:35,320 [Alfred] What happens next, I believe, 540 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,600 is that they will come by land and sea, 541 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,240 they will split our army in two; possibly more. 542 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:44,640 Now Uhtred may be correct, this may not occur for a year or more, 543 00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:49,080 but what is clear, is that we need ships. 544 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:52,320 We are bordered by water yet we have so few ships. 545 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:56,160 You'll not get me on a ship. I'll volunteer my son. 546 00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:59,120 To save our shores we have to look beyond them. 547 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:03,280 And to serve God, his word must travel. 548 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,040 Amen. Praise him. 549 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:08,840 Uhtred, the beasts, on the prows of Danes ships, 550 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:12,360 they are a representation of their gods? 551 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,240 No, Lord. They are just beasts. 552 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,120 They can be lifted from their posts, 553 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,160 so not to frighten the spirits of the land. 554 00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,080 Spirits of the land. 555 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:21,680 [Leofric] I would like to know why some of them 556 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,920 make their own teeth into points. 557 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,320 -They do that? -Some, lady. 558 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:30,400 -God save us. -To show that they aren't afraid. 559 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,800 If they can inflict such pain on themselves, 560 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:34,440 think what they might do to a Saxon. 561 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,280 [Alfred] We will understand them more by the day, I'm sure. 562 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:42,040 Uhtred-of-the-Danes has promised me a year of his service. 563 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,400 Is that so? 564 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,360 It is. It will be his responsibility 565 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,960 to show our warriors how the Danes approach battle; 566 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,800 the construction of their shield wall and the like. 567 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:58,960 Lord, if I may… the arseling here is barely a man, 568 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:00,800 and you expect him to teach me how to fight? 569 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:04,520 Leofric, I expect him to teach you nothing. 570 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,120 Whip him with staves in practice, by all means. 571 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:09,480 Thank you, Lord. 572 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,080 But… our lesser men, 573 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,680 if they can know what a Dane knows, 574 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:20,480 fear can be expelled with knowledge. 575 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,080 Regardless how sharp their teeth. 576 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:38,400 You didn't eat tonight. 577 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,680 I'd only throw it up. 578 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,040 A year? 579 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:44,920 [sighs] 580 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,840 It starts with a year and becomes a lifetime. 581 00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:52,560 -And he offered you a wife? -I have no need of a wife. 582 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,720 Instead you swore an oath to kill Danes. 583 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,160 You know my reasons. 584 00:42:58,240 --> 00:43:01,200 We have been living in a palace. 585 00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:06,160 What happens if you find yourself facing Young Ragnar… in battle. 586 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,280 We fight. 587 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,280 [indistinct chatter] 588 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,880 Where is she? I haven't heard her at all morning. 589 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,720 -She'll not be far. -Well, we're about to leave. 590 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:48,760 I can see. 591 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,520 I'll follow. 592 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:02,680 [groaning] 593 00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:28,480 [Uhtred] Brida! 594 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:39,040 Brida! 595 00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:53,560 Brida! 596 00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:02,040 Brida? 597 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:15,000 Almost a child… 598 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:20,960 -You knew? -Hmm? 599 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,360 That you were carrying? 600 00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:30,640 No. 601 00:45:30,720 --> 00:45:33,120 You didn't see it in your dreams, 602 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:36,040 when you drank the mushroom ale? 603 00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:41,560 [sighs] 604 00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:43,960 I'll bury it. 605 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:49,520 We'll bury it, it's a sign of a passing. 606 00:45:58,200 --> 00:45:59,680 Stand together! 607 00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,040 -[Uhtred] Shields front! -Shields up! 608 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:03,680 Shields together! 609 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,360 -Look them in the eye! -Closer together! Unbreakable! 610 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:07,400 [Leofric] Are we ready? 611 00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:08,600 [all cheering] 612 00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:12,480 -I said, are we ready? -[man] Forward! 613 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,680 Kill the bastards! 614 00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:18,000 Stand together! 615 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,120 [all shouting] 616 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:23,640 [grunting] 617 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:26,480 [Uhtred] Shields together! 618 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:28,280 We hammer them with our shields! 619 00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,800 They are our defense and our weapon! 620 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,320 We knock them off their feet! 621 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:33,960 We're a wall! 622 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,880 [all grunting in unison] 623 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:42,360 Charge! 624 00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:55,240 Before the two walls meet, 625 00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:57,520 the first three rows of men act together 626 00:46:57,600 --> 00:46:59,440 to create a tall shield wall. 627 00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:01,400 First row crouches lower, 628 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:03,400 protecting the lower body and legs. 629 00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:07,320 The second row reaches forward, protecting the upper body. 630 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:12,600 The third row leans in protecting the head of all rows of men. 631 00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:14,440 Shields up! 632 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:17,800 Shields together! 633 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:20,440 Shield wall! 634 00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:28,920 I like it, arseling, I do. 635 00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:31,360 Now kill the bastards! 636 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,800 [all shouting] 637 00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:40,400 [digging] 638 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:50,840 [horse approaching] 639 00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:55,480 The wealth isn't mine, 640 00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,680 it belongs to Lord Ragnar the Fearless. 641 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:01,120 You will do well to leave me alone. 642 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:03,320 [man] Are you Brida? 643 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,720 Who asks? 644 00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:08,720 [indistinct chatter] 645 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:13,280 -Brida. -What of her? 646 00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:18,840 I'm no seer, but I'd say she's unhappy. 647 00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:23,080 She prefers the company of Danes to Saxons, 648 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:25,160 nothing wrong in that. 649 00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:27,560 She's been with the wrong Saxons. 650 00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:29,720 The Danes have a hunger for life. 651 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:31,680 Don't we all? 652 00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:36,840 Alfred… he's serious. 653 00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:38,400 [scoffs] 654 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:40,680 A pious bastard. 655 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:44,880 Dislike him by all means, but never underestimate him. 656 00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:50,160 He is ruthless, and the man thinks, 657 00:48:50,240 --> 00:48:52,240 which is more than you or I could do. 658 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:56,560 Leofric the Warrior, may I sit with you? 659 00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,560 No you may not. 660 00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:01,840 Do the monks know you're missing? 661 00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:05,800 Uhtred, this is Aethelwold, another arseling. 662 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:07,680 Nephew of the king. 663 00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:13,520 No, I am not the nephew of the king, I am the king, 664 00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:15,720 but Alfred likes to pretend, 665 00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:18,400 and every bastard appears to be happy with the lie. 666 00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:21,080 [chuckles] 667 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:23,560 -What are we talking about? -Alfred. 668 00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:26,160 He will not allow me to fight! Have I told you that? 669 00:49:26,240 --> 00:49:28,440 -Many times. -Well, it's true. 670 00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:30,400 He will not allow me to fight. 671 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:33,480 I would like you, Warrior Leofric, 672 00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:38,000 to teach me how to fight, and I shall teach you how to… 673 00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:38,960 Go on. 674 00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,520 You will not forget to pay for this. 675 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,480 Have I ever? 676 00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:45,760 Once or twice. 677 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:58,000 Alfred was caught humping a nun once. 678 00:49:58,080 --> 00:49:59,960 [choking] 679 00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:03,280 What I ought to do is slit his gizzard. 680 00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:06,000 Say that to anyone but me, boy, 681 00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:09,320 -and you'll be hanged. -You are hurting royalty. 682 00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:15,120 You are lucky Alfred hasn't had you killed. 683 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:19,920 God will not allow him. I like God. 684 00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:28,040 [Uhtred makes clucking sound] 685 00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:50,560 The silver? 686 00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:54,280 -Yes. -Why? 687 00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:59,360 -Are you leaving me? -Are you drunk? 688 00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:02,400 Maybe a little. 689 00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:05,440 We will give the silver to Young Ragnar. 690 00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:09,760 Tomorrow, dusk. 691 00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:14,040 He's here. 692 00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,520 We can tell him the truth, 693 00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:20,640 and we can join Ragnar and his men. 694 00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:29,600 I need men bound to me by God, 695 00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:32,920 by duty, by the land, by Wessex itself. 696 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:37,200 I would again like to put to Uhtred the prospect of marriage. 697 00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:41,040 -To my goddaughter? -To Mildrith, yes. 698 00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:43,360 Well, it would certainly bind him to the land 699 00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:45,800 and indirectly to the church, to God. 700 00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:48,760 -It would test him. -It would. 701 00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:51,320 You would be in favor, still? 702 00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:55,040 Of course, anything for Wessex. 703 00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:04,840 [birds chirping] 704 00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:11,800 Uhtred Ragnarson is a good man to be. 705 00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:15,080 Look at me. 706 00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:17,400 You owe Alfred nothing; 707 00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:19,560 to him your word means nothing, you're a Pagan. 708 00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,040 Please… 709 00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:35,560 Uhtred Ragnarson can never become Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 710 00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:40,720 Never. 711 00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:44,520 [rustling] 712 00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:52,960 Did you kill my father? 713 00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:55,320 Do you need to ask? 714 00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:58,400 Did you kill my family? 715 00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:02,520 -He didn't. -I'm speaking with Uhtred! 716 00:53:04,720 --> 00:53:08,440 I won't ask a second time. 717 00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:15,880 If you believe that I would kill our father, 718 00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:19,960 our mother and our family… 719 00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:25,640 …take your revenge. 720 00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:37,440 I knew it. I knew it. 721 00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:40,800 I had to be sure, I knew it. 722 00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,080 [breathes deeply] 723 00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:49,680 It was Kjartan. 724 00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:52,160 Kjartan attacked and set the fire. 725 00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:53,760 If we could have saved them we would have. 726 00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:57,400 I knew it. I didn't believe a word I was hearing. 727 00:53:57,480 --> 00:54:02,000 We have Ragnar's wealth, we kept it for you. 728 00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:05,040 [chuckles] Brida. 729 00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:07,520 Fully grown woman now! 730 00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:17,240 I've seen this moment in my dreams so many times. 731 00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:22,560 [Young Ragnar] So Kjartan's story is that the English 732 00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:26,480 rose against our father, encouraged by you. 733 00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:30,920 He claims to have revenged himself for the killers. 734 00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:32,360 [soft chuckle] 735 00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:34,720 Did you ever believe him? 736 00:54:35,080 --> 00:54:36,640 [chuckles] 737 00:54:36,720 --> 00:54:38,360 Never. 738 00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:40,960 But he is Lord Kjartan now, 739 00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:44,880 he has three times the men and the ear of Ubba. 740 00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:52,920 When I kill him, it will need to be planned. 741 00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:56,120 When we kill him. 742 00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:58,080 It will be dangerous. 743 00:54:58,160 --> 00:54:59,440 It must be done. 744 00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:02,120 Ragnar, we're with you. 745 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:06,400 Then you will sail with me? 746 00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:09,920 I will. 747 00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:14,160 I have sworn to Alfred. 748 00:55:14,720 --> 00:55:16,720 It means nothing. 749 00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:21,680 Well, if you have sworn… 750 00:55:24,040 --> 00:55:25,800 …then you must keep your word. 751 00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:40,080 I need this revenge like I need water. 752 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:42,280 When the time is right, 753 00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:44,120 I swear I'll be with you. 754 00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:47,080 I know. 755 00:55:55,400 --> 00:56:00,880 I can't believe I'm about to let you go… lose you. 756 00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:06,960 You have been half my life… 757 00:56:09,240 --> 00:56:12,160 …all of my madness. 758 00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:24,160 Be happy… 759 00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:54,680 [Leofric] I take it she has gone then? 760 00:56:57,600 --> 00:57:00,200 I'm guessing that it's Alfred that kept you here. 761 00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:07,440 I sold myself… for a mail coat and helmet. 762 00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:11,160 That's what we do, we sell ourselves. 763 00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:18,640 This year, what you're giving to Alfred; 764 00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:23,560 it's not about a mail coat, it's about you. 765 00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:26,360 The bastard thinks, didn't I say? 766 00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:33,240 He wants more than a year's service, 767 00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:38,680 he wants you to help take back England, all of England. 768 00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:44,000 Of course, when the year's up you could go back to the Danes, 769 00:57:44,080 --> 00:57:47,920 that would at least give me the chance to kill you. 770 00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:52,440 But what would you be? 771 00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:55,840 Who would you be?