1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:04,680 [Uhtred] My name is Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,800 Born a Saxon, but raised as a Dane. 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,800 I now serve King Alfred of Wessex. 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,000 I have married a pious wife for Alfred. 5 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:21,000 I have taken on land, burdened with debt and cheating workers. 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,280 And I killed the mighty sword Dane, Ubba. 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:25,120 [screaming] 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,480 But with Odda the Elder wounded in battle, 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,760 his son took the credit for my kill. The truth was ignored. 10 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,400 I fought Ubba, man-on-man, and I killed him! 11 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:43,280 And I was forced to my knees before Alfred's God. 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,360 I will lead but you owe me! 13 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,320 You must lay flat and kiss the cross. 14 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,000 Kiss my arse. 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,640 Fate is testing me. But I will survive. 16 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:56,440 [grunts] 17 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:57,280 Uhtred! 18 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:59,400 [stabbing sound] 19 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:00,920 [Uhtred] Destiny is all. 20 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,600 [chickens clucking] 21 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,120 [Leofric] You're certain you want to do this, arseling? 22 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,800 Is there a law against it? 23 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,520 Dressing up as Danes, no; 24 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,240 plundering Cornwalum, yes, 25 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:55,960 we're supposed to be at peace. 26 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 [Uhtred] If I'm to reclaim Bebbanburg, I'll need an army! 27 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,960 If I am ever to raise an army, I'll need silver. We go. 28 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,760 I have no quarrel. 29 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,400 Will Odda not miss you? 30 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,160 I'm doing as he asks, I'm watching you. 31 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,000 He's building Alfred a church, at Cynuit; have you heard? 32 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,040 With an altar of gold they say. 33 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,640 - Who are they? - They belong to Oswald. 34 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,160 Their mother sends them, 35 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,000 hoping to shame me for killing their lying, thieving father. 36 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,520 [kid grunts] 37 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,000 I see her plan is working. 38 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,760 They're not the first to lose a parent. 39 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,080 They'll live. 40 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,600 [fire cackles] 41 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:50,920 [belches] 42 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,440 The food is good, Mildrith. Thank you. 43 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:07,720 I'm pleased you like it. 44 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,160 I was beginning to believe you had lost your tongue, wife. 45 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:15,160 I was worried. 46 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,640 I doubt it. 47 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,000 She grieves for the thief. 48 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:20,120 Not my business. 49 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,800 He kills a man I have known all my life; 50 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,560 he refuses to pay wergild to a family I have known 51 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,880 and the village my father helped build now call him, 52 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:34,400 Not forgetting that I refuse to have my son baptized 53 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,400 - I will excuse myself. - Leofric sit, please. 54 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,560 - None of this is my business. - I'll stop. 55 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,160 Tomorrow I'll be gone. 56 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,520 - [Mildrith] Gone? - Should anyone ask, 57 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,520 we are keeping Alfred's kingdom safe... again. 58 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,280 For how long will you be gone, and gone where? 59 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,800 - No idea how long... weeks. - Your place is here. 60 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,680 Oswald's wife has gone to the Bishop Alewold. 61 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:06,720 The bishop will go to Alfred, 62 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,000 and Alfred will send men to our door. 63 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,080 I won't pay a penny, and if men do come calling, 64 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,000 that's what you will tell them. 65 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,400 He was killed because he was a thief, that's my law. 66 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,640 Leave me and I'll go directly to the church 67 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,280 - and have our son blessed. - Then he won't be my son. 68 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,080 May God forgive you for saying such a thing. 69 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,800 - Which God? - What has happened to you! 70 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:32,400 What has happened to the kindness, and perhaps even 71 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,360 - I was made to crawl! - Yes, before God! 72 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,320 We all fall to our knees before God. 73 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,000 I won't forget what Alfred did to me in the name of his God. 74 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,000 I reject that God! 75 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,200 I will excuse myself. 76 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,960 Are you there still? The man I cared for? 77 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:58,120 Are you there still, the woman I ached to plough? 78 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,640 [Odda the Younger] Progress has been made daily, Lord. 79 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,080 You must come to Cynuit and inspect the building work. 80 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,920 Oh, I will, I will. I would like that. 81 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,520 It's impressive enough, even now. 82 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,280 Yes, we have the nave here... 83 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,400 - Mm-hmm. - ...the transept thus, 84 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:26,800 and then into the chancel. 85 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:30,560 With its already famous altar of solid gold. 86 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:35,360 It will be gilding, no more, Lord, 87 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:36,800 - Mmm. - With your permission, 88 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:38,720 I would like to place the altar just here. 89 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:39,880 Why would you need my permission? 90 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,000 It's on the exact spot where 91 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,040 Ubba Lothbrokson is now buried. 92 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:44,400 You wish God's altar 93 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,920 to be built over the buried remains of a Pagan? 94 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,000 Oh, no. No, Lord. With your permission, 95 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,000 we will exhume the remains, and I don't know, 96 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,880 have them thrown into the river. 97 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,800 You will exhume the remains and have them buried elsewhere, 98 00:05:55,840 --> 00:05:57,880 unmarked, but with respect. 99 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,400 It was a joke Lord; a poor joke. 100 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,120 We must do nothing to endanger the peace. 101 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,400 With respect, Lord, I am not the fool 102 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,200 my father at times made me out to be... 103 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:08,920 Father Beocca, you wish to see me? 104 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,880 Ah, a letter, Lord, from Bishop Alewold. 105 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,640 - Private or business. - A matter of law, I was told. 106 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:19,840 Then read it. Let Odda's active mind rest. 107 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,320 Well, can you not read the writing, Beocca? 108 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,960 It concerns the Aelderman Uhtred. 109 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,360 He has slain a farm-worker and is refusing to pay 110 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,480 the monies owed to the family, the wergild. 111 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,400 Would you like me to investigate further, Lord? 112 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,720 No, no, it is not your place. 113 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,600 Odda, you shall investigate the rights and wrongs 114 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,240 I only hope for the sake of Uhtred's wife, 115 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:52,600 Uhtred has always been fair-minded; 116 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,240 I'm sure there are mitigations. 117 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,960 Mmm! We shall see. 118 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,800 In the meantime, Odda, do you your best, 119 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:04,160 Yes, Lord. 120 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:08,040 Father Beocca, the letter. 121 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,520 You might do well to examine your loyalties, Father. 122 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,080 My loyalties are to God and to the king, in that order. 123 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,920 Lord are you suggesting I am wrong? 124 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,120 I am suggesting nothing of the sort, but I am watching you. 125 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,400 And God is watching all of us. 126 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,120 Uhtred! 127 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,320 Uhtred! 128 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,960 I'll find the wealth to pay off the debt. 129 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,680 We want the same thing, the land of our birth. 130 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,640 Yours won't be taken from you. 131 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,880 Mine? 132 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,760 Are you no longer the Aelderman? 133 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,840 I'll never be accepted as an Aelderman; not here. 134 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:02,320 Then I beg you for one last time, 135 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,440 If you allow God into your heart he will guide you! 136 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,880 I can never become the man you want me to be. 137 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,440 - You could try. - I would despise that man. 138 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,360 [Leofric] Arseling! 139 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,080 [baby coos] 140 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,920 I have loved you. 141 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,000 Don't pray for me. 142 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,880 Did you hump her goodbye, arseling? 143 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,200 I want to have left Wessex by tonight. 144 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:49,720 You're gonna have to ride faster than that, arseling. 145 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:51,760 Yah! 146 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,680 [horse whinnies] 147 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:40,160 No one is to wear these til we have crossed into Cornwalum. 148 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,720 What you can do is polish them, so that when we do wear them, 149 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:48,840 they will be seen, clearly. And you'll be feared. 150 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,040 You're going to find out what it's like to be a Dane. 151 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,480 Every man stand where he is! No one move! 152 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,680 You! Stay where you are! 153 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:03,000 Do I know you? Lower your hood. 154 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,320 I said lower your hood! 155 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:22,760 Aethelwold! 156 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:24,480 [stutters] 157 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:29,440 I merely want to come with you, to be part of your adventure. 158 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,080 I wanted it to be a surprise! 159 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,000 - [chuckles] - He cannot be here, 160 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:34,800 he cannot hold his tongue. 161 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:36,400 I say we kill him. 162 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,600 Kill me?! 163 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,440 You can't kill me. I'm the rightful king, you fool. 164 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:43,400 Not here! Leofric! Not in Wessex! 165 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:44,920 Then I will drag him into Cornwalum! 166 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:46,760 - Not now! - You... you can't! 167 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,960 Uhtred, you owe me a favor. I call it in now! 168 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,120 If Alfred hears of Christians raiding Cornwalum 169 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,640 we will all be killed! 170 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:54,440 He guarantees that outcome! 171 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,800 Leofric, I am a changed man! I swear. 172 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,520 We kill him. He will not be missed. 173 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:04,600 We take him with us. I owe him. 174 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,640 He's my responsibility. 175 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,600 He has my protection. 176 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,800 And who will protect the rest of us? 177 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:19,760 I've never seen him so angry. 178 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,480 You will clean our mail and tend to the horses. 179 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:23,600 Anything. 180 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:25,600 You will wipe our arses if I say so. 181 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:30,760 Of course. I am gathering the moss and dock leaves 182 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:51,680 What do you know of Cornwalum? 183 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,920 That it is not Wessex. 184 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:01,400 The Wessex/Cornwalum border is this river, the Tamar River. 185 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,280 Which is why we are camped here. 186 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:08,000 It flows North to South. And Cornwalum itself, 187 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,760 has a coastline shaped like a leg. 188 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,200 So they are traders? 189 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,920 Yes, on the North Coast to the Welsh Kingdoms 190 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,280 and on South to the Franks. 191 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:20,640 How do you know this? 192 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:24,200 I am an educated man, Leofric, 193 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,680 I simply enjoy hiding the fact. 194 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,160 You do it well. 195 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,040 [chuckles] 196 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:32,480 Do they have a king? 197 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:33,520 [Aethelwold] More than one. 198 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:34,880 Fierce fighters? 199 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,080 Have no fear Leofric, we are Danes. 200 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:43,000 [chuckles] 201 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,800 I want to be blooded in battle. 202 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,880 [chuckles] Don't worry, boy, you'll be first in line. 203 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,400 I look forward to it. 204 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,560 [chickens clucking] 205 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,560 [woman] Good day, Lord. 206 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,160 Tell your master, Aelderman, Odda is here, 207 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,480 - with God's Bishop Alewold. - Yes, Lord. 208 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,880 Quickly! 209 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:28,200 It is not the most desirable farmstead I have seen. 210 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:37,800 Aelderman Odda, Bishop Alewold, a pleasant surprise. 211 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,720 May I offer a refreshment? 212 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,120 We are here in the king's business. 213 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,360 Tis with your husband... Is he here? 214 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,480 He is not. 215 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,640 Can he be fetched, my dear? 216 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,680 All crucifixes and crosses! 217 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,280 You are God fearing Christians, no more. 218 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,960 You are Danes now, Pagans. 219 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,640 You don't cross yourself nor look to the heavens. 220 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:18,560 [chuckles] 221 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:20,720 Let's make ourselves rich! 222 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,720 [all cheering] 223 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,480 [Mildrith] My husband is protecting our kingdom 224 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,960 From whom, we are at peace? 225 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,440 He only said he was doing Alfred's work. 226 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:49,680 He doesn't trust the Danes. 227 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,800 He thinks he knows better than the king. 228 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,120 Your own man, Leofric, will give you detail, I'm sure. 229 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,000 Yes. 230 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,480 Odda, it's not the child's fault 231 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,720 that she was married off to a tyrant and a fool. 232 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,160 No... Of course not. 233 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,840 Mildrith, it is with great reluctance 234 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,800 that I must serve you with this letter. 235 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,880 For your husband, upon his return. 236 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,000 He must settle the wergild for Oswald's death 237 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,560 or face confiscation of his property. 238 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:29,080 Which is also my property. 239 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:31,480 If you are ever in need, 240 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,120 my fathers' house will always be your house. 241 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,880 How is Lord Odda faring? Well, I hope. 242 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,000 Frail. He's still very frail... 243 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,320 ...the blow would have killed many a man. 244 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:52,280 Take consolation, lady, that should your land 245 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,520 it is the church that will benefit. 246 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,720 [screaming] 247 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,600 [yelling] 248 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,680 Where's it buried? Where's the silver? 249 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,680 Where is it? 250 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,120 These people have nothing. 251 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:22,840 [man] Please... 252 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,000 [grunts] 253 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,480 Five days and nothing... 254 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,440 There is time yet. 255 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,400 We are not the first Danes they have seen. I need silver. 256 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,000 So we keep looking. 257 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,000 And what if the whole of Cornwalum has been 258 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:43,000 We keep looking. We keep heading west. 259 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,120 Do they want to speak? 260 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:23,440 Five men, to match theirs. 261 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:29,400 Only I speak... Aethelwold? 262 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,440 I heard: Only the Great Uhtred speaks. 263 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,080 I am Brother Asser. 264 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:57,480 I bring you a gift, from my king. 265 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,320 From King Peredur. 266 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,000 King who? 267 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,160 King Peredur, of the Britons. 268 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:10,640 Never heard of him. 269 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,080 [Asser] I assure you my king as heard of you. 270 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:18,800 A troop of Danes raiding villages in Cornwalum 271 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,360 Why does your Peredur send me these miserable offerings? 272 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,440 [Asser] A gesture of peace, a token. 273 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,880 Our King has been attacked by a fellow Briton and neighbor, 274 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:33,000 Callyn, whose forces have seized the fort 275 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:38,960 I am sent to tell you, Peredur will pay you well 276 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,600 Pay us well? How much? 277 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,720 I do not know the sum but I am sure he will be generous 278 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,440 He has silver? 279 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,000 He is a king... 280 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,640 [children playing] 281 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,120 [grunting] 282 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,240 Winchester, it is not. 283 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,480 Alfred, he is not. 284 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,800 The king greets you. 285 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,280 He does? I hear nothing. 286 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,000 You are Pagans, the king is Christian, 287 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,000 and will only speak with you through me. 288 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,480 If you would come forward and pay your respects. 289 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,560 Please inform the king: Danes do not bow to Christians. 290 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,480 This fort you want us to recapture, 291 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:09,840 it's defended by how many Britons? 292 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,320 And what price will you pay? 293 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:15,680 [indistinct whispering] 294 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,720 It would be much simpler if the king addressed me directly. 295 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:20,880 Easy... 296 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:31,400 They have between 40 and 50 men; no more than 50. 297 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,560 We are 30, fighting men. 298 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:40,240 And we are 20. How much in silver? 299 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,920 One hundred pieces of silver. 300 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,040 I won't bargain. I'll tell you the price. 301 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,440 - Four hundred pieces of silver. - That is an absurd sum. 302 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,480 [Uhtred] Is Peredur a king or not? 303 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,840 I will call for Queen Iseult. 304 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,400 Lord, perhaps, instead, you should take a moment 305 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,440 - and pray for guidance-- - Iseult! 306 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,920 You are needed! 307 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:30,080 I am blessed with two wives; two queens. 308 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:33,240 Iseult is a shadow queen. 309 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,120 You know what I require of you, of course you do. 310 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,600 Who are you... 311 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,360 ...and what will you do for the king? 312 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,400 I am Uhtred Ragnarnson. 313 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,360 I am here to fight for your king... 314 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,400 ...if he pays me what I'm worth. 315 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:17,840 He is the one. 316 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,920 You are a fortunate to have such a wife. 317 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:42,560 She is not to hump. She is too valuable. 318 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:52,320 Four hundred... pieces of silver... 319 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:56,120 ...agreed. 320 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,680 [Uhtred] I'll see it? 321 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,440 You will see it, once the fort is taken. 322 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:00,520 No, I'll see it now. 323 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,080 All of my wealth is hidden within the fort. 324 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:08,280 - Then your enemy has it. - Well hidden. 325 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,440 You have your price, you have my terms. 326 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,160 I know you'll accept; 327 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:18,360 I know you can smell the silver. 328 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:20,080 Danes... 329 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,960 You have a nose for blood and silver, 330 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,920 and women... 331 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,720 And so I will add to the price my Queen... 332 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:35,920 ...this Queen. 333 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,600 [laughing] 334 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,040 [all laughing] 335 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,000 If we win back the fort and you are lying about the silver, 336 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:48,120 - I'll kill you. - Which is why I do not lie! 337 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,560 Call the men up, we stay here! 338 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,000 I'll dream about that shadow queen. 339 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:05,000 You told her your name, and word travels. 340 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,640 [Asser] Uhtred Ragnarson! 341 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,440 I have noticed that you have Saxons amongst your ranks. 342 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,000 Some, from Mercia. 343 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,080 They'd rather fight than work in the fields. 344 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:19,880 He would like to attack at the earliest opportunity. 345 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,200 Does not wish to feed you for more than one night. 346 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:23,760 How Christian of him. 347 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,240 He would like to be a man of God, 348 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:28,720 but as you have witnessed, 349 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,000 he cannot let go of his Pagan ways. 350 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,880 The Queen Iseult. 351 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,120 She is a gwrach. 352 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,120 A sorceress. 353 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,360 What are her powers? 354 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,680 Peredur believes she can see into the future, 355 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,680 for as long as she remains a virgin. 356 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:50,440 And what do you believe? 357 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,000 I know the devil exists. 358 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:58,560 Hiding within beauty is a trick he will use often, I'm sure. 359 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:02,320 Tell the king to have his men ready. 360 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:13,960 Peredur, any in the fort who try to escape are yours, yes? 361 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,280 [Peredur] You will do your part, Dane, I will do mine! 362 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,320 Walk on. Advance. 363 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:24,320 [horse whinnies] 364 00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:28,120 Let's scare the shit out of these bastards Britons, 365 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,400 see if they have the stomach for this. 366 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:39,360 Hold... 367 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,960 We hold here. 368 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,600 Why would they leave a fortress to face us? 369 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,320 Aethelwold. Advance. 370 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,080 Go on the ridge and see why they are prepared to leave 371 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,960 On my own? 372 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,880 You wanted to be first in line. 373 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,320 - [horse whinnies] - [men laugh] 374 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:45,920 What do you see? 375 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:50,680 They are Danes! Real Danes! 376 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,920 Stand still! Hold! 377 00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:59,640 [Peredur] What are you waiting for? 378 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:00,920 [Uhtred] They're Danes! 379 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:02,440 What do you care? 380 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,520 You people will fight anyone for money, even yourselves. 381 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,000 You lied to me! 382 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:11,800 Think of the silver! The queen has seen your victory, so fight! 383 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:13,240 Uhtred... 384 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,720 He is sword Dane, a Lord of War. 385 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:26,320 If the Lord of War wants to talk, may I suggest 386 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,120 Name yourself. 387 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:09,280 I am Uhtred Ragnarson. Who are you? 388 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:15,000 Skorpa, of the White Horse. 389 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,240 You are the Uhtred Ragnarson who was at Cynuit? 390 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:21,560 I am. 391 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,320 The Saxon son of Earl Ragnar? 392 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,560 Yes. 393 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:32,080 You will not defeat me, you know this. 394 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,000 Perhaps not, but I could kill half your men trying. 395 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,200 Oh... 396 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:43,440 Yes... Yes, you could. 397 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:48,360 Then it would be best for us both if you did not try. 398 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,160 Lord, Lord I fear what will happen 399 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,680 if they are allowed to speak. 400 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,560 Then go to them; listen to what they are saying. 401 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,880 My presence, Lord would serve only to antagonize the Dane. 402 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,560 Uhtred Ragnarson! What is happening here?! 403 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,760 They must leave my kingdom or die! 404 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:13,200 Bastard Danes! The queen saw victory. 405 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,520 I pray, Lord. 406 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,080 What is your battle price? 407 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,840 Silver, that he says is hidden in the fortress. 408 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,240 [scoffs] [laughing] 409 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:31,600 No, no we have ripped the fortress apart; 410 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,760 we found nothing. 411 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,920 He must have something... Somewhere. 412 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,520 [Peredur] Uhtred Ragnarson! 413 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:44,400 Whatever he has, I say we split. 414 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,440 Half and half. 415 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,800 We kill his men, we spare the king, 416 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:54,560 he takes us to his wealth. 417 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,520 Half and half? 418 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,400 I will advance; 419 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:11,000 you will turn and we will attack together. 420 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,760 Now, this is for the benefit of the king. 421 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:22,880 - You bastard piece of rassragr! - I will destroy you! 422 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:29,320 Be ready! We kill them all, every last one of them dies! 423 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,200 Tell the men we are with the Danes. 424 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,200 At the ready! 425 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:47,880 You trust this Skorpa? 426 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,760 We have no choice but to trust him. 427 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:53,040 [all shouting] 428 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,240 Now turn! 429 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,360 To the death! 430 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:33,840 Bastard Danes, 431 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:38,680 you'll cry for your stinking whore mothers! 432 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:46,200 [all shouting] 433 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,040 [horse whinnies] 434 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,400 [grunting] 435 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:11,720 [screams in pain] 436 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:23,440 You lying, thieving, bastard Danes. 437 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,920 I could kill at least one more of you. 438 00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:33,160 It is over. 439 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:36,760 Your wealth... 440 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,800 My wealth for my life is it? 441 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,040 Your wealth and your shadow queen. 442 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,600 Useless bitch, she saw victory. 443 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,680 [Skorpa] Where is the silver? 444 00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:48,120 If I tell you, you'll kill me. 445 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,520 And I would rather you remained poor. 446 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:57,000 You have my word, as a warlord, you will be spared. 447 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,680 Where is the silver? 448 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:05,400 Speak or you will die. 449 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,640 It is buried... in the hall, 450 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,240 beneath my throne. 451 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,520 I'll need a small amount my-- 452 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,920 [groans in pain] 453 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,800 [indistinct yelling] 454 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,040 Do we split her, too? 455 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:36,640 You have the tits, I'll have the arse. 456 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:37,720 She's mine. 457 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,840 You are here for the silver. 458 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,600 It is beneath this seat. 459 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,280 I have a question. 460 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,720 Have you been waiting for us? 461 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:10,520 For you. 462 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,840 Then you saw what would happen? 463 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,200 I knew that you would come... 464 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,400 ...that is all. 465 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:25,760 Uhtred, what do you know of a church with a golden altar? 466 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:30,640 At Cynuit... To celebrate the killing of Ubba, 467 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,640 I hear they're building a church. 468 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,440 Who's been telling you this? 469 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:39,720 Men, begging to live. 470 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:41,200 Would say anything. 471 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:43,760 And that's where you will go, to Cynuit? 472 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,480 Well, I have ships to repair, 473 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,160 the coastline here has been murderous. 474 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:07,160 How do we do this? How do we share? 475 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:12,080 We don't... share... 476 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:18,560 Oh, we can fight and some of us will die, 477 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,840 including your queen. 478 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:46,280 Uhtred Ragnarson, keep your sword in its scabbard. 479 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:47,640 Wise queen. 480 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:49,760 She stays with me. 481 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,040 - She stays with me! - Do nothing! 482 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,520 [laughing] 483 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,640 [whispering indistinct] 484 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:15,400 Uhtred, no! 485 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:17,040 - Uhtred! - They have our treasure! 486 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,440 No! I will not fight these Danes for silver; for king, yes, 487 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,520 - but not for silver! - I am tethered by debts! 488 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:23,640 I need to raise an army 489 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,200 and they get away further with every second! 490 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:27,360 I will not allow half of these men or more die! 491 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,240 I can give you what you need. 492 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,080 There is more... silver. 493 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,040 [chickens clucking] 494 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:47,360 [chuckles] 495 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,520 What did whisper, Skorpa, when he was leaving? 496 00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,400 I will tell you when I believe you need to know. 497 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,760 How was I, as a warrior? 498 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:18,320 Aethelwold, you are as much a warrior as you are a king. 499 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,960 This isn't part of the plunder. 500 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:43,720 It's a holy cross; it goes back to the church. 501 00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,080 There'll be blessings. 502 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:51,160 But the rest... it's all ours! 503 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,400 Home? 504 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,200 Wessex, and our separate ways. 505 00:40:01,240 --> 00:40:03,360 There is a bishop I must see. 506 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,560 [children playing] [chickens clucking] 507 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:37,000 [sheep bleating] 508 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,720 [Iseult] I've never seen a village like this before. 509 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,920 We will be here for just the day. 510 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:00,720 Who are you? 511 00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:02,920 I'll speak with the Bishop Alewold. 512 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,680 Bishop Alewold is at prayer. 513 00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:05,920 He'll see me... 514 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:07,840 He is at prayer and won't be disturbed! 515 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,520 Alewold! Bishop Alewold! 516 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:13,600 What is this? Get out. 517 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:17,080 Out! We're busy with our work. 518 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:18,680 So I see. 519 00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:20,440 I said get out! 520 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,120 [chuckles] 521 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,000 I know you... 522 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,400 Uhtred... 523 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,560 The Godless, yes... 524 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:32,320 And my wife, through her father, 525 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,280 has inherited a debt to the church. 526 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:38,480 Oh, yes. A substantial debt, I recall. 527 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:40,840 - Which I would now discharge. - You would? 528 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,960 Very well, as you see we're busy with... 529 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:47,320 [gasps] 530 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,760 That's Irish work. 531 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:56,320 It looks Irish. 532 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,800 And its weight! 533 00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:01,760 A thing of beauty and of great value. 534 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,520 It seemed a fitting way of settle the debt. 535 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,120 If you'll accept, of course. If not, I'll put it 536 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:12,960 I accept. On behalf of the church, I accept. 537 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:19,840 I trust I can rely upon your good judgment in dismissing 538 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,960 the matter of my servant Oswald's wergild. 539 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:25,600 He was a thief. 540 00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,080 His family will swear otherwise. 541 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,720 My people will swear he was. 542 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:34,960 And time will be wasted with no end. 543 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:41,280 In that case, consider all matters resolved. 544 00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:42,920 Bless you. 545 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,120 [cows mooing] [sheep bleating] 546 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,160 I've been praying daily for your safe return. 547 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:37,960 Who's this? 548 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,280 She is a queen. 549 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,880 Queen of where; of whom? 550 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,560 Britons. 551 00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:59,920 Uhtred you walked by your son without a look. 552 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,400 Is he baptized now? 553 00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:06,400 [Mildrith] Yes. 554 00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:07,800 Against my wishes. 555 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:11,040 I have done nothing that requires forgiveness. 556 00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:12,840 [door closes] 557 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,440 - What's her name? - I am called Iseult. 558 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:19,200 I am speaking with my husband, you can kindly remain silent. 559 00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:22,160 Mildrith we are hungry, thirsty and in need of rest. 560 00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:23,280 [scoffs] 561 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,400 I am not your servant; 562 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:27,480 do not speak to me as if I were. 563 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:28,680 I am your wife. 564 00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:31,840 You are no longer a part of Uhtred's path. 565 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:34,960 It is true. 566 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,800 Out. Out! 567 00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:43,240 This "queen" can sleep with the animals. 568 00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,240 You should know that your land is safe. 569 00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:53,160 I have seen Bishop Alewold the debt's settled, all of it. 570 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:58,160 That's what I've come to tell you, nothing more. 571 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,200 And what of Oswald's wergild? 572 00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:05,000 That too is settled. His family won't receive 573 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,720 Then you can explain that to the king's council, 574 00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,000 Alfred has called you to the Witan. 575 00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:17,240 It's finished! Everything. 576 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:26,240 Before I left I said that I've loved you, and it's true. 577 00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,240 You will not speak of us in this way, 578 00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:33,000 and in the presence of a Pagan whore! 579 00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:35,480 She's with me! 580 00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:42,440 Will you be resting with your family or with the animals? 581 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:44,840 [sheep bleating] 582 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:52,320 You chose the company of pigs and a goat 583 00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:00,560 My wife's a good woman. 584 00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:03,600 She loves her God, 585 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,040 and it is hard for her to be with the like of me. 586 00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:08,200 [soft chuckle] 587 00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:11,320 And if the marriage is to be ended, 588 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:14,040 I must become used to life without my son. 589 00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,520 I am here because I choose you. 590 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:35,840 Though I won't keep you against your will. 591 00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:44,760 What? 592 00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,560 I will be with you, Uhtred, 593 00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:57,320 from now until the very end. 594 00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:01,920 That is what I see. 595 00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:13,320 I want you to see my home; my land in the north. 596 00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:19,520 It is this Alfred who directs you, for them. 597 00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:25,040 You must give in to fate; attend his Witan. 598 00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,640 Will you sleep alongside me tonight, under the furs? 599 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:38,640 - Sleep? - Nothing more. 600 00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:42,680 I would like that... 601 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,800 ...as the only other source of warmth would be the goat. 602 00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:50,800 [chuckles] 603 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,320 [giggling] 604 00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:04,840 Edwina. 605 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,640 Lady? 606 00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:13,600 Please inform your family that I will be traveling; 607 00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:16,080 with the child. 608 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:20,920 We will leave for Lord Odda's estate. 609 00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:26,640 I would like you with me, but it is your decision. 610 00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:31,000 I know how important it is to be amongst the people 611 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,280 I would not wish to leave you. 612 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:47,360 [sniffles] 613 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,520 The very day I am told that my home is my own, 614 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:57,840 is the day I decide I must leave. 615 00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:31,040 [indistinct chatter] 616 00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:43,000 O Lord, grant wisdom to your servants gathered here. 617 00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:45,400 Help them to decide what is right, 618 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,720 what is just and what is fair. 619 00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:51,880 Grant us this, O lord. 620 00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,720 [all] Grant us, O Lord. 621 00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,200 [indistinct whispering] 622 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:05,320 [man] Leave your sword. 623 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:08,160 Uhtred! 624 00:50:09,240 --> 00:50:10,560 Uhtred! 625 00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:12,200 - Beocca. - Quickly... 626 00:50:12,240 --> 00:50:15,800 You're late, you were sent for days ago, 627 00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,560 you should have been here on time! 628 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:20,000 Since when has my presence been so important? 629 00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:22,000 - Who's is she? - She's with me. 630 00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,920 Is she part of your plunder? 631 00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:26,400 What's been said? 632 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:28,880 You will hear it all soon enough. 633 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:34,280 Now, we must go and you must be respectful, 634 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:43,080 And as local thegns skimp in their duty 635 00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:45,400 I wish to ask of the king 636 00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:50,520 to appoint an official to survey the kingdom's roads. 637 00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:54,840 The bridge on the road out of Avingdon, for example, 638 00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:58,000 is in such a state of disrepair... 639 00:50:58,040 --> 00:50:59,160 [whispers] Now's the time, my Lord. 640 00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:00,920 it is now dangerous for man or... 641 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:03,400 What reason do I have to beg for mercy; what's been said? 642 00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:05,400 - Quiet now. - Is it Cornwalum? 643 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:06,680 Respect. 644 00:51:06,720 --> 00:51:08,000 ...remains disinterested... 645 00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:09,920 We shall talk of bridges later. 646 00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:12,400 Beocca, what is this? 647 00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:14,480 [Odda the Younger] You will be quiet there! 648 00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:17,280 Face your king! 649 00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:18,120 Come. 650 00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,400 There is an urgent matter which, 651 00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:25,840 with the Witan's permission, we shall deal with now. 652 00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:40,920 Aelderman Uhtred, 653 00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:45,400 also known in your parish as Uhtred the Godless, 654 00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:49,200 you are on this day charged with taking a troop of the king's men 655 00:51:49,240 --> 00:51:53,400 into Cornwalum and there making war against the Britons 656 00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:55,800 without your king's consent. 657 00:51:55,840 --> 00:52:00,720 You are also charged with joining forces 658 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:05,280 to murder Christian-folk in Cornwalum, 659 00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:11,920 despite these folk all living in peace with Alfred 660 00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:14,200 All this is proven with oaths. 661 00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:17,960 And the punishment for these crimes is death. 662 00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:21,000 Who swears these oaths? 663 00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:23,960 - We shall get to that. - Show me. Who swears? 664 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:28,560 I, Brother Asser, swear these oaths. 665 00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:30,080 Uhtred, to your knees. 666 00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:31,400 Never! 667 00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:32,800 Lord, we were patrolling your borders 668 00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:34,800 and protecting your kingdom, nothing more. 669 00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:37,400 There is more to my story, Lord, if I may. 670 00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:38,560 Now is the time to beg. 671 00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:40,920 Yes, let him speak, let us hear his story. 672 00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:45,880 On my way to make this complaint to King Alfred, 673 00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,400 I came via Cynuit. 674 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:52,800 And such a sight I hope never to see again. 675 00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:58,080 For, where the church to commemorate Lord Odda's victory 676 00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:01,960 I saw devastation, destruction, 677 00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:06,200 and the charred remains of 15 monks or more. 678 00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:09,920 Men have told me, that this evil was the work 679 00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:14,000 of the very same Skorpa who was in Cornwalum, 680 00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:18,000 and that with him, once more, was the Aelderman Uhtred. 681 00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:19,120 - No! - This man! 682 00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:20,200 No, no these are lies, Lord! 683 00:53:20,240 --> 00:53:21,720 Lord, he lies with every breath! 684 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:23,680 Lord, hear me, let me speak, and hear the truth! 685 00:53:23,720 --> 00:53:29,560 We are the Witan and we shall behave 686 00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:35,000 The Aelderman is entitled to respond. 687 00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:36,840 [Uhtred] Yes, I was at Cynuit. 688 00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:40,800 I was at Cynuit once and once only. 689 00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:42,400 I was at Cynuit on the day 690 00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:45,880 that I, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, killed Ubba. 691 00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:50,520 I look around this hall 692 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:54,080 and into the eyes of the warriors 693 00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:58,880 And that is the only occasion I was at Cynuit. 694 00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:01,400 We are here... 695 00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:04,400 We are here to deliver judgment on the murder 696 00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:07,000 of King Peredur and the Christian Britons of Cornwalum. 697 00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:08,400 Then if I can speak of Cornwalum, Lord? 698 00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:09,720 There is a further witness, I believe. 699 00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:11,720 What of Peredur's Queen was to stand in front 700 00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,080 of this Witan and tell you that Peredur lied and cheated us? 701 00:54:15,120 --> 00:54:17,200 She is a shadow queen and a Pagan Lord, 702 00:54:17,240 --> 00:54:18,400 her words would be meaningless. 703 00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:20,200 Is the truth not important, Lord? Lord! 704 00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:22,400 Odda, we shall move on, there is a further witness. 705 00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:25,480 Yes, Lord. Bring the prisoner. 706 00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,160 [crowd murmurs] 707 00:54:32,240 --> 00:54:33,960 What is this? 708 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:35,480 - Odda means for you to die, as a traitor. 709 00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:38,160 And you will die. 710 00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:40,800 If it is Valhalla you want, I will do my best to give it. 711 00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:42,480 I said you will stand separate! 712 00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:51,720 Leofric, you have sworn your oath. 713 00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:55,160 - And you will tell the truth? - I will, Lord. 714 00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:57,800 God is merciful. 715 00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:01,360 You are a man of Wessex and have been loyal to the king? 716 00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:05,240 I am loyal to the king, Lord, always. 717 00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:08,320 Where you in Cornwalum with the Aelderman Uhtred? 718 00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:12,880 I was. 719 00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:17,280 Did you kill and plunder Peredur and his Britons? 720 00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:18,520 I did. 721 00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:20,800 Leofric, have you now donated 722 00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:24,160 your share of the plunder to the church? 723 00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:28,320 I have, Lord, and have begged forgiveness. 724 00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,240 The Witan hears you, Leofric. 725 00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:37,520 Whom did you follow into battle? 726 00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:42,160 I went willingly, Lord. 727 00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:45,560 No, Uhtred led, you followed. 728 00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:48,120 He is the Aelderman, and he is to blame. 729 00:55:48,160 --> 00:55:50,560 - I share the blame, Lord. - No, he is responsible! 730 00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:51,640 Irresponsible. 731 00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:52,800 And he will pay for it with his life! 732 00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:54,200 For the very last time, beg. 733 00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:55,800 No, I will not beg! 734 00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:58,000 I will fall to my knees for no man, 735 00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,640 no king and no Christian God. 736 00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:08,920 [grunts] 737 00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:13,200 He must pay, with his life. 738 00:56:13,240 --> 00:56:15,800 Lord, if I may make a plea to the king and the Witan. 739 00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:17,000 I have not yet finished. 740 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,600 I beg your pardon Lord, but if I may? 741 00:56:21,240 --> 00:56:24,640 It is clear that, like me, the arseling here is guilty. 742 00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:25,920 Thank you, my friend. 743 00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:27,600 [choking] 744 00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:32,320 It is also clear that he is too proud and too stupid to repent, 745 00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:34,160 and as a consequence, will die. 746 00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:37,000 He will die for leading men to treachery. 747 00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:39,600 Because of my own guilt; 748 00:56:39,640 --> 00:56:43,400 and because of my respect for Uhtred as a warrior, 749 00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:45,960 I request that he dies at my sword. 750 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:54,080 You wish to become executioner, Leofric? 751 00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:57,280 My plea is for a fight to the death, Lord: 752 00:56:57,320 --> 00:56:59,640 me against the arseling. 753 00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:02,320 If God is with me, I will be the victor, 754 00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:05,880 and the Aelderman is allowed to die as a warrior should. 755 00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:08,480 And if he wins this fight to the death, what then? 756 00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:10,480 He will not. 757 00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:13,640 It would take God's intervention for him to beat me. 758 00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:18,440 Let them fight, Lord! Let God decide! 759 00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:20,480 [crowd murmurs] 760 00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:23,840 Lord. Lord, it is clear that the guilt is with Uhtred. 761 00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:36,920 Leofric, you have spoken well. 762 00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:41,280 And your request is granted. 763 00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:44,400 [gasps] 764 00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:49,400 You will fight, tomorrow, to the death. 765 00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:50,680 [crowd cheering] 766 00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:56,880 Swords and shields. God shall determine the victor.