1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,120 I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,400 I was born a Saxon Lord, but raised as a Dane 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,600 until the eve of my sisters wedding, 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,160 when my family were murdered. 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,000 I am a warrior, but when the Danes attacked 6 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,400 Alfred's stronghold of Winchester, 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,760 all a man could do was run. 8 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,600 Some faster than others, 9 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,360 including my enemy, Young Odda. 10 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,840 And so Guthrum took Winchester. 11 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,280 Aethelwold pledged his allegiance to the Danes. 12 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,560 Though Guthrum still feared Alfred's God. 13 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:38,120 I could only hope that my now distant wife 14 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:42,600 We had no choice but to hide and pray for a miracle. 15 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:46,560 Iseult, my virgin queen, saved the King's son. 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,160 But at a cost only she could see. 17 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,000 She gave Alfred strength. 18 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,000 With the King alive and well, 19 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,800 there is hope for Wessex. 20 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,000 Destiny is all. 21 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,160 Agreed, we have fired a good number of ships. 22 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,080 - A fleet. - A fleet. 23 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,200 But in the meantime, we have left hundreds of Danes 24 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,680 stranded in Wessex, with no means of leaving-- 25 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Wulfhere I do not believe their intention was to ever leave. 26 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,840 And in a few months there will be more ships, more men. 27 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,400 Now is the time to fight. 28 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,440 To fight with what? We are without an army; 29 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,080 and the Danes will number thousands. 30 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,360 The men are out there, Wulfhere, and they are waiting. 31 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,160 What they need is the call. 32 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,720 Indeed but... Lord... 33 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:15,200 What if I was to suggest we escort you to Frankia-- 34 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,000 That will not happen, I will not hide. 35 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,960 Not here nor in Frankia. 36 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,520 - [Wulfhere] But my-- - I have prayed daily 37 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:28,600 The only way I see to save Wessex is what we have begun; 38 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:31,320 one defining battle. 39 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,720 We shall be leaving the marshes. 40 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,800 Courage and faith. 41 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,640 - Amen. - Amen. 42 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:44,560 Amen. 43 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,680 - Shh... - [baby cries softly] 44 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:55,120 It will not be recorded that King Alfred 45 00:02:55,160 --> 00:03:00,000 in mind, body and soul, unfit to be called king. 46 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,360 Nothing of what you say is true. 47 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,560 But it would become true. 48 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,320 Never. 49 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,800 Now you, my love, will remain here. 50 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,000 If I fail, you must go to Frankia. 51 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,520 Not without you. 52 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,840 You must save and protect our children. 53 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:29,800 For me, there can be no other country but England, 54 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,800 no other wife but Aelswith. 55 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,200 Father Beocca. 56 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:46,120 Father... I am not saying I know everything, 57 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,360 but the king must continue to trust me. 58 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,680 The arrival of Asser may change him. 59 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,720 The arrival of Brother Asser has given him strength. 60 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,400 The Brother is not a warrior. Now is a time for warriors. 61 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,640 And though I never thought I would say it, 62 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:02,840 He commands the largest fyrd. 63 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:08,560 He is the beginning of our army, that is where we are headed. 64 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,680 Uhtred I will do everything I can to help. 65 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,160 I will be at your side. 66 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,800 I will be a flea in Alfred's ear. 67 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:18,160 Thank you. 68 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:23,560 Your father would be a proud man... as am I. 69 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,960 I shall ready my men and by tomorrow 70 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,880 Uhtred... 71 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,440 You believe the Danes can be defeated? 72 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,080 I will see you across the water, Aelderman Wulfhere. 73 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,160 [sighs] You will. 74 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,040 [indistinct chatter] 75 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,560 Aethelcod, Aethelcod, my friend, 76 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:18,200 the man who would be King of Wessex, thank you. 77 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,080 Thank you for coming to see me. 78 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,080 Certainly... It is Aethelwold. 79 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,600 Yes, please. Sit down. Sit down. 80 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,360 So... I want you to tell me 81 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,440 everything you know about Alfred. 82 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,240 I have told you Lord, he thinks with his dick. 83 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:34,560 [chuckles] 84 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,680 He can barely keep his breeches on. 85 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,360 Hear the question, boy. 86 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,640 Not everybody enjoys a fool. 87 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,680 Alfred... though he may be afflicted by pain, 88 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,280 he is as strong a man as you will find. 89 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,600 He is also as clever a man as you will find. 90 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,720 I was ready to have him as my advisor, 91 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:03,320 His strength, Lord, I believe, comes from his faith-- 92 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,840 - [scoffs] - [chuckles] 93 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:07,680 From God. 94 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:22,160 Do you believe in this God? 95 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,880 I believe in myself. 96 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,200 Why did Alfred steal the crown? 97 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,160 For silver, or to be a stronger king to the people? 98 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,360 No! Um... Yes, in part. 99 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,640 Which is it? 100 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:45,000 Unfairly, I was not seen as a man to follow... by some. 101 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,440 I was not a man to fight Danes, it was said, 102 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,720 and which is true because I know the Danes will win. 103 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,280 [chuckles] Yes... 104 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:54,240 Where as... where as, Alfred... 105 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:57,120 Alfred believes that he can win. 106 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,720 - Even now? - Yes! 107 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,880 Yeah, he is wrong, of course, but... but his faith, 108 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,200 that God will not desert him, 109 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,120 will make him believe that he will win. 110 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:29,360 Then you have to kill him. 111 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:31,960 I must kill him? 112 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,720 Who else... but King Aethelcod 113 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,960 can walk into Alfred's camp... 114 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,800 ...and be welcomed as a friend? 115 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,560 [birds chirping] 116 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,920 Wulfhere and his men. 117 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,320 [gasps] [mumbles] 118 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,320 Stay away! I have skills! 119 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,080 Put that piece of tin away, boy. 120 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,840 Oh, thank Christ you are English. 121 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,280 I thought you were one of them, what with the hair. 122 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,960 Where is the Aelderman Wulfhere? 123 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,360 Gone, Lord. 124 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,280 I am Halig. I take care of the horses. 125 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,520 Gone where? 126 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:18,960 Now I'm thinking on it, Lord, he did not say. 127 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,520 - I thought you would know. - Wulfhere, where is he? 128 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:25,320 - He has gone, Lord. - Lord. 129 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,640 - He has gone where? - He didn't say. 130 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,280 - He has left you horses, Lord. - We keep moving. 131 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,160 Without Wulfhere? 132 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,240 Our plan doesn't change. 133 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,040 We make our way to Odda's estate. 134 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,120 We cannot use the Roman roads. 135 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,600 We can make our way to my farmstead and from there across 136 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:58,600 And that is the safest path, Leofric? 137 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,280 It is, Lord. 138 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,680 Let's return to the others. 139 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,720 There is pain here for you, my love. 140 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,520 - Do you know them? - Tenants. 141 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,200 [chickens clucking] 142 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:35,560 No... 143 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,160 [shuddering] 144 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,200 [sobs] 145 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,680 [dialogue muted over soundtrack music] 146 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,880 [sobbing] No... No... 147 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:56,720 We shall bury the dead... and pray for their souls. 148 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:01,160 When you are ready... I would like to say a prayer, 149 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,880 for Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 150 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,240 I must search for Mildrith, 151 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,760 she may be dead and unburied. 152 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,720 Uhtred no, no... 153 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,920 She has buried your son with care, 154 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,840 and she has left this place. 155 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,960 It is no longer home for her anymore. 156 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,040 Believe me. 157 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,720 Your tears on the Earth will show him that you loved him. 158 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,960 [sobbing] 159 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,080 Lord, may I ask what you are writing? 160 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:10,960 The first of many letters, each will say the same: 161 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,960 "The men of Wessex and beyond shall gather at Egbert's Stone, 162 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,760 and together we will fight." 163 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:18,560 [Beocca] When you send out your messengers Lord, 164 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:23,000 might I suggest you hand them the letters personally, 165 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,440 perhaps place your hand on their shoulder. 166 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,080 It will embolden them, I'm sure. 167 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,480 Thank you, Beocca, I will do that. 168 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:56,000 You know I did this to you; when I saved the king's son. 169 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:57,200 You did not. 170 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,040 [crying] I knew, an innocent would die... 171 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,400 I'm tired of being like this. 172 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,320 I have seen too much. 173 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,480 I know too much. 174 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,800 I want to see no more. 175 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,080 [Odda the Elder] Mildrith?! 176 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,520 Mildrith?! 177 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,360 Mildrith?! 178 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:44,160 Lord, you should be resting, we should all be resting. 179 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,920 I am tired of resting, I spend too many days doing nothing. 180 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,920 Then at least sit, before you become unsteady. 181 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,880 - Where is my wife? - She is resting, Lord. 182 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,400 - My son? - He is away, Lord. 183 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,360 Still? 184 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,680 Important business demands time. 185 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,080 It is not a betrayal... 186 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,200 No, it is not, Lord. 187 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,600 Look what I have done to you, child. 188 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:30,200 - I am content enough, Lord. - Look what God has done to you. 189 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:37,480 You deserve so much more than the clothes of a nun. 190 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,120 I have purpose, Lord. 191 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:48,320 My child is with God, and I am close to God. 192 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:51,280 There is joy in my days, at times. 193 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,800 Do not fear the Danes. 194 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,280 you will be protected. 195 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,080 My son will ensure that. 196 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,160 You are Earl Skorpa? 197 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,040 You are here to surrender and not waste my time? 198 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:35,480 I am here to negotiate. 199 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,560 [Skorpa] Surrender and you will live, 200 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,360 talk too much and I will kill you. 201 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,000 Of all the Aeldermen of Wessex, 202 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,800 I am the man who can assemble the greatest fyrd, 203 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:48,560 the greatest army. 204 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,480 I now have a choice to make a choice. 205 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,760 Whether to side with Guthrum, or with Skorpa. 206 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,800 One Dane looks much like the other to me. 207 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,320 I am occupying your land; 208 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:02,160 why should I not simply crush you? 209 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,400 Accept my invitation. 210 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,480 Eat with myself and with my father, 211 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,480 and I will tell you all about my my land; 212 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,800 the range of my influence. 213 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,160 I am sure an agreement can be reached, 214 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:23,000 neither of us need lose any men, neither of us need be weakened. 215 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:27,760 - Eat? - And drink, at my hall. 216 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,600 I assure you this is no trap. 217 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:45,160 I will arrive at your hall after the new moon. 218 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,240 I shall expect you. 219 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,800 Then we have peace, at least for a time? 220 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,080 Oh, we do. 221 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,920 You have lost much: 222 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,480 fathers, mothers... 223 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:11,840 ...a son... lovers... 224 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,080 I have you... 225 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,400 I have a brother... 226 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,000 - Ragnar. - Yes. 227 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:40,720 Your sister, Thyra... 228 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,480 Yes? 229 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,000 She is alive? 230 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,360 [sighs softly] 231 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,640 No she's dead, the fire. 232 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:02,760 Uhtred she lives and is being held in the north. 233 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,200 It is the truth. 234 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,720 Skorpa told me. 235 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,680 I thought at first it could be a lie to torment you. 236 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,240 Hearing it from me would have made it true, 237 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:24,400 but now I know that it is true. She lives. 238 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,520 You've seen it? 239 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,320 Yes. I've seen her... 240 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:36,960 ...but I will see her no more, the gift is fading. 241 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,480 When this battle is done, Uhtred, your path leads north. 242 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,480 It will be time to face your past. 243 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,360 And you'll be with me? 244 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:05,200 Always. 245 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,480 Lord... If God's help is required, 246 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,760 how could he look favorably upon Uhtred, a non-believer. 247 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:20,800 God is good. 248 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,200 Yes, Lord, but in following the heathen, 249 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,160 what does that say of our beliefs? 250 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,840 Death could be waiting over the very next hill 251 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,360 and it will be Uhtred who stands in its way. 252 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,080 I have no doubt, a Dane will always protect his plunder. 253 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:34,960 The king is of value. 254 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,480 He is here to protect the king. 255 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:37,880 Something neither you nor I could do. 256 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:39,760 He is a man without a soul. 257 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,440 Then I shall be his soul, Lord. I shall pray for him. 258 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,840 I will ride beside him, always and into battle. 259 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:47,520 I will be his conduit to God. 260 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,240 And if you fall, in battle? 261 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:51,520 With the help of your prayers, brother, 262 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,280 I shall become invincible I'm sure. 263 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:01,320 Brother Asser.... 264 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:08,040 I should like you to be the first of my messengers. 265 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,560 [horse whinnies] 266 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,120 Morning. 267 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,480 Sleep well? 268 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,480 He means did you hump well? 269 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,480 - I know what he means. - Sleep well lady? 270 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,160 [Alfred] If I may speak... to you all. 271 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,320 Though we are yet to complete the first segment of our journey 272 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:52,400 to Odda's estate, it is important we begin the second. 273 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,400 Word of our army's gathering point must be despatched 274 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,400 to the further reaches of our land. 275 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,960 Brother Asser here will be my first messenger. 276 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,120 Halig. 277 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,120 Yes, Lord. 278 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,760 You will also be my voice. 279 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,680 I will, Lord. 280 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,680 And me, Lord. 281 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,440 Hild? 282 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,760 Lord, she is a woman. 283 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,080 I am as good a horseman as anyone here. 284 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:26,880 If it means more Danes will die then I'll do it. 285 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:32,200 Yes, Hild... you will. 286 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,000 Your horses... belong to whom? 287 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,120 The Lord Odda. 288 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,400 - You will let us pass? - Are you selling or buying? 289 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:10,480 Selling to the Danes. There is a peace. 290 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:12,640 Did you not know? 291 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:17,720 That Odda has made a peace, no, I did not. 292 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:40,160 Odda is loyal. We shall see for ourselves what is true. 293 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,480 [snickers] 294 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,920 Lord, you should remain out of sight 295 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,600 until we can be sure of your safety. 296 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,600 Odda is not a danger. 297 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,400 But who sits with Odda? 298 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,440 I will not hide. 299 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,080 [Beocca] Lord, please, hear the advice. 300 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,160 You are a symbol of Wessex, you are the standard around 301 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,560 which our army will gather. You cannot be put at risk. 302 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,800 Very well. 303 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:37,880 I must see this with my own eyes. 304 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,360 - Lord, that is not advisable. - I have made up my mind! 305 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,400 If there is treachery, it is something I must witness. 306 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,640 - Then I will go with you. - I do not require a nursemaid! 307 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,160 - I am a priest. - And I a King! 308 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,520 You will wait here with Iseult. 309 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,200 I am aware of the care I need to take. 310 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:06,960 [indistinct chatter] 311 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:24,480 Nuns should not be so pretty nor have lips that demand 312 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,480 I see you agree. 313 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,560 - When is it you are leaving? - When I am rested, Lord. 314 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,120 Lord... 315 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,760 [whispers indistinct] 316 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,640 [Odda the Elder] What is it? Have the Danes arrived? 317 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,920 Leofric, he is outside. 318 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,640 Then bring him inside, he is our man. 319 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,080 He is with Uhtred. 320 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,920 Bring them both to me. 321 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:12,800 [indistinct chatter] 322 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,560 Leofric, Uhtred! My prayers have been answered! 323 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,120 God is good. 324 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:23,920 Lords... 325 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,680 It is good to see you both safe and well. 326 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,400 Leofric, you are home. 327 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,160 Where in God's name have you been? 328 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,920 Hiding, Lord, and killing Danes. 329 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,560 Hopefully, not on my land. 330 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:37,400 [Uhtred] We have been sent by the king. 331 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:38,960 We bring orders from the king. 332 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,960 - What king is that? - King Alfred? 333 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,680 Who else, Lord? 334 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,680 [Odda the Younger] Wessex, it seems, is full of kings. 335 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,480 There is Guthrum, who is the King of East Anglia, 336 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,240 who now sits in Winchester. 337 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,920 There is Aethelwold here, 338 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,520 who will tell anyone who cares to listen that he is king, 339 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,160 where will it end? 340 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,760 - I have Alfred's written order. - It means nothing. 341 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:03,560 - You are to raise the fyrd. - It is over for Alfred! 342 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,040 Alfred gave up in Wessex. 343 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:11,040 He decided to save himself! 344 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:15,600 No man has been more loyal to Alfred than my father and I, 345 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,000 but he has failed us. 346 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,400 Danes surround us and he is hiding! 347 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:27,840 Alfred, is king of the eels, slippery and elusive. 348 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,800 I see it's true... 349 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,760 ...you have sided with the Danes. 350 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:42,600 What has Skorpa promised you? Are you to be king, Odda? 351 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,120 - Leofric, are you are still my man? 352 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,520 I asked you a question, Leofric? 353 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,120 I am still your man, Lord. 354 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:57,200 Then you will finish the business you have 355 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,240 You have my order. Kill him. 356 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:04,800 Lord, I cannot do that. 357 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,600 I stand here as Alfred's messenger. 358 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,520 [Odda the Younger] I will not tell you again, Leofric. 359 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:09,880 [Uhtred] Should any man try to kill me, 360 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,560 then that man is a traitor to the king. 361 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,840 Leofric, you will kill him! Alfred is no longer my king! 362 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,520 [Leofric] I will not do it, Lord! 363 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,240 - My son-- - Father, 364 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,240 [gasps] 365 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,360 May your mother forgive me. 366 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:41,360 And may you be forgiven for your treason. 367 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,120 [all murmuring] 368 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,680 Lord, forgive him, 369 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,600 let him die a noble. 370 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,400 Forgive him... 371 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:15,320 I ask you this as your servant. 372 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:23,320 Odda... you will do as I command; 373 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,760 you will raise the Somerset fyrd. 374 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:34,560 Lord, forgive my son, please! 375 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:39,600 I will not forgive what I have seen. 376 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,320 You will raise the fyrd! 377 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,560 [sighs] Yes, Lord. 378 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:16,800 I will need 20 horsemen... to take word 379 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:22,200 to all men able to carry sword, hook or spear. 380 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:28,320 The word is that Alfred is king... 381 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,520 [all yelling] 382 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,920 ...and will fight alongside 383 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:38,840 the swords of Wessex to his dying breath! 384 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,360 - Come on! - [all cheering] 385 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:47,560 Come on! Come on! 386 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,800 May we speak? 387 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,360 About our son. 388 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,240 You know? 389 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,400 Then there is nothing left to say. 390 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:22,360 I am sorry that his death 391 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,520 was something that you had to face alone. 392 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:25,920 [scoffs] 393 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,080 I was not alone. 394 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,600 Being without a husband does not mean I am alone. 395 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,840 Then I am sorry for the life that I have given you. 396 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:39,400 I have found peace, I hope you can do the same. 397 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,000 Was there sickness? 398 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,240 - I would like to understand. - Children are frail. 399 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:55,040 And you will have other sons, I'm sure, with your queen. 400 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,760 Is she here? 401 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,120 Yes. 402 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,480 I would like you to leave me alone, 403 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,600 never speak to me again. 404 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,080 We have nothing that binds us, nothing. 405 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,200 Avoid me, please. 406 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:39,280 Uhtred Ragnarson, should I be pleased to see you? 407 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,440 Skorpa of the White Horse. 408 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,600 I am expected, by the Lord Odda. 409 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:48,440 The Lord Odda is in the ground, 410 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:55,760 So what now, do I speak with you; 411 00:34:56,240 --> 00:34:58,000 does the truce stand? 412 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:01,920 For today it stands, tomorrow we'll kill you. 413 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:07,200 You will kill me... with what? 414 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:10,320 I have almost 1,000 men to call upon. 415 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:14,800 Your ships have been burned, Skorpa, by Alfred. 416 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,160 He is gathering a great Saxon army. 417 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:22,320 I am aware my ships are gone, and I will have my revenge. 418 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:26,400 You should return to Guthrum and prepare to die! 419 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,680 Did your queen tell you that your sister 420 00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:38,040 is being humped in the arse each and every night 421 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:42,400 Did your mother tell you that she should have 422 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:46,640 I will look for you first across the battle field. 423 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:51,160 I will be there, and I will not be difficult to find. 424 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,280 [Alfred] He will go to Guthrum? 425 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,680 I believe he will, Lord. 426 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,960 Then the battle is one step nearer. 427 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:16,960 Beocca, you should wash out your mouth. 428 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:21,120 Yes, Lord, I will... with ale. 429 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,480 How many men? 430 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,600 Four hundred. No more. 431 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,960 And this is the great Saxon army? 432 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:58,560 Their numbers will grow. We need to march. 433 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,480 There needs to be a story of a slaughter. 434 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:05,200 Only days ago Ragnar was asking if the war was over? 435 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:07,800 Skorpa is right, there must be a slaughter. 436 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,680 We must take the fight to Alfred and his God. 437 00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:16,520 And you are ready to kill your brother? 438 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,920 If it comes to that, yes. 439 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,480 Then we shall face one great army with another. 440 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,520 [Alfred] Once the armies are assembled, 441 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,800 I shall speak to them, as one. 442 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,520 Each man should know... 443 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,200 ...this war is not only about land.... 444 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:50,240 Should the heathens win, then Christ is defeated. 445 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:57,120 [Uhtred] When you speak to the men, Lord, 446 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:01,360 Then what do you suggest I say? 447 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,200 Tell them that you will die for them, that's good. 448 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,160 Tell them that we will make the Danes pay in blood, 449 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,160 and that they will be rewarded in plunder. 450 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,480 I am to talk of revenge and greed? 451 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,280 They are men, Lord, not angels. 452 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,200 We shall stop for a moment. 453 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:26,120 Halt... We halt! 454 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:35,600 Lord? 455 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,600 It is Egbert's Stone. 456 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:41,920 Within these next few yards, 457 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,280 we will know if we have an army, 458 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,880 of angels or otherwise. 459 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,520 I will go alone. 460 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,120 If no one is there, what then? 461 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,440 I see... 462 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,400 Not a single one. 463 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:29,080 Not a single man has answered my call. 464 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:37,040 Then we wait. We must wait, Lord. 465 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:56,640 A fine knife... 466 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,400 A Dane's knife. 467 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:02,680 This thing? 468 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:04,920 Yes, I took it from a Dane, 469 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,240 a Dane I killed. 470 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,120 - Where? - Winchester. 471 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,520 This was before you groveled on your arse to Guthrum? 472 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:16,000 Before I presented myself to him, yes. 473 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,800 I was not, however, treated in a kingly manner 474 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:20,200 and decided to escape. 475 00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:22,560 A king under the Danes is no king. 476 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:27,400 Uhtred, I do like you, but I rather tire of your preaching. 477 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,480 Have you ever thought of becoming a priest? 478 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,080 - Ever since I was a boy. - That is a lie. 479 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:35,560 I baptized him twice, he's still not a Christian. 480 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,440 [knife cuts] 481 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,400 For luck. 482 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,520 Then I will need a lock from you. 483 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,800 Where is Alfred? 484 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:52,480 Watching... waiting for his army. 485 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,320 I think I shall go and sit with him a while. 486 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,880 You are fond of him now? 487 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,400 For luck. 488 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,200 [breathing heavily] 489 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:20,960 Lord... 490 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,720 I thought you would like company. 491 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,600 What do you see? What do you hear? 492 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,680 - I hear nothing, Lord. - No... No... 493 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:53,520 There is a change in the shadows, in the air. 494 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:54,720 They are out there. 495 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,440 I see nothing but grass, Lord. 496 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:01,120 - Beyond the grass, trees. - There! There! 497 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,040 It's men. 498 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,120 And more... more men there. 499 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:13,160 They have answered the call. 500 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:14,880 They have answered the call. 501 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,040 The swords of England, they're coming. 502 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:21,040 [chuckles] 503 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,360 It's the swords of Wessex! 504 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:32,640 Swords of England! 505 00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:41,320 Today, is a day for warriors. 506 00:43:42,240 --> 00:43:45,800 A day to kill your enemies. 507 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:51,800 A day we make the Pagans wish they had never heard of Wessex! 508 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,840 Today, we fight for Wessex! 509 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,080 [all cheering] 510 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,880 [Alfred] And not only for Wessex. 511 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,680 We have men here from Northumbria, 512 00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:12,200 from Mercia, from East Anglia. 513 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,400 And why are the Pagan's here? 514 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,680 They want your wives for their pleasure. 515 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:22,560 They want your children as their slaves. 516 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:25,120 They want your homes as their own! 517 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:28,280 But they do... not... know us! 518 00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:30,920 [all cheering] 519 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,280 They do not know our swords, 520 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:43,120 they do not know our axes, our spears, 521 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:46,600 they do not know our courage! 522 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:50,400 And today... We kill them! 523 00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:53,440 [all cheering] 524 00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:57,400 We shall make the ground red with their blood! 525 00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:00,520 We shall strip them of what they have plundered, 526 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,840 we shall make them cry out for mercy, 527 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:07,160 and there will be none! 528 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:08,520 No mercy! 529 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:13,240 [all chanting] No mercy! No mercy! No mercy! 530 00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,360 [chanting continues] 531 00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:23,440 Should I fall, 532 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:26,480 you and Hild are to take my horse and ride clear of here. 533 00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:28,560 You will not fall, I forbid it. 534 00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,520 Everything I have is packed in my bags, it's yours. 535 00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:35,840 You will not fail. 536 00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,280 I fight for you. 537 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:48,240 [chanting continues] 538 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,920 Kill them all! 539 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:04,320 Then no mercy it must be. 540 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:09,480 Should you meet Uhtred in battle there can be no doubt. 541 00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,120 No mercy. 542 00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:15,280 None. 543 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,400 We should not be holding back, Lord. 544 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,320 We should attack with every man. 545 00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:29,920 I will decide how we fight. You will follow my orders. 546 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:31,760 Yes, Lord. 547 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,280 No mercy. 548 00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:44,960 Form our lines. 549 00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:47,480 Form our lines! 550 00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:49,840 Shields up! 551 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:56,200 - Advance! - [Leofric] Come on! 552 00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:58,480 Forward. 553 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:10,760 Hold the line, we work as one. We do not break. 554 00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,720 Shields, lock. 555 00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,520 Hold the line. 556 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,840 - Halt! - Halt! 557 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:38,640 Wulfhere, I will have your guts you traitorous bastard! 558 00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:40,480 This is our land! 559 00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:43,760 [all cheering] 560 00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:52,440 [commanding orders indistinct] 561 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:05,400 First in line, as you wished. 562 00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:14,120 [all yelling] 563 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:17,920 Here they come! 564 00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:22,880 Hold! 565 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:27,840 Hold! 566 00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:39,800 [all grunting] 567 00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:42,760 [screaming in pain] 568 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,280 Keep the wall tight! 569 00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:52,320 [Leofric] Have that Wulfhere, you bastard! 570 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:54,560 Hold! 571 00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:07,760 Leofric! [speaks indistinct] 572 00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:09,440 Leofric! 573 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:13,520 Leave him! Leave him! Close the gaps! 574 00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:16,280 Keep the wall tight! 575 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:18,200 [yells indistinct] 576 00:49:18,240 --> 00:49:20,120 Three, two, one... 577 00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:22,720 [all grunting in unison] 578 00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:31,680 No mercy! 579 00:49:31,720 --> 00:49:34,280 [yells] 580 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:45,440 No more ground shall be lost! 581 00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:52,840 Follow me! 582 00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:57,560 [screaming] 583 00:49:57,600 --> 00:49:59,400 God have mercy! 584 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:11,080 [horse whinnying] [people screaming] 585 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:39,000 We fall back! As one! 586 00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:41,040 We ease! 587 00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:43,680 [all chanting in unison] 588 00:50:43,720 --> 00:50:48,240 Hold! We hold here! We go no further! 589 00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:53,600 Edge backwards with me at my level! 590 00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:56,400 [screaming] [all grunting in unison] 591 00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:18,240 Uhtred Ragnarson! Can you hear me? 592 00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,120 I hear you, Skorpa. 593 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:22,520 Do you wish to surrender? 594 00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:27,200 I have a gift for you! Your queen! 595 00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:36,800 - No mercy! - [all yelling] 596 00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:40,320 You will be struck down with my spear! 597 00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:43,400 [screaming] 598 00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:47,640 And you will spend eternity in the fires of hell! 599 00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:03,880 Uhtred! 600 00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:08,320 [grunts] 601 00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:15,720 Take the horse. 602 00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:27,680 [groans in pain] 603 00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:39,160 Lord, what are your orders? Lord? 604 00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,400 Did you see that? 605 00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:44,760 It came as the priest said. 606 00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:46,560 What, Lord? 607 00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:49,200 Their God is with them. 608 00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:51,840 So what are your orders? 609 00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:58,240 [mumbles indistinct] 610 00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:38,960 [yells indistinct] 611 00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:56,360 No mercy! 612 00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:02,720 No mercy! 613 00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:41,400 His grave is to be marked like that of an Aelderman. 614 00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:44,240 I shall see to it. 615 00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:49,480 [Beocca] Uhtred... 616 00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:53,560 Iseult is whole. 617 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,600 She has been wrapped and made ready for burial. 618 00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:01,920 [Uhtred sighs deeply] 619 00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:04,840 I want her to have a pyre. 620 00:55:05,560 --> 00:55:07,640 Then she shall have it. 621 00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:15,240 Uhtred... for all that you have done... 622 00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:20,720 ...all that you have shown me, thank you. 623 00:55:22,240 --> 00:55:24,840 You have given everything. 624 00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:29,760 You are the man I always hoped you would become. 625 00:55:31,720 --> 00:55:33,840 [exhales] 626 00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:37,640 [Uhtred] In the year 878, at Ethandun, 627 00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:41,160 King Alfred defeated Guthrum of the Danes 628 00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:43,240 and drove them from Wessex. 629 00:56:43,280 --> 00:56:47,920 I am indebted, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 630 00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:50,880 Wessex is indebted. 631 00:56:54,760 --> 00:57:00,000 There can be no negotiation, Lord, only surrender. 632 00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:03,880 - That is your advice? - It is. 633 00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:07,200 I hear you. 634 00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:10,440 Lord. 635 00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:19,160 [Uhtred] Peace was secured with hostages, 636 00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:26,080 including my friend Brida... and my brother Young Ragnar. 637 00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:36,360 Peace was further secured by Earl Guthrum's baptism 638 00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:38,600 and acceptance of the Christian God. 639 00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:41,280 You renounce the Devil and all his work. 640 00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:44,160 - I do. - Let this water cleanse you 641 00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:48,280 and make you worthy of God's blessing. 642 00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:51,080 Guthrum, you are now a child of God. 643 00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:53,120 [all] Amen. 644 00:57:55,440 --> 00:57:58,520 [Uhtred] As for Uhtred the Godless... 645 00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:03,680 ...my journey continues. 646 00:58:06,440 --> 00:58:13,000 My path leads north, to blood feuds, to revenge. 647 00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:18,000 And to Bebbanburg. 648 00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:21,080 Destiny is all.