1 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,480 [Uhtred] I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,760 I was born an alderman of England. 3 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:20,000 Our Ancestors took this land and you will die for it if needed. 4 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:21,760 [Uhtred the Older] Kill them all!! 5 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,800 [Uhtred] I saw my father killed in battle and my uncle steal his lands. 6 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,400 I was taken by the invaders. 7 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:29,840 First, as a slave, 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,640 and then as a son to Earl Ragnar. 9 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,280 That was my family, my life: 10 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,640 young Ragnar, my brother, and Brida, my friend. 11 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:45,240 Until my family were murdered by Kjartan the cruel and his one-eyed son, Sven. 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,000 And my sister taken hostage on the eve of her wedding. 13 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:55,160 I fled to Alfred, the Saxon King of Wessex. 14 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,920 I fell in love with a Pagan queen, 15 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,760 who saw my sister in a vision. 16 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,480 Uhtred, she lives and is being held in the North. 17 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,239 [all yelling] 18 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,200 [Uhtred] In the year 878 at Ethandun, 19 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,320 I fought alongside King Alfred 20 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,760 to defeat the Danes and drove them from Wessex, 21 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,120 but at a great price. 22 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,040 Uhtred Ragnarson... 23 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:21,000 I have a gift for you. 24 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,960 Your queen! 25 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,200 [screams] 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,720 [groans] 27 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,960 [Uhtred] Peace was secured with hostages, Brida and Ragnar. 28 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,280 And by the Danish Earl's Baptism and acceptance of the Christian God. 29 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:40,320 As for Uhtred the godless? 30 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,360 My path led North, 31 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,160 to blood feuds, to revenge 32 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,200 and to Bebbanburg. 33 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,320 Destiny, is all. 34 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,440 ♪♪ 35 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,920 -[Alfred] No mercy! -[army] No mercy! 36 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,640 [Alfred] No mercy! 37 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:42,960 [artist] Lord? 38 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,400 Lord! Are the ideas suitable? 39 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,000 I have tried to show both courage and sacrifice. 40 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,360 Faced with a fearsome enemy. 41 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,000 But I do not see, God. 42 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,240 -He was there, within us all. -Praise Him. 43 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,640 Word of the victory is being spread throughout the land. 44 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,800 People will hear that it was God-given. 45 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,000 He was amongst us. 46 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,640 [grunting] 47 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,720 Aethelflaed, with me, 48 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,440 -before you hurt him. -Yes, Mother. 49 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,000 The Witan is full to brimming. 50 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,760 Every Ealdorman and his brother is here to bask. 51 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,240 Not all of them deserving. 52 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,400 ♪♪ 53 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,040 [Alfred] Wessex is safe. 54 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,000 [all cheering] 55 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,080 But, Ealdormen, 56 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,560 to keep Wessex safe we must now look beyond its borders... 57 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,080 to Mercia, East Anglia, to Cornwalum, Wales and to the North... 58 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:04,960 to Northumbria 59 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,280 and to the once great and holy city of Eoferwic, where now, 60 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:13,040 Christian men and women suffer under the dark rule of the Danes. 61 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,320 There are two Northmen, 62 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:18,160 Sigefrid and Erik... 63 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:23,440 two godless brothers with a voracious appetite for land, silver, slaves and war. 64 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,120 I want it known 65 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,480 and I want them to know... 66 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:33,880 that God, Alfred and the Ealdormen of Wessex are watching. 67 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,560 The day of reckoning will come! 68 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,040 [all cheering] 69 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,040 ♪♪ 70 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,920 Make way, make way! 71 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,080 Is this the palace of King Alfred? 72 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,320 Halt! Stand back from the King's guard. 73 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,640 I have a letter that he will wish to read! 74 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,360 You must let me pass! 75 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:17,480 In all too soon a time, Aethelflaed will be old enough 76 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,520 for betrothal, then marriage. 77 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,080 You require a list of suitors, lord? 78 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:23,280 I do. 79 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,720 They must be a match for my daughter, her mother, for Wessex 80 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:27,840 and my idea of a united land. 81 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,720 In which order, lord? 82 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,680 Oh, do not ask me, my friend. I pray I never need to choose. 83 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,360 [Trew] I have business with the king. 84 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:39,160 Lord, forgive my interruption, may I introduce Brother Trew. 85 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,640 Lord, I am honored. 86 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,200 Brother Trew has traveled from the north. 87 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:46,440 Cumbraland, in the west of Northumbria. 88 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:50,120 He has a letter that tells of a vision and a prophecy. 89 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,440 From the heavens, lord, I swear. 90 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,600 The Abbot Eadred of Cumbraland did dream of a likeness 91 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,200 and this likeness did speak to him. 92 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,240 The likeness was of Saint Cuthbert! 93 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,280 -Cuthbert. -Speaking directly from heaven. 94 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,840 The Abbot tells of Cuthbert's instruction within the letter. 95 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,920 Lord, for the Saxons and Britons in the North, there is an urgency. 96 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,160 We are lost. 97 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,080 We are, in general, ruled by Danes. We are in need of a Christian savior. 98 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,920 This savior is Guthred. 99 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,600 A man who is a lowly slave and who himself must first be saved. 100 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,040 At the behest of the blessed Cuthbert. 101 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:33,600 [wind blowing] 102 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:38,480 The doors are open to the elements, Brother Trew, nothing more. 103 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,760 It can be done, lord, it can be arranged, 104 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:43,840 with your help and guidance. 105 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,640 And you shall have it, Brother Trew, I'm sure. 106 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,480 Father Beocca, I will send for you when I have read the letter, 107 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,040 which I shall do immediately, do not wander. 108 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:53,640 No, lord. 109 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,000 [door opens] 110 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,120 [door closes] 111 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,520 Influence beyond Wessex, Odda. 112 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:09,600 Heaven sent. 113 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,320 [letter folding] 114 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,400 [bell tinkling] 115 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,200 [woman speaking indistinctly] 116 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,640 [snoring] 117 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:52,960 ♪♪ 118 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,640 -Good day. -It is, Sister. 119 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,040 Your sword! 120 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,160 It is not your sword. 121 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,920 You may keep the silver you will have taken, but not the sword. 122 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,520 You will turn and run, girl. 123 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,080 I have killed... 124 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,440 and I will kill again, I'm sure. 125 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,440 But hopefully not today... 126 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:26,640 girl. 127 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,360 -[gasps] -[Halig] Morning, lord. 128 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,280 -She did the very same thing to me. -We're leaving. 129 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:35,440 [groans] 130 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:37,000 Could you not have shook me awake? 131 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,720 It is time for you to stop drinking and whoring 132 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:40,320 -and to do what we set out to do. -I am wet! 133 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,919 Your sword has been stolen, lord, along with your silver. 134 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,400 Hild! [groans] 135 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,040 I recovered Serpent-Breath, when you are able to stand, I shall return her. 136 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,920 -We will be leaving. -I will decide when we are leaving! 137 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,680 I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 138 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,120 -I will not be schooled by a nun! -[Halig] She is not wrong, lord. 139 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,280 You have been drinking whole fields of barley. 140 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,160 Nor will I be lectured by an arseling! 141 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,600 [panting] 142 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,720 If you are drinking to forget Iseult, you do her no favors. 143 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,920 Her memory should be cherished, 144 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,040 not lost in a fog of ale and bosoms. 145 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:33,680 My sword. 146 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,120 Are we to ride to Northumbria 147 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,920 and to the next inn and the next jug of ale? 148 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,320 What am I to do in Northumbria with an army of two: 149 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,040 a nun and a rag-arse? 150 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,720 -A loyal rag-arse. -Prepare yourself. 151 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:45,880 To do what? 152 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,720 Kill Kjartan and the men who surround him? 153 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:50,880 You can begin to carry yourself as a lord! 154 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,640 Or we can return to Winchester? 155 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,560 No, we cannot return to Winchester. 156 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,960 Did she not say that your path led north? 157 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,160 ♪♪ 158 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,360 Thank you. 159 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,920 ♪♪ 160 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,080 [indistinct chatter] 161 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:20,600 [grunts] 162 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,240 Forgive me, lord-- 163 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:25,720 Please, lord. 164 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:27,360 [grunts] 165 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,000 May your gods protect you on your quest. 166 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,720 What do you know of my gods? 167 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:34,880 Nothing, lord. I meant no insult. 168 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,880 Sigefrid, leave him, he's just a priest. 169 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,560 Come on, brother, we have Scots to kill. 170 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:45,600 [groans] 171 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:49,520 [Haesten] Erik. 172 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,400 The city we leave in your hands, it is ours, it must remain ours. 173 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,080 I will ensure it. 174 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:58,640 You have enough men. 175 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,760 Keep them sober and do not kill for the fun of it. 176 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:03,280 [chuckles] No, lord. 177 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,040 You do me a great honor, lord, 178 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:09,320 though I wish I was going with you. 179 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,440 Remember, what we need more than silver is women! 180 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:25,520 [laughter] 181 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,600 Red-haired women! 182 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:32,960 To the sea wall that awaits us, to the joy of battle! 183 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,240 [all cheering] 184 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,440 And to the blood of the Scots! 185 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:37,920 [all cheering] 186 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 ♪♪ 187 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,120 Oh. Father Hrothweard, we have been waiting for you. 188 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,160 I will serve. 189 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,440 We must rise up. 190 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:26,760 Every day we hear stories of what has happened in Wessex. 191 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,320 The brothers have, this very moment, 192 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:35,760 taken their army north, they will be gone for months perhaps. 193 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,240 There is no better time than now. 194 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,160 We must take Alfred's lead 195 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,640 and kill every bastard Dane and Northman in Eoferwic. 196 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,280 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 197 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,600 I am not saying grace! 198 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:55,840 It is a battle-cry! 199 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,920 [all yelling] 200 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,080 [Halig] Smoke. 201 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,600 [clicks tongue] 202 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:58,320 Danes. 203 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,880 [Uhtred] Danes would not slaughter Danes like this. 204 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:16,480 If there is slaughter, lord, 205 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,720 and there appears to be slaughter, why do we ride towards it? 206 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,920 [Uhtred] We are curious. 207 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,920 [grunting] 208 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,440 Fight a Dane! 209 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,120 Test your sword-craft! 210 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:40,000 Do battle with a turd, directly from the devil's ass! Aah! Aah! 211 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,600 You can cut him, but you cannot kill him! 212 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,880 And if he kills you then so be it. 213 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,320 More fool you. 214 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:50,440 [cheering] 215 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,480 [grunting] 216 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,280 Hit him! Hit him! 217 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:57,480 Hit him! 218 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,520 [grunting] 219 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,000 [showman] Go on, hit him! 220 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,120 [grunts] 221 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:13,600 Lord? 222 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,440 Lord, we are Saxons, none of our business. 223 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:20,520 [grunts] 224 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,960 If it is a fight you want, it can be with me. 225 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,600 This is Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg and of Wessex! 226 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,440 It is sport, lord, a pastime. 227 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,280 Your sport is over! Pick up your sword. 228 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,120 [Uhtred] Pick it up. 229 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,680 Lord, this man belongs to me. 230 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:40,880 He is my prisoner. 231 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,240 He was left in command. 232 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:44,400 Is it Valhalla you want? 233 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,200 In time, lord. 234 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,480 Freedom would be my first choice. 235 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,560 -Who do you serve? -The brothers, Sigefrid and Erik. 236 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:57,680 They have gone to fight the Scots. 237 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,960 I beg you, lord, he will be my income. 238 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,640 Halig, give this piece of weasel shit a coin. 239 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:04,920 A coin, lord? 240 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,200 -He would be my income for a year-- -Not one more word, I'm warning you! 241 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,520 -Leave now. -What? 242 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:17,400 [panting] 243 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:18,640 Go. 244 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:23,599 [grunting] 245 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,280 [Hrothweard] You! You! 246 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,160 State your name and your business! 247 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,880 You keep the company of a nun, 248 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,360 yet look every piece of you a Dane! 249 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,360 My business is my own and not that of a priest. 250 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,240 He is Uhtred of Bebbanburg, Father. 251 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,000 Uhtred? 252 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,280 You are the Uhtred, 253 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,560 who served with Alfred at Ethandun? 254 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:49,880 I am. 255 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,000 Oh, praise Him. 256 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,480 Praise God. It is a sign. 257 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:55,880 [man] Praise God. 258 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,040 You know of Ethandun? 259 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:01,640 Not only do we know of this battle, lord, we have risen because of it. 260 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,640 And just days ago, Alfred has sent his very own priest. 261 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,000 You killed all the Danes that ruled Eoferwic? 262 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:10,680 We have. 263 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:12,560 All those that did not flee. 264 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,000 The holy city of Eoferwic welcomes you. 265 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:22,480 We will give you food and shelter and thanks, Lord Uhtred. 266 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:26,640 God bless you. 267 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,600 We take care of the horses... 268 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,600 and then I find Alfred's priest. 269 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:40,680 [grunts] 270 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:42,560 Ah. 271 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,640 [indistinct chatter] 272 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:48,480 Clear the way. 273 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:49,960 [grunts] 274 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,320 [Beocca] We carry it all, we must. 275 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,760 But what guarantee do we have that he will not steal Alfred's silver? 276 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,760 [Beocca] None. That's the risk we have to take. 277 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,720 [Uhtred] Have you been stealing from Alfred, Father Beocca? 278 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,920 Uhtred! Oh, my goodness, Uhtred! 279 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,200 Wow! What a joy it is to see you! 280 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,720 And for me to see your hairless head. 281 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:18,840 [both laugh] 282 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,480 I have been praying that our paths would cross. 283 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,480 This is a sign, God's will. 284 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,600 Brother Trew, this is the man I have been speaking about. 285 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,400 And here he is. In our time of need, he is here. 286 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,560 [Beocca] We are traveling North with Alfred's blessing, and silver. 287 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,040 It is a ransom to be paid to free a slave, 288 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:41,680 but he is no ordinary slave. 289 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,320 This man is marked to become a King. 290 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,320 Of Cumbraland. His name is Guthred. 291 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:47,560 A Dane? 292 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,960 But a good man, a man of God. 293 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,040 The spirit of Saint Cuthbert has decreed that Guthred shall be King. 294 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:54,960 A prophecy. 295 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:57,960 -Oh, my good lord. -He appeared in a dream 296 00:19:58,040 --> 00:19:59,840 to the Abbot Eadred of Cumbraland. 297 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:02,440 He named Guthred as King of both Saxons and Danes. 298 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,560 -How many men is that? -Hundreds, thousands perhaps. 299 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:11,080 -Warriors? -Some, yes, of course. 300 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:18,520 Alfred would not be content with this man being solely King of Cumbraland. 301 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,360 Well, yes, Alfred would wish for Guthred's influence 302 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,320 to spread across the whole of Northumbria. 303 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,320 Including here in Eoferwic. 304 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:28,720 Come with us. 305 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,320 Help us to free Guthred. 306 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,800 Protect the ransom until it is delivered and I am sure it will be rewarded. 307 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,480 Your bargain is with whom? 308 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,080 [Trew] A slave-master. 309 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,600 The village in which we are meeting sits on land 310 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,560 belongs to someone from your past: 311 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,120 Kjartan. 312 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,120 ♪♪ 313 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,520 Kjartan's land will be full of men. 314 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:52,720 Warriors. 315 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,760 [Halig] Father, who's protected you so far? 316 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:55,960 Do you have no guard? 317 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,920 We have gathered a group of sickly men who suffer from the White Riff. 318 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,920 Leprosy is a terrible curse. 319 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,080 Put these poor creatures in a cart 320 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:04,840 and no man dare approach. 321 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:09,360 No one can imagine the treasure sitting beside the disease. 322 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,880 Your King, Guthred... 323 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:15,720 Kjartan would be his enemy? 324 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,000 He would. It was Kjartan's men killed his father. 325 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,080 Guthred himself was captured and sold as a slave. 326 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,320 Then he would be prepared to raise an army against Kjartan? 327 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,480 He would be an ally, I'm sure. 328 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,520 [Hild] As I am sure Uhtred is but one man. 329 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:31,840 -Against many. -[Beocca] No. 330 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,040 No, Uhtred is more than just one man. 331 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,600 And he is here for a reason. 332 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,640 [Aelswith] I have come to wish you good night, lord. 333 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,320 Rest well. 334 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:00,480 Stay. 335 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,720 Stay. 336 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,720 I have been thinking of Northumbria. 337 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,920 Eoferwic is the great city of the north, 338 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,840 to make it Saxon once again would bring hope. 339 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,600 It would be a beacon. 340 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:34,560 Yes. 341 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:40,240 A fortress, from which all the Danes of the north could be challenged 342 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,520 and England grows. 343 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:13,280 Should you not be sleeping, lord? 344 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,160 Yes, I should be sleeping. 345 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,640 I have always intended to ask about the amber on the hilt of your sword. 346 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:27,720 Mm. 347 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:30,560 Is it decoration, or something more? 348 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,080 It was given to me at my birth by my father... 349 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:38,440 to remind me of who I am. 350 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,480 Who you are, lord... 351 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,280 is defined by what you do. 352 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,560 And what you have done has given you reputation... 353 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,320 but reputation is not a shield. 354 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,560 I think Father Beocca asks too much. 355 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:10,680 No. 356 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,760 No, it's fate that I am here. 357 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,200 It was fate you drenched me in water, 358 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,200 sent us on our way. 359 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,960 Kjartan will have men at this village, no doubt. 360 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:35,880 But he and his one-eyed son Sven, they murdered my family and they must be faced. 361 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:40,720 And I have my sister to find. 362 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,920 Are you certain she still lives? 363 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,360 Iseult was certain. 364 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,720 Then you should sleep. 365 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,080 Hild. 366 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,720 I would sleep easier lying next to a woman. 367 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:06,920 [chuckles] 368 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,360 Should I fetch another bucket, lord? 369 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,440 ♪♪ 370 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:37,560 We move! 371 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,720 Can you smell the northern sea, boy? The Northumbrian air? 372 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,240 I smell it and I feel it, Father. 373 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,720 -It feels like home. -That it does. 374 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,560 ♪♪ 375 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:06,720 I'd prefer you not to look at me, lord. 376 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,200 Is it wrong that I look? You have beauty. 377 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,880 And you have an appetite I do not wish to satisfy. 378 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,360 I am with you, lord, because I am safe with you. 379 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,080 [growls] 380 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:22,920 [both chuckle] 381 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:27,000 I would like you to teach me how to fight, sword-craft. 382 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,760 [chuckles] Skill. The Danes call it sword-skill. 383 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,840 Then I would like you to teach me sword-skill. 384 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,800 To help you kill men who stare? 385 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:41,200 No, lord, to protect myself and those I care for. 386 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,840 Yourself included. 387 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,960 I give to you my heart and my soul and ask in return... 388 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,320 We are being followed. 389 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,000 -You are aware of this I'm sure. -I am. 390 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:03,480 We are? 391 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,480 By whom? 392 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,640 Men belonging to Kjartan. 393 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,160 They are the shepherds, we are the sheep. 394 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,440 -[Halig] Then it is a trap. -[Uhtred] It is. 395 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,840 You will enter the slave market alone. 396 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,600 And then what happens, death? 397 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,520 I will follow. I will be with the Lepers. 398 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,080 -You will not be at our side? -No. 399 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,400 Your purpose here is to protect us. 400 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:27,920 Do they ride? 401 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,600 You wish to know if the lepers can ride? I have no idea! 402 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,080 Beocca, what is this nonsense? 403 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,880 If we are to save Guthred and live to see him crowned King, 404 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,480 then the slaver, and whoever sits with him, must fear me. 405 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,800 They will not bargain. 406 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,600 And I am but one man, so... 407 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:47,000 they must fear me and I will choose how. 408 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,200 Beocca, I will need you to play your part. 409 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:52,720 [all yelling] 410 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:53,960 Move! 411 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:58,160 Move it! 412 00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:59,160 [grunts] 413 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:00,840 You like this one, huh? 414 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,160 He's fast, very hard working. 415 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:04,000 Bring another one. 416 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:04,880 [grunts] 417 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,560 This one, one of my best. 418 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,400 [grunts] 419 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,960 You like him? He's very strong, very young. 420 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:14,880 Something for you, huh? 421 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,520 [Dane] Horseman approaching! 422 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,120 [grunting] 423 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:30,720 Hello! 424 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,000 It is my friend, the silver monk! 425 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,480 And with guests. 426 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:39,800 And a woman! 427 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,200 How pleasing. 428 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,920 [exhales] 429 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,640 I have forgotten your name, silver monk, but not our price. 430 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,040 Do you have it? 431 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:51,960 Do you have our man, Guthred? 432 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,920 I have your man. Of course, I have your man. 433 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:55,960 Then I will see him. 434 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,840 No! You will give me the silver, now. 435 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,280 She looks strong. I like that. 436 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,000 The woman is not part of the price. 437 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,680 Good strong legs, to hold on to my arse. 438 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,480 [Trew] I wish to see Guthred. Guthred! 439 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,120 Make yourself known! Guthred of Cumbraland! 440 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,120 Can you hear me?! 441 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:26,280 I will decide when you see your man. 442 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,960 You will give us the ransom and you will give it now. 443 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,920 You will do everything I say. 444 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,360 You'll come down from your horse, girl. 445 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:58,520 [grunts] 446 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:03,400 Too old to keep. 447 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,200 -Take off your skirts. -I will not. 448 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,440 Lord, there are horsemen missing. 449 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:13,920 What are you saying?! 450 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,560 Men are missing. 451 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,560 I counted five more horses than are here. They must be hiding, lord. 452 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:24,840 [Sven] Priest, is my man correct? There are further horsemen? 453 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,640 He is correct, lord, 454 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,640 but these horsemen, they came from nowhere 455 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,480 and asking us to where we were traveling. 456 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,560 And we prayed that they would leave us, vanish. 457 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,160 You wanted rid of them? 458 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,080 Believe me when I say this, they were not of this world, lord. 459 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,640 They were not men like you and I are men. 460 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:46,800 What do you mean they are not men? 461 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,400 Well, why are you doing that? 462 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,600 This... signing your god? 463 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,840 We were asking his protection, lord, from the horsemen. 464 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,840 If they are not men, what are they? 465 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,480 Please, to speak of them may summon them. 466 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,000 From where? You tell me nothing. 467 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,240 Can we not simply give you the silver and be on our way, lord, please? 468 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:11,000 There is nothing to fear but the lies of a priest. 469 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:13,800 I know it. 470 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:18,440 Lord? 471 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,440 Oh, dear God in heaven, it is him. 472 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:22,440 [riders approaching] 473 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:23,480 [Sven] It is who? 474 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,560 ♪♪ 475 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,440 [all yelling] 476 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,600 [horseman] We've come for your souls! 477 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,280 Your souls! 478 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,200 [Sven] Who are you? 479 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:59,880 I am Odin's messenger to command. I've come from Corpse Hall! 480 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,120 You are Sven Kjartanson? 481 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,120 You will answer me! 482 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,560 What do you want with Sven Kjartanson? 483 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:13,640 I've been sent to take the souls of both Kjartan and his son. 484 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:14,560 Attack. 485 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,080 [roars] 486 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:17,240 Attack! 487 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:18,960 [all yelling] 488 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,880 [grunting] 489 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:27,200 [roars] 490 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:28,720 [grunts] 491 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:33,680 No man shall move, or Sven Kjartanson will die! 492 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,280 You will all hear me! 493 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,200 All of you must leave this place. 494 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:39,360 Go! 495 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,760 Or with one touch of my horsemen, you will be cursed. 496 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,720 Go! 497 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,800 [all screaming] 498 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,080 [groans] 499 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,880 You are going nowhere, but to the devil himself. 500 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,360 [groans] 501 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,640 [horse whinnies] 502 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:59,320 I should kill you now. I should take you piece by piece! 503 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,800 -No, please, spare me. -Odin would forgive me I am sure of it. 504 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,160 -I will be a changed man-- -You will never change! 505 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:06,480 You cannot change! 506 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:07,840 [Beocca] Lord! 507 00:34:09,639 --> 00:34:12,560 Lord, I beg you. 508 00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:14,120 That he fears you, is enough. 509 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:16,199 Let him take their fear to Kjartan. 510 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,679 [groans] 511 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,920 May we free the prisoners, lord? Search the pens for a friend, a king? 512 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:35,080 You may. I have no business with you. 513 00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:36,760 [Beocca] Thank you, lord. 514 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,920 We shall leave this place just as soon as we have found him. 515 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,520 It would be for the best. 516 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,440 [Trew] Guthred! Guthred? 517 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,480 We are looking for Guthred of Cumbraland... 518 00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:57,520 -son of Harthacnut. -I am Guthred. 519 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:00,880 -How can I help you? -Lord? 520 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,360 Is it you? 521 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:06,800 We have found you. 522 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:09,800 You have, it seems. 523 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,280 Who are you? 524 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,560 Find your way home in darkness. 525 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:15,640 [groans] 526 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:17,880 [Sven] Hear me! 527 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,280 Hear me now! 528 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:26,080 A silver coin to any man who will untie me. 529 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,000 Two coins! 530 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:30,400 [gasps] 531 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,400 And my father's thanks! 532 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:35,120 [gasps] 533 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,480 Who is there? Name yourself. 534 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,400 [gasps] 535 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,520 If you're on this land, you will know who I am. 536 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,880 You will know not to harm me. 537 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:49,040 [screams] 538 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:50,920 [whimpers] 539 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,840 [screams] 540 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:57,760 [growls] 541 00:35:57,840 --> 00:35:59,280 [gasps] 542 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,560 ♪♪ 543 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,320 [groans] 544 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,040 [exhales] 545 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,600 [indistinct chatter] 546 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,960 The Priest tells me it is you I must thank for my freedom. 547 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,160 I did not raise the ransom. 548 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,120 A ransom was not paid. 549 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:26,720 It goes back to the church. 550 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,440 [exhales] 551 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,960 Some coins should go to them, the lepers. 552 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,040 Without them we'd all be dead. 553 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,600 As I am apparently now a king, I shall see they are rewarded. 554 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,160 This is for you. 555 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,280 The king brings me food. 556 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,080 -Did Alfred not feed you? -You know of Alfred? 557 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,880 Aye, every Dane in the land knows of Alfred, 558 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:56,800 and while a slave, some of the men recently captured, they spoke of Ethandun. 559 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:02,120 They spoke of Uhtred, of how he broke a shield wall. 560 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:05,160 You should pay a skald to write a song. 561 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,240 [chuckles] I did that in Mercia. 562 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,440 I was drunk and the song was tuneless. 563 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:11,880 [chuckles] 564 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,080 I am indebted. 565 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,920 My words have no tune, 566 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,760 but they're sincere. 567 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:24,120 You have brought me back to life. 568 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:27,560 Then you owe me. 569 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,840 I do... I do. 570 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:32,480 Serve me. 571 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,400 -Serve you? -Join me. 572 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:36,680 A king needs a commander. 573 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:39,760 Well, think on it... 574 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,880 Uhtred of Wessex. 575 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,440 -I am of Bebbanburg. -Yes, you are, you are. 576 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,080 Is it your intention to build an army? 577 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:50,080 [sighs] 578 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,000 Last night, I was still a slave-- 579 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,160 Build an army and I will command it. 580 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,680 But only if it is your intention to go against all the lords of the north: 581 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,680 Kjartan, also the Brothers and the man who stole my land... 582 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:03,920 my own uncle! 583 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,480 That, I owe you... 584 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,720 Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 585 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:14,080 Now, I must get used to who I am. 586 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,080 Enjoy. 587 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:19,160 ♪♪ 588 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,200 [indistinct chatter] 589 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,040 Why would a dead horseman ride with sickly lepers? 590 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,600 -Were they dead too? -I did not ask. 591 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:09,480 He need ride with no man. 592 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:13,200 He is dead... invincible. 593 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,440 Father, it was as I say. 594 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,040 I know what I witnessed. 595 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,040 -How are we to kill a dead man? -[Sven] Cut him into pieces? Tiny-- 596 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,080 It is a trick! He is a lie! 597 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,000 [dogs barking] 598 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:25,520 Go shut her up! Your bitch! 599 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:33,520 [Sven] It did not appear to be a trick. 600 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:36,680 Everything I have said is true. 601 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:40,000 You, Fiske. 602 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,480 Do you believe this horseman is back from the dead? 603 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:47,760 Yes, lord, it seemed that way. 604 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,640 Then you believe he was sent by Odin to take my soul? 605 00:39:56,320 --> 00:40:00,760 Now, he arrived with the priests and a ransom? 606 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:02,000 Yes, lord. 607 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,560 -But no silver was paid. -No, lord. 608 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,680 Still, they took their man. 609 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,880 We find the slave. 610 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:19,560 We find the lepers and we find the priest. 611 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:24,000 Together they will tell us all we need to know about this Horseman... 612 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,040 dead or otherwise. 613 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,120 ♪♪ 614 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,480 [dogs barking] 615 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,200 You are not welcome here. 616 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,720 You are never welcome here. 617 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,120 My father asked for you to keep the hounds quiet. 618 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,720 Thyra, if you do not comply, 619 00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:04,240 he will have them killed, again. 620 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,720 And again you shall bring me pups. 621 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,040 He will have men hump you. 622 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,360 I tell you every time, 623 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,240 you do not need to live like this. 624 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:22,040 You don't need to eat and sleep with hounds. 625 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:23,920 It is my wish. 626 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,680 [growling] 627 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:30,160 I dream of you... 628 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,080 as you were. 629 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,760 I dream of nothing but the fire. 630 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:52,920 My wedding necklace, 631 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:54,280 do you like it? 632 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:00,160 [growls] 633 00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:03,880 If any love for me remains inside your shriveled heart, 634 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,840 then take out your knife and kill me. 635 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,440 [chanting] 636 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,360 [dogs howling] 637 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:23,400 [door shuts] 638 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:42,080 So you know of the Northmen, Sigefrid and Erik? 639 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,120 They have gone to Alba to fight the Scots. 640 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,560 A mistake. 641 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:50,320 Yes, they will lose numbers. 642 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,800 The men they left at Eoferwic have been slain. 643 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,120 It is open and unguarded. 644 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,520 Only my second day as King of Cumbraland, 645 00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,080 already you wish me to become King of Eoferwic? 646 00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:02,400 Why wait? 647 00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,960 The brothers will return, weakened or not. 648 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,880 I'd rather they remain outside the walls of Eoferwic. 649 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:11,960 Lord! 650 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,880 Lord, the Roman wall! 651 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,280 ♪♪ 652 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:20,400 We follow the wall all the way to Cumbraland, home. 653 00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,880 And then, Uhtred, we prepare take Eoferwic. 654 00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:41,880 Your King! 655 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,800 Your King, he is coming! 656 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,160 Prepare! 657 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,080 Your King! 658 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:49,440 [indistinct chatter] 659 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,400 He will be here soon! 660 00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:54,920 Be sure to greet him. Make him feel welcome! 661 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,760 Now, the Abbot. Where is the Abbot? 662 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:02,840 Brother Trew? 663 00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:04,320 Lady Gisela. 664 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:05,840 You appear to have news? 665 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:07,320 Lady, I do, great news! 666 00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:09,600 -What? -He is here. 667 00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:12,320 -Who? -Your brother, the king. 668 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:15,320 He lives? 669 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,520 Oh, he is well. And he is near, very near. 670 00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:19,720 I must inform Abbot Eadred. 671 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:21,040 Brother Trew. 672 00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:27,040 ♪♪ 673 00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:38,960 Lord Abbot. 674 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:42,080 He is here. 675 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:46,080 [woman] Welcome to our King! 676 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:48,520 -They believe you to be the king, lord. -[man] God bless you, Sire! 677 00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,120 -Then let him be the king. -[man] Bless you, Lord King. 678 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,320 -King for the day. -[man] Praise you, King! 679 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,400 Thank you. Thank you, and may God bless you all. 680 00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:59,760 [Beocca] Uhtred, that is almost blasphemy. 681 00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:03,160 [Uhtred] Thank you all for taking the time to greet the King. 682 00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:05,520 You will stop this nonsense. 683 00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:07,880 Beocca, they love me! 684 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,400 Because they have no idea what a fool you are! 685 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:13,240 Careful, priest, or he will have your head. 686 00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:15,480 [Beocca] Not before he feels my boot! 687 00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:20,520 And may I present to you Queen Hild of the water-bucket, 688 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,400 scourge of slavers and once thrown out of the Nunnery! 689 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:24,800 I was not! 690 00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,000 The lord tells lies and all too easily. 691 00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,440 I will be the first to greet him formally. 692 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,040 -You will all wait upon my word. -Yes, lord. 693 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:34,120 [indistinct chatter] 694 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,200 Lord King! Lord King! 695 00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:44,200 -Lord King! I am the Abbot Eadred. -Abbot, no-- 696 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:50,640 It is I to whom the Blessed Saint Cuthbert appeared in a dream, a glorious dream-- 697 00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:51,560 Abbot, please... 698 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:53,680 He showed me your face... 699 00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:54,600 [chuckles] 700 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,840 ...and he called you "King". 701 00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:57,840 [Uhtred] Thank you. 702 00:45:58,560 --> 00:45:59,720 Are you sure... 703 00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:03,480 that it was not this face here that you saw? 704 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:04,560 What? 705 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:10,200 [gasps] 706 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:12,280 [Gisela] Guthred! 707 00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:14,640 [gasps] 708 00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:16,320 It is you! 709 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:22,560 I didn't dare to believe it. 710 00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:25,880 I didn't dare. 711 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,800 It is the truth. This is Guthred. 712 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:31,680 Yes, of course. Of course! 713 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:35,600 Ah. Now I see the true likeness. 714 00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:36,760 [chuckles] 715 00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:41,640 Forgive me, lord, I have the eyes of an old man. 716 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,240 Lord King, I am the Abbot Eadred. 717 00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:50,200 -And it is I to whom the blessed-- -Abbot Eadred. 718 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:53,960 I have been told of your dream. 719 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:58,080 You must be a most holy man. 720 00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:00,480 You have truly been blessed. 721 00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:03,480 I have, my lord, it is true. 722 00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:07,960 But let us waste no more time. We have waited long enough already. 723 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:11,880 Lord, you shall be crowned King this very day, this very moment. 724 00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,400 The King, whom I promised, 725 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,920 son of the great warrior Harthacnut, 726 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:18,640 has arrived! 727 00:47:18,720 --> 00:47:21,360 The King, who shall lead us all, both Dane and Saxon, 728 00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,440 against the evil that resides in Northumbria... 729 00:47:25,240 --> 00:47:26,800 is here! 730 00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:34,080 With this sword, 731 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:35,560 the sword of Cumbraland, 732 00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:38,080 and with the grace of God, 733 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:42,680 may you find the strength to lead and inspire all men. 734 00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:44,880 Amen. 735 00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:47,120 -Amen. -And now, lord, 736 00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:49,200 we shall enter the church for the royal oath. 737 00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:54,280 Which shall be sworn upon the corpse of the blessed Saint Cuthbert himself. 738 00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:56,400 Cuthbert? 739 00:47:58,120 --> 00:47:59,560 He is here? 740 00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:03,360 In his entirety. 741 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:14,880 ♪♪ 742 00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:24,800 [Beocca] Oh, God in heaven... 743 00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:27,680 I never thought I would see the day. 744 00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:29,960 Is it him, Father? 745 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:31,240 It is. 746 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:34,880 Two hundred years after his death he remains whole... 747 00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,320 a sign of the depth of his holiness. 748 00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:58,200 Oh, most holy Cuthbert, 749 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:02,320 guide us and lead us and bring us to your glory, 750 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:06,240 in the name of Him who died for us. 751 00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:07,600 Amen. 752 00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:09,040 -Amen. -Amen. 753 00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:36,040 See, how the flesh is uncorrupted, 754 00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:37,840 a miracle. 755 00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:48,720 You will take his hand, lord... 756 00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:51,640 and swear your oath. 757 00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:58,280 Uhtred, you are the commander of my household troops. 758 00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:00,520 You will be beside me. 759 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,080 Uhtred, you will kneel. 760 00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:27,960 Take his hand, lord. 761 00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:39,760 God and the blessed Saint Cuthbert have given us this day a king. 762 00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:42,760 A king who shall raise an army 763 00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:45,480 and that army shall march in his name 764 00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:48,560 and all evil shall be expunged! 765 00:50:49,240 --> 00:50:51,920 This you swear. 766 00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:54,440 I swear. 767 00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:01,520 Vivat Rex Guthred! 768 00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:05,560 [people] Vivat Rex Guthred! 769 00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:08,520 -Vivat Rex Guthred! -Vivat Rex Guthred! 770 00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:11,680 [people] Vivat Rex Guthred! 771 00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:14,040 -Vivat Rex Guthred! -Vivat Rex Guthred! 772 00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,680 [people] Vivat Rex Guthred! 773 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:22,160 [snoring] 774 00:51:22,240 --> 00:51:24,440 [indistinct chatter] 775 00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:26,440 Guthred, 776 00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:28,560 or do I now call you, lord? 777 00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:30,680 You can call me whatever pleases you. 778 00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:34,880 Very well, Lord Goose-Shit, I am about to retire. 779 00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:37,560 -Hild will stay with me. -Yes. 780 00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:41,800 It is so good to see your crooked little face again. 781 00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:45,080 It is so good to see that you are still a fool. 782 00:51:46,720 --> 00:51:48,600 -Sleep well. Sleep well. -[Beocca] Good night. 783 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:50,600 Sleep well, lady. 784 00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:53,040 Do not get overly drunk, lord, 785 00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:55,200 for tomorrow you teach me sword-skills. 786 00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:57,640 And maybe one day I shall save your life. 787 00:52:01,240 --> 00:52:02,320 [chuckles] 788 00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:04,400 Your sister is pretty. 789 00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:08,040 Uhtred, I believe you would find a goat in a skirt to be pretty. 790 00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:09,520 Good night. 791 00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:15,360 The cocksure, long-haired fool over there. 792 00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:17,880 Is he a danger? 793 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:19,680 To whom, Abbot? 794 00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:22,720 To each one of us and to our purpose. 795 00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:27,640 Although he lacks humility, Uhtred is the reason we are alive. 796 00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:30,520 Gave you protection out of the goodness of his heart, did he? 797 00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:34,120 What does he want with Cumbraland and with our King? 798 00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:39,120 He wants Bebbanburg, his ancestral home, 799 00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:42,600 and it's in the King's gift to help him. 800 00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:43,680 Mm. 801 00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:45,760 He will need to be watched. 802 00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:49,760 He is a pretender, I'm sure. 803 00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:21,520 Please. 804 00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:36,360 You have men in Northumbria still? 805 00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:39,080 Some. 806 00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:41,880 Most have settled, but they are mine to call upon. 807 00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:45,000 And I have men in East Anglia, with Earl Guthrum. 808 00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:46,720 His name is now Aethelstan. 809 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:49,360 That may be his Christian name, lord... 810 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:52,320 but to us he is Guthrum the weak. 811 00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:54,560 To seek peace is not a weakness. 812 00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:57,200 The battle of Ethandun was ours to win. 813 00:53:57,320 --> 00:54:00,040 Only with peace can you build. 814 00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:02,600 Only with peace can a people grow. 815 00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:03,960 Grow fat? 816 00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:06,040 Grow as one, Brida. 817 00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:09,520 It is true that in parts of the North, 818 00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:12,200 Saxon, Dane and Briton now live side by side, do they not? 819 00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:13,440 Oh, they do... 820 00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:16,120 but it is the Danes that rule. 821 00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:21,840 Though warlords must now look elsewhere for war, to Ireland and Alba. 822 00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:24,160 Well, war is how a man makes his wealth. 823 00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:25,880 [Alfred] I disagree. 824 00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,960 War is how a man takes his wealth, Earl Ragnar, 825 00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:31,600 it is the land and trade that makes it. 826 00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:35,920 And for the land and trade to flourish, there must be peace. 827 00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:39,280 To be Viking is a way of life. 828 00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:41,920 To be Viking is a way to die. 829 00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:46,720 And there are many Danes, I believe, who want more from life than death. 830 00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:49,560 Lord... you are never more alive 831 00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:52,880 than when you sail a ship onto a new shore. 832 00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:54,840 Oh, on that we are agreed. 833 00:54:58,600 --> 00:54:59,520 [Sven] Father! 834 00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:01,600 Father. 835 00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:04,880 I have news of the slave, Guthred. 836 00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:07,720 He has been made a King... of Cumbraland. 837 00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:10,040 Fiske? 838 00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:12,920 It is true, lord, we heard it from traders. 839 00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:17,800 Where are these traders? 840 00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:20,720 We heard the same story, three times, five times-- 841 00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:21,760 We heard it three times. 842 00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:24,360 This Guthred is now a King! 843 00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,880 -What of the Dead Horseman? -[Frisk] Lord-- 844 00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:31,640 King Guthred is building up an army 845 00:55:31,720 --> 00:55:35,040 made up of both Danes and Saxons. 846 00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:38,400 And the commander of this army is just that: 847 00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:41,400 both Dane and Saxon. 848 00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:44,200 His name is Uhtred. 849 00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:52,120 -Are you certain of this? -Yes. 850 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:56,080 Tekil. 851 00:55:57,160 --> 00:55:58,440 Lord? 852 00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:02,960 If the King of Cumbraland is building an army, you will join him. 853 00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:08,000 If you get the chance, you can kill the King. 854 00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:12,880 But you will bring his commander back here, to me. 855 00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:14,600 -Take his eye. -[Kjartan] Yes. 856 00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:17,600 You can take his eye... 857 00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:21,600 but I want him here and I want him alive. 858 00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:25,040 I will take him piece by piece. 859 00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:26,920 I will make him suffer. 860 00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:31,880 Uhtred Ragnarson... 861 00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:33,640 is mine.