1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,760 I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,079 Sigefrid and Erik's army raided our camp 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,400 and kidnapped the Lady Aethelflaed. 4 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,480 You took my daughter into battle? 5 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,640 To learn her fate, I sent my loyal men, 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,040 Rypere and Sihtric, to Beamfleot as spies. 7 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,960 I swear that this prize will not be sold cheaply. 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:33,080 [cheering] 9 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:36,920 Wessex shall pay its share of silver and, if necessary, its share of blood! 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,320 I will do what needs to be done. 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,600 What's your opinion on paying a ransom for Aethelflaed. 12 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,200 Not one I am prepared to say aloud. 13 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:44,640 I may need you. 14 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,680 Alfred sent us to negotiate the ransom, 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,480 but secretly Aethelflaed and Erik have fallen in love. 16 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,120 Your husband is a fortunate man. 17 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,320 [whimpering] 18 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,960 He is not the man I would choose to be with. 19 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,440 I cannot let her go. 20 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,360 I will leave this place with Erik or I will not leave at all. 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,000 Will you help me, please? 22 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,000 Destiny is all. 23 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,600 ♪♪ 24 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,120 [Pyrlig] What binds a man to a land? 25 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,680 You have a poor wretch, toiling in the fields, 26 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,200 burning in summer, 27 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:01,760 shivering in winter. 28 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,760 He works all day, every day 29 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,280 for nothing more than a loaf of bread and a pot to piss in. 30 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,760 His children die of disease, his wife dies giving him children. 31 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:17,040 Yet, when that land is threatened, something stirs. Why? 32 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,120 It is the land that feeds him. 33 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,960 More than that. 34 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,840 Uh, the trees of the land are used for shelter, fire. 35 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:27,560 More than that. 36 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:30,200 Is it love, Father? 37 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,920 Oh, for the Lord's sake, can you not remain quiet? 38 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,480 But yes, the bastard has it. 39 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,560 It can only be love. 40 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,320 It is a powerful thing. Would you not agree, Lord Uhtred? 41 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,360 From wretch to warrior, love gives a man strength... 42 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,960 often at the cost of his mind. 43 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:02,200 How much? 44 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,800 It's not a small amount, lord. 45 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,520 Three thousand pounds weight of silver and 500 pounds weight of gold. 46 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,200 The first of the metal is to be delivered by the next full moon, 47 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:15,960 the remaining amount one month later. 48 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,760 -That is an impossible amount. -An absurd amount. 49 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,120 That is the best price? 50 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,600 It is, lord. 51 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,480 It is less than half their first demand, lord. 52 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,920 What it is, is the entire wealth of Wessex. 53 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,680 What it would buy is an army to ensure the end of Wessex and Mercia. 54 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:30,840 [Alfred] Without the money... 55 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,280 what will happen to my daughter? 56 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,920 She is too valuable to simply kill, lord. It would be humiliation. 57 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,040 She will be taken to every town where Danes rule. 58 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,880 She will be paraded before mocking crowds. 59 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,560 Men would pay to take their turn. 60 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,360 [sighs] 61 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,400 ♪♪ 62 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:15,520 It is not just the life and reputation of my daughter at stake here. 63 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,200 It is the dignity of Wessex. 64 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,880 So many thousands of men must die, lord, for the dignity of Wessex? 65 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:25,120 Yes, Odda. 66 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,880 A country is its history, the sum of all its stories. 67 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,840 We are what our fathers made us. 68 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,320 Would you have me leave my descendants the shameful tale 69 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:39,240 of how a Princess of Wessex was whored to the highest bidder? 70 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,920 [Aelswith] That is a tale that would overshadow all others. 71 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,600 The battle of Ethandun would become insignificant. 72 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,720 But, lord, if we pay this ransom... 73 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,560 I do not see how there will be a Wessex. 74 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,160 The tale they tell will be of the king who paid 75 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,120 -for the very army that destroyed him. -God would not allow that to happen. 76 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,840 It is not God we are dealing with. It is the Northmen, the Danes! 77 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:02,960 Non-believers, over whom we will triumph. 78 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,920 Should a great battle come of this, we shall have men enough to face them. 79 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,240 I expect the fyrd of Mercia to be at our side. 80 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:09,200 Shall be there, lord. 81 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,040 The metal will be paid in full. 82 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,960 My daughter will be spared and Wessex shall avoid indignity. 83 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,480 But not the slaughter. 84 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,720 Odda, I hear your doubts and I ask you to renew your faith. 85 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:26,880 Yes, lord. 86 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,480 Aethelred, you will join Father Beocca and I before returning to Mercia. 87 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,160 We must decide how best to gather the ransom. 88 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:35,040 Yes, lord. 89 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,440 This cannot be how it ends. 90 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,280 Lord, you have said all you can say. 91 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:47,360 And bravely. 92 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,800 [Uhtred] There's nothing more for you to do, so I beg you... 93 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,080 do nothing. 94 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,360 [indistinct chatter] 95 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,000 Lord. 96 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:25,360 Lord. 97 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,160 Dagfinn, you can go. 98 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,040 All of you. 99 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,000 [Dagfinn] Yes, lord. 100 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:35,280 Do you have it? 101 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:39,840 Is that enough? 102 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:41,800 Yes. 103 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,000 [Erik] Uhtred can read? 104 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,040 All of my father's ealdormen can read and write. 105 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,120 Although the letters Uhtred has written you could count with one finger. 106 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,200 -[chuckles] -Hmm. 107 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:57,640 I will teach you. 108 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,320 What is to prevent him from doing nothing? 109 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,480 We are asking him to risk everything for no reward. 110 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:07,520 Why should he come? 111 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,440 It is Uhtred. 112 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,680 He will come. I swear. 113 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,400 [sighs] 114 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,280 -He is with her again? -He is. 115 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:26,920 He cannot keep away from her. 116 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,880 Let us hope he does not take her for his wife. 117 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:31,160 [chuckles] 118 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,760 Or else our fortune is lost. 119 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,160 Is this true? Huh? 120 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,200 [indistinct chatter] 121 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,400 [chuckles] 122 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,240 [men chattering] 123 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:45,600 [Haesten] Sigefrid! 124 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,200 -Which woman is mine? -The ugly one. [chuckles] 125 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:53,320 -[grunts] -[Sigefrid] We walked them for miles. 126 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,320 See they are fed and watered, horses and slaves. [chuckles] 127 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:58,640 [chuckles] 128 00:07:58,720 --> 00:07:59,720 [grunts] 129 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:06,880 [Erik] You are called Sihtric? 130 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,040 Yes, lord. Good evening to you, lord. 131 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,600 Uhtred says you can be trusted. 132 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,680 So, you will take him this letter. 133 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,960 This is a great responsibility. 134 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:36,640 [sighs] 135 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,480 [Gisela] They will have no peace. 136 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:42,760 None. 137 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,440 I have told them the same. 138 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,960 But you will still help them? 139 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,560 I must, I have no choice. 140 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,640 If they escape, then there will be no ransom paid. 141 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:57,320 No great army. 142 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,400 The men of Wessex are saved, yes, 143 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,200 but what becomes of you? 144 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:05,600 Of us? 145 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:08,560 Alfred will see it as a betrayal. 146 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,360 You will have broken your oath. 147 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,520 We leave. 148 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,400 Tomorrow I will make a sacrifice... 149 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,080 to keep you safe. 150 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,040 All of us. 151 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,040 ♪♪ 152 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,640 [Beocca] Give your name to the scribe. 153 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,320 The sum of your contribution will be written beside your name. 154 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,280 We're helping to free the Lady Aethelflaed. 155 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,080 [man] I've got nothing to give of worth. 156 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:48,240 Any man or woman found to be hiding the value of their wealth shall be punished! 157 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,480 All must pay their share! 158 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,440 You have the gratitude of the King... 159 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:57,520 and of God. 160 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,880 -[scribe] Name? -Dorridge. 161 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,320 Lord? News, lord. 162 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:13,360 Speak. 163 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,840 Say to the King exactly what you said to me, exactly. 164 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,560 Lord, this man is from Canterbury. 165 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,120 The Northmen at Beamfleot 166 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,880 are now crossing the river and raiding directly into Wessex. 167 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:34,720 They have taken my wife and daughters, lord, the youngest just 8 years. 168 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,120 While we do nothing, lord, 169 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,680 but gather half-pennies from the poor. 170 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:45,360 Father, you will take this man away, feed him and give him rest at an inn. 171 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:46,640 Lord. 172 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,800 Odda, what is it you want? 173 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:58,200 Lord, he is just one man, but he has lost two brothers at Ethandun, 174 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,600 two daughters and a wife to the Northmen, 175 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:04,640 and yet guards will knock at his door and demand one third of the little he has, 176 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,400 all to help preserve the dignity of Wessex! 177 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:09,760 This insolence is too much. 178 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,400 Then in six months' time we shall ask for his life. 179 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,040 What I want, lord, 180 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,200 is for good sense to prevail. 181 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,960 By good sense, I presume you mean the death 182 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,920 or humiliation of my daughter 183 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,400 and of the reputation of Wessex? 184 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,680 Or we march, lord, and we fight. 185 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,960 If we march, they will kill her. 186 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,200 And she will be considered a martyr, for Wessex, lord. 187 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:33,680 Her dignity preserved! 188 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,640 And you would still have the Prince Edward, your line is intact! 189 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:46,720 Odda, what has saved you from outright banishment 190 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,520 is that you chose your King over your own son. 191 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,760 -Lord, I chose Wessex over my son-- -A traitor! 192 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,240 You should at least consider doing the same! 193 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:00,560 ♪♪ 194 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,480 What am I to do with you? 195 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,560 Your injury and your appetite for wine 196 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,600 have robbed us both of your worth. 197 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,080 You no longer serve a purpose. 198 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,960 Then with your permission, lord, 199 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:30,040 I shall return to my estate and my wife, at Devonshire... 200 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,560 whilst it is still a Saxon estate. 201 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,160 That would be for the best. 202 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,720 Should you be needed, you will be sent for. 203 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,520 They buy the very swords that will slay them. 204 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,600 [footsteps approaching] 205 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:44,520 Lord, good evening. 206 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,960 I am a moth to the flame. 207 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:55,800 Yes, it is becoming a significant amount. 208 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,160 Significant is the word, lord, 209 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,600 in its size and its effect. 210 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:03,600 -Your father-- -The King. 211 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:08,640 He would have done the same. 212 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,880 Pay such a ransom for his offspring, lord? I doubt it. 213 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,600 I was a great disappointment to him... 214 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:18,640 which I regret. 215 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,560 But if you were not such a disappointment, Aethelwold, I may have had you killed. 216 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,440 For the good of Wessex. 217 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,320 Never doubt it, every decision I make is for my country. 218 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:35,640 Yes, lord. 219 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,560 I understand completely. 220 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,000 [sighs] 221 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,960 [indistinct chatter] 222 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,320 Lord Odda. 223 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,040 You will set tongues wagging, drinking with the peasants. 224 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,520 Let them wag, if it please them. 225 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,200 You asked me some days ago if I agree with the payment of a ransom. 226 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,200 I do not. 227 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,840 If I had an army to call upon, 228 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,960 a fyrd to raise, I would prove it. 229 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,880 But I have not. 230 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:42,080 [bar girl] Lord. 231 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:50,560 I appear to have joined you, lord. 232 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,640 ♪♪ 233 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,400 He's been there for part of the day and all of the night. 234 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,120 He is a good man, and I worry that it will damage his reputation, lord. 235 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,800 If he can stand, it can only enhance his reputation. 236 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,800 [Uhtred] Lord. 237 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:13,360 May we join you? 238 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,640 Is he here still or has he already left? 239 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,120 Aethelwold? 240 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,360 Um, no, he's long gone, lord. 241 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,480 Perhaps you have drank enough, lord. 242 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,960 It is entirely possible. 243 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,040 Though the ale they brew here is weak, 244 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,000 upon the orders of Alfred. 245 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,760 Are you joking, lord? 246 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,880 -What, that's true? -It is, yes. 247 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:46,200 It is so a man can work the next day 248 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,880 and swords remain in scabbards. 249 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,520 But they must not. 250 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,600 ♪♪ 251 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:03,840 Somebody needs a bed. 252 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:06,880 [grunts] 253 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,319 You will stay with him. 254 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:09,359 And do what? 255 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:11,880 If he needs to piss or spew, you will fetch him a bucket. 256 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,920 I have a plan, though it is likely I will die. 257 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,920 What is this plan, lord? Tell me. 258 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:25,040 I will raise the Devonshire fyrd. 259 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,280 Against the king's wishes, lord? 260 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,240 That is not something he would forgive. 261 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,120 Lord?! 262 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,400 [snoring] 263 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,000 [Uhtred] He will go nowhere. 264 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:44,320 And you will go nowhere and you will say nothing about what you've just heard. 265 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,560 -Yes, lord. -You mean "no, lord". 266 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,240 Do as I say. 267 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,400 ♪♪ 268 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,280 [indistinct chatter] 269 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,680 [snoring] 270 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:25,360 [sighs] 271 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,160 [grunts] 272 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,840 [snoring] 273 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,600 -[gasps] -[snoring] 274 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:45,560 So... what does it say? 275 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,800 Erik has enough oath-men to crew a ship. 276 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,800 Three nights before the first of the metal is to be delivered, 277 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,280 we make our way down river to Beamfleot. 278 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:55,720 We kill the men who stand guard over the ships. 279 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,680 Erik and Aethelflaed sail away. 280 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,320 And Wessex is saved. 281 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:00,400 How many guards? 282 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,280 -Eight or ten, on the shore. -That is all? 283 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:04,880 -Yes. -It is as simple as that? 284 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:05,840 Erik is in command, 285 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,280 his men guard Aethelflaed, his ship is ready and waiting. 286 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:12,440 It begins as simple, what happens is fate. 287 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,680 Why go by river and not horseback? 288 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,720 If we go with the tide it will be faster. 289 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,440 And to escape, we row across river. 290 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:21,120 They will follow you. 291 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,720 They will follow Aethelflaed. 292 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,520 She's the silver. 293 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,600 ♪♪ 294 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:44,680 Father Pyrlig. 295 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,440 Lord. You came from nowhere, like the devil himself. 296 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,000 You are leaving us? 297 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:54,440 I am. I have invited myself to Devonshire, with the Lord Odda. 298 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,800 I am looking forward to cooling my feet in the blue waters of the sea. 299 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,360 You are spying for Alfred? 300 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,520 Of course I'm spying for Alfred, I despise the sea. 301 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,120 Should Odda decide to do anything rash... 302 00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:10,200 you will tell him to hold fast. 303 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,480 And why should he listen to me? 304 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,680 Do you have a reason you would like to share? 305 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:18,520 He is behind you. 306 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,200 Lord. Did you sleep well? 307 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,920 Uhtred, I did, soundly. 308 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,600 Though I'm not sure how I found my bed. 309 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:33,640 You were a little the worse for ale, lord, but no bother. 310 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,320 I am glad to hear it. 311 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:37,440 You spoke of a plan. 312 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:41,920 -I did? -Mm-hmm. 313 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,360 Am I to be reminded? 314 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,480 The men of Devonshire: 315 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,360 they should remain in the fields. 316 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:53,680 I must have been very drunk. 317 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,040 -It can be the only explanation, lord. -Yes. 318 00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:58,200 Do you swear? 319 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,160 On my life. 320 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,560 I have no memory of it whatsoever. 321 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,440 Lord Odda, I say this to you as your friend... 322 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,200 do nothing. 323 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,480 If I do not see you again, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, 324 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,520 I wish you good luck... 325 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,440 wherever fate may take you. 326 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,000 Thank you, lord. 327 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,120 ♪♪ 328 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,960 Should we pray, lord? 329 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,280 Together. 330 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,400 Am I being selfish... 331 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:53,960 in wanting to spare Aethelflaed? 332 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,280 Lord... 333 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:00,840 you were a father before you were a King. 334 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,800 But your reasons stand, 335 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,760 she is Wessex. 336 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,440 She is the blood, the heart and the spirit of Wessex. 337 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,840 She cannot be humiliated. 338 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,200 ♪♪ 339 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:43,120 Dagfinn! 340 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:45,840 Dagfinn! 341 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,120 -Where is she? -Lord. I-- 342 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,960 Where is she? 343 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,120 ♪♪ 344 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,200 [indistinct chatter] 345 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,600 [Sigefrid] Now it is clear! 346 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,720 Each man has a right to see her. 347 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,280 And every man will guard her with his life! 348 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,480 She is our wealth! 349 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,600 She belongs to us all! 350 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:19,880 [cheering] 351 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,040 [whimpering] 352 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,800 Dear God! Who might they be? 353 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,120 They are the Devonshire fyrd, Father Pyrlig. 354 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,240 You are here as Alfred's spy. You will go no further. 355 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:49,760 You will get down from your horse 356 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,080 and you will walk back to Winchester with your news. 357 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:54,880 What news is that, lord? What do you mean? 358 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,800 You will tell the King that Odda is marching against the enemies of Wessex. 359 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,360 He can either march to halt me or march to join me, it does not matter which. 360 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,440 Once the Northmen at Beamfleot see an army, 361 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,720 -a battle will follow. -Please, lord. 362 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,080 Think about what you're doing, you're making traitors of your men. 363 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,920 The men you see are here to die for their King, 364 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,120 not betray him. 365 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,240 They know nothing of Alfred's weakness. 366 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,600 But Uhtred, lord! Did he not ask you to do nothing. 367 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,560 You will get down from your horse and you will return to Winchester. 368 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:25,880 And if I refuse? 369 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,680 Now, Father Pyrlig. 370 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,760 ♪♪ 371 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,000 Lord, I beg you, think again. 372 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,960 [men chattering] 373 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,960 [woman whimpering] 374 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,520 [whimpering] 375 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:13,880 [Aethelflaed] Thank you. 376 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:18,840 What's your name? 377 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,480 [footsteps approaching] 378 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,200 I asked for ten, Dagfinn! 379 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,560 How are we supposed to scrub down a ship with three men? 380 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,240 The men refuse to leave the hall, lord. 381 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,000 Refuse? 382 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,680 They say they are protecting their wealth, 383 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,040 under the orders of Sigefrid. 384 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:01,960 Who said this? Name them. 385 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,400 Your brother has called for more guards, lord, until the metal comes. 386 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:14,560 Erik! 387 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,320 You have been sleeping at the river. 388 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:20,280 Why? 389 00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:23,120 You have made a fool of me. 390 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,160 You have humped her enough. 391 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,640 You have fed and washed her enough. 392 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,480 Do not allow the men to see what I know for certain. 393 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,000 You have grown too fond of her. 394 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,160 It is not her arse you want, it is herself. 395 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:42,520 It will pass. 396 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,800 You have shamed me. 397 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,000 What I have done... 398 00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:52,320 is protect you. 399 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,040 Erik, my brother, what is happening around us is your plan. 400 00:26:58,120 --> 00:26:59,920 And it is a fine plan. 401 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 To give up Lundene and take the princess, 402 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,520 to ransom her for ships full of gold and silver, 403 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,920 on which we will build an army 404 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,840 that no man will want to face and every man will want to join. 405 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,720 This will be our land. 406 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,760 All of it. 407 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:25,640 I will not allow us to fail. 408 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,720 Haesten! A guard every ten paces. 409 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:31,960 [Haesten] Yes, lord. 410 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:33,920 [Dagfinn] Forgive me, lord. 411 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:38,080 It's not that the men do not want to serve you. 412 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,520 It is that they do not know where your loyalties lie. 413 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:44,800 [sighs] 414 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:52,920 [panting] 415 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:58,200 [horse whinnies] 416 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,720 Oh, sweet Jesus, I cannot run. 417 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,840 Please let them be Saxon. 418 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:08,080 Father Pyrlig. 419 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,120 Lord! 420 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,440 Thank the heavens, a friendly face. 421 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,120 Are you lost, Father? 422 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,240 Not lost, but abandoned, lord. 423 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,000 I am returning to Winchester with an important message for Alfred. 424 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,080 We are going to see Alfred. 425 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,120 Climb onto the cart, you can help guard Mercia's ransom. 426 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,600 God bless you, lord, savior of my blistered feet. 427 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,080 ♪♪ 428 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:31,960 [man] Forward. 429 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,040 [indistinct chatter] 430 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,840 [indistinct chatter] 431 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:45,560 Lord? 432 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,480 Osferth? 433 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,520 Can I say to you that I'm afraid? 434 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,320 I wear a sword, but barely know how to use it. 435 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,920 I pray that when battle comes... 436 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,240 I will not fail you. 437 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,680 Osferth, at times we are all afraid. 438 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:16,760 Courage is finding the will to overcome your fear, nothing more. 439 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,520 Perhaps we'll find you an axe, it requires less skill than a sword. 440 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,560 But you must find the courage. 441 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,440 Yes, lord. 442 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:28,560 Thank you, lord. 443 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,440 ♪♪ 444 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:53,160 [Alfred] Father Pyrlig? 445 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,640 Aethelred and Aldhelm, I was expecting. 446 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,360 It is Odda, lord. 447 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,400 Prior to leaving Winchester, he had sent a man, some man, 448 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,720 with word to raise the fighting men of Devonshire. 449 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,680 He has now met them on the road, lord. 450 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:06,880 With the intention of doing what? 451 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,560 He is marching against Beamfleot. 452 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,560 Yes, lord, he is. 453 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,640 ♪♪ 454 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,480 Damn him. 455 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,120 I say damn him. 456 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:38,720 Lord, are we to stop him? 457 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:39,960 We have no other choice but to stop him! 458 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:41,880 -We must stop him. -[Aldhelm] Lord, may I ask, 459 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,400 where is Uhtred? 460 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,080 He was not beside Odda, if that is your meaning. 461 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,760 And it cannot have been Uhtred who carried the message to Devonshire. 462 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,040 Aethelred, you have how many men with you? 463 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:50,920 Over 50, lord, household guard. 464 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,960 -I can send for many more. -You will do that. 465 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,200 Rest your men and horses, you will join me and my own guard before first light. 466 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:57,960 If we are to halt Odda, 467 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,080 we must march day and night 468 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,000 and we must pray. 469 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,200 [Aethelflaed] Dear Lord God in heaven, 470 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,600 grant me the strength 471 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,680 to survive this ordeal. 472 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:16,560 Give me the courage to overcome these hardships. 473 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,200 And instill within me... 474 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:22,800 faith. 475 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,320 Faith in those I love. 476 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:32,200 For they will not abandon me. 477 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,240 Lord, I beg of you. 478 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:37,840 Amen. 479 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,360 Amen. 480 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,640 You! With me! 481 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,880 ♪♪ 482 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:51,760 Now! 483 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:05,120 [whimpering] 484 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:10,120 [grunts] 485 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:15,720 [Finan] Twenty guards! 486 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,680 Sihtric, you said it'd be no more than eight or ten. 487 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,320 -He cannot count. -No, lord. 488 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:21,920 It has never been more than ten men. 489 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,600 [Uhtred] Rypere's group will strike first from the water. 490 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,680 They look to the river and then... 491 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:29,120 we kill them. 492 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,480 But lord, we are just 11. 493 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,560 -Rypere. -Two each. 494 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,760 We attack as soon as it is dark. 495 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,880 [indistinct chatter] 496 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,200 -Brother. -Hmm? 497 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,160 May I speak? 498 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,480 I have something to say! 499 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,400 I have something to say to each of you! 500 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:04,520 You will be disappointed to know that this woman here 501 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,240 is now mine! 502 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,400 No man is to touch her. 503 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:12,320 Not with his hands and most certainly not with his cock! 504 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,240 [laughter] 505 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,200 She belongs to me! 506 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:21,800 You weakened me, brother. 507 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,920 It should have been me who took the princess and put her in a cage. 508 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,720 Yes, you are right. 509 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,040 I did not think. 510 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,200 You never think. 511 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:39,720 No. 512 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,720 Because I have you to think for me! 513 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,360 [both chuckling] 514 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,440 It is three nights before the first of the silver will arrive! 515 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:55,480 We must be ready. 516 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:57,760 Tomorrow, there will be no more ale, 517 00:33:57,840 --> 00:33:59,640 no more games, 518 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:01,840 no more fighting over women! 519 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,520 But that is tomorrow. 520 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:11,000 Tonight, we drink as if there were no tomorrow! 521 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,840 [cheering] 522 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,280 [sobbing] 523 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:19,400 [slave woman] Lady! 524 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,679 Have faith. 525 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,080 It is tonight. 526 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,480 [indistinct chatter] 527 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,840 [urinating] 528 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,000 ♪♪ 529 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,880 -[grunts] -[groans] 530 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,120 [grunting] 531 00:34:58,200 --> 00:34:59,600 [man] Men, arm yourselves! 532 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,400 -[man 1]What's happening? -[man 2] Get the shields! 533 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:09,640 [grunting] 534 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:31,800 [Uhtred] Rypere! 535 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,400 [grunting] 536 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:54,120 [groans] 537 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,040 [stabbing] 538 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,240 [Uhtred] You! That's enough! 539 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,080 He is not your kill. 540 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:05,360 [whimpering] 541 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,320 That is not how you wet your sword! 542 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,240 Find your courage! 543 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:18,880 Or find your cross and go back to the monastery as Alfred would wish. 544 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,800 [sobbing] 545 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,280 [man] Halt. 546 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,040 We shall rest, for a short time only. 547 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,160 Take rest. Stay alert! 548 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:44,680 I want watchmen front and rear. 549 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,240 Feed the horses and yourselves. 550 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,120 Odda is out there. He is near. 551 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,600 As is Aethelflaed, lord. 552 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:55,920 We are here for Odda. 553 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,960 [Uhtred] Erik should have been here by now. 554 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:08,480 Something's wrong. Why increase the number of guards? For what reason? 555 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,360 -Do we care? -They are dead. 556 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:16,440 We go to the fortress. 557 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:19,920 -We do? -We came to free Aethelflaed. 558 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,320 We came to kill the guards. 559 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,240 Bastard, you will say nothing. 560 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,000 The guards will soon be discovered missing. And when they are, it is over. 561 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,400 We cannot wait. 562 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,360 But, lord, we have lost half our men, 563 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,800 and there are hundreds of them, both inside and outside the fortress. 564 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,840 Then a few more men will not be noticed. 565 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:43,920 We go to the fortress. 566 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,440 ♪♪ 567 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,320 [laughing] 568 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:04,000 [indistinct chatter] 569 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:21,160 Uhtred. 570 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:22,840 She said that you would come. 571 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,680 I dared not believe her, but you are here. 572 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,040 Tell me what has changed. 573 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:28,880 In truth? 574 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:30,800 It is hopeless. 575 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,320 I have no crew for my ship, 576 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,080 but the first task is not how we escape Beamfleot, 577 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:39,960 it is how we free Aethelflaed. 578 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,080 She hangs where every man can see her. 579 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:47,640 Lord, I enjoy a fight as much as the next idiot, but this is beyond us. 580 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:48,760 She's inside the hall? 581 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:52,240 Inside the hall, inside a cage, surrounded by men. 582 00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:53,760 Warriors. 583 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,040 [Uhtred] Then we must first get rid of the men. 584 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,760 We do it now. 585 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,240 [indistinct chatter] 586 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,720 [chuckles] 587 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,680 Fire! Fire! Fire! 588 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,400 Outside now! 589 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,920 Quickly, put the fire out! 590 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,000 [screaming] 591 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,760 Find something to carry water! 592 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,480 Six men stay with the princess! 593 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,280 ♪♪ 594 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:35,160 [groans] 595 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:38,440 [grunting] 596 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,080 [Uhtred] Lock the doors! 597 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,120 [Aethelflaed] Uhtred! 598 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:44,800 [screaming] 599 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:47,800 [grunting] 600 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,040 [Uhtred] Clapa, Sihtric, the cage! 601 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,840 [grunting] 602 00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:55,160 Come on! 603 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:57,000 [Sihtric] This is one bastard lock to break! 604 00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:58,880 Get it done before we burn! 605 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:00,440 [grunting] 606 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:02,400 [grunts] 607 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:06,880 So we've cleared the hall of men, lord, now how do we clear the yard? 608 00:40:07,720 --> 00:40:11,360 [Clapa grunting] 609 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:16,280 They will follow the silver. 610 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,360 [Haesten] Up to the ramparts! 611 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:20,720 Go! 612 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,520 -Go! -[woman] We need some water, quick! 613 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,400 Where did this begin!? 614 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,120 Lady, quickly, ride for the rear gate. 615 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:30,000 [grunts] 616 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,400 Do not stop! 617 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,320 It is the princess! Stop her! 618 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:36,640 After her! 619 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:38,200 [Haesten] Get to your horses! 620 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:39,600 Now! 621 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,360 [shouting] 622 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:50,400 [grunts] 623 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,680 Where is he? Erik! 624 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,800 -Where is he?! -Lord, I do not know. 625 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:56,840 I have not seen him outside of the hall! 626 00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:57,720 [grunts] 627 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,800 ♪♪ 628 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,240 -[grunts] -[gasps] 629 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,520 [grunting] 630 00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:22,600 -[grunts] -[groans] 631 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,280 -[grunts] -[whimpering] 632 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:28,760 No! 633 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:31,400 [grunts] 634 00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:37,000 Erik! 635 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,080 [panting] 636 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,760 Erik! Do not do this. 637 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,320 Do not dare to do this! 638 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,480 Brother, please, let me have this one chance. 639 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:52,040 I cannot let her go. 640 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:53,960 She is our fortune! 641 00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,280 She's our reputation! 642 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,720 If it is reputation you want, you can begin with killing me. 643 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,480 Uhtred, no! 644 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,680 If you want your fortune... 645 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:04,600 you must kill me. 646 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,680 [whimpering] No! 647 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,840 ♪♪ 648 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:12,720 -[Aethelflaed] No! -[screams] 649 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:13,960 Clapa, the cage! 650 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:18,720 [grunting] 651 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,360 [whimpering] 652 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,280 [grunting] 653 00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,560 Uhtred, get her out of here! 654 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:55,840 -[Erik grunting] -[Aethelflaed] Erik! No! 655 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,720 [grunting] 656 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:01,840 [grunts] 657 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:02,920 [groans] 658 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,400 -No! [whimpering] -We need to go! 659 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,520 -Aethelflaed! -[sobbing] 660 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,240 [groans] 661 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:19,760 [groans] 662 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:31,440 You... 663 00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:34,600 You did this. 664 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:42,920 [sobbing] 665 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,280 You have killed us both. 666 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,440 [indistinct chatter] 667 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,120 [horse whinnies] 668 00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:00,600 ♪♪ 669 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:27,000 ♪♪ 670 00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:28,640 -[grunts] -[Uhtred] With me! 671 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:34,680 [screams] 672 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:35,960 [groans] 673 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,520 [grunting] 674 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:47,120 [grunting] 675 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:51,000 [groaning] 676 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:52,520 [grunting] 677 00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:54,320 [groaning] 678 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:56,720 [groans] 679 00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,200 [grunts] Clapa, with us! 680 00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:03,920 [men yelling] 681 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:06,640 Clapa! 682 00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:12,120 [grunting] 683 00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:14,800 We go! 684 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:21,160 [grunting] 685 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:25,120 [groaning] 686 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,320 [panting] 687 00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,680 Lord, you lost your mare. 688 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,960 She's escaping with Uhtred! 689 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:40,760 [grunts] 690 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,440 I want them dead! 691 00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:45,480 Everyone, after them! 692 00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:47,560 [screaming] 693 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:56,000 Lord, I am grateful to see you, as are my men. 694 00:45:56,080 --> 00:46:00,000 I have told each one of them we are here on the orders of Alfred. 695 00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:07,240 Lord, as you appear to have marched an army to their door, 696 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:10,400 I doubt the Northmen will believe you are not here to fight. 697 00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:15,800 Why, Odda? 698 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:18,280 Why? 699 00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:20,640 For Wessex, lord. 700 00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:22,920 Only for Wessex. 701 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:28,840 Lord, the sky! 702 00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:32,040 [Aethelred] It must be Beamfleot. 703 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:34,960 It's an army, lord! 704 00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,600 It is Odda. It's Odda's army! 705 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:41,760 ♪♪ 706 00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:44,400 -[Steapa] Stand ready! -[Aldhelm] Stand ready! 707 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:46,560 Good God, I think it is Uhtred! 708 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:51,000 It is her, it is Aethelflaed. They have her. 709 00:46:54,720 --> 00:46:55,720 [horse whinnies] 710 00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,920 Lord, we are being pursued by Sigefrid. 711 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,440 The Danes are low in number and disorganized. My advice is kill them all. 712 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,560 Steapa, put a guard around my daughter. Keep her safe. 713 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,000 -Father, I want to fight them! -You will do as I say! 714 00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:13,640 [panting] 715 00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:19,280 Erik is dead, lord. 716 00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:24,480 Sigefrid will have no mind to negotiate nor wait, he wants Saxon blood. 717 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:25,760 We have to fight! 718 00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:31,160 Shield wall, lord, only you can give the order. 719 00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,960 Lord, we only have a fraction of their number. 720 00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:40,080 We cannot win. 721 00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:43,880 I am ready. 722 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:48,880 Lord? 723 00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:53,720 To die. 724 00:47:57,880 --> 00:47:59,800 It will be today. 725 00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:01,120 [sniffs] 726 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:03,200 [sighs] 727 00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:07,560 Who is with me?! 728 00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:08,920 [cheering] 729 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,880 Who is ready for glory?! 730 00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:14,080 Or Valhalla! 731 00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:16,160 [screaming] 732 00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,440 ♪♪ 733 00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:23,880 Shield wall! 734 00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:25,320 Shield wall! 735 00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:27,200 Shield wall! 736 00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:30,440 Faster! 737 00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:31,600 Move! 738 00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:33,960 [Uhtred] Move! 739 00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,160 [Aldhelm] Forwards! 740 00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,880 [shouting] 741 00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:53,600 [Uhtred] Faster! 742 00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:56,720 [shouting] 743 00:48:57,960 --> 00:48:59,200 [shouting] 744 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:00,680 Shield! 745 00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:02,680 Shield! 746 00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,160 [grunting] 747 00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:20,800 [groans] 748 00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:23,560 [muffled] Fill the breach! 749 00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:24,840 [shouting] 750 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:28,320 [groaning] 751 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:31,800 [grunting] 752 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:33,080 [muffled] Hold the wall! 753 00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:35,400 [groaning] 754 00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:40,960 [grunting] 755 00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:43,200 [coughing] 756 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:44,840 [grunting] 757 00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,520 [groaning] 758 00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:53,840 [grunting] 759 00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:56,200 [groans] 760 00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:57,080 [grunting] 761 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:58,560 [Sigefrid] Princess! 762 00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:01,360 [grunting] 763 00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:02,800 I see you, Princess! 764 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,280 And I will kill you! 765 00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:06,560 [grunts] 766 00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:09,440 I will have your head and your tits! 767 00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:11,080 [grunting] 768 00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:14,200 Sigefrid! [groans] 769 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:17,280 [grunting] 770 00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:22,480 Sigefrid! [groans] 771 00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:27,040 [grunting] 772 00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:31,320 Princess! 773 00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:35,400 [Sigefrid] Princess! 774 00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:37,240 [laughs] 775 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:41,960 [grunting] 776 00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:43,560 [Uhtred] Sigefrid! 777 00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:45,400 I'm here! 778 00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:47,680 Face me! 779 00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:52,760 [grunting] 780 00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:01,240 [grunting] 781 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:07,880 [grunting] 782 00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,200 [groans] 783 00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:27,680 [groans] 784 00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:32,040 [panting] 785 00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,960 [panting] 786 00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:32,840 [Aethelflaed] Leave us. 787 00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:46,360 Uhtred, there are no words. 788 00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:48,640 Then say nothing. 789 00:52:48,720 --> 00:52:51,680 You answered my call at the risk of everything. 790 00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:55,240 I only wish he did survive, lady. 791 00:52:58,400 --> 00:52:59,880 Erik is still with me. 792 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:06,960 And perhaps within me. 793 00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:15,640 And if, over the coming months, my husband should think what you are thinking... 794 00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:19,280 it would be a great comfort, Uhtred... 795 00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:22,320 to know that I could call upon you again... 796 00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:25,840 should I ever need to. 797 00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:28,120 Of course. 798 00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:31,040 Do you swear? 799 00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:35,560 You are the man I trust most, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 800 00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:41,840 I swear. 801 00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:48,640 I swear, lady. 802 00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:53,120 Then I shall dare to kiss you. 803 00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:18,120 It seems you have made a habit of rescuing Wessex. 804 00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:28,880 Odda claims that you believed you were acting upon my orders, Uhtred? 805 00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:33,120 What will happen to him? 806 00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:38,080 There will be a trial. 807 00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:40,240 And then you will kill him. 808 00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:45,960 Treachery cannot be ignored. 809 00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:50,560 He's a good man. 810 00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:53,960 He is my friend... 811 00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:58,840 and a traitor. 812 00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:04,960 May I go, lord? 813 00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:09,240 You are free to go... 814 00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:10,760 [scoffs] 815 00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:13,160 ...as my oath man. 816 00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:44,400 [sighs] 817 00:55:53,240 --> 00:55:57,520 I would have liked to have seen my land of Devonshire once more. 818 00:56:01,240 --> 00:56:03,160 How did it look? 819 00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:11,920 Devonshire was beautiful, lord. 820 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:20,520 God be with you. 821 00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:34,000 [sighs] 822 00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:46,200 ♪♪ 823 00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:52,880 [sighs] 824 00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:03,640 [inhales and exhales deeply] 825 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:11,400 [inhales and exhales deeply] 826 00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:15,960 -[knife plunges into flesh] -[groans] 827 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:21,880 [Uhtred] What binds a man to his land? 828 00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:26,920 What power within allows him to give his life to preserve his land 829 00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:30,400 and the lives of the families who work it? 830 00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:34,160 It can only be love. 831 00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:40,880 It will not be written that the Lord Odda saved Wessex, 832 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:44,560 but that is the story I will tell. 833 00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:48,920 That he gave his life to save the lives of many. 834 00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:53,880 And ensured King Alfred of Wessex became more powerful than ever. 835 00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:58,880 Sigefrid had been defeated... 836 00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:04,360 but Alfred knew as well as I that the Danes were sure to return. 837 00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:09,280 Shackled by oaths to both Wessex and Mercia, 838 00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:13,360 it seems fate has made my sword Saxon. 839 00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:17,240 Even though, in my heart, I remain a Dane. 840 00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:24,600 I, Uhtred, son of Uhtred, shall be the warrior to bind kingdom to kingdom. 841 00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:28,840 Honor bound to forge Alfred's dream of an England. 842 00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:35,000 But one day, my sword will belong to Bebbanburg. 843 00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:38,600 Destiny is all. 844 00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:41,800 ♪♪