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UHTRED: 'I was born an Ealdorman of England,

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'true heir to the Northumbrian lands of Bebbanburg.'

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-You have the amber?

-Yes, Father.

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Our ancestors took this land and you will DIE for it if needed.

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'I was 12 years old when I first went to war.'

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Kill them all!

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'I saw my father killed.

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'My uncle took my lands and pledged his allegiance to the Danes.'

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My advice for you is to never cross Ubba,

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and never, never fight him.

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'Stolen by the invaders along with a Saxon girl, Brida,

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'I became first a slave and then a son to Earl Ragnar.

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'That was my family, my life.

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'Young Ragnar, my brother, and Brida, my lover.

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'Fate had made me a Dane,

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'and then fate brought betrayal.'

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HE ROARS

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I will not stand by and have everything that's mine taken from me.

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Bebbanburg's mine!

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'Destiny is all.'

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Horses!

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Head for the woods!

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MEN SHOUT

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Go right. There's a gully over that ridge.

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Hoof marks. There must be hoof marks.

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There must be hoof marks somewhere!

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HE PANTS

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Fetch more men. I want him found.

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We'll go as far as Mercia if need be,

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but I want him found...and I want him dead.

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He looked like my father.

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And now he knows you are alive, he'll keep looking for you?

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Let him. I'm going to kill him and take back what's mine.

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He has an army. He's the choice of the Danes. All you have is me.

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No, we have Ubba.

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We go to him with our story.

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And with his army, we avenge Ragnar's death and we take back Bebbanburg.

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It's that simple?

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Yes.

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HE PANTS

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Yes. HE CLICKS HIS TONGUE

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BIRDSONG

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Brida.

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Brida...sing me a song.

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I won't, I'm not your skald.

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True, and what's more, you'd frighten the birds.

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-What?

-There's a taste in the air.

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Death.

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CROW CAWS

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CROW CAWS

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HE PANTS

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HE PANTS

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ARROW WHISTLES

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HE GROANS

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MAN GROANS

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MAN GROANS SOFTLY

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Who did this?

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-Who sacked the village?

-I cannot move.

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Your back is broken.

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MAN GROANS

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-Who did it?

-You know who did this.

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-Danes did this.

-Why?

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I don't believe you.

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Why should the Danes attack a village that feeds them?

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Revenge.

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But since when have Danes needed an excuse to kill?

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Revenge? Revenge for what?

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-Huh?

-MAN GROANS

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Revenge for what? And I'll end it.

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An uprising north of here.

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A Saxon slave, he killed his master at a wedding party.

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MAN GROANS

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What was the name of the slave?

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-Huh?

-You speak English well for a Dane.

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-Argh!

-His name?

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MAN GROANS

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Uhtred.

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End it!

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-End...

-MAN GROANS

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SLICING, WET SQUELCH, MAN GROANS

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-Say it.

-Say what?

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-What you are thinking?

-I'm thinking that you have a turd

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where there's supposed to be a mind.

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HE LAUGHS Thank you.

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We should never have gone to Bebbanburg.

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We should have let them believe that you were dead.

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No, you're wrong.

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I want them to know that I'm alive.

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I need them to know that I'm alive because they hold what's mine.

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-I feel better for it.

-Yeah?

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So, does a dog pissing on a tree.

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You wish me to bark?

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What we needed to do was to ride south to the Chieftain Ubba

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-and tell the story of Ragnar's death.

-We'll do it now.

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Now, there is a second story about some slave who killed his master.

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Ubba knows that Ragnar was my father.

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He knows nothing! I doubt he'll even remember you!

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He will believe the story that he hears first and he will kill you.

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If you could write, then you could write to him.

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-If he could read.

-SHE LAUGHS

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You've left us no choice,

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we must find Ubba and hope he believes you.

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BELL CHIMES

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BELL TOLLS

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HUBBUB

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Thank you.

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-Father Beocca.

-Father.

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Segwall.

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I'll see you in the King's hall.

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My lord?

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My Lord Alfred, it is I, Father Beocca.

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My lord, the King has called council.

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Do not look at me, Father.

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I am a sinner. I'm a grievous sinner.

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We are all sinners, my lord.

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And I am married. I should never have married.

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He sends temptation to test us.

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And when we fail, he sends the Danes to punish us for that failure.

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I should never have married. I should have joined the Church.

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I should've gone to a monastery.

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And God would have found a great servant in you,

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but I feel he has other plans.

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If your brother were to die,

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it would be to you the people would turn.

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Oh, pray God he does not die.

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What kind of a king would I be?

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You will be God's King, my lord.

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You have been blessed and chosen by the Holy Father in Rome,

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you will be God's King.

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-I have seen the girl who torments you. She is...

-She must be banished.

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-No, I believe the opposite, she must be brought into your service.

-No.

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-No, I could not.

-You will resist her,

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you will let Him see your strength.

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You will thank Him for tempting you

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and then praise Him for resisting the temptation.

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Notwithstanding...

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-I have news you may wish to take to council.

-What news?

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Of an English uprising, lord, in the north.

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It was defeated, but the nobleman responsible

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was Uhtred of Bebbanburg. I know him.

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He was taken by the Danes as a child, a God-fearing child,

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-clearly his heart remains English.

-He lives?

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I believe so.

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He's a warrior, lord,

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they say he killed his Danish master and 40 men.

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He knows there ways, he speaks their language.

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He would be useful, would he not?

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-You could mention him in council.

-Why would he kill his master?

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-For blood? For money? For pleasure?

-For England, lord.

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Yes, but how do we know?

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He may well be just one more pagan with a busy sword.

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-Ah, but I know him, lord.

-No, Father Beocca, you knew him once,

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you knew him as a child.

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-I could send word out into the country.

-Father, he's a ghost,

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he's a pagan rumour. Should he become flesh and blood,

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then he may merit a mention.

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However, my faith...

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I reserve for God alone.

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Now, about this girl. You may be...right about her.

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Bring her into my personal service...and...pray for me.

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As always, my lord.

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MEN CHATTER

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Alfred.

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King Edmund of East Anglia writes a plea to Wessex for an army.

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An attack by the Danish Chieftain, Earl Ubba, is inevitable.

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This was two days ago.

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A long march to fight the Danes at a place of their choosing

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is not a strategy worth considering.

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-To say the least, my lord.

-I'm of a mind to decline.

-And rightly.

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Ubba...he is the Dane

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-whom King Edmund has fed and watered in the past?

-He is.

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Perhaps in the hope that he would simply pass through East Anglia

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on his way to invading Wessex.

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It is my opinion that Edmund deserves nothing but silence.

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Too harsh, young Odda.

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I believe it was Edmund's hope to convert the Danes

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from pagan to Christian, beginning with charity.

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For that he deserves praise, surely.

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You are true, my lord, if indeed that was his hope.

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Edmund is a godly man,

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we have no reason to mistake his actions for cowardice.

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Regardless of Edmund's intentions,

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barring a miracle, East Anglia will soon fall to the Danes.

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And he shall have all our prayers for such a miracle, my lord.

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-He will need them.

-He will not, however, have one man of Wessex.

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-On that we are agreed?

-Yes, lord.

-Aye.

-Hmm.

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MURMURS OF AGREEMENT

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Then we must therefore recognise that we now stand alone...

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..the last kingdom of England.

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It will soon be the men of Wessex

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staring across a field at the pagan army. We must be ready.

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We must pray, we must prepare.

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Odda, I require that Mercia, Lundene and East Anglia be watched carefully,

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-forward knowledge is everything.

-It is done, my lord.

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And scribe, I require the forges of every town and village

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to be burning, night and day.

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-We shall need all the iron those fires can proffer.

-Yes, my lord.

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Most of all I require men.

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Strong, fighting men who are prepared to die,

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because that, in the end, is what it will take to save us.

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The blood of men.

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Ravn used to say, "Never fight Ubba".

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Looks like East Anglia's just made that mistake.

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We should stay away for now...

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build our own fire.

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Ubba is unpredictable, he takes his orders from the gods.

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I know he only listens to a sorcerer, and he's half mad.

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How will you approach him?

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As a man.

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It has to be done.

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Yes, it has to be done,

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but we need to guard your life.

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-How?

-I don't know.

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We should hump tonight.

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We should, it's written.

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That we should hump?

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Our destiny is to hump...

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tonight. SHE LAUGHS

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SHE SIGHS

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I'm enjoying the thought of it.

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-That's all you'll enjoy tonight.

-HE LAUGHS

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SHE GASPS

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GASPING INTENSIFIES

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Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!

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-What? What is it?

-I...I think I have it.

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SHE PANTS

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We take a hostage, a shield,

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a guarantee for your life.

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-Who?

-I don't know...

-SHE PANTS

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..someone he can't do without?

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-Storri...his sorcerer!

-SHE PANTS

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Who is the woman?

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Why's she not on her back?

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Not that it's your concern, but she's for Storri.

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A Saxon whore from Ubba.

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I've seen you before.

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I...served Earl Ragnar and now I serve Ubba.

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-WOMAN SOBS MAN:

-Quiet, woman!

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You'll see me again I'm sure, boy.

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UHTRED LAUGHS

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I'm told Storri's at the church?

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He's up at the monastery looking after King Edmund

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and killing his priests.

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MAN COUGHS

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MAN GROANS

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HE SIGHS

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Hello?

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Leave or it will be the death of you.

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This church is mine by order of Ubba.

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-Master Storri, I have a gift for you.

-Really?

-She's from Earl Ubba.

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A woman?

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Why would Ubba send me a woman?

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-I have no need for a woman.

-She's a sorceress.

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He wishes her dead, but is afraid of a curse.

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Saggy tits, stinking breath,

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but...you'll be rewarded,

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her head's weight in silver.

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A sorceress?

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She has the face of a she-wolf.

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-Does she bite?

-Yes, she bites. BRIDA MOANS

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Leave her with me.

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I will do as Ubba asks and she will die...slowly.

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Argh!

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You belong to me now, old man.

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And you will die slowly unless you do as I say.

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On your feet!

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We're going for a walk and you will keep your mouth shut!

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-This is so foolish.

-Shh!

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Ubba will come look for me...

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-..and he will be here soon.

-I said, be quiet.

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Then I'll wait for him here.

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I'll wait for Ubba here.

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That means it's just you and me.

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HORSES NEIGH

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Where is Storri? He's supposed to be here.

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Edmund?

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Edmund...

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Edmund!

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Edmun...

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-HE LAUGHS

-Can we have some ale?

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Miserable King Edmund of East Anglia.

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You have had a night to consider my offer.

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How do you answer?

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Are you dead or breathing still?

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With luck, he's dead. We allow far too many of them to live, as it is.

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-You allow nothing!

-He lives.

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It's God who decides who lives.

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I would say your god has left you hanging, sir.

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If he has done so, it's because it is his will.

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Take him down... and do not to let him fall.

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And ale, and for Earl Guthrum.

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I don't understand, we do this all the time.

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We allow half of them to live.

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I say we kill them all, all but the young women.

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And who should work the fields?

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The old women, the pregnant women.

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Put him there...

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-and give the man some ale.

-Earl Ubba!

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If I may speak freely.

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I know you.

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I am Uhtred Ragnarson.

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I am here with the truth of how my father died.

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Yes, you are Ragnar's slave and you killed him!

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I don't know what stories you've heard,

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but Earl Ragnar was killed by his own, by Danes.

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His former ship's master Kjartan and his half-blind son, Sven,

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they led the attack on a sleeping wedding party.

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Can't you see that we are entertaining a king?

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Lord Ubba, I am telling you that Earl Ragnar was killed by Danes!

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You be quiet, boy!

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-And you will wait!

-Kill him.

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Not another word!

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Bar the doors, he does not leave.

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Guthrum is right, we are entertaining a king,

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so no more interruptions.

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I just have to know - who is that? Hm?

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-His eyes are watching me.

-And me.

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Who...who's what? Who?

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The other half-naked image there.

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Who is it?

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That is Saint Sebastian.

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A former Roman soldier who found God.

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Found him where?

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He found him in his heart! Not...

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-Do you wish me to tell you the story?

-I have time.

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The Emperor of Rome, on discovering that Sebastian had found God,

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ordered him to renounce his faith, he refused.

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So, then the Emperor ordered that he be filled full of arrows...

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and yet...he lived.

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-He lived?

-Yes, he did.

-Is this true?

-Of course, it's true!

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God saved Saint Sebastian and God should be praised for that mercy.

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For how long did he live?

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Well, sadly he...he then ordered him to be clubbed to death.

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-So, he died...?

-He went to Heaven, so he lived.

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-I heard mention of this Heaven.

-What is this Heaven?

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Heaven is Valhalla, lord, to the Christians,

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but without the fighting, feasting and humping.

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Heaven is..is Heaven,

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it's not heathen.

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But to answer your very first question, I ha...

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I have considered your offer, and yes,

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I will continue to rule East Anglia as you suggest.

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I will suffer your presence,

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I will provide you with horses,

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food, coin and hostages.

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I will do all that you demand...

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But...

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..only if you, Lord Ubba,

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and all of your men,

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..submit to God.

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That is my demand.

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YOU must be baptised.

0:22:140:22:16

You must stand in a barrel of water and they pour more water over you.

0:22:190:22:23

They want to wash me?

0:22:260:22:27

-No...

-Your scent upsets them, Ubba.

0:22:270:22:30

No, to cleanse you of your sins,

0:22:300:22:32

there's only one God and I demand that you serve him.

0:22:320:22:35

-Kill him now!

-Why must I serve him?

0:22:350:22:37

Because God is great! All powerful! All magnificent!

0:22:370:22:40

-Have him stop his yapping and prove it!

-Ah, agreed.

0:22:400:22:44

-Prove to me your god is great. Prove it!

-Prove?

0:22:440:22:47

Prove...prove... Look, here!

0:22:470:22:50

God spared Saint Sebastian.

0:22:500:22:52

-But the man still died.

-Because it was God's will!

0:22:520:22:54

So, would your god protect you from my arrows?

0:22:540:22:56

If he was all powerful, he would.

0:22:560:22:58

-Yes, if it was God's will, he would, yes.

-So, let us try.

0:22:580:23:01

We shall shoot arrows at you and if you survive...

0:23:040:23:07

..we will all be washed.

0:23:100:23:12

-Including Guthrum here.

-Why not?

0:23:130:23:16

Very well.

0:23:220:23:23

I...I will continue to be king...

0:23:280:23:30

..but we will dispense with the need for the baptisms,

0:23:320:23:35

the, er...the washing.

0:23:350:23:37

I withdraw my request.

0:23:370:23:39

But you claim your god is all powerful.

0:23:390:23:41

I want it proven.

0:23:430:23:44

Strip him.

0:23:440:23:46

Archers!

0:23:480:23:49

Wait.

0:23:550:23:56

Tell me truthfully...

0:24:020:24:04

..are you afraid?

0:24:050:24:06

God is great!

0:24:080:24:09

We will see.

0:24:120:24:13

Shoot.

0:24:190:24:20

-Shoot!

-Ah-ah!

0:24:220:24:23

They are my men and only I tell them when to shoot.

0:24:250:24:28

Shoot.

0:24:310:24:32

Do you now wished to be clubbed, or will the arrows be sufficient?

0:24:370:24:41

HE WHIMPERS

0:24:410:24:42

HE EXHALES

0:24:420:24:44

You come a long way, boy,

0:24:450:24:47

to tell me it was Danes and not you who killed Ragnar.

0:24:470:24:51

It was Kjartan and Sven, lord, and others.

0:24:510:24:54

It's the truth. Why else would I be here?

0:24:560:24:58

To spy, to lie.

0:24:580:25:01

No, lord.

0:25:010:25:02

-HE LAUGHS

-Perhaps to kill me?

-No, lord.

0:25:020:25:05

Have you been washed?

0:25:050:25:07

Odin is my god.

0:25:080:25:10

But you have been washed?

0:25:100:25:11

Yes, lord.

0:25:130:25:14

How did it feel...

0:25:150:25:16

..the washing?

0:25:180:25:19

Cold, lord, the water was cold.

0:25:190:25:22

Nothing else?

0:25:220:25:23

I was a child, lord. Now I am a Dane.

0:25:230:25:26

Yeah, a Dane.

0:25:260:25:28

So...now let us see if Odin

0:25:340:25:36

will protect you from the arrows.

0:25:360:25:39

I like this game.

0:25:400:25:42

-Strip him.

-Keep away from me!

0:25:420:25:44

-Not another step!

-Archers at the ready!

0:25:450:25:47

-I have a hostage!

-What?

0:25:470:25:49

-I have Storri.

-Stop!

0:25:490:25:51

If I die, he dies.

0:25:510:25:52

If I die, your sorcerer dies, and you're without his guidance.

0:25:520:25:55

He lies, I can smell it.

0:25:550:25:57

I have proof...

0:25:570:25:58

his runes.

0:25:580:26:00

Storri will be returned to you safely.

0:26:020:26:04

Take his head from his shoulders!

0:26:040:26:07

Guthrum, be quiet!

0:26:070:26:08

Have them open the doors.

0:26:080:26:10

I will release Storri when I am clear of this place.

0:26:110:26:14

-You go nowhere!

-Then he dies! Your sorcerer dies!

0:26:140:26:17

Have them open the doors.

0:26:190:26:21

DOOR OPENS

0:26:280:26:31

One day I will kill you.

0:26:340:26:36

Storri will tell you otherwise.

0:26:360:26:38

And I am telling you the truth about Ragnar.

0:26:410:26:43

This is what happens when we allow too many of them to live!

0:26:550:26:57

HE YELLS

0:26:570:26:59

WOOD SPLINTERS

0:26:590:27:00

Excellent! Firewood.

0:27:000:27:02

You're alive.

0:27:070:27:09

That's good.

0:27:090:27:10

Did he hear you?

0:27:100:27:12

He did not, not a word.

0:27:120:27:15

What did he say?

0:27:150:27:17

-That he'll kill me.

-Nothing else?

0:27:170:27:19

Where's Storri?

0:27:190:27:21

What did he say?

0:27:230:27:24

-He's naked?

-It was necessary.

0:27:270:27:29

He has a branch up his arse.

0:27:290:27:31

Which is why he is naked.

0:27:310:27:34

Uhtred...

0:27:350:27:36

Ow!

0:27:420:27:43

Uhtred, he must have said something?

0:27:460:27:49

He believes the lie.

0:27:490:27:51

He believes that I killed Ragnar.

0:27:510:27:54

STORRI GRUNTS

0:27:590:28:03

There's nothing more to do.

0:28:040:28:05

-We should put distance between us and this place.

-And go where?

0:28:110:28:14

Anywhere that's not here.

0:28:140:28:16

I say we go to Young Ragnar.

0:28:180:28:21

He's in Ireland.

0:28:210:28:22

-Then we go to Ireland.

-How? In what? We sail in what?

0:28:220:28:25

-And with whom? Danes?

-Then we wait for him to return.

0:28:250:28:28

What if he doesn't return, what then?

0:28:280:28:31

Accept it, we are lost.

0:28:340:28:36

-We are alive and breathing for a reason...

-Brida...

0:28:370:28:40

We are no longer Danes.

0:28:400:28:42

How much for your work?

0:29:240:29:25

For a long sword?

0:29:260:29:28

You tell me what you need and I'll tell you a price.

0:29:280:29:31

A warrior sword to last a lifetime.

0:29:310:29:33

And what are you?

0:29:330:29:35

Saxon or Dane?

0:29:360:29:38

Northumbria.

0:29:400:29:41

It will take some time to make her right...

0:29:440:29:46

..which means she'll be expensive.

0:29:480:29:50

If she's right, I will pay in silver.

0:29:500:29:53

How much?

0:29:530:29:54

Ten pieces. Half now.

0:29:540:29:56

Oh-ho! Six, no more.

0:29:560:29:58

Eight and I'll make her my finest.

0:29:580:30:00

Eight, and if she is not your finest, you will be her first.

0:30:000:30:03

I want this stone set into the handle.

0:30:100:30:13

That can be done.

0:30:180:30:19

Don't sell it, nor lose it.

0:30:210:30:22

-Ale, my lord?

-You stand too close, girl.

0:30:400:30:43

Just a little, to take away the taste of the gruel.

0:30:430:30:46

You stand too close!

0:30:460:30:47

It is broth, not gruel.

0:30:490:30:51

Is it?

0:30:510:30:52

Well, I think it is!

0:30:520:30:54

You should be thanking God for its goodness

0:30:540:30:57

and the banishment of those awful cramps.

0:30:570:30:59

-I am happy to eat as you eat.

-Well, you are saintly, my dear.

0:30:590:31:03

Father Beocca, join us for breakfast - I dare you!

0:31:030:31:07

-Alas, my lord, I've already eaten.

-You're fortunate.

0:31:070:31:10

Bad news, lord, er...your nephew Aethelwold.

0:31:100:31:14

-Isn't it always?

-He's drunk, he's sleeping in the palace gardens.

0:31:140:31:18

Should I take him to the King? It's the second time this week.

0:31:180:31:21

May God strike him down...painfully.

0:31:210:31:24

SNORING

0:31:270:31:29

Aargh!

0:31:300:31:32

-What? What?

-On your feet, boy.

0:31:320:31:35

-Wait, wait, wait, wait!

-Come on, the King wants to see you.

0:31:350:31:39

Drunk!

0:31:390:31:40

What again?

0:31:410:31:43

Do you think this is fit?

0:31:430:31:45

Out, all of you, leave us!

0:31:450:31:47

Do you think this is fit?

0:31:490:31:51

I have been mistreated, you...you saw this for yourself.

0:31:510:31:55

I demand that this... this bear is punished.

0:31:550:31:59

Aethelwold, your years do not hide the fact

0:31:590:32:01

-that you are a disappointment.

-May I ask why?

0:32:010:32:03

That you need to ask tells your father all he needs to know.

0:32:030:32:08

-What?

-That you are an unsuitable heir! That is what!

0:32:080:32:12

Then I will change.

0:32:150:32:16

-You should!

-I will.

-All I ask is that you become a man, and quickly.

0:32:170:32:22

Today.

0:32:230:32:25

Today, I promise.

0:32:260:32:28

Am I excused?

0:32:350:32:36

My lords.

0:32:430:32:44

I am not convinced he IS my son.

0:32:490:32:51

If his mother were not already dead, I'd have her beheaded for adultery.

0:32:520:32:56

HE LAUGHS

0:32:560:33:00

If I'm to fall in the battles that will come...

0:33:020:33:05

..he cannot be king.

0:33:060:33:07

-You favour Alfred?

-I do.

0:33:090:33:11

Even though he is often... weak in body?

0:33:120:33:16

Well, that his illness does not tie him to his bed

0:33:170:33:20

shows the strength of my brother. Alfred is my heir.

0:33:200:33:23

He knows it.

0:33:230:33:24

And when the time comes,

0:33:260:33:28

Odda, my friend,

0:33:280:33:30

you must steer the Witan to make this choice.

0:33:300:33:33

My lord.

0:33:350:33:36

It's done.

0:33:420:33:43

Should be safe for now.

0:33:450:33:46

They say Danes rarely come here.

0:33:460:33:48

What did Storri say to you, to make you bind his mouth and, er...?

0:33:490:33:53

-He threw a curse.

-Saying what?

0:33:530:33:56

It's not important. I responded with the branch.

0:33:570:34:00

What are you doing?

0:34:060:34:07

You know what I'm doing.

0:34:070:34:09

-I'm removing the last of his curse with a kiss.

-I don't want to.

0:34:090:34:13

If you want to go to the Danes, then go, find a new lord.

0:34:190:34:22

It's me they wish to kill.

0:34:250:34:27

-You sound like a child.

-I'm offering you a choice.

0:34:270:34:30

-You're talking through your arse.

-I'm sitting on my arse.

0:34:300:34:33

So, your arse is cleverer than you, it can do two things at once.

0:34:330:34:37

Thank you.

0:34:370:34:39

Your tongue is sharp, woman.

0:34:390:34:41

HE LAUGHS

0:34:410:34:43

-Show me again.

-No.

0:34:440:34:45

You're right.

0:34:480:34:49

We can't go to young Ragnar.

0:34:510:34:53

But we should wait for him to find us.

0:34:560:34:59

Which he will. He will want to know the truth.

0:34:590:35:02

In the time between, we stay alive.

0:35:050:35:07

And we pass the time...

0:35:090:35:10

Doing what?

0:35:120:35:13

Aargh!

0:35:200:35:22

Hey! Hey!

0:35:250:35:26

Get off!

0:35:260:35:27

SHE LAUGHS

0:35:480:35:50

I have given her some beauty, but she is a tool, no more no less.

0:36:440:36:48

She is exactly as I'd hoped.

0:36:590:37:01

-We said ten?

-We said eight.

-She's worth ten.

0:37:020:37:05

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

0:37:080:37:09

Lord, men have been asking of you.

0:37:110:37:13

And your woman.

0:37:130:37:14

Danes or Saxon?

0:37:160:37:17

Take your pick - five or more.

0:37:170:37:19

Make her sing!

0:37:220:37:24

Brida, we should leave. There are men looking for us.

0:37:290:37:31

-From Ubba?

-I don't know - Saxons and Danes are looking for us,

0:37:310:37:35

we seem to be collecting enemies as we go.

0:37:350:37:37

Get to the horses! Go! Go! Go!

0:37:450:37:48

Out the way! Out the way!

0:38:010:38:03

Brida, the horses are just there.

0:39:090:39:11

Wait, there's another! We have to go. Come.

0:39:110:39:14

Move, move! Out of the way!

0:39:170:39:20

Brida, the door!

0:39:260:39:28

Wait.

0:39:290:39:30

Wait...wait...

0:39:330:39:35

You are right. We should leave.

0:39:480:39:50

Whoever it was that sent them, Ubba or your uncle, they won't rest,

0:39:520:39:56

there'll be others.

0:39:560:39:57

I can't go home without help.

0:40:020:40:03

Uhtred...you should forget Bebbanburg.

0:40:040:40:08

No.

0:40:100:40:12

No, I won't vanish.

0:40:120:40:14

Nothing changes.

0:40:160:40:17

Kjartan and my uncle will pay for Ragnar's death,

0:40:170:40:20

and I will have those lands.

0:40:200:40:22

But how? With whose help?

0:40:220:40:24

-You said yourself, we only have Ubba...

-The English.

0:40:240:40:29

If we're dead to the Danes, we have no choice.

0:40:300:40:32

There is no England! The Danes have England.

0:40:320:40:35

No, there is one place, south of here, it's Wessex.

0:40:350:40:38

They'll take one look at you and kill you as a Dane.

0:40:380:40:41

Whereas Ubba will kill me as an Englishman.

0:40:410:40:43

With King Aethelred, we have a chance of everything.

0:40:430:40:46

What do you say?

0:40:470:40:49

Come with me.

0:40:500:40:52

Why do they stare?

0:41:220:41:23

They think you're pretty.

0:41:250:41:26

Huh!

0:41:260:41:27

Or they've never seen a Dane so close.

0:41:270:41:30

But they will.

0:41:310:41:33

Come away!

0:41:450:41:46

SHOUTING

0:41:470:41:51

JEERING

0:42:030:42:06

We have business with the king, Aethelred.

0:42:150:42:18

-MAN:

-Go home!

0:42:180:42:19

I say we have business with the King.

0:42:200:42:22

Do you not understand English?

0:42:230:42:25

Is that what you're speaking, arseling? You sound like a Dane.

0:42:250:42:29

Why do you dress as a warrior when you're clearly a farmer?

0:42:290:42:33

Farmer, am I?

0:42:350:42:36

I'd wager this farmer against you at any time.

0:42:360:42:39

We are here to see the King, peaceably.

0:42:390:42:41

Uhtred, what are you doing?

0:42:410:42:43

-What is it, farmer, first blood...

-Uhtred!

-..or to the death?

0:42:430:42:47

I'll be splitting your skull, boy, so one follows the other.

0:42:470:42:51

-MAN:

-Come on!

0:42:510:42:53

Uhtred?

0:42:540:42:56

Father Beocca!

0:42:590:43:00

-Ha-ha!

-Oh, my goodness.

0:43:000:43:04

You know this arseling, Father?

0:43:040:43:05

I do. Yes, I do!

0:43:050:43:07

Uhtred, you're...you're fully grown!

0:43:070:43:10

And you're old!

0:43:120:43:13

THEY LAUGH

0:43:130:43:15

I am.

0:43:150:43:16

Oh, you're a man.

0:43:160:43:19

-He claims business with the King.

-Yes. Yes, that's true.

0:43:190:43:22

But not with the King, it must be with Alfred.

0:43:220:43:25

-You vouch for him?

-I vouch for him? Yes, I will vouch for him.

0:43:250:43:28

God has sent you, surely.

0:43:280:43:30

You're a man!

0:43:300:43:32

Father, this is Brida,

0:43:340:43:36

my greatest friend.

0:43:360:43:38

A woman?

0:43:390:43:41

-Yes.

-I am.

0:43:410:43:43

I have tits.

0:43:460:43:48

I see.

0:43:490:43:50

Have their horses fed and watered.

0:43:520:43:54

And I will inform Alfred that you're here with me, both.

0:43:540:43:57

We need their weapons, Father.

0:43:570:43:58

Why not inform the King?

0:43:580:44:00

The King is busy.

0:44:000:44:02

But you will like Alfred, he is an impressive man.

0:44:020:44:05

Come.

0:44:070:44:08

CHURCH BELL TOLLS

0:44:100:44:12

Do you like it?

0:44:150:44:16

I do.

0:44:180:44:19

It's beautiful.

0:44:210:44:22

You could rest here, it's so quiet.

0:44:240:44:26

Peaceful.

0:44:260:44:27

The, er, the Romans, they built this courtyard for just that purpose -

0:44:290:44:33

-tranquillity.

-You're Alfred?

0:44:330:44:35

I am.

0:44:360:44:37

-My lord.

-You are Uhtred?

0:44:380:44:41

I hear word you are a considerable warrior.

0:44:410:44:44

Ha-ha! Not been tested, lord, not yet...

0:44:440:44:47

and I've been lucky.

0:44:470:44:49

Well, luck is good.

0:44:490:44:51

Or so my own warriors...say.

0:44:510:44:54

Now, I haven't quite worked out the theology of luck.

0:44:540:44:58

Can there be luck if God disposes?

0:44:590:45:02

If your god is with you, you're a lucky man.

0:45:040:45:07

Yes.

0:45:090:45:10

You're right.

0:45:100:45:12

Simply put, but you are right.

0:45:120:45:14

With me, we shall talk inside, briefly.

0:45:140:45:16

I spend much of my time in here.

0:45:300:45:33

Do you read, Uhtred?

0:45:340:45:36

I was schooled as a child, by Father Beocca, I was not a good student.

0:45:360:45:40

There's much to know outside of letters.

0:45:400:45:42

Oh, I am certain there is.

0:45:420:45:44

But do not underestimate the power of the written word.

0:45:440:45:47

When a man dies, if nothing is written, he is soon forgotten.

0:45:470:45:51

For instance, who is remembering Earl Ragnar?

0:45:510:45:53

You know of Ragnar?

0:45:530:45:55

Father Beocca has talked much about you, Uhtred.

0:45:560:46:00

He believed you a prisoner, a slave to Earl Ragnar.

0:46:000:46:04

-Is that the case?

-Ragnar was a father to me.

0:46:040:46:07

I loved him.

0:46:090:46:11

Yet, in Eoferwic, they are saying that you killed him.

0:46:110:46:14

They lie.

0:46:140:46:15

Karjartan. Karjartan - is that how you pronounce it?

0:46:190:46:22

-Kjartan?

-Kjartan...

0:46:220:46:24

has benefitted most from Ragnar's death.

0:46:240:46:27

He has taken his place and is Earl Kjartan now,

0:46:270:46:30

-a great lord, with ships.

-That's written down?

0:46:300:46:33

Whatever I discover about my enemies is written down.

0:46:330:46:36

It is in Kjartan's interest to kill you, is it not?

0:46:370:46:40

He would not want Ragnar's son to hear a different tale.

0:46:400:46:44

-He would not wish him to hear the truth, no.

-No.

0:46:440:46:47

And the Chieftain Ubba,

0:46:470:46:50

although he himself has now travelled north,

0:46:500:46:52

he has sent men to Mercia,

0:46:520:46:53

asking of your whereabouts.

0:46:530:46:55

But not your welfare, I surmise?

0:46:550:46:58

How do you come by all of this?

0:46:590:47:01

I have eyes and ears in each of the kingdoms.

0:47:010:47:03

One day, it is my hope

0:47:080:47:10

that all kingdoms will become one,

0:47:100:47:14

united under one God.

0:47:140:47:17

One king?

0:47:180:47:19

If all men can agree, yes.

0:47:210:47:23

All that remains of England is Wessex.

0:47:250:47:28

The birth of an England, the idea...

0:47:300:47:33

..of a single kingdom...

0:47:350:47:36

..called England...

0:47:380:47:39

..has to begin here.

0:47:400:47:42

There is nowhere else.

0:47:440:47:45

But for how long will Wessex remain?

0:47:450:47:48

The fate of Wessex will be determined by Englishmen,

0:47:480:47:51

all Englishmen.

0:47:510:47:53

Only by joining together and saving Wessex can we HAVE England.

0:47:530:47:57

Only by saving Wessex can we have a...

0:47:590:48:02

a Northumbria...

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a Bebbanburg.

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And if Wessex can't be saved?

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Then we are all no more.

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CHURCH BELL RINGS

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Prayers.

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HE WINCES

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And a little discomfort.

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I will summarise.

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The Danes are gathering a great army.

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They have, in fact, gathered an army.

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-They gather where?

-They have moved upriver from Lundene to Readingum.

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They are settling as we speak.

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But you said Ubba's in the north, so who leads them?

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-The Earl Guthrum leads them.

-I know Guthrum.

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We will need every advantage.

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And Father Beocca considers you,

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Uhtred of Bebbanburg, to be an advantage.

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Whereas I believe you are here solely to hide, to save yourself.

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I look at you and I see a Dane.

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I see Uhtred of Nowhere, who cares for no-one, but himself.

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Now, I must go to prayers. You will join me?

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-If my lord will excuse me?

-Us both.

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Of course.

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I expected as much.

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Father Beocca.

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-Lord.

-Take your guests for refreshments.

-I will, my lord.

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They may remain in Winchester, but I hold you responsible.

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Yes, lord.

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You should have gone along and prayed with him,

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-it would have bonded you.

-He believes we are pagans.

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What Alfred believes is that the Danes have abandoned you.

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Ubba has abandoned us, there are other lords.

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Most, if not all, follow Ubba.

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So believe me, girl, you have been abandoned!

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-Yeah, you know everything about the Danes, don't you(!)

-This way.

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I want to show you something.

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The Charters of Bebbanburg.

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Yeah, the land books, yeah.

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You kept them safe.

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I have shown them to Alfred,

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he knows you are the Ealdorman, by right.

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I will continue to keep them safe, but, Uhtred, you...

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you must behave like an Ealdorman.

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The Charters have no meaning - Northumbria belongs to the Danes.

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It does not belong to the Danes, it has been stolen by them.

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If you want wealth, you take it. You can't ignore what's true.

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-If the Danes are at Readingum, I'll go to Readingum.

-What?

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-For what purpose?

-For knowledge.

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But we have knowledge and you should stay away from Danes.

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For new knowledge.

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You know where they're settling, but you don't know why.

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We know their number and their position.

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But not their intention.

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Am I a prisoner?

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Their intention is to attack.

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When?

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-Spring. It's always spring.

-I'll go to Readingum.

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-Where is it?

-It's too dangerous.

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-Not for me. I'm a godless stain, remember!

-Why spy for Alfred?

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Because he is an Ealdorman of England.

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-DOOR OPENS

-Lord...

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Regarding the conversion of the pagans to Christianity?

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-Yes, lord?

-How do we decide what is proper?

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To enlighten them or to kill them?

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Spreading God's word is, of course, our mission.

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But I fear that the pagans, the true pagans,

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must first witness and then feel his power.

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Uhtred...will return?

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Yes, he will return.

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Yes, but how will he return? As who?

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-As what?

-I know this boy.

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This boy is now a man.

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I know his soul.

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Father Beocca, he has no soul.

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And you say yourself, the pagans need to feel the power of God.

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It is written now, here.

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You may leave me.

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We shall see what the days bring, my lord.

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If resting through the winter was their intention,

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they would have remained in Lundene, yes?

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It is you who is Alfred's spy.

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-The next step is to kill for him. Will you do that?

-Answer me this.

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If we were to cross this river and find Guthrum, what would happen?

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He'd kill us both. We owe them nothing!

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Alfred needs to know about the Danes and I need to win his trust!

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You think he'll deliver you Bebbanburg, what if you're wrong?

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Alfred, you have called council. For what reason?

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Lord forgive me, it may well be for no good reason but we have

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a pagan in court who claims to have knowledge regarding the Dane army.

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A pagan?

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Forgive me, lord, he is Uhtred of Bebbanberg. I vouch for his word.

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Uhtred!

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Lord.

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I have been to Readingum. I have watched the Danes.

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Their intention is not to settle.

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If it were, they would have remained in Lundene.

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You are saying what, that they intend to attack?

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-I am, lord.

-We already know this.

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Come spring they will be at our door.

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They will be marching within days, lord. I am sure of it.

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How can you possibly be sure of it?

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The ground is sodden all around, it makes no sense.

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They made their sacrifices.

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The ordinary warriors have caught and killed birds, jackdaws.

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This is only done in the days before battle. And they are hungry.

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Then perhaps they have eaten these jackdaws.

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They have many hundreds of men and horses and few supplies.

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They will first seize a town rich with grain and livestock.

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I don't know the country well, but I've travelled.

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I believe Abbendum is such a place.

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To defeat the Danes, you must meet them on the road to Abbendum.

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It will be within days, lord.

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You went to Readingum alone?

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With Brida.

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Why alone?

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Why not?

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Because for most of your life you have lived as a Dane.

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You look like a Dane. you can speak the language of a Dane,

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therefore, I surmise, you can set a trap like a Dane.

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Agreed, my lord, he imagines we are jackdaws.

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Where, on the road to Abbendum?

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Where would you choose to meet their army?

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I would choose the place called Asec's Hill, lord.

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You would choose or Guthrum would choose?

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I have seen it, the pass narrows, you cannot be out-flanked.

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For the Danes to fight uphill, it will be difficult,

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but they will be confident. They don't fear West Saxons.

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Why? Why do they not fear us?

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They believe you to be farmers, nothing more.

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So, even with the sun in their eyes, which is possible,

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they will climb the hill to fight and that can be to our advantage.

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"To our advantage", he says! You've been here for a matter of days

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and already you claim to be of Wessex?

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This is nonsense. This is all far too convenient, my lord.

0:55:380:55:41

I, for one, can not go along with these ramblings.

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My lord, my sword was made by a Saxon smith. My sword is for Wessex.

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-Do not interrupt a noble when he's speaking!

-Odda.

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I believe this man and this bag of rags that follows him

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to be impostors. No army marches as winter approaches, never.

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Young Odda, enough from you now!

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My lord.

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You.

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You have spoken and given this council much to discuss.

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My lord.

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Alfred, he's here at your invitation. What now?

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Should the Danes march, we must face them.

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And I would rather be at the top of a hill than on the flat.

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I say we march to Asec's Hill.

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But...

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take him.

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Take them both and make them secure.

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-My lord?

-What is this!?

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I have spoken the truth.

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I have spoken the truth!

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-Father Beocca.

-My lord, please...

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-Beocca, help me! Beocca!

-Have faith!

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..reprime eorum superbiam, minue malitiam,

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dissipa illorum machinationes et astutias,

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ut nos tuis armis muniti semper servemur ab

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omnibus periculis, ad glorificandum te,

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qui es unicus victoria largitor...

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Hold!

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Left flank, hold!

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Hold!

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Archers, ready!

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MEN ROAR

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CLAMOUR

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On my command!

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For God!

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For Wessex!

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For England!

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MEN ROAR

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