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'I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. I was born an Ealdorman of England.

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

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'I saw my father killed in battle and my uncle steal his lands.

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'I was taken by the invaders -

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'first as a slave and then as 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 friend.

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'Until my family were murdered by Kjartan the Cruel

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'and his one-eyed son, Sven,

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'and my sister taken hostage on the eve of her wedding.

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'I fled to Alfred, the Saxon king of Wessex.

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'I fell in love with a pagan queen, who saw my sister in a vision.'

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Uhtred, she lives, and is being held in the North.

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'In the year 878 at Ethandune,

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'I fought alongside King Alfred

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'to defeat the Danes, and drove them from Wessex,

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'but at a great price.'

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Uhtred Ragnarson, I have a gift for you.

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Your queen!

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'Peace was secured with hostages, Brida and Ragnar,

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'and by the Danish earl's baptism and acceptance of the Christian God.

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'As for Uhtred, the godless?

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'My path led North, to blood feuds, to revenge and to Bebbanburg.

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'Destiny is all.'

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No mercy!

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No mercy!

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Lord?

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Lord, are the ideas suitable?

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I have tried to show both courage and sacrifice.

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Faced with a fearsome enemy.

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But I do not see God.

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He was there, within us all.

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Praise Him.

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Word of the victory is being spread throughout the land.

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People will hear that it was God-given.

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He was amongst us.

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Aethelflaed, with me, before you hurt him.

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Yes, Mother.

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The Witan is full to brimming.

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Every Ealdorman and his brother is here to bask.

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Not all of them deserving.

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Wessex is safe.

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CHEERING

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But, Ealdormen, to keep Wessex safe, we must now look beyond

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its borders, to Mercia, East Anglia, to Cornwalum, Wales

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and to the North, to Northumbria

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and to the once great and holy city

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of Eoferwic, where now, Christian men and women suffer

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under the dark rule of the Danes.

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There are two Northmen, Sigefrid and Erik,

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two Godless brothers

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with a voracious appetite for land, silver, slaves and war.

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I want it known...

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..and I want them to know...

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..that God, Alfred and the Ealdormen of Wessex are watching.

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The day of reckoning will come!

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CHEERING

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Make way, make way.

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Is this the palace of King Alfred?

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Halt! Stand back from the king's guard.

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I have a letter that he will wish to read.

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You must let me pass!

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In all too soon a time, Aethelflaed will be old enough

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for betrothal, then marriage.

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-You require a list of suitors, Lord?

-I do.

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They must be a match for my daughter, her mother,

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for Wessex and my idea of a united land.

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In which order, Lord?

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Oh, do not ask me, my friend. I pray I never need to choose.

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-OUTSIDE:

-I have business with the king.

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Lord, forgive my interruption, may I introduce Brother Trew.

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Lord, I am honoured.

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Brother Trew has travelled from the North.

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Cumbraland, in the west of Northumbria.

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He has a letter that tells of a vision and a prophecy.

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From the heavens, Lord, I swear.

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The Abbot Eadred of Cumbraland did dream of the likeness

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and this likeness did speak to him.

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The likeness was of Saint Cuthbert.

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Cuthbert?

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Speaking directly from heaven.

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The Abbot tells of Cuthbert's instruction within the letter.

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Lord, for the Saxons and Britons in the North, there is an urgency.

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We are lost, we are, in general, ruled by Danes,

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we are in need of a Christian saviour.

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This saviour is Guthred.

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A man who is a lowly slave and who himself must first be saved.

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At the behest of the blessed Cuthbert.

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WIND WHISTLES

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The doors are open to the elements, Brother Trew, nothing more.

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It can be done, Lord, it can be arranged...

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with your help and guidance.

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And you shall have it, Brother Trew, I'm sure.

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Father Beocca, I will send for you when I have read the letter,

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-which I shall do immediately, do not wander.

-No, Lord.

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Influence beyond Wessex, Odda.

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Heaven sent.

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Come on, move on.

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Move on.

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Come on.

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-Good day.

-It is, Sister.

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Your sword.

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It is not your sword.

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You may keep the silver you will have taken, but not the sword.

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You will turn and run, girl.

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I have killed...

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..and I will kill again, I'm sure.

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But hopefully not today...

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..girl.

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Morning, Lord. She did the very same thing to me.

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We're leaving.

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Argh! Could you not have shook me awake?

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It's time for you to stop drinking and whoring and to do what we

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-set out to do.

-I'm wet!

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Your sword has been stolen, Lord, along with your silver.

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Hild!

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I have recovered Serpent-Breath and when you are able to stand,

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I shall return her. We will be leaving.

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I will decide when we're leaving!

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I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.

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I will not be schooled by a nun!

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She's not wrong, Lord. You have been drinking whole fields of barley.

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Nor will I be lectured by an arseling!

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If you're drinking to forget Iseult, you do her no favours.

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Her memory should be cherished, not lost in a fog of ale and bosoms.

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My sword.

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Are we to ride to Northumbria, or to the next inn

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and the next jug of ale?

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What am I to do in Northumbria with an army of two,

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a nun and a rag-arse?

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A loyal rag-arse.

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Prepare yourself.

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To do what? Kill Kjartan and the men who surround him?

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You can begin to carry yourself as a Lord!

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-Or we can return to Winchester?

-No, we cannot return to Winchester.

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Did she not say that your path led North?

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Thank you.

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Forgive me, Lord.

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Please, Lord.

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May the gods protect you on your quest.

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What do you know of my gods?

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Nothing, Lord. I meant no insult.

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Sigefrid, leave him, he's just a priest.

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Come on, brother, we have Scots to kill.

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Erik!

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The city, we leave in your hands.

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It's ours, it must remain ours.

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I will ensure it.

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You have enough men, keep them sober and do not kill for the fun of it.

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No, Lord.

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You do me a great honour, Lord, though I wish I was going with you.

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Remember, what we need more than silver is women!

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Red-haired women!

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To the shield wall that awaits us!

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To the joy of battle!

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And to the blood of the Scots!

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Ah, Father Hrothweard, we've been waiting for you.

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I will serve.

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We must rise up.

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Every day we hear stories of what has happened in Wessex.

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The brothers have, this very moment,

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taken their army North.

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They will be gone for months, perhaps.

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There is no better time than now.

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We must take Alfred's lead

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and kill every BASTARD Dane and Northman in Eoferwic....

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..in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

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I'm not saying grace!

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It is a battle cry!

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Smoke.

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Come on.

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Danes.

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Danes would not slaughter Danes like this.

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If there is slaughter, Lord, and there appears to be slaughter,

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why do we ride towards it?

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We are curious.

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Fight the Dane!

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Test your sword-craft!

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Do battle with a turd,

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directly from the devil's arse!

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You can cut him, but you cannot kill him!

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And if he kills you, then so be it!

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More fool you!

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Hit him! Hit him!

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Hit him!

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Go on, hit him!

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Lord?

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Lord, we are Saxons, it's none of our business.

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If it is a fight you want, it can be with me.

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This is Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg and of Wessex!

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It's sport, Lord, a pastime.

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Your sport is over.

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Pick up your sword.

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Pick it up.

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Lord, this man belongs to me.

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He's my prisoner.

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He was left in command.

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Is it Valhalla you want?

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In time, Lord.

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Freedom would be my first choice.

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Who do you serve?

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The brothers, Sigefrid and Erik.

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They've gone to fight the Scots.

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I beg you, Lord, he will be my income.

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Halig, give this piece of weasel shit a coin.

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A coin, Lord? He would be my income for a year!

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No more word, I'm warning you!

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-Leave now.

-What?

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Go.

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You!

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You!

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State your name and your business!

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You keep the company of a nun, yet look every piece of you a Dane.

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My business is my own and not that of a priest.

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He's Uhtred of Bebbanburg, Father.

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Uhtred?

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You are THE Uhtred?

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Who served with Alfred at Ethandun?

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I am.

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Praise Him.

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Praise God! It is a sign!

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You know of Ethandun?

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Not only do we know of this battle, Lord, we have risen because of it.

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And just days ago, Alfred has sent his very own priest.

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You killed all the Danes that ruled Eoferwic?

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We have.

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All those that did not flee.

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The holy city of Eoferwic welcomes you.

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We will give you food and shelter

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and thanks, Lord Uhtred.

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God bless you.

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We take care of the horses...

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and then I find Alfred's priest.

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We carry it all, we must.

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But what guarantee do we have that he will not steal Alfred's silver?

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None.

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But that's the risk we have to take.

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Have you been stealing from Alfred, Father Beocca?

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Uhtred!

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Oh, my goodness, Uhtred!

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Wow!

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What a joy it is to see you!

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And for me to see your hairless head!

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I have been praying that our paths would cross.

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This is a sign, God's will.

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Brother Trew, this is the man I've been speaking about.

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And here he is! In our time of need, HE is here!

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We are travelling North with Alfred's blessing and silver.

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It is a ransom to be paid to free a slave...

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but he is no ordinary slave.

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This man is marked to become a king of Cumbraland.

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His name is Guthred.

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A Dane?

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But a good man, a man of God.

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The spirit of Saint Cuthbert has decreed that Guthred shall be King.

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A prophecy.

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Oh, my good lord.

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He appeared in a dream to the Abbot Eadred of Cumbraland.

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He named Guthred as king of both Saxons and Danes.

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How many men is that?

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Hundreds, thousands, perhaps.

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-Warriors?

-Some, yes.

-Of course.

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Alfred would not be content with this man being solely

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King of Cumbraland.

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Well, yes, Alfred would wish for Guthred's influence to spread

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across the whole of Northumbria.

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Including here, in Eoferwic.

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Come with us.

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Help us to free Guthred, protect the ransom until it is delivered,

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and I'm sure that we'll be rewarded.

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Your bargain is with whom?

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A slave master.

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The village in which we are meeting sits on land that belongs to

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someone from your past.

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Kjartan.

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Kjartan's land will be full of men, warriors.

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Father, who's protected you so far?

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Do you have no guard?

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We have gathered a group of sickly men, who suffer with the White Riff.

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Leprosy is a terrible curse.

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Put these poor creatures in a cart and no man dare approach.

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No-one can imagine the treasure sitting beside the disease.

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Your king, Guthred...

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..Kjartan would be his enemy?

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He would. It was Kjartan's men killed his father.

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Guthred himself was captured and sold as a slave.

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Then he would be prepared to raise an army against Kjartan?

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He would be an ally, I'm sure.

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As I'm sure Uhtred is, but one man, against many...

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No, no, Uhtred is more than just one man,

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and he is here for a reason.

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I have come to wish you goodnight, Lord.

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Rest well.

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Stay.

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Stay.

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I have been thinking of Northumbria.

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Eoferwic is the great city of the North.

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To make it Saxon once again would bring hope.

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It would be a beacon.

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Yes.

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A fortress, from which all Danes of the North could be challenged...

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..and England grows.

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Should you not be sleeping, Lord?

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Yes, I should be sleeping.

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I've always intended to ask about the amber on the hilt of your sword.

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Hmm?

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Is it decoration, or something more?

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It was given to me at my birth by my father...

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..to remind me of who I am.

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Who you are, Lord...

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..is defined by what you do, and what you have done

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has given you reputation.

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Reputation is not a shield.

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I think Father Beocca asks too much.

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No.

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No, it's fate that I am here.

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It was fate you drenched me in water, set us on our way.

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Kjartan will have men at this village, no doubt.

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But he and his one-eyed son, Sven, they murdered my family,

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and they must be faced.

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And I have my sister to find.

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Are you certain she still lives?

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Iseult was certain.

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Then you should sleep.

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Hild.

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I would sleep easier lying next to a woman.

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Shall I fetch another bucket, Lord?

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We move!

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Can you smell the northern sea, boy?

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The Northumbrian air?

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I smell it and I feel it, Father.

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-It feels like home.

-That it does.

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I'd prefer you not to look at me, Lord.

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Is it wrong that I look? You have beauty.

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And you have an appetite I do not wish to satisfy.

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I'm with you, Lord, because I'm safe with you.

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HE GROWLS

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I would like you to teach me how to fight.

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Swordcraft.

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Skill. The Danes call it swordskill.

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Then, I would like you to teach me swordskill.

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To help you kill men who stare?

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No, Lord.

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To protect myself and those I care for.

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Yourself included.

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I give to you my heart, my soul and...

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We are being followed.

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-You are aware of this, I'm sure.

-I am.

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We are?

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By whom?

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Men belonging to Kjartan.

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They are the shepherds, we are the sheep.

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Then it is a trap?

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It is. You will enter the slave market alone.

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-And then what happens, death?

-I will follow.

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-I will be with the lepers.

-You will not be at our side?

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No.

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Your purpose here is to protect us.

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-Do they ride?

-You wish to know if the lepers can ride?

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-Mm.

-I have no idea!

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Beocca, what is this nonsense?

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If we are to save Guthred and live to see him crowned King,

0:28:230:28:25

then the slaver and whoever sits with him must fear me.

0:28:250:28:28

They will not bargain.

0:28:280:28:30

And I am but one man.

0:28:300:28:32

So they must fear me

0:28:320:28:34

and I will choose how.

0:28:340:28:37

Beocca, I will need you to play your part.

0:28:380:28:41

-MAN:

-Move on!

0:28:420:28:43

Move it!

0:28:460:28:48

You like this one, huh?

0:28:490:28:50

He's fast and very hard-working.

0:28:500:28:52

Bring another one!

0:28:520:28:53

This one. One of my best.

0:28:550:28:56

You like him? He's very strong.

0:28:590:29:01

Very young.

0:29:010:29:03

Something for you, huh?

0:29:030:29:05

-MAN:

-Horsemen approaching!

0:29:070:29:09

Hello!

0:29:190:29:20

It is my friend, the silver monk.

0:29:210:29:23

And with guests.

0:29:240:29:26

And a woman.

0:29:280:29:30

How pleasing.

0:29:300:29:31

I have forgotten your name, silver monk, but not our price.

0:29:350:29:38

Do you have it?

0:29:380:29:40

Do you have our man - Guthred?

0:29:400:29:42

I have your man. Of course I have your man.

0:29:420:29:44

Then I will see him.

0:29:440:29:46

No.

0:29:460:29:48

You will give me the silver, now.

0:29:480:29:50

She looks strong.

0:29:550:29:57

-I like that.

-The woman is not part of the price.

0:29:570:30:00

Good strong legs...

0:30:000:30:01

to hold on to my arse.

0:30:010:30:03

I wish to see Guthred. Guthred!

0:30:030:30:06

Make yourself known!

0:30:060:30:07

Guthred of Cumbraland!

0:30:070:30:09

Can you hear me?

0:30:100:30:11

I will decide when you see your man.

0:30:120:30:15

You will give us the ransom and you will give it now.

0:30:160:30:19

You will do everything I say.

0:30:210:30:23

You will come down from your horse, girl.

0:30:330:30:35

Too old to keep.

0:30:510:30:53

-Take off your skirts.

-I will not.

0:30:530:30:55

Lord, there are horsemen missing.

0:31:000:31:02

-What are you saying?

-Men are missing.

0:31:020:31:05

I counted five more horses than are here.

0:31:050:31:08

They must be hiding, Lord.

0:31:080:31:09

Priest...

0:31:090:31:11

is my man correct? There are further horsemen?

0:31:110:31:14

He is correct, Lord.

0:31:140:31:16

But these horsemen, they came from nowhere

0:31:160:31:19

and asking us to where we were travelling

0:31:190:31:21

and we prayed that they would leave us, vanish.

0:31:210:31:24

You wanted rid of them?

0:31:240:31:26

Believe me when I say this, they were not of this world, Lord.

0:31:270:31:31

They were not men, like you and I are men.

0:31:310:31:33

What do you mean, they are not men?

0:31:340:31:37

Well, why are you doing that?

0:31:370:31:38

This...

0:31:390:31:41

Signing your god.

0:31:410:31:42

We were asking his protection, Lord, from the horsemen.

0:31:420:31:46

If they're not men, what are they?

0:31:460:31:48

Please, to speak of them may summon them.

0:31:480:31:51

From where?

0:31:510:31:53

-You tell me nothing.

-Can we not simply give you the silver

0:31:530:31:55

and be on our way, Lord, please?

0:31:550:31:57

There is nothing to fear but the lies of a priest.

0:31:570:32:00

I know it.

0:32:020:32:03

EERIE MURMURING

0:32:050:32:07

Lord...

0:32:070:32:09

Oh, dear God in heaven, it is him.

0:32:090:32:11

It is who?

0:32:120:32:13

EERIE VOICES

0:32:130:32:15

HORSE WHINNIES

0:32:150:32:17

POUNDING OF HOOVES

0:32:200:32:23

We come for your souls!

0:32:370:32:39

Who are you?

0:32:430:32:44

I am Odin's messenger to command.

0:32:440:32:47

I come from Corpse Hall.

0:32:470:32:49

You are Sven Kjartanson?

0:32:490:32:52

You will answer me!

0:32:530:32:55

What do you want with Sven Kjartanson?

0:32:560:32:58

I've been sent to take the souls

0:32:580:33:01

of both Kjartan and his son.

0:33:010:33:03

Attack...

0:33:030:33:04

Attack!

0:33:050:33:06

No man shall move, or Sven Kjartanson will die!

0:33:190:33:23

You will all hear me!

0:33:230:33:25

All of you must leave this place.

0:33:250:33:28

Go!

0:33:280:33:29

Or with one touch of my horsemen, you will be cursed!

0:33:290:33:32

Go!

0:33:320:33:33

Urgh!

0:33:360:33:38

You are going nowhere, but to the devil himself.

0:33:380:33:40

I should kill you now.

0:33:450:33:47

I should take you piece by piece.

0:33:470:33:48

No, please, spare me.

0:33:480:33:50

Odin would forgive me, I'm sure of it.

0:33:500:33:52

I will be a changed man. I...

0:33:520:33:53

-You will never change! You cannot change!

-Lord!

0:33:530:33:56

Lord, I beg you.

0:33:590:34:01

That he fears you is enough.

0:34:010:34:04

Let him take that fear to Kjartan.

0:34:040:34:06

May we free the prisoners, Lord,

0:34:150:34:17

search the pens for a friend, the King?

0:34:170:34:20

You may.

0:34:200:34:22

I have no business with you.

0:34:220:34:24

Thank you, Lord.

0:34:240:34:26

We shall leave this place, just as soon as we have found him.

0:34:270:34:29

It will be for the best.

0:34:290:34:31

Guthred!

0:34:360:34:38

Guthred!

0:34:390:34:40

We are looking for Guthred of Cumbraland,

0:34:420:34:45

-son of Harthacnut.

-I am Guthred.

0:34:450:34:47

-How can I help you?

-Lord...

0:34:490:34:51

Is it you?

0:34:520:34:54

We have found you.

0:34:550:34:56

You have, it seems.

0:34:570:34:59

Who are you?

0:35:000:35:02

Find your way home in darkness.

0:35:020:35:04

Urgh!

0:35:040:35:06

Hear me!

0:35:060:35:07

Hear me now!

0:35:090:35:11

A silver coin to any man who will untie me!

0:35:120:35:16

Two coins.

0:35:170:35:18

HE WHIMPERS

0:35:180:35:20

-And my father's thanks!

-SNARLING

0:35:210:35:24

Who is there?

0:35:250:35:26

Name yourself.

0:35:260:35:27

If you are on this land,

0:35:310:35:33

you will know who I am.

0:35:330:35:34

You will know not to harm me.

0:35:340:35:37

SNARLING

0:35:370:35:38

Ah...

0:35:390:35:41

HE WHIMPERS

0:35:410:35:43

SNARLING

0:35:470:35:49

Urgh!

0:35:520:35:53

The priest tells me it is you I must thank for my freedom.

0:36:070:36:11

I did not raise the ransom.

0:36:110:36:13

A ransom was not paid, it goes back to the church.

0:36:130:36:16

Some coins should go to them, the lepers.

0:36:190:36:22

Without them, we'd all be dead.

0:36:220:36:24

As I am apparently now a king, I shall see they are rewarded.

0:36:240:36:27

This is for you.

0:36:270:36:30

The King brings me food.

0:36:340:36:36

-Did Alfred not feed you?

-You know of Alfred?

0:36:360:36:39

Aye, every Dane in the land knows of Alfred.

0:36:390:36:42

And while a slave,

0:36:420:36:44

some of the men recently captured, they spoke of Ethandun.

0:36:440:36:46

They spoke of Uhtred...

0:36:460:36:48

..how he broke a shield wall.

0:36:490:36:52

You should pay a skald to write a song.

0:36:520:36:55

Hm! I did that in Mercia.

0:36:550:36:57

I was drunk and the song was tuneless.

0:36:580:37:00

I am indebted.

0:37:040:37:06

My words have no tune,

0:37:060:37:09

but they're sincere.

0:37:090:37:10

You have brought me back to life.

0:37:120:37:14

-Then you owe me.

-I do.

0:37:160:37:18

I do.

0:37:180:37:20

Serve me.

0:37:210:37:22

-Serve you?

-Er, join me.

0:37:220:37:24

A king needs a commander.

0:37:250:37:26

Well, think on it...

0:37:280:37:29

..Uhtred of Wessex.

0:37:300:37:32

I'm of Bebbanburg.

0:37:330:37:34

Yes, you are. You are.

0:37:340:37:36

Is it your intention to build an army?

0:37:360:37:39

Oh, last night I was still a slave.

0:37:390:37:42

Build an army and I will command it,

0:37:420:37:44

but only if it's your intention

0:37:440:37:46

to go against all the lords of the north - Kjartan.

0:37:460:37:49

But also the brothers and the man who stole my land.

0:37:490:37:51

My own uncle!

0:37:510:37:54

That, I owe you...

0:37:540:37:55

..Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

0:37:560:37:58

-Now I must get used to who

-I

-am.

0:38:010:38:03

Enjoy.

0:38:050:38:07

Why would a dead horseman ride with sickly lepers?

0:38:490:38:52

-Were they dead, too?

-I did not ask.

0:38:530:38:55

He need ride with no man.

0:38:570:39:00

He's dead.

0:39:000:39:01

Invincible.

0:39:010:39:03

Father, it was as I say. I know what I witnessed.

0:39:030:39:06

How are we to kill a dead man?

0:39:060:39:08

Cut him into pieces. Tiny...

0:39:080:39:10

-It's a trick! He's a lie!

-HOUND BARKS

0:39:100:39:12

Go shut her up! Your bitch!

0:39:140:39:16

It did not appear to be a trick.

0:39:210:39:23

Everything I've said is true.

0:39:230:39:25

You, Fiske...

0:39:280:39:30

..do you believe this horseman is back from the dead?

0:39:310:39:34

Yes, Lord, it seemed that way.

0:39:350:39:37

Then you believe he was sent by Odin to take my soul?

0:39:380:39:42

Well, he arrived with a priest and a ransom?

0:39:460:39:50

Yes, Lord.

0:39:510:39:52

-But no silver was paid?

-No, Lord.

0:39:520:39:54

Still, they took their man.

0:39:540:39:56

We find the slave.

0:40:030:40:04

We find the lepers.

0:40:050:40:07

And we find the priest.

0:40:070:40:09

Together, they will tell us all we need to know about this horseman.

0:40:100:40:13

Dead...or otherwise.

0:40:150:40:17

HOUNDS BARK

0:40:220:40:25

You are not welcome here.

0:40:340:40:36

You are never welcome here.

0:40:390:40:41

My father asks for you to keep the hounds quiet.

0:40:420:40:45

Thyra...

0:40:470:40:49

if you do not comply,

0:40:490:40:51

he will have them killed - again.

0:40:510:40:54

And again, you shall bring me pups.

0:40:540:40:56

He will have men hump you.

0:40:570:40:59

I tell you every time...

0:41:020:41:04

you do not need to live like this.

0:41:040:41:06

You don't need to eat and sleep with hounds.

0:41:080:41:12

It is my wish.

0:41:120:41:13

BARKING AND SNARLING

0:41:130:41:15

I dream of you...

0:41:180:41:20

as you were.

0:41:200:41:22

I dream of nothing but the fire.

0:41:240:41:26

My wedding necklace...

0:41:400:41:43

do you like it?

0:41:430:41:44

If any love for me remains inside your shrivelled heart,

0:41:500:41:53

then take out your knife and kill me.

0:41:530:41:56

SHE WHISPERS A SPELL

0:41:580:42:00

HOUNDS BARK AND SNARL

0:42:000:42:02

SHE CONTINUES WITH THE SPELL

0:42:020:42:06

DOOR SLAMS SHUT

0:42:120:42:14

BARKING AND SNARLING CONTINUES

0:42:160:42:19

So you know of the Northmen - Sigefrid and Erik?

0:42:280:42:32

They have gone to Alba to fight the Scots.

0:42:320:42:34

A mistake.

0:42:360:42:37

Yes, they will lose numbers.

0:42:370:42:39

The men they left at Eoferwic have been slain.

0:42:410:42:44

It's open and unguarded.

0:42:450:42:46

Only my second day as King of Cumbraland,

0:42:460:42:48

already you wish me to become King of Eoferwic?

0:42:480:42:51

Why wait?

0:42:510:42:52

The brothers will return, weakened or not.

0:42:520:42:55

I'd rather they remain outside the walls of Eoferwic.

0:42:560:42:58

Lord!

0:43:000:43:02

Lord, the Roman wall!

0:43:020:43:03

We follow the wall all the way to Cumbraland.

0:43:060:43:08

Home.

0:43:090:43:11

And then, Uhtred, we prepare to take Eoferwic.

0:43:120:43:15

Your King!

0:43:300:43:32

Your King, he is coming!

0:43:320:43:34

Prepare!

0:43:340:43:36

Your King!

0:43:360:43:38

He will be here soon.

0:43:380:43:40

Be sure to greet him.

0:43:400:43:42

Make him feel welcome.

0:43:420:43:45

The Abbot... Where is the Abbot?

0:43:450:43:47

Brother Trew.

0:43:500:43:51

-Lady Gisela.

-You appear to have news.

0:43:520:43:55

Lady, I do. Great news!

0:43:550:43:57

-What?

-He's here.

0:43:570:43:59

-Who?

-Your brother, the King.

0:43:590:44:02

He lives?

0:44:030:44:05

Oh, he is well and he is near, very near.

0:44:050:44:07

I must inform Abbot Eadred.

0:44:070:44:09

Lord Abbot...

0:44:270:44:28

..he is here.

0:44:300:44:32

They believe you to be the King, Lord.

0:44:340:44:37

Then let him be the King.

0:44:380:44:40

King for the day.

0:44:410:44:42

Thank you.

0:44:430:44:45

Thank you and may God bless you all.

0:44:450:44:47

Uhtred, that is almost blasphemy.

0:44:470:44:49

Thank you all for taking the time to greet the King.

0:44:490:44:53

You will stop this nonsense.

0:44:530:44:55

Beocca, they love me!

0:44:560:44:58

Because they have no idea what a fool you are!

0:44:580:45:00

Be careful, priest, or he will have your head.

0:45:000:45:03

Not before he feels my boot!

0:45:030:45:05

And may I present to you Queen Hild of the water bucket,

0:45:060:45:10

scourge of slavers and once thrown out of the nunnery!

0:45:100:45:13

I was not!

0:45:130:45:15

The Lord tells lies and all too easily.

0:45:150:45:17

I will be the first to greet him formally.

0:45:170:45:19

-You will all wait upon my word.

-Yes, Lord.

0:45:190:45:21

Lord King!

0:45:260:45:28

Lord King!

0:45:280:45:29

-Lord King, I am the Abbot Eadred.

-Abbot, no...

0:45:300:45:34

It is I to whom the blessed Saint Cuthbert

0:45:340:45:37

appeared in a dream, a glorious dream.

0:45:370:45:40

-Abbot, please...

-He showed me your face...

0:45:400:45:43

and he called you King.

0:45:430:45:46

Thank you.

0:45:460:45:47

Are you sure...

0:45:470:45:49

..that it was not this face here that you saw?

0:45:500:45:53

What?

0:45:530:45:54

Guthred...

0:46:000:46:02

It is you!

0:46:040:46:06

I didn't dare to believe it.

0:46:110:46:12

I didn't dare.

0:46:140:46:15

It is the truth.

0:46:170:46:18

This is Guthred.

0:46:180:46:20

Yes, of course. Of course!

0:46:200:46:21

Now I see the true likeness.

0:46:220:46:25

Forgive me, Lord.

0:46:270:46:28

I have the eyes of an old man.

0:46:280:46:31

Lord King, I am the Abbot Eadred.

0:46:320:46:36

And it is I to whom the blessed Saint Cuthbert...

0:46:360:46:38

Abbot Eadred...

0:46:380:46:40

..I have been told of your dream.

0:46:410:46:43

You...must be a most holy man.

0:46:450:46:48

You have truly been blessed.

0:46:490:46:50

I have, my Lord, it is true.

0:46:500:46:52

But let us waste no more time. We have waited long enough already.

0:46:540:46:58

Lord, you shall be crowned King this very day,

0:46:580:47:00

this very moment!

0:47:000:47:02

The King, whom I promised,

0:47:020:47:04

son of the great warrior Harthacnut,

0:47:040:47:07

has arrived!

0:47:070:47:08

The King, who shall lead us all, both Dane and Saxon,

0:47:080:47:11

against the evil that resides in Northumbria...

0:47:110:47:15

is here.

0:47:150:47:16

With this sword, the sword of Cumbraland,

0:47:210:47:25

and with the grace of God,

0:47:250:47:28

may you find the strength to lead and inspire all men.

0:47:280:47:32

Amen.

0:47:330:47:35

Amen.

0:47:350:47:36

And now, Lord, we shall enter the church for the royal oath,

0:47:360:47:39

which shall be sworn upon the corpse

0:47:390:47:41

of the blessed Saint Cuthbert himself.

0:47:410:47:44

Cuthbert...

0:47:440:47:46

He is here?

0:47:460:47:48

In his entirety.

0:47:500:47:52

God in heaven...

0:48:130:48:15

..I never thought I would see the day.

0:48:160:48:18

-Is it him, Father?

-It is.

0:48:180:48:20

200 years after his death, he remains whole.

0:48:210:48:24

A sign of the depth of his holiness.

0:48:250:48:27

Oh, most holy Cuthbert...

0:48:460:48:48

guide us and lead us and bring us to your glory,

0:48:480:48:52

in the name of him who died for us.

0:48:520:48:55

Amen.

0:48:560:48:57

-ALL:

-Amen.

0:48:570:48:59

See how the flesh is uncorrupted.

0:49:220:49:24

A miracle.

0:49:260:49:27

You will take his hand, Lord...

0:49:360:49:38

..and swear your oath.

0:49:400:49:41

Uhtred...

0:49:430:49:44

You are the commander of my household troops.

0:49:450:49:48

You will be beside me.

0:49:480:49:50

Uhtred, you will kneel.

0:50:100:50:11

Take his hand, Lord.

0:50:160:50:18

God and the blessed Saint Cuthbert have given us this day a King.

0:50:250:50:29

A King who shall raise an army

0:50:290:50:32

and that army shall march in his name and all evil shall be expunged!

0:50:320:50:37

This...

0:50:390:50:40

you swear.

0:50:400:50:42

I swear.

0:50:430:50:44

Vivat Rex Guthred!

0:50:480:50:51

-ALL:

-Vivat Rex Guthred!

0:50:520:50:55

Vivat Rex Guthred!

0:50:560:50:58

Vivat Rex Guthred!

0:50:590:51:01

Vivat Rex Guthred!

0:51:020:51:04

Vivat Rex Guthred!

0:51:050:51:07

Guthred...

0:51:130:51:15

Or do I now call you Lord?

0:51:150:51:18

You can call me whatever pleases you.

0:51:180:51:20

Very well, Lord Goose Shit,

0:51:200:51:23

I am about to retire.

0:51:230:51:25

-Hild will stay with me.

-Yes.

0:51:250:51:27

It is so good to see your crooked little face again.

0:51:270:51:32

It is so good to see that you are still a fool.

0:51:320:51:35

-Sleep well.

-Goodnight.

-Sleep well.

0:51:360:51:38

Sleep well, Lady.

0:51:380:51:40

Do not get overly drunk, Lord,

0:51:400:51:43

for tomorrow you teach me swordskills.

0:51:430:51:45

And maybe one day I shall save your life.

0:51:450:51:47

Your sister is pretty.

0:51:520:51:53

Uhtred, I believe you would find a goat in a skirt to be pretty.

0:51:550:51:58

Goodnight.

0:51:580:51:59

The cocksure long-haired fool over there.

0:52:020:52:05

Is he a danger?

0:52:060:52:07

-To whom, Abbot?

-To each one of us and to our purpose.

0:52:080:52:12

Although he lacks humility, Uhtred is the reason we are alive.

0:52:130:52:17

Ah, he gave you protection out of the goodness of his heart, did he?

0:52:170:52:20

What does he want with Cumbraland and with our King?

0:52:200:52:24

He wants Bebbanburg, his ancestral home.

0:52:260:52:28

And it's in the King's gift to help him.

0:52:290:52:32

Hm.

0:52:320:52:34

He will need to be watched.

0:52:340:52:35

He's a pretender, I'm sure.

0:52:370:52:39

Please...

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You have men in Northumbria still?

0:53:240:53:26

Some.

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Most have settled, but they are mine to call upon

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and I have men in East Anglia, with Earl Guthrum.

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His name is now Aethelstan.

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That may be his Christian name, Lord.

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But to us, he's Guthrum...the weak.

0:53:400:53:42

To seek peace is not a weakness.

0:53:420:53:44

The battle of Ethandun was ours to win.

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Only with peace can you build.

0:53:470:53:49

-Only with peace can a people grow.

-Grow fat?

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Grow as one, Brida.

0:53:540:53:55

It is true that, in parts of the North,

0:53:570:53:59

Saxon, Dane and Briton now live side by side, do they not?

0:53:590:54:02

Oh, they do, but it is the Danes that rule.

0:54:020:54:05

Though warlords must now look elsewhere for war,

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to Ireland and Alba.

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War is how a man makes his wealth.

0:54:110:54:14

I disagree. War is how a man takes his wealth, Earl Ragnar,

0:54:140:54:19

it is the land and trade that makes it.

0:54:190:54:21

And for the land and trade to flourish, there must be peace.

0:54:220:54:25

To be Viking is a way of life.

0:54:270:54:29

To be Viking is a way to die.

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And there are many Danes, I believe, who want more from life than death.

0:54:320:54:36

Lord...

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you are never more alive than when you sail a ship

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onto a new shore.

0:54:410:54:42

Oh, on that we are agreed.

0:54:420:54:44

Father!

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Father, I have news of the slave, Guthred.

0:54:490:54:53

He's been made a King, of Cumbraland.

0:54:550:54:57

Fiske?

0:54:580:55:00

It is true, Lord, we heard it from traders.

0:55:000:55:03

Where are these traders?

0:55:060:55:08

We heard the same story three times, five times...

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We heard it three times.

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This Guthred is now a King.

0:55:110:55:14

-What of the dead horseman?

-Lord...

0:55:140:55:17

King Guthred is building up an army...

0:55:170:55:20

..made up of both Danes and Saxons.

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And the commander of this army is just that...

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both Dane and Saxon.

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His name is Uhtred.

0:55:320:55:34

-Are you certain of this?

-Yes.

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Tekil...

0:55:440:55:45

Lord?

0:55:470:55:48

If the King of Cumbraland is building an army, you will join him.

0:55:490:55:53

If you get the chance, you can kill the King.

0:55:550:55:58

But you will bring his commander back here, to me.

0:55:590:56:02

-Take his eye.

-Yes.

0:56:020:56:04

You can take his eye...

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but I want him here and I want him alive.

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I will take him piece by piece.

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I will make him suffer.

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Uhtred Ragnarson...

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is mine.

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