0:00:02 > 0:00:04I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. I released the slave Guthred
0:00:04 > 0:00:07and saw him crowned King of Cumbraland.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12I fell in love with his sister while commanding his troops.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15I wish to be seen as Sigefrid's equal.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17I ask that you offer your sister in marriage.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20He behaves as if HE were king!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22To defeat Kjartan the Cruel,
0:00:22 > 0:00:26an alliance was formed with the brothers Erik and Sigefrid.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Kjartan's land will become your land.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30To peace.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33But Guthred's counsellors saw me as a threat
0:00:33 > 0:00:36and wanted Christian men in the army.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39He believes himself to be above each one of us.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43And so a secret bargain was made with my uncle.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44200 spears.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49In return I shall require the head of Osbert.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50What are you doing?
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Guthred showed clemency, but still betrayed me.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56You will become a slave, Uhtred, and Halig with you.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59King Alfred freed my brother Ragnar to rescue me.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04But he was too late.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Argh!- You belong to me now.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Destiny is all.
0:01:58 > 0:02:05This programme contains some violent scenes.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Pull, you bastards!
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Hyah!
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Pull, we need to fly! Pull!
0:02:32 > 0:02:34HE COUGHS
0:02:39 > 0:02:41It's like looking out of a grave.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48That will not be our fate... I swear to you.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53You think these bastards will bother digging a hole for you?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54We are destined to be tossed overboard
0:02:54 > 0:02:56with the rest of the shite.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57I'll tell you, Finan,
0:02:57 > 0:03:01it would be my own bad luck if I got tossed overboard alive.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02I can't swim.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Never give up, Halig.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Shut your mouth back there!
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Never give in.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12You don't speak, slave.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16You pull!
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Yes, men! We pull!
0:03:19 > 0:03:20And...
0:03:20 > 0:03:21ALL: Pull! Pull!
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Pull! Pull!
0:03:26 > 0:03:32Pull! Pull! Pull! Pull!
0:03:37 > 0:03:42One day, Osbert, I will kill that bastard and savour it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13200 spears as promised. A man of his word.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15It would seem.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26We can lay a siege to Dunholm as early as tomorrow.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30The unified armies of Guthred, Aelfric, the two brothers,
0:04:30 > 0:04:31we march on Dunholm.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33We show Kjartan our numbers.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35We stand fast.
0:04:36 > 0:04:43We starve Kjartan of water, food...life itself.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44How did he die?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Who?
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Uhtred, Lord.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51His name is Osbert.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Did he shit his britches?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Did he beg for mercy? I want to know.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Uhtred would never beg.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- Your queen?- No.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03She has a free tongue, Lord Aelfric.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05She will say nothing more.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Well, I wish to see it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11My nephew's head. Where is it?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Where it has always been. On his shoulders.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Rest assured that Uhtred is as good as dead.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19As good as dead?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Then he is still alive?
0:05:25 > 0:05:32For the siege of Dunholm, we agreed 200 spears, for his head.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- That was the bargain. - Lord, he is a ship's slave.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39In reality, Osbert's been given a fate far, far worse than death.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43You must understand - Uhtred saved my life.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45He was my friend.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48- Your friend?- Yes.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Lord, I swear, you shall never hear from him again.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Perhaps I should make an ally of Kjartan, once again.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Maybe he will succeed where you have so wilfully failed.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00All I required was a single, lifeless head.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Lord, may I suggest that you rest?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Aidan, how many days have we been marching?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- Six days, Lord. - And you should rest.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Six days for no reward!
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Lord, rest. Eat. Drink.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18There must be something we can do or offer to make this right.
0:06:22 > 0:06:28Lord Aelfric, you will have gathered by now that my brother is part fool.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33You should have nothing more to do with him.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35My sister has humour...
0:06:35 > 0:06:37and a tongue!
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- We leave tomorrow.- Lord, I beg you...- My business here is over.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Goodbye, Lord Aelfric, so nice to meet you.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Enjoy the long walk home to Bebbanburg.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Guthred, by saving Uhtred,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55what you now have is a chaos of your own making.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Chaos.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01If Aelfric is not with us then the ground has shifted.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04We'll take no part in the siege of Dunholm.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Erik, we must! We have an agreement, we have plans.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10That will no longer involve the brothers.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13No Dunholm means we must again fight for our wealth.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Sigefrid, we do have a peace.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16We DO have a peace!
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Lord, we are in need of an ally.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27You must offer your sister.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33The horses are ready?
0:07:33 > 0:07:34They are, Lady.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Sihtric, I choose you because you are loyal to Lord Uhtred.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Always, Lady.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41You will give this note to Hild when she returns.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43She will return.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47How long will you be gone, Lady?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49All I know is that I cannot stay.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15We are Wessex, of course, and to our north lies Mercia, our allies.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Mm-hmm, and to the east?
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Danelaw. Above is Northumbria and Cumbraland,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24where pagans rule and threaten our Christian brothers.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26And beyond the Great Wall is the kingdom that they call Alba,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29where it is cold and wild.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Good.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34And what do we call everything south of the wall?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36That will one day be England.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Aethelflaed, it would cost a great deal of both blood and silver
0:08:40 > 0:08:45to conquer these lands, even more to hold the ground.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47And so alliances must be forged.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Unions made.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53I am to be married?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Once a suitable match has been made.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59I am ready to do my duty.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07VILLAGER SCREAMS
0:09:08 > 0:09:11There is a beauty to a burning village.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13It's like you said - chaos.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17SHE PANTS
0:09:19 > 0:09:21SHE SCREAMS
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I wish to be known as Sigefrid...
0:09:29 > 0:09:30..Lord of Chaos.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Quickly, come on.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Sister Hild and company,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20what is your purpose?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22We're here on the orders of Alfred of Wessex.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I want to see King Guthred.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26You are a Dane.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29I am Earl Ragnar Ragnarson.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33This is the warrior Steapa, Alfred's man.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Alfred sends greeting to King Guthred.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40And Guthred's sister, Lady Gisela.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Is she here?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43I would like to see her.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45She is not. She did abandon the city.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50- Where to?- I have yet to find out, but I shall find out.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56You are his brother? You're Uhtred's brother.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58It is Guthred.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59I am, Lord.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Alfred sent you to do what?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03To find Uhtred.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07He is in Uhtred's debt and will not see him harmed.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Uhtred is lost.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12I'm truly sorry to say that.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15My apologies to both you and to Alfred.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18There, you've had a wasted journey.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Rest, please, here, by all means...
0:11:20 > 0:11:23You will tell me the name of the man who took Uhtred.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I...I need to gather my thoughts.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Lord, I wish to know the name of the slaver.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29If you are truly sorry,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32you will tell me and where to find him.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Uhtred is indeed lost.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Bail, you dogs!
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Release our chains! We'll work faster.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Bail out or you'll go down with her!
0:12:11 > 0:12:14You want to live? You bail!
0:12:38 > 0:12:40I pray God will keep him safe, Lady.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55HE GRUNTS AND BREATHES HEAVILY
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Osbert, he will not stop bailing.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Rest.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21You will need your strength.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24I am happy enough to bail.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Hey!
0:13:35 > 0:13:37COMPETING MEN GRUNT
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Oh. Oh, you think you're better than these men?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46They are property.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47As are you.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50You should let go of your pride.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52It will be the death of you.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Rest.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04He's right, you should rest.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10We're wasting away, you and I.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13We should be saving what's left of our strength to run.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20But to run we'll need skin on our feet and not rotting flesh.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Then we should bail.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38These wretches all tell the same story, Lord.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43They flee slaughter at the hands of the brothers.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45We must surely be next.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46And what do I do?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Do I fight?
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Do I now march against the brothers?
0:14:51 > 0:14:55It is not my place to instruct a king in the ways of war.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I am asking for your counsel!
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I am without a commander of my guard.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Then I would say we need first to secure grain enough
0:15:03 > 0:15:06for the winter to feed these wretches.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11And I would say we need Lord Aelfric of Bebbanburg, now more than ever.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25We would appreciate some water, for ourselves and the horses.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26It's yours.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- You are Jonis?- I am.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42I've been told that you took a man, a warrior, from Guthred of Eoferwic.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43You sold him as a slave.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I see the faces of so many creatures.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- I'm not here to open your belly, Jonis.- Not yet.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53I'll pay you.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Here.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58You will not feed the slaves!
0:15:58 > 0:16:02And you will not bark like a great, fat hound!
0:16:07 > 0:16:08You said you will pay?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Yes, I did.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17A warrior slave,
0:16:17 > 0:16:18called himself Osbert.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25There was another man.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Smaller, Saxon.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- A sea trader named Sverri took them both.- Where is Sverri now?
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Wherever the sea and promise of silver takes him.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Life at the oar is hard and short.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44Sverri will return, I'm sure, refresh his crew.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- When?- Autumn and winter will pass.
0:16:47 > 0:16:53But, come spring, the first full moon after Sigrblot,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55we will gather for business at the beach.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Sverri will be there, I swear.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04And between that time he sails where?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08His ships plough the roughest sea.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- He could be any place. - You tell us nothing.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11I tell you what I know to be true.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16All you can do is watch the beaches and wait.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Saxon dogs!
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Move it.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32(It's East Anglia.)
0:17:35 > 0:17:36It could well be Frankia.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Drink water.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- I need land.- Yes.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Lord, I need land. I need to get out.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- I need land!- Halig!- I need land! - Back at your place!
0:17:51 > 0:17:53He is back in his place.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Tell them who you are, tell them you have silver!
0:17:55 > 0:18:00- You will be quiet now! - He is sick with the fever!
0:18:00 > 0:18:01We will hold him!
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I said we will hold him!
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Worthless slaves.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Halig. Halig.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20- I can't stay on this ship!- Halig.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22You are a warrior.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26You followed me into battle at Ethandun.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30You fought bravely. Halig!
0:18:30 > 0:18:35You saved me from Kjartan's spies in Cumbraland. Remember that?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39I did.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40You did.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44We are warriors!
0:18:46 > 0:18:47And our time will come.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Look at me, Halig.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56You have followed every order I've ever given you.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Now I'm giving you one more.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00You will row.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05You will pull and you will wait and our time will come.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07And then together, we shall win.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Together.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34(Please tell me he's not here as a suitor.)
0:19:34 > 0:19:37He's Ceolwulf, the father of Mercia.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39He is barely alive.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Lord Ceolwulf.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Wessex is honoured to welcome you.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52We welcome all of the ealdormen of Mercia.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56- We do not.- May our discussions prove to be beneficial and fruitful
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- for both parties.- Swords, Alfred.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03I shall make my point clear from the outset.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05We demand swords...
0:20:06 > 0:20:08..and the men to carry them.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13To help stem the wave upon wave of raiders, Lord, from the Daneland.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Forgive my interruption.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19Mercia lost many a warrior at Ethandun, and willingly.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I expect repayment.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I hear you, Ceolwulf.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I consider our lands to be one...
0:20:28 > 0:20:30No, we are not one.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34We are Mercia and you are Wessex.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Refreshment?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Swords!
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I will not be silenced.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Lord Ceolwulf, perhaps a seat? It has been a long journey.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50It has.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53For a purpose.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I understand completely
0:20:57 > 0:21:01that at times the east of Mercia is overrun with Viking raiders.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04We suffer the same fate along our northern border.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07What of your warrior Uhtred?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10He is a leader of men.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Dispatch him to our border with Daneland.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Uhtred and 50 men, I will accept.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Uhtred was last seen in Northumbria, Lord, the place of his birth.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Northumbria?
0:21:27 > 0:21:31You can send men to the far north but not to your neighbour?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Lord Ceolwulf.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38The solution to our problem, I feel, is a bond.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41The solution...
0:21:41 > 0:21:43is swords and men.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46A permanent bond between Wessex and Mercia.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47A union, Lord.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Swords!
0:21:49 > 0:21:52How many times do I need to say it?!
0:21:52 > 0:21:55How many times am I to be ignored?!
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Lord Ceolwulf, you have read my letters?
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Lord Ceolwulf?
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Yes, of course I have read your letters.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08You're looking for a buck!
0:22:08 > 0:22:09A match, Lord.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12And I have a name for you right here...
0:22:14 > 0:22:16..in a letter of my own.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18A good man, godly man.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Mercian stock,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23like the lady Aelswith.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27But what guarantee do I have...
0:22:28 > 0:22:32..that Mercia will not become a mere appendage of Wessex?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35A poor cousin?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37We are a kingdom.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Lord, your first concern should be that you do not become
0:22:39 > 0:22:41an appendage to Daneland.
0:22:41 > 0:22:47And who was it agreed to this thing called Daneland?!
0:22:47 > 0:22:49It was you.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53It was Alfred,
0:22:53 > 0:22:58and now it is Mercia that suffers most.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Swords you demand, Lord. - I do.- And swords you shall have.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- How many?- Wessex could never turn away from Mercia.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08It would be akin to Alfred turning away from Aelswith.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12It could never occur, Lord Ceolwulf. Never.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13What is this?
0:23:15 > 0:23:20Each time I talk of swords and spears and yet you insist
0:23:20 > 0:23:22on speaking of unions...
0:23:24 > 0:23:25..and of ki...
0:23:28 > 0:23:30A cup of water for Lord Ceolwulf.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32A cup of water?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34RASPING WHEEZE
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I think perhaps a hole in the ground.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49He has...
0:23:49 > 0:23:52passed, Lord.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53MURMURING
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Our, erm...
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Our deepest sympathies are with all of you.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Be assured that I and the priests of Wessex
0:24:20 > 0:24:23shall pray for Lord Ceolwulf's soul.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30I pray eternal light will shine upon him.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34We shall adjourn.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Which one of you is Aethelred?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42I am Aethelred, Lady.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Aethelred, if you could ensure that Ceolwulf is returned
0:24:49 > 0:24:51to his family, I would be grateful.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Yes, Lord. Of course, Lord.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06ICY WIND HOWLS
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Master Sverri and your friend Hakka have good news.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17We're finished now until the spring.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Winter will be on land.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Iceland.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Where there's work to be done.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Be ready.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31THEY SHIVER
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Hear that, Halig? Land.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42I love land.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23So in place of the head of Osbert,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25you offer me a bride...
0:26:26 > 0:26:28..by your own admission...
0:26:29 > 0:26:31..you have misplaced.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34But we will find her, Lord, and soon.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36You will find her when?
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Before I finish my food?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Before the end of winter?
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Lord, we have eyes across Northumbria and Cumbraland,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45and we have prayer.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49She will have gone to Cumbraland. I... I know my sister.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Ah, but I do not.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55And I know she must be very fond of me,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58to hide herself away like this.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Lord, she would not be the first reluctant bride.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02True.
0:27:06 > 0:27:12It is also a truth that she was very fond of your nephew.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17I have a duty to tell you,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19there was talk of marriage.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27She remains fond of Osbert?
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Oh, I would imagine that he is the reason she is in hiding.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41Then I shall have her.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44You will?
0:27:44 > 0:27:49There are, however, conditions. Not one spear shall belong
0:27:49 > 0:27:52to Eoferwic until Gisela is delivered and is my wife.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Aidan shall return with you.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58You will treat him well, you will feed him well.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02For the entire winter, should that be necessary.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03I do not eat too much.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Finally, you will deliver a message, from me to Kjartan.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- Kjartan?- Saying what?
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Saying how my nephew may be found and therefore killed.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Why bark when there are hounds available?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Are we agreed?
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Yes.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33We are agreed.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59I think we might be getting fed, Lord.
0:28:59 > 0:29:00Call him Osbert.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09SHIVERING AND COUGHING
0:29:24 > 0:29:26More than you deserve.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27Be grateful.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30GROWLING AND GRUNTING
0:29:50 > 0:29:51THUNDER RUMBLES
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Lord, your gift of warriors.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58They have served Mercia well this past winter.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00The raids are not so frequent now.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02It gladdens me to hear it.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04You have done well, Aethelred.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07Thank you, Lord.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Now, I believe there is other business. Odda?
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Yes, Lord.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14The bride price.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21- Well, we...- I- have considered what would be appropriate.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26I propose to gift the Lady Aethelflaed 3,000 pieces.
0:30:31 > 0:30:344,000 would, perhaps, be more fitting.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39Lord Aethelred, she is the King's daughter, she is not without means.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44Silver, though valuable, does not represent what she will become -
0:30:44 > 0:30:45a Lady of Mercia.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Perhaps you have a gift with more...
0:30:49 > 0:30:51permanency.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Ancestry.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03We would, of course, bequeath Aethelflaed titled lands.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Rich lands, in Mercia...
0:31:06 > 0:31:08..to further the union.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12A fair price, I feel. Excellent.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Excellent, Lord.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18To permanency.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Quick, hide yourself.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33How may I serve you, Sven Kjartensson?
0:31:36 > 0:31:38You will not waste my time.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41We will not speak of silver.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43We will talk of a man you know as Osbert.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07Halig.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Do not move.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57I said...
0:32:57 > 0:32:58do not move.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Bastards!
0:33:24 > 0:33:26HALIG ROARS
0:33:36 > 0:33:38THEY YELL GLEEFULLY
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Don't just stand there looking idle.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43He has the weight of an ox!
0:33:44 > 0:33:46LAUGHTER
0:33:52 > 0:33:55We must divide, go separate ways.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- Halig.- Keep going.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08HOUNDS BARK
0:34:12 > 0:34:13Come on.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47There! A boat!
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- Blessed Jesus, there's a bastard boat!- Halig.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55BARKING CONTINUES
0:35:17 > 0:35:19HE SCREAMS
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Halig.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- Leave me!- Get him in the boat!
0:35:25 > 0:35:27I'm not leaving you.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Pull!
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Pull!
0:35:50 > 0:35:51Pull!
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Pull!
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Pull, Lord.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08You are alive only because I am curious to know who you are,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11and if you'll fetch a good price.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Pull.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13DISTANT SCREAM
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Pull and save him the pain!
0:36:17 > 0:36:18Pull!
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Ugh!
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Pull and give him the peace of death!
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Pull!
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Pull!
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Pull!
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Pull!
0:37:13 > 0:37:14Pull!
0:37:56 > 0:37:57Jonis!
0:38:01 > 0:38:03I'm looking for Jonis, the slaver - is he here?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Who has seen him?
0:38:07 > 0:38:08You will deal with me today.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13You know who I am?
0:38:13 > 0:38:14I do, Lord.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17You have something that I want, Master Sverri.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19Yes, Lord.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Uhtred Ragnarson.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50Is that you?
0:38:51 > 0:38:52Is it?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58What do you call this man?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01He calls himself Osbert, but I heard another slave call him "Lord".
0:39:03 > 0:39:04It is him.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09I have waited for this moment.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14Give him a sword.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16A sword!
0:39:21 > 0:39:23SWORD UNSHEATHES
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Sven.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Yes.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38It is me, Sven the One-Eye.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Pick it up.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43Pick it up!
0:39:49 > 0:39:51He is too weak.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- WEAKLY:- I will kill you.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Uhtred, I am pleased that you will try.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02He's too weak.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07UHTRED RASPS
0:40:11 > 0:40:15I will be forever the man...
0:40:15 > 0:40:17who killed the great warrior, Uhtred.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Uhtred.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Uhtred.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Uhtred. It's me, it's Ragnar.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57- WEAKLY:- Ragnar.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11UHTRED SOBS
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Did you believe we would abandon you?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Free them all.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30CHAINS CLANK
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Pull.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33Halig?
0:42:37 > 0:42:40He has been taken down, wrapped and buried...
0:42:42 > 0:42:44..with shield and sword.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48You will say words for him, Hild.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51I have.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52I will, always.
0:42:57 > 0:42:58Northumbria is torn.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Aelfric did not come to Guthred's side.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06Erik and Sigefrid and Kjartan, they do what they please.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24You haven't asked how I come to be here.
0:43:26 > 0:43:27Alfred.
0:43:29 > 0:43:30Alfred sent us.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36I believe the King of Wessex...
0:43:37 > 0:43:39..cares for you.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45You're Uhtred's brother?
0:43:45 > 0:43:47I am.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50You look nothing like each other.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52CHUCKLING
0:43:54 > 0:43:55Uhtred, you should eat.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01Finan.
0:44:01 > 0:44:06Oh, we will eat, Lady, but our tummies are small and our feet
0:44:06 > 0:44:09have barely touched dry land.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11It'll take a little time to find them.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Are you his brother?
0:44:15 > 0:44:17We are...
0:44:20 > 0:44:23We are bound, I would say.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Up.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21You've been asleep for a day or more.
0:45:24 > 0:45:25I can do it.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34HE SIGHS DEEPLY
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Take off your clothes.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53You have not looked me in the eye,
0:46:53 > 0:46:55not once.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00I am ashamed of what I became.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29You are Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
0:47:29 > 0:47:30Lord of Bebbanburg.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34It's time you remembered that.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39You kept the blade sharp.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41I knew you'd return.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51She is heavier than I remember.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57How did Alfred come to know of my fate?
0:47:59 > 0:48:00You?
0:48:02 > 0:48:04I will not forget.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11You will always have my protection.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13I could not ask for more.
0:48:14 > 0:48:15And this...
0:48:17 > 0:48:19This is my gift to you.
0:48:28 > 0:48:29Protection.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46You are too good a woman for God alone.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52Uhtred, it IS you.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15The apples are beginning to fall without...
0:49:15 > 0:49:17- Shh.- ..picking.
0:49:24 > 0:49:28Here we are, Brothers, God's gift.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30Thank you, Mother, most generous.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32You have been to Cumbraland, you say?
0:49:32 > 0:49:34We have, and without luck.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39And you've had no strangers calling to your door, Mother?
0:49:39 > 0:49:44Strangers, yes - traders and wretches, but no ladies.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50Hmm.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59You have an appetite, Lord.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Mmm. I do.
0:50:01 > 0:50:02It's good.
0:50:04 > 0:50:05I'm pleased.
0:50:09 > 0:50:10Alfred waits...
0:50:12 > 0:50:13..for your return.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18We have business here, Steapa.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22- In the north. - I gave my word - we go to Wessex.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26But we're here, now.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29I gave my word. We go directly to Wessex.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31Kjartan can wait, and Thyra...
0:50:32 > 0:50:34..must wait.
0:50:34 > 0:50:35And Gisela?
0:50:37 > 0:50:39What of her?
0:50:39 > 0:50:40She's safe.
0:50:41 > 0:50:45She waits for you at the nunnery at Ebchester.
0:51:08 > 0:51:09- No.- Seize her!- No.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11No. No!
0:51:16 > 0:51:18No, I will not! No!
0:51:18 > 0:51:20Hold her! Hold her fast.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23Stand beside her and we shall have her married.
0:51:23 > 0:51:24You have no right!
0:51:24 > 0:51:27I have every right, and you will be quiet.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30Aelfric's man, stand beside her.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33We shall have her married to Aelfric right now.
0:51:33 > 0:51:34Without a husband, Lord?
0:51:34 > 0:51:36I will not marry against my will! You cannot...
0:51:36 > 0:51:38Do not strike the poor girl!
0:51:38 > 0:51:41Do as you're told and as God commands!
0:51:41 > 0:51:43Beside her, as proxy.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45You'll stand in for Lord Aelfric.
0:51:48 > 0:51:53We shall dispense with the joining of hands. You may take her arm.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00I will not be party to this.
0:52:00 > 0:52:01I will not marry...
0:52:01 > 0:52:03And we shall dispense with the vows.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08HORSES APPROACH
0:52:17 > 0:52:20I hereby proclaim Lady Gisela of Cumbraland and Lord Aelfric
0:52:20 > 0:52:22of Bebbanburg to be man and wife.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24- Gisela!- Uhtred?
0:52:25 > 0:52:26Uhtred, I'm here!
0:52:29 > 0:52:31- Uhtred.- You will let her go.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34- You are too late. - You will let her go.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36She is married now. She belongs to Aelfric.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39- It is a lie, Uhtred. - Where is Aelfric?
0:52:39 > 0:52:41If he is not here, then he cannot be married.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43By proxy, you fool.
0:52:43 > 0:52:46This man stood beside her in place of Aelfric.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Uhtred, in the eyes of God, she is married.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Did you hump her for Aelfric?
0:52:50 > 0:52:52- He did not.- Then there's no marriage, it's a lie.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55She is married and it cannot be undone.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57- Make her a widow.- No!
0:52:57 > 0:53:00Gisela is married to Aelfric. Not to Aidan.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03I have a wife already. A different wife.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05Uhtred, I'm bored with this.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Kill them all.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26Do as you wish. In sight of God, she's married.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Say "she's married" again.
0:53:28 > 0:53:29She's married.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36- She's what?- She is married.
0:53:36 > 0:53:37Uhtred!
0:53:37 > 0:53:38- Is she married?- Yes!
0:53:40 > 0:53:41He is a man of God!
0:53:41 > 0:53:45Say it one more time, priest, and I swear the devil will take you.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48You're nothing but a heathen and the bitch is married!
0:54:08 > 0:54:09You!
0:54:13 > 0:54:15You will go to my uncle...
0:54:16 > 0:54:19..and when he asks of his wife,
0:54:19 > 0:54:23you will tell him she's in the bed of Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47I trust you are in health.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50I improve with each passing day.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54- And you, Lord?- God afflicts me.
0:54:55 > 0:54:58But there is purpose in that, so I must be glad of it.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03Earl Ragnar, he is a good man.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06I should like to free both him and Brida.
0:55:09 > 0:55:10Thank you, Lord...
0:55:11 > 0:55:14- ..for all you have done. - What do you think of my candles?
0:55:16 > 0:55:19I find them to be more effective at night.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24I have missed your childish insolence.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28I'm trying to measure the passing of time.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32I'm hoping to find a candle that burns from midday to midday.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37Lord, why did you have me rescued?
0:55:37 > 0:55:40- Why have you brought me here? - I had you rescued firstly because
0:55:40 > 0:55:43I was able, and secondly, because it is no more than you deserved.
0:55:45 > 0:55:49Though I admit, I would like you in my service once again.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56I am grateful, of course...
0:55:59 > 0:56:01..but I have my own path to follow.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03- Destiny.- Destiny, Lord.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07You killed the Abbot Eadred.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13According to the words of Brother Trew and others.
0:56:13 > 0:56:14He was a weasel, Lord.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17- A weasel without a sword, a holy weasel.- Who deserved to die.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19You killed him on blessed ground.
0:56:19 > 0:56:20He was an abbot.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24However, you were in the company of Earl Ragnar,
0:56:24 > 0:56:27in the charge of Earl Ragnar, who was under my orders and whom
0:56:27 > 0:56:31I hold responsible for the killing of Abbot Eadred.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33No.
0:56:33 > 0:56:34No, Lord, it was me and me alone.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36Why did he not stop you?
0:56:36 > 0:56:38Lord, you cannot blame Ragnar for the Abbot's death.
0:56:38 > 0:56:39Yes, I can, and I do...
0:56:39 > 0:56:41- That is unfair.- He will stand trial.
0:56:41 > 0:56:42No.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53You are a great warrior, Uhtred.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57You are a Saxon who is also a Dane -
0:56:57 > 0:57:00the very embodiment of the England that must emerge.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05I request that you enter my service.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10Lord.
0:57:11 > 0:57:12I have been a slave.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16I wish to remain a free man.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18What is it that you wish for Earl Ragnar?
0:57:18 > 0:57:21- Lord, please. - A man of God was slaughtered.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23That cannot be ignored, someone must answer.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25It will be you...
0:57:25 > 0:57:27or it will be Earl Ragnar.
0:57:28 > 0:57:29You may choose.
0:57:32 > 0:57:33Your sword, Uhtred.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38You can be a free man, within my service.
0:57:38 > 0:57:40Ragnar goes free?
0:57:40 > 0:57:42He has earned it.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Swear.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53I, Uhtred of Bebban...
0:57:53 > 0:57:54It is the custom to kneel.
0:58:10 > 0:58:15I, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, pledge my sword to you, Alfred of Wessex.