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0:00:06 > 0:00:09'I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. When I was a child, my sister, Thyra, was attacked by Sven,
0:00:09 > 0:00:13'and he looked at her nakedness. Our father exacted his revenge.'
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Then I shall only take his one eye.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Argh! Ah! Ah!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Kjartan, you are banished!
0:00:20 > 0:00:25'So years later, Kjartan burned down our home and killed our parents.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29'I thought Thyra dead.'
0:00:29 > 0:00:31I will not stand by
0:00:31 > 0:00:33and have everything that's mine taken from me.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'But she lives.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38'Held in chains, just as I was held in chains.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42'She will not die a slave.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44'She will not share Halig's fate.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50'Under orders of King Alfred, my brother, Ragnar, found and freed me.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55'Seeking revenge for my friend, for my own captivity
0:00:55 > 0:00:57'and Gisela being taken from me,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00'I killed the Abbot Eadred, a man of God.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05'My price was to renew my oath of allegiance to Alfred of Wessex.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09'Destiny is all.'
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Uhtred?- Mm?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54When you go to Eoferwic...
0:02:56 > 0:02:57..will you kill my brother?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Are you asking if I will, or are you telling me to do it?
0:03:06 > 0:03:07The first one.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I have sworn to Alfred that Guthred will not be harmed.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24I want to go with you.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- No.- You might return to find me
0:03:28 > 0:03:30claimed by another, like vacant land.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Gisela, no.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Alfred could marry me off to some ealdorman
0:03:34 > 0:03:35and you would not be here to stop it!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37HE LAUGHS
0:03:37 > 0:03:38What is funny?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44It would not be the first time a king has tried.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48You're not coming with me.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49It would be too dangerous for you.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51It is for you, too.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I could not...
0:04:02 > 0:04:04..I could not bear it to have you taken from me again.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17What's this? Are you leaving without me?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Brida has gone already.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21She's gathering my men...
0:04:22 > 0:04:23..whatever is left of them.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26You will meet them where?
0:04:26 > 0:04:27Loidis.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I'd ask you to come with me,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33but I hear you've been making more of your oaths.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36I will be with you.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- Our plan doesn't change. - You belong to Alfred.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Our plan doesn't change.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Alfred sends me to kill Erik and Sigefrid.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49If I succeed, then Guthred will be in my debt
0:04:49 > 0:04:51and I will demand the use of his men.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I have men
0:04:54 > 0:04:57and we have our own war, we do not need Guthred's.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59How many men? Enough to take Dunholm?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Guthred made you a slave!
0:05:01 > 0:05:05And by swearing to Alfred, you remain a slave!
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Why?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12I have my reasons.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I would like to hear those reasons.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I did not forget what Guthred did to me.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25But if it means we have a greater chance of killing Kjartan,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28if it means we find our sister, then I will do what Alfred asks.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Kjartan falls...by MY sword.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42He will, brother.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43He will.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Lord?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01You asked for me?
0:06:01 > 0:06:02I did.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07The king... should be at the centre...
0:06:08 > 0:06:10..surrounded by his enemies.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I am sending Uhtred to Eoferwic to aid Guthred against the brothers
0:06:16 > 0:06:18who would take the city for themselves.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19I want you to go with him.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Steapa shall accompany you. Remain at his side.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Lord, forgive me, but I do not see what need Uhtred would have of me.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32It is not Uhtred's need that concerns me, it is mine.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Guthred's misjudgments have divided Northumbria.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I sent Uhtred to reassert Guthred's authority.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I am sending you to remind King Guthred
0:06:41 > 0:06:44of his debt and obligations to Wessex.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Surely a letter would suit the purpose?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49A letter is constant,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52whereas I shall merely come and go.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Think of this as a reward, Aethelwold.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58You have proven yourself, both in battle and within my Witan.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00You have also sought greater responsibilities.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04In Wessex, yes. Responsibilities in Mercia, perhaps, but Northumbria?!
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Lord, they are almost Scots.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Should I turn my hair red?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14You will remind Uhtred of his oaths,
0:07:14 > 0:07:18but, above all, you will reassure our northern king
0:07:18 > 0:07:19that in spite of what has passed,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22my commitment to his prosperity has not waned.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Eoferwic must remain Christian.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29You do me a great honour.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32You shall be my eyes, ears and voice, Aethelwold.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Hm. A bold response.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Yes, Father, I thought so.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Take this.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54It is the symbol of my kingship.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Bear it with authority.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Make yourself ready.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Consider how you spend this time.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Tomorrow, you're my errands man.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Father Beocca?- Uhtred! Thank you.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Come to make your peace with God? - Come to find you.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25You weren't in your room, nor the brothel.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Well, I...I've been very busy.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29These are for Guthred?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Yes. Fortunes of kings.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Their failures are rewarded with gifts.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Father?
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- Is something wrong? - I need you to marry me to Gisela.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- What?!- I want us to make our pledges before I ride for Eoferwic.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Mildrith has joined the order, I am free to marry.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52You have Alfred's blessing?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54It's not Alfred I wish to marry!
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Beocca, this cannot wait.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- You love her?- I do.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08I feel you are too fond of love.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Nevertheless, bring her here, but quietly.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14We need to be quick and discreet.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Quick and discreet!
0:09:21 > 0:09:23We're off to the great north, you and I.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I'm to be Alfred's errand boy. He wants me away from Winchester...
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- Aethelwold, I'm not listening. - He wants me dead, even!
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Now that is the plan, I know it!
0:09:41 > 0:09:44One...may be overpowered.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Two can defend themselves.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55A cord of three is not so quickly broken
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Now that you are bound together,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Uhtred and Gisela...
0:10:01 > 0:10:03..I can declare you man and wife.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16(Now I will never be taken from you.)
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Ragnar rides with them, Lord?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54A Dane?
0:10:57 > 0:10:58You have doubts, Odda?
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Then we shall air them.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Lord, should he survive, I fear Uhtred will not return.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26You believe he will break his oath?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30I believe Bebbanburg will hold a greater pull than Wessex.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Should he rid Northumbria of these Northmen,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36he will look towards Kjartan, his blood feud.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Yes, but that is no bad thing.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39But, Lord, should he defeat Kjartan,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42then who holds the power in Northumbria?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Uhtred and Ragnar? Pagans.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Well, there is that risk,
0:11:46 > 0:11:50but firstly, Uhtred is a warrior. A Viking, even.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- He will forever be restless. - Perhaps.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54And secondly, should he turn his attention to Bebbanburg,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and, indeed, to Northumbria as a whole,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00then Steapa is under instruction to kill him.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12When will we have sight of Eoferwic?
0:12:12 > 0:12:16I have never ridden for so long nor so far.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Have you a sore arse, lord?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20I have a sore everything.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23I need a woman to rub and bathe me.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25HE CHUCKLES
0:12:25 > 0:12:27We will be stopping soon enough.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28At Eoferwic?
0:12:30 > 0:12:31We ride first for Loidis.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33What awaits us at Loidis?
0:12:36 > 0:12:38We shall see.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Need I remind you, first and foremost,
0:12:41 > 0:12:44our purpose here is the king's business.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Nothing has changed but our path, Beocca.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49We shall see.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Brida!
0:13:19 > 0:13:22You brought friends?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23They serve Alfred.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Do we have men?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Some.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30- Hm?- This way.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Well, that was a warm greeting(!)
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Uhtred.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Uhtred, you were sent north to aid Guthred, not to go chasing revenge.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Perhaps I plan to do both, Father.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Well, I think I know what you plan.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Uhtred, revenge will not bring you peace, only death.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Father Beocca, you will have me kill for Alfred but not for myself.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Why is that?
0:13:57 > 0:14:01And what business does Alfred have with Northumbria?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02God's business!
0:14:04 > 0:14:05ROWDY BANTER
0:14:08 > 0:14:09RAUCOUS LAUGHTER
0:14:09 > 0:14:11CHEERING
0:14:15 > 0:14:17I didn't think so many would come.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Ragnar?
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- Rollo.- What makes you think we're here for you?
0:14:38 > 0:14:39RAUCOUS LAUGHTER
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Guthred is seen as weak and friendless.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55These men won't fight the brothers for a turd.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58We need the turd's army to take Dunholm.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01So, why not kill the Northmen, then kill the turd,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04take Eoferwic and its army for yourself?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- The woman's got a point. - No, she does not have a point.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Those are the words of a traitor!
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I don't want Eoferwic. All I want is Kjartan's heart
0:15:12 > 0:15:15on the end of my sword, and to see my sister.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17We will need Guthred's army.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I promised these men silver
0:15:21 > 0:15:24and the glory of avenging your father.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Don't dishonour them by getting them killed for Guthred, the turd.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Oh, Ragnar, your woman's got the balls of a bear.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38I like her.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- She's right. - What do you mean, she's right?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Beocca, she's right! These men are here for Ragnar,
0:15:43 > 0:15:45we can't ask them to die for the like of Guthred.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Isn't it what Danes do, fight?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- We cannot face the brothers alone. - Why not?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Finan, there is bravery and then there is stupidity.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58The Northmen have a camp, do they not?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Not a fortress, but an open camp.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04If it is Sigefrid and Erik we must kill, then let us just do that.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08We kill them while they're sleeping.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Shadow-walkers.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Open the gates!
0:16:39 > 0:16:41They are here...in Northumbria.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- Uhtred and Ragnar.- How many men?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48They had barely 50 at Loidis.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50They'll find others.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52They'll go to their poxy King Guthred.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I want every man aware and ready.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00No drunkenness till it's done, no matter how long.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Do you believe they will attack?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Place rocks, wood and fire on the ramparts.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09We should hunt them down now,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12before they can turn their 50 men into 500 men.
0:17:13 > 0:17:1750 men can win a battle in the open,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20but no army of any size can breach this fortress.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24If Uhtred and Ragnar's wish is to kill me...
0:17:26 > 0:17:28..they can die trying at my gates.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Was I not heard? Go!
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Father, what can I do?
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Go to your wild whore.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Tell her she need not feed her hounds.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00DOGS GROWL
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Thyra?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23I told you to stay out.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Your brother Ragnar is here... in Northumbria.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31He will attack.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37My father demands that you let the hounds go hungry.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41But if you don't...
0:18:41 > 0:18:44if you do not want that, I-I can tell Father that...
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I have no brother.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48DOG BARKS
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I have no brother!
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Get out!
0:18:55 > 0:18:57GET OUT!
0:18:57 > 0:18:59FEROCIOUS BARKING
0:19:05 > 0:19:07RAIN POURS
0:19:13 > 0:19:16THUNDER CRASHES
0:19:16 > 0:19:18I see three on watch.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22The rest will be huddled inside their furs.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25There could be more behind the tents, sitting low.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I don't have a good feeling about this.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Which tents are full and which are empty?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36And in which tent is Sigefrid and which is Erik?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38We are blind.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Tafl.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44The game, tafl.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50The king is positioned at the centre of the pieces.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54I would say that tent there is the king.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02From any other mouth, it'd make perfect sense.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04It is perfect sense.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- I will go in alone. - I think you should.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10No, we go in as agreed, together.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- We cannot risk the both of us being killed.- Yes, we can.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17This is for Alfred, you must save your sword for Kjartan.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19If it is for Alfred...
0:20:20 > 0:20:22..I will go with you.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23And me!
0:20:23 > 0:20:25It was my bastard plan.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30And I shall wish you all the best of luck.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- If you get caught...?- Do nothing.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Ragnar, think only of our blood feud and of Thyra.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I hope you're light on your feet, big man.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56MUFFLED GRUNTS
0:21:04 > 0:21:06HE GROANS
0:21:16 > 0:21:18THUNDER CRASHES
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Argh!
0:22:09 > 0:22:11You want to kill me, Uhtred Ragnarson?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13That was the plan.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15You don't like me? I can be a funny man.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19UHTRED GROANS
0:22:19 > 0:22:20BOTH ROAR
0:22:38 > 0:22:39THUNDER CRASHES
0:22:46 > 0:22:48HE ROARS
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Raiders! Raiders! Raiders!
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Necessary.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Stand clear, let them see me! Let them all see me!
0:23:02 > 0:23:04They'll be slaughtered where they stand!
0:23:04 > 0:23:07And you with them. You save your sword for Kjartan!
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Erik, I swear, I'll kill him and be damned what follows!
0:23:12 > 0:23:15No-one is to move! No-one! Stand still!
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Kill him! Kill him!
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- Kill him!- No-one is to as much as raise their sword!
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Uhtred, you will spare him!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Steady your men!
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Back! Hold!
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Uhtred, you will spare my brother! Name your price!
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Kill him, Erik! Kill him, I say!
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Erik! Haesten!
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Sigefrid, there will be another day, another time!
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- KILL HIM!- Uhtred!
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Name your price. It will be done, I swear!
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I give you my word.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Kill him and you kill yourself.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Your word?!
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I swear! Believe me!
0:23:58 > 0:24:02You will take one ship and you will leave Northumbria. One ship!
0:24:02 > 0:24:03You will not return!
0:24:03 > 0:24:06For my brother's life, this is done!
0:24:10 > 0:24:12SIGEFRID GROANS
0:24:17 > 0:24:20I swear that I will kill you, Uhtred Ragnarson!
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- This is not finished! - I see you ARE a funny man.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25HE ROARS
0:24:48 > 0:24:51We are here at the request of Alfred of Wessex!
0:24:51 > 0:24:53The king will wish to see us!
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- Open the doors! - Uhtred, I will speak first.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Father, you will say nothing!
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Uhtred?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Father Beocca, I... I had heard that you were close.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20I, er...
0:25:22 > 0:25:24I'd not realised how close.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Lord, King Alfred has sent us here to...- Father Beocca!
0:25:27 > 0:25:30You will allow King Guthred to speak first.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38I had also heard that you had been recovered, Uhtred.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41I am glad.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Believe me.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Well, if you're here to kill me,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50I don't blame you. I would kill me, too. Huh!
0:25:50 > 0:25:52But it would be a mistake.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Another mistake.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01Lord Guthred? I am Lord Aethelwold, I come in King Alfred's stead.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03We have gifts.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Sigefrid's sword hand.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15The brothers won't trouble you again.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- They are dead?- In return, you will give me your army.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26You will ready them to march.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30- But...- You will do as I ask, Guthred, or I shall kill you.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32He does not know what he says, Lord.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33No!
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Steapa, no!
0:26:36 > 0:26:38I will kill you and take every consequence.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43What you did to me...
0:26:49 > 0:26:51..what you did to Halig...
0:26:56 > 0:26:57..I could never forget.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00I shall never forgive.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13You will ready your men to march.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17How do I know that the brothers are gone?!
0:27:17 > 0:27:20How do I know that this hand belongs to Sigefrid?!
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Like your uncle, I would have preferred a head.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- Two heads!- Another word, Lord,
0:27:26 > 0:27:28and it will be your own head.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31You will do as my brother asks,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34or I will take Eoferwic and the army for myself.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Beocca!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42The king has a decision to make.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43He's either with us...
0:27:45 > 0:27:46..or against us.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59CHATTER IN BACKGROUND
0:28:03 > 0:28:04You're lucky.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Nothing's broken.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09It'll hurt wielding your sword, though.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Well, we cannot wait for the wounded.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14You will not have to wait for the wounded.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16We should kill him.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Guthred, the turd king.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Do you never tire of menace?
0:28:22 > 0:28:24I do not.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28If we are successful in taking Dunholm, who gets to keep it?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Guthred. Guthred, naturally.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32He has Eoferwic.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- Ragnar should have it.- No.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37It is Alfred's wish that it goes to Guthred.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Alfred has never set one foot in Northumbria,
0:28:39 > 0:28:40it's not his decision to make.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44Kjartan built Dunholm on the blood of Ragnar the Fearless.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Belongs to his blood son, Ragnar.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52As long as my sword finds Kjartan's heart, I do not care.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53I care.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56The arseling is right, for once.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58He is wrong.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04Uhtred, you say Alfred has never set foot in Northumbria. He has no need.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07We are here, all of us, to do his bidding.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12And he knows how each of us will think, what each of us will do.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Eoferwic can never be the seat of power in Northumbria
0:29:14 > 0:29:18whilst Dunholm remains strong, and so he allows Uhtred to attack.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20He allows nothing.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22I'm here because it's my business to be here.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Uhtred, you are his man.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30You, more than anyone, will bring about his dream of an England.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Alfred's wish is for Guthred
0:29:34 > 0:29:36to become the one true lord of the north,
0:29:36 > 0:29:38and you will make that happen.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46I say it as I now see it.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48You have shit in your eye.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I see it as a king would see it.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24He was crying like a baby, so I just...
0:30:24 > 0:30:26LAUGHTER
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Oh, his eyes were popping out of his head, I swear to God!
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Uhtred?
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Uhtred, will you join me, please?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Please?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04I am a little afraid of you, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07Envious.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14I am king because the abbot claimed to have seen my face in a dream.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20But it was your face that he assumed to be king, I...
0:31:22 > 0:31:27..I feared that you would take my newly-found power.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30I gave you my word.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32You did.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37But you made me a slave.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- Yes.- Hm!
0:31:43 > 0:31:48Yes. But in my defence, I was meant to kill you.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- I-I spared your life.- Uhtred! No!
0:31:52 > 0:31:54THEY LAUGH
0:32:01 > 0:32:04You were my friend and I betrayed you.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12My sister is well?
0:32:16 > 0:32:17She's my wife.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Good. Good.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:32:24 > 0:32:28I shall write to Alfred, I shall inform him that...
0:32:28 > 0:32:31that your journey to Dunholm is my instruction.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:32:33 > 0:32:35And I do hope that you can one day
0:32:35 > 0:32:37find a place in your heart to forgive me.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43I still consider you my greatest friend.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02What did he say?
0:33:06 > 0:33:09He said Dunholm is yours, brother.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10Sihtric?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- Lord?- You lied to me.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Lord, I-I-I would never...
0:33:21 > 0:33:24You told me Dunholm has no weaknesses.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Yet last time I was there, I saw a door along the east wall.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29Access to a water spring.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Yes, Lord, but...you could never bring an army through it.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43I would not be bringing an army.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05This is madness.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07The rightful King of Wessex helping to avenge
0:34:07 > 0:34:09the death of a big hairy Viking.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12It would make a good song.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Well, should you die, Aethelwold, I shall have it written.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26(Halt! Halt!)
0:34:26 > 0:34:28(Ssh!)
0:34:28 > 0:34:29This is where we part.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34We will show ourselves only when we know the east door has been opened.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35We will attack...
0:34:36 > 0:34:38..then it's up to you to save us.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40We will be theirs to slaughter.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Lord, may the gods be with you.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47God. May God be with him. Us.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Huh! You just watch over Ragnar, hm?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Good luck, little brother.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11See you all in Dunholm.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Move quickly. We must be in place before dawn.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36This path is fit for goats only.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39You be quiet and watch where you're placing your feet!
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Bless you.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07That ram we have dragged, it will not work.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11It will not force open the gates...
0:36:13 > 0:36:15..but it will work
0:36:15 > 0:36:16in its own way.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21We rest, we wait.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06MUFFLED CHATTER
0:37:12 > 0:37:13I-I know!
0:37:26 > 0:37:28BLADE SHARPENS
0:37:42 > 0:37:43This will be the day.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Kjartan or Valhalla.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51The day of days.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22BIRDS SQUAWK
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Ragnar?
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Their signal.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06It begins.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13Now?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Shield...wall!
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Warriors at the north gate!
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Warriors at the north gate!
0:39:49 > 0:39:51To the end.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57SHOUTING
0:39:59 > 0:40:01MEN GRUNT RHYTHMICALLY
0:40:04 > 0:40:06SHOUTING CONTINUES
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Every man to the ramparts!
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Back! Keep together!
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Stop!
0:40:56 > 0:40:58HE STRAINS
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Forward!
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Stay close!
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Go, go, go now!
0:41:20 > 0:41:22More spears! Now!
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Back!
0:41:44 > 0:41:45Back!
0:41:45 > 0:41:47RHYTHMIC GRUNTING
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Use the fire! Burn the bastards! Tip it!
0:41:52 > 0:41:54SCREAMING
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- When we attack, Steapa... - I know, Lord, to the gate.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25MEN SHOUT
0:42:29 > 0:42:32SHOUTING CONTINUES
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Help! Help!
0:42:44 > 0:42:46DOGS BARK
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Courage! We stand!
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Every man is to stand!
0:43:18 > 0:43:19HE ROARS
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Lord! Breach!
0:43:23 > 0:43:25With me now!
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Steapa! The gate!
0:43:40 > 0:43:44Kill them! To the gate!
0:43:44 > 0:43:47We must get to the gate! Stop them!
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Kill them!
0:43:55 > 0:43:57It is to the end!
0:44:01 > 0:44:02Next group, go!
0:44:02 > 0:44:06Glory or Valhalla! Go!
0:44:06 > 0:44:08THEY ROAR
0:44:44 > 0:44:46Protect the gate!
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Hold fast!
0:44:54 > 0:44:57Hold fast, Ragnar!
0:45:04 > 0:45:07THEY ROAR
0:45:09 > 0:45:11Pull back!
0:45:11 > 0:45:12Pull back!
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Pull back!
0:45:30 > 0:45:32HE ROARS
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Kjartan! Where are you?!
0:45:43 > 0:45:46Shield...wall!
0:45:50 > 0:45:52RHYTHMIC GRUNTING
0:45:56 > 0:45:58Pull back! Come on!
0:45:58 > 0:46:00GRUNTING CONTINUES
0:46:02 > 0:46:03DOGS SNARL
0:46:07 > 0:46:08Thyra?
0:46:10 > 0:46:11Thyra?
0:46:14 > 0:46:16Thyra!
0:46:16 > 0:46:17No...
0:46:17 > 0:46:18Please!
0:46:21 > 0:46:22Please!
0:46:25 > 0:46:26Thyra?
0:46:26 > 0:46:28Kill!
0:46:28 > 0:46:29Thyra!
0:46:30 > 0:46:32HE SCREAMS
0:46:41 > 0:46:42SVEN!
0:46:53 > 0:46:56Kjartan...you are beaten.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00Either you die alone,
0:47:00 > 0:47:01or together with all your men.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05What is it to be?
0:47:09 > 0:47:12You wish to fight me, baby Ragnar?
0:47:14 > 0:47:17No, I...wish to kill you.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19Drop your weapons.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21It's over. Shield!
0:47:21 > 0:47:22Ragnar, no! No, no!
0:47:22 > 0:47:25No, Ragnar, don't give him the chance. Burn the bastard, Ragnar!
0:47:25 > 0:47:26- Brida!- You and me.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Move!
0:47:30 > 0:47:31We make the square!
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Your sister made a good whore!
0:47:46 > 0:47:47CROWD SHOUTS
0:47:49 > 0:47:51RHYTHMIC GRUNTING
0:48:03 > 0:48:05She still does!
0:48:10 > 0:48:14Only now we have to tie her down to keep her from scratching...
0:48:14 > 0:48:16when we hump her all night.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Come on, Ragnar!
0:48:30 > 0:48:31Ragnar!
0:48:31 > 0:48:34- I killed your father! - Get up, Ragnar!
0:48:34 > 0:48:37- Now get up! - I burned your mother!
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Go, Ragnar!
0:49:01 > 0:49:04No! No, give me my sword!
0:49:17 > 0:49:21For Valhalla, you must give me my sword!
0:49:21 > 0:49:23I won't beg you.
0:49:23 > 0:49:24Die.
0:49:24 > 0:49:25Give me my sword!
0:49:27 > 0:49:29CHEERING
0:49:29 > 0:49:30RHYTHMIC GRUNTING
0:49:34 > 0:49:35Yes!
0:50:02 > 0:50:04Stop.
0:50:06 > 0:50:07HE ROARS
0:50:10 > 0:50:13HE CONTINUES ROARING
0:50:16 > 0:50:17Ragnar?
0:50:18 > 0:50:21Ragnar! It's over. It's over.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Shh, shh.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38It's Thyra.
0:50:45 > 0:50:46DOGS GROWL
0:50:50 > 0:50:51You left me.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55Both of you, you left me!
0:50:55 > 0:50:59- Thyra, no.- I-I swear, we didn't know you were alive.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01You are no better than the bastards who whored me.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Thyra, please.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07The price for my life...
0:51:07 > 0:51:10- is yours.- No!
0:51:14 > 0:51:16Thyra...
0:51:18 > 0:51:19..I forbid it.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Please.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33Please...
0:51:39 > 0:51:41..let me help you.
0:51:45 > 0:51:46I'm a friend.
0:51:51 > 0:51:52SHE SCREAMS
0:52:15 > 0:52:18I have not seen you fight like that before.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22That wasn't fighting. That was...
0:52:26 > 0:52:29Well, killing him was not enough.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31It can never be enough.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33But it's done.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36We've honoured them.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41Yes. So, er...
0:52:42 > 0:52:44..what now?
0:52:44 > 0:52:46Bebbanburg?
0:52:46 > 0:52:47HE SIGHS DEEPLY
0:52:51 > 0:52:53Wessex.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57It must be Wessex, or Steapa will
0:52:57 > 0:52:59have instruction to kill me, I'm sure.
0:53:01 > 0:53:02I need peace for a time.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08I need my woman.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16And what of Thyra?
0:53:22 > 0:53:24Whatever else, she's safe.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:53:33 > 0:53:34I will not hurt you.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36I promise.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41You do not know me...
0:53:41 > 0:53:45but I have known your brother Uhtred since he was a small boy.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48I am Beocca.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53This place is Ragnar's now.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57You have no need to hide.
0:53:58 > 0:54:01He and Uhtred have wanted for so long to find you.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09You have shown incredible strength, Thyra.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12I would say God-given.
0:54:15 > 0:54:16Bless you.
0:54:25 > 0:54:26Stay.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45Uhtred, he...
0:54:46 > 0:54:50..saved me once...before,
0:54:50 > 0:54:53from Sven, when...
0:54:53 > 0:54:54he was your little boy.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Yes.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00He would do that.