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0:00:10 > 0:00:12'I, Uhtred, son of Uhtred, have sworn my sword to Alfred
0:00:12 > 0:00:14'and defeated Sigefrid and Erik.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17'But the brothers returned from banishment and have taken Lunden.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19'Alfred sent a priest to negotiate with the Northmen...'
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Father Pyrlig was once a warrior himself.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24'..while continuing his mission to be king of all of the English.'
0:00:24 > 0:00:27- I'm to be married? - Which one of you is Aethelred?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30From what I know, Alfred could not have chosen a bigger turd.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33'Having, at last, freed my sister, Thyra,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'my friend Beocca found love.'
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- I fear you have become someone I cannot live without.- Fear no more.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41'Whereas I found myself talking to the dead
0:00:41 > 0:00:44'and wanting to believe every word that he spoke.'
0:00:44 > 0:00:46He said that I should be King of Wessex and that you,
0:00:46 > 0:00:48you should be a king, too.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50King of Mercia.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52King of Saxon AND Dane.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55What we have just witnessed, you believe it to be true?
0:00:55 > 0:00:59'Now, I must decide where my loyalties lie.'
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Do not forget...you were raised as a Dane.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03'Destiny is all!'
0:01:55 > 0:01:57You've barely washed, woman!
0:02:00 > 0:02:02You've been living with Saxons for too long!
0:02:02 > 0:02:04How can I wash in dirty waters?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07The water is good. We're a long way from the city.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11SHE SCREAMS
0:02:11 > 0:02:13THEY LAUGH
0:02:18 > 0:02:20We will be late for the wedding.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- I've been thinking about the man in the grave - Bjorn.- Uhtred, no...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- You would not like to be a queen? - Of Bebbanburg, yes.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31HE CHUCKLES
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Let us just enjoy an early morning.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36The two of us.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37HORSE WHINNIES IN DISTANCE, SHOUTING
0:02:37 > 0:02:39HOOFBEATS APPROACH
0:02:39 > 0:02:41And a hunting party. MEN CHATTER
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- HORSE WHINNIES - Who is it?
0:02:43 > 0:02:44It's Aethelred.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46The Lord of Mercia.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Uhtred of Bebbanburg!
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Word has been that you were missing.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Aethelred.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I see you managed to remove your head from the King's arse.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Well, for the moment... He's sleeping.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00MEN LAUGH
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- The King has questions about your loyalty...- It's his way.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06..and he tells me that you've been associating
0:03:06 > 0:03:08with those heathen Danes.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Like this one, here.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12MEN CHUCKLE
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Uhtred, we are needed elsewhere.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Is he required between your legs, my dear?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18MEN CACKLE
0:03:21 > 0:03:22GRUNTING
0:03:22 > 0:03:24AETHELRED PANTS
0:03:24 > 0:03:25At ease, men.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- You wouldn't dare. - What, take your nose?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- I think I might... - Uhtred, we are needed.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Lord Uhtred, you will let Lord Aethelred go.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Please.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Lady, on behalf of my lord, I apologise.- He does not!- No?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45There can be no bloodshed here.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47We are all mistaken
0:03:47 > 0:03:49and we are all proud.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52What men say is true.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56You behave as if you were still at your mother's tit.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02You will learn respect one day, I'm sure.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Lord...
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- It is over, is it not?- It is!
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I have the King's trust!
0:04:16 > 0:04:17That's a warning!
0:04:34 > 0:04:35I want him dead.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Too soon.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I'm sure Alfred would prefer him dead at times,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- but he knows his value. - He's nothing but a heathen.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Uhtred kills Danes.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46He kills Danes,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48he survives slavery.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52He saves the life of children and mice, no doubt.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Even my wife-to-be sings his praises...
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Leave us.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06I do not like him
0:05:06 > 0:05:08and he doesn't like me.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09From the moment that we met.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12You are a threat, lord.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15And he is the same.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Our hope lies in Daneland.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26With luck, the unrest will grow. Peace is not in their nature.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28You wish for war, Aldhelm?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30As a Mercian, lord,
0:05:30 > 0:05:34what I wish is for Aethelred to be crowned King of Mercia.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35And then, of Wessex.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Why not?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48It is Alfred we want dead
0:05:48 > 0:05:51and for that to happen sooner, we will require war.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58How do we look?
0:06:04 > 0:06:05As royalty.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Aethelflaed is a fortunate young woman.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23I am witness.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27You are together, never to part,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29bound as man
0:06:29 > 0:06:31and his wife.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- And a prayer? - I don't know any prayers!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- LAUGHTER - I will say a prayer.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Hild.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Please.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Let us pray that God and all his saints and all his angels in Heaven,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52smile and bless you.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Let us pray that this union of Dane and Saxon
0:06:55 > 0:06:58can show that this is a land for all people.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Under one God.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Under one God, of course.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Amen.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Amen.- Amen.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21When are you going to tell him what Sihtric saw?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23That the ghost is a lie.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25If I tell him, he'll talk.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27And Sigefrid will hear.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31They must believe that we believe.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I do enjoy another wedding.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40A royal wedding, in particular.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43It is a tonic for the soul. The excitement, the expense...
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Aethelwold, I'm still undecided, so do not mention talking corpses.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Nobles have travelled across the sea, from as far as Frankia,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56solely to see the beautiful Aethelflaed
0:07:56 > 0:07:59marry this pretty bread-pudding of a boy.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01A fair description.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Furthermore, he gets to hump the King's daughter all night long.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Aethelwold, you will be quiet.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- It is the truth. - You will be quiet.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Or you will do what, Irishman?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Kill you in your sleep.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17KNOCKING, HUSH DESCENDS
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- She is so beautiful. - She is too good for him.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Why ARE we delaying?
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- Did Sihtric witness something at the grave-side...- Sihtric saw nothing.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03HE GROANS
0:09:22 > 0:09:24May I say that you look quite beautiful.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28God looks upon me with favour I do not deserve.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Lord God in your heaven,
0:09:34 > 0:09:37we are humbly gathered before you
0:09:37 > 0:09:40on this day of thanks
0:09:40 > 0:09:42and celebration.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45DRUMMING, BUSTLE AND CHATTER
0:09:45 > 0:09:46- GRUFFLY:- If you don't mind!
0:09:48 > 0:09:51THUDDING, SHOUTING
0:09:58 > 0:10:02The point I make is simple - all of the power, all of the wealth,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04all of the land that could belong to you, will now belong to him.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Should I hit him? - Yes! Yes, by all means, strike me.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11But in your heart, in your purse, you know I speak the truth.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Yes, hit him.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16HE LAUGHS
0:10:16 > 0:10:18All I will say, again,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22is that the dead man speaks the truth...
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- Lord?- Some would say it's treason.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- No, no, this wedding is treason... - Lord?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30This wedding is a betrayal of Wessex and the men of Wessex.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Meaning you?- Should the King die, I have a strong and rightful claim.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Now, Alfred is working to make a new line of succession...
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Excuse me, Lord Uhtred. - Go away.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40I am Osferth.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44You are a monk, a baby monk.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Go, away.- Lord, you... You knew my uncle, lord.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50His name was Leofric.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Leofric was a great man.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- You are Alfred's bastard son. - No, but I...
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I wish to join you, lord. Be by your side as my uncle was.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02No, we have no need of a monk.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03As a warrior.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Lord, I wish to serve you as a warrior.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Uhtred?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Uhtred, you are wanted.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17The King!
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Enjoy the wedding feast.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22You!
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Find me again.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Bring a sword and lose your cross.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Thank you, my lord. I will...
0:11:29 > 0:11:31MUSIC PLAYS, CHATTER
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Lord.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Lord.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- You were seen.- Seen where, lord?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Leaving Winchester.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Leaving Wessex, entering Saxon Mercia and crossing Watling Street.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Going into Daneland, Uhtred.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04I'm sure you have an explanation.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I trust we will hear the truth of it.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08What business do you have in Daneland?
0:12:08 > 0:12:09The King's business.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Lord, your business.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15You're happy for me to speak in this company?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Freely, why not?
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Lunden has been taken, by the Northmen,
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Sigefrid and Erik.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Never! Says who? - Did my lips not move?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Sigefrid and Erik are in Frankia.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37They were, and now they are not, lord.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40They have a fleet at Beamfleot, they have an army at Beamfleot,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43some of which has sailed upriver and taken Lunden.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45IF this is true, it cannot be allowed.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Lunden belongs to Mercia.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48They will choke the river.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49They will, lord.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53With respect, Lord Uhtred.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56You have still not explained why you crossed the street into Daneland.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58I can never remember your name.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02I am Aldhelm, I'm Commander of Lord Aethelred's household guard.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03Would you like me to write it down?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06You will answer, Uhtred.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08I was invited to Daneland, lady, to Padintune.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13And there, I was asked to join with Sigefrid and Erik.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- I was offered the Kingdom of Mercia. - Ha!
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- And your response? - He is here, is he not?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I would say that is response enough.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Uhtred, I did not see you at the church, I do hope you were there.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29I was there, lady. Of course I was.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- And may I say how beautiful you are today.- Thank you.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36My dear, we're discussing a matter of importance.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Yes, I heard, lord.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41So, are the Northmen intending to remain in Lunden
0:13:41 > 0:13:43or are they waiting for a ransom?
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Fair question.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Besides Uhtred's loyalties, it is the only question.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50We shall offer negotiations.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- Quite right. - Once the celebrations are done,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54you, together with Aethelred, shall travel to Lunden.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57At the very least, you can assess their strength and their numbers.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59An excellent way forward, lord.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Though if you had killed these brothers in Northumbria,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03this event could not have occurred.
0:14:10 > 0:14:16Lord King, may I ask what bargain was struck in Northumbria?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18To allow the brothers to leave with their lives?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Uhtred has told me this story - he defeated Sigefrid in combat
0:14:21 > 0:14:24but spared him on the condition they leave.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27He did this to preserve the lives of his own men.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- Ah.- It is called negotiation, Lord Aldhelm.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36And now, we suffer the consequences of this negotiation.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Decisions are made and consequences follow. It is the way.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Our task is to deal with the present.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44To your wisdom, lord.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52DOOR OPENS
0:14:55 > 0:14:57CLATTERING
0:15:02 > 0:15:03My dear.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08It's not your place to involve yourself in a conversation
0:15:08 > 0:15:10that became an informal Witan.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13We were discussing matters of land and war.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Lord, I take an interest in these matters,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18my father has always encouraged...
0:15:18 > 0:15:20You are no longer the King's daughter.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23You are my wife.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28It's me you will obey.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29You are delicate.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33I find it interesting. I would speak with the King often...
0:15:33 > 0:15:34You're of Mercia now.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37You are my queen.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39And you think you're a king?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48I call you queen because you mean that much to me.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I do not like your tone nor accusation.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58What I would like...
0:16:00 > 0:16:01..is you,
0:16:01 > 0:16:02on your belly...
0:16:03 > 0:16:05..on the bed.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Lord...?
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Your husband wishes to ride you.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12You will lie on your belly.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17What's this?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Disobedience?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23TEARFULLY: It's confusion, lord.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Should I hand you back to Wessex?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Unused, but...tarnished?
0:16:30 > 0:16:31You wouldn't dare.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35We shall see.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Lord!
0:16:41 > 0:16:43I am your wife.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49DOOR SLAMS
0:16:49 > 0:16:52HE GRUNTS
0:16:52 > 0:16:54SHE SOBS
0:17:03 > 0:17:04A good day.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07It was.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Though I'm glad it's over.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Lord!
0:17:11 > 0:17:13If I may have a brief word?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Lady, it will take just a moment.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Be sure it does, Odda - the King is tired.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Lord...
0:17:34 > 0:17:36I fear that you undervalue Uhtred.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38He is by far our most accomplished warrior
0:17:38 > 0:17:39and has been nothing but loyal...
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Odda, we have discussed this many times.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44He is sworn and yet he continues to behave as if he were his own man.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46He is a little reckless at times, yes...
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Uhtred crosses into Daneland without advising you or I first!
0:17:51 > 0:17:52I tolerate this behaviour
0:17:52 > 0:17:54only because he is our most accomplished warrior.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56But if he had not crossed the street, lord,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58we would not know of the fall of Lunden...
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Do not doubt, for one moment, Uhtred Ragnarson has ambition.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07He will have been tempted by this offer from the Northmen.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09And yet, he is here, lord.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Doing what?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Spying? Waiting?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Did he volunteer this information before being confronted?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19No, he did not.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- No, lord...- Ask yourself why.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I have said many times...
0:18:26 > 0:18:29..he is a sword I would rather wield than face
0:18:29 > 0:18:31but he is not godly and never shall be.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37I wish you a good night's rest, Odda, you are clearly in need of it.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47What troubles you, Brother?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Uhtred, he doubts the dead man.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53You believe so?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Yes.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02We should have approached him man-on-man, with honour.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04You think he knows it is a trick?
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Yes.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Maybe.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12You don't know.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14HE CHUCKLES
0:19:14 > 0:19:15No.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17HE GROANS
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Ah.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30PROSTHETIC CLUNKS AND CLATTERS
0:19:35 > 0:19:36How's the pain?
0:19:36 > 0:19:37The same.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Constant.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47It reminds me I am alive.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51That I should live.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57If Uhtred knows that Bjorn is a lie...
0:19:58 > 0:20:00..then he will come,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02with Alfred's army.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Yes.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08So, I get to kill him after all.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09ERIK LAUGHS
0:20:11 > 0:20:14If we wish, there is a way to raise the greatest army
0:20:14 > 0:20:16these shores have ever seen.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18It can be done.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24The Temes River would be dark with ships, Danes and Northmen.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28All we need to be is clever...
0:20:29 > 0:20:31..and patient.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Patient?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34THEY CHUCKLE
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Oh, there will still be blood to spill, Brother.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46But this way, we can be Kings of it all.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49No Guthrun.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50No Aethelred.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53No Alfred.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57No Uhtred.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18They say Lunden is dangerous.
0:21:18 > 0:21:24Oh, it is, but Lunden is alive with every kind of life.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26I hear women do not walk the streets unguarded,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28that bodies are found in the river daily.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Twice daily, with each and every tide.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Lunden is not Winchester,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37but one year here is worth ten elsewhere.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Then why do you not live here?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42And end up dead in the river? Do I look like a fool?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43THEY LAUGH
0:21:43 > 0:21:45What's to stop them from cutting our throats
0:21:45 > 0:21:47and siding with the Northmen?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48I've been pondering the same.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53The answer is that you are Alfred's son-in-law now.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57MARCHING STEPS
0:22:06 > 0:22:08STREET BUSTLE
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Uhtred, how is it that you know these streets so well?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13I stayed here for a time,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16with Earl Ragnar the Fearless, when I was a boy.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17When you were a Dane?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21As you can see, the one fact in our favour
0:22:21 > 0:22:25is that the whole of Lunden cannot be defended, it's too big.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Even the walls surrounding the old Roman city
0:22:27 > 0:22:28would need many hundreds of men.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30So, the brothers' position is weak?
0:22:30 > 0:22:35Not weak, but Lunden's been open to all tribes for a reason.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39The ground's not far now. I shall speak.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41You should ask for food and ale, lord,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43my belly believes my throat is cut.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48HAMMERING, HE SCREAMS
0:22:50 > 0:22:53SHRIEKS OF PAIN
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I do not understand how this kills a man.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Sigefrid, take his head and be done with it.- No, no.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02No, no, no. I want to know how.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05The cross kills a man slowly, lord, over days.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08It is both torture and execution.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Unlike Saxons and Danes, the Romans were clever.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15There, you have your answer. Now take his head off.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Agreed, lord, and if you please, when it comes to me,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21with your sharpest axe and strongest man.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22You talk too much.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I do, you should kill me swiftly.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35God preserve us...
0:23:35 > 0:23:38It is a death.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Nothing more.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Lords!
0:23:51 > 0:23:52It is Uhtred.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Uhtred Ragnarson!
0:24:04 > 0:24:07The future King of Mercia!
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Welcome to Lunden,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12your new home, should you want it.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Sigefrid.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I thought you might want to kill me still.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Oh, for a long time, I did.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23But then, I grew to like my new hand.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Though I have to be careful when wiping my arse.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29LAUGHTER
0:24:29 > 0:24:32It is good to see you here, Uhtred.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Though your friends are not familiar.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37This is Aethelred of Mercia.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Lord.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41My spies tell me you are to marry Alfred's daughter.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Your spies are wrong, lord. I've already married Alfred's daughter.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Oh, how does she ride?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I've no complaint.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Uhtred, why is he here?
0:24:50 > 0:24:54I am here, lords, to ask of you your price, for leaving Lunden.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Alfred wishes to negotiate.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I wish to negotiate.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01We have only just arrived, why would we want to leave?
0:25:01 > 0:25:04You're warriors, you will know that Lunden is impossible to defend,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06so let's get this done.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Is that a threat?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Your price?
0:25:10 > 0:25:11It sounds like a threat.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15I'm asking you to retreat, lords, for a price, for silver.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Flesh is our price.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Your bride, Aethelflaed.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Nonsense.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25She has great beauty, a good mind. I am in need of a wife.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28I am in need of a hump, we will share her.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- She is my wife. - Aethelred, they're teasing you.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Perhaps we can begin with a cup of ale?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36It's a long walk from the river.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39A cup of ale it is, Lord Uhtred.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Do you have food, lord?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47The bread is stale, but good.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03I have been told that you saw the dead man rise.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06- I did.- And you heard him speak?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Of a good plan, yes.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Could you guarantee Ragnar?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13And all the men he commands?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- Are you with us?- I'm here.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Yes, but are you here for Alfred or yourself...or us?
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Ragnar's in the north.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24It would take some time for news to reach him,
0:26:24 > 0:26:25more time for him to decide.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28I guarantee nothing, lord.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- Your prisoners are from where? - They are from Guthrum's arse.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35The Earl Guthrum is called Aethelstan now.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Guthrum is a shit stain.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41He sends priests to Beamfleot, begging for peace,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44begging for warriors to settle and do what?
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- Raise sheep?- Many men do, lord.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49There are no sheep farmers in Valhalla.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Do you intend to put all the priests on the cross?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54It is Sigefrid's game.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I do not understand how it kills a man...
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- Slowly, lord. It's a cruel death. - That's what the priest there said.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01The priest is right.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04The priest looks like a pale bag of bones and dough.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06You should let him fight.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11The Romans used this square for just that purpose - combat.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13He would die too easily.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Give him something to fight for -
0:27:15 > 0:27:17his freedom.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Why?
0:27:26 > 0:27:31I'd rather watch him spill his guts than nailed to a piece of wood.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Where's the fun in that?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- HE CACKLES - Boltan!
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- We need to be entertained! - MEN BAY
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Are you man enough to kill a priest?
0:27:55 > 0:27:58CHEERING
0:27:59 > 0:28:04SHOUTING AND CHEERING
0:28:06 > 0:28:08I'm almost ready.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Pointy end forward, is it?
0:28:09 > 0:28:12So, when I kill him,
0:28:12 > 0:28:14I'm allowed to go free, that is the bargain?
0:28:14 > 0:28:19- That is the bargain.- Hear that, Boltan? He plans to kill you!
0:28:19 > 0:28:20I do. Beware.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22I am afraid, lord(!)
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- Spare me this trial, I beg you(!) - LAUGHTER
0:28:25 > 0:28:27HE ROARS
0:28:52 > 0:28:54HE GRUNTS
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Get up, priest.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Finish him!
0:29:06 > 0:29:09CROWD CHANTS
0:29:19 > 0:29:22ALL CHEER
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Now I do not wish to kill this idiot,
0:29:24 > 0:29:27as I'm sure his mother loves him.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34But do I have your word, as warriors, that I am now a free man?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36You have my word, priest.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41If all your men fight like this,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Alfred will have no trouble throwing you out of Lunden.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Put down your sword.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Thank you, lord. It was a bit on the heavy side.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58SLICING, ALL GASP
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Where have you learnt to fight, priest? The monastery?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04I'm a Briton, lord.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06I was brought up killing Saxons.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Then join us, join me.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Ten years ago...
0:30:12 > 0:30:14maybe.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16But now, I will fight for my God -
0:30:16 > 0:30:18and my freedom, it seems!
0:30:20 > 0:30:23If it is acceptable, I will return with the Lord Uhtred.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26But not before we've settled on a price.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28I hope?
0:30:29 > 0:30:33How much...for you to leave Lunden?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37I find it disturbing that they will not consider silver.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Why should they?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42The longer Wessex is without trade, the greater the worth of Lunden.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44You were able to assess their strength?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Your priest, Pyrlig, says they have up to one thousand men, lord.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49We can muster three times that number, lord, easily.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Lunden is not a field, it won't be a simple question of numbers.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Of course, it is a question of numbers, it'll be a siege.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56The more men that we have, the greater the chance of success.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- Regardless of how many die? - It'll be men climbing ladders,
0:30:59 > 0:31:01it can only succeed with numbers and with death.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04I will not lose men for the sake of too little thought.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06There must be a clear plan.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Then let us hear this clear plan.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15We attack one gate with a substantial army,
0:31:15 > 0:31:17allowing smaller groups to enter through a second gate,
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- a third gate, even. - Attacking from land?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- Yes, from land.- Not the river? - No, lord.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23The river is worth considering, lord.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25It would be counter to their thinking.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27There is a gate close to the river?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Yes, lord. It's called Ludd Gate.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30Perfect.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Silent oars, the cover of darkness,
0:31:32 > 0:31:34the advantage of surprise.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36The river runs fast at Ludd Gate,
0:31:36 > 0:31:38making it impossible to land men safely.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40But if the Lord of Mercia believes that men
0:31:40 > 0:31:43sinking to the bottom of the river is an advantage,
0:31:43 > 0:31:45then let him attack.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Uhtred, your advice may well be sound, but how am I to trust it?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Lord?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Why do the brothers call you the next "Lord of Mercia"?
0:31:59 > 0:32:02- They call me the next "King of Mercia", lord.- Why?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Why do they call you "King"? What has been said, Uhtred?
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- What has been agreed? - Nothing has been agreed.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- How am I to trust you?! - Lord, I am weary of this...
0:32:19 > 0:32:20YOU are weary of this!?
0:32:20 > 0:32:25You say you are sworn, yet you behave like a spy!
0:32:25 > 0:32:27You float into Daneland and back again,
0:32:27 > 0:32:28you tell half-truths, keep secrets
0:32:28 > 0:32:31and you refuse to accept the existence of the one, true God!
0:32:31 > 0:32:33You serve your king reluctantly!
0:32:33 > 0:32:35But I serve, lord!
0:32:35 > 0:32:36I do not know you!
0:32:38 > 0:32:41And I can never know you, I...
0:32:48 > 0:32:49I do not understand you.
0:32:52 > 0:32:53And I will never understand you -
0:32:53 > 0:32:56that is a fact, and one of increasing concern.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02And on top of this, my enemies now call you "King".
0:33:04 > 0:33:07And they called you a weasel, lord.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10Neither is true.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14Impossible.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38We must devise a plan of attack. Uhtred, you will leave us.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45You will leave.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46Oh, I will be happy to.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Should you need me further, you will find me at the Two Cranes Inn.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Lord, with the greatest respect,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17the insolence we have witnessed cannot go unpunished.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20With the greatest respect, it is not your business,
0:34:20 > 0:34:22- it is the business of Wessex! - Uhtred is to return to Coccham.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Lord, we are on the cusp of war, you will need your best warriors.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Uhtred is to return to Coccham.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34Then I will go to the Two Cranes Inn and inform him, personally.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38As you wish.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45You will return to Mercia and gather men, a thousand -
0:34:45 > 0:34:46- Wessex will match it.- Yes, lord.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49My exact written instruction shall follow.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I want Sigefrid and Erik out of Lunden and soon.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54It will be done, lord.
0:34:54 > 0:34:55Thank you, lord.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03Steapa.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Lord?
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Do you trust the Ealdorman, Uhtred?
0:35:10 > 0:35:12With my life, lord.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42FOOTSTEPS
0:35:55 > 0:35:57He believes I drink too much.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03And I do, of late.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05It's the taste, lord.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07It is the effect.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15I'm getting old, Uhtred.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21I'm getting old, with no son to follow me.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28It is as though my time has been wasted.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29No, lord.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Never! - Promise me you won't desert him.
0:36:35 > 0:36:36Not yet, at least.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39I'm not an oath-breaker.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45How can I serve a man who doesn't trust me?!
0:36:47 > 0:36:49To whom I have given so much?
0:36:51 > 0:36:53All he can see is how I'm different.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57All I see in him is his piety.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05He's a man I am beginning to despise.
0:37:08 > 0:37:09I asked...
0:37:11 > 0:37:14..and all that came was further doubt.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18I am growing Wessex.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22I am reaching out for an England, all in the name of God.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Yet I am relying upon the strength of a heathen,
0:37:28 > 0:37:29the iron of a pagan.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- It does not fit, lord.- It does not.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39What if all this time, it has been the work of the Devil tempting me?
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Offering me this warrior,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45this seemingly loyal and brave man, who...
0:37:46 > 0:37:49..piece by small piece, is eating at my soul
0:37:49 > 0:37:51and clouding what I believe to be right and wrong.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Lord King...
0:37:58 > 0:38:00..this is what the Devil would do.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04But, I swear, your soul has not diminished.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07I would have seen it.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Uhtred will not change, I'm sure,
0:38:12 > 0:38:14He'll be heathen till his death.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18But nor will you change.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Your faith is one that will grow stronger.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31You are God's king, lord.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Yet at my right hand is a pagan.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Do you trust him...wholly?
0:38:43 > 0:38:44I do not.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49I cannot.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Then be rid of him.
0:39:19 > 0:39:20Lord.
0:39:38 > 0:39:44In my hand, I have a letter from Alfred of Wessex!
0:39:44 > 0:39:49It is the promise of one thousand men!
0:39:49 > 0:39:51CHEERING
0:39:51 > 0:39:56It is the one thousand men demanded by our lord,
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Aethelred of Mercia,
0:39:58 > 0:40:02to fight alongside the great fryd of Mercia to help rid Lunden
0:40:02 > 0:40:05of the filthy, stinking,
0:40:05 > 0:40:09pox-ridden, pig's-arse ugly,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- heathen, Danish bastards! - CHEERING
0:40:12 > 0:40:14A toast!
0:40:14 > 0:40:15SILENCE DESCENDS
0:40:15 > 0:40:16A toast!
0:40:18 > 0:40:20To the warriors of Mercia.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22Where we go,
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Alfred and Wessex shall follow.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28And we shall rise!
0:40:28 > 0:40:29- We shall rise! - CHEERING
0:40:32 > 0:40:34- To Mercia! - CHEERING
0:40:36 > 0:40:38To Mercia!
0:40:59 > 0:41:02You're eating like a little bird.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03Peck, peck, peck.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06I have no appetite.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Tomorrow we ride.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14I would like you to travel with me.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- To battle?- Part of the way.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Or would you rather not?
0:41:21 > 0:41:24No, no, lord, I would like to go.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25Then eat.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28For strength.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Out.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38All of you, out.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43FOOTSTEPS RETREAT
0:41:55 > 0:41:57You have the palest of skin.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Unblemished.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13My touch offends you?
0:42:13 > 0:42:16No, it was a surprise, lord,
0:42:16 > 0:42:17nothing more than that.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Lord, love should be gentle and kind.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27"Gentle and kind," she says.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- How is it that you have a knowledge of how love should be?- I do not.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- Am I not the first? - You will not insult me...
0:42:36 > 0:42:39And you will not offer me lessons on how to plough a field!
0:42:39 > 0:42:40That is not what I was doing.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Who is it that you've been with?
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- How many have you been with?! - Lord, please...
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Uhtred is one, is he not?
0:42:46 > 0:42:48You have no right to speak to me in this way!
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Of course, I have a right! You are my wife!
0:42:50 > 0:42:52I am Aethelflaed of Wessex!
0:42:52 > 0:42:56And you will not treat me like I am a servant girl!
0:42:56 > 0:42:58- DO NOT...! - HE PANTS
0:43:01 > 0:43:02THUDDING
0:43:02 > 0:43:06SHE WHIMPERS
0:43:06 > 0:43:07Do not,
0:43:07 > 0:43:09never...
0:43:09 > 0:43:12raise your shrill voice to me!
0:43:12 > 0:43:14SHE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
0:43:22 > 0:43:25You will see a priest and we shall find the truth of this.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28This is not love, that is the truth of it.
0:43:28 > 0:43:29You will see a priest!
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Father Beocca!
0:44:28 > 0:44:30I would like to speak with you.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32About prayer.
0:44:42 > 0:44:43This must go no further.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48I fear that I am not the first...
0:44:49 > 0:44:51..with my wife.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53The first, lord?
0:44:53 > 0:44:54To lie with her, to bed her.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56Oh.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59I see.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01- But she is the King's daughter. - I need it proven.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07Have you asked her, lord, directly?
0:45:07 > 0:45:08I need to know the truth of it.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11Is there a way to test her word?
0:45:11 > 0:45:13Lord, she is Aethelflaed.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15Do I go to another priest, Father?
0:45:15 > 0:45:17A stranger to my wife?
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Lord Aethelred!
0:45:19 > 0:45:22Welcome to Coccham!
0:45:22 > 0:45:24The jewel of Wessex.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Uhtred is expecting you.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28There is a way, lord,
0:45:28 > 0:45:30from the holy books.
0:45:30 > 0:45:31Then do it.
0:45:33 > 0:45:37Uhtred is with the women, lord, helping them prepare food.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39Such is the life of a banished warrior.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47I have not seen the inside of a pagan hall.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51I am surprised at its warmth.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Were you expecting to see heads on poles, lord?
0:45:54 > 0:45:56I was, lady.
0:45:56 > 0:45:57Excuse my ignorance.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01I will excuse you, this one time.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05Will Lady Aethelflaed be joining us after prayers, lord?
0:46:05 > 0:46:06If she has the will, yes.
0:46:08 > 0:46:09She has not travelled well.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Should she be travelling at all to battle?
0:46:11 > 0:46:14It was her wish to accompany her husband.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16They are newly married, after all.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20She will be kept out of harm's way.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24Uhtred, has the King written that when the siege of Lunden begins,
0:46:24 > 0:46:26I am to be first up the ladder?
0:46:26 > 0:46:29It is, after all, something you would do.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31You accept that I am in charge, of all men.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36It's the King's wish.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38- It is.- Oh, dear...
0:46:39 > 0:46:41You are with us?
0:46:43 > 0:46:45Why would I not be?
0:46:45 > 0:46:47I am an Ealdorman of Wessex.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50Alfred has decided to give you this one last chance.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53Do you have a plan?
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Together, we will travel downriver,
0:46:55 > 0:46:57meet with the armies of Mercia and Wessex,
0:46:57 > 0:46:59make camp a short distance from Lunden.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Do you have a plan of attack?
0:47:01 > 0:47:05Yes. It is not too dissimilar from your plan.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08You will attack the north gate with your own men.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Once the assault is underway,
0:47:10 > 0:47:12I shall attack from the marshes with the main army.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15And how will you know my assault is underway?
0:47:15 > 0:47:16I will know.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18You will know...
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Uhtred, do not doubt me,
0:47:20 > 0:47:22I want this victory.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26Lunden belongs to Mercia
0:47:26 > 0:47:27and I am Lord of Mercia.
0:47:27 > 0:47:31I will go with every man at my disposal, to reclaim what is mine.
0:47:31 > 0:47:32Good.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35I am with Uhtred.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38No Steapa, you're with me.
0:47:38 > 0:47:39I am with Uhtred.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42The King says.
0:47:47 > 0:47:48Very well.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52I am with Steapa,
0:47:52 > 0:47:53behind Steapa.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56Your bravery knows no beginning, Aethelwold.
0:47:56 > 0:47:57A toast!
0:47:58 > 0:48:01To the Mercians who died for Wessex at Ethandun.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04And to the men of Wessex who will fight for Mercia at Lunden.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07To allies.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10To allies.
0:48:12 > 0:48:13TANKARD CLUNKS
0:48:18 > 0:48:21SHE SHIVERS
0:48:31 > 0:48:32This is the Word of the Lord.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40- If a man fears that his wife has been unfaithful...- I have not.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44..he shall bring her before a priest,
0:48:44 > 0:48:47who shall prepare the bitter waters.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52A mixture of God's water
0:48:52 > 0:48:55and God's earth shall be drunk.
0:49:01 > 0:49:06Know this, if thou hast gone aside to another man,
0:49:06 > 0:49:09the Lord shall make thy thigh to rot
0:49:09 > 0:49:12and thy belly to swell. Amen.
0:49:13 > 0:49:14Amen.
0:49:17 > 0:49:18Child...
0:49:19 > 0:49:20..you will now drink...
0:49:22 > 0:49:23..the bitter waters.
0:49:39 > 0:49:40TANKARD CLATTERS, SPLASHING
0:49:44 > 0:49:46This will not be necessary.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48You are pure and may God strike me down
0:49:48 > 0:49:51this very instant if you are not.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53SHE SIGHS
0:49:56 > 0:49:58< Does he beat you?
0:50:00 > 0:50:01If he does not, then he will.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03I can see it.
0:50:08 > 0:50:09He is not, er...
0:50:09 > 0:50:12tender or loving.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16- Father Beocca, you must tell the King.- No! You cannot.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19The King is the only man who can end it.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22God put an end to this ordeal before it had begun.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27Not all in Mercia are friends of Wessex.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Not all are happy with the King's influence.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32And I must do my duty to Alfred.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37My husband will not break me.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43You must not tell anyone what has happened here.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47HE SIGHS
0:50:48 > 0:50:51You're quiet today, Father Beocca.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56- A sleepless night. - Should I speak with Thyra?
0:50:56 > 0:50:59- Tell her you need your rest? - You shall do no such thing!
0:50:59 > 0:51:01You will not talk of such matters.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04And what matters are those, Father?
0:51:04 > 0:51:06I've said enough.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08You've ALL said ENOUGH!
0:51:08 > 0:51:10ALL CHUCKLE
0:51:41 > 0:51:42Lords!
0:51:42 > 0:51:45They have set up their camp no more than a mile away.
0:51:46 > 0:51:47Then we get this done.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51Tofi! The fire must smoke, black smoke!
0:51:51 > 0:51:53Yes, lord, there will be smoke.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01Every man on his feet!
0:52:01 > 0:52:03HAESTEN: Up!
0:52:03 > 0:52:05We must be ready!
0:52:05 > 0:52:08You all know what needs to be done!
0:52:08 > 0:52:10We cannot fail!
0:52:10 > 0:52:12- Go! - HORNS BLAST
0:52:12 > 0:52:14We cannot fail!
0:52:14 > 0:52:16SHOUTING
0:52:43 > 0:52:45SILENCE
0:52:45 > 0:52:47It's open.
0:52:47 > 0:52:48Do you see a guard?
0:52:48 > 0:52:50None. I see a trap.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Yes, of course, if it is a trap, we should walk towards it(!)
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Hey! Shush your mouth.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05DOOR CLUNKS AND CREAKS
0:53:10 > 0:53:13SILENCE
0:53:19 > 0:53:21Hey! Inside!
0:53:21 > 0:53:23If you want to live, stay inside!
0:53:23 > 0:53:25DOOR CLOSES
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Any idea what's happening?
0:53:45 > 0:53:46None.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51Shield wall!
0:53:51 > 0:53:53CLUNKING, THEY GRUNT
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Aethelred?
0:54:07 > 0:54:09Aethelred!
0:54:09 > 0:54:10Uhtred?
0:54:12 > 0:54:14We've seen not a single man!
0:54:14 > 0:54:15Same!
0:54:17 > 0:54:18Then they have fled?
0:54:18 > 0:54:20It is our numbers, lord.
0:54:20 > 0:54:21They fear our numbers.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Move! Move!
0:54:25 > 0:54:27They fear us!
0:54:27 > 0:54:29The city is ours!
0:54:29 > 0:54:31CHEERING
0:54:31 > 0:54:34No! No! No! Keep the formation!
0:54:34 > 0:54:38SOLDIERS CHEER Keep your formation!
0:54:38 > 0:54:40ALL CHEER AND SHOUT
0:54:42 > 0:54:43Lord!
0:54:46 > 0:54:48- MAN:- Fire! Fire!
0:54:48 > 0:54:51I see fire up there!
0:54:51 > 0:54:54Stand ready! It's a signal!
0:54:54 > 0:54:56It's a signal, no doubt, lord.
0:54:56 > 0:54:57They will come.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59CONFUSED MURMURS
0:55:06 > 0:55:10It's a signal that can be seen from a mile or more.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14Aethelred! Aethelred!
0:55:16 > 0:55:18HE GROANS
0:55:18 > 0:55:21Move! Move!
0:55:23 > 0:55:25Aethelred! The camp!
0:55:26 > 0:55:27Thyra...!
0:55:30 > 0:55:32FLAMES CRACKLE
0:55:35 > 0:55:37DISTANT RUMBLING
0:55:37 > 0:55:38Death...
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Death is coming.
0:55:42 > 0:55:43Death is coming.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45HOOFBEATS APPROACH
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Death is coming!
0:55:47 > 0:55:49DISTANT SHOUTING, THUNDER OF HOOVES
0:55:49 > 0:55:53- SHE RINGS BELL - Wake up!
0:55:53 > 0:55:55WAKE UP!
0:55:55 > 0:55:58- DEATH IS COMING! - SHE RINGS BELL FRANTICALLY
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Wake up!
0:56:01 > 0:56:03ROARING, RUMBLING, PANICKED SCREAMS
0:56:03 > 0:56:06Wake up!
0:56:06 > 0:56:09- Take up your swords! - PANICKED SCREAMS
0:56:09 > 0:56:12- WAKE UP! - SHE RINGS BELL FRANTICALLY
0:56:12 > 0:56:15- DEATH IS COMING! - Aethelflaed is to be protected!
0:56:15 > 0:56:19With your lives! For God and for the King!
0:56:19 > 0:56:21ROAR OF HOOVES, SCREAMING
0:56:21 > 0:56:22THUNK!
0:56:22 > 0:56:25TINNITUS DISTORTED SOUND
0:56:25 > 0:56:26SOUND FADES
0:56:30 > 0:56:32MUFFLED SCREAMS
0:56:32 > 0:56:33THUDDING
0:56:33 > 0:56:36SCREAMING
0:56:36 > 0:56:37This way!
0:56:37 > 0:56:39SWORDS AND SHIELDS CLASH
0:56:39 > 0:56:40SHE SCREAMS
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Aethelflaed! Aethelflaed!
0:56:46 > 0:56:48- Thyra...!- AETHELFLAED!
0:56:48 > 0:56:49She's there!
0:56:49 > 0:56:51SHOUTING, SWORDS CLASH
0:56:51 > 0:56:52The forest!
0:56:52 > 0:56:54- Thyra! - HOOFBEATS, SHOUTING
0:56:54 > 0:56:57THEY PANT
0:56:57 > 0:56:59PANICKED SCREAMS, FIGHTING CONTINUES
0:57:13 > 0:57:14This way!
0:57:14 > 0:57:17THEY PANT AND SCREAM
0:57:21 > 0:57:24Aethelflaed, let go of my hand!
0:57:24 > 0:57:26Run! RUN!
0:57:26 > 0:57:28SHE PANTS
0:57:31 > 0:57:33SHE GROANS
0:57:38 > 0:57:40SHE PANTS