0:00:02 > 0:00:03'I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06'Lady Aethelflaed has followed her father's wishes and married
0:00:06 > 0:00:09'Aethelred, the Lord of Mercia.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13'Bringing King Alfred's dream of an England ever closer.'
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Lord, love should be gentle and kind.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21'In a happier union, Father Beocca has married my sister, Thyra.'
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Excuse me, Lord Uhtred. I am Osferth.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26You are Alfred's bastard son.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28'After failing to convince me to join them,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31'the Northmen brothers, Erik and Sigefrid,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33'have taken the city of Lunden.'
0:00:33 > 0:00:37You say you are sworn, yet you float into Daneland and back again.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38How am I to trust you?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41'Alfred put Aethelred in command of his armies...'
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Tomorrow we ride. I would like you to travel with me.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45To battle?
0:00:45 > 0:00:49'..and we were sent to take back the city but found not a soul.'
0:00:49 > 0:00:53If we wish, there is a way to raise the greatest army these shores
0:00:53 > 0:00:54have ever seen.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- Lord!- It's a signal that can be seen from a mile or more.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03- Thyra!- Death is coming. The forest! The forest!
0:01:03 > 0:01:06'It's a trick, I know it.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09'And I fear terrible consequences.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11'Destiny is all.'
0:02:22 > 0:02:26No, no. Please, God,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28let this not be true.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Thyra!
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Lady Aethelflaed!
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Thyra!
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Thyra!
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Please be alive, please be alive, please be alive.
0:02:39 > 0:02:45- Lady Aethelflaed! - Thyra! Thyra, please!
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Thyra!
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Lady Aethelflaed!
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Not a single man left living.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Nor woman.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03She is the daughter of King Alfred, they would not kill her. They...
0:03:03 > 0:03:04They would not.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Thyra!
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Please.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Beocca!
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Beocca!
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Thyra!
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Beocca!
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Thyra!
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Beocca!
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Thyra!
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Beocca!
0:03:44 > 0:03:47I thought you were dead and I wanted to die!
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I thought you were dead. I thought you were dead!
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Thyra? Thyra?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Thyra, where is Aethelflaed?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06You will answer!
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Of course she will answer!
0:04:11 > 0:04:12I do not know.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Did they take her?!
0:04:16 > 0:04:18We ran and...
0:04:18 > 0:04:21then she was...gone.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27We will continue the search, Lord.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33They've taken her, they must have. Why else abandon the city,
0:04:33 > 0:04:34why raid the camp?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36She is the daughter of the King.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38They wouldn't dare.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45We will scour the camp and beyond!
0:04:45 > 0:04:47We are looking for the Lady Aethelflaed!
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Where are you taking me?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04You have found your voice. We're headed to Beamfleot.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06And then? A ship?
0:05:08 > 0:05:09A cage?
0:05:09 > 0:05:13I'm still to decide. I have given up Lunden for you.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Erik! How does she feel? Warm?
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Rich.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26As she should. She is our pathway to glory.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28THEY LAUGH
0:05:41 > 0:05:43What will you say to Alfred?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46What can I tell him but the truth?
0:05:47 > 0:05:52He will ask why she was with you. She should never have been there.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53I am aware of that.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58You say she insisted, begged.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03You're so enthralled by your bride that you could not deny her.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05And make myself appear weak?
0:06:05 > 0:06:10It is a choice, Lord, between appearing love-sick, or foolish.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Uhtred?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Uhtred, where are you going?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17I'm going home to Coccham, where Alfred has asked me to remain!
0:06:17 > 0:06:19And where I left my wife.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23But the King, he may need you.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27The King, in his wisdom, has all but banished him, Father Beocca.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32You should also raise the question of how the Northmen came to know
0:06:32 > 0:06:36of Aethelflaed's situation, of where she would be.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00If you believe her to be alive, you will not abandon her.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02You will not. That is a fact.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05So, what is the real reason we're travelling home to Coccham
0:07:05 > 0:07:06and not to Winchester?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09There's nothing to be said in Winchester.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11I won't be part of a whispering court.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15We will go when I have something to say, not before.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Sihtric.- Lord?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Take Rypere there and go to Beamfleot.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29That is where Erik and Sigefrid's fleet lie, that is where they'll be.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31We are to spy?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33You're to confirm that Lady Aethelflaed is alive and how
0:07:33 > 0:07:37they're treating her. Send Rypere back to me at Coccham.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40You will remain there and, yes, you are to spy.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Sihtric, I will need to know every part of Beamfleot.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Every blade of grass that surrounds their fortress.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Yes, Lord.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01See this? Warriors join us by the day.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05With word of your capture, there will be more.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09All waiting for war. You have my thanks, Lady.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13There will be many men inside.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17They will want to get close to you, look you in the eye.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19They'll want to frighten me.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22They will.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28CHEERING
0:08:36 > 0:08:39SHE GASPS AND GRUNTS
0:08:45 > 0:08:47What did I say?!
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I told you I would invite
0:08:50 > 0:08:54King Alfred's daughter, and she is here!
0:08:54 > 0:08:56THEY CHEER
0:08:57 > 0:08:59I swear to the gods...
0:09:00 > 0:09:05..that this prize will not be sold cheaply.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10There will be wealth and glory for every man here.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12THEY CHEER
0:09:30 > 0:09:33It is the best we have.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36These are my own men, they will watch you.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39You will have a guard at all times.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41You will be safe here.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44And my companions, my servants, from the camp?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Any woman who is not Aethelflaed will have been killed or claimed.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Claimed is most likely. There's a bucket in the corner.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05A royal bucket, no splinters.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07CHUCKLING
0:10:12 > 0:10:14DOOR LOCKS
0:10:29 > 0:10:35Aethelred. I was expecting a messenger, and not for days.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40My news is too important to trust to a messenger.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Lunden has been reclaimed.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Praise God.
0:10:49 > 0:10:55Not a single Northman has been left alive in the city...but
0:10:55 > 0:10:58this great victory has come at a significant cost.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01It is the way of battle.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06It concerns Aethelflaed, Lord.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10What of her?
0:11:13 > 0:11:16We fear that she has been...taken.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21We pray that is the outcome, Lord.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22By the Northmen?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Aethelflaed was with you?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26All the things they will do to her...
0:11:26 > 0:11:27She was there?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33You took my daughter into battle?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35There was no battle, Lord.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38She was not part of the attacking army, Lord, of course not.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- She was a good distance away. - But clearly not a safe distance.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Admittedly, I was weak, but she is headstrong and eager.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47She asked to travel a part of the way...
0:11:47 > 0:11:49You are her husband.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51She makes it difficult for me to refuse her.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Is she alive? Have you seen her alive? Answer me that.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58She must be alive, Lord. What reason would they have to kill her?
0:11:58 > 0:11:59But you do not know for certain?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02No.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08How they knew she was with us, we do not know.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Uhtred believes they may have returned to Beamfleot.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- He knows them well.- Uhtred has returned to Coccham, Lord.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18He was following your earlier instructions, Lord.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29After hearing of events and excuses...
0:12:32 > 0:12:33..what I now require are facts.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39I have men across the land. I will send word and ask for word.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41That is all I can do.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47That is all we can do. My dear.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Lord, you have my word! I shall recover her!
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Do you know what you've done?
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Possibly not, as you are as useless as you are arrogant.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I have done nothing but carry out the King's orders.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12You have put at risk the entire kingdom! All kingdoms!
0:13:13 > 0:13:17You're a toad, a fool, an idiot
0:13:17 > 0:13:19with ambition far above your capability.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21And if I can see this, be sure Alfred can see it.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23You have made your position clear, Lord Odda.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25We will forgive your insolence just this one...
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- You will forgive me?!- You will not address my lord in that manner!
0:13:29 > 0:13:33May I suggest that you take a wander for yet another cup of wine?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Father Beocca, Steapa, come with me.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43You will tell me every detail from
0:13:43 > 0:13:45the moment you left Winchester. With me!
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Yes, Lord.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55"Lunden has been reclaimed and not a single Northman
0:13:55 > 0:13:57"has been left alive in the city."
0:13:59 > 0:14:00You began so well.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05I will be reminding the King who it was who travelled into Daneland.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I will be reminding the King that your friend Uhtred
0:14:08 > 0:14:13has been called King of Mercia, and I shall remind him how fond you are
0:14:13 > 0:14:15of his seat.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Do that.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24But allow me to remind you of this - the only man capable of
0:14:24 > 0:14:26cleaning up this puddle of shit
0:14:26 > 0:14:29is the man you are desperate to blame.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Uhtred...
0:14:33 > 0:14:34..King of Mercia.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40WATER LAPS
0:14:50 > 0:14:51What is on your mind?
0:14:55 > 0:14:56I am thinking of Aethelflaed.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00If she lives, you will be her hope.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Alfred is her father.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13YOU will be her hope, Uhtred of Bebbenberg.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19It should not be for you to resolve, but you will do it.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24By sending Sihtric, you have already begun.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Stay with me.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26No, I am hungry!
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I will help you.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34No, I'm doing it! I think I have something!
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Supper at last!
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Oh! He's a sea monster!
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Lord. You said I should find you.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Who are you? - He's Alfred's bastard.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55I am called Osferth, Lady. I am simply called Osferth.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Every person in every town has been instructed to pray,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07that she is alive and kept well.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Then, she will surely be alive, kept well, and will be free in no time.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13All right, say goodnight.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16You do not believe, Lord?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Oh, I believe...
0:16:18 > 0:16:20but in the true gods.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23And in fate.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28You wish to serve a heathen, Osferth?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30God is in all good men, Lady.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33And my Uncle Leofric told me often that your husband is a good man.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36A great man.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39He said that?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Yes, he did, Lord.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47And yet this good man here will let you join him for one reason only.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51To embarrass Alfred.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56It's true.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01That may be the reason you allow me to join you, Lord,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04but I will give you reason to let me stay.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10You have been brought here by fate, Osferth.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12If all they have in Winchester is prayer,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14then they will need something more.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- We will go to Winchester. - We will not.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22This is what you want to do, so why be childish about it?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24We will go when I have news...
0:17:26 > 0:17:28..from Beamfleot.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34YELLING
0:17:40 > 0:17:42THEY LAUGH
0:17:48 > 0:17:49DOOR OPENS
0:17:54 > 0:17:56My men tell me you are refusing to eat.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59I am. I would like to wash.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03You have a bowl, you have water.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04I would like to bathe!
0:18:04 > 0:18:08I would like to breathe cool air. I am beginning to feel sickly.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10My brother suggested you bathe inside a barrel
0:18:10 > 0:18:12in full view of all men.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31DOOR SHUTS
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Lady...
0:18:38 > 0:18:43..I will arrange for you to bathe with privacy, but in return
0:18:43 > 0:18:46you must eat the food we provide.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Very well.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Agreed.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Thank you.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27I feel she is alive, in my heart, but what might they do to her?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42She has her mother's courage, and that is the very reason that
0:19:42 > 0:19:44she will survive this ordeal.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56Lord King, although I would usually prefer him miles away at Coccham...
0:19:58 > 0:20:04..would it now be appropriate to recall Uhtred to Winchester?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- I accept that he will never know God...- I cannot.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09But if you would send him to Beamfleot, if she saw him...
0:20:09 > 0:20:11You know that I cannot.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13..perhaps her spirit would rise. She believes in him.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Our belief is in God, in prayer.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23It is.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I will leave you to your letters.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59We have our proof, Rypere, you will go to Uhtred.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Now!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Why so many guards? Are you afraid of me?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19You're a prize, Lady. Even when unwashed.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43She's the daughter of a King, you will all turn away!
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Show her the backs of your heads!
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Lord, where is the harm in looking?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49The back of your heads!
0:22:24 > 0:22:26You were right, Lord...
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- ..she has beauty.- She does.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34More than that, she's worth ten times her weight in gold and silver.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38I'm thinking we should fatten her.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Does this game have a name?
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Stones.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04And why's it called that(?)
0:23:07 > 0:23:08It's Rypere.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13He must have news from Beamfleot. I'll go and tell Uhtred.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- Uhtred!- Uhtred!
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Uhtred!
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Lord, if the Northmen from Beamfleot are now raiding into
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Mercia to feed their army, how long before they come to Wessex?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Is it not time to consider raising the fyrds?
0:23:45 > 0:23:46Aethelwold, as you have
0:23:46 > 0:23:49no estate, it is not your place to talk of raising fyrds.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55As for the ealdormen with estate...
0:23:55 > 0:23:57for each of you there is a harvest to be gathered.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59This must be done quickly and stored within the nearest burh,
0:23:59 > 0:24:00it must be protected.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Should they raid, we shall not be overrun and importantly
0:24:03 > 0:24:06we shall not feed them so much as a single grain.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Wessex is fortified.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Once the harvest is gathered, the fighting men of the fyrds
0:24:11 > 0:24:14shall be free of labour, should they be required.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19Should they be required, Lord?! Mercia requires them now.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21The heathen must be dealt with!
0:24:21 > 0:24:24The heathen hold a hostage, Lord Selwine.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Would you have the Lady Aethelflaed killed?
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Lord King, I do not wish to cause distress, but if the lady was
0:24:31 > 0:24:36in fact alive, surely they would have made clear their demands?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38They want us supplicant, Selwine, they want us afraid.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41They do not know of our faith, Lord.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42DOOR OPENS
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Father Pyrlig?
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Excuse me, Lord, but Uhtred of this parish is here.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55He is asking to attend.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Can he be trusted?
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Lord? Are we sure of Uhtred's position?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Lord Uhtred's position is that of an ealdorman of Wessex.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Lord, it is my own view that he should be admitted.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- And mine.- Allow him in.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Lord King?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- The Ealdorman Uhtred may join the Witan.- Yes, Lord.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Lord.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Lady Aelswith.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47I am here with news of Aethelflaed.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49From the Northmen?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52From my own spies, who sleep within the walls of Beamfleot.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Lord, Aethelflaed is alive.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57My men have seen her with their own eyes.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- Praise Him. - Praise Him to the heavens.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Then, why have they not made clear their demands?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07They've been spreading news of their hostage, Lord.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Boasting? About seizing a woman?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Boasting of the great army they will raise with the ransom.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14This is what I fear, Lord.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18No man in this hall should be in any doubt,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21when their demands arrive, they will be considerable.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24As will be the consequences.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Of course, they will make outrageous demands.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28That is the purpose of strong negotiation -
0:26:28 > 0:26:29to ensure there is agreement.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32You intend to negotiate, Lord?
0:26:34 > 0:26:36I intend to recover my daughter.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Regardless of the price, Lord?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Mercia is not a land of plenty - far from it.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Wessex shall pay its share of silver and, if necessary,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47its share of blood! I will do what needs to be done.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49If that means negotiation, then I will negotiate.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Lord, I would advise that you don't attend the negotiations.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56The presence of the King and father would only serve to increase
0:26:56 > 0:27:00- their price.- But if not the King, then who?
0:27:00 > 0:27:02LOUD MURMURINGS
0:27:02 > 0:27:03There will be silence!
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Aethelred?
0:27:14 > 0:27:19- Yes, Lord?- It must be you. This is for Mercia to resolve.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20You must go to Beamfleot.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Of course, Lord.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27And a representative of Wessex, Lord,
0:27:27 > 0:27:31as the burden of your daughter is to be shared between the two kingdoms.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41I will suggest that the Lord Uhtred represents Wessex.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Agreed.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00Forgive me, Lord, but I do believe he is your only choice.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Lord?
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Uhtred, you will accompany Aethelred.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23I will do all I can, Lord.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Lady.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Uhtred.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Uhtred, forgive me, but I have asked the King to excuse me
0:28:51 > 0:28:53from this journey to Beamfleot.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58For my sins, God has always placed me at your side.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03And I feel shame for abandoning you.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06No, Beocca, your place is in Winchester with Thyra.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07Bless you.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12Uhtred, you have given me so much, but giving me the courage
0:29:12 > 0:29:16to approach Thyra - that was your greatest gift.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I will be in your prayers, no doubt.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19Perhaps.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22Always.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Say it's mine!
0:29:35 > 0:29:38My men are restless. Hunting is not enough.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I may go across the river, spill a little blood.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Across the river is Wessex.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Then, if I see Alfred, I will tell him that my brother is humping
0:29:47 > 0:29:48his daughter.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55I can see that you like her.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56I would like to ride her, yes.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Then, ride her. One tiny cock isn't going to hurt her.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15Haesten, what are you doing?
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Shut your mouth, Dagfinn. You saw nothing.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32What do you want?
0:30:32 > 0:30:33What do I want?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37I'm here to remind you that you're a woman
0:30:37 > 0:30:39and a hostage.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I like the paleness of your skin.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Show me. Take off your clothes.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Does the Lord Erik know that you're here?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55It was the Lord Erik that sent me.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02Now, remove your clothes or I will rip them from you!
0:31:02 > 0:31:04SHE YELLS OUT
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Dagfinn, hold her!
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Get up! GET UP!
0:31:17 > 0:31:22- Lord, she's a hostage! - Get up onto your feet.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27- She is a hostage.- She is precious.
0:31:31 > 0:31:32She's of value!
0:31:34 > 0:31:35Release her.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Leave us!
0:31:46 > 0:31:47All of you!
0:32:20 > 0:32:23This should not have happened, and it will not happen again.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26My apologies.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33My apologies.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36It is not the first time a man has mistreated me.
0:32:39 > 0:32:40Who else?
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Not here. Before here.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Now I know what to do should it happen again.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56I will use my night bucket and a knife.
0:32:58 > 0:32:59You should.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02You are precious, Lady.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Sleep well. Safely.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32DISTANT YELLING AND SWORDS ECHO
0:33:42 > 0:33:43Odda.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51It is late. I was about to sit, contemplate.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54As is your habit, Lord. I have been waiting for you.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Lord, I hope you will forgive me for what I'm about to say.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03My intentions are for Wessex, for the hope of an England.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11You spoke of paying for Aethelflaed's release
0:34:11 > 0:34:14in one of two ways - with silver, or with blood.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15I did.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17There is a third way.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Should the ransom be too great, should the likely loss of men
0:34:21 > 0:34:25be too great, should Wessex wish to emerge with honour,
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Lord, and greater strength...
0:34:30 > 0:34:34..then should she not be encouraged to take her own life?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39For the good of the kingdom.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45Some might say it would mean martyrdom.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50I hear you, Odda.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52I'm glad you feel able to proffer this advice.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Now, I wish to sit. You will leave me.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Lord...
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Look around you, see the sacrifice that has been made.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Hundreds upon hundreds of men,
0:35:10 > 0:35:15women and children have given their lives for what we now have...
0:35:15 > 0:35:18They have GIVEN their lives, Odda, they did not TAKE their lives.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22And there will be reward in heaven for each and every soul,
0:35:22 > 0:35:23that is what we believe, is it not?
0:35:23 > 0:35:30That is what I say, Lord, there will be reward enough, in heaven.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35You are a king before you are a father.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41I know my place!
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Now you will leave me.
0:35:51 > 0:35:52Lord.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- I thought you'd like to breathe the night's air.- Thank you.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37I was born on a night of a whole moon.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44My father wanted to call me Mani, after the moon god.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49But Mani is chased each night across the sky by Hati the wolf.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54My mother did not want me to be chased by wolves.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01I saw the moon, the clear sky and I wanted to share it.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06I'm glad you thought of me.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09It was either share it with you or with my brother.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12THEY LAUGH The choice was difficult, I admit!
0:37:26 > 0:37:29I have never seen a face like this before.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36Now I see it, even when I close my eyes.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Your husband is a fortunate man.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44My husband does not see me.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Then, he's blind or stupid.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50He is not blind.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57And he is not gentle, I would guess.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00He is the one who mistreats you?
0:38:03 > 0:38:05He is not the man I would choose to be with.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42You. You!
0:38:44 > 0:38:45Aethelwold.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Odda, you are drunk.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51I sincerely hope so, I can barely see.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53At your age, it is not good for you.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58What is your opinion on paying a ransom for Aethelflaed?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Do you have an opinion?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Not one I am prepared to say aloud.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Is there much, or any, of your father in you?
0:39:12 > 0:39:16- The king past? - I'm disappointed you need to ask.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21I have both my father's blood and spirit, the Danes know it.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24Even the dead know it.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28THUNDER RUMBLES
0:39:28 > 0:39:32I am becoming more like him by the day - observe the clean tunic.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38He was a great man.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45He was my great friend.
0:39:47 > 0:39:53If you are indeed his son, I may need you.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54You may need me for what?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04I believe you need your bed, Lord.
0:40:06 > 0:40:07And a pillow.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27You should employ a craftsman to fit a spoon in place of the blade.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30The leaves are falling.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34I want the ransom paid in full by winter, an army by spring.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36A king's crown by summer.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40They will want the same, answers by winter.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45How does she ride?
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Oh, you wouldn't like her - she's bony and she squeals.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56She passes the time.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01And if you put a pup in her belly?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Then, Alfred will get two for the price of one.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09THEY LAUGH
0:41:11 > 0:41:13And Viking blood to strengthen his line, eh?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27What will happen when we reach Beamfleot?
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Will there be a ritual, a toast, a meal?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32There will be a heathen sacrifice -
0:41:32 > 0:41:36the youngest member of the visiting party will be split with an axe.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39They will want to humiliate us.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43In what way?
0:41:43 > 0:41:45An insult, a challenge.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47- Why?- Because they can.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Haesten. We're travelling to Beamfleot.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05For Alfred?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07For Alfred, yes.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12I am here to take you on to the fortress, Lord. You and two others.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14I will travel with half my number, no less.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21Agreed.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25The Lady Aethelflaed? She is well?
0:42:25 > 0:42:27There'll be no negotiation until I have seen her!
0:42:27 > 0:42:29She is well.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34My Lord Erik sees that she is most content, Lord.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- Ride on and we'll follow. - Oh, you will not be needing horses.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Lord, I have a question.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02What is it we want from this meeting?
0:43:02 > 0:43:07You have to ask? What we want is to free Aethelflaed.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10And if instead, what transpired was war - what then?
0:43:11 > 0:43:13It is a question, Lord, that is all.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19I would be without a wife, no doubt, as that would be the cause of war.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24War will occur regardless, that is certain.
0:43:25 > 0:43:29The only change that there can be is the size of the army
0:43:29 > 0:43:30that we will face across the field.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33We will be ready.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36But what is it we want?
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Alfred wants his daughter, that is plain,
0:43:39 > 0:43:44but is that best for Mercia? Is that best for Aethelred,
0:43:44 > 0:43:48Lord of Mercia, and Lunden, and more, perhaps?
0:43:50 > 0:43:53My advice to you, Lord, is rescue her by all means,
0:43:53 > 0:43:56but not at a price that will cut our throats.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30You will all kneel.
0:44:30 > 0:44:35We will not. We have come here in peace and as equals.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37You've made us walk a good distance to meet you.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39That is respect enough.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44You should have joined me, Uhtred.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48If you wished me to join you, why have a dead man tell a prophecy?
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Why didn't you simply ask?
0:44:50 > 0:44:52Me, you would refuse, but the gods?
0:44:57 > 0:44:59The King of Wessex sends his greetings.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03He hopes you have enjoyed the company of his daughter.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05HE LAUGHS
0:45:05 > 0:45:06Enjoyed her?
0:45:10 > 0:45:11Oh, she's not his favourite.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15Why else would he have allowed her to marry the pig's arse
0:45:15 > 0:45:18- standing behind me? - Before any negotiations take place,
0:45:18 > 0:45:22the pig's arse wishes to be certain that his wife is well.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25And if she's not well? What then?
0:45:26 > 0:45:30What will the pig's arse do? Fart?
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Will you fight me? Will you fight my brother?
0:45:41 > 0:45:42I would like that.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49You alone will kneel.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52- I will not.- Kneel!
0:45:52 > 0:45:54JEERING
0:46:01 > 0:46:05I have come to negotiate. I demand respect.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08If you do not wish to hear my price, then I will leave! Happily!
0:46:10 > 0:46:11Aethelflaed.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15As you can see, she is well.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20- I would like to speak with her. - Then, do it.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35They are treating you well?
0:46:36 > 0:46:38They are.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40You have not been...touched?
0:46:42 > 0:46:44I have not.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53What I must now do is secure an acceptable price for your release.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57There will be word games played,
0:46:57 > 0:47:02do not be alarmed by what I may say. I assure you,
0:47:02 > 0:47:05once this is over, they shall pay for what they have done to us all.
0:47:07 > 0:47:08Thank you, Lord.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16What is your price?
0:47:16 > 0:47:18It must be fair, or you can keep her.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23You talk of your woman like you do not care.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25She is important to me, of course, but she has a price,
0:47:25 > 0:47:29beyond which I cannot go. I will not go.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32Then name it. Name this price.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37100lb weight of silver.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40My lands can afford no more.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Does this man speak for Alfred?
0:47:50 > 0:47:52He does not.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Hmm.
0:47:56 > 0:48:01Weland! Where is Weland?! I do not see him.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04Weland! Weland!
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Ah! Weland.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20This man here...
0:48:22 > 0:48:23Hit him.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36She is a daughter, not a son.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39Unloved and, in truth, banished to Mercia to spend her life
0:48:39 > 0:48:44being humped by her husband, whom you have so generously put to bed.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47But like her husband, Alfred's not minded to pay a great sum.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50- Alfred's price is what? Say it! - I will.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54Separate from the 100lb weight of silver offered by
0:48:54 > 0:48:56her husband,
0:48:56 > 0:48:59Alfred will add another... 200lb weight of silver.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03300lb in total.
0:49:03 > 0:49:04A good price.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07The daughter of a Frankish king was once bargained for a similar price.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10- Pyrlig?- This is true, Lord, it is a good price.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
0:49:18 > 0:49:23No, Alfred is not a Frankish king and it is not a good price.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25I say it's a good price.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27Like the pig's arse, you have farted.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29HE BREAKS WIND, LAUGHTER
0:49:29 > 0:49:35Yes! And it stinks, by the gods does it stink. Open the doors.
0:49:35 > 0:49:36It is a good price?
0:49:36 > 0:49:39- I think it's a good price. - You insult me!
0:49:41 > 0:49:45If Alfred is minded to offer so little, then I am minded to
0:49:45 > 0:49:49bring her into this hall and allow each man here take his turn!
0:49:52 > 0:49:57I swear she will be tied to a cart and she will travel the kingdoms.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Is that what you want,
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Saxon?
0:50:04 > 0:50:06Do not insult me.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09- I'm not insulting you.- Do not.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23The King has given me some discretion to increase the price.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29What a surprise!
0:50:30 > 0:50:33So, say it.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37Lord, if I may, and to save both time and ink,
0:50:37 > 0:50:40perhaps YOU might name a price?
0:50:41 > 0:50:43An acceptable price, not an impossible price.
0:50:45 > 0:50:46Say it.
0:50:53 > 0:50:5610,000lb weight of silver and 1,000lb weight of gold.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00Delivered by Alfred himself.
0:51:00 > 0:51:01Of course.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03And he shall arrive with a stoat upon his head
0:51:03 > 0:51:04and an apple in his mouth.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07With respect, Sigefrid,
0:51:07 > 0:51:10you fart louder and longer than the pig's arse and I together.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16I need to take a piss. It's going to be a long day.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21HE CLEARS THROAT
0:51:35 > 0:51:37HE GROANS
0:51:37 > 0:51:39PIGS GRUNT
0:51:42 > 0:51:43HE GASPS
0:51:55 > 0:51:57LAUGHTER
0:52:16 > 0:52:19LAUGHTER
0:52:20 > 0:52:26Aethelred, Lord of Mercia! If your jaw is not broken, join us!
0:52:26 > 0:52:27Eat.
0:52:27 > 0:52:31Yes. I will. I would enjoy that.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33Business is done.
0:52:33 > 0:52:38- Done?!- A bargain has been made, and not a good one. Say nothing.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42Uhtred and Father Pyrlig have gone to see how your lady is, Lord.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45- Then I will go to her.- No!
0:52:45 > 0:52:48You will wait here.
0:52:48 > 0:52:52You will sit...with me.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06To silver and gold.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08And lots of it, Lord.
0:53:08 > 0:53:09Drink.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14THUNDER RUMBLES
0:53:14 > 0:53:16She's praying.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21Give her time with the priest and then you will see her.
0:53:23 > 0:53:2526 ships.
0:53:25 > 0:53:30By the next moon there will be more. And more still, the moon after.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Alfred will pay for his own destruction.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36You should not underestimate Alfred of Wessex.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40Never. But he will pay what you have agreed?
0:53:40 > 0:53:42He will.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45Even for an unloved daughter?
0:53:47 > 0:53:50Alfred is suffering. He loves her dearly.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Her husband does not.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55I was surprised at your anger towards Aethelred.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57What purpose did it serve?
0:53:58 > 0:54:00It was a mistake.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03It was.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05You made it clear that you care for her.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15I cannot let her go.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17I cannot give her up.
0:54:19 > 0:54:23We have just settled on a price, there is agreement.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25With my brother.
0:54:34 > 0:54:35DOOR OPENS
0:54:39 > 0:54:41- Lord Uhtred.- Lady.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Your father sends his affection.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47He will be sleeping at the altar, I'm sure.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52I have arranged your release. You will soon be coming home.
0:54:54 > 0:54:55Have you spoken with Erik?
0:54:58 > 0:54:59I have.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02What has he told you?
0:55:05 > 0:55:07Lady, he's a Northman and a pagan.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10He is a pagan as YOU are a pagan.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Any hope that you have of a life together is nonsense.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14- It will fail!- It will not.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18Merely because it's what you wish for? Lady, it can never happen.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21- Well, it must. - What of your husband?
0:55:23 > 0:55:25I will not talk of my husband.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27I do not care for him.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29- And I will never care for him. - But he will not stand by.
0:55:29 > 0:55:30I do not care.
0:55:30 > 0:55:34Sigefrid will not stand by, and your father will not stand by!
0:55:34 > 0:55:37- You will lose your entire family! - I will make a family.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39We will make a family, Erik and I.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42And they will die! As you will die.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44In a fire, at the tip of a sword...
0:55:44 > 0:55:45Then, I will die happily.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Aethelflaed, hear me. There will be no rest.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50- None.- A life with Erik is what I want.
0:55:51 > 0:55:54It is best for me and it is best for Wessex.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58I can say this to no-one but you.
0:55:59 > 0:56:02I can ask no-one but you.
0:56:07 > 0:56:08Will you help us escape?
0:56:13 > 0:56:17Lady, I am sworn to your father. If I help you and succeed,
0:56:17 > 0:56:19he'll have me killed, but more than that,
0:56:19 > 0:56:21you are asking me to sanction your own death.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24No, what I am asking is for you to allow me to live!
0:56:26 > 0:56:30I will not be the treasure that builds an army against my father.
0:56:30 > 0:56:31That will not happen.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Never.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36I will leave this place with Erik
0:56:36 > 0:56:38or I will not leave at all.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43Uhtred, I am asking you to save my life
0:56:43 > 0:56:46and with it the nations of Wessex and Mercia.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51Will you help me?
0:56:53 > 0:56:54Please?