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00:08Head for the woods!
00:26Go right, there's a gully over that ridge.
00:30Go!
00:48Hoofmarks!
00:49There must be hoofmarks.
00:51There must be hoofmarks somewhere.
00:55I've fetched more men.
00:56I want them found.
00:57I'll go as far as Mercia, if need be, but I want him found, and I want him dead.
01:04He looked like my father.
01:05Now he knows you're alive. He'll keep looking for you.
01:07Let him. I'm going to kill him and take back what's mine.
01:11He has an army. He's the choice of the Danes. All you have is me.
01:14No. We have Abba.
01:17We go to him with our story, and with his army, we avenge Ragnar's death, and we take back Bebrenberg.
01:24It's that simple.
01:25Yes.
01:27Yes.
01:50Rita.
01:54Rita.
01:54Rita, sing me a song.
01:58I won't. I'm not your scald.
02:00True. And what's more, you'd frighten the birds.
02:02What?
02:04There's a taste in the air.
02:05No, no.
02:08No, no.
02:10No, no.
02:11No.
02:12No.
02:21No.
02:23No.
02:32No.
03:38Who did this?
03:40Who sacked the village?
03:41I cannot move.
03:42Your back is broken.
03:46Who did it?
03:47Who did this?
03:49Danes did this.
03:50Why?
03:52I don't believe you.
03:53Why should the Danes attack a village that beats them?
03:55Avenge.
03:57But since when have Danes needed an excuse to kill?
03:59Revenge?
04:00Revenge for what?
04:03Huh?
04:06Revenge for what?
04:07And I landed.
04:08An uprising north of here.
04:11A Saxon slave, he killed his master at a wedding party.
04:18What was the name of the slave?
04:22Huh?
04:23He speak English well for a day.
04:25His name!
04:36End it.
04:39End it.
04:52Say it.
04:53Say what?
04:54What you're thinking.
04:56I'm thinking that you have a turd where there's supposed to be a mind.
05:00We should never have gone to Babinburg.
05:03We should have let them believe that you were dead.
05:09No, you're wrong.
05:10I want them to know that I'm alive.
05:13I need them to know that I'm alive because they hold what's mine.
05:18I feel better for it.
05:20Yeah?
05:21So does a dog pissing on a tree.
05:24You wish me to bark?
05:25What we needed to do was to ride south to the chieftain Ober and tell the story of Ragnar's death.
05:31We'll do it now.
05:32Now there is a second story about some slave who killed his master.
05:36Ober knows that Ragnar was my father.
05:37He knows nothing.
05:38I doubt he'll even remember you.
05:40He will believe the story that he hears first and he will kill you.
05:47If you could write, then you could write to him.
05:53If he could read.
05:58You've left us no choice.
05:59We must find Abba and hope he believes you.
06:35Father, I'll see you in the King's Hall.
06:57My Lord.
07:01My Lord Alfred, it is I, Father Bioca.
07:04My Lord the King has called counsel.
07:07Do not look at me, Father.
07:09I am a sinner.
07:11I am a grievous sinner.
07:13We are all sinners, my Lord.
07:15I am married.
07:15I should never have married.
07:17He sends temptation to test us.
07:20And when we fail, he sends the Danes to punish us for their failure.
07:23I should never have married.
07:23I should have joined a church.
07:25I should have gone to a monastery.
07:27And God would have found a great servant in you.
07:29But I feel he has other plans.
07:32If your brother were to die, he would be to you.
07:33The people would turn.
07:35Oh, pray God, he does not die.
07:38What kind of a king would I be?
07:40You will be God's king, my Lord.
07:42You have been blessed and chosen by the Holy Father in Rome.
07:45You will be God's king.
07:49I have seen a girl who torments you.
07:51You must be banished.
07:52No, I believe the opposite.
07:53She should be brought into your service.
07:54No, I could not.
07:56You will resist her.
07:57You will let him see your strength.
07:59You will thank him for tempting you and then praise him for resisting the temptation.
08:12Notwithstanding, I have news you may wish to take to council.
08:15What news?
08:16Of an English uprising lord in the north.
08:18It was defeated.
08:20But the nobleman responsible was Uthrid of Babenburg.
08:23I know him.
08:24He was taken by the Danes as a child, a God-fearing child.
08:29Clearly, his heart remains English.
08:31He lives?
08:31I believe so.
08:34He's a warrior, Lord.
08:35They say he killed his Danish master and 40 men.
08:38He knows their ways.
08:39He speaks their language.
08:39He would be useful, would he not?
08:40You could mention him in council.
08:42Why would he kill his master?
08:44For blood, for money, for pleasure?
08:46For England, Lord.
08:47Yes, but how do we know?
08:49He may well be just one more pagan with a busy sword.
08:53But I know him.
08:54No, Father Bielke.
08:54You knew him once.
08:56You knew him as a child.
08:59I could send word out into the country, God willing.
09:01He's a ghost.
09:02He's a pagan rumor.
09:03Should he become flesh and blood, then he may merit a mention.
09:06However, my faith, I reserve for God alone.
09:13Now, about this girl, you may be right about her.
09:17Bring her into my personal service and pray for me.
09:22As always, my Lord.
09:27The Danes are there.
09:28Why else would they be captain?
09:30I can see no other reason.
09:33Alfred.
09:35King Edmund of East Anglia writes a plea to Wessex for an army.
09:38An attack by the Danish chieftain Earl Ubba is inevitable.
09:41This was two days ago.
09:43A long march to fight the Danes at a place of their choosing is not a strategy worth considering.
09:47To say the least, my Lord.
09:49I'm of a mind to decline.
09:50And rightly.
09:50Ubba, he is the Dane whom King Edmund has fed and watered in the past.
09:55Yes.
09:55Perhaps in the hope that he would simply pass through East Anglia on his way to invading Wessex.
10:00It is my opinion that Edmund deserves nothing but silence.
10:02Too harsh, young order.
10:04I believe it was Edmund's hope to convert the Danes from pagan to Christian, beginning with charity.
10:09For that, he deserves praise, surely.
10:11True, my Lord.
10:12If indeed that was his hope.
10:13Edmund is a godly man.
10:14We have no reason to mistake his actions for cowardice.
10:17Regardless of Edmund's intentions, barring a miracle, East Anglia will soon fall to the Danes.
10:21And he shall have all our prayers for such a miracle, my Lord.
10:23He will need them.
10:24He will not, however, have one man of Wessex.
10:26On that we are agreed?
10:28Yes, Lord.
10:28Aye.
10:30Then we must therefore recognize that we now stand alone.
10:34The last kingdom of England.
10:36It will soon be men of Wessex staring across a field at the pagan army.
10:40We must be ready.
10:40We must pray.
10:41We must prepare.
10:42Order, I require that Mercia, London, and East Anglia be watched.
10:46Carefully.
10:47Forward knowledge is everything.
10:48And scribe.
10:49I require the forges of every town and village to be burning night and day.
10:52We shall need all the iron those fires can proffer.
10:54Yes, my Lord.
10:56Most of all, I require men.
11:00Strong, fighting men who are prepared to die.
11:02Because that, in the end, is what it will take to save us.
11:09The blood of men.
11:14Ravan used to say, never fight Abba.
11:19Looks like East Anglia has just made that mistake.
11:25We should stay away for now.
11:27Build our own fire.
11:31Abba's unpredictable.
11:32He takes his orders from the gods.
11:34I know.
11:35He only listens to a sorcerer.
11:37And he's half mad.
11:39How will you approach him?
11:41As a man.
11:44It has to be done.
11:47Yes, it has to be done.
11:49But we need to guard your life.
11:52How?
11:53I don't know.
12:01We should hump tonight.
12:05We should.
12:06It's written.
12:08That we should hump?
12:10Our destiny is to hump.
12:14Tonight.
12:27I'm enjoying the thought of it.
12:29That's all you'll enjoy tonight.
12:39Stop.
12:39Stop.
12:40Stop.
12:40What?
12:41What is it?
12:41I think I have it.
12:45We take a hostage.
12:47A shield.
12:48A guarantee for your life.
12:51I don't know.
12:54Someone you can't do without.
12:57Story.
12:58A sorcerer.
13:12Who is this woman?
13:14Why is she not on her back?
13:16Well, not that it's your concern.
13:17But she's for story.
13:19Saxon Hawk from Abba.
13:21I've seen you before.
13:24I served her right now.
13:25Now I serve Abba.
13:28You'll see me again, I'm sure.
13:29Boy.
13:32I'm told stories of the church.
13:33He's up at the monastery.
13:35Looking after King Edmund.
13:36And killing his priests.
14:04Hello?
14:06Hello?
14:06Leave.
14:06Oh, it will be the death of you.
14:09this church is mine by the order of other master story i have a gift for you really she's from
14:14our
14:14lover a woman i would not have sent me a woman i have no need for a woman she's a
14:20sorceress he
14:20wishes her dead but she's afraid of a curse saggy tits stinking breath but you'll be rewarded
14:27her head's weight and silver a sorceress
14:32she has the face of a she-wolf does she bite yes she bites leave her with me i will
14:39do as other
14:40asks and she will die slowly
14:45you belong to me now old man and you will die slowly unless you do as i say
14:50on your feet we're going for a walk and you will keep your mouth shut
14:59this is so foolish
15:01abba will come look for me and you will be here soon
15:04i said be quiet then i'll wait for him here i'll wait for abba here
15:11that means it's just you and me
15:27where story is supposed to be here
15:33edmund
15:35edmund
15:38edmund
15:41edmund
15:42come here some air
15:44miserable king edmund of east anglia
15:47you've had a night to consider my offer
15:49how do you answer
15:53are you dead or breeding still
15:55with luck he's dead we allow far too many of them to live as it is
15:58you will have nothing
15:59he lives
16:01it's god who decides who lives
16:02i will say your god has left your hanging sir
16:05if he has done so
16:06it's because it is his will
16:10take him down
16:11and do not let him fall
16:13and ale and for old death room
16:15i don't understand
16:16we do this all the time
16:17we allow half of them to live
16:18i say kill them all
16:19all but the young women
16:20and who should work the fields
16:22the old women
16:23the pregnant women
16:25put him there
16:27and give the man some ale
16:28and abba
16:31if i may speak freely
16:32i know you
16:34i'm utrid ragnarsson
16:35i'm here with the truth of how my father died
16:38yes
16:38you are ragnar's slave
16:40and you killed him
16:41i don't know what stories you've heard but earl ragnar was killed by his own by danes
16:45his former ship's master kjartan and his half-blind son sven they let the attack on a sleeping wedding party
16:51can't you see that we are entertaining a king
16:53lord abba i'm telling you that earl ragnar was killed by danes
16:55you've been quiet boy
16:57and you will wait
16:58kill him
16:58not another word
17:00bardodoth he does not leave
17:02gothram is right we are entertaining a king
17:04so no more interruptions
17:06i just have to know
17:07who is that
17:08his eyes are watching me
17:13and me
17:14who's
17:15who's what
17:16who
17:17the other half-naked image here
17:20who is it
17:23that is saint sebastian
17:24a former roman soldier who found god
17:26found him where
17:28he
17:29he found him in his heart
17:30do you wish me to tell you the story
17:34i have time
17:41the emperor of rome on discovering that sebastian had found god
17:44ordered him to renounce his faith he refused
17:46so then the emperor
17:48ordered that he be filled full of arrows
17:51and yet
17:52he lived
17:55he lived
17:55yes he did
17:56so it's true
17:57of course it's true
17:59god saved saint sebastian and god should be praised for that mercy
18:02for how long did he live
18:05well sadly he
18:06he then ordered him to be clubbed to death
18:11so he died
18:12we went to heaven so he lived
18:15i heard mention of this heaven
18:16what is this heaven
18:18heaven is valhalla lord
18:19to the christians but without the fighting feasting and humping
18:22heaven
18:23is
18:23is heaven
18:24it's not heathen
18:27but to answer your very first question
18:29i
18:29i have considered your offer
18:31and yes i will continue to rule east anglia as you suggest
18:34i will suffer your presence
18:36i will provide you with horses food coin and hostages
18:41i will do all that you demand
18:44but
18:46only if you
18:48lord abba
18:49and all of your men
18:52submit to god
18:54that is my demand
18:55you
18:56must be baptized
19:01you must stand in a barrel of water and they pour more water over you
19:07they want to wash me
19:09no
19:09your scent upsets the mother
19:11no
19:11to cleanse you of your sins
19:13there is only one god
19:14and i demand that you serve him
19:16kill him now
19:17why must i serve him
19:18because god is great
19:19all-powerful
19:20all-magnificent
19:21have him stop his japping
19:22and prove it
19:23ah agreed
19:24prove to me your god is great
19:26prove it
19:27prove
19:27prove
19:28look
19:28here
19:29god spared saint sebastian
19:32but the man still died
19:33because it was god's will
19:34so would your god protect you from my arrows
19:36if he was all-powerful he would
19:37yes
19:38if it was god's will he would
19:39yes
19:39so let us try
19:42we shall shoot arrows at you
19:44and if you survive
19:48we will all be washed
19:51including gothram here
19:52why not
20:00very well
20:04i will continue to be king
20:08but we will dispense for the need for the baptism
20:11the end of the washing
20:12i withdraw my request
20:15but you claim your god is all-powerful
20:18i want it proven
20:21strip it
20:23artist
20:30wait
20:37tell me truthfully
20:39are you afraid
20:42god is great
20:46we'll see
20:52shoot
20:55shoot her
20:58they are my men
20:59and only i tell them when to shoot
21:03shoot
21:09do you now wish to be clubbed or will the arrows be sufficient
21:17you come a long way boy to tell me that it was danes and not you that killed ramner
21:22it was kjartan and sven lord
21:24and others
21:27it's the truth
21:28what else would i be here
21:29to spy
21:29to lie
21:31no lord
21:33perhaps to kill me
21:34no lord
21:35have you been washed
21:38odin is my god
21:39but have you been washed
21:42yes lord
21:44how did it feel
21:47you're watching
21:48cold lord
21:49the water was cold
21:51nothing else
21:51it was a child lord
21:53now i'm a dane
21:55yeah a dane
22:02so
22:02now let us see
22:04if odin will protect you from the arrows
22:07i like this game
22:09slip
22:10keep away from me
22:12not another step
22:13i have a hostage
22:15what
22:15i have story
22:16stop
22:17if i die he dies
22:18if i die
22:19your sorcerer dies
22:20and you're without his guidance
22:21he lies
22:22i can smell it
22:22i have proof
22:24his runes
22:28the story will be returned to you safely
22:30take his head from his shoulders
22:31awesome be quiet
22:33have them open the doors
22:35i will release story when i'm clear of this place
22:38you go nowhere
22:40then he dies
22:40your sorcerer dies
22:43and open the doors
22:57one day i will kill you
22:59the story will tell you otherwise
23:03and i'm telling you the truth about right now
23:16this is what happens when we allow too many of them to live
23:23excellent firewood
23:28you're alive
23:30that's good
23:31did he hear you
23:33did not
23:35not a word
23:36what did he say
23:37but he'll kill me
23:38nothing else
23:40my story
23:42what did he say
23:46he's naked
23:47it was necessary
23:49there's a branch up his ass
23:51which is why he's naked
23:54uthred
24:04uthred
24:04uthred
24:05you must have said something
24:07he believes the lie
24:10he believes that i killed rodin
24:20there's nothing more to do
24:26we should put distance between us and this place
24:28and go where
24:31anywhere that's not here
24:34i say we go to young ragnar
24:36he's in ireland
24:37then we go to ireland
24:38how
24:39in what
24:39we sail in what
24:41with whom
24:41danes
24:42then we wait for him to return
24:43what if he doesn't return
24:44what then
24:49accepted we're lost
24:51we're alive and breathing for a reason
24:53breeder
24:53we are no longer danes
24:55we're fined a regen
25:11hen tamer
25:12something
25:16there's nothing
25:17there's nothing
25:22there's nothing
25:23that's
25:25there's nothing
25:34How much for your work?
25:37For a longsword.
25:38Tell me what you need and I'll tell you a price.
25:41A warrior sword to last a lifetime.
25:44And what are you?
25:46Saxon or Dean?
25:50Northumbria.
25:53It'll take some time to make a right.
25:57Which means she'll be expensive.
25:59She's right, I'll pay in silver.
26:01How much?
26:03Ten pieces, half now.
26:05Oh, six, no more.
26:06Eight. I'll make her my finest.
26:08Eight? And if she's not your finest, you'll be her first.
26:17I want this stone set into the handle.
26:25That can be done.
26:27Don't sell it, no loser.
26:45Hail, my lord.
26:47You stand too close, girl.
26:48Just a little to take away the taste of the gruel.
26:51You stand too close.
26:53It is broth, not gruel.
26:55Is it?
26:57Well, I think it is.
26:59You should be thanking God for its goodness and the banishment of those awful cramps.
27:03I am happy to eat as you eat.
27:05Oh, well, you are saved to me, my dear.
27:07Father Beocca, join us for breakfast.
27:09How dare you?
27:10Alas, why not have we eaten?
27:12You're fortunate.
27:13Bad news, lord.
27:15Your nephew, Ethelwald.
27:16Isn't it always?
27:17He's drunk.
27:18He's sleeping in the palace gardens.
27:20Should I take him to the king?
27:21It's the second time this week.
27:23May God strike him down, painfully.
27:34On your feet, boy.
27:36Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
27:37Come on.
27:38The king wants to see you.
27:40Drunk!
27:42What, again?
27:44You think this is fit?
27:45Out, all of you, leave us.
27:49Do you think this is fit?
27:51I have been mistreated.
27:53You saw this for yourself.
27:55I demand that this bear is punished.
27:58Ethelwald, your years do not hide the fact that you are a disappointment.
28:01May I ask why?
28:02That you need to ask tells your father all he needs to know.
28:07What?
28:07That you are an unsuitable heir.
28:09That is what.
28:13Then I will change.
28:15You should.
28:16I will.
28:17Look, all I ask is that you become a man, and quickly.
28:21Today.
28:22Today.
28:24I promise.
28:31Am I excused?
28:39I'm not convinced he is my son.
28:48If his mother were not already dead, I'd have her beheaded for adultery.
28:56If I am to fall in the battles that will come, he cannot be king.
29:03Do you favor Alfred?
29:04I do.
29:06Even though he is often weak in body?
29:10Well, that his illness does not tie him to his bed shows the strength of my brother.
29:14Alfred is my heir.
29:16He knows it.
29:19And when the time comes, Odder, my friend, you must steer the Witton to make this choice.
29:27I don't know.
29:34It's done.
29:36We should be safe for now.
29:38They say Dane's rarely come here.
29:40What did the story say to you to make you bind his mouth, and, uh...
29:44He threw a curse.
29:46Saying what?
29:47It's not important.
29:49I responded with a brunch.
29:55What are you doing?
29:57You know what I'm doing.
29:59I'm removing the last of his curse with a kiss.
30:01I don't want to.
30:07If you want to go to the Danes, then go find a new lord.
30:14It's me they wish to kill.
30:16You sound like a child.
30:17I'm offering you a choice.
30:19You're talking through your arms.
30:20I'm sitting on my arse.
30:21So your arse is cleverer than you.
30:23It can do two things at once.
30:26Your tongue is sharp, woman.
30:31Show me again.
30:32No.
30:35You're right.
30:37We can't go to young Ragnar.
30:42But we should wait for him to find us.
30:45But he will.
30:46He will want to know the truth.
30:50In the time between, we stay alive.
30:54We pass the time.
30:56Doing what?
31:02Hmm?
31:05Hey!
31:08Hey!
31:10Hey!
31:10Hey!
31:10What the hell?
31:10Oh!
31:18Hey!
31:24Hey!
31:25Hey!
31:31Hey!
31:32Oh, oh, oh, oh.
32:22I've given her some beauty, but she is a tool, no more, no less.
32:36She's exactly as I'd hoped.
32:39We said ten.
32:40We said eight.
32:41She's worth ten.
32:47Lord, men have been asking of you and your woman.
32:51Daines or Saxon?
32:53Pick five or more.
32:58I'll make her sing.
33:04Frida, we should leave.
33:05There are men looking for us.
33:06Come on, Baba.
33:07I don't know.
33:08Saxon's and Daines are looking for us.
33:09We seem to be collecting enemies as we go.
33:19Go, go, go.
33:32Go, go, go.
33:34Out of the way, out of the way.
33:35Hey!
33:36Go, go, go.
33:51Oh.
33:52Oh, fuck!
34:25Come on!
34:28Come on!
34:35Come on!
34:36Frida, the horses are just there.
34:38Wait! There's another! We have to go!
34:40Come on!
34:52Frida, the door!
34:55Wait!
34:58Wait!
35:00Wait!
35:02Now!
35:12You're right.
35:13We should leave.
35:16Whoever it was that sent them, Abba or Yoronku, they won't rest.
35:19There'll be others.
35:25I can't go home without help.
35:28Uhtred,
35:29you should forget Bamba.
35:33No.
35:35No, I won't vanish.
35:38Nothing changes.
35:40Kjartan and my uncle will pay for Ragnar's death,
35:42and I will have those lands.
35:44But how?
35:45With whose help?
35:47You said yourself we only have Abba.
35:49The English.
35:51If we're dead to the Danes, we have no choice.
35:53There is no England.
35:55The Danes have England.
35:56No, there is one place south of here.
35:59It's Wessex.
36:00Then they won't look at you and kill you as a Dane.
36:01Or Zabba will kill me as an Englishman.
36:04With King Æthelred, we have a chance of everything.
36:06What did you say?
36:09Come with me.
36:12Come with me.
36:23fucking
36:26Woman
36:27Everyone
36:39When did they start?
36:41I think you're pretty.
36:43Huh.
36:45Well, they've never seen a Dane so close.
36:48But they will.
37:00Come away.
37:01Come away.
37:04Go!
37:06Go!
37:07Go!
37:07Go!
37:08Go!
37:09Go!
37:09Go!
37:09Go!
37:09Go!
37:09Go!
37:10Go!
37:11Go!
37:17Go!
37:29You have business with the king, Aethelred.
37:31Go home!
37:33I say we have business with the king.
37:36Do you not understand English?
37:38Is that what you're speaking, Arsling?
37:40Sound like a Dane.
37:42Why do you dress as a warrior when you're clearly a farmer?
37:47Farmer ally.
37:49Well, I'd wager this farmer against you at any time.
37:52We're here to see the king, peaceably.
37:53Richard, what are you doing?
37:55What is it, farmer?
37:56First blood or to the death?
37:58I might be spitting your skull, boy.
38:01If the one follows the other.
38:02Come on, love, Rick.
38:03Come on.
38:03Sorry.
38:04Come on.
38:05Come on.
38:10Farmer hooker.
38:13My goodness.
38:14You know this, Arsling father.
38:15I do.
38:16Yes, I do.
38:17Who should you...
38:19You're fully grown.
38:21And you're old.
38:24I am.
38:26Oh, you're a man.
38:28He claims business with the king.
38:29Yes.
38:30Yes.
38:30That's true.
38:31But not with the king.
38:32It must be with Alfred.
38:33You vouch for him?
38:34I vouch for him.
38:35Yes, I will vouch for him.
38:36God has sent you, surely.
38:39You're a man.
38:41Father, this is Brida.
38:44Our greatest friend.
38:46A woman?
38:48Yes.
38:49I am.
38:54I have tits.
38:56I see.
38:58Have their horses fed and watered.
39:01I'll inform Alfredo you're here with me both.
39:03We need the weapons, father.
39:04Why not inform the king?
39:06The king's busy.
39:08But you will like Alfred.
39:09He's an impressive man.
39:12Come on.
39:20You like it?
39:22I do.
39:25It's beautiful.
39:28You can rest here.
39:29It's so quiet.
39:30Peaceful.
39:32The Romans, they built this courtyard for just that purpose.
39:36Tranquility.
39:37You're Alfred.
39:39I am.
39:41My lord.
39:42You are Uhtred?
39:44I hear word.
39:45You are a considerable warrior.
39:47Not been tested, lord.
39:49Not yet.
39:50And I've been lucky.
39:52Well, luck is good.
39:54Or so are my own warriors, say.
39:57Now, I haven't quite worked out the theology of luck.
40:00Can there be luck if God disposes?
40:05Well, if God's with you, you're a lucky man.
40:09Yes.
40:11You're right.
40:12Simply put, but you were right.
40:14With me, we shall talk inside briefly.
40:29I spend much of my time in here.
40:33Do you read, Uhtred?
40:35Schooled as a child by Father Beocca.
40:37I was not a good student.
40:39There's much to know outside of letters.
40:40Oh, I am certain there is.
40:43But do not underestimate the power of the written word.
40:46When a man dies, if nothing is written, he is soon forgotten.
40:49For instance, who is remembering Earl Ragnar?
40:51You know of Ragnar?
40:54Father Beocca has thought much about you, Uhtred.
40:57He believed you a prisoner, a slave to Earl Ragnar.
41:01Is that the case?
41:02Ragnar was the father to me.
41:05I loved him.
41:07Yet in Efferwich, they're saying that you killed him.
41:10They lie.
41:15Kjartan.
41:16Kjartan, is that how you pronounce it?
41:18Kjartan?
41:18Kjartan.
41:19Has benefited most from Ragnar's death.
41:22He has taken his place and is Earl Kjartanar, a great lord with ships.
41:27That's written down.
41:28Whatever I discover about my enemies is written down.
41:32It is in Kjartan's interest to kill you, is it not?
41:34He would not want Ragnar's son to hear a different tale.
41:38You're not wishing to hear the truth?
41:40No, no.
41:41And the chieftain Abba, although he himself has now travelled north,
41:45he has sent men to Mercia, asking of your whereabouts.
41:48But not your welfare, I surmise.
41:51How do you come by all of this?
41:53I have eyes and ears in each of the kingdoms.
42:00One day, it is my hope that all kingdoms will become one,
42:06united under one God.
42:09One king.
42:12If all men can agree, yes.
42:15All that remains of England is Wessex.
42:20The birth of an England, the idea of a single kingdom called England has to begin here.
42:32There is nowhere else.
42:34But for how long will Wessex remain?
42:37The fate of Wessex will be determined by Englishmen, all Englishmen.
42:41Only by joining together and saving Wessex can we have England.
42:47Only by saving Wessex can we have a Northumbria, a Bebbanburg.
42:54And if Wessex can't be saved?
42:56Then we are all no more.
43:02Prayers.
43:10And a little discomfort.
43:17I will summarise.
43:19The Danes are gathering a great army.
43:22They have in fact gathered an army.
43:24They gather where?
43:24They have moved upriver from London to Readingham.
43:27They are settling as we speak.
43:29But you said others in the North, so who leads them?
43:31The old Guthrum leads them.
43:32I know, Guthrum.
43:35We will need every advantage.
43:38And Father Beocca considers you, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, to be an advantage.
43:44Whereas I believe you are here solely to hide, to save yourself.
43:51I look at you, and I see a Dane.
43:55I see Uhtred of nowhere, who cares for no one but himself.
44:02Now I must go to prayers.
44:04You will join me?
44:07My Lord will excuse me.
44:09Us both.
44:11Of course.
44:13I expected as much.
44:16Father Beocca.
44:17Lord.
44:18Pick your guests for refreshments.
44:20I will, my Lord.
44:21They may remain in Winchester, but I hold you responsible.
44:24Yes, Lord.
44:30You should have come along and prayed with him.
44:32He would have bonded you.
44:33He believes we are pagans.
44:34What Alfred believes is that the Danes have abandoned you.
44:37Abba has abandoned us.
44:38There are other lords.
44:40Most, if not all, follow Abba.
44:42So believe me, girl, you have been abandoned.
44:44Yeah, you know everything about the Danes, don't you?
44:46It's this way.
44:46I want to show you something.
44:50What charges are there?
44:53Yeah, the land books.
44:54Yeah.
44:55Kept them safe.
44:56No, I've shown them to Alfred.
44:58He knows.
44:59You are the Elderman, by right.
45:04I will continue to keep them safe, but Uhtred, you.
45:07You must behave like an Elderman.
45:18The Titans have no meaning.
45:20Northumbria belongs to the Danes.
45:22It does not belong to the Danes.
45:23It has been stolen by them.
45:24If you want wealth, you take it.
45:26You can't ignore what's true.
45:27If the Danes are dreading him, I'll go to dreading him.
45:29What?
45:30For what purpose?
45:31Knowledge.
45:32We have knowledge, and you should stay away from the Danes.
45:35For new knowledge.
45:36You know where they're settling, but you don't know why.
45:39We know their number and their position.
45:40But not their intention.
45:42Am I a prisoner?
45:44Their intention is to attack.
45:47When?
45:49Spring.
45:50It's always spring.
45:51I'll go to Reddingham.
45:52Where is it?
45:53It's too dangerous.
45:54Not for me.
45:55I'm a godless stain, remember?
45:57Then why spy for Alfred?
45:58Because he is an Elderman of England.
46:10Lord.
46:11Regarding the conversion of the pagans to Christianity.
46:15Yes, Lord.
46:16How do we decide what is proper?
46:18To enlighten them or to kill them?
46:21Spreading God's word is, of course, our mission.
46:24But I fear that the pagans, the true pagans, must first witness and feel his power.
46:38Uhtred, uh, will return?
46:40Yes, he will return.
46:41Yes, but how will he return is who, is what?
46:43I know this boy.
46:44I know this boy is now a man.
46:47I know his soul.
46:49Father Biocca, he has no soul.
46:51And you say yourself, the pagans need to feel the power of God.
46:55It is written, now, here.
46:58He may leave me.
47:01We shall see what the days bring, my lord.
47:25If wrestling through the winter was their intention, they would have remained in London, yes?
47:30It's you who's Alfred's spy.
47:32The next step is to kill for him.
47:33Will you do that?
47:33Answer me this.
47:34If we were to cross this river and find Guthrum, what would happen?
47:37He'd kill us both.
47:39We owe them nothing.
47:42Alfred needs to know about the Danes, and I need to win his trust.
47:44You think he'll deliver you Babenberg?
47:46What if you're wrong?
47:47What if you're wrong?
48:04Alfred, you have called counsel.
48:07For what reason?
48:07Lord, forgive me.
48:08It may well be for no good reason, but we have a pagan in court who claims to have knowledge
48:11regarding the Dane army.
48:13Pagan?
48:13Forgive me, lord.
48:14He is Uhtred of Babenberg.
48:15I vouch for his word.
48:18Uhtred.
48:22Lord.
48:26I've been to Readingham.
48:27I've watched the Danes.
48:28Their intention is not to settle.
48:29If it were, they would have remained in London.
48:32You are saying what?
48:33That they intend to attack?
48:34I am, lord.
48:35You already know this.
48:35Come spring, they'll be at our door.
48:37They'll be marching within days, lord.
48:38I'm sure of it.
48:39How can you possibly be sure of it?
48:40The ground is sodden all around.
48:41The ordinary warriors, they're caught and killed birds, jackdaws.
48:45This is only done in the days before battle.
48:47And they're hungry.
48:48Then perhaps they've eaten these jackdaws.
48:50They've many hundreds of men and horses and few suppliers.
48:52They'll first seize a town rich with grain and livestock.
48:55I don't know the country well, but I've traveled.
48:57I believe Amandam is such a place.
49:00To defeat the Danes, you must meet them on the road to Amandam.
49:05They'll be within days, lord.
49:06You went to Readingham alone?
49:08With Breida.
49:09Why alone?
49:11Why not?
49:12Well, because for most of your life, you have lived as a Dane.
49:14You look like a Dane.
49:15You can speak the language of a Dane.
49:17Therefore, I surmise.
49:18You can set a trap like a Dane.
49:20Agreed, my lord.
49:21He imagines we are jackdaws.
49:22Where?
49:23On the road to Abendam.
49:24Where would you choose to meet that army?
49:25I would choose a place called Ashes Hill, lord.
49:27You would choose or Guthrum would choose?
49:29I've seen it.
49:30The past narrows.
49:31You cannot be outflanked.
49:32For the Danes to fight uphill, it'll be difficult, but they'll be confident.
49:35They don't fear West Saxons.
49:36Why?
49:38Why do they don't fear us?
49:39They believe you to be farmers.
49:40Nothing more.
49:43So even with the sun in their eyes, which is possible, they will climb the hill to fight,
49:46and that can be to our advantage.
49:47To our advantage, he says.
49:49You've been here for a matter of days, and already you claim to be of Wessex.
49:53This is nonsense.
49:53This is all far too convenient, my lord.
49:56My lord, my sword was made by Saxonsmith.
49:58My sword is for Wessex.
49:59Do not interrupt a noble when he's speaking.
50:01Order.
50:01I believe this man, this bag of rags that follows him to be imposters.
50:04No army marches as winter approaches.
50:06Dan, order!
50:07Enough from you now!
50:09My lord.
50:15You.
50:17You've spoken, given this council much to discuss.
50:21My lord.
50:24Alfred, he's here at your invitation.
50:26What now?
50:28Should the Danes march, we must face them.
50:32And I would rather be at the top of a hill than on the flat.
50:36I say we march to Asher's hill.
50:40But.
50:43Take him.
50:45Take them both, make them secure.
50:47My lord.
50:47What is this?
50:48My lord.
50:49That's the truth.
50:50I've spoken the truth by the Belker.
50:53My lord, please.
50:54Belker, help me.
50:55Belker.
50:56Have faith.
50:58Oh, my lord.
51:07Oh, my lord.
51:08Oh, my lord.
51:12Oh, my lord.
51:13Oh, my lord.
51:13Oh, my lord.
51:15Oh, my lord.
51:15Oh, my lord.
51:15Oh, my lord.
51:15Oh, my lord.
51:15Oh, my lord.
51:17Oh, my lord.
51:20Oh, my lord.
51:22Oh, my lord.
51:23Oh, my lord.
51:24Oh, my lord.
51:34Hold! Hold!
51:46Left flank, hold! Hold!
51:50Archers ready!
51:59On that command, for God, for Wessex, for England!