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00:00...number of ships.
00:01Fleet.
00:02A fleet.
00:03But in the meantime, we have left hundreds of Danes stranded in Wessex with no means of leaving.
00:08Warfare, I do not believe their intention was to ever leave.
00:11And in a few months, there'll be more ships, more men.
00:14Now's the time to fight.
00:15To fight with what?
00:16We're without an army and the Danes will number thousands.
00:19Men are out there, Warfare, and they're waiting.
00:21What they need is the call.
00:22Indeed, but...
00:26Lord.
00:28What if I suggest we escort you to Frankia?
00:31That will not happen.
00:32I will not hide.
00:34Not here, nor in Frankia.
00:36But I have prayed daily for guidance.
00:39The only way I see to save Wessex is with what we have begun.
00:44One defining battle.
00:46We shall be leaving the marshes.
00:51Courage and faith.
00:55Amen.
00:55Amen.
01:03It will not be recorded that King Alfred was a weak, frail man, in mind, body, and soul, unfit to
01:11be called king.
01:12Nothing of what you say is true.
01:15But it would become true.
01:17Never.
01:20No, you, my love, will remain here.
01:24If I fail, you must go to Frankia.
01:27Not without you.
01:28You must save and protect our children.
01:34For me, there can be no other country but England.
01:40No other wife but Elswith.
01:49Father, I'm not saying I know everything, but the king must continue to trust me.
01:58The arrival of Vasse may change him.
02:00The arrival of brother Vasse has given him strength.
02:03Brother's not a warrior.
02:04Now's a time for warriors.
02:06Though I never thought I'd say it, we need Otto the Younger.
02:09He commands the largest fjord.
02:10He's the beginning of our army.
02:13That is where we're headed.
02:16Lutrid, I will do everything I can to help.
02:19I will be at your side.
02:21I'll be a flea in Alfred's ear.
02:25Your father will be a proud man.
02:28As am I.
02:39I shall ready my men and by tomorrow I have horses waiting.
02:43Lutrid.
02:47You believe the Danes could be defeated?
02:52I'll see you across the water, Elderman, Wolfier.
02:59Well.
03:01Right, you take it.
03:02What do you mean, Laura?
03:15Edelcard, Edelcard, my friend.
03:16A man who would be king of Wessex.
03:20Thank you for coming to see me.
03:22So maybe it is Ethel Wong.
03:23Yes, please.
03:24Sit down, sit down.
03:27So, I want you to tell me everything you know about Alfred.
03:33I've told you, Lord, he thinks with his dick.
03:35He can barely keep his britches on.
03:38Hear the question, boy.
03:40Not everybody enjoys a fool.
03:45Alfred.
03:46Though he may be afflicted by pain, he's as strong a man as you will find.
03:51He's also as clever a man as you will find.
03:53Now, I was ready to have him as my advisor until he stole my crown.
03:58His strength, Lord, I believe, comes from his faith.
04:04From God.
04:14Do you believe in this God?
04:22I believe in myself.
04:24Why did Alfred steal the crown?
04:27The silver or to be a stronger king to the people?
04:30No.
04:32Yes, in part.
04:34Which is it?
04:37Unfairly, I was not seen as a man to follow by some.
04:42I was not a man to fight Danes, it was said.
04:45And which is true, because I know the Danes will win.
04:48Whereas Alfred, Alfred believes that he can win.
04:52Even now?
04:52Yes.
04:54Yes, he's wrong, of course.
04:56But his faith, you know, that God will not desert him.
05:01Make him believe that he will win.
05:20Then you have to kill him.
05:23I must kill him.
05:24Who else?
05:27The King Edelgard can walk into Alfred's camp
05:32and be welcomed as a friend.
06:04I must kill him.
06:06The King Edelgard.
06:07I must kill him.
06:30Move here in this man.
06:38Stay away!
06:40I have skills!
06:41Put that piece of tin away, boy.
06:43Oh, thank Christ, you're English.
06:45I thought you were one of them.
06:47What with the hair?
06:50Where's the Ellermann Wolf here?
06:53Go on, Lord.
06:56I'm Hallig.
06:58I take care of the horses.
06:59Gone where?
07:01I'm thinking on it, Lord.
07:02You did not say.
07:03I thought you would know.
07:04Wolf here.
07:05Where is he?
07:06He's gone, Lord.
07:08Lord.
07:09He has gone where?
07:11It didn't say.
07:14He has left your horses, Lord.
07:15We keep moving.
07:17Without Wolf here?
07:18Our plan doesn't change.
07:19We make our way to Order's estate.
07:31We cannot use the Roman roads.
07:34We can make our way to my farmstead.
07:36And from there across covered ground toward us.
07:38And that is the safest path, Leifrit.
07:40It is, Lord.
07:42Let's return to the others.
07:57There is pain here for you, my love.
08:21Do you know them?
08:23Tenants.
08:24Do you know them?
08:28Do you know them?
08:32Do you know them?
08:35Do you know them?
08:37Do you know them?
08:38Do you know them?
08:41We're trying to use them having food for them?
08:41There is oneана in order to earn Yeah, James.
08:46Do you know them?
08:46Do there, James?
10:21We shall bury the dead.
10:23Pray for the souls.
10:25When you are ready, I would like to say a prayer for Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
10:43I must search for Mildress.
10:46She may be dead and unburied.
10:49Uhtred, no, no.
10:52She has buried your son with care.
10:55And she has left this place.
10:59It was no longer home for her anymore.
11:03Believe me.
11:08Your tears on the earth will show him that you loved him.
11:27Lord, may I ask what you're writing?
11:29The first of many letters.
11:31Each will say the same.
11:33The men of Wessex and beyond shall gather at Egbert Stone and together we will fight.
11:39When you send out your messengers, Lord, might I suggest that you hand them the letters personally.
11:45Perhaps place a hand on their shoulder.
11:47You will embolden them, I'm sure.
11:50Thank you, Valka.
11:52Thank you, Valka.
11:53I will do that.
12:11You know I did this to you?
12:13When I saved the king's son?
12:15You did not.
12:16I knew an innocent would die.
12:20I'm tired of being like this.
12:24I've seen too much.
12:26I know too much.
12:31I want to see no more.
12:47I know too much.
12:57I know too much.
13:10I know too much.
13:11I know too much.
13:14Oh, my God.
13:36Mildred!
13:41Mildred!
13:48Mildred!
13:52Todd, you should be resting. We should all be resting.
13:56I'm tired of resting. I spent too many days doing nothing.
13:59Then at least sit before you become unsteady.
14:01She's my wife.
14:02She's resting, Lord.
14:04My son.
14:05He's away, Lord.
14:06Still, important business demands time.
14:18It is not a betrayal.
14:21No, it is not, Lord.
14:31Look what I've done to you, child.
14:34I'm content enough, Lord.
14:35Look what God has done to you.
14:39You deserve so much more than the clothes of a nun.
14:47I have purpose, Lord.
14:50My child is with God.
14:52And I am close to God.
14:55There is joy in my days at times.
15:00Do not fear the Danes.
15:04You will be protected.
15:07My son will ensure that.
15:25Do not fear the Danes.
15:30You are El Scorper.
15:33You are here to surrender.
15:36And not waste my time.
15:37I am here to negotiate.
15:39I surrender and you will live.
15:40Father.
15:42Talk too much and I will kill you.
15:43Of all the elder men of Wessex, I am the man who can assemble the greatest fjord.
15:49The greatest army.
15:51I now have to make a choice.
15:53Whether to side with Guthrum or the Scorper.
15:56One Dane looks much like the other to me.
15:58I am occupying your land.
16:00Why should I not simply crush you?
16:04Accept my invitation.
16:07Eat with myself and with my father.
16:10And I will tell you all about my land.
16:12The range of my influence.
16:15I am sure an agreement can be reached.
16:18Neither of us need lose any men.
16:21Neither of us need be weakened.
16:23Eat and drink.
16:25At my hall.
16:28I assure you this is no trap.
16:39I will arrive at your hall.
16:41After the new moon.
16:43I shall expect you.
16:47Then we have peace.
16:48At least for a time.
16:50Oh, we do.
16:56You have lost much.
17:00Brothers, mothers.
17:03A son.
17:06Lovers.
17:14I have you.
17:19I have a brother.
17:23Agner.
17:24Yes.
17:30Your sister.
17:33Tura.
17:35Yes.
17:40She is alive.
17:45She is alive.
17:46No, she's dead.
17:47In the fire.
17:51And she lives.
17:52And is being held.
17:54And is being held in the north.
17:57It is the truth.
18:01Scorpio told me.
18:03I thought at first it could be a lie to torment you.
18:06Hearing it from me would have made it true.
18:11But now I know that it is true.
18:13She lives.
18:17You've seen it.
18:20Yes.
18:21I've seen her.
18:23But I will see her no more.
18:25The gift is fading.
18:28When this battle is done, the Uhtred, your path leads north.
18:33It will be time to face your past.
18:38And you'll be with me.
18:51Always.
18:55Lord.
18:57If God's help is required, how could he look favorably upon Uhtred?
19:02A non-believer.
19:06God is good.
19:07Yes, Lord.
19:08But in following the heathen, what does that say about our beliefs?
19:11Death could be waging over the very next hill.
19:14And it will be Uhtred who stands in its way.
19:16I have no doubt.
19:17The Dain will always protect his plunder.
19:19The king is of value.
19:20He is here to protect the king.
19:22Something neither you or I can do.
19:23He is a man without a soul.
19:25Then I will be his soul, Lord.
19:26I will pray for him.
19:27I will ride beside him always and into battle.
19:30I will be his conduit to God.
19:32And if you fall in battle?
19:34With the help of your prayers, brother, I shall become invincible.
19:37I'm sure.
19:43Brother Asa, I should like you to be the first of my messengers.
20:04Morning.
20:06Sleep well.
20:08It means did you hump well.
20:10I know what it means.
20:12Sleep well, lady.
20:14If I may speak to you all.
20:27There we are yet to complete the first segment of our journey to Odder's estate, it is important
20:31we begin the second.
20:32Word of our army's gathering point must be dispatched to the further reaches of our land.
20:37Rather, Asa here will be my first messenger.
20:41Halleck.
20:43Yes, Lord.
20:46You will also be my voice.
20:49I will, Lord.
20:52And me, Lord.
20:54Hild.
20:56Lord.
20:57She's a woman.
20:58I'm as good a horseman as anyone here.
21:01It means more Danes will die.
21:02And I'll do it.
21:05Yes, Hild.
21:07You will.
21:08Come on.
21:32Your horses.
21:34Belongs at home.
21:35The Lord Odder.
21:37You will let us pass.
21:39Are you selling or buying?
21:40Selling.
21:41To the Danes.
21:43There is a piece.
21:45Did you not know?
21:46Odder has made a piece.
21:49No, I did not.
22:07Odder is loyal.
22:09We shall see for ourselves what is true.
22:12Hold on.
22:21Lord.
22:22You should remain out of sight until we can be sure of your safety.
22:26Odder is not a danger.
22:29But who sits with Odder?
22:31I will not hide.
22:33Lord, please.
22:34Hear the advice.
22:36You are a symbol of Wessex.
22:37You are the standard around which our army will gather.
22:40You cannot be put at risk.
22:44Very well.
23:04I must see this with my own eyes.
23:05No, that is not.
23:06I have made up my mind.
23:09If there is treachery, it is something I must witness.
23:11Then I will go with you.
23:12I do not require a nursemaid.
23:13I am a priest.
23:14And I a king.
23:16You will wait here with Isolt.
23:19I am aware of the care I need to take.
23:44None should not be so pretty nor have lips that demand to be kissed.
23:50I see you agree.
23:51When is it you are leaving?
23:52When I am rested, Lord.
24:04What is it?
24:06Have the Dane's arrived?
24:09Leifrich.
24:11He is outside.
24:12Then bring him inside.
24:13He is our man.
24:15He is with Utrecht.
24:20Bring them both to me.
24:22Bring them both to me.
24:33Leifrich.
24:34Who said my prayers have been answered?
24:37God is good.
24:42Lords.
24:43It is good to see you both safe and well.
24:46Leifrich.
24:48You are home.
24:49Where in God's name have you been?
24:50Hiding, Lord.
24:51And killing Danes.
24:53Hopefully not in my land.
24:54We have been sent by the king.
24:56We bring orders from the king.
24:58What king is that?
24:58King Alfred?
24:59Who else, Lord?
25:01Wessex, it seems, is full of kings.
25:04There is Guthrum, who is king of East Anglia, who now sits in Winchester.
25:08There is Ethelwald here who will tell anyone who cares to listen that he is king.
25:12Where will it end?
25:13Have Alfred's written order.
25:15It means nothing.
25:16You are to raise the fjord.
25:17It is over for Alfred.
25:21Alfred gave up on Wessex.
25:24He decided to save himself.
25:27No man has been more loyal to Alfred than my father and I.
25:31But he has failed us.
25:34Danes surround us and he is hiding.
25:38Alfred is king of the eels, slippery and elusive.
25:42I see it's true.
25:46You have sided with the Danes.
25:50What has Scorpa promised you?
25:53Are you to be king, Odda?
25:56Leofric, are you still...
25:57Am I right?
25:59I asked you a question, Leofric.
26:01I am still your man, Lord.
26:06Then you will finish the business you have with this Dane and kill him.
26:12You have my order. Kill him.
26:15Lord, I cannot do that.
26:17I stand here as Alfred's messenger.
26:19I will not tell you again, Leofric.
26:21If any man tried to kill me, then that man is a traitor to the king.
26:23Leofric, you will kill him.
26:25Alfred has no wrong to my king.
26:26I will not do it, Lord.
26:28My son.
26:29Father, you will not interfere.
26:45May your mother forgive me.
26:48May you be forgiven for your treason.
27:09Lord, forgive him.
27:13Let him die at noble.
27:16Forgive him.
27:19I ask you this as your servant.
27:24Odda.
27:27You will do as I command.
27:30You will raise the Somerset, Theod.
27:35Lord, forgive my son. Please!
27:39I will not forgive what I have seen.
27:46You will raise the feared.
27:52Yes.
27:53Go.
28:13I will need 20 horsemen to take word to all men able to carry sword, hook, or spear.
28:25Yes.
28:26The word is that Alfred is king.
28:33And will fight alongside the swords of Wessex to his dying breath.
28:40Come on!
28:42Come on!
28:45Come on!
28:50Come on!
28:52Come on!
29:02May we speak?
29:07About her son.
29:12You know...
29:13that there is nothing left to say.
29:19I'm sorry that his death was something that you had to face alone.
29:23I was not alone.
29:25Being without a husband does not mean that I am alone.
29:29And I'm sorry for the life that I've given you.
29:32I've found peace.
29:33I hope you can do the same.
29:38Was there sickness?
29:41I would like to understand.
29:42Children are frail.
29:44And you'll have other sons.
29:46I'm sure.
29:48With your queen.
29:51Is she here?
29:54Yes.
29:56I would like you to leave me alone.
29:59Never speak to me again.
30:01We have nothing that binds us nothing.
30:04Avoid me.
30:06Please.
30:27Let's go.
30:27Uhtred Ragnarsson.
30:29Should I be pleased to see you?
30:31Scopa of the White Horse.
30:33I am expected.
30:35By the Lord Order.
30:36The Lord Order is in the ground, buried as a traitor.
30:42For what now?
30:44Do I speak with you?
30:46Does the truth stand?
30:49For today it stands.
30:51Tomorrow we'll kill you.
30:52You will kill me.
30:55With what?
30:57I have almost one thousand men to call upon.
31:00Your ships have been burned, Scopa.
31:02By Alfred.
31:04He's gathering a great Saxon army.
31:06I am aware my ships are gone.
31:09And I will have my revenge.
31:11You should return to Gothrum and prepare to die.
31:15Did your queen tell you that your sister is being humped in the arse each and every night by one
31:25-eyed swell?
31:25Did your mother tell you that she should have kept her legs closed?
31:30I will look for you first.
31:32Across the battlefield.
31:34I will be there.
31:35And I will not be difficult to find.
31:47He will go to Gothrum.
31:50I believe he will, Lord.
31:53Then the battle is one step nearer.
31:57Byocca.
31:58You should wash out your mouth.
32:01Yes, Lord.
32:02I will.
32:04With ale.
32:27How many men?
32:29Four hundred.
32:30No more.
32:32And this is the great Saxon army?
32:35Their numbers will grow.
32:37We need to march.
32:40There needs to be a story of a slaughter.
32:42Only days ago.
32:44Ragnar was asking if the war was over.
32:46Skopar is right.
32:47There must be a slaughter.
32:49We must take the fight to Alfred and his God.
32:53And you are ready to kill your brother.
32:59If it comes to that.
33:01Yes.
33:08Then we shall face one great army with another.
33:11Once the armies are assembled, I shall speak to them as one.
33:17Each man should know.
33:20This war is not only about land.
33:23Should the heathens win, then Christ is defeated.
33:30When you speak to the men, Lord, you cannot make it a sermon.
33:35Then what do you suggest I say?
33:38Tell them that you'll die for them.
33:40That's good.
33:42Tell them that we'll make the Danes pay in blood.
33:44And that they'll be rewarded in plunder.
33:47I am to talk of revenge and greed.
33:49Men, Lord, not angels.
33:55We shall stop for a moment.
33:58Hold!
33:59We hold!
34:08Lord.
34:10It is Egbert Stone.
34:14Within these next few yards, we will know if we have an army.
34:19Of angels or otherwise.
34:23I will go alone.
34:31If no one is there, what then?
34:37I see.
34:51Not a single one.
34:55Not a single man has answered my call.
35:01Then we wait.
35:05We must wait, Lord.
35:20We must wait, Lord.
35:23A fine knife.
35:26A Dane's knife.
35:29This thing.
35:31Yes, I took it from a Dane.
35:33A Dane I killed.
35:34Where?
35:36Winchester.
35:36This is before you grovelled on your arse to Guthrum.
35:39Before I presented myself to him.
35:41Yes.
35:43I was not, however, treated in a kingly manner and decided to escape.
35:46The king under the Danes is not king.
35:49The king under the Danes is not king.
35:50Look, Shred, I do like you, but I rather tire of your preaching.
35:54Have you ever thought of becoming a priest?
35:55Ever since I was a boy.
35:57That's a lie.
35:57I've baptized him twice.
35:59He's still not a Christian.
36:03For luck.
36:07Now I need to look from you.
36:10Where's Alfred?
36:12Watching.
36:15Waiting for his army.
36:20I think I shall go and sit with him a while.
36:25You are fond of him now.
36:39For luck.
36:41For luck.
37:00You are fond of him.
37:00You are fond of him.
37:12The king under the throne of the Hopefully.
37:13For luck.
37:13You will be fond of him.
37:13You are fond of him.
37:16You are fond of him.
37:24Even, God's got him.
37:24He's not fond of him.
37:24Nighting trap.
37:24Look, look.
37:25Look, look, look.
37:37Lord.
37:44I thought you would like company.
37:58What do you see? What do you hear?
38:00I hear nothing, Lord. No, no.
38:04There is a change in the shadows, in the air. They are out there.
38:10I see nothing but grass, Lord. Beyond the grass, trees...
38:14There! There!
38:17It's men.
38:21There are more men there.
38:25They have answered the call.
38:27They have answered the call. The Swords of England are coming.
38:36It's the Swords of Wessex.
38:43The Swords of England.
38:50Today is a day for warriors.
38:54A day to kill your enemies.
38:57A day we make the pagans wish they had never heard of Wessex.
39:03Today, we fight for Wessex.
39:12And that's only for Wessex.
39:15We have men here from Northumbria.
39:18From Mercia.
39:20From East Anglia.
39:22And why are the pagans here?
39:25They want your wives for their pleasure.
39:28They want your children as their slaves.
39:31They want your homes as their own.
39:34But they do not know us!
39:43They do not know our swords.
39:47They do not know our axes, our spirits.
39:50They do not know our courage.
39:53And today, we kill them.
39:59We shall make the ground red with their blood.
40:03We shall strip them of what they have blundered.
40:06We shall make them cry out for mercy.
40:09And there will be none.
40:13No mercy!
40:14No mercy!
40:15No mercy!
40:16No mercy!
40:18No mercy!
40:20No mercy!
40:22No mercy!
40:23No mercy!
40:25No mercy!
40:25No mercy!
40:26No mercy!
40:26No mercy!
40:26Should I fall?
40:28You untailed her to take my horse and ride clear of him.
40:30You will not fall.
40:32I forbid it's...
40:32Everything I have is packed in my bags.
40:34It's yours.
40:37You will not fail.
40:46No mercy!
40:47No mercy!
40:55No mercy!
40:56No mercy!
40:56No mercy!
40:56No mercy!
40:58No mercy!
40:59No mercy!
41:01No mercy!
41:02No mercy!
41:02No mercy!
41:03No mercy!
41:03No mercy!
41:03No mercy!
41:03No mercy!
41:03No mercy!
41:04No mercy!
41:05No mercy!
41:07No mercy!
41:08Uhtred in battle there can be no doubt no mercy none
41:22we should not be holding back Lord we should attack with every man I will
41:26decide how we fight he will follow my orders yes Lord
41:38no mercy form our lines form our lines
41:46Shields up
41:49advance
41:51come on forward
42:02hold the line we work as one we do not break
42:06shield lock
42:11hold the line
42:14hold the line
42:23hold the line
42:29I will have your guts you traitorous bastard
42:33this is our line
42:34hold the line
42:40hold the line
42:42no
42:53first in line
42:55as you wished
43:05here they come
43:11hold
43:16hold
43:31Keep the wall tight!
43:38Have no water, you bastard!
43:48We're going to go!
43:52Fly a bridge!
43:54I'll see your bridge!
43:55Fly a bridge!
43:57Leave him! Leave him!
43:59Not again! Keep the wall tight!
44:03One, three, two, one!
44:14Go for mercy!
44:27No more ground! You should be lost!
44:34Follow me!
44:39Follow me!
44:41God, I'm hurting you!
44:47Help!
44:49Help!
44:50Help!
44:52Help!
44:56Help!
45:04Help!
45:05Help!
45:07Help!
45:16We pull back, cop?
45:20We...
45:21Èlo.
45:22Èlo.
45:23Èlo.
45:23Èlo.
45:24Hold! We hold here, we go no further!
45:30It's backwards with me at my level!
45:34And...
45:34Move!
45:53Uhtred Ragnarsson!
45:55Can you hear me?
45:56I hear you, Skoppa!
45:58Do you wish to surrender?
46:00I have a gift for you!
46:01Your queen!
46:10No mercy!
46:12No!
46:13You will be struck down with my spear!
46:19And you will spend your tenancy in a fire in the past!
46:36Let's go, Skoppa!
46:41Go, Skoppa!
46:47Take the horse!
47:07lord what are your orders lord did you see that he came as the priest said
47:18their god is with them for what are your orders
47:26no
47:51oh
48:18Oh, my God.
48:25No mercy!
49:01This grave is to be marked like that of an other man.
49:05I shall see to it.
49:10What's it?
49:13Isolt is whole.
49:15She has been wrapped and made ready for burial.
49:23I want her to have a pyre.
49:26And she shall have it.
49:31What's it?
49:34Lord, for all that you have done, for all that you have shown me, thank you.
49:42You have given everything.
49:43Mary, you are the man I'd always hoped you would become.
49:50Lord, for all that you have done.
50:18Lord, for all that you have done.
50:21Lord, for all that you have done.
50:24Lord, for all that you have done.
50:29Lord, for all that you have done.
50:32Lord, for all that you have done.
50:35Lord, for all that you have done.
50:35Lord, for all that you have done.
50:36Lord, for all that you have done.
50:37Lord, for all that you have done.
50:38Lord, for all that you have done.
50:38Lord, for all that you have done.
50:38Lord, for all that you have done.
50:39Lord, for all that you have done.
50:39Lord, for all that you have done.
50:39Lord, for all that you have done.
50:41Lord, for all that you have done.
50:42Lord, for all that you have done.
50:48In the year 878 at Atherndon, King Alfred defeated Guthrum of the Danes and drove them from Wessex.
50:57I am indebted, Utrecht of Bevenborough. Wessex is indebted.
51:07There can be no negotiation, Lord. Only surrender.
51:13That is your advice.
51:14It is.
51:17I hear you.
51:20Lord.
51:28Peace was secured with hostages, including my friend Brida and my brother, young Ragnar.
51:43Peace was further secured by Earl Guthrum's baptism and acceptance of the Christian God.
51:48Do you renounce the devil and all his work?
51:51I do.
51:51Let this water cleanse you and make you worthy of God's blessing.
51:57Amen.
51:58Guthrum, you are now a child of God.
52:00Amen.
52:00Amen.
52:04Amen.
52:04As for Uhtred the Godless, my journey continues.
52:13my path leads north to blood fumes to revenge
52:21and to bevamber destiny is all