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00:28For more information, visit www.fema.org
00:41There we go.
01:01I don't know.
01:30Has he gone mad?
01:32Leave him. He will not listen.
01:33You must tell him he's being foolish.
01:35I have tried. He is not himself.
01:39Be kind, Utrud. He is at heart. A boy who is suffering.
01:45Do you intend to set a fire?
01:47Yes. We encircle them and draw them out.
01:51Lord King, you should not do this.
01:53It is decided.
01:55The town walls cannot be breached another way.
01:58Our attempts to attack have been futile.
02:00The Danes show no sign of surrender.
02:03Perhaps this will force their hand.
02:04The fire will catch and the town will be destroyed.
02:08Lord King, the heart of Wessex will be burned to ash.
02:10So the heathen burns in hell. It is a risk I'm resolved to.
02:14What are my choices, Utrud?
02:15Surrender. Live in history as the king who lost his lands.
02:19Thirty days we have tried and failed.
02:22I do this and in time Winchester will rise again stronger for her suffering.
02:27We should try again to speak with Sick Trigger.
02:28This silence may be a sign he looks for another way.
02:31They do not want to speak.
02:32We send men, they send arrows, we have asked them to leave and now our patience wears thin.
02:37Yes, and they will also be tired of this and may be willing to negotiate.
02:40We are past the negotiation.
02:41We win or they do.
02:43Our families are prisoners...
02:44Hold down, what news?
02:47Lady Aethelflaed sent me here to tell of a great victory.
02:50She has taken Aethelflaed, and the Danes there have submitted to her rule.
02:54She now travels south with her army.
02:57Let her not be shamed by a weakness in her brother.
03:01Let her return to the land of her birth and find it cleansed of the Danes.
03:05Tell them it is decided.
03:08If they do not surrender, Winchester will burn.
03:13Hold formation!
03:15Hold!
03:30King Edward sends you this message of intent!
03:36Leave the town!
03:38Or on his command, you flame!
03:47I knew what he was going to say.
03:49They're getting desperate.
04:00755, Kinnawolf and the West Saxons deprived Sigbiort of his kingdom because of his unlawful deeds.
04:07Kinnawolf often fought great battles in Waelus.
04:12Please, this is so dull.
04:13I want to pull out my own eyes.
04:16Spoken like a true heathen.
04:19Should we play another game?
04:21What was the tally again?
04:22I'm not keeping count.
04:24Come, read.
04:25I'm too hungry to read.
04:33Is this the last of the bread?
04:34I'm not keeping count of that either.
04:36Do you still have the grain?
04:42I'm not keeping count of that.
04:43I'm taking the girl.
04:44We need to kill a hostage.
04:46And she will get their attention.
04:47They threaten to use fire.
04:49And in response, we show no mercy.
04:52Then not her.
04:53She's worthless.
04:54Not to the Daneslayer.
04:56Sitrica, I need Uhtred to come out and fight.
04:59This will force his hand.
05:01Is this true?
05:02Will your father attack us?
05:04If he does, he'll destroy you.
05:07Not to come to anger, Brita.
05:09It's to tell the men to get clay and water.
05:11Dampen the roofs.
05:12Protect the walls from fire.
05:15Then I will select a hostage
05:18and we will see what they do.
05:24Hurry up, man!
05:26Take it!
05:35Come on, Brita!
05:45Come on, Brita!
05:47Here.
05:52There's some water in the flask here.
05:54What?
05:55What are you doing?
05:57Don't worry.
05:58I will look after you.
06:08Where is the water?
06:10You finished it.
06:11We must pray there for more.
06:13Please do not say it again.
06:15We know you are hungry.
06:17She is not accustomed to discomfort.
06:20Discomfort?
06:20This is nothing compared to what we endured in the marshland.
06:23Just be grateful there are no flies.
06:25I am grateful there is no screaming.
06:28I fear that it's because everyone is dead.
06:31We are being kept alive so they can make a show of our deaths.
06:35And if they try to take me, I shall throw myself upon their knives.
06:40I can show you away with a piece of cloth.
06:45I have learned things in my life that you do not know.
06:58There is a plant that flowers in the courtyard.
07:02The purple blooms when dissolved in water are tasteless.
07:07And effective.
07:09Especially in children.
07:13I've had such a plant grow in the courtyard.
07:18It was planted there should this situation ever arise.
07:40Give me the king's heir.
07:43Come here boy.
07:44No.
07:44That child is the king's firstborn.
07:46He does not care for my son.
07:47Take him.
07:48Foolish.
07:50He will assume you are lying.
07:51And take Elfrid anyway.
07:54Are you lying?
07:58I do not lie.
08:01Which of these two children is more precious to his heart?
08:04I am the elder brother.
08:06I shall be chosen.
08:11I will take them both.
08:24Do not give the signal.
08:26You must see how this plan unleashes pointless slaughter.
08:28Each hour we wait is an insult to my father.
08:30Then think of the captive.
08:32They are lost to us.
08:34They were lost from the moment the Danes arrived in Wessex.
08:36Do you not see it?
08:38This is my punishment.
08:40I abandoned the children of Mercia and this is God's vengeance for that mistake.
08:44God would not do that Lord.
08:45We do not have to burn Winchester.
08:47I swear to you I will find another way.
08:50And you always keep to your word Utrecht.
08:56I will get in and find this sick trigger and...
08:59How?
09:00We built those walls never to be breached.
09:02So far they will be more steadfast than any of us.
09:04Father!
09:06Utrecht?
09:09What are you doing here?
09:10Where is she?
09:13Where is the aura?
09:14She is within.
09:15But we have a plan to save her.
09:19King Edward of Wessex!
09:26King Edward of Wessex!
09:30I have shown myself.
09:32Do the same.
09:37Approach the gate!
09:38And meet me face to face!
09:42I will not take orders from the Dane.
09:45Let us talk!
09:47Eye to eye!
09:49This is a game and I will not play.
09:52Tell him to surrender or I will give the signal to burn them all.
09:58Bring the boys.
10:05Lord King!
10:17Do not approach the gate.
10:18Lower your weapons!
10:18Lower your weapons!
10:21Come!
10:22Talk to us!
10:24At the gate!
10:29Come now!
10:31Your sons want to see their father!
10:35Lord, do not approach the gate.
11:00Give me my children or I will find yours and take their eyes.
11:05I have no children.
11:08Nor a wife.
11:10This is why I am stronger than you.
11:13Give me my children.
11:16I command it.
11:20I will give you one of your sons.
11:22If you retreat.
11:24And you may choose which.
11:52If someone speak.
11:56What do I do?
12:00Request the Earthling.
12:02If I choose one child, what happens to the eye?
12:06It is a hard decision, yes.
12:08But I think it is part of a longer strategy to see if you will negotiate.
12:12I have looked that man in the eye.
12:14I have looked that man in the eye and he is not one to give ground.
12:19What do you think?
12:23That if we show weakness now, he will make a show of cruelty.
12:29I think.
12:30I think.
12:30Say nothing.
12:32Can we pay him?
12:34He doesn't want silver.
12:35If he did, he would have taken it.
12:36If he wants to destroy us and destroy our spirit.
12:43I cannot do this.
12:45I cannot do this.
12:46I cannot.
12:46I cannot.
12:48I cannot.
12:49I cannot do this.
12:55What would you do?
13:01Much the same as him.
13:04Be broken by it.
13:06Any man would.
13:07It is unnatural to have to choose between your children.
13:10I would want you to fix the aura.
13:12I could defend myself if it happened to us.
13:14It will not happen to us.
13:17It will not happen to the king.
13:20Are you going to do something foolish?
13:22Are you going to stop me?
13:30Then you should be pragmatic.
13:32And choose the son whose legitimacy is not in question.
13:34I cannot.
13:35I cannot.
13:35I cannot be the man to condemn one son over the other.
13:38There must be something else he wants.
13:40He wants me dead.
13:44As much I know from Heston.
13:47He would not trade you for my sons.
13:49You are not that valuable to me, Uhtred.
13:52True.
13:54But I do have a value to the Danes.
13:56To kill the man they call the Daneslayer would bring great reputation.
13:59He might want that.
14:01And Brida will want revenge for her enslavement in Velas.
14:05Let me offer myself.
14:06It is worth trying.
14:13Then Wessex would once again be in your debt.
14:21And should you not return, I will ensure they speak of your honor through the ages.
14:27Uhtred will not be forgotten.
14:32This is a brave plan.
14:34Which plan is that?
14:35He doesn't have a plan.
14:36This is what he looks like when he's making it up.
14:38You cannot hope to take them on single-handed.
14:40What do you think he's doing then?
14:42I presume you're trying to get us some time.
14:44If you can delay the Danes until Lady Aethlid arrives, she will persuade Edward to endure a longer siege.
14:49You know that we can take back the town when they're depleted.
14:52But it's not my plan, Old Hill.
14:54That would ya.
14:55Why else would you make such a dangerous offer?
15:00Because I believe I can end this.
15:27Zig Trigger!
15:29Show yourself!
15:33I killed him.
15:36What?
15:37We...
15:38We have tried to kill him.
15:41And yet, here he is.
15:44Returned from the dead like the nailed guard.
15:48And not for the first time, I hear.
15:52I have learned a lot about him from his daughter.
15:56We will not retreat, Zig Trigger.
15:58Instead, we make you this offer.
16:00Send out both the children.
16:02And I will walk into Winchester.
16:05Alone.
16:08And why would I exchange gold for silver?
16:12Because you will have the Saxon's greatest warrior.
16:17And because you know that in time I would kill you.
16:20As I have killed your friends and your brothers.
16:22Is he lying?
16:25No.
16:27What his daughter said is true.
16:30We cannot conquer this place while he lives.
16:34Edward can make other heirs.
16:37He cannot make another Uhtred.
16:43Then perhaps we should tear him to pieces.
16:48Make the exchange.
16:49He is in the city's not going to be in town as well.
17:03He's in the city's house.
17:06I have to take a look.
17:17The next is the gate.
17:17The gate is in the gate...
17:19Now the gate is in the gate.
18:21How long do we give him?
18:24As long as he needs.
18:29We'll know when the time comes.
18:52Your king could not choose between his sons.
18:59And so...
19:01Guards, bring in the prisoner!
19:04He has given us his greatest warrior in the place.
19:16Bring him to me.
19:30I did not know about the child.
19:34I let it, Knut.
19:38I will be avenged when you suffer as I have suffered.
19:42Tie him to the crucifix in the marketplace.
19:45Let him die like the Christian he tries to be.
19:50In time, Brita.
19:52Huh?
19:52Take him to the hall.
19:53What?
19:55Sixtrica.
19:56Sixtrica!
19:57We agreed!
19:58I swear that you shall have him when I am finished with him.
20:02On my honor.
20:04His sword.
20:11Return the captives to the chapel and feed them.
20:13I need them alive.
20:16For now.
20:20Do you know this?
20:21I'm Sixty-Kate, you're pretty.
20:23Then I need your help.
20:24I don't want this sword, I want him!
20:27You'll have your revenge, Brita.
20:28Sixty-Kate!
20:51What does this mean?
20:53Why this sudden kindness?
20:55Sieg Trigger toys with us.
20:57Whether it means a reprieve, I do not know.
20:59Well, the children are safe.
21:02That is enough for now.
21:04Let us break bread and be thankful.
21:10Drink enough water.
21:12Then give me back the jug after that point.
21:14Do not drink any more.
21:16Why?
21:18If the king cannot choose between his sons,
21:20it may be that we need to ensure
21:22Ethelstan does not have a powerful friend.
21:51You are fast.
21:53I think you are not trying.
21:55Why would I not try when you are the killer
21:56of so many of my kin?
21:58That is a question only you can answer.
22:04Perhaps your reputation is exaggerated.
22:09I've been reading his chronicle.
22:13You are not in it.
22:16Alfred did not want it known
22:17how much you owe to a heathen.
22:21If you are not of their court,
22:23then why do you choose them?
22:27They are my people.
22:28And they accept you as such.
22:29Many heathens live here in peace.
22:31It is only the king's who cannot find a court.
22:35Interesting.
22:37Your daughter, she said the same.
22:39Where is she?
22:40She is here.
22:42She has been well treated.
22:46I see the Dane in her.
22:50She has not been dishonored.
22:51I swear to that.
22:53Now, your daughter
22:54is a very intelligent young woman.
22:57Which she apparently gets from her mother.
23:00We have talked a great deal.
23:02She has told me much about you.
23:04How you fought for peace in Mercia.
23:07How you gave up the woman you loved.
23:10But my favorite tale
23:13was how you lost your home at Babenburg.
23:16Why is that of interest?
23:17Because I, too, have lost a home.
23:20And so, I wonder
23:22if that puts us on common ground.
23:31Do you wish to strike a bargain?
23:34Is that why you have not killed me?
23:37Why not approach the king?
23:38Because the king is not a decisive man.
23:41Men like that,
23:42they cannot negotiate.
23:43You, on the other hand,
23:45you offered your lover
23:46to preserve a kingdom.
23:47So I presume
23:48you can make difficult choices.
23:52But I have nothing to give.
23:54Oh, but you have influence
23:55with those who do.
23:58And they follow you.
24:01What is it you want?
24:03Peace.
24:05Oh, peace and land.
24:07You tried to find peace
24:08by starting a war.
24:10Where is the battle?
24:13Where is the war?
24:17I guessed you wanted to negotiate.
24:19The king would not believe it.
24:21Who told you that
24:22I would be willing to strike a bargain?
24:24Oh, you did?
24:27When you chose to enter the town.
24:30The offer has been made.
24:33All we have to do
24:34is get Edward to agree to a meeting
24:36and argue the terms.
24:38Hessen,
24:39are you spying on them?
24:42I spy on everyone.
24:45What is he doing with them?
24:47I fear to tell you?
24:48I fear to tell you.
24:48what's happening in there?
24:53You should know.
24:55A sick trigger seeks the truth.
24:59That is a good thing, you know.
25:01It means more land, more silver.
25:06It means betrayal.
25:07You are foolish.
25:11This could soon be over.
25:17Cowards.
25:17Liars and cowards, all of you.
25:20You're on the north.
25:21You need good weather to go through that.
25:23Why don't you go to that for which?
25:51No, no, no, no.
25:53I don't think this is going to work.
25:54I don't know.
26:30I don't know.
26:55Do not lose faith.
26:56You will have survived.
27:05No, I'm begging, Lord King.
27:07Just give him more time.
27:08Do not attack whilst he is within.
27:09Please, Lord.
27:10This does not mean the end.
27:12Lord King, we have followed Uhtred for years.
27:14He's never failed.
27:15He never failed because good men followed him.
27:20But even he could not take on an army alone.
27:22It was unwise.
27:24It is painful to speak it, but your Lord has lost a battle he could never win.
27:34There is no hope for him.
28:02Lord King, our scout sent good news.
28:16The King is trying to be bold, but his decisions are rash.
28:19I'm certain with more time the siege can be ended without slaughter.
28:22Edward, I've heard the boys have been freed.
28:24One mercy has been shown, yes.
28:26I hear Danes have submitted in the north.
28:27Yes, and what has been done once can be done twice.
28:30If you have your sons, you have everything you need for Alfred's line to thrive.
28:34Wars can be rebuilt.
28:36Palaces, even tombs.
28:38Edward, you are Wessex.
28:40Whatever you decide, Mercia will support you.
28:43He cannot lose Winchester.
28:44It would rip out our father's heart.
28:46But we should not put that above the lives of innocents.
28:48No, Aethelflaed is right.
28:49How many people are within?
28:50Many.
28:51And there are those, of course, inside of royal blood.
28:53My wife, our mother.
28:54Mother would not want you to capitulate.
28:56She is by father's side and will be reconciled to dying.
29:00Then we shall proceed.
29:01But not as they expect.
29:02They have made provisions against fire.
29:05So let us use smoke to conceal an attack.
29:07If God and the winds are in our favor, it will choke those guarding the gates and allow us to
29:11breach the water.
29:11But if the wind turns, then we ourselves are smothered.
29:14But lady, I beg you, give Lord Uhtred...
29:16Lord Uhtred is already dead.
29:25Dead or alive, it does not matter.
29:28We cannot hand Winchester over to the Danes for the life of one man.
29:33Indeed.
29:34Set the hay sacks close to the gates.
29:37Add shit and lime so they may choke on the stench.
29:40We force men from the ramparts and into the streets.
29:42Breach the gates and slaughter them.
30:11Let's go!
30:19Let's go!
30:46Let's go!
30:50Here.
30:53Are you leaving?
30:54Yes.
30:56They are at the gates, and I do not want to be here for the fight.
31:00And you are coming with me.
31:02No, no, no, no, I cannot.
31:08They will be slaughtered.
31:14Come with me.
31:16Many women are grown to appreciate much arms.
31:18Give me a year or so.
31:32I cannot be here.
31:35Get back!
31:52Down there.
31:55Will we get out?
31:56Yes. Save yourself from what we follow.
31:59No!
31:59You will not survive the fight.
32:02You have no time for this. Stay and you die!
32:04My place is with the captives.
32:06Die then, ungrateful bitch!
32:14Edward has attacked us. Come with me.
32:20Uhtred, you betray me, all will suffer.
32:35It's got here!
32:40It's got here!
32:40Let's go!
32:41Let's take it back!
32:48Let's go.
33:15Let's go.
33:48Let's go.
34:05Let me speak with him.
34:06Let me speak with the king.
34:08Go with this man.
34:10If he kills things, kill him.
34:34Stand down, you men!
34:36Edward, stand down!
34:39Stand down!
34:41No!
34:43No!
34:47No!
34:49No!
34:55No!
34:56No!
34:58No!
34:59No!
35:04No!
35:24No!
35:27No!
35:29No!
35:30No!
35:30No!
35:30No!
35:38No!
35:45No!
35:49No!
35:50No!
35:55No!
36:01Slow down!
36:08You're Stopped!
36:11Yeah!
36:13No!
36:14No!
36:15No!
36:15No!
36:21Get back!
36:23You're all right!
36:26Come on!
36:26Move!
36:28Get back!
36:29Get back!
36:30Move!
36:30Move!
36:30Get back!
36:30Move!
36:32Move!
36:32Move!
36:32Hold the line!
36:34Hold the lines!
36:35You are good!
36:49Zigg Trigger, you wish to talk with us?
36:53There will be no negotiation until we see the captives.
37:00Welcome.
37:00Come on!
37:37Uhtred tells me you have gone north?
37:41I want Eferwich and the lands that surround it.
37:44No.
37:45We have just recaptured Eferwich.
37:46Which is why I want it.
37:48For decades we have fought to push Daines from there.
37:50To give it to you would set us back a generation.
37:52Then I will keep Winchester.
37:55We can offer you East Anglia.
37:57It is bigger and has access to your homeland from the sea.
38:01I want Eferwich.
38:02I cannot agree.
38:03It is unclear what your choices are.
38:10Perhaps we should consider it.
38:12He would be on my border.
38:15Edward, do not let him divide us.
38:18I will leave you to trade between yourselves.
38:20I will find my daughter.
38:38You think I would forget you?
38:40Stop this.
38:40It is over.
38:41It is never over.
38:45Brida!
38:46I spared your life!
38:47You destroyed my life!
38:49You know nothing of how I suffered.
38:51I will not kill you.
38:52No Knud's child.
38:53He is not Knud's.
38:54He is mine alone.
38:56And he will be loyal to me as no man ever has.
38:59I will breed in him hatred of all Saxons.
39:02Then you condemn your child to a bloody death and that will undo you!
39:14Fight on him! They will kill you!
39:18If not the Saxon kings, then Sictriga himself!
39:21But I am not afraid of that.
39:23I have not lost faith in what comes after.
39:26Do it.
39:27Do it.
39:29Kill me!
39:31If you do not, I will become stronger.
39:35Blood has been shed.
39:36War will flow.
39:38I will take revenge on all those who have betrayed me
39:40and I will not rest until they suffer at my hand.
39:45Do it.
39:50Or I will be your undoing.
39:59Just leave.
40:02Have your child.
40:06Leave while you can.
40:18I will never know where she is.
40:20Careful, Lucifer.
40:28Have you struck a bargain?
40:32He will take Everwich
40:34and agree never to enter Wessex Mercy or East Anglia.
40:37Do you hold three of the four kingdoms?
40:40That is no humiliation.
40:45Sictriga would like to take one of the captives.
40:51Her daughter.
40:54Which you have refused.
40:58Because you know what it is to have your child used in a bargain.
41:03Stiora is not a child.
41:06She is a young woman.
41:10So we did not refuse.
41:32I thought I'd lost you.
41:34I thought I'd lost you.
41:37I'll miss you.
41:43Why?
41:44When I leave.
41:47I said no.
41:50I'm willing to go.
41:53With Sictriga?
41:56I don't want you with me in Cookham.
41:58There's nothing for me in Cookham.
42:00It's the chance for us to be one family.
42:02It's not what either of us wants.
42:04You'd like it to be true, but it's not.
42:06Your men are your family.
42:08I want my children with me.
42:10Maybe in Bebbanburg.
42:11Maybe then, but...
42:12You're not destined to be the Lord of Cookham any more than I meant to live a small life there.
42:18We're wanderers, Father.
42:19We follow where the gods lead us, and the gods are sending me to Daneland.
42:23Let me go.
42:25For the sake of all Saxons.
42:27I have sacrificed enough for them.
42:29Well, I have sacrificed nothing.
42:32Please.
42:33I want to live amongst my mother's people to...
42:37Find the part of myself that died when she was taken from me.
42:47Besides...
42:50Sictriga is gentle.
42:54He's a man of honor.
43:09You're a mind to take care of.
43:12For too long you've had nothing from me.
43:14I've had everything from you.
43:18Your blood is within me and it's made me a restless spirit.
43:21Please give me this chance to live as you do.
43:23To follow a path without having certainty of where it's going to end.
43:30Let me go.
43:36How did you like your first battle?
43:38I swear it will be my last.
43:41From now on I will be staying in the tent.
43:45You showed the spirit a true warrior.
43:49Perhaps my family honor is restored.
43:52If only those who cared for me were still here to see it.
44:04Rest.
44:06It is over.
44:16Mother!
44:18Mother!
44:22Mother!
44:28Mother!
44:31My mother has taken ill.
44:33I fear the Danes have claimed another life.
44:35She is strong.
44:41My mother cannot care for him.
44:44Could I?
44:45Please, Udred.
44:46I know you will not swear to me, but this child deserves more than a monastery.
44:50He is a brave and a good-hearted boy, but he will need guidance.
44:55Protect him.
44:56And take him to safety.
44:58One Aetheling is enough for Winchester.
45:01Bring him within the palace it would.
45:04Create a strife.
45:05To rival that of Aethelwald.
45:07That is politics.
45:12What would you have me do with him?
45:14Teach him how to be a warrior and all you know of the Danes.
45:18Teach him of Northumbria.
45:20You have just sworn you will not fight for Northumbria.
45:23There are ways to take lands without fighting for them.
45:27Sictrica has shown us this.
45:29Northumbria is the last kingdom.
45:31Without it under one king and under Christ there will be no England.
45:35Oh, yeah.
45:51So.
45:55Let's go.
46:05It is hard for a father to see his daughter go.
46:08But you were right, father.
46:10Sig Trigger is different.
46:12Perhaps I was not so foolish.
46:14Or someone was guiding you.
46:17The gods like to see me fight.
46:20Just swore to them.
46:33I will return to my church, father.
46:39Curse myself and my headstrong children.
46:42What can I say?
46:43My blood is the blood of a stubborn bastard.
46:58So, in the reign of King Edward, peace broke out between Saxon and Dane.
47:06And though it was not for the first time, there was a sense the truce would last.
47:13But at what cost?
47:18Ambition stalks the Saxon palaces.
47:22In time, a king must choose his heir, and the bonds of blood may be tested.
47:31Brothers may be torn apart.
47:34But a throne cannot stay empty.
47:38I now stand alone with nothing but my sword.
47:42I failed in securing my birthright.
47:45I have given up the woman I love.
47:48My family are dispersed.
47:51Perhaps never to be reunited.
47:53Scattered far across the Saxon kingdoms.
48:01As a new feud is born, revenge is certain to grow stronger.
48:11I have sworn to protect a bastard child.
48:14Whose path, I fear, is entwined with that of this great land.
48:20And though I have refused the service of Saxon kings, it may only be a matter of time before fate
48:27draws me back into their plans.
48:30Destiny is all.
48:32Until next time.
48:32Amen.