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00:12Edward knows nothing of what he's unleashed.
00:15Truly, he has stirred the hornet's nest.
00:18Two days! In two days, we melt the heads of Saxon turds on spikes!
00:30Brother, I have spoken with the men and all agree.
00:33We should surprise the enemy on the road.
00:35No, the king has chosen the battle site.
00:38If Edward thinks numbers will win this, his arrogance will be his undoing.
00:42He believes we're at his mercy.
00:43It is not wise, brother.
00:44But it is necessary, Bronvaldo.
00:46Our people will paint the land with Saxon blood.
00:49If you're afraid, you may stand out.
00:51All who fight is brothers, fight is one.
00:54We attack from the high hill!
01:11Citrigger hopes that by attacking from high terrain he can overwhelm us.
01:14But we will turn his attack to our advantage.
01:18We launch our assault here with 300 men.
01:20Danes attack, yes, but it will give us the time to move here and take out their vanguard.
01:25Those men will most likely be lost.
01:28Then they shall be lost with honor.
01:31It is the price we must pay to protect our kingdoms from the heathens.
01:36Ensure Lord Ethelheim is located and told of our intentions.
01:42King Edward is camped 20 miles from here and the Danes are marching.
01:46The men grow tired of waiting.
01:48But they remain loyal.
01:50Good. Then we wait.
01:52In Edward's hour of need we ride to the Saxon's aid.
01:55We must watch the young Ethelstan, keep him close.
01:59There are those that have ambitions for the boy.
02:03You are now Elfweird's one true ally.
02:06Yes.
02:08Let us therefore pray.
02:11My daughter's sacrifice may yet bear fruit.
02:20Keep an eye on Ethelstan.
02:30Lord, we must rest the horses.
02:35Eat faster.
02:37You have men to kill.
02:40Edward will have come north.
02:42Well, he's already moved on.
02:44Then we catch up to him.
02:46We find the king.
02:48And then we see Setelhelm.
02:50Each man take a limb.
02:52And we tear him into quarters.
02:55There are only three of us, Lord.
03:01Oxford's spirit will stand in place.
03:02His spirit is busy taunting that fool that got him killed.
03:06You're not guilty of this, Finan.
03:08Save your anger for the ones that die.
03:11Ethelhelm will get what is coming to him.
03:16At first we must have had this war.
03:30We cannot linger here.
03:32Where is Kinlaf?
03:34Perhaps he resists the offer of my hand.
03:37Unlikely.
03:38You allowed him to touch you.
03:40He will want more.
03:41That is just the way of young men.
03:45Besides, he has been given an order.
03:48Do not pull that face.
03:50We all want this whole ghastly affair to be over.
03:53I'm sure Kinlaf will not let you down.
03:59My lady.
04:00One of your guard approaches.
04:06I know this man.
04:07He is loyal.
04:09Redhold, what news do you bring?
04:10There has been a massacre in Romkova, my lady.
04:14Countless Danes put to the sword.
04:16Men and women both.
04:17Children and the elderly.
04:18Who carried out this attack?
04:20We cannot be certain.
04:21But there have been rumors.
04:23Some say war is coming.
04:24These lands are no longer safe.
04:26Kinlaf, may it still lay?
04:28You cannot linger here any longer.
04:31I must get you to safety.
04:41Shh.
04:42There are men in the trees.
04:43Warriors.
04:49They are merely scouts.
04:50Resting on their journey.
04:57I thought it was an ambush.
04:59They won't harm us.
05:02Did you think I intended to murder you?
05:04The thought did cross my mind.
05:06You're no use to me dead.
05:07So why did you stay just now?
05:10I need you to speak for me when I stand before Uhtred.
05:12Or perhaps you despise me less than I thought.
05:17The company is torturous.
05:18I've had boys I like better.
05:20I see.
05:23I'll go speak with them.
05:24Perhaps they have news.
05:29I will not let you lock me away in a convent.
05:32It is safe there.
05:33This morning I was to be wedded,
05:34and now I'm being banished to a place of chastity and prayers at dawn.
05:38Things have changed.
05:39It is our only option.
05:40You would not treat my mother with such torment.
05:43You are not her.
05:47You simply wish to be rid of me.
05:49How can you say such things?
05:52I have done my very best to protect you.
05:54And you have utterly failed me, as you did my mother.
06:01Gather your things.
06:02We depart before the day is ended.
06:05If we have to travel by darkness, so be it.
06:08Ensure she does not leave this room.
06:10Yes, my lady.
06:11I shall not go.
06:14And you can't keep me here against my will.
06:19It saddens me to hear of this massacre.
06:22Wimcova was a haven for many.
06:24No longer.
06:25We ride now for Elisbur.
06:26We wish to be as far as possible from this bloodshed.
06:29And Edward is coming north.
06:30He's already on the road.
06:31The kingdoms are in turmoil.
06:33The peace that existed between Saxon and Dane is ended.
06:36They're at war.
06:38It is time for us to take our leave.
06:41Unless you need any assistance.
06:45No.
06:47My companion and I have all we need.
06:53What news did he offer?
06:55Nothing of importance.
06:56We should set out at once.
06:58What's the hurry?
07:00Honestly.
07:01I cannot wait to escape this blasted cold.
07:05Besides, the sooner we meet with Utrecht, the better.
07:36Nothing.
07:37We're strong.
07:44Lord King...
07:45We bring grave news.
07:48Sigtryga did not kill the Queen.
07:50It was the work of Vethelhelm's men.
08:17Send for seatrigger.
08:18Yes, lord.
08:20Our scouts say it is not Edward's camp.
08:22The banners belong to one of his lords.
08:25Perhaps the gods are speaking to us.
08:28Perhaps we can use this.
08:30Edward's chances dwindle with fewer allies on the field.
08:32The king's forces can afford to lose men.
08:35Can we?
08:39They have scouts.
08:41They'll see you coming around the lake.
08:43We need not go around the lake.
08:46It's frozen.
08:48We could go over it.
08:52No Saxon would ever condemn his daughter to such an end.
08:55He did not order her death.
08:57It was the visionary Alice he sought to kill.
09:00When the moment came,
09:02the queen sacrificed herself to save the girl.
09:04Do you have proof of this?
09:06I've spoken to Alice.
09:07I've seen the horror in her eyes.
09:08The sick trigger had no part in this.
09:09He could not have planned it.
09:10No one knew the queen traveled.
09:12The country is full of spies.
09:13What reason would sick trigger have to attack a farm girl and then deny it?
09:19Good.
09:21Ethelhelm must be hunted down and brought to justice.
09:23Selflet's blood is on his hands.
09:27As is Osforth's, your father's natural son.
09:34He was one of my most loyal men.
09:36He fought at my side for Wessex through countless battles.
09:42I'm sorry to hear it.
09:44Only Ethelhelm benefits from this chaos.
09:47He wants you to turn to him and his armies,
09:49so he may strut again in the palace in Winchester.
09:52Yes.
09:58He must be apprehended.
10:01The rider was dispatched to find him and will soon return.
10:05Send word to Eilersboro.
10:06Elfwyrd is to be shielded from his grandfather's influence
10:09and protected by my personal guard.
10:10That order should extend to Ethelstan.
10:12He stands between Elfwyrd and the throne.
10:14I sent Ethelstan to find Ethelhelm.
10:19And he is in danger.
10:22What of the war with Stigtrigger?
10:25Tell Stigtrigger our conflict is over.
10:29My quarrel now is with Ethelhelm.
10:32Your strategy at Lin Kilmer was a good one.
10:35Why abandon it for uncertainty?
10:36Because I hear your words.
10:38We do not have men to spare.
10:40This stealth attack could destroy hundreds of Saxons
10:43with little loss of day in life.
10:45It is a gift.
10:46Or a trap.
10:47What if the ice doesn't hold?
10:48It will.
10:53I can see from here it will.
10:58I have crossed
11:00frozen fjords in Islaat.
11:01Slept before the ice rivers of Yirland.
11:03This is Mercia.
11:05The weather of these lands is as unpredictable
11:07as the Saxons who live on them.
11:09That does not change the nature of ice, my queen.
11:11But it is, as she says, a risk.
11:15All is a risk.
11:19Let me show you I am right.
11:21I will walk upon the ice to measure strength.
11:26You tested me once.
11:29I survived.
11:32Let me show you I can lead in battle.
11:39Gods offer you this, Citrica.
11:43Do not slight them by refusing it.
11:50It is a risk.
11:51But we will at least test it.
11:56Once night for us, have and test the ice.
12:04I will take word to the Danes.
12:06We will find you there.
12:08Ethelhelm shall be found and tried before Saxons and Danes.
12:11We can forge a new union with Daneland.
12:13We will find you there for that I am glad.
12:18I am sorry for Osford.
12:20Even though I did not know him well.
12:24Still your blood.
12:26You were his true brother.
12:28Yes.
12:29And I will avenge him.
12:41Your lethal help.
12:44As requested.
12:45I have stationed men to patrol the east and the west perimeters.
12:49With the lake at our backs and amplifies to the trees.
12:52Our camp may arrest soundly.
12:57Look, I wish to inspire my men.
12:59Maintain their spirits.
13:00But fear I am falling short.
13:07On the contrary.
13:08You are an inspiration to them.
13:10You are proving yourself a true leader.
13:20Any minute now I'll pull a miracle out of his saintly ass.
13:22He is both righteous and pompous, just like his father.
13:26I have news.
13:27The ladies Elswith and Elfwin have been spotted.
13:30They travel with a personal guard.
13:32Where are they?
13:33South of Buxton.
13:35They were seen by Mercy and Munth.
13:38Silver is a god all men serve.
13:40Well, the ladies will have to be rescued.
13:43The princess is important to us.
13:44Her safety is our greatest concern.
13:47We need to get rid of him.
13:50Accidents can happen.
13:52Even at night.
13:55We are leaving for the nunnery, before the sun sets.
13:58The sooner we move on from this place, the better.
14:06Lady Elswith.
14:07Edith.
14:07I've come to warn you and Lady Elfwin.
14:09You are in danger.
14:11A man is tracking you.
14:12A man who seeks to exchange news of the whereabouts for coin.
14:15You are certain of this?
14:16I would not have journeyed her this way if I was not.
14:19Come with me.
14:21We are leaving before the day is over.
14:23You cannot wait even that long.
14:25Go now.
14:26Whoever this man is, you do not want to meet him.
14:28Then we must go where he will not find us.
14:30In truth, it should comfort Elf and Zillie.
14:39Where is Lady Elfwin?
14:42How could you let her leave?
14:44I did not know.
14:46She has fled.
14:50She has taken her horse.
15:09This assault makes me uneasy.
15:11Is it the assault that troubles you, my love?
15:13Or the one I chose to lead it?
15:15You are entrusting him with too much.
15:16He seeks atonement.
15:18By facing danger.
15:20A danger that will be great.
15:21Which is why...
15:23I need you to go straight to the safety of the surrounding trees as soon as we cross.
15:30Your plan is a good one.
15:32You placed your trust in it.
15:35Brother.
15:37It is as we hoped.
15:38We may have found our way across the ice.
15:41Then the gods have answered us.
15:43Tell the men, we rise before dawn.
15:46We attack them in their deepest sleep.
15:50When we cross over, make for the high ground.
15:53Strike down those Saxons as they try to flee.
16:10Lord Uhtred!
16:11Lord Uhtred!
16:11I just want to vet with scouts.
16:14What news do you bring?
16:15Lord Uthelhelm is camped in a valley.
16:17North of here.
16:18On the banks of a frozen lake.
16:20He has raised a vast army.
16:22And wizards on the road behind us.
16:23Find him and tell him where Uthelhelm is camped.
16:26We must get to the lake.
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24:05Ethel, help!
24:06Why do you not fight?
24:20Ethel's dead!
24:52Ethel's dead!
25:08Cintric, get him to safety!
25:10You find Cintric, I'll deal with Ethel out!
25:34I rode for peace, and Cintric has repaid us with more bloodshed.
25:38Lord, what would you have us do?
25:41We must trust Uhtred.
25:42There is still time for him to stop this.
25:47Cintric, get him to safety!
25:52Cintric!
25:55Yes, it's done.
25:56Rory's my father.
25:58He's still, still searching for Cintric.
26:05Cintric!
26:08Cintric!
26:09We want to kill you!
26:16Many more lives will be lost if we do not act now.
26:19Those men, your men, they are Christian souls.
26:22The future of England.
26:24That is what Ethelhelm wishes to destroy.
26:28Yes.
26:31Ethelhelm cannot be allowed to succeed.
26:34They must be saved.
26:35No!
26:39Oh, God, it is coming!
26:54Amen!
26:58Amen!
27:00Amen!
27:00Amen!
27:03Amen!
27:06Come on!
27:09Man! With me!
27:11Move down!
27:16Man! With me!
27:34Ethel, help! I'm coming for ya!
27:36You're a dead man!
27:38Fight me!
27:40I'll kill ya! I'll kill ya!
27:42Get me away from here!
27:42Fight me!
27:44Too many to protect him!
28:06Now to right now!
28:30Get back!
28:39Get back!
28:41Get back!
28:42Take me away!
28:42Get back!
28:45Retrie!
28:47Go back!
28:56Oh no!
28:59Zegzegger!
29:32Stop!
29:33Zegzegger!
29:35Zegzegger!
29:36Stop!
29:37No more, Slota!
29:40No more slaughter! Put down your swords!
29:47Zig Trigger must not be harmed!
29:48Look around! Look at what his anger has won!
29:51Attle her, Mr. Blade! Put down your swords! And it's over!
30:04No store!
30:05Let me go!
30:06We can't save them!
30:06No!
30:08No!
30:09No!
30:20The king should always lead the good council of his queen.
30:24I should not have forgotten this.
30:26You have time to make it up to me still.
30:29Ethelhelm provoked this.
30:32The massacre in Runcuffer was his doing.
30:34That was never your enemy.
30:37I was writing to tell you he was calling for a truce.
30:40In the midst of battle, Ethelhelm escaped.
30:43It is over for them.
30:48No, it does not.
30:52Lord King, I have come to speak for Stura.
30:58She has killed no Saxons in this fight.
31:02Lord, I appeal to you as her father.
31:06Spare her.
31:06Spare her.
31:12Then she is spared.
31:14You have my word.
31:16Thank you, Lord.
31:22What of Sig Trigger?
31:24His fate is to be decided.
31:30Swear a new alliance with him.
31:31You would have me pardon a man who slaughtered so many innocent Christians.
31:35You have won some favour with the lords here today.
31:37Do not risk it.
31:38Favour is not only one with the sword.
31:40Your men know that you can fight.
31:42Show them that you also know mercy.
31:44Our people must be assured of your leadership.
31:46They are not the only ones, Lord.
31:48The Danes are also your people now.
31:50You must unite them all.
31:51Ensure that this does not happen again.
31:58Do not despair.
32:00There is still much for our kin to sing of.
32:22For many years there was peace between Saxon and Dane.
32:25Until one emerged who has sown hatred between our God and yours.
32:30This battle shattered that peace.
32:34I have decided to restore it.
32:38I give you my word as king of all the Saxons.
32:43In exchange, you must accept the gift of baptism.
32:48All shall be welcomed into the family of Christ.
32:52Never again will our people face such division.
32:57We will be united.
32:59You ask to strip them of their gods, of who they are?
33:02It is too much.
33:03It is an offer of peace.
33:11A dame stripped of his gods is no longer a dame.
33:14Your people will be safe.
33:16But under the rule of a Christian king.
33:19We must do it.
33:25It is all of a problem.
33:29No.
33:30Stiora was right.
33:34You are a coward.
33:41I will not swear.
33:43I cannot.
33:52So be it.
33:57It does not have to come to this.
33:58He has chosen Uhtred.
34:00And I cannot go back on my word.
34:07He is not the one to blame for all this.
34:10Aethelhelm is responsible.
34:11And yet he has fled the battlefield.
34:13Aethelhelm worked to destroy the peace you created.
34:16If Sigtriga dies, he has won.
34:20Do not let him.
34:35What did the king say?
34:40You have been spared.
34:44But that would tis to be your overlord of every witch.
34:50And Sigtriga is sentenced to death.
35:03I am to die.
35:06I am sorry.
35:10I am sorry.
35:12I am sorry.
35:13You do not be.
35:14I have failed.
35:17I let them take everything.
35:19You have not failed.
35:21I will take back Hethelwitch.
35:24Danes will live there in peace for countless generations.
35:38You must be the one to do it.
35:45Do not ask me to do this, Uhtred.
35:49I only wish for a honorable death.
35:53At the hands of a great warrior.
35:59I wish to the gods we were not here.
36:03Perhaps we would not be.
36:07He brought Hethelwitch here.
36:09If he had done nothing, we would have won.
36:18I will cheer for you in Valhalla.
36:22And I will sing for you here on earth.
36:25I will wait for you in the hearts of our ancestors.
36:29Will you find me?
36:54They may butcher our bodies.
36:58Our souls are Odin's own.
37:51Do not worry.
37:52Never mind.
37:52I will sing with you.
38:11Oh, my God.
38:47We should stop to rest soon.
38:49Wait.
38:51Samak.
38:55Don't be afraid.
38:56We mean you no harm.
38:58You're one of Sictric as men.
39:00We did this.
39:01The Saxons.
39:03They slaughtered us.
39:05We fought only to avenge your people.
39:07Was Uhtred Ragnarsson at the battle?
39:09Uhtred Ragnarsson.
39:10He fought with the Saxons.
39:34The Saxons were in harmony for years.
39:41The Saxons were in harmony for years.
39:41Uhtred's daughter was their queen and yet they slaughtered them like dogs.
39:45What would they do to me?
39:45The conflict between Edward and Sictrica is entirely separate.
39:51Conflict?
39:53What conflict?
39:55Did you know that this will happen?
39:57The scout mentioned that Edward was riding north.
39:59That is all.
40:03You lied to me.
40:05You used my grief for Vibaka to disarm me.
40:07No, no, that is not true.
40:08You're leading me into a trap.
40:10I only sought to help you find redemption.
40:13Redemption?
40:15Peace.
40:16You used to mask your true motives.
40:20There can be no reconciliation.
40:23You wish to help me, Father Pjolik?
40:25I'll give you the message if you live.
40:29Tell him I'm coming for him.
40:58We should not have left Rumkova.
41:02Perhaps then Osferth might still be with us.
41:08I wish to go back to my old life, Uhtred.
41:12That time is over.
41:14Men look to you now as a leader.
41:18Wish they did not.
41:27I wish that this had not come to pass.
41:31Yet there is hope, even in all this despair.
41:35Therefore, which is yours, Lord King,
41:38the dream of England has never been closer.
41:55I will ensure you're safe in Everwich.
41:57How?
41:58You have broken the spirits of my kin.
42:01It is no longer a refuge.
42:04You still have family.
42:06I'm also your kin.
42:08I'm building you home.
42:10I knew love, Father.
42:12I left a queen, and now I have nothing.
42:16Edward's victory has been my undoing.
42:41I have no intention of slinking off into the shadows.
42:48Lord, you've lost your army.
42:52Your reputation with the king.
42:54My grandson now stands alone, securing his legacy has never been more urgent.
43:02What about you?
43:03Complete the task I was set.
43:05I was sent to secure an alliance with the king of Scotia.
43:09I intend to turn it to my advantage.
43:12Only Constantine of Scotia, the true Christian king, has power to end Edward's tyranny.
43:21King Constantine will be expecting a gift.
43:26We shall give him one.
43:30The Lady Elfwin is without allies.
43:34You must retrieve her.
43:54The Northumbrians share much news, Lord King.
43:58Saxon Edward has routed Citraga.
44:00Then we were wise to invite the Northumbrians as our guests.
44:04Will we be executing any of them?
44:07We'll make one an example, and the other lords will swear.
44:13I'll stand for King Constantine of Scotland.
44:20Welcome, lords of Northumbria, to this feast of friendship.
44:26Whilst our ale is strong and plentiful, the day comes with sobering news.
44:31Edward turned on his greatest elderman, and he turned on his ally, Citraga.
44:37From this, we assume we must prepare for hostilities.
44:42We fear he will turn his gaze northward and add Northumbria and Alba to his conquests.
44:50This is a moment to join as one, and confront the threat from over mighty Wessex, before our lands are
45:02swallowed by this dream of England.
45:07I see you, Lord Edmund O'Jarrow.
45:10Aye.
45:11Helfgar of Beric.
45:12I will swear also.
45:15What's your name?
45:18Whitgar, my lord.
45:20Whitgar of Bebanburg.
45:22Whitgar, my lord.
45:22CPO, your fucker.
45:22Cliff.
45:22Thank you, Lord Edmund O'Jarrow.