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00:36My Queen
00:48Do not forget me on this
00:50Your final journey
00:52Your blade and my heart
00:54Will remain yours
01:12Tonight all love is buried
01:26I love you
01:29That was funny
01:31I love you
01:33I love you
01:33I love you
01:35Oh, my God.
02:06You lived as a warrior, and you died a king!
02:17We should unite in grief.
02:19My grief is that you lived and he did not.
02:22Grief of fear.
02:23May we die as you did, with honour in our hearts and laughter in our throats.
02:30May you sail safely to Valhalla,
02:32where we will drink with you again!
02:35You will meet again.
02:37To Valhalla!
02:38To Citrigan!
02:39To Citrigan!
02:41To Citrigan!
02:43Citrigan!
02:45Citrigan!
03:02To Citrigan!
03:02To!
03:02To!
03:20You do, Tzu!
03:23To!
03:25To!
03:25To!
03:26To!
03:27To!
03:30To!
03:30The warrior-priester from Kovar, who showed great courage and made Oswald proud.
03:35Don't fight of your bravery, let us drink to it.
03:37I bring news I do not wish to break.
03:40Rito has struck again.
03:55If he survives the night, he does so at God's mercy.
04:06We're all here, Pulik. You're with friends.
04:11Udred.
04:13She wants to punish you.
04:16Unless you will not rest.
04:35Fetch Aethelstan.
04:36We will need his gut.
04:38We hunt her down.
04:40We kill her.
04:47Have they found the witch?
04:48No.
04:49Not king.
04:50And how does one woman hide from the mercy guard?
04:52I do not know.
04:53But Udred and his men will find her.
04:54And Ethelhelm, does he still wander my lands?
04:56Also no news as yet.
04:58Rumours he is heading south.
04:59Of course he is.
05:00He will try to raise rebellion.
05:04Can purely travel?
05:06No.
05:08Then we shall have to leave him here.
05:10Is it wise to leave Ethelhelm's treachery?
05:13Well, it depends on your feelings towards Ethelhelm seizing Winchester.
05:17That will be his plan.
05:19We must get south.
05:20Was Elfwyrd informed of Ethelhelm's treachery?
05:23We've held that was news for you to break.
05:25Indeed.
05:26My son has been through far too much of late, and to hear if this would only wound him further.
05:29Lord, I understand your reasons to leave.
05:33But I must stress I am concerned for Ethelhelm.
05:35You saw yourself as the atmosphere as febrile.
05:37Indeed.
05:38How differently the Danes mark death?
05:40If we abandon Ethelhelm, then our men who died defeating Sitriga will have done so for nothing.
05:46Secure Ethelhelm, and we have the opportunity to foray further north.
05:51Bring the entirety of the Northumbrian region under your command.
05:54Fulfill the dream of every Saxon king.
05:55It will mean nothing if we lose Wessex to Ethelhelm.
05:58The people here are volatile.
06:00The mood not favourable.
06:03Much pain is felt for the Lady Stiora, and I fear her grief could ferment more trouble.
06:07Add Breeder to that and-
06:08The air is poisoned, I understand.
06:14If sympathy for the young widow is the problem, that could be resolved.
06:20Summon Lord Dutred.
06:29Do not ask, we did not find her.
06:32Perhaps she has left these lands.
06:33Julie could not have travelled far with her centuries.
06:35She is still near.
06:36She knows that to return to Ethelwich means certain death.
06:39She is ruthless, but she is not foolish.
06:42Rest of us, we will ride out again.
06:46Brutred, you are summoned to the king.
06:48There is no news, that is the news.
06:50Nonetheless, his words to their hands.
06:52Come.
07:02Lord Dutred.
07:03I bring you nothing.
07:05No Breeder, no Ethelhelm, no change in Pulik.
07:08How then are the Danes?
07:11Danes of Ethelwich.
07:13Since when have you cared for them?
07:15Since I became their king.
07:18I know, it sounds a little strange.
07:19To rule Danes was not my expectation.
07:22You've always coveted these lands.
07:23Indeed.
07:24But my hope was that a conquest would be peaceful,
07:26that the people would live side by side.
07:28That became difficult when you martyred their king.
07:31Yes.
07:32I see the king's widow has a grief that would move the stoniest of hearts.
07:36She is young.
07:37She loved him very much.
07:39She has lost a great deal.
07:40Her future, her status, her home,
07:43all of which she would forego to have the man.
07:46Still, her grief could become a touchstone.
07:49Perhaps it is why she hide it a little better.
07:52That is impossible.
07:54Perhaps then I can offer her a salve.
07:58I need to take my household south,
08:00to sit again on the throne in Wessex.
08:02You fear Ethelhelm?
08:03I fear no one.
08:05But I suspect Ethelhelm will fuel dissent,
08:07which is why I need Ethelwich at peace.
08:09Tell that to Breeder.
08:11I'm sure she will comply with your wishes.
08:12I do not expect Breeder to comply,
08:14but I would hope Steora might.
08:17What is it you want her to do?
08:19Tell her to swear to me publicly.
08:21To bring comfort to the Danes that always resolve between us.
08:25The people here have endured too much for that.
08:27We have all endured too much.
08:37If she could lead the Danes as your sister-led in Mercia,
08:42it could give her some purpose.
08:44It could restore something.
08:45As long as her purpose is not to lead them against me.
08:48I do not think she has an appetite for rebellion.
08:53But she will not take her baptism.
08:55My father, in short, she was baptized as a girl.
08:58So she is already saved.
09:00I see no need to do that again.
09:03I must be acknowledged as the true overlord of Ethelwich.
09:07And in return she has your protection?
09:10Yes.
09:11Then I will tell her to comply.
09:14Thank you, Lord King.
09:17It is an honor I know my daughter will not be expecting.
09:20If we cannot honor our greatest warriors, we cannot be great kings.
09:41God is merciful.
09:43That is her horse.
09:44She will be close by.
09:46Wait here in case she returns to it.
09:49We will look for her.
10:15Lady Elfin.
10:17It is you.
10:17You are Elfin of Mercia.
10:19It is you.
10:22You confuse me for another.
10:24Surely not.
10:25I am Gladwyn.
10:27I too am of Mercia.
10:28I was errand boy to your mother.
10:33My heart grieves for your loss.
10:36If you did once serve my mother, then do as I ask and leave me alone.
10:40My Lady, are you in trouble?
10:43My grandmother would imprison me in a convent for my own safety.
10:48Then it is well that our paths have crossed, my Lady.
10:51I have been tasked to serve you and to protect you.
10:54Tasked by whom?
10:55Someone who cares for you very much.
10:59Kinlaw.
11:00He lives.
11:01He has been searching for you.
11:03I thought he was...
11:05Let us make haste.
11:06I fear Lady Elfwood's garden here.
11:09Where is he?
11:10Where is Kinlaw?
11:11This way, my Lady.
11:40Lady Elfwood.
11:46I thought you said Kinlaw was going to be.
11:49Never trust a handsome man, my Lady Elfwood.
11:52They only want to hump you.
11:53Or rob you.
12:02The elder is the man who approached me near Elfwood, who offered me silver for Elfwood.
12:08We have met before, have we not?
12:11Lady Edith.
12:12One alehouse whore is much like another.
12:14She is no whore.
12:15It is unwise to insult a lady who travels defended by Mercian guard.
12:22She is no friend of yours.
12:24She took silver from me in exchange for news of your whereabouts.
12:28Then may your charity be returned in exchange for Elfwood.
12:34This is no business of yours, witch.
12:37Perhaps not of hers.
12:39But as Elfwood is my granddaughter, it is most definitely business of mine.
12:49Lady Elfwood, I did not recognize you.
12:51It is an honor to keep the company of your granddaughter.
12:55You may keep the silver as reward for finding her.
13:15He was too reasonable.
13:17You underestimate how men crumble in the face of Elfwood's widow.
13:23Anyway, fear not. Our guards are close.
13:39It would be ill-advised to cry out for help.
13:47It is a risk. I ask you just one moment.
13:53I wish only to speak to her as a brother.
13:56And yet the word of her father must come first.
14:00Please tell me Brida is your captive.
14:03I cannot.
14:04Then tell me she will be mine so that I may punish her.
14:08She is the source of all our sorrows.
14:10Then do not think on her.
14:12Better to think on the one who started it than the one who dealt the final blow.
14:15I am in grief for sick trigger too, won't you know this?
14:20You have been wronged by many things, but this anger will destroy you.
14:23Destroy what? I am nothing.
14:26A wife to no one, a queen to nowhere.
14:28Yet you are still a daughter.
14:30With a father who would do anything to make this right.
14:35I cannot raise the dead, but I can raise you from your grief.
14:39I think you could find some solace and comfort.
14:41That's all I want, father.
14:42And so there is an offer.
14:45Edward proposes that you be lady here and rule for him in his stead.
14:49You would not be queen, but if a witch would look to you.
14:52What does Edward want in return?
14:55You must swear allegiance and forgive.
14:57I do not forgive. I cannot in my heart.
14:59Then forgive with your mouth and let your heart keep silent.
15:02I am no more an oath-breaker than you are.
15:04Yes, but you are a woman alone and I am not.
15:06As your father I can offer some protection, but the day will come when I-
15:10Where? And I will be left as a target.
15:12As was always true.
15:14Please see that you need to do this.
15:16For you to thrive, I want you to accept.
15:26Who are they?
15:27Why have they taken us?
15:29Your uncle wants you concealed, so you do not threaten the mercy and throne.
15:33No.
15:35My son is shrewd.
15:36And if he felt she was a threat, he would keep her close.
15:40Not use hired men on the road.
15:43Only a wealthy coward would pay mentors.
15:48Oh, you foolish woman.
15:53Ethelhelm.
15:55He is as rich as he is cunning.
15:58Only he would be so bold to arrange the seizing of a lady.
16:02A former queen and a...
16:06Well, he did not know you were going to be here.
16:08That is a great comfort.
16:10What would Ethelhelm want with me?
16:12I do not know.
16:13But I am certain I have no wish to find out.
16:17How do we resist?
16:19We have no weapons.
16:20No plan.
16:21That is not completely true.
16:29People have come for my life on other occasions.
16:34Of course I am schooled in how to protect myself.
16:54Ethelhelm.
16:54Ethelhelm.
16:55Do not fear.
16:56They look at us and they see weak and feeble women.
17:01But therein lies our strength.
17:05Ethelhelm and his men are fools to underestimate us.
17:26We have placed our allegiance.
17:28Why does the king not let us leave?
17:31He's swinging his cock around.
17:33I'm not even certain he has a plan.
17:36Do you think there will be war with Wessex?
17:38No.
17:41Peace serves both kings better.
17:44We stay here, kiss arses, go home.
17:52That old goat's not of Northumbria.
17:55Just another lord whose balls hang lower than his coin purse.
18:01Well, king...
18:10They call me the Dane Humper.
18:12But I'm fairly sure they're assassins.
18:15You Edward's ambassador?
18:17I am from Wessex, yes. Lord Aethelhelm.
18:22Oh, show me the gift.
18:26My humble apologies, Lord King, there is no gift.
18:30They're no two of St. Cathbert, though.
18:34Bread from the Last Supper.
18:37The king is not sure you appreciate holy relics in Scotland.
18:44Did he tell you to say that?
18:47To insult me.
18:49Forgive me, I'm just the messenger.
18:56I've heard of his conquest of Mercia.
19:01Does the treaty I made with Aethelflaed still stand?
19:05The king has not spoken to me of a treaty.
19:08Then he intends to come north.
19:10Again, not something he has spoken of.
19:15Why send an ambassador who claims to know nothing?
19:20What game is this?
19:24Does he want me to cut your head off and send it back?
19:29Lord King, you seem to be a man who knows the quality of mercy.
19:36I therefore throw myself upon your compassion.
19:40I come to give you fair warning of.
19:43I fear King Edward's eye wanders northwards to Northumbria and to Scotland.
19:53And these ambitions are not shared by me.
20:01So you're telling me this out to the goodness of your heart?
20:04No.
20:05I do not need warning.
20:08We are already prepared.
20:11Half the lords of Northumbria are sworn to me.
20:14So if it is war you wish to avert, you've picked the wrong king to dissuade.
20:19To misunderstand me, I do not come for peace.
20:23Or what then?
20:25What is this trickery?
20:28It's a bluff.
20:30I know Edward is your family.
20:33Husband to your daughter.
20:35And that...
20:38That is the thing.
20:41Forgive me, Lord King, for she was murdered.
20:47News of the Queen's death had yet to reach my ears.
20:49Edward would have Wessex believe.
20:52It was Danes.
20:54It was Danes.
21:09So...
21:12It is vengeance, you seek.
21:15Lord King, if I...
21:19The king is merciless in his pursuit of land.
21:23You see that from his disposal of the eldermen.
21:26His behaviour towards Sigtryga.
21:29He sees enemies everywhere.
21:31Even in my grandson.
21:33His heir.
21:34Elfweird, a sweet Christian boy whose ambitions would stretch no further than Wessex and Mercia.
21:41What plan are you trying to sell me, Lord?
21:44That alone.
21:46You helped me raise rebellion against the king.
21:49We put my grandson on the throne in Wessex.
21:53Elfweird, under my guidance, guarantees no incursions into Scotland.
21:59Your lands are safe.
22:01As I is.
22:04I have no interest in playing kingmaker in Saxon lands.
22:08One king is much like another.
22:10Which is why we would offer more than just a treaty.
22:16We would offer half the profits from the lands of Mercia.
22:21Through a marriage bond to the Lady Elfwein.
22:26The lands are prosperous and fertile, as is the girl.
22:33Edward is dangerous and committed to expansion.
22:38He is haunted by this dream of his father's to unite the kingdoms in one so-called England.
22:47If you do not strike now, the opportunity may not arise again.
23:13Leave me to dwell on it.
23:16And speak to my commanders.
23:22But do not go far.
23:26You have intrigued me, Lord Ethelhelm.
23:29Enough is no inconsiderable feat.
23:37I can do it when they are asleep.
23:39They will know nothing of it.
23:42We let them live, it will not be a guard chasing us.
23:44It will be an army.
23:45Killing royal women does not end well.
23:48This I know.
23:50But you are right.
23:52If we do not, we will be hunted.
23:58They are planning to kill us.
24:01We do not know that.
24:03We are too powerful to be left to tell the tale.
24:07They know what forces I can raise.
24:12If we are going to act, it has to be now.
24:24I, erm, I must.
24:29I have no polite word for it.
24:32Take a piss.
24:36That oak needs watering.
24:38Where she can be witnessed.
24:41It wouldn't do well to deliver your cargo soiled, would it?
24:44I take a piss, then.
24:48Do not eat.
24:56Look.
25:03Now!
25:19where are you taking us sit down to whom are we to be delivered
25:25answer me sit down or i will make you sit down
25:44do not fight it
25:51death is the destiny of all men
25:58we are not men and we are not so easy to kill
26:09did you see i felt like saint michael the archangel when he slew satan's armies
26:20be gone or i shall slay you also
26:50have them with bevra a ceremony
26:53Invite whichever Danes are most appropriate.
26:55Stuart can swear as they bear witness.
26:57You should calm the waters.
26:59It's a wise plan.
27:00Why is there not a place set for Lady Argerville?
27:04It was my understanding you had sent her away.
27:07Well, no, that is not correct.
27:09Well, her servants were told not to unpack, but to turn back.
27:19Why did they not unpack your things?
27:21My lord.
27:28My lord, I am returning to Kent.
27:33I am not at ease here.
27:35My love, I would not bring you somewhere that was not safe.
27:38It is not any danger, I fear.
27:40It is your wrath.
27:44So, please, let me on my way.
27:46It is for the best.
27:47Why do you flee me now?
27:48I'm not fleeing you.
27:51I am sparing you the trouble of sending me away.
27:59We have been both blessed and cursed.
28:05No, it cannot be that it shall not stand.
28:09There can be no more bastards.
28:10I understand, which is why I leave.
28:13Why do you speak so coldly?
28:14Would you have me weep and bawl?
28:16I am not a mewling babe.
28:17I am not a mewling babe.
28:21I knew what I did, and I take my punishment proudly to give thanks to God for the small
28:31time we have had together.
28:33I said, there can be no more bastards.
28:43God has blessed us.
28:47I know not why, but perhaps this is the reason we have suffered so much grief.
28:56I believe, perhaps the taking of Elflet was part of this design.
29:03Perhaps he decided that we are to be wed.
29:08Let us fetch a priest.
29:28So soon father, Elflet, her mother replaced while she lies warm in her grave.
29:32God has sent us an unexpected blessing.
29:39So I am to be replaced also.
29:42Elflet, return.
29:43I command you come back here.
29:45Allow him to grieve his mother.
29:53Find him, comfort him, but remind him of his duty.
29:57I shall not stomach a disobedient child.
30:19Amen.
30:21Amen.
30:24Amen.
30:25Amen.
30:27Amen.
30:28Amen.
30:56Oh, my God.
31:08I've been asked to comfort you.
31:11There is no comfort, Father.
31:15A king loves you.
31:17Talk with him, and you will know it.
31:20His actions speak differently.
31:26He does not want me to be king, and he felt no love for my poor mother.
31:32What can I do, child?
31:34Heal your spirit, hmm?
31:38Seek help from me, and you will find it.
31:42There is one thing, but you will refuse.
31:44Ask.
31:51I need to travel from here.
31:53If I journey with a priest, I am less likely to be questioned or troubled.
31:57Journey to where?
31:59To join my grandfather.
32:03I cannot help you.
32:06I do not know where he is.
32:09But I do.
32:11I know to find him.
32:13I know which man he pays and who to ask.
32:16I only request that I do not travel to him alone.
32:19Much as I seek to soothe your troubles, I urge you to stay.
32:23And I would urge you to pay your debt to my grandfather.
32:26He tells me of those who are his men, who owe him favours.
32:30I am not Lord Aethelhelm's man.
32:33Would the king see it that way?
32:36If I told him of the debt?
32:41Are you prepared?
32:42No.
32:43Why must I be paraded like a prize?
32:46It is a show of unity, nothing more.
32:48To this one thing and it is over.
32:50You can resume your life here, live as a lady.
32:54I know how hard this is, but pride is what drove Brita to the darkness.
33:36I know that it is wise for me to kneel.
33:41But my heart will not allow it.
33:48I am sorry.
33:50I was told you were agreed.
33:52I was trying to honour my father's wish.
33:54But to honour him is to dishonour my husband.
33:57And it is a destruction of everything we have built here in Efferwich.
34:00I do not believe you will let Danes live here in peace.
34:03If you will not show loyalty to the king, then you will face the consequence.
34:05Do not do this.
34:06You have done this to humiliate me.
34:09I return to you your dignity.
34:11You would have lived in comfort.
34:12The only thing I want you cannot give to me.
34:14Sura, this is foolish.
34:15No.
34:16I will not crumble just to be protected.
34:19I will be free.
34:22And if that freedom is only to face the executioner's blade, then so be it.
34:26I shall join my husband.
34:27Lord King, you gave your word on the battlefield that a life would be spent.
34:34You and all who follow you are to be exiled from Efferwich.
34:37Those who wish to stay live at my behest.
34:44But if you are not gone by sunset, I will not be so generous.
34:51Sura!
34:52Bring Ronvald to me.
34:53Have him kneel.
34:54Put a sword to his throat if he does not.
34:56Give me time.
34:57I can make this right.
34:58Ronvald will betray you.
35:00You know that.
35:00And I shall execute him and find another.
35:02And another.
35:03And another.
35:04Until I can turn my back on this wretched town forever.
35:07I advise you do the same.
35:21Stura!
35:22Stura!
35:23Edward now offers her for which to Ronvald.
35:26You want this for your people?
35:31He will make war.
35:33Take tribute.
35:34Use the children as his slaves.
35:35Just as he meant to when he brought Brida here.
35:38You give this to him.
35:39You undo all we have fought for.
35:41He abuses the people.
35:42And the people leave in search of their true queen.
35:44Ronvald will rule nothing.
35:45They shall come to me.
35:47Please do not lose everything if you tell pursuit of dignity.
35:51I am your daughter.
35:52I was bred to follow honor.
35:55Do not make me do things that you would not.
35:58Swearing to the Saxons pulled you from your destiny.
36:01Made you the plaything of Brida.
36:02And the arsling of the House of Wessex.
36:04What?
36:04That fate will not be mine.
36:18Drop your sword.
36:20Please go to her.
36:21Speak with her.
36:22She will not listen to me.
36:24Her heart is broken.
36:26As is her spirit.
36:28I will pray for her instead.
36:29Why is she doing this?
36:32Make her so headstrong.
36:33Do you really not know?
36:36Lord.
36:38It's Brida.
36:55She has a message for you.
36:57Speak it.
36:58It was to meet at Lloydis.
37:00Come alone.
37:01That's it?
37:02Lloydis?
37:02Nothing more now?
37:03I know where she is.
37:05Lord.
37:06Lord, do not do this alone.
37:08It's a trap.
37:09Of course it is a trap.
37:10Our destinies have been entwined since we were children.
37:13Either she kills me, or I kill her.
37:19Take a moment to consider this.
37:21Well, believe me, it's just been on my mind a long while.
37:24Kill her and her death will haunt you.
37:26Instead, you can choose compassion.
37:28I have compassion for the innocence she kills.
37:31If I had taken her life before, then...
37:32Then it is not our place to reason why.
37:35Only to forgive, Brida.
37:37In spite of it, hate only begets more hate.
37:40Every death she has caused since I spared her a dead nor less blood on my hands.
37:44Then you must absolve her of blame.
37:46And yourself.
37:48Or you will never find peace.
37:51Swear to me.
37:52Swear to me you will not kill her.
37:54Take her captive.
37:55Make her face those she is wronged.
37:57Father, do not kill her.
38:01I will take no pleasure in it.
38:04It's just the way things must be.
38:10Open the gates!
38:24Good.
38:25You are both here.
38:26Lord King, I think our discussions would be wisest had between the two of us.
38:30We agreed to pray and suppose Lord Whitgar here will help us with the practicalities.
38:34He will escort Lord Aethelhelm to your fortress as a guest.
38:37There he will prepare the patrol and await my arrival.
38:41You will give him every courtesy because he has promised me much and would not be so foolish as to
38:48not deliver.
38:50We swore our allegiance to you, Lord King Nott.
38:53Lord Whitgar, I cannot place you.
38:59I'm presuming your fortress is one of strategic use.
39:03You've probably heard of it.
39:05It's called a Bebbenbur.
39:09You are the man that torments Uhtred.
39:20I had expected someone different.
39:25I had expected someone different.
39:44What?
39:58The man that torments Uhtred?
39:59The king.
40:01The girl.
40:06The room.
40:08The house.
40:16Let's go.
40:45Rita!
40:53Show yourself!
41:13Did you take your own grave?
41:17Mine.
41:19Or yours?
41:21I'm prepared.
41:23Either way it ends where it began.
41:35It did not have to be this way.
41:38Funny.
41:40That's what your son said when he begged to keep his balls.
42:12I'm prepared.
42:23Let's go.
42:29Oh
42:55At some point, I will see you on the battlefield.
42:57No one hesitate to kill you.
43:00It does not mean you do not love me.
43:03Richard, give me death!
43:05Leave again waiting for me!
43:19Stop this. It is over.
43:21It is never over.
43:23Richard!
43:38Richard!
43:39Richard!
43:39Richard, kill me! Come on!
43:40Come on, you guys, kill me! I have nothing left to live for!
43:43I won't stop. I won't stop, Richard.
43:55Something has died within me, Richard.
43:58What are you waiting for?
43:59Kill me, please!
44:01No!
44:03I will not kill you.
44:07If my son could forgive you after what you have done to him,
44:16then I must do the same.
44:18No, no, no.
44:19I can't. Come on.
44:19No, no. Do it. Do it, you coward.
44:22Do it. Do as I ask for. Send me to my head.
44:24Do it!
44:25No!
44:26To kill you would be to kill part of myself.
44:29We were bound as one.
44:33We were the same.
44:36As there was hope before, there can be hope again.
44:42How?
44:46I can't go back.
44:49Everything good we ever had is destroyed.
44:54There's nothing left, Richard.
44:58Talking through your eyes.
45:00Now you sound like the girl who I chased through these woods
45:03and thumped amongst these trees.
45:09The girl that I loved.
45:12She's there still.
45:15Is she?
45:18I can't find her.
45:28I will help you.
45:32Trust me.
46:16What have you done?
46:18Only what you could not.
46:27I'm sorry.
46:32I'm...
46:32I'm cold.
46:34I'm cold.
46:37No.
46:39No.
46:39No.
46:40No.
46:41No.
46:42No.
46:50No.
46:57No.
46:59No!
47:03Brita!
47:10Brita!