1 00:00:03,045 --> 00:00:05,381 I am uhfred, son of th'red... 2 00:00:07,049 --> 00:00:11,846 Born a Saxon and rightful heir to the great fortress bebbanburg. 3 00:00:12,471 --> 00:00:15,600 For many years, I fought for king Alfred of wessex... 4 00:00:15,683 --> 00:00:18,769 [Men yelling and screaming] 5 00:00:18,853 --> 00:00:23,274 And for his vision of the kingdoms as a single union... eng/and. 6 00:00:24,734 --> 00:00:26,986 But my loyalty was ne ver rewarded 7 00:00:27,069 --> 00:00:28,905 you are not the best of fathers. 8 00:00:28,988 --> 00:00:33,492 [U htred] M y children were taken from me and my son handed to the church. 9 00:00:34,202 --> 00:00:36,078 Finally, we made peace... 10 00:00:36,829 --> 00:00:39,290 Although the reconciliation was brief 11 00:00:40,458 --> 00:00:44,503 [beocca] The king is dead and so together we pray for his soul... 12 00:00:45,671 --> 00:00:47,340 For his successor Edward. 13 00:00:48,007 --> 00:00:50,134 [U htred] The new king has much to learn. 14 00:00:50,218 --> 00:00:53,054 Wessex appears to be in a land of chaos and doubt. 15 00:00:53,763 --> 00:00:54,805 God is with us. 16 00:00:55,431 --> 00:00:57,975 [Uhtred] However, Alfred's widow, ladyae/swith, 17 00:00:58,059 --> 00:01:00,811 alienates men who were loyal to him. 18 00:01:00,895 --> 00:01:05,775 You were the king's priest and, as such, you no longer have a role. 19 00:01:07,068 --> 00:01:10,029 [U htred] And lord aethelhelm has ambitions of his own. 20 00:01:10,529 --> 00:01:14,951 Why was I not told that Edward had been married previously? 21 00:01:16,327 --> 00:01:19,538 [U htred] Aethelflaed's marriage has also not brought Harmony. 22 00:01:20,039 --> 00:01:21,415 I want her dead. 23 00:01:22,541 --> 00:01:25,002 [U htred] She holds a place in my own heart. 24 00:01:26,379 --> 00:01:29,674 Brida's great love ragnar is dead. 25 00:01:30,841 --> 00:01:34,470 She has made a new alliance with the Dane Earl cnut. 26 00:01:34,553 --> 00:01:37,390 You should be under furs, woman, with me. 27 00:01:37,473 --> 00:01:39,892 And I want to enjoy all of you, while there's time. 28 00:01:39,976 --> 00:01:43,646 [U htred] Whilst the warrior haesten schemes to gain influence. 29 00:01:44,897 --> 00:01:47,566 Ialso have scores lmust settle. 30 00:01:48,276 --> 00:01:53,197 Throughout all my victories, defeats, loves and losses, 31 00:01:53,281 --> 00:01:56,033 I ha ve stayed true to my con viction 32 00:01:56,117 --> 00:02:00,538 thatl will one day return to bebbanburg and overthrow the man 33 00:02:00,621 --> 00:02:03,249 who will stop at nothing to have me killed... 34 00:02:04,166 --> 00:02:06,043 My uncle aelfric. 35 00:02:09,714 --> 00:02:11,716 Destiny is all. 36 00:02:25,229 --> 00:02:28,274 [Men shouting and swords clanging] 37 00:02:31,736 --> 00:02:33,988 [Grunting and weapons thudding] 38 00:02:34,947 --> 00:02:36,115 [Screams] 39 00:02:37,158 --> 00:02:39,827 Bastard Scots! Kill them! 40 00:02:39,910 --> 00:02:43,247 [Swords clanging and men shouting] 41 00:02:43,331 --> 00:02:46,417 Slay them all! Don't spare a single one of them! 42 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:49,462 [Grunting] 43 00:02:50,921 --> 00:02:52,048 Sons of whores! 44 00:02:52,882 --> 00:02:54,091 [Screams] 45 00:02:55,384 --> 00:02:56,552 [Screams] 46 00:03:02,475 --> 00:03:05,186 [Screaming and yelling] 47 00:03:07,813 --> 00:03:09,398 [Whistles] 48 00:03:10,733 --> 00:03:12,777 They're weakening. Fonnard! 49 00:03:13,611 --> 00:03:16,155 [Yelling] 50 00:03:27,041 --> 00:03:30,419 We have them! Advance! 51 00:03:30,836 --> 00:03:32,254 Don't let them escape! 52 00:03:33,756 --> 00:03:35,591 [Shouting] 53 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:41,931 [Screams] 54 00:03:42,014 --> 00:03:46,060 Advance, you cowards! Kill them all! Do not let them escape! 55 00:03:46,143 --> 00:03:47,143 [Screams] 56 00:03:48,479 --> 00:03:50,731 [Grunting and screaming] 57 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:54,944 [Gasps] What in god's name... 58 00:03:55,027 --> 00:03:56,070 [Yelling] 59 00:03:59,115 --> 00:04:00,241 Retreat! 60 00:04:00,324 --> 00:04:01,951 Retreat to bebbanburg! 61 00:04:03,661 --> 00:04:06,163 [Yelling] 62 00:04:22,346 --> 00:04:25,683 [Yelling] 63 00:04:30,563 --> 00:04:31,689 Open the gates! 64 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:34,150 Open the gates! 65 00:04:34,233 --> 00:04:35,443 Open the gates! 66 00:04:39,822 --> 00:04:40,698 [Yelling] 67 00:04:40,781 --> 00:04:42,366 Go! Go! 68 00:04:43,242 --> 00:04:46,328 Open the gates! 69 00:04:49,081 --> 00:04:51,000 [Swords clanging and yelling] 70 00:04:52,418 --> 00:04:54,503 [Screaming and yelling] 71 00:05:39,882 --> 00:05:41,675 How many did we lose this time? 72 00:05:43,010 --> 00:05:44,720 Over half, lord. 73 00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:51,018 Then we need more men... Or it'll be our heads on the ramparts. 74 00:05:51,101 --> 00:05:52,645 Will they go back across the border? 75 00:05:52,728 --> 00:05:55,856 They'll gather reinforcements in Scotland, 76 00:05:55,940 --> 00:05:58,692 keep attacking till they whittle us down to nothing. 77 00:05:58,776 --> 00:06:01,445 If they take bebbanburg, they have a gateway south. 78 00:06:01,529 --> 00:06:03,614 [Pants] 79 00:06:03,697 --> 00:06:05,407 They want all of northumbria. 80 00:06:05,491 --> 00:06:09,161 - Lord, where do we Bury the dead? - Leave them for the scavengers. 81 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:12,331 [Coughs] 82 00:06:15,084 --> 00:06:16,335 On your feet! 83 00:06:20,297 --> 00:06:22,216 The last men standing. 84 00:06:24,093 --> 00:06:25,511 My greatest fighters. 85 00:06:26,428 --> 00:06:31,934 Or the most fearful, the ones who cowed and hid and ran? 86 00:06:34,812 --> 00:06:36,939 The Scots will return! 87 00:06:37,565 --> 00:06:40,651 They want to take our land and see us gone. 88 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:43,612 So unless you want to end up rotting on a slave ship, 89 00:06:43,696 --> 00:06:47,074 I suggest you find the stomach to fight. 90 00:06:48,075 --> 00:06:49,285 To fight! 91 00:06:50,661 --> 00:06:51,704 Or leave! 92 00:06:52,788 --> 00:06:54,498 Go on, leave now! 93 00:06:54,582 --> 00:06:57,001 There is no place for doubt... 94 00:06:58,252 --> 00:06:59,587 Or weakness. 95 00:07:03,048 --> 00:07:05,676 I will never surrender to invaders! 96 00:07:06,844 --> 00:07:10,889 [Aelfric] My men can be destroyed! The villages starved! 97 00:07:11,265 --> 00:07:13,392 They can dig a trench a mile wide! 98 00:07:13,475 --> 00:07:17,730 But while I live, these walls will not be breached. 99 00:07:18,147 --> 00:07:22,026 This fortress will not fall! 100 00:07:23,027 --> 00:07:29,533 I will never yield my birthright, nor seek peace with those who attack us. 101 00:07:29,617 --> 00:07:33,579 We fight on, until they are all butchered. 102 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:37,166 [Finan] It's time we're heading south, osferth. 103 00:07:37,249 --> 00:07:40,127 [Aelfric] We fight on for bebbanburg! 104 00:07:40,210 --> 00:07:42,504 [Cheering] 105 00:07:42,588 --> 00:07:43,881 For bebbanburg! 106 00:07:44,506 --> 00:07:46,592 [Men cheering] 107 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:42,856 [Aethelflaed pants] 108 00:09:11,677 --> 00:09:13,220 [Aethelflaed stops panting] 109 00:09:17,683 --> 00:09:18,851 [Whispers] What? 110 00:09:20,102 --> 00:09:21,145 [Whispers] Outside. 111 00:09:21,812 --> 00:09:23,480 No one knows I'm here. 112 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,443 The people that know will not betray us. 113 00:09:32,364 --> 00:09:33,615 [Aethelflaed sighs] 114 00:09:33,991 --> 00:09:35,492 [Footsteps outside] 115 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:38,078 [Whispers] Wait. 116 00:09:38,162 --> 00:09:39,621 [Aethelflaed pants] 117 00:09:40,706 --> 00:09:42,040 [Sighs] 118 00:09:46,462 --> 00:09:47,504 [Sighs] 119 00:10:01,435 --> 00:10:02,561 Who is there? 120 00:10:02,853 --> 00:10:04,188 It is aldhelm. 121 00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:07,274 Lady aethelflaed's absence has been noted by her husband. 122 00:10:08,192 --> 00:10:10,694 She should leave here before she is discovered. 123 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:24,249 Stay with me. 124 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:28,754 -Icannot -yes, you can. 125 00:10:29,630 --> 00:10:32,174 If aethelred sends soldiers, we will fight them. 126 00:10:32,716 --> 00:10:35,677 Please, he has tortured you long enough. 127 00:10:36,762 --> 00:10:41,767 I know, but men should not die, so I can love you, uhtred. 128 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,478 Men have died for less. 129 00:10:46,605 --> 00:10:48,315 Not the ones who serve me. 130 00:10:49,483 --> 00:10:50,692 [Sighs] 131 00:10:51,485 --> 00:10:53,946 I will not be the cause of bloodshed. 132 00:10:55,113 --> 00:10:58,700 Aethelred would seek Edward's help. We would be outnumbered. 133 00:10:59,785 --> 00:11:03,580 So, you'd take chastity while your husband is chasing another woman? 134 00:11:05,165 --> 00:11:07,084 We both know that's different. 135 00:11:10,671 --> 00:11:13,423 Do not return to him and be humiliated. 136 00:11:14,383 --> 00:11:15,759 You are more than that. 137 00:11:16,176 --> 00:11:17,386 I know. 138 00:11:19,847 --> 00:11:22,683 And, hopefully, in time, things will change for us. 139 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,894 I will go to Winchester to comfort my mother 140 00:11:25,978 --> 00:11:28,313 and come back here as soon as I can. 141 00:11:30,065 --> 00:11:32,609 Your men will return from the north soon. 142 00:11:42,369 --> 00:11:46,206 Lady, you know, I do not speak in envy, but, please. 143 00:11:47,457 --> 00:11:50,210 Your husband would take great pleasure in punishing you for adultery, 144 00:11:50,294 --> 00:11:51,670 should you give him the excuse. 145 00:11:51,753 --> 00:11:54,756 He takes great pleasure in punishing me for whatever I do. 146 00:11:55,716 --> 00:11:58,010 So, I must try to live with a little happiness. 147 00:11:58,093 --> 00:11:59,720 [Aethelflaed sighs] 148 00:12:02,014 --> 00:12:05,559 Besides, I have good men to protect me. 149 00:12:08,604 --> 00:12:10,814 And I know you do not speak from envy. 150 00:12:30,459 --> 00:12:32,002 [Footsteps] 151 00:12:34,755 --> 00:12:37,966 - Any word from finan? - Nothing, lord. 152 00:13:38,735 --> 00:13:41,029 Do you want to give up your gods for your life? 153 00:13:41,113 --> 00:13:42,990 Do you want me to show you mercy? 154 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:49,830 No. Mercy is for christians. What will you do? 155 00:13:53,667 --> 00:13:54,876 Good boy. 156 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,087 If they capture you, you do exactly this. 157 00:13:58,547 --> 00:13:59,840 [Grunts] 158 00:13:59,923 --> 00:14:01,174 Hey, careful, cnut! 159 00:14:02,926 --> 00:14:04,136 It means they like you. 160 00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:06,680 They're good boys, cnut. 161 00:14:06,763 --> 00:14:07,931 - Yes. - You're blessed. 162 00:14:08,015 --> 00:14:11,226 Come, they'll have taken down the camp without us. 163 00:14:11,768 --> 00:14:13,186 [Murmuring] 164 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:44,176 To the settlements until the winter. 165 00:14:44,259 --> 00:14:47,179 We must hide you away, while the men go to war. 166 00:14:47,262 --> 00:14:50,974 Any of you caught humping a Saxon will be executed on our return. 167 00:15:16,458 --> 00:15:17,876 Arse-licker. 168 00:15:18,376 --> 00:15:20,021 You are the man they call the arse-licker? 169 00:15:20,045 --> 00:15:23,632 I am eardwulf of mercia, commander of the king aethelred's guard. 170 00:15:23,715 --> 00:15:25,926 His latest new commander. 171 00:15:26,009 --> 00:15:28,470 I heard you wormed your way back from a family disgrace. 172 00:15:29,471 --> 00:15:32,682 And that your father lost his lands for humping his horse? 173 00:15:32,766 --> 00:15:36,269 I heard there was a Dane who was willing to betray his kinsfolk for money. 174 00:15:36,853 --> 00:15:38,146 [Chuckles] 175 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:40,190 You are steel-eyed for a turd. 176 00:15:41,066 --> 00:15:45,529 Perhaps we are fated to work together, lord arse-licker. 177 00:15:48,949 --> 00:15:51,034 [Haesten] They've been loading ships for three days. 178 00:15:51,118 --> 00:15:53,453 [Eardwulf] Leaving land they fought so hard for? 179 00:15:54,037 --> 00:15:56,039 It's unlike the Danes to slink away. 180 00:15:57,374 --> 00:15:59,960 - Where is cnut taking his men? - 4dand. 181 00:16:00,669 --> 00:16:03,964 A cousin sigtryggr is being held captive by the natives. 182 00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:06,133 That will take at least a winter. 183 00:16:07,008 --> 00:16:08,051 Will they come back? 184 00:16:08,135 --> 00:16:09,821 [Haesten] The women are going to local settlements, 185 00:16:09,845 --> 00:16:11,805 so, there will be warm tits to return to. 186 00:16:14,266 --> 00:16:15,308 Why do you tell us this? 187 00:16:17,352 --> 00:16:22,023 Because, unlike you, I'm not rewarded for my service. 188 00:16:22,107 --> 00:16:25,152 - You should have licked more asses. - Perhaps. 189 00:16:26,528 --> 00:16:27,612 And... 190 00:16:29,698 --> 00:16:31,241 I no longer want war. 191 00:16:32,325 --> 00:16:34,077 I'm too old to sleep in the dirt. 192 00:16:34,578 --> 00:16:38,832 I want silver and lord aethelred has it? 193 00:16:47,799 --> 00:16:49,384 Makes his own coin? 194 00:16:50,427 --> 00:16:51,595 How ambitious. 195 00:16:52,470 --> 00:16:55,140 - How is the weasel? - Still a man of wisdom and honor. 196 00:16:55,223 --> 00:16:58,226 Who promotes an ambitious soldier... Brave. 197 00:16:58,310 --> 00:16:59,769 Who rewards loyalty. 198 00:17:06,193 --> 00:17:08,320 I hear he takes your sister as his whore. 199 00:17:08,403 --> 00:17:09,654 Then you heard wrong, Dane. 200 00:17:10,238 --> 00:17:12,616 She's not a whore and he does not take her. 201 00:17:17,329 --> 00:17:19,623 [Children laugh] 202 00:17:29,966 --> 00:17:32,469 - [Uhtred] This is good work. - Thank you, my lord. 203 00:17:35,222 --> 00:17:36,765 There's a boat down river, lord. 204 00:17:45,273 --> 00:17:47,525 [Finan] Women of coccham! 205 00:17:48,652 --> 00:17:50,779 We are back! 206 00:17:51,488 --> 00:17:54,074 [Uhtred] They know, finan. They can smell you from here. 207 00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:58,370 You look like shit. 208 00:17:59,329 --> 00:18:03,083 - What have you done to my ship? - [Finan] Now, that was osferth's fault. 209 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:05,460 - What news from bebbanburg? - Good news, lord. 210 00:18:05,543 --> 00:18:08,838 My uncle aelfric is dead and you have his balls to prove it? 211 00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:12,926 No, but he is being attacked by the Scots pushing south. 212 00:18:13,843 --> 00:18:16,513 He lost half his men in the most recent assault. 213 00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:19,224 - So, bebbanburg's weakened? - For now, yes. 214 00:18:19,307 --> 00:18:21,017 Until he finds more men. 215 00:18:21,101 --> 00:18:22,811 Or is slaughtered by the Scots. 216 00:18:22,894 --> 00:18:24,354 So, we could take it. 217 00:18:25,063 --> 00:18:27,065 With an army... we could take it. 218 00:18:27,148 --> 00:18:29,359 Well, perhaps. It will not be easy. 219 00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:32,737 - How many men does he have? - Barely 40. 220 00:18:33,989 --> 00:18:36,992 - Can he raise a fyrd? - Oh, god, no. Local lords think he's... 221 00:18:37,075 --> 00:18:39,577 That he's a turd, yes. And they're right. 222 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:41,997 - We should not delay. - No. 223 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:43,498 Go before he buys more men. 224 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,129 We head to bebbanburg before the Scots return. 225 00:18:49,796 --> 00:18:50,839 [Finan sighs] 226 00:18:50,922 --> 00:18:55,010 The gods are telling us to strike and take back what is mine. 227 00:18:55,593 --> 00:18:59,764 Now, lord, it'll take ships and men. 228 00:18:59,848 --> 00:19:02,017 The venture could cost you all your silver. 229 00:19:02,726 --> 00:19:04,311 Finan, if we take bebbanburg, 230 00:19:04,394 --> 00:19:06,896 we'll have all the silver we ever dreamed of. 231 00:19:07,731 --> 00:19:10,859 You will all be rewarded for your service, even you baby monk. 232 00:19:10,942 --> 00:19:11,985 Amen. 233 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:14,487 [Laughter] 234 00:19:14,571 --> 00:19:16,948 - How many men remain here? - Not enough. 235 00:19:17,907 --> 00:19:19,826 We will ride to Winchester and raise an army. 236 00:19:21,202 --> 00:19:24,039 It's time for wessex to repay all that I have given. 237 00:20:00,909 --> 00:20:02,786 What are they doing with father's books? 238 00:20:02,869 --> 00:20:06,915 Lord aethelhelm wants this room given over to planning our defenses. 239 00:20:07,832 --> 00:20:11,920 Apparently, it has the best light to work by. 240 00:20:13,046 --> 00:20:14,089 [Aelswith] Be careful! 241 00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,050 That is my husband's chronicle. 242 00:20:18,218 --> 00:20:19,594 Take it to my quarters. 243 00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:23,598 His legacy, all the learning... 244 00:20:23,681 --> 00:20:25,934 Is no one to keep a record of our times? 245 00:20:26,017 --> 00:20:30,480 They keep a record... Of building fortifications. 246 00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:36,361 See, this one tells us how 20 men can fashion a palisade in under a day. 247 00:20:38,405 --> 00:20:41,157 It is all for our own protection. 248 00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:45,120 - Mother, I'm so sorry. - Please, do not pity me. 249 00:20:46,329 --> 00:20:48,456 I have a better life than many widows. 250 00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:53,962 And my new rooms are comfortable, if rather near the kitchens. 251 00:20:54,379 --> 00:20:57,132 Every time I return, there is a new insult. 252 00:21:06,683 --> 00:21:08,726 [Edward] I am not certain I believe it. 253 00:21:09,519 --> 00:21:11,938 Are the men that bring the news to be trusted? 254 00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:14,107 - Lord aethelhelm. - My king. 255 00:21:14,482 --> 00:21:15,608 What did you hear? 256 00:21:15,692 --> 00:21:20,488 Well, simply that cnut is leaving for irland to help a cousin, sigtryggr, 257 00:21:20,572 --> 00:21:21,823 who's besieged there. 258 00:21:21,906 --> 00:21:25,535 Then it must be true. Danes are known for their kindness and loyalty. 259 00:21:25,618 --> 00:21:28,204 We ignore this news until the scouts confirm it. 260 00:21:28,288 --> 00:21:30,039 Continue to fortify along the border. 261 00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:33,334 When the Danes break the peace, we will be ready. 262 00:21:33,418 --> 00:21:35,003 I will inform the whores. 263 00:21:36,004 --> 00:21:38,339 Quicker than the monks at spreading news. 264 00:21:38,423 --> 00:21:39,466 We are resolved. 265 00:21:39,549 --> 00:21:42,969 Every man who can wield an ax should be building defenses. 266 00:21:45,513 --> 00:21:48,057 - Mother? - What news do you talk of? 267 00:21:48,933 --> 00:21:51,311 Perhaps I could offer the wisdom ofexpenence. 268 00:21:51,394 --> 00:21:53,271 Take comfort that all is well. 269 00:21:54,898 --> 00:21:56,024 Come. 270 00:22:09,579 --> 00:22:11,080 [Clumping of hooves] 271 00:22:14,334 --> 00:22:18,004 Come and lie with me, eadith. God wants me to be satisfied. 272 00:22:18,588 --> 00:22:20,340 He gave me this desire, so... 273 00:22:20,423 --> 00:22:23,718 So, I am sure there is a servant girl you could hump. 274 00:22:23,801 --> 00:22:25,762 I've had every servant girl from here to ceaster. 275 00:22:26,763 --> 00:22:28,515 It is you that I want. 276 00:22:28,598 --> 00:22:30,475 And it is me you shall have... 277 00:22:31,601 --> 00:22:32,852 When the time is right. 278 00:22:32,936 --> 00:22:35,104 Come on. Do not make me force you, eadith. 279 00:22:35,188 --> 00:22:38,149 You set a man on fire. Do not be surprised when you get burned. 280 00:22:38,233 --> 00:22:40,151 - [Knock at door] - Yes! 281 00:22:43,780 --> 00:22:46,908 Lord eardwulf, we were not expecting you until nightfall. 282 00:22:46,991 --> 00:22:49,369 Forgive my intrusion, lord, and to you, sister, 283 00:22:49,452 --> 00:22:51,746 but I bring important news. 284 00:22:51,829 --> 00:22:53,373 - Have us brought wine. - My lord. 285 00:22:54,290 --> 00:22:56,125 What is your news, commander? 286 00:22:56,209 --> 00:22:57,877 I met a Danish spy and he revealed 287 00:22:57,961 --> 00:23:00,964 that cnut is taking his warriors from east anglia and heading to irland, 288 00:23:01,047 --> 00:23:04,175 leaving their women and children in undefended settlements. 289 00:23:04,968 --> 00:23:07,720 - Who else knows of this? - No one. I paid him well. 290 00:23:08,805 --> 00:23:10,515 - Did you see them leave? - Yes. 291 00:23:11,015 --> 00:23:13,184 They're dismantling their camp and packing their boats. 292 00:23:13,268 --> 00:23:14,811 A cousin is under attack in dyflin. 293 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:17,355 If they're leaving east anglia, then it's empty 294 00:23:17,438 --> 00:23:18,982 and ready for us to conquer it. 295 00:23:19,065 --> 00:23:20,400 And if I enlarge our land, 296 00:23:20,483 --> 00:23:23,403 then mercia no longer has to bow to wessex and Edward. 297 00:23:23,486 --> 00:23:25,363 Troops can be readied when you want them, 298 00:23:25,446 --> 00:23:27,574 but I would suggest that we leave quietly, 299 00:23:27,657 --> 00:23:31,369 - before the ealdormen can disapprove. - This is an excellent plan. 300 00:23:31,452 --> 00:23:35,248 It appears the relics of St. oswald are already working in my favor. 301 00:23:35,832 --> 00:23:38,501 I'm collecting all the bones of our beloved Saint... 302 00:23:39,377 --> 00:23:40,461 As a good omen 303 00:23:40,545 --> 00:23:43,840 to signal to the mercian people that I shall restore their lands to greatness. 304 00:23:43,923 --> 00:23:46,634 - I'm sure they'll be impressed. - It's my gift to the common folk. 305 00:23:46,718 --> 00:23:49,762 Monks are leaving imminently with silver to bargain for his heart... 306 00:23:50,847 --> 00:23:53,182 And the winds are clearly blowing in our favor. 307 00:23:54,142 --> 00:23:56,644 Thank you for all that you've done. It's impressive. 308 00:23:56,728 --> 00:23:58,688 Anything I do, I do for mercia. 309 00:23:59,522 --> 00:24:00,648 Indeed. 310 00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:04,277 You could teach your sister a lesson in generosity. 311 00:24:05,361 --> 00:24:06,946 Our game is not finished. 312 00:24:14,829 --> 00:24:17,999 - Are you talking horseshit? - No. I met a spy and the news is true. 313 00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:20,376 The man is inflated enough without you encouraging him. 314 00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:22,045 I'm trying to keep him happy. 315 00:24:22,128 --> 00:24:24,505 As should you. Just hump the desperate bastard. 316 00:24:24,589 --> 00:24:26,633 I hump him and he loses interest. 317 00:24:26,716 --> 00:24:29,886 If we want all this to continue, then we must not overplay our hand. 318 00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:32,138 Do you want to return to being landless and ridiculed? 319 00:24:33,014 --> 00:24:36,601 - You hump him, if you do not believe me. - I tried. He did not bite. 320 00:24:39,479 --> 00:24:40,521 [Both chuckle] 321 00:24:47,945 --> 00:24:49,489 Will you hurry, sable! 322 00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:52,116 Ah, the monks. 323 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,329 I'll fetch your silver. You leave for northumbria immediately. 324 00:24:58,373 --> 00:25:02,001 St. oswald's heart? Bloody long way to go for a piece of dried offal. 325 00:25:02,418 --> 00:25:05,963 Still, a few taverns to stop at along the way. 326 00:25:06,047 --> 00:25:09,425 Northumbria's a piss-hole place to waste a journey on. 327 00:25:12,553 --> 00:25:16,140 [Low murmuring] 328 00:25:16,224 --> 00:25:17,517 [Sighs] 329 00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:21,562 - Did you meet this arse-licker? - I did. 330 00:25:22,397 --> 00:25:24,565 Word will spread that you leave for irland. 331 00:25:24,649 --> 00:25:26,109 And he believed you? 332 00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:30,196 He wants to kiss his master's backside. He believes what he wants to hear. 333 00:25:31,698 --> 00:25:34,450 Then we shall attack mercia, while their backs are turned. 334 00:25:34,534 --> 00:25:36,244 We sail to the estuary before dawn, 335 00:25:36,327 --> 00:25:39,330 head upstream and keep the boats apart to avoid any scouts. 336 00:25:39,414 --> 00:25:42,750 When we reach mercia, we assault aegelesburg in two bands 337 00:25:42,834 --> 00:25:44,419 and I will kill their little lord. 338 00:25:45,378 --> 00:25:47,714 Too timid to attack the boy king in wessex? 339 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:51,843 The boy king in wessex has been building defenses. 340 00:25:53,261 --> 00:25:55,596 And the fool in mercia has been following his cock. 341 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:56,973 [Cnut chuckles] 342 00:25:57,056 --> 00:26:00,143 We kill aethelred, wessex is honor-bound to come to mercia's aid. 343 00:26:01,144 --> 00:26:03,521 We lure out Edward from behind his walls... 344 00:26:04,147 --> 00:26:07,483 And fight on our terms and take the country. 345 00:26:10,653 --> 00:26:12,864 As so many others have failed to do. 346 00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:17,452 [Men laugh in background] 347 00:26:19,328 --> 00:26:20,997 What did you do to tame her? 348 00:26:22,665 --> 00:26:25,501 I treated her with respect and gave her love. 349 00:26:25,585 --> 00:26:26,878 [Mocking grunt] 350 00:26:29,172 --> 00:26:31,507 After you slaughtered the man she cared for. 351 00:26:32,425 --> 00:26:33,676 I pity the bitch. 352 00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:38,097 Do not give me a reason to kill you. 353 00:26:41,559 --> 00:26:42,602 My friend. 354 00:26:55,281 --> 00:26:56,532 All right. 355 00:27:05,666 --> 00:27:06,751 [Knock at door] 356 00:27:07,418 --> 00:27:08,461 Yes. 357 00:27:08,544 --> 00:27:09,629 [Door opens] 358 00:27:11,005 --> 00:27:13,424 I hear uhtred is downstairs. Were you expecting him? 359 00:27:14,717 --> 00:27:17,011 Uhtred? No, not until summer. 360 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:18,763 Are you sure it's him? 361 00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:21,933 From the reaction of the novices, I'm fairly certain. 362 00:27:25,436 --> 00:27:26,646 - Beocca! - [Beocca laughs] 363 00:27:26,729 --> 00:27:28,439 [Laughs] Hild! 364 00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:31,567 You have made quite an impression. 365 00:27:32,652 --> 00:27:34,403 And you have not changed. 366 00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:38,866 He has. Are you still writing this great work? 367 00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:41,494 St. cuthbert is capricious. He eludes me daily. 368 00:27:41,577 --> 00:27:43,162 A master takes his time. 369 00:27:44,038 --> 00:27:46,207 - You look like a man with good news. - I am. 370 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:49,502 And we will need to sit for it and we will need wine. 371 00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:54,215 It is indeed worth waiting for. 372 00:27:54,298 --> 00:27:56,551 Aelfric will finally see a reckoning. 373 00:27:56,634 --> 00:27:59,220 Yes, never has a man deserved it more. 374 00:27:59,303 --> 00:28:01,472 He is now weakened and without allies. 375 00:28:01,556 --> 00:28:03,808 - Has he no heir to assist him? - He did. 376 00:28:03,891 --> 00:28:07,103 A son... But the heir wihtgar was banished. 377 00:28:08,187 --> 00:28:09,856 He died last summer in the southern sea. 378 00:28:09,939 --> 00:28:11,440 You can starve him out. 379 00:28:11,858 --> 00:28:13,234 Surround the fortress. 380 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:18,531 What was your plan? 381 00:28:18,990 --> 00:28:20,616 My plan is that you join us... 382 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:23,202 Both of you. 383 00:28:24,829 --> 00:28:29,041 Oh, I think my fighting days are over, uhtred. 384 00:28:31,669 --> 00:28:32,753 You, then? 385 00:28:33,671 --> 00:28:38,175 - You don't want an old man. - Beocca, you're not old. 386 00:28:41,178 --> 00:28:46,058 And you have mourned thyra long enough. She would not want this sadness for you. 387 00:28:47,894 --> 00:28:50,563 Throw it off and return to bebbanburg with me. 388 00:28:54,650 --> 00:28:55,693 Icannot 389 00:28:56,027 --> 00:29:00,197 without me, the nuns would have no one to minister the sacraments. 390 00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:03,159 And the life of St. cuthbert will not write itself. 391 00:29:03,242 --> 00:29:06,579 Take the fortress. I will join you, when the hard work is done. 392 00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:10,791 Then we will hold a feast there in your honor. 393 00:29:11,375 --> 00:29:12,668 You deserve to go back, uhtred. 394 00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:16,505 Yes, to restore your family to their rightful place. 395 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:20,635 I want to make a home for my children to return to. 396 00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:25,765 - Are they well? Your children? - Stiorra thrives. 397 00:29:27,391 --> 00:29:29,226 She lives at aethelflaed's estate. 398 00:29:31,854 --> 00:29:36,525 My son, I do not see. Alfred's influence has made him holy. 399 00:29:40,404 --> 00:29:41,822 What news of wessex? 400 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,993 Wessex... thrives. 401 00:29:47,328 --> 00:29:49,914 Defenses are being strengthened against the Danes. 402 00:29:49,997 --> 00:29:52,249 Edward's son is now walking. 403 00:29:52,333 --> 00:29:54,543 The king's wife is to be crowned a queen. 404 00:29:55,294 --> 00:29:59,674 It is unusual to honor the girl, whilst the widow aelswith lives, 405 00:30:00,591 --> 00:30:01,676 to say the least. 406 00:30:02,969 --> 00:30:06,639 But aelflaed has an ambitious father. 407 00:30:06,722 --> 00:30:09,016 Yes, lord aethelhelm is ambitious. 408 00:30:09,517 --> 00:30:13,771 But king Edward just accepts this ambition from an ealdorman? 409 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:20,277 Let's just say we feel his father's absence. 410 00:30:33,916 --> 00:30:35,668 [Door opens] 411 00:30:47,805 --> 00:30:49,390 [Pyrlig whispers] 412 00:30:55,688 --> 00:30:58,357 Finish your prayers. It is nothing of concern. 413 00:31:09,827 --> 00:31:10,911 [Laughs] 414 00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:14,790 Walking like a fat man, friend. 415 00:31:14,874 --> 00:31:16,792 It is my massive balls, uhtred. 416 00:31:17,418 --> 00:31:19,795 Too much palace food and sitting on your backside. 417 00:31:19,879 --> 00:31:23,632 - Perhaps. I fight less than I did. - There will be fighting yet. 418 00:31:24,258 --> 00:31:26,218 Do you know something we do not, lord uhtred? 419 00:31:26,302 --> 00:31:29,013 Lord king. Steapa. 420 00:31:30,681 --> 00:31:32,850 I only know that Danes do not like peace. 421 00:31:32,933 --> 00:31:36,437 Did you hear cnut is now heading to irland to rescue a cousin? 422 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,648 No. I heard he has brought his sons over from his homeland, 423 00:31:39,732 --> 00:31:41,484 which means he has ambition here. 424 00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:44,653 And what brings you to Winchester? 425 00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:49,366 I'm here to make you an offer. 426 00:31:50,701 --> 00:31:54,205 I can help you fulfill your father's dream of a united land... 427 00:31:55,664 --> 00:31:58,084 If you give me men to retake bebbanburg. 428 00:32:00,252 --> 00:32:02,630 Is uhtred ragnarson trying to negotiate? 429 00:32:04,340 --> 00:32:05,800 It is a good idea. 430 00:32:05,883 --> 00:32:09,303 If the bastard Scots are making incursions, they will return in number. 431 00:32:10,054 --> 00:32:13,140 He takes the fortress. It becomes your foothold in northumbria. 432 00:32:13,224 --> 00:32:16,060 I take northumbria and I unite the four kingdoms. 433 00:32:16,143 --> 00:32:17,895 Small matter of conquering east anglia, 434 00:32:17,978 --> 00:32:21,232 but that is mainly cattle and people that look like cattle. 435 00:32:21,315 --> 00:32:24,652 Your father knew it could be done, one country, one king. 436 00:32:25,986 --> 00:32:28,447 Since when have you cared for my father's vision, uhtred? 437 00:32:28,531 --> 00:32:31,992 Since it coincided with what he wants, by the sound of it. 438 00:32:32,076 --> 00:32:33,911 It works for the both of us. 439 00:32:33,994 --> 00:32:37,206 Unless you want the Scots to gain a stronghold to attack you from? 440 00:32:37,498 --> 00:32:39,708 Aelfric cannot hold them off like I can. 441 00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:42,336 I control the fortress. You control the country. 442 00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:45,256 Give me 100 men, it will take a week. 443 00:32:45,339 --> 00:32:47,508 Two hundred, I can take it in a day... 444 00:32:47,591 --> 00:32:50,469 It would certainly fulfill an ambition. 445 00:32:51,178 --> 00:32:54,306 But given the ongoing threat from the Danes here in the south, 446 00:32:54,390 --> 00:32:57,184 is it wise to distract ourselves... 447 00:32:57,726 --> 00:33:02,314 Gallop to the frozen north for what is, in essence, a family feud? 448 00:33:02,398 --> 00:33:05,151 Uhtred has done much to distract the Danes from wessex. 449 00:33:05,234 --> 00:33:09,071 Yes and we are all very grateful for his service. 450 00:33:09,697 --> 00:33:13,325 But surely his oath was to see the king on the throne. 451 00:33:13,409 --> 00:33:15,035 A duty that is now performed. 452 00:33:15,119 --> 00:33:17,163 What is the point you are making, lord aethelhelm? 453 00:33:17,246 --> 00:33:21,125 I'm merely saying that there is no debt on either side. 454 00:33:21,208 --> 00:33:23,794 - No debt... - Lord uhtred is free 455 00:33:23,878 --> 00:33:25,754 to take what he wants. 456 00:33:25,838 --> 00:33:27,798 You to defend what you have... 457 00:33:28,549 --> 00:33:32,636 Which is the innocent people of wessex from the marauding heathen. 458 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,556 By cowering behind walls and waiting for the Danes to attack? 459 00:33:35,639 --> 00:33:39,435 No, by not being forced to fight before we are certain to win. 460 00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:42,646 There are good reasons to go softly and strategically. 461 00:33:42,730 --> 00:33:44,857 That is how you got where you are, lord aethelhelm. 462 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:48,736 Lord, take this moment your god is offering you. 463 00:33:49,195 --> 00:33:50,237 Your father had a dream... 464 00:33:50,321 --> 00:33:54,825 And my father also knew when to say no to uhtred ragnarson. 465 00:33:55,910 --> 00:33:59,705 I am no longer the boy who can be bent to your will. 466 00:34:02,082 --> 00:34:05,127 This is not saying never, but now is not the time. 467 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:24,939 [Uhtred] "Now is not the time." 468 00:34:25,439 --> 00:34:29,026 Years, I've waited. Years, I've given my sword. 469 00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:31,403 Years, my home has been denied to me. 470 00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:32,529 "There's no debt." 471 00:34:32,613 --> 00:34:34,657 Winchester is a snake pit. 472 00:34:37,785 --> 00:34:39,245 We will think of another plan. 473 00:34:45,459 --> 00:34:48,254 Do you think our band can take the 40 men at bebbanburg? 474 00:34:48,337 --> 00:34:51,966 - Two on one? Ask me when I'm drunk. - Come on, finan. 475 00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:54,468 Our men are three times the fighters aelfric's are. 476 00:34:54,551 --> 00:34:58,931 I know. It's just unbreachable walls and boiling tar that worry me. 477 00:34:59,014 --> 00:35:01,725 Not to mention the Scots waiting to take it for themselves. 478 00:35:04,228 --> 00:35:05,646 Is the plan off, then? 479 00:35:07,147 --> 00:35:08,774 Are we just staying here to get drunk? 480 00:35:08,857 --> 00:35:11,860 The plan is unchanged. We head to bebbanburg. 481 00:35:11,944 --> 00:35:14,947 Take the fortress, then we get drunk. 482 00:35:18,158 --> 00:35:20,286 Just us... 483 00:35:20,911 --> 00:35:22,079 Without an army? 484 00:35:22,162 --> 00:35:26,333 You don't need an army to kill one man. We kill aelfric, the gates will open. 485 00:35:31,171 --> 00:35:34,508 - None, Aidan? - None, lord. We have tried. 486 00:35:36,885 --> 00:35:40,514 Offer them three times what a mercenary would normally receive. 487 00:35:40,597 --> 00:35:42,433 I do not think silver will tempt them. 488 00:35:42,516 --> 00:35:46,478 - Are they afraid of the Scots? - No, but they think that we are doomed. 489 00:35:49,940 --> 00:35:52,151 There is another way, but you will not like it. 490 00:35:53,068 --> 00:35:56,655 We have had word that aethelred of mercia is sending monks... 491 00:35:56,739 --> 00:35:58,532 What does that turd want with us? 492 00:36:00,159 --> 00:36:01,368 The heart of St. oswald. 493 00:36:02,703 --> 00:36:04,204 I know it is a precious relic 494 00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:06,915 and that it has been at bebbanburg for generations, 495 00:36:06,999 --> 00:36:08,542 but it may be our only course. 496 00:36:08,625 --> 00:36:13,088 Aidan, I am a devoted Christian, who fears his saints. 497 00:36:13,172 --> 00:36:18,260 Bebbanburg was my reward from god for my constant and unwavering piety. 498 00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:20,095 Yes, indeed. 499 00:36:20,721 --> 00:36:23,807 Send out to whatever hovels the common people live in. 500 00:36:23,891 --> 00:36:25,351 Round up the farmers' sons. 501 00:36:26,143 --> 00:36:29,146 Will that work, lord? The farmers are not well-disposed to us. 502 00:36:29,229 --> 00:36:32,858 It will work if you hold a knife to the mothers' throats. 503 00:37:18,529 --> 00:37:20,656 - Look around you, eardwulf. - Lord? 504 00:37:22,408 --> 00:37:26,078 Soon, all that you see will belong to mercia. 505 00:37:26,703 --> 00:37:29,415 Cnut's mistake for leaving will be our glory. 506 00:37:38,465 --> 00:37:41,385 It's getting in to bebbanburg, that's the problem. 507 00:37:41,468 --> 00:37:43,762 I say we just turn up and ram the gate. 508 00:37:43,846 --> 00:37:45,722 Or we just ask nicely to be let in. 509 00:37:46,265 --> 00:37:47,307 Next idea. 510 00:37:50,561 --> 00:37:53,647 - We are not dressing up as nuns. - I wasn't going to say that. 511 00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:55,190 - But you were. - No, I wasn't. 512 00:37:55,274 --> 00:37:56,692 Lord uhtred! 513 00:37:58,902 --> 00:38:01,822 Thank you for offering your men to clear the stables. 514 00:38:01,905 --> 00:38:03,031 What! 515 00:38:03,699 --> 00:38:05,993 Lady aethelflaed will meet you in the garden. 516 00:38:06,535 --> 00:38:08,579 Do not turn me into a brothel-keeper. 517 00:38:08,662 --> 00:38:11,206 - Oh, but you enjoy the savage life. - Uhtred! 518 00:38:12,458 --> 00:38:14,209 Do your novices not know that? 519 00:38:16,670 --> 00:38:17,880 Ladders. 520 00:38:36,398 --> 00:38:40,068 - Lord uhtred. - Lady aethelflaed. 521 00:38:40,569 --> 00:38:43,113 Forgive me for not meeting you at the palace. 522 00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:48,076 My woman sable is at my husband's estate. 523 00:38:48,827 --> 00:38:52,247 And she has learned something that will be very useful to you. 524 00:38:56,376 --> 00:38:58,295 [Sable] It is all being done very quickly 525 00:38:58,378 --> 00:39:01,215 and I am not one to spy or spread rumors. 526 00:39:01,298 --> 00:39:05,177 But lord aethelred is collecting the relics of St. oswald. 527 00:39:06,220 --> 00:39:07,554 Why is this important? 528 00:39:08,096 --> 00:39:11,683 Because, when St. oswald's body is reunited in mercia, 529 00:39:11,767 --> 00:39:13,977 the land will be returned to greatness. 530 00:39:14,061 --> 00:39:17,773 - It is important to our people. - Why is it important to me? 531 00:39:17,856 --> 00:39:20,984 - Tell him of the monks, sable. - Oh, yes. 532 00:39:21,068 --> 00:39:24,530 All that remains to be gathered is the heart of St. oswald, 533 00:39:24,613 --> 00:39:25,924 - which your uncle... - Of course. 534 00:39:25,948 --> 00:39:27,908 Aelfric keeps it at bebbanburg. 535 00:39:28,408 --> 00:39:30,911 It's no doubt some dog liver my ancestors bought. 536 00:39:30,994 --> 00:39:34,081 Nevertheless, a treasure to the mercians. 537 00:39:35,999 --> 00:39:40,170 Lord aethelred has sent a pair of monks up north to strike a bargain for it. 538 00:39:40,504 --> 00:39:41,547 Do you know when? 539 00:39:41,630 --> 00:39:45,509 They should reach grimesby by Sunday, then bebbanburg on the day of ascension. 540 00:39:47,094 --> 00:39:50,389 - When is ascension? - Ten days before pentecost. 541 00:39:51,932 --> 00:39:53,141 Two weeks from now. 542 00:39:53,225 --> 00:39:56,937 Intercept these brothers and you could gain entry into the fortress. 543 00:40:00,732 --> 00:40:03,569 I will need a priest who can accompany these monks. 544 00:40:03,652 --> 00:40:05,988 I am sorry, but I can provide nothing more. 545 00:40:06,780 --> 00:40:08,365 I cannot defy my brother. 546 00:40:08,448 --> 00:40:10,867 I hope your brother values your loyalty. 547 00:40:11,785 --> 00:40:13,996 I hope you win what you have longed for. 548 00:40:18,166 --> 00:40:19,209 Uhtred... 549 00:40:22,796 --> 00:40:24,423 What if you die doing this? 550 00:40:28,677 --> 00:40:32,264 Then you will be the last woman to hump uhtred of bebbanburg. 551 00:40:33,307 --> 00:40:34,850 [Laughs] 552 00:40:36,852 --> 00:40:39,229 Is that your way of promising to be faithful? 553 00:40:41,064 --> 00:40:42,232 Do not answer that. 554 00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:57,247 [Uhtred] If we leave now, we should make it to the monastery by nightfall. 555 00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:00,792 We will need another beast, a small one. 556 00:41:01,293 --> 00:41:03,337 Hump the horseman's wife if you have to. 557 00:41:04,338 --> 00:41:05,797 I'd rather hump the horse. 558 00:41:05,881 --> 00:41:08,550 - [Finan] Why the extra horse, lord? - It's for a priest. 559 00:41:09,051 --> 00:41:12,304 - Which priest? - One I hope will be glad to see me. 560 00:41:19,311 --> 00:41:20,354 Well, well. 561 00:41:22,856 --> 00:41:24,524 Finally back to bebbanburg. 562 00:41:25,192 --> 00:41:26,318 Beocca... 563 00:41:27,235 --> 00:41:29,488 If you want to come, I will carry you there. 564 00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:33,575 Ride with me. We will rest when you need to. 565 00:41:33,659 --> 00:41:37,245 - I will fight with you on my shoulders. - You do not need me for this, uhtred. 566 00:41:37,746 --> 00:41:39,456 You're ready to face this alone. 567 00:41:40,957 --> 00:41:42,834 Fulfill your father's birthright. 568 00:41:43,543 --> 00:41:45,504 Restore northumbria to greatness. 569 00:41:46,922 --> 00:41:49,466 The pride should be on your shoulders and yours alone. 570 00:41:50,592 --> 00:41:51,635 You deserve this. 571 00:41:52,219 --> 00:41:55,806 I will repay all the debt I owe you three times over. 572 00:41:55,889 --> 00:41:57,974 You will live like a lord in bebbanburg. 573 00:41:58,058 --> 00:41:59,434 You owe me nothing, uhtred. 574 00:42:00,852 --> 00:42:04,398 Anything I ever did for you, I did from my own heart. 575 00:42:04,981 --> 00:42:07,901 May the lord bless you and keep you in this adventure. 576 00:42:09,569 --> 00:42:11,863 Thank you, father. 577 00:42:19,621 --> 00:42:22,457 Goodbye, pure and holy abbess. 578 00:42:22,541 --> 00:42:24,710 [Chuckles] Goodbye, you bloodthirsty heathen. 579 00:42:25,335 --> 00:42:26,545 Take this. 580 00:42:32,342 --> 00:42:35,470 Turn it into hack-silver and pay for bribes along the way. 581 00:42:39,516 --> 00:42:41,226 Keep each other out of trouble. 582 00:43:51,838 --> 00:43:53,340 [Flutter of bird wings] 583 00:44:05,143 --> 00:44:07,479 [Men shouting in distance] 584 00:44:09,022 --> 00:44:11,608 [Hooves thundering and yelling] 585 00:44:11,691 --> 00:44:13,026 {gasps} 586 00:44:13,109 --> 00:44:14,986 [soldier] Kill them all! 587 00:44:17,364 --> 00:44:19,115 [People screaming] 588 00:44:20,116 --> 00:44:21,576 [Pants] 589 00:44:21,660 --> 00:44:25,121 [People screaming] 590 00:44:32,921 --> 00:44:36,883 [Soldiers shouting] 591 00:45:01,908 --> 00:45:03,243 {gasps} 592 00:45:06,496 --> 00:45:08,748 no! No! 593 00:45:08,832 --> 00:45:09,875 [Sobs] 594 00:45:09,958 --> 00:45:11,418 - [Footsteps] - [Gasps} 595 00:45:34,649 --> 00:45:38,278 Look how he worms his way in, with the king's guard. 596 00:45:39,404 --> 00:45:42,115 Why do that if you do not seek influence? 597 00:45:43,366 --> 00:45:44,784 I do not trust him. 598 00:45:45,327 --> 00:45:50,457 In the past, he has suggested to me things that are most unchristian, 599 00:45:50,540 --> 00:45:52,876 in regards to the other heirs to the throne. 600 00:45:53,793 --> 00:45:55,837 Do you mean the firstborn you had banished 601 00:45:55,921 --> 00:45:58,089 so your son could make a better marriage? 602 00:46:00,050 --> 00:46:04,220 I mean the children who were conceived without holy union. 603 00:46:04,304 --> 00:46:06,514 The first marriage was legitimate. 604 00:46:08,934 --> 00:46:11,603 There are priests who will swear on the book to it. 605 00:46:12,395 --> 00:46:13,438 Lady... 606 00:46:15,565 --> 00:46:18,443 You chose lord aethelhelm's daughter as a match, 607 00:46:18,526 --> 00:46:21,237 because he had silver that wessex needed. 608 00:46:21,988 --> 00:46:24,616 You chose her over a woman your son loved 609 00:46:24,699 --> 00:46:26,618 and who had borne him children. 610 00:46:27,077 --> 00:46:29,079 You cannot invite a serpent into the garden 611 00:46:29,162 --> 00:46:31,706 and be surprised when it slithers on the ground. 612 00:46:33,959 --> 00:46:37,212 Did I not have you removed from the court, father beocca? 613 00:46:37,295 --> 00:46:40,090 Yes, another one of your rash judgments. 614 00:46:40,173 --> 00:46:44,344 It is unwise to remain somewhere you are not wanted. 615 00:46:44,427 --> 00:46:46,721 And yet you choose to stay here, too. 616 00:46:47,931 --> 00:46:49,474 Perhaps we are not so different. 617 00:47:01,111 --> 00:47:02,654 [Hild] This bitterness is not her. 618 00:47:04,072 --> 00:47:06,992 Her role is diminished and she is veiled in grief. 619 00:47:08,159 --> 00:47:09,369 Yes. 620 00:47:09,953 --> 00:47:12,539 It can make a person less than they should be. 621 00:47:13,623 --> 00:47:14,791 I should know. 622 00:47:33,518 --> 00:47:36,271 Seize the land to the north until you reach the sea. 623 00:47:38,023 --> 00:47:40,817 And then we will see which Saxon kingdom is the greatest. 624 00:47:42,736 --> 00:47:44,487 And who should knee! To whom. 625 00:48:01,921 --> 00:48:03,214 [Finan] Which one? 626 00:48:05,842 --> 00:48:07,343 [Sihtric] It's not him. 627 00:48:16,019 --> 00:48:17,270 [Finan] It's him. Go! 628 00:48:21,941 --> 00:48:23,234 [Young uhtred grunts] 629 00:48:23,318 --> 00:48:26,029 - Hey! Get off! Who are you! - He's a sinner, father! 630 00:48:27,197 --> 00:48:28,557 [Young uhtred] Where are we going? 631 00:48:34,871 --> 00:48:36,414 [Grunts and pants] 632 00:48:38,792 --> 00:48:39,834 [Pants] 633 00:48:45,298 --> 00:48:49,302 - Hello, father. - Men, this is my son. Young uhtred. 634 00:48:49,385 --> 00:48:52,597 I don't use that name. It belongs to a priest killer. 635 00:48:56,351 --> 00:48:58,103 I'm here to guide you back to your family. 636 00:48:58,186 --> 00:48:59,354 The church is my family. 637 00:48:59,437 --> 00:49:01,564 It's not. You were placed there without my permission. 638 00:49:01,648 --> 00:49:03,733 Praise be to king Alfred for that. 639 00:49:08,822 --> 00:49:10,841 We are leaving this place and you are coming with me. 640 00:49:10,865 --> 00:49:12,325 - Am I? - Yes, you have no choice. 641 00:49:12,408 --> 00:49:13,888 Take off the woman's garb. Wear this. 642 00:49:16,496 --> 00:49:19,791 And, uh... I have a gift for you. 643 00:49:21,376 --> 00:49:22,418 Sihtric! 644 00:49:24,838 --> 00:49:27,215 [Horse grunts and whinnies] 645 00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:36,683 Impressive beast. 646 00:49:40,854 --> 00:49:44,691 Hey. I did not realize how much you'd grown. 647 00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:52,282 Ride to coccham with us. In time, we will find you a proper horse. 648 00:49:52,365 --> 00:49:53,408 Why would I go to coccham? 649 00:49:53,491 --> 00:49:55,577 To collect the ship that will take us north... 650 00:49:56,077 --> 00:49:58,246 To reclaim your birthright and mine. 651 00:50:00,456 --> 00:50:03,168 To seize back what was lost and unite our family. 652 00:50:03,626 --> 00:50:06,588 - I'm taking you to bebbanburg. - Never heard of it. 653 00:50:16,890 --> 00:50:20,602 - He doesn't seem to like you much. - That's Alfred's legacy. 654 00:50:22,395 --> 00:50:23,980 The man torments me still. 655 00:50:39,996 --> 00:50:42,290 Let me guess. I'm to be banished again. 656 00:50:42,373 --> 00:50:44,125 Would I let that happen, beocca? 657 00:50:44,584 --> 00:50:46,264 I would say keep yourself indoors a while. 658 00:50:46,878 --> 00:50:48,171 I am to be silenced. 659 00:50:49,130 --> 00:50:52,383 I'm sorry. Lady aelswith wields power where she can. 660 00:50:53,259 --> 00:50:56,095 I will drop in and bring you news until she has calmed herself. 661 00:50:56,179 --> 00:50:58,514 You are a good man, father pyrlig. 662 00:51:01,059 --> 00:51:03,019 A good friend to me and to wessex. 663 00:51:06,898 --> 00:51:07,941 Before you go... 664 00:51:12,654 --> 00:51:15,740 To advise a king is a great honor. 665 00:51:17,659 --> 00:51:19,202 But it can also be a curse. 666 00:51:20,495 --> 00:51:24,123 Sometimes found myself at war with my own conscience. 667 00:51:25,166 --> 00:51:27,168 I want you to know you have my blessing. 668 00:51:27,669 --> 00:51:28,711 To do what? 669 00:51:28,795 --> 00:51:31,297 Whatever must be done to protect king Edward. 670 00:51:33,508 --> 00:51:37,136 Ah. The king grows wiser by the day, true. 671 00:51:38,638 --> 00:51:41,057 He has all the makings of a great leader, I'm sure. 672 00:51:42,558 --> 00:51:44,310 But time may be against you. 673 00:51:45,311 --> 00:51:47,105 Those around him have ambition. 674 00:51:47,188 --> 00:51:53,486 And it is not the ambition of the king, or of his father, who we both loved. 675 00:51:55,405 --> 00:51:57,240 So, you do what you must. 676 00:52:20,847 --> 00:52:22,056 It's sturdy enough. 677 00:52:22,974 --> 00:52:26,519 Do we not need something more... agile? 678 00:52:28,479 --> 00:52:30,481 We're not taking pelts to sell to frankia. 679 00:52:31,316 --> 00:52:33,651 Do you want aelfric to know that we're coming? 680 00:52:35,153 --> 00:52:36,529 I suppose not. 681 00:52:37,238 --> 00:52:38,281 Pelts it is. 682 00:52:43,369 --> 00:52:44,412 Uhtred! 683 00:52:49,667 --> 00:52:50,752 Beocca? 684 00:52:52,837 --> 00:52:54,714 Are you kidding? [Chuckles] 685 00:52:55,298 --> 00:52:59,761 Do you have room for half a man more? I flee the wrath of the lady aelswith. 686 00:52:59,844 --> 00:53:03,389 As do we all. I'm sure we can make space for you. 687 00:53:04,015 --> 00:53:07,435 I'm afraid I'll be not much use to you as a fighter. 688 00:53:08,811 --> 00:53:10,772 Happily for you, I am desperate. 689 00:53:10,855 --> 00:53:13,066 [Beocca laughs] 690 00:53:13,149 --> 00:53:15,360 [Finan] We'll require more ale, for sure. 691 00:53:18,529 --> 00:53:21,157 Did hild send you to keep an eye on me? 692 00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:26,412 It was entirely my decision. 693 00:53:28,206 --> 00:53:30,792 You were right. I've allowed myself to get old too quickly. 694 00:53:32,210 --> 00:53:34,295 I shall leech off their youthfulness... 695 00:53:35,797 --> 00:53:37,048 Revive myself. 696 00:53:37,131 --> 00:53:38,549 [Finan chuckles] 697 00:53:41,427 --> 00:53:42,887 What is the real reason? 698 00:53:45,723 --> 00:53:47,683 Word reached me... 699 00:53:49,727 --> 00:53:53,064 Of the abduction of a young Deacon. 700 00:53:54,482 --> 00:53:56,025 So, I felt I should, uh... 701 00:53:58,903 --> 00:54:00,029 [Uhtred sighs] 702 00:54:00,613 --> 00:54:02,824 You came to help me be a better father. 703 00:54:04,450 --> 00:54:05,827 Well, there is that. 704 00:54:06,869 --> 00:54:08,037 [Uhtred] And? 705 00:54:41,612 --> 00:54:43,364 Come, get on the boat with us. 706 00:54:43,448 --> 00:54:45,116 What use do you have for me? 707 00:54:46,659 --> 00:54:49,245 Why do you drag me to something for which I'm not made? 708 00:54:49,787 --> 00:54:53,291 Because I see the man that you will be, not the boy that you are. 709 00:54:59,797 --> 00:55:03,050 I know what it is to be ripped from one life to live another. 710 00:55:04,302 --> 00:55:06,679 And I know that it will make you stronger. 711 00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:09,515 Perhaps my faith is being tested. 712 00:55:11,476 --> 00:55:13,603 - Perhaps that's what it is. - You see this? 713 00:55:16,063 --> 00:55:17,482 This was my father's. 714 00:55:18,858 --> 00:55:20,443 One day it will be yours. 715 00:55:21,819 --> 00:55:24,363 - It is fate. - It doesn't feel like fate. 716 00:55:26,032 --> 00:55:27,492 It feels like penance. 717 00:55:51,891 --> 00:55:54,143 [Finan] Get your saintly arse on the bench, osferth. 718 00:55:54,227 --> 00:55:57,146 - [Uhtred] Let's go. - He gets sick traveling backward. 719 00:55:57,230 --> 00:55:59,857 [Osferth] I do not. I just like to see where we're going. 720 00:55:59,941 --> 00:56:02,109 [Sihtric laughs] 721 00:56:52,910 --> 00:56:54,620 To bebbanburg! 722 00:56:55,621 --> 00:56:56,706 Raise the sail!