1 00:00:01,002 --> 00:00:03,462 I am uhfred, son of th'red. 2 00:00:04,797 --> 00:00:10,219 My b/'ffhr/'ghz' bebbanburg was cruelly taken by my uncle ae/fr/c. 3 00:00:10,303 --> 00:00:14,056 My greatest fighters... Or the most fearful? 4 00:00:14,140 --> 00:00:15,850 [U htred] His men desert him 5 00:00:15,933 --> 00:00:19,770 and the Scots send raiders, who weaken those that remain. 6 00:00:20,271 --> 00:00:22,106 How many did we lose this time? 7 00:00:22,565 --> 00:00:25,735 [U htred] The time is right for me to take back what is mine. 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,321 Give me 100 men. It will take a week. 9 00:00:28,404 --> 00:00:30,698 Two hundred, I can take it in a day. 10 00:00:30,781 --> 00:00:35,912 But the new king, Edward, has fallen under the influence of lord aethe/he/m. 11 00:00:35,995 --> 00:00:38,873 I'm no longer the boy who can be bent to your will! 12 00:00:38,956 --> 00:00:43,044 [U htred] Aethelred of mercia looks to bebbanburg for a difi'erent purpose. 13 00:00:43,127 --> 00:00:46,672 I'm collecting all the bones of our beloved Saint as a good omen 14 00:00:46,756 --> 00:00:50,176 to signal to the mercian people that I shall restore their lands to greatness. 15 00:00:50,259 --> 00:00:54,138 [U htred] He has sent holy men there to bargain for an ancient relic. 16 00:00:55,264 --> 00:00:58,100 Iha ve also sought out the help of a Christian. 17 00:00:58,184 --> 00:00:59,560 Hello, father. 18 00:00:59,644 --> 00:01:05,274 My son, who was taken by Alfred and raised with a devout faith. 19 00:01:05,358 --> 00:01:07,985 The mercian commander eardwulf 20 00:01:08,069 --> 00:01:11,489 has traveled to eastang/ia to meet with haesten. 21 00:01:11,572 --> 00:01:12,865 Did you see them leave? 22 00:01:12,949 --> 00:01:15,826 Yes. They're dismantling their camp and packing their boats. 23 00:01:15,910 --> 00:01:19,997 [U htred] And nowaethe/red looks to conquer dane/and 24 00:01:20,081 --> 00:01:22,041 as well as eardwulf's sister. 25 00:01:23,793 --> 00:01:27,713 The feelings thataethe/flaed and I have always held 26 00:01:27,797 --> 00:01:29,298 can no longer be contained. 27 00:01:30,258 --> 00:01:34,345 But for now, my duty draws me to the north once again. 28 00:01:35,012 --> 00:01:36,681 To bebbanburg! 29 00:01:37,390 --> 00:01:39,225 Destiny is all! 30 00:01:40,643 --> 00:01:44,188 [Wind howls] 31 00:02:02,290 --> 00:02:03,958 Ran can be a Vixen. 32 00:02:05,710 --> 00:02:07,128 This should settle her. 33 00:02:07,586 --> 00:02:11,215 Rain is pagan lies. I pity you for believing it. 34 00:02:11,757 --> 00:02:14,552 - Finan, give him something to do. - [Finan] Yes, lord! 35 00:02:15,928 --> 00:02:18,681 [Groans] Oh, god. Whoa. 36 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:21,642 Hey! You can empty this. 37 00:02:21,726 --> 00:02:24,895 [Men laughing] 38 00:02:27,273 --> 00:02:29,066 [Laughs] 39 00:02:29,150 --> 00:02:30,276 Tell me the truth. 40 00:02:31,569 --> 00:02:33,904 - Am I the bait? - For what? 41 00:02:34,572 --> 00:02:36,407 In the plan you are hiding from me. 42 00:02:37,491 --> 00:02:40,161 - Am I the bait? - Nothing is hidden from you. 43 00:02:40,244 --> 00:02:42,955 We are tracking monks who have entry to bebbanburg. 44 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:48,002 You will befriend them, enter bebbanburg and open the sea gate to us. 45 00:02:48,085 --> 00:02:51,630 I think you have another reason for dragging me into your revenge. 46 00:02:51,714 --> 00:02:54,759 Yes, so you may win honor and reputation. 47 00:02:54,842 --> 00:02:57,887 The only reputation that matters is my standing with god. 48 00:02:59,263 --> 00:03:01,891 You cannot force a boy to be a warrior. 49 00:03:01,974 --> 00:03:05,603 My blood runs within his veins. Why can he not see that? 50 00:03:05,686 --> 00:03:08,189 Because your blood is that of a stubborn bastard! 51 00:03:11,484 --> 00:03:13,778 - Our father... - Who do you pray for, boy? 52 00:03:15,863 --> 00:03:18,282 - Hm? - The men you will slaughter. 53 00:03:20,034 --> 00:03:22,286 You seem to take things when you want them. 54 00:03:22,995 --> 00:03:25,456 When you do, show mercy. 55 00:03:26,165 --> 00:03:30,002 To my uncle aelfric, who spent a lifetime wishing me dead? 56 00:03:30,086 --> 00:03:33,005 - There is a power in forgiveness. - Good. 57 00:03:35,966 --> 00:03:38,177 Then you may use it to forgive me. 58 00:03:47,603 --> 00:03:51,023 He continues to sign himself king of mercia, 59 00:03:51,107 --> 00:03:53,609 and now we hear he leads troops out of aegelesburg. 60 00:03:53,692 --> 00:03:55,694 Aethelred has always been ambitious. 61 00:03:55,778 --> 00:03:59,031 - Do you know where he's gone? - My husband doesn't inform me of anything. 62 00:03:59,949 --> 00:04:02,535 I know he is seeking the bones of St. oswald. 63 00:04:03,452 --> 00:04:05,746 Edward, that is grave. 64 00:04:05,830 --> 00:04:10,209 If he is seeking St. oswald, he is seeking to break from wessex. 65 00:04:12,336 --> 00:04:16,215 Many mercians believe that uniting the body of the Saint 66 00:04:16,298 --> 00:04:18,676 will restore their land to greatness. 67 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:21,137 Yes, but the people want peace, not war. 68 00:04:21,220 --> 00:04:24,014 Still, it is a signal of intention. 69 00:04:24,098 --> 00:04:27,268 Or a ploy to pander to the simple folk of mercia. 70 00:04:27,351 --> 00:04:30,062 The people of mercia are not simple. 71 00:04:31,689 --> 00:04:34,275 Well, whatever it is he is doing... 72 00:04:35,151 --> 00:04:36,861 Do not allow yourself to be drawn in. 73 00:04:36,944 --> 00:04:39,321 The weak should not be allowed to set terms. 74 00:04:39,405 --> 00:04:41,991 If you do not play, he cannot win. 75 00:04:42,074 --> 00:04:45,411 Leave childishness to the little children. 76 00:04:45,494 --> 00:04:49,874 Ah. Here he is, the future king of all the realm. 77 00:04:49,957 --> 00:04:52,251 - [Aelfweard laughs] - See how nimble he is! 78 00:04:53,085 --> 00:04:54,753 That's a great swordsman in the making! 79 00:04:55,379 --> 00:04:56,964 Yes, indeed. [Clears throat] 80 00:04:58,674 --> 00:05:02,595 Yes, and he is a child of great authority, too. 81 00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:06,474 You should have seen the way he kicked steapa to make his displeasure known. 82 00:05:06,557 --> 00:05:07,641 [Steapa chuckles] 83 00:05:07,725 --> 00:05:09,185 A boy of many talents. 84 00:05:11,270 --> 00:05:12,771 [Edward sighs] 85 00:05:13,439 --> 00:05:14,482 Come with me. 86 00:05:14,565 --> 00:05:17,568 I want to show you a book of your grandfather's. 87 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:20,279 Do not pester the boy with Latin. 88 00:05:20,362 --> 00:05:23,199 [Aethelhelm] He is to be a king, not a clerk. 89 00:05:23,282 --> 00:05:26,035 The men of wessex are fighters. 90 00:05:26,952 --> 00:05:29,580 Rule the sword and rule the land. 91 00:05:34,752 --> 00:05:37,463 He digs away at all that is precious. 92 00:05:37,922 --> 00:05:39,340 Yes, it is troubling... 93 00:05:40,132 --> 00:05:42,635 As are my husband's intentions. 94 00:05:43,636 --> 00:05:45,930 I will ask aldhelm to make inquiries. 95 00:05:51,268 --> 00:05:52,311 Father pyrlig? 96 00:05:54,939 --> 00:05:56,565 Bring father beocca to me. 97 00:05:57,316 --> 00:05:59,109 I was a little unjust with him... 98 00:05:59,193 --> 00:06:02,029 And wish to ask his advice on a certain person. 99 00:06:02,112 --> 00:06:04,949 Father beocca has left Winchester, lady. 100 00:06:05,032 --> 00:06:09,245 He felt there was nothing left here for him. I doubt he will ever return. 101 00:06:09,328 --> 00:06:11,205 And so our allies abandon us. 102 00:06:11,288 --> 00:06:14,208 Lady, you asked for him to be removed. 103 00:06:15,543 --> 00:06:16,585 Yes. 104 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:18,963 Yes, I suppose I did. 105 00:06:19,463 --> 00:06:23,008 Just as I asked my son to be married to that vain, silly girl. 106 00:06:24,552 --> 00:06:26,971 Why the lord guided me this way, I cannot fathom. 107 00:06:27,596 --> 00:06:28,889 Maybe the lord didn't. 108 00:06:30,683 --> 00:06:35,896 Any path I chose was to secure the country my husband loved. 109 00:06:36,647 --> 00:06:38,148 And how well did that work, lady? 110 00:07:39,418 --> 00:07:42,129 [Villagers murmuring] 111 00:07:42,212 --> 00:07:44,757 A pathetic hoard, most of them drunk or senile. 112 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,592 The Scots will laugh. 113 00:07:46,675 --> 00:07:49,887 I cannot hold them off with this! We need more warriors. 114 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:52,681 - I have been trying, lord. - [Aelfric scoffs] 115 00:07:52,765 --> 00:07:55,934 The slaver can get us trained men, but he wants 10,000. 116 00:07:56,018 --> 00:08:00,189 Ten thousand would empty the treasury. What good is a fortress without silver? 117 00:08:00,272 --> 00:08:02,900 Lord, we must sell the heart of Saint oswald. 118 00:08:04,026 --> 00:08:05,653 Time is moving against us. 119 00:08:07,363 --> 00:08:10,741 We can only sustain these attacks from the Scots for so long. 120 00:08:11,408 --> 00:08:14,536 He's desperate for it, you say, aethelred? 121 00:08:14,620 --> 00:08:16,622 This is what I have heard. 122 00:08:16,705 --> 00:08:20,209 [Aidan] The monks he dispatched will arrive here soon. 123 00:08:26,382 --> 00:08:30,594 Then we shall bleed silver from him and buy the men. 124 00:09:06,964 --> 00:09:09,717 So, where do we start? 125 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,594 Where do you look for monks in a place like this? 126 00:09:13,429 --> 00:09:15,514 - St. colman's? - The whorehouse! 127 00:09:15,597 --> 00:09:17,683 [All laughing] 128 00:09:17,766 --> 00:09:20,102 That's it. I'm staying on the boat. 129 00:09:20,185 --> 00:09:23,522 It's not safe for you to be alone this deep within danelaw. 130 00:09:24,148 --> 00:09:26,525 - Come. - Then I will pray for salvation. 131 00:09:26,608 --> 00:09:28,485 I will stay with him, keep us both safe. 132 00:09:28,569 --> 00:09:31,238 - They do not love a priest in grimesby. - Thank you, father. 133 00:09:32,322 --> 00:09:33,741 To the whorehouse then! 134 00:09:36,410 --> 00:09:38,454 [Beocca] You misjudge your father, you know. 135 00:09:38,537 --> 00:09:41,498 He's not the bloodthirsty heathen you take him for. 136 00:09:41,582 --> 00:09:44,126 Thou shalt not kill, father beocca. 137 00:09:45,002 --> 00:09:48,213 - Or are you rusty on the scripture? - I know the teaching. 138 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:50,799 But I also know aelfric. 139 00:09:51,383 --> 00:09:54,094 And having some years on you, I also know... 140 00:09:54,887 --> 00:09:57,848 That sometimes one must do wrong to do right. 141 00:10:00,350 --> 00:10:04,146 Aelfric tried to kill a child for no gain but wooden walls. 142 00:10:05,063 --> 00:10:08,609 And for that, he wrenched a boy from his Christian life... 143 00:10:09,234 --> 00:10:12,362 Delivered him to the heathens and damned his soul to all eternity. 144 00:10:13,322 --> 00:10:16,158 Uhtred is avenging a great wrong done to him. 145 00:10:17,326 --> 00:10:21,205 Help him in his mission and you will be helping... 146 00:10:21,288 --> 00:10:23,582 Helping him return to a life of Christian piety? 147 00:10:26,752 --> 00:10:29,129 - Not that, but... - There is a chance. 148 00:10:30,422 --> 00:10:31,965 All sinners can repent. 149 00:10:34,259 --> 00:10:37,054 Well, we shall see. 150 00:10:39,890 --> 00:10:41,266 Come on. 151 00:10:46,313 --> 00:10:47,606 [Door thuds] 152 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:50,651 [Murmuring] 153 00:10:50,734 --> 00:10:53,278 Grimesby seems like a lovely place. 154 00:10:53,362 --> 00:10:55,906 - I hear the oysters are delicious. - Hm. 155 00:10:58,242 --> 00:11:00,369 [The inn falls silent] 156 00:11:03,372 --> 00:11:06,708 Sihtric, don't make eye contact. 157 00:11:07,626 --> 00:11:10,337 - What's your business here? - We're traders. 158 00:11:11,255 --> 00:11:12,923 We're taking pelts to frankia. 159 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:14,466 - Really? - Mm-hm. 160 00:11:14,550 --> 00:11:16,402 Well, you keep trouble out of my alehouse, agreed? 161 00:11:16,426 --> 00:11:19,805 Hey, we're just hungry for some food, nothing more. 162 00:11:19,888 --> 00:11:22,766 And do you have women? He needs a woman. 163 00:11:22,850 --> 00:11:24,601 We're not that sort of alehouse. 164 00:11:26,478 --> 00:11:27,521 Finan. 165 00:11:28,981 --> 00:11:32,651 [Grunting] 166 00:11:32,734 --> 00:11:34,194 She's yours until nightfall. 167 00:11:35,654 --> 00:11:37,447 If you're quick, you can both get a turn. 168 00:11:38,824 --> 00:11:40,117 He'll certainly be quick. 169 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,660 [Man grunting, woman groans] 170 00:11:41,743 --> 00:11:43,787 [Tavern owner chuckles] 171 00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:48,166 [Osferth] Hey, why do I always have to pretend to be the virgin? 172 00:11:48,250 --> 00:11:50,919 [Uhtred] Because no one would believe I am the virgin. 173 00:11:51,003 --> 00:11:52,462 [Man groans] 174 00:11:52,546 --> 00:11:55,132 - [Whipping] - [Oswi] Harder, like your sister does it. 175 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:57,384 - [Woman grunts] - [Groaning] 176 00:11:57,467 --> 00:11:58,635 [Brother oswi] Hit it. 177 00:11:59,469 --> 00:12:03,223 - [Woman grunts] - [Groaning] 178 00:12:03,307 --> 00:12:06,768 - Lead me out to the darkness, lord. - [Woman grunts] 179 00:12:06,852 --> 00:12:08,645 And let this sin... 180 00:12:08,729 --> 00:12:12,941 - I'm a virgin in that, lord. - [Uhtred] I'm sure you are, osferth. 181 00:12:14,026 --> 00:12:15,193 We've found our monks. 182 00:12:15,777 --> 00:12:18,113 Oi, watching costs extra. 183 00:12:21,658 --> 00:12:23,285 [Oswi] Harder! 184 00:12:31,627 --> 00:12:35,797 Traveling overnight, all that way in the saddle with a red raw ass, 185 00:12:35,881 --> 00:12:37,674 a good thing they like pain! 186 00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:40,761 It takes six days to get to bebbanburg on the coast road. 187 00:12:40,844 --> 00:12:42,679 [Finan] They'll get there before ascension. 188 00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:46,058 I'm a good Christian boy, lord. 189 00:12:46,975 --> 00:12:48,435 You should not arrive before them. 190 00:12:48,518 --> 00:12:51,313 The rocks around bebbanburg do not treat ships kindly. 191 00:12:52,940 --> 00:12:55,651 So, we wait here and enjoy the atmosphere? 192 00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:59,237 [Men murmuring] 193 00:13:03,909 --> 00:13:08,538 Uhtred, see these two monks? They're the ones we've been searching for. 194 00:13:09,164 --> 00:13:10,958 They're leaving for bebbanburg. Follow them. 195 00:13:11,041 --> 00:13:13,460 It's our strongest chance of getting into the fortress. 196 00:13:14,461 --> 00:13:16,964 - I can't simply follow... - If there were, I would not ask. 197 00:13:17,047 --> 00:13:20,008 My men have been there recently. They would be recognized. 198 00:13:20,092 --> 00:13:22,572 - So, I am the sacrificial lamb... - You are our greatest hope. 199 00:13:23,095 --> 00:13:24,429 Do not do this for me. 200 00:13:24,513 --> 00:13:27,432 Do it for your descendants. Whatever I take will one day be yours. 201 00:13:27,516 --> 00:13:29,434 I'm not the warrior you seem to mistake me for. 202 00:13:30,936 --> 00:13:32,270 Why do you have this faith in me? 203 00:13:34,731 --> 00:13:38,068 Because I know that the spirit of our family is within you. 204 00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:41,405 [Uhtred] That will give you a strength that you do not know yet. 205 00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:52,833 I will try and do as you need, but I will not kill a man. 206 00:13:52,916 --> 00:13:54,209 That is all I want. 207 00:13:54,668 --> 00:13:56,962 Three pieces of silver says he runs home. 208 00:14:01,216 --> 00:14:03,051 - [Uhtred] Take this horse. - [Beocca] Uhtred. 209 00:14:04,136 --> 00:14:05,971 Ride the road north, close to the shore. 210 00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:08,265 Leave now, so you can be ahead of the monks. 211 00:14:08,348 --> 00:14:10,183 Find them. Join them. 212 00:14:15,397 --> 00:14:18,442 - [Finan] Lord! - I would not send you to be slaughtered. 213 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:21,778 When I see you signal, I will approach the sea gate. 214 00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:27,534 He'll be looked after. 215 00:14:28,118 --> 00:14:30,370 He's blessed, as are you. 216 00:14:30,454 --> 00:14:31,534 [Finan] All right, come on. 217 00:14:32,456 --> 00:14:33,498 Uhtred. 218 00:14:33,582 --> 00:14:34,624 [Men murmuring] 219 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:07,491 [Aethelred] Try it on. 220 00:15:08,742 --> 00:15:11,620 I will, when you leave. 221 00:15:11,703 --> 00:15:13,872 No. I had it made for you. 222 00:15:13,955 --> 00:15:15,165 I want to see it now. 223 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:18,043 Lord, I will not undress before you. 224 00:15:19,669 --> 00:15:22,506 - I am a woman from a noble family. - Whose father disgraced... 225 00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:24,389 Whose father was unfairly shamed for no reason 226 00:15:24,466 --> 00:15:26,426 other than falling from the ealdormen's favor. 227 00:15:27,135 --> 00:15:28,845 Lady, enough of this game. 228 00:15:30,764 --> 00:15:32,682 You have no good reason to deny me. 229 00:15:32,766 --> 00:15:35,560 I act simply for the good of your soul. 230 00:15:38,146 --> 00:15:39,439 You have a wife. 231 00:15:46,947 --> 00:15:48,115 You are right. 232 00:15:49,241 --> 00:15:50,408 I see that now. 233 00:15:53,411 --> 00:15:56,623 I should make myself a widower and marry you. 234 00:15:58,792 --> 00:16:00,252 Is that not what you want? 235 00:16:01,419 --> 00:16:03,630 Along with all of these silks and furs. 236 00:16:04,089 --> 00:16:07,551 Just... a good life... 237 00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:09,886 For a girl who has nothing. 238 00:16:12,389 --> 00:16:13,723 Am I being very unfair? 239 00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:17,936 Have I misjudged your Christian soul? 240 00:16:24,860 --> 00:16:26,444 It can all be arranged. 241 00:16:57,893 --> 00:17:00,312 - Did you do the deed? - No. 242 00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:02,814 Drag it out much longer, he'll lose interest. 243 00:17:02,898 --> 00:17:05,317 How wrong you are. He's not losing interest. 244 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,320 He's threatening to have lady aethelflaed killed, 245 00:17:07,402 --> 00:17:08,486 so that he may marry me. 246 00:17:08,570 --> 00:17:10,280 That is good news! 247 00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:14,075 No, it is not! I would have the blood of Alfred's daughter on my hands. 248 00:17:14,159 --> 00:17:15,344 It seems like a fair exchange. 249 00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:17,412 Married to a man who kills those who displease him? 250 00:17:17,495 --> 00:17:20,749 - Again, it seems like... - He is volatile and we must be careful. 251 00:17:21,249 --> 00:17:25,712 Promise me, if he asks you to attack lady aethelflaed, you will refuse. 252 00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:31,051 I will never defy the wishes of king aethelred. 253 00:17:31,801 --> 00:17:32,844 And nor should you. 254 00:17:44,898 --> 00:17:47,776 We will rest here and attack at first light. 255 00:17:48,485 --> 00:17:50,528 Catch the mercians sleeping in their beds. 256 00:17:50,612 --> 00:17:52,155 How far is aegelesburg? 257 00:17:52,989 --> 00:17:56,326 - Close enough to surprise them. - Then this is where I say goodbye. 258 00:17:58,662 --> 00:18:01,623 [Brida] We camp here tonight, march at dawn! 259 00:18:01,706 --> 00:18:04,042 [Cnut] You are certain we cannot tempt you to battle? 260 00:18:04,125 --> 00:18:07,462 I have no interest in fighting, only women and silver. 261 00:18:07,545 --> 00:18:09,589 Because you have to pay women to hump them? 262 00:18:09,673 --> 00:18:11,883 Better than reeling them in with lies. 263 00:18:12,509 --> 00:18:15,762 Fair. But everything I did allowed the Danes to triumph. 264 00:18:15,845 --> 00:18:18,556 You will miss a great gathering of armies, haesten. 265 00:18:19,224 --> 00:18:22,644 Edward is honor-bound to defend the land of his sister and mother. 266 00:18:22,727 --> 00:18:25,939 Aethelred's death will force swift retaliation. 267 00:18:26,022 --> 00:18:27,941 [Cnut] We will ride into mercia in a fury 268 00:18:28,024 --> 00:18:30,944 and will force them to a battle place where we have the advantage. 269 00:18:31,027 --> 00:18:34,906 Wessex, mercians, all christians. 270 00:18:35,407 --> 00:18:37,200 This will bring them together. 271 00:18:37,284 --> 00:18:39,452 Then you will have united the saxons. 272 00:18:39,536 --> 00:18:41,538 Alfred would be very proud. 273 00:18:41,621 --> 00:18:43,290 Cnut! Let's go. 274 00:18:44,082 --> 00:18:45,583 Boys, come here. 275 00:18:47,877 --> 00:18:50,755 I want you to go with our friend haesten. 276 00:18:52,132 --> 00:18:55,343 He will take you north until our campaign is over. 277 00:18:55,427 --> 00:18:58,305 Should they not witness the battle? I know it's dangerous but... 278 00:18:58,388 --> 00:19:01,308 There will be battles to come. Today, they are too young. 279 00:19:02,851 --> 00:19:07,564 Haesten, attend to them and teach them nothing you know. 280 00:19:07,647 --> 00:19:10,442 - [Chuckles] - [Cnut] Come, boys, let's get you ready. 281 00:19:11,276 --> 00:19:13,320 The shit loves his offspring. 282 00:19:14,112 --> 00:19:15,697 How did he draw you to him? 283 00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:18,241 We made a bond in blood. 284 00:19:18,325 --> 00:19:21,036 If you ever get bored of the ugly bastard... 285 00:19:22,037 --> 00:19:24,998 You know, I have fathered ten children. 286 00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:28,710 - That is of no use to me. - [Chuckles] No? 287 00:19:32,589 --> 00:19:35,925 Because you carry his pup! 288 00:19:38,011 --> 00:19:39,512 [Laughs] 289 00:19:39,596 --> 00:19:41,639 I can tell by the tits. 290 00:19:46,061 --> 00:19:49,105 If you tell him this before I fight the saxons... 291 00:19:49,647 --> 00:19:52,650 I will cut off your balls and feed them to you. 292 00:19:52,734 --> 00:19:54,444 I'm overjoyed for you, brida. 293 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,655 The world needs more little cnuts. 294 00:19:57,739 --> 00:19:58,782 [Cnut] Brida! 295 00:19:58,865 --> 00:20:00,075 - Hm? - [Cnut] Come. 296 00:20:01,326 --> 00:20:06,539 [Cnut] Rest tonight. Prepare yourselves. There will be many sleepless nights ahead! 297 00:20:06,623 --> 00:20:11,669 But, at daybreak, we shall strike and blood will run! 298 00:20:11,753 --> 00:20:13,838 Mercia will burn! 299 00:20:13,922 --> 00:20:15,965 [All cheering] 300 00:20:21,805 --> 00:20:23,515 [Soldiers yelling] 301 00:20:23,598 --> 00:20:25,767 [Villagers screaming] 302 00:20:27,477 --> 00:20:28,520 [Woman screams] 303 00:20:30,105 --> 00:20:31,564 Bring me aethelred! 304 00:20:31,648 --> 00:20:32,982 [Woman screaming] 305 00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:34,818 [Shouting and yelling] 306 00:20:34,901 --> 00:20:36,486 [Yelling] 307 00:20:39,406 --> 00:20:40,824 [Shouting] 308 00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:42,742 [Screaming] 309 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,163 Where is he? 310 00:20:52,293 --> 00:20:53,670 [Jackdaw] Where's your lord? 311 00:20:54,421 --> 00:20:55,588 Where's your lord? 312 00:20:56,131 --> 00:20:59,092 [Shouting] 313 00:21:01,052 --> 00:21:02,178 Next! 314 00:21:02,804 --> 00:21:04,013 [Screams] 315 00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:08,768 Are there any more? 316 00:21:13,731 --> 00:21:17,318 Could they be mercenaries... Come to help defend us? 317 00:21:17,402 --> 00:21:19,195 A donation from the slaver? 318 00:21:19,696 --> 00:21:23,116 Offering reinforcements from the goodness of his heart? 319 00:21:23,199 --> 00:21:25,660 Well, perhaps they will turn away. 320 00:21:26,369 --> 00:21:29,747 Or they are Scots, returning for a fight. 321 00:21:31,082 --> 00:21:34,043 There is one choice, though it sickens me to say it. 322 00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:37,130 Pay them to go away. 323 00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:39,340 So they can return again and we pay them more? 324 00:21:39,424 --> 00:21:41,676 Why not just beg them to make us their vassals? 325 00:21:41,759 --> 00:21:43,636 I did not say it was a good choice. 326 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:44,888 [Inhales sharply] 327 00:21:47,140 --> 00:21:49,142 Send men out to speak with them. 328 00:21:49,225 --> 00:21:51,102 If they return with heads on their shoulders, 329 00:21:51,186 --> 00:21:53,146 we know that the Scots might negotiate. 330 00:21:53,229 --> 00:21:57,025 I shall go myself. I am sick of sending men to slaughter. 331 00:21:58,735 --> 00:22:01,112 Which is why you will never lead, Aidan. 332 00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:22,884 Open the gate. 333 00:22:53,665 --> 00:22:54,999 Alert lord aelfric. 334 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,210 He'll want to see this. 335 00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:03,424 [Whispers] 336 00:23:33,121 --> 00:23:34,872 We heard you were drowned. 337 00:23:34,956 --> 00:23:37,750 We were assured. They said there was no hope. 338 00:23:38,626 --> 00:23:40,169 I nearly did drown, father. 339 00:23:42,171 --> 00:23:46,009 I believed it was my punishment for sending you away. 340 00:23:47,051 --> 00:23:48,261 No punishment. 341 00:23:49,721 --> 00:23:52,015 Just a moment to learn how much I wanted to live... 342 00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:54,642 And return to you and bebbanburg. 343 00:23:54,726 --> 00:23:57,186 I thought my legacy was lost forever. 344 00:23:58,104 --> 00:24:00,356 I assure you, your descendants will thrive. 345 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:03,776 When I got word you were under attack, I seized the moment. 346 00:24:03,860 --> 00:24:05,528 I've brought warriors... 347 00:24:06,529 --> 00:24:09,240 Men I've collected from every corner of the known world. 348 00:24:10,074 --> 00:24:12,410 Strong men, loyal men. 349 00:24:17,665 --> 00:24:19,250 Bebbanburg is saved. 350 00:24:30,637 --> 00:24:32,847 [Beocca] As magnificent as ever it was. 351 00:24:32,930 --> 00:24:36,476 Indeed... if it is real and not a dream. 352 00:24:37,894 --> 00:24:39,437 It is real enough. 353 00:24:41,022 --> 00:24:44,233 - We need get no closer at this point. - Lord! 354 00:24:45,443 --> 00:24:46,694 Drop the sail! 355 00:24:47,403 --> 00:24:50,615 Row inland and keep under the shadow of the cliff. 356 00:24:55,536 --> 00:24:57,789 How long do we wait for your son to send a sign? 357 00:24:58,206 --> 00:24:59,332 Until it comes. 358 00:25:02,251 --> 00:25:04,545 It is all the will of the gods now. 359 00:25:22,897 --> 00:25:25,149 [Aethelflaed] Is this some plan to become a Saint? 360 00:25:26,234 --> 00:25:29,070 It is preparation for the royal consecration. 361 00:25:29,153 --> 00:25:31,656 [Aelswith] Becoming queen is a now a holy rite? 362 00:25:31,739 --> 00:25:32,979 [Aethelflaed] The insult of it. 363 00:25:33,533 --> 00:25:36,285 I take it this was also lord aethelhelm's idea. 364 00:25:36,369 --> 00:25:40,498 Yes. He is quiet, but his ambitions for his family grow. 365 00:25:41,624 --> 00:25:44,711 He obsesses over the aetheling and pushes me aside. 366 00:25:45,336 --> 00:25:47,088 Had I known what sort of man he was, 367 00:25:47,171 --> 00:25:49,632 I would've selected a different bride for your brother. 368 00:25:50,133 --> 00:25:51,467 What does the king say? 369 00:25:51,551 --> 00:25:53,511 Edward cherishes peace... 370 00:25:53,970 --> 00:25:56,431 Both within wessex and within the palace. 371 00:25:58,015 --> 00:26:01,394 So, I must accept when I am no longer wanted. 372 00:26:06,691 --> 00:26:08,860 She feels my father's loss. 373 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:10,528 As do we all. 374 00:26:17,285 --> 00:26:20,663 I would like 17 candles lit on my behalf. 375 00:26:21,289 --> 00:26:24,751 One at each shrine and no mumbling in the prayers. 376 00:26:24,834 --> 00:26:27,545 The lord wants to hear your full hearts. 377 00:26:29,505 --> 00:26:31,090 Seventeen? 378 00:26:31,174 --> 00:26:32,967 Is something on your conscience, lady? 379 00:26:33,050 --> 00:26:37,388 Many things. I fear I've allowed too much to change in the palace. 380 00:26:38,347 --> 00:26:42,226 Tell me, the young centish lady, ecgwynn... 381 00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:44,854 The girl who married your son in secret? 382 00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:46,731 Yes. 383 00:26:47,398 --> 00:26:49,650 What do you know of her present situation? 384 00:26:50,943 --> 00:26:54,864 She took holy orders, when her marriage was forcibly annulled. 385 00:26:55,573 --> 00:26:58,993 And, from what I've heard, she's very unhappy. 386 00:26:59,660 --> 00:27:03,498 Well, the cloistered life may not suit a simple girl. 387 00:27:03,581 --> 00:27:06,667 She was forbidden from seeing the two children she bore your son. 388 00:27:07,585 --> 00:27:09,754 Her daughter she sees occasionally, but her son... 389 00:27:10,546 --> 00:27:13,049 She's not looked on since he was taken from her arms. 390 00:27:14,634 --> 00:27:17,386 That seems a cruel punishment. 391 00:27:17,470 --> 00:27:21,349 For the crime of loving Edward and Edward loving her, yes. 392 00:27:23,309 --> 00:27:26,979 You and beocca are right to question my mistreatment of her. 393 00:27:27,063 --> 00:27:30,107 I would like to make amends, in a small way. 394 00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:35,947 - Where is her son now? - He lives in a monastery. 395 00:27:36,823 --> 00:27:38,449 So, he has a love of god... 396 00:27:39,367 --> 00:27:40,743 But not that of a mother. 397 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,330 An agony I would not want for my own son. 398 00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:51,462 - I would like to see them both. - I can have it arranged. 399 00:27:52,046 --> 00:27:55,007 I am presuming you do not want anyone else to know. 400 00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:58,261 It would put the boy in danger. 401 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:00,471 We both know that. 402 00:28:16,445 --> 00:28:19,365 [Danish warriors shouting insults] 403 00:28:19,448 --> 00:28:20,825 [Groans] 404 00:28:26,163 --> 00:28:29,166 [Villager groaning] 405 00:28:30,293 --> 00:28:32,336 Send scouts to look for a battle place. 406 00:28:32,420 --> 00:28:35,339 Make sure the grain stores are emptied and no food remains. 407 00:28:35,423 --> 00:28:39,010 Gut this palace before the other saxons retaliate! 408 00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:47,393 - [Cnut] Did you see the ealdormen? - I did. 409 00:28:47,476 --> 00:28:48,811 [Both chuckle] 410 00:28:48,895 --> 00:28:52,273 You're inventive in your cruelty. Have you found aethelred? 411 00:28:52,356 --> 00:28:54,650 Not yet. I'm just enjoying his bed. 412 00:28:55,985 --> 00:28:57,069 Would you like to join me? 413 00:29:13,544 --> 00:29:15,671 [Both grunting] 414 00:29:39,403 --> 00:29:40,696 [Aelswith clears throat] 415 00:29:44,867 --> 00:29:46,911 What are you reading, child? 416 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:55,086 You are aethelstan, are you not? 417 00:29:56,128 --> 00:29:57,588 Yes. 418 00:29:57,672 --> 00:30:01,175 Who are your family, aethelstan? 419 00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:04,553 I've been told not to answer that. 420 00:30:05,805 --> 00:30:09,350 Indeed. That is probably wise. 421 00:30:10,059 --> 00:30:12,311 Are you an abbess, lady? 422 00:30:12,395 --> 00:30:16,649 No. I am... a friend. 423 00:30:17,274 --> 00:30:22,071 Though many great abbesses feel I could have been one of their number. 424 00:30:25,992 --> 00:30:27,284 [Clears throat] 425 00:30:27,368 --> 00:30:29,745 Come with me, aethelstan. 426 00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:41,882 A lady wants to meet you. 427 00:30:44,802 --> 00:30:46,262 Go to the garden. 428 00:31:40,441 --> 00:31:41,942 [Monks chattering indistinctly] 429 00:31:51,285 --> 00:31:54,455 - Oh, lord help us! It is a beggar. - Don't look at him. Ignore him. 430 00:31:54,538 --> 00:31:57,291 [Brother iestyn] I cannot. He's heading straight for us. 431 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,043 Travelers! 432 00:31:59,126 --> 00:32:00,628 [Both monks sigh] 433 00:32:00,711 --> 00:32:02,171 He looks insane! 434 00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:03,297 Be wary! 435 00:32:04,924 --> 00:32:06,008 Ignore him. 436 00:32:07,301 --> 00:32:10,096 Travelers, this road is full of murderous thieves! 437 00:32:10,846 --> 00:32:15,184 - Be careful, my brothers in Christ! - Why do you call us brothers, madman? 438 00:32:15,726 --> 00:32:18,395 - Because I am one of your number. - You look a beggar. 439 00:32:18,479 --> 00:32:22,483 No! I am a Deacon, cruelly kidnapped from his church. 440 00:32:22,566 --> 00:32:25,402 A boy whose mind is spent and life is ebbing! 441 00:32:25,486 --> 00:32:26,612 [Monks chuckling] 442 00:32:26,695 --> 00:32:29,156 - Let me ride with you. - We should move on. 443 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,284 In the name of the virgin, there are bandits on this road! 444 00:32:32,368 --> 00:32:35,454 Abandon me and I shall perish and lie here unburied! 445 00:32:35,538 --> 00:32:37,039 [Sighs] Come on. 446 00:32:37,123 --> 00:32:40,292 Please, did Christ not pity the leper? 447 00:32:40,376 --> 00:32:41,585 [Both sigh] 448 00:32:41,669 --> 00:32:43,838 [Both chuckling] 449 00:32:44,505 --> 00:32:47,842 Please, brothers. I know about your sins in grimesby. 450 00:32:50,094 --> 00:32:51,929 Don't let me speak of it to your Abbot. 451 00:32:52,012 --> 00:32:53,222 [Scoffs] 452 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:55,724 What do you want? 453 00:32:55,808 --> 00:32:59,687 Nothing but traveling companions. I swear to it, I mean you no harm. 454 00:32:59,770 --> 00:33:02,273 - Are you any good in a fight? - No. 455 00:33:02,356 --> 00:33:05,818 - Good, they can kill you while we escape. - [Brother oswi chuckles] 456 00:33:20,124 --> 00:33:21,333 [Door opens] 457 00:33:40,227 --> 00:33:42,521 Are you the kind soul who arranged this meeting? 458 00:33:44,190 --> 00:33:45,232 I am. 459 00:33:46,775 --> 00:33:48,068 Do I know you, madam? 460 00:33:48,152 --> 00:33:53,199 Content yourself with knowing that I am a mother who feels for your plight. 461 00:33:53,908 --> 00:33:58,120 Then I thank you. To see him even briefly heals a wounded heart... 462 00:33:59,580 --> 00:34:00,789 For both of us. 463 00:34:01,457 --> 00:34:03,083 You have shown us a great mercy. 464 00:34:04,585 --> 00:34:05,753 Tell me... 465 00:34:07,254 --> 00:34:09,715 Am I still out of favor to the lady aelswith? 466 00:34:12,134 --> 00:34:15,221 Lady aelswith disfavored no one. 467 00:34:16,096 --> 00:34:18,641 She simply chose what was best for her son... 468 00:34:19,350 --> 00:34:21,185 As you will want the best for yours. 469 00:34:21,268 --> 00:34:23,687 What is best for my son is what he once had, 470 00:34:23,771 --> 00:34:25,731 a mother and a father living in happiness. 471 00:34:26,523 --> 00:34:31,028 Perhaps. What is done is done. 472 00:34:31,111 --> 00:34:36,242 But yes, it would be foolish for him to be raised without a woman's nurture. 473 00:34:36,325 --> 00:34:38,953 Men raised by men turn savage. 474 00:34:39,828 --> 00:34:43,540 So we must ensure there is always a lady to guide him... 475 00:34:44,708 --> 00:34:48,629 When he is permanently moved to somewhere more secure. 476 00:34:48,712 --> 00:34:50,172 Why must he be moved? 477 00:34:51,924 --> 00:34:56,136 There is concern that he could be in danger in wessex. 478 00:34:57,096 --> 00:34:59,848 But rest assured, he will be well-protected. 479 00:35:01,392 --> 00:35:04,728 But I am afraid you will not be able to visit again. 480 00:35:11,527 --> 00:35:13,153 Why am I being punished? 481 00:35:14,989 --> 00:35:16,573 Did I deserve this cruelty? 482 00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:19,618 Did I hurt someone as I am now hurt? 483 00:35:20,577 --> 00:35:21,620 Did he? 484 00:35:23,289 --> 00:35:25,708 All I wanted was a husband and family! 485 00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:29,003 To be with the one I loved in a quiet place to call home. 486 00:35:29,086 --> 00:35:35,217 Then you would have been unsuited to life in the palace at Winchester, ecgwynn. 487 00:35:37,052 --> 00:35:39,471 Which is why this has all come to pass. 488 00:36:09,668 --> 00:36:12,046 - Stop staring at me. - I'm not staring. 489 00:36:12,129 --> 00:36:13,297 Mm-hm. 490 00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:17,301 I'm admiring your appetite. Does death make you hungry? 491 00:36:17,384 --> 00:36:18,802 [Door opens] 492 00:36:22,890 --> 00:36:25,059 - Have they found aethelred? - Yes. 493 00:36:25,142 --> 00:36:29,188 Good. And where has that little turd hidden himself? 494 00:36:30,105 --> 00:36:33,275 He's in east anglia. He has attacked farms there 495 00:36:33,359 --> 00:36:35,402 and many Danish settlers were killed. 496 00:36:35,486 --> 00:36:37,863 There is no way that fool outwitted us. 497 00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:39,406 It sickens me to say he has. 498 00:36:44,912 --> 00:36:47,122 This was not his doing, but ours. 499 00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:50,084 He thought we were in irland, that there would be no reprisals! 500 00:36:50,167 --> 00:36:52,086 We have let this happen, cnut! 501 00:36:53,295 --> 00:36:55,005 Then we must prevail now. 502 00:36:57,132 --> 00:37:00,344 [Cnut] Farmers and their families die in war. It's just the way of things. 503 00:37:02,888 --> 00:37:05,724 Danish settlers, Saxon children... 504 00:37:07,351 --> 00:37:08,560 They pay the price. 505 00:37:09,144 --> 00:37:11,814 Besides, if aethelred has left his people undefended, 506 00:37:11,897 --> 00:37:15,901 they will be easier to slaughter, and slaughter will bring Edward sooner. 507 00:37:15,984 --> 00:37:20,114 [Choir singing] 508 00:37:45,639 --> 00:37:51,395 [Whispers indistinctly] 509 00:38:02,990 --> 00:38:07,453 [Whispers indistinctly] 510 00:38:22,676 --> 00:38:26,722 I knew it! I said this! I said cnut was trying to trick us! 511 00:38:26,805 --> 00:38:30,017 - What of lord aethelred? Is he dead? - I will try to find out. 512 00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:33,103 [Aelswith] Call off the coronation. Send men to aegelesburg to retake it. 513 00:38:33,187 --> 00:38:35,689 [Aethelhelm] No, do not call off the ceremony... 514 00:38:35,772 --> 00:38:37,709 [Aldhelm] You cannot leave the mercians to their doom. 515 00:38:37,733 --> 00:38:40,319 [Aethelhelm] By the sounds of things, we're too late. 516 00:38:40,402 --> 00:38:42,321 [Aethelflaed] Send men... you must! 517 00:38:42,404 --> 00:38:46,450 What they did to humiliate the ealdormen, lord king! It must be avenged! 518 00:38:46,533 --> 00:38:49,536 - Lord king... - They are men of honor, men of my blood! 519 00:38:49,620 --> 00:38:51,955 [Aethelhelm] We should not act in haste. 520 00:38:52,039 --> 00:38:56,376 - [Aldhelm] Maybe aethelred's right... - Edward, you must not delay. 521 00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:57,669 Enough! 522 00:38:58,504 --> 00:39:01,590 I will decide how to respond to this affront and when! 523 00:39:02,716 --> 00:39:06,386 Not you, nor you, nor you will set the terms. 524 00:39:09,556 --> 00:39:11,558 And certainly not cnut. 525 00:39:27,991 --> 00:39:31,537 [Choir singing] 526 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:57,896 [Grunts] 527 00:40:01,149 --> 00:40:02,317 Hard to tell! 528 00:40:03,652 --> 00:40:05,654 Maybe 40 helmets! 529 00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:09,866 He has put all his men on the ramparts to make it look like he has more. 530 00:40:10,325 --> 00:40:13,287 - He was always a cunning one. - Still two against one. 531 00:40:13,370 --> 00:40:17,332 - We're twice as good. - Yeah, keep saying it, it becomes true. 532 00:40:18,208 --> 00:40:19,293 [Both groan] 533 00:40:20,085 --> 00:40:23,046 We don't need to slaughter 'em all, just hold 'em off. 534 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:26,633 Lord, the real fight will be you against aelfric. 535 00:40:34,141 --> 00:40:35,309 Tell me, beocca... 536 00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:39,271 Is it the right time? 537 00:40:39,896 --> 00:40:41,607 I'm not leading men to defeat? 538 00:40:42,608 --> 00:40:44,276 You are not leading men to defeat. 539 00:40:45,152 --> 00:40:47,779 The fight will be furious. Men will fall. 540 00:40:47,863 --> 00:40:50,240 But I would not encourage you, if I thought you would lose. 541 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:53,702 Feel the air here, uhtred. 542 00:40:54,745 --> 00:40:56,330 Feel its cold breath. 543 00:40:57,789 --> 00:40:59,916 This is the air that you and I were born to breathe. 544 00:41:01,126 --> 00:41:02,461 We're meant to be here. 545 00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:06,048 Let us see if my blood runs thick... 546 00:41:07,466 --> 00:41:08,884 If the signal comes. 547 00:41:14,806 --> 00:41:18,060 - [Iestyn] Do you know what that is? - It's a fort. 548 00:41:18,644 --> 00:41:21,313 Beating heart of this land they called bernicia. 549 00:41:22,397 --> 00:41:23,482 Bebbanburg. 550 00:41:25,025 --> 00:41:28,487 The lord who resides here is volatile, so be on your guard. 551 00:41:30,322 --> 00:41:33,700 - What if he does not welcome us? - Then we will not be welcomed home. 552 00:41:34,576 --> 00:41:38,914 And we will be forced to sail to frisia to sell your backside in return for food. 553 00:41:54,012 --> 00:41:55,514 It is only monks, lord. 554 00:41:57,474 --> 00:41:59,434 Aethelred's errand boys. 555 00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:03,021 Let's see how desperate they are for my holy treasures. 556 00:42:07,150 --> 00:42:09,861 Greetings to lord aelfric of bebbanburg. 557 00:42:10,654 --> 00:42:11,988 I am brother iestyn. 558 00:42:12,072 --> 00:42:16,159 We are sent by aethelred of mercia to make a trade. 559 00:42:16,743 --> 00:42:18,912 [Aelfric] Um, you can turn back. 560 00:42:20,038 --> 00:42:23,625 I've decided I cannot bear to part with so dear a treasure. 561 00:42:25,627 --> 00:42:28,213 Lord aethelred will offer a good price. 562 00:42:28,296 --> 00:42:32,342 I put no price on holy relics, nor should you. 563 00:42:33,009 --> 00:42:37,639 The legacy of my forebears cannot be measured in silver. 564 00:42:37,723 --> 00:42:41,059 Then might we at least rest the night here, lord? 565 00:42:41,143 --> 00:42:43,019 The road has been long. 566 00:42:43,603 --> 00:42:46,022 Perhaps we could discuss the trade. 567 00:42:46,106 --> 00:42:47,649 We are not a lodging house! 568 00:42:49,192 --> 00:42:52,154 Your master has sent you on a pointless errand. 569 00:42:52,904 --> 00:42:56,575 [Aelfric] If aethelred wishes to reunite the relics of the beloved Saint, 570 00:42:56,658 --> 00:42:59,369 he'll have to fight me for them, sword to sword. 571 00:43:00,537 --> 00:43:01,705 [Exhales sharply] 572 00:43:02,497 --> 00:43:03,582 [Young uhtred] Lord! 573 00:43:05,125 --> 00:43:09,045 I am but a young man, but since my childhood, I have heard 574 00:43:09,129 --> 00:43:12,966 that bebbanburg was the greatest fortress in the north. 575 00:43:13,049 --> 00:43:17,596 And that its true lord was a man of honor and great reputation. 576 00:43:17,679 --> 00:43:20,849 Well, who does not take to a little flattery? 577 00:43:20,932 --> 00:43:22,184 [Young uhtred] Please, lord. 578 00:43:23,018 --> 00:43:26,480 I've traveled many weeks just to admire it. 579 00:43:26,980 --> 00:43:29,733 Reject our plea to sell us your riches, but... 580 00:43:31,276 --> 00:43:33,236 Do not deny my boyhood dream. 581 00:43:39,701 --> 00:43:43,497 Well, I am generous and a loyal servant to the church. 582 00:43:43,580 --> 00:43:44,831 So, um... 583 00:43:46,708 --> 00:43:48,001 You are welcome. 584 00:43:49,878 --> 00:43:51,546 Put them in the slave quarters. 585 00:44:07,646 --> 00:44:09,397 Stop looking impressed. 586 00:44:10,148 --> 00:44:11,900 You will push up the price. 587 00:44:25,664 --> 00:44:27,457 - Has he given the signal? - Lord. 588 00:44:28,083 --> 00:44:29,167 Nothing. 589 00:44:33,839 --> 00:44:36,967 [The monks snore lightly] 590 00:45:17,424 --> 00:45:18,592 {gasps} 591 00:45:53,710 --> 00:45:55,003 Did you see that? 592 00:46:15,106 --> 00:46:16,441 There, look! 593 00:46:17,984 --> 00:46:19,194 It's the signal! 594 00:46:22,405 --> 00:46:24,324 - [Uhtred whistles] - [Finan] Move your arses! 595 00:46:25,408 --> 00:46:27,202 [Uhtred] Follow us along the rocks. 596 00:46:28,954 --> 00:46:31,414 The rest of you stay here until I call for the ship. 597 00:46:48,348 --> 00:46:50,642 [Guards speaking indistinctly] 598 00:46:52,352 --> 00:46:54,562 [Waves crash] 599 00:46:58,066 --> 00:46:59,150 [Groans] 600 00:47:27,053 --> 00:47:28,680 Which one do you want? 601 00:47:30,306 --> 00:47:31,349 That one. 602 00:47:32,976 --> 00:47:34,019 All yours. 603 00:47:39,482 --> 00:47:41,818 - [Uhtred and finan yell] - [Guard] Halt! 604 00:47:41,901 --> 00:47:43,945 [Swords clanging, guards grunting] 605 00:47:48,742 --> 00:47:51,244 [Thuds, guard screams] 606 00:48:03,298 --> 00:48:04,632 Do not move! 607 00:48:07,469 --> 00:48:08,553 Are you there? 608 00:48:12,891 --> 00:48:14,976 [Whispers] Keep this way. Backs against the wall. 609 00:48:16,061 --> 00:48:17,228 Are you there? 610 00:48:20,148 --> 00:48:21,357 What do we do, lord? 611 00:48:21,441 --> 00:48:22,942 Do we lift the gate? 612 00:48:23,485 --> 00:48:26,404 - It's worth a try. - Come on, lift it! 613 00:48:30,325 --> 00:48:33,036 [Finan] On my count, one, two, three! 614 00:48:33,119 --> 00:48:34,913 [All groaning] 615 00:48:34,996 --> 00:48:37,707 [Finan] Come on! Put your back into it! 616 00:48:37,791 --> 00:48:39,876 Finan, stop. It's too heavy. 617 00:48:39,959 --> 00:48:41,002 Move! 618 00:48:43,755 --> 00:48:46,091 This is a mistake. I was lost! 619 00:48:46,674 --> 00:48:49,469 - [Wihtgar] You were trying to steal away! - I was not! 620 00:48:49,552 --> 00:48:51,596 Why? Huh? Why? 621 00:48:54,599 --> 00:48:55,934 [All grunting] 622 00:48:56,017 --> 00:48:57,852 [Grunting] 623 00:48:57,936 --> 00:48:59,479 [Panting] 624 00:48:59,562 --> 00:49:00,855 [Uhtred] Get me those oars. 625 00:49:03,858 --> 00:49:05,068 In there, osferth. 626 00:49:07,529 --> 00:49:09,489 [Groaning] 627 00:49:19,541 --> 00:49:20,750 [Groaning] 628 00:49:22,252 --> 00:49:24,838 [Groaning] 629 00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:29,843 [Groaning] 630 00:49:32,095 --> 00:49:33,763 [Finan] Put your back into it! 631 00:49:33,847 --> 00:49:37,892 [Finan] Come on! It's moving! Come on! 632 00:49:41,229 --> 00:49:42,730 [Finan] Can you get under it, lord? 633 00:49:49,154 --> 00:49:50,572 [Wood creaking] 634 00:49:50,655 --> 00:49:51,990 A little more. 635 00:49:52,699 --> 00:49:54,450 [All groaning] 636 00:49:54,534 --> 00:49:56,077 [Finan] Go on, lord! 637 00:49:56,161 --> 00:49:57,537 [All groaning] 638 00:49:57,620 --> 00:49:58,788 [Wood creaking] 639 00:50:03,626 --> 00:50:04,919 [Wood cracks] 640 00:50:09,465 --> 00:50:11,050 [All panting] 641 00:50:12,510 --> 00:50:13,845 Summon all to the yard. 642 00:50:13,928 --> 00:50:15,346 [Young uhtred pants] 643 00:50:15,430 --> 00:50:16,598 Get up! 644 00:50:17,807 --> 00:50:20,143 Let them see how we get thieves to tell the truth. 645 00:50:20,226 --> 00:50:21,686 [Pants] 646 00:50:24,731 --> 00:50:26,816 [Finan] Go on, lord! [Grunts] 647 00:50:26,900 --> 00:50:28,193 [Finan] Come on! 648 00:50:29,152 --> 00:50:32,155 [Beocca] Heave! Heave! 649 00:50:32,238 --> 00:50:33,364 [All groaning] 650 00:50:34,449 --> 00:50:36,451 [Finan] He's got it! He's got it! He's got it! 651 00:50:38,077 --> 00:50:39,370 Yes! Yes! 652 00:50:41,372 --> 00:50:43,124 [Sighs] 653 00:50:43,208 --> 00:50:46,878 [Bell rings] 654 00:50:48,046 --> 00:50:51,466 - Is it a trap? - Is it a trap we can fight our way out of? 655 00:50:57,722 --> 00:51:00,475 - [Wihtgar] Again, who... - [Groans] 656 00:51:00,558 --> 00:51:02,518 Do you really... 657 00:51:02,602 --> 00:51:04,020 Serve? 658 00:51:04,938 --> 00:51:07,190 My flock and god himself! 659 00:51:07,273 --> 00:51:08,608 [Young uhtred pants] 660 00:51:12,362 --> 00:51:15,573 - You, what is your mission? - Simply to... 661 00:51:16,407 --> 00:51:19,327 [Blade grates, brother iestyn groans] 662 00:51:19,410 --> 00:51:21,913 [Brother iestyn groans] 663 00:51:27,293 --> 00:51:29,462 [Young uhtred gasps and pants] 664 00:51:30,171 --> 00:51:33,216 Must I kill another before I get the truth? 665 00:51:38,388 --> 00:51:39,764 [Young uhtred grunts] 666 00:51:41,057 --> 00:51:42,850 Let the holy man go free. 667 00:51:43,935 --> 00:51:45,395 He means you no harm! 668 00:51:47,855 --> 00:51:49,148 [Grunts] 669 00:51:49,232 --> 00:51:51,401 [Groans] 670 00:52:04,831 --> 00:52:06,749 This one schemes against us, father. 671 00:52:08,459 --> 00:52:09,669 He is a spy. 672 00:52:14,632 --> 00:52:15,675 [Finan yells] 673 00:52:15,758 --> 00:52:17,844 [All grunting] 674 00:52:27,437 --> 00:52:28,688 [Uhtred whistles] 675 00:52:30,356 --> 00:52:31,482 We move on. 676 00:52:32,191 --> 00:52:34,402 [All panting] 677 00:52:35,778 --> 00:52:37,071 [Aelfric] Who sent you? 678 00:52:39,782 --> 00:52:43,870 You can tell me. Have the Scots allied with aethelred? 679 00:52:45,955 --> 00:52:47,957 [Pants] 680 00:52:48,041 --> 00:52:53,463 No recognition in his eyes, but his face... is familiar somehow. 681 00:52:55,715 --> 00:52:57,175 You are an imposter... 682 00:52:58,551 --> 00:52:59,677 But for whom? 683 00:53:03,181 --> 00:53:04,390 Who are you? 684 00:53:09,979 --> 00:53:12,940 I am uhtred of bebbanburg! 685 00:53:14,609 --> 00:53:15,985 [All murmuring] 686 00:53:20,573 --> 00:53:22,533 It is unwise to mock me. 687 00:53:24,952 --> 00:53:25,995 Kill him. 688 00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:30,958 [Pants heavily] 689 00:53:33,336 --> 00:53:35,296 [Both grunting] 690 00:53:53,940 --> 00:53:55,900 [Guard groans] 691 00:53:55,983 --> 00:53:58,069 [Young uhtred pants] 692 00:53:58,152 --> 00:53:59,570 - Guards... - Silence! 693 00:53:59,654 --> 00:54:01,072 [Gasps and pants] 694 00:54:02,782 --> 00:54:05,576 - [Uhtred] Only I shall speak! - [Finan] Get back! 695 00:54:07,870 --> 00:54:08,955 Well done! 696 00:54:10,289 --> 00:54:11,416 [Gasps and pants] 697 00:54:12,625 --> 00:54:13,751 [Aelfric groans] 698 00:54:14,502 --> 00:54:15,670 Do you know who I am? 699 00:54:16,754 --> 00:54:17,880 Hm? Do you know who I am? 700 00:54:20,258 --> 00:54:22,844 I am the true lord of bebbanburg! 701 00:54:23,553 --> 00:54:24,971 And I am taking it back! 702 00:54:26,097 --> 00:54:27,682 I have no fight with you. 703 00:54:28,433 --> 00:54:30,101 Only this man is doomed. 704 00:54:30,685 --> 00:54:31,853 [Aelfric grunts] 705 00:54:31,936 --> 00:54:34,063 Are you happy to see me, uncle? Huh? 706 00:54:34,147 --> 00:54:37,275 I have waited a lifetime to avenge myself. 707 00:54:38,025 --> 00:54:41,654 - I will enjoy taking my time with you! Mm? - [Aelfric grunts] 708 00:54:42,697 --> 00:54:45,992 [Uhtred] No one else will suffer, if you swear loyalty. 709 00:54:46,075 --> 00:54:49,454 None of you are my enemies. You are men of bebbanburg! 710 00:54:49,537 --> 00:54:53,416 And, as lord of bebbanburg, I will provide for and protect you! 711 00:54:55,126 --> 00:55:01,382 And this cruel shit, who has hated you and mistreated you, will die. 712 00:55:02,508 --> 00:55:04,051 I've come home! 713 00:55:04,135 --> 00:55:07,889 Swear to me and you will have my oath. 714 00:55:13,978 --> 00:55:16,522 Aidan... you remember me? 715 00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:18,691 Who has your allegiance? 716 00:55:29,994 --> 00:55:33,372 I am loyal to the true heir of bebbanburg. 717 00:55:35,166 --> 00:55:36,250 Good. 718 00:55:36,334 --> 00:55:40,546 Bear witness all, the true heir of bebbanburg! 719 00:55:50,806 --> 00:55:51,891 Who are you, boy? 720 00:55:53,017 --> 00:55:55,686 Wihtgar, son of aelfric. 721 00:55:55,770 --> 00:55:59,190 Very much alive and back at bebbanburg as flesh and blood. 722 00:55:59,273 --> 00:56:02,360 And I could kill you with this arrow in a heartbeat. 723 00:56:04,195 --> 00:56:05,571 You can try. 724 00:56:06,072 --> 00:56:07,490 The arrow would miss. 725 00:56:07,573 --> 00:56:09,909 Then you know nothing of the weapons of the desert. 726 00:56:09,992 --> 00:56:11,577 Put down the bow. 727 00:56:14,413 --> 00:56:15,915 Put down the bow! 728 00:56:15,998 --> 00:56:19,502 You've lost everything, osbert! 729 00:56:21,921 --> 00:56:25,049 I won't tell you again, put down the bow! 730 00:56:33,766 --> 00:56:35,726 [Shouting and yelling] 731 00:56:42,066 --> 00:56:44,193 A son does not always love a father. 732 00:56:45,778 --> 00:56:47,280 Learn from that, fool. 733 00:56:47,363 --> 00:56:49,448 Now, who's with me? 734 00:56:49,532 --> 00:56:50,741 [Cheering] 735 00:56:50,825 --> 00:56:53,953 Who is with wihtgar of bebbanburg? 736 00:56:54,036 --> 00:56:55,413 [Cheering] 737 00:56:55,496 --> 00:56:56,831 [Finan] Get ready! 738 00:57:05,548 --> 00:57:06,924 [Finan] Get ready to fight!