1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:03,378 [U htred] I am th'red, son of th'red. 2 00:00:04,254 --> 00:00:10,093 Aethe/flaed, the lady of mere/a, has died and I am berefl'. 3 00:00:11,053 --> 00:00:13,764 Aethe/ha/m has sought to install his grandson, 4 00:00:13,847 --> 00:00:16,183 ae/fia/earo', on the mere/an throne. 5 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:18,393 But Edward was ruthless... 6 00:00:18,977 --> 00:00:20,604 [Aethelhelm] Did you see the ealdormen? 7 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:22,523 I did. They are dead. 8 00:00:22,606 --> 00:00:24,107 [Edward] I will do as god wills. 9 00:00:24,191 --> 00:00:27,986 I will be king of the angles and of the saxons. 10 00:00:28,529 --> 00:00:31,657 [U htred] Ae/sw/th, fear/ng for her granddaughters safety, 11 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:34,451 tookae/fia/ynn and fled ll/lero/a. 12 00:00:35,911 --> 00:00:39,873 The distraught brida has taken father pyrlig prisoner, 13 00:00:39,957 --> 00:00:42,543 but his kindness has eased her pain. 14 00:00:42,626 --> 00:00:44,545 [Pyrlig] Your daughter is at peace now. 15 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:48,298 Maybe in finding peace of your own, you might repent. 16 00:00:48,382 --> 00:00:52,594 [U htred] Aelflaed has become enthralled by the visionary, aalys. 17 00:00:52,678 --> 00:00:55,722 Travel with us and do not tell them. 18 00:00:56,265 --> 00:00:58,308 It is a holy tribute. 19 00:00:58,392 --> 00:01:02,437 [U htred] While her fatheraethe/helm, thwarted by Edward once again, 20 00:01:02,521 --> 00:01:06,567 must find new ways to exert his influence. 21 00:01:06,650 --> 00:01:11,405 This is not the way succession is determined! 22 00:01:11,488 --> 00:01:12,990 [U htred] Destiny is all/ 23 00:01:16,952 --> 00:01:21,540 [mildritha] You murderer! You killed my husband! 24 00:01:21,623 --> 00:01:25,669 - You killed our ealdormen! - Oi! Get back here! 25 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:28,297 - You killed them all! - Ignore threats. Maintain your dignity. 26 00:01:28,380 --> 00:01:30,257 Do not rise to provocation. 27 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:34,636 What news do you bring? Has eofennic located pyrlig? 28 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,680 No news of father pyrlig, lord king. 29 00:01:36,763 --> 00:01:41,435 But I imagine sigtryggrwill be unsettled by the news from here. 30 00:01:44,146 --> 00:01:45,188 Yes. 31 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:49,276 Perhaps we should make overtures to reassure them. Scotland too. 32 00:01:49,359 --> 00:01:52,863 Let king constantin know we are minded to renew the alliance. 33 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:54,406 My lord, I do not serve you. 34 00:01:55,198 --> 00:01:57,534 I am here only to say my farewells. 35 00:01:58,285 --> 00:02:01,121 Whilst I understand your reasons, I cannot be a part of this. 36 00:02:09,546 --> 00:02:10,839 Oh, how virtuous. 37 00:02:10,922 --> 00:02:13,091 Aelfwynn would have presided over a civil war. 38 00:02:13,175 --> 00:02:15,510 I loved my sister. I do not dishonor her. 39 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:18,180 You simply do what is best for mercia. 40 00:02:18,263 --> 00:02:19,306 [Edward sighs] 41 00:02:21,350 --> 00:02:23,018 Should I have shown more mercy? 42 00:02:23,894 --> 00:02:24,936 Was there another path? 43 00:02:27,314 --> 00:02:29,566 A kingdom is never made without bloodshed. 44 00:02:30,692 --> 00:02:32,986 But it does not need to be ruled by fear. 45 00:02:33,779 --> 00:02:37,783 Show the world that you are just and that you live by the faith. 46 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:42,788 As a sign of our wish to atone 47 00:02:44,206 --> 00:02:46,833 and reconcile with the sons of mercia, 48 00:02:48,585 --> 00:02:52,255 we offer our fast until the masses are completed. 49 00:02:52,339 --> 00:02:55,175 [Edward] Accept these offerings from our table. 50 00:02:55,258 --> 00:02:58,512 Feast here as our guests, even as we refrain. 51 00:02:59,096 --> 00:03:01,682 It is my hope we put this turbulence behind us. 52 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:05,727 [Aelfweard] Do you think he's sincere? 53 00:03:06,812 --> 00:03:08,647 I can no longer read his mood. 54 00:03:09,314 --> 00:03:11,108 [Aelfweard] I feel just sickened with it all. 55 00:03:11,942 --> 00:03:15,570 The brutality, the way he dishonors mother. 56 00:03:15,654 --> 00:03:18,657 [Aethelhelm] It's because you are a fine and true young man 57 00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:20,534 who, one day, will be a mighty king. 58 00:03:24,663 --> 00:03:25,997 If this is so, then why... 59 00:03:26,790 --> 00:03:28,583 Why does he not name me the aetheling? 60 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:32,254 Some men cannot think of their own demise. It frightens them. 61 00:03:36,133 --> 00:03:39,928 But with your permission, I will find a way to resolve this. 62 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:44,975 I need to be certain that nothing can be traced back to me. 63 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:47,602 The men can bear none of my insignia. 64 00:03:47,686 --> 00:03:51,064 Yes, I understand and they will say they are from king sigtryggr. 65 00:03:51,148 --> 00:03:52,774 I know what I'm doing. 66 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:58,280 You do realize this could start a war between Christian and Dane? 67 00:03:59,531 --> 00:04:01,116 Hopefully, yes. 68 00:04:01,825 --> 00:04:04,035 [Aethelhelm] Ideally, the king falls in battle 69 00:04:04,119 --> 00:04:08,498 and aelfweard inherits a land free of the heathen curse. 70 00:04:11,334 --> 00:04:13,837 Time is running out for my bloodline. 71 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,964 [Bresal] Could you not wield influence another way? 72 00:04:17,215 --> 00:04:20,051 Build a few minsters or declare a miracle? 73 00:04:20,135 --> 00:04:22,721 How charmingly old-fashioned, bresal. 74 00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:25,974 No, like the king, 75 00:04:26,057 --> 00:04:30,479 I have learned nothing is as effective as the stench of death. 76 00:04:33,523 --> 00:04:34,900 [Aalys] Do not worry. 77 00:04:34,983 --> 00:04:39,362 When we have delivered the tapestry, you may return home from the holy isle. 78 00:04:39,446 --> 00:04:42,783 With god's speed, the king may never learn that I have been away. 79 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:48,580 The light is fading. We shall be forced to sleep under trees. 80 00:04:49,498 --> 00:04:52,167 You must regret traveling with simple folk. 81 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:57,130 You are not simple folk. You are a gift from the lord. 82 00:04:57,923 --> 00:05:00,842 [Aelflaed] The life of a queen can be somewhat lonely. 83 00:05:02,844 --> 00:05:03,887 [Man] Please... 84 00:05:05,013 --> 00:05:07,390 Be careful. It could be a trick for thieves. 85 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:09,726 - Stand back until they are gone. - Lady, please. 86 00:05:10,519 --> 00:05:13,063 - [Man] Have pity. - We must help this traveler, my lady. 87 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:15,065 Do not be softhearted. Stay. 88 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:16,858 He is a soul in need. 89 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:20,529 What happened here with you? [Gasps] 90 00:05:24,574 --> 00:05:26,910 Which one of these is the farm girl from lewes? 91 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:28,036 [Aalys gasps] 92 00:05:29,246 --> 00:05:30,622 I am the visionary. 93 00:05:30,705 --> 00:05:33,625 A visionary, but you did not see us coming. 94 00:05:33,708 --> 00:05:34,751 Whose men are you? 95 00:05:35,293 --> 00:05:37,295 We were sent by king sigtryggr. 96 00:05:46,179 --> 00:05:48,557 [Sigtryggr] All of mercia's ealdormen? All of them? 97 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,100 Slaughtered, yes. 98 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:52,018 [Stiorra] With his sister not yet cold. 99 00:05:52,102 --> 00:05:54,688 She must have restrained Edward more than we knew. 100 00:05:54,771 --> 00:05:56,189 [Stiorra, sigtryggr sigh] 101 00:05:56,273 --> 00:05:59,109 I fear we could be next, that he will come to conquer. 102 00:06:00,485 --> 00:06:02,529 Take a band to the border and double the patrol. 103 00:06:02,612 --> 00:06:04,948 - Send a warning to the king himself. - Yes. 104 00:06:05,574 --> 00:06:07,993 Dispatch a warrior to speak this in my name, 105 00:06:08,869 --> 00:06:13,248 "if he chooses to come north, we will be ready." 106 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:25,760 We are restored! 107 00:06:27,053 --> 00:06:29,180 Remove the Saxon sign! 108 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:55,040 Burnstone. 109 00:06:56,416 --> 00:06:57,542 Very pretty. 110 00:06:58,501 --> 00:06:59,920 Someone will buy it. 111 00:07:01,796 --> 00:07:04,049 Lord haesten. Lord haesten! 112 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:07,552 You must see this. 113 00:07:31,201 --> 00:07:32,327 [Aalys whimpers] 114 00:07:35,413 --> 00:07:36,456 [Aalys whimpers] 115 00:07:38,375 --> 00:07:40,669 [Aalys sobs] 116 00:07:41,836 --> 00:07:43,004 [Whispers] Jesus, please... 117 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:44,839 Who did this? 118 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:50,762 They were sent from the king of jorvik. 119 00:07:51,429 --> 00:07:53,974 They said sigtryggr wanted vengeance. 120 00:07:54,766 --> 00:07:56,851 They spared me to spread the word. 121 00:07:59,187 --> 00:08:00,230 Are you pilgrims? 122 00:08:02,065 --> 00:08:03,942 [Breathing sharply] 123 00:08:04,025 --> 00:08:06,361 Travelers with the dead queen. 124 00:08:06,444 --> 00:08:07,487 [Whimpers] 125 00:08:30,802 --> 00:08:34,556 Take the body down and clear all traces of this. 126 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:35,682 Now! 127 00:09:26,858 --> 00:09:30,612 [Crowd shouting indistinctly] 128 00:09:31,654 --> 00:09:33,198 How many return to us? 129 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:34,949 How many? 130 00:09:35,617 --> 00:09:38,995 - Warn the alehouse! Osferth's thirsty! - [Crowd cheering] 131 00:09:45,460 --> 00:09:48,129 Aethelstan, go straight to the boatman. 132 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:52,008 Get something fast. We can sail at high tide. 133 00:10:02,644 --> 00:10:03,937 [Uhtred] You're still alive. 134 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:05,647 Just 135 00:10:06,189 --> 00:10:07,607 just is enough. 136 00:10:10,902 --> 00:10:13,238 What of stiorra and her husband? 137 00:10:13,905 --> 00:10:15,073 [Uhtred] They are restored, 138 00:10:15,865 --> 00:10:16,908 just. 139 00:10:19,661 --> 00:10:23,081 But lady aethelflaed... 140 00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:26,501 She has been taken from us. 141 00:10:29,504 --> 00:10:31,798 That is a cruelty, father. 142 00:10:32,549 --> 00:10:34,008 But she's at peace. 143 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:36,553 It is of some comfort. 144 00:10:38,346 --> 00:10:39,848 There has been much cruelty. 145 00:10:48,898 --> 00:10:49,983 Have you... 146 00:10:54,404 --> 00:10:56,823 - Have you walked at all? - A little. 147 00:10:57,991 --> 00:10:59,159 [Sighs] 148 00:10:59,242 --> 00:11:00,869 Many things are difficult, but 149 00:11:02,412 --> 00:11:04,038 my body is strong. 150 00:11:04,664 --> 00:11:06,833 - [Young uhtred] And my heart... - Will be avenged. 151 00:11:07,458 --> 00:11:11,004 Brida lives. We fear she has father pyrlig, 152 00:11:11,087 --> 00:11:13,298 at high tide, we take a boat to track her. 153 00:11:14,799 --> 00:11:18,303 - With that you could come... - The lord is not calling me to revenge. 154 00:11:24,601 --> 00:11:25,643 Of course. 155 00:11:27,645 --> 00:11:29,731 To kill her might be my destiny alone. 156 00:11:30,315 --> 00:11:32,108 [Young uhtred] Perhaps it's not your destiny. 157 00:11:33,276 --> 00:11:35,111 You have a good life here, father. 158 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,823 Now that lady aethelflaed is departed, 159 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,534 you could find a wife, 160 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:43,912 have more children. 161 00:11:43,995 --> 00:11:45,997 One son lost as a babe. 162 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:49,918 One now lying injured. 163 00:11:52,921 --> 00:11:55,298 A daughter who fought alone for her life. 164 00:11:57,258 --> 00:12:00,595 I would not curse another child with me as a father. 165 00:12:00,678 --> 00:12:03,973 What of the son who was hidden, who does not know his father? 166 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:05,433 You do not know that. 167 00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:09,229 It is not safe for you to know that. 168 00:12:12,815 --> 00:12:13,858 His time will come. 169 00:12:16,653 --> 00:12:17,737 Besides... 170 00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:23,284 Aethelflaed... 171 00:12:25,036 --> 00:12:26,663 Is not departed. 172 00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:28,039 She, uh_. 173 00:12:29,499 --> 00:12:30,667 She's with me still. 174 00:12:33,044 --> 00:12:35,880 Then we both must walk with wounds that will not heal. 175 00:12:37,340 --> 00:12:39,968 [Man] Here. This way. 176 00:12:44,055 --> 00:12:45,765 We are not here to be seen. 177 00:12:46,307 --> 00:12:47,558 Where is our boat? 178 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:51,104 - Where is the sea? - There is no sea. 179 00:12:51,187 --> 00:12:54,565 Girl, you have no sense. I have changed the plan. 180 00:12:54,649 --> 00:12:56,651 - In here... - What is happening? 181 00:12:57,235 --> 00:13:00,655 - Is someone planning on having me killed? - No, child. 182 00:13:00,738 --> 00:13:03,908 Someone is planning on giving you life. 183 00:13:03,992 --> 00:13:05,034 What? 184 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:09,372 I will not have you living in the shadows, waiting for some assassin. 185 00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:11,416 My mother bore that danger every day. 186 00:13:11,499 --> 00:13:15,586 Yes, and living the way she did put a poison in her flesh 187 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:17,839 and robbed me of my most cherished gift. 188 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,135 What is your plan for me? 189 00:13:23,261 --> 00:13:25,138 I have chosen you a husband. 190 00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:27,015 Someone you know. 191 00:13:27,724 --> 00:13:28,891 I will explain. 192 00:13:39,736 --> 00:13:43,614 I have been asked to convey a message of great seriousness and secrecy. 193 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:47,994 The lady aelswith has noted your affection for her granddaughter 194 00:13:48,077 --> 00:13:51,164 and asks that you convey yourself to buccstan for Sunday. 195 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:56,127 There you will meet with lady aelfwynn and marry her. 196 00:13:58,421 --> 00:14:00,298 Why have I been selected for this alliance? 197 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:04,594 Because you're a nobody. 198 00:14:07,055 --> 00:14:09,849 [Aethelstan] If aelfwynn marries you, no ealdorman can force her hand. 199 00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:13,019 Then I will be honored to preserve the safety of the Princess. 200 00:14:26,783 --> 00:14:28,242 [Horse whinnies] 201 00:14:36,584 --> 00:14:37,627 Osferth. 202 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,012 The great warrior haesten, a man of trade. 203 00:14:48,763 --> 00:14:51,224 I had heard of this, but I did not believe it. 204 00:14:51,307 --> 00:14:54,936 A trader and owner of 30 ships. 205 00:14:55,478 --> 00:14:57,647 You should see my settlement, uhtred. 206 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:05,488 Twice the size of this one, fertile farms and fat women. 207 00:15:06,447 --> 00:15:07,490 Not like this... 208 00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:10,535 Only fit for... 209 00:15:12,328 --> 00:15:13,371 Pigs. 210 00:15:14,789 --> 00:15:18,418 You have plenty of insults for a man who can no longer wield a sword. 211 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:21,170 I can wield it, uhtred. 212 00:15:26,384 --> 00:15:27,593 I think you should go. 213 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,395 We must speak, somewhere out of sight. 214 00:15:37,478 --> 00:15:40,356 - There's nothing I want from you. - [Haesten] Believe me, uhtred. 215 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:43,609 We must speak. 216 00:15:57,039 --> 00:15:58,958 Where's this visionary now? 217 00:15:59,041 --> 00:16:00,668 I placed her with my kin. 218 00:16:01,127 --> 00:16:02,170 To trade her? 219 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,089 To keep her safe. 220 00:16:05,673 --> 00:16:07,008 War will come from this. 221 00:16:07,091 --> 00:16:09,427 Why would sigtryggr do something so stupid? 222 00:16:09,510 --> 00:16:10,553 [Uhtred] He has not. 223 00:16:11,512 --> 00:16:12,722 This is not his command. 224 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:15,975 His brother, then? Or brida? 225 00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:19,312 [Osferth] Perhaps mercians, seeking revenge. 226 00:16:19,395 --> 00:16:21,063 There's quite a few who hate Edward now. 227 00:16:22,607 --> 00:16:26,027 This is a bad omen, lord, for all of us. 228 00:16:27,445 --> 00:16:29,864 I fear this death will only deliver more death. 229 00:16:30,948 --> 00:16:32,325 Why did you bring me this? 230 00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:35,077 We both have interest in keeping the peace, uhtred. 231 00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:38,789 Me to trade and you, well... [sighs] 232 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:44,170 I cannot think Edward will spare your daughter when he retaliates. 233 00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:50,468 We must make sigtryggr denounce this act. 234 00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:53,054 Finan, osferth, remain here. 235 00:16:53,137 --> 00:16:55,556 You must guard the queen's body with all honor. 236 00:16:56,098 --> 00:16:59,352 Sihtric, aethelstan, go to aegelesburg, both of you. 237 00:16:59,435 --> 00:17:01,270 If they hear of this, come north to warn me. 238 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:04,482 No, we cannot hide news of the queen's slaughter. It's wrong. 239 00:17:05,107 --> 00:17:07,109 She has a son who should know, a father. 240 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:10,613 Aethelhelm will want revenge. He will blame all daneland for this. 241 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:12,323 You will not have to hide it for long. 242 00:17:12,406 --> 00:17:16,244 I will be swift and then I will bring the queen's body to aegelesburg myself. 243 00:17:16,827 --> 00:17:19,830 Haesten, come with me to eofennic. Tell them what you've heard. 244 00:17:19,914 --> 00:17:21,749 - Let me come to eofennic. - Aethelstan! 245 00:17:21,832 --> 00:17:26,003 - Let him. I will have no part in this. - You are already a part of it. We all are. 246 00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:28,381 If they hear this story of sigtryggr killing a queen, 247 00:17:28,464 --> 00:17:31,133 there will be a slaughter beyond brida at her worst. 248 00:17:40,685 --> 00:17:41,936 Does that not get heavy? 249 00:17:45,439 --> 00:17:47,650 You do not have to hold your sword. 250 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:50,319 [Brida] You're stronger than me. The sword makes us equal. 251 00:17:55,449 --> 00:17:56,576 How far are we going? 252 00:18:05,501 --> 00:18:06,836 This is where the journey ends. 253 00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:13,009 Head south, eventually you'll reach Winchester. 254 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:15,344 Hear me on this. 255 00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:19,390 Edward does not want battle with daneland or with Danes. 256 00:18:19,473 --> 00:18:21,434 Come with me to Winchester and seek a peace. 257 00:18:21,517 --> 00:18:23,519 They will execute me before I'm within the gates. 258 00:18:23,603 --> 00:18:26,439 I will stand for you. You will be under my protection. 259 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:29,358 The war should end, brida. 260 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:32,528 The war you started 261 00:18:33,404 --> 00:18:34,739 and the war within you. 262 00:18:37,992 --> 00:18:39,368 Good luck with the wolves. 263 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,006 [Sighs] 264 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:57,136 [Brida] Father pyrlig? 265 00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:02,600 I accept your offer of safe passage and protection. 266 00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:05,770 Take me to uhtred. 267 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,774 But my offer was to Edward. He is the king. 268 00:19:09,857 --> 00:19:12,318 But uhtred is the enemy with whom I must reconcile. 269 00:19:13,277 --> 00:19:15,154 If I am to come to peace, he's the one. 270 00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:19,867 What? I thought you believed I was ready for redemption. 271 00:19:22,620 --> 00:19:25,164 We've had no word of the visionary's demise. 272 00:19:25,247 --> 00:19:26,666 Word of this should be spreading! 273 00:19:26,749 --> 00:19:29,752 The bodies will be found. They were left hanging near an open road. 274 00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:30,920 If this has gone wrong... 275 00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:33,005 You'll do what? Send an assassin to kill me? 276 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:38,552 What's aethelstan doing here? 277 00:19:40,054 --> 00:19:41,555 The king must've summoned him. 278 00:19:41,639 --> 00:19:45,184 Someone is ahead of me. They're trying to make use of this moment. 279 00:19:45,267 --> 00:19:46,995 Have you found the whereabouts of lady aelswith? 280 00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:48,104 Still making inquiries. 281 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:53,317 We must locate her and the lady aelfwynn in case there is a plot forming. 282 00:19:53,401 --> 00:19:55,027 Do not start changing the plan. 283 00:19:55,111 --> 00:19:57,697 In a fight to the death, a man must be nimble. 284 00:19:57,780 --> 00:20:00,866 I jump to escape being pushed. 285 00:20:08,499 --> 00:20:09,625 We will be noticed. 286 00:20:11,585 --> 00:20:14,255 - Sihtric. We will be found. - Not if you stay quiet. 287 00:20:14,338 --> 00:20:15,715 Learn to move by stealth. 288 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:18,718 Lord king, a moment? 289 00:20:18,801 --> 00:20:20,678 We are leaving to visit some of my new estates. 290 00:20:20,761 --> 00:20:22,805 It cannot wait, lord king. 291 00:20:23,514 --> 00:20:25,850 An atrocity has occurred against the faith. 292 00:20:31,105 --> 00:20:32,940 [Bresal] Big ride for a small woman. 293 00:20:37,653 --> 00:20:39,113 It belongs to my husband. 294 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:40,781 Traveling light? 295 00:20:41,991 --> 00:20:43,075 Empty-handed... 296 00:20:47,288 --> 00:20:49,039 I do not know who you are 297 00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:52,126 and I do not need your money. 298 00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:53,878 Did the family reward you, then? 299 00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:57,548 Show gratitude for all you did? 300 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:05,765 Where are they, ladies aelfwynn and aelswith? 301 00:21:05,848 --> 00:21:07,016 Where have they gone? 302 00:21:08,559 --> 00:21:10,686 I do not owe you an answer. 303 00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:11,812 People are 304 00:21:12,521 --> 00:21:16,442 concerned for lady aelfwynn's safety. 305 00:21:19,904 --> 00:21:21,906 So, if you remember where they are... 306 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:25,993 Find me. 307 00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:34,001 - I want the horse I paid for. Go. - All right. 308 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:37,522 - I need to leave aegelesburg tonight. - That man is looking for aelfwynn. 309 00:21:37,546 --> 00:21:38,631 That one. 310 00:21:39,089 --> 00:21:41,425 [Aldhelm] That is not good. Is he the king's man? 311 00:21:41,509 --> 00:21:42,593 [Eadith] I do not know. 312 00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:46,138 Do you know where they went? 313 00:21:46,222 --> 00:21:48,849 - You do not have to tell me the place... - Yes, I do. 314 00:21:51,018 --> 00:21:53,771 I will travel there to warn them that they are being tracked 315 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:57,775 if you stay to keep one eye on the king. 316 00:22:00,236 --> 00:22:01,320 [Aldhelm sighs] 317 00:22:04,490 --> 00:22:05,699 Little aalys 318 00:22:06,784 --> 00:22:12,706 slaughtered as she carried the tapestry on its sacred journey. 319 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:18,087 Hung from a tree like a piece of rotten meat. 320 00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:20,714 The visionary. 321 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:25,219 A symbol of your common people, murdered. 322 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:29,598 Let us join together now 323 00:22:29,682 --> 00:22:34,270 to confront this Dane threat before sigtryggr 324 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:38,023 and his brother unite to slaughter us all! 325 00:22:41,402 --> 00:22:42,945 [Edward] Where did you hear this news? 326 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:54,081 You know I have friends in every town, but I urge you, lord king, 327 00:22:54,164 --> 00:22:55,875 you cannot delay a response. 328 00:22:55,958 --> 00:22:58,627 Fury must be met with fury. 329 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:02,798 Or the common people will act on your behalf. 330 00:23:04,675 --> 00:23:07,052 I would like to have this properly confirmed. 331 00:23:10,097 --> 00:23:14,393 You choose now to act with caution? 332 00:23:14,476 --> 00:23:17,229 When you have shown such boldness of late? 333 00:23:17,313 --> 00:23:21,233 The pilgrims may be resting peacefully in lindisfarne as we speak. 334 00:23:21,317 --> 00:23:24,778 Or killers maraud your lands without consequence... 335 00:23:24,862 --> 00:23:26,030 [Edward] Perhaps! 336 00:23:27,156 --> 00:23:30,034 But I will not be moved to retaliate until I am certain. 337 00:23:41,420 --> 00:23:42,713 Is there truth in it? 338 00:23:42,796 --> 00:23:44,089 I can make inquiries. 339 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:47,551 If he is correct, it will indeed cause dismay. 340 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,971 And great division between Christian and Dane. 341 00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:55,684 I've observed you have not yet left mercia. 342 00:23:56,977 --> 00:23:59,730 I hope I have reassured you I'm not wholly impulsive. 343 00:24:01,482 --> 00:24:03,108 I need men here I can trust. 344 00:24:07,738 --> 00:24:09,198 Stay here and watch aethelhelm. 345 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:12,201 If he has heard this much, he's going to hear much worse. 346 00:24:24,922 --> 00:24:26,882 [Hooves beating] 347 00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:31,971 I am insulted. 348 00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:40,813 Let me assure you, if I were attacking wessex, 349 00:24:40,896 --> 00:24:43,023 I would do more than strangle a queen. 350 00:24:43,691 --> 00:24:46,193 To be fair, uhtred said this. 351 00:24:47,152 --> 00:24:48,821 Who do you think is responsible? 352 00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:51,407 - Who acts in your name? - No one. 353 00:24:52,282 --> 00:24:54,159 This is the work of Edward himself. 354 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,287 He hated the queen, and he hates us. 355 00:24:57,371 --> 00:24:59,373 He has killed her to justify a war. 356 00:24:59,456 --> 00:25:00,958 [Uhtred] He does not want a battle. 357 00:25:01,041 --> 00:25:04,086 But when he hears of this, he will have to retaliate. 358 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:06,463 Which is why we have sent men to our border. 359 00:25:06,547 --> 00:25:08,340 I will go to him with your denial. 360 00:25:09,842 --> 00:25:13,387 Though were you to journey with me, this matter could be settled easily. 361 00:25:13,470 --> 00:25:15,681 And leave eofennic undefended once again? 362 00:25:18,058 --> 00:25:19,768 I have given my word. 363 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:20,978 That is enough. 364 00:25:21,061 --> 00:25:23,981 [Footsteps departing] 365 00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:29,111 He suffers from his allies deserting him. 366 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:31,530 I did not desert you. 367 00:25:32,614 --> 00:25:35,242 I have men this moment preparing to track brida... 368 00:25:35,325 --> 00:25:36,869 Yet we sit alone in eofennic. 369 00:25:36,952 --> 00:25:39,705 I'm trying to save you from a battle you will not win! 370 00:25:39,788 --> 00:25:40,873 [Sighs] 371 00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:43,876 Edward has twice the sliver, twice the armies. 372 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:45,419 Now he has mercia... 373 00:25:45,502 --> 00:25:48,797 I am not afraid of a man who cannot even protect his own wife. 374 00:25:55,637 --> 00:25:56,972 Take me to the visionary. 375 00:25:57,806 --> 00:25:59,600 I must find out who spread these lies. 376 00:26:07,649 --> 00:26:10,110 [Crowd shouting indistinctly] 377 00:26:10,194 --> 00:26:11,612 [Man] There's a rider! 378 00:26:13,113 --> 00:26:14,698 [Soldier] Out of the way, men! 379 00:26:14,782 --> 00:26:15,824 What approaches? 380 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:18,285 [Eadgifu] They say a messenger from the Danes. 381 00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:26,752 - What is the word of sigtryggr? - [Messenger] A declaration. 382 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:32,216 "If king Edward chooses to come north, we will be ready." 383 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:40,349 Sigtryggr has, in essence, called for war. 384 00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:43,268 No, he has warned us not to approach. 385 00:26:44,019 --> 00:26:47,564 - It is different. - I do not understand this reluctance. 386 00:26:47,648 --> 00:26:48,690 Aethelstan? 387 00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:50,651 Is uhtred with you? 388 00:26:51,151 --> 00:26:53,278 No, he is visiting his daughter. 389 00:26:54,196 --> 00:26:59,368 Now your greatest warrior has abandoned his post at rumcofa to join sigtryggr! 390 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:01,495 [Aethelstan] Lord uhtred is a man of honor. 391 00:27:01,578 --> 00:27:04,665 He goes only to see his child, so do not inflame the matter. 392 00:27:05,874 --> 00:27:07,251 Be wiser. 393 00:27:13,882 --> 00:27:15,884 Please, lord aethelhelm. 394 00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:21,431 Rather than press for battle, I would ask you take a gift to the Scots. 395 00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:24,768 They will be nervous of trouble on their border. 396 00:27:31,859 --> 00:27:34,069 Then, if that is your order, 397 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:38,073 I shall gladly leave aegelesburg. 398 00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:49,626 You speak your mind. 399 00:27:51,587 --> 00:27:53,130 I heard you were quite the fighter. 400 00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:56,216 I need a loyal man to lead the mercian guard. 401 00:27:57,634 --> 00:28:00,596 Live here alongside them and be my presence here in aegelesburg. 402 00:28:02,431 --> 00:28:06,393 Perhaps that man could be you in recompense for... 403 00:28:06,476 --> 00:28:07,561 My banishment? 404 00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:11,732 There are worse fates than to be raised by uhtred. 405 00:28:13,066 --> 00:28:16,361 It'll be a better use of your talent than spying on your father. 406 00:28:27,289 --> 00:28:28,665 I should like to accept. 407 00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:34,796 Do you want my oath? 408 00:28:35,464 --> 00:28:36,924 [Edward] Do I need it? 409 00:28:37,758 --> 00:28:41,511 If I cannot trust my son, who can I trust? 410 00:28:43,597 --> 00:28:45,307 [Bresal] I'm not sure this is wise, lord. 411 00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:49,728 If Edward cannot be provoked, perhaps sigtryggr can. 412 00:28:50,312 --> 00:28:54,483 He's clearly anticipating an attack, so let's give the heathen what he wants. 413 00:28:55,317 --> 00:28:56,610 Come and meet my men. 414 00:28:57,444 --> 00:28:58,737 They are common folk. 415 00:28:59,988 --> 00:29:01,031 You'll like them. 416 00:29:04,451 --> 00:29:06,912 [Crowd chattering] 417 00:29:08,956 --> 00:29:11,792 Ignore it. Go to sleep. 418 00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:12,918 Icannot 419 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:15,420 I have too much to consider. 420 00:29:17,005 --> 00:29:18,548 What day will he come for us? 421 00:29:19,967 --> 00:29:25,305 I have said Sunday. So, now we must be patient. 422 00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:29,518 What is it like to be married? 423 00:29:33,814 --> 00:29:38,277 When one is married to the right person, 424 00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:42,489 it is the greatest gift the lord can bestow. 425 00:29:44,408 --> 00:29:46,451 The passions of the flesh 426 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,999 when enacted within loving matrimony are transporting. 427 00:29:54,501 --> 00:29:58,588 When one feels the tremors of male affection... 428 00:29:58,672 --> 00:30:01,967 - Grandmother. - It is but an honest answer. 429 00:30:03,969 --> 00:30:08,348 It is why Alfred and I had such beautiful children. 430 00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:12,769 What if one is married to the wrong person? 431 00:30:12,853 --> 00:30:14,146 I hardly know cynlaef. 432 00:30:15,564 --> 00:30:17,065 I hardly knew Alfred. 433 00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:19,609 It is the way of things. 434 00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:23,947 With the wrong person 435 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,534 I'm told marriage is a living hell. 436 00:30:30,287 --> 00:30:33,790 Nonetheless, the bond holds fast. 437 00:30:39,713 --> 00:30:44,009 [Aethelhelm] It grieves me to be the bearer of such news. 438 00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:51,350 I know how much the visionary meant to you all. 439 00:30:54,478 --> 00:30:58,148 And to think of that child strangled, 440 00:30:59,524 --> 00:31:02,652 defiled, her body hung from a tree! 441 00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:05,739 It's unbearable. 442 00:31:06,907 --> 00:31:08,450 My man bresal here... 443 00:31:10,535 --> 00:31:14,790 Informs me that the Dane assassins who killed her 444 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:20,170 now disguise themselves in godless rumcofa 445 00:31:20,253 --> 00:31:22,923 among the heathen settlers there. 446 00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:27,427 I cannot be seen 447 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:31,848 to go against my king's command. 448 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:39,231 But if any of you wishes to avenge this, 449 00:31:40,982 --> 00:31:47,197 there will be warm fires to welcome you in my camp. 450 00:31:49,449 --> 00:31:55,288 For too long we have let the Dane threat live alongside us, 451 00:31:55,872 --> 00:32:02,712 welcomed them into our homes, our food in their mouths 452 00:32:04,131 --> 00:32:07,092 while they plot bloody outrage! 453 00:32:07,175 --> 00:32:13,682 Any man who wishes to avenge themselves is free to go 454 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:19,146 to seek the justice your king should seek! 455 00:32:20,230 --> 00:32:22,816 - Whose men are you? - We come from the king. 456 00:32:23,859 --> 00:32:27,028 Dane murderers are hiding here and you must hand them over. 457 00:32:33,243 --> 00:32:36,288 Of course, my men will attend to it. 458 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:47,174 Bresal, no Dane here would kill queen aelflaed. They are good people. 459 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,552 Why do you speak of queen aelflaed? 460 00:32:52,596 --> 00:32:53,763 [Finan] Cynlaef! 461 00:32:53,847 --> 00:32:55,432 Get your arse out here! 462 00:32:57,476 --> 00:32:59,019 - No cynlaef? - No, why? 463 00:32:59,102 --> 00:33:00,604 What's wrong? 464 00:33:00,687 --> 00:33:03,190 I need someone to alert the men downriver. 465 00:33:03,273 --> 00:33:07,110 But quietly, so it doesn't look like we want a fight. Soldiers have arrived. 466 00:33:07,194 --> 00:33:10,030 They say they're from Edward, but I'm not sure I believe it. 467 00:33:10,113 --> 00:33:11,907 - I'll go. - No! 468 00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:13,825 I can raise the men of rumcofa. 469 00:33:13,909 --> 00:33:16,411 They know me, and no one will notice me leave. 470 00:33:16,495 --> 00:33:17,537 [Finan sighs] 471 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:20,373 Do that. 472 00:33:20,457 --> 00:33:24,711 Send them up and wait downriver until I say it's safe to return here. 473 00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:26,463 Swear it. 474 00:33:26,546 --> 00:33:29,007 I swear. Go. 475 00:33:31,218 --> 00:33:34,429 [Crowd shouting] 476 00:33:48,318 --> 00:33:50,779 What are you doing? These are innocent folk! 477 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:52,030 Get your hands off her! 478 00:33:54,241 --> 00:33:55,784 [Osferth] Tell your men to stand down! 479 00:33:57,869 --> 00:33:58,954 [Osferth] Who are you? 480 00:34:01,122 --> 00:34:03,416 Finan! These men have been here before! 481 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:06,711 Danes of rumcofa have murdered our queen! 482 00:34:06,795 --> 00:34:09,589 [Volunteers] Queen killers! Dane-loving scum! 483 00:34:09,673 --> 00:34:13,134 Do your duty and rid the cockles from the wheat! 484 00:34:19,140 --> 00:34:20,183 Stop it! 485 00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:22,852 Danes here! Christian there! 486 00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:25,021 Separate them. 487 00:34:27,649 --> 00:34:29,943 [Bresal] Dane! Saxon! 488 00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:55,385 Danes in here, go! Come on! 489 00:34:55,468 --> 00:34:57,387 Father, declare a sanctuary! Go! 490 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:02,475 You'll be safe in here. 491 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,815 Bresal, they are good people... 492 00:35:11,735 --> 00:35:14,362 [Young uhtred screaming] 493 00:35:15,822 --> 00:35:16,865 [Young uhtred] Get off me! 494 00:35:22,787 --> 00:35:24,414 [Crowd screaming] 495 00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:27,459 [Swords piercing flesh] 496 00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:30,587 [Screaming continues] 497 00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:44,559 [Children screaming] 498 00:35:56,655 --> 00:35:59,908 Osferth, cynlaef! This way! We must get ingrith! 499 00:36:02,661 --> 00:36:04,996 Check the docks! Check the docks! 500 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,083 Come with me! 501 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:13,672 [Finan] Ingrith! 502 00:36:19,427 --> 00:36:21,137 [Ingrith] Get out of my way! 503 00:36:23,932 --> 00:36:25,183 Ingrith! 504 00:36:28,228 --> 00:36:29,771 - Ingrith, go! - Come on! 505 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:31,523 [Bresal] Fight me, boy! 506 00:36:34,275 --> 00:36:37,153 - [Barking] - [Ingrith shouting] 507 00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:45,703 [Shouts] 508 00:36:46,496 --> 00:36:47,580 [Finan] Ingrith! 509 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:54,337 {gasps} 510 00:36:55,422 --> 00:36:56,840 ingrith! 511 00:36:56,923 --> 00:36:57,923 [Bresal grunts] 512 00:36:59,759 --> 00:37:01,886 - [Osferth groans] - [Bresal grunts] 513 00:37:03,346 --> 00:37:04,389 {gasps} 514 00:37:06,182 --> 00:37:07,434 [pants] 515 00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:10,395 - [Cynlaef] No! - [Finan] No! 516 00:37:11,604 --> 00:37:12,605 [Osferth groans] 517 00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:15,066 You're all right! You're all right. Hey, hey! 518 00:37:15,150 --> 00:37:16,192 [Osferth panting] 519 00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:17,318 It's all right. 520 00:37:18,611 --> 00:37:20,447 - Help! - [Osferth] Where's the wound? 521 00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:22,824 - Where is it? - [Finan groans] 522 00:37:26,286 --> 00:37:29,789 Oh, my god, oh, my god, I'm going to die! I'm going to die! 523 00:37:29,873 --> 00:37:31,207 [Cries] 524 00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:36,546 - It's all right. - [Osferth gasping] 525 00:37:36,629 --> 00:37:38,882 Don't let me die, finan! 526 00:37:38,965 --> 00:37:45,722 - [Softly] Shh, I'm here with you. - [Osferth gasping] 527 00:37:45,805 --> 00:37:50,310 [Osferth breathing heavily] 528 00:37:50,393 --> 00:37:52,479 [Gasps, then breathing stops] 529 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,260 [Haesten] Do not be afraid, aalys. 530 00:38:24,344 --> 00:38:25,595 Uhtred is no danger. 531 00:38:26,346 --> 00:38:28,223 He seeks only to make this right. 532 00:38:29,474 --> 00:38:33,645 I swear I mean you no harm. I come only to hear your story. 533 00:38:47,867 --> 00:38:49,744 The men that attacked the queen... 534 00:38:51,746 --> 00:38:54,207 They claimed to come from sigtryggr, yes? 535 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:01,214 How did they know where to find her? 536 00:39:04,425 --> 00:39:06,719 We told no one the queen rode with us. 537 00:39:07,470 --> 00:39:09,597 Her menfolk would have forbidden it. 538 00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:14,561 Did they say why they wanted the queen? 539 00:39:20,650 --> 00:39:22,151 They did not want her. 540 00:39:25,071 --> 00:39:26,239 They came for me. 541 00:39:27,782 --> 00:39:29,492 They did. They spoke my name. 542 00:39:30,410 --> 00:39:31,786 But the lord guided her. 543 00:39:32,745 --> 00:39:35,790 She stood for me, claimed my place in the slaughter. 544 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,002 I wanted only to see the holy isle. 545 00:39:39,502 --> 00:39:41,462 Why did St. cuthbert lead me... 546 00:39:43,965 --> 00:39:45,425 Then let this happen? 547 00:40:17,206 --> 00:40:18,249 I've got him. 548 00:40:31,304 --> 00:40:32,555 I'm sorry. 549 00:40:33,306 --> 00:40:34,432 [Sobs] 550 00:40:35,975 --> 00:40:37,268 It's my fault! 551 00:40:38,186 --> 00:40:39,479 It's all my fault. 552 00:40:39,562 --> 00:40:42,273 [Finan crying] 553 00:40:42,357 --> 00:40:45,568 Pater noster qui es in oaelis... 554 00:40:45,652 --> 00:40:46,694 Do not do that. 555 00:40:48,196 --> 00:40:50,573 Danes, they have other customs. 556 00:40:54,702 --> 00:40:56,371 Take the survivors to danelaw. 557 00:40:57,664 --> 00:40:59,290 Mercia is no place for us. 558 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,295 [Finan sobbing] 559 00:41:07,423 --> 00:41:10,176 We will take osferth back to the place of his birth. 560 00:41:10,969 --> 00:41:12,512 Let him rest in wessex. 561 00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:15,431 Take finan with you to meet uhtred. 562 00:41:20,895 --> 00:41:23,856 [Villagers sobbing] 563 00:41:35,743 --> 00:41:38,246 I will meet sihtric on the road to aegelesburg. 564 00:41:41,416 --> 00:41:44,961 Take aalys to lindisfarne. I have a friend there who will hide her. 565 00:41:45,461 --> 00:41:48,715 Killing a queen, I follow. But who would want to kill a farm girl? 566 00:41:48,798 --> 00:41:50,800 Someone who wishes to stir the people. 567 00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:52,677 Bnda? 568 00:41:53,803 --> 00:41:55,054 It is too sly for her. 569 00:41:57,682 --> 00:41:59,976 Whichever, I ride to tell the king. 570 00:42:00,059 --> 00:42:03,354 He can perhaps be restrained if he knows his wife was not the prey. 571 00:42:04,731 --> 00:42:07,316 This is slightly on the light side, uhtred. 572 00:42:08,151 --> 00:42:12,030 I should be properly compensated for the hospitality I have shown the girl. 573 00:42:12,113 --> 00:42:13,364 You were compensated 574 00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:16,451 by whatever you stole from the dead queen. 575 00:42:19,245 --> 00:42:20,371 [Haesten chuckles] 576 00:42:20,455 --> 00:42:22,498 People do not entirely change, haesten. 577 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:28,838 [Man 1] Let them through! 578 00:42:28,921 --> 00:42:30,381 [Man 2] News from rumcofa! 579 00:42:32,842 --> 00:42:35,178 - [Man 3] Fetch the guard! - This way? 580 00:42:35,261 --> 00:42:36,387 [Aethelstan] Lord aelfweard. 581 00:42:37,597 --> 00:42:39,474 - I'm aethelstan... - I know who you are. 582 00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:42,769 I cannot forget the boy held hostage with me in Winchester 583 00:42:43,811 --> 00:42:45,438 who offered the Danes his life for mine. 584 00:42:46,606 --> 00:42:48,733 There is talk of an uprising in rumcofa. 585 00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:52,445 People there found the men that slew the visionary. 586 00:42:52,528 --> 00:42:54,363 You need to go inside immediately. 587 00:42:55,573 --> 00:42:58,242 And you need to fetch the king... now. 588 00:43:00,161 --> 00:43:01,204 [Sighs] 589 00:43:19,972 --> 00:43:21,724 We were close in spirit once. 590 00:43:23,559 --> 00:43:26,687 When she was first brought to the palace, I felt... 591 00:43:27,772 --> 00:43:28,815 [Sighs] 592 00:43:28,898 --> 00:43:30,983 I had found... 593 00:43:32,527 --> 00:43:34,612 Not a beloved but at least a friend. 594 00:43:37,657 --> 00:43:40,034 Someone should tell her father. 595 00:43:40,993 --> 00:43:46,499 That falls to me, as penance for ignoring his warnings about the Danes. 596 00:43:47,708 --> 00:43:48,751 [Breathes shakily] 597 00:43:48,835 --> 00:43:51,045 Have him brought from the road to Scotland. 598 00:43:52,421 --> 00:43:55,508 She was dishonored in life, so she will be honored in death. 599 00:43:57,844 --> 00:44:01,347 We must ready both armies to extract justice from sigtryggr. 600 00:44:03,474 --> 00:44:06,185 His wife... for mine. 601 00:44:13,025 --> 00:44:15,069 - [Footsteps departing] - [Grunts] 602 00:44:27,290 --> 00:44:29,333 [Eadgifu] I have been told the news. 603 00:44:33,254 --> 00:44:34,297 It is... 604 00:44:36,924 --> 00:44:38,676 Beyond words. 605 00:44:41,470 --> 00:44:43,514 I did not know her well... 606 00:44:45,183 --> 00:44:48,477 But you humped her husband nonetheless... 607 00:44:50,438 --> 00:44:52,106 Ignored the bonds of matrimony, 608 00:44:52,190 --> 00:44:54,942 gave your flesh freely and brought the wrath of god. 609 00:44:56,027 --> 00:44:57,069 [Eadgifu] Lord... 610 00:44:58,654 --> 00:45:00,615 That is your own guilt speaking. 611 00:45:00,698 --> 00:45:03,367 Do not seek to place this on me for I am blameless... 612 00:45:03,451 --> 00:45:04,702 We are not blameless! 613 00:45:06,746 --> 00:45:09,207 How can this be anything other than judgment? 614 00:45:10,541 --> 00:45:13,544 My god is not vengeful and neither should you be. 615 00:45:14,086 --> 00:45:17,381 This is the work of men, not god. 616 00:45:17,465 --> 00:45:20,635 Find the men that wronged her and have them feel your wrath. 617 00:45:25,681 --> 00:45:26,724 Forgive me. 618 00:45:28,226 --> 00:45:29,518 [Groans] 619 00:45:29,602 --> 00:45:31,145 I'm not myself. 620 00:45:33,648 --> 00:45:38,277 In truth, I feel a burning shame. I did not love her as I vowed to. 621 00:45:38,361 --> 00:45:40,071 I am not... I am not a good man. 622 00:45:40,154 --> 00:45:41,447 [Sobs] 623 00:45:43,449 --> 00:45:44,909 You are a good man. 624 00:45:45,868 --> 00:45:48,162 It matters not you did not love her. 625 00:45:49,538 --> 00:45:52,500 Others did. That is enough. 626 00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:00,967 Tell the boy the dreadful news. 627 00:46:03,010 --> 00:46:04,136 [Sobbing] 628 00:46:06,264 --> 00:46:07,306 [Eadgifu] Pity him. 629 00:46:09,141 --> 00:46:10,768 Do not pity yourself. 630 00:46:29,954 --> 00:46:32,081 [Edward breathes deeply] 631 00:46:32,164 --> 00:46:33,499 Think of no one but me. 632 00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:41,841 Look at nothing but my eyes. 633 00:46:48,139 --> 00:46:50,308 Feel nothing but my body. 634 00:47:40,232 --> 00:47:41,400 [Edward breathes deeply] 635 00:47:42,818 --> 00:47:43,861 [Eadgifu sighs] 636 00:47:46,405 --> 00:47:48,699 Swear to me this will not destroy you. 637 00:47:49,700 --> 00:47:53,037 Be a good king, not a good man. 638 00:48:00,419 --> 00:48:04,256 [Benedict] Men, women and children herded into my church and slaughtered. 639 00:48:05,216 --> 00:48:07,551 Farm boys wrenched from their loving mothers. 640 00:48:09,220 --> 00:48:13,891 All unprovoked, all taken when they had no sword. 641 00:48:13,974 --> 00:48:16,435 What reason did they give for the king's wrath? 642 00:48:17,395 --> 00:48:19,688 They claimed it was revenge for the death of the queen. 643 00:48:19,772 --> 00:48:24,068 Their reason is to cleanse all Danes from Saxon lands. 644 00:48:24,693 --> 00:48:26,987 Although they have lived alongside them for many years, 645 00:48:27,071 --> 00:48:28,572 they do not want them there. 646 00:48:30,032 --> 00:48:31,909 Your new king and queen will protect you. 647 00:48:31,992 --> 00:48:35,579 You are no longer people of mercia but live under the shield of eoferwic. 648 00:48:36,705 --> 00:48:39,875 Christians will not harm you here. 649 00:48:39,959 --> 00:48:41,669 Ordinary christians do not hate Danes. 650 00:48:41,752 --> 00:48:44,338 And yet Edward will no longer let us thrive here! 651 00:48:47,216 --> 00:48:48,384 We will avenge you. 652 00:48:51,887 --> 00:48:52,930 We will avenge you. 653 00:48:57,268 --> 00:48:58,686 We have to go to war. 654 00:49:10,364 --> 00:49:13,868 We will go north and confront sigtryggr. 655 00:49:15,327 --> 00:49:19,123 Send word he will pay in blood for this affront to us all. 656 00:49:21,792 --> 00:49:24,086 You fight under one king for the first time. 657 00:49:25,588 --> 00:49:27,756 No longer men of wessex or mercia... 658 00:49:29,633 --> 00:49:31,677 But saxons all. 659 00:49:32,845 --> 00:49:35,014 [Crowd murmurs] 660 00:49:35,097 --> 00:49:36,140 Come. 661 00:49:36,891 --> 00:49:40,644 Take some guards to find lord aethelhelm. Bring him home to us, child. 662 00:49:50,821 --> 00:49:53,032 [Hooves beating] 663 00:49:56,785 --> 00:49:59,538 Sihtric... tell me. 664 00:49:59,622 --> 00:50:01,248 News is being spread in aegelesburg 665 00:50:01,332 --> 00:50:03,667 with talk of confronting the Danes in battle. 666 00:50:05,336 --> 00:50:07,379 - How did the news come? - Lord aethelhelm. 667 00:50:08,130 --> 00:50:10,424 He spoke of the dead visionary and pressed for vengeance 668 00:50:10,508 --> 00:50:12,551 - but did not speak of the queen. - [Uhtred sighs] 669 00:50:12,635 --> 00:50:15,596 He did not know. She journeyed in secret. 670 00:50:20,309 --> 00:50:21,769 What if he planned it? 671 00:50:24,563 --> 00:50:26,249 - The killing... - What? Of his own daughter? 672 00:50:26,273 --> 00:50:27,358 No, of aalys. 673 00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:31,695 Aethelhelm was unaware his daughter traveled with the pilgrims. 674 00:50:33,197 --> 00:50:38,077 So he arranged to kill the visionary to poison the people against the Danes. 675 00:50:39,995 --> 00:50:41,580 Then I almost pity him. 676 00:50:42,540 --> 00:50:43,874 Do not pity him. 677 00:50:45,084 --> 00:50:48,837 What he has unleashed will throw my daughter against the saxons. 678 00:50:48,921 --> 00:50:51,840 - We must alert Edward to the enemy within. - [Cynlaef] Lord! 679 00:50:56,136 --> 00:50:57,471 [Uhtred] What are you doing here? 680 00:50:58,889 --> 00:51:00,266 Aelfwynn is in buccstan. 681 00:51:05,688 --> 00:51:06,814 What news of rumcofa? 682 00:51:11,026 --> 00:51:12,570 - What of my son? - My family? 683 00:51:12,653 --> 00:51:13,862 Your son lives, lord. 684 00:51:14,446 --> 00:51:16,282 Your wife and children too, but... 685 00:51:17,616 --> 00:51:19,118 Many in rumcofa... 686 00:51:21,704 --> 00:51:22,746 Where is osferth? 687 00:51:24,164 --> 00:51:27,209 - Finan, where is osferth? - [Uhtred] Finan! 688 00:51:28,711 --> 00:51:31,630 Tell us. Where is osferth? 689 00:51:38,053 --> 00:51:39,346 Make way for the king! 690 00:51:42,224 --> 00:51:45,311 Sigtryggr, let me lead a warrior band. 691 00:51:46,186 --> 00:51:48,480 Let me do more than buttress a shield wall. 692 00:51:49,732 --> 00:51:52,443 Let him join the vanguard. Walk out front. 693 00:51:55,529 --> 00:51:57,489 [Footsteps departing] 694 00:52:02,536 --> 00:52:05,205 If you ask me to, I will turn back now. 695 00:52:05,289 --> 00:52:06,665 I will not ask. 696 00:52:07,791 --> 00:52:11,545 If the king seeks to threaten us, we retaliate... 697 00:52:13,005 --> 00:52:15,674 Even if it means fighting against those that I love. 698 00:52:16,634 --> 00:52:18,969 I never wanted to rend you from your family. 699 00:52:19,595 --> 00:52:22,348 I held the peace so I may hold you, unfractured. 700 00:52:23,724 --> 00:52:25,601 I am not fractured. 701 00:52:26,185 --> 00:52:27,436 And we are united. 702 00:52:29,229 --> 00:52:30,272 [Exhales sharply] 703 00:52:46,622 --> 00:52:49,375 We leave to join our men on the border without delay. 704 00:52:50,125 --> 00:52:52,503 We summon the Saxon king! 705 00:52:53,420 --> 00:52:54,713 And in three days... 706 00:52:55,464 --> 00:52:57,132 [Shouts] In three days... 707 00:52:57,216 --> 00:53:00,678 [Normal] Our army will destroy Edward's army upon the high hills. 708 00:53:00,761 --> 00:53:01,804 [Man] Yes. 709 00:53:01,887 --> 00:53:07,726 In three days, we slaughter him, his offspring 710 00:53:07,810 --> 00:53:09,687 and those who fight in his name. 711 00:53:13,607 --> 00:53:15,567 Tell the coward boy the battle place. 712 00:53:16,276 --> 00:53:17,820 Tell him sigtryggr will be waiting. 713 00:53:18,487 --> 00:53:25,786 [Men chanting] Sigtryggr! 714 00:53:43,887 --> 00:53:45,180 [Aethelstan] Lord aethelhelm. 715 00:53:46,724 --> 00:53:49,017 We have scattered many men in search of you. 716 00:53:49,810 --> 00:53:51,645 And you're the one to find gold. 717 00:53:53,188 --> 00:53:55,274 I've been asked to bring you back to aegelesburg. 718 00:53:57,401 --> 00:53:58,444 Why? 719 00:54:00,112 --> 00:54:02,114 I do not know the reason, lord. 720 00:54:03,532 --> 00:54:04,992 Please just return with me. 721 00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:07,286 Not today. 722 00:54:08,412 --> 00:54:09,538 Feed him. 723 00:54:11,749 --> 00:54:12,791 Make him welcome. 724 00:54:12,875 --> 00:54:14,668 This way, lord aethelstan. 725 00:54:21,008 --> 00:54:24,094 The little bastard knows something he will not tell me. 726 00:54:25,304 --> 00:54:27,139 Perhaps you'd like to get it out of him. 727 00:54:28,056 --> 00:54:33,020 Come, see the men we have gathered for this adventure. 728 00:54:33,103 --> 00:54:35,314 - The king will need... - Lord, I must speak. 729 00:54:39,359 --> 00:54:43,071 The bastard may be concealing that which I myself learned in rumcofa. 730 00:54:49,077 --> 00:54:51,413 Your daughter was traveling with the pilgrims 731 00:54:51,497 --> 00:54:52,873 and was also slaughtered. 732 00:54:55,959 --> 00:54:57,002 {gasps} 733 00:55:06,887 --> 00:55:07,930 [Bresal] Lord. 734 00:55:08,806 --> 00:55:09,890 Did you hear that? 735 00:55:12,518 --> 00:55:14,311 I saw her body in rumcofa, lord. 736 00:55:16,104 --> 00:55:17,564 It's been taken to her husband. 737 00:55:20,192 --> 00:55:22,277 Forgive me. Had we any idea... 738 00:55:24,112 --> 00:55:25,489 Lord, it's not my fault. 739 00:55:26,240 --> 00:55:27,282 Had you have said... 740 00:55:31,954 --> 00:55:34,665 I think it is quite clear where the blame lies. 741 00:55:41,922 --> 00:55:42,965 [Grunts] 742 00:56:09,992 --> 00:56:11,368 [Bresal] Lord, put down the knife. 743 00:56:16,373 --> 00:56:18,375 It is the honorable way. 744 00:56:18,458 --> 00:56:21,211 Since when have we done the honorable thing, lord? 745 00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:24,047 Your grandson needs you alive. 746 00:56:25,424 --> 00:56:29,553 My grandson's fortunes are ruined. 747 00:56:31,847 --> 00:56:33,307 Without the queen... 748 00:56:33,390 --> 00:56:34,892 [Whimpering] 749 00:56:34,975 --> 00:56:37,019 Our influence dies. 750 00:56:38,604 --> 00:56:40,480 [Bresal] Then make them rise again. 751 00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,108 Finish what you've started. 752 00:56:43,191 --> 00:56:45,068 [Whimpering] 753 00:56:46,612 --> 00:56:48,739 I know you can do this, lord. I know it. 754 00:56:50,741 --> 00:56:51,783 Find yourself. 755 00:56:53,911 --> 00:56:54,953 Find it. 756 00:56:56,496 --> 00:56:57,581 Fight. 757 00:57:01,335 --> 00:57:02,377 [Inhales sharply] 758 00:57:05,339 --> 00:57:09,760 [Whimpering] 759 00:57:21,021 --> 00:57:22,105 [Whimpers] 760 00:57:29,821 --> 00:57:31,114 [Grunts]