(If I had a heart playing)
(Speaking arabic)
(Groaning)
(Screaming)
Run! Run!
Run!
(Indistinct shouting)
Faster!
(Grunts)
(Giggling)
(Horn blowing in distance)
Man 1: Steady the lines to the bow!
Man 2: Cross the sails!
(Horn continues)
Man 3: We're almost there!
Man 4: That's it! A little closer!
(Scoffs)
Ivar.
Ivar and hvitserk lothbrok.
Why did you not return to kattegat?
You don't need the seer to know that ubbe and I fell out.
We disagreed about many things.
But, in the end,
hvitserk agreed with me, and ubbe sailed alone to kattegat.
And
that is why we're here.
A good choice, a good choice.
Surely you both remember Astrid?
She is my queen now.
I am happy for both of you.
Oh, thank you, ivar.
So, do I understand that you and your warriors
will support me when I attack kattegat?
Straight to it. I like it.
Yes, we will.
But only if ivar is made king.
You know that I have my own plans for that kingdom.
Of course, of course.
And that is why we are here.
What I think my dear brother is trying to say is that,
in the long term,
what is to stop you from ruling kattegat when I am dead and gone?
How long can that be?
I'm not a healthy person.
I'm a cripple.
But your brother hvitserk?
All that matters to the both of us is to reclaim the kingdom
that was torn from us by that murderess bitch, lageflha.
We want to be in an alliance with you,
to make that happen.
And soon.
You have a prisoner.
I have heard of this man.
Where is he?
Bring the Christian!
On his knees.
(Grunts)
Bishop heahmund.
What is the point of him?
Why don't you just kill him?
Because he is a great warrior.
I have seen how he fights with my own eyes.
And I admire great warriors.
He will fight for us?
Maybe.
If he doesn't want to get crucified.
(All laugh)
(Speaking other language)
Harald: No, no, no.
Let him continue.
(Speaking other language)
What did he say? He is praying to his god.
A fat lot of good that will do him.
(Laughter)
Father,
we can't stay here.
The northmen will come.
And where should we go?
Back to the swamps, of course.
We'll be safe there.
I don't want to run anymore.
But we've...
No, your father is right.
We cannot run and hide.
And we won't.
Why not?
Because father is king.
Man 1: (In distance) In line!
Man 2: We need more water! Man 1: Fetch itwhile you can!
(Horse neighs)
You men! Head down the right flank!
Grandfather...
I don't want to disturb your sleep, but I need to talk to you.
We have suffered a most grievous defeat
at the hands of the northmen and the sons of ragnar.
No words can explain the misery and desolation of our people.
For now, it seems we are at their mercy.
Everything you dreamed of and worked for,
this great kingdom you carved out of england,
could be lost.
But I want to make you this promise.
If our lord should ever see fit to choose me as king,
even over this wasteland,
then I swear to you, as if you were sitting next to me now,
that I will fight and struggle
to restore your kingdom to its former glories.
To realize your dream of becoming king of all england...
Or perish in the trying.
(Indistinct chatter)
(Ivar grunts)
(Chuckung)
That's a fine sword.
It is the bishop's sword.
He must have paid the dwarves a great deal to make it,
because it is a magical sword.
The metal is much stronger than ours.
I saw him kill many men with it.
And the edge never blunted,
but continued to bite.
And now...
It is mine.
To have such a sword
gives you a great advantage.
Think of Odin's spear.
And now think of ivar's sword.
What is it you really want, ivar lothbrok?
Revenge.
I dream of the many ways
that I can make lagertha suffer before I kill her.
I want revenge because...
Because she killed my beautiful mother.
What of the kingdom?
What of kattegat?
It is not so important to me.
But surely your brother will...
I said it is not so important to me.
What is it about the word "king"
that makes even reasonable people behave like idiots, huh?
(Laughs)
Ah!
How is married life?
You are married to Astrid, lagertha's lover.
I hope she's worth it.
(Indistinct chatter)
(Arrows whooshing)
(People exclaiming)
I warned you.
Who was it?
Who gave us away?
Who betrayed us?
You, guthrum.
Guthrum: I thought hard about what you said.
That in this place there would be no war.
But then I remembered my father in Valhalla,
and I realized that if I did not die well in battle
that I would never see him again.
I don't want to be imprisoned again, lageflha.
Spare me that, at least.
A swift blow with ax or sword is all I ask.
You deserve to be punished.
I have done nothing to justify your betrayal.
Eyvind.
And you, ketill flatnose.
Why were you going to leave us?
Both of you are renowned warriors from prominent families.
Kattegat is your home.
Floki persuaded us.
Who, if he was honest, would not want to live among the gods?
Kattegat is in danger, and you thought only of yourself.
And you...
Aud.
I have always been true to you, lagertha.
But you know yourself, we are the gods' playthings.
I realized that it wasn't floki the boatbuilder
who was calling me away,
but the god who inhabits him.
Therefore, I had to accept my fate.
And I still have to.
Whatever it is.
I have been betrayed very often in my life,
but I've never got used to it.
But I will allow you to go.
I will allow all of you to go.
What point is served by keeping you all here against your will?
Especially if aud is right, and your leaving is the will of the gods.
I only hope floki has found what he says he has found.
I have known him a long time.
He is a good man
and a great shipbuilder.
But he is also the trickster.
No, lageflha.
Not now.
Not this time.
Did you really think I could have you killed, floki?
(Scoffs)
You've done worse things than that, lagertha.
Shield-maiden, blessed by the gods.
Farewell.
(Horse whinnies)
You see how weak she is?
She makes it look like she's controlling everything,
but of course she has no real power, shejust proved it.
Ketill: I cannot believe she spared us.
She is truly a great woman.
She spared us because she is a woman.
No man in her position would have done so.
Are you sure?
Yes.
Men are impatient.
They cannot wait for anything.
If they have power, they need to exercise it.
Othennise, it seems to them that they have no power.
But a woman must wait almost a year to give birth.
Therefore, she lives life more slowly, and more deeply.
But what is it she is waiting for?
She is waiting to see if floki is right.
There is going to be a war.
A war that will make me the king of kattegat,
my father's kingdom.
A war against the usurper,
ragnar's first wife, lagertha,
who killed my mother in order to be queen.
And, of course,
a war between brothers.
Bishop, you have a choice.
Fight alongside me,
or I will kill you.
What are your wars to me?
A way of staying alive.
I'm not afraid to die for my faith.
But you are not being asked to do that.
I'm not asking you to renounce your faith
or to fight against christians.
All I'm asking you is to kill more of those you call heathens.
Why do you offer me this choice?
Because I am jealous of you.
I would like to be like you.
Strong
and whole.
A great warrior.
That is why I saved you.
And that is why I want you to fight alongside me.
Man 1: Turn the sails!
Man 2: All together!
Man 3: They're backing!
The wind... come around!
Woman: Row closer!
Man 1: I see land!
(Laughs)
Ketill!
Eyvind!
Look over there.
Do not worry, aud.
It cannot be as bad as it looks.
(Indistinct chatter)
Will he fight with us?
I have really no idea.
You didn't discuss with me the arrangement you made with king Harald.
What arrangement?
That you would be king,
but that aftennards, the crown would pass down to him first,
and not to me.
That is because, hvitserk, it is not really an arrangement.
It is just words.
Who is to say
that he will not try to kill me?
Or that I might try to kill him?
Or that you might try to kill the both of us, for that matter?
Then why even pretend there is an arrangement?
It suits everyone.
For the moment.
But then again, everything can also change in a moment, right?
I don't know, ivar.
I wish I could believe you.
I wish I knew who you really were.
Ah, you know who I really am, hvitserk.
I'm your crippled brother.
You used to pull me on a sledge through the streets of kattegat, remember?
Nothing has really changed except those were only childish games.
What is it you really want, ivar?
I want to be the most famous man who ever lived.
Even greater than father?
Much greater than father.
In time, the name of ragnar lothbrok will fade and be forgotten.
No one will ever forget ivar the boneless.
Lord, deliver me in thy righteousness,
and cause me to escape.
Incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Deliver me, o lord,
out of the hands of the wicked,
out of the hands of the unrighteous
and cruel man.
For thou art...
For thou art my hope, 0 lord.
(Distant chatter)
To the overthrow of the witch, lagertha,
and to the liberation of kattegat!
(All cheering)
Skol.
So, when do we attack?
I will summon myjarls.
And my ships still need to be repaired and made ready, as do yours.
But when all this is done,
we should have a fleet of at least 70 ships.
There is a full moon tonight.
Let us say that we will attack in two moons' time.
I agree.
Skol. Skol.
It will be strange for you to return to kattegat
as a queen.
Skol.
And here is to our sacred agreement.
Which if any man breaks,
he will deserve to die.
Skol. All: Skol.
All: My mother told me
someday I would buy
galley with good oars
sail to distant shores!
(Praying in Latin)
Amen.
(Continues praying in Latin)
Amen.
Alfred!
Help him.
Aethelred: Alfred? Judith: Alfred!
Help him.
Son. Alfred?
Help him.
Take him to his chamber.
Aethelwulf: One, two, three.
It's as if the slaughter of our army was god's punishment
for the sins and evils of our people.
Naked came I out of my mother's womb,
and naked
shall I return.
The lord gives
and the lord takes away.
Blessed be the name of the lord.
I don't believe you.
I don't believe that we are being punished.
After all, god is merciful.
Is he not?
He loves us like a father.
If you have lost hope that Alfred will survive,
then you need to leave me alone.
You leave me alone to pray for his soul.
All of you!
What is your name?
Hakon.
You're going whaling?
Leave tomorrow.
Who's your captain?
You're looking at him.
How long will you be away for?
Depends.
Ten days, maybe.
Do you sail close to kattegat?
Not often.
How long would it take you to sail there?
If I had any reason to sail there,
only two days.
How loyal is your crew?
They are all members of my family.
Is that a good enough answer?
Queen Astrid,
why are you asking me these questions?
I want you to deliver a message to someone in kattegat.
A message? Yes.
What kind of message?
Just_
Just tell me that you might consider my request.
I take it that this is dangerous?
Yes.
Well,
if it's dangerous, can you make it worth my while?
Yes.
Look.
That is generous.
But...
There is more.
Much more.
Enough for you and your crew never to go whaling again, if you choose.
I agree. And you won't betray me?
Good.
I will return.
Wait.
There is something else I want.
What?
You.
I want you.
For what man doesn't want to have sex with the queen?
Floki!
Where is this good land you promised us?
Here is only rock.
We can't plant anything here.
No doubt floki has found a better place than here.
It is the same in our country, is it not?
Lots of barren places.
But this was supposed to be different.
That's what floki told us.
Aland of milk and honey.
How much further do we have to walk?
Just a few more days.
Man: We have to keep walking. We will get there.
Floki,
why go inland?
Why didn't we settle on the coast?
In the beginning,
this will be very hard work.
So hard that you will curse this land
and you will curse the man who brought you here.
But in the end,
I swear,
you will thank him for bringing you here,
to the land of the gods.
(Indistinct chatter)
Do you have the treasure?
What is the message?
Tell queen lagertha that the attack will come in two moons' time.
Isthatah?
Yes.
But you have to swear on the gods to deliver it.
I'll swear on whoever you like.
I'll deliver it.
(Grunts)
Now,
the sex.
Do you have to?
What do you mean?
An agreement is an agreement.
(Grunting) (Indistinct chatter)
(Panting)
What are you doing?
Who are these men?
(Laughs)
My crew.
I told you, what man doesn't want to have sex with the queen?
(Laughs)
Ah!
If you don't submit,
I'll tell king Harald how you plan to betray him.
Alfred.
What are you doing?
Leaving.
I have decided to go on a pilgrimage to the monastery at lindisfarne.
That's where your father was trained for the church.
Are you certain you're well enough to travel?
Yes.
So, why do you want to go?
It might help me to understand things.
Surely...
Dontdo what you always do.
Don't pretend that it was just something that happened.
It didn't just happen.
You had sex. You got pregnant. I was the result.
But now, it's as though we can all agree that it never really happened.
But I need to follow in my father's footsteps.
I need to find out who he really was and where he came from.
Surely you wouldn't deny me thatjourney?
No, of course not.
(Grunting)
Son.
Use your shield, or lose your head.
Again.
(Grunting)
(Aethelwulf laughing)
(Men cheering)
Enough.
Good.
Man: Well fought, my lord.
You have the makings of a great warrior.
And a great king.
In two full moons?
Ubbe: Did she say any more?
How many ships they may have? How many warriors?
But I can tell you something.
Ivar, the boneless hasjoined with king Harald.
Ivar?
He appeared one day with his ships.
He and Harald have feasted together.
And, tell me...
How is queen Astrid?
She is well enough.
I did not see her very long.
After all, what am I but a simple fisherman?
I think now she must regard you as a friend and ally.
Perhaps. I have enjoyed serving her.
See that this man and his crew are well cared for.
We don't have much time.
We must decide what to do,
whether to wait here for the attack,
or choose another place to do battle.
Ubbe,
you will lead our army.
Yes.
Against my two brothers.
Who could ever imagine such a thing?
This is going to rip my father's legacy apart.
More even than that, ubbe.
As the seer foretold, it will tear our world apart.
Now we must all prepare for it.
The days will pass like the wind.
I will see to our business,
and I will send word to the jarls.
Margrethe. A moment.
You continue to give counsel against me,
to question my judgment, authority, and competence...
Don't argue!
But now it stops. You will cease to do it.
The stakes are too high.
But if! Hear that you have spoken against me one more time,
I will cut out your tongue and enslave you once more.
Ubbe would have something to say about that.
Ubbe does not rule kattegat.
And as long as I rule here,
you will do as I say.
Man: It's kattegat!
Kattegat!
(Crowd jeering)
Man 1: Why is he here, the Christian dog?
Man 2: The heathen!
Woman: Kill him!
(Crowd cheers)
Woman: Kill him!
Man: Christian, die!
Christian dog!
(Shushing)
(Clamoring subsides)
Now we decide whether you'll fight with us,
or whether I kill you.
Nothing is keeping you alive but me.
Why don't you give me the knife?
Die! (Crowd clamoring)
Are you afraid?
(Growls)
Do it.
Coward! Do...
(Screams)
(Groaning)
(Ivar laughing)
(Ivar clapping)
I think he will fight with us!
(Crowd cheering)
Crowd: (Chanting) Heahmund! Heahmund!
(Music playing)