["If I had a heart" playing]
More, give me more give me more
if I had a heart I could love you
if I had a voice I would sing
after the night when I wake up
I'll see what tomorrow brings
[vocalizing]
If I had a voice I would sing
- [Door opens] - [Clanking]
[Groans]
[Grunts, panting]
Is this the end?
[Canute] No.
King olaf has invited you to feast with him.
[Grunts, groans]
[Pants]
[Harald grunts, groans]
[Panting]
[Wretches]
- [{panflng] - [Clanking]
[King olaf] Come and sit down.
[Clanging, sighs]
Would you like some horse liver?
It's sacred to the god Freya.
[Breath trembling] I know.
Thank you.
[Grunts softly]
Thirsty, eh?
[Gasping]
They don't serve mead where I've been staying.
I've been thinking of our contradictory fortunes.
If it's true that the norns spin our fate,
then what helps them to make their decisions?
- Are you listening to me? - [Tense music playing]
I took your kingdom from you!
- Is it arbitrary? - [Sighs]
Or is there something that is the reason for it all?
Are we, for example, punished for our hubris?
For taking the gods for granted?
Do we have the fate that we deserve?
Perhaps you are right.
That is not an argument!
You are my prisoner, at my mercy!
Is that something that you deserve?
In other words,
it is nothing to do with me?
[Harald exhales]
You...
Found me laying badly wounded on the battlefield.
If you would have left me there to die,
of course, this would be different!
What is fated...
Is acted out by all of us.
It's just that we can't help it.
We can't help it.
I still cannot believe that the gods
play with us for their amusement.
[Chuckles]
One thing I am certain of.
The Christian god will destroy our gods.
How can you be so sure?
I feel it in my liver.
But not before I have safely reached Valhalla.
[Scoffs]
But one thing I am thinking of, is whether to have you killed or not.
Or does it matter?
[Spits]
[Singing in old norse]
[Voice fades]
- [Grunts] - [Horse whinnies]
[Grunts]
[Dramatic music playing]
[Calls out in rus]
[Urges horses]
[Horse whinnies]
[Urging horses]
[Ivar speaking in English] Forgive me for asking, prince Oleg.
Was the prophecy true?
Was something terrible really going to happen to your brother?
Not as far as I know.
I was bluffing.
Bluffing? Huh.
But then how did you know about prince dir's new wife?
That seems astonishing.
[Chuckles] Not at all.
It was rather easy.
Anna used to be one of my mistresses.
One day she asked my permission to marry my brother.
Since I was growing tired of her,
I granted her request.
She was only playing at being terrified.
- [Lvar chuckles softly] - [Oleg chuckles]
Why do you follow me?
Everywhere I go, I feel your eyes upon me.
I think I should be with you.
I know I'll bring you luck and good fortune.
How can you say that?
Because it is true.
Every man I choose to go with has luck and good fortune.
You are wasting your time.
I have a wife.
I love her.
What is that to me?
I can help you.
If you were with me, you would never doubt yourself again.
And you will be the greatest king to ever live.
You have chosen the wrong man.
I told you, I am not free.
I know.
That is your problem.
But you can solve it.
After all...
You're the king.
[Exhales]
[Footsteps recede]
[Grunting]
- [Woman screaming] - [Eerie music playing]
[Breath trembling]
- [Woman screaming] - [Footsteps approaching]
[Tense music playing]
[Breath trembling]
Thora.
[Breath trembling]
Thora.
[Suspenseful music intensifies]
[Panting] Oh...
[Birds chirping]
[Woman 1] Can you imagine?
[Woman 2] Do you think she will be here?
- [Woman 1] It's possible. - [Woman 3] I hope so.
[Woman 1] One can only hope!
[Woman 2] I've heard she's very tall.
- [Woman 3] So many stories! - [Sheep bleating]
[Woman 2] Is that her? Is that... Is that her?
Are you lagertha?
[Lagertha] Yes.
Are you all from this village?
[Woman 2] Not all of us.
Some of us live in another village about 15 rost away.
But we all wanted to come and see if the rumors were true.
[Chickens clucking]
Where are your menfolk?
Most of us are widows.
We lost our men, our husbands and older sons
in storms and battles.
Now we have to raise our children alone.
Life is hard.
I understand.
But perhaps it would be better if I share it with you all.
[Tense music playing]
[Kisses]
- Hvitserk. - [Burps]
Hvitserk.
It hurts me.
It hurts all of us to see you so.
I walk between the places.
I see the place where my mother was struck down.
And I see the place thora was burned alive.
[Sniffles]
And everywhere else...
Iseelvan
he's always with me.
Right now, he's over there,
[panting]
Looking at me.
Looking at me...
Waiting.
Waiting for me.
He isn't.
- He isn't, hvitserk. - Of course he is.
You can't see him. Hmm?
- I can see him. - [Tense music playing]
It's the ghosts.
Ghosts.
You're with child?
Yes.
I've always wanted a son or a daughter.
I... I don't mind. Just...
Someone to love.
[Breath trembling]
[Sniffling, gasps]
[Indistinct shouting]
[Man] Give way.
[Horse whinnies]
[Grunts softly]
[Speaking in rus]
[Panting]
[Lagertha speaking in English] Tell me, you intend to look for some
undiscovered land in the middle of the ocean.
Are you really going to take hall and Asa
with you on such a hazardous expedition?
[Indistinct chatter]
Ihadntthought
lhave.
What are you suggesting, lagertha?
I'm suggesting you leave them with me.
I would be happy to look after them,
and I could teach them many skills that they would need in life.
And if there was any danger of you being lonely?
Then, it's true,
they would give me companionship.
I don't deny that.
What do you say?
If the children agree, I think it is a good idea.
And so do I.
- [Ubbe] Mmm. - [Lagertha] Mmm.
And since you are pregnant with our first child,
maybe you should stay home as well.
What did you say?
I just said that since you...
I heard what you said.
And the way you said it.
So dismissively.
"Oh, you poor little woman.
So weak, so helpless.
You're with child. We must look after you."
You know that's not what I meant.
[Torvi] Hmm.
[Torvi sighs]
Let me tell you something, ubbe lothbrok.
I will not be left behind.
I have had enough of compromising with the men in my life.
Wherever you go, I will go, too.
Whatever you do, I will do, too.
Even to the ends of the earth.
Even to the ends of endurance.
Isn't that what love means, hmm?
Isn't it?
- Skol. - [Torvi] Skol.
[Scoffs]
Going to king Harald's aid?
Are you sure?
Why? Do you think I'm crazy, too?
- That I shouldn't do it? - No.
If you trust yourself, then it is the right thing to do.
Whatever anyone else says.
Hvitserk is in a bad place.
I know.
I persuaded ubbe and torvi to delay their voyage,
so they can look after him.
And look after kattegat with you.
What do you want us to do, for kattegat?
I want to put kattegat on the map.
I want the world to know we're open for business.
I wouldn't want anything to stop that.
And what about you?
[Indistinct chatter]
What about me?
Are you still a viking?
Do you still secretly want to be on the move,
always traveling and never arriving?
No. Of course not.
I've found my fixed point.
Here is my space.
[Indistinct shouting]
[Tense music playing]
[Sighs]
[Dramatic music playing]
[Torvi speaking in old norse]
[All replying]
- [Suspenseful music playing] - [Drums beating]
[In English] Come here, bjorn.
Don't deny the gods.
[Drums beating]
[Triumphant music playing]
[Viking 1] Ready the sail!
[Viking 2] Row!
[Viking 3] Row!
- [Tense music playing] - [Birds chirping]
[Viking 1] Watch the side!
[Viking 3] Row!
[Viking 1] Throw me the rope! Again!
[Viking 3] Pull it!
[Viking 2] You're dragging behind!
[Viking 1] Pull!
Keep up!
[Viking 3] Hey, row!
Hey, row!
[Viking 4] I will!
[Ubbe] Your father has asked us to care for kattegat in his absence
before we journey west.
So, help lagertha with the farm and the animals.
And remember that we love you,
and we will think about you every day, wherever we are.
And one day, we will all be together again.
- That's what I'll pray to the gods for. - [Ubbe chuckles]
That is what we will all pray for, Asa.
My darlings.
What can I say?
Ubbe has said it all.
You can say that you love us.
I love you both with all my heart.
You are my gift from the gods.
That is why I am so happy that lagertha will be looking after you
and teaching you.
Come.
We leave them in your safe hands.
[Lagertha] Take care of yourself, torvi.
And you, ubbe.
No more farewells.
We will all see each other again, somehow, someday.
- Of that I am sure. - [Tense music playing]
I'm thinking of kattegat. What about...
The invasion?
[Pours drink]
[Oleg] I've started to make plans. Don't worry.
[Inhales] Mmm.
- These things take time. - Hmm.
- Preparations are everything. - Yes.
First we'll have to deal with my brother.
[Ivar] Hmm?
What do you mean?
He had the audacity to threaten me.
For that, there is no excuse.
I never thought that he was so ambitious.
[Ivar snickers]
I see now that he is a...
Real threat to the kingdom
and to me.
[Suspenseful music playing]
He thinks he's a lion...
But he's just a dog!
[Laughing]
- [Both imitate dog barking] - [Chuckling]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Cheers]
[Upbeat music playing]
Thatone.
[Grunting]
[Laughter]
Ah!
[Laughter]
[Sinister music playing]
[Laugh echoes]
[Dramatic music playing]
[Grunts]
[Grunts, groans]
[Squeals]
[Woman screaming]
[Grunting]
Ah! [Groans]
[Lagertha] Listen.
Who can hear the sound of grass growing?
The sound of wool on a sheep's back growing?
Who needs less sleep than a bird?
Who is so eagle-eyed that,
by day and by night,
he can see the least movement a hundred leagues away?
- [Both] Heimdall. - [Lagertha chuckles]
Yes, Heimdall.
But who could tell it was Heimdall,
that figure on the seashore?
Heimdall, the guardian of the gods,
had left his horn gjall safe in mimir's spring.
He left gulltoppr, his golden-maned stallion,
behind a stable door,
and he strode alone across the flaming three-strand rainbow bridge
from asgard to midgard.
[Suspenseful music playing]
It was spring and time for sowing.
The god walked away from Bifrost over
soft green ground,
and soon he came to the edge of the earth.
All day, as the sun fled west from the wolf,
he picked his way along the wavy line
where the soil meets the deep sea.
[Suspenseful music intensifies]
[Grunts]
[Indistinct shouting]
[Oleg snickers, speaks in rus]
[Dog panting]
[Dog barks]
[Imitates dog barking]
[Dog whining]
[Scoffs]
[Sighs]
[Kisses]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Exclaims]
Whoa, whoa, whoa. [Chuckles]
[Clanging]
[Eerie music playing]
[Chuckles nervously]
[Scoffs]
[Tense music playing]
Mmm-hmm.
[Door shuts]
[Shouts in rus]
[Ubbe speaking in English] I feel strange, sitting here on this chair.
It was once occupied by my father, king ragnar,
my mother, queen aslaug,
lageflha,
and now, king bjorn Ironside, my brother.
I do so only temporarily, of course.
Since king bjorn will soon return,
his mission accomplished. For who could doubt that?
But in the meantime,
life goes on.
Important matters cannot be left undone orunaflended.
If you have urgent issues with one of your neighbors,
your family,
or you seekjustice for a crime committed against you,
you can come to me privately.
And as your law giver, I will do my utmost to resolve them.
Now, looking beyond kattegat,
I want to announce that I have organized trade missions
with king Alfred in england and Duke rollo in frankia.
[Indistinct chatter]
My brother hvitserk...
Hvitserk is going to lead a trade mission
along the silk road,
trading along its long route,
perhaps even to China.
[All laugh]
Why not, huh?
China seems a long way away to us now,
but one day perhaps it will seem a lot closer,
almost like a neighbor. Hmm?
As will those countries that king bjorn visited
along the mediterranean sea.
- We are viking! - [Men cheer]
We are travelers.
- [All] Yes! - And we are traders.
- That is our destiny! - [Woman] Yes!
King bjorn was right.
We must go out into the world,
- and the world must come to us. - [People agreeing]
If you believe in our future,
if you believe in the future of our children,
then I ask you to support and to join them.
[People agreeing]
Together...
We will make kattegat one of the greatest cities in the world!
- [People cheering] - [Inspirational music playing]
Where's hvitserk?
I'll find him.
[Rooster crowing]
[Hvitserk's breath trembling]
- [Knocking on door] - [Gunnhild] Hvitserk!
- Who is it? - [Gunnhild] Hvitserk!
Go away!
- [Gunnhild] Open the door! - Go... go away!
- [Gunnhild] Please, hvitserk! - You, go away!
[Gunnhild] Hvitserk!
[Knocking at door]
Open!
Hvitserk?
Hvitserk.
[Echoing] Hvitserk!
[Tense music playing]
[Hvitserk panting]
Thora. Thora. Oh, no. [Whimpers]
I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Thora.
- [Eerie music playing] - [Hvitserk sobs]
- Oh, hvitserk. - I'm so sorry.
- [Breath trembling] - [Eerie music continues]
[Woman 1] Lagertha!
Lageflha!
[Woman 2] Two days ago we were attacked.
Bandfls?
[Woman 1] They attacked at night.
They stole our grain stores and our animals.
[Woman 2] They killed our sons.
My baby was crying.
They picked him up and smashed his brains out.
They raped me.
They raped all of us.
We didn't know who to tell.
Our menfolk are dead.
We thought of you.
[Suspenseful music playing]
We are so afraid they might come back.
[Lagertha] Oh, they will come back.
Of that I'm certain.
[Tense music playing]
We must all prepare for another attack.
[Harald laughs]
How are we today?
Oh, I had along sleep,
so I am well rested and, on the whole, pretty cheerful.
Thank you for asking.
Are you hungry?
What is that you're making?
It's hard to describe.
But it's my very own recipe.
Ah, then, I'm sure I will enjoy it.
It is served cold?
How else would it be served?
[Chuckles] Of course.
[Sighs]
If it wasn't for you, canute...
I'd be dead.
I had no orders to kill you.
What can I offer you to set me free?
I've always wanted to be a king.
- A king? [Chuckles] - Can you imagine?
[Laughs]
- King canute! - [Harald laughs]
Of course, a king,
a king! [Sighs]
I could make you a king.
Really?
[Suspenseful music playing]
I swear.
And I swear you are lying.
You do not have power.
You just have words.
So, you're a philosopher also?
No. I am more the practical kind.
Do you want some more stew?
Uh, I think I mightjust wait until the point of my death.
- Well, it won't go cold. - [Laughs]
[Sighs]
Do you really have to go?
I enjoy your conversation almost as much as I enjoy your cooking.
I'm afraid I have more urgent matters to attend to.
It seems bjorn Ironside
has arrived on our shore with a very large fleet.
Possibly he has come to rescue you.
[Indistinct shouting]
Sit down.
King bjorn.
What is the news?
King Harald is still alive.
But we fear that king olaf could execute him at any time.
There seems no reason or logic to his actions.
[Indistinct shouting]
Trust me.
When I attack, the element of surprise will work in our favor.
You will stay with us?
- Wouldn't it be better if... - No.
It wouldn't be better.
Believe me.
It's a question of trust.
[Somber music playing]
[Sighs]
[Inspirational music playing]
- [Birds chirping] - [Horse whinnies]
[Speaking in rus]
[Tapping]
- Chair. - Chair.
[Laughing]
Mmm.
- [Lvar chuckles] - Ah.
[Chuckles]
[Thudding]
[Chuckles]
[Dog barking]
[Dramatic music playing]
[Dog continues barking]
[Bell clinging]
[Dog continues barking]
[Dog panting]
[Suspenseful music playing]
[Grunting, pants]
[Grunting]
[Imitates barking]
- [Laughs] - [Dog barking]
[Grunting]
[Suspenseful music playing]
[King olaf] Come and see.
Oh, come and see. Come and see.
Oath breakers,
philanderers...
And murderers
Wade through the sea.
Nidhogg, too, will escape the flame.
[Tense violin music playing]
[Ketill] Where are you going?
Stay with us.
[King olaf] And under yggdrasill
he will suck the blood
from the bodies of the dead.
There is something in the water.
I can't see any guards.
I can't see anyone.
[Whoosh]
[Eerie music playing]
[Panting]
But they can see us.
Retreat! Retreat!
Under the water! Go under!
See, come and see!
Come and see!
Come and see the wreck of humanity.
The wreck of humanity!
[Fire crackling]
Broken heads.
Spilled guts!
- [Arrows whooshing] - [Screaming]
[King olaf] Scorched flesh!
[Grunts]
[King olaf's warrior speaks command in old norse]
[Screaming]
[King olaf speaking in English] The young at each other's throats!
Upon a sea of corpses!
Retreat! Go under! Go under!
[Indistinct grunting]
[Echoing] Retreat!
[King olaf's warrior] Loose!
[King olaf] A feast! A feast for the gods!
[Clamoring]
[Screaming]
[Indistinct shouting]
What do we do now, bjorn Ironside?
[Panting]
[King olaf] Come and see the wreck...
The wreck of humanity.
[Dramatic music playing]
The wreck of humanity.
[Music playing]