1 00:00:00,330 --> 00:00:02,350 [thumping music playing] 2 00:00:02,102 --> 00:00:04,104 [raspy vocalizing] 3 00:00:09,275 --> 00:00:11,444 [folk pop music playing] 4 00:01:39,990 --> 00:01:42,736 [Finan] For a hundred years, there was chaos in our lands. 5 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:46,740 War between Saxons and Dane invaders. 6 00:01:47,374 --> 00:01:50,710 And war between men who wanted to be kings. 7 00:01:55,548 --> 00:02:00,220 My lord, Uhtred, son of Uhtred, born a Saxon, but raised a Dane, 8 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:02,922 had brought about a fragile peace. 9 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:08,610 But as King Edward's health faltered, 10 00:02:09,195 --> 00:02:10,163 trouble spread. 11 00:02:16,369 --> 00:02:19,939 And while most of the country was sworn to the Saxons, 12 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,243 Uhtred's land of Northumbria was not. 13 00:02:24,644 --> 00:02:27,213 And enemies were keen to exploit this. 14 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:52,872 Wolf! 15 00:02:54,307 --> 00:02:56,242 Wolf! [grunts] Wolf! 16 00:02:56,343 --> 00:02:57,410 [screams] 17 00:02:59,312 --> 00:03:02,782 Destroy the settlement. Leave no sign we have landed. 18 00:03:04,351 --> 00:03:05,418 [snarls] 19 00:03:05,485 --> 00:03:07,354 -[yelling] -[screaming] 20 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:12,492 Ah! [grunts] 21 00:03:14,994 --> 00:03:18,298 [grunting] 22 00:03:20,433 --> 00:03:22,502 [warrior] Anlaf, we have the spy. 23 00:03:29,109 --> 00:03:30,243 [chuckles] 24 00:03:32,445 --> 00:03:33,580 Behold my child. 25 00:03:33,646 --> 00:03:35,315 Behold the daughter of Anlaf. 26 00:03:36,416 --> 00:03:37,450 You look ridiculous. 27 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:39,152 It is how they dress, Father. 28 00:03:39,652 --> 00:03:41,855 If I'm to hide amongst them, I must appear-- 29 00:03:41,955 --> 00:03:43,623 Is King Edward dead? 30 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:44,724 Not yet. 31 00:03:44,824 --> 00:03:47,927 -But each breath could be his last. -Then we chose our moment. 32 00:03:48,528 --> 00:03:52,980 A king dies, Saxons always turn on each other. 33 00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:54,467 Pass this news to all kings who hate them. 34 00:03:54,534 --> 00:03:58,710 Tell them I have crossed from Irland and wish to make allies. 35 00:03:58,138 --> 00:03:59,906 Return yourself to Winchester. 36 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:00,974 Wait. 37 00:04:02,142 --> 00:04:03,243 Play with them. 38 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:08,848 Unleash chaos. 39 00:04:09,482 --> 00:04:11,484 {\an8}[whispering prayers] 40 00:04:18,491 --> 00:04:20,794 [whispering prayers] 41 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:24,497 -[murmuring] -[bell tolls] 42 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:28,101 [guard] No. Stay back. 43 00:04:30,337 --> 00:04:31,738 [soldier] Find the queen! 44 00:04:33,807 --> 00:04:34,941 [door slams] 45 00:04:37,243 --> 00:04:38,712 [Aldhelm] Lady Eadgifu, 46 00:04:38,778 --> 00:04:43,683 the traitor Aelfweard has sent men to take you and Prince Edmund into protection. 47 00:04:44,584 --> 00:04:45,618 [swords scrape] 48 00:04:48,421 --> 00:04:50,590 I have no wish to be a hostage. 49 00:04:51,910 --> 00:04:53,393 -Can we fight them? -Not without Aethelstan. 50 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:54,794 Well, surely, my guards can-- 51 00:04:54,861 --> 00:04:57,364 Loyalties are shifting and factions forming. 52 00:04:57,464 --> 00:04:59,232 It is not certain who supports us. 53 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:02,135 We should flee with your son whilst we can. 54 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:07,507 [Eadgifu] I will not forgive this. 55 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:10,510 Nor forgive Aethelstan for leaving us exposed. 56 00:05:10,577 --> 00:05:12,379 Damn him for his absence. 57 00:05:13,713 --> 00:05:15,215 Come, Edmund. We are leaving. 58 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:18,852 -[soldier 1] Where's the queen? -[soldier 2] Move! Look everywhere! 59 00:05:19,786 --> 00:05:21,855 -[Edmund] Mother, what's-- -[Eadgifu] Sh. Quiet. 60 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:25,892 -Wait. -[footsteps approaching] 61 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:29,129 -[Eadgifu] Pyrlig. -[Pyrlig] We got word. 62 00:05:29,229 --> 00:05:31,865 Aethelstan has gone on pilgrimage to pray for his father's health. 63 00:05:31,931 --> 00:05:34,670 Then find him and tell him of his death. 64 00:05:34,134 --> 00:05:37,170 Then strike him, from me, for he swore to protect us. 65 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:39,205 [Aldhelm grunts] Come. There's no time. 66 00:05:39,939 --> 00:05:40,940 [sword rings] 67 00:05:43,209 --> 00:05:44,411 [Pyrlig] Where will you go? 68 00:05:44,944 --> 00:05:46,713 -To Uhtred. -The pagan? 69 00:05:46,780 --> 00:05:48,715 -[soldier] They're in here! -[Aldhelm] Go! Go! 70 00:05:49,215 --> 00:05:50,817 [grunting] 71 00:05:54,870 --> 00:05:56,220 [Eadgifu] Uhtred betrayed my husband. 72 00:05:57,230 --> 00:05:58,258 Are we sure this is wise? 73 00:05:58,324 --> 00:06:01,394 Uhtred was like a father to Aethelstan. He can be trusted. 74 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:02,662 We go to the last kingdom. 75 00:06:03,697 --> 00:06:05,699 [ethereal music playing] 76 00:06:16,943 --> 00:06:18,712 [jolly chatter] 77 00:06:20,980 --> 00:06:24,617 [Finan] He stood in front of the army, and he said, "Release the arrows!" 78 00:06:24,684 --> 00:06:26,853 And an arrow went right through his head. 79 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:28,221 [laughter] 80 00:06:29,522 --> 00:06:31,910 [Finan] Oh, that was something. 81 00:06:31,191 --> 00:06:34,461 But then, the battle for this place certainly sticks in the memory. 82 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:36,290 -Both times. -[Finan] Hey. Cnut. 83 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,698 He was a proper… ****! 84 00:06:38,765 --> 00:06:41,868 Then there were the horse-killers. Oh, they were deadly. 85 00:06:41,935 --> 00:06:43,470 -What was his name? -Bloodhair. 86 00:06:43,536 --> 00:06:46,606 Bloodhair. And what was her name? She of the curses? 87 00:06:46,706 --> 00:06:48,808 Do not remind me. [belches] Skade! 88 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:50,810 Now, she was moon touched. 89 00:06:51,344 --> 00:06:54,914 Another one who thought she was a seer. It didn't go well for her. 90 00:06:54,981 --> 00:06:59,185 I am telling you, my dream was a prophecy. Three nights I have had it. 91 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:02,889 -And what is your dream, Ingrith? -[Finan] Don't get her started, Lord. 92 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:06,526 -Hear my words. "Seven kings must die." -[man] Lord? 93 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:07,927 -Seven kings and-- -Ingrith! 94 00:07:12,499 --> 00:07:14,501 [dark music playing] 95 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:18,400 All stand for the queen! 96 00:07:24,344 --> 00:07:25,211 Queen Eadgifu. 97 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:28,548 And my most noble friend, Lord Aldhelm. 98 00:07:32,986 --> 00:07:34,821 What brings you this far north? 99 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:38,792 I come seeking refuge with my son. 100 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:45,432 Edward, rightful king of these lands, has died. 101 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:53,740 Then my heart grieves. 102 00:07:55,575 --> 00:07:57,110 I'd hoped to reconcile. 103 00:07:57,177 --> 00:07:58,712 One down, six to go. 104 00:07:58,778 --> 00:08:00,447 No! I do not like it. 105 00:08:01,140 --> 00:08:04,500 Northumbria recognizes the new king, Aethelstan. 106 00:08:05,850 --> 00:08:07,220 Do not assume Aethelstan will be king. 107 00:08:09,389 --> 00:08:12,492 -Who is supporting Aelfweard? -[Aldhelm] The ealdormen of Wessex. 108 00:08:12,592 --> 00:08:14,928 Of course. Still claiming Aethelstan's a *******? 109 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,131 Yes. Aelfweard has the wealth of Wiltunscir behind him. 110 00:08:18,665 --> 00:08:22,736 Our spies in Aegelesburg say he's there, openly recruiting mercenaries. 111 00:08:22,802 --> 00:08:26,473 We will go to Aegelesburg and seize him before he is at full force. 112 00:08:27,107 --> 00:08:29,209 We would prefer your guard. 113 00:08:29,309 --> 00:08:32,912 My offer gives Aethelstan the time to go to Winchester to be crowned, 114 00:08:32,979 --> 00:08:34,414 and we avoid a clash of armies. 115 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:36,282 I swore an oath to protect Aethelstan-- 116 00:08:36,383 --> 00:08:38,852 And of course, you are a man of your word. 117 00:08:38,952 --> 00:08:42,689 Yet your oath to swear your lands to the king remains unfulfilled. 118 00:08:43,456 --> 00:08:46,459 Your husband showed himself hostile to those of Danish blood. 119 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:49,329 As such, he was not the right man to unite England. 120 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:52,265 If he had been, England would be united. 121 00:08:52,332 --> 00:08:54,267 [Aldhelm] But now things can be different. 122 00:08:54,334 --> 00:08:57,700 Aethelstan can be the king to fulfill the Saxon dream. 123 00:08:57,137 --> 00:08:58,505 If he chooses to swear-- 124 00:08:58,571 --> 00:09:01,374 I swore an oath of loyalty, and it stands. 125 00:09:03,710 --> 00:09:08,748 If Aelfweard is buying mercenaries, he will be looking for men from all parts. 126 00:09:10,250 --> 00:09:12,152 Do you think we can still execute an ambush? 127 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:14,220 If it is for Aethelstan, then yes. 128 00:09:14,754 --> 00:09:17,390 -If he does not fall asleep. -Once. I fell asleep once. 129 00:09:17,457 --> 00:09:20,927 Are you certain this is better than a band of young fighters? 130 00:09:21,270 --> 00:09:24,164 I hear you do little these days but feast and hunt. 131 00:09:24,264 --> 00:09:27,667 I will not send young men to do a task I swore to do myself. 132 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:36,409 [disconcerting music playing] 133 00:09:46,219 --> 00:09:48,254 -[horse whinnies] -[Finan] Come on, you little… 134 00:09:48,355 --> 00:09:49,622 Come on! Come on. 135 00:09:49,689 --> 00:09:51,691 -[horse whinnies] -[Finan] Stop it now. 136 00:09:52,325 --> 00:09:55,995 Osbert! What news from our borders? Do the Scots behave themselves? 137 00:09:56,620 --> 00:09:59,320 Yes, Father. There are rumors Wolf-Warriors landed near Derwent. 138 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:01,701 -Wolf-Warriors? -Why are you carrying your sword? 139 00:10:01,768 --> 00:10:04,270 We're riding to protect Aethelstan from his brother. 140 00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:05,271 Then I will come. 141 00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:08,274 -Any fight of yours is mine. -Stay here and protect your birthright. 142 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,610 No good comes of sitting waiting for a birthright. 143 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:12,450 So you train the horses 144 00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:14,914 and you teach that boy how to defend himself. 145 00:10:14,981 --> 00:10:17,450 No one likes the third son of a dead king. 146 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:21,870 Father. 147 00:10:22,789 --> 00:10:26,793 -Will you swear our lands to Aethelstan? -I must honor my word. 148 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:30,130 Northumbrians will be sad to lose their pagan lord. 149 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:34,501 -[Finan grunts] -[horse whinnies] 150 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:35,502 [Finan] Gotcha! 151 00:10:36,536 --> 00:10:38,805 -Look at this little *******. -Are we ready? 152 00:10:38,905 --> 00:10:40,940 [Sihtric] He's complaining about his saddle. 153 00:10:41,700 --> 00:10:43,743 -Says his **** gets sore. -[Finan] Didn't say ****. I said my back. 154 00:10:43,810 --> 00:10:44,844 [Ingrith] I made you this. 155 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:46,246 [scoffs] 156 00:10:47,147 --> 00:10:49,249 And one for each of you. 157 00:10:49,349 --> 00:10:53,586 Men who sit on cold earth find the cold earth calls for them. 158 00:10:54,788 --> 00:10:56,856 Once again, she shows herself a seer. 159 00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:58,892 Lord, it was nothing. 160 00:10:59,926 --> 00:11:00,827 Tell it again. 161 00:11:05,365 --> 00:11:07,133 "Seven kings must die," Lord. 162 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:09,350 -"Seven kings--" -Ingrith, no. 163 00:11:09,102 --> 00:11:09,936 Go on. 164 00:11:13,730 --> 00:11:14,607 "And the woman you love." 165 00:11:16,420 --> 00:11:17,944 I'm no king, and I have no woman. 166 00:11:18,645 --> 00:11:20,947 -It means nothing. -[Aldhelm] Lord Uhtred. 167 00:11:25,652 --> 00:11:27,620 I told my son to train yours. 168 00:11:29,550 --> 00:11:31,591 While you are here, take Wassa as your serving woman. 169 00:11:31,658 --> 00:11:35,495 -Make this fortress your home. -I wish to say one thing of Aethelstan. 170 00:11:37,263 --> 00:11:40,266 He is not quite the carefree boy you raised. 171 00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:42,635 He has grown very much into his faith. 172 00:11:43,803 --> 00:11:46,506 The Brotherhood of Oswald exert great influence. 173 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:51,911 I have scared off such men before. For some reason, monks find me terrifying. 174 00:11:51,978 --> 00:11:54,180 [foreboding music playing] 175 00:11:54,247 --> 00:11:56,816 -[Uhtred] Let's go play kingmaker. -[Finan] Once again. 176 00:12:26,513 --> 00:12:29,416 [Aethelstan] My father? No, that cannot be. 177 00:12:31,551 --> 00:12:33,687 I thought God had given him the winter. 178 00:12:34,888 --> 00:12:38,525 [Pyrlig] Lord Aethelstan, you should make haste to Wessex for coronation. 179 00:12:39,259 --> 00:12:40,827 Your brother gathers men. 180 00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:44,164 Establish yourself at Winchester before he raises an army. 181 00:12:44,264 --> 00:12:47,567 We will leave when God commands us to leave, Father Pyrlig. 182 00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:49,769 And that command has not been given. 183 00:12:49,869 --> 00:12:51,504 Return when you have prayed. 184 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:11,791 [Aethelstan] Do I depart? 185 00:13:13,259 --> 00:13:15,950 [Ingilmundr] Only the book has answers. 186 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:17,130 Play. 187 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:38,418 You have been guided to the Book of Matthew, verse 157. 188 00:13:42,389 --> 00:13:46,793 "Then Jesus went thence and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon." 189 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:55,468 God wants you to fight. 190 00:14:14,954 --> 00:14:16,523 Oh. Thank you, lady. 191 00:14:18,658 --> 00:14:21,610 [sentry] Halt. State your business here. 192 00:14:21,127 --> 00:14:23,463 We heard a man is looking for fighters. 193 00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:25,699 We come to make some coin. 194 00:14:26,232 --> 00:14:27,670 [sentry] Mm. 195 00:14:28,335 --> 00:14:29,369 Go on. 196 00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:39,846 -This place has fallen to shit. -[Uhtred] Edward left it to decline. 197 00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:43,183 I'm glad Aethelflaed is not here to see it. 198 00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:46,686 [chatter] 199 00:14:48,421 --> 00:14:49,356 Huh. 200 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:53,860 Word has spread. 201 00:14:53,927 --> 00:14:56,162 [Sihtric] I swear I've fought half these men. 202 00:14:56,262 --> 00:14:58,231 [Finan] This is not someone trying to recruit. 203 00:14:58,298 --> 00:14:59,866 This is preparing for a battle. 204 00:15:01,434 --> 00:15:03,536 [Uhtred] That is the youth Aelfweard. 205 00:15:04,471 --> 00:15:06,172 Go see what men know of his plans. 206 00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:16,449 [man] I'll show you a sword! 207 00:15:16,549 --> 00:15:17,617 [teen] Oh! 208 00:15:17,684 --> 00:15:18,752 Ooh. 209 00:15:19,386 --> 00:15:22,155 -Is that amber in your sword? -How much do you want for it? 210 00:15:22,655 --> 00:15:24,657 [groans] 211 00:15:24,724 --> 00:15:26,626 Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh. 212 00:15:26,693 --> 00:15:27,527 [groans] 213 00:15:28,728 --> 00:15:31,431 -[Uhtred] Go home to your mothers. -[teen 2] Edgar! No. 214 00:15:39,706 --> 00:15:40,607 Wilfrid! 215 00:15:41,207 --> 00:15:42,750 Wilfrid! 216 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:44,711 Do you speak to me, friend? 217 00:15:45,845 --> 00:15:47,914 Your pardon. I thought you were Wilfrid. 218 00:15:47,981 --> 00:15:49,849 A great man I fought with at Tettenhall. 219 00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:52,152 Wait, you were at Tettenhall? 220 00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:54,688 My father was there. 221 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,659 -Who do you fight for now? -Aelf… something? 222 00:15:59,726 --> 00:16:03,329 -Saxon names are much alike. -The Aelf who marches on Wessex? 223 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:05,980 You haven't heard. 224 00:16:08,668 --> 00:16:10,337 No one's marching on Wessex. 225 00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:13,940 I'm told the new plan is to lure Aethelstan here. 226 00:16:17,243 --> 00:16:19,450 Aethelstan is on his way. 227 00:16:19,145 --> 00:16:21,948 Aelfweard challenged him to battle, and he's accepted. 228 00:16:22,449 --> 00:16:24,184 Why would he agree to that? 229 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:25,985 Because he's young, and they've baited him. 230 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,155 They plan to snare him between the gate and men hidden in the hills. 231 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:32,892 Then we take control before he arrives. 232 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:35,295 We can't seize this town with just us, Lord. 233 00:16:35,829 --> 00:16:37,664 We do not need to seize the town. 234 00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:43,603 [eerie music playing] 235 00:16:48,541 --> 00:16:50,100 [Finan snores] 236 00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:51,511 [grunts] 237 00:17:02,422 --> 00:17:05,859 [Finan] Hey! Can I tempt you to play for money, friend? 238 00:17:05,925 --> 00:17:07,594 -[sword rings] -[grunting] 239 00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:17,971 [Uhtred] Tie them up and secure the bolt. Stay low until Aethelstan arrives. 240 00:17:19,472 --> 00:17:21,307 [Finan] If there's a bed, it's mine. 241 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:23,376 [birds singing] 242 00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:30,850 [eerie music continues] 243 00:17:45,310 --> 00:17:47,330 [Finan snores] 244 00:17:54,174 --> 00:17:55,508 [Uhtred] He's here. 245 00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:59,179 [guard in distance] Raise the alarm! Soldiers approach the southern gate! 246 00:18:15,195 --> 00:18:19,132 [Aelfweard] Come no further! Aegelesburg is loyal to me now. 247 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,569 We do not negotiate with *******s. 248 00:18:23,370 --> 00:18:24,938 Nor do we surrender. 249 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:28,108 -You'll have to starve us out. -I am not foolish, brother. 250 00:18:28,742 --> 00:18:30,410 I assumed you would place a trap. 251 00:18:31,111 --> 00:18:34,547 Perhaps delay me here until your forces could attack at rearguard. 252 00:18:35,148 --> 00:18:36,983 Show him what's left of his men! 253 00:18:40,530 --> 00:18:41,755 [grunting] 254 00:18:44,257 --> 00:18:46,260 [Aethelstan] You can yield now, 255 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,228 or we destroy the gate and kill all your men. 256 00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:50,830 The gates will hold. No yield will come. 257 00:18:50,897 --> 00:18:52,766 [Aethelstan] Then you will be destroyed. 258 00:18:52,866 --> 00:18:54,167 Get ready to open the door. 259 00:18:54,267 --> 00:18:56,903 [Aelfweard] I am the rightful king. Your mother was a *****. 260 00:18:56,970 --> 00:18:59,873 All good men know it. You have no allies. 261 00:19:01,608 --> 00:19:02,676 Lord Aelfweard. 262 00:19:03,410 --> 00:19:05,512 -I'm Uhtred of Bebbanburg. -Uhtred. 263 00:19:05,578 --> 00:19:07,947 [Uhtred] You know me as a man who speaks the truth, 264 00:19:08,140 --> 00:19:11,818 so hear me when I say, for the common good, stand down. 265 00:19:11,885 --> 00:19:15,555 My men control the gate. You're outnumbered on all sides. 266 00:19:15,622 --> 00:19:16,489 Yield. 267 00:19:17,323 --> 00:19:19,590 Let this end with peace. 268 00:19:21,528 --> 00:19:23,329 [Aethelstan] Give yourself to me, brother. 269 00:19:24,297 --> 00:19:25,265 Then it is over. 270 00:19:32,138 --> 00:19:34,140 [somber music playing] 271 00:19:44,751 --> 00:19:46,586 Forgive me for my failings, 272 00:19:47,420 --> 00:19:49,255 and give comfort to my mother's kin. 273 00:19:50,623 --> 00:19:52,225 Tell them of my exile 274 00:19:53,590 --> 00:19:56,162 and how we sought to honor our discarded bloodline. 275 00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:58,965 -For Wessex! -[men] For Wessex! 276 00:20:02,969 --> 00:20:03,903 Lord Uhtred, 277 00:20:06,139 --> 00:20:07,140 open the gate. 278 00:20:39,406 --> 00:20:40,774 -[slicing] -[Aelfweard grunts] 279 00:20:40,874 --> 00:20:43,430 -No! -[Aethelstan] God chose me rightful heir. 280 00:20:43,143 --> 00:20:44,100 [squelches] 281 00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:45,645 [Uhtred] Aethelstan! 282 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:46,946 [Aelfweard groans] 283 00:20:47,130 --> 00:20:48,448 [men shout] 284 00:20:48,548 --> 00:20:50,383 [intense music playing] 285 00:20:57,657 --> 00:20:58,491 Advance! 286 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:00,260 [shouting] 287 00:21:00,930 --> 00:21:01,728 Leave no enemy alive! 288 00:21:02,295 --> 00:21:04,297 [commotion] 289 00:21:11,938 --> 00:21:13,873 [Finan] Lord, stop this madness! 290 00:21:15,108 --> 00:21:16,109 [Uhtred] Stop! 291 00:21:16,176 --> 00:21:17,610 [grunting, groaning] 292 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:21,581 [Uhtred] Aethelstan! 293 00:21:21,648 --> 00:21:22,982 [grunting] 294 00:21:31,691 --> 00:21:33,126 [Sihtric] Get back! Hide! 295 00:21:33,226 --> 00:21:35,595 -[mercenary] I submit! Please don't-- -[grunts] 296 00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:42,350 Aethelstan! 297 00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:44,971 [mercenary] Please, show mercy! 298 00:21:46,106 --> 00:21:46,973 [Uhtred] No! 299 00:21:50,410 --> 00:21:52,846 Stop! They're surrendering! 300 00:22:04,224 --> 00:22:05,392 Aethelstan! 301 00:22:08,940 --> 00:22:10,930 -Aethelsta-- -[high-pitched ringing] 302 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:16,690 -[muffled cries] -[Uhtred grunts] 303 00:22:30,350 --> 00:22:31,184 Ah! 304 00:22:32,180 --> 00:22:34,187 -Ah! -[ringing fades] 305 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:37,824 [man] Lord! Lord, help us! 306 00:22:40,427 --> 00:22:41,995 Aethelstan! 307 00:22:49,703 --> 00:22:50,870 Aethelstan! 308 00:22:52,172 --> 00:22:54,507 -Stand down your men. -[Aethelstan] Uhtred, why are you here? 309 00:22:54,574 --> 00:22:57,510 [Uhtred] To stop this. Your enemy has surrendered. 310 00:22:58,578 --> 00:22:59,779 Halt your men. 311 00:23:02,515 --> 00:23:05,151 -Let him approach and call a halt. -[guard] Yes, my lord. 312 00:23:06,486 --> 00:23:08,888 -What happened to you? 313 00:23:08,988 --> 00:23:12,292 -You had no need to kill your brother. -I did, or in time, he would return. 314 00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:13,893 -You dishonored your word. -I did not. 315 00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:16,463 I told him to yield. I did not say he would survive. 316 00:23:16,529 --> 00:23:19,833 It was never our plan to let him live. Lord, reverse the order. 317 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:21,334 We are close to routing them. 318 00:23:21,434 --> 00:23:24,738 -Hired men have no quarrel with you. -You were right not to seek his help. 319 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,345 You kill 100 fathers, you give 300 sons a reason to defy you. 320 00:23:33,513 --> 00:23:34,347 Think! 321 00:23:35,215 --> 00:23:36,783 Now's the time to unify. 322 00:23:41,354 --> 00:23:43,223 Uhtred may be right in this matter. 323 00:23:46,626 --> 00:23:49,562 I speak only as a man who has made mistakes before. 324 00:23:50,630 --> 00:23:52,265 -I'm Uhtred of-- -I know who you are. 325 00:23:52,332 --> 00:23:54,134 [Aethelstan] Uhtred, this is Lord Ingilmundr. 326 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:56,670 A great commander and a great friend to me. 327 00:23:59,973 --> 00:24:01,174 Then a friend to me. 328 00:24:03,209 --> 00:24:04,411 Why the Danish name? 329 00:24:05,145 --> 00:24:07,180 Born to a Dane, but raised a Saxon. 330 00:24:07,247 --> 00:24:09,182 I found Christ through the works of Alfred, 331 00:24:09,249 --> 00:24:11,851 and indeed through the writings of your son in Rome. 332 00:24:12,786 --> 00:24:14,870 You must be proud of him. 333 00:24:14,854 --> 00:24:16,890 He is a true scholar. 334 00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:19,259 I'm just the fool who made him. 335 00:24:19,325 --> 00:24:22,328 Ingilmundr holds the garrison at Thelwael on the Wirral. 336 00:24:22,862 --> 00:24:25,331 He knows many of the people we knew from Rumcofa. 337 00:24:25,432 --> 00:24:27,434 Good people. I should like to see them again. 338 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:30,937 [Ingilmundr] Yes. Perhaps after you've sworn Northumbria to the new king. 339 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:32,472 Honor your word. 340 00:24:32,539 --> 00:24:35,308 Swear to Aethelstan what you denied his father. 341 00:24:36,176 --> 00:24:38,745 Cede your lands and make England whole. 342 00:24:41,548 --> 00:24:42,582 As you say, 343 00:24:43,483 --> 00:24:44,651 it is the time for unity. 344 00:24:44,751 --> 00:24:46,753 [dramatic music builds] 345 00:24:52,192 --> 00:24:55,195 I will swear to a king, and you are not yet crowned. 346 00:24:55,261 --> 00:24:57,664 Nor will I kneel to you covered in blood. 347 00:24:57,731 --> 00:25:00,367 I will renounce my lands in the Great Hall at Winchester. 348 00:25:00,467 --> 00:25:03,937 -It doesn't need to be done with ceremony. -But Uhtred is a man of his word. 349 00:25:04,738 --> 00:25:06,172 Come to Winchester. 350 00:25:06,272 --> 00:25:07,340 Heal the wound. 351 00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:15,415 [Ingilmundr] How did he know we were coming here? 352 00:25:15,515 --> 00:25:17,384 [Aethelstan] He's always found a way to protect me. 353 00:25:17,450 --> 00:25:19,753 Perhaps he has friends who keep one eye on you. 354 00:25:21,221 --> 00:25:23,560 [chuckles] My mother was the same. 355 00:25:24,124 --> 00:25:26,426 It's touching, how you still defer to him. 356 00:25:26,493 --> 00:25:29,963 -He's been steadfast a long time. -And noble that you trust him. 357 00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:32,832 Given all that went on with your father. 358 00:25:37,203 --> 00:25:39,205 {\an8}[wind whistles] 359 00:25:45,211 --> 00:25:47,130 [Constantin] Which boy prevailed? 360 00:25:47,113 --> 00:25:49,182 [Domnal] Aethelstan. 361 00:25:49,783 --> 00:25:54,220 {\an8}Killed his brother in cold blood and will now claim the Saxon crown. 362 00:25:54,287 --> 00:25:58,124 [Constantin] Then it's settled. Any word on renewal of the treaty? 363 00:26:00,694 --> 00:26:02,195 Push Winchester. 364 00:26:03,630 --> 00:26:06,633 -Make contact. -Lord, we've had word of something else. 365 00:26:07,834 --> 00:26:11,304 -The Dane, Anlaf, seeks a meeting. -The one who eats the flesh of men? 366 00:26:11,371 --> 00:26:16,209 An assembly with you, and the kings of Man, Shetland, and Orkney. 367 00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:20,380 I will not be the lone Christian lured to meet Dane kings. 368 00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:22,882 They might offer something of interest. 369 00:26:25,352 --> 00:26:27,354 Seek to renew a peace with Saxons. 370 00:26:29,550 --> 00:26:32,325 Edward kept the truce. We have no reason to think his son will not. 371 00:26:33,693 --> 00:26:35,128 [Domnal] I'll send word. 372 00:26:38,698 --> 00:26:42,350 [Anlaf] His own flesh, put to the knife. 373 00:26:42,102 --> 00:26:43,370 [chuckles] 374 00:26:44,104 --> 00:26:47,107 -He is more brutal than you suggested. -His heart has hardened. 375 00:26:47,173 --> 00:26:49,750 Which should harden those against him. 376 00:26:49,576 --> 00:26:53,813 -Do other kings in Britain hear our call? -They pretend to be deaf to us. 377 00:26:54,514 --> 00:26:56,416 -But I know they listen. -They should. 378 00:26:57,217 --> 00:26:59,190 Aethelstan will become greedy. 379 00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:00,954 Mm. 380 00:27:01,210 --> 00:27:02,889 You would know ambition, Father. 381 00:27:03,490 --> 00:27:06,626 Eh, and when my lands are yours, you will know it too. 382 00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:11,865 Return to Winchester. 383 00:27:14,340 --> 00:27:15,101 Watch everyone. 384 00:27:16,536 --> 00:27:18,972 And bring me word when there's word to tell. 385 00:27:25,712 --> 00:27:27,947 -[Uhtred grunts] -[Osbert] Father, have you been injured? 386 00:27:28,140 --> 00:27:30,550 -Nothing that will not heal. -[Eadgifu] Tell me the news is wrong. 387 00:27:30,617 --> 00:27:32,986 -Did Aethelstan turn on his own blood? -[Uhtred] Yes. 388 00:27:33,530 --> 00:27:37,570 -Aelfweard did not survive. -Then Edmund cannot return to Winchester. 389 00:27:37,123 --> 00:27:38,725 He will always be seen as a rival. 390 00:27:38,825 --> 00:27:41,940 Aethelstan has always shown great affection for your son. 391 00:27:41,194 --> 00:27:42,429 [Uhtred] But she is right. 392 00:27:42,495 --> 00:27:44,531 He has fallen under an influence. 393 00:27:46,660 --> 00:27:48,435 I shall not leave Bebbanburg until the threat passes. 394 00:27:48,501 --> 00:27:51,738 -You're welcome here as long as you wish. -[Aldhelm] And it will pass. 395 00:27:52,272 --> 00:27:54,574 The duties of kingship will focus Aethelstan's mind. 396 00:27:55,709 --> 00:27:57,143 But I should return south. 397 00:27:57,911 --> 00:27:59,179 I will ***ess the mood. 398 00:27:59,846 --> 00:28:01,848 [singing in Latin] 399 00:28:08,355 --> 00:28:14,327 ♪ Hallelujah ♪ 400 00:28:14,894 --> 00:28:21,735 ♪ Hallelujah ♪ 401 00:28:21,835 --> 00:28:23,737 [Pyrlig] Almighty and everlasting God, 402 00:28:23,803 --> 00:28:27,507 pour out the spirit of thy grace and blessing upon this, thy servant, 403 00:28:27,574 --> 00:28:28,708 King Aethelstan. 404 00:28:28,775 --> 00:28:32,545 That, as by the imposition of our hands, he is this day crowned king. 405 00:28:32,612 --> 00:28:36,490 So he may, by thy sanctification, 406 00:28:36,149 --> 00:28:40,987 continue always thy chosen servant, through Christ, our Lord. 407 00:28:41,540 --> 00:28:43,423 Grant him the faith of Abraham, 408 00:28:43,490 --> 00:28:44,924 the wisdom of Solomon, 409 00:28:45,592 --> 00:28:47,427 the courage of David. 410 00:28:50,630 --> 00:28:51,531 [crowd] Vivat Rex! 411 00:28:52,650 --> 00:28:53,566 Vivat Rex! 412 00:28:53,666 --> 00:28:55,435 Vivat Rex! 413 00:28:55,502 --> 00:28:57,270 Vivat Rex! 414 00:28:57,337 --> 00:28:58,905 Vivat Rex! 415 00:28:58,972 --> 00:29:00,573 Vivat Rex! 416 00:29:00,674 --> 00:29:02,142 Vivat Rex! 417 00:29:02,809 --> 00:29:04,440 Vivat Rex! 418 00:29:04,144 --> 00:29:06,112 [heavy music pounding] 419 00:29:15,422 --> 00:29:16,990 [Aethelstan] You were not there. 420 00:29:17,570 --> 00:29:18,992 This moment was all we had talked of. 421 00:29:20,930 --> 00:29:21,428 -And you were not there. -No. 422 00:29:22,295 --> 00:29:23,129 I was here. 423 00:29:26,533 --> 00:29:29,350 The call of the scripture always comes first. 424 00:29:32,672 --> 00:29:34,174 You believe that, don't you? 425 00:29:35,408 --> 00:29:36,643 Yes, yes, of course. 426 00:29:39,713 --> 00:29:41,948 Then you will be a great king of England. 427 00:29:42,515 --> 00:29:44,884 And all will speak of you as they did Alfred. 428 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:49,823 Does Uhtred stand by his word? 429 00:29:51,391 --> 00:29:53,193 No. Uhtred has not come. 430 00:29:53,927 --> 00:29:57,300 -Clearly, he-- -He wishes to remain king in his own land. 431 00:29:58,665 --> 00:30:00,767 May God protect him from his vanity. 432 00:30:03,203 --> 00:30:05,171 But towards you, it is a cruelty. 433 00:30:06,940 --> 00:30:09,409 And I am sorry. Here. Come. Come. 434 00:30:13,113 --> 00:30:15,548 What torture to enact on so kind a soul. 435 00:30:17,817 --> 00:30:20,787 -I thought you had both abandoned me. -Of course I would not. 436 00:30:22,220 --> 00:30:24,324 I'm just surprised Uhtred could be so foolish. 437 00:30:25,191 --> 00:30:27,527 You would've thought his years would make him wiser. 438 00:30:29,229 --> 00:30:31,631 Perhaps he still sees the boy you once were, 439 00:30:32,298 --> 00:30:34,300 [gulls squawk] 440 00:30:40,273 --> 00:30:41,274 [Finan] Lord. 441 00:30:43,109 --> 00:30:45,780 It's not Serpent's Breath, but… 442 00:30:47,247 --> 00:30:52,218 it's lighter, it's sharper, and it's got a garnet. 443 00:30:52,819 --> 00:30:53,820 Give it a name. 444 00:30:58,240 --> 00:30:59,125 Manslayer. 445 00:31:00,927 --> 00:31:01,795 Ball-taker. 446 00:31:03,797 --> 00:31:05,231 Uhtred, Sword of Uhtred. 447 00:31:08,368 --> 00:31:10,360 You actually smiled, Lord. 448 00:31:11,438 --> 00:31:15,410 Perhaps losing my sword was a sign that my battle days are over. 449 00:31:15,108 --> 00:31:17,243 A bad time to provoke the king. 450 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:19,579 [Uhtred] I did not provoke him. 451 00:31:20,447 --> 00:31:23,550 I'm simply giving him time to prove he's not a tyrant. 452 00:31:26,786 --> 00:31:29,489 -Otherwise… -Otherwise what? 453 00:31:30,190 --> 00:31:32,225 "Seven kings must die." For what? 454 00:31:33,393 --> 00:31:35,628 -What did your wife see? -She sees nothing. 455 00:31:36,996 --> 00:31:37,831 I swear. 456 00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:42,102 [distant whooping] 457 00:31:50,276 --> 00:31:51,277 [horse grunts] 458 00:31:56,282 --> 00:31:57,951 [Eadgifu] What do they celebrate? 459 00:31:58,551 --> 00:32:00,387 [Uhtred] The breaking of the horses. 460 00:32:01,421 --> 00:32:04,240 [Eadgifu] Thank Osbert for the care he has shown Edmund. 461 00:32:04,557 --> 00:32:06,559 [Uhtred] He's part of Bebbanburg now. 462 00:32:07,827 --> 00:32:08,828 You both are. 463 00:32:13,466 --> 00:32:15,702 [Eadgifu] Yes, my son is quite changed. 464 00:32:16,870 --> 00:32:19,806 There was a somberness at the palace that has lifted. 465 00:32:20,540 --> 00:32:21,708 It's the air here. 466 00:32:23,576 --> 00:32:25,679 Brings out good spirits in everyone. 467 00:32:28,810 --> 00:32:28,915 Hyah! 468 00:32:31,284 --> 00:32:33,386 [Uhtred] You yourself seem happier. 469 00:32:34,721 --> 00:32:36,956 I am, Lord Uhtred. 470 00:32:38,558 --> 00:32:41,428 Some grief has passed, and I feel… 471 00:32:44,970 --> 00:32:45,598 more ready for the world. 472 00:32:45,665 --> 00:32:47,400 [peaceful music plays] 473 00:32:52,105 --> 00:32:54,140 [Osbert] Control! Good! 474 00:32:55,408 --> 00:32:56,976 [Ingilmundr praying softly] 475 00:32:57,770 --> 00:32:59,312 Forgive us these sins that we commit. 476 00:32:59,846 --> 00:33:01,470 Will we be forgiven? 477 00:33:03,550 --> 00:33:04,784 Our sin weighs heavy. 478 00:33:08,888 --> 00:33:09,756 Yes, it does. 479 00:33:12,659 --> 00:33:13,660 But remember, 480 00:33:14,961 --> 00:33:16,663 God holds us in the balance. 481 00:33:17,964 --> 00:33:20,834 Every sin can be weighed against an act of faith. 482 00:33:22,235 --> 00:33:24,471 Grow the faith and the sin is diminished. 483 00:33:27,540 --> 00:33:30,143 What if the shadow of sin obscures the faith? 484 00:33:37,283 --> 00:33:38,118 Come. 485 00:33:40,220 --> 00:33:43,490 Perhaps return to your grandfather's vision for England. 486 00:33:44,991 --> 00:33:48,428 Perhaps now there is an urgency to bring the pagans to light. 487 00:33:50,663 --> 00:33:51,564 Will that 488 00:33:52,665 --> 00:33:53,500 cleanse me? 489 00:33:54,467 --> 00:33:55,301 Us? 490 00:33:55,402 --> 00:33:58,838 Well, surely the greater the lands, the greater the faith. 491 00:33:58,905 --> 00:34:00,907 Go beyond what Alfred dreamed of. 492 00:34:02,676 --> 00:34:05,779 Look to the islands God made, not the countries ordained by men, 493 00:34:05,879 --> 00:34:08,810 and bring all to Christianity. 494 00:34:08,148 --> 00:34:09,716 So when you are judged, 495 00:34:10,483 --> 00:34:12,986 you will be found in balance. 496 00:34:13,787 --> 00:34:16,322 And thus may accept both the sin… 497 00:34:18,525 --> 00:34:20,193 and the conquest against it. 498 00:34:20,260 --> 00:34:22,262 [determined music playing] 499 00:34:49,155 --> 00:34:50,390 [light chuckling] 500 00:34:50,457 --> 00:34:51,591 [Finan] Lord! 501 00:34:52,425 --> 00:34:54,361 [women chuckling] 502 00:34:54,427 --> 00:34:55,261 Stop. 503 00:34:58,365 --> 00:34:59,766 [Eadgifu] What do you talk of? 504 00:35:01,768 --> 00:35:03,737 Oh my faith, Lady. I cannot lie. 505 00:35:04,270 --> 00:35:08,410 The ladies here care for Lord Uhtred and wish keenly he would find a woman. 506 00:35:08,808 --> 00:35:11,770 [chuckles] 507 00:35:11,144 --> 00:35:12,879 Well, they shall be sore of heart. 508 00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:16,449 The widow of a king will not marry a lord. 509 00:35:17,984 --> 00:35:18,918 Hm. 510 00:35:20,153 --> 00:35:23,223 I shall have to be more careful in how I conduct myself. 511 00:35:24,758 --> 00:35:27,227 It is not the gossips you should fear, Lady. 512 00:35:28,361 --> 00:35:29,963 This peace may not sustain. 513 00:35:30,797 --> 00:35:32,766 Lord Uhtred has snubbed the king. 514 00:35:35,235 --> 00:35:39,500 The women Uhtred has affection for become a target for his enemies. 515 00:35:43,543 --> 00:35:44,911 -[Uhtred] Sihtric! -Sh-sh. 516 00:35:46,790 --> 00:35:47,347 [Uhtred] What have you learnt? 517 00:35:49,249 --> 00:35:51,840 Aethelstan has claimed Eoferwic. 518 00:35:51,918 --> 00:35:55,822 He says since Rognvaldr is dead, there is no king, so it belongs to him. 519 00:35:56,356 --> 00:35:57,257 Eoferwic? 520 00:35:58,792 --> 00:36:01,795 They see me as their lord now. Aethelstan knows this. 521 00:36:01,861 --> 00:36:03,630 He is demanding all come with tribute. 522 00:36:04,164 --> 00:36:07,267 Not just Saxon chiefs, but all kings of Britain. 523 00:36:07,367 --> 00:36:10,360 All the mainland and all the outlying islands. 524 00:36:10,737 --> 00:36:11,604 Lord? 525 00:36:12,739 --> 00:36:14,140 Declare yourself king here. 526 00:36:14,874 --> 00:36:16,109 Like your forebears. 527 00:36:19,713 --> 00:36:21,247 No. This is Aethelstan. 528 00:36:22,148 --> 00:36:24,684 If he chooses the wrong path, I must tell him. 529 00:36:25,418 --> 00:36:26,286 [Sihtric] Lord. 530 00:36:28,621 --> 00:36:30,623 [foreboding music playing] 531 00:36:50,343 --> 00:36:54,114 "There went out a decree that all the world should be taxed." 532 00:36:54,180 --> 00:36:57,751 You owe no tribute! Return to your villages. 533 00:36:57,817 --> 00:37:01,888 -Uhtred! Calm yourself. -Pyrlig? What is this tribute? 534 00:37:01,955 --> 00:37:05,792 He says it is to build churches, but, please, there are spies everywhere. 535 00:37:07,994 --> 00:37:12,980 Tell your ****ling apprentice he's badly misjudged the mood of Scotland. 536 00:37:12,198 --> 00:37:13,433 You seem upset. 537 00:37:15,402 --> 00:37:17,203 We came to renew our treaty. 538 00:37:18,710 --> 00:37:23,476 Instead, we've been left waiting for days, only to be told we are supplicants. 539 00:37:24,678 --> 00:37:25,779 I would be careful. 540 00:37:26,746 --> 00:37:28,848 We've had other offers of alliance. 541 00:37:36,220 --> 00:37:39,659 -Why is Aethelstan doing this? -He says to unite Christians. 542 00:37:40,260 --> 00:37:42,595 And in his prayers, he talks much of atonement. 543 00:37:42,662 --> 00:37:44,964 Atonement? For what? 544 00:37:45,699 --> 00:37:48,968 The death of his brother, the *******y of his parentage? 545 00:37:49,769 --> 00:37:50,804 I do not know. 546 00:37:53,206 --> 00:37:55,508 Lord Aldhelm and I try daily to dissuade, 547 00:37:55,608 --> 00:37:58,511 but there is talk of conquest and forced baptism. 548 00:37:59,946 --> 00:38:01,948 -Where is he? -The Devil's Stones. 549 00:38:03,183 --> 00:38:04,984 He thinks he fights the devil. 550 00:38:10,724 --> 00:38:13,159 [Uhtred] This is madness. Aldhelm. 551 00:38:13,827 --> 00:38:16,290 These stones have stood for generations. 552 00:38:16,129 --> 00:38:18,365 They are an insult to God, apparently. 553 00:38:20,233 --> 00:38:22,569 Is that Owain, King of Strathclyde? 554 00:38:23,303 --> 00:38:25,710 [Aldhelm] Aethelstan wanted him to witness it. 555 00:38:25,138 --> 00:38:26,840 They were built by his forebears. 556 00:38:27,407 --> 00:38:29,743 He is seeking to humiliate powerful men? 557 00:38:34,447 --> 00:38:35,448 {\an8}[Uhtred] King Hywel. 558 00:38:37,384 --> 00:38:39,919 He dares ask submission from Wealas? 559 00:38:41,154 --> 00:38:42,722 After all you did for Mercia? 560 00:38:42,789 --> 00:38:44,591 What choice do I have, Uhtred? 561 00:38:45,358 --> 00:38:46,960 He took my son to Winchester. 562 00:38:47,270 --> 00:38:51,640 -He is keeping your son hostage? -You take the son, you take a future king. 563 00:38:51,664 --> 00:38:56,202 -Now I am forced to follow his bidding. -I will tell him this cannot stand. 564 00:38:56,870 --> 00:39:01,700 King Hywel, I swear, Wealas's faithfulness will not be spat on. 565 00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:02,842 Our poets spoke this. 566 00:39:04,244 --> 00:39:08,348 That a Saxon would break us all to build their country. 567 00:39:08,448 --> 00:39:10,583 This is not just a Saxon country. 568 00:39:12,986 --> 00:39:16,756 Aldhelm, get me close to him. I will stop this. 569 00:39:18,580 --> 00:39:19,392 [guard] Halt. Stay back. 570 00:39:19,459 --> 00:39:22,195 [Aldhelm] Step aside! The king requested Uhtred speak with him. 571 00:39:36,543 --> 00:39:37,844 King Aethelstan! 572 00:39:42,849 --> 00:39:43,883 [Uhtred] Lord King, 573 00:39:44,918 --> 00:39:46,386 let me speak with you alone. 574 00:39:56,663 --> 00:39:58,598 [Uhtred] You should not have stepped on my land. 575 00:39:58,665 --> 00:40:01,670 You should not have broken your word, humiliated me, 576 00:40:01,167 --> 00:40:02,702 as you humiliated my father. 577 00:40:02,802 --> 00:40:05,438 I'm trying to make you see you're on the wrong path. 578 00:40:05,505 --> 00:40:08,108 -You do the bidding of Ingilmundr-- -I do the bidding of the Lord. 579 00:40:08,208 --> 00:40:10,477 Do you really seek to convert Danes? 580 00:40:10,977 --> 00:40:14,470 -Did I teach you nothing of respect? -Many Danes welcome the Lord. 581 00:40:14,114 --> 00:40:17,550 -Those in my court thank me for it. -Many do not wish it, and you know this. 582 00:40:18,151 --> 00:40:20,120 Aethelstan, you've always known it. 583 00:40:20,687 --> 00:40:24,758 -Even Alfred respected this. -I have more to atone for than Alfred. 584 00:40:25,358 --> 00:40:27,193 Who tells you this? Ingilmundr? 585 00:40:27,260 --> 00:40:30,300 Does he tell you you are damned without his guidance? 586 00:40:30,130 --> 00:40:34,367 For I've seen before men under the spell of those who claim to know the gods. 587 00:40:34,434 --> 00:40:36,403 He has been a great friend to me. 588 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:41,508 Aethelstan, hump who you wish, 589 00:40:41,608 --> 00:40:44,377 but do not fall under the influence of those who seek power-- 590 00:40:44,477 --> 00:40:46,790 Who makes such vicious claim against me? 591 00:40:46,579 --> 00:40:48,114 -No one. -Who tells such lies? 592 00:40:48,181 --> 00:40:50,950 -It has not been talked of. -Lord Aldhelm, does he spy for… 593 00:40:51,170 --> 00:40:53,186 What has been said, by who, and for how long? 594 00:40:53,286 --> 00:40:57,570 No one has said anything. I care not for that, but for you. 595 00:40:57,824 --> 00:41:00,760 Aethelstan, you are a kind man, but you are tenderhearted, 596 00:41:00,827 --> 00:41:03,697 and Ingilmundr is seeking power for himself and for his brotherhood. 597 00:41:03,797 --> 00:41:05,198 Lies. Lies and ignominy. 598 00:41:05,265 --> 00:41:07,634 There's no ignominy. He just turns you from your kin. 599 00:41:07,701 --> 00:41:09,469 And you are turned from your king! 600 00:41:10,303 --> 00:41:11,838 You seek to be one yourself. 601 00:41:13,406 --> 00:41:15,308 Lord, they consecrate the ground 602 00:41:15,408 --> 00:41:17,577 and would request you to give the blessing. 603 00:41:20,447 --> 00:41:21,481 Yes, of course. 604 00:41:23,316 --> 00:41:25,985 Let us leave the King of Northumbria to think on his errors. 605 00:41:26,860 --> 00:41:27,787 I have no dream to be a king. 606 00:41:29,422 --> 00:41:30,657 Only to protect you. 607 00:41:31,558 --> 00:41:36,620 Like you ran to protect him in Aegelesburg and ended up being beaten by boys? 608 00:41:38,310 --> 00:41:41,801 Should he really take counsel from a man who loses his sword to a child? 609 00:41:41,868 --> 00:41:44,437 Northumbria needs a lord with lust for battle. 610 00:41:45,338 --> 00:41:48,274 There are rumors Anlaf has arrived and will come Viking. 611 00:41:50,210 --> 00:41:53,780 Do not think he will spare you just because you follow the same gods. 612 00:41:56,950 --> 00:41:59,419 Keep him here a night and make him swear at dawn. 613 00:42:06,793 --> 00:42:09,396 In time, you will come begging for his help. 614 00:42:10,230 --> 00:42:11,798 As all fathers fall, 615 00:42:12,966 --> 00:42:14,768 and all sons take their place. 616 00:42:15,668 --> 00:42:17,671 [disconcerting music playing] 617 00:42:32,986 --> 00:42:33,953 Sh. 618 00:42:37,624 --> 00:42:40,660 Lord Ingilmundr has declared you an enemy of God 619 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:42,595 to incite his followers to kill you. 620 00:42:43,563 --> 00:42:45,265 Aethelstan would not allow it. 621 00:42:45,365 --> 00:42:48,468 Which is why Ingilmundr seeks to keep his hands clean of it 622 00:42:48,568 --> 00:42:49,769 and has left the camp. 623 00:42:51,738 --> 00:42:52,639 To go where? 624 00:42:56,142 --> 00:42:57,143 [Aldhelm] This way. 625 00:42:59,879 --> 00:43:01,881 Go up and around. There's no guard. 626 00:43:16,896 --> 00:43:18,565 Him. That is the man. 627 00:43:21,568 --> 00:43:23,436 What did you speak of with the pagan? 628 00:43:25,205 --> 00:43:27,207 [agitated music builds] 629 00:43:29,409 --> 00:43:31,440 [sentry] Horsemen approach! 630 00:43:33,246 --> 00:43:36,282 [Osbert] Stay back from my gates and tell me who you are. 631 00:43:36,349 --> 00:43:39,552 Lord Ingilmundr, and I come at Lord Uhtred's request. 632 00:43:39,619 --> 00:43:42,789 He's delayed in Eoferwic as he renews his vow to the king. 633 00:43:43,390 --> 00:43:44,924 He asked I help protect you. 634 00:43:44,991 --> 00:43:46,359 Protect from what? 635 00:43:46,426 --> 00:43:49,596 There is a rumor of Wolf-Warriors landed near Derwent. 636 00:43:54,100 --> 00:43:56,569 [guard] Open the gate! Open the gate! 637 00:44:00,607 --> 00:44:02,609 -[tense music builds] -[birds singing] 638 00:44:09,949 --> 00:44:11,484 [music fades] 639 00:44:11,551 --> 00:44:13,860 Do not give the order. 640 00:44:15,288 --> 00:44:17,357 Think on all we have shared. 641 00:44:18,391 --> 00:44:20,560 You're lost from yourself, Aethelstan. 642 00:44:21,610 --> 00:44:22,280 We fought together-- 643 00:44:22,128 --> 00:44:25,565 And despite this, you drip poison against me and plot with Uhtred. 644 00:44:25,632 --> 00:44:26,499 -No. -Yes. 645 00:44:26,599 --> 00:44:27,834 -No. -Yes! 646 00:44:27,901 --> 00:44:29,703 You turned your back, Aldhelm. 647 00:44:32,205 --> 00:44:33,206 Now I turn mine. 648 00:44:34,607 --> 00:44:36,609 [haunting vocal music playing] 649 00:44:56,730 --> 00:44:58,698 [prays in Latin] 650 00:45:26,159 --> 00:45:27,861 [breathes shakily] 651 00:45:27,961 --> 00:45:29,662 [rope tightens] 652 00:45:37,937 --> 00:45:39,706 [Eadgifu] Lord Ingilmundr, 653 00:45:39,806 --> 00:45:43,476 you bring welcome news of Lord Uhtred's supplication. 654 00:45:43,543 --> 00:45:46,546 Will you journey south with me to let me bear witness to it? 655 00:45:46,646 --> 00:45:50,583 Lady, we have ridden hard to get here. At least let us rest a day or so. 656 00:45:50,684 --> 00:45:53,219 Oh, but I have been trapped in Bebbanburg a good while. 657 00:45:53,319 --> 00:45:57,357 Believe me, you do not want to find yourself here longer than intended. 658 00:45:57,957 --> 00:45:59,626 [horse grunts softly] 659 00:45:59,726 --> 00:46:01,661 -They've been warned! -[Finan] Now! 660 00:46:02,662 --> 00:46:04,664 [grunting] 661 00:46:08,802 --> 00:46:10,470 We overtook you on the road. 662 00:46:11,204 --> 00:46:13,206 Whatever power you hold over Aethelstan, 663 00:46:14,741 --> 00:46:15,875 today it ends. 664 00:46:15,942 --> 00:46:18,780 [Ingilmundr grunts] My sword! 665 00:46:18,144 --> 00:46:19,479 [groans] 666 00:46:19,979 --> 00:46:21,470 [Uhtred chuckles] 667 00:46:21,114 --> 00:46:22,916 You still believe in Valhalla! 668 00:46:23,950 --> 00:46:27,220 Aethelstan cares for you. I will not divide us further. 669 00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:28,388 Put him below. 670 00:46:28,488 --> 00:46:31,925 Christians amongst you, defend me! Who is your Lord? 671 00:46:31,991 --> 00:46:33,593 Lord Uhtred or the Lord Jesus Christ? 672 00:46:33,660 --> 00:46:36,329 The people of Bebbanburg will not be divided by faith. 673 00:46:36,396 --> 00:46:37,364 Rise up, you fools! 674 00:46:37,864 --> 00:46:40,200 Tell the king the terms of his release. 675 00:46:40,266 --> 00:46:43,370 He makes peace with Northumbria and guarantees the border. 676 00:46:43,436 --> 00:46:46,239 -No one is forced to follow his god. -Yes, Lord. 677 00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:48,141 Quite a price. 678 00:46:48,742 --> 00:46:51,244 -Will Aethelstan agree? -[Uhtred] Let us hope so. 679 00:46:51,311 --> 00:46:53,947 He seems to discard his friends rather quickly now. 680 00:46:58,718 --> 00:47:00,720 [discordant music playing] 681 00:47:20,607 --> 00:47:22,909 [Ingilmundr] Truly, you bless an unworthy soul. 682 00:47:24,844 --> 00:47:26,379 [water drips] 683 00:47:26,980 --> 00:47:29,449 -May God reward your kindness. -Amen. 684 00:47:38,580 --> 00:47:40,600 [determined music playing] 685 00:48:02,649 --> 00:48:05,185 {\an8}[Anlaf] Aethelstan turns against his friends. 686 00:48:07,587 --> 00:48:11,324 Succumbs to a wild dream to be a monarch for all your land. 687 00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,129 In time, he will come for you, Shetland. 688 00:48:17,230 --> 00:48:18,980 You, Orkney. 689 00:48:19,466 --> 00:48:23,236 He will take what belonged to your forebears and call it Britain. 690 00:48:25,138 --> 00:48:26,600 [Shetland] No. 691 00:48:27,730 --> 00:48:30,844 He barely sets his foot upon the water. Saxon country folk. 692 00:48:31,578 --> 00:48:32,779 We can repel them. 693 00:48:32,879 --> 00:48:36,750 I'm not talking of repelling, but of meeting conquest with conquest. 694 00:48:36,850 --> 00:48:39,319 [Domnal] Scotland rejects your offer. 695 00:48:39,386 --> 00:48:43,323 We cannot join with pagans to attack a man who's not threatened us. 696 00:48:44,224 --> 00:48:45,992 Christians do not choose war. 697 00:48:51,631 --> 00:48:52,499 War is coming. 698 00:48:54,601 --> 00:48:56,670 You only have to choose a side. 699 00:49:09,582 --> 00:49:11,584 [whispering] 700 00:49:13,186 --> 00:49:14,487 [Ingilmundr] God be with you. 701 00:49:20,627 --> 00:49:22,629 -[gentle music playing] -[birds singing] 702 00:49:23,897 --> 00:49:25,899 [rustling] 703 00:49:35,842 --> 00:49:38,311 [Wassa] The stone was rolled away, as in the scripture. 704 00:49:39,112 --> 00:49:41,247 It can only be the work of an angel. 705 00:49:41,748 --> 00:49:44,984 This way, Lord. Come and see the treasures. 706 00:49:45,850 --> 00:49:45,919 [Sihtric] Lord! 707 00:49:48,288 --> 00:49:49,756 What word from Eoferwic? 708 00:49:50,824 --> 00:49:52,325 Does he accept my terms? 709 00:49:53,590 --> 00:49:53,993 I have no news. 710 00:49:54,594 --> 00:49:57,630 Aethelstan is said to have returned to Winchester. 711 00:49:59,466 --> 00:50:01,634 Well, let us take it as a good sign. 712 00:50:02,569 --> 00:50:06,239 Perhaps without his shadow, Aethelstan sees more clearly. 713 00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:08,675 [Sihtric] What trouble brings you out here? 714 00:50:08,742 --> 00:50:10,910 [Finan] The villagers were hunting for pagan silver. 715 00:50:10,977 --> 00:50:12,746 Now they're saying it's a miracle. 716 00:50:12,846 --> 00:50:15,348 [Wassa] Make way for the King of Northumbria. 717 00:50:15,882 --> 00:50:16,750 I told you. 718 00:50:16,850 --> 00:50:18,752 They think of you as a king. 719 00:50:20,587 --> 00:50:23,890 [Finan] Do you think they hope to keep half for themselves? 720 00:50:23,590 --> 00:50:26,359 [Sihtric] They likely took it from Bebbanburg in the first place. 721 00:50:27,994 --> 00:50:30,797 [man] You are detained in the name of King Aethelstan. 722 00:50:30,864 --> 00:50:31,798 [Finan] Lord. 723 00:50:31,865 --> 00:50:33,666 [sinister music builds] 724 00:50:33,767 --> 00:50:35,680 We've been lured here. 725 00:50:35,835 --> 00:50:36,803 You think? 726 00:50:40,306 --> 00:50:41,941 [Wassa] Lord, I'm sorry! 727 00:50:42,420 --> 00:50:43,410 I'm sorry, Lord. 728 00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:48,148 The prisoner told me I had to, or I'd burn in the fires of hell. 729 00:51:15,275 --> 00:51:17,477 I will never order to open the gates. 730 00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:21,981 [man] Really? 731 00:51:22,820 --> 00:51:23,917 A gift from the king. 732 00:51:27,354 --> 00:51:28,188 Oh. 733 00:51:29,823 --> 00:51:31,240 Aethelstan did this? 734 00:51:31,124 --> 00:51:32,759 It's what he does to traitors. 735 00:51:34,461 --> 00:51:37,970 Open the gates or I slaughter your father. 736 00:51:37,197 --> 00:51:39,666 Comply and he will be spared. 737 00:51:39,766 --> 00:51:40,700 Do not open. 738 00:51:41,434 --> 00:51:43,570 -I can kill him in front of you. -Do not open! 739 00:51:43,636 --> 00:51:46,539 -The choice is yours. -[Uhtred] Osbert! Do not open! 740 00:51:46,639 --> 00:51:49,900 In your absence, Father, I command here. 741 00:51:49,542 --> 00:51:50,577 And I command that we open. 742 00:51:50,677 --> 00:51:52,345 -No! -[Sihtric] No, no, no! 743 00:52:06,260 --> 00:52:07,227 [guard] Drop your sword. 744 00:52:08,328 --> 00:52:09,162 Move. 745 00:52:09,229 --> 00:52:10,430 No. 746 00:52:12,565 --> 00:52:13,500 Where is Aethelstan? 747 00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:15,168 In time. 748 00:52:16,803 --> 00:52:18,338 Bring me the Lady Eadgifu. 749 00:52:18,938 --> 00:52:20,306 Come. [grunts] 750 00:52:20,407 --> 00:52:21,675 [Eadgifu] I can walk. 751 00:52:26,646 --> 00:52:27,480 [Eadgifu] Go on. 752 00:52:28,782 --> 00:52:29,649 Kill me. 753 00:52:29,716 --> 00:52:32,185 [Ingilmundr] You are to be placed in the community on Lindisfarne 754 00:52:32,285 --> 00:52:33,486 to protect your virtue. 755 00:52:34,487 --> 00:52:36,289 [grunts softly] 756 00:52:37,570 --> 00:52:38,725 Did you hump the heathen, Lady? 757 00:52:40,427 --> 00:52:41,261 Confess. 758 00:52:43,463 --> 00:52:44,431 I confess 759 00:52:45,432 --> 00:52:48,702 to have prayed for your excruciating death. 760 00:52:49,302 --> 00:52:52,505 A no, then. You should have tried when you had the chance. 761 00:52:53,406 --> 00:52:54,908 We're taking your son to my garrison 762 00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:57,143 at Thelwael where he will be trained for battle. 763 00:52:57,243 --> 00:52:58,378 No. No. Please. 764 00:52:58,478 --> 00:53:00,113 -[guard] Move! -Your son also. 765 00:53:00,180 --> 00:53:02,248 [Eadgifu] No. Edmund is the blood of Alfred. 766 00:53:02,315 --> 00:53:04,551 He should not be fodder for a shield wall! Please! 767 00:53:04,617 --> 00:53:06,519 -[Osbert] I will take care of him. -Please! 768 00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:08,221 [Eadgifu gasps breathlessly] 769 00:53:08,321 --> 00:53:10,857 The son of Uhtred stands for Wessex. 770 00:53:10,957 --> 00:53:12,125 [grunts] 771 00:53:13,260 --> 00:53:13,927 Ah. 772 00:53:13,993 --> 00:53:14,961 [Finan] Hey! Hey! 773 00:53:15,795 --> 00:53:16,663 Whoa. 774 00:53:17,297 --> 00:53:18,765 You, we have a plan for. 775 00:53:22,569 --> 00:53:26,473 -[Uhtred] Am I to be drowned in the sea? -[Ingilmundr] I never quite know his mind. 776 00:53:26,539 --> 00:53:28,308 [Uhtred] Do not punish those in Bebbanburg. 777 00:53:28,408 --> 00:53:31,111 -His fight is with me. -His fight is elsewhere. 778 00:53:32,178 --> 00:53:35,448 How lucky we have found ourselves so close to the Scottish border. 779 00:53:35,515 --> 00:53:38,151 No, do not invade Scotland. You will lose hundreds of men. 780 00:53:38,218 --> 00:53:39,786 And unleash a war for generations. 781 00:53:39,886 --> 00:53:43,156 The king has no successor to fear for. It makes him strong. 782 00:53:43,223 --> 00:53:47,427 Do whatever you must to protect our sons. Do not fight him. Just capitulate. 783 00:53:47,527 --> 00:53:48,828 Anything else is foolish. 784 00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,403 -Aldhelm never betrayed you. -All of you betrayed me. 785 00:53:58,104 --> 00:53:59,839 All those I thought as friends. 786 00:54:01,808 --> 00:54:04,544 Swear now, before Bebbanburg, and I will spare your life. 787 00:54:06,379 --> 00:54:08,748 -No. -Then you leave me with no choice. 788 00:54:10,150 --> 00:54:11,184 [sword rings] 789 00:54:11,284 --> 00:54:13,586 -[shrill chords droning] -[bass drum pounding] 790 00:54:14,487 --> 00:54:15,555 Aethelstan. 791 00:54:17,857 --> 00:54:19,793 [music building] 792 00:54:27,867 --> 00:54:28,702 I cannot. 793 00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:31,404 -Let me offer my-- -No. 794 00:54:36,420 --> 00:54:37,510 Take everything from him. 795 00:54:50,623 --> 00:54:54,227 I banish you from my lands to travel the earth and seas alone. 796 00:54:55,528 --> 00:54:57,497 On pain of murder of your son. 797 00:54:58,231 --> 00:55:01,267 Let none feed or clothe him, lest become my enemy. 798 00:55:04,637 --> 00:55:05,472 Go. 799 00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:08,441 Before this mercy vanishes. 800 00:55:17,830 --> 00:55:19,850 [music builds dramatically] 801 00:55:38,304 --> 00:55:40,707 {\an8}[Hywel] Turn back. There is still time. 802 00:55:41,508 --> 00:55:43,900 {\an8}The Scots are no threat. 803 00:55:43,710 --> 00:55:45,912 This will damn you, Lord King. 804 00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:48,848 [screaming] 805 00:55:51,518 --> 00:55:54,888 [Hywel] To save us from the pagans can be a just endeavor. 806 00:55:59,159 --> 00:56:02,362 But to turn on other Christians is ungodly. 807 00:56:02,962 --> 00:56:04,564 [yelling] 808 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:12,380 [breathes raggedly] 809 00:56:16,543 --> 00:56:18,678 [Hywel] Your men do not want this fight. 810 00:56:18,745 --> 00:56:20,880 [Aethelstan] Well, perhaps I need better men. 811 00:56:22,248 --> 00:56:23,917 Perhaps I should summon your son. 812 00:56:24,884 --> 00:56:25,719 Lord King! 813 00:56:26,486 --> 00:56:28,888 Aethelstan has attacked settlements in the lowlands. 814 00:56:29,989 --> 00:56:32,192 He cannot raid us without reply. 815 00:56:34,361 --> 00:56:37,897 Do I tell Anlaf you are ready to meet with him and the other kings? 816 00:56:41,568 --> 00:56:43,570 [yelling] 817 00:56:47,207 --> 00:56:49,209 [shaky panting] 818 00:56:59,619 --> 00:57:00,754 [erratic buzzing] 819 00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:08,862 [grunts] 820 00:57:09,596 --> 00:57:11,310 Uhtred the Daneslayer. 821 00:57:11,865 --> 00:57:14,834 You killed my cousin Gelf at the battle of Beamfleot. 822 00:57:14,901 --> 00:57:16,669 [echoes] …the battle of Beamfleot. 823 00:57:16,770 --> 00:57:18,204 Send word we have found him. 824 00:57:19,639 --> 00:57:21,408 I hated Gelf. 825 00:57:21,474 --> 00:57:22,909 [echoes] Gelf, Gelf… 826 00:57:23,900 --> 00:57:24,277 Take him to the king. 827 00:57:27,947 --> 00:57:29,282 [Uhtred] Where are you taking me? 828 00:57:29,349 --> 00:57:31,284 [woman] To the very north of these islands. 829 00:57:31,351 --> 00:57:33,353 [rhythmic music playing] 830 00:57:40,126 --> 00:57:42,128 {\an8}[pained singing] 831 00:57:51,504 --> 00:57:53,206 [commotion] 832 00:57:59,879 --> 00:58:03,917 -[Uhtred] What do you give thanks for? -For the great battle to come. 833 00:58:04,584 --> 00:58:06,619 Tell the jarl we're here with the King of Northumbria. 834 00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:07,821 [warrior grunts] 835 00:58:07,921 --> 00:58:08,888 [shouting] 836 00:58:11,358 --> 00:58:16,620 -[Uhtred] All folk of Shetland? -[woman] Some of Man and Orkney join us. 837 00:58:16,629 --> 00:58:18,665 With their kings. [chuckles] 838 00:58:20,667 --> 00:58:22,669 [whooping] 839 00:58:29,442 --> 00:58:31,444 [talking softly] 840 00:58:37,517 --> 00:58:38,952 [Anlaf] Is this who they claim? 841 00:58:39,190 --> 00:58:40,720 The King of Northumbria? 842 00:58:41,421 --> 00:58:43,890 [Constantin] Aye, it's him. 843 00:58:44,758 --> 00:58:46,393 -I am no king. -[Anlaf] No. 844 00:58:47,794 --> 00:58:48,828 But you could be. 845 00:58:50,230 --> 00:58:52,565 Sit. You are amongst friends. 846 00:58:57,700 --> 00:58:58,672 [Uhtred] You join with pagans? 847 00:58:59,906 --> 00:59:03,243 Aethelstan has taken an axe to the truce. 848 00:59:03,843 --> 00:59:05,645 A truce you brokered. 849 00:59:05,712 --> 00:59:08,810 What he has done in the villages of the lowlands-- 850 00:59:08,148 --> 00:59:11,351 -Is it worse than his cruelty in Irland? -Tales to spread fear. 851 00:59:11,418 --> 00:59:14,487 [Constantin] We had no choice but to defend ourselves. 852 00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:16,423 We did not start this. 853 00:59:16,956 --> 00:59:21,227 -How did you find me? Who's your spy? -We have many spies. We know many things. 854 00:59:21,327 --> 00:59:23,563 [Constantin] We know Aethelstan has banished you. 855 00:59:23,630 --> 00:59:25,632 And we know he gets humped like a woman. 856 00:59:25,699 --> 00:59:28,435 That may be customary to you pagans, 857 00:59:28,501 --> 00:59:31,471 but as a Christian, it cannot be endured. 858 00:59:31,538 --> 00:59:34,107 -He endures it often, from what I hear. -So… 859 00:59:35,342 --> 00:59:38,111 As a man who shares our enemy, 860 00:59:38,978 --> 00:59:42,682 we ask you to join with us, Uhtred, in our alliance. 861 00:59:43,350 --> 00:59:45,352 Stand against the tyrant. 862 00:59:45,418 --> 00:59:46,986 I'm heartsick of battles. 863 00:59:47,870 --> 00:59:50,657 What has become of the warrior? Do you no longer yearn for Valhalla? 864 00:59:50,757 --> 00:59:52,792 Do you know the prophecy, Uhtred? 865 00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:55,962 The ancient prophecy of my people? 866 00:59:56,763 --> 00:59:59,999 All of Britain will unite against the Saxons, 867 01:00:00,660 --> 01:00:01,868 push them into the Kentish sea, 868 01:00:01,968 --> 01:00:04,704 return the feals to the line of Arthur. 869 01:00:04,804 --> 01:00:05,905 [Anlaf] There. 870 01:00:06,439 --> 01:00:07,941 The vision of an old man. 871 01:00:09,420 --> 01:00:12,512 -So it must be true. -We Northumbrians also have a prophecy. 872 01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:16,649 "Seven kings must die." 873 01:00:20,860 --> 01:00:21,287 That holds no fear. 874 01:00:21,354 --> 01:00:23,823 Each man here has a son to take his place. 875 01:00:23,923 --> 01:00:25,458 [Owain] Seven kings die, 876 01:00:25,558 --> 01:00:28,228 seven will, in that moment, be made. 877 01:00:28,328 --> 01:00:29,362 [Anlaf] It's true. 878 01:00:29,429 --> 01:00:32,365 If you make a child, your kingdom stands beyond you. 879 01:00:32,432 --> 01:00:34,634 A kingdom ravaged by war, yes. 880 01:00:34,701 --> 01:00:36,703 [Constantin] Then there is another way 881 01:00:37,303 --> 01:00:38,405 to consider. 882 01:00:39,873 --> 01:00:42,208 If you wish to save many from bloodshed. 883 01:00:42,809 --> 01:00:44,544 Kill one man only. 884 01:00:45,779 --> 01:00:48,810 Kill the king who has attacked us all. 885 01:00:48,148 --> 01:00:50,984 Return to him in… supplication. 886 01:00:52,886 --> 01:00:53,720 Seize the moment. 887 01:00:55,622 --> 01:00:59,793 Save many lives by simply taking one. 888 01:00:59,859 --> 01:01:02,280 [Anlaf] The alternative, of course, is war. 889 01:01:03,563 --> 01:01:05,799 Seven kings against one. 890 01:01:07,801 --> 01:01:10,670 If Aethelstan wanted to unite the tribes of Britain, 891 01:01:11,638 --> 01:01:12,672 he has succeeded. 892 01:01:15,742 --> 01:01:17,310 [triumphant music playing] 893 01:01:28,788 --> 01:01:30,457 [Anlaf] Why do you seek us here? 894 01:01:30,990 --> 01:01:33,593 Your part is to keep Winchester aroused. 895 01:01:35,395 --> 01:01:37,697 You let Uhtred go free. Why? 896 01:01:38,298 --> 01:01:39,566 I sent him away. 897 01:01:40,500 --> 01:01:42,635 To kill your friend, the king. 898 01:01:45,380 --> 01:01:47,640 -Well, he will be killed in the attempt. -[woman chuckles] 899 01:01:47,707 --> 01:01:49,476 Uhtred has skills you do not. 900 01:01:50,100 --> 01:01:52,779 He attacks Aethelstan. Aethelstan attacks him. 901 01:01:53,747 --> 01:01:55,480 It barely matters. 902 01:01:55,115 --> 01:01:58,418 Either way, we face in battle men whose spirits have been broken. 903 01:01:59,619 --> 01:02:02,422 Ingilmundr, go to the West. The time is near. 904 01:02:02,522 --> 01:02:05,158 Astrid, watch our friends in Northumbria. 905 01:02:05,225 --> 01:02:07,227 [ominous music playing] 906 01:02:20,407 --> 01:02:21,608 [door opens] 907 01:02:21,675 --> 01:02:23,760 [footsteps approach] 908 01:02:38,525 --> 01:02:40,760 [Aethelstan] I did not think I would see you again. 909 01:02:51,638 --> 01:02:52,472 Lord King. 910 01:02:54,874 --> 01:02:57,770 In the name of my son, I beg forgiveness. 911 01:02:59,346 --> 01:03:00,246 Spare him. 912 01:03:01,748 --> 01:03:02,949 Let me kneel to you. 913 01:03:09,989 --> 01:03:11,570 [sighs] 914 01:03:12,225 --> 01:03:13,927 Then I lift your banishment. 915 01:03:17,430 --> 01:03:19,199 Give me a sword and then leave us. 916 01:03:39,719 --> 01:03:40,587 Go on, then. 917 01:03:43,390 --> 01:03:44,224 Do it. 918 01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:22,128 I swear this on my son's life. 919 01:04:22,729 --> 01:04:23,963 Hear this as an oath. 920 01:04:32,605 --> 01:04:34,740 Ingilmundr is a spy. 921 01:04:34,674 --> 01:04:37,544 He's working with Anlaf to ally British kings against you. 922 01:04:37,644 --> 01:04:39,879 -Lies. -It is true. I saw him in Shetland. 923 01:04:39,946 --> 01:04:42,782 He told Anlaf's warriors to track me. They tried to turn me-- 924 01:04:42,882 --> 01:04:44,351 No! [grunts] 925 01:04:44,417 --> 01:04:48,121 -He is in Thelwael with your son! -He told them things of you. 926 01:04:48,188 --> 01:04:49,890 [grunting] 927 01:04:50,123 --> 01:04:52,580 He still follows my gods. 928 01:04:52,859 --> 01:04:54,270 [sword clatters] 929 01:04:55,662 --> 01:04:57,430 For now, you have an advantage. 930 01:04:57,497 --> 01:05:00,200 Ingilmundr does not know he has been discovered. 931 01:05:04,437 --> 01:05:06,606 [Aethelstan] No, he would not betray me. 932 01:05:06,673 --> 01:05:08,274 If anything, I have betrayed him. 933 01:05:08,341 --> 01:05:10,944 -No. -He is a man of God, and I am a sinner! 934 01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:14,347 He has convinced you of this to provoke your campaign. 935 01:05:14,447 --> 01:05:16,182 -To unite your enemies. -No! 936 01:05:16,282 --> 01:05:20,353 Aethelstan, please see this. This alliance he has gathered is too large. 937 01:05:20,420 --> 01:05:22,889 -Your lands will be overrun. -No! You lie! 938 01:05:23,823 --> 01:05:25,580 This is all lies! 939 01:05:26,793 --> 01:05:28,995 Aethelstan, please hear me. 940 01:05:30,830 --> 01:05:32,232 Why would I lie to you? 941 01:05:32,298 --> 01:05:33,867 -Get out. -Aethelstan-- 942 01:05:33,967 --> 01:05:36,403 Get out. Get from my sight! Guards! 943 01:05:36,469 --> 01:05:37,871 -[door opens] -Take him! 944 01:05:37,937 --> 01:05:39,500 [grunting] 945 01:05:46,913 --> 01:05:49,149 [breathes heavily] 946 01:05:49,249 --> 01:05:50,830 Ah! 947 01:05:51,151 --> 01:05:53,186 [guard] You dog! On your way. 948 01:05:55,880 --> 01:05:56,890 [Sihtric] We search every forest, every valley. 949 01:05:56,956 --> 01:05:59,859 [Finan] And here he is, back in the lap of luxury. 950 01:06:00,760 --> 01:06:01,928 We heard you needed us. 951 01:06:01,995 --> 01:06:05,980 Truly the gods smiled at me to give me such friends. 952 01:06:07,567 --> 01:06:09,502 [Finan] Let's find ourselves an alehouse, 953 01:06:10,170 --> 01:06:11,400 make a plan. 954 01:06:14,541 --> 01:06:17,770 -Who told you I was here? -[Sihtric] She said you called for us. 955 01:06:17,143 --> 01:06:19,479 -Did you not send for us, Lord? -She said you needed us. 956 01:06:19,546 --> 01:06:20,580 And requested a guard. 957 01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:22,782 Danish girl, serves in Aethelstan's court. 958 01:06:24,217 --> 01:06:26,190 Finan, I sent no word. 959 01:06:26,619 --> 01:06:28,955 No command for you to leave Bebbanburg. 960 01:06:30,190 --> 01:06:32,659 [unsettling music playing] 961 01:06:40,330 --> 01:06:42,902 -[Sihtric] Stay here and guard the gates. -[man] Yes, Lord. 962 01:06:44,871 --> 01:06:46,720 [Uhtred] Wolf-Warriors. 963 01:07:08,628 --> 01:07:10,230 [Uhtred] This is Anlaf's doing. 964 01:07:14,901 --> 01:07:16,360 [Finan] Ingrith! 965 01:07:19,390 --> 01:07:21,410 [breathes shakily] 966 01:07:32,318 --> 01:07:34,154 [Sihtric] Lord, where are they all? 967 01:07:36,890 --> 01:07:38,580 [breathes shakily] 968 01:07:43,630 --> 01:07:45,980 -[Uhtred] Eadgifu? -Uhtred. 969 01:07:46,766 --> 01:07:47,600 What happened? 970 01:07:47,667 --> 01:07:50,360 [Eadgifu] When news reached us of the attack and torture here, 971 01:07:50,103 --> 01:07:52,439 the abbess sent us to help the injured. 972 01:07:55,809 --> 01:07:57,844 But we cannot get to the injured. 973 01:08:02,148 --> 01:08:04,784 Where… Where is she? Where's my wife? 974 01:08:14,427 --> 01:08:16,162 "Seven kings must die," Lord. 975 01:08:16,730 --> 01:08:17,964 "Seven kings 976 01:08:18,865 --> 01:08:20,660 and the woman you love." 977 01:08:21,835 --> 01:08:23,570 Ingrith! 978 01:08:23,636 --> 01:08:26,506 -No. Ingrith! -Every man is to help move it. 979 01:08:26,606 --> 01:08:27,674 You, up above. 980 01:08:27,741 --> 01:08:30,443 -[Finan] Can anyone hear me? -[Uhtred] Watch for signs of Anlaf's men. 981 01:08:30,510 --> 01:08:32,979 We tried to help, but all we could do was comfort them. 982 01:08:33,790 --> 01:08:35,849 Uhtred, Ingrith said they threatened to return. 983 01:08:36,583 --> 01:08:39,953 -We must secure ourselves. -Not until we rescue those within. 984 01:08:41,688 --> 01:08:43,289 When did you speak last? 985 01:08:44,190 --> 01:08:45,425 About three days ago. 986 01:08:48,561 --> 01:08:51,640 -[Finan] Get the rope up there! -[man grunts] 987 01:08:51,164 --> 01:08:52,198 [Finan] Come on! 988 01:08:52,265 --> 01:08:54,567 [melancholy choral music playing] 989 01:08:54,634 --> 01:08:55,502 [Finan] Pull! 990 01:08:55,602 --> 01:08:57,637 [straining] 991 01:08:57,704 --> 01:08:58,838 [Finan] Pull! 992 01:09:00,874 --> 01:09:01,841 Pull! 993 01:09:01,908 --> 01:09:03,576 [straining] 994 01:09:07,681 --> 01:09:08,515 Pull! 995 01:09:12,152 --> 01:09:13,860 Now! 996 01:09:27,300 --> 01:09:28,168 Finan. 997 01:09:34,140 --> 01:09:35,800 Where is… 998 01:09:38,144 --> 01:09:42,716 [in anguish] No! 999 01:09:42,782 --> 01:09:44,784 [choral music continues] 1000 01:10:35,435 --> 01:10:37,270 [Uhtred] I brought this on them. 1001 01:10:40,440 --> 01:10:43,777 What they suffered is on Anlaf's account. 1002 01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:49,820 You cannot let this break you. 1003 01:10:50,684 --> 01:10:51,951 We are broken. 1004 01:10:52,180 --> 01:10:54,187 We have no allies. We're lost. 1005 01:10:54,287 --> 01:10:57,757 Then we must find the courage to defend Northumbria from their return. 1006 01:10:59,125 --> 01:11:01,261 If we endure and keep them at siege, 1007 01:11:01,361 --> 01:11:04,497 we will give those in other parts of England time to prepare. 1008 01:11:05,231 --> 01:11:06,633 Whatever we suffer 1009 01:11:07,701 --> 01:11:09,169 protects those we are apart from. 1010 01:11:09,235 --> 01:11:10,503 [Sihtric] She's right, Lord. 1011 01:11:10,603 --> 01:11:12,806 Osbert can cross the Irish Sea, get to-- 1012 01:11:12,872 --> 01:11:13,840 The Irish Sea? 1013 01:11:15,875 --> 01:11:21,114 We must find the fastest horses. I think Anlaf is hoping to turn all eyes here. 1014 01:11:22,115 --> 01:11:23,583 To lure Aethelstan. 1015 01:11:25,385 --> 01:11:30,123 But they will land where they have men. Ingilmundr holds a garrison in the Wirral. 1016 01:11:31,358 --> 01:11:33,560 With… With our sons. 1017 01:11:34,994 --> 01:11:36,996 [frenetic music playing] 1018 01:12:19,305 --> 01:12:21,875 [blows horn] 1019 01:12:23,977 --> 01:12:25,578 [Osbert] Something's underway. 1020 01:12:26,112 --> 01:12:27,647 [men chat] 1021 01:12:27,714 --> 01:12:29,490 [man 1] I'm ready. 1022 01:12:29,115 --> 01:12:30,116 [man 2] Take care. 1023 01:12:30,183 --> 01:12:32,185 -[men shouting] -[Osbert] Get in the cart. 1024 01:12:32,819 --> 01:12:36,623 Those of you with swords to your throats face a decision. 1025 01:12:37,657 --> 01:12:40,393 A thousand ships are heading towards these shores. 1026 01:12:40,927 --> 01:12:42,395 Some have already landed. 1027 01:12:43,129 --> 01:12:46,232 Within a week, Saxon boroughs will be overrun. 1028 01:12:46,833 --> 01:12:50,236 Join us and fight the tyrant Aethelstan, 1029 01:12:51,104 --> 01:12:51,938 or die. 1030 01:12:52,672 --> 01:12:53,907 [soldier grunts] 1031 01:12:54,700 --> 01:12:55,141 For King Ed-- 1032 01:12:55,241 --> 01:12:56,976 -[blows landing] -[swords scraping] 1033 01:13:19,199 --> 01:13:20,834 -[Osbert] Keep still. -[man] This way! 1034 01:13:21,801 --> 01:13:23,470 [woman] Yes, sir. I believe so. 1035 01:13:26,506 --> 01:13:28,341 We saw them, but they got away. 1036 01:13:29,743 --> 01:13:31,745 -There. Far away. -Thank you. 1037 01:13:31,845 --> 01:13:33,790 [woman] Yes, my lord. 1038 01:13:33,980 --> 01:13:35,849 [Sihtric] No word from Thelwael, Lord. 1039 01:13:35,915 --> 01:13:37,417 [woman] Told them all I knew. 1040 01:13:41,521 --> 01:13:42,355 Sihtric. 1041 01:13:43,323 --> 01:13:44,157 Lord? 1042 01:13:45,258 --> 01:13:46,926 Do we finally face defeat? 1043 01:13:51,197 --> 01:13:55,350 All the warrior kings that I've known, Ubba, Cnut, Bloodhair, 1044 01:13:56,202 --> 01:13:59,673 all have faced defeat in the end and have taken others with them. 1045 01:14:01,740 --> 01:14:05,450 The fight was always coming, Lord. No warrior dies a peaceful death. 1046 01:14:05,111 --> 01:14:08,314 She saw it all. "Seven kings must die." 1047 01:14:11,117 --> 01:14:12,352 We have hope. 1048 01:14:12,886 --> 01:14:15,555 In your heart, you never wanted to be a king. 1049 01:14:28,268 --> 01:14:30,870 [Eadgifu] Have those fleeing heard anything of my son? 1050 01:14:35,108 --> 01:14:36,710 Then until I know for sure, 1051 01:14:38,780 --> 01:14:38,945 he is alive. 1052 01:14:41,581 --> 01:14:46,186 And if conquest is easy, perhaps Anlaf may be satisfied with Mercia. 1053 01:14:46,286 --> 01:14:49,890 -It is fertile-- -[Uhtred] He will not be satisfied. 1054 01:14:50,900 --> 01:14:53,193 They come Viking now to extinguish an idea of England. 1055 01:14:54,561 --> 01:14:57,764 A dream unites a people who once sought to kill each other. 1056 01:15:00,330 --> 01:15:03,690 Without it, we go back into an age of darkness. 1057 01:15:03,169 --> 01:15:05,138 [solemn music playing] 1058 01:15:08,942 --> 01:15:10,777 We have both lost so much. 1059 01:15:12,712 --> 01:15:14,147 But I ask myself… 1060 01:15:17,550 --> 01:15:18,685 am I alive? 1061 01:15:23,656 --> 01:15:24,624 Can you feel it? 1062 01:15:26,993 --> 01:15:28,161 [Uhtred] You are alive. 1063 01:15:31,798 --> 01:15:32,632 So are you. 1064 01:15:36,436 --> 01:15:37,504 So we have hope. 1065 01:15:46,780 --> 01:15:48,782 [tense music builds] 1066 01:15:59,626 --> 01:16:00,593 [Uhtred] Edmund? 1067 01:16:02,228 --> 01:16:03,630 Osbert? 1068 01:16:04,798 --> 01:16:05,799 [Eadgifu] Edmund? 1069 01:16:23,583 --> 01:16:24,984 [jarring piano chord plays] 1070 01:16:26,720 --> 01:16:28,688 I came seeking Ingilmundr. 1071 01:16:31,524 --> 01:16:33,460 To prove that you had lied to me. 1072 01:16:36,363 --> 01:16:37,297 But you had not. 1073 01:16:41,501 --> 01:16:43,470 [Uhtred] We came to search for our sons. 1074 01:16:54,714 --> 01:16:56,483 Bring out Osbert and Edmund. 1075 01:16:57,217 --> 01:16:58,418 [jarring chord plays] 1076 01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:08,962 [music pounding] 1077 01:17:11,297 --> 01:17:13,433 [Eadgifu gasps, sobs] 1078 01:17:14,300 --> 01:17:15,168 [Uhtred] Osbert! 1079 01:17:17,637 --> 01:17:20,106 [Aethelstan] They hid themselves and were spared the massacre. 1080 01:17:20,206 --> 01:17:21,341 [Eadgifu] Lord King, 1081 01:17:21,875 --> 01:17:23,677 you have my endless gratitude. 1082 01:17:24,844 --> 01:17:27,514 [Aethelstan] I've not been myself this past year, and truly, 1083 01:17:27,580 --> 01:17:28,548 truly, I… 1084 01:17:29,282 --> 01:17:30,383 I pay for my sins. 1085 01:17:32,519 --> 01:17:35,822 I face a great alliance at Brunanburh. 1086 01:17:35,922 --> 01:17:37,724 All regret is worthless. 1087 01:17:38,958 --> 01:17:41,270 Let us speak only of the fight to come. 1088 01:17:41,628 --> 01:17:45,265 -Osbert, what have you learnt? -They've set up camp on high ground. 1089 01:17:46,366 --> 01:17:47,834 And they have six armies. 1090 01:17:48,635 --> 01:17:50,503 Then seven armies shall meet at Brunanburh. 1091 01:17:50,603 --> 01:17:52,605 I do not want you to fight for me, Uhtred. 1092 01:17:52,672 --> 01:17:55,800 -[Uhtred] Trust I'm on your side-- -I know that. 1093 01:17:55,875 --> 01:17:56,843 Save yourself. 1094 01:18:00,447 --> 01:18:02,382 Take your son to safety. 1095 01:18:03,830 --> 01:18:07,354 If I do not survive the battle, then succession will be secure. 1096 01:18:07,420 --> 01:18:08,988 You cannot fight this alliance alone. 1097 01:18:09,890 --> 01:18:11,124 [Aethelstan] Yet I forbid you from taking part. 1098 01:18:11,191 --> 01:18:13,927 Take him, Father Pyrlig. Please, take them all. 1099 01:18:15,161 --> 01:18:18,264 -I've dragged you all to this fate. -[Uhtred] Let us serve you. 1100 01:18:18,965 --> 01:18:19,833 Aethelstan… 1101 01:18:22,202 --> 01:18:23,737 this is not a punishment. 1102 01:18:23,837 --> 01:18:25,739 I think we both know that it is. 1103 01:18:28,608 --> 01:18:30,210 [Uhtred] This is martyrdom. 1104 01:18:30,944 --> 01:18:32,946 He will not survive so great a number. 1105 01:18:33,460 --> 01:18:35,480 But we have been reprieved. 1106 01:18:36,383 --> 01:18:39,953 -God is telling us to get to safety. -Your god does not speak to me. 1107 01:18:40,200 --> 01:18:42,989 It is not cowardly to spurn a battle that cannot be won. 1108 01:18:43,890 --> 01:18:44,124 It is. 1109 01:18:44,924 --> 01:18:47,761 However this prevails, I will have to know I walked away from danger. 1110 01:18:47,827 --> 01:18:49,195 Your battles will come 1111 01:18:50,397 --> 01:18:51,998 when you become king. 1112 01:18:52,650 --> 01:18:54,167 King of where, Mother? 1113 01:18:55,969 --> 01:18:58,271 -We will fight with the shield wall. -No. 1114 01:18:58,338 --> 01:19:00,206 -Osbert, are you ready? -I've always been ready. 1115 01:19:00,273 --> 01:19:04,177 Pyrlig, you once told me that it was my destiny to save England. 1116 01:19:04,277 --> 01:19:08,480 Hadn't seen it quite like this, but then I'm not one for prophecies. 1117 01:19:08,114 --> 01:19:10,784 [Eadgifu] What if your destiny is to protect Edmund? 1118 01:19:11,317 --> 01:19:15,321 Perhaps he is the one to unite England. He could be the king who was worthy. 1119 01:19:15,388 --> 01:19:17,257 No king will form England. 1120 01:19:17,791 --> 01:19:19,159 This is what I see now. 1121 01:19:20,260 --> 01:19:23,830 Not Edmund or Edward or Alfred. Not even Aethelstan. 1122 01:19:25,165 --> 01:19:27,467 Alfred's dream was of a united people. 1123 01:19:28,368 --> 01:19:31,404 And with these men, from all parts, I fought for it. 1124 01:19:31,471 --> 01:19:33,807 What if our destiny was not to form England, 1125 01:19:33,873 --> 01:19:38,780 but to form the English as one force? 1126 01:19:40,380 --> 01:19:44,217 Who better than a half Saxon, half Dane to lead men from divided places? 1127 01:19:44,818 --> 01:19:45,685 [Uhtred] We go! 1128 01:19:47,320 --> 01:19:49,789 I don't have to call myself English, do I? 1129 01:20:06,740 --> 01:20:08,108 [music fades] 1130 01:20:08,208 --> 01:20:10,810 To hear that, you'd think they'd won already. 1131 01:20:12,946 --> 01:20:15,515 -[trees rustling] -[distant animals calling] 1132 01:20:19,850 --> 01:20:21,955 [metal scraping] 1133 01:20:27,527 --> 01:20:28,762 [Uhtred] We should make our way. 1134 01:20:28,828 --> 01:20:31,564 If this is to work, we need to be on the front line. 1135 01:20:32,650 --> 01:20:34,434 -We'll aim for their left side. -Why? 1136 01:20:40,540 --> 01:20:41,441 Why the left? 1137 01:20:41,941 --> 01:20:45,110 Weaker. Most men fight with the sword in their right hand. 1138 01:20:45,780 --> 01:20:48,648 I've fought with Uhtred many times. Trust he will find a way. 1139 01:20:49,983 --> 01:20:51,840 You. 1140 01:20:53,119 --> 01:20:54,521 Where did you find that? 1141 01:20:54,587 --> 01:20:57,157 I bought it in Aegelesburg for five pieces. 1142 01:20:59,125 --> 01:20:59,959 May I? 1143 01:21:21,348 --> 01:21:22,982 I will exchange it for this one. 1144 01:21:25,151 --> 01:21:28,521 It is worth much more, and it has a garnet. 1145 01:21:29,422 --> 01:21:32,659 When I say exchange, I mean you take that one, and I keep this one. 1146 01:21:36,663 --> 01:21:38,498 [Uhtred] I am no commander of yours. 1147 01:21:38,598 --> 01:21:42,369 I have no authority other than being a man who has fought in many battles. 1148 01:21:44,437 --> 01:21:45,805 Some of you I have led before. 1149 01:21:47,340 --> 01:21:49,642 Today I stand with you as a simple soldier. 1150 01:21:50,710 --> 01:21:53,460 But I ask that, on the field, 1151 01:21:53,113 --> 01:21:55,248 you once again let me guide you. 1152 01:21:56,516 --> 01:21:58,485 Our position on the hill is weak, 1153 01:21:59,119 --> 01:22:03,189 but the trees to our left give us an advantage the enemy will not see. 1154 01:22:04,758 --> 01:22:05,925 We can defeat them 1155 01:22:06,760 --> 01:22:08,194 if we stay united. 1156 01:22:08,261 --> 01:22:10,263 [chilling music playing] 1157 01:22:25,545 --> 01:22:26,546 [thud] 1158 01:22:33,486 --> 01:22:34,721 [soldier grunts] 1159 01:22:34,788 --> 01:22:38,625 -This is one way to clear the ale. -Smell of a thousand armpits. 1160 01:22:39,259 --> 01:22:41,628 [Finan] Aye. Maybe they smelled us and ran away. 1161 01:22:42,162 --> 01:22:44,230 -[Sihtric] Maybe. -[Finan] Who touched my ****? 1162 01:22:44,330 --> 01:22:46,320 [laughter] 1163 01:22:52,505 --> 01:22:54,740 [distant cheering] 1164 01:23:03,783 --> 01:23:05,785 [cheering intensifies] 1165 01:23:09,589 --> 01:23:10,690 Oh my God! 1166 01:23:10,757 --> 01:23:11,825 [soldier] Jesus! 1167 01:23:15,161 --> 01:23:17,163 [cheering] 1168 01:23:20,867 --> 01:23:22,669 Rather a lot of them, isn't there? 1169 01:23:24,304 --> 01:23:26,306 [rival soldiers jeering] 1170 01:23:39,753 --> 01:23:40,787 [Edmund] Uhtred? 1171 01:23:41,488 --> 01:23:42,322 Uhtred. 1172 01:23:43,156 --> 01:23:45,158 -How do we face this? -You see these bags? 1173 01:23:45,225 --> 01:23:47,394 Give them to the men on the front line. Go. 1174 01:23:53,867 --> 01:23:55,969 [yelling] 1175 01:23:56,836 --> 01:23:59,720 [Uhtred] Do not raise your shield until you have to. 1176 01:24:00,106 --> 01:24:02,642 Stay at ease. Stay relaxed. 1177 01:24:04,144 --> 01:24:06,913 -And do not show them we are unsettled. -[Finan] Lord! 1178 01:24:07,781 --> 01:24:08,648 He's here. 1179 01:24:18,158 --> 01:24:20,427 [Anlaf] Here he comes. The tyrant himself. 1180 01:24:26,660 --> 01:24:27,267 [Uhtred] Is it done? 1181 01:24:28,635 --> 01:24:30,670 -Get back as far as you can. -Yeah. 1182 01:24:54,270 --> 01:24:55,962 [commander] Shield wall! 1183 01:24:56,290 --> 01:24:58,310 [shields rumble] 1184 01:25:03,837 --> 01:25:05,205 [shields rumble] 1185 01:25:05,271 --> 01:25:07,273 [agitated music playing] 1186 01:25:18,818 --> 01:25:21,821 -Are we ready, ****lings? -[soldiers] Yeah! 1187 01:25:21,921 --> 01:25:23,623 I have taken their confessions. 1188 01:25:24,324 --> 01:25:26,226 When I ask you to give ground, 1189 01:25:27,227 --> 01:25:28,261 do it. 1190 01:25:28,361 --> 01:25:31,364 When you see the trees in front of you, it will be time. 1191 01:25:31,431 --> 01:25:32,699 Do you think this will work? 1192 01:25:34,401 --> 01:25:37,170 If it does not, we will not be here to see it. 1193 01:25:38,204 --> 01:25:39,390 Trust me. 1194 01:25:40,140 --> 01:25:41,410 And follow. 1195 01:25:41,641 --> 01:25:43,343 Shield wall! 1196 01:25:45,178 --> 01:25:46,312 Shield! 1197 01:25:47,447 --> 01:25:48,548 Wall! 1198 01:25:49,349 --> 01:25:50,583 [soldiers grunt] 1199 01:25:53,787 --> 01:25:55,622 Step back! 1200 01:25:55,722 --> 01:25:56,756 [soldiers grunt] 1201 01:26:00,226 --> 01:26:01,610 Back! 1202 01:26:03,997 --> 01:26:04,864 They retreat? 1203 01:26:06,320 --> 01:26:07,367 Even before we engage? 1204 01:26:07,434 --> 01:26:10,704 -Step back! -[Anlaf] They know they have lost already. 1205 01:26:11,304 --> 01:26:12,505 Let's enjoy it. 1206 01:26:13,239 --> 01:26:15,508 -[commander] Forward! -[soldiers grunt] 1207 01:26:15,608 --> 01:26:18,878 I thank God, who I serve with pure conscience. 1208 01:26:18,945 --> 01:26:22,782 God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of power… 1209 01:26:22,882 --> 01:26:24,840 -[soldiers grunt] -…love… 1210 01:26:24,150 --> 01:26:26,386 -[soldiers grunt] -…and of sound mind! 1211 01:26:27,554 --> 01:26:28,421 [Finan] Amen. 1212 01:26:30,230 --> 01:26:31,791 [rhythmic grunting continues] 1213 01:26:42,802 --> 01:26:44,104 [Uhtred] Step back! 1214 01:26:50,410 --> 01:26:51,878 [jeering] 1215 01:26:55,448 --> 01:26:56,983 Brace! 1216 01:27:01,688 --> 01:27:02,922 [groans] 1217 01:27:05,392 --> 01:27:08,795 [commander] Re-form! Charge! 1218 01:27:16,569 --> 01:27:18,204 Saxon *******s! 1219 01:27:31,184 --> 01:27:32,118 [Uhtred] Pyrlig! 1220 01:27:32,786 --> 01:27:34,200 No! [echoes] 1221 01:27:34,120 --> 01:27:36,156 [haunting music playing] 1222 01:27:37,891 --> 01:27:38,825 Pyrlig! 1223 01:27:44,631 --> 01:27:46,633 [grunting] 1224 01:27:54,674 --> 01:27:56,810 -Two paces! One pace! -Mm-hmm. 1225 01:27:56,876 --> 01:27:59,112 -On my command! -[Finan] Let's hope this works! 1226 01:27:59,179 --> 01:28:00,547 Two paces back! 1227 01:28:00,647 --> 01:28:01,481 Back! 1228 01:28:02,449 --> 01:28:03,783 Step back! 1229 01:28:03,883 --> 01:28:05,118 One pace back! 1230 01:28:08,955 --> 01:28:11,124 [Anlaf] They back off. We have them. 1231 01:28:12,926 --> 01:28:14,561 [shouts] 1232 01:28:14,627 --> 01:28:17,764 -Find the king! -[Anlaf] Find the king! 1233 01:28:21,167 --> 01:28:23,169 [grunting] 1234 01:28:29,676 --> 01:28:31,110 Step back! 1235 01:28:31,770 --> 01:28:32,779 [Sihtric] Go backwards! 1236 01:28:33,780 --> 01:28:36,490 For Shetland! 1237 01:28:36,116 --> 01:28:37,484 For Orkney! 1238 01:28:40,954 --> 01:28:41,988 Step back! 1239 01:28:48,828 --> 01:28:50,764 -Keep going! 1240 01:28:50,830 --> 01:28:51,765 [Finan] Back! 1241 01:28:52,298 --> 01:28:54,868 Protect the line! Protect the line! 1242 01:29:01,207 --> 01:29:02,475 Step back! 1243 01:29:02,542 --> 01:29:05,145 [Finan] They'll overrun us if we keep giving ground! 1244 01:29:05,245 --> 01:29:06,880 What are they doing along the flank? 1245 01:29:07,847 --> 01:29:11,184 [Constantin] Send a message that Aethelstan is in front of us! 1246 01:29:11,718 --> 01:29:12,952 Step back! 1247 01:29:13,753 --> 01:29:15,155 Step back! 1248 01:29:15,221 --> 01:29:18,658 [Finan] The line's turning, Lord. We're coming around! 1249 01:29:18,758 --> 01:29:21,610 Aethelstan is on the Scots' line, Lord. 1250 01:29:21,594 --> 01:29:22,529 Swine wedge! 1251 01:29:23,630 --> 01:29:25,310 Step back! 1252 01:29:26,660 --> 01:29:28,201 [Anlaf] Swine wedge! 1253 01:29:36,420 --> 01:29:38,411 [Constantin] Anlaf! Stop! 1254 01:29:38,478 --> 01:29:41,470 Push forward! 1255 01:29:41,114 --> 01:29:43,183 They're going for Aethelstan! 1256 01:29:43,783 --> 01:29:44,718 Step back! 1257 01:29:55,562 --> 01:29:56,629 [Ingilmundr yells] 1258 01:29:57,163 --> 01:29:58,698 Back! 1259 01:30:02,168 --> 01:30:03,670 The wall will not hold! 1260 01:30:04,838 --> 01:30:07,407 [Uhtred] Aethelstan, hold the line! 1261 01:30:07,474 --> 01:30:10,243 -[Finan] How much longer, Lord? -[Uhtred] We're almost there. 1262 01:30:10,744 --> 01:30:11,745 [strains] 1263 01:30:17,350 --> 01:30:20,200 They're breaking through Aethelstan's line, Lord! 1264 01:30:20,720 --> 01:30:22,188 [Finan] We can't hold! 1265 01:30:22,288 --> 01:30:23,390 Step back! 1266 01:30:23,490 --> 01:30:25,625 Push forward! 1267 01:30:25,725 --> 01:30:27,270 [shouts, grunts] 1268 01:30:30,764 --> 01:30:31,831 [Ingilmundr] Lord! 1269 01:30:34,701 --> 01:30:35,635 Lord. 1270 01:30:46,846 --> 01:30:48,314 [Hywel] Protect the king! 1271 01:30:48,948 --> 01:30:49,883 [Uhtred] Aethelstan! 1272 01:30:49,949 --> 01:30:51,718 [Finan] Lord, trees! 1273 01:30:52,786 --> 01:30:55,121 We've turned them, Lord! We've turned the line. 1274 01:30:55,622 --> 01:30:57,624 -[Uhtred] Give the signal! -[runner] Yes, Lord. 1275 01:30:57,724 --> 01:30:59,959 -Something's not right. -[Domnal] We've been turned around! 1276 01:31:00,260 --> 01:31:01,795 [runner] Make way! Make way! 1277 01:31:09,302 --> 01:31:10,904 Lord Uhtred orders the signal. 1278 01:31:33,193 --> 01:31:34,961 Attack! 1279 01:31:43,436 --> 01:31:44,571 Yah! 1280 01:31:56,249 --> 01:31:57,751 Behind! 1281 01:32:03,223 --> 01:32:04,324 Hunt down their kings! 1282 01:32:04,391 --> 01:32:05,558 It's a trap! 1283 01:32:06,593 --> 01:32:07,560 [grunts] 1284 01:32:09,620 --> 01:32:11,598 -[soldiers grunt] -[haunting music playing] 1285 01:32:31,351 --> 01:32:32,419 [Shetland] My son! 1286 01:32:32,519 --> 01:32:35,922 [cries in anguish] 1287 01:33:04,517 --> 01:33:05,618 No! 1288 01:33:10,757 --> 01:33:12,250 [horse whinnies] 1289 01:33:15,395 --> 01:33:16,429 Guards! 1290 01:33:16,529 --> 01:33:18,832 Fall back! Fall back! 1291 01:33:22,100 --> 01:33:24,270 Scots! Fall back! 1292 01:33:28,108 --> 01:33:29,609 -[horse whinnies] -Hyah! 1293 01:34:02,475 --> 01:34:04,244 Aethelstan! 1294 01:34:22,662 --> 01:34:25,699 -[muffled fighting] -[haunting vocals playing] 1295 01:34:47,721 --> 01:34:49,489 [Uhtred] Aethelstan! [echoes] 1296 01:34:50,590 --> 01:34:53,260 [percussive music pulsing] 1297 01:35:16,449 --> 01:35:18,418 [choral singing intensifies] 1298 01:35:33,990 --> 01:35:34,567 [indistinct] 1299 01:35:46,913 --> 01:35:48,480 Pyrlig? 1300 01:35:53,720 --> 01:35:54,788 [groans] 1301 01:35:54,888 --> 01:35:56,890 [mournful music playing] 1302 01:36:23,717 --> 01:36:25,618 [music fades] 1303 01:36:26,152 --> 01:36:28,822 [Finan] Five kings escaped the field that day, 1304 01:36:28,922 --> 01:36:30,156 but their sons, 1305 01:36:30,223 --> 01:36:33,993 Orkney, Man, Shetland, 1306 01:36:34,600 --> 01:36:37,597 Strathclyde, and Scotland, did not. 1307 01:36:37,664 --> 01:36:38,965 [Constantin] Each man here 1308 01:36:39,833 --> 01:36:41,901 has left behind an heir. 1309 01:36:42,100 --> 01:36:43,103 We wait. 1310 01:36:44,404 --> 01:36:47,474 Then attack those leaving the field and return for our kin. 1311 01:36:47,540 --> 01:36:49,876 [Shetland] Do not be any more foolish, Anlaf. 1312 01:36:50,710 --> 01:36:51,611 [Anlaf] Shetland? 1313 01:36:53,790 --> 01:36:53,913 [Orkney spits] 1314 01:36:53,980 --> 01:36:55,248 No more death. 1315 01:36:56,750 --> 01:36:58,718 [Anlaf] Orkney, we need to fight! 1316 01:36:59,953 --> 01:37:02,389 What is there to fight for? 1317 01:37:06,826 --> 01:37:08,962 I need a ship to get back to Irland. 1318 01:37:16,169 --> 01:37:17,300 You? 1319 01:37:20,874 --> 01:37:22,876 [sorrowful music droning] 1320 01:37:30,383 --> 01:37:31,451 [Sihtric] Lord! 1321 01:37:35,622 --> 01:37:36,589 [Finan] Uhtred! 1322 01:37:40,760 --> 01:37:41,594 Uhtred! 1323 01:37:42,829 --> 01:37:44,631 Hey. Hey, you. 1324 01:37:47,801 --> 01:37:49,302 [Sihtric] Finan! Finan! 1325 01:37:51,671 --> 01:37:53,730 [panting] 1326 01:37:53,139 --> 01:37:54,740 [strains] 1327 01:38:15,462 --> 01:38:17,130 {\an8}[Aethelstan] Was any of it real? 1328 01:38:19,666 --> 01:38:20,767 Tell me the truth. 1329 01:38:22,969 --> 01:38:26,600 When you find yourself before God, you will have confessed. 1330 01:38:32,879 --> 01:38:33,980 I grew fond of you. 1331 01:38:36,683 --> 01:38:40,520 -But my love for my people prevailed. -I chose you over my people. 1332 01:38:41,921 --> 01:38:44,290 Perhaps my gods are stronger than yours. 1333 01:38:47,327 --> 01:38:48,728 Then why am I living… 1334 01:38:51,640 --> 01:38:52,298 and you about to die? 1335 01:38:55,168 --> 01:38:57,370 Only fools try to understand destiny. 1336 01:39:13,553 --> 01:39:15,210 -[squelching] -[groaning] 1337 01:39:15,121 --> 01:39:16,222 [choking] 1338 01:39:29,200 --> 01:39:31,400 [gentle music playing] 1339 01:40:01,568 --> 01:40:03,570 [singer vocalizing wistfully] 1340 01:40:26,590 --> 01:40:27,600 [indistinct] 1341 01:40:38,738 --> 01:40:39,739 [indistinct] 1342 01:40:55,880 --> 01:40:56,389 Uhtred. 1343 01:40:58,240 --> 01:40:59,125 Did my son survive? 1344 01:40:59,192 --> 01:41:00,260 Yes. 1345 01:41:05,432 --> 01:41:07,434 [Osbert] And Bebbanburg is ours again. 1346 01:41:08,268 --> 01:41:11,905 -We will rebuild in stone. -[Eadgifu] There is so much future. 1347 01:41:12,872 --> 01:41:14,341 Stay with us, Uhtred. 1348 01:41:17,510 --> 01:41:19,446 -What of the enemy? -[Finan] The victory is ours. 1349 01:41:19,512 --> 01:41:22,949 Five sons of kings lay dead upon the battlefield. 1350 01:41:24,150 --> 01:41:27,620 -Five kings that will never be crowned. -[Finan] "Seven kings must die." 1351 01:41:27,721 --> 01:41:29,422 The prophecy was wrong, Lord. 1352 01:41:30,230 --> 01:41:33,590 With Edward of Wessex, it makes six. 1353 01:41:34,527 --> 01:41:35,995 Am I to be the seventh? 1354 01:41:37,864 --> 01:41:40,834 I have told the chroniclers to write of your victory, Uhtred. 1355 01:41:40,900 --> 01:41:43,636 I have no wish to be written into your history. 1356 01:41:44,304 --> 01:41:49,750 I want only to be honored in the feast hall for standing by an oath. 1357 01:42:03,556 --> 01:42:05,759 Uhtred, you did not just stand by me. 1358 01:42:07,460 --> 01:42:08,661 You stood for me. 1359 01:42:11,131 --> 01:42:12,899 You led where I could not. 1360 01:42:14,601 --> 01:42:15,702 And you forgave me 1361 01:42:16,970 --> 01:42:18,505 when I was unforgivable. 1362 01:42:23,209 --> 01:42:25,110 You saved the hope of England. 1363 01:42:27,580 --> 01:42:29,582 Now in time, it may yet happen. 1364 01:42:32,585 --> 01:42:33,520 I said that… 1365 01:42:35,355 --> 01:42:38,910 if you proved yourself to be the rightful king, 1366 01:42:39,592 --> 01:42:41,761 I would swear Northumbria to you. 1367 01:42:45,265 --> 01:42:48,435 Men have died fighting under the name of the English. 1368 01:42:49,836 --> 01:42:52,405 To honor them, England should be formed. 1369 01:42:54,841 --> 01:42:56,943 But I have one condition. 1370 01:42:59,846 --> 01:43:02,982 You must make an oath never to marry. 1371 01:43:03,883 --> 01:43:04,751 No heirs. 1372 01:43:06,190 --> 01:43:08,888 So your brother Edmund can take the throne unchallenged. 1373 01:43:18,331 --> 01:43:19,165 Thank you. 1374 01:43:35,248 --> 01:43:36,249 This oath 1375 01:43:37,150 --> 01:43:38,251 I shall swear. 1376 01:43:39,486 --> 01:43:41,488 Then we submit to you as our king. 1377 01:43:43,556 --> 01:43:48,528 Which makes you ruler of Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia, 1378 01:43:49,729 --> 01:43:50,764 and Northumbria. 1379 01:43:53,366 --> 01:43:54,634 And I call my lands 1380 01:43:56,236 --> 01:43:57,700 England. 1381 01:44:00,874 --> 01:44:02,142 Long live the king! 1382 01:44:02,242 --> 01:44:03,843 [all] Long live the king. 1383 01:44:04,511 --> 01:44:06,913 [Uhtred] Long live the King of England. 1384 01:44:12,485 --> 01:44:14,200 Return to your chamber, Lord. 1385 01:44:18,324 --> 01:44:19,626 Do not grieve for me. 1386 01:44:20,260 --> 01:44:22,629 It was always written that I would fall in battle. 1387 01:44:22,729 --> 01:44:24,464 [Finan] You're not gonna die, Lord. 1388 01:44:24,564 --> 01:44:28,680 -I would go first, and I'm still alive… -[distant cheering] 1389 01:44:31,504 --> 01:44:32,338 So, 1390 01:44:34,400 --> 01:44:35,141 destiny is all. 1391 01:44:37,143 --> 01:44:39,145 [distant cheering] 1392 01:44:45,510 --> 01:44:47,200 [cheering continues] 1393 01:44:54,594 --> 01:44:56,596 [cheering continues] 1394 01:45:06,339 --> 01:45:08,341 [chanting] 1395 01:45:20,387 --> 01:45:22,122 -Skál! -[revelers] Skál! 1396 01:45:23,189 --> 01:45:25,191 [emotional music playing] 1397 01:45:51,510 --> 01:45:52,752 [Finan] Did seven kings die? 1398 01:45:54,220 --> 01:45:57,590 The chronicles do not record if my lord Uhtred survived. 1399 01:45:59,192 --> 01:46:01,127 But those like me, who knew him, 1400 01:46:01,194 --> 01:46:04,531 recognize him as the greatest warrior of our age, 1401 01:46:05,999 --> 01:46:07,834 and a man who made a kingdom. 1402 01:46:54,848 --> 01:46:55,849 [song ends] 1403 01:46:56,983 --> 01:46:58,985 [ethereal music playing]