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Synced & corrected by -robtor-
www.addic7ed.com

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- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [BELL TOLLING]

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[HORSE WHINNYING]

4
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[HORSE SNORTING]

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[GRUNTS]

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[WOMEN WAILING]

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[IN NATIVE TONGUE] _

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_

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

10
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Ivar! Where are you?

11
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Igor? Don't worry, I'm here!

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[IVAR GRUNTS]

13
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[SWORD CLATTERS]

14
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[OLEG] We were defeated.

15
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It's not possible.

16
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We were defeated by a dead man.

17
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I don't understand.

18
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The great Bjorn Ironside.

19
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He was dead, but appeared
in front of his army

20
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like the resurrected Christ.

21
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Our soldiers panicked. They ran away.

22
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But it was the officers
who were the worst cowards.

23
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- But if he was dead...
- It doesn't matter.

24
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They must be punished.

25
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Those responsible.

26
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It's not possible for us to be defeated.

27
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It won't happen again.

28
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It will never happen again!

29
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[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

30
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[MAN SHOUTS]

31
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[MAN 1] It's a small boat.

32
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[MAN 2] Who is it?

33
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[MAN 1] I'm not sure.
Maybe from Kattegat.

34
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[MAN 2] It's not one
of our ships, is it?

35
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[CHATTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

36
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[MAN SIGHS IN RELIEF]

37
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[KETILL] You're the first settlers
this season. Congratulations.

38
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I bring a message for Ubbe,
son of Ragnar, if he's here.

39
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Here I am.

40
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[PANTING] Your brother, Bjorn Ironside,

41
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King of Kattegat...

42
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is dead.

43
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[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

44
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[DOOR OPENS]

45
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What do you want?

46
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Go away! I command you to go away!

47
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No!

48
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[SOLDIERS GRUNTING]

49
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[OBJECTS CLATTERING]

50
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No!

51
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No!

52
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No!

53
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[OBJECTS CLATTERING]

54
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[GRUNTING CONTINUES]

55
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- Stop!
- [WOOD CREAKS]

56
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[SOBS]

57
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[SOLDIERS BREATHING HEAVILY]

58
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Come down here.

59
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I said come down!

60
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What have I done?

61
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I don't know.

62
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I have destroyed your innocence.

63
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It's time you grew up, Igor.

64
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You're not a child anymore.

65
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Your age of innocence is over! Gone!

66
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I will no longer protect or shield you

67
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from the harsh realities of life.

68
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From now on, I'll make you face them.

69
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For how else are you
ever going to be King?

70
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[GRUNTS]

71
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[UBBE] Tell me how my brother died.

72
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Kattegat was attacked by the Rus.

73
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A great army, led by King Oleg of Kiev.

74
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Your other brothers,
Ivar and Hvitserk...

75
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they were
a part of this army.

76
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[scoffs] Yet there is no reason to ever
be surprised by Ivar's actions.

77
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[Torvi sighs]

78
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What happened to Bjorn?

79
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There were two battles,
the first near Vestvold.

80
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In that battle, the Rus,
they overcame us.

81
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King Harald fell, and Bjorn was badly,
almost mortally, wounded.

82
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We retreated back to Kattegat.

83
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The Rus, they gathered outside.

84
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That night, Bjorn breathed his last.

85
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In the morning,
a great miracle happened.

86
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He rode out in front of our warriors.

87
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And, the Rus,
having heard of his demise,

88
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were shocked and terrified
to see him actually alive again.

89
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Believing him to be a ghost,

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those superstitious creatures,
they fled before him

91
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and they never returned.

92
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[INDISTINCT MURMURING]

93
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[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

94
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I don't know what to say.

95
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[UBBE] I do.

96
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Here in this faraway place,

97
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I want to pay tribute and salute
the life of my brother Bjorn.

98
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Many a time on the battlefield

99
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I looked to him for leadership
and courage, and he never failed.

100
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I loved him.

101
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We all loved him. He was our hero.

102
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I know that he wanted us to
go on this incredible journey

103
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and to find a new land.

104
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Just like our father, he wanted
to throw off the shackles of old...

105
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whatever the risk.

106
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He is now in Valhalla with Ragnar,
so there's no need to be sad.

107
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Fill up your horns, and let's
drink to the great Bjorn Ironside!

108
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He was my brother,
and he was your brother.

109
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Bjorn.

110
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- Bjorn.
- [ALL] Bjorn Ironside!

111
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[DRUMMING]

112
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

113
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[LAUGHTER]

114
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[ALL CHEER]

115
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[CHATTER RECEDES]

116
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[DRUMMING STOPS]

117
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[ERIK] I don't mean to disturb you.

118
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All these objects were alive
when Bjorn was alive.

119
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They lived in his presence.

120
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But now they are all cold and dead.

121
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Let me give you his sacred ring.

122
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He would have wanted that.

123
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Thank you.

124
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I will keep it warm.

125
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Bjorn's death has left
a hole in all our lives.

126
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But it has also left
a vacancy in Kattegat.

127
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The King is dead.

128
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Kattegat has no ruler

129
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and yet Kattegat remains in the
gravest threat of another Rus attack.

130
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The people must elect a new ruler.

131
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Ubbe would be the natural
successor to Bjorn, but he is not here.

132
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But you...

133
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...are Bjorn's wife,

134
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and a great shield maiden.

135
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Proved yourself
again and again in battle.

136
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You gave him good advice,
you are clever,

137
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and you are beautiful, Gunnhild.

138
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[ERIK SIGHS]

139
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I think you should summon an Althing,

140
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and I will propose you as Queen.

141
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I do not think I am so popular.

142
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Not with the people.

143
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You are popular
with those who saw you fight.

144
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And you are Bjorn's wife.
You are popular by association.

145
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I have no desire to be Queen.

146
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[SIGHS] I know.

147
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But you know perfectly well
you cannot decide your own fate...

148
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for it is already written.

149
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[MAN YELLS INDISTINCTLY]

150
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It seems that there is
a vacancy in Kattegat

151
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for a King.

152
00:13:09,272 --> 00:13:11,174
Hmm.

153
00:13:11,208 --> 00:13:14,511
Why don't you sail back
with your wife and two children

154
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and claim the throne?

155
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I mean, who will stop you?

156
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And I will remain here
in Iceland as King.

157
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[KETILL STUTTERS] Doesn't that
make sense to you?

158
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth,
that's what I say.

159
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I will never be King...

160
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not of anywhere.

161
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I am a lot like my father.

162
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He never wanted to be King of Kattegat.

163
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He hated the burden of kingship.

164
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And he despised those
who would be anything...

165
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betray any principle or person,
just to seize the crown.

166
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I hope you're not like that, Ketill.

167
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[PANTING]

168
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[INDISTINCT ARGUING IN DISTANCE]

169
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- [RAGNAR CRYING]
- [TORVI SHUSHING]

170
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How is my son?

171
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Ragnar is strong. Healthy.
He will be fit to travel.

172
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[RAGNAR COOING]

173
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Good.

174
00:15:03,152 --> 00:15:05,322
The two ships are almost seaworthy.

175
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I cannot wait to go.

176
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- [GIGGLES]
- [RAGNAR COOS]

177
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I saw Ketill and Othere today.

178
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They were talking.

179
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So?

180
00:15:16,366 --> 00:15:17,534
Then they argued.

181
00:15:19,236 --> 00:15:20,770
What about?

182
00:15:20,803 --> 00:15:23,124
I couldn't hear them. The point is...

183
00:15:23,149 --> 00:15:24,778
I know what the point is, Torvi.

184
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We have to sail with them.

185
00:15:34,890 --> 00:15:36,158
I will talk to them.

186
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Ancient One. I should have known.

187
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[Seer] You walk in
darkness and chaos.

188
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And yet I see things
all the same.

189
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I see that
everything changes.

190
00:16:05,089 --> 00:16:09,643
Everything changes, but only
one thing remains the same.

191
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And that is you.

192
00:16:12,889 --> 00:16:17,351
[Seer] What is real now
will not be real tomorrow.

193
00:16:17,873 --> 00:16:20,576
Don't listen to all the voices!

194
00:16:20,610 --> 00:16:23,012
There are too many voices!

195
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Don't listen.

196
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[HORSES WHINNYING]

197
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[MEN GRUNTING]

198
00:17:02,047 --> 00:17:03,248
[GRUNTING CONTINUES]

199
00:17:10,756 --> 00:17:11,890
[HORSES WHINNYING]

200
00:17:14,593 --> 00:17:16,261
[HORSES GALLOPING IN DISTANCE]

201
00:17:40,453 --> 00:17:42,488
[IGOR] Who are these men?

202
00:17:42,521 --> 00:17:46,391
They are the most
important officers in our army.

203
00:17:46,425 --> 00:17:48,265
Why are they digging a ditch?

204
00:17:49,728 --> 00:17:51,977
They need to be reminded

205
00:17:52,598 --> 00:17:54,066
that they're not as important

206
00:17:54,099 --> 00:17:56,101
as they imagine themselves to be.

207
00:17:58,737 --> 00:18:00,906
They need to be reminded to be humble.

208
00:18:11,784 --> 00:18:14,119
[SOLDIER] Line up! In a line!

209
00:18:14,152 --> 00:18:16,722
Line up! Front!

210
00:18:26,093 --> 00:18:27,695
I don't want to watch.

211
00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:32,411
You will do as I tell you.

212
00:18:32,437 --> 00:18:35,974
These officers betrayed their country.

213
00:18:36,008 --> 00:18:39,311
They ran from the battlefield
like cowards.

214
00:18:40,613 --> 00:18:42,748
I must make an example of them.

215
00:18:44,149 --> 00:18:46,418
They don't deserve to be spared.

216
00:18:50,789 --> 00:18:52,324
Proceed!

217
00:18:52,365 --> 00:18:54,334
[GRUNTS]

218
00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:55,794
[ALL CLAMORING]

219
00:19:01,133 --> 00:19:02,635
[MEN GROANING AND SCREAMING]

220
00:19:17,049 --> 00:19:18,050
[GRUNTS]

221
00:19:38,971 --> 00:19:40,539
Stop!

222
00:19:40,573 --> 00:19:42,741
Please. Please. Please. Please.

223
00:19:44,977 --> 00:19:48,547
Please. Please. Please. Please.

224
00:19:51,249 --> 00:19:53,640
[OLEG] One day
this will be your kingdom.

225
00:19:57,923 --> 00:20:00,325
Show them what you will do to traitors.

226
00:20:07,933 --> 00:20:08,934
Please, please.

227
00:20:09,602 --> 00:20:10,669
Look up.

228
00:20:12,104 --> 00:20:15,073
Prince Igor, I beg you for mercy!

229
00:20:15,107 --> 00:20:17,710
In the...
In the name of our Holy Mother!

230
00:20:17,743 --> 00:20:20,245
My wife and children...

231
00:20:20,278 --> 00:20:22,347
I do not deserve to die!

232
00:20:22,380 --> 00:20:25,417
Please! Please, don't kill me.

233
00:20:26,218 --> 00:20:27,252
Please!

234
00:20:28,687 --> 00:20:30,555
Don't kill me, please.

235
00:20:34,192 --> 00:20:35,227
Please.

236
00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:39,531
Please.

237
00:20:40,132 --> 00:20:41,199
[GRUNTS]

238
00:21:03,221 --> 00:21:04,256
Good.

239
00:21:05,824 --> 00:21:07,172
Gentlemen.

240
00:21:20,072 --> 00:21:21,139
[SOLDIER] Form up!

241
00:21:25,737 --> 00:21:26,738
Turn!

242
00:21:28,538 --> 00:21:29,572
Forward!

243
00:21:36,922 --> 00:21:38,924
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

244
00:21:46,567 --> 00:21:51,711
Gunnhild, have you made a decision?

245
00:21:52,206 --> 00:21:54,839
I have decided to call
a meeting of the Althing.

246
00:21:55,209 --> 00:21:57,445
Kattegat must have a new ruler.

247
00:21:57,478 --> 00:21:59,447
Bjorn knew that.

248
00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,549
And you will stand for election?

249
00:22:01,582 --> 00:22:02,916
It depends.

250
00:22:02,950 --> 00:22:04,218
On what?

251
00:22:04,252 --> 00:22:06,620
If anyone will stand against me.

252
00:22:06,654 --> 00:22:08,210
Have you heard any rumors?

253
00:22:08,889 --> 00:22:10,191
No.

254
00:22:10,224 --> 00:22:11,592
And what about Ingrid?

255
00:22:11,625 --> 00:22:12,840
I have no idea.

256
00:22:13,494 --> 00:22:15,028
And you will support me?

257
00:22:15,062 --> 00:22:16,469
Of course.

258
00:22:17,331 --> 00:22:18,966
You are ambitious.

259
00:22:18,999 --> 00:22:21,569
What would you expect
in return for your support?

260
00:22:23,937 --> 00:22:27,975
Some token of friendship.

261
00:22:29,977 --> 00:22:33,147
You know how much I admire you.

262
00:22:33,181 --> 00:22:35,264
I cannot believe that Bjorn
would take another wife

263
00:22:35,288 --> 00:22:36,784
when he already had you.

264
00:22:36,817 --> 00:22:38,403
- Hush.
- That's what you said before,

265
00:22:38,427 --> 00:22:41,589
at Bjorn's wedding,
but I do not want to be silenced.

266
00:22:42,423 --> 00:22:44,538
I want to be honest.

267
00:22:45,426 --> 00:22:47,761
Honest about my desire for you.

268
00:22:52,633 --> 00:22:54,034
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [HORSES SNORT AND WHINNY]

269
00:22:59,873 --> 00:23:03,110
[HVITSERK] I have to go. I have
an appointment with Prince Oleg.

270
00:23:03,143 --> 00:23:04,312
What for?

271
00:23:04,345 --> 00:23:05,976
I don't know. He invited me.

272
00:23:09,450 --> 00:23:11,485
Why would he want to do that?

273
00:23:11,519 --> 00:23:13,020
That's what I intend to find out.

274
00:23:15,823 --> 00:23:18,192
Well, be careful, my brother.

275
00:23:18,226 --> 00:23:20,828
The Rus are not like us. Hmm?

276
00:23:20,861 --> 00:23:21,962
Hmm.

277
00:23:30,037 --> 00:23:34,542
Come on, Igor. Tell me,
what do you want to do, huh?

278
00:23:34,575 --> 00:23:37,110
- Kill myself.
- [LAUGHS]

279
00:23:37,144 --> 00:23:38,679
It's too early for that.

280
00:23:40,214 --> 00:23:41,782
[BEGGAR] A moment of your time, sirs.

281
00:23:41,815 --> 00:23:43,851
Go away, you filthy peasant.

282
00:23:43,884 --> 00:23:45,219
I have a story to tell.

283
00:23:45,253 --> 00:23:47,187
I told you to go away!

284
00:23:47,221 --> 00:23:48,978
Listen to my story.

285
00:23:51,158 --> 00:23:52,493
I want to listen.

286
00:23:58,566 --> 00:23:59,667
[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]

287
00:24:11,679 --> 00:24:13,146
Prince Dir.

288
00:24:13,180 --> 00:24:14,606
[DIR] I have good news.

289
00:24:14,631 --> 00:24:17,620
I came to tell you that I'm almost
ready to challenge Prince Oleg.

290
00:24:17,685 --> 00:24:19,554
Many of the returning warriors

291
00:24:19,578 --> 00:24:23,056
have become disillusioned
with my brother's leadership.

292
00:24:23,090 --> 00:24:25,693
They have lost faith in him.
They are ready for a change.

293
00:24:25,726 --> 00:24:28,028
My army will assemble at Novgorod.

294
00:24:28,061 --> 00:24:29,703
When we have captured the garrison,

295
00:24:29,727 --> 00:24:33,147
I expect you and Prince Igor to join me.

296
00:24:33,801 --> 00:24:35,612
You will receive a dagger.

297
00:24:36,317 --> 00:24:39,340
That will be the signal
for you to flee from Kiev.

298
00:24:39,373 --> 00:24:43,677
Why can't we go with you? I hate
Oleg. I think he wants to kill me.

299
00:24:43,711 --> 00:24:46,179
We will not give him
any excuse to do so.

300
00:24:46,213 --> 00:24:48,189
I entrust you, Ivar the Boneless,

301
00:24:48,213 --> 00:24:50,584
to safely convey the Prince to Novgorod.

302
00:24:50,618 --> 00:24:53,621
It will not be easy. Oleg is afraid now.

303
00:24:53,662 --> 00:24:54,930
He will become desperate.

304
00:24:54,955 --> 00:24:57,257
He will redouble
the guard on the Prince,

305
00:24:57,291 --> 00:24:58,596
for if he loses Prince Igor,

306
00:24:58,627 --> 00:25:01,349
he loses any claim to
be the legitimate ruler.

307
00:25:02,563 --> 00:25:03,631
I understand.

308
00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:06,922
Then we part for a while.

309
00:25:07,573 --> 00:25:09,573
I trust you both
with my life.

310
00:25:10,384 --> 00:25:12,177
You bring me good fortune.

311
00:25:12,816 --> 00:25:14,395
Not for long now.

312
00:25:14,420 --> 00:25:15,597
Not for long, my friend.

313
00:25:15,597 --> 00:25:17,891
I pray to your God
and to mine.

314
00:25:20,356 --> 00:25:24,060
You are the rightful King
of this great land.

315
00:25:24,085 --> 00:25:25,621
I will see you crowned.

316
00:25:26,988 --> 00:25:28,289
Thank you, Prince Dir.

317
00:25:29,124 --> 00:25:30,258
I love you.

318
00:25:46,508 --> 00:25:49,945
[OLEG] Hvitserk. Son of Ragnar.

319
00:25:53,949 --> 00:25:56,652
We were thrust upon each other.

320
00:25:56,685 --> 00:25:59,187
I didn't know anything about you.

321
00:25:59,220 --> 00:26:02,724
Your brother Ivar was rather
mysterious about your relationship.

322
00:26:04,059 --> 00:26:05,393
Oh, please, sit.

323
00:26:06,494 --> 00:26:07,829
Be comfortable.

324
00:26:11,232 --> 00:26:15,971
I know that brotherly
relationships can often be strained.

325
00:26:16,905 --> 00:26:18,406
Difficult. [CHUCKLES]

326
00:26:20,676 --> 00:26:22,911
It's been so with my own brothers.

327
00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,418
No, thank you.

328
00:26:26,774 --> 00:26:28,774
[stutters]
I don't do that anymore.

329
00:26:29,984 --> 00:26:32,330
I assume you still
have some sins?

330
00:26:35,052 --> 00:26:36,821
Why did you want to talk to me?

331
00:26:39,023 --> 00:26:41,191
- I like Vikings.
- Mmm-hmm.

332
00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:43,660
I would like to have
a bodyguard of Vikings.

333
00:26:43,694 --> 00:26:46,263
I would trust you
more than my own guards.

334
00:26:46,296 --> 00:26:47,331
[OLEG SIGHS]

335
00:26:48,179 --> 00:26:49,981
Except, perhaps, for Ivar.

336
00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:53,911
Even though I love Ivar. [CHUCKLES]

337
00:27:00,344 --> 00:27:01,712
[EXHALES]

338
00:27:01,746 --> 00:27:03,313
I was disappointed, of course,

339
00:27:03,347 --> 00:27:06,616
that we failed to capture Kattegat.

340
00:27:07,940 --> 00:27:10,510
But one should not
dwell on one's mistakes.

341
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:12,629
Not if one is wise.

342
00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:15,198
I know you believe in fate,

343
00:27:15,222 --> 00:27:17,611
and so do I.

344
00:27:19,496 --> 00:27:21,749
It was a mistake to
return to the West.

345
00:27:22,197 --> 00:27:25,734
But I'm no longer interested
in attacking Scandinavia

346
00:27:25,767 --> 00:27:27,733
and its peasants.

347
00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:32,488
I believe we should
attack Constantinople.

348
00:27:32,917 --> 00:27:36,487
A richer and much more
attractive target.

349
00:27:37,922 --> 00:27:38,956
Hmm?

350
00:27:46,497 --> 00:27:48,199
You don't say anything.

351
00:27:49,267 --> 00:27:51,632
Sometimes silence is better.

352
00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:57,775
Along the Silk Roads,

353
00:27:57,808 --> 00:28:01,279
the Chinese and Arabs
have given us many things.

354
00:28:01,312 --> 00:28:03,014
Beautiful things.

355
00:28:03,048 --> 00:28:04,982
Splendid things.

356
00:28:05,016 --> 00:28:06,717
Pleasurable things.

357
00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:08,653
Like this.

358
00:28:09,654 --> 00:28:10,988
[SIZZLING]

359
00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:13,491
[HVITSERK] Uh...

360
00:28:14,892 --> 00:28:16,694
What is it?

361
00:28:16,727 --> 00:28:18,696
It's just poppy seed.

362
00:28:18,729 --> 00:28:20,231
You just smell it.

363
00:28:21,299 --> 00:28:23,168
[OLEG] It makes you happy.

364
00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:25,636
- I, uh...
- Oh, it's just one small sin.

365
00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:27,638
Are you so afraid?

366
00:28:35,346 --> 00:28:37,182
[INHALES DEEPLY]

367
00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:40,551
Smell it.

368
00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:44,089
[INHALES]

369
00:28:54,199 --> 00:28:56,601
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [HORSE GRUNTING]

370
00:29:02,507 --> 00:29:03,608
Whoa.

371
00:29:11,382 --> 00:29:14,507
Is this really the land that
you want to be King of, Ketill?

372
00:29:15,186 --> 00:29:21,759
[GRUNTS] This harsh, stony,
unproductive land that is miserable?

373
00:29:21,792 --> 00:29:25,062
You will struggle the rest of
your life just to survive here.

374
00:29:25,096 --> 00:29:27,132
Think about what
I'm offering you instead.

375
00:29:28,866 --> 00:29:31,102
I have no idea who you are,

376
00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:33,104
where you came from,

377
00:29:33,138 --> 00:29:35,240
what you believe in,
or even what your real name is.

378
00:29:35,273 --> 00:29:37,822
Perhaps that is how it is meant to be.

379
00:29:38,376 --> 00:29:40,311
But I do know we need
to trust each other.

380
00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:44,262
We need you to come with us,

381
00:29:44,287 --> 00:29:46,042
to help us to furnish a second boat.

382
00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:47,618
Without you, we can't leave.

383
00:29:49,820 --> 00:29:51,589
Why would you hesitate?

384
00:29:51,622 --> 00:29:55,693
Because it all depends
if Othere is telling the truth.

385
00:29:55,726 --> 00:29:57,758
[UBBE] We cannot trust Ketill.

386
00:29:58,396 --> 00:30:00,398
But without him, the others,
they would not come.

387
00:30:01,732 --> 00:30:04,735
But I know that Ketill went mad,

388
00:30:04,769 --> 00:30:07,938
slaughtered an innocent
family without warning.

389
00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:11,276
And in which case,
that could easily happen again.

390
00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:12,977
If we are at sea on an open boat,

391
00:30:13,010 --> 00:30:15,580
the... The consequences,
they would be catastrophic.

392
00:30:18,015 --> 00:30:23,087
Unless you and I are willing
to deal with it together.

393
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:24,322
[UBBE] His story changes so often,

394
00:30:24,355 --> 00:30:26,123
it is hard to know what to believe.

395
00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:28,893
- And yet you want to believe.
- I want to believe.

396
00:30:28,926 --> 00:30:30,695
I need to believe.

397
00:30:33,130 --> 00:30:37,381
If you want to stay here in this
stony wilderness, then tell me now.

398
00:30:39,537 --> 00:30:41,606
What do you say,
the man called "Othere"?

399
00:30:44,975 --> 00:30:46,611
I say you have a deal.

400
00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:54,519
I need someone I can trust
on this voyage.

401
00:31:00,825 --> 00:31:02,527
You can trust me well enough.

402
00:31:18,957 --> 00:31:20,393
I don't mean to disturb you.

403
00:31:22,995 --> 00:31:24,162
It's all right.

404
00:31:27,132 --> 00:31:29,968
It is hard to accept that Bjorn is gone.

405
00:31:30,836 --> 00:31:31,870
Yes.

406
00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:35,659
But at least I have this.

407
00:31:38,711 --> 00:31:42,052
You are with child? Bjorn's child?

408
00:31:43,416 --> 00:31:46,485
Yes. With Bjorn's child.

409
00:31:51,757 --> 00:31:55,566
It was terrible when Gunnhild
lost the child she was carrying.

410
00:31:57,596 --> 00:32:01,467
Sadly, we cannot wait for your
child to become ruler of Kattegat.

411
00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:03,902
These are quick and desperate times.

412
00:32:03,936 --> 00:32:05,671
The Rus may attack us again,

413
00:32:05,704 --> 00:32:09,241
and yet we have no King
or Queen to unite behind.

414
00:32:11,777 --> 00:32:13,646
You are Bjorn's wife.

415
00:32:13,679 --> 00:32:15,335
You carry his child.

416
00:32:17,215 --> 00:32:20,986
I think the legacy of Ragnar
Lothbrok and Bjorn Ironside

417
00:32:21,019 --> 00:32:22,455
should live and continue.

418
00:32:28,961 --> 00:32:30,295
Then I have a chance?

419
00:32:31,730 --> 00:32:33,298
Given the right preparations.

420
00:32:36,635 --> 00:32:38,236
I would like to be Queen.

421
00:32:40,072 --> 00:32:41,273
I know.

422
00:32:57,035 --> 00:32:58,236
Poor Ivar.

423
00:33:00,158 --> 00:33:01,882
What do you mean?

424
00:33:02,260 --> 00:33:05,097
You were hoping to return
to Kattegat as a King...

425
00:33:05,998 --> 00:33:07,099
weren't you?

426
00:33:08,834 --> 00:33:10,516
Perhaps.

427
00:33:11,604 --> 00:33:14,306
- You wanted to return to the past.
- [SIGHS]

428
00:33:18,577 --> 00:33:20,112
You loved your wife.

429
00:33:21,847 --> 00:33:23,115
What was her name?

430
00:33:25,751 --> 00:33:27,019
Freydis.

431
00:33:36,595 --> 00:33:40,666
We are all brought back
perpetually to the past.

432
00:33:43,168 --> 00:33:44,336
You're wrong.

433
00:33:46,672 --> 00:33:50,543
What did she look like, this Freydis?

434
00:33:51,944 --> 00:33:53,011
Hmm.

435
00:33:56,615 --> 00:33:58,316
She was small.

436
00:33:58,350 --> 00:33:59,718
- Like you.
- Mmm.

437
00:34:01,119 --> 00:34:02,287
But blonde.

438
00:34:04,022 --> 00:34:06,091
She dressed after our fashion.

439
00:34:06,124 --> 00:34:08,627
She wore her hair... So.

440
00:34:12,898 --> 00:34:14,399
And I trusted her.

441
00:34:16,902 --> 00:34:19,738
She was the one
that told me I was a god.

442
00:34:25,377 --> 00:34:27,245
What do you want me to say? Huh?

443
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,415
Only what you want to say.

444
00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:39,658
I don't believe you want to betray Oleg.

445
00:34:39,692 --> 00:34:42,027
You just say that.

446
00:34:42,060 --> 00:34:45,063
And how can I prove it to you?

447
00:34:45,097 --> 00:34:47,065
Oh, I don't know.

448
00:34:58,376 --> 00:35:00,709
I told you. I can't.

449
00:35:04,282 --> 00:35:06,284
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

450
00:35:12,625 --> 00:35:14,259
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

451
00:35:20,532 --> 00:35:22,701
Is this really want
you want to do, Ketill?

452
00:35:22,735 --> 00:35:24,369
Of course it is.

453
00:35:24,402 --> 00:35:25,904
I don't understand.

454
00:35:25,938 --> 00:35:27,940
Your position in Iceland is secure.

455
00:35:27,973 --> 00:35:31,376
We don't have to
risk everything on this voyage.

456
00:35:31,416 --> 00:35:33,919
On the contrary. We do.

457
00:35:33,946 --> 00:35:35,180
Frodi understands.

458
00:35:35,213 --> 00:35:38,050
I need redemption. We both do.

459
00:35:38,083 --> 00:35:40,165
I cannot live with the ghosts.

460
00:35:41,086 --> 00:35:43,255
We did a terrible thing.

461
00:35:43,295 --> 00:35:45,464
But now we can do a good thing.

462
00:35:45,490 --> 00:35:47,960
The gods will understand
and not punish us.

463
00:35:47,993 --> 00:35:51,093
If you kept quiet,
they would not punish you.

464
00:35:51,645 --> 00:35:55,683
You have a big heart and
a loud voice, Ketill Flatnose.

465
00:35:57,002 --> 00:35:58,937
I could wish that you were more subtle.

466
00:36:00,138 --> 00:36:02,174
I do lead with my heart, I admit.

467
00:36:03,408 --> 00:36:06,044
But I want to be an honest soul.

468
00:36:06,085 --> 00:36:08,153
Who can fault me for that?

469
00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,653
I'll still love you...

470
00:36:12,025 --> 00:36:14,025
for all your faults.

471
00:36:17,826 --> 00:36:20,036
[Frodi] Come.
Let's get on with it.

472
00:36:52,115 --> 00:36:54,518
So we commit our bodies to the deep.

473
00:36:55,619 --> 00:36:56,954
Life is a journey.

474
00:36:57,788 --> 00:36:58,789
Like death.

475
00:37:00,958 --> 00:37:03,594
We are borne ceaselessly
into the future.

476
00:37:03,627 --> 00:37:04,795
Mmm.

477
00:37:05,963 --> 00:37:07,798
Some on a ship of fools.

478
00:37:18,442 --> 00:37:20,010
[GUNNHILD] I wanted to tell you, Ingrid,

479
00:37:20,043 --> 00:37:22,780
that I have summoned
a meeting of the Althing...

480
00:37:24,266 --> 00:37:26,002
to elect a new ruler of Kattegat.

481
00:37:28,731 --> 00:37:30,299
I want to know if you will stand.

482
00:37:36,627 --> 00:37:38,328
I did not think I would stand...

483
00:37:40,463 --> 00:37:41,998
except for this.

484
00:37:45,041 --> 00:37:46,309
What is "this"?

485
00:37:49,786 --> 00:37:52,054
I am carrying Bjorn's child.

486
00:38:05,831 --> 00:38:07,799
But, forgive me,

487
00:38:07,825 --> 00:38:11,361
I remember you told me that
you were raped by King Harald.

488
00:38:11,395 --> 00:38:14,903
So, perhaps the child you carry is his.

489
00:38:17,216 --> 00:38:19,966
I knew I was pregnant
before Harald raped me.

490
00:38:21,672 --> 00:38:23,541
This is Bjorn's child.

491
00:38:27,545 --> 00:38:29,513
That should have been my child.

492
00:38:34,418 --> 00:38:36,420
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

493
00:38:51,935 --> 00:38:53,370
[IVAR PANTING]

494
00:38:55,998 --> 00:38:57,233
Hvitserk.

495
00:39:11,668 --> 00:39:13,036
Hvitserk, huh?

496
00:39:28,418 --> 00:39:29,619
[SNIFFS]

497
00:39:33,557 --> 00:39:35,559
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING]

498
00:39:51,441 --> 00:39:52,776
King Ivar.

499
00:39:52,809 --> 00:39:55,078
My lady Katia would like to see you.

500
00:39:55,111 --> 00:39:57,280
- What, now?
- Yes.

501
00:39:58,982 --> 00:40:00,049
[IVAR GRUNTS]

502
00:40:06,656 --> 00:40:07,657
[GRUNTING]

503
00:40:14,898 --> 00:40:16,099
Are you sure?

504
00:40:37,078 --> 00:40:38,079
[KATIA SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE] _

505
00:40:45,891 --> 00:40:47,026
Huh.

506
00:40:48,169 --> 00:40:52,065
[IN NATIVE TONGUE] _

507
00:40:53,696 --> 00:40:55,538
_

508
00:40:55,562 --> 00:40:57,562
_

509
00:40:59,055 --> 00:41:01,055
_

510
00:41:07,279 --> 00:41:09,666
_

511
00:41:11,616 --> 00:41:15,613
_

512
00:41:17,586 --> 00:41:19,586
_

513
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,704
_

514
00:41:27,033 --> 00:41:29,033
_

515
00:41:42,901 --> 00:41:44,549
[IN ENGLISH] No, no, no.

516
00:41:59,193 --> 00:42:01,195
[BREATHING HEAVILY]

517
00:42:07,902 --> 00:42:09,904
[BREATHING HEAVILY]

518
00:42:21,949 --> 00:42:23,951
[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

519
00:42:32,793 --> 00:42:37,061
I told you so!
Do you believe me?

520
00:42:47,574 --> 00:42:48,976
I'm going to bed.

521
00:42:51,535 --> 00:42:52,869
Good night, Gunnhild.

522
00:42:59,575 --> 00:43:01,043
Do you want to come with me?

523
00:43:08,183 --> 00:43:09,785
[BREATHING HEAVILY]

524
00:43:29,982 --> 00:43:32,350
I know that Dir is still alive.

525
00:43:34,086 --> 00:43:37,189
Please tell me,
has he been in contact with you?

526
00:43:37,222 --> 00:43:40,025
And where is he?

527
00:43:41,594 --> 00:43:42,895
He came here.

528
00:43:44,529 --> 00:43:46,799
He told me that his army is assembling

529
00:43:46,832 --> 00:43:49,401
and will soon take over Novgorod.

530
00:43:50,550 --> 00:43:53,066
We're waiting for his signal.

531
00:43:53,621 --> 00:43:58,498
When the signal comes,
we must spirit Igor away.

532
00:44:00,419 --> 00:44:02,221
Igor is the future.

533
00:44:03,968 --> 00:44:05,103
I know.

534
00:44:06,291 --> 00:44:07,359
[SHUFFLING]

535
00:44:15,110 --> 00:44:17,017
Are you not going to stay?

536
00:44:17,922 --> 00:44:21,593
It would be bad
if the voters saw us together.

537
00:44:23,235 --> 00:44:24,469
I suppose.

538
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:29,642
We will talk soon.

539
00:44:30,542 --> 00:44:31,543
Of course.

540
00:44:33,278 --> 00:44:34,379
Erik.

541
00:44:37,559 --> 00:44:39,260
What is it you really want?

542
00:44:41,359 --> 00:44:42,794
I think you know.

543
00:44:52,339 --> 00:44:54,341
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