1 00:01:32,009 --> 00:01:36,304 This stranger approached me in the marketplace. 2 00:01:38,515 --> 00:01:42,018 He's cut his hand badly, and has asked for our help. 3 00:01:46,523 --> 00:01:48,232 Of course we will help. 4 00:01:48,317 --> 00:01:49,984 Siggy, go and fetch some hot water. 5 00:01:50,068 --> 00:01:51,861 Go with the servants. 6 00:01:52,404 --> 00:01:55,364 Helga, go and get some strips of cloth for a bandage. 7 00:01:55,699 --> 00:01:57,867 Will you sit by the fire? 8 00:01:57,951 --> 00:01:59,327 Thank you. 9 00:01:59,870 --> 00:02:01,162 You are kind. 10 00:02:07,586 --> 00:02:08,628 How did you do this? 11 00:02:08,712 --> 00:02:09,712 I don't know. 12 00:02:10,380 --> 00:02:12,673 I was sleeping rough, 13 00:02:13,050 --> 00:02:16,093 and might have caught it on a scythe or a plowshare. 14 00:02:17,638 --> 00:02:19,388 What is your name? 15 00:02:20,224 --> 00:02:21,641 My name is Harbard. 16 00:02:23,185 --> 00:02:24,602 What are your names? 17 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,814 I am Queen Aslaug, wife of King Ragnar Lothbrok. 18 00:02:28,899 --> 00:02:30,816 And this is Siggy, widow of Earl Haraldson. 19 00:02:30,901 --> 00:02:33,236 And this is Helga, wife of Floki the boat builder. 20 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,738 Oh, I've hear of King Ragnar. 21 00:02:35,864 --> 00:02:38,616 After all, everyone's heard of him. 22 00:02:38,742 --> 00:02:40,910 He's famous everywhere. 23 00:02:42,454 --> 00:02:44,288 You should not be doing this, 24 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:46,540 Queen Aslaug, for I know who you are too. 25 00:02:47,417 --> 00:02:50,544 Daughter of Sigurd, who killed the serpent Fafnir. 26 00:02:51,129 --> 00:02:54,048 Don't worry, I am happy to do it. 27 00:02:55,592 --> 00:02:57,593 You said you were sleeping rough. 28 00:02:58,136 --> 00:02:59,512 Why is that? 29 00:02:59,846 --> 00:03:02,306 I will sleep wherever I can lay my head. 30 00:03:02,891 --> 00:03:04,392 I am a wanderer, 31 00:03:04,476 --> 00:03:06,060 and sometimes 32 00:03:06,144 --> 00:03:10,064 people offer me hospitality and I sleep on a straw bed, 33 00:03:10,148 --> 00:03:14,819 and sometimes I sleep rough with the cattle for warmth. 34 00:03:16,446 --> 00:03:18,823 It is all one to me. 35 00:03:19,157 --> 00:03:20,491 Is that true? 36 00:03:21,994 --> 00:03:23,160 No. 37 00:03:23,745 --> 00:03:25,579 No, I prefer the straw. 38 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:31,836 But do not think that I offer nothing in return, hmm? 39 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:33,462 I tell stories. 40 00:03:33,964 --> 00:03:36,382 Stories about my own travels. 41 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:37,675 Stories about the gods. 42 00:03:37,759 --> 00:03:39,844 Or both. 43 00:03:40,637 --> 00:03:41,887 Hmm? 44 00:03:41,972 --> 00:03:43,764 As they say, I... 45 00:03:43,849 --> 00:03:46,142 I sing for my supper. 46 00:03:49,229 --> 00:03:50,771 Will you sup with us? 47 00:03:52,816 --> 00:03:55,651 If that is acceptable with everyone. 48 00:03:57,154 --> 00:03:59,488 And to King Ragnar, of course. 49 00:03:59,573 --> 00:04:02,408 Ragnar is not here. He and the men have gone raiding. 50 00:04:02,993 --> 00:04:05,411 But you are welcome to what food we have, 51 00:04:05,495 --> 00:04:07,413 and to a bed of straw. 52 00:04:31,855 --> 00:04:34,607 You are talking behind my back! 53 00:04:40,739 --> 00:04:44,283 Please do me the honor of talking to my face. 54 00:04:46,661 --> 00:04:49,705 We meant no disrespect, sire, but wondered why, 55 00:04:49,790 --> 00:04:52,041 if you're prepared to share our farming secrets with the pagans, 56 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,709 you do not, in return, ask them to share 57 00:04:53,794 --> 00:04:56,087 their boat-building secrets with us? 58 00:04:56,171 --> 00:04:59,673 And why is it, since we give them land to farm, 59 00:04:59,758 --> 00:05:02,176 we do not ask them to convert to the only true God? 60 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:04,762 Yes, I understand your concerns, 61 00:05:04,846 --> 00:05:07,056 but as things stand, the Northmen, 62 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:09,308 in the shape of Ragnar Lothbrok, 63 00:05:09,393 --> 00:05:11,769 are currently fighting beside us 64 00:05:11,853 --> 00:05:14,313 to help us gain the throne of Mercia, 65 00:05:14,398 --> 00:05:16,482 that huge kingdom, 66 00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:18,651 for our puppet, Princess Kwenthrith. 67 00:05:18,735 --> 00:05:22,488 Now, who among you would choose not to turf a few farmers off our land, 68 00:05:22,572 --> 00:05:24,132 rather than gain, through this alliance, 69 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:26,700 a greater part of England itself? 70 00:05:28,745 --> 00:05:29,912 And besides, 71 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:33,541 who knows how this settlement will fare in future? 72 00:05:35,252 --> 00:05:36,710 Speak now. 73 00:05:38,130 --> 00:05:41,090 Tell me I've chosen the wrong policy. 74 00:05:42,259 --> 00:05:46,512 That for some reason I am not thinking of our kingdom and its destiny. 75 00:05:46,930 --> 00:05:49,181 Tell me now, if you dare, 76 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:52,768 that I do not deserve to be King of Wessex. 77 00:06:11,746 --> 00:06:13,998 Why are we doing this, Ragnar? 78 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:17,209 Why are we fighting for these Christians? 79 00:06:18,420 --> 00:06:20,754 Doing King Ecbert's dirty work for him. 80 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:22,923 This is not about you, Floki. 81 00:06:23,467 --> 00:06:25,843 It's about our children, and their children. 82 00:06:25,927 --> 00:06:28,137 It is about our people's future. 83 00:06:29,598 --> 00:06:32,057 And I do not want there to be endless conflict 84 00:06:32,142 --> 00:06:34,643 between us and the Christians. 85 00:06:35,187 --> 00:06:37,605 You're mad, Ragnar. Deluded. 86 00:06:37,689 --> 00:06:40,065 There can be no reconciliation between our gods, 87 00:06:40,150 --> 00:06:42,443 the true gods, and the God that they worship. 88 00:06:43,236 --> 00:06:45,529 One or the other must prevail. 89 00:06:45,614 --> 00:06:47,198 And the triumph of the Christ-God 90 00:06:47,282 --> 00:06:50,242 will mean the death and destruction of all of ours. 91 00:06:51,995 --> 00:06:53,579 If you don't want to fight, 92 00:06:54,623 --> 00:06:56,415 then don't fight. 93 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:58,375 Both of you, save your breath. 94 00:06:58,919 --> 00:07:00,461 We have a mountain to climb. 95 00:07:02,172 --> 00:07:04,924 Some of us will not see a dawn like this again. 96 00:07:05,509 --> 00:07:07,426 Not here on Midgard, at any rate. 97 00:07:09,429 --> 00:07:12,014 So let us try and speak well of each other. 98 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:15,518 And remember how much we have been through together. 99 00:07:16,853 --> 00:07:18,395 Well said, brother. 100 00:07:48,385 --> 00:07:49,593 Are you finished? 101 00:07:57,894 --> 00:07:59,061 Please. 102 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:01,689 Spare my brother. 103 00:08:14,911 --> 00:08:16,495 Rollo! Rollo! 104 00:08:22,919 --> 00:08:24,545 You poor bastard. 105 00:08:25,213 --> 00:08:26,839 I'll see you later. 106 00:08:26,923 --> 00:08:28,674 If the gods allow. 107 00:08:28,758 --> 00:08:31,510 - They will not allow it. - Take me with you. 108 00:08:32,721 --> 00:08:33,971 I must fight. 109 00:08:34,055 --> 00:08:36,599 You cannot fight. You are too weak. 110 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:38,934 What are you talking about? 111 00:08:45,525 --> 00:08:48,152 As you can see, you bastard, 112 00:08:48,236 --> 00:08:50,654 I am perfectly able to fight. 113 00:08:51,406 --> 00:08:52,781 Never been better. 114 00:09:00,790 --> 00:09:02,541 Then what are you waiting for? 115 00:09:24,564 --> 00:09:26,231 So you speak our language now? 116 00:09:26,316 --> 00:09:27,900 I speak more than before. 117 00:09:27,984 --> 00:09:29,985 Not just because of Athelstan, 118 00:09:30,153 --> 00:09:31,820 but because of these men from Wessex, 119 00:09:31,905 --> 00:09:33,322 who have... 120 00:09:36,117 --> 00:09:39,912 Helped us. Who have helped us with your blessing. 121 00:09:40,038 --> 00:09:42,664 I am gratified and pleased. 122 00:09:43,208 --> 00:09:46,668 As I'm sure King Ragnar will be pleased, also. 123 00:09:47,837 --> 00:09:49,755 I've brought some of my nobles 124 00:09:49,839 --> 00:09:52,758 to show them the progress you are making here. 125 00:09:55,637 --> 00:09:57,805 Our people, as much as yours, 126 00:09:57,889 --> 00:09:59,681 will benefit from a good harvest. 127 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:03,602 And to help you prepare it, I've brought you something. 128 00:10:12,695 --> 00:10:14,363 It's a new type of plow. 129 00:10:22,455 --> 00:10:25,666 It does not just scratch the surface of the earth, 130 00:10:25,750 --> 00:10:28,752 but it digs deeper, and because of the angle of the blade, 131 00:10:28,837 --> 00:10:30,254 it turns the soil over. 132 00:10:30,338 --> 00:10:32,089 Now, we've made some experiments, 133 00:10:32,173 --> 00:10:34,383 and when manure is also dug into 134 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,718 the ripped and open earth, 135 00:10:36,803 --> 00:10:39,054 the crop, and the harvest, increase. 136 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:42,850 You will leave us this plow? Yes. 137 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:45,811 See how you get on. 138 00:10:56,072 --> 00:11:00,367 I like to experiment between our cultures. 139 00:11:00,452 --> 00:11:04,288 Plowing, fertilizing, and sowing seed 140 00:11:04,372 --> 00:11:06,707 are the very basis of life. 141 00:11:08,126 --> 00:11:09,751 Indeed they are. 142 00:11:11,629 --> 00:11:14,006 Well, give this plow to your settlers. 143 00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:15,757 Let them see if it works. 144 00:11:15,842 --> 00:11:17,092 Or not. 145 00:11:17,927 --> 00:11:21,013 You and Athelstan are invited back to my villa, 146 00:11:21,097 --> 00:11:22,848 whenever you choose to come. 147 00:11:22,932 --> 00:11:25,350 For now, I bid you farewell. 148 00:12:14,359 --> 00:12:15,943 I can't see anyone. 149 00:12:23,326 --> 00:12:25,077 They're up there. 150 00:12:25,161 --> 00:12:26,537 Wait! 151 00:12:27,497 --> 00:12:29,206 I will go first. 152 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,258 Thank you. 153 00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:29,600 What is this? 154 00:16:53,429 --> 00:16:54,554 Porunn! 155 00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:08,944 Porunn. 156 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:11,071 Porunn! 157 00:18:02,999 --> 00:18:05,208 Protect the Prince! Gather round! 158 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:07,919 Loose! 159 00:18:12,049 --> 00:18:13,258 Raise your shields! 160 00:18:17,138 --> 00:18:18,388 Advance! 161 00:18:34,196 --> 00:18:35,614 Hold your formation! 162 00:18:37,867 --> 00:18:39,993 Pull! Loose! 163 00:18:49,253 --> 00:18:50,837 It is ended! 164 00:19:41,097 --> 00:19:43,098 What is this place? 165 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:45,100 It's a Roman bathhouse. 166 00:19:52,149 --> 00:19:53,274 It's beautiful. 167 00:20:10,584 --> 00:20:12,711 It's magnificent. 168 00:20:14,964 --> 00:20:17,090 Who is this woman? 169 00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:20,009 She's a goddess. A Roman god. 170 00:20:20,094 --> 00:20:21,469 A pagan god. 171 00:20:22,388 --> 00:20:24,514 Like your gods, Lagertha. 172 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,147 She is not like my gods. 173 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:36,651 My gods 174 00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:38,653 are as real as you and me. 175 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:41,948 They laugh. They bleed. 176 00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:44,576 They rush around the skies. 177 00:20:45,661 --> 00:20:46,703 Hmm... 178 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:52,834 I have been a wanderer for most of my life. 179 00:20:54,295 --> 00:20:57,589 I want to tell you of the time that I went to Utgard. 180 00:20:58,174 --> 00:20:59,966 You went to Utgard? 181 00:21:00,050 --> 00:21:02,010 Mmm. It was many years ago. 182 00:21:02,803 --> 00:21:07,098 I traveled east until I came to that band of water 183 00:21:07,349 --> 00:21:10,477 that divides the world of men from Jotunheim. 184 00:21:11,645 --> 00:21:14,063 I rowed and rowed across 185 00:21:14,148 --> 00:21:16,900 until I reached the shores of Utgard 186 00:21:17,026 --> 00:21:20,320 which lies between the water and the mountains. 187 00:21:20,404 --> 00:21:22,530 Yes, we have all heard of Utgard. 188 00:21:22,698 --> 00:21:24,616 It is where the giants live. 189 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:29,412 I walked for many miles without seeing a soul. 190 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:31,831 But then, finally, 191 00:21:31,916 --> 00:21:34,959 I reached a huge hall. 192 00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:37,295 Large amounts of giants, 193 00:21:37,379 --> 00:21:39,756 they were all lounging on benches, 194 00:21:39,882 --> 00:21:42,383 and they sneered when they saw me. 195 00:21:44,845 --> 00:21:48,640 One giant, who I took to be the king, 196 00:21:49,350 --> 00:21:52,393 he sat alone in a chair at the end of the hall. 197 00:21:52,561 --> 00:21:54,395 He asked me if I had any skill. 198 00:21:54,730 --> 00:21:57,148 Hmm. For he would not allow anyone to stay with him 199 00:21:57,233 --> 00:22:00,318 unless he was a master of his own craft or pastime. 200 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:03,947 And what did you tell him? 201 00:22:08,369 --> 00:22:10,119 I told him that I could drink. 202 00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:12,413 And that I doubted whether 203 00:22:12,498 --> 00:22:15,708 anyone in that hall could drink as much as me. 204 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:20,755 He asked his cup bearer to bring his sconce-horn. 205 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:25,343 He said some men there took two draughts to empty it, 206 00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:29,347 but nobody was so feeble that they couldn't drain it in three. 207 00:22:30,266 --> 00:22:31,432 Did you manage? 208 00:22:31,934 --> 00:22:34,394 I took enormous gulps, 209 00:22:34,478 --> 00:22:38,273 I really did. I just... 210 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:40,525 Until I was breathless. 211 00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:42,861 But when I finished, 212 00:22:42,945 --> 00:22:45,613 I saw that the level of the drink 213 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:50,410 was just a little bit lower than when I started. 214 00:22:52,288 --> 00:22:54,163 So the king, 215 00:22:54,248 --> 00:22:56,541 he asked me if I wanted to try my hand 216 00:22:56,625 --> 00:22:58,543 at some other type of contest. 217 00:22:59,295 --> 00:23:01,045 I demanded that he let me 218 00:23:01,130 --> 00:23:02,881 wrestle with someone. 219 00:23:02,965 --> 00:23:04,340 Who did you wrestle? 220 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,719 She was called Elli. 221 00:23:07,803 --> 00:23:10,430 She was his old foster-mother. 222 00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:13,099 She was a horrible old crone, 223 00:23:13,183 --> 00:23:15,894 who came in hobbling with a stick. 224 00:23:17,438 --> 00:23:19,398 But you overcame her pretty quickly, I should say. 225 00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:21,524 No, I didn't. 226 00:23:21,692 --> 00:23:23,359 When she threw away her stick, 227 00:23:23,444 --> 00:23:25,904 I hurled myself upon her! 228 00:23:25,988 --> 00:23:28,740 But the moment that I laid hands on her, 229 00:23:29,617 --> 00:23:30,992 I realized 230 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:33,578 she was strong. 231 00:23:33,662 --> 00:23:36,581 And she caught me in a lock and threw me off balance. 232 00:23:36,665 --> 00:23:39,542 I clung to her desperately, 233 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:41,252 Can I have some more ale? 234 00:23:41,921 --> 00:23:44,464 This story is always so difficult to tell. 235 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:51,596 But after a struggle, I was forced to one knee... 236 00:23:53,807 --> 00:23:55,016 And so I lost. 237 00:23:57,645 --> 00:23:59,604 Then, what happened to you? 238 00:24:01,899 --> 00:24:05,026 I told the King that he had put me to shame. 239 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:09,489 He confessed to using spells to trick me. 240 00:24:10,324 --> 00:24:14,202 He said he could scarcely believe his eyes when I drank from the horn, 241 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:17,330 because the other end was in the sea. 242 00:24:19,208 --> 00:24:21,876 He said that when I got back to the ocean, 243 00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:25,338 that I would see how much it had ebbed with my efforts. 244 00:24:27,675 --> 00:24:29,759 And his old foster-mother? 245 00:24:29,843 --> 00:24:31,469 He said it was a marvel 246 00:24:32,012 --> 00:24:34,305 that I had withstood her for so long, 247 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:36,391 because Elli 248 00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:38,059 is old age. 249 00:24:40,187 --> 00:24:42,480 And even if life is not cut short 250 00:24:42,564 --> 00:24:44,399 by the sword or by illness, 251 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:48,528 no one can withstand old age 252 00:24:49,405 --> 00:24:50,780 in the end. 253 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:57,370 Well, it seems to me, 254 00:24:59,289 --> 00:25:01,582 it was not you in the Great Hall. 255 00:25:03,544 --> 00:25:05,294 Then who was I? 256 00:25:08,382 --> 00:25:10,133 You were the God Thor. 257 00:25:10,592 --> 00:25:13,928 Only Thor can drain the seas and fight old age. 258 00:25:16,265 --> 00:25:17,557 You're right. 259 00:25:17,641 --> 00:25:19,767 I was Thor. 260 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:21,769 The thunder god! 261 00:25:25,941 --> 00:25:29,110 But even so, I was still there. 262 00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:32,947 And I saw it all with my own eyes. 263 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:40,413 Who is that? 264 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:42,582 No one. He is your son. 265 00:25:44,501 --> 00:25:46,836 He needs to see me. 266 00:25:53,761 --> 00:25:55,053 Hush, Ivar. 267 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:57,555 It's all right. 268 00:25:57,639 --> 00:25:58,931 Queen Aslaug... 269 00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:10,735 Listen to me, Ivar. 270 00:26:12,321 --> 00:26:15,281 All the pain is going away, Ivar. 271 00:26:15,365 --> 00:26:17,658 All the pain is going away. 272 00:26:17,993 --> 00:26:20,328 I am taking your pain. 273 00:26:20,871 --> 00:26:23,039 Hush, good boy. 274 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:25,708 There is no more pain. 275 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:29,879 No more pain, it's all going away. 276 00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:33,174 Now you're getting very sleepy, Ivar. 277 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,010 Go to sleep. 278 00:26:36,512 --> 00:26:37,929 That's a good boy. 279 00:26:38,472 --> 00:26:41,015 Go to sleep. Good boy. 280 00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:43,434 Good boy. 281 00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:51,192 How did you do that? 282 00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:02,703 Is this really a bath? 283 00:27:05,916 --> 00:27:07,333 It is very big. 284 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:11,462 The Romans used their baths not just to get clean, 285 00:27:11,547 --> 00:27:13,256 but for pleasure. 286 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:16,717 The would spend time with each other in such baths 287 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:19,637 talking about their lives, politics, 288 00:27:20,514 --> 00:27:22,014 who was sleeping with who. 289 00:27:26,103 --> 00:27:27,103 So... 290 00:27:28,856 --> 00:27:30,481 Who will join me? 291 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,698 Let us talk about the Romans. 292 00:27:39,074 --> 00:27:43,119 Most of what they built here now lies in ruins, 293 00:27:43,203 --> 00:27:44,829 but there is another place. 294 00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:47,165 A great city, which the Romans built, 295 00:27:47,249 --> 00:27:49,625 and it still stands to this day. 296 00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:51,419 It is a city called 297 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,045 Paris. 298 00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:55,923 In a land called Frankia. 299 00:27:56,758 --> 00:27:59,427 I visited there with the emperor Charlemagne. 300 00:28:00,721 --> 00:28:01,721 Lagertha, 301 00:28:02,556 --> 00:28:05,224 you will never in your life 302 00:28:05,309 --> 00:28:09,020 see such a place, such a city. 303 00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:11,189 Tell her, Athelstan. 304 00:28:12,274 --> 00:28:13,441 It is true. 305 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,860 I've once visited Paris myself. 306 00:28:17,321 --> 00:28:18,529 It is set upon an island 307 00:28:18,614 --> 00:28:21,449 in the middle of a great river called the Seine. 308 00:28:22,201 --> 00:28:26,871 It has high walls and ramparts all around it, for many miles. 309 00:28:28,290 --> 00:28:30,666 I remember when I saw it for the first time. 310 00:28:31,043 --> 00:28:33,085 It was like a dream, 311 00:28:33,170 --> 00:28:34,629 as if it were not real. 312 00:28:35,214 --> 00:28:36,339 A vision. 313 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:41,219 How far is this city? 314 00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:45,389 It lies on the other side of a narrow stretch of water. 315 00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:48,392 Many here trade with the Franks, 316 00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:51,062 and we still drink their wine. 317 00:28:58,946 --> 00:29:00,404 What is it? 318 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:03,741 This is wrong. 319 00:29:08,330 --> 00:29:09,622 It's wrong. 320 00:29:43,365 --> 00:29:44,448 I'm sorry. 321 00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:46,575 What for? 322 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:48,953 You didn't do anything. 323 00:29:49,037 --> 00:29:50,621 And nothing happened. 324 00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:54,709 That's the point. 325 00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:00,923 I wanted something to happen. 326 00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:04,051 I wanted something to happen between you and me. 327 00:30:04,553 --> 00:30:05,678 Right there in the water. 328 00:30:05,762 --> 00:30:07,471 In front of them. I didn't care. 329 00:30:08,390 --> 00:30:09,932 It was wrong of me. 330 00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:12,101 I'm married. 331 00:30:12,894 --> 00:30:14,270 I have a child. 332 00:30:14,354 --> 00:30:15,563 I'm a Christian. 333 00:30:16,857 --> 00:30:19,191 Nothing happened and you've done no wrong. 334 00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:23,029 And the Lord understands our weaknesses and our trials. 335 00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:29,285 I am tired, Athelstan. 336 00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:33,831 I'm so tired. 337 00:30:39,046 --> 00:30:40,421 Then go and sleep. 338 00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:45,426 And may the Lord, in his mercy, bless you and keep you, 339 00:30:46,178 --> 00:30:47,428 Judith. 340 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,016 Blessed Judith. 341 00:31:49,658 --> 00:31:51,826 This is your fault, Ragnar. 342 00:31:55,497 --> 00:31:58,999 Torstein has died fighting for a hill he did not want to own. 343 00:32:00,168 --> 00:32:02,628 For something which meant nothing to him. 344 00:32:04,130 --> 00:32:06,131 He has died a pointless death. 345 00:32:10,136 --> 00:32:13,180 How many more of us must die for your Christians? 346 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:16,475 Or have you, 347 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,435 in your heart, 348 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,772 already renounced our gods and turned to the Christ-God? 349 00:32:22,983 --> 00:32:26,193 Is that what your friend Athelstan has persuaded you to do? 350 00:32:28,071 --> 00:32:29,196 But look. 351 00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:32,491 Here we are. 352 00:32:32,576 --> 00:32:34,326 Under an English sky. 353 00:32:35,203 --> 00:32:37,371 Burying our dead. 354 00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:40,624 Those we have sacrificed for Jesus Christ. 355 00:32:45,881 --> 00:32:48,716 We are all fated to die on a certain day, yes? 356 00:32:50,927 --> 00:32:52,887 But it is our own choice 357 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:55,681 to do as we please until that day comes. 358 00:32:56,933 --> 00:32:59,143 I did not force Torstein, 359 00:32:59,227 --> 00:33:01,896 or any of you, to come for that matter. 360 00:33:03,189 --> 00:33:05,316 You all chose to be here. 361 00:33:08,904 --> 00:33:12,114 My heart is as heavy for Torstein as anyone's, 362 00:33:13,450 --> 00:33:16,744 but I am sure that I will bump into him again soon. 363 00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:20,247 And in the meantime, Floki, 364 00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:21,832 shut your face. 365 00:33:24,878 --> 00:33:26,003 Ragnar, 366 00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:28,213 you had better come and see your son. 367 00:34:00,205 --> 00:34:01,830 Is she still alive? 368 00:34:02,791 --> 00:34:03,916 Yes. 369 00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:07,962 But her face... 370 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:22,810 It is my fault. 371 00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:25,270 I didn't protect her. 372 00:34:26,314 --> 00:34:28,315 That is what her shield is for. 373 00:34:29,859 --> 00:34:31,276 We fight. 374 00:34:31,361 --> 00:34:34,446 That is how we win and that is how we die. 375 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:37,533 Do you understand? 376 00:34:38,243 --> 00:34:39,994 But she is with child! 377 00:34:52,590 --> 00:34:54,341 And you let her come? 378 00:34:55,176 --> 00:34:56,176 Hmm? 379 00:34:57,929 --> 00:35:00,014 She will probably die, 380 00:35:01,808 --> 00:35:03,767 with your child in her belly, 381 00:35:03,852 --> 00:35:05,936 and it will be your fault, 382 00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:07,604 because you have the strength of a man, 383 00:35:07,689 --> 00:35:10,024 but the will of a little girl. 384 00:35:11,026 --> 00:35:13,110 I can't believe you're my son. 385 00:35:16,906 --> 00:35:18,824 I can't even look at you! 386 00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:31,670 I do not think she will die. 387 00:35:36,468 --> 00:35:38,010 She wants to live. 388 00:35:40,889 --> 00:35:42,556 She has a lot to live for. 389 00:35:46,186 --> 00:35:48,353 But if she hears you weeping and lamenting, 390 00:35:48,438 --> 00:35:50,230 she will choose to die. 391 00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:54,359 Be strong. 392 00:35:55,653 --> 00:35:57,279 Be a man. 393 00:35:57,363 --> 00:35:59,740 Coax her back from Valhalla. 394 00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:05,913 But make it worth her while, 395 00:36:07,874 --> 00:36:09,958 for she is already at the gates. 396 00:36:12,796 --> 00:36:14,421 You don't have to worry about it. 397 00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:16,256 Ah, Ragnar. My ally. 398 00:36:16,633 --> 00:36:18,759 Burgred has something to say to you. 399 00:36:19,260 --> 00:36:22,012 I did not mean to fight against you today. 400 00:36:22,097 --> 00:36:24,348 I am young. I was led by evil counselors. 401 00:36:24,432 --> 00:36:26,934 I beg your forgiveness, King Ragnar. 402 00:36:34,943 --> 00:36:36,360 I forgive you. 403 00:36:42,283 --> 00:36:44,535 Get up, get up. 404 00:36:45,078 --> 00:36:46,078 Let me see. 405 00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:51,834 Come on. 406 00:37:08,143 --> 00:37:10,269 We bring you good news. 407 00:37:10,937 --> 00:37:13,230 Our armies have defeated the Mercians. 408 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:18,652 Thank God my son, Aethelwulf, is alive. 409 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,239 And also King Ragnar. 410 00:37:22,323 --> 00:37:24,074 And your son. 411 00:37:24,159 --> 00:37:26,410 Then we, too, thank the gods. 412 00:37:27,453 --> 00:37:30,455 You must stay. We are ready to sow the first crop. 413 00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:35,669 And sacrifice to Freyr to ensure its success. 414 00:37:36,963 --> 00:37:38,505 We should stay. 415 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:41,466 And take part. 416 00:37:42,010 --> 00:37:45,220 I agree. We will stay for the sacrifice. 417 00:37:45,305 --> 00:37:47,931 My lord! I said we will stay. 418 00:37:56,649 --> 00:37:58,150 Help! 419 00:37:58,443 --> 00:37:59,443 Help me! 420 00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:04,072 Help me! 421 00:38:04,157 --> 00:38:05,407 Help! 422 00:38:05,867 --> 00:38:07,075 Help! 423 00:38:09,329 --> 00:38:10,329 Look! 424 00:38:10,955 --> 00:38:12,456 Look what I caught! 425 00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:14,875 Look! 426 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:17,169 Look, by all the gods, 427 00:38:17,253 --> 00:38:19,755 look what I caught in my nets. 428 00:38:39,484 --> 00:38:40,651 Thorolf! 429 00:38:42,278 --> 00:38:45,405 My son! My poor son! 430 00:38:48,034 --> 00:38:49,034 Raud! 431 00:38:52,247 --> 00:38:55,958 They must have drowned, for I can find no marks on their bodies. 432 00:38:57,168 --> 00:38:59,253 How is this possible? 433 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:01,296 So far out to sea. 434 00:39:01,381 --> 00:39:02,839 All I know is, 435 00:39:02,924 --> 00:39:04,549 my nets were suddenly heavy, 436 00:39:04,634 --> 00:39:06,426 like I'd caught a whale. 437 00:43:14,717 --> 00:43:16,718 My lord, this is sacrilege. 438 00:43:16,802 --> 00:43:20,138 Unless they renounce their false gods and heathen ways, 439 00:43:20,223 --> 00:43:23,016 we should not allow them to stay any longer. 440 00:43:45,539 --> 00:43:47,374 What is it you want? 441 00:43:48,084 --> 00:43:50,502 A stranger has come to Kattegat. 442 00:43:50,586 --> 00:43:52,295 His name is Harbard. 443 00:43:53,381 --> 00:43:55,382 It is possible that he is 444 00:43:56,092 --> 00:43:59,386 a magician, or... He has powers of some kind. 445 00:43:59,470 --> 00:44:01,263 Why do you think that? 446 00:44:02,890 --> 00:44:06,184 Before he arrived, I dreamt of him. 447 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:08,019 And so did two other women. 448 00:44:08,104 --> 00:44:09,562 All of us, the same dream. 449 00:44:13,401 --> 00:44:16,569 Queen Aslaug cannot comfort her son Ivar when he is suffering. 450 00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:18,196 But this man, he... 451 00:44:19,407 --> 00:44:21,157 He takes away Ivar's pain, 452 00:44:21,242 --> 00:44:23,118 and the boy goes back to sleep. 453 00:44:24,412 --> 00:44:26,746 If he possesses powers, 454 00:44:27,290 --> 00:44:29,582 then he is putting them to good use. 455 00:44:31,002 --> 00:44:32,419 But are you sure? 456 00:44:35,006 --> 00:44:36,840 Two young boys died today. 457 00:44:37,425 --> 00:44:39,009 A fisherman caught them in his nets. 458 00:44:39,093 --> 00:44:40,593 Yes, I know. 459 00:44:41,387 --> 00:44:44,139 Might he not be connected to the deaths of these boys? 460 00:44:44,223 --> 00:44:45,598 Why should he be? 461 00:44:47,476 --> 00:44:48,685 I don't know. 462 00:44:50,146 --> 00:44:51,771 But you would know. 463 00:44:53,858 --> 00:44:55,608 What have the gods told you? 464 00:44:56,152 --> 00:44:57,527 What have you foreseen? 465 00:44:58,738 --> 00:45:01,948 The gods have vouchsafed me nothing, told me nothing. 466 00:45:02,867 --> 00:45:04,868 They have neither warned me, 467 00:45:04,952 --> 00:45:06,703 nor promised me anything. 468 00:45:07,872 --> 00:45:11,291 And I have foreseen nothing. 469 00:45:11,792 --> 00:45:13,793 But we have foreseen something. 470 00:45:16,255 --> 00:45:18,673 We women, we dreamt that you were... 471 00:45:19,550 --> 00:45:21,176 You were tied up, that you were bleeding, 472 00:45:21,260 --> 00:45:24,471 and you could neither move nor cry out. 473 00:45:26,348 --> 00:45:27,974 That is what we saw. 474 00:45:29,435 --> 00:45:30,935 We saw that 475 00:45:32,938 --> 00:45:34,647 nobody could help us. 476 00:45:37,818 --> 00:45:39,569 It's true. 477 00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:42,655 No one can help you.