1 00:01:15,659 --> 00:01:17,034 Lord Ragnar. 2 00:03:21,535 --> 00:03:24,996 It is all very well to criticize others. 3 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,539 If they had agreed to act, 4 00:03:26,623 --> 00:03:28,582 the progress of the Northmen would have been frustrated 5 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:30,501 at every reach of the river. 6 00:03:30,585 --> 00:03:33,004 But, while others have neglected their responsibilities, 7 00:03:33,088 --> 00:03:34,338 I have not been idle. 8 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:37,425 Paris has been prepared for this attack. 9 00:03:37,801 --> 00:03:39,260 We are well-provisioned with food and water, 10 00:03:39,344 --> 00:03:41,637 enough to last the whole summer. 11 00:03:41,930 --> 00:03:43,806 I am relieved to hear it. 12 00:03:44,308 --> 00:03:46,183 To some extent, 13 00:03:46,268 --> 00:03:48,352 we are at your mercy, Count Odo, 14 00:03:49,771 --> 00:03:53,065 for you must protect us against these pagans. 15 00:03:53,150 --> 00:03:55,901 Your Highness, it is still not too late for you to leave the city. 16 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:58,904 Many here would urge you to save yourself. 17 00:04:00,282 --> 00:04:01,282 Surely, 18 00:04:01,366 --> 00:04:03,409 they would blame me for abandoning 19 00:04:03,493 --> 00:04:05,202 our capital at such a time. 20 00:04:05,996 --> 00:04:09,332 Perhaps they would think it is a sensible precaution. 21 00:04:15,339 --> 00:04:18,090 Allow me a moment to reflect, Count Odo. 22 00:04:19,051 --> 00:04:20,217 - Sire. - Your Highness. 23 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:33,939 Father? 24 00:04:37,819 --> 00:04:41,364 Count Odo thinks it might be a good idea for me to leave. 25 00:04:46,036 --> 00:04:47,578 You must tell Count Odo 26 00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:50,748 that you have no intention of abandoning your people. 27 00:04:50,832 --> 00:04:52,416 That whatever happens, 28 00:04:52,501 --> 00:04:54,251 you will stay with them, 29 00:04:54,336 --> 00:04:55,711 be with them, 30 00:04:55,796 --> 00:04:57,254 protect them. 31 00:04:57,923 --> 00:05:01,384 I am sure, Father, that that was always your intention. 32 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:26,075 Count Odo, 33 00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:29,578 I am determined not to quit the city. 34 00:05:30,705 --> 00:05:33,874 Not in its most urgent hour of need. 35 00:05:38,922 --> 00:05:41,799 The next few days and weeks 36 00:05:43,385 --> 00:05:45,386 will test the faith of all of us. 37 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:48,139 I pray to God Almighty 38 00:05:48,265 --> 00:05:50,766 that not one of us is found wanting 39 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:53,144 in either courage 40 00:05:54,771 --> 00:05:56,105 or belief. 41 00:06:06,575 --> 00:06:09,368 Yours is a heavy burden, 42 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:11,454 Count Odo. 43 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:15,291 You have many Christian souls in your care. 44 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:17,501 I carry this burden with a light heart, 45 00:06:17,586 --> 00:06:21,213 knowing I share it with our Lord, and with Your Highness. 46 00:06:21,298 --> 00:06:23,966 But I must ask Your Highness if you have appealed to 47 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:25,770 your brother, the Eastern Emperor, for help? 48 00:06:26,845 --> 00:06:29,180 He could surely provide an army for our relief. 49 00:06:29,264 --> 00:06:32,766 I will not ask either of my brothers for help! 50 00:06:34,644 --> 00:06:38,147 I must prove myself better than my brothers, Count Odo, 51 00:06:39,774 --> 00:06:43,736 and these Northmen have provided the opportunity. 52 00:06:46,781 --> 00:06:48,157 Defeat them, 53 00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:51,577 and I will be seen as a worthy successor 54 00:06:51,661 --> 00:06:53,496 to my grandfather, 55 00:06:53,580 --> 00:06:55,581 to the Great Charlemagne. 56 00:07:03,548 --> 00:07:05,424 So you see, Count Odo, 57 00:07:07,010 --> 00:07:08,844 that your burden is 58 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:13,057 really much heavier than you imagined. 59 00:08:15,412 --> 00:08:16,412 Raise shields! 60 00:08:25,964 --> 00:08:28,048 Turn! Turn the boat! 61 00:08:33,638 --> 00:08:36,140 Turn! Row! 62 00:08:41,479 --> 00:08:42,604 Mmm. 63 00:08:52,115 --> 00:08:53,699 Forgive me 64 00:08:53,783 --> 00:08:57,369 for asking, my son, but how is your marriage? 65 00:08:59,706 --> 00:09:01,290 It's a marriage. 66 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:05,085 It is hard to forget what happened, and 67 00:09:05,170 --> 00:09:07,338 I try hard to forgive, 68 00:09:07,422 --> 00:09:09,631 as our Lord requires us to do. 69 00:09:10,342 --> 00:09:13,010 Even those who trespass against us. 70 00:09:13,094 --> 00:09:14,845 I'm glad to hear it. 71 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:19,725 There is something I wanted to ask you. 72 00:09:20,477 --> 00:09:22,811 Judith is King Aelle's daughter. 73 00:09:23,605 --> 00:09:26,065 What does she think of her father? 74 00:09:26,358 --> 00:09:30,402 And what would she think if we decided to overthrow him? 75 00:09:32,655 --> 00:09:33,906 You would really do that? 76 00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:35,324 Of course. 77 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:38,952 How else would I become Bretwalda, king of kings, 78 00:09:39,037 --> 00:09:41,413 King of all England? Of course I must overthrow him. 79 00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:45,667 I just wondered how upset your wife would be. 80 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,466 From what Judith has told me, there is no love lost between them. 81 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:57,388 That is what I thought. 82 00:09:57,639 --> 00:09:58,889 Do you plan to invade? 83 00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:02,267 Not initially. I have certain plans in place. 84 00:10:02,352 --> 00:10:05,437 Various suggestions to invite chaos. 85 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:08,232 Including, perhaps, assassination. 86 00:10:08,525 --> 00:10:12,152 My God! Father, Aelle is your ally and your friend. 87 00:10:12,237 --> 00:10:13,278 Oh, no. 88 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:15,072 Not my friend. 89 00:10:16,199 --> 00:10:18,200 I don't have any friends. 90 00:10:18,993 --> 00:10:20,786 It's better that way. 91 00:10:23,706 --> 00:10:26,625 Come here, Alfred. 92 00:10:27,085 --> 00:10:29,378 Come to your grandfather. 93 00:10:31,047 --> 00:10:34,550 What a magnificent boy! 94 00:10:38,054 --> 00:10:39,304 I wonder how he is? 95 00:10:40,014 --> 00:10:41,974 Who? Athelstan. 96 00:10:42,058 --> 00:10:43,475 It's that name again. 97 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:45,644 Why must you forever bring him to mind? 98 00:10:45,728 --> 00:10:47,479 For when I think of that filthy apostate, 99 00:10:47,564 --> 00:10:49,690 it reminds me how my wife whored with him. 100 00:10:49,774 --> 00:10:51,483 And how much more she should have suffered for it. 101 00:10:51,568 --> 00:10:52,609 Aethelwulf! 102 00:10:52,694 --> 00:10:54,054 This is not to do with you, Father! 103 00:10:54,070 --> 00:10:56,363 This is between me and this jezebel! 104 00:10:56,448 --> 00:10:57,531 This harlot! 105 00:11:04,372 --> 00:11:06,540 Leave. Now. 106 00:11:22,932 --> 00:11:24,016 Here. 107 00:12:05,141 --> 00:12:07,559 You wanted to talk to me, Ragnar? 108 00:12:09,646 --> 00:12:10,646 I miss him. 109 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:14,483 Athelstan. 110 00:12:17,987 --> 00:12:20,113 I wish he was here with us. 111 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:25,702 Since you carry his cross, he still is here with us. 112 00:12:30,041 --> 00:12:32,084 He would have been useful. 113 00:12:32,877 --> 00:12:35,003 We will manage without him. 114 00:12:36,047 --> 00:12:37,089 Well. 115 00:12:44,222 --> 00:12:46,098 We have no choice now. 116 00:12:52,647 --> 00:12:54,815 Father, forgive me. 117 00:12:58,987 --> 00:13:01,363 Holy Father, forgive me. 118 00:13:01,864 --> 00:13:06,243 For, behold, I am a miserable sinner. 119 00:13:07,579 --> 00:13:09,621 I must speak with the prince. 120 00:13:09,706 --> 00:13:12,457 Prince Aethelwulf! Prince Aethelwulf! 121 00:13:22,010 --> 00:13:23,885 You have interrupted the sacred. 122 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:26,054 There is no excuse. 123 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:27,472 There is one, My Lord. 124 00:13:27,557 --> 00:13:29,474 Death waits for no man. 125 00:13:32,395 --> 00:13:33,478 Who is this? 126 00:13:33,563 --> 00:13:34,938 You sent nobles with Queen Kwenthrith, 127 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:37,024 to look after our interests in Mercia. 128 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,449 What happened to you? 129 00:13:45,908 --> 00:13:47,326 The Queen 130 00:13:47,410 --> 00:13:50,662 repudiated the contract she signed with us. 131 00:13:50,747 --> 00:13:52,372 She wants to rule alone. 132 00:13:54,917 --> 00:13:56,835 She tried to kill all of us that were sent 133 00:13:56,919 --> 00:13:59,755 to safeguard the interests of Wessex. 134 00:14:00,965 --> 00:14:02,424 She is quite mad. 135 00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:04,009 Speak no more. 136 00:14:05,428 --> 00:14:07,346 Rest, My Lord. 137 00:14:39,295 --> 00:14:42,214 I know we have had our differences of late. 138 00:14:44,175 --> 00:14:47,260 Perhaps it is my fault, I have not been myself. 139 00:14:49,931 --> 00:14:51,848 I want you to know, Floki, 140 00:14:51,933 --> 00:14:53,850 that I need you. 141 00:14:53,935 --> 00:14:55,102 Now, more than ever. 142 00:14:56,771 --> 00:14:58,063 And I've always 143 00:14:58,606 --> 00:15:00,190 believed in you. 144 00:15:04,278 --> 00:15:05,779 That is why 145 00:15:05,863 --> 00:15:09,032 I want you to be in command of this raid. 146 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:11,326 Me? 147 00:15:12,036 --> 00:15:13,328 Sit, sit. 148 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:15,122 Take it. Sit. 149 00:15:23,005 --> 00:15:25,507 King Ragnar, we have reached Paris. 150 00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:27,217 Now, 151 00:15:27,343 --> 00:15:29,177 we all want to know... 152 00:15:30,012 --> 00:15:31,054 The king, 153 00:15:32,014 --> 00:15:36,017 my oldest friend, has asked me to take command. 154 00:15:44,694 --> 00:15:46,153 So, uh... 155 00:15:49,699 --> 00:15:52,033 How do we best attack the city? 156 00:16:00,543 --> 00:16:01,960 Some of us 157 00:16:02,044 --> 00:16:05,046 have taken a closer look at the city from further up the bank. 158 00:16:05,339 --> 00:16:07,215 And we suggest a plan. 159 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:09,509 To mount simultaneous attacks 160 00:16:09,594 --> 00:16:12,387 both from the water and from the land. 161 00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:16,391 I will lead an assault on the tower and the gates of the city. 162 00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:17,684 We will attack the gates together. 163 00:16:17,769 --> 00:16:19,478 I said I would lead the assault. 164 00:16:19,562 --> 00:16:21,188 We may need the tools Erlendur made. 165 00:16:21,272 --> 00:16:23,857 I will make that decision, if and when we need to make it. 166 00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:25,776 I trust Earl Kalf to make it. 167 00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:27,277 I don't think you were listening. 168 00:16:32,325 --> 00:16:33,825 At the same time as the attack at the gates, 169 00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:36,995 there will also be a river borne attack. 170 00:16:37,079 --> 00:16:39,206 The ships will be filled with warriors and means of scaling, 171 00:16:39,290 --> 00:16:40,582 we will beach beneath the walls. 172 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:44,002 We will climb up and gain entry to the city that way as well. 173 00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:46,922 In which case, Floki, 174 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,924 you will be responsible for constructing 175 00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:51,510 whatever it is we need to scale these walls. 176 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:55,013 Don't you worry about me, Rollo. 177 00:16:55,097 --> 00:16:57,682 I will make something truly astonishing. 178 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:59,267 Just wait and see. 179 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:04,064 All those who agree with the plan, say aye. 180 00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:06,983 Aye! 181 00:17:07,735 --> 00:17:08,777 Aye. 182 00:17:15,159 --> 00:17:17,661 Let's hope the gods bless your efforts. 183 00:18:03,499 --> 00:18:05,125 Please take her. 184 00:18:08,838 --> 00:18:10,255 Take my baby. 185 00:18:12,967 --> 00:18:14,759 What are you talking about? 186 00:18:14,844 --> 00:18:16,595 I cannot care for her. 187 00:18:16,679 --> 00:18:18,471 Of course you can. 188 00:18:18,556 --> 00:18:19,806 I can't. 189 00:18:20,474 --> 00:18:22,517 I want her to be like your sons. 190 00:18:22,977 --> 00:18:24,936 I want her to be Viking. 191 00:18:27,231 --> 00:18:30,025 What does it matter what you call someone? 192 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:34,029 Whether she's Viking or not Viking is not important. 193 00:18:34,488 --> 00:18:37,699 What is important is that you love and nurture her. 194 00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:41,620 For if you are fortunate, she will grow up healthy, 195 00:18:41,704 --> 00:18:44,372 and give you grandchildren to be proud of. 196 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,461 Think of Bjorn. 197 00:18:51,714 --> 00:18:52,881 I am. 198 00:18:53,925 --> 00:18:57,344 This is why I want you to raise his daughter. 199 00:18:59,430 --> 00:19:01,056 Bjorn loves you. 200 00:19:03,768 --> 00:19:06,311 Bjorn will be much happier 201 00:19:06,395 --> 00:19:08,563 and better off without me. 202 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:10,649 That is not true. It is what I believe. 203 00:19:10,733 --> 00:19:13,360 It is a very selfish thing to believe. 204 00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:17,030 I cannot help it. 205 00:19:22,244 --> 00:19:24,245 Your daughter needs you. 206 00:19:27,124 --> 00:19:28,917 She needs her mother. 207 00:19:30,086 --> 00:19:32,212 You must not talk this way. 208 00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:36,383 Pray to Freya. 209 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:39,844 Freya will comfort you as she comforts me. 210 00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:46,142 We women bear heavy burdens. 211 00:19:46,811 --> 00:19:48,937 But it is not to be helped. 212 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,898 And even when we are dealt with harshly, 213 00:19:53,150 --> 00:19:56,903 remember, it is the gods who have woven our destinies. 214 00:19:58,239 --> 00:19:59,864 Not ourselves. 215 00:20:07,581 --> 00:20:08,790 My son, 216 00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:12,168 I have another mission for you on our behalf. 217 00:20:12,795 --> 00:20:16,506 You must go to Mercia and persuade Queen Kwenthrith 218 00:20:16,966 --> 00:20:20,260 that her interests and ours are one and the same. 219 00:20:20,344 --> 00:20:22,387 She has killed six of our nobles. 220 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:25,140 Yes. 221 00:20:26,475 --> 00:20:30,145 That is certainly unfortunate. 222 00:20:31,105 --> 00:20:33,106 And she ought to be punished. 223 00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:34,649 So much for gratitude. 224 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,486 What kind of a world do we live in, 225 00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:41,781 when the friends of our friends, kill our friends? 226 00:20:45,536 --> 00:20:49,247 But, still, there is a way for this deluded Queen 227 00:20:49,331 --> 00:20:51,499 to find some redemption. 228 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:52,834 There is? 229 00:20:56,839 --> 00:20:57,881 My son, 230 00:20:58,632 --> 00:21:02,594 Mercia has been weakened by years of civil wars. 231 00:21:02,678 --> 00:21:04,637 She is no longer what she was, 232 00:21:04,722 --> 00:21:07,474 and must acknowledge the power of Wessex. 233 00:21:07,558 --> 00:21:10,435 Without Wessex, Mercia is now more than ever 234 00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:12,270 at the mercy of the Northmen. 235 00:21:12,688 --> 00:21:15,398 As well as other Saxon neighbors. 236 00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:17,358 Like Northumbria? 237 00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:18,485 Precisely. 238 00:21:19,028 --> 00:21:20,653 Like Northumbria. 239 00:21:21,489 --> 00:21:22,489 Yes. 240 00:21:23,074 --> 00:21:24,699 Those closest, but unexpected, 241 00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:26,367 can sow a terrible harvest. 242 00:21:28,204 --> 00:21:31,039 I charge you to go to Mercia 243 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:34,375 and tell the Queen that she may be forgiven 244 00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:35,877 for slaughtering our nobles, 245 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:38,296 but only if she begs mercy 246 00:21:38,380 --> 00:21:41,633 and reconfirms her subjugation to Wessex. 247 00:21:41,717 --> 00:21:43,093 If not, 248 00:21:43,177 --> 00:21:45,303 we will show her the iron fist. 249 00:21:45,387 --> 00:21:48,473 We will invade and we will destroy her, 250 00:21:48,557 --> 00:21:51,184 and her limbs being fastened to four horses, 251 00:21:51,268 --> 00:21:53,895 her body will be torn apart. 252 00:21:57,566 --> 00:21:59,734 Or something of that sort. 253 00:22:00,611 --> 00:22:02,320 But, also, tell her that we have 254 00:22:02,404 --> 00:22:04,697 a repugnance for such measures, 255 00:22:04,782 --> 00:22:05,990 being Christians. 256 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,610 Torvi. 257 00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:51,411 Torvi, I should have spoken before. 258 00:22:51,829 --> 00:22:52,912 Why? 259 00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:00,128 You know why. 260 00:23:01,630 --> 00:23:03,298 It doesn't matter. 261 00:23:04,008 --> 00:23:07,010 I am not with child, neither am I a child. 262 00:23:09,305 --> 00:23:10,930 I took advantage. 263 00:23:11,182 --> 00:23:12,473 So did I. 264 00:23:19,190 --> 00:23:20,190 Uh... 265 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:26,654 This is for you. 266 00:23:40,502 --> 00:23:41,544 What's that? 267 00:23:41,629 --> 00:23:42,837 Nothing. 268 00:23:43,839 --> 00:23:45,465 Let me see! No. 269 00:23:45,549 --> 00:23:47,300 You are hurting me. 270 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,099 It's far too good for you. Whore! 271 00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:13,886 The Northmen have been scouting the countryside, and our defenses. 272 00:25:14,388 --> 00:25:16,514 We must expect an attack any day now. 273 00:25:16,765 --> 00:25:19,976 Gisla, I regret not sending you to safety in time. 274 00:25:21,812 --> 00:25:23,938 It is much on my mind. 275 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:25,690 I did not want to be sent away. 276 00:25:26,108 --> 00:25:28,234 I wanted to stay here with you. 277 00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:30,945 There is nowhere I would rather be than here in Paris, 278 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:34,032 beside you, in your hour of need. 279 00:25:34,116 --> 00:25:35,450 But I must tell you both, 280 00:25:35,826 --> 00:25:38,202 I have been much about the city. 281 00:25:38,287 --> 00:25:41,664 The people of Paris are frightened to death by this pagan army. 282 00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:45,209 So far, only their firm belief in God's grace and protection, 283 00:25:45,294 --> 00:25:47,837 prevents them from becoming hysterical and violent. 284 00:25:47,921 --> 00:25:50,590 I am aware of the need to pacify and control the population. 285 00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:52,717 Thank you, Princess Gisla. 286 00:25:53,135 --> 00:25:55,303 Perhaps you yourself might have to reassure them 287 00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:57,430 that we are well protected, and have enough supplies 288 00:25:57,514 --> 00:25:59,515 to withstand a long siege. 289 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,559 Though, God willing, it will not come to that. 290 00:26:01,643 --> 00:26:03,811 You may rely upon me to do everything possible 291 00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:06,522 to persuade the people of our ultimate victory. 292 00:26:06,607 --> 00:26:08,941 Even your presence in the city, Princess, 293 00:26:09,026 --> 00:26:10,860 helps them to believe in that. 294 00:26:10,944 --> 00:26:14,197 Yet it is for my father to lead us to that victory. 295 00:26:14,698 --> 00:26:16,365 Is it not, Father? 296 00:26:23,457 --> 00:26:24,957 I must to bed. 297 00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:27,335 I am tired. 298 00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:31,714 But I am glad we have had this conversation. 299 00:26:32,633 --> 00:26:37,595 And I am also very glad that I have placed my faith in you, Count Odo, 300 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,807 as well as in God Almighty, 301 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,685 for the successful outcome of this matter. 302 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:55,822 I must, too, go to bed. 303 00:26:56,156 --> 00:26:57,615 Of course. 304 00:26:57,699 --> 00:27:01,536 And yet, I beg you to stay a moment and listen to me. 305 00:27:02,746 --> 00:27:05,373 You once refused my offer of marriage. 306 00:27:09,711 --> 00:27:12,088 What did I achieve? What could I offer you? 307 00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:16,092 But then, I heard how many other offers of marriage you had declined, 308 00:27:16,176 --> 00:27:19,345 from men far richer, far grander than me, and... 309 00:27:19,429 --> 00:27:21,222 So, it gave me hope. 310 00:27:22,224 --> 00:27:24,016 And my hope is that once I have 311 00:27:24,101 --> 00:27:26,227 successfully managed the defense of Paris, 312 00:27:26,895 --> 00:27:29,397 and the defeat of the Northmen, and 313 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:31,899 gained a new and high reputation, 314 00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:35,236 you will look again at my proposal. 315 00:27:36,864 --> 00:27:38,781 If you save Paris, 316 00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:41,159 I will forever be in your debt. 317 00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:44,245 But your first duty, Count Odo, 318 00:27:44,329 --> 00:27:47,039 is to concentrate on the defeat of the Northmen. 319 00:27:48,250 --> 00:27:50,626 On that, I am sure we both agree. 320 00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:34,212 Higher up. 321 00:28:35,589 --> 00:28:39,133 Pull again, pull again. It needs to be more on an angle. 322 00:28:41,303 --> 00:28:42,678 Lend me a hand. 323 00:28:42,763 --> 00:28:45,264 You must be hungry. I have brought you something to eat. 324 00:28:45,349 --> 00:28:46,432 I'm not hungry. 325 00:28:46,516 --> 00:28:48,226 My work nourishes me. 326 00:28:49,519 --> 00:28:52,438 I have so many responsibilities now, Helga. 327 00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:54,148 Everyone is depending on me. 328 00:28:54,858 --> 00:28:58,110 My inventions will allow us to enter Paris. 329 00:28:58,487 --> 00:28:59,654 You will see, Helga. 330 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:01,864 Our warriors will storm the walls 331 00:29:01,949 --> 00:29:04,408 and we will all win the greatest renown. 332 00:29:04,785 --> 00:29:05,910 Especially me. 333 00:29:06,286 --> 00:29:08,204 Floki, the boat builder. 334 00:29:09,039 --> 00:29:12,583 Floki, the tower maker. 335 00:29:16,004 --> 00:29:18,005 But, of course, 336 00:29:18,298 --> 00:29:20,675 it's not me making these towers. 337 00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:22,635 It's the gods 338 00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:24,512 using my poor hands. 339 00:29:26,390 --> 00:29:29,225 Do you know why they are helping me, Helga? 340 00:29:29,643 --> 00:29:31,560 Do you know why? 341 00:29:31,645 --> 00:29:34,397 It's because I gave them a great sacrifice. 342 00:29:34,898 --> 00:29:36,482 I appeased them. 343 00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:37,650 I delighted them. 344 00:29:38,026 --> 00:29:39,318 I filled them with joy. 345 00:29:39,820 --> 00:29:41,362 Do you know what I did, Helga? 346 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:43,698 Do you know what I did? 347 00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:46,450 I killed Athelstan! 348 00:30:08,181 --> 00:30:09,640 Whoa! Whoa. 349 00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:13,936 Who are you? 350 00:30:14,021 --> 00:30:15,271 You know who I am. 351 00:30:15,355 --> 00:30:16,480 Now take me to her. 352 00:30:16,565 --> 00:30:18,107 Not until you tell me the purpose of your visit, 353 00:30:18,191 --> 00:30:19,817 the Queen will need to know. 354 00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:22,069 Queen Kwenthrith knows perfectly well 355 00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:25,823 that the son of King Ecbert of Wessex wishes to speak to her. 356 00:30:26,074 --> 00:30:29,910 She would certainly be ill-advised if she refused to meet me. 357 00:30:30,912 --> 00:30:32,329 Look, you! 358 00:30:34,416 --> 00:30:36,333 Do as you're told. 359 00:30:36,418 --> 00:30:38,085 We might spare your life. 360 00:30:58,815 --> 00:31:00,107 Judith. 361 00:31:03,779 --> 00:31:07,198 You spoke before in the baths of the Romans. 362 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:09,283 I was surprised. 363 00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:12,661 Most of our people know nothing about them. 364 00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:14,455 I still know very little, 365 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:16,707 but I was always curious. 366 00:31:16,792 --> 00:31:18,584 I have some words here 367 00:31:18,668 --> 00:31:20,795 from the Romans themselves. 368 00:31:21,755 --> 00:31:24,465 Athelstan helped me to translate them. 369 00:31:26,218 --> 00:31:27,551 Athelstan? 370 00:31:41,149 --> 00:31:43,901 "Don't ask, we may never know, Leuconoe, 371 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:47,655 "what the gods plan for you and me. 372 00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:49,657 "Leave the Chaldees to parse 373 00:31:50,117 --> 00:31:52,243 "the sentence of the stars." 374 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:54,286 So strange. 375 00:31:55,664 --> 00:31:58,833 As though he is here, talking to us now. 376 00:32:03,004 --> 00:32:05,714 "Of expectation. Life's short. 377 00:32:05,966 --> 00:32:11,011 "Even while we talk, time, hateful, runs a mile. 378 00:32:11,888 --> 00:32:15,432 "Don't trust tomorrow's bough for fruit, 379 00:32:15,851 --> 00:32:19,687 "Pluck this, here, now." 380 00:32:22,315 --> 00:32:26,569 Well, whoever wrote those words must be very wise. 381 00:32:33,243 --> 00:32:34,410 Judith. 382 00:32:36,037 --> 00:32:40,040 As long as there is breath in my body, I will protect you 383 00:32:40,125 --> 00:32:43,377 and your son, Alfred. Believe me. 384 00:33:01,104 --> 00:33:02,104 Hmm. 385 00:34:00,455 --> 00:34:02,081 Prince Aethelwulf. 386 00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:06,210 Do forgive me for keeping you waiting. 387 00:34:06,294 --> 00:34:07,544 I was bathing. 388 00:34:07,629 --> 00:34:11,006 Queen Kwenthrith, I bring a message from my father. 389 00:34:11,091 --> 00:34:12,883 He condemns the murder of our nobles, 390 00:34:12,968 --> 00:34:14,718 who accompanied you here in good faith. 391 00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:16,762 He insists that you reaffirm the status 392 00:34:16,846 --> 00:34:18,722 of Mercia as a client state of Wessex. 393 00:34:18,807 --> 00:34:21,392 So much talk of business. 394 00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:25,145 Come, now. 395 00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:28,649 May I offer you a cup of wine? 396 00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:37,825 To our alliance. 397 00:34:41,997 --> 00:34:43,038 Oh. 398 00:34:50,338 --> 00:34:51,547 There. 399 00:34:52,132 --> 00:34:53,590 Now, come. 400 00:34:53,675 --> 00:34:54,800 Sit. 401 00:34:58,513 --> 00:34:59,638 So... 402 00:35:08,148 --> 00:35:10,566 I'm quite happy to discuss these matters further. 403 00:35:10,650 --> 00:35:11,942 What is there to discuss? 404 00:35:12,027 --> 00:35:13,235 My father insists that... 405 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:14,862 My father, my father! 406 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:18,365 How old are you, Aethelwulf? 407 00:35:19,284 --> 00:35:20,284 Mmm? 408 00:35:20,535 --> 00:35:22,369 Do you always do what your father tells you? 409 00:35:22,454 --> 00:35:24,371 Don't you have your own thoughts and your own feelings? 410 00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:25,998 I have feelings of duty. 411 00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:28,584 I try to do what is right 412 00:35:28,710 --> 00:35:30,919 for my country and for my God. 413 00:35:34,883 --> 00:35:35,883 Oh. 414 00:35:38,386 --> 00:35:40,429 Do you know what I wonder? 415 00:35:41,056 --> 00:35:44,224 I wonder what your father threatened to do to me. 416 00:35:44,893 --> 00:35:45,934 Hmm. 417 00:35:46,019 --> 00:35:47,561 Let's see. 418 00:35:49,606 --> 00:35:51,815 Did he want to tear me apart? 419 00:35:53,109 --> 00:35:54,485 Violate me? 420 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:56,362 Whip me? 421 00:35:57,572 --> 00:35:58,572 Oh. 422 00:35:58,907 --> 00:35:59,990 Whip? 423 00:36:01,576 --> 00:36:03,577 Would you like to whip me? 424 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:07,956 Would it excite you? 425 00:36:11,586 --> 00:36:12,586 Oh... 426 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,756 Come to my bed. 427 00:36:17,217 --> 00:36:19,885 After all, why not enjoy what your father enjoyed? 428 00:36:19,969 --> 00:36:21,053 Princess! 429 00:36:23,807 --> 00:36:26,141 Lead me not into temptation, 430 00:36:26,935 --> 00:36:29,436 but deliver me from evil. 431 00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:31,563 Goodnight. 432 00:36:41,366 --> 00:36:42,408 Sweet dreams. 433 00:37:16,818 --> 00:37:17,818 Carry on! 434 00:38:00,069 --> 00:38:01,862 Everything ready, Floki? 435 00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:05,532 Yes. 436 00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:07,367 Everything is ready. 437 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:10,996 Tomorrow we attack Paris. 438 00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:24,218 Come. 439 00:38:30,058 --> 00:38:31,218 Prince Aethelwulf? 440 00:38:32,352 --> 00:38:35,103 May I present to you, my son, 441 00:38:35,188 --> 00:38:36,688 Prince Magnus. 442 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:38,815 Hello, darling. 443 00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:41,193 That is a Northern name, that is not one of ours. 444 00:38:42,695 --> 00:38:44,071 Oh, clever you. 445 00:38:44,614 --> 00:38:46,698 Yes, he's named after his father. 446 00:38:46,783 --> 00:38:47,991 His father? 447 00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:49,284 I think you may know him. 448 00:38:50,245 --> 00:38:51,870 Ragnar Lothbrok. 449 00:38:56,751 --> 00:38:58,126 Our nobles, 450 00:38:58,878 --> 00:39:00,712 before you killed them, 451 00:39:00,797 --> 00:39:02,506 never reported that you were with child, 452 00:39:02,590 --> 00:39:04,430 still less that the father was Ragnar Lothbrok. 453 00:39:04,509 --> 00:39:07,302 Nevertheless, he is Ragnar's son. 454 00:39:08,096 --> 00:39:10,472 And nothing will stop him from returning to these shores, 455 00:39:10,557 --> 00:39:12,891 both for Magnus and for his settlement. 456 00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:15,477 We have destroyed his settlement. 457 00:39:18,273 --> 00:39:19,982 Then he will return 458 00:39:20,066 --> 00:39:21,650 with vengeance upon you. 459 00:39:21,734 --> 00:39:24,111 In which case, it will inconvenience us a great deal 460 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:27,239 if he were to find a ready ally here in Mercia. 461 00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:31,451 So whether or not this poor child is Ragnar's son, 462 00:39:31,744 --> 00:39:33,370 makes no difference. 463 00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:34,955 He cannot help you. 464 00:39:35,248 --> 00:39:37,791 And you can't threaten us with him. 465 00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:39,876 Guards. 466 00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:47,342 Queen Kwenthrith, 467 00:39:47,885 --> 00:39:50,387 you would be unwise to kill us. 468 00:39:50,597 --> 00:39:53,432 It would give my father the very pretext he needs. 469 00:39:53,516 --> 00:39:55,726 A pretext to invade Mercia 470 00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:57,686 and become its king. 471 00:40:00,148 --> 00:40:03,984 He may even have been prepared to sacrifice me 472 00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:06,069 to attain his ends. 473 00:40:06,154 --> 00:40:08,071 So, if you value your life, 474 00:40:08,614 --> 00:40:10,032 and that of your son, 475 00:40:10,116 --> 00:40:13,660 then I suggest you sign the documents we have brought with us, 476 00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:16,580 reaffirming the fact that Mercia is a vassal state of Wessex 477 00:40:16,664 --> 00:40:21,084 and must, in future, pay not only homage, but also taxes to Wessex 478 00:40:21,169 --> 00:40:22,836 for the privilege.