1 00:02:23,677 --> 00:02:25,145 His wounds will heal. 2 00:02:34,922 --> 00:02:36,257 You saved my life. 3 00:02:37,325 --> 00:02:38,659 Thank you. 4 00:02:41,128 --> 00:02:42,796 But if I had not spared your life, 5 00:02:42,830 --> 00:02:45,299 you would now be in heaven. 6 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:47,868 I believe you are a Christian priest? 7 00:02:47,901 --> 00:02:50,271 Isn't that where you would prefer to be? 8 00:02:50,304 --> 00:02:51,805 I am a priest. 9 00:02:52,706 --> 00:02:54,308 But I am also a man. 10 00:02:55,943 --> 00:02:57,411 I love God. 11 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:00,281 But I also love life. 12 00:03:00,314 --> 00:03:05,085 And what is it about life that you love so much? 13 00:03:06,887 --> 00:03:08,121 Its joy. 14 00:03:09,857 --> 00:03:11,124 Its pain. 15 00:03:16,697 --> 00:03:19,267 And do you love human beings? 16 00:03:20,401 --> 00:03:22,470 Our Lord loved all human beings. 17 00:03:22,503 --> 00:03:27,508 His love was agape, not eros. 18 00:03:28,942 --> 00:03:30,744 A great, embracing love. 19 00:03:32,846 --> 00:03:36,550 And do you have that same embracing love, priest? 20 00:03:36,584 --> 00:03:40,354 Do you love men and women just the same? 21 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:45,759 I am not our Lord. 22 00:03:46,894 --> 00:03:50,364 Agape is too hard for me. 23 00:03:50,398 --> 00:03:51,699 I love women, 24 00:03:53,934 --> 00:03:55,369 not just spiritually. 25 00:03:57,805 --> 00:04:02,876 We have no problems loving the spirit and the flesh. 26 00:04:03,977 --> 00:04:05,613 Our gods encourage it. 27 00:04:06,714 --> 00:04:08,449 Then you have no guilt? 28 00:04:08,482 --> 00:04:10,684 No remorse? 29 00:04:13,053 --> 00:04:14,254 No. 30 00:04:14,288 --> 00:04:15,523 I envy you. 31 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:24,298 I have spent many years of my life living sinfully. 32 00:04:26,834 --> 00:04:28,101 Even in my thoughts. 33 00:04:30,904 --> 00:04:31,905 You're funny. 34 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:35,643 Your thoughts are your thoughts. 35 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:39,246 But if you do terrible things, 36 00:04:40,848 --> 00:04:42,049 that is different. 37 00:04:49,657 --> 00:04:51,024 Why didn't you kill me? 38 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:57,030 I don't know. 39 00:04:58,966 --> 00:05:00,868 Perhaps we'll find out. 40 00:05:07,475 --> 00:05:10,544 You were too clever for your own good, Ivar. 41 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:15,683 We had the advantage and we lost. 42 00:05:17,885 --> 00:05:22,189 As I remember, you approved the plan. 43 00:05:22,222 --> 00:05:24,892 Up until that moment, 44 00:05:24,925 --> 00:05:28,596 you proved yourself a good tactician. 45 00:05:28,629 --> 00:05:29,897 I believed in you. 46 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:33,634 I might not be so quick 47 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:35,469 to endorse your plans next time. 48 00:05:38,406 --> 00:05:41,775 You do as you see fit, King Harald. 49 00:05:41,809 --> 00:05:45,345 Ivar, Uncle Rollo once told me 50 00:05:45,379 --> 00:05:49,450 on his ship on our way back from the Mediterranean, 51 00:05:49,483 --> 00:05:52,052 he said that if I ever needed his support, 52 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:54,021 all I had to do 53 00:05:55,589 --> 00:05:56,824 was ask. 54 00:05:59,993 --> 00:06:01,328 What do you think? 55 00:06:04,498 --> 00:06:05,733 Come on! 56 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,669 What do you think? 57 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:12,039 Do you want the Franks to help us? 58 00:06:14,408 --> 00:06:17,811 I think you ought to leave at first light tomorrow. 59 00:06:30,458 --> 00:06:31,792 Yes, come on! 60 00:06:34,628 --> 00:06:36,029 Steady! Here, I have it! 61 00:06:36,063 --> 00:06:37,531 You have to let me through! 62 00:06:37,565 --> 00:06:38,732 That one there! 63 00:06:46,874 --> 00:06:48,876 I have been thinking about Eyvind. 64 00:06:49,743 --> 00:06:51,812 About his behavior. 65 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:54,114 What about it? 66 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:57,585 You told him that if he did not like it here, 67 00:06:57,618 --> 00:06:59,653 he could always go back home. 68 00:06:59,687 --> 00:07:01,589 And he said that we had burned all our bridges 69 00:07:01,622 --> 00:07:03,691 and can never return home again. 70 00:07:03,724 --> 00:07:05,158 But that's not true. 71 00:07:05,192 --> 00:07:07,160 He could always sail home. 72 00:07:07,194 --> 00:07:09,497 What really is to stop him? 73 00:07:09,530 --> 00:07:11,098 -Nothing. -No. 74 00:07:12,099 --> 00:07:13,934 No, he has a reason to stay. 75 00:07:13,967 --> 00:07:16,136 Far from wanting to leave this island, 76 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:18,739 he wants to stay because he wants to be king of it. 77 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:22,242 He could never be king in Kattegat. 78 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:26,379 But here, an uninhabited land, a new world... 79 00:07:26,413 --> 00:07:28,448 Harsh or not, he could be king of it all. 80 00:07:29,917 --> 00:07:32,553 But first he has to undermine your authority. 81 00:07:32,586 --> 00:07:35,355 He has to turn people against you. 82 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:37,157 That's what he's been trying to do. 83 00:07:38,626 --> 00:07:40,661 Can you not see? 84 00:07:40,694 --> 00:07:43,831 I have watched Eyvind from the start, 85 00:07:43,864 --> 00:07:48,268 and the truth is, he is trying to provoke a reaction. 86 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:51,371 He wants us all to fall into violence and chaos 87 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:53,607 from which he can rise to power. 88 00:07:53,641 --> 00:07:56,076 But we mustn't give him that satisfaction. 89 00:07:57,444 --> 00:07:59,212 We must remain calm. 90 00:08:03,651 --> 00:08:04,652 Mother. 91 00:08:10,090 --> 00:08:12,325 Aud, what do you want? 92 00:08:13,060 --> 00:08:14,962 Just to talk. 93 00:08:14,995 --> 00:08:17,765 The men can't help making mistakes. 94 00:08:17,798 --> 00:08:19,933 It's in their nature. 95 00:08:19,967 --> 00:08:22,870 They are all fire or all ice. 96 00:08:22,903 --> 00:08:24,538 I know you understand that. 97 00:08:26,006 --> 00:08:27,675 Perhaps. 98 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:30,010 But which men are you talking about? 99 00:08:33,213 --> 00:08:34,782 Ketill and Eyvind. 100 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:37,718 Both great men. 101 00:08:38,586 --> 00:08:41,021 Both from prominent families, 102 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:44,091 with nothing to prove in terms of courage or responsbility. 103 00:08:45,325 --> 00:08:47,427 If only we could persuade them. 104 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:49,062 Forget their differences, 105 00:08:49,096 --> 00:08:51,865 to find accord, to live in peace. 106 00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:55,402 As women, surely, 107 00:08:56,704 --> 00:08:57,938 we can agree on that? 108 00:09:00,608 --> 00:09:02,643 I would agree with you, 109 00:09:04,144 --> 00:09:06,479 -except for one thing. -Mother... 110 00:09:10,183 --> 00:09:11,619 Ketill's father 111 00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:14,655 killed my brother. 112 00:09:16,323 --> 00:09:18,291 They argued about some land. 113 00:09:19,660 --> 00:09:21,461 Ketill's father 114 00:09:21,494 --> 00:09:23,931 shattered his skull with an ax. 115 00:09:35,008 --> 00:09:36,476 What are you thinking? 116 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:44,084 Are you thinking about our child? 117 00:09:44,818 --> 00:09:46,053 Of course I am. 118 00:09:49,022 --> 00:09:50,290 Then I'm glad. 119 00:09:55,062 --> 00:09:56,864 If we go to war again, 120 00:09:58,465 --> 00:10:00,300 don't tell me I cannot fight. 121 00:10:01,802 --> 00:10:03,370 Don't tell me to go away. 122 00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:06,006 Let me do what I have to do, 123 00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:08,208 what I want to do. 124 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:15,916 I want our child to hear the cries of battle. 125 00:10:19,186 --> 00:10:21,088 I want him to be a warrior. 126 00:10:22,422 --> 00:10:24,224 You should be so happy. 127 00:10:25,192 --> 00:10:27,227 But you're not. You're not happy. 128 00:10:27,995 --> 00:10:29,763 We just lost a battle. 129 00:10:32,065 --> 00:10:33,533 So many died. 130 00:10:36,436 --> 00:10:38,405 Do you really think I should be happy? 131 00:10:39,406 --> 00:10:41,574 Pull! 132 00:10:42,810 --> 00:10:45,378 Good. Pull! 133 00:10:48,081 --> 00:10:49,449 Hold there! 134 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:54,788 Hey, Bul! 135 00:10:54,822 --> 00:10:57,057 Come and help us! Thor is heavy! 136 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:01,528 We don't want anything to do with your temple, Thorgrim. 137 00:11:02,262 --> 00:11:04,064 It's your business. 138 00:11:04,097 --> 00:11:07,234 And we won't be paying any taxes for it, either. 139 00:11:07,267 --> 00:11:09,002 The way you talk... 140 00:11:09,036 --> 00:11:10,838 You don't sound like a bull. 141 00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:13,106 You sound like a dog! 142 00:11:13,140 --> 00:11:15,342 So that's what I'm going to call you. 143 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:16,877 Bul the Dog. 144 00:11:23,283 --> 00:11:25,318 Say that again! 145 00:11:27,721 --> 00:11:29,322 Do yourself a favor, Bul. 146 00:11:29,356 --> 00:11:30,690 Step back. 147 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:37,464 Say it again. 148 00:11:44,104 --> 00:11:45,873 Bul the Dog! 149 00:11:50,277 --> 00:11:51,644 Bul, stop! 150 00:11:51,678 --> 00:11:52,946 - Hey! Stop it! - Stop him! 151 00:11:52,980 --> 00:11:54,481 - Get him off! - No! 152 00:11:54,514 --> 00:11:56,416 - Stop it! - Get him off! 153 00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:59,887 - Ketill, let him go. - Father! 154 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:01,088 Father, stop. 155 00:12:02,489 --> 00:12:03,723 Stop it! 156 00:12:04,825 --> 00:12:06,359 Put your weapons down. 157 00:12:15,502 --> 00:12:16,904 Come away, Bul. 158 00:12:18,705 --> 00:12:20,573 The boy has learned his lesson. 159 00:12:24,544 --> 00:12:25,712 Come away, Bul! 160 00:12:47,734 --> 00:12:49,837 You are sure they were Frankish soldiers? 161 00:12:49,870 --> 00:12:52,472 Yes, I'm sure. 162 00:12:52,505 --> 00:12:55,075 And there are lots of them. 163 00:12:55,108 --> 00:13:00,047 I saw many, many ships. Too many to count. 164 00:13:06,753 --> 00:13:08,355 Why would Rollo send soldiers to fight 165 00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:10,123 for Hvitserk and Ivar? 166 00:13:10,157 --> 00:13:11,624 I don't know. 167 00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:14,361 Maybe he is there. 168 00:13:14,394 --> 00:13:16,429 Maybe I could go talk to him. 169 00:13:17,965 --> 00:13:20,200 -I'll go with you. -No. 170 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:21,634 Ivar would kill you. 171 00:13:23,036 --> 00:13:25,372 I'll go alone. 172 00:13:25,405 --> 00:13:29,376 Maybe we can negotiate some sort of agreement. 173 00:13:29,409 --> 00:13:32,545 Perhaps King Harald and Rollo will see sense. 174 00:13:32,579 --> 00:13:34,414 I wouldn't count on it. 175 00:13:38,886 --> 00:13:41,989 They are in a position of strength now. 176 00:13:49,429 --> 00:13:50,864 Where is Rollo? 177 00:13:52,732 --> 00:13:54,001 Rollo couldn't come. 178 00:13:55,102 --> 00:13:56,937 He had too many responsibilities. 179 00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:58,371 Mmm-hmm. 180 00:13:58,405 --> 00:14:00,707 But he also told me that he would come back 181 00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:03,376 and celebrate with us afterwards. 182 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:04,577 Mmm-hmm. 183 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:11,751 He only asked for one thing. 184 00:14:14,021 --> 00:14:15,188 And what was that? 185 00:14:18,625 --> 00:14:20,427 That we spare Bjorn's life. 186 00:14:37,277 --> 00:14:38,645 Perhaps we will. 187 00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:49,656 This temple is dedicated to old-man Thor. 188 00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:51,391 Thor the hurler. 189 00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:53,927 Thor the wide wanderer. 190 00:14:53,961 --> 00:14:56,096 - Odin's son. - Odin's son. 191 00:14:56,129 --> 00:14:58,331 God of farmers. 192 00:14:58,365 --> 00:14:59,766 The god who fished out 193 00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:02,002 and fought the world's serpent. 194 00:15:25,025 --> 00:15:27,427 The god who fought a giant, 195 00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:29,762 and who was left with a piece of stone 196 00:15:29,796 --> 00:15:32,032 forever lodged in his head. 197 00:15:32,065 --> 00:15:33,600 God of the thunder! 198 00:15:34,301 --> 00:15:36,303 God of ordinary folk! 199 00:15:36,869 --> 00:15:38,505 Hear our prayer! 200 00:15:38,538 --> 00:15:40,407 Hear our prayer. 201 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:41,941 And bless our temple 202 00:15:41,975 --> 00:15:44,544 and receive our sacrifice in your name. 203 00:16:34,594 --> 00:16:36,796 Return the bowl. 204 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:39,999 This is sacred. Thor is here. 205 00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:42,302 Give me the bowl! 206 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:43,803 Give me the blood! 207 00:16:46,973 --> 00:16:48,375 All right. 208 00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:49,409 Have it! 209 00:16:50,543 --> 00:16:52,379 No! 210 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:54,847 Floki! 211 00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:57,450 Floki, no! 212 00:17:39,226 --> 00:17:41,761 Christian! 213 00:17:48,301 --> 00:17:49,902 Down in the mud, Christian! 214 00:17:56,976 --> 00:17:58,345 Get up, Christian! 215 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:08,655 What are you doing? 216 00:18:09,656 --> 00:18:11,491 I wanted to talk to you. 217 00:18:15,295 --> 00:18:17,564 What did you want to talk to me about? 218 00:18:18,165 --> 00:18:19,399 Everything. 219 00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:21,601 The gods. 220 00:18:21,634 --> 00:18:23,303 Life and death. 221 00:18:23,336 --> 00:18:24,937 My soul. 222 00:18:24,971 --> 00:18:26,906 The hanged man. 223 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:28,141 Despair. 224 00:18:28,575 --> 00:18:29,676 Hope. 225 00:18:30,743 --> 00:18:32,212 Eternal life. 226 00:18:35,081 --> 00:18:37,150 Why with me? 227 00:18:37,184 --> 00:18:39,252 I think you may know some of the answers. 228 00:18:40,687 --> 00:18:43,089 What gave you that idea? 229 00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:45,992 Do you believe in fate? 230 00:18:50,163 --> 00:18:51,564 Of course. 231 00:18:52,732 --> 00:18:55,602 Then fate has brought us together. 232 00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:58,171 Don't flatter yourself. 233 00:19:00,407 --> 00:19:01,508 No. 234 00:19:02,909 --> 00:19:04,777 I think we are equals. 235 00:19:05,845 --> 00:19:07,414 I think you know that, too. 236 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:10,149 I'm interested in you. 237 00:19:11,017 --> 00:19:12,385 Fascinated. 238 00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:17,056 I want to know more. 239 00:19:17,089 --> 00:19:21,060 I think we have more in common than you know. 240 00:19:23,796 --> 00:19:26,899 And there is some urgency to this conversation. 241 00:19:28,268 --> 00:19:31,170 What is so urgent, priest? 242 00:19:31,204 --> 00:19:34,307 I know we're going to fight again, and soon. 243 00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:37,577 You don't have to fight for us. 244 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:40,012 Of course I do. 245 00:19:40,046 --> 00:19:41,814 That's why you saved my life. 246 00:19:42,882 --> 00:19:46,753 You hoped that I would take up my sword 247 00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:49,989 and fight for you against Ivar. 248 00:19:52,259 --> 00:19:53,526 Will you? 249 00:19:58,365 --> 00:20:01,268 I will fight for you, Lagertha. 250 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:05,938 I will die for you. 251 00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:18,184 Even though you don't know me. 252 00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:21,087 Oh, I know you. 253 00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:26,693 I've known you my whole life. 254 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:35,935 You really want to sin again? 255 00:20:46,779 --> 00:20:48,881 I shouldn't have married her. 256 00:20:48,915 --> 00:20:50,216 I was too young. 257 00:20:52,018 --> 00:20:54,086 She is not what I thought she was. 258 00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:57,657 She has such ambitions. 259 00:20:57,690 --> 00:21:01,628 Unfortunately, I have left my young children in Margrethe's care. 260 00:21:01,661 --> 00:21:02,995 She will not hurt them. 261 00:21:09,035 --> 00:21:11,237 It seems we'll do battle again soon. 262 00:21:13,340 --> 00:21:15,342 Either of us could die. 263 00:21:15,375 --> 00:21:17,577 It is almost certain that one of us will. 264 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:21,548 I don't want to die without saying 265 00:21:21,581 --> 00:21:23,483 I wish it was you who carried my child. 266 00:22:02,221 --> 00:22:04,290 I want Mommy. 267 00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:06,726 No, Mommy. 268 00:22:07,394 --> 00:22:09,195 Margrethe! 269 00:22:09,228 --> 00:22:11,898 Margrethe, what is wrong? We were calling you. 270 00:22:18,738 --> 00:22:20,239 Mommy? 271 00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:25,177 How stupid you are! 272 00:22:26,946 --> 00:22:29,281 What do you think your mother is doing now? 273 00:22:30,249 --> 00:22:32,552 Perhaps she is getting ready to fight. 274 00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:34,754 Or maybe she's dead. 275 00:22:34,787 --> 00:22:37,123 Maybe she has already died in battle. 276 00:22:37,156 --> 00:22:39,325 She's not dead! 277 00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:43,195 My advice to you is to forget about your mother. 278 00:22:43,229 --> 00:22:45,432 Don't think of her. 279 00:22:45,465 --> 00:22:48,034 Don't imagine she's ever coming back! 280 00:22:50,837 --> 00:22:52,539 Except as a ghost. 281 00:22:57,577 --> 00:22:59,011 But where is Rollo? 282 00:23:00,279 --> 00:23:02,114 Where is my uncle? 283 00:23:02,148 --> 00:23:04,383 I went to meet him. 284 00:23:04,417 --> 00:23:07,086 He sends his love to you, Bjorn Ironside, 285 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:10,557 and hopes you're not willing to fight against his forces. 286 00:23:10,590 --> 00:23:13,025 Then why would he commit his forces to you? 287 00:23:13,059 --> 00:23:15,227 He didn't tell. That's the truth. 288 00:23:15,261 --> 00:23:17,764 Only that he was prepared to do so. 289 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:19,732 I can tell you. 290 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:24,604 Rollo sees justice in our cause. 291 00:23:24,637 --> 00:23:28,240 Lagertha murdered our mother and usurped her kingdom. 292 00:23:31,511 --> 00:23:34,714 All that is in the past now, Ivar. 293 00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:37,784 I must avenge my mother's murderer, 294 00:23:39,318 --> 00:23:42,321 and I think you would do the same if it was you. 295 00:23:49,195 --> 00:23:51,063 For the sake of our father, 296 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:55,535 for the sake of our father's legacy 297 00:23:55,568 --> 00:23:57,336 and everything he believed in, 298 00:23:57,369 --> 00:23:59,271 I am asking you, Ivar, 299 00:24:00,673 --> 00:24:03,610 do not put our people's lives at risk. 300 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:10,382 The only reason why you are saying this 301 00:24:10,416 --> 00:24:11,684 is because you see 302 00:24:11,718 --> 00:24:15,187 all the might gathering against you. 303 00:24:16,523 --> 00:24:17,690 If you still thought you could win, 304 00:24:17,724 --> 00:24:19,559 you would not be here, Bjorn. 305 00:24:21,894 --> 00:24:23,896 The fact is, you are afraid. 306 00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:25,464 I'm not afraid. 307 00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:31,003 This changes nothing. 308 00:24:32,639 --> 00:24:33,740 Well. 309 00:24:36,208 --> 00:24:37,510 What is this? 310 00:24:41,047 --> 00:24:46,619 You know as well as I do that this is not our way. 311 00:24:46,653 --> 00:24:48,120 It's not our way! 312 00:24:57,764 --> 00:24:59,465 It was worth a try. 313 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,409 I am sorry Rollo had to involve himself 314 00:25:10,442 --> 00:25:11,878 in our quarrel. 315 00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:20,920 Doesn't he have worlds enough to conquer? 316 00:25:24,691 --> 00:25:26,025 My Lord. 317 00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:27,594 Your Highness. 318 00:25:27,627 --> 00:25:29,128 Your Highness. 319 00:25:36,168 --> 00:25:37,536 My lords, 320 00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:41,140 I have summoned this witan because it is now imperative 321 00:25:41,173 --> 00:25:42,675 that all of us recognize 322 00:25:42,709 --> 00:25:45,444 the new and urgent dangers we face. 323 00:25:45,477 --> 00:25:47,914 After the depredations brought to this island 324 00:25:47,947 --> 00:25:50,316 by the great heathen army, 325 00:25:50,349 --> 00:25:53,820 we might well have thought that the storm had passed. 326 00:25:53,853 --> 00:25:55,755 That great heathen army has proved to be 327 00:25:55,788 --> 00:25:58,324 just the precursor of more attacks. 328 00:25:58,357 --> 00:26:01,260 Now their raiding parties, their fleets, their armies 329 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:02,595 come from everywhere. 330 00:26:02,629 --> 00:26:05,264 They attack Scotland and Ireland with impunity, 331 00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:07,333 and they attack us, 332 00:26:07,366 --> 00:26:11,070 like so many mad wolves, like stinging hornets 333 00:26:11,103 --> 00:26:14,040 swarming from north to south, east to west! 334 00:26:17,543 --> 00:26:21,113 They are now a threat to every English kingdom. 335 00:26:22,448 --> 00:26:25,117 Once, they would sting us and quickly leave again. 336 00:26:25,151 --> 00:26:27,419 But now they stay! 337 00:26:27,453 --> 00:26:29,221 They winter on this island! 338 00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:32,424 They refuse to leave, unless they are paid to do so. 339 00:26:32,458 --> 00:26:34,493 York has a Viking stronghold. 340 00:26:34,526 --> 00:26:36,495 How much longer 341 00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:39,498 before more towns and kingdoms have fallen before them? 342 00:26:41,133 --> 00:26:42,802 Our land and our faith 343 00:26:42,835 --> 00:26:45,171 are together in the greatest peril. 344 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:49,241 That is why I have summoned you. 345 00:26:51,543 --> 00:26:53,880 Tomorrow we will discuss 346 00:26:53,913 --> 00:26:57,083 the best ways of dealing with this threat. 347 00:26:57,116 --> 00:26:58,818 We must make plans. 348 00:26:58,851 --> 00:27:01,921 We must be strong and resolute. 349 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:03,122 And in that undertaking, 350 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:06,125 I know that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 351 00:27:06,158 --> 00:27:07,393 will be with us. 352 00:27:07,426 --> 00:27:08,695 And if he's with us, 353 00:27:10,062 --> 00:27:11,397 then we shall not fail. 354 00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:39,551 I've brought you Alfred. 355 00:28:46,525 --> 00:28:50,562 All our sins are washed away in the blood of Christ. 356 00:28:52,631 --> 00:28:54,300 Love one another. 357 00:28:55,667 --> 00:29:00,206 Do what is best for Wessex and nothing more. 358 00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:04,743 My son. 359 00:29:28,968 --> 00:29:30,202 My son. 360 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:32,972 Father. 361 00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:40,079 Come here. 362 00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:41,447 Come here. 363 00:29:42,982 --> 00:29:44,750 I never knew my own mother. 364 00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:48,320 She died when I was born. 365 00:29:49,388 --> 00:29:50,722 But you boys, 366 00:29:52,258 --> 00:29:54,193 you have a care for your mother. 367 00:29:55,261 --> 00:29:56,628 Listen to her. 368 00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:01,433 She is wiser than both of you. 369 00:30:11,410 --> 00:30:13,245 Sweet Judith. 370 00:30:16,582 --> 00:30:18,484 Don't weep for me. 371 00:30:19,886 --> 00:30:22,321 The angels are already here. 372 00:30:24,356 --> 00:30:25,892 Can't you see them? 373 00:30:28,694 --> 00:30:30,262 Can't you see them? 374 00:30:44,143 --> 00:30:47,746 In nomine patris, et filli, et spiritus sancti. 375 00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:48,881 Amen. 376 00:31:18,744 --> 00:31:20,212 They won't make a deal. 377 00:31:23,015 --> 00:31:24,383 We have to fight. 378 00:31:25,084 --> 00:31:26,585 We have to fight. 379 00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:29,321 In the end, we are all fighting 380 00:31:29,355 --> 00:31:30,656 for my father's legacy. 381 00:31:31,623 --> 00:31:33,025 We've all believed in it, 382 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:35,661 and we've all come to understand 383 00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:38,530 how a young farmer from Norway 384 00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:40,832 risked his life to explore the world 385 00:31:42,034 --> 00:31:43,835 so that our people could farm. 386 00:31:44,937 --> 00:31:46,538 That was his life's purpose. 387 00:31:47,506 --> 00:31:49,075 That was his life's ambition. 388 00:31:51,210 --> 00:31:52,744 I want us to achieve that. 389 00:31:58,217 --> 00:31:59,485 If Ivar wins, 390 00:32:02,955 --> 00:32:04,623 Ragnar's dreams are lost. 391 00:32:08,527 --> 00:32:10,062 Let us prepare. 392 00:32:11,463 --> 00:32:14,133 There is something to be said for simple choices, no? 393 00:32:15,901 --> 00:32:19,038 We cannot leave Kattegat totally exposed. 394 00:32:20,072 --> 00:32:22,041 We don't know Ivar's plans. 395 00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:24,276 I think we should send 396 00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:26,278 a significant number of warriors back 397 00:32:26,312 --> 00:32:28,147 to defend the town. 398 00:32:28,180 --> 00:32:29,748 No, you don't know what I saw. 399 00:32:30,516 --> 00:32:31,917 The number of Franks. 400 00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:36,822 The gods have already decided the outcome of this battle. 401 00:32:44,997 --> 00:32:47,233 The witan will reconvene tomorrow. 402 00:32:55,441 --> 00:32:57,843 They must select a new king. 403 00:33:03,082 --> 00:33:04,750 They will offer you the throne. 404 00:33:05,884 --> 00:33:07,786 Are you sure? 405 00:33:11,057 --> 00:33:12,658 Yes. 406 00:33:12,691 --> 00:33:16,928 Not only are you Aethelwulf's eldest son, 407 00:33:16,962 --> 00:33:20,632 but they know how he has been training you for kingship. 408 00:33:24,103 --> 00:33:29,241 Moreover, there are none among them, not even Cuthred, 409 00:33:29,275 --> 00:33:33,312 who has the power to claim it. 410 00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:36,915 Then in all humility, I will accept. 411 00:33:38,917 --> 00:33:40,086 No, 412 00:33:42,288 --> 00:33:44,223 you will refuse the crown. 413 00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:48,894 But why on earth should I? 414 00:33:48,927 --> 00:33:50,996 You said yourself that my father had prepared me. 415 00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:53,932 Yes. Yes, Aethelred, 416 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:57,436 he has prepared you to be a king in his own image. 417 00:33:58,570 --> 00:34:01,440 A warrior king. 418 00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:04,376 But these times demand a different kind of ruler. 419 00:34:04,410 --> 00:34:06,545 Your grandfather made that very plain. 420 00:34:06,578 --> 00:34:08,080 What could Ecbert know of these times? 421 00:34:08,114 --> 00:34:10,682 - Everything! - No. 422 00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:14,386 You only invoke his name because you were his mistress! 423 00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:16,822 Which goes against all Christian conscience! 424 00:34:16,855 --> 00:34:18,890 -Brother... -Don't you speak! 425 00:34:18,924 --> 00:34:21,460 On the contrary, he must speak! 426 00:34:21,493 --> 00:34:23,995 Whatever the circumstances of his birth, 427 00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:25,531 Ecbert saw in Alfred 428 00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:28,100 the future ruler of the country he was creating! 429 00:34:28,134 --> 00:34:29,735 Yes! 430 00:34:29,768 --> 00:34:32,404 That is why he sent Alfred to Rome. 431 00:34:32,438 --> 00:34:33,672 Not you, Aethelred. 432 00:34:34,506 --> 00:34:36,408 He sent Alfred. 433 00:34:37,309 --> 00:34:40,146 And the Pope blessed him 434 00:34:40,179 --> 00:34:44,116 and crowned him because he knew. 435 00:34:44,150 --> 00:34:45,851 No! 436 00:34:45,884 --> 00:34:47,085 He didn't know. 437 00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:49,054 It could just as well have been me! 438 00:34:52,791 --> 00:34:54,092 But it wasn't you. 439 00:35:00,166 --> 00:35:02,801 Ecbert saw in Alfred 440 00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:06,472 gifts you didn't have. 441 00:35:07,939 --> 00:35:12,878 Abilities you didn't have. 442 00:35:12,911 --> 00:35:16,848 He educated him in ways of statecraft. 443 00:35:16,882 --> 00:35:21,853 He equipped him to be the future king. 444 00:35:39,171 --> 00:35:40,939 But they will still ask me to be king. 445 00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:42,140 Yes. 446 00:35:43,008 --> 00:35:44,510 I am certain they will. 447 00:35:45,544 --> 00:35:46,745 Well, then. 448 00:35:55,954 --> 00:35:59,391 So, tomorrow the witan will decide upon our new king. 449 00:36:03,962 --> 00:36:06,698 It must decide for Prince Alfred. 450 00:36:08,634 --> 00:36:11,237 -My lady, this is not... -It must, 451 00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:14,306 and it will decide for Alfred. 452 00:36:14,340 --> 00:36:15,774 And you, Lord Cuthred, 453 00:36:15,807 --> 00:36:19,678 you will be the first among its supporters. 454 00:36:19,711 --> 00:36:22,614 No. I cannot, in all conscience, agree. 455 00:36:22,648 --> 00:36:27,486 But let us say you were able to. 456 00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:31,857 Would your conscience allow you, as a reward, 457 00:36:31,890 --> 00:36:34,960 to accept the vacant bishopric at Sherborne? 458 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:39,231 As you know, 459 00:36:39,265 --> 00:36:43,569 such a high role confers much more power and prestige 460 00:36:43,602 --> 00:36:47,773 than anything enjoyed by the temporal lords. 461 00:36:47,806 --> 00:36:52,444 And surely, My Lord, you have long aspired 462 00:36:52,478 --> 00:36:57,349 to be prince of our holy church? 463 00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:17,002 As we know, 464 00:37:19,571 --> 00:37:21,172 King Aethelwulf, 465 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:24,976 King of Wessex and Mercia, 466 00:37:25,010 --> 00:37:27,178 Bretwalda, and my beloved father, 467 00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:32,751 is dead, and is now at peace with his maker. 468 00:37:37,823 --> 00:37:40,492 We still don't know the cause of his death. 469 00:37:40,526 --> 00:37:43,161 It was so sudden. So calamitous. 470 00:37:43,194 --> 00:37:45,964 How such a mighty warrior could be taken away from us 471 00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:50,469 at such an hour of need is beyond understanding. 472 00:37:50,502 --> 00:37:53,672 Our Lord surely works in mysterious ways. 473 00:37:53,705 --> 00:37:57,142 But now we must choose a new king. 474 00:37:58,377 --> 00:38:01,079 For that is our solemn and sacred duty. 475 00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:05,016 And I have no hesitation 476 00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:07,819 in nominating the king's eldest son, 477 00:38:08,587 --> 00:38:11,390 Prince Aethelred! 478 00:38:11,423 --> 00:38:13,459 May he be anointed 479 00:38:13,492 --> 00:38:16,127 as our new ruler! 480 00:38:16,161 --> 00:38:19,698 Fit to face the terrible challenges ahead of us. 481 00:38:19,731 --> 00:38:24,169 I say, let us elect Aethelred as our king! 482 00:38:36,247 --> 00:38:38,984 Thank you, my Lord Cuthred, for my nomination. 483 00:38:41,286 --> 00:38:44,122 To be your king would be the greatest honor of my life. 484 00:38:45,891 --> 00:38:47,793 Even in these times of great danger. 485 00:38:56,635 --> 00:38:57,836 Unfortunately, 486 00:38:59,905 --> 00:39:03,074 I must decline the honor. 487 00:39:03,108 --> 00:39:04,976 I am not fit to be your king. 488 00:39:07,178 --> 00:39:08,914 You must choose someone else. 489 00:39:11,483 --> 00:39:13,251 My lords! Be quiet! 490 00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:16,888 Silence, my lords, please! 491 00:39:16,922 --> 00:39:21,192 We have a great decision to make. Please! 492 00:39:21,226 --> 00:39:25,230 In view to the fact that King Aethelwulf's eldest son 493 00:39:25,263 --> 00:39:26,865 has refused the crown, 494 00:39:27,966 --> 00:39:31,202 then I think we must offer it 495 00:39:32,270 --> 00:39:35,273 to his younger son, Prince Alfred. 496 00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:37,709 All those in favor? 497 00:39:39,411 --> 00:39:41,980 - He's no warrior! - He's too sickly. 498 00:39:48,019 --> 00:39:50,155 My lords! 499 00:39:50,188 --> 00:39:53,058 -My lords! -Silence, my lords, please. 500 00:39:53,091 --> 00:39:54,125 Silence. 501 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:57,328 For the sake of Wessex and England, 502 00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:02,133 in the name of my father, King Aethelwulf, 503 00:40:02,167 --> 00:40:04,235 and my grandfather, King Ecbert, 504 00:40:08,306 --> 00:40:11,477 I do nominate my brother, Alfred, 505 00:40:13,078 --> 00:40:14,446 to be king. 506 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,682 All those who agree, say, "Aye." 507 00:40:17,449 --> 00:40:19,084 Aye! 508 00:40:19,117 --> 00:40:20,552 - Aye. - Aye. 509 00:40:20,586 --> 00:40:22,053 - Aye. - Aye. 510 00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:23,221 Aye. 511 00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:24,856 Aye. 512 00:40:24,890 --> 00:40:26,257 - Aye. - Aye. 513 00:40:26,291 --> 00:40:27,325 Aye. 514 00:40:27,358 --> 00:40:28,494 Aye. 515 00:40:28,527 --> 00:40:29,561 Aye. 516 00:41:00,592 --> 00:41:03,294 There's a fire! A fire! Come quickly! 517 00:41:03,328 --> 00:41:05,230 A fire at the temple! All of you! Quickly! 518 00:41:07,232 --> 00:41:08,834 The temple is on fire! 519 00:41:08,867 --> 00:41:10,235 Thor is burning! 520 00:42:44,696 --> 00:42:47,799 Et salomonem sapientie pacisque 521 00:42:47,833 --> 00:42:50,235 ineffabili munere ditasti, 522 00:42:50,268 --> 00:42:54,740 respice propitius ad preces nostre humilitatis, 523 00:42:54,773 --> 00:42:56,908 et super hunc famulum tuum 524 00:42:56,942 --> 00:43:01,647 alfredi quem supplici devotione in regnum anglorum, 525 00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,815 uel saxonum pariter... 526 00:43:03,849 --> 00:43:07,485 I've come to offer you my fealty, Queen Lagertha. 527 00:43:07,518 --> 00:43:12,924 My sword is at your service, now and forever. 528 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,629 Cum fide recta... 529 00:43:18,630 --> 00:43:19,798 Et multiplici 530 00:43:19,831 --> 00:43:24,102 bonorum operum fructu ad coronam 531 00:43:24,135 --> 00:43:28,373 regni perpetui ipso largiente 532 00:43:28,406 --> 00:43:32,210 cuius regnum permanet 533 00:43:32,243 --> 00:43:34,245 - in secula. - Hey, Bul! 534 00:43:34,279 --> 00:43:36,147 Bul the Dog! You did this! 535 00:43:40,285 --> 00:43:42,654 Long live the king! 536 00:43:42,688 --> 00:43:45,156 Long live the king! 537 00:43:45,190 --> 00:43:47,458 Long live the king! 538 00:43:47,492 --> 00:43:49,861 Long live the king! 539 00:43:49,895 --> 00:43:51,863 Long live the king! 540 00:43:51,897 --> 00:43:54,532 Long live the king! 541 00:43:54,565 --> 00:43:56,668 Long live the king! 542 00:43:56,702 --> 00:43:59,204 Long live the king! 543 00:43:59,237 --> 00:44:01,539 Long live the king! 544 00:44:01,572 --> 00:44:04,009 Long live the king! 545 00:44:04,042 --> 00:44:06,177 Long live the king! 546 00:44:06,211 --> 00:44:07,679 Long live the king! 547 00:44:08,747 --> 00:44:10,716 Long live the king! 548 00:44:10,749 --> 00:44:12,417 Burning the gods? 549 00:44:12,450 --> 00:44:14,219 You've gone too far, Bul. 550 00:44:14,252 --> 00:44:15,486 I don't think so. 551 00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:19,090 -Bul! No! -Thorgrim, watch out! 552 00:44:28,433 --> 00:44:30,802 Long live the king! 553 00:44:30,836 --> 00:44:32,570 Long live the king! 554 00:44:33,271 --> 00:44:35,173 Long live the king! 555 00:44:39,144 --> 00:44:41,079 No! 556 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:43,614 No! 557 00:44:43,648 --> 00:44:46,017 No! 558 00:44:47,085 --> 00:44:49,487 No! 559 00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:52,557 No! 560 00:44:52,590 --> 00:44:54,993 No! 561 00:44:56,828 --> 00:44:59,397 No!