1 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:00,991 Did he really say that? 2 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:02,096 Yes. 3 00:01:10,553 --> 00:01:11,968 King Harald! 4 00:01:14,350 --> 00:01:16,317 I will think of you in York. 5 00:01:17,974 --> 00:01:20,563 I left some good men in charge there. 6 00:01:21,564 --> 00:01:24,187 I will be glad to meet them. 7 00:01:24,256 --> 00:01:27,604 But York will only be a staging post for us. 8 00:01:29,434 --> 00:01:31,091 Good. 9 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,715 I still consider it part of my new kingdom. 10 00:01:34,784 --> 00:01:37,476 I think it is a good thing that I'm leaving. 11 00:01:37,545 --> 00:01:40,272 Yes, I agree. I think it is a good thing. 12 00:01:41,066 --> 00:01:43,482 But don't worry. 13 00:01:43,551 --> 00:01:46,554 With my ships filled with treasure and slaves, 14 00:01:47,693 --> 00:01:48,798 I will come back. 15 00:01:50,144 --> 00:01:51,214 Skol. 16 00:01:52,491 --> 00:01:53,596 Skol. 17 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:10,337 What's the matter with you, huh, little brother? 18 00:02:10,406 --> 00:02:12,201 I am not your little brother! 19 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:15,031 And you know exactly what's wrong with me. 20 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:16,722 Margrethe is dead! 21 00:02:17,758 --> 00:02:19,139 I know. 22 00:02:19,208 --> 00:02:21,589 Of course you know! You ordered the killing! 23 00:02:23,557 --> 00:02:25,179 Why would I do that? 24 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:28,493 Because she knew 25 00:02:28,562 --> 00:02:30,495 that you could never get a woman pregnant. 26 00:02:36,294 --> 00:02:38,779 But that is not quite true. 27 00:02:39,504 --> 00:02:40,677 Is it, sweet? 28 00:02:41,402 --> 00:02:42,438 No. 29 00:02:45,026 --> 00:02:46,131 Tell them why. 30 00:02:47,305 --> 00:02:48,409 For I am with child. 31 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:53,621 She is with my child! 32 00:02:56,728 --> 00:02:57,798 And, in any case, 33 00:02:58,833 --> 00:03:00,352 she was a crazy woman. 34 00:03:07,290 --> 00:03:08,671 I liked her. 35 00:03:10,604 --> 00:03:13,020 She was right about you from the very beginning, Ivar. 36 00:03:13,089 --> 00:03:15,436 Be very careful what you say about me, Hvitserk. 37 00:03:15,505 --> 00:03:17,714 Why? Will you kill me next? 38 00:03:21,235 --> 00:03:24,376 Just remember, I am also a son of Ragnar Lothbrok. 39 00:03:24,445 --> 00:03:27,483 The people of Kattegat don't love you, Ivar! 40 00:03:27,552 --> 00:03:28,898 What do you think they would do 41 00:03:28,967 --> 00:03:31,211 if you even touched a hair on my head? 42 00:03:34,283 --> 00:03:35,974 Well, just a thought, 43 00:03:36,043 --> 00:03:39,080 why don't you go back to England with King Harald, hmm? 44 00:03:41,324 --> 00:03:43,223 I belong here with you, Ivar. 45 00:03:44,776 --> 00:03:45,777 You know that. 46 00:03:46,812 --> 00:03:48,262 I chose your side. 47 00:03:49,539 --> 00:03:51,610 And now, for good or ill, 48 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:54,855 you're stuck with me. 49 00:04:04,278 --> 00:04:05,314 Yah! 50 00:04:06,832 --> 00:04:08,765 Yah! 51 00:04:10,319 --> 00:04:12,113 Bishop Cuthred is dead! 52 00:04:12,182 --> 00:04:15,082 - What? - Cuthred is dead. Murdered! 53 00:04:15,151 --> 00:04:16,773 Murdered? By who? 54 00:04:16,842 --> 00:04:18,327 By Lord Heahmund. 55 00:04:18,396 --> 00:04:19,604 In the cathedral. 56 00:04:20,777 --> 00:04:23,953 - Where is Heahmund now? - Here. In the chapel. 57 00:04:30,408 --> 00:04:31,719 Let me speak with him alone. 58 00:04:31,788 --> 00:04:33,031 - But he... - Alone! 59 00:04:39,831 --> 00:04:40,832 Heahmund! 60 00:04:43,006 --> 00:04:45,388 - How dare you! - Sire. 61 00:04:45,457 --> 00:04:47,390 In all of this world, there can be no justification 62 00:04:47,459 --> 00:04:50,842 for murdering a servant of God in his own house! 63 00:04:50,911 --> 00:04:52,775 And now, still drenched in the martyr's blood, 64 00:04:52,844 --> 00:04:55,018 you come and defile this holy place too! 65 00:04:55,087 --> 00:04:58,677 Surely to God you do not mean to try and defend yourself? 66 00:04:58,746 --> 00:05:03,751 I killed Cuthred because he and the other bishops, 67 00:05:03,820 --> 00:05:07,065 clergy, and several of your leading ealdormen 68 00:05:07,134 --> 00:05:08,894 formed a conspiracy to overthrow you 69 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:11,311 and then... 70 00:05:12,070 --> 00:05:13,865 To assassinate you. 71 00:05:13,934 --> 00:05:16,971 For your attacks on the power and privilege of the church, 72 00:05:17,972 --> 00:05:20,630 which they think has only just begun. 73 00:05:20,699 --> 00:05:23,150 For your offer of friendship to pagans 74 00:05:23,219 --> 00:05:24,565 and for your weakness. 75 00:05:25,670 --> 00:05:27,361 I felt I had no choice but act, 76 00:05:28,845 --> 00:05:30,399 to save both your crown... 77 00:05:32,090 --> 00:05:33,436 And your life. 78 00:05:36,163 --> 00:05:37,475 Did he tell you who else 79 00:05:37,544 --> 00:05:39,580 was involved in the conspiracy? 80 00:05:39,649 --> 00:05:42,203 What other bishops? Ealdormen? 81 00:05:42,272 --> 00:05:45,137 No. Only that Cuthred was at the heart of it. 82 00:05:45,206 --> 00:05:46,760 And he told me that if I now restored 83 00:05:46,829 --> 00:05:48,002 him to the bishopric of Sherborne, 84 00:05:48,071 --> 00:05:49,866 then he might easily identify the others. 85 00:05:49,935 --> 00:05:52,110 But if you were to reinstate Heahmund, 86 00:05:52,179 --> 00:05:54,492 it would cause the greatest outrage and resentment, 87 00:05:54,561 --> 00:05:55,838 especially in the church. 88 00:05:55,907 --> 00:05:58,219 Even so, Mother, Heahmund has possibly shown 89 00:05:58,288 --> 00:05:59,635 himself to be my greatest supporter. 90 00:05:59,704 --> 00:06:01,188 This is true. 91 00:06:01,257 --> 00:06:04,364 I have to say, Brother, that I am amazed and outraged 92 00:06:04,433 --> 00:06:06,538 that you would even consider giving shelter, 93 00:06:06,607 --> 00:06:07,815 let alone preferment, 94 00:06:07,884 --> 00:06:09,369 to a self-acknowledged murderer! 95 00:06:10,128 --> 00:06:11,440 Instead, 96 00:06:11,509 --> 00:06:13,994 Heahmund shall be punished for his heinous crime! 97 00:06:14,063 --> 00:06:15,789 That is not your decision, Brother. 98 00:06:17,135 --> 00:06:18,826 For I am King, and I alone 99 00:06:18,895 --> 00:06:20,276 can make that determination. 100 00:06:48,511 --> 00:06:50,064 We are not sure what has happened. 101 00:06:50,133 --> 00:06:51,307 No one has told us. 102 00:06:52,308 --> 00:06:54,068 But I see you are imprisoned. 103 00:06:54,137 --> 00:06:56,519 I killed the man who replaced me as bishop. 104 00:06:56,588 --> 00:06:59,108 - Why? - He found out about us. 105 00:06:59,177 --> 00:07:01,904 He would have betrayed me to King Alfred. 106 00:07:01,973 --> 00:07:03,940 And I would never have been restored. 107 00:07:04,596 --> 00:07:05,597 So, now... 108 00:07:06,943 --> 00:07:09,256 Everything depends on the King. 109 00:07:09,808 --> 00:07:10,809 Yes. 110 00:07:11,810 --> 00:07:13,536 Everything. 111 00:07:13,605 --> 00:07:14,882 If he believes that we will protect him 112 00:07:14,951 --> 00:07:17,713 against his enemies, then all shall be well. 113 00:07:19,542 --> 00:07:22,338 I'm not sure what to think about you. 114 00:07:22,407 --> 00:07:24,029 I'm trying to do the right thing. 115 00:07:25,272 --> 00:07:28,206 For us and for Wessex. 116 00:07:30,553 --> 00:07:32,831 And yet now you are imprisoned. 117 00:07:47,708 --> 00:07:48,744 Grandfather... 118 00:07:50,884 --> 00:07:54,474 You have laid upon me such a burden. 119 00:07:57,822 --> 00:08:00,963 I'm not sure your choice was wise after all. 120 00:08:04,069 --> 00:08:06,244 They whisper that I am weak, 121 00:08:09,730 --> 00:08:11,318 I fear they are right. 122 00:08:18,083 --> 00:08:19,084 Grandfather, 123 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:21,777 give me strength. 124 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:28,784 King Alfred is in trouble. 125 00:08:28,853 --> 00:08:32,339 There are those here who want to overthrow him. 126 00:08:33,374 --> 00:08:35,100 They think he is weak. 127 00:08:35,169 --> 00:08:38,414 They don't like the fact that he allows us to live here. 128 00:08:39,657 --> 00:08:41,831 But Bishop Heahmund said he'd protect us. 129 00:08:41,900 --> 00:08:43,453 He is imprisoned for murder 130 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:45,801 and incapable of protecting anyone. 131 00:08:48,873 --> 00:08:50,495 Perhaps we should never have come here. 132 00:08:50,564 --> 00:08:54,361 If we stayed in Norway, Torvi, we would all be dead by now. 133 00:08:54,430 --> 00:08:56,708 It seems we are all at the mercy 134 00:08:56,777 --> 00:08:58,779 of circumstances beyond our control. 135 00:08:58,848 --> 00:09:00,263 We have to pray to the gods 136 00:09:00,332 --> 00:09:03,370 that the King overcomes his enemies. 137 00:09:03,439 --> 00:09:04,647 Pray? 138 00:09:04,716 --> 00:09:06,028 Is that all we can do? 139 00:09:06,097 --> 00:09:07,339 - Pray? - No. 140 00:09:10,170 --> 00:09:11,965 There is something else that we can do. 141 00:09:16,383 --> 00:09:17,902 The King has asked us to be baptized 142 00:09:17,971 --> 00:09:19,489 in the Christian faith. 143 00:09:20,836 --> 00:09:22,838 That way he can appease his enemies. 144 00:09:22,907 --> 00:09:24,218 He will no longer be supporting 145 00:09:24,287 --> 00:09:26,117 and harboring pagans, 146 00:09:26,186 --> 00:09:28,257 but we would be fellow Christians. 147 00:09:28,326 --> 00:09:29,603 He asked you this personally? 148 00:09:30,500 --> 00:09:31,916 Yes. 149 00:09:31,985 --> 00:09:33,331 And did you tell him that there was no way 150 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:34,850 that you would renounce our gods? 151 00:09:35,609 --> 00:09:37,093 Did you? 152 00:09:37,162 --> 00:09:38,681 Our father is in Valhalla. 153 00:09:40,062 --> 00:09:41,650 He's sitting beside the All-Father. 154 00:09:41,719 --> 00:09:43,134 He is sitting across from Thor. 155 00:09:43,203 --> 00:09:45,688 They are drinking together and they are happy together. 156 00:09:45,757 --> 00:09:47,345 Are you telling me that you don't believe it? 157 00:09:47,414 --> 00:09:48,484 I think what Ubbe meant... 158 00:09:48,553 --> 00:09:49,830 Let Ubbe speak for himself! 159 00:09:51,349 --> 00:09:53,489 What are you saying, Ubbe? 160 00:09:53,558 --> 00:09:55,042 Our father stopped believing it. 161 00:09:55,111 --> 00:09:56,388 Oh... 162 00:09:58,459 --> 00:10:00,013 Did King Alfred tell you that too? 163 00:10:03,430 --> 00:10:04,707 And you actually believed him? 164 00:10:09,539 --> 00:10:12,094 Sometimes I wonder if you're Ragnar's son at all! 165 00:11:37,248 --> 00:11:38,352 Did you see them? 166 00:11:39,526 --> 00:11:41,770 - No. - Perhaps they are not coming. 167 00:11:43,530 --> 00:11:44,565 They will come. 168 00:12:01,030 --> 00:12:02,100 Son. 169 00:12:03,584 --> 00:12:04,758 Father. 170 00:12:07,002 --> 00:12:09,867 So, Floki, what is it you have to say? 171 00:12:10,557 --> 00:12:11,558 We are all here. 172 00:12:14,078 --> 00:12:16,011 I have risen from the dead. 173 00:12:18,565 --> 00:12:19,808 Just as Odin did. 174 00:12:20,843 --> 00:12:21,810 I died... 175 00:12:23,328 --> 00:12:24,709 And then I was reborn, 176 00:12:25,917 --> 00:12:26,953 here on this island, 177 00:12:28,540 --> 00:12:29,576 among the gods. 178 00:12:32,406 --> 00:12:33,960 But I don't care about myself. 179 00:12:37,066 --> 00:12:39,413 I care about all of you. 180 00:12:39,482 --> 00:12:41,657 I want you to live together peacefully. 181 00:12:44,039 --> 00:12:46,766 We have suffered the loss of two of our children, 182 00:12:48,043 --> 00:12:49,078 Bul... 183 00:12:50,908 --> 00:12:51,978 And Thorgrim. 184 00:12:52,910 --> 00:12:54,877 Hmm. 185 00:12:54,946 --> 00:12:56,983 I know what it's like to lose a child. 186 00:12:59,330 --> 00:13:01,194 The days ahead will be hard. 187 00:13:04,162 --> 00:13:06,164 And our real hope 188 00:13:06,233 --> 00:13:08,201 lies with the child that Ketill's daughter 189 00:13:08,270 --> 00:13:09,858 Thorunn carries in her belly. 190 00:13:10,755 --> 00:13:12,032 For Eyvind's son, 191 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,414 Helgi was also involved! 192 00:13:20,558 --> 00:13:22,698 So, now, I beg of you all one last time 193 00:13:23,733 --> 00:13:25,321 to please bury your axes. 194 00:13:35,504 --> 00:13:36,677 Floki is right! 195 00:13:42,235 --> 00:13:43,408 I have been 196 00:13:44,133 --> 00:13:45,583 harsh on Floki. 197 00:13:48,310 --> 00:13:50,243 It's true I doubted his motives. 198 00:13:53,108 --> 00:13:54,385 But I see I was wrong. 199 00:13:58,699 --> 00:14:00,046 I believe Floki 200 00:14:00,943 --> 00:14:02,496 is a pure spirit. 201 00:14:05,292 --> 00:14:06,949 The death of my son Bul 202 00:14:08,261 --> 00:14:09,607 caused my family 203 00:14:11,091 --> 00:14:12,127 terrible grief. 204 00:14:13,818 --> 00:14:15,855 But I see now the death of Thorgrim 205 00:14:17,304 --> 00:14:20,169 caused Ketill and his family the same agony. 206 00:14:25,726 --> 00:14:26,727 So... 207 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:31,422 Let us look forward, 208 00:14:34,563 --> 00:14:35,875 as a community, 209 00:14:37,946 --> 00:14:38,912 to the birth 210 00:14:39,948 --> 00:14:41,018 of a new child. 211 00:14:45,746 --> 00:14:47,162 Let us drink to the new child. 212 00:14:54,824 --> 00:14:56,205 Skol! 213 00:14:56,274 --> 00:14:57,379 Skol! 214 00:15:32,517 --> 00:15:34,071 Princess Elsewith, 215 00:15:35,417 --> 00:15:37,350 I have neither courted nor attended to you. 216 00:15:38,592 --> 00:15:39,800 If you told me that you no longer 217 00:15:39,869 --> 00:15:41,664 had any desire to marry me, 218 00:15:41,733 --> 00:15:43,943 then I would understand and freely release you 219 00:15:44,012 --> 00:15:45,979 from any agreement made in my name. 220 00:15:46,497 --> 00:15:48,257 However, 221 00:15:48,326 --> 00:15:50,708 in the unlikely event that you were still willing 222 00:15:50,777 --> 00:15:52,330 to proceed with the marriage, 223 00:15:54,712 --> 00:15:56,956 then let me tell you what you might expect. 224 00:15:58,129 --> 00:16:01,374 You will be Queen to a kingdom at war 225 00:16:01,443 --> 00:16:04,135 and likely soon to be attacked again. 226 00:16:04,204 --> 00:16:06,862 You'll be married to a king who is in present danger 227 00:16:06,931 --> 00:16:10,590 of being overthrown and assassinated. 228 00:16:10,659 --> 00:16:13,006 Forgive me, my lady, but I cannot make the prospect 229 00:16:13,075 --> 00:16:14,456 sound any more attractive. 230 00:16:15,629 --> 00:16:16,630 Thank you. 231 00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:21,463 I have nothing to go back to, nor any wish to do so. 232 00:16:22,119 --> 00:16:24,121 If I were your wife, 233 00:16:24,190 --> 00:16:27,676 I would gladly share your dangers and tribulations, 234 00:16:27,745 --> 00:16:29,919 and help you carry the terrible burden 235 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:31,576 that fate has placed upon you. 236 00:16:33,751 --> 00:16:35,856 I had not expected this conversation 237 00:16:35,925 --> 00:16:38,238 - to proceed in this manner. - Good. 238 00:16:40,068 --> 00:16:42,449 I would hate you ever to think me predictable. 239 00:17:00,812 --> 00:17:02,642 My Lords, 240 00:17:02,711 --> 00:17:04,264 I have summoned you here once more because, 241 00:17:04,333 --> 00:17:06,128 after much prayer and thought, 242 00:17:06,197 --> 00:17:08,441 I have made an important decision. 243 00:17:08,510 --> 00:17:10,029 I have decided to restore his grace, 244 00:17:10,098 --> 00:17:12,272 Bishop Heahmund, to the bishopric of Sherborne. 245 00:17:16,380 --> 00:17:17,898 No! 246 00:17:21,005 --> 00:17:22,558 But how is this supposed to serve God? 247 00:17:24,422 --> 00:17:25,665 The murder of Lord Cuthred 248 00:17:25,734 --> 00:17:27,391 must forever be upon his conscience 249 00:17:27,460 --> 00:17:29,703 and he must defend himself before God. 250 00:17:30,842 --> 00:17:32,706 But we, my Lords, 251 00:17:32,775 --> 00:17:34,743 in these dark and most uncertain days 252 00:17:34,812 --> 00:17:37,608 when Wessex is threatened as never before in our history 253 00:17:37,677 --> 00:17:40,024 we cannot, and I will not, do without the services 254 00:17:40,093 --> 00:17:42,095 of the man who is our sword, 255 00:17:42,164 --> 00:17:44,477 the greatest warrior for Christ in this kingdom. 256 00:17:57,006 --> 00:17:58,870 I wish also to announce my marriage 257 00:17:58,939 --> 00:18:01,356 to Princess Elsewith of Northumbria. 258 00:18:01,425 --> 00:18:04,117 Oh, how lovely! 259 00:18:04,186 --> 00:18:05,360 Maybe an heir! 260 00:18:06,533 --> 00:18:08,570 There is one final matter! 261 00:18:13,782 --> 00:18:15,991 Ubbe, the son of Ragnar Lothbrok, 262 00:18:16,060 --> 00:18:17,613 and his wife Torvi, 263 00:18:17,682 --> 00:18:20,375 have agreed to be baptized into our Christian faith. 264 00:18:25,242 --> 00:18:26,933 My Lords, please! 265 00:18:32,559 --> 00:18:34,768 I ask all of you, in God's name, 266 00:18:34,837 --> 00:18:38,151 to recognize and celebrate this conversion. 267 00:18:39,635 --> 00:18:41,913 It marks the beginning of something important. 268 00:18:41,982 --> 00:18:43,639 Without the help of these people, 269 00:18:43,708 --> 00:18:44,985 who were once our enemies, 270 00:18:45,054 --> 00:18:47,643 Wessex cannot and will not survive. 271 00:19:01,001 --> 00:19:02,313 He should not have done that! 272 00:19:02,382 --> 00:19:03,590 He should never have appointed a murderer 273 00:19:03,659 --> 00:19:05,868 to such a high position in our Holy Church! 274 00:19:05,937 --> 00:19:08,975 Alfred is doing what he thinks is best for Wessex. 275 00:19:09,044 --> 00:19:11,564 And we must support him, must we not? 276 00:19:13,704 --> 00:19:16,293 He's my brother. Of course, I support him. 277 00:19:16,362 --> 00:19:17,777 Good. 278 00:19:17,846 --> 00:19:19,779 At least his marriage is arranged and settled. 279 00:19:19,848 --> 00:19:21,539 Now, is the time to arrange yours. 280 00:19:21,608 --> 00:19:25,164 You have no need to arrange everything in the world. 281 00:19:25,233 --> 00:19:27,718 And, as a matter of fact, I've already chosen my bride. 282 00:19:29,306 --> 00:19:30,686 May I know her name? 283 00:19:31,791 --> 00:19:33,033 Ethelfled. 284 00:19:34,587 --> 00:19:35,898 Do I know her? 285 00:19:36,554 --> 00:19:37,659 I do not think so. 286 00:19:39,454 --> 00:19:40,834 She's Cuthred's daughter. 287 00:19:50,879 --> 00:19:52,570 Open the gate! 288 00:19:55,470 --> 00:19:56,885 Oh, he's strong 289 00:19:56,954 --> 00:19:58,956 and all his teeth and fingers too. 290 00:19:59,853 --> 00:20:00,923 Come on! 291 00:20:00,992 --> 00:20:03,063 Six, seven, eight! 292 00:20:04,617 --> 00:20:05,756 More? Any more? 293 00:20:07,033 --> 00:20:09,967 The King! Welcome back. 294 00:20:10,036 --> 00:20:12,314 He is home! King Harald, welcome! 295 00:20:13,453 --> 00:20:15,110 The King! Harald! 296 00:20:40,549 --> 00:20:41,550 Before being received 297 00:20:41,619 --> 00:20:44,173 into God's Holy Church, 298 00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:46,279 you must renounce your former errors. 299 00:20:48,108 --> 00:20:50,456 I renounce my belief 300 00:20:50,525 --> 00:20:53,942 in Odin and all other pagan gods. 301 00:20:54,011 --> 00:20:56,116 I renounce my belief in Odin 302 00:20:56,185 --> 00:20:57,946 and all other pagan gods. 303 00:21:07,576 --> 00:21:09,406 With my breath, 304 00:21:09,475 --> 00:21:12,788 I do exorcise these evil spirits which inhabit you. 305 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:31,428 Amen. 306 00:21:31,497 --> 00:21:32,601 Amen. 307 00:22:07,464 --> 00:22:09,293 King Harald Finehair. 308 00:22:10,190 --> 00:22:11,640 Welcome to York. 309 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,333 I am Jarl Olavosonn. 310 00:22:14,402 --> 00:22:16,680 Ivar, the Boneless left me in charge here. 311 00:22:17,715 --> 00:22:20,546 I am happy to meet you, Jarl Olavosonn. 312 00:22:20,615 --> 00:22:21,823 But don't expect to be 313 00:22:21,892 --> 00:22:23,997 in charge here for much longer. 314 00:22:30,970 --> 00:22:33,800 We have just been promised eternal life. 315 00:22:33,869 --> 00:22:35,975 I don't feel any different. 316 00:22:36,044 --> 00:22:37,079 Do you? 317 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:39,081 Hmm? 318 00:22:41,670 --> 00:22:43,983 We now have to wear these crosses, though. 319 00:22:47,607 --> 00:22:49,609 It is said that our new God 320 00:22:49,678 --> 00:22:51,542 died on the cross for our sins. 321 00:22:53,717 --> 00:22:54,787 What sins? 322 00:22:55,719 --> 00:22:57,410 Well... 323 00:23:20,882 --> 00:23:22,849 Now I do feel different. 324 00:23:25,438 --> 00:23:26,681 Well, you can always wear it again. 325 00:23:36,518 --> 00:23:39,694 Do you, Alfred, son of Aethelwulf, 326 00:23:39,763 --> 00:23:41,765 before all these witnesses here gathered, 327 00:23:41,834 --> 00:23:44,319 take this woman, Elsewith, 328 00:23:44,388 --> 00:23:47,840 as your lawful wife, to have and to hold, 329 00:23:47,909 --> 00:23:50,498 from this moment until death parts you? 330 00:23:50,567 --> 00:23:51,637 I do. 331 00:23:52,603 --> 00:23:54,018 And do you, Elsewith, 332 00:23:54,087 --> 00:23:56,158 before all these witnesses here gathered, 333 00:23:56,227 --> 00:23:59,507 take this man Alfred, to have and to hold, 334 00:23:59,576 --> 00:24:03,027 forsaking all others, to serve and obey, 335 00:24:03,890 --> 00:24:05,340 until you die? 336 00:24:05,409 --> 00:24:06,410 I do. 337 00:24:15,350 --> 00:24:16,524 Amen. 338 00:24:16,593 --> 00:24:17,663 Amen. 339 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:22,737 In the sight of all these witnesses, 340 00:24:22,806 --> 00:24:24,946 and in the sight of God, 341 00:24:25,015 --> 00:24:26,223 I now pronounce you 342 00:24:27,258 --> 00:24:30,538 man and wife. 343 00:24:53,284 --> 00:24:54,458 Bjorn Ironside? 344 00:24:55,321 --> 00:24:56,564 Yes? 345 00:24:56,633 --> 00:24:59,256 You and I have much in common. 346 00:25:02,811 --> 00:25:03,881 How? 347 00:25:05,124 --> 00:25:06,401 We share the same father. 348 00:25:11,820 --> 00:25:13,788 My name is Magnus. 349 00:25:13,857 --> 00:25:15,444 I'm Ragnar's son by Queen Kwenthrith. 350 00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:18,137 I grew up here on the royal estate with Alfred. 351 00:25:18,206 --> 00:25:20,277 He was my childhood friend. 352 00:25:20,346 --> 00:25:23,073 But, in the end, not long after Ragnar 353 00:25:23,142 --> 00:25:25,800 was imprisoned here, I was expelled. 354 00:25:28,837 --> 00:25:31,253 Alfred's family threw me to the wolves. 355 00:25:34,705 --> 00:25:37,294 We had heard Ragnar fathered a son in Wessex. 356 00:25:37,363 --> 00:25:39,745 Yes. I managed to survive. 357 00:25:39,814 --> 00:25:41,885 Of course, they don't know I survived. 358 00:25:41,954 --> 00:25:43,680 They don't even know who I am. 359 00:25:44,439 --> 00:25:45,854 I heard you were here. 360 00:25:45,923 --> 00:25:48,857 My half-brothers and I had to see you. 361 00:25:50,997 --> 00:25:52,240 Well, this is incredible. 362 00:25:52,309 --> 00:25:54,967 You have no idea how happy this makes me. 363 00:25:57,038 --> 00:25:59,592 After all these years of being lost. 364 00:26:05,391 --> 00:26:07,186 Well, now, my brother, 365 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:09,533 you are found. 366 00:27:07,556 --> 00:27:08,903 Amen. 367 00:27:08,972 --> 00:27:11,181 The gate! 368 00:27:20,742 --> 00:27:22,433 I'm here to attack Wessex. 369 00:27:25,057 --> 00:27:26,299 Their defenses... 370 00:27:28,060 --> 00:27:31,753 Were weakened by our Great Army, 371 00:27:31,822 --> 00:27:33,686 but I saw enough when I was there to know 372 00:27:33,755 --> 00:27:35,826 that there are still plenty of places to plunder. 373 00:27:36,689 --> 00:27:38,553 And I want to be rich. 374 00:27:38,622 --> 00:27:40,555 For I have considerable ambitions. 375 00:27:41,970 --> 00:27:43,627 It may interest you to know that 376 00:27:43,696 --> 00:27:45,594 Wessex has a new King. 377 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:47,251 Who? 378 00:27:47,838 --> 00:27:49,184 A boy. 379 00:27:49,253 --> 00:27:50,945 Ecbert's grandson, Alfred. 380 00:27:52,809 --> 00:27:54,569 Then they're even weaker than I thought. 381 00:27:56,398 --> 00:28:00,540 Why did you say that I would not be in charge very long? 382 00:28:00,609 --> 00:28:01,749 As far as I know, 383 00:28:01,818 --> 00:28:03,682 you and Ivar, the Boneless are allies. 384 00:28:05,545 --> 00:28:08,272 I didn't mean to insult you. 385 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,724 I want to invite you 386 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:14,140 to raid Wessex with me. 387 00:28:15,417 --> 00:28:17,592 We can enjoy the fruits of victory 388 00:28:17,661 --> 00:28:19,283 and then we can make new plans. 389 00:28:19,352 --> 00:28:20,353 New plans? 390 00:28:21,251 --> 00:28:22,321 Yes. 391 00:28:23,011 --> 00:28:25,738 Do you want to stay here 392 00:28:25,807 --> 00:28:29,017 in York all your life, and look after it for Ivar? 393 00:28:31,123 --> 00:28:32,952 No. 394 00:28:33,021 --> 00:28:36,128 It's true, I've always had bigger ambitions. 395 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:37,957 You are Viking! 396 00:28:38,751 --> 00:28:39,959 Of course you did. 397 00:28:40,580 --> 00:28:41,616 So... 398 00:28:43,894 --> 00:28:47,553 After we plunder Wessex, you and I, 399 00:28:47,622 --> 00:28:52,109 together, will return in triumph to Kattegat. 400 00:28:52,178 --> 00:28:53,904 To share our spoils with its King? 401 00:28:55,319 --> 00:28:56,355 No. 402 00:28:57,632 --> 00:28:59,358 We overthrow its King. 403 00:29:05,502 --> 00:29:09,230 It seems to me that you are not a son of Ragnar Lothbrok. 404 00:29:09,299 --> 00:29:10,956 Neither am I. 405 00:29:11,025 --> 00:29:13,544 But the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok 406 00:29:13,613 --> 00:29:16,824 are the most famous people in all our world. 407 00:29:16,893 --> 00:29:20,103 And I am not sure that I wish to fight against them. 408 00:29:20,172 --> 00:29:21,518 Any of them. 409 00:29:21,587 --> 00:29:23,382 What is there in a name? 410 00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:25,211 Nothing! 411 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,386 In times to come, no one will remember 412 00:29:27,455 --> 00:29:29,629 Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons. 413 00:29:29,698 --> 00:29:31,459 They will be utterly forgotten. 414 00:29:32,701 --> 00:29:35,256 I can hardly remember his name even now. 415 00:29:36,291 --> 00:29:38,155 Perhaps you are right. 416 00:29:39,053 --> 00:29:40,226 But in that case, 417 00:29:40,295 --> 00:29:42,608 what a poorer place the world would be. 418 00:29:43,851 --> 00:29:47,337 We should always remember Ragnar Lothbrok, 419 00:29:47,406 --> 00:29:49,408 even if we did not know him, 420 00:29:49,477 --> 00:29:50,927 even if we only heard his name. 421 00:29:50,996 --> 00:29:53,136 And do you know why? 422 00:29:53,205 --> 00:29:57,002 Because we are all sons of Ragnar Lothbrok! 423 00:29:57,071 --> 00:29:58,417 All of us. 424 00:29:59,936 --> 00:30:00,937 Hmm. 425 00:30:03,284 --> 00:30:05,907 Think on it, Jarl Olavosonn. 426 00:30:09,255 --> 00:30:11,844 The King has shown courage after all. 427 00:30:13,950 --> 00:30:15,606 He has. 428 00:30:15,675 --> 00:30:17,885 More than I expected. 429 00:30:17,954 --> 00:30:19,610 What happens now? 430 00:30:21,612 --> 00:30:22,993 I must seek to flush out the others 431 00:30:23,062 --> 00:30:26,894 who conspired against him and against us. 432 00:30:26,963 --> 00:30:29,966 Alfred is not safe, despite his courage. 433 00:30:32,037 --> 00:30:33,901 If Cuthred was once their leader, 434 00:30:33,970 --> 00:30:35,695 who is their leader now? 435 00:30:35,764 --> 00:30:37,214 I don't know. 436 00:30:38,112 --> 00:30:39,320 But I'm almost certain 437 00:30:39,389 --> 00:30:42,323 they intended to replace Alfred with Aethelred. 438 00:30:42,392 --> 00:30:45,844 But whether Aethelred is part of the conspiracy or not, 439 00:30:45,913 --> 00:30:48,053 I have yet to discover. 440 00:30:56,509 --> 00:30:58,304 I wish I could help. 441 00:31:00,513 --> 00:31:04,552 Even now, the forces of Satan are gathering to strike. 442 00:31:09,453 --> 00:31:11,352 That is why you are here. 443 00:31:14,734 --> 00:31:17,185 To help me fight against the Devil. 444 00:31:29,508 --> 00:31:31,234 Ah, Prince Aethelred. 445 00:32:10,859 --> 00:32:12,931 You wanted to speak to me, Brother? 446 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,347 Yes, my brother. 447 00:32:15,416 --> 00:32:18,039 Come, sit down. Drink! I have some wonderful news. 448 00:32:18,108 --> 00:32:19,627 Great news. 449 00:32:19,696 --> 00:32:21,732 Isn't that right, my sweetheart? 450 00:32:21,801 --> 00:32:24,218 Yes. Wonderful news. 451 00:32:25,081 --> 00:32:26,737 Come on! Sit down! 452 00:32:28,808 --> 00:32:30,051 Sit down! 453 00:32:32,019 --> 00:32:34,849 So, what's the great news? I would love some great news. 454 00:32:38,301 --> 00:32:39,819 Where to start? 455 00:32:41,511 --> 00:32:43,444 You know that our whole family 456 00:32:43,513 --> 00:32:45,825 is descended from the All-Father? 457 00:32:45,894 --> 00:32:46,965 Yes. 458 00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:48,967 Yes, that is you. That is me, too. 459 00:32:49,036 --> 00:32:51,866 You and me are descended from Odin. 460 00:32:51,935 --> 00:32:54,282 Everyone knows that. 461 00:32:54,351 --> 00:32:57,527 You also remember, when we were young, 462 00:32:57,596 --> 00:32:59,529 you and your brothers always 463 00:32:59,598 --> 00:33:03,395 made fun of me because I was different. 464 00:33:03,464 --> 00:33:05,604 I don't remember me making fun of you, Ivar. 465 00:33:05,673 --> 00:33:08,917 No, but you pitied me. And I was ashamed. 466 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:11,955 I hated being a cripple. 467 00:33:12,818 --> 00:33:15,303 Always breaking my bones. 468 00:33:15,372 --> 00:33:16,995 The endless pain. 469 00:33:18,168 --> 00:33:21,620 I was so angry all the time, Hvitserk. 470 00:33:21,689 --> 00:33:22,828 And I asked myself, 471 00:33:22,897 --> 00:33:26,728 why did the gods hate me so much? 472 00:33:29,662 --> 00:33:31,216 Why me? 473 00:33:33,908 --> 00:33:36,669 And then Freydis explained something to me. 474 00:33:36,738 --> 00:33:40,294 She told me that being deformed 475 00:33:40,363 --> 00:33:43,400 was a sure sign of the gods' favor. 476 00:33:43,469 --> 00:33:46,162 That it marked me out as a very special person. 477 00:33:46,231 --> 00:33:47,473 It wasn't a badge of shame after all. 478 00:33:49,130 --> 00:33:50,511 Not a curse, 479 00:33:51,443 --> 00:33:53,238 but a blessing. 480 00:33:53,307 --> 00:33:56,068 It's true. I knew that! 481 00:33:56,137 --> 00:33:57,759 Why are you telling me this, Ivar? 482 00:33:57,828 --> 00:33:58,829 I am telling you this, 483 00:33:58,898 --> 00:34:01,418 because this very special person, 484 00:34:01,487 --> 00:34:05,181 has realized something extraordinary 485 00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:09,737 and astonishing about himself and it is so obvious. 486 00:34:09,806 --> 00:34:11,704 Realized what? 487 00:34:11,773 --> 00:34:15,708 Realized that I am not just descended from the gods. 488 00:34:15,777 --> 00:34:17,124 No. Uh-huh. 489 00:34:18,435 --> 00:34:21,783 The fact is, Hvitserk, Ivar, the Boneless 490 00:34:22,681 --> 00:34:23,992 is a god. 491 00:34:26,581 --> 00:34:29,343 He is a god. 492 00:34:29,412 --> 00:34:31,931 And I am carrying his divine child. 493 00:34:35,038 --> 00:34:36,453 You're crazy, Ivar. 494 00:34:36,522 --> 00:34:39,629 I am not crazy. I am not. 495 00:34:39,698 --> 00:34:41,872 That is your mistake. I did the impossible. 496 00:34:41,941 --> 00:34:43,598 I am going to be a father. 497 00:34:46,463 --> 00:34:48,879 I am divine. 498 00:34:48,948 --> 00:34:51,019 And to celebrate, we will have a feast 499 00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:53,781 and we will invite everyone in Kattegat! 500 00:34:53,850 --> 00:34:56,094 And we will make a sacrifice, 501 00:34:56,163 --> 00:34:57,716 dedicated to my fellow gods, 502 00:34:57,785 --> 00:35:00,167 welcoming me into the family of the Aesir! 503 00:35:01,513 --> 00:35:03,204 But it must be an important sacrifice. 504 00:35:03,273 --> 00:35:05,655 It must be someone that the gods will have heard of. 505 00:35:05,724 --> 00:35:07,691 Someone that all the people will have heard of. 506 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:08,865 Some... 507 00:35:10,211 --> 00:35:11,350 Someone. 508 00:35:25,778 --> 00:35:27,953 You don't know what you're saying, Brother. 509 00:36:04,127 --> 00:36:05,128 Well... 510 00:36:06,302 --> 00:36:07,786 What is your decision? 511 00:36:10,616 --> 00:36:12,756 I will raid Wessex with you. 512 00:36:14,620 --> 00:36:15,725 Good. 513 00:36:17,347 --> 00:36:18,866 Good. 514 00:36:18,935 --> 00:36:21,489 And what of your authority here? 515 00:36:22,697 --> 00:36:25,252 I will recognize you as King over York, 516 00:36:25,321 --> 00:36:29,325 and I will no longer feel bound to serve Ivar. 517 00:36:29,394 --> 00:36:33,536 In which case, you will come with me to overthrow him? 518 00:36:33,605 --> 00:36:36,055 Even though he is a son of Ragnar? 519 00:36:39,956 --> 00:36:41,854 Show me your arm ring. 520 00:36:47,722 --> 00:36:49,448 Is that answer enough? 521 00:37:15,612 --> 00:37:17,027 Thorunn! 522 00:37:17,718 --> 00:37:18,960 Thorunn! 523 00:37:38,394 --> 00:37:39,636 She's gone! 524 00:37:43,122 --> 00:37:45,297 - She's gone! - What do you mean, gone? 525 00:37:45,366 --> 00:37:46,678 Thorunn. She's disappeared. 526 00:37:46,747 --> 00:37:48,645 I don't understand. She can't have disappeared. 527 00:37:48,714 --> 00:37:51,683 Mother told me she had gone to pray at the waterfall. 528 00:37:51,752 --> 00:37:53,271 She felt her time was near. 529 00:37:53,340 --> 00:37:55,583 She wanted to pray to Freya for a safe delivery. 530 00:37:55,652 --> 00:37:56,860 She wasn't there. 531 00:37:56,929 --> 00:37:59,104 I shouted. I looked for her. 532 00:37:59,173 --> 00:38:00,450 She's disappeared. 533 00:38:05,317 --> 00:38:06,525 - Come on, Frodi. - Yes, Father. 534 00:38:08,182 --> 00:38:11,289 Oh, no. Please, please, please, please. 535 00:38:12,117 --> 00:38:14,361 Not your sister! Not Thorunn! 536 00:38:31,205 --> 00:38:33,794 You have lived your life in the shadows. 537 00:38:33,863 --> 00:38:35,865 So, why don't you reveal yourself, 538 00:38:35,934 --> 00:38:37,798 your true identity, to Alfred? 539 00:38:39,144 --> 00:38:41,146 He was a companion of your youth. 540 00:38:41,215 --> 00:38:42,665 I'm sure he would recognize you. 541 00:38:42,734 --> 00:38:46,220 No, his father expelled me from the villa. 542 00:38:46,289 --> 00:38:49,430 Alfred never tried to find out what happened to me. 543 00:38:49,499 --> 00:38:51,087 Hmm? 544 00:38:51,156 --> 00:38:54,021 If I was to reveal myself, I'm sure that they'd kill me. 545 00:38:55,436 --> 00:38:57,265 King Ecbert and his family 546 00:38:57,335 --> 00:39:00,130 betrayed me as they betrayed our father. 547 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:07,759 And they say that you're here to support King Alfred. 548 00:39:09,381 --> 00:39:11,556 But how can you do that? 549 00:39:11,625 --> 00:39:13,558 We are at Alfred's mercy. 550 00:39:14,282 --> 00:39:16,940 He should be at yours! 551 00:39:17,009 --> 00:39:19,357 Alfred is just as guilty as his father 552 00:39:19,426 --> 00:39:22,532 and his grandfather for the death of our father. 553 00:39:39,515 --> 00:39:41,448 Hail the god Ivar! 554 00:39:41,517 --> 00:39:43,346 Hail the god Ivar! 555 00:39:43,415 --> 00:39:45,175 Hail the god Ivar! 556 00:39:45,244 --> 00:39:47,246 Hail the god Ivar! 557 00:39:47,315 --> 00:39:49,110 Hail the god Ivar! 558 00:39:57,533 --> 00:39:59,189 Move! Get on! 559 00:40:03,331 --> 00:40:04,402 Move! 560 00:40:59,353 --> 00:41:01,597 Kneel to the god Ivar! 561 00:41:02,425 --> 00:41:04,151 Kneel down! 562 00:41:05,497 --> 00:41:07,499 Bow your head! 563 00:41:07,568 --> 00:41:09,052 On your knees! 564 00:41:09,605 --> 00:41:11,054 Bow to god Ivar! 565 00:42:31,479 --> 00:42:33,620 Bring on the sacrifice! 566 00:42:37,865 --> 00:42:39,522 Ivar! 567 00:42:44,285 --> 00:42:45,493 Ivar! 568 00:42:55,055 --> 00:42:56,297 Ivar! 569 00:43:00,232 --> 00:43:02,269 Ivar! 570 00:43:11,174 --> 00:43:12,659 Praise Ivar!