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(WIND WHOOSHING)

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(GASPING)

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(GRUNTS)

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(WIND HOWLING)

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(BJORN BREATHING HEAVILY)

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(<i>IF I HAD A HEART</i> PLAYING)

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(DOGS BARKING)

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GUARD 1: Over there!

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(DOGS BARKING FRANTICALLY)

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Hmm.

11
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GUARD 2: Bring the torches!
We need light!

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Find him!

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GUARD 1: Check the barn!
GUARD 2: We need more!

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GUARD 3: Over here!

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Down there.

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GUARD 1: He's gone that way!

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Floki has escaped,
King Ragnar.

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Of course he has.

19
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GUARD 2: This way!

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Well...

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Go find him.

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(PANTING)

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(HORSES NEIGHING)

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CROWD: Your Highness.

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We have some unexpected
and urgent news from Mercia.

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We have heard that several
leading Mercian nobles,

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refusing to pay
homage to us,

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have risen in revolt
against Queen Kwenthrith,

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and overthrown her.
(GASPS AND MURMURS)

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As far as we know,
she and her son Magnus

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have been imprisoned
in a tower somewhere.

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Meanwhile,
these rebel nobles

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have set themselves up
as a Ruling Council!

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This flagrant abuse of our
last treaty with Mercia

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cannot and will
not be tolerated.

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I've already sent word to King Aelle,
our ally, summoning him here.

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It may be that this time we will
have to use force to overcome Mercia.

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But not before we have
made a last attempt

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to rescue
the Queen and her son.

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You will have to find the tower first!
CROWD: (MURMURING) Yes.

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My Lord, we have already
dispatched scouts.

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We await their report.

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In the meantime, we charge
you all to give warning.

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Summon your men
and your supporters to arms.

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But if, Prince,
they may well not be needed,

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it would be a great
and unnecessary expense

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to keep good men idle and at arms.
(CHUCKLES)

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Whatever the expense,
my Lord,

49
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it is surely
better to be ready

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to seize
the moment when it arrives,

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rather than see
it wasted and gone.

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(SCOFFS) You are
a king's son,

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what do you know about
the burdens of expense?

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(CROWD MURMURING)

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ECBERT: My Lords,

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you talk as if it were an expensive
luxury to keep a standing army.

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But I warn you,
it is rather a necessity,

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for Ragnar Lothbrok,
or others just like him,

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could return to these
shores at any moment!

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I beg you,
cease your quarrels.

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We are talking about
the destiny of Wessex!

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(DOGS BARKING)

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(CROWS CAWING)

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(RAGNAR GROANS)

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Did you free Floki, Helga?

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I don't know.
I might have done.

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Angrboda, come.

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(ANGRBODA COUGHING)

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I don't blame you.

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It is your duty as a wife.

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Floki loves you.

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He only loves himself.

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(SOFT CHUCKLE)

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You know that
better than anyone.

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(CLEARS THROAT)

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Winter is coming.

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Whatever happens,

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you and your child
will need to eat.

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It's food.

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(SIGHS)

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(GROANS)

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(SOLDIERS GRUNTING)
CAPTAIN: Two flanks!

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Three! Back!

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Get those gates open!

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CAPTAIN: High!

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Two, watch your flanks!

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Three! Retrieve!

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Make way for the King!

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(GRUNTS)

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Our Mercian scouts.

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(INSECTS BUZ ING)

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All of them?

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SENTRY: Soldier approaching!

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You know where the tower is?
Yes.

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And you can
lead us there?

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ECBERT: Who told you?

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I don't know.

98
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Then how can
you trust him?

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He was a nobleman.

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He told me he refused to
join the Ruling Council.

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What was his name?

102
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I only knew him as "W".
ECBERT: "W"?

103
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Yes, Sire.

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And still you trust him?

105
00:09:06,463 --> 00:09:07,578
Yes.

106
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Of course he's a member
of the Ruling Council.

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They're using
Kwenthrith as bait.

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It's obvious.

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It's obvious to you.

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What does that mean?

111
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Well, it's the way
you think.

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Not everyone
thinks like you, Father.

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Then you are prepared
to trust this man's word,

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and go with him to Mercia?

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(HORSES NEIGHING)

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You go with some of
our best warriors.

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God also goes
with you, my son.

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And...

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If you have any cause to doubt
the honesty of your scout,

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then think
as I would think.

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And kill him,
without conscience.

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I will bear your
advice in mind, Father.

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And, whatever else,

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save the son!

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Save Magnus.

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CAPTAIN: Mount up!

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AETHELWULF:
Well, farewell, wife.

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Now I trust you again,

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our parting
feels less sorrowful.

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Let's go!

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CAPTAIN: Move out!

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What is wrong?

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(SCOFFS)

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I have just seen my husband

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ride away into
the greatest danger.

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Judith, whatever
happens, I...

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Just because you are King,

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you just not presume that things
will go on as before.

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I never assume anything.

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(SCOFFS)

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00:11:07,959 --> 00:11:11,918
After all, you cannot
force me to share your bed.

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00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:16,460
Well, I would not
dream of forcing you.

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Force is only necessary
against one's enemies.

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00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:23,092
And besides,

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I want you to be free.

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Free?

147
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Yes.

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Not just protected...

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But free.

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To be yourself.

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00:11:41,326 --> 00:11:43,613
I can imagine that
you have never been free

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in your whole life.

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Not since you were born.

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Being a Princess
made it all the worse.

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You've lived
in a gilded cage.

156
00:11:55,965 --> 00:11:59,959
But a cage all the same.

157
00:12:01,971 --> 00:12:03,006
It's true.

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I was not free to
choose my husband.

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00:12:09,479 --> 00:12:11,265
You might have
chosen otherwise?

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00:12:11,814 --> 00:12:12,849
(SCOFFS)

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Possibly.

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00:12:14,984 --> 00:12:18,022
And do you
suppose any other Prince

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would have
allowed you to be free?

164
00:12:22,533 --> 00:12:25,992
So, when you say "free,"

165
00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:28,820
what is it you mean?

166
00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:32,703
How can I be free?

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(CHUCKLES)

168
00:12:41,678 --> 00:12:42,884
Let me...

169
00:12:43,221 --> 00:12:45,713
Let me ask you
something, Judith.

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00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,509
What do you really want?

171
00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:54,229
What do you
really want to do?

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00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,681
If you were free
to choose,

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what would give you the most
pleasure and satisfaction?

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00:13:04,867 --> 00:13:06,858
Go on, say it.

175
00:13:07,412 --> 00:13:08,698
Whatever you're thinking.

176
00:13:13,042 --> 00:13:14,373
I'd like to be a painter,

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like Athelstan.

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00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:20,751
Very well.

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00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:25,711
Then I will find you a great
teacher to instruct you.

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00:13:29,225 --> 00:13:31,057
- I don't believe you.
- Why not?

181
00:13:31,227 --> 00:13:33,764
Because no woman
has ever been allowed

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00:13:33,896 --> 00:13:37,230
to study or work
on the sacred texts.

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00:13:42,905 --> 00:13:43,895
(CHUCKLES)

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00:13:48,411 --> 00:13:49,742
Check those ashes!

185
00:13:54,417 --> 00:13:55,748
It is still warm.

186
00:13:56,252 --> 00:13:58,243
He cannot be
far away from us.

187
00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:00,329
(DOGS BARKING)
Maybe.

188
00:14:24,947 --> 00:14:26,312
(PANTING)

189
00:14:40,171 --> 00:14:42,287
(BELL TOLLING)

190
00:14:42,465 --> 00:14:44,547
(BIRDS WARBLING)

191
00:14:47,804 --> 00:14:51,513
Here and here.

192
00:14:52,683 --> 00:14:54,139
(SPEAKING OLD NORSE)

193
00:14:55,019 --> 00:14:56,760
Two forts either
side of the river,

194
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to prevent the Vikings sailing
right up to the city.

195
00:14:59,816 --> 00:15:03,309
But how does he mean to prevent the
boats sailing past the forts?

196
00:15:03,403 --> 00:15:04,643
(SIGHS) Ah.

197
00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:10,156
(SOFT CHUCK E)

198
00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:27,214
Yah.
(LAUGHING)

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00:15:29,846 --> 00:15:31,678
- Good.
- Good.

200
00:15:33,516 --> 00:15:34,847
We will build the forts.

201
00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:39,519
(ROLLO GRUNTS)

202
00:15:48,197 --> 00:15:49,278
Boat.

203
00:15:50,867 --> 00:15:51,857
Shh.

204
00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:55,031
Shh.

205
00:15:58,541 --> 00:15:59,576
Ah.

206
00:16:01,878 --> 00:16:03,164
He's telling us
to build more boats

207
00:16:03,254 --> 00:16:05,541
capable of attacking the
Northmen in the water.

208
00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:07,046
Hmm?

209
00:16:09,260 --> 00:16:10,375
Good.

210
00:16:12,430 --> 00:16:16,048
So, after today, it seems I
have two reasons to be pleased.

211
00:16:16,559 --> 00:16:17,765
Firstly,

212
00:16:18,060 --> 00:16:21,644
Duke Rollo's sound and interesting
advice for the protection of Paris.

213
00:16:22,523 --> 00:16:23,763
And then, secondly,

214
00:16:24,442 --> 00:16:26,900
Princess Gisla's
horror at marrying him.

215
00:16:27,028 --> 00:16:28,314
(CHUCKLES)

216
00:16:29,906 --> 00:16:30,987
Mmm.

217
00:16:31,073 --> 00:16:33,565
I'm sure she will soon seek to
have the marriage annulled,

218
00:16:34,577 --> 00:16:36,693
on the grounds that it was
never consummated...

219
00:16:36,913 --> 00:16:38,153
Whether that is true or not.

220
00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:41,994
I have to ask, Count,

221
00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:44,205
whether you are not bitter
that the Emperor

222
00:16:44,295 --> 00:16:46,536
is claiming all of
the credit for saving Paris?

223
00:16:47,423 --> 00:16:48,629
Of course.

224
00:16:49,592 --> 00:16:51,174
I confess the sight
of that little man

225
00:16:51,302 --> 00:16:52,838
basking in
the glow of his success

226
00:16:52,929 --> 00:16:54,511
makes me feel
physically ill.

227
00:16:55,640 --> 00:17:00,009
Especially when I recall how cowardly
he was during the siege.

228
00:17:00,102 --> 00:17:01,433
You remember that,
don't you?

229
00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:04,555
Paris deserves a much
stronger, braver Emperor.

230
00:17:09,737 --> 00:17:11,023
Let me drink to him.

231
00:17:18,955 --> 00:17:20,070
Tell me...

232
00:17:21,958 --> 00:17:25,121
Do you think that his daughter
is really any braver than he is?

233
00:17:25,795 --> 00:17:26,830
What do you mean?

234
00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:29,121
She was brave enough
to fetch the Oriflamme.

235
00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:31,255
Your desire
clouded your judgment,

236
00:17:32,927 --> 00:17:35,385
for she is clearly not what
you suppose her to be.

237
00:17:36,806 --> 00:17:38,262
And, frankly,

238
00:17:39,141 --> 00:17:41,257
a man brave
enough to be Emperor

239
00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:44,014
needs a consort with
real iron in her soul.

240
00:17:50,361 --> 00:17:51,897
(SCOFFS)

241
00:17:55,199 --> 00:17:57,736
This is more of a brute
than we have used before,

242
00:17:59,537 --> 00:18:01,119
and it will
hurt you more.

243
00:18:03,332 --> 00:18:04,447
Are you sure?

244
00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,376
(BELL TOLLING)

245
00:18:31,193 --> 00:18:32,274
(DOOR OPENS)

246
00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,271
(HORSES NEIGHING)

247
00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:58,005
(WIND HOWLING)

248
00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:07,598
(GRUNTS)

249
00:19:10,441 --> 00:19:12,523
(GRUNTING)

250
00:19:41,222 --> 00:19:42,883
(WIND WHOOSHING)

251
00:20:08,582 --> 00:20:09,617
(SCREAMS)

252
00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:29,391
(GASPING)

253
00:20:37,987 --> 00:20:39,523
(DOGS BARKING)

254
00:20:47,705 --> 00:20:49,537
(BARKING CONTINUES)

255
00:20:55,838 --> 00:20:57,499
He's up there! Get him!

256
00:20:57,631 --> 00:20:59,247
HUNTER 1: Hurry! After him!

257
00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:11,680
HUNTER 2: Where did he go?

258
00:21:11,812 --> 00:21:13,394
Where is he?
He was just here.

259
00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:15,267
I saw him.

260
00:21:33,584 --> 00:21:35,621
HUNTER 1: Quick!
HUNTER 2: Where did he go?

261
00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:46,468
He's here!

262
00:21:46,806 --> 00:21:48,012
He's here!

263
00:21:48,349 --> 00:21:49,589
Look! Down there!

264
00:21:51,769 --> 00:21:52,975
He's there! Jump in!

265
00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:59,140
(YELLING AND SCREAMING)

266
00:22:04,490 --> 00:22:05,821
(MEN GRUNTING)

267
00:22:09,703 --> 00:22:11,159
(SCREAMING)

268
00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:20,832
(BELL TOLLING)

269
00:22:52,413 --> 00:22:53,824
(SOFT GASP)

270
00:22:58,502 --> 00:22:59,708
Athelstan?

271
00:23:02,006 --> 00:23:03,041
Who?

272
00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:05,798
Who are you?

273
00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:10,004
My name is Prudentius
of Troyes in Frankia.

274
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:13,632
I was told that
King Ecbert of Wessex

275
00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:16,639
required a teacher
of illumination.

276
00:23:18,314 --> 00:23:19,429
(SOFT CHUCKLE)

277
00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:20,726
Do you know
anything of this?

278
00:23:23,193 --> 00:23:24,274
Yes.

279
00:23:25,446 --> 00:23:26,527
Yes.

280
00:23:26,947 --> 00:23:29,814
King Ecbert told me
he would ask for a teacher.

281
00:23:29,992 --> 00:23:31,903
(CHUCKLES) I didn't
really believe him.

282
00:23:35,706 --> 00:23:38,289
May I ask who you are?

283
00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:43,620
I am the wife of
Prince Aethelwulf,

284
00:23:44,381 --> 00:23:45,621
King Ecbert's son.

285
00:23:47,468 --> 00:23:51,712
Then perhaps it is one of your
sons who needs my services.

286
00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:56,224
Actually, it's not
one of my sons...

287
00:23:57,394 --> 00:23:58,509
It's me.

288
00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:03,556
That is...

289
00:24:04,068 --> 00:24:05,229
(SOFT CHUCKLE)
Not possible.

290
00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:06,726
What's not possible?

291
00:24:07,738 --> 00:24:09,479
To work on sacred texts.

292
00:24:10,199 --> 00:24:13,362
To teach the sacred
mysteries to a woman?

293
00:24:14,495 --> 00:24:15,951
It's what you
were hired for.

294
00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:19,785
Go and ask the King.

295
00:24:24,505 --> 00:24:25,495
(BELL TOLLING)

296
00:24:25,631 --> 00:24:26,621
(WINCING)

297
00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:35,213
The Count,
for all his jealousy,

298
00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:37,465
is impressed by
your Northman.

299
00:24:39,061 --> 00:24:40,847
Our new Duke Rollo.

300
00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:46,349
He spoke about
him a great deal.

301
00:24:47,903 --> 00:24:49,485
Did he speak
of anyone else?

302
00:24:53,075 --> 00:24:54,565
He spoke of the Emperor.

303
00:24:59,581 --> 00:25:00,912
Was he...

304
00:25:03,419 --> 00:25:04,409
indiscreet?

305
00:25:10,009 --> 00:25:15,846
He talked of his utter
contempt of the Emperor.

306
00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:19,507
Is that indiscreet?

307
00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:26,018
I must congratulate you on
extracting such useful information,

308
00:25:27,776 --> 00:25:29,107
though, of course,

309
00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:33,062
I regret the price you
have to pay to get it.

310
00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:37,616
Now, see if you can find out
anything else about Odo,

311
00:25:39,413 --> 00:25:41,950
which will discredit him
in the Emperor's eyes.

312
00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:46,409
Then, when the time is right,

313
00:25:46,754 --> 00:25:49,121
I will inform His
Imperial Highness

314
00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:53,124
of the duplicity
and treachery

315
00:25:53,886 --> 00:25:57,629
of his high and
most trusted servant.

316
00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:01,299
And then?

317
00:26:02,311 --> 00:26:05,804
Then, let the cards
fall as they may.

318
00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:17,990
No, no, no, keep... Keep,
keep pouring . (LAUGHTER)

319
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,650
Thank you. Very good.

320
00:26:20,913 --> 00:26:22,654
(LAUGHS) It's very good.
Very good.

321
00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:25,160
ECBERT: Bishop Edmund,

322
00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:30,248
allow me to introduce a new
member of our community.

323
00:26:30,631 --> 00:26:33,089
This is Father
Prudentius of Troyes.

324
00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:35,507
Father Prudentius, welcome.

325
00:26:36,845 --> 00:26:40,930
Forgive us, we were just
sampling last season's vintage.

326
00:26:41,016 --> 00:26:43,132
I trust it was a good year.

327
00:26:44,186 --> 00:26:47,019
Well, I would be most
grateful for your opinion.

328
00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:49,351
Hmm?

329
00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:51,940
(CHUCKLES)
(SNIFFS)

330
00:26:52,027 --> 00:26:53,017
(BISHOP EDMUND CLEARS THROAT)

331
00:26:56,657 --> 00:26:58,022
(SLURPING)

332
00:27:02,704 --> 00:27:04,115
I'm so sorry!
Forgive me, I...

333
00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:07,869
It's very good.

334
00:27:08,877 --> 00:27:11,289
It's the way we
taste wines in Frankia.

335
00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:14,880
Otherwise, we would
be perpetually drunk.

336
00:27:15,008 --> 00:27:16,043
Oh.

337
00:27:16,552 --> 00:27:17,883
Very good.

338
00:27:26,395 --> 00:27:28,511
Prudentius has
come to teach us

339
00:27:28,605 --> 00:27:30,687
some of the secrets
of illumination.

340
00:27:31,233 --> 00:27:32,894
- Ah.
- When Athelstan left,

341
00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:37,354
he left many sacred texts
unadorned and unfinished.

342
00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:41,407
I regard it as my holy duty
to complete that monk's work.

343
00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:44,239
The King has told me
a great deal about him.

344
00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:46,737
I also desire

345
00:27:47,082 --> 00:27:50,245
that Prudentius should teach
Judith to illuminate.

346
00:27:52,212 --> 00:27:54,419
He is troubled
by the idea.

347
00:27:57,509 --> 00:28:00,422
You are a Bishop
of our Holy Church.

348
00:28:00,971 --> 00:28:04,054
Surely you agree that
it would be immoral?

349
00:28:07,227 --> 00:28:08,262
Well?

350
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:12,601
God...

351
00:28:14,318 --> 00:28:17,151
Saw fit to allow
a former prostitute

352
00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:19,361
to wash the limbs
of his own son

353
00:28:19,448 --> 00:28:21,155
when He was brought
down from the cross.

354
00:28:21,283 --> 00:28:25,151
If He tolerated such a woman
touching the sacred flesh,

355
00:28:26,121 --> 00:28:30,035
how much more would He
approve of a good and pious

356
00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:34,289
Christian woman adorning
His sacred texts?

357
00:28:34,463 --> 00:28:35,498
Hmm?

358
00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:08,031
Free.

359
00:29:10,249 --> 00:29:11,330
(CLAMORING)

360
00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:12,622
We found Floki!

361
00:29:22,803 --> 00:29:23,964
HVITSERK: We have him!

362
00:29:25,347 --> 00:29:26,963
UBBE: We found him, Father!

363
00:29:29,643 --> 00:29:31,054
(CROWD SILENCES)

364
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:33,476
The great Floki...

365
00:29:37,150 --> 00:29:38,356
Captured by mere children!

366
00:29:38,485 --> 00:29:39,850
(MURMURS AND CHUCKLES)

367
00:29:42,364 --> 00:29:44,480
Why didn't
the gods protect you?

368
00:29:45,867 --> 00:29:49,201
Why didn't they hide you
better from such innocent eyes?

369
00:29:50,539 --> 00:29:51,870
Could it be

370
00:29:52,207 --> 00:29:55,199
that the gods were not
interested in saving him?

371
00:29:56,378 --> 00:29:59,040
Becuase they are
angry at you.

372
00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:09,009
Is there anything you
want to say to that?

373
00:30:18,191 --> 00:30:19,397
I've said it all.

374
00:30:19,526 --> 00:30:20,561
(CROWD GASPS)

375
00:30:21,903 --> 00:30:23,189
(SIGHS)

376
00:30:24,573 --> 00:30:25,904
(SCOFFS)

377
00:30:32,706 --> 00:30:33,912
Bring him forward, please.

378
00:30:35,751 --> 00:30:37,116
Ah, ah, ah.

379
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:42,751
You made me suffer...

380
00:30:43,091 --> 00:30:45,128
And now,
I shall make you suffer.

381
00:30:46,303 --> 00:30:49,136
And I've got such a
wonderful punishment for you.

382
00:30:50,057 --> 00:30:51,343
You'll probably
appreciate it, too.

383
00:30:51,433 --> 00:30:53,219
See, I borrowed it
from the gods.

384
00:30:54,561 --> 00:30:55,926
It's very imaginative.

385
00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:59,938
And it goes on,
and on, and on...

386
00:31:01,276 --> 00:31:02,437
And on.

387
00:31:03,779 --> 00:31:05,269
Nothing heroic.

388
00:31:06,114 --> 00:31:08,276
No chance to impress the gods.

389
00:31:14,289 --> 00:31:15,825
(CROWD JEERING)

390
00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:19,958
MAN: Take him! Take him away!

391
00:31:27,677 --> 00:31:28,917
Why are you still angry?

392
00:31:29,012 --> 00:31:32,221
Because Floki still refuses to
admit why he did what he did!

393
00:31:32,307 --> 00:31:33,468
But he's right.

394
00:31:36,478 --> 00:31:37,639
Right?

395
00:31:39,189 --> 00:31:40,645
What did he do
that was wrong?

396
00:31:41,483 --> 00:31:43,645
All he did was
kill a Christian.

397
00:31:43,777 --> 00:31:45,267
Why should he be
punished just for that?

398
00:31:45,362 --> 00:31:47,979
This is not about
Christians or faith!

399
00:31:48,323 --> 00:31:49,984
It's about loyalty...
(GRUNTS)

400
00:31:50,492 --> 00:31:51,607
- And trust!
- Ow!

401
00:32:15,851 --> 00:32:17,842
Something you
can't understand.

402
00:32:26,528 --> 00:32:28,519
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

403
00:32:38,915 --> 00:32:40,280
(WIND RUSTLING)

404
00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:41,706
(SHEEP BLEATING)

405
00:32:57,601 --> 00:32:58,966
(PANTING)

406
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:05,393
SOLDIER 1:
All rig ht, I'll go fetch.

407
00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:07,061
SOLDIER 2: I'm thirsty.
Stings.

408
00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:08,563
SOLDIER 3: Look at my hilt.

409
00:33:10,572 --> 00:33:12,404
Halt! Enemy to the front!

410
00:33:12,616 --> 00:33:14,072
Cohorts! Enemy approach!

411
00:33:14,242 --> 00:33:15,653
Cohorts!

412
00:33:15,744 --> 00:33:17,075
CAPTAIN: Stand guard!

413
00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:18,402
SOLDIER: We're under attack!

414
00:33:18,747 --> 00:33:21,079
CAPTAIN: Archers at the ready!

415
00:33:21,291 --> 00:33:22,622
Main gate!

416
00:33:34,596 --> 00:33:35,677
Hold!

417
00:33:39,434 --> 00:33:41,926
Ten men to the gates!
Attack! Go!

418
00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:43,101
(SOLDIERS YELLING)

419
00:33:58,119 --> 00:33:59,450
(MEN GRUNTING)

420
00:34:04,334 --> 00:34:05,449
(SWORDS CLANKING)

421
00:34:07,671 --> 00:34:10,459
SENTRY: Alarm!
The wall is breached!

422
00:34:14,302 --> 00:34:15,463
Man on tower!

423
00:34:17,806 --> 00:34:18,841
(SCREAMS)

424
00:34:18,974 --> 00:34:20,715
All men, engage the enemy!

425
00:34:20,809 --> 00:34:22,140
Go! Attack!

426
00:34:22,811 --> 00:34:24,802
Go! Go! Go! Go!
(SOLDIERS YELLING)

427
00:34:34,698 --> 00:34:37,156
MERCIAN CAPTAIN:
Archers! Archers! Left flank!

428
00:34:38,702 --> 00:34:39,817
Draw!

429
00:34:40,203 --> 00:34:41,364
Loose!

430
00:34:54,175 --> 00:34:56,007
All men, to the gates!

431
00:34:56,177 --> 00:34:57,542
Attack!

432
00:35:05,687 --> 00:35:08,270
Kill the Queen.
And the child! Go!

433
00:35:11,234 --> 00:35:12,690
Key man! Man with key!

434
00:35:14,195 --> 00:35:15,526
(GRUNTS)

435
00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:19,778
(SC REAMS)

436
00:35:20,577 --> 00:35:21,612
(YELLING)

437
00:35:39,387 --> 00:35:40,752
Kill the Queen!

438
00:35:41,014 --> 00:35:42,630
Kill the Queen!

439
00:35:45,894 --> 00:35:47,225
(SCREAMS)

440
00:35:56,196 --> 00:35:57,277
(PANTING)

441
00:35:58,865 --> 00:36:00,276
(BOTHGRUNTING)

442
00:36:16,675 --> 00:36:17,710
(GRUNTS)

443
00:36:27,852 --> 00:36:29,342
(GRUNTING)

444
00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:37,901
(SCREAMING)

445
00:36:52,460 --> 00:36:53,495
(GASPING)

446
00:37:23,533 --> 00:37:24,898
(GRUNTING)

447
00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:30,325
Hold him there!

448
00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:39,584
(ME N GRUNTING)

449
00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:50,261
Kill the Queen!
Kill the Queen!

450
00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:51,470
(GRUNTING)

451
00:37:54,355 --> 00:37:55,686
SOLDIER: Hold him still!

452
00:37:58,860 --> 00:37:59,895
(GRUNTS)

453
00:38:00,445 --> 00:38:02,106
(PANTING)

454
00:38:07,327 --> 00:38:08,362
(GASPS) No!

455
00:38:08,953 --> 00:38:11,035
No! (PANTING)

456
00:38:11,498 --> 00:38:12,533
No!

457
00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:16,249
(BOTH GRUNTING)

458
00:38:26,846 --> 00:38:28,177
(PANTING)

459
00:38:30,350 --> 00:38:31,715
(GRUNTING)

460
00:38:34,354 --> 00:38:36,641
Get off! Get off! Get...

461
00:38:48,827 --> 00:38:50,317
(WHIMPERING)

462
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,216
(BOTH GRUNT)

463
00:39:08,972 --> 00:39:11,009
(BOTH PANTING)

464
00:39:16,145 --> 00:39:18,011
What took you so long?

465
00:39:20,984 --> 00:39:22,691
(WIND WHOOSHING)

466
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:46,961
(GRUNTS)

467
00:39:57,687 --> 00:39:59,348
(WOLVES HOWLING)

468
00:40:10,658 --> 00:40:12,023
(GRUNTING)

469
00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,032
(WIND HOWLING)

470
00:40:20,126 --> 00:40:21,491
What are you doing up here?

471
00:40:22,545 --> 00:40:25,207
(SOBBING) I am trying to dig
a grave. Can't you see?

472
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,336
For my daughter.

473
00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:38,346
What did she die of?

474
00:40:39,729 --> 00:40:40,935
Does it matter?

475
00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:49,352
Have you told Floki?

476
00:40:50,031 --> 00:40:51,192
No.

477
00:41:07,507 --> 00:41:08,918
(GRUNTING)

478
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,227
(WATER DRIPPING)

479
00:41:26,651 --> 00:41:28,267
(WEEPING)

480
00:41:31,572 --> 00:41:33,404
(HEAVY BREATHING)

481
00:41:54,429 --> 00:41:55,885
(WEEPING)

482
00:42:23,332 --> 00:42:24,743
(SCREAMING)