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RAGNAR:
Tell me about Paris.

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It has these walls
all around.

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This city is impregnable.

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Give us the name of the
father of your child?

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Athelstan.

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(SCREAMING LOUDLY)
Athelstan.

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ATHELSTAN:
The Lord has come to me.

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RAGNAR:
Then you're a Christian again?

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With all my heart.

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It is better that
I leave Kattegat now.

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What do you mean?
You cannot leave!

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You're the only one I can
trust so you must stay.

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FLOKI:
Blood must be spilled.

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A sacrifice be made.

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My purpose is clear.

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Lord, receive my soul.

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There is nothing that
can console me now.

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Forgive me, my friend,
not for what I have done.

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But for what I am
about to do.

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(IF I HAD A HEART PLAYING)

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BOATER:
Lord Ragnar.

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It is all very well
to criticize others.

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If they had agreed to act,

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the progress of the Northmen
would have been frustrated

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at every reach
of the river.

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But while others have neglected their
responsibilities, I have not been idle.

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Paris has been prepared
for this attack.

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We are well-provisioned
with food and water,

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enough to last
the whole summer.

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I am relieved to hear it.

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To some extent,

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we are at your
mercy, Count Odo,

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for you must protect us
against these pagans.

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Your Highness, it is still not too
late for you to leave the city.

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Many here would urge
you to save yourself.

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Surely,

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they would blame me for abandoning
our capital at such a time?

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Perhaps they would think it
is a sensible precaution.

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Allow me a moment
to reflect, Count Odo.

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GISLA:
Father?

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Count Odo thinks it might be
a good idea for me to leave.

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You must tell Count Odo that you have
no intention of abandoning your people.

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That whatever happens,

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you will stay with them,

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be with them,
protect them.

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I am sure, father, that that
was always your intention.

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Count Odo,

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I am determined not
to quit the city.

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Not in its most
urgent hour of need.

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The next few
days and weeks

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will test the faith
of all of us.

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I pray to God Almighty

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that not one of us
is found wanting

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in either courage

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or belief.

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Yours is a heavy burden,

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Count Odo.

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You have many Christian
souls in your care.

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I carry this burden
with a light heart,

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knowing I share it with our Lord,
and with your Highness.

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But I must ask your Highness if you
have appealed to your brother,

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the Eastern Emperor, for help?

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He could surely provide
an army for our relief.

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I will not ask either of
my brothers for help.

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I must prove myself better
than my brothers, Count Odo,

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and these Northmen have
provided the opportunity.

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Defeat them,

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and I will be seen
as a worthy successor

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to my grandfather,

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to the great Charlemagne.

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So you see, Count Odo,

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that your burden is...

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really much heavier

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than you imagined.

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(MAN SHOUTING WAR CRY)

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Raise shields!

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(MAN SHOUTING ORDERS)

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ROLLO: Guard! Row the boats!

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Row! Row!

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KING ECBERT:
Mmm.

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Forgive me

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for asking, my son,
but how is your marriage?

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It's a marriage.

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It is hard to forget
what happened, and...

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I try hard to forgive,

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as our Lord
requires us to do.

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"Even those who
trespass against us."

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I'm glad to hear it.

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There is something
I wanted to ask you.

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Judith is King
Aelle's daughter.

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What does she think
of her father?

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And...

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what would she think if we
decided to overthrow him?

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- You would really do that?
- Of course.

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How else would I become
Bretwalda, King of Kings?

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King of all England.
Of course I must overthrow him.

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I just wondered how
upset your wife would be.

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From what Judith has told me,
there is no love lost between them.

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That is what I thought.

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Do you plan to invade?

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Not initially. I have
certain plans in place.

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Various suggestions
to invite chaos.

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Including, perhaps,
assassination.

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My god! Father,

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- Aelle is your ally and your friend.
- Oh, no.

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Not my friend.

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I don't have any friends.

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It's better that way.

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(BABY CRYING)

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Come here, Alfred.

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Come to your grandfather.

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A magnificent boy!

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ECBERT:
I wonder how he is?

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JUDITH:
Who?

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- Athelstan.
- It's that name again.

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Why must you forever
bring him to mind?

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For when I think of
that filthy apostate,

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it reminds me of how my
wife whored with him.

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And how much more she should
have suffered for it.

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- ECBERT: Aethelwulf!
- This is not to do with you, father!

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This is between me
and this Jezebel!

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This harlot!

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(BABY CRYING)

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Leave. Now.

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Here.

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(SNAKE HISSING)

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(HISSING)

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You wanted to talk
to me, Ragnar?

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I miss him.

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Athelstan.

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I wish he was
here with us.

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Since you carry his cross,
he still is here with us.

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He would have been useful.

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We will manage
without him.

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Well.

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We have no choice now.

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(GRUNTS)

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Father, forgive me.

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(CRIES OUT IN PAIN)

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Holy Father, forgive me.

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For behold, I am
a miserable sinner.

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(SNIFFING)

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MESSENGER:
I must speak with the prince.

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Prince Aethelwulf!

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Prince Aethelwulf!

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You have interrupted
the sacred.

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- There is no excuse.
- There is one, my Lord.

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Death waits for no man!

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Who is this?

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You sent nobles with Queen Kwenthrith,
to look after our interests in Mercia.

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What happened to you?

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The Queen repudiated
the contract she signed with us.

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She wants to rule alone.

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(GROANS)

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She tried to kill all of us that were sent
to safeguard the interests of Wessex.

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- She is quite mad.
- Speak no more.

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Rest, my Lord.

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I know we have had our
differences of late.

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Perhaps it is my fault,
I have not been myself.

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I want you to know, Floki,

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that I need you.

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Now more than ever.

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I've always

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believed in you.

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That is why...

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I want you to be in
command of this raid.

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Me?

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Sit, sit.

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It's okay, sit.

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King Ragnar, we
have reached Paris.

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- Now, we all want to know...
- Puh, puh, puh, puh...

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The king...

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my oldest friend has asked
me to take command.

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So...

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How do we best
attack the city?

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(CLEARS THROAT)

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Some of us...

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have taken a closer look at the city
from further up the bank.

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And we suggest a plan.

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To mount simultaneous attacks both
from the water and from the land.

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LAGERTHA: I will lead an assault on
the tower and the gates of the city.

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We will attack
the gates together.

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LAGERTHA:
I said I would lead the assault.

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We may need the tools
Erlendur made.

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I will make that decision,
if and when we need to make it.

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- I trust Earl Kalf to make it.
- I don't think you were listening.

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At the same time as the
attack at the gates,

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there will also be
a river-borne attack.

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The ships will be filled with
warriors and means of scaling,

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we will beach
beneath the walls.

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We will climb up and gain entry
to the city that way as well.

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In which case, Floki,

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you will be responsible
for constructing

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whatever it is we need
to scale these walls.

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(SNICKERS)

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Oh, don't you worry
about me, Rollo.

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I will make something
truly astonishing.

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Just wait and see.

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All those who agree
with the plan, say aye.

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ALL:
Aye!

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Aye.

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Let's hope the gods
bless your efforts.

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(SNICKERS)

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(ASLAUG SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE)

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Please take her.

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Take my baby.

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What are you
talking about?

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I cannot care for her.

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Of course you can.

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I can't.

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I want her to be
like your sons.

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I want her to be Viking.

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What does it matter
what you call someone?

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Whether she's Viking or not
Viking is not important.

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What is important is that
you love and nurture her.

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For if you are fortunate,
she will grow up healthy.

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And give you grandchildren
to be proud of.

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Think of Bjorn.

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I am...

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This is why I want you
to raise his daughter.

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Bjorn loves you.

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Bjorn will be much happier

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and better off without me.

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- That is not true.
- It is what I believe.

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It is a very selfish
thing to believe.

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(SNIFFLING)

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I cannot help it.

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Your daughter needs you.

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She needs her mother.

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You must not
talk this way.

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Pray to Freya.

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Freya will comfort you
as she comforts me.

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We women bear
heavy burdens.

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But it is not
to be helped.

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And even when we are
dealt with harshly,

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remember, it is the gods who
have woven our destinies.

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Not ourselves.

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My son.

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I have another mission
for you on our behalf.

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You must go to Mercia
and persuade Queen Kwenthrith

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that her interests and
ours are one and the same.

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She has killed six
of our nobles.

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Yes.

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That is certainly...

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unfortunate.

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And she ought
to be punished.

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So much for gratitude.

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What kind of a world
do we live in,

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when the friends of our friends,
kill our friends?

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But still, there is a way for this
deluded Queen to find some redemption.

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There is?

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My son,

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Mercia has been weakened
by years of civil wars.

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She is no longer
what she was,

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and must acknowledge
the power of Wessex.

258
00:21:55,877 --> 00:22:01,002
Without Wessex, Mercia is now more than
ever at the mercy of the Northmen.

259
00:22:01,008 --> 00:22:04,002
As well as other
Saxon neighbors.

260
00:22:04,489 --> 00:22:05,842
Like Northumbria?

261
00:22:05,857 --> 00:22:08,944
Precisely. Like Northumbria.

262
00:22:09,971 --> 00:22:11,404
Yes.

263
00:22:11,411 --> 00:22:14,984
Those closest, but unexpected,
can sow a terrible harvest.

264
00:22:16,467 --> 00:22:19,781
I charge you
to go to Mercia.

265
00:22:19,787 --> 00:22:24,161
And tell the Queen that she may be
forgiven for slaughtering our nobles

266
00:22:24,174 --> 00:22:29,993
but only if she begs mercy and
reconfirms her subjugation to Wessex.

267
00:22:30,006 --> 00:22:31,366
If not,

268
00:22:31,373 --> 00:22:33,673
we will show her
the iron fist.

269
00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:36,844
We will invade and we
will destroy her,

270
00:22:36,859 --> 00:22:42,422
and her limbs being fastened to four
horses, her body will be torn apart.

271
00:22:45,868 --> 00:22:48,189
Or something of that sort.

272
00:22:48,841 --> 00:22:53,151
But also tell her that we have
a repugnance for such measures,

273
00:22:53,171 --> 00:22:54,886
being Christians.

274
00:23:29,553 --> 00:23:30,833
Torvi...

275
00:23:37,668 --> 00:23:40,074
Torvi, I should
have spoken before.

276
00:23:40,087 --> 00:23:41,476
Why?

277
00:23:47,657 --> 00:23:49,115
You know why.

278
00:23:49,859 --> 00:23:51,486
It doesn't matter.

279
00:23:52,349 --> 00:23:55,547
I am not with child,
neither am I a child.

280
00:23:57,709 --> 00:23:59,551
I took advantage.

281
00:23:59,558 --> 00:24:00,936
So did I.

282
00:24:07,566 --> 00:24:08,895
Uh...

283
00:24:13,432 --> 00:24:14,865
This is for you.

284
00:24:28,734 --> 00:24:30,972
- What's that?
- Nothing.

285
00:24:32,127 --> 00:24:33,801
- Let me see!
- No.

286
00:24:33,807 --> 00:24:35,267
You are hurting me.

287
00:24:40,876 --> 00:24:42,803
It's far too good for you.

288
00:24:42,815 --> 00:24:44,035
Whore.

289
00:26:01,118 --> 00:26:04,737
ODO: The Northmen have been scouting
the countryside, and our defenses.

290
00:26:04,750 --> 00:26:07,111
We must expect
an attack any day now.

291
00:26:07,136 --> 00:26:10,911
EMPORER CHARLES: Gisla, I regret
not sending you to safety in time.

292
00:26:12,243 --> 00:26:14,303
It is much on my mind.

293
00:26:14,309 --> 00:26:16,395
I did not want
to be sent away.

294
00:26:16,407 --> 00:26:18,740
I wanted to stay
here with you.

295
00:26:18,746 --> 00:26:21,673
There is nowhere I would
rather be than here in Paris,

296
00:26:21,686 --> 00:26:24,007
beside you, in
your hour of need.

297
00:26:24,553 --> 00:26:26,186
But I must tell you both,

298
00:26:26,207 --> 00:26:28,092
I have been much
about the city.

299
00:26:28,590 --> 00:26:32,136
The people of Paris are frightened
to death by this pagan army.

300
00:26:32,142 --> 00:26:35,719
So far, only their firm belief
in god's grace and protection,

301
00:26:35,726 --> 00:26:38,264
prevents them from becoming
hysterical and violent.

302
00:26:38,276 --> 00:26:40,998
I am aware of the need to pacify
and control the population.

303
00:26:41,011 --> 00:26:43,420
Thank you, Princess Gisla.

304
00:26:43,426 --> 00:26:45,678
Perhaps you yourself might
help to reassure them

305
00:26:45,684 --> 00:26:49,860
that we are well-protected, and have
enough supplies to withstand a long siege.

306
00:26:49,873 --> 00:26:51,973
Though, god willing,
it will not come to that.

307
00:26:51,980 --> 00:26:54,165
You may rely upon me to do
everything possible

308
00:26:54,190 --> 00:26:56,863
to persuade the people
of our ultimate victory.

309
00:26:56,869 --> 00:26:59,423
Even your presence in
the city, Princess,

310
00:26:59,437 --> 00:27:01,236
helps them to believe in that.

311
00:27:01,237 --> 00:27:04,316
Yet it is for my father
to lead us to that victory.

312
00:27:05,066 --> 00:27:06,399
Is it not, father?

313
00:27:13,787 --> 00:27:15,400
I must to bed.

314
00:27:16,341 --> 00:27:17,581
I am tired.

315
00:27:19,353 --> 00:27:22,410
But I am glad we have
had this conversation,

316
00:27:22,976 --> 00:27:28,346
and I am also very glad that I have
placed my faith in you, Count Odo,

317
00:27:29,002 --> 00:27:31,290
as well as in God Almighty,

318
00:27:31,958 --> 00:27:35,446
for the successful
outcome of this matter.

319
00:27:44,727 --> 00:27:45,926
I must too go to bed.

320
00:27:46,425 --> 00:27:48,052
Of course.

321
00:27:48,065 --> 00:27:52,138
And yet I beg you to stay
a moment and listen to me.

322
00:27:53,067 --> 00:27:55,660
You once refused my
offer of marriage.

323
00:28:00,020 --> 00:28:02,904
What had I achieved?
What could I offer you?

324
00:28:03,603 --> 00:28:06,531
But then I heard how many other
offers of marriage you had declined,

325
00:28:06,538 --> 00:28:09,762
from men far richer,
far grander than me, and...

326
00:28:09,768 --> 00:28:11,750
So, it gave me hope.

327
00:28:12,587 --> 00:28:17,216
And my hope is that once I have
successfully managed the defense of Paris,

328
00:28:17,229 --> 00:28:19,849
and the defeat of
the Northmen, and...

329
00:28:19,855 --> 00:28:22,328
gained a new and high reputation,

330
00:28:23,048 --> 00:28:25,526
you will look again
at my proposal?

331
00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:29,212
If you save Paris,

332
00:28:29,231 --> 00:28:31,243
I will forever
be in your debt.

333
00:28:32,392 --> 00:28:34,639
But your first
duty, Count Odo,

334
00:28:34,651 --> 00:28:37,662
is to concentrate on the
defeat of the Northmen.

335
00:28:38,561 --> 00:28:40,728
On that, I am sure
we both agree.

336
00:29:23,211 --> 00:29:24,585
FLOKI:
Higher up.

337
00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:29,246
FLOKI: Pull again, pull again.
It needs to be more at an angle.

338
00:29:33,127 --> 00:29:34,340
You must be hungry.

339
00:29:34,358 --> 00:29:35,746
I have brought you
something to eat.

340
00:29:35,751 --> 00:29:38,931
I'm not hungry.
My work nourishes me.

341
00:29:39,634 --> 00:29:42,701
I have so many
responsibilities now, Helga.

342
00:29:43,283 --> 00:29:45,191
Everyone is
depending on me.

343
00:29:45,197 --> 00:29:48,823
My inventions will allow
us to enter Paris.

344
00:29:48,836 --> 00:29:50,069
You will see, Helga.

345
00:29:50,075 --> 00:29:52,236
Our warriors will
storm the walls

346
00:29:52,242 --> 00:29:55,047
and we will all win
the greatest renown.

347
00:29:55,066 --> 00:29:56,560
Especially me.

348
00:29:56,573 --> 00:29:59,274
Floki, the boat builder.

349
00:29:59,299 --> 00:30:03,112
Floki, the tower maker.

350
00:30:06,461 --> 00:30:08,644
But, of course...

351
00:30:08,655 --> 00:30:11,064
it's not me making
these towers.

352
00:30:11,512 --> 00:30:15,174
It's the gods using
my poor hands.

353
00:30:16,717 --> 00:30:19,323
Do you know why they
are helping me, Helga?

354
00:30:19,910 --> 00:30:21,140
Do you know why?

355
00:30:21,976 --> 00:30:25,391
It's because I gave
them a great sacrifice.

356
00:30:25,403 --> 00:30:26,864
I appeased them.

357
00:30:26,870 --> 00:30:28,304
I delighted them.

358
00:30:28,317 --> 00:30:30,210
I filled them with joy.

359
00:30:30,223 --> 00:30:32,130
Do you know what
I did, Helga?

360
00:30:32,143 --> 00:30:33,951
Do you know what I did?

361
00:30:34,943 --> 00:30:36,974
I killed Athelstan!

362
00:30:54,003 --> 00:30:55,919
(HORSES GALLOPING)

363
00:31:00,701 --> 00:31:02,140
Whoa! Whoa.

364
00:31:05,081 --> 00:31:07,794
- Who are you?
- You know who I am.

365
00:31:07,807 --> 00:31:08,961
Now take me to her.

366
00:31:08,980 --> 00:31:12,338
Not until you tell me the purpose of
your visit, the Queen will need to know.

367
00:31:12,345 --> 00:31:14,574
Queen Kwenthrith knows
perfectly well,

368
00:31:14,599 --> 00:31:18,533
that the son of King Ecbert of
Wessex wishes to speak to her.

369
00:31:18,546 --> 00:31:21,471
She would certainly be ill-advised
if she refused to meet me.

370
00:31:23,312 --> 00:31:24,833
Look! You...

371
00:31:26,808 --> 00:31:28,648
Do as you're told.

372
00:31:28,660 --> 00:31:30,360
If you want
to spare your life.

373
00:31:51,165 --> 00:31:52,501
Judith...

374
00:31:56,256 --> 00:32:00,145
You spoke before in the
baths of the Romans.

375
00:32:00,164 --> 00:32:01,564
I was surprised.

376
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,734
Most of our people know
nothing about them.

377
00:32:05,194 --> 00:32:08,440
I still know very little,
but I was always curious.

378
00:32:09,117 --> 00:32:11,051
I have some words, here...

379
00:32:11,072 --> 00:32:12,917
from the Romans
themselves.

380
00:32:14,179 --> 00:32:17,255
Athelstan helped me
to translate them.

381
00:32:18,693 --> 00:32:20,181
Athelstan?

382
00:32:23,285 --> 00:32:26,753
(READING IN LATIN)

383
00:32:33,574 --> 00:32:40,165
"Don't ask, we may never know, Leuconoe,
what the gods plan for you and me.

384
00:32:40,178 --> 00:32:44,814
Leave the Chaldees to parse
the sentence of the stars."

385
00:32:45,434 --> 00:32:46,795
So strange.

386
00:32:48,123 --> 00:32:51,584
As though he is here,
talking to us now.

387
00:32:55,392 --> 00:32:58,426
"Of expectation. Life's short.

388
00:32:58,441 --> 00:33:04,372
"Even while we talk, time,
hateful, runs a mile.

389
00:33:04,392 --> 00:33:08,284
"Don't trust tomorrow's
bough for fruit,

390
00:33:08,297 --> 00:33:12,476
Pluck this, here, now."

391
00:33:14,769 --> 00:33:19,176
Well, whoever wrote those
words must be very wise.

392
00:33:25,686 --> 00:33:27,050
Judith.

393
00:33:28,528 --> 00:33:31,159
As long as there is
breath in my body,

394
00:33:31,184 --> 00:33:34,750
I will protect you
and your son, Alfred.

395
00:33:34,775 --> 00:33:36,315
Believe me.

396
00:33:53,652 --> 00:33:54,875
Hm.

397
00:34:10,287 --> 00:34:13,705
(WOMAN MOANING)

398
00:34:37,806 --> 00:34:39,594
(BIRDS CHIRPING WILDLY)

399
00:34:48,446 --> 00:34:51,063
(ATHELWULF GRUNTING ANGRILY)

400
00:34:52,686 --> 00:34:54,348
KWENTHRITH:
Prince Athelwulf.

401
00:34:55,781 --> 00:34:57,758
Do forgive me for
keeping you waiting.

402
00:34:58,745 --> 00:35:00,031
I was bathing.

403
00:35:00,046 --> 00:35:01,566
Queen Kwenthrith,

404
00:35:01,591 --> 00:35:03,504
I bring a message
from my father.

405
00:35:03,517 --> 00:35:05,290
He condemns the murder
of our nobles,

406
00:35:05,315 --> 00:35:07,222
who accompanied you
here in good faith.

407
00:35:07,228 --> 00:35:11,236
He insists that you reaffirm the status
of Mercia as a client state of Wessex.

408
00:35:11,242 --> 00:35:13,996
Ah, so much talk
of business.

409
00:35:16,335 --> 00:35:17,741
Come, now.

410
00:35:18,868 --> 00:35:21,307
May I offer you
a cup of wine?

411
00:35:28,789 --> 00:35:30,151
To our alliance.

412
00:35:34,427 --> 00:35:35,427
(TUTS)

413
00:35:42,759 --> 00:35:44,012
There.

414
00:35:44,546 --> 00:35:46,006
Now, come.

415
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:47,532
Sit.

416
00:35:49,689 --> 00:35:51,143
(SIGHS)

417
00:35:51,168 --> 00:35:52,836
So...

418
00:36:00,714 --> 00:36:03,126
I'm quite happy to discuss
these matters further.

419
00:36:03,133 --> 00:36:04,494
What is there to discuss?

420
00:36:04,499 --> 00:36:07,553
- My father insists that...
- My father, my father!

421
00:36:08,592 --> 00:36:11,127
How old are you,
Aethelwulf?

422
00:36:11,799 --> 00:36:12,952
Hm?

423
00:36:12,967 --> 00:36:14,893
Do you always do what
your father tells you?

424
00:36:14,902 --> 00:36:16,862
Don't you have your own
thoughts and your own feelings?

425
00:36:16,871 --> 00:36:19,344
I have feelings of duty.

426
00:36:19,357 --> 00:36:21,124
I try to do what is right.

427
00:36:21,146 --> 00:36:22,862
For my country
and for my god.

428
00:36:22,876 --> 00:36:24,361
(LAUGHING)

429
00:36:27,512 --> 00:36:28,512
Oh.

430
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:32,287
Do you know what I wonder?

431
00:36:33,512 --> 00:36:36,558
I wonder what your father
threatened to do to me.

432
00:36:37,549 --> 00:36:39,610
Hm... Let's see.

433
00:36:42,020 --> 00:36:44,160
Did he want
to tear me apart?

434
00:36:45,627 --> 00:36:46,709
Violate me?

435
00:36:48,115 --> 00:36:49,393
Whip me?

436
00:36:50,172 --> 00:36:52,281
Oh, whip?

437
00:36:53,923 --> 00:36:56,006
Would you like to whip me?

438
00:36:58,618 --> 00:37:00,491
Would it excite you?

439
00:37:03,763 --> 00:37:05,312
Oh...

440
00:37:06,425 --> 00:37:08,250
Come to my bed.

441
00:37:09,702 --> 00:37:12,810
After all, why not enjoy
what your father enjoyed?

442
00:37:16,322 --> 00:37:19,054
Lead me not into
temptation,

443
00:37:19,461 --> 00:37:22,744
but deliver me from evil.

444
00:37:22,769 --> 00:37:24,327
Goodnight.

445
00:37:33,856 --> 00:37:35,293
Sweet dreams.

446
00:37:57,869 --> 00:37:59,063
Come.

447
00:38:04,922 --> 00:38:06,275
Prince Aethelwulf?

448
00:38:07,125 --> 00:38:09,012
May I present
to you, my son,

449
00:38:09,954 --> 00:38:11,192
Prince Magnus.

450
00:38:12,274 --> 00:38:13,614
Hello darling.

451
00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:16,186
That is a Northern name,
that is not one of ours.

452
00:38:17,432 --> 00:38:19,392
Oh, clever you.

453
00:38:19,398 --> 00:38:21,632
Yes, he's named
after his father.

454
00:38:21,639 --> 00:38:22,852
His father?

455
00:38:22,873 --> 00:38:24,340
I think you may know him.

456
00:38:25,033 --> 00:38:26,534
Ragnar Lothbrok.

457
00:38:31,529 --> 00:38:33,242
Our nobles...

458
00:38:33,642 --> 00:38:35,556
before you killed them...

459
00:38:35,562 --> 00:38:37,231
never reported that
you were with child,

460
00:38:37,249 --> 00:38:39,193
still less that the father
was Ragnar Lothbrok.

461
00:38:39,199 --> 00:38:42,254
Nevertheless, he
is Ragnar's son.

462
00:38:42,913 --> 00:38:45,084
And nothing will stop him from
returning to these shores

463
00:38:45,095 --> 00:38:47,669
both for Magnus and for
his settlement.

464
00:38:48,089 --> 00:38:50,447
We have destroyed
his settlement.

465
00:38:53,036 --> 00:38:56,359
Then he will return with
vengeance upon you.

466
00:38:56,372 --> 00:38:58,851
In which case, it will
inconvenience us a great deal

467
00:38:58,863 --> 00:39:01,688
if he were to find a ready
ally here in Mercia.

468
00:39:03,483 --> 00:39:06,396
So whether or not this poor
child is Ragnar's son,

469
00:39:06,409 --> 00:39:08,375
makes no difference.

470
00:39:08,380 --> 00:39:10,035
He cannot help you.

471
00:39:10,050 --> 00:39:12,769
And you can't
threaten us with him.

472
00:39:13,616 --> 00:39:14,616
Guards!

473
00:39:17,319 --> 00:39:19,902
(CHUCKLING)

474
00:39:20,623 --> 00:39:21,927
Queen Kwenthrith,

475
00:39:22,758 --> 00:39:25,104
You would be
unwise to kill us.

476
00:39:25,540 --> 00:39:28,339
It would give my father
the very pretext he needs.

477
00:39:28,352 --> 00:39:32,429
A pretext to invade Mercia
and become its king.

478
00:39:35,050 --> 00:39:38,939
He may even have been
prepared to sacrifice me

479
00:39:38,958 --> 00:39:40,996
to attain his ends.

480
00:39:41,009 --> 00:39:43,583
So, if you value
your life,

481
00:39:43,588 --> 00:39:44,823
and that of your son,

482
00:39:44,830 --> 00:39:48,318
then I suggest you sign the documents
we have brought with us,

483
00:39:48,324 --> 00:39:51,473
reaffirming the fact that Mercia
is a vassal state of Wessex,

484
00:39:51,486 --> 00:39:54,140
and must, in future,
pay not only homage,

485
00:39:54,165 --> 00:39:57,486
but also taxes to Wessex
for the privilege.

486
00:41:07,646 --> 00:41:09,247
Everything ready, Floki?

487
00:41:11,858 --> 00:41:14,616
Yes. Everything is ready.

488
00:41:15,820 --> 00:41:18,512
Tomorrow we attack Paris.

489
00:41:18,999 --> 00:41:20,382
(GIGGLES)

490
00:41:26,442 --> 00:41:27,980
(BELL TOLLING)

491
00:43:11,973 --> 00:43:16,932
(REPEATING WITH CROWD AS CHANT)

492
00:43:40,926 --> 00:43:47,926
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