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00:05You
00:40I have no fear. He will recover.
01:04Stop praying for him to die. We will be blamed for this.
01:08What if we blame him first?
01:32Stiora, open the doors.
01:34Perhaps she's sleeping.
01:36Stiora, wake up. It is your father.
01:38Stay back and name yourself.
01:40My father calls himself Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
01:43Who are you?
01:44Stiora, it is us. It really is.
01:52His father has defeated the Danes.
01:59I've come to take you home.
02:01You're lucky I didn't stab you through the door.
02:11The battle was never close. Not to have left you in danger.
02:15There have been rumours of retreating fighters.
02:16We made a plan if we were attacked.
02:19Where's my daughter?
02:21Elfwin!
02:23Elfwin!
02:24Elfwin!
02:29Mother!
02:32I've missed you.
02:33I've missed you too.
02:36Ethelstan, you can come out.
02:39Knute has been sent to help.
02:44Mr. Boy?
02:45I'm no one.
02:48I will explain later.
02:52Father, when do we ride home to Cookham?
02:54Tonight?
02:55No, but soon.
02:56Once the peace is secure.
02:57Please!
02:58I'm too old to be stuck here with children!
03:01Stiora?
03:09Lord, all town approaches on the road.
03:26Lady, Ethelred is injured. Some are saying fatally.
03:31There's a rumour he will not last a week.
03:32We must go to him.
03:33Tomorrow?
03:34These roads are too dangerous at night.
03:35We must speak to him and the Eldermen.
03:37No plan has been made for this succession.
03:38Lady, the mood amongst the Eldermen is ugly.
03:41Those who survived the massacre blame Ethelred for deserting them and denounce your brother for not coming to their aid.
03:46Does this anger extend to Ethelred?
03:49I don't know.
03:53We ride at first light.
03:54Lady.
03:55Stiora, take the children and secure yourselves. Open the door to no one but us.
03:59Why?
03:59You said the Danes are defeated.
04:00It is not just the Danes we have to fear.
04:02What?
04:03How much longer will I live like a prisoner?
04:05She is young to take on such a burden.
04:07You were betrothed by her agents. If it was, they will remain secure until the new threats have passed.
04:14I should not leave the children unprotected any longer. My men will stay here.
04:18If Ethelred dies, times will be unstable.
04:21An empty throne provokes more trouble than a weak king.
04:23Our traditions are strong. The Eldermen will choose a wise successor.
04:26And what if that successor seeks to have you removed? Widows are rarely welcome in times of change.
04:31Look at your mother.
04:31Mercia is my home.
04:33Yet you have no formal protection here. No son or father to speak for you.
04:36At best, they will send you to a nunnery and marry your daughter to the highest bidder.
04:40No, Ethelred will not suffer because of this.
04:43So leave.
04:45And come to Cookham where I can protect you both.
04:49Unless you want to live a life of prayer and chastity.
04:52The Eldermen will not turn on us.
04:54The battle does not always bring reward to the flesh.
04:56This much I've learned.
05:04This much I've learned.
05:23Why did the Eldermen circle?
05:26How long have I been sleeping?
05:29Since the day of the battle, Thor.
05:30You fell and injured your head.
05:31Did we win?
05:34I remember very little.
05:37We did.
05:39We returned from East Anglia and sent the Danes running to the sea.
05:48Who in the name of God advised that we go to East Anglia?
05:53Um.
05:54You did.
05:56The news came of the invasion and we returned to protect our people.
05:59After hundreds had already been slaughtered.
06:03I remember arriving at the battle.
06:13Am I to recover?
06:15I'm sure that you will.
06:25Why do you lie to him when he is certain to die?
06:28I ease him in his time of need.
06:31More like in his time of judgement.
06:33What is this but punishment for greed and ambition, Borgrid?
06:36He left us to face the Danes alone.
06:38To all the defences we had.
06:40And for what?
06:41A few miles of marshland barely able to kill the crop.
06:43Borgrid.
06:44I will speak for I have nothing else to lose.
06:47My eldest pulled from my hands.
06:49Be.
06:51Beheaded.
06:53My youngest and my wife beaten.
06:55Men of one up are raided and humiliated and no one came to help us.
07:01And yet we survived.
07:02I will not honour him.
07:06And nor should you, Borgrid.
07:08And after all that you've suffered.
07:11Suffice to say that I did all I could to persuade him to return sooner.
07:15But I failed.
07:17Trust me.
07:19The mercy in God feel you are lost deeply.
07:32Old Helm, have you spoken with the Eldman?
07:34There's to be a witness with the survivors.
07:36Perhaps I will address them.
07:38They can thank me for bringing Knut to the field.
07:40Perhaps you should remain here.
07:42Do you not want me with you?
07:46Time's a feverish.
07:47Now's the moment for calm negotiation.
07:49The men who play politics always say that.
07:52And then they come running for my help.
07:59I demand you do not leave the room.
08:01We are in love.
08:02Are we not?
08:08Did he mention my mistake?
08:09Does he blame me for our late return?
08:11He has not spoken of you.
08:12Good.
08:13Perhaps he's forgotten.
08:14Well, if he has, then it will not be for long.
08:15We should leave before his mind repair.
08:16No, we will stay until he dies.
08:18There is an opportunity to regain our influence.
08:20Brother.
08:21No.
08:21Listen.
08:22The mercy guard are loyal to me and the Elderman are against him.
08:25Groups are forming as the Raven Circle.
08:28I could be a peacemaker between them.
08:30Brother, this is madness.
08:31Yes.
08:31We have played with fire and found ourselves burnt.
08:34Lady Aethelflaed.
08:36Are you the woman who is healing him?
08:38No, merely sitting by his side.
08:40My name is Edith.
08:43I have heard your name.
08:46You must be her brother whose late entry into battle helped us prevail.
08:50Her actions were decisive, lady.
08:51If a little delayed.
08:52I would like to speak to my husband alone.
08:54I command the mercy and guard and only take orders from Lord Aethelflaed.
08:57Lady.
09:01Are you questioning whether I know the mind of my own husband?
09:05No.
09:06Of course not.
09:07We will withdraw.
09:15Aethelflaed.
09:17I must be dying if you are here.
09:19I am certain God will restore you to health.
09:23I fear that may not be true.
09:26Priests have prayed over me as they are preparing the final rites.
09:32They will not meet my eye.
09:34And nor will you.
09:37Why have you come?
09:39To revel in my suffering?
09:43I am concerned about the fate of our daughter.
09:46Should you be taken from us.
09:50Without a father to protect her, I wish to ensure she is not further abused.
09:54You have treated her most unkindly.
09:56It is because she is not my daughter.
09:58I may struggle to remember, but that I know.
10:01So you must also know that people regard her as your daughter.
10:04She is rather fair for her mercy.
10:06And that consequently, they will seek her hand to support their claim to your title.
10:11So what is it that you want?
10:13At the very least, you agree not to betroth her to some heartless fool.
10:18As you were.
10:22Our union brought us misery and the people knew it.
10:25It created a crack in Mercia that did not serve it well.
10:29The Eldermen of marriageable age were all slaughtered.
10:33The best of them taken.
10:36There is a danger dishonourable hands will try to grasp her.
10:40So?
10:41So allow me to choose someone suitable and I promise you this kingdom will thrive.
10:50I agree.
10:51You should approve the match.
10:55If only you were as faithful to me as you are to Mercia.
11:00If you had not treated me with so much cruelty since our wedding night,
11:03perhaps things could have been very different between us.
11:12If you fear death, now is the moment to ask for forgiveness.
11:19Who ordained you, Confessor?
11:25And let it be between you and your God.
11:28May he weigh you in the balance for all you have done.
11:35Aethelflaed.
11:38I know that I have not always treated you kindly.
11:41For that I am sorry.
11:44I was younger and more foolish.
11:50And as for you, I...
11:52I hope that you can find some comfort.
11:58To live without being loved is a torture.
12:04Which is why you acted with so much cruelty.
12:30If I may say, Lord King, I think this is unwise.
12:33Injured or not, Aethred will be held to account for abandonment.
12:38But I say, let them drown in a turmoil of their own making.
12:41Turned out well for us last time, leaving them to it.
12:44Until the enormous battle.
12:46Indeed, Father Pureleg knows how to win battles.
12:49We won the war.
12:50Now we must help bring about the peace.
12:53Mercia does not need any more instability.
12:56And what about the people of Winchester?
12:59Indeed.
13:00Have my mother publicly rebuked for raising King Howell's army.
13:03She must learn her interference brings a cost.
13:15King Rich.
13:16Lord.
13:18Have our men directed here to help rebuild the town.
13:21The Mercians are proud people.
13:23I doubt they will want our help.
13:24We will not ignore their plight again.
13:29We cannot wait.
13:32Our Lord will but recover.
13:34We should not delay the decision.
13:36We are too few to pass a decision.
13:39We should wait until other elder men have arrived from all parts of Mercia.
13:43That is how it has been done and shall continue.
13:45But the matter is pressing, Ludica.
13:47Yes, yes.
13:48And the next successor is clear.
13:51My younger son's claim is strong through his uncle.
13:54And he is untainted by a connection to disloyal Wessick.
13:58Your son is too young, Bogred.
14:01Oh, come.
14:02If the West should befall our kingdom, we will need a man of wisdom.
14:06Oh, wisdom.
14:06And who would you be thinking of, Ludica?
14:09He may yet be well enough to enhance his own success.
14:12You should speak to them. They talk in circles.
14:14They will not offer me a chance to speak.
14:16They can refuse you.
14:18They say I should be at Æthelred's bedside.
14:22Tell me it is less disordered than it looks.
14:24I cannot.
14:25There is division, there is anger.
14:27They think Wessex has abandoned them.
14:30And there is talk that they do not honour the Union.
14:36I send mercy a break from Wessex.
14:38Some are saying, huh? Yes.
14:40Then we must appease them.
14:41I understand their frustrations with my husband, but to sever Saxon unity would hurt us all.
14:47We must remain united.
15:03Lord Æthelred, I heard you were injured.
15:06Yes.
15:09Forgive me if I do not get out.
15:13They told me that...
15:23It's your father's in you.
15:36He will be in his shroud before the week is out.
15:38You must act decisively to install someone here before chaos breaks out.
15:42His successor is decided by the Elderman.
15:44And who decides what the Elderman decide?
15:46I cannot simply march into Mercia and tell them how to conduct their affairs.
15:50I have not been as attentive to them as I should have.
15:52Fortunately, you are already here, so no marching is required.
15:55Danish survivors have been spotted heading east.
15:57Shall we send a band to capture them?
16:00No.
16:01All forces must come here to Aelisbar.
16:09Are those the Elderman?
16:10Yes.
16:11What do we know of them and their intentions?
16:12Those two reckon they remember the chance to take the title.
16:15The grey-haired one, Ludica, wants a kingdom and hasn't the balls to fight for it.
16:20The other one, Borgred, wants it for his son, but no one likes him enough to say yes.
16:23Could this son be betrothed to your niece, Lady Elfwing?
16:28Bring a successor under your wing with a family connection and work for your father.
16:31Child on the throne will not bring security.
16:33Let us meet with the older Elderman, Ludica.
16:36He is likely to be the most reasonable.
16:38First, I must speak with my sister.
16:48Lord?
16:51It appears there might be new turbulence.
16:54Tell the Wessings Guards to settle within the walls.
16:56Of course.
16:57Oh, and that command to punish the King's mother, that is an order you yourself could undertake?
17:04Was punishment what the King commanded?
17:06It's what he wants, but cannot order directly.
17:10He feels the Lady Elfwing needs containing.
17:21Brother, you have heard of my husband's injury?
17:24Yes, I have seen him.
17:25Should he die, what are the plans for the succession?
17:27It is not clear, the Eldermen are much diminished.
17:29There is talk of a break from Wessex.
17:32They wish to abandon the alliance between Wessex and Mercia as they feel you have abandoned them.
17:36That cannot happen.
17:37If Tetonhall has taught us anything, it is that the two kingdoms stand stronger when they are together.
17:41I know.
17:41I cannot preside over the breaking of our alliance, and I will not allow the fracturing of our father's dream.
17:50We will betroth the Lady Elfwing to the successor and seal the bond between our lands.
17:54In return for the strengths you will bring to their claim in Mercia, we will ask if they are loyal
17:58to Wessex.
17:59I agree with the idea, but it is not that simple.
18:01The rest of the young Eldermen have been slaughtered. There is no one suitable.
18:05Then we will find someone suitable.
18:06Lord King, the men who remain are not well disposed to you. There is no obvious choice.
18:10Where is the Lady Elfwing now?
18:11Safe at Saltwich with my men.
18:13Then bring her here and we will settle the matter.
18:14No, we will settle the matter and then we will bring her here.
18:17Elisbur is volatile.
18:18And surely it is best if she is with her family.
18:20She is too young to be used as bait.
18:25Find me the right suitor and we will make haste to arrange a match.
18:29I promise you brother, this alliance means as much to me as it does to you.
18:34Bring the Eldermen to me.
18:36Have no fear, I will resolve this.
18:41Keep an eye on the Eldermen yourself.
18:42I will find out how long Edward intends to stay.
18:45My brother is finally trying to enact my father's will.
18:48We should welcome this.
18:49I know.
18:49But his authority is under threat and men under threat do not always act with wisdom.
19:01Show respect for the fallen of Titan Hall!
19:06Who does this party have killed and
19:10So that's kind what I will.
19:11Hello!
19:13Hello!
19:17Hello!
19:19Tell the pitching.
19:20Do you not make it too?
19:24Freeing the Magic?
19:25Please move forward!
19:25I can't wait for it.
19:30I'm very specific.
19:33Shh!
19:36He is too young to be displayed before the people.
19:38If he is to send men to war as the future king of Ressix, he must know the consequences.
19:51I'm not trying to woo King Edward.
19:53I'm not asking you to hump him, merely ingratiate yourself, as will I.
19:56Why did we try a plan that has failed before?
19:58Has it failed? In the palace, are we not?
20:00By luck, nothing more.
20:02You're giving up too easily.
20:03And you were living a fantasy.
20:05Take this opportunity and escape.
20:07Go back to having nothing.
20:09And avoid the turmoil that will unfold when Æthelred dies.
20:12I am mistress to a dead king.
20:14You are the favourite of a dead king since one of such people thrived.
20:18Edward is not foolish like Æthelred.
20:20Please, brother, see what is real and what is not.
20:24For all you lack ambition.
20:27What did you say?
20:29Every plan we've made you've agreed to.
20:31You cannot choose to play and then run when it gets a little dangerous.
20:35Æthel's lit.
20:38Edward just thought it all is true, stay, Lisbeth.
20:40He is just being cautious.
20:41I was expecting a fight.
20:43There will be no fight because we will find a resolution.
20:47Trust him.
20:47He knows now not to put one kingdom before the other.
20:50I'm going to Frankia before your insanity drowns us both.
20:52You will go nowhere without my permission.
20:56So well, lady.
20:58Yes.
20:59He is my brother and it is just a foolish disagreement.
21:04My husband is asking for you.
21:06Attend him, please.
21:13What kind of a man treats his sister this way?
21:20Æthelred has sailed this place.
21:24Then leave.
21:26You do not have to do this.
21:29If we went with you, they would follow and drag us back in shame.
21:32Can we go further than they can follow?
21:34North to the edge of Danelaw?
21:36Jayester?
21:37The road to Jayester is too dangerous.
21:38But if we made it, it has Roman walls.
21:41Can we defend it?
21:48I want to, Æthred.
21:52To live in peace by your side.
21:55To raise my daughter in safety.
21:58Nothing would bring me greater happiness.
22:02But if we left, we could never return.
22:05We cannot let them destroy all we have fought for.
22:28This is a generous gesture.
22:30One, King.
22:31I know I speak for the people of Mercia.
22:33And I say, we are grateful for your men's labor.
22:36Come on, men.
22:37Let our friends from Wessex see our strength.
22:41Is this intended as a slight?
22:44Oh, no, Lord King.
22:45He merely strives to redeem his family name.
22:48And I, for one look and a kindly,
22:50his father lost his land in very undignified circumstances.
22:53He merely has the drive of one tainted by disgrace.
22:57Birdwolf.
23:01I believe you pulled me into safety during the battle.
23:04Yes, Lord King, I did.
23:06Something I do for any warrior.
23:07Tell me, how are the Mercian guard minded on the succession
23:11should your lord depart this life?
23:13We have no view on it.
23:15They're loyal to the leader of Mercia, whoever that is.
23:19They have little time for politics, but they're good men.
23:22Respond to strong leadership.
23:25Hmm.
23:26Well, I thank you for your honesty
23:28and your action on the battlefield.
23:32Lord King,
23:35on behalf of my people,
23:36I demand that you remove your troops from Aylesburg.
23:39I will not abandon Mercia when she is in need.
23:43Clearly a provocative show of strength.
23:45I know that you are a man in grief,
23:48but may I suggest you remove yourself from the King's presence.
23:57Gladly,
23:59I've had my fill of wessies.
24:02There are ways to make men lord of Mercia without the Witten.
24:06Seek to control us.
24:10And I will use them.
24:16I fear these are not vacant threats.
24:20Borgret will do something foolish to place his son on the throne.
24:23Has he not lost one child already?
24:26Ethelred is fading, lord.
24:28Time is pressing.
24:34What do you make of Lodica?
24:36He cares deeply for peace, which is good,
24:38but he also cares deeply for Mercia,
24:40which may lead us into conflict in time.
24:43He seems a man of piety and reason.
24:46But how old will he be when elf-winners of age to produce an heir?
24:50He's not much older than I am,
24:52and I'm still active in the field.
24:54Ethelred will not like it.
24:56With respect,
24:57your sister needs to start doing what she's told.
25:02That man, Erdwolf,
25:03he seems respected by his warriors.
25:06He's younger, and we know him to be brave.
25:08But he's not an elder man.
25:10I know what you can about him.
25:27Do not ask me.
25:29What is certain planning?
25:31I do not know, and I've had enough of politics.
25:34You got in trouble for icing the watch?
25:36You did what was needed.
25:38Did I?
25:39Hundreds dead.
25:40Mercia in turmoil.
25:41Turned the tide against the lanes.
25:43And led to new chaos and new divisions.
25:45Look how the people turn on each other.
25:46This is what happens when kings weaken,
25:48the lines of command are broken,
25:50and the people on the streets suffer.
25:51Nonetheless, I need you to find out
25:53what Detwood is planning to do with his troops.
25:55No.
25:55I'm a man who speaks the truth,
25:57or at my worst, a man who uses his fist.
25:59I was not built for spying and betrayal.
26:01I leave you.
26:05Bjorka warned me.
26:07Bjorka warned me.
26:07He said I might have to choose between my conscience and my king.
26:10But what if it was a message to be steadfast that I ignored,
26:13seeking my own glory?
26:19Bjorka saw things more clearly than the rest of us.
26:23He knew what was coming.
26:28And he knew that you would choose wisely.
26:41Oh, shut up.
27:01Where are you taking these women?
27:05On a pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Weta.
27:08We will give thanks for our great victory.
27:10You shall not leave the town.
27:11An order has come from Ailesborough.
27:14You are to be confined as a punishment
27:15for raising an army without the king's consent.
27:18And when was this confinement decided?
27:21I've been asked to enact the will of the king.
27:24Have Lady Elstwith guarded in the reading room.
27:29Do as Cainrich orders.
27:31Ignore this girl.
27:35She speaks without authority.
27:39Look how she trembles.
27:41Do you defy the will of the king?
27:44You are not the king.
27:46No.
27:47But I am anointed queen.
27:49And in Edward's absence, my will takes precedence.
27:55I will not fight against it.
27:58I simply ask for the soldier to bring a prayer book to my room so that I may reflect.
28:11It will be resolved.
28:13There's good will on all sides.
28:16I'm fine.
28:20He is honest and good-natured, but I am troubled by his age.
28:26Should I offer Ladika, my niece, as a dowry in return for a renewal of the Alliance?
28:32It is, of course, your position, but I would follow your instincts.
28:39Look to the hero of the battle.
28:42No more trouble in the taverns, I hope.
28:45You'll send men to water down the air, Lord King.
28:47Lord Ethelhelm asked me to join you at the table.
28:49I did indeed.
28:50Welcome.
28:53Continue.
28:55The Mercian Guard is loyal to him.
28:58It will bring the fighting force under your command.
29:01As you know, he is keen to restore his name.
29:04And he served Ethelret with complete loyalty.
29:07He even calls him the Arslicer.
29:10I do not want an Arslicer.
29:12I want a man who will serve all of our interests.
29:16Yes.
29:17Someone who will work with us to achieve the peace you need.
29:22But the choice is yours.
29:25Is there more trouble in the town?
29:27Does Borgry gather men?
29:29No.
29:31The King just asked I sit beside you.
29:36It's a sign that he wishes to propose to the Eldermen and the Mercian Guard that I should be the
29:40successor.
29:46Do I have your loyalty?
29:49The Guard are loyal to the leader of Mercier.
29:51Good.
29:52And finally, order will be restored.
30:05Thank you for staying by my side.
30:08Your wife has commanded it.
30:10They all wish me dead.
30:12Do they not?
30:17Why did I do something to offend my people?
30:23All of you, leave me alone.
30:26With...
30:29With Edith.
30:33With...
30:40I remembered your name.
30:45Were we in love?
30:48Though I know I regret to see you suffer.
30:51I could not in truth say that I loved you.
30:57If I mistreated you, then I am sorry.
31:03Women are used to being mistreated.
31:07We are taught to endure it.
31:10Will you survive without me?
31:12I do not know.
31:16I have survived a great deal.
31:18Tell me the truth.
31:19If...
31:22Am I to die?
31:30Prayers are being said for you.
31:32Yes.
31:33The rumour is that your mind fails and you will die, Lord.
31:39Then I need a miracle.
31:42And it's not clear that I am owed one.
31:47You could try preying on the relics of our beloved saint.
31:50For all your mistakes in Mercier, gathering his bones was not one of them.
31:54They are in the treasury.
31:55Ask them to be brought to me.
31:57I will fetch them.
32:01Perhaps they will bring you to yourself.
32:03Or just a scrap of luck.
32:07I fear that I have much to account for.
32:17This reminds me of when I drank with your father last.
32:20He just secured victory at the Battle of Aethendon.
32:23The feasting was magnificent.
32:24My father always felt our two lands thrived when we broke bread together.
32:28Exactly.
32:29The unity between us is critical.
32:30Both countries, side by side, equal like brothers.
32:33But with deference to King Edward.
32:36With mutual respect, yes.
32:44We should discuss this unity.
32:47And the betrothal of my niece, it seems wise to secure one with the other.
32:51Subject, of course, to the approval of the elderman.
32:54The elderman will do my bidding.
32:55I have him under my control.
32:59Well, as you know, Lady Elfwin is dear to me.
33:01I should like her to be betrothed to a man I trust.
33:04I agree, that seems preferable.
33:05And her youth means that she could be fertile for years.
33:12Yes.
33:13Well, obviously, we want a man with sanding in all parts of Mercia.
33:17Someone we might see as a...
33:19I think the phrase you're searching for is peacemaker.
33:21Someone who can unite the divisions in Mercia.
33:24Indeed.
33:26A peacemaker for times of peace.
33:30Could you be such a man, Erdwulf?
33:38Erdwulf is not an elderman.
33:41His family was disgraced.
33:42Well, disgrace can be reversed by royal decree.
33:49If you agree, all we would need would be the approval of a witam.
33:52And the elderman will do your bidding, will they not?
33:55Unless they feel that I am being cheated.
33:57You would not be.
33:58Because if Erdwulf takes the title,
34:00the land he is owed becomes vacant.
34:03And those could be handed to you in exchange for your generous support.
34:15To the peacemaker.
34:19Peacemaker.
34:22To the peacemaker.
34:35To the peacemaker.
34:36Lord, I come with news that will revive you.
34:46How's the success have been chosen?
34:48The king wishes to betroth me to your daughter.
34:55No.
34:57I will not agree to it.
34:59But her hand with mine will unite the two kingdoms,
35:02and I will be the peacemaker who saves Mercia.
35:06I promised my wife I would not act without her.
35:10Without a plan, King Edward will take your throne,
35:12and Mercia will be subsumed.
35:15Please, Lord, just trust I have Mercia's best interests at all.
35:19I'm begging you.
35:20Have I not always served you well?
35:42I have never lied to you.
35:45I have never lied to you.
35:55You have a stench about you.
35:59You are not worthy of my daughter.
36:03You will never will Mercia.
36:12Get out.
36:15Leave me.
36:24Come on, son.
36:26Help.
36:28Help.
36:31Help.
36:32Help.
36:33Help.
36:36Mom!
36:41Mom!
37:12You did not hear it from me. I merely left a piece to take a piss, and if I'm asked,
37:16I will deny it.
37:16Of course, Purellig, I will not mention your name, but enough talky and corners, I'll simply confront him with it.
37:21I relate you to the chapter.
37:23Edward, tell me there is a mistake, that you have not broken our agreement and betrothed my daughter without my
37:28knowledge.
37:28We are simply making plans should the worst happen.
37:30You agreed Elfwind should not be used as a bargaining piece.
37:33That was before King Edward struck a bargain.
37:36Lutica, you cannot be joined to Elfwind, she is a child.
37:39I'm not the suitor. I'm merely someone trying to prevent chaos.
37:45So who have you betrothed my daughter to?
38:21Edward, you swore you would not betroth her to a man I despised.
38:24Edward, you swore you would not betroth her to a man I despised.
38:24He is a great warrior, he is a leader of men.
38:26Ethel Red still rules here and he will not allow this.
38:34I cannot wake him.
38:44I had looked to this moment for many years.
38:49And now it is here, why do I feel as if I want to cry?
38:53I think you regretted the pain he caused you, lady.
38:58Lord of mercy on his soul and on us all.
39:03Prepare the body and inform your brother that his betrothal will take place imminently.
39:08You are to be sister to the new Lord of Mercia.
39:13Edward, I will fight this!
39:14You will not. You agreed that Elfwind's betrothal was the best thing for Mercia.
39:17I will not have my child condemned to a life of misery.
39:23Please, Luddica, do not accept this plan.
39:25The plan offers stability. I believe it to be the best solution.
39:29Red Wolf is not the man to bring peace, please.
39:32Lady, begging is unbecoming.
39:35After everything I have done for Mercia,
39:37to have risked my life for this reward,
39:39my child thrown to a man who will mistreat her.
39:42Perhaps it will teach her more deference than her mother has.
39:44I will not.
39:51Ride to Sultwitch.
39:53Fetch the Lady Elfwind.
39:55King Edward would like you to ensure no force is used.
40:13He is gone. Ezra is dead.
40:17Then you are free. He can torment you no longer.
40:21I wish that were true.
40:24But they seem to be set on destroying me and all that matters.
40:30I thought Edward's death would be a chance for me to live in peace.
40:35After all this time.
40:37But they cast me aside.
40:40Edward, treat my child as a bag of silver.
40:43I will bargain a way out of this.
40:45Somehow I will.
40:45Do not need negotiation.
40:47We must alert our allies.
40:48Rally them against the Red Wolf if necessary.
40:50It would set the mercy and feud against the Wessex army.
40:52It would be a civil war.
40:54A group of riders have just been sent by Lord Ethelhelm to Sultwitch.
40:58They are to take Elfwind.
41:00Edward is not himself.
41:03I will speak with him again.
41:05Go to Chayas to take her somewhere you can protect her.
41:12Lord, I've heard the terrible news.
41:15I will inform the people of the tragedy.
41:17Our traditions will unite us in grief.
41:19I will bring a time of healing for Mercia.
41:24I fear my sister will not mourn him.
41:26With respect, Lord King, your sister should be on the custom.
41:29She loves Mercia, but she never loved its leader.
41:35Have Ethel fled confined until all this is settled.
41:39If only to save her offending the Eldermen by her lack of grief.
41:51I do not wish to be confined.
41:53There's a chance to mourn.
41:55Only I suggest you make this simple and comply.
42:22Only I suggest you make this simple and comply.
42:24I beg your answer.
42:26Good.
42:28A man I trust.
42:30Follow my next instructions and I ensure you will be well rewarded.
42:34I help my first move the night.
42:47He can break the bed and he will be good.
42:50But I will get up some other books.
42:50I want to get up some other books.
42:52I am going to pass any more books.
42:52I am going to pass any more books on my book...
42:54I am going to pass a book to The padre me.
42:57I am going to pass my book.
42:57Go my next book.
42:57Be true.
43:11Was Beb and Burrow as impressive as we were told as children?
43:14It was more so.
43:16And harder to attack.
43:18Do you think we'll ever return to it, or is it lost forever?
43:20I don't think I will see it again in my lifetime.
43:24Perhaps our children will reclaim it.
43:27I do not want children.
43:30I'm tired of their company.
43:38Alfwyn, come in.
43:40Now.
43:42Aethelstyn.
43:46The men are riding this way.
43:48Which men?
43:48I don't know, but they're coming.
43:51Wait.
43:53We have a plan.
44:00Can I help you?
44:01Are you lost?
44:01We're taking Lady Elfwin to Ellersburg.
44:03Oh, she's already been taken to Winchester.
44:07Who by?
44:08Um, I think he called himself Uhtred.
44:12Let us in.
44:15You two, search for the grounds.
44:18The rest of you with me.
44:19What?
44:20Oh, my God.
44:22What?
44:31Okay.
44:35Okay.
44:59I told you, she's not here.
45:04Let's go.
45:22Sturra!
45:23Sturra!
45:25Sturra!
45:26Sturra!
45:26It is your father!
45:29Did they hurt you?
45:30No.
45:31It worked.
45:31I sent them away.
45:32Good.
45:34It's a trick!
45:35I told you, we've prepared ourselves for an invasion.
45:38Of course.
45:39It's over.
45:40Hey, little trickster you guys here.
45:42Myself for...
45:49What's up?
45:50What's up?
45:57What's up?
45:58What's up?
45:58What's up?
45:59Death came for mother faster than she could ever know.
46:02I've always felt it would come for me, at speed, from nowhere.
46:06When I saw the horse's father, I was prepared, but I wasn't afraid.
46:10Besides, I had faith he'd come for me.
46:12And I was right.
46:19I got a fall of love.
46:20Bread, water and weapons.
46:21The rest we'll find in the road.
46:23Sturra, get the children on the cart.
46:25We head north towards Chester.
46:26Don't you think we have enough?
46:27With children?
46:28And a band of five?
46:29It's only until Ethelvet's acquendar agreement from her brother.
46:33All will be made right.
46:45Come, I've alerted the man that protects you.
46:47He's outside the window.
46:48If you think I will fall into a trap, you are mistaken.
46:51Please, lady, I'm trying to help you.
46:52Why would a mistress help a wife?
46:54Because Mercia has wronged us both and our brothers have turned on us.
46:57Lady, we are not so different.
46:59I have never humped a man for influence.
47:01Just for your country and political alliance.
47:03I never humped a thread willingly, and believe me, I am paying for it.
47:06Go.
47:06I have nothing and no one.
47:08You have silver and men that will help you.
47:13Use them.
47:16Lady.
47:17I will not kill you for this.
47:19He will try, but he will not succeed.
47:20Go, lady.
47:22My brother cannot be controlled and will bring nothing but disaster.
47:27Find Uhtred on the road to Cherester.
47:30Tell him to meet me at the ruins of St. Milbur's Priory.
47:33Do this and I will ensure you will never go penniless.
47:44Do this and I will ensure you will never go penniless.
47:53After everything.
47:54Eddie.
47:54I'll see you as I've abandoned you.
47:56No!
47:57No!
47:58No!
47:58No!
47:59No!
47:59No!
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