1 00:00:02,280 --> 00:00:03,846 Last season on Vikings... 2 00:00:05,631 --> 00:00:08,590 People of Kattegat, all hail your new King! 3 00:00:08,634 --> 00:00:10,375 I want to take Kattegat back from Ivar. 4 00:00:10,418 --> 00:00:13,029 - You have no army. - King Harald has. 5 00:00:13,073 --> 00:00:16,337 Bjorn Ironside, fate has brought us back together again. 6 00:00:16,381 --> 00:00:18,252 We should attack Kattegat, all together. 7 00:00:20,167 --> 00:00:22,822 The Gods have marked you out. Above all men. 8 00:00:22,865 --> 00:00:24,911 You know very well you are not a god. 9 00:00:24,954 --> 00:00:28,262 - Bjorn Ironside has claimed you. - No man will ever claim me. 10 00:00:28,306 --> 00:00:30,221 Don't you ever dream, King Harald? 11 00:00:30,264 --> 00:00:32,266 We are always the same. 12 00:00:32,310 --> 00:00:33,963 We just pretend to change. 13 00:00:36,183 --> 00:00:39,404 I almost died, but was reborn. 14 00:00:42,929 --> 00:00:45,409 The only thing that I've learned is that life 15 00:00:45,434 --> 00:00:47,803 is about suffering. 16 00:00:47,847 --> 00:00:50,242 They whisper that I am the enemy. 17 00:00:50,267 --> 00:00:51,894 They are the enemy! 18 00:00:51,938 --> 00:00:54,388 In Ragnar's time, everyone was free. 19 00:00:54,413 --> 00:00:56,974 He never forced them to worship him. 20 00:00:57,907 --> 00:01:00,752 Thora is dead. Ivar burned her alive. 21 00:01:01,208 --> 00:01:03,428 King Olaf, I've come here to ask you to attack Ivar 22 00:01:03,471 --> 00:01:05,256 and overthrow him as King of Kattegat. 23 00:01:05,299 --> 00:01:07,823 My fate is to kill Ivar. 24 00:01:07,867 --> 00:01:09,869 We saw two armies marching towards us. 25 00:01:09,912 --> 00:01:12,611 One was lead by Bjorn Ironside and King Harald Finehair. 26 00:01:12,654 --> 00:01:15,788 - And the other army? - By a King we did not recognize. 27 00:01:15,831 --> 00:01:17,485 - But someone we did. - My brother Hvitserk. 28 00:01:20,358 --> 00:01:21,815 Come and see! 29 00:01:23,012 --> 00:01:25,885 Come and see the death of humanity! 30 00:01:30,237 --> 00:01:32,413 He is a monster. You have to stop him. 31 00:01:32,457 --> 00:01:34,720 People of Kattegat, we are here to set you free! 32 00:01:35,503 --> 00:01:36,722 I let them in. 33 00:01:43,946 --> 00:01:45,644 Hail King Bjorn, 34 00:01:45,687 --> 00:01:47,925 King of Kattegat. 35 00:01:48,386 --> 00:01:51,214 Hail King Bjorn! 36 00:01:51,258 --> 00:01:55,306 No one will ever forget the name Bjorn Ironside. 37 00:01:55,349 --> 00:01:57,476 But the war is not over. 38 00:02:42,101 --> 00:02:50,101 Synced & corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com 39 00:02:54,824 --> 00:02:58,850 _ 40 00:05:22,954 --> 00:05:24,954 _ 41 00:05:37,615 --> 00:05:40,922 Why is that one-eyed idiot staring at me all the time? 42 00:05:40,966 --> 00:05:42,759 He's been on the road with us for weeks. 43 00:05:43,490 --> 00:05:44,619 I don't like it. 44 00:05:47,015 --> 00:05:50,366 Tell one of our boys to find a quiet spot and get rid of him. 45 00:05:52,586 --> 00:05:54,004 They're just mercenaries. 46 00:05:55,371 --> 00:05:56,851 I wouldn't trust them to do anything. 47 00:05:59,245 --> 00:06:00,855 Well, then, maybe you should do it. 48 00:06:04,685 --> 00:06:05,773 Sure. 49 00:06:23,138 --> 00:06:24,662 Bjorn! 50 00:06:29,101 --> 00:06:31,451 People of Kattegat... 51 00:06:31,494 --> 00:06:33,343 I told you that when I became King, 52 00:06:33,386 --> 00:06:35,716 my rule would be very different from that of Ivar's. 53 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:37,239 And I mean to keep that pledge. 54 00:06:39,546 --> 00:06:42,070 Ivar built a wall around our town. 55 00:06:42,114 --> 00:06:44,203 He discouraged foreigners, outlawed free speech 56 00:06:44,246 --> 00:06:46,031 and dissent amongst our own people. 57 00:06:47,465 --> 00:06:50,644 Kattegat can only survive and grow prosperous through trade, 58 00:06:50,688 --> 00:06:53,386 not conquest. That is my belief. 59 00:06:56,171 --> 00:06:58,391 This is your meeting, your Thing. 60 00:06:58,434 --> 00:07:00,001 Your chance to come to me 61 00:07:00,045 --> 00:07:02,134 with whatever you want, and I will listen. 62 00:07:03,744 --> 00:07:04,919 I am but your humble servant. 63 00:07:07,182 --> 00:07:08,401 King Bjorn! 64 00:07:13,711 --> 00:07:14,918 Who are these men? 65 00:07:20,892 --> 00:07:22,551 I know who they are. 66 00:07:26,898 --> 00:07:30,379 All of these men collaborated willingly with Ivar's regime. 67 00:07:32,730 --> 00:07:35,123 They served as his bodyguards. 68 00:07:35,167 --> 00:07:37,909 They did his bidding, whatever that was. 69 00:07:37,952 --> 00:07:39,776 However cruel, however depraved. 70 00:07:40,607 --> 00:07:42,391 They did it without compunction, 71 00:07:42,435 --> 00:07:44,959 without a thought even for their own families. 72 00:07:47,222 --> 00:07:50,617 They burned alive those who were brave enough to stand against them. 73 00:07:50,661 --> 00:07:52,372 And they burned alive a young woman 74 00:07:53,664 --> 00:07:54,749 called Thora, 75 00:07:55,578 --> 00:07:56,668 who I loved. 76 00:07:57,798 --> 00:07:59,017 Didn't you? 77 00:08:08,679 --> 00:08:09,923 Well, are these men guilty? 78 00:08:09,967 --> 00:08:11,871 Yes! They are! 79 00:08:11,915 --> 00:08:13,351 And what should I do with them, huh? 80 00:08:18,601 --> 00:08:19,733 Take these men away. 81 00:08:31,049 --> 00:08:32,441 Remember, my son, 82 00:08:34,052 --> 00:08:36,402 your full responsibilities of kingship. 83 00:08:54,028 --> 00:08:55,987 These men are all guilty. 84 00:08:56,030 --> 00:08:59,120 They committed crimes against their own people, against you. 85 00:08:59,164 --> 00:09:00,339 Yeah! 86 00:09:01,345 --> 00:09:03,472 And I know you all think they deserve to die. 87 00:09:03,516 --> 00:09:04,691 Yeah! 88 00:09:06,275 --> 00:09:08,715 But there's something far worse than death, far worse. 89 00:09:09,870 --> 00:09:11,534 I will banish them for life. 90 00:09:13,221 --> 00:09:15,658 They will become outlaws, Skogarmaors, 91 00:09:15,702 --> 00:09:17,544 men of the forests, 92 00:09:17,587 --> 00:09:19,358 forever condemned to live in the forest 93 00:09:19,401 --> 00:09:21,882 and other deserted places. 94 00:09:21,926 --> 00:09:24,276 Their property will be confiscated. 95 00:09:24,319 --> 00:09:26,060 They will be branded as Skogarmaors, 96 00:09:26,104 --> 00:09:28,280 and they can be killed with impunity. 97 00:09:28,323 --> 00:09:29,803 This is much worse than death. 98 00:09:31,587 --> 00:09:33,676 They will live not as human beings, but as ghosts. 99 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,082 Outside of human society. 100 00:09:36,126 --> 00:09:39,813 Everyday forced to regret and remember their decisions 101 00:09:39,857 --> 00:09:41,162 and their crimes, 102 00:09:43,512 --> 00:09:44,905 yet unable to atone for them. 103 00:09:46,733 --> 00:09:48,604 Such is my decision. All in favor, say "Aye." 104 00:09:48,648 --> 00:09:50,041 Aye! 105 00:09:50,084 --> 00:09:51,259 Then it is decided. 106 00:10:17,546 --> 00:10:19,635 Come on! Kill me! 107 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:21,438 You'll be doing me a favor! 108 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,280 You made the right decision. 109 00:10:57,021 --> 00:10:58,413 I hope so. 110 00:10:58,457 --> 00:10:59,980 Ivar would never have set them free. 111 00:11:01,764 --> 00:11:03,313 But I'm not Ivar. 112 00:12:32,072 --> 00:12:33,378 Who is this? 113 00:12:33,421 --> 00:12:34,504 He is a Viking. 114 00:12:35,165 --> 00:12:36,340 His name is Ivar. 115 00:12:37,208 --> 00:12:38,687 One night he got drunk 116 00:12:38,731 --> 00:12:40,472 and told everyone that he was a King. 117 00:12:45,303 --> 00:12:47,584 He doesn't look like a King, 118 00:12:48,567 --> 00:12:50,212 and he doesn't travel like one! 119 00:12:50,812 --> 00:12:52,005 What's he saying? 120 00:12:52,803 --> 00:12:54,573 We'll take him to Kiev. 121 00:12:54,616 --> 00:12:57,880 Not before you've paid for my information. 122 00:13:13,070 --> 00:13:14,462 Who are these people? 123 00:13:15,566 --> 00:13:16,644 Rus. 124 00:13:17,770 --> 00:13:19,772 Cheap bastards! 125 00:13:21,339 --> 00:13:22,601 It seems 126 00:13:22,644 --> 00:13:24,037 they don't pay very well. 127 00:13:25,299 --> 00:13:26,456 Where are they taking me? 128 00:13:27,345 --> 00:13:29,303 To their capital, 129 00:13:29,347 --> 00:13:30,913 a place called Kiev. 130 00:13:31,914 --> 00:13:33,421 Who is their ruler? 131 00:13:34,221 --> 00:13:35,483 Prince Oleg, 132 00:13:35,527 --> 00:13:36,702 the Prophet. 133 00:13:37,442 --> 00:13:38,762 The Prophet? 134 00:13:39,226 --> 00:13:40,923 Why the Prophet? 135 00:13:40,967 --> 00:13:42,751 Get on the horse! 136 00:13:43,235 --> 00:13:44,845 You're coming with us. 137 00:13:54,372 --> 00:13:55,634 What's the matter with you? 138 00:13:55,677 --> 00:13:57,114 He's a cripple. 139 00:13:58,963 --> 00:14:00,421 A cripple, 140 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:02,200 and a King! 141 00:14:03,598 --> 00:14:05,035 Now I've seen everything! 142 00:15:15,565 --> 00:15:16,846 _ What is it? 143 00:15:16,871 --> 00:15:18,181 My Prince, 144 00:15:18,216 --> 00:15:19,902 we have made an interesting arrest. 145 00:15:22,238 --> 00:15:24,483 A King - or so he claims - 146 00:15:24,527 --> 00:15:26,957 traveling along the Silk Road. 147 00:15:29,159 --> 00:15:30,175 A King? 148 00:15:32,527 --> 00:15:33,897 From where? 149 00:15:34,493 --> 00:15:36,853 From Norway. 150 00:15:42,455 --> 00:15:44,065 A Viking. 151 00:15:46,028 --> 00:15:48,200 You cannot walk. 152 00:15:49,841 --> 00:15:51,943 Are you wounded? 153 00:15:52,731 --> 00:15:53,988 No, 154 00:15:54,946 --> 00:15:58,210 I'm a cripple. 155 00:15:59,211 --> 00:16:00,952 From birth. 156 00:16:03,041 --> 00:16:06,616 You speak my language! 157 00:16:09,003 --> 00:16:13,138 It was once the language of my people too. 158 00:16:14,313 --> 00:16:16,141 We are Rus Vikings. 159 00:16:18,447 --> 00:16:19,754 What did they call you? 160 00:16:21,625 --> 00:16:23,104 My name is Ivar. 161 00:16:25,629 --> 00:16:26,629 They call me 162 00:16:27,239 --> 00:16:28,545 Ivar, the Boneless. 163 00:16:31,243 --> 00:16:32,642 I've heard of you. 164 00:16:35,421 --> 00:16:36,521 Ivar. 165 00:16:38,380 --> 00:16:39,380 The Boneless. 166 00:16:43,211 --> 00:16:46,322 Your fame has traveled along the Silk Road. 167 00:16:48,533 --> 00:16:52,899 *** 168 00:16:55,093 --> 00:16:57,269 But why do you travel along it now? 169 00:16:58,096 --> 00:16:59,837 Without announcing yourself? 170 00:17:00,707 --> 00:17:03,339 Like a thief, hmm? 171 00:17:05,016 --> 00:17:08,019 I lost my kingdom to my brothers. 172 00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:12,284 I am nothing. 173 00:17:12,327 --> 00:17:15,726 And I have nothing to offer you, Prince Oleg. 174 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,814 It was not my intention to trouble you with my presence. 175 00:17:21,685 --> 00:17:23,077 And where were you going? 176 00:17:23,469 --> 00:17:25,036 Nowhere. 177 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:27,071 I have no plans. 178 00:17:27,497 --> 00:17:32,660 I am simply fleeing the retribution of my brothers. 179 00:17:35,524 --> 00:17:36,524 Well... 180 00:17:38,789 --> 00:17:40,334 You're here now. 181 00:17:46,435 --> 00:17:49,844 Who knows if your presence will trouble me. 182 00:17:57,198 --> 00:17:58,394 Let us see. 183 00:18:05,337 --> 00:18:08,296 We have embarked on a new way of life here. 184 00:18:08,340 --> 00:18:10,864 And that was always my commitment as King. 185 00:18:10,908 --> 00:18:14,035 To build the most successful trading station in all of Scandinavia. 186 00:18:15,303 --> 00:18:17,262 But I will need your continued support. 187 00:18:17,305 --> 00:18:18,706 I need my family. 188 00:18:20,231 --> 00:18:21,362 Mother? 189 00:18:22,689 --> 00:18:26,297 I wish you well in your enterprise, my dear son. 190 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,448 And I'm sure you will succeed. 191 00:18:29,491 --> 00:18:33,054 But in the future, you'll have to do it without me. 192 00:18:34,583 --> 00:18:36,001 I don't understand. 193 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:38,267 Why won't you stay? 194 00:18:39,197 --> 00:18:42,374 I've seen enough of war. 195 00:18:42,417 --> 00:18:44,982 I have seen enough of death. 196 00:18:46,639 --> 00:18:49,070 I have lost so many. 197 00:18:50,904 --> 00:18:53,907 I don't want to be a... A public person anymore. 198 00:18:53,951 --> 00:18:56,170 I don't want to be responsible. 199 00:19:02,468 --> 00:19:07,171 I desire to live a totally different kind of life. 200 00:19:09,444 --> 00:19:10,707 How can you do that? 201 00:19:12,447 --> 00:19:15,233 I plan to build a farmstead. 202 00:19:15,276 --> 00:19:18,627 Just like the one Ragnar and I lived in when we were first married, 203 00:19:18,671 --> 00:19:21,644 where we were all so happy. 204 00:19:24,242 --> 00:19:27,462 I plan to build it in the countryside. 205 00:19:27,506 --> 00:19:32,163 Untroubled by the problems of running a large and prosperous town. 206 00:19:33,164 --> 00:19:34,774 Let me get this right. 207 00:19:34,818 --> 00:19:37,777 You want to retire and disappear. 208 00:19:37,821 --> 00:19:40,214 The most famous shield maiden in all of Scandinavia? 209 00:19:40,258 --> 00:19:43,261 - In the world. - In the world. 210 00:19:43,304 --> 00:19:46,046 Will in the future you become a simple farmer, 211 00:19:46,090 --> 00:19:48,170 just a forgotten and private person? 212 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:49,440 Yes. 213 00:19:50,181 --> 00:19:52,226 That is what I want, Ubbe. 214 00:19:53,358 --> 00:19:55,621 I no longer wish to be famous. 215 00:19:58,537 --> 00:20:01,018 You must forgive me, Bjorn, but my mind is made up. 216 00:20:03,672 --> 00:20:05,196 Then I must accept it. 217 00:20:08,445 --> 00:20:09,794 The decision is yours, Mother. 218 00:20:11,588 --> 00:20:14,989 Wherever we may go, may the Gods continue to love and protect us, yes? 219 00:20:15,293 --> 00:20:16,424 Skol. 220 00:20:16,468 --> 00:20:18,078 Skol. 221 00:21:29,671 --> 00:21:32,849 Now, my friend, is the time for truth. 222 00:21:32,892 --> 00:21:36,195 Tell us about this King Ivar. 223 00:21:42,780 --> 00:21:44,782 Why are you so quiet this evening? 224 00:21:44,825 --> 00:21:46,205 You hardly spoke. 225 00:21:46,697 --> 00:21:48,089 You spoke of family. 226 00:21:49,090 --> 00:21:50,960 But family isn't everything. 227 00:21:53,442 --> 00:21:54,713 In the end, 228 00:21:57,142 --> 00:21:59,013 we are born alone and we die alone. 229 00:22:01,102 --> 00:22:02,930 Yet we need our family. 230 00:22:03,931 --> 00:22:05,367 We need our loved ones. 231 00:22:07,761 --> 00:22:08,936 I need you, Gunnhild. 232 00:22:09,894 --> 00:22:10,938 I am here. 233 00:22:11,852 --> 00:22:13,158 I love you. 234 00:22:13,201 --> 00:22:14,817 I have told you so and I am honest. 235 00:22:15,987 --> 00:22:17,205 More honest than you, I think. 236 00:22:17,249 --> 00:22:18,249 Hmm. 237 00:22:22,036 --> 00:22:23,242 And tomorrow? 238 00:22:24,952 --> 00:22:26,662 Tomorrow, I will still love you. 239 00:22:28,216 --> 00:22:30,541 I would walk into the fire for you. 240 00:22:32,090 --> 00:22:34,875 But beyond that, who knows. 241 00:22:34,919 --> 00:22:36,921 Though married, I am still free 242 00:22:36,964 --> 00:22:38,139 in my soul. 243 00:22:41,752 --> 00:22:44,102 Sometimes you are hard to love. 244 00:22:44,929 --> 00:22:45,930 No. 245 00:22:46,931 --> 00:22:48,601 I think I am very easy. 246 00:22:50,021 --> 00:22:51,544 Kiss me. 247 00:22:51,587 --> 00:22:52,980 No, you kiss me. 248 00:23:02,642 --> 00:23:04,296 You see? 249 00:23:04,339 --> 00:23:05,863 Nothing is so complicated. 250 00:23:07,429 --> 00:23:09,413 Only thinking makes it so. 251 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:25,137 Is it true 252 00:23:25,234 --> 00:23:29,364 that the cripple you were accompanying is the famous Ivar, the Boneless? 253 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:30,757 Yes, Prince. 254 00:23:30,801 --> 00:23:33,281 - He lost a battle? - To his brothers. 255 00:23:33,325 --> 00:23:36,981 Bjorn Ironside, Ubbe, Hvitserk. 256 00:23:37,024 --> 00:23:40,486 All of them, sons of the famous Ragnar Lothbrok. 257 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:44,490 How can I believe that he's a King? 258 00:23:45,859 --> 00:23:47,426 Where is the proof? 259 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:48,702 You have none. 260 00:23:49,471 --> 00:23:50,871 You're lying. 261 00:23:51,952 --> 00:23:53,540 You think I'm a fool? 262 00:23:54,738 --> 00:23:56,210 Fatal mistake. 263 00:23:59,090 --> 00:24:01,006 He's not just a King! 264 00:24:02,658 --> 00:24:03,658 What? 265 00:24:04,835 --> 00:24:05,835 What did you say? 266 00:24:07,402 --> 00:24:10,683 I said Ivar, he's not just a King. 267 00:24:13,495 --> 00:24:15,802 I... I don't understand. 268 00:24:15,846 --> 00:24:17,147 Then, what is he? 269 00:24:17,717 --> 00:24:18,941 He's a god! 270 00:24:20,154 --> 00:24:21,286 A god? 271 00:24:27,945 --> 00:24:29,294 A god? 272 00:24:29,337 --> 00:24:31,862 Yes. A true god! 273 00:24:31,905 --> 00:24:34,039 Revealed to the world at Kattegat! 274 00:24:34,905 --> 00:24:36,646 We're Christians now. 275 00:24:36,671 --> 00:24:39,378 But we still have some strong memories of the old gods. 276 00:24:40,218 --> 00:24:42,133 We still, perhaps, some fear of them. 277 00:24:43,843 --> 00:24:46,193 So, if he's a god, 278 00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:49,555 why was he traveling through my kingdom in disguise? 279 00:24:50,315 --> 00:24:52,141 What are his real intentions? 280 00:24:53,057 --> 00:24:55,019 I can't help being suspicious. 281 00:24:55,886 --> 00:24:57,187 I need to know. 282 00:24:58,132 --> 00:25:00,316 You can imagine my desire, can't you? 283 00:25:05,756 --> 00:25:09,063 Please, you had better to tell me, 284 00:25:09,943 --> 00:25:11,858 my friend. 285 00:25:11,902 --> 00:25:14,861 There's nothing left to say! 286 00:25:57,425 --> 00:26:00,254 We have had some problems with your friend. 287 00:26:00,298 --> 00:26:03,045 He was not cooperative, not helpful. 288 00:26:06,957 --> 00:26:08,872 I don't understand. 289 00:26:08,915 --> 00:26:10,135 What has he done wrong? 290 00:26:11,526 --> 00:26:14,181 Your friend refused to tell us 291 00:26:14,225 --> 00:26:16,475 why you had really come here, 292 00:26:17,271 --> 00:26:19,099 to my kingdom, in disguise. 293 00:26:22,494 --> 00:26:25,932 I already told you there was no reason. 294 00:26:25,976 --> 00:26:28,456 There is always a reason! 295 00:26:29,631 --> 00:26:31,073 Always. 296 00:26:43,949 --> 00:26:46,387 Hail god Ivar! 297 00:27:17,808 --> 00:27:18,954 Lagertha. 298 00:27:36,957 --> 00:27:37,957 Maybe. 299 00:27:43,094 --> 00:27:44,605 Let's take a look. 300 00:28:33,492 --> 00:28:34,492 Hmm. 301 00:28:37,191 --> 00:28:39,498 You were right, Torvi. 302 00:28:39,541 --> 00:28:41,195 This is where I shall build my farm. 303 00:28:42,980 --> 00:28:44,677 This is where I shall 304 00:28:44,721 --> 00:28:46,461 live out the rest of my days. 305 00:28:47,767 --> 00:28:49,795 - We will help you to build it. - Hmm. 306 00:28:50,117 --> 00:28:52,119 We will not sail anywhere 307 00:28:52,144 --> 00:28:54,189 until your new farm house is built and you're settled. 308 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,261 I would need some livestock. 309 00:29:03,304 --> 00:29:05,524 Not much, a few goats, 310 00:29:05,567 --> 00:29:08,594 a pig maybe, a horse to pull the plow. 311 00:29:08,595 --> 00:29:10,988 Are you really going to live here, Lagertha? 312 00:29:11,032 --> 00:29:13,485 - Yes. - All on your own? 313 00:29:14,601 --> 00:29:15,776 Probably. 314 00:29:15,819 --> 00:29:17,781 Won't you be lonely? 315 00:29:19,736 --> 00:29:23,087 No, Hali, I won't be lonely. 316 00:29:23,131 --> 00:29:26,515 Because I will be visited by Grandfather Ragnar 317 00:29:26,540 --> 00:29:28,709 and a lot of other friendly ghosts. 318 00:29:33,707 --> 00:29:35,340 I also have some news. 319 00:29:37,217 --> 00:29:38,552 You don't need to tell me. 320 00:29:39,393 --> 00:29:40,679 You are with child. 321 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:43,974 Life goes on. 322 00:29:46,648 --> 00:29:48,353 Life goes on. 323 00:30:02,126 --> 00:30:03,650 What do you think? 324 00:30:03,693 --> 00:30:06,696 Would you like to fly, Ivar, the Boneless? 325 00:30:06,740 --> 00:30:08,001 I don't understand. 326 00:30:08,026 --> 00:30:09,612 There is nothing to understand. 327 00:30:09,656 --> 00:30:12,836 Once we get enough speed, we will be free of the earth. 328 00:30:13,964 --> 00:30:16,173 Isn't that the dream of all humans? 329 00:30:17,011 --> 00:30:18,570 I don't know. 330 00:30:20,144 --> 00:30:22,137 Surely for you, who cannot walk. 331 00:30:22,973 --> 00:30:25,628 Who can only crawl across this earth. 332 00:30:25,672 --> 00:30:28,675 The thought of flying free as a bird above it, 333 00:30:28,718 --> 00:30:30,937 must be exciting, huh? 334 00:30:37,988 --> 00:30:41,122 Go! 335 00:30:48,738 --> 00:30:50,610 Let go. 336 00:30:50,653 --> 00:30:52,481 Don't be scared! 337 00:30:52,524 --> 00:30:54,920 You won't die if I'm with you! 338 00:30:55,136 --> 00:30:57,268 - Go! - No, no, no. No! 339 00:30:59,096 --> 00:31:00,837 No, no, no! 340 00:31:00,881 --> 00:31:02,796 Let go! 341 00:31:02,839 --> 00:31:04,754 - Let go! - No! 342 00:31:17,637 --> 00:31:18,725 Whoo! 343 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,827 I wanted to bring you up here. 344 00:31:29,019 --> 00:31:30,040 - Why? 345 00:31:30,477 --> 00:31:32,087 Because you're a god. 346 00:31:33,148 --> 00:31:34,323 It's true, isn't it? 347 00:31:35,393 --> 00:31:38,701 You are a direct descendant of Odin. 348 00:31:38,745 --> 00:31:41,312 You have been revealed as a god. 349 00:31:42,749 --> 00:31:44,576 Aah! 350 00:31:44,620 --> 00:31:48,077 The gods travel across the sky! 351 00:31:48,474 --> 00:31:49,910 Don't they? 352 00:32:06,294 --> 00:32:08,209 You won't die if you're with me. 353 00:32:08,252 --> 00:32:09,819 You're not a god! 354 00:32:12,126 --> 00:32:15,334 If I cut your ropes, you would fall to the ground and die. 355 00:32:15,359 --> 00:32:16,526 Isn't that true? 356 00:32:16,569 --> 00:32:19,176 Do you believe? Huh? 357 00:32:21,526 --> 00:32:22,527 Aah! 358 00:32:26,793 --> 00:32:28,229 No! 359 00:32:47,839 --> 00:32:49,541 - Now do you believe? 360 00:33:36,629 --> 00:33:39,197 King Bjorn, Queen Gunnhild, 361 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,961 we bring news of King Harald. 362 00:33:45,001 --> 00:33:48,293 We were led to believe that King Harald had died of his wounds. 363 00:33:48,336 --> 00:33:51,165 No. It's true he was wounded in the battle, 364 00:33:51,209 --> 00:33:53,689 but King Olaf rescued him and took him back home. 365 00:33:54,951 --> 00:33:56,910 Well, that was indeed noble of King Olaf. 366 00:33:58,355 --> 00:34:00,183 Perhaps not so much. 367 00:34:00,227 --> 00:34:02,925 While King Harald was sick, King Olaf claimed his kingdom. 368 00:34:02,968 --> 00:34:05,406 And had enough warriors to enforce his claim. 369 00:34:08,496 --> 00:34:09,865 Well, that is a pity. 370 00:34:11,151 --> 00:34:13,410 What has it got to do with me? 371 00:34:13,837 --> 00:34:15,621 King Harald is still recovering his health, 372 00:34:15,851 --> 00:34:18,790 but he does not want to be ruled by King Olaf. 373 00:34:19,202 --> 00:34:22,460 He knows his life is threatened and likely to be forfeit. 374 00:34:22,761 --> 00:34:25,329 He also remembers that he came willingly to your aid 375 00:34:25,354 --> 00:34:28,313 when you desired to attack your brother Ivar. 376 00:34:28,516 --> 00:34:31,127 And that he personally saved you 377 00:34:31,171 --> 00:34:33,388 when Ivar tried to capture and kill you. 378 00:34:34,522 --> 00:34:36,558 Therefore, he claims an obligation. 379 00:34:37,220 --> 00:34:38,830 He asks you 380 00:34:38,874 --> 00:34:40,789 as a true Viking, 381 00:34:40,832 --> 00:34:44,227 as a son of Ragnar, as a friend and ally, to help him 382 00:34:44,271 --> 00:34:45,859 overthrow the usurper. 383 00:34:48,101 --> 00:34:51,406 I'm sure we are very sorry for King Harald's plight. 384 00:34:51,974 --> 00:34:54,483 But I am not sure we are under any obligation to him. 385 00:34:54,527 --> 00:34:56,104 On the contrary, 386 00:34:56,147 --> 00:34:58,676 King Harald believes that you have become true friends. 387 00:34:58,720 --> 00:35:01,416 Whatever's happened between you in the past. 388 00:35:02,115 --> 00:35:04,099 He could've pressed his claim to the kingship of all Norway 389 00:35:04,124 --> 00:35:05,311 when he had the power. 390 00:35:06,380 --> 00:35:08,164 And he could've pressed his claim to marry you, 391 00:35:08,208 --> 00:35:09,557 Queen Gunnhild. 392 00:35:17,391 --> 00:35:19,088 As a man of honor, he did neither. 393 00:35:20,176 --> 00:35:21,873 But now, King Bjorn, 394 00:35:23,136 --> 00:35:24,615 he reaches out to you 395 00:35:25,616 --> 00:35:26,616 as another man... 396 00:35:28,358 --> 00:35:31,154 Man of honor for your help. 397 00:35:32,455 --> 00:35:34,457 We heard that you had become King of Kattegat. 398 00:35:36,236 --> 00:35:38,890 So the real question is, 399 00:35:40,762 --> 00:35:44,042 what kind of a King are you going to be? 400 00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:51,815 I will think on it. 401 00:36:07,702 --> 00:36:09,051 I have something to show you. 402 00:36:16,450 --> 00:36:18,243 What is this place? 403 00:36:19,714 --> 00:36:21,871 A mausoleum of my dead wife. 404 00:36:23,631 --> 00:36:25,720 The most sacred place in the palace. 405 00:36:28,542 --> 00:36:31,131 And the most sacred place in my heart. 406 00:36:35,817 --> 00:36:37,012 How did she die? 407 00:36:41,099 --> 00:36:42,267 I killed her. 408 00:36:44,217 --> 00:36:46,567 She was young and foolish. 409 00:36:46,610 --> 00:36:49,858 I discovered that she was sleeping with one of my aides. 410 00:36:53,095 --> 00:36:54,314 I loved her. 411 00:36:56,664 --> 00:36:57,969 She was enchanting. 412 00:37:04,324 --> 00:37:06,166 I thought of her all the time. 413 00:37:15,117 --> 00:37:16,553 Even on the battlefield. 414 00:37:18,686 --> 00:37:19,730 Yet, 415 00:37:21,297 --> 00:37:22,974 all that time, 416 00:37:25,649 --> 00:37:27,564 in some sordid room here in the palace, 417 00:37:29,218 --> 00:37:31,307 she was secretly betraying me. 418 00:37:37,444 --> 00:37:38,907 I know your pain. 419 00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:52,337 Then you know all about the fickleness of women. 420 00:37:57,551 --> 00:37:59,803 I somehow knew you would understand. 421 00:38:03,252 --> 00:38:05,036 I don't bring many people down here. 422 00:38:10,041 --> 00:38:11,041 But you... 423 00:38:15,220 --> 00:38:16,526 I think you and I 424 00:38:18,013 --> 00:38:20,363 are going to have a very special relationship. 425 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:26,710 I truly think so. 426 00:40:00,161 --> 00:40:01,554 As the sun sets, 427 00:40:04,296 --> 00:40:06,428 and in the sight of the gods, 428 00:40:06,472 --> 00:40:10,041 I swear, I will fight no more. 429 00:40:11,390 --> 00:40:12,565 Forever. 430 00:40:47,382 --> 00:40:49,341 Those messengers disturbed me today. 431 00:40:50,647 --> 00:40:51,647 I know. 432 00:40:53,519 --> 00:40:55,144 I did not expect it. 433 00:40:58,460 --> 00:41:01,442 It was when they asked me what kind of King I was expected to be, 434 00:41:04,399 --> 00:41:05,749 I thought I'd answered that. 435 00:41:07,751 --> 00:41:08,950 I thought I knew. 436 00:41:11,363 --> 00:41:13,788 When I spoke to the people, I spoke from the heart. 437 00:41:17,021 --> 00:41:18,675 I thought it was my answer. 438 00:41:19,496 --> 00:41:21,254 I'm sure it was your answer. 439 00:41:22,461 --> 00:41:24,841 Those messengers, those unknown men, 440 00:41:25,725 --> 00:41:28,168 they spoke to something deeper. 441 00:41:28,211 --> 00:41:30,441 I'm sure they did not know it, 442 00:41:30,466 --> 00:41:32,427 and King Harald secretly commissioned them. 443 00:41:32,471 --> 00:41:33,766 I know that, but still... 444 00:41:34,429 --> 00:41:36,518 You are confusing things. 445 00:41:36,562 --> 00:41:38,303 Whether or not you go to the aid of King Harald 446 00:41:38,346 --> 00:41:40,044 will not define what you are as a King. 447 00:41:40,087 --> 00:41:42,524 Then what will define it? 448 00:41:42,568 --> 00:41:44,265 Perhaps your differences from your father. 449 00:41:46,441 --> 00:41:47,791 Or my similarity. 450 00:41:49,793 --> 00:41:51,229 He was still loved. 451 00:41:54,667 --> 00:41:56,147 You must be yourself. 452 00:41:57,844 --> 00:42:00,586 I want to be myself, I'm just not sure how to be. 453 00:42:04,925 --> 00:42:07,537 After all, doing the right thing might just be the easy way. 454 00:42:08,845 --> 00:42:11,499 That is always the danger, 455 00:42:11,524 --> 00:42:13,848 to do the right things for the wrong reasons. 456 00:42:16,515 --> 00:42:18,519 You are so right to be cautious. 457 00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:30,790 When I look out into the Great Hall, 458 00:42:32,618 --> 00:42:34,881 I see my father and my mother. 459 00:42:34,925 --> 00:42:36,454 Why wouldn't I? 460 00:42:41,758 --> 00:42:43,281 And suddenly, I feel old. 461 00:42:46,893 --> 00:42:48,678 I'm not their son any longer. 462 00:42:51,376 --> 00:42:52,638 I'm your husband. 463 00:42:54,771 --> 00:42:56,015 A father. 464 00:42:59,645 --> 00:43:00,690 And I am a King. 465 00:43:15,487 --> 00:43:18,121 I have decided to treat your arrival here 466 00:43:19,099 --> 00:43:20,753 as a sign, 467 00:43:20,797 --> 00:43:21,797 an omen. 468 00:43:25,453 --> 00:43:28,195 You see, for a long time, we Rus, 469 00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:30,589 guided by my brother-in-law King Rurik, 470 00:43:30,632 --> 00:43:34,470 looked to the east for trade, conquests, and expansion. 471 00:43:36,203 --> 00:43:38,182 Yet, even before your, 472 00:43:39,337 --> 00:43:42,019 I admit, somewhat unexpected appearance, 473 00:43:43,341 --> 00:43:45,982 I had begun to question this way of thinking. 474 00:43:47,693 --> 00:43:49,569 Perhaps, after all, 475 00:43:50,783 --> 00:43:53,177 it's time for us to look west 476 00:43:54,004 --> 00:43:55,741 again. 477 00:43:56,397 --> 00:44:01,315 Years ago, I hung my shield on the city gates of Constantinople, 478 00:44:01,359 --> 00:44:06,711 but now it's time to hang it on the gates of Kattegat. 479 00:44:08,670 --> 00:44:11,132 Our ancestral and original home. 480 00:44:12,936 --> 00:44:14,468 And you can help me. 481 00:44:16,461 --> 00:44:18,376 And be revenged 482 00:44:18,419 --> 00:44:20,944 upon your brothers at the same time. 483 00:44:28,168 --> 00:44:29,735 I say it is a fine plan. 484 00:44:32,129 --> 00:44:35,262 Now I see that my arrival here in Kiev was no accident, 485 00:44:35,306 --> 00:44:37,787 as I supposed, but all arranged by the gods. 486 00:44:39,745 --> 00:44:41,573 How could it be otherwise? 487 00:44:42,835 --> 00:44:44,165 The gods. 488 00:44:45,185 --> 00:44:46,752 Let us drink to 489 00:44:47,797 --> 00:44:48,797 Odin. 490 00:44:50,974 --> 00:44:52,714 To Odin.