Vikings

Previously on Vikings...

I am determined to honor our treaty.

In return, some of you,

must fight for Princess Kwenthrith.

That is not part of our original agreement,

but, I will fight.

My uncle's name is Brihtwulf.

He has usurped my crown.

And your younger brother?

His name is Burgred.

My uncle has poisoned his mind.

Why are they just attacking my uncle?

King Ecbert says that all this land is yours.

There are many farms on this land for you to take possession of.

Ragnar and Lagertha talk only of farming.

Persuade your family to support me as Earl.

You're not eating.

I know.

I'm not hungry.

For the first time in your life.

There's a first time for everything.

Here. These will help.

Thank you.

May Freya lie with you tonight, and take care of you, my friend.

I am so happy that my uncle is dead.

But I still don't believe it.

You saw him killed.

Yes.

Yes I did.

But now...

Now I want his head!

I want his head, I need his head.

And then I will believe it.

Floki.

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Why do you hate your uncle so much?

Do you think that my older brother was the only member

of my family who raped me when I was a child?

It was my uncle who first brought him to me.

Since I was six years old, he abused me.

He violated my body and my soul.

And he told me not to resist the attentions of the many men

that he brought to me, saying that they all wanted the pleasure...

They all wanted the pleasure of sleeping with a child.

And the last was my brother, who shared me with my uncle.

And even when I cried and I said that they were hurting me,

they didn't stop.

They never stopped.

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Give this to me.

It was good today. I enjoyed fighting.

You fought well today, I watched.

But you took too many risks.

You jumped into battle, you did not stay by my side.

Don't do that, Porunn. You have much to learn.

Do you suddenly not believe in our gods?

Do you not believe in fate?

Is that really Bjorn, son of Ragnar,

or some impostor who just looks like him?

I only do this because I care about you.

Or because I'm a woman.

- No. - Yes.

Marry me.

What?

I asked you to marry me. What is your answer?

Yes.

I will marry you, Bjorn.

I will marry you.

Good.

Why did you do that?

It's just the angle of the leg.

Couldn't help myself.

There you are!

I'm looking for your king.

Of course, You don't understand a word I'm saying.

Oh, thank you.

No!

At least you understood that! Didn't you?

No.

Rollo!

Athelstan, ask the King who used to farm this land he has given us.

He confesses that he has had to remove

several Saxon farmers from their lands.

Then ask him if they will not be hostile to us? And if so,

who will guarantee the safety of our own farms and communities?

He will personally guarantee our safety and security.

I thank the King from the bottom of my heart.

It was always Ragnar's dream to find land to farm

for our young folk, and to live peacefully with others.

Now, it is my dream, also.

What does he say?

He asks if you are a free woman?

They are coming! Let us prepare!

- Look at what they've done! - Look at the lead boat.

My Lord, your army has abandoned you and gone. Save yourself!

Burgred! Beloved brother! Stay yourself.

Wait and I will see that you come to no harm!

Burgred, please, you must trust me!

Abandon your false advisors.

You must not trust her. She killed your brother and she will kill you.

- But I do love her. - Survive first, love afterwards.

Come. Come now, or it's too late.

My Lord.

Burgred, wait!

King Ecbert has arranged

for some of the laborers who worked here to help us farm the land.

Whoa.

What are they saying?

They're saying their grandfathers used some of these tools.

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May I tell you something?

I have had a dream.

I dreamed of a stranger,

who was a man, but he had no face. Or none that I could well see.

There was snow on the ground and he was walking towards me through the snow,

so his footsteps made no sound.

His arms were outstretched, and in one hand,

he carried a ball of flaming snow.

- In his other hand... - His other hand was covered

in bright blood.

And the blood left a trail in the snow behind him.

Yes.

And the drops were smoking in the frozen ground?

- You too? - Yes.

- Both of you? - We have all dreamed the same dream.

- Were you frightened? - No.

I felt excited.

I felt a sense of expectation.

And when I woke up, I was so disappointed it was only a dream.

You are a volva.

You say you can see things. What does it mean?

I have no idea.

I do not know.

I see a harvest celebrated in blood.

I see a trickster whose weapon cleaves you.

I see that a marriage of plow and sword will sustain you,

until you become a virgin once more.

Athelstan, you should bless this house.

Ask God to bless its new occupants.

Let us pray.

In the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit, amen.

I am thy Lord, thy God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Out of the house of bondage, thou shalt...

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Earl Ingstad has left you to farm in England.

What good is that to us?

Peacefully, legally, we have removed the Earl that was never here,

the Earl that came to power by murder...

And the Earl who has nothing between his legs, but a goat's beard.

I will lead you as Earl, if you will have me.

All hail Earl Kalf!

All hail Earl Kalf! All hail Earl Kalf!

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She will come.

Where would he have gone?

Ragnar, my brother is a prisoner of his advisors.

Then where would they take him?

- To the town, to get reinforcements. - That is not good.

Go and find the town.

Lead on.

Why did you not go with them?

Have we any news of our army?

Not yet.

But with Ragnar Lothbrok, how can we fail?

Ever since I saw Ragnar Lothbrok and his kin