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Last season
on Vikings...
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People of Kattegat,
all hail your new King!
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I want to take Kattegat
back from Ivar.
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- You have no army.
- King Harald has.
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Bjorn Ironside,
fate has brought us back together again.
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We should attack Kattegat,
all together.
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The Gods have marked you out.
Above all men.
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You know very well
you are not a god.
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- Bjorn Ironside has claimed you.
- No man will ever claim me.
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Don't you ever dream,
King Harald?
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We are always the same.
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We just pretend to change.
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I almost died,
but was reborn.
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The only thing that I've
learned is that life is about suffering.
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They whisper that I am the enemy.
They are the enemy!
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In Ragnar's time, everyone was free.
He never forced them to worship him.
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Thora is dead.
Ivar burned her alive.
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King Olaf, I've come here
to ask you to attack Ivar
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and overthrow him
as King of Kattegat.
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My fate is to kill Ivar.
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We saw two
armies marching towards us.
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One was lead by Bjorn Ironside
and King Harald Finehair.
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- And the other army?
- By a King we did not recognize.
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- But someone we did.
- My brother Hvitserk.
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Come and see!
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Come and see
the death of humanity!
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He is a monster.
You have to stop him.
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People of Kattegat,
we are here to set you free!
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I let them in.
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Hail King Bjorn,
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King of Kattegat.
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Hail King Bjorn!
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No one will ever forget
the name Bjorn Ironside.
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But the war is not over.
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Why is that one-eyed idiot
staring at me all the time?
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He's been on the road
with us for weeks.
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I don't like it.
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Tell one of our boys to find a
quiet spot and get rid of him.
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They're just mercenaries.
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I wouldn't trust them
to do anything.
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Well, then,
maybe you should do it.
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Sure.
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Bjorn!
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People of Kattegat...
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I told you that
when I became King,
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my rule would be very
different from that of Ivar's.
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And I mean to keep that pledge.
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Ivar built a wall
around our town.
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He discouraged foreigners,
outlawed free speech
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and dissent
amongst our own people.
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Kattegat can only survive and
grow prosperous through trade,
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not conquest.
That is my belief.
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This is your meeting,
your Thing.
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Your chance to come to me
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with whatever you want,
and I will listen.
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I am but your humble servant.
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King Bjorn!
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Who are these men?
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I know
who they are.
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All of these men collaborated
willingly with Ivar's regime.
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They served as his bodyguards.
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They did his bidding,
whatever that was.
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However cruel,
however depraved.
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They did it
without compunction,
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without a thought
even for their own families.
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They burned alive those who were
brave enough to stand against them.
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And they burned alive
a young woman
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called Thora,
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who I loved.
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Didn't you?
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Well, are these men guilty?
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Yes! They are!
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And what should I do
with them, huh?
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Take these men away.
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Remember, my son,
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your full responsibilities
of kingship.
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These men are all guilty.
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They committed crimes against
their own people, against you.
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Yeah!
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And I know you all think
they deserve to die.
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Yeah!
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But there's something far worse than death,
far worse.
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I will banish them for life.
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They will become outlaws,
Skogarmaors,
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men of the forests,
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forever condemned to live
in the forest
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and other deserted places.
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Their property
will be confiscated.
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They will be branded
as Skogarmaors,
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and they can be killed
with impunity.
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This is much worse than death.
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They will live not as human beings,
but as ghosts.
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Outside of human society.
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Everyday forced to regret
and remember their decisions
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and their crimes,
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yet unable to atone for them.
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Such is my decision.
All in favor, say "Aye."
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Aye!
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Then it is decided.
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Come on! Kill me!
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You'll be doing me a favor!
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You made the right decision.
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I hope so.
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Ivar would never have
set them free.
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But I'm not Ivar.
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Who is this?
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He is a Viking.
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His name is Ivar.
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One night he got drunk
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and told everyone
that he was a King.
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He doesn't look like a King,
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and he doesn't travel like one!
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What's he saying?
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We'll take him to Kiev.
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Not before you've paid
for my information.
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Who are these people?
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Rus.
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Cheap bastards!
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It seems
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they don't pay very well.
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Where are they taking me?
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To their capital,
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a place called Kiev.
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Who is their ruler?
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Prince Oleg,
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the Prophet.
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The Prophet?
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Why the Prophet?
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Get on the horse!
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You're coming with us.
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What's the matter with you?
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He's a cripple.
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A cripple,
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and a King!
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Now I've seen everything!
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What is it?
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My Prince,
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we have made
an interesting arrest.
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A King - or so he claims -
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traveling along the Silk Road.
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A King?
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From where?
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From Norway.
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A Viking.
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You cannot walk.
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Are you wounded?
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No,
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I'm a cripple.
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From birth.
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You speak my language!
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It was once the language
of my people too.
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We are Rus Vikings.
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What did they call you?
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My name is Ivar.
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They call me
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Ivar, the Boneless.
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I've heard of you.
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Ivar.
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The Boneless.
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Your fame has traveled
along the Silk Road.
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Like, honey,
beeswax, furs and slaves.
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But why do you travel
along it now?
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Without announcing yourself?
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Like a thief, hmm?
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I lost my kingdom
to my brothers.
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I am nothing.
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And I have nothing
to offer you, Prince Oleg.
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It was not my intention to
trouble you with my presence.
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And where were you going?
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Nowhere.
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I have no plans.
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I am simply fleeing the
retribution of my brothers.
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Well...
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You're here now.
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Who knows if your presence
will trouble me.
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Let us see.
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We have embarked
on a new way of life here.
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And that was always
my commitment as King.
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To build the most successful trading
station in all of Scandinavia.
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But I will need
your continued support.
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I need my family.
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Mother?
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I wish you well in your enterprise,
my dear son.
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And I'm sure you will succeed.
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But in the future,
you'll have to do it without me.
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I don't understand.
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Why won't you stay?
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I've seen
enough of war.
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I have seen enough of death.
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I have lost so many.
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I don't want to be a...
A public person anymore.
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I don't want to be responsible.
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I desire to live a totally
different kind of life.
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How can you do that?
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I plan to build a farmstead.
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Just like the one Ragnar and I lived
in when we were first married,
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where we were all so happy.
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I plan to build it
in the countryside.
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Untroubled by the problems of
running a large and prosperous town.
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Let me get this right.
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You want to retire
and disappear.
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The most famous shield maiden
in all of Scandinavia?
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- In the world.
- In the world.
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Will in the future
you become a simple farmer,
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just a forgotten
and private person?
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Yes.
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That is what I want, Ubbe.
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I no longer wish to be famous.
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You must forgive me, Bjorn,
but my mind is made up.
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Then I must accept it.
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The decision is yours, Mother.
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Wherever we may go, may the Gods
continue to love and protect us, yes?
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Skol.
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Skol.
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Now, my friend,
is the time for truth.
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Tell us about this King Ivar.
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Why are you so quiet
this evening?
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You hardly spoke.
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You spoke of family.
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But family isn't everything.
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In the end,
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we are born alone
and we die alone.
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Yet we need our family.
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We need our loved ones.
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I need you, Gunnhild.
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I am here.
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I love you.
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I have told you so
and I am honest.
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More honest than you, I think.
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Hmm.
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And tomorrow?
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Tomorrow,
I will still love you.
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I would walk into the fire
for you.
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But beyond that,
who knows.
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Though married, I am still free
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in my soul.
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Sometimes you are hard to love.
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No.
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I think I am very easy.
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Kiss me.
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No, you kiss me.
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You see?
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Nothing is so complicated.
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Only thinking makes it so.
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Is it true
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that the cripple you were accompanying
is the famous Ivar, the Boneless?
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Yes, Prince.
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- He lost a battle?
- To his brothers.
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Bjorn Ironside, Ubbe, Hvitserk.
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All of them,
sons of the famous Ragnar Lothbrok.
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How can I believe
that he's a King?
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Where is the proof?
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You have none.
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You're lying.
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You think I'm a fool?
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Fatal mistake.
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He's not just a King!
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What?
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What did you say?
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I said Ivar,
he's not just a King.
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I... I don't understand.
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Then, what is he?
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He's a god!
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A god?
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A god?
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Yes. A true god!
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Revealed to the world
at Kattegat!
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We're Christians now.
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But we still have some strong
memories of the old gods.
270
00:24:44,648 --> 00:24:46,776
We still, perhaps,
some fear of them.
271
00:24:48,403 --> 00:24:50,029
So, if he's a god,
272
00:24:50,697 --> 00:24:53,866
why was he traveling through
my kingdom in disguise?
273
00:24:54,910 --> 00:24:56,536
What are his real intentions?
274
00:24:57,662 --> 00:24:59,413
I can't help being suspicious.
275
00:25:00,498 --> 00:25:01,500
I need to know.
276
00:25:02,459 --> 00:25:04,794
You can imagine my desire,
can't you?
277
00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:13,761
Please, you had
better to tell me,
278
00:25:14,554 --> 00:25:15,763
my friend.
279
00:25:16,347 --> 00:25:19,517
There's nothing left to say!
280
00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:03,979
We have had some problems
with your friend.
281
00:26:04,604 --> 00:26:07,481
He was not cooperative,
not helpful.
282
00:26:11,568 --> 00:26:13,069
I don't understand.
283
00:26:13,070 --> 00:26:14,571
What has he done wrong?
284
00:26:16,031 --> 00:26:18,471
Your friend refused to tell us
285
00:26:18,472 --> 00:26:20,912
why you had really come here,
286
00:26:21,829 --> 00:26:23,748
to my kingdom,
in disguise.
287
00:26:27,001 --> 00:26:29,921
I already told you
there was no reason.
288
00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:33,173
There is always
a reason!
289
00:26:34,134 --> 00:26:35,218
Always.
290
00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:51,151
Hail god Ivar!
291
00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:25,309
Lagertha.
292
00:27:43,494 --> 00:27:44,494
Maybe.
293
00:27:49,584 --> 00:27:50,751
Let's take a look.
294
00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:40,884
Hmm.
295
00:28:43,430 --> 00:28:44,931
You were right, Torvi.
296
00:28:45,722 --> 00:28:47,642
This is where
I shall build my farm.
297
00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:51,060
This is where I shall
298
00:28:51,061 --> 00:28:52,855
live out the rest
of my days.
299
00:28:54,106 --> 00:28:55,732
- We will help you to build it.
- Hmm.
300
00:28:56,567 --> 00:28:58,402
We will not sail anywhere
301
00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,613
until your new farm house
is built and you're settled.
302
00:29:07,871 --> 00:29:09,705
I would need some livestock.
303
00:29:09,706 --> 00:29:11,914
Not much, a few goats,
304
00:29:11,915 --> 00:29:14,501
a pig maybe,
a horse to pull the plow.
305
00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:17,337
Are you really
going to live here, Lagertha?
306
00:29:17,672 --> 00:29:19,715
- Yes.
- All on your own?
307
00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:22,508
Probably.
308
00:29:22,509 --> 00:29:23,970
Won't you be lonely?
309
00:29:26,263 --> 00:29:29,348
No, Hali, I won't be lonely.
310
00:29:29,349 --> 00:29:34,980
Because I will be visited by Grandfather
Ragnar and a lot of other friendly ghosts.
311
00:29:40,278 --> 00:29:41,488
I also have some news.
312
00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:44,740
You don't need to tell me.
313
00:29:45,741 --> 00:29:46,992
You are with child.
314
00:29:48,577 --> 00:29:49,621
Life goes on.
315
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,250
Life goes on.
316
00:30:08,597 --> 00:30:09,997
What do you think?
317
00:30:10,266 --> 00:30:12,602
Would you like to fly,
Ivar, the Boneless?
318
00:30:13,102 --> 00:30:16,271
- I don't understand.
- There is nothing to understand.
319
00:30:16,272 --> 00:30:19,526
Once we get enough speed,
we will be free of the earth.
320
00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:22,612
Isn't that the dream
of all humans?
321
00:30:23,738 --> 00:30:25,781
I don't know.
322
00:30:26,657 --> 00:30:28,617
Surely for you,
who cannot walk.
323
00:30:29,536 --> 00:30:31,496
Who can only crawl
across this earth.
324
00:30:32,288 --> 00:30:35,333
The thought of flying free
as a bird above it,
325
00:30:35,334 --> 00:30:37,335
must be exciting, huh?
326
00:30:44,717 --> 00:30:47,845
Go!
327
00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:56,895
Let go.
328
00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,730
Don't be scared!
329
00:30:59,106 --> 00:31:01,192
You won't die if I'm with you!
330
00:31:01,817 --> 00:31:04,112
- Go!
- No, no, no. No!
331
00:31:05,779 --> 00:31:07,115
No, no, no!
332
00:31:07,406 --> 00:31:09,200
Let go!
333
00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:11,286
- Let go!
- No!
334
00:31:24,214 --> 00:31:25,508
Whoo!
335
00:31:31,180 --> 00:31:33,348
I wanted to bring you up here.
336
00:31:34,558 --> 00:31:36,144
Why?
337
00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:38,688
Because you're a god.
338
00:31:39,355 --> 00:31:40,690
It's true, isn't it?
339
00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:45,360
You are a direct
descendant of Odin.
340
00:31:45,361 --> 00:31:48,197
You have been
revealed as a god.
341
00:31:49,531 --> 00:31:50,575
Aah!
342
00:31:51,241 --> 00:31:54,202
The gods travel across the sky!
343
00:31:54,828 --> 00:31:56,288
Don't they?
344
00:32:12,721 --> 00:32:14,891
You won't die
if you're with me.
345
00:32:14,892 --> 00:32:16,558
You're not a god!
346
00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:22,981
If I cut your ropes, you would fall to
the ground and die. Isn't that true?
347
00:32:22,982 --> 00:32:25,276
Do you believe? Huh?
348
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:29,321
Aah!
349
00:32:33,221 --> 00:32:34,911
No!
350
00:32:52,970 --> 00:32:55,472
Now do you believe?
351
00:33:44,939 --> 00:33:46,816
King Bjorn, Queen Gunnhild,
352
00:33:47,442 --> 00:33:49,026
we bring news of King Harald.
353
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,534
We were led to believe that King
Harald had died of his wounds.
354
00:33:56,535 --> 00:33:59,368
No. It's true he was wounded
in the battle,
355
00:33:59,369 --> 00:34:02,123
but King Olaf rescued him
and took him back home.
356
00:34:03,124 --> 00:34:05,292
Well, that was indeed noble
of King Olaf.
357
00:34:06,544 --> 00:34:08,377
Perhaps not so much.
358
00:34:08,378 --> 00:34:11,215
While King Harald was sick,
King Olaf claimed his kingdom.
359
00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:13,760
And had enough warriors
to enforce his claim.
360
00:34:16,846 --> 00:34:18,181
Well, that is a pity.
361
00:34:19,389 --> 00:34:21,016
What has it got to do with me?
362
00:34:22,059 --> 00:34:24,103
King Harald
is still recovering his health,
363
00:34:24,104 --> 00:34:26,563
but he does not want
to be ruled by King Olaf.
364
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,193
He knows his life is threatened
and likely to be forfeit.
365
00:34:30,985 --> 00:34:33,695
He also remembers that
he came willingly to your aid
366
00:34:33,696 --> 00:34:36,199
when you desired to attack
your brother Ivar.
367
00:34:36,907 --> 00:34:39,408
And that he personally
saved you
368
00:34:39,409 --> 00:34:41,621
when Ivar tried to capture
and kill you.
369
00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:44,274
Therefore, he claims
an obligation.
370
00:34:45,666 --> 00:34:47,167
He asks you
371
00:34:47,168 --> 00:34:48,709
as a true Viking,
372
00:34:48,710 --> 00:34:52,507
as a son of Ragnar,
as a friend and ally, to help him
373
00:34:52,508 --> 00:34:54,132
overthrow the usurper.
374
00:34:56,344 --> 00:34:59,096
I'm sure we are very
sorry for King Harald's plight.
375
00:35:00,181 --> 00:35:02,934
But I am not sure we are
under any obligation to him.
376
00:35:02,935 --> 00:35:04,475
On the contrary,
377
00:35:04,476 --> 00:35:06,978
King Harald believes that you
have become true friends.
378
00:35:06,979 --> 00:35:09,106
Whatever's happened between
you in the past.
379
00:35:10,148 --> 00:35:13,360
He could've pressed his claim to the kingship
of all Norway when he had the power.
380
00:35:14,570 --> 00:35:16,614
And he could've pressed
his claim to marry you,
381
00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:18,114
Queen Gunnhild.
382
00:35:25,581 --> 00:35:27,500
As a man of honor,
he did neither.
383
00:35:28,376 --> 00:35:30,335
But now, King Bjorn,
384
00:35:31,545 --> 00:35:32,963
he reaches out to you
385
00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:35,090
as another man...
386
00:35:36,759 --> 00:35:39,387
Man of honor for your help.
387
00:35:40,679 --> 00:35:43,099
We heard that you had become
King of Kattegat.
388
00:35:44,432 --> 00:35:47,353
So the real question is,
389
00:35:49,063 --> 00:35:52,233
what kind of a King
are you going to be?
390
00:35:59,072 --> 00:36:00,240
I will think on it.
391
00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:17,465
I have something
to show you.
392
00:36:24,806 --> 00:36:26,224
What is this place?
393
00:36:28,018 --> 00:36:29,936
A mausoleum
of my dead wife.
394
00:36:31,981 --> 00:36:34,233
The most sacred place
in the palace.
395
00:36:36,777 --> 00:36:39,322
And the most sacred place
in my heart.
396
00:36:44,117 --> 00:36:45,286
How did she die?
397
00:36:49,414 --> 00:36:50,458
I killed her.
398
00:36:52,418 --> 00:36:54,170
She was young and foolish.
399
00:36:54,753 --> 00:36:57,965
I discovered that she was
sleeping with one of my aides.
400
00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:02,677
I loved her.
401
00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:06,389
She was enchanting.
402
00:37:12,438 --> 00:37:14,231
I thought of her all the time.
403
00:37:23,324 --> 00:37:24,909
Even on the battlefield.
404
00:37:27,202 --> 00:37:28,244
Yet,
405
00:37:29,664 --> 00:37:31,206
all that time,
406
00:37:33,793 --> 00:37:35,920
in some sordid room
here in the palace,
407
00:37:37,420 --> 00:37:39,715
she was secretly betraying me.
408
00:37:45,804 --> 00:37:47,097
I know your pain.
409
00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:00,360
Then you know all about
the fickleness of women.
410
00:38:05,865 --> 00:38:08,077
I somehow knew
you would understand.
411
00:38:11,414 --> 00:38:13,456
I don't bring many people
down here.
412
00:38:18,253 --> 00:38:19,338
But you...
413
00:38:23,592 --> 00:38:24,844
I think you and I
414
00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:28,806
are going to have
a very special relationship.
415
00:38:33,393 --> 00:38:35,186
I truly think so.
416
00:40:10,282 --> 00:40:11,826
As the sun sets,
417
00:40:14,411 --> 00:40:17,413
and in the sight of the gods,
418
00:40:17,414 --> 00:40:20,416
I swear, I will fight no more.
419
00:40:21,668 --> 00:40:23,045
Forever.
420
00:40:57,454 --> 00:40:59,623
Those messengers
disturbed me today.
421
00:41:00,833 --> 00:41:01,833
I know.
422
00:41:03,751 --> 00:41:05,211
I did not expect it.
423
00:41:08,590 --> 00:41:11,594
It was when they asked me what
kind of King I was expected to be,
424
00:41:14,471 --> 00:41:15,972
I thought I'd answered that.
425
00:41:17,974 --> 00:41:19,059
I thought I knew.
426
00:41:21,436 --> 00:41:23,856
When I spoke to the people,
I spoke from the heart.
427
00:41:27,193 --> 00:41:28,943
I thought it was my answer.
428
00:41:29,945 --> 00:41:31,155
I'm sure it was your answer.
429
00:41:32,530 --> 00:41:34,949
Those messengers,
those unknown men,
430
00:41:35,992 --> 00:41:37,619
they spoke to something deeper.
431
00:41:39,538 --> 00:41:42,541
I'm sure they did not know it,
and King Harald secretly commissioned them.
432
00:41:42,542 --> 00:41:44,126
I know that, but still...
433
00:41:44,710 --> 00:41:46,128
You are confusing things.
434
00:41:46,628 --> 00:41:48,463
Whether or not you go
to the aid of King Harald
435
00:41:48,464 --> 00:41:50,257
will not define
what you are as a King.
436
00:41:50,258 --> 00:41:51,925
Then what will define it?
437
00:41:52,635 --> 00:41:54,594
Perhaps your differences
from your father.
438
00:41:56,679 --> 00:41:57,972
Or my similarity.
439
00:41:59,974 --> 00:42:01,518
He was still loved.
440
00:42:04,855 --> 00:42:06,440
You must be yourself.
441
00:42:07,858 --> 00:42:11,027
I want to be myself,
I'm just not sure how to be.
442
00:42:14,989 --> 00:42:18,077
After all, doing the right thing
might just be the easy way.
443
00:42:19,077 --> 00:42:20,746
That is always the danger,
444
00:42:21,621 --> 00:42:24,083
to do the right things
for the wrong reasons.
445
00:42:26,751 --> 00:42:28,503
You are so right
to be cautious.
446
00:42:39,306 --> 00:42:41,016
When I look out
into the Great Hall,
447
00:42:42,851 --> 00:42:45,103
I see my father and my mother.
448
00:42:45,104 --> 00:42:46,188
Why wouldn't I?
449
00:42:51,985 --> 00:42:53,612
And suddenly, I feel old.
450
00:42:57,074 --> 00:42:58,867
I'm not their son any longer.
451
00:43:01,619 --> 00:43:02,829
I'm your husband.
452
00:43:04,956 --> 00:43:06,083
A father.
453
00:43:09,836 --> 00:43:10,878
And I am a King.
454
00:43:25,518 --> 00:43:28,146
I have decided to treat
your arrival here
455
00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:30,711
as a sign,
456
00:43:30,712 --> 00:43:32,150
an omen.
457
00:43:35,737 --> 00:43:38,363
You see,
for a long time, we Rus,
458
00:43:38,364 --> 00:43:40,658
guided by my brother-in-law
King Rurik,
459
00:43:40,659 --> 00:43:44,579
looked to the east for trade,
conquests, and expansion.
460
00:43:46,539 --> 00:43:48,208
Yet, even before your,
461
00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:52,170
I admit,
somewhat unexpected appearance,
462
00:43:53,463 --> 00:43:56,007
I had begun to question
this way of thinking.
463
00:43:57,842 --> 00:43:59,469
Perhaps, after all,
464
00:44:00,929 --> 00:44:03,474
it's time for us to look west
465
00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:05,434
again.
466
00:44:07,186 --> 00:44:10,606
Years ago, I hung my shield on
the city gates of Constantinople,
467
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:16,778
but now it's time to hang it
on the gates of Kattegat.
468
00:44:18,864 --> 00:44:21,199
Our ancestral
and original home.
469
00:44:23,117 --> 00:44:24,577
And you can help me.
470
00:44:26,704 --> 00:44:28,497
And be revenged
471
00:44:28,498 --> 00:44:31,335
upon your brothers
at the same time.
472
00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:40,135
I say it is a fine plan.
473
00:44:42,262 --> 00:44:45,391
Now I see that my arrival
here in Kiev was no accident,
474
00:44:45,392 --> 00:44:48,018
as I supposed,
but all arranged by the gods.
475
00:44:49,936 --> 00:44:51,813
How could it be otherwise?
476
00:44:53,065 --> 00:44:54,273
The gods.
477
00:44:55,358 --> 00:44:56,902
Let us drink to
478
00:44:57,945 --> 00:44:58,945
Odin.
479
00:45:01,322 --> 00:45:02,906
To Odin.