[dramatic opening theme music plays]
[music ends]
[grunts softly]
[ominous music plays]
[sighs]
[creature purrs]
- [magic whooshes] - [eerie sting]
Trickster.
Speak of Loki and listen for his feet.
All this time, you have pointed us and loosed us like arrows.
No more.
A late hour for accusations.
[Sigrid] I am not accusing.
But your war's in motion now.
You needn't hide any longer.
So I say to you, no more whispers.
If you want Thor dead,
take up some fucking iron.
[dramatic sting]
[Leif sighs]
[gentle music playing]
She left us, without even a word.
Oh, there were words. A little more than words, in truth.
Sigrid did this?
[Leif] To keep me from harm.
She wants us to live beyond all this.
To... To give each other the home she thinks that we deserve.
We'll be wed, so she thinks.
And I will make you a fine husband.
We all laid together.
But... it is not you I want.
[chuckles]
A fine pair we are.
Too long I've fought for a dream.
Now, I will fight for the woman that she is.
Will you ride with me?
Can you ride with your leg?
If you tie me to a mount.
[ominous music plays]
[wind whistling]
[boar grunting]
- [music intensifies] - [roars]
[warriors yelling]
[warriors grunting]
[suspenseful music plays]
[lightning crackles]
- Rend them tooth and tusk! - [dramatic music plays]
[growls]
[boar squeals, snorts]
- [suspenseful music plays] - [growls]
- [roars] - [boar squeals]
- [grunting] - [lightning crackling]
[Tiwaz roars]
[yells]
[roars]
- [music slows] - [gasps]
[groans]
[clang echoes]
- [both yell] - [power whooshes, crackles]
[retches]
[groans]
[boar squeals]
[Thor grunts]
[Tiwaz groans]
- [in Vanir] Thor, I implore you-- - [clangs]
[thunder rumbling]
[Tiwaz groans]
[ominous music plays]
[ethereal music plays]
[Sigrid gasps]
- [wind gusting] - [gasping]
[creaking]
[grunts happily]
[creaking, squelching]
[gasps] Tiwaz has fallen.
[squelches]
[thunder crashes]
- [Thor grunts] - [blow squelches]
[grunting]
- [sinister music playing] - [gasps]
[thunder crashes]
[Thor grunts]
[dramatic music plays]
- [thunder rumbles] - [ethereal music plays]
[music fades]
[thunder rumbling in distance]
[Sif] Battle blinds your brother.
I told him I'd let death attend him.
Then why call me for counsel?
[Sif] I am the grain-goddess, and he the god of rain.
Thor is... half my harvest.
[birds chirping]
I'll not be chaff.
He'll not choose for me.
When your love withered, so too did the world.
But he can't be saved from himself.
- [Sif] You'd let a heathen woman harm him? - I would.
If he willed it so.
[chirps]
All my life, I've been loved and lauded.
They've sung of Baldr's beauty.
How bright, they'd say. How brilliant.
How sightly the summer sun.
But nothing is fair which lasts forever.
A brief and bounded life. That is glory.
That is grace.
You think he longs for a mortal life?
A mortal life has meaning.
We are ever-lasting and the lesser for it.
Not bodies, but embodiments.
Thor detests the tribes of men.
No.
He envies them.
Because they end.
I pray you, please, protect your brother.
Uphold our ordered world.
Make it last a little longer.
[epic music building slowly]
[music intensifies]
[Hervor grunting]
- [Leif grunting] - [warriors groaning]
[epic string music playing]
[warriors yelling]
[booms]
[gasps]
My king.
[thudding]
- [ground rumbles] - [gasps]
[Hervor grunts, gasps]
[creaking]
- [explodes] - [yelling]
[roars]
Einherjar.
They've come from Valhalla.
And we will send them back!
- [roars] - [yells]
[epic string music continues]
[mysterious music plays]
[cawing]
[voices merging] Sorceress.
I'd have snatched you in your sleep.
[Seid-Kona] I know.
And you would have killed the man who shares my bed.
So, to save his life, I come unresisting. You have a question to ask.
Ask it.
The battle today sets the world ablaze.
And the Blood-Bride's spear is the spark.
Does it lead to the wolf? And the last war?
Does it send my son to the Serpent? I wish to see my saga's end.
You made a slave of Lady Freya to take her power.
Why do you not ask her?
My bride was worthless when I brought her home.
She'd given her gift to gut-weaving mortals,
to wolf-riding witches of the wood.
Passed mother to daughter.
Mother to daughter.
And her sight now nests in you.
[gasps]
- [epic music plays] - [yelling]
- [grunts] - [arrows whoosh]
[groans]
- [whooshing] - [yelling]
- [Sigrid grunts] - [warriors groan]
[growls]
[warriors grunting]
[warriors groaning]
[footsteps thudding heavily]
- [ominous music plays] - [thunder rumbling]
[footsteps thudding heavily]
[arrows whistling]
- [groans] - [warrior screams]
[solemn, ethereal music plays]
[power whooshing, ringing]
Give me what I seek, Seid-Kona.
I could show you.
But magic comes with a cost.
And what you ask will cost us both dearly.
I know the price of prophecy.
I hanged myself once on the World Tree.
Hung there for nights full nine.
- [squelching] - With my spear I was wounded.
And offered I was.
To Odin, myself to myself.
- I gave my eye for but a glimpse. - [eerie music plays]
[music fades]
[suspenseful music plays]
[grunts]
[rat squeaking]
[gasps]
[guards chuckle]
[blade swishes]
- [blows] - [magic jingling]
[male voice] This way.
Take me to her.
[mysterious music plays]
- [warriors yelling] - [exciting music playing]
[groans]
[Leif grunts]
- [grunting] - [warriors groaning]
[Leif groans]
[gasps]
[music slows]
- [groans] - [music resumes normally]
[groans]
[panting]
[warrior groans, screams]
[panting]
[warrior screams]
[Leif grunts]
[groans]
[shudders]
[Leif pants]
[ominous music plays]
[Ulfr] I feared what was in me.
In my skin.
And held it back.
But there is an old saying,
"Where you see a wolf's ears...
[thunder crashing]
...expect a wolf."
[bones cracking]
[Ulfr growling]
[growling faster]
[magic whooshes]
[roars]
[magic crackling]
[howls]
[slow, ominous music plays]
- [wolves snarling] - [slow, epic music plays]
- [magic whooshes] - [howls]
[yelling]
[magic crackles, whooshes]
[snarling]
- [snarling] - [gasping in fear]
- [warriors screaming] - [epic string music playing]
[growls]
[grunts]
[lightning crackling]
[power building]
[Thor yells]
- [explodes] - [warriors scream]
[power crackling]
[power booms]
[grunting]
[power crackles, rumbles]
You set all this kindling alight. Will you at least tell me why?
- [gentle music plays] - One of my daughters is destined to die,
slain by the son of Odin.
Unless I kill him first.
You are protecting your family.
In chains they took my children.
All I have lived has led to this.
It was all to break their bonds.
[music becomes uneasy]
You could have cut Thor's throat as he slept.
I would threaten more than Thor.
Gods killing gods would go unnoticed.
Nothing would chance to change.
But a mortal who made such a massacre?
That would beggar belief.
That madness...
...would remake the world.
[blood whooshing]
[Egill panting]
[panting]
- [crows cawing] - Give me what I seek, Seid-Kona!
I told you. It has a cost!
[squawks]
- [crunches] - No!
- [snarling] - [eerie music plays]
This raven I have killed is called Memory...
- [gasps] - ...and that will be your offering.
No more looking back, high one. Such is the cost of foresight!
- [distorted whooshing] - No!
[mysterious, ethereal music playing]
- [groans] - [lightning crackles]
[gasping]
- [lightning crackling] - [thunder rumbling]
[water sloshing]
[bellowing, shrieking]
[Thor grunts]
[epic music plays]
- [yells] - [lightning crackles]
- [yells] - [roars]
[thunder crashing]
[snarling]
[Odin gasps]
[gasps]
[eerie music plays]
[Odin groans]
[music fades]
[groans weakly]
[clattering]
[Odin grunts]
No.
[grunts]
[whooshing]
[gasps]
[ethereal music plays]
[dramatic stings]
[gasps]
- [thuds] - [gasps]
[panting]
[mysterious music plays]
[exhales hoarsely] What you saw begins today.
[ominous music plays]
You will end, un-worshipped and unloved.
[panting]
- [gasps] - [dramatic sting]
[grunting]
[grunts loudly]
- [grunting] - [thuds]
[suspenseful music plays]
[choking, wheezing]
- [yells] - [gasps]
- [groans weakly] - [squelching, splatting]
[crow cawing]
[Seid-Kona groans weakly]
[retching]
[coughs, retches]
[yells]
[growls, grunts]
[screams]
[grunts]
I saw... this day.
I saw doom.
There's so much I cannot remember.
- [bones creak] - [caws]
[yells]
[mysterious music plays]
Aile!
Egill.
- [mournful music plays] - This is as far as I... saw.
I was the one.
You said I was to die.
Not you.
Never you.
[sniffles]
[sobbing]
[magic whooshing]
- [ethereal music plays] - [gasps]
[magic crackling, whooshing]
[magic thrumming]
I have known you. Haven't I?
You are called Egill.
Egill One-Hand.
Aile.
[groans]
- [warriors grunting] - [lightning crackling]
[somber music playing faintly]
[thunder crashing]
[thunder rumbling]
- [spear whooshes] - [groans]
Weeping...
Here is your wild boar.
[ominous music plays]
See the ruin you have wrought.
[Sigrid] Before this day is done,
- I will redden my spear with you. - [clangs]
You align yourself with the liar god.
In bed with my betrayer.
Your faith... has made a fool of you.
- [grunts] - [exciting music plays]
[growls]
- [Loki grunting] - [clanging]
[yells]
- [yells] - [Thor grunts]
- [both grunting] - [clangs]
[growls]
[whooshes]
[Loki yelling]
- [Thor grunts] - [whimpers]
- [growls] - [screaming]
[thunder rumbling]
[Thor groans]
[Sigrid gasps]
- [Thor grunts] - [groans]
[Thor grunts]
[lightning crackling]
- [power building] - [Thor straining]
- [Leif yells] - [clangs]
[rumbling]
[grunts]
- [panting] - [Thor groans]
[grunts]
- [magic crackling] - [Thor straining]
- [Ulfr snarling] - [grunts]
[Hervor yells]
[grunts]
[Thor grunts]
- [Thor yells] - [Sigrid groans]
You came for me. After everything.
[hopeful music playing]
[grunts]
There is no after.
Not with us.
Now take your revenge.
[shudders] Even Loki fights for more than that.
He does this for the living.
I do it for the dead.
[sighs resignedly]
Thor can die for both.
[exciting music plays]
[grunts]
[groans]
[Loki panting]
[grunts]
[groans]
[Ulfr snarls]
[Leif grunts]
- [Ulfr chomps] - [Leif yells]
- [both grunting] - [exciting, operatic music playing]
- [Hervor and Sigrid yell] - [music building]
[gasps]
[music become ominous]
- [thunder crashing] - [Thor grunts]
[Sigrid grunts]
[grunts]
- [yells] - [lightning crackles]
- [rock crumbles] - [Sigrid groans]
[Thor growls in frustration]
[Loki yells, groans]
[whirling]
- [yells] - [clangs]
[Loki groans]
[groans]
[groans weakly]
[music intensifies]
[Thor grunts]
[Leif growls]
[warriors scream]
[rumbling]
[growls]
[intense choral music playing]
[lightning crackling]
- [Thor grunts] - [Ulfr howls in pain]
[music fades]
- [growls] - [power building]
[whooshes, crackles]
[mysterious music plays]
[growls]
[shudders]
[grunts]
[Thor yells]
- [clangs] - [Sigrid grunts]
- [pants] - [eerie music playing]
[Hervor straining]
[grunting]
[Hervor groans]
- [growls] - [yells]
- [booms] - [Hervor screams]
- [squelching] - [eerie music continues]
[gasps]
[Sigrid whimpers]
[ominous music plays]
[growls]
[lightning crackling]
[growls]
- [thuds] - [Thor groans]
[grunts]
- [thuds] - [rock crumbles]
[growls]
[thuds]
No! No!
[gasps, exhales]
[music fading]
[gasps, shudders]
[exhales] Sigrid...
Do not mourn.
[gentle music plays]
[shudders]
[weakly] I go to a place where mead rains from the ceiling beams.
[shuddering]
And every belly is full.
[Sigrid sobs softly]
You must save me a seat at the beer bench, my shield sister.
- [shudders] - [gasps]
[sniffles]
[mysterious music plays]
Come! I will bear you back!
What happened to her?
She sees me, but she's...
[Freya] She's a new goddess now.
With my foresight and Odin's Memory.
A union of Vanir and Aesir.
We will start again,
if we must.
[Sigrid] She's here.
[mournful music plays]
She's here.
[Valkyries' wings beating]
What are you doing?
You have to claim her.
She was battle-slain!
It's hers by right! You have to take her!
[Sigrid breathing in panic]
You, uh... You...
You have to take her.
Please. [whimpers]
Please.
[Sigrid sobbing]
Please.
[groans softly]
[squelches]
No.
No, not you.
Not you!
Her weapon was cursed and keeps her from heaven.
Antler will have its own outcome.
Hervor's sons are in Valhalla.
She wanted to mend her family.
Valhalla is not some hero's reward.
Odin takes souls as soldiers.
To fill his spear forest with a mighty force.
Perform her corpse-help.
Close her eyes.
Let your friend fare forth.
She'll serve ungrateful gods no longer.
[whooshing]
In Hel, Hervor will be free.
[solemn ethereal music playing]
[whooshes, crackles]
Odin is war.
But also wisdom.
Would he wish her dead?
He could tell me himself, if he would leave his tower.
[Baldr] No honor hangs upon her head,
unless you make her a martyr.
You speak truth, and I shall trust it.
Sandraudiga, I summon thee.
[crackling]
[whooshes, crackles]
You sought my death.
And found surrender.
If you show me a shield of white,
all of Asgard will accept your submission.
I'll bear you home on the beaten track.
But you can walk home with me.
[Thor] The accord has only one condition.
Your true name you must tell me.
[Sigrid] I thought I came for revenge alone.
But I want more.
[hopeful music building slowly]
I want a world free of your kind,
a better future,
even if I never see it.
[clanking rhythmically]
You ask my name...
I have been many things.
I am The Weeping and Blood-Bride.
I am Antler's owner and Hoenir's killer.
I am the daughter of King Glaumar.
I am the last of the giants of the Open Hand.
On my wedding day,
you massacred my family while they held aloft white shields!
You offer surrender?!
Here is my answer!
[yells]
[gasps]
[grunts]
I am called Sigrid.
- And I fear no gods! - [epic music building slowly]
- [roars] - [music intensifies]
[warriors yelling]
You lied to me, so she might live?
[yells]
- [grunts] - [groans]
[grunting]
[yells, gasps]
[gasps]
- [Thor growls] - [lightning crackles]
[yells]
- [Thor yells] - [Sigrid grunts]
[Thor yelling]
[Baldr groans]
- [Thor whimpers] - [Leif screams]
- [mysterious music plays] - [Baldr groans]
- No. - [gasps]
[Heimdall pants] Hither come, Hödr! And help me with him!
- [magic chimes] - [gasps]
[whooshing]
'Twas mistletoe that martyred him!
[thunder crashing]
[dramatic music plays]
[Thor growling]
[yells]
[Thor and Freya groan]
[gasps]
[Thor straining, yelling]
[both straining]
- [Freya groans, pants] - [Thor grunts loudly]
- [crackling] - [Thor groans desperately]
[both straining]
[Freya groaning]
[Thor groaning weakly]
[Thor groans]
[music fading]
[wails]
[eerie music plays]
Hmm.
[chuckles]
[magic humming, whooshing]
[Sigrid groans]
[suspenseful music plays]
Where did Freya take him?! Where is Thor?
To hallowed Valhalla she took him.
But that bodes well for you, Blood-Bride.
- [blade swishes] - [gasps]
- [blood squelching] - [whimpering softly]
[Loki] You've one more go at goring him.
- To broach Asgard, you burned the world. - [Sigrid gasps]
Valhalla can be earned with ease.
You have only to fall on the field of battle.
[gasps] Sigrid.
- [shouts] Sigrid! - [Sigrid groans]
[groans]
Live in legend, little giant.
[mournful music plays]
[groans weakly]
[Leif] Sigrid. Si--
[screams] Sigrid!
- Sigrid! - [grunts]
- Sigrid! - [loud whoosh]
[whooshing screech]
[crackling]
[music fading]
[mysterious music plays]
[Valkyrie's wings beating]
[ethereal music plays]
[crackles, whooshes]
[sounds fade]
[indistinct conversations and laughter in distance]
[gasps]
- [shuddering] - [gentle music plays]
- [man 1] Yes! - [man 2] You've drunk enough.
I have you now.
[man 1] Who's next?
[Thor] You are wet, woman.
[gasps, growls]
They knew of you, but none told me.
They wet-nursed me against my will.
We've been toyed with and tossed about
by the winds and whims of others.
But now, we haunt the very same hearth.
[ethereal music plays]
And so begins...
the Song of Sigrid.
[chains clinking]
[clanks]
[haunting choral music plays]
[music fades to silence]