The Vikings Page #4

What would be the worst thing

for a Viking?

To die without

a sword in his hand...

and never enter Valhalla.

For me to break

my pledge to Aella...

would be as bad as that.

I'll find a way.

You captured

Ragnar single-handed?

We all owe you our thanks.

I don't want your thanks.

I want Morgana.

This barbarian

is under the illusion...

that you desire to be

released from your pledge.

Do you release me?

Surely you don't

want to be released.

-Yes, I do.

-That is absurd.

Sire, you gave your word.

Of course.

But first things first.

Father Godwin...

take the Princess Morgana

to the chapel...

that she may meditate

before making a final decision.

Yes, sire.

Gentlemen,

let us proceed to the kennels.

The royal pets are hungry.

Take him.

That stone, my lady...

where did you get it?

Eric gave it to me.

Where did he get it?

He said it was tied

around his neck...

when the Vikings

captured him as a baby.

Since you brought him here,

the pleasure shall be yours.

Push him in.

I claim the right of a Viking

to die with a sword in my hand.

And I deny you that right.

Go ahead. Push him in.

Cut my bonds

and give me the sword.

Why should I?

Would you deny me the right

to enter Valhalla?

What are you doing?!

You dare give him that sword?

Odin!

And Einar is his brother.

Eric has surrendered

his own father to Aella.

Father Godwin,

we must try to stop him.

Yes. Come.

You have dared to defy a king!

You shall join Ragnar

in the pit.

I want all here

to see the reward...

for such defiance.

Your Majesty, I would

ask you to bear in mind...

that I made good your promise...

in the name

of Holy Mother Church.

Thank you, Father Godwin.

You are the watchdog

of my fury.

But if a common slave

can rob me of a queen...

and slay an enemy...

too cunning for

a whole nation to defeat...

then the day must come

when he will be...

a deadlier foe to England

than Ragnar ever was.

With or without

God's sanction...

I tell you, as your king,

this cannot be.

Yes, my dear?

I will keep my pledge to you.

Don't kill him.

In that case...

nothing could

distress me more...

than for you

to think me cruel.

Then let him go.

Hold out the hand

that has defied me.

Let this serve as a lesson

to all Vikings.

Take him to his ship

and cast him adrift.

Why do we wait?

Because of a slave...

my father's bones lie now

at the bottom of the fjord.

Ragnar was your king...

but he had no Viking's burial.

I have sworn

by the blood of Odin...

to avenge my father's death.

Why do we wait?

We must mourn Ragnar.

It's revenge Ragnar wants,

not mourning.

Every Viking wants to revenge

the death of Ragnar.

Then let's go to England now...

for the girl and the slave.

We don't even know

where they are.

Where else would the slave go

but to Aella's castle...

to be rewarded

for his treachery?

Perhaps,

but what chance would we have?

Aella's castle is the strongest

in all of England.

I know Aella's castle well.

Here are the maps.

Einar has studied

every stone and beam.

To reach the castle,

we must hug the English coast.

They will have days

to prepare for our attack.

We don't hug the coast.

We sail across the open sea.

And if there's fog?

Can't we do what a slave did?

The slave used witchcraft.

His eyes sawthrough the fog

to the stars.

Are you afraid, Bjorn?

Do not confuse fear

with caution.

Odin has sent no sign.

Then you can stay here.

But we go to avenge

Ragnar's death!

Who sails with me?

Not even enough to man one ship.

Odin.

Odin must have answered me.

Where's Morgana?

In Aella's castle.

You dare to come back here

just to tell me this?

No. I need you and your men

to take the castle...

and you need me to guide you

across the open sea.

Why should you want me

to free Morgana?

Because she shall be my wife.

All right, slave...

you live until Morgana's free.

Vikings! Vikings!

Odin has sent us a sign!

Kill him! Kill him!

Listen to me!

Make no mistake.

I hate this slave

more than any living man...

but he can guide us to Morgana.

What matters more to you?

A foreign wench

or vengeance for Ragnar?

Because of him...

your father lies

at the bottom of the fjord.

That's not true!

Ragnar died in England!

In the fog, he swam to my boat.

I took him there.

How did Ragnar die?

Aella ordered him bound...

and thrown alive

into the wolf pit.

Ragnar bound like a sheep

and thrown to wolves?

I cut his bonds.

He died fighting

with the sword I gave him.

And this was my thanks

from Aella...

for letting

Ragnar die like a Viking.

Now you know how Ragnar died.

His eyes can lead us to Aella.

Now...

who sails with me?

I will!

Strange, isn't it?

I was going

to take you to England...

and now you're taking me.

Do you still have that stone

you wear about your neck?

No. It's gone.

Just as well.

Why?

I used to think

it would bring me luck.

Now neither of us

will have any use for it.

Arthur, the Vikings!

It's the Vikings!

The Vikings!

Egbert, where would Morgana be?

The safest place...

the tower chapel.

Odin!

Be assured, sire.

The second drawbridge

is much stronger than the first.

Take your magic elsewhere,

holy man.

The chapel is a sanctuary.

Father Godwin.

Go ahead. Jump.

You will be my queen.

I knew it the first moment

I saw you.

You knew it, too.

You knew it that night

on my ship.

It's not true.

Yes...

it is true.

I don't love you.

You must love me

exactly as I love you.

I hate you. It's Eric I love.

Where are you taking me?

To see Eric...

for the last time.

Don't kill him.

You can't.

Look at this.

It's from the pommel

of the sword Requiter.

It was given to Eric

by his mother, Enid the Queen.

Listen to me!

Ragnar was his father!

Lies won't save him!

It's true. I swear it is!

He is your brother!

Eric!

Look at him...

how he hastens to his death.

He can't wait to die.

If I can't have your love,

I'll take your hate.

Why did he hesitate?

Odin!

Prepare a funeral for a Viking.

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