Vikingdom Page #4

No. No, you do not.

20,000 gold coins I'm paid

by the Byzantine emperor.

...for a squadron of our warriors.

Arthur of the Angles

pays me 30,000 in silver.

...so that I may keep his throne safe.

For I, the younger and lesser brother.

...sits on this throne...

...and our kingdom is rich.

And now you come.

You're mistaken, brother.

I did not return for the crown.

Instead I've been asked by the Gods.

...to take on a battle

with impossible odds.

- With whom?

- The God Thor.

Thor?

Just because he came back from the dead...

...he thinks he can take

on the God of Thunder?

I came here to ask for your help...

...not to be mocked.

Let's go.

No, brother, I cannot

allow you to leave.

A listening ear for all

who despise my reign...

...a figurehead for those

who would overthrow me?

Forgive me, brother.

Take them away!

Search them and bring

whatever you find to me.

I'm sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Why don't you just give

Lord Beothric what he wants?

Then we don't have to do this.

Someone's approaching,

and it's not one of us.

You are friends of My Lord Eirick?

We are.

Then know this:
He has been betrayed.

He and his fellows are in the dungeon.

I might get you into the keep...

...but by oath, I cannot raise

a sword against my brothers.

But you might get him out,

get him back to the boat.

Eirick needs us.

- Eirick need Yang?

- Yes.

These Jomsberg are no brawlers, my lass.

They're the finest warriors on earth.

Good. Arrogant men fall easiest.

We'll not pass that courtyard unseen.

I wouldn't be so glum, good Yorik.

Alcuin, hurry up.

Go! I will join you in due time.

This leads straight to the dungeons.

Your friends are down there.

The king is sending us north

with a slave for barter.

- Do you hear that?

- Shh!

Brynna! Good?

Yes, Yang, I'm fine. You?

I'm fine. Come.

- Open the gate.

- F*** you, whore!

Open the door. Open the door!

Whatever you say, my lady.

Hey, it's the little man.

Yang good?

No, Yang, you're f***ing brilliant.

Where's Eirick?

Next cell.

Oh...

By Odin's blind eye, what

have they done to you?

Brynna, where's the horn?

With Alcuin.

Where is he?

The druid and the horn, where are they?

Cut them down.

I'd stay still if I were you, My Lord.

See how he betrays his brother?

May he not treat you the same.

What did Thor offer you to betray me?

Why, all of the Angle

Isles to rule as I see fit.

You see, brother...

...you're not the only one

with the counsel of the Gods.

You can keep your Angle

Isles and the throne.

But understand this.

When I have subdued Thor,

I will come back for you...

...and we will have our reckoning.

It is you who does not

understand, brother.

The horn itself commands

the highest price.

Without it, you're worthless.

King of Jomsberg!

Would this be what you seek?

You bastard! Traitor!

My, my.

This is a fine thing.

You see, brother, the

message was very simple.

Your brother's coming...

...and he carries the Horn of Helheim.

Retrieve it and capture him.

And with the help of

your friend here, I have.

So now it's time for

my reckoning with you.

Take him away.

Treat him as befits

a royal. Use a sword.

Throw the rest of a cliff.

Druid, come. Drink with me.

I thought there was

a traitor amongst us.

It's Alcuin the wizard.

He owes us his life.

How could he do that?

In return for Beothric's gold.

My Lord, we are with you.

We will take you away from

this place and give you shelter.

We will also gather our group of men.

...to join you to fight the Trondelag.

What about the other captains?

For them, it's treason.

That looks like it hurts.

Let me.

If this quest goes on too much longer...

...there won't be much of you left.

We've lost the horn.

The odds are against us.

Could we not fight without it?

The horn is the only

thing that can stop Thor.

Maybe I have no right

to ask the men to go on.

Or you.

I know you said you would ask

no more of me than any man...

...but what if I wanted to give you...

what only a woman can?

Brynna...

I promised my heart to

another many years ago.

I wondered how I ever

loved such a human fool.

Freyja?

No.

Be still there.

Don't turn around.

We are far from one another right now...

...but through this I can speak.

I barter myself with the Gods...

...so that you might live again.

But your life came with a condition...

...that you and I...

...can never experience love again.

But at least you lived.

I'd rather be dead than

live my life without you.

You must.

I brought you back...

...so that you should live.

We can no longer be.

Eirick...

...stop living in memories.

If a man spends his

life looking backwards...

...he'll miss what's right in front of him.

And what is right in front of me?

Hope.

A chance for joy...

...happiness.

A chance for the one thing.

...that mortals have that the Gods desire:

...love.

It's no shame to love again.

For what little time

is left, Thor has...

Then fight for your right to tomorrow.

Fight...

...so that your name is

whistled down the ages.

...as a name for goodness...

...for worth...

...and for light.

I'm... I'm sorry.

I-I didn't mean to.

If you take me, I'm yours.

I'll think about it, My Lord.

I know that look on a man's face.

Amazing what a good

night's sleep can do.

More like a night not sleeping.

There's your army, My Lord.

You do your men and Jomsberg proud.

This will be a great battle.

They'll sing songs about the

few that went to Trondheim.

...and smashed the armies of the God.

Men, we leave soon,

before Beothric finds out!

Forgive us, sire.

We have traitors in our midst.

Some of our brothers have

sided with your brother, sire.

The king is dead.

The druid.

What are they to do with

only a few hundred men?

They are the Jomsberg.

Who knows what they'll do?

I care little.

Tomorrow I shall have the horn...

...and no army in this middle kingdom.

will be able to stop me.

The Gates of Valhalla, Mittgard

and Helheim will swing wide.

My Lord, what is this plan?

What are you saying?

I shall open the pathway...

...to open the gates of Heaven and Hell.

It will wreak havoc upon our world.

I care little for your world.

Thousands of our people will die.

These people fell our

fields, build our ships.

Surely you cannot be unaware of

the havoc that this will cause.

Fool! Of course I am aware.

Only by my forging mayhem upon the world.

...can the Christian God

be destroyed forever.

This is not about our Viking quests.

...or extending our realm.

It's about you and the Gods

at the expense of mortals.

What care have I for

mortals? I am a God.

You may care little, My Lord...

...but I'll not you lead us

into our own destruction!

You forgot one thing.

Only those with the blood of Gods.

...can use the weapons of the Gods.

You, Wolfred...

...suffer from a lack of vision.

Kings of the North, prepare your men.

The battle for the middle

kingdom starts at sunrise.

Captain.

I name you King of Nordland,

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