# E14 - Freedom
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***SIGN*** Freedom
***SIGN*** Freedom
**[01:49] GARDAR**
Arnheid.
**[01:54] GARDAR**
Which means this is Ketil's farm.
**[01:59] GARDAR**
I don't believe it.
**[02:01] GARDAR**
The two of you were just
a few days' walk away.
**[02:07] GARDAR**
You look a little haggard...
**[02:10] GARDAR**
But you're even more beautiful than before.
**[02:21] THORFINN**
What? Is he Arnheid's husband?
**[02:31] GARDAR**
Is Hjalti doing well?
**[02:34] GARDAR**
He must be so big by now.
**[02:47] ARNHEID**
Gardar...
**[02:51] ARNHEID**
Hjalti is...
**[03:01] GARDAR**
Come.
**[03:03] GARDAR**
Let's return to our home together.
All three of us.
**[03:10] ARNHEID**
Our home?
**[03:12] SNAKE**
Don't take his hand, Arnheid.
**[03:21] SNAKE**
If you do, I'll kill him.
**[03:40] ARNHEID**
Gardar!
**[03:41] SNAKE**
Fox!
**[03:43] SNAKE**
Take Arnheid and get out of here.
**[03:45] FOX**
Yes, boss.
**[03:54] FOX**
There's something wrong with him, boss.
**[03:56] FOX**
Did he forget he's being chased?
**[04:01] SNAKE**
Is it true that he killed Lizard?
**[04:07] FOX**
Yes. Split his head wide open.
**[04:12] SNAKE**
I see.
**[04:16] SNAKE**
He's here to kidnap Arnheid.
**[04:19] SNAKE**
Protect her with your life.
**[04:21] FOX**
Yes, boss.
**[04:24] GARDAR**
Are you Ketil?
**[04:29] SNAKE**
What if I am?
**[04:33] GARDAR**
I'll kill you!
**[04:35] ARNHEID**
Stop, Gardar! This is reckless!
**[04:38] ARNHEID**
Gardar!
**[04:49] THORFINN**
Don't, Einar.
**[04:50] THORFINN**
We don't even know what's going on.
What are you going to do?
**[04:53] THORFINN**
Are you going to attack Snake?
**[04:56] EINAR**
I know exactly what's going on here!
**[04:58] EINAR**
Arnheid's husband is here to rescue her.
**[05:02] EINAR**
Don't you want her to be free?
**[05:05] THORFINN**
I do, but look at what you're dealing with.
**[05:08] THORFINN**
You'd have to kill three men to get away.
**[05:11] EINAR**
I know I'm not strong enough, but...
**[05:14] THORFINN**
Einar, that's not what I'm trying to say.
**[05:18] THORFINN**
Can you kill a man?
**[05:21] THORFINN**
Whether it's a guest or anyone else,
**[05:23] THORFINN**
could you use this axe to kill a man?
**[05:31] EINAR**
Then... what am I supposed to do?
**[05:39] SNAKE**
Smart choice, Thorfinn.
**[05:42] SNAKE**
You guys watch quietly from over there.
**[05:46] SNAKE**
I'll capture him alive.
**[05:48] SNAKE**
I still need to question him
and confirm his identity.
**[06:00] BADGER**
Be careful, boss. He's strong.
**[06:04] SNAKE**
Who do you think you're talking to, dumbass?
**[06:10] SNAKE**
Whoa.
**[06:17] FOX**
You can't take him alive, boss. Kill him.
**[06:21] SNAKE**
Shut up. That was just a warm-up.
**[06:26] SNAKE**
Were you guys able to land
a single blow on him?
**[06:29] FOX**
What? Well, embarrassingly...
**[06:34] SNAKE**
He's injured.
**[06:37] SNAKE**
How'd the three of you lose
to an injured man?
**[06:54] SNAKE**
So that's where it was after all.
**[07:03] SNAKE**
Badger, tie him up.
**[07:06] ARNHEID**
Gardar! Gardar!
**[07:07] FOX**
Wow, you beat him in an instant.
**[07:11] ARNHEID**
Gardar!
**[07:18] GARDAR**
Arnheid!
**[07:22] GARDAR**
Arnheid!
**[07:28] GARDAR**
Arnheid!
**[07:32] GARDAR**
Arnheid!
**[07:33] BADGER**
Come on, walk.
**[07:37] SNAKE**
Don't let your guard down.
**[07:39] SNAKE**
Always keep five guys watching him.
**[07:40] GARDAR**
Arnheid!
**[07:42] SNAKE**
And tell Kjallakr's uncle that
we've apprehended the suspect.
**[07:46] GARDAR**
Arnheid!
**[07:47] FOX**
Got it.
**[07:54] SNAKE**
Now then...
**[07:56] SNAKE**
You look like you've got something to say.
**[07:59] SNAKE**
But a slave's opinion doesn't matter.
**[08:06] EINAR**
Can't you let him off the hook?
**[08:09] EINAR**
This is too much to bear.
**[08:11] SNAKE**
He killed one of my men.
**[08:13] SNAKE**
He's suspected of killing others, too.
**[08:17] SNAKE**
Not only that,
but he wants to kill the master,
**[08:20] SNAKE**
and he intends to kidnap
the master's darling Arnheid.
**[08:25] SNAKE**
We can't let someone like that off the hook.
**[08:38] SNAKE**
Forget about him, Arnheid.
**[08:41] SNAKE**
That's not your husband.
**[08:44] SNAKE**
He's just a runaway slave
who's lost his mind.
**[08:52] SNAKE**
Stay out of this matter.
Look after Gramps for me.
**[09:41] THORFINN**
Einar, wait.
**[09:42] ARNHEID**
Einar.
**[09:48] ARNHEID**
Please have a seat.
**[09:51] ARNHEID**
It's almost time for dinner.
**[09:59] EINAR**
At night, under cover of darkness,
**[10:02] EINAR**
we might be able to sneak into
the fort and rescue Gardar.
**[10:07] EINAR**
If we don't do something,
your husband will be executed.
**[10:14] ARNHEID**
Thank you, but it's all right.
**[10:18] ARNHEID**
Sometimes, things can't be changed.
**[10:23] ARNHEID**
And it's better not to do
anything in those situations.
**[10:29] ARNHEID**
It's better to sit still and
wait for the storm to pass.
**[10:35] ARNHEID**
I don't want you to get
caught in the storm, Einar.
**[10:43] EINAR**
Don't you love Gardar?
**[10:48] ARNHEID**
I do.
**[10:50] ARNHEID**
Our parents arranged our marriage,
but he was kind to me and our son.
**[10:59] EINAR**
Then we should go.
**[11:02] EINAR**
Even if we end up having to fight Snake
and his men, it's better than doing nothing.
**[11:06] EINAR**
Isn't that right, Thorfinn?
**[11:12] EINAR**
Please, Thorfinn. Lend me your strength.
**[11:15] EINAR**
I'll draw the guards to me, so you...
**[11:17] ARNHEID**
I lost my son because of pots.
**[11:29] ARNHEID**
Could I tell you a little about myself?
**[11:43] ARNHEID**
About the past.
**[12:13] ARNHEID**
Our family lived in a village in Sweden.
**[12:20] ARNHEID**
Neither wealthy nor poor,
we lived a quiet life.
**[12:33] ARNHEID**
When our son was one year old,
**[12:35] ARNHEID**
deep in a distant forest,
a marsh containing iron was found.
**[12:40] ARNHEID**
Fighting broke out between several groups
competing for ownership of the marsh.
**[12:48] ARNHEID**
Gardar's friend was among
those involved in the conflict,
**[12:53] ARNHEID**
and he asked for his help.
**[12:58] ARNHEID**
Gardar told the rest of the village about it,
and the men gathered to discuss it.
**[13:05] ARNHEID**
Should we join the fighting or not?
**[13:10] ARNHEID**
If we won, we'd acquire iron.
**[13:17] ARNHEID**
So the men decided to join the fight.
**[13:29] ARNHEID**
The women were shocked when we heard this.
**[13:34] ARNHEID**
After all, our village had all the
pots and sickle blades we needed.
**[13:43] ARNHEID**
But women can't overturn
a decision made by men.
**[13:53] (Flashback) ARNHEID**
Please reconsider, Gardar.
**[13:55] (Flashback) ARNHEID**
It's not as though we're currently
suffering from a lack of iron.
**[14:03] (Flashback) ARNHEID**
Why are you risking your life
for something we don't need?
**[14:07] (Flashback) GARDAR**
Arnheid.
**[14:12] (Flashback) GARDAR**
We do need it.
**[14:15] (Flashback) GARDAR**
Yngve of the West is an ambitious man.
**[14:19] (Flashback) GARDAR**
If his clan acquires the iron, it'll upset
the balance of power in the area.
**[14:29] (Flashback) GARDAR**
And our village will become wealthy.
**[14:32] (Flashback) GARDAR**
So will the two of you.
**[14:45] (Flashback) GARDAR**
Hjalti, your father is going to
fight to protect you.
**[14:52] ARNHEID**
I couldn't understand it.
**[14:54] (Flashback) GARDAR**
Ow, that hurts.
**[14:58] ARNHEID**
He could've protected us
better by staying with us.
**[15:10] ARNHEID**
All the young men went off to battle,
**[15:14] ARNHEID**
while the women and children were
left behind to defend our homes.
**[15:17] ARNHEID**
Several weeks passed.
**[15:21] ARNHEID**
And then...
**[15:28] (Flashback) WOMAN**
Look.
**[15:31] ARNHEID**
When we saw the ships,
we thought the men had returned.
**[15:40] ARNHEID**
But instead...
**[15:53] ARNHEID**
They attacked while the men were gone.
**[15:58] ARNHEID**
Our homes were burned.
The elderly were killed.
**[16:02] ARNHEID**
The women were put on ships and taken away.
**[16:09] ARNHEID**
And I... lost Hjalti...
**[16:23] (Flashback) ARNHEID**
Hjalti! No! Hjalti!
**[16:45] ARNHEID**
When I met Gardar today, I was afraid of him.
**[16:52] ARNHEID**
I'm sure all the suffering
he's experienced has changed him.
**[16:58] ARNHEID**
He is the storm itself now.
**[17:06] ARNHEID**
This time, I must protect my child,
from the men's storm.
**[17:17] EINAR**
Your child?
**[17:22] ARNHEID**
I just learned the other day
**[17:26] ARNHEID**
that I'm pregnant with Master Ketil's child.
**[17:35] ARNHEID**
I'm sure he'll welcome this child.
**[17:40] ARNHEID**
After all, he's been wanting one.
**[17:44] ARNHEID**
On this farm, I could peacefully
raise a healthy child.
**[17:55] ARNHEID**
So Einar,
**[17:59] ARNHEID**
stay here until the storm passes.
**[18:06] ARNHEID**
Stay here.
**[19:08] SVERKEL**
I thought you were waiting
for the storm to pass, Arnheid.
**[19:16] ARNHEID**
You were listening, sir?
**[19:21] SVERKEL**
You seem to think I've gone
completely senile,
**[19:26] SVERKEL**
but I haven't lost my senses yet.
Don't underestimate me.
**[19:36] ARNHEID**
I thought I could at least tend his wounds.
**[19:45] ARNHEID**
I know I shouldn't see him again,
**[19:52] ARNHEID**
so why?
**[20:01] SVERKEL**
I once patiently waited
for a storm to pass, too.
**[20:10] SVERKEL**
No, I trembled as I hid.
**[20:30] SVERKEL**
It was more than 20 years ago.
**[20:38] SVERKEL**
My son Ketil and a beautiful girl from
our village were in love back then.
**[20:49] SVERKEL**
But one day, a man from
a nearby village named Ebbe
**[20:54] SVERKEL**
who'd been growing his power
fell in love with her,
**[20:58] SVERKEL**
and I was forced to make a painful decision.
**[21:03] SVERKEL**
Ketil was prepared to fight to protect her.
**[21:10] SVERKEL**
But at the time, we were still weak.
**[21:14] SVERKEL**
Many were afraid of Ebbe.
**[21:18] SVERKEL**
They thought we'd be
wiped out if we defied him.
**[21:24] SVERKEL**
So we made the decision to submit.
**[21:34] SVERKEL**
Norse men would be disgusted to hear that.
**[21:37] SVERKEL**
I offered up a young woman to protect myself.
**[21:47] SVERKEL**
And yet, on the day of her wedding...
**[22:07] SVERKEL**
It was the work of a man who
envied and resented Ebbe's wealth.
**[22:18] SVERKEL**
By the time I heard
the news and rushed there,
**[22:22] SVERKEL**
everything had already burned to ashes.
**[22:37] ARNHEID**
Why? Why does this always happen?
**[22:50] SVERKEL**
The only thing I can say is...
**[22:56] SVERKEL**
Even if you can wait out the storm,
it leaves scars behind.
**[23:19] SVERKEL**
I'm sorry I can't help you.
**[23:37] ARNHEID**
I'll be back soon.
***SIGN*** Storm
***SIGN*** Storm
**[25:53] NA**
"Storm."