E5 - Path of Blood

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SIGN    Path of Blood
SIGN    Path of Blood
[02:13] ASKELADD
    Are you deaf too, you old man?
[02:24] ASKLEADD
    Don't move, guards.
[02:29] ASKELADD
    The king is within reach of my sword.
[02:37] CHIEFS
    Is he serious?
[02:38] CHIEFS
    Oh, dear.
[02:52] CANUTE
    Askeladd.
[02:54] THORKELL
    You bastard! King Sweyn is mine.
[02:56] CANUTE
    Don't move, Thorkell!
[02:57] CANUTE
    Askeladd's not acting normal.
[02:59] CANUTE
    Don't provoke him.
[03:01] CANUTE
    The king mustn't be harmed.
[03:03] THORKELL
    What?
[03:11] SWEYN
    Put away your sword,
    then I'll forgive you for this offense.
[03:16] ASKELADD
    Forgive me?
[03:17] ASKELADD
    Don't push your luck, you savage.
[03:20] ASKELADD
    As punishment for mocking my family
     and my people, you deserve to die!
[03:26] SWEYN
    This is my last warning.
[03:28] SWEYN
    Put away your sword, Askeladd.
[03:32] ASKELADD
    That's my nickname.
[03:35] ASKELADD
    I'll tell you the name my mother gave me.
    My real name.
[03:40] ASKELADD
    Lucius Artorius Castus.
[03:44] ASKELADD
    I am the rightful king of the land of Britannia.
[04:07] ASKELADD
    I feel better now.
[04:33] NArrator
    For a period of time,
    the Danes held dominion over England.
[04:39] NArrator
    But in the year 1014,
    the situation changed rapidly
[04:43] NArrator
    with the death of King Sweyn of Denmark.
[04:51] NArrator
    Denmark and England
    crossed swords once again.
[04:58] NArrator
    Canute succeeded his father Sweyn
[05:00] NArrator
    and took command of the
    Danish viking army in England.
[05:06] NArrator
    Upon hearing news of Sweyn's death,
[05:08] NArrator
    Ethelred II returned from his exile
    to Normandy and was reinstated.
[05:14] NArrator
    Both men proclaimed themselves
    King of England,
[05:18] NArrator
    and the fate of the throne
    was uncertain once more.
[05:23] NArrator
    England was exhausted
    by never-ending battles.
[05:37] SUBORDINATE A
    Your Highness, stand back.
[05:39] ETHELRED
    I'm fine. I didn't drink any.
[05:42] SERVER
    Y-Your Highness, have mercy!
[05:44] SERVER
    I swear to our Lord Jesus Christ
     that I didn't know.
[05:48] SERVER
    I had no idea the drink was poisoned.
[05:51] SERVER
    Your Highness, have mercy!
[05:52] SERVER
    Please, King Ethelred!
[05:55] ETHELRED
    Bastard...
[05:58] ETHELRED
    Such underhanded means...
[06:26] GUNNAR
    The situation here is even worse
    than we were told, Your Highness.
[06:33] GUNNAR
    It will take a long time for Mercia,
[06:37] GUNNAR
    once called the Jewel of the Fields,
    to recover from this.
[06:43] CANUTE
    Gunnar, don't speak as though
    we had nothing to do with this.
[06:47] CANUTE
    We laid waste to this region.
[06:51] CANUTE
    What is that?
[06:53] GUNNAR
    Huh?
[06:55] GUNNAR
    Oh, right.
[06:57] GUNNAR
    This is the advance force of our army,
    which conquered this region.
[07:02] CANUTE
    That's not what I meant.
[07:04] CANUTE
    I'm asking what it is that they're doing.
[07:07] GUNNAR
    Why, pillaging the land, of course.
[07:10] GUNNAR
    They're looking for girls to
     sell from among the beggars.
[07:14] CANUTE
    I thought I forbade that.
[07:16] CANUTE
    Have them beheaded and
    display their heads on the road.
[07:19] GUNNAR
    What?
[07:21] GUNNAR
    B-But collecting the spoils
    of war is a military custom.
[07:26] GUNNAR
    Cracking down on it harshly would be...
[07:28] CANUTE
    Men who can't maintain discipline
    are no soldiers of mine.
[07:32] CANUTE
    Behead them and display
    their heads on the road.
[07:35] GUNNAR
    Y-Yes, Your Highness.
[07:38] GUNNAR
    Hey, you!
[07:39] SOLIDER A
    What? Seriously?
[07:57] FLOKI
    I appreciate you coming all the
    way here, Your Highness.
[08:02] CANUTE
    Floki, have the arrangements been made?
[08:05] FLOKI
    Yes, Your Highness, they await your command.
[08:07] FLOKI
    They can move out immediately.
[08:11] FLOKI
    But you need not have met them yourself.
[08:15] FLOKI
    You could have allowed us to handle the matter.
[08:17] CANUTE
    It's fine. I was already here
    observing the military situation.
[08:21] CANUTE
    I shall meet with them.
[08:22] FLOKI
    Earl Eadric of Mercia is a coward.
[08:25] FLOKI
    He is hardly a man worth meeting.
[08:28] CANUTE
    A person's character and their
    usefulness are two different things.
[08:31] CANUTE
    Either way, I shall meet him
    and judge for myself.
[08:36] CANUTE
    And besides, there is
    another reason for my visit.
[08:42] FLOKI
    What do you mean?
[08:45] THORKELL
    Hey!
[08:48] THORKELL
    Canute!
[08:52] THORKELL
    You're here, you bastard!
[08:55] THORKELL
    Canute!
[08:59] CANUTE
    I must appease that.
[09:02] CANUTE
    I imagine it was too great a
    task for you and your men.
[09:04] FLOKI
    Yes, indeed.
[09:17] THORKELL
    You little brat!
[09:20] THORKELL
    Let me hit him!
[09:21] THORKELL
    Get outta my way and let me hit him once!
[09:27] CANUTE
    Calm yourself, Thorkell.
[09:29] THORKELL
    Why, you friggin' fraggin' little...
[09:33] THORKELL
    I hate when someone stops my
    battles more than I hate frogs!
[09:41] SOLDIERS
    What?
[09:41] SOLDIERS
    Frogs?
[09:44] CANUTE
    Mercia has requested a truce.
[09:47] CANUTE
    Our victory here is as good as certain.
[09:51] CANUTE
    You did well, Thorkell.
[09:53] THORKELL
    Shut up!
[09:55] THORKELL
    Battles don't stop until you've
    taken the opposing leader's head.
[10:02] THORKELL
    I was about to lop off Eadric's head.
[10:07] CANUTE
    Don't make such a fuss.
[10:08] CANUTE
    Earl Eadric of Mercia is
     merely the leader of this region.
[10:12] CANUTE
    Look at the bigger picture.
[10:15] THORKELL
    I don't care about that crap.
[10:18] THORKELL
    I just want to enjoy a
     fulfilling life of warfare.
[10:22] FLOKI
    In the lands to the east, Ethelred's son,
    Edmund, is making some disquieting moves.
[10:28] FLOKI
    I ask that you help us pacify the east.
    Your overwhelming strength in battle is—
[10:33] THORKELL
    I'll decide where I go and
    who I fight, Dicehead.
[10:40] THORKELL
    Canute!
[10:42] THORKELL
    You'd better not have forgotten
    what I said to you then.
[10:48] THORKELL
    "I'm going to watch what you do from now on,
    and who you'll become."
[10:57] THORKELL
    You're still a nobody.
[11:00] THORKELL
    You aren't even the King of England.
[11:03] THORKELL
    You're just a kid.
[11:05] THORKELL
    So listen up, kid.
[11:07] THORKELL
    No matter what you do,
    you won't be able to avoid war.
[11:12] THORKELL
    You have no choice but to carve
    your path with blood and iron.
[11:16] THORKELL
    Just like Askeladd did.
[11:19] THORKELL
    Don't forget that.
[11:21] THORKELL
    From the start, the path you walk
    has been covered in blood.
[11:27] THORKELL
    How long are you going to keep doing that?
[11:29] THORKELL
    It's annoying! Get outta here!
[11:32] THORKELL
    Boy, I'm pissed.
[11:35] THORKELL
    I'll back down for today,
    but there won't be a second time.
[11:39] THORKELL
    And don't you forget it.
[11:42] GUNNAR
    H-How dare he insult you like that
    in front of the soldiers.
[11:45] GUNNAR
    Your Highness,
    you mustn't overlook this offense.
[11:51] CANUTE
    Why not? It makes sense.
[11:53] CANUTE
    He offered a valuable warning.
[11:56] CANUTE
    He's an honest man.
[11:57] THORKELL
    Move it!
[11:59] THORKELL
    Clear the way.
[11:59] CANUTE
    It would surely be a
     pleasure to live like him.
[12:05] CANUTE
    Let's go.
[12:30] EADRIC
    4,000 pounds of silver.
[12:32] EADRIC
    This is everything we were
     able to gather at this time.
[12:37] EADRIC
    Please accept this offering.
[12:43] EADRIC
    If you'll withdraw your forces from Mercia,
[12:48] EADRIC
    we'll provide you with an
     additional 4,000 pounds.
[12:50] EADRIC
    It's not a bad deal, Canute.
[12:55] CANUTE
    You offer me Danegeld, Eadric?
[13:03] EADRIC
    What is your answer, Canute?
[13:22] CANUTE
    This is nothing.
[13:37] SOLDIER B
    Okay, lift 'em.
[13:51] MAN
    Hup.
[14:28] CANUTE
    Let me ask you something.
[14:31] CANUTE
    You're paying me this silver so
     I'll leave Mercia, aren't you, Eadric?
[14:39] EADRIC
    I-I'm offering you 8,000 pounds.
[14:42] EADRIC
    That should be more than enough
    for you to withdraw.
[14:47] CANUTE
    It's not.
[14:49] CANUTE
    Think carefully about what you're saying.
[14:53] CANUTE
    You're telling Canute, Bretwalda of England,
[14:57] CANUTE
    to take this money
    and leave his own territory.
[15:02] CANUTE
    And the price you set on such an
     insult against a king is this paltry sum?
[15:10] CANUTE
    I am your king.
[15:13] CANUTE
    I came to this land to quell the rebellion
    taking place within my domain,
[15:18] CANUTE
    not for wealth.
[15:24] EADRIC'S SON
    This is nonsense!
[15:25] EADRIC'S SON
    Our king is Ethelred of the
     honorable House of Wessex, not you.
[15:31] EADRIC
    Silence.
[15:32] EADRIC'S SON
    But Father...
[15:34] EADRIC
    Enough. This is neither the time nor place.
[15:37] CANUTE
    You're right. There is another
    who calls himself the King of England.
[15:44] CANUTE
    So, did you offer me this deal
    with Ethelred's permission?
[15:51] EADRIC
    I-I'm sure His Highness would understand
    if we explained the situation to him.
[15:57] CANUTE
    Ah, how open-minded of him.
[16:00] CANUTE
    So Ethelred would forgive one
    of his own vassals for deserting
[16:06] CANUTE
    in order to protect his own land.
[16:09] GUNNAR
    Now, that's not nice.
[16:13] FLOKI
    He's got a nasty streak.
[16:17] CANUTE
    The world is in chaos
    because there are two kings.
[16:22] CANUTE
    One must die.
[16:27] CANUTE
    Ethelred is a coward who
     abandoned his people and throne
[16:31] CANUTE
    to flee into exile during the previous war.
[16:36] CANUTE
    Don't you think it's foolish to trust
    the future of England to such a man?
[16:44] EADRIC
    You're telling me to betray him?
[16:52] CANUTE
    You've already betrayed him.
[16:57] CANUTE
    I'd like you to assist me, Eadric.
[17:05] CANUTE
    I'd like to make Ethelred go away.
[17:12] CANUTE
    You've served him for
    many years as his vassal.
[17:16] CANUTE
    I'm sure you would know
    of a good method.
[17:20] EADRIC
    Do you intend to strip me of
     every last shred of loyalty, boy?
[17:27] CANUTE
    In exchange, I'll allow you to keep Mercia.
[17:30] CANUTE
    Ethelred's head is my price.
[17:33] CANUTE
    A good deal, don't you think?
[17:36] EADRIC
    I refuse. A truce is off the table.
[17:41] EADRIC
    I'll keep fighting a foul man
    like you until the bitter end.
[17:50] CANUTE
    Floki, this man doesn't seem to be a coward.
[17:55] CANUTE
    He's got some backbone.
[17:57] FLOKI
    In that case,
    shall we test it, Your Highness?
[18:06] CANUTE
    Come outside, Eadric.
[18:09] CANUTE
    I have something to show you.
[18:57] CANUTE
    Are you ready?
[18:59] SOLDIER C
    Yes, Your Highness.
[19:02] CANUTE
    Light it.
[19:17] EADRIC
    Signal fires? What are they signaling?
[19:24] EADRIC
    What is this?
[19:30] EADRIC
    What are you doing, Canute?
[19:48] EADRIC'S SON
    Father.
[19:51] EADRIC'S SON
    L-Look...
[20:06] SUBORDINATE B
    Th-There are more over there.
[20:12] EADRIC
    C-Canute, what are they signaling?
[20:21] CANUTE
    This is what it means
    to go to war against me.
[20:26] CANUTE
    Imagine it, Eadric.
[20:30] CANUTE
    Mercia has been reduced to ash.
[20:51] CANUTE
    Do you understand now?
[20:53] CANUTE
    If I will it, reducing you to ash
    would be no trouble at all.
[21:06] EADRIC'S SON
    Father!
[21:14] CANUTE
    Buy peace by offering me Ethelred's head.
[21:19] CANUTE
    It's the smart choice.
[21:47] NA
    The next year, in April of 1016,
    King Ethelred II of England would die.
[22:04] SUBORDINATE C
    Your Highness!
[22:07] NArrator
    It is said he died of an illness.
[22:18] NArrator
    After Ethelred's death,
    his son Edmund assumed the throne.
[22:24] NArrator
    As his father's successor,
[22:27] NArrator
    Edmund caused great trouble for
    Canute's forces in a hard-fought war, but...
[22:36] NArrator
    Seven months later in that same year,
    he unsurprisingly also died of an illness.
[22:55] ASGEIR
    Died of an illness, huh?
[22:57] ASGEIR
    It took King Sweyn ten years
    to conquer the nation,
[23:01] ASGEIR
    and this time, it ended in less than three.
[23:05] ASGEIR
    The Witanagemot will recognize
     Canute as Bretwalda.
[23:11] ASGEIR
    The coronation will be held
    first thing next year.
[23:18] THORKELL
    Don't talk to me about Canute.
[23:21] THORKELL
    You're ruining my beer.
[23:27] ASGEIR
    Fine, fine.
[23:43] NArrator
    Sweyn, Ethelred, and Edmund...
[23:51] NArrator
    Thanks to the unnatural deaths of his rivals,
[23:54] NArrator
    in the year 1018, Canute officially
    became King of England.
SIGN    We Need a Horse
SIGN    We Need a Horse
[25:52] NArrator
    "We Need a Horse."