# E7 - Iron Fist Ketil
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**[00:20] BADGER**
There were two of them.
**[00:22] GUEST A**
It must be them again.
***SIGN*** Iron Fist Ketil
***SIGN*** Iron Fist Ketil
**[00:26] BADGER**
Their footprints do look similar.
**[00:28] SNAKE**
Why'd this have to happen
while the master's gone?
**[00:32] SNAKE**
What's the damage?
**[00:35] GUEST B**
One bag of flour and some dried meat.
**[00:40] FOX**
It's no use, boss.
**[00:42] FOX**
They're all mixed up with
other footprints. I can't track them.
**[00:46] SNAKE**
No matter.
**[00:48] SNAKE**
They don't steal much,
but they've developed a taste for it.
**[00:53] BADGER**
Do they think we don't know, Snake?
**[00:58] SNAKE**
Fine, then.
Sounds like they need to be punished.
**[02:42] ARNHEID**
What? That's incredible.
**[02:44] ARNHEID**
That means the old master likes you.
**[02:50] EINAR**
Does he?
**[02:51] ARNHEID**
Yes, he does.
**[02:53] ARNHEID**
Not only does he
lend you his tools and horse,
**[02:55] ARNHEID**
but he invited you to eat
at the same table with him.
**[02:57] EINAR**
He's just paying us back
for doing his chores.
**[03:03] ARNHEID**
We're slaves.
**[03:05] ARNHEID**
Normally, people *don't* pay us back.
**[03:09] EINAR**
Oh, right.
**[03:15] EINAR**
Now that you mention it,
I guess you're right.
**[03:18] ARNHEID**
That's right.
**[03:20] EINAR**
But why does he like us, then?
**[03:26] EINAR**
Huh? U-Uh...
**[03:29] ARNHEID**
I'm sorry.
**[03:31] ARNHEID**
Einar, you're a good person.
**[03:33] ARNHEID**
You just don't realize it yourself.
**[03:41] EINAR**
What? No, wait, but...
**[03:45] THORFINN**
Einar, I'm heading out.
**[03:46] EINAR**
I'm not that special.
**[03:50] EINAR**
Huh? Oh, sure.
**[03:54] EINAR**
Is he trying to be considerate?
**[03:59] EINAR**
He's a good guy, too.
Doesn't talk much, though.
**[04:03] ARNHEID**
I know.
**[04:04] MISTRESS**
Arnheid!
**[04:06] ARNHEID**
Oh, no. It's the mistress.
**[04:09] EINAR**
Sorry for keeping you tied up.
**[04:11] ARNHEID**
Not at all.
**[04:12] ARNHEID**
I look forward to every morning
now that I have someone to talk to.
**[04:19] ARNHEID**
See you later.
**[04:22] EINAR**
See you tomorrow morning.
**[04:28] EINAR**
Yahoo!
**[04:32] EINAR**
She called me a good person.
**[04:35] EINAR**
I'm a good person!
**[04:41] MISTRESS**
How dare you stay out there chatting
when breakfast isn't even ready yet.
**[04:47] ARNHEID**
I'm sorry, mistress.
**[04:49] MISTRESS**
We don't keep you around for fun, you know.
**[04:52] MISTRESS**
You have to earn your keep.
**[04:55] ARNHEID**
Yes, mistress.
**[04:56] MISTRESS**
The master will be returning
from the thing today.
**[05:00] MISTRESS**
He might be bringing guests back with him,
so prepare accordingly.
**[05:07] MISTRESS**
I suppose an enslaved man *would* be
a good match for an enslaved woman.
**[05:16] EINAR**
Hey, they're sprouting.
**[05:18] EINAR**
These are wheat seedlings, Thorfinn.
**[05:22] THORFINN**
They look so... feeble.
**[05:26] THORFINN**
Do they always look like this?
**[05:29] EINAR**
Yup, they sure do.
**[05:33] THORFINN**
How strange. So these become bread?
**[05:37] EINAR**
Surprised?
**[05:39] THORFINN**
Yeah.
**[05:41] EINAR**
Impressive, isn't it?
**[05:44] THORFINN**
Yeah, it's amazing.
**[05:46] EINAR**
We'll grow and sell, grow and sell,
**[05:50] EINAR**
and eventually buy ourselves back.
**[05:54] EINAR**
It might takes years, but someday...
**[05:59] EINAR**
All right. I'm feeling motivated.
**[06:02] EINAR**
This is our first step toward freedom.
**[06:05] EINAR**
Let's clear these woods,
so we can plant double next year.
**[06:12] EINAR**
Oh...
**[06:15] EINAR**
We can eventually buy our freedom by farming,
**[06:21] EINAR**
but I wonder if Arnheid has a similar deal.
**[06:28] THORFINN**
I don't know. Why don't you ask her?
**[06:34] EINAR**
You think it'd be okay to ask that?
**[06:37] THORFINN**
More importantly, what are we
doing with these today?
**[06:41] THORFINN**
Oh, the wheat?
We won't have anything to do for a while.
**[06:45] THORFINN**
I see. So we should keep clearing the woods.
**[06:48] EINAR**
So we'll pray.
**[06:50] THORFINN**
What? Pray?
**[06:58] EINAR**
Almighty God!
**[07:00] EINAR**
Make our crops grow!
**[07:02] EINAR**
Make them ripen and grow!
**[07:04] EINAR**
Keep insects and mold away!
**[07:05] EINAR**
Send the rain our way!
**[07:11] EINAR**
Join me.
**[07:13] THORFINN**
What?
**[07:15] THORFINN**
Who am I supposed to p-pray to?
**[07:19] EINAR**
Anyone.
**[07:21] EINAR**
Yahweh, Freya...
Pray to everyone and everything.
**[07:28] EINAR**
Get down here.
**[07:33] EINAR**
If we want a successful harvest,
all we can do is pray to God.
**[07:37] EINAR**
We have nothing to offer.
**[07:39] EINAR**
But we'll pray extra hard to make up for it.
**[07:42] EINAR**
Make our crops grow!
**[07:45] EINAR**
Come on. Put your hands
together and pray with me.
**[07:47] THORFINN**
What? O-Okay...
**[07:50] THORFINN**
M-Make our crops grow...
**[07:53] EINAR**
I can't hear you!
**[07:55] THORFINN**
Okay!
**[07:56] THORFINN**
Make our crops grow!
**[07:58] EINAR**
Don't be so embarrassed.
**[07:59] EINAR**
Nothing's more embarrassing
than doing it half-assed.
**[08:02] THORFINN**
O-Okay!
**[08:03] EINAR**
Ready, and...
**[08:04] EINAR/THORFINN**
Keep insects and mold away!
**[08:06] EINAR/THORFINN**
Send the rain our way!
**[08:22] THORGIL**
Wow, the farm hasn't changed at all.
**[08:27] THORGIL**
Are Mom and Olmar doing well, Dad?
**[08:31] KETIL**
Yeah. Olmar is so full of energy,
he's a pain in my ass.
**[08:35] KETIL**
He's anxious to head off to battle like you.
**[08:41] THORGIL**
He hasn't changed since he was little either,
**[08:44] THORGIL**
even though he's a coward.
**[08:46] KETIL**
Everyone has their strengths
and weaknesses, Thorgil.
**[08:50] KETIL**
He's not fit for battle.
**[08:52] KETIL**
People should stay where they belong.
**[08:57] THORGIL**
I wouldn't be so sure.
**[08:59] THORGIL**
Sometimes the battlefield changes a man,
like King Canute.
**[09:03] KETIL**
"King"?
**[09:05] THORGIL**
Nobody calls him a prince anymore.
**[09:08] THORGIL**
He changed quite a lot in this war.
**[09:11] THORGIL**
He's a proper general now.
**[09:16] THORGIL**
Why not send Olmar to the battlefield
and see how he fares?
**[09:20] KETIL**
You can't be serious.
**[09:22] KETIL**
He'd never survive with his skills.
**[09:29] BADGER**
Isn't that the master?
**[09:31] SNAKE**
Perfect timing.
**[09:35] SNAKE**
Isn't that...
**[09:37] SNAKE**
It really is you, Thorgil.
**[09:42] SNAKE**
When did you get back?
**[09:43] THORGIL**
Five or six days ago.
**[09:45] THORGIL**
I ran into Dad at the thing,
so I thought I'd stop by.
**[09:50] SNAKE**
You're a tough one. You haven't died yet?
**[09:53] THORGIL**
Thanks to the training
you put me through, Snake.
**[09:58] KETIL**
Snake, what have you got trailing behind you?
**[10:01] SNAKE**
Oh, right.
**[10:03] SNAKE**
Hey.
**[10:06] BADGER**
Come on, hurry up.
**[10:10] SNAKE**
They're thieves.
**[10:12] SNAKE**
I was going to hand them over to you.
**[10:14] KETIL**
Thieves?
**[10:15] SNAKE**
We'd been experiencing a rash
of similar burglaries recently.
**[10:20] SNAKE**
I've got a hunch they're behind all of them.
**[10:27] SNAKE**
They may be kids, but theft is theft.
**[10:31] SNAKE**
They need to be punished, master.
**[10:56] THORA**
Sture, my hands hurt.
**[11:00] THORA**
What's going to happen to us?
**[11:07] THORA**
Are we going to die?
**[11:11] STURE**
It's okay. It's all right.
**[11:15] STURE**
I'm right here with you.
**[11:20] THORGIL**
In other words...
**[11:22] THORGIL**
people talk about military units,
**[11:24] THORGIL**
but nobody really cares who their
allies or enemies are supposed to be.
**[11:28] THORGIL**
Once the fighting starts, you and your
clansmen pick your targets and attack.
**[11:33] THORGIL**
Everyone's desperate to prove they're
the greatest daredevil on the North Sea.
**[11:39] THORGIL**
After the battle,
you enjoy plundering the spoils.
**[11:42] THORGIL**
Guys kill each other all the time
over women they can sell.
**[11:48] THORGIL**
Olmar.
**[11:49] OLMAR**
Huh?
**[11:49] THORGIL**
What do you say?
Do you want to go to England?
**[11:53] OLMAR**
Uh, I...
**[11:55] THORGIL**
What? You don't want to?
**[11:57] OLMAR**
Oh, o-o-of course I'll go to war!
**[12:01] OLMAR**
I'd love a chance to prove myself!
**[12:03] THORGIL**
That's my little brother!
**[12:03] OLMAR**
Ow...
**[12:06] THORGIL**
Maybe I'll give you a souvenir.
**[12:09] THORGIL**
Bring me my necklace.
**[12:11] SUBORDINATE**
Yes, sir.
**[12:21] OLMAR**
What is this, jerky? Can I eat it?
**[12:25] THORGIL**
Sure, but ears don't taste very good.
**[12:28] OLMAR**
Huh?
**[12:30] THORGIL**
They're the ears of Englishmen.
**[12:33] OLMAR**
Ears?
**[12:46] OLMAR**
Oh, uh...
**[12:48] THORGIL**
You really are a scaredy-cat.
**[12:50] THORGIL**
How are you going to fight like that?
**[12:54] THORGIL**
We're sons of Iron Fist Ketil.
**[12:58] OLMAR**
Iron...
**[12:59] OLMAR**
Iron Fist?
**[13:01] THORGIL**
You don't know?
**[13:03] THORGIL**
Our dad was a legend when he was young.
**[13:06] THORGIL**
As soon as the fighting started, his weapon
would shatter under his own strength,
**[13:14] THORGIL**
so he'd fight the rest
of the battle bare-handed.
**[13:17] THORGIL**
He accomplished more than
anyone fighting like that.
**[13:23] OLMAR**
What? Our dad?
**[13:27] THORGIL**
When I talk to the veterans,
the name Iron Fist comes up a lot.
**[13:32] THORGIL**
You should show more respect to Dad.
**[13:36] KETIL**
Thorgil, you must be tired from your journey.
**[13:40] KETIL**
Why don't you rest inside?
**[13:42] THORGIL**
I'm not that weak.
**[13:45] KETIL**
Thorgil.
**[13:52] THORGIL**
If the great Iron Fist Ketil commands it.
**[13:56] SNAKE**
Master.
**[13:59] SNAKE**
I'm sorry, but could you take care of
those two before you go off to rest?
**[14:14] KETIL**
First, why don't you tell me your names?
**[14:19] GUEST**
Come on, tell him your names.
**[14:21] KETIL**
Don't do that.
**[14:23] KETIL**
They can't speak because they're frightened.
**[14:26] GUEST**
Sorry.
**[14:29] KETIL**
Tell me your names.
**[14:34] STURE**
I-I'm Sture. My younger sister's name is Thora.
**[14:39] KETIL**
I see, I see. Sture and Thora.
**[14:43] KETIL**
Do you have anyone who could
speak in your defense?
**[14:47] SNAKE**
Besides them, their family consists of
their mother and a baby.
**[14:50] SNAKE**
Their mother was sick in bed,
so I didn't bring her here.
**[14:54] SNAKE**
Their father is missing.
**[14:57] KETIL**
What's your father's name? Is he well?
**[15:03] SNAKE**
Answer him.
**[15:06] STURE**
My d-dad is Snorri.
**[15:09] STURE**
Last fall, he went out to sell vegetables
and never came back.
**[15:18] PATER**
Is your grandfather's name by any chance Bo?
**[15:25] STURE**
Yes.
**[15:28] PATER**
Their father is Snorri, son of Bo.
**[15:30] PATER**
He owes money on the land
he rents from you.
**[15:33] KETIL**
Ah, that Snorri.
**[15:36] KETIL**
I knew I hadn't seen him recently.
**[15:39] THORGIL**
He must be dead.
**[15:41] THORGIL**
He hasn't come back in a year.
**[15:43] THORGIL**
He's not coming back.
**[15:45] THORGIL**
A thief probably killed—
**[15:47] STURE**
You're wrong! Dad's just out on an errand!
**[15:59] KETIL**
* Traditionally, families that have*
* lost their breadwinner*
**[16:01] KETIL**
*are hired by other families to do work.*
**[16:06] KETIL**
* These children may be healthy,*
* but they have a sick mother and a baby.*
**[16:11] KETIL**
*Nobody would take them in.*
**[16:15] MISTRESS**
What's the matter, honey?
**[16:19] KETIL**
J-Just got a bit of dust in my eye.
**[16:26] KETIL**
So, what did these two steal?
**[16:30] SNAKE**
Their crimes are numerous, but they
confessed to stealing one bag of flour.
**[16:36] SNAKE**
My men and I can attest to that.
**[16:39] KETIL**
You didn't threaten them
into saying that, did you?
**[16:42] SNAKE**
No, of course not.
Though I did convince them to talk.
**[16:50] (Flashback) SNAKE**
I'll wait until this bag is empty.
**[16:56] (Flashback) SNAKE**
You'll get off easy as long as you're honest.
**[17:01] SNAKE**
I told them your name's written
on the bottom of our bags.
**[17:09] KETIL**
That's practically threatening them!
**[17:11] SNAKE**
What? That wouldn't have been enough to
make them confess if they weren't guilty.
**[17:17] THORGIL**
Then it's simple. One arm.
**[17:24] STURE**
M-My sister's still little!
Please go easy on her!
**[17:29] THORGIL**
Oh? Then you'll accept
your sister's punishment, too.
**[17:34] THORGIL**
We'll cut off both your arms.
**[17:39] THORA**
No... Sture...
**[17:42] SNAKE**
Well... I know what I said, but I'd like
to ask you to go easy on them, too.
**[17:52] THORGIL**
Then it's decided. Right, Dad?
**[17:59] KETIL**
*He's horrifying.*
**[18:01] KETIL**
*I can hardly believe he's my son.*
**[18:05] KETIL**
*Why did you have to steal from me?*
**[18:09] KETIL**
*I have no choice but to punish you.*
**[18:17] PATER**
I'm against it.
**[18:19] PATER**
You'd be practically executing him.
**[18:21] PATER**
It's too great a punishment for theft.
**[18:24] KETIL**
Pater...
**[18:26] PATER**
May I offer my opinion, master?
**[18:31] KETIL**
Yes. Yes, speak, Pater.
**[18:37] PATER**
As one who helps run this farm,
**[18:41] PATER**
I don't think it's right to harshly
punish such a young boy.
**[18:45] PATER**
Cutting off both his arms
would make him useless.
**[18:49] PATER**
Sture, how old are you?
**[18:53] STURE**
Twelve.
**[18:55] PATER**
Good. That's old enough
to start working with the adults.
**[19:01] PATER**
You must be compensated for their theft,
and their father's debt must be repaid.
**[19:05] PATER**
They can pay you back by working.
**[19:09] PATER**
I recommend that you hire these children
and their mother to work on your farm.
**[19:16] PATER**
They can grow crops on the
land you lent to their father.
**[19:23] PATER**
I'll teach Sture what to do.
**[19:26] PATER**
If he grows into a good worker,
you'll be fully compensated for this matter.
**[19:32] PATER**
They won't need to steal anymore, either.
**[19:35] PATER**
It solves the problem.
**[19:38] KETIL**
Yes, yes. I couldn't agree more.
**[19:41] KETIL**
I must be compensated
for the loss, yes. In that case—
**[19:44] PATER**
For the aforementioned reasons, I believe a
beating would be an appropriate punishment.
**[19:54] KETIL**
What?
**[19:57] THORGIL**
Well, I understand your argument.
**[20:00] KETIL**
No. No, wait. They can pay back
what they stole by working for me.
**[20:06] KETIL**
Paying off their debt
can be their punishment.
**[20:11] SNAKE**
They can't get off with
no punishment at all, master.
**[20:16] SNAKE**
If you don't, people won't take us seriously.
**[20:26] SNAKE**
And nobody likes a kid with sticky fingers.
**[20:30] SNAKE**
Punishing them is for their own good.
**[20:39] SNAKE**
How many strokes will it be?
**[20:50] KETIL**
Five... Ten. Ten strokes.
**[20:55] SNAKE**
That's ten strokes each.
**[20:59] SNAKE**
You're first, boy. Bite down hard.
**[21:04] THORA**
Sture...
**[21:05] STURE**
Stay back!
**[21:07] THORA**
Sture!
**[21:08] STURE**
Twenty! Hit me 20 times!
**[21:12] STURE**
Just please, please don't hit my sister!
**[21:17] THORGIL**
Oh? Now this is interesting.
You've got some guts.
**[21:21] THORGIL**
Dad, let me do it.
**[21:24] SNAKE**
What? But you don't know how to hold back.
**[21:27] THORA**
N-No...
**[21:28] SNAKE**
Don't kill him.
**[21:29] THORGIL**
Yeah, yeah.
**[21:30] SNAKE**
Be gentle.
**[21:31] THORGIL**
Yeah, yeah.
**[21:33] SNAKE**
Don't hit his head or anything.
**[21:35] THORGIL**
Okay, okay.
**[21:36] THORGIL**
Gentle, right? Here we go, kid.
**[21:46] THORA**
Sture!
**[21:51] THORGIL**
One.
**[21:52] THORA**
Sture!
**[21:52] KETIL**
W-Wait. Stop, Thorgil.
**[21:55] KETIL**
I'll do it. I'll do it myself.
**[22:25] THORGIL**
Where's Dad?
**[22:27] OLMAR**
He went to bed.
**[22:29] THORGIL**
Good grief. Iron Fist Ketil
must be getting old.
**[22:37] KETIL**
All that Iron Fist stuff is a lie.
**[22:43] KETIL**
A Norse man can't be a coward
and make it in this world.
**[22:50] KETIL**
Everyone expects me to be brave.
**[23:00] KETIL**
Nobody suspects a "great man"
like me would lie about that.
**[23:15] KETIL**
I'm afraid of Thorgil, my own son.
**[23:22] KETIL**
I'm afraid of war. I'm afraid of violence.
**[23:29] ARNHEID**
Being kind can't possibly be a bad thing.
**[23:35] ARNHEID**
I know your pain.
**[23:41] KETIL**
You're the only one who'd say that to me.
**[23:46] KETIL**
You're the only one I can tell everything.
**[23:54] KETIL**
Stay with me.
**[23:58] KETIL**
Without you, my world is full of darkness.
***SIGN*** An Empty Man
***SIGN*** An Empty Man
**[25:52] Narrator**
"An Empty Man."