In order to survive, it's sink or swim
They've always said it's a dog eat dog world
What went wrong?
Survival of the fittest, the strong eat the weak
If it's the world that our wisdom will lead
Well tell me what went wrong
What went wrong?
I've paid my dues, I've sold my soul
So tell me what is left for me
When I've given up everything
So, what was I envisioning?
No matter how picturesque it was,
I never felt anything
You see, even if I reassessed my outlook
I was only longing for that scenery
I'm probably emotionless
I wonder what was I envisioning?
But no matter how picturesque it was,
I never felt anything
You see, even if I reassessed my outlook
I was only longing for that scenery
I'm probably emotionless
Is this world so far torn from the truth?
To maintain a balance between good and evil
Is it just kill or be killed?
Is the world so simplistic?
Could someone please try and fucking tell me?
Freezin' my ass off out here.
Who's got the booze?
Gamble
Man, I love a good fall.
Everything tastes good in the fall.
Especially the fish.
Cod, trout, and herring!
And the pigs and sheep are fattened and ready for eating, boss.
Yes, precisely!
A good salted sausage with a nice dark beer to wash it down!
Lemme have a sip.
I wasn't a fan at first,
but I'm slowly coming 'round to English beer.
I like a good cheese with my beer.
That stuff from Cheddar was mighty fine.
Food? I'll take the women!
The women here are so classy. They're just my type!
Thou shalt not commit adultery
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I know what you mean! They got that modesty to 'em.
Eek!
Must be 'cause they're Christian.
Eek!
God bless Christianity.
It's popular these days.
Maybe I should convert.
Well, I won't make the switch.
Christianity's too pushy. It's always don't do this, don't do that.
Besides, I saw a statue of that Jesus fellow in London.
He looked like a right pansy!
You're in trouble now!
Ain't that the truth!
Nothin' but skin and bones!
One swing from Thor's hammer would pound him flat!
Nah, I heard he were a wizard.
He did things like walk on water and make bread appear outta thin air.
Some awfully boring magic if you ask me!
I like Odin and Thor. They're way cooler.
Now, now.
Let's not be too hasty, boys.
Why don't we ask an actual Christian?
Hey there!
Prince!
Who do you think is mightier?
Jesus or the gods of Asgard?
Aww, what's this?
Something wrong, buddy?
Too shy to speak in front of the group?
Hold your disloyal tongue, Thorkell!
You wicked dog!
Do you have any idea what you're doing?!
How dare you subject His Highness to such indignity!
I mean, sure, taking hostages ain't really my style.
But what else can I do?
King Sweyn's been giving me the cold shoulder.
So my only choice is to seize the prince, and maybe I'll finally catch his attention!
Don't you see how lonely I am?
Captain! You sound like a maiden in love.
Yes!
That's exactly it!
My heart has been dashed to pieces by the cold, unfeeling King Sweyn!
Biggest wench I ever saw.
Oh, that Sweyn. He's a regular romantic!
We've fallen head over heels for him!
You're all madmen.
Battle-crazed, every last one of you.
You will all die!
Why do a mere five hundred thumb their noses at Denmark's sixteen thousand?!
We're not going to die.
And we won't have a problem winning, Ragnar.
You've been converted for so long that maybe you've forgotten about...
the pride and longing of us Norman warriors.
You mean Valhalla?
That's right.
The valkyries, agents of the gods, ever seek the souls of great warriors—
heroes worthy of being called einherjar, the warriors of the gods.
Only those who live true in battle
and die true in battle
will be allowed to dwell within Valhalla in Asgard.
How did you fight,
and how did you die?
That's what matters.
The stronger the foe, the better.
You are an old-fashioned man.
Is that so?
I suppose it is because you have spent your life going from battle to battle.
I pity you.
You are a child, Thorkell.
You know nothing.
Nothing of the royal court,
nor of King Sweyn,
nor of His Highness, Prince Canute.
Sounded rather ominous.
What's it supposed to—
I can see Him!
Father above! God in heaven, is that you?!
Oh no, his drink has run dry!
Your eternal servant stands faithfully here!
Friar! Friar!
Please sit down!
Someone get him a drink! Hurry!
Please, show me the answers to my delusions! Show me your love!
Get him something strong!
I tell ya, it kills me every time!
Seems like being a Christian's hard to deal with!
Hey!
Friar!
What say you?
Who's greater? Your Jesus or our gods?
Whoever created liquor.
I'll drink to that!
Alcohol is salvation!
Well said, monk!
What is it?
Why are we stopping?
Boss.
Right.
I'd say somewhere around there.
There, I knew it!
We've got an ambush! The hill on the right!
Shit!
Thorkell!
We have you surrounded!
We stand two thousand strong, serving Ragnar and Prince Canute!
It's my men!
Two thousand?
Any number they tell you will be a lie.
Hey.
Yep, way ahead of ye.
We are offering you rebels a final mercy!
Release His Highness and Lord Ragnar at once!
If you do, we shall spare you this time.
Think very, very hard about your position!
You scoundrels...
You have no...
No...
choice...
Your Highness!
Lord Ragnar!
Th-That's more like it.
I'm glad you've regained your senses.
Well done, men of Ragnar!
You've served admirably!
There's your precious Prince Canute, safe and sound!
So what are you waiting for?
Come!
Give us your worst!
What?
You bastard!
Stop!
Don't even think about it!
We retreat!
As a warrior, I find no reason to retreat!
They stood their ground and do not yield to us.
If we pull back now and refuse to fight,
we will be no better than cowards!
We do have a reason to retreat!
We must place the safety of His Highness first!
Our only true victory is in keeping the prince alive!
Hey! What's the matter, boys?
Surely an army of two thousand wouldn't be afraid, would it?
Or is there a different story here?
"We couldn't fight because of the hostages!"
Don't tell me you were hoping to save that excuse for when you inevitably lost!
You swine!
How dare you?
Cease!
Didn't you hear my order?!
Pay no mind to those lunatics' provocations!
My bad!
Was what I said...
the truth?!
Do your worst!
We'll send you all to Valhalla!
Go ahead! I'd love to see you try!
Movement.
They've started.
Yeah, anyone could hear that.
The wind's good.
Here we go, boys!
Set it up according to plan!
Yeah!
Pull back, you fools!
Protect His Highness!
You bloody idiots!
It's London all over again!
Retreat!
There's still time!
This supposed to be two thousand?
More like four hundred at best.
We could clean the lot up in half an hour.
What is it, boss?
Do you smell something?
Besides the blood.
Y'know, I do.
I can't smell anything.
It's the smell of intestines?
No, it's upwind.
The smell of charcoal.
Charcoal?
Hey! Get me some more oil!
Don't be so slow!
Hurry!
All right! That's good!
Light it!
This is bad.
Captain! Where are you?!
Right here.
We're in trouble.
We're in the middle of an inferno!
Can't tell friend from foe in the smoke.
No way to have a battle now.
Downwind's still safe.
Let's take off.
We won't get to Valhalla dyin' in a wildfire.
Wildfire?
Someone set it on fire.
But it wasn't their idea.
They wouldn't torch their own side when they're here trying to save the prince.
That means...
There's a third party involved.
Look at that baby burn.
It's been forever since we had a good rain.
Nasty stuff.
There's a whole bunch of ways to die.
I'd take nearly all of them over fire.
No argument here.
It's a painful and boring way to die.
It'd be a load off our back if Thorkell got burnt to a crisp.
A fire isn't enough to take out that monster.
I just want to confuse them for a while.
Thorfinn!
All right!
Pour some water on him!
You saw the prince from afar, right?
He's in the feathered helm and red cape.
Don't get the wrong man.
All right. Go!
Hey, Askeladd.
Maybe we should have joined Ragnar's four hundred.
With our hundred, we'd have five hundred just like Thorkell.
We can't beat him with equal numbers.
And even if we did,
Ragnar's men would take the prize.
It's a deer!
Either way, it's a gamble on our part.
You go get it!
If our plan ends up burning Canute,
It's venison!
we'll just pretend we don't know anything.
No one would ever find out we did it.
That's what you say.
Do you think Thorfinn can sneak the prince away?
For everything you say,
you do seem to actually trust the boy.
He's a moron with no fear, which is useful. That's all.
What's going on?!
This cannot be Thorkell's doing!
In any case, we must escape!
Your Highness! Please hurry!
Lord Ragnar!
You fool!
Who charges through smoke without ascertaining friend or foe?!
I'm so sorry.
I was unnerved.
What if you injured His Highness?!
You great idiot!
Your Highness!
Lord Ragnar!
Where are you?!
There, see?
Smart men check first, just like that.
I apologize, sir.
Hey!
His Highness is over here!
Hey!
We're friendly!
Please, just—
Found ya, Canute!
The prize! The prize!
We found the prince!
He's over here!
Damn!
You're Thorkell's dogs!
I'm the one who's the fool!
Don't kill the prince!
I know!
We have to be careful, right?
Over here, little boy.
We're nice guys.
That was close!
A horse?
Who's the runt?
What's he looking at us like that for?
Seems like he's picking a fight with us.
Can we kill him?
Why not? He doesn't look important.
All right. That's settled.
Die, kid!
He disappeared?
You there.
You're Prince Canute, right?
I'm here to save you.
Wait right there.
Impossible.
No one would come here to save the prince!
But...
Why?
Why does His Highness never have a better choice?
Thorfinn!
Hey!
You're Thorfinn, right?
Well, well!
It really is you, Thorfinn!
I knew I'd see you again!
Thorkell!
Captain!
You guys were fighting him?
He gave you a hard time, right?
After all, this Thorfinn here...
He's the warrior who maimed me.
Look.
If you underestimate him, you'll get hurt.
Wait, Thorfinn.
I have two questions.
First, you guys are behind this fire, right?
One more.
You called yourself "son of Thors," right?
If your father's name is Thors,
your mother's name is
Helga.
Am I right?
How do you know that?
Yes, of course!
I just knew you were the son of the Troll of Jom!
No wonder you fight so well!
The Troll of Jom?
The son of Thors?
He doesn't look like him.
You knew my father?
Did I know him?
He was the only man in the whole world who was stronger than me.
A true warrior.
No!
That's hot! Really hot!
I guess we don't have time to reminisce about the past, Thorfinn.
I'll give you the prince for now.
We'll resume this later.
We're both headed for the same place, anyway.
To King Sweyn's main forces!
If you lot can avoid my attacks and escape,
you'll be victorious!
Don't let me down,
son of Thors!
Thorfinn!
Finally outta there.
Where the hell is Thorkell?
Captain!
Your Highness!
Lord Ragnar!
Y-You're with the enemy!
You swine!
You're one of Thorkell's dogs!
Thorfinn's late.
Think you might've put too much faith in his good fortune this time?
Not that I mind, really.
It's no skin off our back.
There's more of them.
Hurry up and take away your dead!
Don't shoot!
It's me!
I've brought the prince!
Yeah!
Askeladd.
Because of your reckless plan,
my men got scattered.
You'll pay for this dearly.
You would have been destroyed by Thorkell anyway.
Shaddup! He'll hear you.
However, in this situation,
I have no choice but to entrust His Highness's safety to you.
Protect him and see him back to the safety of our army's main contingent.
I, Askeladd, son of Olaf, do faithfully accept this command.
Accordingly, Your Highness,
as your servant, I humbly ask to look upon your royal visage.
Your Highness...
Prince?
You sure they don't mean princess?
It’s just like a burning torch in the storm
Like a little flower blooming in the home
Bear a strong, unwavering volition
As long as you still show some kindness
A misty moon
I’m missing you
Lap up the sprawling scenery
As the beat of your heart runs free
Listen to me, sail away again, again
I pray you light the way through uncharted seas
The voices of those behind you are torn towards the unknown world
Unfurl your sails, you're not alone
So brave the stormy seas
Face that darkness