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Britannia Season 1 Episode 2
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00:00Mum brought me here the day before my solstice.
00:03What did she say?
00:04You don't have to do everything Dad says.
00:07Did Dad know that?
00:08All men know that.
00:09They just don't like to talk about it.
00:16Oh, shit.
00:17In a few hours' time, 400 ships will set sail for Britannia.
00:2120,000 men.
00:22Ought to be more precise, 19,996 because you four didn't fancy it.
00:28What was it, eh?
00:31No other.
00:32Hear this, Eleanor! I shit on the soles of your dead!
00:35This war with the Rigney will rage for generations.
00:39Thanks to you.
00:41This place is at war with itself.
00:43So what's the plan?
00:44We find the weak points and we push. We push hard.
00:47Father! Father!
00:51No!
00:52I'll take you as far as the river, but then you're on your own.
00:54It's not about you, it's about me.
00:56Good.
00:57My name is Valon.
01:00You, Humidia.
01:02You are going on a journey.
01:04You must leave these islands.
01:07Move!
01:08Anybody else with a message from the underworld?
01:12Speak now!
01:13Move!
01:15Move!
01:16Move!
01:17Turn why we'remäßig so he can't hear!
01:18Let's go!
01:19Slow down control!
01:20ischerive make your voice out there,
01:22Let's hide yourself.
01:24Let's have a while.
01:26goat clear.
01:27Leave it alone.
01:28Let's go.
01:30Bossel is your voice out there,
01:33Poison.
01:34I'll run this way out.
01:35Oh, my God.
02:04What was your journey? Did you bring me back something?
02:31You've done well, Numidian.
02:34Now, there's one more thing I want you to do.
02:40Oh, my God.
03:10Oh, my God.
03:20Oh, my God.
03:52Good morning. Good morning.
04:12Oh, Phil, what do you want?
04:14Sorry to disturb you, my dear. Good morning, Cousin Lyndon. Just to say the Romans are here.
04:22King Pelennor, at the gate there's a...
04:35I know who's at my gate.
04:37Fetch me my talk.
04:40Where is our king?
04:41He's not your king. Your king's sleeping one off in Gaul.
04:44Luke, fuck off with you. I don't like this arrangement any more than we do.
04:48You could have fooled me.
05:01Well, I'll say this. It's fun to look at. Brave, too, to come alone.
05:06He's come to parlay. He brings a message from his general.
05:12Oh, I get it. Is that what's going on?
05:15See, I wouldn't know. Not knowing that much about them.
05:18Isn't it obvious? He hasn't exactly come to fight, has he?
05:21I suppose not.
05:23Although with those arms, eh?
05:24Well, this is a big moment for you.
05:30Although I have to say, from up here, I can't really see the resemblance.
05:38I've listened to the elders, you, my heart, and my heart tells me this is not yet a war.
05:46Well, I agree. There's still time. Will you speak to them?
05:49I am Vetus Aurelius, Optio of the Eighth Legion, servant of Emperor Claudius.
06:07I am here under the sacred protection of Parley.
06:13Fuck off. Back to Rome.
06:19Now it's a war.
06:49Time to get moving.
07:09Some Romans just came through. Three of them.
07:11Where?
07:12They rode straight past.
07:14If they'd seen me, I'd be dead.
07:15You're lucky.
07:19No, it wasn't luck. You did this. You left this to protect me.
07:23Oh, that? No, no, no. That's not for you.
07:26It protects me while I sleep.
07:28Oh.
07:30But it worked for you.
07:33That's interesting.
07:35Here, eat these.
07:36What the hell are they?
07:44Dogberries.
07:45They're disgusting.
07:47I forgot to say they taste like shit, but they keep you going.
07:51Chew. Chew.
07:55Swallow.
07:56Have you swallowed?
07:57I'm not a child.
07:58Or a woman.
07:59Hey, maybe that's why they didn't see you.
08:00Maybe you are invisible.
08:04I hate you so much.
08:06Don't mention it.
08:10See?
08:12Let's go.
08:22Dillian!
08:23It's me!
08:23That's Marna. That's my wife.
08:25What are you saying?
08:25Marna!
08:26Marna!
08:28What is that record?
08:30I need cake.
08:31Are you not?
08:32Disley.
08:32On the handset!
08:34Does anyone see cake?
08:35On the handset!
08:35Oh!
08:37Watch out!
08:38What?
08:38What's going on?
08:40Be quiet!
08:43If one single soldier coming in or out of this camp is harmed,
08:48your menfolk will be executed!
08:52I trust that's clear!
08:54I trust that's clear!
09:00It's the Whalers!
09:04It's the Whalers!
09:04How many?
09:05Twenty-odd.
09:07Oh, keep them quiet, but don't scare them off.
09:09When things settle, a man could use some female company.
09:13Listen, I've been thinking.
09:15The river gives us a flank, but it's too close.
09:18Bowmen could lay fire on us without having to cross.
09:21I see.
09:22What's really the problem?
09:25Come on, I've known you for too long.
09:28He knew your forefather's name.
09:31Tribune Numerius Plautius.
09:34Bang on about that all the time.
09:35He joined a month before we left Rome.
09:37Oh, do spit it out.
09:39He knew my history, one of it.
09:41Why would he do that?
09:44Sacrifice his life.
09:45It doesn't make sense.
09:48You know, I take your point about our position.
09:51But I like having the river close.
09:53It's not the tie, but I like it.
09:57Where are you going?
09:59Bath time!
10:01Legionary, take three men.
10:03Stay close to the general.
10:04Aye, perfectus.
10:15You're going to die so our general can wash his balls.
10:39Oh, this is great.
10:41Great way to die.
10:43Where the fuck has he gone?
10:45What?
10:46Oh, shit.
10:47Fuck.
11:04You have been warned on us, Brutus.
11:07Make a land!
11:09So you went mad, and the Druids cast you out.
11:24I didn't go mad.
11:26Now, the Druids don't cast you out for being mad.
11:29Being mad in the Druids is practically a requirement.
11:32So why did they throw you out?
11:34Because I was possessed by a demon.
11:37A demon?
11:38His name is Puika.
11:39Who's Puika?
11:40He's one of the three demon kings.
11:42He sounds important.
11:43But then you wouldn't be possessed by any old demon, would you?
11:46Have you seen the Druids?
11:47Have you looked in their eyes?
11:49To look a Druid in the eye is to stare down into the abyss.
11:53And the Druids are afraid of Puika.
11:57So you never joke about Puika.
12:01Ever.
12:02Why didn't the Druids just kill you?
12:12You can't kill Puika.
12:14Puika's immortal.
12:16So he's still inside you?
12:19He's been asleep for a year now.
12:22And with all these rumblings, I feel him stirring his sleep.
12:28His nostrils can smell the blood and the flames.
12:30But as long as he's in me, I'm safe from the Druids.
12:36They can't touch me.
12:39Only when Puika leaves me.
12:42Only then, the Druids can have their revenge.
12:45Then I'm really in trouble.
12:47Then they can do to me what they want.
12:50And they will.
12:56So, here we are.
12:58Romans this way, caves that way.
13:01You will be safe there.
13:03Goodbye.
13:05Where's the cave?
13:06I said I'd take you as far as the river.
13:08Well, where's the river?
13:09Ten miles that way.
13:10I'd take you myself, but I'd be wasting really precious time.
13:13I need to destroy the Romans.
13:15The path wanders a lot.
13:18You have to go through little demon wood, then east...
13:21Wait, no, no, hold on.
13:21Stop.
13:22Little demon wood.
13:24It's the wood.
13:25That's little.
13:26Not the demon.
13:27Through little demon wood.
13:29That leads straight to great demon wood.
13:31A bit scary.
13:33Climb down the cliffs to a waterfall.
13:35Now, there are wolves near the waterfall.
13:37But if you carry on for a few miles, you'll see the cave.
13:46Safe journey.
13:48No, I'm not going to the cave.
13:49I'm coming to find the Romans with you.
13:51No, you're not.
13:52Dad wasn't at home.
13:53He could have been taken prisoner.
13:56Listen, I didn't want to tell you this.
13:59But your dad's dead.
14:09I saw him get killed.
14:14He died a warrior.
14:17He was fighting?
14:18So bravely.
14:19He would have been proud.
14:22No one brings weapons to Solstice.
14:24It's forbidden.
14:25He must have disarmed a Roman.
14:28Was it a sword or spear?
14:32A sword.
14:33Which hand was he fighting with?
14:35This sword hand.
14:39Left or right?
14:45Right.
14:45You lying bastard!
14:47All right, I made it up.
14:48But you forced me to.
14:49You're not mad!
14:50You're just a bastard!
14:52A lying bastard!
14:53I can't have you with me.
14:55You slow me down!
14:56You'll get me called.
14:58That can't happen!
14:58You evil!
14:59You liar!
15:03My mission is huge!
15:05You don't see it!
15:06I'll find the fucking Romans myself!
15:10That's my path!
15:11Not anymore!
15:13Find another!
15:13I knew that would work.
15:34It's a mountain fortress.
15:36Natural defense is all flanks.
15:38High perimeter for bowmen.
15:39Main fortress is deep inside.
15:41You could garrison three, four thousand minimum.
15:43We'd take it over.
15:45We'd command all the coastal tribes.
15:47Krog Dunnan is our foothold in the south.
15:51Bring me one of the children.
15:58A boy.
15:59The gods have chosen the first chance we get.
16:25Agreed?
16:26Agreed.
16:27What's your name?
16:34Innes.
16:35What about your king, Innes?
16:36What's his name?
16:39King Perenor.
16:40And is he an honorable king?
16:42I only saw him once.
16:44He was very old.
16:46The druids put the ruins on his face.
16:50The ruins?
16:52It's the king's story.
16:53And what is the story?
16:56Only the druids know.
17:01What about me?
17:02Do you know who I am?
17:04Mum says...
17:06What does your mum say?
17:07You can tell me.
17:09Mum says you're a demon.
17:13And is she here with you?
17:15Your mum?
17:15More about your father.
17:20In the underworld.
17:26How did he die?
17:27Your soldiers sent him there.
17:28What do you want to be when you grow up?
17:42A warrior.
17:43A warrior.
17:46And who will you fight?
17:48The Regni.
17:48Are they your enemy?
17:49The Regni burnt our home.
17:51They killed my hound.
17:53Now, Innes.
17:54This underworld.
17:59Has anyone ever been there and come back?
18:01I mean, anybody you know.
18:02Only the druids can make that happen.
18:12Can I go now?
18:13Come here.
18:31Close, son.
18:33Don't be afraid.
18:34Now, one more question and then you can go.
18:47Agreed?
18:55Tell me about the druids.
19:04What's the fuck?
19:05What's the fuck?
19:06What's the fuck?
19:07What's the fuck?
19:08What's the fuck?
19:09What's the fuck?
19:10Educational?
19:11Very.
19:12Very.
19:13Up to you.
19:14General.
19:16Start crucifying the prisoners.
19:17To an hour, full show.
19:18You need news to get to Pelennor fast?
19:20Yes, sir.
19:21Get yourself two outriders.
19:22Saddle up.
19:23Some people I want you to visit.
19:32Oh!
19:34Move!
19:41No, no, no, no, no.
19:43Take me.
19:44He can't work.
19:46You want to come?
19:47It's too old to work.
19:50Then you come too.
19:57What are they building?
20:01No.
20:02No.
20:03No!
20:04You're next.
20:32I'm not the only one.
20:33No, you're next.
20:34I know...
20:35I'm not the only one.
20:36No.
20:37No.
20:38No.
20:39I'm not the only one.
20:40She's walking out of the distance.
20:41No, I'm not the only one.
20:42No!
20:43No!
20:44No, I'm not the only one.
20:45No!
20:46Oh my God.
20:47I'm not the only one.
20:48No!
20:49No, no, no!
20:50Is it going to be the only one?
20:51No!
21:21They've started to execute the prisoners.
21:34There's nothing I can do.
21:37You can try and change his mind.
21:40Father's mind is set.
21:43He wants to do this like his forefathers did.
21:46No parley.
21:48Just out and out war.
21:51Come on!
21:53Come on!
21:54Come on!
22:16Our home is full to bursting.
22:18The children say there are warriors asleep in the apple store.
22:21I've done and serves its true purpose, ma'am.
22:25And yet, now that Rome has returned, should we not be wary of weakness within these walls?
22:33Meaning?
22:34Your daughter, Kera.
22:46I'm afraid...
22:47Afraid what?
22:48I'm afraid.
22:49Afraid what?
22:51She keeps secrets from you.
22:54What secrets?
22:56You need help to build a spear.
22:57No!
22:58No!
22:59No!
23:00No!
23:01No, no!
23:01No!
23:02No!
23:03No!
23:04No!
23:05No!
23:06No!
23:06No!
23:07No!
23:08No!
23:09No!
23:10No!
23:11No!
23:12No!
23:13No!
23:14I am Kara, daughter of Pelennor, king of the Cantique.
23:33I've come to speak with your general.
23:44First time.
23:56I need your word as a general of Rome that I have safe parley here.
24:03You have it.
24:04You come to occupy us.
24:05We come to work with you.
24:07To make both our worlds better.
24:08How many crucifixions does that take?
24:10Yesterday I sent an envoy to parley with your father.
24:15Today he came back with a flea in his ear.
24:17Now you're here.
24:21What happened?
24:22Did he change his mind?
24:24Does he even know you're here?
24:25Stop killing my people.
24:27Then I'll talk.
24:30Forgive me, but about what?
24:34I asked to speak with the king.
24:36How much as I'd like to spend all afternoon talking to you, it's not what the emperor pays me for.
24:42My father listens to me.
24:43I see.
24:45You have his ear, do you?
24:47You influence him?
24:48I do.
24:50He didn't send you here, did he?
24:53No.
24:54I thought not.
24:56Not in style.
24:57Now have I no old Pelennor.
24:59Stop killing the prisoners.
25:04And in return?
25:04I will speak with my father.
25:08Up to you.
25:11Aye, general.
25:13Cease the execution.
25:14Aye, general.
25:25This morning a young boy from your tribe came here and told me a story.
25:29He said King Pelennor had a beautiful young wife.
25:37And he loved her with all his heart.
25:40Then one day the druids came and told him his queen was cursed.
25:45She had Roman blood.
25:46Her grandfather had been a Roman soldier and she was part demon.
25:53She would seek to destroy the king.
25:56So old Pelennor summoned his young wife.
26:01And had her flayed alive.
26:03I wonder what your druids think about you.
26:20So far.
26:27Tantalizing, isn't it?
26:29Is it?
26:30Not yet.
26:32Yeah.
26:34I need you.
26:35I'm getting married.
26:38I need you.
26:39I'll escape.
26:41I need you.
26:42I can't.
26:42I need you.
26:44I need you.
26:46I can't.
26:47I can't.
26:47I need you.
26:48I can't.
26:48I need you.
26:49I expect you to feel that only Valentine passed
26:51when you're about to take on card Apigh Bert.
26:53Then you, know Y concept is the same decadeheart.
26:53Bye.
26:54I know Y concept is MJ Mara.
26:55Who's allози?
26:55I've been a brother.
26:56I'm out of size with both teams.
26:57Let's go.
27:27Let's go.
27:40How long are you following me?
27:41Since morning.
27:43These men are Regney scouts.
27:45There could be more around.
27:47I know another path.
27:48I can't take you any further.
27:58I know.
28:00I'll go back.
28:02Will you tell him?
28:04He's my king.
28:06I can't stop you.
28:24I just came back from a ride into the Roman area.
28:27I saw their camp.
28:28Their general gave the order to hold the crucifixions.
28:32What made him do this?
28:35I don't know.
28:35That's mine.
28:51Don't touch it.
28:52These scrolls.
28:54What are they?
28:56I don't know.
28:57Histories.
28:58Stories.
28:59Roman stories.
29:00Yes!
29:01Yeah?
29:02How long have you had them?
29:03Since I was a girl, Mother gave them to me.
29:05Are you insane?
29:06You share our mother's blood!
29:08All texts are forbidden.
29:09They are the work of devils.
29:12Where were you today?
29:14Where have you been all day?
29:16I went to the Roman camp.
29:19I spoke with their general.
29:21He agreed to stop the crucifixions.
29:23In return for what?
29:24I just wanted to buy us more time and it worked.
29:28You know he was right.
29:30You really are like our mother.
29:32If he knew what you just told me,
29:35and he knew that I kept it a secret,
29:39do you know what he would do to me?
29:40Hmm?
29:42He'd do the same as he did to her.
29:46He'd do the same as he called Michaela.
29:48I don't care to my daughter.
29:49I don't care to my own son.
29:51Okay.
29:52She'sける.
29:52She's going to keep going home.
29:53You're a comes.
29:53So if you're a kids.
29:55They'reologian.
29:57She's going to keep going.
30:01She's going to keep going.
30:03Move it, move it.
30:04Come on.
30:05Move.
30:06They're more on a ship.
30:14già one...
30:15She's going to keep going.
30:16Hold steady now
30:25Eyes front
30:27Hold
30:29Come on
30:46Run
31:07Run, you police are fired
31:09Hold it up
31:21Load in
31:22Over there
31:24Hold
31:26May release
31:32Take him out
31:34Halt
31:39That's a range finder
31:42For the archers
31:43I said hold
31:45That's the prefectus, sir
31:52That's a parley pole
31:57Good old Lucius followed us
32:00They've come to talk
32:02Come on
32:03Come on
32:04Come on
32:05Come on
32:06Come on
32:07Come on
32:08Come on
32:09That's the prefectus, sir
32:10That's a parley pole
32:11Good old Lucius followed us
32:13They've come to talk
32:18General Aulus
32:28Plotius
32:29General Aulus Plautius, commander of the Roman 9th Legatus Augusti, here by decree of Emperor Claudius and the Senate of Rome, Queen Antidia of the Regni, daughter of...
32:57Sit the fuck down, pretty boy. You've done enough talking today.
33:07You are welcome here, Queen.
33:10I piss on this ground. Canty soil makes my arse itch.
33:17I've got 20,000 warriors, 10,000 spears, too many bowmen to count.
33:22I have ore lands, forges and steel, enough to fight a hundred years.
33:26My fortress has springs, wheat field and cattle sheds. It's stocked and ready for a ten-year siege.
33:32That's if you can get anywhere near it.
33:35Which I deeply doubt.
33:37So what are you offering us this time?
33:42Emperor Claudius Tiberius Augustus would like you to become citizens of Rome.
33:47And in return for some modest taxation, he'd like you to continue ruling your lands, worshipping your gods.
33:54And generally, just carrying on, tax issues aside, is fairly normal.
33:59But, and this is the important part, as Romans, Emperor Claudius will become your protector.
34:08Your enemies will be our enemies.
34:12Which is always bad for them, and good for you.
34:17How does that sound?
34:21Take your time.
34:23Lots to think about.
34:27I know my mind.
34:30I have my own offer.
34:34Show him.
34:47You've seen such a wound.
34:54Your eunuchs.
34:57But not on my son.
35:00Not on my prince.
35:02Well, that's not good, but...
35:06I don't think even the Emperor can help you there.
35:10Come here, my love.
35:17Who did this abomination, Queen?
35:28Two summers ago, the Druids came.
35:30They said the ancestors wanted my boy to be the union between Regni and Canty.
35:35My only son.
35:37I refused.
35:39I said the ancestors would have to tell me themselves.
35:44So I went there.
35:48I crossed over to the other place.
35:52A harrowing trip.
35:56I met with my dead.
36:00They told me.
36:03Marry him.
36:04Marry your son to our enemy.
36:08I thought I'd sooner die.
36:10But I felt the strength of my dead behind me.
36:13So I conceded to them.
36:16Carer was his bride.
36:20Daughter of Pelennor.
36:23On the night of their wedding, in their bed, she took my boy in her hand.
36:30Gentle.
36:32With a sweeten as a wife should.
36:33Until she had him hard.
36:34And then, with her canty knife, she cut out my future at the root.
36:44I heard his cries from our camp.
36:46My boy.
36:48Bleeding his life into his wedding sheet.
36:50How could the gods leave him so?
36:57And she who did this be gone?
37:01Had the gods forsaken me?
37:04I could not understand.
37:05But now I do.
37:12You're here for my revenge.
37:15They sent you.
37:17The Regni will accept you here, but only as allies against the canty scum.
37:21If you will swear to deliver Carer, daughter of Pelennor, to me.
37:32Alive.
37:36Make sure the men are fed.
37:37We'll ride through the night.
37:39We'll set up camp within striking distance of Krug Dunning by Dor.
37:43You trust the Regni?
37:45Hatred is far more reliable.
37:46By God, do these people hate.
38:16I need you to lead the column.
38:33Maintain a loaded march till dawn.
38:35What?
38:37What are you doing?
38:39I'll meet you at the dawn camp.
38:41You have the command.
38:43Where are you going?
38:44General.
38:46There are strategic elements to this mission I can't discuss.
38:50Not even with you.
38:51You can't go out there on your own.
38:54It's insane.
38:57Go with the General.
38:58Yes, sir.
39:15Oh!
39:17Oh, it's great.
39:19Oh!
39:21Sorry!
39:27Oh!
39:36Oh!
39:38Oh!
39:41Oh!
39:42Here we go again, look at us, cocks in hand walking ahead of the column, well let's do
40:11this guy now like we said, but did he say where he was going, you know the general, what are you waiting for, I said I'll do it all right, if you don't have the balls don't draw the straw, I need to pick my moment, are you with us, aye, so let's do it, sir, we're not going any further,
40:41get back in line, I don't think so, do it now, for God's sake, man, do it, are you sure, your thoughts, these two,
40:57are you sure, your thoughts, are you sure, your thoughts, when you're in charge, you're with us, oh, get back here now, information, hold,
41:11Brutus! Brutus!
41:13Brutus!
41:15Hold! Get back here now!
41:17Formation!
41:21Hold!
41:31Come to us!
41:33Steady? Steady?
41:41Huh?
41:59With me!
42:01This way! Move! Move!
42:11No!
42:19Cowards!
42:21Alive!
42:25I want them alive.
42:39Camp here!
42:41If I'm not back by sunrise, you join the others.
42:43You understand?
42:44Yes, sir.
42:48Fuck me.
43:11I can't blame you.
43:12I can't wait.
43:13I can't wait.
43:16You got my map then?
43:46You take a great risk in coming here. You must be very brave. Or foolish.
44:05Then it better be worth it.
44:09Are you sure you're ready, Rome? Ready for what you'll find?
44:15I'm ready.
44:20Then let's begin.
44:24He looks shiny. Like a newborn baby.
44:33We have a general. This man. His weapon is not the sword. His weapon is you.
44:48We are the dead. We are the dead. You know Caesar's mistake. You don't defeat these people by fighting their warriors. It's their god you've got to kill them.
45:03You don't defeat these people by fighting their warriors. It's their god you've got to kill.
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