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A repentant Aethelred lingers near death while his ealdormen vie for control of Mercia and Edward uses his niece Aelfwynn as a bargaining chip.

Hoping to be joined by Edward’s troops, Aethelflaed and Uhtred ally with the Welsh to face Cnut’s thousand-warrior army at the Battle of Tettenhall.

Uhtred suffers an unbearable loss in his attack on Bebbanburg but takes some valuable captives during his retreat south. Aethelflaed prepares for war.

As Uhtred and his men draw closer to Bebbanburg, prodigal son Wihtgar returns with some tricks up his sleeve. News of Cnut’s treachery reaches Wessex.

Uhtred receives news that Bebbanburg’s defenses have been weakened by Scottish attacks and plans to seize his birthright, but Edward refuses to help.

As a climactic battle with the Danes draws near, untested Edward faces dire decisions about the fates of Uhtred, Wessex — and England.

At the end of his days, Alfred takes Uhtred into his confidence about his plans for Edward’s uncertain future, but Aelswith charts a different course.

Uhtred risks returning to Wessex to fulfill his vow to Brida. As the royal wedding approaches, Aethelwold spreads discord from the shadows.

A message from Uhtred and the machinations of Skade exploit divisions among the Danes. His health failing, Alfred wrestles with Aethelwold’s fate.

Edward makes a kingly decision. Alfred lays plans for his son’s future reign. Aethelwold faces a treacherous task. Uhtred and Brida search out a seer.

A deadly betrayal threatens to splinter Ragnar’s army. Uhtred forms a cunning battle plan and finds an unexpected ally in young Edward.

Uhtred turns his attention to Aethelflaed’s plight. Alfred forces Edward to face his duty. Ragnar’s army marches but traitors emerge from within.

Bloodhair and Aethelwold try to coax Uhtred into their alliance against Alfred. Fearing for her life, Aethelflaed turns to Father Beocca for aid.

Falling afoul of Alfred, Uhtred flees north to his brother, Ragnar. His eye on the throne, Aethelwold begins assembling an alliance to strike Wessex.

His health failing and fearing for his legacy, Alfred sends Uhtred to confront a new threat: fierce Danish warrior Bloodhair and his sorceress, Skade.

Odda defies Alfred to coerce the king into war. Uhtred conspires with Erik to rescue Æthelflæd, forcing a fateful confrontation with Sigefrid.

Æthelred faces humiliation after his blunder in London backs Alfred into a corner. Her loyalties shifting, Æthelflæd makes a dire appeal to Uhtred.

As his distrust of Uhtred deepens, Alfred sends Æthelred to drive Erik and Sigefrid from London, but the young lord harbors ambitions of his own.

After a season of peace, Uhtred receives a mystical call to follow his fate. Erik makes a cunning request, and Beocca navigates matters of the […]

Dispatched to Northumbria, Uhtred walks a fine line between fealty to Alfred and assisting Ragnar’s savage blood feud with Kjartan.

Hild and Ragnar hunt for Uhtred, who lays plans for escape. Alfred eyes the kingdom of Mercia, and chaos erupts when Guthred’s alliance crumbles.

The stratagems of Abbot Eadred play on Guthred’s weakness. Uhtred rallies the men of Cumbraland to march on Eoferwic, but faces a cruel betrayal.

Sent north by Alfred to ransom enslaved king Guthred, Beocca seeks help from Uhtred, who makes a new allegiance in his quest for vengeance.

A united King Alfred and Uhtred leave the cover of the marshes and make a rallying call to all Saxon armies.