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Dark tree blood tales of arise8/3/2023 ![]() ![]() Young Uhtred believes that it only takes sinners. Finan claims that it is spread by touch while Uhtred and Osferth state that it spreads by air. They realize that at least one man is still alive but that he’s dying of a sickness. They come to a stop as the road is blocked with the bodies of dead men piked on large wooden sticks. Mercia As they ride through the woods, hungry villagers rip the bread that Stiorra is eating right from her hands. After evading capture, they proceed to pack their belongings and head for Ceaster. Uhtred arrives soon thereafter to find that everyone is safe. Centric isn’t convinced and proceeds to search the grounds while young Uhtred, Finan, Osferth, Sihtric, Ælfwynn, and Æthelstan hide. Ælfwynn claims that she’s already been taken to Winchester by Uhtred. They’ve come to take Ælfwynn to Aegelesburg. Stiorra opens the front gate and asks Cenric and his men if they are lost. She reports to Finan, Osferth, and Sihtric of their arrival and tells them that she has a plan. Stiorra orders for Ælfwynn to come inside as she spots soldiers ride up towards the gate. She questions how much younger she’ll have to be a prisoner, as she leads Ælfwynn and Æthelstan into the other room. Uhtred then tells Stiorra to take the children and secure them. ![]() No plan has been made for the succession, so Æthelflæd is eager to speak with him and the Ealdormen. Aldhelm arrives to report that Æthelred is fatally injured and he may not last a week. She asks where is her daughter, and Ælfwynn rushes into her arms. Æthelflæd arrives with Uhtred and his men. Saltwic, Mercia Æthelstan has been held up at Æthelflæd her Mercian estate with Stiorra and Ælfwynn. The two reunite in the garden as Ælswith watches from the window. She tells Æthelstan to come with her and points out a window, telling him that Ecgwynn, his birth mother, wants to meet him. She then asks who his family is, but he’s been told not to answer that. Ælswith asks Æthelstan what he is reading. Wessex (?) Ælswith finds Æthelstan, the first King of all England and the English. Hild is right to assume that Ælswith wishes to see the two, and to do it in secret. Ælswith says that Æthelstan has now the love of god but not that of his mother, even she wouldn't wish that on her son. Ecgwynn sees her daughter on occasion but she hasn't seen her son since he was ripped from her arms. Hild informs Ælswith that Ecgwynn has been forbidden from seeing Æthelstan and Ædgyth. Winchester, Wessex Ælswith asks Hild about Ecgwynn, on what is happening to her now. Steapa and Bishop Erkenwald confiscate the twins Æthelstan and Ædgyth from their mothers and maternal grandmothers arms. Alfred and Ælswith tells him that they will be cared for. Bishop Erkenwald states that Edward’s wife has chosen to enter a nunnery, and therefore, the marriage is dismissed. (" Episode 3.1")Īlfred and Ælswith have commanded that he get a divorce after they found out that Edward and Ecgwynn secretly married. Edward defends her by retorting that she isn’t a whore. Winchester, Wessex Æthelwold tells Edward that some ealdormen aren't too happy that he made a whore of a young girl and left her pupped. ![]()
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