The White Viking (Hvíti víkingurinn)

NORWAY A.D. 999

Olaf Tryggvason has forced the earls and petty kings to be baptized.

Only one earl left before Norway will become christened...

No others shall burn in Hell.

If more pagans arrive,

listen to their confession, baptize them,

then kill them.

THE WHITE VIKING

When the last pagan comes

will I fight like one possessed?

Gudbrand earl has a living Odin

and has never lost a battle.

But now he shall meet Olaf Trygvason and his White Christ.

Don't forget what you promised

when I began this crusade.

I live forever, you shall die.

To bad, to burn such a beautiful building.

Father,

now we will take them by surprise at their wedding.

Father!

Without me there would be no Christians here.

And there will no longer be any more

without me.

Norway bleeds!

Only for you, I have allowed bloodshed,

and in the battle,

I am your weapon.

Blood pours from my heart.

No!

Like a burning flame.

Speak to me

like you speak to the king.

It was I who baptized him.

And gave him to you

when he was an outlaw viking in England,

and outlawed in Norway.

If he gives you Norway.

Speak to me as well.

Odin!

Come!

Odin!

Come!

Odin!

Odin!

Odin!

He appeared!

In the beginning the Aesir created the world...

and hit the flame of life.

Then the hammer made man and woman

so that the people could grow.

Stronger then the veins of a bear

is the blood bond that binds you.

You, my daughter Embla,

my only child...

And you Askur Thorgeirsson.

The powerful god

Odin is here.

And says that you now are

one in his sight.

Stamp hard into the ground.

Let the seed float round.

Receive the young girl.

Freyr in lovemaking

Freya in lovemaking.

Stamp hard into the ground.

Let the seed float round.

Receive the young girl.

Freyr in lovemaking

Freya in lovemaking...

I am an ice-bear!

I was floating on a block of ice from Greenland.

Accept this bear skin as a gift.

And.

This veil...

was made for an Arabian princess.

Accept it as a gift from a humble

seafarer, you, daughter to an earl.

Thorgeir father of Askur,

chief of Iceland,

bade me and my two companions

to give you this amulet of Freya.

Thorgeir says that Freya will always watch over you,

as a woman protects the unborn life in the womb.

When you travel to Iceland, give this book

to Thorgeir, Askur's father.

The book can't stand to be wet,

and must be handled carefully.

Is it Irish?

Askur took it as a trove,

when he was fighting Giants and Dragons there.

Now you will see Freya's secret.

This is you...

and this is our child.

Protected,

and surrounded by warmth and happiness.

Freya protects it as long as you wear this amulet.

Just as I protect you against all evil.

Then it is better that you have me...

while I take care of the baby.

You want to have children, right Embla?

This is the blessing given by Freyr.

This is Freyr's wand.

Deep in the forest, full of power, Frey's wand is rising,

and gives fruit to a new spring.

Who composed that?

Your great-grandfather?

No.

I,

Askur Thorgeirsson composed it to my bride.

- Do you hear...? - What?

Do you hear how the waves kiss the beach?

Up and down,

front and back...

Up and down, front and back...

Up and down,

front and back...

Up and down, front and back...

Hear my words before you take your weapons!

Askur!

You have the same choice I have given the others

I have won for the White Christ.

Those who freely agree to be baptized

to the true faith shall live.

The others should do.

If your god as powerful as you say...

Then let us see which is the strongest

of your god and ours!

No one has see the White Christ

except as a dead figure on a cross.

Show us your god then, Gudbrand!

Where is your god now?

Our god has come forth

and sees fear in your eyes.

Gudbrand complains that our god is invisible,

but he will come to us soon.

Askur!

Your god is just a pile of wood,

blind and deaf!

King Olaf the one-eyed!

Let's kill him!

We shall kill him!

Look to the East!

There travels our god in flaming light!

Do you crush your ancestors god, you traitor!

Show Odin what you've got!

Kill the bastards!

Kill them!

Kill them!

Take them alive!

Lamb of God!

No!

No!

No! No!

Alive, Bishop Tangbrand. Alive, I say!

Great heroes that threaten a weaponless man!

Choose your destiny!

I have raised Askur as my own son,

and I shall follow him into death.

Together without fear

we shall go to Valhalla.

So let it be.

But you shall die last.

The king has a slower, more terrifying death to expect than me.

How much is your daughter's life worth?

My daughter is of Odin's family,

from ancient times when Odin came to Norway.

Odin will avenge this!

A rotten pile of wood can't avenge!

Father, don't give in for me!

You refuse to see the light of Christ.

That is why your daughter will be burnt at the stake.

Freya!

No! No!

No!

No!

No! No!

This skin suits a king.

This skin suits a king!

A gift from a humble seafarer.

I have never practiced Asatru. I was baptized by the archbishop in Rouen!

I am just a merchant.

Quiet!

You attended a heathen wedding! I brought the ship and the goods.

Freya!

I am ready...

Baptize me!

Baptize me!

Embla! Embla! Embla!

Embla! Embla!

Embla! Oh Embla!

Now is the last earl defeated.

The last heathen has fallen.

All Norway obeys me!

I want more!

In one big kingdom I would like to unite

all countries the Vikings have conquered.

You ask for more than I can give you.

Show me your tears and swear that...

you will spread my kingdom to all Nordic people!

See my tears... See my tears!