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Eivor:Let us plan our approach. But whatever happens, Aelfred is mine.
Soma:They are not expecting us. We should not meet much resistance on the way.
Guthrum:Then quietly, through the fields? It will be already too late once they see us.
Soma:Your young Saxons can be our eyes to the west. Better to keep their soft hands away from the conflict.
Guthrum:My scouts reported that a few nobles have arrived for the festivities already.
Eivor:Good. If we capture the thegns, they will be no danger when I confront Aelfred.
Broder entered the conversation.
Guthrum:And we could persuade them to support a new king of Wessex. I will subdue the lords.
Eivor:Take Deorlaf and Tewdwr with you. They could prove useful in convincing the thegns. Broder, take Erke and Stowe and capture the garrison. Make quick work of any Saxons that dare cross into the village.
Broder:Gladly, Eivor.
Eivor:We each know our parts. May they blunt their swords against our might.
Eivor:I wlll greet my allies first.
Guthrum:Good, come find us again when you are ready. All is ready, and your allies have arrived. Speak to them if you like. I'll be here when you're done.
Eivor saw some of the allies that have come and overheard some of their conversations before welcoming them.
Vili:Look, you Saxon bed-wetters! Here is a real warrior.
Eivor:Vili, leave these poor boys alone. Their ears are too delicate for the filth you pour in.
Vili:Boys is right. This streak of cat-piss is barely of his mother's tit. And the Essexe boy has hands like a milkmaid.
Eivor:Vili, what tales are you weaving for these soft-downed Saxons? Don't make me regret supporting your jarldom?
Vili:Eivor, you know I will take your childhood scrapes and secrets to the pyre.
Eivor:Good ... I would hate for something to happen to you in the coming fight.
Hunwald:Ha, such fiendish ribaldry between you two. You laugh in the face of fear, tweak Old Man Death's beard.
Eluric:I will do my mother and my Lord proud today, Eivor. The Lord knows I have not been the best of sons.
Eivor:Good to see your spirits high. Fight well, my friends, and we will feast together in victory.
Eivor spoke with Tewdwr, who was polishing his sword.
Eivor:Tewdwr. It is good to see you.
Tewdwr:I gave you my word. Besides ... Aelfred's faith is strict, and he has no love for pagans.
Eivor:You have changed much from that God-whipped boy. That is good to see.
Tewdwr:And you taught me a lot, Eivor. Our time together was ... well, it taught me much.
Eivor:I am glad, Tewdwr.
Tewdwr:In fact, I composed a poem for the occasion. Would you like to hear it?
Eivor:Later, Tewdwr. I have many allies to greet before the battle. Stay safe and well, until then.
Tewdwr:I was always him, but my faith was like a veil. I am glad you helped me lift it.
Eivor:And now another education. You'll see how we Norse bands fight.
Tewdwr:I am all aquiver with anticipation.
After speaking with her allies, Eivor talked with Soma, Guthrum, and Broder about the upcoming battle. When nightfall came, Eivor spoke to all of her allies.
Eivor:Tonight, Wessex's last resistance will crumble.
Her allies cheered.
Guthrum:I follow you, Eivor.
Soma:And I.
Eivor nodded and smiled.
Eivor:Be ravening wolves and croaking ravens. Stand firm, your axe-arm strong, and together we will win this final battle. And remember ... Aelfred is mine. Soma with me. Everybody else go quickly to the village.
Soma and Eivor left to confront King Aelfred as her allies went to their positions.
Eivor:Advance. Be on the lookout for any stray guards.
They gradually started to near closer.
Eivor:Get to the village and wait for my signal.
They entered the city of Chippanhamm.
Eivor:Let's smoke the rat out of his god's house!
As the residents ran screaming, Eivor went inside the church in the village, alongside Soma and Ljufvina.
Eivor:Aelfred! Face me and I will spare the last of Wessex from my torch.
Goodwin came out.
Goodwin:Did you think my king would turn his back on you, Eivor? When your knife is smeared with the blood of Werham?
Eivor:Stand aside, Goodwin. I come for Aelfred.
Goodwin:Aelfred is long gone. And this good Christian feast, a cup of honey-wine to trap some wasps.
Eivor:Where is he?
Goodwin:Calling his allies to his side. All those who wish to see Wessex under one God. You cannot win England with your sorry crew of deluded farmers and godless fools.
Eivor:At least I would not leave them to die as I scurried through the cornhusks like a rat.
Goodwin:You have no understanding of duty, the loyalty I freely give. His plan for England, for the world, is worth the cost of my life.
Eivor:Then sing your tuneless hymns.
Goodwin:Come, Raven-Feeder, do your worst.
Eivor and Goodwin started to fight each other.
Goodwin:Such empty fury. It does not matter if I die as long as Aelfred is safe.
Eivor:Your life means so little?
Eivor defeated Goodwin in single combat.
Eivor:You are beaten, Goodwin.
Goodwin:Beaten? No, not so. By my death, my lord may live.
Eivor:Aelfred used you, fool. He threw you in my path. For what? He only delays what is inevitable.
Goodwin:Kill me then. It makes no odds. For here you stand. Bloody and breathless, no closer to my king, no closer to the throne. This island will never be your home, Eivor. You will not subdue her with vicious force, or win her with cocksure words. We Saxons will always stand firm. Shoulder-by-shoulder against thieves and tyrants, whose envious eyes fall upon England.
Eivor:If I must strike down all of England to subdue her, let it begin with you.
Goodwin:O Lord, into your hands I commit my spirit.
Eivor pulled Goodwin up and stabbed in him in the stomach, killing him.
Eivor:No, I will use you, as you used me. A few hours in the company of my men and you will lead us to your sparrow-king.
Goodwin:That I cannot allow.
Goodwin took out his dagger and slit his own throat, committing suicide.
Eivor left Goodwin's body and headed outside. Meanwhile, Eivor joined the battle outside.
Eivor:Soma!
Soma:The men of Wessex! They came from every house and hovel!
Soma and Eivor faced off incoming guards.
Eivor:Soma! Fall back!
Soma, on the ground, stood up and fought an enemy soldier.
Soma:For life!
The soldier impaled Soma with his sword but Soma used her axe to kill him up close.
Soma:For death!
Soma fell to her knees as she bled, while enemy soldiers came behind her.
Soma:For glory...
Eivor:Soma!
Within her last shout, Soma was killed instantly from behind as Eivor watched and screamed.
Soma:For Valhal—
Eivor:No!
Fending off her enemy, Eivor went to help her allies across the battle. Eivor found Guthrum, with Tewdwr and Deorlaf, within the village's hall.
Eivor:Guthrum! I need you fighting with the rest.
Guthrum:These men will not surrender! And one little cock-flogger barricaded himself behind that door there.
Eivor:I will find a way in.
Helping to capture a hidden thegn, Eivor found a way inside the room.
Anglo-Saxon Man 1:You will regret this unholy interruption!
Anglo-Saxon Soldier 1:Cippanhamm will not fall to you scum.
Anglo-Saxon Man 1:Leave me be! I am no threat to you.
Eivor tied up the thegn and left Guthrum with his prisoner.
Eivor:Good work, Guthrum. I hope the rest has fared as well.
Eivor left the village's hall.
Eivor:I need to see if Broder has taken the garrison.
Anglo-Saxon Soldier 2:You will not rout us, interlopers. Not on this Christ mass.
Anglo-Saxon Soldier 3:Stand true, God protects us on his day of feasts!
Anglo-Saxon Soldier 4:These Danes defy our God and king!
Eivor and her allies defeated most of the remaining forces.
Eivor:That's it, they are fleeing! The last of the Saxons are fleeing. The battle is won!
Guthrum:Cippanhamm is ours! Tend to the wounded and gather in the square!
All of Eivor's allies gathered after the battle.
Guthrum:They are routed! The city is ours. Wessex will follow!
Eivor:Guthrum Jarl, we are not without losses. Some of them grave.
Guthrum:Their king is fled, his patsy struck down. Defeat rings loud in their ears, and I will be their lord before the spring is here.
Eivor:Guthrum, hear me ... Soma is ... she is gone.
Guthrum:Soma? ... Dead? She has gone to the endless feast. And is the better for it.
Eivor:Many fought for us and died. They deserve peace.
Guthrum:Are you ready to honor them?
Eivor:I must speak to those still living.
Eivor spoke with her surviving allies as she went and talked to Broder
Eivor:It is done, Broder. You fought well.
Broder:I saw him, Eivor. In my darkest moments, Brothir stood besides me, and all was as it used to be. Then the battle ended. I feel him no longer.
Eivor:There will be other battles.
Broder:Aye. And there you'll find me, Eivor. In amongst the blood and death, Brothir at my shoulder. Until the Valkyries claim me.
Eivor:You have given me more than I would ever have asked for. How will I repay it?
Broder:Keep him in your thoughts. For when man is mourned, his deeds cheered and his songs sung, he cannot die.
Eivor left and spoke to Vili.
Eivor:Do you think there will come a day when winning will not be enough?
Vili:You can always fight with me if you want to taste crushing and loin-soiling defeat.
Eivor:My very presence would make that impossible.
Vili:Enjoy this victory, Eivor, whatever it brings you. Only a coward thinks he'll live forever.
Eivor went to speak with Erke.
Eivor:Erke. You wear a furrowed brow.
Erke:Stowe is taking matters hard. You know how sensitive he is.
Eivor:A man of faith and stout morals. Small wonder he is tormented.
Erke:His support for you has taxes him hard. I'll take him back to Lunden. Maybe he will find some comfort there.
Eivor:You are his comfort, Erke, not the city you watch. He is in good hands.
Eivor spoke with Stowe next.
Eivor:My thanks, Stowe. You came to my aid, when you were free to turn away.
Stowe:And still it breaks my heart to look upon what we have done today. Was it the right choice? I do not know. But it is done now.
Eivor:If Aelfred has his way, there would never be friendship between Norse and Saxon. You fought for peace. Be proud of that.
Stowe:I wish I could be. And in time perhaps I will.
Eivor found and spoke with Eluric.
Eivor:Your first battle, Eluric. You fought well and with honor.
Eluric:Is the glory you Danes seek? You can keep it. I saw Hunwald die, the light dim in his eyes. That could have been me.
Eivor:You will never be the same. But you will be stronger for it.
Eluric:I have wasted so much time in pouting like a child. No more, Eivor, no more.
Eivor left and then talked with Ljufvina, who was crying in pain, as Hjorr died as well. Ljufvina kneeled onto the ground, near the bodies of Soma, Hunwald, and Hjorr.
Eivor:Ljufvina ... Gods, I did not know. Is he—
Ljufvina:Hush. What good can words do, Eivor? Keep to silence. He is gone. For what days I was given to spend with you. For each breath that carried your sweet whispers, I give thanks. No more, your fingers in my hair. No more your arms around my waist. The days will be cold hereafter, all color dimmed. Goodbye, my only. My heart ends with you. What is left ... will go on.
Eivor left and talked with Tewdwr.
Eivor:You are not injured, Tewdwr?
Tewdwr:Bruises, that is all. I have taken the Lord into my heart and He watched over my sorry bones. Those who fell sit beside him now.
Eivor:And what of my heathen friends?
Tewdwr:I used to believe in damnation for all who turned from his light. But there is a wondrous communion in friendship honored.
Eivor:Even though your god-son preaches peace?
Tewdwr:And we shall do that, Christians and pagans, side-by-side. Never persecuted.
Eivor left and spoke with Bishop Deorlaf and Geadric.
Bishop Deorlaf:He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
Eivor:Deorlaf. Geadric. There is a solemn air about you.
Bishop Deorlaf:To disturb such holy revels with blood and murder ... I fear God may never forgive me for this.
Eivor:Had your God taken Aelfred's side, we would have not won. So it may be that you did his work after all.
Geadric:Aelfred still lives. And now I am twice his enemy. Give me one more fight and I will gladly make it a third.
Eivor:He is defanged and little of threat to us now.
Geadric:That slippery eel may yet surprise you.
Bishop Deorlaf:Atonement is a long and lonely path, and I must soon leave to take my first steps upon it.
Eivor:Your debts to me are paid. I wish you well on your journeys.
If Eivor spoke to Guthrum again after talking with the remaining allies, Guthrum had time to reflect.
Guthrum:My heart is heavy.
Guthrum asked a second-follow up if Eivor did not talk with her remaining allies.
Eivor:Yes, there is nothing more to say.
Eivor:I must speak to those still living.
If Eivor chose to wait, she left to find any more remaining allies.
After some conversations with her allies and preparations, Eivor and her allies created pyres for their fallen comrades.
Guthrum:Time to send our friends to their great reward. Will you do the honors?
Eivor:Nothing awaits them. They lived, they died. Now their bodies will burn to cinders. Their saga ends here.
Guthrum:Well, do not share that with them.
Eivor spoke at the funeral gathering for all of the allies who feel, especially Soma, Hjorr, and Hunwald.
Eivor:Victory is ours. But it came at great cost. Soma Jarlskona, who stood at Guthrum's right hand... She will live on in our memories. From now 'til the end of days. And to Hjorr ... warrior, husband, and friend. He made the ultimate sacrifice. I here repay it. And to Hunwald whose kind heart has now led him to his father's side. May his god welcome him with open arms. Let us send them on their way, all our beloved dead, our fallen warriors. And speed them ... to their end.
Eivor, Guthrum, and Vili set the pyres aflame. All mourned and watched as their fallen ones were given their last rites. Afterwards, Eivor showed her farewells to Tewdwr and Broder and then went back inside the village's church. Guthrum was inside as Eivor came inside.
Eivor:Guthrum?
Guthrum:When the reeve died, did he take comfort in knowing he would soon see his god?
Eivor:He was strangely peaceful in the end. As if death meant nothing.
Guthrum:We stumble through our years, ravenous, grasping. Spilling blood, stealing gold, and it is never enough. This life is never enough. Would it not soothe you to know there is something beyond all this? Not war and valor, but quiet and peace?
Eivor:I think ... I think the afterlife men hope for is only a reflection of their regret in this life. All I wish for now, is to live among the friends I have made. That is what counts.
Guthrum nodded.
Guthrum:Aelfred made me swear fealty upon the cross of their god's son. He held such faith in it ... a plain, unadorned thing. It burned between my fingers, as if I had pulled it from the fire. A feeling strange and powerful, but gone in an instant. I have not felt its like before.
Eivor:What will you do now?
Guthrum:Whatever, I must do. England is my final home, Eivor. And I will do what it takes to remain.
Eivor left and whispered to herself.
Eivor:I should return to Swanburrow, and tell her of Hunwald's fate. Better the news come from me than a stranger.
Outcome
Eivor and her allies defeated the Wessex soldiers as Eivor defeated Goodwin. However, the battle resulted in significant losses for Eivor, as she setted up pyres for those who fell, especially for Soma, Hunwald, and Hjorr.
