If Uhtred swears an oath of service, Ragnar will be spared. He dares Aethelwold to kill Ragnar in his sleep, which he does. Dagfinn reassures the, that it’s true this time. Edward sinks into despair, incapable of making a choice. Eardwulf and Mercian soldiers track down Uhtred and his companions. Cnut reminds him that it is Uhtred who has caused their division and they need to remember their task ahead. Odda the Elder sends Aethelwold to a monastery. Sihtric, one of Kjartan's illegitimate sons swears allegiance to Uhtred. Hæsten announces to Cnut and Brida that Alfred is dead. Bloodhair, Haesten and Aethelwold arrive at Dunholm. Cnut believes that their spies should also act as messengers to carry word of their intentions in order to grow their armies. Young Uhtred decides to return to the monastery to pursue his life as a cleric. He wants them to leave with Hæsten, who will take them north until the campaign is over. Alfred sends Father Beocca and the cleric to Northumbria to buy Guthred and bring him to the Abbot. He has promised to stay with Ragnar, but when Aethelflaed contacts him to help her, he leaves Dunholm. He tells her because he is loyal to Mercia and not Aethelred. She convinces Uhtred to let her go: she wants to be Sigtryggr’s companion and embrace her Danish heritage. He also reveals to Hæsten and Bloodhair that it was Æthelwold who killed Ragnar in his sleep. Rule the rivers and seas with lithe Longboats, initiate your most fearless warriors into the Berserkergang, and set forth to plunder, settle, and trade in new lands. Production began in April 2019 and ended in October 2019.
Ragnar, Hæsten, Bloodhair, and Cnut join their four armies to make one great army, all led by Ragnar in effort to defeat Alfred and claim Wessex. He doesn’t care about the seer or the others. Aethelflaed is crowned Queen of Mercia. Aethelred is expected to do the same. Uhtred pays a blacksmith to forge a sword for him and to mount the amber stone that was his father’s amulet, into its hilt. The Last Kingdom (TV Series 2015– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Uhtred leaves Finan to guard Aethelflaed and leaves with Osferth and Sihtric to recruit the help of the Mercian fyrd. Cnut asks if she's seen the Ealdormen, who he tortured. He tells him of his chronicles of historical events and his dream of a united England. Frigg is deaf and dumb. Lord Sigebriht of Cent, will switch sides at the last minute to the Danes, thereby ensuring Edward’s defeat. He arranges a Witan.
For the first few years of his reign he had to face two strong rival kings, After the murder of Æthelbald by one of his bodyguards in 757, a civil war broke out which concluded with the victory of The Battle of Ellendun proved decisive. He tells them that Uhtred is the one that betrayed them and that he told the Danes that he would kill Uhtred and that this is why they let him go. Cnut swears.
While the armies of Wessex and Mercia attack Lunden, and find it empty, the Danes raid the camp where Aethelflaed resides. A separate political existence from Wessex was briefly restored in 955–959, when Edgar became king of Mercia, and again in 1016, when the kingdom was divided between Cnut and Edmund Ironside, Cnut taking Mercia. Except Tormund was actually likable. Aethelflaed has been kidnapped by Sigefrid and Erik, who have abandoned Lunden in favour of negotiating a ransom for her. Abbot Eadred systematically builds mistrust of Uhtred, telling Guthred that Uhtred is a pretender to his crown.