"[ Waves Crashing]" "[ WindHowling]" "[ Thunderclap]" "[Man Narrating] lamAhmedlbn Fahdlan," "IbnAIAbbas, Ibn Rasid, Ibn Hammad." "Andthings were not always thus." "At one time, I was apoet... in thegreatest city in the world." "Life was easy, andllived without care... untilone fatefulday..." "Imet a beautiful woman... who belongedto anotherman." "Herjealous husband complainedto the Caliph... who made me the ambassador to the landofthe Tossuk Vlad-- a country farto the north." "I was banished from myhome... andfrom all that lknew." "So, ljourneyedby camelback manymonths into the lands ofbarbarianpeoples-- accompaniedbyMelchisidek, an oldfriendofmyfather-- through the lands ofthe Ogus, the Khazars andthe Bulgars, into the lands ofmurderous bandits, called "Tartars, "" "who attack caravans, slaughtering everyone." " [ Horse Whinnying ]" " The Tartars are coming !" "The Tartars are coming !" "The Tartars-  [Rumbling] - [Man #2] Run !" "Run foryourlife !" "[ Men Shouting ]" " [ Horse Whinnying ] - [ Camels Snorting ]" "[ Shouting Continues ]" "[ Shouting ln Native Language ]" "[Man] Theyhave stopped." "Theyare not following." " [Man #2] A boat !" "A boat !" " They're Northmen !" "A boat !" "A boat !" "Overthere !" "[Man #3] Look!" "Theyaregoing!" "Theyare leaving!" "Move !" "Move !" "Keep moving !" "Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi." "Wait, wait, wait !" "Those men in the boat, who are they ?" "The Northmen." "Keep moving and keep quiet !" "Why ?" "Are they dangerous ?" "It depends." "Maybe they'Illet usgo, ormaybe they'llkillus." "[ Shouting ]" "[Ahmed] lam an ambassador, damn it !" "I am supposed to talk to people !" "You may yet have the opportunity." "[Shouting Continues]" "What do you suppose the potentate of this encampment calls himself ?" "Oh, emperor, at the very least." "Hmm." "Emperor." "[Drums] - [Men Chattering, Laughing]" "We seek your" "We seek your headman, your king." "Try Greek." "[ Speaking Greek ]" "Eh ?" "[ Speaking Greek ]" "[ Speaking Greek ]" "He says their king is out there in that tent." "He says the king will not speak to us." "Apparently, the king won't speak to us because he's dead." "This is his funeral." "[ Speaking Foreign Language ]" "[Melchisidek] You are being introducedto one ofthe heirs apparent" "Buliwyf." "[ Speaking Foreign Language Continues ]" "[ Speaking Greek ]" "" Buliwyfwishes a song of glory."" "Recite apoem, a tale." "Surelyyou remember something." "Uh" "In the beginning, the Earth was void," " andthe spirits ofGodpassed-- - [ Woman Screams ]" " [People Gasping] - [BodyFalls To Floor]" " [Chattering, Laughing Resumes] -[Resumes]" "[AhmedNarrating] Now that there was a newking, the Northmenprepared forthe funeraloftheiroldking." "[ Men Singing ln Native Language ]" "[Both Speaking Greek]" ""We will burn him." "In one moment, he and all he owns can be in paradise." "[Man Continues ln Greek]" "These are ourgifts to ourlord to support his kingdom inparadise." " To take with him ?" " [ Woman Speaking Native Language ]" " [Man Continues]" " Lo there do I see my father." "[Man Continues]" "'Lo there do lsee mymother, mysisters andmybrothers." " [ Woman Continues] - 'Lo there do lsee the line ofmypeople..." " back to the beginning." " [Man Continues]" "'Lo they do call to me." "Theybidme take myplace among them in the halls ofValhalla, where the brave may live forever." " [Man Continues] - [Melchisidek] "She willtravel with him." "You willnot see this again." "It is the old way. "" "[Men Chattering ln Native Language]" "[ Groaning ]" "Another ship arrived during the night." "There's a boy standing out there on the bow like he's a statue." "[ Speaking Greek ]" "[Speaking Greek]" "The boy is letting them see him." "[ Chuckles ] He's in plain sight !" "They do not know ifwhat they see is real." "Something to do with the mist." "Apparently, theyfinddangerous things, spirits in the mist." "The boy was being polite, giving them time to decide if he's real." "[Slurping Loudly]" "[Man Speaking Greek]" "[ Blowing Nose ]" "[Men Shouting]" "[Man Shouting ln Native Language]" "[Man Shouting ln Native Language]" "[Chattering ln Native Language]" "He's a messenger." "He comes from their homeland in the north with a message for Buliwyf." "He is Wulfgar, son ofKing Hrothgar, a great king from the north." "He comes to ask Buliwyf forhelp." "His father's kingdom is underattack." "Their village is destroyed." "Theyare menaced byan ancient evil, a terror." "A terrorthat has no name." "A terrorthat must not be named." "[Men Murmuring]" "Look at them." "What thing would affect them so ?" "[ Speaking Greek ]" ""The name cannot be said. "" "[Men Speaking Native Language]" "" He calls for the Angel of Death." "[ Woman Speaking Native Language]" "[ Woman Continues ln Native Language ]" "[ Whispering]" "He calls for the bones." "She's an oracle." "[ Woman Continues ]" "[ Woman Shouting ln Native Language ]" "She calls for men, a number of them." "[ Speaking Greek ]" "Thirteen." "The number of months in the year." "She says 1 3 men must go."" "[BuliwyfSpeaking Native Language]" "[ Woman Continues ]" "[Man Speaking Native Language]" "[ Voices Overlapping ]" "[ Shouting ]" " [ Speaking Native Language ] - [Men Cheering]" "[ Woman ContinuesShouting]" " [ Speaking Native Language ] - [Men Cheering]" "[ Woman Continues]" " [Speaking Native Language] - [Men Cheering]" " [Man Speaking Native Language] - [Men Cheering]" " [ Chattering ln Native Language ] - [Men Cheering]" " [ Speaking Native Language ] - [ Cheering ]" "Eight." " [ Speaking Native Language ]" " Nine." "[Men Chattering, Laughing]" " [ Speaking Native Language ] - [ Cheering ]" "Ten." "[ Woman Shouting]" "[ Speaking Native Language ]" " [Men Laughing]" " Eleven." " [ Speaking Native Language ] - [Men Cheering]" " Twelve." " [ Woman Shouting]" "[Man Speaking Native Language]" " [Man #2 Speaking Native Language] - [Man #3 Shouting]" "[BuliwyfSpeaking Native Language]" ""She says the 1 3th man must be no Northman."" "What the hell are you saying ?" "The 1 3th warrior is you." "[ Whinnies ]" "[ Sputtering ]" " [ Imitating Dog Barking ] - [ Whinnies ]" "[ Chuckles, Speaking Native Language ]" "[Melchisidek] He thinks yourhorse is too small." " [Men Laughing] - [ Speaking Greek ]" "Something about, "OnlyanArab wouldbring a dog to war. "" "" He wishes to know your name."" "I am Ahmed lbn Fahdlan, Ibn AI Abbas, Ibn Rasid-  " Eban."" " No, no." "Listen." "Ahmed lbn Fahdlan." "Ibn means "son of."" "Eban." "Hyah !" "Hup !" "What is he saying ?" "" Hurry to meet death before your place is taken."" "[ Scoffs ]" "[ Melchisidek ] I will not forget you." "Go with God." "You listening ?" "[Men Laughing]" "[Chattering ln Native Language]" "[Laughing, Chattering Continue]" "[Chattering ln Native Language Continues]" "[Laughing Continues]" "[Rainfall]" "[Chattering ln Native Language Continues]" " [Laughing Continues] - [ No Audio ]" "[ Speaking Native Language ] ...tomorrow." " [ Speaking Native Language ] - [ No Audio ] ...sneak up to steal ten ortwelve horses." "[Speaking Native Language]" "[Men Laughing]" "[Speaking Native Language] ... we can findsomegeese." "So then he says, [Raspy Voice] "Do not foretellme wife, for I will get to know so-proven aye komin home tonight."" " [Halga] ldon't soundlike that." " [Men Laughing]" "Roneth slept with her while we took the horses." " [Laughing Continues] - [Man] Blowhards, both ofyou." "She probably was some smoke-coloured camp girl." "Looked like that one's mother." "[Laughing Continues]" "My mother..." "[LaughingStops] was a pure woman... from a noble family." "Andl, at least, know who my father is," "you... pig-eating son of a whore." "[Man] No, no, no, no, no !" "Wait !" "Come on, come on, come on, come on." "Come." " Come on." " Where did you learn our language ?" "I listened !" "[ Laughing ]" "[ Laughing Continues ]" "[ Whinnies ]" "You can draw... sounds ?" "" Draw sounds" ?" "Yes, I can draw sounds, and I can speak them back." "Show me." "There is only one God... and Muhammad is His prophet." " [Man] Bring me those sacks." " [ Whinnies ]" " Hey !" " Mind yourself." "[ Whispers ] Be quiet." "Only an "Arob"..." "would bring" "A dog to war ?" "I heard this the fiirst time." " [Man lmitating Dog Barking] - [Man Laughing]" "[Laughing Continues]" " [Barking Continues] - [Man lmitating Dog Howling]" "[ Chuckling ] Good going, "Arabe."" "[ Whinnying ]" " [ Grunts ] - [Men Laughing]" " Come on." " [Laughing Continues]" " The dog can jump." " [ Men Chuckling ]" "[ Both Laughing ]" "Here." " No, no." " Eat !" "Shouldn't we stay closer to land ?" "No, boy!" "This is no day to be close to land!" "Odin !" "Odin !" "Odin !" "Down." " What did you" " What is that-- - [ Whispers ] Be silent." "Odin !" "Land !" "[Seagulls Cawing]" "[ Whinnying ]" ""Arabe, "speak what ldraw." "There is only one God... and Muhammad is his... prophet." "Go." "Here." " You'll need this." " [ Grunts ]" "I cannot lift this." "Grow stronger." "Rider." "Well-fed on a light mount." "Perfume." "[ Scoffs ] A woman." "A herald." "It's a silk-swaddled messenger boy." "Tell me your names !" "Quickly !" "I am Son to Hygiliak, called Buliwyf." "We all know your worthy lord." "We come on an errand to serve him." "My Lord Hrothgar will want to welcome you himself." "No wall, no moat, not even apresentable fence." "You couldn't keep a cow out of this place." "[Man] Women andchildren." "Barely a man between 1 5 and 50." "Mylord, this is Buliwyf, son of Hygiliak, come from across the sea." "Iknow the man." "Isent forhim." "Knewhim as a boy, knewhis father, and I know him now." "Grown to a man." "Grown to a fine, fine man." "What troubles this place, old man ?" "You know he might be mad." "Be in the mist." "[Chuckling] Has anyone seen one ?" " Has anyone seen one in a hundred years ?" " Hyah !" "They say they used to be all over this countryside... and worse further north." "People say many things." "Whatever they are, unless we can track them, we need a proper fence and some sort of moat" "[Man] We couldfashion a gate from a wagon." "I don't want to build a fence." "I'm not a farmer." " Let'sgo track the bastards-- - [Ahmed] Gentlemen !" "[ Grunts ]" "[ChildSobbing]" " Boy!" "Speak to me, boy!" " Who did this ?" " Speak to me !" " Find someone who knows him." " Wait !" "[Sobbing Continues]" "I know him." "It's a farmstead, just up the glen." "I will take you." "Don't step in front of me." "[ Whining ]" "[Insects Buzzing]" "[ Retching ]" "So it's true." "No horse tracks." " They were afoot." " Theirheads are missing." "The childmust have crawled into a hole to escape." "They have been... gnawed upon." "It is said they eat the dead." "Wh-What kind of a man..." "could do that ?" "It was not man." " It's the Wendol." " Shh !" "They are here." "[ Spits ]" "What is it ?" " The mother of the Wendol." " [ Shouts ]" "[Horse Whinnies]" " The trail ?" " Dies in the rocks, two miles up." "So they are clever." "And cautious." "Andthere's more." "To the right." "The ridge near the watchtower." "Andto the south." "The edge of the trees near the fiirst ridgeline." "Something drove them out." "Put your hand down, little brother." "Ibelieve they watch us." "Even now." "Ifwe chase ?" " They melt." " Will they come to us ?" "The farmers say they come with the mist." "So, if there's a fog, they will come." "We are hunted now in our own land." "It wasn't alwayssuch." "At first we thought to build, to leave something, farms as far as the eye couldsee." " [Crickets Chirping] - [Dog Barking]" "[Branch Crackles]" "What of the settlements to the north and upcountry ?" "Estwyck was burned." " Two years." " Two years... ago." "Andthe others, we hadno word." "Not for some months." "At night, with the drink upon them" "You do not drink tonight ?" "No, we don't drink tonight." "But let the dawn come, and they see the bodies." "This gentleman has the look of a great warrior." "No doubt he's very brave." "But to face the Wen... he'll need some amazing luck." "Luck often enough will save a man, if his courage hold." "That's as maybe." " Who is that man ?" " King's son." "But wait for the Wendol one night's time... and then talk to us of courage." "I thank the lord for his advice, though I don't recall hearing any exploits of his... apart from killing his brothers." "[King] You sit down andbe silent !" "These are guests at what is still my table !" "[ Guests Murmuring ]" "There is a man who was at Estwyck." "I saw the thing that did this clear enough !" "Teeth like a lion, head like a bear, claws that could tear a plank to kindling." "They come in the night, in the mist." "Always in the darkest, like they could see in the black." "Did they go on two legs or four ?" "It seems they did both, like a thing that was both man and bear." "Though, myself, I cannot tell." "I saw the glow-worm, though." "Saw it clear." "We all did on the last night." "Sawit come down out ofthe hills, through the mist." "Slithering this wayandthat." "Long as a hundredships." "Spitting fire at us as it came." "My father's father always warned of it." "Said it was a hate from old times." "There will be fog." " [ Whispering ]" " Bring me myarmour!" "I will stand the watch with you." "My lord, the children will need protection." "Should they pass us, then you and yours must stop them." "[Men Shouting]" "Luck in battle, boy." "[Door Closes]" "[Ahmed] How canyou sleep at a time like this ?" "The Old Father wound the skeane ofyour life a long time ago." "Go and hide in a hole ifyou wish." "Butyou won't live one instant longer." "Yourfate is fixed." "Fear profiits man nothing." "[Man Snoring]" " [Snoring Continues] - [ Gasps ]" "[ Gasping ]" "[Distant Rustling]" "[ Wood Creaking]" "[Creaking Continues]" "[ Whispering] When they come, we form a circle in the centre of the room, backs to one another." "[ Whispering ] I am not a warrior." "Very soon you will be." "[ Screaming ]" "[ Men Grunting ]" "[ Screeches ]" "[ Shouts ]" "[Gasps]" "Ow!" "[ Groans ]" " [ Growling ] - [ Screams ]" "[ Yelling]" "[ Screaming ]" "[ Bones Cracking ]" "[ Men Panting ]" "Well, he didn't run !" "Hey." "You appear none the worse for wear." " Rognar is here." " His head ?" "No." "They take the heads." "They always take the heads." "What about Hyglak ?" "It's the same." " Isee none ofthem." " What ?" "None of them." "None of the ones we killed." "Nor do I." "Not one." "I took two at least that could not have lived." "As didl." "As did we all." " Even the Arab gutted one." " There was some life left in him." "They carriedthem off." "Theymust have." "They are demons." "Their blood looks real enough." " Ow !" " You complain much." "[ Quietly ] Ow." "Help me carryRagnarout." " [Man Groaning]" " What is that ?" "Cow urine." ""Cow urine" ?" "[ Chuckles ]" " Boiled down." " [ Chuckles ] No." "No, no, no." "Don't put that fiilth on me." "No, no." "Water." "Clean water." "As you wish." "Tomorrow the pus will run and you'll have a fever." "Come, friend." "Your head has gone looking for your hands." "They will meet you in paradise." "No bodies, but hereperhaps... is one of their claws." "Let'sgo, little brother." "We have the fences to build." "[Man Speaking, indistinct]" "Keep 'em comin' down." "Come in here." "Line up there." "Overhere." "It'llbe a long day." "You, in here." "You, over here." "[Commands Continue, indistinct]" " [ Grunting ]" " Move !" "[ Grunting ]" "Stand there." "I'll cut this pole." "Keep your eye on the pole, all right ?" "So." "Now you do it." "[ Grunts ]" "Aah !" "[ Groans ]" "[Grunting]" "Is there a metal worker ?" "[ Panting ]" "A metal worker!" "He insisted." "Give an Arab a sword, he makes a knife." "It works." "When you die, can I give that to me daughter ?" "[Men Laughing]" "Are you thirsty ?" " Mead ?" " Water." "Thank you." "Aah !" " Ow !" "[ Breathing Heavily ]" " That's a woman's sound." "Do that again and you'll make it." " You'll heal." " [ Groans ]" "I think my nose is ruined." " A small price." " Ow !" "[ Mutters ]" "People are very quiet today." " The peasants fear you will bring the fiireworm down on us." " What ?" "The fiireworm." "The fiire-serpent." ""The fiire-serpent." [ Chuckles ]" "A dragon ?" "I do not believe in dragons." "Beware of Prince Wigliff." "He poisons the king's ear, says your Buliwyf has plans to take his kingdom." " [ Chuckles ]" " Is there truth in this ?" "No." "You may believe me." "Then be cautious." " She would say no more." " [ Scoffs ]" "She doesn't need to." "Prince, aah !" "[ Spits ]" "[Buliwyf] We'llneedan example." "[Man] The redhead ?" "Mm-hmm." "I'll do it." "You shouldn't be involved." " What should I do ?" " Keep your teeth together and go back to work." "[ Groans ]" "Watch where you throw that." "You dig like a dog." "Did you call me a dog ?" "I said you dig like one, flinging earth carelessly like an animal." "So, now I'm an animal ?" "You're not listening." "I'm deaf ?" "You're a fool, little man." "That is because, boy, your words are feeble... and twisted as an old woman's !" "This old woman'll send you to the next world, old man !" "[CrowdMurmuring]" " What happened ?" " [MetaIScraping]" "An engineering dispute." "[ Chuckles ]" "[Scraping Continues]" " You notice he's bigger than you ?" " Yes." " And younger ?" " Yes." " Bet on him, ifyou like." " I may !" "[ Both Grunting ]" "Luck." "[ Crowd Murmuring ]" "[ Both Grunting ]" "Aah !" "[Fighting Continues]" "You must stop it." "[Crowd Gasping]" " He's going to get killed." " That is possible." "But you can't-- you can't" "[ Murmuring Continues ]" "[ Spits, Coughs ]" "[ Grunts ]" "[ Panting ]" "[StrikesShield Twice]" "[Fighting Resumes]" "[Crowd Gasping]" " [Men Grunting] - [Metal Clanging]" "[ Gasps ]" "[ Sighs ]" "You stupid fools !" "[ All Gasping ]" "See to your friend." "He was a brave man." " You-- you could have killed him at will." " Yes ?" " Wh-wh-why the deception ?" " Deception is the point !" "Any fool can calculate strength." "That one has been doing it from the moment he saw us." "Now he has to calculate what he can't see." "And fear what he doesn't know." "As you say, foolish and expensive." "We'll miss Angus tonight." "We will miss his sword." "Edgtho ?" "Edgtho ?" "Stifle your racket." "I hear you." " I thought to fiind you in the tower." " Yeah." " Why I'm not in it." " Broughtyourfood." "[Distant Thunder]" " It's going to rain." " Surf." "Three miles up there's a cliff." "Tide's right, waves make thunder." "Farmers callit the "thundercliffs. "" "The mist is forming." "Isee it." "[Horse Snorts]" "[Horn Blowing ln Distance]" "The worm." "They've rousedthe fireworm." "[Drums Beating]" "[ Gong Sounding ]" "[Gong Continues]" "[ Shouting ]" "[ Neighing ]" "Quickly !" "No time to waste." "Outside !" "Go !" "Quickly !" "Move !" "Come on !" "[Man] Go get the water." "A serpent of fiire." "Breathing fire." "What's that in the fileid below the tower ?" " It's a child." " Look at her." "Open the gate." "Get the gate !" " Open the gate !" " Push !" "No !" "You need to raise the spikes fiirst !" "Help me !" " Come on !" " Down." "[ Whinnying ]" "[ Whinnying ]" "[ Pounding Hoofbeats ]" "[ Whinnying ]" "Push it now !" "Heave !" "So you saw the fiireworm ?" "It's cavalry." " I rather prefer a dragon." " Hundreds." "With torches." "Take the north." "Let's go, little brother." "It's beginning." ""Arabe" !" "Here !" "[ Shouting ]" "Guard !" "Allah, be merciful." "[ Horse Whinnies ]" "[ Pounding Hoofbeats ]" "Ja !" "Didyou see that ?" "Holdthis." "I got you !" "Ja !" "[ Groans ]" "[ Whinnying ]" "[ Laughing ] Yeah !" "[ Growling ]" "[ Grunting ]" "[ Groaning ]" "[ Growling ]" "[ Growling ]" "[Groaning]" "[ Groans ]" "It's a man." "It's a man." "It's a man." "It's a man." "It's a man !" "It's a man !" "It's all right, little brother." " There are more." " [ Growling ]" "Aah !" "Aah !" " Aah !" " Aah !" "Aah !" "Aah !" " [ Whinnying ]" " Get 'em over !" "Aah !" "They've breached the gate !" "Aah !" "[ Groaning ]" "[ Groaning ]" "Aah !" "They've breached the gate !" "Fight them !" "Turn and flight them !" "Aah !" "Come on !" "Come on !" "Ahmed !" "What do I do with it ?" "Put your foot on it and stand !" " Aah !" " [ Whinnies ]" "Aah !" "[ Indistinct ]" "[ Grunting ]" "[Horn Blowing ln Distance]" "Aah !" "Aah !" "[ Panting ] Don't !" "[ Grunting ]" "[Horse Whinnies]" "Aah !" "[ Panting ]" "Skeld, Halga, Roneth... and Rethel will be joining them." "I cannot... taste neither the fermentation of grape... nor ofwheat." " [ Chuckles, Laughs ]" " What ?" "Why do you laugh ?" "Honey." "[ Laughs ]" "It's made from honey." "We will die here." "It is... possible." "Come." "Come on." "She fiinish you, or bring you back to life ?" "A gentleman doesn't discuss such things." " [ Growls ]" " Three more on the fence." "Looks like the mating of a man and some beast." "It's a man." "Ifit's a man, it must sleep." "If it sleeps, it has a lair and we have a trail." "Attack them ?" "Is there a choice ?" "Come with me." "There is a woman who can help." "Bring the Arab." "There's one down here who was old... when mygrandmother was a girl." "She's quite mad." "The perfect advisor." "Oh, Weilew." "Oh." "[ Clicks Tongue ] Shame, shame, shame." "It's a Queen Weilew fronts me now, does she not ?" "We seek your counsel, Madam." "We or he ?" "Step closer, Buliwyf." "Closer." "You know me ?" "I have ears." ""Warrior," says the wind." ""Chieftain, " says the rain." "But why seek you me ?" "Met you your match ?" "Met you your match... with the eaters ofthe dead ?" "We seek your wisdom." "Wars are won in the will." "Perhaps you've been fiighting in the wrong fileid." "Haveyou a token ?" "A thing." " A thing of them." " Yes." "Ahh." "They show you the way you will not see." "Slaughter them till you rot." "You'llaccomplish nothing." "Find the root." " Strike the will." " How ?" "This is the mother of the Wen." "She they revere." "She is the will." "Where do I seek her ?" "She is the earth." "Seek her in the earth." "[ Clears Throat ]" "AndBuliwyf, beware the leaderoftheir warriors." "He wears the horns of power." "He, too, you must kill." "Have we anything resembling a plan ?" "Uh-huh." "Ride till we findthem, killthem all." "[ Panting ]" "A child could follow this." "They have no fear, no fear of us at all." "[ Dog Barks ]" "[ Barks ]" "The dog does not approve." "Bearskulls." "I don't think they like company." "The claws." "The headdresses." "Bears." "They think they are bears." "They want us to think they are bears." "Hey, how do you hunt a bear ?" "Chase it down with dogs." "What" "How do you hunt a bear in winter ?" "Go in his cave with spears." "Where is a cave ?" "It's in the earth." "[HorseAndRiderApproaching]" "The next glen, many fiires." "Is there a cave ?" "[Rushing WaterSound]" "But there's no cave." "Yes, there is." " Straight into the rock face." " Can we get to it ?" "If they don't keep dogs, maybe." "[ Speaking Native Language ]" "[ Shouts ]" "[ Shouts ]" "[ Arrow Whooshes ]" "You'd have to kiss me fiirst, dearie." "Let's go." "[ Snoring ]" "Oh, how deep in the Earth are we ?" " Deep enough to fall out the bottom." " Come on !" "Look at your feet." "I was wrong." "These are not men." "[Rushing WaterSound]" "Ifwe cut our way through them, we will have the other lot on us." "Down the wall, and we swim." "I go." "[ Grunts ]" " Let's go, little brother." " I do not enjoy heights." "[ Grunts ]" "[ Grunts ]" "Stay." "[ Speaking Native Language ]" "[ No Audio ]" "[ Wendols Chanting ln Native Language]" "[Chanting Continues]" "[Chanting Continues]" "[ Groans ]" "[ Shouting ]" "Aah !" "[ Shouting ]" "Go !" "Kill her !" "Do it !" "[ Grunting ]" "[ Growls ]" "[ Grunts ]" "[Snake Hissing]" " Aah !" " [ Grunts ]" "[ Guttural Sounds ]" "[ Growling ]" " [ Screeches ] - [ Grunts ]" "Aah !" "[ Groans ]" "[ Shouting ]" "Damn it !" "It is done ?" "It is." "[Shouting]" "A hard flight to get clear of here ?" "Hey, there's apassage leading down." "[ Groans ]" "[ Groans ]" "I've run about as far as I care to." "[ Spits ]" "Today was a good day." "A good day." "[Men Shouting, Distant]" "Get along, lad." "Go." "Helfdane ?" "We'll just keep following this stream." "It has to come out somewhere." "Stream disappears under the rocks." " Buliwyf !" " I'm all right." "We flight by twos." "Give the other pair a chance to rest." "[Rumbling]" "Here they come." "Go on, make it worse." "Now it's gonna rain." "[ Laughs ]" " [Men Laughing]" " It's gonna rain." "It's gonna rain." "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait !" " Thunder." " Waves make thunder." " The thunder cliffs." " Surf." "Surf." "There's a surf out there." "Can we swim it ?" "Do we drown trying ?" "Try it." "Breathe !" "Breathe !" "Deep breath !" "Now, one, two, three !" "The way we'll know is... if they don't follow us, it's too far to swim !" "[ Laughs ]" "[ All Gasping ]" "Not through the night." " His fate issealed." " [Ahmed] You don't know that." "The skeane is tied." "The weave was settled long ago." "You're wearing that long face for me ?" "I cannot help it." "I have only these hands." "I will die a pauper." "You will be buried as a king." "A man might be thought wealthy... ifsomeone were to draw... the story ofhis deeds... that they may be remembered." "Such a man might be thought wealthy indeed." "He's traveling to the other side." "He grips his sword as if afraid he will not wake." "Think no more ofthese things." "You must rest now." " I'm not tired." " Rest." "The Wendol want vengeance for killing their mother." "They will come soon." "Again ?" "We killed the mother but not the leader." "As long as he lives, they will come back to flight us." "When ?" "Tonight." "[ Sighs ]" "The evening lasts so long here." "Not like home." "I don't think tonight there will be-  [Horn Blowing] - fog." "[Horn Blowing]" "[ Grunting ]" "[ Child Crying ]" "[Rumbling]" "" Kill the mother," she said." "" Kill their leader and they will break."" "We'll soon fiind out if she was right." "At least we don't have to worry about fiire." "They're all terrifiied, ready to break and run." "I wish we had Buliwyfwith us." "It's a small matter." "Here." "Prepare yourselves." "Merciful Father," "I have squandered my days with plans of many things." "This was not among them." "But at this moment," "I beg only... to live the next few minutes well." " [Babies Crying]" " When the time comes." "Don't let them be taken." "For all we ought to have thought... and have not thought, all we ought to have said... and have not said, all we ought to have done... and have not done," "I pray Thee, God, for forgiveness." "[ Horse Neighs ]" "They're coming!" "[ Dog Whining ]" "[Horn Blowing]" "[ Whinnying ]" "[Horn Blowing]" "[ Thunder]" "'Lo there do I see my father." " 'Lo there do lsee mymotherandmysisters..." " Mother and my sisters..." " and my brothers." " andmybrothers." "'Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning." "'Lo they do call to me." "They bid me take my place among them." "In the halls ofValhalla, where the brave... may live... forever." "Aah !" "[ Horse Shrieks ]" "[ Screams ]" "[ Growling ]" "Aah !" "[ Groans ]" "Aah !" "Aah !" "[Scream Continues]" "[Horn Blowing]" "It's over." "[Dog Barks]" "[ Whining ]" "[ Thunder]" "We shall make prayers for your safe passage." "Prayers to who ?" "Inyourlandonegodisperhaps enough, but we have needofmany." "I will pray to all of them for you." "Do not be offended." "I'll be in your debt." "Goodbye, Arab !" "Goodbye, Northman." "[AhmedNarrating] Acrossseas ofmonsters and forests ofdemons we travelled." "Praise be toAllah, the merciful andcompassionate." "MayHis blessing be uponpagan men... who lovedothergods, who sharedtheirfood... andshedtheirblood... that hisservant, Ahmedlbn Fahdlan, might become a man... anda usefulservant ofGod."