01x02 - Vengeance

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Woden, bear witness

to our pact of allegiance.

We are one and one are we.

Your enemy is my enemy.

And my enemy is your enemy.

You. Your name.

Are you Ari?

We need him alive!

Father! Father!

The Romans are in the forest!

You have to hide

No!

The Romans will be good to our sons.

No. Please.

Forgive me.

Give him to me.

I am giving you as a pledge

for peace between our peoples.

You're giving me away?

What have I done?

What did I do wrong?

Father, I'll never do it again!

Father, please! Don't send us away!

No! Father, please! Please!

You look splendid.

Where is Mother?

When?

Six winters ago.

How?

A fever.

She was praying

for you and your brother until the end.

- How is your brother?

- Good.

Romans measure time with this.

Rome has wonders you can't even imagine.

I know you have the eagle.

If I take it back,

then Varus won't find out it was you.

- Ari.

- My name is Gaius Julius Arminius.

Prefect of the Roman Cavalry.

And when I return, Reik Segimer,

I expect the eagle of my legion.

Greetings, Roman Governor.

I can't stand that accent.

Like a toothless whore

trying to recite poetry.

Please, speak your own language.

My name is Segestes.

I'm a noble Cherusci from an old family.

Get to the point, barbarian.

I know where the eagle is.

Segimer!

He's supposed to be hiding here.

What do you want, Berulf?

If this is true

we demand our right.

Ari!

No!

No!

Ari!

Hey, come here. Come on.

Come here, Ari.

- You've changed.

- Yeah.

Not you.

I'm called Arminius now.

Like those piss-drinkers or something?

But you didn't have a choice.

I know who it was.

What do you mean?

You stole the eagle.

That's why you're here?

Is it at all clear to you

what has happened?

Yeah. The poor bird was caged up

and wanted to stretch its wings.

- You think it's a joke?

- Yeah.

And that's just the start.

You've got no business

messing around like this.

Do you have any idea

of the power of this empire?

Don't you understand the only thing

that can save you is peace with Rome?

Peace with Rome?

Yes.

With the Romans who just

crippled my brother, Ansgar?

When you pick a fight with Rome,

that's how it goes.

Look what they've made of you, Ari.

Give me the eagle

and you go live your lives

and I'll live mine.

I always believed

that one day you'd come back.

But I had no idea

you'd grow into such an assh*le.

Lead me

to Folkwin's village, barbarian.

If you're lying, I'll have you crucified.

The tribes are divided.

But I can influence them

in Rome's best interests.

If I were the reik of my tribe

I didn't come to Germania

to help with your advancement, barbarian.

Forgive me, governor,

but you will need men like me.

Roman!

You m*rder*d a reik, Roman!

Gernot Rotbart.

The Chief of the Bructeri.

You remember?

My uncle!

You're the one who chopped off his head.

I carried out a sentence.

Oh, yeah?

Are you a god?

Only the gods can sentence a man to death.

So can Roman law.

He's wounded!

Get him off you!

What is he doing?

The gods will

punish him for that.

Anyone else

want to take my friend from me?

Leave while you still can.

Berulf will k*ll you.

Berulf.

- You have to leave.

- Now you fear for my life?

You, of all people?

Ari.

You were the pledge for peace.

You gave me away.

I had to think of the village.

The Romans would have

b*rned it to the ground, you know that.

You just wanted to save your own skin!

Many reiks had to do the same.

You're just a coward.

I wasn't given a choice.

I made a new life possible for you.

I made it possible myself.

Now tell me where the damn standard is.

Segimer!

Send him out!

Go!

Not without the eagle!

Segimer!

Berulf! That's enough.

You can thank the gods

you're still among the living.

Segimer!

Give it a rest, Berulf.

Haven't you had enough?

It's my right.

Where is that Roman swine? Huh?

Do you see any Romans here?

Not one step further, Berulf.

He's got the eagle!

Stop, you rat!

Stop!

Ari?

Ari!

I save your life

and then you swipe my eagle?

So this is yours?

Don't you understand?

If I don't return this soon,

you will all be dead.

You'll be dead

if you do return it.

Give it back to me!

Come get it yourself.

You're still lousy with a spear.

Ari!

Ari!

Ari, you're a coward!

Come back here now!

You Roman rat! Ari!

For once, just think.

I think it's better

if no one sees me with the governor.

When we ride in

you'll be at my side, barbarian.

You said yourself

that I need men like you.

Romans!

Romans!

Rome will be your mother now.

And your father.

Thank you.

Gratias.

Thank you.

Gratias.

Gratias.

Varus is obliged to you.

You surrendered two wonderful sons to him.

I thank you

for treating them well.

They were clever and obedient.

Arminius is at my side now

as an officer.

Where is our standard?

- The man who stole it

- Folkwin Wolfspeer.

Where is he?

You can't save him.

Let me through!

Let me

My daughter.

- What have you done?

- Don't worry.

They don't know you were involved.

You're safe.

And Folkwin?

What did you expect?

A barbarian doesn't betray his own.

A barbarian with principles, aren't you?

It's a shame you didn't get to see

your son grow to be a man.

Show me where he lives.

You need to run!

Go to the woods!

- Where's Vegis?

- Go!

You have to leave!

Vegis!

- Run!

- Vegis!

No!

Let my boy go!

No!

- Let her go!

- She belongs to me!

She belongs to me! She belongs to me!

- No!

- Better them than you!

No!

Barbarians!

Bring us Folkwin Wolfspeer by dawn!

Give us the standard!

Look closely, Cherusci!

Witness how Rome punishes hubris!

Bring me our standard

and the criminal Folkwin Wolfspeer,

and peace shall reign once more.

Until then, they remain hanging.

Anyone who dares to take them down

will be crucified themselves.

Segestes, you rat!

You're a traitor!

You're a traitor!

- What?

- Traitor!

- What did I do?

- Traitor!

I'm a traitor, you say?

Who was it who betrayed

the decision of all the reiks, me?

Or was it Folkwin?

I've warned you time and again.

Haven't I always said

we have to keep the peace?

Folkwin challenged Rome.

Folkwin dared to defy the reik!

He broke the rules of the duel

and thereby offended the gods!

And this

is the price he has to pay for that.

Of course you'd say that!

You even ride with the Roman

who made your son a cr*pple, you traitor!

My son

is my sacrifice to the gods.

For you.

And for our tribe.

For your children.

Shame on you

Segestes!

Shame on you all!

You

you're arguing in front of the dead!

Shame on you! All of you!

Go home!

Go!

Folkwin, don't go any further.

Don't go any further.

Folkwin, don't!

No!

Folkwin.

You have to leave.

Your life's in danger.

You hear me?

Folkwin.

Folkwin, you have to leave.

I promise you, I'll bury them.

They can't just hang here.

- Please.

- I won't leave them hanging here.

Please.

They want your head!

We will follow you.

We'll all follow you.

I have to take them down.

He must leave.

I have to take them down.

I have to take them down.

I have to take them down.

- Help him, please.

- I have to take them down. I have to

Keep going.

Give him here.

Go on, go on.

Rome is proud of you,

my son, and so am I.

I request redeployment, Father.

Send me back to Rome.

Or to another province

Syria or Spain.

Somewhere where Rome needs me.

I have already sent a messenger

and put your name forward

to the emperor

for a knighthood.

But you have one final task.

We need to reclaim our legion's honor.

Anyone who steals our eagle

must be punished.

You know this land and its people, my son.

You are sure to find him.

Bring me the head

of Folkwin Wolfspeer.