You do not speak for the Ealdormen.
The Ealdormen are much diminished.
Bring the Ealdormen to me.
Ealdormen will choose a wise successor.
The Ealdormen remain in Aegelesburg?
And who decides what the Ealdormen decide?
Did you see the Ealdormen?
The Ealdormen will choose a wise successor.
Keep an eye on the Ealdormen yourself.
What they did to humiliate the Ealdormen, Lord King!
The Ealdormen have called their Witan for after the funeral.
The Ealdormen have ordered that the gates be held closed.
And the Ealdormen will do your bidding, will they not?
That depends on how much the Ealdormen have kept for themselves.
Ealdormen? No. Only that Cuthred was at the heart of it.
Ealdormen? No, only that Cuthred was at the heart of it.
What if the Ealdormen discover Lady Aethelflaed and Aelfwynn are missing?
The Ealdormen are passionate that they could repel us for a while.
If only to save her offending the Ealdormen by her lack of grief.
The Ealdormen will complain, but this time, do not treat them too harshly.
If there are doubts, why not give the Ealdormen the proof they require?
The Ealdormen of marriageable age were all slaughtered… the best of them taken.
Listen. The Mercian Guard are loyal to me, and the Ealdormen are against him.
I invite the Ealdormen to step forward and take their oaths to Lord Uhtred.
Tomorrow.- These roads are too dangerous at night…-
We must speak to him and the Ealdormen.
The Ealdormen will not back down,
so you will finish the slaughter that the Danes have started.
Perhaps instead of seeking to make a bond with the Ealdormen… we should find a way to break them.
If I place someone to rule here who might forge a path to peace,
someone who might not necessarily please the Ealdormen, but whose popularity with the people might force them to accept it.