- [sees his son watching the fortress gates]
- Lord Uhtred: Why do I leave the villages unprotected and bring the men inside? Is that your question? A village can be rebuilt. A warrior can die only once.
- [during the Danes' victory celebration]
- Ravn: [who's blind] So, who have they been killing below?
- Young Uhtred: Prisoners...
- [King Osbert is dispatched with an axe]
- Young Uhtred: Just now, a king.
- Ravn: Did he die well?
- Young Uhtred: No.
- Ravn: Well, then he shouldn't have been king.