After a humiliating defeat, Alfred retreats to the swamps of Wessex and desperately tries to pickup the pieces of his shattered kingdom.
Meanwhile, Viking Warlord Guthrum recruits more Danes to help subdue the troublesome realm.
The fate of England balances on the edge of a knife...
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