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Mar 10, 2022 · The Last Kingdom season 5, episode 7 recap – a powerful farewell. A poignant, tragic episode brings a long-running rivalry to an end, but leaves many more conflicts in its wake. This recap of The Last Kingdom season 5, episode 7 contains spoilers.
- Jonathon Wilson
Mar 9, 2022 · Episode 7 of The Last Kingdom Season 5 begins with Stiorra mourning the death of Sigtryggr. It hangs heavy over her, as his sword is placed symbolically on his chest and he's prepped for his final journey into the afterlife.
Apr 29, 2020 · Uhtred has devised flawless military strategies to protect Wessex from his invading kin, saved baby Edward with a spell that cost the life of his own firstborn son, twice rescued Aethelflaed from...
Apr 28, 2017 · Uhtred’s the one who tucks a tenner into their coat pocket when they hug him goodbye on a night out, slices off the heads of their enemies and negotiates their release from kidnap by...
- Uhtred and Aethelstan
- Queen Eadgifu
- Serpent’s Breath
- Who Are The Seven Kings?
Queen Aelswith later regretted her actions in separating Edward from his first wife and sought out the child Aethelstan to repent. Aethelstan had been raised in a convent and was then put under Uhtred’s protection. Uhtred swore an oath of loyalty to the future king and trained the boy in fighting and leadership. Aethelstan was distanced from his fa...
In season five, Edward’s marriage to Queen Aelflaed suffered as her piety, and his disinterest, grew. When Eadgifu of Kent came to Winchester to petition Edward for a ruling on her father’s lands, he made her his mistress. After Queen Aelflaed was murdered on the road to a site of pilgrimage, Edward married Eadgifu and had several children includin...
Uhtred has had the same sword since he was a young man. Serpent’s Breath has an amber stone embedded in its pommel, which is an heirloom from Uhtred’s Saxon family at Bebbanburg. He wore it first as a pendant and then as part of his sword when he became a warrior.
While the prophecy that “seven kings must die, and the woman you love” is said by a witchin Bernard Cornwell’s books, in the film it’s spoken by Finan’s wife Ingrith following a prophetic dream. Exactly who the seven kings might be is up for debate, but five ‘kings’ are recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as having fought against Aethelstan in th...
Enjoy our season 5 episode 7 discussion of The Last Kingdom! Watch/listen to our spoiler discussion where we break down the plot and character motivations, our favorite scenes,...
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Mar 9, 2022 · The final season of The Last Kingdom is here. Will Uhtred reclaim his ancestral home of Bebbanburg? We review and explain every episode.
