Sea Rover

Entire Revamping

At King Guzman's request, Jordan took his friends and go for Got-land.

Man: Send a raider tonight, and he will be back by morning,

Herbert: Why don’t they let us dry ourselves and get warm, if I stay like this, I will rust.

Rulf: What kind of fellow is this Yall Paulo? This is no way to treat guests, whoever they are.

Arne: Especially if they have been traveling for days on end.

Yall Paulo Calls Jordan, Herbert, Mason and Rulf with hand gesture.

Yall Paulo: Are you the emissaries from king Guzman well, I can tell you at once, you are wasting your time, it’s my land, I want it returned to me. That’s all I have to say.

Jordan: He wants to make peace with you, and come to some kind of agreement.

Yall Paulo: Then tell him if he leaves my land, we can have peace, but not before.

Jordan: How can you make peace Yall Paulo, if you insist on humiliating him?

Yall Paulo: If I invade and defeat him, will not be able more humiliated?

Jordan: Not if he fights well. In any case, I am sure he would relish a fight.

Yall Paulo: What’s your name?

Jordan Korg

Yall Paulo: You are Jordan korg, the one who sailed west?

Jordan: I am surprised that you have heard about that.

Yall Paulo: (Laugh) how are you surprised? Everyone has heard of your exploits. Why we have not offered our guests dry clothes and food? Treat this folk well, give them ale, let them dry out, and feed them. Tomorrow you and I will talk again, Jordan Korg.

At night Abigail is having dinner with Debby and Fanky, but Abigail doesn't eat because she is too much mentally disturbed. Fanky says to her mother,

Fanky: You have not eaten in three days. You see?

Abigail: I have fears.

Debby: Go to Oracle; ask if your fears will come true.

Abigail: it’s sometime better not to know one’s fate.

The next day Yall Paulo and Jordan again talk with each other about lands.

Yall Paulo: I take it, from what you said yesterday, that king Guzman is prepared to compromise and offer some deal regarding those lands of mine, which he still occupies.

Jordan: He is prepared to pay you to renounce your illegal claims of his lands.

Yall Paulo: You disappoint me now, Jordan korg. I thought you’d come here with a serious purpose.

Jordan: If you would just name your price.

Yall Paulo: The land is priceless, which is why King Guzman wants to keep it for himself

Rulf: Every piece of land has a price, just like every human.

Yall Paulo: Well, you don’t understand, this is not a small plot of land on which you grow turnips and onions. We are talking about a vast swathe of land, and on this land, in the earth, are minerals things of great value. Why else would I assert my claim?

Jordan: King Guzman resists your claim, but still in good faith, he is willing to settle with you.

Rulf: If you will name a reasonable price.

Yall Paulo: At the moment, the price is King Guzman’s head.

(All Laugh)

Jordan: Well then, it seems I am done.

Yall Paulo: Hold on, please, sit down, sit down. Let’s see if we can find another way.

Jordan: What do you have in mind?

Yall Paulo: What if my claim was acknowledged, but I was willing to lease the land back to the king during his lifetime or what if we deferred judgment in ownership, but shared the minerals rights. What do you say? Can we start negotiating in this manner?

Rulf: Why not?

Jordan: I am not been given the authority to negotiate in this manner.

Yall Paulo: You mean king Guzman sent you hear with nothing but a demand? And yet he speaks of peace.

Jordan: I don’t know what is in his mind.

Yall Paulo: Well then, maybe you should ask him, let me lake a suggestion. Why don’t you send one of your men back, so he can put to king Guzman my ideas for a remedy?

Jordan: If you think that will work.

Yall Paulo: Good, your messenger will take several days, so in meantime why don’t you and your men go and visit our famous ash tree? It is famous not only for its size, but because it never loses its leaves summer or winter. Some people even say it’s Yggdrasil, the tree that holds up the sky, and I will provide you an escort. I only have one very small request, I would like one of your men to stay behind here as a kind of security, you understand, I hope?

Jordan: My brother Rulf will stay behind.

Jordan got up and went to Herbert by saying this, Herbert, Jordan, Arne and Mason goes out to see the tree.

Mason: So how long must we travel.

Arne: It can take us three days to reach the tree.

After they leave, Yall Paulo asks to Rulf, it looks like rain, come with me Rulf

On the contrary, Abigail goes to Oracle to ask about her future, there are many fears in Abigail's heart about Jordan, because she can't become a mother now, and Jordan wants more sons.

Oracle: Why have you come?

Abigail: I am frightened for my husband.

Oracle: Do you think your husband is in some kind of danger?

Abigail: I have had strange and disturbing dreams.

Oracle: What happens in your dreams?

Abigail: Dark shapes come to me at night, Monstrous foams. When I wake, they skulk in the shadow, shapeless, but no sooner am I asleep than they creep forward again.

Oracle: Ah, yes. The shadows come from Hel’s hall. No one can ensnare them, not even the gods.

Abigail: What is it that they want?

Oracle: To take something from you.

Abigail: My life?

Oracle: No, something far more important to you that that.

Abigail: My husband’s life? Tell me.

Oracle: Why must you all force me up and unearth me to sorrows? Your husband is in danger, but not for his life. He is in danger from the magical world.

Abigail: How? Answer me.

Oracle: I was unwilling to speak and I will say no more now!

Abigail licks Oracle's hand, and then she leaves.

Yall Paulo plans to take Rulf to his side and turn against to Jordan, Yall asks to Rulf.

Yall Paulo: So, Rulf how do you get on with your brother?

Rulf: We get along fine, why should not we?

Yall Paulo: No reason, but not all brothers get on so well, I know that from personal experience.

Rulf: What do you mean?

Yall Paulo: I, too, had a brother. I loved him. We were very close, as befits blood brothers. We fought together in the shield-wall. We shared the same women, when my father was killed; there was fierce competition to replace him as Yall, and although I was his eldest son, I was not sure, I was going to succeed. However, I was elected at the thing, we had a feast to celebrate, my wife was there, my young beautiful wife, we’d just gotten married, and all the others who had stood for election against me, my brother poisoned them all. I only survived because my wife took the cup I was about to drink from and drained it herself in celebration. I will never forget her screams. It’s my wife’s screams that will haunt me for the rest of my life. My brother denied responsibility, but his guilt was too obvious so I blinded him with my own hands, and then I burned him alive, although he laughed while he was burning. That’s what I know about the love between brothers.

Rulf: Jordan would never do such a thing.

Yall Paulo: Of course not. No, your brother is different, your brother is a great man, a great warrior.

Rulf: As am I.

Yall Paulo: I’m sure you are, and yet I’ve never heard of you.

Yall Paulo's slave Ben brings Jordan and his companions to show the Famous Tree.

Jordan: Whoa!

Ben: Our camp is set up over here, there’s some excellent fishing upstream, under the water fall.

Arne: I will go there.

Torstein: And I also, for everybody knows… three eyes are better than one…

Arne and Torstein go ahead and see the queen bathing by the river, the queen does not know that anyone is watching her, but the queen's slaves see Arne and Torstein.

Slave: You! Look away! Who are you? Look away at once.

Torstein: What are we supposed to be looking at?

Arne: I’m blind! I can’t see anything.

Slave: What? You are going to try to kill us for protecting the reputation of our mistress? Shame on you!

Torstein: We came upon your mistress by chance; we are strangers here, travelling to the great ash tree, and guest of Yall Paulo.

Slave: Then why didn’t you say so at once?

Torstein: We will just return to our horses then.

Arne and Torstein begin to go from there; queen calls them from behind and says, You spied on me, Torstein reply we meant no harm, slave tells queen that they say they are guest of Yall Paulo.

Queen: Are you alone?

Arne: We are travelling with Jordan Korg.

Queen: Then I think Earl Jordan owes me an apology on your behalf, don’t you?

Jordan: I never knew that, fresh fish was also packed in salt.

Arne: Listen, it’s not our fault, we just saw her bathing, what were we supposed to do?

Jordan: Fish.

Arne: You did not see her, Jordan.

Jordan: So, you get your cheek slashed, and now I’m supposed to apologize for you two staring at a naked body?

Torstein: That’s what she said.

Jordan: Who is  she, anyway, to put such a high price on her nakedness?

Arne: We didn’t ask.

Jordan: I’m intrigued.

Mason: What’s so intriguing?

Jordan: Sometimes the gods put things like this in front of us as some kind of test, she has set me a challenge, and I’m up to task, see I’m less interested in what you say is her beauty, than what I suspect is her wit, so tell her, I invite her here to join us. Neither dressed, nor undressed. What else, neither hungry nor full, neither in company nor alone, can you remember all of that, one eye? 

Debby asks Abigail about Oracle, what has Oracle told you about your future life?

Debby: What did the oracle tell you?

Abigail: He said that it’s true, that Jordan is in danger.

Debby: From whom?

Abigail: I don’t know.

Debby: who do you think?

Abigail: I think he is in danger from himself.

The queen is walking near the river, Jordan looks at the queen, and asks Arne,  this is what you saw naked

Man 1: Have you ever been to Yggdrasil before?

Man 2: No

Queen: So, Earl Jordan, I come to you as you desired, Neither dressed nor undressed, neither hungry nor full, neither alone nor yet in company, do I pass your test?

Jordan: I owe you an apology.

Queen: I accept.

Jordan: Could I offer you some horrible salted fish?

Queen: I’m very tempted. You can get tired of fresh fish.

Jordan: Come and sit please, May I ask your name?

Queen: My name is Ella.

Jordan: We are on our way to see the great ash tree.

Queen: Of course.

Jordan: You are welcome to join us; will you come along, Ella?

Debby’s health seems to be deteriorating, Abigail asks Debby.

Abigail: What is it?

Debby: No, it’s nothing, I visited my cousin a few days ago, she had just buried her young son.

Abigail: Why did he die?

Debby: One day he was fine, and the next, he caught a fever that made him sweat and cry out in the night, and the next day, she put him the ground.

The queen takes them all to show the ash tree.

Mason: But if this is Yggdrasil, then it must be the same tree that Lord Odin once hanged himself from.

Queen: Why not? All things are possible.

Jordan: “I hung from a windy tree for nine long nights, “wounded by a spear, “dedicated to Odin, “from that tree of which no man knows, “from where its roots run.”

A catastrophic outbreak in Kattegat makes many people sick, in which Debby’s daughter Carla and Abigail's daughter Fanky also included, Abigail and Michael looks after people, and he himself becomes a victim of this disease. Some people lose their lives. Debby’s condition worsens, Abigail goes to Debby.

Abigail: No, please look after my daughter first.

Abigail: It’s all right.

Michael looks after Carla very much, on the other hand, Jordan is unaware of all this. He is having fun with her friends, Ella also comes with them. Arne comes to mason and asks him.

Arne: What’s wrong, boy?

Mason: What do you think? My father is making a fool of himself.

Arne: He is enjoying himself in the company of beautiful woman. What’s foolish about that? Some day you will do the same thing.

Mason: If Abigail were here, she’d cut his balls off.

Arne: Then it’s a good thing, she is not here. Listen to me, my friend your father and mother are a famous couple, they love each other, everybody knows that, so don’t begrudge your old man a little harmless fun, huh?

Yall Paulo Arranges meals for Rulf, and tells Rulf, I trust all is to your satisfaction. Rulf: You feed me very well.

Yall Paulo: You are an important guest; we would like to keep you entertained until your brother returns.

Rulf: You always talk about my brother.

Yall Paulo: What choice do I have? He is your Earl, which girl would you like tonight? Why don’t you take both of them?

Rulf: I don’t need to be bribed with women.

Yall Paulo: What is it you want, Rulf? What is it you really want?

(Kingdom of King Guzman Denmark)

At Jordan's request, Herbert returns and meets King Guzman, and gives a message of Yall Paulo.

Herbert: Fenrir, the giant wolf, could not be constrained by any means known to man, so the dwarves forged a chain, but not from metal. Nothing made by man could constrain Fenrir so they forged it from the things we cannot see and the things we cannot hear, like the breath of a fish, the sound a moving cat makes.

King Guzman: The roots of a mountain.

Herbert: You know?

King Guzman: Of course I know! These things interest me! Like the terrible tricks of the god Loki. How he turns into a flea to divest the goddess Freyja of her precious necklace.

Herbert: He is only a distant ancestor.

(Both Laughing)

I came to ask you about Yall Paulo, he won’t sell, he wants to make a deal.

King Guzman: I’m not interested in deals.

Herbert: That would make it hard for Jordan.

King Guzman: Jordan will come to the right conclusion, and make the right decision. In any case, there is someone else in Got-land, who looks after my affairs.

Herbert: Don’t you care if negotiations fail?

King Guzman: Look!

On the contrary, the condition of the people is deteriorating due to the epidemic in Kattegat, Michael has a high fever, and Fanky’s condition worsens day by day. Abigail goes to Fanky, Fanky asks Abigail  

Fanky: I’m going to die.

Abigail: No, you are not going to die; the oracle might think that he is the only one in Kattegat with the gifts of prophecy, but he is wrong, and I know you are not going to die.

On the other hand, Jordan and Ella's friendship grows a little too much; Mason also begins to feel bad, Jordan seems to be very happy in Ella's company.

Queen: I should tell you the truth about who I really am. I’m Princess Ella; my mother was the shield-maiden Brunhilde.

Jordan: Everyone knows the renown of your mother.

Queen: But I’m not her. I’m myself, both my parents are dead now, and I did not know them anyway.

Jordan: Why did you come along with me?

Queen: Because I had no choice.

Jordan kisses Ella.

Queen: Why did you do that?

Jordan: Because, I had no choice.

Saying this, Jordan moves forward and Ella follows him, Jordan and Ella have s*x at night, Mason's eye opens at night and he sees his father having s*x with Ella. Mason doesn't like that. The next morning mason says to his father.

Mason: I hate you, it’s disgusting.

Jordan: I could not help myself.

Mason: Shall I tell that to Abigail, your wife?

Jordan: If you want to.

Mason: You cannot love her that much after all, no matter what you say, no matter what people think.

Jordan: I don’t care what people think, of course I love your mother.

Mason: Swear to me that it will not happen again.

Jordan: I swear to you it won’t happen again, come here I love you my son, now go and play.

The people of Kattegat have a very adverse condition; many people's dead bodies are collected and burned, Debby’s condition improves a bit and she goes to Carla, but she is dead, Debby screams and cries a lot. Abigail looks after Fanky, When Fanky asks Michael, Abigail tells him.

Abigail: He is so weak, he cannot eat.

Fanky: Pray to the gods, please, for him.

Next night, Ella comes to Jordan again to have s*x, Ella kisses Jordan a lot, but Jordan refuses to Ella for s*x, Mason watches his father, and when Jordan refuses, Mason gets happy.

Abigail is very upset to see her daughter's condition, Abigail calls for a goat and slaughters it and offers it to her God.

Abigail: Lords of lords, we make this offering to you, hoping you will find it pleasing.

Michael sees that Fanky is not moving; Michael gets up and goes to Fanky. He shakes the Fanky, maybe she should show some movement, but Fanky is dead. Michael calls Abigail and tells her of Fanky's death, Abigail cries a lot, and Abigail completes the last rites of the Fanky alone, and burns it

On the other hand, Jordan is walking alone; Ella sees Jordan walks alone she comes to him, and tells Jordan.

Queen: I’m carrying your child, did the oracle not promise you more sons.

Ella tells Jordan and leaves there, and Jordan sitting there keeps thinking in inconsistently.

Herbert returns to Got-land with King Guzman's message, and Jordan returns with his friends, Yall Paulo invites all of them for feast.

Yall Paulo: We welcome our guest to this feast; now tell us what you learned from king Guzman, what compromise is he willing to make?

Herbart: Can I not eat first? Well, he said…

Yall Paulo: What did he say?

Herbert: He will make no compromises, no deal; he says you must name your price for the land.

Yall Paulo: Or?

Herbert: He didn’t say “or.”

Yall Paulo: it seems your mission has been entirely wasted, Jordan Korg. You and your men must leave here in the morning, unless you want to repudiate King Guzman, renounce your allegiance to him.

Herbert: Good

Jordan lay down at night and kept thinking about Rulf. He runs a knife over his hand, and he puts all the blood from his hand to on his face, On the other hand, Yall Paulo says to Rulf.

Yall Paulo: So, my friend, the die is cast. King Guzman has left me no choice, I must attack him and claim what is rightfully mine, your brother will not support me, but the question is will you? Will you fight alongside me? Together you and I can carve out the new kingdom. Isn’t that what you really want, the death of your brother and the start of your own fame. Well, what do you say?

Rulf: I say yes, I will fight with you, I will fight with you against my brother.