:56:10
Lady, you set tests for your suitors.
:56:12
Such tests are almost an insult
to their rank.
:56:16
These men who ask for your hand
are royal kings and princes.
:56:20
And I am a queen, their equal.
:56:23
I have a right in my own land
to make whatever laws I please.
:56:26
- Yes, but...
- Then tell them...
:56:28
...that the Queen of Iceland will wed
the man who passes the tests she sets.
:56:32
And who can defeat her
in single combat.
:56:34
But no man can hope to succeed
at such tasks, majesty.
:56:38
One man will succeed.
And one man will marry me.
:56:43
And I will know that man
as soon as I see him. You may go.
:56:56
You are thinking of the man you met
on the night the star fell, aren't you?
:57:00
The blacksmith?
:57:02
I have thought of that man
ever since.
:57:05
And I will marry
no one else, Hallbera.
:57:08
Not a prince, not a king,
not the Roman emperor himself.
:57:13
And if your handsome sword-maker
does appear, what then?
:57:17
Are you sure he's strong and brave
enough to pass the tests you planned?
:57:22
He has defeated me once already.
Only he will defeat me again.
:57:28
The rune stones do not lie.
:57:54
It's Eric.