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* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: He tries to murder Stiorra for the sake of petty revenge on Uhtred, but Sigtryggr catches him in the act, and then [[KickTheSonOfABitch beats him to a pulp]] for it]].
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* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: He tries to murder Stiorra for the sake of petty revenge on Uhtred, but Sigtryggr catches him in the act, and then [[KickTheSonOfABitch beats him to a pulp]] pulp for it]].
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Saxon Stories'', Aldhelm is killed by Uhtred for trying to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape Aethelflaed at Athelred's behest]] so the latter has [[DefiledForever an excuse]] to divorce his wife. In the series, Aldhelm turns on Aethelred when ordered to harm Athelflaed, [[AdaptationalNiceGuy becomes a trusted advisor and friend to her and Uhtred]], [[spoiler: and survives to the end of the series]].
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Saxon Stories'', Aldhelm is killed by Uhtred for trying to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape Aethelflaed at Athelred's behest]] so the latter has [[DefiledForever an excuse]] to divorce his wife. In the series, Aldhelm turns on Aethelred when ordered to harm Athelflaed, [[AdaptationalNiceGuy becomes a trusted advisor and friend to her and Uhtred]], [[spoiler: Uhtred]]. [[spoiler:Ultimately, he doesn't meet his end until ''Seven Kings Must Die'', and survives to the end is one of the very last named characters to die in the entire series]].
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:For warning Uhtred about Ingilmundr, Aethelstan has Aldhelm branded a traitor and hanged.]]
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Or rather, mom. Threatens to send Cynlaef on [[UriahGambit a suicide mission]] against Danish raiders when she catches him kissing her daughter.
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* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Mum]]: Threatens to send Cynlaef on [[UriahGambit a suicide mission]] against Danish raiders when she catches him kissing her daughter.
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* BlackVikings: Benedict is most likely based on Hadrian of Canterbury, an African-born priest who came to England to serve as an abbot.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:After taunting him, Eardwulf grabs a spike and twists it around Aethelred's bandage covering his fatal head wound, putting pressure on it until the entire skull splits and [[EyeScream blood begins filling his eyes]]. While it's happening, Aethelred is too weak to call for help and can only [[AndIMustScream muster gasps and groans of pain while his head breaks]].]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Book Aldhelm is a contemptious scheming villian. In the series, once he finds out that Aethelred is not the man he thought he was. He switches allegiances to Aethelflaed and becomes her top general and honest advisor. He then never flinches from her orders and is always at her side.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Book Aldhelm is a contemptious scheming villian. In the series, once he finds out that Aethelred is not the man he thought he was. He was, he switches allegiances to Aethelflaed and becomes her top general and honest advisor. He then never flinches from her orders and is always at her side.]]
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: In Season 4. [[spoiler:She loves Uhtred, but a requirement of her ascendancy to the throne of Mercia is that she take an oath of celibacy and thus forsake her own desires for the good of her kingdom. Within an episode of taking the throne, she has adjusted to her role enough that she responds to the news that Uhtred is likely dead with only a brief show of pain before accepting that there are greater matters to deal with.]]
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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: In Season 4. [[spoiler:She loves Uhtred, but a requirement of her ascendancy to the throne of Mercia is that she take an oath of celibacy and thus forsake her own desires for the good of her kingdom. Within an episode of taking the throne, she has adjusted to her role enough that she responds to the news that Uhtred is likely dead with only a brief show of pain before accepting that there are greater matters to deal with.]]
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* HonestAdvisor: [[spoiler: Aethelflaed's trusted right hand from season three onwards.]]
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* ParentalSexualitySquick: Grandparental in this case, but Aelfwynn is clearly grossed out when Aelswith starts describing some of the more ''[[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex intimate]]'' [[InsatiableNewlyweds benefits]] of being married.
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* ParentalSexualitySquick: Grandparental in this case, but Aelfwynn is clearly grossed out when Aelswith starts describing some of the more ''[[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex intimate]]'' [[InsatiableNewlyweds benefits]] ''[[InsatiableNewlyweds intimate benefits]]'' of being married.
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* IllGirl: [[spoiler: Season 5 reveals that she's suffering from terminal breast cancer]].
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* NeverMyFault: He blames his downfall and [[spoiler: banishment from Mercia on Uthred turning his sister against him, rather than the fact he murdered Aethelred. Stiorra sets him straight, [[DefiantCaptive even while he's threatening to murder her]] that he's a self-pitying piece of crap who has no one to blame for his problems but himself]].
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* NeverMyFault: He blames his downfall and [[spoiler: banishment from Mercia on Uthred Uhtred turning his sister against him, rather than the fact he murdered Aethelred. Stiorra sets him straight, [[DefiantCaptive even while he's threatening to murder her]] that he's a self-pitying piece of crap who has no one to blame for his problems but himself]].
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* OhCrap: His reaction when one of his retainers informs him plague is ravaging the Mercian countryside and entire villages are being abandoned to escape its spread.
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-->'''Burgred''': He left us to face the Danes alone, took all the defenses we had and for ''what''!? A few miles of marshland barely able to yield a crop!?
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-->'''Edward''': You agreed that [[spoiler: Aelfwynn's betrothal]] was best for Mercia...
-->'''Aethelflaed''': I will not have [[spoiler: my child condemned to a life of misery]]!. Please, Ludeca, do not accept this plan.
-->'''Ludeca''': The plan offers stability. I believe it to be the best solution.
-->'''Aethelflaed''': I will not have [[spoiler: my child condemned to a life of misery]]!. Please, Ludeca, do not accept this plan.
-->'''Ludeca''': The plan offers stability. I believe it to be the best solution.
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** He's not wrong when he points out that Edward is behaving more like a conqueror than an ally during his time in Mercia (installing his troops within the city walls, helping himself to the Mercian granaries, barring the gates to Mercian refugees but [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem breaking the rules to allow Aelswith entry to the town]], etc).
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** He's not wrong when he points out that Edward is behaving more like a conqueror than an ally during his time in Mercia (installing his troops within the city walls, helping himself to the Mercian granaries, barring the gates to Mercian refugees but [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem breaking the rules to allow Aelswith entry to the town]], etc). He's also correct that Edward's dithering over how and when to confront Brida and Cnut left Mercia to fend for itself.
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* OldManMarryingAChild: Averted: Despite him being one of the best claimants to ascend to the throne of Mercia following Tettenhall and Aethelred's death, Edward does not like the idea of marrying his niece off to a man old enough to be her grandfather and decides to look for a younger claimant.
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* OldManMarryingAChild: Averted: Despite him being one of the best claimants to ascend to the throne of Mercia following Tettenhall [[spoiler: and Aethelred's death, death]], Edward does not like the idea of marrying his niece off to a man old enough to be her grandfather grandfather, [[AltarDiplomacy even to secure peace in Mercia]], and decides to look for a younger claimant.
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* ObviousGuiltSlinging: [[spoiler: In Season 5, having accepted bribes from Aethelhelm to go againsr Aethelflaed's choice of successor, Burgred is clearly left feeling guilty for his choice when Aethelflaed turns up at his door to gift him land she wants preserved for the benefit of Mercia]].
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* ObviousGuiltSlinging: ObliviousGuiltSlinging: [[spoiler: In Season 5, having accepted bribes from Aethelhelm to go againsr Aethelflaed's choice of successor, Burgred is clearly left feeling guilty for his choice when Aethelflaed turns up at his door to gift him land she wants preserved for the benefit of Mercia]].
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* ZeroPercentApproval: As Father Pyrlig notes, Burgred wants the throne of Mercia to go to his son, but none of the other ealdormen like him enough to let him have his way.
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** He accurately points out that Aethelred left Mercia at the mercy of Cnut and Brida to go [[MilesGlorious conquer East Anglia to improve his own reputation]] and the lands he conquered have little strategic or economic value to Mercia.
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** He accurately points out that Aethelred left Mercia at the mercy of Cnut and Brida to go [[MilesGlorious [[MilesGloriosus conquer East Anglia to improve his own reputation]] and the lands he conquered have little strategic or economic value to Mercia.
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!!Father Benedict
->'''Portrayed By:''' Patrick Robinson
A priest of Aethelflaed's court, she brings Benedict to Uhtred's home at Rumcofa to become a parish priest. Benedict is a good man, but his vices make him beholden to people who have their own interests, rather than those of the kingdom at heart.
!!Father Benedict
->'''Portrayed By:''' Patrick Robinson
A priest of Aethelflaed's court, she brings Benedict to Uhtred's home at Rumcofa to become a parish priest. Benedict is a good man, but his vices make him beholden to people who have their own interests, rather than those of the kingdom at heart.
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!!Father Benedict
!!Lord Burgred
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A priest of Aethelflaed's court, she brings Benedict to Uhtred's home at Rumcofa to become a parish priest. Benedict is a good man, but his vices make him beholden to people who have their own interests, rather than those
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* ZeroPercentApproval: As Father Pyrlig notes, Burgred wants the throne of Mercia to go to his son, but none of the other ealdormen like him enough to let him have his way.
* DeathByMaterialism: [[spoiler: Burgred and the other Mercian ealdormen accepts bribes from Aethelhelm to name his grandson Aelfweard as Lord of Mercia over Aethelflaed's preferred successor. When Edward finds out, he has Burgred and his fellow nobles [[ThePurge assassinated]].]]
* DueToTheDead: Averted: Burgred flatly refuses to pay respects to [[spoiler: a dying Aethelred, angrily raging that Aethelred's ambitions all but destroyed Mercia]].
* ForcedToWatch: Burgred mentions that he had to watch his eldest son [[OffWithHisHead beheaded]] and his wife and younger son tortured during the Danish invasion of Mercia.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: Edward finally gets fed up of Burgred's interference in his plans and has his son "[[LockedAwayInAMonastery taken to Wessex for religious instruction]] until [[ShameIfSomethingHappened his father learns better judgement]]".]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: He raises some good points, despite being brusque and short tempered:
** He accurately points out that Aethelred left Mercia at the mercy of Cnut and Brida to go [[MilesGlorious conquer East Anglia to improve his own reputation]] and the lands he conquered have little strategic or economic value to Mercia.
** He's not wrong when he points out that Edward is behaving more like a conqueror than an ally during his time in Mercia (installing his troops within the city walls, helping himself to the Mercian granaries, barring the gates to Mercian refugees but [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem breaking the rules to allow Aelswith entry to the town]], etc).
* NoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Garrotted and stabbed to death multiple times by Wessex soldiers on Edward's orders]].
* ObviousGuiltSlinging: [[spoiler: In Season 5, having accepted bribes from Aethelhelm to go againsr Aethelflaed's choice of successor, Burgred is clearly left feeling guilty for his choice when Aethelflaed turns up at his door to gift him land she wants preserved for the benefit of Mercia]].
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His eldest son was murdered during Cnut and Brida's invasion of Mercia.
* PetTheDog: Protests Ludeca and Edward sealing Aelesburg's gates to refugees fleeing the plague ravaging the countryside, insisting they can't abandon the people in a time of crisis.
* StayInTheKitchen: Zigzagged: He's initially opposed to Aethelflaed becoming Lady of Mercia, but is ultimately persuaded to accept it for the sake of peace.
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!!Father Benedict
->'''Portrayed By:''' Patrick Robinson
A priest of Aethelflaed's court, she brings Benedict to Uhtred's home at Rumcofa to become a parish priest. Benedict is a good man, but his vices make him beholden to people who have their own interests, rather than those of the kingdom at heart.
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* DeathByMaterialism: [[spoiler: Burgred and the other Mercian ealdormen accepts bribes from Aethelhelm to name his grandson Aelfweard as Lord of Mercia over Aethelflaed's preferred successor. When Edward finds out, he has Burgred and his fellow nobles [[ThePurge assassinated]].]]
* DueToTheDead: Averted: Burgred flatly refuses to pay respects to [[spoiler: a dying Aethelred, angrily raging that Aethelred's ambitions all but destroyed Mercia]].
* ForcedToWatch: Burgred mentions that he had to watch his eldest son [[OffWithHisHead beheaded]] and his wife and younger son tortured during the Danish invasion of Mercia.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: Edward finally gets fed up of Burgred's interference in his plans and has his son "[[LockedAwayInAMonastery taken to Wessex for religious instruction]] until [[ShameIfSomethingHappened his father learns better judgement]]".]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: He raises some good points, despite being brusque and short tempered:
** He accurately points out that Aethelred left Mercia at the mercy of Cnut and Brida to go [[MilesGlorious conquer East Anglia to improve his own reputation]] and the lands he conquered have little strategic or economic value to Mercia.
** He's not wrong when he points out that Edward is behaving more like a conqueror than an ally during his time in Mercia (installing his troops within the city walls, helping himself to the Mercian granaries, barring the gates to Mercian refugees but [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem breaking the rules to allow Aelswith entry to the town]], etc).
* NoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Garrotted and stabbed to death multiple times by Wessex soldiers on Edward's orders]].
* ObviousGuiltSlinging: [[spoiler: In Season 5, having accepted bribes from Aethelhelm to go againsr Aethelflaed's choice of successor, Burgred is clearly left feeling guilty for his choice when Aethelflaed turns up at his door to gift him land she wants preserved for the benefit of Mercia]].
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His eldest son was murdered during Cnut and Brida's invasion of Mercia.
* PetTheDog: Protests Ludeca and Edward sealing Aelesburg's gates to refugees fleeing the plague ravaging the countryside, insisting they can't abandon the people in a time of crisis.
* StayInTheKitchen: Zigzagged: He's initially opposed to Aethelflaed becoming Lady of Mercia, but is ultimately persuaded to accept it for the sake of peace.
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!!Father Benedict
->'''Portrayed By:''' Patrick Robinson
A priest of Aethelflaed's court, she brings Benedict to Uhtred's home at Rumcofa to become a parish priest. Benedict is a good man, but his vices make him beholden to people who have their own interests, rather than those of the kingdom at heart.
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