Though Horik offers some concessions Borg insists the land is his, prompting a frustrated Ragnar to berate them both, saying that they should unite to raid west instead of fighting amongst themselves.
Though initially reluctant to accept, Haraldson realizes their fates have brought them together and that the only way to end Ragnar's threat is to face him in battle.
They discuss their mutual love of Athelstan. When Ragnar is informed she left he chases after her and angrily confronts her for leaving. Rollo is Ragnar's brother and rival.
Modern academia regards most of the stories about him to be fiction. This means that even with the warriors Rollo has recruited, Ragnar does not have enough men to successfully retake Kattegat. He invites Ragnar to discuss terms and asks why Ragnar hasn't left with his plunder. Horik replies by reiterating his authority in making final decisions, as he is the King and is higher than Ragnar. Horik's insecurity about Ragnar's rising star becomes evident as he takes every opportunity to assert his authority.
Ragnar decides to sail back to Wessex to claim land for farming as outlined in their treaty.
Haraldson sanctions the raid, but on the condition that a warrior he trusts accompanies Ragnar's warband.
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Before they can finish Floki however Ragnar, Torstein, and Arne save him, with Ragnar and Torstein taking Floki to get help while Arne remains behind to fight Rollo.
Their relationship is strained however by Siggy's death, which he blames on her for not paying attention to their children, while she was having sex with a wanderer. Viking Empires. Rollo, realizing he cannot fight his own brother, surrenders, and this ends the battle.
Such as when he agreed to remain confined in his camp while King Aella attempted to 'gather his payment'. Torstein volunteers to go first to make sure the army is there and dies valiantly. Several months later, Ragnar and his warriors take to the seas on their longships and arrive again on Northumbrian soil.
He stays with him.
After some deliberation, it is The next day, Ragnar and Athelstan attend the great sacrifice and watch sadly as their mutual friend is killed. A new leader, Earl Ingstad, offers to ally with Ragnar and go west, but when Ragnar meets the earl it is revealed to be Lagertha, who killed her abusive second husband in self-defense and took over his position. Unfortunately in the voyage back Ragnar loses most of his ships and soldiers. He suggests taking on Aslaug as a second wife, which causes a rift between him and his first wife, Lagertha. Ragnar decides to send Rollo, who is now back in Ragnar's inner circle after leading the defense of Kattegat and helping retake it, to Gotaland to talk to Jarl Borg. With knowledge Athelstan obtained from a captured Saxon, Ragnar realizes he is not in Northumbria, but in Wessex, a completely different kingdom with a cunning and ambitious king. Over a game of Hnefatafl, Ragnar and Horik discuss their future plans. The Vikings then travel to Northumbria and are met by Saxon soldiers, Ragnar is able to communicate with them and seems interested in the prospect of peaceful trade with the Saxons.
Bjorn gives them ships and they scrape together a crew. Cambridge University Press. With no recourse but to continue on, the Vikings find a large Saxon town and assault it during their Sunday Mass and plunder it with little bloodshed. Cambridge University Press. Ragnar considers Athelstan as his brother and the only person he truly trusts.
When it is finally time for him to die, he boasts of Odin and Valhalla. In order to protect his wife, Ragnar falsely confessed to killing Knut. Their relationship produces numerous children. They put Ragnar in a cage and Aethelwulf demands to know where the rest of his raiding party is. Rollo's fate is to be decided by a Lawgiver rather than the Earl, as Ragnar is Rollo's brother.