The Vikings painstakingly drag their boats up the cliff and across the forest back to the Seine near unsuspecting Paris, killing all raided peasants. Rollo refuses to believe his wife that the ingrate emperor unfairly favors Roland, who is named count instead of executed Odo, making Roland and his sister his bedroom playmates. While Prudentius leads Aethelwulf and Alfred on pilgrimage to meet Pope Leo IV, Ecbert betrays ally Aelle, not sharing Mercia with Northumbria but annexing all under a single crown, claiming they need a strong Union to fight of the Vikings. Erlendur decides to demand Torvi executes Bjorn for him with his crossbow, but is in for a bloody surprise. Ragnar suffers withdrawal symptoms but is determined to have his revenge on Rollo above all.
—KGF Vissers