Experienced natural leader Bjorn must deal with Ivar's ambition to lead the great Viking army 'as father Ragnar's hand-picked heir', ending up a shared command. While plotting with his brother Halfdan and stranger Egil to invade Kattegat and searching weak points, king Harald spots his beloved Ellisif, who didn't wait for him to strike success but married a rich Danish earl. Hvitserk gets to share brother Ubbe's bride Margarethe. earl Jorgensen is sacrificed to invoke divine protection for the attack on the Saxons. While Aethelwulf confronts king Ecbert over whoring Judith, Aelle field his army alone, unaware he's no match for the Great Army, which costs him dearly - his own skin in gruesome Viking revenge for Ragnar's execution.
—KGF Vissers