In Wessex, king Alfred' mourns his bossy mother, Judith, died from cancer, but Lagertha who recalls after the battle. a witch cut her hair to start a new life stresses he must now honor her lifework by ruling well. Ubbe painstakingly duels bigger Danish king Frodo and wins, so the Viking settlement Ragnar dreamed of is achieved with kings Hemming and Angantyr settle in East Anglia, but Ubbe is terminally injured, calling for Odins on his deathbed as the cross never helped him. In Kattegat, Ivar duly hits Freydis who dared blame him as their deformed baby son Baldur's corpses was found devoured by foxes, yet keeps up charade to the people, announcing the approach of one, no two armies, requiring optimal defense fortification. Rivals Bjorn and king Harald nearly duel, stopped by Gunnhild, after their fleet was ravaged sailing through a storm to reach Norway. While marching toward Kattegat with still insecure king Olaf and his army, Hvitserk is reunited with equally delighted Bjorn. Ivar abandons his plans for a York recapture to stay in Kattegat and confront his brothers. In the 'divine' cave Floki finally finds a cross planted in the ground. He begins to laugh hysterically as the volcano erupts and injures him.
—KGF Vissers