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* There is a moment in season 2 when we see two sheildmaidens laughing and drinking, while in the background one of their male comrades drags away a captive Saxon woman to be raped. The sheildmaidens completely ignores the woman's cry for help.
* The Blood Eagle, a horrific form of execution reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes. When Ragnar is administering this punishment to jarl Borg, many of the battle-hardened Viking warriors in attendance are clearly disturbed by it.

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* There is a moment in season 2 when we see two sheildmaidens laughing and drinking, while in the background one of their male comrades drags away a captive Saxon woman nun to be raped. The sheildmaidens completely ignores the woman's cry cries for help.
* The Blood Eagle, a horrific form of execution reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes. When Ragnar is administering this punishment to jarl Borg, many of the battle-hardened Viking warriors warriors, including Rollo and Thorstein, in attendance are clearly disturbed by it.

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* The Blood Eagle, a horrific form of execution reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes. When Ragnar is administering this punishment to Earl Borg, many of the battle-hardened Viking warriors in attendance are clearly disturbed by it
* Torstein's arm being amputated with a red-hot axe.

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* The raid on Lindisfarne in [=S1E2=]. The show does not pull any punches and shows the vikings murdering the defenseless monks in one bloody sequence. Only Ragnar, Erik and Leif abstain, with the later even looking ashamed.
* Horik, Erlendur and Floki torturing the bishop by using him for target practice, something appearently Ivar's and Ubbe's real life counterparts did to king Edmund the martyr.
* There is a moment in season 2 when we see two sheildmaidens laughing and drinking, while in the background one of their male comrades drags away a captive Saxon woman to be raped. The sheildmaidens completely ignores the woman's cry for help.
* The Blood Eagle, a horrific form of execution reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes. When Ragnar is administering this punishment to Earl jarl Borg, many of the battle-hardened Viking warriors in attendance are clearly disturbed by it
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* Torstein's arm being amputated with a red-hot axe.
** What makes it even worse is that it does not work. The infection from his initial arrow wound has already spread and the blood loss arguably made it worse by weakening Torstein.


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* Ivar's sack of York has him pour ''molten lead'' in the mouth of the poor bishop and then has horses drag him through the streets of York. Then after the slaughter of the civilians is over, we see a baby sitting among the dead crying for his mother who we can assume has been killed.

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* Rollo coming home from war to find that while he was gone [[spoiler:Siggy drowned in an icy lake.]]
* Judith suffering the Biblical punishment for adultery: having her nose and ears cut off. In front of a jeering crowd. [[spoiler:Though King Ecbert stops the mutilation after she loses an ear when she names Athelstan as the father.]] Her actress really carries the scene, positively ''howling'' in fear, pain, and anguish throughout the whole ordeal, and without turning it into {{Narm}}.

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* Rollo coming home from war to find that while he was gone [[spoiler:Siggy Siggy drowned in an icy lake.]]
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* Judith suffering the Biblical punishment for adultery: having her nose and ears cut off. In front of a jeering crowd. [[spoiler:Though Though King Ecbert stops the mutilation after she loses an ear when she names Athelstan as the father.]] father. Her actress really carries the scene, positively ''howling'' in fear, pain, and anguish throughout the whole ordeal, and without turning it into {{Narm}}.



* When [[spoiler:Judith stabs an heavily pregnant Kwenthrith]], she turns to Ecbert and accusingly tells him to look at what he'd made her become. The way it is filmed, the music in the background, and the actress' delivery make it pretty damn creepy at best.

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* When [[spoiler:Judith Judith stabs an heavily pregnant Kwenthrith]], Kwenthrith, she turns to Ecbert and accusingly tells him to look at what he'd made her become. The way it is filmed, the music in the background, and the actress' delivery make it pretty damn creepy at best.

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* [[spoiler:The Blood Eagle, a horrific form of execution reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes. When Ragnar is administering this punishment to Earl Borg, many of the battle-hardened Viking warriors in attendance are clearly disturbed by it.]]
* [[spoiler: Torstein's arm being amputated with a red-hot axe.]]

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''Vikings'' is a '''very''' grim and realistic portrayal of the CrapsackWorld that was Northern Europe during UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge, with all the gore that entails.

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* [[spoiler:The The Blood Eagle, a horrific form of execution reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes. When Ragnar is administering this punishment to Earl Borg, many of the battle-hardened Viking warriors in attendance are clearly disturbed by it.]]
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* [[spoiler: Torstein's arm being amputated with a red-hot axe.]]



* Throughout "Breaking Point", [[spoiler:Ragnar]] is suffering from internal bleeding after falling off the ramparts of Paris in the previous episode, and several times he [[BodyHorror vomits and urinates blood]]. His horrific fever dream of Odin, Jesus, and Athelstan doesn't make things any better.

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* Throughout "Breaking Point", [[spoiler:Ragnar]] Ragnar is suffering from internal bleeding after falling off the ramparts of Paris in the previous episode, and several times he [[BodyHorror vomits and urinates blood]]. His horrific fever dream of Odin, Jesus, and Athelstan doesn't make things any better.



* Kjetill and Frodi's [[spoiler: murder and [[FridgeHorror implied]] [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalism]] of Eyvind's family]] is really horrific. Especially since [[spoiler: we have been lead to believe they were the good guys]].

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* Kjetill and Frodi's [[spoiler: murder and [[FridgeHorror implied]] [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalism]] of Eyvind's family]] family is really horrific. Especially since [[spoiler: we have been lead to believe they were the good guys]].guys.

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* Judith suffering the Biblical punishment for adultery: having her nose and ears cut off. In front of a jeering crowd. [[spoiler:Though King Ecbert stops the mutilation after she loses an ear when she names Athelstan as the father.]]
** Her actress really carries the scene, positively ''howling'' in fear, pain, and anguish throughout the whole ordeal, and without turning it into {{Narm}}.

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* Judith suffering the Biblical punishment for adultery: having her nose and ears cut off. In front of a jeering crowd. [[spoiler:Though King Ecbert stops the mutilation after she loses an ear when she names Athelstan as the father.]]
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* Kjetill and Frodi's [[spoiler: murder and [[FridgeHorror implied]] [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalism]] of Eyvind's family]] is really horrific. Especially since [[spoiler: we have been lead to believe they where the good guys]].

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* Kjetill and Frodi's [[spoiler: murder and [[FridgeHorror implied]] [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalism]] of Eyvind's family]] is really horrific. Especially since [[spoiler: we have been lead to believe they where were the good guys]].
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* When [[spoiler:Judith stabs Kwenthrith]], she turns to Ecbert and accusingly tells him to look at what he'd made her become. The way it is filmed, the music in the background, and the actress' delivery make it pretty damn creepy at best.

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* When [[spoiler:Judith stabs an heavily pregnant Kwenthrith]], she turns to Ecbert and accusingly tells him to look at what he'd made her become. The way it is filmed, the music in the background, and the actress' delivery make it pretty damn creepy at best.
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* Kjetill and Frodi's [[spoiler: murder and [[FridgeHorror implied]] [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalism]] of Eyvind's family]] is really horrific. Especially since [[spoiler: we have been lead to believe they where the good guys]].

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* NightmareFuel:
** [[spoiler:The Blood Eagle, a horrific form of execution reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes. When Ragnar is administering this punishment to Earl Borg, many of the battle-hardened Viking warriors in attendance are clearly disturbed by it.]]
** [[spoiler: Torstein's arm being amputated with a red-hot axe.]]
** Helga, Siggy and Aslaug's shared dreams become increasingly creepy throughout [=S3E2=].
** Rollo eating shrooms and going berserk in the Viking camp. He walks over to a sleeping Mercian prisoner and hacks his leg to bits, then stumbles around the camp in a stupor.
** Rollo coming home from war to find that while he was gone [[spoiler:Siggy drowned in an icy lake.]]
** Judith suffering the Biblical punishment for adultery: having her nose and ears cut off. In front of a jeering crowd. [[spoiler:Though King Ecbert stops the mutilation after she loses an ear when she names Athelstan as the father.]]
*** Her actress really carries the scene, positively ''howling'' in fear, pain, and anguish throughout the whole ordeal, and without turning it into {{Narm}}.
** Throughout "Breaking Point", [[spoiler:Ragnar]] is suffering from internal bleeding after falling off the ramparts of Paris in the previous episode, and several times he [[BodyHorror vomits and urinates blood]]. His horrific fever dream of Odin, Jesus, and Athelstan doesn't make things any better.
** When [[spoiler: Judith stabs Kwenthrith]], she turns to Ecbert and accusingly tells him to look at what he'd made her become. The way it is filmed, the music in the background, and the actress' delivery make it pretty damn creepy at best.

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* NightmareFuel:
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[[spoiler:The Blood Eagle, a horrific form of execution reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes. When Ragnar is administering this punishment to Earl Borg, many of the battle-hardened Viking warriors in attendance are clearly disturbed by it.]]
** * [[spoiler: Torstein's arm being amputated with a red-hot axe.]]
** * Helga, Siggy and Aslaug's shared dreams become increasingly creepy throughout [=S3E2=].
** * Rollo eating shrooms and going berserk in the Viking camp. He walks over to a sleeping Mercian prisoner and hacks his leg to bits, then stumbles around the camp in a stupor.
** * Rollo coming home from war to find that while he was gone [[spoiler:Siggy drowned in an icy lake.]]
** * Judith suffering the Biblical punishment for adultery: having her nose and ears cut off. In front of a jeering crowd. [[spoiler:Though King Ecbert stops the mutilation after she loses an ear when she names Athelstan as the father.]]
*** ** Her actress really carries the scene, positively ''howling'' in fear, pain, and anguish throughout the whole ordeal, and without turning it into {{Narm}}.
** * Throughout "Breaking Point", [[spoiler:Ragnar]] is suffering from internal bleeding after falling off the ramparts of Paris in the previous episode, and several times he [[BodyHorror vomits and urinates blood]]. His horrific fever dream of Odin, Jesus, and Athelstan doesn't make things any better.
** * When [[spoiler: Judith [[spoiler:Judith stabs Kwenthrith]], she turns to Ecbert and accusingly tells him to look at what he'd made her become. The way it is filmed, the music in the background, and the actress' delivery make it pretty damn creepy at best.
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* NightmareFuel:
** [[spoiler:The Blood Eagle, a horrific form of execution reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes. When Ragnar is administering this punishment to Earl Borg, many of the battle-hardened Viking warriors in attendance are clearly disturbed by it.]]
** [[spoiler: Torstein's arm being amputated with a red-hot axe.]]
** Helga, Siggy and Aslaug's shared dreams become increasingly creepy throughout [=S3E2=].
** Rollo eating shrooms and going berserk in the Viking camp. He walks over to a sleeping Mercian prisoner and hacks his leg to bits, then stumbles around the camp in a stupor.
** Rollo coming home from war to find that while he was gone [[spoiler:Siggy drowned in an icy lake.]]
** Judith suffering the Biblical punishment for adultery: having her nose and ears cut off. In front of a jeering crowd. [[spoiler:Though King Ecbert stops the mutilation after she loses an ear when she names Athelstan as the father.]]
*** Her actress really carries the scene, positively ''howling'' in fear, pain, and anguish throughout the whole ordeal, and without turning it into {{Narm}}.
** Throughout "Breaking Point", [[spoiler:Ragnar]] is suffering from internal bleeding after falling off the ramparts of Paris in the previous episode, and several times he [[BodyHorror vomits and urinates blood]]. His horrific fever dream of Odin, Jesus, and Athelstan doesn't make things any better.
** When [[spoiler: Judith stabs Kwenthrith]], she turns to Ecbert and accusingly tells him to look at what he'd made her become. The way it is filmed, the music in the background, and the actress' delivery make it pretty damn creepy at best.
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