History Recap / Primal2019E16Vidarr

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Eldar is too young to fight a T-rex and a caveman able to match his father.

* BladeOnAStick: With Spear using the much more effective sword in battle against the Chieftain, Mira takes to arming herself with his namesake weapon against Eldar, even mimicking Spear's intimidating war cry against him.

* AnAxeToGrind: The Chieftain boasts a ''massive'' single-bladed axe in battle against Spear, the blade of which is about the length of his entire torso. Despite its size, he's skilled enough with it to keep Spear firmly on the back foot. However, when Spear uses his greater agility to outmaneuver him, he switches to DualWielding hand axes against the caveman to make up for his weapon's disadvantages, before switching back to a similar axe when jumping to Eldar's defense against the bigger target of Fang. Spear even attempts to copy his own use of the weapon with a slightly smaller axe, to limited success.

* DeathByDespair: When the Chieftain sees his son's bloody corpse sprawled before him on a rocky island in the middle of the river, he just collapses and lets the water drag him away and under, though it's hinted that he [[UncertainDoom may be]] NotQuiteDead. Eldar's demise likewise has an element of this, as he seems too distraught by his father's apparent DisneyDeath to properly react to Spear and Mira advancing on him, though his performance throughout the episode has shown that he's not quite as able close-range as his father.

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: The usually stoic and gruff Spear gets absolutelly giddy once he realizes that Fang is going to have babies.

* UncertainDoom: After witnessing Eldar's death before his eyes, the Chieftain seems to [[DeathByDespair lose all will to continue]], allowing the river currents to sweep him away and under the water. However, despite his serious wounds and apparent embracement of death, his vision of the flaming demon implies that his role in the story is not yet finished.

* ShoutOut: The visual of the Norseman riding the giant birds might be a reference to ''Literature/WarEagles''

* MusclesAreMeaningful: The Chieftain's brawny physique not only demonstrates that he's strong enough to seriously contend with Spear hand-to-hand, but also inform his [[MadeOfIron physical durability]]. When he's dropped from their arial battle, despite a rough, painful and almost-fatal landing straight through several trees, he's still alive afterwards, whereas Eldar can't stand up to Spear or Fang for long at all, and instantly dies upon his own landing.

* NonMaliciousMonster: The giant birds, they have no interest in Spear, Fang or Mira and are simply minding their own business until the Vikings capture them and force them to attack the trio, once the Vikings are defeated and Mira and Spear set them free they depart without incident.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Fang lays three eggs, which is a rather small amount for a reptile, especially a large one. Their typical reproductive strategy is to lay many to ensure at least a few make it to adulthood while rest usually fall victim to predators. Tyrannosaurs in particular are thought to have had clutches of up to twenty or more. It would make more sense if these three eggs and the two chicks from Fang’s last brood were the only ones that had survived up until then.

* ArmorIsUseless: ''Very much averted'', as the Chieftain fares '''''much''''' better against Spear close-range than the entire rest of his village because his high-quality armor can deflect Spear's sword swings, something which confuses the caveman over how his attacks are ineffective. It doesn't aid Eldar as well when Fang chomps down on his leg, but on the other hand he can still use the leg afterwards, whereas the other villagers were killed/dismembered en masse whenever Fang got them in her jaws. After Fang chucks him overboard, the Chieftain is forced to discard his and his son's heavier armor in the strong currents to successfully reach the shore, leaving their subsequent arial attack on the trio much more even-sided.

** This gets repeated again by the climax, only with both sides of the fighting struggling with each other at varying altitudes due to them squaring off atop a pair of giant birds. Mira eventually takes a risky drop to move onto Spear's mount from above and aid him against the Chieftain.* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The Chieftain's eyes are framed this way a few times, showing how driven he is [[RevengeBeforeReason by his anger towards the trio]] for what they've taken from him, notably when he rests by his campfire and sees the [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane vision]] of Rikka's death and the flaming demon appear.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The Chieftain's eyes are framed this way a few times, showing how driven he is [[RevengeBeforeReason by his anger towards the trio]] for what they've taken from him, notably when he rests by his campfire and sees the [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane vision]] of Rikka's death and the flaming demon appear.

* IHaveTheHighGround:
** Eldar stands atop their mast and peppers Fang with arrows to keep her away from his father's close-range assault on their enemies. Mira uses [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe a shield]] on the boat to grant Fang enough breathing room to smack the mast and knock him down to ground level to face off with the two of them, upon which he [[CurbStompBattle fares poorly]] going two-on-one with a massive beast close-range, swiftly getting overpowered and requiring his father to halt his attack on Spear to save him.
** This gets repeated again by the climax, only with both sides of the fighting struggling with each other at varying altitudes due to them squaring off atop a pair of giant birds. Mira eventually takes a risky drop to move onto Spear's mount from above and aid him against the Chieftain.

* ShoutOut: The visual of the Norseman riding the giant birds seems to be a reference to ''Literature/WarEagles''

* NonMalicousMonster: The giant birds, they have no interest in Spear, Fang or Mira and are simply minding their own business until the Vikings capture them and force them to attack the trio, once the Vikings are defeated and Mira and Spear set them free they depart without incident.

** The Chieftain and Eldar's hunt for the trio seemingly ends with the latter's death, putting an end to the overarching antagonists of season 2, and the Chieftain's vision of a flaming demon that resembles the figure Mira scratched out to Spear and Fang hints that there are far greater threats involved in their tale than Viking slavers.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The Chieftain sees a vision of Rikka's death by Fang's jaws, something he wasn't present for, in his campfire before a flaming demon appears before him and he snaps awake from a CatapultNightmare. It's unclear if he had a genuine supernatural experience or was picturing his family's passing at the hands of his enemies.

* PapaWolf: Arguably {{Deconstructed}}. The Chieftain cares deeply for his son, and risks his life several times to protect him, but in doing so he wastes opportunities to get his revenge, and makes his further attempts less likely to succeed. He abandons fighting Spear despite having the advantage when he sees Eldar getting savaged by Fang, and when Eldar is knocked into the river and in danger of drowning, he immediately dives in to save him at the cost of losing all their armor and remaining weapons on the ship, forcing them to use the native animals nearby to substitute. His willpower to keep fighting is completely broken when Eldar (seemingly) dies in front of him, allowing himself to be swept by the currents to [[TogetherInDeath join his kin]].

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: The episode reveals Red had impregnated Fang before his death, and she lays three eggs during the episode.

** It turns that Red impregnated Fang back in "[[Recap/Primal2019E12ShadowOfFaith Shadow of Fate]]," thus making Fang a PregnantBadass these last few episodes--she ends up laying three eggs, having finally reclaimed a family after tragically losing her babies in the first episode.
** The Chieftain and Eldar's hunt for the trio seemingly ends with the latter's death, putting an end to the overarching antagonists of season 2, and the Chieftain's vision of a flaming demon that resembles the figure Mira scratched out to Spear and Fang hints that there are greater threats involved in their tale than Viking slavers.

* MusclesAreMeaningful: The Chieftain's brawny physique not only demonstrates he's strong enough to seriously contend with Spear hand-to-hand, but also inform his [[MadeOfIron physical durability]]. When he's dropped from their arial battle, despite a rough, painful and almost-fatal landing straight through several trees, he's still alive afterwards, whereas Eldar can't stand up to Spear or Fang for long at all, and instantly dies upon his own landing.

* PapaWolf: Arguably {{Deconstructed}}. The Chieftain cares deeply for his son, and risks his life several times to protect him, but in doing so he wastes opportunities to get his revenge, and makes his further attempts less likely to succeed. He abandons fighting Spear despite having the advantage when he sees Eldar getting savaged by Fang, and when Eldar is knocked into the river and in danger of drowning, he immediately dives in to save him at the cost of losing all their armor and remaining weapons on the ship, forcing them to use the native animals nearby to substitute. His willpower to keep fighting is completely broken when Eldar dies in front of him, allowing himself to be swept by the currents to [[TogetherInDeath join his kin]].
* TheReveal: Fang mated with Red back during "Shadow of Fate" and has been a PregnantBadass ever since, giving birth to three eggs in this episode.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: The episode reveals Red impregnated Fang before his death, and she lays three eggs during the episode.

* WhamEpisode: Fang is revealed to be a PregnantBadass from her time with Red and lays three eggs, having finally reclaimed a family after tragically losing her babies in the first episode. The Chieftain and Eldar's hunt for the trio seemingly ends with the latter's death, putting an end to the overarching antagonists of season 2, and the Chieftain's vision of a flaming demon that resembles the figure Mira scratched out to Spear and Fang hints that there are greater threats involved in their tale than Viking slavers.

* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Mid-way through the episode, the trio have to make camp to repair their boat after it got damaged in the fighting, with Fang shortly thereafter revealing that she's actually been pregnant ever since her time with Red, and laying birth to three eggs in a temporary nest. The episode ends with Eldar getting knocked off his GiantFlyer steed by Spear and landing messily on a boulder in the middle of a river before his father's horrified gaze.

* AnAxeToGrind: The Cheiftain boasts a ''massive'' single-bladed axe in battle against Spear, the blade of which is about the length of his entire torso. Despite its size, he's skilled enough with it to keep Spear firmly on the back foot. However, when Spear uses his greater agility to outmaneuver him, he switches to DualWielding hand axes against the caveman to make up for his weapon's disadvantages, before switching back to a similar axe when jumping to Eldar's defense against the bigger target of Fang. Spear even attempts to copy his own use of the weapon with a slightly smaller axe, to limited success.

* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Mid-way through the episode, the trio have to make camp to repair their boat after it got damaged in the fighting, with Fang shortly thereafter revealing that she's actually been pregnant ever since her time with Red, and giving birth to three eggs in a temporary nest. The episode ends with Eldar getting knocked off his GiantFlyer steed by Spear and landing messily on a boulder in the middle of a river before his father's horrified gaze.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Chieftain's care for his family is made apparent at several points, but it only highlights how short-sighted he's being bringing Eldar along in their quest for vengeance, especially when it becomes clear that Fang and Spear are arguably more than the pair of them can handle. He abandons his attempts to keep fighting the trio whenever Eldar's life is threatened, but it never occurs to him to keep his son away from fighting their enemies at all, and his desire to continue completely evaporates with [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Eldar's]] death.

** This gets repeated again by the climax, only with both sides of the fighting struggling with each other at varying altitudes due to them squaring off atop a pair of giant birds. Mira eventually take a risky drop to move onto Spear's mount from above and aid him against the Chieftain.

* PapaWolf: Arguably {{Deconstructed}}. The Chieftain cares deeply for his son, and risks his life several times to protect him, but in doing so he wastes opportunities to get his revenge, and makes his further attempts less likely to succeed. He abandons fighting Spear despite having the advantage when he sees Eldar getting savaged by Fang, and when Eldar is knocked into the river and in danger of growing, he immediately dives in to save his at the cost of losing all their armor and remaining weapons on the ship, forcing them to use the native animals nearby to substitute. His willpower to keep fighting is completely broken when Eldar dies in front of him, allowing himself to be swept under by the currents to [[TogetherInDeath join his kin]].