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* [[spoiler:Thors being cruelly murdered in front of his young son, pleading for the lives of the boys he had taken with him, then Ari desperately trying to avenge him as tears stream from his eyes, only to be smacked down by Askeladd. That night, Thorfinn sneaks onto Askeladd's ship and vows to take his revenge, only to break down sobbing soon after. Thus ends Thorfinn's innocent childhood and begins a harsh life of war and vengeance.]]
* [[spoiler:Ylva, struggling to take care of her mother after both her father and brother are gone, Thorfinn presumed dead and Thors murdered. She desperately tries to keep up a tough and indifferent face to maintain focus on nursing her mother and completing house work, but she breaks down into tears after several days of hard living.]]
* [[spoiler:Ylva, struggling to take care of her mother after both her father and brother are gone, Thorfinn presumed dead and Thors murdered. She desperately tries to keep up a tough and indifferent face to maintain focus on nursing her mother and completing house work, but she breaks down into tears after several days of hard living.]]
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* [[spoiler:Thors Thors being cruelly murdered in front of his young son, pleading for the lives of the boys he had taken with him, then Ari desperately trying to avenge him as tears stream from his eyes, only to be smacked down by Askeladd. That night, Thorfinn sneaks onto Askeladd's ship and vows to take his revenge, only to break down sobbing soon after. Thus ends Thorfinn's innocent childhood and begins a harsh life of war and vengeance.]]
vengeance.
*[[spoiler:Ylva, Ylva, struggling to take care of her mother after both her father and brother are gone, Thorfinn presumed dead and Thors murdered. She desperately tries to keep up a tough and indifferent face to maintain focus on nursing her mother and completing house work, but she breaks down into tears after several days of hard living.]]
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* Askeladd's backstory. [[spoiler:He was born into slavery and forced to work in smithies and stables since he could walk, doing everything he could to feed and support his mother. His mother was a Welsh princess who was captured by a Viking warlord named Olaf and locked in his bedroom to be used as his sex slave for years. She was only released when she became too sickly to keep in his palace, and even then she was just thrown into the stables like an animal. After getting into his father's good graces, Askeladd killed Olaf out of revenge for his mom and travelled all the way back to Wales so she could die and be buried in her homeland. And to think that up until this point the readers had been lead to believe Askeladd was nothing more than an amoral bastard out for himself.]]
* [[spoiler:The death of Ragnar. Askeladd felt that Ragnar's mollycoddling of Prince Canute was doing nothing to help the prince mature into the man he needed to be rule over Denmark, so he had him killed to spur the prince into growing for himself. Ragnar makes one last request to Askeladd to be able to say goodbye to his beloved prince, only to be met by a cold and resolute 'No'.]]
** Canute has a dream after [[spoiler:his father figure is killed. Ragnar's spirit admits that he did not raise Canute to become a mighty warrior and king and that his frailty and current predicament is his fault. Canute tearfully begs Ragnar not to leave him as he was the only man to truly love and respect Canute all his life. Once Canute wakes up, he finally comes to terms with the fact that no one else in his life cares for him, not even his own father, King Sweyn.]]
* [[spoiler:The death of Ragnar. Askeladd felt that Ragnar's mollycoddling of Prince Canute was doing nothing to help the prince mature into the man he needed to be rule over Denmark, so he had him killed to spur the prince into growing for himself. Ragnar makes one last request to Askeladd to be able to say goodbye to his beloved prince, only to be met by a cold and resolute 'No'.]]
** Canute has a dream after [[spoiler:his father figure is killed. Ragnar's spirit admits that he did not raise Canute to become a mighty warrior and king and that his frailty and current predicament is his fault. Canute tearfully begs Ragnar not to leave him as he was the only man to truly love and respect Canute all his life. Once Canute wakes up, he finally comes to terms with the fact that no one else in his life cares for him, not even his own father, King Sweyn.]]
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* Askeladd's backstory. [[spoiler:He He was born into slavery and forced to work in smithies and stables since he could walk, doing everything he could to feed and support his mother. His mother was a Welsh princess who was captured by a Viking warlord named Olaf and locked in his bedroom to be used as his sex slave for years. She was only released when she became too sickly to keep in his palace, and even then she was just thrown into the stables like an animal. After getting into his father's good graces, Askeladd killed Olaf out of revenge for his mom and travelled all the way back to Wales so she could die and be buried in her homeland. And to think that up until this point the readers had been lead to believe Askeladd was nothing more than an amoral bastard out for himself.]]
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*[[spoiler:The The death of Ragnar. Askeladd felt that Ragnar's mollycoddling of Prince Canute was doing nothing to help the prince mature into the man he needed to be rule over Denmark, so he had him killed to spur the prince into growing for himself. Ragnar makes one last request to Askeladd to be able to say goodbye to his beloved prince, only to be met by a cold and resolute 'No'.]]
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** Canute has a dream after[[spoiler:his his father figure is killed. Ragnar's spirit admits that he did not raise Canute to become a mighty warrior and king and that his frailty and current predicament is his fault. Canute tearfully begs Ragnar not to leave him as he was the only man to truly love and respect Canute all his life. Once Canute wakes up, he finally comes to terms with the fact that no one else in his life cares for him, not even his own father, King Sweyn.]]
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* [[spoiler:Bjorn, dying in Askeladd's arms. Bjorn tells Askeladd that all he wanted was to be Askeladd's friend, to which his leader replies that he was, in fact, Askeladd's only friend. However, given that Askeladd himself admitted that he despised Norse warriors, it's not clear if he told Bjorn the truth, or merely sought to comfort him in his dying moments.]]
* [[spoiler:Askeladd getting stabbed by Canute, right in front of Thorfinn. Thorfinn loses it when he realized he had been robbed of his chance to get proper revenge for Thors' death, making everything he'd done to achieve that goal over the past ten years utterly pointless. Worse still, at the same time, Thorfinn realized Askeladd had essentially become his surrogate father, and he simultaneously wanted to save his life and kill Askeladd himself. The fact that Askeladd was stabbed right after telling Thorfinn to stay away, making Thorfinn think that Askeladd cared for him in the end and that his distraction caused his death by Canute's hands.]]
* [[spoiler:The death of Lucius "Askeladd" Artorius Castus, rightful king of Britannia. He was undoubtedly the most fun, interesting, and sympathetic character in the story up until this point, and seeing him die was quite a blow. However, he did die content, knowing that his sacrifice saved his ancestral home of Wales from invasion, gave Prince Canute the means to seize power and start enacting his goal of bringing peace to the world, and spurred Thorfinn to cease his quest for vengeance and become a true warrior, just as Thors would have wanted.]]
* [[spoiler:Askeladd getting stabbed by Canute, right in front of Thorfinn. Thorfinn loses it when he realized he had been robbed of his chance to get proper revenge for Thors' death, making everything he'd done to achieve that goal over the past ten years utterly pointless. Worse still, at the same time, Thorfinn realized Askeladd had essentially become his surrogate father, and he simultaneously wanted to save his life and kill Askeladd himself. The fact that Askeladd was stabbed right after telling Thorfinn to stay away, making Thorfinn think that Askeladd cared for him in the end and that his distraction caused his death by Canute's hands.]]
* [[spoiler:The death of Lucius "Askeladd" Artorius Castus, rightful king of Britannia. He was undoubtedly the most fun, interesting, and sympathetic character in the story up until this point, and seeing him die was quite a blow. However, he did die content, knowing that his sacrifice saved his ancestral home of Wales from invasion, gave Prince Canute the means to seize power and start enacting his goal of bringing peace to the world, and spurred Thorfinn to cease his quest for vengeance and become a true warrior, just as Thors would have wanted.]]
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* [[spoiler:Bjorn, Bjorn, dying in Askeladd's arms. Bjorn tells Askeladd that all he wanted was to be Askeladd's friend, to which his leader replies that he was, in fact, Askeladd's only friend. However, given that Askeladd himself admitted that he despised Norse warriors, it's not clear if he told Bjorn the truth, or merely sought to comfort him in his dying moments.]]
moments.
*[[spoiler:Askeladd Askeladd getting stabbed by Canute, right in front of Thorfinn. Thorfinn loses it when he realized he had been robbed of his chance to get proper revenge for Thors' death, making everything he'd done to achieve that goal over the past ten years utterly pointless. Worse still, at the same time, Thorfinn realized Askeladd had essentially become his surrogate father, and he simultaneously wanted to save his life and kill Askeladd himself. The fact that Askeladd was stabbed right after telling Thorfinn to stay away, making Thorfinn think that Askeladd cared for him in the end and that his distraction caused his death by Canute's hands.]]
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*[[spoiler:The The death of Lucius "Askeladd" Artorius Castus, rightful king of Britannia. He was undoubtedly the most fun, interesting, and sympathetic character in the story up until this point, and seeing him die was quite a blow. However, he did die content, knowing that his sacrifice saved his ancestral home of Wales from invasion, gave Prince Canute the means to seize power and start enacting his goal of bringing peace to the world, and spurred Thorfinn to cease his quest for vengeance and become a true warrior, just as Thors would have wanted.]]
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* [[spoiler:Arnheid's backstory. She lost her home, family and freedom for "pots and pans". (The men of her village all went off to battle over an iron mine and her village was attacked by raiders in their absence, forcing her into slavery.)]]
* [[spoiler:Gardar using his final breaths to talk to Arneis about how he's going to be a good father to Hjalti, not realizing that their son is dead or that he's dying.]]
* [[spoiler:Arnheid is brutally beaten by Ketil for trying to escape, despite being pregnant with Ketil's child. Arnheid loses the baby as a result. She dies of her injuries shortly after being bought and freed at the same time as Thorfinn.]]
* [[spoiler:Gardar using his final breaths to talk to Arneis about how he's going to be a good father to Hjalti, not realizing that their son is dead or that he's dying.]]
* [[spoiler:Arnheid is brutally beaten by Ketil for trying to escape, despite being pregnant with Ketil's child. Arnheid loses the baby as a result. She dies of her injuries shortly after being bought and freed at the same time as Thorfinn.]]
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* [[spoiler:Arnheid's Arnheid's backstory. She lost her home, family and freedom for "pots and pans". (The men of her village all went off to battle over an iron mine and her village was attacked by raiders in their absence, forcing her into slavery.)]]
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*[[spoiler:Gardar Gardar using his final breaths to talk to Arneis about how he's going to be a good father to Hjalti, not realizing that their son is dead or that he's dying.]]
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*[[spoiler:Arnheid Arnheid is brutally beaten by Ketil for trying to escape, despite being pregnant with Ketil's child. Arnheid loses the baby as a result. She dies of her injuries shortly after being bought and freed at the same time as Thorfinn.]]
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* Thorfinn's [[spoiler:return home and his reunion with his mother counts as a happy Tearjerker. Thorfinn fears that his mother will not recognize his face after many years apart, as it had become quite apparent no one in his village knew who he was when he arrived. His fears are washed away when his mother warmly greets him with tears of joy, mentioning how much he resembles his father. Thorfinn begins to cry openly, apologizing for being a bad son. After years of struggles and grief, Thorfinn is welcomed home with open arms.]]
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* Thorfinn's [[spoiler:return return home and his reunion with his mother counts as a happy Tearjerker. Thorfinn fears that his mother will not recognize his face after many years apart, as it had become quite apparent no one in his village knew who he was when he arrived. His fears are washed away when his mother warmly greets him with tears of joy, mentioning how much he resembles his father. Thorfinn begins to cry openly, apologizing for being a bad son. After years of struggles and grief, Thorfinn is welcomed home with open arms.]]
