Complete story — includes the ending
The Saxons charge into the Norse shield wall and suffer heavy losses. Aethelwulf orders a retreat and flees to Ecbert's capital to ready its evacuation. Ecbert refuses to leave and cedes the crown of Wessex to his son. The bishop Edmund refuses to abandon Ecbert. The Vikings arrive and Hvitserk kills Edmund. Ecbert is captured and Tanaruz stabs Helga and then commits suicide. Ivar demands the blood eagle for Ecbert, but Bjorn reminds his brothers of Ragnar's dream of settlement and agrees to allow Ecbert to choose his own death in exchange for signing over East Anglia. Ecbert then kills himself in his Roman bath. After burying Helga, Floki takes to the sea. Bjorn shares his wish to raid the Mediterranean, while Ivar proposes continued raids in England. In an argument over what action to take next, Sigurd starts to insult Ivar and mock his impotence, Ivar then kills Sigurd with an axe. In Sherborne, Bishop Heahmund oversees a funeral and then has sex with the widow of the deceased.
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