Travis Fimmel credited as playing...
Ragnar Lothbrok
- Ragnar Lothbrok: It gladdens me to know that Odin prepares for a feast. Soon I shall be drinking ale from curved horns. This hero that comes into Valhalla does not lament his death! I shall not enter Odin's hall with fear. There I shall wait for my sons to join me. And when they do, I will bask in their tales of triumph. The Aesir will welcome me! My death comes without apology! And I welcome the Valkyries to summon me home!
- Ragnar Lothbrok: The gods are man's creation, to give answers that they are too afraid to give themselves.
- Ragnar Lothbrok: I do not believe in the god's existence. Man is master of his own faith, not gods. The gods are man's creation, to give answers that they are too afraid to give themselves.
- Ragnar Lothbrok: I have some good news. King Ecbert has arranged for a boat. You are going home.
- Ivar: I'm not going without you.
- Ragnar Lothbrok: They aren't going to release me. I have to die.
- Ivar: [scoffs] Then I'll die too. I'm thinking of being burned alive.
- Ragnar Lothbrok: Don't be stupid. I don't want you to die. It is far more important that you stay alive. People think that you are not a threat. But I know differently. Out of all of my sons, it was you I wanted to bring here. And it is you that I believe is the most important to the future of our people.
- Ivar: [bitterly] I'm just about prepared to believe you.
- [Ragnar grabs him by the front of his shirt]
- Ragnar Lothbrok: Shut up and listen, idiot. You have many gifts. Anger is a gift!
- [he points to Ivar's temple]
- Ragnar Lothbrok: What is in here is a gift! You do not think like other men! You are unpredictable. And that will serve you well. Use your anger intelligently, and I promise you, my son, that one day the whole world will know and fear Ivar the Boneless.
- Ivar: I wish... I wish I wasn't so angry all the time.
- Ragnar Lothbrok: Then you would be nothing.
- Ivar: I might have been happy.
- Ragnar Lothbrok: Happiness is nothing.
- Ivar: I was only joking. Idiot.
- [he playfully slaps Ragnar's head]
- Ragnar Lothbrok: [sighs] Ecbert is handing me over to King Aelle, who will kill me.
- Ivar: If this Aelle is going to kill you, then me and all my brothers will seek him for revenge, and you know that.
- Ragnar Lothbrok: [smiles] Yes. Oh, you must seek revenge. But not on Aelle. On Ecbert.
- [Ivar nods]
- Ragnar Lothbrok: Everyone will always underestimate you. You must make them pay for it.
- [he takes off his arm ring and presses it into Ivar's hands]
- Ivar: [voice breaking] I will, Father.
- [Ragnar pulls him in for a hug and whispers in his ear as the guards enter the cell]
- Ragnar Lothbrok: Be ruthless.
- [the guards drag Ivar out]
- Ragnar Lothbrok: It gladdens me to know that Odin prepares for a feast. Soon I shall be drinking ale from curved horns.
- [chains clinking]
- Ragnar Lothbrok: This hero that comes into Valhalla does not lament his death! I shall not enter Odin's hall with fear.
- [stands up]
- Ragnar Lothbrok: There I shall wait for my sons to join me. And when they do, I will bask in their tales of triumph. The Aesir will welcome me! My death comes without apology! And I welcome the valkyries to summon me home!