Fearing senseless internecine bloodshed, Lagertha calls for a last-chance battlefield conference between the leaders. Ivar accepts, but only to scold and slap Ubbe as traitor and stamp off screaming Lagertha's crimes are unforgivable. Ivar mandates Heahmund to lead his troops, while sending a third away in case the enemy attacks their vital ships, but he remains indecisive when both walk into traps and suffer heavy losses as Bjorn dominates the field. Floki's settlers bitterly dispute whether to scold him a manipulator and if they should take his cue to build a temple despite the crushing burden of assuring their own farming survival, but the willing prevail as opponents present no practical alternative. Alfred feels himself entitled to restore late grandfather Ecbert's dream of a united Saxon realm.
—KGF Vissers