Olaf makes a pact with Kåre as Kattegat prepares for its defense. In Canute’s absence, his father, Sweyn Forkbeard, shares England’s throne with Edmund.

Leif says a painful goodbye. Harald’s new love is not what she seems. A key battle comes to an end, but the war to rule over Norway is just beginning.

Olaf and Kåre gather their forces to invade Kattegat. Palace intrigue over control of England’s throne results in an unexpected turn of events.

Schemes, betrayals and politics rule the day as a new monarch takes the throne of England. Leif is hailed as a hero but secretly questions his faith.

Love blossoms on the ship as the crew makes a fateful decision, with Olaf hot on Harald’s heels. Jormundr stands trial. Canute makes Godwin an offer.

Freydis returns to Kattegat and joins a sacred order. Canute solidifies his power in England. Kåre revisits the holy site of a childhood trauma.

Harald makes a risky move and falls into the hands of the Pechenegs. Olaf sets out to find Jomsborg and stumbles upon an unlikely source of help.

On a pilgrimage, Freydis and her party are savagely attacked. Harald and Leif seek a route through the marshes near London as Edmund is crowned king.

The travelers make a deadly miscalculation on the way to Constantinople. Olaf sets off after Harald, and Emma’s paranoia pushes her over the edge.

Leif proposes an audacious assault on London, one that Emma and Godwin fear their brash and headstrong boy-king, Edmund, will be too reckless to defeat.

To save the life of Freydis, Leif agrees to join Canute and Harald’s siege of London. Queen Emma dispatches stepson Edmund to secure an ally’s help.