and the King of Wessex dies by suicide when given the option of the manner of his death. Aelle is killed by Bjorn, and Ragnar has his revenge for the destroyed settlement in the end despite his death.

He decides to have himself killed by King Aelle of Northumbria (Ivan Kaye ... and that Aelle is solely responsible for Ragnar’s death. However, Ragnar relays to Ivar to get revenge on Ecbert.

Ragnar then began plotting his own death, striking a deal with Ecbert that ... forcing them to seek revenge on King Aelle (Ivan Kaye) instead. Of course in his final moments with Ivar, Ragnar ...

And Ragnar should be scared because according to the Seer (John Kavanagh), his death is imminent. While the King lays sick in his bed, plagued with troubling hallucinations, Queen Aslaug tracks ...

It is here that Ragnar, a prisoner of King Aelle, is executed, and meets his death with silent dignity as he descends into a pit of poisonous snakes. Saddened by the consequences of this coming ...

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Riiiiight.Ragnar, Lagertha and the rest of the crew do arrive home safely. King Earl Haraldson (Gabrield Byrne) isn't happy to hear about the death of his agent -- now revealed to be E.H.'s ...