![]() ![]() Eventually, the fleet comes upon Algeciras and sacks the city. He relents to Halfdan and brings up that their overthrow of the Lothbroks is inevitable in his quest to become king of Norway. ![]() Eventually, they are released when Bjorn agrees to allow Rollo to join the expedition.Īs the expedition runs short on fresh water and food, Harald privately questions Bjorn's leadership and suggests he might be cursed, like he considers Ragnar. He questions Bjorn's judgement in trusting Rollo. When Bjorn seeks a truce with his uncle Rollo, Harald is captured along with the other Norse leaders. Harald, along with his brother, Halfdan, joins Bjorn in his expedition to the Mediterranean Sea and assures Bjorn he has no intention of threatening Kattegat. He also defeated King Svein from an unspecified Norwegian kingdom. In the years following the defeat at the Second Siege of Paris, King Harald is busy expanding his realm, conquering the Kingdom of Rogaland, and killing King Arnarson and his earl Eyolf. Harald is last seen retreating with the Viking fleet after a crushing defeat by the Franks. Harald fights alongside his brother and is dismayed when Halfdan is shot by a Frankish crossbowman. Harald and the other Vikings battle the Franks head-on in in brutal combat on the river. They discover a family inside, and brutally kill them all, after raping the two daughters. Harald and Halfdan lead a raid on a small Frankish farm. Harald and his brother swim to Ragnar's ship, where they defend against the Frankish assault. When the Franks raise a huge chain between the two forts to block the ships progress, Harald's ship is capsized and sunken. When the Vikings travel upriver towards Paris, the ships are shot at from the forts by Frankish soldiers, led by Rollo. As the men are burned alive, Harald and the other warriors cheer and praise Odin while urinating on the unfortunate Franks. Later, they take several of the captives and tie them to the Frankish signal fires. Harald and his brother lead an ambush on the Frankish scouts and capture several of them. He becomes familiar with Ragnar's young sons. ![]() He wants to participate in the next raid on Frankia and announces that soon his brother Halfdan "The Black" will arrive with his fleet. King Harald arrives in Kattegat to meet Ragnar after hearing of his exploits in the conquest of Paris. Getting rejected for not being important enough, Harald decided to make himself king of all of Norway to get her affection. When he was a young man, he fell in love with a princess named Ellisif. Hailing from the Yngling clan, descending from King Ingjald of Svealand and Olof the Woodcarver, Harald was born in a place called Tamdrup. ![]()
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