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The Norsemen-Balts Battle is a military engagement. It depicts the confrontation between the Vikings and a Balt Tribe. The event takes place in Season 1 Episode 1, Rites of Passage. This is the first fight scene of the series.


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In the battle, Ragnar and Rollo, most likely under Earl Haraldson's command, are seen fighting against eastern Balts. The battle occurs before Ragnar's desire to explore the West. While under Earl Haraldson's rule, the Earldom of Kattegat, and most of the other Viking earldoms and kingdoms, used to raid the Baltic Sea and fights against the Slavs. The Slavs had a tribal lifestyle and lived in small villages, always fighting each other. They were also pagans, although they had their own religion(s) and worshipped different gods than the Norse. They were also much poorer than the western Christian people, like the Anglo-Saxons and the Franks, and even poorer than the Norsemen, as stated by Rollo later in the episode.

Ragnar and Rollo are the only Viking warriors seen. They are fighting alone against the last of the Balt tribesmen, indicating that battle has already ended. The two brothers finish off the last of the enemy, and Ragnar thanks Rollo for helping him.

Later, Ragnar has a vision. He sees Odin walking among the dead, with his spear Gungnir in hand and a large flock of crows flying around the battlefield. Ragnar also sees the Valkyries taking the slain warriors to Valhalla.

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