• ragnar sails all the way back to england to find athelstan
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he has dreams about athelstan like all the time
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because this:
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he asks athelstan to join him in bed TWICE
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because praying
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athelstan left england despite his position and importance with king ecbert to go live with ragnar again
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because holding and stoking hands
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because he tried his best to give him a christian funeral
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ragnar gave up his religion and his chance of being reunited with his friends and family in valhalla and demanded that he be baptised so that he could be reunited with athelstan in heaven