The Last Domino

The Last Domino is the sixth and final episode of the second season of Vikingane and the twelfth episode of the series overall.

Synopsis
After Jarl Varg gets revenge and confiscates the map to the west, Norheim comes up with a plan for the future that doesn't include Orm, Liv or Rufus.

Plot Summary
With Arvid presumed dead, Orm returns to — what he believes to be — his rightful place as chieftain of Norheim. His position is quickly questioned, however, when he announces that Norheim will be partnering with Vargnes, as they have found an ally within Jarl Varg. Rufus explains that they will quickly sail to Rome, and enlists Hildur and Frøya to help.

Frøya, meanwhile, is distraught still at the loss of Arvid and takes to the river to cry. She is quickly moved, however, when Arvid appears, explaining that he is not dead as she and the rest of Norheim had thought. He explains that he has a plan to get his village back.

As planned, Jarl Varg arrives in Norheim to collect the Map to the West. Once he has what he believes to be his, he tells Orm that he is also here to collect another debt: his hands. He challenges Frøya to a fight after she is unwilling to give up her hands, and although she believes she has defeated him, he stabs her in the back as she turns to face his other warriors; she dies moments later. Whilst the villagers of Norheim are angry at the situation, Orm is reluctant to take revenge on Jarl Varg and instead extends the offer of sistership for their two villages.

Finally it appears that Rufus' wish is to come true: he is about to board a ship and head back to Rome. He has only to attend his going-away feast the night before, and then he will sail in the morning. Hildur, Kark and the other members of Norheim congratulate Orm, Rufus and Liv with celebratory mead. Unbeknownst to them, the drinks are laced with an unknown substance that puts the three to sleep. When they awaken, they find that Arvid, Kark and everyone else in Norheim has abandoned them, taking the ship and sailing to the West.

This represents the ultimate abandonment for Orm, whose life has been one long series of exclusions and abandonment - by his brother, his family, his fellow villagers, his wife, his slave colleagues, and even his enemies.

Arvid struggles with the fact that Frøya has been killed by Jarl Varg, but is eventually convinced that it is best to throw her body into the seas. Within minutes of this, Hildur tells Arvid that the gods want the two of them to be together as chieftain and chieftain's wife.

The final scene sees a triumphant Jarl Varg clutching the map of the West, and promising to make "Vargnes great again".