@Solidus But Horik had the ships and the men necessary for the size of the raiding they had planned, without King Horik, raiding wasn't possible, Horik could've gone raiding someplace else anyway, Jarl Borg didn't go against King Horik because most likely he had no chance, even with Horik gone away, so he went against Ragnar.
Thus Ragnar repaid Jarl with the same coin, Jarl took Kattegat in a cowardly way too.
Yeah, Ragnar's no good guy at all, he's a conqueror, Vikings were ruthless people from what I've read, but taking his context into consideration, he wasn't a bad guy at all either.
Ragnar was the only Northman who managed to sail to Northumbria, so didn't Horik need him as guide?
It was a brutal time, indeed, and on that note, I don't think Ragnar is portrayed as being morally superior to any of the other rulers in the North. I'm not saying that Jarl Borg wasn't a doucher himself, and attacking Kattlegat like that was a douche move. But, his territories were living in peace before Ragnar came into the picture

you folks wonder why women in those regions(netherlands, norway, sweden, etc) are pretty HOT?? them vikings took them pretty ones from the brits and its neighbors....and they left the ugly ones.
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That's a pretty accurate assessment

