Varangian Guard
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"It is nearly 350 years that we and our fathers have inhabited this most lovely land, and never before has such terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan race, nor was it thought that such an inroad from the sea could be made."
"On land, I'm a Christian. When I'm on the sea, I worship Thor."
"We have no king. We are all kings."
— Viking during the siege of Paris in Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age | Lex Fridman Podcast #495
"Men die, but names live forever."
— Conversation participant in Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age | Lex Fridman Podcast #495