Episode 8 · Ivar, Astrid, Orm Volgrim
Astrid reaches into the hot coals to save her burned pendant. Runa stops her and grabs tongs to pull the scorched half-circle medallion from the fire. After cooling the metal in a bucket of water, Astrid kisses the token. She orders Runa to put it on and serve food in the Great Hall. Runa serves meat at the high table. As she bends over, the helmeted warrior notices the pendant and seizes it.
Astrid thrusts her bare hands toward the brazier to rescue the scorched metal. Runa steps in, using metal tongs to lift the half-circle medallion out before quenching it in water. Astrid kisses the cooled piece and places it on Runa.
Runa carries a heavy platter of roasted meat to the feast table where the lords sit with the armored warrior. When she leans forward to set down the food, the silver pendant slips out. The warrior catches sight of it and grabs it.
“It's in there, Runa! I need it!”
“Wear it while on duty at the Great Hall. If he is your father, he will know it on sight.”
“Ten years I believed the war took him the first winter, like everybody's father. But what if she was right?”
The episode closes right as the armored warrior snatches the half-medallion dangling from Runa's neck. He stops her mid-service at the crowded high table in front of the seated nobles. Will the helmeted warrior openly acknowledge Runa as his daughter, or will the surrounding lords intervene before he can demand answers about where she found the silver piece?