Ragnar: We will go together to Wessex, and you will be my John the... Athelstan: The Baptist? Ragnar: John the Baptist, yes. Wherever you go, I will follow.
Ragnar: What do you see? Bjorn: Power, the power of a king. Ragnar: Power is always dangerous. It attracts the worst and corrupts the best. I never asked for power. Power is only given to those who are prepared to lower themselves to pick it up.