Ragnar begs for better accommodation and is nearly thrown into the oubliette but is saved at the last moment by a kind voice in the chat and is merely left in prison.
Ragnar is mad at the king for being kicked off the council, the king gives Ragnar a gift of 79 gold, Ragnar is then happy to help the king change succession law
Ragnar loves the king. The king briefly thinks about organizing an assassination plot to kill Ragnar but decides against it. It is learned that Ragnar has an inbred, glutenous child.
Ragnar's son, Alv, did not drink the poisoned wine and the king's plot is discovered. A new plot to kill Alv is executed successfully and he dies in a carriage accident.