Will Jack’s prophecy come true?
He’s mad enough to try. No one understands why he’s kept Bishop Heahmund alive. The warrior priest himself prays to his Christ god, seems ready to die. Jack tantalizes him with another strange alliance. Why not join the fight against Kattegat? After all, it’s not as if he has to renounce his religion—and doesn’t the Lord want him to kill heathens? It’s a simple offer: Fight with us, or die. In the public square, Jack points a dagger at the bishop’s stomach. The bishop takes the dagger, points it toward his own stomach—and then kills a screaming Northman, wild eyes and proud glare offering enough proof to Jack that this mad warrior will fight on his side. The men and women of Harald’s village chant his name, Heahmund, Heahmund, Heahmund! He is already legen
