Ragnar Lothbrok, his skin streaked with the grime of battle, fiercely grips a battered Viking sword against his brother Rollo, who counters with a gleaming Frankish broadsword, their blades clashing with a shower of sparks. All around, a frenzied battle unfolds: Viking warriors in fur cloaks and chainmail confront Frankish soldiers, axes shattering shields and spears piercing through adversaries. A towering, wild-haired berserker cleaves through two foes in the background, as a mortally wounded warrior inches toward a toppled banner. The ground is strewn with broken weapons, arrows, and Rollo's discarded baptismal cross, now embedded in the mud. Smoke billows from burning huts, masking the Parisian skyline, while a solemn stone church tower stands watch in the distance.