The Seer quotes from Vikings

The Seer

The eagle is your destiny, Jarl Borg.

The Seer

What is it you wish to ask the gods?

Lagertha

Will I ever bear another child, o wise one?

The Seer

I cannot see another child, no matter how far I look.

Lagertha

Then... what do you see?

The Seer

I see a harvest celebrated in blood. I see a trickster whose weapon cleaves you. I see a city made of marble. And a burning broiling ocean.

Lagertha

Not one of your prophecies do I understand.

The Seer

It is the way of the prophecy. Only to be understood when it has happened and it is too late to change it.

Rollo

[Viciously rubbing the wrist bearing the bracelet signifying fealty to Ragnar] Ragnar was always chosen over me. By my father. And my mother. And by Lagertha. Why would I not want to betray him? Why would I not want to scream at him saying, I am alive, too! It doesn't matter what I do. Ragnar is my father. He is my mother. He is Lagertha. Siggy. He is everything I cannot do. Everything I cannot be. I love him. He is my brother. He has taken me back. But, I am so angry. Why am I still so angry? You tell me wise one! Or, I will tell you. It is because I am useless. Hollowed out by failed ambitions. By failed loves. Nothing good could ever come from my life now.

Rollo

What is there to laugh about?

The Seer

Oh, Rollo, if you truly knew what the gods have in store for you, you would go down now and dance naked on the beach.

Rollo

I don't understand.

The Seer

I tell you as I told Ragnar. The bear will marry a princess. And I can tell you that you will be present at the ceremony. Now go and leave me.