The moment Halfdan saw these heads, he knew that things are going to escalate out of control. Because he recognised the face of Yuri within one of them, as he grew up with a Varangian background hearing the tales of Yuri from his brother since young. If one face is not enough to verify the identity of these people, then there is another Varangian whom Halfdan recognises too, as he is Halfdan's boot camp instructor who gave him a life resembling hell at the start of his career.
Halfdan sat there, utterly speechless looking at the five heads before him, with his own head already been stirred up with thoughts. A minute later he suddenly grinned, it is a bitter smile, as he whispered in a volume that only he could hear it. "First it is my father, then it is my father, and now it is you people… Is it true that they say Hel and the death that comes along with him is the only fate lying on the end of the path of all Varangians?"
