Battle featured in season 3 episode 3. After the norse victory over King Brihtwulf, in the Mercian Civil War, only Prince Burgred was standing between Kwenthrith and the throne of Mercia. After Aethelwulf's scouts found where Burgred was, the viking mercenaries under King Ragnar prepared to climb the Hill of the Ash and go to battle. Torstein, who became injured after the previous battle and lost his left arm, volunteered to go first and scout the enemy. The Mercian troops, after seeing him, at first thought he was some kind of wizard, but they shot him some arrows and he kneeled down. Then they approached him, and Torstein stabbed a soldier with a knife, and was killed right after that, dying in battle and earning his place in Valhalla.