Pepperidge farm remembers

I think Yidu was nothing more than an anchor on Ragnar. From the beginning of season 4 Ragnar os clearly feeling a downward spiral. He's lost Rollo and Floki to betrayal and Athelstan is dead. He mentioned earlier the loss of the Wessex colony troubled him. He chose Paris over revenge for that. He admitted in an…

Ragnar was demonstrating to everyone that he was still king and respected, despite his failures.