The Northman 2: Blood Oath (2025)
Genre: Action | Historical Drama | Norse Mythology
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh
Director: Robert Eggers
Runtime: 2h 11min
Three winters have passed since Amleth, the Viking prince turned berserker, fulfilled his vow of vengeance against his uncle Fjölnir. Mortally wounded but victorious, he believed death would carry him to Valhalla. But the gods had other plans.
The Northman 2: Blood Oath begins with Amleth’s body floating in a burning river of fire—a dreamscape between life and death. There, the Norns (fates of Norse myth) appear to him, weaving a new thread into his destiny. Amleth awakens on a remote northern shore, barely alive, saved by a mysterious wanderer known only as Yrsa—a seeress with ties to the god Odin.
Haunted by visions of ravens and an eternal war, Amleth learns he has not yet earned his place in Valhalla. Instead, his soul is bound by a blood oath made long ago by his bloodline—a pact his father broke and passed on to him. The gods now demand a reckoning: the wolf-blooded kings of the East, long exiled, have risen again, waging a brutal conquest across Norse lands.
Amleth, though broken in body, carries a burning rage in his heart. With Yrsa's guidance and dark magic, he begins to heal—not just his wounds, but his sense of purpose. The rage that once consumed him becomes a cold fire of resolve.
Word reaches Amleth of a kingdom called Varensholm, once a peaceful outpost of Norse settlers, now in ruins. Its halls are soaked in blood, its king impaled by Varg the Red, a monstrous warlord claiming divine right through violence. Varg and his brothers command a brutal army known as the Draugar Wolves, men who fight like beasts, rumored to feast on the hearts of their enemies for strength.
Among the survivors is Olga (Anya Taylor-Joy), Amleth’s love, now a fugitive with their young son Skald. She has hidden Skald in the distant fjords, under the protection of the White Witches of Skagarr, but she cannot remain in hiding forever. Varg seeks the boy, claiming he carries the bloodline of both gods and monsters.
Amleth reunites with Olga in a windswept cave, and their meeting is both tender and tormented. She believed him dead. Now he is changed—a man touched by the underworld. Still, their bond reignites as they prepare for war.
To face Varg, Amleth must gather warriors once loyal to his father, now scattered or broken. Among them is Leifr Skullsplitter, a giant with a heart of iron, and Astrid the Shieldmaiden, whose brother was slain by Varg’s wolves. Together, they forge a ragtag warband—The Last Howl.
What follows is a brutal trek through frostbitten forests, sacred groves, and desolate villages. Amleth confronts not only enemies but the past he tried to bury—the child he was, the prince he abandoned, and the beast he became.
Yrsa returns in visions, warning him of a final trial: to break the blood oath, he must not only kill the king, but shatter the spirit that binds him to vengeance.
The final battle erupts at The Temple of Nine Skulls, an ancient Norse ruin where the wolves gather for a sacrificial rite. Amleth challenges Varg in a trial by combat—steel, blood, and fire beneath a blood-red eclipse.
The duel is savage and primal. Amleth, though outmatched in size, uses cunning and fury. In the end, it is Skald, watching from the shadows, who gives his father the courage to rise one last time.
Amleth slays Varg with the blade once forged by his grandfather—a cursed sword quenched in dragon’s blood. But in doing so, he is mortally wounded again. As he falls, the oath is broken. The gods release his soul, and ravens carry his spirit skyward.
