Vikings: 12 Most Brutal Moments So Far

Torstein was a Viking with amazing strength and courage and this awful moment proves it. In a battle against the Saxons, he gets shot in the arm with an arrow - no big deal, you might think, because characters have survived far worse.

But then later, we see that the wound has become infected and Torstein is in incredible pain and decides to have the arm cut off, obviously. He asks Floki if he could do him this favor and he agrees, so axes are put in fire and Torstein is tied to a board.

Now, what makes this so brutal is how it is done. It is not a quick and clean cut. First, they cut him with a hot ax and begin to bang down on the axe multiple times, like a hammer to a nail, to cut through the bone. We see that the arm eventually comes off and then another hot ax gets placed on the now amputated arm to be cauterized. Brutal, yes. Bad ass, absolutely.

Be thankful of modern medicine.