In a film's story, the director's vision has to be accomplished by all of the staff. Is that your question?
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They wore iron helmets, chain mail armour, and carried swords, axes, spears and wooden shields. Vikings were also skilled with bows and arrows. The weapons were made with iron, and often decorated with inlaid, or encrusted silver or copper. ... A Viking's weapons were usually buried with him when he died.
