History Characters / VikingsNorsemen

* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather]]

* AbductionIsLove: [[spoiler: Towards Astrid]].

* CradlingYourKill: [[spoiler: After he kills Halfdan]].

* TheGoodKing: He does seem to be well-liked by his people and when [[spoiler: Olaf takes over his kingdom]] he points out he will never be able to make himself a popular ruler.

* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler: He is so blinded by his obsessive love for Ellisif that he is flat out [[GenreBlind blind]] to Ellisif's obvious intention to murder him after he killed her husband]]. Luckily for him (and unluckily for everybody else), Halfdan is not so blind.

* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: In Season 6, after [[spoiler: saving Bjorn's life while overthrowing Ivar,]] his wounds are so great that Bjorn and company in Kattegat were led to believe he'd died until he sends his men to tell them otherwise.

* [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath]]: Invokes this when she [[spoiler: drowns herself]].

A Svealand earl who along with his brother arrive in Kattegat to offer his men and services to the Great Heathen Army.

A Svealand earl who along with his brother arrive in Kattegat to offer his men and services to the Great Heathen Army.

* EleventhHourRanger: Becomes a instrumental character very late in season 5B, having major effect on the plot.

* BadassBookworm: His forte is ship building and medicine but he still a Viking. During the battle between King Horik and Jarl Borg, he fights both Borg and ''Rollo'' simultaneously.

* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Ambiguous. It is difficult to tell his age by appearance because of his various deformities, but he implies that he may be "hundreds of years old."]] Or maybe he doesn't, see VaguenessIsComing below.

%%zce* LikeADaughterToMe: She is this to Floki.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: She kills Helga just before she kills herself.]]

* ArcherArchetype: Functions as missile back-up during the Hexham raid.

* TheArcher: The one time he participates in battle. He's the one to deal Ragnar his most severe wounds during the Earl's raid.

* ActorAllusion: Donal Logue once again plays an a-hole whose name rhymes with [[SonsOfAnarcy Toric]].

->'''Played By:''' [[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler Adam Copeland]]

* HiddenDepths: She is initially a fairly passive character and little more than fanservice. In Season 5, however, we start to see another side of her. [[spoiler: She tries to manipulate Ubbe into taking over as king, implying he should arrange the death of Bjorn in battle. This is so [[AmbitionIsEvil she can be queen.]] [[LogicalFallacies Never mind the chance that Bjorn may come about from Ivar winning the war meaning they will have no chance of becoming the rulers of Kattegat.]]]]

* SexSlave: Through she's into it, [[spoiler: most of the time]].

* CrazyJealousGuy: He acts spiteful and hatefully towards Athelstan [[spoiler:going as far as killing the latter]], due to both his fundamentalist belief in the Norse gods and the level of friendship and trust Ragnar places on the monk. [[spoiler:After Floki's arrest, Ragnar accuses him killing Athelstan not out of faith in the god but out of jealousy.]]

* BadassPreacher: The Vikings tend to shoot him down whenever he tries to lecture on his faith, but he's still a holyman with guts. Jumping into a river without a second thought and saving Ragnar's life earns him that title.

* TokenMinority: Him and his brother only appear for two episodes and were probably just created so that all three Scandinavian countries are represented in the Great Heathen Army (much like how they were in real life.)

** [[spoiler: An example is the death of Ragnar Lothbrok. In Season 4 Episode 6: "What Might Have Been", The Seer tells Ragnar: "You will die on the day that the blind man sees you." Then years later, in Season 4, episode 15, "All His Angels", Ragnar arranges to have himself taken captive by King Ecbert, in the hope that Ragnar will be executed, and his sons will then unite his people under them in revenge, securing his sons' authority and future. During the meeting between the two, Ragnar declares Ecbert to be the blind man. Eventually, Ecbert, gives Ragnar over to King Aelle for execution, convinced by Ragnar that Ragnar's sons will seek revenge on Aelle rather than Ecbert, and to send Ragnar's son Ivar hom. However, Ragnar secretly tells Ivar that Ecbert is responsible, and to gather his brothers for revenge. Ragnar is then on the road to be killed by King Aelle the NEXT day, when he converses with the blind driver, who says that he can see Ragnar. Since Ragnar will not arrive at King Aelle until the NEXT day, Ragnar then argues with what seems to be an apparition of the Seer, saying how prophecy is wrong and how he does not believe in the gods. On the day of his death, however, Ecbert is there looking at Ragnar's death disguised as a priest. During the scene of Ragnar's actual death, before being thrown into the snake pit, a disguised and black robed King Ecbert steps forward and looks directly at Ragnar. Ragnar stares back intensely...and during that exact part it shows King Aelle praying and he says:"Gold and silver are their idols, man made things. They speak not but mouths they have, EYES HAVE THEY BUT THEY SEE NOT". This suggests that at that point, Ecbert, who was "blind" to Ragnar's plan, now "sees" Ragnar's true plan.]]

** [[ Spoiler: An example is the death of Ragnar Lothbrok. In Season 4 Episode 6: "What Might Have Been", The Seer tells Ragnar: "You will die on the day that the blind man sees you." Then years later, in Season 4, episode 15, "All His Angels", Ragnar arranges to have himself taken captive by King Ecbert, in the hope that Ragnar will be executed, and his sons will then unite his people under them in revenge, securing his sons' authority and future. During the meeting between the two, Ragnar declares Ecbert to be the blind man. Eventually, Ecbert, gives Ragnar over to King Aelle for execution, convinced by Ragnar that Ragnar's sons will seek revenge on Aelle rather than Ecbert, and to send Ragnar's son Ivar hom. However, Ragnar secretly tells Ivar that Ecbert is responsible, and to gather his brothers for revenge. Ragnar is then on the road to be killed by King Aelle the NEXT day, when he converses with the blind driver, who says that he can see Ragnar. Since Ragnar will not arrive at King Aelle until the NEXT day, Ragnar then argues with what seems to be an apparition of the Seer, saying how prophecy is wrong and how he does not believe in the gods. On the day of his death, however, Ecbert is there looking at Ragnar's death disguised as a priest. During the scene of Ragnar's actual death, before being thrown into the snake pit, a disguised and black robed King Ecbert steps forward and looks directly at Ragnar. Ragnar stares back intensely...and during that exact part it shows King Aelle praying and he says:"Gold and silver are their idols, man made things. They speak not but mouths they have, EYES HAVE THEY BUT THEY SEE NOT". This suggests that at that point, Ecbert, who was "blind" to Ragnar's plan, now "sees" Ragnar's true plan. ]]