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* HiredHelpAsFamily: While they're formally his servants, until after Rorik's death, he treats Uhtred and Brida as family.
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* AdoptAServant: Treats Uhtred as a type of slave during the early years.
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* AdoptAServant: Treats Uhtred as is theoretically his thrall, a type form of slave slave, during the early years. years, though in practical terms he's mostly Rorik's playmate with chores to do. After Uhtred saves Thyra from Sven, he effectively adopts him, formalising it after Rorik's death.
* GoodParents: To Ragnar the Younger, Rorik, Thyra, Uhtred, and arguably Brida. At a stark contrast to Uhtred the Elder's parenting, he's a kind and supportive figure to young Uhtred, raising him as his own. Uhtred loves him dearly and after his murder spends the next decade or so of his life plotting revenge against Kjartan and insists on going by Uhtred Ragnarson. More importantly, all his children, biological or adoptive, grow into good people (while Brida does eventually go off the deep end, it's at least 30 or 40 years after his death, and for a host of other reasons).
* HappilyMarried: By all evidence, he's happily married to Sigrid, modelling a good relationship to Uhtred.
* HappilyMarried: By all evidence, he's happily married to Sigrid, modelling a good relationship to Uhtred.
* KnightTemplarParent: He's very protective of his children, and responds to Sven half stripping Thyra by putting his eye out (since he only saw half-naked) and exiling his father. This, unfortunately, creates its own problems later on.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His second son Rorik is a SickChild and dies during the first invasion of Wessex.
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* NiceGuy: Like his son, he is very likeable, cheerfully adopting Uhtred and Brida in fact and then - in Uhtred's case - in name, he's shown to be a fair lord, and happily takes in Bebbanburgh's escaped blacksmith (the fact he vaulted over Bebbanburgh's walls under fire to pledge loyalty to Uhtred as rightful lord of Bebbanburgh probably helped, given how both his biological and adoptive sons prize loyalty) who in turn finds himself like the invader.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His second son Rorik isa SickChild an IllChild and dies during the first invasion of Wessex.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His second son Rorik is
* DeadpanSnarker: Exploits his license as an old man to snark at everyone.
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* RetiredBadass: Lost his sight with age and retired from {{Viking}}
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* RetiredBadass: Lost his sight with age and retired from {{Viking}}being a Viking.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: He's an old man and impressed by very little, often snarking at all and sundry.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: He's an old man and impressed by very little, often snarking at all and sundry.
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* NiceGuy: He's as friendly and affable as you get, save only when dealing with Kjartan, to the point where he even takes to Pyrlig (though ''everyone'' likes Pyrlig), Steapa - who hates Danes - comes to like him, and Alfred trusts his word to come back after rescuing an enslaved Uhtred. He's also the only Dane, aside from Gisela and [[spoiler: Erik Thurgilson]] that Aethelflaed ever likes.
* OddFriendship: With ''Steapa'', of all people, who ''hates'' the Danes. Ragnar really is just that likeable.
* OddFriendship: With ''Steapa'', of all people, who ''hates'' the Danes. Ragnar really is just that likeable.
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* NiceGuy: NiceGuy:
** He's as friendly and affable as you get, save only when dealing with Kjartan, to the point where he even takes to Pyrlig (though ''everyone'' likes Pyrlig), Steapa - who hates Danes - comes to like him, and Alfred trusts his word to come back after rescuing an enslaved Uhtred. He's also the only Dane, aside from Gisela and [[spoiler: Erik Thurgilson]] that Aethelflaed ever likes.
** He also gives his blessing to Thyra marrying [[spoiler: Beocca]]. Bemused though he might be by the marriage, he notes that it makes her happy, which is the least she deserves after the TraumaCongaLine that his been her life from adolescence, and that [[spoiler: Beocca]] is a good man who'll treat her well. It helps that [[spoiler: Beocca]] was someone already known, liked, and respected by Uhtred, his brother by adoption, and that the man in question had just [[spoiler: casually waded into a pack of rabid dogs that ''terrified'' both Ragnar and Uhtred and exorcised Thyra]], which Ragnar understandably found deeply impressive.
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** With ''Steapa'', of all people, who ''hates'' theDanes. Danes, and Aethelflaed, who isn't that much more fond of them, exempting only Gisela and [[spoiler: Erik Thurgilson]]. Ragnar really is just that likeable.likeable.
** He also seems on good terms with Alfred, who arguably trusts him more during ''Lords of the North'' than he does Uhtred.
** He's as friendly and affable as you get, save only when dealing with Kjartan, to the point where he even takes to Pyrlig (though ''everyone'' likes Pyrlig), Steapa - who hates Danes - comes to like him, and Alfred trusts his word to come back after rescuing an enslaved Uhtred. He's also the only Dane, aside from Gisela and [[spoiler: Erik Thurgilson]] that Aethelflaed ever likes.
** He also gives his blessing to Thyra marrying [[spoiler: Beocca]]. Bemused though he might be by the marriage, he notes that it makes her happy, which is the least she deserves after the TraumaCongaLine that his been her life from adolescence, and that [[spoiler: Beocca]] is a good man who'll treat her well. It helps that [[spoiler: Beocca]] was someone already known, liked, and respected by Uhtred, his brother by adoption, and that the man in question had just [[spoiler: casually waded into a pack of rabid dogs that ''terrified'' both Ragnar and Uhtred and exorcised Thyra]], which Ragnar understandably found deeply impressive.
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** He also seems on good terms with Alfred, who arguably trusts him more during ''Lords of the North'' than he does Uhtred.
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* OverprotectiveDad: To Stiorra, to his sons not so much.
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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Becomes this as ruler of Mercia, with her and Uhtred having to pull some fast tricks to keep her on the throne in her own right. Oddly enough, though, the people love her.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted, he's creating a kingdom where the king isn't the best man with a weapon, but the one who commands the best, something Uhtred notes and is begrudgingly impressed by.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Averted, he's creating a kingdom where the king isn't the best man with a weapon, but the one who commands the best, something Uhtred notes and is begrudgingly impressed by.
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: One of the most powerful nobles in Wessex, a reputation as a good soldier.
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* WildCard: To the point where in ''The Burning Land'', one of Ragnar the Younger's reasons for why the Danes could beat Wessex was because Uhtred was not there.
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* WildCard: To For most of the early books, his allegiance is uncertain, which his skill as a commander and a warrior makes very significant. It gets to the point where in ''The Burning Land'', one of Ragnar the Younger's reasons for why the Danes could beat Wessex was because Uhtred was not there.there, and that a constantly cited reason for why Alfred is so dangerous is that he is the ''only'' person who can control Uhtred.
* AbusiveParents: Much to his son's lifelong resentment, being both physically and psychologically abusive.
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* EquivalentExchange: He dies to power the ceremony that cures Edward
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* EquivalentExchange: He If you favour the magical explanation - and the timing is very specific - he dies to power the ceremony that cures Edward
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* BadassPreacher: He might not be a fighter, but as even his father grudgingly notes, he's got the family courage (as Aethelstan notes, it takes serious nerve to stand up to Uhtred, who terrifies most of Britain). He also inherited willpower from both parents, as shown by his accepting the name Judas from his father.
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* BadassPreacher: He might not be a fighter, but as even his father grudgingly notes, he's got the family courage (as - as Aethelstan notes, it takes serious nerve to stand up to Uhtred, who terrifies most of Britain).Britain and beyond. He also inherited willpower from both parents, as shown by his accepting the name Judas from his father.
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* HeroicWillpower: His father grudgingly notes he has it, and as Aethelstan remarks, it takes serious strength of will to defy Uhtred even when you aren't one of his children. Plus, he not only survives [[spoiler: a crude and brutal castration]], but becomes a powerful and decent churchman and politician.
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* HeroicWillpower: His father grudgingly notes he has it, and as Aethelstan remarks, it takes serious strength of will to defy Uhtred - a man who terrifies all of Britain and a considerable chunk of Scandinavia - even when you aren't one of his children.children, let alone his oldest living child. Plus, he not only survives [[spoiler: a crude and brutal castration]], but becomes a powerful and decent churchman and politician.
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* GenerationXerox: She's uncannily like Gisela, right down to the {{Seer|s}} tendencies, though she inherited her father's [[BloodKnight more bloodthirsty instincts]]. It's enough that looking at her as a grown woman is sometimes painful for her father, because she looks that much like her mother.
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* GenerationXerox: She's uncannily like Gisela, right down to the {{Seer|s}} tendencies, though she inherited her father's [[BloodKnight more bloodthirsty instincts]]. It's enough that looking at her as a grown woman is sometimes painful for her father, because she looks that much like her mother. This is possibly part of why Uhtred later admits he doesn't know her so well.
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* GenerationXerox: Going by his POV section and his appearances in his father's sections, he's basically evolved into a young version of his father - albeit a less brash one, a Christian (mostly), and with a less forceful will. He's even noted to look a lot like him (at which point he snarks, "God help me, then.")
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* GenerationXerox: Going by his POV section and his appearances in his father's sections, he's basically evolved into a young version of his father - albeit a less brash one, a brash, Christian (mostly), and with a less forceful will. will (though everything is relative). He's even noted to look a lot like him (at which point him. Being an Uhtred, he promptly snarks, "God help me, then.")"
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* NiceGuy: He's the gentlest of his siblings, and while he's got shades of his father's brash cockiness, he doesn't have the borderline psychotic edge his father did as a young man.
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* NiceGuy: He's the gentlest of his siblings, and while he's got shades of his father's brash cockiness, he doesn't have anything like the borderline psychotic edge his father did as a young man.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted, he's creating a kingdom where the king isn't the best man with a weapon, but the one who commands the best.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted, he's creating a kingdom where the king isn't the best man with a weapon, but the one who commands the best.best, something Uhtred notes and is begrudgingly impressed by.
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* TheChessMaster: When narrating ''The Last Kingdom'', Uhtred notes (using a chess metaphor) with the benefit of hindsight that Alfred giving him a fine suit of armour, an attractive heiress, and getting him to swear an oath of loyalty wasn't any sign that he really liked/valued Uhtred. After all, Uhtred was at that point a brash, boorish, if talented, warrior and landless noble. By his own admission, Uhtred hadn't done anything to earn such gifts. Instead, it was merely a way of tying Uhtred to him, for his potential value in the future (and in the case of the heiress, Mildrith, to saddle someone with a massive debt to the church).
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* TheChessMaster: When narrating ''The Last Kingdom'', Uhtred notes (using a chess metaphor) with the benefit of hindsight that Alfred giving him a fine suit of armour, an attractive heiress, and getting him to swear an oath of loyalty wasn't any sign that he really liked/valued Uhtred. After all, Uhtred was at that point a brash, boorish, if talented, warrior and boorish landless noble.noble, with little to offer beyond political connections and genuine raw military talent. By his own admission, Uhtred hadn't done anything to earn such gifts. Instead, it was merely a way of tying Uhtred to him, for his potential value in the future (and in the case of the heiress, Mildrith, to saddle someone with a massive debt to the church).
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* OddFriendship: A devoutly Christian, mild-mannered WisePrince and a brash, openly pagan BloodKnight. Not two people you'd think would get on - and most of the time, they don't. Yet he and Uhtred develop one, first during ''The Pale Horseman'' when Alfred is a King on the run and relies heavily on Uhtred to survive, leading to a far greater informality in their dynamic, and later when Uhtred's mellowed out somewhat and Alfred has stopped seeing him as an attack dog to be a) kept where he can see him, b) then unleashed at appropriate moments. The end result is a deep mutual respect, with Aethelflaed remarking that Alfred always called Uhtred "his miracle worker" and "a kind man who tries to hide his kindness".
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* OddFriendship: A devoutly Christian, mild-mannered WisePrince and a brash, openly pagan BloodKnight. Not two people you'd think would get on - and most of the time, they don't. Yet he and Uhtred develop one, first during ''The Pale Horseman'' when Alfred is a King on the run and relies heavily on Uhtred to survive, leading to a far greater informality in their dynamic, and later when Uhtred's mellowed out somewhat and Alfred has stopped seeing him as an a half-trained attack dog to be a) kept where he can see him, b) then unleashed at appropriate moments. The end result is a deep mutual respect, with Aethelflaed remarking that Alfred always called Uhtred "his miracle worker" and "a kind man who tries to hide his kindness".
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* TheSmartGuy: Even a teenage Uhtred picks up on the fact that he's dangerously intelligent, and given what he ends up achieving in the long term (the foundation of England), and the short term (the resurrection of Wessex and consistent control of Uhtred, which is literally impossible for anyone else).
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* TheSmartGuy: Even a teenage Uhtred picks up on the fact that he's dangerously intelligent, and given what he ends up achieving in the long term (the foundation of England), and the short term (the resurrection of Wessex and consistent control of Uhtred, which is literally impossible for anyone else).
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* TookALevelInBadass: He takes many, starting out as an unwilling novice monk, and fairly useless soldier, who Uhtred only puts up with because he wants to annoy Alfred, before becoming one of Uhtred's most trusted men, then a formidable commander in his own right.
** This is especially present at the Battle of Ludd's Gate where his first kill is a cripple, but he ends up leaping off the gate onto the attacking forces.
** This is especially present at the Battle of Ludd's Gate where his first kill is a cripple, but he ends up leaping off the gate onto the attacking forces.
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* TookALevelInBadass: He takes many, starting out as an unwilling novice monk, and fairly useless soldier, who Uhtred only puts up with because he wants to annoy Alfred, before becoming one of Uhtred's most trusted men, then a formidable commander in his own right.
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* BigFun: He's a big man who cheers people up, but never to the point of farce.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He rolls in during ''The Pale Horseman'' when Uhtred is brooding about his dead son and Iseult's conversion to Christianity, and in the space of a single conversation, reconciles Uhtred to her conversion, reveals that the conversation he's been having in Welsh with Iseult isn't about God but the recipe for lunch, and [[GoodShepherd sincerely sympathises with him and comforts him over the death of his son]] by [[OutlivingOnesOffspring by sharing his own experience]]. Despite the fact that Uhtred is deeply bitter and, as a Welshman and Priest, should hate Pyrlig twice over, he manages to make himself impossibly likeable in the space of two pages.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Makes it quite clear to Uhtred in ''Sword Song'' that if he turned to the Danes, he'd be entirely willing to kill him - and unlike Uhtred, who'd hold back because he likes Pyrlig, he (Pyrlig) wouldn't.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Makes it quite clear to Uhtred in ''Sword Song'' that if he turned to the Danes, he'd be entirely willing to kill him - and unlike Uhtred, who'd hold back because he likes Pyrlig, he (Pyrlig) wouldn't.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He rolls in during ''The Pale Horseman'' when Uhtred is brooding about his dead son and Iseult's conversion to Christianity, and in the space of a single conversation, reconciles Uhtred to her conversion, reveals that the conversation he's been having in Welsh with Iseult isn't about God but the recipe for lunch, and [[GoodShepherd sincerely sympathises with him and comforts him over the death of his son]] by [[OutlivingOnesOffspring by sharing his own experience]].experience of it]]. Despite the fact that Uhtred is deeply bitter and, as a Welshman and Priest, should hate Pyrlig twice over, he manages to make himself impossibly likeable in the space of two pages.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Makes it quite clear to Uhtred in ''Sword Song'' that if he turned to the Danes, he'd be entirely willing to kill him - and unlike Uhtred, who'd hold back because he likes Pyrlig, he (Pyrlig) wouldn't. Not only that, but he could pull it off, something Uhtred notably does not deny.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Makes it quite clear to Uhtred in ''Sword Song'' that if he turned to the Danes, he'd be entirely willing to kill him - and unlike Uhtred, who'd hold back because he likes Pyrlig, he (Pyrlig) wouldn't. Not only that, but he could pull it off, something Uhtred notably does not deny.
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* BloodKnight: Enjoys a fight almost as much as Uhtred.
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* BloodKnight: Enjoys a fight almost as much as Uhtred. Given how bloodthirsty Uhtred is at this point in his life, this is saying something.
* DeadpanSnarker: While he's the ComicallySerious to Uhtred and [[StraightManAndWiseGuy his straight man]] when they're both young, as an old man he's '''way'' snarkier.
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* LargeAndInCharge: One of the tallest men in England, eventually commands Alfred's bodyguard.
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* LikesOlderWomen: Eahlswith is closer to thirty than twenty when he is maybe eighteen.
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* LikesOlderWomen: Eahlswith is closer to thirty than twenty when he is maybe eighteen. Despite Uhtred's misgivings, they end up HappilyMarried.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Tries to form one with Haesten, his brother, and Uhtred
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Averted at first, Alfred won't given him command because he can't read. Later promoted to captain of his guard on merit alone in ''The Pale Horseman.''
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* OldSoldier: He is at least eighty by "War Lord", and still fighting in the shield wall - though he's unsurprisingly less enthusiastic abotu it.
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* UnreliableNarrator: He grudgingly concedes that he's not perfect in this regard.
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* UnreliableNarrator: He grudgingly concedes that he's not perfect in this regard. Add the fact that by the time the series ends he is at least eighty, it really causes one to wonder just how accurate his memories are.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: While Uhtred repeatedly teases Finan over his short stature, he also knows that Finan is ightning quick with a blade and ''much'' stronger than he looks.
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* AnAxToGrind: Fights with a large waraxe and uses it to break Uhtred's shieldwall at Cynuit.
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* HandicappedBadass: Little more than two months after his duel with Pyrlig he's fighting in the shieldwall with AnAxeToGrind
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* VillainousValour: Even Uhtred concedes that, for all that he hated him, Kjartan was a brave man.
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* Fingore: FauxAffablyEvil: Initially seems quite cordial, even friendly, to Uhtred but when one of his captives makes the mistakes of referring to Guthrum by his Christian name, Sigefrid flies completely off the handle and beats the poor schmuck into a pulp.
* {{Fingore}}: Father Pyrlig cuts off his thumb in their duel.
* {{Fingore}}: Father Pyrlig cuts off his thumb in their duel.
