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* YouHaveFailedMe: Pulls this on one of his captains who fails to defeat Ragnar [[spoiler: by throwing him in a snake pit]].

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Pulls this on one of his captains who fails to defeat Ragnar [[spoiler: Ragnar,[[spoiler: by throwing him in a snake pit]].
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Pulls this on one of his captains who fails to defeat Ragnar [[spoiler: by throwing him in a snake pit]].
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* AntiVillain: He opposes the protagonists, but all he's really doing is defending his territory.

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* AntiVillain: He opposes the protagonists, but all he's really doing is defending his territory.kingdom.
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* [[spoiler:TooCoolToLive: '''DAMN IT!!!''']]

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* [[spoiler:TooCoolToLive: '''DAMN IT!!!''']]IT!!!''']]
!!King Aelle
--> Played by Ivan Kaye
* AdiposeRex
* AntiVillain: He opposes the protagonists, but all he's really doing is defending his territory.
* BigBad: He's shaping up to be this, after [[spoiler:Earl Haralson's death]].
* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments of sardonic wit, especially with incompetent underlings.
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* [[spoilers:TooCoolToLive: '''DAMN IT!!!''']]

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* [[spoilers:TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:TooCoolToLive: '''DAMN IT!!!''']]
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* LargeAndInCharge: Visibly one of the tallest and most powerfully built of the Vikings. Also seems to be Ragnar's second.

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* LargeAndInCharge: Visibly one of the tallest and most powerfully built of the Vikings. Also seems to be Ragnar's second.second.
* [[spoilers:TooCoolToLive: '''DAMN IT!!!''']]

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* Badass

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* Badass{{Badass}}


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* BraidsOfBarbarism

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** BadassBeard: He's a Northman, what did you expect?




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* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Men Love Odin]]: He identifies closely with Odin in his aspect as the god of wisdom and in how he represents the curiosity and thirst for knowledge that resides in men.



* AnAxeToGrind: Uses a large two-handed battle axe sometimes.



** BadassBeard
* BloodKnight: Remarkably so.
--> "I want to fight! I want to raid! It's what I was born to do."



* TokenEvilTeammate: or so.

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* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Men Love Odin]]: In a similar vein to his brother - but he instead venerates Odin in his aspect of a bloodthirsty war-god.
--> "You have your Odin. I have mine."
* TokenEvilTeammate: or so.
so. He really does nothing out of the ordinary for his culture and time period.



* AsYouKnow / CaptainObvious / MrExposition: Explaining Viking mythology to a ship full of Vikings.

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* AsYouKnow / CaptainObvious / MrExposition: Explaining Viking mythology to a ship full of Vikings. To be fair, he was being dramatic at the time.


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* LargeHam: '''THE GODS''' '''''LOVE''''' '''MY BOAT!!!'''


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!!!Eric
-->Played by Vladimir Kullich
->''"If this is their god, dead and nailed to a cross, what use is he, then?"''

* ActorAllusion: Vladimir Kulich is a badass Viking yet again.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Seems to have his share of authority, given that he more or less gathered everyone who took part in Ragnar's initial voyage.
* Badass
** BadassBeard: Most impressive one in the series, really.
** BadassCape: Wears one when he and Ragnar raid Lindesfarne. It's rather reminiscent of a longcoat.
** BadassBaritone: It's Vladimir Kulich. What did you expect?
** BadassLonghair
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Raiders Have Standards]]: He does not approve when Rollo and the other raiders start hacking apart defenseless monks.
* LargeAndInCharge: Visibly one of the tallest and most powerfully built of the Vikings. Also seems to be Ragnar's second.
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* AxCrazy


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* [[spoiler: StarterVillain]]
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* FallenHero


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* FreudianExcuse
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* DoomedHometown

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* DoomedHometownDoomedHometown: The monastery of Lindisfarne, as depicted, went down in history as the first recorded Viking raid on Western Europe.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic

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* ChristianityIsCatholicChristianityIsCatholic: TruthInTelevision, at least for the time period. [[hottip:Note:In the late 8th century the Great Schism between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches had yet to be formalised, and the Protestant Reformation won't be happening for a while.]]
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* CelibateHero
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* TricksterArchestype: When introduced, it was rather pointedly mentioned his name bears a strong resemblance to that of a certain trickster deity.

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* TricksterArchestype: TricksterArchetype: When introduced, it was rather pointedly mentioned his name bears a strong resemblance to that of a certain trickster deity.
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* LightningBruiser: While Ragnar isn't as big as some of the vikings, he's shown to be capable of out-muscling his larger brother, and demonstrates both remarkable speed and resilience in battle.



* {{Badass}}: He accords himself well in battle, and Lagertha notes that he is a great warrior. [[spoiler: He fights off several of the Earl's men unarmed, only being taken down due to both being out numbered and his enemies using weapons against them, and it still takes them a while. And once captured, he withstands Haraldson's tortures without giving up his brother's location.]]



* TheLancer: To Ragnar

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* TheLancer: To RagnarRagnar.
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* AmbigouslyBi: He invites another man to bed with him and his woman. However, the other viking and his woman had been making googly eyes at each other earlier, and Floki might just be doing it for her sake. As the show isn't very explicit with the sex scenes, it's unclear whether Floki had sex with the other viking, if they simply took turns, or if they had sex with her at the same time, only using separate orifices.

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* AmbigouslyBi: AmbiguouslyBi: He invites another man to bed with him and his woman. However, the other viking and his woman had been making googly eyes at each other earlier, and Floki might just be doing it for her sake. As the show isn't very explicit with the sex scenes, it's unclear whether Floki had sex with the other viking, if they simply took turns, or if they had sex with her at the same time, only using separate orifices.

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* EvenTheGuysWantHim

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* EvenTheGuysWantHimEvenTheGuysWantHim: Maybe.



* TheLancer: To Ragnar



* AmbivouslyBi: He invites another man to bed with him and his woman. However, the other viking and his woman had been making googly eyes at each other earlier, and Floki might just be doing it for her sake. As the show isn't very explicit with the sex scenes, it's unclear whether Floki had sex with the other viking, if they simply took turns, or if they had sex with her at the same time, only using separate orifices.

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* AmbivouslyBi: AmbigouslyBi: He invites another man to bed with him and his woman. However, the other viking and his woman had been making googly eyes at each other earlier, and Floki might just be doing it for her sake. As the show isn't very explicit with the sex scenes, it's unclear whether Floki had sex with the other viking, if they simply took turns, or if they had sex with her at the same time, only using separate orifices.


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* AnAxeToGrind: Wields a small hatchet.


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* DualWielding: Wields a hatchet and a dagger to deadly effect.
* KnifeNut
* TheMedic: Possesses medical knowledge of how to clean and treat wounds. Apparently advanced enough that Lagertha refers to it as magic.
* TheSmartGuy: He's a brilliant shipwright.

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->''"Odin gave his eye to acquire knowledge. But I would give far more."''

* AmbiguouslyBi: He and Lagertha invite Athelstan to join them in bed. It's unclear if Ragnar intended to have any sexual contact with Athelstan himself- he doesn't make any personal advances, rather, he uses Lagertha to tempt the monk.



* BiTheWay



* EvilIsPetty
* FauxAffablyEvil: He tries to play a benevolent boss, but does a very, very bad job of it.



* AmbivouslyBi: He invites another man to bed with him and his woman. However, the other viking and his woman had been making googly eyes at each other earlier, and Floki might just be doing it for her sake. As the show isn't very explicit with the sex scenes, it's unclear whether Floki had sex with the other viking, if they simply took turns, or if they had sex with her at the same time, only using separate orifices.



* BiTheWay
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-->Played by George Blagden

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-->Played by George BlagdenGeorgeBlagden
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->''"Where are you, Lord? Tell me. Is it Your will that I’m here with these ''heathens?'' How does it serve You? I don’t understand."''
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Subverted- All the potential is there, Rollo is envious of Ragnars fame and glory as well as lusting after his wife. He has the anger issues combined with an impulsive along with a general lack of morals that say he was going to turn, but in the end he stays loyal to Ragnar even after being offered handsome rewards or tortured.]]

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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Subverted- All the potential is there, Rollo is envious of Ragnars fame and glory as well as lusting after his wife. He has the anger issues combined with an impulsive nature along with a general lack of morals that say he was going to turn, but in the end he stays loyal to Ragnar even after being offered a handsome rewards reward or tortured.]]
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Subverted- All the potential is there, Rollo is envious of Ragnars fame and glory as well as lusting after his wife. He has the anger issues combined with an impulsive along with a general lack of morals that say he was going to turn, but in the end he stays loyal to Ragnar even after being offered handsome rewards or tortured.]]


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* ForTheEvulz: Likes killing, raping, and stealing too much to give it up.

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* MamaBear:
-->''If any harm befalls my children, I will tear the lungs out of your body, priest.''

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->''"You couldn't kill me if you tried for a hundred years."''



* {{Badass}}



* SurvivorsGuilt: of his abbey.

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* InstantExpert: Becomes functionally bilingual impressively quickly.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Beating the crap single-handedly out of two would-be rapists.



* DoomedHometown




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* MadeASlave
* NonActionGuy: Put in charge of taking care of Ragnar and Lagertha's household despite having demonstrated no capacity for violence.
* StockholmSyndrome: Appears to be falling into it, under Ragnar.
* SurvivorsGuilt: of his abbey.
* TokenGoodTeammate



* KickTheDog



* TokenEvilTeammate

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* TokenEvilTeammate
FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Almost.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: or so.
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* BiTheWay


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!!Lagertha
-->Played by Katheryn Winnick

* ActionGirl: How DARE you even THINK of going adventuring without me!
* ActionMom
* HotMom

!!Athelstan
-->Played by George Blagden

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted, as he's a celibate monk. The Vikings all think he's weird.
* ChristianityIsCatholic
* EvenTheGuysWantHim

!!Earl Haraldson
-->Played by Gabriel Byrne

* BadBoss
* BigBad
* JerkAss
* WouldHurtAChild

!!Rollo
-->Played by Clive Standen

* TokenEvilTeammate

!!Floki
-->Played by Gustaf Skarsgård

* AmbiguousDisorder
* BiTheWay
* BunnyEarsLawyer
* AsYouKnow / CaptainObvious / MrExposition: Explaining Viking mythology to a ship full of Vikings.
* CloudCuckoolander
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* Badass

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!!Ragnar Lodbrok
-->Played by Travis Fimmel

* AnAxeToGrind
* AntiHero
* Badass
** BackToBackBadasses: With Rollo in the show's opening.
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Rollo's Cain; he seems to be completely oblivious to the resentment Rollo has for him, and to the lust Rollo has for his wife.
* GuileHero: Has shades of this, tricking the Earl into giving him Athelstan as a slave, tricking Athelstan into telling him of England and other lands to the west ripe for plunder.
* OddFriendship: With Athelstan.

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