Vikings San Diego Comic Con

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Hail Vikings,

On the 21st of July, Vikings will be at Comic con. The first announcement came out from Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) who will be attending. We know what happened last year. So get your tickets now. More will be announced later.
 

Who wants to be King?

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Hail Vikings,

The title says it all we are going to talk about the possibilities of Who could be King and who wants to be king.

The difference between the two is not very simple. We have a group that could be king and we have a few who desire power and want to be king, but what if the burden isn´t taken by anyone or everyone it becomes chaos.Chaos the seer foretold or chaos by the meaning of Ragnarök.What will be the most important thing of ruling something like Kattegat? 

Because Ragnar disappeared, Aslaug has ruled Kattegat that is for sure especially when we see how she talks to Bjorn. Bjorn is her messenger to the other brothers in the cabin nothing more like that. We see in that same expression of Bjorn that he got irritated by her. Why didn't he attack Aslaug while Ragnar was away is he afraid that one of his brothers would avenge her by killing him?

So who could be king? 

• Aslaug who is already ruling Kattegat while Ragnar was away 
• Bjorn the oldest son of Ragnar (The first heir because he is the oldest)
• Lagertha who is already ruling another country and lived in Kattegat and knows how to rule or Astrid her new lover.
• Rollo who wants the same power as Ragnar?
• Floki has failed once in his operation in France but could rule in his insanity?
• Ubbe or Hitsverk 
• Sigurd who wanted to kill his father when he would return and don't do it.
• Ivar perhaps.

Who wants to be king?

I think it is the wrong question because everyone get's an opportunity to become king of Kattegat. The problem is that it comes with power and power is a burden you need to bear, or willing to take.  Why want Ragnar to give up his burden?

For that, we need to go way back in time to season 1. He wanted to be Earl because he needed to sail west. He didn't ask to become Earl. In season 2 we see the first difference in the power that Ragnar has and what Ragnar decide. After the betrayal of Rollo, he as earl couldn't kill his brother there was a trail but he decided that a judge needed to decide not Earl like in the first place.

In the second season, he becomes famous of his raiding's to the west and when he plots to talk to King Eckbert without having a meeting with then Earl Ingstad and King Horik, King Horik start to plot against Ragnar. When Siggy decide she wants back her power by sleeping with King Horik, Rollo tries to become more powerful than Ragnar by betrayal him to get together with Jarl Borg, Floki hates some of the decisions Ragnar made and decided it is time to switches over to Horik his team. Ragnar has only one decision to make to stay alive to kill King Horik whether it is a plot together with Floki or from Ragnar himself. He becomes King by decisions of others.  

If he then goes to Paris and gets defeated multiple times it is a kings burden to keep the riches coming at that time and to succeed in raiding parties he has a burden to bear by keeping a lot from his own people. He knew that Floki killed Athelstan. He knew about the settlement in Wessex.

He has brought Kattegat to a big city that couldn´t be ruled and by misjudgment of Ragnar 

consider him he is done with his kingship.

http://wellntruly.tumblr.com/post/113714801455/vikings-recap-s3e4

Aslaug

She rules Kattegat already multiple times when Ragnar was away. She rules with her own rules and won't want to change anything religion wise she loves it the old way. She is one of the main characters who is seeking for power. She even rules with Bjorn but not the way Bjorn likes.

Bjorn

Bjorn could rule Kattegat but with his choice to arrest Floki and not the favorite ruler by Ragnar because he misjudges after a few situations the one with Floki was one too many according to Ragnar. Bjorn won't kill Ragnar for Kingship because in his eyes he still is his hero. At that time it was normal that the kingship went from father to son. So Bjorn is the truth heir.

Lagertha  

After she left Kattegat to divorce Ragnar she became Earl by the time she came home she had made a good fortune for her people when she killed Kalf she is the one and only ruler of Hedeby. She would love to seek revenge for what Aslaug took off her not only Ragnar but also Kattegat and Bjorn. Bjorn´s life lies in Kattegat. She would do anything to see Bjorn or herself rule in Kattegat. In my opinion, she doesn't like the idea to attack Kattegat but if that is what it takes she will attack Kattegat because of Aslaug.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/14/vikings-photos-lagertha-female-lover-endgame

Astrid

New lover of Lagertha what is her power to get Lagertha  attack Kattegat for her own reason to be queen or is there something else behind Astrid's motif. Because she is a new character so we don't know what she would do.

Floki

Could Floki be king? It depends if we take back the scene that he and Aslaug had together with Harbard he could but I don't think so. Floki could be seeking that power but it will drive him to madness or into Ragnarök. When Floki is the mythic god Loki he is always seeking for power. He could be a good king if he is Loki but also a trickster. He is a natural leader in Loki but he had a say in concurring Paris and failed dramatically that turned him into madness. I don't see Floki as King but everything is possible.

Rollo

Rollo is in Paris but will he stay there and what will happen when he knows that Ragnar is trading his kingship? Is Rollo still seeking power in Kattegat? We do know he will be back together with the sons of Ragnar or if he is able to give it through will he give the favour to Bjorn. I think he will favour Bjorn. I don't know how he will react on Ivar.

http://www.imgrum.net/user/vikings.scenes/2019426644/1260383182563948367_2019426644

Ivar and the other sons of Ragnar/Aslaug 

Ivar could be the next King of Kattegat but will he kill Ragnar for it at this point I don't think so, because he wants to raid Paris with Ragnar. Will he be king in the future? That is almost certain at least he will be better known as Ragnar. Together with his brother's he will be known all over the world.  

Sigurd wanted Ragnar dead but doesn't have the guts to kill his dad just yet.

Ivar told Ubbe that he is soft so he definitely won't kill Ragnar.

Vikings: Comic-Con Panel

Hail Vikings,

The Viking panel of Comic-Con 2016 is up to see by History.

What can I say about this panel it has a few spoilers in it but not that much.

A little summary

• Floki is what you like him to be: Seer, god or Floki he doesn't mind but he loved the word god.
• Lagertha will clash with Aslaug.
• We possibly see a new relationship between Lagertha and Ragnar but if they will be together if it was up to Hirst it would but I can only tell when we see the new season.
• Bjorn is going to explore different countries.
• Rollo is going on the Viking route.
• Ragnar has hopes that one of his children will be king but he felt like they left him.

Next week I will talking about Who wants to be King?

Mythology behind the Comic-Con trailer

http://www.hngn.com/articles/37652/20140731/vikings-season-3-trailer-spoilers-seer-narrates-creepy-dark-new.htm

Hail Vikings,

Today I want to talk to you about the mythology behind the Comic-con trailer of the Vikings. But first I would like to tell you what happened towards this blog. If you put the words world will tremble, Viking Mythology or Norse mythology you find an amazing lot of stuff. When I checked this out I was glad about the information I found but also sad. When I went deeper and deeper into the material I am going to explain in this blog I found out that season 5 could be the last season. I hope not but you never know.  

So our world could really be trembling if what I found out is the truth behind the trailer. I know I will take you to my perspective of the trailer and my opinions on what I found out but at least you know how I felt and maybe in a way you will find a way to explain it differently to me. Please feel free to contact me on what you think and feel free to get your own opinion. Right, back to what I wanted you to do and explain the mythology behind the trailer. 

The world will tremble but wasn't it already in season 4 episode 2 "Kill the Queen" by locking up Floki in the cave like the bounding saga from Loki. The screaming of Loki already shook up the world with earthquakes. We hear Floki scream but didn't see the earthquakes. We know that Ragnar couldn't kill Floki at that time so he freed him of his suffering by releasing him from the cave.   

In the first seconds of the trailer we see waving flag's this is a reference to Noatun the home of the god Njord owner of wind, sea, and fire. Here we see also a reference to Loki (Floki). There is also the myth about Baldr who is also a god of wind later in this blog I will tell you that it is most likely Baldr.

If we look further into the trembling we find the story of Thor and Loki in Jotunheim. This story told by Harbard in season 2 and again told to Ubbe, Hitsverk, Sigurd and Ivar by Ragnar in season 3. We take the story in a wider perspective we see a similarity to Ivar because they use the same carriage wagon in the trailer. 

When the seer explains to Bjorn that the return of Ragnar will cause so many things like dead we see a boat lose its men and shipwreck this reference is Náströnd or better known Corpse shore we saw that also in the trailer of season 3 a beach full of corpses. 

Courtesy: History Channel

The interesting part of the trailer would be the one with Aslaug and Lagertha and the sword. When I was looking for the sword I found some interesting stuff in the mythology of Aslaug when reading that mythology I found something interesting we haven't thought about it yet. 

Due to an article, I came across I was eager to find out if Aslaug only betrayed or plot against Ragnar. The only question is did she betray Ragnar with Yidu, but the truth of the matter is that it started back in season 2 episode 10 with King Horik. How you might wonder I will tell you.  

In the mythology of Aslaug, Aslaug wasn't called that way Kára because she was  a slave before she met Ragnar. We also find her back as Sigrún in the mythology of Sigrún and Helgi I only wonder if this part played by Ragnar or Lagertha at that point. It is amazing to see this story about love and destroy. I think we see Gram in the trailer. 

Gram is given to Horik by Brunhilde, Brunhilde refers to the Sigurd story. When Ragnar kills Horik he became the owner of Gram but due to the absence of Ragnar after Paris, it is in possession by Aslaug. If it is in possession by Aslaug she could give it to Ivar by a crowning ceremony or Ivar will get it as it goes from father to son.

If Ragnar won't kill her because of Yidu. We know from the trailer that it could be Lagertha killing Aslaug for what she had done to her so that could make Lagertha Helgi as well. On the other side, we also see a bleeding Lagertha in the trailer. That could also be a child that she carries and have a miscarriage.  

We see Ivar killing a few soldiers with a sword while lying on the ground. The sword could be Gram but more likely it is Tyrfing in the mythology of The lay of Grimnir. Grimnir another name for Odin.

In the separation of Yggdrasil, we see an anger burst during Ragnarök. Will this stand for the revenge of Ragnar's sons, or will this anger burst stand for a lot of war's coming this season? Will they really succeed to fade away the world into their own? This is what scared me Ragnarök because this means that it could end because Ragnarök would mean the end of the world. It is also Baldr and Loki that are in the trailer and they are definitely represented in the Ragnarök story.  

Links Alphabetically

The world will tremble:

Aslaug/Lagertha             

1. http://linkis.com/www.gamenguide.com/a/Wen7e

Aslaug/Lagertha and     

Ragnar     

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigr%C3%BAn

Baldr        

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldr       

Floki

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrafna-Fl%C3%B3ki_Vilger%C3%B0arson

Ivar

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrfing
2. http://www.mythologydictionary.com/tyrfing-mythology.html
3. http://thenorsegods.com/the-lay-of-grimnir/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram_(mythology)
5. http://www.mythologydictionary.com/gram-mythology.html

Jotunheimr       2 +3 are Dutch                 

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6tunheimr
2. http://www.theosofie.net/onlineliteratuur/odin/14thor.html
3. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jotunheim#Thor_en_Loki_in_Jotunheim
4. http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/bulf/bulf38.htm

Lagertha                            

1. http://www.connellodonovan.com/kaerstad.html
2. http://unicornbacon.com/?tag=lesbian

Loki

1. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki

Nóatún

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_cosmology

Náströnd

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1str%C3%B6nd

Njord

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%B6r%C3%B0r

Revenge

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram_(mythology)
2. http://www.mythologydictionary.com/gram-mythology.html

Wind

1. http://www.germanicmythology.com/PoeticEdda/GRM33.html
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1inn,_Dvalinn,_Duneyrr_and_Dura%C3%BEr%C3%B3r

The world will tremble

Courtesy: History Channel

Hail Vikings,

I called this one The world will tremble because I like the usage in the trailer itself. The world will indeed tremble when we see an army and upcoming wars between the Vikings and Paris, Vikings and Wessex, Hedeby and Kattegat, and assuming Vikings and Northumbria. I assume that Ragnar will attack Wessex if he is going to raid Paris again depends if he is going to Paris first. 

Ivar wants to raid Paris with Ragnar end of season 4A. If Ragnar decided to raid Paris first this is one of the things that could become true for Ivar.

Unfortunately, if they attack Wessex first it will be the downfall of Ragnar without a doubt.We see him in a cage but this could also be a trick like we saw in Paris. Let´s hope it is a trick but I think it will resemble the dead of Ragnar.

When I saw the trailer we see and hear a couple of things, Bjorn is not so pleased when Ragnar came back when talking to the seer. He needs to curse that day the seer told Bjorn. We see Bjorn shouts charge to a very big army. I am not sure if this is already the "Heathen Army" that revenge Ragnar or if it is a resemble of one army twice as big as before. I even don't know if Ragnar will die and if he is going to die which episode.

Lagertha has different things on her mind she wants to revenge her marriage to Ragnar. She wants power and become queen because she thinks she has the right to be queen.Lagertha, therefore, attacks Kattegat it seems. I think she will do that when Ragnar is not around. Or she is doing it with permission of Ragnar. The funny thing is though when you think about it Lagertha loved by everyone why attack the place? In a recent interview, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) told it could be a different outcome than we expect. Will this be her dead sentence as well?

We see a village burning if we see Floki. It means they are raiding again like the old days. Shall we see old Floki back? The village needs to be an Arabic country because we see clothes from over there. The seer is not dead yet when we hear Bjorn and him talk so will Floki be his successor or is he still the human form of the god Loki? 

Ivar declares the war to the world by this the world will tremble and everyone will know who Ivar is. 

The wind of change

Hail Vikings,

The trailer arrived a month ago and I was seriously in panic. What to do with my blog it has so many aspects in it where do I start and how will I write done all this awesomeness and sadness in one. I decided to think about it and decided last week I will do it in more than one blog.

This one I will call "The wind of change", next week will be the one I call ´The world will tremble", Mythology will also be one of the series blogs I am going to make. I don't know yet what I want to call that one.

But first The wind of change.

Why did I want to call this blog the wind of change? I choose that because the first seconds of the trailer are about that. Flags flapping in the wind, we can feel and saw that there is a storm coming we don't know if this is Kattegat, Hedeby or Wessex perhaps. A stone to sharpen an axe trembles. We have seen Sigurd, Hvitserk, Ivar, and Bjorn but also King Eckbert. The change in the story from Ragnar to his sons. The change in rulers although it is a big question who wants to be king in Wessex and who will it be in Kattegat?

There are a few options here in both Wessex and Kattegat. 

Wessex: Aethelwolf who is obviously the one to succeed to become king or will he be ruled out by his father king Eckbert who has his sins on Alfred? What will Magnus do when he smells the power of a true Viking or  will he be just a puppet for Ragnar? Will Magnus change the world from Christianity to heathen once again or will he join forces with his other brothers?

Kattegat: Aslaug who ruled when Ragnar was gone, Bjorn the oldest the official successor, The other boys or will it definitely will be Ivar? Will Halfdan and King Finehair rule Kattegat also one of the many possibilities. What about Lagertha I could see her rule Kattegat.

When we hear the seer speak about calamity, chaos, tragedy and dead we see different things that concerned me. Lagertha could/is pregnant again but will she lose another child, we see lots of blood in that scene, is she going to die or is it a flashback from when she was pregnant. If she becomes pregnant again is it from Ragnar because we see them kiss in the trailer or is this a dream or flashback from Ragnar. Is Ragnar still living in the past instead of the future?

Rollo is changing yet again from Christian when he married Gisla to Viking again. This is because Bjorn, Floki, Helga and Hvitserk in Paris to get safe passages for their journey to the Mediterranean Sea. 

In the trailer: Rollo tells Gisla that still a part of him is Viking. To prove Rollo they show the map Bjorn has found in the cabin when he lived in the wilderness.

Lagertha seems to attack a village I think it is Kattegat. We saw boats come and go to Kattegat, Wessex and far beyond new destinies. On the boats, we see a lot of familiar faces. Halfdan, Finehair, Bjorn, Rollo, Floki, Ragnar, the sons of Ragnar. All the boats have different flags.

We see a few wars for power and raids coming up. Between Lagertha and Aslaug, Ragnar, Aella, and Eckbert, the sons of Ragnar, Aella and Eckbert. We see burning houses in a new place seems to me it is an Arabic place. Paris and Wessex get raided again. Kattegat will be under attack. 

New Vikings cast announced

Got it from vikings.scenes (History Channel courtesy)

Hail Vikings,

There are a few new cast members announced.

Ketill Flatnose Adam (Edge) Copeland

Alfred Darren Cahill 

Magnus Ferdia Walsh-Peelo

Astrid Josefin Asplund

History Channel courtesy

What we know already is that: 

Astrid will be the lover of Lagertha. Explained by Michael Hirst as she is fed up with relationships with men so she wants women, this time.

Lagertha will meet Ragnar again but if this is before or after this relationship is unknown. Lagertha and Aslaug will meet each other in a feud because Lagertha still has revenge feelings for what Aslaug did to her family but especially taken away Ragnar from her.  

Bjorn isn't so happy with the return of Ragnar. Bjorn, Floki, and Helga will go to an imaginary land what they will know as the mediterranean sea.

Ivar get trained by Ragnar. Ragnar is going to Floki and Lagertha to he wants peace but how will they react when Ragnar seeks for help from the two of them. 

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is playing an unknown character but his first appearance will be in the last episode of season 4B

Characters

Ketill Flatnose 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketill_Flatnose

https://www.geni.com/people/Ketill-Bjarnarson/6000000001169157385

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ice/lax/lax01.htm

https://mann-saga.obsidianportal.com/wikis/ketill-flatnose

http://www.sagadb.org/laxdaela_saga.en

http://www.icelandicroots.com/tag/ketill-flatnose/

http://www.newhistorian.com/tag/ketill-flatnose/

https://books.google.nl/books?id=u_tar2V8z18C&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=ketill+flatnose&source=bl&ots=EM8A9bSsWV&sig=eG7aIyc64Stk4LzJ6tgAwaFVZEU&hl=nl&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwi2sMHYvM7OAhUJ6SYKHf9yCr4Q6AEIZjAN#v=onepage&q=ketill%20flatnose&f=false

Magnus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Barefoot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_the_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_II_of_Norway

Alfred

http://www.britannia.com/history/saxontime4.html

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20nobility.htm

http://www.britishheritage.com/alfred-the-great/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Greathttp://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/saxon_6.htm

Astrid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Olofsdotter_of_Sweden

https://www.geni.com/people/Astrid-Olofsdotter-av-Sverige/6000000003243483198

https://lockerdome.com/6246254019620417/6246412832752148

https://sussle.org/t/Astrid_Olofsdotter_of_Sweden

Jennie Jacques Instagram account Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Jennie Jacques, Darren Cahill.

Actors information

Adam (Edge) Copeland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178581/

Darren Cahill

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6645309/

Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdia_Walsh-Peelo

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6916321/

Josefin Asplund

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefin_Asplund

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4739140/

Vikings

Courtesy of History

Hail Vikings,

First of all, I like to apologize for the recap blogs I thought by now we would know a return date but unfortunately, we don´t have a date yet. The thing is that a lot of new casts introduced over the last couple of weeks.

The trailer came out during San Diego Comic-Con 22 Juli and I haven't posted it yet. so my blog isn't exactly up to date due to several reasons.

One of them is the date that Vikings will return but most of all I have seen the trailer multiple times and have seen so much that I wasn't able to write anything down because there is so much to write about the trailer already.

In the next few blogs, I will try to make it up to you so stay tuned for new Vikings blogs. The blogs will come out every Thursday at 13:36 PDT

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SPOILERS Bjorn season 4 part 1 recap

http://www.history.com/shows/vikings/cast/bjorn

Hail Vikings,

In the first episode of this season, we see Bjorn arrest Floki for the dead of Athelstan. When his father isn't too pleased about this when he woke up Bjorn learns a valuable lesson from that. Ragnar still thinks he is stupid and when he ask to go away by his own into the wilderness he didn't get much of approval either. Ragnar agrees with his decision but fears the worst. When Bjorn is in the wilderness we see him almost freeze to dead before arriving at the cabin. As he went out for fishing he sees a bear. When he finally approach the bear he realizes that he has forgotten his axe. After he has set traps to hunt a bear down he kills the bear.

Kalf and Erlendur plot a plan because Erlendur wants Bjorn dead, to revenge the dead of his father King Horik they sent a berserker his way. With the ring of King Horik to get him passage through the different kingdoms. How foolish of Erlendur it was to do that. After Bjorn get into the fight with the berserker and tortured the men he is given the ring.

Bjorn gets to Hedeby before Yule he gets Torvi away from Erlendur. Torvi needs to leave her child behind. Lagertha tells him there is still time to get to Kattegat to celebrate Yule. He spends Yule at his father's place in Kattegat. Bjorn isn't too pleased to see Aslaug and King Finehair especially when he hears what King Finehair wants. Ragnar comes in and tells 

Bjorn he isn't pleased to see Torvi in Kattegat.

Torvi sees the ring when Bjorn is looking at it and tells Bjorn it is from Erlendur. Bjorn confronts Erlendur with the ring he is lying to Bjorn that he have never seen the ring. Ragnar, however, doesn't trust King Finehair something he has in common with Bjorn. Bjorn goes and talks to King Finehair. He has nothing to fear from King Finehair.

The first defeat in Paris is a fact and Bjorn talks to his father that he needs to do something about the defeat because of the family name.  When they strike the second time we see Bjorn already much more in his role of becoming a leader. When his mother get's wounded he carries her into the boat and gets Ragnar by someone else in the boat as well to sail away back to Kattegat.

If Aslaug gets Bjorn away from the fishing we see an irritation towards Aslaug. When he finds out why she called him he isn't too pleased to hear the story about Magnus and gets really angry to hear from the Wessex settlement that it has slaughtered. He doesn't know because it was never told to him. It is then that we hear Ragnar is gone for so long as they arrived back in Kattegat to nowhere be found.  

After Aslaug told him were his brothers are because they need to know we see Bjorn up at the cabin where we meet the grown-up versions of Ubbe, Hvitserk, Sigurd, and Ivar. They want to spread the news about Magnus and the settlement because if Ragnar is coming back two of them want him dead. Ivar, Ubbe, and Bjorn don't want to know they took it and defend Ragnar. Bjorn tells them although Ragnar has failings and was almost a god to a lot of people he is still a man in Bjorn his eyes. Ivar and Ubbe want to know more about Ragnar mind and strategy.

We see Bjorn at Floki who knew about the settlement and we see boats. Bjorn wants to sail the Mediterranean sea. Imaginary land on a map according to Floki but when Bjorn asks him to come he comes.

Vikings San Diego Comic Con update

http://www.justjared.com/2015/07/11/vikings-cast-steps-out-at-comic-con-debuts-new-trailer/

Hail Vikings,

A small update on San Diego Comic Con.

Attendees from Vikings:

Michael Hirst writer of Vikings, Travis Fimmel (Ragnar), Katheryn Winnick (Lagertha), Clive Standen (Rollo), Gustaf Skarsgard (Floki), Alyssa Sutherland (Aslaug) and Alexander Ludwig (Bjorn) 

There will be a panel with a new preview of Vikings on Friday 22nd of July at 5:45 - 6:45 PM room 6 CBF.

When there will be more news I will update you again.

SPOILERS Rollo season 4 part 1 recap

http://www.history.com/shows/vikings/cast/rollo

Hail Vikings,

When we left season 3 behind Rollo stayed in Paris. Due to a prophecy by the seer he needs to stay there. He is going to marry Gisla. At the wedding, we see a proud Rollo. When they have the wedding night we see the first transformation in Rollo. Gisla is afraid of him. The wedding night turns out as a disaster.

After the wedding, Rollo, count Oddo, and Roland make a battle strategy he shows them because he can't speak any French. While Gisla filled for divorce, Rollo starts to learn French. In this moment, we see that he is still a Viking but when he butchered the Viking camp cause he knows it was them or he that got killed when he arrived at the camp, he betrayed Ragnar for the first time this season.

Gisla, The Emperor, and the bishop want Rollo to sign the divorce papers because the marriage is not yet conceived, but when Rollo starts to speak French and beg Gisla to try, Gisla decided to stay with Rollo. Afterwards, Gisla changed but Rollo too. When they conceive their marriage in the next room. While the rest is having dinner because it is Christmas.

After these events, Rollo starts to plan his big battle against his brother Ragnar. When Ragnar shows up for the first attack he defends Paris against Ragnar. He and Gisla are pregnant from their first child. Rollo tries to have sex with Gisla but she thinks it will cost the baby's live so she refuses. Rollo hates the way the Franks live. This is the first time we see Rollo doubt the change he made is any good.

When Ragnar comes for the second time he got a little defeat but we all know Rollo he will attack again. This time, he attacked and wins the battle but with the deadly injured Lagertha the fight between the brothers stopped. Rollo got crowned as Duke and got a "hail Caesar" from the Emperor.   

SPOILERS Floki season 4 part 1 recap

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Hail Vikings,

When Floki got back to Kattegat he can feel his freedom until he got arrested by Bjorn. The arrest follows for the dead of Athelstan. When he gets help to get away from the centre square in Kattegat bullied by children there is a two-part story. One that Bjorn takes away the children and one that Helga defend Floki in front of the children. He got soon arrested again this time by Ubbe one of the children of Ragnar.

With his second arrest, he got chained in a cave. Helga who puts a bowl above his head tries to let Floki sleep but when the bowl is full and she is getting tired and tries to fall asleep, Floki wakes and start screaming. After a while when Ragnar ask Helga if she told him Floki wants to know what had happened. When Helga tells him that his daughter passed away, he starts screaming again.

We see Ragnar back in the cave with an axe but he frees Floki because Helga doesn't need another burden according to Ragnar. Floki's place in the society is known as outlaw especially when he arrives to celebrate Yol in the great hall. When King Finehair and Halfdan asks why the great boat builder that changed the life of every Viking is in disregard by King Ragnar Floki tells them I killed his Christian pet.

Floki went to the Seer who already expected him a long time ago. We see a lot of change in the character Floki. especially when Aslaug asks him to teach Ivar about the Viking ways and the gods.

Floki is going  to sail with King Finehair and Halfdan to Paris. When they set camp the first time there is a part we see him make love to Aslaug. Aslaug at the same time is making love with Harbard.

Ragnar asks him a favour and advice when he wants the boats to lift the boats on the mountain and rolled or carried after the towers of Paris. It is great to see that Floki is building great things again. He almost lost Helga because the base camp attacked by Roland.

During the second attack of Rollo, he got injured but managed to sail away back to Kattegat. We see him with Bjorn to talk about the imaginary land of the Mediterranean sea. Bjorn and Floki go together with Helga.

SPOILERS Lagertha season 4 part 1 recap

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Hail Vikings,

While leaving Paris Lagertha and Kalf are going back to Hedeby. Here we see a lot of betray. Kalf and Einar betray each other while Erlundur and Kalf make plans to kill Bjorn. Einar got castrated by Lagertha after almost killing every men in Hedeby because the people don't want the shared Earldom between Lagertha and Kalf.

When Lagertha and Kalf talk about the future Kalf tells her he want children with her. Lagertha immediately thinks she can't have children because the seer told her so a long time ago. Lagertha got pregnant by Kalf and they marry but before they do Lagertha kills Kalf as she promised to him. Revenge for her because Kalf took her earldom away.

If she joins the raiding party to Paris we see a fully pregnant Lagertha. When Ragnar starts to get involved what Lagertha can and can't do she get mad at him because he is not her husband anymore. While working like the men she loses the child due to the hard work. While losing the child she told Ragnar she wanted to change the prophecy but couldn't after all. She seeks comfort with Ragnar and Bjorn. 

We see a vulnerable Lagertha in Paris when they meet Rollo it only gets worse she want to defend Ragnar but got stabbed trying to get to Ragnar. This stops the fight between brothers and left us wondering if Lagertha will make it to Kattegat or Hedeby.  

SPOILERS Ragnar season 4 part 1 recap

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Hail Vikings,

When Ragnar left Paris in season 3 he was between life and death. When we meet Ragnar again in seasons 4 première he is still not awake and in bed. While waking up later that episode and realise that Bjorn arrested Floki he isn't so pleased that he was absent for a while. He found Bjorn stupid in two ways as Bjorn want to go out into the wilderness to find himself, and the arrested of Floki.

When Ubbe arrested Floki for the second time the children of Ragnar give him an unwanted situation so he bound Floki in a cave. He visits Helga and her daughter to get them some food. Later we see Helga and Ragnar with the body of Angrboda. They both lost a child now. They both suffer by the ideas of Floki.We see Ragnar free Floki in the third episode because Helga suffered enough. 

Ragnar also meet Yidu. He and Yidu share the same burden. And those scenes are the ones he starts to use a medicine to comfort his pain and get rest to his mind. King Finehair comes to Kattegat and during the Yol celebrations, Ragnar tells Yidu his biggest secret.

We see the father/husband talk between Ragnar and Bjorn and they both don't trust King Finehair.  

Ragnar now on the medicine of Yidu gets major flashbacks with Lagertha, Gyda, Bjorn and Athelstan this happens underway to Paris. When the first fight between Ragnar and Rollo set sail. The one before the towers he got defeated. When Ragnar sails back to the place they have a camp he can hide for a while. Due to an attack on the camp, he sees his children because they were hiding.

When Yidu blackmailed him he drowned her in front of his children (Ubbe and Hvitserk) nearby Paris.

They leave the camp to camp up a hill. Genius as Ragnar is he lift the boats up to the hill and walked the boats after the towers to get them in the river again. While doing so he has changed strategy and at first, he wins the first battle but when Rollo attacks the second time it ended up in a fight between brothers. This fight gets undecided because Lagertha gets wounded. After this had happened the fight stops and Rollo lets Ragnar get away back to Kattegat.

Back in Kattegat, he decided abandoned each and everyone by leaving Kattegat. When he is back in Kattegat it changed drastically. He sees his children grown up. Also, he feels he was not wanted anymore. He still is King and asks everybody who wants to kill him?