However, before King Ragnar finally bids his adieu on “Vikings,” he is expected to meet a new love in the upcoming season, which rumors say would by Yidu, played by Chinese actress Dianne Doan.
Bjorn is quickly turning into a leader in his own right and the prince of the Vikings will exercise his newfound power when comes face to face with his uncle Rollo.
In an interview in July, Ludwig said that he was unsure exactly what revenge his character would perpetrate against his traitor uncle. What he knows is that when Bjorn explodes, there will be no compassion at all for Rollo.
The actor said that Bjorn is so straight-edge in that when he makes a decision, he sticks to it.
It is not just King Ragnar and King Rollo who will have their share of sibling rivalry in Season 4 of “Vikings.” Apparently, Ragnar Lothbrok’s sons will also fight among themselves on who shall sit as King of Denmark after certain events will force Ragnar to give up his throne.
In the event that Ragnar abdicates the throne, his rightful successor is Bjorn Ironside, being the Prince of Denmark, and also his first-born son. But according to latest reports, Bjorn as the new head of the Vikings will not sit well with his brother Ivor.
Ragnar is supposed to die based on the Nordic Legends. Ragnar is to be captured by King AElla of North Umbria and is executed by the pit of snakes. Later, Bjorn and his brothers get revenge by raising “The Great Heathen Army”, attacking AElla, capturing him, and executing him via “The Blood Eagle”.
Rollo, to clarify, was not a king. He was the first of the line that established Normandy as a duchy. Certainly a powerful position, but not kingship.
While I will miss Travis, I am glad Ragnar is dying, as it matches the historical record in the Sagas. I don’t mind some Hollywood liberty nowadays, but the idea of Aella capturing Ragnar and then the Great Heathen Army in AngleLand (England, the land of the Angles), matches history.
Honestly, this history is already entertaining, you don’t have to change history much at all (if at all) to tell this great story. (This being said, I am very disappointed Alfred is presented as a bastard son of a princess and a priest, not at all historical, and in Alfred’s day such a man would never have been called “the great” much less ruled in a christian land).