Vikings: Valhalla' Season 2: Trailer, Release Date, Plot, New Characters, and Everything We Know So Far". Collider. December 17, 2022 . Retrieved January 13, 2023. The show also features a sprawling cast of characters and shifting alliances, with one of the more prominent being the Viking King Canute (Bradley Freegard), an astute strategist who sat on both the English and Danish thrones in the 11th century. Do you want to know who used the word Viking? The poor bastards who from their homes on the coast saw dozens of ships approaching ready to loot and torture them. Holy Shit, here come the Vikings! It was a derogatory term towards this caste of northern men who became the terror of several countries. Now, let’s dig into this new series created by Jeb Stuart, the guy who wrote that immortal and lovely Christmas classic called Die Hard. Valhalla or heaven? Who cares, let’s kill’em all! During this period of Harald’s life, he joined the elite Varangian Guard, composed of mighty warriors mostly from Northern Europe. They were the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine Emporer, and Harald was one of the guard’s most famous warriors. Harald served the Emporer for many years and saw lots of fighting across many of the frontiers of the Empire. In the process, Harald became extremely wealthy, funding his aims to return to Norway and claim his right as its king. Harald leaves Constantinople

On the record, Jeb Stuart teased, “Season three is very exciting and my Vikings get out of Scandinavia, so we have lots of great surprises and stories for season three.”The series tries to stage a Christian versus pagan holy war while recognizing the multifaceted nature of religious life at the time. Even Olaf, who seeks to become the Christian king of Norway by allying himself with Christian terrorists (berserkers who kill any pagan pilgrims they meet on the road, massacre and decapitate entire villages, and burn temples to the ground), makes it clear that he wants to maintain Kattegat as an open port city—a gateway to the world. Sagas and skaldic verse – poems composed at the courts of Norse rulers – take it for granted that those invited to Valhalla had shown the warrior qualities of bravery and honour. But those who acted dishonourably could face eternal exclusion. The Old Icelandic Njal’s saga tells us that a Viking who had seduced his benefactor's daughter and burned down a pagan temple would be "banished from Valhalla forever." Die on the battlefield

Spoiler alert: while the following details are known to devoted history buffs, tread lightly if you don’t want potential plot points to be revealed.] That oversight comes as an Executive Producer credit for Hirst. Jeb Stuart, the screenwriter of movies like Die Hard and The Fugitive, has stepped into the role of showrunner and writer for Vikings: Valhalla.

However, if all of this is achievable in one season remains to be seen. Harald joins the Varangian Guard