Might Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) make a return in Vikings? (Image: Historical past)
On the finish of the month, the ultimate 10 episodes of Vikings season six are set to be launched because the historic drama attracts to an in depth.
In a first look released earlier this month, it was revealed that Bjorn Ironside (Alexander Ludwig), son of Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick), had survived the bloody battle in opposition to Ivar the Boneless (Alex Høgh Andersen), though he has been left in a severely injured state.
In the meantime Ubbe (Jordan Patrick Smith), son of Ragnar and his second spouse Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland), is making an attempt to fulfil his father’s dream of travelling additional west than any Viking earlier than him.
Whereas Ragnar met his demise in season 4 in 2016 after being thrown right into a pit of snakes, there was hope amongst followers that he may return to the present in some capability.
Within the first half of season six, Ragnar made a particular look throughout the funeral of his first spouse Lagertha, showing within the sand because the queen drifted to the underside of the ocean.
The trailer for season six half two options the voice of the deceased Ragnar, saying: ‘Everybody will at all times underestimate you. You should make them pay for it.’
Ragnar seems in sand kind throughout Lagertha’s funeral (Image: Historical past)
So may this imply he may seem within the remaining a part of season six, maybe in ghost kind?
Throughout a latest interview with Express.co.uk, Vikings creator Michael Hirst addressed the potential return of Ragnar, saying that he’s ‘at all times current’ and is ‘the presiding spirit on the present’.
Nonetheless, it doesn’t appear seemingly he’ll reappear in season six half two, because the voiceover featured audio from earlier on within the sequence.
‘He has by no means actually gone away, he was traditionally the primary nice Viking hero,’ Michael stated.
‘They’d have remembered him in songs and sagas, they might have sung about him within the nice corridor, and remembered his exploits.’
Emphasising this level, Michael added: ‘He didn’t go away, ever. He has at all times been within the present and he’s proper till the tip.’
So whereas he might not bodily seem in season six half two, he will certainly nonetheless be there in spirit.
A sequel spin-off, titled Vikings: Valhalla, is at present in growth for Netflix.
Maybe we’ll see the late Ragnar present up there within the close to future?
The ultimate 10 episodes of Vikings season six are resulting from be launched on Amazon Prime on December 30.