Notable historical characters left out: Charlemagne, Guthrum (although he is combined with Hvitserk), Edmund the Martyr, king Osberht, Erik Bloodaxe, Hæstein and Aethelwulf's sons Æthelstan, Æthelbald and Æthelberht as well as his daughter Æthelswith. Also considering that the Sagas features an equally enormous amount of characters and sometimes contradict each other, it's understandable that some people are left out while others end up Compsite Characters. Adapted Out: Given that real life has a tendency to include Loads and Loads of Characters, leaving some people out is a given. The second season opens up with a massive battle between the hordes of King Horik and Jarl Borg. 
The first scene of the show involves Ragnar and Rollo kicking ass on a battlefield. The shieldmaiden wife and queen of Horik, Gunnhild. Lagertha is a shieldmaiden as well as a mother of two. Any army involving the Norse will have about 10% of its number made up of unnamed shieldmaidens. Torvi grows into becoming a shieldmaiden as the series progresses. After gaining her freedom, Thorunn trains as a shieldmaiden and fights in raids beside Björn. Horik's wife, Gunnhild, is a shieldmaiden as well. She's saved Ragnar's life in the past, but he's still protective of her. Ragnar's wife Lagertha is a shieldmaiden who occasionally accompanies men on their raids. Somewhat lampshaded by Ivar who states the sword must have been made by dwarfs. Absurdly Sharp Blade: Bishop Heahmund's sword is sharp enough that Ivar is able to slice a great white shark in half with a single single-handed strike. When his sons reach adulthood, they take up their father's mantle and attempt to make their own mark on the world. Ragnar's plans of conquest and discovery bring him into a variety of deadly conflicts and introduce him to new cultures that challenge the foundations of his society. Instead he looks west, dreaming of the riches and glory that await anyone brave enough to sail the open sea. 
Ragnar ( Travis Fimmel) is presented as an ambitious man of humble origins who is dissatisfied with the established Norse practices of tending poor homesteads and raiding bankrupt villages to the east. Much like the Icelandic sagas from which it is adapted, Vikings is an exploration of human conflicts set against the backdrop of a grim, violent, yet proud society. The show adapts the semi-legendary sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok and His Sons. It follows a Norse family's efforts to improve the lives of their people and gain power in The Viking Age. Vikings is a medieval drama series produced by The History Channel and created by Michael Hirst, the man behind Elizabeth and The Tudors.
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