Ragnar Lothbrok

[Cana]

Is there a Mod for the Campaign to play as Ragnar Lothbrok

[Ernavill]

His death is the catalyst for the campaign, so it wouldn't make sense to play a campaign with him still alive. This of course doesn't necessarily mean such a mod doesn't exist

[Cana]

Yes I understand you but I would love to have Ragnar anyway. I'm sure many people would want it to be

[Mile pro Libertate]

Originally posted by Cana:

Yes I understand you but I would love to have Ragnar anyway. I'm sure many people would want it to be

There is a mod about the sons of Ragnar, iirc, but no mod that covers Ragnar himself.

As Ernavill alludes to, the Ragnar stuff is supposed to have happened before the Great Heathen Army formed, when Northumbria was still a full Anglo-Saxon kingdom, and before an established Norse presence in Strathclyde, Pictland or Ireland.

So a Ragnar mod would need to change the world map situation quite a bit.

[Vaderming]

i started work on one last lock down got ragnar, floki and rolo leading in custom battles was looking at putting them in to campaign, thought about using great heathen army as a base thats about how far i got might give it another go over the holiday

[Ælfgar hinn hárfagri]

one small problem aside the peoples obsesion for Ragnar because muh vicucks tv show and belive irl ragnar was like the tv show...we dont know if that ragnar really existed

[Mile pro Libertate]

Originally posted by House Winterfang:

one small problem aside the peoples obsesion for Ragnar because muh vicucks tv show and belive irl ragnar was like the tv show...we dont know if that ragnar really existed

Yes, all indicators are that he didn't exist.

Some people like the more fantastic side of this era though, and there's nothing wrong with that imo.

On the other hand, I do get a kick out of how many people are into "Viking culture" right now. Ten years ago and prior basically no one talked about Norse culture or history, except Medieval history geeks. I thought it was on the wane because the History Channel: Vikings show was getting old; but then Last Kingdom came out, and now we have Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and it's kickstarted it again lol.

[Ælfgar hinn hárfagri]

Originally posted by Mile pro Libertate:

Originally posted by House Winterfang:

one small problem aside the peoples obsesion for Ragnar because muh vicucks tv show and belive irl ragnar was like the tv show...we dont know if that ragnar really existed

Yes, all indicators are that he didn't exist.

Some people like the more fantastic side of this era though, and there's nothing wrong with that imo.

On the other hand, I do get a kick out of how many people are into "Viking culture" right now. Ten years ago and prior basically no one talked about Norse culture or history, except Medieval history geeks. I thought it was on the wane because the History Channel: Vikings show was getting old; but then Last Kingdom came out, and now we have Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and it's kickstarted it again lol.

The Last Kingdom is superior to vikings from all points.I like that they show both sides not just look vikings are cool christians are baaaad.In vikings all people are just humping everyone because vikings are coool.Plus the actor who played Alfred...boy o boy he is perfect for the role.In vikings they put a weird ♥♥♥♥♥♥ as Alffred

[DarthBong420]

vicucks is a dumb show. Look how they did that dumb ♥♥♥♥ voting scene. That is not how harald finehair became the first king of norway he did it through blood and steel the viking way.

[Cana]

Originally posted by DarthBong420:

vicucks is a dumb show. Look how they did that dumb ♥♥♥♥ voting scene. That is not how harald finehair became the first king of norway he did it through blood and steel the viking way.

Vikings is a very nice show, you dumb

[Ælfgar hinn hárfagri]

Originally posted by Cana:

Originally posted by DarthBong420:

vicucks is a dumb show. Look how they did that dumb ♥♥♥♥ voting scene. That is not how harald finehair became the first king of norway he did it through blood and steel the viking way.

Vikings is a very nice show, you dumb

lo noooo.the last kingdom is faaar better.like just look at how alfred from wana be vikings is compared to the last kingdom alfred

[Ernavill]

Originally posted by Cana:

Originally posted by DarthBong420:

vicucks is a dumb show. Look how they did that dumb ♥♥♥♥ voting scene. That is not how harald finehair became the first king of norway he did it through blood and steel the viking way.

Vikings is a very nice show, you dumb

The first seasons were very entertaining (even if they weren't exactly historically accurate), but after a few seasons the series quickly went downhill.

Story arcs were needlessly stretched out to the point of tediousness, battles and set-pieces became unnecessarily elaborate, and plot resolutions became exceedingly more anti-climactic.

[Mile pro Libertate]

I also think that The Last Kingdom was a much better show. I liked the portrayal of Alfred. The last season wasn't very good imo, with that Norse shaman woman running around and all that.

But yeah, I'd rather watch the Last Kingdom several times over versus watch any season of History Channel: Vikings past the first one.

None of the shows compare to reading the old chronicles and ballads though ;)

[Ernavill]

Originally posted by Mile pro Libertate:

I also think that The Last Kingdom was a much better show. I liked the portrayal of Alfred. The last season wasn't very good imo, with that Norse shaman woman running around and all that.

But yeah, I'd rather watch the Last Kingdom several times over versus watch any season of History Channel: Vikings past the first one.

None of the shows compare to reading the old chronicles and ballads though ;)

None of that weird redemption ritual was in the books though. Yet another case of TV writers deviating from the source material for absolutely no good reason whatsoever (they probably think it is entertaining).

[dulany67]

Honestly, I like Vikings and Last Kingdom, but it's given me viking overload. Makes Valhalla kind meh for me.

[Mile pro Libertate]

I suspect you're not alone with the overload. These things seem to go in cycles. People will get their belly full, and then we won't see any shows, movies or games about Vikings for like fifteen years.

Anyone remember the WWII craze of the late '90s and early '00s ? Lol