The Last Kingdom: What Still Needs To Happen Before It Ends
The Last Kingdom's conclusiveseason 5 is primed to resolve a number of the Netflix series' most compelling plotlines and there are a number of things that need to happen before the series ends. Beginning in 9th-century England, the show follows Uhtred Ragnarsson (Alexander Dreymon), a warrior who was born as a Saxon but raised as a Dane, over several decades as he seeks to claim his ancestral land of Bebbanburg following his father's death at the hands of Vikings. The Last Kingdom largely adheres to history, though the character of Uhtred is only loosely based on the real-life persona Uhtred the Bold, who lived as an ealdorman in Northumbria during the 11th century. Since its commencement, The Last Kingdom has produced various intricate storylines and characters amassing its larger narrative, which promises to come to reach its highest intensity in season 5.
The Last Kingdom premiered in 2015 on BBC and was later picked up by Netflix in 2018. The show derives from the series of novels known as The Saxon Stories, written by Bernard Cornwell. While 13 books make up The Last Kingdom's source material, only 10 will have made it into the screen, as each season of the show has typically based itself on two novels. After season 5 airs on Netflix, the streaming service will release a follow-up feature film titled Seven Kings Must Die, with much of the TV series' main cast set to return.
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Given that The Last Kingdom season 5 does not signal the end of the show's source material, it's guaranteed that a number of loose ends will remain after the final season. Nonetheless, the Netflix show will likely pay off some of its foremost plotlines that have begun to culminate as of
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