Valhalla's Godwin True Story: Father, Power & Future King Explained
Vikings: Valhalla follows a new generation of Viking warriors and English royals, among those Godwin – and here’s his true story. Historical dramas have become quite popular in recent years, and one of the most successful titles from this branch is Vikings, created by Michael Hirst. Vikings premiered on the History Channel in 2013 and even though it was originally planned to be a miniseries, it lived on for a total of six seasons, coming to an end in 2020. However, this wasn’t the end of the universe of Vikings, as there are many more characters and stories to explore from other eras from the Viking Age, and so a sequel series was announced in 2019.
Titled Vikings: Valhalla, the series is set over a century after the events of Vikings, and as such, it doesn’t feature any of the surviving characters from the main series (except for The Seer, but that’s a special case), instead focusing on a new generation of warriors and enemies. Vikings: Valhalla follows Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett), Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson), and Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter) as they embark on a journey that takes them across oceans and battlefields – from Kattegat to England, to the pagan temple in Uppsala and beyond –, all with the conflict between Vikings and English royals (pagans vs Christians) as the backdrop.
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The St. Brice’s Day massacre serves as the event that kicks off Vikings: Valhalla, establishing a rivalry between Vikings and English royals from the beginning, and a key character in the latter group is Godwin (David Oakes), one of the people closest to King Aethelred II (Bosco Hogan), queen Emma of Normandy (Laura Berlin), and Prince Edmund (Louis
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