Vikings: Valhalla explores a new group of Viking legends 100 years after the conclusion of History's Vikings series. The series brings several influential historical figures back to life, including King Canute, Emma of Normandy, Olaf Haraldsson, Freydís Eiríksdóttir, and Harald Sigurdsson. Perhaps most notably among the list of characters is Leif Eriksson.
Leif is a Viking most notoriously known for his expeditions, including the discovery of Vinland. Despite his notoriety, Leif doesn't have a ton of screen time in Vikings: Valhalla's debut season, but that is bound to change in season 2. In his time on screen, season 1 did lay tons of groundwork for Leif and what may wait for him in season 2.
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Leif is introduced to Vikings: Valhalla en route to Kattegat with his sister, Freydís, and several of their fellow Greenlanders. At first, it seems that Leif and the other Greenlanders have arrived in Kattegat to join the army King Canute is putting together to avenge the St. Brice's Day Massacre. It is quickly learned that Leif, Freydís, and the other Greenlanders have arrived with a mission of their own: to hunt down the man that assaulted Freydís several years prior. Leif has embarked on this trip not only to help his sister but to escape the suffocating reputation of his father.
Both Leif and Freydís are the children of Erik the Red, a Viking who earned a formidable reputation after being banned from Norway for murder. As his son, Erik's crimes and reputation loom heavily over Leif during his time in Kattegat, though some admire Leif's bravery in entering Kattegat despite the fact that his father was banished from Norway and Iceland. Freydís doesn't hesitate to kill
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