"Vikings Season 4" Part 2 from History and by creator Michael Hirst may yet fulfill the reunion among Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and Christian monk Athelstan (George Blagden). While a reunion between Ragnar Lothbrok and King Ecbert (Linus Roache) is an inevitability, one between the Kattegat ruler and Athelstan may be similarly so in "Vikings Season 4" Part 2.
Fans of the History series would recall the profound friendship between Ragnar Lothbrok and Athelstan that began reluctantly in "Vikings Season 1." Although Michael Hirst, as Zap2It reports, said that Athelstan was originally meant to be a story device of relatively minor significance, the development of the monk's friendship with Ragnar Lothbrok and even with King Ecbert turned the importance of the "Vikings" character.
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Ragnar Lothbrok and Athelstan last saw each other in life shortly before the monk was murdered by a jealous Floki (Gustaf Skarsgard) in "Vikings Season 3." Athelstan was seen once more as a spirit by King Ecbert and Ragnar Lothbrok in "Mercy" of "Vikings Season 4."
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Once more Athelstan was seen by Ragnar Lothbrok in a mirage of his old life when he was a farmer in "Vikings Season 1" just before he journeyed to raid Paris in S4. Significantly, this is the same episode ("What Might Have Been") in "Vikings Season 4" where Ragnar Lothbrok asked the Seer about when the Kattegat ruler will die.
"You'll die on the day that the blind man sees you," the Seer told Ragnar Lothbrok. Michael Hirst told Zap2It, as a highlight that the monk has profound impact on both Ragnar Lothbrok and King Ecbert, that "Vikings Season 4" Episode 20 will see traces of Athelstan.
"Vikings Season 4" Part 2 may see a few more episodes which hint Athelstan, and one wonders if these will be the ones surrounding the imminent death of Ragnar Lothbrok. If "Vikings Season 4" Part 2 does bring Athelstan back to Ragnar Lothbrok and King Ecbert in this period, little wonder then that Michael Hirst says the monk's presence will bring tears to History viewers.
"Vikings Season 4" Part 2 airs in History on November 30. How would you like to see Ragnar Lothbrok and Athelstan reunite in "Vikings Season 4" Part 2?
