This Wednesday on History’s Vikings, an inevitability became a tragic reality— and a prophecy was shockingly fulfilled — as one of the epic saga’s bravest, truest and most formidable warriors met their end.
When White Hair and his stooges stormed the village Lagertha (played by original cast member Katheryn Winnick) now calls home, the onetime queen of Kattegat led a positively brilliant counterattack, baiting the brutes into an elaborately constructed, deadly maze featuring spikes, swords and fiery oil baths. After mauling many of his minions, Lagertha found herself face to face with White Hair, and a fierce brawl followed, one that slowly but surely chipped away at the famed shield maiden’s shield. But when it appeared that Lagertha had been bested and was ready/willing to ascend to Valhalla, she used her last shard of shield to gouge White Hair’s neck, slaying him.
Though Lagertha survived that battle, it did not come without cost. She had sustained grave wounds. Following some cursory treatment of her slashed torso, she strapped herself on horseback and set out into the stormy night, to find Bjorn. Eventually, her horse sidled up to Hvitserk’s home, and Lagertha slumped off the steed and into the muddy road. Hvitserk, ever haunted and hallucinating, stepped outside and saw what he believed to be a giant, hissing serpent — and violently stab it, he did! Except, it was of course Lagertha into whom his blade plunged.
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