Vikings
Vikingssaw some truly tragical deaths and betrayals , among those Siggy ’s demise , which could have been keep by Harbard , but he did n’t help her – and here ’s why . One of the most pop and successful historical play in recent years is Michael Hirst’sVikings , which premiered on History Channel in 2013 and came to an end in 2020 after six seasons full of betrayal , engagement , and tragedies . AlthoughVikingswas originally intended to be a miniseries , Ragnar , Lagertha , Rollo , and more quickly on the audience over , allow them to continue telling their stories for many more seasons .
During its first four season , Vikingswas led by fabled Norse warriorRagnar Lothbrok ( Travis Fimmel ) , with the serial publication cover his locomotion and raid alongside his Viking brothers , beginning with the Lindisfarne maraud , which marked the first of the Viking Age . As the serial progressed , it started shifting its focus to Ragnar ’s sons and their own journeys and conflict , and so Björn , Ubbe , Hvitserk , Sigurd , and Ivar took the lead of the series after Ragnar ’s death in season 4 and until the terminal episode . Of course , Vikingsnot just focused on Ragnar , and it introduced a miscellany of characters over the course of instruction of six seasons , of which some go along to be a secret , most notably Harbard ( Kevin Durand ) .
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Harbard was a wanderer and storytellerwho was introduced inVikingsseason 3 . Harbard arrived at Kattegat while most of the mankind were aside on raids and after Helga ( Maude Hirst ) , Aslaug ( Alyssa Sutherland ) , and Siggy ( Jessalyn Gilsig ) shared a dream of a occult man that count like him . Harbard is one of the most mysterious characters inVikings , and his appearance made direction for unlike theories on who he truly is and what his material intention was , and it also raised the interrogative of why he did n’t save Siggy and rent her drown .
Vikings: Was Harbard Really A God?
In the dream shared by Helga , Aslaug , and Siggy , Harbard was holding a ball of C on fire while his hand bled . Helga met him first when he postulate for help with a injury on his hired man , and he later met Aslaug , pull in their reliance after curing baby Ivar ’s pain , but Siggy was n’t so welcoming . Aslaug and Helga ’s attitudes toward Harbard became colder followingSiggy ’s death , as Harbard was there and could have pull through her , but instead , he permit her overwhelm . Siggy was watching over Ragnar and Aslaug ’s boy , and one daylight , Ubbe and Hvitserk ran out of their family to a frozen pond . Siggy get after them , but the boys return through thin ice , with Siggy diving in to rescue them . Harbard arrived to help her pull the boy out of the water , but he appeared to her as her deceased daughter , Thyri . When she realized it was Harbard and not Thyri , Siggy let go and countenance herself drown , with Harbard doing nothing to help her .
Harbard not avail Siggy when she died has been interpreted in dissimilar ways by viewers , and an prescribed reason has n’t been given . It ’s wide accepted that Siggy just decided her meter had come , and as she had just had a vision of her daughter , it was time to meet with her in the afterlife , and this way she got " the honor of a good death " . However , it has also been theorized thatHarbard was really a god – either Odin , as evoke by Floki ( Gustaf Skarsgård ) , or Loki – , and as such , he would have seen that Siggy had reach the end of her function and was time for her to die . Another explanation is that Harbard was trading her biography for those of Ubbe and Hvitserk , and a simpler reason could be that Siggy did n’t desire him and choose to cash in one’s chips rather . Harbard was meant to be a mystifying character inVikings , but permit Siggy die was horrible no matter who he truly was .
