'Vikings' Season 4 Air Date, Spoilers, News & Update: Ragnar Has Death Wish? S4 Marks Monumental Switch For Travis Fimmel, History Series?

"Vikings Season 4" is a monumental switch for the history series and for Ragnar Lothbrok played by "Warcraft" star Travis Fimmel. Rather than the pocket battles of previous seasons, "Vikings Season 4" midseason will throw Ragnar Lothbrok into pivotal international wars that will change much of western history.

The "Vikings Season 4" midseason premiere teasers funneled initial focus on the re-introduction of Ragnar Lothbrok to his grown sons Ubbe, Hvitserk, Sigurd Snake-In-The-Eye and Ivar The Boneless. A fitting opening as the "Vikings" series now switches from being a story of brotherhood between Ragnar Lothbrok and Rollo (Clive Standen).

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  In "Vikings Season 4," the relationship between Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons will be explored as Parent Herald reports. More than this, "Vikings Season 4" will also mark a massive shift for Ragnar Lothbrok as a leader and a Scandinavian figure of myth and history.

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The Hollywood Reporter cites series creator Michael Hirst that the 2016 San Diego Comic Con trailer debuted for "Vikings Season 4" is not a warning of death and tragedy for Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig) or his brothers Ubbe, Hvitserk, Sigurd Snake-In-The-Eye and Ivar The Boneless. Instead, the "Vikings" series used the POV of The Seer (John Kavanagh) to describe to Bjorn how Ragnar Lothbrok will change the face of the earth.

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The once humble farmer will now rise as a threat to nations as "Vikings Season 4" launches Ragnar Lothbrok back into the fray beginning with King Ecbert (Linus Roache) of Wessex. Michael Hirst also clarifies that Ragnar Lothbrok has a death wish, but no more than as part of the belief among Vikings that a significant death for a significant cause is a good death that warrants a ticket to Valhalla.

Rollo will resurface when "Vikings Season 4" midseason premiere airs this fall even as Ragnar Lothrok leads his sons Bjorn, Ubbe, Hvitserk, Sigurd Snake-In-The-Eye and Ivar The Boneless to branch out. To which characters do you wish to give the spotlight in "Vikings Season 4"?