Why is bjorn bad

If he wants something, he thinks he can simply have it because of who his father is. In season 6, Bjorn has been cheating on his wife Gunnhild Ragga Ragnars , who is pregnant with his child.

She insists they should all get married, but she is clearly hurt and upset at the thought. They committed terrible crimes for him and should be put to death, but instead Bjorn acts impulsively and decides to let them all go free into the woods.

Bjorn loses people closest to him because he lets the bandits go free. She was a witch, hence not the best person to rule over Kattegat. Moreso, her presence caused much heartache to Gunnhild, who had to accept her as Bjorn's second wife so as to prevent the family from breaking apart. While Bjorn wasn't exactly certain that Ingrid was evil when he married her, it was his decision to cheat on Gunnhild in the first place that led to the rise of Ingrid.

These events also painted Bjorn as hypocritical since as a child, he had heavily criticized Ragnar for cheating with Aslaug only to do the same thing as an adult. Ragnar needed a way to redeem himself when he showed up after 10 years. He thought he could trust his sons to go with him to England, a land where he had made his name. Sadly, that didn't happen. Bjorn declined, citing his Mediterranean ambition as the reason.

Hvitserk said no, too. Bjorn's rejection was part of the reason why Ragnar went on a downward spiral, never to recover again. Things could have turned out much differently if the former Earl had the full support of his sons. Bjorn owed it to him, given how Ragnar had been such a good father when he was younger. Among the things Lagertha did that fans can't let go of was leaving Ragnar when he declared his intention to take Aslaug as a second wife.

During the divorce, Bjorn was given the opportunity to decide who he would be with. He considered staying with Ragnar after being persuaded to do so by Torstein, but then chose to go with Lagertha. Bjorn's decision had a major ripple effect. It made Ragnar grow close to Ivar, leading to the rise of one of the greatest tyrants of the Norse era. Bjorn's decision was also not logical since he had been closer to Ragnar than Lagertha. He wanted to be a warrior like his father too, so he ought to have stayed in order to learn from him.

That way, he might have avoided some of the mistakes he made as King. Soon after Ragnar's death, Bjorn began dating Lagertha's lover Astrid, and both were doing it to anger Lagertha. Astrid was upset about Lagertha hiding things from her while Bjorn had grown tired of Lagertha's overbearing nature. Apart from the morality of it all, Bjorn's decision to date Astrid was a senseless one since Lagertha hadn't done anything serious enough to make him act the way he did.

It was also a pointless move since Lagertha wasn't at all bothered. Ultimately, it was Ingrid who succeeded where others did not. She fought her way to power by pushing around Gunnhild and blinding Erik until she was the leader of Kattegat. I can't say I was particularly happy to see her succeed while other fan-favorite characters perished, but I suppose it was a fitting end.

The good news? Ubbe, Torvi and family did reach Iceland, to much merriment. But Ubbe was not satisfied with Iceland and wanted to find a "new land. Unfortunately, on the way, a storm arose and washed little Asa out to sea. They reached Greenland, which led to more death in a short skirmish and also led Ubbe, Torvi, Othere and others to hurriedly leave Kjetill and his family behind.

After days and days of lack of food and water, Othere's story of a green and promising land proved true. The remaining Vikings on the journey disembarked in North America.

There, they met a group of Native Americans and Floki , who was not murdered as many had guessed during the course of Season 6. Instead, he had apparently left civilization behind and landed in the same spot as Ubbe and his crew. It was a great reunion for the Vikings, but it was short-lived, as one of the group killed one of the Native Americans and reparations were required. Ubbe took on the task of killing the murderous Viking himself. The show closed with him reminiscing with Floki on the beach.

It was as close as fans could get to a happy ending. After all of the tumult Ubbe and Torvi had gone through, they seemingly had decided to turn over a new leaf in this new world and attempt a different way of living. Katia and Ivar deepened their connection in the palace and, as it turned out, Katia was not the fan of her husband Oleg she pretended. Oleg, of course, was very unhappy with this, but his forces were also overwhelmed.

Choosing to help Igor, Ivar offered to shoot Oleg with a bow and arrow and put him out of his misery. Yet, harkening back to the scene when Oleg asked Igor to kill an army leader asking for mercy, Igor took Oleg down himself. Ivar, still in love with Katia, asked her what she wanted to do.

She let him down gently. At first, Ivar seemed fine with it, but later Katia also admitted that she was carrying Ivar's child. She ended up being the catalyst for Hvitserk and Ivar to return to Kattegat, though she did say that even if she didn't want Ivar around over the long haul she would tell their child who his father was.

Of course, notable things outside of the main characters did happen. After helping Igor take back his claim to the throne, Prince Dir and his men ultimately celebrated. Meanwhile, Kjetill accompanied Ubbe and some of the other Icelanders in search of the land Othere had promised. It was in a place called Greenland that Kjetill went mad after a whale washed ashore.

The other Vikings left Kjetill and his wife and escaped back to the boats. Kjetill was able to become King of Greenland, but it would be a lonely and isolated kingship. On a happy note, Floki was found to be alive, safe and sound, and even told Ubbe he still sees Ragnar in his dreams -- asking him to build boats from time to time, harkening back to earlier in the series. Meanwhile, as noted prior, Erik, Bjorn's recent righthand man, also saw his demise in Kattegat as Ingrid made moves to take over.

The two were in a bit of a cat and mouse game after King Harold had left Erik ultimately in charge.