Norse stories skirt the boundary between what is real and what is fantastic. Even the historical figures are larger than life, fearless in their pursuit of personal glory. That’s perfectly depicted in Prime Video’s Vikings, the historical drama about Viking hero Ragnar Lodbrok. That show was brutal and fatalistic, focusing heavily on tragic characters. Now, showrunner Michael Hirst is set to recapture that chaos in Bloodaxe, which chronicles another Viking warrior’s brutal exploits.

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