The Unkillable Viking

You outdo yourself every time! This video was stunning, and you’re a wonderful storyteller. So much love and commitment go into these videos, this channel should be viral

I thought this was a channel with a few million subs

You obviously point out the sagas are hard to believe, but one of my favorite translations states that when he fought with Lagertha he "thought she was pretty and wished he could marry her" but never talked to her. He later married Aslaug who gave him his sons. This is different from translation to translation but I love the idea that this famous warlord had a crush he was to nervous to talk to 😂

Just a few corrections. "Ayla" or Ælla was king of Northumberland, not England, a small kingdom in the north of the modern kingdom. He was also most likely NOT executed via blood eagle, but killed in the Battle of York in 867, at the hands of Ragnar's son's army. This is stated in the Anglo-Saxon accounts of the war, and modern historians no longer believe the blood eagle was even a real execution method, rather being the result of Scandinavian poets misunderstanding historical depictions of men lying dead on the battlefield (with their backs torn open by carrion birds) as the aforementioned mythical execution method.

Video essays are probably my favorite genre of YouTube videos and this channel is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels.

Egil Skallagrimson was the Unkillable viking. He never lost a duel, never lost in battle, was never cut by a blade. He was a poet, father, murderer, and a defender. He was a hero. He was Egil son of Grim.

These are the sorts of videos I want to make, gritty, realist, vintage style documentaries. I applaud the effort you go to with these videos and the style is phenomenal.

I love how you can tell the art is all AI cause AI still can’t draw hands 😂

I dont think Charlemagne died in 1814 lol

Norse culture and history is so fascinating, very cool to know my ancestors lived in such a world ⚔️

Roland the headless Thompson gunner.

Ai can generate some images well enough to where there's no issues readily apparent, but man when it messes up, it seriously messes up

as some one working in graphic design im apprehensive about AI but, you have used it very effectively to bring your videos to life

Are you using AI to create your images?

A SEA KING???! HE WAS THE PIRATE KING!!

Now I want to re-watch Vikings again - don´t know, how often I watched the show already, still love it. And yes, I know, that it is mainly fictional, that a lot of characters were mixed up, thought they lived in different times, and that some characters didn´t exist at all, also not in the sagas. You have a great way of telling stories and a fitting voice. Well done

The last words you said about the show being a modern saga made me think a lot. Even though I dislike the series, it sunk on me why it got so popular; indeed people seem to keep enjoying the stories and tales that have been with us for centuries. Anyways, great video and great work. Keep it up!

1:39 I had no idea Charlemagne lived long enough to see Napoleon 🤔

this was an absolutely beautiful video man, please don’t stop and keep going. your page is top tier content. also, idk if it was but this all reminds me of Vinland saga so much but i haven’t read it in forever.

So glad I found your channel, best content I've stumbled upon for a long time! 🙏