Vikings Why Floki Didnt Die In The Cave

Vikings: Why Floki Didn’t Die In The Cave

Vikings season 6B revealed Floki was alive and well, and there are good reasons for him not to have been killed in the cave.

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Vikings Why Floki Didnt Die In The Cave

The final batch of episodes of Vikings season 6 answered the biggest questions fans had, including that about Floki’s fate, who was revealed to be alive – and here’s why the series’ creator decided he wouldn’t die in the cave. Created by Michael Hirst, Vikings premiered on History Channel in 2013, and even though it was originally planned to be a miniseries, it was renewed for a second season shortly after, allowing it to continue telling the stories of Ragnar, Lagertha, Floki, and more. Vikings lived on for a total of six seasons, coming to an end in December 2020.

Vikings initially followed legendary Norse figure Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and his travels and raids alongside his Viking brothers. As the story progressed, the series began to shift its focus to Ragnar’s sons and their own journeys, eventually turning them into the protagonists of the show, especially after Ragnar’s death in season 4. Very few characters from the first season of Vikings, and especially those close to Ragnar, made it to the final episode, as many died at some point before it or simply stopped showing up, as was the case of Rollo (Clive Standen), Ragnar’s brother and recurrent antagonist, and only one remained as the link to the show’s origins: Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård).

Floki is Kattegat’s exceptional boatbuilder, local trickster, and Ragnar’s best friend, who stayed by his side through many, many battles. Floki is a very eccentric man, and while he seems joyful most of the time, deep inside he’s quite troubled. Like many other characters in Vikings, Floki went through many ups and downs throughout the series, including the deaths of his wife and daughters, the death of Ragnar, and his failed settlement on Iceland, which he believed to be Asgard. In Vikings season 5, Floki’s settlement fell apart, and he ended up traveling alone into a cave he believed to be a gate to Helheim (their version of Hell), but once inside, he found a Christian cross. The cave turned out to be inside a volcano, which erupted while he was there, causing the cave to collapse. Viewers were led to believe that was the end of Floki, but the beloved trickster returned in season 6B and made it to the final episode alive, and to everyone’s surprise, he had already arrived at the “New World”, where he reunited with Ubbe.

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Floki and Ubbe were the protagonists of the final scene in Vikings, with the former telling Ragnar’s son that he will die soon and Ubbe asking if that’s the end. Speaking to EW, Michael Hirst revealed he called Floki a “pagan fundamentalist, pushing himself to the limit on each occasion”, so he could allow him to survive even the most extreme situations, like being trapped in a cave. Hirst added that he knew Floki would appear in the New World as he was too important to “just leave him at the bottom of a volcano”. Hirst went on to explain that he thinks Floki finally found peace after being a troubled soul for so long, so knowing that he was dying didn’t worry him much. As for giving the final scene in Vikings to Ubbe and Floki at the beach in the New World, Hirst said he decided to make it “more of an up ending than a down ending”.

Vikings fans were surely relieved to see Floki alive and well in season 6 and living a peaceful life far away from the lands that brought him so much trouble and heartbreak, and it was also heartwarming to have one final link to the original cast in the final episodes. Surely, Floki dying in a cave next to a Christian cross wouldn’t have done justice to the character, and the ending Hirst came up with for him was a lot more satisfying.

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