Floki’s Side of the Story For the History Channel Television Show of Vikings (As Told In A Freestyle Poem by Stella Carrier)

Disclaimer: My amazing husband introduced me to the Vikings television show and I understand that the actors referenced Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrook, Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Lothbrook, Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha, Gustaf Skarsgard as Floki, George Blagden as Athlestan among others etc. are only doing their job.

Floki’s Side of the Story For the Television Show of Vikings (As Told In A Freestyle Poem by Stella Carrier)

Floki Here To Explain What I Thought Was Being A Good Friend

I Thought That Ragnar and I Were Going To Be Friends Until the Very End

I Was There For Him From The Beginning Before He Was Even King

Prior to Ragnar and Athlestan Having A Defined Friendship Thing

The Days of Ragnar Turning to Me For Help Building Boats

Together We Would Travel With Other Men To Other Lands With Strong Moats

Our friendship even goes back to when Ragnar And Lagertha were still married

They both even survived the hardship of experiencing their daughter buried

I admit that I killed Athlestan because I was afraid of him betraying Ragnar one day

Never did I imagine that murdering Athlestan would make Ragnar hurt this way

I truthfully found it ironic when his son Bjorn ordered me put to death

As Crazy as it sounds I wonder if I have a past life connection with

His son that sounds similar to the biblical story of  Cain, Abel, and their brother Seth

The reason being is because I felt like I was being put to death by a family member

The time that I fed and sheltered his parents, maybe Bjorn was too young to remember

Floki killed Athlestan for his Christianity many would say

Even though I’m pagan it was not quite that way

Truth is I felt like Athlestan was not good enough to be Ragnar’s close adviser

The fact that Athlestan left Ragnar as soon as he could left me concerned that

Athlestan would have plans to share too much information with an enemy king

And that information on this treason would be hidden at first leaving Ragnar none the wiser

The fact that Ragnar is even questioning my loyalty to him as a friend is actually what is ironic

Before he agreed with his son that I deserved death I always considered Ragnar iconic

Yes, there were times that I questioned what Ragnar was doing but that is what good friends do

A friend who truly cares for their friend will give their friend advice to help make them better and prevent them from looking like a fool

My running away was only a way to cope with Ragnar’s inability to see around him what is madness

Even in death, if only Ragnar could see the good I was doing in the difficult decision of what I did to Athlestan, it would fill my spirit with gladness.