How Old The Characters In Vikings Actually Were How Old The Characters In Vikings Actually Were History By Eric Betts/March 13, 2021 11:46 am EDT Every creator of a work of fiction based on a true story has to decide where his or her loyalties lie: to the truth, or to the story. It's a dilemma Vikings showrunner Michael Hirst has faced several times in his career. Before creating that series and its upcoming spinoff, Vikings: Valhalla, he wrote other historical dramas, including the films Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and the Showtime television series The Tudors. In each of these cases, Hirst focused on the story, rearranging details or characters to suit the drama he was weaving. The complex web of external and internal conflicts faced by Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), his family, and his people on