<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Vikings episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The fifth season of the historical drama television series Vikings premiered on November 29, 2017 on History in Canada . The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons . The first season of the series begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793 . </P> <P> The fifth season consists of a double order of twenty episodes, split into two parts of ten episodes; the second half will premiere in 2018 . The premise of the fifth season differs from the previous four after the departure of Travis Fimmel as Ragnar, and it now follows the adventures of his sons . Jonathan Rhys Meyers is introduced as a major character, after his initial appearance in the fourth season's finale . </P> <Ul> <Li> Katheryn Winnick as Queen Lagertha, a shieldmaiden and Ragnar's ex-wife; she is the queen of Kattegat . </Li> <Li> Gustaf Skarsgård as Floki, a gifted shipbuilder </Li> <Li> Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Ironside, Ragnar and Lagertha's son and Torvi's husband </Li> <Li> John Kavanagh as The Seer, the seiðrmann of Kattegat </Li> <Li> Peter Franzén as King Harald Finehair, a Viking ambitious to become the first King of Norway </Li> <Li> Jasper Pääkkönen as Halfdan the Black, Harald's violent younger brother </Li> <Li> Moe Dunford as King Aethelwulf of Wessex </Li> <Li> Alex Høgh as Ivar the Boneless, fourth son of Ragnar and Aslaug </Li> <Li> Marco Ilsø as Hvitserk, second son of Ragnar and Aslaug </Li> <Li> Jordan Patrick Smith as Ubbe, eldest son of Ragnar and Aslaug </Li> <Li> Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Bishop Heahmund, a very religious warrior priest </Li> </Ul>

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