Aldhelm

Aldhelm is one of Earl Ragnar's household warriors, raised in the same Danish hall as Uhtred and bound to him by years of shared training and loyalty. He is steady, capable with a blade, and unshowy — a man who does his duty without needing to be seen doing it.

James Northcote gives Aldhelm a quiet dependability that the show rarely spotlights but always needs — the loyal second who never angles for glory. It's a performance built on small, exact choices rather than big moments, and it makes the bonds of Ragnar's hall feel lived-in rather than merely stated.