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Vikings first landed on Amazon Prime and the History channel back in 2013 and after six years, the series is coming to an end. Over the past five seasons and then the first half of season six, many iconic characters have been killed off, including Ragnar Lothbrok (played by Travis Fimmel), Helga (Maude Hirst) Athelstan (George Blagden) and potentially Bjorn Ironside (Alexander Ludwig) to name a few.

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    Who is Maude Hirst?

    Maude Hirst is a British actress and writer from London.

    She is the daughter of Vikings creator, Michael Hirst and the older sibling of Viking star, Georgia Hirst, who currently portrays Torvi in the show.

    The 27-year-old studied drama at the London school Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, befogging landing minor roles in the films Nuryan and Cash and Curry.

    Hirst appeared in Vikings from season one in 2013 until season four in 2017.

    Outside of her role in Vikings, Hirst is best known for playing Lady Kat Ashley in Showtime series The Tudors, also a show that was created by her father.

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    What happened to Helga in Vikings?

    Helga was the lover of the explorer Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård) for many years, before becoming his wife when she fell pregnant with their first child.

    Together, they had a daughter named Angrboda, (Rosalie Connerty).

    In season two, when Floki returned to Kattegat with Ragnar, Helga revealed that she was pregnant with his child.

    At first, Floki appeared thrilled by the news but realised he would be a terrible father to his child, leaving Helga upset.

    However, Floki appeared to change his mind and suggested he and Helga get married to celebrate their new life together as a family.

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    Maude Hirst played Helga in Vikings (Image: GETTY)

    Not long after their wedding, Floki left to return to England with Ragnar and when he treated home, Helga had given birth to their first child Angrbod.

    In the third series, Floki had become fixated on his hatred for Athelstan and his God.

    He had confided in Helga that the God’s had demanded him to make a great sacrifice, but unbeknownst to her and many others, Floki was referring to taking Athelstan’s life.

    When Helga learnt that Floki had killed Athelstan she was horrified and ran away.

    Helga was not reunited with her husband until she joined him on a raid to Paris at the end of series three, although she had not forgiven her husband for the murder of Athelstan.

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    Hegla was Floki's wife in Vikings (Image: HISTORY/AMAZON)

    At the beginning of season four, Floki and Helga’s daughter Angrboda, died of fever during the winter months, bringing them closer than ever before.

    She accompanied her husband to Frankia and again to Normandy. However, it was in Normandy where Helga’s life came to an end.

    Helga adopted a young orphan named Tanaruz after her parents were killed by Harald (Peter Franzén) and Halfdan (Jasper Pääkkönen).

    When the family arrive in Wessex, Tanaruz (Sinead Gormally) killed Helga before taking her own life. In an emotional scene, she died in Folki’s arms.

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    Speaking about killing off his daughter’s character, show creator Michael Hirst told Variety: “Helga’s death was hard for me because Helga was my daughter.

    “But that was the end of that storyline, she was broken by the death of her daughter.

    “And Floki was similarly destroyed by the death of the three people closest to him: his daughter, Ragnar, and Helga.

    “Floki is going to commit himself to the gods. His previous life is over — he might as well be dead.

    “The new season will find him submitting to the will of the gods.

    “For me, it was hard killing my daughter. There was a lot of tears. But it was the storyline. You can’t cheat the story.

    “If you cheat the story, the whole show falls apart. You have to be authentic.

    “If you kill someone and bring them back, like in Game of Thrones, the cheat is so big you can’t believe the show anymore. I couldn’t do that even to my own daughter.”

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