The History Channel's historical epic television series Vikings: Valhalla; however, two of Vallhalla's leads were set up during season 6 of Vikings, which causes some issues with the timeline. The History Channel started to surprise its viewers in the early 2010s when the network started airing brutal scripted historical epics. Leading away from listening to decorated historians describing the tumultuous events of the ancient world, audiences actually got to see the action for themselves. However, this necessarily led to some surprising deviations from history, even within the established narrative of the show.

With 's cast of characters revealed, many are scouring the list of character names to see if any are related to some of the Vikings favorites, like Largertha (Katheryn Winnick) or Bjorn Ragnarson (Alexander Ludwig). Vikings was inspired by the sagas of legendary Norse hero Ragnar Lothbrok and the conquest of Anglo-Saxon England and West Francia. The Netflix spinoff series begins when tensions come to a head between the Norse and English leaders over clashing religious beliefs. Valhalla is set to follow the renowned Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett) and his sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson) as they bring about the final glories of the Viking age. Vikings: Valhalla is set 100 years after the events of Vikings, which could mark a big problem in regards to the historical timeline.

The real-life Vikings: Valhalla begins in the 11th century with Erik the Red's children (Leif and Freydís) in the lead, but Vikings introduced their own version of Erik the Red (Eric Johnson) in season 6. Season 6 of the first series began roughly in 825 C.E. With Valhalla set 100 years later, it doesn't make sense that Leif Erikson and Freydís Eiríksdóttir would be related to Viking's version of Erik the Red. Despite being shown on The History Channel, the television series has been known to play a little fast and loose with its accuracy to recorded history. Certain things have been changed for dramatic effect, such as the fact that Rollo (Clive Standen) was not Ragnar's (Travis Fimmel) brother or the glaring point that they didn't even call themselves Vikings. The real-life Erik the Red was actually born in 950 C.E., over 100 years after the events of the television series. Therefore, while the characters seen in the new series were foreshadowed by the original, the effects on history might not be as significant as they first seem.

is guilty of changing history and mythology by severely adjusting the timeline, but Valhalla might actually correct this. Considering the fact that the real Erik the Red was active during the late 900's, then it matches up that Leif Erikson and Freydís Eiríksdóttir's story begins in the 11th century. That being said, audiences will have to read up on their history books once the series drops in February to determine if the events of Valhalla track with the real-life saga of Leif Erikson and his conquest of Greenland. Leif and Freydís also had two brothers named Thorsteinn and Thorvaldr. Though, it doesn't look like all of Erik the Red's children will appear in the series.