Jarl Varg

Jarl Varg is the sadistic main antagonist in "Vikingane"/"Norsemen" and the ruler of Vargnes. He is somehow the superior of chieftain Olav from the town of Norheim and demands a valuable Map to the West, which is owned by Olav. Torstein Hund is Jarl Varg's right hand.

Appearance
Varg is a slim man with blonde long hair in the prequel. The prequel installs him early in the first episode on as a vulnerable and complicated character after he is so easily worked up by the hair loss. Viewers witness how his friendly demeanour changes completely and how his mind slowly drifts to insanity.

Events in Season 0 / 3
Varg appears gentle and soft, and is happily married to Reidun. Torstein Hund is his right hand, who also cares for Varg's beautiful long hair, which is the pride of Varg. Jarl Bjørn is his best friend. Season 3 starts with a meeting in Bjørn's longhouse, to which Varg and his wife are invited as guests. After Bjørn mentions a bald spot on Varg's head - the catastrophe unfolds and the anger in Varg grows to the point he freaks out and burns the other party guests alive in the longhouse.

After this event, Varg is in a desolate mental condition and has shaven his whole head bald. Arvid and Ragnar visit him with an invitation to Orm's wedding. Varg is not very much interested, but because of Torstein Hund's intervention, they agree to come. Arvid and Ragnar can't quite believe the bald man is Varg, because his thick, long hair was obviously legendary. Ragnar doesn't agree with Varg's "fashion" statement but must admit, it probably would be worth a try to tattoo the face.

Varg and his men attend the wedding of Orm and Frøya. Varg presents the couple a box full of precious teeth as a gift. He suddenly twitches, when he realises a wooden slab with best wedding wishes from Jarl Bjørn. He is shocked that his old f(r)iend is still alive, but a feeling for vengeance suddenly grows inside of him and he suddenly commands Hund to leave the feast. Before that, he collects an amount of "taxes" from the wedding gifts.

Together with the Norheim village he organises the battle against Bjørn's men and also doesn't shun to seek for the ultimate weapon to win.

Orm and his men failed terribly in the battle and Varg wants him executed by Blood eagle. While in prison, Orm acquires knowledge about a rich country in the West and only receives a Scrotum Whipping because Varg is interested in a map to this mysterious country.

Season 1 and 2

 * S1/E5: The Siege
 * Varg finds out about the successful raid and receives an exotic slave who turns out to come from England. Varg organises an attack on Norheim and takes all villagers prisoners. Arvid, Kark and Orm manage to escape.


 * S1/E6: The Duel
 * Orm is captured and threatened with Blood eagleing because he delivered the wrong map. Varg then tries to lure out Arvid, who has the real map to the west, and threatens to rape his wife Liv. That act fails completely and Varg sits a moment contemplating. Orm tells him about the theatre, trying to convince Varg about the greater value compared to the overrated riches in the West. Orm and Rufus proceed with the play and Varg must admit he got some "liquid" coming from his eyes. Arvid and the old men from the forest attack and free Norheim.
 * Due to an unfortunate accident, "Jarl Varg" loses his hands through Frøya. The situation is "handled" pretty fine by Arvid and soon Jarl Varg and his men leave.


 * S2/E1: East vs West
 * While Norheim plunders and pillages in the rich West, the men around Varg try to find riches in the East as they always did, but those raids are not very successful.


 * S2/E2: Slavebound
 * Varg chairs a team meeting between the leading warriors of his village.


 * S2/E3: Hand Job
 * After struggling with his hands, Jarl Varg sends out for a creative blacksmith for better hand prosthetics. Year 791 just isn't exactly the year for that much detail of the demanded metalwork. One smart blacksmith (portrayed by Jon Iver Helgaker) finally succeeds.


 * S2/E4: Vengeance
 * S2/E5: The Thing
 * Jarl Varg is part of an intrigue to overthrow Arvid as the Norheim chieftain.


 * S2/E6: The Last Domino
 * Jarl Varg takes revenge for his lost hands.

Trivia

 * Jon Øigarden also starred in the US-Norwegian crimedy show Lilyhammer. Discover more about it on Lilyhammer Wiki.
 * "Varg" means Wolf in numerous languages, including Swedish. The silhouette of a howling wolf is often seen on flags or shields in Vargnes. "Vargr" or Wargs are Wolves in Norse mythology, and best known of them probably is Fenrir. "Wargs" are used in various fantasy stories.
 * "Vargr" also means evildoer and is also listed as such on the Villains Wiki.