Who plays Uhtred in The Last Kingdom?

Alexander Dreymon, in all 46 episodes of the series between 2015 and 2022, and again in the sequel film Seven Kings Must Die. He also directed an episode of the fifth season. Uhtred is a Northumbrian boy taken as a child and raised by Danes, which is the whole engine of the story — he belongs completely to two peoples who are at war with each other.

Is this quiz spoiler-free?

Broadly, yes. The six people here are described by temperament — how they argue, what they will not do, who they tell the truth to — rather than by what happens to them, and the questions are about you rather than about the plot. The page prose names a couple of widely-known facts about who appears in which season, and nothing beyond that.

Why these six characters and not the rest of the cast?

Because six is the number a sorting quiz can carry without the verdicts blurring into one another, and these six pull in genuinely different directions: the oath-breaker who keeps his word anyway, the scholar-king, the believer who will not compromise, the friend who tells the truth, the daughter who governs, and the priest who stays. More of the hall will follow as this wing grows.

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How it works

Nine questions, four answers each, pulled at random from a bank considerably larger than nine, scored entirely on your own machine. No account, no answer leaving the page, and every question was already inside the file before you opened it.

The six

Uhtred of Bebbanburg — born Saxon, raised Dane, never allowed to be simply either; keeps his word to people he does not obey. Played by Alexander Dreymon across all 46 episodes.
Alfred — the scholar-king, who would rather build a system than win an afternoon. Played by David Dawson; he dies in the third season, and the show never quite recovers its centre of gravity afterward, which is the compliment the part deserves.
Brida — Saxon-born, Dane by conviction, and the least willing person in the story to hold two ideas at once. Played by Emily Cox, from the first season to the last.
Finan — the friend who says the true thing at the wrong moment and is right to.
Aethelflaed — Alfred's daughter, who does the governing rather than the arguing. The real Aethelflaed ruled Mercia in her own name and died at Tamworth on 12 June 918.
Beocca — the priest who stays, long past the point where staying is repaid.

One word, and where it comes from

The fandom's password is "arseling", which Leofric throws at Uhtred in the fourth episode of the first season on being confronted with a man who wears his sword on his back and sounds like a Dane. It is an Old English word rather than an insult the writers invented, and using it as one is the joke. It has since become the most affectionate thing one viewer of this show can call another.

Why temperament and not fate

Quizzes that sort you by what happened to a character are really asking how much of the show you remember, which is a different game and one this wing will get to. This one asks what you do — who you tell, what you refuse, whether you argue in the room or afterward, and what you are like at three in the morning when somebody has to decide. Those are the only questions whose answers actually belong to you.

Sharing what you got

The address bar changes when you finish, and that link replays your exact card for whoever opens it, alongside a downloadable result image drawn inside the page and never uploaded anywhere.

Common questions

Who plays Uhtred in The Last Kingdom?: Alexander Dreymon, in all 46 episodes of the series between 2015 and 2022, and again in the sequel film Seven Kings Must Die. He also directed an episode of the fifth season. Uhtred is a Northumbrian boy taken as a child and raised by Danes, which is the whole engine of the story — he belongs completely to two peoples who are at war with each other.
Is this quiz spoiler-free?: Broadly, yes. The six people here are described by temperament — how they argue, what they will not do, who they tell the truth to — rather than by what happens to them, and the questions are about you rather than about the plot. The page prose names a couple of widely-known facts about who appears in which season, and nothing beyond that.
Why these six characters and not the rest of the cast?: Because six is the number a sorting quiz can carry without the verdicts blurring into one another, and these six pull in genuinely different directions: the oath-breaker who keeps his word anyway, the scholar-king, the believer who will not compromise, the friend who tells the truth, the daughter who governs, and the priest who stays. More of the hall will follow as this wing grows.

This is fan-made, and unofficial

This is an unofficial fan quiz inspired by the television series The Last Kingdom, naming characters from it under nominative fair use. It is a free, unofficial fan quiz — an unofficial fan tribute, made for fun. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Carnival Film & Television, Netflix, or Bernard Cornwell and his publishers.

Every question and character description on this page was written fresh for it, naming real characters and the series' real setting under nominative fair use. Where a line of dialogue is quoted it is a few words, attributed to the character and the season it comes from, and framed inside commentary of our own; no scene, transcript, still, clip, logo or artwork from the series is reproduced anywhere in it. Iron Realms — the strategy game the rest of this site is about — is an original fantasy world with its own map, its own houses and its own art, and has no connection to the world of The Last Kingdom. This corner is kept separate on purpose, and nothing in it should be read as suggesting otherwise.

Where the rest of them are

If you would rather be placed in a year than matched to a person, the seasons quiz is next door, and the wing's character profiles go into each of them properly. The The Last Kingdom section lists every quiz and tool in this wing, and the fan tributes hub has the rest of the corner. If you would rather play something than answer questions, Iron Realms is free and runs in a browser tab.