For those who were unable to attend the German Vikings Con in Düsseldorf on 5th November 2022 we have created a selection of awesome media material. Enjoy!
As expected, Ivan took the hearts of the fans by storm to the point that a group of Viking cosplayers started shouting “The king! The king! The king!” on his way to the closing ceremony and broke into an impromptu “kneeling ovation” homage with a song:
Moe Dunford (King Aelle’s highly appreciated son-in-law Aethelwulf) was extremely pleased to meet his friend and mentor “uncle” Ivan at the con and took every opportunity to point to Ivan’s interpretation of King Aelle as a family man and to praise his accomplishment as an actor and his personal virtues.
Their royal “Team Saxon” panel was as entertaining as it was insightful and we have managed to capture almost the full thing for you and put it together in a playlist:
As you can see, despite the heat, Ivan was even ready to dress up as King Aelle again in his original tunic and armour from his last episode 4×18 ‘Revenge’ (purchased from VIP Fan Auctions in late 2020) for the fans and looks just as if the king himself enters the stage.
Together with his not-so-original crown (sadly, we missed the auction of the beautiful original) that he had brought himself, that provided a very special photo shoot experience as you can see on the official and not-so-official photos:
Ivan himself loved the experience and had a lot of fun:
Of course, Ivan also enjoyed meeting our favourite Mercian queen Amy Bailey aka Kwenthrith who was a foe to Ivan’s King Aelle but is a lovely friend of his in real life:
No wonder that, after an extremely enjoyable day, Ivan expressed appreciation for the fans and enthusiasm for conventions the next day:
For a collection of even more awesome photos and some clips, check the album on the Facebook page that is still being complemented and the playlist in the video section there as well as the feed of the page in general.
For the Youtube playlist with slightly differing material, you can go here:
Even more material can be found in the 2 con highlights on the Instagram page:
Ivan Kaye Source 