Ragnar

Ragnar is a villain from the Johnny and the Warriors of Chronos TV series. The leader of the Vikings and lord of the High Seas, Ragnar is also one of Shang-Tsei's two henchmen.

Contrarily to Raptor who was forced to work for Shang-Tsei, Ragnar allied with the Dragon Clan; seeking power, his alliance with Shang-Tsei was the best way to not only protect the Vikings from the Dragon Clan but also gain a fraction of Shang-Tsei's power. Ragnar seeks conquest and power, making him a better henchmen to Shang-Tsei than the softer Raptor.

Development
Like Raptor, Ragnar was originally one of Shang-Tsei's generals in the Warriors of Chronos comics released before the show, but his title of general changed to the one of "henchman" when Jamie-Leigh Gale, main writer for the animated series, tweaked Zaid Campbell's original story for the toyline. Gale thought that referring to both Raptor and Ragnar as "generals" would imply that they were intelligent and strategic, which didn't go well with the Gale's idea of having Shang-Tsei be the brain, and his henchmen be the muscles.

In an interview with 2nz, Zaid Cambpell explained that Ragnar was one of his favorite characters along with Shang-Tsei: "When creating the world of Warriors of Chronos, I tried to shove in as much time periods I could [...] of course, I always loved samurais hence why I love Shang-Tsei so much, but I'm also really into Vikings. Whenever I think warriors, I think Vikings, because there's nothing more war-like than Vikings."

History
As one of Shang-Tsei's henchman, Ragnar's responsibilities extends to the the orders he receives from Shang-Tsei; he rarely acts on his own. Since Ragnar enjoy the power he gets from working with the Dragon Clan, he is a trustworthy pawn in Shang-Tsei's armies, even though Shang-Tsei has shown to be disloyal anytime he finds something that grants him even more power.

In the episode "Ragnar the Sorcerer", Ragnar uses the legendary Power Ring to gain powerful magical abilities which he uses to overthrow Shang-Tsei and become the Dragonlord. It's when he assumes he can now take over Camelot that he is defeated by Johnny, as he might had powerful magic, he didn't know how to use it.

The second time Ragnar was pitched against his master Shang-Tsei was in the episode "Ragnar's Bodyguard": in this episode, Shang-Tsei is so tired of Ragnar's failures that he asks his niece Kira to assassinate him. Ragnar asks help from Johnny and his friends to protect him, and even though Ragnar is starting to be appreciated by the Warriors, he ends up betraying them to show Shang-Tsei he is a valuable warrior. Not only is Ragnar spared but he also earns the right to be Shang-Tsei's henchman again.