History Characters / TheDragonAndTheBow

* BadassInCharge: He's the leader of the Viking village.

* AnAxeToGrind: She prefers a hefty waraxe when fighting dragons.

* OutnumberedSibling: One sister to three younger brothers.

* [[spoiler: HumanMomNonhumanDad]]: [[spoiler: Hilde is his mother and the Red Death is his father.]]

* BadassBeard: It's braided

* MixedAncestry: Had a Highlander mother and a Viking father.

* {{Adorkable}}: Hiccup retains a lot of his adorable geek qualities from the film and television series.

* {{Adorkable}}: Similar to Hiccup

* {{Backstory}}: In this story Gobber's father kidnap his mother a Highlander princess during a raided and he was raised mainly by his mother which explains his accent, unlike his canon counterpart who's parents were both Vikings and happily married.

* TheSouthPaw: Hiccup realizes he's left-handed thanks to Merida's insight.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While he's never treated badly towards Hiccup in the movie, he doesn't defend him. Here, he's Hiccup's best friend, like in the original books. Though he briefly stopped being friends with him after being forced to join Snotlout, Astrid, Tuffnut and Ruffnut out of peer pressure, and because his dad didn't want him around Hiccup. Eventually Fishlegs had enough and misses being friends with Hiccup, and they reconciled early on in the story. Also, like Hiccup, he's reluctant to kill a dragon early on.

* BeardOfBarbarism/BeardOfEvil: Granted, Stoick and Fergus have beards too, along with nearly every Viking in the story, but Mor'du is more straightforwardly barbaric and he's certainly evil.

* WouldHurtAChild: Upon meeting Merida, he planned to [[OffWithHerHead cut her head off]] and send it to King Fergus as a "gift" in honor of his new alliance with Berk. Thus, he persistently chased after her to do so. And he intends to kill the Triplets too.

* AmazonChaser: He just can't stop hitting on Astrid. He also tries hitting on Merida (albiet still being mildly racist against her) only to be met with similar results.

!!Fishguts Ingerman

* ChildOfRape: [[spoiler: It's implied that the Red Death mating with Hilde was less than consensual.]]

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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Hiccup learns the hard way not to underestimate him.

* WouldHurtAChild: Upon meeting Merida, he planned to [[OffWithHerHead cut her head off]] and send it to King Fergus as a "gift" for his new alliance with Berk. Thus, he persistently chased after her to do so. And he intends to kill the Triplets too.

* AmbiguousGender: Averted here, where he's clearly male [[spoiler: and the father of Mor'du.]]

[[WMG:Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III]]

[[WMG:Stoick the Vast]]

[[WMG:Fishlegs Ingerman]]

[[WMG:Astrid Hofferson]]

* [[spoiler: EmbarrassingFirstName: Her full name is Camicazi Astrid Hofferson. She'll beat up anyone who mentions it.]]
* FamousAncestor: [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Asterix}}]] [[RelatedInTheAdaptation from her father's side]].

* HiddenDepths: She's always liked Fishlegs.

[[WMG:Snotlout Jorgenson]]

[[WMG:Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston]]

[[WMG:Gobber the Belch]]

* {{Backstory}}: In this story Gobber's father kidnap his mother a Highlander princess during a raided and he was raised mainly by his mother which explains his accent, unlike his canon counterpart who parents were both Vikings and happily married.

[[WMG:Spitelout Jorgenson]]

[[WMG: Bertha Hofferson]]

[[WMG: Fishguts Ingerman]]

[[WMG: Ribbon Ingerman]]

[[WMG: Gothi]]

[[WMG:Princess Mérida O'[=DunBroch=]]]

[[WMG:Queen Elinor O'[=DunBroch=]]]

[[WMG:King Fergus O'[=DunBroch=]]]

[[WMG:The O'[=DunBroch=] Triplets]]

[[WMG:Lord Macguffin]]

[[WMG:Lord Macintosh]]

[[WMG:Lord Dingwall]]

[[WMG: Young Macguffin]]

[[WMG: Young Macintosh]]

[[WMG: Wee Dingwall]]

[[WMG:Hilde]]

[[WMG: Toothless]]

[[WMG: Mor'du the Demon Bear]]

[[WMG: The Red Death]]

* NamedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Her true name is Brunhilde, the wife of [[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Siegfried the Great]].]]

* [[spoiler: HalfHumanHybrid]]: [[spoiler: Is a dragon born, half human and half dragon]]

* [[spoiler: RelatedInTheAdaptation: He's Hilde's bastard son, and also the Red Death's son. Thus making him sort of an EvilUncle to Hiccup, and even acknowledged himself as such in the story.]]

* GreenEyes: He has them.
* [[spoiler: HandicappedBadass: Becomes one at the end, as in the film.]]

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While he's never treated badly towards Hiccup in the movie, he doesn't defend him and even made a snide remark towards him. Here, he's Hiccup's best friend, like in the original books. Though he briefly stopped being friends with him after being forced to join Snotlout, Astrid, Tuffnut and Ruffnut out of peer pressure, and because his dad didn't want him around Hiccup. Eventually Fishlegs had enough and misses being friends with Hiccup, and they reconciled early on in the story. Also, like Hiccup, he's reluctant to kill a dragon early on.

* MommasBoy

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy and His Dragon]]: With Toothless and Hiccup of course.

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* MammasBoy

* TookALevelInJerkass: At the beginning of the story, Astrid is a lot meaner and crueler than she is in the movie.

* [[BigBrotherInstinct Little Brother Instinct]]: After they reunited with Merida, they told Hiccup to treat her right or else he'd have to answer to them. One of them even makes an "I'm watching you!" gesture.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: They didn't like that Merida was forced to marry Hiccup, so they gave their sister her bow and arrows Elinor had locked up.

* [[spoiler: RelatedInTheAdaptation: He's Hilde's bastard son. Thus making him sort of an EvilUncle to Hiccup, and was even acknowledged as such in the story.]]

* ActionGirl: She's a skilled fighter, and originally first in her class.

* ActionGirl: Although she was raised as a princess, Merida is just as good a fighter as many of the Viking teenagers in Berk.

* BadassPrincess: Merida is not only a great shot with a bow, but she also faces down Mor'du, stands up to Astrid a number of times, and takes part in dragon fighting lessons. Even in Berk, she stands out as a badass.
-->"A princess does not put weapons on the table."

* FamousAncestor: [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Asterix}}]] from her father's side.

* CoolBigSis: Her brothers make it clear they want her to stay in the Highlands with them.

* MySisterIsOffLimits: They didn't like that Merida was forced to marry Hiccup, so they gave their sister her bow and arrows Elinor had locked up. After they reunited with Merida, they told Hiccup to treat her right or else he'd have to answer to them. One of them even makes an "I'm watching you!" gesture.

* [[spoiler:RelatedInTheAdaptation: She's Mor'du's mother, and four times great-grandmother of Hiccup.]]

* BlueEyes: She has these.

%%* BrownEyes: Elinor is much more down to earth than her children and husband