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3Characters from ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheBow'' fanfiction:
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6[[foldercontrol]]
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8[[folder: Berk Vikings]]
9
10!!Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
11https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hiccup_from_the_dragons_2126.png
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13[[hardline]]
14%%* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy and His Dragon]]: With Toothless and Hiccup of course. %% Add more context to describe their relationship and what effect it has on them. %%
15* BlackSheep: As a thoughtful, scrawny tinkerer in a village of warriors.
16* DeadpanSnarker: One of his defining traits.
17* DragonRider: The first, along with Merida.
18* FatherIDontWantToFight: Zig-zagged. Initially he wanted to kill dragons, but went through a change of heart when he encounters a wounded Toothless.
19%% * [[spoiler: HandicappedBadass: Becomes one at the end, as in the film.]]
20* LoveConfession: Hiccup admits how smitten he is by staging a birthday party for Merida.
21* IJustWantToBeNormal: At the beginning of the story, Hiccup desperately wants to be like the other Vikings and kill his own dragon, which means...
22** IJustWantToBeBadass: Since Berk is made almost entirely of badasses.
23* JockDadNerdSon: To Stoick's disappointment, Hiccup is more brains than brawn.
24* NiceGuy: Hiccup takes the initiative and throws Merida a birthday party to show her that not everyone disapproves of her presence in Berk.
25* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: He gains this ability after being blessed by Loki at the end.]]
26* TheApprentice: He's an apprentice blacksmith to Gobber, and a good one at that.
27* TheChosenOne: He was blessed by Loki, claiming that he is one of few who will defeat a dark force that is ready to be unleashed upon the world [[spoiler: [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne whether he wants to or not]]]].
28* TheDulcineaEffect: Has to fight an heir of the four clans for Merida's hand as part of a ceremony.
29* TheLeader: As dragon training continues and Hiccup proves himself, the teens look to him more and more to lead them.
30
31!!Stoick the Vast
32https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stoic_the_vast_6600.png
33----
34[[hardline]]
35* ActionDad: Stoick never shies away from a dragon fight, and even steps up to Fight Mor'du at one point.
36* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Chief of Berk knows no equal in battle or tactics.
37* BirdsOfAFeather: Him and King Fergus have a lot more in common than they would like to admit.
38* DadTheVeteran: Like most Vikings in Berk, he's fought against the Highlanders in a previous war.
39* JockDadNerdSon: He always wished his son had more beef on his arms and acted more like a traditional Viking.
40* LargeAndInCharge: He's one of the biggest and broadest Vikings in the village.
41* TheLeader: Type II. Staving off dragon raids and Vendal attacks, in addition to maintaining the tenuous peace between Berk and the Highlands requires a lot of patience and level-headedness.
42* TheMourningAfter: He never took another wife after [[spoiler: his wife Valhallarama got killed by Alvin the Treacherous.]]
43* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Stoick is always personally involved in the protection of his people. He fights off dragons, Vendal raiders, and Mor'du himself to keep the village safe.
44* TheStoic: For the most part, he's a man of few words. It's his name, after all.
45* StoutStrength: He's wider than most Vikings, and stronger to boot.
46* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Hiccup realizes that this is what his father, and the entire village, thinks of him.
47
48!!Fishlegs Ingerman
49https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fishlegs_from_the_dragons_6337.png
50----
51[[hardline]]
52* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While he never treated Hiccup badly in the movie, he doesn't defend him either. Here, he's Hiccup's best friend, like in the original books. Though he stopped being friends with Hiccup for awhile 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.
53* AscendedExtra: Fishlegs is a lot more important in this story than he is in the movie.
54* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He can look at a dragon and instantly break down its strengths and weaknesses.
55* BewareTheNiceOnes: Snotlout found out the hard way that Fishlegs is not a pushover when pissed off. Possibly a nod to the books, where Fishlegs became a flat-out berserker.
56* BigBeautifulMan: To Astrid.
57* GentleGiant: Unless provoked or fighting dragons, Fishlegs is usually a nonviolent guy.
58* MommasBoy: He has only his mother's love and support.
59* TheSmartGuy: He memorized the Book of Dragons, and read every other book available in Berk.
60* RPGMechanicsVerse: He's fond of reciting the qualities of dragon species in distinctly RPG-esque terms.
61* ShipperOnDeck: To Hiccup and Merida.
62
63!!Astrid Hofferson
64https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/astriud_from_the_drsogn_1392.png
65----
66[[hardline]]
67* TheAce: She's a skilled fighter, and originally first in her class.
68* AdaptationalJerkass: At the beginning of the story, Astrid is a lot meaner and crueler than she is in the movie.
69* AlphaBitch: Especially towards the beginning of the series.
70* BraidsOfAction: Shoulder-length braids.
71* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: With Camicazi from the ''HTTYD'' books. Her mother's name is Bertha, for a start.]]
72* DefrostingIceQueen: Though she's initially cold to most people and outright hostile towards Merida, she warms up to Hiccup, Merida, and Fishlegs in later chapters.
73* DudeMagnet: To her annoyance, Snotlout flirts with her constantly
74* [[spoiler: EmbarrassingFirstName]]: [[spoiler: Her full name is Camicazi Astrid Hofferson. She'll beat up anyone who mentions it.]]
75* FamousAncestor: [[spoiler: One of her ancestors is ComicBook/{{Asterix}} from [[RelatedInTheAdaptation her father's side]] of the family.]]
76* FreudianExcuse: Possesses an irrational hatred of Merida because her father died in a battle against her people.
77* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: But as Merida and Astrid's own mother point out, that doesn't excuse her treatment of Merida. After all, her family never killed Astrid's father themselves, and as Merida points out, the Highlander who did kill him may have had good reason, so Astrid can't have any moral high ground.
78* HiddenDepths: While it wasn't obvious earlier, she's always liked Fishlegs. Because he never tries to hit on her or show off.
79* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Realizes just how horrible she has been to Merida.
80** TheAtoner: After realizing how awful of a person she had been, Astrid spends the rest of the story trying to make up for it.
81* {{Tomboy}}: An odd example, since Berk is a land of dragon-killing Vikings. Her rough attitude and martial proficiency are pretty normal, and expected, in such a place.
82
83!!Snotlout Jorgenson
84https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snotoloyut_the_cast_8228.png
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86[[hardline]]
87* AmazonChaser: He just can't stop hitting on Astrid. He also tries hitting on Merida (albeit still being mildly racist against her) only to be met with similar results.
88* CasanovaWannabe: He has not chance of charming Astrid or Merida.
89* ClashingCousins: He's Hiccup's cousin, [[TruerToTheText as per the books, but not as per the films]].
90%%* JerkJock
91* TheBully: At the beginning of the story, he goes out of his way to be mean to Hiccup.
92
93!!Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston
94https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ruf_and_tuf_1089.png
95----
96[[hardline]]
97* {{Catchphrase}}: Tuffnut has "Oh, I'm hurt! I am very much hurt!"
98%%* {{HalfIdenticalTwins}}
99* SiblingRivalry: Both of them are a classic case of the "bickering twins" stereotype.
100* {{Tomboy}}: Ruffnut in a manner similar to Astrid.
101%%* VitriolicBestBuds:
102
103!!Gobber the Belch
104https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gobber_the_vast_959.png
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106[[hardline]]
107* AbusiveParents: Gobber's father was fond of stealing, killing, and raping, so it's not surprising that he wasn't a great parent.
108* AdaptationalSexuality: In ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfGobberTheBelch'', he starts nursing a relationship with Maudie of House Dunbroch. In ''HTTYD'' canon, [[WordOfGay he's confirmed by the writers to be gay.]]
109* ArtificialLimbs: He has a missing left hand that he can interchange with different objects, and he has a right peg leg.
110%%** AnArmAndALeg
111** SwissArmyAppendage
112* {{Backstory}}: In this story Gobber's father kidnap his mother a Highlander princess during a raid 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.
113* BerserkButton: Do not threaten Hiccup in his shop as Snotlout and Tuffnut found out in chapter 8.
114* CharacterDevelopment: After his HeroicBSOD moment he begin to help Hiccup more out and begin to see that Hiccup's not weak, but different and he has his own strengths.
115* DrillSergeantNasty: He's in charge of training the young Vikings how to slay dragons; he normally goes about this by yelling suggestions at them while they dodge fireballs.
116* HandicappedBadass: He might be missing an arm and a leg, but that doesn't make him one bit less interested in slaying dragons.
117* HeroicBSOD: Gobber realized that he has not been much help with Hiccup and his problems, and he also realized he has not been much help to Mérida either.
118* ParentalSubstitute: He acts like a second father to Hiccup.
119* SinkOrSwimMentor: For the very first day of dragon training, he has the young Vikings fend off against a Gronkle.
120%%* SoProudOfYou
121* ThatCameOutWrong: His advice rarely offers the kind of support he intends, as Hiccup points out.
122* TheBlacksmith: Normally, he's the village's blacksmith. He's also the one who trains Hiccup how to forge weapons.
123
124!!Spitelout Jorgenson
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126[[hardline]]
127* RelatedInTheAdaptation: He's Stoick's brother, as per the books.
128* TheRival: to Gobber.
129
130!!Bertha Hofferson
131----
132[[hardline]]
133* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. She's no wimp, but she's just another resident of the Hooligan Tribe, as opposed to leader of the Bog-Burglar Tribe like her literary counterpart.
134
135!!Fishguts Ingerman
136----
137[[hardline]]
138* StubbornMule: Refuses to admit he was wrong about Hiccup and Mérida despite evidence to the contrary.
139
140!!Ribbon Ingerman
141----
142[[hardline]]
143* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Tends to tease Fishlegs in-front of his friends [[spoiler: and Astrid]].
144* DotingParent: Actually considers what Fishlegs has to so say [[spoiler: unlike her husband]].
145* OpenMindedParent: She is in favor of Fishlegs' friendship with Hiccup and Mérida and was proud to make Mérida her new clothes.
146
147!!Gothi
148https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_nly4j4ebnn1rcvr6g_500.png
149----
150[[hardline]]
151%%* CoolOldLady
152* MiniatureSeniorCitizens
153* SuddenlyVoiced
154
155[[/folder]]
156
157[[folder: Highlanders]]
158
159!!Princess Mérida O'[=DunBroch=]
160https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BraveMerida_8217.jpg
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162[[hardline]]
163* BadassFamily: She comes from one.
164* BowAndSwordInAccord: Though she prefers her bow, she's good enough with a sword to help Hiccup learn swordplay.
165* BraveScot: It takes a lot of bravery to shoot arrows at Mor'du, but Merida never hesitates to do so.
166* CoolBigSis: Her brothers make it clear they want her to stay in the Highlands with them. They even want to stay with her at Berk.
167* DaddysGirl: She gets along better with Fergus than Elinor because she's more fond of adventure than her role as a princess.
168* FieryRedhead: Headstrong and passionate, Merida's personality is reflected by her wild red hair.
169* GoodIsNotNice: She tries to kill Hiccup at the start of the fic so that she doesn't have to marry him. Thankfully, he talks her down.
170* HotBlooded: She prefers adventuring in the woods to going about her royal duties, and she's definitely not someone you want to pick a fight with.
171* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father, Like Daughter]]: Although Merida clearly has inherited her mother's stubbornness and pride, Merida is very much a chip off the old block when it comes to her love of fighting, weapons, and woods exploration.
172* OutdoorsyGal: Merida spends a lot of her free time in Berk by exploring the woods with Angus.
173* TomboyPrincess: One of her defining character traits. Merida prefers shooting arrows and riding horses to her royal duties.
174* WarriorPrincess: 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.
175-->"A princess does not put weapons on the table."
176* WildHair: Merida's hair isn't the easiest to control
177%%* YouthfulFreckles
178
179!!Queen Elinor O'[=DunBroch=]
180https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BraveElinor_8043.jpg
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182[[hardline]]
183* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She is tall, beautiful, has very long dark hair and possess a composed and graceful attitude.
184* BigGood: Her grace and wisdom are what holds the kingdom together and is the one doing the talking for the royal family.
185* BrainyBrunette: She is the only one in her family with brown hair and seems to be in charge of keeping relationships between Berk and the Highlands stable.
186* HappilyMarried: To Fergus, and this is the reason she can't understand Merida's resistance to arranged marriage
187* TheHighQueen: She has "the weight of the kingdom on her shoulders" and is evidently more politically active than her husband.
188* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Fergus; he could easily pick her up with one arm.
189* LongHairIsFeminine: Her hair is straighter and longer than Merida's.
190%%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
191* OnlySaneWoman: She plays a critical role in cooling tensions between the easily angered Berk Vikings and Highlanders.
192* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Though she admits she was nervous at first.
193* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She and Fergus are rather actively involved in keeping peace between Berk and the Highlands.
194* RulingCouple: King Fergus and Queen Elinor are both involved in the welfare of the kingdom.
195
196!!King Fergus O'[=DunBroch=]
197https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fc5b137880d0eff4b10b606766316240.jpg
198----
199[[hardline]]
200* ActionDad: Fergus has fought Mor'du several times, and has managed to survive every encounter.
201* BadassFamily: The patriarch of one.
202* BigFun: Fergus enjoys hearty feasts and stories.
203* BirdsOfAFeather: Although Fergus doesn't get along well with Stoick, they're similar in many respects.
204* BraveScot: It takes more than a little bravery to stand toe-to-toe with a giant like Mor'du.
205* FieryRedhead: A trait inherited by his daughter.
206* HandicappedBadass: Although he lost his left leg to Mor'du, it doesn't seem to have slowed him down much, if at all.
207* HappilyMarried: With Elinor.
208* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Whereas Fergus is large and stocky, Elinor is slender and petite.
209* LargeAndInCharge: Like Stoick, Fergus is a good deal larger than most of his subjects.
210* PapaWolf: He doesn't hesitate to defend Merida from Mor'du, even with his handicap.
211* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: To Elinor, although she admits that at first she was nervous about her betrothal to him. They're very happy together now, though.
212* RulingCouple: He and Elinor rule the Highlands.
213
214!!The O'[=DunBroch=] Triplets
215https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/triplets_brave.jpg
216----
217[[hardline]]
218* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Their names are Hubert, Harris, and Hamish.
219%%* InnocentBlueEyes
220* [[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 toward Hiccup.
221* MySisterIsOffLimits: They didn't like that Merida was being forced to marry Hiccup, so they gave their sister her bow and arrows Elinor had locked up.
222* PintsizedKid: They're pretty darn tiny.
223* RuleOfThree: Hence triplets.
224* SameSexTriplets: All three are boys.
225* SiblingTeam: They are never shown apart and work great in tandem with one another.
226* SuddenlyVoiced: The triplets never said anything in the film aside from the occasional laugh, sneeze or distracting roar. Here they talk, and even [[FinishingEachOthersSentences finish each other's sentences]].
227
228!!Lord Macguffin
229https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brave-lord-macguffin_3390.jpg
230
231!!Lord Macintosh
232https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brave-lord-macintosh_5585.jpg
233
234!!Lord Dingwall
235https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brave-lord-dingwall_6702.jpg
236----
237[[hardline]]
238* NamedByTheAdaptation: He's named Cameron.
239
240!!Young Macguffin
241https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brave-young-macguffin_6645.jpg
242----
243[[hardline]]
244* NamedByTheAdaptation: He's named Andra.
245* TheQuietOne: He usually mutters.
246
247!!Young Macintosh
248https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brave-young-macintosh_3956.jpg
249----
250[[hardline]]
251* NamedByTheAdaptation: He's named William.
252* ShipTease: With Ruffnut.
253
254!!Wee Dingwall
255https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brave-wee-dingwall_2306.jpg
256----
257[[hardline]]
258* AdaptationNameChange: He's named Boyd in the story.
259* BewareTheSillyOnes: Hiccup learns the hard way not to underestimate him.
260* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
261* HiddenDepths: He's more insightful than he looks.
262* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: As he makes clear to Hiccup, he doesn't like Vikings. That's why he tries to kill Hiccup for Merida.
263[[/folder]]
264
265[[folder: Other Characters]]
266
267!!Hilde
268https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BraveWitch_2371.jpg
269----
270[[hardline]]
271* AdaptationalNationality: She's Old Norse, not Scottish.
272* AdaptationalNiceGuy: At the beginning of the story, she's more welcoming towards Hiccup, Merida, and Fishlegs. As opposed to the movie, where she wants Merida to leave, regardless of the will-o-the-wisps leading her to the witch.
273* AdaptationSpeciesChange: [[spoiler: The original Brunhilde was a Valkyrie- here, she's a mortal but LongLived witch.]]
274%%* CoolOldLady
275* [[spoiler:DeathByAdaptation]]
276* IHaveManyNames
277* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the movie, she's only referred to as the Witch. Here, not only is she given a name, [[spoiler:it's revealed that she's actually Brunhilde, the wife of [[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Siegfried the Great]], the descendant of Hiccup]].
278* [[spoiler:RelatedInTheAdaptation]]: [[spoiler: She's Mor'du's mother, and four times great-grandmother of Hiccup.]]
279
280!!Toothless
281https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toothy_dragon_4315.png
282----
283* [[AllAnimalsAreDogs All Animals Are Cats]]
284* ArtificialLimbs
285* BadassAdorable
286* RidiculouslyCuteCritter
287* ProtagonistTitle: He's the "Dragon" in the title.
288
289!!Mor'du the Demon Bear
290https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mordu_prince_2911.jpg
291----
292[[hardline]]
293* AdaptationalNationality: He's presumably half Norse, not Scottish, [[spoiler: because Hilde's his mother.]]
294* AdaptationalVillainy: While Mor'du was a [[TragicMonster victim of his own pride]], [[PeacefulInDeath having found peace in his death]] in the film, this incarnation is sadistic and tyrannical from beginning to end.
295* [[spoiler:AntagonisticOffspring]]: [[spoiler:For Hilde.]]
296* BastardBastard: [[spoiler: For Hilde.]]
297* 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.
298* ChildByRape: [[spoiler: It's implied that the Red Death mating with Hilde was less than consensual.]]
299* FangsAreEvil: He seems to have purposely sharpened his teeth as a point of intimidation.
300* [[spoiler: HalfHumanHybrid]]: [[spoiler: Is a dragon born, half-human and half-dragon]]
301* HeroKiller: Crippled Fergus, as per canon, and [[spoiler: kills his mother Hilde and Merida's horse Angus.]]
302* RedEyesTakeWarning: His one good eye is blood red in color.
303* [[spoiler: RelatedInTheAdaptation]]: [[spoiler: 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.]]
304* ScaryTeeth: His teeth are sharpened to points.
305* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Despite actually being half-dragon]], Mor'du is the one that takes care of all villanous activity while the Red Death is imprisoned.
306* WouldHurtAChild: Upon meeting Merida who was alone in the woods, 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 with his {{BFS}} to do so. And he intends to kill the Triplets too. In the climax, he tries to kill Hiccup and Fishlegs.
307
308!!The Red Death
309https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/green_death_blueberry_1632.png
310----
311[[hardline]]
312* AmbiguousGender: Its gender is quite unclear, as its referred to as male in the movie while most fans consider it female. But averted here, where he's clearly male [[spoiler: and the father of Mor'du.]]
313* BigBad: He's the largest villain present, as well as the most powerful.
314* SealedEvilInACan: Sealed away within Helheim's Gate by Hilde.
315* TalkingAnimal: Is capable of speaking human language.
316** [[spoiler: YouCanTalk: No one saw it coming!]]

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