History Heartwarming / AThingOfVikings

* When Astrid gives birth to her and Hiccup's first daughter, even Stoick is overcome at the news that they named the girl after Valka (although it is currently unknown if Valka is actually dead or not).

* Chapter 16: Gobber's – and Berk's as a whole – attitude toward the former thralls they'd just freed, finding just about any excuse they can think of to [[PetTheDog pay, give discounts, or otherwise just give them a leg up on their new leases on life]].

* The epigram for Chapter 115 indicates that, years after the main story, Hiccup has a close relationship with his son Magni. In the epigram, Hiccup takes time out from his duties to spend time with Magni, who had just discovered the moon's craters by viewing the moon through his synlengra(telescope), as well as the moons of Jupiter(which the Vikings called Odin). At the end of the epigram, Hiccup is planning to construct a larger synlengra for his son.

* In Chapter 115, Hiccup ''[BrickJoke finally]]'' succeeds at his challenge that Astrid had set for him, over two years before. Yet when faced with the decision of what to have as his forfeit, he admits that he'd never really thought about it – he was only interested in pursuing the challenge for Astrid's sake.

* Hiccup proposing to Astrid; it's not just that he turns down politically advantageous marriage alliances for her, the woman he loves, the one who "will throw him into ice water" when he needs it, he also gives a literal King's Ransom and a captured city for her bride price--just to show the world how much she means to him.
* Fishlegs and Heather managing to reconnect, forgive and rekindle their relationship after the month of estrangement after the Battle.

* Rabbi Dovid answering a late-night knock at the door of his synagogue to find a trio of Norse. It starts with him afraid of harassment from the city guard, his congregation hiding themselves as best they can, before he even opens the door--only to find that they're the fabled dragon-riders of Berk. Asking why they're there, the man Dovid assumes is a bodyguard goes over to a table, proceeds to write something and presents it to Dovid. In ''Hebrew'', it reads that his great-grandfather was Jewish and taught the tribe how to read and write. And so now they're here to connect with ''long-lost relatives''.

* In Chapter 105, even with the depressing atmosphere of ThePlague having infected Hiccup's daughters, Magnus' daughter Ragnhild has provided an uplifting event to contrast with all that. She was making fast friends with the other Thorston children, and has even befriended a yellow-coloured Terror. Which she named Rand after Magnus' golden-coloured Nightmare Brand.
* In Chapter 106, Toothless is reunited with his long lost sister and even though she is very distrustful of humans, she trusts Toothless' judgement to allow Hiccup to remove the muzzles off of her captured nestmates. In the next chapter, she gradually warms up to her brother's human allies, to the extent that she accepts Astrid's name of 'Fearless' and expresses a desire to see her brother's nest.

* In Chapter 110, it's revealed that Vedrarfjord's Christian priest has created a monument for Fearless; regardless of whether or not dragons have souls in the same sense as humans, he recognises that Fearless's sacrifice deserves to be commemorated, which marks the first time that a lone dragon has been given such an honor.

* In Chapter 110, it's revealed that Berk's Christian priest has created a monument for Fearless; regardless of whether or not dragons have souls in the same sense as humans, he recognises that Fearless's sacrifice deserves to be commemorated, which marks the first time that a lone dragon has been given such an honor.

* In Chapter 106, Toothless is reunited with his long lost sister and even though she is very distrustful of humans, she trusts Toothless' judgement to allow Hiccup to remove the muzzles off of her captured nestmates.

* Magnus and Ryffnut's relationship. The fic makes it perfectly clear that their marriage sprung as much from love as from politics.

* Hiccup and Astrid accepting and forgiving Wulfhild over her not telling them about the secretive Christian marriage, culminating in [[spoiler:a synod being drawn up that makes Hiccup, Astrid and Wulfhild's three-way marriage fully legal from all relevant perspectives]].

* Hiccup and Astrid accepting and forgiving Wulfhild over her not telling them about the secretive Christian marriage.

* Rabbi Dovid answering a late-night knock at the door of his synagogue to find a trio of Norse. It starts with him afraid of harassment from the city guard, his congregation hiding themselves as best they can, before he even opens the door--only to find that they're then fabled dragon-riders of Berk. Asking why they're there, the man Dovid assumes is a bodyguard goes over to a table, proceeds to write something and presents it to Dovid. In ''Hebrew'', it reads that his great-grandfather was Jewish and taught the tribe how to read and write. And so now they're here to connect with ''long-lost relatives''.

* Hiccup and Astrid [[spoiler: accepting and forgiving Wulfhild over her not telling them about the secretive Christian marriage]].