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* ElectiveMonarchy: The remaining Mormaers of Alba agree to table a vote to be held in four years time to decide who will succeed Fergus as King of Alba from among the claimants, Fergus' sons, Máel Coluim, or Lulach. The epigraph mentions that Lulach never ruled, ruled though, [[ForegoneConclusion so he was evidently rejected in never became king as a result of that future vote]].
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* MythologyGag: Furious speech when he first advocates destroying humanity is the dragon-rebellion chant from the book series, adapted for how dragons talk in this story.
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* ThisMeansWar: Having a predisposed hatred of humanity, and with the perception that all humans have started enslaving dragons, ''and'' upset at the death of his sister at the hands of humans, Furious begins advocating for either wiping out or enslaving humans in response.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Kormak, after being given an offer of employment by Drago, rejects it emphatically, spits at him and gets killed for it. As he dies, he laughs.
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** Dagur abdicates his position as Mormaer in favour of Heather and the Agreeables faction of the Berserkers support her.
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->''On the topic of the Red King, Mac Bethad mac Findlaích, the man is primarily notable in terms of the legacy he left behind, as opposed to his immediate actions. Even his apologists, of whom he has few, admit that their primary defense of the man is to plead ignorance and lack of awareness on his part of the possible outcomes of his deeds, for the facts are indisputable in how the Red King's legacy was, on the whole, a negative one. He fomented wars and mistrust, attempted to cripple and attack out of needless suspicion and fear, and many of his deeds directly led to an escalation of conflict.''
->''One area of argument is the point that, if not for his actions, the Norse Reformation might not have happened, as he spread the seeds of conflict that began to sprout the year after his death, seeds from which the Norse Reformation sprang. However, even among those Norse adherents who subscribe to this viewpoint, the sore point remains in how much his behavior was antithetical to their faith's teachings. And his actions also helped accelerate Berk's territorial growth, by setting Harthacnut the Dane upon his perceived foe, as well as other such actions that stemmed from his time.''
->''But, ultimately, he failed in his goals. Alba became an integral and important province of Berk's territory, and eventually became a core component of the North Sea Empire in the coming years. His family line ended with him, and his stepson never ruled. All the Red King arguably succeeded in doing, in the end, was adding to the casualty counts of the coming wars that he helped spark and escalate, and adding a morality lesson for parents and entertainers on the costs of baseless suspicion, and how such things can spiral into chaos and death.''
->''—A History Of The Isles, Oxford, England, 1591''
!!Tropes that appear in this chapter:
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As tyrannical as Fire-Hunger was, her brother, Furious, mourns her death and wishes vengeance on those that killed her.
* KilledOffForReal: Kormak is killed by the Pechenegs for spitting at Drago.
* WhamEpisode: There are a lot of major developments in this chapter:
** The Nest Lord of the Black Sea Nest allies with Theodora and the Byzantines in response to the Pechenegs enslaving her subjects and brings her remaining subjects and eggs to them.
** Drago and the Pechenegs capture ''over three-thousand dragons'' from the Black Sea Nest.
** The eggs on Berk hatch, and Toothless' and Stormfly's egg hatches into a Night Fury while Fearless' egg hatches into a ''Skrill''.
** Fire-Hunger has a brother named Furious, and he advocates enslaving humans in response to humans enslaving dragons.
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-->-Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn: [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10408971/chapters/74310693 HERE]].
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->''On the topic of the Red King, Mac Bethad mac Findlaích, the man is primarily notable in terms of the legacy he left behind, as opposed to his immediate actions. Even his apologists, of whom he has few, admit that their primary defense of the man is to plead ignorance and lack of awareness on his part of the possible outcomes of his deeds, for the facts are indisputable in how the Red King's legacy was, on the whole, a negative one. He fomented wars and mistrust, attempted to cripple and attack out of needless suspicion and fear, and many of his deeds directly led to an escalation of conflict.''
->''One area of argument is the point that, if not for his actions, the Norse Reformation might not have happened, as he spread the seeds of conflict that began to sprout the year after his death, seeds from which the Norse Reformation sprang. However, even among those Norse adherents who subscribe to this viewpoint, the sore point remains in how much his behavior was antithetical to their faith's teachings. And his actions also helped accelerate Berk's territorial growth, by setting Harthacnut the Dane upon his perceived foe, as well as other such actions that stemmed from his time.''
->''But, ultimately, he failed in his goals. Alba became an integral and important province of Berk's territory, and eventually became a core component of the North Sea Empire in the coming years. His family line ended with him, and his stepson never ruled. All the Red King arguably succeeded in doing, in the end, was adding to the casualty counts of the coming wars that he helped spark and escalate, and adding a morality lesson for parents and entertainers on the costs of baseless suspicion, and how such things can spiral into chaos and death.''
->''—A History Of The Isles, Oxford, England, 1591''
!!Tropes that appear in this chapter:
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As tyrannical as Fire-Hunger was, her brother, Furious, mourns her death and wishes vengeance on those that killed her.
* KilledOffForReal: Kormak is killed by the Pechenegs for spitting at Drago.
* WhamEpisode: There are a lot of major developments in this chapter:
** The Nest Lord of the Black Sea Nest allies with Theodora and the Byzantines in response to the Pechenegs enslaving her subjects and brings her remaining subjects and eggs to them.
** Drago and the Pechenegs capture ''over three-thousand dragons'' from the Black Sea Nest.
** The eggs on Berk hatch, and Toothless' and Stormfly's egg hatches into a Night Fury while Fearless' egg hatches into a ''Skrill''.
** Fire-Hunger has a brother named Furious, and he advocates enslaving humans in response to humans enslaving dragons.
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