History Recap / DragonsRidersOfBerkS5E1EnemyOfMyEnemy

[[Recap/DragonsRidersOfBerkS4E13MacesAndTalonsPart2 It's been months since the Viggo incident]] and he's still nowhere to be found. Desperate to find him, Hiccup sets out on a reconnaissance mission alone, but falls into a Dragon Hunter trap and is shot down. Stranded by himself on a desert island with Toothless out of commission, Hiccup finds an unlikely ally in the form of Dagur.

* BoredWithInsanity: Dagur has been stranded on a desert island since he left Viggo. The months alone with his thoughts has changed him somewhat.

* CharacterDevelopment: Dagur's time in isolation has caused him to rethink his entire life, before he was a warmongering Berserker with an army and a grudge, free to do as he desired with no consequences. Now, he has a sister to protect, no home to fall back to and no friends to call his own. His entire purpose now is to find and protect Heather, and make Viggo pay.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: The hunters wound Toothless with a Dragon Root arrow, which seems to cause an adverse reaction to him as opposed to what it does to the other dragons. This puts him out of action for the majority of the episode, requiring Hiccup to begrudgingly accept Dagur's assistance.
* EnemyMine: Between Dagur and Hiccup. The former insists he has reformed over the past few months of isolation, the latter refuses to take him at face value.
* FindTheCure: Dagur helps Hiccup find the ingredients for the antidote for dragon root.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Hiccup believes this has happened to Dagur, which is impressive since he was already bonkers to begin with, but ultimately [[DefiedTrope defied]] in that it has given him some much needed clarity instead.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Astrid says it "has been months since the Viggo episode".
* MysteriousProtector: Dagur before Hiccup learns who's been taking out all the hunters behind his back.

* PlayingPossum: Hiccup finds a Dragon Hunter ship that appears to have been attacked, only for it to be a trap.
* TakingTheBullet: After defeating most of the hunter group that tailed him and Hiccup, Dagur takes a dragon-root arrow to the shoulder from another one hiding in the bushes.

** As a bonus, Hiccup foregoes Toothless's armor as it allows him to be stealthy on a recon mission, then encounters enemies with Dragonroot arrows.

* CallBack: Hiccup recalls that Blue Oleanders are poisonous to dragons.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: The hunters wound Toothless with a Dragonroot arrow, which seems to cause an adverse reaction to him as opposed to what it does to the other dragons. This puts him out of action for the majority of the episode, requiring Hiccup to begrudgingly accept Dagur's assistance.

* DoomedByCanon: After developing dragon armor for most of the last season, we get our first signs of why we don't see ArmoredDragons in ''How to Train Your Dragon 2''; the dragons just consider it too uncomfortable.

* DoomedByCanon: After developing dragon armor for most of the last season, we get our first signs of why we don't see ArmoredDragons in HTTYD2; the dragons just consider it too uncomfortable.

* HeelRealization: Off-screen, but during the months between Viggo's attack on the riders and meeting up with Hiccup, Dagur seems to have realized just how much worse Viggo is compared to him.

** As a bonus, Hiccup foregoes Toothless's armor as it allows him to be stealthy on a recon mission, then encounters enemies with Dragonroot arrows.

[[Recap/DragonsRidersOfBerkS4E13MacesAndTalonsPart2 It's been months since the Viggo incident]] and he's still nowhere to be found. Desperate to find him, Hiccup sets out on a reconnaissance mission alone, and is shot down by the Dragon Riders on a solo recon mission. Stranded by himself on a desert island with Toothless out of commission, he finds an unlikely ally in the form of Dagur.

When Hiccup is shot down by the Dragon Riders on a solo recon mission, he finds an unlikely ally in the form of Dagur.

* TemptingFate: Astrid tells Hiccup not to leave on his own in case he gets into trouble, but he ditches her to go alone anyway and immediately gets into trouble.