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[[WMG: Cami will earn the epithet The Divine Wind, as a nod to her name from the books.]]
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[[WMG: Viggo will be known as a fair and beloved king, in spite of himself, and be a dark mirror to Hiccup.]]
Harboring Alvin and trying to secretly take a dragon’s nest aside, Viggo has been shown to be pragmatic about things, copying Berk and treating people fairly to ensure his grip on power is secure. Because of this, it seems to reason he’ll either be a VillainWithGoodPublicity, or he’ll run into a situation where the right thing to do is not necessarily the most pragmatic, and reveal his true colors.
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Brittany, or Breizh as its people call it, are populated by a group with a separate ethnic identity from the Franks, and young Duke's sister knows that the Hooligans were framed for murdering their aristocracy when it was all actually engineered by Henry, who is French. Hawiz also idolises Astrid for chopping off one of Henry's hands, setting the stage for smooth relations between Brittany and Berk should Henry be exposed as a liar.

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Brittany, or Breizh as its people call it, are populated by a group with a separate ethnic identity from the Franks, and the young Duke's sister knows that the Hooligans were framed for murdering their aristocracy when it was all actually engineered by Henry, who is French.French. This ties in well with one epigraph having Hiccup mention that people have told him that the French are untrustworthy. Hawiz also idolises Astrid for chopping off one of Henry's hands, setting the stage for smooth relations between Brittany and Berk should Henry be exposed as a liar.

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[[WMG: Brittany will become a province of the North Sea Empire]]
Brittany, or Breizh as its people call it, are populated by a group with a separate ethnic identity from the Franks, and young Duke's sister knows that the Hooligans were framed for murdering their aristocracy when it was all actually engineered by Henry, who is French. Hawiz also idolises Astrid for chopping off one of Henry's hands, setting the stage for smooth relations between Brittany and Berk should Henry be exposed as a liar.




[[WMG: Brittany will become a province of the North Sea Empire]]
Brittany, or Breizh as its people call it, are populated by a group with a separate ethnic identity from the Franks, and young Duke's sister knows that the Hooligans were framed for murdering their aristocracy when it was all actually engineered by Henry, who is French. Hawiz also idolises Astrid for chopping off one of Henry's hands, setting the stage for smooth relations between Brittany and Berk should Henry be exposed as a liar.
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[[WMG: Brittany will become a province of the North Sea Empire]]
Brittany, or Breizh as its people call it, are populated by a group with a separate ethnic identity from the Franks, and young Duke's sister knows that the Hooligans were framed for murdering their aristocracy when it was all actually engineered by Henry, who is French. Hawiz also idolises Astrid for chopping off one of Henry's hands, setting the stage for smooth relations between Brittany and Berk should Henry be exposed as a liar.
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In real life, the first major spit in Christianity was a west/east split of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. In this story, the first major split will be a north/south split with the Christians in the "North Sea Empire" breaking of from the Roman Catholic Church out of protest of the Crusades. Yngvarr would possibly be the leader of this new church.

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In real life, the first major spit split in Christianity was a west/east split of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. In this story, the first major split will be a north/south split with the Christians in the "North Sea Empire" breaking of from the Roman Catholic Church out of protest of the Crusades. Yngvarr would possibly be the leader of this new church.
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[[WMG:Clodgall is going to die sometime in Book 4.]]
The epigraph for chapter 38 said that by 1050 Berk's social structure when from 4 large clans plus one small one to one with several medium sized clans and that the Jorgenson Clan was the first clan to break up in response to the death of someone. Its only logical to conclude it broke up because Clodgall died. A shift to medium sized clans wouldn't be something that happened overnight since the clanheads aren't all the same age and won't die all at once so Clodgall will have to die soon for this shift to get well underway.

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[[WMG: The name Hiccup will have a completely different connotation in the future.]]
In real life Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was nicknamed "[[TheCaligula Caligula]]'' after the caliga (soldier's boots) Gaius wore as a child. So young Gaius was given the cutesy nickname Caligula (Little Boots) after the miniature soldier's boots he wore. Which is now associated with a bloody, decadent and insane tyrant. Considering Hiccup's many deeds as the Hero of Berk, many game-changing inventions and stratagems and accomplishments, Hiccup will probably have different connotation in the future. Hiccup will probably be a shorthand name for a really smart person like "Einstein" with the fun fact that it once meant air bubble that got trapped in diaphragm.
* Confirmed. An epigraph confirms that "Hiccup" will become synonymous with "Genius" and "Altruistic".

[[WMG: Valka is alive and out there somewhere.]]
People have been guessing that any mention of wild dragons out of Berk will be where Valka is. So far, none have been correct, with Iceland being the current favorite, mainly because it is the only place we know of that has wild dragons at the moment.
* Confirmed. Chapter 108, Valka is alive and living in a dragon nest somewhere in the Arctic Ocean.

[[WMG: The Night Fury at the end of chapter 83 is female.]]
Given that this chapter was written some time after the author saw ''The Hidden World'', it wouldn't be much of a stretch to assume that they/she would end up playing a similar role as the Light Fury.
* Gender confirmed to be female in Chapter 92.
* Her potential role as love interest jossed in Chapter 106. She's actually Toothless's long-lost sister.

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[[WMG: The name Hiccup will have a completely different connotation in the future.]]
In real life Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was nicknamed "[[TheCaligula Caligula]]'' after the caliga (soldier's boots) Gaius wore as a child. So young Gaius was given the cutesy nickname Caligula (Little Boots) after the miniature soldier's boots he wore. Which is now associated with a bloody, decadent and insane tyrant. Considering Hiccup's many deeds as the Hero of Berk, many game-changing inventions and stratagems and accomplishments, Hiccup will probably have different connotation in the future. Hiccup will probably be a shorthand name for a really smart person like "Einstein" with the fun fact that it once meant air bubble that got trapped in diaphragm.
* Confirmed. An epigraph confirms that "Hiccup" will become synonymous with "Genius" and "Altruistic".

[[WMG: Valka is alive and out there somewhere.]]
People have been guessing that any mention of wild dragons out of Berk will be where Valka is. So far, none have been correct, with Iceland being the current favorite, mainly because it is the only place we know of that has wild dragons at the moment.
* Confirmed. Chapter 108, Valka is alive and living in a dragon nest somewhere in the Arctic Ocean.

[[WMG: The Night Fury at the end of chapter 83 is female.]]
Given that this chapter was written some time after the author saw ''The Hidden World'', it wouldn't be much of a stretch to assume that they/she would end up playing a similar role as the Light Fury.
* Gender confirmed to be female in Chapter 92.
* Her potential role as love interest jossed in Chapter 106. She's actually Toothless's long-lost sister.
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[[WMG: The Bog Burglars will succeed in joining Berk as a special clans with specific statuses so that they will always be a refuge for runaway women, but it will take a war with Alba to do it]]
War with Harthacnut was what it took to get the Joms accepted and the creation of new clans in general out of the Old Tribe's clanless, and it'll take more war for the Bog Burglars to be all be able to have dragons and yet keep their special status as a refuge for runaway women.
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[[WMG: The name Hiccup will have a completely different connotation in the future.]]
In real life Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was nicknamed "[[TheCaligula Caligula]]'' after the caliga (soldier's boots) Gaius wore as a child. So young Gaius was given the cutesy nickname Caligula (Little Boots) after the miniature soldier's boots he wore. Which is now associated with a bloody, decadent and insane tyrant. Considering Hiccup's many deeds as the Hero of Berk, many game-changing inventions and stratagems and accomplishments, Hiccup will probably have different connotation in the future. Hiccup will probably be a shorthand name for a really smart person like "Einstein" with the fun fact that it once meant air bubble that got trapped in diaphragm.
* Confirmed. An epigraph confirms that "Hiccup" will become synonymous with "Genius" and "Altruistic".

[[WMG: Valka is alive and out there somewhere.]]
People have been guessing that any mention of wild dragons out of Berk will be where Valka is. So far, none have been correct, with Iceland being the current favorite, mainly because it is the only place we know of that has wild dragons at the moment.
* Confirmed. Chapter 108, Valka is alive and living in a dragon nest somewhere in the Arctic Ocean.

[[WMG: The Night Fury at the end of chapter 83 is female.]]
Given that this chapter was written some time after the author saw ''The Hidden World'', it wouldn't be much of a stretch to assume that they/she would end up playing a similar role as the Light Fury.
* Gender confirmed to be female in Chapter 92.
* Her potential role as love interest jossed in Chapter 106. She's actually Toothless's long-lost sister.

[[WMG: The Bog Burglars will succeed in joining Berk as a special clans with specific statuses so that they will always be a refuge for runaway women, but it will take a war with Alba to do it]]
War with Harthacnut was what it took to get the Joms accepted and the creation of new clans in general out of the Old Tribe's clanless, and it'll take more war for the Bog Burglars to be all be able to have dragons and yet keep their special status as a refuge for runaway women.
* Jossed. The Bog Burglars joined Berk with sanctuary being available for runaway women without any major issues.
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[[WMG:After Stoick and Valka reunite and the whole thing with Furious is sorted out, Stoick will re-propose to Valka with the Dancing and the Dreaming song]].

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[[WMG:After Stoick and Valka reunite and the whole thing with Furious is sorted out, Stoick will re-propose to Valka with the Dancing and the Dreaming song]].
It would be the ''perfect'' MythologyGag.
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[[WMG:The Crusades against the Norse will cause the first split in Christianity]]
In real life, the first major spit in Christianity was a west/east split of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. In this story, the first major split will be a north/south split with the Christians in the "North Sea Empire" breaking of from the Roman Catholic Church out of protest of the Crusades. Yngvarr would possibly be the leader of this new church.
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[[WMG: Emperor Henry the Black will supply troops for the Crusades]]
An epigraph penned by Astrid drew attention to him in the context of warfare, and the troops have to come from ''somewhere''. As for why in spite of him being friendly with Hiccup when they met, well, Henry was trying to get Hiccup to reconsider not converting to Christianity and the Pope declaring a crusade against the North Sea Empire is likely not something Henry is willing to oppose.
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[[WMG:Thengill's in general are going to be viewed by humans and other dragons in the future as power hungry, abusive and uncaring towards their subjects because of the war they declared against humans.]]
In responce to what happened in Iceland, the thengills of the north had a meeting with each other and decided to declare war on humans with the goal of enslaving humans and freeing any dragons they have. Given the child like minds that most dragons have and how Valka appears to be the only human fluent in Dragonese as of 1042, the motivations for the declaration of war could easily be misinterpreted in the 1040s and end up be viewed by future generations as the thengills not wanting to loose their power over other dragons who would view humans made dragon shelters and brooderies as superior to the naturally occurring ones the thengills live in. Not helping things any are human eye witness reports of how Fire Hunger (aka Green Death) and Screaming White (aka The Screaming Death) treated their subjects.
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Also shown from the aforementioned epigraph is that the bureau has some as of yet unknown schemes in regards to Sigurd.
-> ''Another example of such manipulation occurred when it came to light that Sigurd Trondsson (see Chapter 21: The Dragon Riders) was actually Snotlout clan Jorgenson, effectively next in line to inherit the chiefdom of Berk after Hiccup clan Haddock and his issue. The Bureau…''
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[[WMG: Spitelout's letter was intercepted by the bureau of barbarians]]
As pointed out in the above “Spitelout's letter was intercepted by Kormak” theory Spitelout has sent letters to Sigurd but he hasn’t gotten them, so it is likely that someone is preventing those letters from reaching Sigurd. But instead of it being Kormak or his backer I propose that it’s the bureau of barbarians. As shown in the chapter 71 epigraph the empire has a history of manipulating the mail of others to manipulate them:
-> ''A noted exemplar of such divide-and-conquer tactics was Emperor Heraclius, who once intercepted a note from the Persian king ordering the execution of a general and his staff. The emperor added 400 names to the execution list and sent the note on its way, and watched as the Persian empire fought itself to put down the rebellion that ensued.''
So it is possible that the bureau is confiscating Spitelout's letters possibly to help sever any ties Sigurd has to Berk so that he would be more likely to go along with whatever schemes the bureau has in store for Berk.
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[[WMG: A lot of members of the allied clans are being used by 'clanless' people just to get dragons.]]
Given the law restricts dragon ownership to members of the allied clans, a lot of 'clanless' people are becoming the concubine of a member of an allied clan just to get a dragon. Any feelings of love or friendship between them and the one they are becoming the concubine of is just an act and as soon as their concubinage comes up for renewal, they'll leave Berk with their dragon.
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[[WMG: The conflict with the Pechenegs will be ended relatively peacefully]]
Astrid at some point manage to hear that by Drago's own admission, he saw the Song Dynasty's laws as a barrier to getting dragons. How would she have heard of that? Drago telling her? Under what circumstances? Kurya telling his people that Kudret saved him and encouraging them to treat dragons better can also make peace an easier option.
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[[WMG: Kurya will regret thinking the worst of Drago in the aftermath of the New-Year's Fire Rout]]
Kurya will meet Drago again and Drago will be so happy that Kurya will realise he was wrong to think Drago usurped power. Sprinkle in a lot of ObliviousGuiltSlinging on Drago's part for flavour.
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[[WMG: Munia will be the first of many Muslim citizens in the North Sea Empire]]
The chapter 67 epigraph mentions Islamic Law was one of many set of laws being used in the empire. For that to happen, there has to be a lot of Muslims living in the North Sea Empire. These Muslims could become citizens by either moving there or their homes getting annexed.
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[[WMG: The two human terms used to refer to the dragon leaders of a nest, Thengill and Alphadraconis, will be in competition with each other]]
The Byzantines want to remain the top dog in Europe and will push for the use of Alphadraconis as part of their imperialism. The Hooligans will unwittingly get sucked into the competition and do surprisingly well without putting in much effort on their part.
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[[WMG: The dragons Viggo will encounter on the dragon nest he discovered will be based on what he had in the canon of the tv series]]
Among other things, that means there's a 50/50 chance that the Thengill of the nest is a Shellfire or a Submaripper.

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* [[spoiler: Confirmed. Chapter 108, Valka is alive and living in a dragon nest somewhere in the Arctic Ocean.]]

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* Her potential role as love interest jossed in Chapter 106. She's actually [[spoiler: Toothless's long-lost sister]].

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* [[spoiler: Jossed. The Bog Burglars joined Berk with sanctuary being available for runaway women without any major issues]].

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* In chapter 119 'Dust to Dust', it is revealed that [[spoiler:Savage]] had arranged for the pirates to attack Heather's village in hopes to kill her so [[spoiler:any possible children Dagur has with Savage's daughter Rodhlaug would be head of their clan]]. Dagur has admitted that he has a gap in his memory around the time of his father's death meaning he doesn't remember shooting the arrow that killed his father. He assumes he did but during that period of time it's possible that [[spoiler:Savage]] showed up on the hunting trip unannounced and murdered Dagur's father since [[spoiler:Dagur's father wouldn't have approved of a marriage between Dagur and Rodhlaug]].

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* In chapter 119 'Dust to Dust', it is revealed that [[spoiler:Savage]] Savage had arranged for the pirates to attack Heather's village in hopes to kill her so [[spoiler:any any possible children Dagur has with Savage's daughter Rodhlaug would be head of their clan]].clan. Dagur has admitted that he has a gap in his memory around the time of his father's death meaning he doesn't remember shooting the arrow that killed his father. He assumes he did but during that period of time it's possible that [[spoiler:Savage]] Savage showed up on the hunting trip unannounced and murdered Dagur's father since [[spoiler:Dagur's Dagur's father wouldn't have approved of a marriage between Dagur and Rodhlaug]].
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[[WMG: The most mythologized figure to come from Berk taming dragons is Valka]]
The Chapter 10 epigraph mentions that the second-most mythologized figure is Stoick, and at the time, it was easy to assume first place went to Hiccup. However, the revelation of Valka being alive, fully understanding the language of dragons, and has the trust of a Thengill gives fertile ground for endless embellishments.
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* In chapter 119 'Dust to Dust', it is revealed that[[spoiler:Savage]] had arranged for the pirates to attack Heather's village in hopes to kill her so [[spoiler:any possible children Dagur has with Savage's daughter Rodhlaug would be head of their clan]]. Dagur has admitted that he has a gap in his memory around the time of his father's death meaning he doesn't remember shooting the arrow that killed his father. He assumes he did but during that period of time it's possible that [[spoiler:Savage]] showed up on the hunting trip unannounced and murdered Dagur's father since [[Dagur's father wouldn't have approved of a marriage between Dagur and Rodhlaug]].

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* In chapter 119 'Dust to Dust', it is revealed that[[spoiler:Savage]] that [[spoiler:Savage]] had arranged for the pirates to attack Heather's village in hopes to kill her so [[spoiler:any possible children Dagur has with Savage's daughter Rodhlaug would be head of their clan]]. Dagur has admitted that he has a gap in his memory around the time of his father's death meaning he doesn't remember shooting the arrow that killed his father. He assumes he did but during that period of time it's possible that [[spoiler:Savage]] showed up on the hunting trip unannounced and murdered Dagur's father since [[Dagur's [[spoiler:Dagur's father wouldn't have approved of a marriage between Dagur and Rodhlaug]].
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[[WMG: Dagur didn't kill his father]]
* In chapter 119 'Dust to Dust', it is revealed that[[spoiler:Savage]] had arranged for the pirates to attack Heather's village in hopes to kill her so [[spoiler:any possible children Dagur has with Savage's daughter Rodhlaug would be head of their clan]]. Dagur has admitted that he has a gap in his memory around the time of his father's death meaning he doesn't remember shooting the arrow that killed his father. He assumes he did but during that period of time it's possible that [[spoiler:Savage]] showed up on the hunting trip unannounced and murdered Dagur's father since [[Dagur's father wouldn't have approved of a marriage between Dagur and Rodhlaug]].
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[[WMG: Berkians will be seen as a ProudScholarRace by other cultures over time]]
* With all the massive technological advances, the Viking stereotype becomes less true and new stereotypes fill in the void.
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* One epigraph refers to Astrid fighting in a 'Second Battle of the Seine River' which does confirm that a war will be fought in France.
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[[WMG: The rest of France will attack Normandy]]
The epigraph on the Normans state that Normandy was ''originally'' a duchy of France, and two other epigraphs indicate relations with the French are incredibly sour. Britany is also trying to undermine Duke William while King Henry doesn't trust Berk. With all of these factors together, it's likely the powder-keg will blow up and the rest of France will attack Normandy for their ties to Berk and Berk will defend Normandy and annex it.
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[[WMG: Berk's Thawfest festival will become the equivalent of the Olympics]]
Merchants and other visitors are already going to Berk en masse in search of riches. With non-Berkians allowed to participate and even winning, more people will go in search of glory by playing in the games.

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