Line #20 Fanfic/TheBoyBehindTheMask


1	''The Boy Behind The Mask'' is a ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10480251/1/The-Boy-Behind-The-Mask fanfic]] written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5796925/IAmTheBrovahkiin IAmTheBrovahkiin]].
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3	Hiccup couldn't deny fate; soon the Vikings of Berk would discover Toothless- his best and only friend. With careful preparation, he fakes his own death and leaves Berk, with no intention of ever returning. But even as he grows into a powerful man and meets the woman of his dreams, Hiccup knows he cannot simply forget the place of his birth. After all, he's their only hope...
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5	Story has not been updated since May 2018 and is presumably abandoned.
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7	!!This fanfic provides examples of:
8	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Snotlout wanted to be chief and the people of Berk wanted an heir that exemplified good old viking machismo. Unfortunately, Snotlout had no idea how boring and hard it would be to be the next chief and the people of Berk don't like the fact that their future chief is a self-righteous idiot, the current Chief and Elders having little to no faith in him.
9	* BestHerToBedHer: When Astrid has her prophecy read by Gothi, she states that only the one who can best her in battle will marry her. For years Astrid ([[DoesNotLikeMen who is determined to stay bachelorette at all costs]]) has defeated every person who has challenged her undefeated until [[spoiler:Hiccup]], who was trying to keep her from killing Katla over perceived disrespect, completely [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] her when he ceases on the defensive.
10	* BlackSwordsAreBetter: Hiccup was able to concoct a black metal stronger and lighter than even ''Gronkle Iron'' called "Nightshade Steel," forging weapons for himself and his friends with it.
11	* ChickMagnet: Hiccup ends up becoming this to the Free Folk within his first week among them. Considering he was considered less than average for most of his life, this makes Hiccup rather uncomfortable.
12	* EmbarrassingTattoo: During their drunken bender on Trader's Isle, Hiccup and Katla end up getting tattoos on their backs. Katla gets a tattoo of a Skrill skull with her swords behind it with "''[[WomanScorned Helheim hath no fury]]''" written below it in cursive, while Hiccup got a ''massive'' depiction of a Night Fury.
13	* FakingTheDead: While Hiccup originally left a note claiming that he ventured off to find a dragon worthy enough to be his first kill, Astrid finds black scales and a spot of Hiccup's blood in the cove and everyone assumes this means he was massacred by a Night Fury.
14	* GivenNameReveal: Hiccup goes by the name "Fjalar" to keep himself hidden, though he has to confess his real name at the Free Folk trial.
15	* MeaningfulRename: When Hiccup leaves Berk, he takes on the alias "Fjalar" (meaning "deceiver").
16	* NoMoreForMe: The day after Katla, Hiccup, Nina and Lodin celebrate [[spoiler:Hiccup waking up after nearly dying by Skrill]] with excessive amounts of wine, they spend half of the next day sick out of their minds.
17	* RecursiveFanfiction: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12925300/1/Hiccup-s-Story Hiccup's Story]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6348695/Hero-Time-81 Hero Time 81]].
18	* RomanticFalseLead: While at first pissed at Hiccup for defeating her (see BestHerToBedHer for context), Astrid then becomes incredibly spiteful towards Katla after finding out that Hiccup is already in a relationship with her, even going so far at to challenge her to a fight for the right to be with Hiccup.
19	* ShellShockedVeteran: While normally the timid and sarcastic boy he has always been, a mix of [[spoiler:the Romans destroying Helgafjall and the people he has come to call his own and ColdBloodedTorture by Alvin the Treacherous]] has left Hiccup with scars that turn him into TheBerserker should any of his friends or family be threatened. He nearly killed Snotlout when he called Katja a whore, and mowed down countless Outcasts - even [[spoiler:cleaving Savage in-half]] - with inhuman ferocity.
20	* SonsOfSlaves: It is established that the Free Folk are a people descended from slave-fighters that [[SlaveLiberation escaped Constantinople and made a home in the Barbaric Archipelago]], the very concept of being free men and women ingrained in their culture.
21	* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Sick of Katla and Hiccup arguing over whose dragon is faster, Nina asks if they have actually [[JustEatGilligan raced to settle the argument]]. They both awkwardly admit that they didn't think of that.
22	* VirginVision: Toothless and Elysia could tell instantly that [[spoiler:their riders had sex the previous night]] by scent alone.
23	* WhatDidIDoLastNight: After drinking a particularly strong mead at Trader's Isle, Hiccup and Karla wake up the next day [[spoiler:[[BedmateReveal naked in the same bed]] post-coitus with [[EmbarrassingTattoo two raw, noticeable tattoos on their backs]].]]
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Context Fanfic / TheBoyBehindTheMask