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1	!!'''Book I, Chapter 1'''
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3	-> '''Dragon War, The''' ''—Popular name for the low-level raiding conflict between the Green Death Nest and the Viking settlements of the Hebrides islands; specifically in reference to Berk, in the Inner Hebrides, ranging from circa 750 Common Era until 16 September, 1040 Common Era (Julian reckoning). While just one of many human-dragon conflicts in recorded history, The Dragon War is commonly referred to as the singular and eponymous conflict due to its resolution—specifically, the taming and subsequent domestication of dragons by the Norse of Berk, with the resulting impact on history.''
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5	->''Cross-references: Berk (Island); Green Death (Dragon); Haddock, Astrid, I; Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III; Haddock, Stoick, I...''
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7	-->--''Encyclopedia Norlandia, 7th Edition, 1642, Edinburgh, Scotland''
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9	!!Tropes That Appear In This Chapter:
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11	* BattleTrophy: Stoick kept some of the remains of the Green Death, having hanged the tail club over the entrance of the Great Hall and the teeth and scales decorating the interior to represent their victory against it.
12	* DawnOfAnEra: A new age has begun with Berk taking in dragons, and while he may soon not be able to trade in dragon parts anymore, Trader Johann still envisions a new age of prosperity for Berk and himself.
13	* EndOfAnAge: The Dragon Wars are over with Berk domesticating the dragons.
14	-->''"To the end of one era, [[DawnOfAnEra and the beginning of a new one]], where we shall grow fat on peace, instead of lean on war!"''
15	* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The quote from the fictional history book ''Encyclopedia Norlandia, 7th Edition'' can be read as an application of this trope towards the entirety of the fanfic itself; the events leading up to and coming after their battle against the Green Death (and the various characters and dragons that made up the story) are treated as an actual historical event in the real world during the Viking Era.
16	* MadeOfIron: While dragons are vulnerable on the inside, dragons scales are more than durable against dragon fire on both sides, thus much of the Green Death's corpse survived its incineration.
17	* RisingEmpire: When Johann and his crew sees what Berk has become for the first time, one of the crew-mates is able to guess from one look at them that what they are seeing is "a fortune on the wing... a beast that was the stuff of nightmares being ridden like a horse by the son of the chief ...demons broken to the saddle and stirrup. ...the future patrician of a great trading house, whose crest will be dragons and coin."
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19	-->[-Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn: [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10408971/chapters/22985466 HERE]]-]

Context Recap / AThingOfVikingsChapter1OnApproach