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Heather
Heather as a young adult.
Click here to see Heather as a teenager.
Voiced by: Mae Whitman
A girl that washes up on the beach of Berk and is taken in by the riders. She's a spy for Alvin to learn the secrets of dragon taming. She does this because Alvin has her parents. She appears again in season three, this time as a full Dragon Rider.
- Action Girl: She gains battle skills within three years and is able to hold her own against much more experienced warriors. She also made herself a double-handled axe to use in close combat.
- Action Girlfriend: Heather is the badass girlfriend to the geeky Fishlegs in Race to the Edge seasons 3, 4 and 5.
- Aloof Big Sister: Inverted and justified. For the former, she's Dagur's younger sister, but is initially cold and aloof towards him. For the latter, her attitude is understandable given how he and his men destroyed her home, which led to her adoptive parents' deaths.
- Apologetic Attacker: She apologized to Bucket after knocking him out to escape.
- Berserk Button: Dagur. When she learns that Hiccup has been teaching Dagur dragon-training, she is furious and refuses to believe that he has reformed.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Subverted: during both of her times as a mole, she's a sheep acting like a bitch acting like a sheep.
- The Bus Came Back: She met and left the riders early in season one, she wouldn't appear again until Race to the Edge.
- But Now I Must Go: Despite having an open invitation, she takes off after learning that the person she hates most in the world is also her brother. The door is open for her to return, however.
- Canon Foreigner: Heather doesn't exist outside the TV-series. She is an original character created specifically for the TV-Series by Art Brown and Douglas Sloan. She has otherwise never been acknowledged in the movies or specials.
- Conveniently an Orphan: Says her parents aren't with her because they died in a pirate attack. Turns out, they were being held hostage by Alvin to force her to be The Mole. Becomes Harsher in Hindsight when, upon her return in Race to the Edge, we learn they died when Dagur attacked her village.
- Crying Wolf: No one believes her when she says Alvin had her parents because of her stealing the book.
- Darker and Edgier: Her appearance in Race to the Edge - Astrid even refers to it as such by name. She goes from a sweet girl coerced into manipulating the heroes to an Anti-Hero willing to wipe out ships and personally kill her enemies to get vengeance.
- Double Weapon: Her axe can unfold into a double ax-headed staff.
- Dragon Rider: Some point after she left in season one Heather found Windshear who had been injured battling a Typhoomerang, the two bonded as Heather nursed her back to health.
- Dude Magnet: Fishlegs and Snotlout took a great liking to her right away.
- Even the Girls Want Her: If Ruffnut's Ambiguously Bi flirting in Race to the Edge can be taken seriously.
- Face–Heel Turn: She joins Dagur in the second season of Race to the Edge. Though, actually, she's The Mole.
- Feminine Women Can Cook: Averted in that she's a badass who can hold her own fighting Astrid, and in "To Heather or Not to Heather" cooks for the other Dragon Riders. When she finally decides to stay with them, Tuffnut replies "I thank you, and my palate thanks you as well."
- Hairstyle Inertia: She kept the same braided hairstyle from her youth. It's even on the same side.
- Happily Adopted: She is revealed in her second appearance to be adopted, and as had already been established will do anything to keep her parents safe. Takes a dark turn in Race to the Edge when we learn that the reason she is so angry and bloodthirsty is that Dagur killed her parents.
- Head-Turning Beauty: Shortly after meeting the Dragon Academy she has Fishlegs, Snotlout, and (debatably) Tuffnut vying for her attention.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: Her appearances have her alternately befriending the Dragon Riders and betraying them. Admittedly she is always good, the first time she was being coerced, the second time she was trying to not let the Riders get involved in her problems, and the third time she was undercover when the Riders happened to meet up with her.
- Heel–Face Turn: Saves the Berk crew at the end of her two-parter.
- Heroic BSoD: She breaks down and seems to tune the world out upon learning that Dagur is her brother. When Dagur's ship begins to sink, she almost doesn't even try to leave and save herself at first.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Female example. Once she's revealed to be working for Alvin, no one believes her when she starts telling the truth about why.
- Honey Pot: Her mission from Alvin is to charm the boys and learn about dragons from them.
- Honorary True Companion: She is considered this for the Riders come Race To The Edge but for whatever reason refuses to join up with them permanently. Given that she's original to the TV series and thus absent from the movies, Heather not officially joining the team is a Foregone Conclusion every time.
- The Ingenue: Naive and innocent and playing the boys for suckers by pretending to be so. Astrid calls her on the 'innocent routine'.
- In the Blood: After discovering that they're siblings, Dagur claims that her willingness to use brutal measures against him is because of her Berserker blood. The comparison clearly doesn't have a good effect on her. She eventually comes to accept it.
- In the Hood: In Race to the Edge, she now wears a short-sleeved hooded shirt.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Zigzagged. Heather is genuinely good at heart and has a strong moral compass, but at her worst (often when pushed to her limit) can be selfish, secretive, closed-off, two-faced, sly, untrustworthy, and insensitive. Each of these traits surface during her first few appearances in the series until she mostly outgrows them from the third season of Race to the Edge onward:
- Her actions taken to save her adoptive family (Riders of Berk) and her time as an undercover hunter (Race to the Edge) see her being capable of lying to people (especially Hiccup and his friends) that proved to be worthy of her trust. Though she can be reluctant about it, she was also willing to mislead, guilt-trip, abuse their trust, and hurt them (emotionally) to further her personal agenda (for the latter, her reasoning for most of these actions was keeping the rest of the riders out of as much danger as possible).
- During "Heather Report", her attempts to steal and deliver the Book of Dragons to the Outcasts in exchange for her parents puts innocent people she didn't know in danger. In a slight reversal, she ends up becoming a vigilante for justice by returning stolen loot from pirates to their rightful owners (albeit some of the pirates and traders counted as innocent people).
- Luke, I Am Your Father: She's Dagur's sister. She finds this outright as she's on the cusp of killing him in cold blood for murdering her adopted family and tribe, and takes the reveal badly. Amusingly, the show initially attempts to fake out the audience by implying she's Hiccup's sister. Eventually, she comes to accept it, with Dagur's Heel–Face Turn.
- Mama Bear: Inverted. Heather tried to steal the dragon book for Alvin because he threatened to hurt her parents if she didn't. She also wanted to go after Dagur for being responsible for their deaths.
- She plays it straight in "Tone Death", being the first rider to bond with Garff positively and insisting that the rest of them not give up on raising him.
- The Mole:
- A spy planted by Alvin to learn about dragon training.
- In the second season of Race to the Edge, she spies on the Dragon Hunters.
- Morality Pet: Prior to his Heel–Face Turn, she's the sole person Dagur the Deranged genuinely cares for.
- Original Character: She doesn't exist in the movie trilogy.
- Put on a Bus: Heather left to Vanaheim alone to say her farewells to Oswald, keeping her out of the action for most of Season 6.
- Retcon: Debatable but implied, perhaps to make her forgiveness of Dagur easier to accept. Dagur having killed her adoptive parents is never mentioned in later seasons, her anger toward Dagur instead being stated to be due to the belief that he killed Oswald the Agreeable and "set her adrift." She is similarly presented as if she never knew any family before she got close to Dagur.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Heather will stop at nothing to get revenge on Dagur for destroying her village and killing her parents. She eventually moves past it.
- She Is All Grown Up: Heather has grown up into a more Darker and Edgier person and Astrid really likes it.
- Shipper on Deck: Ships Astrid and Hiccup, as she's well of the mutual attraction between the two and often gives the former advice on admitting her feelings for the latter.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: With Dagur. She's peaceful, sane, and an ally to the riders; he's violent, crazy, and (initially) an antagonist to the riders.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She tells Astrid that she prefers smart and soft Vikings such as Fishlegs to the tough ones such as Snotlout.
- Sixth Ranger: She temporarily joined the riders for a few weeks.
- Strong Girl, Smart Guy: With Fishlegs. He's a dragon expert while's she a skilled Action Girl.
- Tastes Like Friendship: Stormfly is particularly friendly when Heather feeds her chicken. Astrid is not amused. Gets a Call-Back in season three. Astrid is amused this time, smiling while saying it brought back memories.
- Token Evil Teammate: Downplayed. While not outright villainous, Heather is prone to act on Anti-Hero traits when the rest of the riders prefer more honorable means (or are too stupid to fit the trope like in the case of Snotlout and the Twins). The first time she ever encountered the riders, she expertly manipulated the riders using flattery and faux-naivety and she even taunted Astrid when she was the only one who saw through the act. Justified in that Alvin threatened to kill her adopted parents if she did not retrieve the book of dragons for her and she refused to risk their lives to trust people she did not even know. In Race to the Edge, she adopted a hood and spiked armor not unlike that of a rogue or assassin, sworn to kill Dagur after he destroyed her village with her adopted family along with it. She pretended to let go of this vendetta until they manage to corner Dagur before revealing that she plans on killing him until Hiccup comes at the last moment before revealing to her that she is Dagur's sister. She leaves to ponder this, and when she meets them again, she pretends to side with Dagur and the Dragon hunters against the Riders only to be acting as double agent, Astrid seeing through her ruse like before. Despite still holding a grudge against Dagur, she seems to abandon these Anti-Hero traits when she joins the riders full-time and eventually learns to forgive Dagur.
- Took a Level in Badass: In Race to the Edge she is not only a dragon rider with a very powerful dragon, but she can match Astrid in both axe throwing and melee combat.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Heather is somewhat spiteful and prone to holding grudges against people, like her brother. Nevertheless, she was able to overcome it in the end.
- Tragic Keepsake: The horn she is seen with in Race to the Edge belonged to her biological parents. Specifically, it was given to her by her birth father, Oswald the Agreeable.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: When she's last seen in Riders of Berk, she's off to a better life and finally reunited with her parents. Then comes Race to the Edge where we learn that sometime later Dagur came along and killed her parents anyway along with most of her village, turning her into a vengeance-obsessed raider.
The Wingmaidens
Atali Voiced by: Rose McIver
Minden Voiced by: Holly Kagis
A group of Valkyrie-like women who live in harmony with a colony of Razorwhips, raising their young on their backs and giving them the ability of winged flight. Led by Atali.
- Action Girl: All of them.
- Dragon Rider: Inverted, it's technically the baby dragon riding them.
- Equippable Ally: The Wingmaidens wear baby Razorwhips on their backs, granting them flight while protecting the baby Razorwhips until they mature and can defend themselves.
- Hidden Elf Village: Nobody from Berk knew they existed until they rescued Snotlout, leading to first contact.
- Lady Land: The Wingmaidens are a commune of Viking warrior nuns who took an oath to Freya to look after and breed the razorwhips that live with them. They are all female and do not generally allow men onto their island (though they bring Snotlout there because he was lost in a storm and the others because they helped). Naturally, they don't take kindly to Snotlout's rather sexist attitude.
- Mistaken for Afterlife: Snotlout initially mistakes them for actual Valkyries, thinking he's died and gone to Valhalla.
- Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: At first, we are led to believe that they were fattening up Snotlout so that they could eat him via their "sacred stew." In reality, they were simply nursing him back to health and only chained him up just so he wouldn't wander into the Razorwhip nests.
- Only Six Faces: Apart from Atali, all the members of the tribe seen are blatant palette swaps.
- Poor Communication Kills: While he was certainly rude to them, things would have gone smoother if the Wingmaidens had bothered explaining the situation to Snotlout. They apparently think men wouldn't understand or accept what they do but this is proven wrong later, to their own admission.
- Sacred Hospitality: Despite not allowing men onto their islands, the Wingmaidens nurse Snotlout back to health and provide him with tea and food. It is not until after they put up with his sexist comments, poor etiquette and to keep from wandering into the Razorwhip nests do they chain him up.
- Town with a Dark Secret: Subverted. It first appears that they're actually cannibals and intend to eat Snotlout. Of course, this turns out to be a huge misunderstanding.
- Winged Humanoid: The Wingmaidens look like winged humans from a distance, but in reality their wings come from baby Razorwhips who coexist with the maidens until they are strong enough to protect themselves, being strong enough to carry them and act as an organic flightsuit.
Valka
Valka in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
Click here to see Valka in How to Train Your Dragon 2.
Click here to see her armored persona
Voiced by: Cate Blanchett
A master dragon rider that appears in How to Train Your Dragon 2, and Hiccup's long-lost mother.
- Action Mom: One of the best dragon riders, if not the best, in the series.
- Action Survivor: While she was the chieftain's wife, she was a lithe woman carried off by a large dragon. Valka befriended her captor and became a dragon master.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: In the books, Hiccup's mother is a stereotypical fat Viking woman. Here, she's a slender Statuesque Stunner (voiced by the equally slender and stunning Cate Blanchett).
- Adaptation Name Change: From "Valhallarama" in the books.
- Admiring the Abomination: Surprisingly invoked by herself. She came to love dragons after Cloudjumper took her, but she was worried that if she returned to Stoick, she'd be labeled as such. After reuniting with him twenty years later, she expects to hear this until Stoick gives her a piece of his mind...Stoick: You're as beautiful as the day I lost you.
- Age-Gap Romance: There is a ten year difference between her and Stoick.
- Ambiguous Gender: It can be difficult to tell that Valka is a woman when in full armor, since she is 6'3", wears an intimidating dragon-like helmet, and rarely speaks to command dragons.
- Badass Normal: Let's see. Charged a dragon breaking into her home with no back-up (despite being a pacifist)... check. Not only survived being kidnapped by said dragon, but forged a deep friendship with that dragon... check. Lived among other dragons, and befriended and cared for countless others for twenty years... check. Became a dragon tamer leagues beyond Hiccup, an unequaled rider, and a skilled hand-to-hand combatant... check, check and check.
- Badass Family: She's Stoick's wife and seems to have tamed hundreds of dragons. Her son takes after her.
- Battle Couple: With Stoick. They fight together against Drago's army in the movie, and the comics reveal that Stoick first took notice of her while they were fighting off the Berserker Tribe.
- The Beastmaster: She has been training and guarding an entire secret island of dragons.
- Braids of Action: Wears her hair in three braids, which is hard to notice with her cloak.
- Broken Ace: She's an even more experienced dragon tamer than Hiccup but felt like an outcast among the people of Berk and feels immense guilt for not being there for her husband and son.
- Charles Atlas Superpower: Despite the fact that Hiccup very clearly got his body proportions from his mother, in the third film she's shown casually beating Spitelout in an arm wrestling match. Spitelout's nearly as large as Stoick was.
- Crusading Widower: Even though she was still grieving from Stoick's death, Valka managed to give Hiccup a pep talk and help her son fight against Drago.
- Dark and Troubled Past: She grew up in a Berk that was at constant war with dragons, something she was against. One night, a dragon (Cloudjumper) broke into her home where her infant son was. Thankfully, the dragon didn't harm him, but he did take Valka away from her home.
- Dragon Tamer: Valka has worked with dragons for over 20 years after deciding to leave Berk with Cloudjumper, her personal bonded dragon. She and Cloudjumper are so bonded that she doesn't even need to give him direct commands, as he'll just instinctively do what she wants.
- Easily Forgiven: Her husband and son aren't angry or resentful of her for disappearing on them for twenty years, leaving Stoick to raise Hiccup as a single parent—ultimately, Stoick and Hiccup are just happy that Valka's still alive.
- Fiery Redhead: Downplayed. Valka has greying, auburn hair and while she's usually calm, she's also the most impulsive between her, Stoick, and their son.
- Foil: To Stoick. Both are the stubborn, but good-hearted parents of Hiccup who also act as his mentors. However, Stoick's hatred for dragons contrasted Valka's love for them. He was stoic about his feelings while Valka is emotional. Stoick raised Hiccup for most of his life but they had difficulty understanding one another. On the other hand, despite being away for most of her son's life, she and Hiccup immediately form a connection upon meeting again.
- Freudian Trio: With her husband, Stoick and son, Hiccup. She is the Id to her husband's Ego and son's Superego, as Valka is the most emotional of them.
- Friend to All Living Things: Specifically to dragons. Her most notable trait is her skill to connect with dragons after living among them for twenty years. She does not need words to command them and even moves like one at times. She also makes most dragons calm down through simple gestures and most feel comfortable in her presence. She is a true dragon expert, knowing more about dragons of their behaviors and their abilities than even Hiccup
- Gadgeteer Genius: Valka's other notable trait is her skill of crafting. Like her son, she is capable of building various items for herself like her armor, her home in the sanctuary and Hiccup's stuffed animal. She also invented her own staff that she uses for creating a noise that mimics the Bewilderbeast's vibrations for the dragons.
- Girliness Upgrade: Seems to be wearing lipstick, has a smoother face and looks several years younger in the third film.
- Lethal Chef: Valka apparently isn't a very good cook, at least when it comes to making meatballs—Gobber goes so far as to claim that Valka's meatballs could kill more people than a battleaxe.
- The Lost Lenore: Subverted. Valka was thought to have been killed by dragons after a raid and her presumed death hurt Stoick deeply and he never remarried because he only loved her. However, the second movie shows she's been alive this whole time.
- Malevolent Masked Man: She appears to be this when Hiccup first encounters her.
- Mama Bear: As mentioned above, Cloudjumper broke into Valka and Stoick's house twenty years prior to How To Train Your Dragon 2. With Stoick saving the village, Valka stormed off alone to protect her son. Keep in mind, Cloudjumper is 48 feet long, dwarfing most Berk dragons.
- Meaningful Name: Valka is the feminine form of Valkr, meaning "Hawk." It is also the name of the mount of the Gemano-Norse deity Morn.
- Missing Mom: Or at least was missing for a very long time.
- Older Than They Look: Valka disappeared twenty years ago, but apart from some minor differences, she doesn't look that much older. Lampshaded by Stoick himself:Stoick: You're as beautiful as the day I lost you.
- Parental Abandonment: Valka spent 20 years away from Hiccup because she felt her presence would only cause her family more problems.
- Parents Know Their Children: She was taken away from her family when Hiccup was just a baby. When they reunite twenty years later, she gets a closer look at his face and recognizes him because of the small scar on his chin, which he obtained due to Cloudjumper accidentally scratching him.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With her dragon partner, Cloudjumper.
- Raised by Wolves: Downplayed. While she wasn't raised by dragons at a young age, she is mentioned to be "feral" by the creators, having lived with dragons as her only company for about twenty years. She easily crawls on all fours and gives commands with body language rather than speaking. Hiccup actually refers to her as being "feral" in the second film when he sees what she's done in the Glacial Sanctuary.
- Samus Is a Girl: Her mask and armor fully conceal her face, figure, size, and thus gender from the viewer (and Hiccup) when she's first introduced.
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: In a deleted scene from The Hidden World, Valka tells Astrid that she was the flightier and more adventurous partner to Stoick when they were married to each other.
- Shipper on Deck: Despite not having any direct contact in the sequel, Valka is shown to be very fond of Astrid's relationship with Hiccup especially when the two kissed right in front of her. In Rise of Berk, the two interact with each other a lot, including training dragons or talking about Hiccup. Valka even says she sees why Hiccup is so fond of her, and helps Astrid with emotionally supporting Hiccup various times in The Hidden World.
- Statuesque Stunner: According to the official website, she's 6'3" at her full height. Stoick very clearly considers her beautiful despite (or maybe even because of) that. Admittedly, Stoick himself is of a size that she's still shorter than him.
- Trauma Button: Becomes anxious and breaks down when she is reminded (usually indirectly) about abandoning her family. She even backs away from Stoick as he calmly walks toward her, begging him to say or do anything, believing she deserves whatever is coming to her.Valka: I know that I left you to raise Hiccup alone... but I thought he’d be better off without me. And I was wrong, I see that now, but… oh stop being so stoic, Stoick. Go on... SHOUT, SCREAM, SAY SOMETHING!
- Walking Spoiler: Revealing anymore about her other than her name spoils half of the sequel.
- What the Hell Is That Accent?: In a world where young Vikings speak with American accents, and grown-up Vikings speak with Scottish accents, Valka's accent is a mixture of Scottish and Scandinavian (which would be more accurate). To add to the confusion, her voice actress is Australian.
- Women Prefer Strong Men: A tie-in comic has Valka reveals how she and Stoick knew they were right for each other when they fought off Berserkers. She commented that "Stoick had a right cross that would make you weak in the knees...in more ways than one".
Defenders of the Wing
General
A reclusive tribe native to Caldera Cay, the Defenders of the Wing are unlike most others in that they do not fear dragons, nor do they seek to take advantage of them. Instead, they worship them, particularly the Great Protector which allows their village to thrive.
- Animal Wrongs Group: The Defenders are arrogant, self-righteous, and have an overwhelmingly one-track mentality, especially on the topic of dragons.
- Expy: The design of the Defender villagers bears a strong resemblance to the stock ninja design from the Mortal Kombat franchise.
- Crystal Dragon Jesus: The defender's love for dragons stem from their worship of the Great Protector, an eruptodon that lives in their island's volcano, protecting the village from lava.
- Dragon Rider: Subverted. They actually see Dragon Riding as enslaving dragons.
- Good Taming, Evil Taming: While the Defenders neither ride nor live among them like the Hooligans, the Defenders worship dragons and have learned ways of pacifying them without harming them.
- McNinja: Despite being a part of the Barbaric Archipelago - an area inhabited by vikings - the Defenders look and act suspiciously like a Ninja clan, from the way they dress to their stealth tactics, even to their high opinion of dragons.
- Only Six Faces: Aside from Mala and Throk, every villager there are just reused Hiccup and Heather models dressed in obscuring ninja outfits.
- Throw 'Em to the Wolves: Specifically, Speed Stingers. Because one of the most aggressive of all dragon species will do anything besides kill those thrown into their nest, right?
Mala
Voiced by: Adelaide Kane
Human leader of the Defenders Of the Wing, Mala takes both their way of life and their safety seriously. Under her leadership, the Defenders have their first contact with Berk.
- Accentuate the Negative: If you're a Dragon Rider, she will do this to you at every possible opportunity.
- "Ass" in Ambassador: A rare heroic version. Mala assumes the worst several times, such as antagonizing the riders on and off again at the slightest provocation. This antagonizing can even lead to self-fulfilling results, such as when she was twisting Hiccup's words against him at every opportunity during the trial.
- Authority Equals Asskicking: She is a very skilled fighter and can take out dragon hunters twice her size.
- Boyish Short Hair: She is the first female character in the series portrayed with short hair.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: She is initially determined to see the Dragon Riders as guilty and sentence them to death at any opportunity. Upon later observing the close bond they share with their Dragons and then them saving her tribe by rescuing the Eruptodon, she gains a greater respect for them, declaring them as allies of the Defenders of the Wing.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: Queen Mala first accuses Hiccup and the other riders as being dragon hunters and enemies of dragon-kind. Shortly after Hiccup manages to convince her that they are friends with their dragons, Mala immediately goes back to trying to kill Hiccup and declares war on all of Berk because Hiccup realized that Viggo had tricked them into being an Unwitting Pawn.
- Hero Antagonist: She wants to protect dragons just as much as the Riders do. Except she sees dragon-riding as a form of enslaving dragons.
- Kangaroo Court: Presides over one.
- Knight Templar: A somewhat softer version in that she will listen to reason (after extreme effort on part of reason), but it doesn't take much for her to default back to this.
- Katanas Are Just Better: Wields a sword that looks suspiciously like a katana.
- Rescue Romance: Mala picks Snotlout as a potential suitor after he indirectly saves her from an arrow, claiming that her future king would be foretold to do the very same. Downplayed, since she seems to think so pragmatically, neither offended or disappointed when he avoids the trials and then fails them later on.
- Skewed Priorities: When the Great Protector is kidnapped by Viggo and her village is in imminent danger of being flooded with lava, she decides the best use of her limited time left is to try and kill Hiccup and declare war on Berk.
- Slap-Slap-Kiss: She and Dagur start out bitterly divided over their battle strategy, and she says their romance literally started with them hitting each other.
- Took a Level in Kindness: By Season 7 (season 5 of RTTE), Mala is openly friendly to Hiccup and his friends, allowing them to stay on her island while they regroup after the hunters run them off the Edge).
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: While "ugly" might be a little much, Dagur's features are much more exaggerated and cartoonish compared to Mala's.
Throk
Voiced by: James Arnold Taylor
A trusted subordinate of Mala's, Throk takes a more military role in protecting the Defenders and leads them in patrols of their island to intercept those who would land by stealth.
- Axe-Crazy: Has shades of this, if him grinning at the possibility of Fishlegs being beheaded and the disappointment afterwards was any indication.
- Defrosting Ice King: Similarly to Mala, despite his initial approach towards the Dragon Riders (See below), he later becomes much more open-minded and gallant towards them.
- Hate at First Sight: While all of the Defenders hate the riders, Throk has an especially intense bitch face, ready to execute the intruders upon his queen's orders.
- I Owe You My Life: After he saves Ruffnut from an incoming rock, taking the blow to the head instead, he ends up thinking that she saved his life, thus believing he a life debt. He tags along with her and saves her from all danger and becomes her willing servant. When Tuffnut has enough and tells him the truth, he does not believe him.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Despite his desire to have Ruffnut as his wife, he tells her that he can't, saying that she and her brother have an unbreakable bond that isn't meant to be broken.
- Lady and Knight: A Bright and (possibly) platonic version. He is extremely devoted to Queen Mala, always going out of his way to protect her, and ready to carry out her orders as well.
- Number Two: He is Mala's second-in-command.
- Politically Incorrect Hero: Subverted. When Throk arrives to Dragon's Edge to ask for Ruffnut's hand in marriage he wants to "ask" her by taking her over his shoulder and taking her to his island where she will be his wife whether she wants to or notnote . This gets a rather humorous reaction from Astrid, who becomes so enraged by his sexist traditions that Hiccup has to keep her from coming at him with an axe. However, while the tradition itself is sexist (with Throk not really noticing) he is fully willing to win Ruffnut over willingly using less regressive, more "modern" methods (poem reading, flower-giving and simply asking her), leading away from the idea of him being an active misogynist. Plus he is fully devoted to his strong, independent and unmarried queen, so he gets points for that.
The Great Protectors
A pair of Eruptodons, one mothering the other, who succeeded it, that feed on the lava in the volcano that makes up Caldera Cay, protecting the Defenders of the Wing village from destruction.
- Badass in Distress: The original Great Protector is abducted by the Dragon Hunters in an attempt to activate the Edge volcano and destroy their island and the Defenders of the Wing in one go. Later, the new Great Protector must be shepherded off of Caldera Cay when it comes under attack.
- Big Damn Heroes: The original Great Protector repeatedly filled this role for the village, and fills it in other capacities twice during the series: First, it recovers from laying its egg just in time to rescue Throk from the volcano, the second time it drives off the Sentinels long enough for the Dragon Riders to escape from Vanaheim.
- But Now I Must Go: The original Great Protector, once the newborn has settled into its role, leaves for Vanaheim, the final resting place of dragons, to live out its final years.
- Killed Off for Real: It is heavily implied that the original Great Protector passes away shortly after the end of 'A Matter of Perspective.'
Neutral Humans
Ansson
Voiced by: Jeff Bennett
A Berserker and fisherman who bullies Dagur.- The Bully: Used to bully Dagur since childhood.
- Embarrassing Nickname: He hates being called "Ansson the Incompetent".
- Future Loser: He was called "Ansson the Abominable".
- One-Shot Character: He only appears in a one episode.
Gruffnut Thorston
Voiced by: T.J. Miller
Ruffnut and Tuffnut's supposedly heroic cousin. Tuffnut idolizes him but Ruffnut hates him, as the truth is he's a greedy and amoral con-man who cares only about getting rich. Upon reuniting with his family, he attempts to steal Barf and Belch and sell them to cover gambling debts. To make things worse, he also looks exactly like Tuffnut.
- Fake Ultimate Hero: Tales of Gruffnut's heroic exploits precede him, but they're all full of dung. Ruffnut seems to be the only one who sees him for the jerk he is, while Tuff always believes him until he goes too far.
- Incest-ant Admirer: Constantly makes weird and/or slightly-inappropriate comments toward Ruffnut. These comments probably would've been much much worse if this wasn't a kids tv show.
- Jerkass: Cares only about himself, and sees no problem with stealing his cousin's dragons, or the dragons of their friends. When his cousins try to stop him, he tries to throw them into the ocean to drown.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Zig-Zagged to hell! He claims to have seen the error of his ways in "A Gruff Seperation", volunteering to oversee Ruffnut and Tuffnut’s Rite of Passage. Hiccup is suspicious the entire time, but Ruffnut and Tuffnut go along with it anyway. It seems as though he is manipulating the twins and pitting them against each other in a multi-step scheme to steal a chest full of treasure, only to reveal that the chest they brought him was actually full of rocks and he really was volunteering for their rite of passage… only to then reveal that there was a secret compartment in the chest and that he really was just manipulating them, having missed out on his own rite of passage and thus is technically unqualified to have them do the rite of passage in the first place.
- Trapped by Gambling Debts: Why he was on Dragon's Edge in the first place.
- Twin Switch: Albeit one that was unwilling on Tuff's part.
- Uncanny Family Resemblance: He and Tuffnut look exactly alike.
Oswald the Agreeable
The previous leader of The Berserkers, and Dagur's father. In the past, he made a peace treaty with Berk that had been upheld for over fifty years. While liked by Berk, his power was respected and Berk takes steps to make it clear that they were not doing anything to threaten them. However, before the latest treaty signing, it is implied Oswald died of unspecified circumstances, and either way, his son Dagur took command of the tribe.
- Disappeared Dad: Everyone agreed that Dagur killed him, but then Dagur reveals that that isn't true. Oswald had actually disappeared, and Dagur doesn't know what happened to him. As of Season 6, he and Heather are searching for him.
- Heel–Face Turn: In the comics, Valka reveals that he used to be known as Oswald the Antagonistic, and made at least one attempt at invading Berk. Evidently, Oswald had a change of heart at some point.
- Names to Trust Immediately: What's not to like about a guy whose epitaph is 'the Agreeable'?
- Posthumous Character: Implied in "Twinsanity" and then confirmed in "The Night and The Fury", with Dagur discussing how he and Hiccup both had 'fathers who had to be disposed of so they could rule'. Subverted in "Family On the Edge", when Dagur admitted that he hadn't killed his father, and that he does not know where he is. Double subverted, as Dagur and Hiccup find his remains on Vanaheim, having apparently passed away after he had been shipwrecked there for a very long time.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Stoick thought he was a great leader and got extremely ticked off anytime Dagur insulted him.
