Deadly Nadder

The **Deadly Nadder** is a species of dragon featured in the *How to Train Your Dragon* franchise.

## Characteristics

### Powers and abilities

* **Firebreathing:** As revealed in Dragonpedia, Deadly Nadders breathe magnesium fire. According to Astrid, the intensity of a Nadder's fire is as "hot as the sun" and, before the introduction of Fireworms, it was said that Nadders have the hottest fires. They are capable of melting metal and has similar fire to that of a Razorwhip. Some Deadly Nadders have also been seen shooting green fire. Combined with a Gronckle's lava blast, the Deadly Nadder's magnesium blast can destroy dragon proof chains. This was shown in Season 4, when both Stormfly and Meatlug (on Astrid and Fishlegs' command) destroyed the chains keeping the Dramillion from escaping their captors. Due to her experience, Stormfly exhibits different firepower. She displayed intense and a blue-white blast of fire much more powerful than that of a average Nadder.
* **Spine Shot:** The Deadly Nadder is mostly known for its ability to shoot spikes out of their tail. They can aim and shoot them at their targets with relative ease. For example, Stormfly was able to shoot her spines out at Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut without hurting them and enough to pin them to the wall
* **Prehensile Tail:** His or her tail is able to hook onto something in the water and immediately flip an object into their tail. When the team was out searching for a missing Snotlout, Hiccup and Toothless, Astrid spotted Toothless's ruined prosthetic tail thin in the water and Stormfly was able to launch her tail, hook onto the flag and throw it up in the air and into Astrid's hands with relative ease.
* **Enhanced Speed and Agility:** Nadders are extremely fast and gain even more speed if they are fed chicken. Astrid made this discovery when she was feeding chicken to Stormfly when she wanted to take advantage of winning against Hiccup. Heather was able to tempt Stormfly with the chicken and get a ride to Dragon Island. However the effects are only temporary, as even though Stormfly eats chicken, she is not as fast as Toothless. However, Nadders run slightly faster than other dragons on land such as the Scauldron, Changewing, and Whispering Death. Flystorm proved this to be the case during the season 1 finale.
* **Sense of Smell:**
* **Venom:** Exactly how venomous a Nadder is is unknown. However, it does seem to have everlasting effects that are only temporary. • Even though Dagur got hit by a Nadder's spike in the leg in "The Night and the Fury," he was fine afterwards. According to the Dragon Eye, his or her sharp teeth are also venomous. Both teeth and spines increases the pain like a Gila Monster's does. When Stormfly hit the sea shocker, Bolt & Float, on accident, they ailed almost immediately afterwards, however, they started feeling better after Fishlegs removed the spike from them and healed them back together. The same with Windshear in "Maces and Talons, Part 1" as she fell immediately out of the sky.
* Swimming: Deadly Nadders are capable to being expert swimmers despite not being members of the Tidal class. Stormfly saved Hiccup on time in at least two occasions. In "Last Auction Heroes," Stormfly swam to Hiccup when he dived in after the chest allegedly containing all of Berk's gold. Later, in "Dire Straits", Stormfly was able to speed swim to Hiccup when he was trapped in his submarine-like invention when he was trying to free the Submaripper. Luckily, she was able to get to him on time on to those two occasions. However, in the latter case, Stormfly had help from Hookfang, Toothless and Meatlug to help her as well.

### Personality

Nadders are known for shooting spikes out of there real. They are One of the most beautiful dragons in the How to Train Your Dragon Because they know this, Nadders are very narcissistic and will always be groomed to stay clean; however they can be soothed if appraised for their vanity. It is shown that female deadly matters are very maternal and will adopt an egg from any species, even hostile ones such as Changewings. They also have a blind spot that people tend to go to in order to train them.

Nadders that have bonded with their riders can and will bond with others, As Stormfly proved when she bonded easily with someone other then her owner, Heather when she fed her food, mostly her favorite like chicken. However Nadders will still be still loyal to their original riders. Even though Heather was able to bond with Stormfly and willingly flew her, Stormfly still followed Astrid's commands. During a scuffle between Astrid and Heather, Heather was able to knock her then-rival down. Seeing her mistress in distress, Stormfly helped fling Astrid back up on her back after on the blonde's command. Most Nadders are also playful. Stormfly was quick to forgive Eret for trapping her earlier, even though he was an enemy at the time. He kept throwing Hiccup's sword around and Stormfly kept bringing it back, thinking he was playing fetch with her in *How to Train Your Dragon 2*.

### Classification

According to the animated short, *Book of Dragons*, the Deadly Nadder used to be a part of the Sharp Class. However, due to the Berk Dragon Training Academy, a new caste system was created and the Nadders were reclassified in to the Tracking Class.

## In the Books

Despite the dragon's popularity from the franchise, the book version of the Nadders are rarely mentioned and little to none is known about them. However, in the books, Deadly Nadders are long and serpentine, and at least come in the colors of green or purple.

Rubbing their bellies with the end of a twig of nettle subdues them, while in the film, their weaknesses are the blind spots.

## Trivia

* In the original book series, Stormfly was a rare Mood Dragon owned by Camicazi instead of a Deadly Nadder. Despite the adaptational species change, it still furthers the Astrid and Camicazi connection