Drago Bludvist

### Goals

Create an army of Dragons using his Bewilderbeast to become all-powerful and unstoppable.
Have other Viking Tribes follow him and join his army or kill them.
Enslave Toothless as his own dragon (all temporarily succeeded).
Get revenge on Stoick the Vast for belittling and disgracing him publicly (indirectly succeeded).
Kill Valka (failed) and her Bewilderbeast (succeeded).
Get revenge on the dragon race for interfering and ruining his childhood and personal life.
Kill Hiccup and anyone else who stands in his way.
Conquer Berk and the rest of the world (all failed).

### Crimes

Mass murder
Mass destruction
Vandalism
Animal cruelty
Mutilation
Serial regicide
Terrorism
Abuse
Brainwashing
Slavery
Usurpation
Torture
Arson
Treason
War crimes
Conspiracy
Kidnapping
Attempted world domination
Unlawful imprisonment
Enforced suicide (indirectly)

### Type of Villain

Power-Hungry Warlord

**Drago Bludvist** is the main antagonist of the *How to Train Your Dragon* franchise.

He is a cruel, vindictive, and megalomaniacal warlord who seeks to amass a massive army of dragons by enslaving them with his Bewilderbeast, and uses his domineering traits to convince entire tribes of chieftains to follow him before proceeding to dominate humankind in a reign of terror (cementing his position as a dire threat). He is Krogan, Eret, the Warlords and the Northern Alliance's former leader, his Bewilderbeast's former master, the archenemy of Hiccup, and the murderer of Stoick the Vast.

He was voiced by Djimon Hounsou in *How to Train Your Dragon 2* and the *Race to the Edge* final episode "King of Dragons, Part 2". In the *Race to the Edge* episode "Wings of War, Part 1", he was voiced by {Hakeem Kae-Kazim.

## Roles

He serves as the overarching antagonist of the *Dragons: Race to the Edge* TV Series, the unseen overarching antagonist of its video game *Dragons: Rise of Berk*, an unseen antagonist in *How to Train Your Dragon*, the main antagonist of *How to Train Your Dragon 2*, the posthumous overarching antagonist of *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World* and a posthumous antagonist in *How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming*.

## What Makes Him Pure Evil?

* He wanted to rule the world by enslaving both Vikings and dragons alike, which is made clear when he vowed to "rise above the fear of dragons" and nodded when Hiccup asked him if he wanted to become unstoppable and rule the world, even admitting that he's using dragons to control the people who follow him and get rid of those who refuse to without hesitation, proving that Drago is using this as an excuse for his horrific crimes.
	+ He claims to be doing what he does to avenge his family and village that were wiped out by dragons while neglecting the fact that he uses the dragons to carry out his selfish purposes. When Hiccup figures out Drago's hypocrisy and calls him out for it just being empty words he uses to simply be a power-hungry conqueror, Drago callously admits Hiccup is right and his only concern is power.
	+ What makes this even worse is that he most likely moved on from his family's deaths and his village once he became a feared power-hungry warlord.
	+ In addition, Drago's voice when talking about his tragic story didn't show any signs of affection and the song in the background wasn't played for sympathy.
* During one of his earliest conquests, he found a Bewilderbeast and abused and tortured it into obedience until it grew to adult-size, after which Drago used to intimidate all his dragons into serving him.
* When the chiefs in the Great Hall laughed at him after he wanted them to bow down and follow him, he used two of his armored dragons to burn the chiefs, only failing with Stoick at the time.
	+ Due to Drago's attack on the Great Hall, Stoick knew that Drago was a madman who cannot be reasoned with, as Drago had his dragons burn down the Great Hall for a petty reason.
* Upon discovering that Bayona and his tribe were farmers and not warriors as he expected, he burned down their entire village, forcing them to continue trying to find a habitable island for them to live on, an impact that carries on with them even after his demise.
* He assassinated the leader of the Mongrel tribe, King Stormheart, leaving his two daughters, Nikora and Eir, orphaned.
* When he hears that Johann was after a Bewilderbeast, he sends Krogan to help him and the Dragon Hunters find it so he can capture it and bring it to him.
* No matter how much Krogan deserve this fate due to being as evil as him, he still had Krogan sentenced to death for failing to capture a Bewilderbeast for him, even though he already has one. If you listen closely when Krogan is dragged offscreen, then seconds later there is a loud SNAP followed by the sound of something heavy hitting the ground. Krogan is still begging for mercy right up until the snap.
	+ When Krogan told him that he won't fail him again, Drago still didn't forgive him, instead simply telling him that no one can fail him twice.
	+ This shows that despite Krogan's decades of servitude and being his star pupil, Drago had no care for his trusted lieutenant, viewing him only as a disposable pawn.
* He burned the mark of his insignia on Eret, Son of Eret's, chest, threatening him that the next time he returns to him empty-handed, he'll be far less understanding.
	+ Even though Eret captured more dragons for him as well as the Dragon Riders as a bonus, he still tries to have Eret executed alongside the Dragon Riders via drowning, meaning he was going to have Eret killed regardless of whether or not he returned with more dragons. This was also due to the fact Eret had led an entire island of Berk to him (this wasn’t true as Astrid was just trying to bluff).
* He murders Valka's Bewilderbeast and enslaves all the Dragons at the Dragon Sanctuary against their will via his own Bewilderbeast.
* He rejects Hiccup's offer of peace and instead indirectly kills Stoick in the process of ordering his Bewilderbeast to have Toothless kill Hiccup. When he found out that Stoick took the blast instead, he just scoffed with a sadistic smile on his face and walked off, with Hiccup deeply grieving his death as a result.
* Upon entering the Isle of Berk once again, he devastates it by having his Bewilderbeast freeze it with its ice breath, but not before taunting the Vikings there that Stoick the Vast is dead and that there's no one to protect them anymore.
* While he gives Hiccup a sporting chance of getting Toothless back, it's clear that he was expecting him to fail because he was taunting Hiccup that Toothless won't miss a second time, thus making it dishonorable. In addition, when Hiccup succeeded, Drago was shocked and attempted to attack Toothless and Hiccup, making him dishonorable again.
* Ultimately wants to use the Bewilderbeast to enslave the entire dragon race to be his slaves as his dragon army to threaten villages all across the world with destruction lest they subject to his harsh rules as his slaves and achieve world domination.
* Even when given the chance to surrender and make peace by Hiccup, Drago refuses and orders his Bewilderbeast to attack, resulting in its defeat and his death.