Red Death

The **Red Death** is an enormous Stoker Class dragon that first appeared in Bye Bye Person *Chapter 6*

### Abilities

Based on the only individual seen, a Red Death's methane-based flame jets are enormous and are powerful enough to take down an entire fleet of Viking ships in just one breath. The blazing torrents can create huge amounts of black smoke, which also makes them resemble volcanic pyroclastic flows. They eject the fire in giant, long-lasting, explosive streams.

### Strength and Combat

Based on the only individual seen, a Red Death contains immense strength, capable of effortlessly lifting Viking ships in its mouth and then crushing them with one powerful bite, and breaking through the volcano and numerous sea stacks of Dragon Island showing no strain.

This Red Death utilized its many advantages to combat the few brave souls that dared to stand up to it, using its tail bludgeon and immense size and weight to ram and shove, and its powerful jaw and limbs to shred through foes. It also utilized its keen senses and flight to locate and track opponents and obliterates whatever remained with its powerful, explosive fire breath.

### Durability, Endurance, and Stamina

The body of a Red Death is heavily armored with dense scales, horns, and a coral-like frill, enabling the titanic beasts to perforate, pierce, as well as demolish enormous rock cliffs of the volcano and smaller mountains. Their thick hide and sheer size allow them to overcome catapult barrages, several of a Night Fury's plasma blasts, and various physical blows from the rest of the riders nearly unscathed. However, the plasma blasts of a Night Fury can punch holes through the wing membranes of a Red Death rather easily.

Not only with brutal, destructive power, but the queen of dragons has also been shown to have incredible stamina in flight despite its tremendous size, being able to keep up with Toothless for long amounts of time. This gigantic dragon can take many attacks from other dragons, boulders from a catapult, Stoick's strength from throwing a wooden-like spear, getting hit in the eyes by Snotlout, Toothless' Plasma blasts attacks and being able to take the damage from crashing into the sea stacks, seemingly suffering little to no damage.

### Dragon Commanding

Similar to the Bewilderbeast, Red Deaths are an alpha species and are capable of enforcing smaller dragons to obey, even against their wills. Their controlling measure is somewhat similar to the methods used by the Bewilderbeasts, Valka, and Drago Bludvist — sounds. Like bees, the queen howls sub-vocal homing signals that reach miles away to call up minions. It is unknown how powerful this ability is compared to a Bewilderbeast, and so far, a Red Death has only been seen forcing other dragons to go to its nest. The Red Death at the end of *How to Train Your Dragon* appeared unable to stop the Riders' dragons from attacking it, nor call upon other dragons for help. Unlike the Bewilderbeasts and kinder individuals, this Red Death also harnessed fear to enslave other dragons; single stares from its six eyes was enough to diminish smaller dragons' self-possession completely. The dragon, while in magma, seemed to command its minions to drop gathered foods into an exact spot; its mouth. Otherwise, the food would be cremated before passing through the fangs of the queen.

### Behavior and Personality

According to *School of Dragons*, there is a legend saying that a Red Death lives 2000 years and, before it dies, lays 3000 eggs. The hatchlings fight each other to the death, a process that can take up to 100 years, until only one survives.

Residing in the chamber of an active volcano with a Red Death, the dragons, known as Brutes, are enslaved and forced to serve injurious parasitism from the Red Death. The ones seen in the first film include the Deadly Nadders, the Gronckles, the Monstrous Nightmares, the Hideous Zipplebacks, and even the powerful Night Fury. All or most dragons in the film appear to serve this Red Death. Several characters compared the Red Death to a queen bee or a brood parasite. She is the leader and all others serve her apparently out of fear of being eaten, although it is unknown for certain how it became the leader of the other dragons. (It is possible that it invaded their home and proclaimed itself as such or perhaps some kind of mind control similar to that of the Bewilderbeast). Unlike other massive dragon leaders like the Bewilderbeast or Foreverwing, the Red Death is said to rule via force instead of righteous good, often depicted as the dictator of the dragon world. She rules with no mercy, willingly consuming one of her dragon subjects if they fail to provide enough food for her. It is unknown if all Red Deaths are as cruel and domineering as the individual seen in the movie.

### Death

Once she saw the ground at a low altitude, she tried to slow down to a halt. But her wings had been damaged by Toothless' plasma blasts and ripped apart when she tried to decrease her momentum. The Red Death then lost control and crashed onto the shoreline, exploding to her death on impact.