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Chapter 130: Paradigm Shift

### Story Date

Friday 3 June, AD 1043/6551 ε.Κ/21 Shawwal 434 AH/22 Pu-Yue Huangyou Era Year 1/22 Skerpla ÅrO -1

## Appearances

### Locations

Berk
Inbhir Niss
Rouen
East Thrace
Bianjing

*“Soldiers are prepared to fight the last war,” “Generals are always ready to fight their father’s war,” and “the military mind is always fighting the last war,” as the saying and its variants go. What this means is that militaries are fundamentally conservative institutions, looking back and thinking on what they have done wrong in previous conflicts as compared to looking forward and adapting to what is coming. This is especially well seen around the times where shifts in technology and tactics render the old ways obsolete, and yet the commanders persist in sticking closely to what they know, typically refusing to adapt to the changes in warfare, even in the face of proven losses. Typically adaptation happens by the removal of those elder generals—either by political removal or death on the battlefield—and the appointment of newcomers who are aware of the new battlefield realities and are willing to change and throw out conventional knowledge in the face of new lessons.*

*The loss of life before this happens can be staggering…*

*—Statecraft: The Great Game Of Diplomacy, Espionage, & War By Other Means, 1732, Rouen University Press*

## Chapter Overview

* Lulach approves various requests while chafing under the burden of his duties in spite of Hugh doing his best to help him.
* Heather and Fishlegs officially marry.
* William catches Orvi having out-of-wedlock sex with Jacqueline.
* News of Esther becoming part of the Norse Pagan royal family spreads throughout the Jewish communities in Normandy.
* Hiccup deploys the first Air Fuel Bombs, routing Henry's and Guy's armies.
* The sentencing hearing is held for Eret's assaulters and heavy fines are levied that would take them years to pay off.
* Sigurd inspects the use of dragon dung fertilizer on his estates.
* Kurya offers to train dragons for the Song Dynasty to Kuanfu.
* Stoick formally opens the Citizenship Conclave.

## Characters

### Humans

* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Esther bat Rivkah clan Haddock
* Hugh the Steward (first appearance)
* Lulach
* Griselda
* Heather
* Unnamed Murchadh women
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Stoick the Vast
* William of Normandy
* Orvi clan Hofferson
* Unnamed woman
* Nittai ben Bethuel haLevi
* Cami Berthasdóttir
* Eret Eretsson
* Merida Dunbroch
* Big-Boobied Bertha
* Tryggvi (Meathead) (first named appearance)
* Bladewit Drorsdóttir
* Sigurd Trondsson
* Unnamed headman
* Kurya
* Grand Councilor Kuanfu

### Dragons

* Toothless
* Meatlug
* Windshear
* Mjolnir
* Hookfang
* Kudret

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph discusses the tendency of militaries to use tried-and-true tactics that have since become obsolete before they are forced to adapt. The chapter shows Henry's and Guy's armies using old siege tactics that don't work against Berk's dragon riders and Hiccup's inventions.
A Thing of Vikings Timeline

This is a timeline of major events occurring before, during and after the timeframe of the story.

## The Past

Events that have transpired before the end of the Dragon War, but are relevant to the story. Learned from flashbacks, dialogue, or often from history books.

## The Future

Events that have happened after the timeframe of the story. Learned mostly from epigraphs.
Kormak Brandrsson

*CHARACTER QUOTE HERE*

**Kormak Brandrsson** is a Norseman who joins the Varangian Guard, and later the Roman military's dragon rider unit.

## Biography

### Book I

Kormak and his twin brother Ondott meet Snotlout clan Jorgenson (then going by Sigurd Trondsson) in Uppsala, and they all travel together with Vidkunn Guthhersson's caravan down to Constantinople to join the Varangian Guard. On the way, a band of Pecheneg raiders attacks the caravan, killing Ondott. Kormak blames Sigurd, holding a grudge even after he pays wergild.

### Book III

Kormak catches Sigurd in a brothel after his drunken bender, and uses the knowledge to blackmail him into giving Kormak a dragon to ride. Kormak is paired with Fjandi Fengur, previously Benjamin Axelsson's dragon.

During the battle over the Black Sea Nest, Kormak and Fjandi Fengur draw some of the Pecheneg riders away, allowing the rest of the Roman riders to break through. Kormak is captured and brought before Drago Bludvist, where he spits at the offer to join the Pechenegs. They kill him, though Drago orders him buried with honor.

## Relationships

### Sigurd Trondsson

Snotlout and Kormak both join Vidkunn's caravan from Uppsala to Constantinople, to join the Varangian Guard. In a battle along the way, Kormak's twin brother Ondott is killed, and he blames Snotlout for it. Kormak continues holding this grudge after they both join the guard, and later blackmails Snotlout into giving him a dragon.

### Constantine Dalassenos

Constantine Dalassenos is a high-ranking functionary in the Byzantine court, who is Kormak's secret patron.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 119: Dust To Dust
2. ↑ Chapter 111: Need To Know
Chapter 70: Red Sky At Morning...

*By promoting the young Sigurd Trondsson to high ranks in the political and military spheres, Empress Theodora made him into a target for the intricate power plays of the highly corrupt imperial court. This was not lessened by the fact that, by rewarding him so, she made her favoritism obvious. This simply meant that all of the myriad kinds of attacks and seductions that he faced had to be more subtle than a knife in the back, although those were tried as well. At first, Trondsson was very much a liability to the Empress, who had to spend time and effort to protect him, although there are counter-arguments that she was using him as her stalking horse in order to draw out dissatisfied members of the court so that she could deal with them. It was not until later that he…*

*—Constantinople: The Child Of Rome's Empire, Venice, Italy, 1795*

## Major Events

* Stoick announces that Berk will go to war against Harthacnut for the attack.
* Fergus visits Mac Bethad to inform him that Berk is going to war against England, but not to worry.
* Viggo meets Stoick and tours Vedrarfjord with Fishwings.

## Characters

### Humans

* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Líle (first appearance)
* Hákon Mortensson
* Gobber the Belch
* Stoick the Vast
* Hazelnut clan Thorston
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Yngvarr the Merry
* Fergus clan Dunbroch
* Jonna Asgersdóttir
* Spitelout clan Jorgenson
* Sigurd Trondsson
* Basil Spondyles
* Alexios Arianites
* Mac Bethad
* Taskill
* Viggo Grimborn
* Fishwings clan Ingerman
* Gunvor Dugaldsdóttir
* Heather
* Magnus the Good
* Ruffnut Thicknutsdóttir
* Olaf and Segna

### Dragons

* Meatlug
* Thornado
* Stormfly
* Toothless
* Mistletoe
* Windshear
* Toast
* Sunflower

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions the political effects of Sigurd's promotion. The chapter shows Sigurd working in his new role as he and his assistants set up the infrastructure to feed and house a thousand dragons, their riders and the supporting staff.
Chapter 3: Idle Hands...

*What is often forgotten by many, being focused on Hiccup Haddock and his accomplishments, is that he had an extensive support network in the form of his friends and family. In particular, The Dragon Archivist, Fishlegs Ingerman, is often forgotten by popular histories or relegated to secondary consideration at best, despite the fact that his educational efforts allowed his friend's innovations to be retained as time passed…*

*…without Ingerman, Haddock would have been universally seen as a wizard or other arcanist within a generation of his passing. Instead, their joint legacy resulted in the establishment of some of the modern world's greatest educational and intellectual institutions…*

*—A History Of The Isles, Oxford, England, 1591*

## Chapter Overview

Snotlout, leads an unauthorised raid.

Mildew attempts to discredit the new dragon ways.

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions Fishlegs was one of Hiccup's most important supporters whose efforts allowed Hiccup's innovations to be preserved. The chapter shows him acting in support of the Haddock clan by reporting Snotlout's unauthorised raid to Stoick. He also assists Hiccup and Astrid in tending Stormfly's wounds.
Chapter 93: A World Richer And Fuller

***Empress Valka Zephyr Haddock II** (November 3, AD 1042-December 30, AD 1131): First titled Empress elected to the Imperial Council of the unified North Sea Empire.  Firstborn child of Hiccup and Astrid Haddock.  Much like the rest of her extended family, the actual details of her life, while well-documented, have been embellished over the centuries to the point of near-absurdity.  This is not helped by the fact that her actual accomplishments, much like those of her parents, offer a starting point already suitable for high drama and adventure.  For one extremely well-known example, while she was indeed the undisputed leader of her cohort of children, including her future husband Emperor Olaf III, and while it is also true that the Haddock siblings, their cousins and their friends were the first Norse to see the famous Niagagarega Waterfalls of the Vestrilands, the famous and nigh-ubiquitous story of the dragon race down the length of the Ongtupqa Canyon is completely false…*

*—Dragons of the North: Profiles Of The Viking Lords, Waterford University Press, 1733*

## Major Events

* Gothi tells Ruffnut of a way to rededicate herself to Loki.
* Astrid and Wulfhild convince Hiccup to delegate teaching the Dragon Training classes.
* Johann and Beorn arrive on Berk after leaving most of Johann's crew on Eigg.
* Valka II is born to Hiccup and Astrid.
* Thuggory and Merida each bond with a Deadly Nadder. Merida names hers Galloway.
* Benjamin and Pelagia baptise their baby son, and have Sigurd serve as godfather. He is named Vaseileios Benjaminsson.
* Drago suggests to his Kagan that they travel east to the lands of The Çin where there are many dragon nests.
* Inga probes Sophia's feelings on same-sex love.

## Characters

### Humans

* Ruffnut Thicknutsdóttir
* Gothi Hiccupsdóttir
* Segna Magnusdóttir
* Olaf Magnusson
* Toiréasa
* Dagur mac Oswald
* Savage
* Rodhlaug nic Savage
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Johann
* Stoick the Vast
* Beorn
* Nanna clan Hofferson
* Valka Zephyr Hiccupsdóttir (first appearance)
* Cami Berthasdóttir
* Thuggory Mogadonsson
* Jonna Asgersdóttir
* Sigurd Trondsson
* Vaseileios Benjaminsson (first appearance)
* Unnamed priest
* Benjamin Axelsson
* Pelagia Triantafyllou
* Alexios Arianites
* Basil Spondyles
* Sophia Makris
* Drago Bludvist
* Pecheneg Kagan
* Inga Roswynnsdóttir

### Dragons

* Thornado (unnamed)
* Toothless (unnamed)
* Stormfly (unnamed)
* Mistletoe (unnamed)
* Unnamed Nadder

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph gives a brief summary of Valka II's biography. The chapter shows Valka II's birth.
Basir Al-Andalusi

*CHARACTER QUOTE HERE*

**Basir Abu-Fadl al-Lixbuna** is an alchemist and friend of Sailor Johann living in Lixbuna.

## Biography

### Book II

When Johann stops in Lixbuna, he pays a visit to his old friend Basir, who buys his entire stock of Deadly Nadder quills.

At Thawfest, a jar of poison labeled by Basir is used to poison Princess Mór nic Echmarcach of Mön.
About the Author

AThingOfVikings (the author) first off finds writing in third person to be tremendously awkward, but shall soldier on.  It didn't help that he originally had the foolish notion that he'd be able to write and publish a fanfic of this size and length without getting drawn into fandom as a participant.  That lasted about two months.  But, no, rather than pick a *normal* username, he decided to go with the title of his fanfic for the Tumblr and at this point, trying to refer to himself in fandom circles by anything other than athingofvikings or ATOV is pointless.  So what can you do?

More seriously, athingofvikings--or, as he's known when not being a dummy and picking a poor username, Joseph--is a 30-something American-born Jewish man living in Germany, married to his wife, a German national.  He likes to gush about her, but will refrain here given the nature of this page.  Having attended the University of Rochester for his undergraduacy, studying psychology and education, he is trained as a high school teacher with a focus on science and history, and is an unapologetic nerd and geek, and will happily nerd out over space, archeology, geology, and various other such topics.  He's also a cook, and is in the process of putting together a YouTube channel for the science of cooking.

The idea for the fanfic that would become A Thing Of Vikings was born when his wife (then fiancee) was visiting him in the US in Sept/Oct 2016, and showed him the first How To Train Your Dragon movie.  The first comment made after finishing the film was, "Cute, but not very historically accurate."  A few weeks later, during preparations for NaNoWriMo 2016, the plot idea of "What if it was historically accurate?" bit, along with the title, at which point, the original writing that was slated to be written was put aside and the outline for ATOV was begun.

A million-plus words later, and here we are.
Chapter 111: Need To Know

*Another advantage that the Byzantines inherited from the Roman Empire and subsequently refined was the control of information in their bureaucracies. Perhaps best exemplified by their control over the knowledge of Greek Fire, they arguably perfected the use of information compartmentalization, where the weapon system of Greek Fire was broken down into many parts, and no one group had access to the full information required to create and deploy the feared weapon. The knowledge was instead spread between those who had the formula for its creation, the builders and operators of the specialized dromon ships that carried the Fire into battle, the specific chamber used to heat and pressurize it for spraying, the crafters of the* siphōn *that sprayed it, and the* siphōnarioi *who used it in battle. No one group in the entirety of the Byzantine government had the full picture of how it was made or used. Thus, even when portions of Greek Fire were captured—such as in 814 AD by the Bulgarians—the enemies of the Byzantines could not make use of the weapon.*

*—Constantinople: The Child Of Rome's Empire, Venice, Italy, 1725*

## Major Events

* Drago kills Yılmaz and crushes his rebellion. He orders Yılmaz's followers executed.
* Hiccup approves giving Ruffnut five Buffalords for her hospital in Nidaros.
* The proposals for the Bog Burglars joining the Hooligans as Allied Clans are formally put before the Thing.
* The Byzantine Bureau of Barbarians reports to Empress Theodora and Sigurd that they have confirmed the Pechenegs have dragons. Theodora orders them to find out who controls them and their attitudes to the Byzantines. She orders the discovery be kept secret.
* Sigurd's friends discover Kormak's backer is Constantine Dalassenos, the Domestikos tōn scholōn.
* Adhamh receives Mildew's contingency letter.
* Viggo finds information on a dragon nest no one else alive knows about in Pliny's books.

## Characters

### Humans

* Drago Bludvist
* Yılmaz (first appearance; only appearance)
* Ruffnut Thicknutsdóttir
* Olaf Magnusson
* Magnus the Good
* Segna Magnusdóttir
* Ragnhild Magnusdóttir
* Nanna clan Hofferson
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Sigurd Trondsson
* Gunnar Bræsisson
* Heidrun Hallvarsdóttir
* Sophia Makris
* Cami Berthasdóttir
* Stoick the Vast
* William of Normandy
* Theodora Porphyrogenita
* Logothetēs Tōn Agelōn
* Alexios Makris
* Inga Roswynnsdóttir
* Eret Eretsson
* Gobber the Belch
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Merida Dunbroch
* Adhamh (first appearance)
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Viggo Grimborn
* Fishwings clan Ingerman

### Dragons

* Drago's dragon
* Yılmaz's dragon
* Rand
* Toothless
* Skuggi
* Galloway

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph is about the Byzantine Empire's information control. The chapter shows Empress Theodora ordering the news of the Pechenegs taming dragons of their own be kept a secret outside of a select few.
Fritjof Hrodwulfsson

*CHARACTER QUOTE HERE*

Fritjof Hrodwulfsson is an adopted member of Clan Jorgenson.

## Biography

### Background

Fritjof is a former sea raider who joined the Jorgensons a few years before the end of the Dragon War, seeking glory in fighting dragons.

### Book II

Fritjof accompanies Hiccup and his companions on their tour of Eire, and their diplomatic mission to Normandy. On the way back, they stop in the Dartmoor Mountains of England to investigate rumors of dragons, but it turns out to be a trap. Fritjof and his dragon are heavily wounded, and later sacrifice their lives to stop their pursuers and give the other Hooligans time to escape deeper into Cornwall. Nott & Delling fill the valley with Zippleback gas and ignite it, causing a huge explosion and killing over a hundred men and horses.

## Relationships

### Nott & Delling

Fritjof is bonded to a gold-and-blue Hideous Zippleback named Nott & Delling.

## Personality And Traits

Fritjof, despite being an immigrant himself, is mistrustful of outsiders and often criticizes Hiccup for showing mercy to enemies. He still stands by him, though, and sacrifices his life so that Hiccup and the others can escape.

## Trivia

1. ↑ Chapter 4: The Scottish Play
2. ↑ Chapter 66: A Downed Dragon...
Chapter 58: A Foul Play

*What is known of Jarl Mildew the Vicious mostly comes from secondary sources—journal entries from the Hooligans, observations from King MacBeth and his court, and others—due to the fact that the man was apparently a recalcitrant loner and hermit, only one step above a formalized outcast from the entirety of the Hooligan tribe. A multiple divorcee and rumored to have had various unsavory habits, he was generally ostracized by the community by his early adulthood. This includes having been formally outcast from his birth clan (Hofferson) in AD 976 and having been forced to take a new name.*

*The only reason why he had not been entirely banished from the tribe decades previously, according to the general consensus from Hooligan accounts, was that he was one of Berk's most effective and lethal dragon slayers during the last decades of the Dragon War. According to the records, he was surpassed in dragonslaying only by a handful of his contemporaries, chief among them his younger brother, Rikard clanhead Hofferson. Indeed, the historical records speaks volumes as to how unpleasant a personality he had—and how many restitution payments he had to pay from his winnings—that someone with his substantial kill record was relegated to the fringes of the tightly knit tribe, rather than being feted and toasted as one of their elites.*

*—Corpus Historiae Berkiae, 1396*

## Major Events

* Bran mac Muchada, king of Mön, is injured by a bull after princess Mór nic Echmarcach collapses from poison.
* While searching for the poisoner, Astrid is taken hostage by him, with a poisoned knife held to her throat. She slips free and Stormfly kills the man with fire.
* Fintan's former owner beats him up and demands payment for his freedom. Hiccup stops them, and gives him payment for Fintan.
* Merida finds Cami and assuages her fears over misinterpreting the kiss.
* Stoick asks Heather to become his spymaster.

## Characters

### Humans

* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Bran mac Muchada, herald of Mön
* Mór nic Echmarcach, Princess of Mön
* Grádaigh of Mön
* Nanna clan Hofferson
* Sorcha clan Hofferson
* Fintan mac Ionatan
* Tuathel mac Uaithne
* Stoick the Vast
* Heather nic Oswald
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Fritjof Hrodwulfsson
* Aindriú mac Domnall, *cerd aire* of the Uí Néill
* Dagur mac Oswald
* Cami Berthasdóttir
* Merida Dunbroch

### Dragons

* Mistletoe
* Toothless
* Stormfly
* Thornado
* Skuggi

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph is a brief biography on Mildew. The chapter shows the Hooligans wondering about Mildew's whereabouts.
* The epigraph mentions Mildew was one of the tribe's best dragon-slayers. The chapter shows the Hooligans learning about the poison he used to reach that status but before they made the connection.
Chapter 94: For Our Inheritors Standing Before Us

***Princess Asta Rhonda Haddock** (November 10, AD 1042-October 16, AD 1122), the firstborn child of Hiccup and Wulfhild Haddock, was an early Norse scientist of the Dragon Era, whose areas of interest included biology, anatomy, botany, mathematics, geology, paleontology, and cartography.  Taught by her father, she also completed a full course of education at Waterford University.  As one of the foremost early alumni of that institution, she achieved formal recognition as a Master of Natural Philosophy three times over during the course of her career (and is considered to be the founder of the fields of modern geology and paleontology as a result, based on her published studies of the fossils and sedimentary layers of Europa and the northern Vestrilands), in addition to the collaborative research work she engaged in, especially with her other siblings.*

*While she advised her half-sister, the Empress Valka II, on scientific matters, she actively shunned involvement into politics, viewing them as a distraction from her scientific work…*

*—Asta Rhonda Haddock (n.d.) In Wikikenna.  Retrieved May 26, 1855*

## Major Events

* Ryker reports to Viggo that Delilah is attempting to seduce him. Viggo tells him to play along.
* Clodgall and the Jorgensons find out the father of Lopsides' children is Beorn and present them to Stoick for judgement.
* After being allowed a private meeting, Johann demands answers from Beorn and figures out he just didn't want to be tied down. Johann is furious but turns the situation around by forcing Beorn to go through with marrying Lopsides and having Beorn be Johann's man at the Berk mail station.
* Taskill reports to Mac Bethad that his men tracked down the holders of Mildew's contingency letters. They found a total of six men holding the letters. Mac Bethad orders them killed and the letters destroyed.
* Asta is born to Hiccup and Wulfhild.
* Toothless discovers humans give live births.
* Sophia visits to Sigurd during the night.

## Characters

### Humans

* Viggo Grimborn
* Ryker Grimborn
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Stoick the Vast
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Lopsides Clodgallsdóttir
* Beorn Gardulfsson
* Clodgall Oxwitsson
* Johann
* Nanna clan Hofferson
* Mac Bethad
* Lulach
* Jacob Rodericksson
* Gruoch
* Taskill Thaddeusson
* Fishwings clan Ingerman
* Spitelout Clodgallsson
* Horsefeathers Hensteethsson
* Tynni Órgíslsdóttir
* Líle
* Asta Rhonda Hiccupsdóttir (first appearance)
* Heidrun Hallvarsdóttir
* Sigurd Spiteloutsson
* Gunnar Bræsisson
* Inga Roswynnsdóttir
* Sophia Makris

### Dragons

* Toothless
* Meatlug
* Mistletoe
* Stormfly
* Thornado

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph gives a brief summary of Asta's biography. The chapter shows Asta's birth.
Chapter 11: Norse-By-Norse-West

*…due to the actions of merchants, couriers, and word of mouth, it is generally assumed that knowledge of Hiccup Haddock's victory over the Green Death, and the associated domestication of the Nest's dragons, had reached all of the major and minor capitals of Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor within a year of the event, eighteen months at most.*

*Most of these feudal sovereigns and lesser lords reacted dismissively, especially at first, when evidence was minimal, while others, especially those who had seen evidence at first- or second-hand, reacted to the emerging power as a threat to appease or suppress. And a rare few acted otherwise…*

*—Origins Of The Grand Thing, Edinburgh Press, 1631*

## Chapter Overview

Hiccup experiences some growing pains. Gobber finds Hiccup and Astrid to be a cute couple while things explode. Astrid tests dragonflight-safe sheaths for her axe, and Ruffnut admits she's jealous of Astrid's relationship. Astrid gets a job, and Berk gets a visit from the King of Norway's delegation.

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions how the various feudal lords reacted to the news of Berk taming dragons. The chapter shows that Norway's lords reacted by sending a delegation courting for an alliance.
Chapter 24: Your Only Hope...

*King Harthacnut's attack on Berk, in addition to costing the lives of dragon-riders in the first recorded battle on dragon-back (featuring human belligerents against the dragon-riders; Haddock's battle against the Green Death belongs to a different category), set the stage for the events that followed. Within a matter of months, the entirety of Europe had heard of the event, and the awareness that dragons could be tamed set off what could only be called an arms race among the European kingdoms as they sought to replicate the feat, or defend themselves against dragons being used against them. This was, of course, exacerbated by the fact that the continental European dragon populations had crashed due to human predation over the preceding centuries.*

*—A History Of The Isles, Oxford, England, 1591*

## Major Events

* Heather and Wulfhild choose their dragons, two Razorwhips named Windshear and Mistletoe respectively.
* Snotlout takes his oath before the Empress.
* Magnus bonds with his dragon, a Monstrous Nightmare named Brand.
* Harthacnut's fleet arrives at Berk and manages to kill several dragons and riders.
* Fishlegs discovers that Heather is the spy.

## Characters

### Humans

* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Astrid Hákonsdoitter clan Haddock
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Heather
* Gobber the Belch
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Magnus the Good
* Snotlout Spiteloutsson
* Jorn Eriksson
* Harald Sigurdsson
* Spitelout clan Jorgenson
* Glenn Órgíslsson clan Hofferson
* Ross Alansson clan Hofferson
* Gallbrute clan Jorgenson
* Hammeredge Frodesson clan Ingerman
* Sunngifu clan Hofferson
* Magni clan Hofferson
* Cecelia clan Hofferson

### Dragons

* Windshear
* Mistletoe
* Toothless
* Stormfly
* Thornado
* Brand
* Frostbane
* Leatherwing
* Blackfang
* Nailbag
* Feldr
* Bjorg
* Spindle

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph talks about Harthacnut's attack on Berk. The chapter shows the first part of that battle.
London

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## **History**

London was founded by the Romans in 47 AD, and rebuilt in 70 AD after its destruction by the Iceni in 60. Anglo-Saxons began settling there in the 6th century. In 1016, the Danish king Cnut the Great conquered England, and ruled from London until his death in 1035.

In 1042, in response to an assassination attempt on Hiccup and his companions believed to be sent by Harthacnut, the Hooligan tribe and their Norwegian allies declared war on him and attacked several Anglo cities. With their dragons, they were able to quickly advance to London, where Harthacnut faced Stoick the Vast in single combat. He yielded, but then attempted to backstab Stoick, for which he was killed by an arrow.

## **Notable Inhabitants**

* Harthacnut
* Edward Æthelredsson
* Emma of Normandy
Chapter 22: A Ruff But Magnus Wedding

*According to nearly all primary sources, the marriage between Ruffnut Thicknutsdoittor clan Thorston and King Magnus Olafsson of House Fairhair was a love-match, despite the political considerations that instigated both their betrothal and their atypically quick marriage. Both were staunch patrons of the arts, which apparently was the basis of their initial bond. For the duration of their marriage, there is no record of either of them straying into affairs, or of Magnus taking official concubines. This was an uncommon occurrence in medieval Scandinavia to say the least, where approximately a quarter of all monarchs between 700 and 1100 were of illegitimate issue by acknowledged concubines, including Magnus, and Magnus had himself sired an illegitimate daughter several years before his wedding. However, the number of children and love poems that the pair produced speaks volumes for their mutual devotion on its own…*

*In addition to their personal compatibility, Ruffnut and Magnus were known to have fought alongside each other on multiple occasions. One point that is dryly noted by both their biography-sagas and other primary sources is that the number of enemies slain by her hands was significantly higher than his, due to a combination of her own martial prowess and enemies underestimating her on the basis of her build or gender or both. The most significant portion of these kills apparently came from the Siege of Roskilde, where Ruffnut guarded the stairway that led to their children's nursery, and the skalds and other eyewitness accounts reported that the bodies formed a battlement…*

*—House Fairhair And The Grand Thing, Oslo, Norway, 1667*

## Trivia

* The chapter title is a pun on "A Rough But Magnificent Wedding".

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions how happy the marriage was between Magnus and Ruffnut. The chapter shows their wedding.
Clan Haddock

One of the five allied clans of Berk, the Haddock clan has nearly gone extinct, with only three living members in AD 1040.

## Members

* Stoick Hamishsson clanhead Haddock
* Hiccup Stoicksson clanheir Haddock
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Wulfhild clan Haddock
* Gothi Hiccupsdóttir clan Haddock
* Valka clan Haddock (presumed deceased)
* Valka Hiccupsdóttir clan Haddock
* Asta Hiccupsdóttir clan Haddock
* William clan Haddock (adopted)
* Esther bat Rivkah clan Haddock (adopted)
Bog-Burglars

The Bog-Burglars are a Norse tribe primarily composed of and led by women, allied to the Hooligans of Berk through cultural and marriage ties. Their village is located in the bog of Cors Fochno, in Deheubarth, Wales. They worship Freyja and Sif, and offer refuge to women fleeing oppressive situations. Same-sex marriage is common among them, and some of their people are "Loki-touched" (transgender).

## Demographics

As of 1043, when the tribe voted to join the Hooligans, they numbered 237 adults and an unknown number of children.

## Members

* Big-Boobied Bertha—chieftess
* Cami Berthasdóttir—heir
* Merida Dunbroch—Cami's wife
* Naoise Eysteinsson—Bertha's husband; immigrant from Berk
* Skuggi—Cami's dragon
* Galloway—Merida's dragon
* Atali
* Roswynn
* Inga Roswynnsdóttir (formerly)
* Mairwen Roswynnsdóttir
* Signy Roswynnsdóttir
* Ebba Bóthildrsdóttir—priestess
* Godwif
* Gwen clan Tyrasdóttir
* Cwen clan Tyrasdóttir—Gwen's wife
* Teàrlag Eimhirsdóttir—priestess
* Ingunn Aldithsdóttir
* Torhild
* Rhian
* Sölrun—healer
* Ragnbjorg—Saldís's wife
* Saldís—Ragnbjorg's wife; immigrant from Berk; Loki-touched
Chapter 46: Light Fuse...

***Saint Olaf's Hospital**, also known colloquially as **Olaf's Home** and later more formally as **The Royal Hospital of St Olaf**, is a 493-bed teaching hospital located in Trondheim, Norway. Founded in January 1042 as a charitable bequest from Ruffnut Fairhair I and Magnus Fairhair I, it is among the oldest continuously operating hospitals in the world. It is home to the first medical library in Northern Europe and the oldest still-extant physic garden, both of which were started by Queen Ruffnut in the first few years of its existence, as well as to the second oldest Buffalord milking barn in the world.*

*—Saint Olaf's Hospital. (n.d.). In Wikikenna. Retrieved February 1, 1896.*

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph talks about St. Olaf's hospital. The chapter shows the first day of operations for the hospital.
Chapter 35: Understanding Is A Three Edged Sword

*In contrast to Hiccup Haddock's skills as a polymath and inventor, Fishlegs Hensteethson clan Ingerman (clan Frelsifrædi post-1061) was a natural research librarian (devising a crude but effective library classification system in his 20s) and polyglot, with a literate skill level in a dozen confirmed languages by the time of his death, and likely many more. A significant part of the explanation of this skill level was simply early conditioning—the Ingerman clan held the unofficial position of being the Hooligan tribe's dedicated scribes, librarians, and archivists, and Fishlegs grew up surrounded by books. However, even by the standards of his clan, he was exceptional, and the primary explanation for this was his own interest and talent.*

*In his adult role as Haddock's royal librarian, Ingerman also presided over the founding of the Royal Library of Berk (later the Library of the Grand Thing), the establishment of several imperial universities, and the copying and dissemination of every book that he could get his hands on. The monastic libraries of Ireland in particular, having faded from their glory days of the sixth to ninth centuries, were explored, revived, consolidated, and expanded under his aegis as part of an active campaign of scholasticism.*

*—A History Of The Isles, Oxford, England, 1591*

## Major Events

Mac Bethad and his court plot to frame Harthacnut for murdering Hiccup.

Heather almost falls to her death when someone secretly cuts her saddle straps.

## Synopsis

Heather wakes up to find someone had put thorns inside her clothing. She ignores the harassment and carries on with her job. When she goes to the forge to meet Fishlegs for lunch, he shows her a forged letter signed with her name.

In Inbhir Nis, Mac Bethad and his advisors conspire to deal with the Hooligans and Hiccup in particular. They object to letting them operate dragon mail through Alba and using dragons for construction, but realize they must accept to stay on an even footing with other kingdoms which might accept Hooligan aid. They come to an agreement to kill Hiccup and frame Harthacnut for it.

Gobber introduces Wulfhild to the duties of her new job as almoner. She goes for a flight with Heather and Fishlegs, but Heather's saddle breaks and she almost falls to her death. Wulfhild discovers that it was deliberately sabotaged.

## Characters

### Humans

* Heather
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Astrid Hákonsdoitter clan Haddock
* Gobber the Belch
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Murchadh
* Magnhild
* Mac Bethad
* Gruoch
* Raghnell
* Taskill

### Dragons

* Windshear
* Mistletoe
* Meatlug
Chapter 15: Welcome To Berk

*Despite perceptions to the contrary, the culture of the Norsemen of Berk at the time of Hiccup Haddock was profoundly different than most other Norse and Norse-derived cultures, despite surface similarities. Two of the greatest differences were in the treatment of literacy and the social caste system. Due to the long-simmering social pressures of the Dragon War, Berk had adopted universal literacy as a means for ensuring that critical knowledge would not be lost, and had abandoned the Thrall-Carl-Thane caste system on similarly pragmatic lines.*

*This, of course, caused significant culture shock to other societies, Norse and otherwise, that encountered them over the remainder of Hiccup Haddock's life, and was instrumental in setting the groundwork for what followed.*

*—The Second Flowering Of Yggdrasil: An Analysis Of The Norse Resurgence, 1710*

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions that Berk's outlawing of thralldom caused culture shocks to other societies that encountered them. The chapter shows the newly freed thralls experiencing a culture shock from their newfound freedom and being instantly allowed to adopt dragons.
Chapter 92: The Exercise Of Vital Powers

*One surprising aspect of draconic biology is that there is a limited degree of voluntary control by the female dragon over her reproductive cycle.  While the mating urge itself is hormonal in nature and nigh irresistible when the flock is of sufficient size to reach critical mass, the fact remains that every egg produced by the female is a significant expenditure of energy.  This is both in the immediate sense, in that each egg contains a yolk rich in hydrocarbons, carbohydrates and proteins sufficient to sustain the embryo for the next half year, and in the long term, as the resulting hatchlings will require parental care through to adolescence.*

*So while they are hormonally compelled towards mating, female dragons have a crude degree of control over their own fertility, able to choose whether to have none, some, or many eggs in a given year, based on their number of extant pre-adolescent hatchlings, the availability of food, the perceived sense of safety and stability in a given nest, the availability of helpers (and conversely, whether they might be needed to help close kin with their own young) and other such factors.*

*Current theories as to the origin of this ability simply point to the fact that pre-modern dragon clutches often had horrifying degrees of hatchling mortality, even with the value that draconic culture placed on parental care, so the ability to suppress the production of closely related competitors would be selected for…*

*—An Introduction To Dragon Biology, 17th Edition, Oxford University Press, 1793*

## Major Events

* Fishlegs reports to Astrid that the laid dragon eggs number seven thousand, eight hundred and forty-seven.
* Thuggory meets Rabbi Dovid.
* The Screaming Death discusses what to do about Mildew's capture of their fellow dragons with the Night Fury of his nest. She convinces him that their best course of action is for him to remain hidden while the rest continue launching rescue missions.
* Rodhlaug arrives at the Berserker stronghold.
* Dragon Training classes begin.

## Characters

### Humans

* Toiréasa
* Sigurd Trondsson
* Benjamin Axelsson
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Thuggory Mogadonsson
* Maor ben Dovid
* Dovid ben Eliezer
* Eret Eretsson
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Gabriel Hallvarsson
* William of Normandy
* Dagur mac Oswald
* Savage
* Rodhlaug nic Savage (first appearance)
* Jonna Asgersdóttir
* Reidun Hemmingsdóttir

### Dragons

* Unnamed Night Fury
* Toothless
* Unnamed Nadder, Night Fury's mate (first appearance)
* Screaming White (first appearance)

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions that female dragons have limited control of their own fertility to reduce the eggs they lay, a choice that is made based on their previous egg clutchs' survival rates. The chapter shows that Berk's dragon eggs numbered less than the previous year and Fishlegs comes up with the very theory mentioned in the epigraph.
Chapter 32: First Flakes...

*Draconic social structures grew, much as human social structures, based on the general social and communal nature of the species. Much like humans, dragons have a distinct tendency towards obedience to social authority and power structures. However, unlike humans, draconic society was vastly affected by the species' dependence on breeding nests in order to incubate their eggs. These rare locations, the only ones suitable for the raising of dragon whelps prior to Hiccup Haddock's creation of artificial Brooderies, rendered dragons vulnerable to human hunting parties. A successful attack by dragon hunters could wipe out an entire cohort of young dragons with ease. This location-based dependency also made them vulnerable to control by powerful individual dragons.*

*Case in point for this last aspect was the classic example of the Green Death; this dragon controlled a single breeding nest for nearly three centuries in the Alban Hebrides. The dragon operated by essentially demanding food as rent in order for prospective breeders to be allowed to access the reproductive potential of the nesting site—and, according to primary sources, she also did not hesitate to use more direct force to get her way, up to and including the use of deadly force and cannibalism on her subjects if they failed to pay up.*

*—The Dragon Millennium, Manna-hata University Press, Ltd.*

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions that humans have a tendency towards obedience of social authority and power structures. The chapter shows:
	+ Sigurd being scared off any temptation of violating the rules of the palace looting by Harald's planned punishments.
	+ A group of Varangians being punished by being placed back on duty by a Roman officer for harassing a local girl.
Chapter 139: Legacy

### Story Date

Friday, 22 July, AD 1043/6551 ε.Κ/11 Dhu l-Hijja 434 AH/12 Qiao-Yue Huangyou Era Year 1/12 Heyannir ÅrO -1/12 Av AM 4803

## Story Chronology

### Next Chapter

Love Not The Bright Sword For Its Sharpness

## Appearances

### Locations

Berk
Constantinople
Caen
Rouen
Grímsvötn Nest
Vedrarfjord

*The **First Shieldbearers of Berk and the Lands of the North Sea Empire, and Members of the Imperial Body Guard of High Thanes,** popularly known as the **Shieldbearers** **,** is the unit of the North Sea Imperial Armed Forces charged with protecting the persons of the Imperial House. The oldest Imperial military corps still in existence, it was formally created by order of King Stoick I of Berk in response to the Caen Massacre…*

*—First Shieldbearers (n.d.) In Wikikenna. Retrieved August 10, 1876*

## Major Events

* Stoick hears of Henry inciting massacres against Jewish communities and after hearing Spitelout's advice, orders the rescue of the Jews in Northern France.
* After Serena gives Spitelout a banner she made, the First Shieldbearers, led by Spitelout, deploy to France to save the endangered Jewish communities.
* While Sigurd and his allies discuss how to remove the threat Dalassenos poses to them, Heidrun discovers she's pregnant.
* Rivkah and several other Jews are forced to go through a Christian Baptism.
* The First Shieldbearers arrive in Normandy, ready to evacuate as many Jews as they can.
* Hiccup finishes his week-and-a-half project of erecting a memorial to Fearless in Iceland.
* While the evacuations progress, Spitelout considers the tactical situation of holding the Seine River bridges.
* Alexios Makris intercepts Gobber's letter to Sigurd and discovers Gudmund is Heidrun.
* Fintan organises living arrangements for the incoming Jewish refugees. Padraig updates him on getting the refugees Food and Bed Rights.
* Hakon, Gunvor, and Bladewit are invited to a synagogue where they watch Jewish parents name their son Dror in honour of the Dror who helped the Hooligans in times past.

## Characters

### Humans

* Orvi clan Hofferson
* Stoick the Vast
* Esther bat Rivkah clan Haddock
* Heather nic Oswald
* Spitelout Clodgallsson
* Merida Dunbroch
* Serena Hamishsdóttir
* Sigurd Trondsson
* Benjamin Axelsson
* Sophia Makris
* Thorred Folkmarsson
* Gunnar Bræsisson
* Demetrius Pachis
* Gudmund Hallvarsson
* Rivkah bat Hadassah
* Henry the Sinister
* Nittai ben Bethuel
* William of Normandy
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Judah of Rouen (first appearance)
* Alexios Makris
* Duckquack Hensteethsson
* Fintan mac Ionatan
* Padráig mac Bran
* Hákon Mortensson
* Gunvor Dugaldsdóttir
* Bladewit Drorsdóttir
* Moshe ben Ephrayim
* Dror ben Reuven (first appearance)

### Dragons

* Mjolnir
* Keshet
* Toothless
* Stormfly
* Bluetooth
* Dauntless
* Silverlight
* Kingstail

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph is all about the First Shieldbearers. The chapter shows their first deployment.
Chief Wiggum Hunts a Serial Killer

Sep 10, 2019

## SUMMERY

Ned Flanders is out on the town hunting more victims. The next day Apu is found murdered, and Wiggum is on the case. Moe is then murdered and Wiggum starts to take things seriously. A week later lots more murders appear and Wiggum uses his amazing deductive powers to narrow down the location of the killer. The roll out and bust down Reverend Lovejoys door. They riddle him with bullets, case closed. Shortly after another body is found, turns out Wiggum had it wrong. They got some DNA evidence and then arrest Ned. But he escapes prison and gets revenge on Wiggum.

## List of Episodes Used

* - S03E18 - Separate Vocations
* - S04E11 - Homer's Triple Bypass
* - S04E18 - So It's Come to This A Simpsons Clip Show
* - S05E02 - Cape Feare
* - S05E06 - Marge on the Lam
* - S05E11 - Homer the Vigilante
* - S05E12 - Bart Gets Famous
* - S05E16 - Homer Loves Flanders
* - S06E01 - Bart of Darkness
* - S06E06 - Treehouse of Horror V
* - S06E09 - Homer Badman
* - S07E01 - Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Two)
* - S07E05 - Lisa the Vegetarian
* - S08E03 - The Homer They Fall
* - S08E22 - In Marge We Trust
* - S09E18 - This Little Wiggy
* - S10E04 - Treehouse of Horror IX
* - S11E14 - Alone Again, Natura-Diddily
* - S11E22 - Behind the Laughter
* - S14E08 - The Dad Who Knew Too Little
* - S14E09 - Strong Arms of the Ma
* - S16E09 - Pranksta Rap
* - S18E22 - You Kent Always Say What You Want
* - S19E05 - Treehouse of Horror XVIII
* - S19E16 - Papa Don't Leech
* - S21E17 - American History X-cellent
* - S21E22 - The Bob Next Door
* - S23E03 - Treehouse of Horror XXII
* - S27E11 - Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles
* - S14E21 - The Bart of War
Chapter 103: Roots And Wings

*The ancient Hooligan tradition of absurdist or otherwise unconventional personal names that was in place during the time of Hiccup Haddock III (himself a prime example of the tradition) originated, according to tribal legend, with Hiccup III's ancestor, Hiccup I. According to the sagas, his parents named him when the baby had nonstop hiccups prior to his formal naming—and then a plague broke out which decimated the other infants of his cohort, and young Hiccup I not only survived, he never contracted the disease at all, a pattern which persisted through the next two years of plague outbreaks. Then, according to the saga, another toddler who had contracted the plague and was in danger of dying from it had his name changed from Varg to Catbrains in desperation by his parents, and was healthy within a week.*

*This resulted in absurdist names for nearly all of the tribe's children over the next generations, a situation apparently enhanced as a result of the difficulty which the tribe had in bringing pregnancies to term due to Nadder venom-induced miscarriages. With the birthing of children being so hard to achieve during this period, children were prized and even coddled as much as the harsh environment allowed them to be. The prizing of* any *child, no matter how sickly or bastard-born, reached the point where the tradition of exposing sickly infants which was the norm in other Norse cultures was rejected emphatically by the Hooligans.*

*Further reinforcement of the naming tradition came from the extinction of several other clans during this time, as well as Clan Hofferson's near extinction in the late-900s AD all of which were seen as being the natural consequence of failing to heed the tribal wisdoms of unconventional names. Over time, this tradition eventually grew to encompass a protective aura against other childhood threats to life and limb, both real and mythical.*

*—To Label The Stars: The Cultural Impact Of Names, Kyoto University Press, Ltd.*

## Major Events

* Inga gives birth to a baby girl.
* A spy was caught infiltrating Sigurd's mansion and is executed by Dogsbreath.
* The hundred-days cough spreads throughout Eire.

## Characters

### Humans

* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Valka Zephyr Hiccupsdóttir
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Toiréasa
* Dagur mac Oswald
* Fishwings clan Ingerman
* Lopsides Clodgallsdóttir
* Dogsbreath Rolfsson
* Benjamin Axelsson
* Unnamed spy
* Pelagia's father
* Inga Roswynnsdóttir
* Dogsbreath and Inga's daughter (first appearance)
* Hákon Mortensson
* Unnamed shoemaker
* Fintan mac Ionatan
* Sigurd Trondsson
* Sophia Makris
* Gunnar Bræsisson
* Heidrun Hallvarsdóttir

### Dragons

* Unnamed Scauldrons
* Pílahridh
* Hookfang
* Gunnar's dragon

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions that the Hooligans prized any child they could bring to term, no matter the circumstances. This attitude is shown by Lopsides in her chapter during her talk with Fishwings.