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Fishlegs clan Ingerman

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**Fishlegs Hensteethsson clan Ingerman** is a dragon rider and close friend of Hiccup clan Haddock.

## Biography

### Book I

Adalwin ua Imair's men steal Meatlug and several other dragons, seriously injuring Fishlegs in the process. He stays behind on Berk while the other Hooligans of his age go to Norway. While they're gone, Adalwin sends a wergild to Berk, including several thralls, with one of them, Heather, specifically for Fishlegs.

During Harthacnut's attack on Berk, Heather tries to steal the Dragon Manual, but Fishlegs stops her.

### Book II

Fishlegs formally takes Heather as his concubine, giving her legal ties to him.

### Book III

Fishlegs travels with Hiccup, Heather, et al as part of the Grand Tour, where the Hooligans travel with merchants from across the Mediterranean to set up Dragon Mail stations in major cities. In Lixbuna, he and Heather meet Basir Al-Andalusi, and in Rome, he and Hiccup visit the Flavian Amphitheater, which was built by Jewish slaves (among them Fishlegs's ancestors).

Inspired by the House of Learning he saw in Cairo, Fishlegs begins building the University of Vedrarfjord, and later, another university in Glenfinnan.

Fishlegs and Heather's son, Oswald, is born some time in March 1043.

### Book IV

Heather and Fishlegs are formally married on June 3, 1043.

## Relationships

### Heather

Heather was originally given to Fishlegs as a pleasure thrall by King Adalwin ua Imair, as wergild for Adalwin's men attacking Fishlegs and kidnapping Meatlug. As with all the other thralls, Heather is immediately freed. She and Fishlegs become close, but she is secretly a spy for Adalwin. During the chaos of the Battle of the Sound of Berk, she tries to steal the Dragon Manual and attacks Fishlegs, but he stands in her way and takes the punches. After the revelation of her spying and the rescue of her parents, Heather and Fishlegs grow closer, and eventually enter a romantic relationship. When the culprit behind Heather's harassment is revealed, Fishlegs formally asks Stoick for permission to take her as a concubine while they gather the dowry she needs to marry him.

### Hiccup clan Haddock

Hiccup and Fishlegs are close friends and frequent collaborators on scientific experiments. Hiccup appoints Fishlegs in charge of the Broodery, a vital part of Berk's infrastructure.

### Meatlug

Meatlug, a female Gronckle, is Fishlegs' dragon. After a night of stress-eating alongside his dragon, Meatlug coughs up molten metal that Gobber the Belch starts calling Gronckle Iron.

## Personality And Traits

Fishlegs is intelligent and scholarly, having been taught from a young age to be a scribe like most of his clan. He is shy and insecure about his appearance, and doesn't believe at first that Heather really wants to be with him.

He is hesitant to use his berserker strength to defend himself, but it's a different story when his loved ones are threatened (especially Heather).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 49: Things Fall Apart...
2. ↑ Chapter 116: Game, Set, Match
3. ↑ Chapter 130: Paradigm Shift
4. ↑ Chapter 68: Hide A Knife Behind A Smile
Einar Thambarskelfir

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Einar Eindridesson Thambarskelfir is the regent of Magnus the Good and the true power behind the throne of Norway.

## Biography

### Background

When Danish influences sought to overthrow Olaf Haraldsson in 1028, he supported them. However, he did not join the peasants' army at the Battle of Stiklestad, where King Olaf II was killed. At the time, Einar was in England, making a political visit to the Anglo-Danish King Cnut the Great.

Einar traveled to Gardariki (the lands of the Rus') and found Olaf's bastard son Magnus, who he installed as puppet king of Norway. He then brokered an agreement between Magnus and Harthacnut that whichever of them outlived the other would inherit the other's kingdom.

## Personality And Traits

Einar is a schemer, and assumes that everyone else is as power-hungry as he is, or else too naive to be. He does all he can to cement his power.
Michael V Kalaphates

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Emperor Michael V, called Kalaphates ("Caulker"), is ruler of the Roman Empire.

## Biography

### Background

Michael V was the son of a couple named Stephen and Maria. Maria's brother was Emperor Michael IV and Stephen had been a caulker before becoming an admiral under Michael IV and then botching an expedition to Sicily. Although the emperor preferred another of his nephews, the future Michael V was advanced as heir to the throne by his other uncle John the Orphanotrophos and the Empress Zoe. In 1035, Michael IV granted him the title of *kaisar* (caesar), and, together with Zoe, adopted his nephew as a son. Michael IV died on 10 December 1041 and Michael V was proclaimed emperor three days later by Zoe.

### Book II

Shortly after Snotlout clan Jorgenson (under the name Sigurd Trondsson) arrives in Constantinople, Michael IV dies and Michael V is crowned in the Hagia Sophia.

After Sigurd trains dragons for the Emperor, Michael grows increasingly mad with power, imprisoning Harald Sigurdsson and banishing the Empress Zoe, only to return with her when this enrages the populace of Constantinople. The city is split by civil war between his supporters and those of the empresses. Sigurd and the majority of the Varangians cast their lot in with Zoe and Theodora, and depose Michael. Harald blinds and castrates the former emperor, who is forced to live out the rest of his days as a monk.

## Personality And Traits

Emperor Michael is spoiled, capricious, greedy, and power-hungry. He demands Sigurd hand over Hookfang to him, and is only persuaded to relent upon the promise of being able to have his own dragon (and being convinced that Hookfang would kill him if separated from Sigurd).

## Trivia

1. ↑ Chapter 68: Hide A Knife Behind A Smile
Chapter 41: ...Not Places

*Having succeeded to the imperial throne on December 10, AD 1041 after the death of his biological uncle and predecessor, Michael IV, Michael V Kalaphates (the Caulker, after the original occupation of Stephen, his biological father) was determined to rule on his own. Immediately, he began to reverse his uncle's decisions, recalling courtiers, nobles and soldiers that Michael IV had banished, and banishing, framing, or otherwise removing Michael IV's own appointments. This immediately brought him into conflict with John the Orphanotrophos, senior court eunuch, his biological uncle, the effective prime minister of the Byzantine Empire, and the man directly responsible for his family's elevation from Paphlagonian peasantry to the imperial throne. Michael V promptly banished John to the monastery of Monobatae, and had the majority of the male members of his family castrated as well, to keep them from being threats to his rule…*

*…mostly due to happenstance in timing, Michael V is given perhaps undue credit as being the founder of the Byzantine Empire's corps of dragon riders. As Sigurd Trondsson had arrived a short period before Michael IV's death, and the program was formally begun under Michael V, with Michael V being recorded as the first dragon-riding Byzantine Emperor, it can be stated with some certainty that Michael V benefited from Sigurd's timing more than from significant insight.*

*—The Byzantine Emperors, Athens University Press, 1812*

## Characters

### Humans

* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Knutnut clan Thorston
* Astrid Hákonsdoitter clan Haddock
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Cami Berthasdoittor
* Dogsbreath Rolfsson
* Inga Roswynnsdoittor
* Vigdis clan Hofferson
* Gytha clan Hofferson
* Ruffnut Thicknutsdoittor clan Thorston
* Michael Henriksson
* Yngvarr the Merry
* Svanhildr Olafsdoittor
* Magnus the Good
* Vladimir Yaroslavich
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Heather
* Stoick the Vast
* Gobber the Belch
* Snotlout clan Jorgenson
* Metaxas (dream)
* Gudmund Hallvarsson
* Gunnar Bræsisson
* Deacon Cardinal Giovanni
* Viggo Grimborn (first appearance)

### Dragons

* Whittle
* Toothless
* Stormfly
* Windshear
* Thornado

## Analysis

### Foreshadowing

<spoiler> This is the first direct mention of Fishlegs's Jewish great grandfather, Dror ben Ezra. </spoiler>

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph states that Emperor Michael V doesn't deserve any credit for founding the Byzantine's corps of dragon-riders, since that was more due to Sigurd's timing than any significant insight on Michael's part. The chapter shows Sigurd's friends taking his side over the emperor like the epigraph does.
Tactical Weapons

Here is a list of Tactical weapons that can be found in MouseHunt. For convenience, only power is listed here, however the full starts of each weapon can be found on their respective pages. Additionally, Limited Edition weapons which are either no longer available or can only be obtained during certain events are listed separately.

Please note: although only the power is listed, the Technic and Mystic Pawn Pinchers have added effect against the Technic and Mystic Pawns.
Chapter 118: Something Wicked This Way Comes

*One of the core tactical principles of an ambush is to attack from a prepared position onto an unprepared and unsuspecting enemy force, thus taking full advantage of the element of surprise as a force multiplier…*

*Note that an ambush can be spoiled and turned around if the targets of the ambush become prematurely aware of the trap. In such circumstances, a retreat by the aggressor force is suggested, as they are no longer in a position of tactical superiority and face prepared opposition.*

*The worst time for the ambush target to become aware of the ambush is when the ambushers are only partially but not fully situated…*

*—NSE Skytrooper Tactical Manual, 19th Edition*

## Major Events

* Hiccup sees Mac Bethad's forces with the mangler and instantly realises Mac Bethad was Mildew's patron.
* Hiccup ends up dueling Dagur, refusing to kill him and taking him prisoner.
* Sigurd's tagma attempts to free some of the dragons captured by the Pechenegs.
* Astrid confronts Mac Bethad and kills him in a duel.
* Sigurd orders Kormak to lead some of the Pechenegs away. He succeeds but is captured.
* Jacob kills Savage.
* Sigurd finds the nest-lord of the Black Sea nest and tells her that her subjects are being captured. She moves to confront the Pechenegs.
* The Hooligan reinforcements arrive at Inbhir Niss.
* Stoick warns Mac Bethad's incoming riders that their king is dead and that they better surrender. William and Mjolnir capture some of the riders who tried to flee.
* Drago sees the incoming nest-lord of the Black Sea nest and orders a retreat.
* William and Mjolnir capture Gruoch and Lulach.
* Harald receives a letter from Yaroslav. He realises Yaroslav wants dragons before he'll give back Harald's gold and let him marry his daughter.
* The Byzantines see Sigurd and his tagma returning with the dragons they could rescue.

## Characters

### Humans

* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Jonna Asgersdóttir
* Jacob Rodericksson
* Dagur mac Oswald
* Sigurd Trondsson
* Ketilbjorn Káresson
* Kormak Brandrsson
* Mac Bethad (final appearance)
* Savage (final appearance)
* Stoick the Vast
* William of Normandy
* Ross Alansson
* Drago Bludvist
* Toiréasa
* Gruoch ingen Boite
* Lulach
* Harald Sigurdsson
* Jorn Eriksson
* Theodora Porphyrogenita

### Dragons

* Stormfly
* Mistletoe
* Toothless
* Hookfang
* Fjandi Fengur
* Thornado
* Harā Bərəzaitī nest-lord
* Mjolnir

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph explains that an ambush can be spoiled and even turned around on the ambushers if they are discovered, with the worst possible time being when the ambushers are partially but not fully in position. The chapter shows Mac Bethad's forces in disarray and scrambling to fight the Hooligans after Jacob warns them about their ambush.
Mór nic Echmarcach

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**Mór nic Echmarcach** is the Princess of Mön, daughter of Echmarcach mac Ragnaill, King of the Isles.

## Biography

### Book II

While visiting Berk for the Thawfest of 1042, Mór is poisoned by an assassin, using blue oleander (it was later revealed that Eochaid mac Niall was behind the poisoning).

### Book III

After Berk's defeat of the Eirish coalition, in which her father, uncle, brother, and cousin died, Mór is allowed to remain as ruler of Mön, as a vassal of Berk.

She and Tuffnut become lovers in October 1042.

### Book IV

Mór tells Tuffnut that she is pregnant. He proposes to her, though outside circumstances will delay the actual wedding for over a decade.

## Relationships

### Tuffnut Thicknutsson

Mór starts flirting with Tuffnut when both of them are on Berk in Fall 1042. However, he remains oblivious to her affections until, on Ruffnut's advice, she goes for the direct route and kisses him. They become lovers after that. They do not officially marry until 3 July 1054, despite having five children in that time.

## Personality And Traits

Mór knows how to navigate Norse and Eirish politics as an independent female ruler. She makes suggestions to Stoick on how to structure elections for the Grand Thing.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 121: Level Foundations
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 121: Level Foundations epigraph
3. ↑ Chapter 91: Ceremonies Of Light And Dark
4. ↑ Chapter 90: Ties Of Blood And Seed
Clan Ingerman

Clan Ingerman is one of the five allied clans of Berk.

## History

A large number of Ingermans are descended from Dror ben Ezra, a Jewish refugee who escaped thralldom and made it to Berk around 935. He taught the Hooligans to read and write, instituting their universal literacy, unusual for Norse of the time. When he decided to marry, the Ingermans raided a monastery to bring books for his wife's dowry. The Ingerman clan carries on this legacy, having more scholars in their clan than any other, some of whom can read, write, and speak languages like Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, and Arabic.

## Members

* Axwit Drorsson—Bladewit's brother, father of Cattongue, Catthumbs, Hensteeth, Badgerwit, and Horsefly
* Bladewit Drorsdóttir—Fishlegs’ great-aunt, Ingerman clanhead, scribe
* Boarguts Sheepwitsson—Broodery worker; DOB 1009
* Cattongue Axwitsson—teacher
* Catthumbs Axwitsdóttir—assistant to Cattongue
* Duckquack Hensteethsson—Fishlegs' brother; DOB 1028
* Fishlegs Hensteethsson—Protagonist; scribe, poet and natural philosopher, DOB Nov 1025
* Fishwings Hensteethsdóttir—Fishlegs’ older sister, scribe and dyer
* Frode—Bladewit’s husband, Fishlegs’ great-uncle, freedman, shoemaker
* Hammeredge Frodesson—Fishlegs’ cousin, son of Bladewit and Frode, carpenter
* Heather nic Oswald—Fishlegs' wife, spymaster of Berk, DOB 1025
* Hensteeth Axthoughtsson—Fishlegs’ father, carpenter, construction foreman
* Horsefeathers Hensteethsson—Fishlegs’ eldest brother; has a Monstrous Nightmare named Toast
* Horsefly Axwitsson—Fishlegs' uncle
* Oswald Fishlegsson—son of Fishlegs and Heather; DOB 1043
* Phlegma "the Fierce" Snideloutsdóttir—wife of Cattongue; DOB 997
* Mererid
* Tynni Órgíslsdóttir—Fishlegs' mother
* Inkpot; male Deadly Nadder, dark gray coloration, bonded to Fishwings
* Meatlug—female Gronckle, brown coloration, bonded to Fishlegs
* Toast—Bloodred male Monstrous Nightmare, bonded to Horsefeathers

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 36: Your Side...
2. ↑ Chapter 52: The Question Of Justice
3. ↑ Family Tree
4. ↑ A comment on Chapter 36 gives his father's name as Axwit.
Demetrius Pachis

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**Demetrius Pachis** is a eunuch and *koubikoularious* (aide and servant) to Sigurd Trondsson.

## Biography

### Background

Demetrius was born into a family of fishermen, with a father who "drank like a fish". His parents gave him up for imperial service as a eunuch when he was a boy.

### Book III

As befits his new position as the Empress's Champion, Sigurd is given a koubikoularious, and Demetrius reveals he volunteered for the position. He saw serving Sigurd as a way to advance his social standing.
Chapter 61: Is A Threat Achieved

*Prior to the Dragon Era, the Kingdom of the Franks was highly decentralized, with effectively independent great lords ruling over their demesnes. The King of the Franks was essentially only one lord among many, a set of circumstances that had developed since the death of Charles the Fat in 888 AD and the ending of the Carolingian Empire.*

*The causes of this decentralization from the previously strong centralized empires of Charlemagne and Charles the Fat were numerous, including the effects of Viking raiders (some of whom settled on the north coast of France in what is now Normandy), a general grab for power and land by the noble and ecclesiastical classes, and a corresponding loss of power by the peasantry and royalty. In particular, the feuding between the great nobles and their knights had a chilling effect upon the Frankish kingdom…*

*During the centuries prior to the Dragon Era, trade within the kingdom essentially ceased. Illiteracy was the general rule not only for the peasantry, but for many of the nobility as well. While towns did exist, they were pale remnants of the Gallo-Roman economic network, typically surviving as the seats of ecclesiastical bishops or secular nobility, or as local market centers…*

*The knights, in particular, were problematic in their effects. While certainly of military importance in providing defense against Vikings and other knights, they had become a hereditary caste since the era of the Carolingians. In competition with each other, they had a strong incentive to make war as a way of proving their valor and skill in order to be most attractive as potential vassals to the greater nobles, meaning that they viewed conflict as a first solution to any problem. The conventions of the noble habitus only did so much to stem this tendency towards violence as a means of problem solving, and Frankish knights tended to view anyone that wasn't a noble or knight as an impediment that could be slain out of hand, on the battlefield or off, and often enjoyed petty destruction for its own sake. The situation became such that the Peace and Truce of God was first implemented in the late 900s AD to try to put religious strictures against who and what the knights could simply kill and destroy.*

*—A History of Old Francia, 1432, Oxford Press*

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions the problematic effects the knight and nobles classes have on the Frankish Kingdom in their grabs for power. The chapter shows the following:
	+ John, a Norman Shipmaster and Merchant, complaining about the lords.
	+ Henry the Sinister lying to Hiccup about his role and Dogsbreath's and Inga's role in the death of the Duchy of Brittany nobles.
Dogsbreath Rolfsson

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**Dogsbreath Rolfsson clan Jorgenson** is a viking of the Hooligan tribe.

### Book I

Dogsbreath is part of the group that uses dragons to steal cattle from a village in the Alban highlands. When Stoick finds out, he punishes them by confiscating the (dead) cattle and forbidding them from partaking in the meat.

### Book II

Inga, a woman from the Bog Burglar tribe, starts flirting with and teasing Dogsbreath when she and some other Bog Burglars are spending the winter on Berk. Things eventually go too far when she dares him to shave his father's beard and steal his coffer. The two of them flee Berk on Dogsbreath's dragon Redsnout. They make it to Francia, where some villagers betray them to Henry of Brittany, who imprisons them and forces Dogsbreath to use Redsnout to attack Henry's enemies.

They flee again to Denmark, where carl Jannick Krestensson and some farmers at Ribe give them shelter. When Harthacnut demands that the Danes turn over their guests, they rise in rebellion with air support from Dogsbreath and Redsnout. Dogsbreath sends a message to Berk asking for aid.

### Book III

Berk answers Dogsbreath's cry for help with reinforcements, who defeat Harthacnut's thingmen as the king himself is fighting Stoick in London. Dogsbreath slips away after the battle, and travels on to Sweden, where he meets Tuffnut in Uppsala, and tells him the truth about what happened in Brittany.

Dogsbreath, Inga, and Redsnout arrive in Constantinople only a day ahead of Hiccup's Grand Tour, and bring Sigurd news from home. With Sigurd translating, Dogsbreath takes up service in the Imperial Army, on the condition that Redsnout is his and not the property of the Empress or the Empire.

## Personality And Traits

Dogsbreath is boorish and misogynistic, boasting of sexual prowess despite being a virgin (due to the aforementioned negative qualities). He starts maturing during his flight with Inga, especially after they are captured and imprisoned.
Gudmund Hallvarsson

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**Gudmund Hallvarsson** (real name **Heidrun Hallvarsdóttir**) is a Norse warrior, who travels with Sigurd Trondsson and several others to join the Varangian Guard.

## Biography

### Background

Gudmund is the offspring of a Swedish man who served in the Varangian Guard, and his Ethiopian concubine. He is the third of fourteen children.

### Book I

Gudmund meets Sigurd, along with Thorred Folkmarsson, Gunnar Bræsisson, Ondott Brandrsson, Kormak Brandrsson, and Hrafn Hrafnsson, in Uppsala, where they join the trader Vidkunn Guthhersson for passage to Constantinople.

### Book II

Gudmund is one of the Varangians that Harald Sigurdsson assigns to protect Sigurd and Hookfang. He is also one of the first to become a dragon rider, riding a Campe that he names Pílahridh.

### Book III

Gudmund travels along with Gunnar, Benjamin, Thorred, and Ketilbjorn to accompany Sigurd on his first trip to his new estates, formerly owned by Maniakes. Late at night, he kisses Sigurd and reveals his true identity.

When Sigurd is betrothed to Sophia and is negotiating the marriage alliance with her family, Inga brings Sophia to his house alone, where she reveals that she is willing to join him, Heidrun, and Gunnar in a four-way relationship. Sophia gives Heidrun a poem by Sappho of Lesbos, as a way of asking if she is also interested in women. Heidrun responds by kissing her.

## Relationships

### Sigurd Trondsson

Gudmund is intensely loyal to Sigurd, and has quite the crush on him as well. They become lovers after he and Sophia are betrothed.

### Gunnar Bræsisson

Gunnar is one of the only people to know Gudmund's true identity, having deduced it when they sparred shortly after meeting each other. They become lovers as part of the four-way relationship between them, Sigurd, and Sophia.

## Trivia

Heidrun's faceclaim is Nicole Beharie, but taller and with shorter hair.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 84: Generation Unto Generation
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 52: The Question Of Justice
3. ↑ Chapter 95: A Time For Every Matter Under The Heavens
4. ↑ https://athingofvikings.tumblr.com/post/185676801175/when-you-made-faceclaims-for-some-of-your
Chapter 2: The Hero Of Berk

*In the popular imagination, the end of the Viking Era is inevitably tied together with the Hero of Berk, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III.  Despite the hagiographic efforts of both contemporary and subsequent biographers, according to both his own accounts and those of his associates, he was an extremely humble individual throughout his entire life, his journals revealing a man honestly bewildered and disturbed by the adulation.  However, his accomplishments do speak for themselves, as a polymath and inventor whose name has become synonymous with both genius and altruism in the subsequent centuries…*

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

## Chapter Overview

One of the tribe's skalds sings the saga of the Hero of Berk. Hiccup has trouble accepting the praises.

## Synopsis

Chessnut sings the saga he composed for Hiccup. After he finishes, Hiccup shows his appreciation but he leaves the Mead Hall because he's not used to such praise. Astrid helps him deal with the positive attention.

Ruffnut is upset on her Uncle Chessnut's behalf, but Chessnut himself is understanding of Hiccup's actions, knowing that Hiccup is not used to being praised and that Stoick himself behaved similarly when praised. Chessnut surmises that Ruffnut is upset partially because she's jealous of the relationship Hiccup and Astrid has when her own prospects are less than stellar.

## Analysis

### Foreshadowing

#### Setup:

* Chessnut brings up Ruffnut's lack of romantic options within the tribe. Payoff in Chapter 17.
* Mildew and Johann are witnessed by Ruffnut arguing. Payoff in Chapter 28.

Payoff:

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions Hiccup was a humble individual bewildered by the praises he gets. The chapter shows how unused he is to the praise he's getting, an issue Chestnut recognises and compares to when Stoick felt that he was undeserving of praise.
Chapter 20: Homecomings

*King Magnus's first visit to Berk was a watershed moment in many ways. While the king had come for his marriage and for the dragon that later became emblematic of his reign, by the time he had arrived, the Hooligans had spent a year integrating dragons into nearly every level of their society and economy. Witnessing the effects and advantages that this afforded his allies firsthand gave him not only the determination to effect similar changes on his own kingdom, it also gave him a map to doing so, the trailblazing having already been started by the Haddocks' and Ingerman's efforts over the prior year. Even discounting the other innovations and events that were introduced and occurred subsequent to his arrival, Magnus was still exposed to a society that could function without thrall labor and still be more prosperous than his own, and this had an indelible effect on the young king.*

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

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph talks about Magnus' first visit to Berk. The chapter shows Magnus and the Norwegian delegation arriving in Berk.
Chapter 7: A-Viking

***Burh**— Old English fortified settlement or fortification, as a response to the threat of Viking raids of the 8th to 11th centuries. Conceived of as a network of forts containing detachments of local defense militia and roads (known as herepaths) connecting them, they were intended to act as a place to shelter the populace against Viking attack, as well as allowing the English forces to concentrate quickly in the event of a raid or invasion. Until the 1040s, and the domestication of dragons by the Norse, the burh and herepath system was notably effective in repulsing Viking raids.*

*—A History Of Old England, 1451, Oxford Press*

## Chapter Overview

Snotlout, at the behest of his father, leads a Viking Raid on an Anglos fort. He confronts Hiccup with his spoils, who now has to struggle with the reality that many people will see dragons as another fancy weapon.

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph explains the Burh system of England that used to be effective in repelling viking invaders before the domestication of dragons. The chapter shows Jorgenson clan attacking the Burh of Brycgstow and winning easily.
Chapter 154: Generational

### Story Date

Wednesday, 2 November, AD 1043/6552 ε.Κ/26 Rabi’ al-Awwal 435 AH/26 Yang-Yue Huangyou Era Year 1/26 Gormánuður ÅrO -1/26 Cheshvan AM 4804

## Story Chronology

### Previous Chapter

The Wolf At The Door

*In the Norse religion, **Forseti** is the god of justice, mediation, and reconciliation; the son of Baldur and Nanna, he dispenses justice and rulings from **Glitnir** , his father’s hall, which is roofed with silver and has columns of gold, and is noted to be visible for some distance with radiant light. Prior to the Norse Reformation, Forseti was a minor deity, attested to in only a few extant sources and works, mostly focused on his position as his father’s son. In the canon of the Reformed Norse, he has an expanded role and position, with an entire saga detailing his efforts…*

*—From Aesir To Yggdrasil: A Norse Primer*

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph briefly introduces Forseti, Norse God of Justice. The chapter ends with Stoick recalling his memory of talking to him.
Chapter 37: ...Their Side...

*Prior to the Norse Reformation of 1044 AD/AM 4804/435 AH/ArO 0, the Norse pagan religion was in the process of dying out under the onslaught of a semi-organized campaign of Christianization. Iceland, Norway, the North Sea Islands, and Denmark had all been forcibly converted over the prior century, and were at least nominally Christian, although Norse beliefs were still held by much of the populace through folk transmission. King Olaf II, Magnus the Good's father, was personally responsible for much of the Christianization of Norway, having engaged in the torture and execution of Norse priests and the destruction of Norse temples. Sweden remained a bastion of resistance, with the Norse cult at Uppsala having a mutual nonaggression agreement with the Swedish kings dating back to 990 AD, but the status of the traditional faith was eroding steadily there.*

*Around the Eirish Sea and Alban Hebrides, there were various overtly Norse cults and tribes; many of these were close allies in an increasingly Christianized region, bound by treaties and marriage ties. These tribes included the Bog Burglars of Wales, the Meatheads of the Outer Hebrides, and of course the Hooligans of Berk, to name the three largest examples. But their numbers were dropping from their heydays of a century prior.*

*The general consensus of historians of the period is that, without the Norse Reformation, it is unlikely that the Norse religion would have survived another century in the face of the aggressive Christian efforts to render it extinct.*

*Instead, the Crusades against the North Sea Empire over the following century only helped revive and entrench the reformed faith, especially due to the martyring of ethnically Norse Christians by the Crusaders…*

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

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions that the Hooligans, Bog Burglars and Meatheads were close allies tied by treaties and marriages. The chapter introduces the Bog Burglars and their heir Camilla, who happens to be Astrid's second-cousin.
Map collection

This is a collection of maps of important locations and territories around 1040-1042.

Map of the known world shown to Hiccup by Yngvarr in 1040The isles as of AD 1040 (pre-Dragon Era)The isles as of September 1042Snotlout/Sigurd's journey from Nidaros to ConstantinopleSecond Berkian-English WarThe territories of Berk and the North Sea Empire, as of September 1042 The tour of Eire taken by Hiccup and co, in Chapters 50-51 (Feb/March 1042)The Grand Tour of Europe, showing Hiccup's route to set up Dragon Mail stationsMulan's journey in Books 3 and 4
1. ↑ Posted by the author on tumblr https://athingofvikings.tumblr.com/post/163251647875/companion-map-to-the-scene-in-chapter-15-where
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Posted by the author on tumblr https://athingofvikings.tumblr.com/post/185154960150/rough-map-i-put-together-for-a-thing-of-vikings
3. ↑ Posted by a fan on tumblr https://vigilantsycamore.tumblr.com/post/618044170471456768/so-i-made-a-map-for-athingofvikings-s-fic-a
4. ↑ Posted by a fan on Discord
Andrew Vsevolod Yaroslavich

*CHARACTER QUOTE HERE*

(Quick Character Summary here)

### Book I

Vsevolod is not named, but he is likely present at the banquet his father holds for Snotlout clan Jorgenson in Kyiv.

### Book III

Vsevolod and his brothers Igor and Vyacheslav are sent to Berk to be Stoick's wards. Their older brother Vladimir goes with them to see them off.
Traps

A trap is the tool you use in MouseHunt to catch mice. It is made up of a **weapon** and a **base**. Each weapon and base has a power type, which helps you to catch the different mice throughout the Kingdom. Optionally, players can uses charms to provide additional bonuses or special effects when sounding the horn.

## Bases

Bases do not have specific powers types and you can combine these with weapons as you like to give the best statistics you need to hunt. Some bases do have special effects when hunting in particular areas.

## Trap Statistics

Each trap has different statistics which determine how well you will be able to catch mice. These are:

* Power
* Power Bonus
* Luck
* Attraction Bonus
* Freshness

Power, luck and freshness are values of their own while power bonus and attraction bonus and percentage increases for the combined power or attraction of your trap, base and charm.
Chapter 5: Thawfest

***Thawfest**—Colloquial term for the **Sigurblót**, the traditional Norse Festival welcoming the summer. Held the Sunday after the full moon after the **Dísablót** held at the Spring Equinox (Compare: Easter), in either April or May, to celebrate the Spring Thaw and the turning of the seasons. Typical formulations consist of contests and demonstrations of prowess by all attendees in honor of the gods. The Thawfest is a time of great social and legal importance; during the **Viking Era**, this festival marked the beginning of the campaigning season, and the winter was officially over at the conclusion of the festival; children who had seen sixteen winters were now officially adults. The term **Sigurblót** literally means "victory sacrifice," and the festival is an acknowledgment of the Norse survival of another harsh dark winter. Winter is over, and summer has won, and **Ragnarok** is postponed for at least one more year.*

*—From Aesir To Yggdrasil: A Norse Primer*

## Chapter Overview

The Hooligan Tribe gets visitors, including several different nobles, who've heard that they have tamed dragons. The Hooligans realise that they have greatly underestimated the impact of what they had done.

## Major Events

* The first recorded dragon theft from Berk happens. Fishlegs is attacked and Meatlug and several other dragons gets kidnapped.

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph explains what Thawfest is and how important it is in Viking culture. The chapter then shows visitors arriving for Berk's Thawfest festival and the actual celebrations.
Chapter 131: Alliances Of Honor And Interest

### Story Date

Friday, 10 June, AD 1043/6551 ε.Κ/28 Shawwal 434 AH/29 Pu-Yue Huangyou Era Year 1/29 Skerpla ÅrO -1

## Appearances

### Locations

Berk
Vedrarfjord
Almatu

*While it took most of a generation for formal political parties to develop in the Grand Thing, with the first such,* Rättfärdig U Tzedak*, dating its founding to AD 1076, the roots of the Grand Thing’s political structure predate the assembly itself. The event which most scholars point to, the Citizenship Conclave of AD 1043, saw the early development of voting blocs and informal alliances set for the achievement of one political goal or other. However, there were no formal political factions as of yet. Instead regional, social class, linguistic, religious, and ethnic factions dominated most of the proceedings, with most of the attendees working and voting for their own interests. While they produced a legal code that achieved the stated goals of King Stoick in offering a structure for the nation at large, it was still a work of compromise that directly contradicted the King’s own stated desires on more than one point, a factor that oddly helped legitimize it in the eyes of many in the kingdom.*

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

## Major Events

* Wulfhild's uncle Emund arrives in Berk.
* Vedrarfjord begins work on installing cofferdams in their river.
* Fintan gives Ultan a tour of Vedrarfjord while Ultan takes in all the changes to his home of Eire. Ultan informs Fintan that Archbishop Octavianus and the others of his entourage are not as pious as men of their office are supposed to be.
* Godwin learns Gytha is pregnant with Fishswill's child.
* Akdoğan of the Boru-Tolmač swears fealty to Özhan of the Bayat after the latter defeats the former.
* Clanhead Orrusti and his brother Hani of Clan Brusisson are kicked out of Dragon Training and try to demand Thuggory to convince the teachers to let them back in.

## Characters

### Humans

* Wulfhild of Norway
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Emund Olofsson (first appearance)
* Asta Rhonda Hiccupsdóttir
* Valka Zephyr Hiccupsdóttir
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Cami Berthasdóttir
* Heike Eretsson
* Jyette Markusdóttir
* Thuggory Mogadonsson
* Eret Eretsson
* Fintan mac Ionatan
* Roisin
* Brother Ultán mac Vir
* Godwin of Wessex
* Feidelm clan Ingerman (first appearance)
* Fishswill clan Ingerman
* Gytha Godwinsdóttir
* Özhan of the Bayat
* Akdoğan of the Boru-Tolmač
* Elinor Dunbroch
* Merida Dunbroch
* Orrusti clanhead Brusisson (first appearance)
* Thuggory Mogadonsson
* Hani clan Brusisson (first appearance)

### Dragons

* Mistletoe
* Toothless
* Galloway
* Skuggi
Marge

Marge Simpson-Bouvier is a main character from *The Simpsons.* She is the wife of Homer, mother of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie and sister of Patty and Selma.

## Appearance

She is a yellow woman with tall, puffy, blue hair. She commonly wears a green tube top, red shoes, and a red beaded necklace.

## Personality

She is very sensitive and fears for the life of her children.

## Relationships

### Bart, Lisa, & Maggie

She loves her children equally and wants to protect them.

### Ned

Marge has had an ongoing affair with Ned Flnders, maybe because he is stronger and calmer than Homer.
Chapter 8: A Challenge

*Despite popular tales to the contrary, Vikings did not constantly duel to the death over every little issue. Indeed, they took considerable efforts to prevent unnecessary bloodshed among their communities and to ensure fairness between their members.*

*Political meetings, known as Things, had elaborate rules of conduct, designed to limit the potential for violence and the sparking of feuds. This was one of the functions of the ritual trial-by-combat, the* holmgang*; to settle and close disputes and feuds in a hopefully nonlethal manner, yet in a way that was acceptable to the martial Norse. This was done by means of creating the dueling area as a sacred space before the gods, defining the conflict, and rendering it such that what was 'slain' within the bounds of the demarcation was the opposing dispute. Rather than start a brawl over a dispute at a Thing—an act that was in violation of the rules of conduct—one disputant could challenge another to a trial by combat, after which the matter was settled. And to keep those with significant prowess from perverting the mechanics of the trial by combat against their intent, substitutions in the cases of gross mismatches were not only allowed, but encouraged.*

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

## Chapter Overview

A Thing is called to address the matter of going a-viking on dragonback. Snotlout protests the ban, challenging Hiccup to a Holmgang. Due to Hiccup's missing leg, Astrid volunteers to take his place in the duel before Thor, offering a race before Tyr and a test of Wisdom before Odin, best of three wins. Snotlout loses all three challenges.

After the challenge, the dragon eggs hatch, and the Hooligans discover that babies are a handful.

## Characters

### Humans

* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Stoick the Vast
* Snotlout Spiteloutsson clan Jorgenson
* Spitelout clan Jorgenson
* Astrid Hákonsdoitter clan Haddock
* Chestnut Hardnutsson
* Ruffnut Thicknutsdoittor
* Tuffnut Thicknutsson
* Nanna Hofferson
* Picknose Jorgenson
* Gobber the Belch

### Dragons

* Toothless
* Hookfang
* Stormfly

## Analysis

### Foreshadowing

<spoiler> "But what would my boy and his dragon be able to do against a thousand longships of the Danes, come to sack our shores?" The Hooligans find out in Chapter 24 and Chapter 25.</spoiler>

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph explains how Things political meetings worked and the rules for the Holmgang. The chapter shows the tribe holding a Thing regarding the use of dragons in raids and a Holmgang to settle the issue.
Dror ben Ezra

*CHARACTER QUOTE HERE*

Dror ben Ezra was a Jewish scribe who was enslaved as a thrall, and escaped to Berk sometime around 935. He was responsible for the Hooligans' practice of universal literacy.

## Trivia

Dror spoke Hebrew, Aramaic, Norse, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon, among other languages (likely Old French and/or Zarphatic, if he was from Francia).

1. ↑ Chapter 41: ...Not Places
Hákon Mortensson

*CHARACTER QUOTE HERE*

**Hákon Mortensson clan Hofferson** is the father of Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock and the Lord Chief of Vedrarfjord.

## Biography

### Book I

After the Hooligans capture Vedrarfjord from Adalwin ua Imair, Hiccup gives it to Hákon and Gunvor as part of the bride-price for Astrid's hand in marriage, making them lords of the city.

### Book IV

After several buildings in Vedrarfjord collapse, Hákon orders the demolition and rebuilding of many buildings in the city, and reinforcement of the ground beneath it.

## Relationships

### Fintan mac Ionatan

Fintan becomes Hákon and Gunvor's aide and trusted confidant.
Chapter 134: Rank And Privilege

### Story Date

Sunday 19 June, AD 1043/6551 ε.Κ/8 Dhu I-Qa’da 434 AH/8 He-Yue Huangyou Era Year 1/8 Sólmánuður ÅrO -1

## Appearances

### Locations

Azaq
Berk
Vedrarfjord

*The social structure of Berk when Stoick assumed the title of chief in the 1020s AD was, by the standards of the era and region, extremely egalitarian, with wide-ranging universal rights. The few reserved legal rights were primarily assigned to social offices such as chief and clanhead, instead of social ranks as was the case elsewhere. As a result, a new arrival on Berk from a lower class origin elsewhere would find themselves having access to a wide variety of rights that had previously been denied to them. This was partly policy on the part of the Hooligans, as a way to incentivize personal investment into and identification with their society by the newcomers, as their efforts were needed in defending against and repairing the aftermath left by dragon raids. This social structure had been stable for generations by the time Stoick inherited leading it, and thus he sought to continue spreading it as Berk’s territory and population grew.*

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

## Major Events

* Durgulel advises Drago that using only force to ensure loyalty does not work in the long run.
* Yaroslav and Stoick discuss a potential loan, Yaroslav's personal calculus of his internal and regional geopolitics, and his daughter Anne being fostered at Berk due to her love of books.
* The Citizenship Conclave begins work following the end of the wedding ceremonies.
* Camilla, Merida and Eret work through their problems that arose from the aftermath of Eret being assaulted.
* Stoick first hears of a group in the Citizenship Conclave discussing having formal social classes for Berk. The commoner in favour of it manages to convince Stoick of the merits of having social classes.
* Esther bonds with a Changewing she names Keshet.
* Archbishop Octavianus has a fight with his mistress and she spoke to the Bog Burglar priestess to obtain sanctuary. Ultan informs Fintan of this.
* Stoick officially declares himself a King and claims the legal power to adopt people into his clan without restriction as the legal right of Berk's royal family.

## Characters

### Humans

* Drago Bludvist
* Durgulel
* Stoick the Vast
* Yaroslav the Wise
* Magnus the Good
* Segna Magnusdóttir
* Ruffnut Thicknutsdóttir
* Olaf Magnusson
* Eret Eretsson
* Cami Berthasdóttir
* Dyana Berthasdóttir
* Merida Dunbroch
* Ruadhán mac Conleth, *aithech* of Mumhan (first appearance)
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Esther bat Rivkah clan Haddock
* Fintan mac Ionatan
* Roisin
* Bláthnat
* Ultán mac Vir
* Rikard Ruadhsson
* Clodgall Oxwitsson
* Bladewit Drorsdóttir

### Dragons

* Keshet (first appearance)

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph discusses the lack of social classes on Berk. The chapter shows the Citizenship Conclave discussing the introduction of formalized social classes with rights and responsibilities.
North Sea Empire

The Empire's territories after reunification under Magnus, AD 1042

*North Sea Empire and Anglo-Scandinavian Empire are terms used by historians to refer to the personal union of the kingdoms of England, Denmark and sometimes Norway for most of the period between 1013 and 1042 towards the end of the Viking Age. This ephemeral Norse-ruled empire was a thalassocracy, its components only connected by and dependent upon the sea.*

*The first king to unite all three kingdoms was Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark since 986 and of Norway since 1000, when he conquered England in 1013. He died the following year and his realm was divided. His son Cnut the Great acquired England in 1016, Denmark in 1018 and Norway in 1028. He died in 1035 and his realm was again divided, but his successor in Denmark, Harthacnut, inherited England in 1040 and ruled it until his death. At the height of his power, when Cnut ruled all three kingdoms (1028–1035), he was the most powerful ruler in western Europe after the Holy Roman Emperor.*

In 1042, the empire was reformed when Cnut's heir in Norway, Magnus the Good, defeated Harthacnut in the Battle of London alongside Berkian forces.

1. ↑ wikipedia page North Sea Empire, retrived 14th May 2020
Chapter 49: Things Fall Apart...

*During the Viking Period of AD 793-1040, the Norse explored, traded and settled extensively, using both the seas and rivers as their means of transportation. The Norse longships and skilled seamanship allowed them to travel to locations as far-flung as Mongolia, the African coast of the Mediterranean, and Vinland in the Vestrilands. Skilled and daring sailors would even attempt winter voyages, trusting in their ability to read the weather and the seaworthiness of their ships to avoid and mitigate the hazards of the season.*

*This tradition of seamanship continued, albeit in an altered form, during the subsequent Dragon Period (AD 1040-~1400), where the old skills in navigation and ship construction continued to evolve…*

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

## Major Events

* Stoick almost cancels the treaty with Ulaid over one of Eochaid's men attempting to rape Heather, and only relents upon her request.
* Vigdis is revealed as the one behind the harassment and attempted murder of Heather. She is banished from the tribe, and her husband Steinn and children Finn and Gytha go with her.
* Fishlegs formally takes Heather as his concubine, over Bladewit's objections.
* In Constantinople, Sigurd starts preparing to demonstrate dragon taming. He shows how loyal Hookfang is to him.
* Trader Johann meets several contacts in Lixbuna for business.
* Tuffnut is injured but alive after Rasmus's attack, and will be confined to his bed for some time.
* It is decided that Hiccup, Astrid, Wulfhild, Fishlegs, and Heather will tour all of Eire, to conduct diplomacy with the kingdoms there.

## Characters

### Humans

* Heather
* Astrid Hákonsdoitter clan Haddock
* Eochaid mac Niall
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Stoick the Vast
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Unnamed Eirish guard
* Bladewit Drorsdoittor
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Cami Berthasdoittor
* Toiréasa
* Vigdis (Aoibhín) clan Hofferson
* Rikard clanhead Hofferson
* Steinn clan Hofferson
* Nanna clan Hofferson
* Snotlout clan Jorgenson
* Harald Sigurdsson
* Gothi Hiccupsdoittor
* Sailor Johann
* Chayim (first appearance)
* Tuffnut Thicknutsson
* Yngvarr the Merry
* Marte
* Karin (first appearance)
* Beorn Gardulfsson
* Miguel-Pedro
* Hiba (first appearance)
* Basir al-Andalusi (first appearance)
* Spitelout Clodgallsson
* Fritjof Hrodwulfsson
* Gobber the Belch

### Dragons

* Hookfang
* Barf & Belch

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph mentions that the Norse traded extensively. The chapter shows Trader Johann travelling as far as Al-Andalus for his merchant trips.