Dragons of How To Train Your Dragon: Book of Dragons

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The fire from every one of these dragons is so hot it can even melt steel.

Stoker Class

These dragons are serious fire breathers.

Terrible Terror

When training a Terror start with a very shiny object. But don’t be fooled by his cuteness! If you get these little Terrors in a group, it’s no picnic. Terrors are social creatures, so they love to hunt in packs.

Monstrous Nightmare

Don’t try attacking a Nightmare because the Nightmare has a liquid-like fire and it can even set itself on fire when he is angry and what you don’t want is an angry Nightmare. Instead of wrestling a Monstrous Nightmare, just give him a little respect. Just give a gentle hand on his snout.

Fireworm

These dragons are found in large groups, which make them extremely dangerous and found in dark caverns. Fireworms are similar to bees, in which they a Fireworm Queen who is very protective of her firecombs. Despite their aggressive nature, hey seem to know if another dragon’s fire is worn out, and are kind and sympathetic enough to reignite other dragons’ firepower with their venom.

Typhoomerang

The Typhoomerang is the only known dragon that isn’t afraid of eels, even going as far to eat one. An adult Typhoomerang will form a circle of fire around a predator/prey that could or will mean harm to their babies. A fully grown Typhoomerang can fly at high speeds, near that of a Night Fury. In shape and size, they are comparable to dragons such as a Timberjack. 

Boulder Class

These dragons are tough and love the dirt.

Gronckle

Like all dragons, the Gronckle has five stages of maturity; first the egg, the tiny teeth, the small wing, the broad wing and finally the titan wing which is extremely rare. A Gronckle won’t stay mad at you if you just feed it a little dragonnip.  

The Whispering Death

The Whispering Death knows only one thing: killing! He burrows through the dirt and rock, attacking from below. Their rotating teeth can bore through anything. These Boulder Class dragons are so wicked they can breathe rings of fire. In spite of their fearsome reputation it turns out they just like to be brushed.

The Screaming Death

Fear Class

These dragons are silent, they’re sneaky; they turn up when you at least expect them.

Hideous Zippleback

The Zippleback has got two heads. Twice the danger. One head releases gas and the other ignites it. And if both heads at once, they become one agreeable dragon. If you want to befriend this dragon just feed both heads at once and make sure you play with it.

Snaptrapper

This dragon mimics a flower by popping open its triple hinged claws and exhaling a sweet, scented breath to entice prey onto its tongue. Like all dragons, the Snaptrapper can shed its scales and claws. But they all grow back. Snaptrappers love rain and they can’t wait to play in the mud.

Sharp Class

These dragons have a generous douse of vanity and spend most of the time preening.

Deadly Nadder

Nadders have the hottest fire in the dragon world. The best way to approach her is to move towards her tail, but not quick because she’s got sharp, poisonous spikes that launch at will. If you move slower and show her that you are not a threat she’ll let you smooth her tail spikes down.

The Timberjack

The Timberjack has gigantic, razor-sharp wings that can slice through a forest of trees like a giant guillotine and its wings can fold into a massive tent to provide shelter. But those long wings of the Timberjack make it impossible for him to even scratch his back. But if you scratch his itch, he’s your friend forever.

Speed Stinger

New dragon in How To Train Your Dragon 2

Tidal Class

These creatures lurk the watery deep and can outswim the fastest ship.

The Scauldron

This sea dragon fills itself with water, then heats it in its giant cauldron-like stomach. One blast from that hot water and you’re finished. If you want to train Scauldrons, douse yourself with water. Turns out they like anything that reminds them of home.

The Thunderdrum

This mighty creature moves through the water like a tornado. It can deliver a thunderous sonic blast that can be heard for miles. When a Thunderdrum hatches from its shell, it makes a sound so loud it rattles the sky.

Bewilderbeast

New dragon in How To Train Your Dragon 2

Oceanzap

New dragon in How To Train Your Dragon 2

Mystery Class

Don’t know how these dragons work.

The Changewing

This strange dragon can disappear into any environment. Changewings are curious creatures and they display mimicking behaviour. Whatever they see they love to copy. Changewings are known for their acid breathe and their ability to hypnotise. But finding one takes a keen eye. Their skins are softer, which makes them vulnerable to attack, so these dragons protect themselves in a strange way.

The BoneKnapper

This odd creature collects the bones of dead dragons and makes itself an unusual coat of armour. If you want to train a BoneKnapper, just give it whatever it’s looking for and it’s just like overgrown puppy dog. And another thing about this dragon is: if his armour is not complete he can’t roar.

Smothering Smokebreath

The Smothering Smokebreath is about the same size as a Terrible Terror, perhaps a little bit bigger. Because of their veil of smoke, they are often mistaken for a larger more menacing ‘Fog Monster’. Smokebreaths cover up in a veil of smoke and then ambush you when you least expect.

Strike Class

Every dragon in this class is characterized by blazing speeds; vice-like jaw strengths and extreme intelligence.

The Skrill

This elusive creature is highly secretive and is known to ride lightning bolts, like an air torpedo to reach supersonic speeds. Found only during electrical storms, it can shoot bursts of white fire. If you stand too close to a Skrill, your hair will stand on end.

Night Fury

The Night Fury is the rarest and most intelligent of species of dragon. He is small to medium-sized with jet black scales covering his whole body, his sides having small light patches in a pattern similar to that of a manta ray. The Night Fury resembles an axolotl in general appearance and has pairs of wings, two ear-like appendages on the back of his head to show his mood, a pair of yellowish-green, cat-like eyes and sharp retractable teeth. The Night Fury possesses three sets of wings (one main pair and one smaller pair near the base of his tail). His eyes are located very near the front of his face giving him excellent depth perception and reflexes in flight. He can narrow his pupils to slits when threatened or angry, similar to that of a cat. But when he is docile or happy, his pupils dilate and become more dog-like. Unlike most dragons, the Night Fury has a short neck and lacks any kind of horn.

In flight, the Night Fury’s wingspan is unrivalled, making him resemble some sort of jet plane. This allows him to fly faster, longer and further than any other dragon. He has two extremely large wings that allow him to do a vertical take-off. Behind that is a set of smaller wings that aid in gliding. He uses the wing-like flaps on his tail to steer and manoeuvre, similar to an airplane’s rudder. Even when not flying he can tear along the ground at terrific speeds. His jumping abilities are phenomenal. As seen in the movie, a Night Fury will be incapable of flying if one of these flaps is missing or destroyed.

Night Furies are generally quite aggressive to any form of threat they find, similar to how the other dragons treat the Vikings of Berk. According to the Dragon Manual, the Night Fury is considered to be so aggressive that it is likened to the “unholy offspring of lightning and Death itself”. Toothless proves himself to be quite an advanced fighter when he manages to defeat a Monstrous Nightmare, one of the Vikings most feared enemies. He also quickly outmanoeuvres and defeats Stoick the Vast, who is presumably the best dragon slayer in Berk. Also like his fellow dragons, Night Furies are seen to have a different personality when they are not threatened. They are curious creatures that attempt to understand new things they observe and are intelligent enough to recreate the actions that they see. Night Furies are fairly capable of communicating. Toothless doesn’t have a hard time getting his emotions noticed. Also, he seems to be fairly capable of understanding speech. The best evidence of this is when he makes a noise in agreement with Hiccup regarding the fact the Red Death can fly. He also seems to understand when Hiccup orders him not to kill his father, Stoick the Vast.

The Night Fury’s main type of attack style is dive-bombing at enemies at great speed while being completely camouflaged within the dark sky. The only warning is the ballistic sound he makes when he dive-bombs. The Night Fury is able to be completely invisible at night because of his dark coloured scales. In addition of dive-bombing, the Night Fury will also spit out oxygen/acetylene-fuelled flames that will explode on impact and will instantly incinerate anything. Night Furies are picky eaters and will only eat fish. When hunting, a Night Fury uses his sharp retractable teeth as fishing hooks in order to snatch and grip prey from the water. Night Furies are also capable of swallowing prey whole and their stomach liquids, which are similar to battery acid, are strong enough to dissolve fish bones. The Night Fury is a very dangerous dragon and should be avoided at all costs. The Night Fury is the only dragon in the film adaptation to be given a personal name. Night Furies can sleep upside down like bats.

Hiccup’s view on how he trained a Night Fury

“First, I had to get his attention, then I needed to earn his trust. Everyone wonders what it’s like to fly and thanks to Toothless we know. These islands are full of dragons but I haven’t seen another Night Fury. I have so many questions about him, but I do know one thing. Toothless didn’t just become my friend; he became the friend who gave me my purpose.”

Thanks to Wikipedia and Tumblr.com.