#rtte headcannons

Okay so hear me out here, you know how Snotlout said his mother taught him how to sew? And how the riders got updated clothes before Rtte for the event?

Spoilers for all of Rtte ahead, you have been warned and any coments complaining will be ignored and removed

Tuffnut Headcannons:

Tuffnut is fairly smart but has never really been good with economics, especially understanding pricing. So Ruffnut has to do the shopping, or else Tuffnut ends up saying yes to any price a trader says with zero questioning on why a quil is worth his life savings.

Tuffnut spends a lot of time reading, but tends to hide it from the other riders, with he and Ruffnut only reading after dark or when they're on watch

The teeth on Tuffnut's necklace are shark teeth. Gruffnut brought them back for him on one of his "adventures", and Tuffnut actually has a couple of scars/scratches from where they've scratched against his neck. He managed to scare Snotlout once by convincing him the night terrors had "gone savage" and attacked him once.

Tuffnut can actually cook, but no one trusts him to

Berk had to invent a prison system specifically for him; however, Tuffnut just kept breaking out to the point they just kinda gave up

Tuffnut learned a lot of his tricks from his mother and tends to be closer to her than his father whom he doesn't really get along with too well, as he more so married into the Thorsons and doesn't share their love for pranks or Loki

Tuffnut is actually second best at taming dragons in the group, as he tends to be a bit more fearless than Snotlout and fishlegs and more able to connect with dragons than Ruffnut and Astrid

I think if Tuffnut got his own dragon it’d be a timberjack because of his love for sharp class dragons

Tuffnut likes drawing mutated images of dragons (think how medieval painters couldn’t draw big cats cause they only had descriptions of them but intentional) with vivid colours he got through crushed clays and flowers

Tuffnut likes the idea of living in a skrill storm, hiccup said no 😭

The twins were born on the summer solstice, Tuffnut believes Loki just wanted to give them more spotlight for their plans

Tuffnut is pretty good with slight of hand and Hiccup actually agreed to let him go around the northern markets once to steal what he could from the dragon hunters, he ended up getting too bold though and the two barely made it out of there by the skin of their teeth

Tuffnut doesn’t know how to sail, he thinks he could if needed…he is wrong

Tuffnut speaks 4 languages, berkian/english, Italian (ruff actually speaks a little in one episode lol), boreish, and his and of course twintuition

Spoilers for all of Rtte ahead, you have been warned and any coments complaining will be ignored and removed

Dagur Headcannons:

The reason Dagur doesn’t ride Shattermaster anymore was because his injuries sustained during the attack on the edge meant he could no longer fly for long periods. He now mostly lives at the Beserker military base camp out of the Bewilder beast dragon’s range helping to familiarise Beserker warriors with dragon behaviour. Dagur visits him fairly often.

Dagur is a MASSIVE culture/history fan, he really loves celebrating his island’s heritage and once the village was fully restored became rather invested in throwing cultural festivals/celebrations

After some time Windshear and Sleuther were able to adapt to the Bewilderbeast’s range (let this be true it’s kinda sad they’re just up on a hill far away from their riders most of the time) so Sleuther stays with Dagur in his hut. Dagur usually makes sure Sleuther has enough space or can leave before inviting anyone over especially members of his military forces who carry weapons as Sleuther has some left over truma from the hunters.

Dagur quite enjoys sitting with Sleuther to tell his dragon stories of just talk, he’s fairly certain the dragon doesn’t understand most of it but he likes just being able to talk to someone he trusts to let him just be Dagur. He has Heather and Mala to confide in of course and he often will but Dagur just enjoy getting to talk about everything and nothing whilst Sleuther nods vaguely in the background. It’s calming in a sense.

Dagur and Sleuther bonded a lot over Dagur understanding the dragon’s desire to never be caged again

Dagur hates being alone for long stretches of time and makes it a point when storms keep most of the village in doors to go visit Heather or have dinner with Mala. He can find alone time reflective at times but he doesn’t care for being alone for no reason.

Dagur is mostly undecided on how he wants to be king of the defenders of the wing. He appreciates Mala isn’t too pressuring in him staying on defenders of the wing island and they’re able to spend time together where they like. The flight between the island is rather long and Dagur wishes he had someone to go back and forth with him at times but it’s better than feeling stuck.

Dagur’s favourite food is chicken (lol he’s often seen eating chicken and it’s funny to imagine tuff holding Chicken running away in a ridiculous pose screaming after hearing Dagur shrug and go “Ehh mutton is alright but chicken is better I rather- Tuffnut?”)

Dagur has a bad sense of direction, he’s never really been good at matching places to locations or following directions. He quickly gets a little lost if your instructions include more than 1 or 2 steps. Even with maps he’ll get there sooner but not exactly quickly.

Dagur is active in encouraging training for all members of Beserker island, he’ll incorporate special cases of course like people with disabilities and age but he and Heather are quite strict on making sure everyone know basic survival tactics in the wilderness and defence. Dagur is quite proud of his island’s enduring history and just because they’re getting better at living without just surviving doesn’t mean they shouldn’t know how to support themselves if they need to.

Dagur has one of Ryker’s swords hung up in his attic. He isn’t quite sure why he keeps it but if he had to guess some part of him wants to pay respect to Ryker’s life. Afterall Ryker did attempt to mentor him in some ways, was more powerful and yet decided to respect Dagur enough to form an alliance and in the end was the inspiration he needed to forgive Heather and move down a much better path. Perhaps Ryker deserved his fate, Dagur didn’t exactly morn especially not after finding out the rotten rat launched an attack on his own island but… well not even Viggo acknowledged his brother’s death. A man willing to do so much for him, and seemed to break after many years of apathy. Dagur doesn’t really know so he keeps the the sword there as a reminder of Ryker, as a reminder of his choice to change.

Dagur def tried to find the Bewilderbeast/king of dragons and had to be carried out of the cave half dead by a very annoyed Heather as he claimed it was entirely coincidental he was down there.

thought it’d be fun to do a little head cannon series, mostly just character hobbies miscellaneous head cannons for now but I may get deeper with time.

Hiccup Headcannons:

Hiccup can’t actually undo the braids in his hair they’re just kinda stuck that way now

Hiccup smells faintly smokey like 80% of the time since he’s constantly around a forge…or ya know flying himself into the eye of an explosion as one of sound mind and body does.

Hiccup taught Astrid to draw after she kept talking about artillery improvements for the edge but wasn’t quite able to demonstrate them. Now they like to spend some time drawing different dragons they find or weapons of some kind.

Tuffnut and Snotlout often test out Hiccup’s new weapons for him and Hiccup occasionally finds their input really helpful. Snotlout mostly just tests them to find ways to break new weapons, but has some decent criticism for design and craftsmanship for the weapons. Tuffnut is mostly the same though he’s pretty good at finding new ways to use the weapons either in combat styles or just assist in tasks.

hiccup hates the storms because he gets phantom pains from his leg and occasionally feels like the Skrill is going to strike him through the thunder

Hiccup has a very erratic sleep schedule, he’s not quite a night owl but does have periods where the riders can’t really keep track of him whilst he’s working on some invention

Hiccup doesn’t actually like reading that much, he enjoys finding a new book on occasion but he’d prefer a short story or a travel guide rather than a non fiction information book or long form fictional story. He’s more practical at heart so whilst he respects the effort he’d much rather Fishlegs or the twins give him a short version of key notes and incorporate that into his plan.

Similarly Hiccup knows a bit about herbs but it wasn’t until Heather had a come to Thor moment with him about how if he keeps getting himself in explosions, jumping off cliffs and just generally going off to dangerous situations without basic herbology and medicine knowlege he’s going to end up in a very situation. So she taught him a few key survivalist techniques and hiccup is now able to treat some wounds and sprains to himself but for specific situations he leaves it to Fishlegs, Gothi or Heather if she’s around.

Whilst Hiccup is generally pretty kind/ accepting of new information he gets a bit salty when proven wrong about dragon information. Especially when it’s by Snoutlout or the twins. He’ll fake a smile and say good job but deep down his internal monologue is basically just “HOW DID YOU OF ALL PEOPLE KNOW THAT!?”

Hiccup likes to playfully tease Toothless by poking his snout then pretending he didn’t do anything.

Spoilers for all of Rtte ahead, you have been warned and any coments complaining will be ignored and removed

Viggo Headcannons:

When Viggo was born whilst his Grandfather was head of the tribe, Viggo’s father having died before being able to ascend to the role of chief and his grandfather favoured Viggo over Ryker hence why the younger brother was put in charge. Ryker often felt as though, had his father lived he’d have followed tradition and picked him to lead the tribe.

Viggo and Ryker’s mother was a rather cunning person who Viggo respected quite a bit, as a woman who was able to join the dragon hunters when they typically refused women and become close with the chief’s son sealing her position by having their heirs. However she got greedy and attempted to kill Viggo’s grandfather after her husband died and her sons were old enough to be considered heirs but not yet old enough to take over and was publicly executed for his crimes to make an example of. Whilst he respects his mother even in death he learned a very important lesson from her, trust no one not even your own kin and plan like your life depends on it. Leave no room for weakness to be exploited.

Despite his mother’s betrayal his grandfather still remained rather indulgent of Viggo, often seeming to blame or suspect the older Ryker rather than him. Something Viggo wasn’t too sympathetic to learning early to take opportunities to better himself.

Viggo enjoys reading strategy books at first gifts from his mother and grand father

Viggo quite enjoys wine though is a bit of a light weight so doesn’t drink outside of special occasions

Viggo is a massive night owl and will go out of his way to avoid conducting business or planning during the day as it tends to get him easily frustrated

he hates sunny weather, light harsh tending to give him migraines

Viggo can’t draw he’s a little embarrassed to admit it as someone who likes to maintain an air of dignity able to flawlessly complete any task but just can’t really translate his own mental image to the page. He just doesn’t like moving slowly enough to capture it all down.

At one point Viggo’s grandfather attempted to arrange a marriage for him but Viggo refused at the time sitting the woman chosen was from within their tribe so he didn’t gain anything from it. When Viggo first met Heather he considered the possibility of forcing a political marriage with her, having Beserker island within a stone’s throw if Berk and Dagur’s allegiance assured was temping but for some reason never did. SOME REASON- SOME REASON I’M SURE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 🏳️‍🌈 (lol for those who may not get the joke I’m not afraid to say I head cannon him as gay, theres a rather passionate group of people that try to proclaim Viggo is straight and any head cannons of him being gay instantly makes him incredibly creepy and disgusting which… y’all know he planned to and did murder many people including laying siege to berk and almost starving their entire village right🤨. lol reminds me of that community clip where Brita is like “I can excuse Racism but I draw the line at animal cruelty” and is immediately called out on it. Anyway Im poking fun at that kinda thing a little.)

Viggo plays maces and talons with himself most of the time cause he can’t find anyone he likes to play with consistently. The only time he does play competitively is when he visits the willow of the wisps tribe he mentioned to Hiccup

Viggo tries to play the game at least once with most people he spends an extended amount of time with to understand them better as people.

Viggo learned about the Skrill calming around daggers from Dagur and often tries to pick up what information he can about dragons from hiccup and the Riders

I think apart of Viggo always cared for Ryker and even liked him as a brother but he was far too shrewd to ever truly let himself believe Ryker could be trusted completely. He knew that some day things would end badly between them, his grandfather had said as much many times. The best he decided he could do was use Ryker. Ignore the sly smile when he and Ryker were in on a joke. Kill the part of himself that somehow felt slightly safer when Ryker stood behind him. Forget any childhood memories and mold himself into the person that would kill his dead son’s wife for treason. Go beyond that.

(may come back and edit this one later feel a little history heavy but I like my personal background headcannons/au)

Spoilers for all of Rtte ahead, you have been warned and any coments complaining will be ignored and removed.

Heather Headcannons:

Heather is actually crepuscular as a survivalist she’s learned to sleep for only a couple hours at a time. One of the many reasons she hated spying on the dragon hunters was because Ryker often woke her when she was sleeping to go scouting

Windshear is still pretty young so Heather occasionally takes her to an island where she knows a few older female razorwhips are to help her socialise a little. The razorwhisps are mostly wary of her but occasionally come sit by Heather’s camp to watch her journal or draw, making little marks in the sand as if to mimic her drawing before going off.

Heather HATES sailing with a passion, she gets bad sea sickness and it reminds her of certain events she’d rather forget. When she first started spying on the hunters she refused to stay onboard for more than hour before flying off but eventually Dagur pestered her into staying longer. Now she has more of a choice Heather has fully decided the last time she will ever be on a boat was when Viggo exposed her as a traitor bar the situation being entirely necessary

Heather’s favourite colour is emerald green (lol so shocking)

she doesn’t really have a preference on weather or temperature but if she had to choose whilst on her quest to take down Dagur and working with the hunters she preferred snowy areas as she could be certain she was alone and had an advantage but these days enjoys a warm the warm sun on her back as she helps to rebuild hunts around the village or tends to her herb garden.

Heather is a practiced herbalist and whilst she was staying at the edge worked with Fishlegs to make sure they could treat injuries or midigate them until they were able to make the flight to berk

The reason heather’s cooking was “better” than the other riders was because she used spices and sweeteners in her cooking to make it better. She tried to teach the other riders how but only Tuffnut took her up on the offer. She actually calls Tuffnut’s cooking better than hers now but Snoutlout and fishlegs are pretty cautious about trying it (rightly so 😂)

Heather refused to have her own hut built because she enjoyed sharing with Astrid after so long of being entirely alone. Something about sitting next to the fire journalling or just resting against Windshear whilst Stormfly snores faintly in the background and Astrid sleeps with a relaxed expression on her face makes Heather feel rather warm. Knowing her friend and her dragon truly trusts her, knowing she didn’t have to be alone. It was nice she misses it now she’s on Beserker island and has her own place once more.

Heather owns a journal (I’m writing a fic about it/ her life post Beserker attack from her quest for vengeance to eventually acceptance https://archiveofourown.org/works/47469697/chapters/119628061 shameless self plug over) that’s rather worn in a brown leather casing, at first she just used it to write about the dragons she uncovered, then as things began to spiral more and her life became less focused on the soul goal of vengeance and it became more about living she used it to mark her day. She’s fairly precious with it and even Tuffnut and Ruffnut know not to mess with it

Whilst Heather never gained any romantic feelings for Snoutlout he and Heather did eventually grow closer through training together. As the largest dragons in the group Hookfang and Windshear worked fairly well together and eventually it made sense to train together. At first she was just tolerating him but after an incident where some of her amour came off and Snoutlout actually used some of his sewing techniques to fix it up for Heather slowly began to trust him a little more. She remains irritated by his advances but recognises he’s not actually doing it because he wants to pester her but because of his insecurities and is pleased that after she leads the riders to go to Beserker island with Dagur and the riders come to visit he’s not actually trying to flirt with her this time.

Heather visits Vanahime (idk if I’m spelling that right but the island Oswald dies in) quite often to assist in protecting the island with the sentinels. Sometimes Dagur comes with her and they make a trip of it but for the most part Heather likes to visit to pay respects to Oswald and experience how he lived.

Heather doesn’t mind leading the Beserkers in Dagur’s absence but has begun to pressure him a little to pick a true regent with him being king of the defenders of the wing. As whilst Heather does enjoy acting as an advisor and has found true connection with some members of the tribe, as someone who was so greatly affected by an attack she can’t willing allow herself to ever be the person ordering one. She’ll defend her home when necessary but for now her days of venturing off into the unknown with only Windshear and a burning rage within her as she takes down ship after ship are well and done.

Heather doesn’t really have an official title and more so acts as Dagur’s second in command. She enjoys versatility in her role, one day she could be off visiting the other riders and hiccup to establish potential trade deals and checking in on any situations the riders may be in, the next she could be helping around the village with repairs and the next she could spend herb gathering. Dagur is more than willing to assist his sister when possible in having little restrictions in her role as he knows she’s always working on something that’ll either help the tribe or she’s decided is worth her time. Only really stepping in if he feels she’s gotten to obsessive with a particular hobby like after a merchant’s guild was attacked under Heather’s watch and she spent a full 17 days obsessively training and tracking down the thieves responsible, Dagur had to remind her that she’d given up acting like she used and sometimes things just happen

Heather spars every morning, at the edge she and Astrid used to and when Dagur noticed she seemed a little down training alone made a promise to spar with her every morning he was around.

Heather gets along pretty well with Mala, she finds her and Dagur’s public displays a little… uncomfortable as his sister but she’s glad he’s found someone as passionate as him. Someone who can match Dagur in energy whilst furthering his growth as a leader

Headcannon Time!

There is so much about this guy we don’t know and never will know, so here I am constantly thinking of what would create such a villain. Most here will be some of my ideas of his early relationships and situations. 

Ryker and Viggo’s mother was the warrior they looked up to, while their father was the leader they aspired to be. She was as fierce as she was strong, but not allowing her muscles to over-rule reason. He was cunning and a born leader, he stopped at nothing to achieve his goals.

Ryker took after his mother, growing strong quickly. Seeing his role-model show such respect and unwavering loyalty to the mind of his father, it was only natural he fell to Viggo’s right hand when he showed as much intellect as the man.

Viggo took after their father, and his wit and mind was constantly challenged by him. Mind games were a constant from the moment he showed signs of cunning, and it honed his abilities (which he loved to test on his peers, which his father encouraged). It was trick or be tricked and a constant battle for supremacy between the two. His father used so much attention on Viggo, he hadn’t the time of day for Ryker.