#the windwalker

The Quest was completed.

The Windwalker licked his face.

Toothless snuggled up to him.

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Guess who’s drawing dragons again!!!!

Hiccup himself has been cast away by society, of course. He's the disgrace of the tribe, smaller than everyone else, and not a "proper Viking". Fishlegs is one of the smallest and weakest Vikings with poor eyesight and many medical problems. Camicazi is smaller than all the other Bog Burglars and approaches problems with cleverness and unique solutions, something Vikings don't welcome. Toothless is the smallest hunting dragon anyone has ever seen, and as a Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus, pales in comparison to Furious. The Windwalker is a former slave dragon with anxiety and a limp that never goes away. The Woodensfang is a shadow of the dragon he once was, weighed down by guilt who has lost everyone he loves. The Deadly Shadow was adrift before he met Hiccup, not having a purpose and continuing to grieve everyone he cares about.

I could go on and on and on.

Hiccup surrounds himself with people who are cast away by Viking society - who don't meet the typical standards of a "proper Viking", whose ideas are too revolutionary for the Vikings to handle - and he does this despite all the pushback from those around him. He remains loyal to those who were cast away, those who suffered because they were different. He is one of them, and they recognize it, and are loyal to him in return. And it's because of this that Hiccup is able to succeed, that he's able to triumph over impossible odds time and time again.