About the Characters

How to Train Your Dragon 2 begins with a Hiccup who is trying to find a place for himself in his tribe and among his friends. Race to the Edge expands on this theme, especially in the first two episodes. The season begins with Hiccup and his friends having found all the dragons they can from the Book of Dragons, and as a consequence, have slowly moved on and found new jobs around Berk. All except Hiccup.

Finding the Dragon’s Eye brings the team together again to search for new dragons. We will also get to see the creation of Hiccup’s inventions from How to Train Your Dragon 2, like the dragon blade the flight suit. One of the benefits of the TV show format is the ability to explore all six of the main characters and their dragons. As far as these stories go, we can expect a completely unexpected but adorable love interest, someone having attachment issues with poultry, and a lot of great rider-dragon moments, especially in the case of Snotlout and Hookfang.

There are some crazy character-based episodes in store as well. In one episode, Fishlegs is hypnotized into believing he is a hero named Thor Bonecrusher. In another episode, Tuffnut thinks he is becoming a weredragon. And it sounds like a musical episode where everyone sings is not entirely out of the question. But it is a mystery whether it appears in the upcoming season, in some future season, or will never show up at all.

This is the first in a series of articles on Race to the Edge. Check back soon for more images, concept art, and descriptions for Dragons: Race to the Edge that will show up on Berk’s Grapevine this week!