Player Information
Name: Nekky
Age: 29
Contact: nekky, disc: nekky#8210
Other Characters: NA

Character Information
Name: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
Canon: How To Train Your Dragon
Canon Point: Beginning of HTTYD: The Hidden World, right after the riders' raid on a warlord's ship.
Age: 21
History: @ HTTYD Wiki. (Side note: I'm not considering the games "School of Dragons", "Titan Uprising", and "Dawn of New Riders" as canon.)

Personality:
"You have the heart of a chief, and the soul of a dragon."

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is the village of Berk's hometown hero, a chief in his own right and leader of his people and his friends, a leader in innovation, and a leader in the pursuit of peace. He wasn't always thought of as such, however - growing up as the village runt, a 'hiccup' of a boy with wild flights of fancy, colored his perceptions of himself, and painted him with shades of insecurity that remain deeply entrenched even in adulthood.

On the surface, he's the man with a plan, who always pulls victory from the jaws of defeat by doing something stupid, or something crazy. Something out of the box. Hiccup is an innovator, an inventor, a free-thinker who questions why and how and wonders how they can do things differently. He's the first viking on Berk to befriend and ride a dragon instead of slaughtering them, a feat which other vikings thought absolutely nuts before he proved it could be done. He changed the way his village operated, and ended his tribe's war with dragons. As the son of the chief, and then the chief himself, he forged his own path, different from his ancestors'. Much of this stems from that deep-rooted desire to prove himself worthy. He was the village's laughingstock for most of his childhood; his father quickly grew tired of his flights of fancy and people would tell him to stop "all this" - all this, meaning, all of him. He was clumsy, not much of a warrior like his peers, and most vikings probably thought he'd get himself eaten by a dragon. His urge to be accepted led him to inventing in the blacksmith's shop, which led to him meeting Toothless. Even now, he can't separate his own successes from his dragon. In his mind, he's only as successful as he is because of Toothless - because his dragon is his everything, his best quality.

It isn't true at all. He has plenty of great qualities. Hiccup is brave; not fearless, per se, but courageous, if a bit of an adrenaline junkie. He's always a little wild, a little restless. He thinks nothing of plummeting thousands of feet in the air, knowing he'll be okay regardless, whether it's because his dragon will catch him, or because his flight suit will. He throws himself into battle with all the strategy and skills he's developed over the years, even though he'll never be a warrior like Astrid or his father. Even though he may get hurt. As long as the fight is for a good cause, he thinks nothing of charging into it.

At his core, too, Hiccup is compassionate, and empathetic, which he can sometimes take too far. It's a strength and a weakness both. The reason he doesn't kill Toothless in the woods after downing him is because he looks into the dragon's eyes, and he sees himself, a terrified young creature facing death head on. He releases him instead, and he earns the dragon's trust and friendship by connecting with him. Still, his empathy and determination to see the best in everyone leads to ruin when his insistence on talking to Drago Bludvist, on changing his mind, gets his father killed in front of him, by his own dragon. Stoick warned him that Drago was not the kind of man you can simply talk to, but Hiccup stubbornly refused to listen, and the Haddock family paid the price.

His stubbornness runs in the family. Just like Stoick, Hiccup is hard-headed and once he's set on a path, he follows it through. Growing up as the son of the chief, he doesn't exactly listen to authority, disobeying several of his father's direct orders through the course of his life, for better or worse. He respects his father, but in a lot of ways, he doesn't want to be his father, or at least doesn't think he's capable of being that great, which leads to his rebellion and trying to run away from responsibility. He's grown since then. The experience of losing his father, the man who raised him, by himself, while running a village, scarred Hiccup and made it so that he would not be so trusting outside the island of his home. He finally accepted his responsibility and his place as Chief of Berk, but still he bucks against tradition in a lot of ways. That fear that he will be judged and found lacking, that he'll never fill Stoick's shoes, is ever-present. Combined with a wandering heart, Hiccup can be quite reckless. Death is an occupational hazard for a viking, after all. He will do anything, even risk his own life, for his village and his friends, like when he took on the Red Death, or when he went after Drago and helped Toothless take on the dragon alpha. He nearly died both times.

When he's not nearly dying at the claws of a giant dragon, Hiccup is young, and restless, and totally normal. He tends to be the level head in his group of friends, but that doesn't mean he's always mature about it. He's always putting out unhelpful sarcastic comments and jokes, rolling his eyes, and chatting with Toothless. He loves exploring and learning, loves building things and tinkering, and can talk for hours about things he's excited about. He's completely oblivious to flirting, because he's devoted to his childhood crush and best friend, Astrid. Their romance develops slowly and naturally, and he shows no interest in other girls. When he isn't taking on the role of Chief, Hiccup just wants to find himself and live his life, like any early-20-something. He takes plenty of time to have fun, whether by himself with Toothless, or with his friends.

Hiccup will always be affected by his past, but instead of being defined by it, he always looks to the future. He has the heart of a chief, and the wild soul of a dragon, and his entire legacy is bringing those two worlds together, however briefly.

Abilities & Skills:
ULTIMATE VIKING DIY-ER: Hiccup, thanks to his apprenticeship in Gobber's forge from a young age and from living on an island where for generations, everyone's houses had to be rebuilt on the reg, is a proficient blacksmith, leatherworker, and builder. He designs architecture (on Dragon's Edge, and dragon-friendly things like feeding stations on Berk) and invents all manner of devices to make life easier for himself and for Berk. Custom saddles, new versions of his own prosthetic foot, new versions of Toothless' saddle and tail fin, a shield with a crossbow and a bola launcher in it, a retractable sword that lights itself on fire, and a flight suit that lets him glide in the air on his own are all things he invented or improved.
QUICK-THINKER AND PROBLEM-SOLVER: Being the runt of the village, Hiccup took to books and knowledge much more than a sword or an axe. He's smart and quick-thinking, often able to come up with solutions to problems on the fly and outwit other canon geniuses, like Viggo Grimborn, at strategy. He's also very observant and picks up on things others might not, except when it comes to romance.
DRAGON TRAINER: While Hiccup did not literally write the book on dragons, he is the one who has added the most to it over the years, besides maybe Fishlegs. He was the first viking on Berk to befriend and train a dragon, and showed all of Berk that it was possible. Now he's the foremost expert on dragons, especially Strike Class dragons. If a dragon is trainable, he can train it.
CARTOGRAPHER AND ARTIST: Hiccup is a talented artist and mapmaker, and produces a lot of very scientific sketches of dragons, islands they've visited, etc. He's also shown accurately mapping islands using a compass.
THIS IS TOOTHLESS: Hiccup's dragon is sort of an ability in itself. He and Toothless are incredibly close, and Toothless will attack or rescue if Hiccup is in danger. He can fly quite fast (though he can't fly without Hiccup), fire acetylene plasma blasts from his mouth, find his way in the dark with echolocation like a bat, and Toothless is quite smart and responsive, able to understand commands and mimic human behaviors like a particularly smart dog. His plasma blasts will be nerfed to much less powerful 'warning shots'.

Inventory/Companions:
- Toothless, his Night Fury, still wearing his saddle and tail fin.
- An extra prosthetic foot in the saddlebag. It's an older model than the one he's using currently.
- Inferno, a retractable sword with a modified hilt. One end coats the blade in Monstrous Nightmare gel (which will run out quickly), and one end releases Hideous Zippleback gas (which will also run out quickly). He won't be able to refill it and will likely have to learn to enchant it.
- Dragonscale armor.

Choice: Witch
Reason: Hiccup is a giant nerd who would be all about studying magic. Things like learning to enchant weapons and armor, or joining the Wilders to study the Cwyld out in the wild would be right up his alley. He's always been more brains than brawn and witch suits him much better.

Sample:
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player information
● name: Nekky
● age: 27
● contact: nekky
● other characters: Bucky Barnes (616)

character information
● name: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
● canon: How to Train Your Dragon
● canon point: Early HTTYD 2, on Itchy Armpit
● age: 20

● (canon) background: Hiccup @ Dreamworks Wikia

● abilities:
- Blacksmithing & Inventions: Hiccup was apprenticed to Gobber at the forge from an early age and seems to know the ins and outs of blacksmithing to the point where at 15 and on he was making his own inventions, including a bola launcher, Toothless' prosthetic tail fin and saddle, a new stronger type of metal produced by Gronckle dragons, a shield with other tools in it like a bola and grappling hook, and a retractable sword that coats itself in Monstrous Nightmare gel and lights on fire. He's also made himself a flight suit, which lets him glide like a flying squirrel.
- Intelligence: Being the runt of the village, Hiccup took to books and knowledge much more than a sword or an axe. He's smart and quick-thinking, often able to come up with solutions to problems on the fly. He's also very observant and picks up on things others might not.
- Dragon Training & Knowledge: While Hiccup did not literally write the book on dragons, he is the one who has added the most to it over the years. He was the first viking on Berk to befriend and train a dragon, and showed all of Berk that it was possible. Now he's the foremost expert on dragons, especially Strike Class dragons and the extremely rare Night Fury. If a dragon is trainable, he can train it, and he's seen and dealt with dozens of different species.
- Cartography & Sketching: Hiccup is a talented artist and mapmaker. He's the primary one adding onto the map of the archipelago, and he's done a lot of dragon sketches for the Book of Dragons.
- Close Bond with Toothless: Hiccup's dragon is sort of an ability in itself. He and Toothless are incredibly close, and Toothless will attack or rescue if Hiccup is in danger. He can fly faster than any other dragon (though he can't fly without Hiccup), fire white-hot plasma blasts from his mouth, find his way in the dark with echolocation, and Toothless is quite smart and responsive, able to understand commands and mimic human behaviors.

● strengths:
The first thing anybody from Berk would say about Hiccup is that he's highly intelligent, much more brains than brawn. He makes up for the areas in which he's lacking by doing a lot of reading and tinkering, and he's always curious about the world around him. He gets excited about new dragon species, new artifacts, new places, and he wants to learn everything about everything. Hiccup prefers to think out solutions rather than react with violence, and it helps that he is very resourceful and adaptable. As the scrawniest viking in the village, he had to figure out other ways to make his mark, such as building a bola-launching catapult to take down a dragon in the first movie. He thinks outside of the viking box, evidenced by the fact that he was the first viking on Berk to befriend and ride a dragon rather than kill it.

This is also because Hiccup is compassionate and empathetic - he looked into Toothless' eyes and saw himself, a creature just as frightened as he was. He put himself in the dragon's shoes and couldn't kill him, even though at the time it meant disappointing his father. He's a born peacekeeper with strong leadership qualities, and will choose to try and resolve an issue without violence. At the beginning of the second movie, he's convinced he can get through to Drago and talk him into dissolving his dragon army, thinking he can change anyone's minds about dragons. Hiccup is also determined. He doesn't give up, even when everything is against him and it looks hopeless. Knock him down and he gets back up again, even after losing half his leg.

● weaknesses:
While he has many good qualities, Hiccup can be extremely stubborn and reckless, like most vikings. He doesn't jump into things without a plan, but his plans can be dangerous; he and the dragon riders, at fifteen, battled the Red Death and Hiccup could very easily have been killed taking it on with just his Night Fury, but he has a hard head, and even his father recognized there was no talking him out of it. It tends to be frustrating for the people around him. Even Toothless gets exasperated when he has to save his hapless rider one too many times. A stubborn viking and son of the chief, Hiccup also does not always listen to authority. He defies his father's orders without a second thought to do whatever he thinks is best anyway. Even as a child, he rarely listened, disappearing from his father's side to go look for trolls instead of fishing.

Hiccup is also driven by insecurity and a need to prove himself. He grew up the scrawniest and most useless viking in the village; even unrelated adults would yell at him to get inside when there was danger. The men who raised him would tell him 'Stop all this' and gesture to all of him and his peers ridiculed him. While that eventually changed, he still isn't always confident, and doubts his own fitness to be chief of Berk. He's still awkward with social interactions.

His empathy also gets him in trouble because he can be too emotional to where it's hard to make impartial decisions. He thinks he'll convince Drago to change his mind, but that turns out to be impossible, and culminates in Stoick's death. He will always have to wonder if things could have been different.

● job skills (optional): Dragon training, mapmaking, blacksmithing
● housing (optional): Anywhere.

● network username: hiccup

● network sample:
video; @hiccup
[The camera clicks on at an awkward angle at first, but soon the young man manages to right his device and set it on a table. He takes a few steps back to address it with a sheepish smile.] So, uh. Hello, everyone. Wow, this place is something else. A box that allows for instant communication... It's faster than terror-mail! I could really use some of these back home. Uh, anyway.

I've heard a lot about the Perimeter Guard, namely that you guys, uh. Kill monsters. [There's a slight, involuntary cringe at that, as if his soft heart can't quite take the thought. It's startled off him and back into a smile, though, when a large black creature stalks into the room, wide green eyes fixed curiously on him, and then the device.] This is just a little, you know, public service announcement. [Suddenly, the screen blacks out - or, more accurately, becomes filled with the shiny black scales of a Night Fury as Toothless leans in to sniff at the camera.]

C'mon, bud, I think you're- Toothless, don't-! [Toothless makes a sound almost like barks of rumbly laughter, and- then a pink tongue fills the screen. Hiccup wrestles the device back, and now the video is... a little bit watery. The dragon is back on his haunches, 'smiling' a big, gummy smile. Hiccup's voice is dry as he continues.] This is Toothless. He's my dragon, and my best friend, and he's not dangerous unless you threaten him, so if you see him around the city, you know, he's... he's not a monster. [As he fumbles with it, trying to wipe off dragon drool, Hiccup mutters just before it cuts out,] You know this doesn't wash out.

● prose/action sample: At the TDM