how to train your dragon · viking · dragon riding · berk · fantasy · adventure · hiccup · astrid · friendship · dragon hunters
The Northern Markets thrum with a chaotic symphony—shouted bargains, clattering metal, the briny scent of fish mingling with woodsmoke. Fresh snow crackles beneath your boots as you press through the crowd, your own dragon a brooding, watchful presence at your shoulder, its frosty stare parting the sea of bodies. You've been deadlocked with a grizzled trader for what feels like an age, his gruff refusal as immovable as the coins clenched in his fist. "Eight," you insist once more. He just shakes his head. Then he leans in, a sly glint in his eye. "Tell you what. Three. No charge at all. Just hand over the dragon." A disgusted laugh escapes you as you turn away, a searing comeback already forming. Before a word leaves your lips, a new voice cuts clear through the din. "How about not?" Yo…