Heather / Biography

Heather is Dagur the Deranged's long lost sister and an ally to the dragon riders.



Background
Heather is the daughter of Oswald the Agreeable and sister to Dagur the Deranged. From a very young age, she was separated from her real family, and was eventually taken in by a couple who raised her as their own daughter.

Meeting the Dragon Riders
Heather is first found by Snotlout under a wrecked boat and he quickly alerts the other riders. Heather acts frightened at the first sight of them and tells them that pirates attacked her family's ship and were laying siege to her island. While trying to figure out a way to help this new stranger, Hiccup and his father agree to let Heather stay at their house for a few days.

That night, however, Astrid notices Heather spying on her and Stormfly, and thus grows suspicious of the newcomer. The next morning, Hiccup is trying to find a way to make Toothless achieve a greater speed. Heather suggests he should use a shorter connecting rod, which would push the rider back in the saddle more, making them more streamlined. Hiccup thanks her for the idea. While the two test it out, Hiccup ends up missing his meet up with Astrid. After they arrive at the Academy, Heather taunts Astrid, asking her is she slept well. When Fishlegs reveals the Book of Dragons to Heather, Astrid snatches it away from her eyesight and then tries to warn Hiccup, but Hiccup doesn't buy into her suspicions.

Heather soon starts digging for information about the academy dragons, even resorting to flirting with Snotlout so he will tell her more about Hookfang and his abilities. The only dragon species Heather can't find anything on are Deadly Nadders so she snoops through Hiccup's room for the Book of Dragons to see if there is anything useful on there. She ends up getting caught by Astrid but somehow manages to excuse herself to Hiccup by putting on an innocent act. Astrid then informs Hiccup about seeing Heather sneaking around during the night but Hiccup still remains unconvinced by Astrid's suspicions.

Heather then sneaks off to Stormfly's pen and tries to gain her trust by feeding her chicken. Astrid catches her again, but this time Heather doesn't use her "innocent routine," saying Astrid was too smart for it in a cocky manner.

Later, when Stoick and Hiccup are clearing the table, Heather goes for the book under Hiccup's bed. However, Hiccup has it with him, leaving her annoyed. Heather then makes her way to the beach, unaware that Astrid, who was in the forest venting, is following her. Heather meet up with Savage, revealing that she is working with the Outcasts. She tells him that the Riders have a book with everything they know about dragons though she isn't in possession of it yet. Begging for more time, she tells Savage she will get it. Astrid accidentally knocks over some pebbles, alerting Heather to make her way back. Astrid tries to warn Hiccup again with what she just discovered, but when they rush upstairs Heather appears to have been asleep the whole time.

The next morning Heather not only makes it off with the Book of Dragons but Stormfly as well. Hiccup, finally realizing that Astrid has been speaking the truth the whole time, gathers the Dragon Riders together to chase Heather down. Astrid manages to jump onto Stormfly's back and the two girls end up in a physical fight over the Book of Dragons. As they cross into Outcast territory, Astrid knocks Heather off along with the book. Snotlout catches Heather in his arms while Hiccup tries to save the Book of Dragons. However, the Outcasts fire at him and Toothless, forcing them to retreat. This leaves the Book of Dragons in the hands of Alvin the Treacherous.

Heather is then locked up in Berk. She tries to break out of jail and run towards a boat but Astrid catches her. After being thrown back in her cell, Heather claims that the only reason she worked for Alvin was because he had her parents. When Astrid brings up her pirate story, Heather admits to lying and putting on an act. She explains the only reason she did it was because she needed the Riders to trust her, but Astrid is doubtful and tells Heather they no longer trust her.

Astrid ends up disguises herself as Heather as a part of the plan to get the Book of Dragons back. She sails off towards Outcast Island by herself with Hiccup and the others as backup. While Heather in the meanwhile successfully manages to break out prison. She ends up escaping with Stormfly again but this time with the intention of helping the riders. Astrid manages to retrieve the book and rescue Heather's parents in the process once she learns that Heather was telling the truth. When Heather finally arrives Outcast Island, she helps the riders fight Alvin.

Heather thanks Astrid for saving her parents and they part on good terms.

Second Encounter with the Dragon Riders
Some time later, Heather's village is attacked by Dagur the Deranged. After that, she finds and trains a Razorwhip, naming her Windshear. The two later start to raid ships and redistribute the stolen goods back to their rightful owners. Three years after the end of The Berserker War, one of her raids is spotted by Bucket and Mulch, thus drawing attention of the Dragon Riders. One by one, she incapacitates them until only Hiccup is left. After a chase, Hiccup shoot Heather down and she finally reveals her identity. After clearing things up, the Riders invite her with them to Dragon's Edge.

When they ask how she trained a Razorwhip, Heather explains it was because of everything the Riders showed her during her visit on Berk. After telling them how she and Windshear met, the Riders soon notice a more unhinged and shady side to Heather. While this puts Hiccup off, Astrid appears to enjoy it.

Later that evening, Hiccup attempts to interrogate Heather on her attacks but she just tells him not to worry over it. She explains that a lot has happened in the last few years and she is not the same anymore. Hiccup, still surprised by her change and sceptic of her behaviour, continues to question her motives. When Heather threatens with leaving, he tries to assures her that he just wants to help.

That night, Heather locks up all the dragons in their pens so she can't be followed. Unbeknownst to her, Hiccup and Toothless shadowing her. She meets up with Trader Johann before heading out to find Dagur so she can avenge her parents and village.

However, Dagur is not traveling alone, and uses the chains from the Reaper to capture her and Windshear.

Hiccup and Toothless arrive just in time and blast the winches to free Heather and Windshear. While Heather wants to stay and fight, Hiccup convinces her to retreat for the sake of Windshear's safety.

On the way back, Heather reveals that she was separated from her birth family at a young age and the only thing she could really remember was her father's hands and the smell of his shield he let her play with. She also tells him her horn was given to her by her birth father and that it's the last possession she has of him.

After returning back to Dragon's Edge, Heather apologized to the Dragon Riders for locking up their dragons. She is instantly forgiven and Astrid pulls her away for some girl time.

The two quickly bond over target practice and Heather teases Astrid about Hiccup after noticing how close they are. This throws Astrid's focus off and she blushingly denies that they are anything more than just friends, but Heather doesn't buy it. Astrid then pokes fun at Heather, leading Heather to admit that she likes Fishlegs.

After a few rounds of cliff jumping, Heather decides to take Astrid back to her camp. There they meet up with Johann, who appears to be worried about Heather. He informs them that Dagur is about to strike a deal for some new ships with anti-dragon catapults and grappling hooks in the Sea of Despair. After the deal is done, Johann won't be able to find him again. Heather and Astrid head back to the dragon camp for reinforcements, but the Riders, including Astrid, are unsure of proceeding into action without Hiccup and Toothless. Heather doesn't want to wait and resorts to guilt-tripping the riders into tagging along. Astrid ends up agreeing on the condition that it's just a capture mission, not a kill mission. She also leaves behind a map for Hiccup so he can catch up with them when he makes his return.

While the twins, Snotlout, and Fishlegs distract Dagur's crew, Astrid, Heather and their dragons sneak aboard. The two quickly capture Dagur and despite Astrid's protests, Heather tells Windshear to finish him off. Heather is then stopped by Hiccup who arrives just in time to reveal that Dagur is her brother, causing Heather to freeze up in shock.

Dagur offers Heather to join him, as he's the only family she has left, but Heather is unable to accept him as her brother and leaves with the Dragon Riders.

After her return back on the Edge, Heather prepares to make her leave. Astrid tries convincing her into staying but Heather refuses, as she has a lot to figure out now. She thanks Astrid for their friendship before taking off with Windshear.

Spying on the Dragon Hunters
Heather reappears on a Dragon Hunters' ship. Thinking she was captured as well, Astrid tries to tell her to run, but is surprised when Dagur shows up beside her. Heather then claims she has joined her brother and the Dragon Hunters.

Astrid is furious at Heather for betraying the Riders after all they have done for her. During the Dragon Riders' first attempt at escaping, Heather confronts Astrid while she is trying to free Stormfly. When Dagur comes up with the idea to throw the Riders overboard, Heather insists they use them for work instead as she doesn't want Dagur to get blamed in case the riders' are successful in their escape. Dagur appears to be touched by his sister's thoughtfulness.

When Hiccup and Snotlout give the others a chance to escape, Heather and Astrid engage in close combat which results in Heather getting knocked off her feet. This gives Astrid enough time to race below deck to free Stormfly and later share a private moment with Heather.

During their next encounter, Heather is found camping out in a snowstorm on Glacier Island. She and Astrid share a hug as they greet one another, revealing Heather is not actually working with the Dragon Hunters, but spying on them. Heather informs Astrid of a cave where she believes the Snow Wraith is hibernating and plans to keep Ryker as far away as possible. Though Astrid is uncomfortable about keeping their plan a secret from Hiccup since she has never lied to him before. Heather still insists they keep the other riders in the dark, knowing Hiccup would want to pull her out.

Heather tries to convince Ryker to search the coast, but he insists on checking the caves, leading Heather to purposely reveal their location to the Riders to protect them. Ryker then forces her hand into trapping the Dragon Riders inside the cave. After the Hunters capture the Snow Wraiths, the Riders manages to take them back to relocate. Hiccup tries to shoot Heather and Ryker down but is suddenly stopped by Astrid who reveals that Heather is on their side, which distracts Hiccup long enough to give Heather and Ryker the chance to escape.

Back on Dragon's Edge, Astrid explains that Heather only got close to Dagur so she could avenge her family. When she found about the Dragon Hunters, she continued the charade to find a way to taken them down as well. According to Heather, the leader of the Dragon Hunters is not Ryker, but a man named Viggo Grimborn, whom everyone is afraid of. Since Viggo stays in the shadows, Heather plans to work with the Hunters to draw him out.

To keep up pretenses, Heather is present during the siege of Dragon's Edge. She tries to warn Ruffnut to stay out of the way after she is captured by the Hunters, but the twin keeps blabbing, forcing Heather to tie her to a tree. She tries to give Ruffnut a second opportunity to escape later on and Ruffnut accepts Heather's help but not before head-butting the Berserker.

When Hiccup and the others show up, Heather uses her horn to call Windshear back to her and gives Ruffnut swift punch in the face as payback for her earlier improvisations. After the Hunters' defeat, she leaves with Dagur and Ryker on Windshear.

During another attack by the Dragon Riders, Ryker begins to question Heather's true loyalty. When Ryker confronts her about intentionally losing to the riders, Dagur defends her, much to Heather's surprise.

Heather joins Dagur and Ryker during their meeting with Viggo Grimborn in his tent. While her brother and Ryker are sent off to get some rest, Viggo orders Heather to stay behind so he can talk to her. He speculates over who the traitor could be, questioning if it's either Dagur or Ryker and asks for her input. Heather also learns of his plan to capture a Flightmare.

Heather later meets up with Astrid and Hiccup to inform them of Viggo's plan and hand them a map that she used to track down the Mystery Class dragon with. Heather's double agenting role ends up backfiring, however, as she soon discovers that Viggo knows she is the traitor, and he has set up a trap. After fighting off several Hunters, Heather and Windshear join the Dragon Riders but it's too late as the Flightmare has already been captured. Heather attempts to rescue it but fails, finding herself being taken down as well.

While imprisoned, Heather tries to reason with Dagur into letting her go, since they are family but Dagur refuses, reminding her that she tried to kill him in the past. Heather explains that she didn't know they were siblings at the time, and that he also had wiped out her village. While this does cause Dagur to think for a moment, he still doesn't relent.

After a conversation with Ryker, Dagur leads Heather along with two guards into a cave and then suddenly knocks both of the Hunters out. He frees Heather and reunites her with Windshear, and then silently walks away. Heather returns back to Hiccup and Astrid to help them redirect the Flightmare away from the island. However, she and Windshear disappear without a word shortly afterwards.

Joining the Dragon Riders
The other Riders eventually find out that Heather has been keeping in touch with Fishlegs via air mail. After reading through her letters, they invite her to join them on Dragon's Edge.

Heather is especially happy to see Fishlegs and Astrid again when she arrives the Edge. While getting settled in, she and Astrid discuss her disappearance and Heather reveals she feels terrible about doing that to them, but that she needed time to figure things out, mostly about Dagur. The girls soon change the subject to their potential love interest, with Heather encouraging Astrid to express her true feelings for Hiccup, but her friend retaliating by teasing her about her exchange of letters with Fishlegs.

Heather later made dinner for the others, but was soon interupted by a Deadly Nadder migration that the Riders had been reherding away from Dragon Hunter territory. Hiccup asked for Heather's help, but she declined, saying Windshear was still tired from the trip. Fishlegs stayed behind with her and gave her a tour of the Edge, even a spot for her own hut. However, Meatlug and Windshear got into a fight, with their Riders trying to calm them down. Tuffnut assumed Meatlug was jealous, but Heather believed it might have something to do with Windshear. Another flock of Nadders began to make their way, and Hiccup requested Heather's help again. While she was reluctant, she accepted.

Soon after, Windshear began to attack the Nadders, and even the twins and their dragon. Heather took Windshear back to Dragon's Edge to figure out what was wrong with her. When Hiccup went to check on them, he told Heather about joining the Dragon Riders and offered to help get Windshear more adjusted to working with other dragons. The training didn't go as planned and Windshear knocked Hiccup off of Toothless. Fearing Windshear might hurt someone, Heather decided she should leave.

Fishlegs stopped Heather before she could go, trying to convince her to stay. He soon realized the Razorwhip was only protecting Heather, giving him an idea. The two soon joined the other Riders who were fighting off a small band of Hunters, by swtiching dragons.

Afterwards, Heather decided to stay with the Dragon Riders, now that Windshear felt she could trust the other dragons. The joyful moment was soon spoiled when Hiccup received a letter from Dagur asking for their help in finding his sister. Clearly not ready to see him, Hiccup assured Heather they would make sure Dagur wouldn't find her.

When Hiccup and Toothless were captured by the Hunters, Heather used her knowledge of the Hunter ports to help find them.

When the Riders took in a baby Death Song named Garffiljorg, Heather showed sympathy for the dragon instead of being annoyed by its cries like the others. She refused to abandon him, knowing what it was like to be alone. She sang to Garff, which lulled him to sleep. This gives Hiccup and the Riders the idea to sing to Garff to train him. This did not work out as planned, so the Riders decided to take Garff to Melody Island, hoping he would bond with the Death Song they have encountered previously. They were soon trapped by the Mystery Class dragon, who also reject Garff since he was singing the songs the Riders taught him. After trying to find another song the Death Song would like, he bonded with Garff. Heather encouraged him to go off with his new family.

Heather, Astrid, and Snotlout followed Viggo's ships to find out what he wanted with a large supply of marble bricks. They soon discovered Viggo was using them to make a dragon proof fortress on his island. With it nearly complete, they raced back to warn Hiccup and the others.

One night, Hiccup brought up Dagur during dinner and asked the others about the possibility that he had changed. Heather reacted to this with anger, quickly discarding that idea, and even threatened to split Dagur in two if she saw him again. Hiccup then sent her off with Snotlout to scout Viggo's fleet for a mission to destroy it so Heather did not find out that Dagur was on Dragon's Edge.

When they got back, Heather saw Dagur and immediately thrusted her axe at him, but stopped just inches away, though she did punched him. Heather berated Hiccup for teaching Dagur to ride a dragon. Hiccup tried to explain how Dagur had saved him and Toothless, but Heather stilled believed that he was working for Viggo. She even told the others it was Dagur's fault she was separated from her family, and her anger at him for killing their father. As Dagur leaves, he finds Hiccup's display for Viggo's fleet and tries to warn them it's a trap. At this point, no one believed him and he agreed to be locked up. The next day, Dagur broke out with his new dragon Shattermaster and headed toward the armada. Heather tried to knock him out of the sky, but he managed to subdue Windshear long enough to prove it was a trap, and took on the entire fleet himself, but cost him his life. While the other Riders were mournful of Dagur's death, Heather did not share their grief, believing her brother thought he could make it out alive. Hiccup comments that he never heard Heather call Dagur "brother" before, which causes her to head back to her hut. Once there, she found a note from Dagur, in which he apologized for everything he had done. He also told Heather about Viggo's dragon auctions. The note also reveals that Dagur didn't kill their father, but that he actually went missing. Heather begins to cry, finally forgiving Dagur, and mourns his death.

Heather joins the riders to infiltrate Viggo's Dragon Auction.

After another mission of rescuing dragons, Heather helped Astrid who had been shot in the leg, and did not hesitate to tell Hiccup about it. When the Riders received a message from Viggo to meet him on a far away island. While the others thought it was a trap, Heather knew that wasn't his style as he liked to outsmart his opponents. She joined Astrid and Hiccup for the meeting, circling in the air above while Hiccup spoke to Viggo. She along with the others, was shocked by the proposal of a truce, but Hiccup could tell that was not what the Hunter chief wanted, but believed he was trying to keep them away from something. The group headed to the island nearest to the border on Viggo's side of the map to check it out. They were soon ambushed by a tribe called the Defenders of the Wing who believed them to be siding with the Dragon Hunters.

Reunion with Dagur
Heather stayed behind with the twins to ensure that Defenders of the Wing's village would stay intact with the volcano overflowing. She had Windshear topple trees to stop the lava flow before it reached the village.

When the twins wake the other Edge residents with the thunderear, Heather is startled at the appearance of her very sleepy roommate, Astrid. She later asks who Gruffnut is in relation to the twins

After Hiccup is being chased by Bounty Hunters Heather tells him he should lie low for a while, to which he refuses. She also assists the Dragon Riders and Stoick in rescuing Hiccup.

She as well as the Dragon Riders is irritated and annoyed by Snotlout's antics, and she was was also seen taking flowers to Astrid as a thanks for letting her borrow her axe, and she also said to Hiccup at the meeting that he almost got them killed in a mission.

Heather and Hiccup are the ones to go and look for the stranger who saved Throk and Mala at the Northern Markets and are shocked when they find out it's Dagur and he seems to be working for the Dragon Hunters. Heather's first move is to kill Dagur for his betrayal but Hiccup talks her into waiting. When Windshear and Toothless capture Dagur, Heather puts her axe to his throat and tries to question him but Dagur pretends to have lost his memory, and they are diverted by Dragon Hunters attacking and when they next look back at the spot where Dagur was he is gone. They next see him at the docks waiting for a Dragon Hunter ship and Heather shouts "This is my chance!" and runs down to Dagur and tries to fight him but Dagur doesn't fight back. Toothless attacks the Dragon Hunter ship while Windshear and Heather knock out Dagur. The scene ends and then it reopens with Dagur being held by Windshear's tail. Dagur tries to explain that he was trying to save Shattermaster who was captured by the hunters.

When Fishlegs starts getting sucked down into the Submaripper's whirlpool, Heather quickly flies toward him on Windshear and tries to pull him out. When she finds it too powerful, she has Windshear hero the other dragons fire into the mouth of the whirlpool until it stops and Fishlegs can fly back to safety.

In her severe sleep deprivation, Heather loses coordination, and has a hard time walking, and even standing at times. She also mistakes a rock for Windshear, and even thinks the rock is moving, as she tells it to "hold still". Despite her sleepy state, she still tries to follow Hiccup's orders to wash her dragon throughout the episode.

Dagur has made clear his plans for Heather to join him in looking for their father. She's not sure if this, however, since she's made herself at home on the Edge and is developing a relationship with Fishlegs. Irritated, she continually protests Dagur's suggestions, until they bond while rescuing the other riders who have been captured by Viggo, and she realizes how much Dagur needs her help. So she leaves the Dragon Riders and becomes an official Berserker with her brother. But not before giving Fishlegs a kiss on the cheek in farewell.

She and Dagur join the Riders and the Auxiliary Team in sneak attacking Viggo's camp, only to find it vandalized and abandoned. She and Fishlegs appear to be the only two who know of Hiccup and Astrid's new relationship without them having said anything yet.

Berserker Island is attacked by Ryker and the Shellfire, so she and Dagur rejoin the Riders to help defeat it. She's heartbroken over the thought of having to rebuild. Toward the end, she eventually falls off Windshear and lands in the water mere feet from the Shellfire, and gets the best look at it while it's firing. Windshear picks her out of the water and helps her destroy the last of the Dragon Hunter ships at the end.

Life as a Berserker and Search for Oswald
Heather and Dagur later lived on Berserker Island in peace.

When Dagur takes in Gustav as his apprentice, they invite the Dragon Riders to his ceremony. After the gang arrives, they welcome them, and Heather hugs Astrid. On the way to the stables, the dragons get agitated and Heather explains that they are accommodating hard with the environment.

Later, during Gustav's ceremony, Savage and a few Berserler soldier turn on Dagur and capture him. Heather manages to escape along with the other riders and leads them into a small cave. She intructs Snotlout and Gustav to go through some underground tunnels so they could get to the prison cells and free Dagur.

Meanwhile, she, Hiccup, Astrid and Fishlegs go to the stables to get their dragons. However, this appears to be a waste of time, as the dragons won't go near the island. Heather comments that, as a Berserker, she is strong even without her dragon and wants to fight back. All the riders then confront Savage and his men in the arena. Seeing the situation going down, Savage hold Heather captured and threatened her. Fortunately, Snotlout and Dagur come just in time, with Snotlout quickly freeing Heather.

The next day, Heather participates at Dagur ceremony. He, however, gives the trophy to Snotlout, for his bravery in the battle.

School of Dragons
Heather appears in the online game School of Dragons as an alchemist. Before the game was released, she was replaced with Katrina the Curious. Heather replaced her a few months later, but still wears the same outfit as Katrina.

Heather helps out with experiments and understanding how things work.

Call of the Death Song
In the Call of the Death Song expansion pack, she also wears her rogue dragon rider clothing, with the only difference being her hair is visible. She helps the player throughout the game, but does not reveal her identity. Eventually, the player learns her secret after finding the broken glass bombs the rider used outside the Lab. Heather reveals she kept the secret from the others to protect them from Dagur, as he attacked her village and family. Heather asks to keep her identity from the others a little longer, to keep them safe.

At the end of the last quest in the second expansion pack, Heather is seen in her dragon rider attire, without her hood and mask.

Battle for the Edge
Heather joins in on the fight against the Dragon Hunters, with the Dragon Riders now aware of her identity. She first requires the player's help when she lost her book on Glacier Island. After retrieving the book, the Snow Wraith's camouflage gives her an idea about hiding the catapults on Dragon's Edge. She also helped in figuring out that iron is the best choice of metal for the Armorwing, due to its magnetic skin.

When Harald Forkbeard proves to be a traitor, Heather, who has encountered him in the past, creates wanted posters of him to put around the school, Berk, and Dragon's Edge so he can't fool people again.

Heather arrives on Dragon's Edge to help face the Dragons Hunters. In the aftermath, while she is happy they won, she is concerned about what might have happened if she hadn't shown up when she did.

Return to Dragon Island
Heather's role is not as big as in the last two expansion packs. She helps figure out what the mysterious fog around Dragon Island is made of, and finds a way to protect the player from falling victim to its toxicity.