Woolly Howl

"The fine dark scales on the back of this blizzard-loving Strike Class dragon are often mistaken for fur at a distance, but this dragon is far from cuddly."

- Rise of Berk

The Woolly Howl is a Strike Class dragon that appears in Dragons: Rise of Berk, and also makes an appearance in School of Dragons. It has been known to fly through blizzards and hailstorms with ease. There is an extremely rare breed of the Woolly Howl called the Snoggletog Wraith.

Woolly Howl
The fine dark scales on the back of this blizzard-loving Strike Class dragon are often mistaken for fur at a distance, but this dragon is far from cuddly.

The Woolly Howl's pale belly lets it blend in with the cold white clouds in the sky. It uses this cover to launch a literal hailstorm of ice balls.

Snoggletog Wraith
The rarest of the Woolly Howl breed, this Dragon only appears on the eve of Snoggletog. According to legend, sighting one guarantees a snowy festive day.

Characteristics
As a Strike Class dragon, the Woolly Howl is extremely fast, powerful, accurate, stealthy and intelligent. The Woolly Howl's body is streamlined, with no part of it's body that creates more air resistance to slow it down. But it's body is bulky, which makes it heavier and slows down it's speed. Though there is one more advantage of speed. The Woolly Howl has large and powerful wings that can power it to blazing speeds, even with a bulky body. In the game Rise of Berk, the Woolly Howl and Snoggletog Wraith flies faster and responds much quicker than many other dragons. An addition to that, the Woolly Howl spins every time it is called, similar to Toothless in the game, and flips over when the call is over. Meaning that this dragon is also extremely agile.

Behavior
The Woolly Howl's ability to resist blizzard storms gives it the advantage over other dragons. They can use this to make an ambushed attack on their prey. Though the Woolly Howl has brown scales, not white, so it has little camouflaging abilities when it comes to snow or blizzard storms. But Woolly Howls have a second strategy. Like all Strike Class dragons, the Woolly Howl is stealthy and very dangerous. It can blend it's lighter belly with the clouds and can fire it's ice blast when not being spotted, similar to an unexpected hailstorm. In the game Rise of Berk, most ships missed hitting the Woolly Howl, implying that it has an incredibly huge advantage in camouflage. When trained, the Woolly Howl is very loyal and resembles a dog if compared to a pet, as it is proud and confident, similar to a Stormcutter.

Woolly Howl
The Woolly Howl's appearance is similar to that of a Night Fury, but it's wing structure resembles that of a Skrill's. It's body is covered in fine dark scales, which in a distance, looks like fur. It has a dark brown coloration on its back, and a pale brown coloration on its belly, wings and tail fins. It has a unique purple eye color. Its tongue is purple, with a red "V" shaped mark in the center. There are no spines or spikes along its whole body. The dark brown coloration and the shape of it's scales resemble that of a Golden Eagle's feathers, or a Brown Bear's fur. From the School of Dragon's size, is relatively bigger than the Night Fury and the Skrill.

Snoggletog Wraith
The Snoggletog Wraith is covered in white scales, which in a distance, also looks like fur. Its wings and tail fins are green in color. While its tongue, claws and eve color are blue. Its neck, front legs and tail are covered by a unique red and yellow color of its skin that looks like Snoggletog decorations. A red colored pattern that covers its tail fins resembles a red ribbon. One could say that the Vikings of Berk used decorations for Snoggletog that resembles the Snoggletog Wraith's unique skin color, was because they were inspired by its unique colors and used it for their own festival. The Snoggletog Wraith's scales' pattern appears to be much smoother than the Woolly Howl. Making the Snoggletog Wraith's scales resemble a polar bear's fur.

Trivia

 * The Woolly Howl is the first new addition to the Strike Class since the first film.
 * The Woolly Howl is the only Strike Class dragon that's fire type doesn't involve a type of plasma. The Skrill has lightning and the Night Fury has a blast that consists of acetylene and oxygen shaped charges and also includes some electricity, also called a plasma blast.
 * The Woolly Howl is the only Strike Class dragon to have a breed or variant.
 * The Woolly Howl is one of very few species of dragons that doesn't have spines or spikes on its body.
 * Though this dragon is extremely fast and agile, it's bulky shaped body and larger size may make it harder to manoeuvre better than a Skrill or a Night Fury.

The Woolly Howl's egg is very similar to the Sand Wraith's egg.
 * By comparing the School of Dragons stats, the Woolly Howl is slightly slower than the Typhoomerang, since Typhoomerangs are the third fastest dragons.
 * Making the Woolly Howl the fourth fastest dragon, after the Night Fury, Skrill, and Typhoomerang.
 * The Snoggletog Wraith's tiny spots on its wings resembles snow.
 * The Snoggletog Wraith only appears on the eve of Snoggletog on Berk.
 * Though it only appears on Berk's Snoggletog eve, it might appear in different areas, since Snoggletog is a festival only for the Vikings of Berk.
 * In School of Dragons, the Woolly Howl fires fast explosive ice balls that spin in a spiral and is covered in water droplets and ice particles.
 * Before the Woolly Howl appeared in School of Dragons, their firepower of firing Ice Balls was not unique, instead just plain. But when the Woolly Howl was released in SoD, their firepower was unique as they fire spinning Ice Balls that carry different particles.
 * The Woolly Howl has the largest scales of any dragon compared to it's own body size.
 * The Woolly Howl's ice balls travels faster than most dragons in School of Dragons.
 * The Woolly Howl is one of five dragons that doesn't have a forked tongue, along with the Flightmare, Snow Wraith, Razorwhip and the Snaptrapper.
 * The Woolly Howl is one of the few dragons that doesn't fold it's wings while on their platforms. But in School of Dragons, the Woolly Howl folds it's wings when standing.
 * Like may other dragons, the Woolly Howl can control the force of it's Ice Blast.
 * The Woolly Howl also has two types of its firepower. Similar to a Night Fury or a Skrill, they can have a fully formed blast, or otherwise they can fire small, weaker shots of its firepower.
 * It is undetectable if which the Woolly Howl or the Snow Wraith is faster, as we don't know the Woolly Howl's actual speed.