Stoick the Vast (Franchise)

"That's Stoick the Vast. Chief of the tribe. They say that when he was a baby, he popped a dragon's head clean off of its shoulders. Do I believe it? Yes, I do."

- Hiccup, introducing Stoick in his narration

Stoick the Vast is Hiccup's late father and was the short-tempered chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe. He hoped his son will mature and become strong enough to be chief himself one day, but feared that he was not suited to the Viking life. Stoick had a large horned helmet (supposedly one half of his wife's breastplate in the film) and is a friend to Gobber the Belch. Stoick the Vast is also the creator of The Viking Song. In the film, he is voiced by Gerard Butler. He was also the deueragonist (behind Toothless), of the first movie and and the tritagonist of the second movie.

In the TV series, Stoick's dragon is a Thunderdrum named Thornado, but he released Thornado so that he can raise three adolescent Thunderdrums.

In the second movie, Stoick has a new dragon; a Rumblehorn named Skullcrusher. He is reunited with his wife, who he believed to be dead. Near the end of the movie, he sacrifices himself, saving Hiccup from a plasma blast by Toothless, who was under the control of Drago's Alpha dragon. As his son, Hiccup succeeds him as chief.

Background
Before the start of the films, Stoick was once friends with Alvin, being nearly inseparable. However during a Monstrous Nightmare attack, Stoick and Alvin had an argument about how to defend the village, with Alvin disobeying his orders. Nothing was the same with Alvin. After Stoick became Chief, Stoick banished him to Outcast Island. This grudge would last for almost 20 years. Later on Stoick married his wife Valka, and had a son with her. Stoick had Gobber make a small battle-axe for his son. He also gave Berserker Chief Oswald the Agreeable's newborn daughter a horn. During a dragon attack, their house was broken in by a dragon, who found their son laying in the cradle. Stoick rushed into the scene, to save his family from the dragon but he was unable to save Valka, putting into his mind that his wife was eaten by the dragon. However the dragon did not harm her or kill her instead he took her to a Dragon Den and bonded with her. It left Stoick alone to raising Hiccup on his own as well becoming overly protective of their son. Stoick then searched for Valka, despite the objections of the Berk Council. As Hiccup grew up Stoick felt different from him as he had all the Viking norms, whereas Hiccup did not. The differences between Stoick and Hiccup caused them to have a strained relationship over time.

During this time Stoick and other chiefs had meeting where a scarred man wearing dragon skin, Drago Bludvist came to them. Bludvist said he could bring peace and end the chiefs war with the dragons if they bowed before him and followed him. Stoick and the chiefs then laughed at Bludvist. However as Bludvist left, armored dragons attacked and killed all the chiefs except Stoick, the only one to escape.

How to Train Your Dragon
In the film, Stoick is pictured as the perfect leader of the tribe of Vikings on the island of Berk: strong, big and stubborn. Unfortunately, Hiccup, his overzealous son, is almost the exact opposite and often causes grief for the villagers when his desire to slay a dragon like the others gets the better of him. Stoick is pictured as being uncertain about what to do with him.

During a dragon raid on the village, Hiccup inadvertently causes the hoard of dragons that are attacking to escape with the Viking's livestock while attempting to shoot down the dreaded Night Fury. As he attracts the attention of a Monstrous Nightmare, Stoick has to fight it himself to stop it from killing Hiccup. Disappointed in his son, Stoick wishes to find the Dragons' Nest so that the dragons tormenting his village will leave once and for all. Before leaving to search for the Nest, he confers with Gobber about what to do with Hiccup. Gobber believes that since Hiccup wants to slay a dragon so much, he should be put into training. After getting over some initial hesitation, Stoick agrees. He makes Hiccup promise him that he will one day kill a dragon and places him into the class before he leaves to find the Nest.

After a few weeks, Stoick and the other Vikings return home in their ravaged ships, having been unable to successfully locate the Nest. Despite this, he is overjoyed when he hears that Hiccup has blossomed into the most promising dragon slayer in his class and when he is later given the honor of slaying his first dragon in front of the entire village. Unbeknownst to Stoick, Hiccup's sudden emergence as a dragon slaying hero stems from the time he has spent with Toothless, the Night Fury he shot down and subsequently became close friends with, even learning to fly on Toothless' back with the help of an artificial tail created by the former. Unaware, but still eager to reconnect with his son, Stoick takes the opportunity to speak with Hiccup where he gives him his own Viking helmet crafted from his mother's breastplate.

The following day, the village is invited to watch Stoick's new-found pride and joy take his final dragon training exam against a Monstrous Nightmare. However, when Hiccup attempts to explain that dragons are not at fault for their seemingly malicious actions mid-fight and tame the beast, Stoick angrily slams his hammer against the metal cage surrounding the arena to silence him, frightening the dragon into attacking Hiccup. Toothless, hearing Hiccup scream from the cove in which he hides, swiftly comes to his human's aid and defeats the Monstrous Nightmare, incurring the wrath of the rest of the fearful village.

Stoick is enraged when he realizes that Hiccup has been spending his time with Toothless all this time, going back on their deal to have Hiccup kill a dragon. Hiccup attempts to reason with Stoick but accidentally reveals that Toothless knows the location of the Dragons' Nest and that he has been there himself. Stoick promptly denounces Hiccup as his son for siding with the dragons and orders the village to set sail, ignoring Hiccup's warning of the monstrous Red Death waiting in the Nest. With Toothless strapped down in the center ship to guide them to the Dragons' Nest, Stoick sails away.

Stoick and the Vikings reach the Nest through directions from Toothless and break into the mountain housing the dragons within. However, when Stoick attempts to attack the dragons inside, he is surprised to see that they are all fleeing from the scene. The Red Death then smashes its way out of the mountainside and immediately sets fire to their ships (with Toothless still bound to the center ship), stranding the Vikings. Stoick and Gobber decide to sacrifice themselves to buy enough time for the villagers to reach shelter on the other side of the island when Hiccup and the others arrive on dragon-back, much to Stoick's amazement.

When the Red Death's rampage causes the ship to which Toothless is chained to sink into the sea, Hiccup dives into the water in a desperate attempts to free Toothless. After he almost drowns with his dragon, Stoick, realizing his mistake earlier, swims down and carries Hiccup out of the water. He then dives back in to break the chains binding Toothless apart, to which Toothless swiftly takes Stoick to the surface. As Hiccup mounts Toothless to fight the Red Death, Stoick apologizes to Hiccup for not listening to him and tells him he doesn't have to partake in the battle. When Hiccup repeats his father's words: "We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard," Stoick tells him how proud he is to call Hiccup his son. Toothless and Hiccup then quickly take to the skies to take down the Red Death.

After the Red Death has been destroyed, Stoick seeks out Hiccup, but only finds Toothless lying on the ground with his saddle and tail-fin burned and scorched. Stoick bows his head, believing that Hiccup died in the fight and blaming himself for letting it happen. Toothless sees Stoick's grief and opens his wings, revealing an unconscious Hiccup. Stoick places his ear on Hiccup's chest and finds out that Hiccup has survived, to his joy and relief. Stoick thanks Toothless for bringing back his son alive, rejecting his initial beliefs that dragons are simply violent beasts. After the battle at the Dragons' Nest, Stoick welcomes the dragons to live in the village as companions and becomes proud of his son of who he is and what he has become.

Gift of the Night Fury
Stoick was seen with Gobber talking about their ancestors, what will they think of the people on Berk when they had change their ways of thinking differently of the dragons. Stoick was very exctied about this having no more years of war against dragons anymore. But when a majority of dragons were flying in the air, he looked around and was seeing all their dragons starting to leave in the rush. Stoick was worried, thinking the dragons will never come back. As his people ran up to his son asking him questions and making him nervous, he came to tell them to give him a chance to speak. He listened to his son, not knowing what is going on with the dragons. He and the people on Berk were then at the Great Hall, telling them with no dragons we will still be fine for having the winter hoilday. Later, after Toothless flew away, he was told by his son about Toothless never coming back. Stoick gave his son advice telling about his mother as he felt about looseing someone special in your life.

After witnessing the eggs explode at people's houses, he was very upset thinking that this hoilday was a complete disaster. Later, when the people were rebuilding their damaged homes, everyone started to stare at the Sky, as to see a large boat carried by dragons that was returning, to later reveal their babies. As Stoick made speech about, a first time, Viking and dragon Snoggletog, was the best Snoggletog they ever had!

DreamWorks Dragons: The Series
In the television series, Stoick continues in his role as chief of Berk, which has been made more complicated by the addition of the dragons.

Riders of Berk
The trouble caused by the dragons (and the Viking's subsequent outrage) force Stoick to order them confined. After Hiccup and his friends prove how useful the dragons can be, Stoick gives Hiccup the use of the old arena to convert into a "Dragon Training Academy."

A series of supposed dragon attacks force Stoick to have them exiled. When Hiccup comes to him later, saying that Mildew framed the dragons, Stoick believes his son, but tells him he can't do anything without proof.

Alvin the Treacherous returns to Berk and takes Hiccup, believing him to be the "Dragon conqueror". Stoick fights Alvin personally, throwing him off his own ship. On the group return to Berk, Stoick, acknowledging the dragons' help, allows them to return too.

Stoick is taken flying on Toothless with Hiccup to convince him that becoming a dragon rider would be very helpful in his duties as chief. He enjoys the experience so much, he "borrows" Toothless for a day until Hiccup insists Stoick find a dragon of his own. After dismissing all the available dragon species, Stoick comes into contact with a rogue Thunderdrum that has recently been attacking Berk's fishing boats for their catch. While fighting it, Stoick is impressed by the dragon's strength, and captures it in hopes of claiming it for his own. At first, he wants Hiccup to train it for him, but gradually learns that being a rider is a partnership, and not simply being in command as he is used to. The Thunderdrum escapes, and Stoick and Hiccup follow, discovering that it was attacking ships in order to feed a wounded friend. While Hiccup and Toothless go for help, Stoick defends the Thunderdrum's friend from a herd of wild boar. Fighting side by side, they form a bond, and after the Thunderdrum's friend is taken to Gobber for treatment, Stoick and his new dragon fly into action together. Becoming a rider and owning a dragon himself gives him new insight on the true nature of dragons in general. According to Hiccup, Stoick weighs 400 pounds. Stoick and Hiccup have their portrait painted. Stoick is very proud, as he still holds his own portrait with his father in great esteem. When Bucket unveils the finished painting, Stoick doesn't seem to notice that Hiccup has been painted as more muscular then he really is. He is oblivious to Hiccup's discomfort regarding the painting. When he learns that Hiccup and his friends have found one of Hamish II's treasure maps, he and Gobber go after them. It seems they arrived too late when a cave collapses on Hiccup and Toothless. The two get out, however, and Stoick gratefully hugs his son. Later, Stoick has Bucket paint a more accurate portrait of himself and Hiccup, letting his son know he's proud of him just the way he is.

Stoick reveals that he finally chose his dragon's name, or rather the dragon accepted the name "Thornado". After the two return from a trip to the Shivering Shores, his dragon also falls ill due to poisoning by Blue Oleanders that Mildew purposely planted. He remarks to himself that he's killed dragons all his life, only to find himself now comforting a "Dragon warrior" of his own. Without hesitation, he joins a dangerous expedition his son plans in order to collect venom from the deadly Scauldron as a cure. He forces Mildew, who created the problem, to come along, and commands the crew in getting the venom. He stays with his dragon after the venom is administered and is very pleased when Thornado recovers from the poisoning.

When Mildew accuses Toothless, as "the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself" as the old folklore says, of bringing down Thor's fury in the form of lightning strikes onto the village. While no one knows why the lightning is occurring, Stoick is blunt in his belief that Toothless could not possibly be responsible. Unlike before in "How to Start a Dragon Academy" or "In Dragons We Trust", he refuses a mob's demands to exile Toothless; it is only when it becomes an issue of Toothless's personal safety does he stall the mob so that Hiccup can escape with Toothless. After the mob captures the dragon, he stands in front of Toothless to protect him and even pulls out a sword to defend the dragon from the mob.

Stoick tells Hiccup to hide the village dragons from the visiting Berserker tribe, who are coming for the signing of their annual peace treaty. Even if their chief, Oswald the Agreeable is a reasonable Viking, the dragons could have been misconstrued as a possible threat. This comes to be a well-thought out decision as Oswald's son, the appropriately titled Dagur the Deranged has taken over the tribe. Stoick claims that the Hooligans do still kill dragons for the sake of the treaty, but when Barf and Belch are captured and in danger of being beheaded for their blood, Stoick decides that enough is enough. In a complete turn around from the old ways that he had let go of not that long ago, Stoick is unwilling to let one innocent dragon die for the treaty. Telling Gobber "if it means war, it means war", he prepared to attack Dagur with his sword, perhaps even kill him, to save Barf and Belch. Luckily, right before he can strike Dagur, the dragon trainers stage a dragon attack with the other dragons, saving Barf and Belch and the treaty.

Defenders of Berk
After Hiccup and Toothless were rescued from the Outcasts, Stoick banned flying in an attempt to keep his son safe. However, he still flew on Thornado to patrol the island. He was unaware that Hiccup and the other riders formed a secret dragon flight club to continue their training. One night, Stoick saw the twins on their dragons' head sticking out of the clouds. When he tried to chase them down, he only managed to get Fishlegs. After Fishlegs refused to give up his friends, Hiccup warned his dad that the Outcasts were approaching Berk, which also revealed he was secretly flying. Stoick reminded his son about the ban, only for Hiccup to question his own father about it. Put in an awkward position, Stoick says they'll talk about it later. After working with Hiccup and the other teenagers to defeat the Outcasts, Stoick apologized for banning flying, as he was just being a father. He and Hiccup then talk about the Dragon Flight Club.

Stoick then let Thornado go when 3 baby Thunderdrums needed protection and a father's care.

Stoick then had Alvin imprisoned for his acts of treachery. However, Stoick was saved by him when he blocked a sword. However, Stoick was then taken prisoner by Dagur, his berserker and outcast solders. He was then rescued by Hiccup, Alvin, Mildew and the other riders. He then made his peace with Alvin. He then heard complaints from Silent Sven, who broke his silence.

Race to the Edge
Three years after the end of the Berserker war, Stoick sent Hiccup and the other Dragon Riders after Dagur the Deranged when he escaped from Outcast Island and went to the Ship Graveyard. Stoick and the Berk Council then allowed Hiccup and his Riders to discover new dragons discovered in the Dragon Eye and continue their search for Dagur. Following Hiccup's departure, Stoick became lonely and became awful with his job, re-organizing the armory much to the frustation of Silent Sven. Stoick then assisted the riders in confronting a wild Rumblehorn that wreaking havoc at Dragon's Edge. However, he was able to figure out that it was just warning the riders about a tidal wave. After this event, Stoick then took the Rumblehorn, whom he named Skullcrusher, as new mount. He then took him back to Berk, where he gave him Thornado's old saddle.

Stoick then had hiccup track down a rogue dragon rider that had attacked a ship. Stoick then met with Hiccup to talk about Heather's horn. Stoick then recognized it as a his gift to a chief's newborn daughter. It is unclear if Stoick told Hiccup that Heather was Oswald the Agreeable's daughter.

Dawn of the Dragon Racers
Stoick leaves Hiccup in charge of Berk as he is preparing for the annual Regatta boat race. When he returns to see that there are no Regatta decorations, Hiccup explains to Stoick that he has replaced the Regatta with Dragon Races because he has to make tough choices for the good of the people. Stoick allows Hiccup to run the Dragon Races, but only to do it right. Stoick then has all the riders put on face paint, per his idea, as it adds a warrior feeling to them, and offered the prize of a portrait and a feast in the great hall for the race winners.

How to Train Your Dragon 2
Stoick, now 50, has also changed ever since the war with the dragons ended. He now has a Rumblehorn named Skullcrusher after setting Thornado free. It is revealed that he would like to retire and is confident that Hiccup is ready to become the next Chieftain of Berk, due his great deeds. Hiccup, however, isn't happy about these new responsibilities and avoids his father as much as possible. When Hiccup tells him about dragon trappers working for Drago Bludvist, Stoick had all the dragons grounded and ordered the island to be fortified, despite Hiccup's objections. Stoick, Gobber and the other riders then went after him finding him on Eret's ship, where he told them of his first meeting with Drago where he killed all the chiefs except him. Despite this, his son continues on his mission.

When Hiccup disappears, staying in Valka's Ice Cave, Stoick tracks him by using Skullcrusher to pick up his scent from his helmet. After finding Hiccup, he is overjoyed that Valka is still alive, claiming she is 'As beautiful as the day he lost her'. After rekindling their love for one another, Stoick asks if Valka will be his wife once more, coming with her to Berk. Valka agrees with this, but before they can, Drago attacks with his Army. Drago's Bewilderbeast defeats the Alpha, thereby ending the fight by becoming the new Alpha and taking control over all the dragons, including Toothless, who has now been hypnotized by the Alpha and will not respond to Hiccup's command. Drago gives the order for the Alpha to kill Hiccup, and it decides to send Toothless. Drago leaves Hiccup to his fate as he prepares his now larger army for the invasion of Berk. Even Stormfly, Hookfang, Meatlug, Barf and Belch, Cloudjumper, Grump and Skullcrusher succumb to the Alpha and joined Drago's army.

Stoick and Valka see Hiccup in trouble and rushes to rescue him. Toothless prepares to fire a fatal plasma blast at Hiccup while the latter tries to smack the former out of its trance but fails. As the fire lights up within Toothless's mouth, Stoick cries out and leaps in front of the possessed Night Fury. Toothless lets loose the huge blast of plasma, killing Stoick instantly. Valka and the other dragon riders rush over to Hiccup and Stoick; after Valka listens to Stoick's chest, the look of sadness on her face reveals that she couldn't hear his heart beat. Toothless is released from the Bewilderbeast's control. The Night Fury then attempts to help Stoick but is told to leave by an angry and grief-blinded Hiccup. The Alpha gains control over Toothless again and Drago rides Toothless to lead the final invasion of Berk. Hiccup, Valka, the dragon riders and Eret hold a Viking funeral for Stoick as Gobber conducts the service. Hiccup, now filled with regret at the loss of his father and capture of his dragon respectively, decides that they will fly back to Berk and defeat Drago once and for all.

Once on Berk, Drago announces to the Berkians that Stoick is dead, much to their shock and sadness.

After the Battle of Berk, Hiccup looks over the horizon in remembrance of Stoick and decides to carry on his father's legacy. He is officially appointed chief by Gothi the Elder and Gobber proclaims that the chief has finally come home as the villagers cheer. At the ending, Skullcrusher bonds with Eret and a monument in Stoick's honor is in the process of being chiseled out of the cliff outside the entrance of the Great Hall, even as the village is being repaired.

Personality
Stoick's personality is different between the books and the movies. While in the books he is an unintelligent raider in the movies and series he is shown as a wise and capable leader who's main priority is protecting his people (in the movies) and keeping the peace on Berk (the series). Though his stubbornness and head strong attitude makes him seem unintelligent at times, he is shown to be able to listen and take advice and even use it when needed.

Stoick's personality has developed significantly during the first season. He is at first still uncomfortable with the dragons, and in "In Dragons We Trust" he actually banishes them from the island. He starts the series out determined to do things the Viking way. He also is still fairly callous towards Hiccup. All of this changes as the series progresses. Hiccup and Stoick grow closer and closer, and Stoick becomes more and more willing to trust the advice of his son. Stoick's idea of dragons changes dramatically after he trains one of his own. At first he was still willing to order a dragon to be killed just because it was on a rampage. Now that he has trained Thornado, all that has changed. He quickly rushes to Toothless's aid even when the whole village disagrees with him, he's extremely attached to his own dragon, he stands up for the dragons in a new found strength, he has grown to the point of trusting them as much as he trusts his people, and he was willing to risk war with Dagur the Deranged for the sake of the dragons on Berk, preparing to attack Dagur to stop him killing Barf and Belch. He also treats them more like people as enemies shown in the episode "Frozen" when he walked up to the Lead Speed Stinger and asked him "remember me?" as if he was talking to a human enemy, and referred to it as him when he ordered the Riders to get it off Berk. This amount of development has greatly enhanced Stoick's role as Hiccup's father, and the two continue to grow closer as the series progresses. This is seen when he talks to Hiccup as an equal in "A Tale of Two Dragons", giving him the three options to get Astrid and Snotlout to work together. This and other instances show that in a way Stoick is slowly training Hiccup on how to be a leader of Vikings as well as dragons, possibly readying him to be chief. He also proves himself to quite crafty. Overall Stoick is a stubborn, headstrong man who changes to a more compassionate thoughtful person and he will always protect his people, to the extent that he bonded with both of his chosen dragons when he and the dragons recognised each other as fellow protectors.

He can be called something of a hypocrite however. He wanted Hiccup to be a successful Viking and future chief but at the same time he was the one who sheltered him the most from the world and any sort of experience that would have been helpful, not allowing him to even join the fire brigade when they were still fighting dragons. He also claimed that it was his personality that he disliked (although to a certain degree that was true) and not his lack of muscle and fighting skills, but later, when Hiccup was doing exceedingly well in Dragon Training, he was overjoyed that his son wasn't, in his words, the worst Viking Berk had ever seen, and that the years while he was were very rough and that they finally had something to talk about when Hiccup seemingly had incredible dragon fighting skill.

It was shown throughout the film and series that Stoick very likely has low emotional intelligence, as he could be blunt to the point it's hurtful to the one he's speaking to without intending to be, like Hiccup. As it's already mentioned he could be very unperceptive of other people's emotions with the victim mostly being his son as he didn't notice his discomfort and sadness when he talked to him in the forge before the dragon training finals, when he made Bucket draw him much more muscular than he really is and when Mulch said that the muscular image of Hiccup is how a real chief's son should look like and Stoick enthusiastically agreed while Hiccup was still there and listening. Besides this he's willing to sacrifice his own happiness for the sake of his son,wife and anyone he loves, in the sequel he completely melt out and more compassion but remain overly protective.

Stoick is takes pride in being a chief. He always tries his best to keep Berk peaceful and safe. In the episode How to Pick Your Dragon, he commented that he had spent his entire life on Berk and was determined to make Berk a better place. He tries to chief his village every morning and would go to great extents to do do. He was trying to look for a reliable and suitable chief to run the village after he steps down, as seen in Cast Out Part II and the second film when he complimented that Hiccup would be a great chief. But as a chief, he adheres to certain "Viking ways" at times as he believed that it was better for the village.This shows that Stoick takes his role as a chief very seriously and is a responsible person.

Stoick had shows in Crushing It, that he was very aggrisive to everyone on Berk until he sees his son returns as he was very happy to see him as he missess him a lot but he also miss his beloved Thornado. But on Dragon's Edge when he was ask help from his son about the rouge dragon that attacking their huts. He was acting bit like his son about dragons. As he was trying to figure what causing the Rumblehorn attacking everything as he quckly understood affer seeing dragons flying off the island meaning their departure was going to be troubled as he was right about this heriorc dragon.

Appearance
Stoick is a big man, with green eyes and red hair, like all viking men he has a muscular figure. If you look closely he has freckles a trait that his son inherited by, his hair is braided in the back he also has a beard which is also braided along with a mustache which is also braided. In the second movie, he altered his beard to have the front portion tied to one knot in front of the rest of it, and his hair had begun to noticeably grey.

Abilities, Skills, and Talents
Stoick, like most characters in the How to Train your Dragon Franchise, has many talents and abilities that set him apart.


 * Strength: Stoick's superhuman strength is extremely obvious throughout the entire franchise. Just minutes into the movie, he is seen tossing a large wooden cart at great speeds into the air without any difficulty. He seems to be able to lift up almost anything over his head. He is able to lift a massive fallen pillar in the food storage building and angrily tosses it aside. He is able to hold Thornado by the tail and bring him back to earth despite Thornado weighing about 900lbs and able to bring down Skullcrusher as well by pulling down with rope. He even could catch a boulder that was fired from a catapult and throws it back. It was shown he could rival Alvin's strength in a fight, and win too. He even shown that just one arm he was able to throw Alvin in the air.


 * Fighting Skills: Stoick is almost certainly the greatest Hooligan warrior. When the Hooligans were at war with the dragons, his skills were unmatched. He easily defeats an angry Monstrous Nightmare using his bare hands and his legs. Along with his strength, Stoick does have a little bit of strategic ability as well. He displays this in his tactics against Alvin. Stoick's weapon on choice in the film is a hammer in the first one, Ax in the second one and he uses it to devastating effect. In the series he has also been seen wielding a sword which he also seems quite good at. He has defeated large groups of Outcasts, an angry Thunderdrum, and Alvin the Treacherous through out the franchise, and held his own against Drago. The only time so far where he has been bested in a one-on-one was with Toothless in the first movie, which can be attributed to his anger clouding his judgment.


 * Dragon Training and Riding: Though he had a slow start up, Stoick has gotten better at dealing with dragons. He and Thornado fly and fight well together. He is also able to calm the angry Hookfang with a calming touch. He thought that Toothless will do what exactly what he is told by being chief but until he rode on Toothless he was wrong and with a lot of struggle at first to make turns and working together but he gotten better to ride Toothless at it. Until he got his own dragon . He now has a new dragon, a Rumblehorn named Skullcrusher.


 * Leadership Skills: The village usually seems to trust Stoick fully. He terrifies many of the villagers, but they all admire him. The only time the village has disobeyed his orders was during the riot started by Mildew. His leadership skills are very necessary during the franchise, and he uses them every day. He is called upon to use tact and diplomacy to mediate disputes, manages Berk's resources for future needs, and lends a hand where ever possible, from taking down a fence, to driving off a wild dragon attack on their fishing boats. He states to Hiccup in HTTYD 2 that as chief, "No task is too small when it comes to serving your people." It was shown he is a great sea captain, and it was hinted he is also an experienced fisherman. In the past, according to Gobber that most people on Berk didn't believe he could handle it.


 * Wisdom:  Tied to his leadership skills, Stoick is shown to be wise and thoughtful when it comes to problems, despite his stubborn nature. This wisdom often comes in the form of advice to his son when he runs into trouble leading his academy. He is cautious when dealing with madmen like Alvin, Dagur and Drago Bludvist. He even gave some advice to his son, that there will be hard choices in life as his son couldn't think of a way for trusting Snotlout to work as a team in combat. He can't be someone's friend and be their leader as well at the same time knowing that the person might not listen. So Stoick told his son he won't be able to do that at all that he must find a way that is best for his people.


 * Carving: Stoick has a fondness for whittling ducks out of wood, which is partially shown throughout the series. He finds it to be a calming hobby that he likes to do in the morning.


 * Reflexes and Coordination: He's shown to have great reflexes. When someone sneaked upon him, he grabbed them by their tunic and lifted them off the ground to grab his weapon. He has shown that his balance is able stand on Thornado's back with a boulder no sign of struggle.


 * Intelligence: While he is not quite as intellectually inclined as his son, Hiccup and his wife Valka, he has proven to very crafty. This was shown in his advice to Hiccup on how to deal with Astrid and Snotlout bickering. He gave him three options, the first two involved weapons. The third one involved tricking the two arguers into working together.  He also thought of ideas for the dragon race for improving it by adding face paint to give the "warriors" feeling, and adding a black sheep which was worth 5 points, later changed to 10 points. He figure it out that Skullcrusher wasn't casuing harm to others only trying to scare them off the island.
 * Endurance and Stamina: Stoick musculer body is able to ressist great attacks like getting body slam by Meatlug flying full speed to make him stun on the ground in a lot of pain but still able to roll. With great stiamina he can fight long periord of time never had shown to be bit of exhuasted.

*Endurance and Stamina: He have shown that he able to take attacks from other Vikings like Alvin or Drago that he able to continue to have long battle. As he was able to shown to survive from little fire.

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
"I’m sorry, Dad. I’m not the chief that you wanted me to be, and I’m not the peace keeper I thought I was either. I don’t know…"

- Hiccup, apologizing to his now-deceased father

Stoick's biggest problem with his son Hiccup is that he doesn't listen or follow orders. Whenever he talks to Gobber about his parenting troubles, the subject is not about Hiccup's size or lack of strength, but about Hiccup's alarming tendency to ignore orders. However, that is probably untrue, or at least not completely, considering his joy when Hiccup did very well in Dragon training and exclamation of how the times his son was considered the worst Viking Berk had ever seen were very rough. This happens again in the series when he tells Bucket to draw Hiccup considerably more muscular than he truly is. Since Hiccup is convinced that Stoick is disappointed because of his diminutive size, he goes out of his way to prove himself to his father, and, by extension, to the village, as a Viking. The two are implied to rarely speak to each other themselves when he reveals to Hiccup that they "finally have something to talk about" with Hiccup's new-found "talent" for Dragon-fighting. When the two do speak, it's typically one-sided with Stoick doing the talking and Hiccup trying to get a word in edgewise. but After learning Hiccup's secret, Stoick throws him to the floor and disowns him, but is shown to be upset by this though he doesn't reverse his decision. When Hiccup leads his friends into battle in time to save him and his army, Stoick is shocked but proud of him and rescues him from drowning. The two then make up and Stoick is devastated by his apparent death. Stoick realizes and apologizes for his neglect of Hiccup's words and is finally proud of his son. In the series, their relationship is much better, now that Stoick finally accepts him and listens to whatever he wants to talk to him about, rather than ignoring him. But in the second film, he pressured Hiccup to become chief and apparently he realized his mistake after Hiccup ran away.

In the end, Stoick's love for his son was strong enough that he sacrificed his own life to save Hiccup from a mind controlled Toothless' plasma blast.

During Stoick's funeral, Valka reveals to a distraught Hiccup that when Hiccup was born, he was born early and weak which made Valka believe he would not survive. But Stoick kept faith and believed that Hiccup would grow and become the greatest Viking Berk had ever seen, showing that Stoick always loved and had faith in his son. Overall, Stoick is shown to love his son very much and want whats best for him.

Toothless
"Thank you...for saving my son."

- Stoick, to Toothless who has brought Hiccup back alive

Stoick and Toothless got up to a really bad start as Stoick seeing him as a threat to Berk and very "unholy offspring of lighting and Death itself". And Toothless on the other hand, tackles Stoick, but before he can kill him Hiccup stops him from doing so. The Vikings finally capture and pin down Toothless, Stoick decides to spare Toothless' life for now. Stoick shows his great refusal to Hiccup's appeal of not hurting his dragon, because of his witness of the dragons killing his people, or because the dragons even took the love of his life. After this, Stoick used Toothless to find Dragon Island,. But Stoick accidentally lead the Viking fleet to The Red Death where they were greatly unnumbered and was stranded, luckily Hiccup and the other Viking teens, save them from certain death. During the battle Hiccup attempts save to a chained Toothless from drowning but loses consciousness, upon seeing the awful mistake he made, Stoick saves them both, even share a brief but powerful gaze with Toothless before setting him free. This symbolizes that Stoick has put his hatred for dragons and his own pride aside, because he knew that Toothless was special to his son and the two of them make an unstoppable team that could defeat the Queen dragon. In return, rather than killing Stoick, Toothless carries him to the surface safely in his claws.

Throughout the course of the series, Stoick's friendship with Toothless started to grow due to their mutual love for Hiccup. They often fought alongside one another whenever they were in danger. However, whenever the topic of banishing the dragons came up, he did not make any exception for Toothless. In Imperfect Harmony, Stoick entrusted Toothless to take care of Hiccup while they were out exploring new lands.

In HTTYD 2, when Toothless was under the control of Drago's Bewilderbeast, he accidentally killed Stoick when the latter pushed Hiccup out of the way. Seeing Stoick's body, he nudged his hand trying to wake him. After realizing what he had done, Toothless was greatly devastated by what have happened. Later when Drago and his Bewilderbeast attacked Berk, Toothless in a way avenged Stoick's death by defeating Drago's alpha.

Valka
In the first film, when Stoick hears of Hiccup's successful performances in Dragon Training, he gives him a Viking helmet forged from half of Valka's breastplate; Stoick's helmet is made from the other half, saying it keeps his wife's memory close, indicating he dearly loved her. After finding her again, it is shown that he had lost Valka in a dragon abduction 20 years prior to the events of the second movie, and had thought she was as beautiful as she is now. They then spend a lot of time together, including dancing. He then rescued her from Drago's bull hook and Bewilderbeast. When Stoick sacrificed himself to save Hiccup, Valka was very saddened by his death. Stoick's helmet was placed on his chest for his funeral, and cremated along with his remains.

Valhallarama
Valhallarama is Stoick's wife and Hiccup's mother in the books.

Gobber the Belch
"May the Valkyries welcome you and lead you through Odin’s great battle field. May they sing your name with love and fury so that we may hear it rise from the depths of Valhalla and know that you have taken your rightful place at the table of kings. For a great man has fallen, a warrior, a chieftain, a father, a friend."

- Gobber's final farewell to Stoick

Gobber is a good friend of Stoick's and acts as a bridge between Stoick and his son Hiccup, both nearly polar opposites of the other. Gobber convinces Stoick to allow Hiccup into the Dragon training program, reasoning he can't protect him forever - he can only prepare him. When Stoick decides to sacrifice himself to the Red Death to buy the villagers time to escape, Gobber elects to stay with him to the end, further hinting at their strong friendship.

In the second film, Gobber is still Stoick's right hand man and best friend. They worked together when tracking down Hiccup and fight alongside one another against Drago Bludvist and his minions. Gobber was greatly saddened when Stoick died to save Hiccup, and delivered a eulogy during the chieftain's funeral in honor of his best friend.

Spitelout
Stoick's apparent second-in-command. Stoick seems to trust Spitelout to lead the villagers to safety, though their relationship in the movie is never truly explored. Stoick and Spitelout are shown to be previous rivals, like their sons. Spitelout beat Stoick every year when they competed, as the Jorgensons have never lost the Thawfest Games.

Thornado
"Oh, look at us. We're bonded!"

- Stoick laughs as he bonds with Thornado

Thornado is Stoick's dragon in the series. Stoick begins searching for a dragon for himself, but rejects the known species on the island. That's when he meets a blue Thunderdrum that had been attacking the fishing boats. Stoick is impressed by the dragon's strength and picks him while he was fighting this dragon. However, the Thunderdrum is very stubborn and continues to try to escape. Hiccup tries to tell his father that training a dragon is about trust, but Stoick appears not to listen. Thornado manages to escape and Stoick and Hiccup find him near a cave. Stoick intends to fight the dragon, until he sees that he was just helping his injured friend. After helping protect the injured Thunderdrum from a pack of wild boars, Stoick and Thornado bond and become friends. Although they are not always seen together, Stoick cares about Thornado. He is very worried about his dragon when he gets sick like the others. He even told Thornado that he used to kill dragons in the past and now he truly feels sorry what he have done. When Thornado recovers, Stoick is very happy as he gives him a head tap. The two have similar personalities, as both are stubborn and strong, but have a soft side when protecting their loved ones. Sadly, Stoick had to set Thornado free so that he could protect and take care of the three baby Thunderdrums.

Skullcrusher
Skullcrusher is Stoick's new dragon in the second film, and is very loyal and helpful towards Stoick, as he helped him find his son. He is as close to Stoick as Stoick was to Thornado; as with his predecessor, Stoick bonded with Skullcrusher when he recognized that the dragon was a fellow protector, as Skullcrusher's 'attacks' on Dragon's Edge were actually attempts to warn the residents of the island about an upcoming tidal wave. After Stoick's death, Eret became Skullcrusher's rider at the end of the film.

Astrid Hofferson
Stoick is fully aware and seems to support Hiccup's relationship with Astrid, even calling her his future daughter-in-law.

Fishlegs
As the leader of Berk he shows to make Fishlegs very nervous. As he was very close to kill him when thought he was one of the outcast Vikings. He also does shown to care of Fishlegs belivingg he wasn't alone for flying at night to try to get information out of him when he saw Hiccup and his dragon riders disobeying his ban on flying.

Torch
He met this new dragon breed that he wasn't really improving to have more then one dragon in his house. But he qucikly change his mind when seeing to obey his order for lighting up the fire place and decdied to named this dragon.

Hookfang
Stoick watch this dragon before he was tame in the Kill Ring, where he was watching his son trying to train him but he didn't understand what his son was trying to do that cause this dragon to goto berserk when Stoick hit the gate to startle him. He even try to save his son and Astrid from this dragon. He watch how dangerous this dragon was attacking everything that was around him believing that he must be killed because one bad dragon can be a disaster for Berk. He thought that his son could calm him down but seeing it wasn't working at all this made Stoick to get Gobber to slay him but he changed his mind when he saw that Hookfang had a toothache. He was able to get on this dragon neck when he was looking for his own dragon. He even listen what Snotlout was saying that was possible true that Monstrous Nightmare is most perfect dragon for his type of style of warrior but he wasn't too please about his saddel being on fire. Stoick even was able to calm down Hookfang when he was very angry.

Alvin the Treacherous
In the television series, Alvin and Stoick were best friends since childhood, and considered inseparable. As young men, they were responsible for defense against dragon attacks, with Stoick, the chief's son, as commander and Alvin as one of his men. During a nighttime Monstrous Nightmare attack, the two disagreed on how to defend the village; Alvin disobeyed Stoick's orders, which caused people to become injured. Everything changed between the two and things were never the same afterwards.

When Stoick became chief, he had trouble adjusting: Gobber summed it up as "like a newborn yak trying to find its feet". Alvin was one of Stoick's detractors, constantly saying that he didn't have what it took to be chief. With the two at odds, Alvin would later himself state that it was only a matter of time before Stoick banished him. For the next 20 years, Alvin would remain angry and bitter over being forced to leave Berk.ref name

Alvin, angry at Stoick and his homeland, spent the years plotting revenge and eventually became chief of the Outcasts. Aware of this, Stoick became gravely concerned after the armory was destroyed by fire. When Alvin came to attack Berk, Stoick gathered several other Vikings to defend their home and sent the rest of the village to hide in caves. When Stoick found out that Alvin took his son he was very determined to rescue him, as he knew that Alvin would kill anybody to get what he wants. Stoick arrived at Dragon Island to fight Alvin on board the Outcast ship, and he was able to win by entangling him with a weight that pulled him overboard.

Stoick was very surprised to see Alvin on Berk after his former friend saved Snotlout from the Screaming Death. He believed that Alvin only did if for ulterior, selfish reasons and had him locked up. Stoick was more surprised that he was saved by Alvin from Savage that he entrusted him with a sword. Alvin was later able to help Hiccup to save him from Dagur by freeing him and using his Whispering Deaths against rhe Berskers and the Outcasts. After being saved by Alvin, Stoick stated that there was "more than enough blame to go around" for the mistakes they both made in the past, and that is where he wanted to leave them. They became friends once again by shaking hands for peace.

How to Train Your Dragon

 * "Hiccup?! What is he doing out again?! What are you doing out?! Get inside!"
 * "Do NOT let them escape!"
 * "You're all out."
 * "STOP! Just stop. Every time you step outside, disaster falls. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter is almost here and I have an entire village to feed!"
 * "This isn't a joke, Hiccup! Why can't you follow the simplest orders?"
 * "You are many things, Hiccup. But a dragon killer is not one of them."
 * "Either we finish them, or they'll finish us! It's the only way we'll be rid of them!"
 * "We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard."
 * "Alright. Those who stay will look after Hiccup."
 * "When I was a boy, my father told me to bang my head against a rock, and I did it. I thought it was crazy, but I didn't question him. And do you know what happened? That rock split in two. It taught me what a Viking could do, Gobber. He could-- He could crush mountains. Level forests! Tame seas! Even as a bay, I knew what I was, what I had to become... Hiccup is not that boy."
 * "Alright. You get your wish. Dragon training. You start in the morning."
 * "When you carry this axe... you carry all of us with you. Which means you walk like us. You talk like us. You think like us."
 * "Good. Train hard. I'll be back. Probably."
 * "I can almost smell them. They're close. Steady."
 * "Nothing happens on this island without me hearing about it."
 * "Your mother would've wanted you to have it. It's half of her breast plate."
 * "Well, I can show my face in public again."
 * "The dragon? That's what you're worried about? Not the people you almost killed?!"
 * "They've killed hundreds of us!"
 * "Their island? So, you've been to the nest. How did you find it?"
 * "You've thrown your lot in with them. You're not a Viking. You're not my son."
 * "READY THE SHIPS!"
 * "Lead us home, devil."
 * "When we crack this mountain open, all hell is going to break loose."
 * "No matter how this ends, it ends today."
 * "Hiccup. I'm sorry... for everything."
 * "I'm proud to call you my son."
 * "He's alive! You brought him back alive!"
 * "Thank you... for saving my son."
 * "Turns out all we needed was a little more of... this."

Gift of the Night Fury

 * "Well done. Well done. All of you. I never thought I'd live to see this day: peace on the island of Berk."
 * "Everyone, grab your dragons. To the Great Hall! We finally have something to celebrate!"

Dragons: Riders of Berk

 * "Is that another crack about my weight?"
 * "I tried to fit a square peg into a round hole, and it sunk a ship, and named a baby girl 'Magnus'. I'm not saying she didn't look like a Magnus, but try telling that to her parents!"
 * "A bad day for a dragon can be a disaster for us."
 * "Here's where you jump in and say 'I'll fix this'."
 * "No, no, no! He's not staying here. I've got a one-dragon limit!"
 * "A dragon and a huge, obnoxious boy crashed through his roof... twice!"
 * "Starting tonight, every night, I want all the dragons put in the Academy under lock and key."
 * "These dragons have done too much damage. It's not longer safe to have them on Berk. I want them gone."
 * "By the end of the day tomorrow, there will be no more dragons on Berk!"
 * "And what are we going to do when we find Alvin? Bake him a cake?!"
 * "For the love of Thor, Fishlegs! I could have killed you!"
 * "As the chief of Berk, I do things the Viking way. Not the dragon way."
 * "I need to learn to fly. When do we start the lessons?"
 * "Right now, my lunch is taking the scenic route into my throat."
 * "Some genius has been yak tipping again."
 * "Alright, you've given me the honey, now just give me the hatchet."
 * "But I'm looking for a dragon. Not a mother."
 * "I haven't seen anything that can hold a candle to a Night Fury."
 * "This is the one, Hiccup! I've found my dragon!"
 * "Well, your friends sure are an odd bunch, but they sure know what they're doing on those dragons."
 * "Looks like it's just you and me, big fella."
 * "Aww look at us! We're bonded!"
 * "I'll never understand how you do that. What does an hour ago smell like, Gobber?"
 * "Hiccup got further in one afternoon than we got in a month."
 * "Never fly on a stomach full of under-cooked mutton. The Shivering Shores will never be the same."
 * "I spent my whole life trying to kill them. Now look at me."
 * "Grab the bucket or I'll throw you over board myself!"
 * "Okay, then! I'll let you get back to whatever it is, um, you two do. Yeah."
 * "That's my boy!"
 * "These dragons are not the beasts we once thought they were. They're part of us now!"
 * "If you want to get to that dragon, you'll have to go through us!"
 * "Ah, Hiccup, it would make your mother very, very happy to finally hear that."
 * "Now, where's my boy and his dragon?!"

Dragons: Defenders of Berk

 * "Hiccup! What did I tell you about sneaking up on me while I'm asleep?!"

How To Train Your Dragon 2

 * "And Hiccup is... nowhere to be found."
 * "It's time, Gobber."
 * "Well played! Ha, ha, ha!"
 * "That's my future daughter-in-law!"
 * "That's thirteen! Astrid takes the game!"
 * [To Hiccup] "Drago Bludvist is a madman, without conscience or mercy!"
 * "A chief protects his own."
 * "Years ago, there was a great gathering of chieftains to discuss the dragon scourge we faced. Into our mist came a stranger from a strange land, covered in a cloak made of dragon skin. He carried no weapon and spoke softly, saying that he, Drago Bludvist, was a man of the people, devoted to freeing mankind from the tyranny of dragons. He claimed that he alone could control the dragons and that he alone could keep us safe, if we chose to bow down and follow him..."
 * "Find him, Skullcrusher. Find him."
 * "You're as beautiful as the day I lost you."
 * "For you, my dear, anything."
 * "Will you come home Val? Will you be my wife once again?"
 * "We're a team now. Now, what do you want to do?"
 * "Skullcrusher, go!"
 * [To Drago] "It takes more than a little fire to kill me."
 * "Hiccup! SON!!!"
 * [in trailer] "Protect our people. It is your destiny."

Trivia

 * In the books, Stoick has a tattoo on his left arm.
 * Stoick seems to have a knack for naming dragons (Torch, Thornado , Skullcrusher , etc.).
 * After setting Thornado free to take care of Bing, Bam, and Boom, Stoick finds a new dragon, a Rumblehorn named Skullcrusher, when he went to Dragon's Edge to help with the gang, because Skullcrusher tried to make them move off the island to protect them from a giant wave.
 * Stoick is fully aware and seems to support Hiccup's relationship with Astrid, calling her his future daughter-in-law.
 * In the coloring and activity books based off the Original Film, Stoick's dragon was a Monstrous Nightmare.
 * Stoick is the first Viking to release his dragon.
 * Stoick shown to have defeated two dragons with his incredible strength as seen so far in the movie and series.
 * He was able to defeat Monstrous Nightmare with four hits by jumping to use both of his feet to attack it away from Hiccup, two punches, and another kick in short fight.
 * He defeated Thunderdrum in few seconds with only two punches that was powerful enough to do great distance off the ground.
 * Orginally Stoick wasn't going to be killed by Toothless being mind-controlled, it was suppose to be Gobber the Belch but that was then changed during production. [1]
 * Stoick is the second character in the franchise to give a mace a name, the first being Tuffnut.