Skrill

"If you get too close to a Skrill, your hair will stand on end."

- Hiccup, reading from the Book of Dragons.

The Skrill is an elusive dragon appearing in the film adaption of How to Train Your Dragon. It is seen in the Dragon Manual while Hiccup looks for more information on Night Furies. The Skrill was also seen in the Dreamworks Dragons: Riders of Berk series premiere commercial and the animated short, Book of Dragons, and it appeared in A View to a Skrill Part I  and II.

Dragon Appearance
This incredible creature has large wings, a spiked back and tail. The spikes on the Skrill's back and tail are sharp enough to cut with the slightest abrasion, and it's an excellent flyer. It also appears to have shark-like gills on its neck. Its head slightly resembles a Thunderdrum, and its tail also resembles that of a Deadly Nadder. Proportion of head, trunk, and wings are quite close to that of a Flightmare. It apparently resembles a Night Fury in flight and rivals its speed, being only slightly slower. It's slightly bigger than a Nadder, and incredibly fast, comparing speed to size.

When a Skrill is riding lightning, it seems to wrap itself in its wings and dive down. Like the Monstrous Nightmare, its locomotion on land resembles that of a pterosaur, using the large claws on its wings to walk and run on land. Find more information at Dragon Anatomy.

As with most of the dragons in the manual, it's listed as being "extremely dangerous" and the manual instructs readers to "kill on sight".

Behavior
This dragon extremely aggressive. They like to eat sheep, and they often fly in thunderstorms so that they can recharge their shot limit quickly. This dragon is rarely seen due to its reclusive nature, not unlike the Night Fury. They also seem to be fairly easy to fool, though they are not stupid. The Skrill's very high aggression levels mean that it is nearly impossible to train.

Abilities
See Fire Types.

The Skrill electrifies itself when hunting. It also rides lightning bolts to reach supersonic speed. The Skrill is only found during lightning storms. It can breathe out concentrated beams of powerful electrical energy. Skrills are able to store lightning in their bodies and use it later. They can also survive for decades when frozen due to their inner body temperature. Their powerful electrical energy can make Vikings talk in a strange language. They have shown great stealth in the air able to be able to pass the dragon riders. The Skrills senses have strong sense of vision to have night vision able to see in the dark and able to see in dark clouds.

How To Train Your Dragon (film)
The Skrill is mentioned briefly as Hiccup reads the Dragon Manual for information on Night Furies.

In the Book of Dragons
The Skrill is featured in Book of Dragons. It is said to be highly secretive and is known to ride lightning bolts like air torpedoes to reach supersonic speeds, and usually only comes out during electrical storms. It can shoot blasts of lightning as its entire body crackles with static electricity. Just being close to a Skrill is enough to make one's hair stand on end. Skrills belong to the Strike Class of dragons.

Dragons: Defenders of Berk
The Skrill appears in Defenders of Berk in episode 10 and episode 11- View to a Skrill Part 1 and 2. In the episode, the Skrill is found frozen in a solid block of ice, which eventually, the twins and Snotlout blow up, unleashing the Skrill. It is pursued by the gang for almost the whole episode and in the end is captured by Alvin. In part 2, the Skrill is locked up and put in a cage on Outcast Island. Wanting the dragon, Dagur secures a deal with Alvin. In the end, the Skrill is refrozen in an iceberg once again.



How To Train Your Dragon 2
A leaked HTTYD 2 picture found online seems to show a Skrill, which might mean a Skrill will be featured in the sequel.

Appearances

 * How to Train Your Dragon (film) (Mentioned)
 * Book of Dragons (Mentioned)
 * Riders of Berk Commercials
 * Twinsanity (Berserker Crest)
 * The Night and the Fury (Berserker ship sail)
 * View to a Skrill Part I
 * View to a Skrill Part II
 * How to Train Your Dragon 2

Trivia

 * The Skrill is the Berserker Crest.
 * At full speed, the Skrill is the second fastest dragon in the dragon world, with the fastest being the Night Fury.
 * The Skrill has an error on it's official page (in the gallery). Instead of saying it is in the Strike Class, it is labeled as being in the Sharp class.
 * According to the Cartoon Network site, Skrills are completely untrainable. Dragonpedia, however, says Skrill are nearly untrainable which is the case.
 * A Skrill's favorite food is sheep(mutton).
 * The Skrill made it's first appearance on the series in the episodes View to a Skrill Part I and View to a Skrill Part II.
 * The Berserkers can actually control a Skrill to shoot out lightning during electrical storms.
 * The Skrill is said to draw lightning from the sky and strike it in several directions at once.
 * Due to the Skrill's internal body temperature, the dragon can remain safely frozen for decades.
 * In A View to a Skrill Part I, Hiccup seems to have great interest on the Skrill along with Fishlegs.
 * It is possibly the first time that Hiccup gets so excited on seeing a dragon.
 * The Skrill in the Book of Dragons and Riders of Berk's trailer seem to shoot different type of lightning to the one on Defenders of Berk. This may be caused that the Skrill on the Book of Dragons and RoB trailer is the original Skrill, which shoots white fire while the DoB one is a developed Skrill that shoots true, long distanced lightning bolts.