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 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 is an excellent flyer. It also appears to have shark-like gills on its neck. It slightly resembles a Thunderdrum, and its head also resembles that of a Deadly Nadder. It apparently resembles a Night Fury in flight and rivals its speed, being slightly slower. 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 is listed as being "extremely dangerous" and the manual instructs readers to "kill on sight".

Abilities
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 white fire. Skrills can also store lightning in their bodies and use them at another time. It can also survive for decades when frozen due to its inner body temperature. A preview of View to a Skrill shows a Skrill deflecting Toothless's blast.

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 jets of white fire, and its entire body crackles with static electricity. Just being close to a Skrill is enough to make one's hair stand on end. It belongs to the Strike Class.

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 re frozen on 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.
 * The fact that Skrills only show during electrical storms could indicate a fear of cloudless days and the sun.
 * Skrills favorite food is sheep.
 * 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 in electrical storms.
 * The Skrill is said to draw lightning from the sky and strike it at several directions at once.
 * Due to the  a Skrill's internal body temperature the dragon can remain safely frozen for decades.
 * In a View to a Skrill part 1, Hiccup seems to have great interest on the Skrill along with Fishlegs. It is possibly the first time that Hiccup gets so excited on a dragon.