Windwalker (Books)

Hiccup has a Windwalker (see Hiccup's Windwalker) as a riding dragon in the How to Train Your Dragon books. Windwalkers are faithful and fast.

Windwalkers sided with the humans in the Rebellion.

Traits and Abilities
At young age, Windwalkers have larger eyes and ears, small horns, 5 curved claws on each foot, and small protruding saber teeth. They are covered with both fur and feathers, and are a bit of an ugly ducking. As an adolescent the Windwalker begins to loose the fur and grow more sleek. It has not yet mastered flying, but still can carry a person and move swiftly on the ground. As an adult, the Windwalker grows a longer neck, darker scales, wickedly sharp, curved claws, and its maw now resembles that of a crocodile, with many of its teeth showing. The nose horn grows longer and its ears are smaller than when it was young. It can now seat 3 people whereas it used to have slight trouble carrying one. The Windwalker is truly impressive on maturation.

According to "The Complete Book of Dragons", Windwalkers form a Chrysalis at the age of seventeen years and emerge in six to seven months. The reader is left wondering what magnificent form the Windwalker has taken after this transformation.

Windwalkers have excellent hearing and sight. They are able to speak Dragonese. "The Complete Book of Dragons" also indicates that a Windwalker can produce either electricity or lightening bolts.