Bewilderbeast

The Bewilderbeast is a gigantic, new dragon type that will appear in How To Train Your Dragon 2.

There are two specimens confirmed; see gallery.

Appearances
In How To Train Your Dragon 2, a Bewilderbeast is enslaved by Drago Bludvist to lead his dragon army as his secret weapon. There will also be another Bewilderbeast rescued by Valka therefore belonging to her.

Characteristics
The Bewilderbeasts are not abundant in numbers, but this is unclear whether their small population is by nature or they are endangered in fact.

Dragon Appearance
The Bewilderbeast looks like a very large, spiky dragon with two big mammoth-like tusks and huge multiple wings. Their front side of bodies are covered with bur-like spikes, and there are two lines of spikes along eyelids, giving an impression of being similar to eyebrows. 'King's frills' can be seen on the occipital region. Their size appears quite similar to grown Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus. Protrusions from the back of their head form a frill. Unlike the Seadragonus Giganticus Maximuss, Bewilderbeasts seem unable to fly as not having proper wings enough for flight. Proportions of upper and lower jaws are unlike of usual reptiles, and having fish-like mouth with small teeth and their lips that are similar to that of mammals like humans to enable them 'blow' actions. Interestingly, no nostrils are visible on their faces. In total, this species has many unique characteristics, making it a mammal-like dragon. Literally, it's a living glacier/snow mountain, or Ice behemoth or walking leviathan/whales.

Behaviors
The Bewilderbeast is truly the king of dragon. It is so far the largest of all known dragons, and it is normal for them to have their own 'nest' and be protectors or guardians of smaller dragons nearby, and they are seemingly generous to take care of fellows in the nest. On the other hand, however, being Alpha is being a boss which is in turn, they can force or enslave the other dragons even against their wills. This feature is quite identical to what the Red Death had demonstrated, and the fate of the minions really depends on each Bewilderbeast's morality and situation. They are leader of dragons, and are literally living 'nature' themselves to preordain entire ecosystem; being gentle, 'father nature' or benevolent, 'natural disaster or storm'.

Abilities
See Fire Types.

Bewilderbeasts' most notable and feared abilitiy is to burst stream of ice-turning water on contact like liquid nitrogen. This 'ice-blast' is extremely powerful, and can create immense 'glacial explosions' on contact. Bewilderbeasts can either contain freezing airs in their bodies or to create cold mists themselves, and adapt this ability to shoot destructive projectiles. This ability to shoot ice is similar to the Flightmare or the Doomfang, a large sea dragon that shoots "blue fire" to freeze its victims. However, unlike the Doomfang, the Bewilderbeast shoot large sprays of freezing water that eventually turns into ice on impact. This is the only dragon confirmed to breath ice.

The Bewilderbeast can use its tusks and head to battle. In the trailer both Bewilderbeasts battled with their tusks and headbutts which is similar to how moose, deer and other animals with horns or antlers. Also due to the Bewilderbeasts large size they can throw themselves onto to enemies and their weight is enough to crush one of Drago Bludvist's war machines.

Despite being enormous in size, they are true to their class; capable of swimming in surprisingly fast speed which is faster than the most fine ships.

Known individuals

 * The king of dragons' hide
 * The enslaved one

Trivia

 * In an interview, Dean DeBlois said that the Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus was the "queen" of dragons, with the Bewilderbeast as the "king."
 * There will be two Bewilderbeasts, the one that belongs to Drago Bludvist is the dark, menacing, evil-looking one, the one that belongs to Valka is the snow-white, calm one.
 * After the Scauldron, this is the second dragon species to spray water as it's ranged attack. But it also differs from the Scauldrons' water-breathes due to that the Scauldrons spray boiling water, while the Bewilderbeasts spray freezing current.
 * Their combat style is somewhat simillar to that of bovid mammals, such as muskoxes or other animals such as elephants, or walruses.
 * In total, this dragon is highly hybrid and has several mammal or other animal like traits; whale-like ridges on its belly, robust trunk similar to that of a large herbivore animal or elephant seals, mammoth-like tusks, 'mammalic' face, birds' feather or lions' mane-like frills (somewhat possessing plant-like appearance), fish-like fins behind legs, two big wings resembling body shape of manta-rays, powerful legs resembling those of elephants, fins on tails similar to those of Bowmouth guitarfish and some other shark rays, total proportion close to ceratopsian or sauropoda dinosaurs, and so on.
 * In original concepts, the Bewilderbeast had more aquatic form. If the Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus in the books are the Leviathan in this world, the Bewilderbeast can be said as the Behemoth (corresponding with the Red Death in the movie is rather Behemoth-like, and the original concept of the Bewilderbeast was more Leviathanic).