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 Bewilderbeast looks like a very large, spikey dragon with two big tusks and huge multiple wings. 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 their lips 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.

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. 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.

The Bewilderbeast can use its tusks to battle. In the trailer both Bewilderbeasts battled with their tusks and their heads 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.

Trivia

 * In an interview, Dean DeBlois said that the Red Death 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 white, calm one.
 * Valka's Bewilderbeast is the king of her Dragon Nest, even Cloudjumper plays second fiddle to him.
 * Their combat style is somewhat simillar to that of bovid mammals, such as muskoxes or other animals such as elephants or ceratopsian dinosaurs.
 * It is possible that the Red Death was a subspecies of the Bewilderbeast, just like the Screaming Death seems to be a subspecies of Whispering Death; both appear to have similar design.