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Valhallarama of the White Arms and Chunky Thighs is the wife of Stoick the Vast and the mother of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III.

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What is the significance of Valhallarama's 'White Arms and Chunky Thighs' title? toggle section
Valhallarama's title 'White Arms and Chunky Thighs' is a unique descriptor that adds to her character's charm and individuality in the 'How to Train Your Dragon' series. It's a playful nod to her physical strength and stature, standing at an impressive 6'3". As a Viking Hero and the wife of Stoick the Vast, these physical attributes likely contribute to her prowess in battle and her ability to train dragons, making her a respected figure within the Hairy Hooligan Tribe.
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Who is Valhallarama's husband and what is their relationship like? toggle section
Valhallarama, also known as Valhallarama of the White Arms and Chunky Thighs, is married to Stoick the Vast. Their relationship is quite unique. Stoick the Vast, who is the Chief of the Hairy Hooligan Tribe, married Valhallarama after he found the Fire Stone for Old Wrinkly, Valhallarama's father. Despite Valhallarama's frequent absences due to her questing adventures, Stoick remains a loving and supportive husband. They have a son together named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III.
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What is the role of Valhallarama in raising her son, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III? toggle section
Valhallarama, the mother of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III in the How to Train Your Dragon book series, has a less direct role in raising her son due to her frequent absences. Her husband, Stoick the Vast, primarily raises Hiccup. Despite this, Valhallarama's influence and legacy are still significant in Hiccup's life.
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What are the King's Lost Things that Valhallarama is often away questing for? toggle section
The King's Lost Things are a collection of ten items that are used to identify the new King of the Wilderwest, the heir to Grimbeard the Ghastly. These items were meant to teach a King-to-be important lessons about life and ruling. They were hidden behind formidable dragons, trusted people, and complex puzzles by Grimbeard himself. Valhallarama, mother of Hiccup, often goes on quests to retrieve these items. When she discovered that her son Hiccup had found eight of them, she realized he was the true heir to the kingdom.
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Official Description[]

Hiccup’s mother is a great Hero who is often away questing.
  — Official How to Train Your Dragon Book Website  


Biography[]

Partaking in her Family[]

Valhallarama is considered a great hero amongst the Hairy Hooligans but is often away questing for the King's Lost Things, leaving Stoick to raise Hiccup on his own.

However, her first introduction is being mentioned as present living with her family. She is first mentioned sitting at breakfast with her family the day after Hiccup caught his first dragon on Dragon Catching Day. However, she is normally questing and does not spend much time with her family.

Valhallarama: "How did Initiation go yesterday, dear?"
Hiccup: "Oh, it was fine. I caught my dragon."
Valhallarama: "That's nice, dear."
  — Book 1  

She appears again during the Thor'sday Thursday Festival having a picnic with her family overlooking the axe-fighting display. She offers Toothless a Tuna sandwich.

Finally she is around once Hiccup wakes up after his ordeal with the Green Death. She, along with many other people of the village are around his bed.

We're all here, willing you to wake up.
  — Valhallarama  


Valhallarama gave Hiccup a rousing punch on the shoulder, which is the Viking mother's equivalent of a really big hug.
  — Book 1  


However, Hiccup immediately sees that Toothless wasn't there.

Borrowed Jewelry[]

Though Valhallarama doesn't seem to be around for a quest to find Grimbeard the Ghastly's treasure, her jewelry is. Hiccup uses an "old gold bracelet of his mother's" to help train Toothless to sniff out treasure, an ability dragons possess.

Valhallarama's Story[]

It is revealed that when she was younger, Valhallarama fell in love with Humongously Hotshot the Hero, who was required by tradition to complete an Impossible Task to win her hand in marriage. When she heard of his death, she was heartbroken, but eventually married Stoick instead.

Hiccup in valhallarama's armour

Hiccup as a baby, crawling among Valhallarama's armour

Years later, Hotshot confided to Hiccup that he was captured and held prisoner for many years, but sent a friend to Valhallarama with his half of the ruby heart's stone, the prearranged signal that he needed her to rescue him. Unfortunately, this "friend" was actually Alvin the Treacherous, who kept the stone for himself and told her that Humongous was dead. Believing his true love had given up on him, Hotshot's heart broke, and he decided to get out of the hero business and stick to being a mercenary, working only for money.

During Alvin's confrontation with Hiccup, Fishlegs, and Camicazi on the slope of the Volcano, Hiccup retrieved the bracelet in which Alvin had mounted the stone, which he then showed to his mother. She did not express any lingering feelings for Hotshot, but did hide her face for a time long enough to wipe away tears.

In his memoirs, Hiccup writes that his mother died in a battle with raiders on her 76th birthday, as terrible and fierce as she ever had been in youth. In closing, he called his mother "a great warrior."

Away Questing[]

During a bet between Stoick and Dastardly Dangerus the Tenth, the latter asked for Valhallarama's Silver Phantom if he won. As she was away questing, Stoick was reluctant to give Dangerus the Silver Phantom, as he was quite sure his wife valued the dragon more than him. The problem went away, however, when Nettle, Dangerus' daughter, demanded Toothless instead.

Encounter with a Traitor[]

Valhallarama appears in person. Riding her Silver Phantom, she first tried to kill the Traitor of the Wilderwest, unaware that it was her son. Hiccup's dragons knocked her out by dropping a tree trunk on her head and carried Hiccup away. After he explained it was his mother, they returned to check on her, but she was gone. She had however managed to get Hiccup's map and handed it over to Alvin. A couple weeks later, after Hiccup found the Dragon Jewel, she grabbed him and returned him to Alvin. Hiccup was outraged at her, not only for working with his archenemy, but for spending so much time away from home questing. Excellinor tried to get her to give the Jewel to Alvin, being forced by Valhallarama's silence to explain many things, including that Stoick had been enslaved too. Valhallarama then explained to Hiccup the reason she was always off questing was that because she had been looking for the King's Lost Things.

After hearing Alvin had eight of them, she assumed he must be a great Hero to have succeeded where she had failed for so long, so decided to serve him. But she then learned that Hiccup was the one who found them and that Alvin had simply taken them. She then nominated Hiccup as the true King of the Wilderwest, despite the Slavemark on his forehead. Dramatically and unexpectedly she branded herself with it, declaring the mark to now be the Dragonmark, the symbol of those who would have Hiccup as their King, those who would not see the dragons destroyed unless absolutely necessary. Many of the Vikings accepted the mark, as many of them were secretly following Hiccup already. When the Red Rage attacked, Valhallarama led the Company of the Dragonmark, Hiccup's followers, to the temporary safety of the Bog-Burglar Islands.

As Doomsday Eve approached, Valhallarama left Stoick the Vast in command of the Dragonmarkers, setting off on a Quest to burgle the King's Things away from the Alvinsmen. She very nearly succeeded, being stopped only by Hiccup's burglary of the Things, as he failed to recognize her in her Alvinsman disguise. Though she covered Hiccup's escape, she herself was captured by the Alvinsmen. On Doomsday Eve at the Singing Sands of the Ferryman's Gift, upon being presented the the evidence of Hiccup's death, Valhallarama declared a blood feud against the Witch Excellinor, but was prevented from killing her by the Ferryman. Reluctantly, Valhallarama ordered the Dragonmarkers to allow Alvin's coronation without protest.

Physical Appearance[]

Relationships[]

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III[]

Stoick the Vast[]

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References[]

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     Valhallarama in the Hiccup and Friends Guide on the Official How to Train Your Dragon Books Website. NB:   http://www.hiccuptheviking.com   is no longer available.

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