Every nest has its queen, but THIS is the King of all Dragons. With his icy breath, this graceful giant built our nest. A safe haven for dragons everywhere. We all live under his care and his command.[src]
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— Valka explaining the Bewilderbeast's nature to Hiccup.
What is the relationship between Valka and the Bewilderbeast?
Valka and her Bewilderbeast have a strong, respectful relationship. They interact daily and the Bewilderbeast aids Valka in battles. Valka's Bewilderbeast, a predominantly white creature with brown and gray markings, is a proud, uncorrupted contrast to Drago's Bewilderbeast. Valka was deeply affected when her Bewilderbeast was defeated by Drago's.
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How did Valka's Bewilderbeast become the king of dragons in HTTYD?
The male white Bewilderbeast, known as Valka's Bewilderbeast, earned the title 'King of all Dragons' by creating a safe haven for dragons, where they lived under his protection and leadership. He ruled the dragons of the Barbaric Archipelago for an unspecified period, beginning before the events of the first film, How to Train Your Dragon. His reign concluded in How to Train Your Dragon 2, when he was defeated in a duel by Drago's Bewilderbeast.
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What are the differences between Drago's Bewilderbeast and Valka's Bewilderbeast?
Contrasting in design and temperament, Valka's Bewilderbeast, taking inspiration from a polar bear, is portrayed as a proud entity, making its appearance from the sky. Drago's Bewilderbeast, drawing from abused zoo and circus animals, is shown as a tormented creature, surfacing from under the waves with menace. Both Bewilderbeasts are summoned by Valka and Drago using identical rods, but Drago's Bewilderbeast also serves as a war machine and ship puller.
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Is Valka's Bewilderbeast a male or a female?
Valka's Bewilderbeast, a male dragon, is also referred to as the King of all Dragons, The Ice Spitter, and The Alpha. This white Bewilderbeast is larger than other Bewilderbeasts like the Berserker Bewilderbeast and Drago's Bewilderbeast.
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What is the significance of the white color in Valka's Bewilderbeast?
Valka's Bewilderbeast's white color signifies purity and cleanliness, with its skin resembling a rocky, coral-like texture. This contrasts with Drago's Bewilderbeast, which is darker and bumpier. The Bewilderbeast's egg is also snow white, adorned with small red-brown spikes.
Valka's Bewilderbeast has been noble and diligent long enough to create a fine kingdom of his own to provide a heavenly sanctuary to local dragons. At some point in the past (15 years before the first film), this Bewilderbeast came across Valka. It is unclear whether their first encounter was before the creation of the nest. If Valka met the dragon before the nest was created, it means that she could have contributed to assisting the great dragon in doing so.
This Bewilderbeast had also been helping Valka save dragons from Drago's hand (one of the saved dragons is Gruff the Hobblegrunt), and this means that this dragon was also holding personal history and conflicts with the antagonist.
He was last seen fighting Drago's Bewilderbeast, who gained the upper hand and bowled him over before piercing his underside with his horns, killing him. After the Alpha's death, Drago's Bewilderbeast briefly takes his place as the new alpha dragon. However, the former Alpha was avenged by Toothless who then defeated the other Bewilderbeast and took that title back for good.
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According to an interview with Richard Hamilton, Valka's Bewilderbeast was set to appear in the unpublished graphic novel The Fire Tides. Almost a year after his death, Valka remembers him in a dream while recovering from a head injury. His skeleton also makes a cameo in the background while Fishlegs, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Snotlout return to the Sanctuary in search for Hiccup and Toothless.
In "How to Train Jörmungandr", when Tom is reading through the Book of Dragons to learn how to use Valka's Staff, he finds a page that explains how to use it in which it shows Valka commanding her Bewilderbeast with it.
Profile[]
This Bewilderbeast is the master of the Dragon Den where Valka has lived for 20 years. Valka bows to him as a sign of respect, and even Cloudjumper plays second fiddle to him. Unlike the rule of the Red Death, Toothless also lowers his head, not out of fear, but out of willing submission by seeing the mightiness of the kind king. Because Toothless is the only dragon who opposed the rule of the tyrannical Red Death, this Bewilderbeast's solemnity is enough to make the Night Fury bow to the noble, rightful, and respectable king.
The most notable feature above all is that this individual is so warm in heart and compassionate to smaller races (dragons and humans), it is thus an ideal king to all. Under his monarchy, every dragon seemingly spends a peaceful life, even baby dragons are not afraid of playing on the face of the giant dragon and are very attached to him. This Bewilderbeast also welcomes new faces (dragon refugees saved by Valka) to his nest without hesitation or hostility.
It is confirmed that the ice caves and glaciers/icebergs functioning as camouflages and strongholds to protect the dragons' sanctuary were created with the help of this Bewilderbeast (or simply by himself). The king wisely chose a spot and utilized his knowledge and capabilities through careful considerations to create an ideal oasis for giant reptiles.
Personality[]
This snowy-white Bewilderbeast seems calm and very gentle, enough to let baby Scuttleclaws play around his face when relaxing. Also, he seems to not hold any ill emotions towards human beings and will be helpful to friendly humans and other dragons of the nest. This Bewilderbeast is rather playful, best seen when he uses a very small portion of his ice breath to blow a cloud of frost at Hiccup upon first meeting him, and may have a sense of duty to aid any allies in danger.
The fact that this Bewilderbeast doesn't hypnotize and forcibly control dragons to obey him, despite being able to do so, indicates the dragon has a high level of morality, gaining the loyalty and obedience of others not through fear or force, but instead through kindness and earned respect. He also rules others very impartially and warmly. Saving other dragons from Drago and Eret's forces may have also contributed to gain further respect and love from other dragons. He is generous enough to catch fish for all of his subjects, providing them with plentiful food.
He also appears to be an honorable battler, roaring and smacking horns with Drago's Alpha as a final warning before they begin to fight. Unfortunately, this proves to be his undoing, as the dark Alpha underhands him, pinning his neck from below without warning, which ultimately led to his death at the hands of his opponent.
Not much is known about the history of these two, but they have established a good friendship and socialize at least daily. The Bewilderbeast trusts Valka enough to aid her in wars. When the Bewilderbeast fell against Drago's Bewilderbeast, Valka was devastated.
Cloudjumper deeply respects this Bewilderbeast as he bows to the king with reverence. He has also been served as an adjutant for long, as Valka's comment "he must have thought I belonged here" indicates that Cloudjumper has been under the Bewilderbeast since before his first meeting with his future rider.
Despite the young pair and the Bewilderbeast only meeting once, the Bewilderbeast seems to approve of them. Even the mighty and fearless Night Fury cannot help but bow in respect to this graceful titan. The Dragon used a little ice breath on Hiccup, to show his approval. He may know that Hiccup is Valka's son, given that dragons have a keen sense of smell.
Hiccup and Toothless were shocked when the Bewilderbeast has fallen by Drago's own Bewilderbeast. But later, Toothless avenged the noble Bewilderbeast's defeat by breaking off the deranged Bewilderbeast's left horn and succeeded him as the new Alpha Dragon.
It is unclear how this Bewilderbeast spent his daily life aside from catering to the needs of the other dragons and helping them get food.
According to Pierre-Oliver Vincent, this Bewilderbeast is "pure and beautiful, like a polar bear" contrasting to the dark Bewilderbeast's misfortune under Drago's control, depicted as a neurotic, abused, and corrupted creature.
Scenes of appearances of the two Bewilderbeasts to the battlefield are also counterparts to each other. Valka's Bewilderbeast appears from the 'sky' proudly while Drago's Bewilderbeast emerges from under waves menacingly. Both Valka and Drago use similar methods with rods identical to each other to call the dragons. Additionally, the battle between the Bewilderbeasts runs at the same time as a battle between Drago and Stoick, and end with similar results, though Stoick was killed at Drago's command rather than directly by Drago as Valka's Bewilderbeast was killed by its opponent.
In the tie-in children's books, the white Bewilderbeast is "defeated" by Drago's instead of explicitly killed, likely due to violence issues targeted to a younger audience.
When Drago's Bewilderbeast pulls out its horns from Valka's Bewilderbeast, there is no blood on them to prevent depiction of violence. Despite being killed, Valka's Bewilderbeast's body wasn't seen in sequences after the battle.
Like the counterpart, this Bewilderbeast has resemblances of Stoick the Vast: his facial and personal characteristics, and being allied with Valka for so long. Both characters were also killed in the same fight by Drago's Bewilderbeast (Valka's Bewilderbeast was directly killed by it while Stoick was killed by Toothless who was under its control).
In Dragons: Rise of Berk, a Bewilderbeast is added to the game, along with other Legendary dragons. Despite having the same coloring as Valka's, it is unlikely to be the same one, being deceased at this point.
Valka's Bewilderbeast is similar to Mufasa from The Lion King, as he is a kind and peaceful ruler (with the ice fortress being similar to Pride Rock) who is usurped and killed by an evil new king (Scar/Drago's Bewilderbeast) who is later avenged by a successor (Simba/Toothless).
Another Bewilderbeast which as previously mentioned, appears in the game Dragons: Rise of Berk, could very well be the one Valka picked up in the episode, "King of Dragons, Part 2" of the show Dragons: Race to the Edge. The game features a Bewilderbeast emerging out of the ocean near a lot of icebergs floating around him as part of his introduction into the game.
