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Look, I've been living on my own out here for years and I made more than few enemies. [src]
  — Heather to the Dragon Riders  

Heather is a young girl who was once held hostage by the Outcasts, her parents were also hostages.

Description[]

Background[]

Heather is the daughter of Oswald the Agreeable and younger sister to Dagur the Deranged. At a very young age, she was separated from her real family and was eventually taken in by a couple who raised her as their own daughter.

Meeting the Dragon Riders[]

In The Heather Report part I, Hiccup and others found her washed up on a beach, after Heather woke up, she explained to them how she got washed up, after that, Hiccup took her back to Berk, and learned that the residents know how to train dragons. Later that night, Hiccup allowed her to rest at his house and shows her the Book Of Dragons. Hiccup did not know that Heather was keeping a secret, she had to learn about dragons and tell Alvin about them, in order to free her parents. Astrid and only Astrid saw through her innocent act and tried to warn Hiccup, but got sharp reprimands every time, for example: "Astrid, I trust Heather. And you should trust me." She was able to charm everyone into telling her about dragons. Heather is able to earn the affection of Stormfly by feeding her chicken and treats Astrid badly, mocking her as she demands what Heather is doing.

Later, when Stoick and Hiccup are clearing the table, Heather goes for the book under Hiccup's bed. However, Hiccup has it with him, leaving her annoyed. Heather then makes her way to the beach, unaware that Astrid, who was in the forest venting, is following her. Heather meets up with Savage, revealing that she is working with the Outcasts. She tells him that the Riders have a book with everything they know about dragons though she isn't in possession of it yet. Begging for more time, she tells Savage she will get it. Astrid accidentally knocks over some pebbles, alerting Heather to make her way back. Astrid tries to warn Hiccup again with what she just discovered, but when they rush upstairs Heather appears to have been asleep the whole time.

The next morning Heather not only makes it off with the Book of Dragons but Stormfly as well. Hiccup, finally realizing that Astrid has been speaking the truth the whole time, gathers the Dragon Riders together to chase Heather down. Astrid manages to jump onto Stormfly's back and the two girls end up in a physical fight over the Book of Dragons. As they cross into Outcast territory, Astrid knocks Heather off along with the book. Snotlout catches Heather in his arms while Hiccup tries to save the Book of Dragons. However, the Outcasts fire at him and Toothless, forcing them to retreat. This leaves the Book of Dragons in the hands of Alvin the Treacherous.

Heather is then locked up in Berk. She tries to break out of jail and run towards a boat but Astrid catches her. After being thrown back in her cell, Heather claims that the only reason she worked for Alvin was because he had her parents. When Astrid brings up her pirate story, Heather admits to lying and putting on an act. She explains the only reason she did it was because she needed the Riders to trust her, but Astrid is doubtful and tells Heather they no longer trust her.

Astrid ends up disguising herself as Heather as a part of the plan to get the Book of Dragons back. She sails off towards Outcast Island by herself with Hiccup and the others as backup. Meanwhile Heather successfully manages to break out of prison. She ends up escaping with Stormfly again but this time with the intention of helping the riders. Astrid manages to retrieve the book and rescue Heather's parents in the process once she learns that Heather was telling the truth. When Heather finally arrives on Outcast Island, she helps the riders fight Alvin.

Heather thanks Astrid for saving her parents and they part on good terms.

Abilities, Skills, and Talents[]

  • Acting: Heather is a very good actress as she was able to fool the Dragon Riders for a few days, except Astrid Hofferson, who saw her sneaking around in "Heather Report, Part 1". These skills are used again when infiltrating the Dragon Hunters. ("Night of the Hunters, Part 1" and "Night of the Hunters, Part 2") Only Viggo Grimborn was able to figure her out in "Maces and Talons, Part 1".
  • Strength and Fighting Skills: Heather is pretty tough as she is able to take on Astrid, as well as able to scale the walls in Berk's prison and stay at the top for some time. ("Heather Report, Part 2") Heather became much stronger after her village was attacked. She is capable of taking on at least three Dragon Hunters at once, as shown in "Maces and Talons, Part 2". Heather's weapon is a double axe that is able to fold at the end. She prefers close combat, so she can stare at her enemies in the eye, as stated in "Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 1" and "Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 2". However, her skills appear to be inferior to that of Viggo Grimborn and Krogan.
  • Dragon Training and Riding: Even with very little time spent on Berk, Heather picked up on Dragon Training pretty quickly, as all the dragons have taken a liking to her. Even though she wasn't very fast, she was also capable of flying with Stormfly. Her skills have improved by Dragons: Race to the Edge, with her training her own dragon, Windshear.
  • Intelligence: She is shown to be pretty clever to come up with a great lie to fool everyone. She even came up with ideas to escape from prison in "Heather Report, Part 2". She was also able to beat Fishlegs Ingerman in the game Maces and Talons three times in a row in "Gold Rush".
  • Crafting: Heather seems to have a bit knowledge of arts and crafts as she gave Hiccup advice on how to increase Toothless' speed with a shorter connecting rod. In "Heather Report, Part 1", she also made her own battle axe and was able to create her own armor from Windshear's scales. In "Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 1", she most likely built Windshear's saddle as well.
  • Berserk: When she was younger, Heather didn't display any tendencies. These traits began to appear after Dagur's attack. She seemed to enjoy fighting more than before. This and the loss of her family have also made Heather a bit unstable, though not dangerously so. Heather admitted to Astrid she was afraid that she had the same Berserker insanity as her brother, but Astrid assured her she was nothing like Dagur in "To Heather or Not to Heather".
  • Cooking: Heather is revealed to be an excellent cook. Tuffnut Thorston himself cannot get enough of her yak-chops. She appears to have taken over preparing meals for the gang as of "To Heather or Not to Heather".
  • Singing: Heather is an excellent singer. She was the only one Garffiljorg did not blast with amber.

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Appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • Like Heather's modern non-Norse appearance, her name is also historically incorrect. Heather is a Middle English name and it didn't exist until centuries after the Viking era.
  • Heather is the first adoptive child in the franchise]].
    • In the book series, it's Fishlegs who is the adopted descendant of the Berserkers.
  • Due to a large number of patches on her clothes when she's first introduced, it is possible Heather comes from a poor island. She is the only character with patched and torn clothing that is not a villain.
  • A piece of Heather's concept art is seen at in the end credits of Dragons: Riders of Berk from "Heather Report, Part 1" to "We Are Family, Part 2".
  • Heather is the only female Berserker ever seen until "Something Rotten on Berserker Island".
  • Heather is the only original character who did not return in Dragons: Defenders of Berk. However, she returned in Race to the Edge.
    • It was rumored that Heather would return in Dragons: Defenders of Berk and train a Scauldron named Spout. This was later proved to be untrue. Though this might have been an early idea for "Free Scauldy".
  • Heather and Eret, Son of Eret, from How to Train Your Dragon 2, share some similarities as both characters worked for either the antagonists respectively when they met the Dragon Riders. But their allegiance to the antagonists was not out of loyalty, and both characters would join the Riders in defeating the respective antagonists. Coincidentally enough, both also have black hair.
  • In School of Dragons, she narrates the Skrill's bio at the Hatchery, instead of Gobber like the other dragons. She also says she would like to test how strong its electricity is. This could be a hint about her origins.
  • Heather is the first Dragon Rider not originally from Berk.
  • Heather's shoulder guards in her later appearances are similar to the ones Dagur used to wear (Dagur wears one layer on his right shoulder and four layers on his left, while Heather wears one layer on her left shoulder and three on her right).
  • Heather's return is similar to Valka's in How to Train Your Dragon 2:
    • Their first impressions indicate they might be villains.
    • Both are masked attacking raiders.
    • Both of their dragons are in the Sharp Class.
  • Heather and Astrid have a lot in common by Dragons: Race to the Edge.
    • Their appearances are very similar, enough so that Astrid was able to trick almost everyone into thinking she was Heather by simply dying her hair.
    • Their dragons are in the Sharp Class, before the Deadly Nadder's]reclassification. They also both have specific favored food.
    • They are the only female Dragon Riders that have the same gender of dragons.
    • They both wear shoulder guards; Astrid's each come in five layers on both shoulders, while Heather's come in three layers on one shoulder and one layer on the other.
    • Their weapon of choice is an axe and they are able to hold their own in battle.
    • Have experienced a loss that motivated them (Heather lost her adoptive parents, Astrid lost her uncle.)
    • Each possesses a memento from one of their parents. (Heather her horn and Dragon Eye lens and Astrid her old axe which belonged to her mother).
    • They are both second-in-command. Heather to her brother Dagur and Astrid to her betrothed Hiccup.
  • Heather and Hiccup have a lot in common as well.
    • Their fathers were both tribal chiefs, although Dagur is the heir of the Berserkers, not Heather.
    • Each possesses a memento from one of their parents. (Heather has her horn and Dragon Eye lens and Hiccup his toy).
    • They have both lived significant portions of their life in isolation from people. In Hiccup's case, he was treated as the village pariah before the events of the first movie. In Heather's case, she was one of the sole survivors of her home's destruction, spending her life as a vigilante for justice, raiding Dagur's ships on Windshear.
    • They have each suffered the loss of one or more parents.
    • They both have green eyes and dark hair, and ride dragons with green eyes as well.
    • They are both pretty reserved characters, often choosing to figure things out or solve problems on their own instead of asking their friends for help.
    • They both rely more on their intelligence than physical strength to accomplish their goals and get what they want. In Hiccup, this can be seen through his ability to design and build whatever he needs to complete a task and through his strategic brilliance as a leader and fighter. In Heather, this can be seen through her ability to manipulate people to her advantage.
    • They are both highly skilled at Maces and Talons.
    • They both share close relationships with Astrid and Fishlegs, having a romantic relationship with one (Astrid in Hiccup's case and Fishlegs in Heather's case), while having a platonic relationship with the other (Fishlegs in Hiccup's case and Astrid in Heather's case).
    • They are both treated as siblings by Dagur. Dagur tends to refer to Hiccup as his "brother", while Heather is actually Dagur's sister. Both Hiccup and Heather refer to Dagur as their brother as well.
  • Heather also shares two small similarities with Gustav Larson.
    • They pet their dragons on different sides while facing the Riders in the same direction.
    • They are also both DreamWorks Dragons original characters.
  • Heather is similar to Fishlegs' book counterpart.
    • Both were separated from their birth families, have an accessory from their parents, and have some relation to being Berserk (Heather is originally from the Berserker Tribe and Fishlegs is a Berserker from his mother's side). Both also have a family member who is or was one of Berk's greatest enemies.
  • Heather is the female equivalent of Hroar from the comic books.
    • Their first impressions indicate they might be villains. Although Hroar ends up being a real villain, unlike Heather who was merely pretending.
    • Both have ulterior motives they are hiding behind the actions they are putting on.
    • Both 'accidentally' end up on Berk and are secretly working for the Outcasts.
  • Even though her Dragon Rider avatar is aged up in School of Dragons, her alchemist one is not.
  • According to Richard Hamilton, there is a slight chance that Heather might appear in their graphic novels, which take place after the second film.
  • Heather is the first female character that wasn't written by director Dean DeBlois. The second and third being Mala and Atali respectively.
  • Unlike Mala and Atali, Heather is not the heir to the throne of her tribe despite being a former chief's daughter.
    • She is Dagur's second-in-command instead.
  • Heather shares some similarities with Asami Sato from The Legend of Korra television series.
    • In appearance, both have green eyes, black hair, and light skin color.
    • Both have a female best friend with blue eyes.
    • Both of them have deceased parents.
v - e - d Characters
Dragon Riders
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III | Astrid Hofferson | Snotlout Jorgenson | Fishlegs Ingerman | Ruffnut Thorston | Tuffnut Thorston
Dragons
Toothless | Stormfly | Hookfang | Meatlug | Barf and Belch | Windshear
Hooligans
Stoick the Vast | Gobber The Belch | Spitelout Jorgenson | Gothi | Gustav Larson | Mulch | Bucket | Silent Sven | Mrs. Larson | Magnus | Agnut Thorston | Brenda Ingerman | Brant Ingerman | Shrug Ingerman | Fearless Finn Hofferson
Outcast Tribe
Alvin the Treacherous | Savage | Mildew
Berserker Tribe
Dagur The Deranged | Heather | Oswald the Agreeable | Berserker Herald | Vorg | Ansson
Dragon Hunters
Johann | Viggo Grimborn | Ryker Grimborn | Dragon Hunter Commander | Fight Master Harek | Cleve | Jarg
Defenders of the Wing
Mala | Throk
Dragon Flyers
Krogan | Flyer Leader | Mr. Murderous Pile of Yak Dung
Wingmaidens
Atali | Minden | Nadia
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