HTTYD/RTTE AU/headcanon/theory/idea thing
Okay okay so we know Ryker and Viggo right? How Viggo inherited the business from their grandfather? Because of that, we donāt actually know who their father or mother is, let alone if they have uncles or aunts. Though in assuming they do because they have a canon cousin whose name I cannot remember. This leads me to the idea of what if Grimmel was their uncle?
Not father or grandfather (that wouldnāt make sense since weāre assuming their grandfather died well before RTTE).
I say this because he kinda reminds me of Viggo. Even Hiccup when Eret told him how Grimmel hunts said āweāve dealt with his kind beforeā definitely referencing Viggo. But he reminds me of Viggo because of how much of a strategist he is. Though how he is also kind of like Ryker in a way. Like Viggo, he focused on drawing Hiccup out and estimating everything, even trying to be at least one step ahead. But he also pushed things like Ryker. Viggo never went as far to threaten Hiccupās friends (too much anyway) and focused on getting to Hiccup himself while Ryker would use any means necessary. Grimmel did both of these things.
A couple of other theories/ideas that also help with this AU:
The idea that Toothless isnāt the last Night Fury, or at least that Grimmel wasnāt the one that killed all of them single-handedly
The thought that Night Furies are pack hunters which is why Toothless was even on Berk to begin with, he was following the other dragons
The only reason I donāt think Toothless was the last/Grimmel didnāt single-handedly kill the Night Furies is because of the idea of them being pack hunters. Powerful dragons like a Night Fury being pack hunters would make it incredibly difficult to kill all of them easily like Grimmel claims he did.
The reason this ties in is because I do not recall Viggo referring to Toothless as āthe last Night Furyā. Now if he did please let me know, but if he has it certainly wasnāt that much if I donāt remember him saying it at all. Not even Ryker, if I remember correctly, called him the last one. So the thought of Viggo and Ryker being sceptical of their uncle for supposedly ākilling all Night Furiesā is funny to me.
Oh and more evidence that itās unlikely Grimmel did kill all of them on his own is that Valka knew how to calculate Toothlessā age, so clearly sheās seen other Night Furies before. And based on that, she wouldāve had to be around BABY Night Furies to be able to accurately calculate age and notice the chin nubs like that.
Anyway the thought of Grimmel looking between Viggo and Ryker and going
Grimmel, hand on a young Viggoās shoulder: This is my nephew Viggo and his brother Ryker
Someone: Why doesnāt Ryker get the title of nephew?
Grimmel: I donāt like him