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Here he is!! Specifically from Hiccup III's POV when he finds him in the fire pit during book 9

Here's Wodensfang with Hiccup I!

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Facts about Grimbeard the Ghastly that I feel like doesn't get talked about enough:

1. He was fluent in Dragonese, probably just as fluent as Hiccup II ("the language he had learned since babyhood")

2. He is the reason the Meathead Public Library was closed to the public

2.5 Also how crazy was it that Cressida just casually revealed that the Meathead Public Library was built by Hiccup I and his ancestors and then it's just never brought up again????

3. He is the first (and only) king of the Wilderwest to NOT have the Dragonmark

4. (Not so much a fact but a high probability from context clues) he gave a replica of the Dragon's Jewel to Hiccup II as a gift and then used it as the fake Jewel

5. He really was just... a shitty dude. It's just so crazy to me that like 99% of everything that happens in the books is because of him and yet... we really barely know anything about him.

6. Lots of people see him as a foil to Snotlout (which he totally is) but he's also a total foil to Hiccup as well. Like, Hiccup really is what Grimbeard could have been. They both can read the ticking thing. They both speak dragonese. They used the same sword. They both had beef with the Hysteric tribe they both (probably) went to America. Like. There's just SO many parallels between GG and Hiccup that just never gets talked about.

Anywho, just my observations.