Whenever Hiccup needs some alone time, he'll take one of his father's journals that survived Grimmels fire and climb New Berk's mountain. Once he's as high as he can safely get, he'll sit down and read the journal. He likes to imagine he's having one last conversation with his dad.
The journal is full of entries from after his mom disappeared and Stoick trying to figure out how to care child on his own. The final entry is about Hiccup's battle and recovery from the Red Death from a terrified father's POV. The final words on the last page are "I am proud to be Hiccup's father. I will die before I let anyone, even myself, tell him otherwise. He is the Pride of Berk and the Pride in my heart."
On the back, etched into the leather are some of Hiccup's milestones; first steps, first fire (a nasty accident turned fond memory), helping Gobber in the forge, sitting next to his father at a meeting, and flying Toothless.
The journal used to make Hiccup sob with grief and pain, but now he smiles. The grief is still there, but it's manageable. It reminds him that his father loved him.
How is New Berk supposed to work? Because it's an island that's only meant to be accessible by dragons, right? Which means it's high, very high. And sure, they do end up building docks (I think you see them in either the wedding scene or Homecoming? I think the wedding scene) but how efficient is that?
The docks are for traders to trade their wares and merchants to sell theirs and for their fishermen and voyagers. Even if they do build walkways and stairs and such, are you telling me that crates of fish, barrels of wine and whatever and other heavy objects are brought up those walksways and stairs and back down again? Scaling the entire cliffside of New Berk? Without the help of dragons?
on another note, can we talk about new berk and its accessibility?
this island is only accessible by dragons. which makes kind of sense initially? berk is fleeing from grimmel and searching for the hidden world, so they make camp in a place inaccessible to grimmel and his sea-faring armada. however, grimmel is later revealed to have an airship and he has the deathgrippers. so he'd have a way to go there anyway.
no matter what, they decide to make camp on this island extending all the way into the clouds and eventually stay there and make it into new berk. the only thing is that hiccup decides to part ways with all the dragons at the end of the movie. which means without dragons they successfully got themselves stuck on top of this gigantic rock plateau.
and by the epilogue, they found a way to access the sea but i don't think it was a fun endeavor to build a port over there.
Who Became the New Inhabitants of Old Berk After the Berkians Left? (HTTYD 3)
Hello, everyone! Welcome to another HTTYD article. Today will begin one of my few HTTYD 3 articles that I plan on doing. But this'll also tie into my Alvin-cum-Outcasts series.
So what happened to Old Berk after the Berkians left? Somebody would've had to have occupied it at some point. However, this is assuming that the Berkians haven't kept their claim on Old Berk and still have it as part of their territories.
Of course, perhaps the remains of the Northern Alliance had taken it over. But I highly doubt the other Viking Tribes would've tolerated their presence in their waters.
It's possible that the Berserkers or some other Tribe took it over after the Berkians left. Someone who's geographically close to Berk or had a close relationship with Berk.
Or it's possible Berk was abandoned for a time, and then maybe some future settlers came to live on it much later — assuming, of course, it wasn't abandoned indefinitely or even permanently.
If we follow the Books, the Berkians, of course, NEVER left Berk, even after the dragons left. Even if they did, I'm sure the Meatheads would've taken Berk over due to being just a skip across the pond.
However, I propose a plausible candidate who took over Berk after the Berkians' migration:
The Outcasts!
It is my headcanon, and theory, that it was the Outcasts who eventually inherited Old Berk from the Hooligans/Berkians. I mean, the Outcasts have to find some sort of land at some point.
I mean, LOOK AT THIS! Outcast Island is dreary, gloomy, barren, dry; full of rocks, crags, and dragons; and is volcanic in nature. You literally can't scrounge any sort of prosperity and survivability from this island.
It's only useful for one purpose: a military base-cum-outpost for raiding and pillaging passing ships and nearby islands.
There's the Loki tree which is common on the island and is often used as some form of caulking and chalking agent. It's also used for charcoal. It is malodorous in nature and is able to thrive in dry and barren places. It is possible that it smells terrible due to the volcanic environment it's in, having a sulfuric scent.
There's also the Ice Tail Pike, which only can be found on Outcast Island (which is strange when you think about it since there's no ice anywhere on the island). I highly doubt it's "rare" though — there's so much of them.
So the Outcasts basically have to get their food from the sea, any raids they conduct on other islands or any ships they plunder, and if they're lucky, trade from Johann (which is odd in and of itself). I haven't seen any livestock on there. And it's been mentioned and implied in several episodes that Outcasts also eat dragon eggs a lot, and maybe dragons themselves — proof of the desperate measures they must take to sustain themselves.
After they ally themselves with Berk to defeat Dagur in "Cast Out," however, things change, and Alvin and Stoick are able to resolve their past grievances and restore their lost friendship.
In RTTE, the second time we see them, they come to Berk's aid and protect Berk while the Dragon Riders fly to Vanaheim and Stoick is... recovering from his battle injuries. Honestly, if Alvin wasn't reformed, this would've been the best opportunity to take over Berk for himself with Stoick incapacitated and the Riders absent from Berkian skies. But c'est la vie. 🤷♂️😌
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if, during this time or some other situation or another, Stoick and Alvin came to an agreement that should anything happen to Stoick and Hiccup, or if the Berkians are forced to leave Berk, Alvin and the Outcasts could take Berk for themselves.
I mean, you say their island. They obviously need an island on which they can lead a more normal livelihood and also gain wives and sire the next generation (because I have no idea how they'll be able to keep their numbers up if they don't).
Of course, it may be that the Outcasts have grown so used to their life on Outcast Island that they don't have any inclination to move elsewhere. If so, then I could see them extensively trading with Berk and other traders for the goods that they need. 🤷♂️
But I can't see Alvin's desire for Berk dissipating just because he's reformed. I'm sure he still has ambitions for "something more." Berk would be a great additional island for them. Even if they just use Berk as a home for their families and various craftsmen and farmers, and place some defences and dragons to protect Berk, whilst remaining on Outcast Island, the ends are still achieved.
Yes, Alvin, it's good to be back on the shores of Berk! 😁
What do you guys think happened to Old Berk after the third film?
I hope you enjoyed this article. Thank you for reading. See you next time!
Since New Berk seems to be more lush than Old Berk as well as in a different climate, do you have a wider variety of wildlife? Are there more plants and Animals?
"There are, actually! Fishlegs is still working on cataloguing them all, I help where I can though. We've spotted some new types of birds, quite a few different types of plants as well. Some new types of river fish...but otherwise it's very similar as what was on Old Berk. The climate isn't very different, though. We flew straight west, so thankfully we didn't have adjust to different weather than what we are used to."
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NEW BERK | HTTYD FAN-FICT | RE-POST!
HEADS UP: Hey guys, this is a repost of my fan-fict I wrote a day ago and posted here. Wanted to see how it’ll do on AO3.
Blog Post Series: How To Be an AO3 Writer XD
Title of Fict: Your Life is Made Up the Everyday
Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon (Movies), How to Train Your Dragon (TV Series), Hiccstrid - Fandom
Relationships: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III/Astrid Hofferson, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III & Astrid Hofferson, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III & Snotlout Jorgenson, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III & Zephyr Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III/Toothless
Characters: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Astrid Hofferson, Zephyr Haddock, Snotlout Jorgenson, Spitelout Jorgenson, Fishlegs Ingerman
Premise:
Its been 5 years since Hiccup, Astrid and their children went to meet Toothless at the tip of the Hidden World. Zephyr is now older. An intelligent, strong-willed viking pre-teen. With her father's brains and mother's brawn, she traverses the great island for new discoveries. Unfortunately, there is only so much to discover within the thickets and forests of New Berk. Things have fallen stale, and the child wonders if that is all there is about the world.
