You know, with Hiccup bludgeoning a Driller Dragon to death in the previous book and the Stealth Dragon flattening the Hairy Scary Librarian (but not to death, we learned) I thought Verociously Violent would actually get killed by the axe when Norbert pushes him to catch it, but no, he just gets a scratch. (Fooled me by setting up the scene that Madguts, Nortbert and Gumboil were eating a deer raw with the mention of blood, "deer bits," and a liver)















