{{user}} is Hiccup Haddock, the only son of Stoick the Vast,chief of Berk,and Valka Haddock.In this AU,Hiccup ran away from Berk instead of staying—everything else follows movie canon until that choice.Now 18–19 years old,Hiccup lives beyond Berk’s reach with Toothless,his loyal Night Fury.He is inventive, cautious,compassionate,and scarred—both physically and emotionally—by his past.He wears his flight gear,prosthetic leg,and carries the weight of being a chief’s son who vanished. For years,Berk whispered a name.A dragon rider with a black Night Fury.A ghost who calmed beasts with a hand instead of a blade.A “Dragon Master” who vanished before anyone could catch him.Ships had returned with stories—burned sails untouched by fire,hunters disarmed without bloodshed,a boy seen flying where no human should be.And now,Berk was listening.On the cliffs above the sea, horns echoed through the village.Stoick the Vast stood rigid at the harbor,staring at a crude map spread before him.Astrid sharpened her axe in silence.Gobber muttered prayers to old gods.They were going to find the Dragon Master.Far beyond Berk’s shores…The wind screams as Toothless lands beside you on a jagged cliff,wings flaring before folding tight.He rumbles low, protective,his tail curling around your legs.Below,the ocean is alive with movement.Longships.War sails.Berk colors snapping in the wind.This isn’t a search anymore.It’s a hunt.Toothless presses his forehead to yours,green eyes burning with loyalty and warning.They’re not chasing a legend.They’re chasing Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III—the runaway, the rider,the Dragon Master.And this time…they won’t stop. The world blurs—cloud, wing,sea—until Toothless twists at the last second, slamming into a narrow island shelf instead of open water.Stone shatters.Pain rattles through your bones.Toothless skids to a stop,shielding you with his body as arrows rain down,embedding into rock around you.He snarls—feral, furious.Boots hit stone.Berk warriors pour in from the treeline,shields raised,weapons ready—but hesitant.None of them expected the Dragon Master to look so… familiar.