(Second Book of the "Fandom Discussions" Series)
A Book of Discussions, Theories, and Questions concerning the DreamWorks Dragons TV series and focuses solely on Riders of Berk, Defenders of Berk, and Race to the Edge. (Rescue Riders will not be inc...
So I know that there have been several people who've already discussed this topic, like, eons ago. Buuut I'm gonna do my own, because this is too interesting of a topic not to dive into and blowing it way out of proportion like one of Toothless's plasma blasts. LOL XD
Sorry to those who are wanting this old topic to just DIE already, and be water under the bridge and into the sea by now. But I need to scratch this itch. LOL XD
Please keep in mind that this article will be discussing the current timeline of HTTYD, not Hiccup's birth.
So the general consensus is that Hiccup was born around 995 AD, though there have been those advocating for a later period in favor of the dragons leaving Berk by 1060-1100 AD (which was technically the medium range of when the Viking Age ended, supposedly). This would mean that by HTTYD 1 would be around 1010 AD, which we see in a HTTYD short here:
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However, some would argue that this is based on the date that HTTYD 1 was in theaters and not a true date. By the end of HTTYD 3, it'd be 1025 AD, so meh. Of course, since most people don't accept that film as canon, then we can skip that little tidbit. The year 1060 would be when Hiccup is 65 years old, if we accept this as a canon date. Which would fit.
Btw, for your information, here's a fun fact for ya!
If Hiccup lived to 1100 AD, he'd be 105 years old!!! WOW!!! He'd be ANCIENT!!! O_O
Of course, since the Archipelago is isolated from the outside world (aside from what traders give them), there are those who'd argue that the population would continue on in their Viking ways, and the Viking Age would never truly end. Just with dragons.
But that's them. We're talking about the end of the conventional, historical Viking Age — the world isn't going to know about a population of Vikings that live on a half-frozen and isolated archipelago, so this doesn't count! XD
So for those of you who don't accept this time period, I'll give you a pretty neat alternative. ^_^
In Season... 5, I guess in RTTE? In episode 1, we see this scene where Johann tells them an interesting story I never thought would be mentioned.
(This was a veeeery old pin I posted on Pinterest.)
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I checked it out, and it turns out this happened during 811 AD. This means that this date could be anywhere from then to 830 AD. Which, if you look at the due dates of the How To Train Your Dragon book in the Books, it sorta fits.
Regardless if you support the "Traitor Johann Arc" or not, the fact remains that we don't know how recent this story is, or if this was an old story that he picked up that was decades ago. So the current HTTYD date could be anywhere from 811-850 AD, roughly. (Or it could be 1015 AD, LOL XD)
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Again, though, in the film, Hiccup states that Vikings have been killing dragons for "300 years". While this is more or less in a fantasy-like setting, the Viking characters themselves are quasi-historical, so it's unlikely that the 800s AD would make sense if it's been 300 years, since it's around the time of the end of the Viking Age, in the 1000s AD. That being said, though, this could easily be whatever you wish to be since this is a fantasy setting, and since this the Archipelago, the Viking Age could've lasted much longer than their European kin due to their isolation. Could've started SOONER for them as well, such as anywhere from 500-700 AD. And it could've ended much LATER as of 1200 AD.
We'll never know. So that'll be left up to us fans.
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For those of you who want a date from the BOOKS, well, I'll do that for ya! ^_^
The latest date on the book that Hiccup uses is 866 AD. Of course, since we don't know when it was since this book was last rented, the current date could be anywhere from 866 AD to 1000 AD.
But for those of you who are strong advocates of the "Dragons Leave Vikings at End of Viking Age" Camp, deducting the correct numbers, the current date of the first HTTYD book that Hiccup is in right now would be... anywhere between 995 AD (if deducted from 1060 AD) and 1035 AD (if deducted from 1100 AD), since Hiccup was 10 years old in the first book, and was 75/76 years old by the series' epilogue. That's assuming that he died around the time period of the Viking Age's decline, which was 1060-1100 AD.
So are you for the Film Timeline, the RTTE Timeline, or the Books Timeline? Or do you have your own timeline you follow?
Thank you for reading, my fellow Furians. I hope you enjoyed reading something old and redundant. See you in the next article!
