Hiccup is an outsider in his Viking village due to his clever observations and humor. When he befriends an injured dragon, he begins a secret double life. Astrid is tough and competitive, impressing others through determination. She becomes suspicious when Hiccup shows signs of his secret. The village includes Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Cobber the instructor, and Stoick the chief, who hopes dragon training will make a man out of his clever but misunderstood son, Hiccup. Fishlegs is large but not very bright.