Stoick the Vast

Stoick was a big man, with green eyes and long red hair. Towering over most Vikings, his presence alone demonstrated the might of the Berkian chief. Like almost all Viking men, he had a very large and muscular figure with barely visible freckles (a trait that his son inherited), and his hair in a thick braid in the back. The trend of braiding carried on his beard which was intricate in its many strands. His usual attire consisted of a large fur cloak draped over his shoulder, a dark green tunic from shoulder to knee, metal shoulder pads, a chainmail skirt with striped pantaloons, and fur boots. On his head he wears a large horned helmet that is supposedly crafted from half of Valka's breastplate. He also wore rounded-spiked braces around his wrists. During his appearances in the TV series, Stoick doesn’t wear his cloak. He also has pauldrons beneath his shoulder pads.

In the second film, he altered his beard to have the front portion tied to one knot in front of the rest of it, and his hair had begun noticeably to be going grey. He maintains his previous look's former features, having a brown fur cape, with the exception of his spiked wrist covers being made of fur instead of leather, green strings wrapped around and spikes that resembles teeth of some kind.

In the flashback scenes of second and third films, a younger Stoick, aged 30-36, is shown with a thinner beard, having just two locks tied together to form one big beard fockle. Secondly, he wore a slightly different fur cover up, with a larger chest gap, showing more of his chainmail tunic and covering more of the top of his arms. The color was brown in the second film, while black in the third. Finally, his helmet consists of four thinner horns, with two long at the bottom and two smaller above.

Stoick had a strong sense of responsibility and took pride in being a chief; he always tried his best to keep Berk peaceful and safe. As a father, he was the epitome of both stubbornness and caring. In the episode, "How to Pick Your Dragon", he commented that he had spent his entire life on Berk and was determined to make it a better place. He had been trying to look for a reliable and suitable chief to run the village when it was his time to step down, as seen in "Cast Out, Part 1" and the second film when he said that Hiccup would be a great chief. But as a chief, he adhered to certain "Viking ways" at times, believing that it was better for the village. Stoick's predominant motto was always that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, and thus was a firm but fair ruler.

This, however, also gave him the flaw of being rather close-minded and inflexible, with a strong lack of perspective. He tended to do things the straightforward, "Viking way" and dismiss alternatives, even if it was ultimately detrimental. Furthermore, he was extremely stubborn and head-strong, making it difficult for others to change his mind when set on a certain course. He was easily emotionally riled up, which often lead him to make uninformed decisions, ignoring the advice of even those he trusted the most. This mindset almost cost him most of his tribe's warriors when he decided to use Toothless to find the dragons' nest, ignoring Hiccup's warnings. Nevertheless, he was shown to be able to listen and take advice, including using it when needed.

However, the area where his stubbornness and rigidity did the most damage was his relationship with his son. Though he cared deeply for Hiccup, to the point of being overprotective (due to Valka's presumed death), his inability to adapt rendered him incapable in connecting with Hiccup.

His patriotic ways also at times led him to act uncaring of Hiccup's opinion and callous towards his feelings. Most of their conversations consisted of Stoick talking, and Hiccup usually unable to get a word in edgeways.

While his years as chief had taught him to deal with certain matters tactfully, when it came to the more delicate elements, Stoick had little in the way of emotional intelligence. He often said hurtful or offensive things without realizing their effects. Again, his son suffered the brunt of this. He didn't notice Hiccup’s wounding when talking about his years of being "the worst Viking Berk had ever seen", nor the time when he openly agreed that Bucket's much more muscular depiction of Hiccup was how a chief's son should look.

Stoick's personality had developed significantly during the first season of DreamWorks Dragons: The Series. He was at first still uncomfortable with the dragons, and in "In Dragons We Trust" he actually banished them from the island, and he remained relatively untrusting towards Hiccup. All of this changed as the series progressed. His relationship with his son steadily improved, and Stoick became more and more willing to trust Hiccup's advice.

Stoick's idea of dragons changes dramatically after he trains one of his own. Initially, he was willing to order a dragon to be killed just because it was on a rampage. That began to change after training Thornado, and quickly rushing to Toothless aid even when the whole village disagreed with him. He was extremely attached to his own dragon and was willing to risk war with Dagur the Deranged for the sake of the dragons on Berk, preparing to attack Dagur to stop him from killing Barf and Belch. He also treated them more like people than enemies as shown when he walked up to the Alpha Speed Stinger in "Frozen", and asked him, "Remember me?" as if he was talking to a human enemy, and referred to it as “him” when he ordered the Dragon Riders to get it off Berk.

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