(You made me curious so I tried to see if I could find anything, according to one source the most civilized version sort of resembled modern day trials, however I don't know the credibility of the source.) -------------------------- Fishlegs stood before the crowd, he cleared his throat, "Chie...

Toothless went up to the prisoner and sniffed him. Hiccup watched intently to see what Toothless would do. Dragons are a better judge of character than humans. The prisoner looked at Toothless with amazement; Toothless purred. Hiccup knew he would take this into consideration when deciding the verdi...

"Don't hurt him," the prisoner called after Astrid with concern in his voice. "This is New Berk, all dragons are welcome here," Hiccup consoled the prisoner. "Deathgrippers have a bad reputation," the prisoner sighed, "I always have to double check." ---------...

"Not at all," Ruffnut smiled. Hiccup sighed, "Astrid, could you go find the Deathgripper for me?" He lowered his voice, "I would do it myself believe me, but of course I have this wonderful trial that I must attend." Meanwhile Cadell had found the Deathgripper. He just ...

"You mean we crafted a crafty plan," Ruffnut corrected her brother. Hiccup ignored Ruffnut, "A Deathgripper?" he asked Tuffnut in alarm. "My dragon," the prisoner said casually, "Don't worry he's friendly, unless you try to hurt him, or someone he's close to."...

When Hiccup made it to the Great Hall, the place the trial was being held, he and Toothless had to push through a small crowd that had gathered. As he went he could hear things such as, "What are the twins doing now?" or "Who is that?" not to mention frequent use of the word &quo...

(@BooksAreLikeDragons Okay. )

He motioned for Toothless to follow him before turning to Magin and Lucretia, "You guys can come if you want but I'll warn you, with the twins involved it's sure to be nothing but yak dung," he told them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

(@BooksAreLikeDragons Thanks! )
Hiccup nearly fell out of his chair before he realized who it was. "Yeah Astrid, I'm here, what's up?" he called.

(I think so, that's what I was planning anyways.)