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Where did Drago come from?

Posted: 05 Sep 2014, 19:18
by Pikey
LawOfTheSeas
05 Sep 2014, 23:07
Pikey
05 Sep 2014, 17:30
Well that's way more in-depth than I'll ever think about in this topic, though I don't really think we be troubled over it being historically inaccurate, it is about dragons after all.
Mhmmmhmhmmhmhdragonsmhmmhmhm... :ermm:

I suppose you are right. They weren't going for historical (or even probably geographic) accuracy. But still.
Haha, I didn't mean it as in a bad thing. :P

It's quite impressive actually. 8)

Where did Drago come from?

Posted: 06 Sep 2014, 02:13
by MartianArchaeologist
Toothlessnightfury wrote an absolutely brilliant analysis of this very subject. Thank you Sir!

http://toothlessnightfury.blogspot.com/ ... shion.html


Also I was wondering why some of his crew had French accents. I think they're Franks.


Here's the world at that time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_1000.jpg

Here's where Berk is in the books:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrides

And here is an idea on where the series might end in the movies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson
"old world" vs. "new world"

Ooo. Much to think about.

Where did Drago come from?

Posted: 06 Sep 2014, 02:32
by LawOfTheSeas
MartianArchaeologist
06 Sep 2014, 06:13
Toothlessnightfury wrote an absolutely brilliant analysis of this very subject. Thank you Sir!

http://toothlessnightfury.blogspot.com/ ... shion.html


Also I was wondering why some of his crew had French accents. I think they're Franks.


Here's the world at that time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_1000.jpg

Here's where Berk is in the books:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrides

And here is an idea on where the series might end in the movies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson
"old world" vs. "new world"

Ooo. Much to think about.
Some had the theory that the reason why Night Furies are so rare is because they are from North America. Just a little theory...

Where did Drago come from?

Posted: 07 Sep 2014, 05:39
by HTTYD PT
i think is like from germany nazi :blink:

Where did Drago come from?

Posted: 07 Sep 2014, 12:18
by VeloYourSwaggyDragon
HTTYD PT RIC
07 Sep 2014, 09:39
i think is like from germany nazi :blink:
The events of HtTYD occurred around the beginning of the 1000's. Nazi Germany was in the 1900's. Plus he was said to come from "some far away land"; not sure if the modern-day German region counts as "far away".

Where did Drago come from?

Posted: 07 Sep 2014, 16:46
by TheEleventhViking
I would think he came from somewhere down in south Europe, somewhere around the mediterranean. The sun on his belt might symbolize that he comes from a place far from what we see as the viking-world.
I think his army consists of slavic folkgroups and the sami people (which I also think Eret is from). Because of this I think he may have climbed up East-Europe, and then down the Scandinavian peninsula, where he gathered the sami people. From there he went by boat up to Svalbard, where Valka is. :drago:

My theory ;)

Where did Drago come from?

Posted: 07 Sep 2014, 18:41
by Pikey
HTTYD PT RIC
07 Sep 2014, 09:39
i think is like from germany nazi :blink:
I really hope you're not serious. Not to come off as rude but I really, really hope you're kidding. :huh:

Where did Drago come from?

Posted: 08 Sep 2014, 01:17
by MartianArchaeologist
More good info. Thanks much! As I said, the Pattern Recognition Engine(TM) has started working on Movie 3, and Drago is an important piece here.

Where did Drago come from?

Posted: 08 Sep 2014, 01:22
by MartianArchaeologist
TheEleventhViking
07 Sep 2014, 20:46
I would think he came from somewhere down in south Europe, somewhere around the mediterranean. The sun on his belt might symbolize that he comes from a place far from what we see as the viking-world.
I think his army consists of slavic folkgroups and the sami people (which I also think Eret is from). Because of this I think he may have climbed up East-Europe, and then down the Scandinavian peninsula, where he gathered the sami people. From there he went by boat up to Svalbard, where Valka is. :drago:

My theory ;)
And a good one at that.

(Wondering if the French-accent people were Saxons instead of Franks, mixed in with Slavs and Sami)

Where did Drago come from?

Posted: 08 Sep 2014, 07:25
by Cartoon Freak
This question's a bit tangential, but it does relate to the topic: is there actually anything in the films or TV series that confirms that they take place on Earth (well, an alternate Earth, but you get the idea)? Offhand, I think the books have plenty of moments that confirm this, but I can't think of anything for the film-verse.

I'm just saying that it's possible that we're thinking about this all wrong in trying to pin Drago to a real-world location.