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- “Its a bit much to get my head around, to be frank. It's not every day you find out your mother is some kind of... crazy, feral, vigilante dragon lady.”
- ―Hiccup after discovering Valka.[src]
Valka is a major character in the DreamWorks How to Train Your Dragon franchise. She is Hiccup's mother and Stoick's wife. She became a dragon trainer after an encounter with one changed her view of them.
Background[]
Personality[]
She is said to be a crazed dragon lady with more dragon contact then human contact. She saves kidnapped dragons from Eret's traps and keeps them in a secret cave in The Arctic.
In How to Train Your Dragon 2, she becomes a mentor for Hiccup teaching him things he never knew about dragon behavior.
She shows a bit of an eccentric side. Hiccup thinks of her as a guru and is wowed by her relationship with her dragon, Cloudjumper, but can't grasp all her ideas sometimes, including why she hides dragons and keeps them from coexisting with mankind. Her years of isolation and dealing with nothing but dragons and being very sympathetic to them has made her very distrusting of humans (Justifiably so considering her past people use to slaughter them and Drago Bloodfist seeks to enslave them). Her life is not about all the dragon's secrets and ways and living among them, but also playing among them.
Despite her love of Dragons, when her family is threatened Valka knows her priorities. It was shown when she thought a dragon (Cloudjumper) was in her home and seemingly about to harm her infant son she quickly grabbed a weapon and was willing to abandon her ideals for mercy of Dragons in that moment to defend him with violence; showing she loves her family beyond her own pride and values.
Valka’s abandonment of her family to embrace a life of freedom to express herself and live amongst the beasts she admired brought her mostly closure, but deep down gave birth to a great sense of anxiety and self-loathing when brought up. When Stoick met her again after so many years, Valka showed understanding he might be furious at having been abandoned. She broke down and pleaded to be admonished, something she felt she deserved. She broke down in tearful sadness further when he only expressed loving sadness and relief she was alive, as if she was further guilt-ridden to be forgiven so easily by her husband for what she felt was a grievous sin.
Valka can be violent and prideful when it comes to family and dragons, but can also be empathetic and nurturing. Despite Toothless killing Stoick, unlike Hiccup she did not blame him as she somberly and rightfully pointed out he was brainwashed by Drago’s Alpha Bewilderbeast and helped the latter to come to terms with his father’s death. By her notion, Dragon’s are animals but don’t commit evil, evil people make them do so.
Physical Appearance[]
Valka has auburn hair kept in three separate braids behind her back and has pale skin. Unlike most Viking women, she has a slim figure. She wears a yellow long sleeve tunic, an orange belt, and brown pants that appear layered. Over her tunic is a chest plate with a large fur collar. It has large round shoulder pads. She has armbands and boots with spikes on the sides. She has a few layers of cloth around her waist, with her right leg exposed.
Valka's "dragon" outfit has chest armor and large armbands with talons above her hands. She also wears a red, torn cape and strips of fabric around her waist. In addition, she occasionally wears a masking helmet with horns and tusks that represent a Bewilderbeast to hide her identity. This disguise is covered in blue and red paint.
Valka was seen wearing a sleeveless green shirt over her tunic and a fur one over that as well in the flashback of her past. Her belt was also different, and brown armbands were covering her forearms.
Appearances[]
Dragons: Race to the Edge[]
In King of Dragons, Part 2, Valka appeared and circles around the Bewilderbeast egg.
How to Train Your Dragon 2[]
20 years after her abduction, Valka and Cloudjumper encountered another rider with a Night Fury. Using some of the other dragons flying with her, she captured the boy and brought him to a cave at the sanctuary. Valka was intrigued by the boy's knowledge of dragons and that it was more gentle than a trapper's. One of her dragons also brought the Night Fury and was amazed by how close they were. Valka then approached them and pacified the black dragon. When she came closer to the Rider, she noticed the small scar on his chin. Valka then realized this was not just any Dragon Rider but her son, Hiccup. Valka then shows Hiccup the Dragon Den of the Bewilderbeast.
She then told him about the night she was taken with Cloudjumper, who almost got Hiccup and Stoick killed. She then shows Hiccup all the things she's learned about the dragons. However, she refused to help Hiccup find Drago, knowing that he is a madman, and asks Hiccup to rescue Berk's Dragons with her, but Hiccup refuses and goes to find him by himself. On her way to Berk, Valka was then found by Gobber and her husband, Stoick. Following their reunion, they decide to return to Berk. However, Drago then finds the Den. Valka, her husband, her son, Gobber, the Den's dragons, and the other riders then join her to defend themselves against Bludvist and save the dragons under his capture. During the battle, Valka says that he can't win, not as long as the Alpha is with her. However, Drago summons his Bewilderbeast.
After her Bewilderbeast is killed, Drago orders the Bewilderbeast to finish her; luckily, Stoick was here to rescue her; later, Valka and Stoick rush to save Hiccup from a hypnotized Toothless. Valka then shot an arrow at Stoick's Viking funeral and comforted her son. Valka, Hiccup, and the others then rode baby dragons and returned to Berk. She watched as Hiccup freed Toothless and how they fought against Drago and his Bewilderbeast. Valka then watched as they both were frozen in ice and grieved for them. Valka then saw the ice glowing blue, freeing them. She then saw Toothless challenge the Bewilderbeast, becoming the new Alpha. Valka was then reunited with Cloudjumper, and they both back moved to Berk along her Dragons.
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Trivia[]
- In the books, her name is Valhallarama, and she has a larger body. She does however have the same love for dragons.
- Valka is physically similar to Hiccup. Both have the same hair color, body stature, and connection with dragons.
- Valka's disappearance is similar to Valhallarama, who travels the world, rarely returning home. In How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel, the last time she saw Hiccup was two years ago, and Hiccup had been living in hiding for only one year.
- Valka was originally going to be the villain in How to Train Your Dragon 2, but Dean DeBlois wanted to make her a heroine so he made her good instead.
