Chapter 22: Dealing with the Defenders
Tropes That Appear In This Chapter:
- Contrived Coincidence: After an entire fic's worth of build-up, the riders and Dagur wind up bumping into each other by pure coincidence at the Grimborn's abandoned camp.
- For Want Of A Nail: While Valka knowing the Defenders is irrelevant as far as Berk is concerned, here it's a plot point. Because Valka and Mala know each other, she is able to give Hiccup a code that Mala would understand, circumventing all of the misunderstandings that happen over the course of "Defenders of the Wing, Part 1" and "Part 2".
- I Know You Know I Know: When the riders find the hunter camp Mala had been tailing, they find it completely empty, with a note addressed to Mala from Viggo that says "Nice Try."
- Missed Him by That Much: Drago's war-ship invades Caldera Cay after the riders leave it to continue their search for the kids.
- The Password Is Always "Swordfish": The word that convinces Mala that Hiccup really was sent by Valka is "parsley."
