I really like this story. But I really wish Hiccup had not died. It made it to bitter sweet.

Curse these romantic tragedies. The Greeks would be proud.

I realised a few paragraphs before it was even said that he was ill that he was about to die. I was tempted to not finish the story. My creative mind can easily picture in vivid detail a better outcome.

Even now my brain is trying to decide which ending to remember. If you hear of any flash floods where they don't belong then it's just me crying an ocean.

Bueno, espero que mis palabras te lleguen aunque sea en español.

Ambas historias son perfectas. Todas la emociones que alguien humano puede llegar a sentir están aquí y perfectamente detalladas. En estos días, he crecido gracias esta historia.

La verdad, mencionar cada momento sería hacer un texto extenso y no quiero aburrirte en mi idioma. Por lo que, sencillamente, quiero que sepas que has hecho muy feliz a alguien hoy y para siempre.

Amazing series, I have been completely addicted to it and it actually made me cry! Thank you for being such a devoted member of the fan fiction community and for creating stories that portray the characters in the way they deserve.

Damn. Your story was written quite masterfully, and while I'm not happy that you killed off so many main characters in the end, I can respect your decisions. That being said... BLAST YOU TO HEL FOR KILLING THE DISCIPLES OF LOKI! MAY THE GODS LOOK ON YOUR WORK AND TREMBLE!

...Adoncia’s razorwhip was male right? If it was it puts the sanctuary genocide into perspective.
For reference male razorwhips eat their young.

This story had a lot of potential. But honestly lost me by dragging it out so much.

Well.. the story did have a lot of potential in it, but it got lost somewhere on the way. i am not really sure where it happened; if it was when the prisoners escaped from berk, drawing the story out for not a real good reason, or when people make conpletly inreasonable decisions. As i am a writer myself, i can understand, that there are SOME strange/dumb decisions,but lets think about it; there is an army, eho tried to kill you, some have tried twice already, their master is responsible for your chief/son/friend/husband's death, and stoicks, AND they have taken away your tribe? how big of an idiot does a human have to be to still mercy them? my principle in both lufe and writing is always; one chance to live, then another for something of a small betrayal, then go to hell. but living after that? not very likely. morals or n4ot, but you wouldnt do that. like with adoncia. you wont believe into innocence after spain, so cut it.
which brings me to my other point; character identification; you tried to bring hiccup accross, an while he was better then astrid, adoncia, valka, viggo, mala, snotlout and stoick, it still wasnt that good. also the story has been fairly predictable. i think you intended to do it a little darker...

This story made me realise what happens when this happens.
I can now totally relate to tuff in the last few chapters

Next Time Indeed, Great Writer...

This is by far the best HTTYD fanfics I have ever read. Every spare moment in the last 2 weeks was reading part 1 and 2 of this story, to end today during my lunch hour in tears. No other story has been able to grab me as emotionally as this one. The ending was bitter sweet and done perfectly, with the precise amount of grief and joy to satisfy the hearts desire for a happily ever after. I even agree with your author's note on your decision process. I want to congratulate you on this well written novel. Your style of prose was entertaining, easily readable, emotionally charged, descriptive and action packed. I have only reviewed a handful of fics, but this one warranted a heartfelt thank you. I have enjoyed every minute of this adventure and encourage you to pursue future writing projects. You have a talent I could hope and strive one day to match. Good luck!

Where do I start in writing a review for this wonderful story, well I'll start by saying that The Dragon King and The Dragon King: The Eye and the Alpha is a story that cold easily be placed in a book. You have an amazing talent for delivering a deep and dark story. I prefer a bit more lighthearted story but I will not be greedy with credits when its due. Both are amazing story and every chapter left me with wondering for what comes next. Delivering a story is an art and you have mastered it, making every words you write enriched the story without making me feel that the story is a bit stretched out. This story is definitely one of the best out there and although I'm still reeling from the feels in the ending, I can easily recommend this to anyone who wanted a dark and deep world of How To Train Your Dragon.
Cheers, and good luck for any other story you are writing.

I love it when we get to know curiosities of the "making of" a story!
About the reviews and views, it's normal to have the second fic have less of them, not everybody that read the first will read the second, especially people who review, those are hard to find. And some people also start reading only after it's finished, so we gotta count that, too. I believe it serves for books as well, I haven't checked sales ratings, but reviews of books in sites like Goodreads usually decrease in a series (at least as far as I can remember, because I didn't check it right now). So yeah, this is a normal thing to happen, and I've seen the numbers of reviews decrease in many many fics when it was sequel, even if the first one was very popular.
But don't think that The Dragon King's success was a coincidence. It was a really brilliant, well though out story with competing characters, with a strong emotional center and interesting themes. And so is TDK 2, obviously.
Even though I was very sad that Hiccup had died, I know it was a nice move for this story, as I have said in my review in chap 40. So even if I didn't want it, I could see why you'd go with it. And your explanations here made it clearer, though you still could make a sequel with his daughter and all, I don't think it'd have the same feeling (or essence), so I think it would indeed be pointless. This is pretty much closed as it is and it's great at that. Besides, you're right that bringing Hiccup back would be a huge mistake and it would break the emotion that his death caused. Once I heard that Death in fiction is "sacred", if you play too much with it and resurrect characters, the audience will lose its interest because there'd be no (permanent) risks. Besides, having some deaths in wars (even fictional ones) make it seem more real, at least in my opinion. And I think it's something really hard to not only to kill a character, but to kill a main character in a story. It's something even more difficult. And you did it. That's a really bold step to me.
If you wish, though, I believe you could still write something from the years Hiccup and Toothless were traveling the world. He mentioned his trips so much in these fics that it'd be nice seeing some of his stunts. But I think it didn't have to be like a normal story with beginning, middle and end, it could be more like short-stories, maybe like scattered pieces of a diary (for example, the race that he won the red diamond would be really nice to read, I think).
I know writing a book is hard (and this one is a really enormous book-length fic), but you managed to do that with freshness and creativity. I know it must have been tiresome and that review numbers didn't help, and I'm sorry for leaving before, I feel like I had abandoned you, though I'm glad you managed to pull through and finish it. It was an amazing story (or better, two stories), that I'm glad it was finished and that I got to read them. You're an awesome writer and I hope you'll keep writing more, being it fics or possibly original projects in the future.
I wish you luck and success (plus all the hard work that comes with it)! :D

It was a good ending that left that bittersweet taste...
*wipes away a silent tear*
I liked how everything was wrapped up and to see Hiccup's daughter kinda taking his steps (though I must say that she wouldn't be reading with only 4-5 years, of course it can vary, but usually, they don't do that before they turn 6, and I say that because I've taught kids. However, it wasn't something that bothered me). Solveig was a very adorable girl and Hiccup would have loved her.
I imagined it'd have been hard for Astrid with the pregnancy, she had a lot of stress to deal and the beginning can be tricky, and she spend almost all the time since she got pregnant in captivity and then her husband died, leaving her in charge of an island. Maybe Hiccup was helping her through it from Valhalla?
It was really sad that Tuff became but a shadow of his former self, though I know losing Ruff took its toll on him... And it was good seeing Snotlout trying to help his friend out.
And Toothless... Poor Toothless... He had found and lost his brother in a course of single night... it's just so sad...
Anyway, great story. Congratulations!

I guess I was so awestruck next chap that I forgot to mention that I also felt sorry for Radamar. She was a nice character and I liked her a lot, so I still hope that she'll get better and that she and Toothless could have cute little baby Night Furies.
Anyway, I managed to cry even more than last chap.
And yeah, I kinda hoped that Toothless would get what he wanted, the two of them parting together, but it was better this way, so he can look after Hiccup's child in his best friend's place.
Even though I'm sad that Hiccup died, I do understand it was good for the story, cuz I have the impression people would still blame him for stuff. People keep doing it in here (like Tuff did). Dying in battle had granted him a heroic death and I think he deserved it.