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Houses on Berk

OK so I've been wanting to do a series of posts, of sorts, that outlines what we canonically know about each house of Berk, and then go into my own headcanons for how houses and families work.

This is basically going to be an overview post, going over various rites of passage within Berk and what houses there canonically are. This is really for anyone who wants to use it as I'll be adding links to all these posts to the fanwiki.

I'll be putting everything under the cut to make sure it doesn't clog up anyone's dash :)

What known houses are there?

Stated as houses we have:

House Haddock - Wiki Link - Post Link

House Hofferson - Wiki Link - Post Link

House Ingerman - Wiki Link - Post Link

House Jorgenson - Wiki Link - Post Link

House Thorston - Wiki Link - Post Link

House Larson - Wiki Link - Post Link

To my understanding, house names are surnames and you would might move houses if you got married when you changed your name. The only other mentioned surname I can find for a character placed on Berk is Hardacre which is in reference to a character who appears once in the comics. Because of this, I like to include House Hardacre as another house when I want to and sometimes put some other named characters in it [Wiki Link - Post Link].

I do have a few other houses that are entirely headcanon:

House Witchwood - Gothi's House - Post Link

House Broksen - Gobber's House - Post Link

House Eretson - Eret's House - Post Link

House Hartwell - Valka's House Pre-Marriage - Post Link

And then some honorary, non-Berk houses, as I am a firm believer in the house system being widely used throughout the archipelago:

House Grimborn - Wiki Link - Post Link

House Beserk - Dagur and Heather's House - Post Link

Why do some people use their house as a surname and some people don't?

There are going to be Doylist explanations for why, I'm sure, but here's my Watsonian one (with a healthy dose of headcanon):

So in the case of a lot of minor characters, they do have surnames, we just don't ever hear about them because the characters are so minor it doesn't matter.

I'd say the most likely explanation is that epithets are considered more important than surnames. Surnames (or house names) are sort of a placeholder for a future epithet [think Phlegma the Fierce] or title [think Silent Sven]. I imagine that if someone overlapped with names and epithets/titles, you would stick of House X on the end.

I don't necessarily think that this House system is a Berk only system, mostly because my idea of the History of Berk (and my film variants of Hiccup I and II).

What is the purpose of a House?

Politics, mostly. The heads of each of the houses will have a say at Berk's meetings - such as the one we saw in the Great Hall in the first film, discussing the search for the nest - and would have priority to speak over the rest of the people at the meeting.

If your house is better beloved and more powerful (have control over resources, land, etc.) then you are going to be able to speak more freely at these sorts of things as no-one wants to be the person who spoke over you.

It's also a way for the chief to maintain order. It's far easier for them to have about thirty/forty people (I haven't yet decided what number of houses is reasonable) to keep order within their own house and the different branches.

Inter-house marriages would probably not be entirely weird either as houses are like very widely spread. After four hundred years, you're going to end up with a house that has a lot of branches that are really not so genetically similar anymore (the exception to this is probably the Thorston's which I'll get into in that post).

I don't like to think about it too much because it is a little bit weird but there doesn't seem to be much immigration and emmigration on Berk, so I'm just imagining that this is just a thing that happened and felt it was probably worth mentioning.

Houses also tend to have traditional roles within them beyond being a warrior (you would have the warriors of the house and also those going for a more traditional role) - for example, the Hoffersons are traditionally tailors and work with fabric; the Jorgensons are hunters; the Ingermans are historians and bookkeepers; the Thorstons are devotees (devote themselves to the gods, although it tends to be different for each Thorston); etc, etc.

Rites of Passage

This is just a general section on Rites of Passage that may change between houses or may be consistent. I can think of four that have been mentioned in canon:

Naming

Coming of Age

Marriage

Funeral

My headcanons for this is that all rites of passage (apart from coming of age) can be done by the Chief, the Village Wise Woman and the Head of the house (or a proxy) of whoever is doing the rite of passage. There also appears to be a need for witnesses, since Gobber accompanied Agnut when she went to do the twins' coming of age.

Naming

Naming in the films and shows is shown to have been done by the chief (as in A Viking For Hire) and chosen by the parents (I believe it's mentioned throughout the show that parents had chosen names). A Viking For Hire also shows that the name the parents chose is more like a consideration for the person doing the Naming as Gobber decides to use a different name - not sure how appreciated that was.

This is so that there are options - if you are Stoick, you can't ask either the Chief or the Head of your house to do the naming as you are both, so you can then either have a proxy or have Gothi do it (my headcanon here is that Gothi named Hiccup using Prophecy because Stoick and Valka were struggling with a name).

It also means that you can have the ceremony as big or as small as you want - if the chief does the naming, it's probably going to happen in the Great Hall so there would be large crowds, but if the Village Wise Woman did it, it would be in her poky little hut up on the mountain so barely any people at all.

Coming of Age

I think there are two mentions of coming of age ceremonies in the shows - there's the Thorston Induction and there's Snotlout's own coming of age.

The Coming of Age is the one that is really house dependent and so my headcanon is that it can only be done by the head of the house or a proxy (but needs to be witnessed by the chief or the wise woman or another member assigned by them, hence Gobber coming with Agnut for the twins' initiation test).

I think it needs not be said that killing a bear at nine months is nigh on impossible for even the greatest of the Jorgensons, although their initiation is something similar (due to their whole hunting thing going on) but it's more like hunting a bear at thirteen which is a much more reasonable age to go bear hunting.

Each coming of age ceremony/rite of initiation really depends upon the historical context of their trade, and some houses are more about doing tasks to prove yourself and some are more symbolical welcoming you into the house once you turn into an adult in their eyes.

Weddings/Union Ceremonies

Weddings!! We all love them.

There are only two that we really see/hear about in any detail (that I can remember anyway) - the Hofferson/Jorgenson marriage that fell through, and the Hiccstrid marriage in the third film. Here is what I can gather from those:

There are ceremonial items for each house that are somehow used (think, the Jorgenson Axe) - I imagine that these are probably used in coming of age ceremonies as well as they're symbols of the house

Weddings can be political as there are things exchanged (think the hundreds of boars (???) Spitelout had) - possibly just a bride price but I like to believe that the Vikings exchange resources both ways and often the gifts are more from each house to the newly weds as they set up their new life

There are three parts to the actual ceremony - the Feast, the Vows/Union Words and the Dance. The Feast appears to be before the vows (or, at least, Fishlegs did it before the vow for shits and giggles) but I'm putting it after because it's Vikings, they probably feast well into the night. The Union words probably change between couples, the ones Fishlegs chose being very very old and traditional and newer ones involving a bit more participation from people in the Union. And the dance is just kinda some fun, I don't have much for that other than that Vikings are always up for a good party.

The Bride and Groom traditionally wear white or creams (at least pale colours, possibly using undyed fabric - I like the idea of undyed fabric as if it's to signify the start of something new)

There is a Berk Officiator - this one I take with a pinch of salt. I much prefer the idea of it being the chief, the wise woman or the head of the house that the married couple is joining that does the ceremony just because of stuff I've previously established, but I did create a Berk Officiator for the sole purpose of the Hiccstrid Accidental Marriage AU

Other marriage traditions change depending on what I'm writing but I usually take historical or quasi-historical influences for marriage headcanons here.

Funerals

And then, Funerals. We have a few examples of funerals - Stoick's being a big example, but also a few others. This is the only rite that I could find a wiki page for (as seen here).

Between each, the eulogies slightly differ which I imagine is due to each house having their own slightly different words. I also can't work out if the vikings of the HTTYD world only believe in Valhalla (and maybe Hel), or if we only see the funerals of people they consider fallen warriors.

Again, under normal circumstances, it's probably done by head of the house, chief, wise woman, etc - it's probably done by Gobber for Stoick because it's such a small funeral and Hiccup has literally just lost him.

Final Thoughts

So, this is the first post in what I'm hoping is going to be a series, we shall see if I manage to keep the momentum up. I have all the thoughts but getting them onto paper takes Time.

I'll be adding the links to posts when I make the posts and hopefully because this is under the readmore it should update even with reblogs.

And yeah! That's pretty much it - I might also make some history posts at some time in the future about Hiccup I and Hiccup II, and the Wilderwest and the Dragon Eye (and the tribe before the dragon hunters). If I do that I'll probably add some links for them down here.

[pistachiozombie]

I remember seeing "Guardian" W.I.P long ago and it was one of my favourite animatics. Seeing it again with the progress you made literally had me smiling. Everything from expression to the music fitted together.

It made me feel fear for Bofur and Leanna and I mentally cheered when Sven showed up and again when Bofur returned to help. Poor Leanna must be extremely scared. Makes me want to comfort her, poor woman.

Sorry for my rambling. Short of it is; Well done! You've really improved over the years and I can't wait for what you make next.

Have a nice day!

Ahh wow what a nice compliment! that really means a lot to me, thank you ♡♡ I can't wait to create more animations for you all!

I got such a vivid imagination so animation really shows what is all clogged up in my noggin. And yes it may have a few anime cliches in there but I mean... I grew up on anime lol!

Thank you♡♡

[frillability]

16 April 2023

Yesterday we went to the American Writers Museum ! The exhibits I was able to spend with were poignant and powerful. I look forward to returning many times to absorb more.

We had more planned for the weekend, but apparently so did my body, so today is a rest day, I think. 🌸

It's hard to see in the photo, but the shoes I'm wearing are by Sven Clogs . I know they don't go with the aesthetic of my outfit, but they are really cute and feel amazing for my hips and lower back!

Sven Clogs gifted them to me years ago in exchange for review, and I wanted to give a follow up 4 years later now that I'm using my rollator. I started off wearing them with a pair of thick-ish socks and insoles because they are a bit big on me. As the day wore on and I became more swollen, I removed my socks, and it worked out great.

Since I've been walking more, I've been reminded how important quality shoes are! I can't get away with wearing unsupportive shoes. I've been having a lot of luck with shoe brands that doctors and nurses wear.

Companies tend to put a lot more effort into creating cute and functional shoes for doctors and nurses than disabled people with some of the exact needs disabled people are looking for. But, that very long discussion is for another post...

Pardon for being a bit disheveled in these photos! I have to purchase most of my clothing too big, so I tie straps of dresses, et cetera, with ribbons such that they do not fall off my shoulders.

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A source of strange water part two

Part one

In the morning of a next day.

Anna:  Thank you for going with us, general Mattias.

M: My pleasure, queen Anna.

Olaf: Hey, will you mind if Ihide behind you when we meet an army of demons?

M: I won't, Olaf

M: Your Highness, what's going on here?

A: Oh my, all plants here withered

K: Not good. It looks like this strange water will destroy our harvest.

A: I will never allow this!

A few kilometers further

A: Finally, a water loom

M: And here this water is totally muddy.

A: Good day

H: Queen Anna? Is this river a reason of your visit? Probably you heard about a demon already?

A: Do I talk with Helga? Your sister told me a lot about you already!

H: Really? I hope that only good things!

A: Could you show us where you met a demon?

H: Yes! Although...My friends say that demons are only in tales and legends...but...

Olaf to Mattias: Shhh, keep close to me, just in case...

H: After I saw this scary shadow here, water changed color to brown

K: Indeed. It's so dirty that you can't see a bottom.

A: These bubbles are strange.

M: Maybe some pipe runs under water?

H: I have no idea but we can ask a boss of this whole business

In a building weavers were working at looms

Boss: And here, in this hole, is hidden a pipe that goes straight to the river. It ends there.

A: And what's transported through it?

B: Your highness, it's only waste water. We have a filter here, that stops all waste.

A: Maybe you will explain why the same stench we feel in Arendelle?!

K: Tell, what bleach do you use for cotton?

B: Olny a drop of this acid mixed with water.

A: Now everything is clear! A scary shadow was created by pollution coming from this loom.

K: And acid reacts with fabric remnants and other waste, then poisons water. Caught you!

B: What have I done! If I knew it I would be more careful.

H: And I was so scared that I mistook dirt for a demon's shadow.

H: What's now? If Your Highness closes the place, we will loose our jobs.

A: Moment, I must think about it. I know that water that goes from here to Arendelle needs to be cleaned.

A: First, you start from not allowing even smallest waste to reach a river.

B: Got it. I will check a filter, maybe it's clogged.

A: And about this acid... Can you replace it with something less toxic for environment?

B: Yes. A bit of baking soda mixed with water also wiil whitewash a cotton... In small doses it's not harmful and if a filter works fine, it will stop any waste.

B: Only to do so I need time. But I manage! Even if we have to wait. Everything to clean the water.

A: I like this answer.

A boss of the loom was fast in implementation of solutions. A  few weeks later...

B: Look how clear the water is. And doesn't stink!

H: Finally! I am glad that Anna could count on our cooperation.

In Arendelle citizens were having fun during harvest festival.

A: This year the ending of harvest season is exceptionally joyful, sister.

Elsa: And everything worked out, Anna. Water is as clean as in my times.

Olaf: ...And it seemed that me and Sven would chase away this demon, but unfortunately...He was not there! What a pity!

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